Line of Duty’s Spanish cop was really James Nesbitt’s Marcus Thurwell in disguise say fans

LINE Of Duty fans have insisted Marcus Thurwell isn’t dead at all after examining the show’s explosive final moments.

Many reckon there is an uncanny similarity between the Spanish cop who found his body and James Nesbitt’s character.

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Line Of Duty’s AC-12 launched an operation to arrest Marcus Thurwell

Others reckoned a heavyweight actor like James wouldn’t settle for such a small role, which has so far consisted of appearing in two photographs.

Several fans put James and the cop who found him side by side, with one writing: ‘Erm. Why does this chap look just like Marcus Thurwell??!”

Another wrote: “that is Jimmy Nesbitt’s eyes. He is not dead, he is the Spanish police guy.”

A third insisted: “‘That’s Jimmy Nesbitt’ said millions of people at the same time.”

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Ted Hastings and the team watched Spanish police break into his house

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However many felt the cop in charge looked a lot like James Nesbitt’s Marcus Thurwell

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The Spanish team reported back to their UK counterparts that Thurwell was dead

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Anti-corruption supremo Ted Hastings couldn’t believe what he was seeing

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Viewers last night saw Ted Hastings and the AC-12 team huddled around a computer watching a Spanish TWAT team swoop on Marcus Thurlwell’s villa.

But when the heavily-armed team burst into the bedroom there was a body lying there that the cops identified as Marcus.

Evidence is building that the former police officer, who appeared to be living the high life in the sunshine, is ‘H’ – the shadowly mastermind running police corruption.

Murdered journalist Gail Vella had been looking into the death of Lawrence Christopher before she died – a case headed at the time by Thurlwell.