1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:07,480 Enjoy your retirement, Bill. No-one alive or dead could say you haven't earned it. To Bill. To Bill! 2 00:00:07,481 --> 00:00:11,481 It might be a late one. I need to run Bill back to Southbay. Be safe. 3 00:00:11,482 --> 00:00:17,482 The deceased is a Carol Laing. That angry man outside is her ex, Sergeant Michael Laing. 4 00:00:17,483 --> 00:00:22,483 Chief Superintendent Bridget Laing is his mother. Is there anything you want to tell me? 5 00:00:22,484 --> 00:00:28,484 When Mike was 11 or 12, Bridget fostered both Andrew and his little sister, Lisa. 6 00:00:28,485 --> 00:00:31,405 You attacked her in her own bed whilst her son slept just across the hall. 7 00:00:31,406 --> 00:00:34,246 And when she fought back, you stabbed her through the heart. 8 00:00:34,247 --> 00:00:36,567 It's very obvious why my client's in custody. 9 00:00:36,999 --> 00:00:38,999 Because Southbay CID bears a grudge. 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:45,200 Six months ago my police partner, PC Fred Woods, just disappeared. 11 00:00:45,201 --> 00:00:47,841 His car was found at Southbay Bridge. 12 00:00:47,842 --> 00:00:51,042 You know how many people go over the side there every year? 13 00:00:51,043 --> 00:00:52,803 Fred received a threat to life 14 00:00:52,804 --> 00:00:55,084 from Detective Super Intendent Ray Palmer. 15 00:00:55,085 --> 00:00:57,645 Why did you tell us you'd never been upstairs? 16 00:00:57,646 --> 00:00:59,566 Why did you lie to us? 17 00:00:59,567 --> 00:01:01,687 Something happened in this room. 18 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:08,900 He said, "If you or your brother try to leave this room, I'll know." 19 00:01:08,901 --> 00:01:11,021 Are you sure it was a man? 20 00:01:11,022 --> 00:01:14,582 Kate Freeman, you're charged that on the 14th of August 21 00:01:14,583 --> 00:01:18,543 at Markland Avenue, Southbay, you did murder Carol Laing, 22 00:01:18,544 --> 00:01:20,664 contrary to common law. 23 00:01:20,665 --> 00:01:26,745 # Testator silens 24 00:01:30,206 --> 00:01:36,966 # Costestes e spiritu 25 00:01:36,966 --> 00:01:45,446 # Silencium. # 26 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,040 Tell me, Ryan... 27 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,600 ..the man in the mask. 28 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,880 Can you remember the colour of his eyes? 29 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,200 But you said you thought you recognised him? 30 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,080 I said I thought I'd heard his voice before. 31 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,160 If I recognised him, I'd tell you. Of course. 32 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,520 And he made no attempt to restrain you or bind your hands, 33 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,560 nothing like that? 34 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,720 No. Why? 35 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,880 Thank you, Ryan. Can I have a word? 36 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,920 Is there a reason you asked him if his hands were tied? 37 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:52,760 The killer tied his mother's hands. 38 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,600 What? Just a very specific question, that's all. You're reading too much... 39 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,640 Yesterday, you were saying you didn't want anyone jumping to conclusions. 40 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:01,720 What did you mean by that? 41 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,120 Nothing. What conclusions are you afraid we'll jump to? The truth? 42 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,400 Kate Freeman is facing life in prison. 43 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,520 Not because she might be guilty, 44 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,600 but because Southbay CID want to shut her up. 45 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,760 That's ridiculous. Is it? 46 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,680 Her partner questioned the lack of patrols in Harbour Fields and vanished without trace. 47 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,360 How about you do your job and let me do mine? 48 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,560 Are you testing Ryan's pyjamas? For fibres and DNA, as we speak. 49 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,080 Everything all right? 50 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,360 Ryan would like to get some things from his room. 51 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,200 Hi. Meena. 52 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:09,560 Lisa. 53 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,400 Is Andrew in? No. 54 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,560 He's not at work and I couldn't reach him on his mobile. 55 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,520 He should be back by six, cos we're going to the cinema. 56 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,120 OK. 57 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,480 Can I come in and wait for him? 58 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,040 Thank you. 59 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,360 Is that Mike? 60 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:35,960 On the left, yeah. 61 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:37,600 Corsica, 2001. 62 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,040 Good memory. 63 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,960 Remember the good, forget the bad, that's my philosophy! 64 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,320 We barely see Mike these days. 65 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,520 Why's that, if you don't mind me asking? 66 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,360 Andrew wasn't impressed he walked out on Carol. 67 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,560 Mike being Mike, he didn't think it was anyone's business. 68 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,000 Hi. 69 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,000 Poor Andrew. 70 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,080 He's taken Carol's death hard. 71 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,000 Very hard. 72 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,480 I didn't know him and Carol were close. 73 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,560 They dated when they were kids. 74 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,200 I was so jealous. 75 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,120 Up until then, I always had his undivided attention. 76 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,080 Carol had her 18th at the sailing club. 77 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,840 Andrew organised it. 78 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:50,920 He was good at organising things. 79 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,760 What did I do? 80 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,360 Threw the biggest meltdown I could muster. 81 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,480 Andrew blew out the party to stay with me, 82 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,120 and by midnight Mike and Carol were an item. 83 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,760 I was so happy when they got together again recently. 84 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,400 Andrew and Carol? 85 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:11,400 Meena. 86 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,960 What are you doing here? 87 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,360 You blank me at work, ignore my calls, what am I supposed to do? 88 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:25,600 What is it, Meena? 89 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,600 I took a statement from Ryan Laing which, 90 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:31,520 if corroborated, kills our case. 91 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,040 In what way? 92 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,680 In every way. 93 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,000 As in Kate Freeman didn't do this. 94 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,760 Ryan's testimony is compelling, but not a knockout blow. 95 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,440 The CPS are too invested to drop the charges unless they have to. 96 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:50,720 I say we focus on the timeline. 97 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,280 It's central to showing the Crown's case is fundamentally flawed. 98 00:06:55,400 --> 00:07:00,720 OK, well, we know that the boys went to bed earlier than usual, 9:00pm, 99 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,360 because they were going fishing with their dad at the crack of dawn. 100 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,560 Dom Laing says that when he heard his mother arguing with Kate, 101 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,840 his brother was watching the Spurs game on his phone with headphones. 102 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,200 What time did that game finish? 9:30pm. 103 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,840 A 9:00pm to 9:30pm window does fit with the pathology evidence. 104 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:20,480 It's when Carol sustained the blow to the head downstairs. Yes. 105 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,640 And now we hit the two-hour gap before the killer 106 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,920 inflicts the fatal chest wound. 107 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,560 And apart from a partial clean-up and moving Carol to the bedroom, 108 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,600 here's where we're drawing the blank. 109 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,720 Did they go away and come back? 110 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,880 Or are we looking at two timeframes... 111 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:40,720 ..and two offenders? 112 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,560 I'm stuck on him carrying her upstairs. 113 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,120 Why? What purpose did it serve? 114 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,120 And after having done it, what possessed him 115 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,840 to go into the boys' room and be seen? 116 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,920 And he didn't just go into the room. 117 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:58,080 He made physical contact with Ryan and he let him hear his voice. 118 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,400 Again, all seriously odd. 119 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:04,560 OK, 'seriously odd' sounds like we're doubting Ryan's account. 120 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,400 We're establishing a factual sequence of events. 121 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,680 How you then frame it is up to you. 122 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:12,000 I'm sorry, that's disingenuous. Meaning? 123 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,560 Meaning you're an expert witness for the defence. You know the drill. 124 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,200 I thought I did. 125 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,720 We refract all the evidence through the prism of Kate's innocence. 126 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,560 We can't assume Kate's innocence without a grasp 127 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,560 on the totality of that evidence. 128 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,600 Take PC Woods' disappearance, 129 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,440 it may or may not pertain to the Crown's case. 130 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,120 We don't know. 131 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,440 'Don't know' means 'no'. 132 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,320 I get your impulse to find out what's happened to Woods, 133 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,320 but it's pulling focus and threatening my ability 134 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,880 to offer a clear, exculpatory narrative. 135 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:47,320 OK. Let's start with the narrative, if only to move the conversation on. 136 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,480 Ryan Laing saw and heard a male intruder. 137 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,520 Not a woman, not Kate. 138 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,840 So his brother was mistaken about hearing Kate? 139 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,800 'Mistaken' being a charitable interpretation. 140 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,240 And why did Southbay CID miss this? 141 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,600 Because their myopic focus on Kate Freeman 142 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,240 demonstrably blinded them to the key elements of the scene. 143 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:14,760 Examples? 144 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,080 The two hours gap the killer spent on site 145 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,800 and the initial attack with the dumbbell downstairs. 146 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:22,800 Sorry. 147 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,280 Hello? 148 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:28,920 Oh. Yeah, come on up. 149 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:34,920 How can we help? 150 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,320 Meena just brought me up to speed about Ryan. 151 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,840 And...there's something we need to share as a matter of urgency. 152 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,800 Sorry, do I infer you haven't shared his testimony with your superiors? 153 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:48,560 No, we have. And? 154 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:51,960 I'll get to that in a minute. 155 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,560 About four months ago, West Yorkshire CID got in contact in... 156 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,240 ..unusual circumstances. 157 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,080 They'd had this spate of robberies 158 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,480 targeting these cash in transit vans, 159 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,160 carried out by a man in a black ski mask. 160 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,480 He bound the driver with cable ties. 161 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,800 Then he threatened them with a hunting knife. 162 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,000 They had a strong suspect named Wes Carter, 163 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,040 who they pulled in a few times but didn't have enough for a charge. 164 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,000 Why did West Yorkshire get in touch? 165 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,560 Because Wes Carter had moved down to Southbay, 166 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:23,320 no doubt hoping for police interest in him to cool. 167 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,080 Yorkshire must have been pretty sure he was their man. 168 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:28,960 They were warning us to keep an eye and expect the worst. 169 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:33,000 Now, clearly this man, Wes Carter according to Yorkshire CID, 170 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,600 looks and sounds a lot like the man Ryan described. 171 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,760 Don't take this the wrong way, but... 172 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,440 ..why are you coming to us? 173 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:47,680 I, er... 174 00:10:48,680 --> 00:10:52,000 We have been sidelined by Detective Super Ray Palmer. 175 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,280 I took Ryan's statement and formally entered it in the file. 176 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:00,920 We're here to ensure that this new avenue is fully explored. 177 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,040 Sounds like you don't trust your colleagues in CID 178 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,680 to do their job and we're the safety net. 179 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:09,480 Insurance policy. 180 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,200 Would you be kind enough to step out for a moment? 181 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:16,520 Sure. 182 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,400 We'll go wait in the lobby. 183 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,680 We need to give the CPS pause for thought, 184 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:31,240 make them aware how flawed their case really is. 185 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,280 I don't want to play my best cards and leave nothing for the trial. 186 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,000 I think it's worth the risk. 187 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,040 I know someone in the CPS who can help, 188 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,240 if I'm still on her Christmas card list. 189 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,160 You told me Freeman's brief tapped Lyell for a second PM 190 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:47,600 and a look at the forensics.... 191 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,240 And? 192 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:53,440 You neglected to add their findings differ significantly from yours. 193 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:54,760 That worries me. 194 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:56,360 It shouldn't. 195 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,440 It makes me think "ambush down the line in court". 196 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,440 Now I'm hearing about a witness statement from Ryan Laing 197 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,680 that essentially contradicts his brother's. 198 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:07,720 It's led me to look deeper into the background of the case, 199 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,480 specifically Kate Freeman. 200 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,760 I hear that after... I don't believe this. 201 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:14,360 I hear that after her partner disappeared, 202 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,000 Kate was making trouble. 203 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,040 Bandying stories about. 204 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:22,320 Stories like Woods didn't take his own life and had enemies in CID. 205 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,560 Key word there being "stories". 206 00:12:24,560 --> 00:12:27,040 Still, putting her on suspension might play like you're 207 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:28,800 muzzling her to a jury. 208 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:30,920 Christ, Bridget, it might play like that to me. 209 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,560 Who's pouring poison in your ear, Alan? 210 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:35,400 And Kate luring your son from the marital bed 211 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:36,880 doesn't exactly simplify matters. 212 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:39,400 Someone's put the frighteners on you, haven't they, eh? 213 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,840 All right. 214 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,040 Look, I understand your wariness. 215 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,560 As you say, Kate Freeman is not a straightforward suspect. 216 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:50,080 How do we move things forward? 217 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:54,920 We get it all out in the open. 218 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,040 We do that in court, right? I mean now. 219 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,120 We hear both sides' evidence early doors 220 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,640 so no-one can say the CPS rushed to judgment in charging Kate Freeman. 221 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,000 Well, that's pretty unorthodox, isn't it? 222 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,000 But not unprecedented. 223 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,400 Thank you all for coming up to London today. 224 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:27,120 Dr Burnett, can you clarify your interpretation of the pathology 225 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,480 evidence with regard to sequence and timeframe? 226 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:31,960 Gladly. 227 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:33,880 We're looking at two distinct attacks. 228 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,280 First the blow to the head and then, after a short delay, 229 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:37,720 the fatal stab wound. 230 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:39,640 How short a delay? 231 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,440 5 to 15 minutes. 232 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,720 How do you account for the accumulation of blood 233 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,280 between the brain and the skull? 234 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:48,840 Very easily. 235 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,320 The stab wound was fatal, but not immediately so. 236 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:54,840 I find that unlikely. 237 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:59,400 For one, hilt bruising on the skin shows that the impact 238 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,200 was exceptionally forceful and the wound is in a position where the 239 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,080 internal haemorrhage was torrential. 240 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:07,720 It would induce death swiftly? 241 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:13,480 Mm. For two, grooving on the base of the brain suggests that Carol was 242 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:17,520 alive for a longer period of time, possibly a couple of hours, 243 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,560 between the initial head injury and the stabbing. 244 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,480 Not the shorter time Dr Burnett's suggesting? 245 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:23,800 No. 246 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:27,040 Can you really exclude other causation for the grooving? 247 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,840 Cardiac arrest, for example? 248 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,080 You can't and you know you can't. 249 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,400 In your report, you class the head wound 250 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,360 as a "contrecoup injury", 251 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,480 ie, one caused by the victim falling onto an object. 252 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:47,040 Let me guess - you think it was a coup injury. 253 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,880 I think Carol was struck by a moving object, yes, 254 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,600 not the other way round. 255 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,480 Based on what evidence? 256 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:59,440 If this was a contrecoup, can you specify the object she fell onto 257 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,120 that caused these distinctive marks? 258 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,040 She sustained the injury in a struggle in the bedroom. 259 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,800 There were any number of objects and corners she could have fallen on. 260 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,400 Then you'd expect to find blood transfer, surely. 261 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:16,800 Not if the killer wiped that object down. 262 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,080 Dr Burnett... The absence of evidence is not evidence. 263 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,760 For the avoidance of doubt, are you saying that you failed to 264 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,200 identify the object that caused this injury? 265 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,320 Look, I didn't process the scene. 266 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:28,520 Jack did. 267 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:29,560 What? 268 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:34,200 Sadly, he didn't swab or photograph all of the potential edges 269 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,320 and corners she could've fallen on, or close to all of them. 270 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:40,720 I didn't finish processing 271 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,480 because I was removed from the scene by Chief Superintendent Laing. 272 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,640 That was later, you broke away from the scene of your own volition. 273 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,280 What are you talking about, Bill? 274 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,680 You were distracted and less than stringent 275 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,400 in observing scene etiquette. 276 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,440 Are you having a laugh? I did you a bloody favour. 277 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,840 Perhaps it was the effect of meeting Kate Freeman outside. 278 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,120 She made quite an impression on you. 279 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:07,640 And you'd had so much to drink, I'm surprised you remember anything! 280 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,560 Um... 281 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,200 ..we'd like to present an alternative reading of the evidence, 282 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,560 if that's all right. 283 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,200 It's why we're all here. 284 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,120 We believe we've found a second crime scene 285 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,040 in the downstairs sitting room. 286 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,120 Not only have we found Carol's blood on the floor, 287 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:44,000 we matched the tiered pattern of her head wound to one of her dumbbells. 288 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,360 Significantly, the other dumbbell is missing from the house, 289 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,880 and, yes, they're sold as a pair. 290 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,080 Expirated blood on the halfway landing and transfer of paint 291 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,400 under Carol's toenails further proved that the attack unfolded 292 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:05,440 in two locations and two timeframes - 293 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,880 circa 9pm and circa 11pm. 294 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:13,040 The Crown's investigation completely failed to unearth these basic 295 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:14,680 elements of the scene. 296 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,240 We've effectively had to do their job for them. 297 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,800 And when we factor in Ryan's testimony that he saw 298 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:22,400 a male intruder 299 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:27,800 and Dr Burnett's inebriation, it adds up to one thing - 300 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,600 you need to release Kate Freeman immediately. 301 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,240 Why do you think Bill said all that? 302 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:57,880 Velvy? 303 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,000 I enlisted my botanist friend. 304 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,320 Foliage in PC Woods's car is predominantly leaves 305 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,000 from a black poplar. 306 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,680 OK, rare, but not as rare as I'd like. 307 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,640 Well, the good news is there's an arboretum of black poplars 308 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,920 near one of the two roads that comes off Southbay Bridge. 309 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:18,920 Now, as you know, speculation is something that I try to avoid. 310 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:20,440 What do you think happened, Velvy? 311 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:25,960 I think that Woods was killed and possibly buried at the arboretum. 312 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:29,760 The killer then drove Woods's car to Southbay Bridge 313 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:34,000 in the knowledge that - A, people jump off it, and - B, 314 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,480 bodies that go in the water are often swept out to sea. 315 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,520 Speculation suits you, Velvy. 316 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,400 ..29. Looks like we've got an indication here. 317 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,840 What is it? What've they found? 318 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,680 Andrew, just give us a minute, yeah? 319 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:47,200 Body is partly skeletal, partly adiopocere. 320 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,920 Hair has fallen away, face is decomposed. 321 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:55,520 Woods was last seen wearing an anorak with Man United insignia. 322 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,320 Hands are bound behind his back. 323 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,400 Looks like they used cable ties. 324 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:01,760 The cash van guy? 325 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,960 Wes Carter. Used cable ties, didn't he? 326 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,320 What about Wes Carter? 327 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,200 Meena! Wes Carter. 328 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,640 Police. Open up! 329 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,400 I appreciate you doing this. It's our job. 330 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,040 After everything, asking Bill Burnett just felt wrong. 331 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:35,840 Was there something else? 332 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,480 Kate would like to sit in on the PM. 333 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,400 It's OK with me, if it's OK with you. 334 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,120 Are you sure? 335 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,600 Have you said anything? 336 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,760 What are you doing here, Andrew? Following a lead. 337 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,040 A link, anyway. 338 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:19,840 A link? Oh, let me guess, between Ryan's testimony about a masked man 339 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:23,320 and a tip-off from West Yorks about a bloke doing over cash vans? 340 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:27,320 We just found a body matching the clothes Woods was last seen wearing, 341 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,680 about a mile from Southbay Bridge. 342 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,760 Hands bound with cable ties. 343 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,440 A rather more compelling link than a mask, 344 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,040 wouldn't you say? 345 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:43,520 There's nothing here. 346 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,120 I'm not so sure, sir. 347 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,000 Let's not tip this one over the floor. 348 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,720 Cor. 349 00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:59,800 There's got to be at least two hundred grand here. 350 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:01,960 We need to check this against the cash from the vans. 351 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:03,600 Oh, no shit. 352 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:04,800 Is there any more? 353 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:09,400 Just this. 354 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,040 Ventight. 355 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,240 Same brand of tie we found on Woods. 356 00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:27,000 The deceased is an adult male, 357 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,520 provisionally identified as Fred Woods. 358 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,800 We're waiting for DNA confirmation. 359 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,800 There's putrefaction, consistent with the body being 360 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,840 deceased for a significant period of time. 361 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,320 There's evidence of a broken neck. 362 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:45,160 There is grit embedded in the skull that we'll be comparing 363 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,200 to the sandstone boulders in the stream. 364 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,040 So, what, he fell head first into the creek, 365 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,880 cracked his skull on a boulder and broke his neck? 366 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,760 Easy to imagine with his hands bound behind his back. 367 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,680 So Fred's just lying there in the dark with a smashed skull 368 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:17,680 and a broken neck, potentially still conscious or semi-conscious... 369 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,640 ..and then he drowns? 370 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,520 We can't say for sure. 371 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,480 The C2 fracture could've been rapidly fatal, 372 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,160 but we just don't know when decomposition's this advanced. 373 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,960 We'd better catch this bastard, Ma'am, that's all I can say. 374 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,400 Wes! Wes! Wes! 375 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,000 Don't be fucking stupid! 376 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:13,080 Head that way, cut him off. 377 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,240 Ah, sh... 378 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,000 Here! OVER HERE! 379 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,280 What happened? Walsh? 380 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,240 I told him to stop. He wouldn't. 381 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:58,760 Tried to push me over. 382 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,760 We've matched the size and waffle-style tread of Nike 383 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,520 trainers in your closet to the muddy print on PC Woods's brake pedal. 384 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,120 We also DNA'd the head-rest inside Woods's car 385 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:23,400 and scored a match...to you. 386 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:28,240 The forensics tie you to the murder of a policeman, Neil. 387 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,960 So now's the time to cooperate. 388 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:32,440 Don't dig your hole any deeper. 389 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,840 Look, I didn't kill anyone, all right? Nothing like that. 390 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,240 OK. 391 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:40,480 So what happened? 392 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,240 I was paid to hassle a few residents in Harbour Fields. 393 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,720 Protestors against the Goshawk Construction development? 394 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,160 Numpties fighting against the compulsory purchase order. 395 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,040 What did "hassling" them entail? 396 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,840 A broken window here, a late night call there. 397 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,520 A few slashed tyres. 398 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,920 Then, when Wes came to stay, 399 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,600 it's safe to say I was... 400 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,160 ..able to bolster my services. 401 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:05,640 Who paid you? 402 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:06,840 Don't know. 403 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,520 I mean, I assume Goshawk Construction, ultimately, 404 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:10,760 somewhere down the line. 405 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,440 How were you paid, then? 406 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,640 Money was put into my account via a front called Standant LTD. 407 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,680 A shell company? 408 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,240 Yeah, I googled 'em. 409 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:20,800 Based in the Virgin Islands. 410 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:27,000 I only dealt with one bloke - called himself Marcus, via a burner. 411 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,200 Caller unknown. 412 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,680 So you can't help us? 413 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:32,120 Can't help us help you? 414 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:36,240 You've got to give us something, Neil. And the sooner the better, 415 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,280 or this stops looking like cooperation 416 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:39,680 and more like desperation. 417 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,960 Bear in mind, your phone and laptop are being examined right now. 418 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,840 Marcus told me and Wes to give Woods a scare, right, 419 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,080 cos he'd been asking difficult questions at work. 420 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,320 I didn't start out wanting to hurt him. He's a copper, right, 421 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:04,840 I'm not daft. 422 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:06,760 What, just roughed him up a bit? 423 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:07,920 Wes did. 424 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,160 He cable tied his hands while I showed him the money. 425 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,600 Look, I thought he was going to go for it, 426 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:19,720 but then he just belted it into the trees, that was that. 427 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:24,920 Let's talk about Carol Laing. 428 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,280 There's eyewitness testimony that places Wes at the scene. 429 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,360 It points towards him killing Carol 430 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,840 in the process of stealing her jewellery. 431 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,400 Yeah, nice try. 432 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,520 He didn't do that. How do you know? 433 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:40,240 Cos I was his favourite uncle. 434 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:41,520 He never kept anything from me. 435 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,480 That's not exactly compelling, Neil. 436 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,760 He 'fessed up to those cash vans robberies as soon as I asked him. 437 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,200 And for that very reason, I asked him about the Laing woman. 438 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,000 The fact you even had to ask him contradicts your statement 439 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,280 that he spent the night fixing a leak at the pub, doesn't it, Neil? 440 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,520 So, forgive us if we take everything you say with a pinch of salt. 441 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:15,080 Detectives? I need to tell you something in confidence. 442 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:19,280 According to Kate Freeman, Palmer threatened Woods 443 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:23,080 when he asked why patrols were being diverted from Harbour Fields. 444 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,040 Well, what did Palmer say to Woods? 445 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,240 "There are faster ways to die than cancer." 446 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,040 I'll have to pass that on to Police Conduct. 447 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:43,760 There's massive trauma to the body and head, 448 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,720 consistent with a significant fall onto a hard surface. 449 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,120 There's damage to the side of the skull, consistent with him 450 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,400 landing on his right side. 451 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,880 There's a contusion to the forehead 452 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,240 and some particles embedded in the wound. 453 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,800 Contusions in the left upper frontotemporal region. 454 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,360 Unusual, given the plane of impact. 455 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,320 And it's inconsistent with Jack's account of grappling 456 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,720 and fighting with the deceased. 457 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,720 You spoke to Andrew in detail, 458 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,880 do you think you could flesh out the scene for us? 459 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,200 I'll try. 460 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,440 He said he saw Carter walking up the path in a westerly direction? 461 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:31,680 Yes. 462 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,480 Andrew ran onto the path, ahead of him. 463 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,040 He told him to stop, then Wes grabbed him 464 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:37,440 and tried to shove him over. 465 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,720 The front of Wes's T-shirt is bloody from his nose injury. 466 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,640 I found what could be a handprint in the blood. 467 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,800 I asked Andrew point-blank if he pushed Wes. 468 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,360 He said he didn't remember but conceded that, yes, 469 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,680 he could've pushed him in the altercation, 470 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,840 because...he was in fear for his life. 471 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:16,080 Come in. 472 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,480 If I was to look at your bank account, Ray, 473 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,280 would I find any unexplained payments? 474 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,240 Specifically from some untraceable, 475 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:35,320 bounced-around-the-world shell company called Standant LTD? 476 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,320 I need an answer, I'm afraid. 477 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,720 Oh, Ray, 478 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,200 how could you be so bloody stupid? 479 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,600 All I did was shift patrols away from Harbour Fields, that's it. 480 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,080 Why was that so important? 481 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,400 I don't know, to drive the crime stats up, I suppose. 482 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:10,560 You suppose? 483 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,080 Look, I had nothing to do with Fred Woods, all right? Nothing. 484 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:14,920 But you threatened him, didn't you? 485 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:17,720 I had a word. 486 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:19,040 Big deal. 487 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:20,480 "Big deal"? 488 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,360 I placed Kate Freeman on fucking suspension 489 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:28,160 because she came to me with nothing less than the truth! 490 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,880 Can't believe you'd do this, Ray. 491 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:31,200 Just for a bit of cash. 492 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:36,920 They offered me a fortune to stop police operations in Harbour Fields. 493 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,880 Let it go to the dogs. 494 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:42,040 So some fucking property developer got it for a song. 495 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:46,160 Listen, I knew Neil Carter was scaring the protestors at Harbour Fields, 496 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,920 but I had no idea that his ex-para nephew was hitting town. 497 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,400 I thought West Yorkshire dealt with this when he moved down. 498 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,640 Yeah, well, they did. But Andrew Walsh took the call. 499 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,120 And...? In his wisdom, he sat on it. 500 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,800 Only him and Puri knew until this week. 501 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,160 The Carol Laing inquiry is being wound down. 502 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:11,160 We just wanted to say thank you for your critical involvement 503 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,600 and working in a pretty... Wound down? 504 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,640 Obviously, the Coroner's work is ongoing and there'll be an inquest... 505 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,040 Because guilt is being ascribed to Wes Carter? 506 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,320 I think that's premature. 507 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:23,720 Well, with respect... 508 00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:25,320 Why do you think it's premature? 509 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:29,440 There are things about Carol's murder that chime with Carter's MO. 510 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:33,480 Lots of things - the mask, the knife, the black clothes, 511 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,720 tying his victim's hands behind their back... 512 00:34:35,720 --> 00:34:38,120 But there are significant differences too. 513 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,520 Carter never targeted private residences, 514 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:44,040 he used cable-ties, and his booty of choice was cash, not jewellery. 515 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:45,880 I still go back to the "why?" 516 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,920 Why did he go into the boys' room and make contact? 517 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,040 Why take that risk? 518 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:51,960 He wanted to be seen and heard. 519 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,440 Whoever grabbed Ryan Laing couldn't shut up! 520 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,560 The only explanation is, 521 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,840 he wanted Ryan Laing to give the testimony that he did. 522 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,600 If we were in court that would definitely be deemed "conjecture". 523 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,520 But we're not in court. 524 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,400 If you're right, there's a problem. 525 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,400 If the killer was trying to lead us to Wes, then... 526 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,200 How did they get hold of the information? 527 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:13,440 Hey? 528 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,120 When West Yorkshire got in touch about Wes, 529 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:19,520 we decided to keep the intel on a...strictly need-to-know basis. 530 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,040 Why? 531 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:24,120 Frankly? 532 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,440 Cos Wes's uncle, Neil Carter, has a lot of mates in CID. 533 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,280 From Ray Palmer down. 534 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,920 It's Bridget. Need to go and update her. 535 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,400 Ray Palmer's been suspended and I've replaced him. 536 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:42,920 Acting DCI. 537 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:43,960 Huh. 538 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,560 I'm looking for my scarf. 539 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,240 You seen it? 540 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:09,760 What scarf? 541 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,400 The gingham one I got in the sale. 542 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:16,680 What? 543 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:22,040 Doesn't matter. 544 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,800 Could you zoom in on the knife, please, Velvy? 545 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,560 It's a double-edged blade. 546 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,280 Yes, it is. 547 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,640 The stab wound looks symmetrical - both ends of the wound pointed, 548 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,360 sharp, V-shaped. 549 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,280 Key word there being "looks". 550 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:47,040 We're actually looking at a single edged blade wielded with such 551 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:49,000 force the skin behind the blunt edge split. 552 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,760 Leaving something which looks V-shaped but isn't quite. 553 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,400 One of the ends has a fishtail. 554 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,760 So, if someone was trying to mimic Carter's MO, 555 00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,120 it was likely improvised, not planned. 556 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,040 Otherwise you'd bring a double-edged blade? 557 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:03,280 And cable ties. 558 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:04,440 Both easy to source. 559 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,440 What about the mask and the coat? 560 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,040 Could've used Carol's gym leggings for the former, 561 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:11,960 and Mike says he's missing a black coat from his closet. 562 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:16,840 The brown particles I retrieved from the wound on Wes's forehead... 563 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:21,960 it's bark from a Fraxinus excelsior, AKA the common ash. 564 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:23,880 OK. How did it get there? 565 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,640 No wood or trees down on the rocks. 566 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,840 Suggesting contact was made before he fell. 567 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,320 And with sufficient force to penetrate his scalp. 568 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,040 What are you saying? 569 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,280 I'm sorry, Meena, but the evidence is telling us 570 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,360 that Andrew was the aggressor. 571 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,400 What's all this? You're not going back to work? 572 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:56,280 Not today. 573 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,440 I'm worried about you. 574 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:13,880 Drinking... 575 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,440 ..missing work. 576 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,160 It's Carol, isn't it? 577 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:22,840 I don't want to talk about Carol. 578 00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,440 Let's talk about your scarf, where it could be. 579 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,400 Oh, if I knew, I wouldn't be looking for it, would I? 580 00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:38,160 No, I suppose not. 581 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:43,200 I'm not stupid. 582 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:46,360 I can tell something's up. 583 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:48,680 What is it? 584 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,080 All right, be like that. 585 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,440 I know what you did. 586 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,720 I found your scarf at Carol's... 587 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:03,920 ..in her blood. 588 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,120 Carol? No... 589 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:29,480 No! 590 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,560 I understand. 591 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,720 You weren't jealous. 592 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:56,880 You were just scared of losing me. 593 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:01,960 So, you removed the competition. 594 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:06,560 It's OK. 595 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,760 I'm want to take care of you 596 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:11,240 and protect you... 597 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,920 ..now and wherever we end up next. 598 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,120 What are you talking about? 599 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:23,960 Just tell me what happened. 600 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:27,600 I did go and see Carol... 601 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:30,240 ..but just for a coffee. 602 00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:34,760 Everyone thinks you're married to me, 603 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,320 that I'm your ball and chain. 604 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:43,400 I didn't want that to spoil things when you'd waited so long. 605 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:48,960 What happened, Lisa? She took it the wrong way? You lost it? What? 606 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,840 No. No, she was fine... 607 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:55,080 She said she was touched... 608 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:01,600 ..just a bit taken aback, you know, by me going round. 609 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,800 She didn't deny there was something going on, but she said it was 610 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,840 early days and Mike was still a big part of her life. 611 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:14,200 But she said... 612 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,600 ..she said she was hopeful for a future with YOU. 613 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,360 And then I left. 614 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:30,720 I went to the gym, 615 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:32,240 popped to the supermarket... 616 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,000 ..and I came home. 617 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,440 All our years in foster care... 618 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,520 I'm not making excuses... 619 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:25,560 But? 620 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,840 It's hard-wired in me, defending her... 621 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:34,160 ..protecting her. 622 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:40,520 All I could think was if she comes round and ID's Lisa, then it's over. 623 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:42,240 And then it just came into my head. 624 00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:46,680 Earlier that day, I'd got an email from West Yorks asking 625 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,600 if Wes was still keeping his nose clean. 626 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:55,440 I knew what to do. 627 00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:35,040 Carol was dying anyway - you didn't need to stab her. 628 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:36,760 You didn't need to do a thing! 629 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:39,280 You've no idea how true that is. 630 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,160 There was nothing stopping me rushing her to A&E. 631 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:45,480 Nothing at all. 632 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:46,680 So why didn't you? 633 00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:49,200 I saw Lisa's scarf 634 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:51,480 and I jumped to the wrong conclusion. 635 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:54,440 Lisa had nothing to do with it. 636 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:57,640 She was at the gym... 637 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:00,520 ..and then the supermarket. 638 00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:02,560 What about Wesley Carter? 639 00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:04,920 He dropped like a stone. 640 00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:06,160 I only hit him once. 641 00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:09,520 And I was hoping Lisa would be the same. 642 00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:27,440 Andrew! 643 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:30,720 Andrew, come here. 644 00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:32,200 I'm going to kill you! 645 00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:45,440 Where are we? 646 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:46,880 Essentially? 647 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:51,200 Sadly, we have no reason to doubt Andrew's version of events, 648 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,120 especially in the light of him confessing to Wes Carter. 649 00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:58,440 He also directed us to a bin bag containing these items. 650 00:44:58,440 --> 00:44:59,920 Kitchen knife... 651 00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:02,920 Lisa's scarf... 652 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:06,160 ..Mike's coat. 653 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:11,960 But he says that he didn't see a dumbbell when he arrived 654 00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:14,600 at the scene and found Carol unconscious on the floor. 655 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,560 As a detective, he said he looked for a weapon, 656 00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:19,760 but couldn't find a likely candidate. 657 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:22,680 For what it's worth, I'm inclined to believe him. 658 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:26,120 And we're sure Lisa's in the clear? 659 00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:29,320 We're sure - CCTV has her leaving the gym at 9.30, 660 00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:33,160 stopping in a supermarket, then entering her street just before ten. 661 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:35,680 At least we've solved the mystery as to why the killer 662 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:37,240 waited in the house for two hours. 663 00:45:37,240 --> 00:45:40,120 They didn't - we're dealing with two offenders. 664 00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:44,240 And it's important to stress that whoever hit Carol with 665 00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:46,520 the dumbbell used massive force. 666 00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,480 And regardless of what Andrew did later, 667 00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:52,960 it could have been a fatal injury, eventually. 668 00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:54,560 Attempted murder, 669 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:55,840 at the very least. 670 00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:57,520 Something else, Ma'am. 671 00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,400 I trawled the notes from house to house with fresh eyes. 672 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:03,320 A witness saw someone throw something over the sea wall 673 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:07,160 in front of Carol's house between 9.15 pm and 9.30 pm. 674 00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:08,560 Jesus. 675 00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:11,920 Time and location fit with the attacker discarding the dumbbell. 676 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:13,640 You want to search the shoreline? 677 00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:16,080 We'll cover it and whatever else you need. 678 00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:30,320 Hey, Hey! 679 00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:41,200 Let me see it! 680 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:54,520 A bus passes twice an hour, cameras front and back. 681 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:55,960 Check the timetable. 682 00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:57,840 If the last bus was on time, 683 00:46:57,840 --> 00:46:59,520 we could be in business. 684 00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:02,000 Oh... 685 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:03,320 Here we go. 686 00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:12,440 That's not Mike Laing. 687 00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:14,000 Too slight. 688 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:15,240 Kate Freeman? 689 00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:18,520 Look at their right hand when the bus passes and the lights hit. 690 00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:20,960 I'll call Puri. 691 00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:22,480 Wait. 692 00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:23,960 Let me have a crack at this. 693 00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:25,880 I've got some gait analysis software 694 00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:28,200 that I've been waiting to use. 695 00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:55,320 Sue said I should've packed it in at 60. 696 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:59,400 The moral of that story is you should always listen to your wife. 697 00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:02,360 Who knows? I might actually enjoy retirement. 698 00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:04,400 Lisa, could you get some more onions? 699 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:07,600 Cheer up, Bill, might never happen. 700 00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:09,000 Ignore him. 701 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:10,800 There's drinks over there. 702 00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,880 There are more beers in the fridge, if they're not cold enough. 703 00:48:15,240 --> 00:48:16,440 Oh, Mum. 704 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,000 You want me to get rid of him? 705 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:21,040 Please. 706 00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:24,160 Don't...burn...the chicken wings. 707 00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:35,040 Kate! 708 00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:40,000 I just want to say, I really appreciate you coming. 709 00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:43,080 I'm happy to be here. 710 00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:45,760 We're not going to fix things overnight, but it's a start... 711 00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:47,440 It is. 712 00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:49,800 What did I say about the wings?! Sorry. 713 00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:54,240 Oh, shit, it's going to blow away! 714 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:00,680 Do you need a hand, boys? 715 00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:22,040 I promise we'll come back to Granny's soon, all right? 716 00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:23,760 That's it, go on, in you get. 717 00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:27,800 Football practice? 718 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:29,520 Yeah. I totally forgot. 719 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,040 But that's Tuesdays? 720 00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:33,040 Yeah, well, they changed it. 721 00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:34,720 Don't ask me why. 722 00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:39,880 I'll come and get you later. 723 00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:41,840 No hurry, I can help clean up. 724 00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:10,560 Mike? 725 00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:14,760 Let's, um... Take it over here. 726 00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:19,760 Is Dom OK? 727 00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:24,040 What did you want to ask me? 728 00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:27,760 When you and Kate first came to the Lyell, 729 00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:29,160 the day after the murder, 730 00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:31,160 she had bruises on her right wrist. 731 00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,320 She said you made them. 732 00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:35,200 We'd been drinking. 733 00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:39,160 I was feeling low about being stuck in uniform. 734 00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:40,760 I said that the only way 735 00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:43,840 Mum was going to let me back in the CID was... 736 00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:46,440 ..if I moved home to Carol. 737 00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:48,120 And she lost it. 738 00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:49,800 She really, really lost it. 739 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:52,200 Said that she was going to go and stay at a mate's 740 00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:54,320 but she'd had way too much to drink, and... 741 00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,240 ..I had to get her keys off her somehow. 742 00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:06,600 What is it, Mike? 743 00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:11,160 Dom's adamant... 744 00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:15,360 He's adamant that it was Kate's voice he heard speaking to his mum. 745 00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:19,160 And you believe him now? 746 00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:21,760 Dom? 747 00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:24,160 Come here. 748 00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:32,560 Look... 749 00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:34,280 I believe you, mate. 750 00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:38,880 I believe it was Kate's voice that you heard. 751 00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:46,840 Do you remember what they were arguing about, Dom? 752 00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:50,680 Do you remember any specific words? 753 00:51:55,840 --> 00:51:57,880 "Uniform". 754 00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:01,080 They were arguing about uniforms. 755 00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:05,360 Well done, mate. Go on. 756 00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:11,880 You gave Kate a scare. 757 00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:16,160 She knew how much you wanted to get back in CID. 758 00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:18,640 How much you missed the boys. 759 00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:22,560 So, the next day, hungover and paranoid, 760 00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:24,120 she confronts Carol. 761 00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:26,120 A pre-emptive strike. 762 00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:29,800 "If you went back, it wouldn't be for love. 763 00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:34,680 "It would be to get out of that bloody uniform." 764 00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:37,600 That sound plausible? 765 00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:45,320 Just in time. 766 00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:47,400 < Come! Come! 767 00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:00,160 It all went! 768 00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:01,680 I normally make too much. 769 00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:08,000 Do you think Mike's OK? 770 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:09,400 Yeah. 771 00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:12,360 I mean, under the circumstances. 772 00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:14,000 Why? 773 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:17,040 Just him shooting off like that. 774 00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:19,360 I'm sure he's fine. 775 00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:47,680 Is Kate still there? 776 00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:49,280 You've got to keep her there! 777 00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:50,880 I'm still here, Mike. 778 00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:59,360 What's the matter? 779 00:54:18,240 --> 00:54:21,160 Why...? Funny you should ask, 780 00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:25,440 cos in so many ways, you were to blame. 781 00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:28,240 Do you know what, Kate? I'm not having this conversation with you. 782 00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:30,680 Don't fucking walk away from me. You know as much as I do, 783 00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:33,840 if Mike came back here, it's only cos of Bridget. Don't be fooled! 784 00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:36,520 Oh, what? You think he's that desperate to get out of uniform? 785 00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:39,200 Jesus, you don't know him at all, do ya? 786 00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:43,000 Cos if you did, you'd know that if he comes back, it's cos he wants to. 787 00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:47,040 You didn't really think you were the first, did ya? 788 00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:49,520 You didn't fall for that line, eh? 789 00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:51,960 You did! Wow, this is priceless! 790 00:54:51,960 --> 00:54:55,640 This is fucking hilarious! Let me guess. What was it? Kids? 791 00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:58,800 Mm? Nuptials? 792 00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:00,880 You shut it... Do you know what? 793 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:03,520 I ALMOST feel sorry for you. 794 00:55:04,600 --> 00:55:05,680 Almost. 795 00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,600 I mean, he said you were thick... 796 00:55:09,960 --> 00:55:11,680 ..but Jesus Christ... 797 00:55:23,240 --> 00:55:25,600 Kate Freeman, I am arresting you 798 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:28,840 on suspicion of the murder of Carol Laing in Southbay, Essex. 799 00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:30,640 You do not have to say anything, 800 00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:33,720 but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned, 801 00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:36,480 something which you later rely on in court. 802 00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:55,680 I can take her in. 803 00:55:57,040 --> 00:55:58,880 It's years since I felt a collar. 804 00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:00,520 I've missed it. 805 00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:42,440 You OK? Yeah. 806 00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:46,080 Been a nightmare, this whole thing, hasn't it? 807 00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:48,120 Bill? Bill. 808 00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:52,800 Can you salvage it? I don't know. It's... 809 00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:55,760 ..hard to get back, you know? 810 00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:58,720 You think you know someone. 811 00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:06,240 Southbay's kind of grown on me. Uh-oh! 812 00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:08,040 Bank Holiday coming up... Mm-hm. 813 00:57:08,040 --> 00:57:10,320 Fancy a long weekend back in Southbay? 814 00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:12,640 Mmmmmm... 815 00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:15,160 ..no. 816 00:57:15,160 --> 00:57:18,640 Why not? Come on, there's a beautiful beach. 817 00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:20,160 Come on. It's so romantic. 818 00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:24,160 You and I have different ideas of romance in that case. 819 00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:42,400 Do not throw me in! 820 00:57:55,200 --> 00:58:00,880 # Testator silens 821 00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:11,240 # Costestes e spiritu 822 00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:17,520 # Silencium. #