1 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:22,593 MAN: Jeannie. 2 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,949 Jeannie. Hospital visit. 3 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:30,758 OFFICER: Hey! 4 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,989 Long! Get back here now! 5 00:01:58,080 --> 00:01:59,638 Jeannie? 6 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,671 Nice place. 7 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,231 Me mum said it was nice. 8 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,390 So, are you going to invite us in? 9 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,351 I've come all this way. 10 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:16,758 Come on. Let us in, will you? 11 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,836 I'm going to count to ten. 12 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,391 Then I'm going to call the prison. 13 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,874 - Oh, come on. - Go on. Scram! 14 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:26,717 Back to your hole! 15 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:31,758 Look at me! 16 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,589 You're so bloody brave, aren't you? 17 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:37,517 Why can't you look at me? 18 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,155 I never did anything wrong. I said look at me! 19 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:45,432 You... never... once... came to see me! 20 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,592 I hate you! 21 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:52,791 I hate you! You never... 22 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,072 Oh, God. 23 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,351 - Do you not love me? - No. 24 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,998 Never. You made my life a nightmare. 25 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,189 You can wake up now. 26 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,558 It's not like you to stoop to a spot of roadkill, Vera. 27 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,114 Oh, better class of roadkill, this one, Billy. 28 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,628 DCC wants a report on what the victim was doing 29 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,069 - before he goes to the press. - I bet he does. 30 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,076 Still, seeing as we're here... 31 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,154 - Traffic accident? - Yes. And no. 32 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:01,359 Billy. 33 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,996 Well, the collision might have killed her but I'm guessing it didn't do this. 34 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:07,989 You sure? 35 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:13,473 Mr. Long? 36 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:17,272 DCI Vera Stanhope. DS Joe Ashworth. 37 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,676 What were you thinking of, letting her out in the first place? 38 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,792 She was bound to come after me. Like an animal, she was. 39 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,119 - Your hand OK? - Aye. It's all right. 40 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,038 - Better than my head. - We'll get someone to look at it. 41 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,759 - No need to fuss. - It's just for evidence. 42 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,557 So you struck first? 43 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:40,037 - What do you think happened here? - She was your daughter, Mr. Long. 44 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,753 No. She gave that up a long time ago. 45 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:48,719 - Ah, you play yourself, do you? - Mm? 46 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,159 Piano. 47 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,078 Oh, it's... Theresa's thing. 48 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,351 The late wife. And Jeannie, she had a knack for it. 49 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,798 Why hang on to it... if she was never coming home? 50 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:10,715 - Well, she's not coming home now. - No, she's not. 51 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,790 She went for me! 52 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:15,910 On me own doorstep and... 53 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,953 - And what? - I don't know. 54 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,309 You don't know or you can't remember? 55 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,113 I was trying to defend myself. 56 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,869 She kept clawing at me. I was trying to get back into the house. 57 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:34,478 I looked up... and all of a sudden she stepped back. 58 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,116 - Just stepped back off the kerb? - Onto the road. 59 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:42,673 Aye. 60 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,517 An accident? 61 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,157 On purpose. 62 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,270 She saw that bus coming. 63 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:51,311 She walked right into it. 64 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,033 Did she say anything before she erm? 65 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,359 No. 66 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,153 OK. 67 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:11,468 Right. 68 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:16,076 Not much to be scared of, is she? Not any more. 69 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,071 The bairns keeping you up? 70 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,716 - What is that supposed to mean? - Nah. Just an observation. 71 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,795 And what is this? 72 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,716 It was me dad's. 73 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,479 Well, it was either me or the scrapheap. 74 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,510 Oh, it was a devil to get her started. 75 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,996 It's a she, is it? 76 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,671 NEWSREADER: For murder, died instantly following the collision. 77 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,119 It is thought she escaped 78 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:04,597 while being transferred from Ebmore Prison to hospital for routine surgery. 79 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,915 Long was convicted for the brutal murder 80 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,032 of her lover's daughter, schoolgirl Abigail Mantel, 81 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,752 more than a decade ago. 82 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,236 Police say the incident is not being treated as suspicious... 83 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,159 ...but appeal to any witnesses to come forward. 84 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,237 WOMAN: Hello? - Hey, sis. 85 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,953 - It's me. - Chris? Where are you? 86 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,070 - At home. - Oh. 87 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,429 What? No. No. "Home" home. 88 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,316 Right here, right now. 89 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,198 Can I come and stay for a bit? 90 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,674 Do you know the way after all these years? 91 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,199 OK. 92 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,194 TV: Was available for comment although it is understood 93 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:56,472 that a full investigation into prisoner transportation has already begun. 94 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,318 Jeannie Long was convicted for the brutal murder 95 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,749 of her lover's daughter, Abigail Mantel, 96 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,109 in a case that electrified Tynemouth. 97 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:16,911 Jeannie Long. 98 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,428 11 years into a life sentence. 99 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,356 She was a star turn. 100 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,914 DI Fletcher's last collar before I showed up. 101 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:26,951 Greatly missed, I'm sure. 102 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,509 Anyone here work the case? 103 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:32,676 Last man standing. 104 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,678 Well, go on, then, blossom. Stand up. 105 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,711 Let's hear it for Kenny. 106 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,436 That's it. Come on. Mind over matter. 107 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:45,957 OK. Er... Jeannie. 108 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,309 Pretty lass. 22 years old at the time. 109 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,318 Living with a rich boyfriend out in Tynemouth. 110 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,078 - Keith... - Mantel. 111 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,793 Wife passed away, had an only daughter named... 112 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,150 - Abigail, but everybody called her... - Abby. 113 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,550 She's er... 14 or summat. 114 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,068 15. She was... 15. 115 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:10,478 Two pretty lasses under the one roof, fighting over the big man. 116 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,476 Until Keith had enough. 117 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,159 He throws Jeannie out the house. 118 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,317 Jeannie is so angry, she follows Abby out of town, 119 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:23,239 comes back hours later, scratches down her face. 120 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:29,478 Abby's fibers all over her clothes. Jeannie strangled her near Ebdon Wood. 121 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,671 - Clothing, wasn't it? - Aye, some sort of close weave. 122 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:36,872 Tie. Scarf. Shirt sleeve. We reckon she threw it away. 123 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,388 If I could haul us back to this morning... 124 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,432 The bus driver confirmed Jeannie stepped into the road. 125 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,948 - It was suicide? - Basically. 126 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,639 Plus five more eye-witnesses say the same thing. 127 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:49,716 Well, that's Dad in the clear. 128 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,991 - He still hit her. - Self-defense. 129 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,395 You love your kids, no matter what. 130 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,749 Oh, bless him. In his own little world. 131 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,872 What was she thinking, running off to her dad's? 132 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,115 They would have sent her straight back. 133 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,310 Had enough, I suppose. 134 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,875 Wanted to go home. I don't know. 135 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,195 Take care, OK? See you soon. 136 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,835 Wind slightly off the berth. Steering her back to two five zero. 137 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:38,715 - Tea, sir. - Thank you very much. 138 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,876 James, what are going to call your son? 139 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:49,114 - ...Matthew. - Excellent, James. 140 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,549 You are very, very fast learner. 141 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,477 For special occasions. 142 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:04,917 - Matthew. - Na zdorovje. 143 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:12,833 Hang on. 144 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,077 - Boss. - What? 145 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,948 Can I have a word a moment, please? 146 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:52,392 What? 147 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,359 Dennis Firle called the station overnight. 148 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,436 I recognized his name. 149 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:00,708 Who? 150 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,309 Well, I just got off the phone to him. He saw her. 151 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,669 What? Who? Saw who? 152 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,314 Dennis Firle saw Jeannie Long. 153 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:13,035 11 years ago. The same day, same time as Abby's murder. 154 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,673 - King's Cross station. - What? 155 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,950 Mr. Firle knew Jeannie. He said he would have talked to her 156 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,468 but he and his wife were moving to the States 157 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,114 and they were running late for their flight. 158 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,594 But why didn't he say so at the time? 159 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:32,394 He did. He heard Jeannie was in trouble and he called from the States. 160 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,908 It's all in the original action list. Look. 161 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,876 They squared the case off so fast that nobody called him back. 162 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,275 He's willing to fly over to testify. 163 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,709 He read about Jeannie online last night. 164 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:45,751 He was totally distraught. 165 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:51,799 Jeannie had an alibi all along and... she never knew. 166 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,593 So, come on, since you're on a roll - 167 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,349 if she didn't kill Abigail Mantel, who did? 168 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,631 JOE: Mr. Mantel. 169 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,513 Mr. Mantel. 170 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,435 Sorry. I'm not with it today. 171 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,035 We're here to advise you that... 172 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,594 Jeannie Long may not have been responsible for your daughter's death. 173 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,238 Right. Right. 174 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,878 We'll obviously want to reopen the investigation, 175 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,070 which is going to mean questions. 176 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:56,633 Sure. 177 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,352 Understood. 178 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,314 She sounded like a lovely girl, your daughter. 179 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:07,478 Aye, she was. 180 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,397 WOMAN: Mr. Mantel. 181 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:15,600 Guests on their way, would you believe? Fundraising for the lifeboats. 182 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:17,756 Might it be an idea to put them off? 183 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,553 Too late. That'll be the caterers. 184 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,114 Let's get this party started. 185 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,191 He never visited her in prison, not once, Jeannie's dad. 186 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,071 Not our place to judge. 187 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:37,193 - You do it all the time. - It's a job, not a crusade. 188 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,472 She was in Year 10. Mr. Rollworth's class. 189 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,553 Abig... You were at school with Abigail Mantel? 190 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:52,794 Aye. 191 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:55,876 Did you know her? 192 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,588 She was in the year below. You don't talk to anyone outside your year. 193 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,833 I remember, though, they had this... memorial for her in assembly. 194 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,513 Her face up on the overhead projector in the gym. 195 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,233 And I also remember everyone was weeping for her 196 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,795 like they all knew her, like she was some sort of special person. 197 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:18,910 Maybe she was. 198 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,350 Me sister got so sick of it, she did her hair up like Jeannie Long. 199 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:23,879 Bet your mam loved that. 200 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,673 She went after her with a pair of scissors. 201 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,756 She looked like Joan of Arc. 202 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,392 It was a mad summer. Best summer of me life. 203 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:34,998 Why's that? 204 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,396 When I met me missus. 205 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,832 MAN: Emma. Emma. 206 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:57,711 Emma. Sleepyhead. 207 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,035 Oh, James. 208 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,036 - How long have I? - Oh, hours. 209 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,990 Here. Drink up. 210 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,190 Oh, cripes, the party! Dad's going to... 211 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,471 It's OK. I gave him a call, said we're going to be late. 212 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,192 OK. 213 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,829 If you're not up to it, I can always cancel. 214 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,916 No, it's what I need. 215 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,269 Get out of me own head for a bit. 216 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:25,911 - She was the best friend I ever had. - Hey. Not quite the best. 217 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:31,757 I feel old. 218 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,756 I do, though. 219 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,870 - Chris is back. - Oh. Where is he? 220 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,753 - He's me brother. I didn't pick him. - All right. 221 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,791 CHRIS: I didn't pick you, either. 222 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,477 - I better get Matthew ready. - You... coward. 223 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,516 - Why not give your mum and dad a call? - Leave it out, man. 224 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,915 Just cos you've got no family of your own. 225 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,390 Chris. 226 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,398 - Will we see you at the party? - I hope not. 227 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,637 So, go on. Ask me. I know you're dying to. 228 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,309 OK. What have you come back for this time, Chris? 229 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:20,954 - It's been three years. - Am I skint, you mean? 230 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,274 No. 231 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:27,199 No, you keep your hands in your pockets. I'm not skint, Jim. 232 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,719 As a matter of fact... I had to. 233 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,633 No choice. Not this time. 234 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:37,551 All right. 235 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,550 Tell her I said I'm sorry, will you? 236 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,268 MAN: See you tomorrow, Robert. 237 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:20,955 Robert Winter? DCI Vera Stanhope. 238 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:23,951 Yes, I thought you'd be along. 239 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,991 Listen, I wanted a word. 240 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,635 Er, you see, you were Jeannie's last recorded visitor. 241 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,439 Look, sorry, er... we could make an appointment. 242 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:37,314 Not only am I running late but it's my turn to wash up. 243 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:39,351 I'll dry, if you like. 244 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,992 No, nobody to talk to. Not since her mother died. The father... 245 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,315 - Yeah, we know about. - Of course. 246 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:49,430 Jeannie had no friends inside? 247 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,109 No. Well, she was so adamant that she was innocent. 248 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,549 That tends to grate on the rest of the wing. 249 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,397 Did she convince you at all? 250 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:01,274 As her probation officer, I was duty-bound to block my ears. 251 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:04,392 - Whether I wanted to or not. - Yeah, course you were. 252 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:08,479 Face your demons. In the end. If you can. 253 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,476 That's the message. 254 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,159 One moment of madness. Et cetera. 255 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,270 I did what I could for her. 256 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,515 Within my remit. 257 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,276 Did she ever talk about the day of Abigail's murder? 258 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,752 Mr. Winter. 259 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,432 If they knew that I played any part in this, 260 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,471 they would have my job. 261 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,192 In what? 262 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:46,072 Jeannie kept begging me to look into a possible appeal on her behalf. 263 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:50,079 In the end I said, "Make an account of everything that happened. 264 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:52,998 Your story. How you remember it." 265 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:56,111 She sent me all this. 266 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,835 Craziness, so it seemed. 267 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:04,670 Anyway, the last time we met, I told her. 268 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,159 No appeal. 269 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:10,712 I gave her hope. 270 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,471 Weak. Cruel of me. 271 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,358 - Here's your dad. - Sorry I'm late, love. Sorry. 272 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,472 - There's quite a turn-out, eh? - Are you surprised? 273 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,876 That dead girl. I can't believe he just went ahead with it. 274 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,556 He seems all right, considering. 275 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:53,711 MOTHER: He's probably loving it. 276 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,230 Center of attention. You know what he's like. 277 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,350 We'll just show our faces. 278 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,870 Half an hour. I feel sick, just being here. 279 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,911 Of course you do. We all do. 280 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,595 Oh... look at that poor girl. She's dead on her feet. 281 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,711 - Mam. - Leave her be. 282 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,796 EMMA: It's so embarrassing. 283 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,269 Thank you all for trooping out tonight. 284 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:37,635 I would have canceled. You all know why. 285 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,116 She killed my little girl. 286 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,236 11 years trying to say those words. 287 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,636 Now they've got hold of some alibi. 288 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,789 Jeannie didn't do it. Someone else did. 289 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,956 And all that hate... gone to the wrong address. 290 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:03,757 You see? 291 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,710 So... it's like we've buried not one but two little girls. 292 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,310 Two daughters. 293 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:20,789 Some of you may remember... She was a talented musician, Jeannie was. 294 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:25,995 So I'd like us all to hear this, please. 295 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,916 JEANNIE: Me and Keith, well... well, he was the love of me life. 296 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,752 He had a daughter... but we didn't get on. 297 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,790 I don't know why. She was... 298 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,034 always so... mad jealous. 299 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:00,798 Anyway... 300 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,150 ANSWERPHONE: Hello. Your call cannot be taken at the moment. 301 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,509 Please leave your message after the tone. 302 00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:12,318 She would have scratched me face off if I hadn't... got out the house. 303 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:14,032 I just ran for it. 304 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:18,551 Cos once Abby got wound up, nothing would have... stopped her. 305 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,437 I went to London for the day, like I said. 306 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:29,999 When I got back that night, there was this... policewoman. 307 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:32,955 I over... I overreacted. 308 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,911 I see that now. 309 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,791 I was... was just trying to defend meself. 310 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:44,993 I'm sorry. 311 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:50,111 I'm dying in here. 312 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,631 Will somebody please... please help me? 313 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:01,149 Please. 314 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:10,879 Ow! 315 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,510 That's the trouble with this town. 316 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,835 Everyone loves the old days. 317 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,191 Oh, what is that? 318 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,913 Mam? 319 00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:59,233 Mam? 320 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,032 Mam! Mam! 321 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,393 Mam! 322 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:04,509 - Mary. - Mam! 323 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,391 Mary! Mary. It's all right. 324 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,556 - What's going on? - Come on, darling. 325 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,716 Oh... Oh, God! Chris! 326 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,797 - Stay there. Stay there. - Chris! Chris! Please, no! 327 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,831 No! Chris! Please! 328 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,591 No, Chris! 329 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,508 Christopher Winter. He's only been back in the country two days. 330 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,630 Family haven't seen him in years. 331 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:37,993 Billy? 332 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,998 Well, I think we can rule out traffic accident. 333 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,157 Head wound. This er... rivet near the crown. 334 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:49,514 - Time of death? Murder weapon? - Nah. No sign. 335 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,391 Well, the night is young. 336 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,556 - Car? - Belonged to his sister. 337 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,875 The boot was... was found like this? 338 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,193 What? 339 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,514 It's warped. Twisted. 340 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,278 Victim leans in to get something out of the back, 341 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:26,074 down comes the boot, strikes him hard, back of the head. 342 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:28,111 - The boot? - Aye, it's possible. 343 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,755 No great blood loss but er... possible brain hemorrhage, 344 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,634 depending on the force of the blow. That would do it. Can we go home now? 345 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,910 - Witnesses? - Well, it's early days. 346 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:42,317 But no-one's come forward. The ticket-takers had all gone in. 347 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:47,150 So er... the front door was closed. Hm? 348 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,992 So, very likely, the killer came from the road. 349 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,635 Eh, it's a fair walk. No-one heard any cars. 350 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,274 Besides, the lights in the garden are that low, 351 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,039 anyone could have got in and out and not been seen. 352 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,878 VERA: We could be looking at any one of the guests. 353 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,079 It's all right, Mam. It's OK. 354 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,756 Is this the mother? 355 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,477 How are we doing? 356 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,717 We wanted to call but you don't want to make a fuss. 357 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:29,557 I shall have a word with the medic, get something for your wife, help her sleep. 358 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,160 Mam's on these horse tranquillizers as it is. 359 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,391 - A light sleeper, aren't you, love? - I have been. 360 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:39,872 - Matthew? - It's all right. 361 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,751 He's asleep in his buggy. 362 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,998 Get these people home if Forensics are happy. 363 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,271 As for the rest, names and addresses, send them home. 364 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:53,998 Vera. 365 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,112 Caroline! I didn't know you were local. 366 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,197 I'm not. Well, North Shields. 367 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,276 Well, it's only over the river. 368 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,390 Well... see you. 369 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:06,668 Aye. 370 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,434 Caroline Fletcher. DI Fletcher, as was. 371 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,869 - Who investigated... - Abigail's murder. 372 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,037 - Nice ankles, don't you think? - Not so you'd notice. 373 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,071 You after a raise? 374 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,588 What is she doing here, anyway? 375 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,318 All right, don't take your coats off. 376 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,351 Holly, victim. 377 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,789 Christopher Winter, aged 24. 378 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,230 He's been overseas on and off since he left school after his GCSEs. 379 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,157 Doing what? Drugs? 380 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:42,274 No. Traveling, bar work. He hasn't been home since the Christmas before last 381 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,676 and he kipped over at his sister's on Sunday night. Then... 382 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,395 Murdered in the driveway while Keith Mantel's holding a fundraiser 383 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,112 for our brave lads on the boats. 384 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,152 Taylor, I want details of his every movement 385 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,714 since he set foot back in the country. 386 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,558 - From where? - Er, Amsterdam. Ferry. 387 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:04,196 So, where he went, who he met, talked to. Phone calls. 388 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:05,468 Right? 389 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,988 Now... Keith Mantel. Joe. 390 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:12,033 Family were a big noise on the docks. Made a fortune out of ship-building. 391 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,436 - Sold to a Danish company. - We can leave the Danes out of it. 392 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:19,393 Keith Mantel put all his capital into property - Mantel's estate agents. 393 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,954 When did you say he sold up family business? 394 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:25,675 12 years. Maybe four months before Abby's death. 395 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,200 So, first Abigail, now Chris Winter. 396 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,038 Right. 397 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:36,835 Copies of the old Abigail Mantel file. Such as it is. 398 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,838 - You think same killer? - That's a starting point. 399 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:44,112 - Shall I have a word with DI Fletcher? - Oh, I can do that, pet. 400 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,876 Who got any sleep last night? 401 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:53,359 Well, don't go making up for it now. No more leave without my say-so. 402 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:58,076 - And, Holly, leave the boyfriend at home. - Don't have a boyfriend. 403 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:02,477 Right, you lot, I want witness statements from all the guests 404 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,750 by closing time tonight. 405 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,678 Joe, with me. Holly, you can drive us. 406 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,349 You said killed by a blow from the edge of the boot. 407 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,391 I seem to recall that was your theory. 408 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,716 - Oh, you're the expert, pet. - Thank you. Pet. 409 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:26,038 Now, look. Victim's struck once on the back of the head. Edge of the boot. 410 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:31,154 This... rivet. It's enough to stun him but then comes blow number two. 411 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:32,997 The death blow. 412 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,235 Cracked skull. Internal hemorrhage. 413 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:36,679 So, what hit him? 414 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,518 Flat surface. Bloody hard. Metal, I'm guessing. 415 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,632 And look. Traces of earth, mud, in his hair. 416 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:46,309 Tell the Crime Scene mob we're minus a murder weapon. Priority. 417 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,078 Will do. 418 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:49,599 Time of death? 419 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,313 15, 20 minutes before your witness found him. 420 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,835 - Right. - You're welcome. 421 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:59,668 Ooh. Billy. That autopsy report I sent you. 422 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,632 - Abigail Mantel? - The same. You know what I'm asking. 423 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:06,798 Two murders, decade apart. Different MO. Was it the same killer? No. 424 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,832 No evidence of it, anyway. Two killers. 425 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,559 I think you're meant to swallow those whole. 426 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,591 I like to know what I'm eating. 427 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,552 - Everything all right? - Tummy trouble. 428 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,034 Ohh. Something you ate? 429 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,833 - Manner of speaking. - Oh, Billy. 430 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,077 Yeah. Look, Vera... Right. Not a word to your team, eh? 431 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,554 Your young man is running for Pope, is he not? 432 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,272 God help the Vatican. 433 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,675 Seven-day course. Soon be back in business. 434 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:38,349 What is it they say, eh? "You're as old as who you feel." 435 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,436 And who did you feel? 436 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:43,916 It was dark. The beer flowed like wine. 437 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,190 It's all a bit of a blank, to be honest. 438 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,869 Still, she left you something to remember her by, eh? 439 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,472 Taylor's been through Christopher Winter's calls. 440 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,637 Two hours before he died, he called your direct line. 441 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,910 What? How did he get hold of that? 442 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,110 - You sure you never met him? - No. 443 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,675 Oh, hold on. Joe, check my answerphone. 444 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,273 CHRIS WINTER: Listen, you won't remember me. 445 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:27,552 I want you to know, whatever happens, I'm not here to judge you. 446 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,478 I'm just saying somebody's got to make a stand. 447 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:35,116 Cos that woman... Jeannie Long, her blood is on your hands. 448 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,151 On all our hands. 449 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,636 Time to stop running. Set us all free. 450 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:47,951 Our son. 451 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,551 Famous last words. 452 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,476 Who was he calling? 453 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,954 The message appears to have been left for me. 454 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,149 Oh. 455 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,674 - You two? - Never met. No. 456 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,194 I thought you might be able to explain. 457 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:10,877 Oh, don't ask us. 458 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:14,752 Mrs. Winter. 459 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:19,076 Last night. If you're feeling up to it. 460 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,680 I... I cut me hand. 461 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,956 So silly. 462 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,190 I went back to the car. 463 00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:31,630 I thought I might have some plasters in the first-aid box. 464 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,634 And I don't know if I did or not. 465 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:41,957 And Chris? 466 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,551 He was lying there. 467 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:54,758 But then I was so frightened, I don't know what happened next. 468 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,190 Well, did you see anybody, hear anything? 469 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:00,719 No. 470 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,558 No. 471 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,034 Christopher. On the phone. 472 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:14,508 Could I possibly hear it one more time? 473 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:16,799 Mary. 474 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,715 I don't care about the words. 475 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,712 It's just his voice, you see. 476 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,072 Yeah, course she can. 477 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,354 Listen, you won't remember me. 478 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:37,598 I want you to know, whatever happens, I'm not here to judge you. 479 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:40,757 I'm just saying somebody's got to make a stand. 480 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,597 Christopher's room. 481 00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,471 Once upon a time. 482 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,675 We use it for ironing, mostly, now. 483 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,269 You know what it's like. Kids grow up. 484 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:09,952 Move out. 485 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,149 You don't know what to do with the space. 486 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,951 He could have called. 487 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:23,435 - You don't have to be strong. - Yes, I do. I do. 488 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,592 They look to you, do they, the family? 489 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,278 My fault. 490 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,151 I encourage it. 491 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,758 And out there, where your daughter found Abigail. 492 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,636 Past the trees. That's it. 493 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,315 Did you not think about moving? 494 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,158 Sure. We'd talk about it. 495 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:59,274 Mary has her own ideas. 496 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:01,558 Fear. 497 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,192 Trauma. 498 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,992 I said to her, "It takes more than a change of scenery." 499 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:12,193 "You have to face your demons." Like I said to Jeannie. 500 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:14,390 Oh, I meant to ask. 501 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:18,433 You'd have thought Abigail's friendship with your daughter... 502 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,756 Yes. Yes, I did point out the conflict. 503 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:26,032 The prison service, they... they felt that the common ground 504 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,275 would actually do her good. 505 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,234 Mm. 506 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,477 The er... DVD. Was that of any use? 507 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:35,794 Oh, sorry. 508 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,231 Excuse me. Joe? 509 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,312 JOE: CSI found... this... 510 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,191 ...in Christopher Winter's rucksack. 511 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,790 - Oh. Very nice. - No. Inside. 512 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:00,192 Abigail Mantel? 513 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:06,118 - "Looking's free." - Aye. And that's not all. 514 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,311 DI Fletcher? 515 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:19,588 Joe. 516 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,072 Have a word with the sister. 517 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:25,510 How well did Chris Winter know Abigail Mantel? 518 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:31,117 - And, er, where are you off to? - Bit of lippy. And a hard hat. 519 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:34,717 I'm going into battle. 520 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:47,434 I am honored. I expected uniform. Or a phone call. 521 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,230 You're no ordinary witness, are you? 522 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,752 Besides... I could use your help. 523 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,232 Oh. OK. 524 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,832 Last night, I see your lot coming up the drive, I'm straight into automatic. 525 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:07,509 - Time of death? Where's my crime scene? - Don't tell me you miss it. 526 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:10,870 Oh, you know. Never when sober. 527 00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:13,958 No ring? 528 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,879 - Not the one that counts. You? - Oh... 529 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,517 "Small, yet clumsy," me dad used to say. 530 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,469 Ah, it's a pity, though, with your looks. 531 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,714 Plus now you're out of the force. 532 00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:32,671 What's that got to do with it? 533 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:35,996 Oh. You and er... Keith Mantel. 534 00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:41,312 The other night at the party in the garden, 535 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:43,191 under the gibbous moon. 536 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:45,515 I tell you, my radar's slow as it comes 537 00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:48,836 but even I thought, "Hello. History." 538 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,075 Sorry. Lost me. 539 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:55,477 Well, rich, good-looking man, in bits over his dead lass. 540 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:58,796 Enter DI Fletcher, hormones raging. 541 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,511 You kissed it all away, didn't you? All that pain. 542 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,590 Detective at 34, the darling of the ACC. 543 00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,074 I wondered why you walked away from the job. 544 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:17,639 You broke the golden rule - never get involved with a witness. 545 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,432 I never touched him. 546 00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:23,280 - Not during. - After. 547 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,600 After you charged the wrong woman with murder. 548 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,670 You see that lass he was with at the party? 549 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:34,110 - What is she? A model or what? - Why are you making this personal? 550 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,196 - What did I ever do to you? - Not me. 551 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:40,028 Her. The girlfriend he couldn't quite get rid of. 552 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,993 - I fitted up Jeannie Long now, did I? - You were in too much of a hurry. 553 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:47,749 You and your precious alibi. You would have done the same yourself. 554 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:53,279 I mean, we had time-wasters calling up every minute of the day. 555 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:55,390 You can't act on every call. You... 556 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,476 No, I was thinking more of Abigail. 557 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:02,633 Sexually active, according to the autopsy. Who with? 558 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:04,591 Not relevant. 559 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,995 Why didn't you take a statement from Chris Winter? 560 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:08,598 He was 14 years old. 561 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,677 He was only 400 yards from where Abigail was murdered. 562 00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:14,234 - He was in his room. - He could have climbed out. 563 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,238 - The family wouldn't have seen. - You don't know that. 564 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:22,917 Look... what we found... 565 00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:25,719 ...in Chris's wallet. 566 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:31,351 My old business card. So what? 567 00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:34,594 He hung on to it all these years. 568 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:37,518 Look. Direct line. 569 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:40,430 That's... my number now, of course. 570 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,438 And you know what else? He left a message. 571 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:46,517 I thought it was for me but it wasn't. It was for you. 572 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:48,551 Do you want to hear it? 573 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,068 Listen. You won't remember me. 574 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:56,078 I want you to know, whatever happens, I'm not here to judge you. 575 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,953 I'm just saying somebody's got to make a stand. 576 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:04,151 Cos that woman... Jeannie Long, her blood is on your hands. 577 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,191 On all our hands. 578 00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:09,073 Time to stop running. Set us all free. 579 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,037 JOE: Your brother and Abby. Were they an item? 580 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:36,559 Mrs. Bennett? 581 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:40,798 Sorry. I keep thinking I know your face. I can't... 582 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,594 - St Joseph's. I was a year above. - Right. 583 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,110 Did I... Did we know each other? 584 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:50,912 I don't think so. 585 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:53,519 No. 586 00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:58,869 Still... I can't think there was anything to it. 587 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:01,115 She was probably just flattered. 588 00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,839 Though with Abby, you never knew what was coming. 589 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:07,875 That's why I liked her. 590 00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:10,070 She was fond of you? 591 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:14,238 I was... starry-eyed. Captive audience. 592 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:19,158 We'd sit on the beach with a couple of Dad's ciggies 593 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,351 and watch the sun go down behind St George's. 594 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,391 Abby loved an audience. 595 00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:34,229 I was... going to the shops to get I don't know what. Eggs. 596 00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:40,870 And I saw this... bright blue in the corn. 597 00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:43,559 I thought, "I know that coat anywhere." And... 598 00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:48,879 I'm glad. 599 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,311 I'm glad you were there. 600 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,114 You know what it was like, that summer. 601 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:00,398 Yeah, I do. 602 00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:07,196 You know, sometimes it's like I'm still there. 603 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:10,358 In that field. 604 00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:13,670 Like... it was me who died 605 00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:15,836 and... all this just... 606 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,911 ...something somebody made up in their head. 607 00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:23,191 - Mrs. Bennett... - Sorry. 608 00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:27,313 - I don't know where I am today. - All right. 609 00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,750 James will be home any minute and I'll be fine. 610 00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:35,436 Oh. There he goes. Like clockwork. 611 00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,913 OK. Hypotheses. 612 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:50,356 Christopher Winter murders Abigail Mantel. 613 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,868 - Why? - Why, he's nuts about her. 614 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:56,469 She's egging him on and he sees her from his bedroom window, 615 00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:58,636 out in the field by the house, 616 00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:01,274 and climbs out of the window to meet her. And... 617 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,550 He makes a move, she laughs in his face. 618 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:05,192 Right. 619 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,873 And he... Well, he just loses it. 620 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:12,469 Kills her. Strangles her, no less. 621 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:15,114 And then back up the drainpipe. 622 00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,196 Enter DI Fletcher. 623 00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:20,316 Doesn't even interview him. 624 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:24,990 Sends Jeannie down for murder inside, what, Kenny? 14 hours? 625 00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,751 Christopher Winter takes off, first chance he gets. 626 00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:33,236 Travels the world. Suitcase full of snow-globes. 627 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:38,315 Spool on ten years. Come on, somebody, help me. 628 00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:41,875 Erm, he reads about Jeannie's death. He feels ashamed. 629 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:43,990 You can't run forever. 630 00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:46,553 Nobody can. 631 00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,398 He comes back home to confess - at the party, maybe. 632 00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:52,318 - At the party. - With the whole community in view. 633 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:54,715 But somebody gets to him first. 634 00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:57,593 Somebody stops him from speaking out. 635 00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:00,279 Who? 636 00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:06,231 ...cos once Abby got wound up, nothing would have... stopped her. 637 00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:08,949 She was... 638 00:47:10,360 --> 00:47:13,909 - Don't you need to get off? - No, I'll finish up here first. 639 00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:17,191 Oh, right. Wait till the bairns are all tucked up. 640 00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:19,071 No, it's not like that. 641 00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:21,429 Don't worry, pet. You won't be the first. 642 00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,908 - You've cheered up, haven't you? - Have I? 643 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:29,954 Mm. Old case in ribbons. Caroline Fletcher, egg on her face. 644 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,116 It's got nothing to do with her. 645 00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:35,391 They're all saying it's a personal vendetta. A female thing. 646 00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:36,759 Who? 647 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,079 Everyone. 648 00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:43,553 Her face. 649 00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:49,351 They did that to her. Caroline Fletcher and Keith Mantel. 650 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:52,710 - It was like a witch-hunt. - Her own father. 651 00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:54,751 Back onto him again, are we? 652 00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:56,518 He gave up on her. 653 00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:00,515 Want to see something funny? 654 00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,794 The old bugger. Me dad. 655 00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,875 Gets more post than I do. 656 00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:11,310 This came for him. North Berwick. 657 00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:12,998 Very nice. 658 00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:15,793 He always hated going out of his way. 659 00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:20,354 Unless it was for a... lesser-spotted canary or... 660 00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:26,198 Go on. 661 00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:40,034 "Dear Hector... I don't know if this is your address. 662 00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:45,108 Some months since you last joined our Friday afternoon game. 663 00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:47,799 Please come again. You're always very welcome. 664 00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:50,912 Wishing all good health to you, your daughter 665 00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:55,636 and your... grandsons, Alan and Kevin. 666 00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:00,828 Best wishes, your friends here on the Clifford Green." 667 00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:02,677 I looked it up. 668 00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,035 It's a bowling green. 669 00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,275 He's never bowled a ball in his life. 670 00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:13,917 Well, so I thought. 671 00:49:15,240 --> 00:49:17,754 He must have gone up there every Friday, 672 00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:22,078 told the old buggers some pack of lies about his perfect family. 673 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:24,911 No wonder he's such a grumpy old sod. 674 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:28,999 All he ever wanted all these years is... grandsons. 675 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:32,714 Well, at least it clears one thing up, eh? 676 00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:34,751 Alan. Kevin. 677 00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:37,710 He was a Toon fan, was he, your dad? 678 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:44,358 It's not funny. 679 00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:50,991 All right, I'm sorry. 680 00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:56,430 Hey, I'm sorry. I crossed a line. 681 00:49:56,480 --> 00:50:00,393 Safe to go home now, I should think. 682 00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:11,793 OK. 683 00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:01,357 Who's that? 684 00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:05,479 Hello? 685 00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:18,353 VERA: Hair color, clothes or anything at all? 686 00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:20,550 I told you. I didn't get a look at him. 687 00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:24,799 Well, any idea what he was after? 688 00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:29,275 Crack some heads, run off with the booty, I imagine. 689 00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:33,950 One o'clock in the morning. Why weren't you tucked up in bed? 690 00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:37,230 Seem to sleep better in the chair. 691 00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:40,634 Saves me the trouble of changing the sheets. 692 00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:42,511 I know what you mean. 693 00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:47,593 Well, Forensics are taking a look. Let's see what turns up. 694 00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:53,079 Oh, I... I've been meaning to ask. 695 00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:58,391 - Your witness statement. - Aren't you off duty? 696 00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:03,078 You say you went to the cellar for more wine. 697 00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:06,759 See, nobody saw you leave or come back. 698 00:52:08,720 --> 00:52:10,597 Did you see Chris Winter? 699 00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:14,235 No. Don't even know what he looks like. 700 00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:20,677 I'll tell you who I did see hanging around. 701 00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:22,915 Jeannie's father, Michael. 702 00:52:23,880 --> 00:52:25,518 Michael Long. 703 00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:33,672 Wasted journey, pet. Families only. 704 00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:39,870 Murder weapon. A match for the blow to Chris Winter's skull. 705 00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:42,878 - Where was it? - On the banks of the Wansbeck. 706 00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:44,638 Downriver of Mantel's place. 707 00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:49,470 Now, that missing afternoon, he was digging. Digging for... something. 708 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:53,639 Slings whatever it is in the car, plus the shovel. 709 00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:56,752 Goes to the party. "Look," he says. "Look what I dug up." 710 00:52:56,800 --> 00:53:02,033 Pops the boot, leans in to fetch it, killer stuns him, grabs the shovel. 711 00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:05,833 - "Santa Eulalia." - From church. 712 00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:07,677 Or a boat. 713 00:53:07,720 --> 00:53:09,836 James Bennett works as a launch pilot. 714 00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:12,075 - Do a background check on him. - Will do. 715 00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:13,394 Holly. 716 00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:14,953 Oh. 717 00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:17,230 Well, go on. Go fetch. 718 00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:19,953 I thought you needed help with Michael Long. 719 00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:21,797 Hol can sit in. 720 00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:24,513 Oh. Yeah. Yeah, sure. 721 00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:28,076 Well, go on. Move. 722 00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:34,191 Why didn't you tell us you were at the party, Mr. Long? 723 00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:36,712 Nobody asked. 724 00:53:36,760 --> 00:53:38,955 You weren't on the guest list. 725 00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:43,277 Did you see Chris Winter on your travels? 726 00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:44,958 On my way out. 727 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:46,592 He talk to you? 728 00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:49,837 He said, "You're Jeannie's dad, aren't you?" 729 00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:52,757 I said, "Who are you?" 730 00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:54,959 He said... 731 00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:57,552 Go on. 732 00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:00,518 "Sorry." 733 00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:02,278 Sorry? Sorry for what? 734 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:06,876 - I don't know. I went home, didn't I? - Sorry for what, Mr. Long? 735 00:54:06,920 --> 00:54:09,434 - For killing Abby Mantel. - Hey? 736 00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:12,836 - Well, someone had to pay. - Me. I paid. 737 00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:19,239 The trial. TV. Newspapers. Neighbors don't want to know you. 738 00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:22,477 My wife... buried at 43! 739 00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:26,274 This doctor said, "She looks like an old woman." She did, an' all! 740 00:54:26,320 --> 00:54:30,074 Like a withered old woman. Jeannie did that. Our Jeannie! 741 00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:31,872 But she didn't. 742 00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:42,355 Next time - if there's a next time - 743 00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:44,914 you sit, you make your little notes 744 00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:47,155 and you keep your mouth shut! 745 00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:48,553 OK? 746 00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:56,956 Look, this is not about you. 747 00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:58,718 No, you're right. 748 00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:03,639 - I just work so hard. - I know you do! 749 00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:05,636 - I just want you to... - What? 750 00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:07,398 To say, "Well done." 751 00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:15,511 It doesn't matter. 752 00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:21,990 Well, I'll just er... 753 00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:25,032 ...let you... 754 00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:36,794 Go give her nose a wipe, will you? 755 00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:41,149 - Ma'am, there's a call for you. - Right. 756 00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:43,191 Er, DI Fletcher. 757 00:55:43,240 --> 00:55:45,674 - Where's Joe? - No idea. 758 00:55:45,720 --> 00:55:48,280 Yes, it was a... It was a keepsake. 759 00:55:48,320 --> 00:55:50,515 It's mine. Chris must have borrowed it. 760 00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:54,872 - Oh, you didn't know he had it? - No. Not his style to ask. 761 00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:59,912 - That's a bit selfish. - Oh, we never really... got on much. 762 00:55:59,960 --> 00:56:02,838 - But he was close to your wife. - Oh, yeah. 763 00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:06,589 Emma romanticized him. The great wanderer. 764 00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:09,359 She always wanted to travel herself, so... 765 00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:14,510 Can I have it back? 766 00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:16,551 Well, once the trial's over, yeah. 767 00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:18,318 All right. Right. Course. 768 00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:26,079 How did he seem - Chris - when he was staying here? 769 00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:29,749 Erm... He was... 770 00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:33,236 Oh. He did say sorry before he left. That was a first. 771 00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:37,440 - "Sorry"? - Yeah. "Tell her I'm sorry." 772 00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:40,151 Meaning your wife? 773 00:56:41,600 --> 00:56:43,318 I don't know. 774 00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:08,195 Hello? 775 00:57:08,240 --> 00:57:10,913 KEITH: Does your wife know your little secret? 776 00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:14,111 Who or what is James Bennett, anyway? 777 00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:17,591 What if she were to find out? 778 00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:23,353 Emma. 779 00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:32,989 It's just Caroline was asking to see the room, weren't you? 780 00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:34,632 That's right. 781 00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:36,716 Well, here we are, then. 782 00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:43,276 Now, I may have been a lousy cop but I do know about people. 783 00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:44,878 You hear that? 784 00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:48,151 Wasps' nests. They come back every year, don't they, Mary? 785 00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:51,112 Oh, they love our tiles right under the eaves. 786 00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:52,195 OK. 787 00:57:52,240 --> 00:57:54,959 Well, I was asking, wasn't I, about? 788 00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:57,514 The summer we had the business with Abigail. 789 00:57:57,560 --> 00:58:00,313 Christopher was so afraid of them getting in, 790 00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,113 the wasps, it was like a phobia. 791 00:58:03,160 --> 00:58:06,232 And God forbid anybody should open the window. 792 00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:09,238 It was so hot, I could hardly bear to come up here. 793 00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:11,475 The windows were rusted shut in the end. 794 00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:14,432 Christopher was hardly going to climb out the window. 795 00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:17,313 No. No, he wasn't. 796 00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:20,397 So he couldn't possibly have killed Abigail, could he? 797 00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:23,432 So, OK, no murder. No guilty secret. 798 00:58:23,480 --> 00:58:26,517 No big public confession planned for Keith's party. 799 00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:28,999 Oops. 800 00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:33,155 How'd you hear all that? 801 00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:35,998 Kenny. 802 00:58:36,040 --> 00:58:38,474 It's called loyalty. Look it up. 803 00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:41,989 What was that she said about Christopher? 804 00:58:42,040 --> 00:58:44,190 Nothing. Nothing at all, pet. 805 00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:57,868 - Mrs. Winter. - Oh! 806 00:59:57,920 --> 01:00:00,480 - Mrs. Winter. - I was sound asleep. 807 01:00:00,520 --> 01:00:02,988 I'm sorry to barge in again 808 01:00:03,040 --> 01:00:07,636 but your husband said something about you wanting a change of scenery. 809 01:00:07,680 --> 01:00:10,240 Now, those leylandii you have in the garden. 810 01:00:10,280 --> 01:00:12,157 - Oh yes. - I was just wondering... 811 01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:16,432 Robert was dead against planting them. He said, "Can't we get new curtains?" 812 01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:19,074 I said, "I can't live in the dark." 813 01:00:19,120 --> 01:00:24,399 Still, they've shot up. Weeds, really. But they block out the view. 814 01:00:25,480 --> 01:00:28,438 - The view? - Of where she died. 815 01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:34,196 So you had a clear view of the fields, did you? From the house. 816 01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:36,117 Not from down here, no. 817 01:00:36,160 --> 01:00:38,913 But from upstairs? From the bedroom? 818 01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:45,759 - Where's Joe? - He's out and about. Do you want... 819 01:00:45,800 --> 01:00:49,395 I was wrong. Chris Winter didn't kill Abigail. 820 01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:51,749 - Sorry? What? - He was a witness. 821 01:00:51,800 --> 01:00:53,870 There were no trees back then. 822 01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:57,833 He was up in his room and he saw what happened. He saw who did it. 823 01:00:57,880 --> 01:01:00,713 And would somebody mind telling Kenny to go home? 824 01:01:00,760 --> 01:01:01,795 Why? 825 01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:05,276 He's been onto Caroline Fletcher about my investigation. 826 01:01:05,320 --> 01:01:08,357 Transfer or suspension. His choice. 827 01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:10,118 Tell him. 828 01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:11,832 What? 829 01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:17,356 I'm on me way. 830 01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:24,871 JOE: It wasn't that hard in the end. 831 01:01:24,920 --> 01:01:28,196 I looked at the lab report for the mud on the shoes and the shovel. 832 01:01:28,240 --> 01:01:32,870 "Unusual sandy texture." Plus plenty of diverse pollen. Pine pollen, especially. 833 01:01:32,920 --> 01:01:36,230 So I'm thinking, "Where was Chris digging? Pine forest." 834 01:01:36,280 --> 01:01:40,353 - Second one I tried. Got lucky, really. - No such thing. 835 01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:43,957 They're just up here. 836 01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:48,430 Oh. I see. 837 01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:52,359 So... 838 01:01:55,040 --> 01:01:57,600 Chris Winter witnesses Abigail's murder... 839 01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:01,319 ...buries something here, down one of these holes. 840 01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:08,033 Then, 11 years later, Jeannie's death all over the news. Back he comes. 841 01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:11,436 Attack of conscience. Says sorry to everyone he meets. 842 01:02:11,480 --> 01:02:13,516 And digs it back up again. 843 01:02:14,440 --> 01:02:16,795 There's proof, almost. 844 01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:19,559 The murder weapon that strangled Abby. 845 01:02:19,600 --> 01:02:21,591 They never found it, did they? 846 01:02:21,640 --> 01:02:24,950 What if Chris took it, buried it before the police arrived 847 01:02:25,000 --> 01:02:27,514 to protect whoever murdered Abby? 848 01:02:27,560 --> 01:02:30,552 You know. Or some sort of... token or souvenir. 849 01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:32,238 He fancied her, didn't he? 850 01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:34,748 - Do you think that's possible? - Yeah, I do. 851 01:02:34,800 --> 01:02:37,360 You already worked that out, didn't you? 852 01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:39,957 Not necessarily. 853 01:02:43,520 --> 01:02:45,317 About last night. 854 01:02:46,800 --> 01:02:49,997 I'm not meself. I don't know whether it's Franny or... 855 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:53,555 - The new baby, you know. - Oh, yeah, I know. 856 01:02:54,920 --> 01:02:58,435 On third time round... you'd think we'd have it licked. 857 01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:02,999 I don't know why, it just seems so hard this time. 858 01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:10,150 It was so easy when we first met. 859 01:03:12,120 --> 01:03:14,156 Just worn out, the pair of you. 860 01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:16,791 What you need is a break. 861 01:03:18,080 --> 01:03:20,753 'Ey, I am interested, pet. Honest. 862 01:03:21,720 --> 01:03:25,156 - "It's a job, not a crusade." - What's that from? Fortune cookie? 863 01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:28,272 - You. It's from you. - It sounds like crap when you say it. 864 01:03:28,320 --> 01:03:29,833 Oh, is that right? 865 01:03:29,880 --> 01:03:32,394 Wisdom is all about the execution. 866 01:03:35,760 --> 01:03:36,749 Holly. 867 01:03:36,800 --> 01:03:40,156 - Yes? - I ran James Bennett through the PNC. 868 01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:42,998 And get this - he's down as having an alias. 869 01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:44,837 - An alias? - That's right. 870 01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:48,350 James Arthur Bennett, formerly known as James Arthur Shaw. 871 01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:49,879 - Shaw? - Yep. 872 01:03:49,920 --> 01:03:52,878 Changed his name by deed poll, August 2000. 873 01:03:52,920 --> 01:03:55,514 2000. Same year Abby died. 874 01:03:55,560 --> 01:03:58,279 - Good work. - Thanks, ma'am. 875 01:04:18,920 --> 01:04:20,558 Mr. Bennett? 876 01:04:22,280 --> 01:04:23,793 Mr. Bennett! 877 01:04:28,520 --> 01:04:30,112 Emma? 878 01:04:33,560 --> 01:04:36,836 Get out an APW. Ports, airports, railways. 879 01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:40,793 Somebody call the harbormaster. Did James Bennett clock in for work? 880 01:04:40,840 --> 01:04:42,831 I already asked. There was no sign. 881 01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:45,758 Boss. Erm... Kenny's got the reports from the lab 882 01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:48,109 about the intruder at Mantel's property. 883 01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:51,152 And what are you? A human shield? Kenny, out. 884 01:04:51,200 --> 01:04:54,078 - I want to help. - Well, try the voluntary sector. 885 01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:56,315 - Meals on wheels. - 27 years I've put in. 886 01:04:56,360 --> 01:04:58,715 - Is he still here? - I'm not going anywhere. 887 01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:00,637 Just... get out! 888 01:05:00,680 --> 01:05:02,796 You're not welcome here! 889 01:05:12,440 --> 01:05:13,668 And... 890 01:05:14,560 --> 01:05:16,676 - Report. - I erm... 891 01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:20,399 Yeah. Prints, fibers galore. You name it. 892 01:05:21,720 --> 01:05:23,438 Get up. 893 01:05:27,560 --> 01:05:29,869 What, guests from the party? 894 01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:31,795 Yeah, correct. 895 01:05:31,840 --> 01:05:34,149 What about broken glass? Blood spatters? 896 01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:36,236 The only blood was Mantel's. 897 01:05:38,680 --> 01:05:41,399 James Shaw to James Bennett. 898 01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:44,277 Why? 899 01:05:44,320 --> 01:05:47,471 - What did the in-laws say? - It was news to them. 900 01:05:47,520 --> 01:05:51,308 James's family was a no-fly zone. His mam raised them up in Leven. 901 01:05:51,360 --> 01:05:53,954 When she died, he joined the Merchant Navy. 902 01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:56,355 Raised by his mam? Where's Dad? 903 01:05:56,400 --> 01:05:59,153 James never knew him, they said. 904 01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:00,474 What? 905 01:06:05,240 --> 01:06:07,071 Guess who was the last person 906 01:06:07,120 --> 01:06:10,635 to ring James Bennett's house before he went walkabout. 907 01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:14,798 - You think James broke into your house. - Maybe. 908 01:06:14,840 --> 01:06:16,558 What was he looking for? 909 01:06:17,400 --> 01:06:19,789 Sorry. I've nothing for you here. 910 01:06:19,840 --> 01:06:21,512 Listen. 911 01:06:22,960 --> 01:06:24,951 We need your help. 912 01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:29,351 James Shaw. Anything you can tell us at all. 913 01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:31,470 Well, if not him, his family. 914 01:06:31,520 --> 01:06:33,238 His father? 915 01:06:44,680 --> 01:06:46,989 Marty Shaw. On the left. 916 01:06:48,480 --> 01:06:51,153 This you, is it? He used to work for you? 917 01:06:51,200 --> 01:06:53,236 Aye. And my dad before me. 918 01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:56,839 Years ago. For... you know, the business. 919 01:06:57,880 --> 01:06:59,757 Till I sold up. 920 01:06:59,800 --> 01:07:01,836 And what happened then? 921 01:07:03,680 --> 01:07:07,195 He was let go. Along with all the other lads. 922 01:07:07,240 --> 01:07:10,073 So you think the son's coming after you? 923 01:07:10,920 --> 01:07:14,117 - Broke into the house to hurt you. - I didn't see him. 924 01:07:14,160 --> 01:07:16,151 Ah, but you think so. 925 01:07:16,200 --> 01:07:19,351 And last night, you called to make a few choice threats. 926 01:07:28,920 --> 01:07:31,036 I hope you don't mind me asking... 927 01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:37,956 You've had the house to yourself, have you, since... since Jeannie? 928 01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:39,877 I'm better off on me own. 929 01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:42,479 Oh. 930 01:07:42,520 --> 01:07:46,832 Abigail make life difficult for you, did she? You and Jeannie. 931 01:07:48,120 --> 01:07:49,792 Not worth living. 932 01:07:52,200 --> 01:07:54,191 I was everything to that child. 933 01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:56,673 No mam. 934 01:07:57,480 --> 01:07:59,789 I was all the family she had, God help her. 935 01:08:02,160 --> 01:08:05,596 And when she turned 15... all grown up, so she kept telling me... 936 01:08:05,640 --> 01:08:07,710 I thought... 937 01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:11,553 "Get my life back now. My turn." 938 01:08:12,960 --> 01:08:15,679 "Jeannie can move in. Why not? 939 01:08:15,720 --> 01:08:18,757 Abby, she'll... take it in her stride." 940 01:08:22,440 --> 01:08:24,908 "Get that bitch out the house." 941 01:08:25,800 --> 01:08:29,190 - Or what? - She didn't run to specifics. 942 01:08:32,160 --> 01:08:35,516 Teenager. Surely. Amateur dramatics. 943 01:08:36,320 --> 01:08:39,756 Not Abby. She could be quite grown-up when she needed to be. 944 01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:42,272 She was... 945 01:08:43,560 --> 01:08:45,391 ...hard work. 946 01:08:45,440 --> 01:08:49,558 Listen. Why don't I get the Crime Scene boys in again? 947 01:08:50,480 --> 01:08:53,119 - Have another go. - What for? 948 01:08:53,160 --> 01:08:55,390 Well, if it was James who attacked you, 949 01:08:55,440 --> 01:08:58,034 they know what they're looking for this time. 950 01:08:59,080 --> 01:09:01,150 If it helps. 951 01:09:05,640 --> 01:09:08,473 You're not going to get any fingerprints now. 952 01:09:08,520 --> 01:09:10,511 I'm not looking for prints. 953 01:09:11,720 --> 01:09:15,395 Oh, do me a favor. Give it till lunch time, then call him back in. 954 01:09:15,440 --> 01:09:16,873 Call who? 955 01:09:16,920 --> 01:09:19,480 Kenny. We don't want him choking on a sausage. 956 01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:35,036 I've left a thousand messages. 957 01:09:35,080 --> 01:09:37,230 They probably just wanted to get away. 958 01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:38,954 - No word? - No. 959 01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:41,833 Ma'am, take a look at this. It's just come through. 960 01:09:42,760 --> 01:09:46,275 May 2000, Marty Shaw, James's father. An accident. 961 01:09:48,160 --> 01:09:50,230 - They know about this? - No. 962 01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:55,515 Hello? Hello? Love? What's going on? 963 01:09:56,200 --> 01:09:58,475 JAMES: Everything's fine. We're fine. 964 01:09:58,520 --> 01:10:00,397 We're just away for a bit, OK? 965 01:10:00,440 --> 01:10:02,271 VERA: Where are you, love? 966 01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:04,593 Mary? 967 01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:20,155 The boat. They're on the boat. 968 01:10:21,320 --> 01:10:22,514 Holly! 969 01:10:37,440 --> 01:10:39,192 Wait! Wait! 970 01:10:40,040 --> 01:10:42,554 They were bound for Bremen, Germany. 971 01:10:43,480 --> 01:10:46,711 - What they going there for? - We don't know yet. 972 01:10:46,760 --> 01:10:48,637 Let's pray. 973 01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:54,195 - Keep us informed. - Yeah. Course. 974 01:10:55,200 --> 01:10:57,430 MARY: Christ the Lord is with thee. 975 01:10:57,480 --> 01:11:02,110 Blessed are those with Him. And blessed is the fruit of our Lord Jesus. 976 01:11:02,160 --> 01:11:04,355 Holy Mary, Mother of God... 977 01:12:09,760 --> 01:12:11,557 Where is he? 978 01:12:15,840 --> 01:12:17,990 Wait. Shh. Joe. 979 01:12:19,320 --> 01:12:21,311 Over there. 980 01:12:23,680 --> 01:12:25,079 Joe. 981 01:12:28,960 --> 01:12:30,632 Shh-shh-shh. 982 01:12:30,680 --> 01:12:32,352 It's all right, James. 983 01:12:35,840 --> 01:12:38,912 I'm just taking my wife and my son away for a wee while. 984 01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:40,598 EMMA: James! 985 01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:42,790 Emma... I'm sorry! 986 01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:45,433 Emma! 987 01:12:47,400 --> 01:12:49,436 We know about your dad, James. 988 01:12:51,560 --> 01:12:53,278 A shipbuilder. 989 01:12:53,320 --> 01:12:55,595 Laid off after 25 years. 990 01:12:55,640 --> 01:13:01,192 Job prospects zero. Ten pints of Stella. Breaks into his old workplace. 991 01:13:01,240 --> 01:13:03,879 Goes joy-riding on a forklift truck. 992 01:13:04,720 --> 01:13:06,358 Three dead. 993 01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:10,437 My father. 994 01:13:11,960 --> 01:13:15,157 And some lass helping her sleeping child out the car. 995 01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:18,594 So you changed your name? It's a bit extreme. 996 01:13:19,880 --> 01:13:22,474 Look, I was 18 years old, all right? 997 01:13:23,640 --> 01:13:25,437 I hated him. 998 01:13:27,760 --> 01:13:31,594 And then Keith calls up, making all these... all these threats. 999 01:13:33,440 --> 01:13:37,115 Saying he's going to come round and tell Emma everything. 1000 01:13:37,160 --> 01:13:39,549 I just thought, "Get her away." 1001 01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:43,149 You know. "Find some space to breathe and make her understand." 1002 01:13:45,400 --> 01:13:48,597 Look, I swear I was going to bring them straight back home. 1003 01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:07,957 Me and Keith, we... Well, he... Well, he was the love of me life. 1004 01:14:10,760 --> 01:14:14,275 He had a daughter... but we didn't get on. 1005 01:14:19,400 --> 01:14:23,393 He had a daughter... but we didn't get on. 1006 01:14:23,440 --> 01:14:25,635 I don't know why. She was... 1007 01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:34,630 He had a daughter... but we didn't get on. 1008 01:14:34,680 --> 01:14:36,477 I don't know why. She was... 1009 01:14:37,520 --> 01:14:39,238 ...always so... 1010 01:14:40,680 --> 01:14:42,318 ...mad jealous. 1011 01:14:42,360 --> 01:14:45,875 She would have scratched me face off if I hadn't... stopped her. 1012 01:14:50,400 --> 01:14:52,072 Mad jealous. 1013 01:14:52,120 --> 01:14:55,510 She would have scratched me face off if I hadn't... stopped her. 1014 01:15:00,680 --> 01:15:02,750 Joe. 1015 01:15:02,800 --> 01:15:05,155 Charge him with the abduction. 1016 01:15:06,920 --> 01:15:09,559 No. James Bennett is not the killer. 1017 01:15:26,360 --> 01:15:29,113 - They're fine. - Ohh. And Matthew? 1018 01:15:29,160 --> 01:15:31,435 - And Matthew. - Thank you. 1019 01:16:00,240 --> 01:16:02,276 That's quite a confession. 1020 01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:05,591 You put this together? 1021 01:16:05,640 --> 01:16:07,949 Edited Jeannie's own words? 1022 01:16:10,040 --> 01:16:11,712 Yes. 1023 01:16:11,760 --> 01:16:13,796 To make her sound guilty? 1024 01:16:14,720 --> 01:16:16,233 Why? 1025 01:16:21,480 --> 01:16:23,675 I used to do the school run. 1026 01:16:26,160 --> 01:16:28,071 She and Emma. 1027 01:16:30,880 --> 01:16:32,950 I'd catch her in the mirror. 1028 01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:35,438 Her eyes. 1029 01:16:35,480 --> 01:16:38,040 Color rising in her neck. 1030 01:16:38,080 --> 01:16:40,116 One day she called me. 1031 01:16:42,480 --> 01:16:44,550 One Saturday in June. 1032 01:16:47,480 --> 01:16:50,392 "Robert," she said. Like that. Like we were friends. 1033 01:16:51,600 --> 01:16:55,036 "Robert, I've no money for the metro. Give us a ride home." 1034 01:16:58,040 --> 01:17:00,031 And how long? 1035 01:17:01,520 --> 01:17:03,476 You two. 1036 01:17:05,960 --> 01:17:07,712 The first time... 1037 01:17:09,040 --> 01:17:12,999 I thought, "She's using me for some sort of game." 1038 01:17:14,680 --> 01:17:17,956 Some private agenda. I felt so ashamed. 1039 01:17:21,880 --> 01:17:25,953 And the second time I thought, "No. No, she wants this." 1040 01:17:27,400 --> 01:17:29,038 Her needs. 1041 01:17:35,240 --> 01:17:37,231 Third time I thought... 1042 01:17:40,200 --> 01:17:41,633 "Well... 1043 01:17:44,440 --> 01:17:46,476 You're into the unknown." 1044 01:17:48,680 --> 01:17:51,877 Can you not say her name, even now? 1045 01:18:00,920 --> 01:18:02,399 Abby. 1046 01:18:06,760 --> 01:18:08,512 Abby. 1047 01:18:23,280 --> 01:18:25,430 And the day of the murder? 1048 01:18:28,040 --> 01:18:30,031 She called the house. 1049 01:18:30,960 --> 01:18:32,951 I met her over in the field. 1050 01:18:35,080 --> 01:18:38,709 It all came out. She said, "I'm going to tell my dad." 1051 01:18:39,840 --> 01:18:41,671 "I've got to." 1052 01:18:41,720 --> 01:18:46,032 You see, I was right. It was all a set-up, a ploy. 1053 01:18:46,840 --> 01:18:48,910 She didn't want me. 1054 01:18:48,960 --> 01:18:53,238 She wanted to get back at her dad for bedding Jeannie Long. 1055 01:18:53,280 --> 01:18:55,271 Oh. And so... 1056 01:18:56,520 --> 01:18:57,748 Mm? 1057 01:18:57,800 --> 01:19:00,109 So I killed her. 1058 01:19:28,920 --> 01:19:30,069 Mr. Mantel. 1059 01:19:30,800 --> 01:19:31,835 How? 1060 01:19:33,520 --> 01:19:35,715 - What? - How'd you kill her? 1061 01:19:37,920 --> 01:19:41,390 Oh. With er... With string. You know, garden string. 1062 01:19:42,600 --> 01:19:44,591 - What did you do with it? - Burned it. 1063 01:20:12,600 --> 01:20:13,953 Yes? 1064 01:20:16,640 --> 01:20:18,995 Bring it over straightaway. 1065 01:20:21,440 --> 01:20:23,317 - Mrs. Winter. - Yes? 1066 01:20:25,080 --> 01:20:28,595 Mary, stay in the sitting room. We'll wait for the solicitor. 1067 01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:32,034 In here, please, Mrs. Winter. Sit. 1068 01:20:32,080 --> 01:20:33,911 If you wouldn't mind. 1069 01:20:52,480 --> 01:20:55,199 - What's going on? - Let's just give them a minute. 1070 01:20:58,480 --> 01:21:00,789 So tell us about Abby's death. 1071 01:21:01,600 --> 01:21:03,591 What you remember. 1072 01:21:03,640 --> 01:21:06,552 Oh. Not much, really. 1073 01:21:07,360 --> 01:21:09,555 I slept through most of it. 1074 01:21:10,520 --> 01:21:15,514 When I woke up... I got such a fright. I locked meself in the car. 1075 01:21:16,920 --> 01:21:18,911 ROBERT: No, love. 1076 01:21:18,960 --> 01:21:21,872 That was this time round. With Chris. 1077 01:21:23,080 --> 01:21:24,513 Oh. 1078 01:21:24,560 --> 01:21:26,232 Was it? 1079 01:21:27,400 --> 01:21:30,119 I'm sorry. I can't really remember. 1080 01:21:30,160 --> 01:21:32,151 It's all? Hm? 1081 01:21:34,360 --> 01:21:36,237 It's a blank. 1082 01:21:37,080 --> 01:21:40,072 Shock. That's normal. 1083 01:21:41,040 --> 01:21:43,031 Come in. 1084 01:21:45,560 --> 01:21:48,393 - Ma'am. - Thank you, Kenny. 1085 01:21:50,240 --> 01:21:52,231 Now let's have a look. 1086 01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:55,031 I'm sorry about these, love. 1087 01:21:57,560 --> 01:21:59,118 Now, then... 1088 01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:01,196 Now let's just see... 1089 01:22:02,600 --> 01:22:04,750 ...if this might jog your memory. 1090 01:22:11,120 --> 01:22:15,193 Now, when you broke into Keith Mantel's house the other night, Robert... 1091 01:22:16,120 --> 01:22:18,111 ...struck him with a bottle... 1092 01:22:19,280 --> 01:22:22,829 ...is this what you were after? In the piano. 1093 01:22:23,880 --> 01:22:27,589 'Ey, you must have been in a right panic to have left it there. 1094 01:22:33,560 --> 01:22:35,596 She called the house. 1095 01:22:36,680 --> 01:22:38,193 Abby. 1096 01:22:38,240 --> 01:22:39,832 Mary. 1097 01:22:40,840 --> 01:22:42,831 She called the house. 1098 01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:50,518 I said, "I've got a scarf... just like that one." 1099 01:22:52,480 --> 01:22:55,233 She said, "This is your scarf." 1100 01:22:59,800 --> 01:23:02,155 "He gave it to me. 1101 01:23:02,200 --> 01:23:03,997 He took it." 1102 01:23:09,760 --> 01:23:14,117 Mary, why did your son take this scarf and bury it in the woods? 1103 01:23:15,000 --> 01:23:18,515 What was it he saw... from his bedroom window? 1104 01:23:21,200 --> 01:23:23,156 I strangled her... 1105 01:23:26,480 --> 01:23:29,313 ...with my scarf. 1106 01:23:37,800 --> 01:23:41,031 He is such a good man. 1107 01:23:41,080 --> 01:23:44,311 And she was going to tear his good name apart. 1108 01:23:44,360 --> 01:23:46,237 Some silly little girl. 1109 01:23:47,160 --> 01:23:48,718 My fault. 1110 01:23:49,680 --> 01:23:53,116 Ah, but you made up for it, pet, in your own way. 1111 01:23:53,160 --> 01:23:55,628 Twisting Jeannie's words. 1112 01:23:55,680 --> 01:23:59,798 Turning her innocence into some cooked-up confession to murder 1113 01:23:59,840 --> 01:24:02,912 just so you could bring it home and play it to the wife. 1114 01:24:02,960 --> 01:24:06,555 And put that big, bad dream of hers back in its box. 1115 01:24:09,400 --> 01:24:11,391 But then Jeannie died. 1116 01:24:12,240 --> 01:24:14,834 - Back comes Chris... - Enough. 1117 01:24:16,240 --> 01:24:18,117 - Enough. - Your son. 1118 01:24:18,160 --> 01:24:21,436 Forced, finally, to saying it out loud. 1119 01:24:21,480 --> 01:24:23,869 - She can't hear this. - It's the truth. 1120 01:24:23,920 --> 01:24:26,832 You saw him at the party, standing by the garden gate. 1121 01:24:26,880 --> 01:24:27,869 No! 1122 01:24:27,920 --> 01:24:30,150 He had the scarf in the boot of his car. 1123 01:24:30,200 --> 01:24:33,715 He wanted to tell the truth. Set us all free. 1124 01:24:34,640 --> 01:24:36,710 So you killed him. 1125 01:24:37,720 --> 01:24:39,950 Keep that secret buried. 1126 01:24:44,400 --> 01:24:46,277 Our lad? 1127 01:24:47,120 --> 01:24:48,633 I had to protect you. 1128 01:24:50,440 --> 01:24:52,237 I had to protect you. 1129 01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:57,230 Sweetheart. My sweetheart, Mary. Oh... 1130 01:25:00,560 --> 01:25:02,596 Please. 1131 01:25:02,640 --> 01:25:04,392 Get off! 1132 01:25:05,120 --> 01:25:07,714 Joe! Look, calm her down, calm her down. 1133 01:25:08,920 --> 01:25:11,354 Shh. Shh. 1134 01:25:12,200 --> 01:25:13,918 Shh. Shh. 1135 01:27:42,040 --> 01:27:44,713 Come on, Mrs! Kick it back. Come on!