[owl hoots and foxes cry]
[runner breathes heavily]
[lively country music]
[Man] Thirsty work this, eh Vera?
[girls breathes heavily]
[lively country music]
Vera, would you like a lift?
No, I think I'll walk.
Clear my head.
Night!
[door slams]
[haunting music]
[pub patrons chatter]
Oh, are you all right?
[dogs bark]
[Man] Got something over there!
Over here!
[dramatic string music]
[chilled theme music]
That's the main road.
[Vera] Rain, that's all we need.
Yeah, mobile trailer's on its way up.
[exclaims] Would you to look at these?
Wrecked!
What's this 20 sets of feet?
Yep, they were all over it.
The kid tried to move her, close to the road.
Thought she might still be alive.
And was she?
No, not even close.
Footprints weren't us.
[Vera] I know.
I know.
Okay, so female, what, late thirties?
More like fifties, the hands give it away.
Well wasn't dressed for the moors, was she?
Where's her shoes?
Gone.
The underwear's still on though.
Well that's something I suppose.
These fibres, they're from the girl's coat, are they?
Yeah.
[camera clicks]
And this is where she moved her from?
I'd say so.
What's that, ten yards?
[camera clicks]
[dramatic music]
I see that, alchemilla mollis.
That only grows in patches by the roadside.
Don't see any here.
Frank!
Look at this.
Yes Ma'am.
Might give us an idea which direction
she travelled from onto the moor.
So what killed her?
Oh come on, Marcus, something?
No, because you'll get shirty if I change my mind.
Promise I won't!
It could be anything, cancer, exposure to the--
Well it's just a shoeless body,
it's got me suspicious.
Come on, she didn't walk here, did she?
Unless she drove.
Where's her car, hmm?
These will make post-mortem
possibly from manhandling shortly after death.
Right, so killed elsewhere and then dumped here.
[laughs] You're doing it again.
Any idea when?
Maybe a week?
Say, last weekend?
I don't know.
When I know, you'll know.
[camera clicks]
Lonely place to leave her.
That's lovely, Ciara.
This is me boss.
Ma'am, this is Ciara.
Hello!
[door slams]
What were you doing out?
Just nothing.
There's nothing to do here.
[Vera] Do you know who that lady was?
Go on, you're not in any trouble.
Just tell her what you told me.
Anne-Marie something.
I thought it was Mrs. McKendrick.
She teaches year five.
Okay, thank you.
You've done very well, do you know that?
We've got an address, but there's no reply.
Remind me why you moved her.
It was raining.
I didn't want her to get wet.
[car doors slam]
[eerie music]
Right, house to house.
Hasn't locked the door.
Hello?
Anybody home?
[glass rattles]
This suggest an altercation to you?
Maybe.
No blood though, is there?
There's no blood on the body.
[radio plays faintly]
[Vera sniffs]
That's untouched.
Get onto when that was delivered.
Looks like the Mary Celeste.
Now, I'm not house proud,
but does this look like she was interrupted?
Abducted, taken up there?
Or killed here?
Women get murdered at home, don't they?
As a rule, domestic.
Yeah, that's true.
As a rule.
Right, get onto the DVT
and see if Anne-Marie was on their radar at all.
[DC Whelan] Yeah.
Can you get this to forensics?
[Policeman] Yes, Ma'am.
What are the neighbours saying?
We're gonna wait until his carer arrives.
Have we located her vehicle?
Well, they're saying she doesn't drive.
What, so someone took her up there?
Does that suggest a local?
Isolated spot like that.
And did you make a delivery to Anne-Marie Richards?
Yeah, last delivery I made.
Maybe around six o'clock?
Okay.
And did you see anybody else in the house?
I don't think so.
I think I just handed it over.
She ever call in to collect an order with anyone?
I'm only in this branch about once a month.
The local girl might know more.
She's away this week, but I can call her?
Yes please, love.
Found the daughter.
Grace.
Right, Bethany?
Let's go and meet Nicole
before the jungle drums beat us to it.
[epic piano music]
[crowd claps and cheers]
What?
It's your Mam.
Right.
Is she okay?
Has anyone spoken to Christine?
Who's Christine?
Me sister.
No, we've not.
I'm sorry, love.
Well, can we take you there?
I can call her, let me.
No, you take Olivia back.
I'll go.
How long was she lying there?
We think since last weekend.
She was supposed to come over last weekend.
And what day was that?
Saturday.
She didn't come.
She texted.
Can you remember what time, love?
I was...
I shoulda called her.
I just...
I just didn't!
[sad string music]
[car doors slam]
What do you want?
I need to come up.
[sad music continues]
What happens next?
What do we do?
Honestly, nothing.
Just sit down.
I'm fine as I am.
You just take it one step at a time.
Whichever way you can.
Now, this is DC Whelan.
She's going to be your point of contact.
Anything and everything, you just ask her.
You can call me Bethany.
Do we plan a funeral?
Sometimes it will take a while for us to release the body.
Would one of you be willing to come and identify her?
[sobs] No, I can't, I don't want to.
I probably can't either.
No, that's all right.
Don't worry.
We can ask ger GP to do it.
Now, I'm sorry to ask, but
do you know of anyone who might want to hurt your mam?
Absolutely not, no.
And is there anyone else we should contact?
Other family?
Friends of your mam, partner?
No, she didn't have anyone else.
We were all she had.
[Vera] How sure are you?
Completely sure.
She was one of my patients.
Sorry.
Shock.
Was she murdered?
It's possible.
Did she have a partner?
[GP] I think she said she did, yeah.
Do you remember his name at all, love?
Any details?
No.
I'm sorry, nothing.
Just, it's such a shock.
Thanks.
Thanks for coming in, love.
So what have you got?
I'm not pushing.
Heart attack triggered by strangulation,
Right.
Right, so the choke didn't kill her?
Well, she wouldn't have arrested without it.
No, but could have been well, not accidental,
but a consequence?
Yes, a consequence of trying to throttle her,
I'm just keeping an open mind.
Partner, the GP reckons.
Does that tally?
Yep, well, sexually active within the last few days.
But Christine said she was single?
But she could have had someone.
Bit on the quiet.
Any DNA?
We've run it, and there's no match on the database.
Now, aside from the obvious,
is there anything to suggest a pattern of partner abuse?
What, apart from the fact that she's been murdered?
Like long-term scar and burn marks.
No, nothing says that.
Anne-Marie Richards, 56, lives alone.
Found on the moor above Rook Hall.
Presumed murdered, we think last Saturday or Sunday.
Probably at home.
Though as yet unconfirmed.
Her mobile's not been used since early Saturday night.
She tried to call 999 around 8:00 PM.
Cut off, then unobtainable.
So, at least we're building a picture.
Saturday night starts with a Chinese meal for two,
ends in murder.
What happens in between?
Who was she meeting?
Now she took delivery of the meal at about six.
And Anne-Marie's text to Nicole, when was that?
About half an hour later.
It said "Running late, don't worry."
So, she was planning to eat with someone
and then go to Nicole's.
Well wouldn't you think she'd phone?
If her mam fails to turn up?
I might know why.
She ran off with a Turkish waiter
and left them when they were kids.
Well, widowed.
That's the girls' dad then.
So what?
Got a habit of disappearing?
And why didn't it raise any eyebrows?
[DC Whelan] Do you want me to ask them?
Well, yeah, but not first off.
So did mam move to Turkey then?
No, the marriage didn't last long.
From what I can gather, she's been living alone in Edinburgh
from the nineties 'til about two years ago.
There was no trace of her here in between.
And the granddaughter's about two, isn't she?
Maybe that's why she returned home.
Turn over a new leaf, play nana.
And generally, what was the picture in the village?
Apart from, you know, "You don't expect it to happen here."
A lot of sympathy for the daughter who's the teacher.
As for the victim, I get the feeling people are being polite
Right.
[Policeman] Ma'am, Mr. Kipford's remembered something.
Who?
Next door neighbour.
Ah, right.
Okay, let's keep a strong presence.
Yellow boards out, the lot.
Let's see what crawls out.
Have I missed an announcement?
I was trying to keep it on the quiet.
When's the big day?
Not fixed.
As soon as, I guess.
Oh, bit of a rush is there? [chuckles]
I'm joking.
Good for you, congratulations.
Heartfelt.
You're not going with?
No I'm in the doghouse for applying to major crimes.
She's only got me playing family liaison.
[engine revs]
[tension music]
Mr. Kipford?
DCI Stanhope.
I understand you have some information?
Might do.
So when did you last see your neighbour, Anne-Marie?
It was Saturday.
And what time was that?
Sometime after 4:15.
Do you remember anything else?
Some shouting, maybe.
In the night.
What, from inside the house or outside?
Inside.
I think I might've heard a car slam.
Was there any shouting outside?
No.
Do you see anything?
Getting out of this chair's tricky.
Do you ever see her with anyone?
You mean like a boyfriend?
I don't think she had one.
No, there was a man and she was upset.
Actually, middle of last year,
there was someone she were upset about, you're right.
Do you know his name, anything?
No.
Salesmen or businessmen or something.
He travelled the area.
Type who'd sweep in with a bottle of wine
and then not turn up for another month.
[eerie music]
Did you talk to the local lass?
No.
But our victim talked to a neighbour about you.
Some businessmen turns up once a month
with a bottle of plonk and a meal for two.
So what were the pair of you up to?
[dramatic music]
Met her when I was covering in Rook Hall.
Started seeing each other when I was in the area.
And about this time last year, she called it off.
She knew I was married, but not about the kids.
That was it then, when she found out.
So what was last Saturday?
Chance to rekindle?
No, she'd moved on.
It was just friends.
[Vera] That's curious.
Chris, we've found an envelope
with a slip from your restaurant inside.
That your handwriting?
Now we also found cash in there.
And more in her bag, and more on the moor where she died.
Did you give her money?
I was buying the house off her.
The cash was the deposit.
Oh really?
Yeah, you know, without an agent.
She said she needed money quickly, so I said I'd help her.
Now it's your wife, owns this place isn't it?
So would it be fair to say you used
your wife's money to pay your ex-lover?
No, my wife and I invest in property together.
Well it's not exactly a downtown location, is it?
Okay, so this was more of a favour than anything.
But I knew she wouldn't have come to me
unless she was desperate.
So you turn up, grub in one hand,
roll of cash in the other.
What happens next?
Just said she was in a rush and to give her the deposit.
See that thumbprint?
Yours.
Now, why was there broken glass?
I was frustrated.
She was all over the place, she wouldn't tell me why.
I was just making a point, and.
How'd you know it was my print?
Oh, I didn't, pet.
Ma'am, the estate agents reckons the house
is worth about 105.
Well, he said he was offering 80 grand.
How much did they find?
About eight grand, so 10%.
So he was ripping her off?
Well that could lead to a confrontation, couldn't it?
I dunno.
Doesn't feel like a business deal gone wrong.
I mean, if it was you'd make damn sure
you cling onto the cash wouldn't you?
Yeah.
I think he felt for her.
I mean, I'd be more inclined
to think jealousy or something like that.
But.
Oh, push for the DNA, let's clobber him with that.
Hold on.
Say he's telling the truth.
Why did she want cash quickly?
And why not turn to the family?
We done a background on them?
Christine was put on a treatment and testing in 2009
instead of a custodial for intent to supply.
Anything more recently?
Nope, daughter and hubby clean.
Both have multiple background checks for DBS.
[phone rings]
What have you got?
She called a cab from her landline on Saturday night.
What time was that?
About 6:15, regular customer apparently.
They were due to take her to a guest house on the coast.
[Vera] Text me the address.
Okay.
[seagulls squawk]
Is this definitely it?
Yeah, she booked it last minute for two nights.
It's not exactly romantic, is it?
Oh, I've booked worse online.
Oh, I bet that went down well with the--
Charlie?
Fiancé.
Actually, she found it hilarious.
Scan's tomorrow.
Ah.
14 weeks.
That's not why we're getting married though.
Well I wouldn't care one way or the other, pet.
Any CCTV?
No they said it'd cost more to monitor
than they lose in theft.
So Huang wasn't talking out of his bum then, was he?
She was headed somewhere.
So what, another fella on the quiet, then?
And the money was for...
No idea.
What are we missing about this place?
It's the middle of nowhere, isn't it?
[slow piano music]
No ID, no credit card or anything.
But the serial numbers tally.
So gets the cash,
change of clothes in the bag.
Selling up, so we're doing a runner.
Well, that's only
a couple of nights-worth though, isn't it?
Okay, so someone's making it look like
she's doing a runner.
[Vera sighs]
Neighbour hears a car door slam,
but that could be Huang, couldn't it?
Or the taxi?
So what's the plan that's gone pear shaped?
Or rather, what's the change of plan?
Shoulda gone to the daughter, but running late.
Books a taxi to the coast.
I mean, she's getting ready.
Coat on.
This fella arrives, set too.
Body in the car.
Dumps the body, slings the bag.
Ma'am, Christine's changed her mind,
she wants to view the body.
Bethany's taking her down.
Right, have you got Anne-Marie's phone records?
Yep.
So, text to Nicole "Running late"
then five minutes later,
there's a text to a pay as you go?
"Be there soon, love you."
So is definitely lying about her movements.
But why?
I mean, what's so awful she can't tell her daughters?
So is this to Huang, this 'love you'?
Can we trace it?
Why would he have a separate phone?
To have an affair.
Thought you of all people, Kenny.
What's this number ending 921?
There's three calls the previous day.
Four the day before that.
Mobile to the cab firm.
Oh, yeah, you said she was a good customer.
A bit of an understatement.
[phone rings]
You checked her recent journeys?
Yeah, there's some trips to the shops
and two trips to see the daughters.
Yeah, any pattern?
Have another look, see if there's a pattern.
Right, the DNA doesn't match Huang.
Yeah well that doesn't rule him out.
Well, plus we can place him at his outlet in Cornton.
Around the 8:00 PM mark.
What, the time that she was calling for help?
[Vera sighs]
Well that's no good.
Well, it is for Huang.
[dramatic music]
How long does she get?
As long as she needs.
Are you sure you don't want to?
Well, I'll give you a minute.
Who's this suspect?
He's been released.
Right.
Was she seeing someone then, or?
We think so, yeah.
We should have just called. [sobs]
[whispers] Hey, come on!
Nicole, you couldn't have done anything.
Did your mom give you any indication
she was planning to move away from the area?
No, why would you think that?
It's just an angle we're working on.
You won't say that to me sister, will ya?
She doesn't need to hear that.
[Christine sobs]
[Vera] I can't tell you his name, love.
And he's no longer in custody.
[Christine] So you just let him go, just like that.
[Vera] Like I say, we're pursuing--
[Christine] Yeah but what if he does it to someone else?
We think that's unlikely.
[Nicole] She was seeing this bloke.
No, she wasn't.
See that's a theory we're currently working on.
Did you know?
How would I know?
I know she only came back into your lives recently.
So you've nosed into us?
They have to.
Now, I'm not nosing, love.
It's called--
I just don't want you thinking things about her
that aren't true, okay?
I just need you to tell me everything
that might be useful.
However trivial.
I think there's a lot about her we didn't know.
Well take me through Saturday night.
She was coming to mine for the night.
I don't like being in the house alone.
Me husband was away, training.
And she never turned up.
No.
So I drove to Chrissy's, see if she were there.
Why not your mam's?
Thought she might be at Chris's?
But she texted.
Yeah, but I didn't get that 'til the next day
I left me phone here.
And neither of you were alarmed?
I was.
Freaked out.
I told her that it just meant
that she were back to her old self.
So what do we think?
On something or is she just upset?
Told me she'd been clean since treatment.
Double check the accounts of where they both were.
I mean, why would mam book into a guest house
if she's staying with the daughter?
Ma'am, that's forensics.
They're saying they found the lady's mantle?
A euphemism, is it?
Do neither of you know what that is?
Alchemilla mollis.
Bloomin' townies.
Right, he gets her out of the car.
Shoes fall off en route.
That is a long way to lug a body.
[police chatter in background]
These are two sets of prints.
Yeah, so what, an accomplice?
[phone rings]
Marcus, be quick I'll lose the signal up here.
The marks on the body
are not from being moved post-mortem.
Right.
Someone gave her a kicking, post-mortem.
He says the marks on the body are not from manhandling.
[DC Whelan] What?
This is starting to make sense.
These prints here, this isn't an accomplice.
This is her.
This is her walking, and him following.
This is her kicking off her shoes
and running for her bloody life.
[police tape rustles]
[slow piano music]
So not killed at home, that's where we've been off track.
So driven away by someone as yet unidentified.
Mr. Kipford said the shouting
was inside the house, didn't he?
Yeah, but that could have been
Huang sounding off, couldn't it?
Outside was silent.
I mean, even if you're gagged,
you could kick up a hell of a racket, couldn't you?
So got into the car willingly?
Our mystery fella then?
What are we missing?
What bit of her life is not on our radar?
Work?
She didn't work.
Oh, well it's just, I'm inputting the statement
of the girl who found the body?
She says she went to the pub because she worked there.
[Vera] Withholding information is as good as lying.
I didn't lie.
Just didn't occur to me, that's all.
She did a couple of shifts now and again.
It's casual.
Now can you see why I find that suspicious?
We're new in the area,
I've got a business to establish.
Can't be telling tales.
Now, what tale is it that you're not telling?
When was Anne-Marie last working?
Ages back, she was never my first choice.
Why not?
Look, I don't know the inside track,
but I noticed a pattern.
When she was on the shift, less people came in.
I got the impression she was disliked.
Impression how?
Well, for a start there were comments on the website.
What sort of comments?
Rubbish really.
Saying she were picking up lads when she were here.
Anyway, I deleted it straight away, of course.
And is that what she was doing?
No, not that I ever saw.
Anyway, I asked her about it
and she said that there'd been some fallings out locally.
She say who with?
Now you're asking me to talk about my customers.
That's right, love, I am.
Farmer, Bob Tate.
Nasty piece of work, but people listen to him.
That's all I know.
Almost half of it's in the cafe.
Saying she had a thing for younger man.
So she's gone from no boyfriend to the village whatnot.
And can you tell me who got it?
Is it this Tate fella?
Didn't see.
Multiple identities.
Only one user.
Yeah, one little troll with a grudge.
Can I have a word?
Yep.
Got something on Bob Tate from February.
Anonymous tip off about him.
[Man On Recording] Can you give me the whereabouts?
[Anne-Marie] The farmer's Bob Tate.
I think they're some of his.
[Man On Recording] Right, it may be best to call
the animal welfare at the council
as they can make it a priority.
[Anne-Marie] Okay, I'll do that.
[Man On Recording] Do you wanna leave your name?
[Anne-Marie] No.
No, thank you.
[Vera] That's her isn't it?
Yep.
Four matches.
[Policeman] How's Anne-Marie?
She sounds more nervy than I'd have expected.
But it's tough.
Do we know what happened?
Horses were put down
and this Tate fellow was fined seven grand
and banned from keeping animals, which wasn't good,
'cause he ran pony trekking.
Well, he could be our grudge.
That's what I'm thinking.
Well, come on, let's get up there.
Well done, lover boy!
Ooh, what did you want?
Did you say something bad about me
in your reference to major crimes?
No.
Yes you did, I just got feedback.
It wasn't bad.
I just said I didn't think you were ready
for that kind of step up.
Okay, why did you say that?
Because I don't think you're ready.
[tension music]
Well not exactly a Gymkhana is it?
More like donkey rides.
How far is this from where the body was found?
That's a good half mile.
There's a connection, isn't there?
Cruelty to animals, cruelty to people?
So they say.
And it fits with a manner of her death.
That was cruel.
Kicking her when she's down.
I know you think I didn't see ya, but I did.
If there's one thing I do know, love.
It's where a girl hides on a farm.
What are you doing here?
Do you live here, dear?
With Mr. Tate?
Yeah.
He's my grandad.
[Vera chuckles]
That just the two of you, is it?
Yeah.
So why didn't you run here after you found the body?
I thought they might be missing her in the pub.
Or was it because you thought the body
was too close to your grandad's land?
Is that why you moved it?
Oh, he's lost a lot, hasn't he, your grandad?
Lost worse than stupid ponies.
No thanks to Anne-Marie.
Listen love, protecting an old man
is something I understand.
Believe me, I do.
But you're not helping anyone by telling lies.
I'm not.
[Bob] What do you want?
Bob Tate?
DCI Stanhope.
Don't bother her.
It was nothing to do with us.
Oh, you know why we're here then.
Nothing wrong with those horses.
-No? -Nothing.
And there she goes, sticking her beak in
when it's not needed.
But the council took a different view.
Oh, that's where you're wrong.
They said they could be rehoused.
She was the one who insisted they were put down.
She was the one who pushed for it.
So would it be fair to say you didn't like her?
I'm just saying you ace like that,
you get what you deserve.
Ooh, she had it coming?
I'm just not surprised.
Have you ever made any comments about her?
Down the Langdon Beck?
I don't go down the Langdon Beck.
What about on their website?
Do I look like a computer hacker to you?
Oh so there's someone else locally
got a grudge against her, is there?
She turns up interfering in things
she knows nothing about.
They don't hand out fines
like the one you got willy nilly.
Frankly, I let those old nags starve, yes,
but I had a good reason.
Yeah, what's that?
My daughter died.
Is that good enough?
Yeah well I'm sorry to hear that.
We were getting over it.
I had a plan with the council to take care of the horses
but that wasn't good enough.
She wanted blood.
Got that vet to side with her.
What vet?
Her son-in-law, she had him like that.
And we're the ones that cop it?
Does that tally with what the council told you?
More or less, said the vet insisted.
If there's rumours about a younger man,
there couldn't be, like, something else between
the son-in-law and Anne-Marie, could it?
[Vera] Well, could be.
[dramatic music]
[dog barks]
[door bangs]
Morning!
Oh!
She's not here, she's at her sister's.
Do you want me to ring her?
Actually, it's you we wanted.
We just wondered, what kind of a relationship
did you have with Anne-Marie?
How do you mean?
Do you get on?
If I'm honest, not so much recently.
Got to the point where she'd only come around if I was out.
Why was that?
I was fed up with her.
She chipped up here,
expecting everyone to welcome with open arms.
Oh, so it wasn't all forgive and forget.
Her coming back, it,
it upset Nicole.
It really upset Christine.
I've got Olivia asking for her nan.
I'm sorry, I don't mean to speak ill of her, it's just
I'd felt that at some point it would all go belly up.
Just not like this.
So what was it about her behaviour you found difficult?
All of us?
That she was on a crusade to show how much she cared.
What, overcompensating?
Exactly, but it didn't wash.
Just felt that we were waiting for her
to the meet the next one then she'd neck off again.
Did you think she was in a relationship?
I thought she was, aye.
I mean, that's what Bethany told us.
Well that is one line of investigation.
That she was seeing a man.
What do you think about that?
Well she had a right to happiness, but,
it's me who had to deal with the aftermath, isn't it?
Tell me about Bob Tate's horses.
Did she ask you to put them down?
No.
No, not at all, she was furious about it.
Convinced started it unnecessarily
because she was the bloody expert.
That man, I'd spoken to him about their condition.
And she had to go and ring the council
and that meant I was obliged to act by the book,
it triggered a heap of trouble.
Well, like I said, she messed about with people's lives
didn't stick around to deal with the consequences.
Just got a feeling he knows more than he's letting on.
Like what?
I don't know.
Kenny, the vet Tim's son-in-law, Simon.
Have we double checked his movements for the weekend?
Yes, he was at a training camp for a pentathlon.
Up Bolston way.
What, 30 odd miles?
Yep.
That's that then.
What about Tate?
What was he doing that night?
Home alone, he says,
but there's no way of verifying.
We can bring them in on suspicion, can't we?
On what grounds?
Suspicion!
Not unless I can link him directly.
Where were the daughters on Saturday?
Oh, they stayed over at Christine's place.
Did you corroborate that like I asked you?
I will do, yes.
And then take a trip around Nicole's neighbours.
Get a feel for the family.
I mean, you don't not chase it
when your mam fails to turn up, do you?
But there again, she has left them before.
If it was my mum I'd be dialling 999
after half an hour, wouldn't you?
Dunno, my mam died when I was young.
So I couldn't say.
I'm sorry.
Well don't be, pet.
It wasn't your fault.
It was the cancer.
Edwards, what do you want?
Neighbour reckons the victim's house has been burgled.
[Vera] Well there's nothing obvious missing.
Yeah, there's scuff marks there.
Aye, and there's prints on the handle.
You can rule mine out.
Better get someone here 24-7.
Yeah.
Could just be ghouls.
Aye, people wanting in on the action.
Oh, found a troll.
What, under a bridge?
[chuckles] All the posts all go from the same IP address,
that's located, guess where?
Next door.
Quite the social networker, aren't ya?
Is this the truth?
Hey, I think he wants a glass of water.
Could you get one for us, pet?
Okay.
Thanks.
What?
Please.
It's Anne-Marie.
She was helping me.
Well, no, not just cooking but cleaning, dressing.
Doesn't she help?
She tries, you know they've got so much paperwork.
As soon as she arrives it's just tap, tap, tap!
Here you go.
[Mr. Kipford] Thanks love, thank you.
[Carer] I got carried away.
Oh, I'll say.
So is it true?
Was she really picking up fellas in the pub?
How about chasing blokes younger than herself?
Because if it is true
and you've failed to mention it in our earlier interview--
It's not true.
I was just being a cow and making stuff up.
Are you sure you're telling me everything you know?
Yeah.
So what's your motive for writing these comments?
I don't know, I just did it.
Turn people against her?
Embarrass her, what?
I just wanted to expose her for what she was.
She was all over Mr. Kipford.
Had her eye on his house, I reckon.
[Helen] Cheeky cow!
Yeah, I know.
Nurse Ratchet said she made the whole thing up
because Anne-Marie was exploiting Mr. Kipford.
Sneaky.
Do a quick background on her.
Next of kin and whatnot.
I mean, if she's not looking out for the old fella,
who is she looking out for?
Shift records suggest that
she did come to the village on Saturday.
Could she have done it though?
Well, if Anne-Marie had been killed at home,
I might have considered it.
But get her out to the moor and to throttle her?
Na.
Hang on.
Here we go.
They don't call me Lightning for nothing.
Son dash Mills.
Different surname, but lives in the same house.
There's a mobile.
Thanks Helen.
921, isn't that the same as the cabs?
Anne-Marie was phoning Pam's son three times a day.
That's not business, that's a relationship.
[tension music]
So how long has all this been going on?
He tells me six months.
I think nearer a year.
Is that why you wrote those comments?
Trying to put him off her?
She had a hold on him.
He thought he loved her.
She just knew we had a bit of money.
So where would they go to, you know, be together?
Because her neighbours never saw anything.
I don't know.
Now you say that, love, but it backfires
because the more you lie to me,
the more I think you've got something nasty to hide.
So where is he?
[eerie tension music]
Mum!
I'm sorry.
Now this was taken just 400 yards
from where she was found.
And pollen traces were found in your car
and on her body.
I went up there to see for myself, didn't I?
What, to the crime scene?
Yeah, I loved her.
I want you to get him as much as anyone, but--
But what?
Well, I promised.
She didn't want her daughters to know about us.
I was just trying to respect that.
Oh, so you're protecting her?
I was trying to.
They were her priority.
She don't want them thinking anything else.
Do you break into her house?
Only we've got your prints all over the door.
And they weren't there when we first cordoned it off.
I gave her a bracelet.
I didn't want it to get lost.
Okay, so if that's true, where is it?
I couldn't find it.
When did you last see the victim?
I saw her on Wednesday and a Friday.
I took her to a place called Blackwall.
What, on the coast?
Yeah.
What's there?
I don't know, shopping, she said.
And then what?
The night you're saying she passed,
I went to pick her up.
She wasn't in, so I left.
Okay, so why are none of these pickups
on the computer at the cab firm?
Because obviously I don't charge me own girlfriend.
Ooh, lucky her, personal chauffeur?
It wasn't just a passing thing.
If her daughters wasn't a fact,
I would probably be moved in by now.
So why was she selling the house?
I didn't know she was?
She was up to all sorts.
Were you the recipient of this text?
"Be there soon, love you"?
No, I wasn't.
She's seeing someone else?
Well, if she was,
that'd give you a motive, wouldn't it?
[ominous music]
Marcus called, DNAs a match.
Oh, he's had sex with his girlfriend, I'm staggered.
I'm sorry, I just don't think he did it.
And he's been taking her, guess where recently?
Blackwall.
I know.
Oh Ma'am, Nicole wants to collect some things
from the mother's house.
Right, well, Bethany, you can take her first thing.
Can't a real FLO do it?
No, I think you should do it.
And I talked to the neighbours,
but they couldn't verify anything.
Oh, right, thanks.
Well, they said there was a row sometime last week.
Don't know if that's useful.
Okay.
Bethany, you can ask them about that and all.
First she has me minding
a kiddie on a trampoline, now this.
That's 'cause you're motherly.
Joke.
See you later.
[epic string music]
Do you know how we come back from this?
I know it seems impossible now,
but in my experience, people find a way.
Never the same, but
they do get some peace.
I hope so.
I hope you're right.
Can I ask you about something we heard?
Your neighbours said they heard shouting last week.
What was that?
It's like I said to your boss,
her coming back, it destabilised things.
Christine gets upset.
I think all the texts are because
well, she'll do anything to protect her sister, won't she?
Well, this is where Dash said he brought her.
Yeah, I cross checked with his sat nav.
No, but why here?
Not for shopping, is it?
Unlikely.
Well there's only a corner shop, no launderette.
Okay, how's this for an idea.
What shop do you go to and not spend anything?
Yeah, I know her.
Been coming in for pain killers.
Quite big doses.
Could you look up when she's been in?
Why do you ask?
She an addict?
Why, do you think she was an addict?
If they're not local, it does make you suspect.
So why do you serve her, love?
She always had a prescription.
Could you check for us pet?
Okay.
So she had a friendly medic.
Oh, I'd say so.
Her who IDed, asked if it was the partner who did it,
wanted us to look the other way.
How do you pronounce it?
Ganatraphylone.
And can it kill you if you take too much?
I thought she was murdered?
Oh, she was.
I'm just trying to get a handle
on why you concealed giving her such big doses.
The doses weren't lethal.
Raised an eyebrow with her pharmacist.
She had chronic pain.
I was trying to help her.
What sort of pain?
She broke her back horse riding.
In Turkey I think, years ago.
So what, needed more and more pain relief?
Did that not suggest addiction?
Yes.
Maybe I was being a bit blind to it, but
but I felt sorry for her.
She was desperate.
So you just complied?
I pushed her.
I suggested alternatives.
But at the end of the day,
if someone comes to you begging for help,
you might not find it hard calling people liars, but we do.
Nothing indicative on the spine or the pelvis.
Like I said, nothing on the body
suggestive of any previous trauma.
So she made it up, this accident?
To feed her habit?
Maybe.
But anyway, her tox screen was clear, wasn't it?
Yep, those kinds of levels of opiates
would have showed up in the liver, probably the pancreas.
So it's not her who's using.
My guess is she's feeding someone else's habit.
Ma'am, husband just near as an admitted.
Nicole is giving Christine an alibi.
The row was Christine having a meltdown.
So Christine's the habit, right.
Mam comes back into their lives,
throws Christine's rehab off track.
The mam's supplying her with painkillers
to keep her off the harder stuff.
Well done that girl.
Bethany, with me.
Mam agrees to meet Christine
before she goes off to Nicole's.
[Vera knocks]
Christine?
[guns bang]
Christine.
Christine, are you in there, love?
[door slams and engine revs]
Aiden, get over to the sister's house.
And if they're both there, bring them both in.
[tension music]
Nic?
[door creaks]
No, no, no, no, Nic!
Nic, Nic, wake up, Nic!
Nicole, Nic!
Wake up!
Nic, Nicole! [sobs]
How many boxes did she have?
I don't know.
I had no idea.
Okay.
Do you know where she might hide them?
I don't know.
I know it's difficult.
But had you been using heavily in the last few days?
I guess.
She just sort of zoned out on me.
Where have they taken her, the general?
Okay, we'll get over there.
Now keep the sister with her.
Accidental or deliberate?
That's not clear, Aiden's with her.
I mean, she seemed to be together, didn't she, Nicole?
In her, sort of, shocked way.
Poor cow.
Now find and inform the husband.
He's taken the little lass out for the day
and see if you can get him
to make a statement about her giving an alibi.
We don't want him getting spooked
and backing out of what he told you.
Okay.
Hang on.
Just to clear the air.
I did not bad mouth you.
I know you didn't.
They probably found someone better.
Not someone better.
Just someone more experienced.
You just got to get back on the horse and try harder.
I will.
You keep at it.
One day all this could be yours.
The hat, the mac, the wheels. [chuckles]
How's she doing?
[Paramedic] She'll survive.
[Vera] And how long before I can speak to her?
[Paramedic] I'll ask.
[Vera] So what you reckon, accidental?
Cry for help?
Or what?
[phone rings]
I couldn't say.
Kenny.
[Kenny] Anne-Marie's records are in.
Her card was used on that Saturday.
About three hours after the 999 call.
Whoever it was bought nappies.
Thanks Ken.
I think it was Nicole who went to Blackwall.
So obviously she's not covering for Christine.
Christine is covering for her.
[tension music]
So why lie and say your sister was at yours?
Because she asked me to.
But when we came to break the bad news?
So why lie about your sister's whereabouts?
I'm guessing she was seeing some fella.
Oh, so your story is you're covering an infidelity.
I don't know, and if it was, so what?
Well, for a start you have obstructed
an investigation into your mother's death.
That not bother you?
Of course it does!
But she asked for my help and she's never done that.
I had to choose and I chose Nic.
'cause she's always been there for me.
How'd your sister feel about your mother's return?
I'd say she was happier before she came back.
These past couple of years, it's been like a,
like a cloud's come down.
She took some pills.
She didn't have any pills, she got rid of them.
She told me she--
She acquired some, all stockpiled.
I thought I'd found them all.
This has happened before?
No, not exactly.
Not as bad as this.
She struggled after Olivia was born.
We've been in and out of doctors and counsellors.
Do you want to go down there, yeah?
No, no, no.
I don't want Olivia to see her in hospital.
Well why don't I drive you home first?
Is there someone who could look after her?
Maybe next door?
Maybe, I dunno.
Anne-Marie was the only help we had.
Um, just hang on a minute, yeah?
Edwards?
I'm gonna drive them home.
Could you head back to the office,
see if you can get some additional childcare for them?
What kind, like a nursery or?
Just help me out.
Yeah, okay, I'll see what I can do.
Thanks.
I told you, at me sister's.
You see, I know that's a lie.
She's told us.
I think you went to your mam's to collect a prescription.
I didn't.
And then three hours later,
you went to a place called Blackwall
and used her credit card.
Now what happened in those three hours?
Where was your mam?
I dunno.
Okay.
What were you doing in Blackwall?
We were having a weekend alone together.
Her treat.
Why I had the card.
We kept it quiet from Christine
because Christine has a temper and it scares me daughter.
I wanted to be alone with her.
Now I see, I know that's a lie
because the room's only booked for one.
This OD.
Was it deliberate?
No, of course not.
I wouldn't do that to me daughter.
The effect wear off after a while.
Well, that's risky taking a load like that.
I'm not a drug addict, I just--
Need medication to cope.
Look, I'm not judging you pet, but why is that?
I mean, this predates you bereavement, doesn't it?
Okay, we've got your discharge form here, Nicole.
Let's not see you in here again, eh?
Excuse me, love.
Can I just ask, have you come across Mrs. McKendrick before?
Aye, she's been in a couple of times.
Can I see her records?
Can't do that I'm afraid.
Not without her permission or a magistrate.
Get on to domestic violence.
See if there's a refuge in Blackwall.
Broken femur, dislocated collarbone.
Hand trapped in car door?
Please don't.
Listen love, it's normal to feel ashamed,
to feel like it's all your fault.
I teach little kids.
They look up to us.
It's not all the time.
Just when it blows up, it really blows up.
And your mam was selling the house
so you could have a fresh start.
She found the refuge.
She got me in on the phone,
she kept me going 'til the time was right.
You could have come to us, love, we'd have helped.
Didn't go to her.
She worked it out herself.
Said she'd seen her fair share of cruel men in her life.
So how did you feel when she didn't turn up in Blackwall?
I just shut me mind.
Just went home.
Do you think it's possible
your husband was involved in your mam's death?
No.
You've got them on CCTV, haven't you?
That's what Bethany told us, that's right, isn't it?
But what if he found out that
she was trying to help you to leave?
No, he'd have killed us both, and me daughter.
That'd be me punishment.
He's got a gun.
He's what?
[Nicole] Keeps it in our bedroom as a warning.
Nurse.
How can I have been so stupid?
I want armed response on the road and to the house.
I want everyone out there.
[tension music]
[phone buzzes]
It drops out up here, do you wanna stop?
No, you're all right, I'll just get you home.
Do you mind me driving this way?
No, she's too young to understand.
I think you're right,
let's just get her back as quick as possible.
This where you found her shoes?
Shoes?
I'm not sure.
[dramatic music]
[Phone] Hi, it's DC Whelan, leave a message.
Bethany, love, we're on our way.
We're coming.
[tension music]
I should probably call them back.
Now I've got service.
I'm just going to pull over up here.
[tension music continues]
I'll just call.
Hiya!
[Vera] Bethany, where are ya?
We're just headed back to the family home now.
Just checking in.
She knows.
You know, don't you?
Yeah, I think so.
I think I've got it now, yeah.
Is Mark with you?
No, I sent him back to the office.
[screeches] What?
You're not alone, are you?
Yeah.
He had a few bits and pieces to do.
Well first off, Bethany, don't go back to the house,
there's a weapon there.
Right.
Okay.
We're up at Magton Mines.
Magton Mines.
Magton Mines, I want all units to Magton Mines.
[Radio] Copy that, en route.
[sirens wail]
How's Nicole?
We're on our way,
an armed response will be there as soon as.
Can you cope until then?
Yeah, oh, that's good.
I'll let him know she's doing all right.
Good girl.
Now does he seem volatile?
It's not raining now no.
If he runs, let him go.
Just get yourself away from him.
We'll pick him up some other way.
Right, will do.
Well, are you leaving?
She's fast asleep in the car, bless her.
Well can you keep him away from the child?
Can you do that?
Can I have my keys back?
Bethany?
[dial tone beeps]
Bethany?
She's gone.
I'd like my keys back.
It's fine, I'll drive.
I'll have my keys back please.
I'm sorry.
You're not getting in the car with her.
No.
Let go.
[shouts] Drop the keys!
Drop the keys!
[Bethany wheezes]
You've got a chance. [Simon coughs]
I'd run if I were you.
[Bethany gasps]
[gun shoots]
[sirens wail]
[Vera] Try her again, try again!
[whispers] Simon, can't breathe.
Simon.
Simon, I can't breathe.
I can't breathe.
[Bethany gasps]
[car beeps open]
[sirens wail]
[Vera] What about now?
[phone rings]
[Aiden] Come on!
-Hi, it's DC Whelan. -No answer.
Get Mark, get onto Mark.
[sirens wail]
It's her.
She's down.
Bethany?
Bethany!
[police shout in background]
Oh, Bethany, no.
Get on the ground, on the ground, stay down!
[sad string music]
She's not breathing, there's no pulse.
There's no pulse.
[Aiden] Ma'am, is she okay?
Let's give her CPR.
Giver her CPR Ma'am.
[Vera] We're too late.
[Vera sniffs]
[sad piano music begins]
[quiet sad music]
[door creaks]
Hand them over, you can't do this.
[door slams]
I am so sorry.
It was an accident, I was--
We're here to talk about what happened
on Saturday the 15th.
The night Anne-Marie Richards died.
Where were you?
You already know this.
I was halfway up a hill with my uni buddies.
Yeah, doing what?
Training.
Training on a bike.
Exactly.
And that's exactly how you got home, isn't it?
On a bike.
See, you're are not as clever as you think you.
30 odd miles?
That's nothing to a fit bloke like you, is it?
Not when you're in a nasty mood?
No I wasn't.
I didn't go anywhere.
Yes you did, you liar.
You went home because there was no reply from your missus.
You're midway through training
and you just have to know where she is, what she's doing,
'cause you're a controlling nut job who beats his wife.
I'm really not.
Did she tell you this?
You get home.
No sign of your wife and daughter.
Oh, look, her mobile left on the side.
Is this some, is this a joke?
Has she told you this?
Look.
My wife is disturbed.
You should be helping her--
That's nice calling her the crazy one.
That's what you lot do.
I'm not one of those.
I'm a good guy, I'm a good dad.
Well, it's a pity you won't be seeing
your daughter again then, isn't it?
Because no matter what you say or do,
you're basically looking at a whole life tariff.
Oh, that regret is it?
Well, it's a bit late for that.
Best thing you can do is cooperate.
Now, Anne-Marie had a plan to move Nicole out.
Oh yes.
Everything in place to get her away from the vicious
piece of work she calls her husband.
But the man with the cash,
he takes his time handing over the money.
What man?
What cash?
She was smarter than you.
You were just nastier.
So Anne-Marie text Nicole, running late.
Be with you soon.
Only the poor love makes a mistake.
Instead of texting the secret phone
they've been using behind your back.
She texts her usual phone
and you pick it up
'cause you're at home
and that's how you find out mam knows where she is.
So what next?
Well, what follows is perfectly natural.
You want to know where your wife is,
so you jump in your car,
go round to Anne-Marie's to ask her.
And then what?
She lies, does she?
Says she doesn't know where she is?
The disrespect.
That get to you, did it?
I just knew then we were playing games.
[shouts] Don't even try to act like this is tit for tat.
You shot an unarmed woman in the back,
we know the kind of man you are.
I told her I was going around to Christine's
to talk to her.
She said, she said she was coming with me.
Aye, of course she did because she knew you were a danger.
She didn't want you knocking her other daughter about.
They were halfway, they asked us to ask us,
I know you know.
Aye, and you lost it and you strangled her!
It was her who got things out of hand, she called 999.
You cut the call.
She jumps out of the car.
You follow.
She runs, you follow.
And you grab her by the throat.
Maybe, just maybe, to try and scare her
into telling you where she was.
Well she should have just--
She'd rather die than do that.
She gave her life trying to protect her daughter.
Just as my officer did, trying to protect yours.
[door slams]
Right.
[phone beeps]
Well, no bail, obviously.
Has someone spoken to the press office?
Got five missed calls.
Who checked the background?
How did we miss a firearm licence?
I think we mistook the firearm checks for the DBS checks.
[shouts] Who's we?
Bethany.
[quiet piano music]
Found this last night.
Near where, you know.
Look at that, look pretty?
You're a good girl, you know that?
Thank you.
Ciara?
Come here, love.
Here you are, go on.
Don't tell your grandad.
I never saw it.
I think it's the one Dash gave to her.
Shall we give it back to him?
You don't have to, love.
Might be a nice gesture, but, you don't have to.
Loved her, didn't he?
I think so.
I'm so sorry about your officer, Bethany.
Can you tell her family I'm sorry?
Yeah, yeah of course.
I shouldn't just--
Only one person to blame for this, love.
Only one.
Are you staying with?
Yeah, for a bit.
At least until after the hearing.
Good, now you stay close, it's going to be choppy ahead.
So we'll be in touch.
[Nicole sniffs]
[sad slow music]
You all right?
Back into town or the village?
Um, look, can you get yourself back?
I'm gonna have a little walk.
Clear my head.
[sad music continues]