We weren't thinking straight, we just wanted to go home.
I did not strangle Hannah. I wasn't ever there.
Dhillon did not send threatening texts,
it was not his scarf that caused Hannah's death.
Dhillon Harwood accepts that he was there
but blames Talitha for the actual death.
Hannah was strangled with the scarf worn by Talitha Campbell
to the ball that night.
This is a moment where Dhillon has the scarf in his possession.
Put all that ball footage back in the schedule.
What ball footage is that then?
In every single piece of evidence Talitha is shown
to be wearing the scarf.
A fragment from the rucksack was found on a bracelet
worn by Talitha Campbell.
We have to nullify that bracelet.
They're obviously going to suggest that Talitha plus bracelet
plus rucksack came together on a previous date.
Lydia Vendler is the game changer.
My husband told me Talitha had discussed her fantasies with him,
which involved killing another girl during sex.
She's done for.
Tell me now.
If you have to.
This is your chance.
Tell me now.
I've told you everything, Mum.
There's nothing more to say.
Just stay calm and don't let them provoke you.
I love you.
I'm so sorry I've put you through this.
Tell the truth, Dhillon.
It's all that you can do.
I do solemnly,
sincerely and truly declare
and affirm that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
You and Miss Campbell were best friends?
Yes.
Had you ever had a physical relationship?
No. I mean... HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
Not really, no.
But would you agree with an earlier witness that you were inseparable?
We pretty much always hung out together.
When you applied to the same university,
was it so that you could preserve that friendship?
Yeah. We did apply to different colleges in Oxford
but we didn't get in.
You have listened carefully to the evidence from
the Stephen Vendler letter?
Yes.
The jury have now seen
the contents of Stephen Vendler's letter to his wife.
Did you ever discuss with Miss Campbell
her killing somebody during sex?
I can't lie...
..Talitha never said anything like that.
She never mentioned killing a girl as a sexual fantasy?
Absolutely not, I don't believe that.
What about strangling, choking in general?
I mean, she was definitely into that whole femdom thing a bit.
Femdom being female domination.
Yeah.
I never thought it was more than just game playing.
Now, you have said to the police,
and the jury have heard your interview,
that Talitha chose to use her scarf during sex with Hannah?
Yeah.
I mean, I was pretty high at the time
so I wasn't so aware of that because....
I couldn't see Talitha so well because of my own...
Your own?
Position.
Did you have any part in the strangulation?
No.
Did you assist with the disposal of the body?
Yes, I did.
Why, if you had nothing to do with it?
Why didn't you call an ambulance?
It's something I ask myself all the time as well.
Erm... But like I say, I was really drunk
and I'd taken quite a lot of drugs
so I wasn't really thinking properly.
And also, Talitha...
Talitha?
Ever since school that was kind of the pattern.
We would get into trouble and out of trouble,
it was something we did together.
Did you ever try to get away from Miss Campbell?
No.
Why would I want to?
She's a one-off, a total original, I've always loved that about her.
Would it be fair to say
that you and Miss Campbell enjoyed pushing boundaries?
I think that would be fair.
And even when we were in a panic
and Talitha said we had to put the body in the water...
I'm sorry, Dhillon, Talitha said you had to?
What...? Oh, yeah, I see what you...
No, I mean, erm...
It could have been that we should do it.
I'm not trying to suggest that...
It's OK, carry on.
So there was a sense...
A sense of what?
That none of it was real.
You described to the police
a "fugue state" in the following days.
That's just a kind of shorthand. I felt...
There are no words for it really.
Mr Harwood, do you regret your actions that night?
Absolutely.
And I know I have to pay the price for it.
I swear to God I didn't kill Hannah.
I swear on my mother's life and she's sitting watching me now.
So, Mr Harwood, you've spoken about your anxiety issues
and how you feel compelled to follow Talitha.
Those weren't my words.
Yes, Ms Hemmings, we can do without the synopsis.
Of course.
Let me make the questions very specific.
Whose idea was it to go to the ball?
Both of ours.
And whose idea was it to go and visit Hannah after the ball?
I think that was Tally.
You think?
I don't remember, it was just a conversation.
It just sort of happened.
Who provided the date-rape drug found in Hannah's body?
The what? GHB. The chems.
The drug often used to incapacitate victims.
Hannah did. INCREDULOUSLY: Hannah did?
Yes.
She was a normal person,
she took drugs just like everybody else
and chems aren't only to incapacitate.
Well...
You seem to have played no active role in anything that night.
You were just there.
Ms Hemmings.
We have heard your claim that you were performing oral sex on Hannah
while Talitha was positioned behind her
using the scarf to deny her air.
Yes.
Was there ever any discussion of a release word?
Not that I can remember.
We have heard from expert witnesses
that the process of death from strangulation
requires sustained pressure for a few minutes.
You didn't notice?
No struggling,
no evidence that she was fighting for her life?
When did you first realise there was a problem?
Talitha started saying Hannah's name.
I could tell she was panicking so then, you know...
..I stopped as well.
And realising your friend had just choked a girl to death,
you only had one option really?
I wasn't thinking straight.
Oh, come on!
Dhillon, this is a pack of lies, isn't it?
Ms Hemmings.
Any decent person...
..with even average intelligence would have phoned an ambulance.
You went to Hannah's room alone, didn't you? No.
Somehow you got hold of Talitha's scarf. No.
And you used it to murder a young girl
who had denied you access to her body
and made a very serious complaint against you.
I didn't.
You are not a victim.
You are a cold and calculating misogynistic killer.
Ms Hemmings.
It's not true. None of it's true.
Please disregard that, ladies and gentlemen.
You don't smoke any more.
No. Why I haven't lit it.
NISHA CHUCKLES
This is hard.
I look at her, Hannah's mum, and I think...
It'll sound awful.
You're facing a terrible loss as well.
All those years.
The family holidays.
The orthodontist.
The ice cream treats.
All the innocence.
So, what do you think?
Of what?
Of Dhillon's performance.
"Oh, I swear on my mum's life.
"I still love Talitha."
What do you think?
Well, I could never have believed that he would betray me like that.
He's so calm about it.
And it's not as if you had a lot of time to assess his character.
That's mean, Cleo.
Yeah.
Yeah...
It was a bit.
Prosecution's turn tomorrow.
Emma went quite hard on him today.
I don't like her.
How come? She's great.
I don't know. When it's me up there, I want you.
That's not... I'm junior counsel.
It has to be you.
SHE SIGHS
I'll talk to Emma.
No promises.
Look, we can do this the easy way or we can do it the hard way.
It's this one.
MUSIC PLAYS ON RECORDING
Did Cassidy tell you to bury this?
Well, this is hours before the murder.
Did Cassidy tell you not to disclose this?
She said she didn't think it was relevant, and on balance...
Footage of the scarf being passed between Talitha and Dhillon?
Footage of him actually wearing the scarf
and not visibly returning it to her?
Well, what do you want to do about it?
HE SIGHS
In your police interview, Mr Harwood,
you said that you had sex with Hannah Ellis before the ball.
Yes, I did.
That was a lie, wasn't it?
Yes.
You told Lucinda Bright that you were wearing
a condom when you weren't.
Well... That was a lie, wasn't it?
It was a misunderstanding.
You told the police that the fire
on which you were actually burning evidence
was because you did your best thinking staring into the flames.
OK, so what you're doing is making a big list of things
that aren't exactly true.
Lies.
So that your next question can be
"You're a habitual liar, aren't you?"
You'll put me out of a job.
I was confused and frightened.
Let me take you back to Hannah.
Originally, you and Miss Campbell and Hannah were friends?
Yes.
But suddenly Hannah made a complaint about you to Stephen Vendler?
Tally said she had done.
And did Miss Campbell know what the complaint was about?
Erm... That I was harassing her.
What were you harassing her for?
I didn't think I was at the time.
Looking back...
Sex?
I thought...
I thought I'd fallen in love with her.
You thought you had?
And how did this possibility of being in love manifest itself?
I called her a lot.
I get stressed if somebody doesn't return a call
and I think they hate me or I've done something wrong.
You called her a lot? That's it?
Sometimes I would, you know,
turn up at places and try and talk to her.
Stalking her? I wouldn't call it stalking.
Another "misunderstanding" perhaps.
And what was it about Hannah that you thought you loved?
She was different from a lot of other students
because of her background.
And did it make you angry that this girl
from a more humble background you were idealising
was rejecting you,
a kid who had always had pretty much anything he wanted?
It made me sad.
What about Miss Campbell? Do you know what made her angry?
You'll have to ask her. I certainly will.
But she must have said something to you?
She said that Hannah was using the complaint
to get closer to Vendler because she had a thing for him.
Hannah did? Yes.
So...
..you were in love with Hannah,
or at least you thought you might be...
Are you going to keep doing that sarcastic thing about that?
And in turn Hannah allegedly had "a thing" for a tutor
who was sleeping with Talitha.
I don't know if Hannah had a thing for Vendler or not.
Well, you just said that Miss Campbell told you that she did.
It doesn't make it true, we're not joined at the hip.
Oh.
Oh, I thought the whole basis of your defence was precisely that.
Where she leads you follow, etc.
It's a strange way to treat a funny, clever girl
that you thought you might love,
putting her in a sleeping bag and throwing it in the river.
You are right, it's terrible and inexplicable.
I don't dispute that it is terrible, Mr Harwood,
but it is explicable because you murdered her, didn't you? No.
Was it because she didn't return your "love"
and instead complained about the way you chose to manifest it
through stalking and harassment? No.
And you thought that this time somebody might actually listen
to your accuser? No!
No more questions.
You decided what you're gonna do?
I'd never be able to work with the police in this town again.
But do you still think that Talitha Campbell did it? Yes.
But evidence that Dhillon had the scarf
during the ball would help her defence.
Golden rule, right?
His story is rubbish
and hers is reliant on too many "yeah-but-what-ifs".
Why couldn't the stupid drunken cops
have kept their stupid drunken mouths shut.
Yeah, but would that really have made any difference?
Yes, because ignorance is bliss.
And I wouldn't have to make this decision again.
It was different last time.
I don't think Cleo would agree with you.
I let her do the right thing and she was punished for it.
Babe, I'm not going to tell you what to do,
you have to do what you think is right,
but this is one of the most important cases
you have ever handled
and part of what's right - for me that is -
is us.
Ugh, Dean, every time!
Just hoof it into the fucking stands!
SHE LAUGHS
See. There's your answer right there.
My questions might bring us to a place where we have to tackle
events in your childhood.
No.
It's difficult, I know. TALITHA SIGHS
Won't they think...
Lady Tease strangles Hannah in revenge for her own...
Abuse.
Whatever.
No, not whatever.
Still, though,
abused becomes abuser, etc, etc.
I've given it a lot of thought
and I know I can create the opposite effect for the jury.
I can't.
I can't fake things, Cleo.
I mean, I can, of course I can, but I can't...
SHE SIGHS ..be somebody different.
Be yourself.
Be myself?
You sure about that?
Be yourselves then.
Be your selves.
Wow.
You are deep, Cleo.
I know that.
Listen to me.
They've attacked your character over and over again.
They have weaponised your gender,
your class and your sexual history against you,
the Dhillon defence,
the Vendler letter -
everyone who is following the case in the country
knows you as Lady Tease.
We must break that if we're to stand a chance at winning this.
REPORTER: As the trial for Hannah Ellis's murder enters its 12th day,
it's believed that Talitha Campbell's legal team
will call her to give evidence.
Miss Campbell has so far maintained that she simply went home...
Cleo.
Oh. Hey.
Don't say I don't do nothing for you.
Triple negative good going.
Good.
These are good.
I had to use all my charm. SHE LAUGHS
Talk about sending someone naked into battle.
And a bit of cash.
Thank you.
Cleo.
That thing,
Talitha, the stuff that happened...
I do hope you're not going to warn me.
Do it.
Who is this, Miss Campbell?
That's me and Hannah.
Where was it taken?
At the Green Man festival last year.
SHE LAUGHS That top's loud.
Is your rucksack in the picture there?
I can't tell.
How about Hannah Ellis's rucksack?
Again, I can't tell but they must have been.
Did you handle Hannah Ellis's rucksack?
No idea.
Might you have done?
Oh, I might have done, yeah.
It was all a bit messy there for a while.
I don't remember having done so.
What does this picture show?
It's me.
And what is that on your wrist?
My bracelet.
It was a gift from my grandmother.
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is the same bracelet that the prosecution claim contains
a micro fragment from Hannah's Ellis's rucksack.
These photos were all taken in the same place.
Yeah. All at the Green Man Festival.
So at the time these photos were taken,
were you and Hannah Ellis friends?
Sure.
At the time of the ball, were you still friends?
No.
Why not?
I went off her. It wasn't a big deal.
Why did you go off her?
Well, partly she was always going on about how she didn't have privilege,
and state schools, and I was just, "Oh bore off, love,
"you're at an elite university now, just get over it already."
SHE CHUCKLES
And...
..well, then we had a row
because of the stuff that she was saying about Dhillon.
Did you send her abusive texts?
Yeah, that was dumb
but I was just drunk and being an idiot.
And she could give it back, believe me.
OK, let me just take you back to the night of the ball.
What happened to the scarf?
I don't remember. You really have no idea?
None whatsoever. I lost it somewhere.
OK.
If you can't remember, you can't remember.
I remember that the Ferris wheel was really cool
and I definitely had it then because I was messing about with it,
but I was still quite sober then.
What happened after the Ferris wheel?
We took some more drugs, we danced,
we did the whole ball thing.
At some point I crashed out in the chill-out zone
and then Dhillon came and said that we had to go.
And?
And we went. We walked home.
Did you go to Hannah Ellis's. No.
Did you suggest "having a word" with her? No.
Sorting her out? Getting Troy to sort her out?
No.
Did Mr Harwood?
No.
Did he discuss her at all?
I don't remember.
Maybe.
Because we saw her at the ball
and she called me a silver-spooned whore again,
I do remember that.
All right.
At this point, did you still have your scarf with you?
I wasn't sure I still had my face with me, to be honest.
Can you tell me how much money you've taken from your parents
since you've been at college?
None. I supported myself.
How?
I did some sex work like a lot of girls at college,
but other stuff too.
And they called you Lady Tease?
That was just a joke.
A friend called me that, I don't really mind.
What about being called a silver-spooned whore?
Yeah, that annoyed me,
but, as I said, Hannah could dish it out too.
Do you enjoy strangling people during sex?
I don't know, I haven't tried it.
And I've tried most things I want to.
So...
..Mr Harwood is lying about that, is he?
He's lying about everything.
Have you ever used your scarf to strangle someone during sex?
No.
Have you ever engaged in any kind of consensual sexual activity
involving humiliation or role-play?
Yes.
But with the sex work,
so it was usually me being humiliated,
also it depends what you mean by consensual.
That you or others agree by choice and critically...
..that you or others are free to make that choice.
Yes.
Mostly.
Mostly?
It might help if I reminded you that before someone is 16 years old
they cannot be deemed to give consent.
You know.
You've always known.
I would like you to tell the court.
What's the point?
It's just going to sound like...
Don't worry about how things sound.
Just remember the importance of telling the truth.
My mother had these parties...
..and sometimes I went to those parties.
How old were you then?
14.
No, 15.
And what happened at these parties?
I had sex with most of the men there.
You were raped by most of the men there.
Legally I suppose, yeah.
There's no suppose about it.
Did your mother know what was happening?
She watched.
And how did that make you feel?
I don't know.
Do you think it affected you?
I don't do "blame the parents".
Sure...
..but do you think it changed you in some way?
Maybe.
I mean, I think I would always have been a bit of a brat.
When I'm stressed I sing to myself.
It helps with my breathing.
It's a French nursery rhyme that I learned when I was a little girl.
I know that the singing started around the time of the parties,
so...
..you know...
..maybe.
I mean, afterwards my mum always said that...
..that I'd enjoyed it,
that I'd demanded to go to the parties,
and maybe that's true.
I don't... I don't know any more.
Oh, that's a very old trick of abusers.
That is not a question, is it, Ms Roberts?
No. It absolutely isn't.
No further questions, My Lady.
Wait.
You said the whole truth, right?
Nothing but the truth?
Always.
My mother also abused me at those parties.
She...
..performed sex acts on me for their benefit.
REPORTER: There were many revelations
in Bristol Central Crown Court today
as Talitha Campbell alleged she had been the victim
of repeated childhood sexual abuse,
both orchestrated and committed by her mother,
socialite Lady Cressida Campbell.
REPORTER: ..reports of Talitha Campbell's allegations
in court today, there has been an outpouring of sympathy for her
on social media.
The police have declined... Still doesn't mean she's innocent.
No. It doesn't.
Maybe she was so fucked up by it that she just...you know.
Yeah, that interpretation was a risk for Cleo
but actually she got a lot of sympathy for it.
Yeah. Yours too by the sounds of it. She was abused.
How would you not have sympathy for her? Maybe she was lying.
But she turned down plenty of opportunities to lie
when it would have suited her to do so.
Cleo's smart. Maybe she coached her.
I've asked them to drain the lake if I don't return.
I had no idea.
About the last part anyway.
I didn't know about that either.
She told me you were mostly away.
If I didn't rebuild her character, she was finished. It's done.
And it helped her.
I could tell from the jury reaction.
I want to see her now.
You owe me that, Cleo.
I'll fix it.
Ask for her forgiveness.
PHONE RINGS
Hi, James. Hi, Cleo.
Look there is a disclosure issue that you should be aware of.
OK.
Who initiated your relationship with Stephen Vendler?
Do you mean who finally slipped the move?
Yes.
I did.
But you know he was literally wearing a sandwich board
with an arrow pointing.
And how long did it last?
It was on and off really.
He'd usually call me and if I felt like it.
So it was during one of these times that you "felt like it"
that he told you that Hannah Ellis was making a complaint
about your best friend Dhillon Harwood.
Correct. And that made you angry.
Yeah.
Why?
Because I thought she was exaggerating
to get Dhillon into trouble
and to get closer to Vendler cos she fancied him.
So you were jealous of her?
I thought it was transparent and a bit pathetic.
And you told Mr Harwood?
Yeah.
How did he react?
He was worried because of the whole Lucinda Bright thing,
and really this was much worse
because, unlike that fruitcake, Hannah was Little Miss Perfect.
So you WERE jealous?
I thought she played up the genius-from-a-council-estate a bit.
"I'm not like all you posh Oxbridge rejects."
You don't see yourself as a posh Oxbridge reject?
Maybe, but I think people have personalities as well as labels.
How would you describe your personality?
How would you describe yours?
MURMURS AND QUIET LAUGHTER
I'm asking the questions, Miss Campbell.
Sorry, I know, I just...
I'm trying to point out that it's hard to describe
a personality in a single answer,
especially one's own.
I think that is a fair comment, Mr Reynolds.
Do you want me to give you four adjectives like a job interview?
OK, let's start with that.
Impatient.
Easily-bored.
Sorry some are hyphenated cos I'm complicated.
Erm...
Loyal.
How about violent?
No... Not physically anyway. I hate seeing people in pain.
Well, so, then, why did you tell Stephen Vendler
that you fantasised about killing somebody during sex?
You did tell him that, Miss Campbell?
I might have done.
You MIGHT have done?
I don't recall ever having done so but it's definitely possible.
And yet you don't see yourself as a violent person?
Stephen Vendler liked to talk.
You know, scenarios.
Scenarios?
He'd pester me to tell him extreme stuff that he'd get off on.
And you didn't "get off" on it?
I tend to find men nagging me
for details of my sexual fantasies extremely boring,
even when they've got funny wigs on.
So you just made it up for his benefit?
Oh, look, I hate to be the one to break this to you
but there's something you need to know about women.
LAUGHTER
So this was his fantasy that's...that's what you're saying?
No. I'm saying that Stephen liked me to talk about scenarios
that in the cold light of day might sound...weird,
or disgusting, or even ridiculous.
And that was one of them?
I honestly don't think that was one of them.
So how do you explain it?
I think that he remembered more general stuff
that might have been said
and fitted it to a crime whose details he already knew.
Why?
I don't know, because he was angry with me,
because he had a bad conscience about it all,
and, in the end, at a guess, to shift the blame.
He killed himself.
Do you consider that shifting the blame?
I said it was a guess.
She's quite correct, Mr Reynolds,
you cannot expect her to tell you what was on Mr Vendler's mind.
Do you have a bad conscience about it all?
No, because I haven't done anything.
Well, you told Mr Harwood about Hannah's complaints, didn't you?
I warned Dhillon.
And you threatened Hannah with a series of texts, didn't you?
Because I don't like being called a whore.
Might you consider adding "liar" to your list of adjectives?
No, cos liar's a noun.
They're saying they misplaced the footage.
So recall Cassidy.
And ask her what? Ask her what the missing evidence shows.
She'll say there's a ton of evidence and she doesn't remember.
No, she won't.
Of course she... I will talk to her. She won't.
She'll hang, draw and quarter you.
She'll literally feed your entrails to Andy Lowell.
Look, it's not a slam-dunk but it does create some doubt,
especially given Dhillon totally denied it.
God, it was a big risk putting Talitha in the witness box
with that personality.
It was but no-one's calling her Lady Tease any more.
No.
You gonna tell Cassidy you told me?
Yeah...
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I don't think I'm gonna be Sweet Baby James any more.
What the fuck, James? What the actual fuck?
Blame your officers and give them the drink aware app.
It's nothing. He had the scarf, Paula,
and you marked it down as not relevant.
It was a judgment call. There is tons of footage.
Yes, but none it shows Talitha and Dhillon playing with the scarf
and it ending up around his neck.
Yes, but that doesn't mean he kept hold of it, it's inconclusive.
But the fact that the footage has now completely disappeared isn't, though. No, that was not my doing.
I would never do that. No, I bet Lowell leaned on Hillcroft because he's scared of you.
Shut up. Scared? You haven't a fucking clue.
Paula, I'm sorry. I know you're a good officer...
Oh, fuck off, you sanctimonious creep.
Jesus fucking Christ.
I hope that when that smirking little bitch is out
walking the streets again
that you're able to look Andrea Ellis in the eye.
Well, I'll be able to look myself in the eye.
Not in this town, mate.
DI Cassidy, can I take you back
to the evidence that you gave during your examination by the prosecution?
Go ahead.
My learned friend asked if Talitha had worn the scarf
throughout the entire ball.
Correct.
And you said yes.
She was, in all the evidence I saw.
Did you ever see Dhillon Harwood wearing the scarf?
There was a lot of mobile evidence.
Oh, I didn't ask if there was a lot of mobile evidence, DI Cassidy.
I asked if you ever saw a clip that showed Talitha Campbell dancing
and fooling around with Dhillon Harwood.
I don't remember every clip.
And at one point in that clip Dhillon Harwood takes the scarf
and wraps it around his own neck
and wears it on the dance floor.
You're not the only one that saw this clip, DI Cassidy.
This was seen by your disclosure officer DC Hillcroft,
this was seen by the CPS who have finally brought it to our attention.
Your answer was wilfully misleading, wasn't it?
Yes, Talitha Campbell was wearing the scarf in all of the evidence,
but not all of the time.
Do you agree, DI Cassidy?
No, I wouldn't.
Oh. Would you agree that you saw evidence
that Dhillon Harwood was wearing the scarf?
Not wearing exactly.
Was the scarf physically connected to Dhillon Harwood
and not physically connected to Talitha Campbell?
I believe so, erm, but I don't...I don't...
And would you like to tell the jury why they can't see
the piece of evidence that shows Dhillon Harwood wearing the scarf?
It's been misplaced.
Sorry, could you...? It's been misplaced.
Oh. It happens.
Both copies?
Look.
This...this was an extraordinarily complex case
with thousands of pieces of evidence.
And yet you managed to keep hold of all of the pieces of evidence
that favoured the prosecution.
That is not a question, Ms Hemmings.
No.
Just one final question, My Lady.
Is this the first time in your professional career
that you have allowed your obvious dislike of a suspect...
..to so cloud your judgment?
You are taking liberties now, Ms Hemmings.
Although I feel compelled to point out
that police evidence has been less than satisfactory
on this matter, DI Cassidy.
No further questions.
LOCK CLICKS, BUZZER
I'm only doing this because you pay for Cleo.
She said that I should, um, ask for your forgiveness.
Bullshit. Don't bother.
I agree. It won't get us anywhere.
And you'd have to care enough to actually want it.
No, it's not...
It's just...
..too late really and too much to ask in the circumstances.
So why are you here?
I wanted to say that I'm sorry.
Which is a bit different.
What for?
For losing sight of you.
It was never really there to lose.
I had an old vinyl 45 of French nursery rhymes.
I've no idea where it came from,
it was a friend of my mother's I think.
Anyway, that song was on it...
..and I taught it to you when you were small
and you couldn't sleep,
and then I gave you the record and you played it all the time
on that little red turntable thing you had.
I lost it somewhere.
I am sorry that you drew such a short straw, Talitha.
Well, let's just hope that my Saint can work miracles, I guess.
She's certainly been paid enough.
SHE CHUCKLES
Well, goodbye.
Thank you for seeing me.
SOFTLY: O Sainte Vierge o ma patronne...
..si j'ai peche vite pardonne.
REPORTER: The different legal teams in the Hannah Ellis murder trial
will tomorrow present their closing speeches
before the judge's summing up of the evidence.
This will be their last chance to convince the jury
as to which verdict they will return.
Are Talitha Campbell and Dhillon Harwood guilty or not guilty
of murdering Hannah Ellis?
Doubt - over the bracelet, over the scarf,
over Cassidy's evidential integrity.
None of Talitha's DNA actually on the vodka bottle,
or on Hannah's body, or anywhere else.
Some on the jury are going to go with their instincts on this.
Defence can shout "doubt". And they will for sure.
Adam, that can backfire. You know.
"Why are they going for that defence"?
If they're just pleading for doubt, they've got nothing.
Who's on trial here?
A fragile yet resilient young woman called Talitha Campbell
who had a falling out with another student?
Or the fictional Lady Tease
created by a prurient media
designed to get abusers off the hook yet again?
That's good.
Most of the jury won't know what prurient means.
It doesn't matter if they know the meaning, it's how it sounds.
Drop prurient.
She told Vendler that she fantasised about killing girls during sex.
But just saying "I might have said something a bit like that"
is a bit bloody weak.
Not having the scarf footage is good.
It means we can maximise it in their minds.
He could have put it in his pocket even then. Point is he had it.
Doubt - weak forensics, biased cops.
Vendler. Character. History.
Credible forensics.
Straw-clutching.
Bonnie and Clyde.
INDISTINCT SHOUTING
REPORTER: The judge has concluded her summing up of the evidence,
the jury has to decide between the Prosecution's case
that both of the accused are guilty.
Dhillon Harwood's defence that he was present
but not responsible, led astray by his co-defendant.
And Talitha Campbell's simple insistence
that she knows nothing whatsoever about the crime.
The session is now resuming in Courtroom two.
Please make your way to Courtroom two, thank you.
All rise.
Could the jury foreperson please stand?
Would the defendants please stand.
Have you reached a verdict on which you are all agreed?
Yes.
On the charge of murder,
do you find the defendant Dhillon Harwood
guilty or not guilty?
Guilty.
You find him guilty.
And that is the verdict of you all?
Yes.
And on the charge of murder,
do you find the defendant Talitha Campbell
guilty or not guilty?
Not guilty.
You find her not guilty.
And that is the verdict of you all?
Yes.
Thank you.
Dhillon Harwood,
you have been convicted by the jury of
the murder of Hannah Ellis.
This was a shocking killing
in which you robbed a young woman of her life and her future,
and took from her family a loving and much-loved daughter.
The sentence I must pass upon you for murder is fixed by law
and is one of life imprisonment.
You will serve a minimum of 23 years,
less the 84 days you have spent on remand.
After that,
it will be a matter for the parole board
to determine if and when you are released.
REPORTERS SHOUT QUESTIONS
Mrs Harwood, did you know your son was guilty?
What do you think about the verdict? Mrs Harwood!
Where do you want to go?
Meera.
REPORTERS CLAMOUR
BANGING ON CAR
REPORTERS SHOUT
BANGING AND SHOUTING CONTINUES
Guilty verdict. What do you make of the verdict?
Mrs Harwood, did you know your son was guilty?
You must have an opinion!
CAMERAS CLICK
I don't know what to think, James.
Think that justice has been done for Hannah.
Has it, though?
I mean, what if... You can't think about the what ifs.
Dhillon definitely killed her and he's going to prison.
She'll never be my Hannah again.
She'll just be the Hannah Ellis case.
Andrea, she will always be your beautiful daughter.
I wanted to ask your permission for something actually.
Erm...
My wife's pregnant, and it's a girl...
We really like the name anyway but...
..we were considering Hannah as a middle name.
She'll be clever.
She'll be kind.
She'll be special.
She might struggle with a flat-pack, though.
BOTH LAUGH
Thank you.
I will never forget your kindness.
SHE TYPES
KNOCKING
Yo.
Going away?
Guess. Mm...
Paris.
It's my city, Cleo,
and I need to get this provincial shithole out of my hair.
Well...
..have a nice time.
It's funny to think that you were just the duty solicitor.
It is a bit.
I won't see you again after this, will I?
No.
I don't think so.
Just another client.
Not just a client...
..but still a client. I get it.
We did it, Cleo.
Yeah, we did.
We so totally fooled them.
Your face.
I thought it didn't matter.
I thought it was all about process.
SHE CACKLES
Gotcha.
Send me a picture from the Eiffel Tower.
You got it.
Bye.