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We're requesting that all relatives

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send us blood samples
for potential DNA profiling.

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Have you found Melissa?

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No, sir, we have not.

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We won't stop looking for her.

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Sweeney's been granted bail.

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He'll kill me, I know it.

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Get in that house. Delia squeals

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I've got some news about sweeney.

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He's out of the country.

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At least now it's safe for
us to start thinking about

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getting you discharged.

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Would you like to meet again?

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Coffee? Or a meal?

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You look cold, like.

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Do you wanna come
in, have a cup of tea?

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- Just for a few minutes then.
- Sound. What's your name?

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Paula.

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'We think he might have killed a woman.'

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and the lawyers are saying

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we don't have enough to charge him.

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We wanna build a case against him

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for his attack on you in December 1994.

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And you'll be called to give evidence.

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No.

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After all that monster did to you.

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Why don't you wanna
be part of something

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that will put him away?

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I solemnly declare and affirm...

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- This is my lost fingertip...
- Miss balmer.

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And this is the scar made by the knife

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that pierced through my right breast

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- and my right lung!
- Miss balmer!

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You carry on like this,
you'll destroy this case

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and sweeney will be back on the street.

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He's laughing at you, Delia.

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Would you like some water?

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No, I want wine.

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She sighs

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miss balmer, in your own time,

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please tell the court about
the events of the night

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of Thursday the 22nd
of December 1994.

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You mean the night he killed me?

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If that's how you prefer to put it, yes.

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It was about 6:30pm. I'd
cycled home from work.

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There was no-one on the street.

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I arrived home.

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I leant my bike up against
the railings, as I always did,

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I went to unlock my front door.

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I went to pick up my
bike. As I was carrying it in,

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I heard him call my name.

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I looked over my right shoulder

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and he was coming up the steps.

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Who do you mean by "he", miss balmer?

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Him - John sweeney.

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Even though it has been
seven years since the attack,

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I am still affected by my injuries.

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Some days I feel like

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there's a metal clamp crushing my chest.

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And if I am touched even
softly on my right breast,

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I get a horrible feeling
like an electric shock.

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Both my arms hurt. I can't grip properly.

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I have difficulty lifting
anything of any weight.

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And on cold days, the metal
in my left arm feels like ice.

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I don't like looking at my injuries.

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I have scars all over my body.

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I don't like trying on clothes in shops

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because I feel like
everybody is looking at them.

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And I... especially hate
how my little finger looks.

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I used to be proud of my hands, but now,

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when I look at my little
finger, it makes me feel sick.

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Thank you, miss balmer.

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Could you please tell the court,

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what have been the long-term effects

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of the attack on your mental health?

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Well, I have been diagnosed with PTSD

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post-traumatic stress
disorder. I feel anxious.

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I get angry with people.
I have nightmares.

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And I have... I have been to see

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psychiatrists and therapists.

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Most of them have said
I need anti-depressants,

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which I have refused

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because I will not put
chemicals into my body.

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Drugs trick you into
thinking everything is all right

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when it is not.

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And do you know, I have
lost what little confidence I had.

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I feel as though.

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I am in... a black hole.

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And I am... scared.

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To wake up in the
morning and face a new day

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because I feel I have lost my future.

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You had the option to give your evidence

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from behind a screen, so
that the defendant would not

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be able to see you, but
you chose not to do that.

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Why was that, miss balmer?

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Was it because you
wanted to see mr sweeney?

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No. Why should I hide from
him? I'm not scared of him.

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You invited mr sweeney
to live in your home.

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You were intimate with
him for almost four years.

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Can you tell me why?

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Cos I'm soft and stupid and
I couldn't see through him.

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Did you love, mr sweeney, miss balmer?

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No, I did not.

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I have never loved anyone.

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You told bar stock road
police that mr sweeney

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had tied you to a bed
and repeatedly raped you.

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That's correct, isn't it?

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Yes.

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And yet, after your ordeal,

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when the police offered to install you

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in refuge accommodation
in king's cross, you refused.

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Because king's cross
is full of drug addicts

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and prostitutes.

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Or was it because you still
had feelings for mr sweeney?

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No.

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Did you hope that he
might return to your flat,

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so that you could resume

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your consensually
sado-masochistic relationship?

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No! That is not what...

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My... Why do you
have to twist everything

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and make me out to be a liar?

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It is unnecessary and it is dishonest!

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Why is the law allowed
to treat people like this?!

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You see, cos I just want to be left alone.

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Well done, Delia, well done.

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'I wasn't there.'

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I was 200 miles away, in skelmersdale.

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Delia balmer's lying because
she's got a grudge against me.

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What about miss balmer's
neighbour, Joshua Wilson?

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He identified you as a
person he saw attacking her.

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Yeah... he's mistaken.

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In march last year, after your arrest,

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police searched your flat.

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- At cicely Crescent...
- Yes.

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And discovered an
artist's portfolio containing

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201 of your drawings.

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Two of those drawings
are of particular relevance

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to your attempted
murder of Delia balmer...

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Well, I didn't attempt
to murder Delia balmer.

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Will the jury please
turn to picture exhibit,

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page five, in the bundle?

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This drawing shows a boot
about to crush a cockroach.

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Did you do this drawing, mr sweeney?

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- Yeah.
- Do you remember

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if it was before the
attack on Delia balmer

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on the 22nd of December 1994, or after?

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I've just told you, I
didn't attack Delia balmer

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so it's impossible to say
if it was before or after.

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In the bottom right-hand
corner are the words,

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"a cornered cockroach."

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Is this your handwriting, mr sweeney?

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- Yes, I think it is.
- Yes.

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The cockroach has a woman's head.

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Who is this woman, mr sweeney?

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Delia... Delia balmer.

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Picture exhibit, page six.

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This is an enlarged
detail of the same drawing,

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angled to make it easier to read.

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What you are looking
at, ladies and gentlemen,

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is the front section of the boot.

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As can be seen, there are
words clearly visible on it.

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Mr sweeney, would you
please read what is written?

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Mr sweeney?

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"May you never die until I kill you."

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"May you never die until I kill you."

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What point were you making

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by writing those words on the boot?

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No point. Just black humour.

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Moving on.

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Page seven in the bundle.

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This drawing shows a
section of a man's body.

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The man is wearing jeans and a belt.

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Tucked inside the belt is an axe,

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with blood clearly visible on the blade.

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Blood is dripping from the
blade onto a bloody scalp

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fringed with blonde hair.

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Did you do this drawing, mr sweeney?

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- Yes.
- Do you remember when you drew it? - No.

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I'd like to draw the jury's
attention to the two patches

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of white tipp-ex correction
fluid on the blade of the axe.

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Using ultra-Violet light,
scientists were able

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to discover words written
beneath the tipp-ex.

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Please turn to picture exhibit, page eight.

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Under the first patch of
tipp-ex is a date of birth

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"13th of October 1956".

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Under the second patch,
the words "made in liver pool".

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Where were you born, mr sweeney?

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I was born in kirkdale, you know that.

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- An area of liver pool?
- Yes.

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Yes. And what is your date of birth?

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The 13th of October 1956.

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So, the words you tipp-exed
over refer to yourself?

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I didn't write that! I didn't

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I didn't put tipp-ex on
that. I didn't write that!

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Yet in the opinion of
the handwriting expert

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that we consulted, it is your writing.

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Let us turn back now to page seven.

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As can be seen, there is a further patch

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of tipp-ex at the bottom of the page.

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Ultra-Violet light revealed more writing.

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Please turn to page nine in the bundle.

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"December '94."

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The very month and year

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Delia balmer was subjected
to a near-fatal attack.

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I didn't attack miss balmer.

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I didn't write this,

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and I certainly didn't put tipp-ex on it.

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You do admit doing this drawing?

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- Yes.
- Of a man with a bloody axe.

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The very weapon used in
the attack on Delia balmer.

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An extraordinary coincidence,

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would you not agree, mr sweeney?

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Well, that's what
coincidences are, isn't it?

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Extraordinary.

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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

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in a moment, you'll go out
and consider your verdicts.

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The only verdict that
I can accept are ones

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in which you are all agreed.

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My lord, the jury have been in retirement

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for nine hours and forty minutes.

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Mr foreman, have you reached a verdict

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on which you are all agreed?

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We have.

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Is that in relation to all four counts?

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Yes.

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On count one of the indictment,

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the attempted murder of Delia balmer,

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do you find the defendant,
John Patrick sweeney,

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guilty or not guilty?

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- Guilty.
- You fucking idiot!

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You're all fucking idiots!

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Well, Christine says his sentencing

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will be in three weeks.

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The whole world is laughing at me.

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No-one's laughing at you.

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No-one with a shred of decency

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could look at this and
make a judgment about you.

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The only person this vile
drawing says anything about

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is him.

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It's my face, David.

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It's not your face.

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This is your face.

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Drink is poured

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you're starting early.

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To John Patrick sweeney

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spending the rest of his life behind bars.

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To the damn police
releasing a box of cockroaches

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in his fucking cell.

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Buzzer

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four life sentences. One
for the attempted murder.

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One each for the firearms of fences.

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Four life sentences! Fantastic!

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Yeah. We couldn't have
done it without you, Delia.

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Will you join us for a
glass of champagne, Chris?

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Any excuse.

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Come on, Delia. Come on.

257
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So, he'll spend the rest of his life in jail?

258
00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,120
Er, well... Actually, the...

259
00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:12,336
The judge ruled that
he'll be eligible for parole

260
00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,176
in nine years.

261
00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,960
What was that?

262
00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,200
Four life sentences.

263
00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,456
And he's up for parole in nine years?

264
00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:30,776
That's insane!

265
00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,536
Honestly, none of us can
make head or tail of it. It's...

266
00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,880
It's th-the same old
fucking shit is what it is!

267
00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,496
- I'm sorry.
- No.

268
00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:47,936
No, I'm sorry, David.

269
00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,200
It's not your fault. You're
not the bloody judge.

270
00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,160
Well, this'll probably be my last visit.

271
00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,016
Yeah, the rules are very clear

272
00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,216
on flo exit strategies.

273
00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,616
Unless Delia actually
requests to see me,

274
00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,096
which I don't see happening,

275
00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,696
I'll be out of her hair now.

276
00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:11,280
I wonder what my
exit strategy should be.

277
00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,600
Seriously?

278
00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,496
No! No... No, Delia and I...

279
00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:21,040
We're in this for the long haul.

280
00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:26,440
We've found the teeth that
match each other's wounds.

281
00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:30,216
We're fine, we're fine.

282
00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:31,920
Adios, amiga.

283
00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:46,840
Door opens.

284
00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,016
"Sir John Stevens, police
commissioner." What's this?

285
00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,256
The police and the
courts shouldn't be allowed

286
00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,880
to get away with treating
victims like they treated me.

287
00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,216
Come on, Delia, now.

288
00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:19,080
Stop? It's over, sweetheart.

289
00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:21,936
Let... let's go out.

290
00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,376
I don't wanna go out. My chest hurts

291
00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:24,536
and it's very, very cold.

292
00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:25,976
All right, well, then, let's...

293
00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,736
Let's get a takeaway. What
do you want? Indian, Chinese?

294
00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,416
David, we can't afford takeaways,

295
00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,216
not now that you're
taking so much time off.

296
00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:33,576
For Christ's sake, Delia!

297
00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,000
We're not fucking paupers, for...

298
00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:14,400
Let me look.

299
00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:17,296
David blunkett?!

300
00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,616
Yes, sir John damn Stevens
got some flunky to reply,

301
00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,456
so I'm going over his head.

302
00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,616
"The letter I received
from the metropolitan police"

303
00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:25,936
"was an insult."

304
00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,496
"I did not want to assist
the law, I was forced to."

305
00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,976
"Them thanking me for testifying"

306
00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,896
"totally misses the point."

307
00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,336
"You might as well torture
someone then thank them"

308
00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:38,376
"for letting you torture them."

309
00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,136
"I do not accept their thanks."

310
00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,336
"The police can stick
their thanks up their a..."

311
00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:45,080
Yeah. That'll work.

312
00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,920
Do you wanna go out later?

313
00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,520
Of course.

314
00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,040
Quiet chatter.

315
00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,096
I wish I'd known you before.

316
00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:09,816
Before what?

317
00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:11,136
Well, sweeney.

318
00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:12,656
The police, the trial.

319
00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,176
That's a stupid thing to say, David,

320
00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,600
there's no point wishing for
something that never was.

321
00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,976
When the defence barrister asked

322
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,616
if you still loved sweeney,

323
00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,776
you said... you'd never
really loved anyone.

324
00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,096
Is that really true?

325
00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:32,936
You know that about me, David,

326
00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:35,720
I don't go in for any of
that mushy stuff, so...

327
00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,640
It's love, Delia. It's not mushy stuff, for...

328
00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:42,600
He scoffs.

329
00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,496
So, now you're not giving me any wine

330
00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,736
cos you're feeling sorry for yourself.

331
00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,376
I'm paying for it.

332
00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,416
Glass smashes gasps
now look what you've done!

333
00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:05,816
- Keep your voice down.
- I will not

334
00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:07,776
keep my fucking voice down, David!

335
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,536
Do you know why I
made a spectacle of myself

336
00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,216
in the old Bailey?

337
00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:15,296
You think I care about
making a spectacle of myself

338
00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,400
in a Greek fucking restaurant?!

339
00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,880
Sorry... sorry.

340
00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,040
Low chatter

341
00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,096
whoa! Everything all right?

342
00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:51,016
Where are you off to in such a hurry?

343
00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,616
Home. Out of my way.

344
00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:55,736
Hold on a moment. Have
you been drinking, madam?

345
00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:57,256
Yes! I don't

346
00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,456
I don't know what business it is of yours!

347
00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:00,976
Are you American?

348
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,376
No, I'm not fucking... American.

349
00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,256
I was not drunk and disorderly!

350
00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,976
I was walking home. I have
not done anything wrong.

351
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,280
What's your name?

352
00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:16,656
Delia balmer.

353
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,976
I used to live in lavinia
gardens. I'm in your computer.

354
00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,736
The 22nd of December 1994. My

355
00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,176
I was attacked with an axe. I nearly died.

356
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,576
There was a trial at
the old Bailey last year.

357
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,536
How do you spell balmer?

358
00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:36,360
She sighs b-a-l-m-e-r.

359
00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,480
Distant shouts.

360
00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,456
Delia balmer?

361
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,376
And she's been here all night?

362
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:32,440
Yeah.

363
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,576
Did you not even check
her on the system?

364
00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,536
She doesn't have a record.

365
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,880
Not as an offender. As a victim.

366
00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,240
I'm sorry about the night you had, Delia.

367
00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:55,520
You're free to go. I'll
have a car run you home.

368
00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,680
I'm not getting in a fucking police car.

369
00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:09,776
Delia! Thank Christ!

370
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,656
Where have you been?
I've been worried sick!

371
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,776
I've been wandering
the streets half the night,

372
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:15,056
looking for you.

373
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:16,656
Yeah, well, I was arrested, so...

374
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,000
What?! What happened?

375
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,776
I don't wanna talk about
it. I just wanna sleep.

376
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,216
Do you want me to come in with you?

377
00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,296
It's not working between us, David.

378
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,920
We're holding on to
something that's gone.

379
00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:34,320
Well, do you wanna talk about that, or...?

380
00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,680
Is there any point? Cos I'll only get angry.

381
00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:45,760
Right, bye, then, David.

382
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:15,640
Stupid, stupid, stupid! Stupid bitch.

383
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,880
Sobs.

384
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,760
Sirens blare.

385
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:04,640
Yes.

386
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,136
Ok, bye.

387
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:12,960
Hi, er, sorry to interrupt.

388
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,736
I'm on, er, Lincoln ward

389
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:21,776
and, I'm a qualified
therapeutic masseuse.

390
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,136
And I was just wondering
if that might be something

391
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,936
that'd be useful here, or...?

392
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,056
Absolutely, but I'm afraid
we don't have the budget.

393
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,496
All right.

394
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,000
I can work for free.

395
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,080
She knocks

396
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,216
hi. My name's Delia.

397
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,880
Sister said you'd like a cranial massage?

398
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:06,320
Indistinct conversation.

399
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,736
You know, whenever I used to get

400
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,296
a shampoo at the hairdresser's,

401
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,256
I'd always ask for the extra conditioner

402
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:21,640
just to make it last longer.

403
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:26,056
You are good, Delia.

404
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,696
Yeah, my lecturer at
college said I was the best

405
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,296
in the class.

406
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,896
All the other students
said I pressed too hard.

407
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,920
They were obviously idiots.

408
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,136
So, is there a mr Delia at home?

409
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:40,176
Nope.

410
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,936
What, you, so petite and cute?

411
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,336
She chuckles some lucky fella's

412
00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:47,856
- missing out.
- Delia, it's after 11.

413
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,696
Go away, Tessa. Delia's my handmaiden.

414
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,120
Isn't that right, Delia?

415
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,280
They chuckle.

416
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,216
- Nabil!
- Delia!

417
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,776
Mum, this is the lady
with the magic fingers.

418
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,056
Thanks for looking after him.

419
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,456
- You're leaving us?
- Yeah. For a bit.

420
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,656
I've hit a good patch, so...

421
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,560
Mum is gonna pamper me at home.

422
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:58,696
You take care of yourself, Delia.

423
00:27:58,720 --> 00:27:59,760
Yeah.

424
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,640
Thanks for making this shit bearable.

425
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,456
Nabil coughs come on,
you, let's get you home.

426
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:13,240
Let's do it... Thanks so much.

427
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,856
Phone rings Barnes green
serious crime command,

428
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,456
di Steve Smith speaking.

429
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,896
Hi. This is detective Astrid
de vries, Amsterdam cid.

430
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,376
Scotland yard gave me your number.

431
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,016
I understand that your
department investigated

432
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,760
the unsolved murder of
a woman, Paula fields.

433
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,416
Most of the team have
moved on, but yes,

434
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,776
the Paula fields
investigation was based here.

435
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,136
How can I help?

436
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,416
I've got some news on the
prime suspect in that case.

437
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,040
John sweeney.

438
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,016
'We've identified the remains
of a former girlfriend of his.

439
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:26,336
'A young American
woman, Melissa halstead.'

440
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,336
a few weeks ago, a cold
case team in Rotterdam

441
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,376
found a tissue sample in storage

442
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,416
of an unidentified female body,

443
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:37,120
found in a bag in a canal
in Rotterdam in 1990.

444
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:39,976
We just got a DNA match with blood

445
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,320
supplied by Melissa's
family back in 1995.

446
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:49,896
It's her... 100 percent.

447
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,056
'Melissa halstead's
remains have been lying

448
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,536
'in Rotterdam's municipal
cemetery since 1990.'

449
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,800
I was present at the exhumation.

450
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,176
The condition of the body
might be of interest to you.

451
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,600
Her head, hands, and
feet had been removed.

452
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,496
The same as Paula fields.

453
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,096
Ok, ok.

454
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,600
We need to figure out
how to work together on this.

455
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,856
John sweeney has
served almost six years

456
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,056
of his nine-year sentence.

457
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:22,776
Add to that the months
he was on remand,

458
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:27,376
and the reality is he
could be out in two years.

459
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,176
That's at least how long an investigation

460
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:30,696
of this magnitude will take.

461
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,896
And we're not helped
by the fact that neither us

462
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,216
nor the Dutch have a
shred of forensic evidence

463
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,176
linking sweeney to the murders

464
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,416
of Melissa halstead or Paula fields.

465
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,696
On, er, Melissa halstead,

466
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,896
her dismembered remains were
found in a canal in Rotterdam

467
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,616
on may the 3rd 1990.

468
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:53,376
But only recently
identified, 19 years later.

469
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,376
On Paula fields,

470
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,536
her dismembered remains
were found in regent's canal

471
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,736
on the 19th of February 2001.

472
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,496
We can connect
sweeney to the two women,

473
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,896
various recorded eye-witness accounts.

474
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:09,256
But no connection with their murders.

475
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,776
However, what are the
chances of two women

476
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,816
having relationships with the same man,

477
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,496
both ending up murdered,

478
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:19,216
dismembered, heads, hands,
feet removed, put in bags,

479
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:20,616
and dumped in canals?

480
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:24,736
Then there's this woman... Delia balmer.

481
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,296
The survivor.

482
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:31,096
The girlfriend who came
between Melissa and Paula.

483
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:32,816
The woman whose attempted murder

484
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:34,920
sweeney is currently doing time for.

485
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,336
On the 31st of may 1994,

486
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,976
Delia balmer made a
statement to bar stock road police

487
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:47,336
in which she said sweeney
told her he murdered Melissa.

488
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,560
That evidence has never
been put before a jury.

489
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,520
Delia balmer?

490
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,096
What John sweeney
told you in 1994 was true,

491
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:11,376
except for one detail.

492
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:14,696
He disposed of Melissa's
body in a canal in Rotterdam,

493
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:16,136
not Amsterdam.

494
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,816
I never said the canal was in Amsterdam.

495
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,256
Just that he said he
killed her in Amsterdam.

496
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:22,456
Why are you here?

497
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,776
We're re-opening the
investigation into the murders

498
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,856
of Melissa halstead and Paula fields.

499
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,536
We intend to charge John
sweeney with both of fences.

500
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,960
But, er, it's a given he'll plead not guilty.

501
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:36,496
No shit

502
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,256
we know the trial in 2001
was very difficult for you...

503
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:40,536
She scoffs

504
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,376
but if we can get the
case to court, we'd greatly

505
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,920
appreciate it if you'd
consent to give evidence.

506
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,256
It... it would be much easier this time.

507
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,536
You'd just have to talk
about what he told you

508
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,720
- he did to Melissa, that's all.
- No! No!

509
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:56,920
No, no!

510
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,216
Sobs

511
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:14,496
we think it's a bad idea to
put Delia balmer on the stand.

512
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,376
Bad for us, but very bad for her.

513
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,216
You told her sweeney's
coming up for parole?

514
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:21,936
- Yeah.
- I thought she'd relish

515
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,256
the opportunity to testify against him.

516
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,016
But it's not about that for her.

517
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,296
She thought her ordeal was over.

518
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,056
She just wants to be done with all this.

519
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,096
She's that terrified of
being cross-examined again.

520
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:34,696
We want to suggest a compromise.

521
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,256
The Dutch have requested a
videotaped statement of Delia

522
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,536
talking about sweeney's
Melissa confession.

523
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,736
If she agrees to it, perhaps
we could apply to the judge

524
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:44,016
to let the video statement

525
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,776
serve as her evidence in the trial.

526
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,496
That way the jury get to see her,

527
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,936
but she avoids the ordeal
of being cross-examined live.

528
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,096
Live is what we need.

529
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,896
Our case against sweeney
is still only circumstantial.

530
00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:00,816
The jury needs to see
Delia balmer, in real time,

531
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:02,536
telling them what sweeney told her

532
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,736
he did to Melissa halstead.

533
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:08,080
Knock on door sorry,
boss. You've gotta see this.

534
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,216
Merseyside police conducted a search

535
00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:12,616
on sweeney's family home.

536
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,416
They found this lot in the
original police evidence bags.

537
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,776
It was restored to the family in 2001,

538
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:18,856
after he was convicted,

539
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:20,296
but no-one thought to hang on to it

540
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,216
because the case wasn't about Melissa.

541
00:34:22,240 --> 00:34:24,096
Look at this.

542
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,376
- A scratch card?
- Turn it over, boss.

543
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,400
We've confirmed that's
sweeney's handwriting.

544
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:34,936
"Poor old Melissa,
chopped her up in bits,"

545
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:39,536
"food to feed the fish,
Amsterdam was the pits."

546
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,656
And that's not all.

547
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,600
He's even dated them.

548
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:50,200
"Amsterdam. Easter, 1990."

549
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,320
Still think we need Delia
in court to win this thing?

550
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:59,616
Videotape her statement.
I'll talk to the judge.

551
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:01,400
See if we can keep her out of court.

552
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:18,096
Delia, please tell us what
John sweeney told you

553
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:21,200
during the spring bank holiday of 1994.

554
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:26,336
No.

555
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:32,096
I wanna talk about
Saturday the 29th of June

556
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:36,016
2002, when I was wrongfully arrested

557
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,696
by bar stock road police

558
00:35:39,720 --> 00:35:42,896
for being drunk and disorderly!

559
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:48,736
A policeman twice my
size put handcuffs on me

560
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:53,456
and then shoved me into a police Van.

561
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:59,416
I spent the whole
fucking night in a... dirty,

562
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,240
smelly police cell!

563
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:07,360
Now, I wrote to the
station's superintendent.

564
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,376
And when he wrote back to me,

565
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,640
he didn't even fucking apologise!

566
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,056
He said what had happened to me

567
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:22,176
was "an unfortunate incident"
and he tried to shut me up

568
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,776
with a cheque for £42.50

569
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,896
for the dry-cleaning of my suede coat

570
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,496
that they fucking ruined!

571
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,616
We didn't know she was intoxicated

572
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:35,336
until she let rip for the cameras.

573
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,056
It's not a problem, though, is it, boss?

574
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:38,256
Not now we've got the photos

575
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:39,896
and the scratch card and everything.

576
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,016
There's been a development.

577
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,016
Sweeney knows that we don't intend

578
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,936
to put Delia on the stand.

579
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,056
He's instructed his counsel
to go back to the judge

580
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,736
and insist that she
be compelled to testify.

581
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,336
Given the seriousness of
the charges against him,

582
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,160
the judge has granted his request.

583
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,296
Yeah, well, I knew the
creep wasn't finished with me.

584
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,976
I knew he'd find some
way of stamping out

585
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,360
what little life I have left.

586
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,216
But it's not the end of the road.

587
00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:12,896
We've got one card up our sleeve.

588
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,216
We can apply for a medical exemption.

589
00:37:15,240 --> 00:37:17,656
We'd get you to see
a forensic psychiatrist,

590
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,216
with your permission, obviously,

591
00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:20,816
and see if we can get you declared unfit

592
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,200
to give evidence.

593
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,640
That's my only way out of this?

594
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:31,240
Seeing a shrink who'll
say how nuts I am?

595
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:33,496
Well, yes, but I

596
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,456
I wouldn't have put it
that way myself, but yes.

597
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,336
Well, what choice do I have?

598
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,656
I can't leave the country
cos my passport's expired.

599
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,656
So, I'm trapped... yet again.

600
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,296
Delia, medical exemptions
aren't easy to get.

601
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:46,896
So, if the psychiatrist thinks

602
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,016
you're even slightly intoxicated,

603
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,256
that'll go into report to the judge

604
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,216
and it'll be game over.

605
00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:55,896
You mustn't drink any
alcohol before the session.

606
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:57,376
No, I'll have to have a drink,

607
00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:58,496
otherwise I'll be a mess.

608
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:02,960
But a sober mess, and
that'll count in your favour.

609
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,200
Bell rings.

610
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:55,976
Shit.

611
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,480
Come on, Delia...

612
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:00,960
Rings bell.

613
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,936
I bought two bottles of wine

614
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,256
and a bottle of Brandy last night

615
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:13,776
and I didn't touch a drop.

616
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:17,880
So now... I feel dreadful.

617
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,656
Are you clear about the purpose

618
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:28,016
of this session, Delia?

619
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:29,376
Yep.

620
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,536
You're gonna decide
whether or not I'm mentally fit

621
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,280
to give evidence in court.

622
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,440
Indistinct discussion behind door.

623
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,576
When I was lying on the steps,

624
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,200
thinking I was about to die.

625
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,200
I thought of my mum and dad.

626
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,040
And my brother, Stewart.

627
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:13,056
They were alive then, mum and dad.

628
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:14,696
They died a couple of years ago,

629
00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:16,976
within a year of each other.

630
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,480
And I thought of them each...

631
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,680
Her voice shakes

632
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:36,440
and how they... How
they were so far away...

633
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:45,136
I... I thought about how I
would never see them again

634
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,040
and how they would never see me.

635
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,400
Her voice shakes.

636
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,160
And I... I.

637
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,456
I clung... clung to that
memory of their faces,

638
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:18,760
because I wanted my last
thoughts to be only of them.

639
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,200
Can I go now?

640
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:42,520
Of course you can.

641
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:45,680
But.

642
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,880
There's still 30 minutes
left on the clock, Delia.

643
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,480
Paid for by the met.

644
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:56,696
If there's anything you want to talk about,

645
00:41:56,720 --> 00:42:00,640
anything at all, now
might be a good time.

646
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,720
I just want to go home.

647
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:10,416
The only thing holding
her together is her anger.

648
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,896
If her fear becomes
greater than her anger,

649
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,656
which is very close to where she is now,

650
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:17,536
I think there's a real possibility

651
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:19,440
she might try to take her own life.

652
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,256
Dr howes will tell the judge
that under no circumstances

653
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,120
should you be compelled to testify.

654
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:45,680
It's over.

655
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:58,856
"It was like he was letting out something"

656
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,640
"that he'd been keeping deep inside."

657
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:07,456
"He told me that he killed
Melissa in Amsterdam,"

658
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,240
"and that he sat with
her body for three days."

659
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,520
"He didn't say how he killed her."

660
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,896
"He said he had cut her
up and put her in a bag"

661
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:19,920
"and threw her in a canal."

662
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,256
'Yeah, two life sentences.

663
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:28,616
'No parole this time.

664
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:31,920
'It's what they call here
a whole life tariff, so...

665
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:35,200
'You know, he'll spend
the rest of his life in jail.'

666
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,480
'it's about goddamn time.

667
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:41,816
'How do you feel, Delia?'

668
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:43,600
I dunno.

669
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:46,800
Not much of anything.

670
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,016
You know, they, er, told me that...

671
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:53,016
He refused to leave his cell

672
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,016
when they read out the verdict.

673
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:57,256
'He must've been real mad.'

674
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,680
'good riddance, I say.

675
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:06,576
'You won, Delia. He tried to kill you

676
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,280
'and he couldn't because
you were too strong.'

677
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,976
I... I don't know if, er,

678
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:16,976
strength has much to do with it, stew.

679
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:22,480
'Yes, it did. You were always
the strong one in our family.'

680
00:44:25,720 --> 00:44:28,200
- you think that?
- I know it.

681
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:33,016
You remember when we
first moved to Detroit in '64,

682
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:36,536
and there was that tornado and...

683
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:39,656
And the neighbour's house
moved off its foundations?

684
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:41,856
Yeah. What about it?

685
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:45,176
Dad was scared and
he wanted us all to go

686
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:46,416
into the basement.

687
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:51,040
'You wanted to stay
upstairs and watch the storm.'

688
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:55,920
yeah. I remember.

689
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:02,896
I enjoyed it.

690
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:06,496
'Yeah... you did.

691
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:10,360
'We were all scared. But not you.'

692
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,000
Sighs.

693
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:01,840
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