Out of the blue,
this handsome, gorgeous man appeared.
You're living the fairy tale.
To the happy couple. Cheers.
Well, you know our Tommy. Can't say no to a pretty face.
Unless they're trying to tie him down.
Get out of the strip club and call me back.
You can't just ignore me, Tommy! It's not funny. Argh!
You said certain things happened
in your childhood that your parents didn't want to know about.
Do you feel that's what's happening here?
I have tried to kill myself in the past.
I just need to know you're not using me.
I wouldn't do that.
Things seem to be going much better between the two of you.
I think he may be planning to propose when we're in France.
Mum said you're buying a place in the Cotswolds?
He's always had an excellent head for business.
Sorry, so the cottage is for your mother?
Loony Bin Jane. I'll just jump in the river, shall I?
That'll solve all your problems, won't it, Tommy? You're insane.
If we were married, you wouldn't treat me like this.
But you'd rather just keep stringing me along
as long as Tommy gets what he wants!
You are sick, do you know that?
Shut up! Will you SHUT UP?!
There's something deeply wrong with you.
'What is it you want the police to do?'
I would like someone to stop us hurting each other.
If you don't have somebody here soon, somebody is.
We're three days into a national manhunt
and still no closer to bringing her in.
'If she's taking risks, maybe she intends
'to be dead before we can get to her.'
BIRDSONG
They found the car.
Local bobby spotted the licence plate from the road.
Is she in it?
We don't know yet.
Parked in a lay-by. No signs of movement.
He's asking if he should approach?
Yeah. Tell him yes, but with caution.
Jane?
Jane Andrews?
Are you OK? Can you open this door?
Jane? KNOCKING
STEADY BEEP
DOUGLAS CLEARS THROAT
I'm Detective Chief Inspector Keith Douglas,
attached to the Serious Crime Group.
The other officer is...
Detective Sergeant Kay Smart,
also attached to the Serious Crime Group.
We are in the interview room at Bloomsbury Police Station,
and I am interviewing...
Please could you state your full name?
Jane Dawn Elizabeth Andrews.
Whatever happened between them, it couldn't have been deliberate.
I mean, Janey can't have been in her right mind.
Cut there.
Just one moment, Francesca. Was that not...
That was great. We just need to check your mic for sound.
Oh, OK. Yeah, we're all good.
So, if you can go back to before Tommy's death,
did you ever think he might be in danger?
SHE SIGHS
You have to remember...
...she really did love him.
She was a woman scorned, and she took her revenge.
I think she was telling the truth.
She was prepared to say anything to save her skin.
You've told us that after Thomas Cressman's call
to the emergency services, the arguments continued,
and then you decided to leave the house.
You drove around for a while,
and, following a phone conversation with Mr Cressman,
you decided to return.
Is that right?
Yes.
He said to come home, so I did.
And when you got back, there was another big row,
and you went up to bed.
Yes.
And I tried to go to sleep.
But he curled up next to me and said...
..."Oh, come on.
"I want to have sex with you. You know you like it."
And then he...
sort of grabbed me...
...and, well, I was, I was frightened, so I went down...
...and I got the cricket bat.
Just to place next to the bed.
Protect myself.
But then Tommy woke up, and he...
was going on about how horrible I was.
And he kneed me in the back.
And...
I should've just left.
But I went down.
And I saw... I saw the knife...
...on the draining board.
I thought if he did anything, I-I'd just say...
"Look, I've got a knife.
"Don't touch me."
And then, eventually, I went to sleep.
And he just started hitting me.
So I picked up the bat, and I hit him,
and he was lashing out at me, and he was pulling my hair out.
So I grabbed the knife.
And he just came at me, and I... I didn't know what was happening.
I just remember him falling down, so I ran out of the room.
And then I panicked, so I got in my car, and I just...
...I just drove and drove and drove.
SHE SNIFFLES
So, after leaving the house,
you made a number of calls and sent a number of text messages...
...where you seemed unaware of what happened to Mr Cressman.
Were you trying to convince your friends
that his death was nothing to do with you?
No, I just...
I didn't know he was dead.
'Denying it, claiming it was an accident.
'Her story was all over the place from the start.'
Well, if in doubt, play the self-defence card.
But we had what we needed, so we charged her with murder.
The only surprise was that she got bail.
Janey?
Brought you a cup of tea, love.
Thanks, Mum.
You're settling in, then. That's good.
That, erm...
That lady solicitor called.
She wants you to ring her back about a meeting next week.
OK.
Does that mean you have to go back down to London?
I guess so.
They said they'd sort somewhere for me to stay.
Where did Dad put my sewing machine?
Ah, it's on the landing.
She sounded very on the ball, the solicitor.
I'm sure she'll be able to sort things out.
That's not really how it works, Mum. She can't just "sort it out".
But it wasn't your fault, was it?
I mean, it's like you say, it was an accident.
You didn't mean for it to happen.
No, of course not.
Do we still have that gingham cotton that I bought?
The pale blue one?
I don't know. It might be in the airing cupboard.
HE KNOCKS
All right, Jane, love?
This just came for you.
'I told her you'd be welcome to stay with us during the trial.'
Especially after reading such diabolical things in the papers.
I've been trying not to look. Of course.
I knew there had to be more to it.
All this talk of premeditated murder -
it simply didn't ring true.
It's not.
I loved Tommy.
I never meant to hurt him.
That's what I told the police.
I was just trying to get away from him.
I had no idea he was badly hurt.
I thought I'd just given him a scratch.
A scratch?
Oh, you poor thing.
And did the Duchess really contact you?
While you were on the run?
Yes.
Yes, she did.
Well, that's quite something.
Clearly, she still cares about you.
I know.
I'm making matching gingham dresses for Beatrice and Eugenie.
Are you? As a thank-you.
How sweet.
Coffee, darling? Please.
Thank you so much for this.
I really appreciate you both letting me stay.
Well, Roger and I are happy to help.
Pay no attention.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what rubbish they print.
No, you're right.
You just tell the truth, and it'll all come out in the wash.
I've always had the utmost faith in British justice.
REPORTERS CLAMOUR
Do you expect to get away with murder, do you, Jane?
'Everyone had made up their minds - the press, the public.'
They cast her as this "bunny boiler".
'There she was on every front page, just like when she was with Fergie.'
I'm sure she was lapping it up.
'Head to toe in black.'
Like she was some sort of grieving widow.
I mean, seriously?
Poor thing must've been terrified.
There is no doubt
as to the identity of Thomas Cressman's killer.
Jane Andrews wielded the bat
and held the knife.
The real question we must consider
is why she committed these violent acts.
And on this occasion, we need not look far for motive,
for, as you will see, hers was the classic one
of the jilted and betrayed lover.
Having learnt that Mr Cressman no longer intended to marry her,
she returned to that house with one thought in mind.
Namely...
to take her revenge by ending his life.
Now, the defence will try and persuade you
that Miss Andrews was acting in self-defence,
that she was afraid for her own safety.
And in order to support this,
they will paint a picture of the deceased
that bears no relation to the truth.
Indeed, the evidence will show you that it was, in fact, Jane herself
who was the controlling and, ultimately, violent partner
in this relationship,
a relationship that was brutally ended
by a cold-blooded, premeditated murder.
MURMURS FROM GALLERY
The, erm, body of the deceased was in a very awkward position,
wedged between the bed and the wall.
We could see that he'd been stabbed in the chest, and his hands were...
...like this.
Er, almost as if he was trying to...
cover the wound, or extract the knife from his body.
And can you describe the knife that you found at the scene?
It was a kitchen knife with an eight-inch blade,
and it had been taken from the block in the kitchen.
Well, it appeared that Mr Cressman had also been hit over the head
with a cricket bat and stunned, prior to being stabbed.
Was there any sign that Mr Cressman
had attempted to defend himself against the attack?
No, there was not.
No defensive wounds were found on his body.
No defensive wounds,
suggesting that Tommy was defenceless when the attack came.
Well...
I'm sure things will go better this afternoon.
I'm sure they will.
'Seeing her in court was pretty unpleasant, as you can imagine.'
But someone needed to speak for Tommy.
What did you make of Jane Andrews when she and Tom first began dating?
I was aware of who she was and where she'd worked,
and I think that had maybe impressed Tom a bit.
And I'm sure she was attracted to him.
But I think, ultimately, she was very attracted to his lifestyle.
Did you have any misgivings about the relationship?
It was kind of full-on from the start.
Jane became increasingly possessive.
She basically gave him no space.
And how did Tommy respond when faced with this kind of behaviour?
Erm, Tommy was an incredibly gentle kind of guy.
Plus, he was worried about what she would do.
MURMURS FROM GALLERY
I could've done that for you. It's fine, Mum. It's done now.
This house is something else.
You'll have to buy Aleksandra a present to say thank you
when all this is...
...you know. I shall when I get a chance.
Everything's gonna be all right, you'll see.
And tomorrow, you'll tell your side of the story.
Put things straight.
Mum, tomorrow, there's going to be things... you won't want to hear.
Right.
Things that happened to me when I was young.
Oh, Jane, I...
So if you'd rather not be there, you and Dad...
No.
No, we'll be there.
You just...
You say what you have to.
Miss Andrews.
Before dealing with the events of that night,
I want to deal briefly with your medical history.
In the spring of 1999,
did you undergo a few sessions with a private psychotherapist?
Yes, I did.
Tom arranged them for me.
And what was the particular focus of the psychotherapy?
To deal with my abuse as a child.
And the abuse to which you refer,
was it sexual abuse?
Yes. MURMURS FROM GALLERY
At about what age, so far as you were concerned?
About eight years old.
Am I right in saying you do not wish to say who was involved in that?
That is correct.
But am I right that we are not talking about parental abuse?
That's right, yes.
So, during your relationship with Thomas Cressman,
you were still dealing with the effects of that abuse.
This left you with a heightened perception of threat.
Is that right?
Yes.
And in a high-stress situation,
you would find yourself less able to make rational judgements,
instead, finding yourself in a...
a sort of "grey mist" of helplessness.
Is that right?
Yes, that's true.
Can you now tell me about your relationship with Mr Cressman?
Tommy and I were together for nearly two years.
I was devoted to him.
But, in terms of your sex life,
would it be correct to say that you were...
relatively innocent and straight-laced, sexually,
whereas Thomas was relatively adventurous?
Yes, that's true.
In what ways, Miss Andrews,
was Thomas "relatively adventurous", so far as you were concerned?
He would want to have anal sex with me.
MURMURS FROM GALLERY
And he wanted me to dress up in kinky clothing.
You also discovered sexually explicit emails
on Mr Cressman's computer, did you not?
Did you take these to imply
that Mr Cressman was no longer committed to your relationship?
What was his attitude to your future together?
He was committed.
But he had periods of...
...confusing moments on his part...
...where he would say that he needed space.
And this caused rows between you?
Yes.
Because I would... push him to find out...
...where our future was going.
And are we talking merely about rows where people shout at each other,
or was there, on occasion, more than that?
Yes.
In the sense that...?
That he hit me.
And, on another occasion when we were arguing,
he pushed me down the stairs.
GASPS, MURMURS
Well, we'd been warned
that things were probably gonna get pretty nasty.
And, er, so it began.
Well, now we come to the rows between yourself and Tom
on Saturday the 16th of September, last year.
Yes.
The Saturday morning,
he calls and tells me things with Jane were just awful.
He sounded stressed and hassled.
I told him if they got married, this is how it would be.
She was just too hysterical.
I asked him what had started the argument,
and he said that she wanted to know if they were getting married,
and he told her that she wasn't...
stable enough to be the mother of his children.
Was there one aspect of those rows
which you did not tell the police about?
On Saturday morning...
...he put a pillow over my head...
...and tied me to the bed.
His full weight was on top of me.
And he anally raped me.
SHOCKED CHATTER FROM GALLERY
'I mean, they basically threw everything at it.'
But to say...
she was raped, you know, and-and like that, I mean...
To be honest, it was just disgusting.
Vile...
...despicable lies.
I don't know.
Miss Andrews, when you placed a knife by your bed,
what exactly did you fear might happen?
I was afraid that he was going to rape me again,
like he had that morning.
And when he began to attack you, you tried to ward him off.
First with a blow from the cricket bat,
and when that failed, you took up the knife.
Yes. Did you, however,
intend that Thomas Cressman be stabbed with it?
No, not at all.
We just...
...came together, and the next thing I knew, he was on top of me.
And that's the point the knife went in?
And at that stage, did you know how badly injured he was?
No.
I just panicked.
I crawled out from underneath him and ran out of the room.
I was terrified that he was going to come after me.
So I took my dressing gown cord and tied the door.
I couldn't think.
So, one might say you were in a "grey mist"?
Yes.
And as you left the house, was there any sight or sound from Tom?
No.
No, there was nothing.
That's when I realised he must be dead.
'Well, you see,
'that's when her story really began to change.
'This was quite different to the tale I'd been told.'
And I realised that I had made a dreadful mistake.
There are one or two things that are a bit... confusing.
What do you mean?
Well, you said yourself
you'd told differing versions to different people.
Yes, because I was confused.
And scared.
Right.
It's just, you told me that you thought you'd given him a scratch.
But then, today,
you said you knew he was dead before you left the house.
I know. I just...
...couldn't even admit it to myself.
You know, Roger and I have been talking,
and he feels, we both feel...
...that, actually, it might be more appropriate
for you to move into a hotel for the remainder of the trial.
Maybe tomorrow?
I see.
It's just simpler all round.
Don't you think?
Oh, hello. SHE GIGGLES
You're doing a very good job.
SHE SNIFFLES
So, Miss Andrews.
You left the house in the early hours of Sunday morning
and spent the next two and a half days
driving round the country.
During which time, as far, as far as you knew...
...nobody had found Tom's body.
Why not tell someone?
Even as you were keying in messages
and speaking to people on your phone,
why did you not say this man was lying there, dying?
I didn't want anybody to think I'd fled the scene.
Left Tom to die in that room.
Oh, so the messages were calculated to mislead?
No.
I know it's absurd. It doesn't make any sense.
No, no, it-it makes perfect sense.
This was no "grey mist", er, whatever that may be.
Rather, you were deliberately attempting
to mislead your friends and former husband.
And now you've told this court that you'd been admitted
to Charing Cross Hospital after falling down some stairs.
Tommy pushed me down the stairs. I was very upset.
But you never told that to any doctor,
to any police officer, did you?
Just as you never told anyone about the occasion
you say you got a bruise on your head because he hit you.
No. Because I was too ashamed.
But when you're talking to the police,
this is not a time for shame.
Is it?
I just wanted to get the interview over and done with.
But what was the reason that you failed to mention something
that you now rely on in this court?
Namely, that earlier that day,
he had had sexual intercourse with you by force?
Because I was totally ashamed and embarrassed.
You were seen three times by a woman doctor at the police station.
It was a private examination.
You could've drawn attention, if you wished,
to anything that had happened to you that you felt
might be relevant to the trouble that you were facing.
But you did not draw anyone's attention to it, did you?
I was too traumatised by the whole thing.
Ah, well, you were in a fit state to be interviewed
and to explain all you did to the police.
Why not explain to the doctor,
"I've been raped,
"and there will be physical signs of that, if you have a look."?
I physically could not.
You didn't tell anyone about it
because it's completely invented, that story.
In fact, both stories about anal rape,
in the morning and the alleged second attempt that evening,
completely invented, are they not?
No, not at all.
Ever since your arrest,
you have fabricated a succession of contradictory stories
in a blatant attempt to escape blame
for Thomas Cressman's death, have you not?
No, that's not true.
Even now, the evidence you've presented here in court
is riddled with inconsistencies.
You claim that Mr Cressman attacked you that morning,
and, as a result, you left the house for several hours.
But then you chose to return.
You claim that you feared further sexual assault,
yet in the next breath, you say you happily took off your clothes
and got into bed beside him.
Why would you do that?
Tom wanted me to sleep in his bed.
I couldn't say no.
So, you are afraid for your safety,
yet you left the bedroom multiple times,
went up and down the stairs,
first to fetch a bat, later to arm yourself with a knife,
which means that at any point, you could've left that house again,
but you chose not to.
Now, that makes no sense, does it?
I was afraid of what Tommy might do.
Meanwhile, y-your description of the attack has changed.
When talking to the police,
you said that Mr Cressman said he was going to hurt you.
However, as soon as you reach court, you're claiming
he shouted that he was going to "fucking kill you".
You claimed initially you thought you'd just given him "a scratch",
but now you say you were so covered in blood
that you assumed he must be dead.
Not one word of it rings true.
It's... hard to remember.
Everything just happened so fast.
Right.
We earlier heard that
Tom had arranged for you to see a psychiatrist
to help with your, er, problems.
What problems were they, again?
Er, my child abuse.
Oh, yeah. The child abuse you've now chosen to reveal in court.
No, that's... And about which you refuse to disclose any details.
I don't want to. Which is entirely your right.
But it seems convenient, does it not,
to present us with an allegation
which has never been officially made, nor legally proven?
Do you want a break?
Ten minutes, members of the jury.
GRAHAM-LLOYD: Jane, are you all right?
Antibiotics.
Doctor says it's just a low-grade infection.
You must've been feeling poorly for days.
A bit.
Bless you.
Us women just soldier on, don't we?
We have to.
DOOR OPENS
Would the foreman of the jury please stand?
Have you reached a verdict? Yes.
On the count of murder,
do you find the defendant, Jane Andrews, guilty or not guilty?
Guilty.
VOICES FADE
I think she honestly thought she'd get away with it.
CHATTER
Oh, God. Oh, Tommy.
Jane Andrews.
In killing the man you loved,
you ended his life and ruined your own.
'It is evident that you made your attack on him
'when you were consumed with anger and bitterness.
'But nothing could justify what you did.'
DOOR SLAMS
'Even if you were feeling wronged and were emotionally vulnerable,
'you were attacking an unarmed man
'who had possibly been asleep only a few minutes
'before you attacked him.
'You then left him to die without remorse.'
REPORTERS CLAMOUR
'Therefore, as your counsel recognises,
'there is only one sentence I can place upon you...
'..and that is life imprisonment.'
People don't believe her. But...
that doesn't mean Jane isn't telling the truth.
It just means people don't WANT to believe her.
There's no excuse for what she did,
and I know no-one wants to speak ill of the dead,
but Tom wasn't an angel.
And Janey wasn't a monster, either.
The whole thing is just terribly, terribly sad.
The fact is, she's a murderer. However you wanna look at it.
She was a woman scorned,
and she took Thomas Cressman's life in anger.
And even that wasn't enough for her.
She had to try and destroy his good name.
But, you know, at the end of the day,
we didn't let her get away with it.
Any other personal items?
Oh, no, you can keep that. Well, unless it's valuable.
Er, no.
It's just...
it was a present from The Duchess of York, actually.
No-one asked for your life story, love.
Follow me.
LAUGHTER, CHATTER
Ey up, it's Fergie's bird!
Welcome home, Your Majesty.
LAUGHTER, JEERS
BANGING
All right, Your Ladyship?
PRISONERS JEERING
JEERS FADE
MUFFLED BANGING
So, how have you been this week?
Pretty much the same.
Jane, as we discussed last time,
I think your earlier diagnosis of depression was correct.
Right.
But now that I'm getting to know you better,
I think it possibly doesn't explain everything you're dealing with.
Have you ever heard of borderline personality disorder?
No, I don't think so.
Well, a person with BPD
often has a longstanding pattern of thoughts and feelings
that probably began when they were very young.
They experience certain recurrent impulses
and ways of being in relationships
which often cause them a lot of distress,
and which often involve self-damaging behaviours.
So, things like recurrent suicidal threats.
Does any of that feel familiar to you?
I don't know.
Maybe.
OK.
Well, we often find that there are other common behaviours too.
People with BPD feel deeply entrenched shame.
So whenever they make mistakes or have weaknesses,
they try very hard to avoid admitting it.
And sometimes, that means they lie so they don't have to face it.
Right.
But that doesn't mean they're trying to deceive.
But they're a way of coping when you're feeling a lot of pain.
It's a bit like going out in the sun when you're already sunburnt.
If you're already feeling emotionally raw,
you can't begin to make healthy emotional connections.
So I need to stay out of the sun?
For now.
Well, that shouldn't be a problem.
Jane, with the right support,
you can begin to learn to control your behavioural triggers.
It'll take work,
but I really think this could be a whole fresh start for you.
'How are your sessions going with Dr Chaudhry?'
Yeah, good.
We're doing a lot of work on my triggers,
identifying behavioural patterns, you know?
Working through why I do the things that I do.
I think it's really helping.
And...
...has there been any more news about the appeal?
Mum, I told you. They said it'd be ages before we hear.
But it should make a difference, shouldn't it, this diagnosis?
It changes everything, really.
And the new solicitor thinks there are new avenues that we can explore.
That's really good, Jane. Mm.
'Can't believe it's Christmas already.'
We had a card. 'Sorry?'
We had a Christmas card from Mr and Mrs Cressman.
'They said they knew it would be a difficult Christmas
'and they sent their best wishes, and...
'That was...'
That... That was kind of them, wasn't it?
I wondered if we...
Listen, Mum, I've got to go soon.
No, no, of course. Er, J... Er, Jane?
'Jane, will we, erm, will we speak to you on Christmas Day?'
'I hate to think of you all alone in that place.'
Actually, I've made a new friend.
'Oh.'
Well, more of a pen pal.
'The way she's been portrayed, as completely hard and unfeeling -
'that's not Janey.'
If anything, she feels things much too deeply.
She had all these...
lovely dreams of a great fairy tale romance,
and when that fell apart, so did she.
The fact is that woman...
...never showed any remorse.
Not to me...
...or to my family.
'So, if you ask me, they should never let her out.
'And any man who gets involved with her...
'..should be very, very careful.'
I miss Tommy every single day.
The sound of his voice.
The way he laughed.
SHE LAUGHS Silly jokes.
He had this incredible gift for living.
He was my... my beautiful boy.
And now he's gone.
SHE WHIMPERS, TAKES DEEP BREATH
I just want to keep my brother's memory alive.
Can we stop there?
Of course.
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