1 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,559 'You're listening to Coast Radio South. It's Friday. 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:08,039 'It's just coming up to five o'clock, 3 00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:10,519 'and the weekend starts, quite literally, here. 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,359 'It's nearly home time. We've got news on the hour. 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,280 'But before that, we've got a little traffic and weather check...' 6 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:28,439 BUTTON CLICKS 7 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,359 LIFT CLANKS 8 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,199 GRINDING 9 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:34,719 PANICKED BREATHING 10 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:36,479 LOUD CLANKING 11 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,200 WHIRRING 12 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,639 It's going to take the whole weekend to get her free of the silt. 13 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:38,919 Her? 14 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,719 The male skeleton is generally more robust, 15 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,119 and the proportions are different. The hyoid is broken. 16 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,279 The small, U-shaped bone that keeps the tongue in place. 17 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,399 Strangulation? Textbook. 18 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,999 Presence of the wisdom teeth tells us she is over 17. 19 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,839 I'd put her between 25 to 40. 20 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,319 Any idea how long she's been here? 21 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,479 There's evidence of some dental work. 22 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:01,919 White fillings, 23 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,479 which tend to have been more common over the past three decades. 24 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,920 But there's a cap on one maxillary incisor which looks more recent. 25 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,040 Last ten years, maybe? 26 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:19,160 Looks like someone's career's going down the sewer, eh? 27 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:26,199 It's a storm drain for the old Brighton to Kemp Town railway. 28 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,319 It was built to stop water flooding the line. 29 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,919 And nobody knew it was here? Well, that's planning for you. 30 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,239 People forget. 31 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,679 Now, the line links the city's sewerage system, 32 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,279 which discharges a mile or so out to sea. 33 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:39,599 So if the pathologist is saying foul play, 34 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,439 then, presumably, the killer put the body down the drain 35 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,199 expecting the same thing to happen. 36 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,000 Yeah, but they hadn't considered it not flooding the drain. 37 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:49,479 Oh, Christ. 38 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,360 Good luck, boss. Here comes Pepe. 39 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,039 Evening, Roy. 40 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,439 Cassian. I wasn't expecting you till Monday. 41 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,919 Allie Vosper suggested I drop by. 42 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,639 Well, it's very kind of her, but, erm... 43 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,159 it'll be slow work until Monday. 44 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,759 You got all the CSIs and search officers you need? 45 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,519 I have. Thank you. No Glenn Branson? 46 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,199 Usually Me And My Shadow with you two, isn't it? 47 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:18,439 Or is he still on light duties after getting shot? 48 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,039 Wedding anniversary. 49 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,279 I'm sorry you've had a wasted journey. 50 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:25,119 If you'd given me a call, I could've saved you the bother. 51 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,079 Never a bother, Roy. 52 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,040 Pleasure. Always. 53 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:31,560 Sergeant. 54 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,719 You know what Hughie Green would've said? 55 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,799 "If you can't spell Cassian Pewe, 56 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,640 "just write down 'pompous shitehawk' and we'll know who you mean." 57 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:46,520 Unbelievable. 58 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,320 PANICKED BREATHING 59 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:02,680 SHE EXHALES 60 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,199 FRANTIC PRESSING 61 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,800 BANGING 62 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,039 Help! 63 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,560 Hello? 64 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,719 BANGING I'm stuck! I'm in the lift! 65 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,599 Help! 66 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,999 Somebody help! 67 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,120 Am I the love of your life? 68 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,719 Mm-hm. 69 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,760 Am I, Grace? 70 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:47,039 You are. 71 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,199 You're not lying to me, are you? 72 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,319 You're so needy. SHE LAUGHS 73 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,439 You're so boring! 74 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,199 We're on a romantic weekend away, 75 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,359 and you've got your nose stuck in whatever it is. 76 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,879 Annual crime report. It's important. 77 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:02,119 Oh, and I'm what? 78 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,719 Work, work, work. Read, read, read. 79 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,719 Just so boring, boring, boring! 80 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,679 What's up? Pay attention to me. 81 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,279 Come on, Dobbin. Giddy-up! 82 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,119 Once around the Great Hall. Mm. 83 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,199 "My Sex Pest Hell, by Top Brighton Cop." 84 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,400 SHE LAUGHS SOFTLY 85 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:34,640 HE CRIES OUT 86 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,320 HE EXHALES 87 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:43,680 Oh... Hey... Hey... 88 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:47,839 It's OK. 89 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:49,600 You're OK. 90 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,560 Yeah, sorry. Er... 91 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,120 Do you want to talk about it? 92 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,080 It's not... It's not good to keep it inside. 93 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,360 If not to me, then someone. 94 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:14,960 Glenn, whoever. 95 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:20,880 Is it work? 96 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:23,680 Yeah. 97 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:27,639 I-I'm OK. 98 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,120 Sorry I woke you. Mm. 99 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,719 DNA samples from the hair and a bone sample from the thigh 100 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,679 have been sent for analysis. 101 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:59,279 I'm no orthodontist, but four fillings. 102 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,319 Three white composite, one gold inlay. 103 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,879 An all-porcelain bridge from upper right six to four. 104 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:07,440 But this is interesting... 105 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,559 I might be wrong, but I think lab analysis will tell us 106 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:14,559 that this is carpet fibre. 107 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:18,240 Too hard to be from a pullover or a skirt or a cushion cover. 108 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:20,879 Where did you find it? 109 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:24,039 Artificial nail. From a nail bar. 110 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:25,879 A plastic compound, glued on. 111 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:29,079 Somehow, the nails didn't get to be washed away 112 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,319 while the skin beneath rotted. 113 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,759 The fibre was beneath the middle finger. 114 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,639 It could be that her assailant dragged her along a carpet 115 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:38,959 and she dug her nails in. 116 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,240 SCREAMING 117 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,480 Bit of luck that it didn't get washed away. 118 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,959 So, what did I miss? Anything from the site to go by? 119 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,199 Search is continuing, but nothing as yet. 120 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:57,999 I wouldn't get your hopes up. 121 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,919 Whatever went in there with her, if there was anything at all, 122 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,199 has long since washed away. 123 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:04,999 Hey, your old mate Cassian Pewe 124 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,160 gets his boots under the desk today, doesn't he? 125 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,520 GRACE EXHALES That's what's up, isn't it? 126 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:14,639 You're not right. 127 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,439 Sandy had a tooth capped. 128 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:17,679 Roy... 129 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:19,599 Same height. Same build. 130 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,119 It's not her. Same hair colour. 131 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,399 Come on... Same age. 132 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,879 Roy, no. Stop, OK? 133 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,439 You can't keep imagining that every Jane Doe is gonna be Sandy. 134 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:29,719 You can't do it. 135 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,839 You really think that's not how it is every time I get called out? 136 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,199 Every time the phone rings in the middle of the night? 137 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,199 It's the last thing I think of when I go to sleep, 138 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,039 and the first thing I think of in the morning. 139 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:40,679 Is today the day? Roy... 140 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:43,640 Is today the day that I find Sandy? Roy. 141 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,880 Look, I'll, er... 142 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,680 Erm... 143 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,399 Darren's had to... cry off his shift. 144 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,320 Right. 145 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:07,879 So I'm going to be on call tonight. 146 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:09,120 Sure. 147 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,080 We should probably talk. 148 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,840 Yeah. Course. 149 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,239 I'm gonna book off for an hour. 150 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:35,879 I'll see you back on the shop floor. 151 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:37,559 Hey. 152 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:39,720 You all right? Yeah. 153 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,640 Yeah, there's just something I need to take care of. 154 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,200 LOUD CLANKING 155 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,880 CLUNK, ALARM RINGS 156 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,079 MAN: Can you hear me down there? 157 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:08,800 MEN GRUNTING 158 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,279 There. You all right, love? You all right in there? 159 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,799 Don't worry, you're safe, pet. 160 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,679 You've had a weekend of it, haven't you? 161 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:19,319 Come on. 162 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,920 That's it. 163 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,599 Roy. 164 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,879 I've just been welcoming Cassian to the team. 165 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,879 Since you'll have your hands full with this body in the storm drain, 166 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:19,679 I'd like Cass to start his time here 167 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,560 by looking through your cold case files. 168 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:24,839 I have... 169 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,439 quite a particular system in place, Ma'am. 170 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,440 Which you can explain to Detective Superintendent Pewe, I'm sure. 171 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,159 Thank you, Cassian. That'll be all. 172 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:37,999 Ma'am. 173 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,480 Roy. 174 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,159 The Met is the biggest and most innovative police force in the UK. 175 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,480 I think we can learn something from Cassian. Such as? 176 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,039 Off the top of my head... 177 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,999 how to run an operation that doesn't leave Branson shot 178 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,720 and Boutwood with possible career-ending injuries. 179 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,560 You don't think your methods leave room for improvement? 180 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,399 I don't want a personality clash. 181 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,640 If you two can't get along... 182 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,280 Ma'am. 183 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,039 Last in, first out, isn't it? Traditionally. 184 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,839 You know me, Roy. 185 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,040 I was never one for tradition. 186 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,960 PHONE RINGING OUT 187 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,439 'Hello?' Hi, Mum. It's me. 188 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,319 'Abby? 189 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,599 'Oh, this is a good line. I can hear you ever so clear. 190 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,399 'Where are you? You still in Spain?' 191 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,559 No, Mum. South of France. 192 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,839 You're all right? 'Oh, yes.' 193 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,319 Seen anyone? 194 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,559 'Me? No! 195 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:17,119 'No-one's been near nor by. Which is how I like it. 196 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,759 'You're all right, are you?' 197 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,919 Yeah, I'm all right. 'How's that fella of yours, Harry?' 198 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,079 Horry, Mum. He's fine. 199 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,239 Nobody's called you? 200 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,399 'Called me? Who's gonna call me? 201 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,239 'I don't know anybody. 202 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:38,279 'The only calls I get are about a car accident I've never had.' 203 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,800 I tell them I can't drive any more. Doesn't seem to stop 'em. 204 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,799 Nothing outside of that? Nobody asking about me, or anything? 205 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:48,039 'About you?' 206 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:49,759 No. 207 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,800 Where are you? You still in Spain, are you? 208 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:55,680 No, Mum. 209 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:58,519 South of France. 210 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:00,840 'And how's that fella of yours, Harry?' 211 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,719 Horry. 212 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,840 He's good, Mum. He's good. 213 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,759 Listen, that Clerwell House I told you about... 214 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,679 They've got a beautiful room with a view of the river coming free. 215 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:17,799 I've reserved it. 216 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:19,839 'Where are you gonna get the money for that?' 217 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,119 Don't worry about that. I'm taking care of it. 218 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,760 Once it's all settled, I'll come over and help you move in. 219 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,639 'All right. Well, I won't run your phone up.' 220 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,040 My programme's coming on. Him with the antiques. 221 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,119 OK, Mum. All right, well, I'll call you soon, OK? 222 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,680 You take care. 'Love you.' 223 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:43,920 Love you, too. 224 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:56,879 ROY: What you got, Nick? 225 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,839 This is a list of all missing persons in the county of Sussex 226 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,600 who fall into the estimated time period of the victim's death. 227 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,839 Everything all right? 228 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,839 Yeah. It's just... 229 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:10,840 the list includes your wife. 230 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,639 And so it should. 231 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,639 OK, where are we with the sewer and the storm drain? 232 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,199 There's a few entry points. 233 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,399 The council sewer team are drawing us up a schematic. 234 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,599 The outlet goes far enough out to sea to ensure all sewage 235 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,679 gets transported offshore by the current, rather than towards it. 236 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,039 Presumably, that's what the killer was banking on. 237 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,439 Could be an engineer, then? Someone who knows the system. 238 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,999 The storm drain for the Brighton to Kemp Town railway's 239 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,199 not part of the sewerage system, as such. 240 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,039 Most people wouldn't even know it's there. 241 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,399 That line's been out of service for donkey's. 242 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,359 Trainspotters, maybe? Urban explorers? 243 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:50,079 We'll get a lot further once we've put a name to her. 244 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:51,920 PHONE ALERT 245 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,040 DOOR BUZZER 246 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,959 MAN: Miss Jennings? Katherine Jennings? 247 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,679 It's Kevin Spinella, Brighton Argus. Er... 248 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,679 I wanted to talk to you about your terrible ordeal. 249 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,239 Stuck in a lift for the weekend? 250 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:44,079 No, sorry. I really don't wanna talk about it. 251 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:45,800 Miss Jennings? 252 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,640 Miss Jennings? 253 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,839 'With regard to the body found in the storm drain on Friday last, 254 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,119 'although we can't be certain as to the cause of death...' 255 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:41,639 whoever murdered her would probably have had 256 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:45,079 a good local knowledge of Brighton and Hove. 257 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,639 We're obviously very keen to identify the victim. 258 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,399 'At the time of her decease, 259 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:55,239 'she would have been mid-to-late 30s. 260 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,599 'Height approximately five foot three inches. 261 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,279 'And her hair colouring was brown. 262 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,279 'Anyone recognising this description...' 263 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,999 as someone they might have known, locally, 264 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,599 who went missing in the last ten years, 265 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:16,439 can reach me or a member of my team here at East Sussex House. 266 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,240 Thank you. 267 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,439 PHONE RINGING OUT 268 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:33,519 'Express Send Couriers. 269 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,199 'Jonathan speaking. How can I help you?' 270 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,239 I have a package I need delivered. 271 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,519 'Certainly. Let's just start with a few details. 272 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,239 'What time would you like your package picked up?' 273 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,799 'Around seven tonight, please.' 274 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,919 I sent her dental profile to a number of Brighton practices. 275 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:51,279 Got lucky. 276 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:55,040 Her name is - or rather, was - Joanna Welbeck. 277 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,719 Single or married? Married. 278 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:02,839 She was an actress. 279 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,319 Don't know the full story yet, but they split up, 280 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:09,159 and she went to Los Angeles to, you know, make her name. 281 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,119 Or so the husband told everyone. 282 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:13,519 Sounds like we should have a chat with Mr Welbeck. 283 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,439 That'd be a bit one-sided. 284 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,879 He died in a plane crash seven years ago. 285 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,039 Light aircraft went down in the Channel 286 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,439 on a private charter flight from Jersey. 287 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,559 Although, given the crowd he was running with, 288 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,360 there's talk it might not have been accidental. 289 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,600 Mrs Balkwill? 290 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,279 Detective Superintendent Pewe, East Sussex CID. 291 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,839 I wonder if I might have a quick word with you and your husband? 292 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:47,760 It's about Sandy. 293 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,239 I've been brought in from the Met to review cold cases in East Sussex. 294 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:02,999 And... 295 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,599 I don't think your daughter's disappearance 296 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,560 has been adequately investigated. 297 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,280 In what way? 298 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,879 Well, normally, when a wife goes missing, 299 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,319 the husband is instantly the prime suspect. 300 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,919 But it doesn't seem that your son-in-law 301 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,240 was ever formally regarded as such. 302 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:28,399 Are you saying that's what you think now? 303 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,879 Not at all. 304 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:32,919 But I think radical steps need to be taken 305 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,199 to eliminate him from suspicion, and... 306 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:36,999 I mean to take them. 307 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,600 For everyone's sake. 308 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,200 Would you say Sandy's was a happy marriage? 309 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:51,039 Well, she had to put up with being on her own a lot. 310 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,639 And being disappointed at the last minute 311 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,599 when he got called out for work. 312 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,919 I mean, you must have a bit of that too. 313 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,360 Oh, I'm not married, Mrs Balkwill. 314 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,439 We... 315 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,160 don't think that Roy is a suspect. 316 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,039 Y-You mustn't go jumping to the wrong conclusions. 317 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,799 This is merely about closure. 318 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,799 Enabling you and your husband 319 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,760 to move on with your lives. 320 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,759 And, of course, hopefully... 321 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,680 clearing Roy's name, once and for all. 322 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:32,040 Thank you. 323 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,399 Now, there was very little wreckage recovered, 324 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,279 but what there was indicated 325 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,999 that the aircraft was subject to a sudden catastrophic event. 326 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,919 What do you mean, like... What, like a bomb? 327 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,199 Yeah. Or a lightning strike. 328 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,279 See, it was a very stormy night. But there was no mayday sent. 329 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,839 It was just there one minute and gone the next. 330 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:56,119 Speculation was that it most likely exploded and broke up in mid-air. 331 00:23:56,120 --> 00:23:57,639 What about bodies? 332 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,519 Never recovered. Ronnie Welbeck, nor the pilot. 333 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,719 Now, they found some personal property, 334 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:03,919 and a shoe of Ronnie's 335 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,319 that indicated he was on the plane when it went down. 336 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,359 Now, his wife, Lorraine, identified it all as his. 337 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:12,679 Lorraine? So he... remarried? 338 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,599 Yeah, looks that way. 339 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,479 All right. Well, let's try and track her down. 340 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,439 In the meantime, what information do we have on Joanna Welbeck? 341 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,679 Any family we can talk to? No. Parents are deceased. 342 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,599 Same as Ronnie Welbeck. Yeah, well, Ronnie had previous. 343 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,719 First time on the radar was '97. 344 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,839 He worked for a dodgy second-hand car dealership, 345 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,359 clocking cars and knocking out cut-and-shuts with Sean Klinger. 346 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:38,119 Sean "The Snowman" Klinger, eh? 347 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:40,279 Brighton and Hove's very own Escobar. 348 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,919 Yeah, well, him and Ronnie started out working together. 349 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:44,679 Then they got into a bunch of trouble 350 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,279 over a bunch of clocked cars, 351 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,239 and the business disappeared overnight. 352 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,919 The entire garage burned down, with all the records. 353 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:52,600 12 months, suspended. 354 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,080 DOOR BUZZER 355 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,440 Come on up. Seventh floor. 356 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,120 KNOCK AT DOOR 357 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,200 SHE GRUNTS 358 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,799 SHE GASPS FOR BREATH 359 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,240 Nice to see you, Abb. 360 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,200 Not mad about the new look. 361 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,399 'Just a few questions about the late Ronnie Welbeck, Mr Klinger.' 362 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,559 You were close, I understand. 363 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,919 Well, I knew him. What about Joanna, his first wife? 364 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,119 Yeah, I knew both of 'em. Jo and Lorraine. 365 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:29,399 What was Jo like? 366 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:33,639 Ex-lap dancer. Nice arse. But... 367 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,039 volatile. That's the word, isn't it? 368 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,799 I find you often get that, with the highly-sexed sorts. 369 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,279 Dynamite under the duvet, 370 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,039 but an absolute liability in any kind of decent company. 371 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,079 In what way? 372 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,559 She'd let her mouth run away with her in drink. 373 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:50,079 Ronnie'd tell her to tone it down, next thing it's a screaming match. 374 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:51,759 Nobody wants that. 375 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,279 Did he ever hit her? 376 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,799 Never saw him give her a proper dig. 377 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,439 Would he have been capable of killing her, do you think? 378 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,359 We're probably all "capable", aren't we? 379 00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:03,519 But it's sort of academic now, isn't it? 380 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,200 And how's that? 381 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,599 Well, when Jo realised that Ronnie didn't have the Midas touch, 382 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,519 she left him. Went off to the States. 383 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,759 Human remains found in a storm drain in the centre of Brighton on Friday 384 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,999 have been identified as Joanna Welbeck. 385 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,679 She'd been there a long time. 386 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,639 I'm shocked. 387 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,959 And you think Ronnie did it? It's an avenue of enquiry. 388 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,959 What about his second wife? 389 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,919 Lorraine? Hmm. 390 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,159 Now, she could have the top off the milk any morning. 391 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,639 Fantastic tits. Sold timeshares abroad. 392 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,999 But Ron and I had kind of dropped out of each other's orbit by then. 393 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,359 What do you mean? 394 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:44,719 Well, people come and they go, don't they? 395 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,919 Were you in touch with Ronnie when his plane went down? 396 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,639 No. I sent a wreath with my sincere condolences, 397 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,119 but when Ronnie died, I hadn't seen him for a couple of years. 398 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:55,119 What about the rumour that it might not have been accidental? 399 00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:57,559 That there might have been a bomb on board? 400 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,799 Well, in general, I try not to increase 401 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,599 the sum total of nonsense in the world by repeating baseless rumour. 402 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,959 What was he doing in Jersey? I've really no idea. 403 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,680 Where can we find Lorraine? 404 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,199 Well, you won't. 405 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,639 Unless you've got a boat and a deep sea diving suit. 406 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:15,999 She topped herself. 407 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,159 Stepped off the Newhaven to Dieppe ferry one night. 408 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:19,879 About a year after Ron died. 409 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,959 Summer 2016? Round then. 410 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,159 Besides yourself, who were Ronnie's closest mates? 411 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,719 He was pretty tight with a guy called Chad Skebbs. 412 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,119 But he emigrated to Spain. 413 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:35,639 Anyway, as I said, I only had ten minutes, so... 414 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,200 Sorry. 415 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:48,520 Now, why would you want to courier old newspapers in a Jiffy bag? 416 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,959 Unless it was to make somebody keeping an eye on you 417 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,119 think you'd sent something else altogether. 418 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,079 Enjoy your weekend? 419 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,319 I thought with you safely boxed up, I'd be able to get into the flat 420 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:02,799 and give it a proper going over. 421 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,279 But you've got it locked down 422 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,520 tighter than a camel's arse in a sandstorm. 423 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,719 Still... 424 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,080 gave you a little fright, eh? 425 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,680 Where are they, Abb. Hmm? 426 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:22,920 Nope. 427 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:25,600 No. 428 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:28,399 No. 429 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,880 I'm gonna ask you some questions and you're gonna answer. Yes? 430 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:34,840 Yes? 431 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:39,680 So, are they here? 432 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,000 OK, are they in Brighton? 433 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:57,280 In a safe-deposit box maybe? 434 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,000 Look what I found. 435 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,239 I wonder if I might have a word about Roy Grace? 436 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,119 Hmm. 437 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:10,840 Off the record. 438 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:21,239 You know, in the last seven years, the only officer to review 439 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:25,240 the investigation into his missing wife is Roy himself. 440 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,959 Now, this is no criticism of East Sussex and, of course, 441 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,439 it pre-dates your appointment but... 442 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,959 that would never have happened in the Met. 443 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:35,840 What are you saying? 444 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:43,199 Well, erm, her parents feel that nobody at East Sussex Police 445 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,919 carried out an impartial investigation. 446 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,439 And what do you think? 447 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,479 Well, I just want to make sure we've done everything possible 448 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,040 to put their minds at rest. 449 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:54,760 Hmm. 450 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,199 So one wife sets off to America, 451 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,119 ends up in a storm drain in Brighton. 452 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,639 The second jumps off a cross-Channel ferry. 453 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,119 Oh, well, I guess some people are just unlucky in love, eh? 454 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:10,319 According to US authorities, there's no record of Joanna Welbeck 455 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,679 ever having entered the United States on any documentation. 456 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,119 No surprises there, then. 457 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,279 So Ronnie kills her, dumps her in the storm drain, 458 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,879 and then tells everyone she left him and ran off to Hollywood. 459 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,479 Lorraine Welbeck, second wife, 460 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,159 is still officially recorded as a MISPER. 461 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:29,000 We've a sister for a next of kin. Maureen. Lives in Newdigate. 462 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,319 So Ronnie's death must have come 463 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,919 as a great shock to your sister, Miss Finton. 464 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:41,279 Lorraine was in a terrible state. Depressed. Suicidal. 465 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,919 Well, obviously. 466 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:48,599 He left her in a right mess, financially, with his debts. 467 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:52,599 When did she meet Ronnie? About eight years ago. 468 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,839 He was looking for a place in the South of France 469 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,159 as an investment, and that's where they met. 470 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,439 She sold timeshare, is that right? 471 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:04,159 Well, it was more just overseas property. 472 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:08,119 Undeveloped plots of land people could build on. That sort of thing. 473 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,199 Spain. France. 474 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,000 Jersey? A little bit, I think. 475 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,799 And did they have anywhere abroad, if Ronnie was looking? 476 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,959 Not that I ever knew. What was Ronnie doing in Jersey? 477 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,919 That last trip, do you know? 478 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,759 He had some business there, Lorraine said. 479 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,159 His stamps, maybe. Stamps? 480 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,199 What was that, a hobby? 481 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,760 More of a business, really. 482 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,159 One night in the pub he showed me this stamp out of his wallet 483 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,359 he paid 50 grand for. All wrapped in tissue. 484 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,439 I said, "Don't put that on a letter, will you?" 485 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,960 Was he insured, do you know? Oh, I expect so. 486 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,839 Not that Lorraine saw any of it. His creditors were all over her. 487 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:56,160 When they cleaned her out, she just sort of retreated into a shell. 488 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,719 Ended up in a wee rented flat down Montpelier Road. 489 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,759 To be honest, I think that's what put her over the edge. 490 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,959 That come-down. 491 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,279 And... losing Ronnie, of course. 492 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,160 So eight years. 493 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,280 Ronnie would still have been married, when he met your sister. 494 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,759 Lorraine said he wasn't getting on with her. 495 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,399 His first wife. Joanna, was it? 496 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,359 He thought there might've been another man. 497 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,400 And then she just walked out on him. 498 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,559 We should talk to the overseas property firm 499 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:40,919 that Lorraine worked for. 500 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,079 See if Ronnie Welbeck ever did find his investment. 501 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,039 What, you reckon he's got somewhere abroad? 502 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,239 It's possible, isn't it? 503 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,159 If he was trying to keep his finances hidden. 504 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,120 You know much about stamps? First or second class? 505 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:53,879 Look, I'll have a ring round. 506 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,279 See if we can find any dealers that remember him. 507 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,639 We should check out the life insurance as well. 508 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,120 See how much debt he left her with. 509 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,479 SHE GRUNTS 510 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:07,959 DOOR OPENS 511 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,439 SHE WHIMPERS 512 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,080 I suppose you think you're very smart. 513 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,239 Lock it all away in a safe-deposit box 514 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:18,920 that requires iris recognition to open it. 515 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,999 How about I cut your eye out and take that with me, 516 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,839 see if it recognises that? 517 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,959 If not, I'll come back for the other one. 518 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,279 Of course, if that doesn't work, then we're both stuffed. 519 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,079 You'll be blind, and I'll be no better off. 520 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,240 But you know that, don't you? So... 521 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:43,560 What would get you to play ball? 522 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,679 ABBY ON RECORDING: 'That Clerwell House I told you about. 523 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,799 'It's got a beautiful room with a view of the river coming free. 524 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:52,039 'I've reserved it.' 525 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,319 ABBY'S MUM: 'Where are you gonna get the money for that?' 526 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,679 'Don't worry about that, I'm taking care of it.' 527 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:58,919 "Don't worry about the money, Mum." 528 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,159 That's what I like about you, Abb. 529 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,120 You're all heart. 530 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:13,560 Talk to me. 531 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,400 DOORBELL RINGS 532 00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:29,159 I'm sorry. It was a bad weekend. 533 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,559 There were similarities between the skeleton and... 534 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,199 Sandy. 535 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,599 The dental work. And the age. And the hair colouring. 536 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,800 And then Nadiuska found the blue carpet fibres... 537 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:43,280 The bedroom rug is... Yeah, I know. I've seen it. 538 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,599 Come in? I don't really want a back and forth on the doorstep 539 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:49,960 like we're in a Richard Curtis. 540 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:58,280 I can't imagine what it's like to lose someone the way you lost Sandy. 541 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:04,159 But then... you can't imagine what it's like being with someone 542 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,039 who has lost someone the way you lost Sandy. 543 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,399 If that's still a thing for you, then... 544 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,160 It isn't. 545 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,399 She's gone. 546 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,119 And she's not coming back. 547 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:17,640 But if she did? 548 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,120 She's not going to. 549 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,480 There were only ever two possibilities. 550 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:27,559 She can't come back, 551 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,359 or she won't come back. 552 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:33,839 And if it's the former, then me or somebody like me 553 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,079 will get to the bottom of it. 554 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:39,199 But I accepted a long time ago 555 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,359 that I might never find out what happened. 556 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:44,920 And if she won't come back? 557 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,999 Then I'll know that it's me she left 558 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,119 and that no harm's come to her. 559 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:55,680 And I hope more than anything... that that's the case. 560 00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,519 And that thing that you said to Glenn, 561 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,919 about always thinking the next call-out 562 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,960 will be the one that finds her... 563 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,599 There's not really anything I can do about that. 564 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,880 Why didn't you say something? 565 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,200 Because I didn't want... 566 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,240 ..something that happened in my life... 567 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:23,680 ..to change... 568 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:27,720 ..how we are with each other. 569 00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:34,080 To let it define whatever comes next. 570 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,520 Then you have to be honest. 571 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:47,640 Nothing that means anything can ever grow out of secrets. 572 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:26,880 Try anything clever and your mum's dead. Got it? 573 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,000 Maybe a little smile. 574 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,119 INTERCOM BEEPS 575 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,359 'Southern Deposit Security.' Katherine Jennings. 576 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,799 I want to access my safe-deposit box. 577 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:42,720 'Of course. Come in.' 578 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,120 Far end, on the right. 579 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:36,039 Come on, what you doing? I feel sick. 580 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:37,879 I haven't eaten anything in 24 hours. 581 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,120 I just need to catch my breath. 582 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:09,839 Wait... 583 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:11,360 Eastbourne, please. 584 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:27,760 PHONE VIBRATES 585 00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:33,879 'I can hear you breathing.' 586 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,280 Better make the most of it. 587 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:50,999 We are now able to put a name to the human remains 588 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:55,319 discovered in the New Laines Quarter of the city on Friday evening. 589 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,479 They are those of Joanna Welbeck. 590 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:00,239 At the time of her disappearance, 591 00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:04,519 Joanna was married to a Ronnie Welbeck, 592 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,799 who died some seven years ago in a plane crash. 593 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,279 Is he your prime suspect in this? 594 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,279 My team are pursuing a number 595 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,759 of promising lines of enquiry, 596 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:20,039 although, I would urge anyone who knew Joanna to please come forward. 597 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:21,959 Thank you. 598 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:25,280 Detective Superintendent, can I have a quick word? 599 00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,959 Of course, Mr Spinella. Er, it's nothing to do with this. 600 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,399 Just something that I thought I ought to mention. 601 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:36,599 I got a call from a contact with the fire brigade, Monday. 602 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,999 They had a shout to Embassy Court in town for a young woman 603 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,199 stuck in a lift. Slow news week? 604 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:42,879 Er, she'd been there since Friday night. 605 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,719 Thing is, I felt something wasn't right. 606 00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:48,599 Her building supervisor reckoned that vandals must have 607 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,519 broken in to the lift motor room and tampered with the brake mechanism 608 00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,959 and the electrics. He found a couple of syringes in there. 609 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:55,879 She was unlucky. Sure. 610 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,279 But what he wasn't able to explain was why the alarm system, 611 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:01,399 which should have rung through to his flat, failed to do so. 612 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:05,279 Or why her front door was fitted with more locks than Fort Knox. 613 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,319 If I didn't know better, I'd say she was frightened of something. 614 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:09,760 Or someone. 615 00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:45,319 Katherine Jennings, Flat 120, Embassy Court, Kings Road, Brighton. 616 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:46,599 I know we're up to our ears, 617 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,519 but maybe swing by, see if everything's OK. 618 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:49,999 Just to be on the safe side. 619 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,599 I know Spinella's a pain in the arse, 620 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,719 but even a stopped clock and all that. 621 00:42:53,720 --> 00:42:56,319 Could be a domestic issue? Abusive boyfriend. 622 00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,919 Yeah, well, if she's in trouble, I don't wanna miss it. 623 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:02,319 Hi. I've got a step-brother for Joanna Welbeck. 624 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,959 Goes under the stage name of Mitzi Dufors. 625 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,879 Member of Brighton and Hove's thriving and vibrant 626 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,199 LGBTQ+ community. 627 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,119 OK. 628 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:13,720 We've got cocktails for two this afty. 629 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:18,359 I spoke to the property company Lorraine Welbeck worked for. 630 00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:21,279 There was a plot of land that Ronnie was interested in at the time, 631 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:22,999 not too far from Biarritz. 632 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,559 Did he go through with it? 633 00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:27,639 Er no, no, he didn't, but it was acquired shortly thereafter 634 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:30,999 on behalf of an unknown client from a firm called 635 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:32,959 Cape Trafalgar Holdings. 636 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:35,079 The name stuck with the French office, apparently. 637 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,559 I can see why it might. And? 638 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:39,359 Well, I've asked the locals to take a look, 639 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,639 but from the paperwork I managed to track down, 640 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:44,559 Cape Trafalgar Holdings was a sole trader outfit. 641 00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,679 Its, er, owner was a David Irvin Nelson. 642 00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:50,159 Registered office is a PO Box in St Helier. 643 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,159 Any connection with that and what, er, 644 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,039 Ronnie Welbeck was up to in Jersey? 645 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:56,959 A friend in the NCA says Ronnie Welbeck was running gear 646 00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,399 in and out of the island on behalf of Sean Klinger. 647 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,599 There's talk Welbeck was skimming more off the top 648 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:04,319 than Klinger might have been prepared to put up with. 649 00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:07,919 So what are we saying, Klinger brought the plane down? 650 00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:10,560 Well, it's certainly the suspicion. 651 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,079 # You don't have to stay forever 652 00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,279 # I will understand 653 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:42,479 # Believe me 654 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:46,319 # Believe me 655 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:51,839 # Believe me. # 656 00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:55,399 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 657 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,159 Very nice, your Dusty. Thanks. 658 00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:59,719 Do you do any others? 659 00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:02,839 When the wind's in the right direction, I do a mean Ann-Margret, 660 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,039 not that there's much call for her these days. 661 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,559 No, I meant any more Dusty Springfield tracks? 662 00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:09,759 Oh. You're a fan. Who isn't? 663 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:11,719 Ah, well, Preacher Man, of course. Aye. 664 00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:14,200 Dusty In Memphis is an absolute classic. 665 00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:19,279 You didn't come here to talk about Dusty. 666 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,239 No. No. 667 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:23,800 You mentioned something about a photo of Joanna. 668 00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:26,919 I'll want it back. 669 00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:28,400 Yeah, course. 670 00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:32,719 When was this taken? Around the last time I saw her. 671 00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:34,519 London Olympics, maybe? 672 00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:36,839 More recent than anything we've got, so... 673 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:39,359 Um, you're her step-brother, then, is it? 674 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:40,839 Half-brother. 675 00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:43,839 Our father left my mum to take up with Joanna's mother. 676 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,679 And the old man died when she was ten, so I kept an eye. 677 00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,439 Got the odd phone call, maybe at Christmas, 678 00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:52,039 but she had her life and I had mine. 679 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:54,279 Next thing I heard is she was getting married to Ronnie. 680 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:56,839 Did you ever meet him? Once or twice. 681 00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:59,199 It was money this, money that. 682 00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:02,439 I just thought he was dodgy. Well, they all were. 683 00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:04,679 Who's all? His mates. 684 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:07,119 Villains. But she was happy enough. 685 00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:09,839 To begin with, at least. 686 00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:11,519 And then what, it all went off? 687 00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,319 I think she was after an out for a while. 688 00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:15,759 And there was this fella sniffing around. 689 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,359 What fella? Pal of Ronnie's. 690 00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:22,280 I can't remember his name. Chas, was it? Chet, maybe? 691 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:25,239 Right, was she having an affair? 692 00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:27,039 I did wonder if it was him she'd gone off with. 693 00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:28,279 You see, when her mother died, 694 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,079 she left her this little place in Brentwood. 695 00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:33,319 When was that? About six months before she went. 696 00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:37,319 I heard on the grapevine via Ronnie that she'd gone to LA. 697 00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:39,799 So I thought she must've used the money from the house 698 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:41,639 to fund going to America. 699 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:44,159 And you didn't hear anything from her after that? 700 00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:47,800 I didn't really expect to. Not if she'd gone off with a new fella. 701 00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,919 Yeah, yeah, that's right. So it's mixed roses. Red and white. 702 00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:55,920 And that's delivered to Ari Branson in the Radiology Department. 703 00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:59,079 Yeah. No, this afternoon's great. Cheers. 704 00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:01,360 Thanks a bunch. Thank you. Bye-bye. Bye. 705 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:04,919 HE SIGHS 706 00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:06,719 Bit early to be making amends, isn't it? 707 00:47:06,720 --> 00:47:09,999 Haven't you just come back from a romantic weekend away? 708 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,360 Don't tell me you've blotted your copybook already. 709 00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:16,240 You know I said it went fine? 710 00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:21,319 It didn't go fine, did it? Nope. 711 00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:22,999 No, it did not go fine. 712 00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:26,160 I mean, you tell me, what is so wrong with a tandem skydive? 713 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:31,719 OK, how about, A, you're scared of heights, 714 00:47:31,720 --> 00:47:34,119 and B, you hate flying. 715 00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:36,199 Apart from that, no, yeah, it's perfect. 716 00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:38,119 That's the thing. I'm not. 717 00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:41,279 I'm not scared of heights. Not any more. 718 00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:44,639 Since when? I don't know. But it's just... 719 00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:45,919 It's just gone. 720 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:49,239 I don't know how to describe it. I mean... 721 00:47:49,240 --> 00:47:51,399 What's that thing that people say? 722 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,280 "Feel the fear and do it anyway." 723 00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:57,759 I mean, once, even just being up high, my legs would just go, 724 00:47:57,760 --> 00:47:59,359 right, just turn to jelly. 725 00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:02,240 Now? Well, now it's like... 726 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:05,400 It's like I'm, I'm over it. 727 00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:10,519 And that's, that's gotta be a good thing, though, right? 728 00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:11,640 Maybe. 729 00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:16,559 Although, sometimes fear is the only thing that keeps us alive. 730 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:20,119 In this job anyway. Fools rush in and all that. 731 00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:23,480 Maybe try and lay off the needless heroics for the time being. 732 00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:31,280 Speaking of fools... 733 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:36,400 ..has Cassian Pewe redecorated your office yet? 734 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:40,000 All right, go on. What is it? What is it with you two? 735 00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:47,439 One time, the Met sent down reinforcements to help us out 736 00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:49,279 with the Labour Party conference in town. 737 00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:52,399 Pewe was a DI. 738 00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:55,519 He ended up nicking a couple of informants 739 00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:58,999 that I'd been cultivating for several years. 740 00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:01,319 He refused to drop charges. 741 00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:04,119 So I took it to Vosper, 742 00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:07,440 and she sided with the blue-eyed boy down from the Smoke. 743 00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:11,839 Never rub another man's rhubarb. 744 00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:13,360 PHONE VIBRATES 745 00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:16,839 Bella? 746 00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:19,319 The lift mechanism's been tampered with. 747 00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,559 Sabotaged, according to the engineer. 748 00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:24,159 Someone interfered with the brake mechanism 749 00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:25,439 when the lift was in operation. 750 00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:27,199 And the alarm and phone cables were cut. 751 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:30,119 And what did Miss Jennings say? 'Nothing yet.' 752 00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:33,279 She's a new tenant, apparently. Short let. 753 00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:35,719 Lives on her own and only goes out after dark. 754 00:49:35,720 --> 00:49:37,239 Where is she now? 755 00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:39,719 Last seen earlier today leaving the building with a man. 756 00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:41,440 Caretaker says she's single. 757 00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:18,079 Nick about? No. 758 00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:20,359 I did see him talking to old Cassian Pewe at his desk 759 00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:22,399 just before lunch. 760 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:24,879 What did he want? Your guess is as good as mine. 761 00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:27,319 Did you want him for anything in particular? 762 00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:30,079 Yeah, I asked him to run a PNC on that known associate of Welbeck's 763 00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:32,319 that Klinger mentioned. Chad Skebbs. 764 00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,279 He asked me to do it. Full name - Richard Skebbs. 765 00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:35,799 Turns out he's wanted in connection 766 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:39,359 with an allegation of indecent assault, from 2014. 767 00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:42,439 Didn't Klinger say that Skebbs went abroad? 768 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:43,679 Spain, wasn't it? 'DS Moy.' 769 00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,879 I think you'll find the correct term is "fled". 770 00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:48,359 Roy. 771 00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:50,519 Spinella. Line three. 772 00:50:50,520 --> 00:50:52,280 Says it's important. 773 00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,159 Mr Spinella. We're looking into Miss Jennings. 774 00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:01,519 Thank you for the tip-off, 775 00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:03,559 we've got nothing official to say at this time. 776 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:06,279 Er, actually, it was you I was calling about. 777 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:09,479 I wondered if you had any comment about what's going on at your house? 778 00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:11,439 My house? 779 00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:13,239 Well, if you don't know anything about it, 780 00:51:13,240 --> 00:51:15,319 maybe you should get over here. 781 00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:17,040 I'll be outside. 782 00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:22,360 You all right? 783 00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:42,920 I'll be with you in a minute. 784 00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:56,999 What the fu... 785 00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:58,480 Nick... 786 00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:03,039 What the hell is this? GPR. 787 00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:07,519 Ground penetrating radar. I... I assumed you had OKed this. 788 00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:08,600 OKed what? 789 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:12,999 Nick? I've got a search warrant. 790 00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,079 Is this a joke? 791 00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:17,240 Who requested the warrant? 792 00:53:14,080 --> 00:53:16,359 How dare you?! 793 00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:18,199 What, this? 794 00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,399 CSI crawling all over my home. 795 00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:22,519 Taking soundings in my back garden 796 00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:25,079 for the body you think I have buried there. 797 00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:26,639 Call it off. Now. 798 00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:29,239 I'm sorry. But having spoken to Margot and Derek... 799 00:53:29,240 --> 00:53:31,279 You spoke to Sandy's parents? 800 00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:34,319 Allie Vosper asked me to take over your backlog. 801 00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:37,679 And Sandy's was the first case you turned up, was it? 802 00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:40,999 She remains a cold case, Roy. You're telling me that? 803 00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:44,039 There isn't a stone I have left unturned. 804 00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:45,440 SCOFFS 805 00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:50,879 Psychics? Cranks and mind readers? End-of-the-pier fortune-tellers? 806 00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:52,479 If you'd lost somebody you'd loved, 807 00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:56,319 you would know that there is nothing you wouldn't do to get them back! 808 00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:59,360 No matter how unlikely. How do you know what I'd do? 809 00:54:00,840 --> 00:54:04,319 But I'll tell you this, I wouldn't turn it into a three-ring circus. 810 00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:09,279 I was cleared of any involvement in Sandy's disappearance. Exonerated. 811 00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:11,999 Not to the standard that we would've applied in the Met. 812 00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:13,799 The Met? Really? 813 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:17,880 Well, as we all know, they're infallible, aren't they? 814 00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:39,959 Ronnie Welbeck's life insurers finally got back to me. 815 00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:42,879 The pay-out was three million pounds. 816 00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:46,079 Three months before she stepped off that ferry, 817 00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:49,119 Lorraine withdrew the entire amount in cash. 818 00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,879 She died in poverty, with nearly three million in the bank? 819 00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:53,759 Except the money wasn't in the bank. 820 00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:55,879 Ronnie and Lorraine Welbeck's joint account 821 00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:57,839 shows an ever-increasing overdraft, 822 00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:00,159 with just occasional small amounts coming in. 823 00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:02,199 Yeah, we knew they had money issues. 824 00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:04,079 Yeah, right up until the day he died. 825 00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:06,839 But an account was opened in Lorraine Welbeck's sole name 826 00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:08,519 nine months after Ronnie was killed. 827 00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:10,719 For the life insurance, presumably? 828 00:55:10,720 --> 00:55:14,199 Yeah, but I don't understand how it was paid out that fast. 829 00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:17,319 Well, the insurance company assigned to the case weren't entirely happy, 830 00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:20,679 but the Drugs Squad investigation suggested there was another dealer, 831 00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:22,119 possibly French, 832 00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:24,719 who wanted to give Klinger a message to keep off his turf. 833 00:55:24,720 --> 00:55:26,559 They blew the plane up? 834 00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:28,999 Using Ronnie as collateral. 835 00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:30,959 Well... 836 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:34,679 that to one side for the minute, is there some sort of pattern here? 837 00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:38,279 Look, Ronnie Welbeck's first wife inherits money, 838 00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:41,799 disappears to the States and ends up in a storm drain. 839 00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:43,839 Then his second wife inherits money 840 00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:45,439 and ends up at the bottom of the Channel. 841 00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:50,039 So what're you saying, she didn't commit suicide? Somebody killed her? 842 00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:51,799 I'm just what-iffing. 843 00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:53,879 PHONE BUZZES Couldn't've been Ronnie, then, 844 00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:55,879 because he died in that plane crash or bombing 845 00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:58,279 or whatever it was a year before Lorraine died. 846 00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:00,999 Yeah, but what about his mate, Skebbs? 847 00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:04,159 Mitzi Dufors said one of Ronnie's mates was sniffing around Joanna. 848 00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:08,199 Couldn't remember the name, but it was something like Chas or Chet. 849 00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:10,959 Hmm. Not too much of a stretch to Chad, is it? 850 00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:14,799 Well, I've been doing some digging around Richard "Chad" Skebbs. 851 00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:17,559 And it seems that it wasn't in the public interest 852 00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:19,399 to follow him to Europe. 853 00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:21,319 He thought they'd fled to Albania, 854 00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:24,599 but he's last been seen in Spain and southern France. 855 00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:25,919 Keep digging. 856 00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:29,479 I've got a lead on a guy called Hector Hegarty. 857 00:56:29,480 --> 00:56:32,600 He's a stamp dealer, remembers doing business with Ronnie Welbeck. 858 00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:53,559 TV ON 859 00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:55,319 'My God, it's a nightmare as well.' 860 00:56:55,320 --> 00:56:57,480 DOOR OPENS 861 00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:02,719 Don't get up. Don't get up. What're you doing here? 862 00:57:02,720 --> 00:57:05,639 I thought you were still away. I wanted to surprise you. 863 00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:08,400 Oh, Mum. I've missed you so much. 864 00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:11,279 So much. Ohh! 865 00:57:11,280 --> 00:57:13,560 MUM LAUGHS HAPPILY 866 00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:18,800 PHONE RINGS 867 00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:22,319 Detective Superintendent Pewe. 868 00:57:22,320 --> 00:57:24,759 'This is DS Franks from Interpol.' 869 00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:26,679 How can we help you? 870 00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:29,599 'I believe you asked our colleagues in France to look at 871 00:57:29,600 --> 00:57:32,560 'a development sight for you. Is that correct?' 872 00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:47,919 Oh, yes, I did a fair bit of business with Ronnie over the years. 873 00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:50,919 He wasn't the easiest person to deal with. In what way? 874 00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:53,439 Well, you know. To put it crudely, 875 00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:57,359 the provenance on some of his stuff was doubtful, shall we say? 876 00:57:57,360 --> 00:57:59,079 What about his second wife? 877 00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:02,040 Did Lorraine Welbeck ever contact you after her husband's death? 878 00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:07,279 I don't suppose it matters now. But she had me swear to secrecy. 879 00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:09,039 Well, a murder inquiry trumps 880 00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:11,800 any word you might have given, Mr Hegarty. 881 00:58:14,120 --> 00:58:17,199 She came to see me, spring 2016, 882 00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:18,959 wanted to invest some money in stamps. 883 00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:22,199 Can you remember the sum involved? Not offhand. 884 00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:24,919 But any big order draws attention in the stamp world. 885 00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:27,159 She wanted it done quietly and discreetly. 886 00:58:27,160 --> 00:58:30,119 So I fronted the purchases for her. Spread the money around. 887 00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:32,799 Said I was buying for an anonymous collector. 888 00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:34,199 Can you provide us with a list 889 00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:36,399 of all the stamps that you sold to Mrs Welbeck? 890 00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:38,279 And the value. 891 00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:40,319 Give me a little time to consult my records. 892 00:58:40,320 --> 00:58:42,959 Could you also give us a list of anyone 893 00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:44,959 who might have been able to afford them, 894 00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:47,359 if she'd wanted to sell them on? 895 00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:49,919 I can give you the dealers, and a few individual collectors 896 00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:51,879 like myself. Course, back then, round here, 897 00:58:51,880 --> 00:58:55,079 there was a chap Ronnie knew well himself, but he went abroad. 898 00:58:55,080 --> 00:58:56,959 Who was that? 899 00:58:56,960 --> 00:58:59,799 Richard Skebbs. Called himself Chad. 900 00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:01,599 Always dealt in big numbers. 901 00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:04,519 Still does, but all done over the internet now. 902 00:59:04,520 --> 00:59:08,399 And did you ever buy from him? Oh, once bitten... 903 00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:12,359 I bought some Spanish Civil War era stamps from him. Did me right up. 904 00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:14,839 They weren't in anything like the condition he had promised. 905 00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:17,039 When I complained, he told me to sue him. 906 00:59:17,040 --> 00:59:20,120 Frankly, I'm amazed he's still in business. 907 00:59:21,880 --> 00:59:24,999 What's going on, Ab? What is it? 908 00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,079 I may be getting forgetful, but I'm not stupid. 909 00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:29,879 You're frightened. 910 00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:33,159 It's just someone who wants me to go out with 'em. 911 00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:35,519 He's trying to get to me through you. That's all. 912 00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:39,799 What's your fella doing about it? Nothing, Mum. He's not here. 913 00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:42,439 Why isn't he? It's complicated. 914 00:59:42,440 --> 00:59:43,759 The taxman's after him. 915 00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:46,359 And if he comes into the country, he could get picked up. 916 00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:48,479 Doesn't sound like much of a boyfriend. 917 00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:51,160 A man ought to take care of the woman he loves. 918 00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:54,679 Hi, I need some new locks at my mum's flat. 919 00:59:54,680 --> 00:59:57,840 'Right.' And a safety chain and a spyhole. 920 01:00:18,320 --> 01:00:21,719 Lorraine Welbeck's name is on a Post-it on my desk. 921 01:00:21,720 --> 01:00:23,479 "DS Franks"? 922 01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:27,079 Ah, yes. This location you've asked the French to take a look at. 923 01:00:27,080 --> 01:00:31,639 What's this? It's to do with the body in the storm drain, Ma'am. 924 01:00:31,640 --> 01:00:34,359 Remains of an unidentified, pregnant woman 925 01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:37,159 were found in the boot of a car pulled from a lake on the property. 926 01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:38,839 It's been there for some years. 927 01:00:38,840 --> 01:00:41,639 They've obtained DNA from her and the foetus, 928 01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:44,639 but they haven't been able to make any matches on their database. 929 01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:47,319 Where does Lorraine Welbeck fit in? 930 01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:50,239 Lorraine Welbeck is the second wife of Ronnie Welbeck, Ma'am. 931 01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:52,999 She was working for the estate agent 932 01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:54,999 that sold the plot of land in France. 933 01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:58,679 Oh, it's rather more than that, Roy. 934 01:00:58,680 --> 01:01:02,239 The corpse in the boot of the car had silicone breast implants. 935 01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:04,679 Now, you may not know this, 936 01:01:04,680 --> 01:01:08,199 but they're all printed with the manufacturer's batch number. 937 01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:09,799 This particular pair was supplied 938 01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:12,759 to a cosmetic surgery hospital in Woodingdean in 2015. 939 01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:14,879 So I called them. 940 01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:17,759 They matched the implants with the name... 941 01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:19,559 Lorraine Welbeck. 942 01:01:19,560 --> 01:01:21,799 That's excellent. 943 01:01:21,800 --> 01:01:23,520 Don't you think so, Roy? 944 01:01:26,040 --> 01:01:29,479 What are we saying, Lorraine Welbeck swam the Bay of Biscay 945 01:01:29,480 --> 01:01:32,079 with three million quid stuffed between the Devil's dumplings? 946 01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:34,879 Doesn't seem very likely. Probably not, Norman. 947 01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:37,759 But she was four months pregnant. 948 01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:40,159 The French have no paternal DNA match, 949 01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:44,119 but we're checking our database, we should hear back later or tomorrow. 950 01:01:44,120 --> 01:01:46,999 Anything on cause? Strangulation. 951 01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:49,239 Same as Joanna Welbeck. 952 01:01:49,240 --> 01:01:52,959 Did we get any further on the owners of this plot of land in France? 953 01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:56,439 Cape Trafalgar Holdings and this elusive David Nelson? 954 01:01:56,440 --> 01:01:57,839 No. Nothing. 955 01:01:57,840 --> 01:02:00,680 At least we know that Lorraine Welbeck didn't commit suicide. 956 01:02:02,040 --> 01:02:05,279 Run a check on the passenger manifest for the ferry 957 01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:07,999 on the night that she supposedly jumped. 958 01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:09,599 What am I looking for? 959 01:02:09,600 --> 01:02:12,559 Anything out of the ordinary. Chad Skebbs, maybe? 960 01:02:12,560 --> 01:02:15,679 Mitzi Dufors said he was sniffing around Joanna Welbeck. 961 01:02:15,680 --> 01:02:18,839 And she came into money shortly before she disappeared. 962 01:02:18,840 --> 01:02:21,920 So could he have been behind the bomb on Ronnie Welbeck's plane? 963 01:02:23,160 --> 01:02:24,959 So he kills Ronnie Welbeck 964 01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:29,199 and he's waiting to catch Lorraine Welbeck and Ronnie's life insurance. 965 01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:32,279 Yeah, possibly. So, where's the money? 966 01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:35,079 There's not gonna be room for three mil in the bazooka bag 967 01:02:35,080 --> 01:02:38,199 if it's already stuffed with bought-and-paid-for silicone norks. 968 01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:41,479 Did he really just say that out loud? 969 01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:43,759 I don't think it was cash, Norman. 970 01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:48,039 'When Ronnie Welbeck's plane went down, he died leaving massive debts. 971 01:02:48,040 --> 01:02:51,559 'Every penny he left to Lorraine had been taken by his creditors, 972 01:02:51,560 --> 01:02:53,759 'and their house repossessed. 973 01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:55,759 'Before she got on that ferry, 974 01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:58,599 'Lorraine Welbeck converted her husband's life insurance 975 01:02:58,600 --> 01:03:01,600 'into something much easier to transport... 976 01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:08,440 '..and far easier to conceal.' 977 01:03:23,120 --> 01:03:24,760 Oh, my God! 978 01:03:25,880 --> 01:03:27,680 Are you all right? 979 01:03:29,480 --> 01:03:31,559 A man who hates me 980 01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:34,439 is trying to convince the people that I work with 981 01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:36,360 that I killed my wife. So... 982 01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:40,479 You said to be honest. 983 01:03:40,480 --> 01:03:42,960 Hmm. Is there anything I can do? 984 01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:47,080 Unless you're a dab hand with carpet grippers... 985 01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:51,760 Do you want to talk about it? 986 01:03:53,280 --> 01:03:55,000 Do you? 987 01:03:57,360 --> 01:03:59,119 Maybe not tonight. 988 01:03:59,120 --> 01:04:02,399 Maybe tonight is exactly the right time to talk about it. 989 01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:05,080 I'm not about to kick a man when he's down. 990 01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:11,440 If I've got to be honest... 991 01:04:13,560 --> 01:04:15,040 SHE SIGHS 992 01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:18,440 All right. 993 01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:22,840 I just keep thinking... 994 01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:28,879 ..what if she walked through the door right now? 995 01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:31,000 Where does that leave you and me? 996 01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:34,360 It's not gonna happen. 997 01:04:38,840 --> 01:04:40,520 See, erm... 998 01:04:41,640 --> 01:04:44,080 ..that's not the answer. 999 01:04:46,560 --> 01:04:49,919 The answer is, "It wouldn't matter, Cleo. 1000 01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:53,160 "She walked out on me seven years ago. And I'm with you now." 1001 01:04:59,080 --> 01:05:02,720 Call me when you're through... with all of this. 1002 01:05:15,440 --> 01:05:17,200 DOOR CLOSES 1003 01:05:28,520 --> 01:05:30,360 DOORBELL RINGS 1004 01:05:32,480 --> 01:05:34,359 Hello? 1005 01:05:34,360 --> 01:05:36,359 MAN: Mrs Morton? Yes. 1006 01:05:36,360 --> 01:05:39,520 Silverlight Lockworks. Your daughter Abby called. 1007 01:05:43,080 --> 01:05:45,280 Come in. 1008 01:05:51,320 --> 01:05:53,119 You called, Mr Hegarty? 1009 01:05:53,120 --> 01:05:55,999 I've just had a phone call from a rather nervous young woman. 1010 01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:59,759 She asked if I'd be able to sell a collection of high-value stamps. 1011 01:05:59,760 --> 01:06:01,559 When I asked for details, 1012 01:06:01,560 --> 01:06:06,239 she described exactly the stamps I purchased for Lorraine Welbeck. 1013 01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:09,479 Are you sure? If I hadn't gone through my files today, 1014 01:06:09,480 --> 01:06:12,279 I doubt I'd have realised they were such an exact match. 1015 01:06:12,280 --> 01:06:14,879 Did you ask her where she got them? 1016 01:06:14,880 --> 01:06:17,959 She said she inherited them from a woman she looked after in Spain. 1017 01:06:17,960 --> 01:06:20,239 Somebody she'd met at a party there told her 1018 01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:21,799 she'd get a better price in the UK 1019 01:06:21,800 --> 01:06:24,759 and I was one of the dealers she should talk to. 1020 01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:27,959 She's coming in this afternoon to show me the stamps. 1021 01:06:27,960 --> 01:06:29,400 What's her name? 1022 01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:34,120 Miss Jennings? Police. 1023 01:06:36,800 --> 01:06:38,600 Open it. 1024 01:06:43,160 --> 01:06:45,200 Miss Jennings? 1025 01:06:51,800 --> 01:06:54,760 Nice quiet hobby, eh, stamp collecting. 1026 01:07:07,120 --> 01:07:08,920 Mum? 1027 01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:12,960 PHONE RINGS 1028 01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:18,519 'Abbs. It's me. It's Mum.' 1029 01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:20,679 Mum? 1030 01:07:20,680 --> 01:07:22,799 Mum, where are.. where d'you get a mobile? 1031 01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:27,280 Ricky wants to talk to you. Please do what he tells you. 1032 01:07:28,680 --> 01:07:30,959 Hello, Ab. Where's my mum? 1033 01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:33,599 Where is she, you bastard? Where is she? 1034 01:07:33,600 --> 01:07:35,919 She's fine. So far. 1035 01:07:35,920 --> 01:07:37,559 I'm calling the police. 1036 01:07:37,560 --> 01:07:39,599 Look, I don't care about anything else any more. 1037 01:07:39,600 --> 01:07:41,039 'What're you going to say to them?' 1038 01:07:41,040 --> 01:07:42,559 "I stole everything this man had 1039 01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:45,319 "and now he's caught up with me and taken my mother hostage?" 1040 01:07:45,320 --> 01:07:48,279 What, I stole from you? You and himself, obviously. 1041 01:07:48,280 --> 01:07:50,599 Was there any position he didn't tell you to shag me in 1042 01:07:50,600 --> 01:07:52,039 to get what you wanted? 1043 01:07:52,040 --> 01:07:55,159 This has got nothing to do with my mum, Rick. She's not well. 1044 01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:58,039 Look, just bring her here and we'll talk. 1045 01:07:58,040 --> 01:08:00,959 No. You bring me everything you nicked and then we'll talk. 1046 01:08:00,960 --> 01:08:02,679 Look, I meant what I said. 1047 01:08:02,680 --> 01:08:04,519 I'm hanging up now and calling the police. 1048 01:08:04,520 --> 01:08:07,159 You do that, and all they're gonna find is a chronically ill woman 1049 01:08:07,160 --> 01:08:09,279 who's committed suicide, and her daughter, 1050 01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:11,399 a self-confessed thief with a cock-and-bull story 1051 01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:15,559 about a man she stole from. Is that really what you want? 1052 01:08:15,560 --> 01:08:17,119 BEEPING 1053 01:08:17,120 --> 01:08:18,640 Rick! 1054 01:08:21,800 --> 01:08:24,359 So I've been going through the passenger manifest for the ferry 1055 01:08:24,360 --> 01:08:26,399 that Lorraine Welbeck didn't step off. 1056 01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:28,839 It seemed to me, if you're leaving one identity behind, 1057 01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:32,159 it makes sense to have another one lined up. Right? 1058 01:08:32,160 --> 01:08:34,119 You mean, she got on the boat as Lorraine Welbeck 1059 01:08:34,120 --> 01:08:35,959 and stepped off as someone else? 1060 01:08:35,960 --> 01:08:38,399 So I went through all the other women passengers travelling 1061 01:08:38,400 --> 01:08:40,079 on a single ticket and I compared them 1062 01:08:40,080 --> 01:08:41,799 to anyone travelling on from Dieppe. 1063 01:08:41,800 --> 01:08:44,399 I found one passenger who got on an Air France flight 1064 01:08:44,400 --> 01:08:47,199 within an hour of the ferry docking. Where to? 1065 01:08:47,200 --> 01:08:51,199 San Sebastian. Hold on. So she got on the ferry to Dieppe, 1066 01:08:51,200 --> 01:08:55,479 and then within an hour she got on a plane from there to Spain? 1067 01:08:55,480 --> 01:08:57,279 Why not just fly direct from the UK? 1068 01:08:57,280 --> 01:08:59,439 Name? Margaret Nelson. 1069 01:08:59,440 --> 01:09:02,759 Only, her ticket was paid for by one David Nelson. 1070 01:09:02,760 --> 01:09:07,719 Ah, the same David Nelson of Cape Trafalgar Holdings maybe? 1071 01:09:07,720 --> 01:09:10,759 So what're we thinking? Maybe David Nelson is Ronnie Welbeck? 1072 01:09:10,760 --> 01:09:12,359 More than maybe. 1073 01:09:12,360 --> 01:09:15,239 I also have a David Nelson who got on a flight to Madrid, 1074 01:09:15,240 --> 01:09:17,639 then on to San Sebastian from Jersey, 1075 01:09:17,640 --> 01:09:21,119 the morning after Ronnie's light aircraft disappeared in the channel. 1076 01:09:21,120 --> 01:09:23,719 So Ronnie Welbeck fakes his own death 1077 01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:25,639 in order to escape his creditors. 1078 01:09:25,640 --> 01:09:28,279 And Lorraine converts his life insurance into stamps 1079 01:09:28,280 --> 01:09:31,039 in order to fund her new life in Spain. 1080 01:09:31,040 --> 01:09:33,959 Isn't that where Chad Skebbs went off to? Potentially. 1081 01:09:33,960 --> 01:09:36,479 But where Lorraine was found just outside of Biarritz, 1082 01:09:36,480 --> 01:09:39,320 well, that's half an hour from the Spanish border. 1083 01:09:40,960 --> 01:09:44,399 Which is an hour to San Sebastian. 1084 01:09:44,400 --> 01:09:47,439 Just two Brighton boys having fun in the sun... 1085 01:09:47,440 --> 01:09:51,439 We've got DNA confirmation on the Lorraine Welbeck foetus. 1086 01:09:51,440 --> 01:09:53,599 Guess who the father is? 1087 01:09:53,600 --> 01:09:54,960 Ronnie Welbeck. 1088 01:09:56,080 --> 01:09:59,999 Not bad for a dead guy, eh? The Immaculate Erection. 1089 01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:01,559 See? 1090 01:10:01,560 --> 01:10:03,799 This is why we can't have nice things. 1091 01:10:03,800 --> 01:10:06,279 What about Katherine Jennings? We couldn't find her. 1092 01:10:06,280 --> 01:10:09,999 No. I mean, she's here. She's downstairs. 1093 01:10:10,000 --> 01:10:11,879 My real name's Abby Morton. 1094 01:10:11,880 --> 01:10:15,359 I flew back to England to try to escape my boyfriend. 1095 01:10:15,360 --> 01:10:18,639 I thought using a different name would make it easier. 1096 01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:20,600 But I was wrong. 1097 01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:26,479 OK, Abby, would you like to tell us what's going on? 1098 01:10:26,480 --> 01:10:29,439 Everything we need to know about you, your mother, 1099 01:10:29,440 --> 01:10:31,280 and the man you say who kidnapped her. 1100 01:10:33,360 --> 01:10:35,959 I was left a collection of stamps. 1101 01:10:35,960 --> 01:10:39,839 I didn't know anything about them, but I was dating this guy, Ricky, 1102 01:10:39,840 --> 01:10:44,559 in San Sebastian, who was in the rare stamp and coin business. 1103 01:10:44,560 --> 01:10:46,719 Ricky? As in Richard Skebbs? 1104 01:10:46,720 --> 01:10:49,079 Yeah. Yeah, you know him? 1105 01:10:49,080 --> 01:10:51,160 Yeah. We know him. Go on. 1106 01:10:52,960 --> 01:10:55,319 Well, I asked him to have a look at 'em for me. 1107 01:10:55,320 --> 01:10:58,519 See if they were worth anything. I gave them to him. 1108 01:10:58,520 --> 01:11:01,159 He gave 'em back a couple of days later. 1109 01:11:01,160 --> 01:11:03,839 He said there were a few there that might be worth something, 1110 01:11:03,840 --> 01:11:07,999 but most of them were replicas. Collectable, but not valuable. 1111 01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:11,519 He said they're worth a couple of thousand euros at most. 1112 01:11:11,520 --> 01:11:16,239 But a few days later, I was having a look at one of his stamp mags 1113 01:11:16,240 --> 01:11:20,479 and I came across this article about a Plate 77 Penny Red, 1114 01:11:20,480 --> 01:11:24,239 went for over 450 large at auction in London. 1115 01:11:24,240 --> 01:11:27,799 It was similar to the plate of Penny Reds I had. 1116 01:11:27,800 --> 01:11:32,719 Anyway, later that night he was wasted, 1117 01:11:32,720 --> 01:11:34,959 so I had a look at his laptop and I found 1118 01:11:34,960 --> 01:11:37,679 this bunch of emails to dealers all over the world, 1119 01:11:37,680 --> 01:11:40,599 offering stamps that were clearly mine for sale. 1120 01:11:40,600 --> 01:11:44,959 He'd broken 'em up so they couldn't be identified as a collection. 1121 01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:47,279 And did you confront him? 1122 01:11:47,280 --> 01:11:49,040 No. 1123 01:11:50,080 --> 01:11:51,799 No. 1124 01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:56,159 When I first met him, he told me how easy stamps were to conceal. 1125 01:11:56,160 --> 01:11:58,279 How they were a great way to launder money 1126 01:11:58,280 --> 01:12:00,279 and transport it all across the world. 1127 01:12:00,280 --> 01:12:02,039 Even if you got stopped, 1128 01:12:02,040 --> 01:12:05,119 most customs wouldn't have a clue about their value. 1129 01:12:05,120 --> 01:12:08,640 'Ricky said the best way to hide 'em was inside a book. 1130 01:12:10,600 --> 01:12:12,959 'Hardback. Or anything like that. 1131 01:12:12,960 --> 01:12:15,880 'So, I searched his shelves. 1132 01:12:25,160 --> 01:12:27,080 'And I found them.' 1133 01:12:37,040 --> 01:12:40,359 I packed a bag and flew out on the first flight I could get. 1134 01:12:40,360 --> 01:12:44,760 So why didn't you go to the Spanish police, report what he'd done? 1135 01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:49,599 I thought he might spin the police a story to get them back. 1136 01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:53,000 Or come after me, try and hurt me. 1137 01:12:56,160 --> 01:12:58,119 My mum's not well. 1138 01:12:58,120 --> 01:13:00,880 I need the money from the stamps to pay for her to be in a home. 1139 01:13:06,920 --> 01:13:09,520 Did you ever meet this man? 1140 01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:14,119 No. Why? Who is he? 1141 01:13:14,120 --> 01:13:18,399 His name's Ronnie Welbeck. He's a known associate of Chad Skebbs. 1142 01:13:18,400 --> 01:13:22,199 We're looking for him in connection with a double murder. Murder? 1143 01:13:22,200 --> 01:13:24,439 That's right, the body of his first wife 1144 01:13:24,440 --> 01:13:27,199 was found recently in a storm drain in Brighton. 1145 01:13:27,200 --> 01:13:30,319 And his second wife, Lorraine, was recovered from the boot of a car 1146 01:13:30,320 --> 01:13:34,679 in a pond on land that we believe Welbeck owns in Biarritz. 1147 01:13:34,680 --> 01:13:36,600 She was four months pregnant. 1148 01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:44,559 Both his wives had just come into considerable sums 1149 01:13:44,560 --> 01:13:47,760 before they were killed. You're sure you don't know him? 1150 01:13:49,160 --> 01:13:52,000 He may be calling himself Dave Nelson now. 1151 01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:58,200 Call himself what he likes, I... I wouldn't know. I've never met him. 1152 01:14:02,080 --> 01:14:05,439 So you say you were left these stamps. 1153 01:14:05,440 --> 01:14:08,599 Yeah. That's right. By whom? 1154 01:14:08,600 --> 01:14:12,079 Mrs Jennings. Katherine Jennings. 1155 01:14:12,080 --> 01:14:15,760 She was an old lady I was a live-in carer for in Spain. 1156 01:14:17,440 --> 01:14:19,679 And where are they now? They're... 1157 01:14:19,680 --> 01:14:21,640 they're safe. 1158 01:14:24,160 --> 01:14:26,200 You believe her? Not really. 1159 01:14:27,680 --> 01:14:30,599 But whatever else she's lying about, I do believe she's frightened. 1160 01:14:30,600 --> 01:14:32,759 There's no way she would come and see us 1161 01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:35,639 unless she was genuinely scared for her mother's life. 1162 01:14:35,640 --> 01:14:39,599 But she's lying about where she came by the stamps. Almost certainly. 1163 01:14:39,600 --> 01:14:41,439 Ronnie was already seeing Lorraine 1164 01:14:41,440 --> 01:14:43,799 by the time Joanna came into her inheritance. 1165 01:14:43,800 --> 01:14:46,399 So Ronnie rids himself of Joanna, and then ends up with the money, 1166 01:14:46,400 --> 01:14:48,639 and Lorraine into the bargain. 1167 01:14:48,640 --> 01:14:52,159 Further down the line, he fakes his own death to escape his creditors 1168 01:14:52,160 --> 01:14:54,239 and then cashes in on his life insurance. 1169 01:14:54,240 --> 01:14:57,159 Which Lorraine collects and converts into stamps. 1170 01:14:57,160 --> 01:15:01,399 And then, Lorraine fakes her death, flies under an assumed name to Spain 1171 01:15:01,400 --> 01:15:05,319 to join Ronnie and start a new life as Margaret and David Nelson. 1172 01:15:05,320 --> 01:15:07,799 And then history repeats itself. 1173 01:15:07,800 --> 01:15:10,799 Ronnie meets Abby, the next thing you know, 1174 01:15:10,800 --> 01:15:14,119 Lorraine's in the boot of a car in a pond in France. 1175 01:15:14,120 --> 01:15:18,839 And the stamps? Well, I think she's twisting the story a little bit. 1176 01:15:18,840 --> 01:15:21,679 So Ronnie gets in touch with his old mate Skebbs 1177 01:15:21,680 --> 01:15:23,759 with a view to selling the stamps. 1178 01:15:23,760 --> 01:15:26,199 And Skebbs rips him off by replacing the real ones with fake. 1179 01:15:26,200 --> 01:15:28,399 And Ronnie sends in Abby to get them back, 1180 01:15:28,400 --> 01:15:30,759 and, well, the rest goes down pretty much the way she said. 1181 01:15:30,760 --> 01:15:32,999 Yeah, but we'll get to the bottom of it. 1182 01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:37,519 But right now, our priority is getting Abby's mum back alive. 1183 01:15:37,520 --> 01:15:39,279 And on that score, all we can do 1184 01:15:39,280 --> 01:15:41,600 is wait for Skebbs to make his next move. 1185 01:15:49,800 --> 01:15:51,839 Ma'am. 1186 01:15:51,840 --> 01:15:55,879 Abby Morton, Katherine Jennings, is currently sitting in a hotel, 1187 01:15:55,880 --> 01:15:58,199 awaiting instructions from Skebbs 1188 01:15:58,200 --> 01:16:01,199 for the handover of the stamps and her mother. 1189 01:16:01,200 --> 01:16:04,880 I'd like Cassian on the team. In an observational capacity. 1190 01:16:06,440 --> 01:16:09,200 The man has tried to suggest I murdered my wife. 1191 01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:14,639 That's an observation. Cassian is an experienced hostage negotiator. 1192 01:16:14,640 --> 01:16:18,239 I'd like Skebbs taken alive, with no loss of life, 1193 01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:21,759 and no major injury to any of my officers or members of the public. 1194 01:16:21,760 --> 01:16:23,560 PHONE BUZZES 1195 01:16:25,720 --> 01:16:27,360 It's her. 1196 01:16:49,800 --> 01:16:51,759 I should probably clear the air. 1197 01:16:51,760 --> 01:16:54,679 You should probably clear your desk. I was trying to help. 1198 01:16:54,680 --> 01:16:56,959 And what did you find, Cassian? 1199 01:16:56,960 --> 01:16:59,719 In your search of my house and garden. 1200 01:16:59,720 --> 01:17:01,239 Nothing. 1201 01:17:01,240 --> 01:17:03,360 No. And do you know why? 1202 01:17:04,720 --> 01:17:07,040 Because I didn't murder my wife. 1203 01:17:10,680 --> 01:17:12,399 BEEPING 1204 01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:13,799 ABBY: 'Yeah.' 1205 01:17:13,800 --> 01:17:16,119 RICKY: 'You're late.' I missed the turn-off. 1206 01:17:16,120 --> 01:17:18,279 Where do you want me to go? 1207 01:17:18,280 --> 01:17:22,719 'Take a left at the top and a right after the barn.' 'Where's my mum?' 1208 01:17:22,720 --> 01:17:26,640 'Safe enough. But I swear, if I see anybody besides you, she's dead.' 1209 01:17:29,800 --> 01:17:31,920 INDICATOR TICKING 1210 01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:43,960 You're not following her? You heard him. 1211 01:18:06,240 --> 01:18:09,440 Where's my mum? Where's the stamps? 1212 01:18:18,600 --> 01:18:21,600 I want to see my mum. Just give me the stamps, Abby. 1213 01:18:27,280 --> 01:18:28,640 Argh! 1214 01:18:30,960 --> 01:18:33,119 Shit. What's she doing? Mum? 1215 01:18:33,120 --> 01:18:35,759 MUM: Abby? Abby! Mum? 1216 01:18:35,760 --> 01:18:38,160 Abby, help me! Go! Glen! Go! 1217 01:18:46,560 --> 01:18:50,240 Abby! Abby! Help me! Please stop! Mum! 1218 01:18:52,600 --> 01:18:54,760 Please stop the van! 1219 01:18:56,720 --> 01:18:58,919 GRUNTING 1220 01:18:58,920 --> 01:19:00,800 SCREAMING 1221 01:19:05,640 --> 01:19:07,120 Mum! 1222 01:19:13,960 --> 01:19:15,920 REVVING 1223 01:19:23,200 --> 01:19:25,559 SIREN 1224 01:19:25,560 --> 01:19:27,479 SHOUTING 1225 01:19:27,480 --> 01:19:29,879 Give me your hands, give me your hands. 1226 01:19:29,880 --> 01:19:32,079 MUM WHIMPERS 1227 01:19:32,080 --> 01:19:35,519 We're going to get out 1228 01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:37,639 It's all right. Don't let go. 1229 01:19:37,640 --> 01:19:39,760 I just need you to follow me out. Mum, Please. 1230 01:19:43,920 --> 01:19:46,320 Get in the van! Give it some extra weight! 1231 01:19:49,080 --> 01:19:51,200 Lean on it! Lean on it! 1232 01:19:52,480 --> 01:19:53,839 More gas! 1233 01:19:53,840 --> 01:19:56,079 MUM: Oh, God! Hold on. 1234 01:19:56,080 --> 01:20:00,320 Mum. Mum, come on, we need to go. Gonna fall. 1235 01:20:01,440 --> 01:20:03,199 No! 1236 01:20:03,200 --> 01:20:05,079 Give me your hand. 1237 01:20:05,080 --> 01:20:07,039 REVVING 1238 01:20:07,040 --> 01:20:08,840 Floor it! 1239 01:20:10,160 --> 01:20:12,079 Mind out, mind out. 1240 01:20:12,080 --> 01:20:14,520 More weight! Put your weight on it. I am trying. Go, go! 1241 01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:22,800 Cassian, no, it won't take your weight! 1242 01:20:26,320 --> 01:20:28,439 Come on. Come on! 1243 01:20:28,440 --> 01:20:30,200 I've got you! 1244 01:20:52,400 --> 01:20:55,159 Roy! Help! Give me your hand! 1245 01:20:55,160 --> 01:20:57,240 Give me your hand! 1246 01:21:00,000 --> 01:21:01,360 GRUNTING 1247 01:21:13,480 --> 01:21:15,880 Push! Push! 1248 01:21:20,360 --> 01:21:22,640 GRINDING 1249 01:21:52,960 --> 01:21:56,199 So you think Skebbs got hold of the stamps from Ronnie Welbeck, 1250 01:21:56,200 --> 01:22:00,479 then Abby Morton, in her turn, ripped off Skebbs for Ronnie? 1251 01:22:00,480 --> 01:22:02,359 Something like that. 1252 01:22:02,360 --> 01:22:04,559 So where are the stamps now? With Abby. 1253 01:22:04,560 --> 01:22:07,559 We've had them scanned and photocopied, for our records. 1254 01:22:07,560 --> 01:22:11,119 And she's agreed to produce them as an exhibit, if necessary. 1255 01:22:11,120 --> 01:22:13,359 And Hegarty is certain they're the ones 1256 01:22:13,360 --> 01:22:15,519 that he bought for Lorraine Welbeck? 1257 01:22:15,520 --> 01:22:18,599 Not so certain that he's willing to testify in a court of law. 1258 01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:20,479 None of this brings us a step closer 1259 01:22:20,480 --> 01:22:22,960 to arresting Ronnie for Joanna and Lorraine. 1260 01:22:24,920 --> 01:22:28,520 We've got two murder victims here, Roy. Two dead women. 1261 01:22:30,040 --> 01:22:33,479 Don't want us to lose sight of that fact. I haven't, Ma'am. 1262 01:22:33,480 --> 01:22:35,560 Not for a second. 1263 01:22:36,800 --> 01:22:39,439 'What about putting more surveillance on her?' 1264 01:22:39,440 --> 01:22:41,839 I suspect that Ronnie Welbeck will have long flown the coop 1265 01:22:41,840 --> 01:22:43,239 from wherever he's been holed up. 1266 01:22:43,240 --> 01:22:46,159 He'll have seen online that we've found the remains of his wives. 1267 01:22:46,160 --> 01:22:49,280 He wouldn't risk coming back here. Abby'll go and meet him somewhere? 1268 01:22:50,360 --> 01:22:51,799 Put out an "all ports". 1269 01:22:51,800 --> 01:22:54,719 She buys a ticket, or someone matching her description 1270 01:22:54,720 --> 01:22:57,720 turns up at passport control, hopefully she'll lead us to him. 1271 01:23:11,640 --> 01:23:13,120 What are you trying to win? 1272 01:23:14,400 --> 01:23:17,599 "A fortnight for two at a luxury hotel in Mauritius." 1273 01:23:17,600 --> 01:23:20,039 Mum, you don't even have a passport. 1274 01:23:20,040 --> 01:23:22,079 I know, love, but you could easily 1275 01:23:22,080 --> 01:23:24,480 get me one if I needed it, couldn't you? 1276 01:23:26,520 --> 01:23:30,920 I might be losing my marbles, but I'm not as daft as I look. 1277 01:23:32,760 --> 01:23:34,959 I'd love you to get a passport. 1278 01:23:34,960 --> 01:23:36,640 I'd love you to join me. 1279 01:23:37,880 --> 01:23:39,720 Where? 1280 01:23:42,320 --> 01:23:44,400 When I get settled somewhere. 1281 01:23:52,160 --> 01:23:54,839 We won't see each other again. 1282 01:23:54,840 --> 01:23:56,999 But it's all right. 1283 01:23:57,000 --> 01:23:59,880 I'd sooner you remembered me as I was. 1284 01:24:03,840 --> 01:24:05,399 Mum... 1285 01:24:05,400 --> 01:24:10,719 If you ever decide to have children, just remember. 1286 01:24:10,720 --> 01:24:13,000 First, you give 'em roots. 1287 01:24:14,240 --> 01:24:16,040 Then you give 'em wings. 1288 01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:29,920 I love you. 1289 01:24:31,200 --> 01:24:32,920 I know. 1290 01:24:34,120 --> 01:24:35,960 ABBY SNIFFLES 1291 01:24:37,800 --> 01:24:41,880 Go on. Go quickly, don't look back. 1292 01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:13,039 So when will I see you again? 1293 01:25:13,040 --> 01:25:14,519 MAN: 'Soon.' 1294 01:25:14,520 --> 01:25:17,199 How soon is soon? 1295 01:25:17,200 --> 01:25:18,799 Dave? 1296 01:25:18,800 --> 01:25:22,079 I'll be there to meet you at the airport. 1297 01:25:22,080 --> 01:25:23,799 You got 'em? 1298 01:25:23,800 --> 01:25:26,719 Yeah. I got 'em. 1299 01:25:26,720 --> 01:25:29,600 That's my girl. Safe flight. 1300 01:25:35,880 --> 01:25:38,719 Roy, Abby Morton, AKA Katherine Jennings, 1301 01:25:38,720 --> 01:25:40,839 just checked in on a SpeedyJet's flight to Nice, 1302 01:25:40,840 --> 01:25:43,679 leaves at 3:45. Let her run. 1303 01:25:43,680 --> 01:25:45,999 'I need to know she's on the plane, 1304 01:25:46,000 --> 01:25:49,479 'and for Police Judiciaire to pick up surveillance at the other end. 1305 01:25:49,480 --> 01:25:51,480 'We need her to lead us to Ronnie.' 1306 01:26:34,120 --> 01:26:36,080 PHONE RINGS 1307 01:26:38,240 --> 01:26:39,919 Grace. 1308 01:26:39,920 --> 01:26:42,719 'I have information for you regarding Ronnie Welbeck.' 1309 01:26:42,720 --> 01:26:45,919 He'll be at Lipa Noi Airport at 11am local time, 1310 01:26:45,920 --> 01:26:50,559 waiting to meet someone off Bangkok Airways flight 271. 1311 01:26:50,560 --> 01:26:53,279 Who is this? 1312 01:26:53,280 --> 01:26:55,720 Miss Morton? 1313 01:27:07,080 --> 01:27:09,999 Flight 309 connecting through to Rio de Janeiro. 1314 01:27:10,000 --> 01:27:11,600 Put your passport in there. 1315 01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:18,079 You lost her. 1316 01:27:18,080 --> 01:27:20,119 Yes, Ma'am. 1317 01:27:20,120 --> 01:27:23,559 But Ronnie Welbeck, Dave Nelson, 1318 01:27:23,560 --> 01:27:26,919 is now awaiting extradition to the UK from Thailand 1319 01:27:26,920 --> 01:27:31,400 on suspicion of the murder of both Joanna and Lorraine Welbeck. 1320 01:27:40,200 --> 01:27:42,239 And the stamps? 1321 01:27:42,240 --> 01:27:45,559 Well, Hegarty's certain that the stuff we photocopied is all rubbish. 1322 01:27:45,560 --> 01:27:48,319 And no-one's actually reported the stamps stolen. 1323 01:27:48,320 --> 01:27:50,519 Well, couldn't the insurance companies that paid out 1324 01:27:50,520 --> 01:27:52,279 on Ronnie Welbeck's life have a claim? 1325 01:27:52,280 --> 01:27:54,559 Same problem. Chain of title. 1326 01:27:54,560 --> 01:27:57,079 Without Hegarty testifying that they are the same stamps, 1327 01:27:57,080 --> 01:27:59,159 how are they going to prove it? 1328 01:27:59,160 --> 01:28:00,760 So where do we think she is now? 1329 01:28:02,040 --> 01:28:03,959 Lying on a beach somewhere. 1330 01:28:03,960 --> 01:28:06,399 'Sipping margaritas, 1331 01:28:06,400 --> 01:28:08,560 'and grinning her head off, I suspect.' 1332 01:28:17,640 --> 01:28:19,320 Smart lady. 1333 01:28:21,200 --> 01:28:23,400 Yeah, I certainly wouldn't want to cross her. 1334 01:28:24,400 --> 01:28:26,239 On the upside, 1335 01:28:26,240 --> 01:28:29,399 I did hear a rumour from Ground Control. 1336 01:28:29,400 --> 01:28:32,759 "Pepe le Pew" has applied for a transfer. 1337 01:28:32,760 --> 01:28:35,440 That's right. Back to the Met. 1338 01:28:37,000 --> 01:28:38,480 What brought that on? 1339 01:28:40,280 --> 01:28:43,240 I think being here was pushing him over the edge. 1340 01:28:48,360 --> 01:28:50,240 THEY LAUGH 1341 01:29:00,240 --> 01:29:02,640 Subtitles by accessibility@itv.com