Midsomer Murders (1997) s21e02 Episode Script

Look! Bubbles! Okay! Okay! It's almost time for our light show.
So make sure you're ready to take photos of your little stars.
Whee! Whee! Come on, mum and dad, you can get them! What about you? Can you get them? Here goes the bubbles! Always your favorite, wasn't it? Never mind.
It'll be here anytime you want to come and see it.
Oh! Sorry! Oh! Sorry! Hello? If you'd like to take a seat.
On behalf of my fellow trustees, welcome to the Midsomer Museum of the Family.
This is one of the county's most notable collections of dolls' houses, most notable collections of dolls' houses, and we're delighted to be adding it to our existing display.
So please welcome our generous new sponsor, Alexander Beauvoisin.
Thank you, everyone.
Thank you.
Yes.
Thank you.
I'm honored to be here.
Now, you might be thinking, he doesn't look much like a dolls' house aficionado.
You'd be right! But what I do know about is family.
These incredible miniatures were actually collected by my great-aunt Olive, by my great-aunt Olive, the founder of the Beauvoisin Estates.
She taught me to value family above everything else.
Homes are the lifeblood of any community.
They're the place we raise our children.
They're the place we make memories.
They're the place we feel safe.
And that's why it's so fitting that Beauvoisin Estates be making this donation.
And I honestly couldn't be Don't worry.
They're both safe.
I spoke to Sarah.
Can we go in yet? Yeah, firearms have just given the all-clear.
We've got 60 people, including 15 children.
Everyone we could find has been searched.
- But no weapon? - Not yet.
They've either fled or hidden the gun.
And no one saw the shooter? And no one saw the shooter? No one actually saw the gun go off, but everyone's talking about a man giving the victim a slow handclap from the back of the room beforehand.
- He's disappeared.
- See if CCTV picked him up.
We need to know who he is and where he is.
Daddy! - You're okay? - Yeah, we're fine, really.
None of us even realized.
We didn't hear a thing, did we? Yeah, we just carried on with the class.
We'll need your register.
We'll process young families first.
We'll process young families first.
- Silencer? - Could be.
What do we know about the victim? Alexander Beauvoisin, 52.
He was a local estate agent.
He'd just donated a collection of dolls' houses to the museum, apparently.
That's his girlfriend, Holly Ackroyd.
She tried to give him first aid.
Don't you start.
Don't you start.
I know.
Just initial findings.
He's dead.
Shot at fairly close range.
I'd say you're looking for a large-caliber firearm.
.
45 or bigger.
Whoever tried to help him had the sense to recognize that air was getting into the chest cavity.
They improvised a seal.
They did a decent job on packing the exit wound too.
Anything else you can tell me? Don't move house the weekend you're on call.
Didn't know you were moving.
Desperately needed more space.
Desperately needed more space.
What for? My many and varied interests.
He was shot in front of a room full of people, but nobody saw the gun go off.
See if that door will open.
Here we are.
Caught in his clothes.
It feels very light for a bullet this size.
It feels very light for a bullet this size.
It's made of wood.
I've never seen anything like it.
Sir? This house hinges at the back.
It's been left open.
And the frame's been blown out.
And the chest of drawers is singed.
I think we know where they took their shot.
Excuse me.
Sorry, it's the list you asked for.
And do be careful.
And do be careful.
Some of those pieces are extremely valuable! I'm sure they won't do any damage.
Maxine Dobson.
I'm in charge of exhibits here.
It's because they're toys, you see? People fail to show the necessary respect.
I'm D.
C.
I.
Barnaby.
This is, uh, D.
S.
Winter.
He will ensure that every care is taken.
Was there anything controversial about the event today? Any reason to target Alexander? It was a little ironic, I suppose.
Dolls' houses donated by the landlord from hell.
Dolls' houses donated by the landlord from hell.
There were issues with his tenants? I'd say.
He had dozens of houses, but not so keen on maintaining them.
A girl died thanks to a dodgy boiler.
It was in the paper.
She was a student, I think.
They've been organizing protests against him ever since.
Did you see a man give Alexander a slow handclap before the shooting? No.
But they were all talking about it downstairs.
I nipped outside for a drink as soon as I'd finished my bit.
I nipped outside for a drink as soon as I'd finished my bit.
Came back in when I heard the screaming.
I want to see the toy-shop mouse.
I know, darling, but not today.
Toy-shop mouse! Sorry, she's always been obsessed with the, uh, little toy shop you have here.
You like to spot the mouse in the basement, don't you? - I like him too.
- He's cute! That's why most of our exhibits must stay behind glass.
Come on.
This is her.
Lara Wokoma.
Died in her student flat three years ago of carbon monoxide poisoning linked to a faulty boiler.
Find out where her family are.
And we need to know who's behind those student protests as well.
Holly Ackroyd? D.
C.
I.
Barnaby, D.
S.
Winter.
Holly Ackroyd? D.
C.
I.
Barnaby, D.
S.
Winter.
I'm very sorry for what you've been through today.
We just have to ask you a few questions, and then there'll be a car ready to take you home.
Okay.
I don't know what I can tell you, though.
I was out here when it happened.
Well, when I got back in, I tried to I used my shirt, but there was just so much blood.
You did everything you could.
You must have first aid training? Oh, years ago, yeah.
When I was a holiday rep.
Can you think of anyone that'd want to hurt Alexander? Business associates? Someone from his past? Business associates? Someone from his past? Not that I can think of.
The thing is, I don't actually know that much about him.
It wasn't that kind of relationship.
What do you mean? We were having fun.
Nice restaurants, shopping.
Don't get me wrong, I liked him, but we weren't in love or anything.
You need to speak to Fiona.
- Fiona? - His wife.
Oh.
Right.
Oh, no, it was nothing like that.
They were already separated and stuff.
They were already separated and stuff.
I got a sales job with him in March, and it it kind of went from there.
And how were things with his wife? Oh, they were fighting over the house.
I stayed well out of it.
But she was in the car park with me when he was killed.
Kept giving me dirty looks.
So when she left, I went to have it out with her.
Did Alexander know anyone else here? The woman in the bird costume gave him a hug.
Jemima.
They used to work together or something? They used to work together or something? Has anything else happened recently? - Anything unusual? - Not really.
Except there was this thing this morning, with the guys who came to move the dolls' houses.
One of them, the older guy, he totally lost it.
As in actually throwing things.
I told Alex to sort it out, but he refused to even go downstairs.
I think he was afraid.
She seems genuine enough.
Assuming the wife backs up her alibi.
She was lying about that first aid training.
I don't know what 18-to-30s holiday reps are expected to do these days, but I doubt it includes the treatment of gunshot wounds.
Look into that removals firm.
Look into that removals firm.
And find out if she's ever held a firearms certificate.
I'm going to speak to Buddy Bird.
This is last Christmas.
Work party.
That was his tipsy face.
- You were close? - Oh, yes.
Yes, I ran his sales team for a decade before I did this full-time.
Were you working for him when a young woman died in one of his properties? He was devastated about that.
Okay? It wasn't his fault.
Okay? It wasn't his fault.
You'll probably hear some horrible things about Xander, you know, but he was a successful man, and it makes people jealous.
Or I don't know, what's the word? Mercenary.
Are you talking about someone in particular? Well, his wife, for one.
Doesn't do a day's work in 20 years and then suddenly thinks she's entitled to every penny in the divorce.
Were you in there with Carys when Alexander was killed? Why would I Oh, no! We used to run the soft play center together, but then we had some creative differences.
I see.
So where were Look, in fact, I've been meaning.
Look, in fact, I've been meaning to talk to the police about this because when she left, she stole some things.
Play mats, rugs.
My favorite orange bag with a monkey on it! Sorry, it's not important now.
Where were you when the gun went off? Uh, near the entrance, putting up my posters.
You know, Maxine didn't even let me tender for this job.
She just gave it to Carys.
Not that I'm surprised, 'cause they're both weirdos.
Actually, have you spoken to Maxine and Carys? Because I saw them with Xander in the car park before the event, and they did not look happy.
What do you mean? What do you mean? Oh, tearing strips off him, the poor man.
I don't know what it was about, but it looked vicious.
You need to get me out of here.
We're done.
Birdbrain called.
Birdbrain called.
She loved being the one to tell me.
I'm sorry birdbrain? Jemima Starling.
Alexander's one-woman fan club.
This isn't a celebration, by the way.
It's the only thing I had to hand.
Do you mind if we sit down? Mm.
Of course.
Sorry.
So So Is he in custody? You know who shot your husband? Well, I didn't see the gun.
But it was Wesley Peters, surely.
I mean, they let him out of prison, and then within 24 hours he's standing there, eyeballing Alexander and giving him this very aggressive round of applause.
How did Alexander know him? Wesley had the maintenance contracts for his properties.
But he messed up.
A girl died.
The faulty boiler? He got five years for manslaughter, but he claimed that Alexander set him up.
But he claimed that Alexander set him up.
Wesley Peters.
I'm on it.
Did your husband have any other enemies? Um, tenants, colleagues, family of the girl who died.
Oh, and me, of course.
How long had you been separated? Six months.
I should've left as soon as the affairs started.
I should've left as soon as the affairs started.
It was humiliating.
I understand there was conflict over the house.
The day I filed for divorce, I came home to find he'd changed the locks.
Then there were all these schemes for hiding his wealth.
I gave up everything for him, but he was determined that I should leave with nothing.
So why go to his fundraiser? So why go to his fundraiser? To stand up to him.
I loved those dolls' houses.
He was giving them away to spite me.
Where were you when he was killed? Driving home.
You can ask his latest bimbo.
What do you know about.
Alexander's relationship with Holly? Enough to know that "relationship" is pushing it.
He met her at work.
He also worked with Jemima, didn't he? He also worked with Jemima, didn't he? What did you mean about her being his fan club? She's the only woman he didn't sleep with.
Poor Jemima.
She was in love with him, bless her.
And told him as much at one of their work parties.
And he laughed at her.
Which is why she quit.
Sir.
Tracked him down.
- Wesley Peters? - Yeah.
Well, give him my best, won't you? I know why you're here.
Just put that away, yeah? They've lined me up a job here starting tomorrow.
You're out on license, is that right? Since yesterday.
And your top priority when you got out was a visit to the museum? Look, I'm not denying I was there.
But I didn't kill him.
But I didn't kill him.
There must be a whole room full of people who can tell you that.
So why did you run? I panicked.
I wasn't there to do anything.
I just wanted to see the look on his face.
What do you mean? Last time he saw me, I weighed nine stone and I couldn't stand up for myself.
I needed him to know that's changed.
You believe Alexander framed you for the manslaughter of Lara Wokoma.
I know he did, 'cause I never signed off on that boiler.
I know he did, 'cause I never signed off on that boiler.
He sent some kid 'round to patch it up, then faked the certificate.
Some kid? Nicco Dearden.
He was only 18.
Came 'round asking for odd-job work.
Obviously to fund a habit.
You could tell by looking at him.
But he was cheaper than me, and that's what mattered.
But you couldn't prove it? It was Alexander's word against mine, and he had the better lawyers.
So that's it.
Two and a half years of my life, written off.
Two and a half years of my life, written off.
And what about Lara's family? Did they blame Alexander? You'd have to ask them.
But I know what I would do if it was my daughter.
You can't really do it in a suit.
Clear motive.
But if you're about to shoot someone, why draw attention to yourself like that? It could've been a tactic to create an alibi for himself.
He knew someone else was about to do it? It's possible.
Find out who he was friendly with in prison.
And go back through the statements and see if anyone actually had eyes on Wesley Peters when the gun went off.
Raaaargh! Raaaargh! Sorry I'm late.
Sorry if I smell.
How's the new place? No hot water, and I can't find the kettle.
Ah.
Well, let me know if I can help.
There's a pile of flat-pack furniture with your name on it.
You're not moving too, are you? Oh, they're persons of interest.
The Wokomas? They're good lads.
- You know them? - They did my move last time.
- You know them? - They did my move last time.
Much better than the cowboys I used this time 'round.
It was incredibly sad.
The daughter was helping to earn some money for college, then a few months later, I found myself performing her autopsy.
- Any luck? - Yeah.
The museum paid them to move the collection yesterday morning.
They've had a rough time.
The mother died a few years ago, then Lara.
Don't go upsetting them.
I can be sensitive.
What? I can.
Right.
Right.
He was in good health.
A little alcohol in his system, but no trace of narcotics or other medication.
Cause of death was exsanguination, the bullet having severed the right coronary artery.
Have you found the gun? No, it wasn't at the scene.
Well, I spoke to a colleague in ballistics, and this is what you're looking for.
The 1917 Lundberg.
It's a Swedish semiautomatic designed to fire a lightweight wooden bullet.
Fewer than a thousand ever produced.
There was one other thing.
The lab ran tests on some marks inside the dolls' house.
The lab ran tests on some marks inside the dolls' house.
It's human blood, mixed in with gunshot residue.
I'm waiting to hear if it matches anyone in the system.
Thanks.
Anything else? Not for now.
Just let me know when you're ready.
For what? That flat-pack.
I know you were only offering to be polite, but that's not my problem, is it? Dad.
Police.
At last.
The phone's been ringing off the hook with the good news.
I'm very sorry about what happened to your daughter.
He wasn't.
You know he never even made contact with us? So worried about saving his own skin, couldn't say sorry to a grieving family.
I do need to ask this, I'm afraid I do need to ask this, I'm afraid Where were you both at around 5:00 p.
m.
yesterday? I understand why you need to ask us.
Hopefully you'll understand why we're not gonna tell you.
You're refusing to provide an alibi? That's right.
- I know you're angry - No comment.
You do realize the implications of No comment.
Okay.
What about yesterday morning? Were you employed by the museum to move a dolls' house collection from the victim's home? From the victim's home? - No comment.
- Dad! They obviously know that we were.
I didn't realize whose house it was.
Then when I saw the family photos, I had to get out of there.
Where did you go? No comment.
Uh, he was with me.
Last night he was at home with me.
Uh, 5:00 p.
m.
, we were playing video games together.
Uh, 5:00 p.
m.
, we were playing video games together.
Thank you for telling me.
After everything with Lara, he's not good with the police.
Uh, there was something else, actually.
When we were packing up the dolls' houses, Alexander was shouting upstairs.
And then the woman who lived there was crying.
Did you recognize her? Blond hair.
Called her a thief.
Did you hear anything else? No, that was it.
I'd better get back to work.
I'd better get back to work.
What did you say to them? I told you not to come here.
Oh, I've got information for mature students if you're interested.
Do I look like a ma Never mind.
Erin Turner? Oh.
Yeah, hi.
I need to talk to you about the murder of Alexander Beauvoisin.
It's true, then? He was killed at the museum yesterday.
You were running a campaign against him, is that right? Not just him.
All landlords that fail in their duty of care.
The focus was Alexander, though.
The focus was Alexander, though.
You've heard about the girl who died? I was her best mate.
Tell me about the protest you organized at the museum yesterday? We wanted to challenge his "pillar of the community" act.
I mean, it was sick Donating these tiny houses when his real properties, lived in by real people, are damp and unsafe.
So why cancel it? Not enough interest.
Exam term.
Did you go anywhere near the museum at 5:00 p.
m.
yesterday? No, I went to Lara's grave with her brother.
No, I went to Lara's grave with her brother.
We always take flowers around her birthday.
Are you sure you were there at 5:00 p.
m.
? Positive.
I was supposed to have swim training, but I missed it.
Because I just spoke to my boss, and Finn's saying that he was at home with his father at that time.
Then he's confused.
Did you drive there? Maybe we can trace your car? We walked along the canal.
Look, Finn's been upset, so he must have it wrong, because he was definitely with me at 5:00.
Oh.
Uh, thank you.
5:02 Alexander comes onstage, and Maxine Dobson leaves by this exit here.
And Maxine Dobson leaves by this exit here.
Then this must be the moment that Wesley Peters does his slow handclap.
I went back through the statements.
Plenty of people saw him, but no one remembers specifically where he was when the gun went off.
And there's Fiona Beauvoisin and Holly Ackroyd leaving, which backs up their account.
Did anything come back on Holly? No.
No criminal record or firearms license.
She's not on social media, which is a bit odd.
Well, I'm not.
Yeah, I know, but you're, you know Yeah, I know, but you're, you know Above all that.
I am indeed.
Where are we with the banking records and digital forensics? They're still going through his computer, but he was moving a lot of money around.
You know the old school building behind the church? He sold that to Jemima Starling and Carys Nicholson for 70 grand.
70? Yeah, I spoke to an estate agent.
It's worth at least 600.
Well, perhaps his wife was right He was getting assets off the balance sheet.
Any luck tracing Finn Wokoma and Erin Turner's movements? Any luck tracing Finn Wokoma and Erin Turner's movements? We're trying to get CCTV from the streets near the cemetery.
Good, because Finn can't have been in both places at once, can he? And what about Alexander's tenants? Have uniform spoken to them yet? Yeah.
Three separate people mentioned Maxine Dobson.
She rents the toy shop from him, and they've been seen in public, arguing.
Well, let's have another chat with her.
Update from forensics.
They've found a purple thread in the dolls' house.
They've found a purple thread in the dolls' house.
They think it came from a synthetic feather.
You need to stop.
Erin, please! I said no.
It's incredible.
The level of detail on this stuff.
Mm, that's why she has a two-year waiting list.
Mm, that's why she has a two-year waiting list.
Everything she makes is a perfect reproduction.
And this one's going to a collector in Tokyo.
Oh.
Do you run this place together? Um, sort of.
I'm her lodger, but I've always helped out.
I'll I'll go and get her.
Oh, I I need to talk to you too.
Oh.
Yeah, sure.
You used to run a soft play center with Jemima Starling? You used to run a soft play center with Jemima Starling? Yeah.
Never go into business with your quirky friend.
They might just turn out to be your insane friend.
So who owns it now? Oh, still both of us.
She's gonna buy me out.
Has she been accusing me of stealing? Because every item I removed is something I paid for.
That's not why I'm asking.
I wanted to know why Alexander let you buy the building at such a discount.
I don't know.
I mean, Jemima set it all up.
She said it was okay.
She said it was okay.
Have we done something illegal? Um, I'm not sure yet.
I understand Maxine rents this place from Alexander and that there were, uh, disagreements between them? She's been here 35 years.
He was trying to bully her out so he could sell the place.
A witness saw you and Maxine arguing with Alexander in the museum car park shortly before he was killed.
Yeah, because it was getting ridiculous.
He actually paid someone to stand outside the shop scaring customers away.
- He admitted to this? - Yeah, he was proud of it.
- He admitted to this? - Yeah, he was proud of it.
Look, when you speak to Maxine, she's not She doesn't find things easy socially.
Through here? - Yeah.
- I'll be fine.
Thank you.
She must think this place is soundproof.
I'm not some delicate flower.
Ask me whatever you like.
The argument you had with Alexander I won't apologize for standing up to him.
His great-aunt Olive promised me a lifetime's tenancy.
She was a collector, you see? She appreciated the craft.
She was a collector, you see? She appreciated the craft.
I can see why.
And that's this place, is it? - Like the one in the museum.
- Aah! It's not finished yet.
Carys said you have a long waiting list for commissions? And they can wait.
This one's for me.
Why didn't you tell me that you argued with Alexander less than an hour before he died? I said quite clearly he had a long list of tenants who hated him.
He had a long list of tenants who hated him.
You just neglected to mention that you were on that list? It didn't seem relevant to me.
Then again, I know I didn't shoot him.
You said in your statement that you were outside when the gun went off, getting a drink.
Why did you need to leave the room to get a drink? There was a table full of prosecco in there.
Do I strike you as a prosecco drinker? I had a hip flask of single malt.
Maxine, you do understand the seriousness of this? Maxine, you do understand the seriousness of this? A man you had a public feud with is dead, and you haven't been able to provide us with an alibi.
I can't alter the facts.
If you find some evidence against me, I'm sure you'll tell me.
But until then Yay! Give yourselves a big round of applause! Well done, everyone! See you next week! A feather? But I never even set foot in that hall.
But I never even set foot in that hall.
This costume is my entire livelihood.
Yeah, well, you'll get it back.
Oh, well, obviously I don't have a choice.
No, I had a few questions first.
Alexander gave you this building at a very good price, didn't he? Yeah, it was a gift.
For years of loyalty.
And it wasn't part of his divorce proceedings? What do you mean? Well, he sells you this building at a huge discount, reducing the value of his assets on paper, and then you sell it back to him further down the line.
It's a nice idea, but no.
If that were the case, his death means that.
If that were the case, his death means that all this is yours to keep.
You're half a million pounds up.
You're wasting your time! Have you spoken to Maxine? Because I've remembered something.
When I saw Xander arguing with her outside, he said he knew all about her "little side project.
" And that seemed to shut her up.
Did you hear anything else? No.
Perhaps I should've stayed.
Oh, God.
Were you in love with Alexander? No! So you didn't tell him you were in love with him at a work party before he rejected you? Mm.
Fiona.
Mm.
Fiona.
Of course.
You know, our friendship really got to her.
So you didn't? Well, I might have said something, maybe a bit like that, you know, when I was drunk.
Like, you know, "You're the best, you are! I love you!" But I didn't kill him out of a crime of passion.
I didn't kill him for the money.
I didn't kill him! I didn't kill him! Yeah, I'm on my way back now.
I've been talking to Alexander's solicitor.
She says Fiona Beauvoisin offered her a bribe last month for information on his finances and whether he'd changed his will.
And did he? Not yet.
But he intended to.
- Hello, stranger! - Oh, hello yourself.
- You all right? - Fantastic.
The day is finally here.
Ms.
Perkins! Ms.
Perkins! To what do we owe the pleasure? They're coming home to mama! Thank God.
They've been pining away.
Breaks my heart to see it.
We We had a visit from the police this morning about Lara's landlord.
You're not working on that case, are you? You know I can't get into that.
No.
Of course.
I shouldn't have put you on the spot, should I? Well, the kettle's on if you have time.
Biscuits? What do you think I am? Just figuring out what he's sold.
Or what other people have been helping themselves to.
D.
S.
Winter, I wonder if you could speak to Holly, outside? Good idea! I've been in contact with Alexander's solicitor.
Very loyal, isn't she? In that she refused your bribe? When the person you're divorcing plays dirty, you have to play even dirtier.
You believed he was concealing his wealth.
Financially, you come away with more as his widow than as his ex-wife.
I don't see how this has any relevance, given I have an alibi.
I was outside the building with Holly when the gun went off.
I'm not suggesting you pulled the trigger.
I imagine you're more of a delegator.
Oh, you think I paid someone else to do it? What a fertile imagination.
What a fertile imagination.
I wouldn't even call it a row.
I guess it sounded bad to the removal guys, but it was like two seconds.
What was it about? Oh, he couldn't find his cufflinks.
And, well, no offense, but he's a man, so straightaway he thinks I've tidied them away or something.
Did he accuse you of stealing them? Not seriously.
We thought they might've gone in the break-in.
What break-in? Last week.
Well, they got in through that window.
Sir? Was anything taken? Well, not that we could see.
I think we disturbed them.
We've tried to fix it, but it's still a bit loose.
- Everything okay? - They had a break-in.
- When was it exactly? - Uh, last Thursday night.
I thought Alexander reported it.
No, nothing was reported.
Run prints and DNA.
We might still get something.
Are those your suitcases in there? Well, I can't exactly stay here, can I? I need you to remain in the area.
I don't really have anywhere.
I don't really have anywhere.
I was gonna see friends in Leeds.
She can stay here a few more nights if necessary.
It's Alexander I'm angry with.
Hello, girls! I've missed you.
Fleur Perkins.
Wokoma? Familial match? Are absolutely sure? Everything all right? Sarah said it was urgent.
The lab called about those blood particles in the dolls' house.
We're looking at Samuel or Finn.
I see.
Bear in mind, though, the blood could've been there before the shot was fired.
I saw Samuel today, and he said they packaged up the collection, so there's every possibility Have you been talking to the Wokomas about the case? Of course not.
It certainly sounds like you have.
It certainly sounds like you have.
I went to collect my stuff from storage, and he mentioned packing up the dolls' houses.
That's all.
Okay.
Let's be crystal clear.
I would never, under any circumstances, discuss evidence with a suspect.
I'm sorry.
Genuinely.
Apology grudgingly accepted.
Provided you make it up to me one bookcase at a time.
Looking good.
Well, it says in the instructions that this bit requires two people, actually.
You're doing a sterling job.
You're doing a sterling job.
I need to show Gladys and Brenda a bit of love.
My girls! We've been apart for far too long.
We've been apart for far too long.
A biker gang? They call themselves the Ladies of Leather.
She did a road trip across Romania with them last summer.
Right.
Well, in other news, the prison got back to me.
They sent through a list of Wesley Peters' main associates.
Anyone we should be looking at? Well, not on the inside.
But the visitors' log's interesting.
Samuel Wokoma visited over a dozen times.
And Carys Nicholson was a regular visitor too.
And Carys Nicholson was a regular visitor too.
The guards think that she was Wesley Peters' girlfriend.
We'd been seeing each other three months when he went to prison.
So, what happened? Well, we tried to keep things going, but prison changed him.
Actually, not even prison.
It was the guilty verdict.
He just couldn't get past it.
He talked about Alexander a lot? Wouldn't you in his situation? He turned up at the museum on Saturday afternoon.
Did you know that? Did you know that? What was he doing at the museum? - So you didn't see him? - No.
My class started at 4:30, and I was setting up before that.
- Carys? Hi! - I'll be with you in a minute.
I'm gonna have to go.
What's your relationship with Wesley now? Don't have one.
Broke up six months ago.
So you're not in contact with him at all? Like I said, he's changed.
Hi there.
Are you okay? Yeah, good, good.
Yeah, I've just got here myself.
I was taking the little furniture out to bubble-wrap it, and I caught my hand.
If there's blood in there, it's mine, not his.
Will you consent to a DNA test? Have you got a warrant? No? Well, feel free to come back when you have.
Why were you visiting Wesley Peters in prison? He asked me to.
He wanted to give me his side of the story.
And you believed it? I believe that Alexander set him up, yeah.
Paid some waster to patch up the boiler for 20 quid.
Nicco someone.
Nicco someone.
My Lara wasn't even worth the price of a proper service.
Are you ready to tell me where you were at 5:00 on Saturday? Because Finn here says you were at home with him.
Well, if that's what he says.
Only, Finn's friend Erin says that they were visiting Lara's grave together at that time.
We went to the grave earlier, but I was home by 5:00.
I'm told she was very confident about the timings.
People don't have perfect memories, do they? Erin's got it wrong.
Shh, shh.
Shh, shh, shh.
Shh, shh, shh.
Hush, hush.
It's okay.
It's okay.
They're still going through Alexander's computers, but look at this.
Hi, Lara! Look who I found.
It's Nicco, the handy handyman.
It's Nicco, the handy handyman.
- Say hello.
- Hello, Lara! Nicco.
Send it Alexander sent this to Erin on Wednesday night with this two-word e-mail.
"Let's talk.
" Then, on Friday morning, she canceled the protest.
Didn't Wesley claim it was someone called Nicco Dearden who messed up the boiler? Exactly.
Erin seems pretty pally with him.
Doesn't she? And door-to-door turned up something interesting on her too.
Guess who Alexander's neighbor saw near the house.
Guess who Alexander's neighbor saw near the house on the night of the break-in.
It's old, from when I was a first-year.
I don't do that stuff anymore.
- Drugs? - Yeah.
He said I could cancel the protest, or he'd post it online.
I couldn't let that happen.
I'm trying to get into politics.
I wouldn't worry.
They seem to get away with most things these days.
I'd be more concerned with the breaking and entering.
What? Alexander's house.
We have a witness.
Alexander's house.
We have a witness.
I didn't take anything.
So, what were you doing? I wanted the phone.
I canceled the protest, but I didn't trust him to delete the video.
You thought getting rid of the phone would get rid of the video? Because even I know it's too late once it's been e-mailed.
It wasn't just the video.
There were pictures.
Later that night, we I let Nicco take photos of me.
I wasn't sure if he deleted them.
This boy, Nicco, he was a friend of yours? This boy, Nicco, he was a friend of yours? Not really.
He was just someone I bumped into when we went out.
- So where is he now? - We lost touch.
He went too far with the drugs and stealing to pay for them.
It was a bit much.
Finn isn't backing up your alibi.
He's still saying that he was at home with his father.
I'm sure he thinks he's telling the truth, but he's got it wrong.
No.
This isn't a misunderstanding.
One of you is lying.
One of you is lying.
And I'm going to find out who.
Good night.
Yeah, good night.
Ah, thanks.
Perhaps we'll manage dinner at home tomorrow.
Oh, look at this.
Erin posted a photo of flowers at Lara's grave on Saturday.
- Is Finn in it? - No.
And anyway, we don't know when the picture was actually taken.
And anyway, we don't know when the picture was actually taken.
Oh! Forensics called when I was on my way back from getting these.
The purple thread found in the dolls' house is a match for Jemima's costume.
Really? The lights were still on in the soft play center as I drove past just now.
It's too late to go and talk to her, isn't it? Come on, leave that.
It'll stay warm.
We must've just missed her.
We must've just missed her.
Car's still there.
It's been forced.
Well, go on.
Perks of being younger and slimmer.
- Anyone in here? - I'm not sure.
I'll try and find some lights.
Jemima? See how the cut begins high on the side of the neck? That suggests an attack from behind.
There's dirt in the wound, presumably transferred there by the knife.
What sort of time scale are we looking at? Rigor has hardly set in.
She's not been dead three hours.
- Any sign of her phone? - No.
We did find a diary in her bag, though.
The evidence room released her costume back to her at 10 past 4:00.
And then she had a children's party over near Aspern Tallow at 6:00.
- Do we know if she made it? - I spoke to the parents.
They texted to cancel the party because their daughter was feeling unwell, but Jemima turned up anyway.
Apparently, she was angry and then left just after 6:00.
Find out if any of the traffic cameras picked up her car.
Have you seen that? Yeah, the one by the main entrance is smashed in too.
With any luck, the tech team will be able to retrieve.
With any luck, the tech team will be able to retrieve some of the last footage.
If Carys knows the passwords, that's probably quicker.
See if you can track her down.
Hold on.
Look at this.
Green paint.
It's under the elbows, and there are these vertical stains at the front.
That's the exact color the Wokomas were painting the fence at the storage unit.
The cameras are for child protection, so they don't record when the center's closed.
Yeah, there you go.
It stops at 6:00 p.
m.
Yeah, there you go.
It stops at 6:00 p.
m.
Oh, my God.
Sorry.
Sorry.
How long had you known her? Um, couple of years.
I was having a difficult time after my mum died.
I was her carer.
It all got a bit too much.
I started helping out at the toy shop, and Jemima was one of our regulars.
And Jemima was one of our regulars.
She made me laugh.
So, what happened between you? Squabbles about this place.
Uh, I think if we hadn't tried to work together, things would've been fine.
Can you think of anyone that would want to hurt her? She was harmless.
We came across this.
Our insurance? Jemima's death means that you inherit this entire place.
Jemima's death means that you inherit this entire place with the mortgage paid off.
Right.
Well, that's news to me.
Jemima set it all up.
It leaves you very comfortable.
You and Wesley.
What's Wesley got to do with it? You're not in a relationship with him? No, I've told you.
I saw you together on the doorstep less than an hour ago.
We're not together.
We're just sort of figuring things out.
Where were you this evening between 6:00 and 9:00? I was at home with Maxine.
Yeah, Wesley did come 'round.
That was about 9:00.
Yeah, Wesley did come 'round.
That was about 9:00.
But listen to me I did not hurt Jemima.
She was my friend.
Morning, sir.
Yeah.
Yeah, she was here.
There are marks in the fresh paint and a purple feather.
I think she was leaning against the fence.
What can you see from there? What can you see from there? Uh, just the first rows of containers.
I'll free up some manpower.
We'll get those searched.
You think the Wokomas will cooperate with that? They won't have a choice.
We'll just turn up there with a warrant.
- Sorry.
- That's okay.
I had a closer look at the cut.
And from the shape and depth, I think it was made with a fairly small blade.
I think it was made with a fairly small blade.
- How small? - Penknife maybe? It definitely wasn't the best tool for the job.
More like they grabbed whatever was to hand.
And what about the dirt in the wound? - It's cement dust.
- Introduced by the knife? Exactly.
There's quite a lot of it.
My guess would be that the knife was used to open a bag of cement.
Any chance of narrowing down the brand of cement? We're working on it.
I'll let you know if there's anything else.
Thanks.
What? You're not into this stuff too, are you? Ah.
Came across it in the move.
I thought it could be a useful teaching aid.
See? I can re-create crime scenes.
I have increasing reservations about you.
I'd listen to that instinct.
The phone masts put her near the house where they canceled the party at 6:00 p.
m.
where they canceled the party at 6:00 p.
m.
Then she's picked up again by the mast near the Wokoma storage facility at 6:40.
She's not renting a unit.
Not under her own name, anyway.
So, what was she doing there? It's in the middle of nowhere.
I spoke to the company that provide their security, and they stopped the contract in April because Samuel kept missing payments.
The cameras are just empty boxes.
I bet their customers don't know that.
Okay.
We have to treat the murders of Alexander and Jemima as related until we can prove otherwise.
Until we can prove otherwise.
Who benefits from both deaths? Mm, Carys inherits the building from Jemima.
And with Alexander dead, she doesn't have to give it back.
That would all be premeditated, though.
Now, Alexander's death seems planned, but it looks like Jemima was killed in a panic.
I think she witnessed something either at the museum or at the storage facility.
But why didn't she tell us? Well, perhaps she didn't realize its significance.
Or perhaps she was afraid.
Or perhaps she was afraid.
A member of the public reported a female swimmer disposing of something in the reservoir.
They think it's a gun.
Erin? - Do you know why we're here? - No.
Open your rucksack, please.
Why? We have reason to believe you have just disposed of a murder weapon.
- What? - You were seen, Erin.
We know exactly where you dropped the gun.
There's a dive team on its way.
No.
You've got this wrong.
Well, in that case, there won't be a scrap of your DNA on it, will there? It's calm water.
Don't assume it'll just wash away.
I haven't killed anyone.
Please! Finn thinks his dad's done something really stupid.
He found a gun in the office.
He found a gun in the office.
He was afraid you were watching him, so he got me to swim out with it.
Is Finn here now? Ah-ah-ah-ah! Think very carefully about what you do next.
I'm sorry.
I had to.
Where was your father on Saturday afternoon when Alexander was killed? I don't know.
But he wasn't with you.
You went to Lara's grave.
Was your dad at home when you got back? Was your dad at home when you got back? He didn't get in till midnight.
Then he was upset.
He's been drinking a bit since since Lara died.
Look, I was just being paranoid, okay? He wouldn't do anything like this.
He had a gun? We found them in house clearances.
He used to hand them in, but sometimes he he doesn't.
And he keeps them in the office? Yeah.
He always changes the code to the safe when he's got one.
Did your Dad ask you to lie for him, Finn? No.
No, the opposite.
He was angry when I spoke to you.
Did he ask you to get rid of the gun? He didn't ask me to do any of this, okay? I just He didn't ask me to do any of this, okay? I just I panicked, Erin, didn't I? But I'm sure it was all in my head.
I don't know what to say.
I'm sorry Finn thinks I'm capable of that.
But I've never fired that gun.
Do you have any more weapons in your possession? No.
I need you to open your safe, please.
I just pass them on to a gunsmith.
I just pass them on to a gunsmith.
That's still illegal.
Well, what am I meant to do? We're still covering the costs of the civil case.
W-We're drowning in it.
Do you recognize this woman? Who is she? Jemima Starling, friend of Alexander's.
She was murdered yesterday.
Sounds like she should've chosen her friends more carefully.
She was here last night.
Any idea why? She was here last night.
Any idea why? Like I said, I don't know her.
Where were you last night? I was here till about 5:00.
Then I bought dinner, went home.
I've got a supermarket receipt here somewhere, if that helps.
Thank you.
Are you ready to tell me where you were when Alexander was killed? No.
Samuel, either you're guilty or you know who's guilty or you're just wasting my time.
- Which is it? - No comment.
- Which is it? - No comment.
Sir? Sorry.
Excuse me.
The fingerprints found on the window at Alexander's house have flagged up a match in the database.
We already know who broke in.
But there were several sets of prints found on the frame.
One set were a match for a police officer dismissed for misconduct in 2016.
Dismissed for misconduct in 2016.
Sergeant Leanne Carpenter.
Or as she now calls herself, Holly Ackroyd.
Senior officer, Met firearms unit.
She's using a fake identity.
And she's a trained sniper.
Go through.
Let's go! Leanne Carpenter.
Four years in firearms before being dismissed for taking a bribe.
I'm appealing that.
And in the meantime you're what? Some sort of gun for hire? I'm a private detective.
Fiona paid me to date Alexander and find out how he was hiding their money.
Alexander was shot.
Alexander was shot.
You're a skilled markswoman, and you've been lying through your teeth.
I wanted to be straight with you after he died.
But Fiona was worried about how it would look.
She paid me to keep the Holly thing going.
I'm going to ask you again, Leanne.
Where were you when Alexander was killed? I was in the car park with Fiona.
I went out there to give her Alexander's cufflinks.
She needed things from the house to sell.
Look, she didn't pay me to kill him.
But if you told me she'd paid someone else, But if you told me she'd paid someone else, I could believe it.
What's going on? Oh, we've been having a chat with Leanne.
She's been very helpful.
I've told them everything.
It's fine.
We haven't done anything wrong.
Alexander wasn't playing fair, so I did what I had to do.
Are you aware that Jemima Starling was murdered last night? No! I mean, obviously that's awful.
Jemima was in a corridor at the museum.
Jemima was in a corridor at the museum when your husband was killed.
Did she see either of you? I don't know, but if she did, she just saw us leaving the building.
Where were you last night? I was here all afternoon and evening, as was Leanne.
So once again, your only alibi is each other.
I'd like you gentlemen to leave.
These questions are absurd! Are they? With Alexander dead, you inherit everything.
You've got exactly what you wanted.
What I wanted was a family! What I wanted was a family! I wanted a husband who liked and respected me! Who thought that I was enough! But I didn't get that.
24 years, and all I had left to fight for was a posh house.
So I fought for it! And I don't feel the need to apologize for any of that! Whoever killed Jemima didn't plan to do it with a small penknife.
They reacted in the moment because she suddenly became a threat.
Why? Maybe she put two and two together about something.
So, what did she know? It was Jemima who told us about Alexander's argument with Maxine, wasn't it? She saw them outside.
Yeah, but she didn't hear the content.
Only that Alexander referred to Maxine as having a "little side project.
" Any idea what that is? She's got the shop, the museum.
She's got the shop, the museum.
She sells her miniatures online.
Would you call any of those a little side project? This is her main seller page.
She ships all over the world.
Carys was packaging things to go to Tokyo.
Mm.
Mainly five-star reviews.
Except this one, back in March.
A collector accuses her of misselling a jack-in-the-box.
How do you do that? No spring? How do you do that? No spring? She claimed that it's a one-of-a-kind prototype from the 1930s.
But then the collector found there was one on display here.
Ah! The only example of this prototype in existence.
Half the things she's selling here are identical to the ones in these cases.
She's making and selling fake antiques.
I most certainly am not.
I most certainly am not.
Every item I sell is 100% authentic.
It's these that are the fakes.
You've been stealing the exhibits? Why not? It doesn't make a jot of difference to the visitors.
They have no respect for the collection.
Better to have replicas here and let the originals go to collectors, who appreciate them.
And Alexander found out about this? Oh, he didn't care! As long as he got his rent.
But it's your reputation.
Alexander wanted you out of that shop.
Alexander wanted you out of that shop.
Was he blackmailing you? Is that what Jemima overheard? Carys has told me what happened to that poor woman, so I know where you're going with this.
And, no, I did not commit a double murder, over a replica jack-in-the-box! 9-millimeter semiautomatic from World War II.
It's not our murder weapon.
There's definitely no way? The bullet that killed Alexander was 11-millimeter.
You couldn't even load it in this.
That doesn't let the Wokomas off the hook, though.
They have access to guns.
Perhaps Finn just got rid of the wrong one.
- Here we go.
- Have you got something? - Here we go.
- Have you got something? Whoever wiped it on the outside forgot to think about the magazine.
It's giving me a match.
Wesley Peters.
Is he a person of interest? He very much is.
Thank you.
I'm needed back at the storage units.
Call me as soon as you find Wesley Peters.
Sir.
So Wesley Peters has got a cottage.
It's in the middle of nowhere.
He's got it set up like a torture room.
Sir? That boy who Wesley blames for Lara's death.
I think we've found him.
I think we've found him.
Wesley.
Just Don't make this worse.
With this level of decomposition, we're talking a good few weeks.
Although, actually, that patch of lividity doesn't make sense with the way he's lying on his back.
- You think he's been moved? - I'd say so.
Not much sign of blowfly activity.
The most likely scenario is that the body was kept tightly wrapped in something for a period of time was kept tightly wrapped in something for a period of time and then moved here quite recently.
I'll call you once we've got him back to the mortuary.
I know how this looks.
But I swear, I was never going to use the gun.
But I swear, I was never going to use the gun.
I didn't even have ammunition.
But you admit that you brought it to the museum.
Only to frighten him.
I was gonna wind him up until he'd follow me out into the car park.
I had the van ready for him.
So your plan was to force him into the van and bring him here and then torture him on camera? I needed him to say, on tape, that he set me up.
That I never should've gone to prison.
Did Samuel Wokoma provide you with the gun? Yeah.
Yeah.
I gave it back to him the next day.
But that's all he did, okay? This was my idea.
And Nicco Dearden? What about him? His body has just been discovered in the storage facility.
That's it, then, isn't it? What do you mean? Alexander and Nicco were the only people who knew for sure I was telling the truth.
If they're dead, what chance have I got? I'm going to have to arrest him.
Let me talk to him.
It's not your job.
Fine.
Get him out of there and start grilling him.
He's going to say "no comment," isn't he? Five minutes.
The diet's going well, then? Starts tomorrow.
Yeah.
Me too.
I hear you've been digging your heels in.
Alexander Beauvoisin wasn't interested in justice for my daughter.
And now I'm expected to help get justice for him? Ha.
I can't imagine what it must've been like getting that knock at the door.
Being told your little girl was gone.
Yeah.
Thing is, Jemima has parents.
Thing is, Jemima has parents.
They're in Devon, apparently.
And a few hours ago, a family liaison officer knocked on their door.
It's just starting for them.
It's wrong that you didn't get justice for Lara.
It's very wrong.
It's very wrong.
But don't stand in the way of that for Jemima's family.
Give them this.
Tell them I got there early.
I don't understand.
When Lara was tiny, she begged and begged me to take her to a ballet A proper one where you got to dress up and all that.
A proper one where you got to dress up and all that.
I said we'd do it for her 21st birthday.
But it sounded like my worst nightmare.
She knew I was putting her off.
Then the older she got, it became like this joke between us, like, how many years till I had to deliver? She would've She would've turned 21 this week.
That's where you were on Saturday? I was sitting in a box at the Royal Opera House.
Keeping your promise.
Royal Opera House, Saturday night.
Give them a call.
Wesley planned to torture a confession out of Alexander, but he didn't kill him.
- Do you buy it? - I'm not sure.
The gun with his fingerprints on.
The gun with his fingerprints on isn't actually the murder weapon.
And if we're looking at him for Nicco too, then he was in prison.
But he could've ordered Nicco's execution from inside and then killed Alexander as soon as he was released.
So how does Jemima fit in? Nicco's key card was used at 6:38 last night, around the same time that the mast picked her phone up.
This all begins with Nicco, doesn't it? Fragment of wood in the entry wound.
That'll almost certainly be the same gun as Alexander.
That'll almost certainly be the same gun as Alexander.
But what I wanted to show you is this.
See that gray dust in his hair? It was on his clothes too.
I think it might be cement dust.
Same kind as Jemima? I've sent a sample down to the lab.
They managed to match the stuff in Jemima's throat wound with a brand called Alton Ready-Mixed.
So Nicco was buried in cement for weeks and then moved? And probably wrapped in plastic first.
There was a small piece stuck to his arm.
We need to find that burial place.
I'll leave that with you.
I'll leave that with you.
- What the? - Yes, quite.
Dr.
Perkins plans to terrorize her students with her basement of horrors.
I'm a well-respected teacher.
And his name's Clive.
We need to go back to the museum.
Maxine's making a new one of these in her workshop.
An exact replica.
Except it's not.
I'm sure the new one doesn't have that cellar.
She needs this version gone because it tells everyone.
She needs this version gone because it tells everyone that the shop she lives in has a hidden cellar.
Excuse me.
Oh! H-Hold on! You can't just come in here and And what, Maxine? Alton Ready-Mixed.
I think you need to start talking.
No? Then I will.
You had a gun.
An unusual thing Swedish.
Where did you get it? It was my grandfather's.
I never thought I'd have to use it.
We'd had these break-ins.
It made me feel safe.
You did use it, though, didn't you? You did use it, though, didn't you? I was on my own.
I heard breaking glass.
I wasn't even sure the thing was working.
He was there in the doorway.
Then, when he was lying there on the floor, I could see his face.
He was a boy.
Carys was away, so I kept the shop closed the whole weekend, and I sat there with him.
If I didn't move, it wasn't really happening.
But at some point he ended up in your cellar, covered in cement.
I thought as long as I could keep living here, I could make sure nobody went down there.
We know that Alexander was killed with the same gun.
We know that Alexander was killed with the same gun.
He started demanding access.
He He wanted to survey the whole building! Meaning your only option was to kill him? I tried everything to put him off.
There was no way to get the body out.
He was gonna find him on Sunday.
So you killed Alexander.
But then you still moved Nicco.
I'd already started digging him out of the concrete.
I couldn't live like that anymore.
I found a card to the container place in his wallet.
I found a card to the container place in his wallet.
How did you carry him on your own? It wasn't easy.
And how did you get rid of the gun? I threw it into the bushes.
And yet an entire search team have been unable to find it? Where's Carys? She had nothing to do with this! She was running one of her kiddies' classes in front of a dozen parents, including your wife! Maxine.
Where is she? Where is she? Ah.
Oh, thanks.
Sarah! Sarah! In here.
Carys is sorting Betty's birthday for us.
Can you take Betty to play in her room, please? - John? - And stay with her.
Betty, come on, darling.
Come on.
Maxine is under arrest with our colleagues.
She's saying she did it all, isn't she? That's what she'd like us to believe.
All Maxine's guilty of is being afraid.
She acted in self-defense.
Were you there when she shot Nicco? I'd been away.
When I got back, she was on the floor of her workshop.
I don't think she'd eaten for two days.
I made her some food, gave her some sleeping tablets, then I did the rest.
I got some plastic sheeting, wrapped him up, but it wasn't enough.
You buried him in concrete because he was starting to smell.
And Alexander? I tried to talk to him, believe me.
I begged him.
If there'd been any other way, but The man was a bully.
Maxine was falling apart.
So I had a choice Let her die in prison.
Let her die in prison or do something.
I was back in two minutes.
But the whole area was searched.
How did you get rid of the The balloons.
They were everywhere.
I only hurt Alexander to protect Maxine.
You still needed to move Nicco.
Wesley said how bad things were with Samuel, that he'd stopped paying for security.
So when I found Nicco's key card, I thought it could work.
But Jemima was watching.
She'd got it into her head that I'd poached some children's party booking from her, so she followed me.
She'd been going on about me stealing stuff from her, and she called me to have it out.
And she called me to have it out.
What were you doing there? Was there something in that rug? - Because it looked like - Please.
Just don't.
What have you done? I'm gonna leave now, give you some time to calm down.
I've killed my friend, and she's done nothing wrong.
I I wish I'd just I wish I'd been thinking more clearly or You were thinking clearly enough to smash the CCTV cameras.
You wanted to imply that whoever killed Jemima thought they were recording.
That whoever killed Jemima thought they were recording.
I didn't go looking for this.
I was trying to protect Maxine.
You don't understand! You keep saying you did all of this for her.
But she's just your boss.
She's not just my boss.
Jemima didn't tell you? Tell us what? How I met Maxine.
How I was sat on the edge of a motorway bridge at 5:00 a.
m.
, and I did not care.
And I did not care.
She was out walking her dog.
A complete stranger.
She took me home, gave me some food, didn't make me talk.
We just sat painting one of her little houses together.
We sat there for hours.
And I felt safe.
What's gonna happen to her? Oh, Fleur, it's just lovely! Looks like you're settled for a while now.
I think so.
It's not a bad area.
Lots of interesting work for a pathologist.
Uh, where's John? Went inside for a beer.
He's been gone quite a while, actually.
No man can resist the siren call.
No man can resist the siren call.
Look, Mummy! Oh.
The dolly must have got one of those strawberry bubble baths like you've got.
Heh.
Let's get you a drink.
This is the only way to travel.
Why did nobody tell me?! You are too old for a midlife crisis.
I'm only human! Nobody's perfect! Are they Paddy? Off we go! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Whoo! Whoo-oo-oo! Whoo! Whoo!