The Northumbria Mysteries (2026) s01e04 Episode Script
Episode 4
1
Luke, I'm a bit early because
I've got a couple of viewings,
so I picked us up some cappuccinos.
I'll open up and I'll see you
when you get there.
Luke?
HEAVY BREATHING
Catherine? What happened?
# The way I get to heaven
# The way I get to heaven
is to fall
# Forgiveness is their business
# I'll give them something
to forgive me for. #
Do you think it's ever really
possible to shut out your past?
Is it about shutting it out
or accepting it?
But what if your past
won't accept you moving on?
God gave us free will, Joe.
What we do with it
is our responsibility.
Only ours. We must own our actions.
It often stops me in my tracks
when I think that
..St Cuthbert shared this view.
This river, this wind.
It's certainly spiritual.
It's God himself.
He's all around us.
I mean, they say God
visits people, but
- ..how do you know he's doing that?
- Just by listening.
People don't listen.
They think they do, but they don't.
They hear what they're
conditioned to hear.
That's all.
Do you think he contacts everyone?
Or are some of us ignored?
When he comes, you'll know.
But listen.
MESSAGE ALER
HE CHUCKLES
The victim's wife, Catherine Wandle,
says that he didn't come home last
night and that his phone was off.
She says that's why she came in -
to see if he was here.
I asked if they'd had a fight,
but she didn't seem up for talking.
Imagine.
- Has she got keys?
- I assume so.
- You didn't ask?
His colleague, Damon Martin,
was due to open up.
He brought Luke a coffee
and found Catherine staring
at her dead husband.
Also, the fire door was open
when Damon got here.
- Did they mention if anything was
missing?
- Luke had a gold watch.
A 50th birthday present
from Catherine. That's gone.
- His phone? Wallet?
- Both here.
Forensics have taken them.
So, what do you think?
About what?
Well, was it the wife?
I mean, she found him.
She stands to get everything,
I imagine.
Just get the forensics.
Time of death,
check for CCTV in the street,
laptops, phone records - the usual,
and then we'll see what we've got.
And then we'll talk to Luke's wife,
Catherine, and Damon Martin.
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
MESSAGE ALER
Oh, for God's sake!
Did you get my text?
Yes! About a second ago.
What did you?
- How did you find me?
- Local estate agent gets killed -
- it's all over the socials. Where
else are you going to be?
- Joe
No, that's not why I'm here.
Ace is on to us.
- On to us?
- Oh, yeah. You and me.
He knows we've been hanging out
together.
- What are you talking about?
- He can't
know I've been helping the police.
- Well, you haven't. Not recently.
I'm sorry, but
- Rose.
This is serious.
I do have to go.
They're saying the only blood
at the scene was the victim's,
but there were fibres found
underneath his fingernail,
so he put up a bit of a fight.
Also, it looks like he was killed
between 8pm and 11pm last night.
- So he was there for, what,
ten hours before they walked in?
- Mm.
- Any sign of the watch?
- No.
God, nice gaff.
Looks like being a landlord
pays off.
You know what they say, don't you?
Property is robbery.
Theft. Property is theft.
I agree.
I'm afraid it's instant.
We're not coffee people.
Thanks.
You said that your husband didn't
have any real enemies as such.
No.
I mean, no more than
most businesspeople.
- How did he get on with Damon?
- They've known each other for years.
Thick as thieves.
- Who else worked for Luke?
- Just Louise, his PA.
He kept things contained.
- Can you give us her contact details?
- Of course.
Did they get on?
As far as I know.
She's quite the little mouse.
Sweet.
Wouldn't say boo to a goose.
- Is she married?
- Yes.
Nathan.
I don't really know him.
I saw your husband had been involved
in a court case recently.
Oh, yes. Frank Sullivan.
- Bloody lowlife.
- Can you elaborate?
He used to work for Luke.
He was a handyman. Builder.
He fell from a roof,
injured his head,
and claimed that, as a result,
he suffered mental health problems
- and could no longer work.
- Claimed?
The man was a lunatic
long before the fall.
He's on meds now and tried to lay
the whole thing at Luke's door.
He attempted to sue for thousands.
Luke pushed back, Frank took it
to court, and they threw it out.
- Do you have a contact for him?
- No.
We now know your husband was killed
between 8pm and 11pm,
and you found him at 8:30am.
I need to ask your whereabouts
last night.
I was at my book club.
There are seven other
bored middle-aged women
- who can testify to that.
- Why do you say "bored"?
Are you married, Detective?
No.
I'll need their contact details,
too.
Of course.
That's all for now.
Thank you for your help.
I know this must be
a terrible time for you.
We don't have children, so I stand
to get everything from the will.
I thought I'd save you time.
It doesn't look good, does it?
We'll be in touch.
What was that? Double bluff?
Didn't you say Damon was bringing
Luke a cappuccino when he found him?
- Yeah. Why?
- She just said
they don't drink coffee.
And did you notice
she didn't ask about his watch?
- What does that mean?
- We need
to track down Frank Sullivan.
Oh, and ask Louise, the PA,
to come in for a chat.
And ask her husband to join her.
Catherine wants everything
to keep going.
And, besides, I don't know
what else to do, to be honest.
- Catherine said you'd known Luke
a long time.
- Years. We go way back.
I don't know why anyone
would want to do this.
I'm sorry, I have to ask,
where were you last night?
- I was in the pub.
- Which one?
- The Crown.
- Were you with anyone?
No.
You can check with the landlord,
though. He saw me.
You must know Catherine well.
Yeah.
She didn't kill him. She couldn't.
Tell me about Frank Sullivan.
HE SIGHS
The man's an idiot.
A dangerous idiot.
- Dangerous? How?
- He's mad.
I know you're not supposed
to say that any more,
but he used to threaten Luke.
He did it a week or so ago outside
the pub. Loads of people saw it.
Luke was a good person.
People like Frank tried to
take advantage of that.
- Tell me about Louise.
- She's lovely.
Good at her job, adored Luke.
- Adored?
- Well, yeah. I mean
..they were a good team.
What's her husband like?
Nathan? He's all right.
Harmless.
Did you often buy coffees for Luke?
Erm, yeah. Why?
Catherine said
he didn't drink coffees.
She doesn't know him
as well as she thinks.
Thank you.
If you think of anything -
anything at all - just get in touch.
Still no sign of Sullivan.
He's got a record for some ABH
and stealing a phone,
so if his DNA is anywhere,
then we'll have it.
Oh, and I've sent you the CCTV
from that camera on the square.
What about Damon Martin?
He says he was drinking
in the Crown.
Call the landlord.
- Any matches to the fibres
under Luke's fingernails?
- Not yet.
I've sent you his
business statements.
Nothing really on Luke's phone.
Just texts to his wife,
funny WhatsApps to his mates -
oh, and a couple of voicemails.
One from Damon telling him
about the coffees
and one from a couple of days before
from Louise, his assistant.
Saying what?
Just something about letting her
know when he's seeing her again.
- Seeing her?!
- Yeah.
- What exactly did she say?
- She said
.."When are we seeing
each other again?"
That's a strange way to talk
to your boss, isn't it?
I mean, would you ask me when
we're seeing each other again?
- I mean
- No. You'd say "meet".
"Seeing" each other again
implies something more intimate.
She's his PA.
They must meet each other most days.
"Seeing", it feels different.
Call the landlord. The alibi.
Yes.
HE EXHALES LOUDLY
MESSAGE ALER
Oh!
Damn.
SHE SIGHS
MOBILE RINGS
MESSAGE ALER
LINE RINGS
What do you want?
I need to see you. I'm in trouble.
No! WE'RE in trouble.
- Is this the Ace thing?
- Of course
it's the Ace thing. Where are you?
Well, I'm not telling you that.
And stop texting me.
I have to go.
No, wait!
Just wait.
I just need five minutes, Rose.
SHE SIGHS
Oh, dear God.
- You didn't have to dress up.
- Five minutes, you said.
- No time for pleasantries?
- Four and a half.
I've been trying to move on,
as you know
..but Ace isn't helping.
He wants to use this.
This?!
- We all have free will, Rose.
- What are you talking about?
I'm talking about the fact that Ace
can make trouble for you, Rose.
And I mean real trouble.
And for me, if we let him.
MOBILE RINGS
Raj?
OK.
We need to get someone
at Sullivan's house.
Well, find someone.
And, by the way, I saw some weirdo
hanging around
outside the estate agents
after I saw you there.
Yeah. He looked suspicious.
People are saying
it's a robbery gone wrong.
Something about a missing
gold watch.
What were you saying about Ace
making trouble?
- You can't help yourself, can you?
- That's not true.
I am done with this.
Because we can't have Ace
having anything on us.
And that is all I wanted to say.
- Does the name Frank Sullivan
mean anything to you?
- No.
- Why?
- Oh, just we're looking for him
and I thought you could help,
but No, I-I hear you,
you're done with this.
Oh, that's five minutes.
Right, you got an address
for this Sullivan fella?
I have to say,
I was a little confused
as to why you needed to see me.
- I had nothing to do with Luke.
- It's just procedure.
How are you doing, Louise?
It must have been a hell of a shock.
It was.
- What do you know about Frank
Sullivan?
- The guy's a lunatic.
He'd be my first port of call
on this.
Louise?
Like Nathan says, he's crazy.
And he hated Luke.
Tell me about Damon.
- He and Luke were old friends,
is that right?
- Yeah. Many years.
And had you noticed anything
different between them
in recent times?
No, I don't think so.
They were close.
And what about Luke himself?
What kind of boss was he?
He was He was good.
Good?
Mm.
What are we getting to here,
Detective?
You left a voicemail for Luke
a couple of days before he died,
and in it you said, "When are
we seeing each other again?"
What did you mean?
- She's his PA. She has to see him.
- I'm asking Louise.
Like Nathan said,
I was his PA.
It's quite an intimate way
to say it, though, isn't it?
Is this why you brought me here?
To humiliate me?
Why would you be humiliated?
I'm just trying to find out
who killed Luke
and who might have motive.
Where were you both
the night of the murder?
At home with the kids.
They go to bed around nine.
We're not long after.
Can anyone else corroborate that?
We were with each other.
That's all for now.
Thank you for coming in.
- What was that about?
- I went through the CCTV.
The camera near Frank's house didn't
show much the night of the killing,
nor the one near Luke's office,
but there was a guy on both cameras
wearing a blue baseball cap and a
red Keep Calm and Carry On T-shirt,
and holding a bag.
He may have just been heading home.
I've sent you the images.
I'll have a look.
Do you think Nathan
could have killed Luke?
For sleeping with his wife?
Oh!
You're right.
She was sleeping with Luke
and Nathan knows it.
That's why you asked
to see both of them. Nice.
And Louise is scared of something.
Oh. You might make an Inspector
after all.
Erm, what about Catherine?
She found him.
And if he's schtupping
his secretary
- Which we can't prove yet.
- No.
And Catherine's alibis checked out.
Catherine and I need another chat.
And find Frank.
DOOR OPENS
HE SIGHS
INDISTINCT CHATTER
But No, no, no. Please, bruv.
I haven't slept!
I'm going to ask you to leave.
- What do you mean Yeah, because
I haven't slept, bruv!
- I can't
Don't touch me, man!
Frank.
FRANK BREATHES HEAVILY
Hey.
- Are you OK?
- Who are you?
We've been looking for you.
- You police?
- No.
Just
Just go and see DI O'Connell
and tell her Joe sent you
..before they come to you,
because they will.
Urgh!
Frank!
Frank!
There's no need for this.
- I just want to help.
- Shut up!
Frank, what are you doing?
I hated Luke.
He deserved what he got.
Thanks.
Damon bought Luke a cappuccino
the morning you found him.
And?
You said you weren't coffee people.
We're not.
He wasn't.
- Damon said he was.
- I know my husband, Detective.
What kind of husband was he?
If you're asking whether
we had a perfect marriage,
then the answer is no.
Because he
..had affairs?
How well do you know Nathan,
Louise's husband?
I told you before, not well.
So you wouldn't know
what he thought of Luke?
- Perhaps you should ask him.
- I have, but
..I'd like your opinion, too.
I'd imagine he didn't like Luke.
Because your husband was
sleeping with his wife?
- I'm sorry, but I have to ask.
- She wasn't the first.
- How did that make you feel?
- Did you check out my alibis?
We have. They confirmed your story.
So I don't see how I can be
of further assistance.
- If you don't mind
- Do you know how
much your husband was paying Damon?
Very handsomely
for a rentals negotiator.
He thought highly of him
and he's helped build the business.
Now, unless you're going to
arrest me,
I have my husband's funeral to plan.
Of course.
Thanks for the tea.
PHONE RINGS
- Ma'am?
- We need to search
Nathan and Louise's house.
- What for?
- How about a gold watch?
And I need to know more about Damon.
OK, but, listen, there's been
a robbery at the pharmacy
and CCTV clearly shows
it was Frank Sullivan.
- So find him and nick him.
- I'm on it.
JOE GROANS
Frank!
This is crazy!
You do know that, don't you?
We're going to leave.
- We?!
- Yeah. And you're
You're going to help me out of this.
- How am I going to do that, Frank?
- They think I killed him!
- And did you?
- Does it even matter?
I've got good reason
and I ain't got no alibi.
They know both those things.
If they'd given me the drugs,
none of this would have happened!
Where are we going?
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Frank, it's the police.
Look, we know you're in there.
You need to open the door
or we smash it down.
Just give yourself up, Frank.
If you didn't kill him,
you'll be OK.
I've got a hostage!
Hostage?
Yeah! You come in, he dies!
How do I know? What did you say?
What do you think
I would say to them?!
INDISTINCT CHATTER
MOBILE RINGS
- Did you get him?
- You need to get here.
- Why?
- Just get here ASAP.
We've got a situation.
Do you want to die?
No.
- He's taken a hostage.
- Who?
- I don't know.
Good job!
- You shouldn't have done that.
- I know. Sorry.
Just trying to stay alive.
Listen, Frank,
if you didn't kill him
- ..there's no need for any of this.
- They've made their minds up.
What was he like?
- Luke.
- I hated him.
He was a villain.
He was up to stuff.
He was claiming benefits for phantom
tenants and charging the rest of us,
doubling his money. He was crooked.
He had people in the council,
probably in the police.
It's like my brief said,
they had no chance of beating my
court case, but they did.
I'm like this because of him!
MOBILE RINGS
- Any news on the negotiator?
- Yeah. He'll be a while.
He's coming from Newcastle.
- What about Nathan and Damon? Have
they been searched?
- I've been here.
So go there now.
MOBILE RINGS
You're going to have to speak
to them. You've no choice.
Just keep your mouth shut.
Yeah?
Frank?
Look, I didn't kill him.
- I should have, but I didn't.
- OK, Frank.
I hear you.
Frank, let me speak to the person
you have hostage.
- I need to know they're OK.
- Yeah, he's fine.
I just I need to speak to him,
just to be sure.
Hello? This is Detective
Inspector Rose O'Connell.
Can you tell me your name
and whether you're OK?
Hi, Rose.
- Joe!
- I slightly messed up, but it's OK.
I've got this.
Are you out of your mind?!
And I'm not just saying it
because he has a knife.
Which, by the way, he does.
I just don't think he did it.
He says Luke's business was dodgy.
Some sort of benefit scam.
Joe, just keep quiet
and we'll sort this.
I'm telling you,
Frank isn't your man.
I just know.
OK?
- Why did you say all that?
- Because
..I believe you.
Even though you have his watch.
SIREN BLARES
MOBILE RINGS
They're fitting me up.
No.
No, you have to trust me.
There's coppers with guns and
MOBILE RINGS
..there's other people.
There's loads of people.
- Well, that's OK. They're just doing
their job.
- I know some of them.
They're bad people.
They're laughing at me!
No-one's laughing at you, Frank.
You haven't killed anyone.
And as long as you keep it that way,
they can sort something out.
No, you're lying. I'm going to jail.
I can't go to jail.
Well, you might have to go down
for a bit.
You know, for this
..the pharmacy, but it's not murder.
They'll find that out.
Frank
..listen to me.
MOBILE RINGS
What have you got?
I'm outside Nathan and Louise's
house holding a blue baseball cap
and a Keep Calm and Carry On
T-shirt.
Great. Erm, bring 'em in and see if
the fibres on the cap and the top
- match the ones under Luke's nails.
- OK. And what about his wife?
Let her simmer. If she knows
anything, she'll tell us.
You say there are bad people
out there.
- That's good.
- Good?! How's that good?!
Because the truth is, Frank,
you are going to prison.
- Why are you saying this?!
- Because I can help you.
I've been inside.
I've done time.
And I can tell you this -
there are good ways to go
and there's not so good ways.
GLASS SMASHES
They're coming in!
Just keep calm, Frank.
You come any closer, he dies!
I know you didn't do it.
I know you didn't kill Luke.
- I don't believe you!
- We have another suspect.
You'll still be arrested for kidnap
and for holding up the pharmacy,
but not for murder.
Yes!
Not murder, Frank.
- What about the watch?
- What watch?
Do you have the watch?
If it is "the" watch.
Yeah, but I've never seen it before.
It must have been planted.
I mean, it's in plain view.
You don't leave the one thing
that can hang you for all to see.
And they're not going to hang you.
So, I think I know how
we can get out of this.
- I've got an idea.
- You need to leave.
- I've got an off ramp for you, Frank.
- Leave now!
- I'm going to make this stop, OK?
No. Because I'm going to jail!
Yes! So go to jail a legend
and not a coward.
What do you mean?!
OK, team. Team, gather.
I need to speak to you.
It's all changed. New plan.
Take your positions.
MOBILE RINGS
OK, you ready?
Breach! Breach!
Drop the weapon!
Drop the weapon now!
Hands where we can see them!
- OK, whoa!
- What's happening?!
- Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Everybody relax!
OK, that's enough.
You point them at me again,
I'll kill him.
Can you stop saying that?
- How long will I be in jail?
- I'll do what I can.
JOE GROANS
Now, just remember,
this is the best way.
You do this, with them out there
..it'll get back.
You'll be a legend.
OK?
OK.
I'm warning you!
What are you doing?!
GLASS SMASHES QUIETLY
Well, you'll have to
do better than that.
Come on!
Come on!
SHOUTING AND SCREAMING
- Watch him!
- Watch him! He's a maniac!
He's an animal!
- Not the face!
- Down on the floor! Get down!
- You up for this?
- Yeah.
Stop talking to me, man.
Your breath stinks!
It took eight of you
to hold me down, yeah?
You think I'm scared of your lot?!
I'll show you how scared I am!
You think you're hard?!
Aye, aye!
ONLOOKERS CHEER
Thanks, lads.
SIREN BLARES
There's no need to thank me.
I'm glad you're OK.
I swear, I have never seen
these items before.
Yet they were in your house.
What was going on here?
It looks pretty heated.
NATHAN SIGHS
Were you fighting about the fact
you killed her husband?
- Why would I kill him?
- The same reason Catherine might.
Because he was having an affair
with your wife.
You have motive.
You have the cap and the T-shirt
seen on a figure near the office
and near Frank's house
the night of the murder.
Perhaps you took Luke's watch
and placed it in Frank's house
- to make it look like he did it.
- KNOCK ON DOOR
You have good reason to.
Oh, yeah? And how would I
get into Frank's house?
The fibres from your hat
are a match to the ones
under Luke's fingernails.
- You have to believe me.
- I'll ask again,
why were you and Catherine
rowing in a car park?
She didn't want to talk
on the phone.
She was paranoid that you
were listening to her,
thatthat she was in the frame
for Luke's killing. She was furious.
She said that I told you
about Louise and Luke.
I told her I hadn't,
but she was convinced.
She said I'd humiliated her.
That Louise had humiliated her.
She gave me a week
to leave the house.
You mean Wandle Lettings
are your landlords?
Yeah. II assumed you knew that.
I didn't kill Luke.
I hated him, but me and Louise
are working it out.
Am I charging him?
I need you to check more CCTV -
near Frank's house,
and near Nathan's house.
Not the night of the murder, but the
day after, and the day after that.
OK. But what about him?
We've got 24 hours. Bring Louise in
and put pressure on her
about Luke's rental scams.
Where are you going?
Evening, Detective.
SHE SIGHS
Have you made any arrests yet?
Tell me something.
Frank Sullivan and Nathan Bentley,
are they both tenants of yours?
Yeah. Why?
Would there be keys
to their properties in this box?
Well, yes.
Could you check for me?
Yeah.
Impressive.
What is?
That you just remember their
addresses among all those keys.
- I'm good at my job.
- Luke thought so.
He paid you very highly.
May I?
Why would he do that?
Pay you so well.
Like I say, I'm good.
He valued me.
It's just
..I looked up a few of your
contracts,
and it seems you have a lot of
council residents
paid for by benefits.
We have some.
MOBILE RINGS
Sorry.
I'm at Wandle Lettings. Go on.
OK. Yeah.
Louise?
Right. Good.
You can let him go.
We know someone broke into
Frank's house, and Nathan's house,
the night after the murder.
We have CCTV.
Someone holding a bag,
maybe containing a blue baseball cap
and a distinctive T-shirt.
Maybe even a gold watch.
Someone who might have wanted it to
look like those people killed Luke.
People with good reason -
a husband whose wife
was having an affair,
an embittered ex-employee.
Someone who knew we'd see a man
wearing those items
the night of the killing that
would make him a key suspect.
A nice spread bet.
Someone who could just
let himself in.
What are the chances your DNA
is on those items, Damon?
DAMON SCOFFS
Why would I kill my friend?
Well, I wasn't sure myself,
but Louise has just been
very helpful.
It seems your boss
confided in her, too.
He was going to come clean,
tell the authorities
what he'd been up to,
take the consequences.
But you couldn't let that happen,
could you?
Because it was your idea, your hack.
It was a lot of money,
years of scamming.
You'd be going down.
You decided to deal with it
before it was too late.
You left the pub around ten,
according to the landlord.
Just enough time to go home,
get changed and grab the knife.
You left the phone so that you could
leave a message the next morning
when you came to work -
the one about the coffees.
A message you knew we'd listen to.
It was a good idea,
except for one thing.
You forgot that Luke
didn't drink coffee
..ever.
And then you took the keys
to Nathan's and to Frank's.
You left the back door open
like any robber would,
fled to the side street,
where there's no CCTV.
We get the DNA matches tomorrow.
Damon Martin, I'm arresting you
for the murder of Luke Wandle.
You do Hey! Hey!
LOUD THUD
Agh
I swear it was an accident.
- What are you doing here?!
- I went to the cop shop to see you.
- Raj told me you'd be here.
- Seriously, Joe, you need
I just wanted to hand this in.
In all the drama,
you forgot to take it.
The old me would have kept that.
That's personal growth, right?
Father David would be proud.
Hey!
Tell me one thing.
How could you be so sure
the watch was planted?
Well, I couldn't.
I just wanted to get out of there.
So, any chance of a lift?
Yeah, OK. It's a nice walk.
If a long one!
Luke, I'm a bit early because
I've got a couple of viewings,
so I picked us up some cappuccinos.
I'll open up and I'll see you
when you get there.
Luke?
HEAVY BREATHING
Catherine? What happened?
# The way I get to heaven
# The way I get to heaven
is to fall
# Forgiveness is their business
# I'll give them something
to forgive me for. #
Do you think it's ever really
possible to shut out your past?
Is it about shutting it out
or accepting it?
But what if your past
won't accept you moving on?
God gave us free will, Joe.
What we do with it
is our responsibility.
Only ours. We must own our actions.
It often stops me in my tracks
when I think that
..St Cuthbert shared this view.
This river, this wind.
It's certainly spiritual.
It's God himself.
He's all around us.
I mean, they say God
visits people, but
- ..how do you know he's doing that?
- Just by listening.
People don't listen.
They think they do, but they don't.
They hear what they're
conditioned to hear.
That's all.
Do you think he contacts everyone?
Or are some of us ignored?
When he comes, you'll know.
But listen.
MESSAGE ALER
HE CHUCKLES
The victim's wife, Catherine Wandle,
says that he didn't come home last
night and that his phone was off.
She says that's why she came in -
to see if he was here.
I asked if they'd had a fight,
but she didn't seem up for talking.
Imagine.
- Has she got keys?
- I assume so.
- You didn't ask?
His colleague, Damon Martin,
was due to open up.
He brought Luke a coffee
and found Catherine staring
at her dead husband.
Also, the fire door was open
when Damon got here.
- Did they mention if anything was
missing?
- Luke had a gold watch.
A 50th birthday present
from Catherine. That's gone.
- His phone? Wallet?
- Both here.
Forensics have taken them.
So, what do you think?
About what?
Well, was it the wife?
I mean, she found him.
She stands to get everything,
I imagine.
Just get the forensics.
Time of death,
check for CCTV in the street,
laptops, phone records - the usual,
and then we'll see what we've got.
And then we'll talk to Luke's wife,
Catherine, and Damon Martin.
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
MESSAGE ALER
Oh, for God's sake!
Did you get my text?
Yes! About a second ago.
What did you?
- How did you find me?
- Local estate agent gets killed -
- it's all over the socials. Where
else are you going to be?
- Joe
No, that's not why I'm here.
Ace is on to us.
- On to us?
- Oh, yeah. You and me.
He knows we've been hanging out
together.
- What are you talking about?
- He can't
know I've been helping the police.
- Well, you haven't. Not recently.
I'm sorry, but
- Rose.
This is serious.
I do have to go.
They're saying the only blood
at the scene was the victim's,
but there were fibres found
underneath his fingernail,
so he put up a bit of a fight.
Also, it looks like he was killed
between 8pm and 11pm last night.
- So he was there for, what,
ten hours before they walked in?
- Mm.
- Any sign of the watch?
- No.
God, nice gaff.
Looks like being a landlord
pays off.
You know what they say, don't you?
Property is robbery.
Theft. Property is theft.
I agree.
I'm afraid it's instant.
We're not coffee people.
Thanks.
You said that your husband didn't
have any real enemies as such.
No.
I mean, no more than
most businesspeople.
- How did he get on with Damon?
- They've known each other for years.
Thick as thieves.
- Who else worked for Luke?
- Just Louise, his PA.
He kept things contained.
- Can you give us her contact details?
- Of course.
Did they get on?
As far as I know.
She's quite the little mouse.
Sweet.
Wouldn't say boo to a goose.
- Is she married?
- Yes.
Nathan.
I don't really know him.
I saw your husband had been involved
in a court case recently.
Oh, yes. Frank Sullivan.
- Bloody lowlife.
- Can you elaborate?
He used to work for Luke.
He was a handyman. Builder.
He fell from a roof,
injured his head,
and claimed that, as a result,
he suffered mental health problems
- and could no longer work.
- Claimed?
The man was a lunatic
long before the fall.
He's on meds now and tried to lay
the whole thing at Luke's door.
He attempted to sue for thousands.
Luke pushed back, Frank took it
to court, and they threw it out.
- Do you have a contact for him?
- No.
We now know your husband was killed
between 8pm and 11pm,
and you found him at 8:30am.
I need to ask your whereabouts
last night.
I was at my book club.
There are seven other
bored middle-aged women
- who can testify to that.
- Why do you say "bored"?
Are you married, Detective?
No.
I'll need their contact details,
too.
Of course.
That's all for now.
Thank you for your help.
I know this must be
a terrible time for you.
We don't have children, so I stand
to get everything from the will.
I thought I'd save you time.
It doesn't look good, does it?
We'll be in touch.
What was that? Double bluff?
Didn't you say Damon was bringing
Luke a cappuccino when he found him?
- Yeah. Why?
- She just said
they don't drink coffee.
And did you notice
she didn't ask about his watch?
- What does that mean?
- We need
to track down Frank Sullivan.
Oh, and ask Louise, the PA,
to come in for a chat.
And ask her husband to join her.
Catherine wants everything
to keep going.
And, besides, I don't know
what else to do, to be honest.
- Catherine said you'd known Luke
a long time.
- Years. We go way back.
I don't know why anyone
would want to do this.
I'm sorry, I have to ask,
where were you last night?
- I was in the pub.
- Which one?
- The Crown.
- Were you with anyone?
No.
You can check with the landlord,
though. He saw me.
You must know Catherine well.
Yeah.
She didn't kill him. She couldn't.
Tell me about Frank Sullivan.
HE SIGHS
The man's an idiot.
A dangerous idiot.
- Dangerous? How?
- He's mad.
I know you're not supposed
to say that any more,
but he used to threaten Luke.
He did it a week or so ago outside
the pub. Loads of people saw it.
Luke was a good person.
People like Frank tried to
take advantage of that.
- Tell me about Louise.
- She's lovely.
Good at her job, adored Luke.
- Adored?
- Well, yeah. I mean
..they were a good team.
What's her husband like?
Nathan? He's all right.
Harmless.
Did you often buy coffees for Luke?
Erm, yeah. Why?
Catherine said
he didn't drink coffees.
She doesn't know him
as well as she thinks.
Thank you.
If you think of anything -
anything at all - just get in touch.
Still no sign of Sullivan.
He's got a record for some ABH
and stealing a phone,
so if his DNA is anywhere,
then we'll have it.
Oh, and I've sent you the CCTV
from that camera on the square.
What about Damon Martin?
He says he was drinking
in the Crown.
Call the landlord.
- Any matches to the fibres
under Luke's fingernails?
- Not yet.
I've sent you his
business statements.
Nothing really on Luke's phone.
Just texts to his wife,
funny WhatsApps to his mates -
oh, and a couple of voicemails.
One from Damon telling him
about the coffees
and one from a couple of days before
from Louise, his assistant.
Saying what?
Just something about letting her
know when he's seeing her again.
- Seeing her?!
- Yeah.
- What exactly did she say?
- She said
.."When are we seeing
each other again?"
That's a strange way to talk
to your boss, isn't it?
I mean, would you ask me when
we're seeing each other again?
- I mean
- No. You'd say "meet".
"Seeing" each other again
implies something more intimate.
She's his PA.
They must meet each other most days.
"Seeing", it feels different.
Call the landlord. The alibi.
Yes.
HE EXHALES LOUDLY
MESSAGE ALER
Oh!
Damn.
SHE SIGHS
MOBILE RINGS
MESSAGE ALER
LINE RINGS
What do you want?
I need to see you. I'm in trouble.
No! WE'RE in trouble.
- Is this the Ace thing?
- Of course
it's the Ace thing. Where are you?
Well, I'm not telling you that.
And stop texting me.
I have to go.
No, wait!
Just wait.
I just need five minutes, Rose.
SHE SIGHS
Oh, dear God.
- You didn't have to dress up.
- Five minutes, you said.
- No time for pleasantries?
- Four and a half.
I've been trying to move on,
as you know
..but Ace isn't helping.
He wants to use this.
This?!
- We all have free will, Rose.
- What are you talking about?
I'm talking about the fact that Ace
can make trouble for you, Rose.
And I mean real trouble.
And for me, if we let him.
MOBILE RINGS
Raj?
OK.
We need to get someone
at Sullivan's house.
Well, find someone.
And, by the way, I saw some weirdo
hanging around
outside the estate agents
after I saw you there.
Yeah. He looked suspicious.
People are saying
it's a robbery gone wrong.
Something about a missing
gold watch.
What were you saying about Ace
making trouble?
- You can't help yourself, can you?
- That's not true.
I am done with this.
Because we can't have Ace
having anything on us.
And that is all I wanted to say.
- Does the name Frank Sullivan
mean anything to you?
- No.
- Why?
- Oh, just we're looking for him
and I thought you could help,
but No, I-I hear you,
you're done with this.
Oh, that's five minutes.
Right, you got an address
for this Sullivan fella?
I have to say,
I was a little confused
as to why you needed to see me.
- I had nothing to do with Luke.
- It's just procedure.
How are you doing, Louise?
It must have been a hell of a shock.
It was.
- What do you know about Frank
Sullivan?
- The guy's a lunatic.
He'd be my first port of call
on this.
Louise?
Like Nathan says, he's crazy.
And he hated Luke.
Tell me about Damon.
- He and Luke were old friends,
is that right?
- Yeah. Many years.
And had you noticed anything
different between them
in recent times?
No, I don't think so.
They were close.
And what about Luke himself?
What kind of boss was he?
He was He was good.
Good?
Mm.
What are we getting to here,
Detective?
You left a voicemail for Luke
a couple of days before he died,
and in it you said, "When are
we seeing each other again?"
What did you mean?
- She's his PA. She has to see him.
- I'm asking Louise.
Like Nathan said,
I was his PA.
It's quite an intimate way
to say it, though, isn't it?
Is this why you brought me here?
To humiliate me?
Why would you be humiliated?
I'm just trying to find out
who killed Luke
and who might have motive.
Where were you both
the night of the murder?
At home with the kids.
They go to bed around nine.
We're not long after.
Can anyone else corroborate that?
We were with each other.
That's all for now.
Thank you for coming in.
- What was that about?
- I went through the CCTV.
The camera near Frank's house didn't
show much the night of the killing,
nor the one near Luke's office,
but there was a guy on both cameras
wearing a blue baseball cap and a
red Keep Calm and Carry On T-shirt,
and holding a bag.
He may have just been heading home.
I've sent you the images.
I'll have a look.
Do you think Nathan
could have killed Luke?
For sleeping with his wife?
Oh!
You're right.
She was sleeping with Luke
and Nathan knows it.
That's why you asked
to see both of them. Nice.
And Louise is scared of something.
Oh. You might make an Inspector
after all.
Erm, what about Catherine?
She found him.
And if he's schtupping
his secretary
- Which we can't prove yet.
- No.
And Catherine's alibis checked out.
Catherine and I need another chat.
And find Frank.
DOOR OPENS
HE SIGHS
INDISTINCT CHATTER
But No, no, no. Please, bruv.
I haven't slept!
I'm going to ask you to leave.
- What do you mean Yeah, because
I haven't slept, bruv!
- I can't
Don't touch me, man!
Frank.
FRANK BREATHES HEAVILY
Hey.
- Are you OK?
- Who are you?
We've been looking for you.
- You police?
- No.
Just
Just go and see DI O'Connell
and tell her Joe sent you
..before they come to you,
because they will.
Urgh!
Frank!
Frank!
There's no need for this.
- I just want to help.
- Shut up!
Frank, what are you doing?
I hated Luke.
He deserved what he got.
Thanks.
Damon bought Luke a cappuccino
the morning you found him.
And?
You said you weren't coffee people.
We're not.
He wasn't.
- Damon said he was.
- I know my husband, Detective.
What kind of husband was he?
If you're asking whether
we had a perfect marriage,
then the answer is no.
Because he
..had affairs?
How well do you know Nathan,
Louise's husband?
I told you before, not well.
So you wouldn't know
what he thought of Luke?
- Perhaps you should ask him.
- I have, but
..I'd like your opinion, too.
I'd imagine he didn't like Luke.
Because your husband was
sleeping with his wife?
- I'm sorry, but I have to ask.
- She wasn't the first.
- How did that make you feel?
- Did you check out my alibis?
We have. They confirmed your story.
So I don't see how I can be
of further assistance.
- If you don't mind
- Do you know how
much your husband was paying Damon?
Very handsomely
for a rentals negotiator.
He thought highly of him
and he's helped build the business.
Now, unless you're going to
arrest me,
I have my husband's funeral to plan.
Of course.
Thanks for the tea.
PHONE RINGS
- Ma'am?
- We need to search
Nathan and Louise's house.
- What for?
- How about a gold watch?
And I need to know more about Damon.
OK, but, listen, there's been
a robbery at the pharmacy
and CCTV clearly shows
it was Frank Sullivan.
- So find him and nick him.
- I'm on it.
JOE GROANS
Frank!
This is crazy!
You do know that, don't you?
We're going to leave.
- We?!
- Yeah. And you're
You're going to help me out of this.
- How am I going to do that, Frank?
- They think I killed him!
- And did you?
- Does it even matter?
I've got good reason
and I ain't got no alibi.
They know both those things.
If they'd given me the drugs,
none of this would have happened!
Where are we going?
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Frank, it's the police.
Look, we know you're in there.
You need to open the door
or we smash it down.
Just give yourself up, Frank.
If you didn't kill him,
you'll be OK.
I've got a hostage!
Hostage?
Yeah! You come in, he dies!
How do I know? What did you say?
What do you think
I would say to them?!
INDISTINCT CHATTER
MOBILE RINGS
- Did you get him?
- You need to get here.
- Why?
- Just get here ASAP.
We've got a situation.
Do you want to die?
No.
- He's taken a hostage.
- Who?
- I don't know.
Good job!
- You shouldn't have done that.
- I know. Sorry.
Just trying to stay alive.
Listen, Frank,
if you didn't kill him
- ..there's no need for any of this.
- They've made their minds up.
What was he like?
- Luke.
- I hated him.
He was a villain.
He was up to stuff.
He was claiming benefits for phantom
tenants and charging the rest of us,
doubling his money. He was crooked.
He had people in the council,
probably in the police.
It's like my brief said,
they had no chance of beating my
court case, but they did.
I'm like this because of him!
MOBILE RINGS
- Any news on the negotiator?
- Yeah. He'll be a while.
He's coming from Newcastle.
- What about Nathan and Damon? Have
they been searched?
- I've been here.
So go there now.
MOBILE RINGS
You're going to have to speak
to them. You've no choice.
Just keep your mouth shut.
Yeah?
Frank?
Look, I didn't kill him.
- I should have, but I didn't.
- OK, Frank.
I hear you.
Frank, let me speak to the person
you have hostage.
- I need to know they're OK.
- Yeah, he's fine.
I just I need to speak to him,
just to be sure.
Hello? This is Detective
Inspector Rose O'Connell.
Can you tell me your name
and whether you're OK?
Hi, Rose.
- Joe!
- I slightly messed up, but it's OK.
I've got this.
Are you out of your mind?!
And I'm not just saying it
because he has a knife.
Which, by the way, he does.
I just don't think he did it.
He says Luke's business was dodgy.
Some sort of benefit scam.
Joe, just keep quiet
and we'll sort this.
I'm telling you,
Frank isn't your man.
I just know.
OK?
- Why did you say all that?
- Because
..I believe you.
Even though you have his watch.
SIREN BLARES
MOBILE RINGS
They're fitting me up.
No.
No, you have to trust me.
There's coppers with guns and
MOBILE RINGS
..there's other people.
There's loads of people.
- Well, that's OK. They're just doing
their job.
- I know some of them.
They're bad people.
They're laughing at me!
No-one's laughing at you, Frank.
You haven't killed anyone.
And as long as you keep it that way,
they can sort something out.
No, you're lying. I'm going to jail.
I can't go to jail.
Well, you might have to go down
for a bit.
You know, for this
..the pharmacy, but it's not murder.
They'll find that out.
Frank
..listen to me.
MOBILE RINGS
What have you got?
I'm outside Nathan and Louise's
house holding a blue baseball cap
and a Keep Calm and Carry On
T-shirt.
Great. Erm, bring 'em in and see if
the fibres on the cap and the top
- match the ones under Luke's nails.
- OK. And what about his wife?
Let her simmer. If she knows
anything, she'll tell us.
You say there are bad people
out there.
- That's good.
- Good?! How's that good?!
Because the truth is, Frank,
you are going to prison.
- Why are you saying this?!
- Because I can help you.
I've been inside.
I've done time.
And I can tell you this -
there are good ways to go
and there's not so good ways.
GLASS SMASHES
They're coming in!
Just keep calm, Frank.
You come any closer, he dies!
I know you didn't do it.
I know you didn't kill Luke.
- I don't believe you!
- We have another suspect.
You'll still be arrested for kidnap
and for holding up the pharmacy,
but not for murder.
Yes!
Not murder, Frank.
- What about the watch?
- What watch?
Do you have the watch?
If it is "the" watch.
Yeah, but I've never seen it before.
It must have been planted.
I mean, it's in plain view.
You don't leave the one thing
that can hang you for all to see.
And they're not going to hang you.
So, I think I know how
we can get out of this.
- I've got an idea.
- You need to leave.
- I've got an off ramp for you, Frank.
- Leave now!
- I'm going to make this stop, OK?
No. Because I'm going to jail!
Yes! So go to jail a legend
and not a coward.
What do you mean?!
OK, team. Team, gather.
I need to speak to you.
It's all changed. New plan.
Take your positions.
MOBILE RINGS
OK, you ready?
Breach! Breach!
Drop the weapon!
Drop the weapon now!
Hands where we can see them!
- OK, whoa!
- What's happening?!
- Whoa!
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Everybody relax!
OK, that's enough.
You point them at me again,
I'll kill him.
Can you stop saying that?
- How long will I be in jail?
- I'll do what I can.
JOE GROANS
Now, just remember,
this is the best way.
You do this, with them out there
..it'll get back.
You'll be a legend.
OK?
OK.
I'm warning you!
What are you doing?!
GLASS SMASHES QUIETLY
Well, you'll have to
do better than that.
Come on!
Come on!
SHOUTING AND SCREAMING
- Watch him!
- Watch him! He's a maniac!
He's an animal!
- Not the face!
- Down on the floor! Get down!
- You up for this?
- Yeah.
Stop talking to me, man.
Your breath stinks!
It took eight of you
to hold me down, yeah?
You think I'm scared of your lot?!
I'll show you how scared I am!
You think you're hard?!
Aye, aye!
ONLOOKERS CHEER
Thanks, lads.
SIREN BLARES
There's no need to thank me.
I'm glad you're OK.
I swear, I have never seen
these items before.
Yet they were in your house.
What was going on here?
It looks pretty heated.
NATHAN SIGHS
Were you fighting about the fact
you killed her husband?
- Why would I kill him?
- The same reason Catherine might.
Because he was having an affair
with your wife.
You have motive.
You have the cap and the T-shirt
seen on a figure near the office
and near Frank's house
the night of the murder.
Perhaps you took Luke's watch
and placed it in Frank's house
- to make it look like he did it.
- KNOCK ON DOOR
You have good reason to.
Oh, yeah? And how would I
get into Frank's house?
The fibres from your hat
are a match to the ones
under Luke's fingernails.
- You have to believe me.
- I'll ask again,
why were you and Catherine
rowing in a car park?
She didn't want to talk
on the phone.
She was paranoid that you
were listening to her,
thatthat she was in the frame
for Luke's killing. She was furious.
She said that I told you
about Louise and Luke.
I told her I hadn't,
but she was convinced.
She said I'd humiliated her.
That Louise had humiliated her.
She gave me a week
to leave the house.
You mean Wandle Lettings
are your landlords?
Yeah. II assumed you knew that.
I didn't kill Luke.
I hated him, but me and Louise
are working it out.
Am I charging him?
I need you to check more CCTV -
near Frank's house,
and near Nathan's house.
Not the night of the murder, but the
day after, and the day after that.
OK. But what about him?
We've got 24 hours. Bring Louise in
and put pressure on her
about Luke's rental scams.
Where are you going?
Evening, Detective.
SHE SIGHS
Have you made any arrests yet?
Tell me something.
Frank Sullivan and Nathan Bentley,
are they both tenants of yours?
Yeah. Why?
Would there be keys
to their properties in this box?
Well, yes.
Could you check for me?
Yeah.
Impressive.
What is?
That you just remember their
addresses among all those keys.
- I'm good at my job.
- Luke thought so.
He paid you very highly.
May I?
Why would he do that?
Pay you so well.
Like I say, I'm good.
He valued me.
It's just
..I looked up a few of your
contracts,
and it seems you have a lot of
council residents
paid for by benefits.
We have some.
MOBILE RINGS
Sorry.
I'm at Wandle Lettings. Go on.
OK. Yeah.
Louise?
Right. Good.
You can let him go.
We know someone broke into
Frank's house, and Nathan's house,
the night after the murder.
We have CCTV.
Someone holding a bag,
maybe containing a blue baseball cap
and a distinctive T-shirt.
Maybe even a gold watch.
Someone who might have wanted it to
look like those people killed Luke.
People with good reason -
a husband whose wife
was having an affair,
an embittered ex-employee.
Someone who knew we'd see a man
wearing those items
the night of the killing that
would make him a key suspect.
A nice spread bet.
Someone who could just
let himself in.
What are the chances your DNA
is on those items, Damon?
DAMON SCOFFS
Why would I kill my friend?
Well, I wasn't sure myself,
but Louise has just been
very helpful.
It seems your boss
confided in her, too.
He was going to come clean,
tell the authorities
what he'd been up to,
take the consequences.
But you couldn't let that happen,
could you?
Because it was your idea, your hack.
It was a lot of money,
years of scamming.
You'd be going down.
You decided to deal with it
before it was too late.
You left the pub around ten,
according to the landlord.
Just enough time to go home,
get changed and grab the knife.
You left the phone so that you could
leave a message the next morning
when you came to work -
the one about the coffees.
A message you knew we'd listen to.
It was a good idea,
except for one thing.
You forgot that Luke
didn't drink coffee
..ever.
And then you took the keys
to Nathan's and to Frank's.
You left the back door open
like any robber would,
fled to the side street,
where there's no CCTV.
We get the DNA matches tomorrow.
Damon Martin, I'm arresting you
for the murder of Luke Wandle.
You do Hey! Hey!
LOUD THUD
Agh
I swear it was an accident.
- What are you doing here?!
- I went to the cop shop to see you.
- Raj told me you'd be here.
- Seriously, Joe, you need
I just wanted to hand this in.
In all the drama,
you forgot to take it.
The old me would have kept that.
That's personal growth, right?
Father David would be proud.
Hey!
Tell me one thing.
How could you be so sure
the watch was planted?
Well, I couldn't.
I just wanted to get out of there.
So, any chance of a lift?
Yeah, OK. It's a nice walk.
If a long one!