Prime Suspect (1991) s07e02 Episode Script
Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2)
Pressure's dropping.
Let's keep that fluid going in , please.
Seven milligrams.
Losing his output.
Can we have two more units of O-neg? Keep that fluid going.
Right.
lt's coming up now.
- This is where you went out? - Yeah.
This camera covers the main hospital car park.
Can we stop CPR please? No output.
- l think we should stop.
Does everyone agree? - Yeah.
Thank you very much everybody.
LESTER: Mate he went down One shot Out of it See his face? Ooh, what? And he was down .
Back to the nick.
- Shit Fuck Oh no Come on .
Come on .
- Check Penny's house.
Call her parents.
- Yes, guv.
Oh, yeah.
l want two armed response units as soon as possible.
Yes, of course l understand the implications.
l don 't need to tell you Bill Otley was a good copper.
Curtis Flynn .
He's 20 years old.
Shooting like this is a whole new league for him.
He's volatlle and we can assume he's extremely dangerous As far as we know, he's still armed.
- Are you OK? - Yeah.
Yeah.
l'm fine.
l just want to get things started.
OK.
Let's have a look at the hospital CCTV.
TENNlSON : Curtis approached me in the hospital car park He was very aggressive and produced a gun when l went to arrest him.
He was distracted by the arrival of Penny Penny Phllips is a 1 4-year-old girI She's a friend of Sallie Sturdy's This was just before Bill arrived.
Blll challenged Curtis And that's when Curtis shot him OK.
l'll take a look at that, Danny.
Do we know if Curtis is the father of Sallie Sturdy's baby? No, we haven 't got a DNA cross-match yet, but it's expected at any moment.
Now Curtis is armed and dangerous There is a real possibility of him taking Penny hostage.
ls Penny a witness or an accessory? l believe Penny Philips may have saved my life.
- Come on ! Come on ! - What are you doing? l'm going home.
No way.
Not after this.
They'll track this.
Come on , man .
Who's this man Penny's with? He's a young career criminal.
Wanted for murder.
- His name's Curtis Flynn .
- Curtis Flynn ? - He's an ex-pupil of mine.
SlMMS: Shot a man dead last night Penny was with him during the shooting.
Penny? l know Curtis.
- Did she call you? - Has Penny got a mobile phone? Yeah.
- Hey it 's Penny - lt's straight on to voicemail.
PENNY: Oww! CURTlS: Come on ! ls this girl being serious? - Curtis, what's the matter? - Just shut up! Close the door! My sister.
Destiny, go back to bed.
Destiny! She ain 't mine.
She's my niece! All right, guys.
This care home we're going into is full of girls, so tread carefully.
Good luck.
OFFlCER: Get out Go on GlRL: Oww! OFFlCER: Out Get out Get out! GlRL: Don 't touch me! Lester! Lester! Get him! - What are you doing? LESTER: Get off me! Get off! - What drainpipe did you crawl up? - Are you crazy or what? - Where is he, Lester? Where is he now? - l don 't know.
Get off! lt's no use.
l'm going to look for her.
- l'd ask you not - l'm not waiting here.
Sir you've been asked to stay There you go.
- l don 't like that water.
- You're lucky you're getting any.
Stupid girl! - Curtis, l've got a cash card.
l can get money.
- Don 't you realise they're looking for you? Just shut up! Shut your mouth.
Where's the drink? Bitch! - Curtis, let us out.
- They're gonna try and kill me.
Those pigs are gonna try and kill me.
l don 't know where he is, man ! l don 't know where he is.
Get off me! - Get off! - Calm down .
- Listen , we're just asking questions.
- Where is he? Penny! Penny! Pen ! Penny! Shh.
Shh.
lt's OK.
Curtis is at his sister's, isn 't he? How did you know? l remember from school.
He stayed there a lot.
What do you make of that blood, then ? Guv? Guv? - What do we do now? - Oh, just give me a moment, would you? OK.
She's gonna tell the police.
That bitch is gonna tell 'em.
- Fucking pigs - They'll have guns.
- Let 'em.
Let 'em bring their guns.
-No.
- Do as you're told.
Just do as you're told.
So, what about known associates? -No, we've been through them all, guv.
- Well, go through them again .
Their known haunts if not Curtis's.
Guv'nor? Oh, Penny! Oh, Penny.
- Thank God you're all right.
- lt just happened too fast.
- Curtisand your friend l tried to stop him.
- Where is he? Where did you leave him? - He took me back to this flat.
- Where is it? - Do you know where it is? - l just - Where is it? - lt's his sister's flat.
- On the Brackford estate behind the shops.
- What's her name? Vanessa.
Vanessa Flynn .
She tried to look after Curtis when the mother - What number is it? - l'm sorry.
l'll need to speak to Penny later, OK? - His sister's there.
- Hmm? And her little girl.
Your cleaning job, it's at a pub, right? - Where do they keep the money? - l don 't know.
My belly is hurting.
l need to shit.
What you looking at? Watch the TV, man ! Destiny.
ldiot.
Stupid brat.
OFFlCER: Door Hit it ln ! - Armed police! - Get down ! - Police! Everybody get down ! - Destiny.
Hello.
What's your name? VANESSA: Put the gun down Destiny Put the gun down baby Had your breakfast yet? You're not going to take that to school, are you? VANESSA: Destiny No.
No.
Do you want to give it to me? Thank you .
All right.
Let's go down with your mummy, all right? - We will need an ambulance.
- Come here! What the fuck is she doing? - What's the hospital saying? - Shoulder wound, mainly.
He'll survive.
Lets hope that little girl does.
We've got the DNA result back.
And? Curtis isn 't the father.
What? Curtis is not the father of Sallie's baby.
- How? - Boss? Boss? - Mm? - I think you should come and take a look at this Curtis crashes here a lot.
His bolt hole.
He sleeps in here.
That bag fits our description of Sallie 's Right, we'll need a positive lD on that from Sallie's mum or dad straightaway.
Mm-hm.
- Curtis isn 't the father.
- Yeah, l just heard.
Then why would he kill Sallie? Destiny, this is Kerry.
Would you take her and show her your mum's bedroom? Thank you What's this bag doing here? l don 't know.
Young girls were always coming round to see Curtis.
Do you recognise this girl? Is that the girI that was murdered? Yes.
- And you think Curtis done it? - He's a suspect.
Was she here often ? After school, they'd be in there.
That teacherMister Philips, the head, he came up here one day but she told him to beat it They had a shouting match - What, Sallie and Mister Philips? - Out there on the balcony.
- What were they arguing about? - He didn 't like her hanging out with my brother ? - When was this? - About two months ago.
Jane? Can you hang on for a minute, Traynor? You are a highly experienced police officer You knew how to diffuse this situation but it seems to me you escalate it Seems you deliberately provoke him Curtis pulls out a gun and - The situation could not be diffused.
- He wasn 't high he wasn 't on drugs - lt takes a 1 4-year-old girl to diffuse it.
- l shot Bill, did l? Don 't be like that, just Were you frightened? No.
Jane, do yourself a favour.
Do l need to? Should l have a lawyer present? l'm trying to avoid problems, not create them.
Defence will use these tapes.
We don 't know how many copies there are We don 't know if the media have got hold of them Jane, l've got to ask the question Were you sober? l was visiting someone who was ill in hospital.
- ls that a yes or a no? - What do you think? - l appreciate that this is difficult.
- Yes, thank you .
So it has been .
Now, if you'll excuse me, l'll get back to work.
Unless you don 't want me to.
Traynor ? She was visiting her dad at hospital.
He died last night.
Oh, Christ! See, why doesn 't she just? Even the smallest thing, she doesn 't tell anyone.
l mean , ordinary, human - Did you know her father was lll -No.
No Old school.
That's Tennison .
On the force, what, 30, 35 years? Battered, burnt out.
Dinosaurs.
What do you they do when they leave? They drink themselves to death Just stay close to her, Danny, yeah? Sir.
TRAYNOR: Guv? Look, l'm very sorryabout your dad.
Yeah.
Thanks.
So, what have they decided? Well, you carry on .
Good.
And you get to baby-sit.
So, Curtis Flynn is still under sedation , so we can 't interview him, but that gives us time to get Forensics on to Sallie's kitbag.
But we've got the foetal DNA.
Curtis Flynn is not the father of Sallie's baby.
Neither is Tony Sturdy But, listen .
Listen , l'm not convinced that Curtis is our only suspect.
His sister saw Sean Philips arguing with Sallie outside her flat.
Quite violently.
Look, l want you to have a look at this.
See what you think.
This is Sean Phllips congratulating Sallie on a basketball win There Rather enthusiastic, don 't you think? Mm, definitely.
- So he was screwing her? TENNlSON : It 's a possibllity So she gets pregnant He doesn 't want to know.
She thinks, ''l'll show you .
l'll go from being your sexual fantasy to your worst nightmare.
'' She goes completely off the rails.
She threatens to tell everyone.
l want everything we can on Sean Philips.
His sexual history.
His marriage - Get on to it immediately - Sanctimonious pricks.
What did l tell you? - Eh ? - You did, Taff.
You did.
Penny's coming in to give a witness statement on Bill Otley's shooting, so Good.
Well, we'll see her in the soft suite.
- OK.
- And let's get Sean Philips in as well.
They'll think he's just there because of her.
Come through here.
Penny, why don 't you sit down ? Just that Penny may be called to give evidence about the shooting, so we thought maybe it would be a good idea to go over again what happened that night.
Your part in what happened.
OK? OK.
Where do you want me to start? Er Well, why were you at the hospital? We were there because of Curtis's leg.
TRAYNOR: And you were there with a group of friends yeah ? Yeah.
It's just lsaw him following you .
lsaw him threaten you .
He was so angry.
lneeded to get him out of there.
So he ran .
l followed.
Why? Why did you run after him? l don 't really know.
I thought I could l thought l could keep him away.
Why do you think Curtis listened to you? l don 't know.
He just came cos l wanted him to.
Now, listen , Penny .
.
if you're called as a witness, then they're going to ask you some questions - some difficult questions.
So l want to be the one who asks you first.
OK.
- All right? - OK.
ls Curtis your boyfriend? Sort of.
Do you have sex? Not sex, but Does she have to spell it out ? We need to know how Penny will answer.
lt will influence if we call her as a witness or not.
OK.
Was Curtis sleeping with Sallie? l don 't think so.
Sallie spent a lot of time with Curtis, at his sister's flat.
Do you know Vanessa's flat? Were you aware of that? No.
No, but you knew about that, Sean , didn 't you? Because you were seen arguing with Sallie on the balcony outside.
Yes.
Sallie had been missing basketball.
l was worried that she was going down the same road as Curtis.
Basketball? That's what that was about? Mm.
Well, l appreciate how important basketball is, but it's just that you never mentioned it before.
lt would have been very helpful to our investigation if we'd known that Sallie was spending time in Curtis's bolt hole.
Yeah, l can see that now.
Well, in retrospect, that was a mistake.
lshould have mentioned it.
Let's look at the school rolls.
Crosscheck any of Sallie's absence's with any of Mr Philips's.
They must keep some kind of attendance record for teachers.
She's holding something back.
TRAYNOR: About dad? - Mm Have you got kids? - Yeah.
Two girls.
-Never lie to them.
They always know when you're lying.
Penny? Penny! lt's your mum.
Hello? Penny are you OK? Yeah.
l'm fine, thanks.
Darling I want you back here straight away - Please - Look, l'm not coming home tonight, OK? Penny Penny? They're so freaked out.
Don 't even care.
l'm not going home.
Yes.
They're Sallie's.
No, um They're my daughter's.
l'm afraid they're evidence now.
What about the pendant? ls that there? The cross? Sallie's cross? No, there's no sign of that.
l can still smell herin the house.
Do you ever hear that song Smells Like Teen Spirit ? l don 't know what it's about.
l don 't That's what goes through my head, that She's er Thisis what's gone.
That hope.
Hope.
That's what he destroyed.
That's what Sean Philips took away.
Hope.
This bastard came to our house.
This bastard came into my house.
- Tony.
Tony.
Tony - He came to Sallie's funeral.
- You don 't know.
-You don 't know.
You don 't know.
Listen , l give you my word.
l will find Sallie's killer.
l give you my word.
The SOCO boys found these bits and pieces in the hospital car park.
You must have dropped them.
They're your dad's.
Thank you .
Bloody shame about Bill, eh? Terrible.
He was in AA.
He was He was a great help to me.
You should have a holiday.
Look at you - Hm.
-No, your dad's just died.
You've seen Bill shot, you were nearly shot.
And you're leaving, anyway.
Exactly.
lt's my last case.
That's why l have to find the killer of this young girl.
- Good night, guv.
- Good night.
Are you gonna be all right? Yeah.
PAULlNE: llve arranged Dad's cremation for 1 1 o'clock tomorrow Ah.
OK.
All right? Right.
-llll see you then Bye - Um, Pauline, how are you gonna get? LlNDA: Penny? Penny SEAN : You can 't just not come home at night Penny, this is no way to behave.
l know that you've been through some terrible experiences recently, but We're here for you .
Your mum and me.
Just get out of my room.
Yeah, so l won 't be in for a couple of hours, but l'm on the mobile.
SlMMS: Yeah sure We're all thinking of you guv Yeah.
Bye God! lused to be on and on at Mum to invite you round, wasn 't l, Mum? l was desperate to have an exciting auntie like you .
- Not like dad's boring old sisters PAULlNE: You 're as bad as your grandfather Whenever you were on TV, doing some appeal, we all sat round and watched - and said how great you were He was always asking after you Jane l didn 't always know.
Granddad said you were retiring.
What are you going to do? l don 't know.
PAULlNE: Maybe we'll see a lot more of you lt's just a pityit's come too late for Dad.
Oh! Bloody hell.
Here we go.
The prodigal daughter.
Well, he didn 't talk to me.
Not much.
-Never talked to me much either.
- That's because you never saw him.
Pauline, you know what? l don 't give a damn about the house.
You can sell it.
You can move into it.
l don 't care.
l can 't believe you said that to mum.
Why? lt's what she's longing to say.
Just come out with it.
Excuse me! Could l have another drink please? Gin and tonic, large one.
Thank you .
Well, you and Brian have had your eye on that house forever.
Don 't you think you've had enough? No, l don 't actually, and l don 't think you two have, either.
Oh come on Liven up l've seen enough dead people in my life, for Christ's sake.
What? Am I appalling? Am l embarrassing you? Never mind, dear.
We can all go and piss in the flowerpots, get thrown out of here.
PAULlNE: llm sorry llm sorry it 's turned out like this l hope you got what you wanted from life.
l really do.
l hope it's all been worth it.
Why did we come here anyway? l mean , look at us.
- We're like some famlly of old East End vlllains - l thought it was nice.
Did you think it was nice? Well, it's not nice.
lt's a dump.
Right.
Jane.
Come on , Carol.
All right? We get a lot funerals in here, what with being over the road.
Well, you'll never go bust, then , will you? Someone close, was it? lt's just that you looksad.
Take your fucking hand off me.
Piss off.
Oh, charming.
Delightful, you are.
Prick.
TENNlSON : Penny can I talk to you ? l'll see you around, mate.
Why did you never have children ? Well, you know, l nearly did once.
Nearly? How can you nearly have a child? Good question .
What can l say? Life is complicated.
- This is such a nice place.
- Oh Glad you like it.
l grew up here.
lspent 1 5 years in this house.
My sister and l used to share this room.
- Which one's yours? - Ta-da! My God! The bed is tiny.
- These are the books l wanted to show you .
- Cool.
Wow! l love this.
Now that is cool.
- Love the records.
- Yeah? - Oi! - Sorry.
- Oh God - What? - You remind me so much of - Of you? Yeah.
When you were my age? Yeah.
Munch.
You've got to look at that.
That's great.
What are you going to do with your life, Penny? Don 't know.
Something.
There's something you're not telling me.
About your dad.
- You said there wouldn 't be any questions.
- Yes.
Sorry.
Sorry.
lt's just, you know, it's so easy just to take the wrong turn , Sallie.
Sallie ? l'm not Sallie.
Sorry.
Penny.
Penny.
Ohhh.
Oh God llm sorry Penny Penny Sorry - l've forgotten .
- Shh.
You don 't need to worry so much.
Everything's gonna be OK.
Oh, shit.
Oh, God.
Oh, Jesus.
Penny? Penny? l'm sorry, l don 't know your name.
Jane.
Jane is going to read the preamble.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problem and help others recover from alcoholism.
The only requirement is a desire to stop drinking.
MAN : Even when blackouts became a way of life I stllI I stlll couldn 't admit I had a problem with alcohoI lt was always something else: the job, my marriage And then , one morning l woke up and it suddenly seemed clear.
My problem wasn 't any of those things.
lt was alcohol.
That was my problem.
The rest was just life .
.
but l was dead inside.
CURTlS: lt was him, not me.
You were the one that was armed, Curtis.
Bill Otley didn 't know what was going on .
CURTlS: He was putting himsel in my way - Guv.
Erm Curtis's dabs are all over the handles of the sports bag, but not on any of her clothes.
No semen No sweat No pubes And there's nothing inside the sports bag Hello, Curtis.
For the tape, Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison is entering the room.
- Crazy woman .
- Excuse me? l wanted to talk.
You were running your mouth, cussing me.
This interview is about the murder of Sallie Sturdy.
These clothes have been positively identified as belonging to Sallie.
They were found in your sister's flat, - beside the bed you often sleep in .
- Yeah? - So how did they get to be in your bedroom? - She left them there.
- So were you having sex with Sallie Sturdy? - Someone got there before me.
- ls that a yes or a no? - Filled her up good and proper.
You knew that Sallie was pregnant? My client isn 't the father.
You have his DNA on file.
- You can 't have been too happy about that, eh? - I liked it Banging away at it in there.
l told her, ''l'll punch it out for you if you want''.
Oh, is that what happened? You killed Sallie trying to abort the baby? Sallie wasn 't up for it.
''No, no, Curtis.
l love the baby.
'' l told her, ''Go home, man .
Your face don 't fit.
You don 't belong.
'' - So, that night that Sallie was killed? - l told you , l was with with Lester.
We have a statement from Lester Bishop confirming Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
l know.
l know.
Guv? We've got one afternoon about three months ago when l've got both Sean Philips and Sallie absent.
He's supposed to be at the dentist, so l'm just going to get Woodsy to check it now.
- Good, how was he? -Not too happy.
Hmm.
Let's go see him again .
- What, lift him? -No, no, no.
Go rattle his cage.
TENNlSON : Come on Let's go Sorry if l'm a little distracted.
Penny didn 't come home last night.
She's all right She's here in schooI now - lt's just this battle between school culture and - We're not here to talk about Penny.
We're asking several men involved in Sallie's life to take DNA tests.
l thought Curtis Flynn was the person you were investigating.
Sorry, l can 't comment on that.
lt would be very helpful if you could come to the station with us.
To be tested? Butwhy? l mean what would my DNA results show? Sallie was pregnant when she died.
So we need to establish who the father is.
And you think that l might be the father? My God.
lt's not that we think you're the father, it's just, well, we're asking people to eliminate themselves from the inquiry.
- You know, to narrow down the field.
- But But why? l know it's inconvenient, but it'll only take an hour.
This is a witch hunt.
- l don 't understand.
- You understand perfectly well.
Teachers are being hounded, portrayed as perverts, child molesters You were here yesterday, checking school rolls.
- What possible grounds do you now have? - We've got our reasons.
- We're under no obligation to inform you .
- And l'm under no obligation to take your test.
No, you're not but, if you refuse, we'll have to draw the inference and investigate you further.
Or do you want to walk out of here in handcuffs? GLORlA: What's happening? l don 't know.
Looks like he's being lifted.
Can l say something? l did it.
Sallie l'm the one who made her pregnant.
Sean Philips, l am arresting you on suspicion of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 1 4-year-old girl.
Daddy! No! No! Daddy! Daddy NEWSREADER: The police have charged a 42-year-old man with having unlawful sex with a 1 4-year-old girI found murdered last week The man remains in custody helping police with their inquiries into the murder So how frequently did you and Sallie have sex? Twice.
Ermthe first time was .
.
it was like an accident.
Justwell, l don 't quite know how it happened.
She'd been missing basketball and her whole attitude had changed.
l tried talking to her.
She wouldn 't listen .
Then , one day, lsaw her up at the Brackford Estate.
l was just passing and l stopped.
We had an argument l drove her home.
And, somehow, in the car You had sex? She suddenly becamevery sexual.
She just And the second time? lt was on the heath.
lt was um lt was more like a date.
OK.
You think l'm contemptible.
You only see the hypocrite.
- lt doesn 't matter what l think.
- Of course it does.
lt matters what everyone thinks.
lt's all that's ever mattered to me.
l put a stop to it then .
Yeah.
l could see that it was madness.
So when did you first know that Sallie was pregnant? Two months ago.
And how did you react? l told her that a termination was the only way, but she um Well She was full of dreams .
.
fantasies.
We'd run away together.
Live on the South Coast.
l'd give tutorials She had a way of just making it sound so wonderful.
Possible, even .
Did you feel your career was threatened? My career, my family .
.
everything would be ruined.
So you stopped seeing her? l triedeverything.
l tried to reason with her.
She just wouldn 't listen to me.
She was in love with me.
SoSallie wouldn 't see sense? She became impossible.
ln school, at home She'd watch the house and call in .
She was tormenting me.
And when did you last see her? Wellon that day at school.
The day she was killed.
You think l killed her.
Either you charge my client, or let him go.
This can 't be a fishing exercise for another separate crime, unless you're willing to arrest him for it.
All right.
My colleague Dl Traynor will formally arrest your client on suspicion of the murder of Sallie Sturdy No, please Look, please don 't do this.
- I didn 't do this I swear to you - Tennyson leaving the room.
Quarter past two.
Ask Penny.
She'll tell you that l came straight home.
LlNDA: What do you think you 're doing? I need it You can 't take the car away! TAFF: We'll be as fast as we can Will someone please explain to me what is going on ? Let's go inside shall we? - Well, just Get your hands off me.
- All right.
Calm down .
Let's calm down .
All right, all right.
You've not noticed anything unusual in Sean 's behaviour? l've told you , no.
Stressful jobbeing a headmaster.
How does he deal with it? He's doesn 't go around screwing 1 4-year-old girls.
That's not been a problem in the past? lt hasn 't.
Did you know that Sallie was pregnant when she was murdered? She gave it to me.
Miss Tennison .
Yeah? Acted like she was my friend.
l'm too young to drink.
l am.
lshouldn 't drink alcohol.
What are you saying, Penny? She took me back to her dad's house.
We looked at books, and .
.
she wanted me to drink whisky.
TAFF: No murder weapon no blood-stained clothes Nothing really Right.
The car's gone to Forensics.
What about Linda Philips? Nothing.
They're the Waltons.
OK, well, we'll hold him overnight, and wait for Forensics in the morning.
Good night.
Night.
-Night, guys.
-Night.
Was Penny Philips at the house? She was there, yeah.
How was she? Pretty pissed off.
Sticking up for her dad.
What, Penny? She's in reception delivering a fish supper.
- Just take it upstairs.
- We can 't have food from outside.
Why not, why not? Just take it.
lt's not asking much.
lf your dad has that, we have to take it all apart, and check there's nothing in there.
- Then do that.
- There's nothing in there.
lt's fish and chips! Take it up, OK? Just take it up before it gets cold! Jim, take it.
What do you want? Penny.
Please.
Penny, l l can 't imagine how difficult all this is for you .
Go in here.
Look, l told your mate.
About going to your dad's house.
You wanting me to drink.
l told him l was too young to drink alcohol.
Look, Penny .
.
l'm not trying to hurt you .
Whisky would've made me sick, but you just kept on and on at me.
lnever offered you alcohol.
Yes, you did.
You don 't even remember, do you? You were too drunk.
Now can l have my dad back? Danny, what did Penny tell you? lt's not good.
My word against hers.
She's got books belonging to you .
She describes your dad's house She's no fool.
So, what are you going to do? That's up to you .
You're my guv'nor.
Well, Danny, l think you should inform Mitchell l've seriously compromised the investigation l don 't think Sean did it.
l think he made Sallie pregnant, but l still think Curtis killed her.
Look at his form Assault robbery with violence And l don 't believe Penny.
Not about that alcohoI Thank you .
You took her back to your dad's house.
l mean , did you never think? She stole my heart.
Who'd have thought? l'll see you tomorrow.
Danny, l'm still going after Sean .
My name's Jane, and l'm an alcoholic.
ALL: Hi, Jane.
Uml haven 't had a drink today.
l guess that's a good thing.
His car's clean .
No trace of Sallie, nothing.
- You need a confession .
- Tell me something else l don 't know.
Detective Superintendent Tennison is entering.
So, your only alibi for that night is Penny? l don 't want Penny dragged into this.
God, no.
Sean , Sean , Penny has already been dragged into it.
She's been questioned her bedroom has been searched and yet you cling on to her statement l mean , wha Penny's trying to do the right thing.
Well, of course she is.
l mean , she's only a child, isn 't she? How old is she? Oh, she's the same age as little Sallie.
Little Sallie.
You know, that's what the tabloids are calling her.
OK Sean we'll start again We've got plenty of time So, let's go back to the heath.
How often did you take Sallie there? On a few occasions.
- For sex? -Not only l wasn 't there that night.
l didn 't kill Sallie.
This is wrong.
lt's wrong, it's all out of hand.
You're determined to say l killed Sallie.
- And l didn 't.
l didn 't.
- Sean Sean All we want here is the truth.
All right? OK, now, look - do you want a drink of water? Please.
Would you get him a drink of water, please? Sean can you imagine what all this is doing to Penny? You betray her, her faith in you .
And you do it with a girl of her own age from the same class, a girl who lives across the street.
Penny Penny, she thinks the world of you .
This questioning is oppressive.
Sean , let Penny free of this.
l've let everyone down .
The whole school, everyone.
But l didn 't kill Sallie.
I couldn 't l couldn 't do that.
l'm sorry.
Have you any actual evidence against my client? Sallie was my star She was my perfect little star.
Your client is free to go Thank you MlTCHELL: OK let's get Curtis Flynn back in and re-interview She's still not convinced about Curtis.
Yeah well it 's not her call now l'll talk to Tennison at her leaving party.
What's up with you , then ? Nothing.
Well, that's it, then .
Whatever you do, do not hire a stripper for the party.
l can 't believe you're really leaving.
Well llve had a good run Taff You know - dozens of convictions, three commendations, two for bravery, one for excellence.
More than most.
First female DCl.
First Jane Tennison , DCl.
Sorry, ma'am.
- Don 't call me ma'am.
l'm not the bloody Queen .
-£9.
20, mate.
- Keep the change.
Cheers.
Get out! Daddy! Get out! - Get out! - She needs us! She needs a family! You need your family! You screwed that up, didn 't you? Get out! Open the door.
- He had sex with your best friend! - Let me go! He had sex with your best friend and he made her pregnant! Open the door.
Open the door, Linda! Listen to me - he had sex with her! Open the door! He made her pregnant! Hemadeherpregnant! Don 't you understand that? Penny? Listen to me - Let me in - l'll phone the police! Daddy Daddy Daddy LlNDA: lt's all right, it's all right.
No! No! No, get away! - Penny, Penny This is Penny Phllips at the hospitaI Oh, come on , Jane.
Now look.
Look.
Even at this distance you see the pendant, the one that she's wearing, is very similar to the one missing from Sallie's body.
Now, Penny is wearing it before Bill was killed, but when she came back from the flat Curtis had her in , she wasn 't wearing it.
Hang on .
Somewhere between the hospital and the flat, Penny disposed of the pendant.
TRAYNOR: Did you notice if Penny was wearing a chain and pendant? - She was only here a little while.
- She said my top was nice.
Did she? She didn 't give you anything, like any jewellery or anything like that? No.
Did you notice Curtis chucking anything away? No.
She got me a drink of water.
JANE: Uh -huh ? l don 't like water from the bathroom.
Mum says if you drink it, you get sick.
Penny got you water from the bathroom? l didn 't drink it.
Excuse us a minute.
Let's get SOCO over here.
We're gonna rip out that toilet.
- l'm going to school.
- Do you think that's wise? - l have to go back sometime.
- l don 't think it's a good idea.
-No, nothing.
- Oh, damn ! Well, where does that pipe go? The waste pipe goes down through the middle of Vanessa's flat into the flat below.
Penny? Are you all pervs in your house? - Your dad teach blow jobs? Blow job, blow job, blow job! l hate you ! l hate you ! l'll kill you ! lt's that one.
lt's all right.
lt's empty.
Why didn 't she just let him be? l hate this place.
She was going on and on at him, and .
.
she won 't ever let him be.
Why won 't she ever leave him alone? Penny? Taff? Penny walked out of school after a fight.
Her mam doesn 't know where she is.
She's disappeared.
l couldn 't see it.
l couldn 't see it.
Hello? Who's that? Jane? Auntie Jane? Hello? Please Please don 't hurt me! This is my grandad's house! Please! - Phone Tennison ! Go on ! Yes? Auntie Jane please llm at Grandad's Penny's got my niece.
Grab her, Danny.
Where's Tennison ? - Get a psychiatrist My daughter's not mad! l hate you ! Get away from me! Just get away from me! Where is she? She won 't speak to anybody else.
Well, she will eventually.
Just get her to open up, and we'll get a proper statement later on .
Put her in a secure unit.
Jane She's asked to speak to you .
You had an abortion .
You said you nearly had a baby.
That That's what you meant.
You had an abortion .
You kllled your chlld Yes, l had a termination .
Penny, what do you want from me? What do they call it when you .
.
you can 't remember what you've done.
- A blackout? -Yeah Think that happened between me and Sallie? You don 't remember what happened? They're all saying l killed her.
- You were wearing Sallie's pendant.
- She gave it to me cos we were friends.
Penny, it was ripped off Sallie's neck after she was stabbed.
We've got the photographs.
Look, you can see the pattern of the chain cut in Sallie's neck.
Curtis could have done it.
Curtis has an alibi.
PENNY: Why did you kllI her ? lt could have been a girl.
You could have been a mother Penny, you're 1 4.
There's a lot about life that you don 't understand.
You killed your child! What is there to understand? You know I spent eight hours in a room like this once listening to a young man tell how he'd killed three people.
He was explaining to me how he gouged out one woman 's eye with a pencil.
You think l'm going to go home to Thomas the Tank Engine and ''Good night, teddy'' after that? l made choices.
l spent my life in rooms like this.
l'm not proud, but yes, l had a termination .
lt was the right thing for me.
lt was the right thing for me to do.
You're the reason my dad's gone.
The reason your dad's gone is because he had sexual relations with a 1 4-year-old girl, with your friend Sallie.
You don 't love anyone.
You don 't love anyone except yourself.
You 're lonely l thought we were friends.
lnever lied to you , Penny.
Listening to you and being with you it made me feeI like well, that life was worth living again .
Everything was exciting and possible, and l felt like l used to before all of this.
l wanted to give you lo .
.
love.
You never meant to kill Sallie, did you? You wanted to kllI that baby Penny, you never intended to kill Sallie, did you? l meant to.
Sallie was taking the piss OK.
l got what you wanted.
Here we go, here we go.
Here's our boy.
Here's our boy - Officer Hunky.
Check him out.
He'll handcuff her, and do the business.
- Handcuff Tennison ? Are you joking? - He'll give her a full body search.
lf he touches her, she'll stick that baton right up She'll be here any minute That's Sallie's, yes.
l promise it will be returned to you after the court case.
Thank you Thank you .
l'm sorry this investigation has been so painfuI for both of you We get up in the morning, and that's an achievement.
I make a cup of tea That's another one.
And that's how life is now.
l hear you're leaving.
Yes.
Out to grass.
Thank you .
For everything, thank you .
Let's keep that fluid going in , please.
Seven milligrams.
Losing his output.
Can we have two more units of O-neg? Keep that fluid going.
Right.
lt's coming up now.
- This is where you went out? - Yeah.
This camera covers the main hospital car park.
Can we stop CPR please? No output.
- l think we should stop.
Does everyone agree? - Yeah.
Thank you very much everybody.
LESTER: Mate he went down One shot Out of it See his face? Ooh, what? And he was down .
Back to the nick.
- Shit Fuck Oh no Come on .
Come on .
- Check Penny's house.
Call her parents.
- Yes, guv.
Oh, yeah.
l want two armed response units as soon as possible.
Yes, of course l understand the implications.
l don 't need to tell you Bill Otley was a good copper.
Curtis Flynn .
He's 20 years old.
Shooting like this is a whole new league for him.
He's volatlle and we can assume he's extremely dangerous As far as we know, he's still armed.
- Are you OK? - Yeah.
Yeah.
l'm fine.
l just want to get things started.
OK.
Let's have a look at the hospital CCTV.
TENNlSON : Curtis approached me in the hospital car park He was very aggressive and produced a gun when l went to arrest him.
He was distracted by the arrival of Penny Penny Phllips is a 1 4-year-old girI She's a friend of Sallie Sturdy's This was just before Bill arrived.
Blll challenged Curtis And that's when Curtis shot him OK.
l'll take a look at that, Danny.
Do we know if Curtis is the father of Sallie Sturdy's baby? No, we haven 't got a DNA cross-match yet, but it's expected at any moment.
Now Curtis is armed and dangerous There is a real possibility of him taking Penny hostage.
ls Penny a witness or an accessory? l believe Penny Philips may have saved my life.
- Come on ! Come on ! - What are you doing? l'm going home.
No way.
Not after this.
They'll track this.
Come on , man .
Who's this man Penny's with? He's a young career criminal.
Wanted for murder.
- His name's Curtis Flynn .
- Curtis Flynn ? - He's an ex-pupil of mine.
SlMMS: Shot a man dead last night Penny was with him during the shooting.
Penny? l know Curtis.
- Did she call you? - Has Penny got a mobile phone? Yeah.
- Hey it 's Penny - lt's straight on to voicemail.
PENNY: Oww! CURTlS: Come on ! ls this girl being serious? - Curtis, what's the matter? - Just shut up! Close the door! My sister.
Destiny, go back to bed.
Destiny! She ain 't mine.
She's my niece! All right, guys.
This care home we're going into is full of girls, so tread carefully.
Good luck.
OFFlCER: Get out Go on GlRL: Oww! OFFlCER: Out Get out Get out! GlRL: Don 't touch me! Lester! Lester! Get him! - What are you doing? LESTER: Get off me! Get off! - What drainpipe did you crawl up? - Are you crazy or what? - Where is he, Lester? Where is he now? - l don 't know.
Get off! lt's no use.
l'm going to look for her.
- l'd ask you not - l'm not waiting here.
Sir you've been asked to stay There you go.
- l don 't like that water.
- You're lucky you're getting any.
Stupid girl! - Curtis, l've got a cash card.
l can get money.
- Don 't you realise they're looking for you? Just shut up! Shut your mouth.
Where's the drink? Bitch! - Curtis, let us out.
- They're gonna try and kill me.
Those pigs are gonna try and kill me.
l don 't know where he is, man ! l don 't know where he is.
Get off me! - Get off! - Calm down .
- Listen , we're just asking questions.
- Where is he? Penny! Penny! Pen ! Penny! Shh.
Shh.
lt's OK.
Curtis is at his sister's, isn 't he? How did you know? l remember from school.
He stayed there a lot.
What do you make of that blood, then ? Guv? Guv? - What do we do now? - Oh, just give me a moment, would you? OK.
She's gonna tell the police.
That bitch is gonna tell 'em.
- Fucking pigs - They'll have guns.
- Let 'em.
Let 'em bring their guns.
-No.
- Do as you're told.
Just do as you're told.
So, what about known associates? -No, we've been through them all, guv.
- Well, go through them again .
Their known haunts if not Curtis's.
Guv'nor? Oh, Penny! Oh, Penny.
- Thank God you're all right.
- lt just happened too fast.
- Curtisand your friend l tried to stop him.
- Where is he? Where did you leave him? - He took me back to this flat.
- Where is it? - Do you know where it is? - l just - Where is it? - lt's his sister's flat.
- On the Brackford estate behind the shops.
- What's her name? Vanessa.
Vanessa Flynn .
She tried to look after Curtis when the mother - What number is it? - l'm sorry.
l'll need to speak to Penny later, OK? - His sister's there.
- Hmm? And her little girl.
Your cleaning job, it's at a pub, right? - Where do they keep the money? - l don 't know.
My belly is hurting.
l need to shit.
What you looking at? Watch the TV, man ! Destiny.
ldiot.
Stupid brat.
OFFlCER: Door Hit it ln ! - Armed police! - Get down ! - Police! Everybody get down ! - Destiny.
Hello.
What's your name? VANESSA: Put the gun down Destiny Put the gun down baby Had your breakfast yet? You're not going to take that to school, are you? VANESSA: Destiny No.
No.
Do you want to give it to me? Thank you .
All right.
Let's go down with your mummy, all right? - We will need an ambulance.
- Come here! What the fuck is she doing? - What's the hospital saying? - Shoulder wound, mainly.
He'll survive.
Lets hope that little girl does.
We've got the DNA result back.
And? Curtis isn 't the father.
What? Curtis is not the father of Sallie's baby.
- How? - Boss? Boss? - Mm? - I think you should come and take a look at this Curtis crashes here a lot.
His bolt hole.
He sleeps in here.
That bag fits our description of Sallie 's Right, we'll need a positive lD on that from Sallie's mum or dad straightaway.
Mm-hm.
- Curtis isn 't the father.
- Yeah, l just heard.
Then why would he kill Sallie? Destiny, this is Kerry.
Would you take her and show her your mum's bedroom? Thank you What's this bag doing here? l don 't know.
Young girls were always coming round to see Curtis.
Do you recognise this girl? Is that the girI that was murdered? Yes.
- And you think Curtis done it? - He's a suspect.
Was she here often ? After school, they'd be in there.
That teacherMister Philips, the head, he came up here one day but she told him to beat it They had a shouting match - What, Sallie and Mister Philips? - Out there on the balcony.
- What were they arguing about? - He didn 't like her hanging out with my brother ? - When was this? - About two months ago.
Jane? Can you hang on for a minute, Traynor? You are a highly experienced police officer You knew how to diffuse this situation but it seems to me you escalate it Seems you deliberately provoke him Curtis pulls out a gun and - The situation could not be diffused.
- He wasn 't high he wasn 't on drugs - lt takes a 1 4-year-old girl to diffuse it.
- l shot Bill, did l? Don 't be like that, just Were you frightened? No.
Jane, do yourself a favour.
Do l need to? Should l have a lawyer present? l'm trying to avoid problems, not create them.
Defence will use these tapes.
We don 't know how many copies there are We don 't know if the media have got hold of them Jane, l've got to ask the question Were you sober? l was visiting someone who was ill in hospital.
- ls that a yes or a no? - What do you think? - l appreciate that this is difficult.
- Yes, thank you .
So it has been .
Now, if you'll excuse me, l'll get back to work.
Unless you don 't want me to.
Traynor ? She was visiting her dad at hospital.
He died last night.
Oh, Christ! See, why doesn 't she just? Even the smallest thing, she doesn 't tell anyone.
l mean , ordinary, human - Did you know her father was lll -No.
No Old school.
That's Tennison .
On the force, what, 30, 35 years? Battered, burnt out.
Dinosaurs.
What do you they do when they leave? They drink themselves to death Just stay close to her, Danny, yeah? Sir.
TRAYNOR: Guv? Look, l'm very sorryabout your dad.
Yeah.
Thanks.
So, what have they decided? Well, you carry on .
Good.
And you get to baby-sit.
So, Curtis Flynn is still under sedation , so we can 't interview him, but that gives us time to get Forensics on to Sallie's kitbag.
But we've got the foetal DNA.
Curtis Flynn is not the father of Sallie's baby.
Neither is Tony Sturdy But, listen .
Listen , l'm not convinced that Curtis is our only suspect.
His sister saw Sean Philips arguing with Sallie outside her flat.
Quite violently.
Look, l want you to have a look at this.
See what you think.
This is Sean Phllips congratulating Sallie on a basketball win There Rather enthusiastic, don 't you think? Mm, definitely.
- So he was screwing her? TENNlSON : It 's a possibllity So she gets pregnant He doesn 't want to know.
She thinks, ''l'll show you .
l'll go from being your sexual fantasy to your worst nightmare.
'' She goes completely off the rails.
She threatens to tell everyone.
l want everything we can on Sean Philips.
His sexual history.
His marriage - Get on to it immediately - Sanctimonious pricks.
What did l tell you? - Eh ? - You did, Taff.
You did.
Penny's coming in to give a witness statement on Bill Otley's shooting, so Good.
Well, we'll see her in the soft suite.
- OK.
- And let's get Sean Philips in as well.
They'll think he's just there because of her.
Come through here.
Penny, why don 't you sit down ? Just that Penny may be called to give evidence about the shooting, so we thought maybe it would be a good idea to go over again what happened that night.
Your part in what happened.
OK? OK.
Where do you want me to start? Er Well, why were you at the hospital? We were there because of Curtis's leg.
TRAYNOR: And you were there with a group of friends yeah ? Yeah.
It's just lsaw him following you .
lsaw him threaten you .
He was so angry.
lneeded to get him out of there.
So he ran .
l followed.
Why? Why did you run after him? l don 't really know.
I thought I could l thought l could keep him away.
Why do you think Curtis listened to you? l don 't know.
He just came cos l wanted him to.
Now, listen , Penny .
.
if you're called as a witness, then they're going to ask you some questions - some difficult questions.
So l want to be the one who asks you first.
OK.
- All right? - OK.
ls Curtis your boyfriend? Sort of.
Do you have sex? Not sex, but Does she have to spell it out ? We need to know how Penny will answer.
lt will influence if we call her as a witness or not.
OK.
Was Curtis sleeping with Sallie? l don 't think so.
Sallie spent a lot of time with Curtis, at his sister's flat.
Do you know Vanessa's flat? Were you aware of that? No.
No, but you knew about that, Sean , didn 't you? Because you were seen arguing with Sallie on the balcony outside.
Yes.
Sallie had been missing basketball.
l was worried that she was going down the same road as Curtis.
Basketball? That's what that was about? Mm.
Well, l appreciate how important basketball is, but it's just that you never mentioned it before.
lt would have been very helpful to our investigation if we'd known that Sallie was spending time in Curtis's bolt hole.
Yeah, l can see that now.
Well, in retrospect, that was a mistake.
lshould have mentioned it.
Let's look at the school rolls.
Crosscheck any of Sallie's absence's with any of Mr Philips's.
They must keep some kind of attendance record for teachers.
She's holding something back.
TRAYNOR: About dad? - Mm Have you got kids? - Yeah.
Two girls.
-Never lie to them.
They always know when you're lying.
Penny? Penny! lt's your mum.
Hello? Penny are you OK? Yeah.
l'm fine, thanks.
Darling I want you back here straight away - Please - Look, l'm not coming home tonight, OK? Penny Penny? They're so freaked out.
Don 't even care.
l'm not going home.
Yes.
They're Sallie's.
No, um They're my daughter's.
l'm afraid they're evidence now.
What about the pendant? ls that there? The cross? Sallie's cross? No, there's no sign of that.
l can still smell herin the house.
Do you ever hear that song Smells Like Teen Spirit ? l don 't know what it's about.
l don 't That's what goes through my head, that She's er Thisis what's gone.
That hope.
Hope.
That's what he destroyed.
That's what Sean Philips took away.
Hope.
This bastard came to our house.
This bastard came into my house.
- Tony.
Tony.
Tony - He came to Sallie's funeral.
- You don 't know.
-You don 't know.
You don 't know.
Listen , l give you my word.
l will find Sallie's killer.
l give you my word.
The SOCO boys found these bits and pieces in the hospital car park.
You must have dropped them.
They're your dad's.
Thank you .
Bloody shame about Bill, eh? Terrible.
He was in AA.
He was He was a great help to me.
You should have a holiday.
Look at you - Hm.
-No, your dad's just died.
You've seen Bill shot, you were nearly shot.
And you're leaving, anyway.
Exactly.
lt's my last case.
That's why l have to find the killer of this young girl.
- Good night, guv.
- Good night.
Are you gonna be all right? Yeah.
PAULlNE: llve arranged Dad's cremation for 1 1 o'clock tomorrow Ah.
OK.
All right? Right.
-llll see you then Bye - Um, Pauline, how are you gonna get? LlNDA: Penny? Penny SEAN : You can 't just not come home at night Penny, this is no way to behave.
l know that you've been through some terrible experiences recently, but We're here for you .
Your mum and me.
Just get out of my room.
Yeah, so l won 't be in for a couple of hours, but l'm on the mobile.
SlMMS: Yeah sure We're all thinking of you guv Yeah.
Bye God! lused to be on and on at Mum to invite you round, wasn 't l, Mum? l was desperate to have an exciting auntie like you .
- Not like dad's boring old sisters PAULlNE: You 're as bad as your grandfather Whenever you were on TV, doing some appeal, we all sat round and watched - and said how great you were He was always asking after you Jane l didn 't always know.
Granddad said you were retiring.
What are you going to do? l don 't know.
PAULlNE: Maybe we'll see a lot more of you lt's just a pityit's come too late for Dad.
Oh! Bloody hell.
Here we go.
The prodigal daughter.
Well, he didn 't talk to me.
Not much.
-Never talked to me much either.
- That's because you never saw him.
Pauline, you know what? l don 't give a damn about the house.
You can sell it.
You can move into it.
l don 't care.
l can 't believe you said that to mum.
Why? lt's what she's longing to say.
Just come out with it.
Excuse me! Could l have another drink please? Gin and tonic, large one.
Thank you .
Well, you and Brian have had your eye on that house forever.
Don 't you think you've had enough? No, l don 't actually, and l don 't think you two have, either.
Oh come on Liven up l've seen enough dead people in my life, for Christ's sake.
What? Am I appalling? Am l embarrassing you? Never mind, dear.
We can all go and piss in the flowerpots, get thrown out of here.
PAULlNE: llm sorry llm sorry it 's turned out like this l hope you got what you wanted from life.
l really do.
l hope it's all been worth it.
Why did we come here anyway? l mean , look at us.
- We're like some famlly of old East End vlllains - l thought it was nice.
Did you think it was nice? Well, it's not nice.
lt's a dump.
Right.
Jane.
Come on , Carol.
All right? We get a lot funerals in here, what with being over the road.
Well, you'll never go bust, then , will you? Someone close, was it? lt's just that you looksad.
Take your fucking hand off me.
Piss off.
Oh, charming.
Delightful, you are.
Prick.
TENNlSON : Penny can I talk to you ? l'll see you around, mate.
Why did you never have children ? Well, you know, l nearly did once.
Nearly? How can you nearly have a child? Good question .
What can l say? Life is complicated.
- This is such a nice place.
- Oh Glad you like it.
l grew up here.
lspent 1 5 years in this house.
My sister and l used to share this room.
- Which one's yours? - Ta-da! My God! The bed is tiny.
- These are the books l wanted to show you .
- Cool.
Wow! l love this.
Now that is cool.
- Love the records.
- Yeah? - Oi! - Sorry.
- Oh God - What? - You remind me so much of - Of you? Yeah.
When you were my age? Yeah.
Munch.
You've got to look at that.
That's great.
What are you going to do with your life, Penny? Don 't know.
Something.
There's something you're not telling me.
About your dad.
- You said there wouldn 't be any questions.
- Yes.
Sorry.
Sorry.
lt's just, you know, it's so easy just to take the wrong turn , Sallie.
Sallie ? l'm not Sallie.
Sorry.
Penny.
Penny.
Ohhh.
Oh God llm sorry Penny Penny Sorry - l've forgotten .
- Shh.
You don 't need to worry so much.
Everything's gonna be OK.
Oh, shit.
Oh, God.
Oh, Jesus.
Penny? Penny? l'm sorry, l don 't know your name.
Jane.
Jane is going to read the preamble.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problem and help others recover from alcoholism.
The only requirement is a desire to stop drinking.
MAN : Even when blackouts became a way of life I stllI I stlll couldn 't admit I had a problem with alcohoI lt was always something else: the job, my marriage And then , one morning l woke up and it suddenly seemed clear.
My problem wasn 't any of those things.
lt was alcohol.
That was my problem.
The rest was just life .
.
but l was dead inside.
CURTlS: lt was him, not me.
You were the one that was armed, Curtis.
Bill Otley didn 't know what was going on .
CURTlS: He was putting himsel in my way - Guv.
Erm Curtis's dabs are all over the handles of the sports bag, but not on any of her clothes.
No semen No sweat No pubes And there's nothing inside the sports bag Hello, Curtis.
For the tape, Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison is entering the room.
- Crazy woman .
- Excuse me? l wanted to talk.
You were running your mouth, cussing me.
This interview is about the murder of Sallie Sturdy.
These clothes have been positively identified as belonging to Sallie.
They were found in your sister's flat, - beside the bed you often sleep in .
- Yeah? - So how did they get to be in your bedroom? - She left them there.
- So were you having sex with Sallie Sturdy? - Someone got there before me.
- ls that a yes or a no? - Filled her up good and proper.
You knew that Sallie was pregnant? My client isn 't the father.
You have his DNA on file.
- You can 't have been too happy about that, eh? - I liked it Banging away at it in there.
l told her, ''l'll punch it out for you if you want''.
Oh, is that what happened? You killed Sallie trying to abort the baby? Sallie wasn 't up for it.
''No, no, Curtis.
l love the baby.
'' l told her, ''Go home, man .
Your face don 't fit.
You don 't belong.
'' - So, that night that Sallie was killed? - l told you , l was with with Lester.
We have a statement from Lester Bishop confirming Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
l know.
l know.
Guv? We've got one afternoon about three months ago when l've got both Sean Philips and Sallie absent.
He's supposed to be at the dentist, so l'm just going to get Woodsy to check it now.
- Good, how was he? -Not too happy.
Hmm.
Let's go see him again .
- What, lift him? -No, no, no.
Go rattle his cage.
TENNlSON : Come on Let's go Sorry if l'm a little distracted.
Penny didn 't come home last night.
She's all right She's here in schooI now - lt's just this battle between school culture and - We're not here to talk about Penny.
We're asking several men involved in Sallie's life to take DNA tests.
l thought Curtis Flynn was the person you were investigating.
Sorry, l can 't comment on that.
lt would be very helpful if you could come to the station with us.
To be tested? Butwhy? l mean what would my DNA results show? Sallie was pregnant when she died.
So we need to establish who the father is.
And you think that l might be the father? My God.
lt's not that we think you're the father, it's just, well, we're asking people to eliminate themselves from the inquiry.
- You know, to narrow down the field.
- But But why? l know it's inconvenient, but it'll only take an hour.
This is a witch hunt.
- l don 't understand.
- You understand perfectly well.
Teachers are being hounded, portrayed as perverts, child molesters You were here yesterday, checking school rolls.
- What possible grounds do you now have? - We've got our reasons.
- We're under no obligation to inform you .
- And l'm under no obligation to take your test.
No, you're not but, if you refuse, we'll have to draw the inference and investigate you further.
Or do you want to walk out of here in handcuffs? GLORlA: What's happening? l don 't know.
Looks like he's being lifted.
Can l say something? l did it.
Sallie l'm the one who made her pregnant.
Sean Philips, l am arresting you on suspicion of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 1 4-year-old girl.
Daddy! No! No! Daddy! Daddy NEWSREADER: The police have charged a 42-year-old man with having unlawful sex with a 1 4-year-old girI found murdered last week The man remains in custody helping police with their inquiries into the murder So how frequently did you and Sallie have sex? Twice.
Ermthe first time was .
.
it was like an accident.
Justwell, l don 't quite know how it happened.
She'd been missing basketball and her whole attitude had changed.
l tried talking to her.
She wouldn 't listen .
Then , one day, lsaw her up at the Brackford Estate.
l was just passing and l stopped.
We had an argument l drove her home.
And, somehow, in the car You had sex? She suddenly becamevery sexual.
She just And the second time? lt was on the heath.
lt was um lt was more like a date.
OK.
You think l'm contemptible.
You only see the hypocrite.
- lt doesn 't matter what l think.
- Of course it does.
lt matters what everyone thinks.
lt's all that's ever mattered to me.
l put a stop to it then .
Yeah.
l could see that it was madness.
So when did you first know that Sallie was pregnant? Two months ago.
And how did you react? l told her that a termination was the only way, but she um Well She was full of dreams .
.
fantasies.
We'd run away together.
Live on the South Coast.
l'd give tutorials She had a way of just making it sound so wonderful.
Possible, even .
Did you feel your career was threatened? My career, my family .
.
everything would be ruined.
So you stopped seeing her? l triedeverything.
l tried to reason with her.
She just wouldn 't listen to me.
She was in love with me.
SoSallie wouldn 't see sense? She became impossible.
ln school, at home She'd watch the house and call in .
She was tormenting me.
And when did you last see her? Wellon that day at school.
The day she was killed.
You think l killed her.
Either you charge my client, or let him go.
This can 't be a fishing exercise for another separate crime, unless you're willing to arrest him for it.
All right.
My colleague Dl Traynor will formally arrest your client on suspicion of the murder of Sallie Sturdy No, please Look, please don 't do this.
- I didn 't do this I swear to you - Tennyson leaving the room.
Quarter past two.
Ask Penny.
She'll tell you that l came straight home.
LlNDA: What do you think you 're doing? I need it You can 't take the car away! TAFF: We'll be as fast as we can Will someone please explain to me what is going on ? Let's go inside shall we? - Well, just Get your hands off me.
- All right.
Calm down .
Let's calm down .
All right, all right.
You've not noticed anything unusual in Sean 's behaviour? l've told you , no.
Stressful jobbeing a headmaster.
How does he deal with it? He's doesn 't go around screwing 1 4-year-old girls.
That's not been a problem in the past? lt hasn 't.
Did you know that Sallie was pregnant when she was murdered? She gave it to me.
Miss Tennison .
Yeah? Acted like she was my friend.
l'm too young to drink.
l am.
lshouldn 't drink alcohol.
What are you saying, Penny? She took me back to her dad's house.
We looked at books, and .
.
she wanted me to drink whisky.
TAFF: No murder weapon no blood-stained clothes Nothing really Right.
The car's gone to Forensics.
What about Linda Philips? Nothing.
They're the Waltons.
OK, well, we'll hold him overnight, and wait for Forensics in the morning.
Good night.
Night.
-Night, guys.
-Night.
Was Penny Philips at the house? She was there, yeah.
How was she? Pretty pissed off.
Sticking up for her dad.
What, Penny? She's in reception delivering a fish supper.
- Just take it upstairs.
- We can 't have food from outside.
Why not, why not? Just take it.
lt's not asking much.
lf your dad has that, we have to take it all apart, and check there's nothing in there.
- Then do that.
- There's nothing in there.
lt's fish and chips! Take it up, OK? Just take it up before it gets cold! Jim, take it.
What do you want? Penny.
Please.
Penny, l l can 't imagine how difficult all this is for you .
Go in here.
Look, l told your mate.
About going to your dad's house.
You wanting me to drink.
l told him l was too young to drink alcohol.
Look, Penny .
.
l'm not trying to hurt you .
Whisky would've made me sick, but you just kept on and on at me.
lnever offered you alcohol.
Yes, you did.
You don 't even remember, do you? You were too drunk.
Now can l have my dad back? Danny, what did Penny tell you? lt's not good.
My word against hers.
She's got books belonging to you .
She describes your dad's house She's no fool.
So, what are you going to do? That's up to you .
You're my guv'nor.
Well, Danny, l think you should inform Mitchell l've seriously compromised the investigation l don 't think Sean did it.
l think he made Sallie pregnant, but l still think Curtis killed her.
Look at his form Assault robbery with violence And l don 't believe Penny.
Not about that alcohoI Thank you .
You took her back to your dad's house.
l mean , did you never think? She stole my heart.
Who'd have thought? l'll see you tomorrow.
Danny, l'm still going after Sean .
My name's Jane, and l'm an alcoholic.
ALL: Hi, Jane.
Uml haven 't had a drink today.
l guess that's a good thing.
His car's clean .
No trace of Sallie, nothing.
- You need a confession .
- Tell me something else l don 't know.
Detective Superintendent Tennison is entering.
So, your only alibi for that night is Penny? l don 't want Penny dragged into this.
God, no.
Sean , Sean , Penny has already been dragged into it.
She's been questioned her bedroom has been searched and yet you cling on to her statement l mean , wha Penny's trying to do the right thing.
Well, of course she is.
l mean , she's only a child, isn 't she? How old is she? Oh, she's the same age as little Sallie.
Little Sallie.
You know, that's what the tabloids are calling her.
OK Sean we'll start again We've got plenty of time So, let's go back to the heath.
How often did you take Sallie there? On a few occasions.
- For sex? -Not only l wasn 't there that night.
l didn 't kill Sallie.
This is wrong.
lt's wrong, it's all out of hand.
You're determined to say l killed Sallie.
- And l didn 't.
l didn 't.
- Sean Sean All we want here is the truth.
All right? OK, now, look - do you want a drink of water? Please.
Would you get him a drink of water, please? Sean can you imagine what all this is doing to Penny? You betray her, her faith in you .
And you do it with a girl of her own age from the same class, a girl who lives across the street.
Penny Penny, she thinks the world of you .
This questioning is oppressive.
Sean , let Penny free of this.
l've let everyone down .
The whole school, everyone.
But l didn 't kill Sallie.
I couldn 't l couldn 't do that.
l'm sorry.
Have you any actual evidence against my client? Sallie was my star She was my perfect little star.
Your client is free to go Thank you MlTCHELL: OK let's get Curtis Flynn back in and re-interview She's still not convinced about Curtis.
Yeah well it 's not her call now l'll talk to Tennison at her leaving party.
What's up with you , then ? Nothing.
Well, that's it, then .
Whatever you do, do not hire a stripper for the party.
l can 't believe you're really leaving.
Well llve had a good run Taff You know - dozens of convictions, three commendations, two for bravery, one for excellence.
More than most.
First female DCl.
First Jane Tennison , DCl.
Sorry, ma'am.
- Don 't call me ma'am.
l'm not the bloody Queen .
-£9.
20, mate.
- Keep the change.
Cheers.
Get out! Daddy! Get out! - Get out! - She needs us! She needs a family! You need your family! You screwed that up, didn 't you? Get out! Open the door.
- He had sex with your best friend! - Let me go! He had sex with your best friend and he made her pregnant! Open the door.
Open the door, Linda! Listen to me - he had sex with her! Open the door! He made her pregnant! Hemadeherpregnant! Don 't you understand that? Penny? Listen to me - Let me in - l'll phone the police! Daddy Daddy Daddy LlNDA: lt's all right, it's all right.
No! No! No, get away! - Penny, Penny This is Penny Phllips at the hospitaI Oh, come on , Jane.
Now look.
Look.
Even at this distance you see the pendant, the one that she's wearing, is very similar to the one missing from Sallie's body.
Now, Penny is wearing it before Bill was killed, but when she came back from the flat Curtis had her in , she wasn 't wearing it.
Hang on .
Somewhere between the hospital and the flat, Penny disposed of the pendant.
TRAYNOR: Did you notice if Penny was wearing a chain and pendant? - She was only here a little while.
- She said my top was nice.
Did she? She didn 't give you anything, like any jewellery or anything like that? No.
Did you notice Curtis chucking anything away? No.
She got me a drink of water.
JANE: Uh -huh ? l don 't like water from the bathroom.
Mum says if you drink it, you get sick.
Penny got you water from the bathroom? l didn 't drink it.
Excuse us a minute.
Let's get SOCO over here.
We're gonna rip out that toilet.
- l'm going to school.
- Do you think that's wise? - l have to go back sometime.
- l don 't think it's a good idea.
-No, nothing.
- Oh, damn ! Well, where does that pipe go? The waste pipe goes down through the middle of Vanessa's flat into the flat below.
Penny? Are you all pervs in your house? - Your dad teach blow jobs? Blow job, blow job, blow job! l hate you ! l hate you ! l'll kill you ! lt's that one.
lt's all right.
lt's empty.
Why didn 't she just let him be? l hate this place.
She was going on and on at him, and .
.
she won 't ever let him be.
Why won 't she ever leave him alone? Penny? Taff? Penny walked out of school after a fight.
Her mam doesn 't know where she is.
She's disappeared.
l couldn 't see it.
l couldn 't see it.
Hello? Who's that? Jane? Auntie Jane? Hello? Please Please don 't hurt me! This is my grandad's house! Please! - Phone Tennison ! Go on ! Yes? Auntie Jane please llm at Grandad's Penny's got my niece.
Grab her, Danny.
Where's Tennison ? - Get a psychiatrist My daughter's not mad! l hate you ! Get away from me! Just get away from me! Where is she? She won 't speak to anybody else.
Well, she will eventually.
Just get her to open up, and we'll get a proper statement later on .
Put her in a secure unit.
Jane She's asked to speak to you .
You had an abortion .
You said you nearly had a baby.
That That's what you meant.
You had an abortion .
You kllled your chlld Yes, l had a termination .
Penny, what do you want from me? What do they call it when you .
.
you can 't remember what you've done.
- A blackout? -Yeah Think that happened between me and Sallie? You don 't remember what happened? They're all saying l killed her.
- You were wearing Sallie's pendant.
- She gave it to me cos we were friends.
Penny, it was ripped off Sallie's neck after she was stabbed.
We've got the photographs.
Look, you can see the pattern of the chain cut in Sallie's neck.
Curtis could have done it.
Curtis has an alibi.
PENNY: Why did you kllI her ? lt could have been a girl.
You could have been a mother Penny, you're 1 4.
There's a lot about life that you don 't understand.
You killed your child! What is there to understand? You know I spent eight hours in a room like this once listening to a young man tell how he'd killed three people.
He was explaining to me how he gouged out one woman 's eye with a pencil.
You think l'm going to go home to Thomas the Tank Engine and ''Good night, teddy'' after that? l made choices.
l spent my life in rooms like this.
l'm not proud, but yes, l had a termination .
lt was the right thing for me.
lt was the right thing for me to do.
You're the reason my dad's gone.
The reason your dad's gone is because he had sexual relations with a 1 4-year-old girl, with your friend Sallie.
You don 't love anyone.
You don 't love anyone except yourself.
You 're lonely l thought we were friends.
lnever lied to you , Penny.
Listening to you and being with you it made me feeI like well, that life was worth living again .
Everything was exciting and possible, and l felt like l used to before all of this.
l wanted to give you lo .
.
love.
You never meant to kill Sallie, did you? You wanted to kllI that baby Penny, you never intended to kill Sallie, did you? l meant to.
Sallie was taking the piss OK.
l got what you wanted.
Here we go, here we go.
Here's our boy.
Here's our boy - Officer Hunky.
Check him out.
He'll handcuff her, and do the business.
- Handcuff Tennison ? Are you joking? - He'll give her a full body search.
lf he touches her, she'll stick that baton right up She'll be here any minute That's Sallie's, yes.
l promise it will be returned to you after the court case.
Thank you Thank you .
l'm sorry this investigation has been so painfuI for both of you We get up in the morning, and that's an achievement.
I make a cup of tea That's another one.
And that's how life is now.
l hear you're leaving.
Yes.
Out to grass.
Thank you .
For everything, thank you .