Silent Witness (1996) s10e08 Episode Script

Suspect sighted.
He's alone.
Where the hell is she? Oi! Get the bag.
Where is she, Fish? Who? Kelly Wetherby.
Where is she? Kelly's gone home.
What you doing? What've you done with her? What d'you mean, what've I done with her? She's gone home.
What do you mean? She's gone home about half an hour ago.
Aah! How did she get home? She got the bus.
I saw her to the bus stop.
You are not going out of my sight until you tell me where you have been! Yeah! Yeah! I know! I know! Life as I know it is now over.
Morning.
You gave me a fright.
What are you doing here? I heard you'd asked the CSM if you could come back.
What is it? A partial footprint.
Looks like oil, motor oil.
There's a patch of it in the street outside.
SOCO stacked up the mail when we arrived.
It must have been covered.
This is dated the 1st, which means that it probably arrived on the 2nd and was then covered by all this junk mail.
Right.
So, let's say this arrived on the 6th, the day she was found.
The 5th The 4th, the day she probably died.
The 3rd The 2nd, there's our footprint The 1st and the 31st, the day she injured her shin.
So someone was here.
Someone was here two days after she was injured.
If someone did come here, what were they looking for that was worth leaving an old lady to die? Well, we know it wasn't money, or an antique clock.
It's empty.
Forensics cleaned everything out.
Careful.
Hang on.
You think someone attacked her with the ladder? These things are monsters at the best of times, and this one's come loose on one side.
SHE SCREAMS What have you got? This is Chris Duncan's stab wound.
This is the wound on Alison Garland's wrist.
This is the knife that Fish got rid of before he was arrested.
Now this knife did not cause either of those two wounds.
Might have had another knife.
Yeah.
He could have had a whole set of knives for all I know! Ferguson might have more luck.
Yeah.
Is this your knife? You're a real celebrity, Fish, aren't you? No, I mean it.
When you walked out on that roof the other day, kids looked up at you like you were a god or something.
Real cool.
Too cool to go to class, too cool to kick a football around, too cool to talk to us.
But not too cool for fingerprints, eh? Yeah, it was my knife.
So what? And I want it back, as well.
And Sylvana changed her statement, so you've lost your alibi for Alison's murder.
'You know, I'm a bit of a celebrity, too, in my field.
'But it's taken me and you do it in 30 seconds.
'Well, you wouldn't understand about that, would yer? 'That's right.
No, I wouldn't.
' But you've still got all that time ahead of you.
And when you come out of prison, son, you're going to be old, like me.
Alison Garland and Hannah Duncan were sharing a room on the school field trip, weren't they? We reckon Chris Duncan caught you sneaking in to their room for a quickie and gave you a good beating.
Chris Duncan deserved to die! And Alison Garland? Did she deserve to die too? Or did you just have to shut her up? Is that why you killed her? Why did you kill her? I didn't kill Alison.
We had fun.
She was a sweet girl.
So, where were you? I was out shoplifting.
In the mall.
'That's why I got Sylvana to say that I was with her.
'Lots of cameras in the mall.
'If they didn't pick you up, you weren't there.
' I was there.
And Duncan? I didn't kill him.
Do you know who did? Gerard, do you know who killed Chris Duncan? I don't know who killed Duncan! I just keep hearing Duncan's voice all the time.
What do you mean, hearing his voice? What? I came into Alison's room and he was on top of her.
At first I thought it was Alison, but .
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it was Hannah.
He was having sex with his own daughter.
And he was talking to her as if everything was normal.
But that's not normal though, is it? No, son.
That's not normal.
'It'll be OK.
'You go back to sleep now.
'It's OK.
You go back to sleep now.
'Sshh.
' You haven't seen Hannah by any chance, have you? No.
Sorry, Miss.
Have you seen Hannah? I haven't seen her.
I saw her by the tree a minute ago.
Did you have any reason to suspect that your husband was abusing your daughter, Mrs Duncan? Mrs Duncan? Hannah? Hannah? Hello, John.
They're going to speak to Hannah in a minute.
They won't let me see her.
Well, when it's over they'll let you take her home, OK? Wait.
Keeping quiet didn't do us any good, did it? John, is there something you want to tell the police? Do you want to tell me? I was packing my bags to go back to university and Hannah came into my room.
She told me she and Dad had been having sex.
I said something like, "What's this I hear about some funny business between you and Hannah?" I tried to say it casually.
SCREAMING Mum told me to go back to uni, she'd deal with it.
That was the last time I saw my dad.
I should have said something.
I should have done something.
I should have got her out of there.
John .
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what you did or didn't do isn't important.
What matters is what you do now.
You know Kay trained as a nurse before the war? She volunteered and was posted to Tobruk and fell in love with one of her patients, Second Lieutenant Michael Standish.
She was the same age as me.
Standish rejoined his unit and he sent her love letters every day for months - Monte Cassino, D-day.
He was blown up by a landmine in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge.
We still don't know why Kay wanted to go in the loft.
It doesn't really matter.
She probably just wanted to look at boxes of old photos and letters.
And we can't explain the footprint? Listen.
Nothing.
Shh.
I think I know who our intruder is.
Hannah, I know this must be very hard for you.
Just take your time and tell us about you and your dad.
My dad's dead.
There's nothing more to say.
How does that feel? Like the end of everything.
I don't understand why you want me to talk now it's all over.
But I want to help.
You are helping.
It was a bad day.
Boys.
So she went to the showroom.
Who went to the showroom? And the king said that she wasn't a slag and he hugged her and he said she was beautiful, blossoming.
And he kissed her eyes.
He kissed away her tears.
After, that he'd made a stupid, stupid mistake.
The next few days were terrible.
So she went to the magic motor showroom to sort things out.
He, he said that he loved her .
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then all the princess had to do was shout "stop" and he would stop whatever we were .
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we were doing .
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and it would all go back to how it was before "it".
The princess didn't want the king on the trip and sure enough they were all but caught.
But you know that, don't you? It's OK.
I just need to know what you know.
And now Well, he's gone.
And it all seems so long ago.
I must look like the most terrible victim here.
I don't want to be a victim.
He's the one that's dead.
And anyway, she had Supernova .
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who'd do anything for her.
And so on.
What's the time? I need to get going.
Ten to four.
You should have asked me before.
I didn't realise you were so interested.
Mr Owen.
Hello, Stephen.
Hi.
We've got a couple of boxes of loft contents we need you to sign for.
Why did you ask me to bring Stephen? We wondered if you both could help us solve a puzzle.
Do you know much about this clock? No, not really.
My mother would never let me touch it.
It says on the fascia that it's an eight-day clock.
Is that right, Stephen? Yes.
It's just it's been more than eight days since your mother injured her shin.
It should've stopped by now.
I wound it up.
Sorry.
Stephen, do you mind letting us talk? I'd like to stay.
Let's go and see if there are any biscuits in the kitchen, shall we? We We went to the Chelsea game last week.
Afterwards, we were practically going past the front door and Stephen wanted to see his gran.
Why did he get sent off? I don't know why he got sent off.
You'll have to ask the referee, mate.
Mum.
Look, you hang on here a minute, OK? OK.
Mum? Hello? Mum? Get out! Get out! I thought she was disorientated from waking up.
I told her we'd come back another time.
I thought we would.
To tell you the truth, I just wanted to get the hell out of there.
She made me feel like an intruder.
It always felt like that between us.
I just thought things were best left as they were till the morning when the care people came in.
She shouldn't have been living on her own.
I should have been stronger.
Taken control of the situation.
Done something.
That's what Mum always says.
Your Mum's right.
I just thought that one day, we'd have this big conversation, get everything out in the open and then we could move on.
Why didn't you tell us? I felt guilty.
Come on, mate.
Thank you.
It makes me feel like calling my granny.
You should.
Good night, Martin.
Bye, Walter.
So, who or what the hell is Supernova? Maybe part of her fantasy world.
Hello, Mum, I didn't hear you come in.
Hello, Leo.
Hi.
Dad called.
He wants you to ring him back.
He'll be in the office until 3am our time.
I'm going to go next door.
What does your husband think of all this? My ex.
He's in New York.
We are a very modern family.
Miranda gets great holidays.
And are you married? My wife and daughter died In a car accident.
I'm sorry.
Shall we eat? KNOCK ON THE DOOR I'll get it! Oh, hi, Kelly.
Hiya.
Is your mum in right now? Mum, it's for you.
Hiya.
Hiya.
Are you busy right now? I really need to talk to you.
It's Kelly.
I need to see her.
Would you rather I No.
We'll eat later, shall we? What have you been watching? Not much.
Are you staying for dinner? That's the plan, yeah.
Well, don't get too excited.
She can't cook.
And, well, this is the first time I've ever been this close.
How long do you think I should leave it? Leave what? Till I put out for Fish.
And what would you like to do? Come on then? What? Just pick someone.
I don't really know how this programme works.
You just nominate someone.
Oh, right, OK.
How about Katrina, or whatever her name was? Alice.
Alice.
The two young, pretty girls.
Were they pretty? Right, what's the number? Er, hang on a second, coming up.
.
Ready? Yeah.
0900 1 800 303.
What do I win? Nothing! They might win a kitchen, though.
Ah! Thanks.
Bye-bye.
It was terrible when Dad left.
But before I'd got used to that, I was excluded.
What for? Silly things, really.
Likeme and my friends doing each others' homework.
There's nothing wrong with friends doing things for each other, is there? Doesn't sound like a cardinal sin, no.
What doesn't sound like a cardinal sin? They felt it was difficult for Mum to do her work with her own daughter in the school.
They only said it wasn't ideal, and her grades were slipping.
Shall we eat? Sure.
Of course, my grades! Kelly begged me for a session and then gave me an hour of boys, fashion and music.
Sounds frustrating.
Notypical.
They all talk about everything except the one thing they really want to tell you.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS Sorry.
Hello? What?! Whereabouts? Walter Best, deputy head of Willow Hill School.
Yeah, I know who he is.
Er, it looks like two stab wounds to the neck.
Attacker came up from behind him, I should think.
Weapon been found? No.
Could it be the same blade that was used on the other victims? Possibly.
Can't tell yet.
How far away from here was Alison Garland murdered? Couple of hundred yards away.
Leo, we've got a fingerprint on the rucksack.
Bill, can we get him bagged up now, please? Two stab wounds.
One through the shoulder.
The other has passed through both the carotid and the jugular.
Angle of entry suggests one blow was struck while the victim was upright, the other while he was prone.
Blade was serrated.
Width is right.
First look, I'd say it's almost certain these wounds were caused by the same kind of knife that killed Chris Duncan and Alison Garland.
There is also a jagged wound to the palm of his right hand, which he probably raised to defend himself.
Nikki, can you make sure that his prints are compared with the print on the rucksack? Sure.
There's some residue under his fingernails.
Looks like it might be skin, possibly from his attacker.
The fingerprints on the rucksack are all Best's, except for one.
We ran it through NAFIS, but no match.
It looks small.
Female? Or a little finger.
Leo, the DNA taken from the skin under Walter Best's nails has no match on the criminal database, but the mitochondrial DNA has a direct match to Mary Duncan.
Could someone translate, please? Mitochondrial DNA is different from nuclear DNA in that it's always passed down identically from mother to child.
It narrows it down to a group of relatives.
Which puts Mary Duncan right back in the picture, doesn't it? What about the children? Hannah certainly had a motive for killing her father.
Could she have any history with Alison Garland we don't know about? She wasn't in the country when they were killed.
Everyone who has a motive also has an alibi, and everyone who doesn't have an alibi doesn't have a motive.
Chris Duncan.
Lots of stab wounds.
Loss of control by the killer.
The attack was frenzied and angry.
Alison Garland Almost certainly killed with the same knife, but the MO is utterly different.
Because the killer was trying to simulate suicide, the attack was planned, premeditated.
Walter Best Also attacked from behind.
Yeah, also stabbed, but this time, it was limited and controlled.
Well, it may be the same knife, but it's different killers.
Hannah Duncan's locker Oh, yeah.
Hannah Duncan? Have they arrested her? The police are looking for her now.
John Duncan thought that she had gone to bed early, but she must have slipped out.
Thing is, she was in France when her father and Alison were murdered.
So who's she working with? Her mother, her brother? Her friends? Well, Alison Garland's murder was a defining MO.
It had a planned, calculated quality to it.
But why on earth would Hannah Duncan want to kill Walter Best? Her father, maybe, but She might as well have murdered a complete stranger.
What? That's it! What? They were swapping murders.
'Well, it may be the same knife, 'but it's different killers.
'Was there any particular reason for this, Kelly? 'Yeah.
Alison was an evil troll.
'I don't want to be a victim.
'He's the one that's dead.
'And anyway, she had Supernova, 'who would do anything for her.
' As we know, Hannah Duncan was in France for the first two murders.
Yes.
She had a motive for killing her father, Chris Duncan.
Yes.
And she had the opportunity to kill Walter Best.
Yes.
So, first off, is there a girl who had a motive for killing Alison Garland and the opportunity to kill Chris Duncan? MOBILE PHONE BEEPS 'Kelly Wetherby?' She was bullied by Alison.
We also know that at the time of Alison's death, she was in a session with Caroline.
And she was also at Caroline's house the night of Best's murder.
What we don't know is where she was at the time of Duncan's death.
Therefore the third person killed Alison .
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Who had the motive for killing Walter Best.
'You know Supernova's coming?' But she's at school.
Yeah, right, like that'll stop her.
So, you did it then? Do you feel weirded out? Did you miss Hollyoaks last night? I mean, it doesn't matter because they'll just repeat it again on E4.
We don't get E4.
Send that to my phone, I can use it.
You're so clever! Did you tell her about her Dad? What we did to him? Not now.
Besides, Hannah did this one on her own.
Yes, but I Shut up.
He was evil.
I know.
What did he doBest? Just that you never really told us what he did.
Does it matter what he did? He cast me out into the In Between World.
There, is that enough? How old are you? I'm 27.
That's ã4.
50.
You're incredible.
You're unbelievable.
Mum? Hi.
It's me.
School finished early.
Miranda, can you go home? Sorry, Mum.
It's a bad signal.
Look, we're going down The Crypt.
Are you going to be there all afternoon? Yes.
Pardon.
Yes! Hannah, you're crying.
When we first met, you said you wished you could cry.
It's all over, isn't it? That's why we're all out together.
Yes.
Pretty much.
If I do get caught, I'll find a way to end it all.
I know you will.
Oh, look! Look.
If I do one, one more! Give me the bloody sword then.
Leave your jacket, I'll wait for you.
Just one question.
How come it has to be another one of yours, again? You will come back and I will love you forever.
But there are cameras and people who will see me.
Only if you want to seen.
You will not get caught.
We are fighting evil.
Right.
I need help I'm just It's just I'm I'm in a bit of trouble.
I don't know, it's just Things have just got a bit out of hand.
I'm sorry.
SIRENS BLARE Hey, hey, where you going? Nowhere, Fish.
Bloody nowhere.
Did you kill Alison? No.
Yeah, sort of.
Just give me the knife, Kelly.
Caroline, are you all right? I'm fine.
Are you sure? Yes.
I don't want Miranda out.
Where is she? She's with her friends, some place called The Crypt.
Don't worry.
Don't worry, I'll pick her up.
Supernova told him we knew about what he'd done to Perfect Ten.
You mean Hannah Duncan? He just went mad.
He attacked Supernova just like she said he would.
So Supernova said I had to smite him.
Who's Supernova, Kelly? I remember looking at Alison in class.
It was weird.
I felthigh.
I wanted to tell her that Supernova was waiting for her.
To do it for me.
Kelly.
Then Perfect Ten smote the teacher.
And that was Supernova's choice.
Kelly, I can't make any promises .
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but we will try and make things easier for you .
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if you tell us who Supernova is.
SHE LAUGHS What's funny, Kelly? SHE LAUGHS That's what Supernova said - that you'd try and trick us.
It's OK.
You don't know any different.
SHE LAUGHS 'Smite him!' MAN SCREAMS What are we looking for? Motive.
DANCE MUSIC PLAYS Miranda? Hi.
Your mum asked me to give you a lift.
She's worried about you.
That's a first.
Nothing.
Walter Best doesn't seem to have done anything to anyone, apart from teach geography again and again.
What about last year? Is there someone's report we haven't seen or something? This is last year's.
He recommended that Miranda Anscombe be moved to another school.
Is that a motive? Is she very disturbed? Who knows? She was badly shaken, but not hurt.
Bit of a shock for all of us, to be honest.
Mmm.
It's terrible.
Are you OK? Yeah, I'm fine.
Are you sleeping with my Mum? No.
SHE GIGGLES But you want to, don't you? Have you been drinking? Yeah.
So? Are you my father? No.
Can you do your seatbelt up? What was she like, your daughter? How old was she when she died? She was a bit younger than you.
When was her birthday? Erm, a few days ago, as it happens.
Could you do your belt up? What was she really like? I don't really want to discuss her, if you don't mind.
Miranda.
Not coming in then? No, I don't think I am.
I suppose I'd better get on with my homework.
If I were you, I'd drink lots of water and get to bed.
Hi.
You OK? Yes.
Are you sure? Yes.
Thank you.
Can you come in? I think I'd better get back, actually.
I'll give you a call.
Yeah.
OK, thanks.
Bye.
Miranda Anscombe's school had 500cc of methylated ether stolen from their science room store last week.
'But there's nothing wrong with friends doing things for each other, is there?' 'What was she like, your daughter?' 'How old was she when she died?' Sit down, Mum.
Sit down! Ask me how I'm feeling, please.
Ask me how I feel! Ask me! How do you feel? Every other kid, you know how they're feeling, but I have to say things.
I have been saying things.
Every time I see something different.
I'm surprised you didn't see it too.
'When was her birthday? How old was she when she died? 'What was she really like?' I'm going to make you very, very proud, mother.
All your sacrifices are going to be worthwhile.
in 45 minutes on my blog.
We got photos, pictures, everything.
HORNS BLARE And we've had the time of our lives.
Hannah Duncan cried today.
Isn't that amazing? I will not be a victim.
Oh, Jesus! Have you called an ambulance? Caroline, have you called an ambulance? Help me get her arms up.
That's it.
Hold them, hold them.
Down a bit and tight.
Tight as you can.
SIREN BLARES SHE DIALS Hi, Leo.
It's Nikki.
I've just got back to the office.
I heard what happened and I just wanted to check you were all right.
Give us a call, if you can.
Bye.