VERA Season 13 Episode 1 - video Dailymotion
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00:00:00 - Hi, Annie. You have a good day, all right?
00:00:07 Morning, Ian.
00:00:08 - Millard? You all right?
00:00:09 - Oh, yeah. Very good.
00:00:10 - Fresh avocado, best in the north.
00:00:11 - Coming right up, darling.
00:00:12 - There you go, love.
00:00:13 Tell you what, I'll, er, throw in another one for free, as long as I see you back here
00:00:22 tomorrow.
00:00:23 - What time do you call this?
00:00:24 - This was late.
00:00:25 - Well, I'll be docking your wages, Leanne. One more late start and I'll be letting you
00:00:28 go.
00:00:29 - I'll be back at 20 for a quid, Carol.
00:00:30 - Oh, you're that cheeky. Last time today, all right?
00:00:31 - See you, Carol.
00:00:32 - So, Ian, how's the new pitch working out for you?
00:00:33 - Well, it's working great, love, yeah.
00:00:34 - Usual, mate.
00:00:35 - All right, Michael?
00:00:36 - There you go.
00:00:37 - Cheers, Donny.
00:00:38 - I noticed your takings are up, then.
00:00:39 - How are you, Tony?
00:00:40 - Onions, man. Let's get this lot out while it's fresh.
00:00:41 - I'm not sure I can get a load of this.
00:00:42 - I'm not sure I can get a load of this.
00:00:43 - I'm not sure I can get a load of this.
00:00:44 - I'm not sure I can get a load of this.
00:00:45 - I'm not sure I can get a load of this.
00:00:46 - All right, Michael?
00:00:47 - There you go.
00:00:48 - Cheers, Donny.
00:00:49 - I noticed your takings are up, then.
00:00:50 - How are you, Tony?
00:00:51 - Onions, man. Let's get this lot out while it's fresh.
00:00:52 - I won't sell itself.
00:00:53 - Well, it's on.
00:00:54 - All done, Liam?
00:00:55 - Sorted.
00:00:56 - Come on, girls. Let's be having you.
00:00:57 - How are you, Onions? Get another round in.
00:00:58 - Mind the pint. Let's keep eating.
00:00:59 - Mind the pint. Let's keep eating.
00:01:00 - Mind the pint. Let's keep eating.
00:01:01 - Mind the pint. Let's keep eating.
00:01:02 - Mind the pint. Let's keep eating.
00:01:03 - Mind the pint. Let's keep eating.
00:01:04 - Mind the pint. Let's keep eating.
00:01:05 - Come in. Come in. Nice shirt, Dan.
00:01:19 - Fresh and sharp, or what? Hey! All right, boys, where were we?
00:01:28 - Danny, don't you think you've had enough?
00:01:33 - A word. In private.
00:01:43 - Danny. Danny. Danny, man, will you wait?
00:01:53 - Here you go.
00:01:54 - Thanks, love.
00:02:07 - Miss me, girls? Come on. See you tomorrow.
00:02:23 - Bye.
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00:04:05 - Thanks, love.
00:04:10 - Check in with her and make sure she's all right, yeah?
00:04:16 - Morning, Mum.
00:04:17 - Mark.
00:04:18 - Morning, Mum. Male fatality, early 20s.
00:04:22 - Hit and run, they said.
00:04:24 - Yeah, our jogger found him first thing this morning.
00:04:28 - Deceased got a name?
00:04:29 - Yeah, Danny Medden. We found some business cards in his wallet.
00:04:33 - So he wasn't robbed then?
00:04:35 - No, it doesn't look like it. I mean, all the money's still there.
00:04:38 No sign of a phone, though.
00:04:40 - Let's see that card.
00:04:42 Medden's Fruit and Veg, Benson Market.
00:04:45 Oh, I know one. They've been there for years.
00:04:49 It wouldn't hurt to give that number a ring.
00:04:51 - Mum.
00:04:52 - Hold up.
00:04:56 Watch where you're stepping.
00:05:00 - First impressions. Focus is the mind.
00:05:03 - Huh? We sharing these first impressions?
00:05:07 - Injuries suggest he was hit by a moving vehicle.
00:05:10 - Well, I could have told you that.
00:05:12 - Multiple fractures to the left femur and pelvis,
00:05:15 likely sustained at the moment of impact.
00:05:17 Query internal bleeding. PM will tell us more.
00:05:20 - Time of death, any ideas?
00:05:22 - Rigor mortis in the hands and upper limbs.
00:05:24 Still some give in the legs.
00:05:25 Suggests he's been dead for around six to eight hours.
00:05:28 - So, sometime late last night.
00:05:30 - We've got fragments of a broken headlight.
00:05:33 Might help us narrow down the vehicle in question.
00:05:35 - Well, that's something at least we can work with.
00:05:40 - Hey.
00:05:42 - Thanks, Paula.
00:05:44 - Where's Aidan today?
00:05:45 - Uh, Aidan? Perth.
00:05:47 - Perth? What's he doing in Scotland?
00:05:50 - Try Perth, Australia.
00:05:52 - What?
00:05:53 - You're shocked.
00:05:54 Could have knocked me for six when I found out.
00:05:57 It was his missus sent in the application.
00:06:00 Reckoned his prospects would be better down under.
00:06:03 Plus, her sister lives there.
00:06:06 Kenny gives him six months.
00:06:08 (phone rings)
00:06:13 - Ma'am, we've found the phone.
00:06:20 - Right, so there's the point of impact.
00:06:23 His phone goes flying.
00:06:25 And he ends up here.
00:06:27 - Absence of any skid marks suggests the vehicle was going at speed.
00:06:30 No attempts to brake and avoid a collision.
00:06:33 - Yeah, might not have been time to stop.
00:06:35 - A random driver run him down accidentally.
00:06:38 Fled the scene.
00:06:39 - Evidence might suggest otherwise.
00:06:41 There are some tracks further down that we're investigating.
00:06:43 - So, could the driver have stopped eventually?
00:06:46 - Check if he's still alive.
00:06:47 - Aye.
00:06:49 - Or to make sure he was dead.
00:06:58 - Here, cheers. - Will do.
00:07:02 - We pulled up a home address in East Bentham.
00:07:06 Uniform are there now, but there's nobody home.
00:07:11 - Shirt, sleeves, plenty of money.
00:07:14 Sounds like a night on the town.
00:07:17 - So what's he doing out here, middle of nowhere?
00:07:19 - Well, that's the thousand dollar question, Kenny.
00:07:26 - Girlfriend?
00:07:27 - Whoever she is, she'll need telling.
00:07:31 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
00:07:49 - No, no, no, you can't park there, I'm afraid.
00:07:51 - Who's in charge here, love?
00:07:53 - That'd be me, Mark Inspector.
00:07:55 - I'm Mr... - Shah, Millan Shah.
00:07:57 - DCI Stanhope, and I'm here about Danny Medden.
00:08:01 - What's he done now?
00:08:02 - Now, his fruit and veg store. Is that a family concern?
00:08:05 - Yeah, Danny's dad owns the license, Tony Medden.
00:08:08 - Yeah, and that's who I need to talk to, love.
00:08:10 - He hasn't shown his face here this morning.
00:08:12 Left onions to mind the shop as usual.
00:08:14 - Onions? Right, keep an eye on him, don't I, love?
00:08:18 - I need a word, pet. Somewhere quiet.
00:08:22 - I just can't believe it.
00:08:24 - Now, have you any idea where I'd find his mum and dad?
00:08:27 It's best they hear about this from us.
00:08:29 - His mum died a while back,
00:08:31 and I think his dad was headed to the wholesalers.
00:08:35 - Right.
00:08:36 Now, were both you and Danny working on the stall yesterday?
00:08:40 - Aye, and then we went for drinks in the tavern after work.
00:08:44 Most of the stallholders end there after close.
00:08:47 - Yeah, anything happen in the pub I should know about?
00:08:50 - Danny and his dad had a bit of a kick-off.
00:08:52 - So what was this kick-off about?
00:08:55 - Tony told Danny he was thinking of selling up.
00:08:58 Danny was livid.
00:09:00 Saw it as some kind of betrayal.
00:09:02 - So how did it resolve itself?
00:09:04 - I got between them. Danny stormed out of there.
00:09:07 - And what time was this?
00:09:09 - Er, well, it must have been around nine.
00:09:12 - When did his mam die?
00:09:14 - It's getting on six months now.
00:09:17 Tony's been letting things slide with the business since.
00:09:21 Me and Danny have been picking up the slack for him.
00:09:24 - What about a girlfriend, good-looking lad?
00:09:27 - He liked to play the field.
00:09:30 - Do you recognise this face?
00:09:35 - No. No, I can't say I do. Sorry.
00:09:41 - Now, I am going to have to ask you this, love.
00:09:46 Can you think of anyone who might have had it in for you?
00:09:50 - Who might have had it in for Danny?
00:09:52 - Maybe.
00:09:54 - You might want to talk to Ian Headley.
00:09:57 He's one of the other traders.
00:09:59 - Want to tell me why?
00:10:02 - A few months ago, Tony falls behind on his subs.
00:10:05 Comes into work one day and he finds out that the gaffer's handed Headley his pitch.
00:10:09 - What, the gaffer? You mean Mr Shaw?
00:10:11 - Aye. Tony, he goes after Headley, throws a punch, lands him in a salt charge.
00:10:18 He's been at odds with the Meadons ever since.
00:10:21 - Well, thanks, love.
00:10:24 Look, I can't keep calling you Onions. What does your man call you?
00:10:29 - Owen. It's Owen Duggan.
00:10:32 - Ah, well, thanks, Owen. We may need to talk again.
00:10:38 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
00:10:41 - Tony Meddon?
00:11:04 - Who's asking?
00:11:06 - I'm afraid I have some bad news for you, sir.
00:11:09 - Where'd you find him?
00:11:13 - Couple of miles outside town, Bentham Bridge.
00:11:16 - And what was he doing there?
00:11:18 - Well, I was hoping you'd know the answer to that.
00:11:20 - He was in the pub last time I saw him.
00:11:22 - Yeah, where the pair of you had a kick-off.
00:11:25 - We'd been losing money, I know my fists.
00:11:29 Ever since Gainor died.
00:11:31 - Aye, I heard your wife had passed. I'm sorry, love.
00:11:35 - I told him I was done with it.
00:11:37 Yeah, the stall, the graft and early starts, none of it matter any more.
00:11:41 - And what did he say to that?
00:11:43 - Something goff about the stall being his mam's legacy.
00:11:48 - Weren't you worried when he didn't come home last night?
00:11:53 - Nah. He'd been dusting down her Onion's place.
00:11:56 - Is that right?
00:12:02 - Now, I notice you've got a broken headlight on your vehicle, sir.
00:12:06 You know that's against the law.
00:12:07 - Aye.
00:12:08 - That'd be a fine. Points on your licence.
00:12:11 Do you want to tell us how you came by it?
00:12:13 - I smashed it a few weeks ago.
00:12:15 I hadn't had time to get it fixed.
00:12:16 - So, do you report the accident?
00:12:18 - I'd let the insurance lapse.
00:12:20 - Well, that's six more points. Probably lose your licence.
00:12:23 - I've had a lot on my mind lately, you know.
00:12:25 - Well, lucky for you, that's not my department.
00:12:31 But I will need you to ID the body, sir.
00:12:34 Next of kin.
00:12:36 - Danny Medden. 23 years old. Market trader.
00:12:44 He was killed last night in a hit and run at Bentham Bridge.
00:12:47 Now, this may have been a random accident.
00:12:50 But since it wasn't reported, we're treating it as a murder investigation
00:12:54 until we know otherwise.
00:12:56 Either way, we need to find that vehicle.
00:12:59 Steph, surveillance.
00:13:01 - There was no surveillance near the crime scene, Mum.
00:13:03 We're still checking ANPR and speak cameras.
00:13:05 - Now, Jack would have handed me a list of any stolen cars by now.
00:13:09 Since she's back in fraud, you need to step up.
00:13:11 - I'll make sure I'm across it, Mum.
00:13:13 - Aye.
00:13:14 As soon as you like.
00:13:16 Now, we know the lad left the market tavern at about 9pm
00:13:20 after a stand-up row with his dad, Tony Medden.
00:13:24 Now, the two had been at odds since the lad's mam died.
00:13:28 And there's a bit of a crust on the grieving husband, by all accounts.
00:13:32 - I pulled out Tony Medden's record
00:13:35 and he got six months suspended for that assault on Ian Hedley.
00:13:38 - Yeah, so there's bad blood between the two of them.
00:13:41 We need to talk to this fella.
00:13:43 Right, I want legs down at that market.
00:13:47 Anyone who knew Danny Medden, anyone who saw him last night, anyone...
00:13:55 - Well, look who the cat dragged in.
00:13:59 - I didn't mean to interrupt.
00:14:02 - Hey, it's nice of you to stop by, Joe.
00:14:12 As some of you may remember, DS Ashworth used to be one of the team...
00:14:16 - It's DI Ashworth now, College of Policing.
00:14:19 You must have been informed.
00:14:21 - What?
00:14:23 - That we're going to be observing.
00:14:25 - Oh, I didn't know it was going to be you.
00:14:29 - Does that mean we're going to be assessed, ma'am?
00:14:31 - Well, maybe DI Ashworth can answer that.
00:14:35 - And you are?
00:14:37 - Detective Constable Duncan.
00:14:39 - Steph.
00:14:40 - This force is one of a number being studied for comparative purposes.
00:14:43 New codes of professional practice.
00:14:46 - So why are we being singled out?
00:14:48 - Recent case summaries highlighted a lack of strategic direction.
00:14:53 - What, and they've sent you to sort it out?
00:14:56 - We set national standards for key areas of policing.
00:14:59 And we want all of those in law enforcement to understand their challenges.
00:15:02 - So what's the deal here, Joe?
00:15:04 You snooping on us?
00:15:06 - I prefer to call it close scrutiny.
00:15:09 And I'd rather you call me sir.
00:15:11 - The word.
00:15:17 [FOOTSTEPS]
00:15:19 - I thought you might have missed us.
00:15:24 - Well, I don't know what gave you that idea.
00:15:26 You swan in here in a new coat, no word of warning.
00:15:29 - Like I say, I'm just observing.
00:15:31 - And do I get any say in this?
00:15:33 - It was all above my pay grade.
00:15:35 - There are plenty of forces who aren't up to scratch.
00:15:37 - There's no suggestion that anyone's underperforming.
00:15:40 - Well, that's exactly what it sounded like to me.
00:15:43 - Listen, I'm going to be ticking some boxes.
00:15:45 A few recommendations, intelligence requirements, operational priorities.
00:15:49 Vera, you won't even know I'm here.
00:15:51 - Oh, right. Well, in that case, I've got a murder to solve.
00:15:54 And I'd rather you called me mom.
00:16:00 - And he didn't seem out of the ordinary.
00:16:08 - Excuse me, sir.
00:16:09 - You know, I can't quite even...
00:16:10 - He should have been issued with standardized questionnaires.
00:16:13 - Well, you'll have to take that one up with the boss.
00:16:15 - How long are we going to have to live with this?
00:16:19 - Oh, as long as it takes, Kenny.
00:16:20 We do our job, nothing to worry about.
00:16:22 Mr. Shaw?
00:16:23 - Wait, Basma.
00:16:24 - Yeah?
00:16:25 - What are you doing here?
00:16:27 - Well, Carol told us about Danny.
00:16:29 I thought maybe I could be of some help.
00:16:31 - You're not helping anyone, Basma. Just go home.
00:16:33 - Must be the missus.
00:16:34 - Oh.
00:16:35 - Excuse me.
00:16:36 Is this absolutely necessary?
00:16:39 - We're investigating a murder, Mr. Shaw.
00:16:42 - Yeah, I understand that.
00:16:43 But how's this going to look?
00:16:44 You all questioning my stallholders.
00:16:46 - Don't, well, the sooner we're finished.
00:16:48 So where will I find Ian Hedley?
00:16:50 - If it's lunch, you'll be in the caf.
00:16:54 - Danny was shooting his mouth off, as usual.
00:17:01 Thought he was going to come to blows.
00:17:03 Called his dad out in front of all the traders.
00:17:05 - Well, that wouldn't have gone down too well.
00:17:08 - Tony Medden's a piece of work.
00:17:10 Son was a chip off the old block.
00:17:13 - Why, you and the Meddens have history.
00:17:17 - Well, just market banter.
00:17:19 Things got out of hand.
00:17:20 - Yeah?
00:17:21 Tony Medden took a pot back there for stealing his pitch.
00:17:24 - The Meddens like to think they own this market.
00:17:26 Plenty of people in their pocket.
00:17:28 - Well, that's a bit of an accusation.
00:17:31 - Look, you might want to search that lock up.
00:17:35 Wasn't just apples and pears they were selling.
00:17:38 - You're going to have to give me more than that, love.
00:17:41 - Danny was flogging knockoff fags.
00:17:44 Everyone knew it.
00:17:45 I brought it up with Millan, the market inspector.
00:17:48 Said it was none of my concern.
00:17:50 - Meaning?
00:17:51 - Well, clearly he was in on it.
00:17:53 - What time did you leave the pub?
00:17:57 - Must have been about 11.
00:17:59 Headed straight for home.
00:18:00 - See Danny on your travels?
00:18:02 - Can't say I did.
00:18:06 Look, Danny Medden was bad news.
00:18:11 Ask anyone on the market.
00:18:13 That lad got everything that was coming to him.
00:18:16 - I'll leave you to your fry up.
00:18:20 Mark, get a warrant to search the Meddens lock up.
00:18:35 Rumour has it they've been selling dodgy fags.
00:18:37 - Bob.
00:18:38 - They've got enough to contend with, Joe,
00:18:42 without you breathing down their necks.
00:18:44 - There are guidelines and procedures.
00:18:46 - When did you get so by the book?
00:18:48 - Well, maybe if you'd want them, they'll be in a cess.
00:18:50 - Mum!
00:18:52 Barmaid confirmed Danny had had a skinful.
00:18:57 Left the pub around 9pm with onions.
00:18:59 - His name's Owen Duggan.
00:19:01 He left at 9pm.
00:19:03 That's two or three hours unaccounted for.
00:19:06 - Kenny tells me you're in charge.
00:19:09 - Oh, you're acquainted with DC Lockhart?
00:19:12 - He buys his pants from a stall.
00:19:14 Has done for years now.
00:19:16 - Carol runs the stall next to the Meddens, Mum.
00:19:19 - Ah, so you would have known the lad quite well.
00:19:22 - Me and his mum were mates.
00:19:24 Gay in a Medden.
00:19:25 Only one who could keep him in line.
00:19:27 - Yeah, he was a bit of a charmer by all accounts.
00:19:30 - Oh, Danny was a proper ladies' man.
00:19:33 - Well, any ladies in particular we should be talking to?
00:19:36 - Well, you might want to start with Leanne.
00:19:38 Helps us out sometimes if I need her.
00:19:40 - Well, is she here today?
00:19:42 - No, late for work yesterday and hasn't turned up at all today.
00:19:46 - Now, this kick-off in the pub last night,
00:19:49 that wasn't just to do with him selling up.
00:19:52 - Danny adored his mum.
00:19:55 After she passed, well, he were lost.
00:19:59 And it all came out at the funeral.
00:20:01 - What?
00:20:02 - Tony only goes and tells him he's adopted.
00:20:06 Not even a real Medden.
00:20:08 - What, and he hadn't known he was adopted?
00:20:11 - Knocked him for six.
00:20:12 Drove a real wedge between them.
00:20:15 - Now, Mrs. Shaw, I saw you talking to her earlier.
00:20:19 Was she also a friend of Danny's mum?
00:20:21 - Well, used to be.
00:20:22 Basma and Millen ran a stall together.
00:20:25 - Oh.
00:20:26 - OK, Leanne's a dress-off.
00:20:29 She lives out in one of the villages.
00:20:31 - She's on the books, isn't she?
00:20:34 - I'm sure I can find one somewhere.
00:20:37 - So what have we learned from these stallholders,
00:20:42 aside from where Kenny buys his pants?
00:20:45 Now, we know the lad had a bit of a rep.
00:20:49 Fancied himself as a market gigolo.
00:20:52 - Might explain where he was for those missing hours.
00:20:54 What about this sideline in Dodgy Fags?
00:20:56 - Yeah, I ran a background check on Millen Shaw.
00:20:59 Come back clean.
00:21:00 - Well, if he is taking sweeteners to turn a blind eye,
00:21:04 that puts him in the frame.
00:21:05 - I'm not aware of any evidence to support that.
00:21:08 - Well, we'd better get a wiggle on and find some, then.
00:21:10 - Just trying to establish a line of inquiry.
00:21:13 - I wasn't aware you were part of this briefing.
00:21:15 - Just ticking those boxes.
00:21:17 What about passive data?
00:21:20 - Kenny, passive data?
00:21:22 - Mum?
00:21:23 - Phone logs?
00:21:24 - Phone logs, bank statements, computer records.
00:21:28 Could give us everything we need to know about Danny Medden.
00:21:30 - Well, how about three missed calls from Leanne Barry
00:21:35 the evening he was murdered?
00:21:37 She lives with her parents in Four Stones, ma'am.
00:21:40 - Four Stones?
00:21:42 Well, that's not a million miles
00:21:44 from where we found his body.
00:21:46 Right.
00:21:49 I'm off to Four Stones.
00:21:52 - Mind if I tag along?
00:21:54 - Do I have a choice?
00:21:56 - Okay, I get it.
00:22:00 You'd rather I wasn't across this.
00:22:02 - Oh, he's got something right.
00:22:04 - There's always room for improvement, that's all I'm saying.
00:22:06 - So this lack of strategic direction,
00:22:09 I'm guessing that's a pop at me.
00:22:11 - I know that you lost a couple of your team recently.
00:22:15 - Jack was offered promotion.
00:22:18 We were sorry to see her go.
00:22:20 - I'd never stand in anyone's way, as you well know.
00:22:23 - DS Healy?
00:22:24 - He fancied his prospects down on her.
00:22:26 Now, I suppose that's my fault as well.
00:22:28 - It's all about inspiring common purpose.
00:22:31 Building an inclusive workplace.
00:22:33 - Meaning?
00:22:35 - You never did learn to delegate, did you?
00:22:38 I mean, look at a copper like Kenny.
00:22:39 Ever stop to think about his personal development?
00:22:41 - I think he's a tad past that, don't you?
00:22:44 - You're not still driving that old thing, are you?
00:22:48 - No, what if I am?
00:22:49 - I think resources would be better spent
00:22:51 maintaining a newer vehicle.
00:22:52 - Well, if a vehicle doesn't meet your exacting standards,
00:22:55 you can drive yourself there.
00:22:58 (engine starting)
00:23:01 (soft music)
00:23:15 (engine revving)
00:23:18 - Now, we hear about the death of one of the stall holders.
00:23:40 Danny Medden, found on Benton Bridge.
00:23:43 - What?
00:23:44 - Hey, I'm sorry, love.
00:23:46 It was a hit and run last night.
00:23:49 - All right.
00:23:51 - Now, can you tell us about your relationship
00:23:55 with the deceased?
00:23:56 - There's nothing to tell.
00:23:58 - Well, we know you called him three times last night
00:24:01 after he left the pub.
00:24:02 - You said you were out with the girls?
00:24:04 - I was.
00:24:05 - I never wanted Leanne to take that job.
00:24:07 - You don't need to hear all of this, Alan.
00:24:09 - I could have put in a word at the factory.
00:24:11 - Where is it you work, Mr. Barry?
00:24:13 - Camley's shop floor manager.
00:24:15 Been there 25 years.
00:24:17 - This was her chance to get out of the village,
00:24:19 make some new friends.
00:24:20 - She doesn't need friends like Danny Medden.
00:24:22 I told him to stay away.
00:24:24 - You never gave him a chance.
00:24:26 - Look, we just need to establish the lad's movements
00:24:29 prior to the incident.
00:24:31 - Yeah, well...
00:24:38 - We were all set on leaving last night.
00:24:41 I'd packed a bag.
00:24:43 You finally would have been shut of us.
00:24:46 - Now, Carol at the market tells us
00:25:01 that you and Danny were close.
00:25:04 - Danny looked out for us.
00:25:06 Said we had a special connection.
00:25:09 - So this plan for the pair of you
00:25:11 to leave Bentham last night,
00:25:13 was that his idea?
00:25:15 - We decided a couple of days ago.
00:25:17 We only booked the tickets last night on his tablet.
00:25:20 Last coach down to London.
00:25:21 - So the pair of you are all set to get this coach,
00:25:24 then what?
00:25:25 - Got roped into that dinner with Carol and the girls,
00:25:27 so he said he'd meet us at the coach station later.
00:25:31 Kept calling him.
00:25:33 No answer.
00:25:34 Stood there at the station for over an hour.
00:25:37 Obviously wasn't coming,
00:25:38 so caught a cab back to the village.
00:25:41 - Did Danny tell you he was adopted?
00:25:45 - He didn't want it getting around the market.
00:25:50 - Hello?
00:25:54 Yeah, OK.
00:25:56 - He told me he'd tracked down his birth mother.
00:26:00 - What?
00:26:02 When was this?
00:26:03 - A few months ago.
00:26:04 Asked him how it went, he closed it down.
00:26:08 - Did he tell you her name?
00:26:10 - Never mentioned her again.
00:26:13 I think she might have lived somewhere in South Shields.
00:26:19 - Oh, thanks, pet.
00:26:21 - So what we're thinking?
00:26:25 - I'm thinking you should keep your nose out of it.
00:26:28 - Stuck up on the stakes.
00:26:30 Parents who don't understand her.
00:26:32 - Long comes a good-looking lad.
00:26:35 - Sounds to me like you was stringing her along.
00:26:37 - Oh, that's a fella's take on it, is it?
00:26:39 - Hey, I'm just trying to help.
00:26:40 - Oh, well, come on then, since we're sharing.
00:26:43 Enlighten us.
00:26:45 - He's got a family business to run.
00:26:46 The last thing he's gonna do is run away with a lovesick teenager.
00:26:50 - So you still with Celine?
00:26:53 - Aye.
00:26:55 - And the kid's OK?
00:26:56 Thingy and...
00:26:58 What's her face?
00:26:59 - Michael.
00:27:00 And Jessie.
00:27:01 They're fine.
00:27:03 - Oh, and the band.
00:27:05 - The band's 30 in now.
00:27:07 - Well, I'll bet you'll be missing them.
00:27:10 - Yeah, that's part of the job, innit?
00:27:13 Long stints away from home.
00:27:15 - Well, this used to be your home.
00:27:17 Mark.
00:27:19 - Mark?
00:27:24 - Hang on, hang on. You applied for a search warrant?
00:27:26 - I don't need one.
00:27:27 - I know what's right.
00:27:28 - Well, so do I, love.
00:27:30 - Come on, get this open.
00:27:32 - Look, can I...
00:27:43 - Can you stand back, sir?
00:27:45 - I don't know if you can be open it like that, but...
00:27:48 - Mum?
00:28:03 - Mum.
00:28:05 I swear I had no idea that they were in there.
00:28:12 I don't even have a key.
00:28:15 - I'm sorry.
00:28:17 - Ooh, not looking good with trading standards.
00:28:33 - Yeah, well, I'll need to write up a report.
00:28:35 - Oh, what?
00:28:37 Make sure you cover your back.
00:28:39 - Sorry, what's that supposed to mean?
00:28:41 - Don't worry, my wash, love.
00:28:43 'Cause I know Ian Hedley tipped you the wink.
00:28:46 - Ian Hedley likes to stir up trouble.
00:28:48 - The Meddans haven't paid their subs here for weeks,
00:28:51 and yet you still keep 'em on at the market.
00:28:54 - Tony's wife died.
00:28:56 I could hardly send them packing.
00:28:58 - What, so you just turn a blind eye to whatever it is they're doing, hmm?
00:29:02 Now, how much is that little favour worth, I wonder?
00:29:06 - You think I was in on this?
00:29:09 - It's a reputable market.
00:29:11 - There's nothing reputable about the Meddans.
00:29:13 And from what I've been hearing, it's them who run this place.
00:29:16 - I think we're done here.
00:29:17 - We're done when I say we're done.
00:29:20 Now, what time did you last see Danny Meddan?
00:29:24 - Around closing yesterday.
00:29:29 He was on his way to the tavern.
00:29:31 - You not go to the pub?
00:29:32 - I never mix with traders outside of work hours.
00:29:36 I left the market around seven and went home to my wife.
00:29:39 - And I assume she'll vouch for that?
00:29:42 - Yeah, if she needs to.
00:29:45 - That is Tony now.
00:29:47 I'll leave you to give him the news.
00:29:50 - Yeah.
00:30:00 (dramatic music)
00:30:03 - Leave it on my desk.
00:30:10 - Well, you're still here then.
00:30:14 - I thought I might sit in for this one.
00:30:15 - Oh, for old times' sake.
00:30:17 - Just observing, remember?
00:30:19 - Yeah. It's a non-speak and roll.
00:30:28 - 47 cartons of contraband cigarettes
00:30:30 hidden under your satsumas.
00:30:32 Handbags, perfume, under your pomegranates.
00:30:36 - Danny sold all that on the side.
00:30:38 Any cash went straight into his pocket.
00:30:40 - So where's he getting this knockoff gear from?
00:30:42 - Straight off one of the ships is what he said,
00:30:45 but I don't know. I didn't ask any questions.
00:30:48 - Oh, that's very convenient.
00:30:49 - I warned him he was getting himself in trouble.
00:30:52 - Oh, so he's dealing with people
00:30:54 you wouldn't want to mess with.
00:30:56 Hmm. Now, was his dad part of all this?
00:30:59 - If he finds out that I'm talking...
00:31:01 - What? He'll take a pop at you?
00:31:03 We know he's got form for that.
00:31:05 Now then, Danny's tablet.
00:31:08 Any idea where that might be?
00:31:11 - Why would I know that?
00:31:12 - Well, to start with, he's been kipping on your floor.
00:31:16 Another thing you failed to mention.
00:31:18 - He had nowhere else to go.
00:31:20 - Your mate leaves the pub, steaming drunk.
00:31:24 Doesn't turn up for work the next morning.
00:31:26 Didn't you think to give him a ring?
00:31:28 Find out if he was okay?
00:31:30 - Danny was always disappearing.
00:31:32 He wouldn't show up for days sometimes.
00:31:35 - Any idea where he went?
00:31:37 - I wasn't his keeper.
00:31:38 - Did you know that Danny had met up with his birth mother?
00:31:42 - Who told you that, then?
00:31:43 - Well, he confided as much to Leanne Barry.
00:31:47 Reckoned she was his girlfriend.
00:31:50 - She'd only known him five minutes.
00:31:52 - Selling contraband tobacco's a serious offence.
00:31:55 You could be looking at a fine.
00:31:57 Possible custodial sentence.
00:31:59 - Yeah, well, here's the thing, Pet.
00:32:01 I couldn't give a stuff about these dodgy facts.
00:32:04 I just want to find out who killed your mate.
00:32:08 So if there's anything at all you've neglected to tell me,
00:32:13 now would be a good time.
00:32:21 - Night.
00:32:23 - Wait.
00:32:25 Danny broke into Headley's van and stole some shirts and some tops.
00:32:31 - Did he?
00:32:33 And when was this?
00:32:35 - It's a few days ago.
00:32:37 Danny got a kick out of riling Headley up.
00:32:41 He said he needed putting in his place.
00:32:43 - Was this theft reported?
00:32:45 - No.
00:32:46 Headley was probably too scared to.
00:32:48 - Well, not surprised.
00:32:50 Last time he got a thump.
00:32:52 - So that night, Danny comes into the pub wearing one of these shirts.
00:32:58 And the look on Headley's face...
00:33:02 - Right.
00:33:05 - Listen, you're not going to charge us for that stuff in the lockup, are you?
00:33:09 - No, that licence is in Tony Medden's name.
00:33:12 He'll have to deal with the fallout.
00:33:15 But if I find out you've been lying to me,
00:33:17 a fine's going to be the least of your worries.
00:33:20 Interview terminated, 9.32.
00:33:23 DCI Stanhope, leave in the room.
00:33:27 Just observing.
00:33:29 - This department is in dire need of a shake-up.
00:33:32 Resources are stretched, of course,
00:33:34 but I did make some proposals to the forensic submissions team.
00:33:36 - Well, I'll make sure I read up on them.
00:33:38 - Now, well, if we could just focus on the matter in hand.
00:33:43 - Post-mortem findings confirmed what we learnt at the crime scene.
00:33:48 Typical impact injuries.
00:33:50 Aside from the fractures, burst blood vessels from the force of the collision,
00:33:53 tears in the soft tissue.
00:33:55 - So what was it killed him?
00:33:57 - Acute subdural haematoma.
00:33:59 Blood would have collected between the skull and the brain.
00:34:02 - PH levels confirm the post-mortem interval.
00:34:04 He'd be dead for around six hours when we found him.
00:34:07 - Are you saying his life might have been saved
00:34:09 if someone had got him to hospital?
00:34:11 - That's pure conjecture.
00:34:12 - Well, not if it impacts on my case.
00:34:15 - It's possible.
00:34:17 I ran a tox screen.
00:34:19 - There was a substantial amount of alcohol in his system,
00:34:21 enough to impair his mental faculties.
00:34:23 - Ah, well, we know he'd been on a bender.
00:34:25 - So what is the strategy for the forensic response?
00:34:28 - All compiled in line with the best practice.
00:34:32 - What about the crime scene?
00:34:34 Anything we can work with?
00:34:36 - Microscopic flecks of grey paint on Danny's jeans.
00:34:39 Highly likely it came from the vehicle that ran him down.
00:34:41 - They've been painting the garden fence.
00:34:43 - So if we can match the paint to a code on the database...
00:34:45 - It's the undercoat layer structure that gives us all the answers.
00:34:48 We only have the top coat.
00:34:51 - What about the broken headlight?
00:34:53 - Ah, now that was more promising.
00:34:56 The fragment we found has a code embedded inside it.
00:34:59 It's incomplete, but if we can crack it...
00:35:02 - We could narrow down the focus to a particular make of vehicle.
00:35:05 - Good.
00:35:07 Right, now, it's time.
00:35:09 I'll leave you two to put your heads together.
00:35:13 [ominous music]
00:35:16 ♪ ♪
00:35:23 [both breathing heavily]
00:35:26 ♪ ♪
00:35:33 - Gladys, Mum isn't here, see this?
00:35:50 - Look, why don't you come and sit down, love?
00:35:53 - [sighs]
00:35:58 - And I know he'd only just found out he was adopted.
00:36:08 - You've been talking to Carol.
00:36:15 She's in there, me one.
00:36:17 - Who came out at his mum's funeral?
00:36:20 - Getting his dying wish.
00:36:22 Made me swear to tell him the truth.
00:36:25 - Why keep it a secret?
00:36:27 - Just never felt like the right time, that's all.
00:36:31 - And how did the lad take the news?
00:36:34 - I told him he was still my son.
00:36:39 Flesh and blood.
00:36:42 The rest of it...
00:36:44 nobody else's business.
00:36:47 - Look, I'm sorry to bring this up, love,
00:36:51 but that assault charge, Ian Headley...
00:36:53 - Ian Headley, Ian Headley.
00:36:55 Headley stole a bitch!
00:36:56 - Now, it might have been wise to have mentioned that charge before,
00:36:59 so what, were you making an example of him?
00:37:01 - I shouldn't have ever lumped him.
00:37:03 - Understatement.
00:37:04 - But he insisted on getting the police involved
00:37:06 on the matter. We sell things, aren't we?
00:37:08 - Oh, keep it in the family.
00:37:09 - He had it coming.
00:37:10 - So nothing to do with these dodgy fags,
00:37:12 'cause you've got you bank the rights for that.
00:37:14 - No praises for getting old grassers up.
00:37:16 - Now, just after we found that gear,
00:37:18 you were straight on the blower to the market inspector.
00:37:21 Now, that makes me think he was in on it.
00:37:25 - Danny said Mellon wouldn't be a problem.
00:37:28 That everything was taken care of.
00:37:31 - Mellon?
00:37:33 - Everyone has their price.
00:37:39 (car engine starts)
00:37:42 (car engine revs)
00:37:44 (car alarm beeps)
00:37:52 (car alarm beeps)
00:37:57 (car door slams)
00:38:00 - Ooh.
00:38:09 (footsteps)
00:38:11 - I saw yous yesterday down at the market.
00:38:17 - Oh, aye.
00:38:19 Carol tells us you used to run a stall there.
00:38:22 - Ten years. Reno Shane.
00:38:25 - So why'd you decide to give it up?
00:38:28 - Mellon landed the inspector's job.
00:38:30 He didn't think I could manage on me own.
00:38:33 I bought the house off plan.
00:38:35 Moved up sticks to the Midland nowhere.
00:38:38 I'm a lady of leisure now.
00:38:41 - How well do you know the Midlands?
00:38:44 - I was friendly enough with Gaynor.
00:38:47 Mellon didn't think they were that sort of people.
00:38:50 - Well, market inspector.
00:38:53 Take home pay wouldn't stretch very far.
00:38:56 In a house like this, it must have cost you.
00:38:59 - We came in some family money.
00:39:02 - Ah.
00:39:04 Now, on the night that Danny was killed,
00:39:07 your husband tells me he was home all evening.
00:39:10 - Must have got back about 7.30.
00:39:12 - Oh, you sound very certain of that.
00:39:15 - Mellon likes his routine.
00:39:18 Regular as clockwork.
00:39:20 - OK.
00:39:22 I'll leave you to it. Thanks for your time, love.
00:39:25 (footsteps)
00:39:27 - Bye.
00:39:30 (footsteps)
00:39:32 (door opens)
00:39:34 (door closes)
00:39:36 (footsteps)
00:39:38 (footsteps)
00:39:40 (footsteps)
00:39:42 (footsteps)
00:39:44 - I've been looking into Danny's social media history, Mum.
00:39:47 He had a profile on a gay hook-up app.
00:39:50 - What?
00:39:52 Are you saying our ladies' man was into fellas too?
00:39:56 - Looks like.
00:39:58 - Well, there's a lot of evidence.
00:40:01 - Well, there's a turn-up.
00:40:03 Anything we can run with.
00:40:05 - All his DMs have been deleted.
00:40:07 - Something he didn't want to get out?
00:40:09 - Bicurious, metrosexual.
00:40:11 Does anyone care these days?
00:40:13 - Oh, you'd be surprised, Steph. Small town like Bentham.
00:40:16 Well done.
00:40:18 Kenny, where are we with this lad's tablet?
00:40:20 - Ah, nothing yet, Mum.
00:40:22 - Well, contact that pub again. It's got to be somewhere.
00:40:25 - Mum.
00:40:27 (sighs)
00:40:29 (footsteps)
00:40:31 (footsteps)
00:40:33 (door opens)
00:40:35 (footsteps)
00:40:37 (footsteps)
00:40:39 - Lianne, is that you?
00:40:41 (footsteps)
00:40:43 (footsteps)
00:40:45 (sniffs)
00:40:47 (soft music)
00:40:49 (soft music)
00:40:51 (soft music)
00:40:53 (door opens)
00:40:55 (door closes)
00:40:57 (footsteps)
00:40:59 (footsteps)
00:41:01 (footsteps)
00:41:03 (door opens)
00:41:05 (soft music)
00:41:07 (soft music)
00:41:09 - Similar to this.
00:41:11 (thud)
00:41:13 You never learn, do you? Right, get out!
00:41:15 (thud)
00:41:17 (splash)
00:41:19 (soft music)
00:41:21 (soft music)
00:41:23 (soft music)
00:41:25 (soft music)
00:41:27 (soft music)
00:41:29 (thud)
00:41:31 - He was waiting outside the lockup.
00:41:33 He hadn't got away in the van.
00:41:35 - Are you saying Tony Medden threatened you?
00:41:37 - He's locking up. I don't want him anywhere near me.
00:41:39 - And is this the van you were driving?
00:41:41 - Yeah, I keep most of my stock in there overnight.
00:41:43 - So, is this the same van Danny Medden broke into last week?
00:41:49 - So he was wearing this shirt the night he died?
00:41:51 - Yeah, and I doubt he paid for it.
00:41:53 - I knew it was Danny. I didn't have any proof.
00:41:55 - And there he was in the pub.
00:41:57 Boulder's brass waltzing around in your stolen clobber.
00:42:01 - Yeah, stands to reason you might have cracked.
00:42:03 - I'm the victim here, the injured party.
00:42:05 - And we will address your concerns, sir.
00:42:07 But meanwhile, I'd like my forensics team
00:42:09 blowing over that van.
00:42:11 (soft music)
00:42:13 - I don't buy it, it doesn't add up.
00:42:15 Is Tony Medden still a suspect?
00:42:17 - Aye, for the record.
00:42:19 - Well, I'm not sure.
00:42:21 - Is he a suspect?
00:42:23 - Aye, for the time being.
00:42:25 Not that it's any of your concern.
00:42:27 - You think he's capable of running down his own son?
00:42:31 - I think he's a violent individual,
00:42:34 with previous for assault,
00:42:36 who just threatened the fella who dubbed him in.
00:42:41 - I think we should focus on Ian Headley.
00:42:43 - Oh, that's your strategic assessment, is it?
00:42:46 - Well, it wouldn't hurt to bring him in.
00:42:48 - I'll bring him in when I'm good and ready to bring him in.
00:42:52 And when I want your opinion, I'll ask for it.
00:42:56 (soft music)
00:42:58 - I'm just trying to encourage some creative thinking.
00:43:15 God knows this place could do with it.
00:43:17 - You've done nothing but undermine me since you got here.
00:43:19 Now you're doing it in front of my team.
00:43:21 - I would never undermine you.
00:43:23 - Backstabbing, sabotage, call it what you will.
00:43:26 I've seen you on your phone.
00:43:28 Well, if you're planning on reporting me to the IOPC,
00:43:31 go ahead, fill your boots.
00:43:33 - When was the last time you bought some new equipment?
00:43:36 - What's wrong with the kit I've got?
00:43:38 - Some of those computers are older than I am.
00:43:40 - They do the job.
00:43:42 - They do the job. They could be better.
00:43:44 It's all about standardization.
00:43:46 Spending taxpayers' money.
00:43:48 Listen, Jo, I follow my gut.
00:43:51 One of the most important things to any decent cop.
00:43:54 Now clearly that's something you've forgotten all about.
00:43:57 What?
00:43:58 - The report you asked for from social services, ma'am.
00:44:01 Danny Medden's adoption.
00:44:03 - Right, any joy?
00:44:04 - Birth was registered at Bentham General,
00:44:06 8th of September, 2000.
00:44:07 - Father unknown.
00:44:09 - There's a scanned picture of the birth mother in there, though.
00:44:12 Alison Wilmslaw.
00:44:14 - What's the photo the lad had in his wallet?
00:44:16 - Adoption was finalized six months later.
00:44:18 Adoptive parents, Anthony and Gaynor Medden.
00:44:21 They were both vetted and cleared by a panel.
00:44:23 - Well, this seems fairly routine.
00:44:26 - Something flagged up on the file, though, ma'am.
00:44:31 Something you might want to know about.
00:44:33 - Well, spit it out.
00:44:36 - The mother got pregnant as a result of a sexual assault.
00:44:41 (SIGHS)
00:44:43 - Could the lad have known about that?
00:44:49 - She now goes by Alison Rahim,
00:44:52 and I traced her number on Danny's mobile.
00:44:55 - So you had been in contact with her?
00:44:57 - I've also tracked down her current address.
00:45:00 - Somewhere in South Shields?
00:45:02 - 25 Forbridge Street.
00:45:04 - Good work, Steph.
00:45:05 - I thought I could pay her a visit.
00:45:08 - Well, someone like that requires sensitive handling.
00:45:10 - And you think I'm not up to the job?
00:45:12 - Just watch your tone, D.C. Duncan.
00:45:16 - Sorry, Mum.
00:45:19 - I suppose I could always go with her.
00:45:21 - Or what? I get mentioned in that report.
00:45:23 "Failure to effectively engage the workforce."
00:45:26 - It might be relevant to the case.
00:45:28 - Right, don't share anything you don't need to.
00:45:35 (SIGHS)
00:45:38 (DOOR OPENS)
00:45:40 (DOOR CLOSES)
00:45:45 (ENGINE STARTS)
00:45:48 (BIRDS CHIRPING)
00:45:55 (BIRDS CHIRPING)
00:46:07 (FOOTSTEPS)
00:46:09 - Ian Headley tells us you threatened him last night.
00:46:13 - He tried to run us over.
00:46:15 - You've been going out of your way to intimidate the man, you and your son.
00:46:19 - You should never have grasped us up.
00:46:21 - Do you know about this break-in?
00:46:23 Ian Headley's van? Danny stole some of his gear.
00:46:28 - I hate you.
00:46:30 - Pissed up, fever, knock-off fags.
00:46:32 Sounds like a lad who was looking for trouble.
00:46:35 - He had this anger inside him.
00:46:38 Ever since Gainor died.
00:46:40 He was broken. I couldn't fix him.
00:46:45 (DOOR OPENS)
00:46:49 - Alison Rahim?
00:46:57 Detective Constable Duncan. He's D.I. Ashworth.
00:47:01 I'd like to talk to you about Danny Medden.
00:47:05 Right, go and see your dad.
00:47:07 I want nothing more to do with Danny.
00:47:13 And you can tell him that from me.
00:47:15 - We can't do that, Mrs Rahim.
00:47:17 I'm afraid he was killed two days ago.
00:47:19 - Hey, lads, come on. Have some snacks.
00:47:26 - Thanks, Dad. - You're welcome.
00:47:28 - Getting pregnant back then was the last thing that I needed.
00:47:31 I was still young. 21.
00:47:33 I wasn't ready to be a mother.
00:47:35 - So you gave the child up for adoption?
00:47:37 - Neil had no idea.
00:47:41 Not until Danny showed up.
00:47:43 - When was this?
00:47:46 - It must have been, erm, six months ago.
00:47:50 - We contact social services.
00:47:54 We know about the circumstances of Danny's adoption.
00:47:57 - Gainor couldn't have kids.
00:48:01 God knows we tried.
00:48:03 And then we put our names down with the adoption agency.
00:48:07 - We think Danny might have traced his birth mother.
00:48:17 - No.
00:48:19 You want to do it now without telling us first?
00:48:21 - Not the pair of you who are barely talking.
00:48:24 - They never told us her name.
00:48:26 - They tell you anything about her circumstances?
00:48:29 - Only that she'd been sexually assaulted.
00:48:32 Didn't feel able to keep the baby.
00:48:35 Wanted to make sure he went to a good home.
00:48:37 - No.
00:48:39 Spare any other details.
00:48:41 - We didn't want Danny to know.
00:48:43 A start like that weighs on you.
00:48:47 Then Gainor found out she had cancer.
00:48:52 Said we should tell Danny everything that we owed him the truth.
00:48:57 - So this rift between you wasn't about the business at all.
00:49:01 It was him finding out the dad he worshipped
00:49:05 had been living a lie.
00:49:07 - How could I tell him how he came into this world?
00:49:10 Rape.
00:49:13 - No, you just wanted to protect him.
00:49:16 - All he ever wanted was to make him feel safe.
00:49:21 - I was there for him.
00:49:24 - I see.
00:49:26 - I was on my way home from a works Christmas party.
00:49:30 Pub in Bentham.
00:49:32 It was late.
00:49:36 After midnight.
00:49:38 Should have been more careful.
00:49:40 - Hey, you were just walking home.
00:49:42 You've got nothing to be sorry for.
00:49:45 - Never got a look at him.
00:49:47 He had this, er...
00:49:50 this heavy coat on.
00:49:53 Er...
00:49:55 Hood up.
00:49:56 Scarf wrapped around his face.
00:49:58 I still remember the smell of him though.
00:50:04 Beer and cheap aftershave.
00:50:08 - You don't have to tell us this.
00:50:11 - No.
00:50:12 I do.
00:50:14 Because I need to make you understand.
00:50:16 He was young.
00:50:19 Erm...
00:50:21 Strong.
00:50:23 I tried to scream.
00:50:27 I tried to make him stop.
00:50:29 Erm...
00:50:30 Afterwards I, er...
00:50:36 I just wrote to the local nick and, erm...
00:50:39 Facebook a statement.
00:50:41 Said all the right things.
00:50:42 - It wasn't your fault.
00:50:44 - Was the incident ever followed up?
00:50:49 - Aye.
00:50:50 The doctor took a sample of the assailant's DNA.
00:50:54 No matter on the system.
00:50:56 A few weeks.
00:50:58 Still hadn't heard anything.
00:51:00 No leads of any substance are said.
00:51:03 So...
00:51:05 I decided to drop the case.
00:51:08 You know.
00:51:09 For what had happened behind me.
00:51:11 Before it destroyed us.
00:51:14 - And then you found out you were pregnant?
00:51:17 - I didn't tell anyone.
00:51:19 What had happened.
00:51:20 But then the...
00:51:24 The faces of the people that I grew up with.
00:51:27 Well...
00:51:28 It was like they could see it in my soul.
00:51:30 I felt dirty.
00:51:33 Culpable.
00:51:36 - That child would have been a constant reminder.
00:51:38 - I asked if I could hold him.
00:51:41 You know, for an hour or so.
00:51:43 And then they took him away.
00:51:46 I couldn't stay in Bentham.
00:51:48 Not after what had happened.
00:51:50 So I...
00:51:51 I moved here.
00:51:53 Met Neil.
00:51:54 Had two more kids.
00:51:56 - Money's tight.
00:51:57 But we're good.
00:51:59 What do you do?
00:52:02 - I'm a community nurse.
00:52:04 Neil drives a minicab.
00:52:06 - You said Danny turned up a few months ago?
00:52:10 - Yeah.
00:52:11 He found us through social services.
00:52:14 Said that he wanted some answers.
00:52:16 - She told him she wasn't interested.
00:52:17 - Yeah, well, he pushed and pushed.
00:52:19 And in the end, the truth came out.
00:52:21 The rape.
00:52:23 What it did to me.
00:52:25 Everything.
00:52:26 - And how did Danny take it?
00:52:28 - Seemed to push him over the edge.
00:52:30 That this...
00:52:31 Man...
00:52:32 Was somehow a part of him.
00:52:34 - What's all this got to do with his murder?
00:52:36 - Danny called your wife two weeks ago.
00:52:38 You hadn't broken off contact completely.
00:52:40 - We agreed.
00:52:44 No more contact.
00:52:45 It...
00:52:46 It was finished.
00:52:47 - Yeah, well, it was just on the phone.
00:52:48 It was just a few minutes, that's all.
00:52:50 He was still my son.
00:52:52 And I turned him away.
00:52:54 Like, maybe if I'd just been a bit kinder, you know?
00:52:57 We could take another look at the sexual assault case.
00:53:02 See if it throws up any new leads.
00:53:04 - What, dragging it all back up?
00:53:06 - We'd have to get clearance from the original SIO.
00:53:09 Extenuating circumstances.
00:53:11 23 years I've lived with this.
00:53:13 All I've ever wanted is some closure.
00:53:18 - What the hell were you thinking, making that kind of promise?
00:53:24 - The case was shelved.
00:53:26 Forgotten.
00:53:27 Everything that happened to her just brushed under the carpet.
00:53:30 - That was not your call to make.
00:53:32 - There's a violent sex offender who could still be out there.
00:53:35 - You always stay objective. You never get involved.
00:53:39 - I've got one working out for you. - Hey!
00:53:41 You should remember who you're talking to, eh?
00:53:44 - Six weeks I've been out of uniform.
00:53:49 Trying to earn my place on that team.
00:53:51 With DCI, she's a tough act to follow.
00:53:54 She doesn't cut you any slack.
00:53:56 - Aye, she's infuriating.
00:53:58 But she's the best there is, and she'll always have your back.
00:54:01 - I'm sorry.
00:54:03 I messed up.
00:54:05 - Get in.
00:54:07 - You said he was a minicar driver.
00:54:09 You see his car?
00:54:15 - Grey paint.
00:54:17 - You thinking what I'm thinking?
00:54:19 - I'm thinking we should run those plates.
00:54:21 - Now, the night you let go of me,
00:54:32 I thought I'd never see you again.
00:54:35 - Now, the night your lad was killed,
00:54:37 did you drive home from the pub?
00:54:40 - Had a few drinks, flagged down a cab.
00:54:44 - So how come you were parked up with the van
00:54:46 next morning at the wholesalers?
00:54:48 - Onions isn't sure to drive it.
00:54:51 - Ah.
00:54:53 - Aye.
00:54:54 Restaurant orders, home delivery boxes,
00:54:57 I picked it up from his place
00:54:59 just before you told me Danny was dead.
00:55:03 - [kiss]
00:55:04 - So, Danny and Leanne,
00:55:11 did you know they were planning on leaving together?
00:55:14 - Leaving?
00:55:15 - Aye.
00:55:16 - Is that what she told you?
00:55:17 - Aye, no, they booked tickets for that night.
00:55:19 Coached down to London.
00:55:21 - Oh.
00:55:23 Danny was all talk.
00:55:28 Aye, he said he was meeting her.
00:55:31 He started bragging about how hot she was for him.
00:55:34 You know, rubbing my face in it.
00:55:36 But I caught him.
00:55:39 That night.
00:55:40 He'd booked a hotel room for them.
00:55:42 - Well, they'd need a hotel in London.
00:55:44 - No, here.
00:55:46 In town.
00:55:47 - Which hotel was this?
00:55:50 - I don't know.
00:55:51 - And you didn't think it was worth sharing this?
00:55:56 - Well, I didn't want to drop Leanne in it.
00:55:58 You know, something like that gets around the market.
00:56:00 - Ah, so you were just looking out for the lass.
00:56:03 - Danny tells us to go back to the flat
00:56:09 and not wait up for him.
00:56:11 - Did you drive the Medan van home that night?
00:56:15 - Maybe.
00:56:20 - You either did or you didn't.
00:56:22 - I was over the limit, alright?
00:56:24 It was the only reason I didn't tell you.
00:56:26 - Well, you know what I think?
00:56:29 I think you found out your best mate was leaving
00:56:32 along with the lass you were sweet on.
00:56:35 Now, you weren't gonna let that happen, were you?
00:56:38 - You seriously think that I killed him?
00:56:41 - I think you've been lying to me from the start.
00:56:44 Too busy pointing the finger at Ian Headley.
00:56:48 - Danny was still my best friend.
00:56:51 Despite everything.
00:56:54 He was the only friend I've ever had.
00:56:58 (ominous music)
00:57:01 - Danny Medan's last known movements.
00:57:12 Now, according to Owen Duggan, Onions,
00:57:16 Danny booked up in some hotel room for the night,
00:57:19 bragging about taking Lee Ann Barry there.
00:57:22 But we know she was stood waiting for him
00:57:24 at that coach station.
00:57:26 Unless she's lying and all.
00:57:28 So, who was he with?
00:57:31 Let's get his photo out there, Kenny.
00:57:33 Hotels, B&B, let's see if anyone bites.
00:57:36 - Yes, ma'am.
00:57:38 I bought breakfast.
00:57:39 - It's gonna take more than a bacon roll, love.
00:57:42 - Well, if you're not hungry.
00:57:43 - Never said that.
00:57:45 Right, Steph, tell us how you got on with Alison Rahim.
00:57:49 - Well, about that, ma'am.
00:57:53 This is her court case file.
00:57:55 And it makes for some pretty grim reading.
00:57:57 - Who asked you to pull that file?
00:57:59 - I've cleared it with Bentham CID.
00:58:01 - This case was investigated and put on ice.
00:58:05 - We should take another look.
00:58:07 - Steph, could you give us a minute?
00:58:10 In case you've forgotten, you're not part of this team.
00:58:17 - Well, maybe I can bring something to this one.
00:58:19 - Oh, I think you've brought quite enough, don't you?
00:58:21 - We put the DNA through the database
00:58:23 and go back through the evidence.
00:58:25 - I thought we were supposed to be prioritising
00:58:27 our time and our resources.
00:58:29 So I'm afraid I'm gonna have to say no.
00:58:32 - With respect, ma'am, I don't need your permission.
00:58:34 - Sorry to interrupt, ma'am.
00:58:38 Those plates that you want a tector on, sir?
00:58:41 We can place Neil Rahim's vehicle in Bentham
00:58:44 the night Danny was murdered.
00:58:46 - Right.
00:58:49 I'm driving.
00:58:51 [dramatic music]
00:58:54 ♪ ♪
00:58:58 - No sugar, please, ma'am. - No problem.
00:59:00 ♪ ♪
00:59:07 - They've been ringing up the house,
00:59:18 hanging up whenever I answer.
00:59:20 It's the only reason she told us the truth in the first place.
00:59:23 She was worried I would hear it from Danny.
00:59:25 - Hey, that must have come as a shock to you,
00:59:29 finding out what had happened to you, missus.
00:59:31 - I had a grown-up son. I knew nothing about it.
00:59:34 - Had you spoken to Danny recently, Mr. Rahim?
00:59:37 - Alison was thinking of making up with him again.
00:59:41 He'd been laying on the sob story,
00:59:43 pushing all her buttons.
00:59:44 - So what, you wanted to warn him off?
00:59:47 - Aye.
00:59:48 Went out and say him at the market a couple of weeks ago.
00:59:51 - Told him to sling his hook.
00:59:53 - I even offered to pay him off.
00:59:55 Cocky little scrotch, just smirked at us.
00:59:58 - And did your wife know this meeting had taken place?
01:00:01 - She's got no idea.
01:00:03 It's the reason I didn't tell you.
01:00:06 - Now, the evening Danny was killed,
01:00:09 were you out driving your cab that night?
01:00:12 - Would have been touting for business in town.
01:00:14 K-site, big market. Get most of me fares from there.
01:00:18 - Pick up any fares for Benton?
01:00:20 - Not that I remember.
01:00:22 - And sure about that?
01:00:23 Because your place flagged up only a few miles away
01:00:26 from where the lad was killed.
01:00:28 - Now, you mention it, I did.
01:00:33 Pick up a lass from the coach station.
01:00:35 Drove her out to one of the villages.
01:00:37 Four stones, I think.
01:00:38 - That must be 20 miles away.
01:00:40 - She was young.
01:00:42 She seemed upset about something.
01:00:45 I wanted to make sure she got home safe.
01:00:48 What happened to Alison?
01:00:51 Something like that.
01:00:53 - Stays with you.
01:00:55 - There'll be a record on the sat-nav,
01:00:56 you can check with the cab office.
01:00:58 - Oh, don't you worry, love.
01:01:00 We will.
01:01:02 - Em, Danny told us he was close to trapping him down.
01:01:10 Said he was gonna pay him back for what he did to his mum.
01:01:14 - What if Alison did know her assailant's identity?
01:01:26 And Danny had tracked down his real dad?
01:01:29 Gives a motive for wanting him dead.
01:01:32 - Finds out he's adopted his mum,
01:01:34 the victim of a sexual assault.
01:01:36 That's enough to mess with anyone's head.
01:01:38 - Sexual offender about him named and shamed.
01:01:41 - Ah.
01:01:45 She didn't name her assailant.
01:01:47 Didn't even see his face.
01:01:49 And the police didn't pick up a single lead.
01:01:51 Now the chances of that lad finding anything were pretty slim.
01:01:55 - Had you already looked at that file, then?
01:01:57 - Well, of course I bloody had.
01:02:07 - Kenny.
01:02:09 - I'm over at the Pendleton Hotel in Bentham, ma'am.
01:02:11 The receptionist recognised a photograph of Danny.
01:02:14 He came here the night he died.
01:02:16 He went to a room on the second floor.
01:02:19 - Was there anyone with him? Hold on, Kenny.
01:02:22 - Right, go on.
01:02:25 - Well, not that she remembers.
01:02:27 But I checked the payment details,
01:02:29 and he used a card that registered it to Milyn Sharpe.
01:02:33 [tense music]
01:02:36 ♪ ♪
01:02:44 [door opens]
01:02:46 ♪ ♪
01:02:53 - I replied to a message on a dating website.
01:03:08 We exchanged a few details, agreed to meet.
01:03:11 - So to be clear, Mr. Sharpe,
01:03:14 you were meeting Danny Medden for sex?
01:03:16 - Look, he didn't have a picture on his profile page.
01:03:19 Wasn't even using his real name.
01:03:21 - Well, plenty of chances to have sent him packing.
01:03:24 - Two more hotel bookings in your name.
01:03:27 Past six weeks.
01:03:29 You can see why I couldn't tell you.
01:03:31 My man in my position.
01:03:33 - No, we're not here to judge you, love.
01:03:35 Just want the facts.
01:03:37 - I thought he was out of my league,
01:03:39 and I like the attention.
01:03:41 - So on the night in question,
01:03:45 you met the lad in that hotel room,
01:03:47 and we can hazard a guess what you were up to.
01:03:50 - Danny was already drunk when he got there.
01:03:52 He'd been arguing with his dad in the pub.
01:03:54 - Oh, he was angry, wound up.
01:03:56 - Yeah, took me a while to calm him down.
01:03:58 - I believe you.
01:03:59 According to the hotel receptionist,
01:04:01 you were in that room nearly two hours.
01:04:03 - He even ordered a bottle of wine.
01:04:05 I left him passed out on the bed.
01:04:07 - And what time was this?
01:04:09 - I don't know.
01:04:10 Must have been around 11.
01:04:12 - And then you drove back to Meadowside
01:04:14 and got your missus to cover for you.
01:04:17 - If this gets out, it will finish her.
01:04:22 - Right, now listen up.
01:04:27 Mr. Sharr said he left Danny Med
01:04:31 and passed out in that hotel room.
01:04:34 He's done nothing but lie to us up to now.
01:04:36 But unless we can prove otherwise.
01:04:39 - Married man, closet case.
01:04:41 He'd been playing around.
01:04:42 - Man, the lad had enough on him to bury him.
01:04:44 - Well, I went through his wallet when he got booked in.
01:04:47 Found a pet bowl receipt for the night in question.
01:04:49 It's for a garage on the A road just outside of Bentham.
01:04:52 - Well, that's headed over to where we found his body.
01:04:56 Well done, Mark.
01:04:58 - Time on the receipt says 11.25 p.m.
01:05:01 - Right, well, get over to that petrol station
01:05:04 and let's see what that'll give us.
01:05:06 - Mom.
01:05:07 - That was the desk sergeant, Mom.
01:05:09 Liam Barry's been arrested.
01:05:11 - Mind your head.
01:05:22 Come on, this way.
01:05:24 Turn to your right, please.
01:05:31 Turn to your right, please.
01:05:33 Now to your left.
01:05:36 - Shoplifting?
01:05:44 - Just took a bit of makeup from one of the stalls, like.
01:05:47 - Ah, doesn't matter what you stole, love.
01:05:49 It's still theft.
01:05:50 Why'd you do it?
01:05:52 Right, we're going to charge you.
01:05:54 Sit down.
01:05:56 And you'll have a record.
01:05:58 All for a bit of lippy.
01:06:01 DCI Stanhope, interviewing Liam Barry.
01:06:05 1939.
01:06:07 Look, I know you've had a tough time the last few days, love,
01:06:12 but do you think Danny would have wanted any of this?
01:06:14 - I don't care about Danny.
01:06:15 From the moment we met, he'd been messing me around.
01:06:18 - Now, if you've got something to say
01:06:20 that might have a bearing on his murder,
01:06:22 you need to tell me what it is.
01:06:25 Okay.
01:06:30 How did this tablet come to be in your possession?
01:06:34 - He left it behind in the pub that night.
01:06:36 - That was something else you shouldn't have taken.
01:06:38 - I was just looking after it for him.
01:06:40 - So if I'm going to find something on here,
01:06:43 you might just as well tell me what it is.
01:06:46 - I was scrolling through some of his emails.
01:06:52 - Yeah, his emails, yeah.
01:06:53 - Yeah, 'cause Danny had signed up to this heritage website
01:06:57 after he found out he was adopted.
01:06:59 - What, like a family tree?
01:07:01 - Yeah, you send them a swab,
01:07:03 they work out your DNA profile,
01:07:05 post you an update if they find any matches.
01:07:08 I'd already done it.
01:07:10 - So why did you sign up?
01:07:12 - A-level project.
01:07:14 Genetics and coding.
01:07:16 I wanted to find out what it was made of.
01:07:18 - So when I'm going through these emails, and I will,
01:07:22 what is it I'm going to find?
01:07:24 - You're going to find that...
01:07:27 ..my dad isn't all he was cracked up to be.
01:07:32 Danny was my brother.
01:07:34 ♪ ♪
01:07:41 ♪ ♪
01:08:09 - Morning, Mum. - Listen.
01:08:11 You were right about that cold case.
01:08:14 Now, walking home from that Christmas do
01:08:17 the night Alison was attacked,
01:08:19 that party was at Camley's.
01:08:21 Aye, she was working there the same time as Alan Barry.
01:08:25 Now, Leanne told us that she and Danny had a connection.
01:08:29 Well, we know he played the field.
01:08:31 So why didn't he try it on with her?
01:08:33 I'll tell you why.
01:08:35 Because he'd found out that Leanne was his sister.
01:08:40 And Alan Barry was his dad.
01:08:42 He'd found his mum's rapist.
01:08:45 ♪ ♪
01:08:52 (siren wailing)
01:09:02 (thunder rumbling)
01:09:05 - Oh, come on. Come on, look sharp.
01:09:08 Up there.
01:09:16 - Follow her up there.
01:09:18 (thunder rumbling)
01:09:21 ♪ ♪
01:09:29 (thunder rumbling)
01:09:32 - Do the honours, Joe.
01:09:42 - Alan Barry, I'm arresting you on suspicion
01:09:49 of serious sexual assault.
01:09:55 - 1999, you were already working at Camley's, weren't you?
01:10:00 Well, yes, you were. We know you were.
01:10:04 And, um, and Alison Rahim was also working there at the same time.
01:10:09 Although you might remember her as Alison Winslow,
01:10:14 employed as a packer.
01:10:16 - If you say so.
01:10:19 It was 23 years ago. Name doesn't ring any bells.
01:10:22 - Oh, you might remember the Christmas party that year, 1999.
01:10:27 I'm assuming you were there.
01:10:29 - Like I said, it was years ago.
01:10:31 - Well, this is a statement Alison gave to the police,
01:10:35 reporting that she'd been sexually assaulted
01:10:38 on her way home from that party.
01:10:41 Now, some of it's a bit hard to stomach,
01:10:43 but it's all there in black and white.
01:10:45 - We can give you some time to read it.
01:10:48 - Why would I want to read it?
01:10:51 "I had no idea I was being followed
01:10:54 "until he grabbed me by the back of the neck,
01:10:57 "pushed me down to the ground..."
01:10:59 - You don't need to listen to this.
01:11:01 - "And these are the injuries she sustained during that assault.
01:11:10 "I'd like you to look at them, please, sir."
01:11:14 - "Did you know your daughter was arrested yesterday?"
01:11:17 - What?
01:11:18 - Aye, stealing some make-up from one of the stalls.
01:11:21 - A DNA profile was added to our database.
01:11:24 You can't do that.
01:11:25 - Ah, it's just normal procedure, love.
01:11:28 And it's good for us that we did,
01:11:31 because this here is your daughter's profile.
01:11:36 And this is the DNA profile.
01:11:42 And this is the profile of Alison's assailant.
01:11:48 And they're a familial match.
01:11:52 - Which is all the evidence that we need to charge you.
01:11:55 - See, DNA doesn't lie, love.
01:11:59 23 years you've been waiting for a knock at the door,
01:12:03 and Danny Medden tracks you down.
01:12:06 - What's he got to do with it?
01:12:07 - Ah, that poor lad who was killed just a couple of miles from your house.
01:12:11 Now, we know you'd warned him off,
01:12:13 didn't want him anywhere near your daughter.
01:12:15 - Danny Medden was bad news.
01:12:17 - Oh, aye, but not in the sense you mean.
01:12:19 It was worse than that, love.
01:12:21 Because Alison Rahim, the lass you sexually assaulted,
01:12:25 was his man.
01:12:28 Danny Medden was your son.
01:12:31 - No.
01:12:33 No way.
01:12:35 - Is that why you killed him?
01:12:38 - Because he was about to expose you for what you really are.
01:12:41 - What?
01:12:43 This is ridiculous. Now you're saying I'd murder my own child?
01:12:45 - Well, you violently assaulted his mam,
01:12:48 beat her black and blue, left her like a bag of rubbish at the side of the road.
01:12:51 I think you're capable of anything.
01:12:54 - So, who is she?
01:12:58 This woman who's come forward?
01:13:00 - Now, I can't tell you that, not at this stage.
01:13:02 - I think at least you owe me her name.
01:13:04 - She was a colleague of your husband's.
01:13:06 She worked at Carmelese for a while.
01:13:08 - Leanne must not know anything about this so-called rape.
01:13:12 - She's going to find out soon enough, love.
01:13:17 - What?
01:13:19 - Danny knew what he'd done.
01:13:22 - Leanne, you don't need to hear any of this.
01:13:25 - He found out his dad was a rapist.
01:13:27 - Our dad! - Enough!
01:13:29 - I'm sorry, love.
01:13:31 - He didn't even care about me. He set us up.
01:13:33 He was just using me and getting me dad.
01:13:35 - Oh, why did you leave it so long?
01:13:37 Why wouldn't he say something sooner?
01:13:39 - Maybe he was trying to protect her.
01:13:41 - We think Danny was headed here on the night he was murdered for a confrontation with your husband.
01:13:47 - And you think Alan killed him?
01:13:51 - He had everything to lose, pet.
01:13:54 - There you go.
01:14:04 - Thank you.
01:14:06 - So, talk to me.
01:14:12 - I'm worried we're shooting ourselves in the foot here.
01:14:16 - You don't think Alan Barry killed him?
01:14:18 - No, I'm starting to think maybe he didn't know Danny had identified him.
01:14:23 - It's a bit of a U-turn.
01:14:24 - Yeah, we know he couldn't stand the lad,
01:14:26 but he'd no idea the little scroat was about to do a flip with his daughter.
01:14:30 - And to lay money, he didn't know Danny was having a covert romp in that hotel with Mill and Sharle.
01:14:35 - The chances of them meeting on that road?
01:14:37 - And the look on his face when we told him who Danny was.
01:14:42 More surprised than we were.
01:14:45 - So if he was in the dark about being the lad's biological father...
01:14:49 - Where's his motive for wanting him dead?
01:14:52 - Apart from the fact he hates his gut.
01:14:54 - Ah. So now, what does your gut tell you?
01:14:58 - It tells me that there's more to this.
01:15:01 Reminds me of the day that we scattered Hector's ashes.
01:15:06 How long ago was that now?
01:15:08 - It was 13 years.
01:15:11 I know people think I'm stuck in my ways,
01:15:15 but I've adapted as a copper, moved with the times.
01:15:19 Anything to get the job done.
01:15:21 I mean, that's why I'm still around. I'm good anywhere standing still.
01:15:27 (Sighs)
01:15:29 My dad's dying.
01:15:31 Vascular dementia.
01:15:35 That's the reason I took this gig.
01:15:39 - How long's it got?
01:15:41 - I don't know. A few months if we're lucky.
01:15:44 It's getting to the point where he forgets who I am.
01:15:48 - Eh, I'm sorry, love.
01:15:54 You know, I always wanted to bring the kids up, yeah?
01:15:57 I followed the work and lost sight of what matters.
01:16:02 - Francesca. She's your youngest.
01:16:06 - You remembered her name?
01:16:08 - Yeah. After the mother-in-law, wasn't it?
01:16:11 Hard to forget that one.
01:16:13 Come on.
01:16:19 - Eh, Mum, we've got the CCTV from that petrol station.
01:16:23 You might want to have a look.
01:16:25 So that's Milan Shah's Range Rover pulling up at one of the pumps.
01:16:31 - Is someone else with him?
01:16:35 - Yeah, who isn't?
01:16:37 - Can you zoom in on that?
01:16:41 - What?
01:16:43 Danny Medden.
01:16:51 On the night Danny Medden was killed,
01:16:59 contrary to what you told us, you left that hotel together.
01:17:03 Because we've got you both caught on camera,
01:17:06 in a vehicle, in a garage not a mile from where we found his body.
01:17:11 - I said I'd drive him home.
01:17:14 It was late, he'd been drinking.
01:17:16 - Now you're arguing here. What was that about?
01:17:19 - I told him I wanted to end things.
01:17:23 The affair, the dodgy scums.
01:17:26 - Oh, barrow boy charm wearing thin, was it?
01:17:29 - Look, Danny set me up.
01:17:32 He was playing me.
01:17:34 - So what was it, wanted the debt written off?
01:17:37 The money his dad owed him rent?
01:17:39 - He even demanded their old pitch back.
01:17:41 - And if he didn't get what he wanted?
01:17:43 - He threatened to tell Basma everything.
01:17:45 I told him I wouldn't give in to blackmail.
01:17:48 So I jumped out and started walking down one of the lanes.
01:17:53 - And then you started your car and you followed him.
01:17:57 You ran that lad down and you left him for dead.
01:18:03 - Mind my word.
01:18:05 Danny Medden was trash.
01:18:17 I wasn't going to let him ruin everything I'd worked for.
01:18:21 [MUSIC]
01:18:23 - This better be important.
01:18:37 - A fragment of headlight was found at the crime scene.
01:18:40 Narrowed it down to a model of vehicle.
01:18:42 - What, you cracked the code?
01:18:44 - VW Golf, 17 plate.
01:18:46 He drives a white Range Rover.
01:18:49 - Well, that doesn't stack up.
01:18:51 - The chances are it rules them out.
01:18:54 - Unless...
01:18:56 Those stallholders were out on a birthday dinner that night, weren't they?
01:19:01 - They all signed a statement.
01:19:03 - Maybe we missed someone.
01:19:05 Get Steph to run another ANPR check.
01:19:09 Any place that matched the new intel.
01:19:11 And let me know as soon as you find anything.
01:19:14 [MUSIC]
01:19:17 - I got you.
01:19:19 - Hey, have you got a minute, love?
01:19:26 - Oh, I heard you arrested Millen Sharpe.
01:19:28 - Ah, now you know I can't comment on that.
01:19:30 - Well, news travels fast in the market.
01:19:32 - Yes, I'll bet.
01:19:34 Now, there's just something I need to check with you, love.
01:19:36 - Well, of course, if I can help.
01:19:38 - Now, his wife, Basma, tells us that...
01:19:41 She and Millen were at home all evening the night that Danny was killed.
01:19:45 - But I don't think she's being straight with us.
01:19:49 - No, she's not being straight with you.
01:19:52 - I don't know what he was doing, but she was out with us at the birthday dinner.
01:19:57 - And what time did she leave the restaurant?
01:20:00 - Must have been around 11.
01:20:02 - Are you sure about that?
01:20:04 - Well, she needed to get home before he did.
01:20:06 Otherwise, there'd have been hell to pay.
01:20:08 - Thanks, love.
01:20:10 - Talk to me, Steph!
01:20:14 - We've got a hit with a vehicle that fits.
01:20:16 We can place it in the vicinity of the crime scene.
01:20:18 - It's a grey-coloured Golf.
01:20:19 - Is it registered to Millen Shah's address?
01:20:21 - Yes, it is.
01:20:22 - Stephanie, back up over at Merryside Estate, and Joe, I'll meet you there.
01:20:28 [HORN HONKS]
01:20:30 [FOOTSTEPS]
01:20:32 [FOOTSTEPS]
01:21:01 - Mrs Shah?
01:21:03 I called, rang the bell.
01:21:08 Been putting it off.
01:21:09 The garden.
01:21:11 It's always best to stay on top of things.
01:21:13 Your husband's being questioned in connection with Danny Medden's murder.
01:21:18 He's been in custody for hours now. Are you not concerned?
01:21:21 - I shouldn't have laid for him.
01:21:26 Millen can be very persuasive.
01:21:28 - Your husband didn't kill Danny Medden.
01:21:31 And we know all about his little secret.
01:21:37 - I always hated this house.
01:21:40 Soulless and drafty.
01:21:43 No one ever comes to visit.
01:21:45 - Ah, well, you missed your mates.
01:21:47 Fancied a night out on the town.
01:21:49 - He told us he'd be back late.
01:21:52 Some business with the Stallholder Committee.
01:21:55 - See you tomorrow!
01:21:57 - Just an hour, I thought.
01:21:59 It's not as if he'd ever know.
01:22:00 - One for the road?
01:22:01 - I'll get back.
01:22:03 - All right, love.
01:22:04 - I'll call you.
01:22:05 - All right.
01:22:06 - I said goodbye to Carol.
01:22:07 Headed to the car.
01:22:08 He called us to tell us he was on his way home.
01:22:13 - And you were parked up in Burns Street,
01:22:16 behind the Pendleton Hotel.
01:22:19 Is that where you saw the pair of them?
01:22:21 - Danny! Danny!
01:22:23 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
01:22:24 I can't sleep.
01:22:27 I mean, just...
01:22:28 Oh, God, it's me.
01:22:33 - And there's you, keeping up appearances,
01:22:37 locked up out of harm's way while he's carrying on.
01:22:40 With Gaynor's lad to boot.
01:22:43 - Danny Medden liked to play games.
01:22:45 He didn't care about the consequences.
01:22:48 People he was hurting, lives he might be ruining.
01:22:50 I followed them to the garage.
01:22:53 Saw Danny leaving, Millen driving away.
01:22:56 - Ah, so you saw your chance to put an end to things.
01:23:00 - Mm-hmm.
01:23:01 I thought maybe if I went after Danny,
01:23:05 I might be able to meet him, see sense.
01:23:08 You know, confront him.
01:23:10 Warn him off.
01:23:12 - That didn't work out so well.
01:23:14 - I was driving too fast.
01:23:17 He was weaving all over the road.
01:23:21 After I hit him, I slammed on the brakes.
01:23:24 Sat there shaking.
01:23:30 Couldn't take my hands off the steering wheel.
01:23:33 I could see him in the mirror,
01:23:35 lying in the middle of the bridge.
01:23:37 All I could hear was the river.
01:23:40 I could see he was already dead.
01:23:45 - So you just got in your car and drove off?
01:23:50 - Aye.
01:23:51 I panicked.
01:23:52 I wasn't thinking straight.
01:23:55 - Except it wasn't an accident, was it, love?
01:23:58 You had every intention of running that lad down.
01:24:02 You wanted him dead, and you just walked away.
01:24:06 - It was payback.
01:24:14 He deserved everything he got.
01:24:17 - You left him to die on that bridge
01:24:20 and drove home to your lying, cheating husband.
01:24:24 - We could have put it all behind us.
01:24:27 The problem had gone away.
01:24:29 A new start.
01:24:31 - Well, I think we both know
01:24:35 that was never going to happen.
01:24:37 Mr. Shaw.
01:24:45 We've charged your wife with Danny Medden's murder,
01:24:48 and you'll also be charged with perverting the course of justice.
01:24:52 - I owed her that much after everything I put her through.
01:24:55 - Oh, well, that doesn't excuse anything, love.
01:24:58 - You know, I...
01:24:59 I, uh...
01:25:02 I was ready to tell Bass about everything that night.
01:25:07 I rehearsed it in my head a thousand times.
01:25:10 I couldn't let her hear it from Danny.
01:25:12 But when I got back from Bentham,
01:25:15 she wasn't at home, so I sat down and waited.
01:25:19 And I heard her key in the door.
01:25:22 She'd been out with some friends from the market.
01:25:26 Thought I'd be angry for catching her out.
01:25:29 She was trembling.
01:25:32 Almost recoiled when I touched her.
01:25:36 - That's hardly surprising.
01:25:38 After what she'd seen.
01:25:41 What she'd just done.
01:25:43 - She, uh...
01:25:45 She checked her car into the garage the next day.
01:25:48 They billed me for a broken headlight.
01:25:51 - Ah, so that's when you realised she'd killed him.
01:25:54 - She must have known I had my suspicions.
01:25:58 'Cause...
01:26:00 when I told her I needed an alibi,
01:26:04 she didn't even ask me why.
01:26:07 (ominous music)
01:26:10 - Hiya.
01:26:20 - No onions today?
01:26:22 - Nah, giving them a bit of time off.
01:26:24 - Well, I thought you'd like to know
01:26:27 we've charged Basna Shah with your son's murder.
01:26:31 - Who?
01:26:36 (indistinct chatter)
01:26:38 - I suppose I'll hark 'em out.
01:26:40 What Danny was up to.
01:26:42 - I expect it will, love.
01:26:44 - He was still my son.
01:26:48 - Er, Tony, this is Alison Rahim.
01:26:53 - Right.
01:26:56 What can I get you, love?
01:26:59 - She's Danny's birth mother.
01:27:04 (ominous music)
01:27:06 - I asked Inspector Stanhope if it might be okay to drop by.
01:27:09 Just to talk.
01:27:11 We're busy, sorry, I...
01:27:15 - No, er...
01:27:16 I can get someone to main the store.
01:27:20 We can grab a coffee, if you like.
01:27:24 - Yeah.
01:27:26 Be nice.
01:27:27 (ominous music)
01:27:32 - Hi.
01:27:33 - Hi.
01:27:34 (ominous music)
01:27:37 - Thanks for coming.
01:27:40 - No, thanks for seeing me.
01:27:42 (ominous music)
01:27:46 - DCI Stanhope.
01:27:54 (indistinct chatter)
01:28:01 (ominous music)
01:28:04 - I thought you'd be packed up and gone by now.
01:28:11 - There are a few loose ends I need to sort out.
01:28:13 - Ah, well, look forward to those recommendations.
01:28:18 - No need to lose any sleep.
01:28:22 Me, on the other hand, with everything that's going on with me dad,
01:28:25 I might be going far.
01:28:27 - Well, um...
01:28:29 If you like, maybe...
01:28:31 Maybe I could pull a few strings.
01:28:34 Get a place on the team.
01:28:36 I mean, just something to tide you over, if that's...
01:28:39 - I'm a DI now, boss.
01:28:40 - Aye, and don't we know it?
01:28:42 - Mum, someone put these at my desk.
01:28:46 - Ah, Carol insisted.
01:28:49 Kenny thought you could do with a new pair.
01:28:51 - They'd have to be on my terms.
01:28:54 - As long as you remember who's in charge.
01:28:58 (laughing)
01:28:59 - All right. I'll give it some thought.
01:29:01 - Actually, uh, Mum, I'm at large.
01:29:05 - Oh, it's too much information, Kenny.
01:29:08 - Amen.
01:29:09 (indistinct chatter)
01:29:12 (cheering)
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