The Bill S26E16 Paying The Price
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00:00Let me go up the blind stairs and see her.
00:07Let me go up the blind stairs and see her.
00:10Hi.
00:11Thanks for coming.
00:12We've tried talking to him.
00:13What's the problem?
00:14I'm not leaving here until I've seen my wife.
00:18I know she's here, okay?
00:19That is the booking receipt.
00:21Just keep your voice down, sir.
00:22What I don't know is what she's doing here.
00:23She was supposed to pick up our kids from school.
00:25Julia Pierce checked in a few hours ago.
00:27They won't let me go up and see her.
00:28We tried calling the room, but there's no answer.
00:31Was she on her own?
00:32She was when she came in.
00:33Look, I'm going up there to find my wife, all right?
00:35She doesn't do this kind of thing!
00:36You wait here.
00:37You and me will go upstairs, see if Mrs. Pierce is in her room.
00:40Why don't we take a seat, eh?
00:41Come on.
00:50Mrs. Pierce, can you open the door, please?
00:52This is the police.
00:54Mrs. Pierce?
00:58Okay, thanks.
01:04Mrs. Pierce?
01:06Wait there, don't move.
01:12Okay, stay still for me now, sir.
01:13I'm a police officer.
01:17Sierra Oscar from 46.
01:19Ambulance required to City Rest Hotel.
01:22We've got an IC1 male with serious head injuries.
01:47Yeah, I know, mate.
01:49Yeah.
01:52Well, I tell you what, why don't I pick us up at Pizza when I come over?
01:57Yeah.
01:59Okay, I'll see you in a bit.
02:02I love you too.
02:05My son, what's up?
02:07Joe's just called in a serious assault from the City Rest Hotel.
02:10A Mrs. Julia Pierce booked a room there.
02:12The husband found out.
02:13He kicked off.
02:15Uniform responded, but all they found was an unidentified male with serious head injuries.
02:20No sign of Mrs. Pierce.
02:22He was hit over the head with a vodka bottle, apparently.
02:24Forensics been informed?
02:26Trying to track Eddie down now.
02:27Okay, well, take Banksy and liaise with Uniform at the scene.
02:31Want me to take the lead on this?
02:33Yeah, is that a problem?
02:34No, no, it's just that we could be looking at attempted murder.
02:36I know, and I trust you.
02:37Call me on my mobile if you need me.
02:39Okay.
02:41It's your lucky night, you're with me.
02:44Got somewhere you need to be?
02:45With my wife, having tapas at 8 o'clock.
02:47Right, Eddie, well, if you're not done by then, I'll show you a kebab.
02:50Right.
02:58Hiya.
03:00He's alive, just.
03:02Got an ID on him yet?
03:03Yeah, Alan Marsh, according to his license and his credit card.
03:06Still had his wallet?
03:07Yeah, so whatever it was, it wasn't a robbery.
03:11Honor or shish?
03:13So there's been no sign of Julia Pierce, she didn't check out,
03:16none of the hotel staff saw her leave.
03:18She just disappeared?
03:19Well, there's any number of fire exits.
03:21CCTV?
03:22Ben's searching now, but there's very limited coverage.
03:24According to her husband, she was driving a dark blue Renault Clio.
03:27It's no longer in the car park, I've circulated the index.
03:29Mark, this is DS Moss, DC Banks, they just want to ask you a few questions.
03:33More questions.
03:34How about you start giving me some answers?
03:36Such as?
03:37What's going on? Where's my wife?
03:39What's happened to her?
03:40We're here to find out.
03:43This man just now covered in blood, he was in her room, wasn't he?
03:47Who is he?
03:48Alan Marsh.
03:49Name doesn't ring a bell.
03:51No, should it?
03:52Well, like you said, he was in your wife's room,
03:55a room she booked without your knowledge.
03:58You think she was having an affair with this man?
04:00No, she wouldn't do that.
04:01We're just trying to work out what happened in that room.
04:03Julia wouldn't hurt anyone, I mean, come on, she wouldn't.
04:11That is a lot of blood.
04:13And a lot of vodka.
04:15Takes a lot of force to break a full bottle of vodka over someone's head.
04:19Hell hath no fury, eh?
04:21Is that what you think? Have they gone wrong?
04:24I don't think Julia Pierce booked this room for the view.
04:26My husband seemed to think otherwise.
04:28You'll never underestimate the power of denial.
04:30Besides, if he was so sure about his wife, why was he checking up on her?
04:34Hello, what have you got here?
04:37Is it Pierce's?
04:39No, I don't think so.
04:41By the look of the blood on it, it could be Marsh's.
04:45And it looks like he tried calling someone before he passed out.
04:49Who?
04:50Well, we know it wasn't 999.
04:52What are you two doing?
04:53Oh, I don't know, Eddie, just collecting evidence, talking about strategy, detecting.
04:59Yeah, well, so long as you're not corrupting my crime scene.
05:02I got called away from dinner for this.
05:04Join the club.
05:05You got any complaints, Ben?
05:06Me? No.
05:07It's just CCTV.
05:09Happiness.
05:10Julia and Mark Pierce, married 11 years, moved here three years ago.
05:14He works in advertising, she's a teacher at King Henry's Primary.
05:17Four?
05:18Not so much as a parking ticket.
05:20About as normal as it gets, until this.
05:24Right, here's Julia Pierce checking in at 5.15.
05:2920 minutes later, Alan Marsh.
05:32That's the last we'll see of either of them.
05:34Right, Alan Marsh, 42, electrician, lives local, married.
05:39Married?
05:40Yeah, he's got a wife and three kids.
05:42They've sent someone to let her know she'll be taken to the hospital.
05:45Mr Marsh has got form.
05:48ABH, threatening behaviour, receiving stolen goods, possession.
05:52Mostly up in Manchester, it's been pretty quiet for the last few years.
05:55Maybe Mark Pierce was right, maybe there is something else going on.
05:58School teacher never been in trouble with this guy.
06:00Well, she wouldn't be the first nice girl to fall for a bit of Ruff from the Manchester underworld.
06:05Well, there's Ruff, and then there's Alan Marsh.
06:23Sandra Marsh.
06:25Deasmus.
06:27Doctors say he's responding well to treatment.
06:31Doesn't look like it from here though, does it?
06:33All those tubes sticking out of him.
06:38Who did this to him?
06:41We don't know at this stage.
06:42You've got a suspect, right?
06:44There's a person of interest, yes.
06:47A person of interest.
06:50Oh yeah.
06:52Alan's been around a few of those in his time.
06:57I thought he was done with all that.
07:01I can't see him like this.
07:15He was there with a woman, wasn't he?
07:17I don't know why he was there.
07:19Come on, he wasn't there to do the plumbing.
07:21What's her name?
07:24OK, Alan was found in a room booked by a woman called Julia Pierce. Does that mean anything to you?
07:30Julia?
07:32Julia Pierce. About 5'7", medium length, dark hair.
07:36Oh wait, Mrs Pierce.
07:39You know her?
07:40Yeah. Yeah, yeah, she's my son's English teacher.
07:43She's been giving him extra tuition.
07:45No wonder Alan was always so keen to pick him up all the time.
07:54Have you found her? Is she OK?
07:56No, I'm afraid she's still missing. I've come to ask her a few questions.
07:59All right, but not in front of my children, please.
08:02I haven't told them anything's wrong.
08:06Can't even make cheese on toast.
08:13Why don't you two go and play upstairs, I'll bring your supper up there. How's that, eh?
08:17Hello.
08:19When was the last time you saw your wife?
08:21This morning, leaving for work.
08:24Julia takes the children to school, she's a teacher, you know.
08:27Did she say she was going to be home late?
08:29No.
08:30The children have music after school and Julia usually picks them up around 6, this time she didn't.
08:36I picked them up, left them with a neighbour and then...
08:39Then you went to the hotel?
08:41Yeah, I went to the hotel.
08:43I picked them up, left them with a neighbour and then...
08:46Then you went to the hotel?
08:49Did you have reason to be suspicious of your wife?
08:51No, I told you, she's not like that.
08:53Well, you hacked into her email account.
08:55You don't understand, she wouldn't...
08:56Never mind, she's married with children.
08:58They started going to King Henry's about two months ago.
09:05I thought she was just stressed.
09:08Yin said she'd been down at work.
09:11Yin?
09:14Yin Chan, she's a teacher at the school, Julia's best friend.
09:20Look,
09:23these past two weeks,
09:26I've realised Julia's been keeping something from me.
09:28Staying late at work, making phone calls at late hours, that sort of thing.
09:31I found the hotel booking last night,
09:33I waited for her to say something, but she didn't.
09:35You suspected she was having an affair?
09:37I don't know what I suspected.
09:41The thing is,
09:44even now, I don't believe it.
09:46I mean, my head says the obvious,
09:48but I don't believe my wife is having an affair.
09:51I think something's happened to her, something very bad.
09:55You've got to believe me.
09:57I don't believe you.
09:59I don't believe you.
10:02You've got to find her.
10:09Mark Pierce says that his wife is innocent and you believe him.
10:13I'm just saying it might be more complicated than it looks.
10:15She could be stuck in the middle of something.
10:17You think she's been abducted?
10:19It would explain why she hasn't made contact with her husband, with her family.
10:22She can't just walk away from them.
10:23You should have a look at this.
10:24We found her a Renault Clio, it actually wasn't that far from the hotel.
10:32Well, I don't know about family,
10:34but it looks to me as though Julia Pierce is calmly walking away from attempted murder.
10:44Julia Pierce was last seen on CCTV yesterday evening,
10:48walking north on Bardwell Road, having abandoned her vehicle.
10:51The car's been impounded by forensics, but there's nothing interesting so far.
10:54Nobody's seen her home from us since seven o'clock last night.
10:57If they had, they're not saying.
10:59Well, her husband, her children?
11:00Well, her mobile's been switched off.
11:02T.I.U. are running a constant trace.
11:04So what about the victim?
11:05They'll let us know when and if he's ready to talk.
11:07Forensics?
11:08Eddie said he'll give us a preliminary report when he gets here.
11:11You reckon that these two were having an affair?
11:14That's a theory.
11:15You've got your doubts.
11:17Mark Pierce has every reason to think his wife is cheating on him.
11:20There's been lies, changed behaviour, all the classic signs, but he doesn't believe it.
11:24Well, what does that signify?
11:25Well, I think a husband knows, like a wife knows.
11:28Deep down, he thinks there's something else going on.
11:31What?
11:32Don't know.
11:33And he doesn't.
11:34Until we find her.
11:36How are you going to do that?
11:37Julia has a best friend, Yin Chan.
11:39She works at King Henry's Primary School.
11:41We can go and have a chat with her.
11:43T.I. Manson.
11:44Nice of you to turn up.
11:46Stevie was just briefing me on last night's attempted murder.
11:49Good.
11:51Right, well, don't let me keep you.
11:53I'll catch up on your written reports.
11:55They're on your desk.
11:58Thank you.
12:09I never heard you pegged as a romantic.
12:11Probably because I'm not.
12:13Yeah, what was all that stuff about marriage and knowing?
12:17That's not romance, Sarge.
12:19It's hard work, and that's what marriage is all about.
12:21Oops.
12:22Sounds like a riot.
12:26So you both teach year four?
12:28Yes, we started around the same time, a couple of years ago.
12:33Julia's not in any trouble, is she?
12:35Well, we need to find her to know what's happened.
12:38Mars described you as Julia's best friend.
12:40I like to think so, yes.
12:42If she were in trouble, if she were scared or in shock, where do you think she might go?
12:47I don't know.
12:49It doesn't sound like Julia.
12:51She's not the type to run away.
12:52Even if something terrible happened?
12:53Something terrible happened?
12:55Well, a man was attacked last night and seriously injured.
12:59You're not suggesting...
13:02Julia hasn't got a violent bone in her body.
13:05We hope so, for her family's sake.
13:09Into your rooms now.
13:11Come on, quickly, quickly.
13:14Come on, sit down. Calm down.
13:16If you don't mind, we'll need your contact details.
13:18Of course not.
13:20You can get everything you need at the reception.
13:22Okay, thanks.
13:23Chloe, come on, sit down. Quickly, quickly.
13:27Quickly, quickly, sit down.
13:30She's lying.
13:31No, she's just not telling the whole truth.
13:34The question is why.
13:36Being a loyal friend.
13:39Maybe.
13:43Hello.
13:44Come on, off you go. See you later.
13:54Thanks, Eddie.
13:56Eddie is ready for us.
14:01I thought you said these people were having an affair.
14:04There's no condoms, bedclothes are unruffled.
14:07No sex.
14:09Well, not everybody uses protection, Eddie.
14:11Listen, I checked for everything.
14:12The only fluids I could find in this room were blood and vodka.
14:16Well, maybe it got ugly before rather than after.
14:19What about the bottle?
14:21Yeah, it's your weapon, all right?
14:22Prints?
14:23I'll put a rush on those.
14:25TRU said somebody just made a phone call from Julia Pierce's mobile.
14:30To her husband?
14:31No, to an unknown mobile number.
14:33We've got a triangulation.
14:34It's somewhere in the vicinity of Tilson Street.
14:37Ian Chan lives in Tilson.
14:39Joe, Eddie.
14:53Hello again. Can we come in?
14:56Actually, this isn't a good time.
14:58It never is.
15:00Are you going to let us in, or will I have to arrest you?
15:12Do you mind telling me what this is about?
15:14We have a trace on Julia's mobile phone,
15:16and we know that it was used in this street less than 20 minutes ago.
15:20We know you want to be loyal, but...
15:22Where is she, Ian?
15:24Here.
15:26I asked Ian to cover for me.
15:28I guess you'd like to ask me a few questions.
15:31Julia Pierce, I'm arresting you on suspicion of attempted murder.
15:35You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
15:37if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court.
15:40Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Do you understand?
15:50Wow.
15:55Yeah, I booked the hotel room.
15:57Why?
15:59I wanted somewhere to meet Alan.
16:01Somewhere private.
16:03Alan Marsh?
16:05Yeah.
16:07So why did you need to meet Mr Marsh in private?
16:10Why do you think?
16:12I guess you could say we were having an affair.
16:15How long have you known Mr Marsh?
16:18About two months.
16:20We met at a parent-teacher evening. I teach his son, Jamie.
16:24You've been married for 11 years, right?
16:26That's a lot to throw away in such a short time.
16:29I thought you arrested me for attempted murder, not for being a bad wife.
16:35OK, Mr Marsh came to your hotel room, and then what happened?
16:40We had sex.
16:43It was the first time nothing had happened between us.
16:46It was the first time nothing had happened between us before then.
16:50Where? Where what?
16:53Where did you have sex?
16:56Where do you think? On the bed.
17:00Do you want to know what positions we tried?
17:03What happened after you had sex?
17:05Um, Alan fell asleep.
17:08I couldn't. I guess I felt guilty about Mark.
17:12I left.
17:14So you're saying you had nothing to do with the assault on Mr Marsh?
17:17Nothing.
17:19The first I heard about it was from you and after you'd spoken to her.
17:23Julia, why don't you go home last night after you left the hotel?
17:28I didn't want to see Mark.
17:35I couldn't.
17:37OK, now I'm confused.
17:39I thought Forensics said that there was no evidence of sexual intercourse.
17:42Maybe I got it wrong, or...
17:43She's lying.
17:45What was she possibly up to again by saying she had sex with Alan Marsh if she didn't?
17:48It doesn't matter whether she slept with him or not.
17:51It wasn't her that assaulted him. Lab results.
17:54Julia Pierce, Prince. Not on the bottom.
17:56So who's what?
17:57Craig Chapman. He's just done four years for GBH. She's out of licence.
18:01From Manchester? The only surrogate of Alan Marsh?
18:04She was telling the truth.
18:06Looks like it. OK, I'll alert Manchester police.
18:09No need. Chapman was arrested last night by Hertfordshire Police for drink driving.
18:13They're bringing him back from court right now.
18:20You all right? Yeah, just fine.
18:23Makes sense.
18:27Yeah. Craig Chapman, drink driving.
18:39One set of keys, one wallet containing a credit card and a driving licence.
18:46Mrs Sarah Blake, did you nick this?
18:51Sorry about that.
18:53Yep.
18:56It's not every day a result like this just literally lands on your lantern.
18:59I suppose so. This doesn't really feel like my result, you know.
19:02It all reads the same in the reports, do you?
19:04What do we do with Julia Pierce?
19:06Julia Pierce.
19:09Release her. Hang on a minute, Gav.
19:12I've heard about being unlucky in love, but this is a bit of a coincidence, no?
19:16I mean, this woman's never put a foot wrong in all her life.
19:19All of a sudden she decides to take a lover, and the day they decide to have sex,
19:23some bloke tries to murder him.
19:26Gav?
19:28Wrong place, wrong time, innit?
19:30You can always charge her with being a disappointment to her family, if I'm wrong.
19:37So, you knew Alan Marsh in Manchester?
19:40From a long time back, yeah.
19:42And you followed him down here to London?
19:44He owed me money.
19:45That's it?
19:47That's all there needs to be, where I come from.
19:50Well, Mr Marsh had more than £100 and several credit cards on him.
19:53It's more about the principal by then.
19:55So you tried to murder a man for a debt you didn't even really want to repay?
19:58Hang on, now. I never meant to kill him.
20:00That's not what I'm confessing to.
20:02What did you mean to do?
20:04Firing him.
20:06Got out of hand.
20:10I saw him going to the hotel.
20:12I followed him up.
20:14Went in. We argued.
20:16It ended badly.
20:18OK, there was someone else with Mr Marsh, a woman?
20:20Was there?
20:22Never saw her.
20:24Is that Craig Chapman's stuff?
20:26Yeah.
20:30Jo, we've got the last old number from the trace on Julia's phone, right?
20:34Er... somewhere.
20:38Get a confession?
20:40Yeah.
20:41Easy?
20:42Too easy.
20:44There you go.
20:46I'm sorry.
20:48I'm sorry.
20:50I'm sorry.
20:52Too easy.
20:54There you go.
20:55Can you call it, please?
21:23Sold you.
21:24No comment on that, cos I've no idea what he's talking about.
21:27We know that Julia Pierce phoned you today at 11.46,
21:3020 minutes before we arrested her.
21:32So how do you know her?
21:36Never seen her before in me life.
21:39It just seems so unlikely.
21:43What does?
21:44That a woman happily married for 11 years, with a family, a good job,
21:48would lure Alan Marsh into a hotel room so you could attack him.
21:53Just leave it alone.
21:55OK.
21:56All deals are off the table.
21:57We're gonna ask the CPS to charge you with attempted murder.
22:00You do what you feel's necessary.
22:10We've got all units on alert.
22:12Unmarked cars at the Inchans' place in Julia's home.
22:14No sign of her anywhere.
22:16Her phone?
22:17We're tracing it, but she's not gonna make that mistake, is she?
22:20So how do we let this happen?
22:24It's my fault. My call, sir.
22:28Stevie had reservations about letting Julia Pierce go,
22:30and I should have listened to her instinct.
22:32Frank's his instinct, actually.
22:34Well, we need to get it sorted, don't we?
22:36Something must connect the three of them.
22:39Marsh, Chapman and Pierce.
22:41Manchester?
22:42And how does Julia fit into that?
22:44Well, background checks all come up the same.
22:46Her and her family have been at the recent address for the last two years.
22:49Before that, nine years in Portsmouth.
22:51No mention of Manchester.
22:53Neil?
22:57Yeah, well, we're missing something, aren't we?
22:59We need to go further back, dig deeper.
23:01There's a connection here somewhere.
23:06Right, well, I'll get on to Manchester Police.
23:08In the meantime, Banksy, can you speak to her husband again?
23:11Sarge.
23:14You all right?
23:16Yeah, fine.
23:18Get your head back in the game.
23:23So you found her, arrested her, released her, and now she's disappeared again?
23:27Sorry, why are you telling me this?
23:30What am I supposed to say? What am I supposed to think?
23:32My wife hasn't even thought to call home to check on how her children are.
23:36If it's any consolation, we don't understand either.
23:39What did she tell you?
23:41Eh?
23:43What did she tell you about him? About Marsh?
23:45Tell me.
23:46She told us she slept with him.
23:48That they were beginning an affair.
23:51And you believed her?
23:52No.
23:54We've arrested another man for the assault on Marsh.
23:56Mark, just how well did you know Julia before you married her?
24:01Right.
24:02We met in Portsmouth.
24:04I was in my final year.
24:06She was just starting teacher training.
24:08We dated for a while.
24:10We moved in together after six months.
24:12We got engaged after a year.
24:13I mean, what do you want me to tell you?
24:15Do you know much about her past?
24:17Only what she told me.
24:18She moved around a lot as a kid and never long in one place.
24:21Did she ever mention Manchester?
24:23No. Why?
24:24Alan Marsh and the man who attacked him, both from Manchester,
24:27they seem to be playing out some old feud.
24:29Who is this man?
24:32His name is Craig Chapman.
24:36Do you recognise him at all?
24:40This is the man you arrested?
24:42Mm-hm.
24:44This is Julia's brother.
24:46Her brother? Are you sure?
24:48You've met him?
24:56Only in these.
25:00That's him, isn't it?
25:03Mm-hm.
25:06But that's impossible.
25:08Why?
25:09Because he died 15 years ago in a car accident when he was 21.
25:15Or at least that's what she told me.
25:19There's no mention of a sister on any of Chapman's records.
25:24Julia's background only goes back about 15 years.
25:26I mean, there's nothing after that.
25:28I've checked everything. Police records, DVLA, health authorities.
25:32It's like she never existed.
25:34Something's going on.
25:36Here. When I spoke to emergency CID,
25:38they said there was a block on the name
25:40and they'd only speak to the skipper about it.
25:45What's going on, Gav?
25:47Julia Pierce isn't who we think she is.
25:50She is Craig Chapman's sister.
25:52Her real name's Annie Chapman. She changed it 15 years ago.
25:55Why?
25:56She's been in witness protection.
26:01Annie Chapman.
26:0415 years ago, she was working as a prostitute in Manchester
26:07for a guy called Michael Anderson.
26:09Michael Anderson?
26:10You remember the case, do you?
26:12Yeah, I was working undercover. It's underworld legend.
26:14What happened?
26:15Anderson killed a couple of his girls one night.
26:18Annie Chapman was a witness.
26:20In fact, he forced her to watch.
26:22And after some persuasion, she agreed to give evidence.
26:25Anderson went down for life
26:27and she went into a witness protection scheme.
26:29Anderson wouldn't be the first pimp to murder some of his girls.
26:32He didn't just kill them.
26:34He burned them alive, forced the others to watch
26:36and then dared them to testify.
26:38Obviously, Annie did.
26:39Anderson threatened Annie in open court
26:41that he was going to follow her and kill her.
26:43So, she moved down to Bristol for a couple of years
26:46and then when she was feeling secure with her new identity,
26:49she decided to leave the witness protection scheme
26:51and she moved to Portsmouth.
26:53Where she met her husband, Mark.
26:55Yeah.
26:56He clearly has no idea about his wife's past.
26:59No.
27:00But it would help him to understand what happened,
27:02why his wife had to lie to him.
27:04Yeah, well, we can't tell him.
27:05Not without Julia's permission.
27:07It's that fundamental rule of witness protection, isn't it?
27:11The question is, what's all this got to do with the last 24 hours?
27:15Well, two months ago,
27:16a known associate of Michael Anderson moved onto our patch.
27:21Alan Marshall.
27:24I told you to leave it.
27:26Craig, we're the only ones that can help her now.
27:28You can't help her.
27:30That's what you don't get.
27:32It's too late for that.
27:34Julia's your sister, Craig.
27:36Annie is my sister.
27:40Julia...
27:42..is a successful woman.
27:45I've a loving husband and a family.
27:49Annie...
27:51..is me kid's sister.
27:54And he's my help.
27:58My protection.
28:01Where's that gutter sofa?
28:13What happened?
28:18I got a phone call about six weeks ago from Annie.
28:23After all this time, Annie was back.
28:29Because Marshall found her.
28:32What, right into the middle of her life?
28:35He said he wanted to see her.
28:38Just like old times.
28:40He could come to some arrangement.
28:42Marshall was blackmailing her.
28:45What did he want?
28:47Same as what he always wanted for Annie.
28:52The only thing Annie had to give back then...
28:54..when she said no...
28:57..he said...
28:59..he had a direct line, a mobile.
29:02To?
29:03To Anderson.
29:05In prison.
29:09If he finds out who she is, where she is...
29:13..you know what Anderson will do?
29:15So you came riding to her rescue, did you?
29:19She lured him to the hotel where you were staying.
29:22She lured him to the hotel where you were waiting.
29:24It wasn't like that. I mean, I didn't mean it to end the way it did.
29:29I was only supposed to scare him.
29:34To point out his vulnerable...
29:39..family, that sort of thing.
29:43But it ended badly.
29:46I've never done it that bad to someone before.
29:52I had to down half a bottle of whisky just to stop me hands from...
29:59Why couldn't he just let it go?
30:01Let her go.
30:04We need to find her, Craig.
30:08Did she say where she might go?
30:11I've just seen her.
30:14After 15 years.
30:21I don't know what she'll do.
30:28Has Marsh turned to sedation? Yeah.
30:30Right, well, we need to put a guard on him.
30:32We can't risk him making contact with Anderson.
30:35We know Marsh made a call to an unregistered pay-as-you-go after Craig assaulted him.
30:39And if that was to Anderson, he could have put the contract out on Julia already.
30:42It could be too late.
30:54Anderson.
31:13Looks almost normal, doesn't he?
31:16They always do.
31:25Thanks.
31:27Detective Inspector Manson, this is Detective Sergeant Moss.
31:30I take it you're the reason I had my cell spun?
31:32Yeah.
31:35Did you not find what you were looking for? No.
31:43What do you want?
31:46Have any conversations with the outside recently?
31:48Visiting privileges have been temporarily suspended.
31:52What do you mean, mobile telecommunication?
31:54You should know that kind of thing ain't allowed, do you?
31:59Certain people have been talking.
32:01Oh, it speaks?
32:04Talking about having access to you.
32:06People from your Manchester days.
32:08I know a lot of people in Manchester.
32:10I know a lot of people in Manchester.
32:13What about Alan Marsh?
32:15Alan?
32:23This is about Annie Chapman, isn't it?
32:26What makes you say that?
32:28Process of elimination.
32:30You see, I didn't know Alan that well.
32:33But he knew Annie very well.
32:35Knew her again and again.
32:38Tell me.
32:40Is Annie still running and hiding?
32:42Frightened that the bogeyman's going to come and get her?
32:46Is he?
32:48I trusted Annie.
32:50In some ways, I was in love with her.
32:53She had Summer.
32:55And I sold it.
33:00The answer's yes.
33:02Detective Inspector.
33:04Annie knew what she was doing when she stood up in court and pointed the finger.
33:08That weren't my decision.
33:10It were hers.
33:12I told her in court what the consequences would be.
33:16I'm a man of my word.
33:19If you have contacted someone,
33:22someone outside of here,
33:24tell me.
33:26And tell me now.
33:30Has Annie made a nice life for herself?
33:32Has Annie made a nice life for herself?
33:35A job?
33:37A man?
33:39Children?
33:52You can't tell me.
33:54I mean,
33:56can you even tell me why you can't tell me anything?
34:00Guess not.
34:02Silly me.
34:04I'm really sorry.
34:10I just want to know that she's safe.
34:12So do I.
34:14If anything comes to you,
34:16anything at all that can
34:18help us locate her...
34:29I'm sorry. I just feel so...
34:41I've seen that photo somewhere before.
34:43Julia keeps one on her desk at work.
34:48This is the day we met.
34:59I'm sorry.
35:16Where's Stevie?
35:18At the hospital. Alan Marsh has come round.
35:22All we can do is wait, I guess.
35:25But I shouldn't have let her go.
35:27She could have her own protection now.
35:30Julia Pearce just used her credit card to buy a train ticket from Marleybone Station.
35:3418.45 to Birmingham.
35:36OK.
35:57Thank you.
36:27Thank you.
36:57Hello, Annie.
37:13Hello, Annie.
37:16You know.
37:20Everything.
37:22I think so.
37:25Are you here to arrest me?
37:27No.
37:30Why are you here?
37:31To help you.
37:34Is it too late for that?
37:51It doesn't have to be too late.
37:53If you let us, we can give you the protection you need.
37:56You wouldn't be doing it alone this time.
37:58I can't.
38:00I can't do that to my children.
38:04Make them change their names and...
38:07move away from everything they know.
38:13Mark.
38:17Does he know?
38:18No.
38:21They're your family.
38:23They love you.
38:25They don't know me.
38:32A lot of people have been waiting for you to wake up.
38:36Took quite a blow to the head.
38:38Who are you?
38:39DS Moss on Hill Police.
38:41You're wasting your time. I never saw who it was.
38:43We know who it was.
38:45We know about Craig Chapman, Annie Chapman's brother.
38:48Oh yeah?
38:49So what are you doing here then?
38:51I want the truth.
38:53Before you passed out, you made a call to an unregistered mobile.
38:56Who was it?
38:58What business is it of yours?
39:00You told Annie Chapman that you had a direct line of communication to Michael Anderson
39:05and you told her that so you could blackmail her into having sex with you.
39:09So now I want the truth because personally I think you're lying.
39:13Why's that?
39:14Because you're a coward.
39:16And a bully.
39:19And having met Anderson and spoken to him about you...
39:22You've spoken to Anderson?
39:24Oh yeah.
39:27And I'd be more than happy to speak to your wife, tell her what I know.
39:29That's blackmail.
39:33It was a bluff.
39:35Anderson, alright.
39:37I don't know how to contact him. I wouldn't even know where to start.
39:40Who did you call?
39:43It was just some girl.
39:45I needed help, you know. I couldn't call the authorities, could I?
39:47I couldn't call Sandra, so...
39:49I just called someone for some help, but she said no.
39:53Do you know what you've put that family through?
39:58Just so you could get your end away.
40:02Thank you.
40:13I see.
40:15Okay. Thanks, Stevie.
40:24Michael Anderson doesn't know.
40:27Alan Marsh never called. Never had any intention of.
40:33Don't let them win.
40:35Whatever Mark has to hear, I'm sure he can deal with it.
40:40Isn't that what marriage is about?
40:43What if he can't forgive me?
40:45I understand you're scared.
40:47But running away again...
40:48He's not that brave.
40:51I've spent my life being brave.
40:54My first night as a prostitute.
40:56I was 15. I was brave.
41:00Standing up in court.
41:02Testifying against that scum.
41:05Witness protection.
41:09Turning my back on my brother.
41:15Not sure how much I've got left in me.
41:25I thought I'd left Annie behind.
41:32I used to hate myself.
41:35Who I was.
41:38Now it's...
41:40It's all come rushing back.
41:46I'm not sure I can face my husband hating me, Tim.
41:50It may take some time.
41:52But I'm sure he'll understand.
42:50She's gone, hasn't she?
43:04Yes.
43:05And you still can't tell me why, what it's about?
43:09No, but I can tell you what it's not about.
43:14She never betrayed you or your children.
43:18She loves you, Mark.
43:21Is she safe?
43:24Yeah.
43:26Good.
43:29Do you think she'll come back to us?
43:31I think there's a chance.
43:38Well, whatever she's done.
43:41Whatever she needs to do.
43:44We'll be waiting.
43:48Dad.
43:51I'd better get the kids to bed.
43:53I'll see myself out.
44:13We have to do this.
44:14You know about the interim diagnosis.
44:17Jake's in hospital.
44:19They're doing some tests and I had to leave him there this morning.
44:22I was so scared.
44:24I didn't know what to do.
44:30They think he might have leukemia.
44:44Dad.
44:45Dad.
44:46Dad.
44:47Dad.
44:48Dad.
44:49Dad.
44:50Dad.
44:51Dad.
44:52Dad.
44:53Dad.
44:54Dad.
44:55Dad.
44:56Dad.
44:57Dad.
44:58Dad.
44:59Dad.
45:00Dad.
45:01Dad.
45:02Dad.
45:03Dad.
45:04Dad.
45:05Dad.
45:06Dad.
45:07Dad.
45:08Dad.
45:09Dad.
45:10Dad.
45:11Dad.
45:12Dad.
45:14Dad.
45:15Dad.
45:16Dad.
45:17Dad.
45:18Dad.
45:19Dad.
45:20Dad.
45:27He was there with a woman, wasn't he?
45:29I don't know why he was there.
45:31Come on, he wasn't there to do the plumbing.
45:33What's her name?
45:36Okay, Alan was found in a run book by a woman called Julia Pearce, does that mean anything to you?
45:42Julia Pierce, about 5'7", medium length, dark hair.
45:46Oh, wait. Mrs Pierce.
45:49You know her?
45:50Yeah. Yeah, yeah, she's my son's English teacher.
45:53She's been giving him extra tuition.
45:55No wonder Alan was always so keen to pick him up all the time.
46:07Have you found her? Is she OK?
46:09No, I'm afraid she's still missing.
46:11I'm going to ask her a few questions.
46:13All right, but not in front of my children, please.
46:16I haven't told them anything's wrong.
46:20I can't even make cheese on toast.
46:27Why don't you two go and play upstairs? I'll bring your supper up there. How's that, eh?
46:31Hello.
46:37When was the last time you saw your wife?
46:39This morning, leaving for work.
46:42Julia takes the children to school. She's a teacher, you know.
46:45Did she say she was going to be home late?
46:47No. The children have music after school and Julia usually picks them up around six.
46:51This time she didn't.
46:54I picked them up, left them with a neighbour and then...
46:57Then you went to the hotel.
47:00Did you have reason to be suspicious of your wife?
47:02No, I told you, she's not like that.
47:04Well, you hacked into her email account.
47:05You don't understand, she wouldn't...
47:06Mother Marge, she's married with children.
47:09They started going to King Henry's about two months ago.
47:16I thought she was just stressed.
47:22Yin said she'd been down at work.
47:25Yin?
47:28Yin Chan. She's a teacher at the school, Julia's best friend.
47:32Look...
47:33He was hit over the head with a vodka bottle, apparently.
47:35Forensics been informed?
47:37Trying to track Eddie down now.
47:38OK, we'll take Banksy and liaise with Uniform at the scene.
47:42You want me to take the lead on this?
47:44Yeah, is that a problem?
47:45No, no, it's just that we could be looking at attempted murder.
47:47I know and I trust you. Call me on my mobile if you need me.
47:50OK.
47:52It's your lucky night, you're with me.
47:55You got somewhere you need to be?
47:57With my wife, having tapas at eight o'clock.
47:59Right, well, if you're not done by then, I'll show you a kebab.
48:01Right.
48:10Hiya.
48:11He's alive, just.
48:13Got an ID on him yet?
48:14Yeah, Alan Marsh, according to his licence and his credit card.
48:17He still had his wallet?
48:18Yeah, so whatever it was, it wasn't a robbery.
48:22Oh, sheesh.
48:24So there's been no sign of Julia Pierce.
48:27So there's been no sign of Julia Pierce.
48:29She didn't check out, none of the hotel staff saw her leave.
48:31She just disappeared?
48:32Well, there's any number of fire exits.
48:34CCTV?
48:35Ben's searching now, but there's very limited coverage.
48:37According to her husband, she was driving a dark blue Renault Clio.
48:40It's no longer in the car park. I've circulated the index.
48:42Mark, this is DS Moss, DC Banks.
48:45They just want to ask you a few questions.
48:46More questions.
48:47How about you start giving me some answers?
48:49Such as?
48:50What's going on? Where's my wife?
48:52What's happened to her?
48:53That's what we're here to find out.
48:56This man just now covered in blood.
48:59He was in her room, wasn't he? Who is he?
49:01Alan Marsh.
49:03Name doesn't ring a bell.
49:04No, should it?
49:06Well, like you said, he was in your wife's room.
49:08A room she booked without your knowledge.
49:11You think she was having an affair with this man?
49:13No, she wouldn't do that.
49:15We're just trying to work out what happened in that room.
49:17Julia wouldn't hurt anyone. I mean, come on, she wouldn't.
49:19She wouldn't.
49:25That is a lot of blood.
49:26And a lot of vodka.
49:29Takes a lot of force to break a full bottle of vodka over someone's head.
49:33Hell hath no fury, eh?
49:34Is that what you think? And if I've done wrong?
49:37I don't think Julia Pierce booked this room for the view.
49:40My husband seemed to think otherwise.
49:41You'll never underestimate the power of denial.
49:44Besides, if he was so sure about his wife, why was he checking up on her?
49:47Hello, what have we got here?
49:50Is it Pierce's?
49:52No, I don't think so.
49:54By the look of the blood...
50:01Let me go up the blind stairs and see her.
50:03Let me go up the stairs and see her!
50:05Hi, thanks for coming.
50:07We've tried talking to him.
50:08What's the problem?
50:11I'm not leaving here until I've seen my wife.
50:13I know she's here, okay?
50:14That is the booking receipt.
50:16What I don't know is what she's doing here.
50:18She was supposed to pick up our kids from school.
50:20Julia Pierce checked in a few hours ago.
50:22Let me go up and see her.
50:23We tried calling the room, but there's no answer.
50:26Was she on her own?
50:27She was when she came in.
50:28Look, I'm going up there to find my wife, alright?
50:30She doesn't do this kind of thing!
50:32You wait here, you and me will go upstairs, see if Mrs Pierce is in her room.
50:35Why don't we take a seat, eh? Come on.
50:37Come on.
50:46Mrs Pierce, can you open the door, please? This is the police.
50:50Mrs Pierce?
50:53Okay, thanks.
50:59Mrs Pierce?
51:01Wait there, don't move.
51:07Okay, stay still for me now, sir. I'm a police officer.
51:12Sierra Oscar from 46, ambulance required to City Rest Hotel.
51:16We've got an IC, one male, with serious head injuries.
51:38Yeah, I know, mate. I hate those places too.
51:43Yeah.
51:44Well, I'll tell you what, why don't I pick us up a pizza when I come over?
51:50Yeah.
51:51Okay, I'll see you in a bit.
51:54I love you too.
51:57My son, what's up?
51:59Joe's just called in a serious assault from the City Rest Hotel.
52:02A Mrs Julia Pierce.
52:04Assault from the City Rest Hotel.
52:05A Mrs Julia Pierce booked a room there, the husband found out, he kicked off.
52:10Uniform responded, but all they found was an unidentified male with serious head injuries.
52:15No sign of Mrs Pierce.
52:18These past two weeks, I've realised Julia's been keeping something from me.
52:23Staying late at work, making phone calls at late hours, that sort of thing.
52:27I found the hotel booking last night, just after she made it.
52:30Waited for her to say something, but she didn't.
52:33You suspected she was having an affair?
52:35I don't know what I suspected.
52:39The thing is, even now, I don't believe it.
52:45I mean, my head says the obvious, but I don't believe my wife is having an affair.
52:49I think something's happened to her, something very bad.
52:54You've got to find her.
53:01Mark Pierce says that his wife is innocent and you believe him.
53:05I'm just saying it might be more complicated than it looks.
53:07She could be stuck in the middle of something.
53:09You think she's been abducted?
53:11It would explain why she hasn't made contact with her husband, with her family.
53:14She can't just walk away from them.
53:15You should have a look at this.
53:16We found her a Renault Clio, it actually wasn't that far from the hotel.
53:20What's wrong?
53:27Well, I don't know about family, but it looks to me as though Julia Pierce is calmly walking away from attempted murder.
53:39Julia Pierce was last seen on CCTV yesterday evening, walking north on Bardwell Road, having abandoned her vehicle.
53:46The car's been impounded by forensics, but there's nothing interesting so far.
53:49Nobody's seen or heard from her since 7 o'clock last night.
53:51If they had, they're not saying.
53:53Her husband, her children?
53:54Well, her mobile's been switched off.
53:55TRU are running a constant trace.
53:57So what about the victim?
53:58They'll let us know when and if he's ready to talk.
54:01Forensics?
54:02Eddie said he'll give us a preliminary report when he gets here.
54:05You reckon that these two were having an affair?
54:07That's a theory.
54:09You've got your doubts.
54:11Mark Pierce has every reason to think his wife is cheating on him.
54:13There's been lies, changed behaviour, all the classic signs, but he doesn't believe it.
54:18What does that signify?
54:19Well, I think her husband knows, like her wife knows deep down.
54:23He thinks there's something else going on.
54:24What?
54:25Don't know.
54:26And he doesn't.
54:28Until we find her.
54:29And how are you going to do that?
54:30Julia has a best friend, Yin Chan.
54:32She works at King Henry's Primary School.
54:34We could go and have a chat with her.
54:36The Iron Manson?
54:37Blood on it. It could be Marsh's.
54:41And it looks like he tried calling someone before he passed out.
54:44Who?
54:46Well, we know it wasn't 999.
54:47What are you two doing?
54:49Oh, I don't know, Eddie. Just collecting evidence, talking about strategy.
54:53Detecting.
54:54Yeah, well, so long as you're not corrupting my crime scene.
54:57I got called away from dinner for this.
54:59Join the club.
55:00You got any complaints, Ben?
55:01Me? No.
55:03It's just CCTV.
55:04Happiness.
55:06Julia and Mark Pierce, married 11 years, moved here 3 years ago.
55:09He works in advertising. She's a teacher at King Henry's Primary.
55:13For?
55:14Not so much as a parking ticket.
55:15About as normal as it gets, until this.
55:19Right, here's Julia Pierce checking in at 5.15.
55:2420 minutes later, Alan Marsh.
55:27That's the last we see of either of them.
55:29Right, Alan Marsh, 42, electrician, lives local, married.
55:34Married?
55:35Yeah, he's got a wife and three kids.
55:37They've sent someone to let her know she'll be taken to the hospital.
55:40Mr. Marsh has got form.
55:42ABH, threatening behaviour, receiving stolen goods, possession.
55:46Mostly up in Manchester. It's been pretty quiet the last few years.
55:49Maybe Mark Pierce was right. Maybe there is something else going on.
55:51School teacher never been in trouble.
55:53With this guy.
55:54Well, she wouldn't be the first nice girl to fall for a bit of Ruff from the Manchester underworld.
55:59Well, there's Ruff, and then there's Alan Marsh.
56:12Sandra Marsh.
56:14D.S. Moss.
56:17Doctors say he's responding well to treatment.
56:20Doesn't look like it from here, though, does it?
56:23All those tubes sticking out of him.
56:28Who did this to him?
56:30We don't know at this stage.
56:32You've got a suspect, right?
56:34I suppose.
56:35A person of interest.
56:37Oh, yeah.
56:39Alan's been around a few of those in his time.
56:44I thought he was done with all that.
56:48I can't see him like this.