The Bill S26E25 Taking A Stand
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00:00Hello? It's the police. Can you hear me?
00:05One of your neighbours has reported a disturbance.
00:14Hello, love. I'm PC Kirsty Knight. Can we come in for a second?
00:18Show me some identification. Yeah, cool.
00:22What's your work ID? Yeah.
00:31She's coming.
00:36Hello, love. You had a break-in?
00:39I'm sorry. Is there somewhere you can go and sit down?
00:45Yes.
00:47Have you been hurt?
00:50No.
00:53No, I'm fine.
00:55And what's your name?
00:57Jill.
00:59Jill Peters.
01:06Mr Townsend? Yes?
01:08It was you that made the call, wasn't it, sir?
01:10Yes. Are they all right?
01:12I think so, sir. Can you tell me what happened?
01:14It sounded like a domestic. Domestic?
01:16Lots of screaming and shouting.
01:18So?
01:20I was asleep. I heard a noise.
01:22What kind of a noise?
01:24A door breaking.
01:27I got up and came out of the bedroom and there was a man standing there.
01:31He was wearing a balaclava.
01:33And what happened? I'm afraid you're going to need a new lock.
01:36He went out through there, through the garden.
01:38And how long would you say he was in the house, do you think?
01:41Oh, I don't know. Not long. Seconds.
01:43Is there anything missing? I haven't looked.
01:45Excuse me, I've left the bathroom.
01:56I don't think she's telling us the full story.
02:26Who's this, Mrs Peters?
02:28Alex, my son.
02:30What's his number or call number?
02:32I don't know. It's my...
02:34The phone's in my bag in the chair.
02:42There.
02:44Does he live close?
02:46No.
02:48Perhaps in Nottingham?
02:50My purse. He's taken my purse.
02:52How much was in it? I don't know. Not much. Credit cards.
02:58Kirsty.
03:01I'll be back in a minute.
03:10Have you got anything else out of her?
03:12Not really, but her purse is gone.
03:14Right.
03:16I'll walk it through later.
03:22I was here.
03:24Did he touch you at all?
03:28He pushed me as he went past.
03:30And what did he say?
03:32Nothing.
03:34Is this your bedroom?
03:36Yeah.
03:38Is this your bedroom?
03:40Yeah.
03:42Is this your bedroom?
03:44Yeah.
03:46Did he go in there?
04:02I think I'm going to be sick.
04:10Jill, are you OK?
04:12Yes.
04:14Can I come in?
04:36No, you listen to me.
04:39Did he go in your bedroom?
04:45Yes.
04:47Now, if something else happened here tonight,
04:49and you need to speak to somebody in confidence,
04:51we can help you.
04:55You know what happened.
04:57Just keep talking to me.
05:02Jill.
05:04Yes.
05:08Did he assault you?
05:12He raped me.
05:20Terry. Yeah?
05:22No, no, boss, come on, I'm knackered.
05:24We've got a rape victim coming in.
05:27She's 73.
05:39BELL RINGS
05:46Well, don't forget, let's come in.
05:48Kirsty, I would have missed it.
05:53Sarge, your mum phoned.
05:55She said it's about your dad. She wants you to call her back.
05:59Sarge, she's called a few times.
06:02BELL RINGS
06:06I don't want to go to hospital.
06:08OK, you don't have to.
06:10This is about what you want to do,
06:12and we're here to help you do that.
06:15Now, there's a place called The Haven,
06:17and they have doctors that are experienced in this type of thing.
06:20They'll see you in complete confidence.
06:23I don't want to get in a car.
06:26OK. What about your own GP?
06:29Oh, he knows me.
06:37I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be difficult.
06:39No, no, I know. I understand.
06:42What about if I arrange for a doctor to come here and examine you?
06:45How would that be?
06:51OK.
06:53OK, good. Thank you.
06:55OK.
07:01Mrs Peters, this is Dr Joanna Finch.
07:04Hello.
07:05Will you stay with me?
07:07Yes, of course.
07:16I'll need to examine you first for any external injuries, Mrs Peters,
07:20but that will involve you undressing.
07:22The usual practice is to undress on a sheet
07:24that will catch any stray hairs or flakes of skin.
07:27Right.
07:29Did you scratch him at all, do you think?
07:32I'm sorry.
07:33Did you try to fight him off?
07:35There might be blood or skin under your nails.
07:38No.
07:40If it's OK, I'll need to do an internal swab.
07:44Oh, my God.
07:45For DNA.
07:47I'm sorry.
07:49I'm sorry.
07:51Have you been counselled about the risk of sexually transmitted infection?
07:55No.
07:57Would you like to think about this for a few minutes?
08:00Yes.
08:14I'm not sure this is going to happen.
08:17Are you OK?
08:19No, I don't think I can go through with this, not now.
08:26Yeah?
08:29Mrs Peters, your son Alex is in the front office.
08:33You only called him less than an hour ago.
08:35Yeah.
08:37Thanks.
08:42Don't tell him what happened, please.
08:44No, I won't. I'll talk to him.
08:49She'll be out in a minute. She wasn't expecting you so soon.
08:52Yes, I happened to be in London for a meeting.
08:55Would you be able to stay with her tonight?
08:57Yes, of course. She is all right, isn't she?
08:59She's been burgled. She's had a bit of a fight.
09:01Yes, I know that, but she wasn't hurt.
09:03She's fine.
09:06Mum.
09:10I want to go home.
09:12Is that all right?
09:14Yeah, of course.
09:26Wow, CID's now, isn't it?
09:28Let's hope they've put together a decent case.
09:38Hi, Sarge.
09:40Hi, Sarge.
10:10Hi, Sarge.
10:20Mrs Peters stripped the linen from the bed and washed it and her nightgown before the officers arrived.
10:25We might get something off the duvet, though.
10:27Other than signs of a disturbance in the bedroom, what else do we have that supports rape?
10:30Nothing yet.
10:32The clothes have gone off to the lab and we're searching the bedroom for prints, fibres.
10:36She didn't have an internal examination last night, so she couldn't face it.
10:39And I suspect that she washed when she went home.
10:42She has agreed to come in this morning and give a formal statement.
10:45Good. OK.
10:47Suspects. What kind of person does this?
10:49The fact is there's very little research into elder rape.
10:51There is some evidence to suggest that it's linked to trauma in the past.
10:55Again, that's not always the case.
10:57What about the burglary I suspect?
10:58Right, it's possible that was an afterthought, some kind of cover-up.
11:01Well, I'm not a rapist.
11:02Right, but that is what he went in to do.
11:04It could be that she's known to him in some way, that she was targeted.
11:08Stone's organised a door-to-door and I've arranged for all the CCTV near Mrs Peter's house to be collected.
11:13We also have a phone call from a potential witness last night, Carol Hill.
11:17Gave us a sketchy description of an IC1 male near the scene.
11:20Right.
11:22Grace, can you deal with this?
11:23Yes.
11:24Meantime, let's hope Mrs Peter's statement gives us more direction.
11:30Leon, Mel, you take the estate.
11:32Dusty, with me.
11:34Side.
11:39Yeah.
12:00Carol Hill?
12:01Yeah?
12:02Why don't you tell me exactly what happened, in your own time?
12:08Went to bed early, it was about 8.30.
12:14I woke up suddenly.
12:20I heard a noise, wood splitting.
12:24I got up, I don't know what I thought.
12:28He was standing in the living room.
12:31I said,
12:34what the hell are you doing?
12:38He was wearing a mask.
12:42So it happened to someone else?
12:44I do understand.
12:46I get as far as seeing him.
12:50I don't remember anything, I don't know what I did, what he did.
12:55Do you think you could describe him for me? I mean, for instance, was he black, white?
13:01He was wearing a mask.
13:03Was he wearing gloves?
13:08I'll get you another one of those. Thank you.
13:17Unfortunately, Carol Hill didn't pick anyone out from the ward to line up.
13:24Did she give you anything?
13:25Average build, blonde hair.
13:31How's Terry doing?
13:33Hard to say.
13:35Sorry.
13:38Now, you said to him, what the hell are you doing?
13:42Did he say anything back to you?
13:46I'm pretty certain he did.
13:48Do you remember what that was?
13:52No.
13:53There's something wrong with me.
13:56Mrs Peters, there's nothing wrong with you.
13:58Mrs Peters, there's nothing wrong with you.
14:02Now, can you not remember or is it just too painful to go back?
14:08I honestly don't know.
14:12This isn't helping, you or me.
14:14You're doing fine.
14:17No, I'm not.
14:19Believe me, I'm not doing fine.
14:23I'd like to end this interview right now.
14:27Shall we take a break?
14:29No, I want you to call my son and ask him to pick me up.
14:33You don't want to continue with your statement?
14:37No, I want to go home.
14:41Okay.
14:46She totally made her mind up?
14:48I tried to talk her round.
14:50Told her to sleep on it so she could come back tomorrow and make a statement, but she's pretty adamant.
14:54Is it too much for her?
14:55I'm not sure.
14:56She seems like a strong enough woman.
14:59Hey, maybe that's a front, some form of defence, I don't know.
15:01Well, we can't let this one go.
15:03Well, we can't force her to stay either. That's the problem, isn't it?
15:05No.
15:07However, there was one thing.
15:10She originally spoke to Kirsty.
15:12She told her what happened.
15:14Yeah.
15:16Yeah, I'll have a word with Smith.
15:17There's a rumour going round that Miss Peters has been murdered.
15:19I've spent half the morning reassuring neighbours that ain't the case.
15:22Yeah, but then what do you say?
15:23She's been burgled.
15:24You see all of us lot standing out here.
15:26She doesn't even want her own son to know what's happening.
15:28Kirsty.
15:31Yeah, okay. Yeah, I'll find you back.
15:34Are you sad?
15:36Joel Peters has clammed up on us.
15:38The CID think you'll be able to persuade her to talk, so do I.
15:41Right.
15:43Show them the way.
15:44So do I.
15:45Right.
15:47She opened up to you, admitted what had happened.
15:48Because I was there.
15:49No, no, that was more to it than that. You connected with her.
15:53Kirsty, this woman's about to leave the station and she's not going to come back.
15:57I'm not trained to do this sort of thing, Sarge.
15:59To be honest, I don't really feel comfortable with it.
16:01You don't feel comfortable?
16:02No, I don't.
16:03Well, I bet you feel a damn sight more comfortable than she does.
16:05You talk to her.
16:06She says no, you still get points for trying.
16:08As far as you're concerned, it's a win-win.
16:10Yeah, feels like it.
16:12That's a yes, is it?
16:13It's an I don't have much of a choice.
16:15No.
16:17No.
16:19Hey, yeah, she's on her way back.
16:28Thanks for doing this.
16:36Kirsty, is there a problem?
16:38No.
16:40Look, if you're not okay about doing this, then...
16:43There'll be no case.
16:45That's right.
17:05So you've come to win me round.
17:08Jill, I understand this must be very daunting for you.
17:12And I understand why you feel you don't want to continue.
17:15It seems everyone understands me today.
17:17I don't have to say a word.
17:19I've never been so understood in my entire life.
17:26Why did you come back to the station today?
17:30I don't know.
17:31Why did you come back to the station today?
17:35I don't know.
17:37It was a mistake.
17:38There must be some part of you that wants to see this through.
17:41I can't even remember the basic detail.
17:43Look, I was worried about that, not you.
17:45I feel so useless.
17:50Jill, I've never dealt with a case like this before.
17:53And to be honest, I feel out of my depth.
17:57Maybe we can muddle through this together.
18:02She's still not convinced she wants to do this.
18:05Yeah, but she's still here, isn't she?
18:16Grace.
18:17Yeah?
18:18Our witness, Carol Hill, have you got an address for her?
18:20Yeah.
18:21Good, because we're going through the CCTV of the Talbot Lane area
18:24and there's no sign of the boat she described or her either.
18:26Really?
18:27Yeah.
18:28So I think you'd better go and have another word with her.
18:29Yeah, I'm on it.
18:39Well, it could just be that your timing was out.
18:42Do you think that might be the case?
18:47It wasn't actually me who saw the guy jump over the wall.
18:51Right.
18:52It was my husband, Tony.
18:53He said he didn't want to talk about it.
18:55Right.
18:56It was my husband, Tony.
18:57He said he didn't want to get involved, but I said we had to.
19:00I'm sorry.
19:01You'll need to give me your husband's contact details.
19:03We will need to speak to him in person.
19:05We'll freak if the police turn up at his work.
19:07I'll bring him to the station later if that's OK.
19:10Fine.
19:14I'm sure he was going to kill me.
19:15Did he say that?
19:16No.
19:18But he said something.
19:21He was so angry with me.
19:24I kept praying someone would come in.
19:27Anyone.
19:29Someone would hear and they'd help me.
19:35Hi.
19:36This is Dusty.
19:37Thanks for coming in.
19:39Sorry about the mix-up earlier.
19:41Tony's had a bit of a chequered past.
19:44But you're all right to make a statement now.
19:46Look through some photos.
19:47Yeah.
19:48OK.
19:54Take a seat, please.
19:57So I was working in Talbot Lane last night.
19:59And when I went back to my van at about nine o'clock,
20:03I saw someone come out of one of the gardens over the wall.
20:06Did you get a good look at him?
20:08Yeah, pretty good.
20:10Right.
20:11I'm going to show you some images.
20:12You stop me if you can identify this man.
20:15OK.
20:18No.
20:20No.
20:21No.
20:23No.
20:26No.
20:29Oh, wait a second.
20:34Yeah, him.
20:36I think it was him.
20:37I mean, it was really dark, but...
20:41I think it was him.
20:43Tony Hill, Carol's husband, picked someone out of the wards line-up.
20:47Shame they're already on remand.
20:49I guess it's a likeness to the guy that Tony saw near Jules.
20:52Kirstie's doing all right.
20:55Someone would hear, and they'd help me.
20:58Sorry, Gavin, can you rewind that?
21:03They kept praying someone would come in.
21:07Someone would come in.
21:09Someone would come in.
21:12Someone would hear, and they'd help me.
21:14Well, that's what the neighbour said happened.
21:16He said he was banging on the door.
21:17What's the neighbour look like?
21:19Blonde, 40-ish.
21:21Maybe.
21:23You said earlier it could be someone who knows you.
21:25That's a possibility.
21:26David Townsend, here.
21:28Arrested six months ago for ABH.
21:40MUSIC PLAYS
21:56Works for Melbourne, doesn't it?
21:58Yeah.
22:00Let's have a quick look at Mrs Peter's house while we're here.
22:05You know, Townsend's lived here for five years,
22:08and yet in his statement, he says he doesn't know Mrs Peter's.
22:11Mm.
22:14Oh.
22:16Well, the sensor's working.
22:18So he claims that he came round, knocked on the door,
22:21to make sure everything was OK, and not once did he mention that damage.
22:26No way could he have missed that.
22:28So either he's lying about having seen it, or he did the damage himself.
22:33Yeah, she's still in with AC Knight and DC Perkins.
22:37Is she doing fine?
22:39She's always doing fine.
22:41Right.
22:42I phoned her up.
22:43How are you?
22:44She replies, I'm doing fine.
22:46That's as much as she'll tell me.
22:48You waiting for her to bore her heart out?
22:51In truth, no.
22:54We're miles away, and Dad's no longer with us.
22:57We're miles away, and Dad's no longer with us.
23:03I can't bear the thought of her being lonely.
23:07Maybe it suits us both, not knowing what's going on in each other's lives.
23:16Something...
23:19Something else happened to her last night.
23:23She won't tell me.
23:25Maybe I've just got to respect that.
23:35I've been in London for the past week, and I haven't told her.
23:41Split from my wife.
23:45If I'd stayed with her, with my mum, last night, this wouldn't have happened.
23:50You can't think like that.
23:55Here we go.
23:57Mr Townsend?
23:59Yes?
24:00Detective Inspector Manson, this is DC Dastry.
24:04So, last night, how long were you outside Mrs Peter's house?
24:08A few minutes.
24:10What did you see?
24:12It was dark.
24:13Do you know Mrs Peter's?
24:14Well, I might recognise her if I saw her.
24:17So you've never been inside her house?
24:19No.
24:20I might recognise her if I saw her, I suppose.
24:22So you've never been inside her house?
24:24No, look, I had no idea it was an old woman being attacked last night.
24:29If I had known...
24:30What would you have done?
24:33Why did you lie?
24:36In your statement, you lied.
24:41I got involved in an argument about six months ago.
24:45I tried to intervene in a fight on the tube between a bloke and his girlfriend.
24:50And they turned on me, broke my cheekbone.
24:56And then I got arrested.
24:59OK, go on.
25:02Well, I thought what was happening last night was a domestic two, so...
25:10I didn't knock. I bottled it.
25:13What exactly made you think it was a domestic?
25:17The way he spoke to her.
25:19Could you hear it clearly?
25:22Anything?
25:25He kept on calling her a bitch, repeatedly.
25:29You thought you could treat me like that?
25:31So it sounded like he knew her?
25:33Yes.
25:35She hasn't been able to remember anything about the attack herself?
25:38No. Surely if she was familiar with this guy, she'd recognise his voice, right?
25:42Maybe she doesn't know him that well.
25:44All right, we'll put it to her.
25:45Thanks, boss.
25:46Terry. Yeah?
25:48Alex Peters is starting to suspect this wasn't just a burglary.
25:51OK, I'll get Kirsty to have a quiet word.
25:53How's she getting on?
25:55She's doing really well. Mrs Peters is very comfortable with it.
26:03Mrs Peters, do you, er...
26:05Do you know a Mr David Townsend?
26:08He lives at number 28, it's two doors away from you.
26:10Oh.
26:12He claims to have heard something of what went on in your house.
26:16Now, you told us previously how angry you thought your attacker sounded.
26:21Mr Townsend's verified that,
26:23and also seems to be under the impression that the man might have known you.
26:29Why?
26:30Because he used a phrase that suggested you might have encountered him before.
26:34I do not know the person who did this.
26:36We're not saying that you knew him well.
26:38What did he hear?
26:44He heard the suspect shout,
26:46you thought that you could treat me like that.
26:52I don't go round antagonising people.
26:54No, Mrs Peters...
26:55Would you like to get some air, Joe?
26:56Please.
27:09Oh.
27:16How long have you been on your own, Joe?
27:19My husband, Minson, died about seven years ago.
27:23I had quite a good job, but...
27:26he did everything for me.
27:28He took care of the paperwork and the taxes.
27:32It wasn't until he died that I realised I was really quite a capable kind of person.
27:38It sounds terrible, I know.
27:40Of course I wish he was still with me, but...
27:43it's good to learn that you can take care of yourself if you have to,
27:47even at the grand old age of 66.
27:51I think of myself when I was your age.
27:54I could never, ever have done what you did.
27:56Oh, yeah, you could.
27:58You'd have been an inspector by the time you were 30, I'll bet.
28:08What's the matter?
28:11There was a man over by the garage a few days ago.
28:17He was dumping sackfuls of rubbish.
28:22Go on.
28:25I shouted at him. I...
28:29told him I would report him. I called him a pathetic little man.
28:35He swore at me.
28:36Is there anything you can tell me about his appearance, build, hair colour?
28:40He was dark.
28:43Stubble, I think.
28:47He was white.
28:50Not very tall.
28:52Short hair.
28:54Dark?
28:55Dark complexion.
29:07Oh.
29:26Hey.
29:28Grace.
29:29Steve fit the job Peter's put together.
29:31Terry? Yeah.
29:32I know him. This is Tony Hill.
29:34He's got form.
29:35Burglary, car theft and ABH.
29:37He was in Youth Offenders, but nothing that fits with this.
29:40He did place himself near the scene on the night of the rape.
29:43Told his wife he saw a man in the alleyway behind Jill's house.
29:46Why would he do that? Why would he even put himself there?
29:48That's just it. If he did do it, he could be trying to unburden himself.
29:52He can't tell his wife what did happen, so instead he makes himself into a witness.
29:56Right, well, let's see. I think we should pull him in.
30:06Mrs Hill, can we speak to Tony, please?
30:10He's not here.
30:11What the hell is going on?
30:13Mrs Hill, your husband is suspected of a serious offence
30:15and we have a warrant to search your premises, OK?
30:17No, it's not OK.
30:20Carol, what happened to your face?
30:28I don't know.
30:30I don't know.
30:32I don't know.
30:34Yeah, thank you.
30:36Terry's just getting Alex from the canteen.
30:39He's worried about you, Jill.
30:40Well, you're not going to tell him?
30:42No, but I think he's piecing it together for himself.
30:45I'm certainly not going to.
30:47Maybe you should.
30:48Look, I don't know how many years I've got left.
30:50I don't want to ruin that time with him.
30:59Come on, let's go.
31:01Come on, let's go.
31:12Whatever it is you think he's done, you know he hasn't.
31:14He hasn't put a foot wrong in the last two years.
31:16How do you know?
31:18Because that's when he met me.
31:20Did Tony hit you?
31:25Carol, did he hit you?
31:26Carol, did he hit you?
31:33It was an accident.
31:35What happened?
31:37He's very stressed with work and money and we had an argument.
31:44What did he do when he got home last night?
31:46Do?
31:48Well, when he got in, did he change his clothes?
31:50Take a shower?
31:52No, why would he do that?
31:53Has Tony's behaviour been different at all recently?
31:57Last week or two, he's...
32:00He's drunk a bit more.
32:03Carol, we need to find your husband.
32:05I don't know where he is.
32:06Okay, well, who else does he have in his life?
32:09Family.
32:11He's not in touch with them.
32:12Friends, then.
32:15Grace.
32:21I found these in the bedroom.
32:24They belong to Joe Peters.
32:45My name's Tony Hill.
32:49I want to turn myself in.
32:54I want to turn myself in.
33:05All right, you sit in that chair.
33:06I'll start in a minute.
33:20Tony's given himself up at the police station.
33:22He's admitting to burgling that woman's house.
33:24Well, he hasn't said anything yet.
33:25Grace.
33:29So, this letter from Rosewater Children's Home
33:31informed me, Tony, that Linda Marshall has passed away.
33:34I found it two weeks ago.
33:36It was in the box with this photo of Linda.
33:42Thank you.
33:46You did it.
33:47You did what?
33:49I burgled that old woman's house.
33:53I was doing some decorating in one of the houses
33:55that backs onto hers.
33:57I could see straight into her living room.
34:00I knew she lived alone.
34:01She had some expensive-looking stuff in there.
34:04She was a soft target.
34:08Before this,
34:09when was the last time you broke into someone's house?
34:13About six years ago.
34:14Yeah, so why now?
34:18Her work hasn't been coming in.
34:20We're struggling to pay the rent.
34:21I'm trying not to let Carol know how bad things really are.
34:26In the end, I just panicked.
34:27Did you know Mrs Peters was going to be in?
34:30Well, obviously, I'd hoped she wouldn't.
34:32Really?
34:33Yeah.
34:34I want it to be as simple as possible.
34:36Tell me what happened.
34:37I pushed past her,
34:38saw her purse on the side,
34:39grabbed it and licked it out of her.
34:42Why are you telling me this?
34:45Because I feel guilty.
34:47Because I feel guilty.
34:51I've changed a lot in the last few years.
34:54I'm not the kind of bloke that does this sort of thing anymore.
34:57Tony Hill.
34:59Don't think I ever knew him.
35:01He got a letter telling him that a Linda Marshall had died.
35:05Ah, right, yes.
35:06Her family asked us to forward some letters she'd left
35:09for a few of the kids who'd been resident here.
35:12But just to put you in the picture,
35:13we've got Tony in custody at the moment.
35:15Oh, that's a shame.
35:16We've been trying to get an idea of his background.
35:18So far, we've drawn a blank.
35:20So I was wondering whether you might have any of his records.
35:24I'll have a look.
35:25Thank you.
35:36All the evidence from Hill's flat.
35:37It's going to take a while to go through it.
35:38OK.
35:39How's it going, Bob?
35:40Er, he's admitted burglary.
35:41Nothing more.
35:42As for the rape, well...
35:43No word against his.
35:44Yeah.
35:47Tell me you've got something.
35:48Yeah, I do.
35:49So we know that in previous cases like this,
35:51the perpetrators often have very confused feelings about older women.
35:54Yeah.
35:55So from the age of four,
35:56Tony Hill was mainly living in care,
35:58being looked after by a woman called Linda Marshall.
36:00OK.
36:01Age of 12, he was returned home to live with his family permanently.
36:04So it could have seemed to Tony
36:06that the only woman he loved, his mother figure,
36:09had rejected him.
36:10Well, two days ago,
36:11Tony found out that Linda Marshall had died.
36:13Around the same time,
36:14George Peters confronted him about the fly-tipping.
36:17So she said precisely the wrong thing to the wrong person
36:20at the wrong time.
36:21Yeah.
36:22And, Gov,
36:23I think we need to be realistic about this.
36:25Tony's a damaged man.
36:26With something as extreme as this,
36:28it can take years of therapy for offenders
36:30to even face up to what they've done.
36:32You think he might have blanked it out?
36:34Buried it?
36:35I think it's a strong possibility.
36:37You say that you'd seen Mrs Peters in her house
36:39a few days before you broke in.
36:41Yeah.
36:42Did you speak to her, ever?
36:44No.
36:46Well, Mrs Peters is claiming that you have spoken to each other.
36:50About a week ago.
36:54I don't remember.
36:55It was when you were dumping some rubbish
36:57by the garages at the back of her house.
36:59She told you off.
37:03I...
37:05Sorry, I...
37:06I don't remember.
37:07I don't remember.
37:08Pathetic little man.
37:10That's what she called you.
37:12Then you swore at her.
37:16Tony, can you tell me who the woman in this picture is?
37:23It's Linda Marshall.
37:27She looked after me when I was a kid.
37:29She must have been a very important person in your life.
37:31This is the only photo we found in your flat.
37:34Yeah, for a while.
37:35But then you grow up, don't you?
37:37But you were only 12 when she sent you away,
37:40back to your mother.
37:42That's hardly grown up.
37:45I'm sorry, why are you asking me about this?
37:50How did you feel
37:52when you found out she was dead?
37:57I hadn't seen her for years. It didn't really bother me.
37:59Really?
38:02Linda was more of a mother to you than your own mother, wasn't she?
38:07This letter must have stirred up some very difficult feelings.
38:10I don't want to talk about her, OK?
38:13OK, let's go back to Mrs Peters.
38:15You know, when you broke into her house,
38:17was there a part of you that thought maybe she deserved it
38:20because of what she'd said to you?
38:24Made me feel a bit less guilty, I suppose.
38:26You wanted to teach her a lesson.
38:29You'd just heard that Linda was dead
38:31and there's this old woman screaming at you for no reason.
38:36You know, you said to me that you hoped that she was out.
38:39I think you knew she was in and you wanted to scare her.
38:43But I think you can tell us what really happened now,
38:46in that house.
38:50Nothing.
38:51Tony, that's not true, is it? Come on.
38:54I'm sorry, but I really don't know what you're talking about.
38:58I know what she's been telling you, but all I did was take her purse.
39:01I'm sorry that I did, but that's it.
39:09Mrs Peters is claiming that you raped her.
39:12What?
39:13Did you rape her?
39:15No, I did not.
39:19Is it possible that happened?
39:21Listen, all I did was take her purse.
39:29No word, no?
39:30No.
39:31Thank you.
39:41Boss?
39:44So now what?
39:45We charge him with burglary.
39:47And that's it?
39:48That's it.
39:49CPS won't touch this.
39:51Not rape. Not on this evidence.
39:53I say we go back to Jill Peters and see if she'll consent to have a swab taken.
39:58She's said no repeatedly, Terry. We can't push her.
40:02OK, I'd better tell her what's happening.
40:04I'd like to do it, if that's all right, Gav.
40:07Yeah.
40:16Excuse me a minute.
40:28Mum?
40:37Mum, it's me.
40:39Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.
40:43Where are you?
40:51Anyone for tea?
40:52No, thanks.
40:54We've arrested someone.
40:56Yes?
40:58But he's only admitted burglary.
41:02I'm sorry.
41:04There's not enough evidence to support a rape charge.
41:12I could have done more.
41:14I think you did all you could.
41:16Mm-mm.
41:23If, um...
41:27If I were to give a swab...
41:30..could you get this man?
41:36Have you showered? Or have you taken a bath?
41:39I don't know.
41:40Then there's still a very strong chance that we can get his DNA.
41:44And that would be conclusive.
41:51OK.
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42:07I'll be fine now.
42:13Thank you.
42:23Do you mind if I...?
42:27Hold on.
42:29It wasn't me.
42:30I think she always knew she might have to do this.
42:53DOOR CREAKS
43:11Hello, Callum.
43:14How are you? It's been such a long...
43:16I'm fine.
43:17Um, we don't have to bother with all that.
43:20Right.
43:21Well, he hasn't got very long.
43:26Well, he's down here.
43:36Try and talk to him, Callum, while you've still got the chance.
43:41He's not very responsive,
43:43but he will understand everything that you say.
43:47HE SIGHS
43:50He's so sorry.
43:54You know.
43:56About how things have turned out.
44:02You two aren't going to get another chance.
44:06Don't throw it away, please.
44:09I'm not afraid of it, Mum.
44:12Or I feel.
44:16DOOR CREAKS
44:34He was so proud of you.
44:37That you followed in his footsteps.
44:46HE SIGHS
45:09Call me when he's dead.
45:13DOOR CREAKS
45:17HE SIGHS
45:19Morning, Garth.
45:20Hiya, Max. How was your holiday?
45:22Handicaps down.
45:23So, how do we all feel about the departmental fling, then?
45:26You are doing all the worrying for me.
45:29Yeah.
45:30I need you to go back to the Waterlands Rest and ask the landlord for his prints.
45:34You want something from one of my officers, you come to me first.
45:37I'll tell him what I know and you take a drug test.
45:40Anything you thought you had on me...
45:42I can't.
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