01x04 - Episode 4

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SARAH: Out of the blue,

this handsome, gorgeous man

appeared.

INTERVIEWER:

You're living the fairy tale.

TOMMY: To the happy couple.

Cheers.

Well, you know our Tommy.

Can't say no to a pretty face.

Unless

they're trying to tie him down.

JANE: Get out of the strip club

and call me back.

You can't just ignore me, Tommy!

It's not funny. Argh!

SIMON: You said

certain things happened

in your childhood that your parents

didn't want to know about.

Do you feel

that's what's happening here?

I have tried to k*ll myself

in the past.

I just need to know

you're not using me.

I wouldn't do that.

Things seem to be going much better

between the two of you.

I think he may be planning

to propose when we're in France.

Mum said you're buying

a place in the Cotswolds?

He's always had

an excellent head for business.

Sorry,

so the cottage is for your mother?

Loony Bin Jane. I'll just

jump in the river, shall I?

That'll solve all your problems,

won't it, Tommy? You're insane.

If we were married,

you wouldn't treat me like this.

But you'd rather

just keep stringing me along

as long as Tommy gets what he wants!

You are sick, do you know that?

Shut up! Will you SHUT UP?!

There's something deeply wrong

with you.

'What is it

you want the police to do?'

I would like someone

to stop us hurting each other.

If you don't have somebody here

soon, somebody is.

We're three days

into a national manhunt

and still no closer

to bringing her in.

SMART: 'If she's taking risks,

maybe she intends

'to be dead

before we can get to her.'

BIRDSONG

They found the car.

Local bobby spotted

the licence plate from the road.

Is she in it?

We don't know yet.

Parked in a lay-by.

No signs of movement.

He's asking if he should approach?

Yeah. Tell him yes,

but with caution.

Jane?

Jane Andrews?

MUFFLED: Are you OK?

Can you open this door?

Jane?

KNOCKING.

STEADY BEEP

DOUGLAS CLEARS THROA

I'm Detective Chief Inspector

Keith Douglas,

attached to the Serious Crime Group.

The other officer is

Detective Sergeant Kay Smart,

also attached

to the Serious Crime Group.

We are in the interview room

at Bloomsbury Police Station,

and I am interviewing

Please could you state

your full name?

Jane Dawn Elizabeth Andrews.

Whatever happened between them,

it couldn't have been deliberate.

I mean, Janey can't have been

in her right mind.

MAN: Cut there.

Just one moment, Francesca.

Was that not

That was great. We just need

to check your mic for sound.

Oh, OK.

Yeah, we're all good.

So, if you can go back

to before Tommy's death,

did you ever think

he might be in danger?

SHE SIGHS

You have to remember

she really did love him.

She was a woman scorned,

and she took her revenge.

I think she was telling the truth.

She was prepared to say anything

to save her skin.

You've told us

that after Thomas Cressman's call

to the emergency services,

the arguments continued,

and then you decided

to leave the house.

You drove around for a while,

and, following a phone conversation

with Mr Cressman,

you decided to return.

Is that right?

Yes.

He said to come home, so I did.

And when you got back,

there was another big row,

and you went up to bed.

Yes.

And I tried to go to sleep.

But he curled up next to me

and said

"Oh, come on."

"I want to have sex with you.

You know you like it."

And then he

sort of grabbed me

and, well, I was,

I was frightened, so I went down

and I got the cricket bat.

Just to place next to the bed.

Protect myself.

But then Tommy woke up, and he

was going on

about how horrible I was.

And he kneed me in the back.

And

I should've just left.

But I went down.

And I saw I saw the knife

on the draining board.

I thought if he did anything,

I-I'd just say

"Look, I've got a knife."

"Don't touch me."

And then, eventually,

I went to sleep.

And he just started hitting me.

So I picked up the bat,

and I hit him,

and he was lashing out at me,

and he was pulling my hair out.

So I grabbed the knife.

And he just came at me, and I

I didn't know what was happening.

I just remember him falling down,

so I ran out of the room.

And then I panicked,

so I got in my car, and I just

I just drove and drove and drove.

SHE SNIFFLES

So, after leaving the house,

you made a number of calls and sent

a number of text messages

where you seemed unaware

of what happened to Mr Cressman.

Were you trying

to convince your friends

that his death

was nothing to do with you?

No, I just

I didn't know he was dead.

'Denying it,

claiming it was an accident.

'Her story was all over the place

from the start.'

Well, if in doubt,

play the self-defence card.

But we had what we needed,

so we charged her with m*rder.

The only surprise

was that she got bail.

Janey?

Brought you a cup of tea, love.

Thanks, Mum.

You're settling in, then.

That's good.

That, erm

That lady solicitor called.

She wants you to ring her back

about a meeting next week.

OK.

Does that mean you have

to go back down to London?

I guess so.

They said they'd sort somewhere

for me to stay.

Where did Dad put my sewing machine?

Ah, it's on the landing.

She sounded very on the ball,

the solicitor.

I'm sure she'll be able

to sort things out.

That's not really how it works, Mum.

She can't just "sort it out".

But it wasn't your fault, was it?

I mean, it's like you say,

it was an accident.

You didn't mean for it to happen.

No, of course not.

Do we still have

that gingham cotton that I bought?

The pale blue one?

I don't know.

It might be in the airing cupboard.

HE KNOCKS

All right, Jane, love?

This just came for you.

'I told her you'd be welcome

to stay with us during the trial.'

Especially after reading such

diabolical things in the papers.

I've been trying not to look.

Of course.

I knew there had to be more to it.

All this talk

of premeditated m*rder -

it simply didn't ring true.

It's not.

I loved Tommy.

I never meant to hurt him.

That's what I told the police.

I was just trying

to get away from him.

I had no idea he was badly hurt.

I thought I'd just

given him a scratch.

A scratch?

Oh, you poor thing.

And did the Duchess

really contact you?

While you were on the run?

Yes.

Yes, she did.

Well, that's quite something.

Clearly, she still cares about you.

I know.

I'm making matching gingham dresses

for Beatrice and Eugenie.

Are you?

As a thank-you.

How sweet.

Coffee, darling?

Please.

Thank you so much for this.

I really appreciate you both

letting me stay.

Well, Roger and I are happy to help.

Pay no attention.

At the end of the day, it doesn't

matter what rubbish they print.

No, you're right.

You just tell the truth,

and it'll all come out in the wash.

I've always had the utmost faith

in British justice.

REPORTERS CLAMOUR

Do you expect to

get away with m*rder, do you, Jane?

'Everyone had made up their minds -

the press, the public.'

They cast her

as this "bunny boiler".

'There she was on every front page,

just like when she was with Fergie.'

I'm sure she was lapping it up.

'Head to toe in black.'

Like she was

some sort of grieving widow.

I mean, seriously?

Poor thing must've been terrified.

There is no doubt

as to the identity

of Thomas Cressman's k*ller.

Jane Andrews wielded the bat

and held the knife.

The real question we must consider

is why she committed

these violent acts.

And on this occasion,

we need not look far for motive,

for, as you will see,

hers was the classic one

of the jilted and betrayed lover.

Having learnt that Mr Cressman

no longer intended to marry her,

she returned to that house

with one thought in mind.

Namely

to take her revenge

by ending his life.

Now, the defence

will try and persuade you

that Miss Andrews

was acting in self-defence,

that she was afraid

for her own safety.

And in order to support this,

they will paint

a picture of the deceased

that bears no relation to the truth.

Indeed, the evidence will show you

that it was, in fact, Jane herself

who was the controlling

and, ultimately, violent partner

in this relationship,

a relationship

that was brutally ended

by a cold-blooded,

premeditated m*rder.

MURMURS FROM GALLERY

The, erm, body of the deceased

was in a very awkward position,

wedged between the bed and the wall.

We could see that he'd been stabbed

in the chest, and his hands were

like this.

Er, almost as if

he was trying to

cover the wound,

or extract the knife from his body.

And can you describe the knife

that you found at the scene?

It was a kitchen knife

with an eight-inch blade,

and it had been taken

from the block in the kitchen.

Well, it appeared that Mr Cressman

had also been hit over the head

with a cricket bat and stunned,

prior to being stabbed.

Was there any sign that Mr Cressman

had attempted to defend himself

against the attack?

No, there was not.

No defensive wounds

were found on his body.

No defensive wounds,

suggesting that Tommy was

defenceless when the attack came.

Well

I'm sure things will go better

this afternoon.

I'm sure they will.

'Seeing her in court was pretty

unpleasant, as you can imagine.'

But someone needed

to speak for Tommy.

What did you make of Jane Andrews

when she and Tom first began dating?

I was aware of who she was

and where she'd worked,

and I think that had maybe

impressed Tom a bit.

And I'm sure

she was attracted to him.

But I think, ultimately, she was

very attracted to his lifestyle.

Did you have any misgivings

about the relationship?

It was kind of full-on

from the start.

Jane became increasingly possessive.

She basically gave him no space.

And how did Tommy respond when

faced with this kind of behaviour?

Erm, Tommy was

an incredibly gentle kind of guy.

Plus, he was worried

about what she would do.

MURMURS FROM GALLERY

I could've done that for you.

It's fine, Mum. It's done now.

This house is something else.

You'll have to buy Aleksandra

a present to say thank you

when all this is

you know.

I shall when I get a chance.

Everything's gonna be all right,

you'll see.

And tomorrow,

you'll tell your side of the story.

Put things straight.

Mum, tomorrow, there's going to be

things you won't want to hear.

Right.

Things that happened to me

when I was young.

Oh, Jane, I

So if you'd rather not be there,

you and Dad

No.

No, we'll be there.

You just

You say what you have to.

Miss Andrews.

Before dealing

with the events of that night,

I want to deal briefly

with your medical history.

In the spring of 1999,

did you undergo a few sessions

with a private psychotherapist?

Yes, I did.

Tom arranged them for me.

And what was the particular focus

of the psychotherapy?

To deal with my abuse as a child.

And the abuse to which you refer,

was it sexual abuse?

Yes.

MURMURS FROM GALLERY.

At about what age,

so far as you were concerned?

About eight years old.

Am I right in saying you do not wish

to say who was involved in that?

That is correct.

But am I right that we are not

talking about parental abuse?

That's right, yes.

So, during your relationship

with Thomas Cressman,

you were still dealing

with the effects of that abuse.

This left you with

a heightened perception of threat.

Is that right?

Yes.

And in a high-stress situation,

you would find yourself less able

to make rational judgements,

instead, finding yourself in a

a sort of "grey mist"

of helplessness.

Is that right?

Yes, that's true.

Can you now tell me about

your relationship with Mr Cressman?

Tommy and I were together

for nearly two years.

I was devoted to him.

But, in terms of your sex life,

would it be correct to say

that you were

relatively innocent

and straight-laced, sexually,

whereas Thomas

was relatively adventurous?

Yes, that's true.

In what ways, Miss Andrews,

was Thomas "relatively adventurous",

so far as you were concerned?

He would want

to have a**l sex with me.

MURMURS FROM GALLERY

And he wanted me to dress up

in kinky clothing.

You also discovered

sexually explicit emails

on Mr Cressman's computer,

did you not?

Did you take these to imply

that Mr Cressman was no longer

committed to your relationship?

What was his attitude

to your future together?

He was committed.

But he had periods of

confusing moments on his part

where he would say

that he needed space.

And this caused rows between you?

Yes.

Because I would

push him to find out

where our future was going.

And are we talking merely about rows

where people shout at each other,

or was there, on occasion,

more than that?

Yes.

In the sense that?

That he hit me.

And, on another occasion

when we were arguing,

he pushed me down the stairs.

GASPS, MURMURS

Well, we'd been warned

that things were probably

gonna get pretty nasty.

And, er, so it began.

Well, now we come to the rows

between yourself and Tom

on Saturday the 16th of September,

last year.

Yes.

The Saturday morning,

he calls and tells me

things with Jane were just awful.

He sounded stressed and hassled.

I told him if they got married,

this is how it would be.

She was just too hysterical.

I asked him what had started

the argument,

and he said that she wanted to know

if they were getting married,

and he told her that she wasn't

stable enough

to be the mother of his children.

Was there one aspect of those rows

which you did not

tell the police about?

On Saturday morning

he put a pillow over my head

and tied me to the bed.

His full weight was on top of me.

And he anally r*ped me.

SHOCKED CHATTER

FROM GALLERY

DOUGLAS: 'I mean, they basically

threw everything at it.'

But to say

she was r*ped, you know,

and-and like that, I mean

To be honest,

it was just disgusting.

Vile

despicable lies.

I don't know.

Miss Andrews,

when you placed a knife by your bed,

what exactly

did you fear might happen?

I was afraid that

he was going to r*pe me again,

like he had that morning.

And when he began to attack you,

you tried to ward him off.

First with a blow

from the cricket bat,

and when that failed,

you took up the knife.

Yes.

Did you, however,

intend that Thomas Cressman

be stabbed with it?

No, not at all.

We just

came together, and the next thing

I knew, he was on top of me.

And that's the point

the knife went in?

And at that stage, did you know

how badly injured he was?

No.

I just panicked.

I crawled out from underneath him

and ran out of the room.

I was terrified

that he was going to come after me.

So I took my dressing gown cord

and tied the door.

I couldn't think.

So, one might say

you were in a "grey mist"?

Yes.

And as you left the house, was

there any sight or sound from Tom?

No.

No, there was nothing.

That's when I realised

he must be dead.

ALEKSANDRA: 'Well, you see,

'that's when her story

really began to change.

'This was quite different

to the tale I'd been told.'

And I realised that I had made

a dreadful mistake.

There are one or two things

that are a bit confusing.

What do you mean?

Well, you said yourself

you'd told differing versions

to different people.

Yes, because I was confused.

And scared.

Right.

It's just, you told me that you

thought you'd given him a scratch.

But then, today,

you said you knew he was dead

before you left the house.

I know. I just

couldn't even admit it to myself.

You know, Roger and I

have been talking,

and he feels, we both feel

that, actually,

it might be more appropriate

for you to move into a hotel

for the remainder of the trial.

Maybe tomorrow?

I see.

It's just simpler all round.

Don't you think?

Oh, hello.

SHE GIGGLES.

You're doing a very good job.

SHE SNIFFLES

So, Miss Andrews.

You left the house

in the early hours of Sunday morning

and spent the next

two and a half days

driving round the country.

During which time,

as far, as far as you knew

nobody had found Tom's body.

Why not tell someone?

Even as you were keying in messages

and speaking to people

on your phone,

why did you not say

this man was lying there, dying?

I didn't want anybody to think

I'd fled the scene.

Left Tom to die in that room.

Oh, so the messages

were calculated to mislead?

No.

I know it's absurd.

It doesn't make any sense.

No, no, it-it makes perfect sense.

This was no "grey mist",

er, whatever that may be.

Rather, you were

deliberately attempting

to mislead your friends

and former husband.

And now you've told this court

that you'd been admitted

to Charing Cross Hospital

after falling down some stairs.

Tommy pushed me down the stairs.

I was very upset.

But you never told that

to any doctor,

to any police officer, did you?

Just as you never told anyone

about the occasion

you say you got a bruise

on your head because he hit you.

No. Because I was too ashamed.

But when you're talking

to the police,

this is not a time for shame.

Is it?

I just wanted to get the interview

over and done with.

But what was the reason that

you failed to mention something

that you now rely on in this court?

Namely, that earlier that day,

he had had sexual intercourse

with you by force?

Because I was totally ashamed

and embarrassed.

You were seen three times by a

woman doctor at the police station.

It was a private examination.

You could've drawn attention,

if you wished,

to anything that had happened to you

that you felt

might be relevant to the trouble

that you were facing.

But you did not draw

anyone's attention to it, did you?

I was too traumatised

by the whole thing.

Ah, well, you were in a fit state

to be interviewed

and to explain all you did

to the police.

Why not explain to the doctor,

"I've been r*ped,

"and there will be physical signs

of that, if you have a look."?

I physically could not.

You didn't tell anyone about it

because it's completely invented,

that story.

In fact,

both stories about a**l r*pe,

in the morning and the alleged

second attempt that evening,

completely invented, are they not?

No, not at all.

Ever since your arrest,

you have fabricated a succession

of contradictory stories

in a blatant attempt to escape blame

for Thomas Cressman's death,

have you not?

No, that's not true.

Even now, the evidence

you've presented here in court

is riddled with inconsistencies.

You claim that Mr Cressman

attacked you that morning,

and, as a result, you left the house

for several hours.

But then you chose to return.

You claim that you feared

further sexual as*ault,

yet in the next breath, you say

you happily took off your clothes

and got into bed beside him.

Why would you do that?

Tom wanted me to sleep in his bed.

I couldn't say no.

So, you are afraid for your safety,

yet you left the bedroom

multiple times,

went up and down the stairs,

first to fetch a bat,

later to arm yourself with a knife,

which means that at any point,

you could've left that house again,

but you chose not to.

Now, that makes no sense, does it?

I was afraid of what Tommy might do.

Meanwhile, y-your description

of the attack has changed.

When talking to the police,

you said that Mr Cressman said

he was going to hurt you.

However, as soon as you reach court,

you're claiming

he shouted that he was

going to "f*cking k*ll you".

You claimed initially you thought

you'd just given him "a scratch",

but now you say

you were so covered in blood

that you assumed he must be dead.

Not one word of it rings true.

It's hard to remember.

Everything just happened so fast.

Right.

We earlier heard that

Tom had arranged

for you to see a psychiatrist

to help with your, er, problems.

What problems were they, again?

Er, my child abuse.

Oh, yeah. The child abuse you've now

chosen to reveal in court.

No, that's And about which

you refuse to disclose any details.

I don't want to.

Which is entirely your right.

But it seems convenient,

does it not,

to present us with an allegation

which has never been

officially made, nor legally proven?

Do you want a break?

Ten minutes, members of the jury.

GRAHAM-LLOYD:

Jane, are you all right?

Antibiotics.

Doctor says

it's just a low-grade infection.

You must've been feeling poorly

for days.

A bit.

Bless you.

Us women just soldier on, don't we?

We have to.

DOOR OPENS

Would the foreman of the jury

please stand?

Have you reached a verdict?

Yes.

On the count of m*rder,

do you find the defendant,

Jane Andrews, guilty or not guilty?

Guilty.

VOICES FADE

I think she honestly thought

she'd get away with it.

CHATTER

SOBBING: Oh, God. Oh, Tommy.

Jane Andrews.

In k*lling the man you loved,

you ended his life

and ruined your own.

'It is evident

that you made your attack on him

'when you were consumed

with anger and bitterness.

'But nothing could justify

what you did.'

DOOR SLAMS

'Even if you were feeling wronged

and were emotionally vulnerable,

'you were attacking an unarmed man

'who had possibly been asleep

only a few minutes

'before you attacked him.

'You then left him to die

without remorse.'

REPORTERS CLAMOUR

'Therefore,

as your counsel recognises,

'there is only one sentence

I can place upon you

'..and that is life imprisonment.'

People don't believe her. But

that doesn't mean

Jane isn't telling the truth.

It just means people

don't WANT to believe her.

There's no excuse for what she did,

and I know no-one

wants to speak ill of the dead,

but Tom wasn't an angel.

And Janey wasn't a monster, either.

The whole thing is just

terribly, terribly sad.

The fact is, she's a m*rder*r.

However you wanna look at it.

She was a woman scorned,

and she took Thomas Cressman's life

in anger.

And even that wasn't enough for her.

She had to try

and destroy his good name.

But, you know,

at the end of the day,

we didn't let her get away with it.

Any other personal items?

Oh, no, you can keep that.

Well, unless it's valuable.

Er, no.

It's just

it was a present from

The Duchess of York, actually.

No-one asked for your life story, love.

GUARD: Follow me.

LAUGHTER, CHATTER

INMATE 1:

Ey up, it's Fergie's bird!

INMATE 2:

Welcome home, Your Majesty.

LAUGHTER, JEERS

BANGING

INMATE 3: All right, Your Ladyship?

PRISONERS JEERING

JEERS FADE

MUFFLED BANGING

So, how have you been this week?

Pretty much the same.

Jane, as we discussed last time,

I think your earlier diagnosis

of depression was correct.

Right.

But now that

I'm getting to know you better,

I think it possibly doesn't explain

everything you're dealing with.

Have you ever heard of

borderline personality disorder?

No, I don't think so.

Well, a person with BPD

often has a longstanding pattern

of thoughts and feelings

that probably began

when they were very young.

They experience

certain recurrent impulses

and ways of being in relationships

which often cause them

a lot of distress,

and which often involve

self-damaging behaviours.

So, things like

recurrent suicidal threats.

Does any of that

feel familiar to you?

I don't know.

Maybe.

OK.

Well, we often find that there are

other common behaviours too.

People with BPD

feel deeply entrenched shame.

So whenever they make mistakes

or have weaknesses,

they try very hard

to avoid admitting it.

And sometimes, that means they lie

so they don't have to face it.

Right.

But that doesn't mean

they're trying to deceive.

But they're a way of coping

when you're feeling a lot of pain.

It's a bit like going out in the sun

when you're already sun burnt.

If you're already feeling

emotionally raw,

you can't begin to make

healthy emotional connections.

So I need to stay out of the sun?

For now.

Well, that shouldn't be a problem.

Jane, with the right support,

you can begin to learn to control

your behavioural triggers.

It'll take work,

but I really think this could be

a whole fresh start for you.

JUNE: 'How are your sessions going

with Dr Chaudhry?'

Yeah, good.

We're doing a lot of work

on my triggers,

identifying behavioural patterns,

you know?

Working through

why I do the things that I do.

I think it's really helping.

And

has there been any more news

about the appeal?

Mum, I told you. They said

it'd be ages before we hear.

But it should make a difference,

shouldn't it, this diagnosis?

It changes everything, really.

And the new solicitor thinks there

are new avenues that we can explore.

That's really good, Jane.

Mm.

'Can't believe

it's Christmas already.'

We had a card.

'Sorry?'

We had a Christmas card

from Mr and Mrs Cressman.

'They said they knew it would be

a difficult Christmas

'and they sent their best wishes,

and

'That was'

That That was kind of them,

wasn't it?

I wondered if we

Listen, Mum, I've got to go soon.

No, no, of course.

Er, J Er, Jane?

'Jane, will we, erm, will we

speak to you on Christmas Day?'

'I hate to think of you all alone

in that place.'

Actually, I've made a new friend.

'Oh.'

Well, more of a pen pal.

'The way she's been portrayed,

as completely hard and unfeeling -

'that's not Janey.'

If anything,

she feels things much too deeply.

She had all these

lovely dreams

of a great fairy tale romance,

and when that fell apart,

so did she.

The fact is that woman

never showed any remorse.

Not to me

or to my family.

'So, if you ask me,

they should never let her out.

'And any man

who gets involved with her

'..should be very, very careful.'

I miss Tommy every single day.

The sound of his voice.

The way he laughed.

SHE LAUGHS Silly jokes.

He had this incredible gift

for living.

He was my my beautiful boy.

And now he's gone.

SHE WHIMPERS,

TAKES DEEP BREATH

I just want to keep

my brother's memory alive.

Can we stop there?

INTERVIEWER: Of course.