06x05 - Episode 5

[bunniefuu]

Had a call from a police officer
in London

wanting to speak to you

about being a possible witness
in a m*rder investigation?

m*rder of whom?

Sorry, I'm confused. Are you saying

that you did have a relationship
with him, or you didn't?

Yes... I did.

And did his wife know about this?

Have you told the police
about the row that night?

What row?

I remember it all very clearly, Mum.

Do you have any recollection
of what he was like?

He could be... quite aggressive.

With you?

Why have you doubled-locked
the door, Marty?

A week before her dad died,

she'd come home from school

to find a young man
who'd worked for Gerry in our flat.

He told her
that he wanted to hurt her dad.

I don't know what to say that
will best allow you to forgive me.

Just the truth, Debs.

It wasn't just a kiss.
We did sleep together.

Oh!
DEBBIE SOBS

♪ All we do is hide away

♪ All we do is All we do is hide away

♪ All we do is lie and wait

♪ All we do is
All we do is lie and wait

♪ I've been upside down

♪ I don't want to be
The right way round

♪ Can't find paradise
On the ground... ♪

You know the rules, Elliot, mate.

You do the numbers in the brackets

- first, yeah?
- Yeah, I understand.

Boys, we're leaving in... five minutes.

FRIDGE OPENS, CLOSES

What time are you back tonight?

Love?

I know.

- Know what?
- Everything.

I spoke to Debbie again, so...

..now I know.

And I swear, the only chance
you have of saving anything,

this, us...

..a normal relationship with them,

is if you tell me the truth,
if you tell me everything.

So you have a think on that.

We'll speak later tonight.

Bye, boys!

BOTH: Bye, Mum.

- Love you.
- Love you, too.

VOICEMAIL:
Hi, you've reached Leanne.

Please leave a message after the tone.

Hey, Leanne, it's me again. Erm...

Listen, did I...?
Have I done something wrong?

It just felt a bit odd...

when I saw you in the canteen.

HE INHALES SHARPLY
Well, I wouldn't want anything

to come in the way of our friendship.

Erm...

So, anyway, I'm in Ireland
on the case for a couple of days,

so hopefully,

let's talk when I get back.

Right, take care, now. Bye.

GULLS CRY

DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE

KNOCK ON DOOR

Hey.

They've sent
one of their guys over here.

Who have?

British police,
they want to talk to you some more.

Oh, OK.

Wants to speak to you
this afternoon at the station,

two o'clock. You good with that?

Er, yeah. Yeah, I think I can do that.

You will be there -

we're not gonna have any issues,
are we?

Yeah, I'll be there, Joseph,
of course I will.

Have a good day, now.

COMPUTER PINGS

RINGING TONE

OK, erm...

Oh!

Thanks for that. Bye, now.

We have a match

to DNA material found
on the sweatshirt of Gerry Cooper.

To Marty Baines -
I'm setting up an arrest team.

Not to Baines, or at least
his test result hasn't come in yet.

The match we found is Asif Syed.

- OK...
- Yeah.

So you want him up here?

- ASAP, please. Yeah.
- Boss.

So, Taylor attacked a teacher
this morning.

Kicked and punched her
when she was given a detention.

So, very reluctantly,

the school has had
to make the decision to expel her.

Right. And has she already left?

She's getting the train back
to London later today.

OK, well, thanks for letting me know.

Bye, now.

- Is that the car park footage?
- Yeah, er...

Not having a huge amount of joy,
to be honest.

Lots of footage
in the five weeks after the 24th,

but all the vehicles entering
do so during the day.

Right.

Literally, the only one
that comes in at night is this...

..at 03:29,

but that's a little over 20 hours before
he was even reported missing.

- You checked the reg?
- No, cos of the date.


to be pulling into that car park.

- Might check the reg anyway.
- OK. Cool.

- OK, in here in ten, please, guys.
- Guv.

This is nothing to do with you,
with this.

It's me.

I'm not who you think I am, Pat.
I am not a good person.

HE CHUCKLES

Yeah, you are.

No. I lie.

- Everyone lies.
- Bad lies, for money.

For a living - I lie for a living

and pretend to be someone
I'm actually not.

I mean, m-maybe I believed
some of it at the start,

but everyone just always...

He always wanted more,

and you do it because you wanted
the attention or the status.

They filled a hole,
but I really have to stop

because pretending to think
the things I say I do,

it's hollowing me out.

SOFTLY: Mel...

And I've also... I've done...

I've done one truly terrible thing,
my love.

What thing?

HE INHALES

Please.

SOFTLY: You deserve
way, way better than me.

I love you.

SHE SNIFFLES

And I...

I love you, too, but I just...

I can't.

Mel?

Mel!

Mel?!

YELLING: Mel!

THUNDER RUMBLES

JESS: A storage facility?

Yeah, Cooper suggested one in an email.

So there's no guarantee
that she took him up on it, but...

"Geordie Stores."

Business started in
Newcastle, apparently.

Quality.

But there's now a branch
on the Mile End Road,

between his pub and her flat.

And that email
is dated 3rd of February.

Looking on BNC's website,

Melinda's impending employment
was announced December.

Now, she could have shipped
all her stuff to Ireland, but...

Yeah, it's unlikely.

Give them a call,
and see if she did rent a space.

- Sure.
- Kaz?

So, we have a car entering
Whitney Marsh car park

in the middle of the night

the day before he was reported missing,

which we all agree is odd -
doesn't fit with our timing.

Except I've just found out

that that car's plates
don't actually exist...

Hmm.

..that they're either fake,
or they've been altered.

- And that is very odd.
- Can you tell what make the car is?

No obvious badge, from what I can read,

but we are checking other cameras
en route to the car park.

Do we think this could have been
the k*ller scoping the site?

Could be, but also...

did we check when Juliet Cooper
actually last saw her husband?

Are you thinking he might've
been k*lled the day before?

And she might not have known,
if their paths hadn't crossed.

To be fair,
I haven't seen Rob since Monday -

- he could definitely be dead.
- JESS LAUGHS DRILY

But do we not have proof
that he rang the brewery

the day of his disappearance?

I mean, the files say
we have a brewery employee

that received a voicemail from him,

but we don't actually know
it was from him, do we?

OK, can you track down that employee?

Mm.

And can we chase
the triangulation records?

Yeah, Boss.

And let's see
what cars our suspects drove in '21.

- Yeah, cool.
- OK. Murray?

So, I've been trying to track down

the family that Cooper had
the violent dispute with.

- Good.
- Meanwhile...

Martin Baines' mother
is in intensive care,

suffering from the effects
of a barbiturates overdose.

- Self-administered?
- Maybe,

but they were crushed up
into a hot drink,

which suggests to me an attempt
to hide their consumption.

Maybe.

And given that Baines
has also now disappeared,

my guess would be "no".

Either way,
a search is underway for him.

MARTY MUTTERS TO HIMSELF

Stupid Marty.

Stupid, stupid, stupid. Stupid!

Mum...

I'm sorry, Mum! I...

I just wanted to help.

I'm sorry, sorry, sorry.

Sorry, sorry.

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Sorry, sorry.
MARTY INHALES

You OK, mate?

- Fine. Thank you for asking.
- You sure?

BELL TOLLS

STUDENTS CHATTER IN DISTANCE

VOICEMAIL: This is Sunil Khan.
Please leave a message.

VOICEMAIL BEEPS

Hey, it's Leanne.

Sorry I've not rung back.

Erm, been a bit weird.

And I know that sounds weird, but...

I have sh*t...

in...

my...

life,

sh*t that I probably
should have told you about, so...

..let's meet when you're back.

Sorry again.

SHE SIGHS

The day your husband disappeared,
do you remember any of your

and indeed his movements
during the day?

Just what I told
the original investigation.

Mm-hm. And I went back on
that, and you detail everything

from when you left work
the evening before very clearly,

but you don't mention seeing him
the next morning.

I'm just wondering
if you do remember seeing him then

or indeed the night before.

I think I might have mentioned it
if my husband hadn't come home.

Right. Because when we first spoke,

you mentioned a meeting in Winchester

he was supposed to be at
the day he disappeared?

Yes.

And generally speaking,
did he travel a lot for work?

Yeah, a fair amount -

drinks fairs, potential suppliers,
that kind of stuff.

OK. And did he sometimes stay over?

Sorry, where's this going?

Well, we're just wondering

if he might have actually
disappeared the day before.

He sent a voicemail at 2:00
on the day he disappeared.

Mm-hm. And we're...
we're looking into that.

Well, as I say, I think I might
have noticed if he wasn't there.

Maybe, yeah.

My sense is, erm, your marriage
at this stage wasn't the closest.

Your "sense"?

Well, you'd become...

very different people, no?

We were fine.

What is this?

I don't know, I'm... I'm thinking

maybe you thought
he'd kipped in the spare room,

you left early to take Taylor to...

Well, as I say,
it's not my recollection,

but, listen, I can't stop you
having your little theories.

No, you can't.

And on the subject of Taylor,
I spoke to her school this morning.

- You did what?
- I understand she's been expelled.

What the hell are you doing,
speaking to my daughter's school?

Well, because we'd like
to speak to her.

OK, we're done.

- You're not speaking to Taylor.
- Juliet...

No, I'm sorry,
I've tried to be helpful,

but you have pushed this too far.

- Now, she is a vulnerable child!
- There's no need...

I would like you to leave...

..now, please,
unless you're gonna arrest me.

Now...

please.

I will still want to speak to Taylor...

..but it'll be
with an appropriate adult,

so she'll be fully protected
and supported.

But this is a serious investigation,

and attempts by anyone to hamper it

will be considered as obstruction
or similar.

Have a good day.

Jules, have you got five?

Fran?

PHONE: Yeah, just to let you know,
Asif Syed is here.

OK. I'll be there in an hour.

And you know that pub employee
who was travelling?

Er... Brianna someone?

'West, yes. She just called me back
with some interesting information.'

- What information?
- So, he did hit her.

Juliet, I mean.
Cooper definitely hit his wife.

ENGINE STARTS

And given that you've refused to
accept the early retirement offer,

the board have now come to a decision.

Which is that we're
going to suspend you,

pending an external investigation
into your conduct.

- What the f*ck?!
- You utter prick!

Oh, you are so done.

No, you are done, Paul,
because you will not win this,

neither you nor Lizzie f*cking Jones!

I will fight you all the way,
and I will destroy you.

I want your desk cleared now.

- Wow.
- JESS: Yeah.

I mean, despite everything,
I'm still shocked.

Right. Why?

Well... Well, because,
I mean, she doesn't present as,

I don't know, the sort of woman

who would put up
with that sort of thing.

What sort of woman should she be, then?

- Sorry, I mean...
- I mean, any woman can be a victim

- of domestic abuse.
- Yeah, of course.

Blokes don't do it because you're weak

- or submissive.
- Jess...

They do it because they can.

Er, I'm sorry. Sorry.

- No, my bad.
- No, no, really, it's...

It's just things are...

So, do we think that

what Brianna West saw
was a one-off, or...?

Well, she certainly only saw it once,

- but it rarely is that, is it?
- No.

So I think it might be worth
pressing Melinda again.

Will do.

And I'm also speaking
to social services

about how best to handle
speaking with the daughter.

I mean, she must have seen some stuff,

we just need to know what.

Surely, I have some legal right

to not want my very vulnerable child

interviewed about her m*rder*d father.

And I understand
all of your concerns, Mrs Cooper,

but if the police believe she may
have relevant information, she...

So, can I insist I sit in with her?

You can ask,

but obviously, if you yourself are...

a person of interest,

they'll almost certainly say no
and appoint a social worker instead.

Oh, thank you.

CHILD WAILS

Hey.

Er, Mel...

..I think maybe it's best
if you don't come here any more.

What?

See, after what happened
with you and Patrick...

..and now this other

business...

with the British police...

It's a very small community.

I think maybe it would be better if
you found somewhere else to worship.

But this is my church.

Just, people are really talking now.

I'm so sorry.

Yeah, so their previous address was...

Flat 6, 32 Altringham Gardens, DA2 3CP,

but what I'm really after
is if they left a forwarding one.

PHONE: Sure. Can you hold the line,
please, sir?

So, when we spoke to you
over Zoom a few days ago,

we asked you about the nature of
your relationship with Gerry Cooper.

- Do you recall that?
- Of course.

And you said,
"Our relationship was brief,

"a few weeks, two months at most."

- Do you remember telling us that?
- Yes.

So, is there anything
that you want to add,

anything you might want to change,
since you last spoke to us?

Yes, erm... That wasn't entirely true.

OK, which bit?

That the relationship only lasted...

..a couple of months.

How long did it last?

Erm...

Maybe it would be useful if I told you

that we have a lot
of Mr Cooper's emails and texts

from 2017 up until his death.

Yeah.

We saw each other on and off
between 2018 and...

- ..yeah, just before he disappeared.
- OK, thank you.

So, why did you lie?

I panicked.

I'd seen in the papers
that it was a m*rder inquiry.

I was scared.

I was scared that...

..I might be someone
that you might suspicious about.

So, you saw each other for a period
of, er, what, maybe four years?

- Yes.
- OK.

And you told us that

the relationship...

just sort of fizzled out.

- Yes.
- Was that true?

Yeah, I...

I just ended up getting bored of him.

OK.

So he definitely never hit you?

No, I already told you.

You've already told me a lot of
things, and most of those are lies.

No.

Because we have evidence to suggest
that he did hit his wife.

We know that he attacked
one of his best friends

and was cautioned for that.

And we also have evidence that

he used violence
against some of his tenants, so...

Well, he never hit me.

OK.

Did he ever try to extort money
from you, Melinda?

No.

Well, maybe...

..you can explain
what he meant in these messages?

No, I...

- ..I can't explain these.
- You don't remember them?

No.

Well, it looks like
he's asking you for money

and then threatening you
if you didn't give it to him.

- I have no recollection of this.
- What was he threatening you with?

- Like I say...
- I mean, we know...

he was in huge financial trouble...

Yeah, I have no recollection of this.

OK.

So, you flew to Cork
on the 2nd of March.

Mm.

Bringing forward a flight originally
booked for two months later.

So what prompted that change of plan?

Oh, I... I just wanted
more time to get settle in

before I started work.

And then when you were here,

how did you find out about
Gerry Cooper's disappearance?

- I can't remember.
- Oh.

Well, you said that a mutual friend
had rung and told you about it.

Oh, er... Yes, I mean, maybe they did.

OK. Which friend?

- Oh, I can't remember.
- Lots you don't remember.

Yes.

OK.

And did you ever meet his wife, Juliet?

No, why would I have?

Maybe she found out about your
affair, got in touch with you?

No.

OK.

Last question.

You have a storage facility in the UK.

We'd like to search it.

We can get a warrant
or you can just give us permission,

whichever you prefer?

That's my personal stuff.
You wanna search it...

you get a f*cking warrant.

DOOR CLOSES

There's something you should know.

People know each other's business here.

Secrets are hard to keep,

which is something Melinda Ricci
singularly failed to grasp.

OK.

So if you wanna know her secrets,
speak to Father Ryan.

He's been keeping her very good company

since Paddy got injured.

As I say, it... it may be nothing,
but I thought I should mention it.

No, absolutely.

Erm, so, can I just ask...

why was he there, your dad, at...


He worked shifts at a service station,

and that was the route he cycled home.

Right, OK.

And, yeah, he said the following day

that he'd surprised someone
heaving something into the marsh

and it felt a bit weird.

So, er, notwithstanding his stroke,
Susan,

if you think he'd be up for it,
I'd love to talk to him.

Afternoon. DS Fran Lingley.

I'm just trying to get some information

on whether you're storing anything
here belonging to a Melinda Ricci.

- So, the swab you gave us, Asif...
- Mr Syed.

Apologies.
The swab you gave us, Mr Syed,

was compared against DNA evidence
taken from the sweatshirt

worn by Gerry Cooper the night
he was assaulted outside his pub.

And we found a match.
Your DNA is on the sweatshirt.

What's your response to that?

No comment.

Was it you that attacked Mr Cooper
that night?

No comment.

If it wasn't you,
can you tell me how else

your DNA might have ended up
on his sweatshirt?

No comment.

Maybe you came in to contact
with him some other way that day?

No comment.

Perhaps he attacked you,
you acted in self-defence?

No comment.

OK.

Let's move on from that, then. Erm...

I'd like to ask you again
about the Dowari family.

When was the last time
you would have seen them?

When I stopped working
for Thamesford Borough Council.

Which was in September 2020?

- Yes.
- Yeah.

So, we have a witness
who also worked for the council,

who said they bumped into you
in January 2021,

and you told them that you were
still helping the Dowaris even then.

They're mistaken.

The Dowaris would say the same,
would they?

Yes.

Cos, you see, I think they wouldn't.

I think they would say that,
very generously,

you continued to help them.

No comment.

My guess is that the as*ault
on Gerard Cooper

outside his pub was in revenge

for how you felt Cooper
was treating the Dowari family.

Is that the case?

No comment.

And my fear is, Mr Syed,

because I do believe,
at heart, you are a decent man...

My fear is that three weeks
after that first as*ault,

you went back
and attacked Mr Cooper again.

- Is that the case?
- No comment.

Perhaps something happened
with the Dowari family

that really got to you,
and you went back to find Mr Cooper,

and this time, things went too far.

No comment.

- Maybe he fought back this time.
- No comment.

Or maybe it was self defence
from you again.

No comment.

Either way, you returned, Mr Syed,

and that second visit
led to Mr Cooper's death.

No comment.

SHE INHALES DEEPLY

EXHALING: OK. Erm...

So, just before I came into
this interview,

I got a call from one of my officers,

who has managed to find
a current address

for the Dowari family,

and he's on the way over to them
right now to try and speak to them.

So is there anything else
that you would like to add now

to what you've already told me?

No comment.

Right.

We'll leave things there for now, then.

- My front light had gone...
- Right.

..which is why
they wouldn't have seen me coming.

And when you say "they"...?

No, sorry, there was only...

- one of them.
- OK.

- And was that a man or a woman?
- Oh, I got no idea.

It was raining,

and they had their hood up,
and they were wearing a COVID mask.

And obviously, it was also night,
and so...

So, what... what exactly did you see?

They had their back to me,

and they was leaning over a bag,

and they were removing something
from it.

Mm.

But when they heard me coming,

from, what, 30 or 40 feet away...

HE INHALES
..erm...

..they... they stop...
what they were doing,

and they look at me.

And then they put whatever it was
back in the bag very quickly.

And then they stood up,

and they pick up the bag...

..and then walk towards me

- but with their head down.
- So you didn't...

actually see them throw anything in?

Oh, well, no,
but I did think that it was so odd

that after I passed them...

I turned back and watched them
walk into the darkness.

And then maybe...



And two minutes after that,
I heard a car start up.

OK. And anything else?

Oh.

Nothing else springs to mind
at the moment, no.

But how... how about
if I check my diary?

Your diary?

Yeah, it...

Till I had my stroke,
I kept a daily diary.

And that might have
the specific day that this happened?

No, no, not "might", it would.

It's Martin, isn't it?

Oh, hello.

I used to see you in the pub, Marty.

Do you remember me? Clemmie.

Where's it gone?

Oh, well, it's flats now, lovely.

Yeah, the brewery sold it.

I was looking for his wife.

Oh, Juliet moved.
Er, Spitalfields, I think.

Thank you very much, madam.

SHE CHUCKLES
What... What even is that?

Sounds like something
you clean a paintbrush with.

Moral turpitude
is deviant behaviour, Melinda.

Deviant?

Constituting an immoral,
unethical or unjust departure

from ordinary social standards
as would shock a community.

Sorry, is this me f*cking the priest
or the m*rder investigation?

Tell you what, you choose.

Either way,
you've got four weeks' notice,

which is four more than the board
wanted to give you, so...

you can thank me in another life.

Yeah...

..it's true.

- Everything Debbie said?
- Yeah.

And more.

"And more"?

OK, er, I wanna be completely honest
with you now, Jessie,

because until I am,
I know we can't move forward.

I'm all ears.

And I'm telling you this now
because it's all in the past.

This isn't...

who I am today,
this isn't who I've been since...

Debbie, and this isn't
who I ever will be... again.

But...

..there were other women.

None of them ever meant anything,
but...

..there were others.

My, er...

therapist...

- CHUCKLING DRILY: Your f*cking what?
- Yeah.

I've been talking
to an online therapist

ever since all that stuff
with your sister came out.

It's really been helping me.

Oh, I am pleased [!]

Helping me realise...

..that I've got an addiction.

Please, God, you're not gonna
tell me you have a sex addiction.

LAUGHING: Oh, my God, Steve.

You awful f*cking cliche.

Jessie, I'm telling you this

because I wanna be
completely honest with you

so we can start with a clean slate.

Start what with a clean slate?

HE SCOFFS

Rebuilding our marriage, obviously.

Well...

I wanna thank you, Steve,
for making this all so...

easy for me.

- SOFTLY: No.
- We're done.

For good. Forever.

- Jess...
- So...

you will need to find
somewhere to stay tonight.

Erm, you can come around tomorrow
while I'm at work

and pack up whatever you need
for the next few months, and I'll...

I'll speak to a lawyer first thing
and get the ball rolling.

So you don't wanna talk,
give things a go,

listen to what I've got to say?

I couldn't care less
what you have to say,

you bore, you narcissist,
you f*cking child.

I am now, and will be
from this day forward,

as interested in you as you clearly
were in me over the last few years.

Please, go ahead,
shag as many women as you want.

I hope it's as meaningless
and hollow as you say it was.

It's the most you deserve.

JULIET: All I'm saying is you have
to learn to control your temper.

TAYLOR SCOFFS
Please.

You taught me well, Mum.

- "I" taught you?
- Dad did angry.

You did...

fury.

Listen, I need to, erm...

I think the police are going to
want to speak to you,

so, again, if you could...

..just say what we agreed?

- You want me to lie for you?
- No, I just...

This is the Met, Tay,
so much as I would love to say,

"Just tell the truth,
and everything'll be fine..."

Just... say you don't remember
anything that happened that night.

Because we cannot give them
an opportunity to f*ck up our lives.

But I am so sorry, sweetheart.

I can't even cry.

What does that say?

That you already knew.
You've already grieved.

But still, what a colossal prick.

So, listen, tonight, I'm staying,

and tomorrow, we get the locks changed,

and I'll grab some stuff from my place,

and I'll stay for a couple of weeks,

until we work out
how to get you through this.

Hey?

I just want you to know
you're not on you're own.

We're in this together.

So, listen, Father,

I don't wanna involve you
in a m*rder investigation.

In a...?

I really don't want
to have Officer Kane

bring you down to the station,
have people gossiping about you.

I have done nothing wrong.

But I need some information.

What information?

I know you got close to Melinda,

and you've been a good...
friend to her.

DI Khan...

I don't need to know
anything more about that.

But good friends
tell each other things, don't they?

Yes.

They do.

Yes, they do.

So...

..did she tell you
why she came out here so suddenly,

why she changed her flight
and got one two months earlier?

OK, so, I didn't know she'd done that,

and she never mentioned anything
about changing a flight.

But, erm...

And this was told to me
as her friend...

..not as her priest.

She had a long relationship
before she moved out...

..with a married man.

And she had a baby with him.

Hello? Hello?

Why am I still here?

I have done nothing wrong!
Why am I still here?!

SIGHS

PANTS

LAUGHTER

Hey.

What are you doing?
I have nothing to say to you.

I'm sorry I lost my temper.

If we can't disagree agreeably,
then we're all sunk.

JULIET SIGHS

I'm sorry about the book, too.

Maybe part of it was provocative.

You know, maybe, subconsciously,

I did choose it deliberately.
Who knows?

JULIET SIGHS
It is a good read, though.

I think... the older you get...

the harder it is
to keep adapting to change.

You bend and you bend and you bend

and then one day, you just...

..you snap.

But... I'm sorry.

You were right. I was wrong.

And as your tutor,
I should have done better.

Just wanted to say that.

It's hard for us, too...

..to see so little change -
real change, I mean.

Still getting taught
the same shitty degree you were,

except ours costs 50 grand,
and it doesn't even get us a job.

And actually,
we don't even get taught it

because everyone's always on strike.

So we're angry, too...

and scared...

..that we're gonna get it wrong...

get caught out, get left out.

But I don't want you to lose your job.

We all just...

We wanna be heard.

And you are.

Loud and clear.

Oh, and, yeah, it is...

..a good book.

PHONE RINGS

- DCI James?
- Juliet, hi.

I've, er, spoken to social services,
and we now have someone available

to sit with Taylor
while we have a talk with her.

So when will be a good time
for you to bring her in?

Can we get the luminol in here, please?

So, it is blood,
we just need to know whose.

You really think it could be Cooper's?

Listen, if she had a baby with him,
they're telling us,

then nothing's off the table.

So, I pull her back in now?

Do you think she'd be a flight risk?

- No idea.
- JESS CLICKS TONGUE

Right, let's just wait for the results.

OK. Speak later.

- Sorry, can I help you?
- No.

Thank you very much for asking.

EXHALES DEEPLY

KNOCKS ON DOOR

The blood on Melinda Ricci's jacket,
it belonged to Gerard Cooper.

SIREN BLARES

Melinda Ricci, you're under arrest
on suspicion of m*rder.

You're not obliged to say anything
unless you wish to do so.

Whatever you say
will be taken down in writing

and may be given in evidence.

Gonna have to put the cuffs on you,
I'm afraid, Mel.

I didn't do it.

RATTLING