01x03 - Episode 3

[bunniefuu]

I was beginning to wonder
if I'd ever see you again.

I was too bloody cross, Mark.



Yeah, and I meant it.

We were that confident.

I just don't understand
how 12 people could be so stupid.

How much more evidence
did they need? Yeah.

I was as shocked as you were.
I've never seen anything like it.

Any other jury in the land,
they would've convicted him.

I took for granted
that my daughter would outlive me.

Took for granted that a k*ller
would be found guilty. I...

..can't take nothing
for granted no more.

Things will be different
at the retrial.

We'll get him this time.

We've now heard
that every fingerprint on that key

was in fact yours.

Added to the fibres
from your rugby jersey,

the DNA from your hair
and semen found on the blanket,

I would argue it proves
an irrefutable forensic link

between you and the crime scene.

The stains you're talking about

must have been from, like,
several weeks earlier,

when I had sex with Julie.

Like I said, I never went
to her place on the night she died,

and you can't prove that I did.

You have already admitted
to being drunk.

Right.

After being thrown out
of the rugby club

for inappropriate behaviour
with a stripper,

you were in something
of a sexual frenzy, weren't you?

I like a drink
every once in a while.

So what? It's not a crime!

I bet most of us here do, right?

Yeah, and I like sex, too.

And guess what?

That's not ill*gal either,
last time I checked. No.

But you went to Julie's house
expecting sex.

Standing there, laughing at us.

And your ego couldn't handle
being rejected, could it?

For 20 months...
I've been persecuted by police.

I've been kept away
from my children, my girlfriend...

You are here to answer my questions,
not to showboat!

When Julie Hogg spurned
your sexual advances,

you flew into a murderous rage,
didn't you?

You lost control, didn't you?

It's true that I liked Julie.
I really did.

But I was never there that night.

I was framed.

WHISPERING

Just to let you know,
the jury's back. Thank you.

Upon the judge's earlier direction

that he will accept
a majority verdict

on which at least ten of you
are agreed...

..have you reached such a verdict?

Please answer "yes" or "no".

No.

MUTTERING,
GASPS

Yes!
Order!

What does that mean? What happened?

Members of the jury...
It can't be.

..since this is the second time
we've had a mistrial,

I must direct you to return
a not guilty verdict.

I'm afraid it's over, Ann.

No, it's not, Mark!
How can they do that?

Since the jury have delivered
a not guilty verdict,

you are formally acquitted
of the m*rder of Julie Hogg

and may leave the dock a free man.

Thank you, Judge.
No, no, no!

He m*rder*d our daughter!
How could you let him walk free?

COURT OFFICIAL: All rise.
How much more evidence did you need?

Don't walk away! Don't walk away!
No! Stop!

He's getting away with m*rder!

Let's get you out of here.
Get away from me!

No, you...
Ann, I know you're angry...

Look, if the police
had done their job, he would...

Oh, God! Oh, God.

Look, how about we get you some...?
I think you'd best leave us, Mark.

SHE SOBS

I really thought this was it
this time, Charlie.

Why couldn't the jury see
what everyone else could?

None of it makes any sense.
None of it.

We gave it our best shot.

MUSIC: 'Pictures Of You'
by The Cure

# I've been looking so long
At these pictures of you

# That I almost believe
That they're real

# I've been living so long
With my pictures of you

# That I almost believe

# That the pictures
Are all I can feel. #

TV: 'With more than 2.5 million
people now out of work,

'the Government has been accused
of failing to address

'the growing concerns
of working-class families.

'Pressure is mounting for action.'
DOORBELL RINGS

You don't have to keep checking in
on me, Charlie. I'm fine.

I'm not checking on you.

I'm just...
out of teabags, that's all.

Ta.

'And we'll hear more
on the response of John Major

'on the draft treaty
in tomorrow night's show.

'We now cross
to our Middle Eastern correspondent

'for an update
on the situation in the Gulf.'

My... My nurse manager wants me
to make an appointment

with the staff psychologist.

You really think it will help?

I keep seeing him, Charlie.

At the launderette,
at Kev's school, or the...

SHE SIGHS
..the supermarket checkout.

I'm scared that I'm losing my mind.

You're not losing your mind, love.

At this point,
I'm willing to try anything.

Witch doctors, crystals,
magic beans. Anything.

'In a special report,

'we hear from a man who has spent
almost two years behind bars

'for a crime he didn't commit.'

Oh, Jesus Christ, it's him!
b*stard!

No, no, wait, wait, leave it on!

I wanna hear what he has
to say for himself.

You sure?
Turn it up.

'Now you've been released,

'do you have a message
for the Cleveland police?

'The police have been pointing
the finger at me for 20 months,

'but they've found now
that it was in the wrong direction.'

I'm turning it off.
No, no, no, wait. Please.

'Will you be seeking recompense?
Compensation of any kind?'

'Well, er...

'I feel like
I should be given something.

'For the 20 months
I spent behind bars

'for something I haven't done.'

CHARLIE GROANS

This is Darren.

He needs his dressings changed and
two more paracetamol at half past.

See you in a bit.
OK. Hi, Darren.

How are you feeling today? Huh?

Let's have a look.

Oh, I reckon you could use
some new dressings.

Let's get you sorted, eh? OK?

Right, let's see.

We'll get those taken off
for you, yeah?

SHE SHOUTS

Stop!
SHE YELLS

Can somebody get...?
Ann!

Get him off me! No!

It's OK, it's OK, it's OK.
It's OK, it's me.

ANN BREATHES HEAVILY
It's all right, you're OK.

You're OK. Come here.
You're all right.

I'll get you some help.
I'm sorry. Oh, God, I'm sorry.

TV: 'How far away are they?
I'll show you.

'And off he flew...'
KNOCK AT DOOR

DOORBELL RINGS
'Here we go again.'

KNOCKING CONTINUES
There's someone at the door.

DOOR OPENS,
PHONE RINGS

Hello?

Hold on, Mark. I'll see.

WHISPERS: It's Mark Braithwaite.

I'm sorry, Mark, she's...
Sick leave, yes.

I'll tell her you called again.
Ta-ra.

It ain't his fault.

Hiya, Kev.
Hi, Grandad.

Are you coming with me?

Where?
Church.

SHE SCOFFS
Why?

What about you, Kev?
Do I have to?

I suppose not.

What's happened to you?

What?

I thought you'd be glad
of the peace and quiet.

I don't like the thought of you
being on your own here like this.

Are you eating properly?

Yeah. I'm... I'm fine, Charlie.

You can't just give up, love.

Why not? You gave up months ago.

I'll see you later.

I'll come by tomorrow
and cook for you.

DOOR CLOSES

BREATHES DEEPLY

Kevin?

Kevin, love,
your shoelace is undone, can you...?

Careful, don't run.

Good boy.

What number's my mammy's house?

It's 52, love. Why?
No reason. Just wondered.

Hi, Kev.
Hi, Uncle Gary.

Hiya, Mam.
Hiya, love.

Everything all right?
Yeah, course.

Ran into that Michelle
from the hairdressers.

She said she hadn't seen you
in months. Yeah.

I don't go there any more.
Into town.

Why not?

You can't let him take over
your life, Mam.

It's just the thought
of bumping into him.

I can't do it, love.

Even in the middle of the day,
when it's full of people.

That's actually
kind of why I'm here, Mam.

You saw him?
Not me.

Suzie Allan did. In a pub in town.

And?

She heard him boasting
about how he k*lled our Julie

and got away with it.

Boasting to who?

Just anyone who'd listen,
apparently.

Look, I wouldn't have told you,

but they must be able
to get him for this.

Right?
Watch Kevin for a minute, will you?

Where are you going, Mam?

Mam.

The nerve of the man.
He's laughing at us, Mark.

Look, I'm sure Angela's friend'll
testify in court

if she needs to, you know.

W-We've known the family
a long time.

What?

I'm sorry, Ann. I thought you knew.

Knew what?

The double jeopardy law prevents us
from doing any more, I'm afraid.

Double jeopardy?
What... What is double jeopardy?

It's a law which stops
a person being tried twice

for the same crime.

Because the jury were directed
to acquit him last time,

he can't be tried again,
unfortunately.

SCOFFS

Are you... Are you joking?

He's going around bragging
about k*lling my daughter

and he can't be done for it?

Not according to the law, no.

It's been that way for 800 years,
ever since the Magna Carta.

SCOFFS

Look, it's not what we wanted,
I know.

We have to hope he gets caught
for something else.

How can that possibly be right?

How can the man
who k*lled my little girl,

who's bragging about k*lling her,
be free to keep on living his life?

No... I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry. Ann, I'm sorry.

And, look, I...
SIGHS

I want you to know
that even though the case is closed,

I'll always be here for you.

Oh, Jesus.
Any time you need me, Ann.

It's ridiculous!
Don't need you now.

Useless!
DOOR SLAMS

He can't go to jail
in a civil trial, apparently.

The best we can hope for
is him having to pay compensation.

It doesn't give us the one
bloody thing we need, does it?

Well, I'm angry too, Charlie.
They think they can just pay us off?

This is bullshit!

Charlie? Charlie?
HE GASPS

Are you OK, Charlie?
HE PANTS

CLATTERING
Charlie? Oh, Jesus Christ...

Charlie? Oh, my God.

Oh, please, God. Charlie, no.
Please, no. Oh, sh*t.

BREATHING HEAVILY,
KEYPAD TONES

'Emergency, which service?'

I need an ambulance! I think
my husband's having a heart attack.

'All right, my love,
can you give me your address?'


Please hurry!

'Right, there's an ambulance
on its way to you now.'

Charlie, please, come on.
I can't lose you.

'I'll stay on the line

'and talk you through exactly
what I need you to do.' Oh, God.

You were incredible, they said.

So calm and assured.

SHE CHUCKLES
Was I, bollocks!

God, you scared the bejesus
out of me.

Sorry about that.
SHE SIGHS

Look, you've got to start
taking things easy.

And that means cutting back
your hours on the food truck.

Please, I mean it, Charlie.

I couldn't bear to lose you.

We need the money.
Bugger the money.

Life is about the people
that you love.

That's all that matters.

It's good to have you back.

Look, I've been thinking...

It... It seems silly, both of us
paying rent, you know, so...

..I was thinking
we could move back in together.

You mean that?
Course I do.

And not just to look after you,
you know, I...

I thought maybe we could start over.

Then I want you
to promise me something.

HE SIGHS
You know me.

I'm not a fighter.

It's something I worked out
a long time ago.

Julie's gone.

And there's nothing we can do
to bring her back.

It's not fair.

But we need to try and move on.

Both of us.

SHE SIGHS
I know, love.

But you've got to find a way.

Somehow.

What if I can't?

Then I'm scared
we might not make it.

You and me.

OK. I promise.

DOORBELL RINGS

# Out on the road before sunrise

# Another town left behind

# Open up the throttle... #

SHE MUTTERS

I'm home!

UNDER BREATH: One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight.

Step behind, change, two...

SHE MUTTERS

Jesus Christ, Charlie.
I'm sorry, love.

MUSIC STOPS

What on earth are you doing?
Nothing, I'm...

SHE SIGHS

Doesn't look like nothing.
I've just...

I've started taking evening classes.
In what?

Line dancing. Don't you laugh.
No, whatever floats your boat. I...

HE CLEARS THROAT

It's the counting, you see.

You've really got to concentrate.
Right.

It's the only thing
that takes my mind off it all.

Listen, love.

I know I haven't...
DOORBELL RINGS

Hi, Nanna.

Bev. Wh... What's happened?
I found him on his own.

Outside your Julie's old house.

He was ever so polite, bless him.
Come here.

Said he wanted
to have a look around.

I think he wanted
to remember his mam.

OK, you go inside, darling.

We'll ring your dad
and let him know.

Thanks for bringing him back, Bev.
No problem.

It's not safe to be out there
on your own, love.

I would have taken you round there.
I'm sorry.

You're not to do that again,
do you understand?

You're to speak to us first.
Or your dad.

Look, erm... just because
your mam's not around any more...

I'll always be there for you,
you know that.

And your grandad, too.

Nanna?
Yes, love?

Did Mammy really slip in the bath?

Er, yeah.

And is that how she died?

That's right.

She slipped, and she hit her head.

Yeah.

Can I go and play in my room now?

Course you can, poppet.

I'll take you home
to your dad's later. OK.

One day, he'll be old enough
to do his own digging.

We won't let it get to that stage.

I can't bear it, Charlie.
I hate lying to him.

It's better than the truth.

GASPS,
BREATHES HEAVILY

Charlie. Charlie. Charlie, wake up!
What is it?

I think there's someone
in the house.

Wait, wait.

I didn't imagine it.

DISTANT CLATTERING
See, Charlie?

OK, all right.

What if it's him, Charlie?
It's all right.

Charlie.
It's all right, love.

Yeah. Stay there.

Be careful, Charlie.
I'll be fine.

Hello?

Who's there?

Charlie?

CLATTERING

Charlie?

BREATHES SHAKILY

Bloody hell.
Oh!

Oh!
Come here, come here.

Char... Charlie! Argh!
Whoa! Oh!

HE CHUCKLES

Oh, he wants to say hello to you,
doesn't he?

Oh-oh-oh-oh. Oh, oh.

Get him.

It's all right. I've got you.
It's all right, uncle's got you.

It's all right.

HE CHUCKLES

Back to the wilds for you.
HE CHUCKLES

SHE SOBS

Hey. Hey.

It's all right.
Oh, no, it's not.

It's just a bird. It's all right.
SHE SOBS

I don't feel safe here.
It's all right.

I can't live in fear of him,
Charlie.

I know.
SHE SOBS

DOOR OPENS

Thanks for doing this, Mark.
I couldn't ask Charlie.

No, of course you couldn't.

My therapist thinks
it'll be good for me.

He reckons it's the key
to ending the nightmares.

Yeah. Let's hope so.

Look, you...
You know, you don't have to do this.

It's...
I do.

I need to move on with my life.

Well, I'm here if you need me.

I don't know what I was expecting.
I just feel numb.

And that b*stard is still out there!
How did he get away with it?

SHE SIGHS

This was a big step, Ann.

You're the only one
who even gives me the time of day.

Everyone else treats me
like I'm some crazy woman.

You're not crazy.

Your DCC doesn't even respond
to my calls any more.

It's like I'm screaming
into the void.

I can't just sit around and wait
for him to k*ll somebody else.

Have you tried Frank Cook, our MP?

He's a good man, and he's not part
of the police force.

What do you mean?

If the water's polluted,
go higher upstream.

Ann, look, wait...

I just wanna hear
what he has to say, that's all.

Just... promise not to make a scene.

I won't.
OK?

It's not
just one or two potholes, mind.

It's the whole
of Marsh House Avenue!

He's right.

Why is nothing being done
about them?

I understand.
You should come see for yourself.

I've promised to look into this
for you, Mr Simpson, and I will.

Now, are there any last questions
before we wind up proceedings?

Yeah, I have a question.

Yes. How can I help?

There's a m*rder*r walking
the streets of Billingham,

and nobody seems interested
in doing anything about it.

I-It's Mrs Ming, isn't it?

That's right.

Can I begin by saying
how much I admire your courage

for coming here this evening?

Have you spoken to the police
about your concerns?

The police are sick
of the sight of me.

I'm sorry to hear that, Mrs Ming,
but my suggestion would be...

Look, do you have any idea how
it feels to be completely ignored?

Come on...
No. Nothing's changed!

Nobody's been punished,
no-one's lost their job.

Well, I've lost my daughter!
Please, Ann.

No, this isn't just about our Julie.
It's about anybody with a daughter.

There is a k*ller in our community,
and it's only a matter of time

before he murders
some other poor girl.

You are our MP, Mr Cook,
you're supposed to serve us.

So I would like to know what it is
you're gonna do about it. Yes.

First of all, let me say...

..that I completely understand
your frustration...

..and I want to help you - if I can.

Although I can't interfere
with the legal process,

I'm gonna have a word
with the deputy chief constable.

At the very least,
he should be meeting with you

and listening to your concerns.

Thank you.

Leave it with me.

I hope you don't mind
my being in uniform.

You could be sitting there
in your Y-fronts for all I care.

The point is you're here.

I owe you an apology.

You should never
have been made to feel

like you weren't being listened to.

That must've been quite
the bollocking Frank Cook gave you.

Look, I wanna know what you're doing
to get that monster off the streets,

because from where I'm sitting,
it looks like bugger all.

Whilst you have my utmost sympathy,
Mrs Ming,

and those of my colleagues...

..I'm afraid there's nothing more
that can be done.

He's been acquitted.

Whether we like it or not,
that's the bottom line.

I need you to do something about
the fact that he is still out there!

We can't keep going after a man

for something the courts said
he didn't do

or something he might do
in the future.

Look, I am telling you now...

unless he's taken off the streets,
he's gonna do harm to someone else.

He's a psychopath.

Tell him, Charlie!

He's apologised to us, love.

Isn't that what we wanted?

Well, you can put you shoes back on
and leave.

Right.

Useless, as always.

We should do this more often.

We'd get fat.

Be worth it, though.

Ah.
SHE CHUCKLES

You're dripping, look.
Oh, yeah. I'll try your flavour.

I'll get us a napkin.

All right, take care now. Hello.
Can I just grab a napkin? Thank you.

Course you can, no problem.
Thanks a lot.

No, no. No.

Oh, my God.

What is it love? What's wrong?

I told them. They wouldn't listen.

Jesus Christ.

I'm gonna find out
when the trial is.

Ann...
I am going, Charlie.

You can't go on your own.

We'll both go.

Every time that man
is in a courtroom,

I want him to see us there
watching him,

never forgetting, never forgiving...

..until he pays for what he's done,
or until he dies -

whichever comes first.

Your attack on Christopher Harris
was completely unprovoked.

Nearly every bone in his face
was broken.

Your attack on Lisa White
left her with a collapsed lung

and was equally vicious
and unprovoked.

Both of them were very fortunate
to have survived.

Considering the severity
of these attacks

and your previous record
of violent offences,

I have decided
on a custodial sentence

no shorter than seven years.

Seven years?

He snapped a baseball bat
over a man's face, for God's sake.

He stabbed that poor woman 13 times
with an oven fork.

Least he's locked up.
Yeah, for now, maybe.

Come on, let's go for a drink,
celebrate.

No. Only when he gets
what he deserves.

I thought the whole idea
was to get him off the streets?

If we can't treat this
like a victory,

then what are we
even doing this for?

For justice, Charlie. For justice.

Hello, Mark.

Charlie said you'd be here.
Yeah.

Er...

We got news from Moorland Prison.

If he's topped himself,
I'll not pretend to be sad.

Well, he's still very much alive.

In fact, he seems to think
that he's invincible.

He sent a death threat
to his ex-girlfriend, Lisa White.

Said that when he gets out, he'll do
to her what he did to Julie.

And he's been spouting his mouth off
to anyone who'll listen.

About k*lling Julie?
Yes.

This could be great for us, Ann.
Why?

No different to him bragging
down the pub.

Oh, it's very different.

Because one of the people
he was spouting off to...

is a female warden.

And she's agreed to wear a wire.

He's sharing details
that only the k*ller would know.

Just check for the levels on that,
please.

Now, if she can get him to confess
on tape to Julie's m*rder,

it's irrefutable proof that
he lied under oath at both trials.

We can get him for perjury.

I know it's not a m*rder charge,

but it will keep him
off the streets.

MAN: 'No, a lot of people
didn't think it was me.

'No-one. You know,
they could've understood

'if she'd been beaten to death,

'you know, like, er, got black eyes,
that sort of thing, but...

'..there was nowt.

'No black eyes or anything.

WARDEN:
'Why'd you k*ll her, though?'

MAN SIGHS

'Well, I'd...
had a good skinful and that.

'Er, I seen the lights on
at Julie's,

'so I went round
and, er, knocked on the door.

'She started taking the mickey
out of us. So I just...

'I... I just lost it.

'Got hold of her, and I started...'
ANN GASPS

Look, is it all there?
His confession, I mean.

Yeah, we've got hours and hours
of tape, Ann.

How did he do it?
As we suspected, he choked her.

It was over quickly.

And the, erm...

And the injuries?

Well, that was the only part
he didn't talk about, so...

Why? Why?

He left, er, Sean Fowler's house
just after 2am.

And after Julie rejected
his sexual advances,

laughed at his cut face -
you know, "Who beat you up?"

That kind of thing...

Er, he went berserk.

He totally lost it...
I don't...

I don't need to hear any more.

What is it they say?

That man's greatest fear
is a woman laughing at him.

A woman's greatest fear
is a man k*lling her.

CHARLIE: What you doing there, love?

Mark wants me to write

something called
a "victim impact statement".

What's that?

Well, it's some trial scheme
they're doing.

It's a chance for me to explain
to the judge in detail

how we've been affected,
you know, as a family.

Are you sure you're up to that?

Well, he says it could make
a big difference

when it comes
to the severity of the sentence.

And I want that b*stard put away
for as long as possible.

What is the maximum sentence
for perjury?

Seven years.

But because he lied under oath
at both trials,

he could get 14, potentially,
added to the seven he's already got.


a life sentence.

It's no less than he deserves.

It's...
It's not the way I wanted it.

By hook or by crook, right?

Yeah.

You're right.

This is very thorough. Thank you.

Well, his perjury trail
is next week,

so, you know, I wanna make sure
it gets to the judge in time. Mm.

Course.

Shall we?

Yeah. Wait, er, I...
I want your assurance.

Don't worry, we'll see to it.

Thank you, Mrs Ming.
Thank you.

Thanks for coming, Mark.

It means a lot.
Of course. Think positive.

He's coming, he's coming.

God, look at the state of him.

Another 14 years
might just finish him off.

Look at that.

Never before...

has anyone confessed to m*rder
in a court of law,

having previously been acquitted.

The honesty and courage
this man has shown in... What?

..facing up to his crime

is unequalled
in the British legal system.

And the reason this man
is pleading guilty to perjury

is because he is full of remorse
for his crime.

He'll be wanting
a bloody knighthood next.

My Lord.

If the defendant had felt remorse
after k*lling Julie...

why did he go to so much trouble
to hide the body under the bath?

If he felt any pity for her family
during those three months

when they were so desperately
waiting for her to come home,

he would have made
an anonymous phone call

to the police,
telling them where to find the body.

He did no such thing.

The Crown's case is
that had he not committed perjury

at the original trials, he would
have been convicted of m*rder.

Though the court does not have
the legal power

to sentence him
for this more serious crime,

I would ask My Lord to consider

that Julie Hogg and her family
have been denied justice.

They look to the court today
to pass a lengthy sentence

that reflects that fact.

The defendant will rise.

You put considerable effort...

..in trying to avoid detection...

..both before and after
you m*rder*d Julie Hogg.

You lied when arrested,

and you continued to lie
when under oath

during the trials
in May and October, 1991.

You have irretrievably damaged
the lives

of Julie's friends and family.

You even had the audacity to go
on television

and ask for financial compensation.

On the count of perjury...

..you will be imprisoned
for six years,

to be served consecutive
to your current sentence,

which means
you will not start this sentence

until your current sentence
comes to an end.

Six years? It's nothing.

Take him down.

MURMURING

Six years?

I can't explain it, Charlie.

It's six years...

You murdering b*stard!

Ann.
Order!

What you doing, Ann?
Order!

Six years
for murdering my daughter?!

Whoa!

I'll see you rot in hell, b*stard!
Get off me!

Order!
Get her out!

Rot in hell, you b*stard!
Order!

I will have order
in this court room!

SHOUTING

No! Get off me!

Get off me!

I'll see you rot in hell!
Come on.

You b*stard!
SHE SOBS

Get your hands off me.
Thanks. Thanks.

I suppose we're lucky

they didn't hold you in contempt
of court, or whatever.

If that's all he's gonna get
for perjury, Charlie,

we have got to get him for m*rder.

I... We've got to get
that law changed.

Look, it's never gonna happen,
I'm afraid, Ann. Why not?

I told you, double jeopardy
is an ancient law.

Look, you...
you're just wasting your time.

Says who? For God's sake,
would you listen to the man?

He knows what he's talking about.
What are you taking his side for?

You're supposed to be on my side!
It's not about sides, love.

I just can't bear to see you
throwing your heart and soul

into a battle you're going to lose.

I-I... I don't care
if you're with me or not.

As long as there's breath
in my lungs,

I'm gonna fight for our daughter.

I will not let him win!

Ann!
What?

Believe me, I want justice
just as badly as you do.

HE SIGHS

But can't you see that it's over?

We fought for our lives,

but the bottom line is
we've been dealt a shite hand,

and there's no changing it -
not now, not ever.

Everyone's always telling me,

"Let justice run its course.
Have faith in the system."

Well, I'm fed up, Charlie.
The system is rotten!

And I am gonna do something
about it.