05x03 - Need You Dead

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PHONE PINGS

Sara.

I'm so sorry. Traffic was hell.

Jasmine, could you bring
some water through?

Wait. We've met before?

Yeah, the Police
Commissioner's Dinner.

Last year. God!

I thought I'd erased
that from my memory.

This way.

Our smartphones already measure
our sleep, activity, heart rates.

They predict our genetic risk
to all sorts of illnesses,

but what if they could also predict
an upcoming mental health crisis?

Not only predict
it, but avert it,

by providing direct access
to mental health specialists,

allowing you to record
and upload video diaries.

The Heal Remedy app
is a game changer.

PHONE BUZZES Which
is why today, I'm...

Sorry...

Sorry.

SHE CHUCKLES

Which is why today, I'm calling
on policy makers to set up...

to set up funding
pathways. We want to...

PHONE BUZZES We'd like to...

Are you OK?

Erm...

I'm sorry. I, er, I need to go.

CAWING

DANCE MUSIC PLAYS

You're disturbing everyone.

Yeah? Like you can talk!

SHE INHALES

SHE EXHALES SHAKILY

SHE EXHALES

SHE GASPS

You have to come. Now.

CAWING

PATTERING

MUFFLED SCREAMING

Ready?

SIRENS IN DISTANCE

g*n crime, loan sharks,

sex trafficking, drug
dealing - the list goes on.

The Benchdale OCG is operating
at an unprecedented scale.

To dismantle them, we need to
sever the head of the snake...

starting with top
man, Kamran Elin.

Wanted for serious and violent
crime across London and Brighton,

dating back to the fatal sh**ting of
London journalist Fiona Wilkinson,

eight years ago.

And Roel Albazi.

Elin's second in command.

Both men use extreme violence
to control and coerce.

Student, Amelia Pardoe.

k*lled not three months back.

Caught in the crossfire
of a drive-by sh**ting

close to her home
in Casement Road.

And still no convictions.

Ma'am, I... I appreciate
Benchdale have gained a foothold,

but I'm proud to say...

Talk to Amelia's parents
about how proud you are.

DC Nicholl, any progress
with tracking suspects?

Yeah, er, yeah. Erm...

So it's difficult. Elin
and Albazi are elusive,

and they're smart, and they
groom lower-tier members

of the organisation to
do their dirty work,

making sure that the evidence
never traces back to them.

Keep on them. PHONE BUZZES

If they make a mistake
and surface, be ready.

Yes, Ma'am.

BUZZING

Bloods all look normal.

Haemoglobin very slightly low,
so I'd up the iron-rich foods,

but nothing to worry about.

Have you thought if you
would like to try again?

Erm...

Er, we haven't talked about it.

Take your time. It's
important you're ready.

Emotionally as
well as physically.

But, so you know, most
people who have a miscarriage

go on to have a normal
pregnancy next time.

Hey.

Right, so the victim's
name is Hannah Belling.


a former psychiatrist

who just launched a
mental health app.

It's quite the success story.

It's had lots of press
attention, won awards.

It lowers your stress
levels, apparently.

Tell you something, might
have to download it myself.

Talking of which, how's Ari?

Don't ask.

OK. Who called it in?

Downstairs neighbour.
Anya Chandanasiri.

She's a law student
at East Sussex Uni.

Next of kin? Er, Hannah's
ex-husband, Corin Belling.

He's an IT consultant,
lives up in Kemptown.

They separated about
six months back,

that's when Hannah
took on this place.

Uniform are on the
way to him now.

Good.

There's Sara from the Argus.

Maybe have a word.

If Hannah was working in press,
maybe she came across her.

Yeah, will do.

WOMAN: The place is a mess.

Uniform are conducting
background checks

on all residents and tradespeople,
and are doing a house-to-house.

CCTV on the side
door's been vandalised,

but there's a camera
on the front door.

I'll see what footage I can pull.
Yeah, and I've already told you, no!

Look, I've gotta go.

Well, it looks like they've
taken her phone and her computer,

but they left her credit
cards and other valuables,

so not your average break-in.

From the algor mortis,
I'd say time of death

is between 7:30pm and 9:30pm.

Cause of death looks
like the head injury.

But we also have these
compression points.

Strangulation? Yes.

But there's very little room
for error in strangulation.

Even a small mistake
can lead to survival.

So I'd say the k*ller
eradicated that chance

by hitting her head
against the floorboards.

This indentation in her
finger, is that a wedding ring?

I'd say so. Looks like she
wore one until very recently.

Any potential DNA?

It's tricky.

She's been very carefully cleaned
with an oxygen-based detergent.

But forensics have
found something.

They're working on extracting
a number of skin cells

found between the floorboards.

What's this?

A hair.

Doesn't look like Hannah's.

Who'd have thought? Sara
Joshi. It's been a while.

Yeah. Thankfully, crime scenes
are no longer my department.

It's good to see you,
Glenn. Yeah, you too.

Is it definitely Hannah?

Oh, you know her?

Yeah, we met last year. The
Police Commissioner's Dinner.

We put the world to
rights over a mojito.

I interviewed her only
yesterday, actually.

How was she?

At first, normal.

Like, same as.

But then she got a text halfway
through and cut it short.

I don't know what was in it, but
it scared the life out of her.

From the surrounding area. OK.

Roy. I wonder if I
could have a quiet word?

Yeah, of course.

The Chief Constable's breathing down
my neck over the Amelia Pardoe case.

And with Hannah's profile,

this-this is already
getting press attention.

I see.

And?

And we're under scrutiny.

OK, let's not fan the flames.

I need swift
results on this one.

Roy.

Hannah's ex is here.

If you'll excuse me.

I'm sorry, if you wanna
do this another time...

No, it's all right.
I wanna help.

What can I say?

I loved her.

I notice you still
wear your wedding ring.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Feels weird without it.

And what about Hannah,
did she still wear hers?

Erm...

No. No, she, erm...

she gave it back to me recently.

Look, I'm sorry to ask
this, but... last night,

where were you?

I, er... I was at home.

Sorry, why?

You didn't see her?

No.

I-I've not seen her for a while.

Jessica said that she was
mad busy at work, so...

Sorry, Jessica?

Friends of ours,
Jessica and Marcus.

Oh, God, I need
to let them know.

Look, we can do all
that. And the family.

Actually, is there anybody
else we should contact?

She has a brother, Robbie,
but to be honest, you...

He's trouble.

That's not just me saying
that, you-you ask anyone.

We cut ties, about a year ago.

I can give you his number, if
you like. If he's still on it.

Well, that would be
helpful, thank you.

And like I say, anything
I can do to help.

Actually, we still
haven't found her car.

You don't know
where she kept it?

Yeah. Yeah. It's-It's
at my house.

We still share a car. There's
no parking here, so...

I'm gonna head back now,
actually, clear my head,

unless there's anything else?

There is one more thing.

Would you mind giving
me a DNA sample?

S... Sorry, a sample from me?

What, am I a suspect
now or something?

It's just for
elimination purposes.

I'd prefer not, if
that's all right.

Of course. No problem at all.

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'grounded hundreds of
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'Airlines and airports...'

Chloe? Eat something.

You can't go to college
without breakfast.

There's literally
nothing to eat.

If Dad had gone shopping... Dad
was at the hospital last night.

And you're old enough
to go shopping yourself.

How was work, anyway?

Stressful. This young lad had
a seizure in the waiting room.

We had to intubate and
ventilate to bring him round.

Mum.

Is that Hannah's place?

TV: '..was found dead
inside her own home.'

That's not...

'..and the woman was discovered
deceased inside her property.'

Call Corin.

Marcus! Now.

'..anyone with information
to get in touch.'

Look, before you sh**t,
can I ask you for a favour?

Can you see if there's
anyone at the Argus

who might have any intel
on Sussex Central Hospital?

Any complaints about working
conditions, training,

that sort of thing. Isn't
that where Ari works?

Everything OK?

Er...

Actually, no.

SIGHS

The hospital's accused
Ari of negligence.

Look, I'm just looking for
anything that might help her case.

Yeah, I'll see what I can
dig up. Leave it with me.

It was good to see
you again, Glenn.

All good?

Yeah.

I mean, they push
Ari way too hard.

She's exhausted.

HE SIGHS

I don't know. What if
she made a mistake?

What's she saying?

Not much. Which worries me.

She's... She's just running
away from everything.

Me included.

CHILD: Are they there, Mum?

Yeah, I got 'em. Coming.

There you go.

I made you tea.
It's probably cold.

Oh, that's great. Thanks.

What?

You don't have to sneak upstairs

every time you want to
send someone a text.

If you need a bit more
privacy, then just ask.

Mum, I didn't.

I don't.

Ava!

Hannah was scared. And targeted.

She carried a r*pe alarm,

and had fitted new
heavy-duty locks on her door.

Who was she scared of?

So there's been a spate of break-ins
at Lewiston Mansions recently,

so maybe she'd fitted the
locks for her protection.

Intruder still gets in, she
interrupts them, and they k*ll her.

Yeah, but her jewellery wasn't
taken, nor her credit cards,

and her purse was left in
her bag, right by the door.

Yeah, I'd say this
isn't about money,

but they were looking
for something specific.

Hannah's laptop and
phone were taken, right?

Maybe there was
something on them

that the k*ller just
didn't want us to see.

So this wasn't a
simple burglary.

It seems somehow... personal.

Strangulation is intimate.

Victim usually female,

usually attacked
by someone close.

Family members,
partners, ex partners.

Corin Belling, he
refused a DNA test,

and he's got no alibi.
He should be our focus.

Was there any flag on the
Lewiston Mansions CCTV?

The side door entrance
camera wasn't recording.

The footage is
showing an error code,

and there's nothing suspicious
on the front door cam.

OK. Check other CCTV.

Also, we have to find
her laptop and her phone.

I'll check bins,
dumps, pawn shops,

and I'll find out when the next
sonar sweep of the harbour is.

And we need to talk
to Corin's friends,

erm, Jessica and
Marcus O'Sullivan.

And we need to locate Hannah's
brother, Robbie Taylor.

It was categorised as low risk,

but Hannah filed a MISPER report
on him, three months back.

And I also checked his record.

Joyriding and burglary.

Any DNA on file?

No, the joyriding,
he was a juvenile,

and the burglary got dropped
due to lack of evidence.

Well, whatever rock he's
under, let's find him.

Boss,

it seems that Hannah reported
a former employee to the police

for threatening behaviour.

Erm... She sacked him for
bullying someone in the workplace,

so he bullied her instead.

And he's got previous.

His ex filed a restraining
order against him.

Sounds like a charmer.
What's his name?

Seymour Darling.

KNOCKING

Nora Philips? We're looking
for Seymour Darling.

You and me both. I
haven't seen him in days.

I haven't seen him
since he lost his job.

Oh, excuse the draught.

We had a break-in a
couple of days back.

Did you report it?

No point. They broke
the locks on the desks,

but nothing valuable was taken.

Probably just kids,
messing about.

Jasmine, did you ever witness any
bullying from Seymour Darling?

Witness it?

I experienced it.

He's a snake.

He twists what you say,
makes you feel stupid.

Did you report him?

No.

Esme was the brave one. Esme?

Esme Collins. One
of the volunteers.

Did Hannah take
action against him?

She got rid of him the next day.

There's a disciplinary
hearing set up for tomorrow.

If it still goes ahead.

When Seymour found
out, he lost it.

He blamed Hannah for relapsing
and started following her,

threatening her.

Do you think he'd ever
act on those threats?

I know he would.

Organise a forensic sweep.

And take prints from all
the staff for elimination.

The break-ins have
to be connected.

Just got a message from Nora.

She's just got hold of Seymour.

I just wanted to talk to
her. Is that too much to ask?

And when she wouldn't talk
to you, how did you feel?

Angry?

Let down. I thought she
was better than that.

I should have known. Hannah
always protects the wrong people.

The wrong people like Esme
Collins? Esme's a dumb little liar.

But Hannah took her side?

Yeah.

But it's like Nora said to
me, she did me a favour.

Wasn't healthy for me,
working with women like that.

And the disciplinary hearing,
it's still going ahead?

Yeah.

It's time to tell the truth.

The real truth.

I should go prepare.
One last thing.

Where were you last night?

Bird-watching on the Downs.

Saw my first spotted
flycatcher, as it happens.

Is that everything?

Interesting timing, the
disciplinary hearing.

Maybe Hannah had something
incriminating against him...

..so he broke in looking for
it, try and derail the case.

Let's put a rush on
forensics from the office,

and cross reference
his prints and DNA.

Yeah.

I'll get Vee to run a
triangulation on his phone.

Let's see if he really
was at the Downs.

Cause of death was the
head injury, as suspected.

When her head was smashed
against the floorboards,

it caused a linear fracture
to the back of the skull

resulting in a
subdural haemorrhage.

And there's something
else - semen was found.

Examination suggests
recent sexual activity,

most likely in the
hours before her death.

There's no sign of trauma
or laceration, so...

So, consensual, then?

Most likely, yes.

Oh, and that ring finger
you were asking about...

it has an avulsion.

Recent ligament damage
beneath the ring area.

I'd say it's been
pulled off with force.

Was that before death or after?

Hard to pinpoint the exact time,

but I would say days or
hours before her death.

Well, that's a hell of a long
way from what Corin told us.

Thank you.

Look, it was just a barney.

Hannah said that the ring was
hers, which technically it was,

but I said that I wasn't leaving
until she gave it me back.

So she... she pulled
it off her finger,

I mean, yanked it off her finger
and she kind of... threw it.

Why didn't you
mention this before?

I... I suppose I
thought it looked bad.

It does look bad.

Corin, had Hannah
started seeing someone?

What? N...

Erm, no.

Sorry, who said this? Jessica?

Not Jessica, no. It's just
something we're looking into.

Corin and Hannah, they
were good friends of yours?

Since uni. You know what
it's like at that age.

Hannah took me under her wing.

That was that.

Friends for life.

And since Corin, did
she meet anyone else?

No.

No-one she's mentioned.

And her brother,
do you know him?

Robbie?

Yeah. To be honest, we
don't really see eye to eye.

Why's that?

Well, it's all a long
time ago now, but...

..when we were at uni, he was
always saying he'd come and stay...

..and Hannah would get all
excited and get a load of food in.

And then he just
wouldn't show up.

He'd disappear,
for, like, months.

We used to call him Houdini.

I mean, he was just a kid back
then, so we made exceptions.

But then he grew up,

and he got worse.

SOCO found glass shards out
here, but nothing in the office.

From the pattern of the crack,

it looks like it's been
broken from the inside.

So was staged?

It looks that way.

Hannah installed security
cameras the next day,

so I'm having the
footage sent over.

Who was the last to lock up?

Glenn?

Er, the cleaner. Lauren Packham.

We should speak to her.

Look, I'll take Lauren.

Why don't you go
and talk to Ari?

Cheers.

How long have you
worked at Heal Remedy?

Er...

Since the start, when they opened
the office about a year ago.

And you have keys?

I do, along with
quite a few others.

On the night of the break-in,
what time did you leave?



And you didn't notice
anything suspicious, unusual?

No. I mean, not
that I can think of.

What about Hannah...

did the two of you
have much contact?

PHONE CHIMES

Sorry.

Everything OK?

Yeah, fine. Just, er, junk.

Honestly, I didn't have
much to do with Hannah.

Bella, look into
Lauren Packham for me.

She's scared, and
she's hiding something.

Listen, er...

There's a...

There's a journalist
that I know at the Argus.

Sara Joshi.

Look, she specialises in
public health, medicine,

that sort of thing.

I've... I've asked her to
look into the hospital for us.

You've told a journalist
my private business?

Wait, look...

whatever happened,
I'm here for you.

Come hell or high
water, I'm here, right?

But we need help.

We need help, so you
can move forward.

The family can't move
forward, can they?

What if I don't deserve
to be exonerated?

What if it was my mistake?

Then we deal with it.

Together.

HE EXHALES

Look, I'm sorry, I'm
sorry, I'm sorry.

It's all right.

It's all right. It's a
shock. You're in shock.

Do you think Hannah said
anything to Jessica?

Nothing. Jessica
would have told me.

I just feel like I'm
on this roundabout

and it just keeps getting
faster and faster and faster.

I just need something
to help slow it down.

I... I can't.

I'm not your doctor. You have
to go and speak to Dr Jones.

He won't give it to me, Marcus.

Come on. Come on, please!

Oh, don't make me beg!

This is the last time.

I mean it.

Get some sleep.

KNOCKING

Yeah?

Just a list of cars in the
vicinity of Lewiston Mansions

on Wednesday between 7 and 10pm.

OK. Thanks, Nick.

Anything else?

Er, yeah.

So, it's just to say that
when you look at the list,

you might notice
my car is on it.

Yours?

Yeah. Erm...

I probably should have
said something earlier,

but, er, I've been living
in a B&B for the last week.

It's opposite Lewiston Mansions.

I see.

Can I ask why?

Erm...

just some stuff to figure out.

But, yeah, I just... I just wanted
to flag it before you saw it.

OK. Thanks for
letting me know. Boss.

Uniform have found
something on a doorbell cam.

It's not clear enough to get an
ID, but they've captured a man

leaving from the side
door of Lewiston Mansions,

at 9:20pm last night.

Let's check other cameras. Maybe
he's been captured somewhere else.

PHONE BUZZING Sorry.

Erm...

Ah, yeah, CCTV from outside
Heal also flagged something.

So there was a man watching Hannah
as she left work last night.

OK, check the height and build
from both sets of footage.

Could this be Seymour or Corin?

Oh, Nick, anything back
from Hannah's phone records?

Yeah. Mainly work calls.
There's a few personal ones.

She was inundated with
texts from Seymour Darling.

And the last call she made
was to an unregistered number.

And the last text she received
was from a different number,

but also unregistered.

Robbie, maybe?

Jessica called him Houdini, he
disappeared and reappeared so often.

So, why did she report him missing?
What's different this time?

Boss, I've got the
triangulation results

from Seymour Darling's phone.

He was at Lewiston
Mansions last night.

Bring him in.

You were at Lewiston
Mansions last night, Seymour.

Was this before or after
you were on the Downs?

Can you explain why?

INHALES SHARPLY

Hannah was gathering
evidence against me.

I thought I'd gather
a bit of my own.

What kind of evidence?

Photos. Videos.

The people on the panel need to
know what kind of woman she was.

And what kind of a woman was she?
A slag... who screws men in cars.

That's offensive.
And misogynistic.

But true. It's disgusting.

No, Hannah was disgusting,

making false accusations against
me, pretending to be on my side

then screwing me over.

Except the
accusations were true.

According to who? You, Miss High
and Mighty? What do you know?

I know you have a previous
conviction for threatening your ex.

She misconstrued the situation.

She was dumb. Like Hannah.

Enough.

Seymour,

you said you saw Hannah having
sex with a man in a car.

Did you get a good
look at the man?

The man in the car?

No.

The man in her
window, however...

You saw a man in her window?

Yeah.

Was it this man?

That's her husband, right?

I've seen him there
before, grovelling.

And was he there last night?

Maybe.

How about this man?

Maybe.

We can place Seymour
outside Hannah's flat,

but nothing so far
to place him inside.

Nor to suggest he's been back to
the office since he was let go.

He's also claiming that
he saw Hannah having sex

with a man in a car.

He's such a tool.

Go through Seymour's photos.

If he was following Hannah,

there may be an image
of this man somewhere.

And did Corin know? Could this
be what pushed him over the edge?

Well, I spoke to
Hannah's divorce lawyer,

and he said they're not
technically divorced yet.

Corin is contesting
the house sale,

which has essentially brought
the whole shebang to a halt.

So...

In the event of Hannah's
death, Corin gets everything.

Exactly.

Forensics are back.

The skin cells found on the
floorboards are of unknown DNA,

but the hair found in Hannah's
blood, it's a match for Corin.

'This looks very bad.'

You can see that?

If there's anything you want
to say, Corin, now is the time.

Corin?

Ask for Kate.

Who's Kate?

Kate Bullworth.

She's my sponsor.

I'm an addict.

Opiates, alcohol.

It's why Hannah left me.

Last night, I was supposed to
be at my support group, but...

..I hit rock bottom.

I... relapsed.

I wandered around for hours.

Didn't know where to go,
didn't know what to do.

So I went to see Kate.

Why didn't you say this before?

HE SCOFFS

Oh, I'm not proud.

If my boss found
out, I'd lose my job.

Already had a warning.

Ask for Kate.

Hey, I've been
looking into Lauren.

Guess who's down as her next
of kin on medical records?

Hannah's brother, Robbie Taylor.

She isn't just her cleaner,
she's Robbie's girlfriend.

What?

Speak to her. She could
be covering for Robbie.

Did she give him access to Hannah's
office before staging the break-in?

MAN ON VIDEO: 'A-ha!

'Give us a big smile. Give
us a big smile for your mum.'

Lauren Packham?

DS Moy.

She must miss her daddy.

How is Robbie?

Look, we know you lied.

You let him into Hannah's
office, didn't you?

What was he looking for?

Robbie would never hurt
Hannah. He loved her.

Is that what he told you?

Come on, Lauren. We
need to speak to him.

Where is he? I've no idea.
We've split, all right?

I've not seen him in months.

Ava? Get here now.

'OK. Thank you.'

Bye.

HE SIGHS

Corin's alibi checks out.

Kate said he arrived at hers
at 8:30pm and left at 10-ish.

We're gonna have to release him.

So the question remains...

..how did his DNA
end up at the scene?

Well, I think you're right about
Lauren, covering for Robbie.

But my guess is
she's scared of him.

She froze when she talked about
him, and someone was watching us.

Think Robbie may be
keeping tabs on her.

Maybe he's not missing after
all. Maybe he's in hiding.

Look,

I'll get uniform out first thing,
OK? Knocking on doors to find him.

You do that, and then
let's call it a night.

BRUNO: Do you think
Mum was called Sandy

because she was born by the sea?

CLEO: I don't know.

Grandma called to
say night-night.

Yeah?

I'm mad at her.

Grandma? Uh-huh.

She won't talk to me.

About Mum.

I just keep wondering, what was
she thinking about before she died?

Was she upset? Was she scared?

Was she thinking about me?

HE SIGHS

He's asleep.

He had a row with Margot.

Could do with a break.

Did you talk to him about Sandy?

I don't wanna hurt him.

She's his mum.

He's already hurting.

PHONE BUZZES

Bella.

'Sorry, Roy. Nick's
got something.'

These photos are
from Seymour's phone.

Now, they're timestamped
yesterday evening.

Photos were cropped, but I restored
them to their original size

and if you look, you will see
that is Marcus O'Sullivan's car.

So he was having an
affair with Hannah,

then he tries to pin
the m*rder on Corin...

but where does he
get Corin's DNA?

What about their car?

Hannah's key fob was analysed
and compared with Corin's,

and it was last used
at 9:40pm last night.

So someone accessed the
car after her death?

Wait, hold on, 9:40?

At 9:40, Corin was
still with Kate.

And he walked, so
his car was at home.

So if Marcus thought Corin
was at his support group,

did he use Hannah's fob to
take Corin's DNA from the car

and plant it at the scene?

Your DNA is a match to the
semen we recovered from Hannah.

Her DNA is in your car.

You lied about your alibi.

We have a photo of you with her
in your car hours before she died.

Did you k*ll Hannah Belling?

No. We loved each other.

When did the affair start?

If you mean sexually,
a few months back.

But emotionally?

I can't even remember.

We dated at uni.

I was the idiot
who called it off.

Then she met Corin, I met
Jessica, and the rest is history.

Would have stayed history if
Corin hadn't botched it all up.

So it's Corin's fault?

That's not what I said.

Did you have sex with
Hannah on Wednesday?

Yes. But I didn't k*ll her.

Look, you have been lying

to your wife and to your
daughter for months,

so why should we believe you?

If you're so sure I did it...
then why don't you charge me?

If we can place him
there on Wednesday night,

we're close to charging him.

Vee, the skin cell DNA
results, are they back yet?

They are, but bad news.

They've been confirmed
as crime scene personnel.

OK. Right.

I want another
sweep of that flat.

Did we miss anything?

Roy. We've got a
second patch of blood.

It's in the hallway.

Guys, the blood we found in
the flat, it's not Marcus.

It's come back as familial.

Robbie?

He was at Hannah's?
Certainly looks like it.

Although not the
night that she died.

They've dated it to be
approximately ten weeks old.

It must have been some injury.

Whatever happened has to connect
with what he was running from.

Bella, pull up Robbie's
missing persons report

and see what date it was filed.

Nick, check hospital
admissions from ten weeks back.

It was the 18th of May.

OK. Speak to Lewiston Mansions,

see if they keep CCTV
from that far back.

Let's see if we can
get a sighting of him.

PHONE PINGS

MUFFLED SPEECH

MUFFLED CRYING AND YELLING

g*nsh*t

SHE GASPS

SHE SOBS

So a man fitting Robbie's
description was admitted

to Sussex Central Hospital
at 5:40pm on the 17th of May

with a g*nsh*t wound.

And the doctor treating him called
the police, but the man fled.

So, Robbie flees, and then shows
up at Hannah's, bleeding heavily.

The next day, he's gone. Hannah
files a missing persons report.

Now, obviously, he didn't wanna
draw attention to the g*nsh*t wound,

so whatever Robbie is mixed up
in... could it be g*ng related?

It'd explain why
Lauren's so scared,

and why she hid her
connection to him and Hannah.


it about that date?

sh*t!

The Amelia Pardoe sh**ting.

The what? The
drive-by sh**ting.

Yeah, so basically the...

the Benchdale OCG opened
fire on this rival g*ng

and Amelia Pardoe
was this young girl

who got caught in the crossfire.
Yeah, it was May 17th.

They arrested the
sh**ter and the driver,

but a third man fled the scene
before the police arrived.

They never identified him.

Yeah, that must
have been Robbie.

He was working for Benchdale.
The texts to Hannah's phone,

they were from an unregistered
number. They weren't from Seymour.

Right, OK, so if Benchdale
were targeting Hannah

and they were behind those
messages and break-ins,

she never stood a chance.

But why Hannah?

She clearly had
something they wanted.

SHE EXHALES

Roy?

You're not gonna believe this.

Marcus, let me be clear,

I know you lied about your
whereabouts on Wednesday.

I'm a hair's breadth away from
charging you with Hannah's m*rder,

so I'm gonna ask
you one more time -

what were you doing at
Lewiston Mansions on the 17th?

Hannah called me.

In a state. Panicking.

Said there was a medical
emergency, so I went over there.

And you found her
brother, Robert?

Yeah. He'd been shot.

He was in a really bad way.

Did you know what had happened?

No. I didn't ask.

I was trying to save his life.

But the next morning,
it was on the news...

..and a young girl had been
k*lled in a drive-by sh**ting.

Amelia Pardoe.

Yeah.

She was just a...

She was just a kid.

Same age as Chloe.

I was so angry at Hannah for
putting me in that position.

I could've been struck off.

But not angry enough
to call the police?

I couldn't.

They're animals.

What if they came
after my family?

Besides...

Hannah promised me,
she swore to me,

that she was dealing with it,
the b*stards would go down.

But they didn't go
down, Marcus, did they?

Because of witness intimidation,
they're still out there.

And Hannah is dead.

Right, so we know that
after the sh**ting,

a witness reported that she'd heard
a g*nsh*t go off inside the car.

And she said she saw
a man staggering away.

Now, blood on the back seat
has confirmed her account

that there was a third person who'd
been shot during a struggle inside.

They never recovered the handgun
that was used to sh**t Amelia,

but the g*ng control unit
established from b*llet fragments

that it was the same g*n that was
used in a series of other crimes,

including the assassination of
Fiona Wilkinson eight years ago.

Kamran Elin is wanted in
connection with that m*rder.

I think Robbie took that g*n...

..gave it to Hannah,

not realising that the
evidence on it could bring down

not only Kamran Elin,
but the entire OCG.

OK, then why would
Robbie take the g*n?

To cover his back
maybe? Leverage?

Guilt? Whatever the reason...

..that g*n has to be what
Benchdale are looking for.

You know me, Roy, I'm aching
to take down Benchdale,

but this has none of their
hallmarks. They hit clean and fast.

Hannah's death was sloppy, and,
as you said yourself, personal.

You really think this g*n
could be why she was k*lled?

If it links Elin to Fiona
Wilkinson's m*rder, then yes.

We both know what
it means to him.

He wouldn't think twice
about having Hannah k*lled.

Look, the investigation into that
handgun went cold months ago, but...

..if you're sure, then
you've got to find that g*n.

Play! Not today.

Please!

Please! BRAKES SCREECH

Ava!

Get off! Get off me!

Ava! Mum!

Ava, get in the house.

Get in the house!

KNOCKING

Roy, a call's just come in.

A young woman matching
Lauren's description

has just jumped
from a speeding car.

Now, she's alive, but
she's seriously injured.

She's on her way to
Peacehaven General.

Seems like Lauren saw an opportunity
to escape, and she took it.

She's brave.

If she hadn't jumped, Albazi
would have k*lled her.

The thing I don't get is, if the
sh**ting happened three months back,

why would Benchdale target
Lauren and Hannah now?

Just doesn't...

Erm... Lauren's things.

The password for the
phone is Ava's birthday.

Thanks, Margaret.

Just... catch the b*stards.

Lauren. Look, I know
Benchdale got to Robbie,

and... I'm so very sorry.

He was only trying put it right.

Put what right?

For the girl.

Who got shot.

Amelia Pardoe.

So he took the g*n and
gave it to his sister?

Hannah always knew what to do.

And after he'd given it to her?

He disappeared.

But there's no escaping them.

They're watching. They're
always... watching.

So then what happened?

They found him,

and they tortured him
to get the truth...

that Hannah had the g*n?

Yeah.

Except...

Except that Hannah
didn't have the g*n.

What?

If she didn't have
the g*n, where was it?

She'd already handed it in.

Handed it in to... who?

To the police.

Lauren, are you absolutely
sure about this?



Who did she give it to?

I don't know.

All I know is...

..she handed it in.

It all went quiet.

And now she's dead.

Is she telling the truth? That
someone at East Sussex is corrupt?

PHONE BUZZES

Bella. No evidence of
the g*n being handed in.

No record of Hannah contacting the
police. There's no paper trail.

Is someone manipulating
the records?

'Possibly.'

Boss, we've had a call
come in through uniform.

A dashcam's captured
a suspicious male,

coming in and out of the side
entrance of Lewiston Mansions

on the night that Hannah died.

'It looks a lot like the guy
we caught on the doorbell cam.'

And the dashcam
owner? 'Chris Haddock,

'of Chris Haddock's Motors
in Lewiston Gardens.

'Nick's on his way
there now.' OK, thanks.

OK, here we go.

There. See him?

He hangs about a bit...

..and then he leaves again
about half an hour later.

Very dodgy.

I can take that memory card
to Enhancement if you want.

Yeah.

And if you're going that
way, check in on Lauren. OK.

PHONE BUZZES

PHONE BUZZES

Grace.

Yes, hello there. One of your
officers, DC Nick Nicholl,

just dropped off
some footage with us.

'But there's a problem - the
drive appears to be corrupted.'

What do you mean, corrupted?

Sir, there's no footage on
there. Someone's wiped the file

and tried to make it look
like a technical failure.

What?

No. That's impossible, that's...

When Nick's car pinged at
Lewiston Mansions, he came to me,

told me it's because he was
staying at a B&B opposite.

I don't understand.

Was that to divert
attention away from himself?

He then volunteered to take Chris
Haddock's footage to Enhancement.

And he has access to
the taskforce records.

Yeah. sh*t!

DC Nick Nicholl. I'm here
to see Lauren Packham.

SIREN BLARES

Roy, I'm at the harbour now.
Sonar sweep brought up a laptop.

Checking the serial number.

Yeah, Roy, we've got it. It's
Hannah's. Bringing it in.

The CCTV footage from the side
entrance to Lewiston Mansions,

I said there was an error code.

OK, I checked the vandalised
camera and it was still running,

and that footage arrived
into CID just fine.

Roy, it was deleted internally,

and Nick's log-in details
were attached to it.

Excuse me.

What's happening,
Jim, are you good?

Go grab yourself a
coffee if you want.

Nick!

Stop!

Your car at Lewiston Mansions...

The CCTV and dashcam
footage, both deleted.

Covert calls and texts.

I've seen the
change in you, Nick.

Look, the, erm...

..the CCTV and dashcam...

I don't know.

I can't explain that one.

But the other stuff, erm...

So, Jen's kicked me out.

We were fighting
about money and bills,

and it's all got a little
bit out of control, you know?

She wants to move back to
Scotland to be closer to my folks,

and I just can't
do it, you know?

My life is here.

I haven't seen my little
boy in three weeks.

That's a lifetime
for a little kid.

The calls and texts are to Jen.

Your phone will verify
that, I presume?

Are you serious?

Come on, Roy, you
don't believe me?

Your phone, Nick.

I'm sorry. I don't want to
do this. I have no choice.

I'm removing you
from this inquiry.

From this moment on,
you're suspended.

And I'm gonna need
your warrant card.

Look, I do not want to
believe it, either...

..but he had means to
manipulate that paper trail.

How could he have
even known Hannah?

SIGHS

Oh, no.

At the risk of throwing
him under the bus...

..Sara did mention to
me that she'd met Hannah

at the Police Commissioner's
Dinner last year.

He could've met her there?

Would there be photographs?

I can check.

OK.

For our eyes only, Glenn.

Yeah?

Yeah.

No doubt you're aware already,

but you should both know that a
serving East Sussex police officer

is suspected of working
with Benchdale OCG.

The same police officer
may also be implicated

in Hannah Belling's m*rder.

Well, what's that
gotta do with Nick?

What, you don't think... I
don't think anything, Bella.

It's an ongoing investigation.

It's not Nick.

You know that, Roy.

Well, I've got Hannah's laptop.
I'll see what I can recover.

That'll prove it.

Boss, I spoke to Chris Haddock.

He's backed up the
dashcam footage.

And there's this
guy, Tim Weatherley,

that I met from training.

He's a super recogniser.

He can identify someone
from, like, an ear lobe.

I'd like for Tim to have a look
at the footage. If that's OK?

Yeah, it's a good idea, Vee.

Call him. Already
have. He's on the way.

EXHALES

KNOCKING

Tim Weatherley's here.

OK.

Vee,

the skin cell DNA samples that
came back as crime scene personnel,

do you know what time the
forensic swabs were taken?

Let me just check.

Yeah.

The samples were
logged at 10:43am.

Tim?

Detective Superintendent Roy
Grace. Thanks for coming.

This way.

KNOCKING

Come in.

Cassian. I'd like to introduce
you to Tim Weatherley.

Good to meet you, Sir.

Hi.

Tim's a super
recogniser with the Met.

I'm hoping he'll help us
identify a man caught on dashcam

leaving the side entrance
to Lewiston Mansions

on Wednesday night.

Well, we'll take all
the help we can get.

And, Sir, I'm sorry to
have to tell you this,

but there's something
you should know.

The person Tim is
looking to identify...

it's Nick Nicholl.

But he's a key member
of the taskforce.

With full access to
intel. I am aware of that.

You have evidence?

I do.

Nick tried to
delete the footage.

Fortunately, the
owner made a back-up.

HE SCOFFS

I see.

Look, it goes without saying

that this needs to remain
in the strictest confidence.

And you'll keep me updated
on any developments, yes?

Of course, Sir.

SIGHS

All right, show Tim
to the viewing suite.

This way.

Take your time.

When, and if, you make
an identification,

call me - just me.

No-one else. Do you understand?

Yes, I understand.

PHONE BUZZES

Glenn.

Sara's given me the
photos. We've got him.

Any luck?

Unfortunately not.

The grime on the
windscreen's just too heavy.

Oh, that's disappointing.

Apologies for wasting your time.

Not at all.

I'll let Detective
Superintendent Grace know.

You'll be needing these.

Good to have you back.

Did you bring the photos?

'The person you have
called is not available.

'Please leave a message
after the tone.'

BRAKES SCREECH

When did you figure
out it was Cassian?

When I checked the police
elimination database.

The skin sample results were
negative against the suspect.

Cassian knew that would
place him at the crime scene,

so basically all he had to do
was show up and he was covered.

But the log recorded
him arriving at 11:07am,

and the samples were sent
to the lab at 10:43am.

His DNA was there before he was.

You asked me if I could
get into Hannah's computer.

Cassian erased the hard
drive before he dumped it...

..but I did manage to
get into her emails.

There's loads from
Cassian's personal account.

And check this out, it
looks like Hannah enabled

the video diary function on the Heal
Remedy app when Cassian came over.

She recorded it?

Yep, and the app sent
the file to her email.

HANNAH: 'You told me
you'd arrest them.

'You promised me.'

CASSIAN: 'It's a complex
investigation, Hannah.

'Let the police do their jobs.'
'And what about me? What do I do?

'Wait for them to k*ll me?'
'No. No. I know you're scared.

'But you have to trust me.'

'Three months,
you've had that g*n.

'Three months, Cassian!

'If you won't find out what the
hell is taking them so long,

'then I will.'

'I'm afraid I can't
let you do that.'

'Cassian, what are you...
Cassian, get away from me!'

GRUNTING

SHE CRIES OUT

SHE GASPS

HE SIGHS

He orchestrated all of it.

Planted Corin's
hair at the flat...

..tampered with the CCTV...

..and he attached
your log-in details.

And the dashcam.

Before I took the memory
card to enhancement,

I swung by CID to make a
copy of it on a pen drive.

Jen called, so I left it
copying while I spoke to her.

Cassian must have erased it
while I was on the phone.

PHONE BUZZES

Bella?

'Tim Weatherley's car's
been rammed off the road.

'Whoever hit him left him for dead.
And someone's taken his phone.'

And the other vehicle involved
is one of our pool cars.

It was taken without
being signed out.

We're tracking it now.

Send me the coordinates.

BELLA: 'We've tracked the car
to just off the South Lanes.

'Uniform are there now.
No sign of Cassian.'

MAN: Seven to control,
we've found the car.

It's parked on Ship Street.

sh*t!

Bella, I've got him.
He's by the Hippodrome.

Cassian, stop!

Come on, show yourself!

CLATTERING

Cassian, stop!

You don't stop, do you?

Why, Cassian?

You know nothing.

I know you've been
working with Benchdale,

I know you took the g*n from
Hannah, and I know you k*lled her.

I know you tried to frame
two innocent people,

including Nick,
your own colleague.

You think that I had a choice?

If you were in over your head,
you could have come to me.

CASSIAN SCOFFS

Don't flatter yourself, Roy.

Someday, Benchdale
will get what's coming,

but it won't be from me
and it won't be from you.

With that g*n, we could
have brought them down.

Where is it? What
have you done with it?

I kept it...

..for insurance.

What is it they've got on you?

It must be quite something.

You really wanna know?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I really do.

I'd be careful what
you wish for, Roy.

No, Cassian!

Cassian, don't!

Don't, please don't.

Don't.

HE SOBS

It's over.

No. No!

Ow! Oh!

Ah!

GRUNTS

KNOCKING

Yeah?

DOOR OPENS

How are you doing, old timer?

Yeah.

OK.

SIGHS

Look, Roy, there's, er...

..there's something
that you need to see.

You know the footage from the side
entrance to Lewiston Mansions?

It kept bothering me.

I knew that I'd seen
that code before.

Glenn, what is it?

I remembered.

I had the same problem with the CCTV
from around the police station...

..back when I was looking
into Alvin Smallbone.

That footage... had the
exact same error code.

He's deleted CCTV
footage before.

Show me.

Hey! Roy! Roy, stop!

Don't.

Open the door.

You knew Sandy was alive.

All this time...

..and you said nothing.

Why?

You know why.

I do.

But I wanna hear you say it.

EXHALES

I'm waiting.

Yes.

I was having an
affair with Sandy.

The question you should
be asking is why?

Well, why don't you tell me?

Because you weren't there.

I was doing my job.

They needed me.
Sandy needed you.

More than you know.

Well, maybe if she hadn't
been in your bed, then...

Then what?

What would you have done, Roy?

Would you have paid the £200,000

that she owed Roel
Albazi and Kamran Elin?

That's a lie.

She was gambling.

Drowning in debt.

And you know how powerful
Albazi and Elin were,

we couldn't touch
them, even then.

They were going to k*ll her.

Her..

And...

her unborn child.

If I'd known, she
could have come to me.

She could've talked to me.

Oh, come on, Roy. You
were chasing promotion,

wanting the perfect
house, the perfect life.

I didn't care about
any of that. You did.

She knew she
couldn't rely on you.

Her only option
was to disappear.

So I got her a new identity.

She promised she would let
me know when she was safe,

but...

..I never heard from her.

So you accused me of m*rder?

Well, for all I knew, you'd
found out. k*lled her.

That's bullshit.
No, it's true.

I had no idea what
had happened to her.

Until she came back.

But Benchdale were watching.

And once she was
dead, her debt...

..it had to be paid.

I had no choice.

So you dirtied your badge...

..for Elin?

Well, better that
than end up dead.

It was only meant
to be a few favours.

Until Hannah.

She came after me about that g*n.
I couldn't let it all fall apart.

Don't you see, Roy...

..Hannah Belling died...

..because I tried to protect
Sandy when you couldn't.

I should have let you die.

At last.

Something we agree on.

How did I miss it?

Cassian's right. I should've
known Sandy was in trouble.

I should have protected her.

Maybe she felt the same way.

Maybe she just wanted to
protect you, and Bruno.

Must've taken some courage

to walk away from everything
she knew and loved.

I've, erm, been thinking.

About what the doctor said.

I guess I'm just scared...

..that you can do everything
right and it can still go wrong.

Feels like my ribs are
broken. I look OK, but...

..every breath still hurts.

So we take our time...

..and then we decide.

I'm happy if it's
just you and me.

And Bruno?

And Bruno.

Would that be OK for now?

Cleo, we're a family.

No matter what happens.