DCI Banks (2010–2016): Season 2, Episode 6 - Innocent Graves - Part 2 - full transcript

Ellie Clayton, last seen after
attending a weekly workshop.

Run by an Owen Pierce.

Local uniform reckon
it's a meeting place.

Was Ellie meeting someone
last night?

Had Ellie ever done that?

Lie to her parents she was with you
when she wasn't?

No boyfriend at all?
There was nobody.

Simon Harris.
Daniel's business partner.

I caught Ellie bunking school
with this older lad.

Did you talk to the Claytons?
I promised Ellie I wouldn't.

Owen liked porn.
He got a bit creepy.



He started making me
feel a bit nervous

and when I tried to end it,
he wouldn't take no for an answer.

Hundreds of men own leather jackets.
It don't make him a killer.

Trust me on this.

You weren't in the park
on Friday night.

No.

Why then are there traces
of Ellie's blood

on the jacket you were
wearing on that night?

If detectives were in any part
of Mr Pierce's house unaccompanied

all evidence may be deemed
inadmissible.

Did you leave the room?
Yes, I did.

Mr Pierce, you are free to go.

All the evidence pointed to Pierce
yesterday and still does today.

I take full responsibility
for this investigation



therefore any disciplinary action...

No need for any sword falling.
Not yet anyway.

But, you shouldn't
need me to emphasise

the kind of scrutiny
we're now under.

There's murmurings of a PCA inquiry.
The Claytons are owed blood.

In the absence of the killers,
ours will do.

I'll talk to them today.

Do that, but there's only one way
this all disappears.

A bullet-proof case against Pierce.
And quickly.

I've got complete faith in this team

but you'll understand I can't be
seen to be leaving you to it.

We all have bosses.

Everything absolutely
by the book from here, Alan.

"My darling Owen.

"I'm so glad you're holding yourself
together in prison.

"Do you remember how you used to
comfort me when we were together?

"I wish I were able to be with you
to comfort you now."

I know how you feel about Pierce

but the team needs to know
we're together on this.

We are together about wanting
this killer caught, aren't we?

Yes.
Well, let's concentrate on that.

Right, everything we've got
on Owen Pierce however small

comes back on the table,
apart from the Forensics obviously.

Sir, uniform have had a call
from Owen Pierce.

Boss.
Don't.

Your tone suggests you were
about to apologise. Don't.

Yesterday was at least as much
my fault as it was yours.

Let's concentrate on
putting things right.

For everyone's sake, OK?

And when we get there,
let me do the talking.

Pierce has reported a break-in.

The house was trashed and
stuff nicked while he was in prison.

We never did establish where those
fibres under Ellie's nails came from.

Where did Pierce
say he was parked, again?

Behind the theatre.
Where there's no camera.

You know, if I'd almost
committed perjury yesterday

first and foremost,
do you know what I'd do?

Resign?
No.

Make Ken resign.
I'd forget everything else.

I'd put all my energy into catching
whoever killed Ellie Clayton.

Right. Let's watch it again.

What do you want?

Well, you did call the police.

About seven hours ago.
I assumed I was being ignored.

I've cleaned it all up now,
haven't I?

Not quite.

It's always a challenge
even to the best of spellers.

It's a shame you cleaned.

There's not much we can do now that
you've corrupted the evidence.

Oh, don't worry.

I've had a crash course
in police procedure.

Sorry, what?

What happened to you two over...?

Have you been demoted already?

Is that why you're
investigating break-ins now?

No.

We thought we'd make
an exception for you...

..so that we know exactly
where we all stand.

I know exactly where I stand.

The fact that you're free now

proves absolutely nothing.

I know that.

Well, know this, Mr Pierce.

Any crime committed on any woman
in Yorkshire from now on

and yours is the first door
that I will knock.

You have no idea what
you've done to me, do you?

No idea.

Courtesy of prison.

Boiling water and sugar.
It's a favourite on the landings.

Sugar intensifies the burn.

You did this to me.

And this.

Is that what you do?

Take it out on others
when you can't face the truth?

Take it out on young women
when they fail to see your...

I can't walk down the bloody road!
You're not the victim!

I'm not the...

Oh no. Remind me. Who is the victim?

Ellie Clayton is the victim.
The innocent girl...

Alright, Ken!
I didn't strangle her.

She was the most...
What did you say?

I said she was...
What did you say?!

Outside. Go on.

Anything?
Maybe. Look.

Becca's just left and there's
Ellie outside the theatre.

She pauses just slightly
just before she crosses the road.

Now, keep your eye
on the road surface.

Headlights.

Someone flashes their lights
to call her.

She crosses the road towards them
but it's not Pierce's car

because two minutes later his car
appears from the other direction.

Ellie did know whoever picked her up
but it wasn't Owen Pierce.

He may have followed her.
Her and whoever she was with.

If Pierce was obsessed with Ellie,

seeing her with someone might have
triggered what happened in the park.

Good.

Yes.

Thanks.

Becca Smith.

I don't want to get anyone
into trouble but...

If he didn't do it...

Who, Becca?
Owen.

If he didn't kill Ellie...

I mean, I know what
they said in court but,

they wouldn't him go
if they thought he did it.

Just take your time.

Tell us exactly
what you came here to say.

Ellie did sort of have a boyfriend.

Yeah, we know. Tyler Judd.

Right.

When he was with Ellie,

he turned up outside school one day
and offered me a lift.

I got in but instead of
taking me home he drove to the park.

Is that Eastvale Valley Park?

He made me get out and we
walked past the sculpture.

He said he wanted
to have sex with me.

I said no, no way but...

I tried to turn away
and he wouldn't let me.

He got me on the ground
and got on top of me.

Did he rape you?

I pulled my skirt up and...

..made sure he knew he could
if he wanted to.

And then...

He just...

..got up and walked away laughing.

He just left me there like that.

Why didn't you tell us
three months ago?

You got Owen so quickly
and I thought...

I thought if Ellie's dad
found out about Tyler...

It's not as if they were serious.
I mean... She wasn't anyway.

Why make it worse for him?

So, Ellie ended the relationship.

Do you know why?

She never said.

Do you think it's because
he was violent towards her?

I don't know but I never
told her what he did to me.

Even though she was
your best friend?

Tyler warned me not to
and he still hung around,

outside school, at the theatre,
always trying to get us in the car.

I was scared of him.

I still am.

Daniel, we won't give in.

I promise.
Don't promise anything.

You did that once before, remember?

It turned out to be as hollow as
an apology would be so please don't.

Let me at least try...
Where is he now?

Back home I suppose? Back to his
old life like nothing's happened.

While I sit here, Ellie dead
and my marriage being torn apart.

You let me worry about Pierce. OK.

Daniel, look at me.

OK.

Tyler.

Can we have a word outside, please?

You've taken more time off work.

I'm pretty much surplus
to requirements these days.

But you own half the company.

Not quite. Not any more.

We planned to give our daughters
shares on their 18th birthday.

Me and Simon.

But Lauren's older which means
that for some time now

on any decision of any import,
I can be and have been outvoted.

So you're feeling squeezed out?

Honestly,
I just don't care any more.

The only thing that bothers me is
what Ellie would think about me

giving up without a fight.

And you talked to Ellie about
problems in the company?

Yeah.

And Sophie, too.

My memories of Ellie
are all I have right now

and they're mine and I'd rather
not talk about it any more.

Frankly, I find it quite insulting

you feel you've got time
for this today.

I'm sorry, Daniel.

You're brave.

How is he?

Let's just say I'm glad there's
someone here to keep an eye on him.

It's not a social visit.

I've come to pick up
a few things of Sophie's.

She's staying with us at the moment.

I tried last night
but the timing wasn't great.

Yes, he said you'd had
some problems at work.

Tell me, how would you describe
Daniel and Ellie's relationship?

Close, very close.

Yeah, but not...

..unusually so?

I'm not qualified to say.

But I can tell you
I was jealous of it.

Yeah, we have daughters.

Had daughters of similar age.

If only they'd
been identical ages

things would have been a lot easier.

All Lauren ever says to me is,

"Dad, can I have this,
can I have that?"

Whereas Dan and Ellie...

..it was a partnership.

They were like a real couple.

You will get him, won't you?

Pierce.

We're keeping an open mind.

We know you gave Ellie a lift
the night she died.

Do ya?
Yeah.

We've got footage of you flashing
lights at her opposite the theatre

and approaching the park with her
in the passenger seat.

What's the matter? I thought you
liked being in cars with women.

No, he prefers being
in the driving seat.

Will you stop that, please?

I wonder who you've been talking to.

So you drove Ellie to the park,
then what?

Best thing that ever
happened to Becca, this.

Before she was only ever going to be
Ellie Clayton's ugly mate.

If you've got CCTV then why are we
doing this is a pub car park?

We're giving you the chance
to explain yourself.

Feel free to deny it again but
consider how it might look in court.

I'll take my chances
in court with you lot.

Eat shit.

Alright, so we drove to the park.

So what?

You didn't think to mention it
under questioning?

I was in a stolen car
and under probation!

Why admit it when you'd already
arrested that nonce?

Why the park?
Cos that's where she asked to go!

I dropped her and left, that's it!
Why did she stop seeing you, Tyler?

Tell you what.
Get a medium and we'll ask her.

I'm asking you because I think you
know a lot more than you're saying.

So arrest me.

But best be sure this time 'ey?

Do you have the clothes
you were wearing that night?

Binned them ages ago.
Why would you do that?

Cos I'm a fashion icon.

Have to move with the times,
don't ya?

We done or what?
Yeah. Off you go.

And you lot wonder why I hate pubs.

A search warrant?

Tyler lied to us three months ago
and he's lying again.

The press are watching our every move

do we want to alert them
to a new suspect?

If we tracked down the clothes he
was wearing we could rule him out.

It occurred to me last night

if Pierce was obsessed with Ellie
and Maddy before her,

why assume it started there?

I want to go further back.

I want to be able to write Pierce's
biography by the end of the day.

Boss...
DCI Banks.

You came.

It's good to see you, Maddy.

She's been identified
as Becca Smith.

Right, well, I've only made
a cursory examination so far

but everything is all but identical
to the Ellie Clayton scene

down to the finest detail.

It's almost theatrical,
like some kind of sacrifice.

The same killer, or killers,
no question.

The bad news is we're going to
have to wait a while

for the exact time of death.

Overnight temperatures have
accelerated certain processes.

However, the good news...
There is no good news!

The potentially useful news is

we found a hair
under one of her nails.

Is it at the lab?
Yeah, it's on its way.

Thanks.

You're quiet today.

I'm just...nervous.

I'd have invited you to my place only
it's been broken into unfortunately.

I'm sorry.

Yeah. I wouldn't have minded
coming back to yours though.

One step at a time, Owen.
Of course.

Yes, of course.

Your letters...
I can't put into words what...

They saved my life, I think.

Well, I always looked forward
to your replies.

You know I've been
thinking about the future...

..and I'm going to make it up to you.

When we're together,
properly I am because...

I'm different now.
Everything is so different...

I know. I know it is.

I've been thinking
about the future, too.

When do you think we'll be able...?
Oh soon. Very soon.

And it will be worth the wait, Owen.

I promise.

Did you say Ken was ill?

Apparently, the boss sent him home
after they went to Pierce's.

He's barely slept since the trial.

I don't think he's the only one.
Hmm.

Spot the difference.

Becca doesn't have
a cut to the head.

And the bag. In Ellie's it looks
like it's been turned inside-out,

ransacked, whereas Becca's
looks like it's been dropped.

Have you heard from the lab?
No, we were just...

This is it.

DCI Banks.

Yes, what are the results?

Owen! It's the police!

You know why we're here.

Come on, it will be better
if you open the door.

Open up now!

Clear!

Owen?

Shh-shh-shh-shh!

Where were you last night
at approximately 9:30pm?

At home.
Can anyone verify that?

For the tape, please.

No.

Do you know Becca Smith?

I didn't kill her.

Do you know Becca Smith?

In a former life I did.

When did you last see her?

It doesn't really matter what I say.

Does it?

That depends whether you can explain
why several strands of your hair

were under the fingernails of
Becca Smith's dead body.

Yeah.

Ken, what is it?
You've rearrested Pierce.

We're in the middle
of interviewing him.

Are you alright?
When was Becca killed?

You look bloody awful.
Er...last night.

When exactly?

Post-mortem pending around 9:30.
You gonna tell me what this is about?

He didn't do it, Pierce,
he couldn't have

because I was watching his house
from seven last night

right up until you arrested him.

What...?

I watched his every move
for the past 24 hours.

He had a pizza delivered,
took the rubbish out

and went upstairs a few times but
he never left the house all night.

I know you said everything
by the book but...

I was so sure and I thought,
"What if he does it again?

"It will all be my fault"
and I couldn't...

So if he didn't kill Becca...

He didn't kill Ellie, either.

Where is he now?
I told Ken to stay at home for now.

Not Blackstone!
I'll deal with him later.

Owen bloody Pierce!

We put him in a taxi
a few minutes ago.

It'll take more than paying his
taxi fare. Seen this, I expect?

Maddy Phillips sold him out
to the tabloids.

It's going to make matters
even worse for Pierce.

We need the lawyers to start
working on an apology of some sort

before I reassure two sets of
bereaved parents and national media

that we are going to
catch this killer.

Can you two reassure me?

Yes. Of course.

Someone broke into Pierce's house
to plant forensic evidence

to make us think he killed Becca,
therefore Ellie.

And do we think Tyler Judd
is bright enough for that?

He might not be clever
but he's devious

and he knows Becca talked to us
about an incident

that'd play badly for him in court
if he's charged with Ellie.

Get a warrant and be discreet.

Ron, what Ken did was stupid

and he accepts that but his actions
came from an attempt to repair...

I said later, Alan!

You do know your strength
is also a weakness, don't you?

You're so consumed to right wrongs,
it clouds your judgement.

All I've got is my instinct.
What happens when that's wrong?

I made a promise, Helen.

I know you did.

Not just to Daniel Clayton.

You're not God you know!

Wh-What? Why do I let you
talk to me like this?

And you're not the only one
with instincts by the way.

Nobody else talks to me like this.

It's because we're friends.

I haven't got many because in order
to be friends with someone

I have to know I can be honest and
they will be with me no matter what.

So you should probably decide
if you can cope with that.

Let's go and get Tyler Judd.

This is the last of Tyler's
known addresses.

Anything that doesn't belong.

Every item of clothing
comes with us, OK?

Do you think he got wind of Pierce's
release and went to ground?

ALAN: Excuse me!

Hello!

Oi! Tyler!

Move it!

Stay back, police!

Move away.

There's nowhere to go.

Don't!

Give it up.

So, why did you run?

The police chase you, you run.
Everyone knows that.

Where were you last night
between nine and ten?

The pub.
And?

Boss...

Found in Tyler Judd's house.
It belongs to Simon Harris.

Your lighter?

It depends.

I'd suggest,
given the context of your detention

this is not the time to start lying
about nicking a lighter.

Now where did you get it?

OK, we'll tell you.
You stole it from Simon Harris.

"To Simon, Love Tess."

And?

The man who threw you
out of the Claytons'?

Where did you get it from?

Focus your thoughts, Tyler.

You are currently our prime suspect

for the murders of Ellie Clayton
and Becca Smith.

Alright, whatever.

That dick went psycho,

calling me out in front of Ellie
like she was his daughter.

I'm not going to stand for that!
So what did you do?

Gave it a few weeks
and took his car for a spin.

Picked Ellie up from school
and made a day of it.

I might have stolen the lighter,
I must have done

but the other stuff Ellie kept.

What other stuff?
The camera, I don't know!

I don't know what she's done with it
because that was the last time we...

After that it was just,
I don't know.

It was different.

Next time she got in the car
she wanted dropping at the park.

Why didn't Simon Harris say anything
about his camera disappearing?

Tyler Judd returned his car
the same day.

Harris might not know
his car was ever stolen.

Maybe he just thinks he lost
his lighter, but a camera?

You'd miss a camera.

Unless he knew Ellie stole
the camera from his car.

Maybe Harris was protecting her
like when he caught her with Tyler.

Maybe he didn't want
to upset the dad.

He would have mentioned that to me
when I called at his office.

He didn't hold back when he was
describing Tyler Judd.

Maybe he didn't want anyone to know.
But why not?

Because of what's on it.
Maybe it's incriminating.

If that's the case, surely Harris
would destroy the camera

and get rid of the evidence.

Assuming you know where it is.

We're assuming Ellie
had the camera on her that night

but it's more than three months,
been over every inch of ground.

Ground. Yes, but not the sculpture.

It's a perfect hiding place.

You alright?

Yeah. That would explain
Ellie's cut scalp.

Hang on!

Wait.

There's something back here.
Is it the camera?

No, I'm not sure what it is.

Look. It's a memory card
from a camera.

Yeah.

That's Ellie.

She clearly didn't know
she was being photographed.

But, who took them?

Wait-wait-wait.

Can you make that section bigger?
Yeah.

It's Simon Harris.

Mr Harris's office
is just down there.

Mr Harris.

Is er...everything alright?

Is it Tess?
Your wife is fine, Mr Harris.

She's upset but fine.

We started searching your house
an hour ago.

She hasn't been allowed
to make calls.

You're going to explain...

Taken on your camera, we found the
memory card hidden in the sculpture.

By Lauren I assume.

I don't think so.

Alright I...

I took some photographs
I shouldn't have.

And yes, I'm ashamed.

But does Tess really need to know?

I think it might come out
when you admit to the murders.

Wh... What?!

Ellie was blackmailing you,
wasn't she, with these pictures?

What was it she wanted?

To have Daniel made
an equal partner again?

Why did you kill her before
she handed over the pictures?

I think you were telling me the truth
when you said you were jealous

of Ellie and Daniel's relationship,
but I think you lied about why.

No.

You were jealous of Tyler, too

because you wanted
that kind of intimacy.

No!

When Ellie found out that you were
obsessed with her, you killed her.

No!

Your wife gave us the clothing
you were wearing

the night Ellie Clayton was murdered.

We've got fibres from her nails.
We'll have a match in hours.

It's over, Mr Harris.

You're wrong. Ellie thought the same
as you about what I wanted from her.

But it wasn't about sex

and I could have taken it
if I was that kind of man.

She did try to blackmail me.

She got it into her head
that I was trying to force Dan out.

I told her, "The last thing
I would do is anything...

"..to hurt you."

When I met her at the park
she had this cut in her head

and I tried to help her
but she pulled away.

And that's when I told her.

I told her I loved her.

She laughed at me.

Then you killed her.
Not because, it was an accident.

No... She kept turning away.
She wouldn't listen to me.

And there was no reason
for her to be frightened

but she just started running
and I had to stop her.

I couldn't...

Open that.

I said open it.

Ellie's phone.

I look at her diary.

Texts.

Emails. Photos.

As if she's still here.

Her whole life is on there.

And you took it!

And what about Becca?

She was Ellie's friend.

She was more besides that!

Even if you did kill Ellie,
in what, a moment of madness,

you still went out and killed
another woman in cold blood

solely to cover your tracks.

You knew the case against
Owen Pierce was collapsing

so you had to implicate him
in another murder.

You killed Becca Smith
and framed Owen.

That...

That was unfortunate.
Killing Becca wasn't unfortunate!

It was callous, cowardly and
completely indefensible

and you will go down for it
for a long, long time.

Dad?

Stop!

This is the last time
we take these down, isn't it?

Yes!

Can I have that in writing?
Actually, you can.

Harris's statement is being processed
and constitutes a full confession.

Good.

I want you to know that I've
spoken to the relevant people

about DC Blackstone's
error of judgement

concerning Mr Pierce.

And, we can expect
an investigation of some sort.

However, since that error

resulted in an innocent man
being exonerated of murder

we can also fairly safely assume
there won't be any lasting damage.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Glen Painter is downstairs.
He wants to talk to you.

Apparently it's urgent.

I'm worried about Maddy Phillips.
I can't get hold of her.

I know she was banking on all this
to kick-start some kind of career.

Of course you encouraged her
to be realistic.

I'm a journalist not a therapist!

But I am here, aren't I?
When did you last speak to her?

Whenever I heard about Pierce,
sometime yesterday.

I told her the story is dead
because Pierce is innocent.

Then I tried again later just to
check on her but nothing.

What if she's done something
to herself?

Come on.
Thanks.

Maddy!

Maddy?

Owen.

Owen?

Owen, I need you to listen to me, OK?

Owen, we need you to let Maddy go now
so that you and I can talk properly.

OK?

I'm just going to
take Maddy's hand...

Owen please, don't....

Why not?

Because it will make things
a lot worse.

Who for?

For me?

My life will never, ever
be the same again!

But it doesn't have to
be like that, Owen.

I thought if I could get Becca Smith

to talk to the theatre
on my behalf then...

Well, then they'd know
the kind of person I really am.

And did you? Did you talk to her?
I tried.

I realised it was pointless.

Owen...

Don't pretend you want
to talk to me now!

Don't pretend you've got the time
to listen to me!

I know exactly what you think of me!

You made up your mind about me from
the very first moment when we met.

No, Owen...

It wasn't about you.

That's funny,
that's exactly what she said.

That's exactly what you said.
That's a coincidence.

"It's not about you, Owen."

That's what she said
to justify using me.

That's why she needs to be
taught a lesson.

She wrote me a letter every week
for the first month.

And after that, every day.

She told me how she longed
for us to be together.

Of course it was only when
I actually read the newspapers

I realised why she'd pushed me
to make my replies so explicit.

All I really wanted was to
curl up on the couch...

..watch TV, have her close.

Only now she tells me
it doesn't matter anyway.

Does it?

It doesn't matter any more.

Nobody is interested
in the story any more.

I don't think she's even sorry!

But I am, Owen.

I allowed a personal fixation
to cloud my judgement

and pollute my instinct.

And for all of
the consequences of that...

..I am truly sorry.

But it can get worse...

..if you have to live
with taking a life.

You can't imagine what that's
going to be like.

Owen, you're not a killer.

I wasn't.

Owen, please! Please!

Owen, don't! Don't do it!

Go!

I spoke with the community
psychiatric team.

Owen Pierce is going to need
a lot of support.

Not nearly as much as he'd need
if he'd used that knife.

We all need saving from ourselves,
don't we?

So, I'll drive tomorrow.

Yeah, we'll talk about that

over several drinks.

Go on!

I said you'd never set foot in here.

Fancy you getting
something wrong, Ken!

What can I get you?
No, I'll get them. I insist.

Does everything have to be a battle?
Please let me get you a drink.

Not as your boss, as your friend.

Thank you.
I'll have a vodka and tonic.

No ice or lemon
or any of that nonsense.

I wouldn't dare!