Manhunt (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - The Night Stalker: Part 1 - full transcript
...goes by the name of Nigel Dempster.
All that and much more on TV AM
but for the moment
on behalf of all of us here
at our East End Studios at Thames,
goodnight.
Mum?
Hi, Mum!
Mum!
Mum?
Mum?
Mum!
Mum!
And that was one of
my favourite tracks in the current top ten.
It's such an upbeat tune.
It's the perfect tonic
throughout the day...
What are you doing, Colin?
Looking for dishwasher salt.
I could've sworn I bought some.
Want me to pick some up?
Uh, yeah. Would you?
Hamish Campbell.
Uh, DCI Colin Sutton
to see Hamish Campbell.
He's this way. Just through there.
Thank you.
...bravely intervened to affect an arrest.
His apprehension of this dangerous man
without regard to his personal safety
was in the finest tradition
of the Metropolitan Police.
Apologies. Commendation write-up.
Hello, Colin.
- Morning, sir.
Bloody amazing
what these young PCs will do for us.
Yes.
Well done again on Bellfield.
Oh, it was a team effort, sir, thank you.
Great work.
What do you know
about Operation Minstead?
A long string of burglaries and rapes
of the elderly dating back to the '90s.
1992. Seventeen years.
The press called him the "Night Stalker"
and he's recently become active again.
Haven't we got his DNA?
- Yeah, but he's not in the system
so we can't ID him.
DNA tells us he's of West Indian origin
but that's it.
Our new commissioner has suggested
that we make
the Night Stalker a priority
of the Command.
Right, and when
a new commissioner "suggests"...
He thinks there's an impression
that the Met drags its heels
when it comes to serial sex offenders.
After Worboys, I can't blame him.
Given that you have some experience
with high-profile, serial sex offenders...
well, I thought you could bring something
to the table.
Right. So do you want my team
to take a look at it
or for me to review what they've got?
The latter. Definitely the latter.
Simon Morgan remains as SIO.
Didn't Serious Crime just do a review?
Yes, they did, and there's been
at least three before that.
This guy's good, Colin.
Seventeen years
and he's never left a fingerprint.
Never let a witness see his face.
Years go by, no offences.
Teams get broken up
budgets get reallocated and then...
he starts again.
It's a ten year investigation
they might be missing something
that's staring them in the face.
That's ten years of feathers to ruffle.
I... I know you're
retiring in a few months.
I just need you to take a look.
In and out in a couple of weeks.
Well, ¢'mon. Give us a clue.
I want you to dig out everything you can
on Operation Minstead and email it to me.
They're not lumbering us with that,
are they? — No, just me for the moment.
Right.
I'm just gonna have a look.
Fresh pair of eyes and all that.
But I do need those files, Clive.
Oh, you must be the analyst.
DCI Colin Sutton.
Richard Moore.
I'm here to see Simon Morgan.
Another review, is it?
Yes and no.
Uh, incident room, straight ahead.
Thank you, Richard.
DCI Sutton?
DI Nathan Eason.
Colin Sutton.
I'm here to see Simon Morgan.
Yeah, he's not here I'm afraid.
What do you mean, he's not here?
We're meeting at 12:00.
I know, he left me to be the welcome party.
We had another one last night.
Oh, right.
What and Simon's at the scene, is he?
- He is, yeah.
OK, uh, well, there's nothing like
learning on the job, is there?
I'm sure he won't be long.
Don't worry, Nathan,
I won't get under anyone's feet. Let's go.
Alright.
- DCI Colin Sutton, he's with me, alright.
- Thank you.
Simon Morgan.
— Colin Sutton.
I was hoping to brief you properly
before you came to a scene, but no matter.
The victim's a Sandra Nelson,
82-year-old woman.
She's been taken to hospital.
Is she hurt?
TBC. She's traumatised.
Like so many before her.
Might not be able to give us
a reliable account.
Original concrete path
original front door
with inlaid panes of glass intact
a nice shade of mid-blue.
- Mm.
Sends a signal.
- Yeah.
"Old Person Lives Here".
To which our man is fully attuned.
Yeah, well, practice makes perfect,
I suppose.
Forensics reckon he was hiding
in that corner all night.
Hour after hour,
just waiting for his moment.
He's leaving DNA but he doesn't care,
he's not in the system and he knows it.
How long have you had it?
The Night Stalker's DNA?
1992.
Look, uh, no offence but that's
a name coined by the press
to sell papers and scare people.
I never use it, neither do my team
"Minstead Man" is how we refer to him.
Right, I'll know for next time.
Two years ago he stopped dead
after the case featured on Crimewatch
then, a month ago,
he hit three homes in three weeks
still targeting elderly women.
And where were those offences?
Clara-Jane Proctor, 74, was sexually
assaulted in the house where she was born
in Birch Avenue, Shirley.
Then a week later, Lynn Marie Kerr, 69
a former headmistress from Coulsdon,
was burgled
two nights after that,
he moves up to Croydon.
Phylis Carlton, 71, a widow
that had just buried her husband.
He can't always leave DNA, can he?
So what other markers
tell you it's Minstead Man?
Age of victims, light bulbs removed
phone lines cut, balaclava, gloves.
He's covered the PR light again, boss.
DS Neville Hylton, DCI Colin Sutton.
Let's have a look.
This way.
Stops the motion-sensitive lights coming on
when he's stalking the property.
Just up there.
Last time he used a glove
time before was a broken branch
but not from a nearby tree.
He comes prepared.
— That's an understatement.
It's hard to reconcile, isn't it?
The control and the planning
with the depravity of what he does?
Yeah, it is.
Is it OK if I speak to
the victim some time?
Well as long as the FLO's happy,
it's her call.
Yeah.
I'll brief you properly back at Lewisham.
Neville, you wanna show me this corner, mate.
- OK, it's this way, boss.
We found some more cigarette butts
like last time
so it's definitely our man.
Is he in pain?
Could've bailed years ago
on a full injury pay out.
Altercation with a prisoner
left him with massive spinal injuries.
Nathan.
I'll be back to see you later, OK?
In the meantime,
you get as much restful sleep as you can.
If you need me,
your son has my mobile number.
DCI Colin Sutton,
DC Patricia Henry, our FLO.
Good to meet you.
- You too.
Colin's joining us for a few days.
Giving us the benefit of his wisdom.
I wouldn't go that far.
— No offence...
but I'm not sure you'll get
your head around this case in a few days.
How's Sandra?
She suffers from dementia so we haven't got
much beyond the usual
balaclava, torch,
the opening one-word demand for money.
Do you think she's been sexually abused?
- Don't know.
We just swabbed for semen and DNA.
Poor woman, she kept asking
the nurse what she was doing.
She did mention something we've seen
in a few other Minstead offences.
He took her pulse.
Any idea why he'd do that?
Well, one time the victim feigned injury
so he felt her pulse, said "nothing's wrong
with you" and punched her to the floor.
Would you mind if I had
a quick word with her?
Yes, I would.
She needs rest and, with respect, you
won't elicit anything from her I haven't.
Fair enough.
Bit of a wasted trip.
For you, I mean.
- I wouldn't say that.
Ah, no matter.
Almost all of the interviews
with the victims were recorded.
I warn you, they're not easy viewing.
No, I understand. Thank you.
A good number of his victims
have already passed away.
Janet, for instance,
she suffered a perforated bowel
during her assault and died shortly after.
Did he kill her?
Not legally.
But in every other way...
Yeah.
I could've left this case years ago.
Probably should have.
I would've had
a very different career but...
Yeah, I understand.
Far as I'm concerned, he's a serial Killer.
Perhaps we should uh,
get to the investigation.
I've got a few preliminary questions...
Sorry, no time, I've got a thing
at the Yard now.
What?
- Budget meeting. Pain in the arse.
I thought you said you were gonna
"brief me fully back at the station"?
Well, with respect, if you hadn't gone
to the hospital we would've had time.
Team meeting in the morning, my place.
Your place?
Far and away the best way
for you to catch up.
Nathan will give you the address.
Meantime I'll collate some files
give you a chance
to get a proper handle on things.
Thank you.
Guv.
You got a minute?
Um, yeah.
At the scene, I noticed you were running
a full cordon
with a PC signing everyone in and out?
And you were canvassing statements,
doing a bit of house-to-house?
That's right.
Oh, it's just that, that level of response
you normally reserve for a murder.
Well, we're just trying
to be thorough, Colin.
But you haven't got the budget
or the manpower
for a murder inquiry. Nothing near.
You know how it is.
Parts of CID have a mindset
that says offences that aren't murder
are lesser crimes, even rape.
And that's what we're guarding against.
That's very laudable in theory
but if you haven't got the resources...
Yeah, well, it's not been easy,
I grant you.
Why don't I buy you a proper cup
of coffee? Might even run to biscuit?
OK.
So would you say
that having Minstead Man's DNA is viewed
as your strongest lead?
- Yeah.
And so that's the focus of the investigation?
- Absolutely, yeah.
Alright. So what's your screening criteria?
How'd you prioritise who gets tested?
Well, the base level of our pool is
he's a black male
whose DNA isn't on the database
and who was aged 18 to 40 in 1992.
That's hundreds of thousands of people.
Yeah, it is.
That's not a pool, it's an ocean.
Well, we then prioritise based on
intelligence gained from witness statements.
OK. Can you give me an example?
Yeah. One victim said she heard a motorcycle
start up right after the suspect left.
So men in the pool who own motorbikes
became a priority?
For a time. Yeah.
Any more examples?
Someone noticed there'd been a rash
of offences in streets
where satellite TV was recently installed.
OK...
Thinking is, if he's an engineer
he'd be hidden in plain sight
he could perform reconnaissance
and select targets unnoticed.
Right.
And what about the swabbing operation?
How many DNA samples are you taking a week?
Oh, well, that varies.
I think we're out today actually.
Really? Do you know what would be a help?
If I could tag along
and see how these things are done?
Kieron Gould?
DS Neville Hylton.
DC Adam Spier, DCI Colin Sutton.
What do you want?
We need you to step back inside, please.
It won't take a minute.
What won't take a minute?
We need to take your DNA, Kieron.
We need to eliminate you from
our inquiries. — Inquiries into what?
What's the charge?
- There's no charge, Kieron.
Well, what's the case, then?
It's a serial rapist.
Fuck off. Seriously?
- Why is my name on your list?
- I can't divulge that.
Well I can't help you.
I'lll miss my appointment.
Well no, you won't, mate. You just stop
arguing and comply and everyone's a winner.
Do I have to comply?
Do you have a warrant?
- No, we don't. It's voluntary.
In that case, get lost.
Why take that attitude? Eh?
If you've got nothing to hide,
what're you worried about?
It's a question of trust... or lack of it.
See, if you grew up around here,
you'd know what I mean.
You would, anyway.
Hello, Clive.
How was it, boss?
I'm still getting the lay of the land.
— Got time for a beer?
Alright, yeah. Just a quick one.
Boss?
—Clive...
Can you do a car check for me?
There you go.
Thanks, Sarah.
Alright, Clive.
Oh, Guv. You alright?
Yeah. Volvo is registered to a Bob Stiles.
Not what you were expecting?
Err, no. Not quite. Thanks, though.
- Mm.
Don't you think it's a bit weird?
As in convenient?
Sorry... long day.
Well, I mean there's a fair few other DCls
they could've asked apart from you, Guv.
Yeah, I s'pose so.
I mean, what is the Minstead inquiry
at this point?
It's a black hole,
decade-plus train wreck, poison challis.
You think someone's trying
to poison me, Clive?
I don't think you take a scalp
like Bellfield without making some enemies.
That sounds a bit paranoid.
Maybe.
I can't help feeling
that this is just the start.
They get rid of you
and then they dismantle the team...
— Get rid of me?
I'll be back in two weeks.
- ...cos we smashed it because they can.
What, you think I got Minstead
as some sort of payback?
I dunno.
Long day.
Well, you did say I should've retired
after the trial.
Quit while I was ahead.
Look, I get it.
Hamish asks, you can't exactly say no.
But?
But...
I think you should critique what's wrong
and I think you should get out.
The moment you start offering ideas,
you are sucked in on the worst terms.
You have all the responsibility
and zero clout.
And you will go down with the ship.
OK, I'll give you a call.
Alright. I gotta go, bye. Bye.
It's a bit unorthodox, isn't it?
No, we often meet at the guvnor's house
you know, on account of his back issues.
Did you chase up that Volvo
I saw last night?
I did, yeah.
Turns out it was being driven by the head
of the local Neighbourhood Watch
a chap called Alan Wilson.
OK?
He operates a scheme
where local residents' cars are parked
on the drives of would-be victims
who don't own cars themselves.
Oh, I see. What, to deter Minstead Man?
- Yeah.
That's ingenious.
Yeah just driving slowly cos he was looking
for the right house to park the Volvo
and couldn't see the numbers
in the dark.
Right. Lead on.
Alright, Guv. Morning.
Morning.
— Oh, morning, Nathan.
It's, er, custard creams
or custard creams, I'm afraid.
Oh, well, in that case
I'll have one of each. Thanks.
- Morning.
- Morning.
Uh, right, first off, we have a visitor.
DCI Colin Sutton will be joining us
for a short while
to see if there are any missed opportunities
that might help progress our case, so...
please introduce yourselves afterwards
and assist him wherever possible.
Right. How're we getting on
with the swabbing, Neville?
Crunching through the list.
We had a non-cooperative yesterday.
- What's your sense of him?
- He's not Minstead Man
but we'll get his sample
second time around.
Right. Good.
We had a bit more luck with
an aerial fitter from Croydon.
Bit more. We got his DNA but no match.
- Well, he's one off the list, isn't he?
- Mm.
Good work.
I need to update you all on progress
of Santiago University in Spain.
Uh, their scientists
are using cutting-edge tech
to establish the physical characteristics
of Minstead Man based on his DNA.
Really? I didn't think that was possible.
Yeah. By ascertaining genealogy
they'll be able to give us a very clear idea
as to his ancestry and country of origin.
Yeah, Adam.
Yeah the uh, victim at Allenhall Road,
Sandra Nelson
had quite a bit of jewellery stolen.
Good news is that she uh, had it
all photographed for insurance purposes.
Now, I've got an informant who knows
her way around the local pawn shops.
Her way?
Yeah.
Yeah. Believe it or not,
her name is, er, Diamanda.
If he tries to fence this stuff,
she'll tell us.
Good.
Thanks for introducing me.
— That's OK. No problem.
What if you didn't have his DNA?
What would your main lines
of enquiry be then?
Well the DNA is our key asset, Colin.
Uh, when we catch Minstead Man,
and we will
he's in the pool, isn't he?
We have a cast-iron case.
But the "priority list" runs to 5,200 names
and last week you swabbed one person.
At that rate
it'll take hundreds years to clear the list
and even then, he might not be on it.
Oh, he's on that list, Colin
and we have active measures
to shorten it considerably.
What, by prioritising satellite engineers
and motorcyclists?
Two avenues of many.
Yeah, but if you take—-
We're running
before we can walk, here, Colin.
I saw first-hand how painful it is
just trying to get one sample,
or not getting it, as it turned out.
We've got you an office
where you can get your head down
get across the material II've prepared.
If you have any questions,
once you're up to speed
I'll be happy to answer them.
Why don't you want to talk to me?
- I am talking to you.
I get the feeling
you're fobbing me off, that's all.
Well, that's your interpretation.
Yeah, it is.
My interpretation would be
that I've been nothing but cooperative
and you're being a little paranoid.
I'm not here to do a box tick,
seen-to-be-done review, Simon.
I'm here to help. I'm here
because Hamish thinks that fresh eyes
might be useful at this point.
Yeah, I appreciate that.
Do you? I get the feeling you resent it.
Look the truth is, Colin
we've tried a ton of things over the years
probably all the things you could think of
and more.
You start contributing ideas,
it's a slippery slope.
I mean, you need to be realistic.
About what?
Well...
How long can you stick to diagnosing
problems without offering solutions?
HmM? Friday?
Well,
let's say I can resist that temptation
and I am in and out in a couple of weeks,
there's no harm done.
No, no harm done.
It won't be much of a review though,
will it?
What are you saying?
I'm saying...
if you worry about politics
retirement dates...
If you...
If you hold back and give this
less than your all
you'll regret it.
- Wow.
OK. That's me told.
Especially when he offends again,
which we both know he will.
Look, what are you more afraid of?
Not solving the case
or how that would damage your reputation?
Cos they've been after
this bloke for 17 years
so the odds can't be good.
Cheers, Dave
- DAVE: That's OK.
- Thank you.
- No problem.
Right, PC, printer, TV, VHS, phone.
You dial eight for an outside line,
don't ask me why it's not nine
we march to the beat
of our own drum round here.
Yeah, I'm beginning to get that impression.
Oh, and of course,
a lifetime's supply of stab vests.
I'm already wearing one, Kenny.
Excellent. Very good.
No but seriously,
do you want me to get rid of them?
No. There's enough space.
— Anything else you need, let me know.
Thank you.
So what was it?
Short straw?
Owed someone a favour?
You seem like a good bloke, that's all.
Just can't see you holding your hand up
to rake over another officer's case.
Pointless Review Number 56.
I'm a loyal soldier, Kenny,
I do as I'm told.
Alright.
I read my Maeve Binchy book
for about half an hour and...
the next thing, I was...
woken by a noise...
and then I saw a figure
at the end of the bed.
He was wearing a kind of boiler suit
and his face was hidden by a balaclava.
He shone a torch in my eyes...
covered my face with his hand.
[ Couldn't... breathe, I couldn't see.
I felt as if I was suffocating.
I told him my handbag was
in the living room
but it wasn't enough.
He grabbed me by the shoulders
and he pushed me on the settee...
and then...
he climbed on top of me.
And when he finished...
he threw me a towel
and told me to clean up.
I sat there thinking
"This is it.
This is the end of your life".
He told me to take my nightdress off...
as there might be semen on it
and he put it in the sink to soak.
And then I had to have a lot of tests
for various infections that he might've...
passed... passed on to me.
! had to wait two weeks
for the HIV test to come back.
I moved in with my son's family.
! had terrible nightmares.
My son would wake me up, telling me
I'd been shouting things out like...
"Keep off me!
Stay away from me!”
It's outrageous.
Not just what he's done
but how long he's got away with it.
The phones on the units,
bulbs in the sink.
I've never seen that before.
Thanks, love. Yeah, he's meticulous.
And unusual.
It's gold-dust to an analyst.
Go on.
You don't get this good without practice.
I'd go back.
I'd trawl for the earliest cases
that could be him
based on these traits
and then I'd look for a schoolboy error
or a clue to his location.
What sort of clue?
I don't know, but how many criminals
open their account close to home?
The minute he sets foot
on these properties, he's in control.
It's his house.
Morning, Richard.
Morning, Colin.
Ooh, morning.
- Gentlemen.
- Oh, sir.
Nathan was just telling me how you mistook
Neighbourhood Watch Al
for the Night Stalker.
- Minstead Man, please.
I'm never gonna live that one down, am I?
Some beginner's luck that would've been.
Well, you never know,
have we actually taken Al's DNA?
I think your list is quite long enough,
don't you?
Amen to that.
— Could've been one longer this morning.
Just knocked back a possible Minstead
offence referred by the local Borough.
False alarm?
Didn't have the key Minstead hallmarks
and the victim type was off,
male and female.
Those hallmarks,
are they written down anywhere?
Got a whole policy log on the subject.
Ping it over, will you?
I'll stick it on the pile.
Are these all Minstead?
All Minstead.
I tried to do a HOLMES search relating
to Minstead Man's DNA
and drew a blank,
I couldn't find a single lab report.
Well the, uh, lab reports
themselves aren't on the database
but their existence is noted
if you tailor your search accordingly.
What's the use of that?
Well, every exhibit seized from
a Minstead scene is submitted to the lab
with its Lab Form One.
But once the scientists work their magic
they return the form with their findings.
But the findings never
get entered on HOLMES?
No.
So the reports are basically un-searchable?
All of HOLMES' search features are redundant?
Yep, to access any given file
you need to come down here
and go through the boxes manually.
Why,
Neville? Why would you do it like that?
I had the same questions when I joined.
And?
- It's all about the numbers.
Too many offences, too much evidence,
but too few people to process it all.
Everything would just fall over
if corners weren't cut.
Well, maybe it needs to fall over.
Well, no one's happy about it, Colin.
There's just no alternative.
We haven't just got
the proven Minstead scenes to deal with
we've got all the break-ins
local CID send our way that could be him.
It's literally hundreds of offences.
You are chronically understaffed,
aren't you?
Yeah.
Nathan, that possible Minstead case
the Borough sent over.
When was that?
— Last night.
Colbridge Road in Bromley.
And what ruled it out, the victimology?
Yeah, a women in her late 80s
her son in his 60s
there's no record of our man
targeting a home with multiple occupants
and he always engages with his victims.
Right, and this offender didn't?
- No.
I wonder why the Borough
thought it was Minstead.
Um, age of victims,
time of the offence and location.
Well, it's worth running up
the flagpole, isn't it?
Well, with respect
to the screening criteria
that is right in the heart
of his hunting ground.
I'm just saying, we could do worse
than give it a second look.
Or I could go on my own if it's easier?
No.
DC Jim Corgan, Bromley CID.
You think it might be him, then?
Let's say we want to make sure it isn't.
Several handbags belonging to the
homeowner were turned out onto the table.
He's made a point of leaving the cash.
That doesn't sound like our boy...
but I'm keeping an open mind.
Well, in a few hours
we might know definitively.
How so?
Follow me.
This is Gavin Forbes, son of the homeowner.
He was asleep upstairs
at the time of the burglary.
His mum's in hospital
being treated for shock.
Oh, good morning, Mr Forbes.
- DI Nathan Eason, DCI Colin Sutton.
Tell 'em about the juice carton, Gavin.
When I got back from the hospital, I went
to get a glass of orange from the fridge.
The carton was almost empty.
I only opened it last night
and my mum never touches the stuff.
What and you think
the intruder might've helped himself?
It's the only explanation.
Have we seen this before?
He normally goes for the beer.
He might've been driving.
The juice carton's being tested for DNA?
As we speak.
If it's Minstead,
you'll be the first to know.
Mr Forbes, I'm sorry to have to ask
you to go through it again
but from my experience it's always best
to hear these things first-hand.
At about cam, I heard a noise downstairs.
I thought it must be mum,
but she's not normally up before ten
so I decided to go and check.
When I opened the door,
I got the shock of my life
about half a dozen pairs of shoes
and boots tumbled inwards on the floor.
They your shoes?
From the rack downstairs, he...
he must've piled them half-way up the door.
I mean... why would he do that?
DIY early warning system?
That could be why he left the cash.
He was still in the house when I went down.
You said you're working on another case...
is it, um...
it's... it's... it's not that...
that bloke attacking old ladies?
The Night Stalker?
Yes, it is, I'm afraid.
Oh, Jesus.
What is it, Gavin?
Mum's room is downstairs and, uh,
she always sleeps with the door open.
What if he went in?
Your mum said nothing to suggest
any contact with the intruder.
She's in shock.
She wouldn't admit it.
I mean, she wouldn't have the words.
Gavin, your mum's
in the best possible hands at the hospital.
I know it's hard but until we know more
try not to torture yourself
with "what-ifs," OK?
OK.
Now, this shoe rack,
I didn't see it when I came in.
It's by the back door.
Does it get much use?
All the time. Mum's still very house proud
she won't have shoes cluttering the hall.
This still might not be Minstead Man.
Well, no pane's removed
or ornaments lined up.
No bulbs removed either,
or phone lines cut.
Yeah.
I read one of the profiles last night.
Yeah, which one?
Dr Pauline... Rees?
- Reed.
Yeah.
She stressed how rare it is for an offender
to spend so much time
just observing his victims.
Like any monitory gain was secondary
to just watching them go about their lives.
If he came from here to the back door
he wouldn't see that shoe rack, would he?
But he knew it was there, didn't he.
Gavin said they use that every day.
Yeah, he was watching.
From all these foot prints,
he must've been here for a while.
One time he waited so long he did
a number two under a tree.
Did he?
I bet Dr Reed had a field day.
Let's figure out how he got in.
Looks like a dead end.
Yeah.
Colin.
Any luck, we've got him on camera.
Coming and going.
I know it's a bit basic
but I'm using these coloured pins
to mark the locations
and the eras of the offences.
Numbered in sequence?
- Yeah.
Why, have you got something like it?
Yeah one or two, and in colour.
Oh, well there's nothing wrong
with a bit of DIY, is there?
Plus it helps me to
get my head round it all.
Orpington. I attended that one.
...DNA on the orange carton
is 100% match for Minstead Man.
Colbridge Road is our case
and we've got him on camera, too.
Gavin said he was woken up at six so...
I started there.
Ah.
Well, it did confirms his route
and time he left but not much else.
He did show a bit more leg going in.
There you go.
That's nearly six hours earlier.
Can you freeze it on
the best possible frame, Nathan?
Shame he's got his back to us.
Well, still, we've got a good idea
of his weight and his height
it lets us know he's got an athletic gait
we know he walks to and from the scenes,
even if he's arriving by car.
We gonna need to widen
our screening criteria.
That means more offences.
- Well, so be it.
But you haven't got the manpower
not when you're treating
every offence like a murder.
Would this be a fair observation?
You're trying to make these offences fit
the usual processes but they won't.
They just won't.
And the effort of trying to force them
to fit is killing you.
More than fair.
Then something's got to change.
All that and much more on TV AM
but for the moment
on behalf of all of us here
at our East End Studios at Thames,
goodnight.
Mum?
Hi, Mum!
Mum!
Mum?
Mum?
Mum!
Mum!
And that was one of
my favourite tracks in the current top ten.
It's such an upbeat tune.
It's the perfect tonic
throughout the day...
What are you doing, Colin?
Looking for dishwasher salt.
I could've sworn I bought some.
Want me to pick some up?
Uh, yeah. Would you?
Hamish Campbell.
Uh, DCI Colin Sutton
to see Hamish Campbell.
He's this way. Just through there.
Thank you.
...bravely intervened to affect an arrest.
His apprehension of this dangerous man
without regard to his personal safety
was in the finest tradition
of the Metropolitan Police.
Apologies. Commendation write-up.
Hello, Colin.
- Morning, sir.
Bloody amazing
what these young PCs will do for us.
Yes.
Well done again on Bellfield.
Oh, it was a team effort, sir, thank you.
Great work.
What do you know
about Operation Minstead?
A long string of burglaries and rapes
of the elderly dating back to the '90s.
1992. Seventeen years.
The press called him the "Night Stalker"
and he's recently become active again.
Haven't we got his DNA?
- Yeah, but he's not in the system
so we can't ID him.
DNA tells us he's of West Indian origin
but that's it.
Our new commissioner has suggested
that we make
the Night Stalker a priority
of the Command.
Right, and when
a new commissioner "suggests"...
He thinks there's an impression
that the Met drags its heels
when it comes to serial sex offenders.
After Worboys, I can't blame him.
Given that you have some experience
with high-profile, serial sex offenders...
well, I thought you could bring something
to the table.
Right. So do you want my team
to take a look at it
or for me to review what they've got?
The latter. Definitely the latter.
Simon Morgan remains as SIO.
Didn't Serious Crime just do a review?
Yes, they did, and there's been
at least three before that.
This guy's good, Colin.
Seventeen years
and he's never left a fingerprint.
Never let a witness see his face.
Years go by, no offences.
Teams get broken up
budgets get reallocated and then...
he starts again.
It's a ten year investigation
they might be missing something
that's staring them in the face.
That's ten years of feathers to ruffle.
I... I know you're
retiring in a few months.
I just need you to take a look.
In and out in a couple of weeks.
Well, ¢'mon. Give us a clue.
I want you to dig out everything you can
on Operation Minstead and email it to me.
They're not lumbering us with that,
are they? — No, just me for the moment.
Right.
I'm just gonna have a look.
Fresh pair of eyes and all that.
But I do need those files, Clive.
Oh, you must be the analyst.
DCI Colin Sutton.
Richard Moore.
I'm here to see Simon Morgan.
Another review, is it?
Yes and no.
Uh, incident room, straight ahead.
Thank you, Richard.
DCI Sutton?
DI Nathan Eason.
Colin Sutton.
I'm here to see Simon Morgan.
Yeah, he's not here I'm afraid.
What do you mean, he's not here?
We're meeting at 12:00.
I know, he left me to be the welcome party.
We had another one last night.
Oh, right.
What and Simon's at the scene, is he?
- He is, yeah.
OK, uh, well, there's nothing like
learning on the job, is there?
I'm sure he won't be long.
Don't worry, Nathan,
I won't get under anyone's feet. Let's go.
Alright.
- DCI Colin Sutton, he's with me, alright.
- Thank you.
Simon Morgan.
— Colin Sutton.
I was hoping to brief you properly
before you came to a scene, but no matter.
The victim's a Sandra Nelson,
82-year-old woman.
She's been taken to hospital.
Is she hurt?
TBC. She's traumatised.
Like so many before her.
Might not be able to give us
a reliable account.
Original concrete path
original front door
with inlaid panes of glass intact
a nice shade of mid-blue.
- Mm.
Sends a signal.
- Yeah.
"Old Person Lives Here".
To which our man is fully attuned.
Yeah, well, practice makes perfect,
I suppose.
Forensics reckon he was hiding
in that corner all night.
Hour after hour,
just waiting for his moment.
He's leaving DNA but he doesn't care,
he's not in the system and he knows it.
How long have you had it?
The Night Stalker's DNA?
1992.
Look, uh, no offence but that's
a name coined by the press
to sell papers and scare people.
I never use it, neither do my team
"Minstead Man" is how we refer to him.
Right, I'll know for next time.
Two years ago he stopped dead
after the case featured on Crimewatch
then, a month ago,
he hit three homes in three weeks
still targeting elderly women.
And where were those offences?
Clara-Jane Proctor, 74, was sexually
assaulted in the house where she was born
in Birch Avenue, Shirley.
Then a week later, Lynn Marie Kerr, 69
a former headmistress from Coulsdon,
was burgled
two nights after that,
he moves up to Croydon.
Phylis Carlton, 71, a widow
that had just buried her husband.
He can't always leave DNA, can he?
So what other markers
tell you it's Minstead Man?
Age of victims, light bulbs removed
phone lines cut, balaclava, gloves.
He's covered the PR light again, boss.
DS Neville Hylton, DCI Colin Sutton.
Let's have a look.
This way.
Stops the motion-sensitive lights coming on
when he's stalking the property.
Just up there.
Last time he used a glove
time before was a broken branch
but not from a nearby tree.
He comes prepared.
— That's an understatement.
It's hard to reconcile, isn't it?
The control and the planning
with the depravity of what he does?
Yeah, it is.
Is it OK if I speak to
the victim some time?
Well as long as the FLO's happy,
it's her call.
Yeah.
I'll brief you properly back at Lewisham.
Neville, you wanna show me this corner, mate.
- OK, it's this way, boss.
We found some more cigarette butts
like last time
so it's definitely our man.
Is he in pain?
Could've bailed years ago
on a full injury pay out.
Altercation with a prisoner
left him with massive spinal injuries.
Nathan.
I'll be back to see you later, OK?
In the meantime,
you get as much restful sleep as you can.
If you need me,
your son has my mobile number.
DCI Colin Sutton,
DC Patricia Henry, our FLO.
Good to meet you.
- You too.
Colin's joining us for a few days.
Giving us the benefit of his wisdom.
I wouldn't go that far.
— No offence...
but I'm not sure you'll get
your head around this case in a few days.
How's Sandra?
She suffers from dementia so we haven't got
much beyond the usual
balaclava, torch,
the opening one-word demand for money.
Do you think she's been sexually abused?
- Don't know.
We just swabbed for semen and DNA.
Poor woman, she kept asking
the nurse what she was doing.
She did mention something we've seen
in a few other Minstead offences.
He took her pulse.
Any idea why he'd do that?
Well, one time the victim feigned injury
so he felt her pulse, said "nothing's wrong
with you" and punched her to the floor.
Would you mind if I had
a quick word with her?
Yes, I would.
She needs rest and, with respect, you
won't elicit anything from her I haven't.
Fair enough.
Bit of a wasted trip.
For you, I mean.
- I wouldn't say that.
Ah, no matter.
Almost all of the interviews
with the victims were recorded.
I warn you, they're not easy viewing.
No, I understand. Thank you.
A good number of his victims
have already passed away.
Janet, for instance,
she suffered a perforated bowel
during her assault and died shortly after.
Did he kill her?
Not legally.
But in every other way...
Yeah.
I could've left this case years ago.
Probably should have.
I would've had
a very different career but...
Yeah, I understand.
Far as I'm concerned, he's a serial Killer.
Perhaps we should uh,
get to the investigation.
I've got a few preliminary questions...
Sorry, no time, I've got a thing
at the Yard now.
What?
- Budget meeting. Pain in the arse.
I thought you said you were gonna
"brief me fully back at the station"?
Well, with respect, if you hadn't gone
to the hospital we would've had time.
Team meeting in the morning, my place.
Your place?
Far and away the best way
for you to catch up.
Nathan will give you the address.
Meantime I'll collate some files
give you a chance
to get a proper handle on things.
Thank you.
Guv.
You got a minute?
Um, yeah.
At the scene, I noticed you were running
a full cordon
with a PC signing everyone in and out?
And you were canvassing statements,
doing a bit of house-to-house?
That's right.
Oh, it's just that, that level of response
you normally reserve for a murder.
Well, we're just trying
to be thorough, Colin.
But you haven't got the budget
or the manpower
for a murder inquiry. Nothing near.
You know how it is.
Parts of CID have a mindset
that says offences that aren't murder
are lesser crimes, even rape.
And that's what we're guarding against.
That's very laudable in theory
but if you haven't got the resources...
Yeah, well, it's not been easy,
I grant you.
Why don't I buy you a proper cup
of coffee? Might even run to biscuit?
OK.
So would you say
that having Minstead Man's DNA is viewed
as your strongest lead?
- Yeah.
And so that's the focus of the investigation?
- Absolutely, yeah.
Alright. So what's your screening criteria?
How'd you prioritise who gets tested?
Well, the base level of our pool is
he's a black male
whose DNA isn't on the database
and who was aged 18 to 40 in 1992.
That's hundreds of thousands of people.
Yeah, it is.
That's not a pool, it's an ocean.
Well, we then prioritise based on
intelligence gained from witness statements.
OK. Can you give me an example?
Yeah. One victim said she heard a motorcycle
start up right after the suspect left.
So men in the pool who own motorbikes
became a priority?
For a time. Yeah.
Any more examples?
Someone noticed there'd been a rash
of offences in streets
where satellite TV was recently installed.
OK...
Thinking is, if he's an engineer
he'd be hidden in plain sight
he could perform reconnaissance
and select targets unnoticed.
Right.
And what about the swabbing operation?
How many DNA samples are you taking a week?
Oh, well, that varies.
I think we're out today actually.
Really? Do you know what would be a help?
If I could tag along
and see how these things are done?
Kieron Gould?
DS Neville Hylton.
DC Adam Spier, DCI Colin Sutton.
What do you want?
We need you to step back inside, please.
It won't take a minute.
What won't take a minute?
We need to take your DNA, Kieron.
We need to eliminate you from
our inquiries. — Inquiries into what?
What's the charge?
- There's no charge, Kieron.
Well, what's the case, then?
It's a serial rapist.
Fuck off. Seriously?
- Why is my name on your list?
- I can't divulge that.
Well I can't help you.
I'lll miss my appointment.
Well no, you won't, mate. You just stop
arguing and comply and everyone's a winner.
Do I have to comply?
Do you have a warrant?
- No, we don't. It's voluntary.
In that case, get lost.
Why take that attitude? Eh?
If you've got nothing to hide,
what're you worried about?
It's a question of trust... or lack of it.
See, if you grew up around here,
you'd know what I mean.
You would, anyway.
Hello, Clive.
How was it, boss?
I'm still getting the lay of the land.
— Got time for a beer?
Alright, yeah. Just a quick one.
Boss?
—Clive...
Can you do a car check for me?
There you go.
Thanks, Sarah.
Alright, Clive.
Oh, Guv. You alright?
Yeah. Volvo is registered to a Bob Stiles.
Not what you were expecting?
Err, no. Not quite. Thanks, though.
- Mm.
Don't you think it's a bit weird?
As in convenient?
Sorry... long day.
Well, I mean there's a fair few other DCls
they could've asked apart from you, Guv.
Yeah, I s'pose so.
I mean, what is the Minstead inquiry
at this point?
It's a black hole,
decade-plus train wreck, poison challis.
You think someone's trying
to poison me, Clive?
I don't think you take a scalp
like Bellfield without making some enemies.
That sounds a bit paranoid.
Maybe.
I can't help feeling
that this is just the start.
They get rid of you
and then they dismantle the team...
— Get rid of me?
I'll be back in two weeks.
- ...cos we smashed it because they can.
What, you think I got Minstead
as some sort of payback?
I dunno.
Long day.
Well, you did say I should've retired
after the trial.
Quit while I was ahead.
Look, I get it.
Hamish asks, you can't exactly say no.
But?
But...
I think you should critique what's wrong
and I think you should get out.
The moment you start offering ideas,
you are sucked in on the worst terms.
You have all the responsibility
and zero clout.
And you will go down with the ship.
OK, I'll give you a call.
Alright. I gotta go, bye. Bye.
It's a bit unorthodox, isn't it?
No, we often meet at the guvnor's house
you know, on account of his back issues.
Did you chase up that Volvo
I saw last night?
I did, yeah.
Turns out it was being driven by the head
of the local Neighbourhood Watch
a chap called Alan Wilson.
OK?
He operates a scheme
where local residents' cars are parked
on the drives of would-be victims
who don't own cars themselves.
Oh, I see. What, to deter Minstead Man?
- Yeah.
That's ingenious.
Yeah just driving slowly cos he was looking
for the right house to park the Volvo
and couldn't see the numbers
in the dark.
Right. Lead on.
Alright, Guv. Morning.
Morning.
— Oh, morning, Nathan.
It's, er, custard creams
or custard creams, I'm afraid.
Oh, well, in that case
I'll have one of each. Thanks.
- Morning.
- Morning.
Uh, right, first off, we have a visitor.
DCI Colin Sutton will be joining us
for a short while
to see if there are any missed opportunities
that might help progress our case, so...
please introduce yourselves afterwards
and assist him wherever possible.
Right. How're we getting on
with the swabbing, Neville?
Crunching through the list.
We had a non-cooperative yesterday.
- What's your sense of him?
- He's not Minstead Man
but we'll get his sample
second time around.
Right. Good.
We had a bit more luck with
an aerial fitter from Croydon.
Bit more. We got his DNA but no match.
- Well, he's one off the list, isn't he?
- Mm.
Good work.
I need to update you all on progress
of Santiago University in Spain.
Uh, their scientists
are using cutting-edge tech
to establish the physical characteristics
of Minstead Man based on his DNA.
Really? I didn't think that was possible.
Yeah. By ascertaining genealogy
they'll be able to give us a very clear idea
as to his ancestry and country of origin.
Yeah, Adam.
Yeah the uh, victim at Allenhall Road,
Sandra Nelson
had quite a bit of jewellery stolen.
Good news is that she uh, had it
all photographed for insurance purposes.
Now, I've got an informant who knows
her way around the local pawn shops.
Her way?
Yeah.
Yeah. Believe it or not,
her name is, er, Diamanda.
If he tries to fence this stuff,
she'll tell us.
Good.
Thanks for introducing me.
— That's OK. No problem.
What if you didn't have his DNA?
What would your main lines
of enquiry be then?
Well the DNA is our key asset, Colin.
Uh, when we catch Minstead Man,
and we will
he's in the pool, isn't he?
We have a cast-iron case.
But the "priority list" runs to 5,200 names
and last week you swabbed one person.
At that rate
it'll take hundreds years to clear the list
and even then, he might not be on it.
Oh, he's on that list, Colin
and we have active measures
to shorten it considerably.
What, by prioritising satellite engineers
and motorcyclists?
Two avenues of many.
Yeah, but if you take—-
We're running
before we can walk, here, Colin.
I saw first-hand how painful it is
just trying to get one sample,
or not getting it, as it turned out.
We've got you an office
where you can get your head down
get across the material II've prepared.
If you have any questions,
once you're up to speed
I'll be happy to answer them.
Why don't you want to talk to me?
- I am talking to you.
I get the feeling
you're fobbing me off, that's all.
Well, that's your interpretation.
Yeah, it is.
My interpretation would be
that I've been nothing but cooperative
and you're being a little paranoid.
I'm not here to do a box tick,
seen-to-be-done review, Simon.
I'm here to help. I'm here
because Hamish thinks that fresh eyes
might be useful at this point.
Yeah, I appreciate that.
Do you? I get the feeling you resent it.
Look the truth is, Colin
we've tried a ton of things over the years
probably all the things you could think of
and more.
You start contributing ideas,
it's a slippery slope.
I mean, you need to be realistic.
About what?
Well...
How long can you stick to diagnosing
problems without offering solutions?
HmM? Friday?
Well,
let's say I can resist that temptation
and I am in and out in a couple of weeks,
there's no harm done.
No, no harm done.
It won't be much of a review though,
will it?
What are you saying?
I'm saying...
if you worry about politics
retirement dates...
If you...
If you hold back and give this
less than your all
you'll regret it.
- Wow.
OK. That's me told.
Especially when he offends again,
which we both know he will.
Look, what are you more afraid of?
Not solving the case
or how that would damage your reputation?
Cos they've been after
this bloke for 17 years
so the odds can't be good.
Cheers, Dave
- DAVE: That's OK.
- Thank you.
- No problem.
Right, PC, printer, TV, VHS, phone.
You dial eight for an outside line,
don't ask me why it's not nine
we march to the beat
of our own drum round here.
Yeah, I'm beginning to get that impression.
Oh, and of course,
a lifetime's supply of stab vests.
I'm already wearing one, Kenny.
Excellent. Very good.
No but seriously,
do you want me to get rid of them?
No. There's enough space.
— Anything else you need, let me know.
Thank you.
So what was it?
Short straw?
Owed someone a favour?
You seem like a good bloke, that's all.
Just can't see you holding your hand up
to rake over another officer's case.
Pointless Review Number 56.
I'm a loyal soldier, Kenny,
I do as I'm told.
Alright.
I read my Maeve Binchy book
for about half an hour and...
the next thing, I was...
woken by a noise...
and then I saw a figure
at the end of the bed.
He was wearing a kind of boiler suit
and his face was hidden by a balaclava.
He shone a torch in my eyes...
covered my face with his hand.
[ Couldn't... breathe, I couldn't see.
I felt as if I was suffocating.
I told him my handbag was
in the living room
but it wasn't enough.
He grabbed me by the shoulders
and he pushed me on the settee...
and then...
he climbed on top of me.
And when he finished...
he threw me a towel
and told me to clean up.
I sat there thinking
"This is it.
This is the end of your life".
He told me to take my nightdress off...
as there might be semen on it
and he put it in the sink to soak.
And then I had to have a lot of tests
for various infections that he might've...
passed... passed on to me.
! had to wait two weeks
for the HIV test to come back.
I moved in with my son's family.
! had terrible nightmares.
My son would wake me up, telling me
I'd been shouting things out like...
"Keep off me!
Stay away from me!”
It's outrageous.
Not just what he's done
but how long he's got away with it.
The phones on the units,
bulbs in the sink.
I've never seen that before.
Thanks, love. Yeah, he's meticulous.
And unusual.
It's gold-dust to an analyst.
Go on.
You don't get this good without practice.
I'd go back.
I'd trawl for the earliest cases
that could be him
based on these traits
and then I'd look for a schoolboy error
or a clue to his location.
What sort of clue?
I don't know, but how many criminals
open their account close to home?
The minute he sets foot
on these properties, he's in control.
It's his house.
Morning, Richard.
Morning, Colin.
Ooh, morning.
- Gentlemen.
- Oh, sir.
Nathan was just telling me how you mistook
Neighbourhood Watch Al
for the Night Stalker.
- Minstead Man, please.
I'm never gonna live that one down, am I?
Some beginner's luck that would've been.
Well, you never know,
have we actually taken Al's DNA?
I think your list is quite long enough,
don't you?
Amen to that.
— Could've been one longer this morning.
Just knocked back a possible Minstead
offence referred by the local Borough.
False alarm?
Didn't have the key Minstead hallmarks
and the victim type was off,
male and female.
Those hallmarks,
are they written down anywhere?
Got a whole policy log on the subject.
Ping it over, will you?
I'll stick it on the pile.
Are these all Minstead?
All Minstead.
I tried to do a HOLMES search relating
to Minstead Man's DNA
and drew a blank,
I couldn't find a single lab report.
Well the, uh, lab reports
themselves aren't on the database
but their existence is noted
if you tailor your search accordingly.
What's the use of that?
Well, every exhibit seized from
a Minstead scene is submitted to the lab
with its Lab Form One.
But once the scientists work their magic
they return the form with their findings.
But the findings never
get entered on HOLMES?
No.
So the reports are basically un-searchable?
All of HOLMES' search features are redundant?
Yep, to access any given file
you need to come down here
and go through the boxes manually.
Why,
Neville? Why would you do it like that?
I had the same questions when I joined.
And?
- It's all about the numbers.
Too many offences, too much evidence,
but too few people to process it all.
Everything would just fall over
if corners weren't cut.
Well, maybe it needs to fall over.
Well, no one's happy about it, Colin.
There's just no alternative.
We haven't just got
the proven Minstead scenes to deal with
we've got all the break-ins
local CID send our way that could be him.
It's literally hundreds of offences.
You are chronically understaffed,
aren't you?
Yeah.
Nathan, that possible Minstead case
the Borough sent over.
When was that?
— Last night.
Colbridge Road in Bromley.
And what ruled it out, the victimology?
Yeah, a women in her late 80s
her son in his 60s
there's no record of our man
targeting a home with multiple occupants
and he always engages with his victims.
Right, and this offender didn't?
- No.
I wonder why the Borough
thought it was Minstead.
Um, age of victims,
time of the offence and location.
Well, it's worth running up
the flagpole, isn't it?
Well, with respect
to the screening criteria
that is right in the heart
of his hunting ground.
I'm just saying, we could do worse
than give it a second look.
Or I could go on my own if it's easier?
No.
DC Jim Corgan, Bromley CID.
You think it might be him, then?
Let's say we want to make sure it isn't.
Several handbags belonging to the
homeowner were turned out onto the table.
He's made a point of leaving the cash.
That doesn't sound like our boy...
but I'm keeping an open mind.
Well, in a few hours
we might know definitively.
How so?
Follow me.
This is Gavin Forbes, son of the homeowner.
He was asleep upstairs
at the time of the burglary.
His mum's in hospital
being treated for shock.
Oh, good morning, Mr Forbes.
- DI Nathan Eason, DCI Colin Sutton.
Tell 'em about the juice carton, Gavin.
When I got back from the hospital, I went
to get a glass of orange from the fridge.
The carton was almost empty.
I only opened it last night
and my mum never touches the stuff.
What and you think
the intruder might've helped himself?
It's the only explanation.
Have we seen this before?
He normally goes for the beer.
He might've been driving.
The juice carton's being tested for DNA?
As we speak.
If it's Minstead,
you'll be the first to know.
Mr Forbes, I'm sorry to have to ask
you to go through it again
but from my experience it's always best
to hear these things first-hand.
At about cam, I heard a noise downstairs.
I thought it must be mum,
but she's not normally up before ten
so I decided to go and check.
When I opened the door,
I got the shock of my life
about half a dozen pairs of shoes
and boots tumbled inwards on the floor.
They your shoes?
From the rack downstairs, he...
he must've piled them half-way up the door.
I mean... why would he do that?
DIY early warning system?
That could be why he left the cash.
He was still in the house when I went down.
You said you're working on another case...
is it, um...
it's... it's... it's not that...
that bloke attacking old ladies?
The Night Stalker?
Yes, it is, I'm afraid.
Oh, Jesus.
What is it, Gavin?
Mum's room is downstairs and, uh,
she always sleeps with the door open.
What if he went in?
Your mum said nothing to suggest
any contact with the intruder.
She's in shock.
She wouldn't admit it.
I mean, she wouldn't have the words.
Gavin, your mum's
in the best possible hands at the hospital.
I know it's hard but until we know more
try not to torture yourself
with "what-ifs," OK?
OK.
Now, this shoe rack,
I didn't see it when I came in.
It's by the back door.
Does it get much use?
All the time. Mum's still very house proud
she won't have shoes cluttering the hall.
This still might not be Minstead Man.
Well, no pane's removed
or ornaments lined up.
No bulbs removed either,
or phone lines cut.
Yeah.
I read one of the profiles last night.
Yeah, which one?
Dr Pauline... Rees?
- Reed.
Yeah.
She stressed how rare it is for an offender
to spend so much time
just observing his victims.
Like any monitory gain was secondary
to just watching them go about their lives.
If he came from here to the back door
he wouldn't see that shoe rack, would he?
But he knew it was there, didn't he.
Gavin said they use that every day.
Yeah, he was watching.
From all these foot prints,
he must've been here for a while.
One time he waited so long he did
a number two under a tree.
Did he?
I bet Dr Reed had a field day.
Let's figure out how he got in.
Looks like a dead end.
Yeah.
Colin.
Any luck, we've got him on camera.
Coming and going.
I know it's a bit basic
but I'm using these coloured pins
to mark the locations
and the eras of the offences.
Numbered in sequence?
- Yeah.
Why, have you got something like it?
Yeah one or two, and in colour.
Oh, well there's nothing wrong
with a bit of DIY, is there?
Plus it helps me to
get my head round it all.
Orpington. I attended that one.
...DNA on the orange carton
is 100% match for Minstead Man.
Colbridge Road is our case
and we've got him on camera, too.
Gavin said he was woken up at six so...
I started there.
Ah.
Well, it did confirms his route
and time he left but not much else.
He did show a bit more leg going in.
There you go.
That's nearly six hours earlier.
Can you freeze it on
the best possible frame, Nathan?
Shame he's got his back to us.
Well, still, we've got a good idea
of his weight and his height
it lets us know he's got an athletic gait
we know he walks to and from the scenes,
even if he's arriving by car.
We gonna need to widen
our screening criteria.
That means more offences.
- Well, so be it.
But you haven't got the manpower
not when you're treating
every offence like a murder.
Would this be a fair observation?
You're trying to make these offences fit
the usual processes but they won't.
They just won't.
And the effort of trying to force them
to fit is killing you.
More than fair.
Then something's got to change.