Silent Witness (1996–…): Season 18, Episode 5 - Protection: Part 1 - full transcript
FEMALE VOICE ON RECORDING: 'There's no-one
I can really confide in, no-one I can trust
' with a secret, a confidence.
'I feel as though you know me,
however. I can't explain why.
'It's just a feeling. And I...
I think you'll understand.
'So, I'm just... I'm
going to tell you this
'so you'll know what happened.'
POUNDING ON DOOR
Cheryl! I want to see my daughter!
Leave us alone!
Oh, please, leave us alone.
Where's Lizzie? She's MY daughter.
She doesn't want to see you
right now. So, leave us alone.
Hey, Lizzie, my little princess!
Hi, Daddy.
Look, Daddy just wanted
to say good night.
~ Just go, Johnny, please.
~ Shut up! I'm saying good night!
Good night, Daddy.
You ain't coming in here!
You ain't coming in....
I want to kiss her good night.
POLICE SIREN WAILS OUTSIDE
CHERYL SOBS
PHONE RINGS
Hello.
The mother's known to us.
OK. Leave it with me.
KNOCKS ON DOOR
Cheryl? It's Louise Marsh.
I heard what happened.
Cheryl?
~ You OK?
~ Fine.
We need to talk about Lizzie.
Your daughter Lizzie would
be placed in the care
of the local authority until
such a time that the court
can determine what is
in her best interests.
The workings of this
court are confidential.
You are not to discuss this matter
with anyone except your lawyers.
If you do so, I shall hold
you in contempt of court
which could mean prison.
Miss Marsh? Did the police charge
anyone as a result of the incident?
No. Not during this incident.
I got a caution. That's all.
~ No weapon?
~ No.
Was the child in danger?
Yes, your Honour. That's our belief.
Can I just say something?
Please? I just...
I know Cheryl's a good mother
and I want to say sorry
to her and Lizzie.
You know, I didn't want to scare 'em.
You know, I did what the
lady from the Social wanted.
I moved out. But I wanted
to see my little girl.
You know, some fathers
don't care. I care.
It weren't Cheryl's
fault what happened
so, please, don't...
don't do this to her.
Miss Marsh?
We ask the court to place
Lizzie Craddock in our care.
We think she needs that protection.
I can't see, on the
evidence I've heard,
that the threshold for significant
harm has been reached.
I do not believe there are
sufficient grounds to make
such an Interim Care Order.
The application is refused.
(Please, Your Honour, Lizzie
Craddock is in danger.)
If you truly believe that, Ms Marsh,
perhaps you should have
provided the evidence
to make a case for it.
DISTANT: ♪ Happy birthday to you
♪ Happy birthday to you
♪ Happy birthday, dear Kevin
♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪
Where do you think
you're going, Kevin?
It's got nothing to do with
you any more, does it?
Come on, boys.
CHILDREN LAUGH
BABY CRIES
DIAL TONE RINGS
'999. Which service do you require?'
CHERYL: 'Police. I need the police.'
'Police. How can we help?'
'Please, I don't know what to
do. Someone please help me.'
'All right. Let's try to stay calm.
Can you tell me what's happened?'
It's my daughter. She's missing.
♪ Testator silens
♪ Costestes e spiritu
♪ Silentium... ♪
Stab wound?
Sharp force injury.
No weapon present.
Stabbed in the back, eh?
Small irregular tear.
Bruising visible where the handle
of the weapon hit the skin.
What's he doing in a
children's playground, hmm?
Yeah. Nobody really wants
to answer that one.
~ HE SNIFFS
~ Can you smell bleach?
Yeah. I guess it could be.
Strands of human hair in
the victim's right hand.
Here.
Struggle?
PHONE RINGS
Clarissa. Hi. I'm at a scene, love.
Now?
All right, text me the address.
All right, cheers.
~ Got to go.
~ What?
~ Clarissa says it's urgent.
Tell your man I'll be back.
~ You tell him.
~ I don't want to get into
a long conversation.
Jack, you don't have
long conversations.
~ Detective Inspector Rory Drennan.
~ Nice to see you.
~ Nikki Alexander.
~ Carry on. Don't let me interrupt.
Killed here or was the body dumped?
Er, almost certainly killed
here. No blood trail.
Discolouration matches the body
position - it hasn't been moved.
~ Livor has set in...
~ Any sense of a time of death?
Not yet. That's what I'm doing.
I'm trying to establish it.
Sorry.
Eager.
~ Rigor is fully present...
~ Is the forensics bloke coming back?
Sorry.
Rigor is fully present.
That's not going under
his tongue, is it?
No.
I might just... check
something in the car.
I went to wake her up for school,
she weren't in her bed,
~ she weren't in the kitchen...
~ Where's Lizzie's father?
I don't know.
~ Have you told him she's missing?
~ Yes.
What? You've told him but
you don't know where he is?
I called him.
Is he at work?
Doesn't have a job at the minute.
I see. So, he knows his
daughter's missing.
He's not working, why isn't he here?
Is there any other family members
that she may have gone to?
Grandparents? Friends?
Does she have a mobile?
No.
Forensics. Are you child protection?
Ah.
Conroy.
The girl's name's Lizzie
Craddock. Aged eight.
I'm not sure what we're
dealing with yet.
Could be a runaway. Might be
an abduction by the father,
the couple are estranged.
We're looking for the father,
Johnny Craddock, now.
He was cautioned for harassing her.
His excuse was he wanted to see
his daughter. Connect the dots.
~ Does he have a key to the house?
~ Apparently not.
But it doesn't rule
out the possibility
that his daughter let him
in. Or that he broke in.
~ So, we're looking for signs
of forced entry? Prints. DNA.
~ Please.
~ Yup.
Well, no sign of forced entry.
No-one came in or went
out of that window.
She could be a runaway?
Could be, but...
clothes are gone.
How many eight-year-olds
pack before they run away?
It's Conroy. I want to initiate
a Child Rescue Alert.
Lizzie Craddock. Eight
years old. Female.
Last seen wearing pink
and white cotton pyjamas.
No ID on the body. I've
taken fingerprints.
I'll run a misspers check on the PNC.
We can run DNA, see if the
victim's on the database.
Robbery could have been a motive.
But if the victim
hasn't been moved...
Could be homeless?
Could be. Using it as shelter?
Why do you rob a homeless man?
And why would you kill him?
Maybe it was someone known to him.
I estimate time of death being
somewhere between
12 and 16 hours ago.
So sometime between 7pm
and 11pm last night?
It's hard for me to be more precise.
Air temperature impacts
residual body temperature,
so does clothing,
air flow, body size.
~ Well, I'll have to find out
what time the playground closes.
~ Dusk.
How do you know that?
It says "dusk" on the sign
at the entrance to the park.
Thank you.
All ports warning. Johnny Craddock.
History of violence.
Take into custody.
~ Nothing.
~ OK?
Advise to approach with caution. Bye.
~ Whoa, whoa, whoa.
~ Hey, don't touch me, man.
Hold on. Who are you?
Johnny Craddock.
When Cheryl called, I just
couldn't believe it.
You know, I didn't know what to do.
I told her to call
the Old Bill, like...
But you didn't come over right away?
No, I tried to call her school first,
just to make sure she weren't there.
They've got a breakfast club.
~ What's the school's name?
~ Holman Hunt.
Sorry, would you mind just waiting
outside while we have a chat?
~ Yeah.
~ Thanks.
You know, Lizzie means
everything to us, yeah?
If anything happened to her,
I don't know what I'd do.
Do you think it's possible that
Lizzie might have run away?
It's possible, I guess.
Where do you think she'd go?
Where do you live, Mr Craddock?
I wouldn't hurt my daughter.
But she could be hiding, yeah?
Yeah.
Bruising from a hand grip is
visible on the left forearm...
.. as well as scratch marks.
KNOCKING ON DOOR
There's a wee girl gone missing.
Police have issued
a Child Rescue Alert.
She had brown hair, Nikki,
long brown hair like you
found in your victim's hand.
The crime scenes are
about half a mile apart.
~ It's not going to be a coincidence, is it?
~ Do you have evidence?
Naturally, I've taken hair from the
brush in her room and a toothbrush.
Well, let's run them
and see if they match.
Compare the hairs for
similarities to see
~ if they're consistent with each
other while we wait for DNA.
~ Yup.
Hey.
Hey, Lily, what are you doing?
Back in there.
Kevin Garvey chose to leave.
He didn't want to stay
here any longer.
You met with him regularly?
Of course. But he's 16.
It's his prerogative.
Do you have a sense
of his state of mind?
Determined, I guess.
Did he have a place to go?
He refused to engage in
any kind of conversation.
~ PHONE VIBRATES
~ Sorry.
Louise Marsh.
OK, thanks.
(Oh, God.)
There's been a Child Rescue Alert,
one of my children.
I have to go.
Grandparents or an aunt or
something, that's where she is.
~ That would be my guess.
~ And that's all it would be. A guess.
"Stranger danger" is
unbelievably rare.
11 kids a year out of 11 million.
It literally is one in a million.
Reassuring stat unless
you're the one.
You don't take her clothes if you're
intending to kill her, do you?
No. But you might if you were
part of a paedophile ring.
~ If you were selling her.
~ Who was selling her?
~ I don't know - her parents?
~ That is very dark.
And we live in a dark world.
Yes. Well, I'm just trying
to stay positive.
Jack? I said, "I'm just
trying to stay positive"
and you say, "That's
unlike you, Clarissa."
And then I say...
Jack?
INAUDIBLE
The hairs share
significant similarities.
We won't know if it's
a definite match
till the DNA results come back.
I found another strand of hair
in a wound under the chin.
I can't be sure if the
wound occurred post-mortem
or ante-mortem, but the hair
was captured in coagulated blood
so we might suspect
it was ante-mortem.
Results of a struggle?
Bruising from the grip of a hand
and scratch marks on the forearm
are consistent with this.
Preliminary investigation
indicates that the victim
died of a penetrating stab injury
to the aorta by a sharp object
that passed through the
mid-thoracic area, T4.
Entered here, through these
ribs and cut the aorta.
We never recovered the knife?
~ No.
~ The weapon wasn't a knife.
The tear of the skin and shape
of the wound makes me think
that the murder weapon
was cylindrical.
6.75 inches long with
a hexagonal handle.
You can see the hit
mark of the handle,
consistent with a screwdriver.
How quickly would he have died?
From the size and location of the
wound, very quickly. Minutes.
He might have thought
it was a punch at first
but he would have been
in immediate distress.
Most of the bleeding was internal.
Right.
There were wounds on his genitalia.
The skin was broken... by teeth.
I've swabbed the bite for saliva DNA.
There are five noticeable
tooth impressions.
There should be a sixth.
The 2-2. The upper right maxillary
lateral incisor is missing.
The lateral incisor erupts at...
.. between eight and nine years old.
I think he was bitten by a child.
CHILDREN'S VOICES OVERLAP
Right, OK, thank you.
Are you all right?
What's your name?
Carly.
Do you know Lizzie?
We're best friends.
Do you go to the same school?
We're in the same class.
Do you think she's going to be OK?
I hope so.
Where do you and Lizzie play?
Around here mostly. The
playground. The common.
Did you play yesterday?
No.
Do you think she'd run away?
Maybe. She didn't like it when
her mum and dad shouted.
Where do you think she'd go?
I don't know. Her dad's? Mine?
She's not at mine. Dale's?
Is Dale a friend from school?
No. He's her mum's friend.
He's really nice.
Do you think she's going to be OK?
I'm sure she's OK.
Who is Dale?
A bloke I'm friendly with.
A boyfriend!?
Who had direct contact
with your daughter?
Why didn't you mention him before?
He just comes round here to hang out.
And "play" with your daughter?
To see me.
SHE SIGHS What's his surname?
~ "Barge".
~ Where does he live?!
Requesting a Sex Offenders
Register check, please.
Name's Dale Barge. Bravo, Alpha,
Romeo, Golf, Echo. Over.
Break it down.
~ Police!
~ Police!
Clear.
~ Clear.
~ Clear.
RADIO: 'Negative. No previous
or outstanding. Negative.'
See, the thing is, son,
it's a bank holiday.
They won't come out, you see.
Be with you in a minute.
So, you've got to wait...
Kevin?
HE CHUCKLES
Well, my God, I don't
believe my eyes!
HE LAUGHS
~ How you doing?
~ Yeah, I'm OK.
Listen, did you run
away from that home?
I'm 16, Gramps. I walked away.
Did you phone your mother?
I went home, but...
Oh, I'm sorry. Did no-one tell you?
They had to move. The
place was vandalised.
After the Social took you and your
sister Cathy, there were rumours.
People said some horrible
things about them.
They made their life a misery.
Poor Niamh, she just
couldn't stand it.
But the council didn't move them far.
They couldn't put them in a flat
because she didn't have the kids.
So they put her in a B&B.
~ Is she still with him?
~ Yes.
And as long as she stays with
him, the Courts and the Social,
they won't let your sisters home.
She won't listen to me.
She won't even talk to me.
Hi.
Here, where you staying?
Don't know.
~ You'll stay with us.
~ I...
I didn't know how Nan was,
I didn't want to upset her.
What are you talking about?
You'll stay with us, eh?
What I want you to do is assist
us today by forming a long line,
looking down, looking left
to right, moving very slowly,
very meticulously. And repeat it.
If you see anything at all, anything
that might be of any significance,
report it to myself, or any
of the other police officers.
~ Child Protection Team inside?
~ Yes, sir.
When was the last time you saw Dale?
I don't know.
You don't know?
A few days ago, I don't know.
~ We need to speak to you.
~ Give me a minute.
We can't find your daughter
and we can't find Mr Barge.
Now, I don't think
that's a coincidence.
Have you got a photo of him?
~ No. I don't think so.
~ No?
Can I see your phone?
Yeah, yeah, maybe on my phone.
What time did Lizzie
get home from school?
~ Um, 3.30.
~ Excuse me...
What did she do then?
She went out to play with friends.
What friends, Cheryl?
What are their names?
I don't know.
How are you doing with that photo?
Here, come on, I'll do it.
~ Where was she playing?
~ I don't know.
What time did she get home?
~ I don't know.
~ Why don't you know, Cheryl?!
(Johnny?)
All right, look, I asked
Cheryl to come meet me
in the Duke of Cumberland
to talk things through,
you know, work things out.
Yeah, work things out.
You were at the pub?
Did you check on Lizzie when
you got back from the pub?
I thought she was in bed.
You didn't check on her? You
didn't make sure she was safe?
You know, you gave me a description
of the pyjamas she was wearing
but you didn't see her in them?
You don't know what she was wearing
because you didn't see her.
~ DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
~ Cheryl had a little bit too much to drink.
A bit too much to drink?
~ Louise Marsh. Social Services.
~ Get her out of here right now!
You were drunk?
Yeah, she was drunk!
I walked her back from the
pub and then I went home.
You know, I thought
Lizzie was sleeping.
Have you got that photo?
~ Were you aware of Cheryl's
friend? "Mr Dale Barge?"
~ No.
That's "Dale Barge"?
Dale Barge is dead.
How do you feel if you're Cheryl
and your boyfriend wants
your eight-year-old daughter
more than he wants you?
~ Very angry.
~ Angry enough to kill him?
Do you have any doubt that Dale
Barge was abusing Lizzie Craddock?
None.
Barge abuses the girl.
The parents kill him.
Where's the girl?
She's already dead.
Where's the body?
If you're the parents,
her body's your defence.
It can prove Barge an
abuser. Why hide it?
Unless you killed her.
But that would make the parents
complicit in the abuse.
RORY SIGHS
We have to hope she's alive.
We solve the murder of Barge, we
find out what happened to Lizzie.
I want to speak to the social worker.
Blames herself?
It looks like it.
You've known the family a while?
We were aware of Cheryl Craddock
before Lizzie was born.
Cheryl presented slight
learning difficulties.
We tried to support her but they're
a dysfunctional family.
Johnny has trouble
controlling his anger.
Has he ever acted out?
He threatened to attack me.
I'm sure he's attacked Cheryl,
but she won't say anything.
We encouraged Cheryl to try to put
some space between her daughter
and herself and her husband.
So you encouraged them to split up?
We encouraged her to try to think
about her daughter's safety.
There was an incident a week ago.
~ Over Mr Barge?
~ Something made Mr Craddock very angry.
We tried to intervene
and remove Lizzie.
Why didn't you?
The court refused my application.
We didn't have evidence.
No evidence? Were you speculating?
Yes! That... that's what I was doing!
What do you want me to
say?! I have to speculate
because if I wait for evidence,
it can be too late.
I have to prevent vulnerable
children from being hurt.
I failed Lizzie Craddock. She's
missing because I'm too late.
It's OK, Louise.
I was worried about her
and I was right to be.
I wish I was wrong.
RORY: And the last time you saw Dale?
A few days ago.
~ With Lizzie?
~ He gave Lizzie a lot of attention.
Did that make you jealous?
Are you OK?
He was a mate.
You trust your mates, don't you?
I knew him from down the pub.
I can't remember how we
met, he was just there.
Cos he fancied me.
I never did nothing with him
and he never tried it on.
'We was in the same side
in Sunday league for a bit,'
but he was rubbish.
'I'm trying to think.'
I don't remember the last
time it was just me and him.
He liked to do things
just the three of us.
There's an adventure
playground in the common...
No, never been there. It's
too far. It's dodgy an' all.
Drugs, gay blokes and that
sort of thing at night.
I tried my best. We're good parents.
~ How do you make your living, Johnny?
~ I'm a builder.
It's hard to find a job, innit?
What's that got to do with anything?
~ Wanker.
~ Why did you split up?
Cos of her.
She put things in my head, she lied
about Johnny, put things in my head.
You know she did this!
Said things about me.
Turned Cheryl's head,
made her hate me.
Once they're "missing",
they don't come back.
We both know it, we just
can't say it to anyone.
They won't even find a body.
I could have saved her and I didn't.
Saved her from what?
Abuse disguised as love.
Parents who are incapable of being
anything other than selfish.
I knew Cheryl was weak
and Johnny was dangerous.
But I ended up helping
Barge by separating them.
But you had no idea.
That doesn't make me feel any better.
The fact I didn't know
makes me feel...
responsible.
I often wondered if I did that too
much, if I'd forget how to cry.
Have you forgotten?
You have to pull yourself
together, Louise.
You can't give up on her, not yet.
Will I get you something? Let
me get you something. A biscuit?
I'll get you a biscuit.
~ NAN SCREAMS
~ Thanks, Nan.
Sorry. She's always doing that.
~ I hope you don't mind I have her here.
~ It's fine.
Have you seen my sisters?
Well, Cathy's still with
that foster family.
But they won't let us visit her...
.. and they won't tell
us where Mary is.
The Social Services have
put her up for adoption.
We tried everything to
stop them, your nan and I.
But, oh no, we're too old.
My health's not good enough,
~ all that bollocks.
~ We had to stand there as they said it.
All your mother had
to do was leave Daniel
and none of this would have happened.
That's what the lady from
the Social Services wanted.
Oh, I'm sorry to have
to tell you this, Kevin.
I know it's upsetting.
Mary hasn't been adopted yet?
They won't change their mind.
They don't listen,
not to people like us.
Lizzie's been missing
for 24 hours now.
Talk to everyone on the estate.
Sergeant take the volunteers
and go back over the common,
then cover the surrounding
area and report back to me.
OK. Come on, lads.
Yeah, let's head over there now.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, you came home to me.
Oh, come in! Come in!
Is he here?
Oh, come in, Kevin. Please.
It's so good to see you.
We talk about you every day.
I'm just really glad
to see you're safe.
Please, Kevin, come in.
This is your home too.
Look, I'm going to go to
the shop and get some fags.
Yeah? Does anyone want anything?
Money's no object. If I come
up short, I'll just nick it.
I'll leave you guys to it.
Daniel's got a job driving
a minicab, nights.
He's working for himself.
You see that blue car
out front? He owns it.
Why didn't you come and see me?
I didn't think you wanted
me to. I would've.
Look, you have to know I would've.
~ Is Cathy all right?
~ Yeah, she's fine.
I try to see her once a month.
She's with a foster family
but that's just temporary.
I want to see her.
Um... here's the address...
.. but you have to call 'em
to make an appointment.
Is this what Mary looks like now?
Yeah. Sweet.
She's getting adopted.
Why are you letting them?
I tried to stop 'em. You've
got to believe me.
~ I tried so hard.
~ Why did you stay with him?
I know it's hard for
you to understand...
Look, they took us
away because of him.
No, no, that is not true.
That is not true.
Look, after I had Mary,
I wasn't right in my head,
depressed like. That's why I
went to hospital, you remember?
Daniel tried his best. And that
woman from the Social came.
She never liked Daniel,
didn't trust him.
She said, "No-one's going to
take your baby." She lied to us.
She took her away. She's the
one to blame, not Daniel.
But if you split with him, none
of this would have happened.
That's not true. Look, I
know it's hard to explain.
Cathy got sick and...
Look, we love you.
I swear, we love you.
You don't love us. You only had to
do one thing and you wouldn't do it.
~ Who told you that?
~ Nan and Gramps.
Oh, no. Look, don't listen to them.
You don't understand, not everything.
I wanted a family. I'm so thick.
How could I ever have that?
You don't know who my father
is. You're just a slut.
Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry, please, Kevin.
Forgive me. He stood by me.
I got pregnant with you.
I was no older than you are now.
And he was my best friend
and he stood by me.
He never turned his back on me.
He didn't ask me any questions.
I can't betray him by saying
he's something that he's not.
Look, I love you, but please, please
don't make me do that. I can't.
I've got principles.
Where are you going? No, stay here.
I'm staying with Gramps and Nan.
No, no, no! Don't
go there. Stay here.
Stay here with me, Kevin.
They arrive at 6.50pm.
It places Lizzie Craddock
on the common with Barge,
but not specifically
in the playhouse.
No cameras cover the
playground itself
and there's no CCTV of her leaving.
Barge knew his way round the common,
used to work for the council.
~ Maintenance in the Parks Department.
~ Used to?
~ He lost his job.
Inappropriate material
on his work computer.
~ Does the CCTV put Cheryl
and Johnny at the scene?
~ Nope.
There must be dozens of ways
in and out of the common
without using that gate.
The next person to arrive is a
council employee. Never goes in.
Locks the gate, leaves.
Is there anything forensically
~ that places Cheryl and Johnny at the scene?
~ Nothing so far.
I've asked for their
mobile phone records.
~ I'm on it. Service provider's
sending them over.
~ Yeah.
DNA from the saliva
on Barge's genitals
is a match to Lizzie Craddock.
She was in the playground.
So, Barge abuses Lizzie.
She bites him.
He's incapacitated. She runs.
~ Who kills Barge?
~ Parents. Vigilante.
~ Another abuser.
~ They fight over her?
~ Maybe he kills her because she's a witness.
~ She resisted.
Perhaps he kills her because he's afraid
she'll tell someone about the abuse.
Her body is more than likely
somewhere on the common.
We target our search there.
You don't know that she's
dead. You don't know!
The screwdriver didn't strike bone.
It would still have to overcome
the recoil of the skin.
Radio-opaque contrast material. You
can see the path of the weapon.
~ Direction of blow?
~ Right to left.
~ Right-handed?
~ Why a screwdriver?
Well, Johnny worked as a builder.
He would have used a screwdriver.
~ Yeah. And I changed a tap once.
~ Did you?
No! I'm making a point. Everybody
has access to a screwdriver.
Weapon of expedience.
Traces of sodium
hypochlorite on the body
and some clothing had
areas of chemical burns.
Destroying any evidence
they may have left behind.
What are we missing?
You're confident Lizzie
was at the playground?
And there was quite a lot
of blood at the scene?
Whoever stabbed Barge will
have his blood all over them.
When they leave the playground,
they'll leave an organic trail of
blood splatter, which we can follow.
Cath!
I can't believe you're
here. Do they know?
~ Doesn't matter, does it?
~ I'm so happy to see you!
Are you all right?
You're meant to make an appointment.
They're really strict.
~ Oh, they can piss off.
~ Cathy? Are you all right?
I've got to go. Come to my school?
Judge Gilmore, Louise Marsh.
This is inappropriate, Miss Marsh.
Have you heard about Lizzie Craddock?
I've no idea who or what
you're talking about...
An eight-year-old girl. You refused our
application for an Interim Care Order.
Miss Marsh, I'm warning you.
I begged you to help
her. She's now missing.
People are going to ask me questions.
I don't need to remind you the
proceedings are confidential.
You risk prison if you forget that.
I did my job. You let her down.
I make decisions based on the
evidence presented to me.
You're secret. Anonymous. They're
going to blame Social Services.
If the responsibility is too
much for you, Miss Marsh,
I suggest you find other employment.
Never approach me like this again.
I hope they find her.
I found traces of blood
leading to the rear
gate of the playground
which leads on to the common.
Then it disappears.
We're running DNA to confirm
the blood belongs to Dale Barge.
The killer escaped the
scene onto the common?
That's the assumption.
Cheryl and Johnny Craddock said
they'd been drinking heavily
the night before.
Yeah, it's why she didn't
check on her daughter.
Blood alcohol level
decreases at the rate of
18 milligrams per decilitre per
hour after you stop drinking.
There should still be alcohol
in their blood. There wasn't.
~ None.
~ Why say you were irresponsible
because you were drunk
when you hadn't been drinking?
You needed an alibi because
you committed a crime.
You're on the common
and not in the pub.
PHONE RINGS Conroy.
OK.
We have a hit.
This belonged to Johnny Craddock's
grandfather. Died two years ago.
No-one reported it to the council.
A school uniform.
Holman, I think.
Holman Hunt.
And the top of a bleach bottle.
~ Sorry. I didn't mean to...
~ No, it's OK. You didn't.
~ Can I talk to you?
~ Of course. I've been worried about you.
You are entitled to ongoing
support and accommodation
until you're 21 years old.
Take advantage of what
we can offer you.
We can keep you safe. I
want to help you, Kevin.
Help me do that. What can I do?
I don't want my sister being adopted.
You're putting Mary up for adoption.
Just let her come home to me and Mum.
I'll get rid of Daniel
or I'll make him go away.
Or she can stay with Gramps and Nan.
It's just we're a family...
Mary, Cathy and me.
Just keep us together and let us be.
I'm trying to make sure you're
all safe and have opportunities.
We could stay with Gramps
and Nan, all of us together.
Then I can get a job
and help pay for things.
She's going to forget about me.
Just stop Mary getting adopted.
I don't decide that.
The court decides that.
Yeah, but you tell 'em, like
you told them to put me in care.
We try to do what's best
for you and your family.
You think putting me in care
was the best thing for me?
See, nothing good happened there.
I was just... there.
~ You were safe.
~ You think you were protecting me from abuse.
No. That weren't it.
Cos what you did was abuse.
That's all it was.
~ You're the abuser.
~ No. You're angry, Kevin.
I think we need to get
you some counselling.
I want my sister with me.
She's my sister, I'll look after her.
~ That won't be possible, Kevin.
~ Why not? I'm 16.
And all the laws say...
I can look after myself.
So why can't I look after her too?
Mary's going to be adopted, Kevin.
She needs a safe and stable home.
We've found some adopters who are
really excited to care for her.
~ Where is she?
~ I can't tell you that.
~ Who's got her?
I'm not allowed to tell
you, Kevin. I'm sorry.
You sell them, don't you? That's
what they say on the internet.
You like it when they're
little cos you can sell 'em.
~ No. We don't sell babies.
~ Then why won't you tell me where she is?
Because I'm protecting her.
From me? You're protecting
her from me?
There are traces of blood on the
fragment of the school crest,
putting Lizzie at the murder scene
or at least in proximity
of the victim.
We have physical evidence
in an allotment linked to
Johnny Craddock, which
someone tried to destroy.
Cheryl and Johnny
lied about the night
that Lizzie disappeared.
They don't have an alibi.
~ Do we arrest them both?
~ They're clearly complicit.
If you watch them, the power is out
of balance in the relationship.
Cheryl is compliant,
she's not complicit.
She needs him.
How strong would she
be if we took him away?
Kevin, love, would you like some
tea? I've it made for you.
I went to see her... and THEM.
Did you?
Mum's never going
to leave him. Never.
How hungry are you, love?
She told me about when
she got pregnant with me.
Kevin! Here, I got this for you.
I thought might like to put
your little friend into it.
Thanks, Nan.
What did she say?
"He stood by her."
She says he's good.
Nothing's really changed then.
Eat it up, while it's hot.
~ Nan?
~ He caused us so much pain, that's all.
Mum said that she "won't betray him
by saying he's something he's not".
What did they want her to say he was?
Your mother's very fragile, Kevin.
She's not always mentally right.
I don't want you talking
about this, Delores.
You know it's not good for you.
Has she seen your sisters?
She doesn't know where
Mary is, but I saw Cathy.
Did you? And what did she say?
She's good, yeah. Couldn't
talk really.
We're trying to meet up later.
Kevin, when you've finished your tea,
~ would you give me a hand in the shop?
~ Course, Gramps.
OK, that's it. That's
it. Swing it round.
For you.
Kevin...
.. I need to have a
man-to-man with you.
You should know this.
You see, when the Social first got
involved with your mother and...
him, it was when your sister
Cathy fell pregnant.
Oh, but I thought she was
ill. Cathy never said...
Yeah. She had it taken care of.
~ Who did it to her?
~ She wouldn't say.
And now she's like your
mother, she's not right.
She imagines all sorts of things.
Sometimes I think she doesn't
know what's real at all.
We should have taken
her in, your nan and I.
We told the Social we would.
But Daniel was against it.
And I think I know why. He was
afraid she'd say something.
~ About what?
~ Well, that's what your mum
meant, wanting her to say,
"He's something he's not."
We think it was Daniel
got your sister pregnant.
Your nan does, the Social do,
but they won't say
anything, of course.
It's a secret. Everything's
a secret with that crowd.
And they wanted us to condemn our
daughter for being an unfit mother
for what happened to Cathy...
well, we wouldn't do it.
You're a man now, Kevin.
I thought you should know.
Kevin?
Drive.
Sorry, sir. Jack? Didn't
know you were coming.
Light candles,
say prayers that won't be answered
to a God that doesn't exist?
Wouldn't miss it.
I'll get you some candles.
Are we going to do this
publically or privately?
Is the idea to break her down?
Thanks.
~ Louise?
~ Nikki? You're here.
Yeah. I don't really know why.
~ I mean, I do, but...
~ I know exactly.
We feel foolish. We're
rational people,
this is pointless.
Why are we here?
Here they come.
Are you praying?
Do you pray for friends?
Do you pray for me?
It does absolutely no good.
Good evening, everyone.
Thank you for coming
to show your support
and love for the Craddock
family this evening.
We rejoice in the hope
of the glory of God.
~ I can't do this. I've to go.
~ Louise!
We should be searching for her,
not walking around with candles.
Tonight's for us. Not just for her.
We're reminding ourselves
not to let the light go out.
This shouldn't be happening.
There shouldn't be a vigil.
I was meant to protect her.
I have to go.
I would never hurt Cathy.
I'd never hurt you.
You're my son, Kevin.
Tell me the truth.
~ Who told you this?
~ Tell me the truth!
I have. It's lies.
Who told you these lies?
It's your fault they split us up.
Please. Please, Kevin!
Keep Lizzie free from harm
and bring her back safely
to her family and friends.
Dear Lord, hear our prayer.
ALL: Hear our prayer.
Help give her parents strength
through this unbearable pain.
Johnny Craddock, I'm arresting
you in connection with the death
of Dale Barge and the
disappearance of Lisanne Craddock.
Johnny? What do I do?
~ Be quiet, Cheryl. Calm down.
~ What are they going to do to you?
Don't think about me.
Think about Lizzie.
Cheryl! Stay calm.
You do not have to say anything.
But it may harm your defence
if you do not mention,
when questioned, something you
may later rely on in court.
Give me a minute, yeah?
I want you to know that I would
have done the same thing, Johnny.
If I knew some bastard
had hurt my daughter...
.. between you and me?
I would have killed him.
It would have made me crazy
that I hadn't protected her.
Do you know where your
little girl is, Johnny?
Did he bury her?
Did he tell you where her body is?
We found her burnt clothes, Johnny.
Do yourself a favour and help
us bring closure to this.
Tell us what you did.
BABY CRIES
What's wrong, sweetie, eh?
Come here. Oh, dear!
Ssh! Ssh!
Calm down. Don't cry.
You're OK.
He just won't stop crying.
I don't know what to do.
'I'm sorry, I can't...
I can't leave the office.'
I just want him to stop.
Why won't he stop?
Oh, my God. Oh, God.
Oh, my poor sweetie.
Oh, poor sweetie.
Robert, I'm taking
him to the hospital.
Please, please, I need a
doctor for my little boy.
You OK, little man?
So how did your son
get these bruises?
I don't know.
He didn't fall, that you can
remember? You didn't drop him?
No! Of course not!
You didn't get angry with him?
No! He was crying. I came
to see what was wrong.
I saw the bruises. I don't
know how he got them.
I see. You don't know.
Excuse me for a minute.
'What happened to us?
What have we become?
'What do you do one day when
you realise you can't succeed?
I'm hated when I take action
and damned for not acting.
'I'm not interested in
both sides of the story.
'I'm here to protect the child.'
~ Hi! Carol Mansfield?
~ Yes.
Louise Marsh. I'm a social worker.
We need to talk about your son.
I have seen harrowing
injuries to children
that could have been prevented.
The mother brought the
child in by herself?
The father didn't arrive
until some time later.
~ I want another doctor now.
~ I'll ask you not to threaten me.
I have dealt with parental deception.
~ Are you a paedophile, Johnny?
~ Shut your mouth!
Did you kill her, Johnny?
She didn't report it to the
police until the next day.
You're trying to trick me.
Please, Cheryl, don't protect him.
~ He was not evil.
~ Mrs Garvey, let go, please.
Kevin's already been here.
I have to protect the
child. Who do I believe?
♪ Testator silens
♪ Costestes e spiritu
♪ Silentium... ♪
I can really confide in, no-one I can trust
' with a secret, a confidence.
'I feel as though you know me,
however. I can't explain why.
'It's just a feeling. And I...
I think you'll understand.
'So, I'm just... I'm
going to tell you this
'so you'll know what happened.'
POUNDING ON DOOR
Cheryl! I want to see my daughter!
Leave us alone!
Oh, please, leave us alone.
Where's Lizzie? She's MY daughter.
She doesn't want to see you
right now. So, leave us alone.
Hey, Lizzie, my little princess!
Hi, Daddy.
Look, Daddy just wanted
to say good night.
~ Just go, Johnny, please.
~ Shut up! I'm saying good night!
Good night, Daddy.
You ain't coming in here!
You ain't coming in....
I want to kiss her good night.
POLICE SIREN WAILS OUTSIDE
CHERYL SOBS
PHONE RINGS
Hello.
The mother's known to us.
OK. Leave it with me.
KNOCKS ON DOOR
Cheryl? It's Louise Marsh.
I heard what happened.
Cheryl?
~ You OK?
~ Fine.
We need to talk about Lizzie.
Your daughter Lizzie would
be placed in the care
of the local authority until
such a time that the court
can determine what is
in her best interests.
The workings of this
court are confidential.
You are not to discuss this matter
with anyone except your lawyers.
If you do so, I shall hold
you in contempt of court
which could mean prison.
Miss Marsh? Did the police charge
anyone as a result of the incident?
No. Not during this incident.
I got a caution. That's all.
~ No weapon?
~ No.
Was the child in danger?
Yes, your Honour. That's our belief.
Can I just say something?
Please? I just...
I know Cheryl's a good mother
and I want to say sorry
to her and Lizzie.
You know, I didn't want to scare 'em.
You know, I did what the
lady from the Social wanted.
I moved out. But I wanted
to see my little girl.
You know, some fathers
don't care. I care.
It weren't Cheryl's
fault what happened
so, please, don't...
don't do this to her.
Miss Marsh?
We ask the court to place
Lizzie Craddock in our care.
We think she needs that protection.
I can't see, on the
evidence I've heard,
that the threshold for significant
harm has been reached.
I do not believe there are
sufficient grounds to make
such an Interim Care Order.
The application is refused.
(Please, Your Honour, Lizzie
Craddock is in danger.)
If you truly believe that, Ms Marsh,
perhaps you should have
provided the evidence
to make a case for it.
DISTANT: ♪ Happy birthday to you
♪ Happy birthday to you
♪ Happy birthday, dear Kevin
♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪
Where do you think
you're going, Kevin?
It's got nothing to do with
you any more, does it?
Come on, boys.
CHILDREN LAUGH
BABY CRIES
DIAL TONE RINGS
'999. Which service do you require?'
CHERYL: 'Police. I need the police.'
'Police. How can we help?'
'Please, I don't know what to
do. Someone please help me.'
'All right. Let's try to stay calm.
Can you tell me what's happened?'
It's my daughter. She's missing.
♪ Testator silens
♪ Costestes e spiritu
♪ Silentium... ♪
Stab wound?
Sharp force injury.
No weapon present.
Stabbed in the back, eh?
Small irregular tear.
Bruising visible where the handle
of the weapon hit the skin.
What's he doing in a
children's playground, hmm?
Yeah. Nobody really wants
to answer that one.
~ HE SNIFFS
~ Can you smell bleach?
Yeah. I guess it could be.
Strands of human hair in
the victim's right hand.
Here.
Struggle?
PHONE RINGS
Clarissa. Hi. I'm at a scene, love.
Now?
All right, text me the address.
All right, cheers.
~ Got to go.
~ What?
~ Clarissa says it's urgent.
Tell your man I'll be back.
~ You tell him.
~ I don't want to get into
a long conversation.
Jack, you don't have
long conversations.
~ Detective Inspector Rory Drennan.
~ Nice to see you.
~ Nikki Alexander.
~ Carry on. Don't let me interrupt.
Killed here or was the body dumped?
Er, almost certainly killed
here. No blood trail.
Discolouration matches the body
position - it hasn't been moved.
~ Livor has set in...
~ Any sense of a time of death?
Not yet. That's what I'm doing.
I'm trying to establish it.
Sorry.
Eager.
~ Rigor is fully present...
~ Is the forensics bloke coming back?
Sorry.
Rigor is fully present.
That's not going under
his tongue, is it?
No.
I might just... check
something in the car.
I went to wake her up for school,
she weren't in her bed,
~ she weren't in the kitchen...
~ Where's Lizzie's father?
I don't know.
~ Have you told him she's missing?
~ Yes.
What? You've told him but
you don't know where he is?
I called him.
Is he at work?
Doesn't have a job at the minute.
I see. So, he knows his
daughter's missing.
He's not working, why isn't he here?
Is there any other family members
that she may have gone to?
Grandparents? Friends?
Does she have a mobile?
No.
Forensics. Are you child protection?
Ah.
Conroy.
The girl's name's Lizzie
Craddock. Aged eight.
I'm not sure what we're
dealing with yet.
Could be a runaway. Might be
an abduction by the father,
the couple are estranged.
We're looking for the father,
Johnny Craddock, now.
He was cautioned for harassing her.
His excuse was he wanted to see
his daughter. Connect the dots.
~ Does he have a key to the house?
~ Apparently not.
But it doesn't rule
out the possibility
that his daughter let him
in. Or that he broke in.
~ So, we're looking for signs
of forced entry? Prints. DNA.
~ Please.
~ Yup.
Well, no sign of forced entry.
No-one came in or went
out of that window.
She could be a runaway?
Could be, but...
clothes are gone.
How many eight-year-olds
pack before they run away?
It's Conroy. I want to initiate
a Child Rescue Alert.
Lizzie Craddock. Eight
years old. Female.
Last seen wearing pink
and white cotton pyjamas.
No ID on the body. I've
taken fingerprints.
I'll run a misspers check on the PNC.
We can run DNA, see if the
victim's on the database.
Robbery could have been a motive.
But if the victim
hasn't been moved...
Could be homeless?
Could be. Using it as shelter?
Why do you rob a homeless man?
And why would you kill him?
Maybe it was someone known to him.
I estimate time of death being
somewhere between
12 and 16 hours ago.
So sometime between 7pm
and 11pm last night?
It's hard for me to be more precise.
Air temperature impacts
residual body temperature,
so does clothing,
air flow, body size.
~ Well, I'll have to find out
what time the playground closes.
~ Dusk.
How do you know that?
It says "dusk" on the sign
at the entrance to the park.
Thank you.
All ports warning. Johnny Craddock.
History of violence.
Take into custody.
~ Nothing.
~ OK?
Advise to approach with caution. Bye.
~ Whoa, whoa, whoa.
~ Hey, don't touch me, man.
Hold on. Who are you?
Johnny Craddock.
When Cheryl called, I just
couldn't believe it.
You know, I didn't know what to do.
I told her to call
the Old Bill, like...
But you didn't come over right away?
No, I tried to call her school first,
just to make sure she weren't there.
They've got a breakfast club.
~ What's the school's name?
~ Holman Hunt.
Sorry, would you mind just waiting
outside while we have a chat?
~ Yeah.
~ Thanks.
You know, Lizzie means
everything to us, yeah?
If anything happened to her,
I don't know what I'd do.
Do you think it's possible that
Lizzie might have run away?
It's possible, I guess.
Where do you think she'd go?
Where do you live, Mr Craddock?
I wouldn't hurt my daughter.
But she could be hiding, yeah?
Yeah.
Bruising from a hand grip is
visible on the left forearm...
.. as well as scratch marks.
KNOCKING ON DOOR
There's a wee girl gone missing.
Police have issued
a Child Rescue Alert.
She had brown hair, Nikki,
long brown hair like you
found in your victim's hand.
The crime scenes are
about half a mile apart.
~ It's not going to be a coincidence, is it?
~ Do you have evidence?
Naturally, I've taken hair from the
brush in her room and a toothbrush.
Well, let's run them
and see if they match.
Compare the hairs for
similarities to see
~ if they're consistent with each
other while we wait for DNA.
~ Yup.
Hey.
Hey, Lily, what are you doing?
Back in there.
Kevin Garvey chose to leave.
He didn't want to stay
here any longer.
You met with him regularly?
Of course. But he's 16.
It's his prerogative.
Do you have a sense
of his state of mind?
Determined, I guess.
Did he have a place to go?
He refused to engage in
any kind of conversation.
~ PHONE VIBRATES
~ Sorry.
Louise Marsh.
OK, thanks.
(Oh, God.)
There's been a Child Rescue Alert,
one of my children.
I have to go.
Grandparents or an aunt or
something, that's where she is.
~ That would be my guess.
~ And that's all it would be. A guess.
"Stranger danger" is
unbelievably rare.
11 kids a year out of 11 million.
It literally is one in a million.
Reassuring stat unless
you're the one.
You don't take her clothes if you're
intending to kill her, do you?
No. But you might if you were
part of a paedophile ring.
~ If you were selling her.
~ Who was selling her?
~ I don't know - her parents?
~ That is very dark.
And we live in a dark world.
Yes. Well, I'm just trying
to stay positive.
Jack? I said, "I'm just
trying to stay positive"
and you say, "That's
unlike you, Clarissa."
And then I say...
Jack?
INAUDIBLE
The hairs share
significant similarities.
We won't know if it's
a definite match
till the DNA results come back.
I found another strand of hair
in a wound under the chin.
I can't be sure if the
wound occurred post-mortem
or ante-mortem, but the hair
was captured in coagulated blood
so we might suspect
it was ante-mortem.
Results of a struggle?
Bruising from the grip of a hand
and scratch marks on the forearm
are consistent with this.
Preliminary investigation
indicates that the victim
died of a penetrating stab injury
to the aorta by a sharp object
that passed through the
mid-thoracic area, T4.
Entered here, through these
ribs and cut the aorta.
We never recovered the knife?
~ No.
~ The weapon wasn't a knife.
The tear of the skin and shape
of the wound makes me think
that the murder weapon
was cylindrical.
6.75 inches long with
a hexagonal handle.
You can see the hit
mark of the handle,
consistent with a screwdriver.
How quickly would he have died?
From the size and location of the
wound, very quickly. Minutes.
He might have thought
it was a punch at first
but he would have been
in immediate distress.
Most of the bleeding was internal.
Right.
There were wounds on his genitalia.
The skin was broken... by teeth.
I've swabbed the bite for saliva DNA.
There are five noticeable
tooth impressions.
There should be a sixth.
The 2-2. The upper right maxillary
lateral incisor is missing.
The lateral incisor erupts at...
.. between eight and nine years old.
I think he was bitten by a child.
CHILDREN'S VOICES OVERLAP
Right, OK, thank you.
Are you all right?
What's your name?
Carly.
Do you know Lizzie?
We're best friends.
Do you go to the same school?
We're in the same class.
Do you think she's going to be OK?
I hope so.
Where do you and Lizzie play?
Around here mostly. The
playground. The common.
Did you play yesterday?
No.
Do you think she'd run away?
Maybe. She didn't like it when
her mum and dad shouted.
Where do you think she'd go?
I don't know. Her dad's? Mine?
She's not at mine. Dale's?
Is Dale a friend from school?
No. He's her mum's friend.
He's really nice.
Do you think she's going to be OK?
I'm sure she's OK.
Who is Dale?
A bloke I'm friendly with.
A boyfriend!?
Who had direct contact
with your daughter?
Why didn't you mention him before?
He just comes round here to hang out.
And "play" with your daughter?
To see me.
SHE SIGHS What's his surname?
~ "Barge".
~ Where does he live?!
Requesting a Sex Offenders
Register check, please.
Name's Dale Barge. Bravo, Alpha,
Romeo, Golf, Echo. Over.
Break it down.
~ Police!
~ Police!
Clear.
~ Clear.
~ Clear.
RADIO: 'Negative. No previous
or outstanding. Negative.'
See, the thing is, son,
it's a bank holiday.
They won't come out, you see.
Be with you in a minute.
So, you've got to wait...
Kevin?
HE CHUCKLES
Well, my God, I don't
believe my eyes!
HE LAUGHS
~ How you doing?
~ Yeah, I'm OK.
Listen, did you run
away from that home?
I'm 16, Gramps. I walked away.
Did you phone your mother?
I went home, but...
Oh, I'm sorry. Did no-one tell you?
They had to move. The
place was vandalised.
After the Social took you and your
sister Cathy, there were rumours.
People said some horrible
things about them.
They made their life a misery.
Poor Niamh, she just
couldn't stand it.
But the council didn't move them far.
They couldn't put them in a flat
because she didn't have the kids.
So they put her in a B&B.
~ Is she still with him?
~ Yes.
And as long as she stays with
him, the Courts and the Social,
they won't let your sisters home.
She won't listen to me.
She won't even talk to me.
Hi.
Here, where you staying?
Don't know.
~ You'll stay with us.
~ I...
I didn't know how Nan was,
I didn't want to upset her.
What are you talking about?
You'll stay with us, eh?
What I want you to do is assist
us today by forming a long line,
looking down, looking left
to right, moving very slowly,
very meticulously. And repeat it.
If you see anything at all, anything
that might be of any significance,
report it to myself, or any
of the other police officers.
~ Child Protection Team inside?
~ Yes, sir.
When was the last time you saw Dale?
I don't know.
You don't know?
A few days ago, I don't know.
~ We need to speak to you.
~ Give me a minute.
We can't find your daughter
and we can't find Mr Barge.
Now, I don't think
that's a coincidence.
Have you got a photo of him?
~ No. I don't think so.
~ No?
Can I see your phone?
Yeah, yeah, maybe on my phone.
What time did Lizzie
get home from school?
~ Um, 3.30.
~ Excuse me...
What did she do then?
She went out to play with friends.
What friends, Cheryl?
What are their names?
I don't know.
How are you doing with that photo?
Here, come on, I'll do it.
~ Where was she playing?
~ I don't know.
What time did she get home?
~ I don't know.
~ Why don't you know, Cheryl?!
(Johnny?)
All right, look, I asked
Cheryl to come meet me
in the Duke of Cumberland
to talk things through,
you know, work things out.
Yeah, work things out.
You were at the pub?
Did you check on Lizzie when
you got back from the pub?
I thought she was in bed.
You didn't check on her? You
didn't make sure she was safe?
You know, you gave me a description
of the pyjamas she was wearing
but you didn't see her in them?
You don't know what she was wearing
because you didn't see her.
~ DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
~ Cheryl had a little bit too much to drink.
A bit too much to drink?
~ Louise Marsh. Social Services.
~ Get her out of here right now!
You were drunk?
Yeah, she was drunk!
I walked her back from the
pub and then I went home.
You know, I thought
Lizzie was sleeping.
Have you got that photo?
~ Were you aware of Cheryl's
friend? "Mr Dale Barge?"
~ No.
That's "Dale Barge"?
Dale Barge is dead.
How do you feel if you're Cheryl
and your boyfriend wants
your eight-year-old daughter
more than he wants you?
~ Very angry.
~ Angry enough to kill him?
Do you have any doubt that Dale
Barge was abusing Lizzie Craddock?
None.
Barge abuses the girl.
The parents kill him.
Where's the girl?
She's already dead.
Where's the body?
If you're the parents,
her body's your defence.
It can prove Barge an
abuser. Why hide it?
Unless you killed her.
But that would make the parents
complicit in the abuse.
RORY SIGHS
We have to hope she's alive.
We solve the murder of Barge, we
find out what happened to Lizzie.
I want to speak to the social worker.
Blames herself?
It looks like it.
You've known the family a while?
We were aware of Cheryl Craddock
before Lizzie was born.
Cheryl presented slight
learning difficulties.
We tried to support her but they're
a dysfunctional family.
Johnny has trouble
controlling his anger.
Has he ever acted out?
He threatened to attack me.
I'm sure he's attacked Cheryl,
but she won't say anything.
We encouraged Cheryl to try to put
some space between her daughter
and herself and her husband.
So you encouraged them to split up?
We encouraged her to try to think
about her daughter's safety.
There was an incident a week ago.
~ Over Mr Barge?
~ Something made Mr Craddock very angry.
We tried to intervene
and remove Lizzie.
Why didn't you?
The court refused my application.
We didn't have evidence.
No evidence? Were you speculating?
Yes! That... that's what I was doing!
What do you want me to
say?! I have to speculate
because if I wait for evidence,
it can be too late.
I have to prevent vulnerable
children from being hurt.
I failed Lizzie Craddock. She's
missing because I'm too late.
It's OK, Louise.
I was worried about her
and I was right to be.
I wish I was wrong.
RORY: And the last time you saw Dale?
A few days ago.
~ With Lizzie?
~ He gave Lizzie a lot of attention.
Did that make you jealous?
Are you OK?
He was a mate.
You trust your mates, don't you?
I knew him from down the pub.
I can't remember how we
met, he was just there.
Cos he fancied me.
I never did nothing with him
and he never tried it on.
'We was in the same side
in Sunday league for a bit,'
but he was rubbish.
'I'm trying to think.'
I don't remember the last
time it was just me and him.
He liked to do things
just the three of us.
There's an adventure
playground in the common...
No, never been there. It's
too far. It's dodgy an' all.
Drugs, gay blokes and that
sort of thing at night.
I tried my best. We're good parents.
~ How do you make your living, Johnny?
~ I'm a builder.
It's hard to find a job, innit?
What's that got to do with anything?
~ Wanker.
~ Why did you split up?
Cos of her.
She put things in my head, she lied
about Johnny, put things in my head.
You know she did this!
Said things about me.
Turned Cheryl's head,
made her hate me.
Once they're "missing",
they don't come back.
We both know it, we just
can't say it to anyone.
They won't even find a body.
I could have saved her and I didn't.
Saved her from what?
Abuse disguised as love.
Parents who are incapable of being
anything other than selfish.
I knew Cheryl was weak
and Johnny was dangerous.
But I ended up helping
Barge by separating them.
But you had no idea.
That doesn't make me feel any better.
The fact I didn't know
makes me feel...
responsible.
I often wondered if I did that too
much, if I'd forget how to cry.
Have you forgotten?
You have to pull yourself
together, Louise.
You can't give up on her, not yet.
Will I get you something? Let
me get you something. A biscuit?
I'll get you a biscuit.
~ NAN SCREAMS
~ Thanks, Nan.
Sorry. She's always doing that.
~ I hope you don't mind I have her here.
~ It's fine.
Have you seen my sisters?
Well, Cathy's still with
that foster family.
But they won't let us visit her...
.. and they won't tell
us where Mary is.
The Social Services have
put her up for adoption.
We tried everything to
stop them, your nan and I.
But, oh no, we're too old.
My health's not good enough,
~ all that bollocks.
~ We had to stand there as they said it.
All your mother had
to do was leave Daniel
and none of this would have happened.
That's what the lady from
the Social Services wanted.
Oh, I'm sorry to have
to tell you this, Kevin.
I know it's upsetting.
Mary hasn't been adopted yet?
They won't change their mind.
They don't listen,
not to people like us.
Lizzie's been missing
for 24 hours now.
Talk to everyone on the estate.
Sergeant take the volunteers
and go back over the common,
then cover the surrounding
area and report back to me.
OK. Come on, lads.
Yeah, let's head over there now.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, you came home to me.
Oh, come in! Come in!
Is he here?
Oh, come in, Kevin. Please.
It's so good to see you.
We talk about you every day.
I'm just really glad
to see you're safe.
Please, Kevin, come in.
This is your home too.
Look, I'm going to go to
the shop and get some fags.
Yeah? Does anyone want anything?
Money's no object. If I come
up short, I'll just nick it.
I'll leave you guys to it.
Daniel's got a job driving
a minicab, nights.
He's working for himself.
You see that blue car
out front? He owns it.
Why didn't you come and see me?
I didn't think you wanted
me to. I would've.
Look, you have to know I would've.
~ Is Cathy all right?
~ Yeah, she's fine.
I try to see her once a month.
She's with a foster family
but that's just temporary.
I want to see her.
Um... here's the address...
.. but you have to call 'em
to make an appointment.
Is this what Mary looks like now?
Yeah. Sweet.
She's getting adopted.
Why are you letting them?
I tried to stop 'em. You've
got to believe me.
~ I tried so hard.
~ Why did you stay with him?
I know it's hard for
you to understand...
Look, they took us
away because of him.
No, no, that is not true.
That is not true.
Look, after I had Mary,
I wasn't right in my head,
depressed like. That's why I
went to hospital, you remember?
Daniel tried his best. And that
woman from the Social came.
She never liked Daniel,
didn't trust him.
She said, "No-one's going to
take your baby." She lied to us.
She took her away. She's the
one to blame, not Daniel.
But if you split with him, none
of this would have happened.
That's not true. Look, I
know it's hard to explain.
Cathy got sick and...
Look, we love you.
I swear, we love you.
You don't love us. You only had to
do one thing and you wouldn't do it.
~ Who told you that?
~ Nan and Gramps.
Oh, no. Look, don't listen to them.
You don't understand, not everything.
I wanted a family. I'm so thick.
How could I ever have that?
You don't know who my father
is. You're just a slut.
Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry, please, Kevin.
Forgive me. He stood by me.
I got pregnant with you.
I was no older than you are now.
And he was my best friend
and he stood by me.
He never turned his back on me.
He didn't ask me any questions.
I can't betray him by saying
he's something that he's not.
Look, I love you, but please, please
don't make me do that. I can't.
I've got principles.
Where are you going? No, stay here.
I'm staying with Gramps and Nan.
No, no, no! Don't
go there. Stay here.
Stay here with me, Kevin.
They arrive at 6.50pm.
It places Lizzie Craddock
on the common with Barge,
but not specifically
in the playhouse.
No cameras cover the
playground itself
and there's no CCTV of her leaving.
Barge knew his way round the common,
used to work for the council.
~ Maintenance in the Parks Department.
~ Used to?
~ He lost his job.
Inappropriate material
on his work computer.
~ Does the CCTV put Cheryl
and Johnny at the scene?
~ Nope.
There must be dozens of ways
in and out of the common
without using that gate.
The next person to arrive is a
council employee. Never goes in.
Locks the gate, leaves.
Is there anything forensically
~ that places Cheryl and Johnny at the scene?
~ Nothing so far.
I've asked for their
mobile phone records.
~ I'm on it. Service provider's
sending them over.
~ Yeah.
DNA from the saliva
on Barge's genitals
is a match to Lizzie Craddock.
She was in the playground.
So, Barge abuses Lizzie.
She bites him.
He's incapacitated. She runs.
~ Who kills Barge?
~ Parents. Vigilante.
~ Another abuser.
~ They fight over her?
~ Maybe he kills her because she's a witness.
~ She resisted.
Perhaps he kills her because he's afraid
she'll tell someone about the abuse.
Her body is more than likely
somewhere on the common.
We target our search there.
You don't know that she's
dead. You don't know!
The screwdriver didn't strike bone.
It would still have to overcome
the recoil of the skin.
Radio-opaque contrast material. You
can see the path of the weapon.
~ Direction of blow?
~ Right to left.
~ Right-handed?
~ Why a screwdriver?
Well, Johnny worked as a builder.
He would have used a screwdriver.
~ Yeah. And I changed a tap once.
~ Did you?
No! I'm making a point. Everybody
has access to a screwdriver.
Weapon of expedience.
Traces of sodium
hypochlorite on the body
and some clothing had
areas of chemical burns.
Destroying any evidence
they may have left behind.
What are we missing?
You're confident Lizzie
was at the playground?
And there was quite a lot
of blood at the scene?
Whoever stabbed Barge will
have his blood all over them.
When they leave the playground,
they'll leave an organic trail of
blood splatter, which we can follow.
Cath!
I can't believe you're
here. Do they know?
~ Doesn't matter, does it?
~ I'm so happy to see you!
Are you all right?
You're meant to make an appointment.
They're really strict.
~ Oh, they can piss off.
~ Cathy? Are you all right?
I've got to go. Come to my school?
Judge Gilmore, Louise Marsh.
This is inappropriate, Miss Marsh.
Have you heard about Lizzie Craddock?
I've no idea who or what
you're talking about...
An eight-year-old girl. You refused our
application for an Interim Care Order.
Miss Marsh, I'm warning you.
I begged you to help
her. She's now missing.
People are going to ask me questions.
I don't need to remind you the
proceedings are confidential.
You risk prison if you forget that.
I did my job. You let her down.
I make decisions based on the
evidence presented to me.
You're secret. Anonymous. They're
going to blame Social Services.
If the responsibility is too
much for you, Miss Marsh,
I suggest you find other employment.
Never approach me like this again.
I hope they find her.
I found traces of blood
leading to the rear
gate of the playground
which leads on to the common.
Then it disappears.
We're running DNA to confirm
the blood belongs to Dale Barge.
The killer escaped the
scene onto the common?
That's the assumption.
Cheryl and Johnny Craddock said
they'd been drinking heavily
the night before.
Yeah, it's why she didn't
check on her daughter.
Blood alcohol level
decreases at the rate of
18 milligrams per decilitre per
hour after you stop drinking.
There should still be alcohol
in their blood. There wasn't.
~ None.
~ Why say you were irresponsible
because you were drunk
when you hadn't been drinking?
You needed an alibi because
you committed a crime.
You're on the common
and not in the pub.
PHONE RINGS Conroy.
OK.
We have a hit.
This belonged to Johnny Craddock's
grandfather. Died two years ago.
No-one reported it to the council.
A school uniform.
Holman, I think.
Holman Hunt.
And the top of a bleach bottle.
~ Sorry. I didn't mean to...
~ No, it's OK. You didn't.
~ Can I talk to you?
~ Of course. I've been worried about you.
You are entitled to ongoing
support and accommodation
until you're 21 years old.
Take advantage of what
we can offer you.
We can keep you safe. I
want to help you, Kevin.
Help me do that. What can I do?
I don't want my sister being adopted.
You're putting Mary up for adoption.
Just let her come home to me and Mum.
I'll get rid of Daniel
or I'll make him go away.
Or she can stay with Gramps and Nan.
It's just we're a family...
Mary, Cathy and me.
Just keep us together and let us be.
I'm trying to make sure you're
all safe and have opportunities.
We could stay with Gramps
and Nan, all of us together.
Then I can get a job
and help pay for things.
She's going to forget about me.
Just stop Mary getting adopted.
I don't decide that.
The court decides that.
Yeah, but you tell 'em, like
you told them to put me in care.
We try to do what's best
for you and your family.
You think putting me in care
was the best thing for me?
See, nothing good happened there.
I was just... there.
~ You were safe.
~ You think you were protecting me from abuse.
No. That weren't it.
Cos what you did was abuse.
That's all it was.
~ You're the abuser.
~ No. You're angry, Kevin.
I think we need to get
you some counselling.
I want my sister with me.
She's my sister, I'll look after her.
~ That won't be possible, Kevin.
~ Why not? I'm 16.
And all the laws say...
I can look after myself.
So why can't I look after her too?
Mary's going to be adopted, Kevin.
She needs a safe and stable home.
We've found some adopters who are
really excited to care for her.
~ Where is she?
~ I can't tell you that.
~ Who's got her?
I'm not allowed to tell
you, Kevin. I'm sorry.
You sell them, don't you? That's
what they say on the internet.
You like it when they're
little cos you can sell 'em.
~ No. We don't sell babies.
~ Then why won't you tell me where she is?
Because I'm protecting her.
From me? You're protecting
her from me?
There are traces of blood on the
fragment of the school crest,
putting Lizzie at the murder scene
or at least in proximity
of the victim.
We have physical evidence
in an allotment linked to
Johnny Craddock, which
someone tried to destroy.
Cheryl and Johnny
lied about the night
that Lizzie disappeared.
They don't have an alibi.
~ Do we arrest them both?
~ They're clearly complicit.
If you watch them, the power is out
of balance in the relationship.
Cheryl is compliant,
she's not complicit.
She needs him.
How strong would she
be if we took him away?
Kevin, love, would you like some
tea? I've it made for you.
I went to see her... and THEM.
Did you?
Mum's never going
to leave him. Never.
How hungry are you, love?
She told me about when
she got pregnant with me.
Kevin! Here, I got this for you.
I thought might like to put
your little friend into it.
Thanks, Nan.
What did she say?
"He stood by her."
She says he's good.
Nothing's really changed then.
Eat it up, while it's hot.
~ Nan?
~ He caused us so much pain, that's all.
Mum said that she "won't betray him
by saying he's something he's not".
What did they want her to say he was?
Your mother's very fragile, Kevin.
She's not always mentally right.
I don't want you talking
about this, Delores.
You know it's not good for you.
Has she seen your sisters?
She doesn't know where
Mary is, but I saw Cathy.
Did you? And what did she say?
She's good, yeah. Couldn't
talk really.
We're trying to meet up later.
Kevin, when you've finished your tea,
~ would you give me a hand in the shop?
~ Course, Gramps.
OK, that's it. That's
it. Swing it round.
For you.
Kevin...
.. I need to have a
man-to-man with you.
You should know this.
You see, when the Social first got
involved with your mother and...
him, it was when your sister
Cathy fell pregnant.
Oh, but I thought she was
ill. Cathy never said...
Yeah. She had it taken care of.
~ Who did it to her?
~ She wouldn't say.
And now she's like your
mother, she's not right.
She imagines all sorts of things.
Sometimes I think she doesn't
know what's real at all.
We should have taken
her in, your nan and I.
We told the Social we would.
But Daniel was against it.
And I think I know why. He was
afraid she'd say something.
~ About what?
~ Well, that's what your mum
meant, wanting her to say,
"He's something he's not."
We think it was Daniel
got your sister pregnant.
Your nan does, the Social do,
but they won't say
anything, of course.
It's a secret. Everything's
a secret with that crowd.
And they wanted us to condemn our
daughter for being an unfit mother
for what happened to Cathy...
well, we wouldn't do it.
You're a man now, Kevin.
I thought you should know.
Kevin?
Drive.
Sorry, sir. Jack? Didn't
know you were coming.
Light candles,
say prayers that won't be answered
to a God that doesn't exist?
Wouldn't miss it.
I'll get you some candles.
Are we going to do this
publically or privately?
Is the idea to break her down?
Thanks.
~ Louise?
~ Nikki? You're here.
Yeah. I don't really know why.
~ I mean, I do, but...
~ I know exactly.
We feel foolish. We're
rational people,
this is pointless.
Why are we here?
Here they come.
Are you praying?
Do you pray for friends?
Do you pray for me?
It does absolutely no good.
Good evening, everyone.
Thank you for coming
to show your support
and love for the Craddock
family this evening.
We rejoice in the hope
of the glory of God.
~ I can't do this. I've to go.
~ Louise!
We should be searching for her,
not walking around with candles.
Tonight's for us. Not just for her.
We're reminding ourselves
not to let the light go out.
This shouldn't be happening.
There shouldn't be a vigil.
I was meant to protect her.
I have to go.
I would never hurt Cathy.
I'd never hurt you.
You're my son, Kevin.
Tell me the truth.
~ Who told you this?
~ Tell me the truth!
I have. It's lies.
Who told you these lies?
It's your fault they split us up.
Please. Please, Kevin!
Keep Lizzie free from harm
and bring her back safely
to her family and friends.
Dear Lord, hear our prayer.
ALL: Hear our prayer.
Help give her parents strength
through this unbearable pain.
Johnny Craddock, I'm arresting
you in connection with the death
of Dale Barge and the
disappearance of Lisanne Craddock.
Johnny? What do I do?
~ Be quiet, Cheryl. Calm down.
~ What are they going to do to you?
Don't think about me.
Think about Lizzie.
Cheryl! Stay calm.
You do not have to say anything.
But it may harm your defence
if you do not mention,
when questioned, something you
may later rely on in court.
Give me a minute, yeah?
I want you to know that I would
have done the same thing, Johnny.
If I knew some bastard
had hurt my daughter...
.. between you and me?
I would have killed him.
It would have made me crazy
that I hadn't protected her.
Do you know where your
little girl is, Johnny?
Did he bury her?
Did he tell you where her body is?
We found her burnt clothes, Johnny.
Do yourself a favour and help
us bring closure to this.
Tell us what you did.
BABY CRIES
What's wrong, sweetie, eh?
Come here. Oh, dear!
Ssh! Ssh!
Calm down. Don't cry.
You're OK.
He just won't stop crying.
I don't know what to do.
'I'm sorry, I can't...
I can't leave the office.'
I just want him to stop.
Why won't he stop?
Oh, my God. Oh, God.
Oh, my poor sweetie.
Oh, poor sweetie.
Robert, I'm taking
him to the hospital.
Please, please, I need a
doctor for my little boy.
You OK, little man?
So how did your son
get these bruises?
I don't know.
He didn't fall, that you can
remember? You didn't drop him?
No! Of course not!
You didn't get angry with him?
No! He was crying. I came
to see what was wrong.
I saw the bruises. I don't
know how he got them.
I see. You don't know.
Excuse me for a minute.
'What happened to us?
What have we become?
'What do you do one day when
you realise you can't succeed?
I'm hated when I take action
and damned for not acting.
'I'm not interested in
both sides of the story.
'I'm here to protect the child.'
~ Hi! Carol Mansfield?
~ Yes.
Louise Marsh. I'm a social worker.
We need to talk about your son.
I have seen harrowing
injuries to children
that could have been prevented.
The mother brought the
child in by herself?
The father didn't arrive
until some time later.
~ I want another doctor now.
~ I'll ask you not to threaten me.
I have dealt with parental deception.
~ Are you a paedophile, Johnny?
~ Shut your mouth!
Did you kill her, Johnny?
She didn't report it to the
police until the next day.
You're trying to trick me.
Please, Cheryl, don't protect him.
~ He was not evil.
~ Mrs Garvey, let go, please.
Kevin's already been here.
I have to protect the
child. Who do I believe?
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