Silent Witness (1996–…): Season 9, Episode 1 - Ghosts: Part 1 - full transcript
The team is shocked when Leo Dalton's wife and daughter are killed when a fancy sports car careens out of control and smashes into a café. The police are puzzled by the cause of the crash but believe the driver may have been involved in a identity theft ring when they find several several passports and ID cards in the vehicle. Meanwhile, Nikki must perform urgent autopsies on two bodies found floating in the river. When she finds fingerprint evidence linking one of the bodies to the car accident, it becomes apparent that the two cases are linked and the police may have been less than forthcoming about their investigation.
You're wrong. But we're given all
the background and it doesn't affect
our judgment.
That's different. We're witnesses
to the court.
It's our job to be impartial.
Why doesn't the jury have
a right to the same facts? Can l
have a bit of help here?
They shouldn't be influenced
by what somebody may or may
not have done in the past.
Who shouldn't? Leo is deeply
upset about defendant's previous
being disclosed to juries.
It's prejudicial. Nikki, can you
take this one?
If they have the defendant's
personal history, they are better
able to reach the correct verdict.
You can't say someone's guilty
because they committed a similar
crime before. Yes, you can!
Thanks.
Teresa. Hi.
Cassie, say hello to your dad.
In a minute.
She's texting. Do you know what
time you'll be home at the weekend?
One latte and one Diet Coke.
Cheryl's having some people
over for drinks. Thanks.
I'm running late. Do
you mind if l call you back later?
OK, no problem.
Is that phone surgically
attached to your hand?
I'm not disagreeing with you.
♪ Testator Sile-ens
♪ Costestes e Spiritu-u
♪ Si-ilenciu-um. ♪
Damage to the rear of the skull.
It's not immediately clear whether
it's been caused by a deliberate
blow to the head or a fall.
Ah.
Professor Dalton. I'm sorry. We're a
bit snowed under today. Can it wait?
Do you think Leo's OK?
Another...case or something.
Leo? l have to go to Sheffield.
What for? Could you take
over for me in there?
You'll have to work from my
audio transcript.
Leo? And you're all prepared
for the Summers inquest tomorrow.
The orange file.
Harry will have to stand in for me
at the Regional Committee Meeting.
What's happened?
There's been an accident.
My family have been killed.
Do you want us to come with you?
No. l prefer to be alone.
l want to be.
Professor Dalton?
Detective Sergeant Erin Jacobs.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
I'd like to see them, please.
What have you got? l did a
preliminary check at the scene.
I've got a clean thumb print on
the interior mirror
and some partials on the steering
wheel. Have you run them?
Sorry, no match. Driver hasn't got
a record, so he's not a villain.
He's a villain all right. He just
hasn't been caught yet.
We've swabbed the blood.
I'll get it sent
on for DNA analysis.
How long before we get the results?
There's a backlog at the lab
so it could be two or three weeks.
Can you get it fast-tracked?
We can send it Premium Service
and get it back in 24 hours.
As long as it's on YOUR budget.
All right. I'll authorize that.
Leave the car for now.
Let's get to the scene.
You say the driver lost control?
That's what we believe at this stage.
On what evidence?
Well, we won't know anything for sure
until SOCO and Tramic Investigation
have finished their examinations.
Was he injured? The driver?
I'm afraid we don't know.
The driver left
the scene of the accident.
l need to see it, where it happened.
Of course.
l wish l was with you both.
Those are the first
markings we found.
We reckon here he
was doing about 40.
He fishtailed round the corner.
This him too? Yeah.
So, what, he's lost control
and he's over-correcting?
Has he hit the brakes?
Yeah, the car's got top-of-the-range
ABS brakes.
So it will be nearly
impossible to lock the wheels.
ABS only leaves marks from skids
in a sideways direction.
So he's lost control back
there, comes up the street,
fails to take this corner and...
Goes straight into
the front of the cafe.
Sir, this is Professor Dalton.
Detective
Superintendent Phil Elliot.
My condolences for your loss.
This is SFP Lowe, he's a
Senior Scene of Crime Officer.
What made the driver lose control?
We don't know yet.
These are the tyre marks? Yeah.
Have you measured and photographed?
Of course they have.
That's still a live
crime scene, Professor.
Professor, the scene is
being processed thoroughly.
My wife and daughter
were seated where?
Here and here.
That was their favourite spot.
And you still don't know
whether the driver was injured.
Only that there was blood on
and around the driving seat.
But he still managed to walk away.
We have a witness.
The waitress, Kelly Harlton.
She saw him run out
a few seconds after the crash.
Description? She didn't see much.
She was badly injured.
So not much to go on then? We're
tying to locate him. Locate him(!)
You've no idea where he is, do you?
He walked away.
He walked away.
The autopsies are scheduled
for 1 1 o'clock in the morning.
Autopsies, why?
We know how they died.
We're required by law to carry
out post-mortems. I'm sorry.
Who's going to be doing them?
That's a matter for the Coroner.
No. l want one of my colleagues
to do them.
l want Harry Cunningham to do them.
Surely the Coroner will allow that?
I'll talk to him.
Thanks.
How did he sound?
Strangely normal.
He's asked me to do the autopsies.
What did you say?
l said yes.
Did you know them well?
Not that well, but, er...still.
Well, maybe it's a good thing.
l think he should
have someone with him.
There's no need for you to come in.
It's all right.
I'll be fine, thank you.
l know where you are if l need you.
CASSIE: 'Hi, we're not in but you
know what to do after the beep!'
It's good work.
It's very good work.
The weight of the paper,
the Pantone colouring.
These are as good
a fake as I've seen.
But is it the work of our man?
Hi, Cheryl. Leo, how are you doing?
Er, bit of a headache.
Um, my head keeps...
If there is anything l can get you?
Actually...
Is this the one?
Thanks.
We bought this for Cassie
for her birthday.
How's Beccy?
In a bit of a state,
just as you'd imagine. Mmm.
She was meant to be meeting Cassie.
They were going to do their homework.
l don't think it's registered yet.
Have you called Teresa's parents yet?
l called them on the train.
I'll call her workplace tomorrow.
So much to do. So many arrangements.
Jamie!
There you are, Mr Markham.
You're in room 489 and
that's on the fourth floor.
If there's anything you need,
we're here for you. Thank you.
This came for you this
morning, Miss Somerville.
Thank you.
Got it.
That's him.
Doctor Cunningham? Yeah.
Detective Sergeant Erin Jacobs.
Hello, how is he? Tying to come
to terms with it all l think.
Hi, Leo.
Train was on time, that's something.
Yes...how are you?
You got any sleep? You what?
Are you sleeping?
You know.
Anyone staying with you? No. No-one.
You know you can speak to a Family
Liaison Officer, if you'd like.
l know. ..We're going
to show you the scene of the crash.
l thought we were going to the
mortuary. No, l want him to see
the scene of the accident.
Doctor Alexander?
That's right. DCI Alison Page,
I'm taking over this case.
I'll get to you as soon
as l can but I'm... No. We need a
cause of death as soon as possible.
She's been hit by something.
l don't think so.
We'll have her X-rayed before the PM,
but...
l think she's been shot.
What sort of car was it? A BMW.
Z3 two-litre coupe.
Harry? Six cylinder, O to 60 in
about seven seconds, it shifts.
So why did he lose control?
He's driving a high-powered car,
it's got good brakes, good steering.
Something ran across his path,
fault in the car, heart attack.
Difficult to walk away with a heart
attack. Come on, Harry, what
else could it have been?
Drunk driver.
Joy rider who couldn't drive.
Prescription lenses.
Do we know who these belong to?
We think they must have been the
driver's. None of the injured people
could identify the photos.
Teresa and Cassie...
Teresa and Cassie were
seated here. They got thrown against
the wall. Who was found over there?
The waitress, Kelly Harlton.
She was found behind Teresa.
We think she was standing there.
Who's this? Peter Wilson. In
hospital with minor head injuries.
Where was he sitting?
He doesn't remember.
He could have been here.
And pushed in that direction.
No, he'd have been blocking the
door. So where WAS he sitting?
l used to work here.
This is where l used
to come every day.
Say goodbye to my family and
come here.
Why don't you go home?
I'll come round when I've finished.
Shall l get someone to take you home?
No, I'll...
I'll wait somewhere. All right.
Harry.
l need to know what
happened to them.
l need you to tell me.
Because if l don't know then l
can only imagine and l don't
think l could live with that.
The impact of the
bonnet crushed the chest
and the fractured ribs
punctured the lungs.
This could have been fatal on its
own but at this stage l think the...
head injuries would have killed
her so rapidly that the chest
injuries would have had no effect.
Both femurs have sustained fractures
consistent with the impact of a car.
Three shots, close grouping.
l want these bullets to go to
ballistics as soon as possible.
Whoever it was, wasn't
taking any chances.
Back of the head, execution style.
Maybe.
You know very often pro killers
empty the whole magazine to be
absolutely certain the victim dies.
Have you identified her yet?
Missing Persons have anything?
Could we get on with the PM please?
All right. sorry.
Hello? Very much what you'd expect.
Multiple injuries,
glad it's over. How's Leo?
l don't know.
l don't know how he's taking it, he
was pretty freaked out this morning.
I'm just going to find him now.
Everything all right there?
Yeah,
do you know of any firearm that only
takes three bullets in its magazine?
No. Why?
Nothing, it was just
something somebody said.
I'll call you back. l thought
you might be about finished.
Death was caused by the impact, Leo.
Instantaneous.
But what about the primary factors?
They were killed by the car.
Any news on the driver?
No, not yet. A man kills two people
in a busy city street
and then just disappears?
l mean someone must
have seen something.
People were injured.
They were in shock.
Have your witnesses
remembered anything?
Kelly Harlton the waitress?
Peter Wilson? Are they still in
hospital?
We are pursuing every possible line
of enquiry. What enquiries?
Tell me exactly what the bloody
hell you ARE doing!
Let's go and get a drink.
l don't want a drink.
l just need to make sense of this.
Oh, er...here.
You can't release that to me,
not before the inquest.
It doesn't matter.
l thought you'd want it.
l want her back, that's what l want.
l want them both back.
I'm so sorry.
Yeah, that's what everybody says,
l thought you'd be different.
l thought you'd be straight with me.
l am straight with you.
Then tell me what they were like?
What? l know the sort of damage that
impact can cause, I've seen it
so many times, but in there you
talked to me as if l knew nothing.
l told you what was necessary.
You told me nothing
that l haven't already heard.
..Perhaps l should have done
the post-mortems myself, then...
Then at least what?
Come on. l want to know. No, you
don't. Not really.
Why would you want to torture
yourself with every little fracture?
l couldn't do it to you.
Then screw you.
Oh, come on... Get on.
We have an unidentified white female
aged, l would say, between 20 and 30.
Signs of immersion.
Could we turn her over?
Her hands are tied behind her back
with some sort of plastic cable,
possibly an electrical cord.
What is it? I'm not sure.
But it looks like bite marks.
Kelly Harlton? Yeah? Professor
Dalton. I'm a pathologist.
l just want to ask you
some questions about the accident.
Would that be all right?
Where's Professor Dalton?
We had an argument.
l thought he was with you.
After it happened, it was so weird.
It was so silent.
It must have only been
a few seconds before somebody
screamed, but it seemed longer.
There was this woman,
who was lying right
in front of me and...
..she was so still.
l told the police.
l think the driver stepped over her.
Do you remember what he was wearing?
Er... Some...dark trousers.
And...l saw his shoes.
They were brown.
Suede, l think.
Anything else you
remember about him? Not really.
He was there. He might be able to
remember something.
Thanks.
Mr Wilson? Professor Dalton.
I'm a Home Office
pathologist working on the accident.
I've told the police l don't
remember anything. sorry.
Did you see a man getting out of
the car? No, l think l passed out.
Can you tell me where
you were sitting?
By the window. Near the door.
Can you show me where on this?
See this and this.
So something tried to
chew through the cord?
They aren't consistent
with animal depredation.
l wonder if they might
be human teeth marks.
The killer used his teeth
to pull the ligature tight?
No. There would be
signs of stretching on the cord,
the fibres would be elongated.
Also the bite marks present across
the knots themselves,
meaning the chewing occurred after
they were tied.
l think someone was
tying to free her?
Why would that someone use their
teeth? Why not use their hands?
What if someone
couldn't use their hands?
What if he or she was tied up too?
Maybe there were two victims.
l think you might have
another body out there.
You could have asked us.
What seeing as how
you're so on top of everything?!
We've told you everything we know.
Wilson's broken nose,
how was it caused? In the accident.
How in the accident?
l know you want to know things
are moving along,
but you should know better than most.
You can't go talking
to witnesses. She's right, Leo.
Why don't we go back to the station
and we can go through it again.
Leo, wait a minute.
You should get back. Don't want
to miss the Regional Meeting.
Are you going to be all right?
Me? Yeah, I'll be fine. Leo.
Harry?
Look, it's only a meeting.
I'll cancel it.
l want to stay.
This isn't about what you want.
l want you to go.
The body is discoloured and
there is noticeable skin slippage.
There is also marbling of the skin.
Hands and feet show
washerwoman changes.
l would say she was in the
water for days rather than hours.
Deep ligature marks on the wrists
from the cord that bound her appear
to have been sustained ante-mortem.
She cut herself to the bone
tying to get free.
Maybe they both did. They tried to
free each other with their teeth.
Where do you think they were?
Can we move on, please?
Well, wherever they were they knew
what was going to happen to them.
Are you up from London?
Er, yes.
l was born here, this is my home.
Oh. l used to work at the
Hallamshire, when you guys had a
pound over in Burngreave.
Aye, those were the days.
You're not wrong.
SFP Lowe asked me to check
over the car from yesterday's crash.
Aye, terrible business.
Oi! What the bloody hell do you
think you're playing at?
That's the last one. Could you
bag those up for DCI Page, please?
Cause of death 1A gunshot wounds to
the head. Any one of them
would have killed her.
l need those bullets to go to
the lab as soon as possible.
DCI, my theory about
there being two bodies.
Shouldn't you get your team to
have another look at the river? Just
get me your report by the morning.
Thank you.
If you want us to catch the man,
you're not going the right way about
it.
There's blood where the driver sits.
He's cut his hand and
as he gets out the car,
the blood drips onto the seat.
It's smeared. He'd have had to get
out and get back in.
Plus there's blood on
the passenger air bag.
So the driver slumped sideways.
There's something else.
The passenger door handle.
Do you think that was
broken on in the impact?
Somebody broke it on
tying to get out.
There was a passenger!
He tries to get out, but he can't,
he snaps on the handle,
he slides across to the driver's
seat and smears the blood.
Our witnesses say
that only one man left the scene.
Maybe the passenger didn't leave the
scene. Maybe he stayed in the cafe.
Then why didn't we find him?
Because...
You did find him.
He pretended to be one of
the customers in the cafe.
This Peter Wilson, the guy in the
hospital.
We couldn't work out where he was
sat, it didn't make any sense.
He has a broken nose - not
consistent with being hit by a car.
But could be caused by
impact with an air bag.
And he had cuts on his hands from
crawling over the broken glass.
Erin, get someone down to
the hospital right now.
Sir, Wilson's checked himself out.
Great. Ah, this just gets better and
better. Did anyone get an address?
They did but... It doesn't exist.
What a surprise. So are you going
to tell me what's going on?
Since when do Detective
Superintendents get assigned
to routine fatal RTAs?
Oh, we're not looking for joy riders
here are we, or a drunken driver?
l think there is
something you should know.
Hiya, how are you? How's Leo?
Did you manage to get hold of him?
He hasn't returned my calls.
He's had so many lovely messages
and you can't get into his
office for all the flowers.
Are you all right?
Not really. Don't worry about it.
What's been happening here? Can you
have a look at this for me?
l believe the car that killed your
family was being driven by the
head of an identity-fraud gang,
operating up here in Sheffield.
We know the car was bought on fake
credit with someone else's name.
They must have had to
produce documentation.
They have all the
documentation forged.
They have fake mail-drop addresses,
They have everything they need
to convince someone they are that
person.
But when you try and find them...
They don't exist.
These people hide behind a maze of
different accounts and false names,
solving the simplest crime can take
an army of forensic accountants.
And even if we can convict,
the laws are not up to speed.
If someone breaks into your home
and steals your TV, technically
they could get ten years.
But if they steal your identity,
they'll be out in two.
Why isn't anyone doing
something about it?
I'm tying to.
But it's not illegal to
steal a person's identity.
We can only prosecute when we
can actually prove that they
have used that ID for profit.
I've got the DNA results
from the car. Go on.
There were two DNA signatures.
One belonged to a Kevin Armstrong.
He's got previous for
fraud and deception.
Recognize him?
It's Peter Wilson.
That's just one of the names he uses.
He's also Jack Fletcher, Jonathan
Bradley, and a dozen others.
We've also found his prints
on the passenger door handle.
And the other DNA? No match.
That's our driver
and that's who we have to find.
Oh, l fully intend to.
l filled you in on
the bigger picture,
so you know what's at stake.
So you know we're
taking this seriously.
Yes, thank you,
Detective Superintendent.
This has all been very informative.
l can't imagine what you
must be going through,
but l can tell you that if you
impede my investigation, I'll charge
you with obstructing police work.
I'll bear that in mind.
Go home, Professor Dalton.
We'll find him.
We're all set.
Fantastic. Right. Let's do it.
So why would she expect there
to be more than one body?
Harry? sorry, what?
l keep thinking about him as well.
It could not have gone worse
if I'd tried.
Don't beat yourself up about it. He
was like a totally different person.
It was as if we hardly knew each
other, as if we'd never met.
Ring him again. No. Why not?
Because l have absolutely
no idea what to say!
sorry.
Harry, you did everything you could.
He asked you to do an autopsy on
his wife and child, who you knew.
A lot of people wouldn't
have said yes but you did.
Anyway, I'm glad you're back.
It's been like Piccadilly Circus
in the mortuary...
but with dead people.
It's the Kawasaki Ultra 150
I'm interested in.
You have them in your catalogue...
The Toshiba Tecra M1
and the Satellite P10.
Can you give me prices?
How many do you have in stock. We
have a sales force of nearly 200.
2,700?! l hope that includes
delivery or I'll...
We'd need one for each room
so that would be a total of five.
Yeah, four.
How often do you get an order
for four jet skis?
l was hoping
for a bit of a discount.
Hello, Nikki. Hi, listen, sorry to
call you. l was just finishing that
case report,
and l can't find
the tox analysis anywhere.
It's in an orange file on my desk.
Great, I'll have a look there.
Oh, and l thought you'd like to
know that the Summers inquest
returned an open verdict.
Ah, l knew it. There was never going
to be enough evidence, was there?
Everything else OK?
Fine. Very busy.
Good.
l didn't even know
which songs Cassie liked.
Perhaps the school could help.
Would you like me to call them?
Maybe her friends.
I've got to go.
Thanks.
Don't stay too late.
l need your help, Carl.
l screwed up. Understatement
of the year. Get in.
Right, let's go and make some cash.
Five grand's worth of chips, please.
Certainly, Mr Markham.
I'd like to cash these in.
Would you like cash or a cheque?
Cash, please.
DCI Page has just called.
They've found the second body?
Yeah, they're sending it over now.
Sometimes l just hate being right.
l don't remember
it happening before.
What sort of loan are you
looking for, Mr Markham?
A personal loan, nothing to do with
the company. But if you need to use
the company's collateral,
then that's something I'd have
to discuss with my colleagues.
The ligature's some sort of
electrical cord.
It appears to be the same as the one
on the body we examined yesterday.
We found her a couple
of miles further up the river
from the other one.
She hasn't been in the water.
We think they were rolled down
the slope,
but this victim got caught on a
branch and never reached the river.
Her clothing is torn.
The scratches appear post-mortem.
We have what appear to be three
bullet holes over the right ear.
I'm waiting for the X-ray
but l can't see any exit wounds
so l expect the bullets to
still be in there.
Now we know where the
rest of the magazine went.
Hi, Beccy. sorry to bother you,
but Cassie had one of my books
and l need it for my homework.
Would you mind if l took
a look in her bedroom?
Is this what you're looking for?
l... l... Don't even think about
lying to me, Beccy.
l just need to know
what was going on.
I'm sorry.
l don't know why we did it.
Everyone did, so we thought we would.
We only did it once.
It was stupid.
l just didn't want the police
to find them.
Because they'd know who
her partner in crime was?
No...l just didn't want them
to think bad of her.
She was my best friend.
We did everything together.
l miss her so much.
It's all right.
It's all right.
It's best to cry.
Nikki... Mm-hm.
Come and look at this.
Could we get a print on that?
l think you'd better get home.
Oh, Beccy...
what do you know about this?
Since when did Cassie
decide to be over 1 8?
It's all right,
it's between me and you.
Have you got one?
We never really used them.
We were just tying to...
you know.
Where did you get them from?
A friend got us them. And where did
the friend get them from?
It's all been going really smoothly
and we've got another one
already lined up.
Hold on until l say so.
Well, what's the problem?
Everything's in place.
Just do as l say.
Yeah, OK. l mean it, Bonnie.
There's definitely something there.
It's a beauty. Mmm. I'll call the
fingerprint officer.
I'll call Page.
So, can we do it? Dunno why not.
This next one's a peach.
Hi, I'm supposed to be meeting
some people and l don't
know what they look like.
Do you know a Kevin Armstrong?
No, l don't think so. Derek?
Do you know a Kevin Armstrong?
Jack Fletcher?
Jonathan Bradley? Peter Wilson?
Yeah, l know Pete. He's not been
in, though. He might know.
Mm-hm. Thanks.
Hi...the girl at the bar said
that you knew Kevin Armstrong?
No...and who are you?
You might know him as Peter Wilson
or by various other names.
Don't know what
you're talking about.
..l need to be someone else
and l was told that
Kevin Armstrong could fix it.
You in trouble?
sorry, pal.
I've got cash. That's not a problem.
Like l said, l don't know
what you're talking about.
OK, fine.
I'm sure l can find
someone else to sort me out.
Wait a minute.
l might be able to help.
What's your name?
What difference does that make?
l need a contact name, don't l?
Harry Cunningham.
OK, Harry...
give me your mobile number.
Er, yours?
Yeah, very funny.
I'll call you.
They were police officers,
weren't they? Undercover.
You knew them? l can't tell you
their names and l can't tell you
what they were working on.
One of them was my DC
at Paddington for four years.
sorry.
Just processing the print,
takes a few minutes.
l still don't see why we can't do
Fielding. It's perfect.
For Christ's sake, Bonnie, because l
say so. There's still gear in there.
That's where we put the DVD players.
We've got a match, the prints
belong to a Kevin Armstrong.
He was in the hospital in Sheffield.
He was involved in the crash.
the background and it doesn't affect
our judgment.
That's different. We're witnesses
to the court.
It's our job to be impartial.
Why doesn't the jury have
a right to the same facts? Can l
have a bit of help here?
They shouldn't be influenced
by what somebody may or may
not have done in the past.
Who shouldn't? Leo is deeply
upset about defendant's previous
being disclosed to juries.
It's prejudicial. Nikki, can you
take this one?
If they have the defendant's
personal history, they are better
able to reach the correct verdict.
You can't say someone's guilty
because they committed a similar
crime before. Yes, you can!
Thanks.
Teresa. Hi.
Cassie, say hello to your dad.
In a minute.
She's texting. Do you know what
time you'll be home at the weekend?
One latte and one Diet Coke.
Cheryl's having some people
over for drinks. Thanks.
I'm running late. Do
you mind if l call you back later?
OK, no problem.
Is that phone surgically
attached to your hand?
I'm not disagreeing with you.
♪ Testator Sile-ens
♪ Costestes e Spiritu-u
♪ Si-ilenciu-um. ♪
Damage to the rear of the skull.
It's not immediately clear whether
it's been caused by a deliberate
blow to the head or a fall.
Ah.
Professor Dalton. I'm sorry. We're a
bit snowed under today. Can it wait?
Do you think Leo's OK?
Another...case or something.
Leo? l have to go to Sheffield.
What for? Could you take
over for me in there?
You'll have to work from my
audio transcript.
Leo? And you're all prepared
for the Summers inquest tomorrow.
The orange file.
Harry will have to stand in for me
at the Regional Committee Meeting.
What's happened?
There's been an accident.
My family have been killed.
Do you want us to come with you?
No. l prefer to be alone.
l want to be.
Professor Dalton?
Detective Sergeant Erin Jacobs.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
I'd like to see them, please.
What have you got? l did a
preliminary check at the scene.
I've got a clean thumb print on
the interior mirror
and some partials on the steering
wheel. Have you run them?
Sorry, no match. Driver hasn't got
a record, so he's not a villain.
He's a villain all right. He just
hasn't been caught yet.
We've swabbed the blood.
I'll get it sent
on for DNA analysis.
How long before we get the results?
There's a backlog at the lab
so it could be two or three weeks.
Can you get it fast-tracked?
We can send it Premium Service
and get it back in 24 hours.
As long as it's on YOUR budget.
All right. I'll authorize that.
Leave the car for now.
Let's get to the scene.
You say the driver lost control?
That's what we believe at this stage.
On what evidence?
Well, we won't know anything for sure
until SOCO and Tramic Investigation
have finished their examinations.
Was he injured? The driver?
I'm afraid we don't know.
The driver left
the scene of the accident.
l need to see it, where it happened.
Of course.
l wish l was with you both.
Those are the first
markings we found.
We reckon here he
was doing about 40.
He fishtailed round the corner.
This him too? Yeah.
So, what, he's lost control
and he's over-correcting?
Has he hit the brakes?
Yeah, the car's got top-of-the-range
ABS brakes.
So it will be nearly
impossible to lock the wheels.
ABS only leaves marks from skids
in a sideways direction.
So he's lost control back
there, comes up the street,
fails to take this corner and...
Goes straight into
the front of the cafe.
Sir, this is Professor Dalton.
Detective
Superintendent Phil Elliot.
My condolences for your loss.
This is SFP Lowe, he's a
Senior Scene of Crime Officer.
What made the driver lose control?
We don't know yet.
These are the tyre marks? Yeah.
Have you measured and photographed?
Of course they have.
That's still a live
crime scene, Professor.
Professor, the scene is
being processed thoroughly.
My wife and daughter
were seated where?
Here and here.
That was their favourite spot.
And you still don't know
whether the driver was injured.
Only that there was blood on
and around the driving seat.
But he still managed to walk away.
We have a witness.
The waitress, Kelly Harlton.
She saw him run out
a few seconds after the crash.
Description? She didn't see much.
She was badly injured.
So not much to go on then? We're
tying to locate him. Locate him(!)
You've no idea where he is, do you?
He walked away.
He walked away.
The autopsies are scheduled
for 1 1 o'clock in the morning.
Autopsies, why?
We know how they died.
We're required by law to carry
out post-mortems. I'm sorry.
Who's going to be doing them?
That's a matter for the Coroner.
No. l want one of my colleagues
to do them.
l want Harry Cunningham to do them.
Surely the Coroner will allow that?
I'll talk to him.
Thanks.
How did he sound?
Strangely normal.
He's asked me to do the autopsies.
What did you say?
l said yes.
Did you know them well?
Not that well, but, er...still.
Well, maybe it's a good thing.
l think he should
have someone with him.
There's no need for you to come in.
It's all right.
I'll be fine, thank you.
l know where you are if l need you.
CASSIE: 'Hi, we're not in but you
know what to do after the beep!'
It's good work.
It's very good work.
The weight of the paper,
the Pantone colouring.
These are as good
a fake as I've seen.
But is it the work of our man?
Hi, Cheryl. Leo, how are you doing?
Er, bit of a headache.
Um, my head keeps...
If there is anything l can get you?
Actually...
Is this the one?
Thanks.
We bought this for Cassie
for her birthday.
How's Beccy?
In a bit of a state,
just as you'd imagine. Mmm.
She was meant to be meeting Cassie.
They were going to do their homework.
l don't think it's registered yet.
Have you called Teresa's parents yet?
l called them on the train.
I'll call her workplace tomorrow.
So much to do. So many arrangements.
Jamie!
There you are, Mr Markham.
You're in room 489 and
that's on the fourth floor.
If there's anything you need,
we're here for you. Thank you.
This came for you this
morning, Miss Somerville.
Thank you.
Got it.
That's him.
Doctor Cunningham? Yeah.
Detective Sergeant Erin Jacobs.
Hello, how is he? Tying to come
to terms with it all l think.
Hi, Leo.
Train was on time, that's something.
Yes...how are you?
You got any sleep? You what?
Are you sleeping?
You know.
Anyone staying with you? No. No-one.
You know you can speak to a Family
Liaison Officer, if you'd like.
l know. ..We're going
to show you the scene of the crash.
l thought we were going to the
mortuary. No, l want him to see
the scene of the accident.
Doctor Alexander?
That's right. DCI Alison Page,
I'm taking over this case.
I'll get to you as soon
as l can but I'm... No. We need a
cause of death as soon as possible.
She's been hit by something.
l don't think so.
We'll have her X-rayed before the PM,
but...
l think she's been shot.
What sort of car was it? A BMW.
Z3 two-litre coupe.
Harry? Six cylinder, O to 60 in
about seven seconds, it shifts.
So why did he lose control?
He's driving a high-powered car,
it's got good brakes, good steering.
Something ran across his path,
fault in the car, heart attack.
Difficult to walk away with a heart
attack. Come on, Harry, what
else could it have been?
Drunk driver.
Joy rider who couldn't drive.
Prescription lenses.
Do we know who these belong to?
We think they must have been the
driver's. None of the injured people
could identify the photos.
Teresa and Cassie...
Teresa and Cassie were
seated here. They got thrown against
the wall. Who was found over there?
The waitress, Kelly Harlton.
She was found behind Teresa.
We think she was standing there.
Who's this? Peter Wilson. In
hospital with minor head injuries.
Where was he sitting?
He doesn't remember.
He could have been here.
And pushed in that direction.
No, he'd have been blocking the
door. So where WAS he sitting?
l used to work here.
This is where l used
to come every day.
Say goodbye to my family and
come here.
Why don't you go home?
I'll come round when I've finished.
Shall l get someone to take you home?
No, I'll...
I'll wait somewhere. All right.
Harry.
l need to know what
happened to them.
l need you to tell me.
Because if l don't know then l
can only imagine and l don't
think l could live with that.
The impact of the
bonnet crushed the chest
and the fractured ribs
punctured the lungs.
This could have been fatal on its
own but at this stage l think the...
head injuries would have killed
her so rapidly that the chest
injuries would have had no effect.
Both femurs have sustained fractures
consistent with the impact of a car.
Three shots, close grouping.
l want these bullets to go to
ballistics as soon as possible.
Whoever it was, wasn't
taking any chances.
Back of the head, execution style.
Maybe.
You know very often pro killers
empty the whole magazine to be
absolutely certain the victim dies.
Have you identified her yet?
Missing Persons have anything?
Could we get on with the PM please?
All right. sorry.
Hello? Very much what you'd expect.
Multiple injuries,
glad it's over. How's Leo?
l don't know.
l don't know how he's taking it, he
was pretty freaked out this morning.
I'm just going to find him now.
Everything all right there?
Yeah,
do you know of any firearm that only
takes three bullets in its magazine?
No. Why?
Nothing, it was just
something somebody said.
I'll call you back. l thought
you might be about finished.
Death was caused by the impact, Leo.
Instantaneous.
But what about the primary factors?
They were killed by the car.
Any news on the driver?
No, not yet. A man kills two people
in a busy city street
and then just disappears?
l mean someone must
have seen something.
People were injured.
They were in shock.
Have your witnesses
remembered anything?
Kelly Harlton the waitress?
Peter Wilson? Are they still in
hospital?
We are pursuing every possible line
of enquiry. What enquiries?
Tell me exactly what the bloody
hell you ARE doing!
Let's go and get a drink.
l don't want a drink.
l just need to make sense of this.
Oh, er...here.
You can't release that to me,
not before the inquest.
It doesn't matter.
l thought you'd want it.
l want her back, that's what l want.
l want them both back.
I'm so sorry.
Yeah, that's what everybody says,
l thought you'd be different.
l thought you'd be straight with me.
l am straight with you.
Then tell me what they were like?
What? l know the sort of damage that
impact can cause, I've seen it
so many times, but in there you
talked to me as if l knew nothing.
l told you what was necessary.
You told me nothing
that l haven't already heard.
..Perhaps l should have done
the post-mortems myself, then...
Then at least what?
Come on. l want to know. No, you
don't. Not really.
Why would you want to torture
yourself with every little fracture?
l couldn't do it to you.
Then screw you.
Oh, come on... Get on.
We have an unidentified white female
aged, l would say, between 20 and 30.
Signs of immersion.
Could we turn her over?
Her hands are tied behind her back
with some sort of plastic cable,
possibly an electrical cord.
What is it? I'm not sure.
But it looks like bite marks.
Kelly Harlton? Yeah? Professor
Dalton. I'm a pathologist.
l just want to ask you
some questions about the accident.
Would that be all right?
Where's Professor Dalton?
We had an argument.
l thought he was with you.
After it happened, it was so weird.
It was so silent.
It must have only been
a few seconds before somebody
screamed, but it seemed longer.
There was this woman,
who was lying right
in front of me and...
..she was so still.
l told the police.
l think the driver stepped over her.
Do you remember what he was wearing?
Er... Some...dark trousers.
And...l saw his shoes.
They were brown.
Suede, l think.
Anything else you
remember about him? Not really.
He was there. He might be able to
remember something.
Thanks.
Mr Wilson? Professor Dalton.
I'm a Home Office
pathologist working on the accident.
I've told the police l don't
remember anything. sorry.
Did you see a man getting out of
the car? No, l think l passed out.
Can you tell me where
you were sitting?
By the window. Near the door.
Can you show me where on this?
See this and this.
So something tried to
chew through the cord?
They aren't consistent
with animal depredation.
l wonder if they might
be human teeth marks.
The killer used his teeth
to pull the ligature tight?
No. There would be
signs of stretching on the cord,
the fibres would be elongated.
Also the bite marks present across
the knots themselves,
meaning the chewing occurred after
they were tied.
l think someone was
tying to free her?
Why would that someone use their
teeth? Why not use their hands?
What if someone
couldn't use their hands?
What if he or she was tied up too?
Maybe there were two victims.
l think you might have
another body out there.
You could have asked us.
What seeing as how
you're so on top of everything?!
We've told you everything we know.
Wilson's broken nose,
how was it caused? In the accident.
How in the accident?
l know you want to know things
are moving along,
but you should know better than most.
You can't go talking
to witnesses. She's right, Leo.
Why don't we go back to the station
and we can go through it again.
Leo, wait a minute.
You should get back. Don't want
to miss the Regional Meeting.
Are you going to be all right?
Me? Yeah, I'll be fine. Leo.
Harry?
Look, it's only a meeting.
I'll cancel it.
l want to stay.
This isn't about what you want.
l want you to go.
The body is discoloured and
there is noticeable skin slippage.
There is also marbling of the skin.
Hands and feet show
washerwoman changes.
l would say she was in the
water for days rather than hours.
Deep ligature marks on the wrists
from the cord that bound her appear
to have been sustained ante-mortem.
She cut herself to the bone
tying to get free.
Maybe they both did. They tried to
free each other with their teeth.
Where do you think they were?
Can we move on, please?
Well, wherever they were they knew
what was going to happen to them.
Are you up from London?
Er, yes.
l was born here, this is my home.
Oh. l used to work at the
Hallamshire, when you guys had a
pound over in Burngreave.
Aye, those were the days.
You're not wrong.
SFP Lowe asked me to check
over the car from yesterday's crash.
Aye, terrible business.
Oi! What the bloody hell do you
think you're playing at?
That's the last one. Could you
bag those up for DCI Page, please?
Cause of death 1A gunshot wounds to
the head. Any one of them
would have killed her.
l need those bullets to go to
the lab as soon as possible.
DCI, my theory about
there being two bodies.
Shouldn't you get your team to
have another look at the river? Just
get me your report by the morning.
Thank you.
If you want us to catch the man,
you're not going the right way about
it.
There's blood where the driver sits.
He's cut his hand and
as he gets out the car,
the blood drips onto the seat.
It's smeared. He'd have had to get
out and get back in.
Plus there's blood on
the passenger air bag.
So the driver slumped sideways.
There's something else.
The passenger door handle.
Do you think that was
broken on in the impact?
Somebody broke it on
tying to get out.
There was a passenger!
He tries to get out, but he can't,
he snaps on the handle,
he slides across to the driver's
seat and smears the blood.
Our witnesses say
that only one man left the scene.
Maybe the passenger didn't leave the
scene. Maybe he stayed in the cafe.
Then why didn't we find him?
Because...
You did find him.
He pretended to be one of
the customers in the cafe.
This Peter Wilson, the guy in the
hospital.
We couldn't work out where he was
sat, it didn't make any sense.
He has a broken nose - not
consistent with being hit by a car.
But could be caused by
impact with an air bag.
And he had cuts on his hands from
crawling over the broken glass.
Erin, get someone down to
the hospital right now.
Sir, Wilson's checked himself out.
Great. Ah, this just gets better and
better. Did anyone get an address?
They did but... It doesn't exist.
What a surprise. So are you going
to tell me what's going on?
Since when do Detective
Superintendents get assigned
to routine fatal RTAs?
Oh, we're not looking for joy riders
here are we, or a drunken driver?
l think there is
something you should know.
Hiya, how are you? How's Leo?
Did you manage to get hold of him?
He hasn't returned my calls.
He's had so many lovely messages
and you can't get into his
office for all the flowers.
Are you all right?
Not really. Don't worry about it.
What's been happening here? Can you
have a look at this for me?
l believe the car that killed your
family was being driven by the
head of an identity-fraud gang,
operating up here in Sheffield.
We know the car was bought on fake
credit with someone else's name.
They must have had to
produce documentation.
They have all the
documentation forged.
They have fake mail-drop addresses,
They have everything they need
to convince someone they are that
person.
But when you try and find them...
They don't exist.
These people hide behind a maze of
different accounts and false names,
solving the simplest crime can take
an army of forensic accountants.
And even if we can convict,
the laws are not up to speed.
If someone breaks into your home
and steals your TV, technically
they could get ten years.
But if they steal your identity,
they'll be out in two.
Why isn't anyone doing
something about it?
I'm tying to.
But it's not illegal to
steal a person's identity.
We can only prosecute when we
can actually prove that they
have used that ID for profit.
I've got the DNA results
from the car. Go on.
There were two DNA signatures.
One belonged to a Kevin Armstrong.
He's got previous for
fraud and deception.
Recognize him?
It's Peter Wilson.
That's just one of the names he uses.
He's also Jack Fletcher, Jonathan
Bradley, and a dozen others.
We've also found his prints
on the passenger door handle.
And the other DNA? No match.
That's our driver
and that's who we have to find.
Oh, l fully intend to.
l filled you in on
the bigger picture,
so you know what's at stake.
So you know we're
taking this seriously.
Yes, thank you,
Detective Superintendent.
This has all been very informative.
l can't imagine what you
must be going through,
but l can tell you that if you
impede my investigation, I'll charge
you with obstructing police work.
I'll bear that in mind.
Go home, Professor Dalton.
We'll find him.
We're all set.
Fantastic. Right. Let's do it.
So why would she expect there
to be more than one body?
Harry? sorry, what?
l keep thinking about him as well.
It could not have gone worse
if I'd tried.
Don't beat yourself up about it. He
was like a totally different person.
It was as if we hardly knew each
other, as if we'd never met.
Ring him again. No. Why not?
Because l have absolutely
no idea what to say!
sorry.
Harry, you did everything you could.
He asked you to do an autopsy on
his wife and child, who you knew.
A lot of people wouldn't
have said yes but you did.
Anyway, I'm glad you're back.
It's been like Piccadilly Circus
in the mortuary...
but with dead people.
It's the Kawasaki Ultra 150
I'm interested in.
You have them in your catalogue...
The Toshiba Tecra M1
and the Satellite P10.
Can you give me prices?
How many do you have in stock. We
have a sales force of nearly 200.
2,700?! l hope that includes
delivery or I'll...
We'd need one for each room
so that would be a total of five.
Yeah, four.
How often do you get an order
for four jet skis?
l was hoping
for a bit of a discount.
Hello, Nikki. Hi, listen, sorry to
call you. l was just finishing that
case report,
and l can't find
the tox analysis anywhere.
It's in an orange file on my desk.
Great, I'll have a look there.
Oh, and l thought you'd like to
know that the Summers inquest
returned an open verdict.
Ah, l knew it. There was never going
to be enough evidence, was there?
Everything else OK?
Fine. Very busy.
Good.
l didn't even know
which songs Cassie liked.
Perhaps the school could help.
Would you like me to call them?
Maybe her friends.
I've got to go.
Thanks.
Don't stay too late.
l need your help, Carl.
l screwed up. Understatement
of the year. Get in.
Right, let's go and make some cash.
Five grand's worth of chips, please.
Certainly, Mr Markham.
I'd like to cash these in.
Would you like cash or a cheque?
Cash, please.
DCI Page has just called.
They've found the second body?
Yeah, they're sending it over now.
Sometimes l just hate being right.
l don't remember
it happening before.
What sort of loan are you
looking for, Mr Markham?
A personal loan, nothing to do with
the company. But if you need to use
the company's collateral,
then that's something I'd have
to discuss with my colleagues.
The ligature's some sort of
electrical cord.
It appears to be the same as the one
on the body we examined yesterday.
We found her a couple
of miles further up the river
from the other one.
She hasn't been in the water.
We think they were rolled down
the slope,
but this victim got caught on a
branch and never reached the river.
Her clothing is torn.
The scratches appear post-mortem.
We have what appear to be three
bullet holes over the right ear.
I'm waiting for the X-ray
but l can't see any exit wounds
so l expect the bullets to
still be in there.
Now we know where the
rest of the magazine went.
Hi, Beccy. sorry to bother you,
but Cassie had one of my books
and l need it for my homework.
Would you mind if l took
a look in her bedroom?
Is this what you're looking for?
l... l... Don't even think about
lying to me, Beccy.
l just need to know
what was going on.
I'm sorry.
l don't know why we did it.
Everyone did, so we thought we would.
We only did it once.
It was stupid.
l just didn't want the police
to find them.
Because they'd know who
her partner in crime was?
No...l just didn't want them
to think bad of her.
She was my best friend.
We did everything together.
l miss her so much.
It's all right.
It's all right.
It's best to cry.
Nikki... Mm-hm.
Come and look at this.
Could we get a print on that?
l think you'd better get home.
Oh, Beccy...
what do you know about this?
Since when did Cassie
decide to be over 1 8?
It's all right,
it's between me and you.
Have you got one?
We never really used them.
We were just tying to...
you know.
Where did you get them from?
A friend got us them. And where did
the friend get them from?
It's all been going really smoothly
and we've got another one
already lined up.
Hold on until l say so.
Well, what's the problem?
Everything's in place.
Just do as l say.
Yeah, OK. l mean it, Bonnie.
There's definitely something there.
It's a beauty. Mmm. I'll call the
fingerprint officer.
I'll call Page.
So, can we do it? Dunno why not.
This next one's a peach.
Hi, I'm supposed to be meeting
some people and l don't
know what they look like.
Do you know a Kevin Armstrong?
No, l don't think so. Derek?
Do you know a Kevin Armstrong?
Jack Fletcher?
Jonathan Bradley? Peter Wilson?
Yeah, l know Pete. He's not been
in, though. He might know.
Mm-hm. Thanks.
Hi...the girl at the bar said
that you knew Kevin Armstrong?
No...and who are you?
You might know him as Peter Wilson
or by various other names.
Don't know what
you're talking about.
..l need to be someone else
and l was told that
Kevin Armstrong could fix it.
You in trouble?
sorry, pal.
I've got cash. That's not a problem.
Like l said, l don't know
what you're talking about.
OK, fine.
I'm sure l can find
someone else to sort me out.
Wait a minute.
l might be able to help.
What's your name?
What difference does that make?
l need a contact name, don't l?
Harry Cunningham.
OK, Harry...
give me your mobile number.
Er, yours?
Yeah, very funny.
I'll call you.
They were police officers,
weren't they? Undercover.
You knew them? l can't tell you
their names and l can't tell you
what they were working on.
One of them was my DC
at Paddington for four years.
sorry.
Just processing the print,
takes a few minutes.
l still don't see why we can't do
Fielding. It's perfect.
For Christ's sake, Bonnie, because l
say so. There's still gear in there.
That's where we put the DVD players.
We've got a match, the prints
belong to a Kevin Armstrong.
He was in the hospital in Sheffield.
He was involved in the crash.