Unforgotten (2015–…): Season 5, Episode 4 - Episode #5.4 - full transcript
JESS: The more we
know about her,
the more chance we have of
working out how she died.
When she was 15, she
was abducted by a cult.
I never had any experience
of Precious being violent.
The aggression came
entirely from Ebele.
KAREN: We have multiple arrests.
An ABH charge, with a firearm.
What was the name of your cover,
please? That was Karol Wojski.
If we want a baby, we'll
need a bigger place. Karol...
Am I not good enough?
Is that what it is?
He's the last person
to have seen her alive.
And the day after
he did, he resigned.
How would you feel about a
trip to Paris, where he lives?
Hello, love. I think
I'm miscarrying.
So, the relative who used to
pop round to check up on her,
that's Lord Anthony.
They were very threatening.
Physically? Yes.
What did they say the
squatters were like? Sweet.
You don't know me,
but I know you.
My mother was Precious Falade,
and I was there that night.
And I saw it all.
MUSIC: 'All We
Do' by Oh Wonder
♪ All we do is hide away
♪ All we do is All
we do is hide away
♪ All we do is lie in wait
♪ All we do is All
we do is lie in wait
♪ I've been upside down
♪ I don't want to be
The right way round
♪ Can't find paradise
On the ground. ♪
Hi, babe, it's me.
Obviously, erm...
..spoke to your mum
when you were asleep.
Be good to talk. Er... Call
me when you feel up to it.
Er... Back tonight.
Lots of love.
EXHALES SLOWLY
QUIETLY: Get your shit together.
KEYS JANGLING
I'm sure it's nothing
serious, just a bad cold,
but these days you never
know, do you? So...
But as per our discussion, we've
got a million new menu ideas.
So she or I will call you,
and hopefully we can reschedule
maybe for early next week?
Thanks a lot.
BOTTLES CLINKING, GROANS
You said you'd find things.
You said you'd research stuff.
I said I'd do some digging, and
I have, but the reality is...
Do you want more money?
'It's not about the money.'
'It's always about the money.'
I'm sorry if I've
given you false hope,
but perhaps I should've...
CALL DISCONNECTS
SIGHS
So, the firearm detailed
in the original log
was actually an air pistol.
Ebele's? No, a flatmate's
that she'd borrowed,
according to her statement.
Er, apparently, she'd been drinking
all afternoon with friends,
and it was a "prank",
"a spur of the moment
dare to hold up a bank".
I thought it was a stockbrokers?
Yeah, it was, a company
called Morgan Lavelle.
As I say, she was very drunk.
Why did she already
have the airgun with her
if it was an off-the-cuff dare?
Yep. OK. What did she get?
12 months bender. Right.
Low. Yeah, and
then at the trial,
the doorman that she'd
threatened, a guy called, er...
Christopher Blackwood.
So, he ended up backing
up her version of events,
and he said that she
told him it was a dare
after just a few seconds
of waving the gun around,
and that later, he saw her
mates giggling outside.
So, why'd he call the police?
He said he called them before
she revealed it was a prank.
In those few seconds?
Yeah, me neither.
OK, well, let's see if we can
speak to him, the doorman.
I should also say that
forensics have found
what we hope is our bullet
at the scene last night,
so that's headed to
ballistics as we speak.
SIGHS
So, we did find a bank
account for a woman
with the same name and DOB,
and her last transaction, ever,
was a debit card payment
to an off-licence
on the 26th of June
at 17:43 that evening.
Was that...
Was that not also the same date
the social worker visited her?
I think it was.
Yeah, that morning.
OK. Good. Like that.
Er, what about
her bank activity?
Very regular, for many years.
She used her card most days.
OK, so it stopping being like
that, then, that's significant.
Absolutely.
And anything interesting
in her bank statements?
Couple of things.
She survived mostly on benefits,
but there were also cash payments,
deposited, I presume, by her
at pretty regular intervals.
OK. What sorts of amounts?
Three, four hundred
quid, give or take.
How often? About half
a dozen times a year.
Started in 2010,
stopped after the 26th.
Could it have been money
from her sex work? Hm...
A meth habit doesn't generally go
hand-in-hand with fiscal prudence.
No. JESS LAUGHS
Er, and the other thing?
Yeah, a standing order,
which was only set up seven
months before she died.
That's for £200, to be paid
on the 1st of each month.
From? It just says
"DSH" on the statements.
I've no idea what that
means. I'm investigating.
OK. And her mobile?
Couldn't find any contracts.
If she did have a phone, it
must have been a pay-as-you-go.
Kaz and I are looking into
that. OK, great. Thank you.
Er, Frances.
Yeah, so I put a flag
on PNC for Joseph Bell,
and I actually got a ping
first thing this morning.
He was arrested, apparently,
in Essex, yesterday.
For? ABH, among other things.
No bail. Er, he's
being held on remand.
OK. Find out where, and see if we
can speak to him, ASAP, please.
Sure. OK. Thanks, all.
Where's DI Khan, Guv? Paris.
Interviewing the social worker.
Back tonight.
I don't know if you remember
me, but we met three years ago
when you managed to
get me a work permit.
Er, I was hoping to
repay the favour.
I've got some goods I thought
you might be interested in.
Some watches, premium watches.
Er, eight, Bretq, worth
about 80K if you were to...
Maybe half of that, maybe 40?
Yeah, I can... I
can see you tonight.
Erm, are you still
in the same...?
Yeah, I'll be there.
I'll see you then.
CHILDREN GIGGLE, MAN
SPEAKS FRENCH ON TV
Yes, that's Precious.
Your client. Yes.
My God, what a dreadful thing.
What a tragic waste
of a life. Yeah.
So, was it drugs? No.
What, then? We think
she was murdered.
Jesus. By who?
Well, that's why I'm here,
to get as much information as
possible about her last movements.
Right.
And what do you want to know?
HE SIGHS
HE SNIFFS
Hiya.
If you've come for contrition,
you'll wait a long time.
No, I don't need that.
I just thought you might wanna know
a lawyer in London called for you.
Wants you to call him back ASAP.
Why does a lawyer wanna
speak to you, love?
And how can we even
afford a London lawyer?
HE SIGHS
Her life was chaotic, as
it often is with addicts,
so she was hard to help.
Was she using when you
were working with her?
Yes. Did she ever
deal as well?
Not to my knowledge.
Did she ever mention any
trouble with her dealers?
Not that she ever told me about.
And where was she living when
you first engaged with her?
Temporary hostels, which she
kept getting chucked out of.
For...?
She had issues with her
universal credit not being paid,
she was stealing
from other residents,
ongoing drug issues.
And, er, did she
work in the sex trade
at any stage that you knew her?
She said not.
But I know her son wanted
her to get back to it.
I mean, he was always
short of money himself,
so maybe he persuaded her.
He was down in London when
you were working with her?
On and off. Did you
actually see him?
A couple of times, yeah, when
he was kipping on her floor.
And what was her
relationship with him like?
Troubled. Erm...
He stole from her
because of his own habit.
She also told me that he
was violent towards her.
And what's her relationship
like with her mother?
Pretty similar. The trauma
ran down the generations.
Again, all fairly common in
families with addiction issues.
And how did you try to help?
My primary focus was to get
her stable accommodation
and a drug
rehabilitation programme.
Did you succeed in either?
No.
Because...?
Look, people like Precious,
for many complicated reasons,
often sabotage their own help.
So things can go wrong many
times before they go right,
which all costs money.
Sadly, "Let's raise taxes
and give it to addicts"
doesn't easily fit
on the side of a bus,
so, yes, we failed.
Because... money.
DOORBELL RINGS
Erm, OK. That's
the girls' father.
He's come to pick them up.
We're in the middle
of a custody dispute.
KNOCKING ON DOOR
DOOR OPENS
IN FRENCH:
What the fuck...?!
IN FRENCH:
So, she's in and out
of temporary hostels,
and then in late June 2016,
she asks you to come to see her
in a big house in Hammersmith?
Yeah.
Did she mention whose house it
was, or how come she was there?
She said it was a squat.
Did she mention anyone
by the name of Tony Hume?
No. And how was she?
Fine. Completely
normal meeting?
Yeah.
She didn't mention
anything about any rows,
or anything to do
with her family,
or anyone that made you think
that she might be in danger? No.
Because we have
reason to believe
that Precious died very soon
after your last meeting.
Almost certainly in
that house, in fact.
So, is there anything
that you can tell us
that would help us with that?
No. Sorry.
So, this was both the last
meeting you had with her, er...
but also, as I understand it,
possibly the last with anyone.
You resigned the day after.
I don't recall the exact date.
You resigned on...
..the 27th.
Right.
Are the two events
connected at all?
No.
It just seems like a
bit of a coincidence.
Does it? Well...
She's murdered, you resigned.
But I didn't know she
was dead. Obviously.
Hm. So, what was
the reason, then?
I didn't like the job.
What, that job specifically,
or social work generally?
Both.
I was exhausted and
demoralised. We all were.
So, just one more
time, then. Er...
Nothing happened in that house,
no arguments of any kind? No.
No issues, disputes, problems
between the two of you,
that you think that
we should know about?
No.
OK, thanks for your time.
What are you talking about?
I was looking after him yesterday.
Of course I'm his brief.
Your name's not on the list.
Maybe you've been replaced.
Replaced by who?
And so, in conclusion,
Your Worships,
we would like to stress again
that our client has literally
no history of absconding,
that he has a vulnerable partner
with multiple health issues -
who he is deeply committed
to looking after -
and lastly, that we
would be happy to offer
a surety of £10,000.
Yeah, I want to find
out about his departure
from West London
Social Services.
To my sense, there's more
there than he's admitting to.
OK. And also,
according to him,
both the mother and the son
were violent towards Precious.
'Yeah. Although
he would say that
'if he was trying to cover
up his own tracks.' Yeah.
OK, but let's trawl through
his contemporaneous notes
and see what they say. 'Yeah.'
It'd be good to, erm...
maybe find half an hour...
TEXT ALERT ..to sit
down together and, er...
Sorry. What time
are we at Earlmarsh?
Three thirty. 'See
you then. Bye.'
CALL DISCONNECTS
EXHALES SLOWLY
Tony?
Ah! Mehdi. How are you?
Yeah, good. Listen, erm...
I just wanted to let you know,
I had a look at your
grant application.
It's gonna have to
be a no, I'm afraid.
Oh? Yeah, budgets are so
squeezed, for obvious reasons.
We just need to prioritise
the more unique applications.
"Unique"? What does that mean?
Well, there wasn't a lot
of detail in there, Tony.
You know, for a 100K grant, it
all felt a little peremptory.
I thought we had a
shorthand. Right.
It's getting harder for it to
keep working like that, though.
Worked like that when
I got you into the DOT.
When your son needed an
introduction to Warburgs.
It worked like that
then, Mehdi, didn't it?
Ah, well. There it
is. Sorry again.
D'you know what they
call you, Mehdi?
Behind your back,
your department?
"Mehdi-ocrity".
Never a truer word.
TONY CLEARS HIS THROAT
Do you know what they
call you, Tony? Hm?
Nothing.
No-one cares.
I'm so sorry, Joseph. J.
J.
I ain't seen her in years,
man, so I don't give a fuck.
Your mum?
So, when was the last
time you saw her?
Ten years.
Got away from her as
soon as I could, innit?
Bad influence.
Because her social
worker details you living
between London
and Wales in 2016,
and seeing your mum
occasionally during that period.
Not true.
Well, he also details seeing you
at a hostel she was
staying at, in Acton.
And also has her describing
a row between you and her,
in which you got violent.
Didn't happen.
Must have mistaken
me for someone else.
And as for violence, well,
my mum was chattin' shit.
Why would she have lied? My
mum would have said anything
if she thought it was
gonna get her something.
Probably wanted to get
into a refuge or something.
You think? I do.
So, did you never wonder where
she'd been the last six years?
I assumed she'd gone
to Wales. To the farm?
But, listen...
if you're looking for someone
who did used to hurt her,
then speak to David Bell.
That don bust her up
fuckin' hundreds of times.
This was the man
who ran the cult?
Yeah, proper nasty.
You actually saw him
be violent towards her?
Yeah, lots of times, man.
I mean, she always left, but...
then somehow, for some
reason, she always went back.
And when you say violent...
Physical...
sexual...
In here, man.
Treated her like a dog.
Worse than a dog, like... like
he owned her or something.
How long were you there?
On and off from when I was about
seven to when I was about 15.
And what was your
relationship with him like,
this man whose
surname you shared?
Was he ever violent towards you?
He did everything to me, man.
Did you ever report
anything? To who?
We were 20 miles from
the nearest town.
We weren't allowed mobiles,
there was no internet.
Maybe that's why she was the
way she was with me, you know,
cos of what he did to her.
But, yeah...
..if you're looking
for a killer...
speak to that fucking prick.
PHONE RINGS
Hey.
Serge just called me. What
the hell is going on, Kaz?
Love, I'm sorting
it out, don't worry.
'You're sorting what out?'
He said you were being
interviewed by British police.
It's fine. I'll call you later.
I promise you, it'll be fine.
CALL DISCONNECTS Karol?
Bonjour. Bonjour.
'So, I'm sorry, but not
only is our obsession
'with balancing the books
economically illiterate,
'and not only is
it morally wrong
'to cut funding for the
vulnerable, sick and needy,
'the absolute worst
part of austerity
'is that it doesn't even work!
'It turns out we are
making ourselves poorer
'as a nation, and
that...' VIDEO STOPS
So, what did you think?
His family lie very well.
So I need to know more about him.
Anything and everything we can find.
Guv. Hi there.
Just coming to
pick up my client.
He's being released on bail.
Should all be in order.
He had a number of
mental health issues,
the year or so before he
left. What sort of issues?
Er, anxiety, depression,
a degree of
agoraphobia, I think.
Brought on by anything
specific? Yeah.
Two assaults. One 2015, one '16.
Er, racially-motivated assaults.
Because he was Polish?
Because he was Jewish.
His nationality was
probably just a bonus.
OK. Where did these happen?
First one, late 2015,
just walking down the
street wearing his kippa.
And the second one was outside
a synagogue in February 2016.
Did he report any of
these to the police?
The first one, yeah,
but nothing happened.
So he didn't bother
with the second.
And you think this is what might
have precipitated his problems?
Well, his parents moved back to
Poland for a time at that point,
and he was living by himself.
I just think he
felt a bit isolated.
Bit lonely.
And you think this is what
ultimately led him to resign?
Nothing I'm about to tell you is
anything other than rumour, OK?
So if you want any kind of detail,
you'll have to speak to HR.
OK.
And I qualify all of this with
the fact that the Karol I met
when he first came
here was a lovely,
kind, respectful, gentle man.
There was a rumour that he left
because of some inappropriate
photos he took of a colleague.
On a stairwell.
Up-skirting?
Up-skirting.
We're just looking for more
background information on him,
and we have you down as his
probation officer, so...
Yeah.
Yeah, ten o'clock tomorrow,
that'd be perfect.
I'll send a Zoom
link. OK, thanks, bye.
Hey, Guv. Yep.
Got the result of the C&C
trawl on 64 Waterman Road,
but we can do it tomorrow
if it's too late now.
No, no, no. Go
for it, go for it.
So, there's one incident
in our timeframe.
It was on the 14th of June.
The call to the local nick
from a resident of 23 Waterman
about a "violent row"
outside 64 between two women.
The neighbour describes hearing
one woman tell the other to,
"Fuck off, Mum."
So...
..just 12 days before
Precious's possible death,
and despite Ebele telling us
she hadn't seen her since
her birthday on January 15th,
here is Ebele in
contact with her.
Did a car get up there?
It did, but it had
quietened down by then,
so no further action was taken.
So...
We have her shoplifting
arrest on the 5th,
where she gave the
Waterman Road address.
And then this incident
on the... 14th?
Yep.
And then the social
worker's visit on the 26th.
So that's nearly three weeks where
she's living there in some capacity,
despite the house having been made
secure at least a month previously.
SHE INHALES SHARPLY
So, how did she get in and out?
Had she broken in?
Stolen a set of keys?
SHE CLICKS TONGUE
OK, see if you can track
down the attending officers.
Thanks, Murray. It's
great work. Guv.
We're just trying to get
as much background on
Joseph Bell as possible,
so I'll send you the link
and look forward to
speaking to you then.
WOMAN: 'OK, thanks.'
OK. Bye now.
CALL DISCONNECTS
And I'm not remotely...
pissed off with you.
How could I be?
You've never been anything other
than completely honest about kids.
PHONE VIBRATES
QUIETLY: Sorry. PHONE BEEPS
So there's no blame.
About that, anyway.
But that doesn't stop
me from feeling sad.
Very sad, in fact.
Sorry.
Obviously, you've got
nothing to apologise for.
When you say, "No blame
about that anyway"...
Well, maybe you're not to blame
for that either, because...
Y'know, that's grief, isn't it?
And I should say I
slightly feel like
I'm not allowed to find it
hard, or complain about it,
or anything, really.
But it is hard, Sunny.
To feel so... excluded.
So shut out.
And it's hard to feel
jealous of a dead woman.
But I do. PHONE VIBRATES
Because, huh, here we
are, nine months on,
with no hint of a
wedding in sight.
No discussions, even.
And I keep thinking
you'll bring it up,
cos I'm sure as
hell not going to.
But you don't.
And even as I'm saying this,
I'm slightly hoping that
you'll jump in and say,
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
It's all OK. Let's set a date."
But you don't.
And I'm scared I know why...
PHONE VIBRATES
SHE SNIFFLES
PHONE CONTINUES TO VIBRATE
Take it. No.
Take it, it's fine.
Give me ten seconds.
Fran.
Hey. How you doing? Yeah...
Er, hang on. I'm east,
boss man. The docks.
We just need to go
over some paperwork.
Nah, nah. I need to get
back to my girlfriend, bruv.
That's the only fucking
reason I called him.
It'll take half an hour, I promise,
and then I'll get you a car home.
For what it's worth,
it was just once.
And I know nothing
I can say will...
ever allow you to forgive
me for that, nor should it,
but I am more sorry than
I'll ever be able to say.
JESS SIGHS, LAUGHS
My fucking sister.
JESS EXHALES
Literally.
Do you wanna tell me why?
I was lonely.
He said he was, too, and that
you and he were finished.
When was this?
Three months ago.
You were on a course.
I'd babysat the kids.
It was in our house?!
I'm so sorry.
Just...
Go. Just leave. Please.
D'you know what, Debbie?
If you weren't such a weak...
..person, if you had...
even an ounce of backbone,
you wouldn't have told me.
You'd have kept your
shame to yourself.
BEEPING KAROL: Hey.
IN POLISH:
I'm really sorry, I'm on a
pick-up down in Fontainebleau.
Thanks for the heads up, though.
Appreciate it, brother. Speak soon.
PHONE RINGING
VOICEMAIL: 'Veuillez laisser
un message apres le bip.'
PHONE BEEPS Hey, it's me.
Listen, I'm gonna come back, see
if I can get this sorted out.
I'll be about half an hour. Call
me to let me know you got this.
Please.
DOOR CLOSES
Joseph.
Tony Hume.
Why have you brought
me here, man?
That wasn't the
deal. Why am I here?
Please. Sit down.
FAINT CHATTER
Shit!
So, all I want to know,
really, Joseph is...
..what you meant.
What I said. OK.
And what you said, as I recall,
is that your mother
was Precious Falade,
and you were there that night.
You saw it all. Yeah.
You were where?
A don like you must be so used to
being able to control things, innit?
Being able to influence
and manipulate everything
around you, yeah?
Whereas me...
I've had almost no
control in my life.
Almost no power, innit?
I've had to take whatever
life threw at me, bruv.
Had to learn how to adapt.
Very fucking fast, often
to the next random event.
And it's funny, cos I've
been so scared of you
since that very
fucking random night.
So scared of what you could do to
me if I told people what I knew.
Except now I'm in
the room with you...
and I see it's you who's scared.
I don't blame you, as it goes.
Cos you got a lot to lose, man.
Who are you really, Joseph?
What do you want? Who am I?
I'm me, man.
And what I want...
is this. TONY GROANS
DOOR CLOSES CHILD
UPSTAIRS: Oh!
CHILDREN GIGGLING
KATE UPSTAIRS: Kids, bedtime.
Come on. Brush your teeth.
FOOTSTEPS COMING
DOWN THE STAIRS
KIDS CHATTERING
FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING
Did you forget I was
going out tonight?
Shit, erm...
I'm sorry, yeah. Yeah.
Pyjamas are on the bed.
You're all good to go.
OK, thanks. Thanks.
Are you OK?
She hasn't told
you, has she? Who?
Debbie.
Told me what?
JESS SOBS BOY UPSTAIRS:
Gran, we're ready!
Grab a glass of wine.
I'll be back down in ten.
I'll shift my plans for tonight.
Thanks, Mum.
WAILS
CHILDREN LAUGH UPSTAIRS
DOG BARKS IN THE DISTANCE
I'm back for a bit now, so
you're all right, Jordan.
Safe. SHE SNIFFS
DOOR OPENS, CLOSES
I missed you.
I missed you too.
I just needed someone
to look after me.
I know, but like I said,
I'm here now, babe.
Yeah.
I can't forgive her, Mum.
We can't forgive her for this.
You do understand that, don't you?
Your sister's not well,
Jess. You know that.
Please. You can't always
excuse her behaviour
because of anxiety
or depression.
I'm anxious.
I'm depressed. I don't go
round behaving like that.
I don't think I ever want
to speak to her again.
And I don't think you
should want to either.
No DCI James? Sorry.
HE SIGHS
'We tried to give her
all the support we could.
'When Joseph was
about 18 months old,
'it was clear she wasn't
caring for him properly,
'and he was taken in to care.'
'He'd often came in to nursery
'hungry, in dirty
clothes, often soiled.'
She'd have punters coming
in her house all day long.
I'd see him through the window,
sitting in front of the
TV all day, on his own.
I mean, I did phone social
services several times,
but I'm not sure if
anyone ever came.
' "Oh, Miss, I fell."
' "Oh, Miss, a friend accidentally
kicked me playing football."
' "Oh, Miss, I spilt
a cup of tea on it." '
When Joseph arrived late at
night, gone ten, on his own,
in the back of a taxi
because cuts had meant there was
no social worker to accompany him,
he was 13 years old.
I showed him his room,
and he couldn't believe it
because it was clean and
the bed had a duvet on it.
He stayed with us for nine months,
and we applied for adoption...
er, but his mother blocked it
and eventually got
him back in the end.
Mainly for the child
benefit, I suspect.
It was one of the saddest days
of my life, having to let him go.
'Young Mr Bell was 17
when he arrived with us,
'but old for his years, y'know?
'Wily. Devious, even.
'Never reluctant to use
violence to get what he wanted.
'Could he kill?' HE SCOFFS
'I've no doubt.'
DCI James? DI
Khan. Sorry, hello.
What happened? Where
were you? Where was I?
The Zoom calls
about Joseph Bell.
QUIETLY: Damn it.
I, erm... had some, erm...
Look, I'm... I'm really...
I'm really sorry.
Can we just, erm... duck
in here for a moment?
Yeah.
I can't work like this.
Next to you but not with you.
I sat in this room earlier
and listened to various people
talking about Joseph Bell,
and it was illuminating
and heart-breaking,
and it gave me...
HE EXHALES
..all sorts of
insights and new ideas,
and you-you missed it all.
Now, I've recorded it, and
I'll send you the links,
but it's not the
same thing, is it?
Because we need to be
in the room together.
We need to talk.
In your office, in
the canteen, the pub.
We need to come up with a
thousand stupid theories
and laugh at them and
come up with better ones.
Because it's only by
doing that, surely,
that we'll get to understand
the people sitting opposite us.
I can't be her, DI Khan.
I'm not asking you to be.
All I'm saying is, there's
a barrier between us,
and I would love it
if we could find a way
of getting rid of it,
even if it's just for this case
and then we go our separate ways.
And maybe it is my fault.
Apologies if it is.
I'm dealing with some
personal issues that, er...
Well, I'm not exactly
at the top of my game,
but I would love it
if we could reset.
If we could just start again.
Please. What issues?
CLEARS HIS THROAT
Yesterday... my fiancee...
..had a miscarriage of a
baby I didn't really want.
I am so sorry.
Thanks. Yeah, it was
very early, but still.
It's complicated. SHE SIGHS
54 minutes before I started
the job last week, my...
CLEARS HER THROAT Excuse me.
..my husband, erm...
..my husband told
me he'd been...
..he'd been having an affair.
And, er...
Last night...
Last night, I discovered
it was with my sister.
OK, you win.
SHE LAUGHS
SHE SNIFFLES Oh...
I'm really sorry, too.
I mean, that's... that's awful.
Is there anything I
can do? Er, thanks.
Er, probably not. SHE LAUGHS
But, erm... thank you.
SHE SNIFFLES And, er...
KNOCKING, DOOR OPENS
Er, we've...
..got a result on the bullet.
What result?
It has the same striation
marks as a bullet fired
in a 2015 robbery
in Lisson Grove.
The gun was never recovered,
but an arrest was made
of an Elton Paul King,
a known associate
and fellow gang member
of one Joseph Bell.
Call Earlmarsh,
see if we can organise
another interview.
Do we know where this Mr King was
at the time of Precious's murder?
Yeah, Winterstoke, six months into
a ten stretch for the robbery.
He was released on
parole last year.
OK, well, let's see if we can
speak to him ASAP, please. Mm-hm.
DOOR OPENS, CLOSES
So, er... So, yeah.
CLEARS HER THROAT
Just... Just so you know,
this is not remotely...
CLEARS HER THROAT ..who
I am or how I work.
You know, this last week
or so, it's not, erm...
So, you know, I'm...
I'm sorry.
And, er, of course... of
course we need to talk.
So send me the Zooms, please.
I really want to see them.
And then, erm...
Yeah, let's...
..let's reset.
As per my email,
if I were to decide to
bring things forward...
..how much notice
would you need?
know about her,
the more chance we have of
working out how she died.
When she was 15, she
was abducted by a cult.
I never had any experience
of Precious being violent.
The aggression came
entirely from Ebele.
KAREN: We have multiple arrests.
An ABH charge, with a firearm.
What was the name of your cover,
please? That was Karol Wojski.
If we want a baby, we'll
need a bigger place. Karol...
Am I not good enough?
Is that what it is?
He's the last person
to have seen her alive.
And the day after
he did, he resigned.
How would you feel about a
trip to Paris, where he lives?
Hello, love. I think
I'm miscarrying.
So, the relative who used to
pop round to check up on her,
that's Lord Anthony.
They were very threatening.
Physically? Yes.
What did they say the
squatters were like? Sweet.
You don't know me,
but I know you.
My mother was Precious Falade,
and I was there that night.
And I saw it all.
MUSIC: 'All We
Do' by Oh Wonder
♪ All we do is hide away
♪ All we do is All
we do is hide away
♪ All we do is lie in wait
♪ All we do is All
we do is lie in wait
♪ I've been upside down
♪ I don't want to be
The right way round
♪ Can't find paradise
On the ground. ♪
Hi, babe, it's me.
Obviously, erm...
..spoke to your mum
when you were asleep.
Be good to talk. Er... Call
me when you feel up to it.
Er... Back tonight.
Lots of love.
EXHALES SLOWLY
QUIETLY: Get your shit together.
KEYS JANGLING
I'm sure it's nothing
serious, just a bad cold,
but these days you never
know, do you? So...
But as per our discussion, we've
got a million new menu ideas.
So she or I will call you,
and hopefully we can reschedule
maybe for early next week?
Thanks a lot.
BOTTLES CLINKING, GROANS
You said you'd find things.
You said you'd research stuff.
I said I'd do some digging, and
I have, but the reality is...
Do you want more money?
'It's not about the money.'
'It's always about the money.'
I'm sorry if I've
given you false hope,
but perhaps I should've...
CALL DISCONNECTS
SIGHS
So, the firearm detailed
in the original log
was actually an air pistol.
Ebele's? No, a flatmate's
that she'd borrowed,
according to her statement.
Er, apparently, she'd been drinking
all afternoon with friends,
and it was a "prank",
"a spur of the moment
dare to hold up a bank".
I thought it was a stockbrokers?
Yeah, it was, a company
called Morgan Lavelle.
As I say, she was very drunk.
Why did she already
have the airgun with her
if it was an off-the-cuff dare?
Yep. OK. What did she get?
12 months bender. Right.
Low. Yeah, and
then at the trial,
the doorman that she'd
threatened, a guy called, er...
Christopher Blackwood.
So, he ended up backing
up her version of events,
and he said that she
told him it was a dare
after just a few seconds
of waving the gun around,
and that later, he saw her
mates giggling outside.
So, why'd he call the police?
He said he called them before
she revealed it was a prank.
In those few seconds?
Yeah, me neither.
OK, well, let's see if we can
speak to him, the doorman.
I should also say that
forensics have found
what we hope is our bullet
at the scene last night,
so that's headed to
ballistics as we speak.
SIGHS
So, we did find a bank
account for a woman
with the same name and DOB,
and her last transaction, ever,
was a debit card payment
to an off-licence
on the 26th of June
at 17:43 that evening.
Was that...
Was that not also the same date
the social worker visited her?
I think it was.
Yeah, that morning.
OK. Good. Like that.
Er, what about
her bank activity?
Very regular, for many years.
She used her card most days.
OK, so it stopping being like
that, then, that's significant.
Absolutely.
And anything interesting
in her bank statements?
Couple of things.
She survived mostly on benefits,
but there were also cash payments,
deposited, I presume, by her
at pretty regular intervals.
OK. What sorts of amounts?
Three, four hundred
quid, give or take.
How often? About half
a dozen times a year.
Started in 2010,
stopped after the 26th.
Could it have been money
from her sex work? Hm...
A meth habit doesn't generally go
hand-in-hand with fiscal prudence.
No. JESS LAUGHS
Er, and the other thing?
Yeah, a standing order,
which was only set up seven
months before she died.
That's for £200, to be paid
on the 1st of each month.
From? It just says
"DSH" on the statements.
I've no idea what that
means. I'm investigating.
OK. And her mobile?
Couldn't find any contracts.
If she did have a phone, it
must have been a pay-as-you-go.
Kaz and I are looking into
that. OK, great. Thank you.
Er, Frances.
Yeah, so I put a flag
on PNC for Joseph Bell,
and I actually got a ping
first thing this morning.
He was arrested, apparently,
in Essex, yesterday.
For? ABH, among other things.
No bail. Er, he's
being held on remand.
OK. Find out where, and see if we
can speak to him, ASAP, please.
Sure. OK. Thanks, all.
Where's DI Khan, Guv? Paris.
Interviewing the social worker.
Back tonight.
I don't know if you remember
me, but we met three years ago
when you managed to
get me a work permit.
Er, I was hoping to
repay the favour.
I've got some goods I thought
you might be interested in.
Some watches, premium watches.
Er, eight, Bretq, worth
about 80K if you were to...
Maybe half of that, maybe 40?
Yeah, I can... I
can see you tonight.
Erm, are you still
in the same...?
Yeah, I'll be there.
I'll see you then.
CHILDREN GIGGLE, MAN
SPEAKS FRENCH ON TV
Yes, that's Precious.
Your client. Yes.
My God, what a dreadful thing.
What a tragic waste
of a life. Yeah.
So, was it drugs? No.
What, then? We think
she was murdered.
Jesus. By who?
Well, that's why I'm here,
to get as much information as
possible about her last movements.
Right.
And what do you want to know?
HE SIGHS
HE SNIFFS
Hiya.
If you've come for contrition,
you'll wait a long time.
No, I don't need that.
I just thought you might wanna know
a lawyer in London called for you.
Wants you to call him back ASAP.
Why does a lawyer wanna
speak to you, love?
And how can we even
afford a London lawyer?
HE SIGHS
Her life was chaotic, as
it often is with addicts,
so she was hard to help.
Was she using when you
were working with her?
Yes. Did she ever
deal as well?
Not to my knowledge.
Did she ever mention any
trouble with her dealers?
Not that she ever told me about.
And where was she living when
you first engaged with her?
Temporary hostels, which she
kept getting chucked out of.
For...?
She had issues with her
universal credit not being paid,
she was stealing
from other residents,
ongoing drug issues.
And, er, did she
work in the sex trade
at any stage that you knew her?
She said not.
But I know her son wanted
her to get back to it.
I mean, he was always
short of money himself,
so maybe he persuaded her.
He was down in London when
you were working with her?
On and off. Did you
actually see him?
A couple of times, yeah, when
he was kipping on her floor.
And what was her
relationship with him like?
Troubled. Erm...
He stole from her
because of his own habit.
She also told me that he
was violent towards her.
And what's her relationship
like with her mother?
Pretty similar. The trauma
ran down the generations.
Again, all fairly common in
families with addiction issues.
And how did you try to help?
My primary focus was to get
her stable accommodation
and a drug
rehabilitation programme.
Did you succeed in either?
No.
Because...?
Look, people like Precious,
for many complicated reasons,
often sabotage their own help.
So things can go wrong many
times before they go right,
which all costs money.
Sadly, "Let's raise taxes
and give it to addicts"
doesn't easily fit
on the side of a bus,
so, yes, we failed.
Because... money.
DOORBELL RINGS
Erm, OK. That's
the girls' father.
He's come to pick them up.
We're in the middle
of a custody dispute.
KNOCKING ON DOOR
DOOR OPENS
IN FRENCH:
What the fuck...?!
IN FRENCH:
So, she's in and out
of temporary hostels,
and then in late June 2016,
she asks you to come to see her
in a big house in Hammersmith?
Yeah.
Did she mention whose house it
was, or how come she was there?
She said it was a squat.
Did she mention anyone
by the name of Tony Hume?
No. And how was she?
Fine. Completely
normal meeting?
Yeah.
She didn't mention
anything about any rows,
or anything to do
with her family,
or anyone that made you think
that she might be in danger? No.
Because we have
reason to believe
that Precious died very soon
after your last meeting.
Almost certainly in
that house, in fact.
So, is there anything
that you can tell us
that would help us with that?
No. Sorry.
So, this was both the last
meeting you had with her, er...
but also, as I understand it,
possibly the last with anyone.
You resigned the day after.
I don't recall the exact date.
You resigned on...
..the 27th.
Right.
Are the two events
connected at all?
No.
It just seems like a
bit of a coincidence.
Does it? Well...
She's murdered, you resigned.
But I didn't know she
was dead. Obviously.
Hm. So, what was
the reason, then?
I didn't like the job.
What, that job specifically,
or social work generally?
Both.
I was exhausted and
demoralised. We all were.
So, just one more
time, then. Er...
Nothing happened in that house,
no arguments of any kind? No.
No issues, disputes, problems
between the two of you,
that you think that
we should know about?
No.
OK, thanks for your time.
What are you talking about?
I was looking after him yesterday.
Of course I'm his brief.
Your name's not on the list.
Maybe you've been replaced.
Replaced by who?
And so, in conclusion,
Your Worships,
we would like to stress again
that our client has literally
no history of absconding,
that he has a vulnerable partner
with multiple health issues -
who he is deeply committed
to looking after -
and lastly, that we
would be happy to offer
a surety of £10,000.
Yeah, I want to find
out about his departure
from West London
Social Services.
To my sense, there's more
there than he's admitting to.
OK. And also,
according to him,
both the mother and the son
were violent towards Precious.
'Yeah. Although
he would say that
'if he was trying to cover
up his own tracks.' Yeah.
OK, but let's trawl through
his contemporaneous notes
and see what they say. 'Yeah.'
It'd be good to, erm...
maybe find half an hour...
TEXT ALERT ..to sit
down together and, er...
Sorry. What time
are we at Earlmarsh?
Three thirty. 'See
you then. Bye.'
CALL DISCONNECTS
EXHALES SLOWLY
Tony?
Ah! Mehdi. How are you?
Yeah, good. Listen, erm...
I just wanted to let you know,
I had a look at your
grant application.
It's gonna have to
be a no, I'm afraid.
Oh? Yeah, budgets are so
squeezed, for obvious reasons.
We just need to prioritise
the more unique applications.
"Unique"? What does that mean?
Well, there wasn't a lot
of detail in there, Tony.
You know, for a 100K grant, it
all felt a little peremptory.
I thought we had a
shorthand. Right.
It's getting harder for it to
keep working like that, though.
Worked like that when
I got you into the DOT.
When your son needed an
introduction to Warburgs.
It worked like that
then, Mehdi, didn't it?
Ah, well. There it
is. Sorry again.
D'you know what they
call you, Mehdi?
Behind your back,
your department?
"Mehdi-ocrity".
Never a truer word.
TONY CLEARS HIS THROAT
Do you know what they
call you, Tony? Hm?
Nothing.
No-one cares.
I'm so sorry, Joseph. J.
J.
I ain't seen her in years,
man, so I don't give a fuck.
Your mum?
So, when was the last
time you saw her?
Ten years.
Got away from her as
soon as I could, innit?
Bad influence.
Because her social
worker details you living
between London
and Wales in 2016,
and seeing your mum
occasionally during that period.
Not true.
Well, he also details seeing you
at a hostel she was
staying at, in Acton.
And also has her describing
a row between you and her,
in which you got violent.
Didn't happen.
Must have mistaken
me for someone else.
And as for violence, well,
my mum was chattin' shit.
Why would she have lied? My
mum would have said anything
if she thought it was
gonna get her something.
Probably wanted to get
into a refuge or something.
You think? I do.
So, did you never wonder where
she'd been the last six years?
I assumed she'd gone
to Wales. To the farm?
But, listen...
if you're looking for someone
who did used to hurt her,
then speak to David Bell.
That don bust her up
fuckin' hundreds of times.
This was the man
who ran the cult?
Yeah, proper nasty.
You actually saw him
be violent towards her?
Yeah, lots of times, man.
I mean, she always left, but...
then somehow, for some
reason, she always went back.
And when you say violent...
Physical...
sexual...
In here, man.
Treated her like a dog.
Worse than a dog, like... like
he owned her or something.
How long were you there?
On and off from when I was about
seven to when I was about 15.
And what was your
relationship with him like,
this man whose
surname you shared?
Was he ever violent towards you?
He did everything to me, man.
Did you ever report
anything? To who?
We were 20 miles from
the nearest town.
We weren't allowed mobiles,
there was no internet.
Maybe that's why she was the
way she was with me, you know,
cos of what he did to her.
But, yeah...
..if you're looking
for a killer...
speak to that fucking prick.
PHONE RINGS
Hey.
Serge just called me. What
the hell is going on, Kaz?
Love, I'm sorting
it out, don't worry.
'You're sorting what out?'
He said you were being
interviewed by British police.
It's fine. I'll call you later.
I promise you, it'll be fine.
CALL DISCONNECTS Karol?
Bonjour. Bonjour.
'So, I'm sorry, but not
only is our obsession
'with balancing the books
economically illiterate,
'and not only is
it morally wrong
'to cut funding for the
vulnerable, sick and needy,
'the absolute worst
part of austerity
'is that it doesn't even work!
'It turns out we are
making ourselves poorer
'as a nation, and
that...' VIDEO STOPS
So, what did you think?
His family lie very well.
So I need to know more about him.
Anything and everything we can find.
Guv. Hi there.
Just coming to
pick up my client.
He's being released on bail.
Should all be in order.
He had a number of
mental health issues,
the year or so before he
left. What sort of issues?
Er, anxiety, depression,
a degree of
agoraphobia, I think.
Brought on by anything
specific? Yeah.
Two assaults. One 2015, one '16.
Er, racially-motivated assaults.
Because he was Polish?
Because he was Jewish.
His nationality was
probably just a bonus.
OK. Where did these happen?
First one, late 2015,
just walking down the
street wearing his kippa.
And the second one was outside
a synagogue in February 2016.
Did he report any of
these to the police?
The first one, yeah,
but nothing happened.
So he didn't bother
with the second.
And you think this is what might
have precipitated his problems?
Well, his parents moved back to
Poland for a time at that point,
and he was living by himself.
I just think he
felt a bit isolated.
Bit lonely.
And you think this is what
ultimately led him to resign?
Nothing I'm about to tell you is
anything other than rumour, OK?
So if you want any kind of detail,
you'll have to speak to HR.
OK.
And I qualify all of this with
the fact that the Karol I met
when he first came
here was a lovely,
kind, respectful, gentle man.
There was a rumour that he left
because of some inappropriate
photos he took of a colleague.
On a stairwell.
Up-skirting?
Up-skirting.
We're just looking for more
background information on him,
and we have you down as his
probation officer, so...
Yeah.
Yeah, ten o'clock tomorrow,
that'd be perfect.
I'll send a Zoom
link. OK, thanks, bye.
Hey, Guv. Yep.
Got the result of the C&C
trawl on 64 Waterman Road,
but we can do it tomorrow
if it's too late now.
No, no, no. Go
for it, go for it.
So, there's one incident
in our timeframe.
It was on the 14th of June.
The call to the local nick
from a resident of 23 Waterman
about a "violent row"
outside 64 between two women.
The neighbour describes hearing
one woman tell the other to,
"Fuck off, Mum."
So...
..just 12 days before
Precious's possible death,
and despite Ebele telling us
she hadn't seen her since
her birthday on January 15th,
here is Ebele in
contact with her.
Did a car get up there?
It did, but it had
quietened down by then,
so no further action was taken.
So...
We have her shoplifting
arrest on the 5th,
where she gave the
Waterman Road address.
And then this incident
on the... 14th?
Yep.
And then the social
worker's visit on the 26th.
So that's nearly three weeks where
she's living there in some capacity,
despite the house having been made
secure at least a month previously.
SHE INHALES SHARPLY
So, how did she get in and out?
Had she broken in?
Stolen a set of keys?
SHE CLICKS TONGUE
OK, see if you can track
down the attending officers.
Thanks, Murray. It's
great work. Guv.
We're just trying to get
as much background on
Joseph Bell as possible,
so I'll send you the link
and look forward to
speaking to you then.
WOMAN: 'OK, thanks.'
OK. Bye now.
CALL DISCONNECTS
And I'm not remotely...
pissed off with you.
How could I be?
You've never been anything other
than completely honest about kids.
PHONE VIBRATES
QUIETLY: Sorry. PHONE BEEPS
So there's no blame.
About that, anyway.
But that doesn't stop
me from feeling sad.
Very sad, in fact.
Sorry.
Obviously, you've got
nothing to apologise for.
When you say, "No blame
about that anyway"...
Well, maybe you're not to blame
for that either, because...
Y'know, that's grief, isn't it?
And I should say I
slightly feel like
I'm not allowed to find it
hard, or complain about it,
or anything, really.
But it is hard, Sunny.
To feel so... excluded.
So shut out.
And it's hard to feel
jealous of a dead woman.
But I do. PHONE VIBRATES
Because, huh, here we
are, nine months on,
with no hint of a
wedding in sight.
No discussions, even.
And I keep thinking
you'll bring it up,
cos I'm sure as
hell not going to.
But you don't.
And even as I'm saying this,
I'm slightly hoping that
you'll jump in and say,
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
It's all OK. Let's set a date."
But you don't.
And I'm scared I know why...
PHONE VIBRATES
SHE SNIFFLES
PHONE CONTINUES TO VIBRATE
Take it. No.
Take it, it's fine.
Give me ten seconds.
Fran.
Hey. How you doing? Yeah...
Er, hang on. I'm east,
boss man. The docks.
We just need to go
over some paperwork.
Nah, nah. I need to get
back to my girlfriend, bruv.
That's the only fucking
reason I called him.
It'll take half an hour, I promise,
and then I'll get you a car home.
For what it's worth,
it was just once.
And I know nothing
I can say will...
ever allow you to forgive
me for that, nor should it,
but I am more sorry than
I'll ever be able to say.
JESS SIGHS, LAUGHS
My fucking sister.
JESS EXHALES
Literally.
Do you wanna tell me why?
I was lonely.
He said he was, too, and that
you and he were finished.
When was this?
Three months ago.
You were on a course.
I'd babysat the kids.
It was in our house?!
I'm so sorry.
Just...
Go. Just leave. Please.
D'you know what, Debbie?
If you weren't such a weak...
..person, if you had...
even an ounce of backbone,
you wouldn't have told me.
You'd have kept your
shame to yourself.
BEEPING KAROL: Hey.
IN POLISH:
I'm really sorry, I'm on a
pick-up down in Fontainebleau.
Thanks for the heads up, though.
Appreciate it, brother. Speak soon.
PHONE RINGING
VOICEMAIL: 'Veuillez laisser
un message apres le bip.'
PHONE BEEPS Hey, it's me.
Listen, I'm gonna come back, see
if I can get this sorted out.
I'll be about half an hour. Call
me to let me know you got this.
Please.
DOOR CLOSES
Joseph.
Tony Hume.
Why have you brought
me here, man?
That wasn't the
deal. Why am I here?
Please. Sit down.
FAINT CHATTER
Shit!
So, all I want to know,
really, Joseph is...
..what you meant.
What I said. OK.
And what you said, as I recall,
is that your mother
was Precious Falade,
and you were there that night.
You saw it all. Yeah.
You were where?
A don like you must be so used to
being able to control things, innit?
Being able to influence
and manipulate everything
around you, yeah?
Whereas me...
I've had almost no
control in my life.
Almost no power, innit?
I've had to take whatever
life threw at me, bruv.
Had to learn how to adapt.
Very fucking fast, often
to the next random event.
And it's funny, cos I've
been so scared of you
since that very
fucking random night.
So scared of what you could do to
me if I told people what I knew.
Except now I'm in
the room with you...
and I see it's you who's scared.
I don't blame you, as it goes.
Cos you got a lot to lose, man.
Who are you really, Joseph?
What do you want? Who am I?
I'm me, man.
And what I want...
is this. TONY GROANS
DOOR CLOSES CHILD
UPSTAIRS: Oh!
CHILDREN GIGGLING
KATE UPSTAIRS: Kids, bedtime.
Come on. Brush your teeth.
FOOTSTEPS COMING
DOWN THE STAIRS
KIDS CHATTERING
FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING
Did you forget I was
going out tonight?
Shit, erm...
I'm sorry, yeah. Yeah.
Pyjamas are on the bed.
You're all good to go.
OK, thanks. Thanks.
Are you OK?
She hasn't told
you, has she? Who?
Debbie.
Told me what?
JESS SOBS BOY UPSTAIRS:
Gran, we're ready!
Grab a glass of wine.
I'll be back down in ten.
I'll shift my plans for tonight.
Thanks, Mum.
WAILS
CHILDREN LAUGH UPSTAIRS
DOG BARKS IN THE DISTANCE
I'm back for a bit now, so
you're all right, Jordan.
Safe. SHE SNIFFS
DOOR OPENS, CLOSES
I missed you.
I missed you too.
I just needed someone
to look after me.
I know, but like I said,
I'm here now, babe.
Yeah.
I can't forgive her, Mum.
We can't forgive her for this.
You do understand that, don't you?
Your sister's not well,
Jess. You know that.
Please. You can't always
excuse her behaviour
because of anxiety
or depression.
I'm anxious.
I'm depressed. I don't go
round behaving like that.
I don't think I ever want
to speak to her again.
And I don't think you
should want to either.
No DCI James? Sorry.
HE SIGHS
'We tried to give her
all the support we could.
'When Joseph was
about 18 months old,
'it was clear she wasn't
caring for him properly,
'and he was taken in to care.'
'He'd often came in to nursery
'hungry, in dirty
clothes, often soiled.'
She'd have punters coming
in her house all day long.
I'd see him through the window,
sitting in front of the
TV all day, on his own.
I mean, I did phone social
services several times,
but I'm not sure if
anyone ever came.
' "Oh, Miss, I fell."
' "Oh, Miss, a friend accidentally
kicked me playing football."
' "Oh, Miss, I spilt
a cup of tea on it." '
When Joseph arrived late at
night, gone ten, on his own,
in the back of a taxi
because cuts had meant there was
no social worker to accompany him,
he was 13 years old.
I showed him his room,
and he couldn't believe it
because it was clean and
the bed had a duvet on it.
He stayed with us for nine months,
and we applied for adoption...
er, but his mother blocked it
and eventually got
him back in the end.
Mainly for the child
benefit, I suspect.
It was one of the saddest days
of my life, having to let him go.
'Young Mr Bell was 17
when he arrived with us,
'but old for his years, y'know?
'Wily. Devious, even.
'Never reluctant to use
violence to get what he wanted.
'Could he kill?' HE SCOFFS
'I've no doubt.'
DCI James? DI
Khan. Sorry, hello.
What happened? Where
were you? Where was I?
The Zoom calls
about Joseph Bell.
QUIETLY: Damn it.
I, erm... had some, erm...
Look, I'm... I'm really...
I'm really sorry.
Can we just, erm... duck
in here for a moment?
Yeah.
I can't work like this.
Next to you but not with you.
I sat in this room earlier
and listened to various people
talking about Joseph Bell,
and it was illuminating
and heart-breaking,
and it gave me...
HE EXHALES
..all sorts of
insights and new ideas,
and you-you missed it all.
Now, I've recorded it, and
I'll send you the links,
but it's not the
same thing, is it?
Because we need to be
in the room together.
We need to talk.
In your office, in
the canteen, the pub.
We need to come up with a
thousand stupid theories
and laugh at them and
come up with better ones.
Because it's only by
doing that, surely,
that we'll get to understand
the people sitting opposite us.
I can't be her, DI Khan.
I'm not asking you to be.
All I'm saying is, there's
a barrier between us,
and I would love it
if we could find a way
of getting rid of it,
even if it's just for this case
and then we go our separate ways.
And maybe it is my fault.
Apologies if it is.
I'm dealing with some
personal issues that, er...
Well, I'm not exactly
at the top of my game,
but I would love it
if we could reset.
If we could just start again.
Please. What issues?
CLEARS HIS THROAT
Yesterday... my fiancee...
..had a miscarriage of a
baby I didn't really want.
I am so sorry.
Thanks. Yeah, it was
very early, but still.
It's complicated. SHE SIGHS
54 minutes before I started
the job last week, my...
CLEARS HER THROAT Excuse me.
..my husband, erm...
..my husband told
me he'd been...
..he'd been having an affair.
And, er...
Last night...
Last night, I discovered
it was with my sister.
OK, you win.
SHE LAUGHS
SHE SNIFFLES Oh...
I'm really sorry, too.
I mean, that's... that's awful.
Is there anything I
can do? Er, thanks.
Er, probably not. SHE LAUGHS
But, erm... thank you.
SHE SNIFFLES And, er...
KNOCKING, DOOR OPENS
Er, we've...
..got a result on the bullet.
What result?
It has the same striation
marks as a bullet fired
in a 2015 robbery
in Lisson Grove.
The gun was never recovered,
but an arrest was made
of an Elton Paul King,
a known associate
and fellow gang member
of one Joseph Bell.
Call Earlmarsh,
see if we can organise
another interview.
Do we know where this Mr King was
at the time of Precious's murder?
Yeah, Winterstoke, six months into
a ten stretch for the robbery.
He was released on
parole last year.
OK, well, let's see if we can
speak to him ASAP, please. Mm-hm.
DOOR OPENS, CLOSES
So, er... So, yeah.
CLEARS HER THROAT
Just... Just so you know,
this is not remotely...
CLEARS HER THROAT ..who
I am or how I work.
You know, this last week
or so, it's not, erm...
So, you know, I'm...
I'm sorry.
And, er, of course... of
course we need to talk.
So send me the Zooms, please.
I really want to see them.
And then, erm...
Yeah, let's...
..let's reset.
As per my email,
if I were to decide to
bring things forward...
..how much notice
would you need?