1 00:00:00,010 --> 00:00:02,750 That's a hole. Like something's been driven through it. 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,070 Something like a nail. 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,270 Yes, it's me. 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,430 If you think I killed this boy, Ray, just say it. 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,150 In June, 1973, Slater was arrested 6 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,630 following a fight outside a pub in Kentish town. 7 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:16,870 Dad! 8 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,630 He rang her from the call box. JoJo. 9 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,870 But it was one mistake. 10 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,390 He had sex with a child, for God's sake! 11 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:28,510 Your Turkish friends, I might need you to call them for me. 12 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,030 He had his accident so he wouldn't have been able to hurt anyone any more. 13 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,110 You said "hurt anyone". What do you mean? 14 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:37,100 Looks like we've got another victim. 15 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:49,480 ♪ All we do is hide away 16 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,000 ♪ All we do is, all we do is hide away 17 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,230 ♪ All we do is lie in wait 18 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,440 ♪ All we do is, all we do is lie in wait 19 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,670 ♪ I've been upside down 20 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,750 ♪ I don't wanna be the right way round 21 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,400 ♪ Can't find paradise on the ground ♪ 22 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,800 - You OK? - Fine. 23 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,400 Scared. 24 00:01:45,320 --> 00:01:47,520 (POP MUSIC AND CHATTER) 25 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,120 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 26 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:17,580 (THUMPING ON DOOR) 27 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,520 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 28 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,360 (THUMPING ON DOOR) 29 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:33,760 Your taxi. 30 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,040 I'm so sorry, Sheila. 31 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,920 Thank you. 32 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:46,120 I know you're in there! 33 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,070 Ray! 34 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,800 Ray! 35 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,790 Sir Phillip. Asil. 36 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,120 Your son sent me. 37 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:07,070 Mr Slater. 38 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,190 No, no, no, no, no. You, you, you said you were coming tomorrow. 39 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,830 - We need to do it now, I'm afraid. - It's their anniversary. 40 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:14,510 - We were having a -- - Sorry. 41 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,700 ♪ ABBA: Dancing Queen 42 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,630 ♪ Looking out for the place to go... ♪ 43 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,590 Everyone listen up, please! 44 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:25,870 Will you listen to me, please? 45 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:29,750 Can someone turn the music off, please? 46 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,470 - What on earth is going on? - We'll talk to you in a second, Mr Slater. 47 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,470 OK, we have a warrant 48 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:40,710 to search this property, alongside the gardens and the out buildings. 49 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,910 So, I'm afraid the party is over. 50 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:47,190 And with the exception of the immediate Slater family, 51 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:52,430 we would like you to leave as quickly and as quietly as possible, please. 52 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,070 - Thank you. - (WAILS HYSTERICALLY) 53 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,560 Is she all right? 54 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,910 'Hi, this is Lizzie. Please leave a message.' 55 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,350 - (BLEEP) - Hello, love. 56 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,480 It's me, again. 57 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,830 Please call. Even if it's just to say that you're safe. 58 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,590 I love you, babe. 59 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,480 Very much. 60 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,990 OK, Mr Slater. So, earlier tonight -- 61 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:23,630 Am I under arrest? 62 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,390 No, you're not under arrest. You're free to leave any time. 63 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,670 But, we hope you'll want to help us with our investigation 64 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,910 and, um, give us your side of things. 65 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,590 - My side of what things? - I'm going to caution you, though, 66 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,310 and tell you that you do not have to say anything, 67 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,590 but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned 68 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:43,390 anything you later rely on in court. 69 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,310 Anything you do say may be given in evidence. 70 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,710 My side of what things? 71 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,790 As I was saying, um, earlier tonight... 72 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:53,790 your son, um, rang our station 73 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:56,630 following a conversation he had this evening. 74 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,990 He rang you from our party? 75 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,070 He did. 76 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,960 And I spoke to both him and your wife.. 77 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:11,190 .. and she confirmed what she had told your son, 78 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,310 which is that she believes... 79 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,390 you buried a body in Woodland 80 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,520 at the bottom of your garden sometime in the late part of 1978. 81 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,390 hat's just not true. 82 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:31,230 I-I mean, y-y-you must know she... she has no idea what she's saying. 83 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:34,640 You know, it's... it's not true. 84 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,160 You must know that. 85 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:44,920 It is not true. 86 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:51,790 Yes, I pressed her. Of course I did. Repeatedly for specific detail. 87 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:54,350 She actually said she saw him digging a hole in the copse 88 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,750 in the middle of the night, then he got something... 89 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,950 - stuck it down there. - Something? 90 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,390 Probably a carpet. Cos that's what a sane man does 91 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,150 in the middle of the night, isn't it? 92 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,830 - You think she's sane? - According to you mate, she's fine. 93 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,150 A little forgetful, but, other than that, fine. 94 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,100 She actually said that she thought it was a body? 95 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,460 Yes. Yes, she did. 96 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,750 She waits 40 years to tell anyone? 97 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:22,230 Which is why, when she did, I... I just felt I had to call the police. 98 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:25,030 But I swear this, I never meant... 99 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,580 I never meant for this on their anniversary. 100 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:30,950 They said they're taking them to Ely. 101 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,350 I think one of us should go there, be there for them. 102 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,400 Fine, you go. I'll... I'll wait here. 103 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,470 Matt, all I want is for me to be as wrong 104 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,310 as I've ever been about anything. 105 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,790 I don't care if mum and dad never spoke to me ever again. 106 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:46,110 I just want to be wrong. 107 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,590 How far's their nick? 108 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,150 - Ten minutes. - Hm. 109 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,900 Their guvnor asked if we could give him an ETA. 110 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:17,870 Is the house clear of guests? 111 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,830 Yeah, clear now. 112 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:21,790 Tell him... 113 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,440 Oh, tell tell him we have absolutely no idea. 114 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,190 How many friends you have, man? 115 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,230 You haven't seen him. 116 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,910 - Where is she? - Ray? 117 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,030 Where have you taken her? 118 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,310 - Where have I...? - My wife. 119 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,760 What have you done to her? 120 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,390 I don't know where your nigger-hating wife is, Ray. 121 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,870 Now, piss off! 122 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,460 Before I bust you up proper. 123 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,320 I wanted to say... 124 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,190 .. I want you to know... 125 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,280 .. if I've never said it before... 126 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,000 .. it has tortured me every single day... 127 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,080 .. of my life. 128 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,040 (SOBS) What I did. 129 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,020 Every single day. 130 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,080 And I'm so sorry. 131 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,320 Come on. 132 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,360 Come on. Hup, hup. 133 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,800 Dog's been through the whole house three times. There's nothing there. 134 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,510 What do we think this is now, guv? 135 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:57,910 Do you think we could have multiple bodies out here? 136 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,230 That Jimmy was just one of many. 137 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,640 We think. 138 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:06,270 We have to take it seriously, what she said. We have to. 139 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:10,310 But Claire Slater's a woman who's losing her mind, 140 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:15,110 so we think... we hope... 141 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,830 I hope... that she's wrong. 142 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,480 And that there's nothing here. 143 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,720 Nothing at all. 144 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:28,240 (KNOCK ON DOOR) 145 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,780 (KNOCKING ON DOOR CONTINUES) 146 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:34,830 Coming. 147 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,420 (KNOCKING ON DOOR CONTINUES) 148 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:39,750 Hello? 149 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,670 Oh, it's Sheila from the community centre. 150 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,470 Oh, hi, Sheila. Hang on. 151 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,350 Hi. 152 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,590 I'm so sorry to disturb you this early, Grace. 153 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,670 It's fine. Are you OK? 154 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,350 Do you want to come in? 155 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,270 Oh, no, no, no. I'll be very quick. 156 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,320 I just thought you had a right to know. 157 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,750 I had to go down to the police station last night 158 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,110 and tell them it was Robert 159 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:09,030 who stole the money from the community hall safe. 160 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,310 He admitted it to me yesterday. 161 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:16,390 And also that he'd been stealing from the church for quite some time. 162 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,120 And you. 163 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,960 He told me he'd stolen some of your jewellery. He wouldn't tell me why. 164 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,590 Oh, he needs help, Grace. He really does. 165 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:29,680 God bless. 166 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:52,600 You wait for it all your life. 167 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,560 The knock on the door. 168 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,390 And then one day you wake up... 169 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:10,480 .. and realise your life IS the knock on the door. 170 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,910 Police never came. There was no trial, no prison sentence. 171 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,160 But you were punished. 172 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,350 What you got, Lulu? 173 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,230 Show me, then. Good girl. 174 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:07,590 (LULU BARKS EXCITEDLY) 175 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,640 What you got? OK, we've got something! 176 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,350 - (LULU BARKS EXCITEDLY) - Steady, steady. 177 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,840 - How sure? - If it were me, I'd dig. 178 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,880 We need a tent down here, please. 179 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,030 You need to get here. 180 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,590 Well, thank you for taking time to speak to me. 181 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,470 Don't be silly, Grace. 182 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,950 I'm just... so sorry. 183 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,230 And I want you to know we're all thinking of you and praying for you. 184 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:53,580 - 'All of you.' - Thank you, Geoff. Bye. Bye bye, now. 185 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,680 They think he might've been stealing money for years. 186 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:07,100 Tens of thousands. 187 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,510 Spent on what? 188 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:13,310 Don't know. 189 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,900 Wasn't on us though, was it? 190 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,470 That was my grandmother's ring. 191 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,840 How can you know someone your whole life and then...? 192 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,040 How does this happen? 193 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:35,960 (DOG BARKS) 194 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,710 How do you think people deal with it? 195 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,240 Deal with what? 196 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,560 Well... 197 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:59,110 .. all these cases where people pretend to be one thing 198 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,920 for half a century and then turn out to be something else. 199 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,070 Wonder if they still love him. 200 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,040 Or do you just cut off? 201 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,710 Say, "I'm sorry. 202 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:17,760 Loved someone else. 203 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,670 Loved the person you SAID you were." 204 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,000 Here! 205 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,160 We found something! 206 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,030 What is it? 207 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:42,840 Just there. 208 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:52,560 Oh, no. 209 00:17:02,660 --> 00:17:05,000 - (DOOR OPENS) - Robert? 210 00:17:09,740 --> 00:17:11,540 Good morning. 211 00:17:13,980 --> 00:17:15,780 Morning, Geoff. 212 00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:18,410 So... 213 00:17:18,460 --> 00:17:20,300 Grace rang me. 214 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:26,980 Sheila went round there this morning after she'd been to the police. 215 00:17:29,740 --> 00:17:31,660 OK. 216 00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:36,940 So... how should I do this? 217 00:17:38,620 --> 00:17:41,330 Do you want me to speak to our mob first or...? 218 00:17:41,380 --> 00:17:45,610 Well, we would, of course, love to know 219 00:17:45,660 --> 00:17:47,490 what you've been spending it all on. 220 00:17:47,540 --> 00:17:50,970 But, I think you owe it to Grace to tell her first. 221 00:17:51,020 --> 00:17:54,460 I'll drive you around there, if you like, and then to the police. 222 00:18:03,340 --> 00:18:08,650 Well, for what it's worth, none of it was for me. 223 00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:10,900 And I'll walk, thanks. 224 00:18:12,140 --> 00:18:13,740 Robert. 225 00:18:14,780 --> 00:18:16,810 Don't try to stop me, Geoff. 226 00:18:16,860 --> 00:18:18,490 Please. 227 00:18:18,540 --> 00:18:23,820 I may look old and doddery, but I could still snap you in two. 228 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:56,400 - You thought it'd be female? - No, no, I just... 229 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:59,610 I'm looking for theories as to how a fairly unremarkable bookkeeper 230 00:18:59,660 --> 00:19:01,410 ends up connected to two murders, 231 00:19:01,460 --> 00:19:07,570 and some love-triangle connection between Eric 232 00:19:07,620 --> 00:19:12,050 and, um, Jimmy and Joanna Bridges seemed like one possibility, but... 233 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:16,060 as you might guess, I'm slightly struggling. 234 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:37,690 Hiya. Are you one of the Slaters? 235 00:19:37,740 --> 00:19:39,880 Is that a body, then? 236 00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:43,850 (STARTS CAR) 237 00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:47,690 Les, don't go away. Talk to me. Is there a body there? 238 00:19:47,740 --> 00:19:49,810 Are there any more!? 239 00:19:53,740 --> 00:19:57,370 'Police have confirmed that a 76-year-old man is being interviewed 240 00:19:57,420 --> 00:20:01,130 in connection with the murder of James Sullivan nearly 40 years ago. 241 00:20:01,180 --> 00:20:05,090 Reports that further remains have been found near the suspect's house 242 00:20:05,140 --> 00:20:07,130 have not yet been confirmed. 243 00:20:07,180 --> 00:20:10,890 Sullivan, who was only 17 when he disappeared in -- ' 244 00:20:10,940 --> 00:20:13,090 (PHONE RINGS) 245 00:20:13,140 --> 00:20:14,690 Hello. 246 00:20:14,740 --> 00:20:16,530 They've arrested someone, Dad. 247 00:20:16,580 --> 00:20:19,810 'For James Sullivan's murder. It-It's on the news. Switch it on. 248 00:20:19,860 --> 00:20:23,170 They've found another body in the back of his bloody garden, 249 00:20:23,220 --> 00:20:25,490 so Fenwick can send them the photos, 250 00:20:25,540 --> 00:20:29,170 but I don't think they're gonna be too interested now.' 251 00:20:29,220 --> 00:20:32,250 You're in the clear, Dad. 252 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:34,450 TV: 'Where his remains were found by workers -- ' 253 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:36,650 'Dad, are you there?' 254 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:40,740 - I couldn't have left your mum on her own, Belle. - 'Sorry?' 255 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:46,250 I mean, I couldn't let Fenwick do that to her. 256 00:20:46,300 --> 00:20:49,930 What have they done? What did you tell the Turks to do? 257 00:20:49,980 --> 00:20:53,500 I only spoke to them last night. They haven't done anything yet. 258 00:20:55,900 --> 00:20:58,660 I'll just call them off now. 259 00:20:59,660 --> 00:21:01,660 (HANGS UP) 260 00:21:06,220 --> 00:21:11,100 Ask him what his last hours were, will you? My boy's. 261 00:21:12,220 --> 00:21:17,570 If it is him, I do want you to prepare yourself for the fact 262 00:21:17,620 --> 00:21:20,620 that he he might not want to help us. 263 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:23,330 It sometimes goes like that. 264 00:21:23,380 --> 00:21:25,460 But ask him. 265 00:21:26,820 --> 00:21:30,810 And if he tells you, however bad it is, 266 00:21:30,860 --> 00:21:34,420 I want you to promise me you'll tell me what he says. 267 00:21:35,500 --> 00:21:37,570 I will. Uh, I promise. 268 00:21:37,620 --> 00:21:39,700 However bad it is. 269 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:45,420 It can't be as bad as I've spent a lifetime imagining. 270 00:21:58,020 --> 00:22:01,650 Think, Curtis. Where would she go? 271 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:04,570 If you were her, what would you do? 272 00:22:06,620 --> 00:22:09,610 Uh, did she ever talk about, you know, somewhere 273 00:22:09,660 --> 00:22:11,890 or someone she felt safe with? 274 00:22:11,940 --> 00:22:14,010 Ray, I'm not interested. 275 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:15,770 OK? 276 00:22:15,820 --> 00:22:18,220 I don't give a fuck, mate. 277 00:22:26,060 --> 00:22:28,260 I'd never abandon you. 278 00:22:31,220 --> 00:22:33,300 I won't abandon her. 279 00:22:36,900 --> 00:22:39,170 I hope you won't either. 280 00:22:53,420 --> 00:22:57,450 And so, you have absolutely no idea how the body got there? 281 00:22:57,500 --> 00:23:01,500 Well, of course, it's all I've been thinking about. 282 00:23:04,220 --> 00:23:05,890 And? 283 00:23:05,940 --> 00:23:09,010 Well... no. 284 00:23:09,060 --> 00:23:10,820 No idea. 285 00:23:12,060 --> 00:23:14,730 All I can think is, 286 00:23:14,780 --> 00:23:18,650 I got friendly with a lot of the residents of Arlingham House. 287 00:23:18,700 --> 00:23:21,090 I stayed in touch with some of them. 288 00:23:21,140 --> 00:23:25,460 And a few came to visit us over the years. 289 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:30,850 But, I took people on face value, DCI Stuart, 290 00:23:30,900 --> 00:23:34,050 and maybe... maybe I was naive. 291 00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:37,900 A lot of these people had very dark pasts. 292 00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:40,890 So, are you, um, suggesting 293 00:23:40,940 --> 00:23:43,410 that maybe an ex-resident put the body there? 294 00:23:43,460 --> 00:23:45,660 No, I'm just guessing. 295 00:23:49,580 --> 00:23:51,290 Can you give me names? 296 00:23:51,340 --> 00:23:53,890 Oh, no, I can never remember names. 297 00:23:53,940 --> 00:23:58,210 I mean, maybe it wasn't but, you know, it's... it's a remote spot. 298 00:23:58,260 --> 00:24:00,050 I just know it wasn't me. 299 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:03,500 So, like you, I'm... I'm... I'm struggling. 300 00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:07,300 Are you sure it was your husband, Claire? 301 00:24:07,740 --> 00:24:10,280 Am I sure who was my husband? 302 00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:18,210 You said, you think you saw your husband 303 00:24:18,260 --> 00:24:22,100 putting a body into the ground. 304 00:24:23,140 --> 00:24:25,410 Are you sure it was him? 305 00:24:26,420 --> 00:24:28,490 When did I say that? 306 00:24:33,460 --> 00:24:36,090 Why don't you just tell me who it is, Eric? 307 00:24:36,140 --> 00:24:40,620 How can I tell you who it is, if I didn't know he was down there? 308 00:24:41,620 --> 00:24:43,290 I didn't say it was a man. 309 00:24:43,340 --> 00:24:45,130 Oh, please. 310 00:24:45,180 --> 00:24:47,290 It's a figure of speech. 311 00:24:47,340 --> 00:24:50,010 I don't know anything about it. 312 00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:57,260 Do you have any idea who the body is, Claire? 313 00:24:58,460 --> 00:25:00,420 Is Carol coming? 314 00:25:01,780 --> 00:25:03,890 No... 315 00:25:03,940 --> 00:25:07,240 Carol's not coming. Do you know who it is? 316 00:25:09,820 --> 00:25:12,650 Do you know what, I think we should leave it there, don't you? 317 00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:14,290 My client -- 318 00:25:14,340 --> 00:25:15,860 (SOBS) 319 00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:20,840 Sometimes I have these... 320 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:24,560 These memories are so clear. 321 00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:27,740 Memories of what? 322 00:25:29,020 --> 00:25:31,360 Memories of what, Claire? 323 00:25:33,060 --> 00:25:35,860 I just want it all to end. (SOBS) 324 00:25:42,700 --> 00:25:45,900 How can he still be out of signal? I rang him half a fucking hour ago. 325 00:25:47,740 --> 00:25:49,730 Look, I don't care how you do it. Just do it. 326 00:25:49,780 --> 00:25:52,320 Just get someone to stop him. 327 00:26:01,740 --> 00:26:03,690 (RADIO ON IN CAR) 328 00:26:03,740 --> 00:26:07,010 'Police have now confirmed that a second body was found in the garden 329 00:26:07,060 --> 00:26:09,210 of the suspect who has been identified 330 00:26:09,260 --> 00:26:12,370 only as a 73-year-old Cambridgeshire man. 331 00:26:12,420 --> 00:26:17,300 James Sullivan, who went missing in 1976, has been the subject of a -- ' 332 00:26:22,260 --> 00:26:25,090 So I'll get them both driven down to town now. 333 00:26:25,140 --> 00:26:27,410 I've informed the sons about what's happening. 334 00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:29,050 They'll make their own way down. 335 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:33,490 You and me can get a bit of shut eye and start fresh this afternoon. 336 00:26:33,540 --> 00:26:37,170 With any luck, we should have more information on the body by then. 337 00:26:37,220 --> 00:26:39,960 - Great. - So, you OK to drive? 338 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:43,100 Yeah, I'm good. Thanks 339 00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:50,170 Can you bell Jake Collier, would you? 340 00:26:50,220 --> 00:26:54,140 Ask him to speak to his witness Mackie again, about Eric Slater. 341 00:26:55,140 --> 00:26:58,180 I want to know everything there is to know about him. 342 00:27:32,580 --> 00:27:34,580 (DOORBELL) 343 00:27:42,180 --> 00:27:44,300 Lizzie? 344 00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:53,690 Erm... when she took me to see Hamlet, 345 00:27:53,740 --> 00:27:56,050 there were people down by the theatre who knew her. 346 00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:58,170 People she gave money to. 347 00:27:58,220 --> 00:27:59,970 Like, homeless people and that. 348 00:28:00,020 --> 00:28:03,930 Um, she knew their names and some of them knew hers. 349 00:28:03,980 --> 00:28:05,980 We'll need a photo. 350 00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:19,340 Steady. 351 00:28:26,220 --> 00:28:28,220 Brush. 352 00:29:04,140 --> 00:29:05,860 Bye. 353 00:29:08,860 --> 00:29:11,730 He fell asleep smoking, apparently. 354 00:29:15,020 --> 00:29:18,020 Bed caught fire. Whole house went up. 355 00:29:20,940 --> 00:29:23,480 Wouldn't have known a thing. 356 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,030 I'll be back by seven. We could all go out, 357 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,520 have a curry or something. 358 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,390 And, if you fancy taking your granddad for a drink before, 359 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,990 he's a bit low at the moment. 360 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,830 He could do with a bit of cheering up. 361 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,070 - Take him down the Feathers? - Not the Feathers. 362 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,190 - They still have pole dancers? - They're mainly Bulgarian now. 363 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,070 - Brilliant. - I meant a nice chat over a pint somewhere quiet. 364 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,710 Not with naked women showing you their insides. 365 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,840 You don't want a heart attack on your conscience, do you? 366 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,350 It's a misconception that plastic doesn't degrade. 367 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:13,310 It does, but not through bacteria. Through light. 368 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,630 Luckily for us there isn't a lot of light six feet under, 369 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,800 which is why this little beauty... 370 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,350 .. could still probably buy your lunch. 371 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,150 Jeez. 372 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:30,230 So, obviously we can't confirm anything until we get a DNA match, 373 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,350 but we have good reason to believe that the remains are those 374 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,630 of Nicholas Howard Whitmore, known as Nick. 375 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:41,030 He was born 12th of January, 1954, in Godstone, Surrey. 376 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:42,790 He was a son and a brother. 377 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:47,590 So, Nick was, um, last seen on December 30th, 1978, 378 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,840 at a Clash concert at the Lyceum in the West End. 379 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,430 At the time of his disappearance he lived in Hammersmith 380 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,030 and he was training to be a nurse. 381 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,350 But he disappeared about two and a half years after Jimmy, 382 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,070 but, crucially, at least two years 383 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,230 after the Slaters moved into their house. 384 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:11,510 Can we assume the body went in the ground close to the time of death? 385 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:13,270 We'll assume nothing yet. 386 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,510 - Any obvious connections to Arlingham House or to Jimmy? - No, not yet. 387 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,590 But we've made preliminary contact with Nick's family 388 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,670 and I'll be able to speak to them properly later today. 389 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,510 Murray, the original investigation determined 390 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,670 that the card was last used in a pub in Hampstead. 391 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,510 It was called the King George. 392 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,550 And that was the 31st December, 1978, 393 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,910 so in an ideal world, 394 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,270 we'd need to place Eric Slater in or around that area 395 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,830 on that same evening. It's a tough one, I know. 396 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,870 - Got it. - Jack, where are you with Mackkie? 397 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:47,860 Seeing him at six. 398 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,630 And is there anything else coming through from the house? 399 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,550 No, no. Nothing more, from the house, the garden or the copse. 400 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,470 OK, that's good. 401 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,150 That's it for now. 402 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:01,870 Thank you, everyone. 403 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,750 Guv, surely we've got the wife 404 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,070 saying she saw him put the body in the ground. 405 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:10,790 Actually, it's becoming clear that she has no idea what she saw. 406 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,110 And no jury would ever convict him on her testimony alone. 407 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,070 So... we need more. 408 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,390 We need much, much more. 409 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,960 The woman... 410 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:34,840 The girl, Joanna, that I had a relationship with... 411 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,470 .. she got pregnant... 412 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,560 and she said that it was by me. 413 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:48,880 So, obviously, I offered to pay for the termination. 414 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,000 And I thought she'd done what she wanted. 415 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:03,510 Two years later... she rang me 416 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:07,160 and told me that actually she hadn't been able to go through with it. 417 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,760 And she'd had the baby. 418 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:20,560 I was shocked... and scared. 419 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:27,310 But I said I would support them, the baby. 420 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:34,190 And I did so until the child, Thea, was 18. 421 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:36,870 Thea's now 38. 422 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,190 And she's made her way in life. 423 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:43,840 And as her father I've tried to help out as best I could. 424 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,880 Sometimes with emotional support. 425 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,950 Sometimes with money. 426 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,040 Not fortunes. 427 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:56,990 A hundred... 428 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,800 occasionally a thousand. 429 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:07,320 But always with money I didn't have. 430 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,280 So I stole it. 431 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:19,920 I am now, and always have been, deeply ashamed by this. 432 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,150 I'm going to the police station now. 433 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,800 I'm not running from anything. 434 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,150 I just wanted to give you the facts, 435 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:34,760 give you a chance to digest them. 436 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:55,950 Bastard! 437 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,830 Bastard! 438 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,310 Bastard! 439 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,190 No! Please, please. 440 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:03,270 You bastard! 441 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,040 (SOBS) 442 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,680 (INDISTINCT) 443 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,830 I'd like to start, Eric, if you don't mind, by going back to Jimmy. 444 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,510 Of course. 445 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,990 And seeing, um, if you can help me out with something 446 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,270 - that's been troubling me. - Well, if I can help, I will. 447 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:37,070 OK, so, I now think that the assault on Paul West 448 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,230 was actually nothing to do with football. 449 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:43,910 That it was, as his sister said, a homophobic attack. 450 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,550 I... 451 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,630 Well, I must confess, I couldn't see a link 452 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,750 between West's attack and Jimmy's murder. 453 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,390 I mean, Jimmy was, um... 454 00:36:55,440 --> 00:37:00,310 clearly in a long-term heterosexual relationship with Joanna Bridges. 455 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,670 - Yes, JoJo. - Exactly. 456 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,030 Hm. 457 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:08,150 But, what I didn't know until earlier today, 458 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:12,670 when a colleague of mine spoke to an old friend of Jimmy's 459 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:15,830 from the hostel, was that when Jimmy first came to London, 460 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:23,270 he was homeless and broke with no obvious way of making money. 461 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:27,390 That he did what a lot of young runaways did back then, 462 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,440 which was to work as a male prostitute. 463 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,750 Now, in the months before he was killed, 464 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,390 we know that Jimmy borrowed £50 from a gang 465 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,670 to pay for an abortion for JoJo, 466 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:42,230 and that that money was then stolen. 467 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,950 So he desperately needed money. 468 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:51,710 Another 50 for the abortion and the original 50 to pay back to the gang. 469 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,390 Mm. 470 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:59,390 And he tried to sell a car, but like you said... 471 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,350 - everybody knew it was stolen. - Mm. 472 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:05,400 So, in his desperation to find the money... 473 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,390 .. we think he went back to selling sex. 474 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,870 How awful. 475 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,270 And you found out about that. 476 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,070 No. 477 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:20,350 And because I think you had a violent hatred of homosexuals, 478 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:25,110 at some point in July 1976, 479 00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:31,760 you murdered him and buried his body in the cellar of Arlingham House. 480 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,790 Absolutely not. 481 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:39,990 I had absolutely no idea about any of what you've just told me. 482 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,380 Well, that's interesting. 483 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,710 Because Jimmy's friend says not only did you pretty much know 484 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:48,630 everything the residents were up to, 485 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:55,270 but that you'd told him you'd seen Jimmy servicing a male client 486 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,550 down an alley behind a Hampstead "queer pub". 487 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,670 What friend? 488 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:03,790 A resident of Arlingham House called Alan Mackay. 489 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,990 Known as Mackkie. 490 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,270 Never... never heard of him. 491 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,150 And, listen, half that lot were drug addicts. 492 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:12,870 Th-The rest were alcoholics. 493 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,430 Do you really trust what any of them have to say? 494 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,990 These are the same people you say you invited to your house, Eric. 495 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,310 I don't think I've ever even been to Hampstead. 496 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,710 I had no idea Jimmy was doing that. And what it has to do with this other lad. 497 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:29,590 Well, let me tell you. Because today... 498 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:33,790 I've been talking with Nick Whitmore's sister and father 499 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,640 and that was his name, by the way. 500 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,560 Here's the thing, Eric. 501 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:44,920 It turns out that Nick was gay. 502 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,870 That Nick often frequented gay bars and pubs. 503 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:54,240 And in particular a pub called the King George. 504 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,230 In Hampstead. 505 00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:01,280 Like I just said, I don't think I've ever been there. 506 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,190 Do you know when the cash dispenser was invented? 507 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:06,830 No. 508 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:08,670 1967. 509 00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:13,310 First one ever used in the whole world was in Enfield, by Reg Varney. 510 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,270 Do you remember him? On The Buses. 511 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,200 Vaguely. 512 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:24,430 So, by 1978, there were hundreds all around the country. 513 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:30,110 And there was one at 364 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead. 514 00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,100 About 20 yards from the King George. 515 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,260 You're one for keeping records, aren't you, Eric? 516 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:45,200 Must be the uh... book-keeper in you, I suppose. 517 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:48,590 This is a copy of a document. 518 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:51,580 We found this in your house earlier. 519 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,430 Can you tell me the date of this statement? 520 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,110 December 1978. 521 00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:01,750 And look at the entry dated the 31st of December. What does it detail? 522 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:06,030 Er... a cashpoint withdrawal. 523 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,590 £10. 524 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:13,120 And that number by the entry corresponds to a specific machine. 525 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,740 Do you know which one it is? 526 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,400 Well, we rang the bank and we asked them. 527 00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:27,340 It's for a cashpoint on Haverstock Hill. 528 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,960 Number 364. Right next to the pub. 529 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,470 So, we can now place you within 20 yards 530 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,550 of the last known whereabouts of Nicholas Whitmore. 531 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:47,520 So we now have a connection between his murder and Jimmy's. 532 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:53,340 On top of the numerous connections to you and Jimmy. 533 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:59,040 And, of course, Nicholas's body was found in your garden. 534 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:05,560 The CPS are going to charge you, Eric, with both their murders. 535 00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:09,630 Which means that, um, now is the opportunity 536 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,870 for you to think about the victim's families 537 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,920 and tell us the truth about what actually happened. 538 00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,880 But I didn't do it. 539 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:29,350 Eric Michael Slater, you are charged 540 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:34,670 that, on a date between 1st June, 1976 and 1st January, 1977, 541 00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:38,870 that you did unlawfully murder James Niall Sullivan 542 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,030 contrary to common law. 543 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:45,430 You are also charged on the 31st December, 1978 544 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,830 that you did unlawfully murder Nicholas Howard Whitmore, 545 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,630 contrary to common law. 546 00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:54,980 - (SECURITY DOOR BUZZER) - Do you have anything to say? 547 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:19,670 I just thought he was going to use them to scare Fenwick. 548 00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:21,240 Josh... 549 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:24,590 .. we'll be OK. 550 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:27,440 It's going to be OK. 551 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,300 He's paid for a man to be murdered, Bella. 552 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:35,640 Our father. 553 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:40,320 It's not ever gonna be OK. 554 00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:49,160 (BLEEPING) 555 00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,030 What is it? 556 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:01,880 DCI Stuart. 557 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:06,920 I need to tell her I didn't kill them. 558 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:14,280 But I know who did.