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What have we got?
Body of an elderly man.
Found at the bottom of the stairs
by the officers who attended the scene.
What brought them here?
A 999 call from a male just after 8:00 a.m.
He didn't leave a name. And he didn't hang around.
The medical examiner estimates time of death
as between 9:00 p.m. and midnight last night.
Ah, his position is in keeping with a fall.
Yeah.
But you better take a look at this.
Blood on the countertop and on the floor.
Some sort of fight?
There's something else.
Upstairs.
It's possible the fight started up here.
Yeah, the paint's chipped here,
and those scratch marks look fresh.
Found some post.
Major Leonard Miller.
Well, there's signs of a disturbance here.
The bedside table's toppled over,
the scratch marks on the frame and on the wall.
Can you check the victim for broken fingernails?
Yeah.
999 call.
He's dead.
He... He... He's dead. H-He's not breathing.
Can you tell me where you are?
31 Elvington Gardens.
- What's your name? - No. No.
Uh, just... just come.
He sounds young.
And scared.
The SOCO manager's confirmed
that the victim's fingernails are damaged
and that there's remnants of white paint under some of them.
That's consistent with the scratches.
So, it's possible that he was dragged from his bedroom
- to the top of the stairs. - And pushed down.
I reckon we can rule out natural causes.
Hello?
Uh, it's Detective Sergeant Vivienne Cole.
Can I ask who's calling?
Okay, right.
It's the daughter.
Uh, I'm sorry, but I have some difficult news for you.
I'm sorry that you had to hear about your dad over the phone.
I can't get my head around it.
I don't understand. Did he fall?
We're still trying to ascertain how it happened.
Who found him?
We don't know yet.
The person who called 999 left the scene.
It's a lot to take in.
There were indications of a disturbance.
A d-disturbance?
What, someone broke in?
Well he's ex-army. He would have fought back.
Do you think that's why they killed him?
Let's go in, take a seat.
When did you last have contact with your dad?
Yesterday.
What time?
Um, early evening, about 6:00.
I took some shopping 'round.
And how did he seem?
Fine.
How long did you stay?
About half an hour.
We had an argument.
What was that about?
Oh, um...
Nothing important, really.
I was having a go at him for eating out-of-date food.
Stupid.
When you left your dad's, where did you go?
Um, to work.
I've got a couple of cleaning jobs.
Is there anyone else who needs to be informed about your dad?
Um, I'm an only child.
It's just me, my son, and my daughter.
My husband, Malcolm, was army, as well.
He was killed in action four years ago.
How old are your kids?
Caleb's 18. Um, India's 5.
And were Caleb and your dad close?
Yeah.
I mean, Caleb's a typical teenager, you know.
You've got to nag him to go 'round.
Yeah. Yeah, they're close.
Oh.
Oh, God.
If Dad could see me now, he would not be impressed.
Didn't have much time for tears.
What do you reckon?
Not what I was expecting... Single mum, two cleaning jobs.
Yeah, and there's her dad in a detached five-bedroom house.
Have you told the detective inspector yet?
About the CCTV?
No, not yet.
I'll do it when we get back.
83-year-old Major Leonard Miller.
His wife, Anne, died nine years ago.
His daughter, Kathy Lawrence, appears to be his main carer.
Uh, she doesn't recognize the 999 caller.
Postmortem indicates injuries
consistent with falling down the stairs
but also injuries indicating strangulation.
So, he was strangled andpushed down the stairs?
That's how it's looking.
What about the blood in the kitchen?
They didn't find any cuts on the victim's body.
I've just been talking to the lab.
SOCOs have found a fingermark
in the blood spatter in the kitchen.
They've got a match, too.
- Who with? - A Caleb Lawrence.
He's on the system because of a juvenile caution for affray.
Any relation to Kathy Lawrence?
Yeah. He's her son.
And did she tell you he went to see his granddad last night?
No. She didn't.
So just take a seat, fill out this form.
And, uh, b-bring it back to me when you're finished, yeah?
What are you doing here?
It's about Granddad.
The police don't know how he died?
They just said there was some sort of disturbance.
What have you done?
Nothing, nothing. I-I did it last night.
I had a... I had a few pints with the lads.
Did you go and see Granddad last night?
You said you were going to.
Hello, Kathy.
Is this your son, Caleb?
Yeah. I've just told him.
We're sorry for your loss.
Do you mind if I ask you a question Caleb?
Somewhere a bit more private?
Through there?
Yeah.
Did you visit your grandfather last night?
No.
In that case, Caleb Lawrence, I'm arresting you
on suspicion of the murder of Leonard Miller.
You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense
if you do not mention when questioned...
What, you actually think that I killed my granddad?
- You said it was burglars! - I never laid a finger on him.
May be given in evidence. Do you understand?
Step back, Mrs. Lawrence.
Do you know where your son was last night?
Look, this is his granddad we're talking about.
Caleb loved him.
There's no way he'd do him any harm!
We have a problem.
Professional or personal?
Both.
The other night...
we were seen.
How did you get this?
Uh, Billie.
She's got a friend who works in the control room
at London Central.
Who else has seen it?
That's what Billie's friend's trying to find out.
I know the superintendent there. I could give him a ring.
Won't that just bring more attention, make things worse?
So, you think we should do nothing?
Billie's friend is trying to shut it down.
I think our only option is to... To wait and hope she succeeds.
Look, I only just got that job.
You need to tell my boss that I haven't done anything wrong.
When did you last go 'round to your granddad's house
in Elvington Gardens?
Dunno. About... About a week ago.
Your fingermarks were identified in blood
on the floor of your grandfather's kitchen.
The blood is still tacky,
which means it's only been there a few hours.
I went 'round there last night.
Okay. When was that?
About half 7:00. I went into the kitchen.
How did you get in?
Details are important.
I borrowed Mum's key.
Go on.
What... What do you want to know?
Caleb, there was clearly a fight of some description
in your granddad's kitchen.
- There was this bloke there. - Which bloke?
I don't know. I-I'd never seen him before.
Can you describe him?
Brown hair, about 6 feet tall.
He was helping himself
to stuff from the fridge like he owned the place.
I told him to get out.
And then what happened?
He went for me. I hit him back.
How did you get injured?
He came flying at me. I lost my balance.
And I cracked my head on the worktop as I went down.
And then Granddad came in. He told me to go to hospital.
You left your granddad with the guy that just hit you?
It wasn't like that. Granddad said he knew him.
Where are your colleagues?
Interviewing Caleb Lawrence.
Oh, yes.
Before you ask, sir, I spoke to my contact at London Central,
and she swears she hasn't
passed the CCTV footage on to anyone else.
What she can't be sure of
is whether the station control officer
who first picked it up has kept it to himself.
But he's sleeping off a night shift,
so my mate can't call him until later today.
- Well, let me know. - Of course.
Can you tell me where you are?
31 Elvington Gardens.
- What's your name? - No. No.
Uh, just... just come.
It's him.
The guy that was in Granddad's house.
And you're certain your granddad didn't say who he was?
Totally.
I shouldn't have left. Granddad might not be...
What time did you get to A&E?
About 8:00.
- And you left at? - Just before 1:00.
I had to... I had to wait ages.
Why did you go to your granddad's house last night?
What sort of question is that? He's my granddad.
Well, your mum told us that you didn't visit very often.
It was because of my mum that I went 'round there.
How come?
Granddad had upset her.
I don't know what it was about. She wouldn't say.
Look, Mum was a right mess.
You know, she... She might be a nag,
but she's alright, really.
She works hard, you know, two jobs,
my little sister, and looking after my granddad.
I went over there to find out what he'd done to make her cry.
And did you?
Find out?
I never got the chance to ask him.
Hospital records should confirm
if Caleb was in A&E when he said he was.
They're calling me back.
Well, Caleb is definitely not the 999 caller
and swears it's the guy that he had the fight with
in his granddad's kitchen.
Yeah, cheers, mate.
We've got a possible I.D.
Major Miller's neighbors reckon the description
matches an Adam Green who lives nearby.
They'd seen him go in and out of the major's house before.
- Mr. Green? - Yes?
I'm Detective Constable Rob Brady.
I need to have a quick word with your son Adam.
I don't know where Adam is. Can you find him for me?
I think we better do this inside.
Cheers.
He's dead.
He... He... He's dead. H-He's not breathing.
Can you tell me where you are?
31 Elvington Gardens.
- What's your name? - No. No.
Uh, just... just come.
Do you recognize that voice?
No, no, it's not Adam.
He doesn't even know this colonel.
Major.
We've had reports that someone matching Adam's description
was a regular visitor to the major's house.
If he was doing that, I'd know about it.
He always tells me where he's going.
When did you see him last?
Last night.
Can you help me find him?
Yeah, we'll do our best.
What about Adam's mother? Can I talk to her?
No point. She lives in France.
We got divorced last year.
Adam won't have anything to do with her.
Does he have any social media, a computer?
Upstairs.
Sorry about the mess.
We were all teenagers once.
A recent photograph of Adam would be really useful.
I'm not really big on photos.
There might be a passport one.
Cheers.
Boss.
The hospital confirmed Caleb's account.
He turned up at A&E when he said he did
and he didn't get treated until nearly midnight.
Well, we'd better let him go.
His mum, on the other hand...
What?
Has been telling us a pack of lies.
It's me.
- Oh! - They let me out.
Oh!
The boss said I don't have to go in today
'cause of what happened to Granddad.
Yeah.
Hello, Kathy.
You'll be glad to hear we're satisfied
Caleb had nothing to do with your father's death.
Yeah. It's like I told you.
He would never hurt his granddad.
See you later.
Kathy, we contacted your cleaning firm.
- They said you didn't... - I didn't go to work last night.
Come in.
I'm going to the track now.
Yeah, I'll see you there.
Why did you lie?
After the row with Dad, I couldn't face going to work.
Kathy, do you take care of your dad's finances?
Um...
This is 8:34 last night.
This is you using your father's card to withdraw £250.
I asked Dad for a loan.
I promised I'd pay him back.
It was for Caleb.
He needed it for a compliance course at work.
But Dad being Dad, he said, "No handouts."
I know I shouldn't have taken his card.
But I was really angry.
Look, I know this...
I know this doesn't look good,
but this is my dad we're talking about.
He... He was... He was tight and stubborn.
But I loved him.
He called me. He knew that I'd taken his card.
And that was the last conversation we had, and, uh...
I said I'd give it him all back.
And he said I didn't need to.
Which just made me feel a million times worse.
I just want to say sorry.
I never got to say sorry.
The tech team have managed to get access
to the victim's laptop.
This is from a probate solicitor
regarding a change in the major's will,
received four days ago.
The new instruction
was to leave 50% of his property to Adam Green.
Which would explain why this Adam was such a regular visitor.
- Hmm. - So where is he?
He's gone AWOL.
His dad's not got a clue where he is.
I found this in Major Miller's wallet.
Property company in Bow.
Turns out he's been renting a lockup garage
from them for two years.
Check it out.
Sarge, I found a car in Major Miller's lockup.
Looks like it's been in a collision.
There's dried blood on the driver's side.
I'm gonna call forensics.
Hi, Dad.
I-I'm... I'm fine. Don't worry.
- Where are you off to? - A park in Shoreditch.
Adam Green just used his phone, so we've got a location.
Detective Sergeant Cole.
Great. Thanks.
The tech unit just got into Adam Green's laptop.
His last search this morning was on Caleb Lawrence.
Do you think it's a threat to life?
I think it's possible, given what happened to the granddad.
I'll drive you.
Try Caleb again.
Hello?
Caleb, this is Detective Sergeant Vivienne Cole.
Where are you?
Uh, the park near home.
Where exactly, Caleb? It's important.
The... The underpass. Why?
Listen carefully. Stay where you are.
There's a credible threat to your life.
Caleb, what's going on?
Caleb!
Pull over here.
Stop!
- You're a killer! - I rang 999.
- I'll take the grandson. - Fine by me.
You're the killer!
Police! Cool it!
Come on, calm down.
Calm down, Adam!
That's him.
That's the lad who killed my granddad.
Adam Green, I'm arresting you on the suspicion
of the murder of Major Leonard Miller.
You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense
if you do not mention when questioned
something which you later rely on in court.
Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
Do you understand?
- How's Caleb? - Caleb's fine.
He's just making a statement, and then he can go home.
Mrs. Lawrence, did your dad have a car?
Yeah.
And where did he keep this car?
In a lockup.
I told him he should get rid of it.
But he was so stubborn.
Brilliant. Thank you.
Adam Green was the victim of a hit-and-run
nearly two years ago.
Let me guess. The car was white.
That's what he told the investigating officers at the time.
He was seriously injured.
For a while, he was touch and go.
So that's why the major left half his property to the boy,
out of guilt.
Dad loved driving.
He loved the independence.
He never supported us financially,
but he'd pick the kids up from school,
playdates, that sort of thing.
I mean, I totally relied on him.
To be honest, I knew he wasn't safe behind the wheel, but...
everything would have fallen apart without Dad and his car.
I had to work.
It's just been so hard since my husband died.
I just feel like I've failed at everything.
At...
being a mother, being an employee, a daughter.
Adam, we are aware of what happened to you two years ago,
that you were in a serious collision
and sustained head injuries.
The forensic medical examiner
considers you fit to be interviewed.
Are you okay with that?
Yeah.
If you weren't, I could ask your dad to sit in with...
Yeah, I-I'm 18. I know how I was.
And I know that I'm different now.
It just... It sometimes takes me a bit longer to process things.
There's no hurry.
It can't have been an easy time.
I was about to start a carpentry course, actually.
I mean, that car just came out of nowhere.
If I'd left the house, what, five seconds later,
it wouldn't have happened.
And you wouldn't be asking me if I needed my dad in here with me.
He was coming back from picking my daughter up from nursery.
She was fine.
She doesn't even remember it now.
But she was in the car.
It was an accident waiting to happen.
And it happened.
It was my fault.
It's hard to tell somebody to stop driving.
I just assumed he'd go straight to the police.
He was moral through and through.
He said he couldn't.
He... He didn't want to ruin his reputation,
and he didn't want to spend his last few years locked up.
I mean, yes, it was an accident,
but you've... You've got to own it.
I told him. I tried. I really tried.
Do you know who he hit?
I read the newspapers.
I put it together.
Adam Green.
He lived not too far from Dad.
Adam, when did you and Major Miller first meet?
Uh, I'm not sure, sorry.
Uh, I think he got chatting to me
in... in a newsagent's sometime.
And have you ever been upstairs
in Major Miller's house?
Never. Only ever downstairs or in the garden.
When were you last there?
This morning.
Uh, it was about 8:00.
Um, I rang the doorbell, but nobody answered,
so I used my key.
And, um, that's, uh...
That's when I found him at the bottom of the stairs.
Uh, he, um... he wasn't moving.
He was cold, so I, um... So I rang 999.
And then you left?
I ran out the front door.
Why didn't you wait with Major Miller
until the ambulance arrived?
I-I didn't want to stay with a dead body.
Why did you go 'round
to Major Miller's house this morning?
I wanted to see how he was after last night.
What happened last night?
I was, um, making a cup of tea for the major,
and this, um... This guy came in,
started, uh, shouting and pushing and...
hitting me.
Did you know this person?
Not to begin with, but, um,
w-when the major told him to stop,
I-I realized I-I recognized him from photos.
It was, um, Major Miller's grandson.
So, what happened next?
Um...
This guy, Caleb, he started, um, shouting at the major.
It was something about his mum.
Then he swore at him.
And the major gave him a shove, and he... he really went flying.
He hit his head on a work surface on the way down.
Um, he was bleeding.
So the major told him to go to hospital.
And then?
Um, well Caleb said that it wasn't over
and that he'd be back.
That's why I went after him today.
Because you thought he'd killed his granddad.
Staying with last night, what did you do?
I went home.
Told my dad.
My dad said never to go back there.
Adam isn't like other 18-year-olds.
- I should be with him. - We did give Adam that option.
You don't understand. He's got needs.
We do understand.
He was involved in a serious collision nearly two years ago
and sustained life-changing injuries.
He's been assessed by the medical examiner
and he is fit to be interviewed without an appropriate adult.
Who told you about the accident?
Actually, I was wondering why youdidn't tell me about it.
Did you ask Adam Green
if he'd been upstairs at the major's house?
Yeah, he told us he'd only ever been downstairs
- or in the garden. - Why? What you thinking?
Well, I just got this from the lab.
They found a match on fingermarks
that were lifted upstairs in the house on Adam Green's laptop.
No way is that boy Adam a killer.
There is another possibility.
Have you ever been to Major Miller's house?
No.
Okay.
Do you recognize this?
Yes. It's Adam's laptop.
Can you confirm that you handed it to me earlier today?
Yes.
Fingerprints on this laptop match fingerprints
that were found upstairs in Major Miller's house.
Could they be Adam's?
No.
They're not Adam's.
We've checked.
We're also going to check them against yours, too.
Tell us what happened.
I have tried...
I've tried so hard to look after Adam.
I'm a good person.
Adam came home in a state.
Told me where he'd been, who he'd been visiting.
And I saw red.
Went 'round there.
Accused the old man of interfering with my son.
And he kept saying they were just friends.
And I didn't believe him.
Then he walked away, went upstairs.
And I thought, "I'm not letting you get away with that."
And I followed him.
And I saw that he was scared,
so I knew that he'd done something.
And I lost it.
I grabbed hold of him,
dragged him to the top of the stairs.
Told him to come clean about what he'd done to Adam.
That's when he told me.
The major.
He was the driver.
He was the person who hit Adam with his car!
And I couldn't let go.
I froze...
my hands around his throat.
He ruined my whole life.
Before the accident, I had a wife, a job,
a great son who was ambitious and full of life!
I was happy.
I didn't mean to do it.
I just held on too long.
And then he went limp.
And I realized what I'd done.
I'm not a bad man.
I promise.
And then what did you do?
I pushed him down the stairs to make it look like he'd fallen.
And then I left.
I ran out and left.
I never thought it would be Adam would be the one to find him.
What have I done?
What's gonna happen to Adam now?
Did you manage to get hold of Adam Green's mother?
Yeah, she's flying back from France tonight.
According to her, her husband spiraled after the accident.
Didn't cope well at all, pushed her away.
Sarge, can I have a word?
In private.
Of course.
Girl talk.
That was my mate from London Central.
It's all sorted.
How?
The station manager only showed that CCTV to my friend,
and they've both deleted it from their phones.
And they didn't share it with anyone else?
No.
Thank you, Billie.
- Are you and David... - No.
Absolutely not.
I'm gonna head off if that's okay.
Yeah, sure.
Bye.
Um, so it looks like we're in the clear.
The CCTV didn't go any further.
Oh, thank goodness.
- That came out wrong. - No. Don't worry.
I think we've both had a lucky escape.
Look, Vivienne.
I like working with you.
I respect you as a colleague, a detective.
I don't want to destroy that for the sake of a fling.
No. Of course not.
Neither do I.
The thing is...
I'm not free.
I'm married.
I'm really glad to hear you say that.
Really, I am.
It is a massive relief.
Night.
Me and the boss are going for a quick pint if you fancy it.
Um, maybe next time.
Shouldn't you be rushing home to your long-suffering wives.
Uh, mine's got her sister over, and David's...
Well, from what he told me the other day, his marriage is over.
Really?
I know.
I was surprised, too.
He's moved out.
Night.
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