1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:01,410 Emfleet Nick just called, 2 00:00:01,420 --> 00:00:03,176 they've got suspected human remains 3 00:00:03,186 --> 00:00:04,335 found in Whitney Marsh. 4 00:00:04,345 --> 00:00:07,335 My guess is this body was put in there already dismembered. 5 00:00:07,345 --> 00:00:11,084 - To what do I owe this? - I just thought you'd... like it. 6 00:00:11,109 --> 00:00:13,335 Why did my husband cook me sea bass? 7 00:00:13,345 --> 00:00:16,783 So you now just attack random girls for literally no reason at all? 8 00:00:16,835 --> 00:00:19,695 - She made a joke about you and Dad. - Sorry, Dad. 9 00:00:19,705 --> 00:00:21,393 And happy birthday. 10 00:00:21,403 --> 00:00:22,895 I'm getting stronger every day. 11 00:00:22,905 --> 00:00:24,991 So he will never walk unaided? 12 00:00:25,001 --> 00:00:25,832 Come on. 13 00:00:25,860 --> 00:00:27,728 I have a watertight case. 14 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:31,333 Given my story, I can prove that I will be killed if I went back. 15 00:00:32,497 --> 00:00:36,237 We have a match. So, his name is Gerard Samuel Cooper. 16 00:00:36,247 --> 00:00:40,173 The OIC on the case was actually jailed in 2022. 17 00:00:40,198 --> 00:00:44,437 A guy that I charged myself, a guy called Ram Sidhu. 18 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,000 *CREDITS* 19 00:01:40,518 --> 00:01:42,868 Like I said, I don't know this guy personally, 20 00:01:42,878 --> 00:01:44,813 but everyone says he's fine. 21 00:01:45,687 --> 00:01:48,328 So as long as you work hard and do the job, 22 00:01:48,338 --> 00:01:50,341 he's not interested in anything else. 23 00:01:52,304 --> 00:01:55,304 You finish at five today, OK? I'll be waiting for you here. 24 00:01:57,304 --> 00:02:00,304 - Thank you. - Have a good day, my friend. 25 00:02:21,624 --> 00:02:25,984 Question 15: how many royal parks are there in London? 26 00:02:27,719 --> 00:02:31,442 So, he was identified through comparison with a DNA swab taken 27 00:02:31,467 --> 00:02:34,975 after he was charged with a Section 47 ABH 28 00:02:34,985 --> 00:02:37,807 on July 16th 2019. 29 00:02:37,940 --> 00:02:40,019 All of his files are on COMPACT, 30 00:02:40,044 --> 00:02:43,671 and a quick squint suggests they thought he had fallen into debt 31 00:02:43,681 --> 00:02:45,009 during the pandemic. 32 00:02:45,019 --> 00:02:47,691 His car was found parked near the Elizabeth Bridge 33 00:02:47,701 --> 00:02:50,493 two weeks after he was reported missing by his wife, 34 00:02:50,503 --> 00:02:52,722 who we will be speaking to asap. 35 00:02:52,872 --> 00:02:55,506 We will also be speaking to DCI Ram Sidhu, 36 00:02:55,516 --> 00:02:57,825 the original investigating officer. 37 00:02:58,620 --> 00:03:00,400 So, right now, 38 00:03:00,872 --> 00:03:03,593 I need all the original investigation paperwork 39 00:03:03,603 --> 00:03:05,613 - inputted into HOLMES, please. - Yeah. 40 00:03:06,189 --> 00:03:08,690 - Ditto with the 2019 assault. - Guv. 41 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:10,776 And can we check who maintains 42 00:03:10,786 --> 00:03:12,862 Whitney Marsh Car Park CCTV, 43 00:03:12,872 --> 00:03:14,614 how long they keep their video files? 44 00:03:14,624 --> 00:03:17,862 And if there's any data entry at the car park 45 00:03:17,872 --> 00:03:20,320 - or pay online facilities? - Sure. On it. 46 00:03:20,330 --> 00:03:23,392 - OK, that's it for now, guys. - Thanks, guys. 47 00:03:48,765 --> 00:03:51,019 You told me to tell them to shove it up their arse. 48 00:03:51,044 --> 00:03:53,538 - Of course I didn't tell them that. - So what did you say? 49 00:03:53,548 --> 00:03:56,805 - That you were considering their request. - Fuck sake! 50 00:03:58,890 --> 00:04:00,289 It's the union, Jules, 51 00:04:00,299 --> 00:04:02,517 it's not a good idea to back them into a corner. 52 00:04:02,527 --> 00:04:05,502 And it doesn't scare you that even soft soaping them, 53 00:04:05,512 --> 00:04:07,438 dishonestly, as it happens, 54 00:04:07,448 --> 00:04:10,199 even that merest hint of dissent 55 00:04:10,209 --> 00:04:13,446 has caused my board to be daubed with "racist"? 56 00:04:13,456 --> 00:04:16,550 Ah, it's obviously not ideal, but... 57 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:17,828 But what? 58 00:04:20,254 --> 00:04:22,159 They effectively pay our salaries. 59 00:04:22,169 --> 00:04:24,467 Oh, well, yeah, 60 00:04:24,492 --> 00:04:27,904 and what a catastrophic fucking mistake that was. 61 00:04:27,914 --> 00:04:30,811 We're now all in the thrall of sodding children. 62 00:04:30,821 --> 00:04:33,838 I mean, think back to when you were 21. 63 00:04:33,848 --> 00:04:36,297 Yes, exactly. 64 00:04:38,534 --> 00:04:40,534 I mean, seriously, Paul, 65 00:04:40,659 --> 00:04:43,321 they don't understand real life yet, 66 00:04:43,331 --> 00:04:45,651 with all its shit compromises and... 67 00:04:45,661 --> 00:04:47,649 and messy, imperfect solutions. 68 00:04:47,659 --> 00:04:52,159 And surely... part of our job is to teach them about that. 69 00:04:55,358 --> 00:04:58,694 It's just an online course. It'll only takes a few hours. 70 00:05:00,789 --> 00:05:02,990 Isn't it just easier to say yes? 71 00:05:11,749 --> 00:05:13,542 You know what, it actually isn't. 72 00:05:15,109 --> 00:05:16,749 Because what will it be next? 73 00:05:16,917 --> 00:05:20,120 It's also not fair to us, sure, 74 00:05:20,130 --> 00:05:23,121 but much more importantly, it's not fair to them. 75 00:05:29,585 --> 00:05:32,446 Marty. Marty! 76 00:05:32,749 --> 00:05:33,749 Martin! 77 00:05:36,875 --> 00:05:38,467 Marty, please. 78 00:05:38,658 --> 00:05:40,417 I need to go toilet. 79 00:05:41,562 --> 00:05:45,562 Pickle! Mummy needs to wee-wee! 80 00:05:49,749 --> 00:05:50,749 How bad? 81 00:05:50,975 --> 00:05:52,442 Very bad. 82 00:05:54,142 --> 00:05:56,188 And what makes you think it's getting any worse? 83 00:05:56,749 --> 00:05:58,129 Everything. 84 00:05:59,107 --> 00:06:00,780 And when you say "everything"? 85 00:06:01,362 --> 00:06:02,524 My dad... 86 00:06:02,729 --> 00:06:04,002 Mr Cooper... 87 00:06:04,949 --> 00:06:06,302 that place. 88 00:06:07,217 --> 00:06:08,285 The pub? 89 00:06:09,025 --> 00:06:10,739 And if I had a girlfriend... 90 00:06:10,749 --> 00:06:14,065 So, maybe we can up your dose to 100mg. 91 00:06:14,090 --> 00:06:16,214 I have the right to have a girlfriend and... 92 00:06:16,239 --> 00:06:17,617 We're not going down that rabbit hole again, Marty. 93 00:06:17,627 --> 00:06:20,578 Women can get a boyfriend whenever they want, so... 94 00:06:20,588 --> 00:06:22,409 No woman has the right to have a boyfriend, 95 00:06:22,419 --> 00:06:24,017 no man has the right to have a girlfriend, 96 00:06:24,027 --> 00:06:25,667 we've been through this too many times. 97 00:06:25,677 --> 00:06:28,173 I'm just so tired of it. 98 00:06:30,421 --> 00:06:32,702 Not understanding anything. 99 00:06:34,518 --> 00:06:35,518 I know, mate. 100 00:06:37,518 --> 00:06:39,634 What did I do wrong, Dr Renfield? 101 00:06:44,795 --> 00:06:46,537 You didn't do anything wrong, Marty. 102 00:06:46,993 --> 00:06:49,020 And it's certainly not your fault. 103 00:06:49,259 --> 00:06:52,449 Life is just... unfair sometimes. 104 00:06:53,716 --> 00:06:58,147 So, I'm going to up your Sertraline to 100mg, 105 00:06:58,172 --> 00:07:00,853 and I'm gonna refer you to a new autism service 106 00:07:00,863 --> 00:07:02,700 being set up by Kent Council. 107 00:07:02,710 --> 00:07:04,598 I should say that it might take a year or so 108 00:07:04,608 --> 00:07:06,314 to get an appointment, er... 109 00:07:06,729 --> 00:07:08,759 they're a bit snowed under right now. 110 00:07:10,527 --> 00:07:11,652 So, we'll... 111 00:07:13,049 --> 00:07:14,689 see each other in three months? 112 00:07:17,865 --> 00:07:22,000 I should say, raising the dose might give you some side effects, Marty. 113 00:07:22,209 --> 00:07:25,388 Call us immediately if you start to have any trouble sleeping, 114 00:07:25,689 --> 00:07:27,889 if you feel more anxious, if you have any violent... 115 00:07:28,062 --> 00:07:29,862 - Dr Renfield? - Marty. 116 00:07:31,835 --> 00:07:34,698 Duncan. Do you wanna come through? 117 00:08:13,649 --> 00:08:15,311 - Hey. - Hey. 118 00:08:17,891 --> 00:08:20,754 I heard... Paddy was struggling. 119 00:08:20,862 --> 00:08:22,660 Yeah, yeah, he's not brilliant. 120 00:08:24,062 --> 00:08:25,902 Oh, Mel, I'm so sorry. 121 00:08:29,609 --> 00:08:30,765 You wanna... 122 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:32,926 talk things over? 123 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:38,500 _ 124 00:08:38,510 --> 00:08:40,960 _ 125 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,000 _ 126 00:09:16,402 --> 00:09:20,682 So, we only have one session with this guy. 127 00:09:21,660 --> 00:09:24,428 But he basically tells us 128 00:09:24,438 --> 00:09:27,526 what sort of therapist he thinks we need. 129 00:09:28,483 --> 00:09:32,668 So, see a therapist to see what kind of therapist we need. 130 00:09:33,241 --> 00:09:34,112 Yeah. 131 00:09:35,420 --> 00:09:37,425 - Bit nuts, I know. - You certainly are. 132 00:09:37,748 --> 00:09:38,929 Oi. 133 00:10:40,222 --> 00:10:41,615 I'm sorry. 134 00:10:48,728 --> 00:10:50,234 Wanna get a drink? 135 00:10:53,202 --> 00:10:56,522 And I've... I've just asked for the search to be widened, so... 136 00:10:57,375 --> 00:11:01,314 it may yet be that we do... find more of him. 137 00:11:02,194 --> 00:11:04,036 How could someone do that... 138 00:11:07,981 --> 00:11:09,172 to another human being? 139 00:11:09,182 --> 00:11:11,412 How couldsomeone do such a terrible thing? 140 00:11:12,068 --> 00:11:15,200 It's pretty much always about disposal. 141 00:11:16,039 --> 00:11:19,522 If it doesn't sound too absurd, it's generally not personal. 142 00:11:20,921 --> 00:11:24,241 Oh, my God, how am I gonna tell my daughter? 143 00:11:29,904 --> 00:11:32,307 And where was it you said you found him? 144 00:11:32,332 --> 00:11:33,612 Whitney Marsh? 145 00:11:40,095 --> 00:11:41,895 I always knew he hadn't jumped. 146 00:11:42,955 --> 00:11:44,317 In here... 147 00:11:45,758 --> 00:11:49,814 I always knew, and I told them, I told them so many times. 148 00:11:49,839 --> 00:11:51,189 The original investigation? 149 00:11:51,199 --> 00:11:54,500 I told them I thought his death had probably been violent. 150 00:11:54,510 --> 00:11:56,840 OK, can I ask why you thought that? 151 00:11:58,704 --> 00:11:59,915 Because of the money. 152 00:12:01,455 --> 00:12:03,787 OK, sorry, can we just... 153 00:12:04,322 --> 00:12:05,998 can we just backtrack a minute? 154 00:12:07,254 --> 00:12:09,324 Women don't even like that shit, bro. 155 00:12:09,590 --> 00:12:11,314 They like to know who's boss, innit? 156 00:12:11,339 --> 00:12:13,090 They like a strong man, 157 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:14,856 that's just fuckin' nature. 158 00:12:15,108 --> 00:12:17,693 Smack them bitches up, man. They're gonna love you more. 159 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:20,949 Hang on one second, dudes. 160 00:12:26,586 --> 00:12:28,839 Hello, Marty, how are we today? 161 00:12:28,969 --> 00:12:31,008 Fine, thank you for asking. 162 00:12:34,714 --> 00:12:38,117 He took on the lease of a pub in Stepney in 2014. 163 00:12:39,969 --> 00:12:41,825 His uncle had managed it in the '80s, 164 00:12:41,835 --> 00:12:44,022 and it was a bit of a home from home for Gerry. 165 00:12:47,326 --> 00:12:48,828 So, that was his main job, 166 00:12:48,838 --> 00:12:50,970 but we also had three rental properties. 167 00:12:50,980 --> 00:12:53,146 - These where flats, or...? - No, HMOs. 168 00:12:53,156 --> 00:12:55,311 Two had seven rooms, one had five. 169 00:12:55,721 --> 00:12:57,658 It was quite a lot of work, and... 170 00:12:57,668 --> 00:13:01,291 and we also had fairly large mortgages on all three buildings. 171 00:13:01,301 --> 00:13:03,475 You had to be on top of tenancies and payments. 172 00:13:03,485 --> 00:13:06,076 Sorry, you did this with him, or...? 173 00:13:06,101 --> 00:13:08,046 No, no, I work at Central London University. 174 00:13:08,071 --> 00:13:09,361 Oh, right. As...? 175 00:13:09,371 --> 00:13:12,845 - A lecturer, modern history. - Oh, OK, I'm sorry, carry on. 176 00:13:12,969 --> 00:13:16,105 Yeah, so, things were pretty tight, 177 00:13:16,115 --> 00:13:18,489 but absolutely manageable. 178 00:13:18,499 --> 00:13:22,134 And the first five years or so in Stepney were great. 179 00:13:22,144 --> 00:13:25,752 Gerry had grown up near there, in Bow, and he just... 180 00:13:25,969 --> 00:13:28,179 he just dived back into that life. 181 00:13:28,189 --> 00:13:30,377 Lots of local community stuff and... 182 00:13:32,932 --> 00:13:34,632 yeah, he really loved it. 183 00:13:38,527 --> 00:13:40,632 And then the pandemic happened, 184 00:13:40,642 --> 00:13:43,655 and it was just like a perfect storm. 185 00:13:43,665 --> 00:13:46,534 Obviously, the pub had to shut, so that revenue went. 186 00:13:46,544 --> 00:13:49,854 And then the tenants, one-by-one, stopped paying their rent, 187 00:13:49,969 --> 00:13:53,591 so we... we basically just got deeper and deeper into debt, 188 00:13:53,601 --> 00:13:56,692 which is when he, without telling me, 189 00:13:56,702 --> 00:14:00,432 I should say... spoke to a friend of a friend of a friend 190 00:14:00,442 --> 00:14:03,184 and started borrowing money from people he really shouldn't have. 191 00:14:03,194 --> 00:14:04,316 Moneylenders. 192 00:14:04,326 --> 00:14:06,297 That makes them sound much more respectable than they were, 193 00:14:06,307 --> 00:14:08,425 - I think they were basically gangsters. - OK. 194 00:14:08,435 --> 00:14:10,736 And how did you find out about them? 195 00:14:12,651 --> 00:14:15,166 So, he was attacked... 196 00:14:15,969 --> 00:14:17,603 early February 2021, 197 00:14:17,613 --> 00:14:19,337 as he was putting the bins out one night. 198 00:14:19,603 --> 00:14:22,235 - OK. And you think by one of them? - Yeah, I do. 199 00:14:22,498 --> 00:14:24,324 And did he say it was by one of them? 200 00:14:24,334 --> 00:14:25,736 No, but at that stage, 201 00:14:25,746 --> 00:14:27,970 I still didn't know he'd borrowed any money, so... 202 00:14:28,122 --> 00:14:30,665 - And how badly hurt was he? - Well, they didn't break anything. 203 00:14:30,675 --> 00:14:32,550 Probably too clever for that, but he was knocked out. 204 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,874 - And you went to the police? - I called them, yeah. 205 00:14:35,145 --> 00:14:36,165 And? 206 00:14:39,259 --> 00:14:41,237 Well, Gerry was obviously not that helpful. 207 00:14:41,247 --> 00:14:42,894 In hindsight, he was probably scared, 208 00:14:42,904 --> 00:14:45,006 so, I mean, the police had very little to go on. 209 00:14:45,016 --> 00:14:46,706 And it was only after we rowed about that 210 00:14:46,716 --> 00:14:49,566 that he FINALLY told me what was going on. 211 00:14:49,576 --> 00:14:51,417 OK. And how much did he owe them? 212 00:14:51,427 --> 00:14:54,451 By that point, he said it was about £17,000. 213 00:14:54,461 --> 00:14:56,858 And did you ever get any names of these people? 214 00:14:58,101 --> 00:15:00,558 I think I only ever met one of them once. 215 00:15:00,568 --> 00:15:03,911 Some guy called Markaj came to the pub, asking for Gerry, 216 00:15:03,921 --> 00:15:05,362 five days after the attack. 217 00:15:05,372 --> 00:15:06,470 - Markaj. - Yeah. 218 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,288 Looked and sounded Mediterranean. I think... 219 00:15:11,460 --> 00:15:13,969 - Gerry said they were Albanian. - OK. 220 00:15:15,551 --> 00:15:18,150 So... can you talk us through what happened 221 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:19,738 the day he disappeared? 222 00:15:23,738 --> 00:15:26,549 Can I just take a break? I need to check on my daughter. 223 00:15:27,641 --> 00:15:29,423 Yeah. Yeah, of course. 224 00:16:15,623 --> 00:16:17,706 You think you have everything mapped out. 225 00:16:18,671 --> 00:16:20,521 You can see the next 20... 226 00:16:21,461 --> 00:16:22,883 30 years. 227 00:16:24,581 --> 00:16:26,235 And then out of nowhere... 228 00:16:27,971 --> 00:16:30,240 this thing happens, and it shifts everything... 229 00:16:32,131 --> 00:16:33,131 forever. 230 00:16:46,590 --> 00:16:49,193 I'm so sorry, I have to take this. It's my producer. 231 00:16:49,615 --> 00:16:51,157 - Er... - Yeah. 232 00:16:53,989 --> 00:16:55,861 - Gabe? - Mel. 233 00:16:56,255 --> 00:16:58,564 Sending you an article from the Express for your next piece. 234 00:16:58,589 --> 00:16:59,763 - Gabe? - Ciao. 235 00:17:05,789 --> 00:17:08,280 And are you managing to get into the shower, Dot? 236 00:17:08,305 --> 00:17:10,188 - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah? 237 00:17:10,281 --> 00:17:11,040 Yeah. 238 00:17:11,065 --> 00:17:14,482 How'd you do that, then, if you find it hard using your walker? 239 00:17:14,589 --> 00:17:17,779 - Does Marty help you? - Yes, yes, he helps me. 240 00:17:17,789 --> 00:17:20,241 And how did you get that bruise on your face? 241 00:17:20,251 --> 00:17:24,386 She slipped, silly-billy... as I got her out of the shower. 242 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,604 Oh, dear. 243 00:17:27,352 --> 00:17:28,835 Yeah. 244 00:17:28,860 --> 00:17:31,330 Dotty old Dot! 245 00:17:32,435 --> 00:17:33,829 Marty? 246 00:17:34,356 --> 00:17:37,964 Do you wanna have a quick sit down? Cos I just need a quick chat. 247 00:17:42,697 --> 00:17:44,910 So, look, as I've said before, 248 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,276 and I really do feel this strongly now... 249 00:17:47,799 --> 00:17:51,389 I'm not sure Mum's being looked after as well as she needs, Marty. 250 00:17:52,093 --> 00:17:53,540 She's fine. 251 00:17:54,408 --> 00:17:56,691 - Aren't you, Mum? - Yes, I'm fine. 252 00:17:56,716 --> 00:18:00,180 Well, I'm not completely sure you are, my love, so... 253 00:18:00,918 --> 00:18:02,866 - I'd like to speak to social services... - No. 254 00:18:02,891 --> 00:18:05,403 and get them to come and do a proper assessment. 255 00:18:05,413 --> 00:18:06,833 I'm not going into a home. 256 00:18:06,843 --> 00:18:08,881 We just need to make sure you're safe, Dot. 257 00:18:08,891 --> 00:18:11,032 I can't leave him on his own. 258 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,719 - He-He... He can't cope. - Mum, Mum, Mum... 259 00:18:13,729 --> 00:18:17,140 Look, all we need is some more help here. 260 00:18:24,393 --> 00:18:26,697 - Cheese and pickle do you? - Yeah! 261 00:18:29,891 --> 00:18:30,958 It's all right. 262 00:18:30,968 --> 00:18:32,734 - It's all right, Marty. - It's all right. 263 00:18:32,744 --> 00:18:34,572 Ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh. 264 00:18:35,891 --> 00:18:38,054 The 24th was our wedding anniversary, 265 00:18:38,064 --> 00:18:40,931 and we were meant to be having a meal together later that evening. 266 00:18:42,146 --> 00:18:43,855 It's OK, take your time. 267 00:18:44,608 --> 00:18:48,174 I got back from work at about six... 268 00:18:48,681 --> 00:18:50,350 made Taylor her tea, 269 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:52,639 and then she went upstairs to do some homework... 270 00:18:52,649 --> 00:18:54,291 Sorry, you lived here then? 271 00:18:54,645 --> 00:18:56,705 No, I bought this place after he died. 272 00:18:56,715 --> 00:18:58,765 We were living above the pub in 2021, 273 00:18:58,775 --> 00:19:01,980 - we had a... a two-floor flat there. - Oh, OK, right. 274 00:19:02,452 --> 00:19:04,233 So, erm... 275 00:19:05,156 --> 00:19:09,390 Taylor went upstairs, and I started cooking for myself and Gerry. 276 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,538 I'd expected him at about 6:30, 277 00:19:11,548 --> 00:19:15,481 and then when he hadn't turned up by 7:30, I started to call him. 278 00:19:16,630 --> 00:19:19,590 Over the next four or five hours, I called multiple times. 279 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,833 I called his friends, his family. 280 00:19:22,072 --> 00:19:23,758 Then I checked his diary and saw 281 00:19:23,768 --> 00:19:26,881 he was meant to be having a meeting with a colleague from the brewery, 282 00:19:26,891 --> 00:19:28,172 so I rang her. 283 00:19:28,182 --> 00:19:31,214 And she said he'd rung half an hour 284 00:19:31,239 --> 00:19:35,912 before their meeting at four to cancel, which was very unlike Ger. 285 00:19:35,922 --> 00:19:37,917 - And where was the meeting? - Winchester. 286 00:19:38,509 --> 00:19:41,625 And then eventually, at about midnight, I called the police. 287 00:19:41,635 --> 00:19:42,881 And what was their response? 288 00:19:42,891 --> 00:19:44,917 They just assumed we'd had a row 289 00:19:44,927 --> 00:19:47,418 and that he'd turn up at some point tomorrow, 290 00:19:47,428 --> 00:19:51,139 even though I told them that that wasn't... him... 291 00:19:52,410 --> 00:19:53,855 that wasn't us. 292 00:19:54,937 --> 00:19:58,705 I called again the following day, out of my mind now with worry, 293 00:19:58,715 --> 00:19:59,993 and finally, that night, 294 00:20:00,003 --> 00:20:01,652 two officers came and took a statement. 295 00:20:01,662 --> 00:20:05,282 And you told them about the assault and the loan sharks? 296 00:20:05,292 --> 00:20:06,732 Yes, of course. 297 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,525 And... And what was their reaction to that? 298 00:20:12,553 --> 00:20:15,276 After there was no credit card spending or phone use, 299 00:20:15,286 --> 00:20:17,256 they said they were upgrading him to high risk 300 00:20:17,266 --> 00:20:18,918 and that they were putting resources into it, 301 00:20:18,928 --> 00:20:21,176 but my sense was their investigation was... 302 00:20:21,734 --> 00:20:23,463 always perfunctory, at best. 303 00:20:23,473 --> 00:20:26,051 So they thought, what, he'd... just walked out? 304 00:20:26,061 --> 00:20:28,429 Until they found his car near the Elizabeth Bridge. 305 00:20:28,896 --> 00:20:30,199 And then they decided, 306 00:20:30,209 --> 00:20:32,911 with a third UK lockdown beckoning, that he'd jumped. 307 00:20:32,936 --> 00:20:34,454 But you never believed that? 308 00:20:34,464 --> 00:20:35,629 His car was by that bridge 309 00:20:35,639 --> 00:20:38,466 because one of our rentals is a hundred yards from there, so no. 310 00:20:38,476 --> 00:20:40,925 And then nine months later, I saw the officer 311 00:20:40,935 --> 00:20:42,912 who led the investigation was charged with corruption... 312 00:20:42,922 --> 00:20:45,308 Yeah, and I-I should say we are very sorry for that. 313 00:20:45,318 --> 00:20:48,319 And I asked for the case to be re-opened, but nothing happened. 314 00:20:48,329 --> 00:20:50,756 So, no, they didn't exactly inspire me with confidence. 315 00:20:50,766 --> 00:20:52,154 No, I can imagine. 316 00:20:52,380 --> 00:20:53,952 But... listen. 317 00:20:54,239 --> 00:20:56,224 Could we maybe pick this up tomorrow? 318 00:20:56,234 --> 00:20:58,649 I really think I need to be with my daughter now. 319 00:20:59,626 --> 00:21:02,979 Of course. Yeah. We're only over in Euston. 320 00:21:02,989 --> 00:21:04,687 It would be great if it were tomorrow. 321 00:21:04,697 --> 00:21:06,443 I'm in the office all day. 322 00:21:11,683 --> 00:21:13,139 Doreen? 323 00:21:15,170 --> 00:21:16,300 Doreen? 324 00:21:19,170 --> 00:21:20,252 Doreen? 325 00:21:21,303 --> 00:21:23,295 I-I'm going to get a job 326 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,493 so we can pay for more help at home. 327 00:21:25,652 --> 00:21:29,458 You don't need to get a job, Marty, you won't have to pay for anything. 328 00:21:29,468 --> 00:21:32,652 Don't take her away, though. We like it how it is. 329 00:21:32,842 --> 00:21:35,580 We just need to make sure you're both safe, Marty. 330 00:21:35,590 --> 00:21:37,506 - Well, I like it here. - I know. 331 00:21:37,516 --> 00:21:40,532 - I've always liked it here. - Of course you have. 332 00:21:40,542 --> 00:21:42,193 Mum likes it here, too. 333 00:21:42,203 --> 00:21:44,882 - Well... - A-A-And we need each other. 334 00:21:46,028 --> 00:21:48,956 Go on inside, or you'll catch a death. 335 00:22:03,508 --> 00:22:06,279 Thanks so much. Taylor not at school today? 336 00:22:07,686 --> 00:22:09,298 She wasn't feeling too well. 337 00:22:09,602 --> 00:22:11,635 Call me as soon as you know your movements. 338 00:22:11,660 --> 00:22:12,595 Will do. 339 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:14,432 I hope it goes OK with her. 340 00:22:16,550 --> 00:22:17,656 Thank you. 341 00:22:37,015 --> 00:22:38,405 What are you thinking? 342 00:22:38,415 --> 00:22:41,099 I'm thinking... that's a very nice house. 343 00:22:41,442 --> 00:22:44,414 I'm thinking the kid's at a 25K-a-year school. 344 00:22:45,347 --> 00:22:46,805 Thinking life insurance. 345 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,000 _ 346 00:23:38,010 --> 00:23:39,010 _ 347 00:23:39,020 --> 00:23:41,020 _ 348 00:23:41,930 --> 00:23:43,930 _ 349 00:23:43,940 --> 00:23:45,940 _ 350 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,000 _ 351 00:23:48,010 --> 00:23:49,410 _ 352 00:23:49,420 --> 00:23:51,420 _ 353 00:23:55,901 --> 00:23:56,879 Get out. 354 00:23:57,348 --> 00:23:58,169 What? 355 00:23:58,529 --> 00:24:02,188 Get out, walk back over there, and apologise. 356 00:24:02,198 --> 00:24:03,599 - You are joking. - Now! 357 00:24:04,347 --> 00:24:07,507 - This is not fair, Asif. - Life's not fair, mate. 358 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,158 If it was, my brother would still be alive. 359 00:24:12,565 --> 00:24:14,487 Now go back over there... 360 00:24:15,125 --> 00:24:16,471 and apologise. 361 00:24:36,009 --> 00:24:37,564 Killed by who? 362 00:24:37,870 --> 00:24:41,119 Well, that's what they're now gonna try to find out, sweetie. 363 00:24:45,975 --> 00:24:47,326 Where was he found? 364 00:24:47,565 --> 00:24:51,540 In a place called Whitney Marsh, it's about 15 miles east of here. 365 00:24:54,682 --> 00:24:55,582 And... 366 00:24:56,216 --> 00:24:58,503 what did they find, just like a skeleton? 367 00:24:59,321 --> 00:25:00,845 Yeah, sort of, I guess. 368 00:25:00,870 --> 00:25:02,921 I don't really have the details on that yet. 369 00:25:07,337 --> 00:25:08,575 Are you sure it's him? 370 00:25:09,682 --> 00:25:12,992 They did a DNA comparison test. It's definitely him. 371 00:25:22,183 --> 00:25:23,393 How did he die? 372 00:25:25,493 --> 00:25:26,745 How was he...? 373 00:25:27,464 --> 00:25:28,942 They're not sure yet. 374 00:25:33,337 --> 00:25:35,337 It's OK to cry... 375 00:25:37,061 --> 00:25:38,821 sweetheart, to be angry. 376 00:25:38,846 --> 00:25:40,612 You scream and shout if you want. 377 00:25:43,492 --> 00:25:45,166 Just always thought it was me. 378 00:25:46,079 --> 00:25:47,491 What was you? 379 00:25:50,203 --> 00:25:51,674 Why he jumped. 380 00:25:54,666 --> 00:25:55,901 I just, erm... 381 00:25:56,436 --> 00:25:58,625 I thought he mustn't have liked me enough to stay around. 382 00:25:58,635 --> 00:26:00,868 Oh, my God, no. 383 00:26:01,475 --> 00:26:03,475 He would never have thought that, 384 00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:06,839 even if that had been how he died, he adored you. 385 00:26:07,350 --> 00:26:09,369 Tay, you were his life. 386 00:26:17,620 --> 00:26:18,980 - Tay? - It's fine. 387 00:26:19,274 --> 00:26:21,914 It's fine. I'm fine. I've got homework to do. 388 00:26:27,627 --> 00:26:30,307 OK. Not too long on that, boys, OK? 389 00:27:26,914 --> 00:27:27,954 Hey? 390 00:27:31,147 --> 00:27:32,444 Jessie? 391 00:27:36,139 --> 00:27:37,139 Hey. 392 00:27:39,651 --> 00:27:42,705 Hello. How are you? 393 00:27:45,462 --> 00:27:47,002 I've missed you so much. 394 00:27:50,988 --> 00:27:53,325 I just was calling to see if, erm... 395 00:27:54,462 --> 00:27:57,462 if maybe we could meet up, just the two of us, to talk? 396 00:27:59,981 --> 00:28:01,301 I'd like that. 397 00:28:03,941 --> 00:28:06,421 OK, I'll text you some dates. 398 00:28:06,794 --> 00:28:09,659 - Thank you. - And maybe don't, erm... 399 00:28:12,249 --> 00:28:14,286 don't say anything to Mum just yet. 400 00:28:14,963 --> 00:28:17,166 Of course, whatever you want. 401 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:19,461 OK. Bye. 402 00:28:29,462 --> 00:28:32,650 So, I'm... So, I'm sitting at the bar, OK, 403 00:28:32,675 --> 00:28:35,665 and she's already 15, 20 minutes late by this point. 404 00:28:35,675 --> 00:28:38,239 And I look, and I see her walk in, 405 00:28:38,264 --> 00:28:40,904 and I sort of raise my hand, and she sees me. 406 00:28:41,060 --> 00:28:43,886 And then I actually see her eyes narrow 407 00:28:43,896 --> 00:28:46,497 in a kind of "hm, not sure" narrow... 408 00:28:46,507 --> 00:28:48,477 - No, stop it. - you know what I mean? 409 00:28:48,487 --> 00:28:50,701 So, I'm sitting there, I'm smiling and stuff, 410 00:28:50,711 --> 00:28:52,728 and I watch her walking over. 411 00:28:52,956 --> 00:28:57,328 And I stand up ready to kind of shake hands, or kiss, whatever. 412 00:28:57,544 --> 00:29:00,969 And except about ten feet away, she suddenly stops. 413 00:29:01,256 --> 00:29:04,410 And, you know, I say hi and put my hand out, 414 00:29:04,420 --> 00:29:07,338 and she just looked at me and goes... 415 00:29:08,379 --> 00:29:09,919 - "..Nah." - No way! 416 00:29:09,929 --> 00:29:12,305 I promise you, and then turns around and walks out. 417 00:29:12,315 --> 00:29:14,585 - Stop it. - No, I promise you. She just... 418 00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:17,963 - "Nah." - Oh, my God. 419 00:29:18,112 --> 00:29:19,939 And I'm kind of like... 420 00:29:20,551 --> 00:29:23,538 not even a kind of like "Oh, you know, you're too short, 421 00:29:23,548 --> 00:29:26,021 "you're too old, you're too brown," nothing, just, "Nah." 422 00:29:26,046 --> 00:29:26,912 And then... 423 00:29:28,236 --> 00:29:30,350 And... and I don't know why, Lee, 424 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,409 but that was the moment I decided to stop online dating. 425 00:29:33,419 --> 00:29:35,579 Yes, well, you know, good for you. 426 00:29:35,604 --> 00:29:38,165 Well, thank you very much. Good decision, I think. 427 00:29:38,175 --> 00:29:39,511 I think so. 428 00:29:53,379 --> 00:29:55,379 - Jesus, what... - Yeah. 429 00:29:55,423 --> 00:29:58,082 What is it? 20 pages, 30? 430 00:29:58,402 --> 00:30:00,748 24, including two blank sheets. 431 00:30:00,758 --> 00:30:03,323 So how long did DCI Sidhu get? 432 00:30:03,924 --> 00:30:05,141 Not long enough. 433 00:30:05,166 --> 00:30:07,392 Anyway, I've asked Fran to go through it, 434 00:30:07,696 --> 00:30:09,686 and I thought we could do a briefing with the entire team 435 00:30:09,696 --> 00:30:11,696 - straight after this? - Yeah. Cool. 436 00:30:17,375 --> 00:30:19,737 - Thanks for coming in. - Can I get you a coffee? 437 00:30:19,747 --> 00:30:20,866 Would you like a coffee? 438 00:30:20,876 --> 00:30:23,208 - White, please, no sugar. - Black, please. 439 00:30:23,233 --> 00:30:25,745 - How you doing? - All right, thanks. 440 00:30:25,896 --> 00:30:27,696 So that's it from me. 441 00:30:28,149 --> 00:30:31,686 Until tomorrow, good luck, good night, and blah, blah, blah. 442 00:30:31,696 --> 00:30:33,886 Sounds very much to me like you're trying to get our audience 443 00:30:33,896 --> 00:30:35,973 - to panic a bit there, Mel. - No. 444 00:30:35,998 --> 00:30:38,611 Sounded a little bit Net Zero, if I'm honest. 445 00:30:38,621 --> 00:30:40,559 Well, I guess when you've got hospitals in Southern Spain 446 00:30:40,569 --> 00:30:42,293 where half the beds in the burns unit are occupied 447 00:30:42,303 --> 00:30:45,516 by people whose feet got burned by the pavement, Gabe, then, yeah... 448 00:30:45,809 --> 00:30:48,393 it's a little bit freaky, is my "red hot" opinion. 449 00:30:48,403 --> 00:30:50,381 Our audience don't care about your opinion. 450 00:30:50,391 --> 00:30:52,643 They don't care about mine or anyone's here. 451 00:30:52,653 --> 00:30:55,826 - They just wanna hear their own. - Yeah, but you hired me because... 452 00:30:55,836 --> 00:30:59,988 The only reason they watch us and not Patriot or Chat or Info 453 00:30:59,998 --> 00:31:02,138 or any of the million others out there... 454 00:31:02,704 --> 00:31:06,295 so we give them their opinion, or we lose them. 455 00:31:06,499 --> 00:31:09,215 And then we're all out of a job. So rewrite. 456 00:31:17,782 --> 00:31:19,083 When he died, 457 00:31:19,093 --> 00:31:21,557 the landlord of the pub obviously took back the tenancy, 458 00:31:21,567 --> 00:31:23,679 so for a while, we were couch surfing. 459 00:31:23,689 --> 00:31:27,374 But over the next year, I was able to sell the HMOs, 460 00:31:27,384 --> 00:31:28,342 pay off the mortgages, 461 00:31:28,352 --> 00:31:30,881 and there was enough equity left to buy where we live now. 462 00:31:30,891 --> 00:31:33,230 - And what was the name of the pub? - The Three Crowns. 463 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,457 - It's flats now. - And did he have life insurance? 464 00:31:36,467 --> 00:31:37,761 Yeah, although I... 465 00:31:38,667 --> 00:31:40,856 I actually didn't even know he'd taken it out 466 00:31:40,866 --> 00:31:42,941 until after he was declared dead. 467 00:31:42,951 --> 00:31:44,681 When had he taken the policy out? 468 00:31:44,691 --> 00:31:47,119 - 2015. - And how much did it pay out? 469 00:31:47,129 --> 00:31:49,421 - About 400. - Thousand? 470 00:31:50,133 --> 00:31:50,912 Yeah. 471 00:31:50,937 --> 00:31:52,434 And was there anyone else that you were aware of? 472 00:31:52,444 --> 00:31:56,431 Any conflicts, disputes, rows that you think we should know about, 473 00:31:56,441 --> 00:31:58,174 anyone who might have had beef with him? 474 00:31:58,184 --> 00:32:00,468 I guess maybe one of his tenants. 475 00:32:00,478 --> 00:32:03,143 - One specifically, or... - No. 476 00:32:03,168 --> 00:32:04,949 No, I mean generally. 477 00:32:04,959 --> 00:32:06,735 The houses were in deprived areas, 478 00:32:06,745 --> 00:32:10,100 and he often rented to people living slightly on the edge. 479 00:32:10,110 --> 00:32:11,919 And it's like I said yesterday, 480 00:32:11,929 --> 00:32:14,146 lots of them stopped paying during the pandemic, 481 00:32:14,156 --> 00:32:17,261 so, yeah, he had lots of disputes with them in 2020. 482 00:32:17,271 --> 00:32:20,635 And do you have records of all the tenancies from around this time? 483 00:32:20,905 --> 00:32:23,050 - Somewhere. - Might need to see those, please. 484 00:32:23,060 --> 00:32:23,819 OK. 485 00:32:23,844 --> 00:32:25,951 And you said he was born in Stepney, I think? 486 00:32:25,976 --> 00:32:26,964 - Bow. - Bow. 487 00:32:26,989 --> 00:32:29,937 And what was his relationship like with locals? 488 00:32:31,077 --> 00:32:32,397 Really good. 489 00:32:33,957 --> 00:32:35,168 People loved Gerry, 490 00:32:35,178 --> 00:32:37,663 I mean, you could stop a hundred people on the streets where we lived 491 00:32:37,688 --> 00:32:40,455 and ask them what they thought of him, and they'd all say the same... 492 00:32:41,098 --> 00:32:42,809 "Yeah, great bloke." 493 00:32:44,487 --> 00:32:45,221 OK. 494 00:32:45,246 --> 00:32:48,246 And then lastly, how was your relationship? 495 00:32:49,087 --> 00:32:51,233 Our relationship? Our relationship was fine. 496 00:32:51,243 --> 00:32:53,095 Can you elaborate on that? 497 00:32:54,485 --> 00:32:56,017 Not really. 498 00:32:56,598 --> 00:32:58,404 It was a happy marriage. 499 00:32:59,881 --> 00:33:02,541 - How did you guys meet? - How did we meet? 500 00:33:02,566 --> 00:33:05,663 We often like to get a wider picture of someone 501 00:33:05,688 --> 00:33:06,679 in a case like this. 502 00:33:06,689 --> 00:33:08,908 Small details that you might think unimportant 503 00:33:08,933 --> 00:33:12,106 might give us a clue that will help us in our investigation. 504 00:33:12,449 --> 00:33:13,916 We met through politics. 505 00:33:13,926 --> 00:33:16,052 We were both members of our local Labour Party. 506 00:33:16,062 --> 00:33:17,228 And when was this? 507 00:33:17,710 --> 00:33:19,277 - Early 2009. - OK. 508 00:33:19,795 --> 00:33:22,719 He'd just been through a rather painful divorce, and... 509 00:33:23,174 --> 00:33:26,985 we met at a local election hustings one night, and... 510 00:33:28,095 --> 00:33:29,467 yeah, we just clicked. 511 00:33:31,347 --> 00:33:34,485 - Four months later, we were married. - And Taylor was born when? 512 00:33:34,935 --> 00:33:36,724 Late 2009. 513 00:33:40,761 --> 00:33:42,721 OK, thank you so much. I think we're done. 514 00:33:42,935 --> 00:33:45,527 - OK. - Thank you. 515 00:33:46,935 --> 00:33:49,730 Yeah, nothing I can put my finger on. 516 00:33:49,935 --> 00:33:52,065 - But off? - Oh, boss. 517 00:33:52,075 --> 00:33:54,206 There's no record in any files I can find 518 00:33:54,216 --> 00:33:57,096 of Juliet Cooper asking for the case to be re-opened 519 00:33:57,106 --> 00:33:58,921 after Sidhu was prosecuted. 520 00:33:59,219 --> 00:34:01,509 Yeah... off. 521 00:34:10,647 --> 00:34:12,597 So, obviously, the initial investigation 522 00:34:12,607 --> 00:34:15,396 was more than a little flimsy, with no indication 523 00:34:15,406 --> 00:34:17,748 anyone even attempted to identify the loan sharks. 524 00:34:17,758 --> 00:34:19,368 Now, my sense is that 525 00:34:19,378 --> 00:34:22,713 that whole angle does seem a little confected, 526 00:34:22,723 --> 00:34:26,798 but COMPACT does detail an Erjon Markaj, 527 00:34:26,808 --> 00:34:28,285 who we will be speaking to. 528 00:34:28,295 --> 00:34:29,581 His family has lots of form. 529 00:34:29,591 --> 00:34:32,827 And I will be speaking to Ram Sidhu later today. 530 00:34:33,074 --> 00:34:35,926 - Kaz, you have any luck with the CCTV? - Yes and no. 531 00:34:35,936 --> 00:34:37,827 Camera's maintained by Havering Council, 532 00:34:37,837 --> 00:34:39,769 - but they only keep footage for 90 days. - Yep. 533 00:34:39,779 --> 00:34:42,819 But I did see that there were a couple of notices in the car park 534 00:34:42,829 --> 00:34:45,694 about car theft, so I wondered if it might be worth checking to see 535 00:34:45,704 --> 00:34:48,707 if there were any incidents in the weeks after he was reported missing? 536 00:34:48,717 --> 00:34:51,729 Because that footage might be preserved somewhere? 537 00:34:51,739 --> 00:34:53,772 Yeah, in a car theft case file. 538 00:34:53,782 --> 00:34:56,669 - And if the body was brought in by car... - Yeah, good shout. 539 00:34:56,679 --> 00:34:59,401 So he was reported missing on the 24th of February. 540 00:34:59,411 --> 00:35:01,862 I'm thinking checking up till maybe end of March? 541 00:35:01,887 --> 00:35:02,820 Go for it. 542 00:35:02,830 --> 00:35:04,057 So, as we now know, 543 00:35:04,067 --> 00:35:06,453 Mr Cooper was also the victim of an assault 544 00:35:06,463 --> 00:35:10,228 in his pub car park three weeks before he disappeared. 545 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,799 Murray, can you pull up the CRS files on that, please? 546 00:35:12,824 --> 00:35:13,345 Yep. 547 00:35:13,355 --> 00:35:15,545 And also Cooper's own criminal record, 548 00:35:15,555 --> 00:35:17,290 maybe link in with Command and Control. 549 00:35:17,300 --> 00:35:18,822 - Guv. - Yeah, Sunny you 550 00:35:18,847 --> 00:35:21,422 - had a thought about bin liners. - Hm. 551 00:35:22,201 --> 00:35:25,232 So, you're trying to dispose of body parts. 552 00:35:25,242 --> 00:35:27,529 You need to transport them, and so you're gonna wrap them up 553 00:35:27,539 --> 00:35:31,561 in bin liners to minimise evidence being deposited in your vehicle. 554 00:35:31,571 --> 00:35:33,375 But then when you throw them in the marshes, 555 00:35:33,385 --> 00:35:36,226 you wanna unwrap them to accelerate the decomposition 556 00:35:36,236 --> 00:35:37,998 so they get eaten quickly, etc. 557 00:35:38,008 --> 00:35:40,706 And indeed, the little that we found of the torso 558 00:35:40,716 --> 00:35:43,036 certainly suggests that went into the marshes un-wrapped. 559 00:35:43,061 --> 00:35:45,514 My guess is that we haven't found any other parts 560 00:35:45,524 --> 00:35:46,825 due to the same reason. 561 00:35:46,835 --> 00:35:49,611 So why would the leg have gone into the marshes 562 00:35:49,621 --> 00:35:51,688 still wrapped in bin liners? 563 00:35:53,166 --> 00:35:55,828 - The killer was interrupted. - Had to have been. 564 00:35:55,838 --> 00:35:57,311 A member of the public disturbed them, 565 00:35:57,321 --> 00:35:59,258 and they threw it in quickly to avoid detection. 566 00:35:59,268 --> 00:36:02,168 OK. So boards up please, Kaz, all along that path, 567 00:36:02,178 --> 00:36:04,478 asking if anyone saw anything unusual 568 00:36:04,503 --> 00:36:08,209 between February 24th, 2021, and the end of March. 569 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:08,860 Boss. 570 00:36:08,935 --> 00:36:11,925 Murray, Juliet Cooper is supplying us with their rental records. 571 00:36:11,935 --> 00:36:14,583 Could you compile a list of all their tenants 572 00:36:14,593 --> 00:36:16,844 in the 12 months before Cooper was reported missing? 573 00:36:16,869 --> 00:36:18,240 - Sure. - And, Fran, 574 00:36:18,265 --> 00:36:21,106 can you track down as many pub employees as possible? 575 00:36:21,116 --> 00:36:23,926 Ask them what their general impression of the marriage was, 576 00:36:23,936 --> 00:36:26,585 if they know of anyone else who might've had beef with Cooper, 577 00:36:26,595 --> 00:36:28,046 ditto the locals who knew him. 578 00:36:28,056 --> 00:36:30,889 - Maybe a board up there as well? - Yeah, yeah. Why not? OK, 579 00:36:30,987 --> 00:36:31,980 thanks, guys. 580 00:36:44,761 --> 00:36:46,821 But you absolutely weren't drunk. 581 00:36:46,831 --> 00:36:48,857 You were nowhere near over the limit. 582 00:36:48,867 --> 00:36:50,716 - I know. - You'd had half a pint. 583 00:36:50,726 --> 00:36:52,778 Colm Moyland was three times over the limit. 584 00:36:52,788 --> 00:36:55,294 He drove through a red light. It was his fault. 585 00:36:55,304 --> 00:36:56,818 Except now they're arguing that 586 00:36:56,828 --> 00:37:00,628 even the small amount of alcohol in my bloodstream means that... 587 00:37:01,655 --> 00:37:03,717 culpability should be shared. 588 00:37:03,742 --> 00:37:05,509 And if they can convince a judge of that, 589 00:37:05,519 --> 00:37:08,251 it would mean I wouldn't be able to make any claim on his insurance. 590 00:37:09,352 --> 00:37:13,199 - So we claim on yours. - Sure. 591 00:37:13,209 --> 00:37:15,279 Except now that my insurance are saying 592 00:37:15,289 --> 00:37:17,269 in the absence of any claim on his... 593 00:37:17,391 --> 00:37:19,778 it would mean that mine would be invalid... 594 00:37:20,868 --> 00:37:22,729 because of the half a pint. 595 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,531 How? You weren't anywhere near over the limit. 596 00:37:30,181 --> 00:37:34,962 There's a clause in the... small print, which, erm... 597 00:37:35,484 --> 00:37:38,664 means that they have the right to deny compensation, 598 00:37:38,674 --> 00:37:40,432 on a case-by-case basis... 599 00:37:40,894 --> 00:37:43,635 if the driver has consumed any alcohol. 600 00:37:52,794 --> 00:37:54,199 Hm. 601 00:37:56,534 --> 00:37:57,534 Come here. 602 00:37:58,975 --> 00:38:01,565 We're gonna be OK. 603 00:38:01,575 --> 00:38:04,051 We are. We're gonna be just fine. 604 00:38:22,975 --> 00:38:24,311 DI Khan. 605 00:38:26,301 --> 00:38:28,747 Hands up, no excuses, we screwed up. 606 00:38:30,948 --> 00:38:33,067 Feels less like you pursued the wrong leads, 607 00:38:33,077 --> 00:38:34,727 more like you pursued no leads. 608 00:38:34,737 --> 00:38:37,836 - Oh, we followed plenty of leads. - Maybe you were otherwise occupied. 609 00:38:43,424 --> 00:38:45,414 Have you just come here to bask, DI Khan? 610 00:38:45,424 --> 00:38:47,697 I take no pleasure in where you find yourself. 611 00:38:47,918 --> 00:38:50,043 Come on... little bit. 612 00:38:50,196 --> 00:38:51,986 I mean, I did call you a coconut. 613 00:38:52,216 --> 00:38:54,005 Put your funny little DC on the deck 614 00:38:54,015 --> 00:38:55,678 and get your charges withdrawn. 615 00:38:55,688 --> 00:38:57,595 Got there in the end, didn't we? 616 00:39:00,081 --> 00:39:01,135 We did. 617 00:39:02,353 --> 00:39:03,319 So... 618 00:39:04,117 --> 00:39:07,589 how about we just agree I'm a disgrace to the badge, 619 00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:09,146 and then maybe I can actually help you, 620 00:39:09,156 --> 00:39:13,104 because... your pity's slightly making me wanna puke. 621 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,320 - You are a disgrace to the badge. - Excellent. 622 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:21,400 So... 623 00:39:23,984 --> 00:39:27,696 We own restaurants, dry-cleaners, a few office spaces, 624 00:39:27,881 --> 00:39:29,062 but we're not gangsters. 625 00:39:29,072 --> 00:39:32,308 Your cousin is doing eight years for drugs offences 626 00:39:32,318 --> 00:39:34,725 and your father did ten for GBH. 627 00:39:34,735 --> 00:39:36,289 My dad died in 2009, 628 00:39:36,743 --> 00:39:40,006 and my cousin is nothing to do with our business. 629 00:39:40,016 --> 00:39:41,624 So you really felt he jumped into the river? 630 00:39:41,634 --> 00:39:43,090 Or just walked away. 631 00:39:43,667 --> 00:39:44,840 You met the wife? 632 00:39:44,881 --> 00:39:45,786 We have. 633 00:39:45,796 --> 00:39:47,509 Firstly, my instinct was 634 00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:49,899 that the marriage wasn't what she painted it as, 635 00:39:49,909 --> 00:39:52,113 and that, coupled with genuine money worries, 636 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:53,563 caused him to just leave. 637 00:39:53,573 --> 00:39:57,331 OK. So, how much did you lend him, as a friend? 638 00:39:57,341 --> 00:40:00,440 12,000, which he paid back with an interest of five. 639 00:40:00,450 --> 00:40:02,347 My guess was he had borrowed money, 640 00:40:02,357 --> 00:40:04,585 and of course, it's possible they killed him, 641 00:40:04,595 --> 00:40:07,429 but again, my instinct was that that wasn't the case. 642 00:40:07,439 --> 00:40:10,871 - Why? - Firstly, she was pushing that too hard. 643 00:40:10,881 --> 00:40:14,432 She must have called my office half a dozen times to push that angle. 644 00:40:14,457 --> 00:40:15,731 Maybe because you didn't do anything. 645 00:40:15,741 --> 00:40:17,960 Because it didn't make sense. Dead men don't pay debts. 646 00:40:17,970 --> 00:40:20,955 Even if we were that kind of organisation, 647 00:40:20,965 --> 00:40:22,812 why would we have him killed? 648 00:40:23,136 --> 00:40:25,758 Dead men don't pay debts. You want a theory? 649 00:40:25,948 --> 00:40:27,082 I'll give you a theory. 650 00:40:27,092 --> 00:40:29,663 There was an assault on Cooper a few weeks before he died. 651 00:40:29,673 --> 00:40:32,632 I'd ask why the wife was so keen to point the finger at us. 652 00:40:32,990 --> 00:40:35,300 One of his bar managers, a Chinese girl, 653 00:40:35,499 --> 00:40:37,371 reckoned it was committed by a lad 654 00:40:37,381 --> 00:40:40,492 that Cooper employed the previous year but who'd not got furlough. 655 00:40:40,502 --> 00:40:45,015 I'd ask... how happy she was knowing that he was with another woman. 656 00:40:45,517 --> 00:40:46,573 What other woman? 657 00:40:46,598 --> 00:40:48,296 - You know his name? - No. 658 00:40:48,321 --> 00:40:50,616 But apparently, the lad had threatened him a couple of times. 659 00:40:50,626 --> 00:40:52,230 The one always waiting in the car 660 00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:54,754 when he was dropping off his repayments. 661 00:40:54,764 --> 00:40:57,312 If I was you, I'd be looking for her. 662 00:40:57,924 --> 00:41:00,057 If I were you, I'd be looking for him. 663 00:41:03,422 --> 00:41:07,776 - I appreciate your help, Mr Sidhu. - Pfft, "Mr". 664 00:41:09,090 --> 00:41:10,298 It's classy. 665 00:41:14,252 --> 00:41:15,378 We're done here. 666 00:41:21,252 --> 00:41:23,872 But, listen, if you need any more help. 667 00:41:24,785 --> 00:41:26,109 Indeed. 668 00:41:26,913 --> 00:41:28,918 And I certainly know where to find you, don't I? 669 00:41:37,069 --> 00:41:39,099 But right now, this is BNC. 670 00:41:39,109 --> 00:41:42,150 It's seven o'clock, yes, it's time for Mel's Minute. 671 00:41:47,354 --> 00:41:49,187 Well, face masks may be gone, 672 00:41:49,212 --> 00:41:51,212 lockdowns, for now, a thing of the past. 673 00:41:51,302 --> 00:41:53,395 But if you thought that the wokerati would let you get on 674 00:41:53,420 --> 00:41:55,568 with simply enjoying life, well, think again. 675 00:41:55,578 --> 00:41:58,231 This week, we saw more highly questionable data released 676 00:41:58,256 --> 00:42:01,286 informing us that we are literally going to burn in hell 677 00:42:01,296 --> 00:42:03,429 if we don't give up our cars, our holidays abroad, 678 00:42:03,439 --> 00:42:06,084 and, heck, they even have it in for my little, old log burner. 679 00:42:06,094 --> 00:42:08,060 And as I sit here and look outside my window 680 00:42:08,070 --> 00:42:10,350 on this May evening to see the frost outside, 681 00:42:10,381 --> 00:42:13,193 and I pull on my jumper, I ask myself two questions. 682 00:42:13,259 --> 00:42:15,445 Why are the climate change clap-trappers lying to us? 683 00:42:15,455 --> 00:42:19,161 And why, if the world is now boiling, am I so frigging cold? 684 00:42:19,186 --> 00:42:21,306 Well, the answer to the first question is 685 00:42:21,316 --> 00:42:23,567 because if we're in a state of perpetual fear and panic, 686 00:42:23,577 --> 00:42:24,951 then we're so much easier to control. 687 00:42:24,961 --> 00:42:26,989 If the pandemic taught us anything, 688 00:42:26,999 --> 00:42:29,693 it's that governments globe love to keep us under their thumb. 689 00:42:29,703 --> 00:42:31,397 And the answer to the second question is 690 00:42:31,407 --> 00:42:34,013 I'm cold because that's how climate works. 691 00:42:34,023 --> 00:42:37,486 It is unpredictable, always has been, always will be. 692 00:42:37,496 --> 00:42:40,387 To coin a phrase, "Sometimes, it snows in April." 693 00:42:40,397 --> 00:42:42,200 So until next time, 694 00:42:42,210 --> 00:42:44,441 good luck, good night, and God bless. 695 00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:46,956 Now... where are my matches? 696 00:42:48,550 --> 00:42:50,447 - That is so true. - So true. 697 00:42:50,457 --> 00:42:51,625 Thank you, Mel. 698 00:42:51,746 --> 00:42:54,498 Thanks, Mel, and thank you for watching. 699 00:42:54,796 --> 00:42:56,771 This has been Britannia News. 700 00:42:57,699 --> 00:42:59,699 In Newcastle today, further unrest... 701 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,500 _ 702 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:30,000 _ 703 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,173 They are compromising, Juliet, 704 00:43:46,198 --> 00:43:48,648 all they want to do now is meet with you and talk. 705 00:43:48,658 --> 00:43:51,368 They want to lecture me, Paul, we both know that. 706 00:43:51,378 --> 00:43:53,441 - They want to judge me. - They really don't. 707 00:43:53,451 --> 00:43:55,441 Paul, it's the union's core skill. 708 00:43:55,451 --> 00:43:59,441 They want to judge me and wag their pompous little fingers... 709 00:43:59,451 --> 00:44:01,187 Please, help me here. 710 00:44:01,589 --> 00:44:02,758 My hands are tied. 711 00:44:02,783 --> 00:44:05,242 You've tied them yourself by just taking this shit for too long. 712 00:44:05,252 --> 00:44:07,529 I'm doing you a favour. I'm saying enough. 713 00:44:08,143 --> 00:44:09,769 You should be grateful. 714 00:44:14,631 --> 00:44:17,163 I know this is the life that I chose, Mother, 715 00:44:17,173 --> 00:44:18,775 I know it's my fault. 716 00:44:18,785 --> 00:44:20,293 I was just hoping, for once, 717 00:44:20,303 --> 00:44:22,535 just, you know, once, a little bit of empathy. 718 00:44:22,545 --> 00:44:25,663 We don't really do empathy, darling, do we? 719 00:44:25,673 --> 00:44:28,019 And given you've rather made a living out of that, 720 00:44:28,029 --> 00:44:30,458 it's a bit rich expecting it yourself. 721 00:44:30,468 --> 00:44:32,457 Well, I'll say good night, then. 722 00:44:32,783 --> 00:44:36,005 I'm sure you've got some vinegar you'd like to take a long soak in. 723 00:44:36,015 --> 00:44:37,531 Before you go, sweetie... 724 00:44:37,850 --> 00:44:40,935 did you hear about that man we met you with at the Oaks? 725 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:42,080 - What man? - Hm. 726 00:44:42,090 --> 00:44:43,973 He was in the paper yesterday, I... 727 00:44:43,983 --> 00:44:46,257 I recognised him from the photo. 728 00:44:46,267 --> 00:44:49,303 - What man? - Gerard Cooper? 729 00:44:52,289 --> 00:44:54,329 Gerard? Wow, that's a long time. 730 00:44:54,823 --> 00:44:56,930 Why was he in the paper? 731 00:44:57,106 --> 00:44:59,949 They found his body out in Whitney Marsh. 732 00:45:00,027 --> 00:45:02,745 It says they're launching a murder investigation. 733 00:45:06,609 --> 00:45:08,969 - Melinda? - Yeah, sorry, I'm just... 734 00:45:10,603 --> 00:45:11,903 just in shock. 735 00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:14,773 You used to love our picnics out in Whitney 736 00:45:14,783 --> 00:45:16,666 when you were a little girl, didn't you? 737 00:45:18,783 --> 00:45:21,303 I've gotta go, Mother. I-I'll talk to you next week. 738 00:45:24,783 --> 00:45:27,973 So many have fallen for the corrupt and evil narrative 739 00:45:27,983 --> 00:45:29,782 that has long been broadcast... 740 00:46:02,242 --> 00:46:04,512 Please leave a message after the tone. 741 00:46:04,522 --> 00:46:07,660 Hi, it's Melinda Ricci. 742 00:46:08,917 --> 00:46:10,280 So, I just wanted to let you know 743 00:46:10,290 --> 00:46:13,576 that if you say anything to anyone that brings people to my door... 744 00:46:15,389 --> 00:46:16,621 you will regret it. 745 00:46:19,497 --> 00:46:22,371 Message deleted. 746 00:46:30,500 --> 00:46:36,500 *CREDITS*