*CREDITS*
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Sara.
I'm so sorry. Traffic was hell.
Jasmine, could you bring some water through?
Wait. We've met before?
Yeah, the Police Commissioner's Dinner.
- Last year. - God!
I thought I'd erased that from my memory.
This way.
Our smartphones already measure our sleep, activity, heart rates.
They predict our genetic risk to all sorts of illnesses,
but what if they could also predict an upcoming mental health crisis?
Not only predict it, but avert it,
by providing direct access to mental health specialists,
allowing you to record and upload video diaries.
The Heal Remedy app is a game changer.
- Which is why today, I'm... - _
Sorry...
Sorry.
Which is why today, I'm calling on policy makers to set up...
to set up funding pathways. We want to...
- We'd like to... - _
Are you OK?
Erm...
I'm sorry. I, er, I need to go.
You're disturbing everyone.
Yeah? Like you can talk!
You have to come. Now.
Ready?
Gun crime, loan sharks,
sex trafficking, drug dealing - the list goes on.
The Benchdale OCG
is operating at an unprecedented scale.
To dismantle them, we need to sever the head of the snake...
starting with top man, Kamran Elin.
Wanted for serious and violent crime across London and Brighton,
dating back to the fatal shooting of London journalist Fiona Wilkinson,
eight years ago.
And Roel Albazi.
Elin's second in command.
Both men use extreme violence to control and coerce.
Student, Amelia Pardoe.
Killed not three months back.
Caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting
close to her home in Casement Road.
And still no convictions.
Ma'am, I... I appreciate Benchdale have gained a foothold,
but I'm proud to say...
Talk to Amelia's parents about how proud you are.
DC Nicholl, any progress with tracking suspects?
Yeah, er, yeah. Erm...
So it's difficult. Elin and Albazi are elusive,
and they're smart, and they groom lower-tier members
of the organisation to do their dirty work,
making sure that the evidence never traces back to them.
Keep on them.
If they make a mistake and surface, be ready.
- Yes, Ma'am. - _
Bloods all look normal.
Haemoglobin very slightly low, so I'd up the iron-rich foods,
but nothing to worry about.
Have you thought if you would like to try again?
Erm...
Er, we haven't talked about it.
Take your time. It's important you're ready.
Emotionally as well as physically.
But, so you know, most people who have a miscarriage
go on to have a normal pregnancy next time.
Hey.
Right, so the victim's name is Hannah Belling.
35, divorced, she's a former psychiatrist
who just launched a mental health app.
It's quite the success story.
It's had lots of press attention, won awards.
It lowers your stress levels, apparently.
Tell you something, might have to download it myself.
Talking of which, how's Ari?
Don't ask.
OK. Who called it in?
Downstairs neighbour. Anya Chandanasiri.
She's a law student at East Sussex Uni.
- Next of kin? - Er, Hannah's ex-husband, Corin Belling.
He's an IT consultant, lives up in Kemptown.
They separated about six months back,
that's when Hannah took on this place.
Uniform are on the way to him now.
Good.
There's Sara from the Argus.
Maybe have a word.
If Hannah was working in press, maybe she came across her.
Yeah, will do.
The place is a mess.
Uniform are conducting background checks
on all residents and tradespeople, and are doing a house-to-house.
CCTV on the side door's been vandalised,
but there's a camera on the front door.
- I'll see what footage I can pull. - Yeah, and I've already told you, no!
Look, I've gotta go.
Well, it looks like they've taken her phone and her computer,
but they left her credit cards and other valuables,
so not your average break-in.
From the algor mortis, I'd say time of death
is between 7:30pm and 9:30pm.
Cause of death looks like the head injury.
But we also have these compression points.
- Strangulation? - Yes.
But there's very little room for error in strangulation.
Even a small mistake can lead to survival.
So I'd say the killer eradicated that chance
by hitting her head against the floorboards.
This indentation in her finger, is that a wedding ring?
I'd say so. Looks like she wore one until very recently.
Any potential DNA?
It's tricky.
She's been very carefully cleaned with an oxygen-based detergent.
But forensics have found something.
They're working on extracting a number of skin cells
found between the floorboards.
What's this?
A hair.
Doesn't look like Hannah's.
Who'd have thought? Sara Joshi. It's been a while.
Yeah. Thankfully, crime scenes are no longer my department.
- It's good to see you, Glenn. - Yeah, you too.
Is it definitely Hannah?
Oh, you know her?
Yeah, we met last year. The Police Commissioner's Dinner.
We put the world to rights over a mojito.
I interviewed her only yesterday, actually.
How was she?
At first, normal.
Like, same as.
But then she got a text halfway through and cut it short.
I don't know what was in it, but it scared the life out of her.
- From the surrounding area. - OK.
Roy. I wonder if I could have a quiet word?
Yeah, of course.
The Chief Constable's breathing down my neck over the Amelia Pardoe case.
And with Hannah's profile,
this-this is already getting press attention.
I see.
And?
And we're under scrutiny.
OK, let's not fan the flames.
I need swift results on this one.
Roy.
Hannah's ex is here.
If you'll excuse me.
I'm sorry, if you wanna do this another time...
No, it's all right. I wanna help.
What can I say?
I loved her.
I notice you still wear your wedding ring.
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Feels weird without it.
And what about Hannah, did she still wear hers?
Erm...
No. No, she, erm...
she gave it back to me recently.
Look, I'm sorry to ask this, but... last night,
where were you?
I, er... I was at home.
Sorry, why?
You didn't see her?
No.
I-I've not seen her for a while.
Jessica said that she was mad busy at work, so...
Sorry, Jessica?
Friends of ours, Jessica and Marcus.
Oh, God, I need to let them know.
Look, we can do all that. And the family.
Actually, is there anybody else we should contact?
She has a brother, Robbie, but to be honest, you...
He's trouble.
That's not just me saying that, you-you ask anyone.
We cut ties, about a year ago.
I can give you his number, if you like. If he's still on it.
Well, that would be helpful, thank you.
And like I say, anything I can do to help.
Actually, we still haven't found her car.
You don't know where she kept it?
Yeah. Yeah. It's-It's at my house.
We still share a car. There's no parking here, so...
I'm gonna head back now, actually, clear my head,
unless there's anything else?
There is one more thing.
Would you mind giving me a DNA sample?
S... Sorry, a sample from me?
What, am I a suspect now or something?
It's just for elimination purposes.
I'd prefer not, if that's all right.
Of course. No problem at all.
48 hours after an air traffic control system fault
grounded hundreds of flights at Gatwick Airport.
Airlines and airports...
Chloe? Eat something.
You can't go to college without breakfast.
There's literally nothing to eat.
- If Dad had gone shopping... - Dad was at the hospital last night.
And you're old enough to go shopping yourself.
How was work, anyway?
Stressful. This young lad had a seizure in the waiting room.
We had to intubate and ventilate to bring him round.
Mum.
Is that Hannah's place?
Was found dead inside her own home.
That's not...
And the woman was discovered deceased inside her property.
Call Corin.
Marcus! Now.
Anyone with information to get in touch.
Look, before you shoot, can I ask you for a favour?
Can you see if there's anyone at the Argus
who might have any intel on Sussex Central Hospital?
Any complaints about working conditions, training,
- that sort of thing. - Isn't that where Ari works?
Everything OK?
Er...
Actually, no.
The hospital's accused Ari of negligence.
Look, I'm just looking for anything that might help her case.
Yeah, I'll see what I can dig up. Leave it with me.
It was good to see you again, Glenn.
All good?
Yeah.
I mean, they push Ari way too hard.
She's exhausted.
I don't know. What if she made a mistake?
What's she saying?
Not much. Which worries me.
She's... She's just running away from everything.
Me included.
_
Are they there, Mum?
Yeah, I got 'em. Coming.
There you go.
I made you tea. It's probably cold.
Oh, that's great. Thanks.
What?
You don't have to sneak upstairs
every time you want to send someone a text.
If you need a bit more privacy, then just ask.
Mum, I didn't.
I don't.
Ava!
Hannah was scared. And targeted.
She carried a rape alarm,
and had fitted new heavy-duty locks on her door.
Who was she scared of?
So there's been a spate of break-ins at Lewiston Mansions recently,
so maybe she'd fitted the locks for her protection.
Intruder still gets in, she interrupts them, and they kill her.
Yeah, but her jewellery wasn't taken, nor her credit cards,
and her purse was left in her bag, right by the door.
Yeah, I'd say this isn't about money,
but they were looking for something specific.
Hannah's laptop and phone were taken, right?
Maybe there was something on them
that the killer just didn't want us to see.
So this wasn't a simple burglary.
It seems somehow... personal.
Strangulation is intimate.
Victim usually female,
usually attacked by someone close.
Family members, partners, ex partners.
Corin Belling, he refused a DNA test,
and he's got no alibi. He should be our focus.
Was there any flag on the Lewiston Mansions CCTV?
The side door entrance camera wasn't recording.
The footage is showing an error code,
and there's nothing suspicious on the front door cam.
OK. Check other CCTV.
Also, we have to find her laptop and her phone.
I'll check bins, dumps, pawn shops,
and I'll find out when the next sonar sweep of the harbour is.
And we need to talk to Corin's friends,
erm, Jessica and Marcus O'Sullivan.
And we need to locate Hannah's brother, Robbie Taylor.
It was categorised as low risk,
but Hannah filed a MISPER report on him,
- three months back. - And I also checked his record.
Joyriding and burglary.
Any DNA on file?
No, the joyriding, he was a juvenile,
and the burglary got dropped due to lack of evidence.
Well, whatever rock he's under, let's find him.
Boss,
it seems that Hannah reported a former employee to the police
for threatening behaviour.
Erm... She sacked him for bullying someone in the workplace,
so he bullied her instead.
And he's got previous.
His ex filed a restraining order against him.
Sounds like a charmer. What's his name?
Seymour Darling.
Nora Philips? We're looking for Seymour Darling.
You and me both. I haven't seen him in days.
I haven't seen him since he lost his job.
Oh, excuse the draught.
We had a break-in a couple of days back.
Did you report it?
No point. They broke the locks on the desks,
but nothing valuable was taken.
Probably just kids, messing about.
Jasmine, did you ever witness any bullying from Seymour Darling?
Witness it?
I experienced it.
He's a snake.
He twists what you say, makes you feel stupid.
Did you report him?
No.
- Esme was the brave one. - Esme?
Esme Collins. One of the volunteers.
Did Hannah take action against him?
She got rid of him the next day.
There's a disciplinary hearing set up for tomorrow.
If it still goes ahead.
When Seymour found out, he lost it.
He blamed Hannah for relapsing and started following her,
threatening her.
Do you think he'd ever act on those threats?
I know he would.
Organise a forensic sweep.
And take prints from all the staff for elimination.
The break-ins have to be connected.
Just got a message from Nora.
She's just got hold of Seymour.
I just wanted to talk to her. Is that too much to ask?
And when she wouldn't talk to you, how did you feel?
Angry?
Let down. I thought she was better than that.
I should have known. Hannah always protects the wrong people.
- The wrong people like Esme Collins? - Esme's a dumb little liar.
But Hannah took her side?
Yeah.
But it's like Nora said to me, she did me a favour.
Wasn't healthy for me, working with women like that.
And the disciplinary hearing, it's still going ahead?
Yeah.
It's time to tell the truth.
The real truth.
- I should go prepare. - One last thing.
Where were you last night?
Bird-watching on the Downs.
Saw my first spotted flycatcher, as it happens.
Is that everything?
Interesting timing, the disciplinary hearing.
Maybe Hannah had something incriminating against him...
so he broke in looking for it, try and derail the case.
Let's put a rush on forensics from the office,
and cross reference his prints and DNA.
Yeah.
I'll get Vee to run a triangulation on his phone.
Let's see if he really was at the Downs.
Cause of death was the head injury, as suspected.
When her head was smashed against the floorboards,
it caused a linear fracture to the back of the skull
resulting in a subdural haemorrhage.
And there's something else - semen was found.
Examination suggests recent sexual activity,
most likely in the hours before her death.
There's no sign of trauma or laceration, so...
So, consensual, then?
Most likely, yes.
Oh, and that ring finger you were asking about...
it has an avulsion.
Recent ligament damage beneath the ring area.
I'd say it's been pulled off with force.
Was that before death or after?
Hard to pinpoint the exact time,
but I would say days or hours before her death.
Well, that's a hell of a long way from what Corin told us.
Thank you.
Look, it was just a barney.
Hannah said that the ring was hers, which technically it was,
but I said that I wasn't leaving until she gave it me back.
So she... she pulled it off her finger,
I mean, yanked it off her finger and she kind of... threw it.
Why didn't you mention this before?
I... I suppose I thought it looked bad.
It does look bad.
Corin, had Hannah started seeing someone?
What? N...
Erm, no.
Sorry, who said this? Jessica?
Not Jessica, no. It's just something we're looking into.
Corin and Hannah, they were good friends of yours?
Since uni. You know what it's like at that age.
Hannah took me under her wing.
That was that.
Friends for life.
And since Corin, did she meet anyone else?
No.
No-one she's mentioned.
And her brother, do you know him?
Robbie?
Yeah. To be honest, we don't really see eye to eye.
Why's that?
Well, it's all a long time ago now, but...
when we were at uni, he was always saying he'd come and stay...
and Hannah would get all excited and get a load of food in.
And then he just wouldn't show up.
He'd disappear, for, like, months.
We used to call him Houdini.
I mean, he was just a kid back then, so we made exceptions.
But then he grew up,
and he got worse.
SOCO found glass shards out here, but nothing in the office.
From the pattern of the crack,
it looks like it's been broken from the inside.
So was staged?
It looks that way.
Hannah installed security cameras the next day,
so I'm having the footage sent over.
Who was the last to lock up?
Glenn?
Er, the cleaner. Lauren Packham.
We should speak to her.
Look, I'll take Lauren.
Why don't you go and talk to Ari?
Cheers.
How long have you worked at Heal Remedy?
Er...
Since the start, when they opened the office about a year ago.
And you have keys?
I do, along with quite a few others.
On the night of the break-in, what time did you leave?
8:00 pm. Normal time.
And you didn't notice anything suspicious, unusual?
No. I mean, not that I can think of.
What about Hannah...
did the two of you have much contact?
Sorry.
Everything OK?
Yeah, fine. Just, er, junk.
Honestly, I didn't have much to do with Hannah.
Bella, look into Lauren Packham for me.
She's scared, and she's hiding something.
Listen, er...
There's a...
There's a journalist that I know at the Argus.
Sara Joshi.
Look, she specialises in public health, medicine,
that sort of thing.
I've... I've asked her to look into the hospital for us.
You've told a journalist my private business?
Wait, look...
whatever happened, I'm here for you.
Come hell or high water, I'm here, right?
But we need help.
We need help, so you can move forward.
The family can't move forward, can they?
What if I don't deserve to be exonerated?
What if it was my mistake?
Then we deal with it.
Together.
Look, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
It's all right.
It's all right. It's a shock. You're in shock.
Do you think Hannah said anything to Jessica?
Nothing. Jessica would have told me.
I just feel like I'm on this roundabout
and it just keeps getting faster and faster and faster.
I just need something to help slow it down.
I... I can't.
I'm not your doctor. You have to go and speak to Dr Jones.
He won't give it to me, Marcus.
Come on. Come on, please!
Oh, don't make me beg!
This is the last time.
I mean it.
Get some sleep.
Yeah?
Just a list of cars in the vicinity of Lewiston Mansions
on Wednesday between 7 and 10pm.
OK. Thanks, Nick.
Anything else?
Er, yeah.
So, it's just to say that when you look at the list,
you might notice my car is on it.
Yours?
Yeah. Erm...
I probably should have said something earlier,
but, er, I've been living in a B&B for the last week.
It's opposite Lewiston Mansions.
I see.
Can I ask why?
Erm...
just some stuff to figure out.
But, yeah, I just... I just wanted to flag it before you saw it.
- OK. Thanks for letting me know. - Boss.
Uniform have found something on a doorbell cam.
It's not clear enough to get an ID, but they've captured a man
leaving from the side door of Lewiston Mansions,
at 9:20pm last night.
Let's check other cameras. Maybe he's been captured somewhere else.
Sorry.
Erm...
Ah, yeah, CCTV from outside Heal also flagged something.
So there was a man watching Hannah as she left work last night.
OK, check the height and build from both sets of footage.
Could this be Seymour or Corin?
Oh, Nick, anything back from Hannah's phone records?
Yeah. Mainly work calls. There's a few personal ones.
She was inundated with texts from Seymour Darling.
And the last call she made was to an unregistered number.
And the last text she received was from a different number,
but also unregistered.
Robbie, maybe?
Jessica called him Houdini, he disappeared and reappeared so often.
So, why did she report him missing? What's different this time?
Boss, I've got the triangulation results
from Seymour Darling's phone.
He was at Lewiston Mansions last night.
Bring him in.
You were at Lewiston Mansions last night, Seymour.
Was this before or after you were on the Downs?
Can you explain why?
Hannah was gathering evidence against me.
I thought I'd gather a bit of my own.
What kind of evidence?
Photos. Videos.
The people on the panel need to know what kind of woman she was.
And what kind of a woman was she?
A slag... who screws men in cars.
That's offensive. And misogynistic.
- But true. - It's disgusting.
No, Hannah was disgusting,
making false accusations against me, pretending to be on my side
then screwing me over.
Except the accusations were true.
According to who? You, Miss High and Mighty? What do you know?
I know you have a previous conviction for threatening your ex.
She misconstrued the situation.
She was dumb. Like Hannah.
Enough.
Seymour,
you said you saw Hannah having sex with a man in a car.
Did you get a good look at the man?
The man in the car?
No.
The man in her window, however...
You saw a man in her window?
Yeah.
Was it this man?
That's her husband, right?
I've seen him there before, grovelling.
And was he there last night?
Maybe.
How about this man?
Maybe.
We can place Seymour outside Hannah's flat,
but nothing so far to place him inside.
Nor to suggest he's been back to the office since he was let go.
He's also claiming that he saw Hannah having sex
with a man in a car.
He's such a tool.
Go through Seymour's photos.
If he was following Hannah,
there may be an image of this man somewhere.
And did Corin know? Could this be what pushed him over the edge?
Well, I spoke to Hannah's divorce lawyer,
and he said they're not technically divorced yet.
Corin is contesting the house sale,
which has essentially brought the whole shebang to a halt.
So...
In the event of Hannah's death, Corin gets everything.
Exactly.
Forensics are back.
The skin cells found on the floorboards are of unknown DNA,
but the hair found in Hannah's blood, it's a match for Corin.
This looks very bad.
You can see that?
If there's anything you want to say, Corin, now is the time.
Corin?
Ask for Kate.
Who's Kate?
Kate Bullworth.
She's my sponsor.
I'm an addict.
Opiates, alcohol.
It's why Hannah left me.
Last night, I was supposed to be at my support group, but...
I hit rock bottom.
I... relapsed.
I wandered around for hours.
Didn't know where to go, didn't know what to do.
So I went to see Kate.
Why didn't you say this before?
Oh, I'm not proud.
If my boss found out, I'd lose my job.
Already had a warning.
Ask for Kate.
Hey, I've been looking into Lauren.
Guess who's down as her next of kin on medical records?
Hannah's brother, Robbie Taylor.
She isn't just her cleaner, she's Robbie's girlfriend.
What?
Speak to her. She could be covering for Robbie.
Did she give him access to Hannah's office before staging the break-in?
A-ha!
Give us a big smile. Give us a big smile for your mum.
Lauren Packham?
DS Moy.
She must miss her daddy.
How is Robbie?
Look, we know you lied.
You let him into Hannah's office, didn't you?
What was he looking for?
Robbie would never hurt Hannah. He loved her.
Is that what he told you?
Come on, Lauren. We need to speak to him.
Where is he? I've no idea. We've split, all right?
I've not seen him in months.
Ava? Get here now.
OK. Thank you.
Bye.
Corin's alibi checks out.
Kate said he arrived at hers at 8:30pm and left at 10-ish.
We're gonna have to release him.
So the question remains...
how did his DNA end up at the scene?
Well, I think you're right about Lauren, covering for Robbie.
But my guess is she's scared of him.
She froze when she talked about him, and someone was watching us.
Think Robbie may be keeping tabs on her.
Maybe he's not missing after all. Maybe he's in hiding.
Look,
I'll get uniform out first thing, OK? Knocking on doors to find him.
You do that, and then let's call it a night.
Do you think Mum was called Sandy
because she was born by the sea?
I don't know.
Grandma called to say night-night.
Yeah?
I'm mad at her.
- Grandma? - Uh-huh.
She won't talk to me.
About Mum.
I just keep wondering, what was she thinking about before she died?
Was she upset? Was she scared?
Was she thinking about me?
He's asleep.
He had a row with Margot.
Could do with a break.
Did you talk to him about Sandy?
I don't wanna hurt him.
She's his mum.
He's already hurting.
Bella.
Sorry, Roy. Nick's got something.
These photos are from Seymour's phone.
Now, they're timestamped yesterday evening.
Photos were cropped, but I restored them to their original size
and if you look, you will see that is Marcus O'Sullivan's car.
So he was having an affair with Hannah,
then he tries to pin the murder on Corin...
but where does he get Corin's DNA?
What about their car?
Hannah's key fob was analysed and compared with Corin's,
and it was last used at 9:40pm last night.
So someone accessed the car after her death?
Wait, hold on, 9:40?
At 9:40, Corin was still with Kate.
And he walked, so his car was at home.
So if Marcus thought Corin was at his support group,
did he use Hannah's fob to take Corin's DNA from the car
and plant it at the scene?
Your DNA is a match to the semen we recovered from Hannah.
Her DNA is in your car.
You lied about your alibi.
We have a photo of you with her in your car hours before she died.
Did you kill Hannah Belling?
No. We loved each other.
When did the affair start?
If you mean sexually, a few months back.
But emotionally?
I can't even remember.
We dated at uni.
I was the idiot who called it off.
Then she met Corin, I met Jessica, and the rest is history.
Would have stayed history if Corin hadn't botched it all up.
So it's Corin's fault?
That's not what I said.
Did you have sex with Hannah on Wednesday?
Yes. But I didn't kill her.
Look, you have been lying
to your wife and to your daughter for months,
so why should we believe you?
If you're so sure I did it... then why don't you charge me?
If we can place him there on Wednesday night,
we're close to charging him.
Vee, the skin cell DNA results, are they back yet?
They are, but bad news.
They've been confirmed as crime scene personnel.
OK. Right.
I want another sweep of that flat.
Did we miss anything?
Roy. We've got a second patch of blood.
It's in the hallway.
Guys, the blood we found in the flat, it's not Marcus.
It's come back as familial.
Robbie?
- He was at Hannah's? - Certainly looks like it.
Although not the night that she died.
They've dated it to be approximately ten weeks old.
It must have been some injury.
Whatever happened has to connect with what he was running from.
Bella, pull up Robbie's missing persons report
and see what date it was filed.
Nick, check hospital admissions from ten weeks back.
It was the 18th of May.
OK. Speak to Lewiston Mansions,
see if they keep CCTV from that far back.
Let's see if we can get a sighting of him.
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So a man fitting Robbie's description was admitted
to Sussex Central Hospital at 5:40pm on the 17th of May
with a gunshot wound.
And the doctor treating him called the police, but the man fled.
So, Robbie flees, and then shows up at Hannah's, bleeding heavily.
The next day, he's gone. Hannah files a missing persons report.
Now, obviously, he didn't wanna draw attention to the gunshot wound,
so whatever Robbie is mixed up in...
could it be gang related?
It'd explain why Lauren's so scared,
and why she hid her connection to him and Hannah.
17th of May. What is it about that date?
Shit!
The Amelia Pardoe shooting.
- The what? - The drive-by shooting.
Yeah, so basically the...
the Benchdale OCG opened fire on this rival gang
and Amelia Pardoe was this young girl
- who got caught in the crossfire. - Yeah, it was May 17th.
They arrested the shooter and the driver,
but a third man fled the scene before the police arrived.
They never identified him.
Yeah, that must have been Robbie.
- He was working for Benchdale. - The texts to Hannah's phone,
they were from an unregistered number. They weren't from Seymour.
Right, OK, so if Benchdale were targeting Hannah
and they were behind those messages and break-ins,
she never stood a chance.
But why Hannah?
She clearly had something they wanted.
Roy?
You're not gonna believe this.
Marcus, let me be clear,
I know you lied about your whereabouts on Wednesday.
I'm a hair's breadth away from charging you with Hannah's murder,
so I'm gonna ask you one more time...
what were you doing at Lewiston Mansions on the 17th?
Hannah called me.
In a state. Panicking.
Said there was a medical emergency, so I went over there.
And you found her brother, Robert?
Yeah. He'd been shot.
He was in a really bad way.
Did you know what had happened?
No. I didn't ask.
I was trying to save his life.
But the next morning, it was on the news...
and a young girl had been killed in a drive-by shooting.
Amelia Pardoe.
Yeah.
She was just a...
She was just a kid.
Same age as Chloe.
I was so angry at Hannah for putting me in that position.
I could've been struck off.
But not angry enough to call the police?
I couldn't.
They're animals.
What if they came after my family?
Besides...
Hannah promised me, she swore to me,
that she was dealing with it, the bastards would go down.
But they didn't go down, Marcus, did they?
Because of witness intimidation, they're still out there.
And Hannah is dead.
Right, so we know that after the shooting,
a witness reported that she'd heard a gunshot go off inside the car.
And she said she saw a man staggering away.
Now, blood on the back seat has confirmed her account
that there was a third person who'd been shot during a struggle inside.
They never recovered the handgun that was used to shoot Amelia,
but the gang control unit established from bullet fragments
that it was the same gun that was used in a series of other crimes,
including the assassination of Fiona Wilkinson eight years ago.
Kamran Elin is wanted in connection with that murder.
I think Robbie took that gun...
gave it to Hannah,
not realising that the evidence on it could bring down
not only Kamran Elin, but the entire OCG.
OK, then why would Robbie take the gun?
To cover his back maybe? Leverage?
Guilt? Whatever the reason...
that gun has to be what Benchdale are looking for.
You know me, Roy, I'm aching to take down Benchdale,
but this has none of their hallmarks. They hit clean and fast.
Hannah's death was sloppy, and, as you said yourself, personal.
You really think this gun could be why she was killed?
If it links Elin to Fiona Wilkinson's murder, then yes.
We both know what it means to him.
He wouldn't think twice about having Hannah killed.
Look, the investigation into that handgun went cold months ago, but...
if you're sure, then you've got to find that gun.
- Play! - Not today.
Please!
Ava!
Get off! Get off me!
- Ava! - Mum!
Ava, get in the house.
Get in the house!
Roy, a call's just come in.
A young woman matching Lauren's description
has just jumped from a speeding car.
Now, she's alive, but she's seriously injured.
She's on her way to Peacehaven General.
Seems like Lauren saw an opportunity to escape, and she took it.
She's brave.
If she hadn't jumped, Albazi would have killed her.
The thing I don't get is, if the shooting happened three months back,
why would Benchdale target Lauren and Hannah now?
Just doesn't...
Erm... Lauren's things.
The password for the phone is Ava's birthday.
Thanks, Margaret.
Just... catch the bastards.
Lauren. Look, I know Benchdale got to Robbie,
and... I'm so very sorry.
He was only trying put it right.
Put what right?
For the girl.
Who got shot.
Amelia Pardoe.
So he took the gun and gave it to his sister?
Hannah always knew what to do.
And after he'd given it to her?
He disappeared.
But there's no escaping them.
They're watching. They're always... watching.
So then what happened?
They found him,
and they tortured him to get the truth...
that Hannah had the gun?
Yeah.
Except...
Except that Hannah didn't have the gun.
What?
If she didn't have the gun, where was it?
She'd already handed it in.
Handed it in to... who?
To the police.
Lauren, are you absolutely sure about this?
100 %.
Who did she give it to?
I don't know.
All I know is...
she handed it in.
It all went quiet.
And now she's dead.
Is she telling the truth? That someone at East Sussex is corrupt?
- Bella. - No evidence of the gun being handed in.
No record of Hannah contacting the police. There's no paper trail.
Is someone manipulating the records?
Possibly.
Boss, we've had a call come in through uniform.
A dashcam's captured a suspicious male,
coming in and out of the side entrance of Lewiston Mansions
on the night that Hannah died.
It looks a lot like the guy we caught on the doorbell cam.
- And the dashcam owner? - Chris Haddock,
of Chris Haddock's Motors in Lewiston Gardens.
- Nick's on his way there now. - OK, thanks.
OK, here we go.
There. See him?
He hangs about a bit...
and then he leaves again about half an hour later.
Very dodgy.
I can take that memory card to Enhancement if you want.
Yeah.
And if you're going that way, check in on Lauren.
OK.
Grace.
Yes, hello there. One of your officers, DC Nick Nicholl,
just dropped off some footage with us.
But there's a problem... the drive appears to be corrupted.
What do you mean, corrupted?
Sir, there's no footage on there. Someone's wiped the file
and tried to make it look like a technical failure.
What?
No. That's impossible, that's...
When Nick's car pinged at Lewiston Mansions, he came to me,
told me it's because he was staying at a B&B opposite.
I don't understand.
Was that to divert attention away from himself?
He then volunteered to take Chris Haddock's footage to Enhancement.
And he has access to the taskforce records.
- Yeah. - Shit!
DC Nick Nicholl. I'm here to see Lauren Packham.
Roy, I'm at the harbour now. Sonar sweep brought up a laptop.
Checking the serial number.
Yeah, Roy, we've got it. It's Hannah's. Bringing it in.
The CCTV footage from the side entrance to Lewiston Mansions,
I said there was an error code.
OK, I checked the vandalised camera and it was still running,
and that footage arrived into CID just fine.
Roy, it was deleted internally,
and Nick's log-in details were attached to it.
Excuse me.
What's happening, Jim, are you good?
Go grab yourself a coffee if you want.
Nick!
Stop!
Your car at Lewiston Mansions...
The CCTV and dashcam footage, both deleted.
Covert calls and texts.
I've seen the change in you, Nick.
Look, the, erm...
the CCTV and dashcam...
I don't know.
I can't explain that one.
But the other stuff, erm...
So, Jen's kicked me out.
We were fighting about money and bills,
and it's all got a little bit out of control, you know?
She wants to move back to Scotland to be closer to my folks,
and I just can't do it, you know?
My life is here.
I haven't seen my little boy in three weeks.
That's a lifetime for a little kid.
The calls and texts are to Jen.
Your phone will verify that, I presume?
Are you serious?
Come on, Roy, you don't believe me?
Your phone, Nick.
I'm sorry. I don't want to do this. I have no choice.
I'm removing you from this inquiry.
From this moment on, you're suspended.
And I'm gonna need your warrant card.
Look, I do not want to believe it, either...
but he had means to manipulate that paper trail.
How could he have even known Hannah?
Oh, no.
At the risk of throwing him under the bus...
Sara did mention to me that she'd met Hannah
at the Police Commissioner's Dinner last year.
He could've met her there?
Would there be photographs?
I can check.
OK.
For our eyes only, Glenn.
Yeah?
Yeah.
No doubt you're aware already,
but you should both know that a serving East Sussex police officer
is suspected of working with Benchdale OCG.
The same police officer may also be implicated
in Hannah Belling's murder.
Well, what's that gotta do with Nick?
- What, you don't think... - I don't think anything,
Bella.
It's an ongoing investigation.
It's not Nick.
You know that, Roy.
Well, I've got Hannah's laptop. I'll see what I can recover.
That'll prove it.
Boss, I spoke to Chris Haddock.
He's backed up the dashcam footage.
And there's this guy, Tim Weatherley,
that I met from training.
He's a super recogniser.
He can identify someone from, like, an ear lobe.
I'd like for Tim to have a look at the footage. If that's OK?
Yeah, it's a good idea, Vee.
- Call him. - Already have. He's on the way.
Tim Weatherley's here.
OK.
Vee,
the skin cell DNA samples that came back as crime scene personnel,
do you know what time the forensic swabs were taken?
Let me just check.
Yeah.
The samples were logged at 10:43am.
Tim?
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. Thanks for coming.
This way.
Come in.
Cassian. I'd like to introduce you to Tim Weatherley.
Good to meet you, Sir.
Hi.
Tim's a super recogniser with the Met.
I'm hoping he'll help us identify a man caught on dashcam
leaving the side entrance to Lewiston Mansions
on Wednesday night.
Well, we'll take all the help we can get.
And, Sir, I'm sorry to have to tell you this,
but there's something you should know.
The person Tim is looking to identify...
it's Nick Nicholl.
But he's a key member of the taskforce.
With full access to intel. I am aware of that.
You have evidence?
I do.
Nick tried to delete the footage.
Fortunately, the owner made a back-up.
I see.
Look, it goes without saying
that this needs to remain in the strictest confidence.
And you'll keep me updated on any developments, yes?
Of course, Sir.
All right, show Tim to the viewing suite.
This way.
Take your time.
When, and if, you make an identification,
call me... just me.
No-one else. Do you understand?
Yes, I understand.
Glenn.
Sara's given me the photos. We've got him.
Any luck?
Unfortunately not.
The grime on the windscreen's just too heavy.
Oh, that's disappointing.
Apologies for wasting your time.
Not at all.
I'll let Detective Superintendent Grace know.
You'll be needing these.
Good to have you back.
Did you bring the photos?
The person you have called is not available.
Please leave a message after the tone.
When did you figure out it was Cassian?
When I checked the police elimination database.
The skin sample results were negative against the suspect.
Cassian knew that would place him at the crime scene,
so basically all he had to do was show up and he was covered.
But the log recorded him arriving at 11:07am,
and the samples were sent to the lab at 10:43am.
His DNA was there before he was.
You asked me if I could get into Hannah's computer.
Cassian erased the hard drive before he dumped it...
but I did manage to get into her emails.
There's loads from Cassian's personal account.
And check this out, it looks like Hannah enabled
the video diary function on the Heal Remedy app when Cassian came over.
She recorded it?
Yep, and the app sent the file to her email.
You told me you'd arrest them.
You promised me.
It's a complex investigation, Hannah.
- Let the police do their jobs. - And what about me? What do I do?
Wait for them to kill me? No. No. I know you're scared.
But you have to trust me.
Three months, you've had that gun.
Three months, Cassian!
If you won't find out what the hell is taking them so long,
then I will.
I'm afraid I can't let you do that.
Cassian, what are you... Cassian, get away from me!
He orchestrated all of it.
Planted Corin's hair at the flat...
tampered with the CCTV...
and he attached your log-in details.
And the dashcam.
Before I took the memory card to enhancement,
I swung by CID to make a copy of it on a pen drive.
Jen called, so I left it copying while I spoke to her.
Cassian must have erased it while I was on the phone.
Bella?
Tim Weatherley's car's been rammed off the road.
Whoever hit him left him for dead. And someone's taken his phone.
And the other vehicle involved is one of our pool cars.
It was taken without being signed out.
We're tracking it now.
Send me the coordinates.
We've tracked the car to just off the South Lanes.
Uniform are there now. No sign of Cassian.
Seven to control, we've found the car.
It's parked on Ship Street.
Shit!
Bella, I've got him. He's by the Hippodrome.
Cassian, stop!
Come on, show yourself!
Cassian, stop!
You don't stop, do you?
Why, Cassian?
You know nothing.
I know you've been working with Benchdale,
I know you took the gun from Hannah, and I know you killed her.
I know you tried to frame two innocent people,
including Nick, your own colleague.
You think that I had a choice?
If you were in over your head, you could have come to me.
Don't flatter yourself, Roy.
Someday, Benchdale will get what's coming,
but it won't be from me and it won't be from you.
With that gun, we could have brought them down.
Where is it? What have you done with it?
I kept it...
for insurance.
What is it they've got on you?
It must be quite something.
You really wanna know?
Oh, yeah. Yeah, I really do.
I'd be careful what you wish for, Roy.
No, Cassian!
Cassian, don't!
Don't, please don't.
Don't.
It's over.
No. No!
Ow! Oh!
Ah!
Yeah?
How are you doing, old timer?
Yeah.
OK.
Look, Roy, there's, er...
there's something that you need to see.
You know the footage from the side entrance to Lewiston Mansions?
It kept bothering me.
I knew that I'd seen that code before.
Glenn, what is it?
I remembered.
I had the same problem with the CCTV
from around the police station...
back when I was looking into Alvin Smallbone.
That footage... had the exact same error code.
He's deleted CCTV footage before.
Show me.
Hey! Roy! Roy, stop!
Don't.
Open the door.
You knew Sandy was alive.
All this time...
and you said nothing.
Why?
You know why.
I do.
But I wanna hear you say it.
I'm waiting.
Yes.
I was having an affair with Sandy.
The question you should be asking is why?
Well, why don't you tell me?
Because you weren't there.
I was doing my job.
- They needed me. - Sandy needed you.
More than you know.
Well, maybe if she hadn't been in your bed, then...
Then what?
What would you have done, Roy?
Would you have paid the £200,000
that she owed Roel Albazi and Kamran Elin?
That's a lie.
She was gambling.
Drowning in debt.
And you know how powerful Albazi and Elin were,
we couldn't touch them, even then.
They were going to kill her.
Her...
and...
her unborn child.
If I'd known, she could have come to me.
She could've talked to me.
Oh, come on, Roy. You were chasing promotion,
wanting the perfect house, the perfect life.
- I didn't care about any of that. - You did.
She knew she couldn't rely on you.
Her only option was to disappear.
So I got her a new identity.
She promised she would let me know when she was safe,
but...
I never heard from her.
So you accused me of murder?
Well, for all I knew, you'd found out. Killed her.
- That's bullshit. - No, it's true.
I had no idea what had happened to her.
Until she came back.
But Benchdale were watching.
And once she was dead, her debt...
it had to be paid.
I had no choice.
So you dirtied your badge...
for Elin?
Well, better that than end up dead.
It was only meant to be a few favours.
Until Hannah.
She came after me about that gun. I couldn't let it all fall apart.
Don't you see, Roy...
Hannah Belling died...
because I tried to protect Sandy when you couldn't.
I should have let you die.
At last.
Something we agree on.
How did I miss it?
Cassian's right. I should've known Sandy was in trouble.
I should have protected her.
Maybe she felt the same way.
Maybe she just wanted to protect you, and Bruno.
Must've taken some courage
to walk away from everything she knew and loved.
I've, erm, been thinking.
About what the doctor said.
I guess I'm just scared...
that you can do everything right and it can still go wrong.
Feels like my ribs are broken. I look OK, but...
every breath still hurts.
So we take our time...
and then we decide.
I'm happy if it's just you and me.
And Bruno?
And Bruno.
Would that be OK for now?
Cleo, we're a family.
No matter what happens.
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