Tggrt. E07. Cold Blood.

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First broadcast 31st December 1987.  When a woman shoots her husband after discovering that he was having an affair, it appears to be a clear-cut case - until the police realise the man was already dead when he was shot.  Mark McManus - DCI Jim Taggart James MacPherson - DS Mike Jardine Diane Keen - Ruth Wilson Freddie Boardley - Ricki Keenan Leonard O'Malley - Donny McGregor Iain Anders - Supt. Jack McVitie Mona Bruce - Marjorie McVitie Harriet Buchan - Jean Taggart Patricia Ross - DS Laura Campbell Robert Robertson - Dr. Stephen Andrews Joan Scott - Mrs. Keenan Margo Gunn - Geraldine Keenan Anne Smith - 'Aqua' Assistant Lloret MacKenna Dunn - Mrs. Franchetti (as Lloret MacKenna) Choy-Ling Man - Lin Chang Nicholas Coppin - Norman Brownlow John Williamson - Basketball Coach Paul Morrow - Cafe Owner Kenneth Lindsay - Cafe Assistant Forbes Masson - Hotel Manager Bill Henderson - Gordon Roe Billy McElhaney - Customer in Gym Bill Barclay - Tattoo Artist Hilary Maclean - Protestor

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00:00:00You

00:00:30Stop cruelty to animals.

00:00:32Stop unnecessary cruelty.

00:00:35Choose cruelty free plants.

00:00:37Do animal experiments.

00:00:39Animals suffer for stuff like that.

00:00:42Stop animal experiments.

00:00:44Support against all animal experiments.

00:01:00Would you like to take a leaflet by then?

00:01:10Would you like to look for you?

00:01:30No, wait!

00:01:48Here's yourЭntes.

00:01:52ytyyens.

00:01:54Enoughост Prieto.

00:01:56Wrapping?

00:01:58What's happening?

00:02:25It's happened four years running.

00:02:53I will.

00:02:54It won't happen tomorrow.

00:02:55I'll believe that when tomorrow comes.

00:03:00I'll take you out for a meal, a special meal.

00:03:15I'm not asking you to wash the dishes.

00:03:18I don't see why it always has to be on our anniversary.

00:03:2225 years is a very special anniversary.

00:03:25Have you no idea of romance?

00:03:30Okay, guys, take a break.

00:03:32Nice one.

00:03:33Well, do you think we're ready for Amsterdam?

00:03:48Alec's still pitching the ball a bit short.

00:03:50Could be wanting to play next.

00:03:52I think Jean's got a work cut out of being secretary.

00:03:54Yes, remembering dates, important dates.

00:03:57The office.

00:03:58See you later on.

00:03:59Take you down.

00:04:00The office.

00:04:01See you later on.

00:04:02Take you down.

00:04:03The office.

00:04:04The office.

00:04:05The office.

00:04:06Good evening.

00:04:07Good evening, come on already.

00:04:08Good evening.

00:04:09Very evening.

00:04:11Yeah.

00:04:12That's nice.

00:04:13I'm taking you back.

00:04:15Toronto.

00:04:16She's going to go back.

00:04:17The room is up now.

00:04:18You couldn't do it club tussen New England, Noon.

00:04:19She's down by the water.

00:04:36She pumps six bullets into her cold blood.

00:04:39Seems to be a 357 magnet,

00:04:42which means she's discharged all the bullets.

00:04:45What did you do? Forget their anniversary?

00:04:49Sir, does Mr Brownlow want to speak to you?

00:05:03I know, sir.

00:05:08Mr Brownlow?

00:05:10Her name's Ruth Wilson.

00:05:13The bloke in the car's her husband, George.

00:05:16What, is she some kind of nutter?

00:05:19She's a director of the House of Ruling in Manchester.

00:05:23I'm a rep for the company.

00:05:26I think you'll find the guns her husband's.

00:05:35What's happening?

00:05:37Just a wee bit of trouble.

00:05:38Mrs Wilson?

00:06:05Mrs Wilson?

00:06:10Mrs Wilson?

00:06:15Put the gun on the ground.

00:06:21Drop the bag.

00:06:23Turn round.

00:06:25Face the railings.

00:06:26Put your hands on the railings.

00:06:27It's just clean.

00:06:44She's clean.

00:06:45Care in the car.

00:06:45I'm glad he's dead.

00:06:56That was short and sweet.

00:06:58I wonder if he's dead, sir.

00:06:59You stay here.

00:07:00Interview the witnesses.

00:07:01Right.

00:07:05I came up on the first train,

00:07:077.35 and, um,

00:07:10thank you.

00:07:12That, um,

00:07:12that got me into

00:07:13Glasgow Central

00:07:14about 11.15.

00:07:17I went straight to the

00:07:18exhibition centre.

00:07:22What about the gun?

00:07:24It's my husband's.

00:07:25It is licensed.

00:07:27It belongs to a firearms club.

00:07:33I've no regrets about

00:07:34killing him.

00:07:35Why?

00:07:37Well, because of her.

00:07:38Now she can't have him,

00:07:39can she?

00:07:40Another woman?

00:07:42Yes, her name is

00:07:43Geraldine Keenan.

00:07:44She runs the aqua salon.

00:07:46I know it.

00:07:47Beauty and massage

00:07:48place at the

00:07:48Pontotill.

00:07:51George has another

00:07:52one in Manchester.

00:07:55Had.

00:07:58He likes to call

00:07:59them relaxation centres.

00:08:01When did you leave

00:08:02Manchester to drive up here?

00:08:04This morning,

00:08:05about three.

00:08:06Is that not a bit of

00:08:07an odd time to set up?

00:08:08Look, I don't think

00:08:09I ought to say anything

00:08:10else until I have a

00:08:11solicitor.

00:08:13Well, I don't think

00:08:14one of them would do

00:08:15you much good now.

00:08:20We had this row.

00:08:22What about?

00:08:23I wanted to go with him

00:08:24and he wouldn't let me.

00:08:27And then he told me

00:08:28that he'd been thinking

00:08:28about divorcing me

00:08:29for quite some time.

00:08:30He said that

00:08:35if I carried on

00:08:37being so jealous

00:08:38he would do it.

00:08:41So I

00:08:42took the gun.

00:08:44Could you not have

00:08:44resolved it another way?

00:08:46What way?

00:08:47Oh, he was a gentle

00:09:04sort.

00:09:07Unlike Mrs. Wilson,

00:09:08she always was good

00:09:09at making people redundant.

00:09:11What made him become a

00:09:12masseur?

00:09:13Well, he'd had a stroke.

00:09:15He used to earn about

00:09:1660 grand a year as an

00:09:17handman.

00:09:18Then he became a believer

00:09:20in the science of

00:09:20relaxation.

00:09:28What are the police

00:09:29doing here?

00:09:30It's about Mr. Wilson.

00:09:33I take it it's a separate

00:09:34business from the house

00:09:35of Rulon?

00:09:36Oh, yes, completely

00:09:36separate.

00:09:37Although Mrs. Wilson's

00:09:38a co-director of both.

00:09:39How well did you know

00:09:41Mr. Wilson?

00:09:42We used to play

00:09:43snooker together.

00:09:44George wasn't bad.

00:09:45He was a good pal

00:09:45of Ricky Keenan

00:09:46the snooker pro.

00:09:47Must have a good idea

00:09:49of why she killed him.

00:09:52Jealousy.

00:09:53George had a lot

00:09:54of lady clients.

00:09:56Excuse me.

00:09:58It wasn't George Wilson

00:09:59who was shot out there.

00:10:01Yes.

00:10:01Do you know him?

00:10:04Well, yes.

00:10:05I mean...

00:10:06Look, would you take

00:10:07a seat and I'll talk

00:10:08to you in a minute?

00:10:08Sorry about that,

00:10:13Mr. Brown.

00:10:14Do you come from

00:10:15Manchester?

00:10:30Thanks very much,

00:10:31Mr. Brown.

00:10:38It's an open and shut case,

00:10:52sir.

00:10:52Motive sexual jealousy.

00:10:55He was a master?

00:10:57Aye, that's right.

00:10:58Used to spend three days

00:10:59a week in Manchester,

00:11:01three days up here.

00:11:02Get a long list

00:11:03of lady clients.

00:11:04It's ironic.

00:11:05It was one of the managers...

00:11:07Oh, hello.

00:11:08Hi, Jean.

00:11:10Heard about it in the news.

00:11:13Oh, let's all clear down now.

00:11:16Little mess about here.

00:11:17It makes a change.

00:11:20Right, I'll go ahead

00:11:21and book a table

00:11:22for tomorrow night.

00:11:23Don't let anything else

00:11:24come up.

00:11:26Oh, by the way,

00:11:27what's she like?

00:11:28She's just a sad woman.

00:11:30I'll see you tonight.

00:11:38Right, that's near

00:11:38a way for a drink.

00:11:39I don't suppose

00:11:40you'll approve.

00:11:41Dr. Andrews

00:11:41wants us down the mortuary.

00:11:43What far?

00:11:43I've seen the body once.

00:11:44I don't want you

00:11:44to see it again.

00:11:45Something's not quite right.

00:11:47Still breathing, is it?

00:11:48Worse than that.

00:11:49She didn't kill him.

00:11:51See that again.

00:11:52It's hard to kill

00:11:53someone who's already dead.

00:11:57It was plain.

00:11:58As soon as I saw the wounds.

00:12:01Then I wondered

00:12:02why all the blood

00:12:02was at the back of the body.

00:12:04Stab wound

00:12:05between the fourth

00:12:06and fifth vertebrae.

00:12:08Sorry,

00:12:09but she fired

00:12:10six .38 caliber bullets

00:12:12into a corpse.

00:12:13A couple of witnesses

00:12:14saw him in the car.

00:12:15Thought he was sleeping.

00:12:17Sleeping?

00:12:18People do, in cars.

00:12:20Scratch marks on the wrist

00:12:21indicate to me

00:12:22a wristwatch being pulled off.

00:12:25In a hurry.

00:12:25And his wallet's missing.

00:12:27Presumably he had one.

00:12:28In fact,

00:12:29there's no money on him at all.

00:12:31When did he die?

00:12:32Between 6.15

00:12:34and 6.45

00:12:34a.m.

00:12:36About the time

00:12:37he would have arrived.

00:12:38Hitchhiker.

00:12:41Wasn't his morning,

00:12:42was it?

00:12:55I didn't know.

00:13:59Don't take out me.

00:14:05You haven't got a wife that wants to put your head in a pike.

00:14:17You haven't got a wife.

00:14:47Hello, Mrs. Wilson.

00:14:56Are you comfortable?

00:14:57When you shot your husband, what was he doing?

00:15:04He was asleep.

00:15:06Did you not attempt to wake him up?

00:15:09I didn't want him to talk me out of it.

00:15:11Well, it would have made much difference anyway.

00:15:15He was already dead.

00:15:18What the chief inspector's saying is, you may have shot him, but you didn't kill him.

00:15:23Was he wearing a wristwatch?

00:15:28Yes.

00:15:29Can you describe it?

00:15:31No.

00:15:32What about his wallet?

00:15:33Was he carrying one?

00:15:35Was it a stroke?

00:15:36No.

00:15:37No.

00:15:38He was mugged.

00:15:41Was he in the habit of picking up hitchhikers?

00:15:43I've always asked him not to take him care of an open and shut case.

00:15:50Well, I've booked a table, and if you don't take me, I'll find someone else who will.

00:15:54I think you need something stronger than tea.

00:16:05So come round.

00:16:06Gene doesn't have your questions.

00:16:08Got it.

00:16:11Yes, gentlemen.

00:16:13What about the shooting, is it?

00:16:14My ears are still ringing.

00:16:16What time did you open this morning?

00:16:18Well, is my sign no big enough?

00:16:22Have you seen this guy around here at all?

00:16:24Would both of you look?

00:16:27I don't have the brains of this outfit.

00:16:29Aye.

00:16:29Your brains will be on the pavement unless you help us.

00:16:34This guy bought two cheeseburgers and two coffees soon after we opened.

00:16:37You're sure it was two of both?

00:16:38Absolutely.

00:16:40That wasn't him.

00:16:40Aye, it was.

00:16:41Looks nothing like him.

00:16:42Listen, I served him.

00:16:43You were frying up.

00:16:44I'm training him.

00:16:46Can't get a cheeseburger.

00:16:49Looks like it was a hitchhiker.

00:16:52Did he have a passenger in the car?

00:16:54No.

00:16:54He walked over from the exhibition car park on his own.

00:16:57Did you see anyone else around?

00:16:58Anyone suspicious?

00:17:00Cleaner.

00:17:00A few exhibition workers, a couple of lorry drivers, an Asian guy in a Ford Capri.

00:17:05I'm observing him, aren't I?

00:17:08What about you?

00:17:09Do you see anything?

00:17:10I don't notice anything.

00:17:12What do you call that?

00:17:17I have overheads.

00:17:19Try putting some of them in your rolls.

00:17:21What is it you're charging me with again?

00:17:34What is it you're charging me with again?

00:17:48He's charging a firearm in a public place.

00:17:51We're not opposing bail.

00:17:52You're, you're dumb lucky if you ask me.

00:17:56There was another woman called Ruth who wasn't so lucky.

00:18:00You mean Ruth Ellis?

00:18:01Uh-huh.

00:18:03She was hanged.

00:18:05I suppose you people want it brought back?

00:18:06I'm not you people.

00:18:09I make up my own mind.

00:18:11I'm sorry.

00:18:12I've just never had dealings with the police before.

00:18:14Boy, you're getting plenty of practice now.

00:18:17Thank you for being so sympathetic towards me.

00:18:22Sympathetic?

00:18:23Yes, I got that impression.

00:18:25Well, you were wrong.

00:18:30Look.

00:18:32You could help us, and yourself, if you would describe that watch.

00:18:39There's something you see so often, you stop noticing it after a while.

00:18:43Well, I mean, was it a present or did he buy it himself?

00:18:45It was a present from Ricky Keenan.

00:18:48A snooker pro?

00:18:49Yes.

00:18:49When George was in advertising, he, um, he sponsored Ricky.

00:18:54He became great friends.

00:18:56How great?

00:18:58Well, two years ago, George lent him 60,000 pounds.

00:19:01It was a business loan to help him start his, his snooker club.

00:19:05Was it ever repaid?

00:19:07No.

00:19:09We've traced some of the people that were around that morning.

00:19:12There have been muggings in the area.

00:19:14Two of cleaners going to work.

00:19:16Tended to keep in pairs since.

00:19:17Uh, some reports of thefts from cars in the exhibition car park,

00:19:22but most likely theory seems to be a hitchhiker.

00:19:28I agree.

00:19:29Uh, sir.

00:19:31Yeah?

00:19:32That lady yesterday afternoon, was that Mrs McVitie?

00:19:36Yes.

00:19:37Why?

00:19:38I just wondered.

00:19:39Oh?

00:19:40No, I thought I saw her at the exhibition yesterday.

00:19:42Oh, you're very observant.

00:20:04That's not interesting buying a watch.

00:20:06What happens now?

00:20:16Well, you're free until the trial.

00:20:19Well, I can't go home.

00:20:21Not yet.

00:20:21I mean, I can't go and face people.

00:20:24I'll, um, I'll stay in a hotel.

00:20:26I think you'll find most of them full this time of year.

00:20:29No, it's all right.

00:20:30I know where there is one.

00:20:31OK, then.

00:20:32Sergeant Campbell will drive you there.

00:20:34Oh, will she?

00:20:43You look cheated.

00:20:45Discharging a fire arm.

00:20:48You can't attempt to murder somebody who's already dead.

00:20:51The Christian view is she's as guilty.

00:20:54Is that right?

00:20:55Just, like, thinking of adultery is as bad as committing it.

00:20:59Well, maybe they should lock us all up.

00:21:04Mrs. Wilson, you want some salad?

00:21:19Yes, thank you.

00:21:21Just put it on there, please.

00:21:22Right.

00:21:23Actually, this room was booked for my husband.

00:21:28Did you know him at all?

00:21:30Oh, yes.

00:21:31Yes, he stayed here regularly.

00:21:33Did you see much of him?

00:21:34I often brought him his breakfast.

00:21:36Oh, yes, of course.

00:21:37Breakfast in bed.

00:21:38Will that be all?

00:21:39No.

00:21:39Was he with that tart every morning?

00:21:43I never saw him with anybody.

00:21:48Well, what are you here?

00:22:05I want your money.

00:22:07Your wallet.

00:22:09Come on, hurry up.

00:22:11Okay.

00:22:12Take it.

00:22:13Just don't use that, all right?

00:22:15Good turn, then.

00:22:18There's been your luck.

00:22:19The tunnel itself is not to chase the approaches.

00:22:21It doesn't seem to be giving any problems or balls.

00:22:24We've been up as far as the road on the cross.

00:22:27Again, running nicely.

00:22:32Usually is.

00:22:34There's nuts.

00:22:35There's nuts.

00:22:52Hello.

00:22:52Can I help you?

00:22:54Good to see my skin and please.

00:23:05Excuse me.

00:23:12Yes?

00:23:15Tell them I'll be downstairs in a minute.

00:23:18OK.

00:23:19She'll be with you in a minute.

00:23:22I can't believe it.

00:23:25It was only last week.

00:23:26Mr Wilson massaged me.

00:23:28Did you come to him regularly?

00:23:29Is that yours?

00:23:31No, it must belong to the salon.

00:23:35No, it must belong to the salon.

00:23:43Where did he come from?

00:23:45He's just taking advantage of her free trial.

00:23:47I hope that's all.

00:23:50Is that there?

00:23:51Yeah.

00:23:52You can take Mrs Franchetti upstairs.

00:23:54OK.

00:23:56Sorry to keep you.

00:23:58Mrs Franchetti?

00:24:01Will you be a good girl when I'm...

00:24:03Must have had a hard morning, eh?

00:24:04Oh, I've had one of Mr Wilson's clients and tears upstairs this morning.

00:24:08How many did he have altogether?

00:24:10About a dozen.

00:24:11Personal ones, that is.

00:24:13Mrs Franchetti was one.

00:24:14You don't seem too upset about his death.

00:24:17Of course we are.

00:24:19I'm talking about you.

00:24:21You see, Mrs Wilson said you were more than just an employee.

00:24:25She what?

00:24:26That's why she shot him.

00:24:28Because you were having an affair.

00:24:29I don't believe it.

00:24:33Look, he was the boss.

00:24:36He was in his fifties.

00:24:40But I'm the boss and I'm in my fifties.

00:24:42There was nothing between us.

00:24:44You let her out.

00:24:47When she thinks that, what if she comes here?

00:24:50She's got nothing to game now.

00:24:52We're going to have to talk to your girls.

00:24:54None of my girls were having an affair with them either, I can assure you of that.

00:24:58Can we have a list of the rest of Mr Wilson's clients?

00:25:01Names and addresses?

00:25:02Certainly.

00:25:08I believe your brother owed Mr Wilson a large sum of money.

00:25:11Aye, that's right, he did.

00:25:14This is my mother.

00:25:15Mum, these people are from the police.

00:25:17They're asking about Ricky.

00:25:19What about Ricky?

00:25:20We want to know what he was doing early yesterday morning.

00:25:23Don't you know?

00:25:25In a police cell.

00:25:28He was drunk and disorderly and I had to collect him yesterday.

00:25:30Seems for once he did the right thing.

00:26:00Sir, Mrs McVitie's on this list.

00:26:07Why?

00:26:08Well, she wanted to talk to me at the exhibition.

00:26:10Then when I saw her with the biscuit, she made it clear that...

00:26:12Look, what are you talking to me about?

00:26:14I don't think the biscuit knows that his wife was a client of George Wilson's.

00:26:18Maybe she was his fancy woman, eh?

00:26:21Going to interview everybody in that list.

00:26:23What, even her?

00:26:24Aye, even her.

00:26:24I can't be concentrating her efforts on looking for a hitchhike.

00:26:28I want you to know what Wilson was doing in his spare time.

00:26:30Come and turn her in, huh?

00:26:36Don't you think she is so強 afraid?

00:26:39Hi, Sonu!

00:26:40Yay, Sonu!

00:26:41– You see already in in my house and he stayed here in your house –

00:26:43– It's ending!

00:26:53– I don't think so very —

00:26:54It's ending!

00:26:55Let's get around!

00:26:56Do you guys think this isuuushable?

00:28:28I'll handle it.

00:28:34Boy, to me and you...

00:28:36don't end up punching him like you did that policeman in the nightclub.

00:28:40I never punched him or fell over before I got the chance.

00:28:42Mrs Keenan.

00:28:45Oh, well, Grant your Ricky may have had a reason.

00:28:47They did have her out.

00:28:49Ricky shouldn't have bought that cottage when he owed Mr Wilson money.

00:28:53Can I talk to your son on his own?

00:28:55I don't know why he needs another home.

00:28:57He's a perfectly good one already.

00:28:59Mrs Keenan, please.

00:29:01And just remember, he hasn't been in trouble for ten years.

00:29:10It's her nerves.

00:29:13Do you like a drink?

00:29:14No.

00:29:14Is that true what she said about the cottage?

00:29:18It's just a button bend by Loch Lomond.

00:29:21I haven't moved in yet.

00:29:23I bet George Wilson was annoyed about that, eh?

00:29:27Look, the point is, that night I was lifted...

00:29:29Oh, I know where you were.

00:29:31You were in a cell in Rutherland Police Station.

00:29:35Good.

00:29:37What were you in there for?

00:29:40Drunk and disorderly.

00:29:43Drunk and disorderly.

00:29:45I used to be a better snooker player.

00:29:52I'll tell you the truth, okay?

00:29:54I was playing this boy and he beat me.

00:29:57He just reminded me of how I used to be.

00:29:59I'd like to meet him.

00:30:02That's him over there.

00:30:08That watch you gave George Wilson as a present,

00:30:11can you describe it to me?

00:30:13It was a long time ago.

00:30:15No, I can't.

00:30:16Why?

00:30:18Because somebody stole it off him.

00:30:21George was a...

00:30:22Was a what?

00:30:27A friend.

00:30:29One I'll miss.

00:30:31Oh, I'm touched.

00:30:33He's on the other phone if you'd like to hang on a second.

00:30:37Uh-huh.

00:30:39Right, right.

00:30:41Thanks, Mrs. Crombie.

00:30:42Bye-bye.

00:30:43It's for you.

00:30:44Phone box.

00:30:44Hello?

00:30:48Detective Sergeant Jarden?

00:30:51Yes.

00:30:53Er...

00:30:53No, no.

00:30:55My husband mustn't know I've rung you.

00:30:59Look, I've got to see you.

00:31:02Fine.

00:31:03How about sometime this afternoon?

00:31:04I'm bowling this afternoon.

00:31:07And this evening I'm chairing a committee for the Bearsden Residents Association.

00:31:12Would tomorrow morning, early, suit you?

00:31:15Uh-huh.

00:31:19Yep.

00:31:21Sure.

00:31:26Yes.

00:31:28I'm still here.

00:31:30Okay.

00:31:31Bye-bye.

00:31:33Anything on that list?

00:31:35Not yet, sir.

00:31:36Thank you, sir.

00:31:39Jim.

00:31:44Report, which could be interesting.

00:31:46A motorist called Gordon Rule was robbed on the A74 by a hitchhiker.

00:31:51Could be related.

00:32:06Oh, this is it.

00:32:14I recognise that mattress.

00:32:17You didn't have any other kind of tattoos?

00:32:19No.

00:32:19Not what I noticed.

00:32:20Just a wee red triangle in his right hand.

00:32:24Weird kind of tattoo, eh?

00:32:25Oh, could have been a symbol of some sort.

00:32:28Which way did you run?

00:32:29I've done that one.

00:32:34It's, uh...

00:32:35Does a red triangle mean anything to you?

00:32:40No.

00:32:41But there are enough similarities.

00:32:43Same road Wilson drove up.

00:32:46Use of a knife.

00:32:47Wallet taken.

00:32:49Well, Wilson wasn't tied up.

00:32:52And this guy wasn't murdered.

00:32:54All the same, the evidence points to Wilson picking up a hitchhiker.

00:32:57Possibly on this road.

00:33:01Would you leave the hitchhiker in your car to go and buy a cheeseburger?

00:33:05That it's possible.

00:33:07And, eh, sir, this is the first chance I've had to tell you.

00:33:12Mrs McVitie wants to meet me.

00:33:14So?

00:33:15I really think you ought to meet her, sir.

00:33:17Why?

00:33:18I suppose the biscuit finds out.

00:33:19Well, that's why I'm getting out of the road.

00:33:23Well, that's why I'm getting out of the road.

00:33:23I have to start going.

00:33:24That's why I've tried to now.

00:33:41».

00:33:42I need you to get him, to be here.

00:34:12Do you want the money?

00:34:15Take care of yourself.

00:34:22I'm sorry, she's out at the moment.

00:34:24Do you want to leave a message?

00:34:25No, thanks.

00:34:27Excuse me.

00:34:28You looking for Mrs Wilson?

00:34:30Uh-huh.

00:34:31She asked me to recommend a restaurant.

00:34:32I sent her up the road to the chip.

00:34:34Thanks.

00:34:34I'll have the antipasta and the dover salt.

00:34:45Ken, what will you have?

00:34:46I think I'll have the same.

00:34:49Nice place here.

00:34:50Each day as well.

00:34:53Hello.

00:34:54Mind if I join you?

00:34:55No, no, please, I'd like you to.

00:34:58Not much fun dining on your own.

00:35:00What's at the hotel, tell me you'll be here.

00:35:02Oh, would you like some wine?

00:35:05I won't finish it.

00:35:06Aye.

00:35:10Why don't you go back to Manchester?

00:35:13Not much joy for you here.

00:35:17Haven't you ever been jealous?

00:35:19No.

00:35:22Well, it's, um...

00:35:25It's not an emotion you like to admit to.

00:35:30Oh, God.

00:35:31Very true, very true.

00:35:32It's true.

00:35:44Geraldine Keenan wasn't your husband's mistress.

00:35:47I've interviewed her.

00:35:49I've interviewed her mother,

00:35:51the girls at the Aqua Salon.

00:35:53There isn't a scrap of evidence.

00:35:55Then why did he keep coming back here?

00:35:56Because he had personal clients.

00:35:59Then it must have been one of his clients.

00:36:00No.

00:36:01I've interviewed them.

00:36:04Look, I know there was another woman.

00:36:07I mean, you just know something like that, you know?

00:36:11I don't imagine things, Inspector.

00:36:15So, too busy for our anniversary.

00:36:19Too busy working.

00:36:19Firstly, city-bound from Edinburgh via Shorts,

00:36:28the service which would normally arrive in Glasgow Central at 8...

00:36:31Some women support their husbands in their jobs.

00:36:34It was our silver anniversary.

00:36:36And many more times.

00:36:38It wasn't the way it looked.

00:36:39Oh, of course not.

00:36:40You always conduct your interviews over a bottle of suave.

00:36:43Oh, I think I did.

00:36:45And that woman of all women.

00:36:48All right.

00:36:49She might not deserve sympathy,

00:36:51but I've still got a job to do.

00:36:54Very enjoyable one by the look of it.

00:36:56What would you do if you found out I was going with another woman?

00:36:58I'd let you get on with it.

00:37:01On the M8, the traffic's building up at the usual places,

00:37:03as we've just heard.

00:37:04Westbound from town...

00:37:05I'm sorry to cause you this trouble.

00:37:08My husband's such a stickler for protocol.

00:37:10What can I do for you?

00:37:12He doesn't know I was a client of George Wilson's.

00:37:16Does he?

00:37:17No.

00:37:18He mustn't find out.

00:37:20I'll do my best, Mrs McGritty.

00:37:24Massage is such an intimate thing.

00:37:27He's that jealous.

00:37:28You only see one side of him.

00:37:33You're looking for another woman, aren't you?

00:37:37There is one.

00:37:39She's Chinese.

00:37:40Chinese?

00:37:42I was getting ready for massage one day,

00:37:45and George opened a birthday card,

00:37:47a Chinese birthday card.

00:37:50I could see it meant a lot to him, receiving it.

00:37:53What did it look like?

00:37:55Well, it had Chinese writing and mandarins on the front.

00:37:59And then a few days later,

00:38:01I was shopping in Garnet Hill,

00:38:03in the Chinese supermarket.

00:38:04And I saw George with this Chinese lady.

00:38:08Quite exotic she was.

00:38:09What was he doing?

00:38:11They went up the hill together,

00:38:12and then into another little Chinese shop.

00:38:15I followed them.

00:38:17I'm not married to a detective for nothing.

00:38:20For God's sake, Jim.

00:38:44She's facing trial.

00:38:45You're the arresting officer.

00:38:47Suppose the press had seen you.

00:38:48She's still vital to this case.

00:38:50Why did you not take a woman police officer?

00:38:52I wanted to tell her she was wrong

00:38:54about her husband and Geraldine Keenan.

00:38:56What are we running here?

00:38:57A marriage guidance council.

00:38:58A bit late for her now, isn't it?

00:38:59I thought we were looking for a hitchhiker

00:39:02with a red triangle tattooed on his hand.

00:39:04I still want to know who Wilson was seeing.

00:39:07You stay away from Ruth Wilson in future.

00:39:10If you want information from her,

00:39:11send somebody else.

00:39:12Is that clear?

00:39:13There's a Chinese connection.

00:39:17There's a Chinese connection.

00:39:43Do you think a hot meal would do you more good, sir?

00:40:11I'm not hungry.

00:40:14With respect, sir.

00:40:15Since I've been working with you,

00:40:16I've noticed, well, you don't eat properly.

00:40:21I saw it with my dad.

00:40:23Working flat out, living in whiskey and his nerves.

00:40:26Listen, I like my dram at lunchtime.

00:40:29I'm not having any sergeant telling me

00:40:30my lifestyle is wrong.

00:40:33Problem?

00:40:34Just the sound of tambourines.

00:40:37In front of your eyes, were they?

00:40:41Well, you can't go and work in there,

00:40:43not with her in charge.

00:40:45Where else can I get a job?

00:40:46There are other salons.

00:40:48You can't just walk out.

00:40:50Of course you can.

00:40:51People walk out in all sorts of things.

00:40:53Jobs, marriages.

00:40:54That's how the world moves on.

00:40:57I like working at the Aqua.

00:40:58Oh, go on, then.

00:41:00Work for a woman who shoots her husband

00:41:02because she thinks you're having an affair with him.

00:41:03Go on.

00:41:04I'm sure you'll be able to reconcile your differences.

00:41:10Hiya.

00:41:11These pizzas are terrible.

00:41:13I'm having a coffee.

00:41:14You want one?

00:41:16Right.

00:41:19Where have you been?

00:41:21Out.

00:41:22Thought you might have gone up to the cottage.

00:41:26Tell me, when the work's finished on it,

00:41:28are you going to leave home altogether?

00:41:30Yeah, but don't tell Mum.

00:41:32She thinks it's just a weekend cottage.

00:41:34I might join you.

00:41:36By the bonnie, bonnie banks.

00:41:40Does it frighten you?

00:41:42What?

00:41:44Working for a woman

00:41:45that might have chosen you to empty the gun on.

00:41:46When you get in there,

00:42:00try and be informal.

00:42:02The Great Wall of China

00:42:03has a habit of going up here.

00:42:10About Mrs. Wilson, sir.

00:42:12What about her?

00:42:13I'll take D.S. Campbell

00:42:14and we'll interview her afterwards

00:42:15about the card.

00:42:16I'll take over here.

00:42:18I'll take over here.

00:42:46Can I have those, please?

00:42:53Can I have those, please?

00:42:57Yes.

00:43:00Do any of you here know Mr. George Wilson?

00:43:02I'm Detective Sergeant Jarr,

00:43:12Mary Hill Police Station.

00:43:13Mary Hill Police Station.

00:43:19This man came in here about a week ago

00:43:21with a Chinese lady.

00:43:24Do you know who she is?

00:43:25you do speak English?

00:43:27Does anyone here speak English?

00:43:38Does anyone here speak English?

00:43:40Sir.

00:43:40Thanks for your hearing.

00:43:47I'll see you later, Janadine.

00:44:00Well, that's you.

00:44:01What do you want?

00:44:07I came to apologise to you.

00:44:09It's a bit late.

00:44:11Look, can we talk inside?

00:44:12No.

00:44:13You can say what you have to say out here.

00:44:18Geraldine, look,

00:44:19I hope you're going to stay on here.

00:44:21I see you.

00:44:23Well, I think that, uh,

00:44:25in time we could come to a working relationship.

00:44:28Why have you suddenly changed your mind about me?

00:44:32Well, the police have changed it for me, actually.

00:44:35Well, it's just a shame

00:44:36you didn't make your own enquiries.

00:44:38Challenge me face to face

00:44:39instead of sitting 200 miles away

00:44:41feeling sorry for yourself.

00:44:43Yes, well, I'm saying sorry now.

00:44:45Too late.

00:44:46My mind's made up.

00:44:47I'm not working for you.

00:44:51A red triangle.

00:44:56Is that all?

00:44:58You must get asked

00:44:59to do some strange drawings for tattoos.

00:45:01Aye, and in some strange places.

00:45:04But never a red triangle.

00:45:06What is it?

00:45:07Some kind of emblem?

00:45:08That's what I'm here to find out.

00:45:10Well, I get asked

00:45:11for animals, birds,

00:45:13naked, women,

00:45:14hearts, union jacks,

00:45:15the names of loved ones.

00:45:17But never a red triangle.

00:45:18Maybe he's a weirdo.

00:45:19You got any bits left in your body?

00:45:22I don't have to.

00:45:23That's what it was, you got any bits left is.

00:45:28Oh, my God.

00:45:58Who are you?

00:46:08Customer.

00:46:09Well, there's no one here. The girls have gone. Would you please leave?

00:46:12I was in the mood for a massage. We've got a sporting injury.

00:46:15Look, I've told you we're closed. Would you please get out?

00:46:18Hey, you beat it.

00:46:19I want a massage.

00:46:20Aye, I've got one of Bethy. I've got out of here.

00:46:23I'm looking for Miss Keenan.

00:46:28He never mentioned anyone Chinese. Who was she?

00:46:36Well, we don't know yet.

00:46:39What did he tell you about his visits to Glasgow?

00:46:42Not much.

00:46:44Had a row with Ricky Keenan about that loan.

00:46:47Apparently, Ricky had bought this cottage by Loch Lomond.

00:46:50George was not pleased.

00:46:52Is that right?

00:46:53What will happen to me?

00:46:58Well, that's up to the judge.

00:47:02He'll, er...

00:47:03He'll take your mental condition into consideration at the time of the offence.

00:47:08I won't go to prison.

00:47:09Must have thought of that before you shot him.

00:47:12I almost threw the gun away, out of the window on the train.

00:47:16Why didn't you drive on?

00:47:17I never drive.

00:47:22Sixteen years ago, there was an accident.

00:47:24George was teaching me to drive, and...

00:47:26This little girl ran out onto the road.

00:47:31It wasn't my fault.

00:47:32I mean, there was nothing I could have done about it.

00:47:33I couldn't have stopped.

00:47:36Anyway, she was crippled for life.

00:47:39Anyway, I've been thinking about what she said.

00:47:58I'll probably go back to Manchester tomorrow.

00:48:01Thanks for the lift.

00:48:01Okay.

00:48:07Any comment?

00:48:07I've got a suggestion.

00:48:31If it's about Mrs. Watson, forget it.

00:48:33It's about this red triangle.

00:48:35What?

00:48:35Well, it might be a wild theory, but...

00:48:38Well, go on.

00:48:40Well, Wilson had some connection with the Chinese community in Glasgow, right?

00:48:43Right.

00:48:44And it seems likely that he was knifed by a guy with a red triangle tattoo.

00:48:47Uh-huh.

00:48:48Well, I can't help thinking about the triads.

00:48:53Chinese mafia.

00:48:54I know what they are.

00:48:57Could it be some sort of symbol of the organisation?

00:48:59On the hand of a Glasgow mugger.

00:49:05But then it turned out that he was going out with the other guy's wife.

00:49:12Oh, well, see yous later.

00:49:13See you, sir.

00:49:14Have a nice day, ladies.

00:49:16Still serving up dead flesh, eh?

00:49:18You're some of my best customers, are cannibals.

00:49:20Two coffees.

00:49:21Oh, you've got nothing against cruelty at your coffee beans there, eh?

00:49:24Ha-ha-ha-ha!

00:49:25Here we go.

00:49:32A little bit of that.

00:49:47My bike!

00:49:59A driver held up with a knife...

00:50:02...now a mugging near the exhibition centre...

00:50:04...by a youth with a red triangle tattoo.

00:50:07That's circumstantial enough for me.

00:50:09None of the tattoos we spoke to ever drew one like it.

00:50:11How about the ones you didn't speak to?

00:50:13We've also contacted the armed forces...

00:50:16...to see if he was a soldier or a sailor.

00:50:18If we just knew what it represented.

00:50:21Who put you on to this Chinese lady?

00:50:24Oh, right.

00:50:26Would you fill in the details on this one?

00:50:28Aye.

00:50:29It's, erm...

00:50:30...one of Mr Wilson's clients, sir.

00:50:32Which one?

00:50:34Oh, er...

00:50:35...can't remember, sir.

00:50:41Sir?

00:50:42Could you just sign the congratulations card for DC Morfitt?

00:50:45She's getting married.

00:50:46That's it, sir.

00:50:58That's it, sir.

00:51:16I don't know.

00:51:17But I don't know.

00:51:18I don't know.

00:51:19I don't know.

00:51:20I don't know.

00:51:21Cheers.

00:51:23I haven't seen you in the club for a long time.

00:51:26Bye. Cheers.

00:51:38I haven't seen you in the club for a long time.

00:51:42Oh, there's a lot of new places opening up now.

00:51:44Don't like to lose my customers.

00:51:46Just looking at your tattoo, it's unusual.

00:51:50Let's look her for him.

00:51:51Do it yourself.

00:51:53Aye.

00:51:54Aye, would you be interested in buying a watch?

00:51:57What kind of watch?

00:51:58It's gold.

00:51:59I'll show you.

00:52:14GW's my grandfather. He left me it in a will.

00:52:17He just need money.

00:52:21Oh, thanks.

00:52:24See yourself.

00:52:27Maybe you'll give us a game of snooker then one day, Mr. Keenan.

00:52:29Sure.

00:52:42There we go.

00:52:43My voice.

00:52:43The kids' car.

00:52:44I'll show you.

00:52:44I can't see you.

00:52:45See you.

00:52:46All right.

00:52:46I can't see you.

00:52:47I can't see you.

00:52:48Okay.

00:52:48I can't see you.

00:52:49Yeah.

00:52:49I can't see you.

00:52:50All right.

00:53:22The card was in one of these magazines.

00:53:46I put it in myself.

00:53:48Are you sure it was Chinese?

00:53:50Excuse me.

00:53:51Are you looking for a card with little Chinese men on it?

00:53:54Yeah, a Chinese birthday card.

00:53:55Yeah.

00:53:56Mrs. Franchetti's little girl.

00:53:58I think she took it away with her.

00:54:19She took it away with little Chinese men on it.

00:54:26She took it away.

00:54:30And she took it away with little Chinese men on it.

00:54:33Oh, she took it away with little Chinese men.

00:55:36Here it is.

00:55:43It's in here somewhere.

00:55:47She thought it was such a pretty picture.

00:55:49But she did ask, you know.

00:55:51Oh, it doesn't matter.

00:55:52We just want to know who sent it.

00:55:57Where's the rest of it?

00:55:58She cut it off.

00:56:00She only saves the picture.

00:56:07Do you don't like heights, Mr Keenan?

00:56:09No.

00:56:11Why'd you follow me here?

00:56:14You don't think I believe that story about the watch being your grandfathers?

00:56:17I just didn't want to be seen buying it at the club.

00:56:22I need money, Mr Keenan.

00:56:25When was the last time you had to sign on?

00:56:27Have you seen any boys with tattoos on their hands?

00:56:37Right here.

00:56:38No.

00:56:39It's just through here.

00:56:47It's probably in one of those bins.

00:56:50Mind you, I wouldn't like the job.

00:56:52The kid's at a party and it's full of jelly and custard and leftovers.

00:56:55That's all right.

00:56:57He was a kid himself once.

00:56:58He was a kid himself once.

00:57:28This job's so important, why don't you help?

00:57:54Have you never heard of the privilege of rank?

00:57:57Aye.

00:57:58I've heard a pool, innit?

00:58:16Okay, we're on our way.

00:58:17Over.

00:58:18Sure.

00:58:20We've got to go to the fair.

00:58:21I've got it.

00:58:22It's a pity you want here, instead of chasing that Chinese lady.

00:58:38She's important, sir.

00:58:40Trying to get that.

00:58:56He's waiting for the car, sir.

00:59:26Well, well, Ricky. This is a turn up for the books.

00:59:33Is that the watch you gave Wilson as a present?

00:59:37Yeah. I thought I recognised it as soon as the boy tried to sell it to me.

00:59:41When I asked you for a description, you didn't tell me his initials were in the bag.

00:59:45That's when I first saw it, I remembered. I gave it to him a long time ago.

00:59:50So you just followed the boy up here, eh?

00:59:53I couldn't phone you from the club. The line isn't working. Problems with it all week.

00:59:58I just wanted to keep my eye on him.

01:00:00Why did you go in the big wheel with him?

01:00:02I just told you.

01:00:04What did you think he'd do? Sprout wings and fly.

01:00:08Ricky, two policemen have been walking about here. Why didn't you talk to them?

01:00:12I didn't see them till I was halfway up.

01:00:15Look, as I said, it's a long time ago I gave George the watch.

01:00:19I wanted to get another look at it, double-check the initials and make sure.

01:00:24I told him I was interested in buying it.

01:00:27Then I pulled him up about it.

01:00:29He brings out a knife and...

01:00:31I tried to grab it and he fell.

01:00:33Ah, Ricky.

01:00:35You might sell that story to the Sunday Post. You're not going to sell it to me.

01:00:39That's the truth. There's witnesses.

01:00:42You were in the wrong position up there.

01:00:45Snookered, you could say.

01:00:47Let's see.

01:01:17I didn't think you'd be home.

01:01:31Arrested twice in four days.

01:01:33Don't you stop.

01:01:35I've been answering questions for about ten hours.

01:01:37What on earth were you doing on that wheel at your age?

01:01:42Being a hero.

01:01:43At least the police are convinced.

01:01:45They had to be in on it together.

01:01:56If you murdered a guy, even for somebody else,

01:01:59would you walk around carrying his watch?

01:02:02Did you not say that Keenan had bought a cottage

01:02:04with the money he owed Wilson?

01:02:06Yes, sir.

01:02:08And if he's got any secrets, they're not in his mother's house.

01:02:11I'm going to run up and see that cottage in the morning.

01:02:14You get out first thing.

01:02:15Interview that pair at the mobile cafe,

01:02:17see if they can remember anything else.

01:02:19I'm going to see Lynne Chan first.

01:02:21Could be she's unimportant now.

01:02:23Your witness obviously didn't think so.

01:02:26Otherwise she wouldn't have mentioned it, would she?

01:02:28Miss Chan, Lynne Chan?

01:02:56Yes?

01:02:57Detective Chief Inspector Taggart, Maryhill Police Station.

01:03:01I'd like to talk to you about George Wilson.

01:03:04You better come in.

01:03:16Would you like to sign a petition?

01:03:19Yes, sure.

01:03:21We've got another one against cruelty to police officers.

01:03:23Taichai what?

01:03:26Taichui Chuan, the ancient Chinese system of exercise.

01:03:29What?

01:03:30It stimulates the nervous system, increases blood relaxation,

01:03:33strengthens muscles, exercises joints,

01:03:35eases tension and calms the heart.

01:03:38I know a good whiskey that does all that.

01:03:40Would you like some tea?

01:03:42Mm, yeah, okay.

01:03:45One was practiced for ten years to become a master.

01:03:48Master, he was very interested in all kinds of relaxation and body therapy.

01:03:55Was there anything else between you?

01:04:00Really, Inspector?

01:04:03I'm ashamed of asked.

01:04:04A cup of tea, please.

01:04:11I'll be gladden that lot go.

01:04:13We've been putting my customers off all week.

01:04:15Are you sure there's nothing else you can remember?

01:04:17Not a thing.

01:04:19Have you traced those other ones I tell you about?

01:04:20Ah, everyone except the cleaner.

01:04:22You sure she was in her own?

01:04:23Was it?

01:04:24No, it's just that the cleaners were tending to go to work in Piers

01:04:26because of this mugger.

01:04:28That's what I thought.

01:04:29What do you ever think?

01:04:30You know, something else that was strange.

01:04:33Most of the cleaners stop in Yak.

01:04:35This one just walked on.

01:04:36You never mentioned that before.

01:04:38Didn't seem important.

01:04:39What made you think she was a cleaner?

01:04:41What, old coat and a head square?

01:04:42So isn't it a way to meet the Queen?

01:04:49It's Lotus Blossom.

01:04:53Why would he keep something so innocent secret from his wife?

01:04:58He thought she might think as you did.

01:05:00His client, she used to confide in him.

01:05:04Did he confide in you?

01:05:06He talked about his problems.

01:05:10He told his wife he wanted a divorce.

01:05:14Do you know who the other woman was?

01:05:16I'm sorry?

01:05:17Well, was he going out with somebody else?

01:05:20You have it wrong, Inspector.

01:05:21He did not want a divorce from her.

01:05:24She wanted a divorce from him.

01:05:25I'm sorry.

01:05:30What's he doing?

01:05:38Oh, it's all right.

01:05:38He's having his annual think.

01:05:42She was carrying a bag.

01:05:44What kind?

01:05:47Shoulder bag.

01:05:48What kind?

01:06:33Oh, not here.

01:07:03Sure no one followed you?

01:07:24Did you have to kill that boy in broad daylight?

01:07:27Listen, police were after him.

01:07:29If they'd have caught up with him first, he'd have told them when he got the watch.

01:07:32He jumped out on me.

01:07:33I had George's wallet and watch in my hand.

01:07:35I was going to throw them in the river.

01:07:37He had a knife, Ricky.

01:07:39I was mugged.

01:07:57Stop worrying.

01:08:02Nobody's going to be looking for us, especially away up here.

01:08:08I left word at the club had gone through to Edinburgh to look at equipment.

01:08:10We've been too lucky, you know.

01:08:18The luckiest thing was you spotting that tattoo in his hand and knowing what it was.

01:08:22Well, I should know what a snooker frame looks like, shouldn't I?

01:08:31I was meaning to ask you.

01:08:32Hmm?

01:08:33What did you do with a coat and a head square?

01:08:37I left them in the toilet at Central Station.

01:08:40No one will think they're important.

01:08:43At least I know I was the passenger in George's car.

01:08:45Poor old George.

01:08:58It's funny, you know.

01:09:01It was ridiculously easy to stab, but it was...

01:09:05It was going back and shooting his corpse that was difficult.

01:09:15It was deeply foolish to say all web acoustic mirrors...

01:09:19It was terrible.

01:09:20It was terrible.

01:09:21It was terrible.

01:09:22Nah, it was just someone that thing could say.

01:09:23I didn't ask you to ask them to ask your

01:09:42at least.

01:10:44Don't be so anxious.

01:11:04Only the eagles can see us up here.

01:11:07We mustn't be seen together anywhere for a while.

01:11:11Then afterwards, well, I'm just sorting out George's business affairs, aren't I?

01:11:17You did owe him £60,000.

01:11:20You've still got to face trial.

01:11:21I think I'll probably just get a suspended sentence.

01:11:27Anyway, Chief Inspector Taggart will vouch for my emotional state and my repentance.

01:11:34You know, sometimes I wish you'd gone straight back after you did it.

01:11:37Look, I couldn't risk being seen going home.

01:11:41You know that.

01:11:50There's a car coming up.

01:11:53Hmm?

01:11:53My God, it's Taggart's.

01:12:01How do you know?

01:12:02I've been in it.

01:12:04You bloody fool.

01:12:13I told you we shouldn't have come here.

01:12:14Come on.

01:12:34Come on.

01:12:36Come on.

01:12:38Come on.

01:12:40THE END

01:13:10What are you doing up here?

01:13:14Well I'm not up here to fill my lungs

01:13:16No

01:13:17No, they're already full with the stink of your story

01:13:21I told you the truth

01:13:27Look Keenan, I don't like the Mickey being taken out of me

01:13:29You tell your lady friend to get out of that car

01:13:32At least I believed her

01:13:34No

01:13:37That was the length of me knew

01:13:55Look

01:13:56There'd better be an explanation for all this

01:14:22She just failed her driving case, sir

01:14:25You should have waited for us, Jim

01:14:27That's that

01:14:40Oh, as your witness was instrumental in helping you find Miss Chang

01:14:46I'd like to thank her personally for being so observant

01:14:49When you can supply me with her name

01:14:52You've been a bad boy

01:14:58Join the club

01:15:00I'll find it

01:15:02I'll find it

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