Tggrt. 15. Death Comes Softly. Part 1 of 2.

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First broadcast 3rd/10th/17th December 1990.  Taggart and Jardine are called to investigate the murders of elderly residents.  Mark McManus - DCI Jim Taggart James MacPherson - DS Mike Jardine Eve Pearce - Sophie McQueen David Rintoul - Alistair Balmain Iain Anders - Supt. Jack McVitie Robert Robertson - Dr. Stephen Andrews Blythe Duff - WPC Jackie Reid Harriet Buchan - Jean Taggart Georgine Anderson - Lena Henderson Russell Hunter - Fred Scott Bill Leadbitter - Ronnie Blacklock Fletcher Mathers - Lillias Blacklock Norman Eshley - Commander Gunner Jennifer Piercey - Mrs. Pritchard Barbara Horne - Margaret Cowan Liam Brennan - Donald King Alec Westwood - Pete McCulloch Sheila Donald - Aunt Hettie Mandy Matthews - Pauline Atkin Joanne Bett - Fiona Clunie Bill Gavin - Noel Brown Ida Schuster - Mrs. Campbell Robert Dean - Choirmaster Martin Heller - Judge Melanie O'Reilly - Nun James Martin - Gas Worker Kay Nicholson - Woman in Court Phyllida Hewat - Dame Elizabeth Friel Frank Gallagher - Bruce MacKenzie Elspeth Cameron - Mrs. Brown (as Elspet Cameron) Ian Sexon - Estate Agent Sheena Penson - Advocate Clerk Craig Duncan - Stallholder Robert Dean - Choirmaster Maggie MacRitchie - Prostitute Hugh Loughlan - Detective Ewen Emery - Detective Tony Cownie - Detective

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00:00:01PHONE RINGS

00:00:03PHONE RINGS

00:00:09Hello?

00:00:11Rowan?

00:00:13Rowan?

00:00:15I've had a fall.

00:00:17I've fallen over.

00:00:21I can smell something burning.

00:00:24I can't move.

00:00:27The whole house is gonna go up.

00:00:30Rowan.

00:00:32Rowan.

00:00:48So detective sergeant.

00:00:50We went upstairs.

00:00:52Was there any sign of a struggle?

00:00:54No sir.

00:00:55What happened next?

00:00:56We entered the bedroom.

00:00:57The deceased Mrs. McCullum was lying on the floor.

00:01:00She was dead.

00:01:02Who entered the room first?

00:01:04You or Chief Inspector Taggart?

00:01:07Chief Inspector Taggart.

00:01:09Was the door open or closed?

00:01:12Closed sir.

00:01:14It was closed.

00:01:16It might have been ajar.

00:01:19But it was closed ajar.

00:01:22Yes sir.

00:01:24And you're in no doubt about that.

00:01:27May I refer to my notes my lord?

00:01:29Did you make notes at the time?

00:01:31Yes my lord.

00:01:32Please do.

00:01:36Could you see the body before you entered the room?

00:01:39I don't think I noticed.

00:01:43Was the body actually dead detective sergeant?

00:01:47Did you manage to notice that?

00:01:57Did you tell him we're supposed to be at St Saviour's at three?

00:01:59Yes.

00:02:00Andy knows we're going on holiday.

00:02:04Come back in a minute.

00:02:05Dad!

00:02:07Dad, we're going to get home now!

00:02:11Dad!

00:02:13Dad!

00:02:14Dad!

00:02:28Dad!

00:02:29Dad, we're going to get home!

00:02:31Dad, can you get in there?

00:02:35Dad!

00:02:44Everything all right, sir?

00:02:47Oh, I think my father-in-law's in the fall.

00:02:49Oh, I'll call an ambulance.

00:02:50No, it's okay, you'll be fine.

00:02:59Come on, you old bugger, get up.

00:03:01Come on.

00:03:11See, told you it was all right.

00:03:13Probably just got plastered last night and fell over.

00:03:18I did not get plastered last night.

00:03:20Would you like an ambulance, sir?

00:03:22I don't need an ambulance.

00:03:24All I need is a wee bit care and attention from these young people.

00:03:28Look, come on, Dad, there's no need.

00:03:29Okay, but, eh, make sure his GP has a look out of me.

00:03:38What happened?

00:03:39Just the same as before. I bent down to switch off the television and I had a fall.

00:03:51I phoned you, but you're no interested in me.

00:03:59You're lucky I didn't die.

00:04:00You phoned us.

00:04:01That's right.

00:04:02Ah, well, you must have got a rang number.

00:04:04I've told you to put those sockets up high in the wall for Dad.

00:04:07Look, I'm a gas footer, not an electrician.

00:04:12Well, come on, get your stuff packed, otherwise we'll be late for the home.

00:04:16It says in here, Celtic are going to buy a new striker.

00:04:23I know.

00:04:28Where'd you get this?

00:04:29This is the day's paper.

00:04:31Well, I had two falls.

00:04:34One last night and another one this afternoon.

00:04:44How'd you get on, then, Michael?

00:04:45He nearly had me up for perjury.

00:04:47I wasn't that bad.

00:04:48I wasn't that bad.

00:04:49I wasn't an advocate out, Mr Balne.

00:04:50You could often make things a bit ticklish.

00:04:52Very hilarious, son.

00:05:03You're gone, I don't care what you say.

00:05:06It is a lovely home.

00:05:08I'm sure you'll like it once you've settled in.

00:05:10Shh.

00:05:18Welcome to St Saviour's Rest Home.

00:05:23I'm sorry we're late.

00:05:25Matron's unfortunately not here.

00:05:27She's had to attend a funeral.

00:05:28So this is your father.

00:05:30Hello, Mr Scott.

00:05:31Did Matron tell you?

00:05:32We're going on holiday and he's having a couple of weeks here to see how he gets on.

00:05:36Yes, I've got all the details.

00:05:38Right then, well, let me show you around.

00:05:40We can start with the chapel.

00:05:43Come on.

00:05:48I'm not going into that place.

00:05:54It's full of old people.

00:05:55Why, and what are you?

00:05:56If Dad doesn't want to go, he doesn't have to.

00:05:58He should be in a home.

00:05:59I've got a home.

00:06:00I don't care.

00:06:01You're going in there for two weeks.

00:06:02Leave him alone.

00:06:03The light's red.

00:06:04Ronnie!

00:06:18Don't ever do that again.

00:06:19We're going on holiday whether he goes into it at home or not.

00:06:20How can you be so heartless?

00:06:21You're too soft on him.

00:06:22That's your trouble.

00:06:23He's got a pacemaker.

00:06:24You know he's got a hard condition.

00:06:25Aye, and that's why he should be in a home.

00:06:26Instead of phoning us every time he has a fall or pretends he's had one.

00:06:41For his own good.

00:06:42Oh, hey, look.

00:06:46I'm sorry.

00:06:47I lost my temper.

00:06:50I didn't mean to go through the lights.

00:06:53Why do you have to behave like this?

00:06:58I said I'm sorry.

00:07:00Come on, let's talk to him again.

00:07:03But I'm no missing my holidays this year.

00:07:12Where's he gone?

00:07:13Oh, this stupid old fool.

00:07:28Would you like to give a donation to the Dame Elizabeth's real trust for the elderly, Mr Scott?

00:07:32No, I wouldn't.

00:07:33You should be giving one to me.

00:07:48Did you come in here for anything?

00:07:50Aye, can I have a second class dump?

00:07:53There you are.

00:08:00Is something the matter, Mr Scott?

00:08:06Aye, it's my daughter.

00:08:08She wants to put me in a home.

00:08:10Oh, I see.

00:08:11Oh, they're off on holiday so they think I need to go into kennels.

00:08:14A fit man like you can look after himself.

00:08:16That's what I say.

00:08:17I was in Burma, you know.

00:08:19I worked on a Burma railroad.

00:08:21Oh, really?

00:08:24I was treated better by the Japanese.

00:08:31We don't want another one in here.

00:08:34I'm sorry.

00:08:35We're closed.

00:08:44What'd they get out of this?

00:08:48Petro money?

00:08:49Put it back.

00:08:51Put it back.

00:08:52When I gave you my key, I did not invite you into my house.

00:09:09Where have you been?

00:09:10Where I go who I say is my business.

00:09:12I've boarded up your windy.

00:09:14I'll fix it properly when I get back through my holidays.

00:09:17I can do things for myself.

00:09:20Ah, well, you're going to have to for the next fortnight.

00:09:23We better go get packed.

00:09:26I'll ring you when we get back.

00:09:29You're not really going to go, are you?

00:09:31What can I do?

00:09:34I've unpacked a suitcase.

00:09:37Come on, we're only away until the 25th.

00:09:39I'll miss you.

00:09:48Your mum and I never had a holiday.

00:09:54That is not my fault, Dad.

00:09:56I need a holiday.

00:10:00I've put some stew in the fridge.

00:10:02That should keep you a couple of days, okay?

00:10:09I need a holiday.

00:10:10I need a holiday.

00:10:15Are you going to get that?

00:10:17Leave her.

00:10:22It might not be him.

00:10:23Well, who else could it be?

00:10:24What did you do that for?

00:10:33He's not going to stop us going.

00:10:35I can't help my father.

00:10:37Look, let's just finish the packing.

00:10:38I can't help it if I feel responsible for it.

00:10:41Don't pack your pills.

00:10:42You'll need some sleep tonight.

00:10:44Look, it might be genuine.

00:10:47Look, we agreed to let him fend for himself so he can see that he can't cope.

00:10:52He's my father.

00:10:53And you're my wife.

00:10:55He's got you wrapped around his wee finger.

00:11:00They were very arrogant and we didn't like you to cook it.

00:11:03It didn't appeal to us at all.

00:11:06And the marching song was...

00:11:08We're far and gegen England.

00:11:10Give me my passport.

00:11:11Back in a minute.

00:11:12Where are you going?

00:11:13Don't worry.

00:11:14Ronnie!

00:11:15I'll see you through there, okay?

00:11:16Come back.

00:11:17Ronnie!

00:11:18Ronnie!

00:11:19I'll see you through there, okay?

00:11:20Come back.

00:11:21Ronnie!

00:11:22I'll see you through there, okay?

00:11:23Come back.

00:11:24Ronnie!

00:11:25Ronnie!

00:11:26I'll see you through there, okay?

00:11:27Come back.

00:11:28Ronnie!

00:11:55This is the last call from Ritanga Airways, flight 116 to Mario, boarding at Gate 5.

00:12:25I was scared.

00:12:27And here's what you left.

00:12:31I went on

00:12:48to see you next time.

00:12:50A neighbour called us, but that's one smell you could never forget.

00:13:18That's not gas.

00:13:20K-374 to base.

00:13:50He's guilty.

00:13:55Guilty of sin.

00:13:57Waste of taxpayers' money.

00:13:59The jury will decide.

00:14:01That's why they have juries.

00:14:03Jury?

00:14:04What did they know about it?

00:14:06We must have brought them in from Aberdeen.

00:14:08There's not one of them that looks what you might call intelligent.

00:14:11What was Alistair's defence like?

00:14:16There were some questions I would have asked.

00:14:20One of the rules of advocacy is that you should never ask a question unless you know the answer.

00:14:27Have you been baking?

00:14:29It's a cherry genoa for Alistair.

00:14:36We could be doing with some fly spray.

00:14:43I didn't want to open the windows till after the lab boys were through.

00:14:46Hold your breath and keep your mouth closed.

00:14:48I'm no forensic entomologist, but I'm sure the maggots will give us a clue to the time of death.

00:14:54That's something I suppose.

00:14:56This will interest you, Michael.

00:14:58Isn't it quite a new science?

00:15:00Oh, good heavens, no.

00:15:01The first case where it was used was more than a century ago.

00:15:05I remember a remarkable case involving coffin flies.

00:15:09Can you tell us when he died? Are we talking about days or weeks?

00:15:13More than a week, I would guess.

00:15:14So much for good neighbours.

00:15:16How you doing, Michael?

00:15:21He might be eating his dinner tonight, that's for sure.

00:15:26What are coffin flies?

00:15:30I don't know, and I don't want to see one.

00:15:33Looks like a break-in.

00:15:35I spoke to the woman next door, so the one who called the gas board.

00:15:38The gas board? Doesn't she know the difference?

00:15:41She says she hasn't seen the old man for days.

00:15:43Hardly surprising, is it?

00:15:45He had a fall last week.

00:15:46How do you know?

00:15:47I saw his daughter here. Her husband had to break in through the window.

00:15:50Is that right?

00:15:51And I found this in the letterbox. It's addressed to Dad.

00:15:56Ronnie and Lilius?

00:15:59I don't know their names, sir.

00:16:00Was he taken to the hospital?

00:16:02Well, I told him he should go, but he was a stubborn kind.

00:16:05He seemed difficult.

00:16:06He won't be difficult any more, will he?

00:16:09I hope you've been practising, sir.

00:16:12I'm sorry?

00:16:13I'm in the festival choir too, you know.

00:16:15Of course.

00:16:16Oh, no. The singing detective.

00:16:31And I spoke to her neighbour three doors up.

00:16:34She said that Mr Scott had a visitor a few weeks back.

00:16:37I didn't notice some things round here. Where?

00:16:39A big man with a beard.

00:16:41Wore a naval-type blue blazer with a badge.

00:16:43Is that all?

00:16:44That's a good description, sir.

00:16:46Sounds like Captain Pogwash.

00:16:48Hello, Lena.

00:16:49I trust you'll be there tomorrow for the speeches.

00:17:03I don't need to be.

00:17:04I don't know how you can defend somebody you know to be guilty.

00:17:05One is innocent until one's proven guilty, Lena.

00:17:06Aunt Sophie.

00:17:07Leona's been telling me about your latest case.

00:17:08I'm getting most of the facts and don't know what you're saying.

00:17:11That's true, if your wife has done a lot of his children.

00:17:12Of course, I'm afraid we're out of the wrong hands.

00:17:13So you've been doing aounces of a man.

00:17:14I'm afraid you've been doing aificant job.

00:17:15You've got to be, you've got to be such a good job.

00:17:16You've got to be.

00:17:17You've got to be.

00:17:19You've got to be about your own man, but you've got to be guilty as a guy,

00:17:25with his partner.

00:17:26And I've got to be a man and you're going to be a man with a man.

00:17:27I don't know how you can defend somebody you know to be guilty.

00:17:28Unis innocent until one's proven guilty, Lena.

00:17:30Aunt Sophie.

00:17:33Lena's been telling me about your latest case.

00:17:37That's wrong, no doubt. Cherry Genoa, my favourite.

00:17:40Aunt Sophie, there's no-one like you.

00:17:47Lillis and Ronnie Blacklock had a holiday in Spain till the end of the week.

00:17:51I'll send a message through Interpol or via the consul.

00:17:53I've done that, sir. They're flying home tomorrow.

00:17:55Gary Baldy?

00:17:56Oh, thanks.

00:17:57Of course, you could have died of natural causes.

00:18:01Oh, thank you, sir.

00:18:04Well, there's a broken window.

00:18:05Somebody broke into the house, climbed through.

00:18:08WPC Reid says that Ron Blacklock was very aggressive towards his father-in-law.

00:18:13Oh, that's not very much to go on.

00:18:15We'll wait and see what Dr Andrews has to say.

00:18:18Who we used to call these when I was a boy?

00:18:21Squashed fly biscuits.

00:18:35Hi, Stephen. What can you tell us?

00:18:40Not much yet, I'm afraid.

00:18:42The full post-mortem will be complete for a couple of days.

00:18:45I can't wait a couple of days.

00:18:47Can you not give us something to be going on with?

00:18:50Well, as I said, I'm no entomological expert.

00:18:52What?

00:18:53Well, I have done a little research on the larvae of the common bluebottle.

00:18:57Fine.

00:18:58Well, the bluebottle lays its eggs in daylight.

00:19:01And in this weather, they'd certainly hatch on day one.

00:19:04Within half a day, the first baby in star maggot will shed its skin.

00:19:09And the second in star maggot will do likewise within about two or three days.

00:19:13Which leads us with this little fella.

00:19:15The fisherman's maggot.

00:19:16The fisherman's maggot.

00:19:17Yeah, we're keeping up with you. Carry on.

00:19:19Well, the fisherman's maggot feeds voraciously for about six days.

00:19:22And then goes into a pupa case.

00:19:24Are there any pupa cases yet?

00:19:26Not yet, Michael.

00:19:27But they're fat and about two.

00:19:29And that's nine to ten days.

00:19:32My arithmetic exactly.

00:19:33Which means he died on either the 13th or 14th of June.

00:19:38And not before.

00:19:46Is that them?

00:19:52Yes, sir.

00:19:53A bit sunburnt, but is them all right?

00:19:55I get the impression Mr. Blacklock's none too upset by his father-in-law's death.

00:19:59What about her?

00:20:00Oh, she seemed perturbed.

00:20:02I'll bet.

00:20:11Sorry to keep you waiting.

00:20:13I was sorry to hear about your father's death.

00:20:18When did you last see him?

00:20:20The day before we went on holiday.

00:20:22What day was that?

00:20:24We last saw him on the Wednesday.

00:20:26That's right, isn't it?

00:20:27Wednesday the 11th?

00:20:28Aye, that's right.

00:20:29So you went on holiday on Thursday the 12th?

00:20:32Yes.

00:20:33Not the 13th or the 14th?

00:20:36Not the 12th.

00:20:37Did you not think about getting a neighbour to keep an eye out for him?

00:20:40We tried to put him in a home so he'd be properly looked after, but he wasnae having it.

00:20:43What did you think about your father going into a home?

00:20:46I think it would have killed him.

00:20:48Look, what's all this about?

00:20:52I think you'd better come to the flat with us.

00:20:55See if anything is missing.

00:20:59There's a possibility he might have been murdered.

00:21:02If they flew out to Barcelona on the 12th, they couldn't have killed him on the 13th.

00:21:19Check the airport and the travel company.

00:21:21One of them might have flown back.

00:21:23You think it was a domestic?

00:21:25If it isn't, someone's done them a favour.

00:21:27You're not forgetting it's our rehearsal tonight, sir?

00:21:31Uh, no.

00:21:36Your hip's bothering you, isn't it?

00:21:39I've been punished for my sins.

00:21:42I'm tempted to see.

00:21:44The dog found a pigeon with a broken wing.

00:21:47We took it to the vet, but the vet had to kill it.

00:21:50That's awful.

00:21:51It's life.

00:21:52The vet said it was painless.

00:21:53It was better than a cat getting it.

00:21:55Yeah.

00:21:56Oh, yes.

00:21:57Cats are wicked animals.

00:21:58Oh, how can you say that?

00:22:00They kill for pleasure without motive.

00:22:03Wish you'd stop reading those awful magazines, Lena.

00:22:06Are you ready?

00:22:07Oh, here's Alistair.

00:22:09We can have him defend the cats.

00:22:11My nephew's an advocate.

00:22:13This is Pauline and Fiona.

00:22:15Hello.

00:22:16They're doing their Dame Elizabeth Friel Award,

00:22:18so they've been doing some shopping for me, haven't you?

00:22:21Yes.

00:22:22Now, I'd better just sign your book.

00:22:24This is going to be worth five points to them.

00:22:26We're doing our brains.

00:22:27Very good.

00:22:28Have you ever done any famous cases?

00:22:30You may have noticed on the news a week or two ago,

00:22:33a man who murdered his wife and her lover.

00:22:36They're too young.

00:22:37Alistair defended him.

00:22:39Did he get off?

00:22:40He got life.

00:22:44When will you be back?

00:22:45Eric?

00:22:46I have no idea.

00:22:47I don't know.

00:22:48I don't know.

00:22:49No.

00:23:03I don't know.

00:23:04How much have I got?

00:23:2230 pounds.

00:23:23Oh, but Alistair, you must have lost an awful lot.

00:23:26I've got some more good news for you.

00:23:28A place has become available at the Woodlands Park rest home.

00:23:31Who put your name down?

00:23:33Oh, that's wonderful.

00:23:35They'll be able to take you by the end of the month.

00:23:38But Alistair, are you sure I can afford it?

00:23:40I'll help, of course.

00:23:42Until your house is set.

00:23:43Oh, you're so big to me.

00:23:45And Lena will have to find somewhere else to live.

00:23:48You'll be glad to be rid of her.

00:23:50It's what you've always wanted.

00:23:54It holds a lot of memories for me, that house.

00:23:57You don't get on with that.

00:24:00Still, I just wish...

00:24:02We have to sing.

00:24:06We have to sing.

00:24:07It's IEEE.

00:24:08Let's sing a song.

00:24:09Tennis, you keep coming in a beat too early.

00:24:10Bach will be turning in his grave.

00:24:19Tennis, you keep coming in a beat too early.

00:24:35Bach will be turning in his grave.

00:24:37Right, once more from your entrance.

00:24:49Do you keep any money in the house?

00:25:19There was some in the kitchen, wasn't there, Ronnie?

00:25:21Aye, he kept it in here.

00:25:27It's gone.

00:25:29It's over his medals.

00:25:35Whose jacket was this?

00:25:37His?

00:25:38He was always buying second-hand clothes.

00:25:40Anything for a bargain.

00:25:42You know, from people who advertise and shop windows.

00:25:46You wait here with him.

00:25:49You wait here with him.

00:25:55Pinhead haemorrhages in the brain, the heart and the lungs

00:25:58indicate that Mr Scott died of asphyxia.

00:26:01Does Dr Andrews say how?

00:26:03No.

00:26:04He says that any marks of injury from pressure

00:26:06around the neck and the face

00:26:08could have been destroyed by the maggots.

00:26:11Asphyxia.

00:26:11Which isn't necessarily murder.

00:26:14It's good enough for me.

00:26:14It's only the money and his medals that seem to have gone.

00:26:19How much was it?

00:26:21About £50.

00:26:22Would he have spent it?

00:26:23Not to add.

00:26:25You'll have to come to the station with us.

00:26:27This is now a murder inquiry.

00:26:30Did your husband find your relationship with your father difficult?

00:26:33Yes.

00:26:34And was that a problem for you?

00:26:35I felt guilty about Dad.

00:26:37I couldn't make them both happy.

00:26:41If we hadn't gone away, this would never have happened.

00:26:43Did Ronnie want him out of the way?

00:26:45He wouldn't have killed him, if that's what you mean.

00:26:47Ronnie's not a murderer.

00:26:49He's a bad-tempered man.

00:26:53Like my father.

00:26:54The man was a nuisance.

00:26:58What do you think of you?

00:27:00He'd suspect me.

00:27:02Listen, why did you break into the flat when you had a key?

00:27:05We took the key from him after we broke in.

00:27:07Ask Lilius.

00:27:09Oh, look.

00:27:10We were on holiday when the man died.

00:27:13Aye.

00:27:14We're looking into that.

00:27:17And I'll have two telephone stamps.

00:27:20Better make that three.

00:27:22They get higher every time the bills.

00:27:24That's privatisation for you.

00:27:26Aye, you could be right.

00:27:27Aye, no, I won't.

00:27:49I'll see you next week.

00:27:54It would be a pension day.

00:27:55Oh, surely you're not trying to deny them it, sir?

00:28:23You stay here and talk to them when they leave.

00:28:25Could be useful.

00:28:31Excuse me.

00:28:32Can I come through, please?

00:28:35Please.

00:28:36Yeah, what's it about?

00:28:37I'll tell you that side.

00:28:39Well, this is our busy day.

00:28:41Ours, too.

00:28:41Seven days a week.

00:28:43Have you got anywhere private?

00:28:45Yeah, sure.

00:28:46Through the back.

00:28:46Pete.

00:28:46I'll do 40.

00:28:48Pete.

00:28:49Hold the 40.

00:28:58It concerns a custom with yours.

00:29:01Fred Scott.

00:29:0213 Clark Road.

00:29:03He got his pension here.

00:29:04I heard that he died.

00:29:06Wasn't found for over a week.

00:29:07When did he last come in?

00:29:10Um, it would be before last pension day.

00:29:13He didn't draw his pension last week.

00:29:15Didn't you wonder why?

00:29:16Well, he said his daughter was putting him in a home.

00:29:18I mean, I assumed that.

00:29:20That's why I didn't question it.

00:29:22I thought maybe other arrangements were being made.

00:29:24Nobody's blaming you.

00:29:26Well, when these things happen, I think society's to blame.

00:29:29Does Scott talk a lot in here?

00:29:31Well, complained.

00:29:32Sometimes this place is like the Citizens Advice Bureau.

00:29:36See, uh, we've got a description of a visitor he had.

00:29:41A big man with a beard.

00:29:43Wore a naval blazer.

00:29:45Is this a murder inquiry?

00:29:47Do you mind if I ask the questions?

00:29:49Well, they never talked about anyone except his family.

00:29:51He said that going into your home was like being put into kennels.

00:29:55Did he ever look at the adverts on the board?

00:29:58Aye.

00:29:58Yeah, he was always jotting things down.

00:30:18Where have you been?

00:30:19Just shopping.

00:30:21There's your pension.

00:30:25The last time you'll ever collect my pension for, Malia,

00:30:28you'll be going straight to the home.

00:30:33I've just been wondering what to take with me.

00:30:35Well, they won't allow you to take much.

00:30:37Remember, I need foster.

00:30:39All they allowed her to take was a few photographs

00:30:41and a nightdress case,

00:30:43and that went missing when she went inside.

00:30:45This is a respectable home I'm going to.

00:30:48I have my own room.

00:30:50Well, don't take anything of mine.

00:30:53I'm just afraid of getting there and then not having something I need.

00:30:56I'm going to gather so much stuff over the years.

00:31:10Hello.

00:31:12Hello.

00:31:13I'm phoning about your advertisement for an overcoat, hairdryer and child's bicycle.

00:31:19I was wondering, have you had any dealings with a Mr. Fred Scott?

00:31:22No.

00:31:23Are you quite sure about that?

00:31:28Okay, then.

00:31:29Right, thanks very much.

00:31:30No, no, I don't want to buy it.

00:31:33No, honestly, I'm quite sure.

00:31:36Go anywhere.

00:31:37Do you think Fred Scott was interested in a pair of roller skates?

00:31:41Keep trying.

00:31:43He might have phoned someone up.

00:31:45That someone might have killed him.

00:31:46That's a long shot, sir.

00:31:49What about these, eh, adverse that get taken down out of date?

00:31:53I think they just destroyed them.

00:31:54Better check them.

00:31:59Sometimes they pay for a few more weeks and we put the cards back up.

00:32:02Do either of you know this guy?

00:32:04Oh, that's...

00:32:05Describe him.

00:32:08He's quite a big guy and he's got a beard.

00:32:12Do you mind if I keep this?

00:32:13No, so long as you bring it back.

00:32:22Commander Gunner RN, retired.

00:32:24It was the RN bit that made me wonder.

00:32:26And when they described him, he'd be our Captain Pugwash.

00:32:31Spiritual wheeler.

00:32:32Just give me a moment or two to look around, Alistair.

00:32:39It's hard to leave a home you've lived in for 46 years.

00:32:42You take all the time you need, auntie.

00:32:45I'll finish loading up the car.

00:32:46Oh, no, no.

00:32:48I want you beside me.

00:32:52Am I doing the right thing, Alistair?

00:32:54You're doing the right thing.

00:32:57Don't know that I am.

00:32:58Well, it's too late to change your mind now.

00:33:02You're going somewhere where people will look after you.

00:33:03I'm going to take this with me.

00:33:18It's been in the family for years.

00:33:23I want you to have it, Lina.

00:33:24You will come and visit me, won't you?

00:33:44Bye.

00:33:44Does Lina know that I'm putting the house on the market?

00:34:00Yes.

00:34:06Could she not stay on?

00:34:07Auntie, you owe her nothing.

00:34:11She's been sponging off you for 12 years.

00:34:13No, but...

00:34:14No buts!

00:34:17The sale of your house is going towards your upkeep at Woodlands Park.

00:34:20You're going to love it there.

00:34:22I promise you.

00:34:23Commander Gunner?

00:34:33Yes.

00:34:34Please.

00:34:36Please, give me.

00:34:39We saw your advert in the post office window.

00:34:43I believe you're a faith healer.

00:34:45I'm a spiritual healer.

00:34:47We're making inquiries into the death of Mr. Fred Scott.

00:34:50Oh, heavens no.

00:34:54Poor man.

00:34:55You knew him?

00:34:57He rang and I visited him on two occasions.

00:35:00I thought I was having some success.

00:35:01He had, um, a back problem.

00:35:04He had what we might call a respiratory problem.

00:35:08Unfortunately, I have no powers of diagnosis.

00:35:12How tragic.

00:35:14Could you describe your treatment?

00:35:17It was simply the laying on of hands.

00:35:18Can you show us?

00:35:19I'm really interested in spiritual healing.

00:35:21Especially the laying on of hands.

00:35:23Well, briefly, if you put your hands together like that,

00:35:28you may feel a force, a heat, a tingling sensation.

00:35:32Basically, you put that force onto the patient.

00:35:36The rest is up to God.

00:35:40So, eh?

00:35:40I discovered it when working on some orthopaedic problems in the Navy.

00:35:45I've had quite a lot of successes.

00:35:46When did you last see Mr. Scott?

00:35:49Oh, I haven't seen him for over a fortnight.

00:35:52And you weren't due to pay him another visit?

00:35:55Well, as I say, I presume that my treatment was being successful.

00:35:59Some people, however, are not meant to be cured.

00:36:01It's in their karma.

00:36:04How do you do?

00:36:30You must be Mrs. McQueen.

00:36:31Yes.

00:36:32Hello, Mrs. McQueen.

00:36:34Welcome to Woodlands Park.

00:36:36I'm sorry to have kept you waiting,

00:36:38but I've got a birthday lunch to organise.

00:36:41Oh, not at all.

00:36:42This is Margaret Cowan, one of our care assistants.

00:36:46I'll take those, shall I?

00:36:48Oh.

00:36:52Good morning, Mr. Balmain.

00:36:54I'll show you to your room.

00:37:06You can arrange the room as you please.

00:37:28Did you enjoy your meal?

00:37:50Very much.

00:37:52Aye, always have wine.

00:37:55Maybe you'd care to join me.

00:37:56I'm a little bit tired, and I thank you.

00:37:59It's been quite a day.

00:38:00Well, welcome aboard.

00:38:03Did you meet Irma Grice?

00:38:06Margaret Cowan.

00:38:08She'd like to turn this place into a concentration camp.

00:38:11She's a monster.

00:38:12Yes, we met.

00:38:14Pete's much nicer.

00:38:20I'm sorry.

00:38:21I'm very tired.

00:38:26I'm very tired.

00:38:41I'm fine.

00:38:42I think she's left a window open.

00:39:12I think she's right.

00:39:42I think she's right.

00:40:12I think she's right.

00:40:42I think she's right.

00:40:44I think she's right.

00:41:16I think she's right.

00:41:18I think she's right.

00:41:20Probably one of the nicest rooms in the house.

00:41:23With views over the garden, this would make an ideal children's room.

00:41:26Don't bother getting out of the car, sir.

00:41:37There's been another murder.

00:41:38Same pattern, break-in.

00:41:40And only a few streets from where Fred Scott was murdered.

00:41:43Get in.

00:41:45Who found the body?

00:41:46An estate agent, sir.

00:41:48It's been a couple round.

00:41:55She's not a good-selling feature.

00:41:58Asphyxia?

00:41:59Looks like it.

00:42:00Small marks of bruising round the arms.

00:42:03Time of death.

00:42:04It's too early to say with any accuracy, but sometime in the small hours, between four and six, I think you're looking for an insomniac.

00:42:11WPC Reid said two women lived here.

00:42:17That's right.

00:42:18Go and see if you can find the other one.

00:42:19Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Jill, happy birthday to you.

00:42:40Three cheers for Jill.

00:42:42Hooray!

00:42:44Hooray!

00:42:46Mrs Pritchard?

00:42:47Yes.

00:42:48I'm the owner.

00:42:49DCI Taggart.

00:42:51DS Jardine.

00:42:53We believe you have a Mrs McQueen staying with you.

00:42:56Sophie?

00:42:56Yes, she just came to us yesterday.

00:42:59Is there a problem?

00:43:00No, no, no.

00:43:01We'd just like to talk to her.

00:43:04Do you have an office we can use?

00:43:05Yes, you can use mine.

00:43:07I'll fetch Sophie for you.

00:43:10Margaret, will you show these gentlemen?

00:43:12This way.

00:43:19Mrs McQueen, I'm afraid we have to inform you that your friend, Lena Henderson, died last night.

00:43:33I'm terribly sorry, Sophie.

00:43:36We're treating her death as murder.

00:43:39Murder?

00:43:39Lena?

00:43:40Lena?

00:43:42Last night was your first night here?

00:43:46Yes.

00:43:47Presumably it was the first night Lena Henderson had spent alone.

00:43:50It's my fault.

00:43:51I shouldn't have left her.

00:43:53She had no relatives.

00:43:55Kind?

00:43:55No.

00:43:57Who else knows you're in here?

00:44:00Visitors.

00:44:01Friends.

00:44:03Only Pauline and Fiona.

00:44:05They're doing their Dame Elizabeth Threlin award.

00:44:08Pauline and Fiona who?

00:44:09I don't know their second names.

00:44:12They're just schoolgirls.

00:44:13They go to Craig Park School.

00:44:14They used to do shopping for me.

00:44:16And nobody else?

00:44:19My nephew, Alistair.

00:44:21He's an advocate.

00:44:23Not Alistair Balmain, by any chance.

00:44:25Yes, do you know him?

00:44:37Sir, let me tackle Balmain.

00:44:39If I didn't know you, Michael, I would suspect your motives.

00:44:42In any case, the biscuit will insist on being present.

00:44:46I hope the murderer isn't still around.

00:44:50Oh, there's no chance of that.

00:44:55Did she read these magazines?

00:45:03Her hobby was true crime.

00:45:05Murder.

00:45:08Speak of the devil and he'll appear, is what my father used to say.

00:45:15Well, I can't see that there's anything missing.

00:45:20We'll have to look through the other rooms.

00:45:22I'm sorry, it's necessary.

00:45:24Do you want to sit down for a while?

00:45:26No, I'm all right.

00:45:32Ah, here's her notebook.

00:45:36She always kept it hidden from me, but I knew where it was.

00:45:40Why?

00:45:41I don't know.

00:45:41She was secretive like that.

00:45:45What did she mark down in this?

00:45:47Household accounts.

00:45:48If she bought a stamp, she'd enter it.

00:45:50She was very fussy.

00:45:51Where did she draw a pension?

00:45:52She used to get both our pensions.

00:45:56At Neil Road post office.

00:46:00Did either of you know of Red Scott?

00:46:03Well, she may have done.

00:46:05I never got out very much.

00:46:06Hello, Mr. Balmain.

00:46:13Can we have a walk?

00:46:14I was just leaving.

00:46:15It's about your aunt's companion, Miss Henderson.

00:46:18She's been found dead.

00:46:20She was murdered.

00:46:21Good God.

00:46:23Is there somewhere we can talk?

00:46:27The courtroom's empty, I think.

00:46:28Uh, come in.

00:46:33We understand you're selling the house.

00:46:36I put it on the market yesterday.

00:46:38With a sitting tenant?

00:46:39She wasn't a sitting tenant.

00:46:41She was Mrs. McQueen's companion.

00:46:43You're saying there was no contract?

00:46:45Correct.

00:46:47Miss Henderson was quite a strong-willed woman.

00:46:49Did you like her, Mr. Balmain?

00:46:51Is that relevant?

00:46:52And that's what we're here to establish.

00:46:56I felt she took advantage of my aunt's kindness.

00:47:00She was a frequent visitor to the courtrooms, you know.

00:47:03Why?

00:47:04She was fascinated by murder.

00:47:07She would always attend a trial in which I was appearing

00:47:10and report the whole thing back to my aunt.

00:47:12Really?

00:47:14She loved to be judge and jury.

00:47:17Considered herself quite an expert.

00:47:19I can't believe that she's been murdered.

00:47:24Who would want to kill her?

00:47:28I think she's got French cheese inside.

00:47:31I think you'd better lose that one somewhere.

00:47:36Hello.

00:47:38It's quiet in here today, eh?

00:47:39Aye, uh...

00:47:41Well, pension day's always the worst.

00:47:43You know how Lena Henderson drew her pension here?

00:47:46Yeah.

00:47:47She got murdered last night.

00:47:49That's two pensioners in the one neighbourhood.

00:47:51What's that to do with me?

00:47:54Just so there might be a connection.

00:47:56Somebody might have followed them home.

00:47:58Have you seen any suspicious characters hanging about?

00:48:01Nah, I'm usually too busy to notice anything, to be honest.

00:48:06You got anything to be nervous about?

00:48:09Two murders in the neighbourhood would make anyone nervous.

00:48:14How long have you been here?

00:48:16Uh, four... five years.

00:48:17Who's your assistant?

00:48:20Pete.

00:48:21Well, he's only part-time.

00:48:22He'll be on this afternoon.

00:48:23In fact, he should be here in a few minutes.

00:48:25I'll wait.

00:48:27Make us a cup of tea, eh?

00:48:28They do wonderful Eccles' cakes here.

00:48:34They were Lena's favourites.

00:48:36Thank heavens you weren't at home last night.

00:48:38Ah, but I might have prevented it.

00:48:40Who knows?

00:48:42We all have to die somehow, Alistair.

00:48:44Well, I've been thinking about it, and do you know what?

00:48:50I've decided that Lena, in some way, chose her own fate.

00:48:56Don't say that.

00:48:59Lena's up there now.

00:49:00She's probably loving it.

00:49:04It was always her ambition to be at the centre of her murder inquiry.

00:49:08I'm not sure she ever imagined herself the victim.

00:49:11It's fate.

00:49:11I can't worry about things like that.

00:49:24I was thinking of the sale of the house.

00:49:27It's best if you give me power of attorney.

00:49:31Oh.

00:49:32You don't want to be bothered with money matters, Aunt Sophie.

00:49:35I'll have the documents drawn up.

00:49:38Leave it all to me.

00:49:39Any link at all between Fred Scott and Lena Henderson,

00:49:44apart from the fact that they used the same post office?

00:49:47None.

00:49:48Well, none that we know of.

00:49:53Who's B. McKenzie?

00:49:55No idea.

00:49:57His name appears four times in the book.

00:50:00Twice for £10 next to her, and twice for £15.

00:50:03She kept a record of nearly every shopping transaction.

00:50:06The last entry against his name is dated yesterday.

00:50:11B. McKenzie, £15.

00:50:14And three new fivers in the back of the book.

00:50:17We're checking the serial numbers.

00:50:19You know, the most interesting thing that Balmain said

00:50:22was that Lena Henderson used to sit in on murder trials.

00:50:25And the fact she used to sit in on Balmain's trials.

00:50:30I want details of every trial Balmain was involved in

00:50:34which Lena could have attended.

00:50:35There could be hundreds.

00:50:38It is said that you can judge a society

00:50:40by the way they care for their elderly.

00:50:43With your help, we can make this a better society.

00:50:47For those of you doing your gold, silver and bronze,

00:50:51you have one more week before the awards.

00:50:54So, let's be good and do good.

00:51:00Dame Elizabeth, we're from Maryhill Police Station.

00:51:04Can you point out two girls from Craig Park School,

00:51:07Pauline and Fiona?

00:51:08I'm afraid I don't know all their names.

00:51:11We have over a hundred children drawn from schools all over Glasgow.

00:51:14Do you mind if I address them?

00:51:15No, I don't.

00:51:17Could I have your attention, please?

00:51:19My name's Michael Jardin.

00:51:21I'm a detective sergeant with Strathclyde Police.

00:51:24Now, some of you may be aware

00:51:25that there have been two murders in this area recently.

00:51:27Could I ask you to keep your eyes and ears open?

00:51:30If anyone you visit mentions they've had strange callers

00:51:33or seems frightened in any way, I want you to contact us.

00:51:37If Pauline and Fiona from Craig Park School are here,

00:51:40could they come forward, please?

00:51:44Have you ever thought of performing at children's parties?

00:51:54Where Pauline and Fiona?

00:51:57I hope they haven't been getting into any trouble.

00:52:00You visited Lena Henderson and Sophie McQueen?

00:52:02That's right.

00:52:03We heard on the news this morning about the murder.

00:52:06Do you know who did it?

00:52:07Not yet.

00:52:08What we want to know is, when you were helping Lena and Sophie,

00:52:12were there any suspicious callers?

00:52:14It was Alistair.

00:52:16Alistair Bill Mayne.

00:52:17Her nephew.

00:52:18Did he seem suspicious to you?

00:52:20No.

00:52:21What I'm saying is, you might have seen something.

00:52:24It might not have seemed important at the time,

00:52:26but it could be a vital clue to the murder of Lena Henderson.

00:52:29I don't remember anything.

00:52:30What about you?

00:52:33She never notices anything.

00:52:35She's stupid.

00:52:35I'm not stupid.

00:52:37Did Sophie and Lena get on together?

00:52:40Miss Henderson never did anything for Sophie.

00:52:43I think she was a bit nasty to her.

00:52:45Why's that?

00:52:46She made Sophie do everything for her.

00:52:48And Sophie couldn't walk very well.

00:52:50It doesn't always follow that elderly people help each other

00:52:52or even like each other.

00:53:07I think we may need to recommend you to someone else.

00:53:15She's recently lost her friend.

00:53:19I wonder if you can help her with spiritual healing.

00:53:22I'm sure.

00:53:52Mind if I join you?

00:54:03No.

00:54:05It's Sophie, isn't it?

00:54:07Yes.

00:54:08Noel Brown told me.

00:54:11Commander Gunner's my name.

00:54:12I'm a spiritual healer.

00:54:17Oh, yes.

00:54:21Spiritual healing can be beneficial in cases of depression, trauma.

00:54:30Noel mentioned your friend's death.

00:54:33That's right.

00:54:35Well, maybe it'll help you to talk about it.

00:54:37It must have been a great shock for you.

00:54:41I don't know.

00:54:43I suppose my only hope is that she didn't suffer.

00:54:46Were you very close to her?

00:54:48No, not really.

00:54:52Death is always

00:54:54a difficult transition to comprehend.

00:54:57Oh, I decided when I was much younger

00:55:02that death doesn't really matter.

00:55:07The length of your life is really unimportant.

00:55:10It's much more important what you get out of it.

00:55:13Well, it's very much in line with what spiritualists believe.

00:55:16Oh, it's too late.

00:55:20Don't waste your time trying to recruit me now.

00:55:26You won't succeed.

00:55:28You won't succeed.

00:55:46Fancy seeing you here.

00:55:59Fancy.

00:55:59Coming on the ice?

00:56:01Are you behind us?

00:56:02Behind what?

00:56:02You know.

00:56:03Maybe it's something important to tell me or not.

00:56:05I don't know what you mean.

00:56:06If I find out, this is your handwriting.

00:56:08It isn't.

00:56:10It wasn't my idea.

00:56:11It was Fiona's.

00:56:12I could charge the pair of you.

00:56:13We're wasting place time.

00:56:14Are you OK?

00:56:20Are you OK?

00:56:22I am now.

00:56:24Get up.

00:56:27How did you find out my address?

00:56:29A girl in our class lives in your street.

00:56:31And you wrote this?

00:56:33What was her idea?

00:56:34I don't care whose idea it was.

00:56:36What's the point of getting me down here?

00:56:38Do you want to go out with me?

00:56:40I'm 16.

00:56:41I'm old enough.

00:56:42Stick to doing your dame Elizabeth, feel a little word.

00:56:44I'm only doing it because it's the summer holidays and I'm bored.

00:56:47There must be plenty of other things you can do.

00:56:49What do you do?

00:56:51Well, I go to church and sing in a choir.

00:56:54You wanted to see me again.

00:57:10We found a name in a notebook.

00:57:13B. McKenzie.

00:57:15Do you know who that may be?

00:57:16I don't.

00:57:17I'm sorry.

00:57:18Did she lend money?

00:57:23She never lent me any in 12 years.

00:57:28Well, I presume she was paid.

00:57:34Let me see.

00:57:38See, the last payment was made the day before she died.

00:57:41Oh, dear.

00:57:45Why, oh, dear.

00:57:47Mrs McQueen, if you know something you should tell me.

00:57:51I wonder if she was up to her old tricks again.

00:57:55Tricks?

00:57:56I always wondered how she had more money than me.

00:58:00Mrs McQueen, what tricks?

00:58:01When she was my manageress of the dress shop,

00:58:06she used to take money from a married man

00:58:09who she knew was having an affair.

00:58:12He bought dresses for his girlfriend in our shop, you see.

00:58:16Are you telling me she was a blackmailer?

00:58:18Hello, Vera.

00:58:35You see, you cannae get rid of me.

00:58:44I'm curious.

00:58:45What made you want to live with a woman like that?

00:58:48Company, I suppose.

00:58:51Oh, well, you'll get plenty of that here.

00:59:13If I knew exactly what you were looking for,

00:59:15I might be able to help you.

00:59:17That's just it.

00:59:18I don't know.

00:59:21This case against an Arnold Mackenzie,

00:59:24do you know it?

00:59:25Yes.

00:59:26Last July,

00:59:28Alastair Balmain defended him on an assault charge.

00:59:32Defensive epilepsy brought on by strobe lights at a disco.

00:59:36Did they swallow it?

00:59:37Only after Mr Balmain had the lights brought into court

00:59:39and demonstrated,

00:59:41it gave the judge a migraine headache

00:59:42and he had to adjourn the court.

00:59:45Extraordinary.

00:59:46Fiscals.

00:59:47Fiscals.

00:59:48Fiscals.

00:59:49One moment.

00:59:51It's for you.

00:59:51One moment.

00:59:52It's for you.

00:59:58Hello?

00:59:59Have you found anything?

01:00:00Not yet.

01:00:00I have.

01:00:02Lena Henderson was a blackmailer.

01:00:04Oh, aye.

01:00:05Who was she blackmailing?

01:00:07Some fella years back.

01:00:08She's probably still doing it.

01:00:10There's no mention of this B Mackenzie at any Balmain trial.

01:00:13Oh, there's an A Mackenzie,

01:00:15but no B Mackenzie.

01:00:17B Mackenzie?

01:00:19Just a moment, sir.

01:00:20There was a Bruce Mackenzie, Arnold's brother.

01:00:23He was the main defence witness.

01:00:25When was the date of the first payment?

01:00:28Um, 14th of July.

01:00:30I think we may have something, sir.

01:00:32I realise this is a long shot, sir.

01:00:38What else have we got?

01:00:40Oh, by the way,

01:00:41I had an encounter with those two schoolgirls

01:00:43at the ice rink this morning.

01:00:44What were you doing at the ice rink?

01:00:46Oh, one of them found out my address.

01:00:48Left this.

01:00:51And you went on your own?

01:00:52Yeah, I thought it might be important, sir.

01:00:54And was it?

01:00:55Not as it turned out.

01:00:56Just a schoolgirl crush.

01:00:58Told them off.

01:00:58They wasted an hour of our time

01:01:01and you told them off.

01:01:09Hello there.

01:01:11Does a Mr Bruce Mackenzie work here?

01:01:15Bruce?

01:01:24Bruce Mackenzie.

01:01:25DCI Tiger.

01:01:28DS Jarden.

01:01:30Do you know a woman called Lena Henderson?

01:01:33No.

01:01:34You sure about that?

01:01:35Sure.

01:01:36That, er...

01:01:38That wouldn't be your name in the book, would it?

01:01:40B Mackenzie, £10, 14th of July.

01:01:43Nothing to do with me.

01:01:45See, by a strange coincidence,

01:01:47that was the week of your brother's trial.

01:01:49And the woman that kept this notebook,

01:01:51she was there.

01:01:52Must be lots of B Mackenzie's.

01:01:54She wasn't blackmailing you for any reason.

01:01:57No.

01:01:57I mean,

01:01:58I don't know who she is.

01:02:01Can I ask what it's about?

01:02:03Yeah, it's a murder inquiry.

01:02:05Wish I could help yous.

01:02:11He's lying.

01:02:13Is there nothing on this book we can pin to him?

01:02:16Apart from the name B Mackenzie.

01:02:18No.

01:02:20Let's let him stew for a minute.

01:02:21Remember the Yorkshire Ripper?

01:02:24Yeah.

01:02:24What's that got to do with it?

01:02:26Well, they found a new fiver in a prostitutes handbag.

01:02:29If they had acted sooner,

01:02:30they could have caught the Ripper by the running serial numbers.

01:02:33What are you saying, sir?

01:02:35He's still got some notes.

01:02:36Maybe in the same run.

01:02:37Come on.

01:02:38Where is he?

01:02:48Said he'd two thick.

01:02:50So we're home.

01:02:57Hey!

01:02:58Hey!

01:03:08Hey!

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