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2025 S14 E00 Christmas Special
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00:00:00Currently delays at Junction 15 of the M4 due to ongoing improvement marks.
00:00:04That's your latest travel update from us here at the station.
00:00:07It's the 1st of December, so Christmas has officially started.
00:00:11And this is a classic.
00:00:14Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
00:00:17Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
00:00:21Snow and hand blowing up those of the fire
00:00:25Morning, Helen.
00:00:28Christmas begins.
00:00:30Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
00:00:33Jingle bell time and jingle bell time
00:00:37Dancing and prancing in jingle bell square
00:00:41In the frosty air
00:00:44What a bright time
00:00:46Well, I'll get in with a nice cup of tea after that.
00:00:50I've never seen the town centre so busy.
00:00:56Oh, I'm sorry, Helen. I didn't know there was a team meeting.
00:00:58Oh, you're fine, Marjorie. I was just making a small announcement.
00:01:02You'll never believe it. She's only taking us away for the office Christmas party.
00:01:05It's been a tough old year. And I just want to say thank you to everyone for helping me get through it.
00:01:11Guess what? We're only going to the ruddy Caribbean.
00:01:14Oh, my goodness gracious me. Oh, although it does mean missing the away game of Colchester.
00:01:21What's that matter?
00:01:21It's the Caribbean.
00:01:23What a way to celebrate our...
00:01:25And you've properly budgeted for it, Mum?
00:01:27Yes, Neil. It's all accounted for.
00:01:29Quite sure?
00:01:31You know, I've always wanted to visit that part of the world.
00:01:34Oh, um, not you, Marjorie, love. It's senior staff only. I am so sorry. I should have said.
00:01:44Oh, of course. I'm sorry, Helen. Silly old me.
00:01:49Duh.
00:01:49Oh, I, I probably should get that.
00:01:57We are so going bikini shopping after work tonight.
00:02:02Oh, you might treat yourself to some speed, or as...
00:02:04Duckdale's branded merchandise. Marjorie speaking.
00:02:13Duckdale's branded merchandise. Marjorie speaking.
00:02:16Yes, I just put you through to her warehouse.
00:02:19Hyah, yeah, no, no, no, no, no.
00:02:23O the ancient foods and par
00:02:41See the blazing field before us.
00:02:44Strike the heart and join the chorus.
00:02:46Huzzle, ha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
00:02:47Who you if you are, be your your own way and may not accept it.
00:02:48Gracias.
00:02:48Yes.
00:02:49Oh, oh, we can tell.
00:02:50Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:02:53Oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:02:54This was it.
00:02:55We've got fish to change right now.
00:02:57I saw crossing right now.
00:03:19Happy Christmas.
00:03:31With it.
00:03:45Hi, Marjorie.
00:03:46I just want to let you know that there's a Commissioner Patterson arriving.
00:03:52It's a serious situation over here.
00:03:55Give him access to anything he needs.
00:03:58I've told the police here that we're going to cooperate fully.
00:04:01Will do, Helen.
00:04:02Oh, I hear him now.
00:04:03We'll speak later.
00:04:05Okay.
00:04:07Ah!
00:04:08You must be the policeman from the Caribbean.
00:04:11Commissioner Patterson, is it?
00:04:12Selwyn Patterson.
00:04:14So, um, what has actually happened out there?
00:04:19The police will call to your colleague's Holiday Villa,
00:04:22where, I'm sorry to see, a man was found, shot dead, murdered.
00:04:27That's very bad.
00:04:29I'm sorry to see.
00:04:30Let me know.
00:04:30He's not a astronaut.
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00:35:57I don't know.
00:35:58If you see her call, if she listens to the scene,
00:36:02if you see her call.
00:36:03If you see her call,
00:36:08it's number actually says, Have you seen her...
00:36:11If you see her call, it's number,
00:36:15Ashley says, Have you seen her call?
00:36:18If you see her call...
00:36:20Commissioner. Morning.
00:36:22This is a surprise.
00:36:23Inspector, have you seen that video
00:36:25Officer Rose has put on social media.
00:36:28It's deeply inappropriate.
00:36:31Would you like another sherry, Selwyn?
00:36:34Er, no.
00:36:39How is that?
00:36:40Is that the receptionist?
00:36:43Marjorie Dons.
00:36:44I'm spending Christmas Day with her.
00:36:47Well, I'm glad you two hit it off.
00:36:48Good for you, sir.
00:36:49It's not like that, Inspector.
00:36:51I got stock in Swindon.
00:36:53There were no trains to Leeds.
00:36:55OK.
00:36:55Look, just take that video down.
00:36:58No disrespect, sir, but it's not really your problem anymore, is it?
00:37:02Just sort it, Inspector.
00:37:13Yeah, I've got his bank statement in front of me.
00:37:16That's great.
00:37:16Could you email it over?
00:37:18I'll do that right away.
00:37:19Cheers.
00:37:19Literally every train.
00:37:32If you've seen her call this number...
00:37:34If you've seen her call this number...
00:37:38All right, I'm coming.
00:37:48I've got a lead.
00:37:49A possible suspect for Darian St. Julesy's murder.
00:37:52I need to go and talk with him now.
00:37:54Merry Christmas, sir.
00:37:55Oh, um...
00:37:58Merry Christmas.
00:38:03I'll be right with you.
00:38:04Our financial checks show that two days ago, you wired £100,000 from this island to your bank account back in England.
00:38:23No, he didn't.
00:38:24What?
00:38:31You want to tell us where you got that money from?
00:38:34What did you do, Liam?
00:38:35Yes, Neil.
00:38:36What did you do?
00:38:37I followed you.
00:38:40Why?
00:38:41You were acting so weird.
00:38:43A few days ago, when you went off by yourself.
00:38:46I knew that it had to be about the money that Ashley had taken.
00:38:49I'm sorry.
00:38:50I couldn't understand why you didn't tell me.
00:38:52And I know you were just trying to protect me, Mum.
00:38:54I was worried about you.
00:38:55I was just trying to help.
00:38:59So I waited until the guy, Darian, had left.
00:39:04Doors unlocked, so I let myself in.
00:39:06There wasn't anything I could find until I found an old biscuit tin full of money.
00:39:12And what did you think when he opened this and saw £100,000 in cash inside?
00:39:17Well, I still think that it was money that belonged to the company.
00:39:21I mean, why else would this local fisherman have that much money in sterling in his house?
00:39:26And that's why you took it?
00:39:27Because it was money that Ashley had stolen from us.
00:39:29From Mum.
00:39:32And I don't want to see her lose everything.
00:39:36Oh, she'd already lost my dad.
00:39:39Sorry, Tom.
00:39:44All right.
00:39:45Okay.
00:39:46So, fast forward to the morning you're due to leave the island, yeah?
00:39:51And our victim turns up at 5.30.
00:39:54We've been trying to work out why he went there that morning.
00:39:58But what if he realised that you stole from him and came to confront you about it?
00:40:03No.
00:40:03All my life.
00:40:05I didn't even see him that morning.
00:40:08This aftershave.
00:40:09It's yours, right?
00:40:10Ravage Mystique.
00:40:11Yeah.
00:40:12Why?
00:40:13This is the exact same aftershave Darian was wearing.
00:40:16The morning of the murder.
00:40:18Right?
00:40:18You're not suggesting that this is evidence I shot him.
00:40:23Why would I kill someone and then spray him with my own aftershave?
00:40:27Achoo!
00:40:31Darian definitely smelt of this when we found him.
00:40:34But why?
00:40:35What if there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?
00:40:41You know, a bit like a bin man.
00:40:44Yeah, but what?
00:40:48Neil's right.
00:40:49It's not enough.
00:40:51Some Christmas this is.
00:40:53Oh.
00:40:54Come here.
00:40:55Give your mum a hug.
00:40:57Oh, hi, I'm sorry.
00:41:02Oh.
00:41:03No, not now, Marjorie.
00:41:05Hi, this is Helen Dugdale's phone.
00:41:08Please leave a message after the tone.
00:41:09I'll call you back.
00:41:11Hello, Helen.
00:41:12It's Marjorie.
00:41:13I'm phoning to wish you a Merry Christmas.
00:41:16We're about to have our lunch,
00:41:17and I just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you.
00:41:20I hope everything sorts itself out soon.
00:41:31Dinner is served.
00:41:33This looks wonderful.
00:41:45Here's to a Merry Christmas.
00:41:48Merry Christmas.
00:41:49Right, then.
00:41:55Tuck in.
00:41:59I would like to offer you an apology, Miss Dodds.
00:42:04Oh, Marjorie, please.
00:42:06There's really no need for an apology.
00:42:08Oh, there is.
00:42:10You've been nothing but gracious and welcoming for the last couple of days.
00:42:15While I...
00:42:16I've been nothing but, um...
00:42:19Routy.
00:42:21No, no, I wouldn't go that far.
00:42:23Though...
00:42:25I did sense you weren't very happy.
00:42:30Is it to do with your old job?
00:42:32What makes you ask that?
00:42:34I don't know.
00:42:35It's just...
00:42:36When we first met, the way you said you were retired, it was like you weren't entirely comfortable with it.
00:42:42My superiors back on St. Marie, they tried to get rid of me after 50 years of doing a job I loved.
00:42:55In the end, I...
00:42:57I just walked away.
00:43:00I know what it's like.
00:43:02I'm just silly old Marjorie on reception.
00:43:06Don't even get invited to the Christmas party they're having out there.
00:43:10I'm sorry.
00:43:12And I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean.
00:43:21Look at us.
00:43:23Moving like this on Christmas Day.
00:43:26When you cook this feast for us, we should be enjoying ourselves.
00:43:31Here.
00:43:33Will you do me the pleasure?
00:43:35Well, if you insist.
00:43:38I won!
00:43:40I won!
00:43:42Oh, where's it gone?
00:43:44Where's it gone?
00:43:45There it is.
00:43:50It's a tiny little sewing kit.
00:43:57Alright, let me check with the inspector.
00:43:59Okay, speak to you soon.
00:44:01Alright.
00:44:04Hey!
00:44:05Merry Christmas, guys!
00:44:07Merry Christmas, Seth!
00:44:08Hey, dear.
00:44:10Now, where are we at with the search for Ashley Sims?
00:44:13So, um...
00:44:14B&Bs, hotels, guest horses, nobody's heard from her.
00:44:18And no one's called in with her sighting either.
00:44:20It's like she's vanished into thin air.
00:44:21Oh, and, uh, Catherine just called.
00:44:23She said she can still squeeze us in for her Christmas Day lunch,
00:44:26but it's her last sitting, so we have to go now.
00:44:29Are we still asking ourselves,
00:44:31how was Darian shot with a bullet fired from a gun
00:44:33locked in a drawer in Swindon at the time that it happened?
00:44:36And what has Blitzen got to do with all of this?
00:44:42Are you coming, sir?
00:44:45Well, yeah, you guys go.
00:44:46I'll just keep working.
00:44:48Are you sure, sir?
00:44:49Wait a minute.
00:44:52What are these?
00:44:53Oh, those are the invices, sir, you know?
00:44:56For the stuff I organized to help find Ashley Sims.
00:44:59You have, um, posters, adverts for TV and radio, and, uh...
00:45:03There's over $1,000 that we owe.
00:45:04We can't afford this.
00:45:05Well, um...
00:45:06Well, how big do you think our budget was?
00:45:07It's only because you said whatever it takes.
00:45:10Yeah, but not this much!
00:45:12I mean, what were you thinking?
00:45:13Uh, all right, let's...
00:45:15Let's calm it.
00:45:19Seb, why don't you head over to Catherine's,
00:45:21and I'll catch up with you.
00:45:28With respect,
00:45:30he's just doing his best to help.
00:45:33And he's given up his Christmas to do it, sir.
00:45:39Look, I know the case is frustrating,
00:45:41and you've got other things on your mind.
00:45:42What other things?
00:45:44Well, your brother not calling.
00:45:47What?
00:45:47That's not bothering me.
00:45:49It isn't.
00:45:51It isn't.
00:45:51No, it isn't.
00:45:52Yes, it is.
00:45:54Of course it is.
00:45:55And I really wish you'd just admit that,
00:45:58rather than pretending like you don't care
00:45:59when you so clearly care.
00:46:01Just don't take it out on the rest of us.
00:46:15you guys do it.
00:46:22Yes, yes, yes.
00:46:27Yes, yes, yes.
00:46:37joyeux noël camille and to little chloe her grandmother is missing her today has she
00:46:55opened a present yet no not yet um one moment camille yes okay no mervyn
00:47:25so
00:47:32so
00:47:36so
00:47:38so
00:47:40so
00:47:44so
00:47:46so
00:47:50so
00:47:55Inspector, everything all right?
00:48:15I'm feeling bad, sir, about messing up your Christmas.
00:48:18I'm sorry you couldn't get suspended with your daughter.
00:48:20It's not your fault.
00:48:21If anyone's to blame, it's the British Transport System.
00:48:25Which I am told is not uncommon.
00:48:27I mean, I'd like to say you get used to it by be lying.
00:48:32Just a minute.
00:48:47Is that the sea?
00:48:49Yeah.
00:48:50I'm at the shack.
00:48:52It's beautiful out here.
00:48:54It's a really clear night.
00:48:56But then all nights are like that here, aren't they?
00:48:58The moon here is a little more grey than I remember it in St. Marie.
00:49:03I'm just wondering if I made a mistake staying on in St. Marie.
00:49:16Why?
00:49:17Because I know I'm not good when I put myself on the line.
00:49:21I feel like I'm just hanging around.
00:49:24Waiting.
00:49:25Your brother?
00:49:26Yeah.
00:49:28Yeah.
00:49:29I don't think he wants to get in touch.
00:49:38I'm sorry.
00:49:39It's not really your problem anymore, is it?
00:49:40Whether I stay or go.
00:49:41It still feels like it is.
00:49:42Inspector.
00:49:43If you are not sure what to do, the only advice I can offer is that you put your trust in that island.
00:49:58I did for most of my life.
00:50:01And in return, it delivered me true happiness.
00:50:07If St. Marie won't bring your brother to you, then perhaps it will bring you someone or something else.
00:50:24Be patient.
00:50:28Yeah, well, you know patience isn't my forte, right?
00:50:32I know.
00:50:34But what am I supposed to do in the meantime?
00:50:36Might I suggest you focus on solving that case?
00:50:40Yes, you have.
00:50:44You're missed here, you know.
00:50:51Good night, Inspector.
00:50:54Good night.
00:50:55Good night.
00:51:24Good night.
00:51:26Blitzen.
00:51:27Why Blitzen?
00:51:30Officer Rose.
00:51:31Inspector.
00:51:33What's up?
00:51:34I wanted to come and say I'm sorry for spending all that money you don't have in your budget.
00:51:38So, er, I wanted to pay it back.
00:51:46There's $322.86 in there, which I took from my savings.
00:51:51I mean, it's all my savings, but that's cool.
00:51:54And, er, if you deduct $20 from my wages each month, you should be paid back in about two years, I reckon.
00:52:04Officer Rose.
00:52:06And you've got a good heart.
00:52:08Anyone ever tell you that?
00:52:10Well, my auntie, like, all the time, you know?
00:52:14You know?
00:52:18Take this.
00:52:19You don't have to pay anything back.
00:52:22We'll find it in the budget.
00:52:24And there's no need to apologise, alright?
00:52:27In fact, I should apologise for blazing at you like that.
00:52:31What you did was, erm, was really good work.
00:52:35Anyway, come on.
00:52:38I've got a new lead.
00:52:39Let's go and wait D.S. Thomas up.
00:52:47He can't keep doing this.
00:52:51Happy Boxing Day, D.S. Thomas.
00:52:54Listen, erm...
00:52:57I wanna apologise.
00:52:59For losing it and ruining Christmas.
00:53:01I'll make it up to you.
00:53:04I promise.
00:53:07And you were right about me taking it out on you because of Solomon.
00:53:14I just really wanted it.
00:53:16You know?
00:53:20I'm sorry too.
00:53:23Good morning, Sarge!
00:53:25The inspector tell you the good news yet?
00:53:27He's only gonna make a big breakthrough in the case,
00:53:30which is a big relief.
00:53:32Because I was drawing a blank.
00:53:34You have tea?
00:53:37So I've been going through Darien St. Jules' phone records
00:53:40and he phoned someone the day before he was murdered.
00:53:43A friend of his called Trishawn King.
00:53:46Now he was over on Montserrat for Christmas.
00:53:49So I asked Darlene to speak with him.
00:53:51Darlene?
00:53:52Last night?
00:53:53Yeah.
00:53:54And how was she with that?
00:53:55Er, you know, she was...
00:53:57She was cool with it.
00:53:59Inspector, it's Christmas Day.
00:54:02What in God's name do you think you're doing?
00:54:08Anyway, it turned out Darien feared for his life
00:54:12and was asking Trishawn where he can get hold of a gun for protection.
00:54:15He thought someone was going to kill him.
00:54:18Did he say who?
00:54:20Hmm.
00:54:22But he did say he was caught up in something he shouldn't have
00:54:23and get this, he thought the woman he was trying to help had been murdered.
00:54:27Now I'm caught up in it all.
00:54:29And now he was worried that he was going to suffer the same fate.
00:54:32Whoa, wait.
00:54:34Darien told Trishawn he thought Ashley Simms was murdered?
00:54:37But it would explain why no one's seen her the last few days.
00:54:39So then, if this is true, that means that whoever killed Ashley Simms
00:54:45probably also murdered Darien St. Jude.
00:54:48To silence him.
00:54:50So what we need to start looking for now is anyone who had a reason to kill Ashley Simms.
00:54:54Well, both Helen and Neil Dugdale to start with.
00:54:57Ashley stole half a million pounds from their company.
00:55:00And...
00:55:02there's someone else as well.
00:55:03We've been looking at your phone records.
00:55:07And these, Miss Hickson, are text messages from you to Ashley Simms just before she came out here.
00:55:17You'll regret ever meeting me.
00:55:19Stay away from my boyfriend or else I'm not afraid to hurt you.
00:55:24The list goes on.
00:55:26Care to explain?
00:55:28They had a thing, right?
00:55:30Gavin and Ashley had a thing behind my back.
00:55:35Sort of.
00:55:37Sort of?
00:55:39Yeah, like, it wasn't like a real thing.
00:55:41Like, they never really got together.
00:55:43But he liked her.
00:55:46Yeah.
00:55:48God knows why.
00:55:50She was weird.
00:55:51But I think Gav liked that about her.
00:55:53And he called things off between us.
00:55:55And that's when I started warning her off.
00:55:59Guess I just got a bit carried away.
00:56:02I just...
00:56:04I just didn't want to lose him.
00:56:06And you didn't.
00:56:08Now that Ashley's conveniently disappeared, you've got Gavin to yourself now, haven't you?
00:56:13What?
00:56:15Is that what you think? That I killed her?
00:56:16No, I wouldn't.
00:56:21I didn't.
00:56:23It'll be about Gavin.
00:56:25We need to tell her what we know.
00:56:28But Ashley called things off with Gav.
00:56:31Why would I kill her?
00:56:32Inspector.
00:56:34You need to hear the truth.
00:56:36What?
00:56:37And I'm afraid you're not going to get that from her.
00:56:39No disrespect, Karen.
00:56:41Yo, come on, man.
00:56:42What are you saying?
00:56:43Whatever she's told you, it's ten times worse.
00:56:46Neil, what are you saying?
00:56:47Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:56:48You've had your chance.
00:56:49Go on.
00:56:51He had a thing for Ashley.
00:56:53Is that it?
00:56:54We already know.
00:56:55No, it was more than that.
00:56:56Gavin was obsessed.
00:56:58When Ashley said they couldn't see each other anymore, he had to take time off work.
00:57:02And I've seen the posters you've been putting up.
00:57:03If Ashley's gone missing, then I'm telling you, it'll have something to do with Gavin.
00:57:08Inspector.
00:57:12Someone's just broken into the villa where Daryon was shot.
00:57:42And he's feeling he's holding hisá
00:57:49Come on.
00:58:00Mr Bradbury, this doesn't look good at all.
00:58:05But then I don't think you need me to tell you that.
00:58:07that you want to start by telling us what we're going to find in that pool
00:58:13you've just entered and we know it's not the gun used to kill Darien St. Jules
00:58:18because that's currently sitting in a police station somewhere in Swindon
00:58:20so what's down there why have you come back to the crime scene Gavin what's so
00:58:24important inspector found something what is it a bullet one that's been fired
00:58:37why is there a bullet in the pool go to like keepsake something to remember
00:58:46Ashley by a bullet there are other things that I've got of hers as well like more
00:58:57like like normal things I'm really not interested in those funny enough
00:59:01Ashley she's it's not like anyone I've ever met before
00:59:06like it was it was exciting being around her and her life was so different to
00:59:11mine yeah I hear that the bullet yeah she has a gun she was looking after it as a
00:59:20favor for someone that she knew from prison and she well we went out to the
00:59:26woods one day and she let me fire it it was it was amazing right you know like
00:59:32exhilarating and I went and got one of the bullets you know like I said that I
00:59:35would keep it with me to remind me of her when they say romance is dead so why did
00:59:42it end up in the pool I panicked when there was that dead guy and and and Neil called the
00:59:48police I was worried that if you found it you'd think it was me that shot him so I
00:59:53took it out and I was wondering what to do and I dropped it I it fell in the pool and the more
01:00:03you were sniffing around the more started to worry that you'd find it so I came back and I
01:00:06so you loved Ashley then yeah I guess yeah must have really hurt when she ended things Kevin we
01:00:21believe Ashley Sims was murdered on this island in the last few days what no what if she can be kind
01:00:28of wondering if maybe you did it me why would I kill Ashley because you couldn't have her and it
01:00:36hurt like hell no no no you've got this wrong I didn't kill her by all that man you seem a bit
01:00:43edgy Kevin is there something you aren't telling us there's nothing really there is nothing
01:00:51you know what to do Ashley it's me we need to talk I'm worried about you
01:01:20the police have been asking questions and I think they they know about us so
01:01:24just let me know what you want me to do yeah please call me back I love you
01:01:43all right sir you seem I've been tense I just can't work this one out I mean we've
01:01:50got one potential murder victim whose body we haven't found another murder victim whose body we
01:01:55have found but that murder weapon was locked in a death drawer on the other side of the world when
01:02:00that murder took place I mean where do we even start well sounds like you need to go get a look
01:02:05push all the room you know release some of that tension no you're all right officer Rose
01:02:10ah this guy again listen mate I told you before I'm not interested in upgrading to another phone so
01:02:20stop calling me yeah is that Mervyn Wilson yeah it's still Mervyn Wilson and I'm still not interested
01:02:26it's me Solomon your brother are you there Mervyn Mervyn yes yes he's here don't hang up
01:02:45I'm sorry I just wasn't expecting your call yeah I know I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get a
01:03:12touch but it was you know no no no no mate I I totally understand yeah I mean it's all it's a
01:03:20process right but um hey you're calling now aren't you young man it's a process but I'm glad to be
01:03:28calling now are you still there Mervyn oh yeah yeah I'm still here um
01:03:39look um Solomon I'm I'm really really sorry to do this to you and I am so glad you called it and
01:03:49that we're finally speaking and and I really really want us to talk again but right now there's something
01:03:58I need to do yeah yeah man no problem without you that was quick officer Rose that billboard you did
01:04:07that right yes sir I did what you should already have the invoice for that it's not gonna cost any
01:04:13extra I don't care about the cost it was worth every penny come come look
01:04:17you see all along we've been looking at Ashley's footage on phone screens and laptops yeah well they
01:04:30were too small I don't understand you see where Ashley is this is a still from the video she made
01:04:37and in the background there's a there's a ship passing by now before that was just a speck
01:04:42but now you've blown it up look at it what about the ship but look at what it's called
01:04:50listen blitzen yeah now we know oh officer Rose if you were so tall I'll kiss you
01:05:00why would Darian write the name of that ship on his hands well he obviously saw the footage himself
01:05:08and then them it saw something in it but what
01:05:18listen so she's vanished into thin air why I've come here I thought I was helping someone you know
01:05:24what I think I'm starting to work out what went down here but I need to make a phone call
01:05:31and you need to get onto airport security come on all right mate much appreciated cheers wow what's wow
01:05:44so that ship behind Ashley Sims it's owned by a Scandinavian container shipping company now we know
01:05:52from the information on that footage Ashley recorded it on the fourth of October right
01:05:57right well check this the Blitzen was passing by the south coast of England on the fourth of October
01:06:03thousands of miles from the Caribbean so Ashley recorded that video on a beach back in the UK which
01:06:11means she was never even here inspector the airport just emailed over security camera footage the day
01:06:17Ashley Sims arrived on the island wait she was here thank you for a wonderful Christmas my jury oh it's
01:06:27been lovely let me give you a hand with that oh don't be daft you don't know where anything goes then
01:06:33you can tell me it's the least I can do living room sideboard draw living thank you but if Ashley
01:06:45Sims has never been here before why do immigration records show that she has because someone else came
01:06:51pretending to be Ashley presumably on a fake passport and that someone paid Darian 100k to lie and say
01:06:58Ashley rented his property for the past few months but why would they do that to misdirect and confuse
01:07:03anyone looking for her because they'd already killed Ashley and taken the money so one of our four
01:07:09suspects has been a tree months previously which is why we're going through this footage because it
01:07:13will show who was pretending to be Ashley Sims there why didn't I see that before why I've come
01:07:21here to try and understand why I hurt people no it was more than that Kevin was obsessed of course
01:07:28after that nobody has seen leaving are arriving so it's got to be one of these four who shot Darren
01:07:34and St Jules you were in the hammock when whatever happened happened you didn't hear the gunshot it's like
01:07:40Helen said you know the room out here it's stronger than you used to what if there was another smell
01:07:45the killer was trying to hide it makes perfect sense now for definite there's no gun at the
01:07:51villa the commissioner found a gun locked in the desk drawer at Dougdale's offices back in the UK
01:07:56we need to call the commissioner the commissioner why because he's with the killer as we speak
01:08:10come on sir pick up
01:08:16and what about these ones
01:08:22same drawer
01:08:23I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean
01:08:33I said the same drawer
01:08:51that necklace the stone is litma unique to Saint Marie you told me you always wanted to go to the
01:09:08Caribbean like you've never been
01:09:10you were lying
01:09:15no no Selwyn
01:09:17it was you that went to Saint Marie three months ago
01:09:21if Ashley never went then is she dead
01:09:26oh I'm sorry
01:09:29I didn't mean to it just happened
01:09:33I think you should put the knife down no
01:09:46please
01:09:47that video she made it wasn't in the Caribbean was it
01:10:01Bournemouth
01:10:03on a Sunday she'd she'd gone to the seaside
01:10:07she realized she'd made a mistake stealing that money
01:10:12didn't she
01:10:13then she wanted to give the money back
01:10:16and send the video as an apology
01:10:19I want to say sorry
01:10:21I don't know why I keep doing this
01:10:23Miss Simms didn't leave the country
01:10:25I'd gone in to the office that day
01:10:30to deal with an order that had gone wrong
01:10:33it wasn't my fault
01:10:35but I was the one who had to go in and fix it
01:10:38and then when I let myself in
01:10:41I found Ashley there and I knew
01:10:44I knew straight away what the money was
01:10:46you you overhear a lot when you sit at reception all day
01:10:50I knew it was you
01:10:52and I went to call the police
01:10:54wait I'm giving the money back
01:10:56Marjorie
01:10:56don't
01:10:58please
01:10:59I'm calling the police now
01:11:01don't do this to me
01:11:03you're not
01:11:04and Ashley tried to stop me
01:11:06I won't let you Marjorie
01:11:08get off me
01:11:09pushed her off me and
01:11:10and I wasn't even supposed to be in that day
01:11:27but it's like I told you
01:11:31nobody
01:11:31nobody cares for me there
01:11:33they just take me for granted
01:11:36you saw the money
01:11:38and thought
01:11:40finally
01:11:41you could take something back
01:11:44for yourself
01:11:45all you had to do was
01:11:48dispose of the body
01:11:49where?
01:11:59in my back garden
01:12:01and then you
01:12:08made a fake passport
01:12:09in Ashley's name
01:12:10oh that wasn't hard
01:12:11you know with all the
01:12:12kit we've got in the office
01:12:14you flew on that passport
01:12:16to Saint Marie
01:12:17to make it look as
01:12:19if Miss Sims had run away
01:12:21to the other side of the world
01:12:23and rented her property there
01:12:25for the last few months
01:12:27you know I
01:12:28I really did
01:12:30want to go to the Caribbean
01:12:31it's just that I never had the chance
01:12:35or the money
01:12:37until
01:12:38and if you were going to misdirect
01:12:40from what really happened here
01:12:42in Swindon
01:12:44where the dead body was
01:12:46then
01:12:47the farther away
01:12:49the better
01:12:50and no one
01:12:51would realise
01:12:52until
01:12:58things started
01:12:59to go wrong
01:13:00and you received
01:13:03a phone call
01:13:03you're saying
01:13:11Marjorie killed
01:13:13Ashley Sims
01:13:14our receptionist
01:13:15that Marjorie
01:13:16that Marjorie
01:13:17yes Marjorie Dodds
01:13:18the receptionist
01:13:19killed Ashley Sims
01:13:20in England
01:13:21and made it look as if
01:13:23she ran away to the Caribbean
01:13:24with your 500k
01:13:25oh my
01:13:26I did not see that coming
01:13:28so which one of us
01:13:29shot the man found
01:13:30in our swimming pool
01:13:31it wasn't any of you
01:13:33but it had to be
01:13:35you said so
01:13:36no one else was here
01:13:37yeah you're right
01:13:38I did say that
01:13:39but what I didn't know then
01:13:40was that
01:13:41Darian St. Jules
01:13:42wasn't shot at your villa
01:13:44it just
01:13:45looked like he was
01:13:46that's why
01:13:47no gunshot was heard
01:13:48because
01:13:49there wasn't one
01:13:50he'd already been shot
01:13:52we know now
01:13:57from our colleague
01:13:58in the UK
01:13:59that Marjorie
01:14:00had paid Darian money
01:14:01she came to the island
01:14:03three months ago
01:14:03on a forged passport
01:14:04and she gave him
01:14:05£100,000
01:14:07to lie
01:14:08and cover
01:14:09if anyone ever
01:14:10came to the island
01:14:11asking after Ashley
01:14:12she'd convinced him
01:14:14he was doing a favour
01:14:15for a very vulnerable
01:14:16friend of hers
01:14:17but when you visited him
01:14:19a few days ago
01:14:20Mrs. Dogdale
01:14:21asking questions
01:14:22mentioning the missing
01:14:23£500,000
01:14:24Darian started to wonder
01:14:25what he'd gotten himself
01:14:27involved in
01:14:27and when he re-watched
01:14:29that footage more closely
01:14:30the footage of Ashley
01:14:32you'd shown him
01:14:32as an experienced fisherman
01:14:34who knew the waters
01:14:35of St. Marie very well
01:14:36something about it
01:14:38bothered him
01:14:39zooming in
01:14:40he was able to read
01:14:41the name of the boat
01:14:41Blitzen
01:14:42he knew this was not
01:14:43a St. Marie vessel
01:14:44he worked out
01:14:48that the video of Ashley
01:14:49was actually shot
01:14:51in the UK
01:14:52and having heard
01:14:53from you
01:14:54Mrs. Dogdale
01:14:55that Ashley went missing
01:14:56with £500,000
01:14:57of your money
01:14:58Darian started to realise
01:15:00that Ashley had never
01:15:01been to the island
01:15:02he'd only ever met Marjorie
01:15:03so he phoned
01:15:05Miss Dodds
01:15:06asking what was going on
01:15:08we need to talk
01:15:14listen Darian
01:15:16you've got this all wrong
01:15:18all throughout this case
01:15:20we thought Darian's killer
01:15:22had to be one of you four
01:15:24the one person
01:15:25we never suspected
01:15:26was Marjorie Dodds
01:15:28it was all the way back
01:15:29in Swindon
01:15:29or so we thought
01:15:30with Darian threatening
01:15:32to go to the police
01:15:33Marjorie asked him
01:15:35to hang fire
01:15:36and she would
01:15:37fly out here
01:15:38and speak to him
01:15:39in person
01:15:39Marjorie was here
01:15:40on this island
01:15:41at the exact same time
01:15:42we were
01:15:43yeah
01:15:43she arrived the night
01:15:44before Darian was shot
01:15:45and flew back to the UK
01:15:46the next morning
01:15:47unable to convince Darian
01:15:50to keep quiet
01:15:51and carry on with the lie
01:15:52Marjorie started
01:15:53to grow desperate
01:15:54worried he'd tell the police
01:15:56I can give you more money
01:15:58how much
01:15:58just tell me
01:15:59and I'll give it to you
01:16:00we know Darian
01:16:02was searching around
01:16:04for a gun
01:16:04for self-protection
01:16:06I just want you to leave
01:16:07now
01:16:09he never expected
01:16:12Marjorie would use it
01:16:13against him
01:16:14what are you doing
01:16:19put the gun down
01:16:20after shooting Darian
01:16:26Marjorie left
01:16:27and headed for the airport
01:16:29before getting back
01:16:30on the plane
01:16:31arriving at Dugdale's offices
01:16:32just in time to meet
01:16:33with our very own
01:16:34Commissioner Patterson
01:16:35if Marjorie shot Darian
01:16:38at his house
01:16:39how did he end up
01:16:40at our villa
01:16:41Marjorie thought
01:16:42she'd killed him
01:16:43but what she didn't know
01:16:44when she left Darian's place
01:16:45was that he was still alive
01:16:47it was the fact
01:16:52that he smelled
01:16:52so strongly
01:16:53of someone else's aftershave
01:16:55they helped us work it out
01:16:56Neil's aftershave
01:16:57in fact
01:16:57we thought it was there
01:16:59to cover up
01:17:00another smell
01:17:00that we now know
01:17:02was antiseptic
01:17:04the stuff used
01:17:06to clean up a wound
01:17:07because as soon as
01:17:08Marjorie quit the scene
01:17:09Darian regained consciousness
01:17:11and patched himself up
01:17:12as far as he was concerned
01:17:14the bullet was just
01:17:15lodged in his shoulder
01:17:15wasn't life threatening
01:17:17so he put on
01:17:18a fresh t-shirt
01:17:19and headed off to the hospital
01:17:21to get it properly seen to
01:17:22but on the way
01:17:24it passed your villa
01:17:25which was
01:17:26just half a mile
01:17:27down the road
01:17:28and I think Darian intended
01:17:30to alert you
01:17:31to what had gone down
01:17:32he stopped here
01:17:33to tell you the truth
01:17:34about Ashley
01:17:34and to warn you
01:17:35about what Marjorie
01:17:36had done
01:17:37that's why
01:17:38he came here
01:17:39that morning
01:17:39to tell you
01:17:41what your colleague
01:17:42had done to Ashley
01:17:43and in turn
01:17:43to him
01:17:44to make sure
01:17:45it didn't happen
01:17:46to anyone else
01:17:47but what Darian
01:17:49didn't know
01:17:49was that his wound
01:17:50was worse than he thought
01:17:52and he was bleeding
01:17:53internally
01:17:54and so despite
01:17:56his brave effort
01:17:57to alert you all
01:17:58to the truth
01:17:59he died
01:18:00here in your villa
01:18:01but then someone
01:18:04proceeded to
01:18:06stage the scene
01:18:07as if he was
01:18:09shot in this villa
01:18:10didn't you
01:18:12Mr. Bradbury
01:18:13me
01:18:15what
01:18:15we're talking
01:18:16no of course not
01:18:17no
01:18:18and you did it
01:18:19because Ashley
01:18:20told you to
01:18:21you're crazy
01:18:23Ashley
01:18:23I don't know
01:18:24what you're talking about
01:18:25let me have your phone
01:18:28Gavin
01:18:32please
01:18:33it's okay
01:18:36unlock it
01:18:39Bingo
01:18:53text messages
01:18:55seemingly from Ashley Sims
01:18:57from the moment
01:18:58she disappeared
01:18:58right up to today
01:18:59but all of these
01:19:00were sent by Marjorie Dodds
01:19:02who kept Ashley's phone
01:19:07after she killed her
01:19:08but no
01:19:08you know you're wrong
01:19:09she can't be
01:19:10you've been texting her
01:19:11no
01:19:11this whole time
01:19:12Karen
01:19:12Karen
01:19:12I'm sorry
01:19:13look
01:19:13no
01:19:14Karen
01:19:14and here
01:19:17proof of what happened
01:19:18messages exchanged
01:19:20on the morning
01:19:20of Darian's death
01:19:21because despite
01:19:22what you told us
01:19:23Gavin
01:19:23you were actually
01:19:24the first
01:19:25to discover
01:19:25Darian's body
01:19:26you knew
01:19:30who Darian was
01:19:31because Ashley
01:19:32had told you
01:19:32all about him
01:19:33and so
01:19:34you contacted
01:19:35Ashley
01:19:35left a message
01:19:37telling her
01:19:37that Darian
01:19:38had turned up
01:19:38to the villa
01:19:39and died
01:19:39and asking her
01:19:40what was going on
01:19:42a few minutes later
01:19:43she
01:19:43or rather
01:19:44Marjorie
01:19:46texted back
01:19:47see Marjorie
01:19:49realized that
01:19:50if the police
01:19:51were called
01:19:51and found
01:19:52Darian
01:19:53with his wound
01:19:53patched up
01:19:54they'd know
01:19:55he was shot somewhere else
01:19:56and the trail
01:19:57would lead
01:19:58right back
01:19:59to her
01:19:59so
01:20:00she had to do
01:20:02two things
01:20:02first
01:20:03she texted you
01:20:04with instructions
01:20:05second
01:20:06she had to clear up
01:20:07the real scene
01:20:07of the crime
01:20:08Marjorie's confessed
01:20:09to her colleague
01:20:10in the UK
01:20:10that she quickly
01:20:11doubled back
01:20:11from the airport
01:20:12and returned
01:20:12to Darian's house
01:20:13before disposing
01:20:14of the gun
01:20:14and the t-shirt
01:20:15he was wearing
01:20:16when she shot him
01:20:17meanwhile
01:20:17you moved the body
01:20:18outside to the swimming pool
01:20:19there's also mention
01:20:20here of that bullet
01:20:21you kept
01:20:22as a memento
01:20:22in the text messages
01:20:24you sent to Ashley
01:20:25well that's how Marjorie knew
01:20:26so as Ashley
01:20:28she asked you
01:20:30to remove the bullet
01:20:30she killed Darian with
01:20:32and replace it
01:20:33with the one
01:20:34she knew you had
01:20:35however
01:20:37in your haste
01:20:39you must have dropped
01:20:40the bullet you extracted
01:20:42into the swimming pool
01:20:43but you knew
01:20:45you could come back
01:20:46and retrieve it later
01:20:46once you switched
01:20:49the bullets
01:20:49the heartbeat was over
01:20:51you disposed
01:20:52of the dressing
01:20:53then made a hole
01:20:56in his t-shirt
01:20:57and let the blood
01:20:58around the wound
01:20:59soak in
01:21:00so now
01:21:01it looked like
01:21:02Darian had been shot
01:21:03after he entered
01:21:05the villa
01:21:05not before
01:21:06the last problem
01:21:07you had
01:21:07was getting rid
01:21:08of that antiseptic smell
01:21:10because that stuff
01:21:11lingers right
01:21:12and if the police
01:21:13noticed it
01:21:13we'd certainly be asking
01:21:14who cleaned up the wound
01:21:16and why
01:21:17so you ran into
01:21:17the bathroom
01:21:18and got hold
01:21:19of some aftershave
01:21:20nails
01:21:20and doused him in it
01:21:22so now
01:21:22all you had to do
01:21:24was pretend
01:21:25to be asleep
01:21:25when Mrs. Dogdale
01:21:27discovered the body
01:21:28Gavin
01:21:29we need to get
01:21:30to the airport
01:21:30you gotta pack
01:21:32leaving us
01:21:33without a scooby
01:21:34as to how a man
01:21:35was shot with a gun
01:21:36that was locked
01:21:36in a desk drawer
01:21:375,000 miles away
01:21:38in a Swindon warehouse
01:21:40in the end
01:21:41it wasn't just the police
01:21:42that Marjorie Dodds
01:21:43had duped
01:21:44it was you as well
01:21:45Gavin
01:21:45you see
01:21:46you thought you were
01:21:47helping the woman
01:21:48you loved
01:21:48a woman you'd do
01:21:50anything for
01:21:50when
01:21:51you were actually
01:21:53helping her
01:21:53killer
01:21:54officer Rose
01:22:02Mr. Bradbury
01:22:12I'm arresting on the suspicion
01:22:13of perverting the course
01:22:14of justice
01:22:15you don't need to say anything
01:22:16but it may harm your defence
01:22:18if you do not mention
01:22:18one question
01:22:19something you later rely on
01:22:20in court
01:22:21anything you do say
01:22:22may be used as evidence
01:22:23I need to know
01:22:24why did you come to
01:22:26the train station
01:22:27that night
01:22:28and invite me
01:22:29into your home
01:22:30why take that risk
01:22:32because I didn't want
01:22:36to spend Christmas
01:22:36on my own again
01:22:37I'm so sorry
01:22:44I spoiled it all
01:22:45I spoiled it all
01:22:45Inspector
01:22:59Commissioner
01:23:00the arrest
01:23:02has been made
01:23:02I'm pleased to see
01:23:04same here
01:23:05we couldn't have done it
01:23:06without you sir
01:23:07oh and are you doing all right
01:23:10me
01:23:11yes of course
01:23:12I'm fine
01:23:13Merry Christmas sir
01:23:15I'm doing fine
01:23:23we regret to announce
01:23:27that the 10-15
01:23:29to Leeds
01:23:30will be delayed
01:23:31due to a shortage
01:23:32of train staff
01:23:33Chief Commissioner
01:23:42it's Selwyn Patterson
01:23:44and to you
01:23:46and apologies
01:23:48for calling you
01:23:49during the holidays
01:23:50but
01:23:51I wanted to know
01:23:54if you found
01:23:55my replacement
01:23:56as yet
01:23:58I see
01:24:02I've been doing
01:24:03some thinking
01:24:04and I wondered
01:24:07if there was
01:24:08any chance
01:24:08of
01:24:09my returning
01:24:11to the road
01:24:13if
01:24:14it's still vacant
01:24:16the thing is
01:24:30Harry
01:24:30the classic Christmas day
01:24:32Sunday roast lunch
01:24:34is all well and good
01:24:35but when push comes to shove
01:24:37the real culinary high point
01:24:39is the turkey
01:24:41and stuffing sarni
01:24:42because my friend
01:24:43in my humble opinion
01:24:45it is one of the greatest
01:24:47delicacies
01:24:49known to mankind
01:24:50like bacon and eggs
01:24:53oh DS Thomas
01:24:54you're just in time
01:24:56come in
01:24:56come in
01:24:57grab those for me
01:25:00would you
01:25:00so
01:25:04what is this about sir
01:25:07I promised I'd make up
01:25:09for spoiling Christmas day
01:25:10and that is exactly
01:25:12what I'm doing
01:25:12come on
01:25:14I don't know
01:25:18why I didn't think
01:25:19of this before
01:25:19my front room
01:25:21on the beach
01:25:22is that a good idea
01:25:23do you think
01:25:24yeah why not
01:25:25so we're watching something
01:25:27we certainly are DS Thomas
01:25:29not the
01:25:30great escape
01:25:30yeah
01:25:31beers and butties
01:25:36everyone
01:25:36and thank you
01:25:38and thank you to our local mayor
01:25:39for letting me have
01:25:40the leftovers from the bar
01:25:41and you've put it
01:25:43all between two slices of bread
01:25:45yeah
01:25:46how English
01:25:47excited for this film inspector
01:25:51sounds dope
01:25:52um
01:25:53sir
01:25:55is this really your favourite thing about Christmas
01:26:00well
01:26:01yeah
01:26:02when I was a little boy
01:26:04growing up
01:26:05most times
01:26:07I didn't know where I was going to end up spending Christmas
01:26:09right
01:26:09with a foster family
01:26:12or
01:26:13in a care home
01:26:14but
01:26:15wherever I ended up
01:26:17the one constant
01:26:18every Christmas
01:26:19was his film
01:26:21and it was a
01:26:22it was a comfort to me
01:26:24I bet that little boy
01:26:26never thought he'd be here
01:26:28in the Caribbean
01:26:30all these years later
01:26:32watching
01:26:32that same film
01:26:35surrounded by his friends
01:26:37he certainly didn't Catherine
01:26:44so
01:26:47to him
01:26:49okay then
01:26:55showtime
01:26:56yeah
01:27:02look
01:27:08just give me
01:27:09a few minutes
01:27:10yeah
01:27:10yeah
01:27:11Solomon
01:27:18how you doing man
01:27:19you got my message yeah
01:27:22look
01:27:24I'm sorry I had to cut you off
01:27:27like that before
01:27:28yeah
01:27:28it was just an emergency at work
01:27:31I had to deal with
01:27:32so
01:27:33how's your Christmas been
01:27:34yeah
01:27:37good
01:27:38mine
01:27:40um
01:27:41yeah yeah
01:27:44it's been really good
01:27:45look
01:27:48um
01:27:49I don't know how you feel about this but
01:27:52I was wondering if you wanted to meet up
01:27:55sometime
01:27:56yeah
01:28:00I definitely would like to
01:28:04festive crimes and jaw-dropping revelations in the beyond paradise Christmas special
01:28:29on BBC iPlayer
01:28:30where you can also find the staff of Nanata's house as they travel to Hong Kong
01:28:34they call the midwife Christmas special
01:28:36press red now
01:28:37a movie classic on BBC Two now
01:28:40with The Godfather
01:28:41good
01:28:49.
01:28:50yeah
01:28:51image
01:28:52.
01:29:00.
01:29:02.
01:29:02,
01:29:02.
01:29:04.
01:29:04.
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