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S00 E30 Christmas Special 2025
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00:00:01That's your latest travel update from us here at the station.
00:00:04It's the 1st of December, so Christmas has officially started.
00:00:07And this is a classic.
00:00:10Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock
00:00:14Jingle Bell Swing and Jingle Bells Ring
00:00:18Snow and has glowing, a potion of fire
00:00:22Oh! Morning, Alan. Christmas begins.
00:00:26Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock
00:00:30Jingle Bell time and Jingle Bell time
00:00:34Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
00:00:38In the frosty air
00:00:42Well, I'll get you with a nice cup of tea after that.
00:00:46I've never seen the town centre so busy.
00:00:52Oh, I'm sorry, Helen. I didn't know there was a team meeting.
00:00:55Oh, you're fine, Marjorie. I was just making a small announcement.
00:00:58You'll never believe it.
00:00:59She's only taking us away for the office Christmas party.
00:01:02It's been a tough old year.
00:01:04And I just want to say thank you to everyone for helping me get through it.
00:01:08Guess what? We're only going to the ruddy Caribbean.
00:01:11Oh, my goodness gracious me!
00:01:13Oh, although it does mean missing the away game of Colchester.
00:01:17What's that matter?
00:01:18It's the Caribbean!
00:01:20And you've properly budgeted for it, Mum?
00:01:23Yes, Neil. It's all accounted for.
00:01:25Quite sure?
00:01:27You know, I've always wanted to visit that part of the world.
00:01:32Oh, um...
00:01:35Not you, Marjorie Love. It's senior staff only.
00:01:38I am so sorry. I should have said.
00:01:40Oh!
00:01:41Of course.
00:01:42Um...
00:01:43I'm sorry, Helen.
00:01:44Silly old me.
00:01:45Duh!
00:01:50Oh, I...
00:01:51Probably should get that.
00:01:53We are so...
00:01:54We are so going bikini shopping after work tonight.
00:01:58You might treat yourself to some speed, or was...?
00:02:01Duckdale's branded merchandise. Marjorie speaking.
00:02:09Duckdale's branded merchandise. Marjorie speaking.
00:02:12Yes, I'll just put you through to our warehouse.
00:02:14Yes, for a minute.
00:02:15Got ya even some feathers.
00:02:16Yeah, that's all!
00:02:19Bye!
00:02:21Bye!
00:02:22Yes!
00:02:37I love you!
00:02:38My treasure,
00:02:41La la la la.
00:02:50Yes.
00:03:11Happy Christmas.
00:03:26With it.
00:03:41Hi, Marjorie. I just want to let you know that there's a Commissioner Patterson arriving.
00:03:48It's a serious situation over here.
00:03:51Give him access to anything he needs. I've told the police here that we're going to cooperate fully.
00:03:57Will do, Helen. Oh, I hear him now. We'll speak later.
00:04:01Okay.
00:04:03Ah! You must be the policeman from the Caribbean. Commissioner Patterson, is it?
00:04:09Selwyn Patterson.
00:04:11So, um, what has actually happened out there?
00:04:15The police were called to your colleague's Holiday Villa, where, I'm sorry to see, a man was formed, shot dead, murdered.
00:04:41Morning, Miss Bordet.
00:04:55Morning, Miss Bordet.
00:04:57Morning, Miss Bordet.
00:05:10Morning, Selva. It's a final rehearsal for the Nativity this evening.
00:05:14I wish you all the best, and good luck to you, little king people.
00:05:18Yes, aye. Yes. Yes.
00:05:21Allez, let's go.
00:05:22Good morning, Sarge.
00:05:33Morning, Seb. Got a card from Darlene.
00:05:36Oh.
00:05:36Looks like she won't make it back for Christmas.
00:05:39Her auntie's still sick, so she's staying on Montserrat.
00:05:42Nothing in the post for the inspector, you know, from Antigua.
00:05:47His brother, you mean?
00:05:49It's been three months.
00:05:51I guess it's like a lot, you know?
00:05:53I mean, getting a letter from a brother you never knew you had.
00:05:56It might take some time.
00:05:59I just feel sorry for him.
00:06:01He keeps saying he's fine about it, but I don't think he is.
00:06:07Where is D.I. Wilson?
00:06:09Rehearsing.
00:06:10Oh, yes. Oh, I am so jealous.
00:06:13He must be hyped up to wear that costume, huh?
00:06:16I bet he is.
00:06:19I'm really not happy about this.
00:06:21Why not, Mervyn?
00:06:22Because I look like a ninny.
00:06:24No, you don't.
00:06:25You look very authentic.
00:06:29I just don't think the boots are helping.
00:06:35Look, with all due respect, Miss Baudet,
00:06:37I just think it'd be better off finding somebody else for this.
00:06:41You know, somebody less me.
00:06:44Mervyn, it has always been the commissioner
00:06:46who carries out this task for me with him gone.
00:06:50Inspector.
00:06:52Great.
00:06:53Yes, sir.
00:06:53You look cool, man.
00:06:55Not another word.
00:06:56Not another word, man.
00:06:58Could we have a chat, sir?
00:07:05We have a murder to attend.
00:07:08For real?
00:07:11Well, that's that, then.
00:07:13I've got word to do.
00:07:14Conversation over.
00:07:15Conversation paused.
00:07:16Sorry, Catherine.
00:07:17Come on, let's go.
00:07:18Um, inspector.
00:07:23You think maybe you should change first?
00:07:25Victim's name is Darion St. Jules.
00:07:54He's a local fisherman, lives half a mile up the coast.
00:07:58Right.
00:07:59The guests staying here are from the UK.
00:08:01They all say they haven't a clue who he is or what he was doing here.
00:08:06But clearly, someone must have shot him and left him there.
00:08:10Right.
00:08:10No sign of the gun, but paramedic sourcing with the bullet still lodged in the victim's shoulder.
00:08:17Cause of death was possibly from internal bleeding.
00:08:21Right.
00:08:22And what about you, inspector?
00:08:24Anything of interest?
00:08:27Well, he certainly liked his aftershave.
00:08:30Have a sniff.
00:08:30I guess that's pretty strong.
00:08:38I don't know if it's cause of his work.
00:08:40You know, slapped on the old cologne to cover the smell of fish.
00:08:43I know a bit of a man in Tootin did the same thing.
00:08:45And that's what bothers you the most.
00:08:47The fact that the victim used a bit too much aftershave.
00:08:50Actually, what's bothering me the most is what's written on the palm of his left hand.
00:08:58Blitzen.
00:08:59Like the reindeer.
00:09:01It's the only one I can think of.
00:09:04Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen.
00:09:10And Rudolph.
00:09:11Thank you, Officer Rose.
00:09:15The ink seems fresh.
00:09:17Which means he wrote it in the last 12 hours or so.
00:09:21And then not long after, he was shot.
00:09:24When it is Christmas, sir, it could just be a coincidence.
00:09:33We have no idea who this guy is or what he's doing in our villa.
00:09:36So how can we know why he wrote the name of one of Santa's reindeer on his hand?
00:09:39I don't know. I'm just asking the question.
00:09:41Not a problem, is it?
00:09:44No.
00:09:45No, of course not.
00:09:47Let's start with you telling me what you're doing here on St. Marie.
00:09:50Well, we flew here for our office Christmas party.
00:09:53It wasn't cheap.
00:09:55We were having the time of our lives.
00:10:00Life's a beat.
00:10:03Life's a beat.
00:10:04No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:10:06No!
00:10:08Oh, my God.
00:10:08Everyone get in.
00:10:09Maybe talk us through the events of last night.
00:10:18Yeah, what happened exactly?
00:10:20We said we'd take it easy for our last night.
00:10:22Then we got back here and carried on drinking.
00:10:36Yeah, looks like quite a party you had.
00:10:38Yeah, damn right it was.
00:10:39Sorry, that's not appropriate.
00:10:44The rum out here, um, it's stronger than we used to.
00:10:47And what time did the party end?
00:10:59I haven't got a clue, mate, to be honest.
00:11:01Yeah, it's all a little bit hazy.
00:11:03I really don't remember very much.
00:11:05You lot are lightweight, man.
00:11:08I remember everything.
00:11:09Helen, you and me put Neil to bed about midnight.
00:11:14I'm sure I wasn't that bad.
00:11:15Oh, you so, uh...
00:11:17Oh, he's always had a low tolerance.
00:11:20Mum?
00:11:21Sorry, love.
00:11:23Can we just...
00:11:25Yeah, Helen, you went to bed as well.
00:11:29Me and you kept on it till about half three.
00:11:34Gab, you were so cute.
00:11:35You were dead to the world by then.
00:11:37So, uh, I left you asleep in the hammock.
00:11:41And then what?
00:11:45Oh, and then, um, the taxi for the airport woke me up.
00:11:50Everyone!
00:11:51Wake up!
00:11:53Wake up!
00:11:55That's when I saw him.
00:11:57I thought he was asleep at first.
00:11:59But when I got closer, I saw the blood.
00:12:02Someone call an ambulance!
00:12:03Now!
00:12:04You were in the hammock when whatever happened, happened.
00:12:09You didn't hear the gunshot?
00:12:11Well, yeah, yeah, you'd have thought.
00:12:12But, well, it's like Helen said, you know, the room out here, it's, uh...
00:12:15Stronger than you used to.
00:12:18Inspector!
00:12:18That's something you should see.
00:12:24This is the only security camera footage from the villa.
00:12:27Footage is from this morning, outside the front door.
00:12:30The victim arrives at 5.32am, heads inside.
00:12:34The door was unlocked, so he let himself in.
00:12:37After that, nobody is seen leaving or arriving.
00:12:40So the only way in or out is from the front.
00:12:43And the drop at the back is too steep for access.
00:12:46So, it's got to be one of these four who shot Darren and St. Jules.
00:12:50Which means the gun that they used must still be here.
00:12:53But they're all saying they've never met him before.
00:12:55So why would one of them kill a total stranger?
00:12:59Hello, can I help you?
00:13:14Have you come to check-in?
00:13:15The name's Helen Dugdale.
00:13:17Of course, one moment, please.
00:13:20Can't believe they're not letting us fly home.
00:13:23Police overreach is what it is.
00:13:26So much for doing something different.
00:13:29Should have just gone to the Red Lion like last year.
00:13:32None of this would have happened.
00:13:35Girl, do you think there's something Helen's not telling us?
00:13:40She's been on edge ever since the police arrived.
00:13:51So why did Darian go to that villa at 5.30 in the morning?
00:13:55Let's see what we find at his house.
00:13:59How are you getting on, sir?
00:14:04Well, I haven't found anything that connects our victim to the suspects.
00:14:08But I have found this.
00:14:10The victim's aftershave.
00:14:11Really?
00:14:12This again?
00:14:12It's different to the one he was wearing at the crime scene.
00:14:15Here, have a sniff.
00:14:16I haven't found any others here.
00:14:21And there certainly wasn't one on his person.
00:14:23So why did he smell different to the brand of aftershave that he owned?
00:14:26So, I searched the suspects, the villa and surrounding areas, and there was no gun.
00:14:49No, it has to be there.
00:14:50No one left the villa after the victim was shot, so the weapon has to be there somewhere.
00:14:54Yeah, no, I totally get your logic, Inspector.
00:14:56But you're staying there?
00:14:58For definite, there's no gun at the villa.
00:15:00But that doesn't make any sense.
00:15:01So, sorry.
00:15:02Excuse me.
00:15:03Hello?
00:15:04Yes!
00:15:05Well, this is a strange one.
00:15:07We've got four people suspected of shooting a man they don't know, with a gun they don't have.
00:15:12Let's start working through the victim's laptop, see what's on there.
00:15:14We need to find that gun.
00:15:18What?
00:15:19Actually, sir, it's the Nativity Service, if you'd forgotten.
00:15:23Are you serious?
00:15:24And we promised Catherine we'd make sure you get there.
00:15:28Look, we've got a murder case to solve, in case you hadn't noticed.
00:15:31And I haven't got time for play-acting with a bunch of kids at some school nativity.
00:15:36Then you better find the time, Inspector.
00:15:41Why is she...
00:15:43Good evening to you, Inspector.
00:15:45Officer Curtis, what's a pleasant surprise?
00:15:48My niece is performing in the Nativity tonight.
00:15:52And word has got back to me that they might not have a narrator.
00:15:56Because the man who is supposed to be doing it is being a grumpy goose about the whole thing.
00:16:01Grumpy...
00:16:02Now, listen...
00:16:03No, you listen to me.
00:16:04You are doing it.
00:16:06End of.
00:16:07So get your backside down to that church and man up.
00:16:10You know, I never did like this sort of thing.
00:16:29The Nativity, the carol services.
00:16:32Right.
00:16:33Is there anything about Christmas you do like, sir?
00:16:36No, not really.
00:16:37Oh, hang on.
00:16:38Yeah.
00:16:38Um, The Great Escape.
00:16:40The what?
00:16:41The Great Escape.
00:16:43The movie.
00:16:44It was on telly every Christmas.
00:16:46You know, with the motorcycle stunt.
00:16:48And the cooler.
00:16:50The dirt down the trousers.
00:16:53I give up.
00:16:54Me too.
00:16:55Mervyn, we're waiting.
00:16:57Ready when you are.
00:16:57Right.
00:17:03Right.
00:17:04Um, here we go then.
00:17:07I guess.
00:17:08Yes.
00:17:27You okay?
00:17:32Okay, then.
00:17:37A long time ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman named Mary.
00:17:44She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.
00:17:47I understand he didn't want to wear a costume, but did he really have to do it in the heart?
00:17:54And then one day, an angel called Gabriel came to Mary and said to her...
00:18:03Sorry, it was mine.
00:18:14I knew it was going to be his.
00:18:22Sir.
00:18:23Sir.
00:18:25It's someone calling from Antica.
00:18:29It could be...
00:18:30Your brother.
00:18:33Listen, sorry, everyone.
00:18:35I need to take this, yeah?
00:18:36Well, I think one of us shoot her.
00:18:45Don't worry, Miss Baudet.
00:18:47Officer Sebastian rose to the rescue.
00:18:50Yes, my little king people.
00:18:52Wow, God.
00:18:54Woo!
00:18:55So, a long, long time ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman, very nice woman.
00:19:04Her name was Mary.
00:19:05She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph.
00:19:08Mervyn Wilson speaking.
00:19:18Mr. Wilson?
00:19:20It's Tyrese at Cariba Phone Network.
00:19:22I just noticed your contract's coming up in the new year, and I thought we could have a chat about upgrading your phone.
00:19:31Mr. Wilson, are you still there?
00:19:33Yeah, I'm here.
00:19:33Um, no, no upgrade, thanks.
00:19:37Are you sure about that, Custod?
00:19:39You've got something in town.
00:19:53The first Noel
00:19:57The angels didn't say
00:20:02Was to serve the poor shepherds
00:20:08It builds as they lay
00:20:12It builds as they lay
00:20:17Deep day
00:20:20Thanks.
00:20:26Hey sir, you didn't come back. Just wanted to check how you're doing.
00:20:31Hey sir, you didn't come back. Just wanted to check how you're doing.
00:20:53Yeah, it wasn't Solomon on the phone.
00:20:57Anyway, I've been thinking.
00:20:59We really don't know anything about these people.
00:21:03You know, their lives in the UK.
00:21:06I was thinking we could use someone to do a bit of digging into our suspects back in their hometown.
00:21:11Right. You want me to get in touch with the Swindon Police?
00:21:12No, no, no, no. I've already done that. They're flat out till New Year.
00:21:16But then I remembered we do have someone in the UK who maybe could give us a hand.
00:21:20You must be the policeman from the Caribbean. Commissioner Patterson, is it?
00:21:34Selwyn Patterson. I'm no longer a commissioner. I'm retired now.
00:21:39Right. Okay. So now you're just...
00:21:43Helping out. Somewhat reluctantly, if I'm honest with you.
00:21:47So, um, what has actually happened out there?
00:21:51The police were called to your colleague's holiday villa, where, I'm sorry to see, a man was found.
00:21:57Shot dead. Murdered.
00:22:00I'm keen to get on with things and get out of here as quickly as I can.
00:22:05Rightio. Well, I'll give you the guided tour.
00:22:08Welcome to Dugdale's branded merchandise.
00:22:11Uh, so, uh, that desk over there is Helen. She's the managing director.
00:22:18Uh, this desk belongs to our graphic designer, Gavin, accounts manager, Neil, and Karen, head of sales.
00:22:27And this one?
00:22:28Oh, oh, she's not here anymore. She left a couple of months ago.
00:22:32Who?
00:22:33Uh, Ashley. Ashley Sims, her name was.
00:22:37It was all somewhat clandestine, if you ask me, Mr Patterson.
00:22:40She did what they call a midnight flit. Never came back.
00:22:50Are you sure you don't want a cup of tea? I'm going to make myself one.
00:22:54This drawer is locked.
00:22:56Oh, yes. It's been like that since Ashley left. She has the only key.
00:23:00I've been meaning to sort it.
00:23:02Commissioner, you do know what time it is over here, right?
00:23:25Half past three in the morning.
00:23:28But, as I've abandoned a good friend's wedding to travel to Swindon.
00:23:31And help you out.
00:23:32Okay, fair dues.
00:23:34How can I help?
00:23:34The bullet you recovered from your victim.
00:23:37Have you had the ballistics report back on it yet?
00:23:40Yeah, it was a .45 caliber.
00:23:41Most likely fired from a pistol.
00:23:43And did you find the weapon?
00:23:45No.
00:23:45Why?
00:23:46Why?
00:23:47Because I'm currently looking at a .45 caliber pistol in a desk drawer in Swindon.
00:23:57Well, it can't be the same one.
00:24:00Can it?
00:24:01Morning, sir.
00:24:19Morning, Inspector.
00:24:21This can't be right.
00:24:22It just can't be.
00:24:24What's going on?
00:24:24Commissioner found a gun locked in the desk drawer of an ex-employee called Ashley Sims in the Dugdale's offices back in the UK.
00:24:31What?
00:24:32Local forensic lab fast-tracked it and they say that is the gun that fired the bullet that killed Darren St. Jules.
00:24:39Look, security footage shows that no one touched that drawer since the shooting.
00:24:43Wait, so how was that gun used to shoot Darren St. Jules on this island if the same gun was locked in a drawer 5,000 miles away?
00:24:51I know, right?
00:24:52It makes no sense.
00:24:56We need to speak to Helen Dugdale.
00:25:01Helen, if you're in there, can you open the door, please?
00:25:12We need to speak with you about Ashley Sims.
00:25:14There's something you need to see.
00:25:24I guess I want to say sorry.
00:25:28I know it's not enough.
00:25:30And it won't change how you feel about me, but I do mean it.
00:25:39I don't know why I keep doing this.
00:25:43Blow everything up.
00:25:47But, um, this is why I've come here.
00:25:51To get away.
00:25:57Try and understand why I hurt people.
00:26:04That's Ashley.
00:26:05The way that I do.
00:26:08She stole from me, from the company.
00:26:10How much?
00:26:11£500,000.
00:26:12Ouch.
00:26:13My husband, Keith.
00:26:17Dugdale's was his company until he passed away at the start of the year from a heart attack.
00:26:22I'm sorry to hear that.
00:26:25That's when I took over the reins.
00:26:28I really wanted to make it work.
00:26:29And it was around that time that we had a position to fill.
00:26:32When you gave the job to Miss Sims?
00:26:35I knew she had a past, that she'd been to prison,
00:26:37but Keith always believed in giving people a second chance,
00:26:40and I wanted to honour that.
00:26:41What Miss Sims let you down?
00:26:44Not even a year's passed, and I've already lost half a million pounds.
00:26:47Did you report Ashley to the police?
00:26:50I was too embarrassed.
00:26:52So I hired someone to find out where she sent the email from.
00:26:56And that video she recorded, that was sent from this island?
00:27:00Yes.
00:27:03Okay, so what does any of this have to do with Darian St. George?
00:27:06The man I hired discovered that Darian had rented a holiday let to Ashley.
00:27:10That's why I came here, to try and get my money back.
00:27:13I made sure our villa wasn't far from Darian's house, so it would be easy to go and visit him.
00:27:17So you were lying when you told us you didn't know Darian?
00:27:20Did you meet with him?
00:27:22Yes.
00:27:22A few days ago, he confirmed that Ashley had rented this little place he has down on the beach.
00:27:29That's her.
00:27:30So she was definitely here.
00:27:31She'd arrived a few months ago, at the start of October.
00:27:36He still had all the paperwork, but he said that she'd moved on a few days ago and he didn't know where.
00:27:42So what was Darian doing turning up at your villa in the early hours yesterday?
00:27:47I don't know.
00:27:49I really don't.
00:27:50How much do the others know about this?
00:27:52Nothing.
00:27:52They don't know anything.
00:27:53They think they're on a works due.
00:27:55Not even your son?
00:27:56No.
00:27:56Not even Neil.
00:27:58So then the only person who knew Darian and therefore wanted him killed was you?
00:28:02No.
00:28:03I swear I didn't.
00:28:04I can see how this looks.
00:28:08But I didn't shoot him.
00:28:10I don't...
00:28:11I need to take this.
00:28:18Commissioner, you got something?
00:28:20Inspector, I've searched Ashley Sims' flat and emailed you over some photographs.
00:28:26I'm afraid there is little of use to your investigation.
00:28:29I think she cleared out her flat before she flew to the Caribbean.
00:28:32Okay.
00:28:33Thanks anyway, sir.
00:28:34Now, if that is everything, I'm going to catch my train and enjoy the rest of my Christmas.
00:28:40Yeah, you have a good one, sir.
00:28:42And you, Inspector.
00:28:44And you.
00:28:52Thank you for your help, Miss Gordes.
00:28:54Oh, I didn't do anything, really.
00:28:57And you're nothing if not efficient.
00:29:01So, what are your plans?
00:29:04I'm spending it with my daughter and her partner.
00:29:07They rented a cottage up in the, um, Yorkshire Dales.
00:29:12Oh, it's lovely up there.
00:29:13So, I'm told.
00:29:15I'm flying solo this Christmas.
00:29:18I mean, that's how it's been since Mum passed.
00:29:21Just me, myself and I.
00:29:23Sorry.
00:29:24I really...
00:29:24Oh, no, no, no.
00:29:25I rather enjoy it, actually.
00:29:27You know, there's no family arguments.
00:29:29I can eat what I like, watch what I want on the telly.
00:29:32Christmas alone is underrated, I say.
00:29:36Indeed.
00:29:37No, I really don't want to miss my train.
00:29:44Goodbye, Mr. Patterson.
00:29:47Goodbye.
00:29:47And Merry Christmas.
00:29:50And a very Merry Christmas to you.
00:29:52For passengers on platform 1, awaiting beam 3, 15, 2, beam.
00:30:02Please be aware that due to frost on the line, this train is now delayed.
00:30:07Please wait for further announcements.
00:30:09So, immigration confirmed Ashley Simms arrived on the island two months ago.
00:30:32But they have no record of her ever leaving.
00:30:35So, in theory, she's still here.
00:30:37Mm-mm.
00:30:39Okay, Officer Rose.
00:30:42I want you to check the harbors.
00:30:44See if anyone matching Ashley's description was taken to one of the other islands in the last few days.
00:30:47Ashley Harbor, last few days. Got you.
00:30:49Check the hotels, holiday rentals, guest houses on the island.
00:30:52Hotels, rentals, guest houses. Got you.
00:30:54You need to do whatever it takes to find it. Do you understand?
00:30:57Cool. Totally getting you right now, Inspector.
00:31:00I guess that means we're working Christmas Day, then.
00:31:02Obviously.
00:31:03It's a murder investigation.
00:31:04And we need to find out who did it.
00:31:07Right.
00:31:07Only, that's a lot of work for Seb to do by himself over Christmas.
00:31:11Well, my mother has a whole church thing going on, and everybody else is busy, so it's cool.
00:31:18There you go. Sorted.
00:31:21Thanks, Seb.
00:31:23No worries. See you in a bit.
00:31:24I'll let my parents know I won't be flying home this evening.
00:31:30Appreciate it.
00:31:31Ashley Sims aside, we still don't have a scooby how the killer made the gun they shot Darian with disappear from that villa, then reappear in a locked desk drawer back in the UK.
00:31:41And that, Glitzen, what's that about?
00:31:47Unless it has nothing to do with Darian's murder, sir, and it is just a co-
00:31:52You don't believe in coincidences.
00:31:55I mean, in what circumstance does someone write the name of one of Santa's reindeer on the palm of their hand?
00:32:00Are you doing all right, sir?
00:32:07After last night?
00:32:08Look, if Solomon doesn't want to get in touch, I'm cool with that.
00:32:12Well...
00:32:12DS Thomas.
00:32:14I'd rather we didn't talk about it anymore.
00:32:16All right?
00:32:30Yes, what?
00:32:31I'm at Swindon East.
00:32:34And?
00:32:34Your tannoy keeps announcing there is a rail replacement service to Leeds, but it hasn't turned up.
00:32:42Yeah, it got canceled.
00:32:44I'm sorry?
00:32:46The service replacing the service that got canceled also got canceled?
00:32:52Yeah, that's about the sum of it.
00:32:54No more trains until Foxy Day.
00:32:56So, what do you suggest I do?
00:33:00D'oh, mate.
00:33:01Have a merry one, yeah?
00:33:03See ya.
00:33:06And a Merry Christmas to you, too.
00:33:14I'm sorry, mate, but it's Christmas Eve and none of my drivers are going to want to go outside of Swindon.
00:33:23You trying to hire a car company?
00:33:25Yes, but nothing is available in the area until the 27th.
00:33:30You have no rooms available at all?
00:33:39We're fully booked.
00:33:41Everywhere will be this time of year.
00:33:43Maybe you could try the Salvation Army?
00:33:44This is Andrina.
00:33:54Leave me a message when you hear the beep.
00:33:57It's me.
00:33:58I'm still in Swindon.
00:34:00There's no transport, no hotels.
00:34:03And there's no one here who seems able to help me.
00:34:08And I don't know what to do.
00:34:16Mr. Patterson.
00:34:19I think you'd better come with me.
00:34:22How did you know I would still be here?
00:34:29Had the local radio on.
00:34:30Said all trains canceled.
00:34:33And we've got to look after each other at Christmas, haven't we?
00:34:39Thank you, Miss Dawkins.
00:34:41It must be freezing.
00:34:43Yes.
00:34:43After you.
00:35:00Good morning to you all.
00:35:01It's six o'clock on this beautiful Christmas Day morning here on San Marie.
00:35:05And there's a surprise guest with me here in the studio.
00:35:09I've got a young officer, Sebastian Rose, from the San Marie Police talking with me right now.
00:35:13Yes, it is me, Officer Sebastian Rose, from the San Marie Police Station.
00:35:18Merry Christmas, everybody.
00:35:19He and his colleagues want your help looking for a young woman called Ashley Sims.
00:35:23Am I right?
00:35:24That is it.
00:35:26You are totally right, Alphonse.
00:35:28If anybody has heard anything, or seen anything, something can happen to me.
00:35:31Well, what I would say, Jacinta, is even if it was just a glimpse, one of your viewers had this woman, they should still get in touch.
00:35:40Oh, Seb.
00:35:41Oh, and also, the people can check out the video I made on our social media page, at SMHolice.
00:35:49Ashley Sims, have you seen her?
00:35:53Ashley Sims, have you seen her?
00:35:54Ashley Sims, have you seen her?
00:35:57If you see her, call this number.
00:36:00Ashley Sims, have you seen her?
00:36:02Commissioner morning this is a surprise inspector have you seen that video officer
00:36:22Rose has put on social media it's deeply inappropriate would you like another sherry
00:36:29Selwyn no thank you is that the receptionist Marjorie don't I'm spending Christmas Day with
00:36:42her well I'm glad you two hit it off good for you sir it's not like that inspector I got
00:36:48stock in Swindon there were no trains to Leeds okay look just take that video down no disrespect
00:36:55sir but um it's not really your problem anymore is it just sort it inspect that
00:37:00yeah I've got his bank statement in front of me that's great could you email it over I'll do that
00:37:14right away cheers
00:37:15literally every tree
00:37:27all right I'm coming
00:37:40I've got lead a possible suspect for Darien St Jules's murder I need to go and talk with
00:37:49them now Merry Christmas sir oh Merry Christmas I'll be right with you
00:38:06our financial checks show that two days ago you wired 100,000 pounds from this island to your bank
00:38:18account back in England no he didn't what you want to tell us where you got that money from
00:38:29what did you do Liam yes Neil what did you do I followed you why you were acting so weird a few
00:38:40days ago when you went off by yourself I knew that it had to be about the money that Ashley had taken I'm
00:38:45sorry I couldn't understand why you didn't tell me and I know you were just trying to protect me mom I was
00:38:50worried about you I was just trying to help so I waited until the guy Darien left doors unlocked so I
00:39:01let myself in there wasn't anything I could find until I found an old biscuit tin full of money and what did
00:39:09you think when he opened it and saw a hundred thousand pounds in cash inside
00:39:13well I still think that it was money that belonged to the company why else
00:39:18with this local fisherman of that much money in sterling in his house and
00:39:22that's why you took it it was money that Ashley had stolen from us from mum and I don't want to see
00:39:30her lose everything she'd already lost my dad all right okay so fast forward to the morning you're due to
00:39:46leave the island yeah and our victim turns up at 5 30 we've been trying to work out why he went there
00:39:53that morning but what if he realized that you stole from him and came to confront you about it no on my
00:40:01life I didn't even see him that morning this aftershave it's yours right rivage mystique yeah
00:40:08why this is the exact same aftershave Darien was wearing the morning of the murder right you're
00:40:17not suggesting that this is evidence I shot him why would I kill someone and then spray him with my
00:40:21own aftershave Darien definitely smelt of this when we found him but why what if there was another smell
00:40:36the killer was trying to hide you know a bit like a bin man yeah but what Neil's right it's not
00:40:46enough some Christmas this is oh come here give him a hug oh hi I'm sorry oh no not now Marjorie
00:41:01hi this is Helen Dugdale's phone please leave a message after the tone I'll call you back
00:41:06hello Helen it's Marjorie I'm phoning to wish you a Merry Christmas we're about to have our lunch and
00:41:14I just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you hope everything sorts itself out soon
00:41:19dinner is served
00:41:29this looks wonderful thank you
00:41:37here's to a Merry Christmas
00:41:42Merry Christmas
00:41:46right then tuck in
00:41:53I would like to offer you an apology Miss Dodds
00:42:00oh Marjorie please there's really no need for an apology
00:42:04oh there is you've been nothing but gracious and welcoming for the last couple of days
00:42:10while I I've been nothing but um wrong gee
00:42:15no no I wouldn't go that far though I did sense you weren't very happy is it to do with your old job
00:42:28what makes you ask that I don't know it's it's just when we first met the way you said you were retired it was like you weren't entirely comfortable with it
00:42:38my superiors back on Saint Marie they tried to get rid of me after 50 years of doing a job I loved
00:42:49in the end I just walked away
00:42:56I know what it's like I'm just silly old Marjorie on reception don't even get invited to the Christmas party they're having out there
00:43:05I'm sorry
00:43:07and I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean
00:43:17look at us
00:43:19moving like this on Christmas day when you cook this feast for us we should be enjoying ourselves
00:43:27here
00:43:29will you do me the pleasure
00:43:31oh well if you insist
00:43:33I won
00:43:36I won
00:43:37I won
00:43:38oh where's it gone
00:43:40where's it gone
00:43:41no
00:43:42oh
00:43:44here it is
00:43:45it's a tiny little sewing kit
00:43:48all right um let me check with the inspector okay speak to you soon all right
00:44:00hey
00:44:01Merry Christmas guys
00:44:03Merry Christmas Seb
00:44:04hey ditto
00:44:05now where are we at with the search for Ashley Sims
00:44:08so um B&B's hotels guest hoses nobody's heard from her and no one's calling with her sighting either
00:44:15it's like she's vanished into thin air
00:44:17oh and uh Catherine just called
00:44:19she said she can still squeeze us in for her Christmas day lunch
00:44:22but it's her last sitting so we have to go now
00:44:24are we still asking ourselves how was Darian shot with a bullet fired from a gun
00:44:29locked in a drawer in Swindon at the time that it happened
00:44:32and what has Blitzen got to do with all of this
00:44:36are you coming sir
00:44:39well yeah you guys go I'll just keep working
00:44:43are you sure sir
00:44:46wait a minute
00:44:48what are these
00:44:49oh
00:44:50those are the invices sir you know
00:44:52for the stuff for organized to help find Ashley Sims
00:44:55you have um posters adverts for TV and radio and uh
00:44:59there's over a thousand dollars that we owe
00:45:00we can't afford this
00:45:01well uh
00:45:02well how big do you think our budget was
00:45:03it's only because you said whatever it takes
00:45:06yeah but not this much
00:45:08I mean what were you thinking
00:45:09all right let's let's calm it
00:45:15Seb why don't you head over to Catherine's and I'll catch up with you
00:45:18with respect he's just doing his best to help
00:45:24and he's given up his Christmas to do it sir
00:45:31look I know the case is frustrating and you've got other things on your mind
00:45:38what other things
00:45:39well your brother not calling
00:45:42what that's not bothering me
00:45:44it isn't
00:45:46it isn't
00:45:47no it isn't
00:45:48yes it is
00:45:49of course it is
00:45:51and I really wish you just admit that rather than pretending like you don't care when you so clearly care
00:45:57just don't take it out on the rest of us
00:46:12like this
00:46:13yes it is
00:46:14to
00:46:29joyeux noël camille and to little chloe her grandmother is missing her today has she
00:46:51opened a presence yet no not yet um one moment camille yes okay no mervyn
00:47:21so
00:47:51Inspector, everything all right?
00:48:11I'm feeling bad, sir, about messing up your Christmas.
00:48:14I'm sorry you couldn't get to spend it with your daughter.
00:48:16It's not your fault.
00:48:17If anyone's to blame, it's the British Transport System.
00:48:21Which I am told is not uncommon.
00:48:23I mean, I'd like to say you get used to it by belying.
00:48:27Just a minute.
00:48:43Is that the sea?
00:48:45I can't hear.
00:48:46Yeah, I'm at the shack.
00:48:48It's beautiful out here.
00:48:50It's a really clear night.
00:48:52But then all nights are like that here, aren't they?
00:48:54The moon here is a little more grey than I remember it in Saint Marie.
00:49:00I'm just wondering if I made a mistake staying on in Saint Marie.
00:49:12Why?
00:49:13Because I know I'm not good when I put myself on the line.
00:49:17I feel like I'm just hanging around, waiting.
00:49:21Your brother?
00:49:23Yeah.
00:49:24Yeah.
00:49:25I don't think he wants to get in touch.
00:49:34I'm sorry, it's not really your problem anymore, is it?
00:49:36Whether I stay or go.
00:49:37It still feels like it is.
00:49:39Inspector.
00:49:40If you are not sure what to do, the only advice I can offer is that you put your trust in that island.
00:49:53I did for most of my life.
00:49:58And in return, it delivered me true happiness.
00:50:03If Saint Marie won't bring your brother to you, then perhaps it will bring you someone or something else.
00:50:21Be patient.
00:50:23Yeah, well, you know patience isn't my forte, right?
00:50:28I know.
00:50:30But what am I supposed to do in the meantime?
00:50:32Might I suggest you focus on solving that case, you have.
00:50:40You're missed here, you know?
00:50:47Good night, Inspector.
00:50:53Good night.
00:51:18Good night.
00:51:22Blitzen.
00:51:23Why Blitzen?
00:51:26Officer Rose.
00:51:27Inspector.
00:51:29What's up?
00:51:30I wanted to come and say I'm sorry for spending all that money you don't have in your budget.
00:51:35So, I wanted to pay it back.
00:51:42There's $322.86 in there, which I took from my savings.
00:51:48I mean, it's all my savings, but that's cool.
00:51:51And if you deduct $20 from my wages each month, you should be paid back in about two years, I reckon.
00:52:00Officer Rose.
00:52:04You got a good heart.
00:52:06Anyone ever tell you that?
00:52:07Well, my auntie.
00:52:08Well, my auntie.
00:52:09Like, all the time.
00:52:10You know?
00:52:14Take this.
00:52:15You don't have to pay anything back.
00:52:18We'll find it in the budget.
00:52:20And there's no need to apologise, alright?
00:52:23In fact, I should apologise for blazing at you like that.
00:52:27What you did was, um, was really good work.
00:52:31Anyway, come on.
00:52:34I've got a new lead.
00:52:35Let's go and wake D.S. Thomas up.
00:52:43He can't keep doing this.
00:52:44Happy Boxing Day, D.S. Thomas.
00:52:49Listen, um...
00:52:51I wanna apologise for losing it and ruining Christmas.
00:52:58I'll make it up to you.
00:53:00I promise.
00:53:03And you were right about me taking it out on you because of Solomon.
00:53:10I just really wanted it.
00:53:12You know?
00:53:16I'm sorry too.
00:53:18Good morning, Sarge.
00:53:21Do you expect to tell you the good news yet?
00:53:23He's only gonna make a big breakthrough in the case.
00:53:27Which is a big relief.
00:53:28Because I was drawing a blank.
00:53:30You have tea?
00:53:33So, I've been going through Darien St. Jules' phone records.
00:53:36And he phoned someone the day before he was murdered.
00:53:39A friend of his called Trishawn King.
00:53:42Now, he was over on Montserrat for Christmas.
00:53:44So, I asked Darlene to speak with him.
00:53:47Darlene?
00:53:48Last night?
00:53:49Yeah.
00:53:50And how was she with that?
00:53:52You know, she was...
00:53:53She was cool with it.
00:53:55Inspector, it's Christmas Day.
00:53:58What in God's name do you think you're doing?
00:54:04Anyway, it turned out Darien feared for his life.
00:54:08And was asking Trishawn where he can get hold of a gun for protection.
00:54:12He thought someone was going to kill him.
00:54:15Did he say who?
00:54:17Mm-mm.
00:54:18But he did say he was caught up in something he shouldn't have.
00:54:19And get this.
00:54:21He thought the woman he was trying to help had been murdered.
00:54:24Now I'm caught up in it all.
00:54:26And now he was worried that he was going to suffer the same fate.
00:54:28Whoa, wait.
00:54:30Darien told Trishawn he thought Ashley Sims was murdered?
00:54:34But it would explain why no one's seen her the last few days.
00:54:35So then, if this is true, that means that whoever killed Ashley Sims probably also murdered Darien St. Jude.
00:54:43To silence him.
00:54:45So what we need to start looking for now is anyone who had a reason to kill Ashley Sims.
00:54:49Well, both Helen and Neil Dugdale to start with. Ashley stole half a million pounds from their company.
00:54:55And there's someone else as well.
00:54:58We've been looking at your phone records, and these, Miss Hickson, are text messages from you to Ashley Sims just before she came out here.
00:55:12You'll regret ever meeting me. Stay away from my boyfriend or else I'm not afraid to hurt you.
00:55:20The list goes on.
00:55:22Care to explain?
00:55:25They had a thing, right?
00:55:28Gavin and Ashley had a thing behind my back.
00:55:31Sort of.
00:55:33Sort of?
00:55:35Yeah, like, it wasn't like a real thing. Like, they never really got together.
00:55:39But he liked her.
00:55:42Yeah.
00:55:44God knows why.
00:55:46She was weird.
00:55:47I think Gav liked that about her.
00:55:49And he called things off between us.
00:55:54And that's when I started warning her off.
00:55:56Guess I just got a bit carried away.
00:55:59I just...
00:56:01I just didn't want to lose him.
00:56:03And you didn't.
00:56:05Now that Ashley's conveniently disappeared, you've got Gavin to yourself now, haven't you?
00:56:09What?
00:56:10Is that what you think? That I killed her?
00:56:16Look, I wouldn't.
00:56:18I didn't.
00:56:20It'll be about Gavin.
00:56:22We need to tell him what we know.
00:56:24But Ashley called things off with Gav. Why would I kill her?
00:56:28Inspector.
00:56:30You need to hear the truth.
00:56:32What?
00:56:33And I'm afraid you're not going to get that from her.
00:56:35No disrespect, Karen.
00:56:37Oh, come on, man.
00:56:39What are you saying?
00:56:40Whatever she's told you, it's ten times worse.
00:56:42Neil, what are you saying?
00:56:43Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:56:45You've had your chance. Go on.
00:56:47He had a thing for Ashley.
00:56:49Is that it?
00:56:51We already know.
00:56:52I've seen that.
00:56:53Gavin was obsessed.
00:56:55When Ashley said they couldn't see each other anymore, he had to take time off work.
00:56:58And I've seen the posters you've been putting up.
00:57:00If Ashley's gone missing, then I'm telling you, it'll have something to do with Gavin.
00:57:04Inspector!
00:57:05Someone's just broken into the villa where Darion was shut.
00:57:35Mr. Bradbury, this doesn't look good at all.
00:58:00But then I don't think you need me to tell you that.
00:58:03You want to start by telling us what we're going to find in that pool you've just emptied?
00:58:10And we know it's not the gun used to kill Darion St. Jules because that's currently sitting in a police station somewhere in Swindon.
00:58:17So what's down there?
00:58:18Why have you come back to the crime scene, Gavin? What's so important?
00:58:21Inspector! Found something.
00:58:24What is it?
00:58:26A bullet. One that's been fired.
00:58:33Why is there a bullet in the pool, Gav?
00:58:36It's like...
00:58:38Keepsake.
00:58:40Something to remember Ashley by.
00:58:46A bullet?
00:58:47There are other things that I've got of hers as well, like...
00:58:53More like normal things.
00:58:55I'm really not interested in those, funny enough.
00:58:58Ashley, she's...
00:59:00She's not like anyone I've ever met before.
00:59:02Like, it was exciting being around her.
00:59:04And her life was so different to mine.
00:59:08Yeah, I hear that. The bullet.
00:59:10Yeah.
00:59:12She has a gun.
00:59:14She was looking after it as a favour for someone that she knew from prison.
00:59:18And she...
00:59:20Well...
00:59:21We...
00:59:22Went out to the woods one day and she let me fire it.
00:59:25It was amazing, right?
00:59:27You know, exhilarating.
00:59:29And I went and got one of the bullets.
00:59:31You know, I said that I would keep it with me to remind me of her.
00:59:34And they say romance is dead.
00:59:36So, why did it end up in the pool?
00:59:40I panicked.
00:59:42When there was that dead guy and Neil called the police.
00:59:46I was worried that if you found it, you'd think it was me that shot him.
00:59:49So, I took it out and I was wondering what to do and...
00:59:53I dropped it.
00:59:55It fell in the pool.
00:59:58And the more you were sniffing around, the more I started to worry that you'd find it.
01:00:01So, I came back and I...
01:00:02And I...
01:00:06So, you loved Ashley then?
01:00:09Yeah, I guess, yeah.
01:00:12Must have really hurt when she ended things.
01:00:16Gavin, we believe Ashley Simms was murdered on Miss Island in the last few days.
01:00:20What? No. What? If she can't be...
01:00:24I'm kinda wondering if maybe you did it.
01:00:26Me?
01:00:28Why would I kill Ashley?
01:00:30Because you couldn't have her.
01:00:32And it hurt like hell.
01:00:33No, no, no, no. You've got this wrong.
01:00:35I didn't kill her.
01:00:37Like, all that man.
01:00:39You seem a bit edgy, Gavin.
01:00:41Is there something you aren't telling us?
01:00:44There's nothing.
01:00:46Really, there is nothing.
01:00:54Paradise Court Hotel, please.
01:00:56What is it that he's not saying?
01:01:02Hey, this is Ashley's phone. You know what to do.
01:01:13Ashley, it's me.
01:01:15We need to talk. I'm worried about you.
01:01:17The police have been asking questions and I think they know about us, so...
01:01:21Just let me know what you want me to do, yeah?
01:01:24Please call me back.
01:01:26I love you.
01:01:39You alright, sir? You seem a bit...
01:01:42Pence.
01:01:44I just can't work this one out.
01:01:46I mean, we've got one potential murder victim whose body we haven't found.
01:01:49Another murder victim whose body we have found.
01:01:52But that murder weapon was locked in a desk drawer on the other side of the world when that murder took place.
01:01:57I mean, where do we even start?
01:01:59Well, sounds like you need to go get a little shoulder rope, you know?
01:02:03Release some of that tension.
01:02:05No, you alright, Officer Rose?
01:02:10This guy again.
01:02:12Listen, mate, I told you before, I'm not interested in upgrading to another phone, so stop calling me, eh?
01:02:17Is that Mervyn Wilson?
01:02:20Yeah, it's still Mervyn Wilson and I'm still not interested.
01:02:23It's me, Solomon. Your brother.
01:02:32Are you there, Mervyn?
01:02:36Mervyn?
01:02:37Yes. Yes. Yes, he's here. Don't hang up.
01:02:54Uh, Solomon. It's Mervyn.
01:02:56It's Mervyn.
01:02:58Yeah, you should always know that.
01:03:01Look, mate, I'm sorry. I just wasn't expecting your call.
01:03:05Yeah, I know.
01:03:07I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get in touch, but it was, you know.
01:03:12No, no, no, mate. I totally understand, yeah?
01:03:15I mean, it's a process, right?
01:03:17But, um, hey, you're calling now, aren't you?
01:03:21Yeah, man. It's a process.
01:03:23But I'm glad to be calling now.
01:03:28Are you still there?
01:03:31Mervyn?
01:03:33Yeah, yeah, I'm still here.
01:03:35Um...
01:03:38Look, um, Solomon, I'm really, really sorry to do this to you.
01:03:42And I am so glad you called and that we're finally speaking.
01:03:46And I really, really want us to talk again, but...
01:03:51Right now, there's something I need to do, yeah?
01:03:55Yeah, man, no problem. But I'll tune.
01:03:59That was quick.
01:04:01Officer Rose, that billboard, you did that, right?
01:04:04Yes, sir. I did.
01:04:06But you should already have the invites for that.
01:04:08It's not gonna cost any extra.
01:04:09No, no, I don't care about the cost.
01:04:10It was worth every penny. Come, come look.
01:04:19You see, all along, we've been looking at Ashley's footage
01:04:23on phone screens and laptops, yeah?
01:04:25Well, they were too small.
01:04:27I don't understand.
01:04:29You see where Ashley is?
01:04:31This is a steal from the video she made.
01:04:33And in the background, there's a ship passing by.
01:04:36Now, before, that was just a speck.
01:04:38But now you've blown it up. Look at it.
01:04:42What about the ship?
01:04:44Look at what it's called!
01:04:45Blitzen.
01:04:48Blitzen.
01:04:49Blitzen!
01:04:51Yeah?
01:04:52Now we know.
01:04:54Oh, Officer Rose, if you were so tall, I'd kiss you.
01:04:57Why would Darian write the name of that ship on his hands?
01:05:01Well, he obviously saw the footage himself and then, um, he saw something in it.
01:05:07But what?
01:05:08Blitzen.
01:05:10Blitzen.
01:05:11It's like she's vanished into thin air.
01:05:13Blitzen.
01:05:14Blitzen.
01:05:15It's like she's vanished into thin air.
01:05:16It's why I've come here.
01:05:17I thought I was helping someone.
01:05:19You know what?
01:05:21I think I'm starting to work out what went down here.
01:05:25But I need to make a phone call.
01:05:28And you need to get onto airport security.
01:05:30Come on.
01:05:33All right, mate.
01:05:34Much appreciated.
01:05:35Cheers.
01:05:37Wow.
01:05:39What?
01:05:40Wow.
01:05:42So, that ship behind Ashley Sims, it's owned by a Scandinavian container shipping company.
01:05:48Now we know from the information on that footage, Ashley recorded it on the 4th of October, right?
01:05:53Right.
01:05:54Well, check this.
01:05:55The Blitzen was passing by the south coast of England on the 4th of October.
01:06:00Thousands of miles from the Caribbean.
01:06:02So, Ashley recorded that video on a beach back in the UK.
01:06:06Which means she was never even here.
01:06:09Inspector.
01:06:10The airport just emailed over security camera footage the day Ashley Sims arrived on the island.
01:06:18Wait, she was here?
01:06:20Thank you for a wonderful Christmas, Marjorie.
01:06:23Oh, it's been lovely.
01:06:24Let me give you a hand with that.
01:06:26Oh, don't be daft.
01:06:27You don't know where anything goes.
01:06:29Then you can tell me.
01:06:30It's the least I can do.
01:06:33Living room.
01:06:34Sideboard draw.
01:06:36Living room.
01:06:37Sideboard draw.
01:06:41But if Ashley Sims has never been here before, why do immigration records show that she has?
01:06:46Because someone else came pretending to be Ashley, presumably on a fake passport, and that someone paid Darian 100k to lie and say Ashley rented his property for the past few months.
01:06:56But why would they do that?
01:06:58To misdirects and confuse anyone looking for her.
01:07:01Because they'd already killed Ashley and taken the money.
01:07:04So one of our four suspects has been here three months previously.
01:07:07Which is why we're going through this footage, because it will show who was pretending to be Ashley Sims.
01:07:11There.
01:07:15Why didn't I see that before?
01:07:17That's why I've come here to try and understand why I hurt people.
01:07:21No, it was more than that.
01:07:22Gavin was obsessed.
01:07:24Of course.
01:07:25After that, nobody is seen leaving or arriving.
01:07:28So it's got to be one of these four who shot Darren St. Jules.
01:07:32You were in the hammock when whatever happened, happened.
01:07:35Did you hear the gunshot?
01:07:36It's like Helen said, you know, the room out here is stronger than you used to.
01:07:40What if there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?
01:07:43It makes perfect sense now.
01:07:46For definite, there's no gun at the villa.
01:07:48The commissioner found the gun locked in the desk drawer at Dougdale's offices back in the UK.
01:07:52We need to call the commissioner.
01:07:53The commissioner? Why?
01:07:56Because he's with the killer as we speak.
01:08:10Come on, sir. Pick up.
01:08:16And what about these ones?
01:08:18Same drawer.
01:08:19Oh.
01:08:23I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean.
01:08:28I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean.
01:08:31The.
01:08:32The.
01:08:35I saw the same drawer.
01:08:38I said the same drawer.
01:08:39No.
01:08:40I said the same drawer.
01:08:49No.
01:08:55That necklace, the stone is lithmer, unique to St. Marie.
01:09:01You told me you always wanted to go to the Caribbean like you've never been.
01:09:10You were lying.
01:09:12No, no, Selwyn, I...
01:09:14It was you that went to St. Marie three months ago.
01:09:19If Ashley never went then, is she dead?
01:09:24Oh, I'm sorry.
01:09:25I didn't mean to. It just happened.
01:09:30Miss Jones?
01:09:33I think you should put the knife down, no?
01:09:40Please.
01:09:50That video she made, it wasn't in the Caribbean, was it?
01:09:57Bournemouth.
01:09:59On a Sunday, she'd gone to the seaside.
01:10:04She realised she'd made a mistake stealing that money, didn't she?
01:10:09Then she wanted to give the money back and send the video as an apology.
01:10:15I want to say sorry.
01:10:17I don't know why I keep doing this.
01:10:19Miss Simms didn't leave the country.
01:10:24I'd gone in to the office that day to deal with an order that had gone wrong.
01:10:29It wasn't my fault, but I was the one who had to go in and fix it.
01:10:34And then when I let myself in, I found Ashley there and I knew...
01:10:39I knew straight away what the money was.
01:10:42Marjorie, you overhear a lot when you sit at reception all day.
01:10:46I knew it was you.
01:10:48And I went to call the police.
01:10:50Wait, I'm giving the money back.
01:10:52Marjorie.
01:10:53Don't.
01:10:54Please.
01:10:55Just...
01:10:56I'm calling the police now.
01:10:58Don't do this to me.
01:10:59You're not.
01:11:00And Ashley tried to stop me.
01:11:02I won't let you, Marjorie.
01:11:03Get off me.
01:11:04Pushed her off me and...
01:11:19And I wasn't even supposed to be in that day.
01:11:23But it's like I told you, nobody... nobody cares for me there.
01:11:30They just take me for granted and...
01:11:33You saw the money and thought...
01:11:36Finally, you could take something back for yourself.
01:11:42All you had to do was dispose of the body.
01:11:46Where?
01:11:50In my back garden.
01:12:02And then you made a fake passport in Ashley's name.
01:12:06Oh, that wasn't hard, you know, with all the kit we've got in the office.
01:12:10You flew on that passport to St. Marie to make it look as if Miss Simms had run away
01:12:17to the other side of the world and rented our property there for the last few months.
01:12:24You know, I really did want to go to the Caribbean.
01:12:29It's just that I never had the chance or the money until...
01:12:35And if you were going to misdirect from what really happened here, in Swindon,
01:12:40where the dead body was,
01:12:42then the farther away, the better.
01:12:46And no one would realize.
01:12:53Until things started to go wrong.
01:12:57You're saying Marjorie killed Ashley Simms?
01:13:10Our receptionist, that Marjorie?
01:13:12That Marjorie.
01:13:13Yes, Marjorie Dodds, the receptionist, killed Ashley Simms in England
01:13:18and made it look as if she ran away to the Caribbean with your 500k.
01:13:21Oh my, I did not see that coming.
01:13:24So which one of us shot the man found in our swimming pool?
01:13:28It wasn't any of you.
01:13:30But it had to be, you said so.
01:13:32No one else was here.
01:13:33Yeah, you're right, I did say that.
01:13:35But what I didn't know then was that Darien St. Jules wasn't shot at your villa.
01:13:40It just looked like he was.
01:13:42That's why no gunshot was heard, because there wasn't one.
01:13:46He'd already been shot.
01:13:51We know now from our colleague in the UK that Marjorie had paid Darien money.
01:13:58She came to the island three months ago on a forged passport and she gave him £100,000
01:14:04to lie and cover if anyone ever came to the island asking after Ashley.
01:14:08She'd convinced him he was doing a favour for a very vulnerable friend of hers.
01:14:14But when you visited him a few days ago, Mrs. Dogdale,
01:14:17asking questions, mentioning the missing £500,000,
01:14:19Darien started to wonder what he'd gotten himself involved in.
01:14:23And when he re-watched that footage more closely,
01:14:26the footage of Ashley you'd shown him,
01:14:28as an experienced fisherman who knew the waters of St. Marie very well,
01:14:32something about it bothered him.
01:14:34Zooming in, he was able to read the name of the boat Blitzen.
01:14:37He knew this was not a St. Marie vessel.
01:14:40He worked out that the video of Ashley was actually shot in the UK.
01:14:49And having heard from you, Mrs. Dogdale,
01:14:51that Ashley went missing with £500,000 of your money,
01:14:55Darien started to realise that Ashley had never been to the island.
01:14:58He'd only ever met Marjorie.
01:15:00So, he phoned Miss Dodds, asking what was going on.
01:15:09We need to talk.
01:15:10Listen, Darien, you've got this all wrong.
01:15:14All throughout this case,
01:15:16we thought Darien's killer had to be one of you four.
01:15:20The one person we never suspected was Marjorie Dodds.
01:15:24It was all the way back in Swindon.
01:15:25Or so we thought.
01:15:27With Darien threatening to go to the police,
01:15:30Marjorie asked him to hang fire.
01:15:32And she would fly out here and speak to him in person.
01:15:36Marjorie was here?
01:15:37On this island?
01:15:38At the exact same time we were?
01:15:39Yeah.
01:15:40She arrived the night before Darien was shot
01:15:42and flew back to the UK the next morning.
01:15:45Unable to convince Darien to keep quiet and carry on with the lie,
01:15:49Marjorie started to grow desperate,
01:15:51worried he'd tell the police.
01:15:53I can give you more money.
01:15:54How much?
01:15:55Just tell me and I'll give it to you.
01:15:57We know Darien was searching around for a gun,
01:16:00for self-protection.
01:16:01I just want you to leave.
01:16:04Now!
01:16:06He never expected Marjorie would use it against him.
01:16:10What are you doing?
01:16:11Put the gun down!
01:16:12What are you doing?
01:16:13Put the gun down!
01:16:14What are you doing?
01:16:15Put the gun down!
01:16:16What are you doing?
01:16:17What are you doing?
01:16:18What are you doing?
01:16:19What are you doing?
01:16:20What are you doing?
01:16:21What are you doing?
01:16:22After shooting Darien, Marjorie left and headed for the airport,
01:16:25before getting back on the plane,
01:16:27arriving at Dugdale's offices just in time
01:16:29to meet with our very own Commissioner Patterson.
01:16:31Well, if Marjorie shot Darien at his house,
01:16:35how did he end up at our villa?
01:16:37Marjorie thought she'd killed him.
01:16:39But what she didn't know when she left Darien's place
01:16:42was that he was still alive.
01:16:43It was the fact that he smelled so strongly of someone else's aftershave,
01:16:51they helped us work it out.
01:16:52Neil's aftershave, in fact.
01:16:54We thought it was there to cover up another smell
01:16:57that we now know was antiseptic.
01:17:01The stuff used to clean up a wound.
01:17:03Because as soon as Marjorie quit the scene,
01:17:05Darien regained consciousness and patched himself up.
01:17:08As far as he was concerned, the bullet was just lodged in his shoulder.
01:17:11It wasn't life-threatening, so he put on a fresh T-shirt
01:17:15and headed off for the hospital to get it properly seen to.
01:17:18But on the way, it passed your villa,
01:17:21which was just half a mile down the road.
01:17:24And I think Darien intended to alert you to what had gone down.
01:17:28He stopped here to tell you the truth about Ashley
01:17:30and to warn you about what Marjorie had done.
01:17:33That's why he came here that morning.
01:17:35To tell you what your colleague had done to Ashley and, in turn, to him.
01:17:40To make sure it didn't happen to anyone else.
01:17:43But what Darien didn't know was that his wound was worse than he thought.
01:17:48And he was bleeding internally.
01:17:50And so, despite his brave effort to alert you all to the truth,
01:17:55he died here in your villa.
01:17:57But then someone proceeded to stage the scene
01:18:03as if he was shot in this villa.
01:18:06Didn't you, Mr. Bradbury?
01:18:09Me? What?
01:18:12Were you talking? No, of course not. No.
01:18:14And you did it because Ashley told you to.
01:18:17You're crazy. Ashley, I don't know what you're talking about.
01:18:21Let me have your phone.
01:18:27Gavin, please.
01:18:31It's okay.
01:18:34Unlock it.
01:18:36Bingo.
01:18:50Text messages seemingly from Ashley Sims
01:18:53from the moment she disappeared right up to today.
01:18:56But all of these were sent by Marjorie Dodds.
01:18:58Who kept Ashley's phone after she killed her?
01:19:03What? No, you...
01:19:04You know, you're wrong.
01:19:05She can't be...
01:19:06You've been texting her?
01:19:07No.
01:19:08This whole time?
01:19:09Karen, I'm sorry. Look, look.
01:19:10No, no.
01:19:11Karen!
01:19:12And here, proof of what happened.
01:19:14Messages exchanged on the morning of Darien's death.
01:19:17Because despite what you told us, Gavin,
01:19:19you were actually the first to discover Darien's body.
01:19:22You knew who Darien was because Ashley had told you all about him.
01:19:29And so you contacted Ashley, left a message telling her
01:19:33that Darien had turned up to the villa and died
01:19:35and asking her what was going on.
01:19:38A few minutes later, she, or rather, Marjorie, texted back.
01:19:43See, Marjorie realized that if the police were called
01:19:47and found Darien with his wound patched up,
01:19:50they'd know he was shot somewhere else.
01:19:52And the trail would lead right back to her.
01:19:55So, she had to do two things.
01:19:58First, she texted you with instructions.
01:20:00Second, she had to clear up the real scene of the crime.
01:20:03Marjorie's confessed to her colleague in the UK
01:20:05that she quickly doubled back from the airport
01:20:07and returned to Darien's house
01:20:09before disposing of the gun
01:20:10and the T-shirt he was wearing when she shot him.
01:20:12Meanwhile, you moved the body outside to the swimming pool.
01:20:15There's also mention here of that bullet you kept as a memento.
01:20:18in the text messages you sent to Ashley.
01:20:21Well, that's our Marjorie name.
01:20:23So, as Ashley, she asked you to remove the bullet
01:20:26she killed Darien with and replace it
01:20:29with the one she knew you had.
01:20:31However, in your haste,
01:20:35you must have dropped the bullet you extracted
01:20:37into the swimming pool.
01:20:39But you knew you could come back and retrieve it later.
01:20:43Once you switched the bullets,
01:20:45the heartbeat was over.
01:20:47You disposed of the dressing,
01:20:49then made a hole in his T-shirt
01:20:53and let the blood around the wound soak in.
01:20:55So, now, it looked like Darien had been shot
01:20:59after he entered the villa, not before.
01:21:01The last problem you had
01:21:03was getting rid of that antiseptic smell
01:21:05because that stuff lingers, right?
01:21:07And if the police noticed it,
01:21:09we'd certainly be asking,
01:21:10who cleaned up the wound and why?
01:21:12So, you ran into the bathroom
01:21:14and got hold of some aftershave,
01:21:16kneels and doused him in it.
01:21:18So, now, all you had to do was
01:21:20pretend to be asleep
01:21:22when Mrs. Dogdale discovered the body.
01:21:24Gavin, we need to get to the airport.
01:21:26You've got to pack.
01:21:28Leaving us without a Scooby
01:21:30as to how a man was shot with a gun
01:21:32that was locked in a desk drawer 5,000 miles away
01:21:34in a Swindon warehouse.
01:21:36In the end,
01:21:37it wasn't just the police that Marjorie Dodds had duped.
01:21:40It was you as well, Gavin.
01:21:42You see, you thought you were helping the woman you loved.
01:21:45A woman you'd do anything for
01:21:47when you were actually helping her killer.
01:21:57Officer Rose.
01:22:02Officer Rose.
01:22:07Mr. Bradbury,
01:22:08I'm resting on the suspicion of
01:22:09perverting the course of justice.
01:22:11You don't need to say anything.
01:22:12But it may harm your defence
01:22:14if you do not mention one question
01:22:15something you later rely on in court.
01:22:17Anything you do say may be used as evidence.
01:22:19I need to know,
01:22:21why did you come to the train station that night
01:22:24and invite me into your home?
01:22:27Why take that risk?
01:22:28Because I didn't want to spend Christmas on my own again.
01:22:39I'm so sorry I spoiled it all.
01:22:41Inspector?
01:22:56Commissioner?
01:22:57The arrest has been made.
01:22:58I'm pleased to see.
01:23:00Same here.
01:23:01We couldn't have done it without you, sir.
01:23:04Oh, and are you doing all right?
01:23:06Me?
01:23:07Yes, of course.
01:23:08I'm fine.
01:23:10Merry Christmas, sir.
01:23:17I'm doing fine.
01:23:22We regret to announce that the 10-15 to Leeds
01:23:26will be delayed due to a shortage of train staff.
01:23:37Chief Commissioner, it's Selwyn Patterson.
01:23:41And to you,
01:23:43and apologies for calling you during the holidays.
01:23:46But I wanted to know if you'd found my replacement as yet.
01:23:57I see.
01:23:59I've been doing some thinking.
01:24:01And I wondered if there was any chance of my returning to the road.
01:24:08to the road.
01:24:10If it's still vacant.
01:24:14No, it's been a long time
01:24:17Since I've been searching
01:24:20Since I've been searching
01:24:24To find you
01:24:26The thing is, Harry,
01:24:27the classic Christmas Day Sunday roast lunch
01:24:30is all well and good.
01:24:32But when push comes to shove,
01:24:33the real culinary high point
01:24:35is the turkey and stuffing sarni.
01:24:38Because my friend,
01:24:40in my humble opinion,
01:24:41it is one of the greatest
01:24:44delicacies known to mankind.
01:24:48Like bacon and eggs?
01:24:50Oh, D.S. Thomas.
01:24:51You're just in time.
01:24:52Come in, come in.
01:24:55Grab those for me, would you?
01:25:00So, uh...
01:25:01What is this about, sir?
01:25:04I promised I'd make up for spoiling Christmas Day.
01:25:07And that is exactly what I'm doing.
01:25:09Come on.
01:25:14I don't know why I didn't think of this before.
01:25:16My front room on the beach.
01:25:18Is that a good idea, do you think?
01:25:20Yeah, why not?
01:25:22So we're watching something?
01:25:24We certainly are, D.S. Thomas.
01:25:25Not the...
01:25:26The great escape, yeah.
01:25:31Beers and butties, everyone.
01:25:33And thank you to our local mayor
01:25:35for letting me have
01:25:36the leftovers from the bar.
01:25:38And you've put it all
01:25:39between two slices of bread?
01:25:42Yeah.
01:25:43How English.
01:25:46Excited for this film, Inspector.
01:25:47Sounds dope.
01:25:49Um...
01:25:50Sir.
01:25:54Is this really your favourite thing about Christmas?
01:25:57Well, yeah.
01:25:59When I was a little boy, growing up,
01:26:02most times I didn't know where I was gonna end up
01:26:04spending Christmas, right?
01:26:06With a foster family or in a care home.
01:26:09In a care home.
01:26:11But, wherever I ended up,
01:26:13the one constant every Christmas
01:26:16was this film.
01:26:18And it was a...
01:26:19It was a comfort to me.
01:26:21I bet that little boy
01:26:23never thought he'd be here
01:26:25in the Caribbean.
01:26:27All these years later,
01:26:29watching that same film
01:26:31surrounded by his friends.
01:26:33He certainly didn't care for him.
01:26:42So, um...
01:26:45To him.
01:26:47To him.
01:26:50Okay, then.
01:26:52Showtime.
01:26:53Um...
01:27:03Look, er...
01:27:04Just...
01:27:05Just give me...
01:27:06a few minutes, yeah?
01:27:07Yeah?
01:27:14Solomon, how you doing, man?
01:27:17You got my message, yeah?
01:27:19Um, look...
01:27:20I'm sorry I had to cut you off like that before, yeah?
01:27:25It was just an emergency at work I had to deal with.
01:27:28So...
01:27:29How's your Christmas been?
01:27:32Yeah?
01:27:33Good.
01:27:35Mine?
01:27:37Um...
01:27:39Yeah, yeah, it's been really good.
01:27:43Look, um...
01:27:45I don't know how you feel about this, but...
01:27:48I was wondering if you wanted to meet up sometime.
01:27:55Yeah?
01:27:59Yeah, I definitely would like to.
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