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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!
00:02:32Hi!
00:02:35Yes!
00:02:37Woo!
00:02:40My treasure
00:03:10Happy Christmas.
00:03:26Wizard.
00:03:40Hi, Marjorie. I just want to let you know that there's a Commissioner Patterson arriving.
00:03:49It's a serious situation over here. Give 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. Um, 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 will call to your colleague's Holiday Villa, where, I'm sorry to see, a man was formed, shot dead, murdered.
00:04:39A.
00:04:41Pretty good.
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00:04:45Unique.
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00:04:52Good morning, Miss Baudet.
00:05:09Morning, Seb.
00:05:11It'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, I, yes, yes.
00:05:20All right, let's go.
00:05:31Good morning, Sarge.
00:05:32Morning, Seb.
00:05:34Got a card from Darlene.
00:05:35Oh.
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 Antica.
00:05:47His brother, you mean?
00:05:49It's been three months.
00:05:50I guess it's like a lot, you know?
00:05:52I mean, getting a letter from a breadie you never knew you had.
00:05:57Might take some time.
00:05:58I just feel sorry for him.
00:06:00He keeps saying he's fine about it, but I don't think he is.
00:06:06Where is D.I. Wilson?
00:06:08Rehearsing.
00:06:09Oh, yes.
00:06:10Oh, I am so jealous.
00:06:12He must be hyped up to wear that costume, huh?
00:06:15I bet he is.
00:06:18I'm really not happy about this.
00:06:20Why not, Mervyn?
00:06:21Because I look like a ninny.
00:06:23No, you don't.
00:06:25You look very authentic.
00:06:29I just don't think the boots are helping.
00:06:32Look, with all due respect, Miss Baudet, I just think he'd be better off finding somebody else for this.
00:06:40You know, somebody less me.
00:06:43Mervyn, it has always been the commissioner who carries out this task for me.
00:06:48With him gone.
00:06:49Inspector.
00:06:50Great.
00:06:51Yes, sir.
00:06:52You look cool, man.
00:06:53Not another word.
00:06:54That's wrong, man.
00:06:55Could we have a chat, sir?
00:06:56We have a murder to attend.
00:06:57For real?
00:06:58Well, that's that, then.
00:06:59I've got word to do.
00:07:00Conversation over.
00:07:01Conversation paused.
00:07:02Sorry, Catherine.
00:07:03Come on, let's go.
00:07:04Um, Inspector.
00:07:05You think maybe you should change first?
00:07:24You think maybe you should change first?
00:07:52The victim's name is Darion St. Jules.
00:07:54He's a local fisherman, lives half a mile up the coast.
00:07:57Right.
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.
00:08:05But clearly, someone must have shot him and left him there.
00:08:09Right.
00:08:11No sign of the gun, but paramedics are saying with the bullet still lodged in the victim's shoulder.
00:08:16Cause of death was possibly from internal bleeding.
00:08:20Right.
00:08:22And what about you, Inspector?
00:08:24Anything of interest?
00:08:26Well, he certainly liked his aftershave.
00:08:29Have a sniff.
00:08:31I guess that's pretty strong.
00:08:37What if it's cause of his work?
00:08:39You know, slapped on the old cologne to cover the smell of fish.
00:08:42I know a big man in Tootin did the same thing.
00:08:44And that's what bothers you the most.
00:08:46The fact that the victim used a bit too much aftershave.
00:08:51Actually, what's bothering me the most is what's written on the palm of his left hand.
00:08:57Blitzen.
00:08:58Like the reindeer.
00:09:00Is there anyone I can think of?
00:09:03Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen.
00:09:09And Rudolph.
00:09:10Thank you, Officer Rose.
00:09:15The ink seems fresh.
00:09:17Which means he wrote it in the last 12 hours or so.
00:09:20And then not long after, he was shot.
00:09:23When it is Christmas, sir.
00:09:25Could just be a coincidence.
00:09:27We have no idea who this guy is or what he's doing in our villa.
00:09:35So how can we know why he wrote the name of one of Santa's reindeer on his hand?
00:09:38I don't know.
00:09:39I'm just asking the question.
00:09:40Not a problem, is it?
00:09:43No.
00:09:44No, of course not.
00:09:46Let's start with you telling me what you're doing here on St. Marie.
00:09:49Well, we flew here for our office Christmas party.
00:09:52It wasn't cheap.
00:09:54We were having the time of our lives.
00:09:56Life's a beat.
00:10:01Life's a beat.
00:10:02Life's a beat.
00:10:03No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:10:06No!
00:10:07Oh, my God.
00:10:08Everyone get in!
00:10:15Maybe talk us through the events of last night.
00:10:18Yeah, what happened exactly?
00:10:19We said we'd take it easy for our last night.
00:10:26We were a party.
00:10:27Yeah.
00:10:32Then we got back here and carried on drinking.
00:10:35Yeah, looks like quite a party you had.
00:10:37Yeah, done right it was.
00:10:39Sorry, that's not appropriate.
00:10:42not very good the rum out here it's stronger than we used to and what time
00:10:58did the party ends haven't got a clue me to be honest yeah it's all a little bit
00:11:02hazy I really don't remember very much you know a lightweight man I remember
00:11:08everything Helen you and me put Neil to bed about midnight I'm sure I wasn't that
00:11:15bad are you so oh he's always had a low tolerance mom sorry love can we just yeah
00:11:26Helen you went to bed as well me and you kept on it till about half three yeah
00:11:34you were so cute you were dead to the world by then so I left you asleep in the hammock
00:11:40and then what oh and then um the taxi for the airport woke me up
00:11:48wake up wake up
00:11:55that's when I saw him I thought he was asleep at first but when I got closer I saw the blood
00:12:01you were in the hammock when whatever happened happened we didn't hear the gunshot well yeah
00:12:11yeah you thought but well it's like Helen said you know the room out here it's stronger than you used
00:12:16to inspector that's something you should see this is the only security camera footage from the villa
00:12:27footage is from this morning outside the front door the victim arrives at 5 32 a.m heads inside the door
00:12:34was unlocked so he let himself in after that nobody is seen leaving or arriving so the only way in or
00:12:40out is from the front and the drop of the back is too steep for access so it's got to be one of these
00:12:48for who shot down in st jules which means the gun that they used must still be here but they're all
00:12:53saying they've never met him before so why would one of them kill a total stranger
00:12:59hello can i help you how have you come to check in the name's helen dugdale of course one moment
00:13:18please can't believe they're not letting us fly home it's police overreach is what it is
00:13:25so much for doing something different should have just gone to the red lion like last year
00:13:32none of this would have happened
00:13:33girl do you think there's something helen's not telling us
00:13:39she's been on edge ever since the police arrived
00:13:42so why did darian go to that villa at 5 30 in the morning
00:13:54hmm let's see what we found at his house
00:13:56how are you getting on sir well i haven't found anything that connects our victim to the suspects
00:14:07but i have found this the victim's aftershave
00:14:11really this again it's different to the one he was wearing at the crime scene
00:14:14here have a sniff
00:14:16i haven't found any others here and 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 gone
00:14:48no it has to be there no one left the villa after the victim was shot so the weapon has to be there
00:14:53somewhere yeah no i totally get your logic inspector
00:14:56what you think there for definite there's no gun at the villa
00:15:00but that doesn't make any sense
00:15:01so sorry excuse me
00:15:02hello yes
00:15:05well this is a strange one we've got four people suspected of shooting a man they don't know
00:15:09with a gun they don't have
00:15:11let's start working through the victim's laptop see what's on there
00:15:14we need to find that gun
00:15:15what actually sir it's the nativity service if you'd forgotten
00:15:23are you serious
00:15:24and we promised katherine we'd make sure you get there
00:15:27look 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
00:15:38why is she
00:15:42good evening to you inspector
00:15:45officer curtis was a pleasant surprise
00:15:48my niece is performing in the nativity tonight
00:15:51and word has got back to me that they might not have a narrator
00:15:55because the man who is supposed to be doing it
00:15:58is being a grumpy goose about the whole thing
00:16:01a grumpy
00:16:01now 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
00:16:09and man up
00:16:10you know i never did like this sort of thing
00:16:28the nativity
00:16:30carol services
00:16:32right
00:16:32is there anything about christmas you do like sir
00:16:36no
00:16:37not really
00:16:37oh hang on
00:16:38yeah
00:16:38um
00:16:39the great escape
00:16:40the what
00:16:41the great escape
00:16:42the movie
00:16:44it was on telly every christmas
00:16:45you know with the
00:16:47the motorcycle stunt
00:16:48and the cooler
00:16:49the dirt down the trousers
00:16:51nah i give up
00:16:54me too
00:16:55mervyn we're waiting
00:16:56ready when you are
00:16:58right
00:17:00right
00:17:03um
00:17:04here we go then
00:17:06i guess
00:17:08you okay
00:17:29okay then
00:17:33a long time ago
00:17:39in the town of nazareth
00:17:40there lived a young woman
00:17:42named mary
00:17:43she was engaged to a carpenter
00:17:45named joseph
00:17:47i understand he didn't want to wear a costume
00:17:50but
00:17:50did he really have to do it in the heart
00:17:53and then one day
00:17:55and then one day
00:17:55an angel
00:17:57called gabriel
00:17:58came to mary
00:18:01and said to her
00:18:02sorry it was
00:18:13sorry it was
00:18:13it was mine
00:18:14i knew it was going to be his
00:18:17sir
00:18:22sir
00:18:24sir
00:18:24it's someone calling from antica
00:18:27it could be
00:18:30your brother
00:18:30listen sorry everyone
00:18:34i need to take this
00:18:36and i think one of us
00:18:44shoot her
00:18:45don't worry miss bode
00:18:46officer sebastian rose to the rescue
00:18:49yes
00:18:51yes my little king people
00:18:52wow god
00:18:53so
00:18:57a long long time ago
00:19:00in a town of nazareth
00:19:02there lived a young woman
00:19:03very nice woman
00:19:04her name was mary
00:19:05um
00:19:05she was engaged to a carpenter
00:19:07named joseph
00:19:08melvin wilson speaking
00:19:18mr wilson
00:19:19it's cyreece
00:19:20at cariba phone network
00:19:22i just noticed your contracts
00:19:23coming up in the new year
00:19:24and i thought we could have a chat
00:19:25about upgrading your phone
00:19:27mr wilson are you still there
00:19:32yeah i'm here
00:19:33um
00:19:34no
00:19:35no upgrade
00:19:36thanks
00:19:36are you sure
00:19:38are you sure about that
00:19:38because
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00:20:14builds
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00:20:34hey sir you didn't come back just wanted to check how you're doing yeah it wasn't
00:20:55Solomon on the phone anyway I've been thinking we really don't know anything
00:21:01about these people you know their lives in the UK I was thinking we could use someone to do a bit
00:21:08of digging into our suspects back in their hometown right you want me to get in touch with
00:21:12the Swindon police no no no I've already done that they're flat out till New Year but then I
00:21:17remembered 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 Selwyn Patterson
00:21:35I'm no longer a commissioner I'm retired now right okay so now you're just helping out
00:21:43somewhat reluctantly if I'm honest with you so what has actually happened out there the police
00:21:52were called to your colleagues holiday villa where I'm sorry to see a man was found shot dead murdered
00:21:58I'm keen to get on with things and get out of here as quickly as I can rightio well I'll give
00:22:07you the guided tour welcome to Dugdale's branded merchandise so that desk over there is Helen she's
00:22:16the managing director this desk belongs to our graphic designer Gavin accounts manager Neil and Karen head
00:22:25of sales and this one oh oh she's not here anymore she left a couple of months ago Ashley Ashley Sims her
00:22:35name was it was all somewhat clandestine if you ask me mr. Patterson
00:22:40she did what they call a midnight flit never came back are you sure you don't want a cup of tea I'm
00:22:52gonna make myself one this drawer is locked oh yes it's been like that since Ashley left she has the
00:22:59Emily key I've been meaning to sort it commissioner you do know what time it is over here right half past
00:23:26three in the morning but as I have abandoned a good friend's wedding to travel to Swindon and help
00:23:32you out okay fair dues how can I help the bullet you recovered from your victim have you had the
00:23:38ballistics report back on it yet yeah it was a 45 caliber most likely fired from a pistol and did you
00:23:44find the weapon no why because I'm currently looking at a point four five caliber pistol in a desk drawer
00:23:54in Swindon it can't be the same one can it
00:24:14morning sir morning inspector this can't be right it just can't be what's going on commissioner found
00:24:25a gun locked in the desk drawer of an ex-employee called Ashley Sims in the Dugdale's offices back in
00:24:31the UK what local forensic lab fast-tracked it and they say that is the gun that fired the bullet that
00:24:37killed Darren St. Jules look 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
00:24:49drawer five thousand miles away I know right it makes no sense we need to speak to Helen Dugdale
00:25:07if you're in there can you open the door please there's something you need to see I guess I want
00:25:26to say sorry I know it's not enough and they won't change how you feel about me but I do mean it
00:25:36I don't know why I keep doing this I blow everything up but this is why I've come here
00:25:50to get away try and understand why I hurt people that's actually the way that I do
00:26:05she stole from me from the company how much five hundred thousand pounds ouch my husband Keith
00:26:16Dugdale'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 that's when I took over the reins I really wanted to make it work and it was
00:26:30around that time that we had a position to fill when you gave the job to Miss Sims I knew she had
00:26:36a past that she'd been to prison but Keith always believed in giving people a second chance and I
00:26:40wanted to honor that what Miss Sims let you down even a year's past and I've already lost half a
00:26:46million pounds did you report Ashley to the police I was too embarrassed so I I hired someone to find out
00:26:55where she sent the email from when that video she recorded that was sent from this island yes okay so
00:27:03what does any of this have to do with Darian St George the man I hired discovered that Darian had
00:27:08rented a holiday let to Ashley that's why I came here to try and get my money back I made sure our
00:27:14villa wasn't far from Darian's house so it would be easy to go and visit him so you were lying when you
00:27:18told her she didn't know Darian did you meet with him yes a few days ago he confirmed that as she had
00:27:26rented this little place he has down on the beach but so she was definitely here she derived a few
00:27:33months ago at the start of October he still had all the paperwork but he said that she moved on a few
00:27:40days ago and he didn't know where so what was Darian doing turning up at your villa in the early hours
00:27:46yesterday I don't know I really don't how much do the others know about this nothing they don't
00:27:53know anything they think they're on a works do not even your son no not even Neil so then the only
00:27:58person who knew Darian and therefore wanted him killed was you no I swear I didn't I can see how this
00:28:07looks but I didn't shoot him I don't I need to take this
00:28:18Commissioner you got something Inspector I've searched Ashley Sims flat and emailed you over some photographs
00:28:25I'm afraid there is little of use to your investigation I think she cleared out her flat before she flew to the Caribbean
00:28:31okay thanks anyway sir no if that is everything I'm going to catch my train and enjoy the rest of my
00:28:40Christmas yeah you have a good one sir and you inspect down and you
00:28:44thank you for your help Miss Woods oh I didn't do anything really and you're nothing if not
00:28:59efficient so what are your plans for Christmas I'm spending it with my daughter and her partner
00:29:07they rented a cottage up in the Yorkshire Dales oh it's lovely up there so I'm told I better I'm
00:29:16flying solo this Christmas I mean that's how it's been since mum passed just me myself and I sorry I
00:29:24really oh no no no I rather enjoy it actually you know there's no family arguments I can eat what I
00:29:30like watch what I want on the telly Christmas alone is underrated I say indeed no I really don't
00:29:38don't want to miss my dream goodbye mr. Patterson goodbye and Merry Christmas and a very Merry Christmas to you
00:29:53please be aware that you to frost on the line this train is now delayed please wait for further
00:30:08announcements
00:30:09so immigration confirmed Ashley Sims arrived on the island two months ago but they have no record
00:30:34that we're ever leaving so in theory she's still here okay officer Rose are we to check the harbors
00:30:43see if anyone matching Ashley's description was taken to one of the other islands in the last few
00:30:47days Ashley Harbor last few days got you check the hotels holiday rentals guest houses on the island
00:30:52hotels rentals guest houses got you you need to do whatever it takes to find it you understand cool
00:30:58totally getting you right now inspector I guess that means we're working Christmas Day then
00:31:02obviously it's a murder investigation and we need to find out who did it right only that's a lot of
00:31:09work for set to do by himself over Christmas well my mother's a whole church thing going on and
00:31:14everybody else is busy so that's cool there you go sorted
00:31:19thanks sir no worries see you in a bit I'll let my parents know I won't be flying home this evening
00:31:30appreciate it Ashley Sims aside we still don't have a scooby how the killer made the gun they shot
00:31:36Darian with disappear from that villa then reappear in a locked desk drawer back in the UK and that
00:31:44Glitzen what's that about unless it has nothing to do with Darian's murder sir and it is just a cold you
00:31:53you don't believe in coincidences I mean in what circumstance does someone write the name of one of
00:31:58Santa's reindeer on the palm of their hand are you doing all right sir after last night look if Solomon
00:32:09doesn't want to get in touch I'm cool with that well DS Thomas I'd rather we didn't talk about it anymore
00:32:16alright I'm at Swindon East your tannoy keeps announcing there is a rail replacement service to
00:32:39Leeds but it hasn't turned up I'm sorry the service replacing the service that got cancelled also got
00:32:51cancelled so what do you suggest I do
00:33:00you know mate I've never buried one yet see ya
00:33:04and a Merry Christmas to you too
00:33:09I'm sorry mate but it's Christmas Eve and none of my drivers are going to want to go outside of Swindon
00:33:22you try to hire a car company yes but nothing is available in the area until the 27th
00:33:30you have no rooms available at all we're fully booked everywhere will be this time of year maybe you
00:33:43could try the Salvation Army
00:33:45this is Andrina leave me a message when you hear the beep
00:33:55it's me I'm still in Swindon there's no transport no hotels and there's no one here who seems able to
00:34:06help me and I don't know what to do
00:34:14mr. Patterson I think you better come with me
00:34:22oh how did you know I would still be here at the local radio on said all trains cancelled we've got
00:34:33to look after each other at Christmas have we thank you miss dogs
00:34:40good morning to y'all it's six o'clock on this beautiful Christmas day morning here on
00:35:04San Marie and there's a surprise guest with me here in the studio I've got a young officer Sebastian
00:35:10Rose from the San Marie police talking with me right now yes it is me officer Sebastian Rose from
00:35:17honorary police station Merry Christmas everybody he and his colleagues want your help looking for a
00:35:22young woman called Ashley since am I right that is it you are totally right Alphonse if anybody has
00:35:28heard anything I've seen anything well what I would say Jacinta is even if it was just a glimpse
00:35:36one of the people can check out the video I made on our social media page at SM police
00:35:51the first to be with me as you see her
00:35:56you see her call this one
00:35:59actually since have you seen her
00:36:01you see her call
00:36:03Commissioner, morning. This is a surprise.
00:36:19Inspector, have you seen that video Officer Rose has put on social media? It's deeply
00:36:26inappropriate. Would you like another sherry, Selwyn? No, thank you. Is that the receptionist?
00:36:38Marjorie Dolce. I'm spending Christmas Day with her. Well, I'm glad you two hit it off.
00:36:44Good for you, sir. It's not like that, Inspector. I got stock in Swindon. There
00:36:49were no trains to Leeds. Okay. Look, just take that video down. No disrespect, sir,
00:36:55but, um, it's not really your problem anymore, is it? Just sort it, Inspector.
00:37:10Yeah, I've got his bank statement in front of me. That's great. Could you email it over?
00:37:13I'll do that right away. Cheers.
00:37:25Literally every tree.
00:37:27If you've seen her call this number, ask your sins, have you seen us? If you've seen her call this number.
00:37:36All right! I'm coming!
00:37:40I've got a lead. A possible suspect for Darien St. Jules' murder. I need to go and talk with them now.
00:37:45Merry Christmas, sir.
00:37:46Oh, um, Merry Christmas.
00:37:58I'll be right with you.
00:38:00Our financial checks show that two days ago, you wired £100,000 from this island to your bank account back in England.
00:38:18No, he didn't. What?
00:38:26You want to tell us where you got that money from?
00:38:29What did you do, Liam?
00:38:31Yes, Neil. What did you do?
00:38:33I followed you.
00:38:35Why?
00:38:36You were acting so weird a few days ago when you went off by yourself.
00:38:42I knew that it had to be about the money that Ashley had taken.
00:38:45I'm sorry.
00:38:46I couldn't understand why you didn't tell me.
00:38:48And I know you were just trying to protect me, Mum.
00:38:50I was worried about you.
00:38:51I was just trying to help.
00:38:55So I waited until the guy, Darien, had left.
00:38:59The door was unlocked, so I let myself in.
00:39:02There wasn't anything I could find until I found an old biscuit tin full of money.
00:39:08And what did you think when he opened it and saw £100,000 in cash inside?
00:39:14Well, I still think that it was money that belonged to the company.
00:39:17I mean, why else would this local fisherman have that much money in sterling in his house?
00:39:22And that's why you took it?
00:39:23Because it was money that Ashley had stolen from us, from Mum.
00:39:29And I don't want to see her lose everything.
00:39:32Oh, she'd already lost my dad.
00:39:34Sweet.
00:39:39All right.
00:39:41OK.
00:39:43So, fast forward to the morning you're due to leave the island, yeah?
00:39:47And our victim turns up at 5.30.
00:39:50We've been trying to work out why he went there that morning.
00:39:53But what if he realised that you stole from him and came to confront you about it?
00:39:58No.
00:39:59On my life, I didn't even see him that morning.
00:40:03This aftershave.
00:40:04It's yours, right?
00:40:05Ravage Mystique.
00:40:06Yeah?
00:40:07Why?
00:40:08This is the exact same aftershave Darien was wearing.
00:40:11The morning of the murder.
00:40:13Right?
00:40:14You're not suggesting that this is evidence I shot him.
00:40:18Why would I kill someone and then spray him with my own aftershave?
00:40:27Darien definitely smelt of this when we found him.
00:40:29But why?
00:40:30What if there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?
00:40:37You know?
00:40:38A bit like a bin man.
00:40:40Yeah, but...
00:40:41What?
00:40:44Neil's right.
00:40:45It's not enough.
00:40:47Some Christmas this is.
00:40:49Oh.
00:40:50Come here.
00:40:51Give your mum a hug.
00:40:53Oh, hi, I'm sorry.
00:40:54Oh.
00:40:55No.
00:40:56Not now, Marjorie.
00:40:58Hi, this is Helen Dugdale's phone.
00:40:59Please leave a message after the tone.
00:41:00I'll call you back.
00:41:01Hello, Helen.
00:41:02It's Marjorie.
00:41:03I'm phoning to wish you a Merry Christmas.
00:41:04We're about to have our lunch and I just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you.
00:41:07Hope everything sorts itself out soon.
00:41:08Oh.
00:41:09Oh.
00:41:10Oh.
00:41:11Oh.
00:41:12Oh.
00:41:13Oh.
00:41:14Oh.
00:41:15Oh.
00:41:16Oh.
00:41:17Oh.
00:41:18Yes, Marjorie.
00:41:19I'm phoning to wish you a Merry Christmas.
00:41:21We're about to have our lunch and I just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you.
00:41:23Hope everything sorts itself out soon.
00:41:27Dinner is served.
00:41:29this looks wonderful thank you here's to a Merry Christmas Merry Christmas
00:41:46right then tuck in I would like to offer you an apology Miss Dodds oh Marjorie please and there's
00:42:02really no need for an apology oh there is you've been nothing but gracious and welcoming for the
00:42:09last couple of days while I I've been nothing but um no no I wouldn't go that far though I did sense
00:42:24you weren't very happy is it to do with your old job what makes you ask that I don't know it's it's
00:42:32just when we first met the way you said you were retired it was like you weren't entirely comfortable
00:42:38with it my superiors back on the Saint Marie they tried to get rid of me after 50 years of doing
00:42:48a job I loved in the end I I just walked away I know what it's like I'm just silly old Marjorie on
00:43:00reception don't even get invited to the Christmas party they're having out there I'm sorry
00:43:07look at us moving like this on Christmas day when you cook this feast for us we should be enjoying
00:43:26ourselves here will you do me the pleasure oh well if you insist
00:43:33I won I won oh where's it gone where's it gone
00:43:41all right um let me check with the inspector okay speak to you soon all right hey Merry Christmas guys
00:44:03Merry Christmas Seth yeah now where are we at with the search for Ashley Sims so um B&B's hotels
00:44:11guest horses nobody's heard from her and no one's calling with a sighting either it's like she's
00:44:16vanished into thin air oh and uh Catherine just called she said she can still squeeze us in for
00:44:21her Christmas day lunch but it's her last sitting so we have to go now and we're still asking ourselves
00:44:27how was Darian shot with a bullet fired from a gun locked in a drawer in Swindon at the time that
00:44:32it happened and what has Blitzen got to do with all of this are you coming sir well yeah you guys go
00:44:42I'll just keep working are you sure sir wait a minute what are these oh those are the invices sir you know
00:44:52for the stuff for organized to help find Ashley Sims you have um posters adverts for TV and radio
00:44:59there's over a thousand dollars that we owe we can't afford this well well how big do you think our
00:45:03budget was it's only because you said whatever it takes yeah but not this much I mean what were
00:45:09you thinking all right let's let's calm it
00:45:16Seb why don't you head over to Catherine's and I'll catch up with you
00:45:22with respect he's just doing his best to help and he's giving up his Christmas to do it sir
00:45:35look I know the case is frustrating and you've got other things on your mind what other things
00:45:40well your brother not calling what that's not bothering me it isn't it isn't no it isn't yes it
00:45:49is of course it is and I really wish you just admit that rather than pretending like you don't care
00:45:55when you so clearly care
00:46:09just don't take it out on the rest of us
00:46:19so
00:46:27Joyeux Noël Camille and to little Chloe her grandmother is missing her today has
00:46:51you open a presence yet no not yet um one moment Camille yes okay
00:47:04no Mervyn
00:47:21so
00:47:32so
00:47:34¶¶
00:48:03Oh, hi.
00:48:04Ginny Cries and Quirton
00:48:08Inspector, everything alright?
00:48:10Mr. I'm feeling bad, sir, about messing up your Christmas.
00:48:13Mr. I'm sorry you couldn't get to spend it with your daughter.
00:48:15Mr. It's not your fault.
00:48:16Mr. If anyone's to blame, it's the British transport system.
00:48:20Mr. Which I am told is not uncommon.
00:48:23Mr. I mean, I'd like to say you'd get used to it by b'lying.
00:48:26Mr. Still so mean.
00:48:28is that the sea yeah I'm at the shack beautiful area it's a really clear night but then all nights
00:48:53are like that here aren't they the moon here is a little more gray than I remember it in st. Marie
00:49:08I'm just wondering if I made a mistake staying on in st. Marie why because I know I'm not good when
00:49:15I put myself on the line I feel like I'm just hanging around waiting your brother
00:49:24yeah I don't think he wants to get in touch I'm sorry it's not really your problem anymore is it
00:49:37whether I stay or go it still feels like it is inspector if you are not sure what to do the only
00:49:49advice I can offer is that you put your trust in that island I did for most of my life and in return
00:50:00it delivered me true happiness if st. Marie won't bring your brother to you then perhaps it will bring you
00:50:15someone or something else be patient yeah well you know patience isn't my forte right I know
00:50:29what am I supposed to do in the meantime might I suggest you focus on solving that case you have
00:50:37you're missed here you know
00:50:42good night inspector
00:50:49I don't know.
00:51:19Blitzen.
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.
00:52:05Anyone ever tell you that?
00:52:07Well, my auntie, like, 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.
00:52:19And 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.
00:52:33Anyway, 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.
00:52:47Happy Boxing Day, D.S. Thomas.
00:52:48Listen, um, I 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, you know?
00:53:12I'm sorry, too.
00:53:16Good 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.
00:53:26Which 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.
00:53:40Now, 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... she was cool with it.
00:53:55Inspector, it's Christmas Day.
00:53:57What in God's name do you think you're doing?
00:54:04Anyway, it turned out Darien feared for his life
00:54:07and was asking Trishawn where he can get hold of a gun for protection.
00:54:11He thought someone was going to kill him.
00:54:14Did he say who?
00:54:16But he did say he was caught up in something he shouldn't have.
00:54:19And get this, he thought the woman he was trying to help had been murdered.
00:54:23Now I'm caught up in it all.
00:54:25And now he was worried that he was going to suffer the same fate.
00:54:27Whoa, wait.
00:54:29Darien told Trishawn he thought Ashley Simms was murdered?
00:54:33But it would explain why no one's seen her the last few days.
00:54:36So then, if this is true, that means that whoever killed Ashley Simms probably also murdered Darien St. Jude's.
00:54:44To silence him.
00:54:45So what we need to start looking for now is anyone who had a reason to kill Ashley Simms.
00:54:50Well, both Helen and Neil Dugdale to start with.
00:54:53Ashley stole half a million pounds from their company.
00:54:56And...
00:54:58there's someone else as well.
00:54:59We'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.
00:55:13You'll regret ever meeting me.
00:55:15Stay away from my boyfriend or else I'm not afraid to hurt you.
00:55:20The list goes on.
00:55:23Care to explain?
00:55:25They had a thing, right?
00:55:28Gavin and Ashley had a thing behind my back.
00:55:31Or sort of.
00:55:33Sort of?
00:55:36Yeah, like, it wasn't like a real thing.
00:55:37Like, they never really got together.
00:55:39But he liked her.
00:55:42Yeah.
00:55:44God knows why.
00:55:46She was weird.
00:55:47But I 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.
00:55:55Guess I just got a bit carried away.
00:55:58I just...
00:56:00I just didn't want to lose him.
00:56:02And you didn't.
00:56:04Now that Ashley's conveniently disappeared, you've got Gavin to yourself now, haven't you?
00:56:09What?
00:56:11Is that what you think? That I killed her?
00:56:15Look, 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.
00:56:27Why 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.
00:56:37Neil, 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.
00:56:44You've had your chance.
00:56:45Go on.
00:56:47He had a thing for Ashley.
00:56:49Is that it?
00:56:50We already know.
00:56:51No, it was more than that.
00:56:52Gavin was obsessed.
00:56:54When 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.
00:56:59If 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.
00:57:46Mr. Bradbury, this doesn't look good at all.
00:58:01But then I don't think you need me to tell you that.
00:58:07You want to start by telling us what we're going to find in that pool you've just emptied?
00:58:11And we know it's not the gun used to kill Darian St. Jules,
00:58:14because 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.
00:58:25What is it?
00:58:26A bullet.
00:58:27One that's been fired.
00:58:33Why is there a bullet in the pool, Gav?
00:58:35It's like a keepsake.
00:58:41Something to remember Ashley by.
00:58:46A bullet?
00:58:48There are other things that I've got of hers as well.
00:58:51Like...
00:58:51More 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.
00:59:09The bullet.
00:59:10Yeah.
00:59:10She has a gun.
00:59:14She was looking after it as a favour for someone that she knew from prison.
00:59:18And she...
00:59:19Well...
00:59:20We went out to the woods one day and she let me fire it.
00:59:24It was amazing, right?
00:59:26It was...
00:59:26You know, like, exhilarating.
00:59:29And I went and got one of the bullets.
00:59:31You know, like I said that I would keep it with me to remind me of her.
00:59:34When they say romance is dead.
00:59:35So, 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.
00:59:56It 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...
01:00:05So, you loved Ashley then?
01:00:09Yeah, I guess, yeah.
01:00:12Must have really hurt when she ended things.
01:00:17Gavin, we believe Ashley Sims was murdered on Miss Island in the last few days.
01:00:22What? No.
01:00:23What?
01:00:24If she can't be?
01:00:24I'm kind of wondering if maybe you did it.
01:00:27Me?
01:00:29Why would I kill Ashley?
01:00:31Because you couldn't have her.
01:00:32And it hurt like hell.
01:00:33No, no, no, no.
01:00:34You've got this wrong.
01:00:34I didn't kill her.
01:00:36I owe 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?
01:01:05No.
01:01:10Hey, this is Ashley's phone.
01:01:12You know what to do.
01:01:13Ashley, it's me.
01:01:15We need to talk.
01:01:15I'm worried about you.
01:01:16The police have been asking questions and I think they know about us, so just let me know what you want me to do, yeah?
01:01:23Please call me back.
01:01:24Please call me back.
01:01:26I love you.
01:01:27You all right, sir?
01:01:41You seem to have been tense.
01:01:42I just can't work this one out.
01:01:46I mean, we've got one potential murder victim whose body we haven't found.
01:01:50Another murder victim whose body we have found.
01:01:53But that murder weapon was locked in a desk drawer on the other side of the world when that murder took place.
01:01:58I mean, where do we even start?
01:01:59Well, sounds like you need to go get a little shoulder rub, you know?
01:02:03Release some of that tension.
01:02:04No, you all right, 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, yeah?
01:02:19Is that Mervyn Wilson?
01:02:20Yeah, it's still Mervyn Wilson and I'm still not interested.
01:02:24It's me, Solomon.
01:02:25Your brother.
01:02:32Are you there, Mervyn?
01:02:34Mervyn?
01:02:38Yes.
01:02:40Yes, he's here.
01:02:41Don't hang up.
01:02:54Solomon.
01:02:56It's Mervyn.
01:02:58Yeah, you should already know that.
01:03:01Look, mate, I'm sorry.
01:03:03I just wasn't expecting you to 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.
01:03:13I totally understand, yeah?
01:03:15I mean, it's a process, right?
01:03:18But, hey, you're calling now, aren't you?
01:03:21Yeah, man, it's a process, but I'm glad to be calling now.
01:03:29Are you still there?
01:03:32Mervyn?
01:03:32Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm still here.
01:03:38Look, Solomon, I'm really, really sorry to do this to you, and I am so glad you called
01:03:45and that we're finally speaking.
01:03:47And I really, really want us to talk again, but right now, there's something I need to do,
01:03:54yeah?
01:03:56Yeah, man, no problem.
01:03:57Without whom?
01:03:59That was quick.
01:04:01Officer Rose, that billboard, you did that right?
01:04:05Yes, sir, I did.
01:04:07But you should already have the invites for that.
01:04:09It's not going to cost any extra.
01:04:10No, no, no, I don't care about the cost.
01:04:11It was worth every penny.
01:04:12Come, come look.
01:04:19You see, all along, we've been looking at Ashley's footage on phone screens and laptops,
01:04:25yeah?
01:04:25Well, they were too small.
01:04:28I don't understand.
01:04:30You see where Ashley is?
01:04:31This is a steal from the video she made.
01:04:34And in the background, there's a ship passing by.
01:04:36Now, before, that was just a speck, but now you've blown it up.
01:04:41Look at it.
01:04:43What about the ship?
01:04:44Look at what it's called.
01:04:48Blitzen.
01:04:50Blitzen.
01:04:51Yeah?
01:04:52Now, we know.
01:04:54Oh, Officer Rose, if you were so tall, I'd kiss you.
01:04:58Why would Darian write the name of that ship on his hands?
01:05:02Well, he obviously saw the footage himself, and then, um,
01:05:05he saw something in it, but what?
01:05:14Blitzen.
01:05:15It's like she's vanished into thin air.
01:05:17Why have I come here?
01:05:18I thought I was helping someone.
01:05:20You 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?
01:05:39Wow.
01:05:40So, 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.
01:05:56The 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, the 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.
01:06:32Living room, sideboard drawer.
01:06:35Living room, sideboard drawer.
01:06:39Living room, sideboard drawer.
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.
01:06:49Presumably on a fake passport.
01:06:51And 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 misdirect and confuse anyone looking for her.
01:07:00Because 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.
01:07:09Because it will show who was pretending to be Ashley Sims.
01:07:14There.
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.
01:07:30You were in the hammock when whatever happened, happened.
01:07:35Did you hear the gunshot?
01:07:36It's like how it said, you know, the room out here, it's stronger than you used to.
01:07:39What if there was another smell the killer was trying to hide?
01:07:44It makes perfect sense now.
01:07:46For definite, there's no gun at the villa.
01:07:47The commissioner found a gun locked in the desk drawer at Dougdale's offices back in the UK.
01:07:52We need to call the commissioner.
01:07:54The commissioner?
01:07:55Anna, 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.
01:08:25I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean.
01:08:45I 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.
01:09:14It was you that went to St. Marie three months ago.
01:09:19If Ashley never went then, is she dead?
01:09:22Oh, I'm sorry.
01:09:26I didn't mean to.
01:09:27It just happened.
01:09:30Miss Dolphins.
01:09:33I think you should put the knife down, no.
01:09:43Please.
01:09:44That video she made, it wasn't in the Caribbean, was it?
01:09:58Bournemouth.
01:10:01On a Sunday, she'd gone to the seaside.
01:10:04She realized 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.
01:10:16I want to say sorry.
01:10:18I don't know why I keep doing this.
01:10:20Miss Sims 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.
01:10:30But 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, I knew straight away what
01:10:41the money was.
01:10:42You 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.
01:10:51Wait, I'm giving the money back, Marjorie.
01:10:53Don't.
01:10:55Please.
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.
01:11:04Get off me.
01:11:05Pushed her off me and...
01:11:07And 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, finally, you could take something back for yourself.
01:11:41All you had to do was dispose of the body.
01:11:50Where?
01:11:56In my back garden.
01:11:57And 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 Sims had run away to the
01:12:18other side of the world and renting our property there for the last few months.
01:12:24You know, I really did want to go to the Caribbean.
01:12:27It'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, where the
01:12:41dead body was, then the farther away the better.
01:12:47And no one would realize...
01:12:51Until things started to go wrong.
01:12:57And you received a phone call.
01:13:07You're saying Marjorie killed Ashley Sims?
01:13:10Our receptionist, that Marjorie?
01:13:12That Marjorie.
01:13:13Yes, Marjorie Dodds, the receptionist, killed Ashley Sims in England and made it look as if
01:13:19she ran away to the Caribbean with your 500k.
01:13:22Oh, my.
01:13:23I did not see that coming.
01:13:24So, which one of us shot the man found in our swimming pool?
01:13:27It wasn't any of you.
01:13:30But it had to be.
01:13:31You said so.
01:13:32No one else was here.
01:13:33Yeah, you're right.
01:13:34I 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.
01:13:47He'd already been shot.
01:13:48We 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
01:14:03to 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, asking questions, mentioning the
01:14:19missing £500,000, Darien started to wonder what he'd gotten himself involved in.
01:14:24And when he re-watched that footage more closely, the footage of Ashley you'd shown him, as
01:14:29an experienced fisherman who knew the waters off St. Marie very well, something about it
01:14:35bothered him.
01:14:35Zooming in, he was able to read the name of the boat Blitzen.
01:14:39He knew this was not a St. Marie vessel.
01:14:41He worked out that the video of Ashley was actually shot in the UK.
01:14:49And having heard from you, Mrs. Dogdale, that Ashley went missing with £500,000 of your
01:14:54money, Darien 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.
01:15:11Listen, Darien, you've got this all wrong.
01:15:15All throughout this case, we 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.
01:15:26Or so we thought.
01:15:27With Darien threatening to go to the police, Marjorie 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.
01:15:39She arrived the night before Darien was shot and flew back to the UK the next morning.
01:15:43Unable to convince Darien to keep quiet and carry on with the lie, Marjorie started to grow
01:15:50desperate.
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.
01:16:02I just want you to leave.
01:16:04Now!
01:16:05He never expected Marjorie would use it against him.
01:16:10After shooting Darien, Marjorie left and headed for the airport before getting back on the plane, arriving at Dugdale's offices just in time to meet with our very own Commissioner Patterson.
01:16:31Well, if Marjorie shot Darien at his house, how did he end up at our villa?
01:16:38Marjorie thought she'd killed him.
01:16:39But what she didn't know when she left Darien's place was that he was still alive.
01:16:43It was the fact that he smelled so strongly of someone else's aftershave, they helped us work it out.
01:16:52Neil's aftershave, in fact.
01:16:54We thought it was there to cover up another smell that 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, Darien regained consciousness and patched himself up.
01:17:09As far as he was concerned, the bullet was just lodged in his shoulder.
01:17:12Wasn't life-threatening.
01:17:13So he put on a fresh T-shirt and headed off for the hospital to get it properly seen to.
01:17:19But on the way, it passed your villa, which 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 and to warn you about what Marjorie had done.
01:17:34That's why he came here that morning.
01:17:36To 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.
01:17:51And so despite his brave effort to alert you all to the truth, he died here in your villa.
01:17:57But then someone proceeded to stage the scene as if he was shot in this villa.
01:18:07Didn't you, Mr. Bradbury?
01:18:11Me?
01:18:11What?
01:18:12We talked...
01:18:13No, of course not.
01:18:14No.
01:18:15And you did it because Ashley told you to.
01:18:17You're crazy.
01:18:19Ashley, I don't know what you're talking about.
01:18:23Let me have your phone.
01:18:28Gavin, please.
01:18:32It's OK.
01:18:35Unlock it.
01:18:35Bingo.
01:18:51Text messages seemingly from Ashley Sims from the moment she disappeared right up to today.
01:18:55But all of these were sent by Marjorie Dodds.
01:19:02Who kept Ashley's phone after she killed her.
01:19:04No, you...
01:19:05You know, you're wrong.
01:19:06She can't be...
01:19:06You've been texting her?
01:19:07No.
01:19:07This whole time?
01:19:08Karen, I'm sorry.
01:19:09Look, look.
01:19:10No, no.
01:19:10Karen!
01:19:13And here.
01:19:14Proof of what happened.
01:19:15Messages exchanged on the morning of Darien's death.
01:19:17Because despite what you told us, Gavin, you were actually the first to discover Darien's body.
01:19:25You knew who Darien was because Ashley had told you all about him.
01:19:30And so you contacted Ashley.
01:19:32Left a message telling her that Darien had turned up to the villa and died.
01:19:36And asking her what was going on.
01:19:38A few minutes later, she...
01:19:40Or rather, Marjorie texted back.
01:19:43See, Marjorie realized that if the police were called and found Darien with his wound patched up,
01:19:51they'd know he was shot somewhere else.
01:19:53And the trail would lead right back to her.
01:19:56So, she had to do two things.
01:19:59First, she texted you with instructions.
01:20:01Second, she had to clear up the real scene of the crime.
01:20:04Marjorie's confessed to her colleague in the UK that she quickly doubled back from the airport
01:20:08and returned to Darien's house before disposing of the gun and the t-shirt he was wearing when she shot him.
01:20:13Meanwhile, you moved the body outside to the swimming pool.
01:20:16There's also a mention here of that bullet you kept as a memento in the text messages you sent to Ashley.
01:20:22Well, that's how Marjorie knew.
01:20:24So, as Ashley, she asked you to remove the bullet she killed Darien with and replace it with the one she knew you had.
01:20:33However, in your haste, you must have dropped the bullet you extracted into the swimming pool.
01:20:39But you knew you could come back and retrieve it later.
01:20:44Once you switched the bullets, the heartbeat was over.
01:20:47You disposed of the dressing.
01:20:49Darien made a hole in his t-shirt and let the blood around the wound soak in.
01:20:56So now, it looked like Darien had been shot after he entered the villa, not before.
01:21:02The last problem you had was getting rid of that antiseptic smell.
01:21:06Because that stuff lingers, right?
01:21:08And if the police noticed it, we'd certainly be asking, who cleaned up the wound and why?
01:21:13So you ran into the bathroom and got a hold of some aftershave, kneels, and doused him in it.
01:21:18So now all you had to do was pretend to be asleep when Mrs. Dogdale discovered the body.
01:21:24Gavin, we need to get to the airport. You've got to pack.
01:21:28Leaving us without a scooby, as to how a man was shot with a gun that was locked in a desk drawer 5,000 miles away in a Swindon warehouse.
01:21:36In the end, it wasn't just the police that Marjorie Dodds had duped.
01:21:41It 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 when you were actually helping her killer.
01:21:57Officer Rose.
01:22:01Oh.
01:22:06Mr. Bradbury, I'm arresting on the suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
01:22:11You don't need to say anything.
01:22:12But it may harm your defence if you do not mention one question, something you later rely on in court.
01:22:17Anything you do say may be used as evidence.
01:22:19I need to know, why did you come to the train station that night and invite me into your home?
01:22:27Why take that risk?
01:22:30Because I didn't want to spend Christmas on my own again.
01:22:34I'm so sorry I spoiled it all.
01:22:54Inspector?
01:22:56Commissioner?
01:22:57The arrest has been made.
01:22:59I'm pleased to see.
01:23:00Same here.
01:23:01We couldn't have done it without you, sir.
01:23:05Oh, and are you doing all right?
01:23:06Me?
01:23:07Yes, of course.
01:23:09I'm fine.
01:23:10Merry Christmas, sir.
01:23:17I'm doing fine.
01:23:19We regret to announce that the 10-15 to Leeds will be delayed due to a shortage of train staff.
01:23:30Chief Commissioner, it's Selwyn Patterson.
01:23:41And to you, and 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.
01:24:00And I wondered if there was any chance of my returning to the road, if it's still vacant.
01:24:12I know it's been a long time since I've been searching, since I've been searching to find you.
01:24:25The thing is, Harry, the classic Christmas day, Sunday roast lunch is all well and good.
01:24:31But when push comes to shove, the real culinary high point is the turkey and stuffing and sarni.
01:24:39Because my friend, in my humble opinion, it is one of the greatest delicacies known to mankind.
01:24:48Like bacon and eggs?
01:24:50RDS Thomas, you're just in time.
01:24:52Come in, come in.
01:24:55Grab those for me, would you?
01:24:56So, uh, what 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?
01:25:21Yeah, why not?
01:25:22So we're watching something.
01:25:24We certainly are, DS Thomas.
01:25:25And not the...
01:25:26The great escape, yeah.
01:25:31Beers and butties, everyone.
01:25:33And thank you to our local mayor for letting me have the leftovers from the bar.
01:25:38And you've put it all between 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, sir.
01:25:51Is this really your favourite thing about Christmas?
01:25:57Well, yeah.
01:25:59When I was a little boy growing up, most times I didn't know where I was going to end up spending Christmas, right?
01:26:06With a foster family or in a care home.
01:26:10But wherever I ended up, the one constant every Christmas was this film.
01:26:18And it was a comfort to me.
01:26:20I bet that little boy never thought he'd be here in the Carribeer.
01:26:26All these years later, watching that same film, surrounded by his friends.
01:26:33He certainly didn't care for him.
01:26:42So, um...
01:26:44To him.
01:26:47To him.
01:26:50Okay, then.
01:26:52Showtime.
01:26:52Look, just give me a few minutes, yeah?
01:27:07Yeah?
01:27:14Solomon, how you doing, man?
01:27:17You got my message, yeah?
01:27:18Um, look.
01:27:22I'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, how's your Christmas been?
01:27:32Yeah?
01:27:33Good.
01:27:36Mine, um...
01:27:39Yeah, yeah, it's been really good.
01:27:44Look, um...
01:27:45I don't know how you feel about this, but...
01:27:50I was wondering if you wanted to meet up sometime.
01:27:55Yeah?
01:27:59Yeah, I definitely would like to.
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