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00:00Oh, man. Teenager's diary.
00:05It's not an easy read, is it?
00:07Nope.
00:08We have a DNA match from the window that you smashed.
00:10I'd been in there the previous evening,
00:12seen the silverware.
00:13It was an utterly shameful thing to do.
00:15It's finished, Pete.
00:17She's kicked me out, Jamie.
00:18Can I keep at yours for a bit?
00:19Find a hotel like a normal person.
00:21You might just want to consider something, though.
00:23I know stuff about your boy.
00:25Elliot Hollis, he was about to turn 16.
00:27Two arrests and one for stealing his dad's car.
00:30I think we should prioritize Chris Lowe right now.
00:32He'd used his credit card to visit child abuse websites.
00:35Is there any way that you and Asif can go and stay
00:37for the next few days that Christopher doesn't know about?
00:40Your mum, she's now threatened to go to the police
00:42with evidence of some wrongdoing I've apparently committed.
00:45He abused me mentally, physically, sometimes even sexually.
00:50And that's not a violent man.
00:51I feel like I'm slightly losing the plot.
00:54You're just tired. It just makes everything seem nice.
00:56I wish to apologize to Mr. Carr and his family.
00:59We will be seeking prosecution for any online activity
01:02that seeks to incite violence against Mr. Carr.
01:06Peter Carr.
01:07All we do is hide away.
01:11All we do is, all we do is hide away.
01:14All we do is lie and wait.
01:15All we do is, all we do is lie and wait.
01:17All we do is hide away
01:22All we do is, all we do is hide away
01:27All we do is lie and wait
01:30All we do is, all we do is lie and wait
01:35I've been upside down
01:39I don't wanna be the right way around
01:43Can't find paradise on the ground
01:46Over here!
02:07Well, we all mess up, we're all fallible
02:09We've all done things of which we are ashamed
02:11The trick in life, I think
02:13Is knowing which things we should forgive ourselves for and which not
02:18Except I'm not sure it really is that
02:21Suspect is a white male, mid-40s, wearing a navy top and a grey baseball cap
02:26He was last seen walking towards a burly road
02:28And the witness here said he had a knife in his hand
02:29Over
02:30I think a part of me wonders if I'm just coming to a natural conclusion here
02:35I've been doing this for 28 years
02:38There are other things to do in life
02:42Not like this
02:45So why did you retire?
02:48Well, I didn't retire
02:49I was A-19 in the cutbacks
02:52Truth is, what I did, what you still do
02:56When you lose it, you realise what a privilege it was
02:59To be able to help people
03:01Often at the very worst moment of their lives
03:04Find faith in the world again
03:06Because I genuinely believe that's a big part of what we do
03:09Restore a little shape, a little order
03:12A little meaning to the world
03:14I mean, not so much on traffic duty, but
03:17And obviously, naked gun
03:26Obviously, naked gun
03:27And midnight run
03:28Oh, man, midnight run
03:30Yeah, definitely
03:31And Fargo, probably on there
03:32And the door and tootin'
03:33Okay, hon
03:34Oxygen's at 100, but his BP and SATs are very low now
03:39Get me four units of red sales
03:41Well, that was a great evening, thank you
03:45Everybody likes to do it again sometime
03:48Yeah, me too
03:51Alright, this is me
03:53Well, anyway
04:02Goodnight, then
04:04Goodnight
04:08Goodnight
04:10Yes, it went very well, and no, I did a snogging
04:19Right, sorry, boss, that's not what I was ringing about
04:22What?
04:24Pete Carr
04:25He's been attacked outside his office
04:26Stabbed
04:27Oh, no
04:29Well, they say he's gonna be okay, but
04:32No
04:34No
04:35He still had the knife on him when they nicked him
04:51Oh, who was he?
04:53Some local nutjob, links to far-right groups
04:55Got g'd up by all the online paedophile stuff
04:58So we go after all those fuckers
05:00Absolutely
05:01She's exaggerating
05:14Tim and I were out for about 45 minutes
05:16And Pete just went down the pub
05:18And Chris Lane?
05:19I don't know where Chris went
05:21You'd have to ask him
05:21But you accept you were all out of the house
05:24At various points between 9pm and midnight
05:27Yes
05:27So why did you lie?
05:29I would have thought that had become blindingly obvious
05:31I thought there was a very good chance
05:33Anything I told you would be leaked
05:34And given that my best friend is now in an intensive care unit
05:37Entirely because of you
05:39I think I had pretty good reason to be nervous
05:41Can we move on to your car, Miss Dardis?
05:48Which in fact matches exactly the description of a car that was seen driving erratically
05:51Approximately 12.20am on the morning that Hayley went missing
05:56And how many dark saloons with trailer bars would there be in a holiday area?
06:00We didn't ask for your opinion, Miss Graham
06:02Although she's right
06:03But I suspect even my ex-wife will confirm that I was in the house in bed at 12.20am
06:08How old was your son that New Year's Eve, James?
06:20How old was Elliot?
06:24Fifteen
06:25Actually only a few weeks off
06:28Sixteen, I believe
06:29And sadly, quite a troubled young man, it seems
06:33Already arrested twice for possession of cannabis
06:37Once for ecstasy
06:39And just one month before New Year's Eve 1999
06:42For stealing his dad's car and driving it whilst drunk
06:45Which is why I have to ask you, James
06:48Did Elliot take your car that night?
06:52No
06:53Maybe he came across Hayley
06:55Maybe hitchhiking somewhere, picked her up
06:58Something happened between them
07:00Something went wrong
07:02Elliot's never heard a fly
07:03Maybe it was an accident
07:05The car was seen to be driving erratically
07:07Maybe he was drunk, maybe he knocked her down
07:09It was a dark, wet night
07:10But in either instance
07:12You found out
07:13And agreed to drive the body back up to London
07:16To obscure your son's involvement
07:18The idea that I would drive the dead body of a young girl my son had killed to London
07:23Is
07:24As absurd
07:27As it is abhorrent
07:28Well then can we ask you why
07:30When we first interviewed you
07:31You referred to your son as a little boy
07:34A turn of phrase
07:36Really?
07:37We think it was deliberate
07:39We think that you didn't want us to even consider the idea
07:42That there was effectively another adult in the house that night
07:45And I think
07:45I don't want my client answering any more questions about his son
07:48So unless you have any actual evidence
07:51Rather than shot in the dark theories
07:52I think we're done here
07:54Okay
07:56Amy
08:03We spoke to Maria
08:07Pete's conscious and talking
08:09Stay strong fella, stay strong
08:13Yeah you too
08:14It was stupid
08:19And I apologise
08:20Case of misguided loyalty
08:23Misguided loyalty to whom?
08:27Jamie
08:27He rang us all after he'd first been interviewed by you
08:31And
08:32He said he told you that we all stayed in that night
08:36The inference I took was that we should all say the same
08:40Why do you think he wanted you to lie?
08:44Well at first I thought it was because of his profile
08:47That he didn't want the press latching on to him
08:49And yeah I was happy to go along with that
08:52Because I didn't for a nanosecond believe there was any
08:55Darker motive
08:58Except then yesterday
09:02Pete rang me
09:03Pete Carr
09:04And he told me something about Jamie's son
09:09Told you what?
09:12He said he'd seen Elliot
09:13Climbing into the house
09:15Through a first fall window
09:18At around two in the morning on New Year's Day
09:21Okay so where are we with Elliot Hollis?
09:37Still looking for him
09:37But for all it's worth
09:39I just pulled this off an online employment site
09:42Which he signed up to in 2007
09:44When he was living in the States with his dad
09:45He did sell his holiday work on a building site in the UK so
09:49Okay
09:50Let's check James Hollis' car
09:53The BMW
09:53I want to see its service history
09:55Maybe speak to the ex again
09:56Check both their bank statements
09:57Insurance companies
09:58I want to know if the car had any bodywork repairs done
10:01In the months immediately after Hayley tied
10:03I just want to say I'm sorry Pete
10:10I was angry and shocked
10:14But I also know my heart
10:17You're a good man
10:18Yeah you've done some silly things
10:22We both know that
10:23You're a good man
10:27And I want you to hear that I know that
10:30Basically I think Hayley used a sort of code in her diary
10:38I'm guessing for if her mum read it so she wouldn't know what she was referring to
10:41So first up when she has sex I think she calls it tea
10:47And then and I think this is actually more important
10:50When she says she had some cake I think she's saying she took drugs
10:53So this is just a small selection of the times these words appear
10:57But you can see a really clear pattern
10:58Some great cake at Marley's then went shopping
11:00Very nice trip
11:01Went clubbing in Portsmouth
11:03Ate cake up till six
11:04Had tea and cake with age
11:06His birthday present to me
11:07Just what I always wanted
11:08And the reason I think this is significant is this reference here
11:13This is dated two days before she disappeared
11:16And here she says she's going to get us some cake for the New Year party
11:21I think this is why she left work early
11:26I think Jesus was where she was going
11:27Dealer maybe or a friend who was selling her some gear
11:31I mean it might explain how she could have been in the vicinity of the spinny
11:37Which from the pub is the opposite direction to the party
11:40Nice work Fran
11:43Okay can we be aise with Hampshire police and local drug dealers
11:48Then and now
11:50But really good work Fran
11:51Thanks guys
11:54Shall we?
11:58Milo, hi it's me
11:59I'm sorry I haven't rung before
12:03But I just needed some time on my own to think things through
12:07And I wanted to say
12:09That don't believe what you might hear about me from the police
12:15I'm not a bad man
12:16I made some mistakes but I'm not a bad man
12:29So why did you lie Christopher?
12:39I lied
12:40Because from the moment Hayley Reid went missing
12:43I've sort of believed that at some point somebody would knock on my door wanting to blame me
12:47Which I believe for a number of reasons none of which include me having anything to do with her death
12:55In late December 1999
12:59I was in a bad way
13:02Mentally I was in the manic phase I know now of a bipolar episode
13:07Exacerbated by overwork and my personal event
13:11That had profoundly traumatised me
13:15And on New Year's Eve
13:18In addition to me idiotically taking some cocaine
13:21It overwhelmed me
13:22And I became very unwell
13:25I think
13:25I ended up
13:28Leaving the house and just walking
13:30I don't know where
13:33For a couple of hours
13:34And then finally when I returned I was exhausted
13:38And I fell asleep almost immediately
13:39And then the next day
13:41News started to filter through about this missing local girl
13:46And because of this personal thing that had happened
13:52And I suppose to a degree because of my poor mental health
13:54I became obsessed
13:56That the police would come for me
13:59That a knock on the door was imminent
14:00But it didn't actually come
14:04Not that day, nor the next, nor the day after
14:05It didn't come
14:06But I never stopped waiting for it
14:10So when you finally showed up to UCI, Stuart
14:13In my head I went straight back to those first few days
14:15After Hayley Reid went missing
14:16I felt the same fear
14:17The same all-consuming panic
14:19And yeah, I lied
14:19I lied
14:21About where I was that night
14:23But that is all that I lied about
14:25Because I swear
14:26I didn't hurt Hayley Reid
14:28I never even met her
14:31And this event that you fed into your paranoia
14:35What was that?
14:39Yeah, so
14:39On October the 12th, 1999
14:42I was arrested for credit card payments
14:45To online child sex abuse sites
14:47The card was a business one
14:50Which meant that I was arrested at the office
14:52And the police told my business partner, Helen
14:54Because I sometimes visited commercial shoots involving children
14:59She then told the board
15:02And in January 2000
15:05She told my wife
15:06Two months later, when I was charged
15:09The board sacked me
15:10And my wife filed for divorce
15:11So within four months of my arrest
15:15Yeah, I lost
15:18I lost everything
15:20Everything I loved
15:23My wife, Laura
15:26And my career
15:28My beautiful daughter
15:36Yeah
15:39Yeah, my life just pretty much collapsed
15:42But here's the thing
15:45It wasn't me
15:47The credit card payments
15:50I didn't make them
15:51My life had been ruined
15:55And I was completely 100% innocent
15:56And do you happen to remember who packed the trailer?
16:06Jesus, you don't think
16:07Do you?
16:08I always used to pack the bags
16:12And James always used to put them in the trailer
16:16Okay, and your car
16:18A BMW 3 Series, I believe
16:20Yeah
16:20Do you recall if it sustained any damage over that break?
16:24You think it was a car accident?
16:26Do you?
16:32Oh
16:32Mrs. Hollis
16:38He said he'd hit a deer
16:42Your husband?
16:44Yes, my husband
16:45Who else?
16:48I wonder if you take a look at these fighters
16:50And his floor plan for me
16:51And tell me if you can remember
16:57Which bedroom you and your husband slept in
16:59Which bedroom your friends slept in
17:01And with your son
17:03No
17:06My car details
17:11And like those of hundreds of other completely innocent people
17:14Were cloned
17:15Of course I protested my innocence
17:17Vehemently
17:18I told them
17:18This is crazy
17:20I've never visited these sites
17:21This is absurd
17:22This is a mistake
17:24But I was charged
17:26And then
17:27Then suddenly
17:31I was living alone
17:32In a depressing flat
17:33In Acton
17:33And my trial date
17:36Had not been set
17:37I managed to salvage
17:40Some money
17:41From my separation
17:42Then I found a lawyer
17:42And we hired a team of investigators
17:44To prove that the sites paid for
17:46Were never actually visited
17:47They proved that
17:47When the payments were made
17:49Allegedly from my work computer
17:51I was abroad
17:52And so in 2003
17:55Finally
17:55Charges had dropped
17:56And I was granted
17:57A record deletion application
17:59In 2004
18:01By this time
18:02Laura had remarried
18:03And I hadn't seen her
18:04Or been allowed to see my daughter
18:06For three years
18:07I was living in shelters
18:09Or on the streets
18:10Without access to the medication I needed
18:13The idea of just turning
18:17I mean
18:17Persuading them
18:19That I hadn't somehow
18:19Bought my innocence
18:20Yeah, that was beyond me
18:25So I had to try
18:29And begin to accept
18:30What had happened to me
18:30This awful injustice
18:31This catastrophic unfairness
18:34To try
18:36To try and
18:36Rebuild a life
18:38You know
18:40Which sounds
18:41Simpler than it actually was
18:43Because I was homeless
18:44In and out of temporary accommodation
18:45For six more years
18:46Before
18:46Before Tim
18:51My friend Tim
18:55He finally tracked me down
18:58And he
18:58Bought me my first van
19:00In 2010
19:01And I began to live again
19:02Rather than just exist
19:03And then one week
19:04You turn up
19:05And you ask a man
19:06Who has lost everything
19:07Through
19:08What just simple bad luck
19:10To someone
19:11Someone who knows
19:12Who knows
19:13What can happen
19:14And you ask him
19:15Where he was that night
19:16Yeah, so
19:20That's why I lied
19:21That
19:24That
19:25James Hollis' ex
19:29Remembers his son
19:30Sleps in a box room
19:31The only box room in the house
19:33Has a window
19:34That gives out
19:34Into a flat roof
19:35Which supports
19:37Tim Finch's clay
19:37I've got Pete Carson
19:38I'm climbing in at 2am
19:39Exactly
19:40Yeah
19:42Jay Collier
19:45Yeah, she's in an interview
19:48At the moment
19:48Can I pass on a message?
19:53Hello
19:54Is it Maria?
19:56Oh, yeah
19:57Sorry
19:59I was just having a quick nap
20:00I'm Dr. Walsh
20:01I'm one of the doctors
20:02Who's been looking after Peter
20:03Oh, right
20:05Yes
20:05How's he doing?
20:16Shit
20:16Do you believe it?
20:20I don't know
20:20Maybe
20:22You speak to the legal firm
20:25I'll try and track down the unit
20:26That investigates him
20:27Okay
20:28Gov
20:29Kingsland Nick just rang
20:31Peter Carr's died
20:33Heart attack
20:35Please
20:57Please please
20:57Please please
20:59Please leave your message
21:06After the tone
21:07Mrs. Carr
21:09It's DCI
21:10Cassie Stewart
21:11I just wanted to ring
21:13And say
21:14How
21:15Desperately
21:19Sad I was
21:20To hear about
21:24Your husband's death
21:24What would you say
21:36To his family
21:37And as his wife
21:42Comforts their two young sons
21:44Tonight
21:45I think the death
21:46Of Mr. Carr
21:47Raises a number
21:48Of important questions
21:50Firstly
21:51What new laws
21:52If any
21:53Do we need
21:53In order to better
21:55Restrict the sort of
21:56Hateful social media campaign
21:58That undoubtedly
21:59Contributed
22:00Towards his murder
22:01And secondly
22:02I think we need to ask
22:04How problematic it is
22:06That such major
22:07Criminal investigations
22:08As this one
22:09Are increasingly being held
22:11Under such a public gaze
22:14With police so far
22:16Refusing to confirm
22:17Whether Peter Carr
22:18Remained a suspect
22:20The parents of Hayley Reed
22:22Must be asking themselves
22:23The most painful question
22:25Has the killer
22:27Of their beloved daughter
22:29Taken the secret
22:30Of her final moments
22:32To his grave
22:33This is Rohit Katchru
22:36Outside Bishop
22:37I just went out
22:44To grab her bag
22:45I didn't forget
22:46To turn it off
22:47Dad
22:50I just wanted to say
22:51That you know
22:52I've been
22:52Thinking about
22:54What we were discussing
22:55The other day
22:55And I am
22:57Genuinely sorry
22:59About what you're
23:00Going through
23:00I'm fine
23:02The problems at work
23:03Or whatever it is
23:04Personally
23:04My personal life
23:06Is fine too
23:06Of course
23:07I'll always be there
23:09You know
23:09To give you
23:11Whatever I can
23:12Whenever you need it
23:14Wow
23:14Well thank you so much
23:16It's just that
23:17At the moment
23:20I think it would be
23:21Better for the both of us
23:22If I were to give you
23:22A bit of space
23:23So I think it's best
23:25If I move in
23:26With Jenny for a bit
23:27Right
23:27Anyway
23:29It'll be a rehearsal
23:31For us
23:32You know
23:33Rehearsal
23:34I asked her last night
23:37If she'd marry me
23:38She said she would
23:39So I'll probably
23:42Buy somewhere together
23:44Next year
23:44Sorry you mean
23:45Like moving together
23:46Because you can't
23:48You can't buy
23:48Somewhere together
23:49Can you
23:49Because you're
23:49The only one
23:50With any money
23:50I never thought
24:01That we'd
24:01Fall out about money
24:03I'll give you a call
24:05Tomorrow
24:06I love you sweetheart
24:09As I miss
24:15Us
24:16As a family
24:18I miss us all
24:19Being together
24:20I miss you
24:23And I missed you
24:27Usha
24:27When you left
24:28For your soulmate
24:29Do you remember?
24:34The girls missed you
24:35So much
24:35And I'm so sorry
24:37For that
24:37For all the mistakes
24:39I made
24:39Which I want
24:40To put right now
24:41It's too late
24:43We've moved on
24:44I've moved on
24:46And you love her
24:51Do you?
24:51This Sal?
24:53Yes I do
24:54And the girls
24:57Surely we owe it to them
25:00To ask what they'd like
25:01We?
25:03Surely you can't deny them that
25:05I mean if they wanted
25:06The chance for us all
25:08To be together again
25:09A proper family
25:12You always said
25:15The girls came first
25:16But I never meant for anyone
25:21To actually do anything
25:23Okay
25:23Can I read what your
25:26Last post said?
25:30For too long
25:32Pedophiles
25:32Rapists
25:33And murderers
25:33Have been treated
25:34As if they were the victims
25:35But enough is enough
25:37If the government
25:39Won't bring back
25:40The death penalty
25:40For such crimes
25:41Perhaps it's time
25:43For honest
25:43Law-abiding citizens
25:44To take matters
25:45Into their own hands
25:46And then you've put a picture
25:48Of Peter Carr
25:49With his work address
25:50Under the headline
25:51Monster
25:52But I never said
25:54To anyone
25:54To kill him
25:55So when you said
25:56It was time
25:57For people
25:57To take matters
25:58Into their own hands
25:59What did you mean
26:00Exactly?
26:04I just wanted a job
26:06I'm 27
26:09And I have a degree
26:11In journalism
26:12That's cost me
26:13The best part
26:13Of 50 grand
26:14And I have never
26:16Had proper paid work
26:19In my chosen field
26:20Despite having written
26:20Hundreds of job applications
26:22So I was just trying
26:25To shock
26:26Because that's what
26:30You need to do
26:30These days
26:31Otherwise no one
26:32Hears you
26:33No one listens
26:34And if no one listens
26:37What are you?
26:38You know one
26:41In terms of the IPCC
26:47It's a mandatory referral
26:49I don't really have any choice
26:51On their case
26:54The Reed family
26:55Have reiterated
26:56Their faith in you
26:57For now
26:59The case remains yours
27:00Thank you
27:03I'll just ask the actual
27:14Fucking question then
27:16Please
27:16Look
27:18I've got ten minutes
27:20Before I'm due back
27:21And I really
27:21Don't have time
27:22For endless
27:23Dreary euphemisms
27:24You don't have to get
27:25So unpleasant dad
27:26Oh you think
27:27It's just that
27:28As your father
27:28I thought you might
27:29Already know the answer
27:30I'm sorry
27:35I'm very stressed
27:38By all of this
27:39But no
27:41I never hit your mum
27:45Apologies
27:49But I
27:50Have a two o'clock
27:52And for the avoidance
27:58Of any doubt
27:58I'm not a
28:00Psychopathic murderer
28:01Like that
28:01Just pour the door
28:03To when you leave
28:04Love you
28:22If you don't tell me
28:39The truth Elliot
28:39I can't continue
28:40To protect you
28:41Like you have
28:41For the past
28:4232 years you mean
28:43Protect me from what exactly
28:45You've had a good look
28:46At me recently
28:46Prison
28:46And
28:48I will happily do that
28:49I will lie for you
28:50And I will say
28:50That I was driving
28:51That night
28:51But you have to tell me
28:52The truth
28:52I've already told you
28:53The truth a million times
28:54I don't think so
28:55Yes I have
28:55I was driving
28:56I hid something
28:57I don't know what
28:57And I went out
28:59To look for it
28:59And I couldn't find anything
29:00That's it
29:00No
29:01Yes
29:01Because you actually
29:02Went back that night
29:03I what
29:04I think you actually
29:05Found her
29:06And then you hid her
29:07You hid her
29:07And then you went back
29:08To get her a few nights later
29:09The fuck are you talking about
29:10Come on
29:10Tell me the truth
29:11Please Elliot
29:12It's been 18 years
29:14I need to hear it now
29:15I need to hear the truth
29:16Where was she found
29:19Oh
29:20You know where she was found
29:22I've been using
29:23Since you first
29:23Called me
29:24Where was she found
29:25Tell me where was she found
29:27She was buried in London
29:29What
29:40What
29:41What
29:45What
29:57What
29:58What
30:02What
30:02What
30:07What
30:10Wow.
30:12Wow.
30:17Boss?
30:18Yeah?
30:19So, just got off the phone to Eastling Nick,
30:21which is the nearest one to Midnham.
30:23So they've identified our G as local drug dealer,
30:26nicknamed Gandalf, real name Nigel Farndall.
30:29He's got a 30-year record of drug offences,
30:31so they're gonna pull him up now and bring him straight in.
30:33OK, thank you.
30:37James Hollis is downstairs with his son.
30:40James Hollis.
30:56For the past 18 years,
30:58I have believed that my son killed Hayley Reed.
31:05Because he did steal my car.
31:07He was drunk.
31:09And when he got back home at 2 in the morning,
31:11and I found him in his room in a terrible state,
31:13he told me that he'd hit something.
31:16He said that he'd got out to see what it was,
31:20but couldn't find anything.
31:21And although his gut instinct told him that it was just an animal,
31:25he was also very scared that it might be a person.
31:31which fear grew when the next day news that Hayley Reed was missing started to filter through.
31:38And the fact they couldn't find her also fitted because the road he was on was next to the river,
31:47which had burst its banks following the heavy rain.
31:50meaning we had to consider the awful possibility that she had been knocked into the water,
31:57washed down the river, and out to sea.
32:00And for 18 years, he and I have hidden that dreadful secret,
32:07and I'm so, so sorry for that.
32:09And then she was found, and the nightmare should have been over.
32:15Except, instead of finally believing that he was innocent,
32:26I started to believe that not only Addy hit her,
32:30but he'd actually found her, and hidden her,
32:35to drive back down a few days later, retrieve the body, and bury it in London.
32:43Which might seem a terrible thing to believe about your son,
32:49but 18 years of this toxic secret between us,
32:57and seeing the consequences of that in everything my son has become,
33:06has made my judgment bad.
33:09And how do you know he didn't do exactly what you've described?
33:16Because when I finally found him, just a few hours ago,
33:19and talked to him properly for the first time since Hayley had been found,
33:24he reminded me that we drove back early on the 2nd
33:29to put him on a flight to Switzerland for a school skiing trip.
33:32He was away for ten days. There'll be school records.
33:35Could have driven back down there once he got back.
33:38By which time the police and half the world's press were in Middenham,
33:42so I don't think so.
33:44But listen, we're not hiding anymore.
33:47He's here to answer your question, so ask him.
33:50But I think he did just hit a deer that night.
33:59And by me enabling him to not face up to his responsibilities,
34:09I've messed up his whole life.
34:14For absolutely no reason at all.
34:16So I'm gonna stay in the van tonight,
34:31because I want you to have the time you need,
34:34you know, to absorb everything.
34:37And when might the police know?
34:39Do you think...
34:43that you're not a suspect anymore?
34:46I don't know.
34:49But if it's worth me saying one more time,
34:51you know it wasn't me.
34:53Not Hayley Reed, not the credit card staff, not anything.
34:56And sometimes we have to...
35:01You must know this.
35:02We have to accept that...
35:05that life can be just random and cruel
35:10before being in the blink of an eye
35:13just as randomly wonderful.
35:26I'm gonna fuck off, Dad.
35:44Elliot?
35:45I'm gonna fuck off, Dad.
35:57Well, he's right, I'm afraid.
35:59Within five days of her disappearance,
36:01Midland was crawling with police.
36:02There were search parties,
36:04choppers with cameras, roadblocks.
36:06If she was murdered in Midland,
36:07then it was always my belief
36:08that she had to have been moved within a day or so.
36:13Sorry.
36:14They're looking at their records now,
36:15but the teacher I just spoke to
36:16remembers the skiing trip well
36:17and remembers Elliot being on it
36:19because he was such a pain in the arse.
36:22Right.
36:23And Nigel Fandell's here.
36:26Thanks.
36:28Did you talk to the son?
36:29Uh, briefly.
36:30And?
36:31My sense was he is telling the truth.
36:36So, for now, we're letting them both go.
36:41I'd better speak to this Vandell bloke.
36:45Yeah, I'd better push off.
36:46No, thank you for coming in.
36:49No worries.
36:52Look, I'm probably gonna head back down to Hampshire tomorrow, so...
36:55Right.
36:56But, um...
36:57Can I...
36:58Can I call you?
37:09I don't know if this is a good idea right now, John.
37:14I've just got so much, uh...
37:17Crap on right now that I need to sort out, and...
37:20I'm not sure starting.
37:22But...
37:24It wouldn't be fair on you.
37:27Sorry.
37:31I'll call you then.
37:32I mean...
37:33I'll let him know.
37:34I'll let him know.
37:35I'll let him know.
37:36I'll let him know.
37:37Well, I don't know.
37:38I'll let him know.
37:39I'll let him know.
37:40I'll let him know.
37:41I'll let him know.
37:42I'll let him know.
37:43I'll let him know.
37:44I'll let him know.
37:45I'll let him know.
37:46I'll let him know.
37:47I'll let him know.
37:48I'll let him know.
37:49I'll let him know.
37:59I mean...
38:00We all lived together for 10, 11 years, Mum.
38:03We never saw him do anything like...
38:07You know, in the photos, were they even you or was it makeup?
38:10Or...
38:11I don't know.
38:12Help me out here.
38:13Because I'm struggling.
38:14Well, you're not struggling, Em, or you wouldn't be here.
38:18You wouldn't have driven five hours just to ask.
38:23Listen, I knew I shouldn't have asked for the money. It was stupid.
38:26But it was the first time in nearly 30 years I felt like I had the upper hand.
38:32Then I got a little giddy.
38:35Although, for what it's worth, he never did pay the settlement.
38:44These are the letters from my lawyer to his.
38:52I instructed mine to stop fighting in 2005,
38:55after your father put his hands around my neck at our old house and threatened to kill me.
39:02Of course, you and Claire never saw stuff.
39:05I did everything I could to keep it from you both.
39:09As did he.
39:11For different reasons, obviously.
39:13But that takes its toll, sweetheart, living that lie.
39:19To keep smiling as you told me about all your fun times with him.
39:23The lovely holidays with him.
39:26When I knew what he really was.
39:29It took its toll on me and, in turn, my problems served his deception well.
39:39The photos were genuine, my love.
39:42And you're here now because some part of you, some subconscious part, has always known that something was wrong.
39:54And it gives me no pleasure at all to tell you that you were right.
39:58Yes, she came to my house that night.
40:08And that was to buy?
40:11In 2000, it would have been ease, I'd imagine.
40:14You didn't think to mention this to the police at the time?
40:17I had a house full of gear.
40:20I knew I hadn't done anything wrong, so...
40:23But yeah, I'm sorry. I should have.
40:26Okay.
40:27Do you remember what time she arrived?
40:31Would have been about twenty past eleven.
40:35How do you remember so specifically?
40:37Because we chatted a bit, maybe ten minutes, and then we left together.
40:41And I went to a party in Alcross, which is about half an hour away.
40:44And I remember I got there just as Big Ben was chiming.
40:47And when she left, did she say where she was going?
40:51She said straight to her party.
40:54Can you show me where you were living in 1999?
41:06So, if what he's saying is true, then to get from the Farndells to the party house
41:12there's absolutely no reason for her to be passing the church
41:15or where Elliot Hollis was spotted driving the car.
41:18Which would seem to suggest James Hollis is telling the truth,
41:23as was Peter Carr.
41:26Yeah.
41:28As she walked from here to here,
41:30if she encountered anyone, the more likely would be Chris Lowe or Tim Finch.
41:34And I've just come off the phone to West End Central,
41:36who have detailed records of the credit card investigation into Lowe,
41:41which they themselves now admit, with hindsight, was flawed.
41:47So he didn't just hire good lawyers?
41:49On balance, they think not.
41:50They think he should never have been charged.
41:54That doesn't mean we eliminate him as a suspect, of course,
41:57but for now I think we should concentrate our fire elsewhere.
41:59And some, um, slightly better news here.
42:03So, yesterday we got in touch with DVLA to see if any of our four main suspects
42:07had any endorsements for the days after New Year.
42:12And my thinking was,
42:14you have a dead body in your boot,
42:16you might be driving a little faster than normal.
42:20So here is a copy of Tim Finch's driving licence endorsements going back 35 years.
42:26There's four speeding offences on, though, which is kind of normal.
42:29Except for the date, the second one.
42:35Shit.
42:37The 3rd of January, 2000.
42:39That's the day after he got back to London.
42:42Do you know where he got it?
42:44Not yet.
42:45Are they going to go back to us?
42:46But that...
42:47is a tickle.
42:48That's definitely a tickle.
42:56Di Khan.
42:57Yes.
42:58Yep.
42:59Yes, I have, yep.
43:02That is so helpful.
43:03Thank you so much.
43:05Ticket was issued at 6.20am on the A405.
43:08Which is where?
43:09Six miles outside of Midnum.
43:11Was he heading to or from?
43:13From.
43:32Timothy Finch, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Hayley Reid.
43:35You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention something now,
43:39which you later rely on in court.
43:41As you've been arrested, we have authority to search your premises under Section 32 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act.
43:50Would you like to get dressed, please?
43:51Yes, please.
43:52Yes.
44:00Yes.
44:01Let's go.
44:31Why were you on the road out of Midnham, heading to London at 6.20am, the day after you'd returned to London?
44:43Well, I'd left my laptop in the house and drove back down to pick it up.
44:47I left very early because I wanted to be back in time for morning surgery.
44:51And you'd arranged this with the lettings agency?
44:54Yes.
44:55They've made no mention of that.
44:57Well, what do you want me to say? I arranged it.
45:01Who did you speak to?
45:02I don't remember. It was nearly 20 years ago. Um, a bloke, I think.
45:08And what, he took you around there, did he? At 6am?
45:13No, he left the key under a flower pot.
45:15Apparently the house was vacant that week and he said to just let myself in.
45:19So why were you speeding?
45:23Well, it had taken longer than I thought to get down there. I was running late.
45:28For the purposes of the interview, DC Collier has entered the room.
45:32Sorry to interrupt, ma'am. Can I have a quick word?
45:34Sorry.
45:35Excuse me.
45:38Interview suspended at 8.31.
45:46In his cellar, behind a thousand boxes of junk, we found one of those old, like, money box-type things.
45:52And when we got it open, we found these.
45:54A necklace with hair still attached to the clasp.
45:58A scrunchie.
45:59And a pair of knickers.
46:29And a pair of knickers.
46:30And a pair of knickers.
46:31And a pair of knickers.
46:32And a pair of knickers.
46:33And a pair of knickers.
46:34And a pair of knickers.
46:35And a pair of knickers.
46:36And a pair of knickers.
46:37And a pair of knickers.
46:38And a pair of knickers.
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46:40And a pair of knickers.
46:41And a pair of knickers.
46:42And a pair of knickers.
46:43And a pair of knickers.
46:44And a pair of knickers.
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46:48And a pair of knickers.
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46:50And a pair of knickers.
46:51And a pair of knickers.
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