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00:00THE END
00:17Steve.
00:18Oh no.
00:20This is it, I know.
00:22I'm sorry.
00:26Getting married in a month.
00:28What the hell am I doing?
00:30Well, I am married.
00:35So I'm probably not the best person to ask.
00:39You know, I never saw myself as the plain away kind.
00:44We need her.
00:46Here we are.
01:00Here we are.
01:05What's that?
01:09It's the beams.
01:13At least it's the beams, it's fine.
01:17It's fine.
01:18Okay.
01:26That way.
01:27It's fine.
01:28Oh, my God.
01:53Art!
01:55Art!
01:58Who are you?
02:05Who are you, you sick bastard?
02:14Where are you?
02:26Do you see him?
02:28Did you see his face?
02:33Now do you believe me?
02:58I'm okay, Dad. Really.
03:05I'm okay, Dad. Really.
03:10You didn't sound okay on the phone.
03:12I didn't mean to worry you and disturb your night.
03:15You didn't.
03:18It gave me something. I feel much better.
03:22Look, I always want you to call when you need me.
03:24So it's all, um, it's going in the right direction?
03:31Yeah. Staff are lovely. I've made some good friends.
03:35No junkies, I hope.
03:37I know.
03:38We're all junkies, Dad. That's kind of the point.
03:46Look, I'm worried how much this is costing you.
03:49I know it's not cheap and...
03:51Forget it.
03:52I've got a long way.
03:53Forget it.
03:55It's the best money I ever spent.
03:57I've got to go.
04:04I'm going to see you properly again tomorrow.
04:07I'll see you properly again tomorrow.
04:37I'll see you later.
04:42Oh, shit!
04:43Oh, shit!
04:56Call an ambulance.
04:59Make him two!
05:04Let's get you sat down, mate.
05:07Mate, come on.
05:08Wait for the ambulance in here.
05:09Come on.
05:16Mate.
05:18Let's go inside.
05:19Come inside the shop.
05:20I've called an ambulance.
05:22Mate.
05:37Even if it's a Foodds ์์นจ.
05:51I want to stay here.
05:52I want to stay here.
05:564
05:56Oh, shit!
05:58I
06:18We sponsor on the say let's assume the government's still in the area and the sacred street
06:22Of course you'll put my answer for a bit. So you go see. Yes, ma'am, ma'am.
06:26Nicky Alexander, Polydrist.
06:28Jack Coaster Forensics. DCI Jenny Bashir. D.I. Claire Ferris.
06:31Hey. I'm not sure I've had the pleasure. You haven't. We're newcomers.
06:35Berman Centre, correct. I'm from London. Right again.
06:39Welcome.
06:41What have we got? Boy, what haven't we got?
06:44A girl in a BMW hit the insignia side on then ploughed into a parked car.
06:49The van driver's okay. Just a bit of whiplash. Joyrider died instantly.
06:53You think it's a joyrider because...
06:55BMW was reported stolen earlier tonight.
06:58But all that is of secondary concern.
07:01Coworkers have ID'd him his 24-year-old Khalid Svet.
07:06He was trying to lead the insignia driver to safety but he had other ideas.
07:10Pulled a gun, shot Khalid dead, took two shots at the van driver then fled the scene.
07:14So we have a trigger-happy unidentified killer on our hands.
07:17ID'ing and apprehending him is our urgent priority.
07:20Good news is he's likely concussed and half of Birmingham plot are being drafted as we speak.
07:25Mom?
07:28We have some idea of the shooter's appearance.
07:31White, 40s, fit-looking, greyish hair.
07:35The insignia can't help with an ID.
07:37Cloned plates. We're not going to get him on a DVLA check.
07:41Excuse me.
07:45Yeah, we're at the scene now but...
07:51Looks like a through and through.
07:55Close but not contact.
07:57And he was trying to help the guy.
08:00There's no significant angle disparity between entry and exit.
08:05He would have been immediately incapacitated, so he would have dropped to the ground.
08:09More or less flat out.
08:18He nicked it.
08:21Giving us a trajectory to the right.
08:25Factor in some flexion.
08:32There it is.
08:33In the mortar.
08:36Soft landing?
08:37Soft enough.
08:39Merci.
08:47Bingo, baby.
08:48A single gunshot wound to the forehead.
08:55No other obvious external injuries at this point.
09:05Some kind of clip on parts under the body.
09:07Damage done.
09:08Bloodstained.
09:19Damage done.
09:20Bloodstained.
09:21Well...
09:22You
09:42enza.
09:43first clean drinks litter parking permits loose change nothing don't believe this i can't find a
09:58single solitary print or ridge detail you're right i don't believe it it's just a stitching
10:02marks around leather gloves of the like so what you just wipe down top the bottom no and the
10:07clunk bed suggests we're doing with a pro there must be some ways i want to do this bastard well
10:27shit
10:36bones are cut off stomps are bagged we said he was a pro looks like an exit wound to the anterior neck
10:44teeth appear to have been smashed out or removed so if he's not on the dna database we're screwed
10:49basically challenge certainly but if we id him we might id our killer i'll carry out the post-mortem
10:56as soon as we're finished here i'll be interested to know how the limbs were removed analysis on the
11:01bone ends who knows micro ct might even yield an implement but we're checking the victim's dna
11:08first right as a priority great place
11:17thanks for coming in kicker no no no it's cool i was at this electro clash place on new street and
11:30you know what i just wasn't feeling it no no i was at home in bed i need you to do a bit of a
11:36reconstruction job on this challenge accepted later potato
11:44should be ending you'll be dragged from a warm bed now then before we start
11:49out longest ever shift where and when not playing price of admission jack yours will be longer and
11:56more exotic uh-huh okay 36 hours in surpton cinema fire what you win
12:05mine's omega 30. where earthquake tiara del fuego yeah brilliant of course it is
12:19is that our airbag no matter how carefully it was his face must have come into contact with it when
12:24it deployed i'll mini tip first to maximize recovery and then i'll run a fadabas test it sounds like
12:30that's something out of doctor who then
12:44we're ready for the pm on the john day from boot
13:05there is a stellate entry wound two by four centimeters superior to the occiput
13:11which corresponds with the exit wound on the anterior neck obvious soot deposition is consistent
13:19with a hard contact entry wound definitely scan confirms internal beveling deep to the entry wound
13:29with the bullet passing forwards and down through the basal ganglia it's clear that the wound track
13:34passes through vital centers which will almost certainly have been the cause of death more evidence
13:39we're dealing with a professional possibly there are what looked like two stab wounds to the right
13:46buttock scars are pale and healed and based on the discoloration i would say they were sustained
13:53year or so ago two tops there are permanency to marks where he has been stitched up is that a classic
13:59punishment injury yes intended to be non-fatal but the person is left humiliated with a scar in an
14:06unusual place could be a gank or then bother with one both arms have been severed at the wrists
14:13clean incisions to the skin and tissue then clean severing of the bone
14:20likely cut with a knife and then with a saw
14:22no hesitation marks speaks to a high degree of competence and possibly expertise you said micro ct can
14:34help yes but i can tell you now that the clean bone cuts and absence of mangling suggest a powerful
14:40rotary saw was used there are colored fragments embedded in the bone blue green silver testing will
14:50confirm but it could be car paint so who dices cars with a rotary saw scrap yards or the shadier body
14:57shops that chop up stolen cars
15:05no loose fragments of teeth in the mouth could be lurking in the oesophagus or the stomach nasal cavities
15:12no loose is that what i think it is we'll run talks for cocaine and other substances too
15:29no loose
15:53BELL RINGS
16:15Linear scar to the left infraclavicular region.
16:18Eight centimetres long.
16:23Boxes palpable in the subcutaneous tissue.
16:26What?
16:27They fitted him with a pacemaker or an implantable defib.
16:31Hopefully the serial number will give us an ID on our victim.
16:35I'm going to retrieve the device now so that we can collect any data.
16:39It can even tell you when someone's heart stopped.
16:42Oh, in this instance, it was murdered.
16:44Only snag. If it is a defib, it can give you a hell of an electric shock.
16:49No sort of moves.
16:53No matter what, I am not sure what I am,
16:55I should do as an electronic process for a while.
16:57It is a small system of a mobile device.
16:59I can tell you, you can use the cell phone,
17:00I can tell you.
17:01The cell phone is especially possible with a different device.
17:03It is a full disk.
17:05It is really small.
17:06It is a small system.
17:07No, it is a small system,
17:08but it is an important device.
17:09In addition to the cell phone,
17:10I have to carry on the right to you.
17:11It is critical for you.
17:12Of course, the battery is a driver.
17:14The battery is a large number of people.
17:16I don't know.
17:46Got it.
17:50Got it.
18:02Pulled the killer's DNA from the airbag.
18:05And?
18:05No hits, but a close match to Kerry Booth.
18:09Recently found guilty of assaulting a police officer.
18:12Brother's sister close?
18:13Dad close, I'd say.
18:14Her sentence was mitigated by substance issues and testimony from her father, Gary Booth.
18:19Court notes say she's currently in rehab, but don't specify where.
18:22A visitor's pass retrieved from the scene links to a Swiss multinational well circle.
18:26They have various outlets across the UK, but only one rehab facility in the Midlands.
18:32The Nightingale.
18:33Gary Booth.
18:34He's got a record.
18:37Arrested three times for receiving stolen goods.
18:39No charges?
18:40So his DNA wasn't kept on the database.
18:42The wipe down was intended to keep it that way.
18:44He's a pro.
18:44You've got my DNA already.
18:49We need our own sample, Gary.
18:52Why?
18:53To compare it to your father's.
18:55Oh, right, yeah.
18:57Make it official.
18:58If you like.
18:59But as I say, it's a voluntary sample.
19:02Forget it.
19:02Why should I help you?
19:04What about helping your dad?
19:06Like I'm falling for that.
19:08Sorry, you say you shot this bloke, but how do I know that's even true?
19:12Your father's DNA was recovered at the scene.
19:20Along with this.
19:22That's not your father's blood.
19:24It's the victim's.
19:27His name was Khalid's vet.
19:30We believe he was trying to help your father, who'd suffered a concussion.
19:34His girlfriend's seven months pregnant.
19:36I've just had to break the news to her.
19:37Leave me alone.
19:42Nice place.
20:10Who pays the bills?
20:11Dad.
20:14What exactly do you think he does for a living?
20:16Hmm?
20:21How does he make his money, Kerry?
20:26I want a lawyer.
20:29Your dad is going to go down in a hail of police bullets.
20:32Unless we work out where he is and negotiate a peaceful surrender.
20:35Do you understand?
20:36His phone's offline, we have units at his house, but he isn't stupid enough to.
20:41I don't know where he is.
20:45But you know something?
20:46My dad got a call, um, someone called Mel.
20:54He didn't take it, but then his mood changed and he left straight away.
20:58Does Mel have a last name?
21:04We've ordered up all the files, prioritising Mel's, Melvin's, Melanie's.
21:09Too many, boss.
21:10Too many to wade through.
21:12Need more intel to narrow the list.
21:14Yeah, like the surname.
21:15Yeah, like the surname.
21:18Hello?
21:19The pacemaker's serial number and DNA match on the database have given us an ID.
21:25Advertising executive John Clement.
21:27He has convictions for cocaine possession and last year was the victim of an unsolved GBH.
21:33Thought to be related to a drug death.
21:46Susie Clemens.
21:49It's about John.
21:51Yeah.
21:52DCI Jenny Bashir, DI Claire Ferris.
21:55We've got some really bad news, I'm afraid.
21:58Come in.
21:58I threw him out 18 months ago.
22:17Cocaine destroyed everything I loved about John.
22:21Everything.
22:22Your baby isn't.
22:24No, no, no.
22:25He's not John's.
22:26Was booting him out anything to do with him getting stabbed?
22:28A direct result.
22:31They came home at 4pm covered in blood.
22:34Insisting, ridiculously, that he'd fallen on a bottle.
22:39I'd had enough.
22:40The lies, the debts.
22:42His total indifference for the danger he was putting us in.
22:45You have other children?
22:47Two daughters.
22:50You know, if I'm honest, I don't care that he's dead, but they're going to be devastated.
22:55Did John ever talk about someone called Gary Booth?
23:02How about someone called Mel or Melvin?
23:06Sorry.
23:07What about just someone involved in the murkier end of the car market?
23:10You know, chop shops, scrap yards.
23:16Susie?
23:18John knew a guy who owns a vintage car outfit by the airport.
23:22You know, refurbishment and stuff.
23:24I tracked him down there once when he forgot our youngest birthday.
23:30He tracked his phone?
23:32Yeah, I was so furious.
23:34Drove out there and confronted him with my daughters in the back seat.
23:36And he was there to score.
23:42I mean, he didn't admit it, but it was pretty bloody obvious when he said that it wasn't safe for us to be there.
23:50I didn't know then, but that was the beginning of the end.
23:54How are we doing, Kit?
24:00You mean, have you got something?
24:01I mean, have you got something?
24:02Only one vintage car outfit near the airport.
24:04Ownership is murky.
24:06Murky?
24:06Multiple directors, classic obfuscation.
24:09I ran each company director through the PNC.
24:12One stood out.
24:13Mel Adams.
24:15Serious record for dealing.
24:19Got you.
24:24Two coffees.
24:46Perhaps he's tired.
24:47Looks like a bag of saunas.
24:49Go, go, go.
24:53Go, go, go, go.
24:54Get down, let me go.
24:55Get down.
24:56Get down.
24:56Get down.
24:58Go, bro.
25:20Stay back.
25:22Let go.
25:23Stay back.
25:24Stay back.
25:27Stay back.
25:30Flop it, Gary.
25:31Think of Kerry.
25:33She needs you alive, not dead.
25:39I'm sure the staff at the Nightingale would agree with me.
25:41Slowly move your finger from the trigger.
25:56Slowly move your finger from the trigger.
25:59Place the weapon on the ground.
26:03Slowly.
26:04Look at me.
26:06Drop it!
26:08Drop it!
26:10Get out of your knees!
26:22They wouldn't have got to him so quick without you.
26:24Thank you. Team effort.
26:26What's his condition?
26:28A few bruises from the arrest.
26:30No sign of any lingering concussion.
26:32But he's been checked over by medical staff.
26:34I want to be belt and braces.
26:36Get forensic documentation of his injuries.
26:38If you'd like to sign in there for me, please.
26:41They'll call me old-fashioned,
26:43but given my prisoner's propensity for violence,
26:45I'll accompany you into the cell.
26:47He's not your prisoner, Sergeant.
26:49Andrews, ma'am, Robert.
26:51With respect, he's in custody and I'm the custody sergeant.
26:54Fine. Whatever, Sergeant Andrews.
27:02Okay.
27:15What?
27:32I'm just urging caution.
27:34Okay, yeah, I hear you.
27:35Managing expectations.
27:36Look, okay, given that I've been knocked back twice,
27:37I would say getting leave to appeal is pretty huge.
27:39It's a step forward, certainly.
27:41Richard, the police didn't just fail to investigate Alice's stalker.
27:43Okay, they...they willfully ignored it.
27:45She only came to life when Alice's sister finally broke ranks
27:47with her parents and spoke up.
28:02That's fucking bullshit!
28:04That's bullshit!
28:06I told them about the stalker on the day of her disappearance, okay?
28:10But you're not seen as credible, is my point.
28:12Saskia is.
28:14So?
28:16So, we focus on what worked.
28:19Fresh testimony from people they can't ignore.
28:22You've worked your magic with Saskia.
28:24No, I wrote him a letter, okay?
28:26Pricked her conscience, maybe.
28:28So, more of that.
28:31Leave to appeal gives us a forum, but no more.
28:34As far as the outside world's concerned,
28:36you still killed your wife and they shall throw away the key.
28:39What are you saying?
28:41To make this stalker theory stand up, we've got a way to go.
28:47You mean we need to ID them?
28:49Or at least find friends or colleagues of Alice
28:51that remember having a stalker...
28:53How many times have we been over this?
28:54There is no one.
28:56There is no one.
28:58Come on, come on!
28:59Get there!
29:00Get there!
29:03You're in so much trouble, it's out of nowhere to start.
29:07But let's go with the murders of Carlyd Svet...
29:13...and John Clemens.
29:15And the attempted murder of the van driver Andy Soames.
29:19Who are you?
29:23Jack Hulshan, forensic scientist.
29:26I've asked to sit in.
29:28So the Walter P99 used to murder Khalid Svet
29:32has a flaw in the barreling.
29:35That flaw manifests itself differently
29:36according to the bullets used,
29:39something you may or may not be aware of.
29:41So we test-fired the gun with a range of ammunition
29:43and were able to link it to three fatal shootings
29:47in Greater Birmingham over the last five years.
29:50We've got Simon Carpenter,
29:53Wesley Hurst,
29:56and Grant Johnson.
29:58You're in for life regardless, Gary.
30:01Off the record, it's not all bad news.
30:04If you start cooperating now before you're charged,
30:08it could count greatly in your favour.
30:11I'm talking category of prison, location, visitation rights.
30:16You want to be somewhere you want Kerry to come visit,
30:19don't you?
30:20Of course you do.
30:22The judge has a lot of power there.
30:25Word to the prison board could go a long way.
30:28We appreciate the approach, DCI Bashir, but...
30:41I did my first kill when I was 19.
30:45Connor Burgess, a driving instructor,
30:48moonlighting as a courier,
30:51shot him in his car while he was eating pizza.
30:53I've worked for different people,
31:00different organisations,
31:01but I've always been a lone wolf.
31:04No allegiances.
31:06Except to the highest bidder.
31:10How many people you killed, Gary?
31:14Fifteen, sixteen, not sure.
31:17Some I buried, some I left where they dropped.
31:19But I always killed people from my world,
31:24people who had it coming.
31:28Well, almost always.
31:35Alice Hill was the exception that proves the rule.
31:38Just to be clear,
31:44you're saying that you killed Alice Hill?
31:48Yes.
31:51I bludgeoned her to death
31:52and buried her on Woodruff Common.
31:55For money?
31:58No.
31:59Self-preservation.
32:01She saw me test-firing a silencer in the woods.
32:04Would you be prepared to show us where you buried her?
32:24Gary.
32:26On top of the agony of losing her,
32:29Alice's parents were denied a funeral.
32:31Her body?
32:40I'll show you.
32:42But like he was about to say,
32:45we'll need it in writing.
32:50OK, anyone got any questions?
32:53No?
32:53Right, you've got the notes, you know what to do.
32:55So, Anne, thank you.
32:57Just get going with it.
32:58OK, thanks for coming.
32:59I mean, there's been a development.
33:02So, Booth's author to tell us where he buried Alice
33:04now comes with a string attached,
33:06taking us to the location in person.
33:09And we're agreeing to that.
33:11The up-abobs are running risk assessment now.
33:13Let me save them some time.
33:14It's risky.
33:16The disappearance of Alice Hill
33:17was a very big deal up here.
33:19Pretty big deal across the country.
33:20Sure, but we lift it.
33:23The search, the trial,
33:25the conviction of her husband.
33:26If there is a chance that we can recover her body...
33:29I remember the case,
33:31but I didn't follow it closely.
33:33Any context would be helpful.
33:35I was deputy SIO,
33:36so I'm well-placed there.
33:38Alice and Jason were childhood sweethearts.
33:42Who struck gold
33:43with an online personal training business.
33:45Two days after cutting short her honeymoon,
34:07Alice left her house
34:08to go jogging on Woodruff Common.
34:12According to Jason,
34:14she never returned.
34:16Why did she cut short the honeymoon?
34:18Because she discovered
34:19that he'd been siphoning funds
34:20from their company for a pet project.
34:23People were gripped
34:23by the simple riddle of Alice
34:25going out for a run
34:26and never coming back.
34:28That and their relationship falling apart.
34:30The happy couple weren't so happy.
34:32No shortage of schadenfreude.
34:34And no body.
34:35I know how hard it is
34:50to secure a conviction
34:51without a body.
34:52So, how did you do it?
34:54We built the best circumstantial case we could
34:56based on the available evidence.
34:57Which was,
34:58apart from the money thing?
34:59Jason's lack of alibi.
35:01Neighbours hearing them argue
35:02earlier in the day.
35:03Jason's taking out
35:04a new life assurance policy
35:05and the state he was in
35:07when we turned up.
35:11Let's go round the back.
35:12Jason Webb.
35:19You do not have to say anything
35:20but anything you do say
35:22may harm your defence.
35:23He had a cut on his cheek.
35:26He said he tripped when he was drunk.
35:28We were disinclined to believe him.
35:29If Booth did kill Alice
35:31then Jason spent four years in prison
35:33for a crime that he didn't commit.
35:34Let's not get carried away, though.
35:37Even if it turns out that Booth did the deed
35:39doesn't mean that Jason's innocent.
35:40Sure.
35:42Equally, we need to reassure ourselves
35:45that Booth is the killer
35:46and hasn't just been told
35:48where the body is located.
35:50You have reason to doubt it.
35:52According to the British typology of hit man
35:55Booth isn't a novice
35:59or a dilettante.
36:02Most likely fits the profile of a journeyman
36:04or possibly a master.
36:06Your profile is determined by what factors?
36:09Knows how to shoot the kill.
36:10Will it straight to the head.
36:12Negligible physical evidence left behind
36:14and the target was associated with organised crime.
36:17However, choosing a public space
36:19to test fire a weapon
36:20does not fit with the profile of journeyman or master.
36:24Nor does bludgeoning when he had a gun.
36:26Okay.
36:31So if Booth comes to the common
36:33we need to remain in full control
36:35and not just from a security angle.
36:37Agreed.
36:38If he does lead us to find Alice
36:40he needs to be kept back while the body is exhumed.
36:42That way we can quiz him
36:44on specific forensic and pathology details.
36:48Booth needs to know that he's not in charge.
36:50We are.
36:51We are.
37:05May I ask you a question, Mr. Booth?
37:07The body aside
37:09are there any other corroborating details
37:11you can provide us with?
37:18When she saw me with a gun
37:20she ran
37:21understandably.
37:22I chased her
37:26and she
37:27stumbled.
37:29Stumbled?
37:30On a
37:30tree root or something.
37:33The trainer came off.
37:35It was red.
37:36The left one.
37:39I only spotted it after I buried her.
37:44Grew it in the leg.
37:46After she stumbled
37:47what happened?
37:50She carried on running
37:52but I closed the gap
37:54grabbed a tree branch
37:56and
37:56hit her on the back of the head.
38:00How many times?
38:03Five or six.
38:06Enough to get the job done.
38:12You had a silencer.
38:15Why didn't you shoot her?
38:19I was out.
38:22I fired all the ammunition
38:23I came with.
38:37How are we doing, Gary?
38:41Good further.
38:47Hang on, hang on, hang on.
38:47Stop!
38:48What?
38:50Drone.
38:51It's ours.
38:52The big one's ours.
38:54Whose is that?
38:56Might have a rogue drone
38:58over the lake.
38:59Yeah, we've seen it too.
39:01So much for the
39:02conving lockdown.
39:04What?
39:08Looks like he's been
39:09operated by two people
39:10on the western shore.
39:11What is going on?
39:12We're on it, boss.
39:13Over.
39:13Box alarm, box alarm.
39:22It's a dog lane.
39:23They're not piloting the drone?
39:26No, they're not.
39:27Then who the bloody hell is?
39:29We're on it, boss.
39:30Over.
39:31Let's just keep going.
39:32Come on, move it, please.
39:33There, by the oak tree.
39:56Where exactly?
39:59Right at the base.
39:59Oh, you're going to wait here, Gary.
40:06Why?
40:07Because I say so.
40:09Make sure he's facing
40:10the other direction, please.
40:11Let's go.
40:12Let's go.
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40:39Let's go.
40:40Sounds like you found her.
41:10There's blunt force trauma to the back of the head and what looks like wood embedded
41:34in the skull.
41:35The red trainer and navy tracksuit also match what Alice was believed to be wearing.
41:39Yeah.
41:40Just like he said.
41:41D&A will confirm, but I think we can proceed on the basis that this is Alice Hill.
41:52We've found her.
42:00What is it?
42:05Richard, what's happened?
42:06I want you to hear her before he gets out.
42:09They found her.
42:12They found Alice.
42:18Where?
42:19On Woodrowth Common.
42:25Are they sure?
42:39Yeah.
42:40They've merged her DNA.
42:46Good.
42:48I don't know what you're talking about, but I don't know what you're talking about.
43:18Hello, Julie. Nice to see you, even under the circumstances.
43:21You, too. Why, Saskia?
43:24No idea. We're not in touch.
43:26Sure. Julie.
43:31Mum.
43:37No way.
43:45Dad.
43:47Can we have a minute, please?
43:51Pay your respects in your own time, Saskia.
43:53You're not hijacking this. What would she have wanted, Dad?
43:55What would Alice have wanted?
43:57I'm not having this conversation.
43:59She'd want us to forgive, to come together.
44:01Always about you, isn't it? Even today.
44:03She'd want us to be a family again.
44:05Look at me. Look at me.
44:07That's why you went behind our back.
44:09You mean told the truth.
44:10Cosied up to him.
44:12I just wanted to do the right thing.
44:15You wanted attention.
44:17No, I wasn't.
44:18And you were jealous. Always.
44:19Especially of Alice.
44:21Alice did have a stalker. She told me.
44:23And you should have let me tell the police.
44:25What would that have done, except muddy the waters?
44:27That wasn't your call.
44:28Dad.
44:29She's not worth it.
44:49The body is that of Alice Hill, identified by DNA.
44:53The deceased disappeared five years ago, was killed, and was subsequently placed in a shallow grave on Woodruff Common.
45:01There are six lacerations to the posterior scalp.
45:19Largely linear, and up to five centimeters long.
45:25Bark embedded in them is consistent with blows from a branch.
45:29The skull is visibly fractured at the base of the lacerations.
45:34Lots of force.
45:36The occiput is the thickest part of the skull, so severely forceful blows, yes.
45:41I'd normally examine the brain in detail, but after five years its condition makes that impossible.
45:47But given the extent of these blows, traumatic diffuse axonal injury is the likely mechanism of death.
45:54Diffuse what?
45:55Axonal injury is a widespread tearing of the nerve cells in the brain.
45:59Usually attributable to repeated heavy blows, as in this case.
46:05No defensive wounds?
46:06Not that I've seen so far.
46:08So injuries more or less fit with Booth's a kind?
46:11Yes.
46:12With one possible exception.
46:15There's an unhealed spiral fracture of the tibia, suggesting that she fell badly right before she died.
46:22Booth said she fell. That's when she lost her trainer.
46:25He said she stumbled and carried on running.
46:28This suggests a twisting injury and a serious, almost certainly, incapacitating fall.
46:34Strange you didn't mention it.
46:36Yeah, it is a bit.
46:37Is it?
46:38Five years on.
46:39People forget things they did five minutes ago.
46:42Sure.
46:43But don't we have to consider the possibility that Booth had nothing to do with it?
46:48That someone got him to add Alice's murder to his charge sheet?
46:51You mean Jason Webb?
46:53What price freedom?
46:54I have considered it.
46:56There's only one reason he'd fess up to Alice if he didn't do it.
46:59Money.
47:00Mm.
47:01A lot of money, and Jason's broke.
47:04What about the life assurance policy?
47:05Never paid out.
47:06His conviction made it null and void.
47:09Um, the spiral fracture could have come from her tripping and losing her shoe, right?
47:13As I said, a more serious fall seems likely.
47:16But it's possible.
47:17Yes, it's possible.
47:19Fracture aside, do you all finding support Booth's account of killing Alice on the Common?
47:25Broadly speaking, yes.
47:27They don't undermine it.
47:30No.
47:48Bashir.
47:49Let's not jump to conclusions.
47:51That's what she said when Ferris suggested Jason might be innocent.
47:54I think she actually said, let's not get carried away.
47:57But suddenly, she's only too ready to believe Booth killed Alice, and Jason had nothing to do with it.
48:02Key word there being suddenly.
48:04So do you see how Bashir's had a change of hearts, free country?
48:07She's not the type.
48:09She's not the type to throw in the towel, either.
48:11What are you saying someone's got there?
48:13Don't know.
48:14Skeleton and cupboards.
48:15Don't know that I want to know.
48:17Must have something to do with Bashir working on the original case.
48:20For the last five years, she's believed that Jason killed his wife with every fibre of her being and acted accordingly.
48:26What's changed?
48:27Booth leading us to Alice's body, knowing all the details about the missing trainer.
48:30Details that he could have got from Jason.
48:32Ah, come on.
48:33I'm not saying that's what I believe.
48:36I'm saying, why isn't Bashir at least considering it?
48:41To stand that up, we'd have to prove contact between Jason and Booth.
48:44Yes.
48:45Recent contact?
48:46Post Booth's arrest?
48:48I'm not sure it's our place to try, Nicky.
48:50Are you?
48:51Gary Booth, you were charged that on the 19th of June, 2021, at Woodruff Common, you did murder Alice Hill, contrary to common law.
49:19You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense.
49:23If you want to fire me, then invest in a spin doctor. No hard feelings.
49:27What are you on about?
49:28My secretary's been taking your name in vain.
49:31In light of the confession and charging of this individual with the murder of Alice Hill, and taken in conjunction with what I understand to be overwhelming forensic and pathology evidence, I have personally intervened to expedite the immediate release of Jason Webb.
49:49Jason Webb.
49:50Jason would like to make a short statement.
49:53Today is as bittersweet as it is surprising, and as gratifying, gratifying is the word, to finally be exonerated.
50:01I am deeply grateful to all of the people. Not a lot of people, it must be said, who believed from day one that I am innocent. But nothing can fill the hole of losing my dear wife, Alice. I am free, but I am bereft.
50:15Alright, thank you everyone.
50:17Jason, I'm a bit like this.
50:18How do we not speak this?
50:19Hey, just to say, I will not stop until I know exactly what happened to my wife and why, and the malign role of Birmingham police is exposed for all to see.
50:27Alright, thank you everyone.
50:30Justin!
50:32I will not stop until I know exactly what happened to my wife and why, and the malign role of Birmingham police is exposed for all to see.
50:39Don't worry up. She hates you being late.
50:43OK. See you in a bit.
50:59Has he had any visitors or call, Sergeant?
51:03No, Mum.
51:04Made any special requests?
51:08No.
51:09Actually, he did get a call.
51:13Yeah.
51:16Kerry, his daughter, yeah, she was keen to see him,
51:20but he didn't want to see her.
51:22It's in the log.
51:23Good luck.
51:25Thank you. Constable?
51:26Nesbitt. No, David Nesbitt.
51:37Yeah, we're going to make a move, Jase.
51:38What, already? I mean, we haven't even caught up yet, so...
51:43Sorry, mate, got an early one.
51:45But all of you?
51:47Yeah.
51:47Yeah.
51:48Hope you enjoy the free food.
51:51I just need to be sure about this booth guy.
51:54I need to be certain, Rich.
51:56You know what? He's guilty?
51:57He's been charged, Jase.
51:59I don't know how much more certain we can be.
52:01What, so you think he could be Alice's stalker?
52:04It doesn't sound like it.
52:05I mean, he didn't know her.
52:06OK, then who was it?
52:07Who?
52:08Thanks.
52:08TANASHA T.P.T.
52:38He was very public-facing, yeah?
52:39And Alice and I were the face of it.
52:41Yeah, and I had concerns about that at the time.
52:43So what if it was one of the subscribers?
52:46You know, one of the really overexcited ones
52:47who thought they knew us?
52:49Like, yeah, I had my share, but Alice, she had way more.
52:51Look, far as we know, he was a professional hitman,
52:54and she was just in the wrong place.
52:56Jason?
53:05Suscu.
53:08Oi, oi, oi.
53:10OK.
53:14So, er, this is Richard, my solicitor.
53:17Hi.
53:18Saskia, Richard.
53:19I'm sorry I'm late.
53:20No, don't be daft.
53:21Well, how is everyone?
53:23Ah, without you, there might not be anything to celebrate.
53:26What do you mean?
53:27It was your testimony.
53:28It got me my leave to appeal.
53:29It really softened the ground for my release.
53:31Really?
53:32Yeah, yeah, even before Booth confessed, so...
53:35I...
53:36Jason, I'm honoured.
53:41How have your parents taken the news of my release?
53:43Oh...
53:44How bad.
53:45They're just, you know, computing everything.
53:49Right.
53:50Well, I mean, er, give them my best.
53:52No, it's...
53:55Really.
53:57I mean it.
54:03My sister always spoke very fondly of you, Richard.
54:06She did?
54:07Mm.
54:08You're cool-headed in a crisis.
54:11Especially when the business was taken off and...
54:13It was all going crazy.
54:15I certainly didn't feel very cool-headed when I was thrashing out contracts
54:18and begging...
54:20Jason and Alice to hire a corporate lawyer.
54:22Killer.
54:23Killer.
54:24Should have been the key.
54:26Ignore him.
54:27Ignore him.
54:28Add one on me, killer.
54:29Killer.
54:32Jason, wait, wait.
54:33Don't, please, Jason.
54:34Leave him!
54:35Leave him!
54:36Jason, sit down!
54:37Fuck you, girl!
54:38Down!
54:39Christ, Jason, this was supposed to be a celebration.
54:41What is it?
54:42Fuck off, Richard, yeah?
54:43Get the fuck out of my face!
54:48Just, uh, make sure he gets home safe.
54:50Please, Saskia.
54:52There you go.
54:53Off you go.
54:54Cheerio.
54:59Alice Hill was described by her family as a bright, dynamic young woman
55:03with an infectious zest for life.
55:05She built a successful online fitness business alongside her husband, Jason.
55:09This seemingly happy couple, seen here hosting one of their many social gatherings,
55:13were attractive and vivacious.
55:15Both naturals in front of the camera, with the ability to capture and hold an audience.
55:24It's clear to see how they acquired a mass following and became online sensations,
55:29with many dubbing Donocity PT, as being on the cusp of becoming a global fitness empire.
55:35These images of happier times at the peak of their success are now a stark and striking contrast
55:40to the reality Alice's murder has left behind for all those who loved her.
55:45Is it on us that he's out?
55:48Unless you called the home secretary and didn't tell me.
55:53No room.
55:55It's not.
55:58I thought you were gonna kill him.
55:59Oh, I was just completely decked instead.
56:02Oh, I feel bad about Richard, though.
56:04Oh, don't. He's used to me the old windbag.
56:06Oh, my God. Windbag!
56:08Taxi! Taxi!
56:10Oh!
56:11I didn't think you'd like me.
56:12Life is no fair on the outside.
56:13Life is no fair on the outside.
56:32Sorry.
56:34Sorry.
56:36No.
56:38You were moving, Yvonne.
56:43Sounds good, man, sir.
56:47I just missed her so much, Sassy.
57:05What?
57:08Sassy.
57:12Sassy?
57:18Rob?
57:20Sassy?
57:35Oh, my God.
58:05See you next time.
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