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First broadcast 15th January 2008.
Burke's father Andrew dies, supposedly of liver failure though the actual cause turns out to be more sinister.
Blythe Duff - DS Jackie Reid
John Michie - DI Robbie Ross
Alex Norton - DCI Matt Burke
Colin McCredie - DC Stuart Fraser
Ewan Stewart - John Burke
Nicola Grier - Dr Marion Vaughn
James Grant - Tom Gardner
James Martin - Billy Watson
Una McLean - Theresa Braithwaite
George Drennan - Dr Graham Fletcher
Louise Ludgate - Dr Hilary Stewart
Isabelle Joss - Angie Hamilton
Andrew Arnold - Andrew Burke
James Bryce - Undertaker
Maureen Allan - Jane Phillips
Clare Yuille - Staff Nurse Jordan
Burke's father Andrew dies, supposedly of liver failure though the actual cause turns out to be more sinister.
Blythe Duff - DS Jackie Reid
John Michie - DI Robbie Ross
Alex Norton - DCI Matt Burke
Colin McCredie - DC Stuart Fraser
Ewan Stewart - John Burke
Nicola Grier - Dr Marion Vaughn
James Grant - Tom Gardner
James Martin - Billy Watson
Una McLean - Theresa Braithwaite
George Drennan - Dr Graham Fletcher
Louise Ludgate - Dr Hilary Stewart
Isabelle Joss - Angie Hamilton
Andrew Arnold - Andrew Burke
James Bryce - Undertaker
Maureen Allan - Jane Phillips
Clare Yuille - Staff Nurse Jordan
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00:28Transcribed by ESO, translated by —
00:30— Dad!
00:47Dad!
00:55Oh, no.
00:57Oh, no.
01:22Why don't you just go home, sir?
01:26Look, we can deal with everything here.
01:29I'll wait for the pathologist to arrive.
01:32Well, I can give you a ring when she's done.
01:36How long do you think he was sitting there?
01:38A week?
01:40Two?
01:43Well, it's taken us a bloody long.
01:53What is this year?
01:54With the pathologist.
01:56Was your father diabetic?
01:59No, as far as I know.
02:01There was some bruising on his left arm.
02:03Probably caused before death.
02:05Perhaps as a result of an injection.
02:08Was he seeing a doctor?
02:11Well, he was never really one for doctors.
02:13What was the cause of death?
02:15I won't know until I've done the post-mortem.
02:17But it was natural causes.
02:20Impossible to say right now.
02:22I'll be in touch.
02:26So you, eh, want me to find out who his doctor was, boss?
02:29Me neither.
02:31What meaning?
02:32Nothing.
02:32I just, eh, just want to help, you know?
02:34Well, he can help by contacting forensics.
02:36I want every inch of that flat examined.
02:40Well, we're not treating it as suspicious, no.
02:43Listen, to be honest with you, mate, I'm looking for a favour here.
02:47The deceased was my boss's father, so whatever you can do.
02:50And how long has he been registered with Dr Vaughan?
02:52So what time can we expect the results?
02:54Well, in particular, we'll look for anything to do with needles, you know?
02:57Hypodermic, diabetic equipment, that sort of thing.
02:59Can you tell me, was he a diabetic?
03:01Can't move things forward a bit.
03:02This should be made a priority.
03:04Any word yet?
03:05Sir, they're doing the post-mortem now.
03:07Yeah, but toxicology could take a couple of days.
03:10See if you can hurry them up, eh?
03:12Hey, listen, I'll pull you out later, OK?
03:31Boss, why don't you go home?
03:33I can handle this.
03:34I'm better off here.
03:36OK, but if there's to be an investigation, you can't be involved.
03:40I know.
03:42All right, keep me informed.
03:48You'll find my own way home.
03:50Thanks.
03:51Yeah, but that's where you're headed.
03:52So where am I headed?
03:54Well, I see the mortuary.
03:56You don't mean too well.
03:57Does that mean you'll listen to what I have to say?
03:59I know.
04:00You want me to go home.
04:01Can you see me sitting there waiting for the phone to ring?
04:04There's no investigation, sir?
04:06Yet.
04:08Well, maybe you just want there to be one.
04:10Because I feel guilty.
04:11Is that it?
04:12Well, is it?
04:16Look, at least let me drive, eh?
04:18Your father was suffering from chronic liver failure as a result of acute alcoholism.
04:24Is that what killed him?
04:25More than likely.
04:27I've sent off samples of toxicology.
04:29We'll see what they say.
04:30I've told them it's a matter of some urgency.
04:32What about the bruising?
04:34According to the records, he visited his local GP about a week ago.
04:38She took a blood sample.
04:40Probably explains the bruising.
04:42So he's fit enough to go and see his doctor.
04:44And then he just suddenly dies.
04:47Maybe he hit the bottle.
04:50In his condition, one binge could have proved fatal.
04:53Post-mortem results.
04:55Appears to be natural causes.
04:57Chronic liver failure.
04:58Well, no surprises there, then.
05:00Still waiting on the toxicology.
05:01Yeah, I'm betting that'll come through 100%.
05:04This'll hit the boss bad.
05:05I mean, it would be easier if there was someone to blame.
05:08Yeah, anybody but himself, you mean?
05:11It gets worse.
05:12Going by the last time he opened his mail,
05:14his dad was lying dead for approximately a week.
05:17He came to see you last week?
05:19He'd been coming in regularly to get his bloods done.
05:22He was fighting to hang on.
05:24And had a drink in nearly six months.
05:26So why would he suddenly hit the bottle again?
05:29I didn't know that he had.
05:31Was he a diabetic?
05:32No.
05:33Why do you ask?
05:35He had a bruise on his arm.
05:37Blood test, probably.
05:39A bruise can flare up later, especially with the elderly.
05:42How did he see him last time you saw him?
05:45He did seem a little preoccupied.
05:47Like he had something on his mind.
05:52Nothing suspicious, then.
05:53She said he was worried about something.
05:55I want to know what it was.
05:57So where are we off to?
05:59Well, try his old haunts.
06:01I know he used to go to the local day centre.
06:17Hiya, can I help you?
06:18Police.
06:19We're looking for friends of Andrew Burke.
06:20Oh, I heard about that.
06:22It was a terrible thing.
06:23He was lying for days, wasn't he?
06:25He used to come in here regularly.
06:27Uh, Angie, is it?
06:28That's right.
06:29He sat with the usuals.
06:31The usuals?
06:32Over there.
06:34A few of them drop in from time to time.
06:36Old friends, that sort of thing.
06:38Some come, some go.
06:40And some die.
06:41True enough.
06:43There's only three of them left now.
06:45First old Ellen, and now Andrew.
06:48It's a right shame.
06:49Ellen.
06:50Ellen Phillips.
06:52She died a couple of months ago.
06:54Thanks, Angie.
07:01Hi, folks.
07:03Do you mind if we join you?
07:05No.
07:06We're police officers.
07:08We're looking into the death of Andrew Burke.
07:09Tom Gardner.
07:11Ah, it was a terrible shock.
07:13I mean, we knew he was ill, but still.
07:17I'm his son.
07:18Whose son?
07:20Andrew Burke's.
07:21Burke's not here right now.
07:23Andrew died, Billy, remember?
07:26He forgets things.
07:28Detector, chief inspector, isn't it?
07:31That's right.
07:32I'm Teresa.
07:33Teresa Braithwaite.
07:34Is there an investigation?
07:37No, it's just a routine thing.
07:39His doctor reckoned that he had something in his mind before he died.
07:42Oh, I think he was toiling with the drink problem.
07:46Six months in the wagon, but it was getting on top of him again.
07:51The lassie said that somebody else had died recently.
07:55Ellen, that's right.
07:56When was that?
07:57Oh, that's two months ago now.
08:00How did she die?
08:01Cancer.
08:02She died in the hospital.
08:04Who did?
08:05Ellen.
08:06You remember Ellen?
08:09Ellen's dead.
08:10She died a couple of months ago.
08:12Will you tell us about the funeral?
08:14And please, send her condolences to your brother.
08:20Shall we?
08:22Did I say something wrong?
08:25When did it happen?
08:26I found him this morning.
08:28You did?
08:29I thought I'd pay him a visit.
08:31Just as well, eh?
08:32What?
08:33I mean, just as well you paid him a visit for a change.
08:38I would have been here sooner if I'd get caught up with reporting it all.
08:42You know how that is.
08:43Right.
08:46Had they come, I suppose.
08:48Still.
08:51How long had he been lying?
08:54A while.
08:56A few days.
08:56We don't know you.
08:58I've been away.
09:00Used up north for a few days fishing.
09:02I mean, I rang him, but he wasn't in.
09:05I saw him just last week.
09:07I went to see him.
09:08Like I normally do every week.
09:16Was there, eh...
09:17Was there something bothering him?
09:19Struggling with a drink as usual, but...
09:22Where is he now?
09:24He's in the mortuary.
09:26They had to do a post-mortem.
09:27What for?
09:28Well, it's standard procedure.
09:29When somebody's found like that,
09:33they have to establish cause of death.
09:35You don't need a post-mortem to know it was the drink that killed him.
09:41Suppose I'll have to make arrangements.
09:43Ah, well, we have to wait for the pathology folk to finish.
09:46Right.
09:48I'll phone you.
09:50Still got my number, then.
10:05Forensics have checked out of the flat.
10:06There's no sign of any needles or diabetic equipment.
10:10The pathologist reckons it was a blood test that caused the breathing.
10:13Yeah.
10:15Still here, then?
10:20I don't know what he's like.
10:22Fraser.
10:24Hi, Pete.
10:26Toxicologist, sir.
10:28So what have you got?
10:31You're sure?
10:33Okay.
10:36He had a high dose of diamorphine in his body.
10:40Diamorphine?
10:41It looks like your father died of a heroin overdose.
10:54Go on, boss.
10:56You know how it is.
10:57He can't be involved in this.
10:58Somebody killed him, Robbie.
11:00We don't know that for sure.
11:01There were no needles found in the flat.
11:03Okay, so maybe he took it elsewhere and then came back home?
11:06No.
11:07That size of dose would have had an immediate effect.
11:09See?
11:10There you are.
11:11He couldn't have moved anywhere once he was injected.
11:13And what saw this?
11:14Where's the pictures?
11:15The body?
11:16The post-mortem?
11:17The connections?
11:17The leads?
11:18Where?
11:18Well, we didn't want to.
11:20What?
11:21Hurt my feelings?
11:22Get them up there.
11:23This is a murder investigation.
11:25You know that upstairs won't let you get involved in a personal case.
11:28Yeah, maybe so.
11:29They can't stop me working on other things, can they?
11:33Robbie, look at this.
11:36Two hundred thousand pounds.
11:38What is it?
11:39Documents we found at Andrew Burke's flat this morning.
11:41It's a savings plan with life assurance attached.
11:44Worth two hundred grand?
11:46Yeah, he's been paying into it most of his life.
11:48It says it's payable to his sons.
11:50Okay.
11:52I think I'll have to treat this as a motive.
12:11I think that he's paid for it.
12:15I think that he's been paying for it.
12:19I think I'm going to have to treat.
12:20I don't know.
12:21I don't know.
12:22I don't know.
12:44That there's Ellen Phillips, the one that died of cancer.
12:48In the hospital, he said.
12:50Aye, that's right.
12:51And the rest are away and all.
12:53Just the three of us left now.
12:55Me, Tom and Billy.
12:58Where is Billy?
12:59He'll have forgotten we were meeting up.
13:02No worries.
13:03Angie will drop something off at his place later.
13:07Why is Dr Vaughan in the picture?
13:09Oh, it was her birthday.
13:12We got wind of it.
13:13Put out a call for her to come here.
13:16And an emergency, like.
13:18I baked the cake.
13:20So you were all quite close to her?
13:22Ah, she's a good sort.
13:24You know, like some of the youngsters you get nowadays, eh?
13:26So, prescription.
13:28Next.
13:29Aye, she looks after you.
13:35So you're up north for how long?
13:38Just a few days away.
13:40Where about exactly?
13:41I took a wee cottage just up past Inverness.
13:44Can somebody confirm that?
13:46Why would you need it confirmed?
13:48There are some suspicious factors around your father's death.
13:51Suspicious?
13:52Just need to eliminate some possibilities.
13:56You mean I'm under suspicion?
13:58Did you know he had a savings plan?
14:06He mentioned something once.
14:11Look, I thought he died of natural causes.
14:14How did you book this cottage?
14:16Through an agency.
14:17Can you give us the details?
14:27That's the receipt.
14:34Oh, officers.
14:36Doctor.
14:37Billy, these are police officers.
14:39I know that.
14:41I'll pop back later to see you.
14:42Thanks, Doctor.
14:43Well, come in.
14:49Have you been feeling all right, Billy?
14:50Ach, it's just my head.
14:52I tend to forget things.
14:54Especially the tablets.
14:56Doctor Vaughn's been really good, though.
14:59Angie sent these over for you.
15:01Angie?
15:02I said I was supposed to meet up with Tom.
15:07It's okay.
15:08They understand.
15:09I just keep forgetting everything these days.
15:12Billy.
15:14Can you have a look at this picture for me?
15:16I'm okay with pictures.
15:19That's your dad.
15:21You were quite close to him, eh?
15:22Aye.
15:23It was me that killed him.
15:25You killed him?
15:27He was always going on about you.
15:29John this, John that.
15:31How did you kill him, Billy?
15:33Who?
15:34Andrew Burke.
15:36Andrew's dead.
15:40When did that happen?
15:43It's all right, Billy.
15:44Never mind.
15:45Doctor Vaughn said she would take care of him.
15:56Robbie.
15:58There was an Ellen Phillips who died in the hospital.
16:01Used to go to the same lunch club as my dad.
16:03I want you to go and talk to the doctor that signed her death certificate.
16:06Doctor Reb.
16:07Eh.
16:09Graham Fletcher?
16:11See if you can get him to talk about her illness.
16:12How she died, if there was anything unusual.
16:15And see if that GP, Marion Vaughn, was involved in any way.
16:18I thought we'd agreed that I would handle this case.
16:21I'm just offering you some advice.
16:22Also, he might want to think about following up on the heroin now.
16:25That must have come from somewhere.
16:27Well, yeah, of course.
16:28But listen, boss.
16:29Did you know your father had a savings plan worth over 200 grand?
16:33Sir?
16:35That's your brother at reception?
16:37What's he doing here?
16:44John, you want to tell me what's going on?
16:47Believe me.
16:47Your officers have been ruining my work.
16:49Asking questions.
16:51Asking me for an alibi.
16:55They found heroin in his body.
16:57Heroin?
16:59An overdose.
17:00That's what killed him.
17:02They mentioned his savings.
17:04I just heard about them.
17:06I got the impression they think I killed him for the money.
17:10Is that what you think?
17:13I loved him.
17:15I tried my best to look after him.
17:19I had done what I could.
17:21You can have the money.
17:25I don't want it.
17:27John, for...
17:41I love you.
17:44your brother you go bulldozing and asking questions which is supposed to
17:48think for god's sake the man just lost his father so have you see this is what
17:55I'm talking about this is why you should not be involved in this case John never
18:01killed him I can tell you that what you think he did I don't know and that is
18:09why I'm conducting an investigation are you suggesting I shouldn't you want to
18:15investigate something get yourself to that hospital
18:21Robbie
18:40did your brother give you a hard time he was entitled
18:49you've never really mentioned him before
18:55well me and John we never really had much in common
19:01now him and my dad they got on real well
19:03which is why I know he didn't kill him
19:10Ellen Phillips she has a surviving daughter
19:14Jane I've got a dress
19:20you can understand we have a lot of deaths to deal with oh here we go
19:24Ellen Phillips yeah I remember now she was terminally ill she had lung cancer
19:30complications pneumonia nothing unusual of nothing recorded here that's quite a
19:37common thing among lung cancer patients is there a post-mortem I don't think so
19:44let me check
19:47the doctor was asked she said no and our GP was Marion Vaughan that's right and no
19:55Marian well we went to uni together so would she been involved in treating
19:59mrs. Phillips once she'd been admitted no responsibility would have been
20:03transferred to me
20:18I know your mother recently passed away quite suddenly
20:22thank you
20:24I've just lost my father in some of the circumstances
20:33was there anything struck you as strange about your mother's death the suddenness of it you see she'd been told
20:41that she had six months maybe as much as a year to live
20:44two weeks after they told her she died
20:50I'm at the beginning I think that J.R. may well have shot himself
20:56the oldest member is Nigel a cheerful dad of two boys who's happy to play the joker joff
21:05but you didn't ask anyone about it at the time I wondered why they hadn't done a post-mortem
21:24I would have liked an explanation as to why she died so quickly
21:38pathologist
21:38yeah she's on her way
21:40forensics too
21:41who found her?
21:43Angie
21:44the volunteer from the day centre
21:46I dropped him with some breakfast for him
21:48he's just lying there
21:51what time was this?
21:53about nine
21:54quarter to nine
21:55I was on my way to work
21:57did you see anyone else around at the time?
21:59anything
22:00any family?
22:02none that I'm aware of
22:03and what about last night?
22:05did you drop in on him then?
22:07why would I?
22:09on your way home I mean
22:10you seem to be quite close to him you know?
22:13well you get attached to them don't you?
22:15seeing them every day
22:17doesn't mean you're like family or anything
22:19so you didn't see him last night?
22:20no
22:21I already said
22:24okay Miss Hamilton thanks we'll er
22:26we'll be in touch
22:31she seemed a bit on edge
22:33she just found a dead body
22:36yeah I suppose
22:38so
22:39Billy Watson had bruising on his arm
22:42same as my dad
22:44yeah we'll have to wear in pathology
22:46before we can connect the two
22:47oh come on Robbie
22:48it's got to be the same killer
22:50we heard Dr Vaughn mention
22:52she was popping back to see
22:53Billy Watson last night
22:54well when I looked into her history
22:56I found out she worked in a geriatric hospital
22:58for three years
22:59caring for the terminally ill
23:01why did she leave?
23:02according to one of the nurses
23:03she had a breakdown
23:04possible motive
23:05I mean these recent victims were terminally ill
23:09Ellen Phillips with cancer
23:10Billy Watson with Alzheimer's
23:12so maybe she was putting them out of their misery
23:15but Ellen Phillips died in hospital
23:17well she could have gone to see her just before she died
23:20I also found out that this Dr Fletcher
23:22was actually marrying Vaughn's boss at the hospital
23:24and there was a rumour he was more than that
23:27so he could be covering up for her
23:29if I was running this investigation
23:30I would have this Dr Vaughn in for a wee Q&A session
23:33well of course
23:35boss where are you off to?
23:37Ellen Phillips died of an overdose of morphine
23:40didn't she?
23:40I gave you the records
23:41I prescribed the appropriate dosage
23:43it was you that wrote up the records
23:44it would have been one of the nurses
23:46who administered the dose
23:47you can check with the staff nurse
23:48who was on duty
23:49nurse Jordan
23:49oh don't you worry that will
23:51tell me about Mary and Vaughn
23:52like I told the other officer
23:54we went to uni together
23:55you were her boss
23:56once you worked at the geriatric hospital
23:57weren't you?
23:58were you having an affair with her?
24:00look I've told you
24:01this has got nothing to do with Marion
24:04right now she's the only one in the frame
24:06she worked with a terminally ill
24:08she had a breakdown
24:09now she sees herself as some kind of angel of death
24:11I think the two of you had an affair
24:13and you're covering up for her
24:14no it was nothing like that
24:16Ellen Phillips died of an overdose didn't she?
24:21I suspected that was the case
24:23it was never proven
24:24because there was never a post-mortem
24:26because you never asked for one
24:28a woman was dying anyway
24:29I thought one of the nurses had made an error
24:32I had the hospital's reputation to think of
24:34well however you look at a doctor
24:35there's been a cover up here
24:37and we will be investigating it
24:41when was the last time you saw Billy Watson?
24:44what's happened?
24:45he was found dead this morning
24:47dead?
24:48he died between 9 and 12 last night
24:52can you account for your movements during that time?
24:56you're accusing me of what?
24:57killing him?
24:59did you?
25:01why would I want to kill Billy Watson?
25:04because of your time working with geriatrics
25:07all that suffering
25:09nothing you can do to prevent it
25:11can you even begin to imagine what it feels to witness that?
25:15day in day out
25:16I can imagine it feels impossible to cope with
25:21I took a break
25:23got away from it all for a while
25:24took stock
25:26realised I could still do something worthwhile as a GP
25:29by offering a quick and easy way out?
25:32no
25:33never
25:35that would go against everything I've ever believed in
25:38did you visit Billy last night?
25:40yes I did
25:41on my way home around 9 o'clock
25:43I called in to check if he was ok and he was fine when I left him
25:46are you having an affair with Dr Graham Fletcher?
25:49I don't see why that would be relevant
25:52it would give him a reason for covering up the fact that you visited Ellen Phillips whilst she was in
25:57hospital
25:58I never went near the hospital
26:13you ok?
26:15fine
26:17I went ahead and ordered a coffin
26:20good for you
26:22well somebody had to take care of things
26:24and you were always the one that did that weren't you?
26:28what's that supposed to mean?
26:30always phoning him
26:31always visiting
26:32when that was wrong was it?
26:34no
26:34I'll tell you your problem Matthew
26:36it's too late for you
26:38that's what this is
26:39too late
26:40and now you're wishing you'd phoned him
26:43now you'd like to check he's ok wouldn't you?
26:45I don't want to fight
26:46no here
26:47well don't go picking on me because you were a disgrace as a son
26:51you bastard
26:52go on
26:54go on then big man
27:02you're pathetic
27:03do you know that?
27:08ok bye
27:12that was the place in Inverness
27:13John Burke
27:14didn't arrive at the cottage until two days after his father died
27:24John Burke?
27:27what is it now?
27:33what's going on here?
27:36he's been lying sir
27:38John
27:39you told us you went up north for a break
27:43that's right
27:48this is the receipt
27:50for the booking of a cottage north of Inverness for four days
27:53can you confirm that's the same receipt you gave us?
27:58it is
28:00I don't understand
28:01and you stayed in this cottage for the full four days is that correct?
28:06I've already told you that
28:09there's a caretaker that looks after the cottages
28:12she made a statement to the fact that you didn't arrive at the cottage until the third day
28:18well
28:22I got delayed what does it matter?
28:24it matters because you lied to us
28:27why?
28:33I just forgot
28:34I didn't think it was important
28:36John you had an argument with your father
28:40just before he died is that right?
28:42an argument?
28:44at the day centre?
28:46about his drinking?
28:48ah that
28:51it was just the usual thing
28:55I went round the flat I found a bottle there
28:58they'd been doing really well
29:01I was just frustrated that's all
29:04John
29:07did you kill your father?
29:09how can you ask me that?
29:12well look at it from our point of view
29:15and it seems as if you booked this cottage to give yourself an alibi
29:21that's not how it was
29:24then tell us how it was
29:26let us help you here
29:37I went to the cottage
29:40I meant to get away
29:41I've been looking after him a lot
29:44the strain of him drinking again
29:46I just couldn't take that
29:47so I wanted to get away
29:50right? but
29:52like you said we had an argument
29:57I felt bad
29:58so I thought I'd
30:00go and patch things up with him
30:02you went to see him?
30:04that's right
30:05but he was
30:10I found him lying there
30:12he was dead
30:17I panicked
30:18I panicked
30:18I didn't know what to do
30:19I nearly reported it
30:22but
30:25I just
30:27went home
30:31I stayed there
30:34confused
30:36must have been the shock or something
30:40then
30:40then I thought
30:41what does it matter now?
30:45so I went up north
30:47and left him lying there
30:49I didn't know what to do
31:04I'm sorry I had to put the pressure on it boss
31:12think it through Robbie
31:14you really think John killed all those old folk?
31:17where's the logic in that?
31:19well if he was after the inheritance
31:20and killed them with some kind of smokescreen
31:23what? to cover up one murder?
31:25he did lie to us
31:26but he explained all that?
31:28he explained
31:29but he left the body lying there
31:32and went up north
31:34I mean he was away for a few days
31:35you'd think he'd have stopped panicking by then
31:38look
31:39if John was clever enough to invent all that
31:41he'd have been clever enough to realise his alibi wouldn't work
31:44now all this smokescreen theory is just a lot of nonsense
31:47John couldn't even begin to dream that up
31:50so he just panicked and
31:52you're happy with that explanation are you?
31:54I don't know what was in his head
31:55I do know it wasn't murder
32:15Noss Jordan you were in duty the day Ellen Phillips died
32:18I was
32:19I remembered it quite well
32:20because Mrs Phillips wasn't down as critical at the time
32:23so we were all a bit surprised when she went
32:26do you remember if she'd any visitors that day?
32:28she only had one visitor that day
32:30it was quite unusual
32:31what was that?
32:33well she was normally visited every single day by the same crowd
32:36her friends, quite a bunch of them
32:38old folk her age
32:39the day she died there was only one of them
32:42and he left just before she passed away
32:46can you see the man in this picture?
32:49yeah, that's him there
32:52you sure about that?
32:53certain?
32:54I remember speaking to him
32:57are you okay?
33:00that's my father
33:26you'll do
33:28let's go
33:38was my dad good friends with Ellen Phillips?
33:41as much as the rest of us
33:42he went to visit her the day she died
33:45we all used to go and see her in the hospital
33:47but he was the last one to visit her
33:50do you know if he ever fell out of anything?
33:52not that I'm aware of
33:53we're all good pals
33:55would it be okay with you if we held the funeral now?
34:13better
34:14better number one please
34:18better number two
34:21better number three
34:25better number three
34:26better number four
34:27stream people
34:33we are glad lord that now for Andrew
34:35all sickness and pain are ended
34:38even death itself is past
34:40we therefore commit his body to the ground
34:44earth to earth
34:45death
34:46ashes to ashes
34:48dust to dust
34:49the souls of the righteous
34:51and in the hands of God
34:53and there shall be God's men of God
34:56they are in peace
35:09you okay sir?
35:12yeah
35:14i'm fine
35:16you'll all go back to the station
35:19i'll be long enough
35:28for one
35:28not for heaven
35:29sure
35:37john
35:45i'm sorry i went for you
35:51Do you mind that on time you
35:53You hit me right in the face with a bow
35:55Nearly broke my nose
35:59You could hardly stand up for laughing
36:03Neither could he
36:05Is that what you want, Matt?
36:07The reminisce?
36:08Happy childhood?
36:09Fond memories?
36:12It's just
36:16Never mind
36:17You think I killed him?
36:22No
36:23I left him to rot, though, didn't I?
36:26You want to know why?
36:29You said you panicked
36:31I lied
36:33You left him on purpose
36:37Why?
36:40Because it was your turn
36:42All these years I sorted him out
36:44Cleaned him up
36:45I thought just once
36:46Just one time
36:48It was your turn to clean up the mess
36:50You were always the one that looked after him
36:52I did that right enough
36:56Always the right thing
36:58Always the good son
37:00And what did I get?
37:03See your brothers in the police force
37:05See your brothers a detective chief inspector
37:08Matter now
37:08Matt this
37:09Matt that
37:10You were the one that he loved, John
37:13Is that what you think?
37:16All he ever saw in me was everything that wasn't you
37:19I hardly wouldn't hear him
37:21You think that mattered?
37:23You were always his son
37:26I was just invisible
37:28Always there and never seen
37:32That's why I hated him
37:35And that's why I left him to rot
37:37I never knew
37:43Why should you?
37:44You never cared what he thought
37:46I did care
37:49I just never let him know
37:52Well
37:53There's your burden
37:56I'm short of mine now
38:00John, wait a minute
38:05We should keep in touch
38:07What for?
38:08Because that's what he would have wanted
38:12It's what I want
38:20I don't know
38:23Come here
38:33Go
38:36Let's go
38:37Take care
38:38Bye
38:38Bye
38:39Bye
38:40Bye
38:58What is it this time? More accusations?
39:02No, I need some information. You said you went to see Billy Watson at nine o'clock.
39:06That's right.
39:07Did you see anyone else there? Maybe outside his house?
39:10No, there was nobody. The street was empty at that time of night.
39:13And he went straight home?
39:14That's right. Well, I got stuck for a while with old Tom and Teresa.
39:18Where?
39:19I was walking home. I met them a couple of streets away from Billy's.
39:22They were out for a walk. Once you get chatting to them, you can never get away.
39:26Did they say where they were going?
39:27I never asked. Is it important?
39:30Tom Gardner and Teresa Braithwaite. Are either of them terminally ill?
39:35You know that's confidential.
39:37Doctor, there could be another life at stake here.
39:40I was counting on him.
39:45What's he talking about?
39:48They could be able to hear my own development in these inmates.
40:02And they were probably hoping that the shots would kill.
40:12It's too late.
40:14She's at peace now.
40:22Leave her be.
40:52You killed them all.
40:55Don't be daft.
40:57It was just my turn.
40:59You killed my father.
41:01I was there.
41:04I don't understand.
41:10Me, Billy Watson, Teresa, we were all there.
41:16All three of you.
41:18It was what your father wanted.
41:21See, we had an agreement.
41:24The last thing any of us wanted was a long, drawn-out, painful death.
41:29So we agreed that if anybody wanted to end it with dignity, the rest of us would accommodate him.
41:40A suicide pact?
41:42Well, more of a euthanasia pact.
41:49The heroine.
41:50Well, it's easy enough to get in the streets if you know who to talk to.
41:56I mean, it's much better, don't you think, to be the one to decide, to have a say in your
42:01own death.
42:03I mean, your father thought so.
42:08Matty, he was terminally ill.
42:12But it wouldn't be long before he was alone in some ward somewhere, been kept alive to suffer.
42:20Is that what you would have wanted for him, eh?
42:24He chose to die.
42:29Insisted.
42:34How long will it take?
42:37Not long.
42:38He'll just get tired and drop off.
42:42Andy.
42:45Last chance to change your mind.
42:52I wish Matty and Joan were here.
42:56You know that can't be.
43:02It's okay.
43:05It's what I want.
43:07So, do it.
43:09Now.
43:17So, you all took turns.
43:19Seemed the right way.
43:21Yeah.
43:23And my dad had to do Ellen Phillips.
43:26His choice.
43:31And what about you?
43:34Well, whoever was left at the end would have to take his own life when it came to it.
43:42That's me now.
43:45Unless you decide different.
43:47Hmm.
43:48Hmm.
43:50Hmm.
43:59Hmm.
44:00Hmm.
44:11Hmm.
44:20My boy will probably come looking for you, Lord.
44:25And if he does, tell him it's what I wanted.
44:30And tell him, leave it be.
44:35Robbie, it's over.
44:38I'll explain later.
44:42And tell him, I was always proud of him.
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