- 2 days ago
First broadcast 24th December 2009.
Three years earlier Jimmy Melville's corpse was found floating in a river.
Blythe Duff - DS Jackie Reid
John Michie - DI Robbie Ross
Alex Norton - DCI Matt Burke
Colin McCredie - DC Stuart Fraser
Finlay Robertson - Mark Joffe
Kim Thomson - Phyllis Wade
Jimmy Yuill - DCI Wilson
Rob Drummond - Shop Owner
Mairi Morrison - Jane Melville
Susan Coyle - Anne Scoular
Alan McHugh - ACC Strathairn
Charlene Boyd - Desk Sergeant
Puja Panchkoty - Female Student
Scott Hoatson - Brian McFarlane
Inga Stewart - Shop Assistant
Mike Edwards - TV Journalist
Three years earlier Jimmy Melville's corpse was found floating in a river.
Blythe Duff - DS Jackie Reid
John Michie - DI Robbie Ross
Alex Norton - DCI Matt Burke
Colin McCredie - DC Stuart Fraser
Finlay Robertson - Mark Joffe
Kim Thomson - Phyllis Wade
Jimmy Yuill - DCI Wilson
Rob Drummond - Shop Owner
Mairi Morrison - Jane Melville
Susan Coyle - Anne Scoular
Alan McHugh - ACC Strathairn
Charlene Boyd - Desk Sergeant
Puja Panchkoty - Female Student
Scott Hoatson - Brian McFarlane
Inga Stewart - Shop Assistant
Mike Edwards - TV Journalist
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00:28Christopher
00:30Christopher opened the boot, and there he lay, trussed up with rope, shivering in the chill
00:37night air. His bruised, half-naked body, a grotesque tangle of limbs in the cramped space.
00:45He looked up at Christopher, his expression abject, not pleading, not anymore. Hope was
00:55gone. He simply wanted it to end. Don't worry, it'll soon be over, he whispered, almost tenderly.
01:06Instantly, he was carried away down the fast, swirling current towards the shimmering ribbon
01:13of moonlight that dipped and darted over the water's surface, until finally, a cloud drifted
01:19across the face of the moon, and he was consumed by darkness.
01:31Two minutes.
01:39Hiya, boss.
01:40Hey, Julie.
01:42No, sorry. It's still not working. I'll just have to phone for authorisation.
01:48Sure. No worries.
02:10Everything okay?
02:22I would like a medium steak, please.
02:26Je voudrais l'entrecote à pointe, s'il vous plaît.
02:31Excuse me, but where are the toilets?
02:34Excusez-moi, mais où sont les toilettes?
02:37Boss.
02:38May I see the wife?
02:39Sorry, it's about this card fraud thing this morning.
02:42What card fraud, though?
02:43Coming on, though, eh?
02:44What?
02:44French.
02:45Oh, yeah, well, yeah, well, you know, I've had more time.
02:48No?
02:48Well, it sounds really good, sir.
02:51When do you actually take possession?
02:53Eh, go down to Brittany at the beginning of the month, see the notaire, and get the keys.
02:57Fantastic.
02:58Yeah, it's a bit of a dream come true, actually.
03:00A very own pied-Ã -terre in France.
03:02Roll on, retirement, eh?
03:04You wish.
03:04Anyway, the, eh, the arrest this morning at the phone shop.
03:08Looks like we might have got a break in the Melville murder case, sir.
03:11The Melville case?
03:12Yeah, you know, the guy who was found dead in the river three years back near you.
03:15The question was rhetorical, Robbie.
03:17I'm no senile yet.
03:18What about it?
03:19Stuart.
03:20The shop owner had a pile of mobile phones in the back shop.
03:23Her eye tracing the serial numbers.
03:24Turns out one belonged to the late James Melville.
03:27How did he explain it?
03:28He swears he knows nothing about it.
03:29Says he hoovers up cartloads of the stuff off eBay.
03:31I checked, and he's got a full transaction history, and there's a seller ID for the phone.
03:37Brian McFarlane.
03:38Got a work address, too.
03:39Right.
03:40You two finish up with Mr Phone Shop.
03:42Sure, now I'll go and see this McFarlane guy.
03:44Eh, he's jurisdiction this time.
03:46Ours.
03:47No more country cops angering for the big time.
03:50Can we do that, sir?
03:51Watch me.
03:52A tut-a-lure.
04:05What's this meant to be?
04:06It's a reflection on the formative tensions between the neoclassical and the modernist in Glasgow's architecture.
04:12Fascinating.
04:14How long have you worked here, Brian?
04:16How do you know my name?
04:18It's on your lapel.
04:20I'm DCI Burke.
04:22You sold a phone two years ago on eBay.
04:24I might have.
04:25You did.
04:26We've got the details here.
04:27Also, it was stolen.
04:30Well, I didn't steal it.
04:31The phone belonged to a dead man named James Melville.
04:33He was murdered three years ago.
04:36Murdered?
04:37That's right, Brian.
04:38Murdered.
04:39So where did you get it?
04:41Well, somebody gave me it.
04:42Honest.
04:42Who gave it to you?
04:43Told me it was a spare phone.
04:44Who?
04:47We can discuss this further down the station.
04:49No.
04:50No.
04:51It was...
04:53It was actually one of my lecturers at the university.
04:56Naming department.
05:03Well, look into this, Mr McFarlane.
05:06Then we could well be back in touch.
05:08Okay.
05:12So do you think he did it?
05:14Oh, definitely.
05:16Robbie, I need you and Jackie to check someone out for me.
05:20Macbeth was a magnificent creation, but it was with Hamlet that Mr Shakespeare truly excelled himself.
05:28This was the ultimate in betrayal, revenge, incest, moral bankruptcy, just like Hollyoaks, I hear you say.
05:43But there's more.
05:45But there's more.
05:46Ghosts.
05:46Murder.
05:47Madness.
05:48Suicide.
05:50And at the end, a bloodbath that even Tarantino would find excessive.
05:58That, however, is for next week.
06:02I thank you for your attention.
06:09Show off.
06:10I prefer show man.
06:13Sadly, they'd love it.
06:15Miss Wade?
06:17Yes.
06:18CID.
06:18Could we have a wart in private?
06:22Yes, of course.
06:24Mark, if you'll excuse me.
06:25Sure.
06:26This will.
06:29Maybe should I make it out, sure?
06:32See you very long.
06:34Maybe it's Paul.
06:35Brian McFarlane said that he got the phone from you.
06:40I'm sorry.
06:41I have a very vague recollection of this.
06:43It was two years ago.
06:45Was it your own phone?
06:47No.
06:48So where did it come from?
06:51I honestly can't remember.
06:54Very often, phones and other things get left in tutorial rooms by students, and they're never claimed.
06:58It was probably that.
07:01Excuse my asking, but why are you interested in a stolen phone from two years ago?
07:06We've been tracking a major criminal gang for some time now.
07:10It's all part of a bigger picture of fraud and identity theft.
07:15That sounds like dangerous work.
07:17Well, it can be.
07:18But you never know what to expect.
07:21Sometimes you can find yourself in the situation.
07:23The phone is just a small piece in the jigsaw, if you like.
07:26I see.
07:27Well, I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help.
07:29If you do remember anything, Miss Reed, feel free to give us a call.
07:32Of course.
07:38Is this the guy who was with you when we met?
07:41Yes, Mark lectures on our creative writing course.
07:44He's very popular with the students.
07:46Mark Joffey.
07:47Never heard of him.
07:49He's new.
07:49One of the rising stars of the British novel.
07:52Really?
07:53Should I buy it?
07:54Please, take one.
07:56Oh.
07:57Thanks very much.
07:59I enjoy a good book.
08:00Okay.
08:02We best be off.
08:10What?
08:11I thought I'd better get us out there before you ask her on a date.
08:14Oh, come on.
08:14It's technique.
08:15Get them relaxed.
08:16They talk more.
08:17You were chatting her up.
08:17Hey.
08:18Can I help her if she was coming on to me?
08:20Aye, in your dreams.
08:22So, what did we find out?
08:25Not a lot, but she did seem a bit nervous.
08:27Should we bring her in?
08:29Lean a bit hard?
08:30No.
08:31It's all circumstantial so far.
08:33Let's buy their time.
08:34Here.
08:35I'll never read this.
08:40Sir.
08:41Chief Inspector Wilson from the Ayrshire Divisions in your office waiting for you.
08:44Oh, for Christ's sake.
08:45Who told him?
08:47Well, when I found him with our phone details, it's procedure to post him on our network.
08:52Wonderful.
08:57Charlie, how are you?
08:58Matt.
08:59I'm very well, thank you.
09:00Please, sit down.
09:02Sit down.
09:03Sir, we've a break in the Melville case, then?
09:06Maybe.
09:07Too soon to say for sure.
09:09You got the details?
09:10Yeah.
09:10Good.
09:11Well, we'll keep you posted of any further developments.
09:15Matt, it's still my case.
09:18Charlie, Melville's body was found in your patch.
09:20But this new lead has surfaced in Glasgow.
09:23The dead man was from Glasgow.
09:25That puts the ball back in our court.
09:26Nonetheless, it is still my case.
09:30A case you never cracked.
09:31A case where every avenue is explored.
09:34Every dead end double-checked.
09:36We just didn't get a break.
09:38Until now.
09:39So, all right, let's set some ground rules.
09:42I'm leading this investigation.
09:43It's your turn to be an observer.
09:45And if that doesn't suit you, Charlie, you can take it upstairs.
09:48I don't care.
09:49That's the deal.
09:52Matt, I think it's time that we put egos aside, don't you?
09:55Well, the important thing here is that the killer is caught and the case is closed.
10:06Fine.
10:09Good, then.
10:14Hey.
10:15Hey.
10:15I just got an email from my agent.
10:17Apparently, the publisher wants to go ahead with the second edition.
10:19And they want me to go to the Frankfurt Book Fair to promote it.
10:23Oh, that's wonderful.
10:25Keeps going like this.
10:25I'll be able to dump the lecture.
10:27I've missed the adulation.
10:29You're right.
10:29So, have you been found out?
10:35Police.
10:36Do you remember giving me a mobile phone once?
10:39You said it was an old one.
10:40Maybe I could pass it on to a student.
10:42Hmm, maybe, yeah.
10:43Well, in any case, I did give it to a student who then sold it on eBay.
10:47Not a surprise.
10:48No.
10:48But the police have got a hold of it and they're saying it's a stolen phone and it's to do
10:52with a fraud gang or something.
10:54Really?
10:55Weird.
10:57Did you tell them you got it from me?
10:59Oh, I didn't.
11:00I just...
11:02Good girl.
11:03Throw them a false trail.
11:06I mean, I didn't want to get you involved.
11:09Why?
11:09Are they hustling you?
11:10No.
11:11I just told them I found it lying around and, yeah, they seemed happy with that.
11:16But that's true.
11:17It wasn't a spare one of mine.
11:18It was, um, one I found just lying around the campus or somewhere.
11:21Do you remember?
11:23No, not really.
11:24But I'll take your word for it.
11:27Anyway, enough already.
11:29Go and get me a coffee.
11:30Yes, ma'am.
11:33What we have to acknowledge is that so far, all of this is purely circumstantial.
11:37It's a chink of light in the case, but no more.
11:40Where's, uh, where's Jackie?
11:42I don't know, boss.
11:43I left her in the canteen.
11:45Right.
11:46Well, let's take them one by one.
11:48Phyllis Wade.
11:49Yeah, she's, um...
11:50University professor.
11:52Seems unlikely that she would be involved in anything like this.
11:54What?
11:55Too posh to be a killer?
11:56No, but no strong enough to manhandle a 13-stone man into a river.
12:00Unless she had help or she was an accomplice.
12:03Yeah, so, uh, so what about this boy McFarlane at the art gallery?
12:06Never mind that.
12:07What about this guy, Joffey?
12:09Who's Joffey?
12:10And where have you been, Jackie?
12:11Reading Mr. Joffey's book.
12:13Oh, he's a writer we met at the university today.
12:16Jackie, I told you...
12:17Are you with me, sir?
12:18How did James Melville die?
12:20Well, no murder weapon or weapons was ever found, but he'd been badly beaten.
12:24And, uh, there was a rope around his hands hanging loose,
12:26and they found marks on his neck which seemed to indicate that the rope had been part of a noose.
12:30That would have had the effect of slow strangulation.
12:32Every time he moved his hands, the noose would have tightened.
12:34Yes, but, uh, due to decomposition, the pathologist was never sure if it was that
12:38or drowning was the true cause of death.
12:40In other words, he might have been alive when he went into the river.
12:42That was a possibility.
12:43Yeah.
12:44Where is this going, Jackie?
12:45On page 27 of this book, there's a murder that's almost identical to the one you've just described.
12:54Well, we're all agreed it's macabre.
12:56Was it worth taking seriously?
12:58Jackie.
13:00Yeah, I think so.
13:01I mean, let's look at what we know.
13:03One, the mobile phone of the murder victim James Melville is discovered.
13:07Two, we learn that it's sold by some student geek, Brian McFarlane.
13:11Three, we further learn that he got it from his lecturer, Phyllis Wade, who apparently found it lying around a
13:16university somewhere.
13:17And four, Phyllis Wade's colleague is this writer.
13:20So what do we think?
13:22Well, why would anyone choose to incriminate themselves?
13:25Arrogance.
13:26Conceit.
13:27You think you've got away with something, maybe you want to flaunt it?
13:29Well, the book isn't proof.
13:31It's whether we can link Joffie to the victim Melville.
13:34Charlie, was there ever any connection with this guy Joffie?
13:36Definitely not.
13:37I'd never heard of him until now.
13:39Can I ask a question, sir?
13:40Oh.
13:40Was the killer's method ever made public?
13:47You know, you're right.
13:49Never was.
13:51We never went to the press with it.
13:53I think we should bring him in for questioning.
13:55Oh, no, let's not get carried away.
13:56No, no, no, I'm not getting carried away.
13:57I just think we've got enough to bring him in for questioning.
13:59And I go back to what I was saying earlier.
14:01This is all circumstantial.
14:02The burden of proof remains with us.
14:04You can be one hour alone in a room with him and I'll give you all the proof you need.
14:08We need to go back to basics here.
14:10Stuart, start digging into Joffie's background.
14:12See what you can find out without raising any alarm bells.
14:14We should also go back and see Melville's widow.
14:16What about this lecturer, Phyllis Wayne?
14:18No, we've got to steer clear of her just now because of her connection with Joffie.
14:21It's too risky.
14:22So you and Jackie, go and see Mrs. Melville.
14:24Oh, for God's sake.
14:25It's all in the original statement.
14:27I mean, Mrs. Melville couldn't help us then.
14:29I don't know how she's going to help us now.
14:30We're just wasting time.
14:33A word in my office, DCI Wilson.
14:43Don't ever contradict me in front of my officers again.
14:47That's fair enough.
14:48I was out of order.
14:49I just think we've got an opportunity here.
14:51To do what?
14:52Make complete fools of ourselves.
14:54This guy writes about a murder so he must have done it.
14:55All I'm saying is if we bring him in, we might find out.
14:59You, DCI Wilson, and your capacity as observer are not going to do anything.
15:04This is my jurisdiction, remember?
15:07And I'm not taking this anywhere near the fiscal until I have concrete corroborance of evidence.
15:12Do we understand each other?
15:17Yes.
15:28Mrs. Melville?
15:30Yes.
15:31CID.
15:33Is it about James?
15:35Has there been an arrest?
15:37Can we come in?
15:44So, what's happened?
15:46Your husband's mobile phone's been found.
15:49Who had it?
15:50The guy who said that he got it on eBay.
15:53So, you have made an arrest?
15:56Eh, no, we can't at this stage.
15:59So, why are you here?
16:01Well, we're a new team on this case, and we just want to make sure that nothing was missed
16:07the first time round.
16:08Is that your daughter?
16:13Yes.
16:16Chloe was born eight months after James disappeared.
16:24I'm sorry to ask you this, Mrs. Melville, but did you have a good relationship with your
16:27husband before his disappearance?
16:34No.
16:37I suspected he was having an affair.
16:41Did you tell the police at the time?
16:43Yes.
16:44But nothing came of it.
16:46Did you confront your husband?
16:49No.
16:51You see, I wanted a baby, and I...
16:55I stopped taking contraception without his knowledge.
17:02I thought a baby might be the thing that would...
17:05bring us back together.
17:21Oh, hi.
17:22My name's Gavin Anderson, and I'm doing a piece for Times Out magazine about the author,
17:27Mark Joffe.
17:28I understand that you were one of his tutors at university.
17:32So, did you think he'd make the grade as a writer?
17:35Yep.
17:37And how was he in class?
17:38Was he outspoken, or was he introverted?
17:56Any dedication?
17:57Uh, yes, it's to my niece, Angela.
18:02There you go.
18:06Thanks.
18:07Uh, when did you start writing the book?
18:09Oh, the idea has been around for ages, but, um, I probably got going about two years ago.
18:14Right.
18:15Thanks again.
18:19I don't know what I can tell you that I didn't tell your colleague yesterday.
18:22I just want to clear up one or two points.
18:25Such as?
18:26This mobile phone business.
18:28Not again.
18:29I really don't know how I can help.
18:32Isn't this more of a question for the people you've arrested for fraud?
18:35Ah.
18:36Murder takes precedence over fraud.
18:39Murder?
18:40Don't you know?
18:41Know what?
18:44This phone originally belonged to a murder victim.
18:47What?
18:48How well do you know Mark Joffe?
18:50What's Mark got to do with this?
18:52This new book of his, it's, uh, strange stuff, isn't it, eh?
18:58Perhaps, but quite brilliant.
19:02So, uh, what about him as a person?
19:06He's a valued colleague and much liked by the students.
19:11Why are you interested in Mark?
19:13I think I should explain why I'm really here.
19:16Oh, but, uh, before I do, I, uh, I have to have your assurance of what I say.
19:20Doesn't it go beyond these four walls?
19:24Um, of course.
19:27Well, he seemed plausible enough, but then again, how often have we said that?
19:31Stuart, how'd you go on?
19:32I spoke to a couple of people that were at university with Joffe.
19:35I don't think he could have got a better report if he'd done it himself.
19:37What about the widow?
19:38Well, she told us she suspected her husband of having an affair.
19:41Had said as much to the first investigation team.
19:43Yeah, I looked back on his statements and she did mention it, but there was no follow-up.
19:48Speaking of which, where is Wurzel Gummidge?
19:50Oh, he went out about an hour ago.
19:52I don't know where to.
19:53Probably the tatty-hawking.
19:55Right, tomorrow I want you all to troll through the case file.
19:57This alleged affair of Melville's could be a vital lead.
20:00Let's see if there's anything in the file that's been overlooked.
20:04Mark, it's me.
20:05We need to talk.
20:07No, not on the phone.
20:09Come to my office after classes.
20:11Okay.
20:30Why all the mystery?
20:34The police were back this afternoon.
20:40Really?
20:41A different detective.
20:44Mark.
20:47I don't know how to say this.
20:49What?
20:52What is it?
20:54That mobile phone.
20:58It belonged to a murder victim in an unsolved case.
21:03What?
21:05A man called James Melville who was murdered three years ago.
21:12Jesus.
21:14It gets worse.
21:16What do you mean?
21:19They've read your book.
21:22They now regard you as a suspect.
21:31This is a joke, right?
21:33No, I'm afraid it isn't.
21:35Yes, it is.
21:36What the hell are you talking about?
21:37It's insane.
21:39They're saying the method of killing in the book
21:42is very similar to the real murder.
21:45That's absurd.
21:48There must have been about a million people murdered like that.
21:51It's a phone, Mark.
21:52They think it's more than a coincidence
21:54that it turned up at the university.
21:56You didn't tell them I'd found it.
21:58No, no.
21:59But I'm worried.
22:01I've lied to the police.
22:03Never mind that.
22:04This doesn't make sense.
22:05Why is he coming and telling you all this?
22:08He made me promise to keep it to myself.
22:11No.
22:12He doesn't expect you'll do that.
22:16This is a tactic.
22:19He knows you'd come and tell me.
22:20He wants to...
22:22He's trying to flush us out or something.
22:26Flush us out?
22:27He wants to see how we'll react.
22:34Mark.
22:38I'm sorry.
22:39I...
22:41I have to ask you.
22:45Oh, Phyllis.
22:50Phyllis.
22:53They've poisoned you.
22:56I'm sorry, Mark.
22:58I take it back.
22:59I'm truly sorry.
23:00Really, I am.
23:01Look at me.
23:03Look at me.
23:04No, it's okay.
23:05I take it back.
23:08Phyllis.
23:10Look at me.
23:21I had nothing to do with it.
23:28It's fiction, remember?
23:31I know.
23:34I know.
23:36Why are they doing this to you?
23:39Well, they're not getting away with it.
23:43We're going on the attack.
24:09It's a police assault, an artistic expression.
24:12It's an attractive redhead English professor, Phyllis Wade, 41.
24:16She went on to give a damning indictment of how the PC plods put two and two together and came
24:22up with five.
24:23She said that Mr. Joffe, a lecturer in her department, was in a state of shock that his murderous fable
24:28was being treated as reality.
24:30I even got my very own name check in here next to Charlie bloody Wilson.
24:35Have you seen this?
24:36Um, Matt, I...
24:38Can I ask you, as one PC plod to another, what in God's name he thought you were doing?
24:44Well, you said yourself that you thought she was hiding something.
24:47So I thought, well, I thought, when I thought if I was to push her, then she might crack.
24:51Dear Sreen.
24:51Oh, she went to pieces, didn't she, Charlie?
24:55She wiped the bastard and floor with us!
24:57Okay, thanks.
25:00Sir.
25:01Sorry.
25:02That was Assistant Chief Constable Strathairn's office.
25:05He wants to see you.
25:07I'm DCI Wilson, straight away.
25:17And the President of the Students' Union called this morning.
25:20He's taken a debate for this week.
25:22Can art survive in a police state?
25:24They're right behind you.
25:26Thanks, Phyllis.
25:26You did really well with the newspapers.
25:28Well, that tabloid guy worries me.
25:30He doesn't care about us.
25:31He just wants a juicy story.
25:33Well, he got what he wanted.
25:34But then, so do we.
25:36It's all going to be fun.
25:37I hope so.
25:39Go on, they're waiting.
25:50We've been working hard at public relations in this force.
25:54I'd say that puts us back, oh, ten years.
25:59So, apart from a mobile phone and a passage in a book, is there anything that remotely resembles evidence?
26:07No, sir.
26:08Not yet.
26:12With officers of your experience, I shouldn't have to do this.
26:16But can I just remind you both that we deal in facts, not fiction or conjecture.
26:21Sir, it was...
26:21It was an error of judgment on my part, sir, for which I take full responsibility.
26:29So, do you intend to pursue this line of inquiry?
26:34This mess, notwithstanding, sir, I still feel that we should, yes.
26:38And what did you base that on?
26:39My gut instinct tells me that we're on to something.
26:42In that case, can I have your assurance that your instinct won't be confused with concrete facts before further action
26:48is taken?
26:49Yes, sir.
26:50Of course.
27:02Thanks, Matt.
27:02Before you get too grateful, Charlie, I didn't do it for you.
27:05I did it to draw a line under your involvement in this case.
27:08Give my regards to the country cousins.
27:12We put one foot wrong now and I'll be a full-time onion, Johnny, before you can see au revoir,
27:16Patron.
27:17So, what about DCI Wilson?
27:18He took the early retirement option.
27:21Well, we're getting somewhere with Melville's mystery lover.
27:23Take a look at this.
27:25Emails from his computer.
27:26To the username Pandora, our webmail address.
27:30Now, there's quite a few of them and they're all about arranging places to meet.
27:33Who are the Santa?
27:34Eh, Stuart's on to.
27:35We don't know yet.
27:36We can't get into this Pandora's account.
27:38I sent them over to our IT boys.
27:40They're trying to hack into the encryption right now.
27:42Hey.
27:43Hi.
27:44Got my new time, Tevin?
27:46Uh, yeah.
27:49Are you okay?
27:51Look.
27:55Joffie has blood on his hands.
27:57Be careful, you're not the next victim.
27:59Anonymous sender.
28:00Crank.
28:01I suppose we can expect that from now and ignore it.
28:04It still worries me.
28:06Lying to the police about the phone.
28:08Are you going to grasp on me?
28:09No.
28:10Of course not.
28:12I'm joking.
28:17Come on, lighten up.
28:20Sorry.
28:22I don't know what's wrong with me.
28:27Chill.
28:28Okay?
28:30See you later.
28:34Boss, the IT boys have got an eye dent and Melville's lover.
28:37Yep, her name's Anne Schooley.
28:40Lives in a cottage at the Bank of Beyond.
28:41Good.
28:42Let's check her out.
28:43Sir, that was reception.
28:45Mark Joffie's here to see you.
28:47Well, well.
28:48His plod thickens.
28:49Shall I bring him to your office?
28:51No, I'll see him upstairs.
28:52Keep him waiting.
28:54And, uh, Stuart.
28:56Give me a stenographer.
28:58Yes, sir.
29:07Mr. Joffie.
29:09Detective Chief Inspector Buck.
29:16Wow.
29:19It was well worth the wait.
29:21This is just how I imagined it.
29:23Dark.
29:24Claustrophobic.
29:25Intimidating.
29:27It's even got the unseen eyes looking on.
29:29Very cath-gas.
29:31Please.
29:32Take a seat.
29:53So, how can I help you?
29:55Do I need your help?
29:56I think you do, yes.
29:59And why would that be?
30:00You seem to have trouble distinguishing fact from fiction.
30:03You don't want to believe everything you read in the papers.
30:07It's a common misconception, people confusing the character with the author.
30:13It's funny, but I don't feel confused.
30:15But then maybe that's because I stick to the facts.
30:18Well, as Nietzsche said, there are no facts.
30:22Only interpretations.
30:24That's why he never made detective.
30:26Took up philosophy instead.
30:32I know what you're doing to Phyllis.
30:35It's a classic police tactic.
30:38Undermine her.
30:39Make her feel guilty of something.
30:41Apply the right kind of psychological pressure and she'll end up believing it herself.
30:46Gosh.
30:47I didn't realise we were so clever.
30:50The email you sent, Phyllis, wasn't so clever, though.
30:53What email would that be?
30:56I'm not here to defend myself.
30:58Plenty of others are doing that for me right now,
31:01but I will not stand by and watch a colleague's reputation being torn apart.
31:06How noble.
31:10It's interesting for me, as a writer, how you want to be part of the narrative.
31:15To change the story to suit your own needs.
31:19Funny you should say that, because I have, in fact, been working in a rewrite of my own.
31:24Please excuse my amateur scribblings.
31:26This is just a rough draft.
31:27I thought maybe you could give it a final polish and just, I don't know, maybe autograph the bottom for
31:33me.
31:36A confession?
31:37Well, I'd say that you've already done that in a way.
31:40This is just to make it official.
31:41This really is pathetic.
31:44It needs more work, then.
31:47You are a contemptible little man.
32:00Well, if he's not our killer, then we're all back in the beat with Nietzsche.
32:26Try the back.
32:37And, schooler.
32:40It's okay.
32:41You're all right.
32:43I'm a police officer.
32:47Sir, there's someone to see you.
32:50Charlie, I thought I made it clear.
32:51It's okay, Matt.
32:52I know the deal.
32:53I'll be gone in a minute.
32:54Just hear me out.
32:55What is it?
32:56When the case was new, we posted details up on the Crimewatch website, okay?
33:00Asking for information.
33:01So I decided to go back and look at the responses.
33:04And?
33:05Someone replied from Prague.
33:06There was another from Madrid.
33:08There was one from Vilnius, Lithuania, for quite a sake.
33:11Well, that's the internet for you, Charlie.
33:13Smart arses we planted to see and most of it's shite.
33:16Aye.
33:16Well, I decided to trust my gut instincts this time.
33:18So I took the dates of the hits on the website, and I cross-checked them with the university records
33:23of Joffie's attendances at conferences abroad.
33:26All the hits on the websites matched up with Joffie's stays in those countries.
33:32That bastard's been trying to rewrite this story all along.
33:35Yeah.
33:36What was in the emails?
33:38Well, they were all variations of the same theme.
33:40The cops are dumb.
33:41They wouldn't get a conviction unless they found the murder weapon.
33:45Good work, Charlie.
33:50Yes, I had a relationship with James Melville.
33:53And when did your relationship end?
33:57A couple of months before he was murdered.
33:59Do you know something about James Melville's mother?
34:02Were you an accomplice, is that it?
34:04No.
34:05You don't understand.
34:07Well, Anne, why don't you help us too?
34:10I was forced to end my relationship with James.
34:14Forced?
34:15By whom?
34:18A man called Mark Joffie.
34:23And what hold did this Mark Joffie have over you?
34:29I had a relationship with Mark.
34:31About four years ago.
34:34I had a very nasty break-up.
34:36In what way?
34:38He was very jealous.
34:40Always accusing me of flirting.
34:43In public, he was perfectly charming.
34:46And it got so I was terrified.
34:49I moved to Edinburgh to get away from him.
34:53It was around this time I started seeing James.
34:57And did Mark Joffie know about this?
35:00Yes.
35:02Mark turned up on my doorstep.
35:05Screaming at me.
35:07Asking me how did I feel about fucking a married man.
35:10So did you tell James Melville what Joffie was doing?
35:14No.
35:16Mark got me too scared.
35:19So I broke it off with James.
35:24A couple of weeks later, I find out James had been found in a river.
35:32Murdered.
35:36I was hysterical.
35:38I called Mark and accused him.
35:40But he just laughed at me.
35:43So you knew all of this?
35:46Did you tell the police?
35:47A man had been murdered.
35:48I had my reasons.
35:50What?
35:51Did he threaten you?
35:51No, not me.
35:54My daughter, Martha.
35:57In that same call, he said to me if I ever breathed a word of this to anyone, he'd kill
36:05Martha.
36:08Well, this is all progress.
36:09There's still not enough to justify us making an arrest.
36:12Sir, I just did a call.
36:14Joffie's in the news.
36:15What?
36:18So you're saying the police tried to force you to sign a confession?
36:21What they do, Mike, is create an atmosphere of intimidation, a tactic we're all now familiar with from Guantanamo Bay.
36:30Chief Inspector Burke has said I have, in effect, already confessed, so why don't I just make it official?
36:36He is acting as my judge, jury and executioner.
36:41So what's the next step for you, Mr Joffie, in trying to clear your name?
36:43I will be taking legal advice, but there is every chance I will be suing the police for defamation.
36:50It's the least I can do.
36:51Oh, little shit!
36:53Yeah, it's weird.
36:54He really thinks he's invincible, doesn't he?
36:57So what now, sir?
37:00Joffie came to see me for a reason.
37:03I think he was afraid his cover was going to be blown.
37:06Now, who might do that?
37:10Afternoon, Miss Wade.
37:11Yes?
37:12DCI Buck, or PC Plod to you.
37:15What now?
37:16You surprised me this week, so I thought I'd return the compliment.
37:19Are you sure this is advisable?
37:21The hotline to your journalist friends.
37:23Yes, well, they might be interested to hear my news.
37:26See, I've been thinking about things about how you defended Joffie and been his champion and all,
37:30and I asked myself, why would anybody go to such extraordinary lengths, risk their own reputation?
37:35Some of us do care about justice.
37:37And then it came to me in a blinding flash.
37:40She's in love with him.
37:41Of course.
37:42A woman of a certain age, grateful for a younger lover.
37:45And we all know how love can be blind.
37:47Yes, I'm in love with Mark, and I don't care who knows it.
37:50But that doesn't alter the fact that he's being victimised.
37:53Whose idea was that he'd go to the press in the first place?
37:55You as or his?
37:57Yeah.
37:58I thought so.
37:59He's been playing you all along.
38:01Rubbish.
38:01You're just trying to put a spin on this, to obscure the fact that he's being persecuted.
38:05Would you like to hear about some of the women that he's persecuted in the past?
38:09About how we have it on record that he threatened to kill the daughter of his ex-girlfriend.
38:12What?
38:13That was after he found out she was having an affair with James Melville.
38:16You know, the same James Melville that was murdered.
38:19Well, let's not confuse fact with fiction, eh?
38:51I've got to go.
38:52I've got an essay, remember?
38:54Yeah, I'll mark you.
38:55Come here.
39:02Call me.
39:03I will.
39:04Yeah, I know you will.
39:06Night.
39:06Night, night.
39:09Night.
39:26So, now you know he's been two-timing you, your memory suddenly improves.
39:30It's about trust.
39:34I believed he was telling the truth about that phone.
39:37It's funny how you can talk about trust and truth, and yet you lied to us.
39:45I loved him and wanted to protect him.
39:49I told you.
39:51You were blind to him.
39:54You had me pilloried in the press.
39:57You put my job on the line.
39:59And while you were giving up big licks about the Philistine police force and a whole other bunch of liberal
40:03bullshit,
40:04Loverboy was getting away with murder.
40:07I'm sorry.
40:11Sorry's not good enough.
40:16Mark.
40:16Phyllis.
40:18What's wrong?
40:19The police have been questioning me again.
40:22Fucking hell!
40:22Will they never give up?
40:29I thought my TV appearance would finish it.
40:35What did they want this time?
40:38They've been back to the scene of the crime.
40:40They're lying.
40:42The papers said no one knew for sure where the guy was murdered.
40:46Well, the area where he was found or something.
40:50They say they're combing it once more tomorrow and searching for something that might have been overlooked in the original
40:58investigation.
41:01Why should I worry about that?
41:02I'm in the clear, remember?
41:05Of course.
41:07I know.
41:09Phyllis.
41:12They're getting to you.
41:16It's all bluff.
41:17Take it easy.
41:20You think so?
41:21I know so.
41:26Look, I'll ask you to stay over here tonight, but I'm up to my ears and her says.
41:30Oh, that's all right.
41:31Don't worry.
41:32Listen, go home.
41:33Have a hot bath.
41:35And a large gin.
41:37And you'll be fine.
41:38Okay.
41:39Okay, I'll do that.
41:40I'll see you tomorrow.
41:41Hey.
41:42Hey.
41:45I love you.
41:50I love you, too.
41:52Good night.
42:01She's coming back to you.
42:09It's all right, Miss Wade.
42:11It's all right.
42:12You've done well.
42:40He's on his way.
42:41He's on his way.
42:57In the days that followed, Christopher scanned the newspapers daily.
43:01It was almost a week before the press reported the discovery of a body in a local river.
43:06In the article, a policeman said that despite decomposition, there were signs that pointed
43:12to foul play.
43:14A wry smile played across his lips as he read this.
43:17Foul play.
43:19That wonderful euphemism lending a genteel air to the monstrous scope of human depravity.
43:28As the weeks and months went by, and with the police floundering and the investigation
43:33going nowhere, Christopher took secret pride in the newspaper's description of what they
43:39called the perfect crime.
43:41But his sense of satisfaction was fleeting when he realized that no one would ever really
43:46know the full extent of his ingenuity.
44:14Well, Mr. Joffey, your cleverness finally caught up with you.
44:18All you had to do was sit tight and watch this blunder on.
44:22But you couldn't do that, could you?
44:24Your arrogance wouldn't let you.
44:30The fact and interpretation's my arse.
44:34All right, Charlie.
44:36Book him.
44:40Mark Joffey, I'm arresting you for the murder of James Melville.
44:43You have the right to remain silent, but everything you do say will be noted.
44:47Guarded until funny.
44:47It may be used in evidence.
44:49Basically.
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