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Shock waves ripple through the Bay in the wake of the explosive climax to the ‘Who killed Josh West?’ mystery.
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00:01Are you sure this isn't Colleen's love potion talking?
00:05I'm willing to find out if you are.
00:09Well, just remember, you start at this.
00:19I need to see you today, and the matter is not open for discussion.
00:25Because I believe you are the person responsible for the murder of Joshua West.
00:33You better come in.
00:40You know we belong together.
00:45You and I forever and ever.
00:49No matter where you are.
00:53You're my guiding star.
00:56You're my guiding star.
00:58Hold me in your arms.
01:00Don't let me go.
01:02I want to stay forever.
01:06Closer each day.
01:09Home and away.
01:16So, was I right?
01:20Did you kill Josh West?
01:33How did you figure it out?
01:40Well, initially I wasn't aware that your file was amongst those stolen from my office.
01:45And then when I did realize it, and that the pages talking about Kerry's death were missing.
01:55It's not like I set out to kill the man.
01:57Quite the contrary.
02:03I went to his office to confront him about a letter I received regarding the acquisition of school grounds.
02:07For Project 56.
02:09Yes.
02:11When I got there, Amanda Vale had beaten me to the mall.
02:14But you're out of your mind.
02:15No, I was out of my mind to ever get involved with you, Josh.
02:18They were arguing.
02:19Amanda had pulled a gun on Josh.
02:23Well, what did you do?
02:24I panicked.
02:25I got out of there as quickly as I could.
02:27Whatever they were arguing about, I didn't want to get involved.
02:29So you chose to say nothing to anyone?
02:31I was angry about what Josh was planning to do, the lives he was going to destroy.
02:38It's a dreadful thing to admit, but...
02:41Part of me was hoping that Amanda had pulled the trigger.
02:44And solved the town's problems once and for all.
02:48But you didn't?
02:50No.
02:53So you went back to his office later that night?
02:57Yes.
03:00And it was to prove a fatal mistake.
03:17What are you doing here?
03:19I've come to talk to you about this.
03:21Ah, yes. The, uh...
03:23Acquisition of school grounds.
03:25I thought that might come as a bit of a surprise.
03:27You can't do this.
03:28Too late.
03:29Already have.
03:30We'll be losing half the school to make way for your rich and freeway.
03:33And if you include the oval, it actually comes to over half.
03:37What about the students?
03:38Their future?
03:39Doesn't that mean anything to you?
03:42No, not really.
03:44I mean, who needs an HSC to wax a surfboard anyway?
03:48You're the most vile, immoral creature I've ever met.
03:51I guess that makes two of us.
03:56Oh, come on, don't be so naive, Barry.
03:57You know exactly what I'm talking about.
04:00What do you need a little reminder?
04:03What's that?
04:03Oh, it's a little something I picked up from Morag.
04:07The missing files.
04:08Mm.
04:08And I've got to tell you, it's a hell of a read.
04:10Who would have thought that there were so many dirty, dark little secrets in one town?
04:15Oh, but then again, that wouldn't come as a surprise to you, would it?
04:18Being the man with the biggest secret of them all.
04:20Give me those!
04:21Ah!
04:22Temper, temper.
04:25Now that's what got you into trouble with your wife in the first place, isn't it?
04:30I'm afraid that you've underestimated me.
04:35See, I don't care about myself, I never have.
04:39I've lived with that secret for 18 years.
04:41And if the truth were to come out now,
04:45then I'm willing to suffer the consequences.
04:48Go to the police, do what you like.
04:51I won't bow down to your threats.
04:53Ooh.
04:54Very noble of you, Barry.
04:56But I think you're forgetting one thing.
04:58You see, in here it says that Kim knows all about you killing his mother.
05:03But for some reason, he never turned you into the police.
05:06Lucky for me, because that makes him an accessory to murder.
05:09Leave Kim out of this.
05:11Why?
05:12He's just as much a part of this as you are.
05:14No, he's not!
05:14And he doesn't deserve to go to jail for something that I did.
05:17Then give me your support for Project 56.
05:19Never!
05:21Okay.
05:22Fine.
05:24Well, you leave me with no choice.
05:26Have a nice time inside, Barry.
05:28And I wouldn't worry too much about your son.
05:30With his good looks, he's bound to make a lot of friends inside.
05:34Give me those!
05:35Let go of them!
05:36Ah!
05:37Bull!
05:41Drop it!
05:42No!
05:43Drop the gun!
05:44No!
05:44I said drop it!
05:48I was stunned when I realized what had happened.
05:54I didn't know what to do, how to react.
05:59I searched for a pulse.
06:00I searched for a pulse.
06:03He's gone.
06:06Sir, it was an accident.
06:09I never expected that Josh would be shot.
06:13So you covered up his death to protect your son?
06:16Yes.
06:17I took the pistol.
06:22Written the pages from the file.
06:27Then I searched the office to make sure there wasn't a duplicate.
06:31That's when I found the documents that...
06:33proved that Josh was linked to Project 56.
06:36Oh, the documents I found on the windscreen of my car.
06:39You put them there.
06:40Yes.
06:41At least one good thing's come out of all of this.
06:43I continued to search the office till I was interrupted.
07:03I knew that innocent people were going to be harassed by the police.
07:07But my reasons for doing it were very clear.
07:11I had to protect my son.
07:15And what about you?
07:16What about Robert Radcliffe?
07:17Did you have anything to do with his disappearance?
07:19No, Radcliffe took a photo of me when I left the council office that night.
07:23He knew what I'd done.
07:26He said he was prepared to go to the police unless I paid him off.
07:30So you did?
07:31Of course.
07:32I met with him, gave him what he wanted and got the photo in return.
07:35And you have no idea what happened to him after that?
07:38What do you mean the blood that was found at the crime scene?
07:40I had nothing to do with that.
07:42Radcliffe was worried that the police were going to catch up with him.
07:44And I assumed that he faked his own disappearance.
07:48The man was nefarious.
07:49I wouldn't put it past it.
07:50I'm sorry, Barry, but I just had to ask.
07:53I understand.
07:55These last eight weeks have been torture for me.
07:59Watching innocent people being questioned by the police.
08:01There were so many times I wanted to give myself up.
08:04But every time I had to remind myself of the reason why I couldn't.
08:10Him.
08:13And you.
08:16You've been kind enough to keep the truth about Kerry to yourself all these months.
08:21I couldn't let you get into trouble as well.
08:27I suppose the only thing left to ask is whether you'll continue to keep my secrets.
08:37Morag?
09:04Barry Hyde, you are being formally charged with the murders of Joshua West and Kerry Hyde.
09:09You will be remanded in custody until a bail hearing at which time you will appear before Yabby Creek District
09:14Court.
09:16You are not obliged to say anything further, but anything you do wish to say may be taken down and
09:20used in evidence.
09:27It seems Josh West was the one who stole the pistol from Martha's car.
09:31Barry's given us a positive ID on the weapon. He's also admitted that he was the one who buried it
09:34in the bush.
09:35Certainly making it easy for us.
09:36I guess there's no reason for him to hide anything now.
09:39Where is he? I want to see him.
09:40I need you to be calm, mate.
09:42What have you charged him with?
09:43Two counts of murder, Josh West and your mother.
09:46We'll be holding him here until the committal hearing, but given the seriousness of the crime, it's unlikely he'll get
09:50bail.
09:51I want to see him.
09:52Lincoln will be able to keep an eye on him.
09:56Alright, follow me.
10:00Are you coming?
10:10I'm so sorry.
10:22Moreau told me what happened. That it was an accident.
10:25Dad, why did you try to cover it up?
10:27I have to protect you from Josh.
10:29I can look after myself.
10:30It was threatening to tell the police that you knew about your mother's murder.
10:33You would have gone to jail too. I had no choice.
10:34And I chose to keep that secret.
10:36And I was prepared to suffer the consequences if it ever came out.
10:39You're my son. It was going to hurt you. I did what I thought was right.
10:42Yeah, now you're in here.
10:44Yes.
10:46Somewhere I should have been a long time ago.
10:49Good.
10:52There's a certain irony to all this, don't you think?
10:56What I did to your mother was inexcusable.
10:59And I've lived with that secret for longer than I care to remember.
11:02But maybe it's right that things have turned out this way.
11:04Dad, but what happened to Josh? It was an accident.
11:07You didn't set out to murder the guy.
11:10I've had blood on my hands for a long time, Kim.
11:13I deserve to be punished for what I've done past and present.
11:18I know it's not easy for you.
11:21But if this is my fate, then so be it.
11:25My only regret is that I'll miss out on being a father to you.
11:31And I hope that you can find it in your heart not to hate me for what I've done.
11:38Dad, I don't hate you.
11:42Dad, I don't hate you.
11:45Irene.
11:50She's taking it pretty hard.
11:52I really would like to talk to her.
11:55There are things she needs to know.
12:06Kim?
12:07Hey, how is he?
12:08He's not bad, considering.
12:11He wants to see you.
12:14I'm sure that won't be a problem.
12:16Irene, Dad just wants you to understand what happened.
12:19I'm not interested.
12:22Mrs Bellingham, Kim, can I see you in my office, please?
12:25Um, yes, just a moment, please.
12:29Um, we'll be a few minutes in there.
12:31Irene, are you sure you won't see him?
12:33I think it might help.
12:34I'm not interested, Morag. What part of that don't you understand?
12:37Look, I came here to support Kim.
12:40Now go and do what you have to do and we can get the hell out of here.
12:42I've got nothing to say to the man.
12:50Concealing the truth about a homicide even 18 years after it happened
12:54is a serious crime and one which carries severe penalties.
13:00I heard my reasons for keeping quiet.
13:02I'm sure you did.
13:03But I think a court of law might see things very differently.
13:07Are you forgetting about our little deal here, Detective?
13:10Yeah, what deal?
13:13Because of Mrs Bellingham's help in the arrest of your father,
13:16we agreed beforehand that neither of you would be charged.
13:19Well, so we're off the hook.
13:20Yes, but it's not exactly something to be proud of.
13:22This hasn't been easy on Kim, Detective.
13:25Even so, it's not to be taken lightly.
13:27If you or either of you had have come to us earlier
13:29with the information that you have,
13:30then perhaps Josh West would still be alive.
13:32Peter, Dad didn't set out to murder the guy. It was an accident.
13:34Well, that's for the courts to decide.
13:37In the meantime, I want both of you to understand
13:39how lucky you are not to be prosecuted in this moment.
13:41All right, all right, I'll get it.
13:42Yeah, loud and clear, Detective.
13:43Good.
13:51What happened?
13:53Well, thanks to Morag, they're not charging me.
13:55Good. Can we go now, please?
14:08Mary, I really am so sorry.
14:12We're going to have to keep moving.
14:31They've been gone for a while.
14:34Maybe we should try and call them in my bell.
14:41How did it go?
14:42How do you expect it would go?
14:49How are you, mate?
14:51Yeah, okay.
14:56How about we go for a walk, hey?
15:02Irene, did you want me to help with anything?
15:04I'm fine.
15:06Look, if you need to talk...
15:08There's nothing to talk about.
15:12I'm going to go and have a shower.
15:20Look, I understand that Irene's angry at Dad.
15:22I just...
15:24I just wish you'd give him a chance to explain.
15:28Oh...
15:29Kim, she's just hurting.
15:31She...
15:32She'll go to him when she's ready.
15:36Yeah, maybe.
15:39You know, it's going to be weird not having him around.
15:43He's not in prison yet, you know.
15:46He's going to go to jail, Rach, for a very long time.
15:51You know, if you'd asked me two years ago
15:53if it would bother me that I wasn't going to see my dad again
15:56I would have said no.
16:00It's weird how things change, huh?
16:03What you found out about your mum...
16:07No one could imagine what that was like for you.
16:10Yeah, look, people won't understand why he did it.
16:14But I do, it was...
16:17He was doing it to protect me.
16:19It was the same reason he...
16:21He covered up Josh's death.
16:25I reckon that's why he was so calm about it.
16:27It's like he...
16:29He knew this was coming.
16:32And he was prepared to pay for what he'd done.
16:36It's crazy how far people will go to protect the ones they love.
16:42You know what? I don't think it's crazy at all.
16:45I think a parent's love is a very powerful thing.
16:52Despite what people think or...
16:55Despite what he's done...
16:59The truth is, he has sacrificed everything to protect me.
17:07I can never hate him for that.
17:13You're gonna miss him.
17:22Maybe we should just leave her.
17:24She needs to talk.
17:26The more she bowls it up, the worse she's gonna get.
17:28Will she at least try, yeah?
17:32Yeah.
17:35Hey.
17:36I made you a tea.
17:38Thanks.
17:42Barry left them here this afternoon.
17:46Look, it's okay to be sad about this.
17:48Sad?
17:50Is that how you think I'm feeling?
17:54Well, we don't really know because you're not really talking about it.
17:58We might be able to help.
18:00Yeah, except that, um...
18:02You're about 24 hours too late for that.
18:11You know, we sat here on this very couch.
18:15And you know what I thought I saw?
18:19I thought I saw a man that I loved.
18:22I thought I saw a man that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.
18:28Never in a million years did I think he was a murderer.
18:32He killed two people.
18:35He said nothing to me.
18:37He came walking back through that door,
18:41telling me that I was the most important person in the world to him.
18:47Telling me that he loved me.
18:51How could he do that when he knew what he'd done?
18:55He knew that the cops would find him.
18:59He knew that they would work out what he'd done and that they would take him away.
19:05And he'd let me fall back in love with him anyway.
19:11He should never have done that.
19:13Oh.
19:14And I should never have let him.
19:16No.
19:19No.
19:19No, it's not.
19:21It's not okay.
19:24You know what?
19:27Everybody wants me to be so understanding.
19:30Let him explain it to me.
19:33You gotta be kidding me.
19:37As far as I'm concerned, Barry Hyde can rot in hell.
19:41And trust me, that is so much more than he deserves.
19:59You're not planning on staying all night, eh?
20:01No, I'll head off soon.
20:05Look, Pete, I earn an apology.
20:08I shouldn't have accused you of killing Josh.
20:10I was wrong.
20:11Well, you had your reasons.
20:13Still, I'm sorry I didn't trust you.
20:15It won't happen again.
20:16I hope not.
20:21So what happens now with Zoe?
20:23Now the others know that she's still out there.
20:25I don't know. I guess Tracy and I'll have to completely rethink things.
20:29Well, one good thing is that you've got more manpower behind you now.
20:32I suppose.
20:35But...
20:36I just hope that by the time Zoe comes back to the bay that we're ready for her.
20:59...
21:09He's making his life a nightmare.
21:12If he tries at me again, I'm going to sort him out.
21:14Now he's out to get his girlfriend.
21:16You're not scared of me, are you?
21:17No way.
21:18Chabam.
21:19This time he'll go too far.
21:21He's not going to get away with this.
21:22But that's the least of their worries.
21:24What is the stalker plotting now?
21:26Tomorrow on Home and Away.