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Emmerdale 12th January 1999
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00:29Satsang with Mooji
00:39you got a minute caddy sorry kim i don't have time to talk i've got to get to court
00:44it won't take long but i couldn't sleep last night after what you said
00:49i'll be under oath i have to tell the truth yeah and you know what the truth is steve drove
00:55at you
00:56deliberately i don't understand why you suddenly seem to have doubts about that i meant what i said
01:03about being afraid of steve that man is dangerous i'm sorry kim i don't think we should be having
01:10this conversation not with a trial about to start if you don't mind
01:20oh mr clark good morning good morning miss hughes the head's asked me to give you one of these
01:27an agenda for next week's staff meeting thanks very excited graham can i see you this lunchtime
01:33yeah it's nothing i want to ask you
01:53you won't be able to take her in
01:55huh if i want your opinion i'll apply for legal aid okay
02:02she's right you know love look i take my child care and responsibilities seriously betty
02:07me and bella bonding will you come this way please
02:15you know laura this is gonna be the happiest week of my life if kim gets sent down you mean
02:19when she gets sent down let's look on the bright side well i wouldn't count on it
02:23i'd better go do anything to be able to get in there with you
02:26do you want me to have a word with the defense ask them to call you first very funny
03:04all stand
03:06all stand
03:24are you kim jane marchant i am are you stephen marchant yes you are both charged with theft
03:33that on september 15th 1998 you stole a stallion or sino valued at three hundred thousand pounds
03:41how do you plead mrs marchant not guilty mr marchant guilty you are further charged with
03:49attempted murder in that on the night of september 15th 1998 you drove a vehicle at high speed at one
04:10mrs cathy glover with the intent of killing her how do you plead
04:15not guilty you may both sit down
04:22your honor i appear for the prosecution my learned friend mr dervish here appears as defense counsel for mrs marchant
04:29and my learned friend mr keating appears as defense counsel for mrs marchant
04:37the accused mr and mrs marchant are bound together not only by the vows of marriage but by greed and
04:45ambition
04:47they enjoyed wealth
04:50so when they lost all their money they decided to take desperate measures
04:56mrs marchant will claim that her husband acted alone but the prosecution will seek to prove
05:01that they acted together
05:03in planning the theft and the ensuing deception
05:07the plan went disastrously wrong
05:10so much so that
05:11in his determination to avoid
05:13recognition and capture
05:15mr marchant deliberately tried to kill an innocent young woman
05:20mrs cathy glover
05:22who had the misfortune to be in the wrong place at the wrong time
05:33hi
05:35what do you want
05:37to see you
05:39you've seen me
05:41thought you might be grappling with a fractious spaniel
05:46how's it going they're studying
05:47shouldn't you be frying onions or something
05:50i'll take a minute i've er
05:51i've got something for you
05:53hello
05:55i'm looking for paddy
05:56who's not here
05:57er
05:58er
05:59well i'll see you later
06:02well do you know where he is
06:04yeah he's out on a call
06:06working
06:07that's what we do here when people let us
06:18hello
06:19miss dixon
06:20you agreed a price of two hundred thousand pounds and
06:24at midday on the 15th of september 1998
06:27you met with mr marchant in woods near the home farm stud
06:31where he handed over orsino in exchange for cash
06:34is that correct
06:35yes
06:37did mr marchant seem to be knowledgeable about horses
06:41well he brought me the right one
06:44let me put it another way
06:46it was mrs marchant who worked at the stud not mr marchant
06:50she knew all about horses and their value
06:52doesn't it seem improbable that he could have acted alone without her expertise and knowledge
06:56your honor my learned friend is inviting the witness to speculate
06:59i agree
07:02please disregard that question
07:04the theft took place in broad daylight
07:08mrs marchant worked at the stud
07:09it must have been very difficult for mr marchant to steal the horse without his wife noticing
07:13your honor
07:14miss sharp
07:15i am not happy with this line of questioning
07:19very well your honor i have no more questions
07:21get out of that one kinty
07:22stay there please
07:23she doesn't know everything you get up to dad
07:25yeah i have no practice than you are but like
07:28miss dixon
07:30did you at any time during the planning and execution of the theft
07:33have any dealings with my client
07:36mrs marchant
07:37no
07:38did mr marchant at any time suggest that my client was involved
07:43no
07:45thank you miss dixon
07:51hello
07:52cheers mate
07:54how are you coping with that caffeine better
07:55no problems
07:56there's one one i can't do without it in fact i wish she was here right now
08:00and yeah nothing about staff shortage are you
08:03would you do us a further
08:05come on
08:07what are you writing to this
08:08all
08:08i didn't know you cared
08:09it's for linen book it's a christmas present
08:12you're a bit late are you
08:14i'll go in the field and ask a sheep i might get a sensible answer
08:17i'm kidding you
08:19yeah it's
08:20it's great
08:22she'll love it
08:22yeah
08:24Yeah, sure, won't she?
08:30So what's the prosecution, councillor?
08:32I hope she's got the instincts of a rot barn.
08:34Why don't you get yourself some lunch?
08:37So who exactly did they see this morning?
08:38I mean, it can't have been many. Hasn't been enough time.
08:41Chris, I can't tell you what's going on in there,
08:44not until you've given evidence.
08:46Come on, Laura. Don't be so stuffy.
08:48Take your lawyer's wig off.
08:51We're friends, aren't we?
08:52We might not be for much longer if you don't give it a rest.
08:59Kim, how nice to see you here.
09:02Enjoying your last hours of freedom.
09:04Do you mind if we eat somewhere else?
09:06What for?
09:07The words condemned, hearty and breakfast come to mind.
09:16There's a slug in my salad.
09:22You should eat it.
09:23It's better than the stuff you'll get in prison.
09:29You said you had something to ask.
09:34How am I supposed to guess?
09:37I cannot remember the last time I felt this happy.
09:41Being with you is great.
09:44And I don't want to spoil anything,
09:47but I was wondering, well,
09:50you've been staying over at my house quite a lot recently and...
09:53I see you want us to cool it for a bit.
10:01I want you to move in with me.
10:04There, I said it.
10:10You mean... live together?
10:14I'm sorry.
10:15There's a bad idea.
10:16Forget it.
10:17You took me by surprise, that's all.
10:20Well, does that mean yes or no?
10:23I don't know.
10:25I wasn't expecting you to ask.
10:30Saved by the bell?
10:38Mr. Shepard.
10:40On the evening of September the 15th, 1998,
10:43you were working as a security guard on the home farm stud.
10:46That's right, yes.
10:48Now, as we know, earlier that day,
10:50the horse Orsino was stolen
10:51and another horse, Toby, was placed in his stall.
10:55During the course of the evening, did you look in Orsino's stall?
10:58No.
10:59Why was that?
11:00Mrs. Marchant said she'd check the stalls.
11:03Is that usual?
11:04No.
11:06If you had checked,
11:07would you have noticed that the horse in the stall was not, in fact, Orsino?
11:11I think so.
11:13I'd have certainly noticed that one of the stalls was empty.
11:16Is it fair to assume that Mrs. Marchant would have noticed that Orsino was missing?
11:21If I would, she would.
11:23So we have to ask why, on that night of all nights,
11:27Mrs. Marchant offered to check the stalls.
11:30Was it perhaps to conceal the fact that the most valuable horse in the entire stud was missing?
11:36You'd better ask her.
11:38Don't worry, Mr. Shepard.
11:55What do you reckon, Betty, about them horses?
11:59Oh, I don't know, love.
12:00I can never tell the difference between a Dray horse and a Derby winner.
12:05I have been having that trouble for years, Betty.
12:08Shh!
12:12Mr. Shepard.
12:14Was this the first time that my client, Mrs. Marchant, had checked the stalls?
12:19No, she did it from time to time.
12:21So, not that unusual, then?
12:25You didn't walk around with Mrs. Marchant while she made her check?
12:29No, of course I didn't.
12:31So, you don't know how thorough she was?
12:34No.
12:34You don't know whether she looked into every stall or whether she had a casual glance as she walked by.
12:42Mr. Shepard?
12:44No.
12:45I don't know.
12:47Exactly.
12:48You don't know.
12:50In fact, I think it would be fair to say that your so-called evidence amounts to little more than
12:54guesswork.
12:55Don't you agree?
13:02Chris, I'm not sure I can go through with this.
13:06Of course you can.
13:07The whole village is rooting for you.
13:09Maybe, but I'm the one who's got to stand up there.
13:11It won't be too bad.
13:12It'll be over before you know it.
13:16You know, Steve could go to prison for a long, long time.
13:21Oh, come on, Cathy.
13:23I mean, don't tell me you're starting to feel sorry for him.
13:25He deserves everything he gets.
13:28For goodness sake, he tried to kill you.
13:31Yeah, well, it all hinges on what I say.
13:34Well, tell them what happened.
13:37How he saw you in the road.
13:39How he drove the car straight at you.
13:41Just tell the truth.
13:43That's all you have to do.
13:46I'd call round at the Marchant's to see if I could get Steve, Mr. Marchant, to sign up for the
13:51fun run.
13:52And who was there when you arrived?
13:54Mrs. Marchant and Zoe Tate, her stepdaughter.
13:57They'd been having dinner.
13:58Mr. Marchant?
13:59He was upstairs making some phone calls.
14:02Did you see him up there?
14:03No, I didn't want to disturb him.
14:05Well, how can you be certain he was there?
14:08Because Kim, Mrs. Marchant, went upstairs to ask him about the fun run, and she shouted to him through the
14:14door.
14:14Did he reply?
14:16I didn't hear him.
14:17You wouldn't.
14:19By his own admission, we know that he wasn't there.
14:22The question is whether Mrs. Marchant knew that.
14:26What did she do when she came downstairs?
14:29She said he'd be down soon, and then she took some rubbish outside.
14:33Can you say what time that was?
14:35As a matter of fact, I can.
14:36It must have been just before ten.
14:38How can you be so sure of that?
14:39Because I went home soon afterwards.
14:41I switched the television on.
14:42I missed the first part of the ten o'clock news.
14:46So, Mrs. Marchant was outside the cottage, on her own, just before ten o'clock.
14:51Long enough to make a phone call?
14:52Yes.
14:53As I told the police.
14:55Mrs. Marchant came back in, having dealt with the rubbish.
14:58What happened then?
15:00We chatted for a few more minutes.
15:02Then Mr. Marchant came downstairs.
15:04What did he say?
15:05He said he'd be delighted to do the fun run.
15:08So he got the message, one way or another.
15:11Mrs. Marchant asked him.
15:12Indeed she did.
15:14And if Mr. Marchant wasn't in the house when Mrs. Marchant went upstairs,
15:18how can she have communicated with him except by phone?
15:25She'll be hungry, Your Honour.
15:27She's got all her legs, hasn't she, Dad?
15:30I'll be the same.
15:31No, it's not that, Your Honour.
15:32She's wet.
15:34It must be the excitement.
15:35So I'll go and change her.
15:36Remove that child at once, or you'll be held in contempt of court.
15:40I'll keep your wig on.
15:41We don't want to get in the wrong impression of British justice, do we?
15:44Leave this court.
15:48I bet you feel like a good cry, too.
15:57Not you again.
15:58What?
15:59I know you're busy.
16:01And I know at this precise moment in time you don't particularly want to see me.
16:05Not now, not ever.
16:06Yeah.
16:07I can understand you being angry.
16:09All I want is a minute of your time.
16:10For old time's sake.
16:13All right.
16:13Get on with it.
16:14Say what you've got to say.
16:19Voila.
16:20What's that?
16:22Your Christmas present.
16:23Christmas present?
16:24I know it's late and I haven't put a ribbon round it, but it's for you, you know?
16:29For love.
16:30Well, I don't want it.
16:33You could at least open it.
16:35I think you'd be pleased.
16:36I chose it really carefully.
16:37Marlon, I don't want your little peace offering.
16:41And I don't want you.
16:44I know you close the door on your way out, please.
16:59Detective Inspector, the money in this case was never recovered.
17:03Is that right?
17:04That's correct.
17:05Have you any idea where it might be?
17:09Our inquiries are continuing.
17:12I take it that means no.
17:15Is it true that in the early days of your investigation, Mr. Marchant made a full confession and accepted full
17:22responsibility for the theft?
17:24Yes, he did.
17:26He in no way implicated my client, Mrs. Marchant.
17:30Not at the time, no.
17:32However, he later changed his statement.
17:34Yes, he did, didn't he?
17:36He came to you and told you that his wife was involved.
17:40But you?
17:41You didn't believe a word of it, did you?
17:44Not at the time, no.
17:46Ah.
17:46What made you change your mind and decide that Mrs. Marchant had a case to answer?
17:51We received some new evidence.
17:54Ah, yes.
17:55The itemised phone bill brought to your notice by Mr. Christopher Tate.
18:01Yes.
18:02Mr. Tate visited you a number of times during your inquiry, did he not?
18:06Yes.
18:08Why?
18:11He thought he might have information that could be useful to us.
18:15And was it?
18:17Not initially, no.
18:18You questioned Mrs. Marchant on two occasions, following information received from Mr. Tate.
18:24That wasn't the only reason we brought her in.
18:27You questioned her twice and released her on both occasions without charge.
18:33Yes.
18:34Nonetheless, you seem to have a very high regard for Mr. Tate's ability as an amateur sleuth.
18:41Perhaps you should enlist his aid to find the missing money.
18:46Mr. Derbyshire, your levity is inappropriate.
18:51Detective Inspector, would you say that in his efforts to assist you in your inquiries,
18:56Mr. Tate was being entirely impartial?
18:59Well, your honour, the detective inspector's opinions of Mr. Tate are of no relevance.
19:06I agree.
19:13Grim.
19:15Look, I'm sorry about what I said earlier.
19:17Putting you on the spotlight there.
19:20Can we just forget I ever said it?
19:22Start again?
19:23You're assuming I'm going to say no.
19:26We didn't seem very keen on the idea.
19:28Well, it's not that, but it's a big commitment.
19:32If I'm honest, it scares me.
19:34You said yourself it could ruin everything.
19:36Yeah, I know.
19:37But I thought we could make it work.
19:41The way I feel about you.
19:46That's mutual.
19:50Oh, what the hell, let's give it a try.
19:52Are you sure?
19:53No, but I'm prepared to take a chance if you are.
19:56Oh, it'll be great.
19:57You'll see.
19:58You'll see.
19:59Mm.
20:13I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give should be the truth, the whole truth and nothing
20:20but the truth.
20:30Mrs. Glover, I realise that this is not going to be very easy for you, but I would like you
20:37to tell the court what happened to you on the night of September the 15th last year.
20:41Yes.
20:44Um, I'd been out for a meal with a friend, but, um, he had to leave early, so I had
20:56to go home alone.
20:59On the way back, the taxi driver became very unpleasant, so I asked him to stop the car.
21:12The taxi dropped you on the road not far from the home farm stud?
21:18Yes.
21:19Yes.
21:21Mrs. Glover, take all the time you need.
21:26Yeah, thank you.
21:29Uh, I set off to walk back home.
21:36Um, it was quiet.
21:39I had walked that way a thousand times before, and I didn't expect, uh, I didn't expect...
21:51What happened?
21:55Um, I, uh...
22:00I heard a car engine, I...
22:02I saw headlights coming towards me, uh...
22:06I thought it would stop and try and avoid me, but it...
22:10It didn't.
22:12It drove straight at me.
22:15Did you see the driver?
22:19Mrs. Glover, this is very important.
22:21Were you able to recognise the driver?
22:28I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
22:32Your Honour, might I request a brief adjournment?
22:36Yes, I think that would be appropriate.
22:41You haven't been to the trial, have you, Jack?
22:43No, I couldn't take a day off from the farm.
22:45I don't suppose you've heard any news, have you?
22:47Oh, well, it's early days yet, but I'll probably get an account of the day's proceedings before long.
22:51I reckon Steve Martin's as guilty as sin.
22:54He'll have grave before he gets hurt.
22:57Oh, it's what the jury thinks that counts.
22:59If you ask me, he's trying to drag him into gutterwee before us.
23:03So you think she's in the clear, then, do you?
23:05I'll put money on it.
23:06Well, I hope you're right.
23:07But if Steve Marcham did try and kill Cathy, they can throw away the key, as far as I'm concerned.
23:13I'll drink to that.
23:16Are you quite sure you're ready to continue, Mrs. Glover?
23:19Yes.
23:21Before the adjournment, I asked you if you recognised the driver of the vehicle which knocked you down.
23:29Yes, I did.
23:31And who was it?
23:39It was Steve Marchant.
23:41Are you certain of that?
23:45Yes.
23:46It was him.
23:49He saw me, he could have avoided me, but he deliberately drove straight at me.
23:56He tried to kill me.
24:18He tried to kill me.
24:19He tried to kill me.
24:22He tried to kill me.
24:27He tried to kill me.
24:29He tried to kill me.
24:29He tried to kill me.