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Emmerdale 13th January 1999
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00:00.
00:26Morning.
00:27Hi.
00:28How did it go in court yesterday?
00:30Oh.
00:31I'm not sure.
00:33Our turn to be cross-examined today.
00:36Kathy obviously found it an ordeal.
00:37She's got more questions from the other barristers today.
00:40For a while I thought she was going to crack,
00:42which would have suited Steve's case,
00:44but, well, she seems to be getting through it.
00:46And you're going to do even better.
00:48I don't know.
00:49There's a lot of people who'd like to see me in prison.
00:54Hi.
00:54Can I see a lift this morning?
00:56Yeah, that'll be great.
00:57I was hoping we could shower our lunch break.
01:00My first period this afternoon's free and the head's away.
01:03I thought we could sneak off and have a picnic.
01:05It's the middle of January.
01:07Where's your spirit of adventure?
01:09I need to hire a St. Bernard to bring us a barrel of the stuff
01:11before hypothermia sets in.
01:14Or I could cuddle you to keep you warm.
01:17Oh, that sounds a much better idea.
01:19The park will be empty and it'll give us a chance to be alone together for a change.
01:22Okay.
01:26I hope I can expect a bit more from you today.
01:29You've hardly said a word so far. You've let the others make all the running.
01:31I shouldn't need to remind you we're not disputing the theft.
01:35I'll have plenty to say when it can really help your case.
01:37Just as long as you make sure Kim goes down too.
01:40My job is to ensure that you get the most lenient sentence possible,
01:44which ought to be your priority.
01:46What, after what she's trying to do to me?
01:47All we have to do is present the facts, Mr. Marchant.
01:50If we do that effectively, then we can rely on the jury to take care of your wife.
01:54Now, are you ready to start?
01:59See, your dad's not risk coming again today, is he worried?
02:02Judge will chuck him out again.
02:04Aye.
02:05And, well, Lisa thought it better to keep Bella home.
02:07She said a courtroom is no place for a baby.
02:10Oh, I don't know.
02:10When you're a dingle, it's best to learn ropes early.
02:14Yeah, but it ends us on trial this time, is it?
02:16That's true.
02:16We could be seeing history in the making here, Butch.
02:21The day it all caught up with Kim Tate.
02:25Come on.
02:28Bye, mate.
02:30Mrs. Glover, I remind you that you are still under oath
02:33and apologise for the need to take you through the events of that night again.
02:37I realise it was a traumatic experience for you,
02:40one from which you may not yet have fully recovered.
02:44But your evidence is crucial to the outcome of this case.
02:48Only you and my client know what happened on that road on that night.
02:53Now, he's admitted that he was engaged in theft at Home Farm.
02:56About that there is no dispute.
02:58But he will tell this court that he was not even aware of the possibility that he had hit you
03:04until he was informed that you were in hospital some hours later.
03:09You were in an emotional state that night, Mrs. Glover,
03:12after your aborted evening with Mr. Fowler,
03:15the disagreement with the taxi driver.
03:17It was dark.
03:18Things happened very quickly.
03:20Is it not possible that you might have misread my client's actions?
03:24I know what I saw.
03:26He drove straight at me.
03:29You were in a coma for some time after the accident.
03:33Yes, that's right.
03:34But I believe you chose to discharge yourself against medical advice.
03:40Yes.
03:41And you've since found it necessary to seek counselling.
03:45Objection, Your Honour.
03:47Mrs. Glover's medical treatment is not relevant.
03:50Overruled.
03:51Her mental state is clearly pertinent to the evidence.
03:55You may proceed, Mr. Keating.
03:58Thank you, Your Honour.
04:00Mrs. Glover,
04:02I'm sure you have the sympathy of everyone in this court.
04:05But I must ask you,
04:07after your traumatic experience and subsequent psychological problems,
04:13can you really be sure, beyond reasonable doubt,
04:16that my client deliberately drove at you that night?
04:19Or is it not more likely
04:21that your injuries were the result of a tragic accident,
04:24one that my client regrets as much as you do?
04:30He saw me and he drove straight at me.
04:39They shouldn't let him do that, Betty.
04:42I'm not trying to make out like Cathy's not right in the head.
04:44No, it's just his job, love.
04:46He has to make things look better for Steve.
04:49Are you all right, love?
04:51Not really.
04:52Look, you don't want to let that brief upset you.
04:54He's a nasty piece of work, Cathy.
04:57Butch, why don't you go back inside, love?
05:00Let me have a word with Cathy.
05:03OK.
05:04I'll just go and check what's going on.
05:07You did ever so well, love.
05:09I bet you're glad it's all over, though.
05:10I suppose so.
05:12I'm just not sure I've done the right thing.
05:14Well, you told the truth.
05:15That's all you could do.
05:17But the barrister was right.
05:18It did all happen very quickly.
05:21What if I got it wrong?
05:23Mr. Margent,
05:25you've told the court how you and your wife
05:28planned the theft and subsequent insurance fraud.
05:31But let us concentrate for a moment on the events leading up to Mrs. Glover's injuries.
05:36Now, clearly, the theft was an operation that required split-second timing.
05:41Absolutely.
05:43Kim had planned it all meticulously.
05:45And everything seemed to be going to plan until just after I left Home Farm,
05:48when my mobile rang.
05:50I knew it was Kim.
05:51Her name came up on the display.
05:53So I realized there must be something wrong.
05:55So you were in a state of some panic when you answered the call?
05:58Well, I was concerned, yes.
06:00She filled me in on the conversation with Reverend Thomas,
06:02so I could pretend to have been present all along.
06:05Kim was very thorough over that type of detail.
06:07But there was another problem she hadn't allowed for.
06:10Yes.
06:11Though I didn't realize it at the time.
06:14I was distracted by the phone call.
06:17And I hit something.
06:18I thought it was a deer.
06:20But you later found out this wasn't the case.
06:23When I heard about what had happened to Cathy,
06:25I realized I must have accidentally hit her.
06:28And what were your feelings when you learned this?
06:30I was devastated.
06:33Cathy's a neighbor, a friend.
06:36I would never knowingly do anything to harm her.
06:38Some people may attempt to cast doubt upon your remorse.
06:42You freely admitted to two crimes.
06:44And they may suggest that this accident was not an accident at all,
06:47but a deliberate attempt to silence a witness.
06:50That's not true.
06:53As far as I was concerned, this was all about money.
06:57I never wanted anyone to get hurt.
07:04So how's it going?
07:06I bet I reckon Steve's trying to dump all blame on Kim.
07:09Ah, so she might be for the high jump after all.
07:12Are you going to shorten the odds?
07:13No, she's still a smart lass.
07:16Three to one against Kim being put away.
07:18Seth, I really must protest.
07:20The British legal system is the envy of the world.
07:23It's the backbone of our society.
07:24Not a subject for barroom gambling.
07:27Well said, Alan.
07:28Mind you, your three to one's quite good odds.
07:30Do you want some?
07:32Only if you're offering each way.
07:34I can give you a better bet if you're free tonight.
07:38What did you have in mind?
07:39Meet me in here later and I'll tell you.
07:45Thanks very much.
07:47I might need to borrow it again later.
07:50Mr Marchant, I imagine you've used a mobile phone in a vehicle before.
07:55Yes.
07:55But you don't have a record for mowing down innocent pedestrians.
07:59Objection, Your Honour.
08:01Sustained.
08:02Please stick to the case in hand, Miss Sharp.
08:05I will rephrase the question, Your Honour.
08:08Why do you expect the jury to believe that a simple phone call caused you to drive dangerously?
08:14I was on edge. The call distracted me.
08:17But you were aware that you had hit something or someone?
08:20I thought I'd hit a deer.
08:21A deer. That's a large animal.
08:23Which would suggest a large impact.
08:25Most people would stop and investigate. Why didn't you?
08:28Kim told me to hurry back or we'd be found out.
08:31So you were too busy trying to save your own skin to stop and check what or who you had
08:36hit?
08:39I put it to you, Mr Marchant, you were perfectly aware that you'd hit Mrs Glover.
08:43No.
08:44Indeed it was your intention to run her over.
08:46That's not true.
08:47But you're not denying that you and Mrs Glover were the only people on that road that night?
08:51No.
08:51Or that you were driving a stolen vehicle away from the scene of the crime when you saw Mrs Glover?
08:55I didn't see her.
08:56But she saw you.
08:58Indeed, later she was able to identify you, which spoiled all that careful planning.
09:03Now isn't that what was going through your mind as you drove at her?
09:07I didn't drive at her. I didn't see her.
09:10I put it to you, Mr Marchant. The only genuine remorse you feel is that Mrs Glover survived her injuries.
09:19Since if you had succeeded in killing her, this case might never have come to court.
09:24That's not true. It was an accident.
09:31I really care about you, Rachel. In some ways, moving in would be the ideal solution.
09:37But?
09:39But, I think we should both be really sure about it first.
09:43I am sure.
09:45Are you?
09:46You must have been sure when you and Chris got it together, but that didn't work out, did it?
09:50Well, I've made lots of mistakes, but I've learnt from them.
09:54I mean, what about you and your wife?
09:56Were you happy all the time?
09:58Well, I doubt if anybody's happy all the time.
10:00But you loved her.
10:04I guess her death must still be quite painful for you.
10:10My brother Mark, he died when the plane came down on the village, and I still miss him.
10:16I don't think you ever get rid of that hurt.
10:19How did your wife die?
10:21Look, I really don't want to talk about it.
10:25Graham?
10:26Graham, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.
10:30Look, let's just forget about it, shall we?
10:37Mr. Marchant, I have here a transcript of a taped interview at Houghton Police Station,
10:43in which you state that the theft was both planned and executed by you, and you alone.
10:51Your wife was not involved in any way.
10:55I take it you don't deny this account was freely given?
10:58No.
11:00But you subsequently gave another account, in which you tried to shift the blame onto Mrs. Marchant,
11:07and you now insist that that is the truth.
11:10Yes.
11:12So this is a tissue of lies.
11:15Objection, Your Honour.
11:17Overruled. The defendant has admitted that the account was untrue.
11:25You're very good at lying, Mr. Marchant, as those who suffered from your financial dealings could testify.
11:31Why should the jury believe one word you utter in this court?
11:37I'd agreed to take the rap for Kim. That's why I told the police I was acting alone.
11:42It was only when I realised she was selling me out that I'd changed my story.
11:46Shortly after your wife started divorce proceedings against you.
11:50What prompted this startling new turn, hmm?
11:54The news of the divorce, or the person who brought it?
11:57Whilst on remand, you were visited on a number of occasions by Mr. Christopher Tate,
12:02which in itself is surprising, since in the past you'd not got on well.
12:06But I believe it was he who informed you of your wife's intention to start divorce proceedings.
12:11Yes.
12:13What else did you find to discuss during these visits?
12:18I really don't recall.
12:19Did you discuss this case?
12:22We may have.
12:24Did you in fact concoct a story between you in an attempt to get your wife into the dock?
12:30Objection, Your Honour.
12:31These allegations are mere conjecture.
12:34Mr. Tate is not on trial here.
12:36Mr. Derbyshire?
12:37Your Honour, I intend to call Mr. Tate to the stand.
12:40He will have the opportunity to describe these meetings.
12:44But it is our contention that he and Mr. Marchant concocted evidence against my client.
12:51Objection overruled.
12:52You will answer the question, Mr. Marchant.
12:55Yes.
12:56We discussed the case because we both know she's as guilty of the theft as I am.
13:00If anyone deserves to be locked up, it's her.
13:19Have I missed much?
13:20Mr. Derbyshire opening Kim's defence.
13:23What did he have to say for himself?
13:25She's a loyal wife and a devoted mother.
13:28And she stood by her husband, even when he conned her out of all the money.
13:32Oh, Kim.
13:34She only decided to divorce him when she found it turned to a life of crime and put an innocent
13:40woman's life in jeopardy.
13:42She sounded like a cross between Jonah Bart and Florence Nightingale by the time he'd finished.
13:49And they call us villains.
13:50Kim went upstairs and shouted through the door.
13:54So, you and Mrs. Marchant were both under the impression that Mr. Marchant had been up there in the bedroom
14:00all along?
14:01Yes.
14:02I know it seems odd him behaving like that when he had a dinner guest, but Kim was used to
14:06it.
14:07How long was she out of the room?
14:09A few seconds.
14:10So, apart from then, Mrs. Marchant was with you all evening?
14:16Yes.
14:17Thank you, Miss Tate. No further questions.
14:20And stay there, please.
14:24You say that Mrs. Marchant was with you all evening.
14:27And yet the Reverend Thomas recalls her leaving the room to take the rubbish out.
14:31She may have done. I don't recall.
14:33You don't recall.
14:35No doubt it was a very pleasant evening.
14:37A good meal? Some wine, perhaps?
14:40Yes.
14:41How much wine was consumed over this meal, Miss Tate?
14:44A couple of bottles, I think.
14:46Between you and Mrs. Marchant.
14:48So you probably drank about a bottle yourself?
14:51Yes. I didn't have to drive.
14:53It's a short walk home, and we were enjoying the evening.
14:55I'm not criticising your drinking habits, Miss Tate.
14:58But the jury may like to note that the Reverend Thomas was sober at this point.
15:03So his recollections of the evening are probably more accurate than yours.
15:21Look, um, I'm sorry I snapped at you about my wife earlier.
15:26I'm just a bit sensitive on the subject.
15:29You don't have to apologise.
15:31I shouldn't have brought it up.
15:33It's not your fault. It's just I've never really talked to anyone about her.
15:38Look, it might make you feel better.
15:42It'd help me understand you more.
15:45Everything was fine between us at first.
15:47She was moody sometimes, but I didn't worry too much about that.
15:52We all have our bad days.
15:54But it got worse.
15:55The moods got darker and they lasted longer.
15:59Sometimes she wouldn't even get out of bed all day.
16:02I'd come home from school and she'd still be there in her dressing gown.
16:05Well, did you go see the doctor about her?
16:07She didn't want to.
16:09But I eventually persuaded her.
16:12He prescribed a course of antidepressants, but I didn't seem to help much.
16:17So what happened?
16:21I came home and she was lying on the bed.
16:25I was used to that, but I knew straight away this was different.
16:34She'd taken an overdose.
16:37I called an ambulance, but it was too late.
16:40Oh, Graham.
16:41I've always blamed myself.
16:44If I'd handled the situation better, if I'd just got home ten minutes earlier.
16:49The doctors were very kind and they said there was nothing I could have done about it,
16:53but that's not how it feels when you watch someone you love dying.
16:58I can understand why you...
17:00why you wouldn't want to rush into a relationship.
17:03After it happened, I made up my mind I'd stay single for the rest of my life.
17:09And that's never really been a problem.
17:13Until now.
17:22Mr. Tate, you were managing director of Home Farm Estates.
17:28That is correct.
17:30But Home Farm Stud, though on the same site, is not part of that organisation.
17:34You had no responsibility for it.
17:37That is also correct.
17:39Yet you've taken an extremely active interest in this case from the start.
17:43I was shocked by what had happened.
17:45I wanted to see the culprits brought to justice.
17:48Very public-spirited of you.
17:50You paid numerous visits to Houghton Police Station to expound your theories on the crime.
17:57Well, they were getting nowhere.
17:59I was trying to help.
18:00You accused Mrs. Marchant and her husband on several occasions.
18:04I was proved right, wasn't I?
18:06About him, yes.
18:07But I'm happy to leave it to the jury to decide about Mrs. Marchant.
18:12It's not the first time you've accused Mrs. Marchant of a serious crime, is it?
18:19Nor is it the first time that you have decided that the police weren't getting anywhere.
18:25You felt they didn't investigate your father's death properly.
18:29They still haven't. He was murdered.
18:31And on several occasions, you have publicly accused Mrs. Marchant of killing him.
18:35I know she did it.
18:38Even though two doctors certified that your father died of a heart attack?
18:43And Mrs. Marchant wasn't even in the country at the time?
18:47You don't know how cunning she is.
18:49She fooled everyone except me.
18:52The truth is, you're not interested in justice, Mr. Tate.
18:56Just your own vendetta against Mrs. Marchant.
18:59I want to see her pay for her crimes.
19:02That is what justice is about, isn't it?
19:04So, you kept visiting Mr. Marchant, trying to find some way of getting him to give evidence against his wife.
19:11I was doing a public service.
19:13Helping the truth come out.
19:15Was that why you told Mr. Marchant his wife was planning to divorce him?
19:19He had a right to know.
19:21I suspect it was less to do with his rights, and more to do with an attempt to drive a
19:26wedge between him and his wife, so that he would help you to try to bring her down.
19:31You don't deny, do you, that you and Mr. Marchant spent hours discussing this case during these visits?
19:36You were desperate to find any shred of evidence against her.
19:40I found evidence. That mobile phone bill proves she called him.
19:44It proves the phone was in use, not who was using it.
19:48But then, little facts like that don't seem to matter to you, do they, Mr. Tate?
19:53How can you say that? I've spent weeks assembling evidence for this case.
19:56And you've spent years following an obsession.
19:59You've hated Mrs. Marchant since her marriage to your father.
20:02With good reason. She killed him.
20:04No, no, no, Mr. Tate. Those accusations have been proved false. Just as these will be.
20:09You've got to listen to me!
20:10I think the jury has heard more than enough from you by now, Mr. Tate.
20:13She can't get away with it again!
20:15No further questions, thank you, Mr. Tate.
20:18Your witness, Mr. Keating.
20:25Yeah, okay.
20:29Alright.
20:31I'll lengthen odds against Kim being sent down.
20:34I'll give you a twenty to one now.
20:36She must have had a good day in court then, eh?
20:39Lousy for Chris.
20:40Better reckon he's making a right fool on his son.
20:43Well, if I had my way, I'd lock him and her up together.
20:45It'd be perfect punishment for both of them.
20:49You're much too early.
20:51What? Well, I just thought it'd take ages to get to Leeds.
20:54Yeah, but the club I really fancy don't get warmed up too late.
20:57How late does this place stay open then?
20:59We'll probably meet the milkman on our way out.
21:01We've got an early morning call tomorrow.
21:03Don't worry. I'll make sure you get back in time.
21:07I don't know what the attraction of these clubs is.
21:09All loud music and flashing lights.
21:12There's no part asking me.
21:13It's when me and Paddy were together, we never went anywhere when they had an early morning call.
21:17The time I got in bed, he was just dead to the world.
21:20Did you and your husband entertain often?
21:23Not since Steve's business went down.
21:26We don't have money for lavish dinner parties anymore.
21:29That's why I was pleased when he suggested inviting Zoe over.
21:32So this dinner was your husband's idea?
21:35Yes.
21:36Did it not strike you strange, therefore, when he chose to spend most of the evening upstairs?
21:41I suppose it should have done, but I'd got used to it.
21:44Steve's always been very secretive about his business calls.
21:48Some people might think you should have learned a lesson from that when he lost all your money.
21:52He promised to make up for what he'd done.
21:55I guess I wanted to believe him.
21:57I wanted the marriage to work.
21:59Why then did you decide to start divorce proceedings?
22:02When I realised what he was involved in.
22:05Not just stealing from me, but nearly killing Cathy.
22:09I saw that he lied to me all along.
22:11He was never going to change.
22:13There was no hope for us as a couple.
22:16I'm sure the jury can see that you made every effort to make your marriage work.
22:21Why did you not tell your husband you were planning to divorce him?
22:24Well, I was going to, but I wanted to talk the matter over with my solicitor first.
22:28By which time Christopher Tate had already told him. Did that surprise you?
22:33Not at all. Chris has always done anything he can to hurt me.
22:37Including accusing you of murder.
22:39The police proved I was innocent of that.
22:42I hope the jury can see that these charges are just as ridiculous.
22:46Why do you think Mr. Tate persists in making these allegations?
22:52Frank, Chris's father, was a self-made man, a millionaire.
22:57Chris idolised him, wanted to follow in his footsteps, but Frank never thought he was up to it.
23:02In fact, he told me he despised him.
23:04Well, that's not true. He'd have never have said that.
23:06Mr. Tate, you must not interrupt these proceedings.
23:09Please continue, Mrs. Marchand.
23:11Thank you, Your Honour.
23:14When Frank turned to me to help run Home Farm, Chris couldn't take it.
23:19He had to pretend that I was plotting against him.
23:22Frank leaving me the business in his will was the final straw for him.
23:25This is lies. All lies.
23:27I will not tolerate these outbursts in my court.
23:30But she murdered him!
23:31Remove that man!
23:32Now she's making fools out of all of you. You can't let her get away with it!
23:41...
23:45This is right.
23:45We cannot return to him.
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