All language subtitles for S03E08 - Old Habits

[theme music]

[car approaching]

What you trying to do?

Eh?

Morning, sir.

Morning.

[car door slams]

Looks like the body was dumped from a car.

You can see where she rolled.

One of the officers has recognized as Ellie Creed.

Her family's got a farm nearby--

troublemakers apparently.

WYCLIFFE: So what have we got?

Well, this wasn't an accident, unless she

accidentally throttled herself.

Clear signs of asphyxiation, cyanosis,

petechial hemorrhages.

Now, looking at the neck, the killers seem

to have used his bare hands.

Fully clothed?

Nothing sexual as far as I know.

There is one interesting thing.

Her clothes, they're wet.

I know we're a few miles from the sea,

but was definitely salt water.

Sir.

This is DC Jill Gillespie, she's from the [inaudible] station,

sir. - Sir.

Jill.

She knows a Creed family.

I hear they keep you busy.

Not so much as they used to.

We've just put the father away for armed robbery.

WYCLIFFE: Uh-huh.

What about the daughter?

Can you think why anyone might want to kill her?

Well, she had a reputation for being difficult.

Lucy, why don't you go with, Jill.

Inform the family.

All right.

Who's likely to be there?

The mother and two brothers.

The sooner the body's identified the better.

Sir.

She's wearing a ring, sir.

[phone ringing]

I've got nothing against married women.

House to house? WYCLIFFE: House to house?

Yeah.

We've got the Penland Road garage and a few bungalows

half a mile away.

She'd of been dead more than 12 hours.

Yeah, OK.

Somebody might of seen a car parked by the road.

Sir, that's Franks.

He's found something that might be significant.

Like you to get over as soon as you can.

[birds whistling]

[gate closes]

Johnny.

I need your help.

He's helping me.

Johnny.

John, you come back here.

[car approaching]

That's where the father was hiding when we arrested him.

What's she doing here?

I'll talk to them.

Will.

Hannah.

This is Detective Inspector Lane.

Hello, Mrs. Creed.

Come to nick someone else?

One of my boys this time, is it?

We've come about Ellie.

What about her.

Perhaps, we should go inside.

Why?

I'm sorry Mrs. Creed, but the body of a young woman

was found near the Penland Road early this morning.

We believe it could be the body of your daughter.

You believe?

Hannah.

I'm afraid we'll need you to come

down and identify the body.

What happened?

We don't know?

Was it a car accident or what?

We don't believe it was an accident.

Let's go inside, shall we?

[inaudible]

See you later.

Gary?

Johnny.

[music playing]

Gary!

Two things.

I've had a closer look at the bruising to the neck.

Now, those are probably thumb marks.

The rest of the bruising is pretty unremarkable,

which indicates that the killer was controlled

in what he was doing.

Also, newspaper in her windpipe--

I'll probably find more when I open her up.

Newspaper?

Yes.

I've come across this before, five times to be exact.

Go on.

Now, the tabloids called him the Penland Strangler.

Oh, and tell Laurie they'll have to wait for the paperwork

on yesterday's fatal.

That case was before my time.

Yes.

There's also a contusion to the side of the head.

This probably happened around the time she was killed.

And is that consistent with the other murders?

Oh, well, it was 10, 11 years ago.

As far as I remember, two of the girls were knocked unconscious.

I'd have to get my notes out.

Yeah, I think you should.

[gravel crunches beneath tires]

[music playing]

[knocks door]

What you going to do?

What do you think?

[knocks door]

MAN: [inaudible]

[glass shatters]

Johnny, go on!

[muffled screams]

All the victims were female.

They were strangled and they had strips of paper

forced down their throats.

Now, these killings ended 11 years ago unsolved.

It appears that Ellie Creed has been

killed in exactly the same way.

So has the old killer started up again?

Well he must have done, sir.

Why do you say that, Ian?

Well, who else would know his methods?

The details wouldn't have been made public, would they?

True.

Or he could have told someone.

I think it's very unlikely he started up again.

For a compulsive killer the urge to kill

is supposedly irresistible, if anything,

the killings tend to escalate until they're caught.

Some of the [inaudible] guys spent

the last 11 years inside then.

I'm not totally convinced it is the same killer,

but we make inquiries into previous suspects.

Ian, can you check the recent prison releases?

Sir.

As far as the murder of Ellie Creed goes,

we'll pursue the usual line of inquiries--

we talk to friends, family.

The press, by the way, are just getting the bare details.

I don't want anyone creating a panic by saying the Penland

Strangler is back in business.

Is that understood?

[scattered agreement]

OK, that's it.

[car approaching]

They're back.

Because of what you done.

I'm warning you, mum.

You tell them anything--

I mean it.

Coppers.

[car door shuts close]

This is supposed to be a farm, is it?

I think it seen better days.

Afternoon.

Gary.

I'll talk to him.

Gary.

I'm Detective Superintendent Wycliffe.

Sorry about what's happened to your sister.

I just like you asked you a few questions, if that's all right?

You should check this while you're at it.

Been done for thieving.

I could be ringing it.

I just want to ask you about your sister.

That's all.

You see, DI Lane was here earlier.

She said you left in something of a hurry.

Why was that?

Look, whatever happened to Ellie is nothing to me,

so you don't even think about getting clever.

I need to know where Ellie went yesterday.

Did she go to work?

Did she see someone-- a boyfriend, perhaps?

She didn't have a boyfriend.

[music playing]

Oi, Johnny.

She got really sick when she was a baby--

so bad I couldn't even wake her for feeds.

Her dad were blind drunk, but I still made

him drive us to the hospital.

Turned out she had a lung infection,

so close to losing her.

If we got there half an hour, 10 minutes later--

Hannah.

Can you think of anyone who might have wanted to do this?

Anyone with a grudge against her?

When did you last see her.

Yesterday, before we left.

We got back and her car was still here.

I thought she was home.

I don't want her dad being told, not yet, not after what

he's just been through.

[door opens]

Any joy?

The brother's keep something back.

I think I can say the same about the mother.

One thing might be relevant, Ellie's father has just

attempted suicide in prison.

- When? - Sunday.

The day before Ellie was killed.

TIM HUBBARD (ON RADIO): BBC Radio

Cornwall News with Tim Hubbard.

REPORTER (ON RADIO): The union is still

hostile to the introduction of primary school league tables

and this is thought to be one of the issues

the education secretary will have to face for some years

to come.

And, now, more details concerning

the body of the young woman found early this morning.

This report from Melissa Caro.

MELISSA CARO (ON RADIO): The police

have now confirmed that they're treating

the death of a young girl found near to the Penland

Road as suspicious.

And they're appealing to anyone who traveled the road yesterday

evening to come forward.

Although it's been many years since the Penland Strangler

was active, this death is already

causing alarm to local people.

So far the senior investigations officer

Detective Superintendent Wycliffe

has neither confirmed nor denied a connection with the murders

of 11 years ago.

[turns off radio]

[shifts metallic object]

[turns on tv]

What I don't get is why would the killer put

newspaper down their throat.

What's that about?

Well, I'm not a clinical psychologist,

but, I reckon, we're looking for a paranoid psychotic paperboy.

Listen, you fancy a bit of pub lunch?

Oh, I'd love to, but I said I'd meet my husband.

Oh, right.

Good timing?

Yeah, we just go back.

Paul, this is Doug Kersey, DI.

Hello.

Pleased to meet you.

I should be back about 2:00, all right?

Hey, fine, 2:00.

Yeah.

Uh, sir?

Yeah.

ACC wants to see you?

I'm sure he does.

It's about the strangler connection.

Right.

And did you tell Mr. Lyman I wasn't entirely

sure there was a connection? - Yeah.

I think that's what he wants to talk to you about.

Oh, and we found out that Ellie was having boyfriend trouble.

Who told you?

I spoke to one of the people she works with.

Apparently, sir, he was pretty possessive.

Dixy is checking him out.

Peter Robins, 30 years of age, previous for possession

of cannabis and ABH.

He knocked her about a bit, apparently.

Address?

No trace.

He's in a local rock band called Rajara.

They play the pub circuit.

Ring round.

Someone must have a contact number.

Right, sir.

So why would Gary say that she didn't have a boyfriend?

I've got something on the suspects

from the old Penland Inquiry.

One's dead.

The prime suspect, Keith Marum, topped himself

two days after questioning.

But a Hugh Samford was brought in as well.

Now, he's moved five times in the last 11 years.

But he, now, lives at Eberthorn near Penland.

Eberthorn?

I know that place.

It's a rundown caravan park, slums on wheels or something

they call it?

Says the evidence against him was only circumstantial.

Samford is proved to be the scene of a third murder.

WYCLIFFE: Let's see.

Matched the description of a man seen near [inaudible]..

The thing is he's been living in London

for the last four years.

And he only moved back to Cornwall two months ago.

Then we questioned him.

Sorry, Charles, any chance a word?

Well, I'll only about--

It shouldn't take too long.

[phone ringing]

DETECTIVE: He didn't waste much time, did he?

No.

What is it [inaudible] says about him?

The only man he knows with PMT.

So what is PMT, Potter?

Huh?

[engine turns over]

[music playing]

You don't actually like this stuff, do you?

What's wrong with it?

I think on the whole I prefer music.

I wonder which one's the boyfriend?

Pint of special, please.

Pint of special.

What you for?

I'll have a pint of cider.

Pint of cider.

Which one's Peter Robins?

- Eh? - Peter Robins.

Oh, he's not here.

No, he didn't turn up.

You know why?

No idea.

- When do they finish? - What?

The band, when do they finish?

Oh, take a break in about 10 minutes.

[car approaching]

[breaks squeak]

[car door opens and shuts]

[trunk opens]

- It's very good of you, Helen. - Don't be silly.

You're the one organizing it.

[inaudible], Ruth.

All right.

Charlie?

Huh?

Ben's just going.

Oh, right.

James seem to think fancy dress is a good idea.

French Revolution.

I'm not sure the kids would go for it somehow.

No, maybe not.

See you then, Charlie.

Bye, Len.

Thank you.

- So you'll bring the sausages? - Uh-huh.

Yes, there will be enough I'm sure.

How lovely.

Anyway I'll--

I better let you get on.

Night.

Night, Len.

What have we done to deserve him for a neighbor?

I mean, he's met you many times?

Twice.

And he's already calling you Charlie.

Ah, he's just being friendly.

That's all.

Dad?

What is it?

Do we have to go?

It's only a barbecue for heaven's sake?

It'll be chockabock [inaudible]..

Thank you, David.

[sighs] How's It going?

I'm just reading up on the old murders.

It's quite an operation in the end,

rumbled on for over a year.

Won't be seeing much if you, then?

Well, the SIO at the time ended up

taking early retirement--

claimed the case ruined his health, so who knows?

Might be home for good.

You think it's going to be bad as that?

This is what I really dread--

random killer, no obvious motive.

Well, someone who murders out of jealousy or revenge--

someone with no connection to the victim whatsoever--

I mean, how do you catch someone like that?

I suppose, you hope he'll make a mistake.

Huh.

[exhales sharply]

[door opens]

One good thing.

What's that?

It means I won't be able to make next door's barbecue.

Don't you--

[phone ringing]

--let me go my own.

Charlie.

Dad.

What?

Phone.

Give Len my regards, won't you?

[slap]

Thank you.

Hello.

It is, yes.

[music playing]

And where was this?

[applause over tv]

Right.

David.

[mutes tv] Sorry, what part of Penland?

I see.

No, I know exactly where it is.

OK.

What is it?

[sighs] They found another body.

[sighs] Oh, Charlie.

[music playing]

WYCLIFFE: It's 23 isn't it?

ELAINE: Yeah.

WYCLIFFE: I think that must be him.

[dog barking]

[breaks squeak]

[car doors shut]

Mr. Samford?

Who wants to know?

Detective Inspector Lane.

This is Detective Sergeant Dixon.

Are you Hugh Samford?

He's my brother.

[music playing, car approaching]

[car driving off]

Zena Owen's body was left in Penland town center.

Which suggests that the killer wanted the body found quickly.

So someone, somewhere, must have seen something.

We also know that she telephoned her parents

before boarding the King Harry Ferry,

so we set up checkpoints.

And house-to-house in the area where the body was found.

You'll have to make a television

appeal for witnesses.

But what about Ellie Creed's boyfriend?

We've got an address.

He's been looking after someone's

cottage near Sandinick.

Yeah, but doesn't this second killing change things?

We know he's got a violent history,

we need to question him.

Yes, sir.

But the thing is, the day that Ellie Creed died,

Robins rehearsed with his band from morning to evening.

They didn't see hide nor hair of her.

So.

[phone rings]

So what about the suspect from the old case?

Well, [clear throat] according to his brother, Sam just

got a job at Trulisick Gardens.

Trulisick?

Yeah.

Not a million miles away from the ferry.

I think we'd better go and talk to him.

Sir.

I spoke to the Met.

They just used a profiler to catch a serial rapist.

I think you should consider using a profiler on this case.

And I arranged a meeting with the chief constable

to assess how things are going.

Good idea, don't you think?

Just as long as you're not worried about my ability

to run this investigation, sir.

Of course not.

But we must catch this man before he kills again.

Don't think I'm not aware of that.

We'll speak later.

[music playing]

[knocks door]

[music playing]

[knocks door]

Excuse me.

[inaudible]

Can I help you?

[music playing]

And then the two of them went off in an old Jeep thing.

And this was yesterday morning?

Just after 11:00.

I was waiting for the bus.

Have you any idea how long they were here?

Well, couldn't of been more than a few minutes.

Thanks.

Gary, Creed was here yesterday.

Great security.

[door squeaks open]

[glass crunches underfoot]

[inaudible].

Try there.

Oh, yes.

Bingo.

[music playing]

Only just.

[engine whirs]

Harry!

[music playing]

Go.

Hey, sir.

Gary, no.

[objects clatter]

[music playing]

You.

[jill screams]

[music playing]

Get off me.

Jill?

[inaudible]

You OK?

I don't think it cut through.

It just hurts like bloody hell.

Let's see.

You know why you've been arrested, Gary.

You've assaulted a police officer.

Serves her right.

And, Peter Robins, your sister's boyfriend has been

found in a critical condition.

He killed her.

Why would you want to kill her, Gary?

Because he said he would.

She let him knock her about for months.

And when she ended it, he went mad.

He told her he was going to kill the both of them.

So you admit visiting Peter Robins, do you--

Yesterday morning between 11, 12 o'clock?

Mr. Creed nods his head.

Right.

What happened when you arrived?

He opened the door, I went in, and I had a go at him.

I wanted to get to him before you did.

That's all.

Thing is, Gary, it's not possible

that Peter Robins was involved in Ellie's death

because yesterday evening, whilst he

was lying unconscious, another girl was

killed in exactly the same way.

[music playing]

You Samford?

[wheelbarrow clanks]

I knew you'd come after me.

Why?

I'm not stupid.

News is full of the strangler starting

up again, said the second girl was last seen by the ferry.

We just needed to come in and answer

a few questions, Mr. Samford.

That's all.

Oh, that's all?

It's what they said 11 year ago--

just a few questions, that's all.

Shouldn't take too long.

You any idea what those questions cost me?

Have you?

I was visiting my sister in Falmouth.

One minute I was playing tag with my nephews,

next time in the back of a police car trying

to get through the crowds at the police

station baying for blood.

Oh, five girls had been killed.

They wanted somebody stringing up and so did the police.

Mr. Samford.

Where were you last night?

Mr. Samford!

You're from Cornwall?

So?

Would you miss it if you was driven out?

Well, I--

Of course, you would.

Didn't matter I was released without charge.

Had petrol through my letter box.

I lost jobs.

Friends that didn't want to know me.

Do you know-- do you know what that does to you?

It kills you.

Please, this is my home.

Don't drag me away again.

Mr. Samford, all you have to do

is tell us where you were last night.

[car approaching]

[music playing]

I could've seen out the shift.

Are you kidding?

You nearly had your arm off.

You just you see the doctor, OK.

You should've seen the hate in Gary's eyes.

Oh, it's nothing personal.

Don't you believe it.

When we arrested his father for robbery I developed a rapport,

don't ask me why.

Well--

So the DI put me in all the interviews--

made me promise Creed that if he cooperated and named

his accomplices, the judge would be informed

and they'd get a lighter sentence.

And did he cooperate?

But the judge wasn't told.

Oh, God.

Ended up giving him 12 years.

Well, it wasn't your fault, was it?

[unbuckles seatbelt]

Oh, I think right.

I got to get Paul to take me to the doctor.

Hold on.

Come on.

Don't come in tomorrow if you don't feel up to it.

I'll square it with the boss, OK?

Thanks. See you.

Bye. [car door shuts]

[gate squeaks open]

So Samford doesn't have an alibi?

He claims the day Ellie Creed died, he was out driving.

Last night he was working.

Do you believe him, ma'am?

Well, he says he worked till 7:00, though he

only gets paid till 6:00.

Course, nobody saw him working because they'd all knocked off.

[phone ringing]

Lane.

You sure?

Yeah-- no, he's--

he's just left.

Yeah, I'll see if I can catch him.

Ma'am.

Sir.

Sir.

What?

Frank has just phoned from the lab.

He says he doesn't think Zena Owen

and Ellie Creed were killed by the Penland Strangler.

This was from the old murders, the fourth victim Jane Hewas.

As you can see, obvious signs of manual strangulation.

And the fifth victim, again, obvious signs.

Now, blown up and you see small trace patterns, particularly

around the outer edge of the bruise.

Gloves.

Yes, in the old murders, the killer wore woven gloves.

Ellie Creed.

Now, the recent killings differ from the old murders

in two ways.

Firstly, no trace patterns from the gloves.

Secondly, in the old murders, the bruising was severe.

The killer used a considerable amount

of force, damaging thyroid and cricoid cartilages.

But in the killings we've seen over the last couple of days,

there's been no such damage.

So we're looking for copycat.

Uh-huh.

We better check everyone connected with the old case.

Sir.

You've got a visitor at the front office.

John Creed.

[soda can pops open]

There you go.

[door opens]

[door closes]

Hello, John.

He wants to see his brother.

All right, we'll let you see him.

And then you can go home to your mum, OK?

It's my fault Gary's in trouble.

I told him Ellie gone see her boyfriend.

Doesn't make it your fault, you know?

Have a word with the custody sargent.

Sir.

[door opens]

John.

John, what made you think Ellie had gone to see her boyfriend?

She told me that's where she's going.

But her car was still at the farm.

If she'd gone to see her boyfriend,

she'd have gone in the car, surely?

She walked.

She said she was seeing him at Church Rock.

[music playing]

[birds chirping]

Hello.

My boys are right.

Maybe I should sell up.

No farm's a gold mine.

When my dad passed on--

least it was something.

What did I go and do?

Marry Frank Creed.

Hannah.

The day Ellie died, you said you went to see your husband.

Prison phoned telling us what had happened,

so me and Gary went.

And you left John with Ellie?

You can't tell a nine-year-old his dad's just

tried hanging himself.

We got back, but she left to see Pete.

But she told John that she was going

to meet him at Church Rock.

It's not on the map.

It's what kids used to call it.

It's about a mile the other side of the beach.

I don't know why she'd meet him there.

Here the list of everyone who worked in the case--

officers, civilian staff, forensics, you name it--

everyone down to whoever cleaned the toilets.

How many names?

Eh, probably 200.

What?

You want me to put them all on computer?

You're the wiz kid, not me.

[applause]

What the doctors say?

He doesn't think anything's broken,

so I just have to rest it for a bit.

That's all.

In that case, we might have just the thing.

How about a bit of typing.

[wind blowing, waves crashing]

So what was she doing in the sea then?

Let's see where this goes.

They want me, they can come and find me.

Look, these girls.

Eh.

These girls, the ones that have been killed.

What about them?

Tell me the truth.

Oh, for God's sake, you're my brother.

You're my bloody brother.

But the last one was on the ferry.

Well, so.

Hugh, will you leave me the television?

[music playing]

Tell you what, I've been here before.

Hi.

All right.

[KEYBOARDS CLACKING, PHONE RINGING]

Ian.

Yeah.

The witness who saw a car pulling

out of Wadeford Lane around the time Zena Owen was found.

What about them?

Did they say what type of car it was?

It was definitely blue.

Here it is.

Yeah, four door Saloon, possibly a Sierra.

Jill.

[hangs up phone]

[music playing]

[door opens]

[door closes]

You're-- you're husband was on the case.

He didn't tell me.

Used to be on the force, then?

Yeah.

It's [inaudible].

Jill never mentioned that you were ex-cover.

Plenty of us about.

More milk?

Yes, please.

Just a little-- that's fine.

[inaudible]

Thank you very much [inaudible]..

Why'd you leave?

He got wise, didn't he?

I was invalided out.

Thank you.

I caught a couple of young kids stealing a car.

They got away, but maybe they didn't

like what I called them and came straight back at me

at about 40 mile an hour--

broke a couple of ribs and one of my legs.

And got off with a caution.

Huh.

That's when I decided I'd had enough.

When was this then?

What-- about three years ago, coming up four.

It's when I met Jill, as a matter of fact--

my send off-- not that I remember much.

Well, I'll stick the kettle back on, huh?

Paul, we're here because--

well because we've been trying to trace the movements of Ellie

Creed on the day that she died.

Creed Farm's about a mile from here,

and I think it's possible she came here on that day.

Were you at home Monday?

No.

Out.

Where-- where did you go?

Look, I'm sorry, but why do you think

Ellie Creed did come here?

To see your wife, possibly.

Why?

I think Ellie was angry--

angry that her father had been put away for 12 years,

that he just attempted suicide in prison,

and your wife was one of the arresting officers.

Jill said that the Creeds blamed her,

you know, for not telling the judge

that their dad had corporate.

She tells you a lot of things, has she?

Look, I'm sorry, but I was out all Monday.

So I don't know.

She could of come here.

[music playing]

[car speeds off]

Stop!

[music playing]

[car speeding pass]

[music playing]

[tires screeching, car crashing]

[music playing]

[car doors close shut]

We'd been burgled, anonymous phone calls, woken

in the middle of the night.

It was really getting to us.

And you didn't know who it was?

Why, I didn't want to worry Jill, but--

I guessed it was the Creeds.

On Monday, I was--

I was working out the back.

I heard glass being smashed.

And I saw her standing by my car.

Ellie Creed?

She put a brick through the back window.

She seemed surprised to see me.

So what happened next?

She ran off, but I caught up with her on the beach--

scum like that, you know, ruined my life.

To think that that little slag and her brother

knew where we lived--

been phoning us up, breaking into our house.

And when you caught up with Ellie what happened?

She just shouted at me.

Someone stop-- just kept shouting

on, and on, and on, and on.

Make-- Making out Jill had stitched up her dad--

just screaming at me, done with me, she was.

So what did you do?

I hit her.

Shut her up.

And she lay there on the beach not moving.

She looked just like Beth Trigurn.

Beth Trigurn.

It's one of the girls that was killed 11 years ago.

I'd only been a sergeant two weeks.

So you throttled Ellie Creed and made it look as if she'd

been killed by the same man?

Yeah.

But, Paul, why kill again?

Why kill Zena Owen?

I'd-- I heard Hugh Samford was back--

mate of mine runs boats over at the point,

told me Samford was working at Trulisick.

Thought you'd make the connection.

So you took another girl's life just to point

the finger at Hugh Samford?

Don't you know?

I had to kill someone else, didn't I?

Because of what Hugh said to Jill in the carpark.

I was there, remember?

You said you weren't sure it was the strangler.

So I had to do it again.

I had to convince you.

It's what you said.

[door opens]

Have we got him?

Custody, [inaudible].

It's not your fault.

All right, if there's something you want,

just give me a call.

All right.

[engine turns over]

[car door opens]

[indistinct conversation]

The first three rounds, you know.

[inaudible]

The first three rounds in, OK.

[inaudible]--

Come to celebrate, sir?

You bet.

[car drives off]

Is she gone?

Yes, she staying at her mum's in St. Ives.

Should give a call tomorrow.

Where's the boss?

He's going to come along later.

That's what he always says.

Come on.

Let's go murder a pint.

- [inaudible] - Thank you, Len.

Enjoy.

[music playing]

Here.

Where's dad?

[music playing]

Ruth says you wouldn't let her sulk

at the bottom of the garden.

I'm sorry.

Don't blame yourself.

Charlie, let me show you [inaudible] at the bottom.

As long as it's legal, then I don't mind.

Now, I'll get rid of this--

this bare patch here.

I don't like that because I like shrubs.

[inaudible]

Is dad all right?

LEN: [inaudible]

I think so.

It's got a lovely orangey reddish flower.

It's [inaudible].

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