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# Love, rain down on me

# Don't wanna see it, just wanna feel it

# Love knows no boundaries

# Gotta believe it and you'll receive it

# Love, let it rain

# Love, let it rain

# Love, let it rain # Love #

DJ: 'Now we start slowing things right down.'

'Wet Wet Wet and Julia Says.'

You dancing, then, sir? If you're asking, Sheena.

# It seemed my love was standing still

# Ooh, sorry now

# It's funny how I didn't know it... #

She's got a nerve. Exactly.

HISS OF ESCAPING GAS

GASPS IN AIR

SIREN

What did the caretaker say? He was doing his rounds.

Ready to move her?

I mean, let's give the kid a bit of dignity, eh? What about Wycliffe?

Yeah, OK. I'll go and see if he's here.

Do we know who she is?

Yes, um, Ruth Penrose.

Aged 16.

16? Mm. She was here for the disco, with her twin sister.

Caretaker found her.

Doesn't look like suicide. Can't be.

The cupboard was locked, and the key's missing. Asphyxia.

Judging by the distress on her face, it was the bag, not the gas.

Any signs of assault?

There are signs of some struggle. Her knuckles are grazed.

There may be some body bruising. I don't know yet.

What about the caretaker?

He lives on the premises with his son.

Right. What's his name?

Whear. Alan Whear? Alan Whear.

Poor kid.

I'll move her out of your way.

I, er... I'm just going to get some air.

Uh, but I...

RINGS

Danny! Will you get that?

Hello?

What do you mean, you saw me?

OK?

They don't look like twins, do they?

I'm running through everyone we checked out of the hall. 223 names.

They're coming to the hall tomorrow morning, 9.00, to give statements.

Right. We need a dozen officers ready for them.

Pro formas first, names and addresses,...

..movements tonight, any involvement with the dead girl. Doug.

Yeah?

You go and see the family.

Make sure that everything that needs to be done... Is done.

Lucy, talk to the caretaker now, in case he dwells on things. Right.

I don't know why he wants me to do that. I'm not the family type.

That's exactly why he wants you there. It's gonna be very emotional.

Yeah.

Howie, come on.

Excuse me.

Hello?

Oh, yeah?

Yeah?

Well, you know what he's been like recently.

Uh-huh.

Look, give him another hour and if he still hasn't come home, call me.

Look, love, he's just probably trying to prove something.

Yeah, all right.

All right.

DOORBELL

Mr Whear?

Detective Inspector Lane. Can I have a word?

Tea? Thank you.

Mr Whear, how did Ruth get into the lab, if you say the door was locked?

Can't explain it.

Unless Mick Brandon went up there. Mick Brandon?

Physics teacher.

Why would he want to be up there during the disco?

Maybe he needed privacy.

Would Mr Brandon have a key to the cupboard?

No. Those cupboards are never locked.

Most of them don't have keys.

Well, this one obviously did.

I wish Danny'd take his homework to his room.

Is he at this school?

Yeah.

Was Danny at the disco?

He may have been hanging around.

But he's only 14. It was for the older kids who'd finished exams.

Can I have a word with him?

It's nearly midnight! A child has been murdered, Mr Whear.

Dan, this policewoman wants to talk to you.

Hello, Danny.

I'll go tidy up the living room, eh? No, I'd rather you stayed.

Has your dad told you what's happened, Danny?

Did you know Ruth Penrose?

He's what you call the strong, silent type.

How did you know her? She's older than you.

Athletics team.

Was she a close friend?

OK. You're probably a bit tired. I'll come back tomorrow.

How many sets of keys do you have for the main doors? Two.

Hang on a minute.

"Mick?" That the physics teacher?

You don't mind if I take these with me, do you?

TV: "STARTER'S GUN"

Joe.

Thank you. You've been very kind.

Go on, girl!

Push, push!

Turn that thing off, Joe.

She should've been doing that tonight. Not bloody dancing.

Mr Penrose, um, I know you must be, um...

Do you? Please, Joe!

She should've been training tonight. It was cancelled.

That's why she went to the disco.

I took her there myself in the car.

Well, you think they'll be safe enough in school.

If there's anything you want to, er, ask me, please...

I thought that was your job, Inspector. Joe!

I mean, something you want to know, like what happens next.

Or if you want to see Ruth. No, not like that.

I think I'd like to see...

OK.

You wouldn't think they were twins, would you?

Chalk and cheese. Couldn't agree on a thing.

Er, this may sound a ridiculous question,...

..but, has Ruth fallen out with anybody recently?

What, Ruth?

Quiet as a mouse.

Why she wanted to go to that disco...

Should've seen Sheena's face when Ruth came down in Joe's old jumper.

"You can't go looking like that." That hardly matters now, does it?

So why did she decide to go?

Could she have been meeting someone? Not Ruthie. No.

She wouldn't speak at the best of times.

I can't believe that she'd have struck up with anyone.

Certainly no boy, if that's what you're thinking.

May I go through some of her things? School books - nothing too personal.

Please do. Thank you.

You try not to wake Sheena. She's in our room.

She couldn't sleep in her own bed,...

..not tonight.

OK, thank you.

Why?

Oh, sorry, did I wake you?

I can't sleep.

Is this yours?

No. Ruth borrowed it from our English teacher

for an essay she's writing.

Boring. She liked it, though.

Listened to it all the time.

Maybe I should give it a go? If you want.

What about the CDs? Mine.

Ruth not into pop music?

Oh, I'm sorry, Sheena. I didn't mean to upset you.

Um, it's just that, I need to know about Ruth,...

..to find out what happened tonight.

I don't know.

She said she was going home.

I just let her go.

I didn't...

You're OK, you're OK.

Well, where was he?

Look, I'm still going to want a word with him.

No. Tell him I'm not angry, OK?

Look, love, I'd better go.

I'll ring you back from the hotel. Bye.

Problems, sir?

Mmm.

Ian, when you were 15, did you ever threaten to stay out all night?

No, sir.

Have you spoken to Whear?

And I found these letters, with Danny's school books.

"Mick?"

Could be the physics teacher, Mick Brandon.

How did Danny get hold of these? He found them in the yard.

Anything else? Danny used to belong to the same athletics club as Ruth.

Mmm, OK. See what you can find out from Ruth's friends.

See if Danny Whear's name comes up.

Lost something? Who are you?

Detective Superintendent Wycliffe. And you?

Mick Brandon. This is my lab.

How did you get in here?

They're my keys. This is a sealed area.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Do you have spare keys for the cupboards?

No. Well, only this one.

The tall one.

What about this cupboard here?

None of the others have keys.

But I think that did have one in it.

What's so important you have to be here the morning after a murder?

It's just some paperwork.

Nothing important. It can wait.

Yesterday afternoon, did you lock up after you? Always.

Look, I'm sorry about what happened.

I've already given my statement. If you'll excuse me.

Try and keep your eyes open, there's a good lad.

The reason why I've brought you from the hall is

I understand you're one of Ruth's friends?

I know this is difficult, but I need to know what happened last night.

Nothing.

Was Ruth with you at the disco?

What time did she leave? Half-nine.

I remember looking at the clock cos Sheena was dancing with Mr Brandon.

What was so special about that?

Everyone wants to dance with him. Ruth had just left.

We thought: typical her missing out on the action.

Did she say where she was going?

Home. I think she was bored.

Or she was meeting someone.

Did she say who?

I don't want to get no-one into any trouble.

No time for secrets, Beth.

OK - Danny.

'Maybe she was meeting Danny Whear.'

She wasn't necessarily forced into the cupboard.

There are signs of struggle, from when the bag was put over her head.

Why put the gas on?

Was it an assisted suicide? Unlikely.

Brandon did say she looked miserable.

Probably after the row with Sheena. What row?

Some of the boys saw them arguing.

What about the friends? They said everything was fine.

Doug? The mother said they didn't agree on anything.

The look she got from Mr Penrose! What sort of a look?

He wasn't chuffed she said it.

So, what doesn't he want us to see?

I couldn't stay in that house a minute longer.

I thought I'd come here. Work, do some patching up on the boat.

Only, when I got here, I couldn't.

I don't want to be at home. I don't want to be here.

I don't know where I want to be. I just feel like hitting someone.

You've got every right to be angry.

I'd feel the same in your position. I just wish I understood.

Um,... how was Ruth when you dropped her off last night?

Fine.

Well, she was a bit down, I suppose, with the training being cancelled.

You say "down"?

Don't misunderstand me. She was just disappointed.

You wouldn't say she was depressed? What, Ruth? Never.

Happy as Larry.

No reason not to be.

Mmm, wish I could say the same about my kids. Teenagers!

Depression seems to be an inevitable part of growing up.

When they're not depressed, it's as if there's something wrong.

I appreciate you want the truth.

No-one wants that more than me. I'm telling you the truth.

See, I've always made sure that my girls are happy.

What I always say to Ruth is, "You've got to think positive."

No thinking "What if?"

You've got to bloody go for it 100% and then nothing'll go wrong.

Is there anything else you need to know?

Has Sheena talked to you about last night?

No. Nothing.

Would she mention any argument?

What, with Ruth? Never. They were twins, for God's sakes.

Nothing came between them.

What about boyfriends?

Ruth didn't have time for boyfriends. She was dedicated.

Not even Danny Whear?

Danny?

He's just a kid.

Come on, work harder!

Come on, four more to go!

See if they can run it out of their systems.

This has been a real sickener.

Are they all close friends? Yes. There's common ground.

And Ruth?

No. Ruth was a different kettle of fish. A bit of a loner.

Last night... They were all here with me.

Except for Ruth.

Ruth's father said training had been cancelled.

That's probably what she told him.

Why would she lie? She couldn't face the truth.

Which was? I dropped her yesterday afternoon.

Wasn't she the star of the show?

She was the best middle-distance runner of her age I've ever met.

Then why drop her? She was running herself into the ground.

But could I tell her?

"Dad says I need all the training I can get."

What does he know? He's a bloody fisherman!

So what was happening?

She wasn't eating right. She lost weight.

Her running became ragged. She'd lose concentration mid-race.

Couldn't she see that?

Yes. That made her more angry with herself.

Why did she carry on doing it?

If I knew that, maybe I could have helped.

It was getting to her.

I told her to take a couple of weeks off.

She didn't agree. No chance. So I dropped her.

I thought it might bring her to her senses.

I'll never know now.

All right, Dan? Get away from me.

Missing Ruthie, are we?

Leave me alone!

Is that what you'll tell the coppers?

What have you told them? Only what we saw, last night.

You didn't see nothing! I think we did, didn't we, Cath?

Enough to know what you two were up to. Shut up.

Too late, Dan. Don't say we didn't warn you.

She looks so small!

Tests on the vital organs will take longer. She hadn't inhaled the gas.

The bag killed her.

Small for her age, wasn't she?

Underdeveloped, yes. And anorexic.

She was nothing but skin and bone. She was a runner. They're all wiry.

There's more to it than that.

She'd more or less given up on food. Found a way of getting rid of it.

Vomiting?

No, no. She was flushing it out.

Laxatives?

A very large quantity. Melanosis coli.

Dicolouration on the inside of the large bowel.

He's not here.

Any idea where I might find him? You think Danny killed her.

Just need a talk with him. You can be present.

He's not here. I haven't seen him all day.

Could I have a look in his room?

Detective Inspector Lane. DS Dixon.

Could we have a word?

What about? I've told you everything I know.

I think we've got something that belongs to you.

Can we do this at the station, only my wife, um...?

Everything all right, Mick?

The police have some questions. I won't be long.

If you wanted to spend the night round at Matthew's,

you should've let your mother know.

No, no, no, no. She doesn't nag. She worries.

I nag!

(CHUCKLES) Well, at least that put a smile back on your face!

How do I know? I'm a detective. That's how I know.

OK, then. Go back to school, all right?

I'll see you when I see you.

Yeah?

All right. Bye.

RINGS

Wycliffe.

Yeah, I'll be right over.

It's just a bit of fun, that's all.

Is that what you call it?

Some girls write letters.

Explicit letters, wouldn't you say? That's up to them.

And you encourage it? What can I do?

How does your wife feel?

Well, she doesn't know. How could she?

Hang on. I haven't laid a finger on any girl.

Just wishful thinking?

Are any of these from Ruth Penrose? Oh, give me some credit.

Oh, not your type?

Well, not exactly, no.

Sheena? Is she your type?

Does she write you letters? No.

You wouldn't object if she did?

Look, I wasn't in the lab last night. I didn't kill Ruth.

Anorexic.

No wonder Sheena and her look so different.

Well done, Dixon.

It's obvious now, isn't it?

We should have seen this earlier.

You don't get murdered because you're too thin, do you?

The laxatives in their room must have been Ruth's.

Sheena would have known about them.

Maybe Ruth was unstable. Perhaps suicidal.

We know she did not kill herself.

Danny Whear, he's in there with her.

And he put a bag over her head. But why?

Lucy, bring him in anyway.

Andy, have another word with Brandon. What are we looking for?

If I'm right, he had his eye on Sheena at the disco.

You think she had something to do with it?

We know he danced with her.

He might have noticed if she slipped out.

He didn't say that in his interview. I know.

Doug?

Sir?

It's time I met Sheena Penrose. Sir.

Made it yesterday.

You sure you won't have any, Superintendent? No, thank you.

Excuse me a moment.

You not having any cake? I'm on a diet.

Ah. So am I - tomorrow. Oh, dear.

Are you married, Doug? No.

Girlfriend? No.

Now you know why.

Oi!

What about you, Sheena? Boyfriend?

I bet they're forever asking.

I'm not interested in the boys here.

What about Ruth?

Danny Whear.

He was always asking her out.

He's not back yet.

He had nothing to do with the girl's death.

I still need to talk to him.

Try his hideout. He's probably there.

One of the caves by the beach.

Danny?

"Dad, I'm sorry. It wasn't my fault."

We found a note, Mr Whear.

He didn't kill that girl.

He just took my keys to let her in the lab.

I guessed as much when I couldn't find them.

I knew then that something was up.

All those photographs... Why do you think he cut them up?

Was he easily intimidated?

I think he was scared.

Because of what happened to Ruth? No. I think someone phoned him.

After that, I don't...

Was he afraid someone might blame him?

You think he's dead, don't you?

We don't know that, Mr Whear.

This any use to you?

Try it.

Must be the one, sir.

"Gentlemen, ladies, these are my hands, my knees."

"I may be skin and bone, I may be Japanese."

"Nevertheless, I am the same, identical woman."

"The first time it happened, I was 10, it was an accident."

Does that voice get on your nerves?

Which poet were you supposed to be writing about? Ted Hughes.

Only Ted Hughes? Yeah, why?

No, no, no, no reason.

"Dying, denied. Like everything else."

What's on your mind?

It's looking more and more like he killed her.

Who, Danny?

Yeah, I know. But it doesn't feel right.

That note tells us nothing.

If he did do it, why not say so?

What if it's a suicide pact?

I don't think so. His name has been linked with Ruth a lot.

Mm-hm. First Sheena's friends and now Sheena.

Sounds very well rehearsed.

In that case, why has he disappeared?

Potter? Sir?

Circulate Danny as missing, force wide.

I'll inform the coastguard too, sir.

Any luck, Andy?

In this statement, he says Sheena left the disco for 10 minutes.

I thought he might.

He says it was nine o'clock. So, Ruth didn't leave until 9.30.

According to Brandon, Ruth left five minutes before Sheena went out.

How can he be so sure of that?

He'd wanted to dance with Sheena all night, but she left.

He looked at his watch. It was early.

Then she came back in and he looked at his watch again.

Good work. Lucy, get back to the girls.

Looks like they've been lying.

Probably not the only ones.

That was in the bedroom as well.

I was reading one of Ruth's essays. It's all about Sylvia Plath.

"Lady Lazarus".

Yeah, it's about suicide, isn't it?

Yeah. Do you know how she died, Sylvia Plath?

No.

She gassed herself. Really?

Mm. Only, from what I've read, she didn't mean it to happen.

She was expecting a visitor, who turned up late.

You think that's what Ruth was doing in the lab?

Well, there wasn't enough gas in the room to kill her.

I think she was waiting for someone to find her.

Thank you.

When can we bury her?

Soon, I hope.

What does he want with our Sheena?

The truth, Joe.

My kids, when they get annoyed,

quite often they do something to make a point.

To make us sit up and listen.

Is that what Ruth was doing - making a point?

I don't know. I wasn't there.

No. You were in the hall with your friends.

That's right.

These friends, they told us that Ruth left at half-nine.

Only, she was seen leaving,

after a row with you, just before nine.

Sheena? They got it wrong.

Your friends, or these other people? I don't know.

Oh, I think you do, Sheena.

I don't.

Very well.

What time did you leave?

After,... when the police came.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, but what about earlier?

Didn't you slip out, alone, for about 10 minutes,...

..just after Ruth left?

She probably went to the toilet. Didn't you, love?

That's right.

And that's when I saw him, hiding.

Who did you see?

Danny Whear. He killed her.

Are you sure about that?

Of course. We told you. That's why he's run away. Maybe.

There's no maybe about it. He's got the key. What more do you want?

Sheena! Look, love.

What's going on?

Eh?

I'm going to inform the parents, we're taking her in.

So, she's acting cool about it, it's natural.

She knows about the key.

Sorry, Doug.

Running was more than a hobby for Ruth?

Nothing else mattered. It was her life.

Must have been boring for you? You said it.

She just kept on winning things.

Did you think it strange when she started to lose her form?

Not really.

Why? Was something bothering her?

Well, she'd just started and that.

Her periods?

Why would that affect her running?

She knew her body was changing, yeah?

She didn't believe it wouldn't make a difference.

What did she do?

Sheena told her laxatives would stop her periods

so she started taking them.

Did it work?

It worked, but it made her weak, so she couldn't run properly.

How many was she taking?

10, every day.

What was...Sheena's attitude towards all this?

She thought it was funny.

In what way?

She teased her. Told everybody Ruth was a boy.

That's why she looked different.

How did you feel about that?

Nothing I could do.

Do you always do what Sheena tells you to do?

Sometimes.

Did you threaten Danny Whear cos Sheena told you to?

Beth?

I've told you everything I know.

I want the truth this time, Cathy.

What did you do to Danny?

Sheena said he killed Ruth.

So what did you do?

We phoned him and told him we knew.

And then what?

We put the key in his jacket.

They're saying Sheena told them to put the key there?

Great, thank you.

Danny Whear's been picked up, sir.

Is he OK?

Well, he's hungry.

They caught him at a service station. Thank God for that.

Make sure he gets home safe, Doug.

You've put Danny under a great deal of pressure, haven't you?

It was just a joke. What about Ruth?

Why were you bullying her, Sheena?

Because that's what it was. Because I was jealous, OK?

Jealous of the success?

No, I wasn't interested in all that.

I was sick of you. Ruth this and Ruth that!

Always telling her to think positive!

That's what I did last night, Dad!

Only this time it was me and not her. Sheena!

Let's all calm down.

Tell us what happened last night.

We had a row. She only went to the disco to get back at me.

What was the row about? Just the way she looked.

She had an old jumper of Dad's on, scruffy jeans.

I said she was like a bag woman and should go live in the gutter.

Wasn't that a bit harsh?

She was winding me up, yeah?

You say that you weren't jealous of Ruth's success.

What were you jealous of? The way she looked.

Just now, you said she looked...

You mean her body, don't you?

She had the build you wanted.

All she thought about was running. I could never get myself that thin.

I hated her for it.

So you made her life a misery? As best I could, yes.

Why did Ruth go up to the lab?

To put a bomb under us all, she said.

Always trying to wind me up. So what happened?

I didn't know what she was going to do.

All this "Be there in five minutes."

And when you got there?

Nothing. I couldn't see her.

Then I heard the gas was on.

Went to the back.

Cupboard was open and there she was, feet sticking out,...

..face buried in the corner, eyes shut, pretending to be dead.

How do you know she was just pretending?

I could see her eyelids moving.

You could see that through the bag? No.

This was before.

What d'you mean, Sheena?

Before I put the bag over her head.

I had a look around, I saw this plastic bag

and thought, "Yeah, why not?"

What did you do?

Put it over her head.

You put the bag over Ruth's head?

And you knew she wasn't dead, just pretending?

Yeah.

I thought, "That'll teach her to play silly buggers."

Locked the cupboard and took the key.

It was easy.

Sheena Penrose, I'm arresting you for the murder of Ruth Penrose.

You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence...

if you do not mention when questioned

something you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

Hi, it's me. No, I'm leaving now.

Yeah. Have you eaten yet?

Oh, good. Pick up a Chinese on the way.

OK. I'd better go. Yeah.

All right. Bye. Yeah? Huh! Yeah...

Good night. I'll be home in plenty of time for the football.

Not planning on going anywhere, eh? Bye-bye, then.

Bye.

OK, Doug? Yeah, I'm fine, yeah.