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My daughter almost died in front of me.

You need to stop getting in the medical team's way.

I just need to get her out of there.

For God's sake, get control of your drinking.

Are you having an affair with Charlotte Hinman?

If you want me to represent you alone,

know that this will be an act of war against your marriage.

Things are likely to escalate

as a result of all three of your children

now showing indicators of abuse.

On the laptop, check the search history.

We need to ensure that you maintain custody

of these children if they go after Jess.

I'm saying this is serious.

Do you really have to go to work?

I don't have a choice.

You'll be okay. Oh...

You'll be okay. You'll be okay.

Boys, are you excited to show off your baby sister?

Yeah!

Mum, where's the butter?

Just a minute. I'm coming down.

No! No!

Betsey. Betsey!

I'm a bad mother.

A bad, bad mother.

- You off? - Yeah.

I hope you have a quiet one.

I'm gonna say goodnight to Betsey.

Okay. See you.

Hello?

Shit!

When did you last do your rounds?

Ten, 11 minutes ago.

- Betsey was in her bed? - Yes, of course.

- She should still be there. - She's gone.

Look, we need to tell security.

- Call the police. - No. Not yet. Not yet!

- Why not? - Because she might

be with her mum. She won't have gone far.

This is madness. That baby is under police protection.

Please, Sheila, just do what I say.

- Have you seen Mrs. Carrisford? - No.

Baby abduction. Notify security.

All staff to man main exit doors.

Put me through to the police.

Make sure you've checked the CCTV.

Jess!

Jess.

Jess?

Jess. Jess, please.

Let's just talk.

Please talk to me.

Jess...

They were gonna take her.

I'm going to protect her.

Yeah. No, I know you did. I know you did.

But this is not the way to do it. Please.

Betsey's condition is still really serious, Jess.

And we can't monitor her when she's out here.

We can't... we can't help her if she has another seizure.

We've got no oxygen or anything. Please.

Jess, I know you wouldn't want to hurt her.

It's just... wait. Just give me a minute.

Gimme a minute.

Please, Jess, just open the door. Let's talk.

Unlock the door.

Okay.

Okay.

Please, I promise, I promise I will take care of her.

I'm never gonna forgive you for this.

Well, that's a shame.

I'm sorry you feel like that, Jess, because...

...I believe you.

Jess, I know, I know you didn't hurt Betsey.

Please.

I know. Come on.

I know. Come on. It's okay.

It's okay. There's a good girl.

Well done, Jess.

It's okay, baby. It's okay.

Can you please step out of the vehicle?

It's bedtime.

That's it. Come on. Night-night.

Sweet dreams.

Stand up, please, Mrs. Carrisford.

Jessica Carrisford, I'm arresting you

for abducting a child in care.

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

if you do not mention when questioned

something which you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

Be gentle with her.

I don't think Jess even knew what she wanted to do

when she took Betsey.

I don't think she was thinking that far ahead.

I...

I think she believed that just in that moment...

...Betsey needed her more.

Charl, this can't be a repeat of Friday.

You know what? You can't actually kick me out tonight.

Remember? The safety plan.

I legally have to be here. Bad luck!

Just don't tell Rustin that you're sleeping over.

He's already convinced we're having an affair.

What? The bar!

The copious amounts of alcohol.

I can see how he reached that conclusion.

- Eddie. - Hm?

Andrew, he's a really wonderful man.

I mean, we don't even fight, but he's not um...

He's not...

He's not you!

So, I don't know how you feel. Okay?

But for me, it's always been the same.

I can't bear seeing you like this.

And so I'm just, I'm going to say it.

I'm going to say it out loud, and then it's just done, okay?

Yeah.

I'm in love with you.

I love you, Ed.

I always have.

And...

I'm... Yeah, I'm prepared to leave Andrew for you.

Oh, Charlotte.

Oh, my God.

I'm... I'm so sorry.

Charlotte.

You are my dear, dear friend. I think the world of you.

But I do love Jess.

I'm going to do everything I can to protect her

and be there for her.

I am sorry, but, you and I, that... this can't happen.

It's Liz. You should...

Ed? - Yeah.

Jess has been arrested. She tried to take Betsey.

- What? - Baby's okay, though.

Oh, my God. Okay.

Jess just tried to abduct Betsey.

- Ed? - Go on. Where's Jess now?

All right. Thank you. Thanks, Liz.

Hello?

Hello?

You're home then?

- Yeah. I want to see Connor. - Oh.

Feeling guilty?

- No. - He doesn't want to see you.

I need to ask him about what happened today.

Has he told you anything?

- I don't want a bully for a son. - Connor's not a bully.

You sure about that, are you?

Yeah.

Did you take money out of my account?

- My card got declined today. - Yeah, I did.

I needed to top up the mortgage payment.

But I'll put some money into your account later.

My phone's not working.

Well, I forgot to pay the bill.

Are things really that bad?

I don't know why you just won't let me get a job.

Um...

Doing what exactly?

Sorry, remind me what it is that you're qualified to do.

- Where are you going? Come on. - To see Connor.

Well, bad luck, cos he's at my sister's, so...

What, don't you believe me?

Andrew, what is going on? How far did she get--

They won't even tell me why they've arrested--

Ed, go home.

You're not doing anyone any good here.

I'm not gonna leave!

I've just spoken to the duty sergeant and they've told me

they're not going to interview her tonight.

They're going to... they're going to keep her?

They can keep her for 24 hours.

Go be with your boys.

Yeah, all right.

Bad, bad mother.

Female, active labour, 39 weeks.

What's happening?

Baby is stuck.

Push now! We need to get her out.

Is she dead?

Placenta won't detach. She's bleeding out.

Jess.

Oh, thank God.

- Oh, Andrew. - How are you?

I brought you some food and a proper coffee.

Thank you.

Now, if you agree to instruct me,

I will act as your legal representative today.

Thank you.

Her lawyer's arrived.

So, current timeline we are working to.

Friday after school,

Jess is at home alone with their two youngest.

She claims that Betsey slips, bumps her head on the fridge.

But SOCO found no DNA evidence backing this up.

Their eldest, Kit, arrives home at 6:45 from football.

And Jill Baker, the parent who dropped Kit off,

hears the baby crying from the driveway.

But Jess claims that she puts the kids to bed as normal.

She turns in herself around nine.

Ed gets home at ten, inebriated, finds the baby in distress.

- Raises the alarm. - Anything else?

I asked Financial Investigations to expand their check.

Look at the time of that transaction.

- Whose card was used? - Jessica Carrisford.

Have we sent a PCSO to pull CCTV?

Yeah. For now, we've got to focus on this interview.

What are you thinking?

I think the Carrisfords lived a very charmed life

until child number three.

That's when everything started to fall apart.

Are we looking at a violent mother

who hurt her child on purpose?

Or a desperate woman who accidentally lost control?

Yeah, I mean, either way,

she put her sick child at serious risk

by snatching her from ICU last night.

- Hmm. Oh, last thing. - Yeah?

Her lawyer, Andrew Hinman, married to Charlotte Hinman.

Quite the tight knit, well-to-do social circle, isn't it?

Now, I have to ask, has anyone interviewed you

since you were taken into custody?

No.

Has anyone made you sign anything?

Have you said anything to the police

that I need to be made aware of, when they brought you in?

Like what? What are you suggesting?

It's just all a big blur, last night. I don't remember much.

Jess, I'm here as your friend, but I'm also your lawyer now.

I will protect you, but you have to be completely honest with me.

Of course.

So, is there something that you want to tell me?

Something you haven't told anyone...

...about what happened?

They weren't looking after her.

Anyway, I should get him in.

Fuck's sake, Rob. Why did you rush them in?

- Oh, steady. - I wanted to talk to Connor.

- I wanted to say goodbye. - I'm sorry.

- You knew that! - Sorry, I didn't see you.

- And I'm not a mind-reader. - Why are you doing this?

Doing what? What are you talking about?

- I'm really sorry about this. - Sorry.

What are you talking about?

I've been waving the kids off to school.

You know, it's really hard for them not to feel abandoned,

yeah, when their mum's just left them.

- You're punishing me. - What?

All I'm doing is helping our friends out for a few days.

Mel, you're my partner, and I love you,

and I want you to come home tonight,

or just don't fucking bother coming back at all.

No, do you know what, Rob? I'm not doing this anymore.

I've had enough!

Mel! Hey, Mel. Mel.

You're coming home with me. Come on.

Come on.

- There you go, love. - Thank you.

Nick.

There's gonna be a clinical incident report

with my name on it, and that is not good.

But what happened isn't your fault.

And whatever she's going through,

she's obviously not coping, so...

Yeah, and then I went and made it worse.

I could have just put a note on her file.

The minute she came into A&E on Friday night,

I never gave her enough time.

You know, I was just focused on the baby.

I was in work mode.

I didn't treat her like a friend.

I treated her like a stranger.

I just think you're being a little hard on yourself.

You know, if you're in a safeguarding role,

you have to act.

So you would have done it?

Would I have called social services on Jess?

Probably. I don't know.

It's hard. It's Jess.

Right?

How's the hangover?

I'm not... I don't...

It's bin day.

I found the bottle of prosecco.

Oh, don't start!

Honestly!

It's like my first drink in three days!

Well done on your remarkable restraint.

Yeah, thanks. Thank you.

I surprise myself sometimes.

Shouldn't you be at school?

It's careers morning. I've got a free period.

You know, a whole bottle of prosecco at midnight

is not nothing.

I'm sorry.

It won't happen again.

It will, until you realise that you can't just have one drink.

All right. Everybody's got their own...

...unhealthy coping mechanisms, haven't they?

- It's just, it's not every day. - Yes, it is!

And I'm worried.

Mrs. Carrisford.

Great.

So there'll be a buzzing for a couple of seconds,

and then we can start.

Okay, Jess.

Tell us about when you took Betsey.

Why did you do it?

Because I love her. And I was worried about her.

But taking her away meant you put her in danger.

I wasn't thinking. I was trying to protect her.

I thought they were going to take her away from me.

You grew up in the US,

- didn't you? - Yes.

Somewhere without a public health care system.

And you don't care for our medical system?

I don't really trust doctors.

I don't think they always know best.

And you don't like medicating your children, is that right?

Not unless it's strictly necessary.

And you don't believe in vaccinating your children?

I believe vaccines are risky

and that drug companies aren't always transparent.

But that's an informed choice. That's hardly a crime.

Look, I know it's an unpopular opinion, but...

...I am trying to do what's best for my children.

And to keep them safe, always.

And do you always try to keep Betsey safe, Jess?

Of course I do. That's what mothers do.

But you didn't keep her safe on Friday, did you?

Yes, I did.

Well, then can you explain to me why it took you over five hours

to bring her into the hospital?

Because I'm a bad mother.

I told you. I didn't want to overreact.

I told you all of this already.

It didn't seem any more serious than a tumble that my two boys

might have had when they were toddlers.

- You're a bad mother? - An evil mother?

My client has said

she didn't realise the severity of the injury.

Yeah, but you didn't even bring her in

after she'd been sick in her cot.

That's a clear sign of a concussion.

I didn't know that she'd been sick.

- I was asleep. - Right.

According to your husband, you were in bed.

It had been quite a day, and I was exhausted.

But if I had known that she was sick or was crying,

of course I would have gone in. I mean, I'm not a monster.

I'm not the mother you think I am.

By all accounts, you're an attentive mother, a good mother,

aren't you, Jess?

Yes.

Your children are always well dressed and fed.

Look, there was nothing else of any concern

on Betsey's skeletal survey.

And we've seen the social media posts,

the happy kids and the beautiful home.

Okay.

So what I'm struggling to understand

is what happened that made you dismiss Betsey's injuries

as something that didn't need hospital attention.

Because an attentive mother is always alert

to the possibility of her baby waking up.

She doesn't just lie there ignoring her baby.

- I was not ignoring her. - My client has said

she was exhausted, she fell asleep.

What does your husband think

of your relationship with Betsey, Jess?

- What? - Does Ed think

that you're bonded with Betsey?

Does he think you're in tune with Betsey's needs?

I think so.

Isn't that what you argued about?

Isn't that why he had to come home Friday lunchtime

to check up on you?

Because he was concerned about your relationship

with your daughter.

How does that make you feel?

Your husband coming home to check up on you.

Does that make you feel angry?

So angry that you would take it out on Betsey?

They think I'm a bad mother.

And Betsey is upstairs screaming!

You're a bad mother. You're an evil mother.

No!

Did you know that your husband was so concerned

that he confided in a female friend

minutes after leaving you on Friday lunchtime?

What are you talking about?

Immediately after leaving you on Friday, he and this friend,

they shared a few bottles of wine in an intimate wine bar.

In fact, they spent the rest of the afternoon together,

into the evening.

I don't know what you're saying.

- With who? - Mrs. Charlotte Hinman.

Did you find out about your husband's betrayal,

- and did it make you angry Jess? - No.

So angry the next time you were with Betsey,

you're changing her nappy,

maybe you're a bit brusque with her, rough with her?

Maybe she just wouldn't be quiet. Right?

You're distressed because Ed is coming home to check up on you,

and you've just found out that he is confiding

- in Charlotte Hinman. - No!

You're frustrated. You're exhausted.

These are a lot of emotions, Jess.

- No! - And Betsey will not be quiet.

Did you want to grip her a bit harder?

Did you want to shake some sense into her?

- No! - You knew that you shouldn't

do it, but it's all getting a bit much.

- You're a bad mother. - Maybe it was accidental.

You're changing her nappy, it's all getting a bit much,

and maybe you accidentally grip her hard.

Did you want to shake her? Shake some sense into her?

- No! - Just bang her head, Jess.

No!

Sorry, I think my client needs a moment.

Perhaps we could...

...take a short break, please.

Okay.

When our babies were tiny,

Jess became convinced that they'd slept together at uni.

It became an obsession.

She worried that Ed would find Charlotte

more attractive and leave.

We could all see that Ed adored Jess

and Charlotte could only have ever been a fling, at best.

Still... nothing you could ever tell me

about those two would surprise me.

- Sorry. - Everything all right, sir?

Can't believe Jess, of all people, has been arrested.

I know.

Ed's devastated.

Andrew said the police have been relentless,

and it's hard to imagine a jury

feeling any sympathy for a mother

who's accused of harming her baby.

But, Mel, we also need to talk about

what just happened at school.

I don't understand. Why is he being so vile to you?

He's lovely 80% of the time.

He just...

He just doesn't like it when I do something

he doesn't want me to do.

Like helping out the Carrisfords.

He's really... secretive about money.

I never see any bills. The house is in his name.

I have no idea how much money we've got

- or haven't got. - What?

And now he's withdrawn the amount he gives me each month.

Wait, he gives you an allowance?

I don't think of it like that, but...

Look, since he was made redundant--

Hold on. He was made redundant?

I thought he was striking out on his own.

Yeah, well, that's what he wants you to think.

But Ed never invested.

I don't know, Charlotte.

Every relationship has its ups and downs.

Well, yes, I know it does.

But, Mel, this is extreme.

I'm not like you.

With your career, your confidence, your determination.

I haven't worked in over a decade.

I've no income, no savings.

He said if I ever try and leave him, he'll take the kids.

I knew he was a bit of a dick, but...

I don't know how you put up with it.

I mean, you can't be happy.

Are you happy all the time?

Well, no.

I mean, of course, everybody knows marriage is hard, and...

At least you've got a good one in Andrew.

So we'd like to talk about the timeline Friday early evening,

specifically the time between 6 and 6:30.

You told us that once you'd returned home

from the school run, you didn't leave the house again.

Kit was picked up for football at 4:45,

but you didn't leave.

Is that still your recollection?

No comment, please, Jess.

Yes.

Now, as discussed, everyone that we've spoken to

has described you as a very attentive mother.

Would you agree with that assessment?

Sorry, for the tape.

Yes.

You're not the sort of mother who would leave

her young children alone in the house?

I'm not that sort of mother, no.

And just to clarify, your stance on medicating your children

is so firm that you would only do so if strictly necessary.

You wouldn't even keep

children's paracetamol in the house?

Frankie!

God damn it!

Frankie!

I'm just trying to help.

- Please don't scream, Mummy. - I'm just trying to help.

Please don't scream.

Please don't scream. Don't scream, don't scream.

Stop crying!

I'm a bad mother.

A bad, bad mother.

There you go.

- Thank you. - Bye-bye.

- See you. - Bye.

- Hi. What can I get you? - Hi.

Children's paracetamol please.

Is it for baby or the older ones?

- The baby. - Is she teething?

Peekaboo. Peekaboo!

Peekaboo!

Please don't scream!

There you go.

This footage shows you in Superb Deli Stores

at 6:23 on the day you brought Betsey to hospital.

You're purchasing children's paracetamol

an hour after you said your daughter sustained

a head injury.

I must object to this being sprung on my client

without warning.

This is you in the footage yes?

For the tape, please.

Yes.

You look distressed in this recording.

That can't be deduced from this image.

We also spoke to Jill Baker, who dropped Kit off at 6:45.

She confirmed that you seemed distressed, distracted.

Like you'd been crying. Had you been crying, Jess?

Possibly.

Possibly?

Mm... probably.

Something happened to cause this distress.

What happened, Jess?

What happened that was so distressing that you would leave

your ten-month-old baby and your young son to go and buy medicine

that you would only use if strictly necessary?

Medicine that was necessary,

because you knew that Betsey was hurt.

Why would you leave them, Jess?

Did you leave them

after you did something that you didn't intend?

After getting frustrated and losing your temper?

Jess?

You leave them because you hurt Betsey?

How did you fracture her skull, Jess?

I didn't.

I didn't do it.

Hello, sweetheart.

I missed you, too.

Oh! Hello!

You better keep your distance, young man.

I'm not pleased with you at all, at all.

- Are you coming home? - Don't change the subject.

- You're never home. - Hey, listen, I actually

came home to talk to you last night about Frankie, but--

Hey, listen. Listen, you and I, we're gonna have

a proper conversation about all this.

You can't treat people like that without serious consequences.

- Hiya. - Where's Mummy?

She's busy with Betsey. But have you seen Kit's cool cast?

- You okay? - Yeah. Good.

I can take the kids to Jess' for pizza.

Well, considering our son

was the one being attacked yesterday,

I think we should probably head off, don't you?

- Come on, you two. Come on. - No, please, Dad.

- It's a play date. They're fine. - Look, they've got homework.

Since when did you give a shit about homework?

Well, one of us has got to be responsible.

Mollie, Connor, in the car now.

Oh, just remember what I said earlier, okay?

Tonight.

Come on, troops. Let's go home.

Hi. - Oh, hey.

How was work?

Yeah. No drama.

Apart from someone totally trashed the boys' toilets.

Ew!

How was your day?

Yeah, it was good.

I spent the afternoon googling symptoms actually,

went down a bit of a wormhole.

It still terrifies me that doctors use Google.

I just...

You know we all do it, right?

Go on then.

Okay, so I think Jess

is suffering from a mental health disorder.

A postnatal anxiety. I found this thing called perinatal OCD.

It's a form of obsessive compulsive disorder,

but it's triggered by the birth of a child.

In this case, Betsey.

I just think it would explain her behaviour

over the last few days and...

...why she's not quite the Jess we know.

What do you think I should do?

Well, I mean, you have to tell Ed.

Not exactly his favourite person right now.

Well, I mean...

...I could come with you. A bit of solidarity.

Thanks, but I just, I don't think so.

Hey, hey.

If you think that this can help Jess, then you have to try.

Even if Ed isn't your biggest fan.

Jess is what matters most.

Mm.

And I've been thinking about what you said this morning.

Yeah?

Yeah, about the drinking.

And you're right.

And I do need to sort it out and I will.

That's really good, Frank. Okay.

- Pizzas are in. - Thank you, Auntie Charlotte.

Thanks, Auntie Charlotte.

- The answer is 89. - Sweet.

Well done. We'll do the last one after dinner.

I already know the last one, Dad.

- Go on. - It's D.

Hi. - Hi.

Hi, guys. I just wanted to see how you're getting on.

How's Jess?

Andrew said he'd call if he had any news.

We should hear in the next few hours.

I've, um... I've been doing some reading,

and I think that Jess is suffering from a thing

called perinatal OCD.

All right, go on.

It manifests itself in, like, compulsive behaviour,

like obsessing over whether your children are safe,

or compulsive cleaning, to manage your thoughts.

For how long?

Probably since Betsey was born.

She might have been trying to keep control ever since then.

But does this make her more or less guilty?

I don't know, Ed. She's not my patient.

Yeah, right.

Do you think that she could have actually hurt Betsey?

I'd like to remind you that my client has been in custody

for 20 hours at this point.

She has a family and a sick child.

She's been extremely cooperative.

DC Farron and I are in agreement.

We'll be referring the case to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Then I insist Jess is released on pre-charge bail immediately.

Don't scream! Don't scream! Don't scream!

Stop crying!

Mrs. Carrisford?

Mrs. Carrisford, did you hear me?

While we continue investigating Betsey's skull fracture,

we feel we have sufficient evidence to convince the CPS

to charge you with child abduction

and child endangerment.

Mum!

Mummy?

In the morning, you'll be taken in a police van

to the magistrate's court for your first appearance,

where the court will decide if you should get bail.

I am a bad mother.

A bad, bad mother.

Mum's a bit upset.

Mummy's a bit upset.

Mummy's a bit upset.

Oh, Betsey! Did you do a smelly poo?

Oh, it's okay. Mummy will be back in a minute.