All language subtitles for Trial and Retribution s10e08 Curriculum Vitae 2

Poppy MacDonald, 18 months old. Now, her
mother comes home and finds her

apparently unconscious in the bed at
about 8 .30pm.

Poppy?

Poppy? She's got soapy water in her
stomach. Quite a lot of it.

If you were to start with the
supposition that she was held under her

until she drowned... I know.

Might save you some legwork.

Now, her nanny, Leanne Taylor, and the
family car went missing at approximately

6 .30 p .m.

Can I help you? Hello, I'm Chief
Superintendent Mike Walker.

Is Leanne Taylor all right?

Yes, she is.

Sorry, I mean, that's me. Why? We've
just wasted a hell of a lot of bloody

chasing the wrong bloody woman.

Canada's resident.

I find it.

Someone make bruising.

Now, Poppy is dead.

Susie, she's not quite what she seems.

She got postnatal depression.

She ended up having ECT.

Can you believe it? In this day and age,
they strapped her down and put

electrodes on her.

Her real name's Rachel Byrne. She's
actually 24, not 80.

I'm arresting you on suspicion of the
murder of Poppy McDonald.

Who's this?

I don't know.

What's found in your bag?

Do you recognize this woman?

That's Edie, isn't it? I'm sure it is.

Yes, of course.

We found this in her possessions.

Joe.

You shouldn't have come here.

Why are you doing this?

What am I doing, sir?

Joe died two years ago.

He died in his sleep.

Oh.

Thank you.

I didn't do it, you know.

Oh, they'll find out they've got it
wrong soon enough, I guess.

Such a shame they're wasting so much
time on me when the real murderer is

out there.

This looks lovely.

Thank you so much.

I'm starving.

Okay, we have two dead babies.

Rachel Burns with Nanny to both of them.

Now, we already suspect that she
administered cannabis to Poppy McDonald,

need to know what the hell she's done to
Joe Casper.

Um, Satch, did the post -mortem results
come in?

Oh, yeah, there's no mention of
cannabis.

Any other substances?

Any kind of abuse? No. I mean, and Joe
was embalmed, so we're not going to find

any drugs now.

Did they test for hair?

Um, I don't know, Satch.

Um,

let me see.

Nothing. Sam, get a car ready, meet me
in the yard. Will she collect all the

evidence, get in touch with the coroner,
and get a warrant for the exhumation of

Joe Casper's body?

Mike! Mike!

Mike!

Mike, hold on.

Come on, you can't dig up that little
boy. There is no requirement.

Of course there is.

That's all you're going to find with
cannabis.

Your court is going to convict on that.
It's proof of abuse.

It's a start.

Oh, come on, it's been two years.

You're just not going to find any more
evidence. Mike, come on, an exclamation.

It's going to destroy the parents.

Roisin, who the hell knows how many
children Rachel might have killed?

It's really important we find out what
happened to that little boy. You go talk

to the coroner, I'll go talk to the cast
boss.

I'm afraid we need to do a few tests on
Joe's body.

He's been buried 18 months.

I know.

I would like your permission to exhume
him.

No. How can you? We understand how you
feel. You can't do that to him.

She killed a little doll, you say?

We believe so, yes.

But Joe had a post -mortem. Drugs get
into growing hair from the bloodstream.

Once they're in, they stay in.

Every single one of Joe's hairs is a
calendar to the drugs in his body. From

roots, the most recent, to the tips.

Hair grows a centimeter a month, give or
take.

Each centimeter is a month's record.

Can you remember how long Joe's hair was
when he died?

Two inches, I suppose.

Soft, brown hair.

We believe he was given cannabis. This
is the only way we can find out for

I'm sorry, I can't agree to it.

No way! It's behind us now!

Mr Caspar, I'm afraid the coroner has
powers to allow us to go ahead with or

without your permission.

Well, we'll see about that, won't we?
Please.

There will be no exhumation. You'd
better get out.

Take your time. There's no rush.

I'll give you a few moments.

Okay, do you want a plain one or a white
one?

The white one is 120 quid, and you get
brass handles.

Hey, look, the most popular bits of
music for the

service. Oh, bury your child to the...

Who, this theme tune? Oh, no. Or Handle
in the Wind?

Do you name it?

I forgot Bob the Builder.

Thanks again.

What are you doing up here?

Gina.

I don't want us to have anything more to
do with the police.

But they might find out how he died, why
he died.

Don't you want that? It's over.

Nice to see you, Mike.

I have just had a short, terse and very
brutal phone call from the borough

commander, who just happens to be a
close friend of Lee Casper's dad.

Mm -hm. Well, what did he say? You
bloody well know what he said, because

he called you up to tear you off a strip
about the exhumation, you washed your

hands of the whole affair.

Oh, come on, I didn't say it like that.
He told me what you said, Roisin.

I strongly recommended we did not
proceed.

Jesus.

Are you stopping the exhumation?

Of course he is, and he's got more
sense.

It's tomorrow.

My little Mr. Casper obviously has no
time for me. You will be holding their

hands.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Casper, I'm terribly sorry. Come on,
Gina.

Oh, Satan.

How about I'm going to put Rachel Barnes
behind bars for a very, very long time.

Traces of cannabis have been found in
Joe Casper's hair. The Casper's do not

smoke it and neither do their friends.

Well, of course they say that.

The parents say their children were very
calm with you.

That's because you dosed them up, didn't
you?

No.

I need to have a smoke after some kids
kicked off all day. But I'm not the only

one.

These parents, they all grow their own.

And they never put the kids out of the
room.

Haven't you ever heard of passive
smoking? The lab says that passive

doesn't cut it. Why not?

Smoke does stick to the outside of hair,
but we are testing within the cells.

The only way to get it there is through
the food. That was your job.

What about breastfeeding?

They're both breastfed. I know that.

Oh.

I should check your facts.

Rachel Burns, I am charging you with the
murder of Poppy MacDonald. You do not

have to say anything, but it may harm
your defense if you do not mention when

questioned something which you later
rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in
evidence.

Hi. I'm Rachel.

I'm on remand here, but they let me go
when they find out they've got it wrong.

I just don't think that Rachel killed
Joe. I really don't.

We're still going to proceed against
her.

Listen, Gina's been through quite
enough. The doctor said it was a cot

What about the cannabis?

But that doesn't prove murder.

You can't overdose on cannabis.

I looked it up on the internet.

In my view, she has a serious charge to
answer.

Well, I'll be a character witness for
her, then.

If you charge her.

I can do that, can't I?

Yes. Yes, you can do that.

What does Mrs.

Casper say?

Well, she's unhappy about it.

But she... Hello,

Rachel.

I'm Rex Stafford. I'm going to be acting
as your barrister.

Are they treating you well in here?

Right, well, let me know if there's
anything we can help with.

Now, to business.

First of all, the Casper baby.

I love that little boy.

Ah, well, you should be fine. They'll
still have to charge you on that. And

what I've read, there may be no case to
answer.

But there is a lot of evidence against
you for popping at Donald.

The abuse, the frenulum, the Wharton
family.

Susie was in the house too, you know.

The cannabis in her bloodstream, the
cannabis in your bedroom, the boy who

the family car to speed off. The fact
that you ran away and went into hiding.

know. It sounds bad. On the plus side,
there's the man who sold you cigarettes

at the petrol station.

And we don't know what time Miss
MacDonald returned to the house.

It isn't much, is it?

But you'll help me.

Oh, I can.

But if the facts had been different, I
might have advised a different plea.

Like what?

If there'd been an accident.

A terrible, tragic accident.

What do you mean?

Courts understand accidents.

And panic.

They understand a young woman who
discovered the accidental death of a

her care might, through sheer fear, run
away. They wouldn't condone, but they

would understand.

Which might be reflected in their
verdict and, of course, the sentence.

How long? A few years for this kind of
manslaughter. Ten years plus for murder.

But you're asking me to lie.

When I left, Poppy was all tucked up in
her bed, safe.

And when I came back to the house, it
had all happened. I can't change that.

I would very much prefer that you did
not lie to me, Rachel.

We got back home about 11.

Edie was on the... Rachel was on the
sofa watching television.

I remember thinking she looked really
tired, exhausted.

Then what happened?

We sat around, chatted a while, asked
how Jo had been.

She said she'd checked on him an hour
before.

Then I went upstairs to see him.

And I found him.

How long had Rachel been with you?

About six months.

Jo was four months when I went back to
work.

And did she have any friends? I mean,
anyone who might have visited her that

night? No.

She was a loner, really.

Did you ever notice her getting angry
with Jo?

Never.

Mind you, we were both at work.

She was okay. Jo was happy with her.

Do you remember seeing any bruises on
Jo?

No.

Okay.

Did anything go missing?

Money? Jewelry? No, she wasn't the sort.

I did lose that ring.

You lost it. She didn't take it. It was
my engagement ring. It was really

precious to me. Yes, and you lost it.

Have you ever been in love with someone?

Oh, you maybe haven't had that.

It happened to me.

I've had that.

I'm lucky, I suppose.

If you lose it, if that person stops

loving you, you actually think you're
going to die.

For ages, and ages afterwards, you think
you're going to die.

It's terrible.

We just get so angry.

I gave Joe his bottle about

nine o 'clock.

He went to sleep while I was feeding
him.

Then I put him to bed.

Then I had a bath.

and then I checked on him again about
ten o 'clock.

Then I went downstairs and... I watched
the TV till Lee and Gina got

home. That's what happened.

Did you go back upstairs again?

No. Did you give him cannabis that
night?

No, I've told you all that.

I never gave him cannabis.

You know, you should speak to his mum
and dad.

There are a right couple of druggies
under all that we're so respectable

So how do you think he died?

It's so easy for a baby to die.

They're so small.

They're helpless.

You know, he could have rolled over in
his sleep and got stuck against the

It's not the position he was found in.

Well, he might have pulled the blanket
over his head and suffocated that way.

There were no blanket fibres in his
lungs.

And no indications of prolonged
suffocation.

Or if you wanted to, you could sit by
his cot, and you could reach over, put

your hand over his face, like that, and
you could suffocate him so easily.

Just by the weight of your hand.

It'd be so quick.

You wouldn't have to try at all.

Pretty good, isn't it?

Of course it's not!

I loved Joe.

Do you realise the pain that Joe's death
cost Mr and Mrs Casper?

They will feel that ache for the rest of
their lives.

Did you kill Joe Casper?

No!

You have got it so wrong.

You must be really stupid.

How did they let you two run a police
department?

Kim Lee!

Kim Lee, can we have a word, please?

What is it?

You lied to us, didn't you?

I don't lie.

You told us Susie bruised Poppy's face.

I saw the injury.

No, you saw the bruises. You didn't see
it happen.

And why didn't you tell us that you were
best friends with Leanne?

I'm not.

Then why did you visit her in prison?

I didn't. You visited her in prison,
didn't you, Kim Lee?

There's no law against that.

No, but there is a law against wasting
our time.

How long have you been in the UK, Kim
Lee?

Not long.

What visa are you on?

I don't have a visa.

Leanne knows.

She said if I don't help her, she'd tell
immigration.

So Leanne got you to tell us that Susie
bruised Poppy's face?

Yes. But I'm not her friend, okay?

What do you mean?

She scares me. She scares you? Why? What
happened?

It's hard looking after kids all day.

You get tired, they make you cross.

We all get that.

But Leanne, she was different.

She used to get so angry when Poppy was
naughty.

She had this thing that she said when
she couldn't get Poppy to do what she

wanted.

She said this thing that she'd take her
home and flush her down the toilet.

instead of giving her tea.

She was joking, but I didn't like it.

The thing is, Mrs MacDonald, we have to
find that minicab driver.

The CPS needed to confirm that you
actually got home when you say you did.

That's it.

I've told you all this.

I was hardly paying much attention. Why
can't you find him?

What about the CCTV at the airport?

Yeah, well, we looked at that. We found
you getting in, but... That only

confines the time that you left.

Unfortunately, the car's number plate
was climbed.

What's that?

They use another car's number plate. It
means I can drive around without

worrying about speeding fines or parking
tickets.

Can you describe him?

He was foreign.

Middle Eastern, maybe.

What did you talk about?

Not a lot.

I was worried about getting home.

First of all, thank you for taking the
time to come and see us, Mr. Burns.

I really need to know what's happened
with my daughter.

This is Poppy MacDonald.

She's suffered a great deal of abuse.

She was administered cannabis.

And she was drowned in a bath.

And we believe your daughter was
responsible for this.

Dear God.

Joe Cass by Mr. Burns.

Also in Rachel's care.

Also given cannabis.

He died in his cot.

The last time I interviewed your
daughter, she described a fantasy in

suffocated a baby.

I cannot believe that my daughter would
have done this.

When did you last see her?

She walked out nine years ago when she
was 15.

And did she keep in touch with you?

She never phoned.

Not once.

She sent us two postcards from Cardiff
and Toulouse, I think it was.

And did she keep in contact with her
friends?

She was a bit of a loner, really.

Would you describe yourselves as a happy
family?

There were four, I believe.

Me, Karen, my wife, Rachel and John.

He came along later on when Rachel was
ten.

She found it very difficult.

In what way?

She had a temper.

She always seemed to get funny with
other children.

Very.

Oh, she'd want them to play with her too
much.

That sort of thing.

She's a lonely girl, but she's not a
murderer.

Now, I want to go see her in prison. How
do I do that?

Hello, Dad.

Nice to see you.

You treating you well?

Yeah, not bad, really.

Where's Mum?

Oh, she couldn't come. She's a bit
upset.

You had any visitors?

What about Granny?

Do you see her?

She died, love.

A few years back.

She missed you.

She was always asking after you.

You look different.

Growing up woman, eh?

No, not older so much.

More happy than you used to.

I am happier.

That's sad.

Sad I'm happy? Why?

With all that's happened, you're
happier.

Oh, this place, no.

I'll be out of here soon enough. I'm not
talking about this place.

I suppose what we want to know, your mum
and me...

She never got over it, you know. Where
is she, anyway?

She couldn't come.

And I thought she was upset.

Why did you do that?

Is she coming later?

I don't think she will be, no.

How's my little brother?

He says hello.

Did you do it, Rachel?

No, I didn't.

You tell me the truth now.

I was poor little Petey.

I didn't.

I really didn't.

I'd better be off.

Don't go, Dad.

Are you Mrs. MacDonald?

Yes.

I'm Richard Byrne, Rachel's father.

What the hell do you want? I came to say
I'm so sorry. I just wanted to speak

with you. You have nothing to say that I
want to hear. I just thought that it

was the right thing to... Your daughter
killed my baby!

She bloody well drowned her in the bath!

Now don't you ever dare speak to me
again!

Mrs. MacDonald.

I didn't mean to upset you. Are you all
right?

That bit in the park just completely
freaked me out.

I can't believe he had the audacity to
turn up at the door.

It's lucky, it's lucky I didn't... It's
okay, it's okay.

I feel better.

It's okay.

I want it to.

Why did you go round to Miss McDonald's
house?

Did you want to influence her in any
way?

I didn't mean to upset her.

Have you got kids, Mr Walker?

A boy and a girl.

Teenagers.

We had such a nice life, really, when
she was a little girl.

Do you think Rachel did it?

I'm afraid I do, yes.

Her own mother thought she'd done it. I
can't believe it.

I still can't.

Even after...

Rachel was such a mummy's girl.

We had John late.

Rachel was ten when he was born.

Looking back, she took it very hard.

She was lovely with him at first. She
wanted to help, but John was a difficult

baby.

Karen, my wife, used to get tired out.
She didn't seem to have the time for

Rachel that she'd had before.

Terrible.

Rachel had told John to do it.

She said it would be all right.

She was his big sister.

He loved her.

He believed her.

I just keep thinking, if we'd handled it
better when John was a baby, it

wouldn't have been like that.

After it happened, things were never the
same at home.

We had to watch her all the time.

You know, you should have told us all
this when you first came in.

Yes, I know, but it's just very
difficult to talk about.

Yeah, well, don't be too hard on
yourself.

Kids keep on hurting us, but we can't
stop loving them.

Well, maybe we did with Rachel.

My son still can't use that hand, you
know.

It's for a minicab driver. I've been
having Adele. He's making up most of his

false number play. He's running up
tickets like nobody's business.

Especially in one road, Molden Road.

Like down there, is it, bud? Yeah. I've
got two of the lads down there now,

checking out local minicab offices.

Great.

The CPS view is we go for manslaughter.

There's a lot of problems.

We've no evidence of what time the
mother got home. Yeah, we're still

find the minicab driver and we'll get
him. She's clearly unstable.

Come on, she had postnatal depression.
It was years ago. Then there's Rachel

Burns herself.

Look at her record.

Shoplifting, fighting in a pub. Come on,
Ken, you can pick holes in this all

day. We have a damn good, solid case. We
need to go ahead with it.

And we need to revisit Joe Casper's
death.

Oh, haven't we covered that? Once and
for all, it's impossible.

What's so impossible about it? There's
simply no case.

You have no witness testimony. There's
absolutely no medical evidence.

And the accused denies everything.

Okay, think about it.

What would the man in the street see if
he took a look at it, huh?

Two dead babies.

One nanny.

Evidence of abuse in one, drug abuse in
both. Come on.

Jeez, okay.

Okay, we will get out of your hair as
far as the Casper baby is concerned as a

separate case.

We must be allowed to bring up Joe
Casper as part of Rachel's history. I

like muddying the... Come on, Munger,
get your head out of your arse! The jury

have to see this! Do not!

No to Joe Casper. Do you understand,
Mike?

We'll give you Poppy.

But without that minicab driver, the
defence will have a field day.

So you'd better find him.

Still think the exclamation was worth
it?

I have two children, Roisin.

If one of them had died as a baby and
there were suspicious circumstances, I

would have moved hell and high water to
get to the truth.

Yeah, I'm here now.

Yeah. I didn't know it was dodgy

on it.

So what, you thought you'd just
disappeared off the parking fine

you? Well, yeah, they think I was being
a bit lucky.

You know, they never seem to follow them
up. Oh, cut the crap, Ratty. I don't

care about that or the DSF. Yeah, sure
you're not.

Look, what's it to you if I worked that
night, anyhow? Little girl died that

night. We believe she was murdered.

How old was she?

18 months.

And you won't tell the DSF?

We're murder detectives, Ratty. We're
really not interested.

Yeah, OK.

OK, all right. So it might have been me.

Where was the house again?

38 Talcorn Road. It was Tuesday the 15th
of August. Was it you?

Hang on.

Er... I can't remember.

Oh, come on, it was weeks ago. Oh, well,
don't you have a logbook? I mean,

someone must keep records of the jobs
you do.

Christ.

Where are you from, Raddy?

Agadir. Morocco.

Do you follow football?

Yeah, sure.

England played Morocco on the 15th. How
do you know that? Trust me, I've studied

that day. Did you watch the game?

Yeah, I watched it in the office.

I missed the first half because I was
coming back from... Coming back from

Heathrow?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember now. Yeah.

I picked up a lady, yeah, and I took her
to her house.

And she goes inside, and the next thing
I knew, this ambulance just screams up.

I knew you lot would be next, so I
pissed off.

How long did it take you to get back
here?

About ten minutes, fifteen at the most.
Friday, this is crucial to our case. I

need to know exactly what time you
dropped her off.

8 .30 p .m.? Yeah, I'll give or take
five minutes.

I got back in time for the penalty,
though.

Result?

Members of the jury, the defendant,
Rachel Burns, faces trial on a single

charge. namely murder, contrary to
common law.

The particulars of that offence being
that on the 15th of August 2006, Rachel

Burns murdered Poppy MacDonald.

And so you came to a deserted house with
a car missing and the front door

unlocked.

Can you describe your state of mind at
this point?

I was terrified.

And what did you do?

I looked around downstairs quickly, and
then I went upstairs to Pop...

Upstairs to Poppy's bedroom.

Where was she when you found her?

She was tucked up in bed.

She looked like she was asleep.

But when I went forward, I could tell
there was something wrong. Poppy?

I picked her up and she was just limp.

She seemed to be unconscious.

Then I phoned the ambulance.

Was she or were her pyjamas wet in any
way?

No. Are you sure?

The cause of death was established to be
drowning and there was a considerable

amount of bathwater in her stomach.

She was dry.

It is true, isn't it, that you have
found life very hard on occasions?

I suppose so.

Deserted by Poppy's father while you
were pregnant, disputes about child

maintenance, bringing up a small...

Child, it can't have been easy.

It won't.

Juggling a job with a young child must
have been more daunting still.

That's why I hired Leanne.

Sorry.

Rachel.

It's true, isn't it, that you couldn't
have taken your job without Rachel's

help?

I suppose so.

It is also true that you have a history
of mental instability.

I had postnatal depression. A lot of
women had it. But very few women have it

badly that they have to undergo ECT.

That's electroconvulsive therapy, ladies
and gentlemen, given generally as the

last measure when there is serious
concern about self -violence or suicide.

is true, isn't it, that when you
returned to your house, you suffered a

to that despair?

No.

You found Poppy left alone. You realised
that you were not going to be able to

go on this very important business trip,
that you'd been abandoned once again,

that your life was about to get very
much harder once again. No.

Poppy was glad to see you, but you
weren't glad to see her alone. Your mind

racing, you were desperately trying to
imagine a way you could keep your job,

and Poppy felt rejected. She started to
cry, and you couldn't think straight,

and she kept on crying, you got angry.
If only she would stop crying, but she

wouldn't. She would only get louder and
louder.

That's not what happened.

You say you returned home because you
forgot your passport. You say you've

jewellery. You seem to have forgotten a
lot of things lately. I expect you can't

even remember why you put Poppy in the
bath.

That's not what happened.

Mr Stafford.

My Lord.

Miss Wildsmith, any re -examination?

Yes, my Lord.

Miss MacDonald, your ECT treatment was
when exactly?

Four years ago.

And when exactly did you return to the
house that evening?

About 8 .30. Look, I don't... I don't
understand why I'm being asked these

questions. I have had my problems.

I would be the first to admit it.

But I have dealt with them.

And I loved my daughter more than
anything in the world.

Either way, the jury looked at Susie.

Yeah. Oh, that's outrageous.

She was just a bloody game.

You know that.

Yeah, well, I'm not having it.

Susie, I... This is Katie.

I wanted to see where Poppy used to
play.

You bastard.

Don't speak to him like that.

He said you were a nightmare.

You keep out of this. This has nothing
to do with you.

It has everything to do with me.

You're pregnant.

You know, he cut my money off the minute
Poppy died.

The minute.

Yeah.

We discussed it.

And did he tell you that he slept with
me last Tuesday?

I discussed that, you fucking loser.

There was poor police work on a number
of occasions, wasn't there?

Not at all. Gaps in the scene of crime
records, gaps in the social service

records. The gaps you're talking about
have no bearing on this case.

Over -reliance on a faulty watch.

Well, the lab tests proved that we could
rely on it. This wasn't a very...

thorough investigation, was it? You made
up your mind right from the start.

That is absolutely not true.

Let's see.

You held a house -to -house inquiry far
too early. Well, no, not at all. I

ordered it when I felt it was necessary.

The minute you found out she had a
previous conviction for shoplifting, you

jumped to your conclusions. In fact,
this investigation has jumped to all the

wrong conclusions throughout.

Well, as you know, our conclusions were
based on new evidence from the

exhumation... Of Joe Casper, a baby who
was also in Rachel Burns' care when he

died. Thank you, DC. What?

Oh, my God. This is ridiculous.

This is a lie.

Ms. Burns, please.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, a
matter of law has arisen.

I must ask you to return to your room.

Mr. Stafford, clearly the jury will have
to hear the facts surrounding the

Casper baby's death.

I protest, my lord. DCI Connor
deliberately introduced that material,

your lordship's previous ruling of it.

Well, Mr. Stafford, you must have known
the danger in your question. I'm afraid

you opened up the area, and now the jury
have heard DCI Connor's comments.

I'll give you some time to take
instruction, but...

The jury will now have to hear the full
details, so there's no danger of

speculation.

Unless, of course, you want to make an
application to discharge this jury.

We can confirm there is no application
to discharge the jury.

Your son was exhumed in order for
various tests

to be carried out, is this correct?

Yes. And one of these tests...

detected the presence of cannabis.

Well, yes, but that doesn't necessarily
mean... Mr. Casper.

My Lord, the Crown will be calling
evidence later for an expert who will

the results of the tests showing high
levels of cannabis, which the Crown say

can only indicate oral consumption of
the drug.

Mr. Casper, did you or your wife ever
use cannabis when your son was alive?

No, never.

Were you aware that Rachel Burns used
cannabis when she worked for you?

No, the first I heard of it was when the
police told me. Had you known this at

the time, would you still have entrusted
your son to her care?

She was very conscientious.

She was looking after your son on the
night he died.

Where were you and your wife at the
time?

We were out for dinner.

So you were happy for Rachel to have
what must have been close to 24 -hour

at that point. Yes, we trusted her
totally.

Your wife had a valuable engagement
ring, didn't she?

That's true, yes.

And that ring went missing during the
time that Rachel worked for you? Yes,

Gina, my wife, lost it.

Do you know how it came to be lost?

Well, if I did, then it wouldn't be
lost, would it?

Was a ring ever found?

No. Did she always keep it in the same
place?

Yes, in a box in the drawer of her
bedside table.

Was there a lock on this box?

No. Or to the drawer itself? No.

Did Miss Burns tell you that she had a
previous conviction for theft?

No, she didn't. Would you have trusted
her so implicitly if you had known that?

Maybe not.

I'm not sure.

Given the results of the post
-exhumation tests, do you still accept

original coroner's verdict that your son
died from natural causes?

Yes.

No, I'm not sure.

You bastard.

Miss Burns, please be silent. He gave me
that ring. Miss Burns.

No more questions, my lord.

May I take instructions, my lord?

Are you ready, Mr.

Stafford?

May we take a moment further?

Mr. Stafford?

I do apologize, my lord. Mr. Katz, for
one of your colleagues, Mr.

Jake Sumner.

Would you say you and he were close?

We talk.

We're not that close.

Mr Sumner has a flat in Waterfowl
Terrace, doesn't he?

Yes.

Has Rachel ever been there?

Of course not.

Oh, dear God.

Is it true there is a red carpet
throughout the flat?

Yes.

And is it also true there is a hand
-carved wooden box...

on the bedside table with a plentiful
supply

of condoms in it.

Mr. Casper?

Well, I wouldn't know. I've never been
in his bedroom.

I see.

You assure me that Rachel Burns has
never been to this flat. Can you explain

she was able to describe these details?

Let me help you.

It is right that you were having sexual
relations with Rachel Burns, isn't it?

It is also right that you took her to
the flat on a number of occasions where

you had sexual intercourse.

Remember you are on oath.

Yes.

It is also right.

But on more than one occasion, you told
the defendant you were in love with her.

Yes. And she told you she was in love
with you.

Yes.

And you made promises to her, didn't
you? Quite substantial promises. You

promised that she could keep your wife's
engagement ring. No. And you promised

you'd divorce your wife and marry her. I
never said that.

Yes, you did.

You busted.

You said that you loved me.

And you said that you'd stopped loving
her years ago.

And that you couldn't wait to leave her.
Miss Burns.

And you also said that that ring was
your promise. Miss Burns!

You're a fucking liar!

Mrs. Casper, I just wanted to... You did
this through all of that for nothing.

For worse than nothing.

Why didn't you just leave us alone?

Poor souls.

Well, how the hell were we to know?

That bloody clan dropper in his trousers
has probably lost us the case.

Don't talk to me. Gina, please. Why
didn't you have the balls to tell me? I

scared. But I'd leave you when we're
down, all right?

It was just a stupid... Stupid mistake.
It didn't mean anything.

You're just pathetic.

I knew we should never have allowed the
exhumation. Don't you dare try and say

it's my fault.

Don't you dare.

Sorry.

I'm so sorry.

So, now you've seen her in court.

Now you've blurted your guts out all
over the courtroom.

Now you know what she's been accused of.
Do you still love her? Do you still

want her to have my mother's ring?

Listen, we can sort this out.

I promise. Don't.

That bitch is on the stand tomorrow.

It might as well better be there.

Miss Burns, I have a copy of the CV you
sent Miss McDonald.

Good qualifications, but none of them
yours.

In fact, the CV isn't yours. Why is
that?

Everyone exaggerates on their CV.

It doesn't mean anything.

But a completely fraudulent CV, that's a
false identity.

I didn't think it mattered.

I needed the job and I wanted to make
sure I got it. Is it because you knew

you'd be disappearing at some stage and
wanted to make yourself as untraceable

as possible?

No, not at all.

It's not the best start to build trust.

But then, trust isn't so important to
you.

Miss MacDonald trusted you.

At the very least, you stole from her.

Did you steal from your other employers?

No.

The police have spoken to some of your
previous employers.

I have a list of items that vanished in
your time with them. Shall I read it?

Okay. I did take a few things, but it
was insurance.

I don't follow.

These women never pay you on time.

They're so rich.

They always rip you off. I always did
loads of extra hours.

I was keeping it even.

Was the affair with Mr. Casper just
another form of insurance?

We fell in love.

Was there a long -term conclusion to
this affair in mind?

We were going to get married.

He was married already.

Did that bother you?

Yes, it did.

Not enough to stop you, though.

Did you wonder if the Casper's son would
suffer from you breaking up his

parents' marriage?

Lee and I were in love.

We were made for each other.

You are a regular cannabis user.

Never with the children around.

And yet, traces of cannabis were found
in both Poppy MacDonald and Joe Casper.

Medical experts have told us how Poppy
was physically injured while in your

care.

Susie lived in that house too.

So you allege Miss MacDonald injured her
own child?

Yes.

Yes, I suppose I do. Miss MacDonald
never harmed Poppy, did she?

She loved her daughter. You didn't care
for the children you looked after, did

you? You only cared about yourself.

I felt terrible when Joe died.

I'm sure you did. It meant you wouldn't
see his father anymore. But did you feel

terrible when Poppy died?

Of course I did.

So why did you run away?

When the car got stolen, I had to walk
back to the house.

And then when I got there and I saw the
ambulance outside, I just knew something

bad had happened.

After Joe Casper, I knew the police
would think it was me.

I got scared, so I ran.

And...

I didn't know what else to do. I was
crying and crying.

At the spur of the moment decision, you
panicked, perfectly understandable.

Yes.

So, when you knew she was dead, you
vanished from view.

Did you know she was dead?

I guessed.

And I just couldn't face seeing Mrs.
MacDonald.

I'm so sorry for that.

Then when the police did catch up with
you, you abandoned another child in

to try to escape.

I got scared.

Again. Then when questioned about
Poppy's death, you tried to throw the

Miss MacDonald. You say she killed her
own child for reasons you can't explain.

It's the only thing that I can think of.

There's just no other way what happened
could have happened.

Unless I... I forgot to lock the door.

Maybe somebody else broke in. I... Maybe
that's what happened.

You invent multiple identities to get
different jobs.

You steal money, property, a husband
even, from your employers.

It's true, isn't it, that you abuse the
children in your charge. You use drugs

around them. You abandon them.

Is there anyone you care for but
yourself?

I suggest...

You're a selfish parasite with no
conception of your duty of care to

What really happened was that you
murdered Poppy MacDonald in cold blood.

For the same reason, you would slip
another item of jewellery into your bag,

simply to further your own selfish ends.

You're all lying.

Why would I kill... Why would I kill
her?

I loved Poppy.

I loved her.

I didn't fucking kill her!

There's some bad news. Your father said
he will not stand as a character witness

for you.

Oh.

Right, okay.

It's a blow, but I think we'll survive.

So will my mum do it, then?

I'm sorry.

Yeah, it doesn't matter. It's fine. It's
OK.

He wishes you well and hopes you
understand.

It's alright.

Can I go to the toilet, please?

Willa? Just you give me a minute.

They were all lying and you just sat

there. Did you see the jury when Miss
Wildsmith was cross -examining you?

They were lapping it up.

The thing is, Rachel, no one likes a
child, Willa. But I'm not.

We're very close to that becoming a moot
point.

What the hell does that mean?

Oh, God, can you not just speak English
for once?

What it means, Rachel, is that you have
to get yourself under control.

I'm going to change my play.

This won't look good.

I swear by almighty God that the
evidence I shall give shall be the

whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Deja vu, anyone?

Miss Burns.

You've already given evidence. I
understand you wish...

To change that evidence.

I want to say what really happened. You
want to concentrate

on the hour in which Poppy MacDonald
died?

Yes.

Please proceed.

Susie MacDonald left to go to the
airport.

I put Poppy into the bath.

I went to get some towels.

And then my phone went.

It was a friend.

We'd had a fight earlier on.

We patched it up.

But it took a bit of time.

Then I remembered I'd left Poppy on her
own in the bath.

The water was... so low.

It was just a few inches.

I thought she'd be okay.

But I rushed back in and she'd slipped

and her face was under the water.

I got out.

I went all dizzy and

And I couldn't breathe.

And then the next thing is I was... I
was...

I was sitting on her bed, holding her in

my arms in a towel.

And she was dry by then, so... So I put
her to bed.

I grabbed some cash and a jumper and I
took the car.

I needed to have a cigarette, so I
stopped at the garage and then the

car got stolen.

I didn't go back to the house as I said
before.

I went to the tube and I went round and
round

for a bit.

And then I went to see some friends, but
they weren't in.

You've already taken a very serious oath
to tell the truth.

But it's the second time you've taken
the oath. Why has your account changed?

What I said earlier.

I was just burying my head in the sand.

And I can see now.

I can see now what that looks like, but
what I've just told you, I promise,

I'm telling the truth.

I promise.

Do you really think a last -minute
change of story, another feeble set of

will save you from the proper and just
consequences of your actions?

Phil's story is accidental drowning.

Why, tell it now.

Can you explain the bruising on Poppy's
arm, the abuse to her lips, the cannabis

in her blood? I can't, but it wasn't...
If you are the sensitive person you are

now pretending to be, why didn't you
call the ambulance?

How did you know Poppy was dead?

Perhaps there was a chance of saving her
life.

That's because you never intended the
child to live.

You wanted her dead.

And you have lied ever since to cover
that up. I'm telling the truth now.

And I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Do you feel well enough to continue,
Miss Bell? Yes.

guilty and bad every day because I just
ran away.

Because I was frightened.

But what I've just told you, I promise.

I promise it's the truth.

You okay?

I want it to be over.

How about you?

Moved out.

I'm sorry.

She's messed us all up so badly.

I know.

Just keep imagining him with her.

He says he's sorry.

Starts crying.

Can't pretend it.

Look, I'm not saying you're playing
this, but...

We both know how manipulative she is.

I don't think I could ever trust him
again.

Well, can you try?

Don't let her win.

Will the foreman of the jury please
stand?

Answer my next question, yes or no.

Have you, the jury, reached a verdict on
which you are all agreed?

Yes.

Do you find the defendant, Rachel Burns,
guilty or not guilty of the murder

of Poppy MacDonald?

Guilty.

And is that the verdict of you all? Yes.

Rachel Burns, stand up.

You have been convicted of the murder of
Poppy MacDonald.

I have listened with care to what was
said on your behalf by Mr. Stafford.

There is only one sentence that I can
pass for the crime that you have

committed.

Accordingly, I sentence you to life
imprisonment.

You were entrusted with a very great
responsibility.

The life of a small child.

And you abused that trust and
responsibility in the most cold and

way imaginable.

You have lied to the family of the
victim, the police, and this court.

And the recommendation I make reflects
the utter lack of remorse

which you have shown for your crimes.

I recommend that you serve a minimum
term of 15 years.

Take her down.

I hope that helps put your mind at rest.

It was the right verdict.

Poppy's dead and she's alive.

There's nothing right about that.

That judge was so horrible to me.

When I have kids, I'm gonna look after
them properly.