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Sarah: Out of the blue,
this handsome,

gorgeous man appeared.

Woman: So now you're living
the fairy tale.

-Man: To the happy couple.
-Group: Cheers.

Well, you know our Tommy.
Can't say no to a pretty face.

Unless they're trying
to tie him down.

Jane: So you need to get out
of the strip club

and call me back.

You can't just ignore me, Tommy!
It's not funny!

Simon: You said there
were certain things

that happened in your childhood

that your parents didn't want
to know about.

Do you feel that's what's
happening here?

Jane: I have tried to kill
myself in the past.

I just need to know
that you're not using me.

Tommy: I wouldn't do that.

Things seem to be going much
better between the two of you.

I think he may be planning
to propose when we're in France.

Mum was saying you're buying
a place in the Cotswolds.

He's always had
an excellent head for business.

Jane: Sorry, so the cottage
is for your mother?

Loony bin Jane.

I'll just jump in the river,
shall I?

That'll solve all of your
problems, won't it, Tommy?

-Tommy: You're insane.
-Jane: If we were married,

you wouldn't treat me
like this.

But you would rather just keep
stringing me along

as long as Tommy gets
what he wants!

You are sick! Do you know that?

Shut up! Will you shut up?

There's something deeply wrong
with you.

Man: What is it you want
the police to do?

Tommy: I would like someone

to stop us from hurting
each other.

If you don't have somebody here
soon, somebody is.

DCI Douglas: We're three days
into a national manhunt

and we're still no closer
to bringing her in.

DS Smart: If she's taking
risks, maybe she intends

to be dead
before we can get to her.

DS Smart: They found the car.

Local bobby spotted
the license plate from the road.

-Was she in it?
-DS Smart: We don't know yet.

Parked in a lay-by,
no signs of movement.

He's asking
if he should approach?

DCI Douglas: Yeah, tell him,
"Yes, but with caution."

Jane?

Jane Andrews?

You okay?
Could you open this door?

Jane?

DCI Douglas:

I'm Detective Chief Inspector
Keith Douglas,

attached to
the Serious Crime Group.

The other officer is?

Detective Sergeant Kay Smart,

also attached to
the Serious Crime Group.

We are in the interview room
at Bloomsbury Police Station.

And I'm interviewing.

Please, could you state
your full name?

Jane Dawn Elizabeth Andrews.

Whatever happened between them,

it couldn't
have been deliberate.

I mean, Janey can't have been
in her right mind.

Director: Cut there.
Just one moment, Francesca.

-Was that not...
-Director: That was great.

We just need to check your mic
for sound.

Francesca: Oh, okay.

Sound Technician:
Yeah, we're all good.

Director: So, if you can go
back to before Tommy's death,

do you ever think
he might be in danger?

You have to remember,
she really did love him.

She was a woman scorned
and she took her revenge.

I think she was telling
the truth.

She was prepared to say anything
to save her skin.

You've told us that
after Thomas Cressman's call

to the emergency services,
the arguments continued,

and then you decided
to leave the house.

You drove around for a while,

and following a phone
conversation with Mr. Cressman,

you decided to return.

Is that right?

Yes.

He said to come home, so I did.

DCI Douglas: And when you got
back, there was another big row,

and you went up to bed.

Jane: Yes.

And I tried to go to sleep.

He curled up next to me

and said...

"Come on.

"I want to have sex with you.

You know you like it."

And then he sort of grabbed me.

And, well, I, I was frightened,
so I went down.

And I got the cricket bat

just to place next to the bed.

To protect myself.

But then Tommy woke up,

and he was going on
about how horrible I was.

And he kneed me in the back.

And...

I should have just left.

But I went down, and I saw,

I saw the knife

on the draining board.

And I thought, if he did
anything, I'd just say,

"Look, I've got a knife.

Don't touch me."

And then, eventually, I went
to sleep.

And he just started hitting me.

So I picked up the bat
and I hit him.

And he was lashing out at me,
and he was pulling my hair out.

And so I grabbed the knife.

And he just came at me, and I,

I didn't know
what was happening.

I just remember him falling
down, so I ran out of the room.

And then I panicked, so I got
in my car, and I just,

I just drove and drove
and drove.

So, after leaving the house,

you made a number of calls

and sent a number
of text messages.

Where you seemed unaware of
what happened to Mr. Cressman.

Were you trying to convince
your friends

that his death has nothing
to do with you?

No, I just...

I didn't know he was dead.

DCI Douglas: Denying it,
claiming it was an accident.

The story was all over
the place from the start.

If in doubt,
play the self-defense card.

But we had what we needed,
so we charged her with murder.

The only surprise
was that she got bail.

Janey.

-Brought you a cup of tea, love.
-Thanks, Mum.

You're settling in, then.
That's good.

That, um...

That lady solicitor called.

She wants you to ring her back
about a meeting next week.

Okay.

June: Does that mean you have
to go back down to London?

I guess so.

They said they'd sort
somewhere for me to stay.

Where did Dad put
my sewing machine?

Ah, it's on the landing.

She sounded very on the ball.

The solicitor.

I'm sure she'll be able
to sort things out.

That's not really
how it works, Mum.

You can't just sort it out.

But it wasn't your fault,
was it?

I mean, it's like you say,

it was an accident.

You didn't mean for it
to happen.

No, of course not.

Do we still have that
gingham cotton that I bought?

The pale blue one?

I don't know.

It might be
in the airing cupboard.

All right, Jane, love.
This just came for you.

Aleksandra:
I told her you'd be welcome

to stay with us
during the trial.

Especially after reading such
diabolical things in the papers.

-I've been trying not to look.
-Of course.

I knew there had
to be more to it.

All this talk of premeditated
murder simply didn't ring true.

It's not.

I love Tommy.

I never meant to hurt him.

That's what I told the police.

I was just trying to get away
from him.

I had no idea he was badly hurt.

I thought I'd just given him
a scratch.

Aleksandra: A scratch?

Oh, you poor thing.

And did the Duchess
really contact you

while you were on the run?

Yes. Yes, she did.

Well, that's quite something.

Clearly she still cares
about you.

I know.

I'm making
matching gingham dresses

for Beatrice and Eugenie.

-Are you?
-As a thank you.

How sweet.

Coffee, darling?

Jane: Please.

Thank you so much for this.

I really appreciate you both
letting me stay.

Well, Roger and I are happy
to help.

Pay no attention.

At the end of the day,

it doesn't matter what rubbish
they print.

No, you're right.

Aleksandra: You just tell
the truth

and it'll all come out
in the wash.

I've always had the utmost faith
in British justice.

Expect to get away
with murder, do you, Jane?

Josh: Everyone had made up
their minds.

The press, the public.

It cast her
as this bunny boiler.

Duncan: There she was,
on every front page,

just like when she was
with Fergie.

I'm sure she was lapping it up.

Cathy: Head to toe in black.

Like she was some sort
of grieving widow.

I mean, seriously...

Poor thing must
have been terrified.

Robert: There is no doubt

as to the identity
of Thomas Cressman's killer.

Jane Andrews wielded the bat
and held the knife.

The real question
we must consider

is why she committed
these violent acts.

And on this occasion,
we need not look far for motive,

for, as you will see,
hers was the classic one

of the jilted
and betrayed lover.

Having learnt that Mr. Cressman
no longer intended to marry her,

she returned to that house
with one thought in mind.

Namely, to take her revenge
by ending his life.

Now, the defense will try
and persuade you

that Ms. Andrews was acting
in self-defense,

that she was afraid
for her own safety.

And in order to support this,
they will paint a picture

of the deceased that bears
no relation to the truth.

Indeed, the evidence will
show you that it was, in fact,

Jane herself
who was the controlling

and ultimately violent partner
in this relationship.

A relationship
that was brutally ended

by a cold-blooded,
premeditated murder.

The, um, body of the deceased
was in a very awkward position,

um, wedged between the bed
and the wall.

We could see that he'd been
stabbed in the chest,

and his hands were like this,

almost as if he was trying
to cover the wound

or extract the knife
from his body.

Can you describe the knife
that you found at the scene?

DCI Douglas: It was a kitchen
knife with an eight-inch blade,

and it had been taken
from the block in the kitchen.

Well, it appeared
that Mr. Cressman

had also been hit over the head
with a cricket bat

and stunned
prior to being stabbed.

Was there any sign
that Mr. Cressman

had attempted to defend himself
against the attack?

DCI Douglas: No, there was not.

No defensive wounds
were found on his body.

Robert: No defensive wounds,
suggesting that Tommy

was defenseless
when the attack came.

Well, I'm sure things will go
better this afternoon.

I'm sure they will.

Leo: Seeing her in court
was pretty unpleasant,

as you can imagine.

But someone needed to speak
for Tommy.

What did you make
of Jane Andrews

when she and Tom
first began dating?

I was aware of who she was
and where she'd worked,

and I think that
had maybe impressed Tom a bit.

And I'm sure she was attracted
to him,

but I think, ultimately, she was
very attracted to his lifestyle.

Did you have any misgivings
about the relationship?

It was kind of full-on
from the start.

Jane became increasingly
possessive.

She basically gave him no space.

And how did Tommy respond

when faced with this kind
of behavior?

Um, Tommy was an incredibly
gentle kind of guy.

Plus, he was worried about
what she would do.

I could have done that for you.

It's fine, Mum. It's done now.

This house is something else.

You'll have to buy Aleksandra
a present

to say thank you
when all this is...

you know.

Jane: I shall
when I get a chance.

Everything's going to be
all right.

You'll see.

And, tomorrow, you'll tell
your side of the story.

Put things straight.

Mum, tomorrow, there's going
to be things

you won't want to hear.

Right.

Things that happened to me
when I was young.

Oh, Jane, I--

So if you'd rather not be there,
you and Dad...

No. No, we'll be there.

You just...

You say what you have to.

Ms. Andrews, before dealing with
the events of that night,

I want to deal briefly
with your medical history.

In the spring of 1999,
did you undergo a few sessions

with a private psychotherapist?

Yes, I did.

Tom arranged them for me.

And what was the particular
focus of the psychotherapy?

To deal with my abuse
as a child.

No.

And the abuse to which you
refer, was it sexual abuse?

Yes.

James: At about what age,
so far as you were concerned?

About eight years old.

James: Am I right in saying
you do not wish

to say who was involved in that?

That is correct.

But am I right that we are not
talking about a parental abuse?

That's right, yes.

James: So, during
your relationship

with Thomas Cressman,

you were still dealing with
the effects of that abuse.

And this left you with a
heightened perception of threat.

Is that right?

Yes.

James: And in
a high-stress situation,

you would find yourself less
able to make rational judgments.

Instead, finding yourself

in a sort of grey mist
of helplessness.

-Is that right?
-Yes, that's true.

Can you now tell me about

your relationship
with Mr. Cressman?

Tommy and I were together
for nearly two years.

I was devoted to him.

But in terms of your sex life,

would it be correct to say
that you were relatively

innocent
and straight-laced, sexually,

whereas Thomas
was relatively adventurous?

Yes, that's true.

James: In what ways,
Ms. Andrews,

was Thomas relatively
adventurous,

so far as you were concerned?

He would want to have anal sex
with me.

And he wanted me to dress up
in kinky clothing.

You also discovered
sexually explicit emails

on Mr. Cressman's computer,
did you not?

Did you take these to imply
that Mr. Cressman was

no longer committed
to your relationship?

What was his attitude to
your future together?

He was committed.

But he had periods of confusing
moments on his part.

Where he would say
that he needed space.

And this caused rows
between you?

Yes.

Because I would push him to find
out where our future was going.

And are we talking merely about

rows where people shout
at each other,

or was there, on occasion,
more than that?

Yes.

In the sense that...

That he hit me.

And on another occasion
when we were arguing,

he pushed me down the stairs.

Well, we'd been warned
that things were probably going

to get pretty nasty.

And, uh, so it began.

Well, now we come to the rows
between yourself

and Tom on Saturday the 16th
of September last year.

Yes.

The Saturday morning,
he calls and tells me

things with Jane
were just awful.

He sounded stressed and hassled.

I told him, if they got married,
this is how it would be.

She was just too hysterical.

I asked him what had started
the argument,

and he said that she wanted

to know if they were
getting married.

And he told her
that she wasn't stable enough

to be the mother
of his children.

Was there one aspect
of those rows

which you did not tell
the police about?

On Saturday morning,

he put a pillow over my head
and tied me to the bed.

His full weight was on top
of me.

And he anally raped me.

DCI Douglas: I mean,
they basically threw

everything at it.

But to say she was raped,
you know, and like that,

I mean, to be honest,
it was just disgusting.

Vile.

Despicable lies.

I don't know.

Uh, Miss Andrews, when you
placed a knife by your bed,

what exactly did you fear
might happen?

I was afraid that he was going

to rape me again
like he had that morning.

And when he began to attack you,

you tried to ward him off.

First with a blow
from the cricket bat,

and when that failed,
you took up the knife.

Yes.

Did you, however, intend

that Thomas Cressman
be stabbed with it?

No, not at all.

We just came together,

and the next thing I knew,
he was on top of me.

James: And that's the point
the knife went in?

And at that stage, did you know
how badly injured he was?

No.

I just panicked.

I crawled out from underneath
him and ran out of the room.

I was terrified that he was
going to come after me.

So I took my dressing gown cord
and tied the door.

I couldn't think.

So one might say you were
in a gray mist?

Jane: Yes.

James: And as you left
the house,

was there any sight or sound
from Tom?

No.

No, there was nothing.

That's when I realized he must
be dead.

Aleksandra: Well, you see,
that's when her story

really began to change.

This was quite different to
the tale I'd been told.

Then I realized that I
had made a dreadful mistake.

There are one or two things
that are a bit confusing.

What do you mean?

Well, you said yourself

you'd told differing versions
to different people.

Yes, because I was confused.

And scared.

Aleksandra: Right.

It's just you told me

that you thought you'd given him
a scratch.

But then, today, you said

you knew he was dead
before you left the house.

I know. I just...

couldn't even admit it
to myself.

You know, Roger and I
have been talking, and he feels,

we both feel, that, actually,
it might be more appropriate

for you to move into a hotel
for the remainder of the trial.

Maybe tomorrow.

I see.

It's just simpler all around.

Don't you think?

Okay.

You're doing a very good job.

Robert: So, Ms. Andrews,

you left the house in the early
hours of Sunday morning

and spent the next two
and a half days

driving 'round the country.

During which time,

as far as you knew,
nobody had found Tom's body.

Why not tell someone?

Even as you were keying
in messages and speaking

to people on your phone,

why did you not say this man was
lying there, dying?

I didn't want anybody
to think I'd fled the scene.

Left Tom to die in that room.

Oh, so the messages were
calculated to mislead.

No.

I know it's absurd.
It doesn't make any sense.

Robert:
No, no, it makes perfect sense.

This was no grey mist.

Uh, whatever that may be.

Rather, you were deliberately
attempting to mislead

your friends and former husband.

And now you've told this court
that you'd been admitted

to Charing Cross Hospital
after falling down some stairs.

Tom, he pushed me down
the stairs.

I was very upset.

But you never told that
to any doctor,

to any police officer, did you?

Just as you never told anyone
about the occasion you say

you got a bruise on your head,
because he hit you?

No, because I was too ashamed.

When you're talking to
the police,

this is not a time for shame,
is it?

I just wanted to get

the interview over
and done with.

But what was the reason
that you failed to mention

something that you now rely on
in this court?

Namely that, earlier that day,

he had had sexual intercourse
with you by force.

Because I was totally ashamed
and embarrassed.

You were seen three times

by a woman doctor at
the police station.

It was a private examination.

You could have drawn attention
if you wished to anything

that had happened to you
that you felt might be relevant

to the trouble
that you were facing.

But you did not draw anyone's
attention to it, did you?

I was too traumatized
by the whole thing.

Well, you were in a fit state
to be interviewed.

And to explain all you did
to the police.

Why not explain to the doctor?
"I've been raped.

And there will be physical signs
of that if you have a look."

I physically could not.

Richard:
You didn't tell anyone about it

because it's completely
invented, that story.

In fact, both stories
about anal rape,

both in the morning

and the alleged second attempt
that evening,

just completely invented,
are they not?

No, not at all.

Ever since your arrest,
you have fabricated

a succession of contradictory
stories in a blatant attempt

to escape blame
for Thomas Cressman's death,

-have you not?
-No, it's not true.

Richard: Even now, the evidence
you've presented here in court

is riddled with inconsistencies.

You claim that Mr. Cressman
attacked you that morning.

And, as a result, you left
the house for several hours.

But then you chose to return.

You claim that you feared
further sexual assault.

Yet in the next breath,
you're saying you happily took

off your clothes
and got into bed beside him.

Why would you do that?

Tom wanted me to sleep
in his bed.

I couldn't say no.

So, you are afraid for
your safety,

yet you left
the bedroom multiple times.

Went up and down the stairs,
first to fetch a bat,

later to arm yourself
with a knife.

Which means that, at any point,

you could have left
that house again.

But you chose not to.

Now, that makes no sense,
does it?

I was afraid
of what Tommy might do.

Richard: Meanwhile,
your description

of the attack has changed.

When talking to the police,
you said that Mr. Cressman

said that he was going
to hurt you.

However, as soon
as you reach court,

you're claiming that he shouted

that he was going
to fucking kill you.

You claimed, initially,
you thought

you'd just given him a scratch,

but now you say you were
so covered in blood

that you assumed
he must be dead.

Not one word of it rings true.

I...

It's hard to remember.

Everything just happened
so fast.

We earlier heard that Tom
had arranged for you

to see a psychiatrist to help
with your, uh, problems.

What problems were they again?

Uh, my child abuse.

Oh, yeah, the child abuse

that you've now chosen
to reveal in court.

No, that's--

And about which you refuse
to disclose any details.

I don't want to.

James: Which is entirely
your right,

but you must agree
it seems convenient,

does it not, to present us with

an allegation which
has never been officially made,

nor legally proven.

Do you want a break?

Ten minutes,
members of the jury.

Man: Jane. Are you all right?

Antibiotics.

Doctor says it's just
a low-grade infection.

You must have been feeling
poorly for days.

A bit.

Nurse: Bless you.

Us women just soldier on,
don't we?

We have to.

Would the foreman of
the jury please stand?

-Have you reached a verdict?
-Yes.

On the count of murder,
do you find the defendant,

Jane Andrews,
guilty or not guilty?

Guilty.

I think she honestly thought
she'd get away with it.

Oh, Tommy.

Jane Andrews.

In killing the man you loved,

you ended his life and ruined
your own.

It is evident that you made
your attack on him

when you were consumed
with anger and bitterness.

But nothing could justify
what you did.

Even if you
were feeling wronged

and were
emotionally vulnerable,

you were attacking
an unarmed man

who had possibly been asleep

only a few minutes
before you attacked him.

You then left him to die
without remorse.

Therefore,
as your counsel recognizes,

there is only one sentence
I can place upon you.

And that is life imprisonment.

People don't believe her,
but that doesn't mean

Jane isn't telling the truth.

It just means people don't want
to believe her.

There's no excuse
for what she did.

And I know no one wants
to speak ill of the dead,

but Tom wasn't an angel,

and Janey
wasn't a monster either.

The whole thing
is just terribly, terribly sad.

The fact is she's a murderer,
however you want to look at it.

She was a woman scorned,

and she took Thomas Cressman's
life in anger.

And even that wasn't enough
for her.

She had to try and destroy
his good name.

But, you know,
at the end of the day,

we didn't let her get away
with it.

Any other personal items?

Uh, no, you can keep that.

Well, unless it's valuable.

Uh, no.

It's just...

It was a present from
the Duchess of York, actually.

No one asked for
your life story, love.

Guard: Follow me.

Hey, yo, it's Fergie's bird.

Welcome home, Your Majesty.

Whoo! Whoo!

Guard: All right, you ladies.

Dr. Chaudhry:
So, how have you been this week?

Jane: Pretty much the same.

Jane, as we discussed last time,
I think your earlier diagnosis

of depression was correct.

Right.

But now that I'm getting
to know you better,

I think it possibly doesn't

explain everything
you're dealing with.

Have you ever heard

of borderline personality
disorder?

No, I don't think so.

Well, a person with BPD often
has a long-standing pattern

of thoughts and feelings

that probably began when they
were very young.

They experience certain
recurrent impulses and ways

of being in relationships,

which often cause them a lot
of distress,

and which often involve
self-damaging behaviors.

So, things like recurrent
suicidal threats.

Does any of that feel familiar
to you?

I don't know.

Maybe.

Dr. Chaudhry: Okay.

Well, we often find that there
are other common behaviors, too.

People with BPD feel deeply
entrenched shame.

So, whenever they make mistakes
or have weaknesses,

they try very hard
to avoid admitting it.

And sometimes
that means they lie,

so they don't have to face it.

Right.

Dr. Chaudhry: But that doesn't
mean they're trying to deceive.

But they're a way

of coping when you're feeling
a lot of pain.

It's a bit like going out
in the sun

when you're already sunburned.

If you're already feeling
emotionally raw,

you can't begin to make healthy
emotional connections.

So, I need to stay out
of the sun?

For now.

Well, that shouldn't be
a problem.

Jane, with the right support,
you can begin to learn

to control
your behavioral triggers.

Right, it'll take work.

But I really think this could
be a whole fresh start for you.

June: How are your sessions
going with Dr. Chaudhry?

Yeah, good.

They're doing a lot of work
on my triggers.

Identifying behavioral patterns,
you know?

Working through why I do
the things that I do.

I think it's really helping.

And, eh, has there been any
more news about the appeal?

Mum, I told you, they said it'd
be ages before we hear it.

But, it should make
a difference, shouldn't it?

This diagnosis.

It changes everything, really.

And the new solicitor thinks

there are new avenues
that we can explore.

-That's really good, Jane.
-Mm.

June: I can't believe
it's Christmas already.

We had a card.

Jane: Sorry?

We had a Christmas card

from Mr. and Mrs. Cressman.

They said they knew it would
be a difficult Christmas

and they sent
their best wishes.

That was...

That...

That was kind of them,
wasn't it?

I wondered if we--

Listen, Mum, I've got
to go soon.

-No, no, of course.
-Uh, Jane?

Jane, will we, um...

Will we speak to you
on Christmas Day?

June: I hate to think of you
all alone in that place.

Actually, I've made
a new friend.

June: Oh.

Well, more of a pen pal.

Francesca: The way
she's been portrayed

as completely hard
and unfeeling,

that's not Janey.

If anything, she feels things
much too deeply.

She had all these lovely dreams

of a great fairytale romance.

And when that fell apart,
so did she.

The fact is that woman

never showed any remorse.

Not to me.

Or to my family.

So, if you ask me,
they should never let her out.

And any man who gets involved
with her

should be very...

very careful.

I miss Tommy every single day.

Ah, the sound of his voice.

The way he laughed.

Silly jokes.

He had this incredible gift
for living.

He was my, my beautiful boy.

And now he's gone.

I just want to keep
my brother's memory alive.

Can we stop there?

Director: Of course.