1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,279 When a murder is left unsolved... 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,879 No weapons, no eye witnesses, no forensic evidence at all. 3 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:09,199 There was nothing. 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,639 ..And a killer is on the loose... 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,399 These people are still out there. Who's gonna be next? 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,319 ..Britain's cold case detectives will never give up... 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,639 The best way to solve a cold case is to keep it warm. 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,479 ..No matter how long it takes. 9 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,679 This case dominated my life. 10 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,879 They'll investigate every angle and follow every hunch... 11 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,919 Searching through thousands of people. 12 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:34,839 They think they've got away with it, they haven't. 13 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,159 ..Until justice is finally done. 14 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:38,559 We all leave a trace. 15 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,159 We'd finally identified that golden nugget. 16 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:42,920 Bingo, we've got them. 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,359 Islington, north London. 18 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,359 In June 1995, 32-year-old mother of two, Jane Harrison, 19 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,280 vanished into thin air. 20 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,279 Her disappearance was so unexplained, 21 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,839 it immediately raised suspicions of foul play. 22 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,039 Detective inspector bill Davies of holloway cid 23 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:10,839 was swiftly given the case. 24 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,039 I got a report, 25 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,879 I think it was from a uniformed sergeant at highbury police station, 26 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:21,239 to say that, uh, she was concerned about a missing person 27 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,959 that had been reported to her. 28 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:27,479 Her concern was that this was a mother with children, 29 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,319 a loving family and that she's literally just 30 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:33,919 disappeared off the face of the earth. 31 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,079 Jane was part of an incredibly close-knit family, 32 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,759 and her two sisters, Claire and Maxine, 33 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,719 would prove crucial to the investigation. 34 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,639 The police questioned all close family members 35 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:51,199 to get a, you know, a profile of Jane's life and relationships. 36 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:56,079 It didn't take long for bill's team to know that something wasn't right. 37 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,999 Me and my sister, Jane, were very, very close. 38 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,439 We done everything together. 39 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,559 We went everywhere together. 40 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:09,319 She used to phone my house phone at least 20-30 times a day. 41 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,399 When I never heard from her, 42 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,959 from all them hours on that previous day of her missing, 43 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,559 I just knew it wasn't like Jane. 44 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,959 The 32-year-old was a doting mother to 14-year-old son, Ryan, 45 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:27,479 and Taylor, a one-year-old baby she'd had with her current partner, 46 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,119 Kevin Doherty. 47 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,679 Pretty quickly they realised and established from Jane's neighbours, 48 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,559 family, friends, she'd never like run off and leave her children. 49 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,919 They're a passionate, loving family, 50 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:44,359 and they were adamant that Jane would in no way, 51 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:45,799 walk away from her family 52 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,640 unless something had happened to her. 53 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:58,559 As a result of my, sort of, assessment of them as a family, 54 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:03,519 I wasn't over happy with it being treated as a missing person. 55 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,279 To prove his hunch, 56 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,359 bill had to first exhaust all the usual procedures. 57 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:13,799 Dermot carroll was a young detective constable in 1995. 58 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,799 In a missing person enquiry, 59 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:20,039 you would search the missing person's home or room 60 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,279 to see if there are any clues, anything like a diary 61 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,839 that is leading up to that person deciding they want to leave. 62 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,599 Jane's house was searched, 63 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,759 but absolutely nothing was found there, 64 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,919 nothing of evidential value was taken from the flat. 65 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:36,919 With foul play looking more and more likely, 66 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:41,519 bill made sure no stone was unturned in his bid to locate Jane. 67 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,799 The first thing for me is I've got to satisfy myself 68 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:45,639 that a crime has been committed here. 69 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:50,279 I got some of my officers to do some checks, like local hospitals, 70 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,359 central index at Scotland yard at the time, 71 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:56,999 the missing person's index, to see if her name had cropped up. 72 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,119 But as far as I'm concerned, at that moment in time, 73 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,799 in the first, sort of, 24 hours, 74 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,720 she just disappeared into, uh, into space. 75 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:14,279 The last time she was seen was three o'clock on the 12th of June, 76 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,039 when she was dropped off by her boyfriend. 77 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,319 As the last person to see her, 78 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:24,519 Jane's boyfriend, Kevin Doherty, was a priority to talk to. 79 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:25,879 I spoke to Doherty. 80 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,439 It was a case of he thought that she might have gone off 81 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:29,919 with another man. 82 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,639 And he'd mentioned that on several occasions. 83 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,639 So, that was another line of inquiry. 84 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,519 Bill wasted no time going back to Jane's family 85 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:43,959 to try and piece together her last known movements. 86 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,119 On the day that Jane went missing, 87 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,719 she'd phoned my house phone and she spoke to my son. 88 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,999 She said, "mum, Jane's just rang. 89 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,719 "She said to tell you she's in wood green, she's shopping. 90 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,039 "She's going Florida, and she'll ring you later." 91 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,159 I thought no more of it, no more of it, 92 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:05,519 until, as time went on, I never got that call from Jane. 93 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,439 Kevin had promised Jane a dream holiday to Florida, 94 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:10,879 leaving in just a few days' time. 95 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:15,159 Bill now had a confirmed location for the pair. 96 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,919 Detectives immediately scoured cctv of wood green's shops 97 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,360 and eventually spotted the couple. 98 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,479 Bill released the footage to the media 99 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,519 in a desperate call for information. 100 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,359 I remember the, sort of, haunting grainy images 101 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,039 of this woman walking around, 102 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,999 and then the fact that she had suddenly disappeared. 103 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,839 And that added a very striking effect on everybody. 104 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:45,679 TV: Four days since the mother of two failed to return 105 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:47,479 to her flat in highbury, 106 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,639 there's still been no sign of her. 107 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,119 32-year-old Jane Harrison had gone on a shopping trip 108 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:53,639 but never came back. 109 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,759 Now I know the cctv footage is not the world's clearest, 110 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:02,359 but it proved invaluable for me, just to get those pictures, 111 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,719 moving pictures, moving images, out there with the public, 112 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,519 and who knows? Someone could have said, 113 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,559 "yes, I saw them at such and such a place." 114 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,959 "Yes, I saw them get into a car." 115 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:20,519 Still desperate for clues, bill also recreated the shopping trip 116 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,879 using Jane's sister, Maxine, as a double. 117 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,479 TV: Police have made enquiries as far afield as Ireland and wales 118 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,919 in their hunt for Jane, but have so far drawn a blank. 119 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,559 I'd done the reconstruction for Jane in wood green, 120 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,999 which was very harrowing for me, 121 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:40,399 knowing that I'm doing... Walking in my sister's footsteps. 122 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,439 Jane came from a loving, big family who was very, very close. 123 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,079 We welcomed any media intrusion we could get, 124 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,559 because we just wanted to find my sister. 125 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,079 We had a lot of admiration for that family, 126 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,799 and to do something like that, to step in the shoes of your sister, 127 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,879 knowing full well there's a strong possibility 128 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:01,759 that she's not gonna see them again, 129 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:06,799 that takes great fortitude, great, um, spirit. 130 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,879 The police was doing what they could, 131 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,359 and so me and my sister, Claire, done what we could. 132 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,359 We got hundreds of photos done of Jane, 133 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,639 and we put them out all over the area. 134 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,279 We went to friends, neighbours, 135 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,119 we knocked on doors to see if anyone had seen her, 136 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:25,639 any sightings of her. 137 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,719 When I contacted the hospitals, I explained to them, you know, 138 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,079 my sister's been missing, 139 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,519 if you've got her there, can you contact the police 140 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,240 cos everybody's looking for her. 141 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,759 Bill knew the longer Jane stayed missing, 142 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,000 the less likely it was they'd find her alive. 143 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:48,559 A week after Jane disappeared, bill publicly voiced his fears. 144 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,599 She's just disappeared off the face of the earth, 145 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,679 nobody has seen her, nobody's heard from her, 146 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,199 so I can only fear the worst under the circumstances. 147 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:59,039 I think that she's probably been abducted, and she's probably dead. 148 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,799 Normally, the police line in those circumstances was, 149 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,919 "we're keeping an open mind and we're pursuing lines of inquiry." 150 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,119 Well, yes, that's true, but I believed that 151 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,319 she was never gonna be seen again. 152 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,599 And I made the decision that this is no longer 153 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:20,079 a missing person's enquiry, this is a murder investigation. 154 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,599 And that's when our world fell apart, 155 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,719 because we all knew Jane wasn't missing, 156 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,280 something sinister had happened to her. 157 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:39,759 In June 1995, Jane Harrison, a 32-year-old mother of two, 158 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,399 appeared to have vanished into thin air. 159 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,439 I find it inconceivable to think that an adult woman 160 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,999 can just completely disappear off the face of the planet. 161 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,119 All the police had to go on was cctv footage 162 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:58,199 of her and partner Kevin Doherty hours before she went missing. 163 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,799 But within a week of Jane's disappearance, 164 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,399 di bill Davies had elevated the case 165 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,120 from a missing person's enquiry to a murder investigation. 166 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:13,279 As the last person to see her, 167 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,599 Jane's boyfriend, Kevin Doherty, was brought in for questioning. 168 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,079 He was incredibly frustrating to speak to. 169 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:27,839 Even when confronted with absolute 100% stonewall facts, 170 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:29,679 he would just deny it. 171 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:32,039 It was incredible, really. 172 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:35,279 So, it was just a question of trying to get 173 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:39,239 as much information, not just out of him but the family 174 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:44,079 and other friends and neighbours, that we came across as well, 175 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,999 to try and disprove what he was saying. 176 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:53,679 Detectives went through every point of Kevin's account in minute detail. 177 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:57,999 So it was basically trying to establish what unusual has happened 178 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,439 that raises doubts in their minds. 179 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,559 That something untoward has happened to her. 180 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:06,079 The last known sighting of Jane and Kevin 181 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,959 were together at wood green shopping centre. 182 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,039 After that, the investigating team started piecing together, 183 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,359 in detail, what happened. 184 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,239 So, Kevin says that he dropped Jane off 185 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,439 around the corner from their mum's house. 186 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,599 When detectives checked with Jane's sister, Claire, 187 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,959 she couldn't understand why. 188 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,359 My mum's in Ireland, 189 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,199 my mum's getting over a breast operation, 190 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:30,919 and he didn't know that. 191 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,959 So, no-one was at the house, Jane had no keys. 192 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,679 There was no reason for her to go there. 193 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:40,039 Although it cast doubt on Kevin's version of events, 194 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,639 it didn't mean he was guilty. 195 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:47,119 But then more evidence came to light from Jane's teenage son, Ryan, 196 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,680 relating to the time immediately after his mum disappeared. 197 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,519 Ryan sees Kevin as being very agitated 198 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,439 and acting in a very agitated manner, 199 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:05,839 sweating, uh, being very nervous, walking from room to room. 200 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,919 Now, both Ryan and the baby-sitter also state 201 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:10,799 that whilst they were present, 202 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,759 there was a phone call into the flat, apparently from Jane. 203 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:16,919 And then he explains that to Ryan, 204 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,159 that she's out and about with friends. 205 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,639 Kevin Doherty told police he then went out looking for Jane 206 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,719 around the pubs in hoxton but couldn't find her. 207 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,919 He did tell Maxine about the call, though. 208 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,919 He phoned me to tell me that he had spoken to Jane, 209 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,519 and she was on that she was in a pub with her mate, 210 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:37,999 and she'd be home soon. 211 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,999 I told Kevin straight away that he was lying. 212 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,399 There's no way Jane was in a pub with her mate 213 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,039 because if she was in a pub, she'd have been with me, 214 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:47,999 cos Jane had no mates. 215 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,399 All our mates was our cousins, 216 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,599 so I knew he was lying. 217 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,199 Whilst detectives looked into the phone calls, 218 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,159 bill needed proof that Kevin wasn't telling the truth. 219 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:04,239 He had his team look more closely at the description Kevin gave 220 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,319 when he reported Jane missing. 221 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:10,199 He described Jane as pale skinned and blued eyed, 222 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,759 where she was clearly, uh, olive skinned and green eyed. 223 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,599 So, by giving a false description would have delayed 224 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,759 any police enquiries, crucially, by hours, 225 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,919 which time... The clock is ticking, and you need those hours. 226 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:28,759 In the meantime, Jane's family continued the media campaign. 227 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,519 My mum wouldn't leave me and my brother like that. 228 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,519 She loves us, she wouldn't do that. 229 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,119 And I think that someone's holding her. 230 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,999 Despite the family's hopes, as more evidence came in, 231 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,919 bill felt certain Doherty had something to hide. 232 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,679 On the morning that Jane was last seen, 233 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:51,879 a neighbour had seen Jane having an argument with Kevin 234 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,599 outside the house. 235 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,759 She had seen Kevin strike Jane. 236 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:01,079 As bill delved even deeper, the alarm bells rang louder. 237 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:06,279 All of them were adamant that although Jane, on most occasions, 238 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:11,399 didn't report cases of assault by Doherty, 239 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:17,479 that he was violent towards her. 240 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:24,719 Jane went to great lengths to try and hide injuries on some occasions. 241 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,319 To get more proof, 242 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,519 bill needed a complete picture of Jane and Kevin's relationship. 243 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:34,919 I told them straight away that I never trusted him. 244 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:39,719 Jane had met Kevin Doherty three years before she disappeared. 245 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,359 I was there the night that she met Kevin. 246 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,239 It was in Charlie chambers night club. 247 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,319 I didn't mind him at first, 248 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:51,439 and then until I started seeing the change in my sister. 249 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,439 She wasn't the happy-go-lucky person that she was. 250 00:13:55,440 --> 00:14:00,359 It didn't take long to find out why Jane had changed. 251 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,919 She said, "Max, he's just punched me in the face," 252 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,039 and I used to say to her, "for god's sake, Jane, leave him." 253 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,439 But Jane wanted to make this relationship work 254 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,319 because she'd wanted a family. 255 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:16,959 To understand why a woman stays with a domestic abuse perpetrator, 256 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,679 we need to look at it in its entirety. 257 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,199 If on day one of meeting there was abuse, 258 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:26,759 the majority of women would walk away. 259 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,359 It doesn't happen on day one. 260 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,239 It happens over time, 261 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,839 and because of that, in that period of time, 262 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,439 often their self-esteem has been reduced, 263 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:42,839 they've been controlled, they've also fallen in love. 264 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:48,239 Despite the abuse, Doherty and Jane had a son together. 265 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,359 So I said to her, 266 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,239 "why are you having a baby? Yous are not getting on." 267 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,399 But obviously my Jane thought she'd have a baby, 268 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,319 and it would make... They'd make it work. 269 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,799 In my opinion, it got worse. 270 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,719 I think he thought he's got his control over her now, 271 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:08,319 cos I think he obviously realised that she... 272 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,319 ..She wanted to keep a family unit. 273 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,399 What we know from research is that domestic abuse 274 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:19,719 will often start or become much worse when a victim is pregnant. 275 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,239 Some perpetrators that are driven by jealousy 276 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,799 actually become jealous of the baby, 277 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,519 because they're no longer centre of attention. 278 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:29,919 And as time went on, 279 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:34,479 Jane's home life became of increasing concern to her sisters. 280 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:39,239 One day, I went downstairs, and my Jane was brushing her hair, 281 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:44,159 and as she went like that, I saw all the hair in the hairbrush. 282 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,079 And she said, "oh, no, no, it's all right, it's all right. 283 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:50,319 And I went, "come here," and I felt her head, 284 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,799 and she had a big, massive bump there, 285 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,879 and he'd obviously pulled lumps out of her hair. 286 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:01,359 The more bill's team discovered, the darker it became, 287 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:05,000 as Kevin moved from physical to mental abuse. 288 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,759 It became clear that Kevin was quite a manipulator of Jane. 289 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,319 There were reports of him playing mind games with her, 290 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:15,959 not only being abusive towards her, 291 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,599 but he'd do things like hide shopping, 292 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,159 hide toy, the baby's toys, and then they'd reappear days later. 293 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,559 And so he had these mind games going on, quite controlling of Jane. 294 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:29,559 Gaslighting is really devious, 295 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,759 manipulative behaviour, 296 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:37,519 where the victim actually starts to doubt her own sanity. 297 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,839 Starts to think that their version of reality, 298 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,799 their version of the world, is skewed. 299 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,959 And that makes gaslighting, in my opinion, 300 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:51,039 one of the most dangerous forms of emotional abuse and domestic abuse. 301 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,559 The domestic abuse and inconsistencies 302 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,439 in Kevin's story were useful, 303 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,119 but bill had to get more proof that Doherty 304 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,479 had planned Jane's disappearance. 305 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:05,279 We discovered that there was tickets for a Florida holiday. 306 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,719 And one of the reasons why Doherty and Jane 307 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,679 went to wood green shopping centre 308 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,279 was to buy some bits and pieces for the holiday, 309 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,399 which I think was gonna take place in three days' time. 310 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,119 When I questioned the family about this, 311 00:17:19,120 --> 00:17:22,519 they said that Jane was very excited about it. 312 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:26,919 And we eventually managed to find the details of this holiday, 313 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,639 the tickets, but we checked up on them, 314 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,839 and they hadn't been paid for. 315 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,839 So it begs the question, 316 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,199 why tell Jane that they're going on holiday 317 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,599 when he hasn't even paid for the tickets? 318 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,599 And there was no realistic prospect of him, of the two of them, 319 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,439 going at that stage. 320 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,079 Convinced Doherty knew Jane would never be going on that holiday, 321 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,720 and with all the other evidence, bill decided to arrest him. 322 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,879 But with no body or proof of murder, 323 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,239 he was brought in on suspicion of abduction. 324 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,359 We was over the moon. 325 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:05,679 But I did say to the police, 326 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,679 "you will never get him, you won't get him, 327 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,999 "cos he's cold and he's calculating. You will not get him." 328 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,680 And they said, "we will." 329 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,839 Bill wasted no time in questioning Kevin. 330 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,999 When I interviewed him, he was giving vague answers. 331 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,599 He answered the questions, and at no stage, 332 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,559 no stage, did he say, "no reply." 333 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,119 He did answer the questions, 334 00:18:32,120 --> 00:18:33,999 but some of them were just nonsensical. 335 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,679 You know, "what time of day is it now?" 336 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,359 And he'll say a different time. 337 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:42,159 He was trying to avoid giving the correct, 338 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:43,799 the truthful answers. 339 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:48,039 And you can't, you can't force someone to tell the truth. 340 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,199 With Doherty not cooperating, 341 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:54,240 police knew that to crack the case they'd need to find a body. 342 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:01,839 Bill's team concentrated on some properties Doherty had access to. 343 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:03,359 We managed to find some lock-up. 344 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:06,679 He had a garage obviously in, uh, 345 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,039 where he lived in woodford. 346 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:12,279 That was searched, and one or two other ones were searched, 347 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,919 but we couldn't find anything, nothing whatsoever. 348 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:19,079 And they were... They were searched very, very thoroughly. 349 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,439 Unable to find Jane's body, 350 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:27,279 bill decided to study the calls Jane had allegedly made to Doherty. 351 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:31,679 Particularly as he was one of the few people in 1995 352 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,359 to own a mobile phone. 353 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:35,959 It was around about '92, 354 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,479 mobile phones were first commercially available. 355 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,799 They were crude, the billing was crude, 356 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,359 not like it is now. 357 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:49,799 Suspecting Kevin Doherty had used his mobile phone 358 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,799 to ring the landline and pretend it was Jane, 359 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,839 bill looked at the phone records. 360 00:19:55,840 --> 00:20:00,159 All we could get out of it was from phone billing, 361 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:06,039 that his phone had called the apartment at a particular time. 362 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:10,439 So, what you have to do then is to try and pinpoint 363 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,959 exactly the time when he was in the flat, 364 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:18,239 exactly the time that he'd spoke to Ryan, 365 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,679 and then you could tie it in with his mobile phone billing. 366 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,279 It was another dead-end. 367 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:28,079 Technology in 1995 wasn't advanced enough to prove bill's hunch. 368 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,919 He hoped he had enough to charge Doherty with Jane's murder. 369 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,839 Being arrested and being charged are quite different things. 370 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,839 The police can arrest somebody, 371 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,799 but when it comes to charging a suspect, 372 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:43,039 they need to convince the crown prosecution service of this. 373 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:44,759 And the crown prosecution service 374 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:48,559 will want to see some quite compelling evidence. 375 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,119 A body is a scene of crime. 376 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:55,879 It can tell you so much and give you so much information 377 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,479 that would either confirm or deny anything that Doherty's saying, 378 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,479 or anything, or confirm or deny anything that the police know. 379 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,919 So in the absence of a body, obviously, 380 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,839 they took the view that 381 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,279 it wasn't safe to proceed with the prosecution. 382 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,719 Bill and his team were left with no alternative 383 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,639 other than to release their one and only suspect. 384 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,239 And this was a blow because they were clear in their minds 385 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,279 that this man was responsible. 386 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,039 There is nothing more frustrating than having 387 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:31,000 to let somebody go who you're convinced is guilty. 388 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:40,919 Jane Harrison's disappearance in June of 1995 389 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,039 had quickly become a murder investigation. 390 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,879 Her abusive boyfriend, Kevin Doherty, 391 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,640 had been arrested and questioned. 392 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,759 But without a body, detective bill Davies could not convince the cps 393 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,959 to charge Kevin with murder, 394 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:57,640 and he'd been released. 395 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,279 The case had hit a brick wall, 396 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,720 and there was nowhere left for bill and his team to go. 397 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:09,719 So, the only evidence, last sighting of Jane, was on cctv. 398 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,919 Other than that, we didn't know anything at all 399 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,599 other than the account given by Kevin Doherty. 400 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,599 There were no other detailed accounts, 401 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,919 no other witnesses that could explain what happened 402 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,479 after they left wood green shopping centre. 403 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,319 We was getting our hopes up to think this is it, 404 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,439 we're gonna get him, 405 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,199 but it went cold. 406 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,959 It was like running a knife in your heart, 407 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,279 and we was just left in limbo. 408 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:37,519 And it wasn't just Jane's family who were frustrated. 409 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,199 It's very, very difficult because I had a lot of respect for the family, 410 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,359 and I had some sort of affinity with them. 411 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:43,919 It's very difficult to let people down. 412 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,800 I find it very, very frustrating. 413 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,519 Once Doherty was released, 414 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:53,600 he abandoned Jane's son, Ryan, and his own baby boy, Taylor. 415 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,999 He walked out on that boy's life, and he's never seen him again. 416 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,559 He's meant to love that child. 417 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,479 He was 15 months old, and I never heard from him. 418 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,359 He never once asked how the children was. 419 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:09,759 Jane's mum, Phyllis, took on the responsibility 420 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,959 of raising the two boys. 421 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,159 Ryan went through hell. 422 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,119 His mum was his life. 423 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:17,959 He just adored his mum. 424 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,159 All he ever had was his mum, 425 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,519 you know, but thank god he had my mum. 426 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,919 Claire and Maxine made sure Jane wasn't forgotten 427 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,759 and continued to campaign for information 428 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,999 and justice for their sister. 429 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,919 Claire and Maxine played an absolutely crucial part 430 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,399 in keeping the fight for justice going. 431 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,559 Even when the leads had gone cold, 432 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,839 they kept on fighting, kept on appealing, 433 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:45,199 which, of course, was newsworthy. 434 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:46,759 At the evening standard, 435 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,319 this was a story that was really at the heart of the newspaper. 436 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:54,759 Here was the epitome of human interest. 437 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:56,759 As well as newspaper stories 438 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,159 the sisters took part in television programmes. 439 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:04,119 I mean I've done reconstructions, I've done appeals. 440 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:07,999 Obviously this is the last thing that I can do. 441 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:12,039 And I just hope something comes out of it. 442 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:16,959 They also kept up pressure on police to reopen the investigation. 443 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:22,159 Maxine and Claire were the driving force in keeping this case alive. 444 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,479 They tried to keep everything in the public eye. 445 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,719 They kept badgering with Scotland yard cold case 446 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,279 to see if there's anything more that could be done. 447 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,839 They kept the media appeals going. 448 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,759 They were determined to catch Jane's killer, 449 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,760 who most people were convinced was Kevin Doherty. 450 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,999 Over the years, the case was periodically reviewed. 451 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,079 With so little to go on, though, 452 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:54,039 Scotland yard weren't able to find anything new to move the case on. 453 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,359 But Jane's sisters kept on fighting. 454 00:24:57,360 --> 00:24:59,879 Jane was always in the back of our mind, 455 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:02,199 Jane's in our mind 24 hours a day. 456 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,239 There's not a day goes... She chokes up 457 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:06,800 ..we don't think of her. 458 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,159 Finally, 15 years after Jane Harrison vanished, 459 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,479 a metropolitan police cold case review decided 460 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,759 that forensic and technological advances 461 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,639 meant they could reopen the investigation. 462 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:26,479 And it landed on the desk of detective inspector dermot carroll. 463 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,279 This case was gonna fry up an awful lot of challenges for us. 464 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,839 There were no weapons, no forensic evidence at all, 465 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,679 one minute of cctv of the last sighting of Jane, 466 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,639 no eye witnesses to any abduction or murder, 467 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,479 and, crucially, no body, unfortunately. 468 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,199 So, this was gonna be a tough case to investigate. 469 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,919 Despite the difficulties, 470 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,599 dermot and his team were determined to crack the case. 471 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,399 It resonated with me, and it resonated with my team. 472 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,199 This was a north east crime, 473 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,999 from the area that we all lived in and worked in. 474 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,039 Obviously, I had to go out there and explain it to them, 475 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,359 "we've got a cold case." 476 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:09,799 But, yeah, somehow it resonated with us, and we really took to this case. 477 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,079 One of the first things dermot did 478 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,639 was call the original case detective, bill Davies. 479 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:20,159 I did receive a phone call from dermot at the time, 480 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:24,879 and we did discuss frustrations about the case 481 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,559 and how I felt at the time. 482 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,079 Bill shared his conviction that something wasn't right 483 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:33,679 about the phone calls Jane supposedly made to Doherty 484 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,079 after she went missing. 485 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:40,839 What dermot had in 2010 that bill didn't in 1995 486 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,800 was a huge leap forward in digital forensics. 487 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,319 We knew Kevin Doherty was one of very few people that had 488 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,759 a mobile phone back in 1995. 489 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,959 One of the things that we deal with on a day to day basis 490 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,799 on all the murders that we deal with is 491 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,399 the mobile telephone technology, 492 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,799 which is crucial and bread and butter to every murder enquiry. 493 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:06,839 It pinpoints telephones, where they are, who is calling who, 494 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,319 when they were used. 495 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,599 Dermot got a digital forensic specialist 496 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,440 to study Doherty's mobile records from 1995. 497 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,159 This was dermot's one and only chance 498 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:23,159 to prove Doherty was lying about the phone calls with Jane 499 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:27,039 and where he'd been just after her disappearance. 500 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,079 This expert was fantastic. 501 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:33,079 They looked at the topography of London, 502 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,519 they looked at what structures were in place now 503 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,759 that might not have been in place back then, 504 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,839 or what were in place then and no longer in place. 505 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,400 This was an awful lot of legwork that was involved. 506 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:46,439 If Doherty hadn't been lying, 507 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:51,119 the cold case investigation would collapse before it had begun. 508 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:54,160 After a few months, the phone analysis came back. 509 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,759 It clearly stated that Kevin had lied. 510 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,639 It was Kevin who'd made the two phone calls into the flat 511 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,639 using his mobile phone, and, crucially, 512 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,239 it proved that Kevin wasn't in the hoxton area 513 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,879 as he had maintained throughout this enquiry. 514 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,479 And this finally nailed down that he wasn't actually in hoxton, 515 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,519 he was in miles away in woodford, 516 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,080 where he had his lock-ups. 517 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,319 Finally, dermot had the proof he needed 518 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:30,399 that the phone calls from Jane were made by Doherty himself, 519 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,759 and he'd lied about where he'd been. 520 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,959 Although police didn't know exactly what had happened to Jane, 521 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,839 the implications were clear. 522 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,159 He was buying time. 523 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,399 When he said he was gonna go and look for Jane, he wasn't. 524 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,319 That gave him a window of opportunity 525 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,999 to, wherever Jane was, to go and dispose of her body 526 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,039 or arrange a disposal of Jane's body. 527 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:53,359 The new mobile evidence was the missing piece of the puzzle 528 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,879 that had eluded police all these years. 529 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,319 Cell site analysis is something that is quite important 530 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,679 in contemporary cases, cos it provides us with an insight 531 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,199 into the area in which a phone call is made from. 532 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,599 And I think this is something that Doherty would never 533 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,439 have anticipated at the time. 534 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:12,919 Science caught up with him. 535 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,119 So when that information came through, 536 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,879 I knew we'd got our man. I knew we had him. 537 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,999 I knew now I could convince the cps 538 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,839 that we could take this a step further 539 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,960 and arrest him for Jane's murder. 540 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,839 Tragically this news came too late for Jane's mum, Phyllis, 541 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,519 who had died shortly before. 542 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,719 But her sisters were informed straight away. 543 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,559 One of our family liaison officers, beverley, 544 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,079 she rang me up, and she said, 545 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,599 "we've just nicked Kevin. He's in the back of the car." 546 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,399 And I'll never forget. 547 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,119 I mean, I had every emotion going, I had... 548 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:55,319 ..I was trembling, crying, it literally took my breath away. 549 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,399 I was broken because my mum didn't know. 550 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,760 My mum had died, she didn't know. 551 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,359 Doherty was questioned and was initially cooperative 552 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,839 until he was confronted with his mobile phone data. 553 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,719 What happened in interview was we introduced the new, 554 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:19,839 uh, phone evidence that said that Kevin wasn't where he was. 555 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:24,279 That blew a hole in his alibi, his whole story since 1995. 556 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,399 And the whole interview changed from that moment. 557 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:29,319 Kevin decided that he wasn't gonna talk any more 558 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:32,079 and went to a no comment interview. 559 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:37,919 Next, dermot and his team started building the case against Doherty, 560 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:42,319 beginning with his history of domestic abuse against Jane. 561 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,399 Back then, domestic violence was dealt with 562 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,319 in a totally different way than what it is now. 563 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,439 We knew we could use that, 564 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,639 if we could go to cps and use that as evidence, 565 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,399 which would be looked at entirely different 566 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,359 than what it is now from back then. 567 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,319 I told them straight, I saw her with bruises. 568 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,679 Other people saw him bullying her as well. 569 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,559 Had that been today, then none of this would have ever happened, 570 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:10,240 because the police would have been called, and that would have been it. 571 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:15,279 The change of attitude to domestic violence 572 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:19,399 was going to be a crucial factor in getting Doherty charged. 573 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,439 But to get a murder conviction, 574 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:26,519 dermot needed to prove that Jane's killing had been premeditated. 575 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:32,079 And he hoped the booked but unpaid Florida holiday did just that. 576 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,959 He knew full well that they weren't gonna go to Florida, 577 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,599 there was no need for him to see the payments through. 578 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,399 So was he just trying to lull Jane into a sense of security? 579 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,759 Had he knew what he was gonna do that day? 580 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,039 From leaving wood green, 581 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,439 I believe some sort of altercation has taken place. 582 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,039 Kevin was volatile, manipulative, coercive, 583 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,520 and he's snapped and he's killed Jane. 584 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,279 Finally, in may 2012, 585 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,319 dermot felt he had enough to persuade the cps 586 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,600 to charge Doherty with Jane's murder. 587 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,999 And this was a huge breakthrough, 588 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:15,279 because even though we suspected that cold case had been going on, 589 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,599 there was no indication that they had found such, 590 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,759 uh, compelling new evidence in order to bring charges. 591 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,559 Police kept the new evidence to themselves, 592 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,839 but the fact remained they still didn't have a body. 593 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,359 In any murder case, 594 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:33,759 the body is a very significant piece of evidence. 595 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,839 That body may have on it DNA from a suspect, 596 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,999 there might be fibres from a suspect's clothing, 597 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,079 from their car, from their home. 598 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,599 It is a very important part of the case. 599 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:49,919 So, when you don't have a body, it's not impossible 600 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:54,119 to get a murder conviction, but it's a lot less likely. 601 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:59,239 Murder trials with no body are notoriously difficult to prove, 602 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:00,879 very, very difficult. 603 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,159 And in my 23 years at the old Bailey, 604 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,439 I can count on less than five fingers of one hand 605 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,999 how many cases have been actually brought to court 606 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,559 in these circumstances. 607 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:14,199 The problem being, of course, is that the prosecution has to prove 608 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,559 that the victim is actually dead. 609 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,399 And with no body to prove that, 610 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,080 the defence already has a head start. 611 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:32,319 In January 2013, 18 years after Jane Harrison's disappearance, 612 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:37,519 the murder trial of Kevin Doherty began at the old Bailey. 613 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,919 With no body, forensics or DNA, 614 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,959 police and the prosecution knew this wasn't going to be 615 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,359 a foregone conclusion. 616 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,359 I'm never confident of getting a result. 617 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,639 I have strong cases, I have not so strong cases. 618 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:56,399 So I was confident on this case that... 619 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:57,919 ..Were we gonna get a result on it? 620 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,320 Um, I didn't know. 621 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,519 All Jane's surviving family were in court. 622 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:10,199 It was the first time they'd seen Doherty since 1995. 623 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:14,239 He just sat there as if he was gonna walk it. 624 00:34:14,240 --> 00:34:16,599 He didn't care for us or anybody else, 625 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,159 all he was concentrating on was himself. 626 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,279 He had the right not to talk in court, 627 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,599 and he just sat there, looking over at us. 628 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,119 We had to sit and endure that. 629 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:30,559 We had to sit and look at him in that court. 630 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,519 My first views of Kevin Doherty as he came into court 631 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,839 was that he seemed bewildered, 632 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:39,079 which is not unusual for a defendant in a big trial at the old Bailey, 633 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:40,759 and clearly nervous, 634 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:44,319 particularly when the evidence was being revealed. 635 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,559 Illustrating Doherty's history of violence against Jane 636 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:52,599 was one area the prosecution had to get right. 637 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,999 Kevin Doherty decided not to give evidence. 638 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,599 We had good witnesses, good eyewitnesses come forward. 639 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,039 And one witness, for me, 640 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,039 the neighbour who witnessed the violence to Jane 641 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,039 in that morning come across so well. 642 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,439 She stuck to her guns, wouldn't be moved on it, 643 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,799 despite what the defence were trying to convince her of. 644 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,359 The pivotal moment, obviously, was the forensic evidence 645 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,479 around cell site analysis. 646 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:22,719 We'd been waiting for the blockbuster piece of evidence 647 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,319 that transformed this from a missing person, 648 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:28,479 uh, with no charges, to many years later, 649 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,559 a murder charge, and here it was, 650 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,999 which blew his alibi out of the water. 651 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,959 But as the weeks in court passed, 652 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,159 it became clear that all the evidence against Doherty, 653 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,720 whilst compelling, was circumstantial. 654 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,759 As the time went on, he seemed to grow more confident, 655 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,639 and I suspected that he was actually starting to believe 656 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,279 that he actually could get away with this. 657 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:53,479 After three weeks, 658 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:58,799 the jury retired to decide whether Doherty was guilty of murder. 659 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,759 The jury was deliberating for about four or five days. 660 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,839 And every day, we'd go back to the court, 661 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:10,119 from the morning to the evening, waiting for the verdict. 662 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:13,119 And it just didn't come until about the fourth day, 663 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:17,079 and, by then, we were all beginning to really panic. 664 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,839 Taking this long meant only one thing, 665 00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:23,639 the jury was struggling to agree on a verdict. 666 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:28,359 On the 30th January 2013, they finally emerged. 667 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:33,199 It was circumstantial evidence, but I knew they had the right person. 668 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:37,479 And it was just hopefully that the jury would pick up on that as well. 669 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,039 We were sitting there, me, my sister, Claire, 670 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,399 and her youngest child, Taylor. 671 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,559 We was literally holding hands, and our knuckles was white 672 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,319 with the terrify... 673 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,400 ..We was terrified that he was gonna walk away. 674 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,079 In January 2013, 675 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,319 18 years after Jane Harrison disappeared, 676 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,399 the murder trial of her abusive partner 677 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,519 was coming to an end at the old Bailey. 678 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,399 The jury had spent four days deliberating 679 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:17,200 if Kevin Doherty was guilty of a Jane's murder. 680 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,439 We went through all our evidence. 681 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,719 The jury had to decide on one, 682 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:27,359 was he guilty of murder, or two, if they couldn't agree on murder, 683 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:28,959 was he guilty of manslaughter? 684 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,759 Obviously, we're all in a terrible state. 685 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,239 We don't know which way this is gonna go. 686 00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:36,039 We're crying. 687 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:40,719 I know I was crying cos I was so scared that he was gonna walk it. 688 00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:45,959 My heart was pounding out of my chest, I was so scared. 689 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,319 The world was finally about to discover if Kevin Doherty 690 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,680 was guilty of Jane's murder... Or not. 691 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,319 They came back with inconclusive, 692 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,239 couldn't make their minds up on murder, 693 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:04,960 but they got him on manslaughter as a majority of 10-2. 694 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,439 Manslaughter meant that whilst the jury believed 695 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,399 Doherty had killed Jane, 696 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,759 they hadn't been persuaded it was premeditated. 697 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,399 I think that Doherty's lies, 698 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,799 and his cunning, his preplanning 699 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,519 showed that there was an intent in his... 700 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:29,719 ..In his mind beyond just doing some sort of damage to Jane. 701 00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:33,359 But juries have to be certain beyond reasonable doubt. 702 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,559 Claire and Maxine, the family, , 703 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,839 obviously would have loved a conviction for murder, 704 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,879 but throughout this whole process, 705 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,039 I kept reminding them there's gonna be a lot of bumps, 706 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:44,799 we've got a lot to get through. 707 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:48,439 The fact that we got him arrested was a big step for us. 708 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,199 I had to remind them that we've got a conviction for manslaughter. 709 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,240 We got a conviction in this case against all the odds. 710 00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:00,799 We was overjoyed because we know now we're gonna get justice for Jane. 711 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,719 And I had great pleasure of turning my head 712 00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:06,999 to look at Kevin, as if to say, 713 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,759 "I've got you, we've got you." 714 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,399 It was a great feeling. 715 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:17,079 Later that day, Doherty was sentenced to 12 years 716 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:20,399 for the manslaughter of Jane Harrison. 717 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:24,999 At the time, I just thought any bit of recognition that she's dead, 718 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,359 you know, and even for the kids' sake, 719 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,559 to let them know your mum ain't left you. 720 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,279 To have it clarified that, 721 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,759 "no, girls, you're right, we do believe, 722 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:37,519 "you know, your sister's been killed." 723 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,279 Although convicted of killing Jane, 724 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:44,119 Doherty refused to tell police what he'd done with her body. 725 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:49,399 When you add the additional trauma of no body being found, 726 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,919 that is impossible for many families to get over, 727 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:54,719 because there's no closure. 728 00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:59,359 Every family needs a funeral and also a trial. 729 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:00,919 And when those things happen, 730 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:04,919 they can try to begin to heal from the trauma. 731 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:08,759 When that's snatched away from them, there's nothing, 732 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:10,719 they've got nothing to... 733 00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:15,319 ..To heal from, they've got no closure at all. 734 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,079 As the years passed, 735 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:21,360 Claire and Maxine began to lose hope of ever finding Jane's remains. 736 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:28,759 Then in early 2017, the parole board got in touch. 737 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:34,399 We got a letter saying that the defendant, Kevin Doherty, 738 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:38,560 would be out on the 18th November 2018. 739 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,959 And I was disgusted, cos we have to live with this 740 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,359 and the memories, and the scars and the... 741 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:51,119 ..The children for the rest of our lives. 742 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,999 To think, you know, you've been found guilty of manslaughter, 743 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:58,159 so in my eyes, you've been proven guilty of killing someone. 744 00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:00,959 How the hell can you get out in six years? 745 00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:02,920 There's no justice there. 746 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:08,959 Jane's family tried protesting 747 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,159 and had the full support of all the detectives 748 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,319 who had worked on the case. 749 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:18,199 I find it frustrating that there's a man who has been convicted of 750 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:22,559 killing Jane Harrison, and he hasn't had the decency 751 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:27,919 to allow the family, to notify the family or the police where Jane is, 752 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,919 what her final days consisted of, 753 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,159 so we could have got some closure for them. 754 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,839 And I do find that very frustrating. 755 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,039 I don't think it is right, 756 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,559 and I honestly don't think it's right that he should be let out 757 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:40,319 without letting them know what has happened, 758 00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,639 what has happened to Jane's body. 759 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:46,959 Despite everyone's best efforts, in November 2018, 760 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:51,039 Doherty was released after serving half his sentence. 761 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:55,199 The law is a disgrace, and it needs to be really, 762 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,119 really delved into, 763 00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,479 because this is not just our case, 764 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,719 this is other people as well, and it has to stop. 765 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,439 I haven't got over it. 766 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,079 And to think he's out walking the streets, 767 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:11,039 and we're still no nearer then we are now of finding our Jane, 768 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,359 and we're not gonna. 769 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,239 Doherty got 12 years and did six, 770 00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:19,999 but Jane's family have to live with the consequences forever. 771 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,919 I've lost all my confidence. 772 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:25,039 I don't feel able to go work properly again, 773 00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,199 cos I just have really down days, 774 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,359 and that's gonna be like that forever. 775 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,839 It's like this big, big, big, big cloud everywhere you go. 776 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:37,759 When you are happy, you feel sad for being happy. 777 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,639 But yet we know there's nothing else we can do. 778 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:44,440 Within law, there's nothing else we can do. We can't go any further. 779 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,839 The case was an example of extraordinary police work 780 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:55,879 against the odds to catch a killer who had defied them for so long. 781 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:58,559 I think the message is, and this case proves, 782 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,839 is that these cases are never closed. 783 00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:05,680 The police will always go back and look at them until they're solved. 784 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:08,799 This one always sticks out in my mind. 785 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:15,599 Unique, no body, no forensics, good old-fashioned police work. 786 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,159 Detectives may have got their man in the end, 787 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:22,479 but how Jane was killed and where her body is remains a mystery. 788 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:25,359 I was in the police for 32 years, 789 00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:27,919 30 years as a detective. 790 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:34,719 But this was one of the only cases that I'd ever dealt with 791 00:43:34,720 --> 00:43:39,119 that, to my mind, remains unresolved. 792 00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:42,239 I don't mean not solved, I mean unresolved 793 00:43:42,240 --> 00:43:47,319 in as much as Jane has still not had a decent burial. 794 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:52,159 It is a sign of great frustration, 795 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,600 to me personally, and I do take it personally. 796 00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:24,839 A mother discovers her murdered son... 797 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:29,239 I just can't imagine how she lived with that image. 798 00:44:29,240 --> 00:44:33,119 ..And a completely clean crime scene leaves police baffled. 799 00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:38,560 There was no forensic evidence to link the victim to his attacker.