1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,920 -MALE V/ - O: 'In the criminal justice system, the people are represented 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,520 by two separate yet equally important groups: 3 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:09,920 the police who investigate crime, and the Crown Prosecutors 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,080 who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.' 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,640 Don't you just push the button and then you're off? 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,200 Josh's dad has one like this. You need the bloody fob to start it. 7 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,920 Well, it's not in there. I'll push it again. 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,280 Like that's going to work. You got a better idea? 9 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,760 (INTO RADIO) Can we get a vehicle registration check please? Over. 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,800 Are you the owner of this vehicle? Yes. 11 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,040 No. It's my father's. 12 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,360 Do you mind stepping out of the vehicle for me? 13 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:41,400 You too. 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,640 Vehicle is registered to a Charlotte Leigh. 15 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,680 That's your dad's name, is it? 16 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:52,720 No. Didn't think so. 17 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,520 We didn't do anything wrong. 18 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,120 We were just looking after it for her. She went to get some petrol. 19 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,280 Leaving her purse behind? 20 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,640 Charlotte Leigh, 40. DVLA gave an address in Richmond. 21 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:12,800 Spoke to the husband, bit frantic, says he's got no idea where she is. 22 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,760 Never gone missing before. What about those two? 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,880 They reckon they found it unlocked, and tried to start it. 24 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,040 It's a keyless ignition. The fob's got to be in the car. Yeah. 25 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,800 And all that time it was sitting in her purse, no more than two feet away. 26 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,960 Why don't we check the other end of the bridge, CCTV. 27 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:32,240 See if she went off for a walk with anyone. 28 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,080 Or... Or what? 29 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,240 Well, mate, look. It's a cold night, her coat is still in the car. 30 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,280 She dropped her purse there. 31 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,200 Maybe she went for a dip. 32 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,160 Someone must have seen her. You got people looking for her? 33 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,320 We have, but there's no sightings yet. 34 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,400 When did you last see your wife? This morning, before I went to work. 35 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,400 And you didn't see her at all this evening? No. 36 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,080 I went for a pint after I left site. What do you do? 37 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,120 I'm a painter and decorator. 38 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,520 What time did you get home from the pub? 39 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,160 It'd be after midnight I'd say. 40 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,360 You didn't think it was strange that your wife wasn't here when you got home? 41 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:05,040 She works late the odd time. I figured she was still at the office. Where's that? 42 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,200 Over in Clapham. Charlie's a property developer. 43 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,400 She throws work my way, doing the places up. 44 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,680 Sean, was everything all right at work? 45 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,160 No money worries, any problems? Yeah, fine. 46 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,000 She wasn't anxious or depressed? 47 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,840 You don't think... 48 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,560 You don't think she killed herself? 49 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,840 No. She wouldn't. 50 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,320 Listen, mate. Has anything like this ever happened before? 51 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,360 Anything, anything abnormal? 52 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,760 There was once, before my time. 53 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,160 When she was still with Holly's dad. 54 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,560 She took an overdose. 55 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,520 When was that? 56 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,720 This was years ago, she's fine now. 57 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,280 I was um...at a concert at school. 58 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,320 And what time did you get home? 59 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,920 I think it was about half nine. 60 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:18,960 And was your mum here? 61 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,600 Where is Mum? 62 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,520 Well, that's what we're trying to find out, Holly. 63 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,040 I could go out looking for her. I think your mum 64 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,000 would want you here when she got back home, don't you? 65 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,080 Did your mum mention to you about going out, 66 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:39,720 or maybe going to meet someone? 67 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,920 No, nothing. 68 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,120 I don't know. 69 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,280 What's happened to her?! Mum is gonna come back, isn't she? 70 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:53,160 OK, that's enough. It's OK. 71 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,400 We've had patrols and Thames out all night looking for her, 72 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,920 contacted the hospitals. Nothing yet. No note? Well, no. 73 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,080 Maybe she wasn't planning on leaving. 74 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,160 She's a property developer - plenty of money involved. 75 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,800 Don't tell me we're dealing with a kidnapping. 76 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,320 We've had no card activity since yesterday morning 77 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,160 and no ransom note - That we know of. 78 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,560 Could be that the husband didn't want to tell us? 79 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,840 Has she attempted suicide before? Yeah. 80 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:21,160 Now we find her car abandoned on Albert Bridge. Any joy from the CCTV? 81 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,200 Nope, there's no cameras on the bridge. 82 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,320 That's brilliant. Why don't we ask around her close friends? 83 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,720 See what we can find out about Charlotte Leigh. 84 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,640 I saw Charlotte last week. 85 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,920 She was planning a trip to France in the summer, she'd already booked the house. 86 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,200 She wasn't planning on killing herself. 87 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,560 A couple of years ago she took an overdose? 88 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,640 Charlotte was on a course of painkillers, 89 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,600 she was under a lot of stress. 90 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,640 She double dosed by accident. 91 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:56,880 Jess? 92 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,560 Hello, darling. Hi. 93 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,600 How was school? Fine. 94 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,920 Darling, these are the police. Hello. 95 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,120 Hi. Did you get my text, about Charlotte? 96 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,840 Yeah, everyone was talking about it. 97 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,920 Have you spoken to her? No. She wasn't in. 98 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,400 Can I go? I've got a ton of revision. 99 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:22,320 Yeah, of course. 100 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,240 Did Charlotte mention anything, any problems lately? 101 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:29,400 You've spoken to her ex? No. No, we haven't. 102 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,200 Richard McGrath. 103 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,880 To say he's a drunken, violent pig would be unfair to pigs. 104 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:36,720 He hit her? 105 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,000 That's why she was on the painkillers - 106 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,200 that bastard fractured her jaw. 107 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,880 It was only for Holly's sake that she finally had the courage to leave him. 108 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,040 Did she know that he was violent? Yeah, she knew. 109 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,200 And does Holly still see her father? 110 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,080 She started seeing him without telling Charlotte. 111 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,560 I had to pick her up from there once. Where was that? 112 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,360 He's got a flat in Battersea. You know, near the bridge? 113 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,560 When was the last time you saw your ex-wife, Mr McGrath? 114 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,720 Last weekend. I'd been a good boy and she'd granted me permission 115 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,800 to see my own daughter. For an hour. Supervised. 116 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,680 You don't exactly sound happy about that situation. 117 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,840 Do you have kids? Yes, I do. 118 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,880 How would you feel? Happy? 119 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,080 And you haven't seen or spoken to your ex-wife since? 120 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:29,000 We spoke last night. Holly wasn't answering her phone, so she called 121 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,400 me in a panic, as usual, accusing me, assuming she was here. 122 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,360 And was she? No. She said she was 123 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,560 at a school concert, and I believed her. 124 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,800 And what time did you receive that call? 125 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,520 8.27. And where were you the rest of the night? 126 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,560 Gatwick Airport. Cab picked me up at 9.00. 127 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,280 I've got a job on site in Edinburgh and I had to meet the contractor first thing. 128 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,720 And what is it you do for a living? You a painter and decorator as well? 129 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,800 No. I'm an architect. That's how Charlotte and I met. 130 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,320 She bought the properties, I did the schemes. 131 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,480 Until we split up, and then she turfed me out. 132 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,760 He was pretty useless, even here, to be honest. 133 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,960 And since then? A complete and utter nightmare. 134 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,440 How so? Always barging in here unannounced. 135 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,040 Please. 136 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,600 I begged her to get a restraining order. 137 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,280 She was always too afraid of his reaction though. 138 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,640 Has he been here recently? Last week. 139 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,440 Charlotte had been trying to help him seek treatment, 140 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,520 as a condition of access to Holly. 141 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,720 The cleaner he got, the more he could see her. 142 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,440 Look, I hope I'm wrong, but it really wouldn't surprise me if he 143 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,080 had something to do with this, especially since the arrest. 144 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,120 The arrest? 145 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:48,440 He was arrested for assault, like, just a few weeks ago. 146 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,640 Aren't you guys supposed to know stuff like that already? 147 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:55,720 Yes. We are. 148 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,240 (ON TAPE) 'Please hurry. Please.' 149 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,840 OPERATOR: 'It's OK, Charlotte, a unit will be with you in five minutes. Just stay with me.' 150 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,120 MAN: 'Give me the phone!' 'Richard, no!' 151 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,160 'Charlotte?' (DIAL TONE) 152 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:10,600 And that's where it ends. Thankfully. 153 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,280 So, look, at least we've got it now though, eh? 154 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,360 I'm sorry about that. Human error. Won't happen again. 155 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,000 Don't worry, Ange. She refused to make a statement. 156 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,920 Yeah, frightened of making him worse, apparently. 157 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,120 Right, Ange, what were McGrath's movements 158 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:26,600 the night Charlotte Leigh disappeared, please? 159 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,000 She called him at 8.27pm. 160 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,080 Call lasted for eight minutes. 161 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,120 Then a car picked him up for the airport at 9.00, and we have him 162 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,520 on a flight to Edinburgh that evening. OK. Well, that's enough time? 163 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,600 For what? She called him, looking for their daughter. 164 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,120 When she gets there, he's drunk, they argue... 165 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,680 He hits her too hard. Dumps her body, makes it look 166 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:47,640 like suicide, all within 25 minutes. 167 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,400 Just because he's got a drink problem 168 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,120 does not make him a murderer. 169 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,800 I agree with that, but you heard what I heard. It's worth checking. 170 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,880 Anyway, it doesn't matter. We haven't got a body. We have now. 171 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,600 I'm getting too old for this. Come on. 172 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,480 It's better than being stuck indoors all the time. 173 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,520 Like the old days eh, Ronnie? 174 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,960 Well, Ange was right about something - 175 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,040 we've definitely got ourselves a body. 176 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,600 Cause of death - acute intracerebral haemorrhage. 177 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,640 Compound fracture of the occipital bone. 178 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:32,120 That's a whack to the back of the head to me and you. 179 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:33,920 Jumping off the bridge? Unlikely. 180 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:37,680 If she'd hit her head on the way down, given the speed of the impact 181 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:40,360 I wouldn't expect there to be much skull left. 182 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,400 Nice. I've examined the lungs - 183 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,240 there's no distension and the airways are clear. 184 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,280 Meaning? She didn't drown. 185 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,360 She was dead before she hit the water. 186 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,480 I've told you. She was screaming at me down the phone, 187 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,680 accusing me of having Holly there without her 'permission'. 188 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:01,160 All her usual paranoid bullshit. 189 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,200 So is that why you assaulted her earlier this month? 190 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:09,160 She virtually had me pissing in a cup before I could see my own daughter. 191 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:13,240 I snapped, OK? I lost my temper. 192 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,800 Did you lose your temper the other night, you know, when she came round? 193 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,600 Very funny. She never came round. 194 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,680 She wouldn't have been welcome if she did. 195 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:25,720 She hasn't ever set foot inside my place. 196 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,080 You know that already, don't you? Forensics have been all over it. 197 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:33,960 She's taken away your job, your home, your daughter. 198 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:39,440 Basically your whole life, so, Mr McGrath, you must be pretty bitter. 199 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:42,720 Yeah, of course I'm bitter. 200 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,560 So are plenty of divorced fathers. 201 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:48,600 You can see how this looks. 202 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,680 You have a drink problem that's completely out of control, a history of violence. 203 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:57,080 With your wife gone, you would have sole custody of your daughter. 204 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,280 Yeah, a daughter whose mother's dead. 205 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,360 How's that for a parenting strategy? 206 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,520 We pulled the body out over there. From the map that's Hammersmith Bridge. 207 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,120 And you think she went in at Albert Bridge? 208 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,360 Well, that's where her car was found, yeah. 209 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,360 It would be unusual for a body to travel upstream at that time. 210 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,440 But not impossible? Well, no. 211 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,920 Most likely, she was dumped to the west. 212 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,000 Kew, Richmond maybe? 213 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,880 And who do we know who lives in Richmond? 214 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,160 Yeah. Sean, Holly and Charlotte. 215 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,640 You know what Sam? Wes might not like it, but I think I'm right. 216 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,680 No way would McGrath have enough time to kill Charlotte Leigh 217 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:40,200 at his place in Battersea, drive the body, in her car, over to Richmond, 218 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,560 dump the car at the Albert Bridge, get back to his place in Battersea 219 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:46,000 to pick up a cab for 9.00 to get him to the airport. 220 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,880 Not within half an hour, no. And yet Charlotte Leigh went in 221 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,040 to the river, two minutes from her own home. 222 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,400 So who helped her off that bridge? 223 00:12:55,680 --> 00:12:59,600 You say you were at a school concert, and did your mum drop you off there? 224 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,240 No. Kim drove me. Kim? 225 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,400 My nanny. Right. You have a nanny? 226 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,240 Charlotte liked her to be here after school, so Holly wasn't alone. 227 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,680 So did Kim pick you up and bring you back? 228 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:16,760 No. I wasn't feeling well, so I left early. I got the bus back. 229 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,400 So you didn't phone you mum to be picked up then? 230 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,080 What about your dad? Did you speak to him? No. 231 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,520 Well, what about your stepfather, Sean? No, I didn't speak to anyone! 232 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,640 Do we have to do this now? 233 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:33,720 I know this is difficult, it's just that Sean told us that 234 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,960 when he got home at around midnight, your mum wasn't here. 235 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,680 So you have to understand as far as we're concerned, 236 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:43,600 you're probably the last person to see your mum alive. 237 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:53,360 Holly? 238 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,840 I didn't actually see her. 239 00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:59,440 I'm sorry, I don't follow you. I didn't see her. 240 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,760 What, she wasn't here? I don't know. 241 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,800 The lights were on. I thought she was. 242 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,440 So when you came in you didn't call out to her 'hello', 243 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,960 or pop your head in the room to see if she was about? 244 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,880 And why didn't you do that? Was that because of your dad? 245 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:19,600 We'd had this massive fight before I went out. 246 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,360 I couldn't cope with part two when I got back. 247 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,400 She said she hated him. So I... 248 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,800 So... I said... I wished she was dead. 249 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:34,000 Why did I say that? 250 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,280 How long have you been with the family, Kim? 251 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:42,000 About three years. It was just as Richard and Charlotte 252 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,280 were breaking up. It got pretty ugly at times. 253 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,840 And how about the new husband, Sean? Any ugly moments with him recently? 254 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,360 Well, just like any other couple, you know? 255 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:54,400 Nothing major, but they argued sometimes yeah. 256 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,440 What about? 257 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,120 I'm not sure whether I should say this, it feels a bit wrong, but... 258 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:02,800 Charlotte could be quite hard work. 259 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,440 She treated him a bit like an employee, you know what I mean? Yeah. 260 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,480 She even gave him an allowance. 261 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,840 I honestly don't know what he was doing with her. 262 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,880 He could have done so much better. 263 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:16,800 Well, Kim, the night Charlotte was killed, Holly said 264 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:21,040 that you dropped her at the school concert, that's right? 265 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,600 Yeah, that's right. You didn't stay, no? 266 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,240 No. Holly was getting a lift back with her friend, Jess. 267 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,280 Charlotte said I could go home. 268 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,000 Well, Sean said that when he got back, Holly was on her own. 269 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,160 Considering how protective Charlotte is, seems a bit odd, don't you think? 270 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:41,000 It's kinda weird, yeah. Charlotte would never leave her at home alone. 271 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,040 But if Sean said that's what happened, then it must be. 272 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,240 Look I really have to go, I'm already late. 273 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,280 OK, well thanks for your help. 274 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,560 Looks like the pretty nanny's got a crush on the handsome husband. 275 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,280 Yeah. The bloke's like catnip, isn't he? 276 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,880 I wonder what his alibi's like. What do you reckon? 277 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,200 Well, before he went to the pub, 278 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,640 he says he was working overtime with a... Eddie Markham. 279 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:09,920 I don't want no trouble like. Me Uncle Sean's a good fella. 280 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,640 Let's me crash here, till I find me own place. 281 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,040 This is Sean's flat? It is, yeah. 282 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,640 He's letting me stay here for nothing as well. 283 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:19,680 That's decent of him. 284 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,440 Does Sean pop by often? 285 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,400 He keeps his painting stuff here, out in the yard. 286 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,640 Does he er...does he keep anything else here? 287 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,680 Or are these yours? Ah, man. 288 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,400 Sure that's nothing to do with me at all. No? 289 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:41,400 So what's the story, Eddie? Meet a lot of bored housewives in this trade, do you? 290 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,480 Not me. But Sean takes advantage? 291 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:50,120 Come on, lads. All right, he's my uncle, yeah? 292 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,120 He's doing me a favour here. 293 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,040 We could continue this conversation down the station. 294 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:59,000 We'll even ring your boss, tell him you're gonna be late. OK, all right. 295 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,240 It's nothing bad like. 296 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,800 But yeah, sometimes Sean gives me the nod 297 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,320 and I have to make myself scarce, you get me? 298 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,840 Who says romance is dead, eh? Who's the latest? 299 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,640 I don't know her name, but last week I seen this lass 300 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,720 heading in here when I was pulling up. 301 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,800 What's she look like? 302 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:25,600 You know, dead cute. Long brown hair. Quite young. 303 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:29,640 Sean said you were working all evening Tuesday together. Is that right? 304 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,560 Yeah, we were meant to be, 305 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:36,440 but after a bit Sean got a call, said he had to go. 306 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:41,120 Did he say where? No, just said it was personal. 307 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,600 Here you are, mate. Lovely. Cheers. 308 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:51,000 Sean Harte told us he went to the pub after work, right? Yeah. 309 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,400 Er... Quinn's. Well, he lied about working late, 310 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,880 so why don't we see if he lied to us about going to the pub an'all? 311 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,840 Sean's a regular here. So he was definitely in here that night? 312 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,720 Came in just before the bell. How did he seem? 313 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,640 All right, I suppose. 314 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,600 Sat at the bar, had a couple of whiskeys. 315 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,840 Maybe he was hiding from the wife, you know? I didn't ask. 316 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,720 What time did he leave? About midnight I'd say. 317 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,120 I was locked up by then. I let him out the back. 318 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:21,360 He was parked out there. Said he had some stuff for the bins. 319 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:23,960 What stuff? From work I imagine. 320 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,040 Do you mind if we take a look? Help yourself. 321 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,480 Ta. But the bins were emptied this morning. 322 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,600 Whatever it was, it is now long gone. It's a landfill site in Essex. 323 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,640 Do you know what I wish, Ron? What? 324 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,920 I wish I had the resources to go searching landfill, but... 325 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,360 Don't tell me, your hands are tied? Yeah, welcome to my world. 326 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:47,880 I've already got the ex-husband making a complaint. 327 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,240 I don't need the current one doing the same thing. 328 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,680 We could have a lead here with this husband. 329 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,920 Sam, with respect, what you've got is some guy who may or may not 330 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,280 have put something in a bin. It's not enough. 331 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,640 Sorry. Forensics are in from the Leigh house. 332 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,640 Someone had a real go at cleaning up here, 333 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,040 but we found a faint patch of blood on the rug near the kitchen. 334 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,080 Again here, an attempted cleanup, 335 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,720 but we found traces of blood protein all around the kitchen area. 336 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,600 On the grouting, on the base of the tap, and in the trap of the sink. 337 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,120 Recent? Difficult to say, exactly. 338 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:26,800 But we know who it belongs to. Charlotte Leigh? 339 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,200 Yes. Right. 340 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,640 Well, let's see if her husband can explain what it's doing there. 341 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,680 I may have played around, but I didn't kill my wife. 342 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:37,640 That's pure madness and you know it, 343 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,040 otherwise you'd have arrested me already. 344 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:43,760 What did you dump in the bins outside the pub? 345 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,120 Just some old dust sheets. I cleared it with Ged. 346 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:48,880 Are you getting me for fly tipping? We know you lied. 347 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,920 Your nephew said you left him to it, so where did you go? 348 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,720 I was on another job, a bit of private work. 349 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,320 I didn't want the contractor taking his cut. 350 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,600 Look, I tried to pull a fast one there, I hold my hands up to that. 351 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,960 I didn't tell Eddie, God bless him, cos he'd only let it slip. 352 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,880 You've seen what he's like. We have, he likes to talk. 353 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,000 He told us about the girl he saw going into your flat last week. 354 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,520 Yeah. Was that a bit extra on the side, too? 355 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,360 That was Holly. 356 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,920 There's something you need to know about that girl. 357 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:32,960 Really, what's that? 358 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,520 She's made life very difficult. 359 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,080 Didn't want it to come to this. 360 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,240 She's obsessed with me. 361 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,240 The poor girl reckons she's in love. 362 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,680 You still haven't found who killed mum?! He's still out there! 363 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,520 It's OK. No-one's going to hurt you. We're getting closer. 364 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,400 Is that why you're talking to Sean? 365 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,760 Do you think he's got something to do with it? 366 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,880 Sean lied to us. Sean was lying to your mother. 367 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,200 He was...he was cheating on her. 368 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,280 Two-faced bastard. Dad, don't. Please. 369 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:17,640 Holly, did Sean ever threaten you at all? 370 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,440 What is it Holly? 371 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,960 Are you scared of him? 372 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,280 Holly? 373 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:37,160 You said that you'd left the school concert early, 374 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,240 and then went straight home. Is that right? 375 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:45,800 Yeah. Yeah, I went home to get changed, out of my uniform. 376 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:47,840 Then what happened? 377 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,440 I...didn't want to stay at home. 378 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,760 I went round to yours. But you weren't there. 379 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,600 I let myself in, sorry. That's all right. 380 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,600 You know you're always welcome. 381 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,520 Why didn't you call me? 382 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:09,120 Holly, did anyone else see you at your dad's house? 383 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:12,880 I don't think so. I just watched TV for a few hours. 384 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,320 And why didn't you want to go back to your own home? 385 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,960 Mum was out, working late, and I... 386 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:29,560 I thought... I thought Sean might come back. 387 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,160 OK. And? 388 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,760 I was... 389 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,840 I was scared to be... 390 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,800 I was scared to be on my own with him. 391 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,840 He's been trying... 392 00:22:59,960 --> 00:23:03,680 He's been coming on to me. I didn't let him... Holly?! 393 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,280 Please, he told me not to say anything, Dad. I'm sorry, I'm sorry! 394 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:13,760 So, she's accusing him of grooming her, and he's saying she was obsessed 395 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,080 with him. Either way, Mum ends up in the Thames. Yeah. 396 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,080 Arrest them both on suspicion of murder 397 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,920 and see whose story cracks first? 398 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,160 You really think she's capable of killing her mother? Over a man? 399 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,600 What we have suggests that Charlotte Leigh was killed in the kitchen. 400 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,200 But there's nothing hard to link them to the murder? 401 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,640 I hate to say it, but the girl's alibi is not the strongest I've heard. 402 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,800 She matches the description of the girl going into Harte's flat. 403 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,920 That could be anyone. He's admitted to being a ladies' man. 404 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,600 Have you been to her school? Spoken to her mates? Not yet. 405 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,880 Well, you should. Girls talk. 406 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,480 Can you tell us anything about Holly, before this? 407 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,600 She came through a difficult time when her parents divorced. 408 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:57,120 Holly's a bright young thing, though I've noticed her marks are not 409 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:00,120 what they were, which is a cause for concern. 410 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:02,160 I can imagine. 411 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,640 But the night of the concert, Mr Crossley? 412 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:09,840 The girls performed a recital. Several pieces I'd written myself. 413 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,200 Can we keep these please? Of course. 414 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,400 It actually went rather well. And Holly? 415 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,920 Did she play a part in the concert herself? 416 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,040 She plays the flute. But she left early, yeah? Yes. 417 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:25,920 When I went to collect her for her solo, 418 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,640 Jess informed me the young girl had been taken unwell. 419 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,280 So I had to carry on without her, sadly. 420 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,440 You say Jess. Was that Jess Hays? Yeah. 421 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:40,120 It wasn't a lie. She was in the toilets, and she did leave early. 422 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,160 I don't want her to get in to trouble. 423 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,760 Darling, just tell the truth, it's OK. 424 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,240 Have you spoken to Holly about that night? 425 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,760 No, but I tried to. She wasn't answering her phone. 426 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,440 She never said where she was going? Not to me. 427 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,280 Home, I assumed. 428 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,960 Didn't mention to you anything about meeting anyone? Maybe a boyfriend? 429 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,560 No, boyfriends were strictly off-limits, 430 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,800 as far as her mum was concerned. 431 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,600 Why's that? Some boy liked one of Holly's profile pictures once. 432 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:19,040 Her mum went round to his parents' house and totally freaked. 433 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,800 That was pretty typical. Jess! 434 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,840 Well, it's the truth. 435 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,000 And how was Holly, Jess? 436 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,520 Her reaction to her mum going round to the boy's house regarding 437 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,760 the photographs? Was she angry? No. She was scared of her. 438 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,720 I used to tell her she ought to stick up for herself. 439 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:43,280 You say used to? She got defensive, told me to mind my own business. 440 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,520 On the night, Holly left here wearing her school uniform. 441 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,120 Yeah, but forensics took it in already. It's clean. 442 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:56,160 But maybe she had another one? Girls at school always have a spare uniform. 443 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,120 We need to sweep that house again, 444 00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:01,200 just in case we missed something the first time around. 445 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,800 Someone should have their knuckles rapped for missing this. 446 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,040 You reckon? That was found in a carrier bag, under her bed. 447 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,960 There's blood all over it. Is it a match for the victim's? 448 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,680 Yes. Given what her mate said about how she felt 449 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,800 about her own mother, she sounds like a ticking bomb. 450 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,280 No, look, that just doesn't feel right, Sam. 451 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,400 Why? They were competing for the same man. 452 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,480 She just couldn't have done it on her own. 453 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,360 It's OK, I'm dealing with it. It's under control. 454 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,120 Listen, I'm gonna have to go. I'll see you later. 455 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,840 I'm afraid you won't - unless that's a solicitor. 456 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,880 You're under arrest. 457 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,880 Holly Leigh. What now? 458 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,520 I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Charlotte Leigh. What?! 459 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,440 You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence 460 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,840 if you do not mention when questioned something 461 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,440 which you later rely on in Court. Anything you do say 462 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,680 may be given in evidence. Do you understand? 463 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,160 Yes. OK. Officers... It'll be fine. Don't worry, don't worry. 464 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,120 Why don't you believe me?! 465 00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:16,200 She's pretty convincing. Jury might think so, too. 466 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,480 And when they hear she was infatuated with her mother's husband? 467 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,920 Yeah, on his say-so. Defence will say that we should be sympathising 468 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,160 with this girl - she's the victim in all this. 469 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:32,000 How? A terrified schoolgirl, groomed and abused by her stepfather. 470 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,560 With her mother's blood splattered across her school jumper. So? 471 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,360 So it suggests she was there. Her jumper was there. 472 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:42,320 And she did say she got changed before she went to her dad's. 473 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,680 He's dressing up as a schoolgirl too now, is he? 474 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,280 He must have helped her. There isn't enough evidence to support that. 475 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,600 I won't enjoy putting away a 16-year-old girl, 476 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,200 but if the jury decide she's guilty then we'll have done our job properly. 477 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,080 Ronnie's been in touch - Sean Harte is ready to talk. 478 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,640 He's admitting to assisting, but not murder. 479 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,120 Holly's very immature for her age. 480 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,480 Like I told you before, she has this insane schoolgirl crush. 481 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,320 He's selling her out. 482 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,240 I thought if I just ignored it, it would go away. 483 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,280 But she was getting out of control. 484 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,120 I tried to let her down gently. 485 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:24,520 But? She took the rejection hard, screaming at me, 486 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:28,800 threatening to tell Charlotte I'd abused her. She was so angry. 487 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,720 I had no choice but to tell Charlotte myself, 488 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,240 after I left the site, while Holly was still out. 489 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,920 OK. And how did Charlotte react? Well, she was devastated. 490 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,120 Then Holly came home early in the middle of it, 491 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,360 and things really kicked off. 492 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:49,960 Screaming at each other. 493 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,080 All sorts being said, about the ex and that. 494 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,760 I thought it's best just to get out. 495 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,320 So you left? I had to. 496 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:02,000 I went back to work. 497 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,000 I couldn't face going home, so I went on to the pub after 498 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,160 to drown my sorrows. When I got back... 499 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:13,520 Sorry. 500 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,800 It's OK. Take your time. 501 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,960 So, you got back home? What happened? 502 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,640 Holly was in the room, sobbing. 503 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,440 I don't think she meant to kill her. 504 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,480 You said, whilst this fight was happening at the house, 505 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:42,880 you were moonlighting on another job at 88 Welford Road. Yeah? 506 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,440 That's right. Any witnesses? 507 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,920 There was someone there who can prove I'm telling you the truth. 508 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,360 I didn't want to drag her into it. Her? 509 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,120 Mr Harte? 510 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,760 Jess. 511 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,760 I think he's hanging Holly out to dry. 512 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,320 But her best friend's providing an alibi for him. 513 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,800 Putting Jess on the stand will show it's not in Sean's character to do something like this. 514 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,880 Whereas Holly had a turbulent relationship with her mother, 515 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:32,360 no alibi to speak of, and forensic evidence pointing directly to her. 516 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,720 I'm not saying I like it, Ronnie, but we proceed with charging him 517 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,400 with assisting an offender, and Holly with murder. 518 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:44,000 Would you say that your friend had a good relationship with her mother? 519 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,600 Yeah. I guess. 520 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,920 I mean, they argued sometimes, like anyone does. 521 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,480 Do you know what these arguments were about? 522 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,080 She'd get pretty angry with how controlling she was. 523 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,320 She was checking her phone and stuff. 524 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,800 She was obsessed with knowing if she had a boyfriend. 525 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,840 Did Holly have a boyfriend? 526 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,640 Not that I know of, no. 527 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,400 What was the relationship between Holly and Mr Harte like? 528 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,720 Good, as far as I knew. 529 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,160 Until all this happened. 530 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:25,480 On the night Charlotte Leigh died, what did you do after the concert at school? 531 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,960 I...um... 532 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,160 I went to see Sean. 533 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,000 Why was that? 534 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:45,000 Ms Hays? Why did you meet with Mr Harte that evening? 535 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,480 It was about my mum and dad. 536 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,520 In what way? 537 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:59,560 Well...since they separated I just... 538 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,440 ..missed having my dad around. 539 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:08,200 Was there a reason you didn't mention this to the police earlier? 540 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,200 I didn't want my mum to know. 541 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,000 Would you say you were a father figure to Holly? 542 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,000 I loved her like she was my own daughter, 543 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,880 since her own father left her. 544 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,360 You say she became fixated. How did this manifest itself? 545 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:28,320 It started with love notes and that, you know? 546 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,880 Left in my jacket pocket. 547 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:36,920 I laughed it off. I thought it was a schoolgirl crush thing, it'd pass. 548 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,920 And did it pass? No, it got worse. 549 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,600 On the evening your wife was killed, you told her about Holly's behaviour? 550 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,800 Yeah, I had to. And how did she react? 551 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,720 Well, she was upset, as you might imagine. 552 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,800 Then Holly arrived home. 553 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,600 It just exploded. 554 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,640 What happened then? 555 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:02,280 Well, with the two of them screaming at each other, 556 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,040 I had to get out of there. 557 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,920 I thought telling Charlotte would help resolve it. 558 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,280 I never imagined it would end in such tragedy. 559 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,960 And when you arrived home later that evening, where was your wife? 560 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:22,040 I found Charlotte lying on the kitchen floor. 561 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,640 (WHISPERING) You OK? 562 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,680 And where was Holly? 563 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,560 I found her in her room. She was shaking. 564 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:35,280 What did you say to her? I asked what had happened. 565 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:40,240 She just kept saying 'I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to' over and over. 566 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,280 No! No! I'm sorry. 567 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,320 Direct your answers to the jury please, Mr Harte. 568 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:52,960 She said they fought. 569 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,600 She pushed her mother, she fell back, hit her head. 570 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,880 Why didn't you call 999? I tried to. 571 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,920 Holly started screaming at me. 572 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,520 She said if I didn't help her she'd say I did it. 573 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,600 Did you help dispose of the body in the River Thames 574 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,880 and try to make it look like suicide? 575 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,680 Yes, I did. 576 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:22,120 I panicked. I thought all this was my fault. 577 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,440 If I hadn't said anything... 578 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,800 That is all. 579 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,840 Thank you, Mr Harte. 580 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,960 It started with little things. 581 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:45,840 He'd sit too close to me on the sofa, 582 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:50,800 or walk in when I was getting changed, accidentally. 583 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:58,000 Then he started giving what he called his daddy bear cuddles. 584 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,200 Even when I told him I felt uncomfortable, he... 585 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,200 ..he'd always find a way to get me on my own. 586 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,240 And why didn't you tell anyone? I don't know. 587 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:10,600 I guess I just thought if I ignored it, 588 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:12,960 he'd get bored, and leave me alone. 589 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,000 And did he? 590 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:19,960 No. 591 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:26,440 He tried to give me money, he said I should go and buy some underwear 592 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:31,440 that my mum wouldn't approve of, now that I was getting all grown up. 593 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,640 He kept making jokes about me turning 16. 594 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,200 It made me feel sick. 595 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:44,440 When you rejected Mr Harte, what was his response? 596 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,120 Angry. 597 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:51,720 He said that if I didn't want to be his special girl, 598 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:53,880 then he'd find someone who did. 599 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:13,000 On the night in question, you were performing in a school concert, 600 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,120 while your mother was working late? 601 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,840 Yeah. 602 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,040 I had to leave early. 603 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,720 Where did you go? 604 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,960 I went home to get changed. 605 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:30,720 I didn't want to stay there, so I went over to my dad's. 606 00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:33,360 I forgot he was away on business, 607 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:37,320 so I just sat in his flat, until I could face going home. 608 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:41,920 And what happened when you arrived home? 609 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:43,960 It was quiet. 610 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,960 The lights were on, so I assumed mum was back. 611 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,840 I didn't want to see anyone, so I just went straight upstairs. 612 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,480 When did you hear that your mother was missing? 613 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,680 When the police arrived. About 1.00 I think. 614 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,920 Sean woke me and told me. 615 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:15,080 I keep thinking that... I'm just going to wake up. 616 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:22,160 Mum will be there and she'll give me a hug, 617 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,400 and tell me it's gonna be OK, 618 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:30,200 and all this will be over. Just like a nightmare. 619 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,120 Why is he doing this? I don't understand. 620 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:52,880 Everything all right? 621 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,480 Signal's rubbish here, eh? 622 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:04,160 Must be hard for you, Jess, seeing what this is doing to Holly, 623 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,240 you being such good friends. 624 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,040 Yeah. Yeah. 625 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,160 Harder for her of course. Losing her mum, 626 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,600 and now looking like she's going to prison for it. 627 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:23,040 Prison? Well, Young Offender's Institution for the first year. 628 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,800 Bit of solitary. Not very nice, I have to admit. 629 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:27,840 Nasty. 630 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,520 But on her 18th birthday, she'll get to go to an adult prison, so... 631 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:36,080 But...she's gonna get off, isn't she? 632 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,160 Not unless you can help? 633 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,000 See, this is very serious, Jess. You know that, don't you? 634 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,440 The rest of your friend's life is at stake here. 635 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:55,960 So if there's anything else you can remember about that night, anything at all. 636 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,040 I don't know what you mean. 637 00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:03,760 I think you do. 638 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,200 I saw your reaction in the court. 639 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,480 You know that Holly is telling the truth, don't you? 640 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:18,240 Because you've heard those lines from Sean yourself before, haven't you? 641 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,480 Jess, whatever he's promised you, 642 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,320 you've now seen what he's really capable of. 643 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,160 You could be next. 644 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,240 It wasn't Holly's fault. 645 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,720 In your earlier evidence, you said that you phoned Sean Harte, 646 00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:45,640 and then went to meet him at his place of work. 647 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:49,080 You wanted to talk over your parents' recent divorce. 648 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:50,920 Is that correct? 649 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,360 Partly. Which part? 650 00:39:55,360 --> 00:40:00,720 Well, I did call Sean, but he told me to go to the house. 651 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:07,280 He said Charlotte was out and we could be alone. 652 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,160 Not to talk about your parents? 653 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:14,880 No. 654 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,800 No, we'd... 655 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,480 We'd been seeing each other. 656 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,200 Seeing? 657 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,320 Sleeping together. 658 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:42,760 So you went to the Leigh home that evening, and had sex with Sean Harte? 659 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,120 Yes. 660 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,600 But it wasn't how you make it sound. 661 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,240 How do I make it sound? Sort of... 662 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,200 ..dirty. 663 00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,160 It wasn't like that. 664 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:08,040 Sean was different. He was kind and gentle. 665 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:13,280 He...he called me his special girl. 666 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,480 But it all went wrong. 667 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:29,160 Mrs Leigh came home and... 668 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,200 and we were in the kitchen... 669 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:39,800 ..you know. She walked in on you having sex in the kitchen? 670 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,400 She went mental. 671 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,800 Started screaming, calling him names. 672 00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:57,440 She said she was going to call the police, 673 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,480 and that Sean would go to prison. 674 00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:09,640 How did he react to that? He tried to calm her down. 675 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:18,160 But she started hitting him, and she was just screaming so loud. 676 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,440 And then he punched her. 677 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:32,280 He just threw her. 678 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,120 She cracked her head, hard. 679 00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:42,760 It made a horrible sound. 680 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:46,560 Then she was just lying there. 681 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:49,800 She wasn't moving. 682 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:54,760 What did Mr Harte do? Did he call an ambulance? 683 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,600 No. 684 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,640 No, he told me to shut up because I was crying. 685 00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:10,240 He er... 686 00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:16,120 He got this big sheet...from his van. 687 00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:21,280 He wrapped her up in it. 688 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:27,760 He said he was gonna make it look like she did it herself. 689 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,200 That she'd tried it before, he said. 690 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:39,160 He even used one of Holly's school jumpers 691 00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:40,960 to clear up some of the blood. 692 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:44,840 Why didn't you call the police? 693 00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:51,840 He said if anyone found out, we'd both go to prison. 694 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,040 That we wouldn't be together. 695 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:04,040 He said if I told anyone I'd never see him again. 696 00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:11,080 I couldn't bear that. 697 00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,560 It wasn't meant to get this far. 698 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:23,960 It wasn't meant to be Holly. 699 00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,280 No-one would believe she could do that. 700 00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:38,200 Sean Harte's been taken into custody, charged with murder. 701 00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:41,960 Along with Jess Hays. Where's Holly? 702 00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,200 She's free to go. 703 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:52,080 Free? She's lost everything she ever cared about. 704 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,960 Her mother did everything she could to protect that child from danger, 705 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,000 then let it into her own home. 706 00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,480 subtitles by Deluxe 707 00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,480 .