1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,440 'In the criminal justice system, the people are represented 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,080 by two separate yet equally important groups. 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,120 The police who investigate crime, 4 00:00:08,120 --> 00:00:10,920 and the Crown prosecutors who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:12,720 These are their stories.' 6 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,240 Puss, puss, puss! 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,840 Are you up there? 8 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,280 Puss, puss, puss! 9 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:27,760 You are a naughty boy. You know you shouldn't run off like that. 10 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:34,320 And if you think you are going to sit on my lap all evening, watching TV... 11 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,000 Oh... 12 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,680 Jenny? 13 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,080 Ah! Jenny? 14 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,760 Jenny? 15 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,200 Jenny? 16 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,320 Oh... 17 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:23,360 Oh, no! 18 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,800 Jenny... 19 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,720 Jenny Moran, 83, 20 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,680 bruises on her arms, face and torso. 21 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,560 Right. No blood. 22 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,600 Internal bleeding. 23 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,040 What, you think somebody has beaten her up? 24 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,800 Or she fell. 25 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,040 Um... Shame. 26 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,080 Nice smile. 27 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,360 Right, what else, mate? 28 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,440 The lady that found her. Where is she? 29 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,680 She is next door. Name? Harriet Pelham. 30 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,960 And she lives just downstairs from here. 31 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,000 OK. Thank you. 32 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:09,880 Hello, Harriet. 33 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,760 My name is Ronnie Brooks. I'm a detective sergeant. 34 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:14,800 How are you? Oh... 35 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,840 Not good? OK. 36 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,880 Um... Harriet, what can you tell us about Jenny Moran? 37 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,920 Jenny and I were friends. Hmm. 38 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:26,600 Ignatius wouldn't just go into anyone's flat. 39 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,720 That's my cat. 40 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,760 Oh, right, I see. 41 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,560 Jenny was very fond of Ignatius. 42 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,600 Harriet, did you notice anyone 43 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,560 hanging around the flats that you didn't recognise, 44 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,520 or did you hear or see anything 45 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:45,120 this morning or last night out of the ordinary? Nothing at all. Right... 46 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,480 Ah! They took the clock. 47 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,280 The clock? The silver carriage clock. 48 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,800 Right. It should be on the mantelpiece next to the Virgin Mary. 49 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,480 Well, that is really helpful. Thanks, Harriet. 50 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,560 Jackie will take care of you right now 51 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,200 and I will speak to you again later on. OK? Yes. 52 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,240 All right, OK. 53 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,360 All this for a clock? 54 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,560 Mater Dolorosa. 55 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,000 It's our Lady of Sorrows. 56 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,400 No signs of trauma on Jenny Moran's body... 57 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,440 Blunt or otherwise. 58 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,480 No evidence of violence at all. 59 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:24,200 So she did just pop her clogs then? 60 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,720 Well, the not eating didn't help. 61 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,080 Thank you. You're welcome. 62 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:36,320 Hypertension, diminished organs, kidney failure, dehydration... 63 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,680 Plus loss of adipose tissue, rock bottom levels of insulin, 64 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,920 while her glucagon was through the roof. 65 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,960 Thanks, Lily. That is a great help. 66 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,720 I know how she ended up, Ron, just not how she got there. 67 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,360 We don't know how she died. The bruises are inconclusive. 68 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,920 How about when? Lily thinks about 12 hours before she was found. 69 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:59,960 They went through everything, 70 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:03,400 but the only thing that was missing so far is a carriage clock. 71 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:08,520 Any witnesses? Well, none, except for Ignatius. 72 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,040 Who? The neighbour's cat. 73 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,000 All right, well... This is a robbery that went wrong? 74 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,920 They break in, she interrupts them... 75 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,560 She has died of a heart attack, maybe, or a fall, 76 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,720 or failure of any one of about half a dozen organs. 77 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,760 Was she that bad? Yes, she was. 78 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,400 The next of kin are in the family room. 79 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,440 Thanks, Ange. 80 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,880 Ron, take care of that please. 81 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,560 Sam, usual suspects. Pawn shops, known fences, 82 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,760 see if anyone has seen a silver carriage clock. 83 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,680 I told Jenny to move. I told her she would be better off in a home. 84 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,760 But she wouldn't listen. 85 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,960 To Connie, maybe, but not to me. 86 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,840 She said that she didn't want to be surrounded by old drooling people. 87 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:52,680 My mother-in-law was a snob. That is not fair, Mum. 88 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,040 She loved being in her own home, surrounded by her own things. 89 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,440 At least that way, she could hold on to some dignity. 90 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,600 She said that if she left home... it would kill her. 91 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,040 Only she was wrong, wasn't she? 92 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:09,880 Oh, sweetheart... 93 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,680 I'm sorry. It's all right. 94 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:13,680 It's OK. Please... 95 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:20,680 Apart from yourselves, did anyone else know that your gran lived alone? 96 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,080 Um... She didn't. Cecile lived with her. 97 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,640 Cecile? Cecile Bakama. She cared for Gran. 98 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,920 She has done for about six months. 99 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,560 Really? Well, there was no... There was no sign 100 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,400 of anyone else living at the flat when we went there. 101 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,440 That's not possible. 102 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:42,640 Last time I was there was Tuesday, and she was there then. 103 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,200 They were playing Boggle. Gran liked that. 104 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,480 OK, and where did you get her from? 105 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,720 According to the agency, Cecile Bakama 106 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,560 arrived in England from the Congo three years ago. 107 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,320 They say she is conscientious, patient, and dedicated. 108 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,680 No complaints, accusations, items going AWOL? Not a whiff. 109 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,360 All right. Did you get a contact address for her? 110 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,120 The agency also told us she went back to the Congo two months ago. Eh? 111 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,160 Yeah, her visa expired. 112 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,720 So, Cecile tells her agency she's going home, 113 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,000 but instead she stayed with Jenny Moran. 114 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,840 A nice anonymous address, always paid in readies, 115 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,840 immigration none the wiser. So, your thinking is... 116 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,720 Cecile tried robbing Jenny Moran, all went wrong, and... 117 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,520 Absolutely. OK. What next? 118 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,680 Another Congolese girl joined the agency 119 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:27,560 around the same time as Cecile Bakama. 120 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,640 Now, she may know where Cecile lives. 121 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,320 Two girls coming from the same country, same job. It's worth a pop. 122 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,440 A bit of a stretch, isn't it? Well, I'll limber up. 123 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,120 Yes, we joined at the same time. 124 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,600 Cecile looks after that old lady. Mrs Moran? 125 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,640 Mmm... Nice lady. 126 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,680 But always sick. 127 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,960 Always something wrong. 128 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,000 Like what? Her head, her stomach. 129 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,240 Never stopped her from going to Mass, though. Every week. 130 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,240 Cecile is the same. 131 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,280 Do you know which church she went to? 132 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,320 Cecile? No. 133 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,000 But she's the one that needs to ask for forgiveness. 134 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,800 Why? Did she do something wrong? 135 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,760 She needs locking up. She is a thief. 136 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,160 She stole from Mrs Moran? 137 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,640 Mrs Moran? No. Who cares about her? Me! 138 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:13,680 She stole my boyfriend. Olivier Dondo. 139 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,080 If you want to find her, she'll be in his flat. 140 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:20,720 And you can tell her there aren't enough Hail Marys in the world for what she's done. 141 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:29,520 Quoi? 142 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,400 Er... I'm DS Casey. This is DS Brooks. 143 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:34,680 Is Cecile in? We would like a word. 144 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,720 Cecile Bakama... 145 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,520 Parlez-vouz Anglais? 146 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,560 Non. 147 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,640 Oui? 148 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,680 Olivier... It's OK. 149 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:01,720 Thank you. 150 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,760 Hello, Cecile. We would like to talk to you about Jenny Moran. 151 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,600 Why? Is something wrong? 152 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,720 You could say that. She's dead. 153 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,960 Dead? All right if we come in? 154 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,440 You have a warrant? Ah, there you go. 155 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,680 You see how easy this English thing is once you get going? 156 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:23,280 Warrant. We'd just like to come in and have a look around if that's OK? 157 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,240 You've got nothing to hide... Have you? 158 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,280 No warrant, no looking. 159 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,160 Whoa, whoa... 160 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,200 Just one thing... 161 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,400 Why weren't you at Mrs Moran's the day she died? 162 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,440 Why would I be? 163 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,680 I was fired. 164 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:42,440 By Mrs Moran? No. Her granddaughter. 165 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,840 C'est tout. Enough. 166 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,560 Fluent French? 167 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:54,680 Still waters, Sammy. Still waters. 168 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:57,400 Of course I didn't fire her. 169 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,320 Why would she say something like that? 170 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,880 My God... 171 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,920 She...killed Gran... 172 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:07,760 Is that what you think? 173 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,240 Well, what do you think? Is it possible? 174 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,320 Well... Well, what? 175 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,360 I wasn't going to say anything, 176 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,000 but things started to go missing from the flat. 177 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,160 Nothing valuable. Just little things. 178 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,400 Why DIDN'T you fire her then? 179 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:27,600 It wasn't worth it. But you said she was stealing from your gran? 180 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,880 Well, amongst other things, Gran was doubly incontinent. 181 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,760 It's not like we had carers lining up down the street. 182 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:35,600 So, your grandmother is burgled, 183 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,080 and you didn't think to mention that her carer was stealing from her. 184 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,120 They broke in. 185 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,160 Why would Cecile do that? She had keys. 186 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,080 Well, she has a point. 187 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,200 Unless Cecile is covering herself pretending it is a break-in. 188 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:55,240 I don't think she's that clever. But Olivier Dondo has got previous. 189 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,280 Two convictions for burglary, 190 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,840 and a robbery charge that was later dropped. All right, try this on... 191 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,920 Connie fires Cecile, takes back the keys, 192 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,280 but Olivier now fancies a bit of payback, so... 193 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,160 Yeah, but Connie Moran reckons she didn't fire her. 194 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,120 Even though she admits Cecile was stealing. Come on! 195 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,600 No, Wes, her gran liked Cecile, trusted her. 196 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,160 Maybe Connie thought that was more important 197 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:17,960 than a few odds and ends. 198 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,840 It is a bit more than that. Go back to Olivier's gaff, 199 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,760 but this time, take a warrant. We might not need to. 200 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,680 The clock's been found. 201 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:27,800 The thing is, Cecile... 202 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,560 About three hours ago, a man comes in to see us. 203 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:35,640 Now, this man owns a pawnbroker's in Kilburn High Road. 204 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:39,520 And he told us that a couple had been in to pawn a silver carriage clock. 205 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,040 So, we showed him some photographs. 206 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:44,600 He ID'd Olivier Dondo... 207 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,960 and he gave us a pretty good description of you. 208 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,200 So, I need to know, how did you come by that carriage clock? 209 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,080 My client says Mrs Moran gave it to her. 210 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,360 Really? That was nice. So, you wanted to pawn someone's present. 211 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,800 I needed - We've given you a perfectly innocent explanation, 212 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,960 which you can't disprove. 213 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,320 Well, I'm not interested about the clock. 214 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,880 I'm interested in how Mrs Jenny Moran came to be dead in her flat. 215 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:14,760 Which Miss Bakama is happy to help you with in any way she can. 216 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,560 By handing over her boyfriend, Olivier Dondo. 217 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:19,520 He didn't do anything. 218 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,040 Cecile... 219 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,720 He broke down the door... 220 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:34,840 But that's all. 221 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,880 We knocked, but there was no answer. 222 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,760 I told Olivier to kick in the door, and when we got in, 223 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,560 we found Mrs Moran on the floor. 224 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:45,520 And then just ransacked the flat? 225 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,000 I was looking for her pills. I was desperate. 226 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,560 But they weren't where they should have been. 227 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,240 It didn't matter. She was already dead. 228 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,200 So, why did you leave her? 229 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,040 Why didn't you call 999? 230 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:06,480 I don't want to be sent home. My family... 231 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,640 Go on. 232 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,680 I need to earn money. 233 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:12,720 I send them what I can. 234 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:16,240 It is why I pawned the clock. For the money. 235 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,480 I would never harm Mrs Moran. 236 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,720 So why break down the door? Why not just use the keys you had? 237 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,920 I gave them back when I was fired. 238 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,120 Connie Moran says that didn't happen. 239 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,920 It did! So, what did you do, tell Olivier, and he wanted to get even? 240 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,960 No! He became angry, broke the door down - 241 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,160 I went back because I was worried. 242 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,920 I was fired because Connie caught me... 243 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,720 trying to give Mrs Moran extra food and water. 244 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:45,120 She told me not to, but... 245 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,960 You're telling me Connie Moran told you not to feed her grandmother? 246 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,760 At first... I tried to do as she asked. 247 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,800 But the amounts got smaller and smaller. 248 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,760 Mrs Moran... 249 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,800 She was so thin. 250 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:05,840 There was nothing there. 251 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:07,880 It broke... 252 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:09,960 my heart. 253 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,920 My client kept these. 254 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,520 "Sunday... One small glass of water. 255 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,520 Monday... Half a potato. 256 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,880 Tuesday... Two spoons of mash and swede." 257 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,920 Connie Moran's instructions. 258 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,560 A how-to for starving her grandmother to death. 259 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,840 She starved her? 260 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,880 Thursday... One apple only. 261 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,400 Friday... One carrot. 262 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,440 Etc, etc. 263 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,920 And can we prove that the granddaughter actually wrote these? 264 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,720 Cos until we can, the other two are still in the frame. It's not them. 265 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:51,760 Even though they tried to pawn the clock? 266 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,360 Olivier Dundo's MO is waving crowbars about, not withholding carrots. 267 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,400 OK. 268 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,800 Will this take long? 269 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,200 I don't think so. I'm trying to arrange my grandmother's funeral. 270 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,480 At least what I can until her body is released. 271 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,400 Were you responsible for your grandmother's food intake? 272 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:16,920 What's that got to do with anything? 273 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:18,960 She starved to death. 274 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,120 Did you write these? 275 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,240 Come on... You think that I...? 276 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,280 Do you know how ridiculous that is? 277 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,280 That is your handwriting, isn't it? So? 278 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:36,040 I had to spell it out for Cecile. She didn't get it. 279 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,880 She thought I was being cruel. Half a cup of water? 280 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,400 Her kidneys were a problem. 281 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,200 Her liquids had to be restricted. 282 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,000 I was just doing what I was told. 283 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,720 By who? 284 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,040 Jenny Moran had IgA nephropathy. 285 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,480 It's an inflammation of the glomerulus which developed. 286 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,880 The kidneys packed up. Chronic renal failure. 287 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,160 To which you could add rheumatoid arthritis, 288 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,040 diabetes, 15 rounds with pneumonia, 289 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,480 and the broken hip she sustained last Christmas. 290 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,120 Jenny Moran was holding on with spit and willpower. 291 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,160 Technical term! 292 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,640 Did you advise her granddaughter to monitor her water intake? 293 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,440 And protein. Salt, potassium. 294 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:24,040 Did that help? I've really no idea. 295 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,640 Mrs Moran changed consultants six months ago. 296 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:29,680 Do you know why? 297 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,720 My office received a phone call 298 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,760 telling us that Mrs Moran would not be coming in any more. 299 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,720 And it was her that called, yeah? Er... 300 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,640 No. Her granddaughter did. 301 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,160 The doc may well have told her to watch Jenny's diet, 302 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,360 but the post-it notes were all Connie's work. 303 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,560 It is the first he'd heard of them. She thought 304 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,680 she was following doctor's orders. We can't arrest her for that. 305 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,960 She said she was going to change doctors, 306 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,000 except nobody ever requested Jenny Moran's records. 307 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Connie had her grandmother all to herself. Still a stretch. 308 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,840 Even if we are right, there are easier ways to kill someone. 309 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,880 Not crueller ones. 310 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:12,880 OK, Connie Moran certainly had means and opportunity, 311 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:14,560 but what about motive? 312 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,000 She's the only next of kin. 313 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,080 Maybe there's a will. 314 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:21,840 You know what they say, where there's a will... There's a relative. 315 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,800 Sorry, Ronnie. 316 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,560 Thanks for your time on this Jenny Moran business. I appreciate it. 317 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:37,360 Well, if you're looking for an eccentric millionairess, you'll be disappointed. 318 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:39,760 I've been Jenny's solicitor for years. 319 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,600 She had a little money, which she left for charity. 320 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,080 Nothing for her granddaughter? Some jewellery. 321 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,680 Nothing of great value. Beyond sentiment, that is. 322 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,720 Did Connie know that she wasn't going to get anything? 323 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,280 If she thought she was - She wasn't that bothered. 324 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,240 Really? Not when she had Jenny's flat. 325 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,480 According to the Land Registry, Jenny Moran owned the flat outright. 326 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,560 Two months ago, Connie was made joint tenant. Meaning? 327 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,000 When Jenny died, Connie became sole owner. 328 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,480 All right, the whole kit and caboodle. 329 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,240 She hasn't wasted any time borrowing against it. 330 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,280 She has just taken out a mortgage. 331 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,040 Why would she do that if she owned the whole thing? 332 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,200 I've got a pretty good idea. Go on then. 333 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:29,120 Well, 18 months ago, Connie Moran was a witness to a car crash. So? 334 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:33,440 Well, she gave a statement, and she had to give her occupation. 335 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,480 Which is a... 336 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,920 "Company director." Yes. 337 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,480 Company House has her listed as director of Mogo Life Software. 338 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:47,800 Now, in the last two months, they've been given three wind-up orders. 339 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,560 So, she's going bankrupt? 340 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,600 No. Not any more. 341 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,480 All three creditors have just withdrawn their orders. 342 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,480 Ah... Someone's been paying the bills. 343 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,480 70 grand. 344 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,120 And Connie paid them off, yeah? Yeah, luckily. 345 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,160 We were going under. 346 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,680 You didn't wonder where the money came from? 347 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,720 Her gran left it to her, didn't she? 348 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,440 What, just when you both needed it? 349 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,360 Very lucky, I'd say. Wouldn't you? 350 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:21,400 Look, I've known Connie a long time. 351 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,880 The person she loved most in this world was her gran. 352 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,680 I have heard that a lot. 353 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,480 Weekends, evenings, she was always going around. Devoted granddaughter. 354 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,120 Yeah, I get it, I really do. 355 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:34,800 If you want proof, Thursday night, we had a meeting, suppliers we owed money to. 356 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:39,800 Connie insisted we stopped by to check on her gran. Interesting. 357 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,360 Cos Thursday night was the night before her gran was found dead. 358 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:45,400 So, did you go up to the flat with her? 359 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,960 Um... No. It was only for a few minutes. 360 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,000 She said she was sleeping. Really? 361 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,320 You can't think... 362 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,160 We were under a shitload of pressure, 363 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,240 but all Connie thought about was her gran. 364 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,000 That's what I meant. 365 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,800 There's no weapon. No proof. 366 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,360 But she did say the last time she was in the flat 367 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:07,600 was three days before Jenny Moran died, 368 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,280 but we know she was in the flat the day before. So? 369 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:14,040 So, her grandmother was still alive. She didn't do anything to help her. 370 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,120 Conjecture. Instead, she went to a meeting with the creditors, 371 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:18,880 and promised them they'd get paid, 372 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,680 a promise she now knew she could keep. 373 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,640 You have only got the carer's word that she was fired, 374 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:25,840 and you can't prove she and her boyfriend 375 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,040 didn't finish her off when they broke in. 376 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,520 She starved her grandmother to death, Kate, 377 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:34,160 so she could get her hands on the flat and save the company. 378 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,640 It is death by omission. It is murder. 379 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,560 Ronnie... Huh? 380 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:51,840 Hello. Connie Moran, I'm arresting you for the murder of Jenny Moran. 381 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,920 You do not have to say anything... But this is totally wrong. 382 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,360 ..if you do not mention... No, you get away from her. 383 00:20:57,360 --> 00:20:59,960 This is ridiculous! Just leave her alone! 384 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:04,320 ..may be given in evidence. Thank you. Connie! You can't! 385 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:05,240 It's not murder, Jake, it's not anything. 386 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,560 She lied to her grandmother, she lied to the police. 387 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,040 Jenny Moran died from natural causes. 388 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,520 She died from lack of food and water. Really? 389 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,560 According to the postmortem, 390 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,120 she had kidney disease, a weak heart, hypertension, 391 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:20,560 any one of which could have killed her. Are you honestly going to try 392 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,200 for Miss Scarlet in the Library with the Candlestick? 393 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,240 Starvation is a weapon, too. 394 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,000 And Connie Moran ended up with her grandmother's flat. 395 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,040 Because she was her grandmother. 396 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:34,320 It's not that you haven't got a case, you haven't got a crime. 397 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,920 But if you want to try and prove omission, be my guest. 398 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,160 Thank you. But you'll also have to prove 399 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,720 that Jenny Moran wouldn't have died anyway. 400 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,440 Your client accelerated death by her actions. 401 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,120 Jenny Moran was dying, and I'll have a string of doctors 402 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:49,560 who will swear that the malnutrition was incidental. 403 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,720 And if the experts can't agree on the cause of death, 404 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:55,400 how can you expect a jury to? 405 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,600 He was always going to argue causation. 406 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,520 Muddy the waters. All he can do. Are you ready for him? 407 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,440 Connie Moran was responsible for her grandmother's death. 408 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,160 What she did doesn't have to be the sole or main cause, 409 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,480 merely a substantial one. It also has to be beyond reasonable doubt, 410 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,840 which the jury will have to be sure of to convict. 411 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,320 She might as well have given a fatal injection. It's not the same. 412 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,000 She was her de facto custodian. What, she had a duty of care? 413 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,160 Her actions killed the person she claimed to be responsible for. 414 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,440 Then get her on gross negligence manslaughter. 415 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,280 Prasad will argue that Connie was exercising that duty. 416 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,880 What, by starving her? By following doctor's orders. 417 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,120 Besides, you can only argue duty of care 418 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:36,560 if Jenny Moran was mentally incapable of looking after herself. 419 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,400 Then I suggest you find out. 420 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,480 You are all wrong, you know? 421 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,760 Yes, your... Connie would never... It is absurd. 422 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:47,120 Did you see your mother-in-law in the weeks before she died? 423 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:49,400 Of course not. We weren't close. 424 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,840 Did she seemed confused at all? Had she become forgetful? 425 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,120 Was she senile, do you mean? Not a chance. 426 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:58,560 Her body might have been falling apart, but her brain was fine. 427 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,680 Shame it wasn't the other way around, 428 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,800 she might have been a nicer person. 429 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,200 You didn't know her! So, her mental faculties... 430 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,240 I know what you're trying to do. 431 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,880 You think my daughter tricked her grandmother 432 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,960 and then once she got her hands on the flat, she... 433 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:17,280 Mrs Moran - Listen, Connie loved Jenny. 434 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,320 And after Connie's dad died, whatever love Jenny had, 435 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,080 she kept it for Connie. 436 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,160 Jenny knew exactly what she was doing 437 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,040 when she made Connie joint tenant. She wasn't confused, 438 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,720 she wasn't forgetful. And she wasn't tricked! 439 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:37,200 Thanks, bye. Caroline will swear to her mother-in-law's competency. 440 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,360 We can't argue duty of care. Which leaves us with murder. 441 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:44,000 Which is fine, because that is what it is. Even without any proof? 442 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,680 Where is the physical evidence? There isn't any. There never was. 443 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,720 What if we...? No! No more games. No more manoeuvring. 444 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:52,760 We trust the system. Jake... 445 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,840 A helpless old woman was starved to death in cold blood. 446 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,320 We put it in front of a jury and let them decide. 447 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,360 According to your report, Jenny Moran died 448 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:08,200 when her heart developed arrhythmia and stopped beating. 449 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,640 Heart failure, yes. That didn't happen in isolation, did it? 450 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,880 It is your evidence that the cause was malnutrition. Correct. 451 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,960 The truth is, you don't know what it was, do you? 452 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,200 I know she didn't eat. That's right. She didn't. 453 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,920 Jenny Moran also had kidney failure, heart disease, 454 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,440 and immune deficiency. 455 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,960 Is that unusual? She was 83. 456 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,320 Is it possible any one of these could have caused the arrhythmia? 457 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,480 It is possible, yes. 458 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,560 Is it also possible that someone with these conditions 459 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,840 could suffer a loss of appetite? Doctor? 460 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,480 Yes. 461 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,960 So, in fact, the malnutrition might not have even been a cause. 462 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,200 It might just have been another symptom. Isn't that possible? 463 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,520 Yes... I suppose so. 464 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,880 Nothing further. 465 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,360 I wrote it. 466 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:07,720 I was outlining the dietary requirements for Mrs Moran. 467 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,400 Protein, potassium, fluid intake and so forth, 468 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,080 after she had been diagnosed with CRF. 469 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,840 CRF? 470 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,880 Chronic renal failure. 471 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,880 Maintaining a strict diet is vital... 472 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,480 Although, had I realised what she was doing... 473 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,280 Really? Half a potato? 474 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,520 Were you surprised when you discovered that Connie Moran 475 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,440 had decided that her grandmother shouldn't see you any more? 476 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:32,640 Leading, My Lord. There is nothing to suggest 477 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,440 this was my client's decision. 478 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,880 In fact, the Crown have no way of knowing whose decision it was. 479 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,760 Do you have a question, Mr Thorne? 480 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,840 My Lord... How did you feel when Connie Moran informed you 481 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:47,600 her grandmother was going to see another doctor? 482 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:51,160 It happens. I didn't dwell on it. 483 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:55,800 When you discovered that she had, in fact, not seen any other doctor? 484 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,960 Well, that did bother me. It was foolish, and dangerous. 485 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,280 That woman needed expert care. 486 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,120 Thank you. 487 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:16,000 I imagine patients leaving you is a sort of occupational hazard? 488 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,960 As I said, it happens. 489 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,280 You diagnosed the CRF in June last year? 490 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:26,160 Yes. And at that time, how long had Jenny Moran been a patient of yours? 491 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,120 She was referred to me in October of the previous year 492 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:30,920 following a bout of pneumonia. 493 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,320 Eight months, then? 494 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,200 Yes. Eight months... 495 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,800 to diagnose chronic renal failure. 496 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:43,200 You can appear quite well, you know, with a chronic condition. 497 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,560 It's long term. 498 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,920 That is the difference between chronic and acute. 499 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,680 I am sure we are all grateful to you for clearing that up... 500 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,080 If a chronic condition goes undiagnosed, 501 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,200 will it get worse? Of course. 502 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,560 Are these your notes, Doctor? Yes. 503 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,440 Made following your first consultation with Jenny Moran? 504 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,400 Yes. Could you read the highlighted section please? 505 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,360 "Patient presented little or no appetite, 506 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:21,080 vomiting, fatigue, swollen ankles." 507 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,200 What causes swollen ankles, Doctor? 508 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,000 Fluid retention. 509 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,720 And what did you do when presented with these symptoms? 510 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,480 They could have been caused by - They weren't, were they? 511 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,160 Jenny Moran was already in stage four renal failure 512 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,160 and you were so late diagnosing it, the damage had been done. 513 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,000 No, that's not... You can't just... 514 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,680 Jenny Moran didn't take away her grandmother because she was foolish, 515 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,600 and it wasn't sinister! 516 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,560 She did it because she didn't trust you. Isn't that the truth? 517 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:51,240 That is ridiculous. She wanted what was best for her grandmother! 518 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,800 She wanted to keep her alive! And after her experience with you, 519 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,480 she believed that she was in the best position to do that. 520 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,120 In what way, "Dangerous"? 521 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:10,160 I'm sorry? Mr Thorne here 522 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,200 asked you about Connie Moran taking away her grandmother, 523 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,960 and you said it was foolish and dangerous. 524 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,200 That's right. Was that wounded pride talking? 525 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,400 Don't be absurd. It is understandable. 526 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,080 Lash out a little... Of course it was dangerous! 527 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,440 Why? Because renal failure is a killer! 528 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,400 It is, isn't it? 529 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,800 Vijay Prasad is going to have the jury doubting their own names. 530 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:39,840 You knew it was going to happen 531 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,480 the minute you decided it was murder. It was murder. 532 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,960 If Connie Moran wanted to kill her grandmother, 533 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:46,920 why not just hold a pillow over her face? 534 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,160 I don't know. I don't need to. 535 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,240 Not to mention Cecile and the paper trail 536 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,240 of brightly coloured post-it notes for the police to find. 537 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,720 Maybe she just wasn't thinking. Maybe she was more interested 538 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,200 in getting her hands on the flat to pay her bills. 539 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,400 Why do you hate her so much? 540 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,440 I don't. 541 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,920 She was the only real family Jenny Moran had, 542 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,880 and instead of taking care of her, she left her to die. 543 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:16,000 (LAUGHS FROM HALL) Things like that, you have to pay for. 544 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,720 "Instead of taking care of her, she left her to die." 545 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,080 That's right. 546 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,880 You can't make up for your mum by punishing Connie Moran. 547 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,800 Go home. Get some rest. 548 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,080 You've got the neighbour in the morning. 549 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,560 She wanted my advice for a birthday present. 550 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:51,400 She wanted to buy something nice... for Connie. 551 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,840 How was her mood? Jenny loved getting things for Connie. 552 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,320 Making a fuss. 553 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,680 She said Connie spent so much time with her 554 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:02,640 that she deserved it. 555 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,280 The African girl who lived in... 556 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,760 She stopped me from seeing Jenny. 557 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,800 "Connie's orders", she said. 558 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,440 It isn't terribly surprising now that we know what she was doing. 559 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,080 Opinion, My Lord, and hearsay. Hardly facts. 560 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:25,120 The witness will confine herself to what she saw and what she heard. 561 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,560 No more questions. 562 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:32,080 Were you ever told why you weren't allowed to see Jenny Moran? 563 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,640 No. Never. 564 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:38,720 Did you know that Jenny Moran had been recently charged by a builder 565 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,760 for work that was never done? How could I? 566 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,000 Or that she'd been routinely overcharged by her milkman? 567 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,280 Well, you can't always trust strangers. 568 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,920 Which was why Connie Moran made sure people didn't take advantage of her. 569 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,480 You borrowed £500 from her, didn't you? I don't... 570 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,680 That's what happened, isn't it? I was going to pay her back. 571 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,120 But you didn't, did you? 572 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:04,440 Perhaps Connie Moran knew it wasn't just strangers you can't trust. 573 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,560 Oh! 574 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,040 You are supposed to leap up and object! 575 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,080 I've seen it! 576 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,880 That man made me look like a criminal. 577 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,640 It would have helped if you'd mentioned the money 578 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,680 when you were first interviewed. 579 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,440 I didn't think it was relevant. How about now? 580 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:25,520 Don't get shirty with me just because you didn't do your job. 581 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,680 One day, you will get old, too, and invisible. 582 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,720 Your whole life in a heartbeat. 583 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,080 Kate! 584 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,520 I'm sorry. I should have seen Vijay coming. Forget it. 585 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:43,200 You know he'll try something similar with Cecile this afternoon. 586 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,160 I doubt that. She is being deported today. 587 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,640 You assured me the burglary charges against my client would be dropped. 588 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,000 They have been. And I've applied to the Home Office 589 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,200 to delay deportation proceedings. I want them cancelled altogether. 590 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,440 We can't do that. Please. I don't want to be sent back. 591 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,320 I need to send my family money. They need me here. 592 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,760 It isn't in my power. Then talk to someone whose power it is... 593 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:09,360 or Miss Bakama leaves as planned and you find another witness. 594 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,400 Don't play games with me. 595 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,920 Connie caught me trying to give extra food to her grandmother. 596 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:19,960 She was very angry. 597 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,400 Can you tell the jury what happened? 598 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,000 She told me to leave right away. 599 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,680 Why not call the police? 600 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,840 If you thought she was trying to starve her grandmother? 601 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,080 I had no visa. You were afraid she'd tell the authorities? 602 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,040 Yes. 603 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,120 Did you see Jenny Moran again? 604 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,200 I went back to the flat that afternoon 605 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,520 but Connie wouldn't let me in. 606 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,440 You went back? I still had Mrs Moran's glasses. 607 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,480 So, you gave them back to her? No. Connie wouldn't let me in. 608 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:54,280 So, she took the glasses. She said that her grandmother was asleep 609 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,440 and wasn't to be disturbed. 610 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,480 Thank you. 611 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:07,080 Was anyone else there to hear Connie Moran say this? 612 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,760 We were alone. 613 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:14,600 You and your boyfriend Olivier Dondo were arrested for burglary. 614 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,840 But they let us go. You took a carriage clock. 615 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,760 It was a present. And they let us go. 616 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,080 A valued present you took to the pawn shop. 617 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,320 But, that's - You don't have a valid visa. 618 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,120 In fact, you were due to be deported yesterday. 619 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,200 That's right. And in return for uncorroborated, 620 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,920 and, for all we know, entirely fictitious evidence - 621 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,760 My Lord! Mr Thorne made sure you remained in this country. 622 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,280 My Lord! Nothing further. 623 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,760 Did I or anyone else in the Crown Prosecution Service 624 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,840 tell you, or put pressure on you 625 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,000 to alter your evidence in any way? No. 626 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,600 And where will you be tomorrow? 627 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,640 Tomorrow... 628 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,520 I'm being deported. 629 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,280 Some of Vijay Prasad's punches landed. 630 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,520 But we are still standing. And we've got Connie tomorrow. 631 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,960 Prasad will lay on the family devotion with a trowel. Jake... 632 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,320 But I'm ready. Prasad can do what he likes. 633 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:16,000 Illegal immigrants sometimes go years without being found out. So? 634 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,080 So, how come the Border Agency found Cecile so quickly? 635 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,720 She was on our watch list, but, you know, low priority. 636 00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:28,960 So what changed? An anonymous tip-off. 637 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,480 Someone phoned in her name, address, the works. 638 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,560 They were keen. Wanting to get rid of noisy neighbours usually. 639 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,720 It all needs to be checked out, though. 640 00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:40,040 Just adds to the workload. 641 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:41,840 This call... When was it made? 642 00:34:47,240 --> 00:34:49,920 I only ever wanted what was best for Gran. 643 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:53,080 And yet you lied to the police about when you last saw her? 644 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:54,920 I was ashamed. 645 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,440 I didn't want anyone to know I'd been there and not... 646 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,560 I should have...done something. 647 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:07,320 When she died, you became sole owner of her flat? 648 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:12,000 That's right. And straight away, you borrowed £70,000 against it. 649 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,520 Yes, I put money into my company. Because? 650 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,760 We were going under. We were desperate. 651 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:20,400 Creditors closing in, and I could help. 652 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,880 I know that, in hindsight, this looks bad, 653 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:24,720 but I loved my grandmother. 654 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:28,280 And she loved me. I would have never done anything to hurt her. 655 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,400 Thank you. 656 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,720 Nothing further. Mr Thorne... 657 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:43,640 Did you tell your grandmother about the creditors? 658 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,600 No. Why would I? 659 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,360 Because you were desperate. 660 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,120 Because she owned the flat outright and could borrow against it. 661 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,040 I didn't want to concern her. Not that desperate then? 662 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,080 My Lord! 663 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,160 Mr Thorne... 664 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,920 When you're ready... Mr Thorne. 665 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:12,240 You fired Cecile Bakama for feeding your grandmother, didn't you? 666 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:14,280 I didn't want to. 667 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,160 But getting my grandmother's diet right was vital, 668 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,280 and she simply didn't understand. 669 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,440 You regretted it? I liked her, and so did Gran, but she... 670 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,960 She left me no choice. 671 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,080 And then you lied to the police about firing her. 672 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,120 I was just trying to protect her. 673 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,720 I could not imagine she was involved in the burglary. 674 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:35,480 I see. I didn't want the police going after her. 675 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,520 So, you lied about Cecile, 676 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:40,760 and you lied about the last time you saw your grandmother. 677 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:43,000 You must feel ashamed about quite a lot... 678 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,320 My Lord, this sounds like a speech. 679 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,920 Ask a question, Mr Thorne, or sit down. 680 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,760 What about the other lie? 681 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:56,400 Other lie? You told the police you didn't know where Cecile lived. 682 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,440 That's right. 683 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,080 And yet, earlier that day, the UK Border Agency 684 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,520 received an anonymous phone call giving them Cecile's address 685 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:08,200 so she could be deported. Did you make that call? 686 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,400 My Lord, this is the first I've heard about any of this. 687 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,280 My Lord, this information only came to light today. 688 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,800 This is Miss Moran's mobile phone records, My Lord. 689 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,560 I wish to enter them into evidence, because, on the day in question, 690 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,040 they show a call was made... OK! Yes. 691 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,080 You made that call? Yes. 692 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,800 You wanted Cecile Bakama deported? Yes. 693 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,600 You were afraid she'd talk? Yes. 694 00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:33,600 She'd tell the truth? Yes. 695 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:35,760 That you killed your grandmother? No! 696 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,040 That she killed herself! 697 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,240 She knew... 698 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:50,280 Gran knew what she was doing. 699 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,240 She told me that all her friends were dead... 700 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,280 "What was the point?" 701 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:02,280 She couldn't sleep... 702 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,320 The pain was... 703 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,520 I begged her to eat, but she'd made up her mind. 704 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,560 You're asking us to believe 705 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:12,680 that your grandmother starved herself to death? 706 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,000 If you're not a Catholic, you can't understand. 707 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,560 I understand perfectly well. 708 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,600 Then you'll know she could have never committed suicide, 709 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,840 not as a Catholic. She couldn't take pills, 710 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,280 or cut her wrists. At least this way, it wasn't a sin. 711 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,040 It was God's will. 712 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,680 As a sinner, she believed she couldn't be buried next to Dad. 713 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,720 Not in consecrated ground. 714 00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:39,120 And Cecile? Why the tip-off? 715 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,840 She's a Catholic. She knows what guilt means. 716 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,320 I was afraid that she'd confess. 717 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,040 You're put on trial for murder, and then suddenly, 718 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,040 you remember, actually, it was suicide. 719 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:57,240 It's the truth. It's convenient. 720 00:38:57,240 --> 00:38:59,920 If my grandmother sinned - Her only sin was to trust you! 721 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,760 Suicide is a mortal sin. So is murder! 722 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,000 All I did was watch. 723 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,480 I knew what Gran had done, and I lied about it. 724 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,800 That is my sin. 725 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,280 I can be forgiven for lying. 726 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,640 Suicide is the only thing for which there is no forgiveness. 727 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:27,800 We have heard a great deal from Mr Prasad and his client. 728 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,760 He has tried to dazzle you with his smoke and mirrors, 729 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,920 his attempts to cloud the medical evidence, 730 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,800 throwing up doubt where none exists. 731 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,080 Then suddenly, like a rabbit out of a hat, 732 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,960 we are told this was not murder at all. 733 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,840 But suicide. And no ordinary suicide 734 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:47,920 but one shrouded in talk of mortal sin and eternal damnation. 735 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,080 And it is all there to get you to take your eye off the ball, 736 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,320 which is something that you mustn't do. 737 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,720 The facts of this case are very simple. 738 00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:58,880 Connie Moran needed money to prop up her ailing business 739 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:03,280 and she decided Jenny Moran was her way out. 740 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,160 So, she deliberately isolated her grandmother. 741 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,640 She made sure no doctor saw her. 742 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,840 She systematically reduced her food and drink. 743 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,480 And when she was dead, when the plan had worked, 744 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,840 she shed crocodile tears, quietly called the Border Agency 745 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,000 to shop the only witness to her crime, 746 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:24,160 and then went down to the bank and cashed in. 747 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,200 The convulsions... 748 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,280 The cramping... 749 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:31,400 The terrifying hallucinations... 750 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:34,040 The abject terror as her body fed off itself... 751 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:37,840 It wasn't God's will that Jenny Moran should starve to death... 752 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,560 It was Connie's. 753 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,360 Smoke, mirrors, rabbits out of a hat... 754 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:02,360 I will be honest with you, sometimes we use them when our case is weak, 755 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,440 when we want to try a little misdirection, 756 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,480 when we've nothing else in our armoury. 757 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,520 Not this time. 758 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:11,600 Because in that list of simple facts, 759 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:15,520 there was one the prosecution failed to mention just now. 760 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,840 A little misdirection of their own. 761 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,800 Reasonable doubt. And the truth is, 762 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,240 that no one, not one single expert witness, 763 00:41:23,240 --> 00:41:27,080 was able to say under oath and beyond reasonable doubt 764 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:31,240 that Jenny Moran starved to death. 765 00:41:31,240 --> 00:41:33,400 That she was malnourished was undisputed. 766 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,600 That she died because of it, that it can be proved categorically 767 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,920 that the actions of Connie Moran caused the death of her grandmother, 768 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:41,960 not a single witness. 769 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,120 Murder... 770 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:48,400 Where a person of sound mind unlawfully kills with intent. 771 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:50,560 If you have no doubt that Connie Moran 772 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:55,360 did all the things the prosecution allege, and in so doing, 773 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:59,560 caused the death of her grandmother, you must find her guilty. 774 00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:01,920 But if you have any doubt, any doubt at all, 775 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,560 then it is equally your duty to return the only verdict possible 776 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,600 in the light of the facts. 777 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,640 No smoke, no mirrors. 778 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:12,400 Not guilty. 779 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,280 Have you reached a verdict upon which you are all agreed? 780 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:26,120 We have. On the charge of the murder of Jenny Moran, 781 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,480 do you find the defendant Constance Moran 782 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:30,760 guilty or not guilty? 783 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:33,800 Not guilty. 784 00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,560 You missed a meeting. 785 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,600 Oh... Right... 786 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,640 I made your excuses. 787 00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:08,600 But next time you go walkies, I'm going to tie your shoelaces together. 788 00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,200 You were right. 789 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:24,360 I couldn't make up for Mum by punishing Connie Moran. 790 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:26,400 It didn't stop me trying, though. 791 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,760 Look, I'm sorry. It was none of my business. 792 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,800 What do you think it cost her? 793 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:33,840 To stand by and watch, 794 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,880 to actually make it possible for Jenny to kill herself 795 00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,640 because that was what Jenny wanted. 796 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:40,520 Connie had a duty of care. 797 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:43,000 Do you think Jenny would say she didn't fulfil it? 798 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,920 I couldn't even hold Mum's hand... 799 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:51,320 Jake... And afterwards, 800 00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:53,400 she was prepared to go down for murder 801 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:56,040 rather than betray her grandmother's wishes. 802 00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,920 Connie was a better granddaughter after Jenny died 803 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:01,880 then I was a son while Mum was still alive. 804 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,160 Assuming the jury got it right. They did. 805 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,400 Sure about that, are you? 806 00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,880 Like she said, if you are not a Catholic, you can't understand. 807 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,440 "Mortal sin kills the life of grace within us." 808 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:22,800 Are you going back to the office? 809 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,840 I just need to clear my head. 810 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:30,240 But uh... Thanks, for...bothering. 811 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:01,560 Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. 812 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,080 subtitles by Deluxe 813 00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:43,280 .