1 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:22,960 Is that him? 2 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:27,960 Hey! He's here! 3 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,960 This is the holy flame which shall consume our wickedness 4 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,960 and purge our people of evil for the year to come. 5 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,960 ALL MURMUR 6 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,960 Burn! Burn! Burn! 7 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,960 LOUDER: Burn! 8 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,960 Burn! Burn! 9 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,480 FASTER: Burn! Burn! Burn! 10 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,320 Burn! Burn! Burn! 11 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,800 Burn! Burn! Burn! Burn! 12 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,960 Burn! Burn! 13 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,960 And the name of the missing man is Jonathan Riddle. 14 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,160 Building contractor and undertaker. 15 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:19,960 He was last seen by his family last Friday, 7:30pm, 16 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:21,960 when he went back to his yard. 17 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,960 His wife reported him missing Sunday evening. 18 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,960 Local knowledge suggests it's more than a Mispers enquiry. 19 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,960 BELL TOLLS 20 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:04,160 RINGS BELL 21 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,960 Detective Superintendent Wycliffe. 22 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,960 Your team's at the Sunday school, sir. With Sergeant Luff. 23 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,160 You found some clothes? 24 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:18,960 Found Monday afternoon, sir. Out by the Gardners' farm. 25 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,960 There's a barn there. Kids turned 'em up, playing. 26 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:27,000 Mrs Riddle identified 'em as what her husband was last seen wearing. 27 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,160 Personal effects? 28 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,320 Just a wallet. £30 in it still. Mm. 29 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,160 Looks to be blood on the collar, doesn't it? 30 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,960 Do you reckon he was...? 31 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,960 If he planned to go missing, I doubt he'd do it naked. 32 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,960 Get these off to Chepstow, Constable. Luff, sir. 33 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:48,960 Eva Luff. 34 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,320 Anyone spring to mind who might have had it in for him? 35 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,000 Not as you mean, sir. 36 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,960 Bit of bad blood between him and a local farmer, Ephraim Gardner. 37 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,640 About what? Gardner's daughter, Asenath. 38 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,960 Had a kiddie six months back. No father, see? 39 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,960 None as would give it a name, leastways. 40 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,960 Eph got it into his head Riddle was responsible. Why? 41 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,960 She used to work up Riddle's yard. I know it's a bag of nonsense, 42 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,960 but he ain't been right since he lost his missus. 43 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,960 Not that he'd do anything, mind. His bark's worse than his bite. 44 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,960 Anyone else? No. Not really, ma'am. 45 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,160 What's all this about a wheel? The wheel? 46 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,960 That's just folk getting daft ideas in their heads. 47 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,960 Detective Superintendent Wycliffe, Sergeant. 48 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,960 What sort of daft ideas? Scapegoat ceremony. 49 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,960 Every year, come midsummer eve, the village builds a damn great wheel 50 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:48,960 and puts an effigy in it. 51 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,960 He's the scapegoat, see? 52 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,960 Bit like a Guy Fawkes. Masked. Spirit of evil. 53 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,800 To bring the village good luck in the next 12 months, 54 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,960 they set fire to it 55 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,960 and roll it off the headland into the sea, sort of thing. 56 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,320 What's that got to do with Riddle? 57 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,960 One of the girls at the ceremony, drunk, like as not, 58 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,960 thought that as the wheel went bowling down towards the cliff, 59 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:21,960 the mask fell away, and it was Riddle inside. 60 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,480 SNIGGERS 61 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:25,960 Sorry, sir. 62 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,640 You had words with your husband that Friday evening, Mrs Riddle. 63 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:34,960 What was all that about? 64 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,960 Just... oh, nothing, I suppose. 65 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:39,960 It weren't nothing at all, Sarah. 66 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,160 You didn't want him to go back to work. 67 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,960 She didn't want him to go back to work. 68 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,960 That's what it was over. Never mind nothing. 69 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,000 John always went back the yard, Fridays after tea. 70 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,960 Huh! The way she let off at him! 71 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:56,960 You didn't think it odd, his not returning? 72 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:58,960 He went off in a mood. 73 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,960 Can you blame him? He worked bloody hard for you and Matthew, 74 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:03,960 and all you could do is go on at him. 75 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,960 Shut up, shut up, you old witch! I can't stand it! 76 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,960 It's my husband! My son! 77 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,960 I'll put you in a home! This is my home, girl. 78 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:17,960 Long before you came here! So don't talk to me about no home! 79 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:21,960 Oh... 80 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,960 I'm sorry. In front of the Superintendent, Mother, really. 81 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,800 What will he think of us? 82 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:36,960 Had he stayed away before? The odd night. He liked a drink. 83 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,960 Likes, I mean. He likes a drink. 84 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,960 That Saturday, were you worried when he didn't turn up? 85 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:47,960 I reckoned maybe he was teaching me a lesson - staying away. 86 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,960 It was the weekend. Yes. 87 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,960 I said to Matthew, 88 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:57,320 "Your father's having a game with me." 89 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,320 And we laughed. 90 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,960 No, I thought he might have gone to Frume. 91 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,960 He's got a friend out that way, from national service. Drinking partner. 92 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,960 Do you think...? He's dead. 93 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:12,960 Oh, Mother! 94 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,960 Why do you say that, Mrs Riddle? 95 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,640 I know my son. 96 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,960 He's never stopped away from home for any length of time. 97 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,960 He'd have been to work Monday, if he was able. 98 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:26,960 Do you think my husband's dead, Superintendent? 99 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,960 We're keeping an open mind, but finding his clothes... 100 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,160 obviously we can't rule out the possibility of foul play. 101 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,960 Murder, you mean! 102 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:42,160 Friday before last, he withdrew £1,250 from his account. 103 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,480 Er, Karen, turn that round a bit. That's it. 104 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,160 Was that cash? Yes. 105 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,320 That's a lot for a small branch to be carrying, isn't it? 106 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,960 Mr Riddle pays his men in cash each week. 107 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:58,960 He normally withdraws £1,000. That Friday he took the extra £250. 108 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,800 Any idea what for? None at all. 109 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,960 We don't pry, Inspector. Well, we do. 110 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,960 In fact we make something of a virtue out of it. 111 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,960 I saw him last when I knocked off Friday, about five. 112 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:28,960 I said, "Bye, then, Mr Riddle." He said, "See you Monday, Melanie." 113 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,960 I said, no, I'd see him Saturday, at the scapegoating. 114 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,960 Oh, morning, sir. Building or...? No... 115 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:39,320 Oh, bereavement, is it? 116 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,960 This is Detective Superintendent Wycliffe. 117 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:43,960 Oh. I'm sorry, sir. 118 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,960 I'm looking for Matthew Riddle. He's in the chapel of rest, 119 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,160 with Mrs Pengellin. 120 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:49,960 Thank you. 121 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,480 KNOCKING 122 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,960 Mr Riddle? Mm? 123 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,960 Could you close the door, please? 124 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,960 Relatives, see. Yes, yes, of course. 125 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,960 You shouldn't be in here, by rights. 126 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,960 I'm not a customer. Detective Superintendent Wycliffe. 127 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,960 Police! 128 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:17,960 Oh, no. Better not shake, eh? Quite right. So! 129 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,320 Looking for Dad, is it? Yes. 130 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,960 I tell you I've been so worried over him, 131 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,960 I don't know how I've been working, that's a fact. 132 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:27,960 My heart's just not in it today. 133 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,960 'It's concerning the disappearance of Mr Jonathan Riddle.' 134 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,960 'No, he's respected. Like death.' 135 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,960 We all get an appointment with him sooner or later. 136 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,800 He's not what you'd call a popular man, was he? 137 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,320 Had a bust-up with him yourself, didn't you, Sid? 138 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,960 Jonny Riddle? That old basket? 139 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:56,960 Sid Passmore. General tinker. Cars and so forth. 140 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,960 Runs a burger place at Frontier City. 141 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,960 You was both chasing the same field, eh, Sid? You and Jonny? 142 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:04,960 Crafty old bugger gazumped me. 143 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,960 Buried the hatchet now, though? 144 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:10,960 Hell, yes. Life's too short for grudges. 145 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,960 Want to tell that to Ephraim. 146 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:14,960 LAUGHTER 147 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:19,960 Can you think of any reason why your father might want to disappear? 148 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,640 Money worries? Everything all right with the business? 149 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,960 Mr Riddle? Business is fine. 150 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,960 WOMAN SCREAMS 151 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,160 You all right, my love? 152 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:39,960 I gave it to him when he come back from Mr Chope's funeral. 153 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:44,160 He come out of his office and slung it in the bin. 154 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,960 What is it? 155 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,160 Mr Riddle got a package Friday, sir. 156 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:59,960 About 8pm Friday, someone saw Riddle head out of town to Westhead Point. 157 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:01,960 On foot? Yeah. 158 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,640 Heading for Ephraim Gardner's farm, according to your witness. 159 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:07,960 Yeah, that's right, sir. Gardner's? 160 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:09,960 That's where his clothes were found. Mm. 161 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,960 Bloke's a complete nutter. Fancies himself as a druid. 162 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,960 Isn't he a farmer? Yeah. 163 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,960 With a touch of the weekend warlocks. 164 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:22,320 He's the guy that organises this scapegoat thing. 165 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:27,960 Have a word. See if Riddle came by his place Friday night. 166 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,960 Sir, the wheel's been spotted. 167 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:46,960 Sergeant Luff? Sir? 168 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:48,960 How was the scapegoat attached to the wheel? 169 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,960 Tied, sir. Hands and feet. 170 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:56,960 With what? Sash. Done quite tight, I believe. 171 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,960 Who made it? Ephraim Gardner. 172 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,800 Mr Gardner? 173 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:24,960 Mr Gardner? 174 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:47,960 I'm Mr Gardner. 175 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,960 Who might you be? 176 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:00,960 Dad? Mind your business, Asenath! 177 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,960 What are you doing? He was in the house! 178 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,960 Police officer, miss. Says you. Off my land! 179 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:07,160 SHRIEKS, GUNSHOT 180 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:08,960 CHICKENS SQUAWKING 181 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:14,960 You sent a package to Riddle's yard. A sheep's heart and a tarot card. 182 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,960 The Tower Struck Down. 183 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:19,960 You prove it. 184 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,960 D'you think Riddle is the father of Asenath's baby? 185 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,960 The parentage of my grandson is no concern of the police. 186 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:30,000 All right? 187 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,960 Did Riddle come to your house that Friday evening, Mr Gardner? 188 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,800 No. 189 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,480 Are you sure about that? 190 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,960 All right. All right... 191 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,160 Let's talk about the wheel. 192 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:48,960 I understand that you built the wheel yourself 193 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:54,320 in one of your sheds - the shed where Riddle's clothes were found. 194 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,960 I've told Sergeant Luff, I don't know how they got there. 195 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,960 Hmm. 196 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,160 The wheel was in there till when? 197 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,960 Saturday afternoon. Eve of the festival. 198 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:12,960 Would it have been possible for someone to get into your shed, 199 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,160 remove the scapegoat, 200 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,000 and substitute a body in the scapegoat's clothes? 201 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,960 You don't want to listen to gossip. 202 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,960 People round here'd make up any old rubbish. 203 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:29,960 Could it have happened? It could have, but it didn't. 204 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:34,960 Now, the legend says it's bad luck if the scapegoat washes up. Right? 205 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,640 The sea cleanses us of our sin. 206 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,960 And so far it's never been washed back up, has it? 207 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:44,960 It's bound tightly. 208 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,960 Interesting bindings. 209 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,960 Sash, plaited with slow-burning fuse. 210 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,960 That's why your scapegoat never came back, Mr Gardner. 211 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:00,960 Not yet it hasn't, no. 212 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,960 But this year... 213 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,960 I had a dream. 214 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,960 The scapegoat was... 215 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,960 reaching up to me from the depths. 216 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:17,960 Pulling me down. 217 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,960 I couldn't breathe. 218 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:24,960 You mark my words, Mr Wycliffe. 219 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,960 This year, he's coming back. 220 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,640 I'm very sorry, Mrs Riddle. 221 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:32,000 A-aah... 222 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,960 Sorry. I didn't expect... 223 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,960 It's just...my dad, see. That's all right. 224 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,160 Mr Riddle, there's a possibility 225 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,160 your father may not have taken his own life, 226 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,960 in which case - He was killed? 227 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,960 He could have been murdered. 228 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,960 Yeah. 229 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,960 I'm sorry, but I have to ask you where you were that Friday night. 230 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,960 I went to Penzance, to the pictures. 231 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,960 Alone? Mm. 232 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:29,960 What time did you get back home? 233 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,960 I was late. The car packed up on the way back. 234 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,640 I went by Sid Passmore's about 11:30. 235 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:39,960 He'd just come back from Frontier City. 236 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,960 That was a bit of luck, he come back with me and got her started. 237 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:46,960 Matthew come by about 11:30, I reckon, poor fella. 238 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,960 His motor was banjaxed halfway between here and Penzance. 239 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,000 You went back with him? 240 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,960 That's right. Took a bloody age to get it going. 241 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,960 Carb was mucked up with God knows what. 242 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:57,960 Finally got her shifted about two. 243 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,960 Did you see anyone on the way back? I could hardly keep my eyes open. 244 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,960 The Lord could've gone by on a skateboard singing hallelujah, 245 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,960 and I doubt if I'd have seen him. 246 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,960 Him being thrown against the rocks hasn't done us any favours. 247 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,960 He's got lacerations, contusions, fractures, 248 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,960 five or six deep traumatic injuries to the skull, 249 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,960 lungs and airways waterlogged. 250 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,960 How long had he been in the water? Six or seven days at least, I'd say. 251 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:29,960 Was he alive when he went in? 252 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:34,000 If it's sea water in his lungs, then yes, he was. 253 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,960 Was it? Well, I don't know yet. I won't know until the lab 254 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,960 have done a sodium chloride test. It'll take a couple of days. 255 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,960 Any burns? Wrists or ankles? No, no, no. 256 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:46,960 The way things stand at the moment, 257 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,160 he was either pushed off the cliff, 258 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,960 or walked into the sea of his own accord. 259 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:54,960 Is there anything else? 260 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,960 Stomach contents? Well, yeah, if you must. 261 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,960 A meal of ham and tomatoes, well on their way to being digested. 262 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,960 He's also consumed several sherries, a large amount of nuts and raisins 263 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,960 and I think, um, a Turkish delight. 264 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,160 I've told the office, sir. 265 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,800 Did Matthew sign the delivery note? 266 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,960 Yes, sir. We checked with the girl. 267 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,960 He ordered the goods and signed on delivery. 268 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,960 This one's dated the 14th. The suppliers invoiced Riddle 269 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:36,960 for one WC suite in green and one stainless steel worktop, 270 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,960 neither of which appears on the corresponding delivery note. 271 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,960 Yet Matthew signed it all correct. 272 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:44,960 He's been robbing his father blind, 273 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,960 over-ordering the gear and selling off the surplus. 274 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:49,960 I was paying him back, 275 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,960 something each week out of my wages. 276 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:54,960 How long had it been going on? 277 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:56,960 About 12 month. 278 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:01,640 How much did you make? 279 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,800 A few thousand. 280 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,960 What did you do with it? I spent it. 281 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,960 All of it? 282 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,960 I am partial to a game of cards. 283 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,160 I meant to tell you. I should have, I know. 284 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:19,480 But with what happened, I've got enough trouble without all that. 285 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,960 Hello. 286 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:37,960 I've been admiring the house. 287 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,480 Oh, yes? 288 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,960 Yeah. I was wondering how it came to be built here? 289 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,960 I'm sorry? 290 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:46,960 Detective Superintendent Wycliffe. 291 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:48,960 I'm with the... 292 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,960 Oh, yes. Yes. 293 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:56,960 I was on my way to the Gardners', actually. Saw the house. Mrs...? 294 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,320 Miss Penrose. Mariah Penrose. 295 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,960 I'm teacher at our little school here. 296 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,960 Lovely view. Yes. 297 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:12,960 D'you live here alone, Miss Penrose? 298 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,960 No, with my father. He's home, but he wouldn't have come to the door. 299 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:17,960 Why's that? Arthritis. 300 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,960 That's why the house is where it is - why we're where we are. 301 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:27,320 The council acquired it for the man who looked after the sewage outfall. 302 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,960 He had to be here to open the sluice when the tide was right. 303 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:32,960 That was my father's job. 304 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:35,960 So who does the sluices now? 305 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,960 Oh, they built a new outfall the other side of town. 306 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,000 We stayed here. 307 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,960 Come in. 308 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,960 Thing is, Miss Penrose, we're conducting an enquiry. 309 00:23:57,960 --> 00:23:59,960 Oh, yes. The undertaker. I know. 310 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:04,640 We think he might've passed this way on his way to the Gardners'. 311 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,960 If that's where he was going, he'd have come by here. 312 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:08,960 You didn't see him? 313 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,960 No. 314 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,160 Or your father? Dad's window faces the sea. 315 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,640 Oh, yes, of course. 316 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:20,960 Right. 317 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,960 I won't waste any more of your time. 318 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,800 How long are you here? 319 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:27,960 Oh, a while, I expect. 320 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,960 If you're by this way again, pop in for a drink. 321 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,960 I'll bear that in mind. Thank you. 322 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,960 Dad's out. 323 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:49,960 It's you I want to see. Oh, yeah? 324 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:54,960 Come in. 325 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,800 Thank you. 326 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,960 Why have you been covering up for Matthew Riddle? 327 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,960 Don't know what you're talking about. 328 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,960 When did you tell him you were pregnant? 329 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,960 About a year ago? 330 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,960 Around the time he started stealing from his father? 331 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:21,960 What? Matthew stealing? 332 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,960 How much did he give to you? 333 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,800 If you don't tell me, he will. 334 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,960 Do you have to tell my dad? 335 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,320 Tell him what? Well, he's... 336 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:45,960 Hang on a minute, Miss Gardner. What sort of people do you think we are? 337 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,960 Everything you tell me is held in the strictest confidence. 338 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:53,960 Information only of a personal nature is no concern of mine. 339 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,960 Well, if Dad knew about Matthew, he'd want me to marry him. 340 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:57,960 Would that be such a bad thing? 341 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,960 I wouldn't marry Matthew if he were the last man on earth. 342 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,960 Not that he'd have me. Afraid his dad might not approve. 343 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:07,960 Did his dad ever come here? 344 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,960 Never. If he had done... 345 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,960 Father couldn't stand him. 346 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,960 And Matthew? 347 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,640 Happened when Dad went to Brittany. Nine-day excursion. 348 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:24,960 I was left here alone. 349 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,960 He came then? Yeah. Three times. 350 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:33,960 I'd been out with him once or twice. You know, Penzance, the pictures. 351 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,000 Well, with Dad away, that's when it happened. 352 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,960 You used to work in Riddle's yard, didn't you? 353 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,960 Mm. 354 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,960 Did Matthew ever talk to you about his father? 355 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,960 Well, like what? 356 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:52,960 How he got on with his wife. Hmm. He had a woman. 357 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,960 Matthew told you that? No. I worked that out for myself. 358 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,960 Maybe I should've been a detective. 359 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,960 Why do you think he had a woman? I went back the office one Friday. 360 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:06,960 Old Riddle made a big thing about doing the books on Friday evening, 361 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,960 only, he weren't there. 362 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,960 That's hardly a... 363 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,960 And the johnnies. 364 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,960 I found his johnnies. 365 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:21,960 Yes, here they are. 366 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,960 How did she find them? 367 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,960 He got caught in the rain at the funeral. 368 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:34,160 She took the jacket to hang over the radiator, and they fell out. 369 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,960 As Asenath said, he don't need them for his wife, do he? 370 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,800 You think he had a mistress? 371 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,960 Let's hope so. 372 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,960 An affair? No! 373 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:49,960 No, that's impossible. 374 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,960 Did you and Mr Riddle use contraceptives at all? 375 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,960 I... I don't believe this. 376 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:03,480 Mrs Riddle? No. 377 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,960 Why was that? 378 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:07,960 We didn't need to. 379 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,640 We were finished with all that. 380 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,960 You see, we found some condoms in your husband's funeral suit. 381 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:15,960 Have you any idea...? 382 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:17,800 No! 383 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:19,800 What are you trying to do to me? 384 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,960 It appears more than likely, Mrs Riddle, 385 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:23,960 that your husband was murdered. 386 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,960 We have to explore every... Filth! 387 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,960 Filth! 388 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,000 I won't hear such filth. 389 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,160 Jonathan wouldn't. He didn't have to look elsewhere. 390 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,320 He had me! I'd have done! 391 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,960 He didn't have to, with that... Mrs Riddle. 392 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,960 ..dirty, filthy... 393 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,960 Oh, I knew. 394 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:51,960 Fridays. Primpin'. Preenin'. Cuttin' the hairs in his nose. 395 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,960 Oh, I could smell her on him! 396 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,960 Sick! Sick! 397 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,960 Love! You call that love? 398 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,960 Like b... GASPS 399 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:03,960 Mrs Riddle! 400 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,960 Mum. 401 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,960 What did you do to her? 402 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,960 It's a heart attack. I knew she'd not cope. 403 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,960 She's on tablets as it is. 404 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,960 I was taking care of things! 405 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,640 I was being strong. It was all taken care of. 406 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,960 What was, Matthew? 407 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,160 With Dad. We'd have been all right. 408 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,960 It's the shock, see. 409 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,800 Was that what you meant? Yeah. Of course. 410 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:35,960 What else? 411 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,960 Your mother was at home when you got back Friday night? 412 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:53,960 Yeah. Watching TV. 413 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,960 She'd not been out? No. She was with my nan. She'll tell you. 414 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:00,960 Your grandmother was tired. She'd gone to bed about 8:30. 415 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,960 What are you saying? I'm not saying, I'm asking. 416 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,960 Could she have gone out? I didn't check her shoes 417 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,960 to see if they were wet! 418 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,960 I just come in, had a cup of tea as usual, and a chat. 419 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,960 You first told me everyone was in bed when you came in. 420 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:17,960 Now you say your mother was watching TV. 421 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:19,960 What was she watching, at 2:30am? 422 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,960 Mr Wycliffe, this isn't a very good time for us. 423 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:28,960 I want you to come to the incident room to answer some questions. 424 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,960 If you refuse, you'll be formally cautioned and arrested. 425 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,960 For what? On suspicion of being an accessory to murder. 426 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,960 I want a solicitor. 427 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:45,960 Sir? What is it? 428 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,960 'It's Gardner.' 429 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,960 Sir? 430 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:10,960 He left a note in the kitchen. Says he killed Jonathan Riddle. 431 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,960 "Riddle come here Friday as I asked him to." 432 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:21,960 "I let him sit down, then hit him on the back of the head with a brick." 433 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:27,960 "I took him down the Penrose place, to the basin, and put him in it." 434 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,960 "The sea did the rest." 435 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:34,960 "I am sorry for it and for what I have put Asenath through." 436 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,960 "I hope she can forgive me. Ephraim." 437 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:39,960 Where was the girl? 438 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,960 Gone to the village. Left the kid with Ephraim. 439 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,960 Come back and found him like he was. Poor cow. 440 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,320 I don't believe a word of it. 441 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,960 Excuse me, sir. Franks is through. 442 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,960 He'd like to see you, if that's all right. 443 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,640 Not suicide? 444 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,640 I sincerely doubt it. 445 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:03,320 The cut's in the right direction, but it's a single slice. 446 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:04,960 In a case like this, 447 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,960 you expect some tentative slashes before the real McCoy, 448 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,960 not straight through the trachea first time. 449 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:10,960 The slope's all wrong. 450 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,960 From the rear? Like as not. 451 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,480 SOCO's found something interesting about three feet behind him. 452 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,960 Peter! Could I have that sample? 453 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,160 Thank you. 454 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,320 Take a sniff. 455 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,960 I know that. What is it? You've got kids, haven't you? 456 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:39,960 Is it milk? More precisely, 457 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:44,960 a posset. Some of the child's feed regurgitated. 458 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,640 So you're saying, oh, dear God, 459 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,960 you're saying Asenath's baby was set down over there? 460 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:54,960 Which means what? 461 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,960 His murderer threatens the baby? 462 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,960 Ephraim writes the note, 463 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,960 and the murderer comes all the way round, 464 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,640 lays the baby down and cuts the man's throat? 465 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,000 Well, I leave the hypotheses to you, Charles. 466 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,960 It's not an entirely discreditable scenario. 467 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,960 Oh, by the way - friend Riddle. 468 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:20,320 Sodium chloride test turned out positive. Definitely sea water. 469 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,960 Thanks. 470 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,960 For the time being, we let it go out as suicide. 471 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,960 God knows what our man's capable of otherwise. 472 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,960 If he thinks we've fallen for it, maybe he'll relax. 473 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:48,960 I don't want any more deaths. 474 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,960 Are we taking any of this note on board? 475 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,960 We're not dealing with a great criminal intellect, Lucy. 476 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,960 The whole thing's a bit of a scramble. 477 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,960 Bits of it are probably on the level, though, sir. 478 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:02,960 Wrap the lie up in a truth. 479 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:04,960 Where did the killer set the body afloat? 480 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:27,960 What's happened? There's been cars and ambulances here all night. 481 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:31,960 Yeah. You've more inconvenience to come, I'm afraid. 482 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,960 There'll be some officers along presently 483 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:36,960 to have another look around. 484 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,640 You look terrible, Mr Wycliffe. 485 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,960 Come in. I'll make you some breakfast. 486 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,800 Not very hungry? 487 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:52,960 Er, no. Sorry. 488 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,960 Appetite's gone. 489 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:56,160 Never mind. 490 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,960 Look, can I make a phone call? 491 00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:01,960 Yes, sir. 492 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,000 Yes, I quite understand that, sir, but that... 493 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,800 No, sir. That's not the point I'm trying to make. 494 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,960 No. No, in my view, 495 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,640 it's a matter of judgement, sir. 496 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,960 Yes. And that judgement can only be made, really, by the man on the... 497 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,800 No, sir. Of course not. 498 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,960 I'll keep you informed, sir. 499 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,480 On a daily basis, yes. Of course. 500 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,480 I'm sorry, sir, I'll have to ring you back. 501 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,960 KNOCKS 502 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:45,000 He was here, wasn't he? 503 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:49,960 That Friday night. Riddle came here. 504 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,960 I... Don't lie to me. He was here. 505 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:57,960 Who told you? 506 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,160 Riddle did. Matthew? 507 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,960 The father. 508 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,960 How could he? 509 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:10,960 The dead don't contact us through Ouija boards alone. He was here. 510 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:15,960 He had a sherry or two, some nuts, raisins, 511 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:17,960 Turkish delight... 512 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:20,960 What else? 513 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:25,640 Company. 514 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,640 Intelligent conversation. 515 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,960 He was quite an educated man, you know. 516 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,960 Well read. 517 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,960 It wasn't the sex. 518 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,960 That's the one people always assume, don't they? 519 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,320 He wasn't fussed about the sex. 520 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,000 He just wanted someone to talk to. 521 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,960 To hold. 522 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:52,960 To be held. 523 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,640 Did he come here every Friday night? 524 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,960 Almost, for the past two years, 525 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,960 and Wednesdays, if he could. 526 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,960 What time did he arrive and leave the Friday before last? 527 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:11,320 He arrived just after 8:30 and left around 11. 528 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,960 What time did you go to bed? 529 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:18,640 Right after he left. Around 11:15. 530 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:19,960 Do you sleep soundly? 531 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,960 I sleep like a log. What is all this? 532 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,480 The tide's coming in. 533 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,960 Yes, it does. Twice a day. 534 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,480 Matthew Riddle ever come here? Never. 535 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:35,000 I'd like to speak to your father now. 536 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:41,480 I watched you fishing him out and I thought, 537 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:46,960 "If that's where you've ended up, I can guess where you went in." 538 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,960 You mean the basin at the foot of the cliff? 539 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,320 Mr Penrose... I know who you are. 540 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,640 Can you remember what the tide was like that Friday evening? 541 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,960 Er, it was quiet. 542 00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:01,640 Misty rain. 543 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,960 High tide was about 11:15. 544 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:09,960 It was four, four-and-a-half foot in the basin at the top of the flood. 545 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:11,960 If the body was placed in the water at that time, 546 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,960 would it have been washed away by the tide? 547 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:16,960 Unless it got snagged, certainly. 548 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,960 And if it was placed there later? Say two o'clock? 549 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:24,320 There'd be no water round the basin after one. 550 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,960 Not enough to float a cork. 551 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:29,960 One last question, Mr Penrose. 552 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,800 Could a body be placed in the basin early Saturday morning, 553 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,960 and remain there till the next high tide without being seen? 554 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:40,960 Not a chance, sir. 555 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,960 We've had the prelims on Riddle's clothing, sir. And? 556 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:56,960 Grass and mud deposit on the back of the jacket, shirt and trousers. 557 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,960 Which seems to suggest... 558 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:00,960 He was dragged some way along the ground. 559 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:06,960 DOOR OPENS 560 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,160 Would you wait outside, please, Mr Riddle? 561 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,960 I'm visiting my mother. 562 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,000 Then you'll appreciate she doesn't need over-exciting. 563 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,960 You don't have to speak to them, Mum. 564 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,960 No. I do. 565 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:26,960 I'll just be outside if you need me. 566 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:34,960 Something you want to tell me? 567 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,960 Yes, I know. 568 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:43,960 You should have told me before. Better late than never. 569 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:45,960 Matthew had nothing to do with it. 570 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,960 That's not strictly true, is it? 571 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,960 I... 572 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,960 Look, before you go any further, 573 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,960 I must advise you that you're under caution. 574 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:02,960 You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so, 575 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,960 but what you say may be given in evidence. Do you understand that? 576 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,640 It was me. 577 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:14,480 I don't know how it happened, but I... 578 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,160 ..I can't remember. 579 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:21,320 You went to Mariah Penrose's place? 580 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,000 Mm. 581 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,960 What time? 582 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:28,960 I slipped out the house about 9:30. 583 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:30,960 I left my car parked round the corner. 584 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:35,960 What happened, Sarah? 585 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:37,960 I don't know. 586 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,480 I'd had enough, I suppose. 587 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,960 I just wanted to see the look on his face. 588 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,960 I waited for him till he come out, 589 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:53,480 just after 11. 590 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,960 He kissed her on the porch... 591 00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:01,960 ..putting his tongue in her mouth. 592 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:07,960 Something... 593 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:09,960 "went" in me. 594 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,960 She went back inside, and he... 595 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:19,960 ..he came over toward the road. 596 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,480 It was the car I recognised. 597 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,640 Where were you? 598 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:27,960 Round the side of the house. 599 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:33,480 I-I found I had a rock in my hand. 600 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:39,640 I ran up behind him and hit him over the back of the head. 601 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:42,320 He fell down, and... 602 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,960 I don't remember. 603 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:55,800 And then what did you do? 604 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,960 I went home and had a bath. 605 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,960 Why did you send Matthew up there? 606 00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,640 If you're going to tell, you might as well tell it all. 607 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:14,960 Matthew, Matthew was just... 608 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,960 He was just being kind. 609 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:19,640 He's a good boy. 610 00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:21,960 What time was this? 611 00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:27,960 Um, about one. He got back from Penzance. 612 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:32,960 He... He said he'd tidied up. 613 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:34,960 What did you offer Sid Passmore? 614 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:38,480 I promised he could come in on the business. 615 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,800 His stall ain't doing so well. 616 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:42,960 That was very generous of you. 617 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,960 What could I do? It was my mum. 618 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,960 Why did you go to him in the first place? 619 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:49,960 Couldn't you manage the body alone? 620 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,320 Why'd I go to him - I never. 621 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,960 He was there when I arrived. He saw what happened. 622 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:57,960 He got the body off the road down to the basin. 623 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,320 But the tide was going out. 624 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:03,960 No way Dad was gonna float off, so we dragged him back again. 625 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,960 He was dead? Yeah. 626 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:09,960 Mum had... 627 00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,960 You saw him. 628 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:15,960 It wasn't only the cliffs done that to his head. 629 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,960 So on Saturday, with everyone at the scapegoating, 630 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,480 you and Passmore decided to have another go? 631 00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:25,160 Yeah. I never knew what he'd done with the clothes, 632 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,960 putting them on Ephraim's land - none of that. 633 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:29,960 What did you do with your father? 634 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:33,960 I'd brung a body bag from work. 635 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,960 I put him in that, and... 636 00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:38,960 and we stuck him in the boot of the car. 637 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,320 I drove back to the yard 638 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:47,960 and I hid him there in one of the caskets till the following evening. 639 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,960 I never touched him, Mr Wycliffe. 640 00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:56,960 I...just tried to cover up what my mum had done. 641 00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:01,960 SPAGHETTI WESTERN MUSIC 642 00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:03,960 BELL TOLLS 643 00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:41,320 APPLAUSE 644 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,960 'Thank you, ladies and gentlemen!' 645 00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,960 'More thrilling action to come here in Frontier City.' 646 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:52,960 'The notorious Finn gang will soon be riding into town.' 647 00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:58,960 HONKY-TONK PIANO 648 00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:10,960 Something to eat, is it? 649 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:12,960 Would you get your coat and come with us, Mr Passmore? 650 00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:14,960 I never done nothing. 651 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:16,960 I was just helping Matthew. 652 00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,960 You murdered Ephraim Gardner... 653 00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:21,960 AND Jonathan Riddle. No! 654 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,960 You know what sodium chloride is, Mr Passmore? 655 00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:26,960 Eh? 656 00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:30,640 Salt. Common salt. 657 00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:34,960 The difference between fresh water and sea water. 658 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,960 And it was sea water we found in Jonathan Riddle's lungs. 659 00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:42,320 He was still breathing when you put him in the basin. 660 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:45,960 Dying perhaps, 661 00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:47,960 but you drowned him. No! 662 00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:51,960 You knew there was no love lost between Riddle and Gardner. 663 00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:53,960 That's why you hid the clothes on his land. 664 00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:56,960 I never - I was helping Matthew out. 665 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:58,960 You'd been watching Riddle, 666 00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,960 looking for some way to pay him back for gazumping you. 667 00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:02,960 You're barmy. 668 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:04,960 By attacking Riddle, 669 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:06,960 Sarah gave you more than you could ever have wanted. 670 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:09,960 So you played the concerned friend for all it was worth. 671 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:13,960 When you thought we might crack Matthew or his mother, 672 00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:15,160 you murdered Gardner, 673 00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,960 and then tried to make it look like suicide. 674 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:21,160 He was your scapegoat. 675 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,960 All right... All right. 676 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:29,960 I've just got to turn the gas off. 677 00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:34,960 Gun! 678 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,960 SCREAMING 679 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:54,960 Get the kids off the streets, will you! 680 00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:57,960 Get off! Look, mate. What's your problem? 681 00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:00,160 I'm a police officer. There's an armed man - 682 00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:02,480 It's just a show, mate. 683 00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,320 Ahh! GLASS SMASHES 684 00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:20,960 You've done enough, Sid. 685 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:22,960 Gone mad? 686 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:28,000 Don't be silly. 687 00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,960 Don't shoot, Sid. 688 00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,960 You think you're so smart. 689 00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:42,960 Let's see how bloody smart you are 690 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,960 with no bloody head on your shoulders. 691 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:49,960 Armed police! 692 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:51,960 Put that weapon down! Pull that trigger and I'll shoot. 693 00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:56,960 Go on! Drop it! Down! Drop it now! 694 00:47:56,960 --> 00:48:00,000 Drop it no! Go on, drop it! Ahh! 695 00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:08,960 Cheers, mate. 696 00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:17,960 Sid Passmore... 697 00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:20,960 ..I'm arresting you for the murder of Ephraim Gardner 698 00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:22,960 and Jonathan Riddle. 699 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,960 You don't have to say anything unless you wish to do so, 700 00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:28,960 but what you do say will be given in evidence. 701 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:39,640 You're off, then, sir? 702 00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:41,960 Yes. Thanks for all your help. 703 00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:45,960 And would you also convey my gratitude to your father? 704 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:47,160 I hear there's talk of a commendation. 705 00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:48,960 Yes. Thank you, sir. 706 00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:51,960 He's on the mend? Hopes to be back by Christmas. 707 00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:54,960 Oh, that's good. 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