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(Church bells ring)
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John, some college friends
have asked us over. Do you want to come?
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- l don't think so.
- Oh, spoilsport.
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Look, why don't you go over?
l um...l honestly don't feel up to it.
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John?
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John.
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- John, what's wrong?
- Look, nothing's wrong, l promise.
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l've got behind with my work
and l need to think about it, that's all.
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- Are you sure?
- Positive.
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Look, why don't you go back to your friends
and have a good time?
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l'll give you a call in the morning.
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(Sighs)
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Good evening, Mr Brewster.
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- Can we interest you in a hand?
- No, thank you. l never gamble.
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And neither should you, by the look of that lot.
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Hello. Dr Brewster again.
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Are you sure my husband's not at the clinic?
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He couldn't have come back?
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Forgotten something?
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No. No, it's just that he's not arrived yet.
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Thank you.
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(Rumbling of car engine)
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(Rumbling continues)
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(Engine rumbles)
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MORSE: A Mr Mathew Brewster.
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He was found dead in his garage
with the car engine running.
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This could take us half the night.
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- l've been on the go since eight this morning.
- So have l, Sergeant.
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But l haven't spent the last two weeks
lying on a beach in ltaly,
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have I?
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l spent my holiday engaged in cultural pursuits,
Lewis, not lying on a beach.
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CONSTABLE: Sir.
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Everything under control?
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All right?
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LEWlS: Mm-hm.
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Seems peaceful enough to me.
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That's how he was when we found him, sarge.
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There was nothing unusual caught your eye
when you came in?
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No, nothing at all.
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MORSE: CouId you teII me
what happened this evening?
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Mathew was due home at about 8:40.
That was his usual time.
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MORSE: Due home from where?
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His clinic.
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My mother and father own a private clinic,
Chief lnspector.
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He...
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..usually left around eight and was seldom late.
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When he wasn't home by nine, I began to worry.
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l had thought of calling the police, but l didn't
want to make a fuss or appear foolish.
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l told myself he'd broken down.
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l looked out of the window several times,
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hoping to see Mathew get out of the car.
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The last time l looked l saw John arrive, and...
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we discovered what had happened.
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What time was that?
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Around eleven, l think.
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When l arrived, l heard the engine running.
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Then I saw the fumes.
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l...l tried to open the garage door.
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When l did, l couldn't see anything.
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l tried to find the light switch,
but l began to feel the effect of the fumes.
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MAN: That's everything compIeted here, right?
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(Car engine starts)
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- That about does it, sir.
- Thank you, Lewis.
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Something wrong?
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Probably not.
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Something that Dr Brewster said.
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She said she looked from the house,
hoping to see her husband get out of the car.
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But he'd get out of the car in the garage,
wouldn't he?
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The doors open automatically on approach.
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You can't even see the garage from that room.
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- Just a slip of the tongue, sir.
- Yes.
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LEWlS: You can clear it up in the morning.
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But why do it this way, Lewis?
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Drive home, l mean.
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They own a clinic.
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He was surrounded by any number of drugs
or poisons he could have used.
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l guess when you get to the point of killing
yourself, you're not thinking too clearly, sir.
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You think it was suicide?
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No reason to suspect anything else.
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lt was murder, Morse. Certainly murder.
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Although there was a pretty duff attempt
to make it look like suicide.
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Do you mind explaining, Doctor?
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Well, it's all a matter of deduction, really.
See here. Look.
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These marks across the chest
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and around the wrist.
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He was tied into the seat. Now...
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if he was tied in, he was conscious
and may have felt compelled to cry out.
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So, l have a look around the mouth,
and what do l find?
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Traces of adhesive and minute injuries
where the facial hair has been torn out.
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He was bound and gagged, Morse.
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He was murdered.
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Time and cause of death?
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Asphyxiation. 9:30, approx.
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We know he left the clinic shortly after eight.
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WouId you agree that there wasn't time enough
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- to have him kiIIed eIsewhere?
- Yes, I wouId.
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The killer was taking quite a risk, then,
wasn't he? Staying there until the job was done.
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Unless he came out
and went back in again later.
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But then he'd have to get back in,
close the garage doors behind him,
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make sure that Brewster was dead,
take off the gag, untie the ropes,
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and then find his way
back out of the doors again.
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Brewster's son was driven out by the fumes.
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l've already thought of that.
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And what have you deduced?
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Well, either you're looking for someone
with an exceptional pair of lungs -
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a Japanese pearl diver, say -
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or your kiIIer
was a common or garden EngIishman...
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using breathing apparatus, perhaps.
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LEWlS: Morning, ma'am.
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- What is going on, Chief lnspector?
- Could we talk inside?
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- Can you tell us what's going on?
- l'm sorry, you are...?
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Mark Felsham. l'm from the Radcliffe lnfirmary.
Claire is my patient.
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lt would be better if we talked inside,
Mr Felsham.
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CLAlRE:
You've sureIy made a mistake, Chief Inspector.
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My husband's death
must have been an accident.
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l can assure you, Dr Brewster,
it wasn't an accident.
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Can you think of anyone
who might want to harm your husband?
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No. Of course l can't.
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Who would want to harm Mathew?
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- The idea's quite preposterous. Do sit down.
- Someone did.
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MORSE: I'd Iike you to think very carefuIIy.
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Did your husband mention
any recent conversation he might have had,
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any incident or event...
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that he considered out of the ordinary?
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No.
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There was that break-in
that you mentioned, Claire.
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MARK: At the cIinic.
- When was that?
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Seven, eight months ago. l don't remember.
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There was nothing taken.
The police thought it likely
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that the intruder was after drugs.
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We heard no more about it.
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Dr Brewster, last night
you said you went to the window
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expecting to see your husband
getting out of the car.
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How couId you expect to see him
if he was in the garage?
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What?
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Oh!
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Sometimes he parked in the drive,
Chief lnspector, especially if John was out.
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Mathew, he...
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..very often left early for the clinic in the morning.
(Breathes raggedly)
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- lnspector.
- Of course.
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Claire, l want you to go upstairs and rest.
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Excuse me.
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Why is it, Chief lnspector,
that doctors make such bad patients?
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lf l had my way, l'd prefer her in hospital
for a day or two, but she won't hear of it.
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ls her condition so serious?
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With proper medical care and attention,
she has three, maybe four years at best.
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And she could well do without
this kind of trauma.
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And that damned clinic.
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- It became an obsession with both of them.
- ls the clinic in trouble?
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On the contrary, it's thriving.
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At the beginning,
they invested everything they had.
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Borrowed heavily.
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But they made it work.
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Where's Mother? ls she all right?
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She's all right. She's upstairs. She's fine.
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Will you excuse me?
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MAN: We've got something here.
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- What's that?
- More tape, by the look of it.
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When l asked him about last night,
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he told me he'd spent some time with a girlfriend,
a Jane Folley,
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English student up at the University.
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Anyway, that was around seven o'clock.
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Afterwards, he says he went for a drive
and then came home.
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- Well, that's four hours. What was he doing?
- Thinking, he says.
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He is doing a doctorate in philosophy.
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And the diving equipment, sir. He doesn't use it.
Doesn't know anyone who does.
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We're about finished, sir.
Meagre findings, l'm afraid.
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- Where's this from?
- The car inspection pit.
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We did find two rolls of tape in the tool kit,
but neither comes from this. lt's much broader.
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- Get it off to Forensic. And thank you.
- Right, sir.
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Chief Inspector Morse?
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Yes. Miss Folley?
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Yes.
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- Shall we walk?
- Yes, l'd like that.
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l'm at a loss to know how l can help.
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l've never met John's father.
Or his mother, for that matter.
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How long have you been seeing John?
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Two years.
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And you've never met his family?
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According to John, l'd simply be something else
for his father to disapprove of.
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They didn't get on, l'm afraid.
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John had been expected to follow
his father and mother into medicine.
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When he refused, his father turned against him.
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And last night, how did John seem to you?
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Oh...down, l'd say.
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Do you know why?
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He said he'd fallen behind with his work
and wanted some time on his own.
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Your questions, Chief lnspector...
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- l can't quite see the relevance.
- Oh, they're just routine
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in cases of murder.
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But...when John phoned last night,
he seemed to think it was an accident.
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- Or suicide.
- No. No, John's father was murdered.
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Chief lnspector, what l said
about John and his father...
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- you mustn't infer...
- As l said, my questions are purely routine.
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You're onto a winner here, Sergeant.
Do you want to have a look?
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- Just tell me what l'd see.
- Hair...on the tape that was brought in.
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And probably from the dead man's face, l'd say.
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l'm pretty confident that it was used as a gag.
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(Knocking)
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(Sighs)
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That was a nice cup of tea.
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Not too sweet.
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l've had a chance to think about all this, Mother.
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l'm going to tell the police
about Michael Steppings.
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Steppings? Why?
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Tell them what?
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That he made threats against Father in court.
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But that was two years ago.
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Steppings was...upset.
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There were letters.
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- They were sent to Father.
- What letters?
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Anonymous threats.
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Abuse.
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Father thought it best you didn't know.
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But Steppings, John.
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Well, l mean,
we'll be opening up that entire episode.
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Think what could come out of it.
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l should have mentioned these sooner, l know.
But with everything that's happened,
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l wasn't thinking, Chief lnspector.
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Your mother didn't mention them.
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She didn't know.
My father didn't want to distress her.
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- As for himseIf, he didn't take them seriousIy.
- Then why did he keep them?
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He didn't. Well, not all of them.
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The first few he destroyed,
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but after that l'm sure
he was going to show the police.
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Pity he didn't preserve the envelopes.
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They were typed.
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Posted from various places in London.
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We were pretty certain
who was sending them, so...
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We thought they were from a man
called Michael Steppings.
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You see, four years ago
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his 1 5-year-old daughter came into the clinic
for a minor operation.
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But something went wrong.
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She suffered profound brain damage.
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Steppings took my parents to court two years
later. Needless to say, they were cleared.
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But Steppings couldn't accept
the court's decision,
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so er...he made threats.
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Who is this Michael Steppings?
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He's a bookmaker.
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- The Michael Steppings?
- Yes.
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Started off with one betting shop
down in London, finished up with an empire.
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- He should be an easy man to find.
- He Iives in Oxfordshire.
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00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,993
Whereabouts, l'm not exactly sure.
244
00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,151
I'd Iike to taIk about
245
00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,953
- Michael Steppings.
- You've spoken to him?
246
00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,469
Not yet. My sergeant's trying to locate him.
247
00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,511
Can you tell me about his daughter?
248
00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,471
Tell you what?
249
00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,511
What happened to her?
250
00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,636
(Sighs) She went into cardiac arrest.
251
00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,232
The court found the clinic blameless,
Chief lnspector.
252
00:18:57,360 --> 00:19:00,716
l need hardly say it was a tragedy,
but we were completely cleared.
253
00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,037
Dr Brewster, l am not questioning
the court's judgment.
254
00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:07,470
Your son came forward
with the name of a possible suspect.
255
00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,830
There are questions that have to be asked.
256
00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:11,871
Yes, well...
257
00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,635
You think it might have been Steppings?
258
00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,631
- Do you?
- l wouldn't know, would l?
259
00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,676
He struck me as a very intelligent man.
260
00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,360
To threaten us in court
and send anonymous letters
261
00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,916
seems a particularly reckless strategy
for a killer to adopt.
262
00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,476
You said threatened us. Not just your husband?
263
00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,831
Mathew was the surgeon, l was the anaesthetist.
264
00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,349
And there was a nurse - Wendy Hazlitt.
265
00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:39,959
As l recall,
266
00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,152
- he threatened all three of us.
- You're not sure?
267
00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:51,271
You will appreciate, Chief lnspector, that that trial
was an experience l've tried very hard to forget.
268
00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,914
But why was it important who he threatened?
269
00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:57,996
You were in the house alone.
270
00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:01,669
lf he did kill your husband, then why not you?
271
00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:04,991
The nurse, is she stiII here?
272
00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,512
No, she left soon after the trial two years ago.
273
00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,074
She's at Burnley Green Hospital now.
274
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,150
We don't keep in touch.
275
00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:29,911
- Found him, sir. More difficult that we thought.
- A man with an empire, Lewis?
276
00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,396
Yeah, well. lt turns out he sold his business, sir.
277
00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,559
Living the life of a recluse,
out near Chipping Norton.
278
00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:43,236
Oh, and l checked out the report
on the break-in at the clinic here. Nothing, really.
279
00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:45,749
Some damage to a coupIe of fiIing cabinets.
280
00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,872
l want to see a transcript of the Brewster trial.
281
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,629
No bother, as long as somebody else
has asked for a copy already.
282
00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:58,550
lf not, the notes will still all be in shorthand.
Could take weeks. Why do we need one?
283
00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,353
To see who Steppings threatened
and what he said,
284
00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,789
not what people think he might have said.
285
00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,031
(Engine starts and cuts out)
286
00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,155
(Engine starts and cuts out)
287
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,151
Would you believe it?
288
00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,191
1 20 grand. lt won't even budge.
289
00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,880
lt's a beautiful car.
290
00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,833
Likewise. Michael Steppings.
291
00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,030
Who are you? What brings you here?
292
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:58,473
Chief lnspector Morse, Thames Valley ClD.
l'm investigating the murder of Mathew Brewster,
293
00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,795
- Mr Steppings.
- Yes, l read about it.
294
00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,475
Well, l'd be a hypocrite if l said l was sorry,
Mr Morse. So l won't.
295
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,079
Am l a suspect?
296
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,838
- Yes.
- Thought l might be.
297
00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,669
Come on inside, Chief lnspector.
l've got an angry call to make.
298
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,354
Patrick. Mike Steppings.
299
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,916
Listen, why don't you get some Iads over here
and pick up my car?
300
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,232
It's not working, that's what for.
301
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,317
Right?
302
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,672
I'II shove the keys in the exhaust.
CaII me, Iet me know what the heII's going on.
303
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,551
lt's a fine view.
304
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:48,791
Can't say l notice it much.
305
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,151
Mr Steppings...
306
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,037
..don't you have a wardrobe?
307
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,511
Yeah. Somewhere.
308
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,438
l tend to do most of my living in here now,
Mr Morse.
309
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,519
When things get too bad,
l bung the whole lot off to the cleaner's.
310
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,435
Now...Brewster.
311
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,120
Have you ever contacted him?
312
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,234
After what he did? No, why shouId I?
313
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,671
The court found him not guilty.
314
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,759
With respect, Mr Morse, the court was wrong.
315
00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,752
They were removing a mole. A simple operation.
316
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,348
Just about impossibIe for anything to go wrong.
317
00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:38,351
But it is possible.
318
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:43,076
That's what the judge said. There's always
an element of risk and l should understand that.
319
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,953
An aIIusion to my former profession, I think.
320
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,719
Where were you
the night Brewster was murdered?
321
00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:53,271
That was Tuesday, wasn't it?
322
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,995
l was at Newmarket in the afternoon.
l had a meal over there.
323
00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:01,796
Left about six and went to visit my daughter
at Burnley Green Hospital.
324
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,831
She's at Burnley Green?
325
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,912
- Yeah. Why?
- Go on.
326
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,355
l left at 7:30, made for home.
327
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,550
You came straight home?
328
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,194
No, no, l stopped at a pub to go to the loo.
329
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,311
That would have been about...eight.
330
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,149
l had a shandy, a go on the bandit,
read the paper -
331
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,396
even managed to do the whole crossword -
332
00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:26,431
and left about nine.
333
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,757
Would anyone remember you there?
Did you speak to anyone?
334
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,509
l doubt it. The only person l spoke to
was the barmaid who served me.
335
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:38,395
Oh, yeah. There was a lady who came in
and asked me to move my jacket
336
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,431
so she could sit down.
337
00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,471
And that was all?
338
00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,590
She said something
about how busy the place was. That was it.
339
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,711
This pub, have you been there before?
340
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,917
No, no. lt's called the...Black Swan.
341
00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:57,951
- On the road north.
- l know it.
342
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,590
- Will you be checking my story at the hospital?
- Oh, yes.
343
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,631
Any chance of a lift?
344
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,072
(Beeps)
345
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,869
Your business...why did you give it up?
346
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,514
There didn't seem any point to it.
347
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,189
When l started out,
it was to get the best for me and mine.
348
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,470
Only now there ain't any mine.
349
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,638
- Except AvriI.
- You're not married?
350
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,671
Divorced.
351
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:42,148
My wife, Julie, she felt as bad about Avril as l did,
but she thought it was wrong to dwell upon it.
352
00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,113
But I did dweII on it, Mr Morse.
353
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,834
So she left us.
354
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:53,398
As for myself, l've already got more money
than l need, so why...why go on?
355
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,871
You make it sound easy, making money.
356
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,673
lt was. How l made it.
357
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,758
GambIing. I Iiked it. I was good at it.
358
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,953
l don't think l could live with the uncertainty.
359
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,630
The person you want to see is Dr Greer.
360
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:24,156
He's in charge.
And do drop by and see us before you go.
361
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,676
Now...where were we?
362
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,911
Page 40, l think.
363
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,315
Oh, yeah, here we are. Page 40.
364
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,194
Chapter Seven.
Ginger continues her story.
365
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,515
You can confirm that he was here, Doctor?
366
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,518
Oh, yes, Chief lnspector. l was on duty.
367
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:01,791
He often visits at night.
368
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,309
Sometimes in the early hours of the morning.
369
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,193
He's absolutely devoted to the girl.
370
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,191
What kind of man is he?
371
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,993
ln my opinion, someone who's given up on life.
372
00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:15,315
Nothing seems to matter except the girl.
373
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:20,279
Even his wife left him, you know.
Can't say l blame her.
374
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,712
She saw it was hopeless and wanted
to put an end to it, but he wouldn't hear of it.
375
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,914
l take it the girl will never recover.
376
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,951
No. Never, Chief lnspector.
377
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,750
..wiII take as much care of them
378
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,359
as you or l could.
379
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:43,959
Doctor. Mr Morse.
380
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,038
AvriI, this is the poIiceman I was taIking about.
381
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,071
Chief Inspector Morse.
382
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,395
This is my girI AvriI, Chief Inspector.
383
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,395
You'll have to excuse her not getting up.
384
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,795
But after her run-in with the Brewsters,
385
00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:01,797
there's not much she can do.
386
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:04,711
l'm very sorry, Mr Steppings.
387
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,390
- Did you help out Mr Morse, Doctor?
- lndeed l have.
388
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:17,190
l'm intruding here.
You want to be alone with your daughter.
389
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,231
Dr Greer.
390
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,434
(Steppings reads) I assure you
I wiII not seII that pony for any money.
391
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,472
He's so perfectIy good-tempered
and trustworthy.
392
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,271
(Bell tolls)
393
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,351
JANE: John, is that you?
- Yeah.
394
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,471
JANE: Do you want something to eat?
395
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:07,871
No.
396
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,911
Coffee'll be fine.
397
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,751
You look tired.
398
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,791
- Has it been awful?
- Yes.
399
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,791
What do you expect?
400
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,831
John, listen...
401
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,350
l think l may have said too much
to that policeman...Morse.
402
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,391
What do you mean?
403
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:41,992
Oh, it's silly. l mentioned to him that
you and your father weren't on the best of terms.
404
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,634
l wasn't aware of what had happened at the time.
405
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,351
You told the truth.
406
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:53,434
Besides, l don't think Morse's interest in me
will last for very long.
407
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,511
(Machine whirs)
408
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,351
- Do we have a transcript?
- Yeah.
409
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,313
There was a request for one
from Michael Steppings.
410
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:28,556
- Did you see him yesterday?
- Yes.
411
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,798
He has a motive, a shaky alibi
and he knows how to use diving equipment.
412
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,718
- Sounds promising.
- l hope to God it's not, Lewis.
413
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:38,871
Afraid there's not much to tell.
414
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,551
No unidentified fingerprints, and the lettering
came from half a dozen different papers.
415
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,036
However, l put it on this machine here...
416
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,752
..and this cropped up.
417
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,031
Obviously written on a sheet
above the one used for the letter.
418
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,469
Just numbers. Could mean anything.
419
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,511
Any idea what they might be?
420
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:02,553
- Sorry. l did say there was nothing much.
- Can l have a copy of this?
421
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:09,398
l'm no lawyer, sir, but it seems to me
the Brewsters couldn't lose that case.
422
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:13,354
lt was a routine operation that they'd carried out
three or four times before.
423
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,836
The barrister was abIe to give the court
names, dates,
424
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:20,396
- even testimonies from gratefuI patients.
- And Steppings?
425
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,318
Oh, there's no doubt he did threaten all three, sir.
426
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,595
Here. ''l want justice for my little girl.
427
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:31,238
lf l don't get it here, l'll get it some other way.
l'll make the three of them pay.''
428
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,510
Then why wasn't Dr Brewster harmed?
429
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:41,720
And the nurse, Hazlitt? For a year she's worked
at the hospital where Steppings' daughter is.
430
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,115
They're both of them much easier targets.
431
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,551
WOMAN ON lNTERCOM: Yes?
432
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,910
- Miss Wendy Hazlitt?
- Yes.
433
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,271
- Chief lnspector Morse, Thames Valley ClD.
- Oh, hoId on.
434
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,192
lf you'd like to come through here,
Chief lnspector.
435
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:19,354
- Half an hour later and you would've missed me.
- You're going away?
436
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:23,189
- Just for a couple of days. To the Lake District.
- You're very fortunate.
437
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:28,348
Well, yes. Well...l'm an amateur painter.
l expect to be working, mostly.
438
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,630
How can l help you, Chief lnspector?
439
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,593
l'm investigating the murder of Mathew Brewster,
440
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,153
- Miss Hazlitt.
- Ah.
441
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,032
l'd like to talk to you
442
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,071
about Michael Steppings.
443
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,549
WeII, I don't actuaIIy know MichaeI Steppings,
444
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,193
Chief Inspector.
445
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:49,189
No, l appreciate that, but he did make
threats against you at the Brewster trial,
446
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:54,394
and l wondered if he'd approached you
or made any attempt to carry out his threats.
447
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,954
No. At least, not in the way you mean.
448
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:02,875
When l left Mathew - Mr Brewster's - clinic,
l tried to support myself by painting alone.
449
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,436
Unfortunately, that didn't work out
and l had to look for a job.
450
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,471
l was taken on at Burnley Green.
451
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:12,149
When Michael Steppings found out,
he tried to have me sacked.
452
00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:17,199
He does pay the hospital a great deal of money
for keeping his daughter there,
453
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,311
and l expected that he'd get his way.
454
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:23,956
But fortunately Dr Greer, one of the consultants
there, came up with a compromise.
455
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:29,279
He agreed to let me stay on provided l undertook
not to go near Avril Steppings.
456
00:34:31,240 --> 00:34:35,233
Mathew Brewster was sent a series
of anonymous letters after the trial.
457
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,271
Did you receive anything like that?
458
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,311
No. Never.
459
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,517
Do you think that Michael Steppings
sent those letters?
460
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,029
Unfortunately, we don't know who sent them.
461
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:50,631
Well, er...
462
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,354
l'm sorry l couldn't have been more help.
463
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,391
No, no. Not at all. Er...
464
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,472
..l'd better let you get on. l can see myself out.
465
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,511
Bye-bye.
466
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,957
? BEETHOVEN:
Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat (1 st Movement)
467
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:09,991
Think, damn you.
468
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,680
One sheet of paper. Blue.
469
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:16,951
Eight by five.
470
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:21,835
Two rows of numbers.
471
00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:26,676
To the left: 1 0, 50, 7.
472
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:29,990
To the right: 25...
473
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:45,069
Good morning, sir.
Constable Willis, Crime Prevention Unit.
474
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,270
- Are you the owner of the house?
- Yes.
475
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:51,678
There've been a number of burglaries
in the area, sir. Mainly in property like this.
476
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:55,190
WouId you mind if I checked your security
and offered some advice?
477
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,356
- Of course not. Come on in.
- Thank you.
478
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:05,555
Can l get you something, or do you blokes
really not drink on duty?
479
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,592
- A cup of tea will be fine, sir, thank you.
- Coming up.
480
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:11,029
My alarm system's controlled from in here.
481
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:34,270
- l must say it all seems rather elaborate, Morse.
- l've no real grounds for a warrant.
482
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:38,837
lf Steppings is innocent, l don't want to upset him
any more than is necessary.
483
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,918
You don't want to upset him?!
We're not the Samaritans.
484
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,474
A man's been murdered
and this Steppings is a suspect.
485
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,318
- l know that.
(Knock at door)
486
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:47,873
- Sir.
- What?
487
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,195
You were right about those numbers, sir.
488
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,834
He even gave Constable Willis a demonstration.
489
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,679
l've put him in the interview room.
l've cautioned him,
490
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,711
informed him of his rights.
491
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,469
Well, l'd say you've got yourself a result there,
Chief lnspector.
492
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,510
So get yourself down there, matey,
and give him hell.
493
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,070
Give him hell. Yes, sir.
494
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,998
(Buzzer)
495
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,308
You had a visit today
from a crime prevention officer, Mr Steppings.
496
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:24,355
Yeah, l did. Your sergeant says l'm being held
in connection with the Brewster murder.
497
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,313
- l don't understand.
- You have a safe, Mr Steppings.
498
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:31,558
- Yeah. Came with the house.
- You changed the combination six months ago?
499
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,309
- What's that got to do with anything?
- Did you keep a note of the combination?
500
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,830
Of course.
And a backup in case the original got lost.
501
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,599
Doesn't that rather defeat the purpose of a safe?
502
00:37:41,720 --> 00:37:45,235
l mean, having notes of the combination
lying around the house.
503
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,596
Not really, sir.
504
00:37:47,720 --> 00:37:50,154
Mr Steppings takes precautions.
505
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:54,114
He writes down his combination
on a sheet of paper and tears it in half.
506
00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:56,515
Hides the pieces in different pIaces.
507
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,438
- Isn't that right, Mr Steppings?
- Yeah.
508
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:02,358
STEPPlNGS: Look...
- ls that your combination?
509
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:05,998
Yes, it is.
510
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:08,991
Where the hell did you get this from?
511
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,550
Have you seen these before?
512
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:20,919
No.
513
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:22,951
You're lying.
514
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:28,836
A forensic examination showed that one of these
bore the combination to your safe.
515
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,316
They were sent anonymously
to Mathew Brewster.
516
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,231
All right.
517
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,271
l sent him some letters.
518
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,789
But you saw what they did to my girl, Mr Morse.
519
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,791
l had to get back at them some way.
520
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,236
l tried the law, it didn't work.
They walked away scot-free.
521
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,590
You threatened Mathew Brewster in court.
522
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,116
You sent him anonymous letters
threatening his life.
523
00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:01,356
And then Mathew Brewster was murdered,
524
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:06,838
possibly by someone who knew
how to use diving equipment...as you do.
525
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:08,871
Wait a minute, now.
526
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,878
l didn't kill anyone and l didn't threaten his life.
527
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:17,710
You are evil and you will pay.
l am going to kill you.
528
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,511
STEPPlNGS: Kill you?
529
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,670
l don't remember writing that. Not ''kill you''.
530
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,918
You expect us to believe that when you lied
about sending letters in the first place?
531
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:36,272
Look, you've got to understand.
l'd get drunk, l'd sit and brood.
532
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,358
l'd do one of these letters. What l'm saying is
533
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,391
I can't remember this.
534
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:46,471
l didn't kill that man, Mr Morse.
535
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,989
JOHN: Chief lnspector Morse has some news.
536
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,799
We're holding Michael Steppings
for questioning.
537
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,388
He's admitted sending letters to your husband.
538
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,431
And the murder?
539
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:05,790
Not yet. We only brought him in an hour ago.
540
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:10,873
Then thank you for bringing us the news
so quickly, Chief lnspector.
541
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,673
Er...has he said anything...
542
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:15,711
What can he say?
543
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:20,356
He'll probably be making the same old
accusations about his daughter, that's all.
544
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,391
lnspector?
545
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,556
- Your son's right.
- Of course l am.
546
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,632
We have a great deal to thank you for,
Chief lnspector.
547
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,878
Michael Steppings is being held for questioning,
Mr Brewster, that's all.
548
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,036
lf you'll excuse me.
l'll continue to keep you informed.
549
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,071
Thank you.
550
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,071
(Breathes heavily and groans)
551
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,194
You mustn't worry yourself. Promise me.
552
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,949
- l can't help it.
- You must help it.
553
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:06,278
There's nothing to fear from Michael Steppings.
Nothing at all.
554
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,111
What the hell's wrong with you?
555
00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:25,630
Finding out what those numbers meant
was a good piece of work.
556
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:27,671
lt was a lucky guess.
557
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,352
What would happen to her
if we did put him away?
558
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,751
Ah, that's it, is it?
559
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:38,791
The girl.
560
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:40,831
lt's got nothing to do with you, sir.
561
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:47,476
Anyway, we haven't even charged him yet,
never mind put him away.
562
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,114
No. No, you're right.
563
00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:53,949
But it's not just the girl.
There's the question of why he ignored
564
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:55,991
the other two people he threatened.
565
00:41:57,160 --> 00:42:01,870
Steppings isn't stupid, and yet we're to believe
that he forewarned his victim
566
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,514
by sending him anonymous letters.
567
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,999
You can have a solicitor present, you know that?
568
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,270
Will a solicitor get me out of here?
569
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:23,359
No. On the evidence l have,
l can hold you for 36 hours
570
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:26,074
and then appIy for an extension, if necessary.
571
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,350
ln the hope that l'll eventually confess.
572
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:30,152
Something like that.
573
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:34,751
l didn't kill him, Mr Morse.
574
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:42,949
l'd like you to do something, Mr Steppings.
575
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,149
You said that at the time of the murder
576
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:51,717
you were in a pub
from just before eight o'clock till after nine.
577
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:58,238
Now, I can take you there to see if anyone
remembers you...but onIy if you agree to go.
578
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,710
You're asking me to take a great chance.
That pub was crowded.
579
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:05,711
You said a woman spoke to you.
580
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:09,150
Yeah, she asked me to shift my jacket
so she could sit down.
581
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:13,717
That's all. Then she said something
about how busy the pub was. l told you this.
582
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,877
Just now, l don't have an alibi. So what?
583
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:20,311
l didn't do anything.
584
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:26,913
lf l go to that pub and they say, ''We haven't
seen him here,'' it might look bad for me.
585
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,076
lt looks bad either way.
586
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:34,950
lf you don't go, we might reasonably assume
you're afraid to because you weren't there.
587
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:39,431
You think about it, Mr Steppings.
588
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,311
Chief Inspector...
589
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:46,914
..you don't like this, do you?
590
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,235
No.
591
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:53,035
Well, if it makes it any easier,
592
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,276
l know it's the job.
593
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:00,551
You couId do something for me.
594
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,870
Ever since Avril's been in hospital,
l've never missed a day.
595
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,394
l'd like to know that everything's all right.
596
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:17,711
(Ventilator pumps and rattles)
597
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:19,352
Mr and Mrs Hart,
598
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:24,395
this gentleman has told us that he came here
last Tuesday evening shortly before eight,
599
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,193
and he stayed till just after nine.
600
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:32,068
- Can either of you remember seeing him here?
- l can't, no.
601
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,998
That doesn't mean he wasn't here.
The pub gets crowded
602
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:37,554
- that time of night.
MORSE: I understand.
603
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,558
No. No, he was here.
604
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:43,557
You're sure, Mrs Hart?
605
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,796
lt was his clothes, his suit.
606
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:48,831
Not that one, but one Iike it.
607
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:53,078
Expensive-Iooking, I mean.
I remember thinking that when I served him.
608
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:55,760
Jesus. My suit.
609
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:57,791
You're sure about the time
610
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:00,514
- and the day?
- l'm sorry.
611
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:02,915
l only know it was recently.
612
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:05,433
Mr Morse?
613
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:08,871
lt's not enough.
614
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:14,517
But it had to be that night.
l've never been in here before or since.
615
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:16,551
For God's sake,
616
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:19,148
- she recognised me.
- Take it easy, Mr Steppings.
617
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:21,635
- Take it easy? Don't...
MRS HART: Steppings?
618
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:23,557
Michael Steppings?
619
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:26,797
- Yes.
MORSE: What is it, Mrs Hart?
620
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:28,831
He's right.
621
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,555
lt was Tuesday night.
Though l'm still not sure about the time.
622
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:34,750
MRS HART: You Iost something.
623
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,911
No, l didn't lose anything.
624
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:41,077
Yes, you did. Your chequebook.
A customer handed it in.
625
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:46,153
A woman. She was sitting next to you
and noticed it after you left.
626
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:49,192
She said she went after you but you drove off.
627
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,754
This woman saw Mr Steppings leave?
628
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,713
- Yes.
- Where's the chequebook now, Mrs Hart?
629
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:58,719
l kept it for a few days,
thinking he'd come back for it. When he didn't,
630
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:02,389
- I posted it to his bank in Oxford.
- Could be in the post office.
631
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:05,671
- Get onto it, Lewis.
- Could l use your phone?
632
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:07,916
Yeah, l'll show you. ln the office.
633
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:12,072
Mrs Hart, we'd like you to come with us
to the station.
634
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:19,317
Why do you have to have it now?
Can't you take her word for it, wait till it turns up?
635
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:24,912
lf the woman handed the book in, her prints
will be on it. They might help us to trace her.
636
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:28,476
At the very least,
they can confirm her identity if we find her.
637
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:35,908
CLAlRE: But can't you teII me any more?
638
00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:39,231
Oh, I understand.
639
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:41,510
Yes. Thank you, Chief Inspector.
640
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:43,551
PIease Iet me know what happens.
641
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:51,511
Was that Morse?
642
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:53,551
Yes. l enquired about Steppings.
643
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:57,751
Has he confessed?
644
00:47:57,880 --> 00:47:59,552
No.
645
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,797
Morse mentioned some new development,
but that was all.
646
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:05,791
- He didn't say what?
- No.
647
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:09,555
But l expect we'll find out in due course.
648
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:16,195
MORSE: These are the fingerprints
on Steppings' chequebook.
649
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:20,677
This is Steppings',
which matches the sample we took ourselves.
650
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,394
This is Mrs Hart's and the one we took.
651
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,875
These, we suspect,
belong to our missing witness.
652
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:32,749
What exactly do we know for certain, Morse?
653
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:34,916
That he was in the pub on Tuesday night.
654
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:37,508
What we don't know is what time he left.
655
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:42,115
Normally, Brewster arrived home around 8:40.
656
00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:47,155
To be there in time to kiII him, Steppings
wouId have had to Ieave the pub at...
657
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:49,271
- 8:20 at the latest.
(Knock at door)
658
00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:53,431
Nothing from Criminal Records yet, sir.
659
00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:57,030
Well, that settles it.
You'd better try for a television, then.
660
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:08,279
Cheer up. We might get lucky.
661
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:10,311
l don't know, Lewis.
662
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:13,477
Could be a thousand reasons
for her not to come forward.
663
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:18,191
What if she's a married woman?
664
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:22,199
She might not want her husband to know
she spoke to a strange man in a pub.
665
00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:27,189
- She asked him to move his jacket.
- And went on to say the pub was crowded.
666
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:29,231
lt was. The landlord said so.
667
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:32,550
But that's not the point, is it?
668
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:34,875
Her second comment was unnecessary,
669
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:36,672
voIuntary.
670
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:40,991
She was out on her own, Lewis.
671
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:43,031
Good God, do I have to speII it out?
672
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:46,118
l am interested in hearing
what you have to say, sir.
673
00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:48,800
lt was obviously a flirtation, Lewis.
674
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:52,629
lnnocent, l'm sure. But l doubt
if her husband would see it that way.
675
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:55,832
TV: Oxford poIice are interested
in hearing from anyone
676
00:49:55,960 --> 00:50:01,353
who visited this popuIar pubIic house on the
Woodeaton Road, north of Oxford, Iast Tuesday.
677
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:06,156
You might have noticed this weII-dressed man
of stocky buiId with grey/brown hair.
678
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:09,590
We know the man was in the BIack Swan
Iast Tuesday night,
679
00:50:09,720 --> 00:50:13,679
and we know he Iost an item of vaIue
when he was in there.
680
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:18,799
This item was subsequentIy
handed in to the IandIady by a woman.
681
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:21,832
We wouId very much Iike
to speak to this woman and...
682
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:26,071
(Sighs)
683
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:31,951
What's wrong?
684
00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:36,031
What's wrong?
685
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:38,515
What do you think is wrong?
686
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:40,551
l don't like watching it.
687
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:43,991
What a bloody stupid question.
688
00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:46,031
Hang on.
689
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:48,549
Don't take this out on me. lt's just not fair.
690
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:55,670
lt must be terrible for you, l can see that,
691
00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:58,268
but they've got this Steppings, haven't they?
692
00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:01,271
lt'll be all over soon.
693
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:03,311
(Animated chatter)
694
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:06,351
(Phones ringing)
695
00:51:10,240 --> 00:51:12,629
Sarge, this one sounds promising.
696
00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:16,554
lt's a Miss Jeffries.
697
00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:18,238
Hello, Miss Jeffries.
698
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:20,271
(Phone rings)
699
00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:32,951
Morse.
700
00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:34,991
When?
701
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:37,991
ln Yorkshire?
702
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:40,031
No, no, no. Wait till l get there.
703
00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:53,755
MORSE: We've had a caII
from a Margaret Jeffries, who Iives in Harrogate.
704
00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:57,668
She saw the broadcast and cIaims to be
the woman who spoke to you in the pub.
705
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:01,793
Your photograph and the third fingerprint
taken from your chequebook
706
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:03,831
have been faxed to Harrogate ClD.
707
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:06,997
She's agreed to be interviewed in the morning.
708
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:09,031
You've found her?
709
00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:10,798
Mm-hm.
710
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:14,116
What if she's some kind of nutter?
711
00:52:14,240 --> 00:52:16,151
A crank.
712
00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:18,510
You must get people like that all the time.
713
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:22,189
We get our fair share,
but we have the fingerprint.
714
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:24,834
We have that, Mr Steppings.
715
00:52:28,720 --> 00:52:31,314
Well, l must say, l never thought l'd see the day.
716
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:35,513
- What's that, sir?
- That l'd be trying to get a bookmaker out of jail.
717
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:39,633
And why have l never met this Steppings?
That's what l can't understand.
718
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:41,990
Normally these nouveau-riche types
719
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:46,352
are hammering on the door of society circIes
five minutes after they arrive from London.
720
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:49,552
You mean you've never come across him
down at the Lodge, sir?
721
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:54,034
Not quite, Sergeant. What's so funny, Morse?
722
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:56,071
Nothing, sir.
723
00:52:56,200 --> 00:53:01,558
l was just reflecting on what Sergeant Lewis
considers to be polite society in Oxfordshire.
724
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:05,070
l see. Well, you might refIect on this.
725
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:08,033
What happens
if Steppings' story is confirmed, hm?
726
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:10,151
Do we have another direction to go in?
727
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:12,191
No, sir.
728
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:15,153
Since Brewster's death
was confirmed as murder,
729
00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:17,589
all the facts have pointed towards Steppings.
730
00:53:17,720 --> 00:53:19,756
We've had no reason to look elsewhere.
731
00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:21,711
(Knock at door)
732
00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:24,400
This has just come through, sir.
733
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:31,358
MORSE: At 8am,
two officers from Harrogate CID
734
00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:34,199
interviewed Margaret Jeffries at her home.
735
00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:36,515
She voIunteered to be fingerprinted
736
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:39,154
and her prints matched those
on your chequebook.
737
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:41,271
Could she say what time l left the pub?
738
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:45,632
- No, she can't.
- What? After all this.
739
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:47,716
Let me finish, Mr Steppings.
740
00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:51,719
She can be certain
about the time she went into the pub.
741
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:55,719
She was listening to the 8:30 news
as she drove into the car park.
742
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:57,558
What does that mean?
743
00:53:57,680 --> 00:54:01,070
lt means that at the time
she sat down next to you,
744
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,760
Mathew Brewster was arriving home
745
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:05,791
to be met by his kiIIer.
746
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:10,676
You can Ieave here whenever you want.
747
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:22,391
NURSE: HeIIo, Mr Steppings.
748
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:25,318
l can come back and do this later, if you like.
749
00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:27,556
Thank you. l'd appreciate that, Nurse.
750
00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:35,591
Nurse? These flowers?
751
00:54:35,720 --> 00:54:38,792
They arrived this morning. There was no card.
752
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:50,871
l'm sorry l've been away.
753
00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:55,271
l'm so sorry.
754
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:04,672
GlRL: David.
755
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:06,711
David.
756
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:09,991
David.
757
00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:12,031
GlRL: David, where are you?
758
00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:23,751
- Everything all right?
- Yeah.
759
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,354
There were some fresh flowers in Avril's room.
760
00:55:29,080 --> 00:55:31,799
l hope you don't mind. l was passing a florist's...
761
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:34,911
l saw them and l sent them.
762
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:44,829
STEPPlNGS: This is a nice pIace.
763
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:48,236
You know, l've got two things in this world,
Mr Morse.
764
00:55:48,360 --> 00:55:50,874
l've got Avril and l've got money.
765
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:54,714
And l can never give you my girl, but...
766
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:56,956
maybe this.
767
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:06,068
- Mr Steppings...
- Just put your name on it. l'd got ten times that,
768
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:08,555
last time l looked. l won't miss it.
769
00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:11,752
l was going to say that what l did...
770
00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:13,632
that's my job.
771
00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:18,430
This is not for what you did.
This is for the flowers.
772
00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:23,315
AII the time my girI's been there,
you're the first person to treat her
773
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:25,715
as though she's still alive.
774
00:56:29,480 --> 00:56:33,359
lt's... lt's very generous of you, but l can't accept.
775
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:35,311
You could go anywhere you like.
776
00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:38,352
Yes, l could.
But what would l do when l get there?
777
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:43,436
lt's a pity you don't gamble, Mr Morse.
778
00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:45,471
Cards should be your game.
779
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:50,037
Mind you, if you ever do take it up,
remind me not to sit in with you.
780
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:52,071
(Morse chuckles)
781
00:56:57,760 --> 00:56:59,671
What will happen to Avril?
782
00:57:00,760 --> 00:57:02,671
(Sighs)
783
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:05,671
l'm not stupid, Mr Morse.
784
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:07,995
l know l can't keep her like that for ever.
785
00:57:08,120 --> 00:57:11,032
But...l can't let her go right now.
786
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:18,036
When l was in that cell, l kept wondering
what would happen to her if l didn't get out.
787
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:22,756
l cursed myself for having sent those letters,
but l had to get back at them some way.
788
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:27,510
But why just Mathew Brewster?
Why not his wife or the nurse, Hazlitt?
789
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:32,316
Well...l supposed the Brewsters could share his.
790
00:57:32,440 --> 00:57:36,672
As for the nurse... Well, that would have been
a dead giveaway, wouldn't it?
791
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:39,911
l was never that drunk.
792
00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:43,999
Why would the nurse cover up for them?
793
00:57:45,960 --> 00:57:47,871
That's a good question, Mr Morse.
794
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:53,434
When we were preparing the court case,
my QC hired a private detective
795
00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:57,075
to talk to other patients
and have a look at the Brewsters.
796
00:57:57,200 --> 00:57:59,634
Anyway, this character comes back and says
797
00:57:59,760 --> 00:58:03,594
he thinks Mathew Brewster and Wendy Hazlitt
are having an affair.
798
00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:07,554
Brewster was a regular visitor to her flat,
he says.
799
00:58:08,840 --> 00:58:12,628
lf they were lovers, that would explain
why she covered up for him,
800
00:58:12,760 --> 00:58:14,671
wouldn't it?
801
00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:18,515
STEPPlNGS: That's my theory, anyway.
802
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:23,594
LEWlS: I don't know, sir. A private detective?
803
00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:25,631
They tend to spice up their reports.
804
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:28,877
Yes, but if Brewster and the nurse
were having an affair,
805
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:31,434
this could be a crime of passion, couldn't it?
806
00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:34,431
lf it was, can we stop at the nurse?
807
00:58:34,560 --> 00:58:37,870
There's Claire Brewster.
She might have found out about it.
808
00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:44,318
She's an unlikely killer, Lewis, especially
given the way it was done - tied and gagged.
809
00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:48,278
And then there's this theory about the aqualung.
810
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:52,154
MORSE: It's highIy doubtfuI, given her condition.
811
00:58:53,280 --> 00:58:56,511
CLAlRE: Ah, Chief lnspector, do come in.
MORSE: Thank you.
812
00:58:56,640 --> 00:58:59,632
CLAlRE: Would you mind
coming through to the kitchen?
813
00:59:05,520 --> 00:59:07,431
You have some news.
814
00:59:07,560 --> 00:59:09,471
Yes, l do.
815
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:13,230
We've released Michael Steppings.
816
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:16,231
He had an alibi.
817
00:59:16,360 --> 00:59:19,033
l am relieved it's not Steppings.
818
00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:21,071
CLAlRE: Coffee?
819
00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:23,236
MORSE: No, thank you.
820
00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:26,431
So, what will you do now?
821
00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:30,997
Er...that depends on the outcome
of this conversation.
822
00:59:32,120 --> 00:59:34,031
l don't understand.
823
00:59:35,240 --> 00:59:37,151
Dr Brewster...
824
00:59:37,280 --> 00:59:42,752
it's been suggested to us that your husband
may have had an affair with Wendy HazIitt.
825
00:59:45,360 --> 00:59:49,353
l have to know if that's true
if l'm to conduct this inquiry effectively.
826
00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:52,391
Can you tell me if that's true?
827
00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:58,513
Yes, Chief lnspector, it was true.
828
01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:04,879
Well, Wendy is a young, attractive woman,
829
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:08,436
and sometimes
when a husband and wife work and live together,
830
01:00:08,560 --> 01:00:11,597
they can become a IittIe tired
of each other's company.
831
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:15,269
Were they still seeing each other
prior to your husband's death?
832
01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:17,311
No, they were not.
833
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:22,679
- When did the affair end?
- Two years ago, when Wendy left the clinic.
834
01:00:22,800 --> 01:00:25,075
Were there recriminations?
835
01:00:27,120 --> 01:00:31,591
l understand Wendy had some idea
of a future for herself with Mathew, yes.
836
01:00:31,720 --> 01:00:33,995
And when he chose to end the affair,
837
01:00:34,120 --> 01:00:36,554
she had difficulty accepting his decision.
838
01:00:36,680 --> 01:00:38,989
But what has this to do with Mathew's death?
839
01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:42,192
Perhaps nothing. l'm sorry l had to ask.
840
01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:45,351
You needn't be, Chief lnspector.
841
01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:47,914
As I said, it was over a Iong time ago.
842
01:00:57,400 --> 01:00:59,311
- Sergeant Lewis?
- That's right.
843
01:00:59,440 --> 01:01:01,476
l'm Wendy Hazlitt. You asked to see me.
844
01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:04,512
Yeah. ls there somewhere we could talk?
845
01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:06,551
Yes. Why don't we go outside?
846
01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:11,919
Miss Hazlitt, you and Mathew Brewster,
847
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:16,795
your...your relationship
was more than just professional.
848
01:01:16,920 --> 01:01:18,831
Yes. Yes, it was.
849
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:23,833
Ah. Can you tell me where you were on the night
he was murdered?
850
01:01:24,920 --> 01:01:29,311
l obviously remember quite well, Sergeant.
l was at home finishing a painting.
851
01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:32,477
- Can anybody verify that?
- No, l was alone all evening.
852
01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:36,151
Surely you don't suspect me?
853
01:01:37,240 --> 01:01:41,631
ln a murder inquiry, Miss Hazlitt, we have to
question anybody close to the victim.
854
01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:43,671
But why should l kill him?
855
01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:46,314
Mathew and l were planning to marry.
856
01:01:46,440 --> 01:01:49,830
Oh, yeah. He was going to leave his wife for me.
857
01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:58,036
Now the clinic was a success financially, he
could afford to take care of Claire and marry me.
858
01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:00,469
lt's what we'd always dreamed of.
859
01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:02,511
Can you prove that, Miss Hazlitt?
860
01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:06,469
l'm not sure.
861
01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:09,194
l know that Mathew told his son John
of our plans,
862
01:02:09,320 --> 01:02:12,756
and that his mother would need
a great deal of help and support,
863
01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:15,110
and that he'd have to provide that for her.
864
01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:18,471
But as to whether or not John would confirm it,
l'm not sure.
865
01:02:19,560 --> 01:02:21,790
Not if he thought it was going to help me.
866
01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:24,951
MORSE: Married?!
867
01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:29,551
l've just spoken to Mrs Brewster.
She said the affair ended two years ago.
868
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:31,591
Do you believe her, this nurse?
869
01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:36,430
She claimed Mathew Brewster told someone
else about their intentions. His son John.
870
01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:42,908
Sir, couIdn't it have been the son?
871
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,468
When you think about it,
it wouId make sense.
872
01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:48,909
We know there was no love lost between them.
873
01:02:50,840 --> 01:02:54,879
John Brewster watches his parents
break their backs to make that clinic a success.
874
01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:57,116
Probably destroyed his mother's health.
875
01:02:57,240 --> 01:02:59,959
Then the old man wants to dump her
for another woman.
876
01:03:00,080 --> 01:03:04,471
His mother's dying, sir.
John's hardIy IikeIy to be overjoyed, is he?
877
01:03:04,600 --> 01:03:06,511
So, he kiIIs him.
878
01:03:06,640 --> 01:03:11,873
Tries to make it look like suicide, botches the job,
and then he remembers Michael Steppings.
879
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:14,036
Steppings' letters.
880
01:03:14,160 --> 01:03:19,109
lt would explain why he took his time bringing
them to us, sir. He was thinking it all through.
881
01:03:21,280 --> 01:03:24,590
He may have been doing more
than thinking it through, Lewis.
882
01:03:27,680 --> 01:03:31,673
Steppings said he couldn't remember
making any specific death threat.
883
01:03:32,760 --> 01:03:34,671
lf you're right about John Brewster,
884
01:03:34,800 --> 01:03:37,030
that he's been trying to frame Steppings,
885
01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:39,355
then isn't it just possible
886
01:03:39,480 --> 01:03:41,675
that Steppings didn't make this threat?
887
01:03:41,800 --> 01:03:43,791
FORENSlC SClENTlST: As I said before,
888
01:03:43,920 --> 01:03:46,992
the newsprint came from several sources
and told us nothing.
889
01:03:47,120 --> 01:03:49,156
But this time l looked at the adhesive.
890
01:03:50,840 --> 01:03:55,436
The same stuff was used throughout,
except for this phrase - ''l'm going to kill you''.
891
01:03:55,560 --> 01:03:57,152
As you can see,
892
01:03:57,280 --> 01:04:00,556
that is most certainIy different from the rest.
893
01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:08,829
- Do you want to pick him up?
- On what charge?
894
01:04:08,960 --> 01:04:11,997
We could try for conspiracy,
see where it takes us.
895
01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:14,759
lt would be Brewster's word against Steppings'.
896
01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:18,793
Steppings is on record as saying
he can't remember making the threats.
897
01:04:18,920 --> 01:04:21,559
- He didn't actually deny it.
- There's the glue.
898
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:23,591
We could try and make that stick.
899
01:04:23,720 --> 01:04:25,631
Couldn't we?
900
01:04:25,760 --> 01:04:27,671
Lewis.
901
01:04:32,480 --> 01:04:34,710
LEWlS: There must be something we can do.
902
01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:37,673
We need a fact, Lewis. Nothing Iess.
903
01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:41,793
LEWlS: We haven't reaIIy Iooked into
this aquaIung theory yet, have we?
904
01:04:41,920 --> 01:04:46,152
MORSE: Can't be many pIaces in Oxford
seIIing diving equipment, can there?
905
01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:50,113
No, sir.
There might be a record of saIe somewhere.
906
01:04:55,760 --> 01:04:58,399
- Another blank, sir.
- What did he say?
907
01:04:58,520 --> 01:05:03,116
He sells diving equipment all right,
but not off the shelf. There's not the demand.
908
01:05:03,240 --> 01:05:07,916
lf you want it, you have to order it. And there's
no record of Brewster ordering anything.
909
01:05:08,040 --> 01:05:11,350
MORSE: There's nowhere else, is there?
- Not in Oxford, sir.
910
01:05:14,880 --> 01:05:17,599
LEWlS: That bloke did mention one possibility.
911
01:05:17,720 --> 01:05:22,271
But Brewster would have to be stupid, sir.
lt's way too obvious.
912
01:05:39,800 --> 01:05:41,711
(Cox shouts orders)
913
01:05:47,720 --> 01:05:51,633
MAN: What can l do for you?
- Chief lnspector Morse. This is Sergeant Lewis.
914
01:05:51,760 --> 01:05:53,876
MORSE: Do you have a membership list?
- Yes.
915
01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:55,433
- Could we see it?
- Yes.
916
01:05:58,360 --> 01:06:01,272
This is the present list. lt's in alphabetical order.
917
01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:11,671
Nothing, sir.
918
01:06:11,800 --> 01:06:15,031
As you said, he's not that stupid.
l'm sorry to trouble you.
919
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:17,071
No trouble.
920
01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:20,831
Lewis?
921
01:06:21,960 --> 01:06:23,871
This...J Folley.
922
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:26,878
LEWlS: That isn't Jane FoIIey, is it?
- Jane, yeah.
923
01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:29,275
Do all the members have lockers?
924
01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:31,516
- Yes.
- And the keys?
925
01:06:31,640 --> 01:06:33,835
l've got one set, they've got another.
926
01:06:48,840 --> 01:06:50,592
We've got him, sir.
927
01:06:54,400 --> 01:06:56,311
(Sighs)
928
01:07:21,960 --> 01:07:23,871
PORTER: Mr Brewster.
929
01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:28,791
LEWlS: Thank you.
930
01:07:31,560 --> 01:07:33,676
Chief lnspector. What brings you here?
931
01:07:35,080 --> 01:07:39,790
Your father was murdered, Mr Brewster.
Why should a visit from the police seem so odd?
932
01:07:39,920 --> 01:07:42,036
You're right. lt shouldn't, l suppose.
933
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:45,316
l don't know what's wrong with me today.
934
01:07:45,440 --> 01:07:47,476
l was trying to read before you came in.
935
01:07:48,840 --> 01:07:53,470
Couldn't. Do you ever find that, Chief lnspector?
You're reading and your mind's...
936
01:07:53,600 --> 01:07:55,511
Mr Brewster,
937
01:07:55,640 --> 01:08:01,397
this afternoon we found out that Jane Folley
is a member of the University subaqua club.
938
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:04,717
You told me you didn't know anyone
who was interested in diving.
939
01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:07,711
Did l?
940
01:08:07,840 --> 01:08:09,751
l must have forgotten, that's all.
941
01:08:11,320 --> 01:08:13,754
Why did you wait before bringing us the letters?
942
01:08:13,880 --> 01:08:17,759
- Chief lnspector, l told you...
- We think one of the letters was altered.
943
01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:19,791
- How ''altered''?
- A phrase was added.
944
01:08:19,920 --> 01:08:22,354
A specific death threat against your father.
945
01:08:22,480 --> 01:08:27,076
Michael Steppings couldn't remember doing it.
l think you did.
946
01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:29,156
Nonsense. You can't prove that.
947
01:08:29,280 --> 01:08:31,510
Your father intended to leave your mother,
948
01:08:31,640 --> 01:08:33,153
- didn't he?
- What?
949
01:08:33,280 --> 01:08:35,840
He and Wendy Hazlitt planned to marry.
950
01:08:51,360 --> 01:08:52,793
Chief Inspector,
951
01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:57,710
l hear everything you're saying,
but l can't believe you're saying it.
952
01:08:57,840 --> 01:08:59,751
(Door opens)
953
01:08:59,880 --> 01:09:03,190
MORSE: Detective Sergeant Lewis
entered the room at 22:02.
954
01:09:05,360 --> 01:09:08,670
- lt's all there, sir.
JOHN: What is it?
955
01:09:08,800 --> 01:09:10,711
What is that, Morse?
956
01:09:10,840 --> 01:09:16,039
lt's a forensic report on a roll of tape we found
in Jane Folley's locker at the subaqua club.
957
01:09:18,680 --> 01:09:21,353
MORSE: It says, categoricaIIy says,
958
01:09:21,480 --> 01:09:24,597
that the piece of tape used to gag your father
959
01:09:24,720 --> 01:09:27,712
was the Iast piece torn from the roII.
960
01:09:31,720 --> 01:09:37,113
They've even sent a photograph showing
how they match. Would you like to see it?
961
01:09:47,880 --> 01:09:50,917
Now, are we to believe
that Jane Folley is the killer,
962
01:09:51,040 --> 01:09:52,951
Mr Brewster?
963
01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:55,678
No.
964
01:09:56,760 --> 01:09:58,671
l'm the one you want.
965
01:10:01,800 --> 01:10:03,711
l killed him.
966
01:10:05,080 --> 01:10:06,991
He was going to leave my mother.
967
01:10:07,120 --> 01:10:09,031
After aII she'd done for him.
968
01:10:09,160 --> 01:10:12,152
l should remind you
that this interview is being taped.
969
01:10:13,400 --> 01:10:15,311
l wish to make a full statement.
970
01:10:17,760 --> 01:10:19,990
l'd like you to give this news to my mother.
971
01:10:22,080 --> 01:10:25,834
And for the love of God,
get Mark Felsham there when you do.
972
01:10:25,960 --> 01:10:27,598
Please.
973
01:10:27,720 --> 01:10:31,599
? MOZART: Adagio from Piano Concerto in A
974
01:10:33,320 --> 01:10:38,269
l...can't understand his reluctance
to tell us more about it.
975
01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:40,311
Can you?
976
01:10:42,440 --> 01:10:44,351
You know what policemen are like.
977
01:10:46,360 --> 01:10:48,271
Everything by the book.
978
01:10:54,640 --> 01:10:56,517
You all right?
979
01:10:56,640 --> 01:10:58,835
Yeah, yeah.
980
01:11:05,440 --> 01:11:08,876
- Thank you for coming, Doctor.
- l'd rather be a million miles away.
981
01:11:09,000 --> 01:11:11,355
- Are you sure about this?
- John's confessed.
982
01:11:11,480 --> 01:11:13,471
Right now he's making a full statement.
983
01:11:19,440 --> 01:11:22,159
- Chief lnspector.
- Good evening, Mrs Brewster.
984
01:11:22,280 --> 01:11:23,315
Claire...
985
01:11:25,080 --> 01:11:27,548
..Chief lnspector Morse has some bad news.
986
01:11:27,680 --> 01:11:29,591
FELSHAM: Very bad news.
987
01:11:31,640 --> 01:11:33,312
Oh.
988
01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:35,351
Then perhaps l'd better hear it.
989
01:11:36,440 --> 01:11:38,829
Earlier today, l took your son into custody.
990
01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:41,911
This evening he admitted
991
01:11:42,040 --> 01:11:45,316
- killing his father.
- That's ridiculous.
992
01:11:46,440 --> 01:11:48,749
John killed his father?
993
01:11:48,880 --> 01:11:50,791
l have never heard such rubbish.
994
01:11:52,320 --> 01:11:54,436
Why would he? Tell me that. Why would he?
995
01:11:56,040 --> 01:12:02,479
Your husband told him that he was leaving you
and that he was going to marry Wendy Hazlitt.
996
01:12:04,240 --> 01:12:06,390
That is vile rubbish.
997
01:12:08,960 --> 01:12:12,032
Mathew left that slut two years ago. He told me.
998
01:12:13,360 --> 01:12:15,191
He said he'd made a mistake
999
01:12:15,320 --> 01:12:17,709
- and begged for my forgiveness.
- Claire...
1000
01:12:17,840 --> 01:12:21,628
No, l won't have it. l won't listen to this.
l want to see my son.
1001
01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:23,830
That's not wise.
1002
01:12:23,960 --> 01:12:25,871
May l see him?
1003
01:12:26,960 --> 01:12:29,428
May l speak to my son?
1004
01:12:29,560 --> 01:12:31,471
Hm?
1005
01:12:31,600 --> 01:12:33,511
Wait for me.
1006
01:12:58,280 --> 01:13:00,191
(Gasps for breath)
1007
01:13:02,400 --> 01:13:04,311
(Groans in pain)
1008
01:13:27,720 --> 01:13:29,631
(Monitor bleeps)
1009
01:13:43,400 --> 01:13:45,311
Can she survive, Doctor?
1010
01:13:45,440 --> 01:13:49,592
She's had a massive heart attack,
Chief lnspector. The odds are not good.
1011
01:13:49,720 --> 01:13:53,235
Mark, what the hell's going on?
Why wasn't l called earlier?
1012
01:13:53,360 --> 01:13:55,669
This is Chief lnspector Morse.
1013
01:13:55,800 --> 01:13:58,439
This is Thomas Neely, the Brewsters' solicitor.
1014
01:13:58,560 --> 01:14:01,120
ln the circumstances, l thought it best to call him.
1015
01:14:01,240 --> 01:14:03,071
Why wasn't l told about this?
1016
01:14:03,200 --> 01:14:07,193
Your client was informed of his rights, Mr Neely.
He didn't ask for a solicitor.
1017
01:14:07,320 --> 01:14:09,834
l see. He sat there
and confessed to murder, hm?
1018
01:14:09,960 --> 01:14:13,191
Yes. l intend listening to his confession
in the morning.
1019
01:14:13,320 --> 01:14:16,118
You're welcome to be there, say...ten o'clock.
1020
01:14:16,240 --> 01:14:20,119
ln the meantime, l'd like to speak to my client,
if you don't mind.
1021
01:14:20,240 --> 01:14:22,151
Why should l mind?
1022
01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:29,389
STEPPlNGS: Morning.
MORSE: Morning.
1023
01:14:31,280 --> 01:14:33,157
MORSE: You got it back.
1024
01:14:33,280 --> 01:14:35,555
A blocked fuel line, they say. Come on.
1025
01:14:35,680 --> 01:14:38,399
- l was going to give it a trial run.
- No, thank you.
1026
01:14:39,480 --> 01:14:44,554
l thought you should know that we've arrested
someone for Mathew Brewster's murder.
1027
01:14:45,760 --> 01:14:47,671
- Who?
- His son John.
1028
01:14:48,800 --> 01:14:52,998
You're joking?
Why should a son want to kill his father?
1029
01:14:53,120 --> 01:14:56,396
He didn't like the idea of his father
taking off with another woman.
1030
01:14:56,520 --> 01:14:58,033
- The nurse?
- Yes.
1031
01:15:00,320 --> 01:15:05,633
l don't expect you'll agree, Mr Morse, but l can't
help seeing it as some kind of justice for Avril.
1032
01:15:05,760 --> 01:15:07,671
l can't see it that way, no.
1033
01:15:07,800 --> 01:15:12,828
But if l'm wrong, Mrs Brewster hasn't escaped
her measure of divine judgment.
1034
01:15:12,960 --> 01:15:14,871
How's that, Mr Morse?
1035
01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:17,389
She collapsed when we told her about her son.
1036
01:15:18,640 --> 01:15:20,551
She'll be all right, though?
1037
01:15:20,680 --> 01:15:22,591
Her chances aren't very good.
1038
01:15:36,200 --> 01:15:38,919
LEWlS ON TAPE:
On the night of the murder, Mr Brewster,
1039
01:15:39,040 --> 01:15:40,951
can you teII me what happened?
1040
01:15:41,080 --> 01:15:44,277
JOHN ON TAPE:
I parked the car out of sight near the house.
1041
01:15:45,360 --> 01:15:50,070
I'd taken Jane's aquaIung from the cIub,
and some rope and tape from the boot of my car.
1042
01:15:51,160 --> 01:15:54,277
I waIked back to the garage and waited.
I had a gun.
1043
01:15:56,200 --> 01:16:00,910
When my father drove into the garage, I got in
behind him and tied him into the car seat.
1044
01:16:02,600 --> 01:16:06,195
- There's a lot more to come, sir.
- l want to hear something again.
1045
01:16:06,320 --> 01:16:09,756
JOHN: I waIked back to the garage and waited.
I had a gun.
1046
01:16:11,520 --> 01:16:15,035
When my father drove into the garage,
I got in behind him and...
1047
01:16:16,200 --> 01:16:18,111
What is it, Morse? Something wrong?
1048
01:16:19,200 --> 01:16:22,670
l want to talk to him again,
and l'd like you there, Mr Neely.
1049
01:16:22,800 --> 01:16:27,191
Your solicitor has objected to your treatment
here, Mr Brewster.
1050
01:16:29,120 --> 01:16:32,192
He wants you to go over your statement again.
1051
01:16:33,680 --> 01:16:35,875
You freely admit to killing your father?
1052
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:38,116
Yes.
1053
01:16:38,240 --> 01:16:41,471
You waited until he drove into the garage,
1054
01:16:41,600 --> 01:16:44,114
- got in behind him...
- Yes.
1055
01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:46,631
How many more times
1056
01:16:46,760 --> 01:16:50,355
- do I have to say it?
- When you say you waited in the garage,
1057
01:16:50,480 --> 01:16:52,391
do you mean you were hiding there?
1058
01:16:53,840 --> 01:16:55,398
Yes.
1059
01:16:55,520 --> 01:16:59,752
But how could you have known that your father
would drive into the garage?
1060
01:16:59,880 --> 01:17:03,668
Your mother said that if he intended
Ieaving earIy in the morning,
1061
01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:05,756
he often parked in the drive.
1062
01:17:08,120 --> 01:17:10,759
- l just don't know how...
- I waved him in.
1063
01:17:10,880 --> 01:17:12,791
(Clears throat)
1064
01:17:12,920 --> 01:17:14,797
That was it, l waved him in.
1065
01:17:14,920 --> 01:17:19,038
I remembered, when I was hiding in the garage,
that he might not come in,
1066
01:17:19,160 --> 01:17:21,913
so l waved him in.
1067
01:17:22,040 --> 01:17:24,554
You waved him in.
1068
01:17:28,480 --> 01:17:30,391
Satisfied, Mr Neely?
1069
01:17:31,840 --> 01:17:33,353
Yes.
1070
01:17:35,200 --> 01:17:37,555
NEELY: Chief Inspector.
1071
01:17:37,680 --> 01:17:39,591
What the heII was that aII about?
1072
01:17:39,720 --> 01:17:42,314
Would you agree that your client just lied to me?
1073
01:17:42,440 --> 01:17:45,591
ls he mad?
You don't expect me to answer that, do you?
1074
01:17:45,720 --> 01:17:49,110
Why would a man admit to murder
and then lie about how he did it?
1075
01:17:50,240 --> 01:17:52,151
Unless he didn't do it.
1076
01:17:55,240 --> 01:17:57,879
All right. l think he lied.
1077
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:01,191
But you have evidence, Morse.
1078
01:18:01,320 --> 01:18:03,754
The diving gear, the tape, a damn confession.
1079
01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:06,075
l have everything but the truth.
1080
01:18:13,960 --> 01:18:15,871
MORSE: Jane!
1081
01:18:18,720 --> 01:18:20,631
Chief lnspector. What's wrong?
1082
01:18:22,200 --> 01:18:25,749
l have John Brewster in custody.
He says he killed his father.
1083
01:18:27,440 --> 01:18:29,351
That's incredible.
1084
01:18:30,680 --> 01:18:32,432
l can't believe it.
1085
01:18:32,560 --> 01:18:34,471
You may be right not to, Miss Folley.
1086
01:18:34,600 --> 01:18:37,831
Why don't you get in
and l can give you the details?
1087
01:18:47,640 --> 01:18:49,551
Jane.
1088
01:18:52,240 --> 01:18:54,151
What's going on?
1089
01:18:54,280 --> 01:18:56,316
What is this? How did you get in here?
1090
01:18:56,440 --> 01:18:59,318
Mr Neely got me in. We've come to get you out.
1091
01:18:59,440 --> 01:19:02,432
l don't understand it. They say you confessed.
1092
01:19:02,560 --> 01:19:05,950
- Why? Did they threaten you?
- Threaten me?
1093
01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:07,991
Nobody's threatened me.
1094
01:19:08,120 --> 01:19:11,510
Look, John, sit down and shut up.
Jane's got something to say.
1095
01:19:12,600 --> 01:19:16,388
Morse is saying you used my aqualung.
lf you had, you'd be dead.
1096
01:19:16,520 --> 01:19:18,431
The bloody thing's not working.
1097
01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:20,994
The valve's jammed and won't let air through.
1098
01:19:21,120 --> 01:19:25,159
- And we can prove it.
- l asked the instructor to repair it two weeks ago.
1099
01:19:25,280 --> 01:19:27,191
He never got round to it.
1100
01:19:27,320 --> 01:19:29,914
- l'll have you out of here in five minutes.
- No.
1101
01:19:30,040 --> 01:19:34,192
No. You mustn't do that. They mustn't know.
1102
01:19:34,320 --> 01:19:38,233
JOHN: Don't you see? They have to beIieve...
1103
01:19:38,360 --> 01:19:40,476
What do we have to believe, Mr Brewster?
1104
01:19:41,720 --> 01:19:43,631
That you killed your father?
1105
01:19:43,760 --> 01:19:45,671
Not any more, we don't.
1106
01:19:53,480 --> 01:19:56,040
- You lied.
- l was trying to help.
1107
01:19:57,120 --> 01:19:59,031
You've no idea.
1108
01:19:59,160 --> 01:20:01,879
You don't know what you've done.
1109
01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:09,111
So, if it wasn't Steppings and it wasn't the son,
doesn't it have to be the missus?
1110
01:20:09,240 --> 01:20:13,677
Why eIse wouId John Brewster have confessed,
if not to protect his mother?
1111
01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:16,519
lt's difficult to arrive at any other conclusion.
1112
01:20:17,600 --> 01:20:23,232
You see, l ruled her out because l thought
she was physically incapable of killing anyone.
1113
01:20:26,880 --> 01:20:28,791
FELSHAM: This way, Sergeant.
1114
01:20:30,720 --> 01:20:33,029
- We had to let John Brewster go.
- l know.
1115
01:20:33,160 --> 01:20:35,720
He phoned to ask about Claire. Coffee?
1116
01:20:35,840 --> 01:20:37,910
No.
1117
01:20:38,040 --> 01:20:39,951
Yeah, his confession was a Iie.
1118
01:20:40,080 --> 01:20:42,230
We think he was trying to protect his mother.
1119
01:20:42,360 --> 01:20:46,558
Would she have been up to it, sir?
Physically, l mean.
1120
01:20:47,800 --> 01:20:49,995
Perhaps l'd better show you her records.
1121
01:20:56,040 --> 01:20:58,235
l've looked after Claire for five years.
1122
01:20:58,360 --> 01:21:00,794
l'd hardly describe her
1123
01:21:00,920 --> 01:21:02,831
as a robust human being.
1124
01:21:03,920 --> 01:21:06,718
Yeah. l see what you mean.
1125
01:21:12,040 --> 01:21:15,032
LEWlS: This date here, sir- 10th June 1989.
1126
01:21:15,160 --> 01:21:17,833
Does that mean she was in here that day?
1127
01:21:17,960 --> 01:21:19,916
Yes, and overnight. Why?
1128
01:21:20,040 --> 01:21:23,191
I've kept her in on a number of occasions.
1129
01:21:25,960 --> 01:21:28,349
l'm just in the studio, Chief lnspector.
1130
01:21:35,240 --> 01:21:38,152
l'll be brief.
l don't want to keep you from your work.
1131
01:21:38,280 --> 01:21:40,191
No, l was just finishing, anyway.
1132
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:43,911
- These are very good.
- Thank you.
1133
01:21:44,040 --> 01:21:46,634
You're not in the market by any chance,
are you?
1134
01:21:47,720 --> 01:21:49,631
l might be. Are they for sale?
1135
01:21:49,760 --> 01:21:51,671
Yes. Through a small gallery l use.
1136
01:21:51,800 --> 01:21:53,836
l could let you have a card before you go.
1137
01:21:54,920 --> 01:21:56,717
Right. Now...
1138
01:21:57,840 --> 01:22:00,070
There's just one question, Miss Hazlitt.
1139
01:22:00,200 --> 01:22:02,316
ls it possible that Claire Brewster knew
1140
01:22:02,440 --> 01:22:04,556
that her husband was about to leave her?
1141
01:22:05,840 --> 01:22:07,751
l don't think so.
1142
01:22:07,880 --> 01:22:11,919
Mathew was worried about how she might
take the news. He wasn't eager to tell her.
1143
01:22:12,040 --> 01:22:14,156
l see.
1144
01:22:14,280 --> 01:22:16,475
ls that it?
1145
01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:19,717
- Mm, yes, that's it.
- Right, l'll let you have that card.
1146
01:22:39,360 --> 01:22:42,079
That one's not for saIe, Chief Inspector.
1147
01:22:42,200 --> 01:22:44,191
- Oh?
- lt's a private commission.
1148
01:22:44,320 --> 01:22:47,198
- The setting's in Wales. Do you like it?
- Very much.
1149
01:22:47,320 --> 01:22:50,039
There's my card.
The gallery's not far out of town.
1150
01:22:50,160 --> 01:22:52,071
Thank you. l look forward to going.
1151
01:22:55,160 --> 01:22:57,071
Chief lnspector, one thing...
1152
01:22:57,200 --> 01:23:00,317
Your question. Why don't you ask Claire?
1153
01:23:01,480 --> 01:23:03,391
l'm afraid l can't.
1154
01:23:03,520 --> 01:23:06,114
Claire Brewster is critically ill in hospital.
1155
01:23:07,200 --> 01:23:09,111
Well, l'll leave you in peace.
1156
01:23:31,440 --> 01:23:33,351
(Ringing tone)
1157
01:23:36,120 --> 01:23:38,031
(Answerphone beeps)
1158
01:23:41,040 --> 01:23:45,909
? MOZART: Rondo from Piano Concerto in A
1159
01:23:46,040 --> 01:23:48,634
(Tape off)
- Where the hell have you been?
1160
01:23:48,760 --> 01:23:50,671
Brewster's clinic, sir.
1161
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:52,791
There's something l wanted to check.
1162
01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:55,751
Have you come up with something?
1163
01:23:55,880 --> 01:23:57,791
Yeah.
1164
01:23:57,920 --> 01:24:00,992
But whether it's relevant or not, l don't know.
1165
01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:04,112
This morning
l went down to the Radcliffe lnfirmary.
1166
01:24:04,240 --> 01:24:07,357
Mark Felsham
showed me Claire Brewster's medical file.
1167
01:24:07,480 --> 01:24:10,074
According to the file, she was in the Radcliffe
1168
01:24:10,200 --> 01:24:12,634
for treatment on June 10th 1989, right?
1169
01:24:14,760 --> 01:24:17,194
Now...here.
1170
01:24:17,320 --> 01:24:21,871
ln the trial transcript, the Brewsters' QC
quotes three successful operations,
1171
01:24:22,000 --> 01:24:25,629
similar to Avril Steppings',
as proof of the Brewsters' competence.
1172
01:24:25,760 --> 01:24:30,151
He even gave the dates. One of those
operations took place on June 1 0th
1173
01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:33,670
- 1 989.
- So what did you find out at the clinic?
1174
01:24:33,800 --> 01:24:36,792
Claire Brewster signed as the anaesthetist
that day.
1175
01:24:36,920 --> 01:24:41,516
l checked all the dates given in Felsham's
medical records, found two other examples
1176
01:24:41,640 --> 01:24:44,200
of her being in two pIaces at the one time.
1177
01:24:44,320 --> 01:24:47,551
lf nothing else, sir,
it proves Michael Steppings was right.
1178
01:24:47,680 --> 01:24:50,911
That was one dodgy clinic.
The proof was in the trial transcript
1179
01:24:51,040 --> 01:24:52,473
all the time.
1180
01:24:52,600 --> 01:24:54,909
lf you compare it to the clinic's records.
1181
01:24:55,040 --> 01:25:00,034
But you'd have to be told what was in the
transcript. And know what to compare it with.
1182
01:25:00,160 --> 01:25:02,071
Yeah, obviously.
1183
01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:11,108
You said that Steppings
had asked for a transcript. When was that?
1184
01:25:11,240 --> 01:25:15,677
- Don't know, sir. l could soon find out, though.
- Yes, do that, would you, Lewis?
1185
01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:22,437
Hello. You have a patient there -
Claire Brewster. l'd just like to know how she is.
1186
01:25:23,840 --> 01:25:26,115
No, a friend. Close friend.
1187
01:25:29,640 --> 01:25:31,551
l see.
1188
01:25:32,640 --> 01:25:35,313
Er, no. Thank you very much.
1189
01:25:38,000 --> 01:25:41,356
Michael Steppings asked for the transcript
nine months ago.
1190
01:25:41,480 --> 01:25:46,156
That's more than a year after the trial.
Why? lt doesn't make sense.
1191
01:25:46,280 --> 01:25:48,191
Doesn't it?
1192
01:25:49,920 --> 01:25:53,993
lt was shortly after Wendy Hazlitt
started work at Burnley Green.
1193
01:25:55,080 --> 01:25:57,071
And what if she told him where to look?
1194
01:25:57,200 --> 01:25:59,634
The transcript itself isn't enough.
1195
01:25:59,760 --> 01:26:03,435
There was that break-in at the clinic, Lewis.
What was it you said?
1196
01:26:03,560 --> 01:26:06,518
Some fiIing cabinets were damaged.
Now, when was that?
1197
01:26:07,600 --> 01:26:09,397
Eight months ago.
1198
01:26:11,960 --> 01:26:14,838
Hazlitt starts work at Burnley Green
1199
01:26:14,960 --> 01:26:19,875
and then suddenly Michael Steppings
wants a transcript of the Brewster trial.
1200
01:26:20,000 --> 01:26:22,992
He gets one and there follows a break-in
at the clinic.
1201
01:26:23,120 --> 01:26:25,031
There's nothing taken.
1202
01:26:25,160 --> 01:26:27,230
No drugs. No equipment.
1203
01:26:28,600 --> 01:26:32,309
The intruder contents himself
with rummaging through some files.
1204
01:26:32,440 --> 01:26:34,351
lt has to be coincidence.
1205
01:26:34,480 --> 01:26:36,391
Hazlitt and Steppings?
1206
01:26:36,520 --> 01:26:39,034
He threatened her. Tried to have her sacked.
1207
01:26:39,160 --> 01:26:41,720
They were enemies.
1208
01:26:41,840 --> 01:26:43,751
l was at her home, Lewis.
1209
01:26:43,880 --> 01:26:45,791
l saw a painting.
1210
01:26:45,920 --> 01:26:47,990
lt was by her. lt was recent.
1211
01:26:48,120 --> 01:26:51,908
And, for my money,
it was of the view from Steppings' window.
1212
01:26:52,040 --> 01:26:54,429
Now, how was it done if they're such enemies?
1213
01:26:55,760 --> 01:26:58,593
But he had an alibi. The man had an alibi.
1214
01:27:00,280 --> 01:27:02,191
Are you saying the witness lied?
1215
01:27:06,040 --> 01:27:07,951
Why not?
1216
01:27:16,800 --> 01:27:18,756
AII I know
1217
01:27:18,880 --> 01:27:24,193
is that if l'm right about that painting -
and l think l am - then she's lied to me.
1218
01:27:24,320 --> 01:27:28,711
Not only about the painting,
but about how well she knew Steppings...
1219
01:27:28,840 --> 01:27:32,515
Chief lnspector. These prints, they're identical.
1220
01:27:32,640 --> 01:27:36,155
Margaret Jeffries and Wendy Hazlitt
are one and the same person.
1221
01:27:47,600 --> 01:27:49,511
Miss Wendy Hazlitt?
1222
01:27:49,640 --> 01:27:50,959
Yes.
1223
01:27:51,080 --> 01:27:53,913
POLlCEMAN:
We'd Iike you to come with us, Miss HazIitt.
1224
01:27:54,040 --> 01:27:56,235
Look, l'm afraid l can't. l'm going away.
1225
01:27:56,360 --> 01:27:58,476
No, you're not.
1226
01:28:21,600 --> 01:28:23,511
Check along there, will you?
1227
01:28:33,440 --> 01:28:35,078
(Bear squeaks)
1228
01:28:44,000 --> 01:28:45,911
He's gone, sir.
1229
01:28:46,040 --> 01:28:47,951
Left in a hurry, by the look of it.
1230
01:28:48,080 --> 01:28:52,119
Call the hospital. Ask if he's been there.
lf he hasn't, then he's not gone.
1231
01:28:52,240 --> 01:28:54,674
And l want that hospital watched at all times.
1232
01:28:54,800 --> 01:28:56,518
Right, sir.
1233
01:28:57,800 --> 01:29:00,439
MORSE: Let me be cIear about this, Miss HazIitt.
1234
01:29:01,520 --> 01:29:06,355
You were an unquaIified person
and yet you were acting as an anaesthetist
1235
01:29:06,480 --> 01:29:09,119
at the Brewster Clinic?
1236
01:29:09,240 --> 01:29:11,834
When Claire became ill, she cut her workload.
1237
01:29:11,960 --> 01:29:14,428
They couldn't afford a qualified replacement,
1238
01:29:14,560 --> 01:29:17,028
so Mathew asked me if I wouId...heIp out.
1239
01:29:19,480 --> 01:29:21,755
He knew l wouldn't refuse.
1240
01:29:21,880 --> 01:29:26,954
l was to handle only minor cases when Claire
wasn't feeling well or had to go into the Radcliffe.
1241
01:29:27,080 --> 01:29:29,514
And it worked...
1242
01:29:29,640 --> 01:29:31,551
until Avril Steppings came in.
1243
01:29:33,160 --> 01:29:35,276
I didn't give her enough anaesthetic.
1244
01:29:36,720 --> 01:29:41,316
When Mathew started to cut,
she went into cardiac arrest.
1245
01:29:42,400 --> 01:29:45,472
l...l panicked. Froze.
1246
01:29:46,640 --> 01:29:48,551
Where was Claire Brewster?
1247
01:29:48,680 --> 01:29:54,596
Lying down in her office. By the time she got
to theatre, the damage had been done.
1248
01:29:56,280 --> 01:29:59,272
You told the court
you followed the proper procedure.
1249
01:29:59,400 --> 01:30:01,311
Yes.
1250
01:30:02,400 --> 01:30:05,312
And after all that, when l'd helped him -
1251
01:30:06,600 --> 01:30:10,718
l'd risked imprisonment,
ruined the young girl's life -
1252
01:30:12,320 --> 01:30:14,231
Mathew Brewster rejected me.
1253
01:30:15,320 --> 01:30:17,231
l suddenly saw him for what he was.
1254
01:30:17,360 --> 01:30:19,715
He was just an old man wanting a bit on the side.
1255
01:30:19,840 --> 01:30:21,910
So l decided he was going to pay for that.
1256
01:30:22,040 --> 01:30:26,591
You didn't have the stomach for it yourself,
so you went to Michael Steppings.
1257
01:30:28,360 --> 01:30:30,749
ls that why you took the job at Burnley Green?
1258
01:30:30,880 --> 01:30:32,711
Well, l...
1259
01:30:33,800 --> 01:30:36,030
l had to judge the strength of his feeling.
1260
01:30:37,480 --> 01:30:40,597
He'd made threats in court.
But anyone can make threats.
1261
01:30:41,680 --> 01:30:46,549
That first time he saw me by Avril's bedside,
l knew what he was capable of.
1262
01:30:48,800 --> 01:30:50,711
So l told him the truth.
1263
01:30:52,400 --> 01:30:55,995
He understood that it hadn't been my fault,
that l'd been used.
1264
01:31:01,640 --> 01:31:03,232
And the alibi?
1265
01:31:04,760 --> 01:31:08,594
Six months ago, Steppings gave me the money
to buy a house in Harrogate.
1266
01:31:08,720 --> 01:31:10,631
l gave my name as Margaret Jeffries.
1267
01:31:12,480 --> 01:31:14,391
What happened in the pub?
1268
01:31:15,520 --> 01:31:17,909
When l arrived, Steppings had already left.
1269
01:31:18,040 --> 01:31:21,077
l waited a while,
then gave the barmaid the chequebook.
1270
01:31:22,280 --> 01:31:24,589
You said that Brewster ended the affair,
1271
01:31:24,720 --> 01:31:28,349
but you told Sergeant Lewis
that you and Brewster intended to get married.
1272
01:31:28,480 --> 01:31:30,232
Well, that was a lie, of course.
1273
01:31:30,360 --> 01:31:32,715
But John Brewster confirmed it.
1274
01:31:36,720 --> 01:31:39,518
John Brewster knew
what was going on at the clinic.
1275
01:31:39,640 --> 01:31:43,030
On the night of the killing, Steppings called John.
1276
01:31:43,160 --> 01:31:45,116
He said he had proof of malpractice.
1277
01:31:45,240 --> 01:31:50,075
He said he knew the Brewsters couIdn't be
retried for AvriI, but there were other cases.
1278
01:31:50,200 --> 01:31:52,077
There wouId be fresh triaIs
1279
01:31:52,200 --> 01:31:54,430
and all that would mean for Claire.
1280
01:31:56,360 --> 01:32:01,275
lf John wanted to help his mother, he was to go
to Steppings' house and wait there till 9:30.
1281
01:32:01,400 --> 01:32:05,916
lf Steppings hadn't arrived by then,
he had to come back the following day.
1282
01:32:06,040 --> 01:32:07,951
Steppings didn't show.
1283
01:32:09,640 --> 01:32:12,837
He was in the garage, killing Brewster.
1284
01:32:12,960 --> 01:32:17,431
Yes, but he'd got John out of the way,
ensuring that he had no alibi.
1285
01:32:19,720 --> 01:32:22,951
The next day,
Steppings actually told John what he'd done.
1286
01:32:23,080 --> 01:32:25,640
He pointed out John's options.
1287
01:32:25,760 --> 01:32:30,151
lf he went to the police, Steppings
would publish his evidence of malpractice.
1288
01:32:31,240 --> 01:32:33,549
lf he didn't...
1289
01:32:33,680 --> 01:32:39,152
John had to ask himseIf if his mother couId
survive another triaI and possibIe imprisonment.
1290
01:32:40,920 --> 01:32:42,831
He must have thought not.
1291
01:32:44,960 --> 01:32:50,318
He agreed to admit to the murder in exchange
for Steppings withholding his evidence.
1292
01:32:52,240 --> 01:32:56,472
But it was always possible that John's confession
would finish his mother off,
1293
01:32:56,600 --> 01:32:58,636
and then he'd be free to tell the truth.
1294
01:32:59,800 --> 01:33:02,553
But what would that truth be, Lewis?
1295
01:33:02,680 --> 01:33:05,478
That MichaeI Steppings was the kiIIer?
1296
01:33:05,600 --> 01:33:10,515
As far as we were concerned, Brewster
had already tried to frame Steppings.
1297
01:33:10,640 --> 01:33:13,313
And what of Miss Hazlitt?
1298
01:33:13,440 --> 01:33:16,750
Why should we suppose
that she'd lie for Michael Steppings?
1299
01:33:16,880 --> 01:33:19,075
They were mortal enemies, weren't they?
1300
01:33:19,200 --> 01:33:21,191
And then there was Steppings' alibi.
1301
01:33:22,680 --> 01:33:27,515
Now, how could John Brewster possibly account
for that when they'd managed to fool us?
1302
01:33:28,600 --> 01:33:33,628
By the time we'd taken Brewster seriously,
Hazlitt and Steppings would be...
1303
01:33:36,840 --> 01:33:38,751
Where, Miss Hazlitt?
1304
01:33:40,400 --> 01:33:42,311
Anywhere l wanted to go.
1305
01:33:43,320 --> 01:33:47,757
Steppings promised to take care of me
after John Brewster had been put in prison.
1306
01:33:47,880 --> 01:33:49,791
MORSE: Take care of you.
1307
01:33:49,920 --> 01:33:53,230
Something teIIs me
that's exactIy what he wouId have done.
1308
01:33:54,640 --> 01:33:56,551
(Thunder rumbles)
1309
01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:11,751
Nothing from the hospital, sir.
1310
01:34:13,400 --> 01:34:15,311
Must be out of the country by now.
1311
01:34:16,800 --> 01:34:19,872
l just can't believe
that he'd abandon his daughter.
1312
01:34:20,960 --> 01:34:23,997
- lt's been almost 1 6 hours, sir.
(Phone rings)
1313
01:34:25,680 --> 01:34:28,877
What about his car?
Someone must have seen it.
1314
01:34:29,000 --> 01:34:30,911
It's hardIy inconspicuous.
1315
01:34:31,040 --> 01:34:32,951
Yeah. Lewis.
1316
01:34:35,640 --> 01:34:37,551
Right, thanks.
1317
01:34:39,120 --> 01:34:41,031
Claire Brewster, sir.
1318
01:34:41,160 --> 01:34:43,355
Died at six this morning.
1319
01:35:02,480 --> 01:35:05,438
His mother's been dead for two hours, Lewis.
1320
01:35:06,960 --> 01:35:11,988
Brewster's free to tell the truth,
yet he hasn't contacted us. Why?
1321
01:35:33,360 --> 01:35:36,238
You were right, sir. He didn't abandon her.
1322
01:35:58,440 --> 01:36:00,351
POLlCEMAN: Sir.
1323
01:36:00,480 --> 01:36:02,391
l found this with his bags.
1324
01:36:04,200 --> 01:36:06,111
(Steppings reads) Dear Mr Morse,
1325
01:36:06,240 --> 01:36:08,231
When you get this, I'II be Iong gone.
1326
01:36:09,640 --> 01:36:12,473
I aIways knew I'd have to take off,
onIy not so soon.
1327
01:36:12,600 --> 01:36:15,068
I don't know what you've found out,
1328
01:36:15,200 --> 01:36:17,111
so here's something for you.
1329
01:36:17,240 --> 01:36:19,674
HazIitt was my aIibi.
1330
01:36:19,800 --> 01:36:23,270
I didn't Iike deceiving you. I reaIIy didn't.
1331
01:36:25,040 --> 01:36:26,951
And don't worry about AvriI.
1332
01:36:27,080 --> 01:36:28,991
My ex-wife wiII take care of her.
1333
01:36:54,960 --> 01:36:58,430
JOHN: Steppings said he'd deIiberateIy
marked the anonymous Ietters.
1334
01:36:58,560 --> 01:37:03,190
He said if the police were halfway clever,
they'd trace the letters to him.
1335
01:37:03,320 --> 01:37:06,039
l was to say the letters
had been sent to my father.
1336
01:37:07,560 --> 01:37:10,199
The tape I was to put in Jane's Iocker.
1337
01:37:10,320 --> 01:37:13,437
How did he find out Jane was a member
of the subaqua club?
1338
01:37:13,560 --> 01:37:15,471
Through me.
1339
01:37:16,840 --> 01:37:18,751
He'd watched the family for months.
1340
01:37:19,840 --> 01:37:22,479
Jane's hobby had been a real find, he said.
1341
01:37:22,600 --> 01:37:25,319
lt had helped him decide
on how he'd kill my father.
1342
01:37:28,320 --> 01:37:31,118
He stayed in the garage the whole time,
you know.
1343
01:37:31,240 --> 01:37:33,151
Poetic justice, he called it.
1344
01:37:36,720 --> 01:37:39,154
My father had stood and watched his daughter.
1345
01:37:41,800 --> 01:37:43,711
Now he could do the same.
1346
01:37:46,400 --> 01:37:49,710
And just as his daughter was alive
but not alive...
1347
01:37:52,240 --> 01:37:57,234
..so Mother would spend her remaining time...
with me in prison.
1348
01:37:57,360 --> 01:37:59,590
Why did you kill him?
1349
01:38:01,880 --> 01:38:03,791
l didn't intend to kill him.
1350
01:38:06,600 --> 01:38:09,672
When l got to his house, he was about to leave.
1351
01:38:09,800 --> 01:38:11,791
l pleaded with him.
1352
01:38:11,920 --> 01:38:15,959
l'd kept my part of the bargain.
l couldn't help it if it hadn't worked out.
1353
01:38:18,280 --> 01:38:20,191
He wouldn't listen.
1354
01:38:21,840 --> 01:38:25,879
He said if Mother recovered,
it would be to find her name in all the papers.
1355
01:38:27,440 --> 01:38:29,351
l tried to prevent him from leaving.
1356
01:38:31,400 --> 01:38:33,311
There was a wrench lying on the...
1357
01:38:35,320 --> 01:38:37,231
..and l hit him.
1358
01:38:40,880 --> 01:38:42,791
He was monstrous, Chief lnspector.
1359
01:38:42,920 --> 01:38:44,831
Monstrous.
1360
01:38:46,680 --> 01:38:48,591
Was he, Mr Brewster?
1361
01:38:49,680 --> 01:38:53,639
Your parents and Nurse Hazlitt
ruined his daughter's life.
1362
01:38:54,880 --> 01:38:57,155
And for no other reason than to save money.
1363
01:38:58,440 --> 01:39:00,351
You knew that and you stood by them.
1364
01:39:01,720 --> 01:39:05,713
lf Michael Steppings was monstrous,
Mr Brewster...
1365
01:39:07,000 --> 01:39:08,911
..he was made monstrous.
1366
01:39:31,800 --> 01:39:33,313
Can l help you?
1367
01:39:34,640 --> 01:39:37,313
l've come to see Avril Steppings.
1368
01:39:37,440 --> 01:39:40,318
- Are you a relative?
- No, no.
1369
01:39:40,440 --> 01:39:42,351
Nothing like that.
1370
01:39:42,480 --> 01:39:45,756
Her father and l were friends for a while,
that's all.
1371
01:39:45,880 --> 01:39:49,031
Well, l'm afraid Avril's no longer with us.
1372
01:39:49,160 --> 01:39:53,199
Her mother arrived and asked us
to take her off the Iife-support system.
1373
01:39:58,160 --> 01:40:00,071
l see.
1374
01:40:00,200 --> 01:40:02,111
I'm so very sorry.
1375
01:40:09,760 --> 01:40:12,672
(Girls shout and laugh)
1376
01:40:17,840 --> 01:40:20,035
GlRL: Go on, take it. It doesn't matter.
1377
01:40:32,480 --> 01:40:35,199
- What's wrong?
- She's not there any more, Lewis.
1378
01:40:36,560 --> 01:40:38,471
Ah.
1379
01:40:44,680 --> 01:40:46,591
Seems a shame to waste them, sir.
1380
01:40:47,680 --> 01:40:50,592
Red roses?
About the most expensive flowers around.
1381
01:40:51,760 --> 01:40:53,671
Not really.
1382
01:40:53,800 --> 01:40:57,588
l sent her some flowers once before.
They had a much higher price tag.
113577
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