1 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:53,920 Escort him to Crowley's place. 2 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:58,239 Make sure Bob and the boys aren't there to thump him then get out. 3 00:00:58,281 --> 00:01:02,639 Won't Crowley know we're coming? I phoned but he's not answering. 4 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,399 Why can't this repossession bloke do his own dirty work? 5 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,559 He asked for police protection and I can't legally refuse him. 6 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,639 I thought you and Bob were mates. What's that got to do with it? 7 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,519 Do you think I'm happy about this? Sarge... 8 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,280 Stop dragging your heels and just get out there and do it. 9 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,639 Mr Miller. I didn't think you were coming. 10 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,600 If you'd like to follow us. Sure. No worries. 11 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,400 Have a nice day and the rest of that bullshit. 12 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,280 Grace, Mr Crowley... boys. 13 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,880 I don't know if Sarge got on to you but I guess you know why we're here. 14 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,639 This is Mr Miller from Mutual Acceptance. 15 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:00,560 He's come for the harvester. 16 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,400 We have a problem. The harvester's not here. 17 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,480 What do you mean, not here? 18 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,439 Exactly what I said. 19 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,519 It was gone when we got up today. 20 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,320 The boys have looked around the property. 21 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,320 It's vanished. 22 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,320 When was the last time you saw him? 23 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,560 And the place is locked up now? 24 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,839 Give us a call if he hasn't surfaced by this afternoon. 25 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,000 We'll get someone to take a look. 26 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,560 So, what did he say? 27 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:37,039 What did who say? Sergeant Croydon. 28 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:38,880 You did ask him, didn't you? 29 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,719 Wayne, did you or did you not ask? I haven't had a chance. 30 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,319 We've been flat out. 31 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,200 Haven't we, PJ? Yeah, ah, haven't stopped. 32 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,839 Yeah, but what about me? 33 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,559 I've had three calls from prospectives. 34 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,239 I've got people waiting. 35 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,839 When he comes up for a breather I'll ask. 36 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:55,880 When he comes up for a breather I'll ask. And you'll let me know what he says? As soon as I 37 00:03:55,881 --> 00:04:00,160 And you'll let me know what he says? As soon as I know, you'll know. 38 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,920 It's important, darling, there's a lot riding on this. 39 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,600 Him, you, then me, okay? 40 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,280 Don't ask. Okay? 41 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,440 Just don't ask. 42 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,319 What are we looking for again? A harvester. 43 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,400 I'm not up on this sort of stuff. 44 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,639 It's not exactly small, is it? No. 45 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:26,680 It's not exactly small, is it? No. It's three times the size of a caravan. 46 00:04:26,681 --> 00:04:29,200 It's three times the size of a caravan. 47 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,439 It has a big box and a rolling cutter on the front. 48 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,720 It disappears the night before it's due for repo. 49 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:38,519 Do you think something funny's going on? 50 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:38,560 Do you think something funny's going on? Someone does. 51 00:04:38,561 --> 00:04:40,839 Someone does. 52 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:40,960 Someone does. It's obviously not here. 53 00:04:40,961 --> 00:04:42,519 It's obviously not here. 54 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,079 Where do you suggest we look, Mr Miller? 55 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:45,160 Where do you suggest we look, Mr Miller? Why not ask the mob who stole it? 56 00:04:45,161 --> 00:04:47,160 Why not ask the mob who stole it? 57 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,440 And which mob might that be? Are you kidding me? 58 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,480 Any sign of it? Cut the dumb act, sweetheart. 59 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:57,160 Mr Miller, we'll take it from here. 60 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:59,160 So, take it! 61 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,080 I don't need this bullshit! 62 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,320 Watch you language or you'll be facing your own charges. 63 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,919 We need you to come to the station to answer questions, Mr Crowley. 64 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:09,960 We need you to come to the station to answer questions, Mr Crowley. I've done nothing wrong. 65 00:05:09,961 --> 00:05:11,600 I've done nothing wrong. 66 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,600 We just need to take a statement from the registered owner. 67 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,199 A description of the machine... 68 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:18,280 A description of the machine... An accurate disclosure of its whereabouts. 69 00:05:18,281 --> 00:05:21,160 An accurate disclosure of its whereabouts. 70 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,560 I'll come with you. No, you'll be late for work. 71 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,200 Boys, you cultivate those seed beds. 72 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,040 Come on, let's go. 73 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:36,959 The harvester was there when you and the family came to town last night? 74 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,799 Parked in the shed as always. 75 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:38,880 Parked in the shed as always. When you got back it was gone? 76 00:05:38,881 --> 00:05:40,720 When you got back it was gone? 77 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,399 I don't know about when we got home. 78 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,719 No-one bothered to look last night. 79 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:45,800 No-one bothered to look last night. But it was gone this morning? Yeah. 80 00:05:45,801 --> 00:05:48,040 But it was gone this morning? Yeah. 81 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:51,160 Any tracks? Any sign of a truck or anything? 82 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,000 It's not something that'd fit on the back of a ute. 83 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,639 It's hard to say. The grounds around the shed are a mess. 84 00:05:58,640 --> 00:05:58,720 It's hard to say. The grounds around the shed are a mess. Lucky the thieves held off until 85 00:05:58,721 --> 00:06:02,240 Lucky the thieves held off until harvesting was done. 86 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,999 That's what I said to Grace and the lads. 87 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:05,040 That's what I said to Grace and the lads. Very decent of them. 88 00:06:05,041 --> 00:06:06,600 Very decent of them. 89 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:11,239 And the thing's insured which should keep the finance company happy. 90 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:11,320 And the thing's insured which should keep the finance company happy. It doesn't work that way, m 91 00:06:11,321 --> 00:06:13,319 It doesn't work that way, mate. 92 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,080 A crime's been committed. 93 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,960 It's now officially a police matter. 94 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,640 Well, it's painted orange, it's half as big as a house. 95 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,840 It shouldn't be hard to find. 96 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,640 Even for you blokes. 97 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,240 Maybe he's on holiday, Mr Cooper, maybe he's on another job. 98 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,280 You did, eh? 99 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,000 Still in the shed... dog's there, too. 100 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,880 We'll send someone out as soon as we can. 101 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:42,639 Yeah, Allandale Road. 102 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,239 How much longer will they be? Who knows? 103 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:45,280 How much longer will they be? Who knows? It's not your worry, is it? 104 00:06:45,281 --> 00:06:47,000 It's not your worry, is it? 105 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,079 I'll just drop Mr Crowley back. I'll come, too. 106 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,239 We can check out a missing person. 107 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:53,320 We can check out a missing person. PJ, the boss'd like a word. Yeah. 108 00:06:53,321 --> 00:06:55,400 PJ, the boss'd like a word. Yeah. 109 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,319 They're a cluey lot, son. They'll find your harvester. 110 00:06:59,320 --> 00:06:59,400 They're a cluey lot, son. They'll find your harvester. Who's missing? 111 00:06:59,401 --> 00:07:00,839 Who's missing? 112 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:00,920 Who's missing? A local handyman. A bloke named David Tuffnell. 113 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:04,040 A local handyman. A bloke named David Tuffnell. 114 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,240 Oi! 115 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:10,440 What about me? 116 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:24,320 Bob's been on the bones of his arse since the wheat prices fell. 117 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,120 It's possible he's done something he'll live to regret. 118 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,320 Maybe we should give him breathing space to come around. 119 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,640 And if he doesn't? Then we give him a little nudge. 120 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,400 You can have a quiet word in his daughter's ear. 121 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,879 Let Grace know we'll hold off pressing charges on the off chance 122 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,759 that the harvester mysteriously turns up. 123 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,360 Sure, boss. 124 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,199 DOG BARKS 125 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:50,360 DOG BARKS Mr Tuffnell? 126 00:07:50,361 --> 00:07:51,800 Mr Tuffnell? 127 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,360 Anybody home? 128 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:01,960 Easy, boy. 129 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:06,880 Mr Tuffnell, are you inside? 130 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:09,560 Dave? 131 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:11,679 There's no-one out the back. 132 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,359 The windows are locked. That's not good. 133 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:14,400 The windows are locked. That's not good. We'd better check inside. 134 00:08:14,401 --> 00:08:16,120 We'd better check inside. 135 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,039 Mr Tuffnell? 136 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:47,720 Ugh! 137 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,040 We found him. 138 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:05,160 Are you okay? 139 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,559 Grab a breather then we'll check for suspicious circumstances. 140 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:09,680 Grab a breather then we'll check for suspicious circumstances. Looks like natural causes to me, but you never know. 141 00:09:09,681 --> 00:09:13,000 Looks like natural causes to me, but you never know. 142 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,839 I thought you'd have seen heaps of dead 'uns in the city. 143 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,679 We left 'em to the government contractors. 144 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:19,720 We left 'em to the government contractors. Well, no such luck out here. 145 00:09:19,721 --> 00:09:21,520 Well, no such luck out here. 146 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:26,200 Once we've checked inside, you organise the local funeral parlour. 147 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:28,480 I'll chase up the next of kin. 148 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:32,520 That means you have to ride with the body to the hospital. 149 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:34,280 Can you handle that? 150 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:36,960 One of the joys of country policing. 151 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:38,760 Wanna hit? 152 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:45,640 Oi! Anybody home? 153 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,840 Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr Miller. 154 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,680 What's the problem? What's the problem?! 155 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,559 I come all this way to collect a harvester. 156 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:59,479 Instead I get the runaround from you people. 157 00:09:59,480 --> 00:09:59,520 Instead I get the runaround from you people. Nobody's giving you the runaround. 158 00:09:59,521 --> 00:10:01,839 Nobody's giving you the runaround. 159 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:01,880 Nobody's giving you the runaround. We're doing all we can to locate that harvester. 160 00:10:01,881 --> 00:10:04,999 We're doing all we can to locate that harvester. 161 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:05,040 We're doing all we can to locate that harvester. I know what's going on here, Sergeant. 162 00:10:05,041 --> 00:10:07,560 I know what's going on here, Sergeant. 163 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,440 What IS going on here? Crowley's a local. 164 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:12,640 I'm the bad guy from out of town. 165 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:16,120 The bastard who wants to take the tools of his trade. 166 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:17,640 Are you suggesting... 167 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:22,480 Crowley knocked off the harvester and you blokes are covering for him. 168 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:24,639 Let's get two things straight. 169 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:29,159 Nobody is giving you the runaround and nobody's covering for anyone. 170 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:29,280 Nobody is giving you the runaround and nobody's covering for anyone. Tell that to your inspecto gets a complaint from my office. 171 00:10:29,281 --> 00:10:33,640 Tell that to your inspector when he gets a complaint from my office. 172 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:37,439 You take Crowley's side in this and leave me up the creek, 173 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:37,520 You take Crowley's side in this and leave me up the creek, you'll end up in front of a t 174 00:10:37,521 --> 00:10:40,560 you'll end up in front of a tribunal, Sergeant. 175 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:42,760 Have a nice day. 176 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,920 Hi, I hope I'm not interrupting. 177 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,640 I called at the bank. 178 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:06,880 They said you were at lunch. 179 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,440 I was hoping we could talk - about the harvester. 180 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,120 Leave you to it. 181 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,119 I did interrupt, I'm sorry... 182 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:23,200 I did interrupt, I'm sorry... Have you found it yet? No, not yet. 183 00:11:23,201 --> 00:11:25,359 Have you found it yet? No, not yet. 184 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,160 Then what do you want with me? 185 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,319 I thought we should go over some of the details. 186 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:30,400 I thought we should go over some of the details. Why? 187 00:11:30,401 --> 00:11:31,520 Why? 188 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,039 I know your dad's having a hard time. 189 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:35,279 Do you?! 190 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:35,400 Do you?! I don't think you know a thing about people like my dad. 191 00:11:35,401 --> 00:11:38,879 I don't think you know a thing about people like my dad. 192 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:40,360 Or me, either. 193 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:43,680 If you did, you wouldn't question me in public. 194 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,680 We can go somewhere private. 195 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,679 A bit late for that, isn't it? 196 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:51,719 People see me being questioned by a uniformed police offier. 197 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:51,760 People see me being questioned by a uniformed police offier. They probably already think the 198 00:11:51,761 --> 00:11:54,319 They probably already think the worst. 199 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:54,360 They probably already think the worst. But that's not your problem, is it? 200 00:11:54,361 --> 00:11:56,640 But that's not your problem, is it? 201 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,639 I'd hoped you two would find something in common. 202 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,519 Because we're both female and the same age? 203 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,559 Isn't that like saying all Chinese look alike? 204 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:09,640 Isn't that like saying all Chinese look alike? Are you saying I'm racist AND sexist? 205 00:12:09,641 --> 00:12:12,039 Are you saying I'm racist AND sexist? 206 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:16,200 You asked me to question her. I said have a quiet word in her ear. 207 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,320 I didn't expect a full interrogation. 208 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:22,680 I didn't interrogate her. 209 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,440 But you know what I mean. 210 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,520 You do know what I mean, Constable? 211 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,159 Grace was right to be upset. 212 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:31,280 Grace was right to be upset. You don't question people in public parks. 213 00:12:31,281 --> 00:12:33,959 You don't question people in public parks. 214 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:34,040 You don't question people in public parks. Alright, alright! 215 00:12:34,041 --> 00:12:35,359 Alright, alright! 216 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:35,560 Alright, alright! I'm an outsider, I don't understand the problems facing country people. 217 00:12:35,561 --> 00:12:40,239 I'm an outsider, I don't understand the problems facing country people. 218 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:41,840 I made a mistake. 219 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,559 One thing I've learned in the 20 years I've been here, 220 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:49,880 treat people with dignity and respect and they'll reciprocate. 221 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:51,520 What if she's involved? 222 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:53,560 Grace works in a bank. 223 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,680 She probably understands the economics of the situation. 224 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,680 Show me the evidence and I'll do the rest. 225 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,959 Just don't expect the locals to bend over backwards to help you. 226 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:05,000 Just don't expect the locals to bend over backwards to help you. Where do I go from here - without being rude? 227 00:13:05,001 --> 00:13:07,840 Where do I go from here - without being rude? 228 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,040 Without being sexist or racist? 229 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,920 I'll settle for whatever you've got. 230 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,999 All I have is a stroppy repossession agent 231 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:20,160 who wants to make an official complaint, and your suspicions. 232 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:24,800 I'm afraid so, Mr Cooper. 233 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,119 We can't say at this stage. 234 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,439 We'll know more after the autopsy. 235 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,920 Did he ever mention relatives to you? 236 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,200 If you do remember anything, will you give us a call? 237 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:38,160 Thanks very much. 238 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,119 How did you go? No worries. 239 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:41,679 What have you got, mate? 240 00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:41,720 What have you got, mate? Local man, David Tuffnell, dead in his bath. 241 00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:44,599 Local man, David Tuffnell, dead in his bath. 242 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:44,640 Local man, David Tuffnell, dead in his bath. You need me? 243 00:13:44,641 --> 00:13:45,959 You need me? 244 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:46,200 You need me? Nah, I just need to track down his next of kin. 245 00:13:46,201 --> 00:13:48,879 Nah, I just need to track down his next of kin. 246 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:48,920 Nah, I just need to track down his next of kin. Who signed the body off at the hospital? 247 00:13:48,921 --> 00:13:51,359 Who signed the body off at the hospital? 248 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:51,520 Who signed the body off at the hospital? Me. I just got back. 249 00:13:51,521 --> 00:13:52,960 Me. I just got back. 250 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:54,760 What? Nothing. 251 00:13:58,360 --> 00:13:59,959 Mate, that is cruel. 252 00:13:59,960 --> 00:14:01,560 It was either him or me. 253 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,880 Does he know? I figured I'd let it be a surprise. 254 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,040 Gidday, Mr Crowley. 255 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:26,760 Hard at it, I see. 256 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,640 What can I do for you? 257 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:32,120 I reckon there's a lot you can do for me, Mr Crowley. 258 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,679 Me and me friends here are hard working men with families to feed. 259 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,160 Just like you. 260 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,120 I spoke to the police about the harvester. 261 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,039 Only we work on commission. 262 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,840 We only get paid when we deliver the goods. 263 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,840 In this particular case, it's a harvester. 264 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,000 No harvester, no money. 265 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:53,920 See what I'm driving at? 266 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,040 I told you, the police have a statement. 267 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:58,959 So our families go hungry. 268 00:14:58,960 --> 00:14:59,040 So our families go hungry. Just like yours would if someone tried to rip you off. 269 00:14:59,041 --> 00:15:02,480 Just like yours would if someone tried to rip you off. 270 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:04,360 I'm sorry, Mr... 271 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,160 Argh! 272 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,680 Where's the harvester, Mr Crowley? 273 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:14,640 What did you do with it? 274 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,919 Sorry I haven't been much help with this harvester. 275 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:33,520 I've been a bit tied up. 276 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,119 You think Grace Crowley is involved? 277 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:36,160 You think Grace Crowley is involved? And you don't? I'm not saying that. 278 00:15:36,161 --> 00:15:38,440 And you don't? I'm not saying that. 279 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,960 Actually, I took Grace out a few times a while back. 280 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:48,240 PJ, did she strike you as the type to bend the rules for a good reason? 281 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,200 How intimate am I expected to get here, Maggie? 282 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:54,959 I'm not asking if you had sex with her, PJ. 283 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:55,000 I'm not asking if you had sex with her, PJ. Would she be capable of arranging the theft 284 00:15:55,001 --> 00:15:59,680 Would she be capable of arranging the theft of her father's harvester? 285 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:04,680 I reckon she'd bend the rules heaps more for her old man than for me. 286 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:09,040 If you want to know more about Grace, chat to Frank Carruthers. 287 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,200 They've been dating lately. 288 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,680 Has he got brown hair and eyes and is about 190 cm? 289 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:16,279 Mmm. 290 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:16,480 Mmm. What about him? Ah, nothing much. 291 00:16:16,481 --> 00:16:18,479 What about him? Ah, nothing much. 292 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:18,520 What about him? Ah, nothing much. Nice, unassuming country boy, good country stock... 293 00:16:18,521 --> 00:16:22,079 Nice, unassuming country boy, good country stock... 294 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,760 ..whose old man just happens to run a trucking company. 295 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:27,840 Trucks? Yeah, big trucks. 296 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,200 Big enough to carry a harvester. 297 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:46,880 Gidday, Maggie. Hi, Chris. 298 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,199 So, they give her a lecture about belting up in the back seat 299 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,040 and it turns out it's a doll. 300 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:55,479 Boss, PJ. 301 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:55,680 Boss, PJ. Did you question him? Frank's away on a run. 302 00:16:55,681 --> 00:16:58,279 Did you question him? Frank's away on a run. 303 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:58,360 Did you question him? Frank's away on a run. He's due back tomorrow. 304 00:16:58,361 --> 00:16:59,879 He's due back tomorrow. 305 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:01,919 Refill, boss? Just a quick one. 306 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:01,960 Refill, boss? Just a quick one. Maggie? No, thanks, PJ. 307 00:17:01,961 --> 00:17:03,520 Maggie? No, thanks, PJ. 308 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,879 One of the trucks had red mud on it. 309 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:05,920 One of the trucks had red mud on it. The kind you find at the Crowleys'. 310 00:17:05,921 --> 00:17:08,200 The kind you find at the Crowleys'. 311 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,358 And probably half the other local properties. 312 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:11,400 And probably half the other local properties. I am aware of that. 313 00:17:11,401 --> 00:17:12,879 I am aware of that. 314 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:12,960 I am aware of that. Don't get too involved with this harvester. 315 00:17:12,961 --> 00:17:15,839 Don't get too involved with this harvester. 316 00:17:16,079 --> 00:17:20,240 What are you trying to prove? I don't have a personal interest. 317 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,240 And I do? I didn't say that. 318 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:26,839 Some people, it's the tone of voice, other people, it's the eyes. 319 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:28,840 Yours are a dead giveaway. 320 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:33,240 I'm just trying to do my job. Fine, just don't make it personal. 321 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:45,480 Dinner. 322 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,600 Dinner? 323 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,279 You said you'd call. 324 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,159 Him, you, then me. Remember? 325 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:51,200 Him, you, then me. Remember? Oh, I got caught up again, love. 326 00:17:51,201 --> 00:17:53,240 Oh, I got caught up again, love. 327 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,079 You haven't seen him?! There wasn't time. 328 00:17:56,080 --> 00:18:00,279 Nick and I went out on a call - this bloke had been dead three days.. 329 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:00,400 Nick and I went out on a call - this bloke had been dead three days.. I want to know if I can ru a beauty parlour from the house 330 00:18:00,401 --> 00:18:03,959 I want to know if I can run a beauty parlour from the house 331 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,240 so we can begin to make extra money. I know, I know. 332 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,559 I can't do without Sergeant Croydon's approval. 333 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,720 If you won't speak to him, I will. 334 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:17,080 I don't intend to spend the rest of my life cleaning up vomit here. 335 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,120 I'll ask him first thing in the morning. 336 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:21,760 Well, you'd better! 337 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,200 Had he really been dead for three days? 338 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:32,880 Oh... Don't tell me. 339 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:38,600 All I want is for you to talk to the Sergeant about using the house. 340 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,440 Your wish is my command. Well, it hasn't been so far. 341 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,720 What's that smell? It's horrible. 342 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,039 Oh, the dead guy I told you about. 343 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,279 The smell gets into your clothes. 344 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,679 You'd better shower before you come to bed tonight. 345 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:00,720 You'd better shower before you come to bed tonight. If not, I'll file for divorce. 346 00:19:00,721 --> 00:19:02,680 If not, I'll file for divorce. 347 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,760 Till death do us part does not refer to someone else's death. 348 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,280 Besides which, you get used to it. 349 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,520 (sniffs) 350 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:15,480 No, you don't. 351 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,080 Not to that, you don't. 352 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,280 Jim, there he is. 353 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:32,560 Alright, Miller, on your feet. 354 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,519 Have you got a problem, boys? 355 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,360 We'll deal with it outside. 356 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:37,879 Tom! 357 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:38,080 Tom! I said, on your feet. 358 00:19:38,081 --> 00:19:39,480 I said, on your feet. 359 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,399 Do you want us to drag you out? That won't be necessary, boys. 360 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:43,680 Do you want us to drag you out? That won't be necessary, boys. Let's sit down and have a... 361 00:19:43,681 --> 00:19:45,240 Let's sit down and have a... 362 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:46,960 Hey, cut it out! 363 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,400 What's going on?! 364 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,640 These goons did the old man over. 365 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,520 I asked him a few questions. 366 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,400 He started to get... That's a bloody lie! 367 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,840 The first man who throws a punch goes straight into the cells. 368 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,880 Right. How is he? He'll live. 369 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,479 The old boy started it... Shut up! 370 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:05,520 The old boy started it... Shut up! We wanted a few questions... One more word and you're g 371 00:20:05,521 --> 00:20:09,400 We wanted a few questions... One more word and you're gone. 372 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,199 Right, back to the farm. 373 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,440 Yeah, but... I'll deal with this! 374 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:17,040 If you want a drink, buy something to take with you. 375 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,240 I'll speak to your dad tomorrow. 376 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:22,879 So, this bastard gets off... I said I'll deal with it. 377 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,759 Just make sure he gets what's coming to him. 378 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,440 Goodnight. Go on, scram. 379 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:29,680 You, too. 380 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,480 You, front desk of the station, ten o'clock tomorrow. 381 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,479 Don't make me come looking for you. Now, look, Sergeant... 382 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,080 Don't make me repeat it. 383 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,639 Finish your drink and leave. 384 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:42,680 Finish your drink and leave. I'm staying here... I couldn't care less. 385 00:20:42,681 --> 00:20:45,440 I'm staying here... I couldn't care less. 386 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,120 Ten o'clock. Got it? 387 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:52,480 It's your shout. 388 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,040 Don't you worry, I gave as good as I got. 389 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,160 When I got my arms free, that is. 390 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,079 You ought to lay charges. 391 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,040 Assault, trespassing on private property. 392 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,840 I've got better things to do with me time. 393 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:11,880 They won't be back. 394 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,079 You ought to at least teach them a lesson, Bob. 395 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:15,120 You ought to at least teach them a lesson, Bob. That type never learn. 396 00:21:15,121 --> 00:21:16,680 That type never learn. 397 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,720 It's like trying to domesticate a feral cat. 398 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:21,680 About the harvester. 399 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:27,360 If we don't find it, the finance company is bound to press charges. 400 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:29,479 Against who? Me?! 401 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,079 Who else is there? 402 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,759 You're the one who stands to profit if it doesn't turn up. 403 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:34,840 You're the one who stands to profit if it doesn't turn up. I had nothing to do with it, I 404 00:21:34,841 --> 00:21:37,080 I had nothing to do with it, I swear. 405 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:42,080 Sure, I've got a mortgage the size of the Great Australian Bight. 406 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,119 But I play by the rules, Tom. 407 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:48,440 Even if playing by the rules means you may even lose the property? 408 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,479 Am I supposed to turn me back on everything I've been taught? 409 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,120 Go feral like them bastards who beat me? 410 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,360 A man is only as good as his word. 411 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,200 And when he's not, he's not worth knowing. 412 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:17,239 Nick said to tell you he's gone to search Dave Tuffnell's house. 413 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:17,280 Nick said to tell you he's gone to search Dave Tuffnell's house. We haven't located next of kin. Good-o. 414 00:22:17,281 --> 00:22:19,880 We haven't located next of kin. Good-o. 415 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:22,239 Something else? Yes, there is. 416 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,239 It's kind of a personal matter. 417 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:24,320 It's kind of a personal matter. Boss, I've got Frank Carruthers next door and the lad is very ne 418 00:22:24,321 --> 00:22:28,880 Boss, I've got Frank Carruthers next door and the lad is very nervous. 419 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,800 Can it wait? Yeah, sure. 420 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,680 Frank, you know Sergeant Croydon. Gidday, Sergeant. 421 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:40,159 Frank was telling us he was out at the Crowley property last week. 422 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,840 It was just to pick Grace up, we were going out to dinner. 423 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:45,840 Last week. 424 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,600 And you haven't been back since? 425 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,240 Like the night before last, for instance? 426 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,040 The night before last? 427 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,840 No, no, not me. 428 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:13,439 NICK: Mt Thomas 608. Have arrived at deceased's residence. 429 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,600 It looks like there's a visitor. 430 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,440 Did you lose something? 431 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:56,240 Oh! 432 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,880 You startled me. I can see that. 433 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:00,640 What are you doing here? 434 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,560 Oh, nothing, I... ah... 435 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,279 I read about David's death and I thought that I'd... 436 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,000 David? You were a friend of the deceased? 437 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:10,640 I knew him, yes. 438 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,440 Good, we've been trying to trace his next of kin. 439 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,239 Oh, well, I can't really help with that. 440 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:17,280 Oh, well, I can't really help with that. I didn't know him all that well. 441 00:24:17,281 --> 00:24:19,320 I didn't know him all that well. 442 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,640 Just enough to go through his personal effects? 443 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,320 Um, David borrowed something thing from me a few years ago. 444 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,040 I just wanted it back. 445 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,160 It? It was something personal. 446 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,360 Something without value or meaning to anyone but me. 447 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,560 But you're not saying what "it" is. It's personal. 448 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,200 And it's not among the items you already have in your car? 449 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,319 They're just some books and figurines, hardly crown jewels. 450 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:48,280 They're just some books and figurines, hardly crown jewels. 451 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:48,320 They're just some books and figurines, hardly crown jewels. would take who didn't know 452 00:24:48,321 --> 00:24:52,839 They're not the sort of things one would take who didn't know him well. 453 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:52,920 They're not the sort of things one would take who didn't know him well. I'm not a thief. 454 00:24:52,921 --> 00:24:54,440 I'm not a thief. 455 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:58,840 I'd like you to come to the station to answer a few questions. 456 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,000 Is that really necessary? 457 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,319 I-I'll just return the things from the car. 458 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:04,440 After days like today, early retirement seems appealing. 459 00:25:04,441 --> 00:25:08,280 Can we just forget this happened? No, I'm afraid we can't. 460 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,520 Not unless you can explain why it is you're here. 461 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,000 And what your relationship was with the deceased. 462 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,120 He's lying. It's written all over his face. 463 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:26,000 Grace gets the family out for the night. 464 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:30,400 Frank drives to the farm, picks up the harvester then stashes it. 465 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:36,480 He's her boyfriend. The least he can do is help save her family's farm. 466 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,400 Do whatever you have to do. 467 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:43,000 I'll make sure Frank's in sight when you bring her in. Let her see him. 468 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,039 PHONE RINGS Mt Thomas Police. 469 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,920 Constable. Don't worry, I'll be discreet. 470 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:49,840 Be a nice change. 471 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,320 Pardon? Pardon? 472 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:55,760 Madame, this is not a beauty parlour, it's a police station. 473 00:25:56,240 --> 00:26:00,240 I don't care what it says in the paper, it's a police station. 474 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,600 Someone's idea of a joke. 475 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,600 Ah, boss, could I have that word with you now? 476 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,439 It's about the house, boss, and Roz. 477 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,920 Is the house not up to city standards? 478 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,760 Oh, no, nothing like that... PHONE RINGS 479 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,440 Mt Thomas police. 480 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,120 Yeah, I'll let him know. 481 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,440 He'll be there in ten minutes. 482 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,800 That was the hospital. You were due there 30 minutes ago. 483 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:27,680 I was? 484 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,719 You delivered a dead body yesterday? Yes. 485 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,040 Then you have an autopsy to attend. 486 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,439 The morgue's different here. 487 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,760 Whoever signs off the body has to assist the GMO with the autopsy. 488 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,439 You're kidding me. 489 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:41,640 You're kidding me. Nick didn't mention that. 490 00:26:41,641 --> 00:26:43,200 Nick didn't mention that. 491 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,000 Get your skates on, they're waiting. 492 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,400 Your first, is it? Y-yeah. 493 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,560 It'll be all over in a flash. 494 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,759 One of my more illustrious predecessors 495 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,559 was known to complete an examination in under 30 minutes. 496 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:02,600 Was known to complete an examination in under 30 minutes. Mine take slightly longer. 497 00:27:02,601 --> 00:27:04,400 Mine take slightly longer. 498 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,000 Shall we strike another blow for medical science? 499 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,360 10.52 a.m., Tuesday the 6th of September. 500 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,760 Subject's name, David Arthur Tuffnell. 501 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,440 Male, 53 years old. 502 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,520 Scalpel, please, Constable. 503 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,080 The poetical works of Byron. 504 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,960 Mr Tuffnell fancied a bit of poetry, did he? 505 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,520 To dearest David, all my love, Lynette. 506 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:59,319 Mrs Radcliffe, we have no desire to pry into your personal affairs. 507 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,760 Can you just explain why you were at the deceased's? 508 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:04,680 I can't do that, Sergeant. 509 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,760 Are you any relation to the Radcliffes at Lake End? 510 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,319 They're my husband's family. 511 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,319 I'd appreciate it if you kept them out of this. 512 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:14,360 After days like today, if you kept them out of this. Mrs Radcliffe... David and I were 513 00:28:14,361 --> 00:28:17,280 Mrs Radcliffe... David and I were friends. 514 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:21,200 We shared an interest in poetry, that's all I can tell you. 515 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,919 Sorry, no facials and no manicures. 516 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,960 Madame, this is the Mt Thomas Police Station. 517 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,680 Then give the local paper a call. 518 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:34,999 Beauty parlour. 519 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,959 How long do I have to wait? I have things to do. 520 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,719 Take that up with the Sergeant, Mr Miller. 521 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:40,760 Get him out here. 522 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,199 We're off to Tuffnell's. 523 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,839 Have you had calls for a beauty parlour? 524 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,160 Yeah, two. They said they saw an ad. 525 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,520 Look, I don't have to be here if I don't want to be. 526 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,519 There's nothing to stop me from walking out right now. 527 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,680 This may or may not be true, Mr Miller. Why not put it to the test? 528 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,799 Anyone with the boss, PJ? Nope. 529 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,720 Through here, Miss Crowley. 530 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,400 How's it going, Grace? 531 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,880 You tell me. 532 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,600 This way. 533 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:21,280 Now we're getting somewhere. Weren't you just leaving? 534 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,399 Liver weighed by Constable Patterson was... 535 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:25,480 Liver weighed by Constable Patterson was... Um, 983 grams. 536 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:36,080 Organ's lower left end appears slightly enlarged and discoloured. 537 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:41,320 Tissue sample taken this date, 11.35 a.m. for further analysis. 538 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:46,239 That completes the examination of the lower cavity. 539 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,640 Now we'll move onto the head cavity. 540 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,800 Still with us, Constable? Mmm. 541 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:52,680 Good. Cranial saw, please. 542 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:00,720 LOUD BUZZING NOISE 543 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,240 Is this really necessary? 544 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:15,720 Can't you let the dead rest in peace? 545 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,360 No, I can't, Mrs Radcliffe, any more than you could. 546 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,480 Apart from which, it's my job. 547 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,680 You don't even know what you're looking for. 548 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,840 I might, if you'd be a little more cooperative. 549 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,679 That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. 550 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,080 Easy, Grace. 551 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,479 It's not that ridiculous... You're from the city! 552 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,639 You think everyone's dishonest like city folk. 553 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:43,680 You think everyone's dishonest like city folk. 554 00:30:43,681 --> 00:30:46,200 No-one's accusing anyone of anything. 555 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,000 We just want you to answer a few questions. 556 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:53,240 Dad's never done a wrong thing in his life, Sergeant Croydon. 557 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:57,840 You should know that. You're supposed to be mates. 558 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,800 We're not talking about your father, Grace. 559 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:02,600 We're talking about you. 560 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:08,920 I don't understand. 561 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,680 You saw Frank Carruthers outside when you came in. 562 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:14,920 PJ's had a talk with him. 563 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:18,840 Yes, quite a long talk. 564 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,600 We've heard his side of the story, now we'd like to hear yours. 565 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,320 What did he tell you? 566 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,760 We'd rather not say until you've had a chance to explain things. 567 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,800 That farm is everything to Dad. 568 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,600 His whole life. I know. 569 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,680 Was I supposed to stand by and watch while he lost everything?! 570 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,800 Maybe Jim and Warren could, but I couldn't. 571 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,840 So you got together with Frank and made a plan? 572 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,440 Frank was j... 573 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,319 doing me a favour. 574 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,240 By picking up the harvester? 575 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:03,760 It wasn't just the finance company payments that were overdue. 576 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,000 I checked the accounts at work. 577 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,400 Dad had let the insurance go, too. 578 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,520 Wasn't there a way... 579 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:15,440 All that land, the livestock, everything, we don't own it! 580 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,119 The bank does. 581 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,720 Most of what we earn goes to keeping the mortgage down. 582 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,000 By the time we cover expenses, nothing's left. 583 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:30,520 I just wanted... I wanted to give him some breathing space. 584 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,160 Until the advance for next year's crop came through. 585 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,080 Easy, love, it's alright. 586 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,000 It seemed such a harmless thing to do. 587 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,960 Only Frank and I would know, no-one was going to get hurt. 588 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,280 What do we have here? 589 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,600 These are what you were after, eh? Give them to me! 590 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,559 They've got the deceased's name on them. 591 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:15,400 They're part of his estate. 592 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:17,599 They're mine. I wrote them. 593 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:17,640 They're mine. I wrote them. Please! 594 00:33:17,641 --> 00:33:19,200 Please! 595 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,920 They won't tell you anything you need for your files. 596 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,160 Let's see what they tell me. 597 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,880 I had a relationship with David. 598 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,360 He was the overseer on my husband's property. 599 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,520 It was all of eight years ago. 600 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:49,520 We had a lot in common, love of good books, good music... 601 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,360 It wasn't something we planned. It just happened. 602 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,200 It was over almost as soon as it began. 603 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:02,560 We were both very mature and rational about it. 604 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:09,520 If we'd been 5, 10 years younger, it may've been different. 605 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,800 But we weren't and it wasn't. 606 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,000 There was a child. 607 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,199 There is a child. 608 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,320 It's my daughter, Sophie. 609 00:34:42,199 --> 00:34:45,080 My husband thinks he is her natural father. 610 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,000 That's why I wanted those letters so badly. 611 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:55,960 What else can you tell me about Mr Tuffnell? 612 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:04,519 Apart from the fact that he loved Byron and was a good, honest man, 613 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:10,520 who cared nothing for material success, not much, I'm afraid. 614 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,840 He never spoke about the past and I made it a point not to ask. 615 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,320 And this was as far as it got? 616 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,360 Did you continue to see... No, we didn't. 617 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:32,800 I wrote occasionally but... he never replied. 618 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,120 For which in the end I think I was grateful. 619 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,200 He was a good man. 620 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:50,600 Now you have what you came for. 621 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:53,920 I'd better be getting back. 622 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,880 Unless you're still determined to charge me with something. 623 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,200 No, you're free to go. 624 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:14,400 Mrs Radcliffe, you might as well take these. 625 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,480 There's nothing in them I need for the files. 626 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,120 Thank you. 627 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:37,400 Now that you know, maybe one day I'll have courage to tell my child. 628 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:01,480 There you go. Thanks. 629 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,560 I must look a wreck. You look fine. 630 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:09,040 My world's about to fall apart and I'm worried about how I look. 631 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,840 Grace, I'm sorry the way it turned out. 632 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,320 You were just doing your job. 633 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:26,680 You were right about me not knowing much about the bush or farmers. 634 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,960 Maybe when this is over, you could... 635 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:37,560 Show you the ropes? 636 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:43,080 You might have to visit me in jail first. 637 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:47,440 I'm sure it won't come to that, not if the Sarge has any say in it. 638 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,840 You want me to wear all this extra time and expense 639 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,760 and forget the whole thing ever happened?! 640 00:37:57,240 --> 00:38:01,799 If Grace is convicted, the worst she'll get is a suspended sentence. 641 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,160 Any conviction means she loses her job at the bank. 642 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,920 So? She makes a mistake, she pays for it. 643 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:13,880 We can go to her father and convince him to press charges against you. 644 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:17,840 His daughter was involved in a scam to defraud my client. 645 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:19,799 I had every right to be there. 646 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,320 But not to use physical intimidation. 647 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,440 He can't press charges, he's got no witnesses. 648 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:29,840 I collect debts for a living... It's not what you do for a living. 649 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:33,800 You treat people like shit instead of decent human beings. 650 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,800 Because that's how they treat me. 651 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:41,440 You spend your life being spat on by most people, it starts to rub off. 652 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:43,479 Okay, it's a tough job. 653 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,959 But at least you got what you came for. 654 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:48,759 Why destroy a career just to prove a point? 655 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,239 Proving a point is what it's all about. 656 00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:51,320 Proving a point is what it's all about. If I let the Crowley girl off, word gets out tha 657 00:38:51,321 --> 00:38:55,480 If I let the Crowley girl off, word gets out that I'm a soft touch. 658 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,360 I lose credibility, then I'm out of a job. 659 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:00,400 I'm going with the charges. 660 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:04,679 For two pins... 661 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:07,480 I know, boss, you'd start a tailor's shop. 662 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,280 Don't let it worry you, he's not worth it. 663 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:12,480 Now comes the hard part. 664 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,320 I'll do it if you like... No, I'll do it. 665 00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:24,759 Grace Crowley, you'll be charged with conspiracy to defraud 666 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,479 the Mutual Acceptance Finance Company. 667 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,959 Co-conspirator, Frank Carruthers, 668 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,999 will be charged with stealing the harvester. 669 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,600 Anything you say will be used in evidence against you. 670 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,280 Do you understand this? 671 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:45,360 Off the record, it wasn't Frank who gave you away. 672 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:47,960 He told us nothing. 673 00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:57,600 So, what was the cause of death? I'd say natural causes. 674 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:01,759 Cardiac arrest brought on by blockage of the left ventricle. 675 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,359 Wasn't so bad, was it? 676 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:07,479 At least you didn't throw up like most of them do the first time. 677 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:07,520 At least you didn't throw up like most of them do the first time. Most of them? 678 00:40:07,521 --> 00:40:08,879 Most of them? 679 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:09,080 Most of them? Yes. One young man spent all his time in the toilet. 680 00:40:09,081 --> 00:40:12,240 Yes. One young man spent all his time in the toilet. 681 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,040 Constable... Schultz? 682 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,160 Constable Nick Schultz? That's him. 683 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,720 He was quite a mess by the time we'd finished. 684 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,520 I had food poisoning. 685 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,400 Did she tell you that? She told me plenty. 686 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,280 Things I'll enjoy telling everyone else. 687 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,640 I was as crook as a dog. PHONE RINGS 688 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:35,680 Mt Thomas police. 689 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,240 Madame, we don't provide that service here. 690 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:43,080 When she's signed a statement she can go back to work. 691 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,080 This is not a beauty parlour. 692 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,600 It is the Mt Thomas Police Station. 693 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,000 Because I'm a policeman who works here. 694 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:55,600 What's going on here? I think I've just worked it out. 695 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:57,880 Constable Patterson, a word. 696 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,560 I was out for an hour at the most. 697 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,400 I thought I put the answering machine on. 698 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,440 It was really bad. So a few calls went to the station. 699 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:19,799 Six calls went to the station, one straight into Sarge's office. 700 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:21,399 I'm sorry. 701 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:23,879 It's not as if I did it intentionally. 702 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,520 As long as he knew about it... He didn't. 703 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:28,760 I hadn't had a chance to ask him. 704 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,600 You promised you'd tell him first thing. 705 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,840 I was busy pretending to be a cop. 706 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:37,160 Delivering summonses, attending post mortems. 707 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,439 Weighing odd items like livers. 708 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,040 Wayne, we have company. 709 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:42,759 Not for long. 710 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:42,920 Not for long. The boss gave your parlour the axe. 711 00:41:42,921 --> 00:41:45,080 The boss gave your parlour the axe. 712 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,080 As of this minute, you're out of business. 713 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:49,880 That's just fantastic. 714 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:54,120 You forget to tell him and now I'm out of a business. 715 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,160 You had two whole days, Wayne. 716 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,679 You should have talked to me before you advertised. 717 00:41:59,680 --> 00:41:59,718 You should have talked to me before you advertised. It was a simple request, Wayne. 718 00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:00,720 It was a simple request, Wayne. 719 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,080 I asked you to ask him one question. 720 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,040 Gidday, Tom. 721 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,080 Bob, I saw your car out the front. 722 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,480 I'm sorry about what happened with Grace. 723 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,599 Under the circumstances we had no choice. 724 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:33,280 If there's anything... Drink up, I'll get you another. 725 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:35,760 Well, you know where I am. 726 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:51,079 Haven't you got a home? I'm finishing the Tuffnell report. 727 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:52,679 The deceased. 728 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:56,439 Did you work out his connection with the Radcliffe woman? 729 00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:56,520 Did you work out his connection with the Radcliffe woman? Like she said, they were just 730 00:42:56,521 --> 00:42:59,000 Like she said, they were just friends. 731 00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:03,400 Going for a quick one? No, I think I'll give it a miss. 732 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:09,480 Goodnight. 733 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:11,280 Goodnight. 734 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:34,480 Did our friends by any chance apply for a wide load permit? 735 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,360 Not to my knowledge. 736 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:53,880 SIREN BLARES 737 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:10,880 SUBTITLERS: Tricia Moreno, Kerrie McKay, Jill Zerbini, Megan Boaden. fixed by Ben Romain