1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,964 'In the criminal justice system, the people are represented 2 00:00:02,987 --> 00:00:05,587 by two separate yet equally important groups. 3 00:00:05,627 --> 00:00:07,527 The police who investigate crime, 4 00:00:07,543 --> 00:00:10,303 and the Crown prosecutors who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:10,343 --> 00:00:12,103 These are their stories.' 6 00:00:13,290 --> 00:00:16,770 Puss, puss, puss! 7 00:00:18,919 --> 00:00:20,919 Are you up there? 8 00:00:20,959 --> 00:00:22,959 Puss, puss, puss! 9 00:00:24,399 --> 00:00:27,839 You are a naughty boy. You know you shouldn't run off like that. 10 00:00:29,719 --> 00:00:34,399 And if you think you are going to sit on my lap all evening, watching TV... 11 00:00:40,079 --> 00:00:42,079 Oh... 12 00:00:45,759 --> 00:00:47,759 Jenny? 13 00:00:49,319 --> 00:00:52,159 Ah! Jenny? 14 00:00:52,199 --> 00:00:54,839 Jenny? 15 00:01:08,279 --> 00:01:10,279 Jenny? 16 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:21,399 Oh... 17 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:23,439 Oh, no! 18 00:01:25,879 --> 00:01:27,879 Jenny... 19 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:34,799 Jenny Moran, 83, 20 00:01:34,839 --> 00:01:37,759 bruises on her arm, face, and torso. 21 00:01:37,799 --> 00:01:40,639 Right. No blood. 22 00:01:40,679 --> 00:01:42,679 Internal bleeding. 23 00:01:42,719 --> 00:01:45,119 What, you think somebody has beaten her up? 24 00:01:45,159 --> 00:01:46,879 Or she fell. 25 00:01:48,879 --> 00:01:52,119 Um... Shame. 26 00:01:52,159 --> 00:01:54,159 Nice smile. 27 00:01:54,199 --> 00:01:56,439 Right, what else, mate? 28 00:01:56,479 --> 00:01:58,519 The lady that found her. Where is she? 29 00:01:58,559 --> 00:02:01,759 She is next door. Name? Harriet Pelham. 30 00:02:01,799 --> 00:02:04,039 And she lives just downstairs from here. 31 00:02:04,079 --> 00:02:06,079 OK. Thank you. 32 00:02:07,959 --> 00:02:09,959 Hello, Harriet. 33 00:02:09,999 --> 00:02:12,839 My name is Ronnie Brooks. I'm a detective sergeant. 34 00:02:12,879 --> 00:02:14,879 How are you? Oh... 35 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:16,919 Not good? OK. 36 00:02:16,959 --> 00:02:19,959 Um... Harriet, what can you tell us about Jenny Moran? 37 00:02:19,999 --> 00:02:21,999 Jenny and I were friends. Hmm. 38 00:02:22,039 --> 00:02:26,679 Ignatius wouldn't just go into anyone's flat. 39 00:02:26,719 --> 00:02:28,799 That's my cat. 40 00:02:28,839 --> 00:02:30,839 Oh, right, I see. 41 00:02:30,879 --> 00:02:33,639 Jenny was very fond of Ignatius. 42 00:02:33,679 --> 00:02:35,679 Harriet, did you notice anyone 43 00:02:35,719 --> 00:02:38,639 hanging around the flats that you didn't recognise, 44 00:02:38,679 --> 00:02:40,599 or did you hear or see anything 45 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,159 this morning or last night out of the ordinary? 46 00:02:43,199 --> 00:02:45,199 Nothing at all. Right... 47 00:02:45,239 --> 00:02:47,559 Ah! They took the clock. 48 00:02:47,599 --> 00:02:50,359 The clock? The silver carriage clock. 49 00:02:50,399 --> 00:02:54,879 Right. It should be on the mantelpiece next to the Virgin Mary. 50 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,559 Well, that is really helpful. Thanks, Harriet. 51 00:02:57,599 --> 00:02:59,639 Jackie will take care of you right now 52 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:02,279 and I will speak to you again later on. OK? Yes. 53 00:03:02,319 --> 00:03:04,319 All right, OK. 54 00:03:17,079 --> 00:03:19,439 All this for a clock? 55 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:24,639 Mater Dolorosa. 56 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,079 It's our Lady of Sorrows. 57 00:03:30,994 --> 00:04:10,924 Subtitles by MemoryOnSmells http://UKsubtitles.ru. 58 00:04:11,762 --> 00:04:15,162 No signs of trauma on Jenny Moran's body... 59 00:04:15,202 --> 00:04:18,002 Blunt or otherwise. 60 00:04:18,084 --> 00:04:20,084 No evidence of violence at all. 61 00:04:20,124 --> 00:04:24,804 So, she did just pop her clogs then? 62 00:04:24,844 --> 00:04:27,324 Well, the not eating didn't help. 63 00:04:30,684 --> 00:04:32,684 Thank you. You're welcome. 64 00:04:32,724 --> 00:04:36,724 Hypertension, diminished organs, kidney failure, dehydration... 65 00:04:36,805 --> 00:04:40,125 Plus loss of adipose tissue, rock bottom levels of insulin, 66 00:04:40,165 --> 00:04:42,365 while her glucagon was through the roof. 67 00:04:42,405 --> 00:04:44,405 Thanks, Lily. That is a great help. 68 00:04:44,445 --> 00:04:48,165 I know how she ended up, Ron, just not how she got there. 69 00:04:51,605 --> 00:04:54,805 We don't know how she died. The bruises are inconclusive. 70 00:04:54,845 --> 00:04:58,365 How about when? Lily thinks about 12 hours before she was found. 71 00:04:58,405 --> 00:05:00,405 They went through everything, 72 00:05:00,445 --> 00:05:03,845 but the only thing that was missing so far is a carriage clock. 73 00:05:03,885 --> 00:05:08,965 Any witnesses? Well, none, except for Ignatius. 74 00:05:09,005 --> 00:05:11,485 Who? The neighbour's cat. 75 00:05:11,525 --> 00:05:14,445 All right, well... This is a robbery that went wrong? 76 00:05:14,485 --> 00:05:16,365 They break in, she interrupts them... 77 00:05:16,923 --> 00:05:19,523 She has died of a heart attack, maybe, or a fall, 78 00:05:19,563 --> 00:05:21,783 or failure of any one of about half a dozen organs. 79 00:05:21,819 --> 00:05:23,819 Was she that bad? Yes, she was. 80 00:05:23,859 --> 00:05:26,459 The next of kin are in the family room. 81 00:05:26,499 --> 00:05:28,499 Thanks, Ange. 82 00:05:28,539 --> 00:05:30,939 Ron, take care of that please. 83 00:05:30,979 --> 00:05:33,619 Sam, usual suspects. Pawnshops, known fences, 84 00:05:33,659 --> 00:05:36,419 see if anyone has seen a silver carriage clock. 85 00:05:36,424 --> 00:05:40,304 I told Jenny to move. I told her she would be better off in a home. 86 00:05:40,344 --> 00:05:43,384 But she wouldn't listen. 87 00:05:43,424 --> 00:05:45,584 To Connie, maybe, but not to me. 88 00:05:45,624 --> 00:05:49,464 She said that she didn't want to be surrounded by old drooling people. 89 00:05:49,504 --> 00:05:52,304 My mother-in-law was a snob. That is not fair, Mum. 90 00:05:52,344 --> 00:05:55,664 She loved being in her own home, surrounded by her own things. 91 00:05:55,704 --> 00:05:59,064 At least that way, she could hold on to some dignity. 92 00:06:01,304 --> 00:06:04,224 She said that if she left home... they would kill her. 93 00:06:05,664 --> 00:06:07,664 Only she was wrong, wasn't she? 94 00:06:07,704 --> 00:06:09,504 Oh, sweetheart... 95 00:06:09,544 --> 00:06:11,304 I'm sorry. It's all right. 96 00:06:11,344 --> 00:06:13,304 It's OK. Please... 97 00:06:16,504 --> 00:06:20,304 Apart from yourselves, did anyone else know that your gran lived alone? 98 00:06:20,344 --> 00:06:23,704 Um... She didn't. Cecile lived with her. 99 00:06:23,744 --> 00:06:27,264 Cecile? Cecile Bakama. She cared for Gran. 100 00:06:27,304 --> 00:06:30,544 She has done for about six months. 101 00:06:30,584 --> 00:06:33,184 Really? Well, there was no... There was no sign 102 00:06:33,224 --> 00:06:36,424 of anyone else living at the flat when we went there. 103 00:06:36,467 --> 00:06:38,467 That's not possible. 104 00:06:38,507 --> 00:06:42,667 Last time I was there was Tuesday, and she was there then. 105 00:06:42,707 --> 00:06:46,227 They were playing Boggle. Gran liked that. 106 00:06:46,267 --> 00:06:48,507 OK, and where did you get her from? 107 00:06:48,547 --> 00:06:50,747 According to the agency, Cecile Bakama 108 00:06:50,787 --> 00:06:53,587 arrived in England from the Congo three years ago. 109 00:06:53,627 --> 00:06:56,347 They say she is conscientious, patient, and dedicated. 110 00:06:56,387 --> 00:06:59,707 No complaints, accusations, items going AWOL? Not a whiff. 111 00:06:59,747 --> 00:07:02,387 All right. Did you get a contact address for her? 112 00:07:02,427 --> 00:07:06,147 The agency also told us she went back to the Congo two months ago. Eh? 113 00:07:06,187 --> 00:07:08,187 Yeah, her Visa expired. 114 00:07:08,227 --> 00:07:10,747 So, Cecile tells her agency she's going home, 115 00:07:10,787 --> 00:07:13,027 but instead she stayed with Jenny Moran. 116 00:07:13,067 --> 00:07:15,867 A nice anonymous address, always paid in readies, 117 00:07:15,947 --> 00:07:18,867 immigration none the wiser. So, your thinking is... 118 00:07:18,907 --> 00:07:21,747 Cecile tried robbing Jenny Moran, all went wrong, and... 119 00:07:21,787 --> 00:07:23,547 Absolutely. OK. What next? 120 00:07:24,380 --> 00:07:26,500 Another Congolese girl joined the agency 121 00:07:26,540 --> 00:07:28,380 around the same time as Cecile Bakama. 122 00:07:28,420 --> 00:07:30,460 Now, she may know where Cecile lives. 123 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:34,140 Two girls coming from the same country, same job. It's worth a pop. 124 00:07:34,180 --> 00:07:36,181 A bit of a stretch, isn't it? Well, I'll limber up. 125 00:07:37,738 --> 00:07:39,478 Yes, we joined at the same time. 126 00:07:39,497 --> 00:07:41,937 Cecile looks after that old lady. Mrs Moran? 127 00:07:41,977 --> 00:07:43,977 Mmm... Nice lady. 128 00:07:44,323 --> 00:07:46,323 But always sick. 129 00:07:46,363 --> 00:07:48,603 Always something wrong. 130 00:07:48,643 --> 00:07:50,643 Like what? Her head, her stomach. 131 00:07:50,683 --> 00:07:53,883 Never stopped her from going to Mass, though. Every week. 132 00:07:54,032 --> 00:07:55,592 Cecile is the same. 133 00:07:55,603 --> 00:07:57,603 Do you know which church she went to? 134 00:07:57,643 --> 00:07:59,643 Cecile? No. 135 00:07:59,683 --> 00:08:02,023 But she's the one who needs to ask for forgiveness. 136 00:08:02,095 --> 00:08:03,855 Why? Did she do something wrong? 137 00:08:03,895 --> 00:08:05,815 She needs locking up. She is a thief. 138 00:08:05,855 --> 00:08:08,215 She stole from Mrs Moran? 139 00:08:08,255 --> 00:08:11,695 Mrs Moran? No. Who cares about her? Me! 140 00:08:11,735 --> 00:08:13,735 She stole my boyfriend. Olivier Dondo. 141 00:08:13,775 --> 00:08:16,135 If you want to find her, she'll be in his flat. 142 00:08:16,175 --> 00:08:20,255 And you can tell her there aren't enough Hail Marys in the world 143 00:08:20,295 --> 00:08:22,295 for what she's done. 144 00:08:26,135 --> 00:08:29,575 Quoi. 145 00:08:29,615 --> 00:08:32,455 Er... I'm DS Casey. This is DS Brooks. 146 00:08:32,495 --> 00:08:34,735 Is Cecile in? We would like a word. 147 00:08:37,455 --> 00:08:40,775 Cecile Bakama... 148 00:08:42,575 --> 00:08:44,575 Parlez-vouz Anglais? 149 00:08:44,615 --> 00:08:46,615 No. 150 00:08:55,695 --> 00:08:57,695 Oui? 151 00:08:57,735 --> 00:08:59,735 Olivier... It's OK. 152 00:08:59,775 --> 00:09:01,775 Thank you. 153 00:09:01,815 --> 00:09:06,815 Hello, Cecile. We would like to talk to you about Jenny Moran. 154 00:09:06,855 --> 00:09:08,655 Why? Is something wrong? 155 00:09:08,695 --> 00:09:10,775 You could say that. She's dead. 156 00:09:10,815 --> 00:09:14,015 Dead? All right if we come in? 157 00:09:14,055 --> 00:09:16,495 You have a warrant? Ah, there you go. 158 00:09:16,535 --> 00:09:19,735 You see how easy this English thing is once you get going? 159 00:09:19,775 --> 00:09:21,975 Warrant... We would just like to come in 160 00:09:22,015 --> 00:09:24,255 and have a look around if that's OK? 161 00:09:24,295 --> 00:09:26,295 You've got nothing to hide... Have you? 162 00:09:26,335 --> 00:09:28,335 No warrant, no looking. 163 00:09:28,375 --> 00:09:30,215 Whoa, whoa... 164 00:09:30,255 --> 00:09:32,255 Just one thing... 165 00:09:32,295 --> 00:09:35,455 Why weren't you at Mrs Moran's the day she died? 166 00:09:35,495 --> 00:09:37,495 Why would I be? 167 00:09:37,535 --> 00:09:39,735 I was fired. 168 00:09:39,775 --> 00:09:42,495 By Mrs Moran? No. Her granddaughter. 169 00:09:42,535 --> 00:09:44,895 Enough. 170 00:09:49,615 --> 00:09:51,615 Fluent French? 171 00:09:51,655 --> 00:09:54,735 Still waters, Sammy. Still waters. 172 00:09:54,775 --> 00:09:57,455 Of course I didn't fire her. 173 00:09:57,495 --> 00:10:00,375 Why would she say something like that? 174 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:03,935 My God... 175 00:10:03,975 --> 00:10:05,975 She... killed Gran... 176 00:10:06,015 --> 00:10:07,815 Is that what you think? 177 00:10:07,855 --> 00:10:10,295 Well, what do you think? Is it possible? 178 00:10:11,375 --> 00:10:13,375 Well... Well, what? 179 00:10:13,415 --> 00:10:15,415 I wasn't going to say anything, 180 00:10:15,455 --> 00:10:18,055 but things started to go missing from the flat. 181 00:10:18,095 --> 00:10:21,255 Nothing valuable. Just little things. 182 00:10:21,295 --> 00:10:23,455 Why DIDN'T you fire her then? 183 00:10:23,495 --> 00:10:27,655 It wasn't worth it. But you said she was stealing from your gran? 184 00:10:27,695 --> 00:10:30,935 Well, amongst other things, Gran was doubly incontinent. 185 00:10:30,975 --> 00:10:33,815 It's not like we had carers lining up down the street. 186 00:10:33,855 --> 00:10:35,655 So, your grandmother is burgled, 187 00:10:35,695 --> 00:10:39,135 and you didn't think to mention that her carer was stealing from her. 188 00:10:39,175 --> 00:10:41,175 They broke in. 189 00:10:41,215 --> 00:10:44,215 Why would Cecile do that? She had keys. 190 00:10:46,135 --> 00:10:48,135 Well, she has a point. 191 00:10:48,175 --> 00:10:51,255 Unless Cecile is covering herself pretending it is a break-in. 192 00:10:51,295 --> 00:10:55,295 I don't think she's that clever. But Olivier Dondo has got previous. 193 00:10:55,335 --> 00:10:57,335 Two convictions for burglary, 194 00:10:57,375 --> 00:11:00,895 and a robbery charge that was later dropped. All right, try this on... 195 00:11:00,935 --> 00:11:02,975 Connie fires Cecile, takes back the keys, 196 00:11:03,015 --> 00:11:05,335 but Olivier now fancies a bit of payback, so... 197 00:11:05,375 --> 00:11:08,215 Yeah, but Connie Moran reckons she didn't fire her. 198 00:11:08,255 --> 00:11:11,175 Even though she admits Cecile was stealing. Come on! 199 00:11:11,215 --> 00:11:13,655 No, Wes, her gran liked Cecile, trusted her. 200 00:11:13,695 --> 00:11:16,215 Maybe Connie thought that was more important 201 00:11:16,255 --> 00:11:18,015 than a few odds and ends. 202 00:11:18,055 --> 00:11:20,895 It is a bit more than that. Go back to Olivier's gaff, 203 00:11:20,935 --> 00:11:23,815 but this time, take a warrant. We might not need to. 204 00:11:23,855 --> 00:11:25,735 The clock's been found. 205 00:11:25,775 --> 00:11:27,855 The thing is, Cecile... 206 00:11:27,895 --> 00:11:31,615 About three hours ago, a man comes in to see us. 207 00:11:31,655 --> 00:11:35,695 Now, this man owns a pawnbrokers in Kilburn High Road. 208 00:11:35,735 --> 00:11:39,575 And he told us that a couple had been in to pawn a silver carriage clock. 209 00:11:39,615 --> 00:11:41,615 So, we showed him some photographs. 210 00:11:41,655 --> 00:11:44,655 He ID'd Olivier Dondo... 211 00:11:44,695 --> 00:11:48,015 and he gave us a pretty good description of you. 212 00:11:48,055 --> 00:11:51,255 So, I need to know, how did you come by that carriage clock? 213 00:11:51,295 --> 00:11:53,135 My client says Mrs Moran gave it to her. 214 00:11:53,175 --> 00:11:56,415 Really? That was nice. So, you wanted to pawn someone's present. 215 00:11:56,455 --> 00:11:59,855 I needed - We've given you a perfectly innocent explanation, 216 00:11:59,895 --> 00:12:03,015 which you can't disprove. 217 00:12:03,055 --> 00:12:05,375 Well, I'm not interested about the clock. 218 00:12:05,415 --> 00:12:08,935 I'm interested in how Mrs Jenny Moran came to be dead in her flat. 219 00:12:08,975 --> 00:12:14,815 Which Miss Bakama is happy to help you with in any way she can. 220 00:12:14,855 --> 00:12:17,615 By handing over her boyfriend Olivier Dondo. 221 00:12:17,655 --> 00:12:19,575 He didn't do anything. 222 00:12:27,095 --> 00:12:29,095 Cecile... 223 00:12:30,575 --> 00:12:32,775 He broke down the door... 224 00:12:32,815 --> 00:12:34,895 But that's all. 225 00:12:34,935 --> 00:12:36,935 We knocked, but there was no answer. 226 00:12:36,975 --> 00:12:40,815 I told Olivier to kick in the door, and when we got in, 227 00:12:40,855 --> 00:12:43,615 we found Mrs Moran on the floor. 228 00:12:43,655 --> 00:12:45,575 And then just ransacked the flat? 229 00:12:45,615 --> 00:12:48,055 I was looking for her pills. I was desperate. 230 00:12:48,095 --> 00:12:50,615 But they weren't where they should have been. 231 00:12:52,335 --> 00:12:55,295 It didn't matter. She was already dead. 232 00:12:59,255 --> 00:13:01,255 So, why did you leave her? 233 00:13:01,295 --> 00:13:03,095 Why didn't you call 999? 234 00:13:03,135 --> 00:13:06,535 I don't want to be sent home. My family... 235 00:13:06,575 --> 00:13:08,695 Go on. 236 00:13:08,735 --> 00:13:10,735 I need to earn money. 237 00:13:10,775 --> 00:13:12,775 I send them what I can. 238 00:13:12,815 --> 00:13:16,295 It is why I pawned the clock. For the money. 239 00:13:16,335 --> 00:13:19,535 I would never harm Mrs Moran. 240 00:13:19,575 --> 00:13:22,775 So why break down the door? Why not just use the keys you had? 241 00:13:22,815 --> 00:13:24,975 I gave them back when I was fired. 242 00:13:25,015 --> 00:13:27,175 Connie Moran says that didn't happen. 243 00:13:27,215 --> 00:13:30,975 It did! So, what did you do, tell Olivier, and he wanted to get even? 244 00:13:31,015 --> 00:13:33,015 No! He became angry, broke the door down - 245 00:13:33,055 --> 00:13:35,215 I went back because I was worried. 246 00:13:35,255 --> 00:13:37,975 I was fired because Connie caught me... 247 00:13:38,015 --> 00:13:41,775 trying to give Mrs Moran extra food and water. 248 00:13:41,815 --> 00:13:45,175 She told me not to, but... 249 00:13:45,215 --> 00:13:49,015 You're telling me Connie Moran told you not to feed her grandmother? 250 00:13:51,015 --> 00:13:54,815 At first... I tried to do what she asked. 251 00:13:56,615 --> 00:13:58,855 But the amounts got smaller and smaller. 252 00:13:58,895 --> 00:14:01,815 Mrs Moran... 253 00:14:01,855 --> 00:14:03,855 She was so thin. 254 00:14:03,895 --> 00:14:05,895 There was nothing there. 255 00:14:05,935 --> 00:14:07,935 It broke... 256 00:14:07,975 --> 00:14:10,015 my heart. 257 00:14:10,055 --> 00:14:13,975 My client kept these. 258 00:14:17,575 --> 00:14:19,575 "Sunday... One small glass of water. 259 00:14:19,615 --> 00:14:22,575 Monday... Half a potato. 260 00:14:22,615 --> 00:14:24,935 Tuesday... Two spoons of mash and swede." 261 00:14:24,975 --> 00:14:26,975 Connie Moran's instructions. 262 00:14:27,015 --> 00:14:30,615 A how-to for starving her grandmother to death. 263 00:14:34,289 --> 00:14:36,289 She starved her? 264 00:14:36,329 --> 00:14:38,129 Thursday... One apple only. 265 00:14:38,145 --> 00:14:40,625 Friday... One carrot. 266 00:14:40,665 --> 00:14:42,665 Etc, etc. 267 00:14:42,705 --> 00:14:46,145 And can we prove that the granddaughter actually wrote these? 268 00:14:46,185 --> 00:14:49,945 Cos until we can, the other two are still in the frame. It's not them. 269 00:14:49,985 --> 00:14:51,985 Even though they tried to pawn the clock? 270 00:14:52,025 --> 00:14:55,585 Olivier Dundo's MO is waving crowbars about, not withholding carrots. 271 00:14:55,625 --> 00:14:57,625 OK. 272 00:15:03,105 --> 00:15:06,025 Will this take long? 273 00:15:06,065 --> 00:15:09,425 I don't think so. I'm trying to arrange my grandmother's funeral. 274 00:15:09,465 --> 00:15:11,705 At least what I can until her body is released. 275 00:15:11,745 --> 00:15:14,625 Were you responsible for your grandmother's food intake? 276 00:15:14,665 --> 00:15:17,145 What's that got to do with anything? 277 00:15:17,185 --> 00:15:19,185 She starved to death. 278 00:15:20,105 --> 00:15:22,345 Did you write these? 279 00:15:25,505 --> 00:15:28,465 Come on... You think that I...? 280 00:15:28,505 --> 00:15:30,505 Do you know how ridiculous that is? 281 00:15:30,545 --> 00:15:33,505 That is your handwriting, isn't it? So? 282 00:15:33,545 --> 00:15:36,265 I had to spell it out for Cecile. She didn't get it. 283 00:15:36,305 --> 00:15:39,105 She thought I was being cruel. Half a cup of water? 284 00:15:40,625 --> 00:15:42,625 Her kidneys were a problem. 285 00:15:42,665 --> 00:15:44,425 Her liquids had to be restricted. 286 00:15:44,465 --> 00:15:46,225 I was just doing what I was told. 287 00:15:46,265 --> 00:15:48,945 By who? 288 00:15:51,945 --> 00:15:55,265 Jenny Moran had IgA nephropathy. 289 00:15:55,305 --> 00:15:58,705 It's an inflammation of the glomerulus which developed. 290 00:15:58,745 --> 00:16:01,105 The kidneys packed up. Chronic renal failure. 291 00:16:01,145 --> 00:16:03,385 To which you could add rheumatoid arthritis, 292 00:16:03,425 --> 00:16:05,265 diabetes, 15 rounds with pneumonia, 293 00:16:05,305 --> 00:16:07,705 and the broken hip she sustained last Christmas. 294 00:16:09,505 --> 00:16:12,345 Jenny Moran was holding on with spit and willpower. 295 00:16:12,385 --> 00:16:14,385 Technical term! 296 00:16:14,425 --> 00:16:17,865 Did you advise her granddaughter to monitor her water intake? 297 00:16:17,905 --> 00:16:20,665 And protein. Salt, potassium. 298 00:16:20,705 --> 00:16:24,265 Did that help? I've really no idea. 299 00:16:24,305 --> 00:16:27,865 Mrs Moran changed consultants six months ago. 300 00:16:27,905 --> 00:16:29,905 Do you know why? 301 00:16:29,945 --> 00:16:31,945 My office received a phone call 302 00:16:31,985 --> 00:16:34,985 telling us that Mrs Moran would not be coming in any more. 303 00:16:35,025 --> 00:16:38,945 And it was her that called, yeah? Er... 304 00:16:38,985 --> 00:16:41,865 No. Her granddaughter did. 305 00:16:44,625 --> 00:16:47,385 The doc may well have told her to watch Jenny's diet, 306 00:16:47,425 --> 00:16:49,585 but the post-it notes were all Connie's work. 307 00:16:49,625 --> 00:16:51,785 It is the first he'd heard of them. She thought 308 00:16:51,825 --> 00:16:54,905 she was following doctor's orders. We can't arrest her for that. 309 00:16:54,945 --> 00:16:57,185 She said she was going to change doctors, 310 00:16:57,225 --> 00:17:00,225 except nobody ever requested Jenny Moran's records. 311 00:17:00,265 --> 00:17:03,225 Connie had her grandmother all to herself. Still a stretch. 312 00:17:03,265 --> 00:17:06,065 Even if we are right, there are easier ways to kill someone. 313 00:17:06,105 --> 00:17:08,105 Not crueller ones. 314 00:17:08,145 --> 00:17:11,185 OK, Connie Moran certainly had means and opportunity, 315 00:17:11,225 --> 00:17:13,225 but what about motive? 316 00:17:13,265 --> 00:17:16,225 She's the only next of kin. 317 00:17:16,265 --> 00:17:18,305 Maybe there's a will. 318 00:17:18,345 --> 00:17:22,065 You know what they say, where there's a will... There's a relative. 319 00:17:27,025 --> 00:17:29,025 Sorry, Ronnie. 320 00:17:29,065 --> 00:17:32,785 Thanks for your time on this Jenny Moran business. I appreciate it. 321 00:17:32,825 --> 00:17:36,345 Well, if you're looking for an eccentric billionaire heiress, 322 00:17:36,385 --> 00:17:39,985 you'll be disappointed. I've been Jenny's solicitor for years. 323 00:17:40,025 --> 00:17:42,825 She had a little money, which she left for charity. 324 00:17:42,865 --> 00:17:45,305 Nothing for her granddaughter? Some jewellery. 325 00:17:45,345 --> 00:17:47,905 Nothing of great value. Beyond sentiment, that is. 326 00:17:47,945 --> 00:17:50,945 Did Connie know that she wasn't going to get anything? 327 00:17:50,985 --> 00:17:53,505 If she thought she was - She wasn't that bothered. 328 00:17:53,545 --> 00:17:56,465 Really? Not when she had Jenny's flat. 329 00:18:00,865 --> 00:18:04,705 According to the Land Registry, Jenny Moran owned the flat outright. 330 00:18:04,745 --> 00:18:07,785 Two months ago, Connie was made joint tenant. Meaning? 331 00:18:07,825 --> 00:18:10,225 When Jenny died, Connie became sole owner. 332 00:18:10,265 --> 00:18:13,705 All right, the whole kit and caboodle. 333 00:18:13,745 --> 00:18:16,465 She hasn't wasted any time borrowing against it. 334 00:18:16,505 --> 00:18:18,505 She has just taken out a mortgage. 335 00:18:18,545 --> 00:18:21,265 Why would she do that if she owned the whole thing? 336 00:18:21,305 --> 00:18:23,425 I've got a pretty good idea. Go on then. 337 00:18:25,745 --> 00:18:29,345 Well, 18 months ago, Connie Moran was a witness to a car crash. So? 338 00:18:29,385 --> 00:18:33,665 Well, she gave a statement, and she had to give her occupation. 339 00:18:33,705 --> 00:18:35,705 Which is a... 340 00:18:35,745 --> 00:18:39,145 "Company director." Yes. 341 00:18:39,185 --> 00:18:42,705 Company House has her listed as director of Mogo Life Software. 342 00:18:42,745 --> 00:18:48,025 Now, in the last two months, they've been given three windup orders. 343 00:18:48,065 --> 00:18:49,785 So, she's going bankrupt? 344 00:18:49,825 --> 00:18:51,825 No. Not any more. 345 00:18:51,865 --> 00:18:55,705 All three creditors have just withdrawn their orders. 346 00:18:55,745 --> 00:18:58,705 Ah... Someone's been paying the bills. 347 00:19:00,745 --> 00:19:02,705 70 grand. 348 00:19:02,745 --> 00:19:05,345 And Connie paid them off, yeah? Yeah, luckily. 349 00:19:05,385 --> 00:19:08,425 We were going under. 350 00:19:08,465 --> 00:19:10,905 You didn't wonder where the money came from? 351 00:19:10,945 --> 00:19:12,945 Her gran left it to her, didn't she? 352 00:19:14,665 --> 00:19:16,665 What, just when you both needed it? 353 00:19:16,705 --> 00:19:19,585 Very lucky, I'd say. Wouldn't you? 354 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:21,625 Look, I've known Connie a long time. 355 00:19:21,665 --> 00:19:24,105 The person she loved most in this world was her gran. 356 00:19:24,145 --> 00:19:25,905 I have heard that a lot. 357 00:19:25,945 --> 00:19:29,705 Weekends, evenings, she was always going around. Devoted granddaughter. 358 00:19:29,745 --> 00:19:31,465 Yeah, I get it, I really do. 359 00:19:31,505 --> 00:19:34,345 If you want proof, Thursday night, we had a meeting, 360 00:19:34,385 --> 00:19:36,385 suppliers we owed money to, 361 00:19:36,425 --> 00:19:40,025 Connie insisted we stopped by to check on her gran. Interesting. 362 00:19:40,065 --> 00:19:43,585 Cos Thursday night was the night before her gran was found dead. 363 00:19:43,625 --> 00:19:45,625 So, did you go up to the flat with her? 364 00:19:45,665 --> 00:19:48,185 Um... No. It was only for a few minutes. 365 00:19:48,225 --> 00:19:50,225 She said she was sleeping. Really? 366 00:19:50,265 --> 00:19:52,545 You can't think... 367 00:19:52,585 --> 00:19:54,385 We were under a shitload of pressure, 368 00:19:54,425 --> 00:19:56,465 but all Connie thought about was her gran. 369 00:19:56,505 --> 00:19:58,225 That's what I meant. 370 00:19:59,665 --> 00:20:03,025 There's no weapon. No proof. 371 00:20:03,065 --> 00:20:05,585 But she did say the last time she was in the flat 372 00:20:05,625 --> 00:20:07,825 was three days before Jenny Moran died, 373 00:20:07,865 --> 00:20:10,505 but we know she was in the flat the day before. So? 374 00:20:10,545 --> 00:20:14,265 So, her grandmother was still alive. She didn't do anything to help her. 375 00:20:14,305 --> 00:20:17,345 Conjecture. Instead, she went to a meeting with the creditors, 376 00:20:17,385 --> 00:20:19,105 and promised them they'd get paid, 377 00:20:19,145 --> 00:20:20,905 a promise she now knew she could keep. 378 00:20:20,945 --> 00:20:23,865 You have only got the carer's word that she was fired, 379 00:20:23,905 --> 00:20:26,065 and you can't prove she and her boyfriend 380 00:20:26,105 --> 00:20:28,265 didn't finish her off when they broke in. 381 00:20:28,305 --> 00:20:30,745 She starved her grandmother to death, Kate, 382 00:20:30,785 --> 00:20:34,385 so she could get her hands on the flat and save the company. 383 00:20:34,425 --> 00:20:36,865 It is death by omission. It is murder. 384 00:20:41,785 --> 00:20:43,785 Ronnie... Huh? 385 00:20:47,425 --> 00:20:52,065 Hello. Connie Moran, I'm arresting you for the murder of Jenny Moran. 386 00:20:52,105 --> 00:20:55,145 You do not have to say anything... But this is totally wrong. 387 00:20:55,185 --> 00:20:57,585 If you do not mention... No, you get away from her. 388 00:20:57,625 --> 00:21:00,185 This is ridiculous! Just leave her alone! 389 00:21:00,225 --> 00:21:04,345 May be given in evidence. Thank you. Connie! You can't! 390 00:21:04,364 --> 00:21:05,585 It's not murder, Jake, it's not anything. 391 00:21:05,586 --> 00:21:07,586 She lied to her grandmother, she lied to the police. 392 00:21:07,604 --> 00:21:09,544 Jenny Moran died from natural causes. 393 00:21:09,603 --> 00:21:12,543 She died from lack of food and water. Really? 394 00:21:12,586 --> 00:21:13,986 According to the post-mortem, 395 00:21:14,077 --> 00:21:16,997 she had kidney disease, a weak heart, hypertension, 396 00:21:17,031 --> 00:21:20,431 any one of which could have killed her. Are you honestly going to try 397 00:21:20,471 --> 00:21:23,071 for Miss Scarlet in the Library with the Candlestick? 398 00:21:23,111 --> 00:21:25,111 Starvation is a weapon, too. 399 00:21:25,151 --> 00:21:27,871 And Connie Moran ended up with her grandmother's flat. 400 00:21:27,911 --> 00:21:29,911 Because she was her grandmother. 401 00:21:29,951 --> 00:21:34,191 It's not that you haven't got a case, you haven't got a crime. 402 00:21:34,231 --> 00:21:36,791 But if you want to try and prove omission, be my guest. 403 00:21:36,831 --> 00:21:39,031 Thank you. But you'll also have to prove 404 00:21:39,071 --> 00:21:41,591 that Jenny Moran wouldn't have died anyway. 405 00:21:41,631 --> 00:21:44,511 Your client accelerated death by her actions. 406 00:21:44,551 --> 00:21:47,591 Jenny Moran was dying, and I'll have a string of doctors 407 00:21:47,631 --> 00:21:50,631 who will swear that the malnutrition was incidental. 408 00:21:50,671 --> 00:21:53,311 And if the experts can't agree on the cause of death, 409 00:21:53,351 --> 00:21:55,271 how can you expect a jury to? 410 00:21:56,311 --> 00:21:58,471 He was always going to argue causation. 411 00:21:58,511 --> 00:22:01,391 Muddy the waters. All he can do. Are you ready for him? 412 00:22:01,431 --> 00:22:04,311 Connie Moran was responsible for her grandmother's death. 413 00:22:04,351 --> 00:22:07,031 What she did doesn't have to be the sole or main cause, 414 00:22:07,071 --> 00:22:10,351 merely a substantial one. It also has to be beyond reasonable doubt, 415 00:22:10,391 --> 00:22:12,711 which the jury will have to be sure of to convict. 416 00:22:12,751 --> 00:22:16,191 She might as well have given a fatal injection. It's not the same. 417 00:22:16,231 --> 00:22:19,871 She was her de facto custodian. What, she had a duty of care? 418 00:22:19,911 --> 00:22:23,031 Her actions killed the person she claimed to be responsible for. 419 00:22:23,071 --> 00:22:25,311 Then get her on gross negligence manslaughter. 420 00:22:25,351 --> 00:22:28,151 Prasad will argue that Connie was exercising that duty. 421 00:22:28,191 --> 00:22:30,751 What, by starving her? By following doctor's orders. 422 00:22:30,923 --> 00:22:33,123 Besides, you can only argue duty of care 423 00:22:33,163 --> 00:22:36,563 if Jenny Moran was mentally incapable of looking after herself. 424 00:22:36,603 --> 00:22:38,403 Then I suggest you find out. 425 00:22:38,443 --> 00:22:40,483 You are all wrong, you know? 426 00:22:40,523 --> 00:22:43,763 Yes, your... Connie would never... It is absurd. 427 00:22:43,803 --> 00:22:47,123 Did you see your mother-in-law in the weeks before she died? 428 00:22:47,163 --> 00:22:49,403 Of course not. We weren't close. 429 00:22:49,443 --> 00:22:52,843 Did she seemed confused at all? Had she become forgetful? 430 00:22:52,883 --> 00:22:55,123 Was she senile, do you mean? Not a chance. 431 00:22:55,163 --> 00:22:58,563 Her body might have been falling apart, but her brain was fine. 432 00:22:58,603 --> 00:23:01,683 Shame it wasn't the other way around, 433 00:23:01,723 --> 00:23:03,803 she might have been a nicer person. 434 00:23:03,843 --> 00:23:06,203 You didn't know her! So, her mental faculties... 435 00:23:06,243 --> 00:23:08,243 I know what you're trying to do. 436 00:23:08,283 --> 00:23:10,883 You think my daughter tricked her grandmother 437 00:23:10,923 --> 00:23:13,963 and then once she got her hands on the flat, she... 438 00:23:14,003 --> 00:23:17,283 Mrs Moran - Listen, Connie loved Jenny. 439 00:23:17,323 --> 00:23:20,323 And after Connie's dad died, whatever love Jenny had, 440 00:23:20,363 --> 00:23:22,083 she kept it for Connie. 441 00:23:22,123 --> 00:23:24,163 Jenny knew exactly what she was doing 442 00:23:24,203 --> 00:23:27,043 when she made Connie joint tenant. She wasn't confused, 443 00:23:27,083 --> 00:23:30,723 she wasn't forgetful. And she wasn't tricked! 444 00:23:33,283 --> 00:23:37,203 Thanks, bye. Caroline will swear to her mother-in-law's competency. 445 00:23:37,243 --> 00:23:40,363 We can't argue duty of care. Which leaves us with murder. 446 00:23:40,403 --> 00:23:44,003 Which is fine, because that is what it is. Even without any proof? 447 00:23:44,043 --> 00:23:47,683 Where is the physical evidence? There isn't any. There never was. 448 00:23:47,723 --> 00:23:50,723 What if we...? No! No more games. No more manoeuvring. 449 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:52,763 We trust the system. Jake... 450 00:23:52,803 --> 00:23:55,843 A helpless old woman was starved to death in cold blood. 451 00:23:55,883 --> 00:23:58,323 We put it in front of a jury and let them decide. 452 00:24:03,203 --> 00:24:05,363 According to your report, Jenny Moran died 453 00:24:05,403 --> 00:24:08,203 when her heart developed arrhythmia and stopped beating. 454 00:24:08,243 --> 00:24:11,643 Heart failure, yes. That didn't happen in isolation, did it? 455 00:24:11,683 --> 00:24:15,883 It is your evidence that the cause was malnutrition. Correct. 456 00:24:15,923 --> 00:24:18,963 The truth is, you don't know what it was, do you? 457 00:24:19,003 --> 00:24:22,203 I know she didn't eat. That's right. She didn't. 458 00:24:22,243 --> 00:24:24,923 Jenny Moran also had kidney failure, heart disease, 459 00:24:24,963 --> 00:24:27,443 and immune deficiency. 460 00:24:27,483 --> 00:24:30,963 Is that unusual? She was 83. 461 00:24:31,003 --> 00:24:34,323 Is it possible any one of these could have caused the arrhythmia? 462 00:24:34,363 --> 00:24:36,483 It is possible, yes. 463 00:24:36,523 --> 00:24:39,563 Is it also possible that someone with these conditions 464 00:24:39,603 --> 00:24:41,843 could suffer a loss of appetite? Doctor? 465 00:24:41,883 --> 00:24:44,483 Yes. 466 00:24:44,523 --> 00:24:47,963 So, in fact, the malnutrition might not have even been a cause. 467 00:24:48,003 --> 00:24:51,203 It might just have been another symptom. Isn't that possible? 468 00:24:51,243 --> 00:24:54,523 Yes... I suppose so. 469 00:24:55,563 --> 00:24:57,883 Nothing further. 470 00:25:02,443 --> 00:25:04,363 I wrote it. 471 00:25:04,403 --> 00:25:07,723 I was outlining the dietary requirements for Mrs Moran. 472 00:25:07,763 --> 00:25:10,403 Protein, potassium, fluid intake and so forth, 473 00:25:10,443 --> 00:25:13,083 after she had been diagnosed with CRF. 474 00:25:13,123 --> 00:25:14,843 CRF? 475 00:25:14,883 --> 00:25:16,883 Chronic renal failure. 476 00:25:16,923 --> 00:25:18,883 Maintaining a strict diet is vital... 477 00:25:18,923 --> 00:25:22,483 Although, had I realised what she was doing... 478 00:25:22,523 --> 00:25:24,283 Really? Half a potato! 479 00:25:24,323 --> 00:25:27,523 Were you surprised when you discovered that Connie Moran 480 00:25:27,563 --> 00:25:30,443 had decided that her grandmother shouldn't see you any more? 481 00:25:30,483 --> 00:25:32,643 Leading, My Lord. There is nothing to suggest 482 00:25:32,683 --> 00:25:34,443 this was my client's decision. 483 00:25:34,483 --> 00:25:37,883 In fact, the Crown have no way of knowing whose the decision was. 484 00:25:37,923 --> 00:25:40,763 Do you have a question, Mr Thorne? 485 00:25:40,803 --> 00:25:43,843 My Lord... How did you feel when Connie Moran informed you 486 00:25:43,883 --> 00:25:47,603 her grandmother was going to see another doctor? 487 00:25:47,643 --> 00:25:51,163 It happens. I didn't dwell on it. 488 00:25:51,203 --> 00:25:55,803 When you discovered that she had, in fact, not seen any other doctor? 489 00:25:55,843 --> 00:25:58,963 Well, that did bother me. It was foolish, and dangerous. 490 00:25:59,003 --> 00:26:02,283 That woman needed expert care. 491 00:26:04,883 --> 00:26:07,123 Thank you. 492 00:26:12,203 --> 00:26:16,003 I imagine patients leaving you is a sort of occupational hazard? 493 00:26:16,043 --> 00:26:18,043 As I said, it happens. 494 00:26:18,083 --> 00:26:22,283 You diagnosed the CRF in June last year? 495 00:26:22,323 --> 00:26:26,163 Yes. And at that time, how long had Jenny Moran been a patient of yours? 496 00:26:26,203 --> 00:26:29,123 She was referred to me in October of the previous year 497 00:26:29,163 --> 00:26:30,923 following a bout of pneumonia. 498 00:26:30,963 --> 00:26:33,323 Eight months, then? 499 00:26:33,363 --> 00:26:35,203 Yes. Eight months... 500 00:26:35,243 --> 00:26:38,803 to diagnose chronic renal failure. 501 00:26:38,843 --> 00:26:43,203 You can appear quite well, you know, with a chronic condition. 502 00:26:43,243 --> 00:26:45,563 It's long term. 503 00:26:45,603 --> 00:26:48,923 That is the difference between chronic and acute. 504 00:26:48,963 --> 00:26:51,683 I am sure we are all grateful to you for clearing that up... 505 00:26:51,723 --> 00:26:54,083 If a chronic condition goes undiagnosed, 506 00:26:54,123 --> 00:26:56,203 will it get worse? Of course. 507 00:27:04,763 --> 00:27:07,563 Are these your notes, Doctor? Yes. 508 00:27:07,603 --> 00:27:10,443 Made following your first consultation with Jenny Moran? 509 00:27:10,483 --> 00:27:13,403 Yes. Could you read the highlighted section please? 510 00:27:15,763 --> 00:27:18,363 "Patient presented little or no appetite, 511 00:27:18,403 --> 00:27:21,083 vomiting, fatigue, swollen ankles." 512 00:27:21,123 --> 00:27:24,203 What causes swollen ankles, Doctor? 513 00:27:24,243 --> 00:27:26,003 Fluid retention. 514 00:27:26,043 --> 00:27:28,723 And what did you do when presented with these symptoms? 515 00:27:28,763 --> 00:27:31,483 They could have been caused by - They weren't, were they? 516 00:27:31,523 --> 00:27:34,163 Jenny Moran was already in stage four renal failure 517 00:27:34,203 --> 00:27:37,163 and you were so late diagnosing it, the damage had been done. 518 00:27:37,203 --> 00:27:39,003 No, that's not... You can't just... 519 00:27:39,043 --> 00:27:42,683 Jenny Moran didn't take away her grandmother because she was foolish, 520 00:27:42,723 --> 00:27:44,603 and it wasn't sinister! 521 00:27:44,643 --> 00:27:47,563 She did it because she didn't trust you. Isn't that the truth? 522 00:27:47,603 --> 00:27:51,243 That is ridiculous. She wanted what was best for her grandmother! 523 00:27:51,283 --> 00:27:54,803 She wanted to keep her alive! And after her experience with you, 524 00:27:54,843 --> 00:27:58,483 she believed that she was in the best position to do that! 525 00:28:06,043 --> 00:28:08,123 In what way, "Dangerous"? 526 00:28:08,163 --> 00:28:10,163 I'm sorry? Mr Thorne here 527 00:28:10,203 --> 00:28:13,203 asked you about Connie Moran taking away her grandmother, 528 00:28:13,243 --> 00:28:15,963 and you said it was foolish and dangerous. 529 00:28:16,003 --> 00:28:18,203 That's right. Was that wounded pride talking? 530 00:28:18,243 --> 00:28:20,403 Don't be absurd. It is understandable. 531 00:28:20,443 --> 00:28:23,083 Lash out a little... Of course it was dangerous! 532 00:28:23,123 --> 00:28:26,443 Why? Because renal failure is a killer! 533 00:28:26,483 --> 00:28:28,403 It is, isn't it? 534 00:28:34,283 --> 00:28:37,803 Vijay Prasad is going to have the jury doubting their own names. 535 00:28:37,843 --> 00:28:39,843 You knew it was going to happen 536 00:28:39,883 --> 00:28:42,483 the minute you decided it was murder. It was murder. 537 00:28:42,523 --> 00:28:44,963 If Connie Moran wanted to kill her grandmother, 538 00:28:45,003 --> 00:28:46,923 why not just hold a pillow over her face? 539 00:28:46,963 --> 00:28:49,163 I don't know. I don't need to. 540 00:28:49,203 --> 00:28:51,243 Not to mention Cecile and the paper trail 541 00:28:51,283 --> 00:28:54,243 of brightly coloured post-it notes for the police to find. 542 00:28:54,283 --> 00:28:57,723 Maybe she just wasn't thinking. Maybe she was more interested 543 00:28:57,763 --> 00:29:01,203 in getting her hands on the flat to pay her bills. 544 00:29:01,403 --> 00:29:03,403 Why do you hate her so much? 545 00:29:03,443 --> 00:29:05,443 I don't. 546 00:29:05,483 --> 00:29:07,923 She was the only real family Jenny Moran had, 547 00:29:07,963 --> 00:29:10,883 and instead of taking care of her, she left her to die. 548 00:29:12,963 --> 00:29:16,443 Things like that, you have to pay for. 549 00:29:16,483 --> 00:29:19,723 "Instead of taking care of her, she left her to die." 550 00:29:19,763 --> 00:29:22,083 That's right. 551 00:29:24,923 --> 00:29:27,883 You can't make up for your mum by punishing Connie Moran. 552 00:29:31,563 --> 00:29:34,803 Go home. Get some rest. 553 00:29:34,843 --> 00:29:37,083 You've got the neighbour in the morning. 554 00:29:42,867 --> 00:29:45,307 She wanted my advice for a birthday present. 555 00:29:46,271 --> 00:29:51,071 She wanted to buy something nice... for Connie. 556 00:29:51,156 --> 00:29:54,556 How was her mood? Jenny loved getting things for Connie. 557 00:29:54,596 --> 00:29:57,036 Making a fuss. 558 00:29:57,076 --> 00:29:59,396 She said Connie spent so much time with her 559 00:29:59,436 --> 00:30:02,356 that she deserved it. 560 00:30:04,076 --> 00:30:06,996 The African girl who lived in... 561 00:30:07,036 --> 00:30:10,476 She stopped me from seeing Jenny. 562 00:30:10,516 --> 00:30:12,516 "Connie's orders", she said. 563 00:30:12,556 --> 00:30:16,156 It isn't terribly surprising now that we know what she was doing. 564 00:30:17,836 --> 00:30:21,096 Opinion, My Lord, and hearsay. Hardly facts. 565 00:30:21,113 --> 00:30:25,113 The witness will confine herself to what she saw and what she heard. 566 00:30:25,153 --> 00:30:27,553 No more questions. 567 00:30:27,593 --> 00:30:32,073 Were you ever told why you weren't allowed to see Jenny Moran? 568 00:30:32,113 --> 00:30:34,633 No. Never. 569 00:30:34,673 --> 00:30:38,713 Did you know that Jenny Moran had been recently charged by a builder 570 00:30:38,753 --> 00:30:40,753 for work that was never done? How could I? 571 00:30:40,793 --> 00:30:43,993 Or that she'd been routinely overcharged by her milkman? 572 00:30:44,033 --> 00:30:46,273 Well, you can't always trust strangers. 573 00:30:46,313 --> 00:30:49,913 Which was why Connie Moran made sure people didn't take advantage of her. 574 00:30:49,953 --> 00:30:53,473 You borrowed ?500 from her, didn't you? I don't... 575 00:30:53,513 --> 00:30:56,673 That's what happened, isn't it? I was going to pay her back. 576 00:30:56,713 --> 00:30:59,113 But you didn't, did you? 577 00:30:59,153 --> 00:31:04,433 Perhaps Connie Moran knew it wasn't just strangers you can't trust. 578 00:31:04,473 --> 00:31:06,553 Oh! 579 00:31:06,593 --> 00:31:09,033 You are supposed to leap up and object! 580 00:31:09,073 --> 00:31:11,073 I've seen it! 581 00:31:11,113 --> 00:31:13,873 That man made me look like a criminal. 582 00:31:13,913 --> 00:31:16,633 It would have helped if you'd mentioned the money 583 00:31:16,673 --> 00:31:18,673 when you were first interviewed. 584 00:31:18,713 --> 00:31:21,433 I didn't think it was relevant. How about now? 585 00:31:21,473 --> 00:31:25,513 Don't get shirty with me just because you didn't do your job. 586 00:31:25,553 --> 00:31:28,673 One day, you will get old, too, and invisible. 587 00:31:28,713 --> 00:31:31,713 Your whole life in a heartbeat. 588 00:31:31,753 --> 00:31:34,073 Kate! 589 00:31:36,233 --> 00:31:39,513 I'm sorry. I should have seen Vijay coming. Forget it. 590 00:31:39,553 --> 00:31:43,193 You know he'll try something similar with Cecile this afternoon. 591 00:31:43,233 --> 00:31:46,153 I doubt that. She is being deported today. 592 00:31:47,937 --> 00:31:50,262 You assured me the burglary charges against my client would be dropped. 593 00:31:50,263 --> 00:31:52,703 They have been. And I've applied to the Home Office 594 00:31:52,743 --> 00:31:55,723 to delay deportation proceedings. I want them cancelled altogether. 595 00:31:55,808 --> 00:31:59,308 We can't do that. Please. I don't want to be sent back. 596 00:31:59,329 --> 00:32:02,169 I need to send my family money. They need me here. 597 00:32:02,209 --> 00:32:05,609 It isn't in my power. Then talk to someone whose power it is... 598 00:32:05,649 --> 00:32:09,209 or Miss Bakama leaves as planned and you find another witness. 599 00:32:09,249 --> 00:32:11,249 Don't play games with me. 600 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,520 Connie caught me trying to give extra food to her grandmother. 601 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,560 She was very angry. 602 00:32:22,111 --> 00:32:24,071 Can you tell the jury what happened? 603 00:32:24,559 --> 00:32:27,119 She told me to leave right away. 604 00:32:27,159 --> 00:32:28,899 Why not call the police? 605 00:32:28,981 --> 00:32:32,101 If you thought she was trying to starve her grandmother? 606 00:32:32,425 --> 00:32:35,625 I had no Visa. You were afraid she'd tell the authorities? 607 00:32:35,665 --> 00:32:37,585 Yes. 608 00:32:37,625 --> 00:32:39,665 Did you see Jenny Moran again? 609 00:32:39,705 --> 00:32:41,745 I went back to the flat that afternoon 610 00:32:41,785 --> 00:32:44,065 but Connie wouldn't let me in. 611 00:32:44,105 --> 00:32:46,985 You went back? I still had Mrs Moran's glasses. 612 00:32:47,025 --> 00:32:50,025 So, you gave them back to her? No. Connie wouldn't let me in. 613 00:32:50,065 --> 00:32:53,825 So, she took the glasses. She said that her grandmother was asleep 614 00:32:53,865 --> 00:32:55,985 and wasn't to be disturbed. 615 00:32:56,025 --> 00:32:58,025 Thank you. 616 00:33:02,945 --> 00:33:07,025 Was anyone else there to hear Connie Moran say this? 617 00:33:07,106 --> 00:33:09,746 We were alone. 618 00:33:09,786 --> 00:33:14,586 You and your boyfriend Olivier Dondo were arrested for burglary. 619 00:33:14,626 --> 00:33:16,826 But they let us go. You took a carriage clock. 620 00:33:16,866 --> 00:33:19,746 It was a present. And they let us go. 621 00:33:19,786 --> 00:33:23,066 A valued present you took to the pawn shop. 622 00:33:23,106 --> 00:33:25,306 But, that's - You don't have a valid Visa. 623 00:33:25,346 --> 00:33:28,106 In fact, you were due to be deported yesterday. 624 00:33:28,146 --> 00:33:31,186 That's right. And in return for uncorroborated, 625 00:33:31,226 --> 00:33:33,906 and, for all we know, entirely fictitious evidence - 626 00:33:33,946 --> 00:33:37,746 My Lord! Mr Thorne made sure you remained in this country. 627 00:33:37,786 --> 00:33:40,266 My Lord! Nothing further. 628 00:33:40,306 --> 00:33:43,746 Did I or anyone else in the Crown Prosecution Service 629 00:33:43,786 --> 00:33:45,826 tell you, or put pressure on you 630 00:33:45,866 --> 00:33:47,986 to alter your evidence in any way? No. 631 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:50,586 And where will you be tomorrow? 632 00:33:50,626 --> 00:33:52,626 Tomorrow... 633 00:33:53,666 --> 00:33:55,506 I'm being deported. 634 00:34:00,546 --> 00:34:03,266 Some of Vijay Prasad's punches landed. 635 00:34:03,306 --> 00:34:06,506 But we are still standing. And we've got Connie tomorrow. 636 00:34:06,546 --> 00:34:09,946 Prasad will lay on the family devotion with a trowel. Jake... 637 00:34:09,986 --> 00:34:12,306 But I'm ready. Prasad can do what he likes. 638 00:34:12,346 --> 00:34:15,986 Illegal immigrants sometimes go years without being found out. So? 639 00:34:16,026 --> 00:34:19,066 So, how come the Border Agency found Cecile so quickly? 640 00:34:23,706 --> 00:34:26,706 She was on our watchlist, but, you know, low priority. 641 00:34:26,746 --> 00:34:28,946 So, what changed? An anonymous tipoff. 642 00:34:28,986 --> 00:34:31,466 Someone phoned in her name, address, the works. 643 00:34:31,506 --> 00:34:34,546 They were keen. Wanting to get rid of noisy neighbours usually. 644 00:34:34,586 --> 00:34:36,706 It all needs to be checked out, though. 645 00:34:36,746 --> 00:34:40,026 Just adds to the workload. 646 00:34:40,066 --> 00:34:41,826 This call... When was it made? 647 00:34:47,266 --> 00:34:49,906 I only ever wanted what was best for Gran. 648 00:34:49,946 --> 00:34:53,066 And yet you lied to the police about when you last saw her? 649 00:34:53,106 --> 00:34:54,906 I was ashamed. 650 00:34:54,946 --> 00:34:57,426 I didn't want anyone to know I'd been there and not... 651 00:34:59,466 --> 00:35:03,546 I should have... done something. 652 00:35:03,586 --> 00:35:07,306 When she died, you became sole owner of her flat? 653 00:35:07,346 --> 00:35:11,986 That's right. And straight away, you borrowed ?70,000 against it. 654 00:35:12,026 --> 00:35:14,506 Yes, I put money into my company. Because? 655 00:35:14,546 --> 00:35:16,746 We were going under. We were desperate. 656 00:35:16,786 --> 00:35:20,386 Creditors closing in, and I could help. 657 00:35:20,426 --> 00:35:22,866 I know that, in hindsight, this looks bad, 658 00:35:22,906 --> 00:35:24,706 but I loved my grandmother. 659 00:35:24,746 --> 00:35:26,466 And she loved me. 660 00:35:26,506 --> 00:35:30,386 I would have never done anything to hurt her. Thank you. 661 00:35:30,426 --> 00:35:33,706 Nothing further. Mr Thorne... 662 00:35:39,346 --> 00:35:43,626 Did you tell your grandmother about the creditors? 663 00:35:43,666 --> 00:35:45,586 No. Why would I? 664 00:35:45,626 --> 00:35:47,346 Because you were desperate. 665 00:35:47,386 --> 00:35:50,106 Because she owned the flat and could borrow against it. 666 00:35:50,146 --> 00:35:53,026 I didn't want to concern her. Not that desperate then? 667 00:35:53,066 --> 00:35:55,066 My Lord! 668 00:35:55,106 --> 00:35:57,146 Mr Thorne... 669 00:36:01,106 --> 00:36:03,906 When you're ready... Mr Thorne. 670 00:36:07,786 --> 00:36:12,226 You fired Cecile Bakama for feeding your grandmother, didn't you? 671 00:36:12,266 --> 00:36:14,266 I didn't want to. 672 00:36:14,306 --> 00:36:17,146 But getting my grandmother's diet right was vital, 673 00:36:17,186 --> 00:36:19,266 and she simply didn't understand. 674 00:36:19,306 --> 00:36:22,426 You regretted it? I liked her, and so did Gran, but she... 675 00:36:22,466 --> 00:36:24,946 She left me no choice. 676 00:36:24,986 --> 00:36:28,066 And then you lied to the police about firing her. 677 00:36:28,106 --> 00:36:30,106 I was just trying to protect her. 678 00:36:30,146 --> 00:36:32,706 I could not imagine she was involved in the burglary. 679 00:36:32,746 --> 00:36:35,466 I see. I didn't want the police going after her. 680 00:36:35,506 --> 00:36:37,506 So, you lied about Cecile, 681 00:36:37,546 --> 00:36:40,746 and you lied about the last time you saw your grandmother. 682 00:36:40,786 --> 00:36:42,986 You must feel ashamed about quite a lot... 683 00:36:43,026 --> 00:36:45,306 My Lord, this sounds like a speech. 684 00:36:45,346 --> 00:36:47,906 Ask a question, Mr Thorne, or sit down. 685 00:36:50,466 --> 00:36:52,746 What about the other lie? 686 00:36:52,786 --> 00:36:56,386 Other lie? You told the police you didn't know where Cecile lived. 687 00:36:56,426 --> 00:36:58,426 That's right. 688 00:36:58,466 --> 00:37:01,066 And yet, earlier that day, the UK Border Agency 689 00:37:01,106 --> 00:37:04,506 received an anonymous phone call giving them Cecile's address 690 00:37:04,546 --> 00:37:08,186 so she could be deported. Did you make that call? 691 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:11,386 My Lord, this is the first I've heard about any of this. 692 00:37:11,426 --> 00:37:14,266 My Lord, this information only came to light today. 693 00:37:14,306 --> 00:37:16,786 This is Miss Moran's mobile phone records, My Lord. 694 00:37:16,826 --> 00:37:20,546 I wish to enter them into evidence, because, on the day in question, 695 00:37:20,586 --> 00:37:24,026 they show a call was made... OK! Yes. 696 00:37:24,066 --> 00:37:26,066 You made that call? Yes. 697 00:37:26,106 --> 00:37:29,786 You wanted Cecile Bakama deported? Yes. 698 00:37:29,826 --> 00:37:31,586 You were afraid she'd talk? Yes. 699 00:37:31,626 --> 00:37:33,586 She'd tell the truth? Yes. 700 00:37:33,626 --> 00:37:35,746 That you killed your grandmother? No! 701 00:37:35,786 --> 00:37:39,026 That she killed herself! 702 00:37:46,146 --> 00:37:48,226 She knew... 703 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:50,266 Gran knew what she was doing. 704 00:37:53,786 --> 00:37:56,226 She told me that all her friends were dead... 705 00:37:56,266 --> 00:37:58,266 "What was the point?" 706 00:38:00,266 --> 00:38:02,266 She couldn't sleep... 707 00:38:02,306 --> 00:38:04,306 The pain was... 708 00:38:04,346 --> 00:38:07,506 I begged her to eat, but she'd made up her mind. 709 00:38:07,546 --> 00:38:09,546 You're asking us to believe 710 00:38:09,586 --> 00:38:12,666 that your grandmother starved herself to death? 711 00:38:12,706 --> 00:38:14,986 If you're not a Catholic, you can't understand. 712 00:38:15,026 --> 00:38:17,546 I understand perfectly well. 713 00:38:17,586 --> 00:38:20,586 Then you'll know she could have never committed suicide, 714 00:38:20,626 --> 00:38:22,826 not as a Catholic. She couldn't take pills, 715 00:38:22,866 --> 00:38:25,266 or cut her wrists. At least this way, it wasn't a sin. 716 00:38:25,306 --> 00:38:27,026 It was God's will. 717 00:38:30,026 --> 00:38:33,666 As a sinner, she believed she couldn't be buried next to Dad. 718 00:38:33,706 --> 00:38:36,706 Not in consecrated ground. 719 00:38:36,746 --> 00:38:39,106 And Cecile? Why the tipoff? 720 00:38:39,146 --> 00:38:42,826 She's a Catholic. She knows what guilt means. 721 00:38:42,866 --> 00:38:46,306 I was afraid that she'd confess. 722 00:38:49,226 --> 00:38:52,026 You're put on trial for murder, and then suddenly, 723 00:38:52,066 --> 00:38:54,026 you remember, actually, it was suicide. 724 00:38:54,066 --> 00:38:57,226 It's the truth. It's convenient. 725 00:38:57,266 --> 00:38:59,906 If my grandmother sinned - Her only sin was to trust you! 726 00:38:59,946 --> 00:39:02,746 Suicide is a mortal sin. So is murder! 727 00:39:03,786 --> 00:39:05,986 All I did was watch. 728 00:39:06,026 --> 00:39:08,466 I knew what Gran had done, and I lied about it. 729 00:39:08,506 --> 00:39:10,786 That is my sin. 730 00:39:10,826 --> 00:39:14,266 I can be forgiven for lying. 731 00:39:14,306 --> 00:39:17,626 Suicide is the only thing for which there is no forgiveness. 732 00:39:24,746 --> 00:39:27,786 We have heard a great deal from Mr Prasad and his client. 733 00:39:27,826 --> 00:39:30,746 He has tried to dazzle you with his smoke and mirrors, 734 00:39:30,786 --> 00:39:32,906 his attempts to cloud the medical evidence, 735 00:39:32,946 --> 00:39:34,786 throwing up doubt where none exists. 736 00:39:34,826 --> 00:39:38,066 Then suddenly, like a rabbit out of a hat, 737 00:39:38,106 --> 00:39:39,946 we are told this was not murder at all. 738 00:39:39,986 --> 00:39:42,826 But suicide. And no ordinary suicide 739 00:39:42,866 --> 00:39:47,906 but one shrouded in talk of mortal sin and eternal damnation. 740 00:39:47,946 --> 00:39:51,066 And it is all there to get you to take your eye off the ball, 741 00:39:51,106 --> 00:39:53,306 which is something that you mustn't do. 742 00:39:53,346 --> 00:39:55,706 The facts of this case are very simple. 743 00:39:55,746 --> 00:39:58,866 Connie Moran needed money to prop up her ailing business 744 00:39:58,906 --> 00:40:03,266 and she decided Jenny Moran was her way out. 745 00:40:03,306 --> 00:40:06,146 So, she deliberately isolated her grandmother... 746 00:40:06,186 --> 00:40:08,626 She made sure no doctor saw her... 747 00:40:08,666 --> 00:40:11,826 She systematically reduced her food and drink... 748 00:40:11,866 --> 00:40:14,466 And when she was dead, when the plan had worked, 749 00:40:14,506 --> 00:40:17,826 she shed crocodile tears, quietly called the Border Agency 750 00:40:17,946 --> 00:40:19,986 to shop the only witness to her crime, 751 00:40:20,026 --> 00:40:24,146 and then went down to the bank and cashed in. 752 00:40:24,186 --> 00:40:26,186 The convulsions... 753 00:40:26,226 --> 00:40:28,266 The cramping... 754 00:40:28,306 --> 00:40:31,386 The terrifying hallucinations... 755 00:40:31,426 --> 00:40:34,026 The abject terror as her body fed off itself... 756 00:40:34,066 --> 00:40:37,826 It wasn't God's will that Jenny Moran should starve to death... 757 00:40:40,546 --> 00:40:42,546 It was Connie's. 758 00:40:53,426 --> 00:40:57,346 Smoke, mirrors, rabbits out of a hat... 759 00:40:57,386 --> 00:41:02,346 I will be honest with you, sometimes we use them when our case is weak, 760 00:41:02,386 --> 00:41:04,426 when we want to try a little misdirection, 761 00:41:04,466 --> 00:41:06,466 when we've nothing else in our armoury. 762 00:41:06,506 --> 00:41:08,506 Not this time. 763 00:41:08,546 --> 00:41:11,586 Because in that list of simple facts, 764 00:41:11,626 --> 00:41:15,506 there was one the prosecution failed to mention just now. 765 00:41:15,546 --> 00:41:17,826 A little misdirection of their own. 766 00:41:17,866 --> 00:41:20,786 Reasonable doubt. And the truth is, 767 00:41:20,826 --> 00:41:23,226 that no one, not one single expert witness, 768 00:41:23,266 --> 00:41:27,066 was able to say under oath and beyond reasonable doubt 769 00:41:27,106 --> 00:41:31,226 that Jenny Moran starved to death. 770 00:41:31,266 --> 00:41:33,386 That she was malnourished was undisputed. 771 00:41:33,426 --> 00:41:36,586 That she died because of it, that it can be proved categorically 772 00:41:36,626 --> 00:41:39,906 that the actions of Connie Moran caused the death of her grandmother, 773 00:41:39,946 --> 00:41:41,946 not a single witness. 774 00:41:41,986 --> 00:41:44,106 Murder... 775 00:41:44,146 --> 00:41:48,386 Where a person of sound mind unlawfully kills with intent. 776 00:41:48,426 --> 00:41:50,546 If you have no doubt that Connie Moran 777 00:41:50,586 --> 00:41:55,346 did all the things the prosecution allege, and in so doing, 778 00:41:55,386 --> 00:41:59,546 caused the death of her grandmother, you must find her guilty. 779 00:41:59,586 --> 00:42:01,906 But if you have any doubt, any doubt at all, 780 00:42:02,026 --> 00:42:05,546 then it is equally your duty to return the only verdict possible 781 00:42:05,586 --> 00:42:07,586 in the light of the facts. 782 00:42:07,626 --> 00:42:10,626 No smoke, no mirrors. 783 00:42:10,666 --> 00:42:12,386 Not guilty. 784 00:42:19,946 --> 00:42:23,266 Have you reached a verdict upon which you are all agreed? 785 00:42:23,306 --> 00:42:26,106 We have. On the charge of the murder of Jenny Moran, 786 00:42:26,146 --> 00:42:28,466 do you find the defendant Constance Moran 787 00:42:28,506 --> 00:42:30,746 guilty or not guilty? 788 00:42:31,786 --> 00:42:33,786 Not guilty. 789 00:42:57,506 --> 00:42:59,546 You missed a meeting. 790 00:42:59,586 --> 00:43:01,586 Oh... Right... 791 00:43:01,626 --> 00:43:03,626 I made your excuses. 792 00:43:04,666 --> 00:43:07,506 But next time you go walkies, 793 00:43:07,546 --> 00:43:10,386 I'm going to tie your shoelaces together. 794 00:43:17,186 --> 00:43:19,186 You were right. 795 00:43:19,226 --> 00:43:24,346 I couldn't make up for Mum by punishing Connie Moran. 796 00:43:24,386 --> 00:43:26,386 It didn't stop me trying, though. 797 00:43:26,426 --> 00:43:29,746 Look, I'm sorry. It was none of my business. 798 00:43:29,786 --> 00:43:31,786 What do you think it cost her? 799 00:43:31,826 --> 00:43:33,826 To stand by and watch, 800 00:43:33,866 --> 00:43:36,866 to actually make it possible for Jenny to kill herself 801 00:43:36,906 --> 00:43:38,626 because that was what Jenny wanted. 802 00:43:38,666 --> 00:43:40,506 Connie had a duty of care. 803 00:43:40,546 --> 00:43:42,986 Do you think Jenny would say she didn't fulfil it? 804 00:43:45,666 --> 00:43:47,906 I couldn't even hold Mum's hand... 805 00:43:47,946 --> 00:43:51,306 Jake... And afterwards, 806 00:43:51,346 --> 00:43:53,386 she was prepared to go down for murder 807 00:43:53,426 --> 00:43:56,026 rather than betray her grandmother's wishes. 808 00:43:56,066 --> 00:43:58,906 Connie was a better granddaughter after Jenny died 809 00:43:58,946 --> 00:44:01,866 then I was a son while Mum was still alive. 810 00:44:01,906 --> 00:44:04,146 Assuming the jury got it right. They did. 811 00:44:04,186 --> 00:44:06,386 Sure about that, are you? 812 00:44:06,426 --> 00:44:09,866 Like she said, if you are not a Catholic, you can't understand. 813 00:44:12,826 --> 00:44:15,426 "Mortal sin kills the life of grace within us." 814 00:44:20,746 --> 00:44:22,786 Are you going back to the office? 815 00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:24,826 I just need to clear my head. 816 00:44:24,866 --> 00:44:27,546 But uh... 817 00:44:27,586 --> 00:44:30,346 Thanks, for... bothering. 818 00:44:58,346 --> 00:45:01,546 Forgive me, Father... For I have sinned. 819 00:45:10,607 --> 00:45:43,403