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- Mia! - I want you to leave me alone.

Shaun! Shaun!

Various abrasions and contusions, he was stabbed.

What the hell's going on?

We need to speak to Mia in relation to an ongoing murder inquiry.

- What? - Do you know Jason Williams?

Him, and me, and my brother's kids, nice lads, why?

Ow, bastard!

And Mia, is she close to them?

Suppose so, she's with them often enough.

Connor!

Connor!

Connor!

No!

No!

No!

Inventory of the items taken away from Mia Owen's house for analysis.

Did the laptop go to CCU?

- They're working on it now. - Good.

Hopefully there'll be something on it that links her to Geraint Elis.

I'll tell her now, thanks.

That was PC Davies, they found the suspected murder weapon

in Lee's house, a screwdriver.

It's all in here.

Older brother's got a record, petty stuff, a bit of dealing, the usual.

DCI John.

When?

And they're working on him now?

Connor Pritchard.

Thanks, I'll head over there now.

- Mia's classmate? - Yep.

Looks like he's tried to kill himself up at the lake.

He's in intensive care, the mother's with him now.

See what you can find out about him.

Have you got the headmistress' number?

I'll give her a call, she won't thank me.

- If you, er... hear anything more of Mia... - Yep, yeah, go, I'll get you on your mobile.

- Mrs. Pritchard? - Yes.

DCI John, I wondered if we can have a word?

I'm very sorry about your son.

They. er... they say the cold might have saved him.

The shock, it, er... it shuts everything down.

I thought things were getting better, I... I thought he was coming back to me.

I can't believe I got it so wrong.

Can you tell me what's been happening?

It's like he's had the weight of the world on his shoulders.

I thought it might have been settling into a new school,

trying to fit in, he'd made friends.

He seemed to be getting on with things.

- Were those friends, Mia Owen, and her cousin, Lee Williams? - Yeah.

How long did they known each other?

A year maybe.

Why, what is it?

Body of a man was found this morning on the outskirts of Blaenau.

Witnesses have placed two individuals matching their descriptions at the scene.

We're at the early stages of our investigation,

but we do need to speak to Mia, and Lee, and Connor.

What's Connor got to do with any of this?

We think there may be a link between this murder and the murder of Geraint Elis.

- No. - Whoever called the police about his body,

they were obviously... they're obviously harboring a lot of guilt.

I think that person was your son.

No, my son... my son would never.

I promise you he'll tell us... he'll tell us when he wakes up

if he knows anything about what happened, he'll tell us.

Sorry.

I'm so sorry, I need to go.

Another officer will be in to speak to you, thank you.

- Hey! - Hi.

- What are you doing here? - Could you do me a favor?

- Yeah. - The kid that's been brought in.

Hypothermia up at the lake.

- Yeah, is he one of yours? - No, why?

Keep an eye on him for me, let me know the second anything changes.

- Okay. - Thanks.

- How's Connor? - Not great.

Take a look.

What do you reckon?

It's like she's got all the time in the world.

- She's up with James Rhys. - Let's go.

Got an ETA on the dog unit?

They're en route, any minute now.

We need air support too.

Detective Super's already put a request in,

- they're on their way. - Thanks, Mag.

I used to listen to you, you know, when you were little,

and I could tell, even in the pitch dark when you slipped off to sleep,

without looking,

your breathing changed,

and I used to hold my breath until you started breathing again.

Come back to me, Con.

Please.

I don't know what you've done, but I want you to tell me.

I want to listen.

We're up and running with air support.

I've got the live thermal feed from the helicopter.

No sighting.

- Go ahead, yeah, yeah... - This is DS Vaughan at base.

Can I get the coordinates on the dogs?

- Not clear, in the goth. - Okay, okay.

We're at 11'44'62.

- There she is. - Rom X399, possible sighting.

Approximately 1010 from the firebreaker, 11'44'57, repeat 11'44'57.

Did you get that?

You'll be drawing parallel in a couple of minutes, can you see the helicopter?

Yeah, I hear it.

Keep this channel open, keep moving.

I see her.

It seems she's walking towards a clearing some 100 meters ahead of you.

Take the next left.

This is DCI John, I'm at the scene.

Keep the dogs back.

I said, all units stay back.

Mia!

Mia!

Mia!

Is all this for me?

It's over, Mia.

I'll say when it's over.

Drop the knife.

Will you take it?

Give me the knife.

All units, move in!

The police station has cleared me a room for interview.

Okay, thanks, is there a car bringing the mother in?

She refused to come, the duty solicitor's on the way in now.

Thanks, Alys.

How's it going with Lee Williams?

Oh, he's a piece of work, but we'll get there.

See you on the other side.

Interview commenced at 13:00 hours on Wednesday, the 27th of March.

Present in the room, DCI Cadi John, duty solicitor, William Jenkins,

and could you state your name for the tape please?

Mia Owen.

Mia, I acknowledge that you are in custody as a minor,

but I suspect that you rather I didn't speak to you like a child.

What I have here is evidence,

facts.

Your DNA profile, which was found on a cigarette

at Geraint Elis's house.

I can place you there with 100% certainty,

and When we get the report from the Sion Wells crime scene,

well, I'm pretty sure that we'll have cast-iron evidence there too.

So I have a theory that we are cruel to those that we see ourselves in.

Sort of projected self-loathing.

A way of punishing others for our own failures.

Deep.

Is that why you attacked Geraint Elis?

Did you recognize something of yourself in him?

Lonely, defenseless, weak?

No friends or family looking out for him.

Did you see your future in that lonely old man, Mia?

You're gonna have to do a lot better than that.

You broke his ribs,

fractured his cheekbone,

you strangled him,

and then you drowned him.

It wasn't quick, he suffered.

Nobody cared about him.

Nobody even noticed he was dead, that's the truth,

but then everybody came crawling out the woodwork,

- filled that church. - Because they cared.

Because they had nothing better to do.

Queuing up to pay their respects to a man none of them gave a fuck about.

Saw your books in your bedroom, you like to read.

Who's your favorite author?

Some people read to understand the world,

others to escape it.

- My dad was a reader, he had a house... - Your dad?

The man who let Dylan Harries slip through his fingers?

The one who put the wrong man in jail?

The man who allowed all those girls to suffer?

He's dead now too, isn't he?

Did people come to his funeral?

Pretend to cry?

Pretend to care?

He's gone,

you're all that's left,

his legacy.

You're as pathetic, and useless as he was.

We have Mia in custody.

She's clever, isn't she?

One in every family.

It was a cousin with me too.

Everything came easily to him.

School, exams.

Never that easy for me.

It's annoying that, isn't it?

The thing is, she's younger than you, still at school.

A jury would look at her, and think you must have led her astray.

She's never been in any real trouble before either, has she?

Not like you,

your brother.

It isn't looking good, is it?

If I were you, I'd get in there first,

because I'm willing to bet, she could run rings around you if she wanted to.

Your dad's at home, isn't he?

Hard work being a carer.

It must be frustrating watching someone you love helpless,

- dependent... - Shut up, all right.

- What's going to happen to your dad if they put you away? - I said leave it.

I suppose your brother will take over.

Is he good with your dad?

He doesn't strike me as much of a carer.

Shut the fuck up, will you?

- Sit down! - Fuck.

It was all Mia.

I did what she told me to do.

She said,

we were putting him out of his misery.

He was a fucking pedo, anyway.

And Sion Wells?

Was he a pedo too?

They're not gonna leave Dad with Jason, are they?

I don't know.

I don't.

Thought I'd find you out here.

Lee started talking.

The night they killed Elis, there was no great plan.

They broke into his house for a laugh.

The old man came home, things got out of hand,

the next thing they knew, the old man was on the floor.

- Was Connor with them? - Apparently it was him

and Lee who moved the body into the bath on Mia's orders.

Same goes at the petrol station.

It was Mia's idea to go back.

According to Lee, she's always been the same, has to be in total control.

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

I know that look.

Alys, anything back from the laptop?

- It's on your desk. - Thanks.

Interview continued at 13:45.

You remember Gwilym Scott?

He was 14 when he took his own life, he stepped in front of a train.

I've got a photograph of

you two together.

Gwilym was being bullied online

by somebody who knew things about him, personal things.

I didn't touch him.

You befriended this lonely isolated boy.

Made him feel like he had somebody to open up to, someone he could trust you.

Felt good, didn't it?

To have that hold over him, that control.

And then, Gwilym joined the youth center,

and you felt your control slipping away,

'cause suddenly, there were other people interested in him,

other people trying to help him.

You couldn't have that, could you?

You had to have 100% control.

- I didn't touch him. - You didn't need to.

The power of the written word, Mia.

You know all about that, don't you?

Anonymous posts,

cruel messages

all designed for one thing, to destroy.

It's all there on your laptop, Mia.

And then, after Gwilym died, you visited his foster parents.

How did that feel?

To sit there in the middle of all that pain, knowing that you were the cause?

Or was it just a game?

Then,

a year later,

there's a new boy at school,

and that same lost lonely look.

Do you know where Connor is now?

- No. - He's in the hospital, in a coma.

Looks like he tried to kill himself too.

- Is he going to... - Hard to say.

Your cousin, Lee, has told us everything,

how you broke into Geraint Elis's house, how it escalated,

and everything that happened at the garage.

Why did you kill Sion Wells?

Because I felt like it.

Interview terminated 13:52.

Do you want me to say I'm sorry?

My father,

he wasn't perfect.

He made mistakes, people do,

but he cared,

and he knew his worth.

He made sure I knew mine.

I feel sorry for you that you never had that.

Take her away.

You don't need to feel sorry for me.

It doesn't matter where I go,

I always make new friends.

Wasn't your fault, Mom.

Connor, please.

No, let me say it.

I know you,

you're gonna blame yourself,

but it's not your fault.

I could've stopped it,

but I didn't.

I just wanted to feel like I belonged to something,

was a part of something.

I'm sorry, Mom.

Does Liam know?

Not everything.

Not yet.

Mia and Lee have been formally charged.

Their remand application is with CPS.

- Connor's regained consciousness. - Oh, that's good.

They're assessing him now.

They'll let us know when he's well enough to be detained.

I'll start then.

You should go home.

I will see you tomorrow.

Yes, you will, Owen.

Oh... hello.

Okay.

You need help?

Hello?

We're in here!

- Long day? - Yeah.

- You've been busy. - We're almost done.

Beth's been keeping me going with the promise of wine.

What about this?

Keep or charity?

Keep.

Just that one.

Go on, make yourself useful, I'm gasping.