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Marianne Koens was brutally killed.

Probably by her partner Anton Bergman and her stepdaughter Judy Bergman.

I accidentally took Marianne off the stairs.

She's not with you anymore.

A happy case.

I thought she was maybe with Dennis.

I think she was jealous.

Did you kiss Marianne that night with Mr. Pijken?

No.

Fucking idiot.

Isn't it true that you inherited everything with your daughter...

...and Anton Bergman nothing?

I've prepared the papers.

Then it's all so definitive.

I'm afraid for my interrogation.

Will you end up with something else?

You also want him to go to jail.

Do you doubt Julie's guilt?

Yes.

I think Anton killed mom...

...and that Julie committed suicide to protect him.

What you said about Anton and Julie...

...what do you mean?

I should never have said that.

What do you think, Katrien?

Is she quiet?

Maybe it's true.

What?

What she said.

Wait, I don't know if that's a good idea.

Don't think too much.

You'll like it.

You should have come with me.

And then I changed my mind.

I clearly said no.

Bad.

I thought you needed some encouragement.

We almost wanted to fight.

Hey!

Hey!

Stop!

Do you think you can help me?

What are you doing here?

I found an apartment.

And I need money for the car.

A thousand euros in cash and you come with it?

We stopped.

We've been there for 283 days.

Get out of there.

What's up?

I want to have a cup of coffee.

Not now.

In half an hour.

Somewhere else.

Maybe it's better to grab something.

Hey.

Everything okay?

What do you care?

Listen, I really need more time.

I've been looking for two months.

As long as the apartment is not sold, I can't do anything.

Can't we just put that on your name?

No.

I've had it.

I want my money back.

Come on.

You?

Who lost all their money?

If you stepped on the fish, you'd be on it.

It hurts.

Two weeks.

And then I'll tell everything to Anneke.

And to my brother.

I'll be back in ten minutes.

I don't want to see my friend again.

What was that?

I've never seen Anton like that.

He was so angry.

Shit, my wallet is still on that table.

Will he pick it up early tomorrow?

I don't think it's the right time.

My badge is in it.

Don't stay too long.

See you later.

Marianne.

Darling.

Have you seen my badge?

You're so silly.

Are you okay?

Yes.

You don't have to do anything.

Just tell me what you saw.

I know.

And don't keep your eyes open.

I know.

But what if I say something wrong?

You know what you saw, don't you?

Shall I go with you? I can call my patient.

That's nice, but you can't come in.

Only when you've finished your test.

I'll come by this afternoon.

Sandra, it's mama.

Is everything okay?

I...

362 days to go and then we'll be back.

Are you okay?

What could have happened?

I told you I had to leave.

I didn't know.

You wouldn't believe me.

I didn't know your ass was going to burn.

I did.

How often did you stand at the door because your life was getting better?

And every time I gave you money, you bought stuff with your friends.

Steve.

Hi, Murat.

It's been a while.

Nice to see you again.

Steve.

I didn't expect you here.

My girlfriend is in the hospital.

Of course I'm here.

Maybe you should have made sure Syringe had come back.

A brother who forgot what he had to do at home.

I couldn't do that.

I just fell asleep.

You didn't have a cigarette in your hand.

You were in a bad condition.

What are you doing here?

I'm asking you the same question.

What do you know about me?

More than enough.

I swear I'll speak without hate or fear.

I'll tell you the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Sit down.

Mr Pijke, you're the victim's brother-in-law.

Yes, his brother.

You were at Marianne Koens' birthday party.

Yes, I was there with my wife Anne, Marianne's best friend.

And you were her bookkeeper.

That's right.

Marianne had a restaurant and I kept her finances in check.

You also left the party with your wife around 8 o'clock on August 7th.

Anton had asked everyone to leave.

Do you have any idea why?

No, I don't.

I didn't know him, but he looked very angry.

In your statement you said you returned to the apartment later that evening.

When I got home, I forgot my wallet and went straight back.

And when you arrived at 8.45 p.m., was there anyone else there?

No, everyone was gone.

I took my wallet from the table.

I wanted to leave, but I heard a noise on the first floor.

When I looked upstairs, I saw Anton and Marianne arguing in the bedroom.

The window was open, so I could see very well.

What could you see very well?

They were pulling and pushing, quite aggressively.

Anton said Marianne was a whore.

I can't get anyone to do that.

Calm down, I'll explain later.

Then he gave her a few kisses.

Kisses?

Madam Chairman, may I ask Mr. Pijk?

I'll explain later.

He's lying.

If you say I gave you a few kisses...

If you don't leave now, you're out.

Is there a problem, Mr. De Donker?

Mr. De Donker?

Yes?

We have no questions, Madam Chairman.

Mr. Bergman?

Then we'll continue.

Mr. Pijk, I'll come back to what you just said.

Then he gave her a few kisses.

What do you mean by kisses?

Well...

With the fist.

What did you do?

I went straight home.

You see Mr. Bergman beating the victim.

You don't intervene.

You go home.

I didn't want to bother.

It was between Anton and Marianne.

I understand.

I'm all right.

I'm going to the toilet. You can choose.

Wait a minute. Do you have ten cents?

I'll give it back to you later.

Yes.

Thank you.

I tried to call you. I was worried.

I'd like you to stop calling me Jacob.

Oh, Kathy.

A waffle?

No, thank you.

What's wrong with your liver?

Nothing.

I think the rectum is crawling under my skin.

I think so.

And my daughter who moved...

There's something with Jacob.

Are you in love?

I understand that she thinks it's beautiful.

Stop it, please.

Yes, something happened to Jacob.

One night in his hotel...

I went to his room.

He kissed me.

And I...

I don't know why.

I thought I wanted to.

But when we were in his room...

I told him to stop, but he just went on.

You're a natural.

You're a natural, aren't you?

Yes, I am.

I don't hear a thing.

I know what happened.

You were in his room.

Mr. Pijken, I think most people call you Pix.

Yes.

Is it okay if I address you like that?

Yes, no problem.

Thank you, Pix.

I'm a bit confused, but maybe you can help me.

We heard that you went back to Marianne's apartment that night.

For a wallet.

You told the police that on August 10, 2021.

Is that right?

Yes.

But two days earlier, on August 8, 2021...

you told the police that after the barbecue...

you stayed home all night.

Yes, that's right.

Yes.

Did you forget that for the first time?

No, I forgot about it.

So you forgot that Marianne had died on the same night?

Yes.

Do you understand that this is a bit strange?

Yes, I...

I lied for the first time.

I was ashamed.

And then that argument between Anton and Marianne...

I should have intervened, but I didn't.

Maybe they're still alive.

But two days later you still told them everything, right?

Yes.

I just thought it was too important not to tell them.

I think so too.

Every element counts in such an investigation, right?

Pieter, do you recognize this apartment?

Yes, this is Anton and Marianne's house.

This is a photo of a back facade taken from the garden where the barbecue was.

Can you point out where the table was where you put your wallet?

Here...

And the window of the bedroom?

Here.

So that's where you saw the argument between Anton and Marianne?

Yes.

And where did you stand?

Here, more or less.

The photo you see here was taken in January.

And in August, when Marianne died, it looked like this.

Pieter, can you point out the window of the bedroom?

About there.

Behind the leaves of that tree?

I can't see the window.

Can you?

No, but from where I was standing, it was possible.

I had a 3D image made of the apartment.

I can't see the window here either.

Can you?

No, I was more to the right.

More to the right?

Wait.

There?

Or even more?

There maybe?

Maybe.

I was standing wherever I could.

I couldn't see the window.

Did I do something wrong?

No.

Did you make a mistake again?

I didn't see the argument, but I heard it.

Heard?

Why didn't you tell me?

I thought they wouldn't take me seriously.

So you're sure they'd believe you...

...about the argument between Anton and Marianne?

Yes.

Thank you. I have no further questions.

Or do I?

Maybe for the prosecutor.

Any idea why Mr. Pijken's statement wasn't checked thoroughly?

You should ask the investigator.

Thank you, Mr. Verlinde.

Mr. Pijken.

Did I hear you right?

You just admitted you made a false statement.

And I thought bookkeepers were boring men.

I wouldn't dare.

Mr. Pijken, you knew Julie Bergman quite well, right?

Yes, I was her sponsor.

My friendship supported her in her triathlon.

And we're talking about cycling...

Cycling, clothing, maintenance of her equipment...

...internships.

I was always asked that, and Julie had talent.

I didn't believe her.

Julie must have been very grateful to you.

Right?

Mr. Pijken, you were Marianne Brasserie's bookkeeper.

Yes.

Did you ever see black money there?

No, I never noticed anything.

Maybe some junk food that wasn't put in the white box?

I'm busy with the numbers in the books.

I don't have anything else to do.

Take a look.

Where is this?

I don't know. It must be Spain.

Right. And that apartment here... Do you recognize it?

How do you get those pictures?

How do you get that apartment?

That yellow note.

Do you see that?

I sometimes use it as a relationship gift.

Yes, I see it. Your logo is in front of it.

And the handwriting... Do you recognize it?

No.

Mr. Pijken, we can compare different documents...

...but I'm hungry and I'm not alone.

Can you say this is your handwriting?

Yes.

Okay, good.

That table here... What is that?

Ehm...

Profit accounts.

Ah, yes.

Rent income from an apartment at the cost of sales.

Ah, here.

Five percent profit.

You can count that.

Yes, but that was an overestimation.

Yes, I can tell you that.

In this note it says that Marianne Koens...

...invested 100,000 euros in such an apartment.

What was her profit exactly?

Part of it didn't go through...

...because when I came to Spain, there was no apartment.

Wow.

And that 100,000 euros?

Our buyer went bankrupt and we never saw that money again.

Marianne thought.

But was that true?

Mr. Pijken...

In April 2021...

...Marianne Koens stopped working with your office.

Why?

I should have asked you that.

Excuse me?

Mr. Pijken, please.

I think that's a bit difficult.

But we can ask my client, Anton Bergman.

Ms. Chairman.

Mr. Bergman, please answer the question.

Yes, please.

Marianne found out that Piks...

...had bought the apartment with her money.

Thank you.

Yes.

Those bookkeepers.

And then?

You didn't have to give that money back.

I don't know what you mean.

Mr. Pijken, can we please stop this?

It's been good.

You've put an end to your cooperation.

Three more 10,000-euro bills were deposited on Marianne's account.

My client knew what was going on.

Anton Bergman didn't take you in...

...because Marianne didn't want to bother.

Please.

I've got the receipts here.

If you want to read them, you can.

Mr. Pijken, did you go back to Mrs. Koens' apartment...

...or did you do something else?

Madam Chairman.

Mr. De Donker blames someone else every day.

That's not serious.

I'm not blaming anyone.

I only note that Mr. Pijken still had to pay Mrs. Koens a lot of money...

...and that he was still there on the night of her death.

Yes?

Yes.

What does that mean?

What does that mean?

Is that a serious question?

Are you serious now?

I think so.

I'll explain it to you.

I'll repeat it again for Mr. Meulen.

I get the impression that the elderly have heard what he has touched.

Come on, sir.

I'll speak slowly enough for you to follow.

If the case is convinced that Marianne Koens was murdered by two people...

...I wonder if that second person is my client.

Yes.

And that's a valid question, I thought.

I'm just a lawyer, Mrs. Prosecutor.

I don't have a research team at my disposal...

...but you can see that a lot of cases have not been investigated properly.

I think you're imagining it too simply.

No, it wasn't a question.

I'm done, Mrs. Prosecutor.

Thank you.

Sarah?

No, Claire.

We have the official statement of the court.

That's good, right?

I don't care if you look at that.

I'm just trying to do my job.

I'm trying to save that young girl's life.

I'm just saying that you can't work with me every now and then.

If the jury follows me, your client will be released.

If the jury follows you, you'll get a life sentence from me.

What kind of cooperation do you have here?

What?

Why are we actually apart?

Because you don't fit in with me.

Wait a minute.

I'll be right back.

Of all the people in the world, you, Marianne, ordered your own beauty.

I'm going to pay you back.

You don't have to come to me anymore.

I've heard you, Dennis.

You said I had to change that statement.

I advised you, and that was for your own good.

You were there.

What were you going to do?

I forgot my wallet.

And now you think I'm not involved?

Yes, I am.

Is that so?

Were you going to get a new wallet or not?

Do you know what I've been thinking for two years?

Why do you think it's so important that Antop is in jail?

You're not in a bad mood yourself, now that Marianne's gone.

And we won't ask you about your friendship with Junique.

Dad!

Get out of here!

Dad, stop!

Get out!

I'd like to tell Marianne, asshole...

...that I did everything for you.

What you did for me.

Come on, man.

But it's not necessary anymore.

Come on.

You look angry.

Is something wrong?

I didn't hear you talking about friendship with Junique.

Where did that come from?

Fuck off.

Asshole.

I find it unbelievable...

...that the statement wasn't investigated better.

First he saw her, then he heard her.

Then he put his thumb in her pocket.

The scab on the right arm.

And the broken mirror.

It's all fabricated.

I didn't steal it, Marianne did.

A hundred thousand euros.

If she'd steal that from me...

Not that I have it, but...

And keep your own book.

And the man of your best friend.

I'd just hire a few guys and beat them up.

Okay, we know that.

You have to be careful with me.

Why does everyone talk about that bookkeeper?

Wasn't he accused?

Yes, but what he meant was...

...that Pix could have been a good suspect.

He didn't even think about it.

I mean, he was there, he had a motive...

Maybe Pix did it.

I didn't see that.

You have to judge two people's lives.

You could do better.

You can also speak the truth.

And that Stiefmoeder pushed him off the stairs.

Yes, indeed.

It's still not clear that it happened like that.

Can't I be one of those lawyers?

It must be strange that people talk about you all the time.

I'd be sick of it.

Especially if you're in jail for two years.

Without conviction.

And if you didn't do it, you'd lose two years of your life.

Lose?

This is Belgium.

Hotel at the expense of the state.

TV, telephone.

It'll be all right.

Aren't you a bit harsh for your fellow man?

Especially if Julie is there to protect her dad.

She has to see that.

Yes, that's very clear now.

Everything all right?

It's not clear yet.

Are you the driver?

Yes.

Can you explain what happened?

It's...

Did you drink?

Mrs Pauwels, you were Marianne Koons' house doctor.

Yes.

But also her best friend, for almost 20 years.

You were there too, at the barbecue, with your husband.

Did you notice anything?

Yes, Marianne wasn't well in her skin.

She could hide it, but I could see it.

We've heard a few times that Marianne Koons still suffers from headaches.

Would she have a problem with that?

Cluster headaches, no. I would have seen that.

What do you see?

An attack of cluster headaches is very specific.

It's so devastating that you can't function.

I would have noticed that.

If I understand you correctly, those headaches had a serious impact.

Yes, certainly.

It was terrible.

Most patients have attacks in certain periods.

Clusters, as they say.

But Marianne had chronic headaches.

She was on her teeth for a while.

Anton did his best, but there were a lot of tensions.

A few days after the facts, you talked about a strange incident.

Yes.

About a month before Marianne's death,

Anton called me in panic to say that Marianne had become unwell.

Later it turned out that she had an overdose of phenobarbital in her blood.

Phenobarbital is a sedative.

A barbiturate, yes.

It's only used by veterinarians or people with epilepsy.

It used to be used as a sleep or calming agent.

Did you prescribe it?

No, certainly not. No doctor would prescribe it.

Why not?

Marianne had a cluster headache and no epilepsy.

And the chance of an overdose is also very...

Yes.

Could Mrs. Koons have committed suicide with the pills?

No, I don't think so.

That would surprise me.

Marianne loved to live.

Why did you think it was so important to report this strange incident in your statement?

You thought there might be a connection to what happened.

Madam Speaker, the package asked for Mrs. Koens' data at Teresif.

And it turns out that she didn't get that phenobarbital from any doctor.

But what we did find is a PV about a theft at animal asylum Het Gouden Mantje.

I quote.

On May 7, we found that various medicines were taken out of the medicine cabinet.

Among them were several barbiturates, including phenobarbital.

The drug used for the poisoning of Mrs. Koens.

Excuse me, poisoning?

You mean overdose?

Mr. Bergman, that's the asylum where you worked as a volunteer, right?

Yes, as a...

Shipman, I was connected to several good goals.

And the Gouden Mantje was one of them.

And were you there that May 7th?

Madam Speaker, I don't know what you're trying to prove.

But if you need to quote PVs, you can do that.

What do you mean?

I'll quote.

On May 7, we found that various medicines were taken out of the medicine cabinet.

Among them were several barbiturates, including phenobarbital.

This was the third time this year.

I think that's what's on the PV.

But that's not your business.

In that asylum, alternative sentences are often put to work.

There are often ex-drug users.

Madam Speaker, could you note that the prosecutor...

has just tried to manipulate the jury by quoting the file incorrectly?

We're not going to exaggerate, Mr. De Donker.

A forgotten lead is therefore not yet a manipulation.

Excuse me, if that is used to insinuate...

that Marianne Koens was deliberately poisoned by one of the accused.

We didn't ask for anything, Madam Speaker.

Excuse me, Madam Speaker.

If we're going to quote PVs, I'll read the following.

On the spot, a strip of labital was found in a sliding bedroom.

The active component of labital is phenobarbital.

Mrs. Pauwels, is it possible that Marianne was affected by those pills...

via the internet, and that she took too many of them?

Patients with cluster headaches are sometimes so reckless...

that they try everything.

So, yes, that's...

It's possible, yes.

But what is this all about?

So that Anton wanted to kill Marianne Alizeider?

That woman, imagine that.

She doesn't mind, but there's no proof.

What the prosecutor just tried was not correct.

People can forget things.

People can forget things.

I hope so.

Mom, I have to tell you something, but don't get mad.

What happened?

I was fired.

Why?

I didn't do anything.

If you didn't do anything, you can't be fired either.

Emile attacked me again.

Emile?

And what did the director say?

That I started it, but that's not true.

What am I supposed to do, Mom?

You're not doing anything, honey.

You'll solve it.

I'm done with it.

I didn't know there were so many volunteers working here.

If Bergman didn't steal the pills, then Marianne...

She was a failed molotov.

You can't doubt that.

If Romy really thinks that Julia's father is trying to protect her,

shouldn't we listen to her?

I feel like we only hear her father, because he's the loudest.

But we have two clients.

Charlotte, who of those two paid our bill?

Did you know that Cliver Linde and Donker used to be married?

How do you know that?

I read the books.

Really?

Yes.

I don't think Bergman killed his wife.

I think he really liked her.

There are a lot of men who like to see a woman, but that doesn't mean anything.

No.

Isn't that too late?

At this hour?

We're already so late.

There's been an accident.

But if there are people at the shopping centre,

they can get off at the next bus in five minutes, number 43.

Aren't we going too fast?

If we get through, we can go through the park.

I think we're too fast.

I think walking is more fun.

We'll be there in half an hour.

We'll be there in half an hour.

Yes, go ahead. Esther needs me.

She can do without me.

It's been a long day and she's not mobile.

Esther is in the wheelchair.

Sorry.

No, you can't know that.

See you tomorrow.

Yes, see you tomorrow.

See you.

Jan, are you all right?

Dad says I should act normal.

Yes?

I'm sorry for what happened.

But it's not going to work for me.

I'm being bullied.

Jan, why did you tell Cooper you did it?

Because it's true.

Why did he do it?

Because I made it up.

Cooper says you made it up.

Or that you had someone else.

He wanted to go to bed with me.

I didn't want that.

That's nothing for our Cooper.

He convinced me to take those pictures.

I didn't want that.

It didn't look like you were against my will.

Jan, you have to stop it.

Our Cooper is sick of it.

Cooper is sick of it?

And me?

Is it big?

Your apartment?

Yes.

Yes.

No, everything is fine.

It's strange, all alone.

Honey, there's something I have to tell you.

But I don't really know...

...how to start.

Wait a minute, honey.

I'll call you back.

It was never my intention to hurt you.

I thought you were at ease.

How did you get my address?

I know flowers can't fix what happened.

But I think you're a fantastic woman.

And the last thing I want is to chase you away.

Maybe...

...I gave the wrong signal.

I had a pint.

I should have been more careful.

Sorry.

I'm glad you came into my life, Katarine.

Do you still know that taxi driver?

Hey.

Here's your driver's license.

Mom is calling me.

A tour in the parking lot.

I'd like to order a taxi.

To the carriage.

Yes, you can come. Bye.

Ten minutes.

Ten minutes.

Stop it, mom.

It's not easy. Stop it.

Stop it, mom.

Stop it.

What the fuck was that?

I said one tour. One.

Where did I come from?

You have to come back.

You can't just leave me here. Come back.

I'm not coming back.

I don't care. That's a fucking cop.

No, Lou. Lou, someone's going to find you.

Hello?

Yes.

An accident has happened.

Can we talk about it?

Now you want to talk after everything you've done?

Go to your apartment in Spain.

It was a misunderstanding. I can fix it.

You have to fix it.

Or are you going to lie again?

Anneke, I never meant it that way.

I didn't even know you weren't working for Marianne anymore.

Who are you?

I really don't know what to think.

Anton is accused of murder and you're making a false statement.

But I did it.

Is that so? – Yes.

All I know for sure is that you were there that night.

I've got something for you.

I hope you like it.

Mom.

We were eating spaghetti and suddenly...

Marianne, are you okay?

Did you take your medication? Did you drink anything?

A glass of wine, but nothing else.

We have to call an ambulance.

Marianne, wake up. Come on.

Hello. Anton Bergman here.

There's something going on with my wife.