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Marianne Koens was brutally killed.

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

I accidentally pulled Marianne off the stairs.

I wasn't even home when she died.

Miss Bergman is always looking for someone who feels the life for her.

She needs a prosthesis to be able to exist.

Marianne destroys everything. Die Marianne.

We just agreed that you wouldn't hide anything from me.

And now this.

I love you in that letter. Who was it about?

Sleeping in the same room.

Together with the gynecologist.

And together in the shower.

Who says Julie Bergman has it out for her father?

What if Marianne knew how close Julie was with her trainer?

That little bitch would never defend me if there was no other explanation for the blood.

Could that blood be from a blood nose?

That's not acceptable.

But it can be.

I would like you to stop calling me Jacob.

Stop.

One night in his hotel...

I'm waiting for Jacob.

I told him to stop, but he just kept going.

You're sure of that, aren't you?

I only hear one side of the story.

Stop.

Are you the driver?

Yes.

I'm going to kill you.

Sorry.

I'm going to call dad.

Maybe you should talk to a therapist.

There's nothing wrong with me.

According to Jan, these photos were sent to a Twitter account called Firestar.

Would you like to register for a house search?

Come on, where's that phone?

Can you tell us how you think that night went?

Dad sent everyone away.

I went to Joga's house.

After my training, I went in through there.

Where was your father at that moment?

I don't know.

But not at home.

Could you please step away from us?

How could I have missed that?

After I took a shower, I walked downstairs.

Jan just came out of the basement.

He was very angry.

He started yelling at me that he was mad at me.

It was my fault that he and dad had so many visions.

And she also said that she was going to take my sports.

I was angry.

That's why he said that.

So that's the position you gave the last duet.

Okay, go ahead.

Mrs. Bergman, you pushed her backwards from the stairs.

But according to Dr. Sterksen's findings,

Mrs. Koens fell in front of the stairs, right?

I found visible bruises on the impact site.

On the knees, for example.

Mrs. Koens had a barbecue this afternoon.

She was drinking a lot.

She could have collapsed then.

That's not impossible.

But if the victim fell backwards,

I would have found a spinal fracture.

And I didn't.

Okay, can we finish that?

Thank you.

Mrs. Bergman, are you 100% sure that it happened

as you just said?

Mr. Dirkens, can I talk to my client for a moment?

Don't let that investigator drive you crazy.

He's just trying.

Where's dad?

He's in the operating room. He'll be here soon.

I haven't heard from Dennis for more than four weeks.

Neither has Romy.

Where is everyone?

They're very shocked.

Give them some time.

Nobody believes him.

I believe him.

You're always like that.

I'll stay with you until it's all over, okay?

Yes, that's fine.

Okay, bye.

Hey, guys.

Something's wrong.

I keep getting threatened by Jean.

Not that his mobile phone is gone.

Our client would commit murder for that thing.

But it has something to do with it.

I don't think so.

You're right.

In an alias where Jean's pictures are posted,

it's the password to his computer.

He lied to Jean too.

Jean has a new love.

You're the one who...

What were you doing?

I had to call the police.

Koobel has cooperated well.

He has a copy of his statement.

His laptop is still being read, but it can take a few days.

If that mobile phone appears again, can you give us a sign?

Yes.

And if Koebel has something to do with it, what does that mean?

It's spreading nude pictures of minors on children's porn.

The victim is 15, so...

Koebel is also 15.

I mean...

Is it punishable to spread a picture of his lover on the wall?

Write the law, ma'am.

Come on.

If your mobile phone appears, let us know.

It's delicious, Mom.

Thank you.

Mom's recipe.

Mine is less spicy.

The clients might want to make a deal,

but they want to see the apartment first.

Wednesday morning.

You're at the bank. What can you do?

I'm at the court, Mom.

I see you're going through the apartment.

You have an apartment?

If you're there on time, you'll be on time for the court.

Okay?

Where's Claire?

Your lawyer told me she's coming straight to the court today.

Why?

She didn't say.

The defendants may come in.

Mr. Dirkens, you want to talk about the reconciliation of the facts

according to Mr. Bergman.

That's right, ma'am.

We'll start in the post office.

According to his statement,

Mr. Bergman went to drink there after the fight with the victim.

Mr. Bergman, you were noticed by a cyclist at 10 p.m.

Can you explain that?

It's too dark, Mrs. Dirkens. I don't know anything about that.

That will be clear, sir.

Mr. Dirkens, I'd like to talk to my client.

Mom.

The same cyclist passed by here at 10.45 p.m.

But your car wasn't there anymore.

Do you have an explanation?

I don't know anything about that cyclist.

Mr. De Donker, the police officer arrived at my office yesterday.

It's logical that he didn't record it.

Or you kept him because you were better looking.

We're here to find the truth.

I resisted.

That light shone in my eyes.

And then I continued to resist.

And that's why that cyclist didn't see me anymore.

And do you know exactly where?

Just to avoid all misunderstandings,

you're 100 percent sure that it was here?

Yes, I remember those arrows.

Okay.

And at 2 a.m. you called your daughter.

Was that also at this location?

And what was that about?

Mr. Bergman could not answer that question.

Okay.

Mark.

Mr. Bosmans is a cheese farmer.

He said that he comes back from a local evening market

And as we can see, it is completely impossible for that market car

to pass on that road when there is a passenger car in the distance.

And then Mr. Bergman changed his statement again

and pointed us to a third location.

It was a little further on, at a small barn.

I also asked him if he could remember everything

since he was quite intoxicated.

And Mr. Bergman then declared that he got a lot of stress from me.

Further, we did not find any evidence at that third location

that could confirm his statement or contradict it.

Later we drove to Mr. Bergman's house

to continue the conversation.

Marianne was nowhere to be found.

I called her at the stairs, but she did not answer.

Then I saw her standing here.

He left a voicemail at 3.15 am to Mr. Pijken.

He then drank his bottle and fell asleep.

A while later he woke up and went looking for more drink.

He only then noticed that the door to the basement was open.

When that was, he could not tell us.

If you give us the action, I will show it to you.

I did not know ...

I had not seen all that blood before.

Mr. Bergman, is everything okay?

In the hospital, fortunately,

Mr. Bergman only had a panic attack.

But despite the fact that he could leave the hospital immediately,

he refused to return to the crime scene.

Why did your dad act so strange during the reconstruction?

At first I thought he was a pervert

because he had just lost his wife.

But now I do not know. What do you think?

You're lying.

First that mess, then that shower, and now this.

If your dad is lying, that means you're lying too.

What am I still doing here?

I'm going to take a shower with Dennis.

I'm okay.

I was in love with Dennis.

But not with me.

I thought he wanted that, that shower, but ...

He was very angry.

Is it your dad?

No.

And ...

And Marianne?

She didn't know about the shower, but ...

I was in love with Dennis.

That's why they wanted to send me to the boarding school,

so I couldn't see him anymore.

Dad said I should study better.

Why did your dad call you that night when Marianne died?

You'll hear me out.

He was fed up and ...

He felt bad after that fight with Marianne.

He didn't know Marianne was already dead.

I'll be right back.

Is what Anton said true?

I think he drank too much and he doesn't remember anything.

But he was drunk. He was lying in front of us.

What's wrong, Nico?

You're not convinced?

Sorry, but I can't stand it when people think we're drunk.

Nowadays you even need an app to make coffee.

I saw it in the store.

I had to think of you.

Thank you.

I buy myself a new one.

It's a nice one, isn't it?

Don't you like it?

You were allowed to go early tonight.

Sorry.

I do that every morning.

Esther has a husband.

I'm a bit behind.

Was he born?

No.

It was a stupid accident four years ago.

We went on tour in Asia for four months.

We were in Bali for three weeks and in the hospital for two months.

During the kitesurfing, a guy hit his beard.

He had to overdo it.

With his plank.

He hit his back.

Well, he didn't have anything.

That must be hard for you.

I'm not complaining. She's the one in the wheelchair.

Honey.

Honey.

What's wrong?

Come on.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Honey.

Honey.

Simon.

What are you doing?

It's not a movie, Simon.

You're hurting me.

You're hurting me.

What are you doing?

You don't have an opening dance.

Five children.

No world tour.

Nothing.

I'm still in love with Esther.

What do you want to do?

Watch TV?

Scrabble?

What are you doing to me?

A real fan.

I've been dreaming about it for a long time.

Come on.

Get up.

Come on.

Hold me.

Yes.

I should have walked.

I was waiting for someone else.

Yes.

Can we turn it off?

Yes.

Ms. Bergman, are you 100 percent sure that it went as you just said?

Mr. Dirks, can I talk to my client?

Mr. Sterks,

according to the most logical

that Mrs. Koens had fallen in front of the stairs,

instead of backwards, as Mrs. Bergman explained.

Mr. Investigator, logically,

did he mean that he was not 100% sure?

With a staircase master, it is always very difficult

to make absolute statements.

Then I tried to resuscitate her,

but that did not work.

Okay, would you show us that action, please?

And was Mrs. Koens lying like this?

I mean on her back.

Okay.

Because according to Mr. Bergman's statement,

Mrs. Koens was lying on her stomach when he found her.

No, I don't think so.

Okay.

That's clear then. Thank you.

According to Julie Bergman's statement,

there was blood on her clothes.

And then she put it in the washing machine upstairs.

Which seems to be correct,

because we also found those clothes there.

Here I put my clothes in the fridge.

And your shoes?

Were they still on at that moment?

No.

No.

Okay.

And where exactly did you take them out?

Downstairs.

Downstairs on the stairs?

In the basement.

In the basement, okay.

And why in the basement?

They were covered in blood and I didn't want to dirty the stairs.

Okay.

Because we found a bloody footprint on the carpet

whose profile matches your shoes perfectly.

Do you have a statement for that?

I can't.

Okay.

Thank you for your cooperation.

According to the blood analysis,

there is no doubt that the footprints found in Julie's bedroom

are of Julie Bergman.

The only strange, a bit inexplicable,

is that we didn't find any footprints in the entire house.

I don't mean on the stairs in the hall,

not in the hall itself,

well, nowhere.

But there are other footprints.

There are footprints of Mr. Bergman and Mr. Dennis Pijken.

And how do you explain that?

The lab showed with Blue Star

that blood had been swept away.

Julie Bergman's footprints were swept away?

That's what it looks like, yes.

And Mr. Bergman and Mr. Pijken's footprints?

They should have been put there later.

Why?

We don't have an answer for the chairman.

I'm glad you're not angry anymore.

I wasn't angry, Julie.

I just felt that something was wrong.

And I can only defend you if you're honest with me.

Sorry.

Everything is fine now.

Claire?

Do you have a handkerchief?

Are you okay?

Yes.

Yes, that's from the thermos.

I didn't understand that either.

I didn't mean it like that.

I just had a bad feeling.

Yes.

Maybe I'm being too curious,

I have to say that,

but nothing happened, right?

Yes, it's a strange atmosphere, I think.

I don't know what you mean.

Cathy is a bit more introverted than most people.

You don't have to look for anything.

I'm still worried.

I want to talk to her.

Why?

Yes, Catherine thinks...

No, actually she thinks you attacked her.

She thinks you attacked her.

But that's not true.

What does she think?

It must be a misunderstanding.

Don't worry.

If Julie is lying, she'll choose for it herself.

We don't know that.

Paying money forces her father.

How?

Out of the blue or what?

If she's lying, it's to protect her father.

Why would she do that?

Because she doesn't love anyone else.

Yes, and if you really want to see someone,

I wouldn't do that either.

Why should I lead those people around in an apartment?

You know your mother.

She's afraid something is going wrong.

You too?

How often have you talked about shit in your life, Lubna?

You think you're so fantastic,

but don't forget that it's not so easy for everyone.

Easy?

Easy?

I've worked hard to get to where I am now.

And what if everyone knew you had killed a cyclist?

How often do I have to thank you for that?

For me, everything changed the day you hit me.

I was the victim, I was the victim of a family.

And yes, I screwed up a lot.

But was it all my fault?

I never asked you to take the blame.

We also did a reconstruction at the scene of the crime

based on the findings of our experts

to compare them with the reconstructions of the accused.

And we start in the living room,

where according to our findings

the victim was hit on the head up to twice.

The suspect approached the victim from behind.

When the victim heard something, she turned around.

Sir, can you do that for a moment?

Thank you.

That's the so-called murder weapon. Where is it?

We haven't found it yet.

Keep looking, I'd say.

Blood was found on this location, right?

The victim probably lay on the ground for a while

where she lost a small amount of blood.

Then she was lifted up by two people.

Sir, can you show me that action?

A trail of blood was found

that led to that basement door.

And there was also a larger blood stain.

What can you deduce from that?

That the body was in that place for a long time.

And is there an explanation for that?

The basement door was probably closed

and the perpetrators had to wait there

with the body until the door was open.

Then Mrs. Koens' body was thrown off the stairs.

According to the findings of the forensic doctor,

this happened before.

For what happened afterwards,

we fully support the findings of Professor Sterks,

who, as mentioned earlier,

found point blood in the eyes.

The only explanation we can think of

is that the victim was still alive after the fall of the stairs.

And then she was stabbed by the perpetrator with a plastic bag.

We found Mrs. Koens there the next morning.

In the video, Julie Bergman said

she found the victim on her back.

Mr. Bergman said on her stomach.

You also show on the stomach.

From the autopsy, it turned out that Mrs. Koens

had been lying on her stomach for a longer time,

while her wounds indicate that she was on her back.

That is why we suspect that the perpetrator

did not confront the victim,

who turned on her stomach for that reason

to continue the facts.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Dirkens.

Mr. Bergman, please stand up straight.

Do you have anything to add to your statement

after seeing this technical reconstruction?

No, Madam Chairman.

I have to say that I was not there that evening.

Thank you, Mr. Bergman, but that was not the question.

Please sit down. Mrs. Bergman, stand up straight.

Do you have anything to add to the reconstruction?

Mrs. Bergman, please stand up.

I am very sorry for what happened.

Everything went as the police showed.

Dad...

Dad hit Marianne's head with an iron bar.

I helped him get out of the stairs.

No, that's not true.

Mr. Bergman, we'll take it easy.

Julie, why are you doing this?

Mr. Bergman, please sit down.

You know what you're about to say.

You're going to go against the law.

Julie, come on.

Mr. Bergman, please.

It's the last time I say it. Calm down.

Who knows who he is now.

Yes, but we had to calm down.

How can you hide something like this for two years?

You know what I like the most?

That he really surprised Anton.

Yes, indeed.

If he still had his daughter in his pocket.

I'm sorry, I was really thinking about it.

I have a very good idea.

Okay.

Yes.

But if I tell you, you probably won't say anything.

Then it might not be such a good idea.

I want to take you somewhere.

I have to let you know something.

So you're coming?

Do you think so?

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

Well, it's just my bad knee.

Are you afraid of me?

What you told Vanessa about me.

It hurt me.

What happened between us.

And what you're making of it.

Those are two totally different things.

And I'm a little worried.

I think you need help.

What you have.

That's extreme fear of being tied up.

You see boozers everywhere.

And especially in people who are doing well.

No, I'm not.

I want to help you.

But you have to stop saying things like this about me.

I can't do that.

I can't.

I feel something for you.

I've never felt that before.

A surprise from Formatus today.

On this sixth day of the trial.

Around the murder of Assepoest.

Such a big change so late in the process.

That must be a blow in the face for lawyer Claire Verlinde.

How do you deal with a client who has lied to you for two years?

And how do you go on with your defense?

We will soon know the answer.

Because tomorrow the lawyers will have a closing plea.

And then the jury will be able to judge the guilt or innocence of both defendants.

Are you still mad?

I'm not going to lie to you.

I'm going to protect dad, sorry.

I didn't even know there was such a thing.

I'm paying for the news.

Everything can be destroyed.

Really?

I'm scared of you.

And you?

Imagine someone hits you in the head.

It's nothing.

It's really from me.

What was that?

I'm sorry.

It's okay, I didn't really think so.

I have to go home.

I'm sorry.

Let me know where it was.

Hey.

Listen, I was thinking.

If you still want to.

That tour tomorrow.

Would that work?

My mom...

It's on the right floor.

I'm not available, so if there's something, I'm at Sarah's.

Really?

Yes, really.

Esther?

Esther?

Leave a message after the beep.

Hey, honey.

Hey.

Are you coming?

Sorry.

Yes?

Did you go to the party?

I was so...

angry.

I said things that...

Sorry, honey.

Dad, are you crazy?

I couldn't hear you.

I'll see you later.

It's just...

Sorry, I'm sorry.

How are you?

Okay, later.

I'm going home.