All language subtitles for City Homicide s03e15 Dead Weight.eng

What's the deal? Division said
this was natural causes.

Ask Pathology.
Ronnie said to get you down here.

Righto.

When was the last time
you spoke to your sister...

No sign of dental discolouration
to suggest chronic bulimia.

Indication of a Mallory-Weiss tear.

Ronnie.
Detectives. Glad you could make it.

I think I've got something for you.
Just over there.

Whoa.

Tabitha Mailer.
Morbidly obese.

In this case, very morbid.

How did she die?
Heart attack.

So it is natural causes?

I wasn't so quick to pass judgment.

Emesis.

Vomit. Projectile.

Delightful.
But wait, there's more.

There was blood in her up-chuck.

Haematemesis, for your edification,
Detective Kingston.

And this was a particularly
violent episode.

I'd say she's torn
her lower oesophagus

due to prolonged retching.

Any idea of the cause?

Most likely the last thing
she ingested.

Easyshake.
Yeah.

It's some kind of
weight-loss product.

But there's not a single active
ingredient in there

that would kill you,
or make you lose weight,

but that's by the by.

So something's been added?
Yeah. That's my guess.

Like some sort of poison?

Possibly, but more likely to be
a very strong emetic.

Something that had this lady
keeling over,clutching at her heart

and dying an unpleasant death.

So not natural causes.
No.

What do you mean
'not natural causes'?

My sister had a heart attack.
Sir, you can't come in here.

No, I wanna know what's going on.
Why are all these police here?

Sir, you must stay away
from the crime scene.

What crime scene?
What happened to my sister?

Sir!
Oww!

Sir, your sister's death
has been classed as suspicious.

It's now a homicide investigation.
Homicide?

Who'd want to kill Tabitha?

That's exactly the question
we were going to ask you.

How long has she been
taking this Easyshake?

A few weeks.

Your sister prepared
the mixture herself?

Yes. Five times a day.

Did you see her open the packet?
I don't think so.

Well, did you or didn't you?

No.

Does anyone else have access
to this kitchen?

I'm not answering any more questions
until you tell me what's going on.

We believe Tabitha's breakfast
drink was tampered with.

Like, poisoned?
Like, poisoned. Yes.

So, did anyone else have access
to the kitchen?

No.

So, if the two of you
were the only people in the house...

I didn't kill Tabitha.

Was your sister happy?
What?

You said she didn't have any
friends, barely left the house.

Is it possible she added something
to the drink herself?

No!

She wasn't happy, sure,
but she wasn't suicidal.

She was just trying to do
something about her weight

by drinking that bloody potion.

You want to find out
who poisoned her?

Start by talking to the people
that make that rubbish.

Do you fight the battle
of the bulge?

I know how hard it can be.

Well, that's why I came up
with Easyshake.

Drink this three times a day
in conjunction with a balanced diet

and those extra kilos
will simply fall away.

Easyshake - now fighting your weight
is a battle you can win.

Are you interested in Easyshake?

We're interested in getting it
off the shelves.

Are you the owner?
No. My father.

My daughter's been fighting weight
all her life.

Are you that daughter?

No... I am.

Hello. I'm Vern Gilbert.
Can I help you?

Detective Senior Constables Ryan
and Kingston.

Mr Gilbert, there's been an incident
involving your Easyshake.

And until we can ascertain
exactly what's happened,

we'd like your cooperation
in taking it off the shelves.

How do you mean?
What sort of incident?

One of your customers died
this morning after drinking it.

Oh, my God.
Who?

Tabitha Mailer.
You remember Tabitha.

She was in here last week.

She'd seen one of Dad's ads
on late-night telly

and wanted to give it a go.

Hold on. Sorry,
this just doesn't make any sense.

Her death can't have anything to do
with Easyshake.

Look, we use all-natural,
all-healthy ingredients.

The packets are sealed
before they leave the shop.

So, it's made on site?
Y es, absolutely.

We mix it here,
package it here, seal it here.

We do it all upstairs.
Who's 'we'?

My daughters and me.

How do you know it wasn't
something else that killed her?

Because Easyshake's the only thing
she's eaten for three weeks.

You can't just take my products
off the shelf.

Easyshake is finally getting
some traction in the market.

I'm moving production off site,

I've signed distribution agreements
all over the country.

Mr Gilbert, a woman is dead.

I don't believe my product
was responsible.

Um, Dad, maybe we should take it
off the shelves just in case.

No. Look, I'm sorry.

Until you have proof or a warrant,
I can't help you.

Won't help us, more like it.

Yeah, he was playing
some pretty heavy defence.

- With good reason.
- Something to hide?

Something to gain, more like.

He's signing distributors
left, right and centre.

If he has his way,
it'll be on the shelves

of every health food store
and supermarket.

Big money.
It's possible he's right, isn't it?

Tabitha Mailer's death had
nothing to do with this Easyshake?

Not according to Ronnie's
pathologist gut feeling.

Yeah, not according to the lab.
I just got the report back.

Traces of a virulent emetic
were found

in Tabitha Mailer's packet
of Easyshake.

It's called syrup of Ipecac
and it is a herbal-based purgative.

It's not listed
as an ingredient here.

So how did it get
into Tabitha Mailer's Easyshake?

Vern Gilbert's not a chemist.

I mean, he prances around
in a lab coat,

but that's about the sum
of his scientific credentials.

Maybe he just stuffed up

and added the wrong ingredient
into his magic formula.

Yeah, and if there was negligence
in their preparation

or manufacture, then it's not just
going to be one packet,

the entire batch
could be contaminated.

Yeah, I don't think it's negligence.

It says the packet was tampered with
after it was originally sealed.

How do they know that?
Because it was opened and resealed.

A different sealant was used
the second time.

Deliberate sabotage. Someone
with a grudge against the Gilberts.

Maybe the brother trying to throw us
off the scent.

Whatever the reason, I want
that product off the shelves now.

I'll get you your warrant.

As well as the Easyshake packs
and all raw ingredients,

we're looking for syrup of Ipecac
plus any sealants and adhesives.

And he'll be expecting us so he's
probably stashed things out of sight.

OK, guys, we need a thorough search.

Everything on the warrant, alright?
Let's get moving.

- Get off him!
- Mr Mailer, stop it.

I'll kill you for this!

You told her you could help her
and she believed in you!

That's enough, Mr Mailer.
Get him out of here.

Stop! You can't do this!

Yes, we can.
This is my livelihood!

Dad!
Your copy of the warrant.

What?

You wanted proof, we've got it.

Lab results confirmed
the presence of syrup of Ipecac

in one of your Easyshake packets.

I didn't put it there.
We don't even stock syrup of Ipecac.

Right now, Mr Gilbert,
how it got there isn't the issue.

We need to get your product
off the shelves.

Look, please, no! Look,couldn't you
at least do this after hours?

If this gets out, it'll ruin me!
Maybe that's the point.

How do you mean?

Is there someone who wants to see
your business fail?

A competitor or a business rival?

Not that I can think of.

You haven't received
any threats or demands?

No, other than the one
you've just witnessed.

And you're sure you don't stock
syrup of Ipecac?

Y es, I am sure.

'Cause if it is in your shop,
our team will find it

and you will be charged.

Tabitha Mailer's brother is the one
who should be charged. For assault.

Why am I the only one you arrested?

Vern Gilbert is the one
you should be questioning.

Just because the emetic
was in his packet

doesn't necessarily mean
he's responsible.

He's responsible, alright.

His product killed my sister.

She needed help...support, not some
fraud trying to make a quick buck.

So, you didn't like her
taking Easyshake?

I've seen the end results
of her fad diets.

Disappointment, the pressure
when she couldn't keep it up.

So maybe you tried to scare her
off it, make her a bit sick.

Of course not.
Or a lot sick.

Or dead.
What on earth would I have to gain?

The house, for starters.

I don't care about the house.

I said, "For starters."

Financial records.

Your parents left you and Tabitha
a substantial inheritance.

They worked hard.
$3 million worth of hard.

You were Tabitha's carer,
weren't you?

Yes.

Can't have been easy
looking after your sister.

In and out of the shower,
helping her get dressed every day.

Pretty soon she wouldn't be able
to leave the house at all,

you'd be at her beck and call 24/7.

Yeah, right.

I didn't like caring for Tabitha.

In fact, I hated it.

I wished she could
look after herself.

But not for me.

For her.

I just wanted her to be happy.

Tabitha was my best friend.

I loved her.

Must be hard being that big.

Can't be easy.

Yeah, well, it's a bit late
to cry 'fat' now, isn't it?

What? I'm just saying. You don't
end up that size overnight.

Probably starts with a little bit
of chicken schnitzel on white.

Mmm.

Alright, I'd better get down
to Autopsy.

Any word back from the lab
on the warrant seizures?

Ma'am, five more packets of Easyshake
tested positive for an emetic.

So Tabitha Mailer
wasn't specifically targeted?

Just dead unlucky.

Tell me there's no-one else
out there taking this stuff.

Well, the National Health Board's
recalled all packets.

I've got uniforms
going through the Gilberts' records,

contacting anyone
who purchased the product.

There's no sign of an emetic

amongst any of the ingredients
seized from Vern Gilbert's store

and no sign of a second sealant.

So either Vern Gilbert did a good
job of covering up his negligence...

Or the emetic was added off site...

..snuck back onto the shelves
by somebody else.

Ryan.

We'll be there right away.

Vern Gilbert's been bashed.

What happened?

Dad went to the bank
with the week's takings

and a man with a balaclava
bashed him.

How much was taken?

I don't know, $1 2,000?

What time did your father leave
the store to go to the bank?

1 :00, 1 :30.

But this wasn't just a robbery.
It's obvious.

That psycho that came
into the store today,

he must have followed Dad
and attacked him.

That psycho was in our interview
room till 3 o'clock

so he couldn't have attacked
your father.

I think one of you knows more
than you're letting on.

What do you mean?
One of your customers is dead.

Now your father's been bashed.

And your sister here
can't look me in the eye.

If you know anything,
you're impeding a murder inquiry.

Dad would kill me if I told you.
Rosie...

Keeping quiet hasn't exactly
worked for him so far.

Rosie, what's going on?
What did Dad tell you?

Dad got a text message last week -

pay cash or they'd contaminate
the Easyshake packets.

Why didn't you tell ME?
I didn't want to worry you.

Oh, but it's OK to worry you?

No, it's just that we didn't think
it was anything serious.

Rosie, a woman is dead.
I know.

We just thought
it was someone trying it on.

We're a small business.
We're an easy target.

Dad said that
if we just didn't reply,

he would just move on.

Only he didn't.
No.

You knew all this when we questioned
you and you said nothing.

They said not to contact the police.

You got another message?
Yeah.

After you seized
the Easyshake packets.

I don't believe this.
Saying what?

Pay up or it happens again.

They were going to contaminate
more packets.

We'll need access
to your phone records

and any other correspondence
you've received.

Excuse me.

So your father wasn't banking
the week's takings,

he was withdrawing the ransom money.

Yeah. Emptied the account.

How much?
$50,000.

I can't believe
Dad didn't say anything.

No, neither can l.

The doctor's finished her obs.
Vern's OK to talk to us.

Mr Gilbert, we know
about the blackmail.

I'm sorry, Dad, I had to tell them.

We know you were assaulted
and that $50,000 was taken.

Give me the money.
Just give me the money!

We need to know
exactly what happened.

Ah...

Arrgh! Ohh!

Can you describe your attacker?
Height, build, what he was wearing?

Hand it over, you bastard!
I can do more than that.

Arggh!
Hand it over!

I'd recognise that voice anywhere.

Slimy creep.

Who?

His name is Lewis Glendenning.

Lewis?
Lewis?!

No, he wouldn't do that.

Who is Lewis Glendenning?

He worked at the store up until
about a month ago.

Your father wasn't a fan?
Neither was l.

Lewis was a total sleaze.

The accountant's getting
his address now.

No, he wasn't sleazy.
He was just a really friendly guy.

Good with people
and great with the customers.

He could just strike up
a conversation with anyone.

Oh, yeah,
and that's all he ever did.

Never any real work,
so Dad gave him the flick.

Was Lewis angry?

No.
Yes.

Sarah's a softie,
but I never liked Lewis.

And he definitely wasn't happy
when Dad fired him.

Hello? Yep.

Thanks for that. There you go.

Great. Thanks.

Still no answer.

When was the last time
you saw Mr Glendenning?

Just this morning. He said
he'd come and give me his rent.

Would you mind opening the door,
please?

I suppose.
If you're worried about him.

Yeah. We wanna make sure he's OK.

Sir, if you wouldn't mind
standing back?

Sure.
Thank you.

Mr Glendenning, it's the police!

Mr Glendenning!

He was here this morning.

Anything?
The place is clean.

Same here. Not a trace.

So we got the right guy.
He knows we're after him.

OK.
This is Lewis Glendenning.

The man Vern Gilbert believes
is responsible for the extortion.

The thing is, there's no such person
as a Lewis Glendenning.

The tax file number
he gave the Gilberts is a fake.

He wiped the flat clean,
got rid of any identifying evidence.

Sounds like a pro.
Sounds like our killer.

- Is that the same...
- Same guy.

Different name. Lew Denning.

This is a police file photo from SA.

How did you find him?
He wasn't as thorough as he thought.

Crime Scene found a print
on the underside of the bin lid.

Must have been in a hurry
to get away.

Mmm. So I ran the print
and this is who came up.

Lew Denning. What was the charge?

Deception. This woman reckons
he conned her out of 1 00,000 bucks.

And there is a court case pending.

Complainant's name, Cassie Holmes.

And guess what?
She's now living in Melbourne.

Wow. He's changed.

That's him. That's Lew.

What was your relationship with him?

Ohh. Sucker?

Victim, naive idiot.

When I met Lew,
I was twice the size I am now.

Didn't matter to him,
he seemed to like me for me.

He asked me out...
And you accepted?

Of course.
So what did he do?

Cleaned me out.

He said that he was trying to get
a business deal up.

An investor had dropped out.

I practically fell over myself
to give him $1 00,000.

You gave it to him?
He didn't have to persuade you?

He didn't need to. I... I was in love.

We were supposed to be
getting married.

I'd even picked out the dress,
for God's sakes.

Why did you come to Melbourne?

I couldn't stay in Adelaide.

Not with everyone knowing
what a sucker I'd been.

The thought of running into him
again...

I couldn't bear it.

He's such a crawling...manipulator.

Did you know HE'S in Melbourne now?

Oh...

I came here to get away from him.
Did he threaten you?

No. It's just...

That 1 00,000,
I got half of it from my mother.

She had to sell her house.

She...she lost everything.

I don't think I could stand
even seeing him again.

You'll have to see him again
if your case gets to court.

I know. But I'll deal with that then.

I just don't think I could cope
with seeing him on the street.

Don't worry, we plan to find him
before that can happen.

Where did you meet Lew Denning?
In a pub? Work?

At a weight-loss meeting.

Lewis is overweight?

Not really.

But not everyone who goes
to those meetings is huge.

We had a girl in our group
who looked just like you.

Most of us wanted to throttle her.

And Lewis?

He came up to me
after a meeting one night.

We had a coffee, started chatting.

It started there.

Ended in bankruptcy
six months later.

Not that I was the first.

Lew had done the same thing
to a girl here in Melbourne.

Olivia Maitland.

She's agreed to be a witness
if my case gets up.

Do you have her details?

I met him at a weight-loss
discussion night, just like Cassie.

I used to go till I realised it
wasn't for me.

A bunch of self-absorbed losers
telling their sob stories,

how depressing.

What name did he use
when you knew him?

Dan. Dan Lewis.

We went out for a while.

Then he started going on
about his sick little brother

who needed an operation.

Sick brother?
I know.

Really,could it be
any more obvious?

So you gave him the money
for his sick brother's operation?

$1 0,000.

My grandad had just died and left me
20 grand. I thought I was loaded.

And you figured
it was for a good cause?

And Dan had those
big puppy dog eyes.

And what happened after that?

After that? There was no after-that.
That was the last I ever saw of him.

And what about the court case?

Cassie Holmes seems to think
you're her star witness.

Yeah, I need to talk to Cassie
about that.

I know she's gagging for closure
but I'm not gonna pursue it.

You're worried
about seeing him again?

Are you kidding?

No, I just don't fancy
standing up in court

telling everyone
what a dickhead I've been.

Trust me, I'd love to see Dan again
and break his scrawny neck.

No sign of Denning/Glendenning.

Put out a KALOF
for all three of his known aliases.

There's something else
we could try.

He targets women
at weight-loss meetings.

If we circulate the three photos,
someone might recognise him.

Most of these places list

their meeting times
and locations online.

I'll get some uniforms
to chase it up.

OK, if Glendenning selects
his victims at weight-loss meetings,

why bother getting a job
at a health food shop?

You're right, he seduces women
to get at their money,

he doesn't threaten to poison them.

Yeah. So why break the pattern?

There's an obvious answer to that.
He didn't.

Sarah.

Are you OK?

Oh, I'm just a bit rattled,
that's all.

With Dad in hospital and the
newspapers calling up every minute,

it's just, um...I think,
getting a bit much.

Sarah,can you tell us
how you met Lewis?

We told you - he worked here.

You didn't meet him before that?

No.

You didn't meet him
at a weight-loss meeting?

No. I don't go
to weight-loss meetings.

You've never been to one? Ever?

Are you saying I should?

We're not saying anything. We just
need to know how you met Lewis.

He came in one day,
asking if we needed any extra staff.

Dad's pretty stingy
with that sort of thing,

but Lewis convinced him

that we needed a sales and
promotions manager for Easyshake.

Did you ever have
a relationship with him?

Yeah. A work relationship.

Anything more?

No, we worked together, that's all.

Did he ever try
and take advantage of you?

What do you mean?

Well, did he ever ask you for money?

Why aren't you asking Rosie
these questions?

She worked here with Lewis too.

Why is it only me
that you're interested in?

Lewis strikes up relationships
with...certain women.

And he takes their money
and does a runner.

What sort of women?

Women he meets
at weight-loss meetings.

Fat women?

Lewis worked here,
I worked with him. That's it.

I haven't seen him
since he was fired.

Just because I might be
a bit overweight,

it doesn't mean I'm a sucker.

You think she was in
a relationship with Lewis?

It fits the pattern.

Does that mean that she worked
the extortion with him?

Mmm...maybe.

Why would she want to steal $50,000
from her father?

Yeah, well, maybe the Gilberts
aren't as tight as they look.

Rosie and Vern, they didn't tell
Sarah about the extortion.

Maybe they've always left her
out of the mix.

Is that enough motivation
to hook up with a con man

and have your father bashed?

Drink up, we got a hit

on one of those weight-loss meetings
and an address.

Yeah.

I wonder what he'll look like
this time.

Hi.
Hi.

Lewis Glendenning here?

No.

Dan Lewis?
No.

Lew Denning?

They're similar names
to my boyfriend, but he's just Glen.

Glen Lewisham.
Look like this?

That's him. That's Glen.

What's with the other names?
Is he here?

Glen!

He's here. Come in.

Just through, he's right here.

Glen.

Detectives? What can I do for you?

You can tell us where you were

yesterday afternoon
between 1 :00 and 3:00.

I was here. With you, sweetie.
Remember?

Yeah, that's right.

We'd like to ask your boyfriend

some questions about an assault
and a murder.

I beg your pardon?

A woman died
yesterday morning.

Tabitha Mailer. We believe you know
something about it.

Tabitha Mailer?

Oh, Look, sorry,
I've never heard of her.

But, Look, if there's anything I can
do to help, I'm more than happy to.

I'm sure Georgina would be too.
Yeah.

We can come with you
down to the station if you like.

Eh?

Where were you yesterday afternoon?

Yesterday afternoon?

Well, I certainly wasn't out
clubbing anyone over the head.

I was home with my girlfriend,
as she confirmed.

Of course he was with me.

You didn't seem so certain earlier.
I'm certain.

All afternoon?
Yes.

Yes. Why wouldn't I be?
Don't you have a job?

- He's freelance.
- What about you?

I don't need to work.
Why not?

If you must know,
I have a trust fund.

Does Lewis know about that?

His name's Glen.
And, yes, he knows about it.

Why wouldn't he? He's my boyfriend.

How long have you two been going out?

Four weeks.

That overlaps with your time
with Sarah Gilbert.

I never went out with Sarah.
You sure about that?

Think I'd remember, don't you?

Do you remember
conspiring with Sarah

to contaminate
Vern Gilbert's Easyshake?

What? Are you nuts?
A woman is dead, Mr Glendenning.

She died from drinking
a sabotaged packet of Easyshake.

I haven't seen Sarah or the Gilberts
or the store or any of it

since I was fired.

What about Cassie Holmes?

Hmm?

You going to pretend you had
nothing to do with her either?

Cassie was a misunderstanding.

$1 00,000 misunderstanding. Yeah.

I borrowed money from her.

My investments didn't work out.

I'm sorry she lost her dough, but
there's nothing I can do about it.

You could pay her back.
With what?

You could start with the 50 grand
you took from Vern Gilbert.

I've got nothing like
that sort of money.

Check my bank accounts if you like.

We will.

He's setting you up, Georgina.

No, he's not. We're in love.

The man you're in love
with is facing serious charges.

Charges of deception and
he could be involved in a murder.

You've got the wrong person.

Well, don't you think it's possible
you could just be his next victim?

He wouldn't do that to me.

Did you meet him
at a weight-loss meeting?

How did you know that?

Did he come up to you
after the meeting,

start chatting,
ask you out for a cup of coffee?

Tea.

And while you're having a cup of tea
with all these women,

how come you need
to change your name?

Look, to be honest,
the thing with Cassie rocked me.

She was coming after me
through the courts,

she was posting messages online
slagging me off to all my friends.

I had to get away from her.

That's why I moved interstate,
changed my name.

I'm the victim here.

You are a target, Georgina.
It's a scam.

You're the fourth woman
he's done this to that we know of.

Yes, he pretends
he's in love with you

and then he cons you
out of your cash.

No, he really cares about me.

He really cares
about your trust fund.

You think, because I look like this
Glen doesn't love me. Don't you?

Yeah, I do.

I'm sorry but that's the truth.

He doesn't love you
and I think you know that.

You're wrong. He does love me.

And he didn't do
any of those things.

He couldn't have - he was with me.

So unless you're going
to charge us both,

I would like to leave.

With Glen.

Thanks. Closed for the day?

I took the phone off the hook
to stop the media calls,

so the media came here.

The only way to get rid of them
was to close up early.

We brought a copy of the inventory,
all the product we confiscated.

Oh, thanks.

We also brought

a few photos of Lewis.

Glen. Lew.

Dan.

Whatever you want to call him.
Why would I want to see them?

We thought you might wanna know
what kind of man he really is.

He changes his name and appearance
every time he moves on,

every time he leaves a girl behind.

After taking their money, of course.

How's your dad?
He'll be OK. Thanks.

He's still in hospital?
Yeah, Rosie's with him now.

He came close to being killed.

What sort of a man does that?

Beats up your dad for money?

Yeah, we found him, by the way,
Lewis Glendenning.

He's calling himself Glen now.

He's moved in
with his new girlfriend, Georgina.

They seem very happy together.
Couldn't keep their hands off each other.

He met her at a weight-loss meeting.

Talked to her afterwards,
asked her out for a cuppa.

I don't care what Lewis does
with his life.

We believe Lewis conned you, Sarah.

With your help, he's killed a woman

and now he's got 50,000
of your family's money.

Why would you cover for him?

If he did what you're saying,
he did it alone.

He couldn't have. He'd been sacked
before the extortion.

How could he get in here, access those
packets without being recognised?

Maybe he kept a key?

Sarah, if we can't prove
Lewis was responsible,

your dad will take the fall for this

and it could take him years
to rebuild his reputation.

Well, as Dad keeps saying,

"You can do anything
if you put your mind to it."

So I'm sure
that he's going to be fine.

Are you sure there's nothing more
you can tell us?

No.

There's not.

Well, you're very loyal, Sarah.

I hope it works out for you, because
when it comes to pressing charges,

do you trust that Lewis
will not implicate you?

So you think
she's stonewalling?

I don't know anymore.

Why would Glendenning bother
with an accomplice?

He's always been a one-man show.

We did our best
to make her feel jealous

about Lewis moving on without her
but she wouldn't budge.

She wouldn't say a word against him.

We know this Glendenning
is responsible

for the extortion, right?

He clubbed Vern Gilbert
over the noggin.

We've only got Vern's word on that.
And Vern hates Glendenning.

So he's a biased witness
and there's the fact

that Glendenning's been alibied
by Georgina Hopkins.

Yeah. Even though we know
she's lying through her teeth.

The DPP will never go for it, we haven't
got enough to re-interview him.

So you'll have to go at him
through the back door.

Get buggerlugs to retract her alibi.

How? We pushed her
as hard as we could.

We made it really clear we're looking
at her boyfriend for murder.

Look, that's where you went wrong.

You've been outplayed,
boys and girls.

How's this bloke operate?

He trades on charm.

He makes these girls feel safe,
comfortable, special.

You can't go in there
guns a-blazing, I don't think.

If you're gonna catch Glendenning,

you're gonna have to beat him
at his own game.

I'll distract him
while you talk to Georgina?

So, does this mean that Jarvis
thinks I'm charming?

Why don't you just see if you can
sweet-talk her into coming with us?

Hello.
Anyone here?

Georgina?

Lewis?

Georgina? Lewis?

Duncan.

Anything from the knife?

No. Handle's been wiped clean.

Why not take it, remove the evidence?

Killer couldn't get it out.
It's hit the sternum, got stuck.

What else can you tell us?

Estimated time of death
between 8:00 and 1 0:00am.

And somewhere about that time,
she put up a fight.

They're defensive wounds.

There was definitely a struggle.

Guys, I think I've got
something for you.

A couple of boys set up
a speed camera down the road...

Paying your wages -
pinging mums in the school zone.

Don't start me.

Anyway, I had a look through
the list of people they pulled over.

Nice thinking, Todd.
What did you find?

A match on one of
your persons of interest

driving away from here
doing 64 in a 40 zone at 8:03am.

Right about the time Georgina here
was breathing her last breath.

Who was it?
Sarah Gilbert!

I didn't kill her. Honestly.
I don't even know the woman.

Her name was Georgina
and you know exactly who she was

because we told you
she was Lewis's new girlfriend.

I didn't do it.

Don't push me, Sarah. I've had enough.

You've played us for idiots
and now another woman is dead.

I didn't do it.
"l didn't go to Healthy Goal."

"l didn't know Lewis before work."

"l didn't know Georgina." It's all
lies, isn't it, Sarah? All of it!

You're enrolled at Healthy Goal
under a different name - Sally.

I was embarrassed.

I didn't want my family to know.
Dad especially.

That's where you met Lewis.

And today, at 8:03am,
you were on Georgina Hopkins's street

right about the time
she was murdered.

We can prove it, Sarah.

You were speeding away
from the crime scene.

I'm not a killer!

I want a lawyer.

She requested a lawyer?
Yeah, she's on the phone to him now.

We've got something -
Georgina Hopkins's bank statements.

$20,000 was transferred
out of her account overnight.

Where to?
We've only got an account number.

But we can guess whose.

Mmm.
Lewis Glendenning.

Who - surprise, surprise -
is missing in action.

This same account was used to buy
a ticket to Fiji for this morning.

Just one?
Yeah.

So, if Georgina found out
about the money transfer

and the single plane ticket,
she could have confronted him,

threatened to take back her alibi.

Which puts him in the frame
for Vern's assault and robbery.

So they fought, he got desperate
and stabbed her.

We had uniforms stationed at
the airport, ready to take him down.

Lewis didn't show.
He never took his flight to Fiji.

Which means he has another plan
in place.

This guy's got several aliases,

he's probably got bank accounts
all over the place.

If there's one thing he knows
how to do, it's disappear.

He should be halfway
out of the country by now.

I've re-issued an urgent KALOF,

notified passport control

and I've got uniforms scouting
for people matching his descriptions.

We're trawling
all transport options,

domestic and international,
for the next 24 hours.

Got it! Booking under the passport
name of Lewis Glen Daniels.

Another bloody alias.

Cook Airways flight
for the Cook Islands.

When does it leave?
Approximately five minutes.

Flight CKA 221.
Allie, go. Get onto the uniforms.

If they move now, they can intercept
him before the gate.

I'll get the Feds.
I'll get a new warrant.

I'll do the airline.
Constable Taylor, this is Kingston.

Superintendent, it's Buchanan.
I need you at terminal 5.

He's on your flight.

He goes in those doors
any second now.

Going on a trip, Lewis?
That's not against the law.

No. Murder is.

I didn't kill anyone.

Oh, come on, Lewis.

Your girlfriend's bank account
has been drained

and she's lying on the floor
with a knife in her heart.

Courtesy of you.

I didn't touch her.

I came home
and I found her like that.

Oh, so you called an ambulance
and you notified the police.

Oh, no, hang on a second,
you ran, didn't you, Lewis?

I freaked out.

I knew you lot
would be straight after me.

Look, I promise you I didn't do it.

Yeah, right.

Like I said, I found her like that.

After taking her money?

He might be telling the truth.

He's a con man.
He's never killed anyone before.

Tabitha Mailer.
Most likely an accident.

Sticking an emetic in a packet's
a bit different

to picking up a knife
and stabbing someone to death.

What happened -
did she confront you?

Threatened to tell us
that she was nowhere near you

the day Vern Gilbert was attacked?

You had to stop her,
didn't you, Lewis?

No.

Well, you had already killed
Tabitha Mailer,

what's one more dead woman?

I didn't kill Tabitha Mailer.
I didn't kill anyone.

You're already facing
charges of extortion,

assault and deception - two counts
of murder should top that off.

That is a very long time in prison.

20 years.
Minimum, I reckon.

Alright. Alright. Look...

I admit I'm a con man.

I admit I took the 50 grand
from Vern Gilbert.

But that is it.

You sent the text messages,
demanded money.

You assaulted him outside the bank.

I didn't mean to hurt him.

Look, I'd arranged
to call him later on.

But in case he went to the police,
I thought I'd waylay him.

I had a plastic gun, for God's sake.

I wasn't going to lay
a finger on him, but he went me.

He ended up in hospital.

I know.

And Tabitha Mailer ended up dead

after drinking an Easyshake
that you laced with an emetic.

That was not my fault.
Of course not!

I wouldn't know an emetic
from a bar of soap!

I was just threatening Vern,
that is it.

It was Sarah's idea to put the stuff
in the Easyshake packet.

Get Sarah Gilbert back up
for interview.

No-one was supposed to die.

It was only meant
to give Dad a scare.

So what happened, Sarah?

I met Lewis
at a weight-loss meeting.

He heard me talking about
my perfect skinny little sister

and my caring dad.

How they were always trying
to help me to lose weight.

He said he knew how pathetic
they made me feel

and I should find a way
to get back at them.

So the extortion
was Lewis's idea, hmm?

We were going to use that money
to move away and start a new life.

Yeah, but the emetic
was your idea, wasn't it?

Sarah!

I thought if I could make
a few people sick

it'd ruin Easyshake's reputation.

So...

.. Lewis uses you to steal $50,000
from your own family,

he turns you into a killer

and then he runs into the arms
of another woman.

That must have made you
pretty angry.

Yeah, it did.

I went to this cafe last night,
where Lewis and I used to go to,

and then I followed him
to the new girlfriend's house.

He bought flowers, the gerberas,

exactly what he used to buy for me.

Real slap in the face.

That's why I went back there
this morning

just to give him a piece of my mind.

But he wasn't there, just Georgina.

And I told her, "Don't trust him.
Get away while you still can."

But I didn't touch her.

She was fine when I left there.

So why did you speed away
from the scene?

I was running late -
I had to open the shop.

Oh,come on. You expect us
to believe that?

I promise you,
I didn't kill Georgina. I didn't.

What's the delay?
We've hit a brick wall, ma'am.

Lewis has admitted to the extortion.
Sarah's admitted to the poison.

But neither will confess
to Georgina's murder.

Both of them were on the scene,
but Lewis reckons

he found her dead and fled in fear.

And Sarah maintains that Georgina
was alive and well when she left.

She's not alive and well
now, so one of them must be lying.

Or they both are
and they're in it together.

They'll walk out of here
and meet up in the Cook Islands.

It's like one step forward
and two steps back.

Look, they may be skilled liars,
these two,

but they're not
professional killers.

Up until Tabitha Mailer,
they'd never physically hurt anyone.

Mix the teams up.

Wave these in front of their faces.

Show them what they've done.
Remind them what murder looks like.

And let them know
there is no coming back from that.

This is Georgina Hopkins.

Your girlfriend.

Is that what you did to her, Lewis?

No. I didn't do it. I swear.

She was like that when I got there.

I don't want to see her like that.

She was...she was alive
when I left her.

I promise you, she was fine, happy,
leaving the house.

Oh, does she look happy now, Sarah?
I don't want to see them.

She stole your man
so you taught her a lesson.

No.
You know what the problem is, Sarah?

The problem is that you've told us
nothing but lies,

so why should we believe you now?

You're a con man.
A professional liar.

You've never told the truth
in your life.

I know you're lying to us
about this.

Look at the photos.
Look at the photos!

Look at what happened to this woman.
You did this to her, didn't you?

That's not Georgina.
That's not Lewis's girlfriend.

Well, that is Georgina Hopkins.

That's not the woman
I saw at the house.

When I went to Georgina's place,

a woman was coming out,
I told her about Lewis,

but she said she already knew.

That we were both
better off without him

'cause he was a
"crawling manipulator."

Crawling manipulator?

He's such a crawling...manipulator.

It describes him perfectly,
doesn't it?

Yeah, that describes someone
perfectly.

Cassie Holmes.

Ms Holmes, we've had a look
into your civil action

against Lewis Glendenning.

You were never going to get
your mother's money back, were you?

Your witness dropped out.

Oh, I didn't need
Olivia's testimony.

It didn't change anything.

The SA Police
had dropped the charges

and you'd run out of options.

My solicitor said we could proceed.

But it would be harder and longer
and more expensive.

You were never going to get
your mother's money back -

Glendenning was never going to pay
for what he'd done.

Your star witness, she was happy
to just cut her losses and move on.

But you couldn't let it go,
could you?

The thing we don't understand is, if
you found Lewis, went to his house,

if it was Lewis you were after,
why did you kill his girlfriend?

I didn't.

Cassie, we have a witness.

The woman you saw this morning,
Sarah Gilbert.

She identified you.

Must have been right after
you stabbed Georgina Hopkins.

I couldn't afford to keep going
with the court case.

I've lost enough money already.

I went to reason with him
and found her instead.

Why would you kill her?

She'd found out that he'd
transferred money from her account.

That should put you
on the same side.

She was gonna forgive him.

She said
she was still in love with him,

that, oh, there must have been
some mistake.

She was me!

A year ago! Blind!

Naive.

Forgiving.

When I asked my mother
for that money, I knew. Mmm.

Even then, I knew it was wrong.

But I just didn't want to believe
that he was using me.

I loved him.

And there she was, talking about

the trip that they were gonna take
together.

To Fiji.

How happy they were.

Well, I just lost it.

Snapped.

I can't even remember
how it happened.

Um...

I had the knife in my hand.

Oh, there was blood everywhere.

I killed her.

DPP's gotta be happy
with that -

full admissions
from all three suspects.

So Lewis finally gets
his day in court.

Let's see him talk his way
out of that one.

I don't like his chances.

Only Cassie won't be there to see it,
too busy with her own murder trial.

You'll never guess
who just bailed out Sarah Gilbert.

Her dad. Mr Easyshake
is gonna stand by her.

What, even though
she took 50 grand from him?

I think, after he finally realised

how he made her feel
all those years.

- It's a bit late for that.
- Morning.

So, finally, our three little piggies
are going to jail, hmm?

This one for extortion,
this one for manslaughter

and this one goes,
"Wee-wee-wee-wee-wee,"

all the way to the big house
for murder.

Hmm.

In other words,
case closed.

I believe you'll find another one
waiting for you at your desks.

Hey, Si.
Hey.

- Si!
- Welcome back!

You look fighting fit, mate.

Time away from you guys,
it's gotta be beneficial, right?

How was Thailand?
Hey, where's my postcard?

I was busy, mate -
cocktails on the beach,

magnificent scuba diving, the food.

Oh, don't mention food.

Er, anyway, enough gossip.

New case came in - report of
a floater in the Maribyrnong.

Who's up?

I'm in.
Thought you might be.

Hey, see you guys later on.

Witness was jogging by the river,

reported a suspicious object
floating on the surface.

Reckons it's either a body
or a bag of old clothes.

My money's on the old clothes.

So, how are you, mate?

Seriously?
Yeah.

I'm good, Mattie. Really good.

Time away from this place
was just what I needed.

Bit of perspective, you know

Good to hear. Good to have you back.

It's good to be back.

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