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[bright music]

[sobbing]

Hey, come on pet, let's get you home. Come on.

[ominous music]

Lila! It's out of order! I'll go up top,

I'll only be a minute.

Okay.

[ominous music]

[on the phone] Hi. This is Owen Thorne.

Sorry I can't take your call at the moment.

Dad? Dad!

[ominous music]

[loud thump]

[car sirens going off]

[ominous music]

[melancholic music]

[cars honking]

Excuse me, back in your car, madam. The road's closed.

Land Rover, empty one, find a space then find me.

Eh, no excuse me!

Please, can I get through?

No I'm sorry madam.

Please, I'll be two minutes.

I'm sorry you can't. It's a crime scene area.

[Woman] Well how long do I have to wait?

Hello, George.

Evening, ma'am.

Nice and calm, well done.

Mm. Tell that to the folk who are backed up

on the ring road. He could've waited til Sunday morning.

Anyone see him come down?

No one that's come forward. That couple there,

they were two stories up driving out.

Uh.

[Aiden] Other than that, nothing.

Is that the daughter?

Yeah. It was her prom night. Thankfully she didn't see it.

He went up top.

Ma'am this is Lila.

Lila, this is DCI Stanhope.

Hello, love. I'm sorry. Is it your dad, who fell?

Right now, listen to me love. We're gonna get someone

to come and pick you up, but it'd be really helpful,

if you could tell my officer here everything that happened.

Can you do that?

How did he fall?

Well that's what I'm gonna find out.

Was he up there on his own?

I don't know. I was in the car.

They won't leave him there will they?

No, love. There's some special officers on their way here

and they're going to be taking your dad away.

[woman from a distance] Sorry, that's my,

it's my daughter.

My mom?

Let us check.

Go on then.

All right.

What's happened?

I didn't see it.

-See what? Where's your dad? -We just went for chips.

Where's your dad, love?

[Vera] Mrs. Thorne, love.

[sad music]

Shh, you can't go through.

[Policeman] Shh.

[melancholic music]

Right. Here we go. He's face up at least.

Check his pockets, Kenny.

Parking ticket.

Smashed. See if you can get that fixed.

Will do. Awkward place to pick.

Mm. If he did pick it.

[lift binging]

So what's with the limp?

Of I was playing five a side. Dirty players,

those firemen.

[sirens in the distance]

Well that's where he paid.

Now this suggests he didn't jump, doesn't it?

How does it suggest that?

Well why would you pay for parking? And why has he come

all the way over here?

Oh, please don't do that.

Right. Make this the primary scene,

but get them to sweep the whole area.

And get them to check the outside. In case he clung on.

Could there have been an accident?

Don't know. Why, what you thinking?

Maybe he was trying to escape from something.

Something coming towards him,

might chance it on the flyover.

Mm. Could be. He's landed head first.

That suggests he didn't just climb over and step off.

So, pushed.

Don't know. But from the way he landed,

I'd say he went off backwards.

Look at this. What's he seeing? Kenny, go back.

Here, watch. Now he's seeing something.

And it's not someone asking for change is it.

Are we sure it's not the daughter?

No. She said she was in the car on the floor below.

Are there any other cameras covering this area?

No, the only coverage is on the entry barrier

and the payment machines.

And you've ruled out everyone else in the vicinity?

Yes we have.

So if someone came on foot, like up the stairs,

they wouldn't necessarily be seen on here?

Not necessarily, no.

So how long was this before he falls?

It's about five minutes.

According to when the driver said he landed on the car.

So he sees something, he hurries towards it,

something happens and over he goes.

Got to be linked.

Mm. Keep uniform asking questions

and I want a trace on every car coming in and going out.

We've missed someone.

What's this?

[Doctor] Windscreen wiper. Severed an artery.

Might have killed him if he didn't land head first.

Does head first suggest pushed?

Not necessarily, but it suggest he didn't step off,

but he could've dived. I've seen that before.

Like they're going into water.

No, he would have hit the flyover.

Were there any signs of an altercation?

No. No defensive injuries.

So, if he was pushed, it wasn't off the back of a fight.

No. And there were no other injuries sustained tonight.

However, there are these.

How long have they been there?

Within the last month.

What does that suggest, that shape?

That he fell backwards onto something solid or...

Or was pushed backwards onto something solid?

Made contact with. But that's as certain

as I can be for now.

Also he'd been drinking. Couple of classes of red tonight,

but I'd say more than that on a regular basis.

What, problem drinker or just your average?

Depends on your definition of average.

He was definitely over the limit to drive.

But went out anyway. But that tells us something.

Don't know what.

[engine noise]

[birds squeaking]

[melancholic music]

[knocking]

Hi.

DCI Vera Stanhope. You're Cameron, is that right?

Yeah. Do you need me?

No. Is your mum in?

She's just gone to bed. Could you come back in a bit?

Yeah, well, we would love, it's just,

it's best if it's still fresh in the mind.

Why did your dad pick you up early from the prom?

I didn't get the message til after my class.

Her form teacher rang, Owen picked it up first.

Well why did your teacher ring?

Just some girls in my class, you know, saying stuff.

[Mother] It's just comments. We've been dealing with it.

Hey, you're doing so well.

Did you see anyone else around?

I didn't see anything.

What you get up to last night?

I was around my mate Greg's.

Yeah, I came back just after my mom and the police.

I'll give you his number.

Where would your dad normally stay in on a Saturday?

Yeah. Sometimes he want down to Ship

but not that much recently. He was trying not to drink.

Had he made plans for the weekend?

There was talk of bowling today

and on Mondays he goes down to the beach and cleans up,

some eco project thing.

No signs of depression or previous attempts?

No. Nothing. Nothing like that. He just wouldn't have.

He weren't the type.

Did you get a sense he was under any stress at all?

At work maybe?

Management were on his back for a while, I know that.

But he said it'd blown over.

What did he do? Worked at the docks, didn't he?

Yeah.

What about longer term plans?

Well there's Lila obviously and, they're adopting her.

All right. How long she been with your mum and dad?

Three years. Will that still happen? The adoption?

This won't delay it, will it?

I don't know. I can't think that it would.

[sighs] I feel like I should be doing something,

but I don't know what.

We found some bruising on your husbands body.

Do you know what that might be from?

Yeah. He fell over, coming out of the Ship, the pub.

About three weeks ago. Not like drunk,

just like, accidental. I think that's what he said.

We might also have to look at the possibility,

that someone else was involved in your husband's death.

W-what like, some random person just knocked him?

Like who?

Had he fallen out with anyone?

No. Not that I know of.

Did Helen speak to anyone from the docks?

Yeah, they're having a do in his honor.

Right, so, was well liked.

Also. Lila, she's fostered.

Is she?

They're going to adopt her.

Right. So can we dig with the family services?

Right, get Helen onto that and all.

So not apparently suicidal, no known disputes.

Where are we on the CCTV trawl?

Well they're still trawling the CCTV.

Is that his phone records?

Not yet, but we've just had a print match

come up from the body. Community picked up a bloke

after a fight on Bloomfield Street about three weeks back.

So could that be the bruising on his back?

Could be, except this bloke

was calling himself Owen Pearson.

This is Owen Thorne, right?

Yeah, it is.

Anything on the other fellow in the rock?

No.

So he's lied to the police about his ID.

Why would he do that?

He told the police the fight was his fault.

It was just a bar room debate got out of hand.

So he drinks, he fights, he lies to his wife about it.

Now that's not exactly the picture

we're getting from home, is it.

[melancholic music]

[Aiden] Ma'am.

[Vera] Where was the fight?

Just on the corner there. I think you should come in.

It's a good turnout.

[people chatting]

Popular then.

Yeah, company's put some money behind the bar.

Hi. What can I get you.

Oh, don't tempt me love. No, we're investigating

the death of Owen Thorne.

[Bartender] Oh, right.

[Vera] Did you know him?

[Bartender] Yeah. He's been coming in here for years.

But when was he last in?

Hasn't been for a while.

What, not since the fight out front?

Don't know about a fight. Ask them.

[people chatting]

I know no one wants to speak ill, but come on lads,

a man's died.

That's why we've turned out.

Oh, not for the free bar?

All right, let's start with the scrap outside.

Anyone see it?

You might save us getting the wrong end of the stick,

that's all.

Did he do something we should know about?

No. The opposite. His mind wasn't on the job

and there was an accident. March back.

He didn't check the safety equipment and a lad died.

And you think-

Blood on his hands, to call a spade a spade.

Anyone else feel like this?

Not anyone. Everyone.

Owen Thorne.

Fell to his death from the top of Eastgate car park.

Now there's some indication he encountered an as yet

unidentified person or persons shortly before his death.

Now the trajectory of his fall suggests he fell backwards,

but his injuries are not conclusive

with him having been pushed.

But until we know otherwise, we are treating his death

as suspicious.

Now have we got a less grisly photo,

something that gives us a sense of the man?

Selfie from the daughter. Taken and posted

on social media about 20 minutes before death.

Well he looks happy enough doesn't he. They both do.

Now the family seem to think everything was fine,

but our preliminary inquiry suggests his colleagues

blamed him for a fatal accident at work.

Young lad called Tom McKittrick, killed in March.

Helen did you get onto the dock's management?

Yeah, but they're saying we need to speak to HSE,

I get the impression that they're-

Stonewalling.

Yeah.

Right. Let's get down there and get a bit awkward.

See if we can talk to the lad's family.

So is that our line of inquiry,

linked to this lad's death?

Yeah, well until we got something better.

Argument over a parking space. That'll be it.

[all chuckling]

Very emotive, parking.

Now where are we on his phone?

They got the sim out and now

we're waiting for the provider.

Right. Hey, where are you going?

You stay here, get that leg up, Hopalong.

Kenny, you're with me.

Family services wanna know, if we judge the home to be

a suitable environment for Lila.

Suitable? How?

Well I think what they're driving at is,

are the family under suspicion.

Are they? What about the son, Cameron?

Have we verified he was with his mate?

Uniform are there as we speak.

Is he adopted?

Yeah. And they've also fostered quite a few.

That's why they're asking us before piling in.

Right. And what about mum? Where was she on the night?

Placed at Hattington Leisure Center.

Dance instructor is coming in to give his statement.

Right. So are they under suspicion or?

Well. Tell the truth. At the present time,

the family are not under suspicion.

Okay.

Right.

[machine noises]

[Woman] Head office haven't rung me.

[Vera] No, we didn't tell them we were coming love.

[Woman] You should really speak to someone from London.

Oh, we just wanna see his office,

see if we can get an idea of his day to day.

You know.

Are his family okay?

Very shocked.

I would send a card only, well, what do you say.

[Vera] Right.

[Woman] He was only in Friday.

Was he himself?

I'd say he's definitely been quieter recently.

But, maybe there was a lot going on at home.

And what about at work? There was a fatality

on his watch, wasn't there?

You'd have to ask head office, I'm not across the case.

[Kenny] If you can just give us the basics.

A lad Tom McKittrick, got trapped under a crate.

His side tried to make out the rig was faulty.

And his side being?

There's been a compo case, finished last month.

They tried to say, but it was dodgy,

but all the safety checks were sound and-

And was it Owen's job to do the safety checks?

Yes. Sign them off and log them on the system,

which he did. That's why they found in our favor.

That and...

And what?

They found cannabis in Tom's blood, after he died.

I'm not saying he was at fault but.

So why are the people here blaming Owen?

Tom's dad, Mick, he's been here years,

people might have listened.

And is this Mick here today?

No. He's left in June. I think

the polite word is breakdown.

So how does Mick's compo being refused tally time-wise,

with that fight outside the docker's pub?

I think it was the day after.

So likely to be linked.

Maybe. Didn't get the money, lost his rag.

A dry run for Saturday night.

[engine noise]

[ominous music]

Mick McKittrick?

Yeah.

Need to talk to you, love. DCI-

Is this about Tom? Have you found something?

Is she all right? His Ellie?

Shocked, I think.

That will be tough for her. I know how that one feels.

Why'd you need me?

Well it's our understanding that you blamed Owen

for the death of your son.

I do, yeah. I did.

Can I ask why?

Look. Tom knew what he was doing, so it stands to reason

the equipment wasn't right. He'd watched me do it

since he was a kid.

Then why did the company say the check had been done?

They would, wouldn't they.

He'd been slacking off for months, it was common knowledge.

Why'd you think the lads are all on my side?

In what way slacking off?

Oh, I don't know, he'd checked out.

His mind was elsewhere. 15 years I've known him

and he wouldn't admit it. Pulled rank on me,

lied to my face. I deserve better than that.

[Kenny] Did you have a rock about it ?

No.

What about outside the Ship about three weeks back?

No.

What about Saturday night. Where were you?

I was at home. Up Jacob's Creek without a paddle.

I'll get Mick's phone checked in and his car.

Get the CSO's that cautioned the fight brought in

and we'll do an ID.

Oh. Now Owen told community

the fight was his fault, right?

Yeah.

Now if Mick had gone for him outside that pub

and Owen didn't say, could that be

because he felt guilty about the cover up?

Maybe. Explains why he took the blame.

Possibility, isn't it.

Yeah.

And when you think about it, maybe that's why

he didn't mention the accident to his family.

Couldn't look them in the eye.

Bring the family back in, let's get a formal statement.

And get on to HSE,

see if you can clock anything they've missed.

Oh no. Another crack team from the safety squad?

[Vera] Chuckles.

Voila. Owen's phone, good as new.

Did you get anything off it?

Seven calls from a withheld number

within the ten minutes prior to his death.

So someone was badgering him. Right.

See if you can trace that withheld number. Top priority.

Oh now, hang on. Kenny. Give me McKittrick's phone.

Right. Let's see if Owen's on here. Yep.

[phone ringing]

Mick McKittrick.

So it wasn't Mick ringing him on the night.

What about texts?

Deleted from the handset,

we're getting them from the server.

He cleared his handset? Well what was he up to?

Eye off the ball at work, drinking,

family all saying nothing to see here.

Did we place Cameron at his mate's house?

Yeah. Greg confirmed. And the neighbors saw him returning,

you know, shortly before we arrived

with the mom and the sister.

Do you want something?

S-s-sorry. Bethany said to come

as soon as I found anything. Well I've been trawling through

the street CCTV.

Right.

Yeah, that's Owen. Who's the other fellow?

[Man] Oh, I don't know.

Well get this blown up, see if uniform can get an ID.

[typing noise]

I know him. Logan Tilley. Drug dealer. Minor league.

More a delivery boy than a player.

Well Owen didn't have anything in his bloodstream, did he?

No.

So what's his business with our victim?

[ominous music]

[loud knocking]

Anyone? Police!

[loud knocking]

Right. Put a call out for him. Oy, I got my eye on that.

Hey, it's me. Can you give me an all points

on Logan Tilley?

Right uniform are out looking him.

But there's been a development on Mick McKittrick.

He's used his travel pass on a bus from Hattington

to Newcastle about six pm.

So he lied about where he was.

And we can also place him in Newcastle

the same time as Owen.

And I felt sorry for him and all.

[engine starting]

Oh, here we go. There he is.

[engine revving]

Just take him through.

What's his excuse for lying to us?

Riding the buses to save on heating. Said he forgot.

You weren't at home, we know that. So where were you?

Come on, it's for your own sake. Look you're well known

to have a grudge, so we've got our motive.

So come on Mick. Stop me chasing my tale.

Where were you?

[sighs] I valet cars, near the station.

I've started claiming disability so I didn't wanna say.

Oh, taking advantage of the great British tax payer?

They've cut the legal aid, I'm desperate.

I thought I'd pay the money back when I got the compo.

So check out the car wash and while you're at it

take in my motor. There's a love.

Get them to pull a hoover through. Keys are in my coat.

What've we got?

Logan's file. No violence, mainly drug offenses,

intent to supply, possession.

Court appearance for child neglect?

Yeah.

Lost custody in March 2012

after child was left home alone. Currently in foster care.

[ominous music]

That's Lila's dad, isn't it?

Just bumped into him while I was getting chips.

Okay. So why didn't you mention it?

I though I did.

No. Did you speak to him yourself, love?

Dad, Owen, wouldn't let me.

Why not?

Just knew I'd get upset again.

You didn't know she'd seen him?

She didn't mention it. But she's traumatized,

maybe that's why.

[Aiden] Had she been in touch with him?

No. We'd have come down on that.

Does she ever conceal things?

No. Not anymore. Since we've had her,

she's a changed girl. Responsible. Kind. Confident.

That's why we're so proud of her.

Had you been in regular contact?

No. Not at all.

Ah. So when did you last see him? You know,

prior to the chippy?

When I got to the prom, Logan was waiting for me.

Said he wanted to see me in my dress. Take me in.

Dad's weren't even supposed to be there.

Owen would've come if they were.

Anyway, he started slagging off Owen.

Saying he didn't care about me and stuff.

I got upset. He left. My form teacher rang

and Owen picked me up.

Do you think he followed you to the car park?

I don't know but, he wants me to live with him.

He's not gonna do something to get himself in trouble.

Do you wanna live with him?

No! I want them to adopt me.

They're the ones that love me. He doesn't.

Lila, if you've not been in contact,

how'd he know about the prom?

He looks at my feed all the time. Makes comments.

He just won't leave me alone.

[phone ringing]

"Best night ever." "Best family ever."

Told uniform it was to send a message

to the girls in her form.

Send a message to her dad more like.

Not exactly to rub his nose in it, but to make her point.

Poor lass. Hold it.

That one's taken at the car park.

So if Logan saw that, he could've tracked them

to the car park.

Well I'm banned from the city center, aren't I.

I've got an ASBO on me.

Well you broke that. You tracked your daughter

to a school dance city center. And you were caught

on CCTV in the alley back of Castle Street chippy.

Right, so, I'm not allowed to eat chips now?

Where you had an altercation with Owen Thorne.

So?

So. He was found dead 20 minutes later.

I didn't know that. Is Lila all right?

[Vera] Chuckles.

[Aiden] Not really.

Well does that mean they won't get to adopt her?

That what you want it to mean?

Why did you go and see her?

I just wanted to say goodbye before the adoption

that's all. See her in her prom dress.

Why? Last time you had a contact appointment,

you failed to turn up.

But that's because sign this thing in, isn't it.

See, they screwed me over.

I asked for an appointment I could make.

What did you say to Owen in the alley?

I just wanted to apologize to my daughter. That's all.

I know I upset her. But he sent me packing,

made me look daft. And he loved that, didn't he.

Power trip.

And you just left it at that, did you?

Yeah. I called him a filthy pervert

and then I went on my way. I mean, what kind of a man

wants to live with other people's children, hm?

Look, he's got her sucked in.

Just take a look at her Facebook page,

it's all "best ever dad", but they don't love her like I do.

They're not her blood.

And did you love her when you left her

without food for days on end, whilst you went on a bender?

I had an illness. When she's older, she'll understand.

Right. Arrest him on suspicion of murder

and get him a solicitor.

Get DNA swabs couriered over to Marcus

and get a blood test done.

Let's see if he's clean. Got all that?

Got it.

Right now we are moving our focus to this fellow.

Logan Tilley. That's Lila's father.

Now possible motive, an argument over Lila,

maybe trying to scupper the adoption all together.

That was the tagging company.

Good. Can they place Tilley at the car park?

No. Their GPS puts Tilley in Morrison's

at the same time Owen's putting money in the machine.

Right. Okay, change of plan.

Don't arrest him on suspicion of murder.

Caution him for breaking the ASBO.

Well we're back to square one then, aren't we.

[door squeaking]

Ma'am, mobile data's come through.

The victim's last text was to someone called Hannah.

Hannah who?

[Kevin] He says, "sorry, can't make it tonight.

Bit under the weather."

Under the weather? Well no one else has mentioned

Owen being under the weather. Have they?

So was that before or after the message

to pick up Lila from the prom?

It's before. Hannah replies, "No worries."

And a photo comes up, with her contact.

Right. Well, ring her. Let's get her in.

Eh, the phone's out of service. Sim's been taken out.

[ominous music]

Hannah.

[waves splashing]

[ominous music]

[Mother] Is this about Logan?

No, we are no longer treating him as a suspect.

See, it were never gonna be your fault, never.

You got that?

We're wondering if you could ID someone.

I don't know her. Who is she?

[Aiden] Just someone we're trying to trace.

Why?

How about you, pet?

No. I don't recognize her.

Well we think your husband was in communication

with her just before he died. Now did he tell you

he was meeting anyone?

No. He said he was staying in.

Now is it possible he could've lied about that?

Or changed his plans?

Maybe. If he had a good reason I suppose.

Cam, is this girl a friend of yours?

No. No, she um, I think she volunteers with dad

down at Jump Start.

Oh, right. Well that makes sense. He did some mentoring

with a homeless charity.

Yeah. He met loads of people down there.

Right. Well thanks very much. We'll look into that.

[engine noise]

I did wonder if it was the same Owen

when I heard it on the radio. That is sad.

It's really sad.

How long did he volunteer?

Perhaps a year, maybe longer.

He was very good. He was quite experienced

with young people who were troubled.

Did this girl volunteer with him?

No. That's Hannah Ferris. She was a service user.

Right. So did you pair them up?

Um. He brought her into us.

Is that what normally happens?

No. Normally social services refer care leavers,

but she was begging I think. She was in a terrible state,

weighed about six stone.

He asked us to get her into accommodation.

Did that strike you as odd?

Not really. I mean we knew him, she was desperate

and seemed legitimate. It was, wasn't it?

[melancholic music]

It's not exactly the five star treatment, is it.

If he was trying to pull a fast one.

[knocking]

[Landlady] She pays on time.

[Aiden] Any trouble? Incidents?

[Landlady] No. Not like some.

[Aiden] How long's she been living here?

She been here nearly six months, works funny hours.

Doing what? Is she local?

I'd say she's Mancunian from her accent.

Have you seen this fellow?

Yeah I have. Parks his Chrysler out front.

Once, more than once?

Mm, once a week maybe he is. He said he was a mate,

but I presumed he was, you know...

A client.

Hannah Ferris?

Yeah.

DCI Stanhope.

We're investigating the death of Owen Thorne.

Oh, right yeah, I heard. What do you want me for?

Well could we have a little chat?

Okay. Could you check with my supervisor,

I've had my break.

Do you remember receiving this text from Mr. Thorne?

"Sorry can't make it tonight. Bit under the weather."

Now that was sent 7.30 Saturday evening.

Yeah, of course.

Why were you meeting up?

It was my birthday. Bunch of us were meeting

in the pub. He said he might drop in if he was in the area.

Can we see your phone?

I lost it Saturday night. I think it got nicked.

How did you and Owen first meet?

This charity. Jump Start.

Now that's not what they told us.

Well it was. I was begging. He found me

-and they sorted me out a room. -And when was that?

About six months back.

And you've been friends since?

Not friends. We just met up every so often,

talk about life skills.

[Aiden] Where did you meet?

He'd pick me up and we'd go to coffee shops and stuff.

So you met at home.

Yeah. It wasn't a big thing. If I'm honest,

I think he was just trying to tick a box

that he'd helped vulnerable adults.

They were adopting, looks good on the form.

Your landlady thought he might have been a client.

No he bloody wasn't! God's sake.

I'm not some sort of crack head.

I barely knew him if I'm honest.

Now but that didn't stop you inviting him

to your birthday party.

I invited loads of people.

Bit weird though, isn't it? Man twice your age.

It's not weird at all. I wasn't sleeping with him,

if that's what you're getting at. Ask him. Go on.

Ask them. Ask Caz, ask Mario. He's my manager,

he's twice my age. They all came.

Owen said he was sick. I was like, no worries.

Why you even asking me?

Well he didn't mention to his family

that he was meeting you. Now why do you think that is?

I don't know. Maybe had other plans or just forgot.

Can I get back to it?

Honestly, don't know any more about how he passed.

Where you from originally, hm?

What's that accent, Manchester?

Rochdale, but yeah. I had some mates come to college

up here and sort of fell out with them.

Well we will be checking your movements

on Saturday evening.

Look, it's not ideal, is it, pet.

A B&B on the Longley Road. Can you not go home?

Have you got any family?

My mom, passed away.

I'm sorry.

It's all right. Got back on my feet.

Could you pass on my condolences to Ellie and stuff?

He talked about his family then?

Oh yeah. Banged on about how love

can turn peoples lives around. Soppy git like that.

Where's Bethany?

She's double checking alibis.

Right. You can do it. Get on to the care system

in Rochdale, see if they can trace Hannah Ferris.

She says there's nothing untoward,

and you know what, I'm inclined to believe her.

But then, you know, a man that age, young lass.

Not open about it, deletes her from his phone.

It all just smackes of inappropriate, doesn't it?

Well if he was, you know, with younger women,

do we need to alert the social to safeguard the others?

Yeah, I think you do. Air on the side of caution.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah. Ma'am this just came in from forensics.

A footprint, they only found it last night,

with the UV. Right by the edge of where he fell from.

And not just passing by they reckon.

That shape and size. Got to be a woman's, hasn't it?

Ma'am. The pay-as-you-go that called the victim

on the night was bought last year from a phone shop

in Heaton Chapel. That's in-

Manchester.

[Kenny] Yes.

Brilliant, Kenny. Brilliant.

We think it might have been Hannah's phone

called him just before he died. Please tell me

her alibi isn't stacking up.

Sorry. Work have got photos of her

downing shots on the night.

Put her in Labyrinth in Hattington around time of death.

Right, get back to the office when you can.

Ma'am.

What are you doing here?

I though you were checking alibis?

Yeah, I was. I was checking Ellies.

But I just drove over from Hattington Leisure Center.

It took me seven minutes less than Ellie said it took her.

Were you speeding?

No.

Right. So at a whisker, she could have got here early,

pushed him over or whatever and then doubled back

to make eyes at uniform on the cordon.

A whisker.

Yeah, well a whisker is all it takes, pet.

Okay. What about this.

Hannah's calling him over and over.

Why, let's not speculate. We know she's drunk,

so maybe that's enough.

Mum turns up, just as just as he's on the phone to Hannah,

jumps to conclusions, rightly or wrongly,

decides to confront him with it.

Follows him up to the top of the car park.

So that's what he sees on the CCTV.

Yeah, well it makes sense. She confronts him,

there's a row and-

Ugh!

[everyone giggles]

Well I don't buy it. Timing's too tight.

You sure she left at the end of the class?

Yeah.

Where's that statement from the fitness instructor?

Here you go.

Oy.

Yeah, I've not messed up the times, I spoke to him myself.

Yeah, but you've missed something else, pet.

What?

Get your coat.

[waves splashing]

That's her, isn't it?

Right. I might limp out there on my own for this one.

[waves splashing]

[Phone message] Hi love, it's only me.

Listen I don't know if you got the message about Lila.

If you don't call us back in ten minutes,

I'll get myself over there, okay? Have fun.

Don't delete it, will you. Just, I nearly did.

Just automatic.

No I won't delete it.

Why'd you need to hear it?

Well you told me, you picked up the message about Lila

at the end of the class.

Mm.

And you drove straight up. Yet when we checked

with Jenny, was it?

Jenny, yeah.

She confirmed you left at the end.

Exactly.

But can I read you her statement?

She says, "Ellie told me she was going

to pick up Lila early, so I canceled to Turkish

in the break."

Yeah, we were gonna go for a meal after.

Yeah. "And then after class Ellie left straight away."

Well that's what I said, wasn't it?

Well, no. No you said you picked up the message

at the end of class. But if she canceled the Turkish

in the break, you must have got the message

half way through.

So why didn't you leave immediately?

Why was that?

I just wanted to do the class.

Ah. Now you see, it strikes me,

you're pretty devoted to Lila.

So there would have to be a bigger reason than that

to leave the lass in town in tears. Were you angry with her?

Or him?

No.

You see, love, it's plausible

we can place you in the car park at the time of death.

So it'd be much easier for both of us

if you just come clean.

Owen's not always where he says he is.

There were a parking fine. I found it hidden in his drawer.

For a time he was supposed to be on shift.

And that night. I got the feeling

he was planning something he weren't telling me.

So you thought, if he picked Lila up,

then he wouldn't be able to do whatever it was

you thought he might be doing.

Now why didn't you tell us that at the start?

I hoped it were paranoia. Was he cheating on me?

Ah. I don't know, love. Do you think he was?

I'm sensing it was awkward.

She had her suspicions. Left it so he'd do the pick up.

So admitted to motive.

Uh, at a stretch. But I'm not getting the feeling she'd

be wound up enough to give hubby a shove.

You know, woman scorned and all that, strength of ten men.

I think she was more in denial.

What was it Logan Tilley said about Lila.

He had her sucked in.

Maybe Owen's just one of those blokes

that gets away with everything.

I don't know. Maybe he was a good bloke

and this was just a random encounter.

And that footprint, nothing to do with him.

Just to do with some other poor soul

trying to top themselves.

Or maybe he topped himself over the sight of this.

90 quid for a tire over the line.

[chuckles] I've had worse.

Let me have another look at that.

5th of March, eight am to midday, parked in Lovel Avenue.

Doesn't ring a bell, where is that?

Not the place! The date!

It's when that crate fell on that lad and killed him.

When Owen was supposedly doing the safety checks.

We can place Owen off site at the time

he was supposedly checking the safety of the rig.

Do we know why Owen was parked where he was?

Lovel Avenue, right beside the car park

-at A&E in Mountford General. -He was at the hospital?

We're checking in-patients.

Right. Kenny how did the safety squad miss this?

Well he clocked in at the docks

and the check was registered on the software

that monitors the procedures.

Could that be tampered with?

Their head office said

it's inputted from a computer on site.

So I'm guessing, aye.

Right.

[typing noise]

Gloria.

Oh, no.

Okay.

The day that lad was killed,

did you sign Owen in as being at work, when he wasn't?

'Cause somebody did.

Ah. He rang first thing. Said he was running late.

Some family crisis or other. I said I'd clock him in anyhow,

so he wouldn't have to use his leave.

I know it's wrong. I just thought I was turning a blind eye.

He was usually reliable.

Oh. We heard he was slacking off.

If he was, I had not picked up on it.

So you went into the system and falsified the checks.

He said he'd done it, just hadn't had time to log it.

Do you still believe that?

I did, but maybe he convinced me.

To what, cover it up? Never mind the truth,

never mind Mick McKittrick?

At the time, I was trying to do him a favor,

I knew he was stressed at home, he thought he could lose

his daughter if he was under a cloud.

Seemed like too pig a price just 'cause he'd

not ticked a box on the system.

I believed it at the time.

So what was the family crisis?

I don't know.

What, all that hoo-ha and you never asked?

We didn't go over it and over it.

It was a white lie that snowballed.

Gloria Edwards covered up for Owen.

Clocked him in when he was at the hospital.

Now would you check her alibi? She says she was eating alone

at a restaurant on Quayside.

So she was in the area.

She was in town, yes.

Mystery woman on the roof.

Yeah could be. I mean she could've got there on foot.

What is it, a ten minute walk?

What about the cover-ups turned sour.

She's threatening to blow the lid in it or he is

or they both are, have a massive row and over he goes.

Yeah, maybe. But then you'd think

they'd want to stick together, wouldn't you.

Get on to the hospital. Find out why Owen was there

and Helen get on to health and safety, tell them

we got new information on Tom McKittrick.

That's one thing that we can resolve at least.

[engine noise]

Doesn't mean the rig was faulty.

But well, doctored paper trail, you definitely have a case.

I'm not sure I could face it.

You might get your compo.

I didn't want the money,

I wanted to know it wasn't Tom's fault.

Doesn't take away the cannabis, does it?

No.

I should've known, somehow stopped him.

What was Owen doing? Was he down the Ship?

Well we think he might have been at the hospital.

So, there might be a good reason, like I mean,

not just that he didn't give a damn.

Mm-hm.

[waves splashing]

I can barely remember last week, let alone March.

Was there some kind of family problem that morning?

No, I'd remember.

Mrs. Thorne, think please, it's important.

Do you think I'm lying?

Well I think if there was a family problem,

particularly one involving an A&E admission,

you might want to conceal it, yes.

Why? Why would I do any of this?

Well for starters social services were watching you.

Assessing you, week in week out

and you had a lot riding on that going well.

Now did something happen to Lila?

No! If something happened, we'd have been honest.

We didn't go around telling lies, covering stuff up.

And you told me this morning,

your husband wasn't particularly open with you.

It's this girl. What were he doing with her?

We don't know for sure.

Tell me.

Mum. He wouldn't have, okay. He loved you.

Right. Give me her number and I'll ask her myself.

Just get it out in open.

Mom, they can't do that.

Well what do I do then? Just sit here in limbo

waiting for the next slap in the face? Is it down to you

they're putting the adoption on hold?

It might be, yes. We're obliged to tell them

we're still making inquiries into your family, I'm sorry.

Well thanks for that. Thanks.

That was the only thing keeping her going.

[melancholic music]

Her name is Gloria Edwards.

Yes, I saw her. She was on her own.

Did she make a reservation?

Table five's set aside for walk in's so probably not.

But she was here for sure.

[melancholic music]

Here you are. Right.

So the day that Owen goes to AWOL from work

and is parked outside Mountford General,

there's a female admitted under the name of Ferris

for alcohol poisoning.

Hannah?

Well the patient's taken home

before she can be properly admitted.

So the nurse writes her off as a time waster.

But we know that Hannah gets off her face.

So..

So?

I'm thinking. Hannah gets messed up. She wants attention,

she wants him to come running after her.

What, she's pretending?

Well, maybe it's a false alarm?

He gets back to work by midday but he can't tell them

the real reason why he's late for the safety checks

because, well he's in a relationship.

Right.

You know she put him down, her fancy man as next of kin.

Oh come on boss, even you've got to be impressed with that.

Oh I am, pet. I am. Except you are missing the obvious.

He's not her fancy man, he is her next of kin.

Come on.

[melancholic music]

My mom found his details on the internet.

You said your mom was dead.

Before she died. I found them stored on the laptop.

I came looking.

So all that stuff about you begging was a lie.

He wanted to give me money for rent, I said no.

But I was hard up so I let him refer me to the charity.

Was he glad you made contact?

Yeah. We had a big family party.

Look, I was a mess. He wasn't exactly thrilled but,

he wasn't made of stone either.

Why'd you come looking?

I just did. Wouldn't you?

I'm not saying everyone has to be 2.4 kids but,

you need to know where you come from, don't you?

And where do you come from?

A one nighter. He was quite open about that.

Before they adopted Cameron, him and Ellie I think

were having a bit of a bad time.

I think with the fertility treatment and all that.

Anyway this one night, goes out, gets it on with my mom,

bang, that's me. One hit wonder.

You can see why he didn't want his wife to know.

It's not nice, is it.

So he didn't actually have a relationship with your mom?

No. He knocked her up, she asked but,

he wasn't interested. So she moved to Manchester

to start again. Got married for about two minutes.

It's like she told me, getting pregnant with me

ruined her life. But you know, I'm over it.

Why did she look for him on the internet?

Torture herself I think. She was a bit crackers

if I'm honest.

How'd your mum die?

Topped herself.

Do you blame your dad at all for the rejection?

Not so as I'd kill him.

How'd you feel about him missing your birthday?

Something came up probably, we weren't his priority.

Honestly I didn't mind.

Right.

Why were you hospitalized?

When?

Few months back, March.

No. Don't know anything about that.

I'll chase the hospital, see if she's lying.

Well it doesn't alter the fact that at the time of death

she was in a club with her mates. Think.

What does this mean? Him having another kid.

Biological one at that. Well it certainly gives mum

something to be hacked off about, doesn't it?

Possible.

Let's bring her in, do a formal interview.

Or should I be looking at Lila? A girl that age,

capable of...

Ma'am. This fellow's been waiting an hour.

It's that docker. You waiting for me?

Yeah. We've heard.

You've heard what?

That you got Mick his evidence.

Right. Yes, we have, that's good news.

Well where I'm from, one good turn deserves another.

I saw the fight.

The fight outside the pub?

Yeah. He wasn't being vicious, he just, pushed him

and Owen fell on his back. Bang, straight on the curb.

Didn't know his own strength, I'd say.

Who pushed him. Was this Mick McKittrick?

No.

It was Cameron. His son.

[knocking]

He's not picking up his mobile.

And this Greg, definitely vouched for Cameron?

Yeah.

Well get Kenny to double check.

Did you trace his mobile on the night?

No, 'cause his friend vouched for him.

Lila, Lila love. I'm looking for Cameron.

Do you know where he is love?

Yeah. He's working.

Oh, great. Thanks.

At Hattington Golf Course.

Right. Are you all right?

No?

What's up?

They're saying they have to move me.

Oh. I'm sorry. Hey, I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to

ask you something, pet.

Now did Cameron and Owen have a falling out

within the last month?

Right. Gonna ruin his life now?

Oh no, I'm only asking because a witness said

he thought they might have had a fight. Did they?

They did yeah.

What was it about?

Dad was cheating on mum. With that homeless girl.

Saw his car outside where she lives.

Cam went ballistic about it. Owen told him he got it wrong.

We believed him.

Right.

But you know different, don't you.

That's why you're looking for her, isn't it?

He's on compassionate leave.

But his sister was under the impression

he was working today.

Yeah, I mean he did come on early, but I sent him home.

Why is that?

Well he were caddying for some fellows on a corporate

but he started to get upset, lost it with them I think.

Right, thanks mate.

Unaccounted for since 11 AM this morning.

We need to speak to him in connection with

and assault on his dad three weeks prior to the murder.

[energetic music]

[doorbell ringing]

[phone ringing]

DCI Stanhope.

Oh, hello, it's Jane Anne from Jump Start.

We've just had a lad in, looking for info on Hannah Ferris.

Right what did you tell him?

Nothing. We have procedures. But he was quite angry

and I think he may have been Owen's son.

Thanks love.

[ominous music]

Let's see if we can find Hannah before Cameron does.

Bring her in as a precaution.

[energetic music]

Hello. Hannah?

[ominous music]

He'll have seen this.

Seat Leon. Registration alfa, charlie, foxtrot,

male, early twenties. Possibly with Hannah Ferris.

Scrub that.

It's all right, love. It's all right.

We think Owen's son Cameron's been looking for you.

They found the car but not the driver.

Well that's good. If he's on foot it'll be easier.

He's back in coverage, we've got him down by the docks.

Right. Get uniform down there, but don't scare him off.

Might have a bee in his bonnet

and we don't want anyone getting stung.

[Police] Keep your distance. Come away with me.

[ominous music]

Why were you looking for Hannah?

I just want a straight answer.

Mum's tearing herself to bits.

Is that why you knocked your dad about last month,

get a straight answer?

You see, we find these things out eventually.

Was he lying to me? And I groveled to him,

because I thought I got it wrong.

Well as far as we can tell he was not having an affair.

Not with Hannah anyway.

Why are you so sure he was carrying on?

I'm not. Look, if I tell you, you can't tell mum, okay.

She's hurt enough as it is.

All right, come on.

The day he died, a reminder popped up on his phone,

a booking for a restaurant in Quayside.

Now if he wasn't up to something,

why didn't he tell us about it?

Aiden. Get uniform down to the docks.

Tell them to bring Gloria Edwards in.

I think Owen might have been meeting her at the restaurant.

Oh and Helen, get onto Ellie, tell her, her son's here.

[sirens]

Okay, thank you. Ma'am the manager said that there's

no booking at the name of Edwards.

However, there was a booking in the name of Ferris.

Well why would Hannah have been there? Unless.

Hold on. Helen. Did you find a record

of Hannah's mothers suicide?

I didn't get a call back from Manchester,

I've been chasing.

So we don't know for certain she's dead.

[melancholic music]

Right. Is your mother Gloria Edwards?

Works with Owen at the docks.

You can tell me now or I can look up the records

and then arrest you for perverting the course of justice.

[slamming papers]

Yes. She went back to work there in the last year, yes.

Is Ferris your real name?

It's the name of the bloke she married.

She does use it sometimes.

Now why did she come back up here from Manchester?

I was here. She wanted to be close to me.

Now you see, I think she came back up here

to reconnect with Owen.

Maybe. Hiding to nothing there. I told you,

she likes to torture herself.

Why did you tell us she was dead?

I told you. Dad didn't want Ellie knowing anything

about me.

Oh. So you were protecting his family.

See, I think you're protecting your mum. But from what?

We've checked with the restaurant, there was a birthday meal

booked for three, name of Ferris, cake on order

and neither you nor Owen turned up.

I never had any other expectation.

So why book it?

I didn't. Mum did. He wasn't interested, I wasn't.

I think she felt I was too forgiving on him.

She wanted him to prove he cared, to lie to his wife,

put us first. I told you, she's crackers.

And you weren't bothered? Not at all?

I didn't wanna turn his life upside down.

He loved his family, I understood that.

But he didn't love you.

We barely knew each other. I'm not saying he didn't care

but anyway, he politely declined last minute.

So why did your mum still go to the Quayside?

She just didn't get the message

til she got to the restaurant. As far as I know,

she turned around and went home.

Hey, ma'am, uniform can't locate the suspect at the docks.

[doorbell ringing]

I just wanted to offer my condolences in person.

I'm Gloria from the docks.

All right. Well thank you. I'm about to head out.

I have to pick up my son.

Would you like me to drive you down?

Wouldn't be any trouble.

[ominous music]

Come on love! Where might she have gone?

I don't know.

I'd advise you to stop protecting her.

Of course I'll protect her, she's my mum.

Ma'am. I can't fin Ellie at the house,

but they've found her phone smashed

with an abort to call 999.

Where is she? Ask her where she'd go!

[Police woman] Come back!

Not in here son, get him out.

[Police woman] Come on!

[Cameron] She knows!

Now Hannah, help us out here will you love?

Where shall we look? Is there somewhere

she had a connection with?

There's a causeway. She talked about it before.

What?

Driving off it.

[engine noise]

Where are we going?

Don't know. You can get out if you want.

My daughter will be waiting for me.

Oh well, if it's your daughter needs attention,

I'll drop everything, shall I!

"We're not his priority." That's what Hannah said.

She told me. She bloody told me her mother was still alive

and I didn't spot it. That was her at the hospital

not her daughter. Patient called Ferris,

crying alcohol poisoning. Only that was a con,

wasn't it. She calls he comes running.

[Radio] All units. DC Blake thinks

they've spotted her on the B23 eastbound carriageway.

Oh, that's back the other way. I know these roads,

hang on to your eyebrows.

[tires screeching]

[ominous music]

It was going on for years. Right under your nose.

I don't believe you. It's all rubbish.

It's not. He was waiting til Lila was sorted.

I mean that was all you cared about wasn't it.

Staying together for the sake of the kids.

It was tough for him.

That's not what he said. You weren't seeing him for years.

Believe what you want. Never know for sure, will you.

[ominous music]

Come on, floor it!

No I don't wanna encourage her.

[engine revving]

What's she doing? What's she doing?

[engine noises]

[car honking]

[tires screeching]

[ominous music]

[Aiden] Ellie?

[sirens]

That's all right. Deep breaths. Help's here.

You're all right. It's all right.

[both sigh]

[melancholic music]

Ignore her love. You did the right thing.

[melancholic music]

[Vera] So you're at the restaurant, no one turns up.

What happens next?

I get the message, I go home.

Well I don't believe that's true. Give us another one.

Thanks.

Okay then. Now your daughter told us

you like to track Owen on the internet.

Torture yourself with what he's up to.

So um, let's have a little look at this. Right.

I think this came up on your phone. Mm?

Owen Thorne tagged, having a laugh in the city center

when he should have been with you in the restaurant.

Told lies, didn't he. Said he was under the weather.

But this is rubbing it in, isn't it?

I didn't care. I just went home.

No you didn't, love. You rang him, didn't you.

And my money is on you told him you were coming

for a showdown.

No, like I say, I went home.

Well that's funny. 'cause GPS has mapped this phone,

your phone, to Eastgate.

You phoned him seven times in ten minutes.

You were at the scene.

No.

-You were upset. -I didn't give a damn.

And you'd gone to confront him.

And how would I do that, have you seen the size of him?

And the size of me?

Hannah's also told us,

you have a history of attempted suicide, is that right?

So did you threaten to throw yourself

off the top of that car park, love?

Is that why Owen was at the barrier?

I just couldn't take it any more.

Seeing what he was doing to Hannah.

What? What was he doing to her?

It ruined her. The rejection, it ruined her.

And the blatant lying. "Under the weather."

Thinks it won't affect her, thinks she'll laugh it off.

She won't. Didn't eat for two years. I had to cope,

single handed.

That must have been tough. But is it possible,

that it's you who felt rejected?

That it was your hurt, not Hannah's?

Me?

Mm-hmm.

Oh I couldn't give a toss. I just went there

to have it out once and for all. He always put them first.

Didn't matter who he had to shove out the way.

They weren't even his blood.

So you went just to scare the daylight out of him?

At that moment I meant to do it.

Don't!

[melancholic music]

Ah.

But he sat next to me. Hmm. Said he wanted me around.

I... don't know, how he slipped. Or as we stood up,

his balance went and the last thing he did,

was try to save my life. [sighs]

You know love, I really would like to think

that were true. But that would be you having the last word,

wouldn't it? Against them. You see, if he'd slipped,

chances are, he would have landed feet first.

But head first, now that suggest something else.

Either he dived, or you gave him a big old push.

[car signal going off]

[ominous music]

But thanks for clarifying all the details, pet.

I'll get back to you on them. Thanks Gloria.

[ominous music]

[door slamming]

[wind blowing]

[waves splashing]

[melancholic music]

We just wanted to say thank you

for co operating with them.

I know that can't have been easy.

If you wanna stand up front with us, that's fine.

I know he wouldn't just want you to be a face in the crowd.

Not forever.

[melancholic music]

That's something anyway.

Do you think he would've made it right with them all after?

When Lila was sorted and all the dust was settled?

Maybe. But in my experience, dust never settles really,

does it in life? Ah, come on, we don't have to stay.

Best private I think. Let's go and have a drink

to the dust never settling on us.

[both laugh]

[waves splashing]

Right, boss.

Ah, thanks. We could go for a proper drink

if you like or do you got to be somewhere?

Never turn down a pint. On me, though.

Absolutely, mate.

I've not exactly been indispensable have I, with my leg?

Oh well.

That'll teach me to try and equalize.

Oh I think you've equalized, pet. You've saved a life now,

haven't you? So you're quits. Come on.

[melancholic music]