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-WHISPERS:

-Oh, we might be in trouble.

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Morning, Edwina.

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Reverend. Mrs Dawson.

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Sorry we're late. Bit of an incident at the orphanage this morning.

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Those kids will be the death of me.

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You're keen, Officer Myers.

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I'm afraid polling doesn't start for another 20 minutes.

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Actually, I'm here in my official capacity, Reverend.

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The commissioner wanted a presence, as he calls it, for when

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the candidates show up.

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Trying to impress the new mayor even before they've been elected?

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-You might think that, I couldn't comment.

-Ah.

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Yes, those are the right ones.

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The sign needs putting out.

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I'll do that, then. Thank you, Edwina.

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I think my policies are clear, and I'd like to think the people

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of Saint Marie feel the same and show their support accordingly.

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Morning, Dwayne.

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Ah! Morning, Catherine.

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-I hope I can count on your vote today.

-My vote?

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Oh, well, of course.

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I mean, who else would I vote for, huh?

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-All the best for today.

-The same to you, Peter.

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Whichever way it goes, I'd like to think that you and I

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-could work together.

-I'd like that.

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Just as long as one of us beats him.

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OK, Dad. The journalist's name is Samantha Palmer.

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You donated money to her son's school to help build

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-a new sports hall.

-The boy's name?

-Marvin.

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Ah, Samantha. So good to see you.

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How's young Marvin?

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He's doing well...

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This fan is broken.

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I think there's a spare in the storeroom.

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The candidates are coming in.

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I'm going to get another fan.

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I can't be expected to sit in this heat without a fan.

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Morning. Residents of Honore District Council

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should register at Reverend Dawson's desk,

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and those in the Port Royal district should register with me.

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Judith, where's the fan?

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Victor Pearce. 14, Rue de Taranne.

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I'll come in a minute.

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Hi!

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-Where is the fan?

-Right, I'm coming over. We'll find it.

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The fan is on the top shelf.

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-Excuse me. There's no pen in this booth.

-Sorry.

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Right in front of your eyes. Right there.

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-WHISPERS:

-Sorry.

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Thank you.

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RASPING

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SPLASH

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Victor, are you all right?

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HE RASPS

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Oh, my God!

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Dad!

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How is your lemonade, Inspector?

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Lovely.

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Very...lemony.

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I like it...love it. Mm!

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I had a phone call from your supervising officer back in the UK.

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-It's not about the expenses? I expl...

-He didn't mention them.

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That's a relief.

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It seems London aren't willing to be quite as flexible

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about our arrangement as we first thought.

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I see.

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Actually, I'm not sure that I do see.

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Am I to go back, or stay, or...?

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The decision lies entirely with you, Inspector.

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-Well. It's very tempting, I have to admit. But the thing is...

-PHONE RINGS

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Yes, Dorothy?

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Put him through.

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Minister, good morning.

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How are...?

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I'm on my way.

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We've cleared the scene, sir.

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The witnesses are waiting for us in the church when you're ready.

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So the Commissioner was telling me our victim is Victor Pearce,

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a local businessman who was standing for mayor, is that right?

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Yes, sir.

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He and the other candidates were casting their votes

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when it happened, just after 10am.

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I was on duty outside the main door.

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I thought a presence would be appropriate.

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And Catherine was here as well, I take it,

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her being a candidate?

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It was Catherine who raised the alarm.

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Oh. Looks like a 20cm blade at a guess.

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Kitchen knife, maybe?

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Any fingerprints, JP?

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Some partials, I think, but it's hard to make out.

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I'll get it out to the lab, sir.

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Those two desks, Port Royal and Honore.

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You collect your ballot depending on which area you live in?

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That's right, sir. Our victim was an Honore resident.

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So he got his ballot here,

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then walked back over to the booth...

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here...

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to cast his vote.

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Witnesses?

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Six other people in here when it happened. No-one saw a thing.

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That's not possible, is it?

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Everyone was sure about where they were.

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No-one was near the victim's booth.

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-They think an intruder must have got in.

-From where?

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No-one passed me.

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-The windows?

-All locked. I checked.

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What about that fire escape?

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Can that be opened from the outside?

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CREAKING

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DOOR OPENS, SLAMS

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No, it only opens one way.

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Makes sense, I suppose. Who'd want to run IN to a burning building?

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So if nobody else came in and nobody left, our culprit must be one

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of the six people who were already in here.

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Now, this is simply routine,

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nothing at all for you to worry about,

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but if I could just ask if you could remember your exact position

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in the community centre when Catherine here raised the alarm.

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Well, I was in one of the booths casting my vote.

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'Kemar was in the one next to me.

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'The partitions in the booths are from the waist up so you can see'

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if someone's in the booth next to you.

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'I was in the booth next to Victor.

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'I heard the noise first.'

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Victor breathing in, like he was in pain.

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'And I noticed blood on the floor,'

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so I went to check if he was OK, and...

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And what about the rest of you?

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Edwina?

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Miss Bousquet, if you don't mind, Inspector.

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My apologies, Miss Bousquet. Forgive my impertinence,

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but do you mind me asking, where were you when this was going on?

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I was in the storeroom...

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'..trying to find a fan that wasn't broken.'

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Judith! I can't find the fan.

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She was struggling, so I went to go and help her.

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Edwina, the fan is in the other cupboard. Right in front of you.

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Then we heard a commotion and went over to find that Mr Pearce

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had been...

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Oh, my God.

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OK. Thank you.

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So I have Mr Pearce and the three of you in the polling booths,

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and you two ladies were in the storeroom.

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Which leaves us...

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Reverend Dawson.

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I didn't leave my desk.

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Actually, that's not strictly true.

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Victor's booth didn't have a pen in it.

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'He asked me for one, so I went and handed it to him.'

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Right.

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Did all the other booths have pens?

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We set up last night. I'm sure I put one in there.

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It was quite late. Maybe you forgot.

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So after handing Mr Pearce the pen, you went straight back to your desk?

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-Yes.

-He did.

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When I heard my dad asking for the pen,

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'I looked out to see it was being dealt with.'

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That only leaves one person.

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Catherine Bordey.

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She was the one in the booth next to my father.

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When the reverend went back to his desk, she could have leaned out

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and stabbed him then.

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But I only went to him when I saw the blood on the floor.

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All right, thank you all very much indeed.

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I think we'll leave it there for now.

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And we'll try not to bother you again,

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but if you could just make sure the officer here

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has details of where you can be contacted on the off-chance

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that we might have to speak to you again. OK.

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Good job, sir.

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Well, I'm no Van Gogh, Florence, but each to his own.

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-So, shall we go over what we have so far?

-Mm-hm.

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Victor Pearce. What do we know about him?

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63. Born and raised in Honore.

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Set up a boat hire business when he left school at 18.

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Now owns several businesses on Saint Marie.

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Would he have made a popular mayor, do you think?

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Some people didn't like his plans to commercialise the island,

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but the polls predicted he was likely to win.

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He had the money to run a much bigger campaign.

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And who is going to inherit all this wealth? His son?

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We are waiting for confirmation, but that seems to be the case.

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So if Kemar Pearce was going to inherit all of Daddy's money,

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I guess that's a motive.

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Been working as his father's PA for the last few months.

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But before that, there's not much.

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Peter Baxter.

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"Grew up in the UK.

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"Trained as a teacher and moved here to work ten years ago.

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"Married with two children."

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He's big on family values and promoting education

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in the community.

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Next is Miss Edwina Bousquet.

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Ah, the indomitable Miss Bousquet.

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I've met a lot like her in my time, Florence.

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A fair few of them in my own family.

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Edwina Bousquet is 62. No children. Never married.

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Retired, but used to work at the library.

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Now she helps at the church doing flowers, etc.

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Which leaves us with...

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Reverend Matthew Dawson and his wife, Judith.

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Reverend Dawson is the minister at St Anne's. Originally from London,

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came to Saint Marie eight years ago,

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which is when he met Mrs Dawson who was volunteering

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at the church's orphanage.

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-She was an orphan at St Anne's herself...

-Oh!

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..until she was taken in by a local family.

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-So, these two, they run the orphanage together?

-That's right.

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And I found one thing of interest in the church's online newsletter.

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There's been an ongoing dispute between the Dawsons

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and Victor Pearce.

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We are still looking into it, but it seems Mr Pearce was trying to buy

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the land the orphanage is on so he could develop

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a holiday village there.

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-Reverend Dawson wasn't going to stand for that!

-No, sir.

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OK, so that's five. Who's left?

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Ah. Catherine.

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Well, you know her better than me.

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Are there any circumstances in which she might be our killer?

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No, sir.

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I'd stake my life on it.

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Are you OK for the picture?

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Ah, lads, how'd you get on at the victim's house?

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Very nice. Swimming pool, hot tub. Gym in the basement.

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That sounds lovely, Dwayne.

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Er, anything that might help us catch a killer?

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Well, we got everything we could find, sir, just like you said.

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Good stuff.

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Now, one or more of these five people killed Victor Pearce,

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in cold blood and in broad daylight. Now whatever sort of a man

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he was, we can't let them get away with that.

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I know it's late, but I'd like to get as much done as possible

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-this evening.

-Yes, sir.

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OK, background and finance checks.

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Police, regional council, government records on all five.

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-But, Sarge...

-Eh...

-I...

-Chut-chut!

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Siobhan! That lizard's back.

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He's called Harry.

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Well, he doesn't look like a Harry.

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-He probably wants feeding.

-Surely he can do that for himself.

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Catch things with that ridiculous tongue of his.

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Well, JP said he likes mangos and mozzies mashed up.

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Oh, so now we're mashing up mosquitoes for a lizard?

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Seriously, Siobhan.

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We're not in London any more, Dad. You have to expect things

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to be a little different.

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Ah...

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I was going to talk to you about that.

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The commissioner wants to know if I would stay here.

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-Permanently.

-Oh?

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So come on, what do you think?

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What do YOU think?

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The honest truth is...

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..I couldn't be happy here if you weren't.

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Anyway, with everything that's happened...

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..I need, very much, for you to be happy.

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Can I think about it?

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Of course you can, love.

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OK.

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Poor Catherine.

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I want to know where they got this information.

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Maybe someone is trying to deflect attention away from themselves.

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-PHONE RINGS

-Exactly.

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Right, I'm going to the paper. See what I can find out.

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Yes, please, Dwayne.

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Hello, Honore police.

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Oh, and I spoke to Victor Pearce's solicitor, and he confirmed

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-that Victor left everything to his son.

-OK. Thank you.

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I have something, sir.

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I'm not sure if it means anything, but the victim went to the

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same school as Edwina Bousquet.

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Vieux Moulin secondary.

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She never mentioned that, did she?

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Well, it was a long time ago.

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My mum is friends with the old headmistress at Vieux Moulin.

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She's been visiting friends in Montserrat, but is back

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this evening.

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-Sir.

-Yes, JP?

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That was our contact from the council.

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He was saying the only thing that would allow Victor Pearce to buy

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the orphanage would be if it was closed down.

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And the only reason why that would happen would be if its funding

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-was cut.

-And is that a possibility?

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It would have been if Victor Pearce had been elected.

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The funding for the orphanage falls directly under the control

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-of the mayor.

-Oh.

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No, nothing important.

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And we'll try to be as quick as we can.

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I do hope WE haven't come under suspicion.

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No, no, heavens, no. You've made it very clear where you both were

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when the terrible deed took place.

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-And you can't be in two places at once, can you?

-No.

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Now, what was it we needed to ask?

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Just a tiny thing if I remember.

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Ah, yes.

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You had a dispute with the victim, about him cutting funding

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to the orphanage, turfing you out and building a holiday resort

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on the land.

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Er, well...

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Er, yes, but, well... It wasn't quite that clear-cut.

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It wasn't? Well, ignore my clumsy way of putting things.

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You explain how it was.

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Ah, well, I mean, it was common knowledge he owned the land

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surrounding us.

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So, yes, the orphanage was of interest to him.

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And what would've happened to the children?

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Well, we only have three children in our care at the moment.

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They'd have been moved to an orphanage

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on one of the other islands where there are bigger

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and better facilities.

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You must have been worried sick.

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Well, we were worried, of course.

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But not any more.

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And was any of this discussed yesterday, when Victor arrived

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at the polling station?

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No. I don't think he even knew who we were.

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We did try and arrange a meeting but, er...

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He was a hard man to get an appointment with.

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Still, as they say, it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

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By that I mean, Victor's death... Tragic and all as it was,

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well, at least it means the orphanage is still safe.

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Not that either of you wished the poor man dead!

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Oh, of course not!

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Ah, the children. They're back for their lunch.

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-Ready, steady...hop up!

-Lovely kids.

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Have they been with you long?

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Maisie since she was four. The boys since they were babies.

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Do you mind me asking, do you and Mrs Dawson have children

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of your own?

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-Er, no. We don't. It never quite happened for us.

-Sorry.

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Well, thank you for your time and answering all our questions.

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-It's very good of you. We'll try not to bother you again.

-Thank you.

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Don't worry about them. They're just going through the motions.

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WHISTLING

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-Dwayne...

-Mm?

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I hope that newspaper report doesn't ruin Catherine's chances

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of becoming mayor.

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Well, you know, JP, it might not be a bad thing.

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What?

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Look...

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It's not that I don't like Catherine. Of course I do.

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-But when it comes to...

-Wait!

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Are you saying that you wouldn't vote for her?

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No, no, no, no. You see, it's like this, JP.

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There's a little establishment I know that sells rum

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at what I would call a very reasonable price.

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-Is there, now?

-Oh, yes.

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And that establishment I know Catherine does not look

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too kindly upon. You understand me?

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Don't worry, Dwayne. I understand you.

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-Good.

-Mm.

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You don't want Catherine to become mayor, because you won't be able

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to buy your cheap rum any more.

0:20:530:20:55

Hey! There's no need to put it like that, OK?

0:20:550:20:58

So how should I put it?

0:20:580:20:59

What's your problem?

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-What do you care who I vote for?

-I don't.

-Huh?

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But Catherine is our friend. And you, you should be supporting her.

0:21:050:21:08

Now listen here, JP...

0:21:080:21:11

With the report...

0:21:110:21:13

Oh, yes, um... We got the postmortem report back, sir.

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"Victim died from a deep laceration to the right lung

0:21:180:21:21

"causing intra...thoracic haemorrhage."

0:21:210:21:25

Well, I don't have a clue what that is,

0:21:250:21:27

but I'd say it was the knife in his back that did for him.

0:21:270:21:29

Yeah.

0:21:310:21:32

What about prints?

0:21:320:21:34

Ah, same result, sir.

0:21:340:21:35

We got some partials, but nothing we can use.

0:21:350:21:38

Any more news on the victim's finances?

0:21:380:21:41

Well, looking at the paperwork we took from the house, it's

0:21:410:21:44

pretty clear that up until a few months ago, Victor was throwing

0:21:440:21:47

a whole heap of money at his son.

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What happened a couple of months ago?

0:21:480:21:50

Kemar was put on Victor's company's payroll as his personal assistant.

0:21:500:21:54

He was still paying him, though?

0:21:540:21:56

Yes, but significantly less than before.

0:21:560:21:58

So Dad was trying to curb his son's spending?

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If he was, it didn't work.

0:22:020:22:03

As far as I can see, Kemar carried on as if nothing had changed.

0:22:030:22:06

You know, flashy-flashy.

0:22:060:22:07

I mean, it's only been a couple of months, but he's in a heck of

0:22:070:22:11

a lot of debt.

0:22:110:22:12

And his father didn't help?

0:22:120:22:14

Far from it. Two days ago, his salary wasn't paid,

0:22:140:22:17

so I checked with the bank as to why.

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Seems Victor had put a bar on all transactions going from

0:22:190:22:22

his accounts into his son's.

0:22:220:22:24

-Two days ago?

-Next morning, Victor's dead.

0:22:240:22:27

And Kemar inherits everything.

0:22:270:22:29

I can see how it looks, Inspector, but trust me,

0:22:380:22:42

Dad wasn't going to cut me off.

0:22:420:22:44

I'm sure, and I'm sorry to have to ask you these things.

0:22:440:22:47

It's just we have to report back, you see.

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He went into one sometimes, trying to make a point.

0:22:510:22:54

But it never lasted long.

0:22:540:22:56

Well, that's not the impression we have of him.

0:22:560:22:58

I mean, he was a successful businessman, wasn't he?

0:22:580:23:01

Strong-willed. Ruthless, even.

0:23:010:23:03

Yeah, but things were different with me.

0:23:030:23:06

Because ever since my mum died, when I was ten, he hasn't had

0:23:070:23:11

-the faintest clue what to do with me.

-What do you mean?

0:23:110:23:14

The only reason he wanted a child was so that he had someone

0:23:140:23:16

to carry on his business empire after he died. His legacy.

0:23:160:23:21

As far as actually raising me was concerned,

0:23:210:23:23

he couldn't have cared less.

0:23:230:23:25

That was supposed to be your mum's job.

0:23:250:23:27

So he did what he does whenever there is a problem needs solving.

0:23:290:23:33

He threw money at it. At me.

0:23:330:23:36

And he's been doing the same ever since.

0:23:360:23:39

So...

0:23:390:23:40

Look, you're right.

0:23:410:23:43

I wasn't happy about him trying to cut back on my spending.

0:23:440:23:47

But you can't really think I killed him because of it?

0:23:480:23:51

Heavens, no, how could you? You explained where you were.

0:23:510:23:54

No, we're just looking at your dad's state of mind, that's all.

0:23:540:23:58

Yeah, we shouldn't've bothered you. Especially at a time like this.

0:23:580:24:02

No problem.

0:24:020:24:04

Two questions...

0:24:080:24:10

Who and how?

0:24:100:24:12

And to be honest, we're no closer to either.

0:24:120:24:14

But ignoring the "how" for a moment, let's think about the "who".

0:24:140:24:17

Reverend Dawson and his wife, Judith.

0:24:170:24:21

They faced losing the orphanage if Victor Pearce was elected mayor.

0:24:210:24:24

I checked with the council and apparently Reverend and Mrs Dawson

0:24:240:24:28

had applied to adopt the three children at St Anne's.

0:24:280:24:31

But it was early days, and the process could take a few years.

0:24:310:24:35

None of which is a problem now that Mr Pearce is no longer with us.

0:24:350:24:39

Rest his soul. That said, both alibis seem solid.

0:24:390:24:43

-Kemar Pearce.

-Victor threatened to cut him off financially,

0:24:430:24:47

but he claims his dad would never have gone through with it.

0:24:470:24:49

And I think he was telling the truth about that.

0:24:490:24:52

So if he didn't believe his father would cut the purse strings,

0:24:520:24:55

why kill him?

0:24:550:24:56

Which leaves Edwina Bousquet and Peter Baxter.

0:24:580:25:01

But neither has an obvious motive.

0:25:010:25:04

Well, I've been going through the victim's phone records.

0:25:040:25:06

Now, there's a lot of calls between his son and him, as you'd expect.

0:25:060:25:09

No contact with any of the other suspects, apart from calls

0:25:090:25:12

between him and Peter Baxter over the last week.

0:25:120:25:14

But as they're both mayoral candidates, there's no suggestion

0:25:140:25:17

that there's anything sinister in that.

0:25:170:25:20

Anything on his computer?

0:25:200:25:22

Well, I've finished going through his laptop.

0:25:220:25:24

I get the impression he was a bit of a workaholic.

0:25:240:25:26

His e-mails, all business. Nothing personal in there at all.

0:25:260:25:30

Which currently leaves us right back at the beginning

0:25:310:25:33

of this investigation,

0:25:330:25:35

in St Anne's Community Centre on polling day.

0:25:350:25:37

Mayoral candidate Victor Pearce was casting his vote when one of

0:25:370:25:40

these five suspects managed to scuttle into his booth unseen

0:25:400:25:44

and stick a knife in his back.

0:25:440:25:45

-PEN BANGS ON FLOOR

-Sorry. Sorry about that.

0:25:450:25:48

But how could nobody see it happen?

0:25:500:25:52

Haven't the foggiest.

0:25:540:25:55

Mm...

0:25:570:25:58

Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I could do with a beer.

0:25:580:26:01

Hey, what say we show a bit of solidarity with Catherine

0:26:010:26:03

and go and have a drink at her place?

0:26:030:26:05

Actually, sir, I should get over to my mum's friend's house.

0:26:050:26:08

She'll be home now. But I might pop along later.

0:26:080:26:11

Ah, yes, of course. You go and do that. Dwayne, JP?

0:26:110:26:14

You know what, sir? I think that is a great idea.

0:26:140:26:18

What do you think, Dwayne?

0:26:180:26:20

Show Catherine a bit of solidarity?

0:26:200:26:22

Um, yes. Of course.

0:26:240:26:27

Solidarity. I'm all for that.

0:26:270:26:29

Great.

0:26:290:26:30

MUSIC BLARES

0:26:360:26:38

Ah, Catherine. There you are. Good to see you.

0:26:380:26:41

-You're bearing up?

-I am.

0:26:410:26:43

People have been very kind and come out to show their support.

0:26:430:26:47

Don't worry, Catherine.

0:26:470:26:48

We're trying to find out where it came from.

0:26:480:26:51

I have someone at the newspaper digging around.

0:26:510:26:53

Thank you, Dwayne.

0:26:530:26:55

You're all such good friends.

0:26:550:26:57

These are on me as a thank you.

0:26:570:26:59

Ah, that's very kind of you, Catherine. To good friends.

0:26:590:27:02

To good friends.

0:27:020:27:04

Oh! That's got a bit of a kick to it.

0:27:070:27:11

Wait. You never tried any of the local rums before?

0:27:110:27:13

I'm not usually a rum drinker, to be honest with you, Dwayne.

0:27:130:27:16

Not yet...

0:27:160:27:18

So, are you any closer to finding out who killed Victor Pearce?

0:27:190:27:23

Well, we're not quite there yet, Catherine.

0:27:230:27:25

But we're making good progress.

0:27:250:27:27

I can only imagine how hard this is for you with everything

0:27:330:27:36

that's been said in the papers and all.

0:27:360:27:39

But I'm going to find out who did this, it's a promise.

0:27:390:27:42

Morning.

0:27:520:27:54

You all right there, JP?

0:27:550:27:57

I'm fine, sir. I just can't quite make sense of something.

0:27:580:28:01

Oh, yeah? What is it?

0:28:010:28:03

OK, so I'm going through Victor Pearce's appointments diary

0:28:030:28:07

and cross-referencing it with his journal.

0:28:070:28:09

Now, he makes notes from all his meetings in there.

0:28:090:28:11

You know, writes in action plans. The man cross-references everything.

0:28:110:28:16

I'm sensing a "but" coming.

0:28:160:28:18

Well, there is, sort of.

0:28:180:28:20

See, last Tuesday in his diary there's an appointment,

0:28:200:28:23

"Paradise Bay Hotel. 7pm. Room 303."

0:28:230:28:27

But there's no references of what it was about

0:28:270:28:30

or who he was going to meet or anything.

0:28:300:28:33

-No notes anywhere else?

-No. Nothing.

0:28:330:28:36

Hm. OK.

0:28:360:28:38

Well, why don't you both head over to the hotel and see if anyone knows

0:28:380:28:41

-what he was doing there?

-Yes, sir.

0:28:410:28:43

OK. Thank you.

0:28:430:28:45

Sarge.

0:28:450:28:46

Dwayne.

0:28:460:28:48

-Morning, Florence.

-Morning, sir.

0:28:480:28:50

So, how did you get on with your mum's friend last night?

0:28:500:28:54

Did she have anything interesting to say about Edwina Bousquet

0:28:540:28:57

and Victor Pearce's time together at school?

0:28:570:28:59

Better than interesting.

0:28:590:29:02

Edwina Bousquet and Victor Pearce were high school sweethearts.

0:29:020:29:05

Never!

0:29:050:29:07

This was taken on a field trip.

0:29:070:29:09

This is Edwina, and Victor, here.

0:29:090:29:11

They were dating for about six months before they graduated.

0:29:120:29:16

At which point, Victor ended it between them.

0:29:160:29:19

Apparently, he was so focused on setting up his first business,

0:29:190:29:22

he said he didn't have time for a relationship.

0:29:220:29:25

Now, that I can believe.

0:29:250:29:26

It seems she was broken-hearted. She'd never had a boyfriend before.

0:29:260:29:30

Her parents were very religious, very strict,

0:29:300:29:33

so it was the first time she'd experienced anything like that.

0:29:330:29:37

First love is a powerful thing, Florence.

0:29:370:29:40

And the sad thing is, he was her first love, and her last.

0:29:410:29:46

There's never been anyone since.

0:29:460:29:48

So, all those years ago,

0:29:480:29:52

Victor Pearce broke Edwina's heart...

0:29:520:29:54

..and she's still hurting now.

0:29:550:29:57

They are looking lovely, Miss Bousquet.

0:30:070:30:09

-I do my best for the church, Inspector.

-I'm sure you do.

0:30:090:30:13

And I bet you no-one ever thanks you for it, do they?

0:30:130:30:16

I had an aunt once, exactly the same. Oh, yeah.

0:30:160:30:19

The unsung hero of her parish.

0:30:190:30:21

So much so that when she went abroad for the first time

0:30:210:30:23

on her 60th birthday, the church didn't know what hit it.

0:30:230:30:26

I assume you're here for a reason, Inspector,

0:30:260:30:29

aside from sharing stories about your aunt.

0:30:290:30:32

You've seen through me, Miss Bousquet.

0:30:320:30:34

There are actually a couple of questions that we have to ask.

0:30:340:30:37

-Would you mind terribly?

-You have your job to do.

0:30:370:30:40

We've been doing a bit of digging about Victor Pearce

0:30:400:30:43

and we've come across this photo.

0:30:430:30:45

It shows you and Victor together. Were you close?

0:30:470:30:51

I know it was a long way back, but we do have to ask.

0:30:510:30:54

We were companions for a short while.

0:30:540:30:57

Six months, if that.

0:30:580:30:59

And what was your relationship like in more recent times?

0:30:590:31:02

-We didn't have one.

-Nothing at all?

0:31:020:31:04

The occasional "good morning". Nothing more.

0:31:040:31:06

That's very sad, isn't it?

0:31:060:31:08

Two people this close, then all these years later, reduced to

0:31:090:31:12

exchanging the odd pleasantry.

0:31:120:31:14

It's what happens, Inspector. People move on from things very quickly.

0:31:140:31:19

He has a very kind face doesn't he? In that photo.

0:31:190:31:22

He was nothing like the man he became.

0:31:220:31:25

He was warm and caring back then.

0:31:250:31:28

He showed an interest in me when many didn't.

0:31:280:31:31

Uptight church girl.

0:31:310:31:33

He saw something in me and brought it out.

0:31:340:31:37

We know he ended things suddenly, to concentrate on his business?

0:31:370:31:42

That's something only he would know.

0:31:420:31:45

If the point of these questions is to find out whether or not

0:31:450:31:47

he hurt me, the answer is yes. Terribly.

0:31:470:31:51

But I am a Christian woman, Inspector, and while I may not

0:31:510:31:54

be able to forget how he hurt me,

0:31:540:31:57

I can forgive.

0:31:570:31:58

Do you think I killed him?

0:32:020:32:04

I don't see how, if I recall, you were in the store cupboard

0:32:040:32:07

-when it happened.

-Yes, I was.

0:32:070:32:09

We're just trying to paint a picture, nothing more.

0:32:090:32:11

Sorry to have disturbed you.

0:32:110:32:13

Inspector?

0:32:210:32:23

Not after me, were you?

0:32:240:32:25

No, Reverend. I think we're done here for now, thank you.

0:32:250:32:27

PHONE RINGS Excuse me. I'd better take this.

0:32:270:32:30

-Hello?

-Actually, I'm glad I caught you.

0:32:310:32:34

The last few days have rather taken their toll on the parish

0:32:340:32:36

so we're holding a prayer service this afternoon.

0:32:360:32:39

-You're both, of course, invited.

-That's very good of you.

0:32:390:32:41

-And we'll do our best to make it.

-Lovely.

0:32:410:32:43

Sir, that was Dwayne.

0:32:460:32:47

-He and JP think they might have a lead.

-Great.

0:32:470:32:50

So, what have we got?

0:32:590:33:01

Well, me and JP spoke to the receptionist

0:33:010:33:03

about Victor Pearce's meeting here at the hotel last Tuesday.

0:33:030:33:07

So she checked the booking system and room 303

0:33:070:33:10

was reserved by a woman called Verity Browning.

0:33:100:33:13

-So Victor was meeting a woman here?

-That's what we assumed.

0:33:130:33:17

But we thought we'd double check and have a look at the CCTV

0:33:170:33:19

-outside room 303.

-And what did it show?

0:33:190:33:21

Come and have a look.

0:33:210:33:23

OK, JP show them what you've got.

0:33:230:33:25

You see, it wasn't our victim

0:33:250:33:27

Miss Browning was having a liaison with.

0:33:270:33:28

It was Peter Baxter.

0:33:280:33:30

So what? Victor Pearce knew about this?

0:33:320:33:35

That's why he had "room 303" written into his diary.

0:33:350:33:38

Well, we think so, sir.

0:33:380:33:39

I mean, why else would he have the exact hotel room number and time

0:33:390:33:42

Peter Baxter was in there with another woman?

0:33:420:33:44

They were both running for mayor, so maybe Victor threatened

0:33:440:33:48

to reveal the affair?

0:33:480:33:49

That would explain why the phone records showed Baxter and Pearce

0:33:490:33:52

had been calling each other the last week. And there's more.

0:33:520:33:55

I heard back from Chrissie from the newspaper. Now, she can't be sure,

0:33:550:33:58

but the rumour is the person they quoted in the Catherine story

0:33:580:34:02

was Peter Baxter.

0:34:020:34:04

He's over there, sir.

0:34:140:34:15

Mr Baxter, do you have a minute?

0:34:190:34:20

Jen, could you take over for a moment?

0:34:210:34:25

Shall we go inside?

0:34:270:34:29

Excuse the mess. It's been a hectic few weeks.

0:34:320:34:34

"A vote for Peter Baxter is a vote for integrity, a vote for

0:34:360:34:39

"your children's future."

0:34:390:34:41

Really like that, Peter. Positive message, if ever I heard one.

0:34:410:34:44

73% of the adult population on this island are married with children.

0:34:440:34:49

It's their voices that need listening to.

0:34:490:34:51

So what is it you wanted to talk to me about?

0:34:520:34:55

Oh, I'm sure it's nothing, just ticking a few more boxes.

0:34:550:34:58

Now, what was it?

0:34:580:35:01

I'm sorry, it's definitely in here somewhere. Ah...

0:35:010:35:04

Oh, here it is.

0:35:040:35:06

Yeah, I was just wondering, what you were doing in room 303

0:35:060:35:09

at the Paradise Bay last Tuesday evening.

0:35:090:35:12

I...

0:35:160:35:17

-I mean...

-Take your time.

0:35:190:35:22

I mean, obviously we could ask Verity Browning, who was also there.

0:35:220:35:26

But we thought we'd come to you first, Peter.

0:35:270:35:30

Look, if it helps to jog your memory,

0:35:330:35:35

we could show you some CCTV footage.

0:35:350:35:37

Or maybe you recall Victor Pearce

0:35:390:35:41

calling you about the very same thing?

0:35:410:35:44

-You know about that?

-We do, yes.

0:35:440:35:46

He told me he had photographs of me and Verity together.

0:35:490:35:52

I mean, I've no idea how he knew.

0:35:520:35:55

I mean...we'd been discreet.

0:35:550:35:57

Or I thought we had.

0:35:580:36:00

And what was Mr Pearce threatening to do with those photos?

0:36:000:36:03

What do you think?

0:36:030:36:05

Go to the newspapers with them, unless I stood down

0:36:050:36:07

and stopped running for mayor.

0:36:070:36:08

Which you obviously didn't do?

0:36:080:36:10

I was just wondering.

0:36:120:36:14

Did you have another plan?

0:36:140:36:15

I'm sorry to disappoint you, and as convenient as it may look,

0:36:180:36:22

it wasn't me that killed him.

0:36:220:36:24

Victor wasn't the only one with leverage.

0:36:250:36:27

What do you mean?

0:36:270:36:28

I told him to publish and be damned, but if he did, that I had my own

0:36:280:36:32

little bit of sordid gossip that I knew he wouldn't

0:36:320:36:34

have wanted getting out.

0:36:340:36:35

Do you mind me asking, what was that?

0:36:350:36:38

He's got a daughter tucked away on the island.

0:36:380:36:40

Now, I mean it's not exactly the crime of the century.

0:36:400:36:43

It's not as if he's married or anything.

0:36:430:36:45

But it would have been a nice shot across the bows.

0:36:450:36:47

"Mayor's Secret Love Child".

0:36:470:36:50

And you threatened him back with this?

0:36:500:36:52

Fight fire with fire is what I say.

0:36:520:36:55

When it comes to politics, it's every man for himself.

0:36:550:36:58

Mr Baxter...

0:37:010:37:03

Was it you who leaked the story about Catherine being prime suspect?

0:37:040:37:07

I couldn't be a force for good if I wasn't in power.

0:37:070:37:10

So that's what this party's all about?

0:37:130:37:15

Celebrating your win,

0:37:150:37:17

now that you've well and truly scuppered Catherine's chances?

0:37:170:37:21

If there's nothing else you need to speak to me about, Inspector,

0:37:210:37:25

I really should be getting back to my guests.

0:37:250:37:27

Why would he do something like that?

0:37:300:37:32

I mean, Catherine saw him as a friend.

0:37:320:37:34

-Because he's a low-down dirty snake.

-Well, that's politicians for you.

0:37:340:37:39

OK, what do you say? One last crack.

0:37:390:37:41

See if we can't solve this case? Five suspects,

0:37:410:37:45

all of them have a motive of one kind or another.

0:37:450:37:48

And all them have denied that those motives were enough

0:37:480:37:51

to drive them to murder.

0:37:510:37:53

Peter Baxter.

0:37:530:37:54

While he was being threatened by Victor Pearce, he had the means

0:37:540:37:57

to threaten him right back.

0:37:570:37:59

Edwina Bousquet. She was once in love with Victor Pearce.

0:37:590:38:02

He broke her heart, but she insists she forgave him.

0:38:020:38:06

Kemar Pearce claims his father would never have carried out his threat

0:38:060:38:09

to cut him off financially.

0:38:090:38:11

And as for the Dawsons, do we really believe a clergyman and his wife

0:38:110:38:16

would commit murder simply to save funding for their orphanage?

0:38:160:38:20

And that's without even having a clue

0:38:200:38:22

how the murder actually took place.

0:38:220:38:24

Oh, yay, yay, yay, yay. Hm.

0:38:240:38:28

Reverend Dawson was back at his desk.

0:38:280:38:30

Peter Baxter was in the opposing booth.

0:38:300:38:32

Kemar Pearce was right next door.

0:38:320:38:34

Edwina Bousquet was in the storeroom,

0:38:340:38:36

and Judith Dawson was just outside it, here.

0:38:360:38:39

And all of them can prove they were where they say they were

0:38:390:38:42

when the knife was thrust into Victor Pearce's back.

0:38:420:38:46

So just how did the killer manage to do it without anyone else

0:38:460:38:49

in the room seeing it?

0:38:490:38:51

-But it has to have been one of them.

-Yes, it did.

0:38:510:38:53

-Sir?

-Mm?

0:38:580:38:59

The church service, we said we'd go.

0:38:590:39:01

Oh, yes, so we did, yeah. Might do us good.

0:39:010:39:04

Clear the heads. OK.

0:39:040:39:07

Right, lads, keep at it. Thank you.

0:39:090:39:12

Yes, sir.

0:39:120:39:13

You know what, JP?

0:39:220:39:24

I think you're right, you know.

0:39:240:39:26

I think maybe Catherine IS the best woman for the job.

0:39:260:39:29

We can't have Peter Baxter running our island.

0:39:310:39:33

Well, there's nothing we can do about it now, Dwayne.

0:39:330:39:36

When they hold the election, he'll probably win, just because of

0:39:360:39:39

the damage he's done to Catherine's reputation.

0:39:390:39:41

Well, then maybe someone should level the playing field.

0:39:410:39:44

What do you mean?

0:39:440:39:45

Where are those images of him and Verity Browning?

0:39:450:39:47

Ah.

0:39:490:39:51

Here.

0:39:510:39:53

What are you going to do with them?

0:39:530:39:55

I'm going to see how Peter Baxter likes being played at his own game.

0:39:560:40:00

I'd like to us to begin this prayer service

0:40:040:40:07

by singing hymn number 125.

0:40:070:40:10

ORGAN PLAYS INTRODUCTION

0:40:110:40:15

Come on, then.

0:40:150:40:16

# Praise my soul The king of heaven

0:40:170:40:23

# To his feet thy tribute bring

0:40:230:40:28

# Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven

0:40:280:40:32

# Who like me His praise should sing

0:40:320:40:37

# Hallelujah... #

0:40:370:40:41

Florence. I need you to come with me.

0:40:420:40:44

Storage cupboard.

0:40:560:40:58

Polling booth. OK.

0:40:580:41:01

Ballot box.

0:41:030:41:04

Florence, would you mind doing me a favour?

0:41:070:41:09

-Could you go and stand in the booth Victor was in?

-Mm-hm.

0:41:090:41:11

Now, the fan wasn't working,

0:41:110:41:15

and there was no pen in that booth,

0:41:150:41:17

so Reverend Dawson handed Victor one.

0:41:170:41:20

Right. Catherine was in here.

0:41:200:41:22

Yes, legs visible there. And that's when Victor was stabbed.

0:41:220:41:26

Mm-hm.

0:41:260:41:28

Right...

0:41:290:41:31

Excuse me, there's no pen in this booth.

0:41:330:41:36

'I went and handed it to him.'

0:41:360:41:37

I'm sure I put one in there.

0:41:400:41:42

That only leaves one person...

0:41:420:41:44

Catherine Bordey!

0:41:450:41:46

She could've leaned out and stabbed him then.

0:41:460:41:49

Fight fire with fire is what I say.

0:41:490:41:51

Urgh!

0:41:550:41:57

It couldn't be... Could it?

0:41:570:41:59

It's a stretch,

0:41:590:42:01

-but it's the only thing that explains it.

-Explains what?

0:42:010:42:04

The how. And maybe the who.

0:42:040:42:07

I think we might have to curtail Reverend Dawson's

0:42:070:42:09

prayer service a little.

0:42:090:42:10

If I go and do that, would you nip off to the orphanage?

0:42:100:42:13

-There's something I'd like you to find.

-Yes, sir.

0:42:130:42:16

-What?

-A long-lost secret.

0:42:160:42:18

Siobhan, what are you doing here?

0:42:270:42:29

-I called the station. JP said you were heading this way.

-Right, I see.

0:42:290:42:32

I wanted to talk to you.

0:42:320:42:34

I've been thinking about what you said. About us staying here,

0:42:340:42:36

-permanently.

-OK.

0:42:360:42:38

-And I think we should.

-Really?

0:42:380:42:40

I've been thinking over it in my head,

0:42:400:42:42

and I think...I think Mum would've really liked it here.

0:42:420:42:46

And that kind of makes me happy. So, yeah, I think we should stay.

0:42:460:42:50

That's just great. That's brilliant news.

0:42:510:42:54

And I think we should go and celebrate and let everyone know.

0:42:540:42:56

But there's something I really need to go and do first.

0:42:560:42:59

What's that?

0:42:590:43:01

Catch a killer.

0:43:010:43:02

Two days ago, at ten o'clock in the morning,

0:43:050:43:09

polling opened for the election of Saint Marie's next mayor.

0:43:090:43:13

Only a minute later, one of the three candidates had been murdered.

0:43:130:43:17

A knife thrust viciously into his back while he was casting his vote.

0:43:170:43:22

Which left us asking, not just who did it, and why,

0:43:220:43:26

but how did they manage to do it?

0:43:260:43:28

There were six other people in the community centre that day.

0:43:280:43:31

All of you, apart from Catherine, were able to provide an alibi

0:43:310:43:36

for the time at which Victor Pearce was stabbed.

0:43:360:43:39

Reverend Dawson, you were at your desk.

0:43:390:43:41

Mr Pearce and Mr Baxter were in their respective booths.

0:43:410:43:44

Ms Bousquet, you'd gone to the storeroom,

0:43:440:43:47

and Mrs Dawson, you were just outside it.

0:43:470:43:49

And all of you had one other person who could vouch for where you were

0:43:490:43:53

at the time of the murder.

0:43:530:43:55

Whereas Catherine, here, not only had no alibi, she also had the means

0:43:550:43:59

of committing the murder, being in the booth right next to the victim.

0:43:590:44:04

But it wasn't Catherine who killed Victor Pearce.

0:44:040:44:07

Then who was it?

0:44:070:44:09

Ah, straight to the point, Miss Bousquet,

0:44:090:44:11

you know I like that about you.

0:44:110:44:12

I appreciate your directness. Thank you.

0:44:120:44:15

And in answer to your question...

0:44:150:44:17

..it was you.

0:44:180:44:19

You murdered Victor Pearce.

0:44:210:44:23

Don't be absurd. How could I have done it?

0:44:250:44:28

I was in the storeroom the whole time.

0:44:280:44:30

Judith will vouch for me, won't you?

0:44:300:44:33

I'm sure she will.

0:44:330:44:34

Because, here's the thing.

0:44:340:44:36

She was in cahoots with you.

0:44:360:44:38

Your accomplice.

0:44:380:44:40

-Isn't that right, Judith?

-No!

0:44:400:44:42

This is ridiculous, Inspector.

0:44:420:44:44

Do you really think Edwina and Judith plotted together to kill

0:44:440:44:47

Victor Pearce?

0:44:470:44:49

I do, Reverend, yeah. Sorry.

0:44:490:44:51

But let me just run past you what I think happened that day.

0:44:510:44:54

On the morning of the murder, two things occurred.

0:44:540:44:57

A fan stopped working and a pen went missing.

0:44:570:45:00

Now was all this just chance? Or was it all part of a bigger plan?

0:45:000:45:04

The night before the election was due to take place, we know Reverend

0:45:040:45:08

and Mrs Dawson spent the evening

0:45:080:45:10

preparing the community centre for polling.

0:45:100:45:13

But while you were there, Mrs Dawson,

0:45:130:45:15

I think you laid the ground

0:45:150:45:17

for what was to take place the next morning.

0:45:170:45:19

First, you made sure the fan on Edwina's desk wouldn't work.

0:45:190:45:24

Two, when you were putting out the pens in the polling booths,

0:45:240:45:27

you made sure that one of the booths near to the desk marked "Honore"

0:45:270:45:30

didn't have a pen in it.

0:45:300:45:32

Then, thirdly, we assume that you planted the knife

0:45:320:45:35

which was later used to kill Victor somewhere in the storeroom.

0:45:350:45:39

That done, everything was in place.

0:45:390:45:42

You and you were both ready to commit murder.

0:45:420:45:46

You knew exactly which desk Victor Pearce would go to

0:45:460:45:50

to collect his ballot paper.

0:45:500:45:51

Like Catherine, he's an Honore resident. So he would go the desk

0:45:520:45:57

-Matthew was manning.

-Victor Pearce. 14, Rue de Taranne.

0:45:570:46:00

Which is why you removed the pen from the booth that you did.

0:46:000:46:04

It was only natural for Victor, when he arrived at the polling station,

0:46:040:46:07

to turn and walk towards one of the booths on his side of the room.

0:46:070:46:10

So you knew that Victor would end up in one of the two booths.

0:46:100:46:14

It didn't really matter which of the two he went in.

0:46:140:46:17

All you needed was for him or Catherine to ask Reverend Dawson

0:46:170:46:20

for a spare pen so that he would have to leave his desk.

0:46:200:46:24

You see, when the candidates started arriving at the polling station,

0:46:240:46:28

Miss Bousquet began her charade,

0:46:280:46:31

complaining that her fan wasn't working, and supposedly going

0:46:310:46:34

to the storeroom to fetch another one.

0:46:340:46:36

I can't be expected to sit in this heat without a fan.

0:46:360:46:39

And once there, I believe that you recovered the knife.

0:46:390:46:43

And at the same time, you were still making a fuss,

0:46:430:46:45

saying that you couldn't find what it was you were looking for.

0:46:450:46:48

Where is the fan?

0:46:480:46:50

Which then gave you, Judith, an excuse to go and help her

0:46:500:46:54

-to find it.

-She was struggling, so I went to help.

0:46:540:46:57

And then when everybody had pulled the curtains on their booths,

0:46:570:47:00

Edwina, I think you took that knife...

0:47:000:47:02

and you left the storeroom

0:47:020:47:04

and waited out of sight of everybody else.

0:47:040:47:07

Meanwhile, Judith, you pretended to continue telling Edwina

0:47:070:47:12

where she could find the fan she was looking for,

0:47:120:47:15

so that everyone would hear and assume that's what was happening.

0:47:150:47:18

-The fan is on the top shelf.

-When in fact, all you were doing

0:47:180:47:21

was talking to an empty storeroom.

0:47:210:47:23

You could be heard, but not seen.

0:47:230:47:25

Unlike at the church, when the opposite was true.

0:47:250:47:28

At the same time, Victor was discovering that he had no pen

0:47:280:47:32

in his booth.

0:47:320:47:33

So obviously he popped his head out and asked Reverend Dawson

0:47:330:47:36

-to pass him one...

-There's no pen in this booth.

-Sorry.

0:47:360:47:39

..which is when you had your window of opportunity to kill him.

0:47:390:47:43

When Reverend Dawson was walking back to his desk, his back

0:47:460:47:49

to the room, you had a couple of seconds to move swiftly towards

0:47:490:47:53

Victor's booth, lift the curtain and stab him.

0:47:530:47:56

Stick that knife in his back,

0:47:590:48:01

unnoticed by anybody else in the room.

0:48:010:48:04

All you had to do was return to the storeroom, pick up the fan.

0:48:040:48:08

And then wait for Victor's murder to be discovered.

0:48:080:48:11

-HE RASPS

-Oh, my God.

0:48:110:48:14

Dad!

0:48:160:48:17

You assumed that nobody would think it was anybody else in the room.

0:48:170:48:20

How could it be? You relied on these people concluding

0:48:200:48:24

that it was an intruder who'd got in through the front entrance.

0:48:240:48:27

But what you didn't take into consideration

0:48:270:48:30

was that our commissioner,

0:48:300:48:32

in his infinite wisdom, insisted on a police presence that morning,

0:48:320:48:36

which meant that Officer Myers here was stationed outside

0:48:360:48:38

the building the whole time,

0:48:380:48:40

bearing witness to the fact that nobody came in or out of the

0:48:400:48:44

community centre when Victor Pearce was killed.

0:48:440:48:47

So our murderer had to be one of the six people in the room.

0:48:470:48:51

In the end, it could only be Judith Dawson or Edwina Bousquet.

0:48:510:48:56

More crucially, one couldn't have done it without the help

0:48:560:48:58

-of the other.

-But why? Why would they do such a thing?

0:48:580:49:02

You're right, Reverend.

0:49:020:49:04

It's a fair question, and one that had me pretty stumped,

0:49:040:49:06

to be honest with you.

0:49:060:49:08

Edwina, you said yourself that while Victor had hurt you,

0:49:080:49:12

it was a long time ago.

0:49:120:49:14

It didn't really make sense for you to suddenly want the man dead

0:49:140:49:17

after all these years.

0:49:170:49:19

But, Judith,

0:49:190:49:21

I think you had more reason to want Victor Pearce killed.

0:49:210:49:24

Despite running the orphanage, you were never able to have children

0:49:240:49:28

yourself, were you?

0:49:280:49:29

That's not to say you that you and Reverend Dawson didn't try.

0:49:290:49:32

I get the impression that you both really wanted a family, didn't you?

0:49:320:49:35

It never quite happened for us.

0:49:350:49:38

And bringing up these three children in your care,

0:49:380:49:40

these past few years, just you and your husband.

0:49:400:49:42

I mean, that's about as close as you can get to having

0:49:420:49:45

a proper family.

0:49:450:49:46

And with Victor predicted to win the election and become mayor, I think

0:49:460:49:50

there was little doubt that he would have closed down the orphanage

0:49:500:49:53

and those three delightful children that you loved

0:49:530:49:55

would've been shipped off to another island.

0:49:550:49:59

I don't think you could let that happen.

0:49:590:50:01

Which brings us back to the big question. Why kill Victor together?

0:50:100:50:15

As I said, you couldn't have done it alone, without Miss Bousquet's help.

0:50:150:50:20

But why would she help you to kill the man that she once loved?

0:50:200:50:24

There had to be something we were missing.

0:50:250:50:27

Something that connected you both.

0:50:270:50:29

Another motive, something hidden. Something darker.

0:50:290:50:34

And then it clicked.

0:50:340:50:35

Judith, you were an orphan here yourself, weren't you,

0:50:350:50:38

when you were a baby?

0:50:380:50:39

That got me thinking.

0:50:390:50:41

Your parents, your mother and father, they must've been here

0:50:410:50:43

in the island when you were born.

0:50:430:50:45

But who were they?

0:50:450:50:47

Who were these people?

0:50:470:50:48

Mr Baxter, you told us about a rumour you heard saying that

0:50:490:50:53

Victor Pearce had a daughter that nobody knew about.

0:50:530:50:56

-I don't suppose you happen to know who she is, do you?

-No.

0:50:560:50:59

I'd heard he'd got a girl pregnant and wanted nothing to do with her.

0:50:590:51:02

That was about it.

0:51:020:51:04

Well, we know of one girl he abandoned already, don't we?

0:51:040:51:08

Edwina.

0:51:090:51:11

We know that Victor broke your heart. You admitted as much.

0:51:110:51:14

But what you neglected to tell us was that, despite what you said,

0:51:140:51:19

he didn't just suddenly leave to go and start his own business, did he?

0:51:190:51:23

Something happened.

0:51:230:51:25

He left because you were pregnant.

0:51:250:51:27

And I assume you being in love with him, and a Christian woman,

0:51:290:51:33

wanted to marry and keep the baby.

0:51:330:51:35

But that's not how Victor saw it, is it?

0:51:360:51:38

He had a career to build.

0:51:380:51:40

Edwina, I can only imagine how difficult it was for you.

0:51:410:51:45

The shame that a young girl would be made to feel

0:51:450:51:48

in such a devout and strict religious home.

0:51:480:51:51

Are you saying Judith is Edwina's daughter?

0:51:530:51:57

Yes. Yes, I am.

0:51:570:51:59

And Victor Pearce was her father.

0:51:590:52:01

It's all in here.

0:52:050:52:06

They are the original records...

0:52:090:52:12

..which Judith was perfectly placed to keep hidden.

0:52:140:52:18

I'm... I'm so sorry.

0:52:210:52:23

Judith,

0:52:270:52:29

I think you turned to Edwina for help. To your mother.

0:52:290:52:31

She saw how much those children meant to you.

0:52:320:52:35

She saw someone who, like herself all those years ago,

0:52:350:52:38

faced losing the children that she loved,

0:52:380:52:40

all because of Victor Pearce.

0:52:400:52:42

History, as they say, was repeating itself.

0:52:420:52:45

And I think it was then, Edwina, that you decided to help Judith.

0:52:450:52:49

And with Victor's impending election as mayor almost guaranteed,

0:52:510:52:53

it had to be soon.

0:52:530:52:55

But where, and how?

0:52:550:52:57

You said that Victor, he was never one for meeting people

0:52:590:53:02

that he didn't have to.

0:53:020:53:03

He was a hard man to make an appointment with.

0:53:030:53:06

So your opportunity to commit murder, it was limited.

0:53:060:53:09

That's why you chose polling day. The one day he was sure to be here,

0:53:090:53:12

in your parish, giving you the limited chance

0:53:120:53:15

that you needed to kill him.

0:53:150:53:16

That's why it happened when it did, where it did and how it did.

0:53:190:53:23

I'm sorry we have to do this.

0:53:270:53:30

Dwayne, JP,

0:53:300:53:32

could you please arrest Miss Bousquet and Mrs Dawson?

0:53:320:53:36

I'm not sure how you worked it all out, but that was brilliant, sir.

0:54:160:54:21

No, no, no. Don't be silly. It was team work.

0:54:220:54:24

Well, we are very lucky you were here.

0:54:240:54:28

-Right, so that's Mrs Dawson and Miss Bousquet locked up.

-Yep.

0:54:280:54:31

Good stuff. Thank you, Dwayne, JP.

0:54:310:54:33

Florence, are you OK to finish up here?

0:54:350:54:37

Of course. You want to get home?

0:54:370:54:40

Actually, I need to pay a visit to your commissioner.

0:54:400:54:43

Do you want to take the Jeep?

0:54:430:54:44

Do you know what? I fancy stretching my legs.

0:54:460:54:49

See you later. Catherine's Bar.

0:54:490:54:50

Well, this is very good news, isn't it?

0:55:520:55:53

Do we know what happened? Peter Baxter just stood down?

0:55:530:55:57

Well, sir.

0:55:570:55:58

Um, apparently, he wants to spend more time with the family.

0:55:580:56:01

Really? And do we know what prompted this change of heart?

0:56:010:56:04

No idea.

0:56:040:56:06

-Ah, Sarge.

-So, sir. Siobhan just told me the news,

0:56:080:56:12

that you've decided to stay here, permanently.

0:56:120:56:14

Yeah, we have indeed. And you know what this means?

0:56:140:56:17

Like it or not, you're lumped with me.

0:56:170:56:19

-Oh!

-Well, I for one am delighted, sir.

0:56:190:56:21

-Me too.

-Yes. Me three, sir.

-And me!

0:56:210:56:25

Ah. Silver Flame!

0:56:250:56:26

Well, I know I can overdo it a bit on the toasting.

0:56:280:56:31

But if ever there was an occasion to raise a glass,

0:56:310:56:33

I think this is it. What do you say?

0:56:330:56:36

-To us.

-To us.

-To you.

-To me.

0:56:360:56:40

Now, if you don't mind, I think it's time

0:56:420:56:44

for some world-class dad dancing.

0:56:440:56:46

Siobhan, you're on.

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