0:00:08 > 0:00:10- WHISPERS: - Oh, we might be in trouble.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Morning, Edwina.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Reverend. Mrs Dawson.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18Sorry we're late. Bit of an incident at the orphanage this morning.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Those kids will be the death of me.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34You're keen, Officer Myers.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37I'm afraid polling doesn't start for another 20 minutes.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Actually, I'm here in my official capacity, Reverend.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45The commissioner wanted a presence, as he calls it, for when
0:00:45 > 0:00:46the candidates show up.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Trying to impress the new mayor even before they've been elected?
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- You might think that, I couldn't comment.- Ah.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Yes, those are the right ones.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01The sign needs putting out.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03I'll do that, then. Thank you, Edwina.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I think my policies are clear, and I'd like to think the people
0:01:26 > 0:01:30of Saint Marie feel the same and show their support accordingly.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Morning, Dwayne.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Ah! Morning, Catherine.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- I hope I can count on your vote today.- My vote?
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Oh, well, of course.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41I mean, who else would I vote for, huh?
0:01:42 > 0:01:46- All the best for today. - The same to you, Peter.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Whichever way it goes, I'd like to think that you and I
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- could work together.- I'd like that.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Just as long as one of us beats him.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02OK, Dad. The journalist's name is Samantha Palmer.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04You donated money to her son's school to help build
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- a new sports hall. - The boy's name?- Marvin.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Ah, Samantha. So good to see you.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13How's young Marvin?
0:02:13 > 0:02:14He's doing well...
0:02:14 > 0:02:16This fan is broken.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19I think there's a spare in the storeroom.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20The candidates are coming in.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22I'm going to get another fan.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25I can't be expected to sit in this heat without a fan.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Morning. Residents of Honore District Council
0:02:34 > 0:02:36should register at Reverend Dawson's desk,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39and those in the Port Royal district should register with me.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Judith, where's the fan?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Victor Pearce. 14, Rue de Taranne.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46I'll come in a minute.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Hi!
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- Where is the fan?- Right, I'm coming over. We'll find it.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10The fan is on the top shelf.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Excuse me. There's no pen in this booth.- Sorry.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Right in front of your eyes. Right there.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- WHISPERS:- Sorry.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Thank you.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33RASPING
0:03:33 > 0:03:35SPLASH
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Victor, are you all right?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44HE RASPS
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Oh, my God!
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Dad!
0:04:37 > 0:04:39How is your lemonade, Inspector?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Lovely.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Very...lemony.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48I like it...love it. Mm!
0:04:48 > 0:04:52I had a phone call from your supervising officer back in the UK.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- It's not about the expenses? I expl...- He didn't mention them.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57That's a relief.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00It seems London aren't willing to be quite as flexible
0:05:00 > 0:05:03about our arrangement as we first thought.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05I see.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Actually, I'm not sure that I do see.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Am I to go back, or stay, or...?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17The decision lies entirely with you, Inspector.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- Well. It's very tempting, I have to admit. But the thing is... - PHONE RINGS
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Yes, Dorothy?
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Put him through.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Minister, good morning.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34How are...?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I'm on my way.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44We've cleared the scene, sir.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47The witnesses are waiting for us in the church when you're ready.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50So the Commissioner was telling me our victim is Victor Pearce,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53a local businessman who was standing for mayor, is that right?
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Yes, sir.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57He and the other candidates were casting their votes
0:05:57 > 0:05:59when it happened, just after 10am.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01I was on duty outside the main door.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03I thought a presence would be appropriate.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05And Catherine was here as well, I take it,
0:06:05 > 0:06:06her being a candidate?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09It was Catherine who raised the alarm.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Oh. Looks like a 20cm blade at a guess.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Kitchen knife, maybe?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Any fingerprints, JP?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Some partials, I think, but it's hard to make out.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20I'll get it out to the lab, sir.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Those two desks, Port Royal and Honore.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44You collect your ballot depending on which area you live in?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47That's right, sir. Our victim was an Honore resident.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51So he got his ballot here,
0:06:51 > 0:06:55then walked back over to the booth...
0:06:55 > 0:06:57here...
0:06:57 > 0:06:58to cast his vote.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Witnesses?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Six other people in here when it happened. No-one saw a thing.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06That's not possible, is it?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Everyone was sure about where they were.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11No-one was near the victim's booth.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- They think an intruder must have got in.- From where?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16No-one passed me.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- The windows?- All locked. I checked.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22What about that fire escape?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Can that be opened from the outside?
0:07:36 > 0:07:37CREAKING
0:07:37 > 0:07:40DOOR OPENS, SLAMS
0:07:40 > 0:07:42No, it only opens one way.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Makes sense, I suppose. Who'd want to run IN to a burning building?
0:07:46 > 0:07:51So if nobody else came in and nobody left, our culprit must be one
0:07:51 > 0:07:54of the six people who were already in here.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Now, this is simply routine,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01nothing at all for you to worry about,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04but if I could just ask if you could remember your exact position
0:08:04 > 0:08:08in the community centre when Catherine here raised the alarm.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Well, I was in one of the booths casting my vote.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15'Kemar was in the one next to me.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17'The partitions in the booths are from the waist up so you can see'
0:08:17 > 0:08:19if someone's in the booth next to you.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22'I was in the booth next to Victor.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24'I heard the noise first.'
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Victor breathing in, like he was in pain.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28'And I noticed blood on the floor,'
0:08:28 > 0:08:31so I went to check if he was OK, and...
0:08:33 > 0:08:34And what about the rest of you?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Edwina?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Miss Bousquet, if you don't mind, Inspector.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44My apologies, Miss Bousquet. Forgive my impertinence,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47but do you mind me asking, where were you when this was going on?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49I was in the storeroom...
0:08:50 > 0:08:53'..trying to find a fan that wasn't broken.'
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Judith! I can't find the fan.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59She was struggling, so I went to go and help her.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Edwina, the fan is in the other cupboard. Right in front of you.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Then we heard a commotion and went over to find that Mr Pearce
0:09:05 > 0:09:06had been...
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Oh, my God.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10OK. Thank you.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15So I have Mr Pearce and the three of you in the polling booths,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18and you two ladies were in the storeroom.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Which leaves us...
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Reverend Dawson.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24I didn't leave my desk.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Actually, that's not strictly true.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Victor's booth didn't have a pen in it.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32'He asked me for one, so I went and handed it to him.'
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Right.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Did all the other booths have pens?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39We set up last night. I'm sure I put one in there.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42It was quite late. Maybe you forgot.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46So after handing Mr Pearce the pen, you went straight back to your desk?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47- Yes.- He did.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51When I heard my dad asking for the pen,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54'I looked out to see it was being dealt with.'
0:09:56 > 0:09:58That only leaves one person.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Catherine Bordey.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05She was the one in the booth next to my father.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08When the reverend went back to his desk, she could have leaned out
0:10:08 > 0:10:09and stabbed him then.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12But I only went to him when I saw the blood on the floor.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15All right, thank you all very much indeed.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16I think we'll leave it there for now.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18And we'll try not to bother you again,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21but if you could just make sure the officer here
0:10:21 > 0:10:23has details of where you can be contacted on the off-chance
0:10:23 > 0:10:26that we might have to speak to you again. OK.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Good job, sir.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Well, I'm no Van Gogh, Florence, but each to his own.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- So, shall we go over what we have so far?- Mm-hm.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Victor Pearce. What do we know about him?
0:10:50 > 0:10:5263. Born and raised in Honore.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Set up a boat hire business when he left school at 18.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Now owns several businesses on Saint Marie.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Would he have made a popular mayor, do you think?
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Some people didn't like his plans to commercialise the island,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07but the polls predicted he was likely to win.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10He had the money to run a much bigger campaign.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13And who is going to inherit all this wealth? His son?
0:11:13 > 0:11:16We are waiting for confirmation, but that seems to be the case.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20So if Kemar Pearce was going to inherit all of Daddy's money,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I guess that's a motive.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Been working as his father's PA for the last few months.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27But before that, there's not much.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Peter Baxter.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32"Grew up in the UK.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34"Trained as a teacher and moved here to work ten years ago.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36"Married with two children."
0:11:36 > 0:11:39He's big on family values and promoting education
0:11:39 > 0:11:40in the community.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Next is Miss Edwina Bousquet.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Ah, the indomitable Miss Bousquet.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I've met a lot like her in my time, Florence.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51A fair few of them in my own family.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Edwina Bousquet is 62. No children. Never married.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Retired, but used to work at the library.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Now she helps at the church doing flowers, etc.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Which leaves us with...
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Reverend Matthew Dawson and his wife, Judith.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Reverend Dawson is the minister at St Anne's. Originally from London,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12came to Saint Marie eight years ago,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15which is when he met Mrs Dawson who was volunteering
0:12:15 > 0:12:16at the church's orphanage.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- She was an orphan at St Anne's herself...- Oh!
0:12:19 > 0:12:21..until she was taken in by a local family.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- So, these two, they run the orphanage together?- That's right.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33And I found one thing of interest in the church's online newsletter.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35There's been an ongoing dispute between the Dawsons
0:12:35 > 0:12:37and Victor Pearce.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41We are still looking into it, but it seems Mr Pearce was trying to buy
0:12:41 > 0:12:43the land the orphanage is on so he could develop
0:12:43 > 0:12:45a holiday village there.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- Reverend Dawson wasn't going to stand for that!- No, sir.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52OK, so that's five. Who's left?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Ah. Catherine.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Well, you know her better than me.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Are there any circumstances in which she might be our killer?
0:13:04 > 0:13:06No, sir.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08I'd stake my life on it.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Are you OK for the picture?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Ah, lads, how'd you get on at the victim's house?
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Very nice. Swimming pool, hot tub. Gym in the basement.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28That sounds lovely, Dwayne.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Er, anything that might help us catch a killer?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Well, we got everything we could find, sir, just like you said.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Good stuff.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39Now, one or more of these five people killed Victor Pearce,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42in cold blood and in broad daylight. Now whatever sort of a man
0:13:42 > 0:13:45he was, we can't let them get away with that.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49I know it's late, but I'd like to get as much done as possible
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- this evening.- Yes, sir.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54OK, background and finance checks.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Police, regional council, government records on all five.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- But, Sarge...- Eh...- I...- Chut-chut!
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Siobhan! That lizard's back.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38He's called Harry.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Well, he doesn't look like a Harry.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- He probably wants feeding. - Surely he can do that for himself.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Catch things with that ridiculous tongue of his.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Well, JP said he likes mangos and mozzies mashed up.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Oh, so now we're mashing up mosquitoes for a lizard?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Seriously, Siobhan.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58We're not in London any more, Dad. You have to expect things
0:14:58 > 0:14:59to be a little different.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Ah...
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I was going to talk to you about that.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08The commissioner wants to know if I would stay here.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Permanently.- Oh?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13So come on, what do you think?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15What do YOU think?
0:15:15 > 0:15:16The honest truth is...
0:15:17 > 0:15:20..I couldn't be happy here if you weren't.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Anyway, with everything that's happened...
0:15:28 > 0:15:30..I need, very much, for you to be happy.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Can I think about it?
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Of course you can, love.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38OK.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Poor Catherine.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I want to know where they got this information.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Maybe someone is trying to deflect attention away from themselves.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57- PHONE RINGS - Exactly.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Right, I'm going to the paper. See what I can find out.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Yes, please, Dwayne.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Hello, Honore police.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Oh, and I spoke to Victor Pearce's solicitor, and he confirmed
0:16:07 > 0:16:11- that Victor left everything to his son.- OK. Thank you.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I have something, sir.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I'm not sure if it means anything, but the victim went to the
0:16:17 > 0:16:19same school as Edwina Bousquet.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Vieux Moulin secondary.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22She never mentioned that, did she?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Well, it was a long time ago.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27My mum is friends with the old headmistress at Vieux Moulin.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30She's been visiting friends in Montserrat, but is back
0:16:30 > 0:16:31this evening.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Sir.- Yes, JP?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35That was our contact from the council.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38He was saying the only thing that would allow Victor Pearce to buy
0:16:38 > 0:16:40the orphanage would be if it was closed down.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43And the only reason why that would happen would be if its funding
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- was cut.- And is that a possibility?
0:16:45 > 0:16:47It would have been if Victor Pearce had been elected.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50The funding for the orphanage falls directly under the control
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- of the mayor.- Oh.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04No, nothing important.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06And we'll try to be as quick as we can.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08I do hope WE haven't come under suspicion.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13No, no, heavens, no. You've made it very clear where you both were
0:17:13 > 0:17:15when the terrible deed took place.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- And you can't be in two places at once, can you?- No.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Now, what was it we needed to ask?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Just a tiny thing if I remember.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Ah, yes.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27You had a dispute with the victim, about him cutting funding
0:17:27 > 0:17:31to the orphanage, turfing you out and building a holiday resort
0:17:31 > 0:17:33on the land.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Er, well...
0:17:36 > 0:17:41Er, yes, but, well... It wasn't quite that clear-cut.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45It wasn't? Well, ignore my clumsy way of putting things.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48You explain how it was.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Ah, well, I mean, it was common knowledge he owned the land
0:17:51 > 0:17:52surrounding us.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55So, yes, the orphanage was of interest to him.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58And what would've happened to the children?
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Well, we only have three children in our care at the moment.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04They'd have been moved to an orphanage
0:18:04 > 0:18:06on one of the other islands where there are bigger
0:18:06 > 0:18:07and better facilities.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09You must have been worried sick.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Well, we were worried, of course.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13But not any more.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22And was any of this discussed yesterday, when Victor arrived
0:18:22 > 0:18:23at the polling station?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26No. I don't think he even knew who we were.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28We did try and arrange a meeting but, er...
0:18:28 > 0:18:31He was a hard man to get an appointment with.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Still, as they say, it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40By that I mean, Victor's death... Tragic and all as it was,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43well, at least it means the orphanage is still safe.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Not that either of you wished the poor man dead!
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Oh, of course not!
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Ah, the children. They're back for their lunch.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- Ready, steady...hop up!- Lovely kids.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Have they been with you long?
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Maisie since she was four. The boys since they were babies.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Do you mind me asking, do you and Mrs Dawson have children
0:19:14 > 0:19:15of your own?
0:19:15 > 0:19:19- Er, no. We don't. It never quite happened for us.- Sorry.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Well, thank you for your time and answering all our questions.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- It's very good of you. We'll try not to bother you again.- Thank you.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Don't worry about them. They're just going through the motions.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02WHISTLING
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- Dwayne...- Mm?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13I hope that newspaper report doesn't ruin Catherine's chances
0:20:13 > 0:20:14of becoming mayor.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Well, you know, JP, it might not be a bad thing.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20What?
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Look...
0:20:21 > 0:20:24It's not that I don't like Catherine. Of course I do.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- But when it comes to...- Wait!
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Are you saying that you wouldn't vote for her?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31No, no, no, no. You see, it's like this, JP.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34There's a little establishment I know that sells rum
0:20:34 > 0:20:37at what I would call a very reasonable price.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- Is there, now?- Oh, yes.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42And that establishment I know Catherine does not look
0:20:42 > 0:20:46too kindly upon. You understand me?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Don't worry, Dwayne. I understand you.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50- Good.- Mm.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53You don't want Catherine to become mayor, because you won't be able
0:20:53 > 0:20:55to buy your cheap rum any more.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Hey! There's no need to put it like that, OK?
0:20:58 > 0:20:59So how should I put it?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01What's your problem?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- What do you care who I vote for? - I don't.- Huh?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08But Catherine is our friend. And you, you should be supporting her.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Now listen here, JP...
0:21:11 > 0:21:13With the report...
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Oh, yes, um... We got the postmortem report back, sir.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21"Victim died from a deep laceration to the right lung
0:21:21 > 0:21:25"causing intra...thoracic haemorrhage."
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Well, I don't have a clue what that is,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29but I'd say it was the knife in his back that did for him.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Yeah.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34What about prints?
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Ah, same result, sir.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38We got some partials, but nothing we can use.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Any more news on the victim's finances?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Well, looking at the paperwork we took from the house, it's
0:21:44 > 0:21:47pretty clear that up until a few months ago, Victor was throwing
0:21:47 > 0:21:48a whole heap of money at his son.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50What happened a couple of months ago?
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Kemar was put on Victor's company's payroll as his personal assistant.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56He was still paying him, though?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Yes, but significantly less than before.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02So Dad was trying to curb his son's spending?
0:22:02 > 0:22:03If he was, it didn't work.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06As far as I can see, Kemar carried on as if nothing had changed.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07You know, flashy-flashy.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11I mean, it's only been a couple of months, but he's in a heck of
0:22:11 > 0:22:12a lot of debt.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14And his father didn't help?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Far from it. Two days ago, his salary wasn't paid,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19so I checked with the bank as to why.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Seems Victor had put a bar on all transactions going from
0:22:22 > 0:22:24his accounts into his son's.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Two days ago? - Next morning, Victor's dead.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29And Kemar inherits everything.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42I can see how it looks, Inspector, but trust me,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Dad wasn't going to cut me off.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47I'm sure, and I'm sorry to have to ask you these things.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51It's just we have to report back, you see.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54He went into one sometimes, trying to make a point.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56But it never lasted long.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Well, that's not the impression we have of him.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I mean, he was a successful businessman, wasn't he?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Strong-willed. Ruthless, even.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Yeah, but things were different with me.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Because ever since my mum died, when I was ten, he hasn't had
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- the faintest clue what to do with me.- What do you mean?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16The only reason he wanted a child was so that he had someone
0:23:16 > 0:23:21to carry on his business empire after he died. His legacy.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23As far as actually raising me was concerned,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25he couldn't have cared less.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27That was supposed to be your mum's job.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33So he did what he does whenever there is a problem needs solving.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36He threw money at it. At me.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39And he's been doing the same ever since.
0:23:39 > 0:23:40So...
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Look, you're right.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I wasn't happy about him trying to cut back on my spending.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51But you can't really think I killed him because of it?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Heavens, no, how could you? You explained where you were.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58No, we're just looking at your dad's state of mind, that's all.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Yeah, we shouldn't've bothered you. Especially at a time like this.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04No problem.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Two questions...
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Who and how?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14And to be honest, we're no closer to either.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17But ignoring the "how" for a moment, let's think about the "who".
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Reverend Dawson and his wife, Judith.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24They faced losing the orphanage if Victor Pearce was elected mayor.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28I checked with the council and apparently Reverend and Mrs Dawson
0:24:28 > 0:24:31had applied to adopt the three children at St Anne's.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35But it was early days, and the process could take a few years.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39None of which is a problem now that Mr Pearce is no longer with us.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Rest his soul. That said, both alibis seem solid.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47- Kemar Pearce.- Victor threatened to cut him off financially,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49but he claims his dad would never have gone through with it.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52And I think he was telling the truth about that.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55So if he didn't believe his father would cut the purse strings,
0:24:55 > 0:24:56why kill him?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Which leaves Edwina Bousquet and Peter Baxter.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04But neither has an obvious motive.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Well, I've been going through the victim's phone records.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Now, there's a lot of calls between his son and him, as you'd expect.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12No contact with any of the other suspects, apart from calls
0:25:12 > 0:25:14between him and Peter Baxter over the last week.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17But as they're both mayoral candidates, there's no suggestion
0:25:17 > 0:25:20that there's anything sinister in that.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Anything on his computer?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Well, I've finished going through his laptop.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26I get the impression he was a bit of a workaholic.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30His e-mails, all business. Nothing personal in there at all.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Which currently leaves us right back at the beginning
0:25:33 > 0:25:35of this investigation,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37in St Anne's Community Centre on polling day.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Mayoral candidate Victor Pearce was casting his vote when one of
0:25:40 > 0:25:44these five suspects managed to scuttle into his booth unseen
0:25:44 > 0:25:45and stick a knife in his back.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- PEN BANGS ON FLOOR - Sorry. Sorry about that.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52But how could nobody see it happen?
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Haven't the foggiest.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Mm...
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I could do with a beer.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Hey, what say we show a bit of solidarity with Catherine
0:26:03 > 0:26:05and go and have a drink at her place?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Actually, sir, I should get over to my mum's friend's house.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11She'll be home now. But I might pop along later.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Ah, yes, of course. You go and do that. Dwayne, JP?
0:26:14 > 0:26:18You know what, sir? I think that is a great idea.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20What do you think, Dwayne?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Show Catherine a bit of solidarity?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Um, yes. Of course.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Solidarity. I'm all for that.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Great.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38MUSIC BLARES
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Ah, Catherine. There you are. Good to see you.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- You're bearing up?- I am.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47People have been very kind and come out to show their support.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Don't worry, Catherine.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51We're trying to find out where it came from.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53I have someone at the newspaper digging around.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Thank you, Dwayne.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57You're all such good friends.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59These are on me as a thank you.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Ah, that's very kind of you, Catherine. To good friends.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04To good friends.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Oh! That's got a bit of a kick to it.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Wait. You never tried any of the local rums before?
0:27:13 > 0:27:16I'm not usually a rum drinker, to be honest with you, Dwayne.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Not yet...
0:27:19 > 0:27:23So, are you any closer to finding out who killed Victor Pearce?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Well, we're not quite there yet, Catherine.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27But we're making good progress.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36I can only imagine how hard this is for you with everything
0:27:36 > 0:27:39that's been said in the papers and all.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42But I'm going to find out who did this, it's a promise.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Morning.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57You all right there, JP?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01I'm fine, sir. I just can't quite make sense of something.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Oh, yeah? What is it?
0:28:03 > 0:28:07OK, so I'm going through Victor Pearce's appointments diary
0:28:07 > 0:28:09and cross-referencing it with his journal.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Now, he makes notes from all his meetings in there.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16You know, writes in action plans. The man cross-references everything.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18I'm sensing a "but" coming.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Well, there is, sort of.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23See, last Tuesday in his diary there's an appointment,
0:28:23 > 0:28:27"Paradise Bay Hotel. 7pm. Room 303."
0:28:27 > 0:28:30But there's no references of what it was about
0:28:30 > 0:28:33or who he was going to meet or anything.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36- No notes anywhere else?- No. Nothing.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Hm. OK.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Well, why don't you both head over to the hotel and see if anyone knows
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- what he was doing there?- Yes, sir.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45OK. Thank you.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46Sarge.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Dwayne.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50- Morning, Florence.- Morning, sir.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54So, how did you get on with your mum's friend last night?
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Did she have anything interesting to say about Edwina Bousquet
0:28:57 > 0:28:59and Victor Pearce's time together at school?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Better than interesting.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Edwina Bousquet and Victor Pearce were high school sweethearts.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Never!
0:29:07 > 0:29:09This was taken on a field trip.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11This is Edwina, and Victor, here.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16They were dating for about six months before they graduated.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19At which point, Victor ended it between them.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Apparently, he was so focused on setting up his first business,
0:29:22 > 0:29:25he said he didn't have time for a relationship.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Now, that I can believe.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30It seems she was broken-hearted. She'd never had a boyfriend before.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Her parents were very religious, very strict,
0:29:33 > 0:29:37so it was the first time she'd experienced anything like that.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40First love is a powerful thing, Florence.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46And the sad thing is, he was her first love, and her last.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48There's never been anyone since.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52So, all those years ago,
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Victor Pearce broke Edwina's heart...
0:29:55 > 0:29:57..and she's still hurting now.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09They are looking lovely, Miss Bousquet.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13- I do my best for the church, Inspector.- I'm sure you do.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16And I bet you no-one ever thanks you for it, do they?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19I had an aunt once, exactly the same. Oh, yeah.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21The unsung hero of her parish.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23So much so that when she went abroad for the first time
0:30:23 > 0:30:26on her 60th birthday, the church didn't know what hit it.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29I assume you're here for a reason, Inspector,
0:30:29 > 0:30:32aside from sharing stories about your aunt.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34You've seen through me, Miss Bousquet.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37There are actually a couple of questions that we have to ask.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- Would you mind terribly? - You have your job to do.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43We've been doing a bit of digging about Victor Pearce
0:30:43 > 0:30:45and we've come across this photo.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51It shows you and Victor together. Were you close?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54I know it was a long way back, but we do have to ask.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57We were companions for a short while.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59Six months, if that.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02And what was your relationship like in more recent times?
0:31:02 > 0:31:04- We didn't have one.- Nothing at all?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06The occasional "good morning". Nothing more.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08That's very sad, isn't it?
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Two people this close, then all these years later, reduced to
0:31:12 > 0:31:14exchanging the odd pleasantry.
0:31:14 > 0:31:19It's what happens, Inspector. People move on from things very quickly.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22He has a very kind face doesn't he? In that photo.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25He was nothing like the man he became.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28He was warm and caring back then.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31He showed an interest in me when many didn't.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Uptight church girl.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37He saw something in me and brought it out.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42We know he ended things suddenly, to concentrate on his business?
0:31:42 > 0:31:45That's something only he would know.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47If the point of these questions is to find out whether or not
0:31:47 > 0:31:51he hurt me, the answer is yes. Terribly.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54But I am a Christian woman, Inspector, and while I may not
0:31:54 > 0:31:57be able to forget how he hurt me,
0:31:57 > 0:31:58I can forgive.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Do you think I killed him?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07I don't see how, if I recall, you were in the store cupboard
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- when it happened.- Yes, I was.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11We're just trying to paint a picture, nothing more.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Sorry to have disturbed you.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Inspector?
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Not after me, were you?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27No, Reverend. I think we're done here for now, thank you.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30PHONE RINGS Excuse me. I'd better take this.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- Hello? - Actually, I'm glad I caught you.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36The last few days have rather taken their toll on the parish
0:32:36 > 0:32:39so we're holding a prayer service this afternoon.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41- You're both, of course, invited. - That's very good of you.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- And we'll do our best to make it. - Lovely.
0:32:46 > 0:32:47Sir, that was Dwayne.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- He and JP think they might have a lead.- Great.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01So, what have we got?
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Well, me and JP spoke to the receptionist
0:33:03 > 0:33:07about Victor Pearce's meeting here at the hotel last Tuesday.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10So she checked the booking system and room 303
0:33:10 > 0:33:13was reserved by a woman called Verity Browning.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17- So Victor was meeting a woman here? - That's what we assumed.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19But we thought we'd double check and have a look at the CCTV
0:33:19 > 0:33:21- outside room 303. - And what did it show?
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Come and have a look.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25OK, JP show them what you've got.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27You see, it wasn't our victim
0:33:27 > 0:33:28Miss Browning was having a liaison with.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30It was Peter Baxter.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35So what? Victor Pearce knew about this?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38That's why he had "room 303" written into his diary.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39Well, we think so, sir.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I mean, why else would he have the exact hotel room number and time
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Peter Baxter was in there with another woman?
0:33:44 > 0:33:48They were both running for mayor, so maybe Victor threatened
0:33:48 > 0:33:49to reveal the affair?
0:33:49 > 0:33:52That would explain why the phone records showed Baxter and Pearce
0:33:52 > 0:33:55had been calling each other the last week. And there's more.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58I heard back from Chrissie from the newspaper. Now, she can't be sure,
0:33:58 > 0:34:02but the rumour is the person they quoted in the Catherine story
0:34:02 > 0:34:04was Peter Baxter.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15He's over there, sir.
0:34:19 > 0:34:20Mr Baxter, do you have a minute?
0:34:21 > 0:34:25Jen, could you take over for a moment?
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Shall we go inside?
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Excuse the mess. It's been a hectic few weeks.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39"A vote for Peter Baxter is a vote for integrity, a vote for
0:34:39 > 0:34:41"your children's future."
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Really like that, Peter. Positive message, if ever I heard one.
0:34:44 > 0:34:4973% of the adult population on this island are married with children.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51It's their voices that need listening to.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55So what is it you wanted to talk to me about?
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Oh, I'm sure it's nothing, just ticking a few more boxes.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Now, what was it?
0:35:01 > 0:35:04I'm sorry, it's definitely in here somewhere. Ah...
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Oh, here it is.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Yeah, I was just wondering, what you were doing in room 303
0:35:09 > 0:35:12at the Paradise Bay last Tuesday evening.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17I...
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- I mean...- Take your time.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26I mean, obviously we could ask Verity Browning, who was also there.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30But we thought we'd come to you first, Peter.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Look, if it helps to jog your memory,
0:35:35 > 0:35:37we could show you some CCTV footage.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Or maybe you recall Victor Pearce
0:35:41 > 0:35:44calling you about the very same thing?
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- You know about that?- We do, yes.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52He told me he had photographs of me and Verity together.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55I mean, I've no idea how he knew.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57I mean...we'd been discreet.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Or I thought we had.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03And what was Mr Pearce threatening to do with those photos?
0:36:03 > 0:36:05What do you think?
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Go to the newspapers with them, unless I stood down
0:36:07 > 0:36:08and stopped running for mayor.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Which you obviously didn't do?
0:36:12 > 0:36:14I was just wondering.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15Did you have another plan?
0:36:18 > 0:36:22I'm sorry to disappoint you, and as convenient as it may look,
0:36:22 > 0:36:24it wasn't me that killed him.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Victor wasn't the only one with leverage.
0:36:27 > 0:36:28What do you mean?
0:36:28 > 0:36:32I told him to publish and be damned, but if he did, that I had my own
0:36:32 > 0:36:34little bit of sordid gossip that I knew he wouldn't
0:36:34 > 0:36:35have wanted getting out.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Do you mind me asking, what was that?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40He's got a daughter tucked away on the island.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Now, I mean it's not exactly the crime of the century.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45It's not as if he's married or anything.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47But it would have been a nice shot across the bows.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50"Mayor's Secret Love Child".
0:36:50 > 0:36:52And you threatened him back with this?
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Fight fire with fire is what I say.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58When it comes to politics, it's every man for himself.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Mr Baxter...
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Was it you who leaked the story about Catherine being prime suspect?
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I couldn't be a force for good if I wasn't in power.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15So that's what this party's all about?
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Celebrating your win,
0:37:17 > 0:37:21now that you've well and truly scuppered Catherine's chances?
0:37:21 > 0:37:25If there's nothing else you need to speak to me about, Inspector,
0:37:25 > 0:37:27I really should be getting back to my guests.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Why would he do something like that?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34I mean, Catherine saw him as a friend.
0:37:34 > 0:37:39- Because he's a low-down dirty snake. - Well, that's politicians for you.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41OK, what do you say? One last crack.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45See if we can't solve this case? Five suspects,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48all of them have a motive of one kind or another.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51And all them have denied that those motives were enough
0:37:51 > 0:37:53to drive them to murder.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54Peter Baxter.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57While he was being threatened by Victor Pearce, he had the means
0:37:57 > 0:37:59to threaten him right back.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Edwina Bousquet. She was once in love with Victor Pearce.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06He broke her heart, but she insists she forgave him.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Kemar Pearce claims his father would never have carried out his threat
0:38:09 > 0:38:11to cut him off financially.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16And as for the Dawsons, do we really believe a clergyman and his wife
0:38:16 > 0:38:20would commit murder simply to save funding for their orphanage?
0:38:20 > 0:38:22And that's without even having a clue
0:38:22 > 0:38:24how the murder actually took place.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Oh, yay, yay, yay, yay. Hm.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Reverend Dawson was back at his desk.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Peter Baxter was in the opposing booth.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Kemar Pearce was right next door.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Edwina Bousquet was in the storeroom,
0:38:36 > 0:38:39and Judith Dawson was just outside it, here.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42And all of them can prove they were where they say they were
0:38:42 > 0:38:46when the knife was thrust into Victor Pearce's back.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49So just how did the killer manage to do it without anyone else
0:38:49 > 0:38:51in the room seeing it?
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- But it has to have been one of them. - Yes, it did.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59- Sir?- Mm?
0:38:59 > 0:39:01The church service, we said we'd go.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Oh, yes, so we did, yeah. Might do us good.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Clear the heads. OK.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Right, lads, keep at it. Thank you.
0:39:12 > 0:39:13Yes, sir.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24You know what, JP?
0:39:24 > 0:39:26I think you're right, you know.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29I think maybe Catherine IS the best woman for the job.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33We can't have Peter Baxter running our island.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Well, there's nothing we can do about it now, Dwayne.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39When they hold the election, he'll probably win, just because of
0:39:39 > 0:39:41the damage he's done to Catherine's reputation.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Well, then maybe someone should level the playing field.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45What do you mean?
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Where are those images of him and Verity Browning?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Ah.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Here.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55What are you going to do with them?
0:39:56 > 0:40:00I'm going to see how Peter Baxter likes being played at his own game.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07I'd like to us to begin this prayer service
0:40:07 > 0:40:10by singing hymn number 125.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15ORGAN PLAYS INTRODUCTION
0:40:15 > 0:40:16Come on, then.
0:40:17 > 0:40:23# Praise my soul The king of heaven
0:40:23 > 0:40:28# To his feet thy tribute bring
0:40:28 > 0:40:32# Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven
0:40:32 > 0:40:37# Who like me His praise should sing
0:40:37 > 0:40:41# Hallelujah... #
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Florence. I need you to come with me.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Storage cupboard.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Polling booth. OK.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04Ballot box.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Florence, would you mind doing me a favour?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- Could you go and stand in the booth Victor was in?- Mm-hm.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15Now, the fan wasn't working,
0:41:15 > 0:41:17and there was no pen in that booth,
0:41:17 > 0:41:20so Reverend Dawson handed Victor one.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Right. Catherine was in here.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26Yes, legs visible there. And that's when Victor was stabbed.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Mm-hm.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Right...
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Excuse me, there's no pen in this booth.
0:41:36 > 0:41:37'I went and handed it to him.'
0:41:40 > 0:41:42I'm sure I put one in there.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44That only leaves one person...
0:41:45 > 0:41:46Catherine Bordey!
0:41:46 > 0:41:49She could've leaned out and stabbed him then.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Fight fire with fire is what I say.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Urgh!
0:41:57 > 0:41:59It couldn't be... Could it?
0:41:59 > 0:42:01It's a stretch,
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- but it's the only thing that explains it.- Explains what?
0:42:04 > 0:42:07The how. And maybe the who.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09I think we might have to curtail Reverend Dawson's
0:42:09 > 0:42:10prayer service a little.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13If I go and do that, would you nip off to the orphanage?
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- There's something I'd like you to find.- Yes, sir.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18- What?- A long-lost secret.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Siobhan, what are you doing here?
0:42:29 > 0:42:32- I called the station. JP said you were heading this way.- Right, I see.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34I wanted to talk to you.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36I've been thinking about what you said. About us staying here,
0:42:36 > 0:42:38- permanently.- OK.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- And I think we should.- Really?
0:42:40 > 0:42:42I've been thinking over it in my head,
0:42:42 > 0:42:46and I think...I think Mum would've really liked it here.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50And that kind of makes me happy. So, yeah, I think we should stay.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54That's just great. That's brilliant news.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56And I think we should go and celebrate and let everyone know.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59But there's something I really need to go and do first.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01What's that?
0:43:01 > 0:43:02Catch a killer.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Two days ago, at ten o'clock in the morning,
0:43:09 > 0:43:13polling opened for the election of Saint Marie's next mayor.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17Only a minute later, one of the three candidates had been murdered.
0:43:17 > 0:43:22A knife thrust viciously into his back while he was casting his vote.
0:43:22 > 0:43:26Which left us asking, not just who did it, and why,
0:43:26 > 0:43:28but how did they manage to do it?
0:43:28 > 0:43:31There were six other people in the community centre that day.
0:43:31 > 0:43:36All of you, apart from Catherine, were able to provide an alibi
0:43:36 > 0:43:39for the time at which Victor Pearce was stabbed.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41Reverend Dawson, you were at your desk.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44Mr Pearce and Mr Baxter were in their respective booths.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47Ms Bousquet, you'd gone to the storeroom,
0:43:47 > 0:43:49and Mrs Dawson, you were just outside it.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53And all of you had one other person who could vouch for where you were
0:43:53 > 0:43:55at the time of the murder.
0:43:55 > 0:43:59Whereas Catherine, here, not only had no alibi, she also had the means
0:43:59 > 0:44:04of committing the murder, being in the booth right next to the victim.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07But it wasn't Catherine who killed Victor Pearce.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09Then who was it?
0:44:09 > 0:44:11Ah, straight to the point, Miss Bousquet,
0:44:11 > 0:44:12you know I like that about you.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15I appreciate your directness. Thank you.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17And in answer to your question...
0:44:18 > 0:44:19..it was you.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23You murdered Victor Pearce.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28Don't be absurd. How could I have done it?
0:44:28 > 0:44:30I was in the storeroom the whole time.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33Judith will vouch for me, won't you?
0:44:33 > 0:44:34I'm sure she will.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36Because, here's the thing.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38She was in cahoots with you.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40Your accomplice.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42- Isn't that right, Judith?- No!
0:44:42 > 0:44:44This is ridiculous, Inspector.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47Do you really think Edwina and Judith plotted together to kill
0:44:47 > 0:44:49Victor Pearce?
0:44:49 > 0:44:51I do, Reverend, yeah. Sorry.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54But let me just run past you what I think happened that day.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57On the morning of the murder, two things occurred.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00A fan stopped working and a pen went missing.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04Now was all this just chance? Or was it all part of a bigger plan?
0:45:04 > 0:45:08The night before the election was due to take place, we know Reverend
0:45:08 > 0:45:10and Mrs Dawson spent the evening
0:45:10 > 0:45:13preparing the community centre for polling.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15But while you were there, Mrs Dawson,
0:45:15 > 0:45:17I think you laid the ground
0:45:17 > 0:45:19for what was to take place the next morning.
0:45:19 > 0:45:24First, you made sure the fan on Edwina's desk wouldn't work.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27Two, when you were putting out the pens in the polling booths,
0:45:27 > 0:45:30you made sure that one of the booths near to the desk marked "Honore"
0:45:30 > 0:45:32didn't have a pen in it.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35Then, thirdly, we assume that you planted the knife
0:45:35 > 0:45:39which was later used to kill Victor somewhere in the storeroom.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42That done, everything was in place.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46You and you were both ready to commit murder.
0:45:46 > 0:45:50You knew exactly which desk Victor Pearce would go to
0:45:50 > 0:45:51to collect his ballot paper.
0:45:52 > 0:45:57Like Catherine, he's an Honore resident. So he would go the desk
0:45:57 > 0:46:00- Matthew was manning.- Victor Pearce. 14, Rue de Taranne.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04Which is why you removed the pen from the booth that you did.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07It was only natural for Victor, when he arrived at the polling station,
0:46:07 > 0:46:10to turn and walk towards one of the booths on his side of the room.
0:46:10 > 0:46:14So you knew that Victor would end up in one of the two booths.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17It didn't really matter which of the two he went in.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20All you needed was for him or Catherine to ask Reverend Dawson
0:46:20 > 0:46:24for a spare pen so that he would have to leave his desk.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28You see, when the candidates started arriving at the polling station,
0:46:28 > 0:46:31Miss Bousquet began her charade,
0:46:31 > 0:46:34complaining that her fan wasn't working, and supposedly going
0:46:34 > 0:46:36to the storeroom to fetch another one.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39I can't be expected to sit in this heat without a fan.
0:46:39 > 0:46:43And once there, I believe that you recovered the knife.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45And at the same time, you were still making a fuss,
0:46:45 > 0:46:48saying that you couldn't find what it was you were looking for.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Where is the fan?
0:46:50 > 0:46:54Which then gave you, Judith, an excuse to go and help her
0:46:54 > 0:46:57- to find it.- She was struggling, so I went to help.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00And then when everybody had pulled the curtains on their booths,
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Edwina, I think you took that knife...
0:47:02 > 0:47:04and you left the storeroom
0:47:04 > 0:47:07and waited out of sight of everybody else.
0:47:07 > 0:47:12Meanwhile, Judith, you pretended to continue telling Edwina
0:47:12 > 0:47:15where she could find the fan she was looking for,
0:47:15 > 0:47:18so that everyone would hear and assume that's what was happening.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21- The fan is on the top shelf. - When in fact, all you were doing
0:47:21 > 0:47:23was talking to an empty storeroom.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25You could be heard, but not seen.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28Unlike at the church, when the opposite was true.
0:47:28 > 0:47:32At the same time, Victor was discovering that he had no pen
0:47:32 > 0:47:33in his booth.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36So obviously he popped his head out and asked Reverend Dawson
0:47:36 > 0:47:39- to pass him one... - There's no pen in this booth.- Sorry.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43..which is when you had your window of opportunity to kill him.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49When Reverend Dawson was walking back to his desk, his back
0:47:49 > 0:47:53to the room, you had a couple of seconds to move swiftly towards
0:47:53 > 0:47:56Victor's booth, lift the curtain and stab him.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01Stick that knife in his back,
0:48:01 > 0:48:04unnoticed by anybody else in the room.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08All you had to do was return to the storeroom, pick up the fan.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11And then wait for Victor's murder to be discovered.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14- HE RASPS - Oh, my God.
0:48:16 > 0:48:17Dad!
0:48:17 > 0:48:20You assumed that nobody would think it was anybody else in the room.
0:48:20 > 0:48:24How could it be? You relied on these people concluding
0:48:24 > 0:48:27that it was an intruder who'd got in through the front entrance.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30But what you didn't take into consideration
0:48:30 > 0:48:32was that our commissioner,
0:48:32 > 0:48:36in his infinite wisdom, insisted on a police presence that morning,
0:48:36 > 0:48:38which meant that Officer Myers here was stationed outside
0:48:38 > 0:48:40the building the whole time,
0:48:40 > 0:48:44bearing witness to the fact that nobody came in or out of the
0:48:44 > 0:48:47community centre when Victor Pearce was killed.
0:48:47 > 0:48:51So our murderer had to be one of the six people in the room.
0:48:51 > 0:48:56In the end, it could only be Judith Dawson or Edwina Bousquet.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58More crucially, one couldn't have done it without the help
0:48:58 > 0:49:02- of the other.- But why? Why would they do such a thing?
0:49:02 > 0:49:04You're right, Reverend.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06It's a fair question, and one that had me pretty stumped,
0:49:06 > 0:49:08to be honest with you.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12Edwina, you said yourself that while Victor had hurt you,
0:49:12 > 0:49:14it was a long time ago.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17It didn't really make sense for you to suddenly want the man dead
0:49:17 > 0:49:19after all these years.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21But, Judith,
0:49:21 > 0:49:24I think you had more reason to want Victor Pearce killed.
0:49:24 > 0:49:28Despite running the orphanage, you were never able to have children
0:49:28 > 0:49:29yourself, were you?
0:49:29 > 0:49:32That's not to say you that you and Reverend Dawson didn't try.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35I get the impression that you both really wanted a family, didn't you?
0:49:35 > 0:49:38It never quite happened for us.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40And bringing up these three children in your care,
0:49:40 > 0:49:42these past few years, just you and your husband.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45I mean, that's about as close as you can get to having
0:49:45 > 0:49:46a proper family.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50And with Victor predicted to win the election and become mayor, I think
0:49:50 > 0:49:53there was little doubt that he would have closed down the orphanage
0:49:53 > 0:49:55and those three delightful children that you loved
0:49:55 > 0:49:59would've been shipped off to another island.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01I don't think you could let that happen.
0:50:10 > 0:50:15Which brings us back to the big question. Why kill Victor together?
0:50:15 > 0:50:20As I said, you couldn't have done it alone, without Miss Bousquet's help.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24But why would she help you to kill the man that she once loved?
0:50:25 > 0:50:27There had to be something we were missing.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29Something that connected you both.
0:50:29 > 0:50:34Another motive, something hidden. Something darker.
0:50:34 > 0:50:35And then it clicked.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38Judith, you were an orphan here yourself, weren't you,
0:50:38 > 0:50:39when you were a baby?
0:50:39 > 0:50:41That got me thinking.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43Your parents, your mother and father, they must've been here
0:50:43 > 0:50:45in the island when you were born.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47But who were they?
0:50:47 > 0:50:48Who were these people?
0:50:49 > 0:50:53Mr Baxter, you told us about a rumour you heard saying that
0:50:53 > 0:50:56Victor Pearce had a daughter that nobody knew about.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59- I don't suppose you happen to know who she is, do you?- No.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02I'd heard he'd got a girl pregnant and wanted nothing to do with her.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04That was about it.
0:51:04 > 0:51:08Well, we know of one girl he abandoned already, don't we?
0:51:09 > 0:51:11Edwina.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14We know that Victor broke your heart. You admitted as much.
0:51:14 > 0:51:19But what you neglected to tell us was that, despite what you said,
0:51:19 > 0:51:23he didn't just suddenly leave to go and start his own business, did he?
0:51:23 > 0:51:25Something happened.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27He left because you were pregnant.
0:51:29 > 0:51:33And I assume you being in love with him, and a Christian woman,
0:51:33 > 0:51:35wanted to marry and keep the baby.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38But that's not how Victor saw it, is it?
0:51:38 > 0:51:40He had a career to build.
0:51:41 > 0:51:45Edwina, I can only imagine how difficult it was for you.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48The shame that a young girl would be made to feel
0:51:48 > 0:51:51in such a devout and strict religious home.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57Are you saying Judith is Edwina's daughter?
0:51:57 > 0:51:59Yes. Yes, I am.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01And Victor Pearce was her father.
0:52:05 > 0:52:06It's all in here.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12They are the original records...
0:52:14 > 0:52:18..which Judith was perfectly placed to keep hidden.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23I'm... I'm so sorry.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29Judith,
0:52:29 > 0:52:31I think you turned to Edwina for help. To your mother.
0:52:32 > 0:52:35She saw how much those children meant to you.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38She saw someone who, like herself all those years ago,
0:52:38 > 0:52:40faced losing the children that she loved,
0:52:40 > 0:52:42all because of Victor Pearce.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45History, as they say, was repeating itself.
0:52:45 > 0:52:49And I think it was then, Edwina, that you decided to help Judith.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53And with Victor's impending election as mayor almost guaranteed,
0:52:53 > 0:52:55it had to be soon.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57But where, and how?
0:52:59 > 0:53:02You said that Victor, he was never one for meeting people
0:53:02 > 0:53:03that he didn't have to.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06He was a hard man to make an appointment with.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09So your opportunity to commit murder, it was limited.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12That's why you chose polling day. The one day he was sure to be here,
0:53:12 > 0:53:15in your parish, giving you the limited chance
0:53:15 > 0:53:16that you needed to kill him.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23That's why it happened when it did, where it did and how it did.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30I'm sorry we have to do this.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32Dwayne, JP,
0:53:32 > 0:53:36could you please arrest Miss Bousquet and Mrs Dawson?
0:54:16 > 0:54:21I'm not sure how you worked it all out, but that was brilliant, sir.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24No, no, no. Don't be silly. It was team work.
0:54:24 > 0:54:28Well, we are very lucky you were here.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31- Right, so that's Mrs Dawson and Miss Bousquet locked up.- Yep.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33Good stuff. Thank you, Dwayne, JP.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37Florence, are you OK to finish up here?
0:54:37 > 0:54:40Of course. You want to get home?
0:54:40 > 0:54:43Actually, I need to pay a visit to your commissioner.
0:54:43 > 0:54:44Do you want to take the Jeep?
0:54:46 > 0:54:49Do you know what? I fancy stretching my legs.
0:54:49 > 0:54:50See you later. Catherine's Bar.
0:55:52 > 0:55:53Well, this is very good news, isn't it?
0:55:53 > 0:55:57Do we know what happened? Peter Baxter just stood down?
0:55:57 > 0:55:58Well, sir.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01Um, apparently, he wants to spend more time with the family.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04Really? And do we know what prompted this change of heart?
0:56:04 > 0:56:06No idea.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12- Ah, Sarge.- So, sir. Siobhan just told me the news,
0:56:12 > 0:56:14that you've decided to stay here, permanently.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17Yeah, we have indeed. And you know what this means?
0:56:17 > 0:56:19Like it or not, you're lumped with me.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21- Oh!- Well, I for one am delighted, sir.
0:56:21 > 0:56:25- Me too.- Yes. Me three, sir.- And me!
0:56:25 > 0:56:26Ah. Silver Flame!
0:56:28 > 0:56:31Well, I know I can overdo it a bit on the toasting.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33But if ever there was an occasion to raise a glass,
0:56:33 > 0:56:36I think this is it. What do you say?
0:56:36 > 0:56:40- To us.- To us.- To you.- To me.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44Now, if you don't mind, I think it's time
0:56:44 > 0:56:46for some world-class dad dancing.
0:56:46 > 0:56:47Siobhan, you're on.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50ISLAND MUSIC PLAYS
0:57:00 > 0:57:02- Madame Mayor...- Oh!