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0:00:00 > 0:00:04- I've got things wrong so often, - I know when I'm right.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07- Are you saying - you still love your wife?
0:00:08 > 0:00:09- No, Karen.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11- That's not what I'm trying to say.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16- PHONE
0:00:18 > 0:00:20- Look, I'm at work.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23- I told you not to phone - during the day.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- A warrant has been issued - for Iolo's arrest.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29- A warrant.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32- A warrant.- - For murder.
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0:01:01 > 0:01:02- Alright?
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- Good morning! Mind you, - it won't be an easy morning.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07- They never are.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09- They never are.- - CAR HORN
0:01:09 > 0:01:11- Is there any news about Iolo?
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- Is there any news about Iolo?- - Not as far as I know.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- Don't tell me you had a heavy night.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- Don't tell me you had a heavy night.- - No.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- How do you feel about this morning?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- It's not a typical murder case.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- It's not a typical murder case.- - Murder is murder.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- Grace Edwards isn't a monster.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49- Grace Edwards isn't a monster.- - No.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55- It's hard not to sympathize with her - but she broke the law.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- It's as simple as that.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- I'll do my best for you, - Mrs Edwards.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- I hope things go in your favour.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- But with your defence...
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- ..I can't guarantee it.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- I'm sure people will understand.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- You have more faith - in human nature than me.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- Still no sign of Iolo?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- The police - are still looking for him.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- How is Mair coping?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- I don't think it's hit her yet.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- This is the last place - you want to be.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44- I don't understand why the CPS - brought this case to court.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- The woman has suffered enough - as it is, losing her only son.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50- What?
0:02:50 > 0:02:51- Nothing.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- What, Norman?
0:02:54 > 0:02:55- What, Norman?- - We should go.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Your Honour, members of the jury.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- On 8 May 2015...
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- ..Michael Edwards, - the defendant's 39-year-old son...
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- ..attempted to commit suicide.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- Grace Edwards agreed to be with him - at the end.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- When the attempt failed...
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- ..Grace Edwards suffocated him - to death with a blanket.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Grace Edwards admits she did this.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- But she pleads not guilty to murder.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- But the opposite is true, - Your Honour.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45- We'll prove that Grace Edwards - is guilty of murdering her son.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51- But she did this to release - Michael Edwards from pain.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- Her son was diagnosed - with Huntington's disease.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- It was his wish to die.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- This was an act of mercy.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- We'll prove that Grace Edwards - is not guilty of murder.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29- Alright, gorg?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Do you know Gwyn Daniel?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37- Who's asking?
0:04:37 > 0:04:42- I play rugby with him. - When does the court take a break?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- I've forgotten when we train next.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46- I've forgotten when we train next.- - Can't you text him?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- I was passing, - and thought I'd pop in to see him.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- I've never seen you in training, - and I haven't missed a session.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00- What do you want?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- A medal?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- I'll see you again, gorg.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18- Weird.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- We can have these with a cuppa.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- As if we haven't eaten enough - over Christmas.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27- Where's Sgrap?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Where's Sgrap?- - He's still at home.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- I thought he was only staying - over Christmas.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39- Yes, well, I've got used - to having him around.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44- I thought I'd keep him, - if that's OK with you.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52- Michael feared he had Huntington's - disease, like his father.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58- That's what killed Alwyn, - 18 years ago.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- Please describe Huntington's disease - to the court.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- It's a hereditary condition.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12- Sufferers lose muscle control - and begin to jerk.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- It affects the mood.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20- Michael's father - developed severe dementia.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Did Michael have the condition?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- We suspected it, - but he refused to take the test.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36- When he broke his ankle, the - hospital insisted he take the test.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- What was the result?
0:06:39 > 0:06:40- Positive.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42- How did Michael react?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- It hit him hard.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- But despite everything, - he tried his best to carry on.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- Then things became too much for him.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- Then things became too much for him.- - How, Mrs Edwards?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- He tried to take his own life.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- I came home one day...
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- ..and he had slit his wrists.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14- What did you do?
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- I rushed him to hospital, - and he came round.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- He was furious - that I'd caught him in time.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Why, Mrs Edwards?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- His life wasn't worth living, - he said.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- Michael was in a great deal of pain.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- He couldn't do anything for himself.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- He relied on me for everything.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- One day, when we were having tea...
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- ..he said he'd had enough.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- He was going to take an overdose.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- He was going to take an overdose.- - What was your response?
0:07:59 > 0:08:00- I cried.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- I begged him not to.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- I was angry. I shouted at him.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07- Then he said...
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- .."If you loved me, Mam, - you wouldn't stop me."
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- And you didn't stop him.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22- No.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- He got his wish, in the end.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- Did you help Michael - to commit suicide?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Yes.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- He wanted to go - on his 39th birthday.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50- Michael's friends called - with a birthday cake.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- They left about seven o'clock.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- He asked me to put him in bed.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- He wanted his favourite things - around him.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Did the overdose kill Michael?
0:09:03 > 0:09:04- No.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06- What did you do?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09- I took a blanket...
0:09:12 > 0:09:13- ..and pressed it down.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16- Until he stopped breathing.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21- Mrs Edwards.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22- Yes?
0:09:25 > 0:09:26- Can you...
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- Can you...- - We'll take a break, Miss McKay.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- The court will rise.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- PHONE
0:09:50 > 0:09:51- Iolo.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- Iolo.- - You have to help me.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55- I know what's happened.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56- I know what's happened.- - Everything's gone wrong.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- Don't worry. Are you OK?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- That's all that matters.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Iolo, can you hear me? - I'll sort everything.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10- Iolo?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Is your client feeling better?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Giving that sort of evidence - isn't easy.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- No, but it was an odd time - for Geraint to take a break.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- He feels sorry for her, doesn't he?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Grace Edwards has been through hell.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- That still doesn't let her play God.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- That still doesn't let her play God.- - That's rich, coming from you!
0:10:38 > 0:10:39- Why?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41- Why?- - That's just what you did.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- When you got rid of our baby.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- When you got rid of our baby.- - Iestyn, do you have a moment?
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0:10:59 > 0:11:03- So it was your decision to use - the blanket to end his life?
0:11:05 > 0:11:06- Address the jury, Mrs Edwards.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07- Address the jury, Mrs Edwards.- - Yes.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10- Did you do so immediately?
0:11:10 > 0:11:11- Did you do so immediately?- - No.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- I stood there for a while, weeping.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17- I didn't want him to go.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- But eventually, - you picked up the blanket.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22- Yes.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Sitting On The Dock - Of The Bay came on.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- It was his favourite song.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- He gripped my hand very tightly...
0:11:32 > 0:11:36- ..as if he was begging me - to do something.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- You held the blanket - until he stopped breathing.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40- Yes.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- But you deny murdering him.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- But you deny murdering him.- - Yes, because I didn't.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Murder is murder, - isn't it, Mrs Edwards?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- They put animals down. - Why not people?
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- It isn't the same thing. - Taking someone's life is wrong.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58- Tea, Norman?
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- Where do you stand on euthanasia?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04- I'm not sure.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- I wouldn't want to carry on - if I'd lost my faculties. Would you?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Do you want the tea? Norman!
0:12:15 > 0:12:16- What's the matter with him?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- What's the matter with him?- - I don't know.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23- DOOR OPENS
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- What you said was totally unfair.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- What I did is nothing like - what Grace Edwards has done.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46- Abortion is legal. Don't pretend - it was nothing to do with you!
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- You made your feelings very clear.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- DOOR SLAMS SHUT
0:12:55 > 0:12:56- Karen!
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- Why check texts - if you don't answer them?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- What are you doing here?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- What are you doing here?- - It's time to pay.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- I want the eighty two thou, - by the end of the day.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- I can't get hold of that today.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- You've had plenty of warning.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22- You've had plenty of warning.- - I don't have it.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- I'm at work all day. - I need time to sort it.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27- OK.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33- I'll take forty thou today - and forty five thou tomorrow night.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- That's 3,000 more than I owe.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37- Interest.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40- That isn't fair.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41- Tough.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43- Pay.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- You know what happened last time.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50- There's a big card game tonight.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55- If you lent me 10,000, - I'm guaranteed to win.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57- I could repay you.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- Do I have "idiot" - written on my forehead?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02- No.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04- So pay.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- Or you know what will happen.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- Do you remember I'm a barrister?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- I have contacts and influence.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14- Do you know what?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Think twice before threatening me.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- I could make life - very difficult for you.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- So go away and cut me some slack, - or you'll regret it.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32- He's switched off his phone.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- He's switched off his phone.- - Why don't you phone the police?
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- They'd trace the call, - find him and help him.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- He'd be terrified - if he knew about the police.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- He knows they're looking for him. - Why else would he disappear?
0:14:46 > 0:14:51- The police will find him. - They've issued a warrant.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- I'm not phoning them.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- We don't know what happened yet.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57- A lad has died.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00- I haven't heard Iolo's side.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- I just want to see him.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Talk to him, make sure he's alright.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09- Phone the police.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10- Phone the police.- - No.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12- I can't scare him.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- I might never see him again.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- I have to do the right thing - for my son as well.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23- KNOCK ON DOOR
0:15:23 > 0:15:24- KNOCK ON DOOR- - Come in.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Are you ready to go back in?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- Did he say anything - or try to stop you in any way?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39- No.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- Did he fight against you?
0:15:41 > 0:15:42- Did he fight against you?- - No.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44- Not at all?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47- No.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- What did you do - after Michael stopped breathing?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56- I kissed him on his forehead.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- I climbed into bed next to him.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05- I held him in my arms - for more than two hours.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- I wanted to say goodbye properly.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10- What did you do next?
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- What did you do next?- - I phoned the police and confessed.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19- So you made no effort - to conceal what you'd done?
0:16:19 > 0:16:20- No.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- Do you have even the tiniest regret - about what you did?
0:16:27 > 0:16:28- No.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- Would you do it again?
0:16:32 > 0:16:33- Would you do it again?- - Yes.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- So your actions - were based on pure love?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- Objection, Your Honour!
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- The defence is putting words - in the defendant's mouth.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- Please answer, Mrs Edwards.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50- Yes.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- I did what I did out of love.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- No more questions, Your Honour.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- Do you have more questions, - Miss McKay?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- Mrs Edwards.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- Should everyone who suffers - from an illness be released?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- Objection, Your Honour.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Referring to everyone is irrelevant.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19- Referring to everyone is irrelevant.- - It's a fair question.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- Where are you taking this, - Miss McKay?
0:17:23 > 0:17:28- I want to establish what Mrs Edwards - thinks the world would be like...
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- ..if we all acted like her.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- I don't want everyone - to do what I did!
0:17:33 > 0:17:35- I did what was right for Michael.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40- What if all mothers in your position - ended their child's life?
0:17:41 > 0:17:45- Objection again, Your Honour! - Irrelevant and totally unfair!
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- Stick to the facts, Miss McKay.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51- Is it true...
0:17:51 > 0:17:56- ..that Michael might have lived much - longer if you hadn't intervened?
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- Yes, it's the quality of life - that counts, not the length.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- That's your opinion.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- Do you have children?
0:18:06 > 0:18:07- Sorry?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- Do you have children?
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- The moment you hold your baby - in your arms...
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- ..everything changes.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- You'd do anything for him.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- You'd put him before anything else.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- Yes, I am guilty of that.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- You can point a finger - and judge me all you like.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- But I'll never stand here...
0:18:37 > 0:18:42- ..and apologize for loving - my little boy more than the law.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- Who was the bloke - you spoke to outside?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53- What bloke?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- He asked for you. - He said he trained with us.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58- I've never seen him.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- I've never seen him.- - Not now, Dwayne.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- When are you free - to discuss the Corwen GBH?
0:19:04 > 0:19:05- I've got the details.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07- Iestyn?
0:19:07 > 0:19:08- Iestyn!
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- I've got enough on my plate for now.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11- I've got enough on my plate for now.- - Charming.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13- PHONE
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- Thank goodness you phoned.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- Tell me where you are. - I'll come to meet you.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- I need cash, to go away.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- Tell me where you are - and how much you want.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40- DOOR OPENS
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Tough day?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- Have you had a scan yet?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- No, but I will.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Is anyone going with you?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Not even the father?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- He still doesn't know.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21- Don't worry.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- I'm not going to kill him.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- I want him to realize - he can't cross us.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27- That's all.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- Look how cocky he is.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- You gave him - until the end of the day.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- So nothing until then.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41- Alright?
0:20:43 > 0:20:44- Alright?!
0:20:46 > 0:20:47- We'll see.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- It's not too late - to change your plea.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- I'm not a murderer.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- I won't stand up in any court - and say that I am.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- There's no doubt - that she loved Michael Edwards.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- But the fact remains - that Grace Edwards...
0:21:12 > 0:21:17- ..committed a crime - by ending Michael Edwards's life.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- You made it clear - you didn't want me or the baby!
0:21:21 > 0:21:23- No! You didn't want me, Karen!
0:21:24 > 0:21:29- What do you do when you find out - you've made a big mistake?
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- I thought you said we had no future.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33- I thought you said we had no future.- - When did I say that?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- When I came back and found you - in bed with Victoria...
0:21:38 > 0:21:39- ..that was it.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- I've got the money. - Where do you want to meet?
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- By the Aber bridge. - Come as soon as you finish work.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Bring my passport too.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55- No way can I pay you 82 grand now, - so leave me alone, Stu!
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