0:00:29 > 0:00:32Look, we've both had enough of house-hunting.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35- I haven't.- Why not stop for a while and focus on something else?
0:00:35 > 0:00:38- Like finally fixing a date for the wedding?- Yeah.- After lunch?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41- Yeah, we'll go through my spreadsheet.- Spreadsheet?
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Karen! What're you doing?
0:00:44 > 0:00:46It's for the re-enactment.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49That murder trial thing Jack's doing, isn't he?
0:00:49 > 0:00:50And Rob.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Dr Carter is playing defence. He will be magnificent.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Come on.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00Mrs Tembe, you shouldn't lift it like that, you'll put your back out. Jimmi, give them a hand.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Nice 'tache, Dad.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13It's driving me mad already.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- How did I ever let you talk me into this?- I think beer was mentioned.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Head of Law can't make it, gastroenteritis, or so he says,
0:01:21 > 0:01:22so I'm standing in.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- You make a fine figure of a man. - Thanks.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Right everybody, we go live in an hour. So let's focus.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34We're filming in the Chancellery Room. The university will use it as a teaching aid.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I'm Justice George McKenna.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Grumpy, gout-ridden, a hanging judge.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Thought women couldn't argue logically because of their female brains.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48He'd turn in his grave if he knew a woman was playing him.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51For the prosecution, Oliver Nash.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Brilliant, ruthless, single-minded,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00arrogant, bit of a ladies' man, but very charming.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03For the defence, Edward Templeton.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06He'd take on hopeless cases, and usually win.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09He had a very colourful dress sense.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12He could reduce the public gallery to tears
0:02:12 > 0:02:15by the sheer strength of his defence speeches.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Sometimes ladies even swooned.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20So, no pressure then, Heston!
0:02:20 > 0:02:23The accused, played by Kate.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Amelia Watson was 19-years-old when she allegedly murdered her baby son.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32At the time, she was considered one of the most hated woman in Britain.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37The press referred to her as "this monstrous and unnatural woman."
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Accused on the evidence of Sarah Treadwell,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Watsons' maid, played by Rose.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Sarah was only 19,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48and she was the key witness in this high-profile murder trial.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52She became a celebrity, even though at 13 she'd left school
0:02:52 > 0:02:53and was barely literate.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Typecast again.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Shut up!
0:02:56 > 0:03:00And last, but not least, PC Albert Leys,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02played by Robert Hollins.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06When Jack told me his dad was a policeman, I couldn't resist.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Now, any questions?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Where's the jury?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10They're online.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15There's going to be cameras all round the courtroom, so by all means play to them.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19We're going to be encouraging viewers to phone in, e-mail or text their reactions,
0:03:19 > 0:03:20as well as vote.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22And we know the verdict.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Well, we know what the verdict was.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27But maybe it won't turn out that way.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32It's up to you and Heston to argue for and against - everything to play for. It's up to you.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- Is it going to be on all day? - It's 2pm, which is going to be any minute.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38I might watch some of it. Sounds like fun.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Fun? This is what Jack is going to be doing for the rest of his life.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- Parading around in silly costumes? - Being a lawyer.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- Rob has never acted before. - SHE SNIGGERS
0:03:49 > 0:03:52I am just watching it for Dr Carter.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57He is a real actor. The rest are amateurs.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Right, there you go. Leave it like this. Don't touch anything.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Thank you, Dr Tyler.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04So, how was your holiday?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Now I know why they call it Sin City.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09How did you get Kevin to lend you his laptop?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12I told him I'd make tea for the rest of the month.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- I don't think he realises it's the 31st today. - THEY LAUGH
0:04:16 > 0:04:17How's your house-hunting going?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Well, we saw the perfect house.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- But Jimmi doesn't like it because it needs rebuilding... - Ssh! It's starting.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26TV THEME MUSIC
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Amelia May Watson, you are charged
0:04:36 > 0:04:38that on 22nd September last,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41you killed your infant son James.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- How do you plead?- Not guilty.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Then I call upon the Counsel for the Prosecution, Mr Oliver Nash.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Look at Jack! Isn't he brilliant?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Gentleman of the jury, I will show that this woman before you,
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Amelia May Watson, is a cold, calculating liar.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10I will also show that on the night in question,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13she committed the crime of murder.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17I call upon my first witness, Miss Sarah Treadwell.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25I swear by almighty God, that the evidence I give
0:05:25 > 0:05:29shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Miss Treadwell, in April 1909,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34you were engaged as a maid
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- by William and Amelia Watson at Oakfield Farm?- Yes.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Mr Watson worked so hard to make a go of the place.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- He was very kind to me.- In what way?
0:05:44 > 0:05:48He'd walk around the farm with me, show me things.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51He knew every tree and bird and flower.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53He confided in me, you could say.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55And Mrs Watson?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58She was the mistress.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I obeyed her orders. I worked hard.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05But you never got a smile or a "thank you", not from her.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10And then the baby was born on 18th September 1909.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15Yes. They married in January, so it was only eight months after.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Eight months.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Mr Nash, I'm sure the jury can count. Proceed.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24The birth of a child - a happy event, surely.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Mr Watson was pleased as punch, to have his first child a son.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33But the mistress...
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Well, it's not my place to say.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40It is your place, Miss Treadwell. That's why you are here.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Well, she couldn't even nurse him, so we had to raise him on bottles -
0:06:44 > 0:06:47like a calf or a little lamb.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50I cared for him, more than her.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Sometimes I'd give him his bottle and I'd sing to him.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57And Mr Watson'd come in to say goodnight,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01and he'd see us there all content,
0:07:01 > 0:07:05and it was as if me and him were the parents
0:07:05 > 0:07:08and James was our child.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10We were the ones that loved him.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11And Mrs Watson?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14If the truth be told, she didn't love him.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18She never even played with him.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21She was a cold woman and that's the truth.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24And now we come to the night in question -
0:07:24 > 0:07:2522nd September last.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27There was a terrible storm.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Stormy weather within, too, I believe?
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Yes, sir. The master and mistress had an argument.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35What about?
0:07:35 > 0:07:38She told him that James wasn't his.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42I suspected as much, born eight months after the wedding.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43And then there was his hair.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45The baby's hair?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47James had red hair.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Neither the master nor the mistress do.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I pointed that out to the master, said it was strange.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55I think he'd started to suspect.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59And she knew he was on to her so she confessed that James was a bastard.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Strike that word from the record.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03"Illegitimate", you mean?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Whatever you call it, it's the same.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08So, who was James' father?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Michael Fletcher, a soldier.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14I don't know where he is - India or some such place.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18And how did Mr Watson react to this shocking news?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21He came in, and he looked at James in his crib.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Was he violent? Did he threaten the child?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27No. He was crying.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32I spoke up, I said, "It's not the baby's fault."
0:08:32 > 0:08:36The master said he knew and that he was going out riding to clear his head.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39And we never saw him again.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Then what happened?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Baby James fell ill all of a sudden.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48He had a convulsion and fever, it was burning him up.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49What did you do?
0:08:49 > 0:08:53I offered to walk into town, though it was five miles,
0:08:53 > 0:08:54to fetch the doctor.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57But she said there was no need.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02She told me to go to bed, but she looked strange.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04I didn't want to leave the baby with her.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Then she said she'd give him something.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09What did she give him?
0:09:09 > 0:09:13She mixed up 12 drops of laudanum,
0:09:13 > 0:09:16water, sugar, and camomile.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21James was so weak, he could barely swallow.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23But she made him take it all.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26She said that he'd sleep, and then he'd be all right.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28And was he all right?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31No.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34He died.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36She poisoned him in cold blood!
0:09:36 > 0:09:38I saw it with my own eyes.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41How can any woman do that to a child?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44She's a monster.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47She has the right to a defence.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Now we will see some acting!
0:09:50 > 0:09:51Miss Treadwell...
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Sarah...
0:09:55 > 0:09:58..I'm sorry to make you recall such distressing events.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02It's all right. I don't mind what I have to do as long as she hangs for it.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04You haven't come here to see justice done,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07establish the facts?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10I know what she's done. And I know what she deserves.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14You hated your mistress, didn't you?
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Yes.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18You hated her from the moment you began working -
0:10:18 > 0:10:22more than a year before the alleged incident.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24"She was a cold woman," you said.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29"She didn't love her husband or her son
0:10:29 > 0:10:32"or anyone but herself."
0:10:32 > 0:10:35But, of course, we only have your word for that.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I'm telling the truth.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42The way you talk about her husband is very different.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Mr Watson was kind you said.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48He showed you around the farm,
0:10:48 > 0:10:52pointing out the trees and the birds and the flowers.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54"He confided in me."
0:10:54 > 0:10:58Tell me, during these bucolic rambles,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00did he ever declare his love for you?
0:11:00 > 0:11:04No. He didn't love me. He loved her.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06And you couldn't bear that, could you?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- You were in love with him. You were jealous.- No, I...
0:11:09 > 0:11:13You helpfully pointed out that James
0:11:13 > 0:11:15didn't really look like Mr Watson,
0:11:15 > 0:11:20sowing the seeds of doubt between husband and wife.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I told him the truth.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24She lied to him!
0:11:24 > 0:11:28You said, "It was as if me and him were the parents
0:11:28 > 0:11:31"and James was our child."
0:11:31 > 0:11:34You wanted Amelia Watson out of the way -
0:11:34 > 0:11:40- disgraced, thrown out, dead - so you could take her place. - No, that's not...
0:11:40 > 0:11:44You did everything you could to destroy the marriage.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Even having an innocent woman convicted of murder!
0:11:48 > 0:11:51My Lord, I protest. I will not have my witness bullied in this way.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55You go too far, sir. Temper your language.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57No more questions.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04He's got no right to bully her like that.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05He is only doing his job.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08You should hear what Rob says about defence lawyers.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- I've found the perfect house!- You're always finding the perfect house.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Yeah, but this one really is.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- I went on the website and found it. - 'I call upon PC Albert Leys.'
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Oh! Look at his moustache!
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Constable Leys,
0:12:30 > 0:12:35- you were on duty very early on the morning of 23rd September?- Yes.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37You went to Oakfield Farm?
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Just give us a minute.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46Yes, I did. And it was my sad duty to inform Mrs Watson
0:12:46 > 0:12:48of her husband's death.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49How had this happened?
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Er, he'd been out riding, and he'd taken a fall from his horse,
0:12:54 > 0:12:59broken his neck and been found by Mr Squires, the local farmer,
0:12:59 > 0:13:02who'd taken him to hospital, but it was hopeless.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05When you arrived at the Watson house, what did you find?
0:13:05 > 0:13:07A dead baby.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12The...maid was very distressed.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16But the mistress didn't shed a single tear,
0:13:16 > 0:13:17which I found to be very unnatural.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Did you examine the baby?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Er...yes.- There was a post-mortem, was there not?- Yes.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Is that Rob?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26And what were its findings?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29It was an overdose. It was the laudanum.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I went through over it last night - know it better than him.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- Sergeant, what were the findings of the post mortem? - I don't have to do this.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40The findings were that the baby died from an overdose of laudanum.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43And you had a message to pass on, did you not?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46He wanted a message to be given to the wife.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48He was very, very insistent.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50That he forgave her!
0:13:50 > 0:13:54He forgave her, no matter what she had said.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- It's like listening in stereo! - Sssh!
0:13:56 > 0:13:58"No matter what she'd done."
0:13:58 > 0:14:00'Done, done!'
0:14:00 > 0:14:02'Thank you. No further questions.'
0:14:03 > 0:14:07'I now call on Mr Templeton to cross-examine.'
0:14:09 > 0:14:11NO!
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- It's the laptop. You need to switch it off and on again. - Kevin said not to touch it.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- What? What's happened? - Hey, the screen's frozen.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20It does it sometimes.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23For goodness' sake. I thought someone had died!
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I'll make you a cup of tea.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30- "Pity they couldn't find someone to play a believable copper."- We've had tonnes of emails, texts and calls -
0:14:30 > 0:14:33all overwhelmingly in favour of Amelia being guilty.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35I've lost.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Not necessarily.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Have you read all the briefing papers I gave you?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Maybe you should look again.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45From your perspective, not Templeton's.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Kate.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Oh, they're coming back in.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Oh, that's where you got to. Shall we...
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- I'm watching this now. - There's nothing going on!
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Oh, blast that QOF report. I'm going to watch some of this.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07OK. So it can't be Easter Holiday or the Bank Holidays or school holidays
0:15:07 > 0:15:10as no-one's going to be around, and it can't be during the Olympics.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Shh!- Snooker...
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Cherry! We're trying to watch!
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Let's go to the room.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Mrs Watson.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30You lived on a farm with a maid who hated you,
0:15:30 > 0:15:34very far from friends and family.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36It must have been very lonely?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Yes.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42But you did have one very good friend -
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- Sophie Hurst.- Yes.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49She was like a big sister.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51You used to write to each other.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55She would give you advice on household matters,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- and babies?- Yes.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Your Honour, I would like to read from a letter
0:16:01 > 0:16:04written a few months before this awful incident.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10"Dearest Amelia, Emily has been so ill.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13"For an awful night, we thought we'd lose her.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18"She had convulsions, and a high fever.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21"I mixed up 12 drops of laudanum
0:16:21 > 0:16:26"with sugar, water and camomile, and got her to drink it."
0:16:27 > 0:16:32"The fever broke, and she slept peacefully.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35"By morning, thank God, she was better."
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Laudanum, sugar,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44water, camomile...
0:16:45 > 0:16:48..is exactly what you gave your son
0:16:48 > 0:16:52when he had a fever and convulsions.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56We have Miss Treadwell's corroboration for that.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59You were trying to cure your son?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Yes.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03In your desperation, you didn't realise
0:17:03 > 0:17:05it was too high a dose for such a small child.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Emily, Sophie's child was 12. But James...
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I gave him too much.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13And he died.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20You didn't weep?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21I couldn't.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26The shock of it, and William dead as well.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29I didn't know what to say or do.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Some people cry and wail and carry on and get everyone's pity.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I couldn't do that. I still cannot.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47Gentleman of the jury, this letter changes everything.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50The woman before you, accused of killing her son,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53was actually trying to save his life
0:17:53 > 0:17:57and is entirely innocent of his murder.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58Poor thing.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Trust Heston to overact.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I now call upon Mr Nash to cross-examine.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Mrs Watson,
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- you had a child to another man and passed it off as your husband's?- Yes.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12So you lied to your husband?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Not once or twice, but for almost two years?
0:18:16 > 0:18:21I hated lying. And I loved William, he deserved the truth.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25If you loved your husband so much, then why did you have a liaison
0:18:25 > 0:18:27with another man a month before your wedding?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30I didn't want that to happen.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Mr Fletcher was William's best friend.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Which makes your betrayal even worse.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38I tried to be friendly to him for William's sake.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43You were very friendly with him. At the village Christmas dance, you were seen talking with him, flirting -
0:18:43 > 0:18:45and then nine months later you had his child.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47He forced me.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Mrs Watson, you've lied about everything else.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Why should this be true? - It is true!
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Very well.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Let us suppose, for a moment, that this child was a result of rape.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03You would have every reason to hate it, to want it dead.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07If, on the other hand, you had gone with Mr Fletcher willingly,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10then the child was an inconvenience,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13a constant reminder of your shame,
0:19:13 > 0:19:18- and you still would have wanted him dead, wouldn't you?- No! I loved him.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Let us examine the facts.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Your child was desperately ill.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Your husband was not there.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Miss Treadwell offered to fetch a doctor,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30you told her there was no need. And then you sent her to bed.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- She was worn out. I thought she should sleep.- No, Mrs Watson.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37You wanted to make sure that there were no witnesses
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- to see you poison your own son. - I didn't poison him! - You did, and we have proof.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Not the word of a maid, but the testimony of a medical expert.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48And there was no need.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Your husband, as angry and hurt as he was, was prepared to forgive you.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Those were his last words.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56But they came too late.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58You had already killed your baby.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01No. I was trying to save him.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06This remarkable new evidence. Why wasn't this presented before?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08I didn't think anyone would believe me.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13The defence assures us that this letter proves your innocence,
0:20:13 > 0:20:18that you mistakenly administered an overdose of laudanum in an attempt to save your son.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22However, I put it to you that this letter was deliberately concealed
0:20:22 > 0:20:26because it demonstrates what you've been trying to hide all along.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28You poisoned your baby,
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- knowing full well what dosage was required to do so.- No.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35No further questions.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38I'm confused now.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41It is quite clear. She is innocent.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Jack is bullying her.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Oi!
0:20:44 > 0:20:48- I'd hate to be on a real jury, wouldn't you?- I think you forget, we are the jury.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51All right, ladies? How's it going?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53The accused is giving her evidence.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56So, Mum and Dad are on their cruise
0:20:56 > 0:20:59mid-April to the end of May.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Well, we'll have to go back to March.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- What about the 24th?- You've got your police surgeon course.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10No. That's 24th February.
0:21:10 > 0:21:1324th March is free.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17And Marlborough Hall is available.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21We've done it.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Can I have my lunch now?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- No! You've got to come with me somewhere.- Where?- Surprise.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Miss Treadwell said that Mrs Watson never smiled,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32never seemed happy.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Some women, after the birth of a child, are in low spirits.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42I think Mrs Watson suffered from this oppression.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44But being unhappy is not a crime.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47If it were, how many of us would be in the dock?
0:21:47 > 0:21:52This is a mother who, in spite of everything, loved her child,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55fought for his life and lost.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00She deserves our sympathy, not condemnation.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04She is innocent, and has suffered enough.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10I will now ask the jury to retire and consider their verdict.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Well, it was obvious. She had post-natal depression. So, what happens now?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17You have to vote, you phone or text, guilty or not guilty.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Where's the jury?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Duh, Zara! We're all the jury. We have to decide.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I think she is innocent
0:22:27 > 0:22:30I know, and she looked so guilty, didn't she?
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- Is it much further? - No. We're here.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Da-da!
0:22:39 > 0:22:44Oh! Cherry, I thought we agreed to stop house-hunting?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47No, we didn't agree. You said.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51I went back on the property website, and I saw this place. At least let's have a look.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- We fixed a date for the wedding, we got over it.- Got over it?
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- You mean you don't want to get married?- No, of course I...
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Right, well, we're here.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Will the prisoner please stand?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17The verdict is as follows.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19On the charge of murder,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21the jury find the defendant,
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Amelia May Watson...
0:23:26 > 0:23:27..not guilty.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29CHEERING
0:23:31 > 0:23:35I knew Dr Carter would do it!
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Well?
0:23:46 > 0:23:49It's...so clean.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Mmm.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56It's perfect.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Told you.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01We've come home.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02Finally.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Amelia'd been raped.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Why didn't Templeton use that?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12He couldn't. He only had Amelia's word for it.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13It'd just remind the jury
0:24:13 > 0:24:17that she'd lied to her husband and had a child out of wedlock.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- The only other person she had told was William, for good reasons. - You mean, she'd have been blamed?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Oh, worse than that.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28If she'd admitted that Michael Fletcher'd had sex with her, got her pregnant,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30they might have forced her to marry him.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31That's horrendous.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Yeah, but it happened.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38- Templeton did his best, but he didn't use Sophie's letter. - So Nash won.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39And Amelia was hanged.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42It was unusual for a woman to be executed,
0:24:42 > 0:24:44but all the evidence against her was unarguable.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47And she had no witness to stick up for her.
0:24:47 > 0:24:53That calmness she showed when she given the bad news, I've seen that. People react in all kinds of ways.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Shock, post natal depression - we know about it now.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00So Amelia got sentenced to death because she didn't cry enough?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Partly, yes.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Oh, Kate, I've got something that you might be interested in.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10This is the last letter that Amelia wrote from prison.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17I'd like to read this aloud, if people don't mind?
0:25:19 > 0:25:21"My dear Sophie.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22"The execution date is set,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25"there's no stopping it now.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29"Don't grieve for me, I'm glad to be done with this world.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34"They say hanging's very quick, and you barely feel the pain.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37"I'm not afraid now I've made up my mind to it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41"I've no fear of Hell. God knows I am innocent.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44"Tomorrow, I will be with William and James again,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46"and we will be a proper family in Heaven
0:25:46 > 0:25:48"as we never could be on Earth.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52"Kiss Emily for me. Your loving friend, Amelia."
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Amelia's family disowned her.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Templeton never forgave himself for losing.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00It haunted him that he couldn't win this one.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01COMPUTER BEEPS
0:26:04 > 0:26:06There's an e-mail form Fothergill.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09"The department's delighted.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11"Brownie points all round."
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Heston didn't stick to his brief!
0:26:12 > 0:26:15It was supposed to be a re-enactment,
0:26:15 > 0:26:16but it was more of an "enactment".
0:26:16 > 0:26:19We've changed the course of history.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20We haven't.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Amelia's still dead.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Yes, we'd like to make an offer on 8 Priory Road.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32OK. Could you hold?
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Has it already gone?
0:26:34 > 0:26:38No. But the owner's off to the States, so she wants a quick sale.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44David? We've already sold our property, so that will be fine.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Yeah, let's get cracking. Cheers.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49You just lied to him.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Ooh, I lied to an estate agent. How terrible (!)
0:26:52 > 0:26:55We'll just have to sell ours quickly.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58It'll be OK. It'll be worth it.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Why don't you start to use the brains you say you've got?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11You'll have to trust me. You can't electronically tag me.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13I want to know what happened upstairs.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Divine retribution is what took place.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18The infection is going to make this complicated,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20but that's one of the inherent risks
0:27:20 > 0:27:24of wanting to look like a door knocker display at the ironmongers.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27I can't believe how lucky we are. It's everything we hoped for.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28Do you fancy a pint?
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