0:00:02 > 0:00:03GENERAL CHATTER
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- Mr Standing?- Yes, yeah.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16- You certainly pick your moment, don't you?- Well, if it's not a good time...
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Oh, no, no. It's taken eight years to get you here.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21- I'm not letting you out of my sight. This way.- Can I take those?
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Oh, yeah, thank you.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Who said chivalry was dead?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30- Just dump them down there.- Okey-doke.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Oh, you actually MAKE things here?
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- Well, it is a fashion college!- Yeah.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- Hey.- Oh, you like that, do you?
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- Yeah.- Yeah, it's by one of my most promising students.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45- Try it on.- No, no, no, no.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Yeah, go on, I think it'd suit you.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Do you?
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Yeah, you may as well.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00You could do with losing a couple of inches
0:01:00 > 0:01:02but I think you can pull that off.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Still, you have to play the part, don't you?
0:01:04 > 0:01:08- What do you mean?- I suppose you have to look like a policeman.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12- Well...- It's a shame.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14It took ten years off you.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Now I've finally got you here I don't really know what to say.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19I assumed my letters were going in the bin.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21No way, they're all on file.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25We can't re-open cases every time someone writes us a letter.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Please, Mr Standing.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Gerry.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Gerry.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37# It's all right, it's OK
0:01:37 > 0:01:40# Doesn't really matter if you're old and gray
0:01:40 > 0:01:43# It's all right, I say, it's OK
0:01:43 > 0:01:45# Listen to what I say
0:01:45 > 0:01:48# It's all right, doin' fine
0:01:48 > 0:01:51# Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine
0:01:51 > 0:01:54# It's all right, I say it's OK
0:01:54 > 0:01:57# We're gettin' to the end of the day! #
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Ah, Guv'nor, hold on.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Good morning in court?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Joyful as ever. How was Sarah Levene?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Whoa! Cracking and interesting!
0:02:09 > 0:02:10I knew I should have sent Jack.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Guv, Guv?
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Do you think I look...?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- Oh, never mind.- What?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20No, no, forget it, forget it.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Fashion designer Ritchie Levene.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Oh yes, The Fashion Victim.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31The CID nicknamed him.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36- Quite good for them.- April, 2002. He was killed on his 40th birthday.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Yup, during a party at his home in Shoreditch.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44His body was discovered around 2am in his private studio at the back of the house.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46He'd been stabbed in the neck.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49The murder weapon was never found, but the pathologist reckoned
0:02:49 > 0:02:52from the size of the wound it could have been scissors.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- Big wound for scissors.- Dress making scissors, like shears, really.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- There were several pairs lying around the studio. - So why are we looking at it now?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Because of this woman - Sarah Levene. Ritchie's first wife.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06They married in '85, divorced in '98.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08It's funny, all this fashion stuff,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11you think he would have been a bit light on his loafers, eh?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Good to see that you're entering this with your usual open mind, Gerry.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Yeah, well Sarah had been petitioning the CPS for years, and in her last letter
0:03:19 > 0:03:25she said she was going to picket this retrospective exhibition of all Ritchie Levene's fashion stuff.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- So, don't tell me, Strickland got nervous?- Precisely.
0:03:28 > 0:03:34Now the original investigation centred around Levene's 19-year-old PA Melanie Higgs.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38She was seen running from the studio just before the body was discovered
0:03:38 > 0:03:43- and her finger prints were all over the room.- If she was his PA, that's where they would be.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- No, no, no, her fingers made prints with his blood.- Ah!
0:03:46 > 0:03:51She later admitted finding the body but said that she panicked and fled. I'd like you two to talk to her.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Just now you said that Sarah was Ritchie Levene's first wife, so...
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Yeah, he married again, just months before his murder,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01this time to Alison Henninghem, a former model.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Were either of the wives suspects? - They were both at the party
0:04:04 > 0:04:07and neither of them had alibis for the half hour or so
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- that Ritchie was reportedly in his studio.- The same could be said
0:04:10 > 0:04:12for dozens of other people at the house.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16So there are too many potential suspects and not enough forensic evidence?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Except for this Melanie girl.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22No, there was a series of psychiatric evaluations which concluded that it
0:04:22 > 0:04:25was "highly unlikely" that she could have killed him.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26And after that the case stalled.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30So why does Sarah Levene want to picket this exhibition?
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Because it's been organised by Levene's younger brother, Adrian.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38And Sarah believes that Adrian killed Ritchie.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Why?
0:04:39 > 0:04:44Well, after Ritchie died he got the business and made a fortune.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48You know, I need to make sure that they put it absolutely right above the door, OK?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- OK.- All right, well go and do it.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- Mr Levene?- >
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Yeah.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56- Got a moment to talk? - You can see I'm busy?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Well, no we can see everybody else is busy.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- What's this about?- Your brother.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- I don't understand.- We're reopening the investigation into his death.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Well, I'm staggered.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14- You didn't do anything last time when his murderer was right in front of you.- Meaning?
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Melanie Higgs.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20The original investigation looked closely at Melanie but there was never enough evidence.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- She was seen running from his studio with his blood on her. What more do you want?- A motive.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- She was obsessed with him.- Yeah, you said that in your statements.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30How did you get on with your brother?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32He was wonderful.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- Um, I was very proud of him. - You were close?
0:05:35 > 0:05:39- Yeah, very.- You took over the label after he died, is that right?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Yes.- And before that?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- We worked together. - But Ritchie was in charge?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45It was his name, they were his designs
0:05:45 > 0:05:47and I dealt with the business side.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Since Ritchie died, the label has become very successful, hasn't it?
0:05:51 > 0:05:56Yeah, very. But I just built on the foundations of my brother's work.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Melanie Higgs?
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- Yes?- We'd like to talk to you about Ritchie Levene, if you have a moment.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07I don't. And I don't know who sent you or what you want, but I've got nothing to say.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09We're with the police.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- You think I did it?- No.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13We're not here to judge you.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16We just want to hear your version of events.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20You were never interested in what I had to say before. You just wanted to lock me up.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23You did flee the murder scene and Ritchie's blood was found on your dress.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25I explained that at the time.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Well, this is a new investigation.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29We want to start with a clean slate.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Sounds like it.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33How did you come to meet Ritchie?
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- Work experience.- What, making tea? Answering the phones?- Yeah, at first.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41And then he made you his PA? You did well.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Ritchie needed me, it just worked.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- Did you two of you have a sexual relationship?- Here we go again.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- No.- You say he "needed" you?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Yeah, well Ritchie never knew what was best for him.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- And you did? - I was there to protect him.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- From?- He was famous, everyone wanted a piece of him.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03I was there to keep them away, all those people that wanted to use him.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06That's why when I found him that night I didn't know who to turn to.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08There was no-one you could trust?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Not really.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14And back at the party, it was dark and the music was really loud
0:07:14 > 0:07:16and there were lots of faces I didn't recognise.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19It was like being trapped in some kind of horror film.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23So that's why I ran away. I'm sorry if you don't approve of my behaviour but...
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- I was terrified.- You were obviously very close to Ritchie.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Did that cause any problems between you and Alison?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32No. She never loved him anyway.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Why do you say that?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37You should have seen the way she was with men.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- Flirting all the time.- With who?
0:07:39 > 0:07:44Everyone. Ritchie said he liked that other men found her attractive, but how could he?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Did she seem close to anyone in particular?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Men were always falling over themselves to get in with her, especially Tyler,
0:07:51 > 0:07:56- that junkie ex-boyfriend of hers. You know he lived at the house, too? - Yes, Tyler Curtis.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Alison was more interested in getting him off drugs than being a good wife to Ritchie.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02No wonder he started drinking.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06- Who? Ritchie?- Yeah, he'd been teetotal for years, hadn't he?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09But then he changed, he seemed worried and started again.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13It was all her fault.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Alison was...
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Ritchie always liked pretty young things.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20The one drawback of being married to a designer,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23they're easily distracted by something shiny and new.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Doubt if that just applies to designers?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Yeah, but you were divorced three years before he married Alison.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Oh, Ritchie loved women and he took every opportunity to love as many as he could.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35That applied throughout our marriage.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- He cheated on you?- God, yeah.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Frequently?- Habitually.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Did that make you feel angry?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Well, in the end, defeated more than angry.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48During the divorce, Ritchie's lawyer said that you made threats.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- It was a public divorce, I felt humiliated. - So you WERE angry with him.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Well, yeah, but anything I said was in the heat of the moment.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57If you think I killed him...
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Why are you so convinced it was his brother?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Because Adrian always wanted to control the label.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05The name, the flair, the talent - was all Ritchie's.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- Adrian couldn't bear that.- But did they get on together OK as brothers?
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Adrian was ambitious, always wanted everything done his way
0:09:13 > 0:09:18- and Ritchie always wanted to see the best in people, but even he lost patience with him.- Over what?
0:09:18 > 0:09:19How the label should be run.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Adrian wanted to turn it into a mass market product,
0:09:22 > 0:09:24use cheaper fabrics, cut corners,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- farm the labour out to sweat shops.- And did he?
0:09:26 > 0:09:31- Not while Ritchie was alive because he owned the majority stake. - Which Alison inherited?
0:09:31 > 0:09:35No. It was in Ritchie's will that his share of the business would pass to Adrian.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39I always said he should do something about that, but... He never got round to it.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Who did you think the beneficiary should be?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Well, anyone but Adrian.
0:09:43 > 0:09:49But as Ritchie didn't alter his will, then maybe their disputes weren't as serious as you say?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Well, Ritchie thought he was going to live forever.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55He didn't change it because he didn't think he needed to.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57But the situation was serious.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02I know he tried to buy Adrian out of the label just before he died.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Sarah is very keen to point the finger at Adrian.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Maybe rightly so, he does have the most to gain
0:10:07 > 0:10:11and maybe that's why he's trying to push us towards Melanie,
0:10:11 > 0:10:12try and throw us off.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16- Talking of which?- Well, by the sound of it I'm with Adrian or Melanie.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- There's something not quite right with her.- Bunny boiler? - Not half! She's obsessed with him.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25Maybe she felt if she couldn't have Ritchie, she didn't want Alison to have him either.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26You could say the same for Sarah.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31Well, the way Melanie put it, Alison was more interested in her ex, Tyler Curtis.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34He's got an alibi, but it's probably worth speaking to him.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Melanie also said that Ritchie had changed towards the end.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40He seemed to be worried about something.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- And he fell off the wagon.- I'm not surprised the poor sod's worried.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48Probably wondering what his wife's getting up to with her ex!
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Yes.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53No.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Yes.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57No.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01And this? Don't come to me with anything like this again.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Alison Levene?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Where did you get that coat?
0:11:08 > 0:11:13Me wife bought it in Parkin and Wickes, 1984.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15I love it. So retro.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I know why you're here...
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Ritchie.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24- How come?- Adrian called, told me you'd been to see him.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28There were over 100 people at that party. No expense had been spared,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31yet according to the company accounts the Levene label
0:11:31 > 0:11:34had been losing money steadily since 1999.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37By the time he died he was virtually broke, so how did he afford it?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Well, he was like me when I went bankrupt.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44There's always one last round at the boozer even when you know you are stoney broke.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48But it wasn't just the party. If he was going to buy his brother's share in the company...
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Like Sarah said, Adrian knew he didn't have the wedge to do it.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56Then there's this - that was three weeks before his death. Interesting to know how he did it.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Any luck with Tyler Curtis?
0:11:58 > 0:11:59No, nothing.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04No social security, DVLA, bank account, passports - total blank.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Missing persons?- No, same.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11A tenner says he died years ago and nobody identified the body.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Yeah, well if he was a heroin addict and no-one had reported him as missing.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Who was his alibi on the night of the party?
0:12:17 > 0:12:22A bloke called Colin Beck and I've got his address - you want to come?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Yeah, why not.
0:12:24 > 0:12:30We understand your late husbands' PA Melanie Higgs was very protective of him. How did you get on with her?
0:12:30 > 0:12:35- How would you get on with the woman who's in love with your husband?- You think they were having an affair?
0:12:35 > 0:12:40The newspapers tried to suggest that something was going on. Thought they knew his reputation.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- Were they right?- No.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Ritchie and I were very happy.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48So whose idea was it to have your previous boyfriend move in with the pair of you?
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Mine.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Tyler needed somewhere to clean up.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55How long had he been an addict?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Years.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01I thought that that "elegantly wasted" look was romantic at first.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Did he clean up?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- Yes.- Are you still in touch?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08No. I haven't seen him for years.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12How did your husband feel about Tyler Curtis being in the house?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16It's no secret that Ritchie had been through a lot with drink and drugs himself.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- He wanted to help. That was Ritchie. - Even so, it can't have been an easy situation.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23You don't think that he was concerned, worried?
0:13:23 > 0:13:28No. It was easier when Tyler left, sure, but you know, he was happy.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31What is it you do here now?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I'm a creative consultant.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38And what does that involve?
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Ensuring that the label stays true to Ritchie's vision.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44It's what he would have wanted.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Hiya, we've come to see Colin Beck.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- Is he expecting you?- No.- Your names?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Jack Halford, Gerry Standing. Metropolitan Police.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10First floor.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Well, that's got him wondering.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19I'm not sure if I'd like a bloke like that knowing all my comings and goings.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21I bet you wouldn't!
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Are you sure you won't have coffee?
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- No, I'm fine, thank you. - Thank you very much.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Please, take a seat.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Thank you.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Yes, poor Ritchie.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37It's hard to believe even now.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41You were best man at both his weddings. You must have been very close?
0:14:41 > 0:14:47- Terribly, I think Ritchie looked up to me as a sort of uncle, bless him. - But you weren't in the same game?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50No, I ran a Trust Fund business in the City.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54My girlfriend at the time dragged me along to one of Ritchie's first collections.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57We met afterwards and got on like a house on fire.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00But you didn't go to his 40th birthday party?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- No, I was looking after a mutual friend.- Tyler Curtis?- Yes.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- How come?- Well, he'd been staying with Ritchie's for quite a while.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10God knows it can't have been easy for any of them.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I just took Tyler in for a week or so.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15An unlikely friendship? Have much in common?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Not really, but Alison asked if I could help.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22She's a charming woman, very hard to refuse.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I was just trying to do my bit.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- Was Tyler using drugs while he was here?- God, no!
0:15:27 > 0:15:31I still don't understand why you chose not to go to the party that night.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35I was a bit long in the tooth for Ritchie's parties even then.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Where did Tyler go when he moved out of here?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39I really don't know.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43He was a drifter and Ritchie's death had hit us all so badly.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45When did you last see Ritchie?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47A few weeks before he died.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- And how was he? - High spirits, as usual.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- You didn't notice anything different about him, he wasn't worried or anything?- No, not at all.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57We understand he was having some financial problems.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59We never discussed that.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Ritchie was a friend, not a client.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06I always draw a line between friendship and business.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Why is it only Melanie telling us Richie was unhappy before he died?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Maybe that's what she wants us to believe.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Or the others don't want us to know he had any problems.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21Men confide all kind of things to their secretaries that they wouldn't admit to their family or friends.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Look, he was broke and he had Alison's junkie ex-boyfriend hanging around.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27If you ask me, that's plenty to be unhappy about.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32- Talking of which, where are we with Tyler?- Off the radar. I'm running out of places to look.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35You've obviously tried rehab centres, retreats, hostels?
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Yeah, dozens and there's still loads more.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39OK, that'll keep you busy tomorrow.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- Tonight however, I think we deserve a little outing.- Where?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Style Icon, The Genius of Ritchie Levene.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48You'll love it, Brian, you'll fit right in.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Right. Where do you want to start?
0:16:54 > 0:17:00- I don't know.- I've been dying to do this for so long, you've got no idea.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04I can't believe you're still going around in clothes that your ex-wife bought you 20 years ago!
0:17:04 > 0:17:06How about this?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I need something to go to work in not skateboarding!
0:17:09 > 0:17:14- I thought you were going out tonight? - Yeah, I'm not going to spend 50 quid on something I only wear once.
0:17:14 > 0:17:1650? When did you last go shopping?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Don't answer that.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Come and have a look at these.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23You know, I don't think this was such a good idea.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- We just need to find you something you feel comfortable in. - Yeah, but....
0:17:27 > 0:17:29How about this?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- How much?!- Just try it on.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Look, I know I used to be a detective,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37but I wasn't Inspector bleeding Clouseau.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Oh, hold on.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Hmm.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05Where's Gerry?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08It's not like him to miss out on a free drink.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- Cheers.- Sandra, where are you going?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- No reception.- Don't leave us here!
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Just mingle. Use your retro charms!
0:18:31 > 0:18:34You'd look a right prat going round the shops in that lot!
0:18:34 > 0:18:37I don't think you've quite got the hang of haute couture.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41It's not meant to be accessorised with a supermarket trolley.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Fashion(!)
0:18:43 > 0:18:46It's daft though, isn't it?
0:18:46 > 0:18:52Folk spending their lives chucking out perfectly good clothing only to buy same stuff again 10 years later.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Good grief!
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- What's all this? - What do you think, tasty, eh?
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Don't tell us, you met some scrubber and you're trying to impress her?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16No, I did this for me.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Don't you ever look at us and think maybe we should do something about ourselves?
0:19:21 > 0:19:23BOTH: No.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Come on, come on.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Well, well, well, what a surprise!
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Oh, God it's her.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01What's she doing here?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I take it your wife doesn't know about this, then?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13No, of course not.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Look, I know what you must be thinking.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19That something was going on between us while Ritchie was alive.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- It wasn't. - We'd known each other for years before anything happened, I swear.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25We went through hell when Ritchie died -
0:20:25 > 0:20:27I lost my husband, Adrian lost his brother.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29I hadn't even looked at another man.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32My wife doesn't need to know anything about this, please.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34No, of course not,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37that really wouldn't be good for the image, would it?
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Excuse me.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Have you seen this, our very own Style Icon!
0:20:59 > 0:21:03- Very nice, guess who I just caught snogging behind the bike sheds?- Who?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10The plot thickens.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Hello, good evening.
0:21:13 > 0:21:20Thank you for coming tonight on behalf of myself, Alison and our wonderful staff at Ritchie Levene.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25We're going to be showcasing our new season here over the next week,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29as well as celebrating the genius of my late brother.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33APPLAUSE
0:21:33 > 0:21:39Thank you to everybody here for giving us this opportunity to demonstrate why we're still...
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Hypocrite!
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Both of you should be ashamed.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- We hope you have a very wonderful evening. Thank you very much. - How can you stand there,
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- when all you've done is cheapen everything your brother stood for!- She's off.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Get back here, you coward!
0:21:54 > 0:21:55I am talking to you.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58It is typical of you to try something like this.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Ritchie was your brother not a brand!
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Although considering everything you've done to trample over his name
0:22:03 > 0:22:06he'd want even less to do with you now than he did when he was alive!
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Oh, and here's your partner in crime.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12- No wonder Ritchie couldn't wait to be shot of you.- What would you know?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I made him happy which is more than you.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16You're another one who just used him.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Don't forget, wearing clothes doesn't qualify you to make them.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24OK, Sarah, this isn't helping, come with me. Get them back to the party.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Look at you now. You are nothing without Ritchie and you know it.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- That's enough, come on. - What's this all about?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32I shouldn't have come.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37- Look, I'd told you we'd look into the case, there was no need for all this.- I know.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I'm sorry.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44I just... How can they parade themselves in front of his name when all they've done is exploit it?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- You really ought to go home, you know.- I'm being stupid.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51I just couldn't bear seeing them up there like that, basking in it all.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I thought we needed each other, me and Ritchie.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I always imagined he'd come back.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I'm glad to see you took my advice.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Well, if she was expecting him to come back to her, but he married Alison instead?
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Nah, I don't buy that. Sarah's no killer.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18We've got Adrian and Alison now. How do we know they haven't been at it for years?
0:23:18 > 0:23:23If they were having an affair while Ritchie was still alive, then maybe Alison was in on the murder?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26She's certainly been a busy girl. Tyler, Ritchie, Adrian.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Tyler's still the missing piece.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31You're in danger for feeling sorry for Sarah.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Yeah, I am actually!
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- Morning.- Morning.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- What? - HE LAUGHS
0:23:47 > 0:23:51- I'm updating the old image, all right?- What image?
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- A hard drinking, heavy smoking, foul mouthed, ex-detective?- Gerry, mate.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Why didn't you tell us you were going through a mid life crisis?
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Strickland's furious. Last night's bust up's already made the papers.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- It's on the internet an all! - Coffee?- Yeah, urghh.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Let's go through everything again. What've we got?
0:24:09 > 0:24:14Well, we still haven't eliminated Melanie and she was the last person
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- in that studio before the body was discovered.- Oh, I don't know, Jack.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21The original investigation team fancied her. Maybe they were right.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25I mean, suppose she told Ritchie how she felt about him.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27You know how people get at parties.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30He rejected her, she picked up the nearest thing at hand and...
0:24:30 > 0:24:34But she was shorter than him.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37The lab report says the blade went in straight, not at an angle.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40And if she did do it, why risk going back through
0:24:40 > 0:24:43the house when she could have left through that door there?
0:24:43 > 0:24:47It might not have been anyone at the party. He could have let anybody in through that door.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- Yeah, someone he recognised. - That doesn't discount anyone.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54None of this lot had a clear alibi when Ritchie was in that studio.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Any one of them could have walked through the front door and come back in there.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Alison?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Adrian?
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Alison and Adrian?
0:25:03 > 0:25:08I'm going to go and talk to Melanie and see if she noticed anything going on between them at the time.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- What else?- Well, we know Ritchie was worried at the time.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15And I'm sure this Tyler was involved in some way.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Yeah, well, I'm always suspicious of someone we can't find AND there's this!
0:25:19 > 0:25:23How did it happen? Some fight with Adrian over control of the company, maybe?
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Why don't we go and have a little chat with Adrian and Alison?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Yeah, get some straight answers out of them.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Good idea.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Here we are.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38DOORBELL RINGS
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Cor, it's a bit grim, isn't it?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Yeah. It's amazing, when I was a kid we couldn't wait to get out of here,
0:25:44 > 0:25:49now all the arty farty lot can't wait to get in so they can live amongst the working classes.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- Having spent half a million converting it!- Yeah.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56You would have thought Alison would've wanted to move, after what happened here.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Maybe it's her way of hanging onto the past?
0:25:59 > 0:26:03The way Sarah talks about her, I would have thought she would have flogged it and pocketed the cash.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Perhaps Sarah hasn't quite got the measure of Alison.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13Good morning, we called the office but they said you were working from home today.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33500 grand and the rest!
0:26:35 > 0:26:37It's weird though, innit?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Here, what does that remind you of?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51No, it can't be.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Alison said his coat was retro.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57I always said that Brian was the height of fashion!
0:26:57 > 0:27:01I know it can't be easy to talk about these things.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I have talked about it. To you.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- Yesterday.- I know, but...
0:27:07 > 0:27:11I wonder if you ever really reconciled yourself to what happened.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15It's a bit early for analysis. My appointment's not till Thursday.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Are you seeing a psychiatrist?
0:27:17 > 0:27:22Yeah, that's what happens when your life's turned upside down by people like you.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26I know the last thing you need is an old sod like me telling you how you should and shouldn't feel, but
0:27:26 > 0:27:31- I wonder if you're not blaming yourself in some way for Ritchie's death?- Do I have to listen to this?
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Why don't I buy you a coffee? Dr Lane here can look after the stall.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- You wanted to ask me something? - Yes.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Your relationship with Adrian.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46I told your boss last night about us.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48You said you'd only been together for a short time.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- Four months.- Can you prove that?
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Ask about.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56You can't keep secrets for long in this business.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59We weren't going to say anything until Adrian had...
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Well, he's got a lot to sort out.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05You're not kidding. But you can see why we're asking.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10I mean, after Ritchie died you inherited all this, got the good job, nice office...
0:28:10 > 0:28:14And, what, that would be a reason for me to murder my husband?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16And Adrian gets the company.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20- Nice little package. - How can you even think that?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Well, look at it from Adrian's point of view.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27- He's ended up with everything he ever wanted. - Except I lost my brother.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Does your missus know you're here?
0:28:31 > 0:28:35If you want a divorce lawyer, I know three to avoid.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39OK, if you have any questions to ask us, why don't you just ask them?
0:28:39 > 0:28:43We don't have any secrets from each other.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45You never liked Alison, did you?
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Because of the way that she was with other men?
0:28:48 > 0:28:50I said she never loved him.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53You mentioned Tyler,
0:28:53 > 0:28:57but thinking back was there anyone else in particular that she was close to?
0:28:57 > 0:28:59No, she was like that with all blokes.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- How is she with Adrian? - I don't know.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06He just did the money stuff, I didn't really see much of him.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- What are you saying? - Nothing, nothing, I was just asking.
0:29:12 > 0:29:18Apparently you were very protective of Ritchie - so presumably you'd have looked out for him?
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Yeah, I tried to.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23He was very charismatic, wasn't he?
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Talented, good looking, kind.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30I can see why you felt the way you did about him.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31What do you mean?
0:29:33 > 0:29:37- I wasn't in love with him. - Nothing wrong with it if you were.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Is it true Ritchie wanted to buy you out of the company?
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Ritchie often said things he didn't really mean.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49So he did, or he didn't?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51He mentioned it.
0:29:51 > 0:29:52Did he make an offer?
0:29:54 > 0:29:57Yes, 200 grand.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Adrian?
0:29:59 > 0:30:04- That doesn't sound like very much. - Well, the company was on its knees and it was barely worth anything.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08- Ritchie couldn't even find 200 grand.- He did tell me he was going to come into some money though.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10He said he had a plan.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13I never knew what it was.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15I guess it might have come through if...
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- Why did he want you out of the company?- He wasn't a businessman.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21I was trying to help him but he didn't like my plans for the label.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Lucky you took over when you did then.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Well, not really. My brother DIED. Do you think I didn't care?
0:30:27 > 0:30:33Am I right in thinking that shortly before his death he started boozing again?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- Yes.- It wasn't anything serious.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39An alcoholic falling off the wagon is always serious.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43- Well, he wasn't drinking heavily. - Yes, he was.- Why?- I don't know.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45There's always a reason?
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Do you think he suspected that there was something going on with you two?
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Oh, for God's sake! Why aren't you finding out who killed my brother
0:30:52 > 0:30:55instead of asking us these bloody stupid questions?!
0:30:58 > 0:31:00I'm sorry.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Ritchie broke his arm a few weeks before his death.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06How did that happen?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08He fell off a motorbike, I think.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10You think?
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Life with Ritchie was full of surprises.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15I lost track of everything he got up to.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18I told him he should be more careful on the bike.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Was Mr Lane right,
0:31:24 > 0:31:28about you never having forgiven yourself for not being able to help Ritchie that night?
0:31:30 > 0:31:31Yeah.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37I'm telling you, you look a picture.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42- You go down the disco tonight you'll really get noticed.- What's going on?
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- I'm minding your stall for you, love.- What have you done?
0:31:44 > 0:31:49If you don't mind me saying so, you weren't making the most of your presentation.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53So I've organised everything in units and I've colour coded things, you see.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- It's my stall!- Well, yes, I know.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Hang on a minute. ..Are you buying that, love?
0:31:57 > 0:31:59- How much is it? - Have a look at the tag!
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- It's £35.- £35, love.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- Yeah, go on.- Yes, sold to the lady.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- Thank you.- Very nice Bolero is that.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10That's rabbit fur is that, or maybe its mink...
0:32:10 > 0:32:12And the bag is free. £35.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14- Thank you very much. - Thank you, enjoy.- Bye.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Now what were you saying?
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Come on, Brian.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Right, here's your money.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24I enjoyed that.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32I might get me own stall.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36- I could make a fortune.- Wait...
0:32:36 > 0:32:38What?
0:32:38 > 0:32:41There's something else.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43When I found Ritchie... I took something.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45What did you take?
0:32:45 > 0:32:47His notebook. It was on his desk.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51I'd seen him writing in it all the time, personal stuff he said.
0:32:51 > 0:32:52You know, thoughts, ideas.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Why did you take it?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Because I hoped he might have written about me.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58And did he?
0:33:01 > 0:33:06I couldn't give it back before, I knew I'd get in trouble... But I don't want it any more.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- OK, where is it now?- At my place.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12- Where's that? - Five minutes from here.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Lead the way!
0:33:17 > 0:33:19There you go.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Where's...? Ah.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27That was interest... Oh, what you got there?
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- It's a notebook belonging to Ritchie.- Where did you find that?
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Melanie. Took it from the studio after finding the body.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- What, she nicked it?- I knew she wasn't telling us everything.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40- So what's in there? - Oh, sketches, ideas...
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Some terrible poetry!
0:33:42 > 0:33:46There might be something in here. How were Alison and Adrian?
0:33:46 > 0:33:50He's hiding something, playing down how his brother was during those last few weeks.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52And he's got a hell of a temper.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56- I thought he was going to thump Gerry at one point. - You all right?- 'Course I am.
0:33:56 > 0:34:01But she did give us one thing, a picture of Tyler Curtis.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- Oh, good!- And Ritchie's broken arm -
0:34:04 > 0:34:07she said she thought he fell off a motorbike.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10When I was married I might have been a bit vague about a few things,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12you know, anniversaries, birthdays.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Whose bed you should be sleeping in.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17But even I would remember how one of my exes broke an arm.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Ah, you old romantic(!)
0:34:19 > 0:34:24What about if Ritchie had had enough, tells Tyler to get out of the house.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26There's an argument, a fight. Bosh!
0:34:26 > 0:34:30Circulate that. I want to talk to him.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Yeah, yeah. Nothing!
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Jack? Have a look at this.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09..OK, well thanks again for checking. Cheers, bye.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12The accident report from when Ritchie broke his arm.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16Now, Alison said that he fell off his bike, right?
0:35:16 > 0:35:20It was a clean break with no bruising to the ribs or his chest.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23There's no grazing or cuts either!
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Yeah, which might explain her reaction.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Ritchie did not fall off a bike.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Guv? I think we've got something!
0:35:33 > 0:35:36- Here.- "TS 75K"?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39There are a dozen or so more exactly like this.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44Here dated 26th of January; "SP 120K."
0:35:44 > 0:35:47"KM 60K", that's on the 30th January.
0:35:47 > 0:35:48They go on.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Alison said Ritchie had some scheme for making money.
0:35:51 > 0:35:56Now, the last entry was here on the 17th March,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59three weeks before his murder, "CD".
0:35:59 > 0:36:03- If they're initials who's are they? - We could ask Alison, she might have an idea.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05No, the person to speak to is Sarah.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08She knew Ritchie better than anyone.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- What are they? - That's what we want to know.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Well...
0:36:14 > 0:36:16They could be...
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Could be?
0:36:19 > 0:36:23AC that could be Alex Clarke,
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- he's another designer.- Hang on.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Alex Clarke, OK.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34"SP", that might be Sean Pate, he's a film maker Ritchie knew.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36"IA"?
0:36:36 > 0:36:40No not sure about that one, but "ER" could be Eleanor Rodley.
0:36:40 > 0:36:46- I'm only guessing, but these could be the initials of some of Ritchie's best friends.- Cheers.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48No, no, that's fine I'll hold.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- This is interesting.- What's that?
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Minutes of a board meeting that Ritchie convened
0:36:53 > 0:36:59on the 3rd of January, 2002 where he proposed removing his brother from the company.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01And there were and I quote... REPLY ON PHONE
0:37:01 > 0:37:05"Insufficient funds to offer an appropriate financial settlement"
0:37:05 > 0:37:08so the idea was rejected.
0:37:08 > 0:37:09Hello.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Yeah. Oh, that's terrific.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17Nah, thanks very much. I owe you one!
0:37:17 > 0:37:18Whey, now we're getting somewhere.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21That was Sutton Nick. They think they've identified Tyler.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24- Really?- Well, they couldn't confirm his surname,
0:37:24 > 0:37:29but there's a Tyler matching our description who's working at some rehab commune in Kingswood.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33So come on, I'll take you for a nice ride in the country.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Right.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- 'Hello?' - Sandra Pullman, Metropolitan Police.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Is Alex Clarke there?
0:37:49 > 0:37:53- 'Hello?'- I wonder if I could have a word with Sean Pate?
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- Are you sure this is the place? - Ah, I bloody hope so!
0:38:15 > 0:38:17He's in there.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Cheers.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Tyler Curtis?
0:38:27 > 0:38:28Eight years,
0:38:28 > 0:38:31I've been here eight years.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33It's the best thing that ever happened.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35But why did you shut yourself away from everyone?
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Just easier that way.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42We're all ex-addicts here on the farm, we keep each other out of trouble.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- Do any of you two smoke?- Yeah, yeah.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Thanks.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54It's the one addiction we're allowed, you know.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Here y'are.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Why did you leave Ritchie's place?
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Because it was just too hard.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07I had thought that Alison might change her mind and take me back.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09So you went to stay with Colin Beck?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14I had nowhere else to go.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Colin was kind, you know, but...
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- Well, I had no money and I needed to score.- So you stole from him?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- No, no, he gave it to me.- Did he?
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Yeah, yeah. Well, look...
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Look, it's not his fault, is it?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Colin's a straight guy, he doesn't know how to handle a junkie.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36I gave my life to that shit.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40I even chose it over Alison.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42That is the biggest mistake of my life.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46You didn't go to Ritchie's to clean up. You went there to be near her.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Yeah.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Although I did try for a while, you know,
0:39:52 > 0:39:55for her sake to show her that I could change.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57But it was just was too hard.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Ritchie, man, he...
0:40:00 > 0:40:02he killed me with kindness.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Did you argue?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- Yeah, yeah, once or twice. - Did it get physical?
0:40:08 > 0:40:10- No.- Come on.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14He's married to your ex, the woman you loved.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15Now don't tell me that didn't hurt?
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Yes, it did hurt, that's why I left.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Nah, I think you couldn't handle it any more.
0:40:20 > 0:40:25Seeing them all happy and loved up, I think you snapped.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28It only happened the once.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Is that how he ended up with a broken arm?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Yeah, I was wound up.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36We had an argument and I pushed him and he fell over.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Even then he forgave me.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45That was Ritchie, you see, he wanted to see the good in everyone.
0:40:45 > 0:40:46Even if it wasn't there.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Where were you on the night Ritchie died?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- I was with Colin.- Where?
0:40:52 > 0:40:55I was in his flat. All night.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25We'll be in touch.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29It would be a lot easier for us if you didn't do one of your vanishing acts again.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Where would I go?
0:41:32 > 0:41:33This is my home.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Well, Tyler certainly had a motive.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40He was in love with Alison and wanted her back.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45And he was high on smack, and he admitted he had this fight with Ritchie and Ritchie fell over.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- But it's a hell of a leap from there to killing a man. - Plus he's got an alibi.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53All right, let's park that for a minute and take a look at this.
0:41:53 > 0:41:5613 initials. Of those we have nine possible names.
0:41:56 > 0:42:01Now, Brian and I tracked down seven of them and they all had one thing in common.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06Each of them invested money through Ritchie into a company called Tempestas Capital Management.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- And that is? - Bloody difficult to track down.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Whatever it is, it's offshore.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13- How does this figure with Tyler? - I don't know.
0:42:13 > 0:42:18Well, we better have another word with Colin Beck, he gave Tyler his alibi.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22Yeah, all right, but in the mean time I'd like you two to speak to Peter Glyn,
0:42:22 > 0:42:26the OIC at Specialist Crime and see if he can figure what this is all about.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33Tempestas Capital Management's a new one on me.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35It might take some time to find it.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39I can call you when I've got news.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41We'll wait.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Mr Beck. Where were you on the night Ritchie was murdered?
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- Well, here at my flat.- With Tyler?
0:42:50 > 0:42:52- Yes.- You never left him?
0:42:52 > 0:42:54No. We were here all night.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56What did the two of you do all night?
0:42:57 > 0:42:59I couldn't tell you exactly.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02But you remember enough to know that he never went out?
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- Yes.- Not even to score any smack?
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Now you told me he wasn't using when he lived here. That wasn't true, was it?
0:43:09 > 0:43:12You gave him money.
0:43:12 > 0:43:13Yes.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16I wish I could deny it but the truth is I felt out of my depth with him.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19- I didn't know what to do. - Why did you agree to help him?
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Loyalty to Ritchie.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24As I told you before, I really just wanted to help.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28Well, as you didn't buy the drugs yourself we can't nick you for it,
0:43:28 > 0:43:33- but I'm sure you realise it was an incredibly irresponsible thing to do.- I do.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36I accept that.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44It is fascinating, isn't it?
0:43:44 > 0:43:46Forensic accountancy?
0:43:47 > 0:43:49What's that?
0:43:49 > 0:43:51A cash flow statement.
0:43:51 > 0:43:52Oh.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59Brian, could you leave them, please?
0:43:59 > 0:44:00Sorry.
0:44:02 > 0:44:06I always fancied dabbling in the markets meself.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08But Esther, my wife, she was dead against it.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11Silly, I could have been a tycoon.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18No, not there, Jack!
0:44:18 > 0:44:20Any joy?
0:44:20 > 0:44:21It's very technical.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Thank you.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Cheers.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33Tyler must have got out of the flat without him knowing.
0:44:33 > 0:44:37- MOBILE PHONE RINGS - Either that or Beck's covering for him.- Why would he do that?
0:44:39 > 0:44:40Jack?
0:44:43 > 0:44:46OK, we'll be right there.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49Tempestas Capital Management was established in 2000 by Colin Beck
0:44:49 > 0:44:52and it's still going today, which is remarkable.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56Beck specifically told us he never had any financial dealings with Ritchie.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59- Well, he'd hardly have mentioned this to you.- Why?
0:44:59 > 0:45:04- And why's it remarkable that Tempestas is still going?- Because of the nature of what this scheme is.
0:45:04 > 0:45:08Just look at the company's cash flow statements.
0:45:08 > 0:45:09Now do you see?
0:45:09 > 0:45:12No, Brian, I don't. All I see are a lot of numbers.
0:45:12 > 0:45:16To make sense of that you need to know what the stock market was doing at the time.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18- And what was it doing?- Fluctuating.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21But the returns from Tempestas weren't.
0:45:21 > 0:45:25Do I have to bang my head against this desk before you start speaking English?
0:45:25 > 0:45:27- Maybe I should explain this. - Yes, please.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30With any investment, the returns reflect changes in the money markets.
0:45:30 > 0:45:35The markets rise, so do profits, markets fall, share values follow.
0:45:35 > 0:45:40- OK.- But here the investors are getting consistently large returns,
0:45:40 > 0:45:42independent of any global financial patterns.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46- Which means?- It's...- It's a Ponzi.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48- What, you mean like that American bloke?- Bernie Madoff.
0:45:48 > 0:45:52- What exactly is a Ponzi?- Oh, for...!
0:45:52 > 0:45:55Essentially, it's just piles of cash.
0:45:55 > 0:46:00They all start with a promise of very high returns, probably something like 50%.
0:46:00 > 0:46:05So you persuade Person A to invest. Then Person B.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08You take Person B's money and use that to pay out to Person A.
0:46:08 > 0:46:13But then you need Person C to pay out to person B, and so it goes on.
0:46:13 > 0:46:17And those investors are the people whose names we found in Ritchie's diary?
0:46:17 > 0:46:21Eight years ago, yes, but now there's hundreds of people involved.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24That's why they're illegal, they can only end one of two ways.
0:46:24 > 0:46:30Either the person behind it pockets the cash and skips the country or it collapses under its own weight.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33And this is where Ritchie was hoping to get his money from?
0:46:33 > 0:46:37- Do you think he and Beck cooked it up together?- I don't know.
0:46:37 > 0:46:41OK, so Colin Beck is a very dodgy investment broker, right?
0:46:41 > 0:46:45- But how does this tie in with the murder?- We're beyond that now.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48There's tens of millions tied up. We need to talk to the SFO and the FSA.
0:46:48 > 0:46:53No, hold on, hold on, if the Fraud boys come in, they'll take it right out of our hands.
0:46:53 > 0:46:57- No way. It's our case. - What if Alison knew all about this.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59Could she have killed Ritchie for the money?
0:46:59 > 0:47:01I'm not so sure she did know.
0:47:01 > 0:47:05After his death, the dividends were transferred into another account.
0:47:05 > 0:47:06Whose?
0:47:06 > 0:47:08Adrian's.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Ever heard of Charles Ponzi?
0:47:12 > 0:47:14Let me give you a clue.
0:47:14 > 0:47:19Tempestas Capital Management. A certain fraudulent investment scheme.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23Which you're still making money from.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26- I don't know what you're talking about.- Yeah, you do.
0:47:26 > 0:47:30I'm now showing Mr Levene a copy of his personal bank statement.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32Quite a tidy sum.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35You were there the night of Ritchie's party.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38Who's to say that you didn't follow him into his studio?
0:47:38 > 0:47:43- We've seen it all before. You'd both been drinking, an argument gets heated...- That's ridiculous.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46When I asked you about Ritchie wanting you out of the company,
0:47:46 > 0:47:47you said he "mentioned" it.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50He did more than that, he spoke to the board.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53He couldn't force you out because he was broke,
0:47:53 > 0:47:58but if you discovered that he was about to come into some serious money, you'd know he could, so...
0:47:58 > 0:48:03kill him, transfer the investment to your name, you get the company and the cash.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06And the girl. How long had you had feelings for Alison?
0:48:06 > 0:48:09How much easier would it have been with your brother out of the way?
0:48:09 > 0:48:11I did not kill him!
0:48:11 > 0:48:13Then why's this money in your account?
0:48:15 > 0:48:18Because I didn't want Alison knowing about it.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21I knew what it was and I didn't want it going near her.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24Oh, you were just looking after it for her, were you?
0:48:26 > 0:48:29- Did Ritchie set this scheme up?- No.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31No, he was just an investor.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33He didn't have any money.
0:48:33 > 0:48:37He forged our parents' signatures on some of their share certificates.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39Why would he do that to your parents?
0:48:39 > 0:48:45Because Colin Beck convinced him it was a chance in a lifetime, exclusive investment that would
0:48:45 > 0:48:49rescue the label and make him rich again. That was all my brother needed to hear.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51And that's why he got his friends involved.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54Yeah, Beck encouraged him to.
0:48:54 > 0:48:58My brother thought he was onto a good thing and he wanted to share it with them.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00So this whole thing was Colin Beck's idea?
0:49:00 > 0:49:04Of course, my brother didn't have a clue what he was getting into.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08It was only when I looked at it I could see that his money was all tied up
0:49:08 > 0:49:10and he was unlikely that he'd ever get it back.
0:49:10 > 0:49:15- Why not?- Because you can't withdraw your original stake without endangering the whole scheme.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17So, what did you do?
0:49:17 > 0:49:21We confronted Colin, but he knew that we wouldn't want to risk a scandal.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23The label was in enough trouble...
0:49:23 > 0:49:27And Ritchie was terrified that his friends would find out what he got them into.
0:49:29 > 0:49:35But then he changed his mind and he told Colin that he was going to expose the whole thing anyway.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37Why?
0:49:37 > 0:49:39He was an honest man.
0:49:39 > 0:49:44He couldn't live with himself knowing that Colin had taken them all for a ride.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48After Ritchie's murder, why didn't you go to the police and tell them all this?
0:49:48 > 0:49:49I was thinking of his friends.
0:49:49 > 0:49:52They were good people. They'd have lost everything.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54Nice try, but that's not it.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58You arranged with Beck to transfer the Ponzi account to your name.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01You wanted that scheme to keep going.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04Look, all along you have treated me like a criminal, so, yes
0:50:04 > 0:50:08I hold my hands up, I knew what it was and I didn't say anything.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12But if you think that I had something to do with Ritchie's death...
0:50:14 > 0:50:15I loved him.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21But he was the artist, and I was just a money man.
0:50:21 > 0:50:26In the end though, I was the one who saved his company, not him.
0:50:26 > 0:50:31I just wish that he was here so that he could see that I could have helped.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34That's all I wanted to do.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40If Ritchie was about to blow the whistle on the Ponzi,
0:50:40 > 0:50:43it gives Beck a hell of a motive for wanting him dead.
0:50:43 > 0:50:48We mustn't loose sight of Tyler, he's the one with the oldest motive in the world - jealousy.
0:50:48 > 0:50:52Convenient then that our two suspects are each other's alibis, eh?
0:50:52 > 0:50:56And we know that Tyler was capable of being physically violent with Ritchie.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59We'll bring them both in.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01You're retired, is that right?
0:51:01 > 0:51:02Yes, happily.
0:51:02 > 0:51:07- You don't still, what's the word, dabble?- No, no.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09When you were working, what was it exactly that you did?
0:51:09 > 0:51:12I was a financier. I dealt in capital growth programs.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14More specifically?
0:51:14 > 0:51:18Well, it's rather complicated. I employed a system of financial instruments.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22I traded futures, stock options, derivatives, leverages.
0:51:22 > 0:51:24This is fascinating I could listen to it all day!
0:51:24 > 0:51:27And Ponzi's - what do you know about them?
0:51:30 > 0:51:32When Ritchie found out what you'd got him into,
0:51:32 > 0:51:36he threatened to expose you, so you wanted shot of him.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39Ritchie was my friend, and besides, I wasn't at the party that night.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42And your alibi is Tyler Curtis?
0:51:42 > 0:51:44Now the question is, which one of you is lying for the other?
0:51:44 > 0:51:49- Well, if you found him, we could sort all this out.- Oh, we have. We should be picking him up any minute.
0:51:55 > 0:51:56Tyler?
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Tyler! ..Call for back up.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04This is Jack Halford from UCOS.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07I need urgent assistance at Fairchurch Farm, Kingswood.
0:52:07 > 0:52:11My colleague is pursuing a suspect on foot. I need back up immediately.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38Stay where you are, it's all right, stay where you are.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42- It's all right. I just need to talk. - FABRIC TEARS
0:52:42 > 0:52:44Shit!
0:52:45 > 0:52:48Look, son,
0:52:48 > 0:52:53it doesn't look good when you keep running away.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55Now, it's just the two of us, all right?
0:52:55 > 0:52:58So, come on, tell me...
0:52:58 > 0:53:00what really happened that night?
0:53:00 > 0:53:02HE LAUGHS
0:53:02 > 0:53:05I don't know...
0:53:05 > 0:53:07- I don't know, I can't remember. - Oh, come on.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10No, really. I can't remember.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13I was completely out of the game.
0:53:13 > 0:53:17I woke up the next morning, it's all over the news, Ritchie's dead.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19I don't know what happened. I don't know.
0:53:21 > 0:53:22It's not good enough, son.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41Why?
0:53:41 > 0:53:44Why did you have to come and find me?
0:53:44 > 0:53:48Why did you have to bring all this back to me?
0:53:48 > 0:53:50It's my job.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55Come on, let's go.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59Tyler!
0:53:59 > 0:54:00Tyler, give it up!
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Come down.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06We need to talk about this.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08Tyler?
0:54:10 > 0:54:11Tyler! No!
0:54:15 > 0:54:16Shit!
0:54:50 > 0:54:55He obviously thought we were there to arrest him for Ritchie's murder. There you go.
0:54:55 > 0:54:59Well, I suppose that's as close to a confession as we're going to get.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01He didn't do it.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03What do you mean?
0:55:03 > 0:55:06I don't think he did it.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09Look, if it's all right with you I want to check something.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17Faced with exposure, you saw your chance with Tyler.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20You made sure that he'd enough drugs to knock him out for the night,
0:55:20 > 0:55:24then went to the party where it was dark and crowded,
0:55:24 > 0:55:27making it nice and easy for you to slip in unnoticed.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30Either that or Ritchie opened the back door of the studio for you.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33- And then you killed him. - This is ludicrous.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35What does Tyler have to say about all this?
0:55:35 > 0:55:37He's dead.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Dead?
0:55:39 > 0:55:43- Well, then he can't contradict my alibi even if he wanted to. - He doesn't have to.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46Do you know a Graham Moss?
0:55:46 > 0:55:52- No.- Well, you should, he's opened a door for you pretty much every week day for the last 12 years.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54He's the concierge at your flats.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57Yeah, I just went to see him - really nice bloke -
0:55:57 > 0:56:01and him and the other porters keep very thorough records.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03You see, the night Ritchie died
0:56:03 > 0:56:07one of the neighbours complained about loud music coming from your flat.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10They phoned the council helpline who sent someone round
0:56:10 > 0:56:13and one of the night porters unlocked the door for them.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15Where they found...
0:56:15 > 0:56:21"A young man, known to be a guest of Mr Beck's, asleep on the floor."
0:56:21 > 0:56:23"Assuming he was drunk,
0:56:23 > 0:56:27"they turned off the music and left..."
0:56:27 > 0:56:30And YOU weren't there.
0:56:30 > 0:56:35- What was that about alibis?- Well, none of that proves I killed Ritchie.
0:56:35 > 0:56:40True, but the FSA are going to be fascinated to see what we've got on you.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43How long did they send Madoff down for?
0:56:43 > 0:56:46Madoff, oh, 150 years, wasn't it?
0:56:46 > 0:56:50Of course, that's America. We don't hand out sentences like that.
0:56:50 > 0:56:53We keep it simpler. We call it life.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58Do you think you have enough evidence?
0:56:58 > 0:57:02Well, I can't promise anything, but he had the motive and he gave us a false alibi.
0:57:02 > 0:57:06I mean, we're fairly certain we'd get him on financial wrong-doings,
0:57:06 > 0:57:10but that's how it goes sometimes, just get them the best way you can.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13I was so sure it was Adrian.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15I've wasted all that time blaming him.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19You didn't really waste any time. You got an answer.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21Besides, we both made mistakes on this one.
0:57:21 > 0:57:25Yeah, I'm sorry.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27That must have been terrible.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30It was, it was really horrible.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33You can't blame yourself for what happened.
0:57:36 > 0:57:40So, you're back to the old look, then?
0:57:40 > 0:57:41Yeah.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43I'm retro and proud of it.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48# It's all right, it's OK
0:57:48 > 0:57:50# Doesn't really matter if you're old and gray
0:57:50 > 0:57:53# It's all right, I say, it's OK
0:57:53 > 0:57:56# Listen to what I say
0:57:56 > 0:57:58# It's all right, doin' fine
0:57:58 > 0:58:02# Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine
0:58:02 > 0:58:04# It's all right, I say it's OK
0:58:04 > 0:58:07# We're gettin' to the end of the day! #
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