0:00:02 > 0:00:039:02pm, 7th February 2004.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06This is the 7pm train from Charing Cross to Dover,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09and it's two hours into its journey.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Two hours? Shouldn't they be in Dover by now?
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Yeah, it should be, but a couple of miles out of the station,
0:00:14 > 0:00:17someone pulled the emergency handle. Now, watch this.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Four seconds.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30It takes four seconds to go through that first door,
0:00:30 > 0:00:36along the short connecting corridor and then into the buffet car.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Four seconds.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40This guy here is Dr Phillip Mackenna.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43He's a physics professor at University College London.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46He was due to catch the ferry from Dover to Calais,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49and then another train to Paris, where he was going to speak
0:00:49 > 0:00:52at a conference on theoretical physics the following evening.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Now, keep watching.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58He talks to the blind man,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01then he gets up and heads to the buffet car.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Four seconds.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Doesn't matter how long you wait -
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Phillip Mackenna never comes through that door,
0:01:20 > 0:01:22and he hasn't been seen since.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Let's not waste any time on the first mystery.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52The train was stationary for nine minutes,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55and Mackenna disappeared six minutes into that time.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57The connecting corridor between the carriages is where
0:01:57 > 0:02:00the external doors are, and it seems likely that someone opened
0:02:00 > 0:02:04that door and grabbed Mackenna on his way to the buffet car.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Now, there's a country lane a few hundred yards from the track,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10and a witness from the local village reported seeing an unmarked van
0:02:10 > 0:02:13parked on the verge there around the time of the abduction.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14That van has never been traced.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Yeah, but are we really sure it was an abduction?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I mean, Mackenna didn't just do a vanishing act
0:02:19 > 0:02:20to get away from his old woman?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23There are easier ways to disappear.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24CCTV shows Mackenna
0:02:24 > 0:02:26in his seat when the emergency handle was pulled -
0:02:26 > 0:02:28he couldn't have done it himself.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- So who did?- Don't know, happened off camera.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Do we know what the blind man said to Mackenna?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36He came forward as a witness in the original investigation.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39He'd been chatting to Mackenna off and on during the journey
0:02:39 > 0:02:41and had just asked him for a glass of water.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44That's a bit of a coincidence, isn't it? I mean, the timing.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Guy checked out, apparently.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Oh, yeah? Who was in charge of the show back then?
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- Thomas Doyle. He's a DI...- I know Tom Doyle. He's good, detailed.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54If he said he checked out the blind man...
0:02:54 > 0:02:57The problem with Doyle's investigation was that
0:02:57 > 0:02:59they got off to a late start. Although we now know that
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Mackenna went missing from this train,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05someone using his passport boarded the ferry to Calais
0:03:05 > 0:03:06and checked into his Paris room.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10He wasn't reported missing until he failed to turn up at the conference
0:03:10 > 0:03:11the following evening.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15And because he checked into the hotel, the search started in Paris?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Exactly. It was four days before anyone thought
0:03:17 > 0:03:19to check the CCTV from the train
0:03:19 > 0:03:22and realised that he had gone missing this side of the Channel,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24at which point it finally became Doyle's case.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Any CCTV footage of this mystery man
0:03:28 > 0:03:30boarding the ferry or checking into the hotel?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32No, and he was careful to avoid the cameras,
0:03:32 > 0:03:35and the hotel staff don't remember him.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38So, whoever abducted Mackenna were laying a false trail to buy time.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- But for what? - Get him out the country.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- A boat from the coast, a private airfield.- Take him where?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- Possibly Switzerland. - Why Switzerland?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Well, that's what this new evidence is suggesting.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54See, the original investigation hit a brick wall very quickly.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Doyle looked at every single person on that train,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59he even interviewed most of them, but he couldn't find out
0:03:59 > 0:04:02who pulled the emergency handle and he couldn't come up with
0:04:02 > 0:04:06a single passenger that seemed in any way linked to the abduction.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07But now, there's this.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Bea Mackenna, Phillip Mackenna's wife, came to us
0:04:12 > 0:04:16because she's been receiving anonymous e-mails claiming to know
0:04:16 > 0:04:19what happened to her husband, and the latest one came
0:04:19 > 0:04:23with a document attached, purporting to be from the archives
0:04:23 > 0:04:26of a private research institute just outside Zurich.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Now, this document seems to suggest that the institutor
0:04:29 > 0:04:32engaged in a project which wouldn't be possible without the expertise
0:04:32 > 0:04:34that Phillip Mackenna possessed.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- Cold fusion. - That's what Mackenna worked on,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39and that's what this company in Switzerland are doing.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Don't ask me to explain it.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Oh, it's to do with splitting atoms
0:04:43 > 0:04:46and releasing huge amounts of energy, at room temperature.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Most people don't think it'll ever be possible,
0:04:48 > 0:04:52but if Mackenna thought he had cracked it, it would be massive.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56We're talking about wiping out oil, gas and nuclear power overnight,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58and replacing it with something
0:04:58 > 0:05:00that's cheaper, cleaner and more efficient.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I do occasionally read the bits before the sports section.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- And is this document real? - We don't know.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11The Swiss company obviously denies it, and we won't know
0:05:11 > 0:05:13whether it's genuine or not until we find out
0:05:13 > 0:05:15who sent it and how they got hold of it.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19"I know what happened to your husband. I'll be in touch soon."
0:05:19 > 0:05:22That was the first one, it came about a month ago.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27I have since had five more messages, each one getting a little bit more specific,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30almost as if this person is finding out more information as they go.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35- And the latest e-mail had the document attached?- That's right.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37What did you make of the document?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I'm not a scientist. I recognised some of the technical terms
0:05:40 > 0:05:43and phrases on there from things Phillip has talked about,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45but really it's gobbledygook to me.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49We have a deal - Phillip doesn't try to explain science to me
0:05:49 > 0:05:51and I don't bore him with anecdotes about my work.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55It's probably one of the main reasons we're still married.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Sorry, that sounded a bit, um...
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- I just mean our lives are quite separate in a lot of ways.- Are?
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Excuse me?- You said "are separate". - Yes. As opposed to "were".
0:06:08 > 0:06:11My husband is missing, he's not...
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Is there a reason you know of why I should be talking about him
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- in the past tense? - No, no, I suppose not.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21How are your lives separate, Mrs Mackenna?
0:06:22 > 0:06:26I just want someone to find my husband. How difficult can it be?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30He wasn't trekking through the Amazon, he was on a train to Dover.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Why Dover?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- What?- London to Paris via the ferry is a good old trip.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Oh, Phillip doesn't fly, and he doesn't like tunnels.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40It's to do with confined spaces.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45This is partly what I mean about our lives being separate.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I work in financial PR, so my job requires a lot of socialising,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51whereas Phillip's personality is, um...
0:06:51 > 0:06:54He's not very easy with people, certainly not with large groups.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Were your lives separate in any other respect?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Phillip hasn't run off with another woman.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Your predecessors wasted a lot of time looking into that possibility,
0:07:06 > 0:07:10because they didn't understand - Phillip needs me.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15He was always, um...nervous, I suppose you'd say. Highly strung.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19But over the years, he's become less good at ordinary things -
0:07:19 > 0:07:23buying food, paying bills, social interaction.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I take care of all of that. I keep the world at bay,
0:07:26 > 0:07:31because Phillip needs stability so that he can focus on his work.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32He just doesn't cope very well with everyday life.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37If Doctor Mackenna doesn't cope very well and isn't very good with people,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40what was he doing going to Paris, alone, to address a conference?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42He was a last-minute replacement -
0:07:42 > 0:07:45that's why I wasn't able to drop everything and go with him.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Who was he replacing?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Brian Rutland?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Hi. Gerry Standing.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56I'm with the Metropolitan Police's Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- It's about Mackenna?- That's right, yeah. Now, we understand...
0:08:00 > 0:08:03What more can you people possibly need to know?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05We're re-opening the investigation.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Yes, I got that from the "Unsolved Crimes" reference.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I already answered all the questions.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11I'm sure you keep records.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Well, maybe I have some different questions.- I doubt it.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Now, you were Dr Mackenna's partner in the cold-fusion project?
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Is that supposed to be an example of a question I wasn't asked before?
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Look, I'm sorry, Mr Rutland, but...
0:08:23 > 0:08:28Why don't you read the extensive records of my conversations with the police on this matter?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31I'm sure you'll find all the answers you're looking for there,
0:08:31 > 0:08:35and then you'll only be wasting your time and not mine.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38I could phone my Detective Superintendent and get her
0:08:38 > 0:08:41to drag you down to the station for a formal interview.
0:08:46 > 0:08:53Fine. Yes, I was Phillip Mackenna's partner in the fusion project.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56You were supposed to be giving a lecture at a conference in Paris?
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Yes, but I couldn't go, so Phillip took my place. Except he didn't.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01And why couldn't you go?
0:09:01 > 0:09:05All this was dealt with in the original investigation.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10My house was burgled the night before.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13They took my passport, among other things.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15It was easier for Phillip to go in my stead
0:09:15 > 0:09:18than for me to get a replacement passport in time.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20And you reported the burglary?
0:09:20 > 0:09:24I did, yes. A policeman came round, said it was probably kids,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27gave me a crime number for my insurance policy
0:09:27 > 0:09:29and was out the door again inside ten minutes.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Marvellous service you people provide(!)
0:09:31 > 0:09:33What made him think kids?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36I'm not party to the synaptic firework display that went off
0:09:36 > 0:09:37in that super-sleuth's brain but...
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- But how did they get in? - They broke a window.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44You didn't think it was odd a bunch of kids nicked your passport?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Perhaps they wanted to go to Disneyland(!)
0:09:47 > 0:09:50It wasn't just my passport. They broke a window to my office,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53took whatever was immediately available to hand.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Laptop, some spare cash...
0:09:55 > 0:09:57My passport was in one of the drawers.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59None of which struck me as anything other than
0:09:59 > 0:10:01completely bloody irritating at the time.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Now this talk you were supposed to give in Paris was
0:10:04 > 0:10:07about the cold-fusion project that you and Mackenna were working on?
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Well, it was a process that could ultimately lead to cold fusion, yes.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Do you care to be more specific?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16No, I wouldn't. Partly because the work was subject to
0:10:16 > 0:10:18many different confidentiality agreements
0:10:18 > 0:10:21and partly because you wouldn't understand a word of it.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- Try me.- No, I don't think I will.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Are you still working on the project? - No, I'm not.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Phillip and I were working together,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36but separately, coming at the problem from different angles.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Without his knowledge, there is no way to move on.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40What about his notes?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Phillip's notes were incomplete at best.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45The important information was stored in his head.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Now, if this thing worked,
0:10:47 > 0:10:51presumably it would be worth a great deal of money?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53You have no idea.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Were you ever approached to sell the research?
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Once or twice a month, yes.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01What corporate entity wouldn't want a chance at providing clean,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03low-cost energy to the world? But...
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- My loyalty, Mr...- Standing.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10..Mr Standing, is to this institution,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14and to the notion of science as a means of human advancement.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I'm not in it to make a quick buck.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19And did Dr Mackenna think the same way?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Well, he's not here to answer that question,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23so I suppose you must draw your own conclusions.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29So, Rutland's burgled and gets his passport nicked.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- And Mackenna has to go to Paris in his place.- What a coincidence.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35OK, dig out the original crime report and let's take a look at that.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Oh, you won't get anything there. They thought it was kids.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Apparently, they sent one uniform and a crime number.
0:11:42 > 0:11:43You all right, Brian?
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- Brian?- Oh, there you are.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- I've got something.- What?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- It's big.- What is it?- It's very big.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Well, what is it, Brian?!
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Phillip Mackenna was abducted by ghosts.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03If Barton was masquerading as Elster, she was only doing it for the money.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07But where did that money go? Check the private and business accounts
0:12:07 > 0:12:08of every single player on this board,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11find that cash. And look at Ferguson again,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14he spent enough time with Barton, he must have known what she was up to.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- DI Doyle?- Yes. - Detective Superintendent...
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Pullman, yes, I've seen you around. UCOS, isn't it?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- You're reopening the Mackenna case. - That's right. This is Brian Lane.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- Memory Lane? Pleased to meet you.- Hi. - Is Jack Halford still over there?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- Oh, yes, he is. - Give him my best.- Yeah, I will do.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33We've got a couple of things we'd like to go over with you.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- Is there somewhere we can go? - Of course. This way.- Thank you.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38We're here about the blind man on the train.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42The one who asked Mackenna for a glass of water?
0:12:42 > 0:12:47- I don't remember his name. - Geoffrey Bloom.- Bloom, that's right.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- You met him?- Yeah, he came in after we appealed for witnesses.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Do you remember anything unusual about him?
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- Other than the fact he was blind? - Other than the fact he was dead.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Excuse me?
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Geoffrey Bloom died 17 days before that train left London.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03The man who was on that train,
0:13:03 > 0:13:06the man you subsequently interviewed, was not Geoffrey Bloom.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Oh, that's not possible. We got the names of the passengers
0:13:09 > 0:13:12from their credit-card bookings and we cross-referenced those
0:13:12 > 0:13:15with our databases. The system would have thrown up a red flag if...
0:13:15 > 0:13:17No, no, not necessarily.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Not in cases where someone dies, leaving no family
0:13:19 > 0:13:22or friends behind, pressing for the paperwork to be done.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25By the time Geoffrey Bloom's death had entered the system,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27your case was all but closed.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28What about Derek Mills?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31He was the man who went through to the restaurant car
0:13:31 > 0:13:32ahead of Phillip Mackenna.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- Yes.- Well, he came in as a witness.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Yeah, he was a walk-in too.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Derek Mills died 11 days before the man you spoke to got on the train.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- Lucy Dawson?- How many more are there?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46That's it. Two men and a woman.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50- Lucy Dawson didn't come in, and we couldn't find her.- Why not?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53The address we had was wrong. A screw-up on the database
0:13:53 > 0:13:55or her name wasn't on the electoral register...
0:13:55 > 0:13:58I can't remember, but we couldn't track her down.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Yeah, we don't have an image of her either.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02The CCTV camera that was supposed to be
0:14:02 > 0:14:05covering her end of the carriage was on the blink.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07But we think she was the person who
0:14:07 > 0:14:10triggered the alarm to stop the train.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- Here.- Anything you can remember about
0:14:12 > 0:14:14these two men would be extremely helpful.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- It was a long time ago.- I know, but anything, speech pattern, accent...
0:14:17 > 0:14:22- I know what you need. I just... - It's all up there, everything.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- You just need to access it. - I'm sure that's easy for you to say.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29There are techniques. Now, just think yourself back into that room.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34A man comes in and he sits opposite you. Geoffrey Bloom.
0:14:34 > 0:14:41- He's a blind man, yes?- Well, he was wearing dark glasses. Big glasses.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45- Presumably to hide his face. - Yeah, he was good.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48He came in on the arm of a WPC.
0:14:48 > 0:14:54His hand on top of her arm, so she was guiding him rather than leading.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57The way he found the edge of the table, got into his chair.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02- You'd never have known he was faking. - And when he spoke?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05No, I can't hear him. I can't hear his voice.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09So it was probably neutral. No heavy accent or unusual speech pattern?
0:15:09 > 0:15:15No, but there was, um...something... A muscle thing, on his face.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20- What do you call it? A tic? - Twitch.- Yes. It was subtle.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23And like I say, he was wearing those big glasses,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25which almost hid it completely.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- Which side?- The left. - Your left, his left?- His left.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Like I say, it wasn't a big thing,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34but it would have been more noticeable without those glasses.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Yeah, twitch. He had a twitch.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40PHONE RINGS
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- MAN:- Show Mr Halford in, please, Daph?
0:15:45 > 0:15:50- Uh, Mr Halford, Mr Fallon will... - Yes, I heard.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Chief Superintendent.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Oh, Mr now, Martin. Retired.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Oh, well, that's a very sad loss to the force.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58I mean, all this is down to you -
0:15:58 > 0:16:00if you hadn't put in a good word for me in court...
0:16:00 > 0:16:03You were never malicious, Martin, just stupid.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07That's very kind of you to say so. Could I offer you a tea? A coffee?
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Coffee would be nice.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Two coffees, please, Daph. How do you take it?
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- Milk, two sugars.- Did you hear that?
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- DAPH:- Yes, Martin.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- Ah, business is booming? - It doesn't look like much, I know.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27But we're doing OK. A lot of companies are waking up to the fact
0:16:27 > 0:16:29that they need, well, people like me
0:16:29 > 0:16:31to protect their computer systems from...
0:16:31 > 0:16:32From people like you?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Ha ha! Yes, well, poacher turned gamekeeper now,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37and that's all down to you, Mr Halford.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41- I've got a little job for you, Martin.- Really?
0:16:41 > 0:16:44I help the police sort out unsolved cases.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47These e-mails are from our current investigation.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48I'd like to know who sent them.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51I did hear a rumour one or two policemen had learned
0:16:51 > 0:16:53how to use a computer - couldn't one of them...?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Yes, if I want to take a ticket and make myself comfortable
0:16:56 > 0:16:58for a couple of weeks. They're too busy chasing...
0:16:58 > 0:17:00People like me.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Yes, we're not easy to catch.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08What about this one? Is he easy to catch?
0:17:08 > 0:17:16Hmm. Well, you see, his IP address changes with each message, you know.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Some of these are Russian, they're Japanese.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22He's bouncing these messages halfway around the world
0:17:22 > 0:17:24and back again to muddy his tracks.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29- Can you give me a name?- For a fee?
0:17:29 > 0:17:34- No.- Oh. Because I owe you one.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36This is your chance to pay me back
0:17:36 > 0:17:38for this corporate empire I helped you create.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50That's rather good,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53but you need to give it five more minutes than they say.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Stephen Fisher. Well, well, well...
0:17:56 > 0:17:58For my money, though, the cod's slightly better.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- How are you, Robert?- I'm fine.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Still overseeing Unsolved Crimes and Open...
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Among other things, yes. And you?
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Oh, you know me - paddled around for a while in the shallow ends of
0:18:11 > 0:18:14the Special Department until someone found me a cosy desk in Whitehall.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19A few more years pushing paper and I'll collect a fat pension.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24- Thinking of settling somewhere green, might write a book.- Oh?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Japanese mythology. It's a current passion of mine.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31You should read up on it, Robert. Fascinating stuff. Dining alone?
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Oh, afraid so.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39Miserable, isn't it? Audrey's off on some evening class or other.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Fad of the week stuff.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Can I buy you dinner?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Well, I suppose...
0:18:46 > 0:18:47It'd be good to catch up.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51I know a place that does a beef Wellington you won't forget in a hurry.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- You haven't turned vegetarian or anything, have you?- Me? No.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59Excellent. We can get a table before the rush starts.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Fascinating stuff, I'd have thought,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04sniffing out people who think they got away with it years ago.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Well, it can be. Satisfying to get cases off the books.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12The Wellington was very good, Carlo. As always.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Thank you, sir, I'll pass that on. Will you have dessert?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- Not for me... - You'll try the baked Alaska.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- Really... - You'd never forgive yourself.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- Two baked Alaska? - Thank you, Carlo.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Of course, news of UCOS's escapades does reach us
0:19:25 > 0:19:26in Whitehall from time to time.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- Oh, really?- In the most positive light, of course.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33I'm still not clear on exactly what it is you do now, Stephen.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Although lately perhaps, the light isn't quite so positive.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I'm sorry?
0:19:38 > 0:19:39We shouldn't talk shop.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41What did you mean by that?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Perhaps past successes have gone to your head.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Perhaps that has encouraged your team to get involved with cases
0:19:51 > 0:19:56that don't always represent the best use of scarce resources.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Such as?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59A man disappears from a train
0:19:59 > 0:20:02with a lot of very important knowledge in his head.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Is this really something a bunch of over-the-hill bobbies
0:20:05 > 0:20:07should be concerned with?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10The Mackenna case falls very well within our purview.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14As does a whole host of unsolved murders and robberies that would,
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I'm sure, prove a better focus for your concern
0:20:17 > 0:20:20than pursuing the likes of Simon Crane.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Simon Crane?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25I'm simply expressing concern.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28One likes one's friends to be well thought of.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34What exactly is your job now, Stephen?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Doesn't this look wonderful?
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Who is Simon Crane?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Delicious.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48There are seven Simon Cranes with criminal records,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50none of whom seem linked to Mackenna.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53This one may not have a criminal record.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Is Fisher trying to help us, do you think, or is he warning us off?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Stephen Fisher is never that black and white.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03It's possible someone has told him to warn us off
0:21:03 > 0:21:05and that he has a completely different agenda.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07So what do you want to do?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Keep this Simon Crane in mind, in case his name comes up,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12but let's not put him front and centre
0:21:12 > 0:21:15until we have a clearer idea of the game Fisher's playing.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17DOORBELL RINGS
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Kirsty Daniels?- No.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Is she in?- What's it regarding?
0:21:24 > 0:21:25And you are?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Asking you what it's regarding.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- Who is it?- Kirsty Daniels?- Yes.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Detective Superintendent Pullman, Brian Lane,
0:21:32 > 0:21:36from the Metropolitan Police's Unsolved Crime and Open Case squad.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- This is about Dr Mackenna?- Yes.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40You were his research assistant at UCL?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- Yes.- You don't have to let them in.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45I know. It's fine, Alice, really.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Well, I've got work to do.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Come in.- Thank you.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- Was that your lawyer? - No, Alice is a web designer.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Her last girlfriend was involved in the anti-globalisation protests,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03so Alice has developed a bit of an attitude towards the police.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09So you're freelance now, are you?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Yes, for the last three years.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13You didn't fancy staying on at UCL?
0:22:13 > 0:22:16I was hired specifically to assist with the research on that project.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Without Dr Mackenna, there was no project and no job.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22In the weeks leading up to Dr Mackenna's disappearance,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- did you notice anything different about his behaviour?- No.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29He didn't seem agitated, worried about anything?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Nothing like that. I racked my brains at the time
0:22:31 > 0:22:34for any clue something was wrong, but there was nothing.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36If someone abducted Dr Mackenna
0:22:36 > 0:22:40to advance their own cold fusion project, would that be possible?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Theoretically, yeah.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45I don't know how you'd get that knowledge out of him, though.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46How do you mean?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49He could have sold his expertise to any number of companies
0:22:49 > 0:22:51for a fortune, but he chose to work out of UCL
0:22:51 > 0:22:55because he wanted the fruits of his labours to be available to all.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57He really wasn't interested in financial rewards.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Well, it wouldn't necessarily have been money.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05There are some pretty unpleasant ways of forcing someone to tell you what they know.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08We understand that Dr Mackenna was quite dependent on his wife.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11If someone threatened her, for instance...
0:23:11 > 0:23:13I don't know. Maybe.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Even then, it's really hard to imagine anything
0:23:17 > 0:23:19making him betray his work.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- Did he ever mention a man named Simon Crane?- Crane?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Mmm.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27No. No, I don't think so.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Sorry.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- It's the timeline that's bothering me.- In what way?
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Well, after the abduction, somebody checked in to the hotel in Paris,
0:23:39 > 0:23:43pretending to be Phillip Mackenna, which bought them some time,
0:23:43 > 0:23:44and don't forget, it was four days
0:23:44 > 0:23:47before anyone checked the CCTV from the train.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Four days would be long enough to fiddle with Mackenna's passport,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- or get a new one, to get him out of the country.- Plenty of time.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56So why did two of the kidnappers stay in character
0:23:56 > 0:24:00and present themselves to Doyle as witnesses two weeks after the abduction?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02It doesn't make sense. It's a huge risk.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05And one you'd only take if you really needed the extra time.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06For what, though?
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Perhaps it wasn't Mackenna they needed, but what he knew.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18It's a lot easier to smuggle information across a border than a person.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21So if they can get him to tell them what he knows here...
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Then they don't need to take him anywhere.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Oh, dear God, that's why they needed the two weeks, to break him.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30MOBILE PHONE RINGS
0:24:30 > 0:24:32And once he'd given them what they wanted...
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Hello?
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Brilliant, where is he?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40You're kidding...
0:24:41 > 0:24:44OK, I'll meet you there in half an hour. Bye.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46I'll give you a lift back to UCOS.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Pull the files of every unidentified Caucasian male body
0:24:49 > 0:24:53found in the South East of England during the six months following the abduction.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Where are you going?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Gerry's found the blind man.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Oh.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02There are seven con men on the wanted lists of seven different European police forces.
0:25:02 > 0:25:07Now, it wasn't until we circulated a description of our blind man
0:25:07 > 0:25:11that they all realised they were looking for the same bloke.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13One Peter Rowley.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17And we had you all along. 18 months into a five-year stretch for fraud.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19It's always nice to have visitors.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23We're here to talk about the abduction of Dr Phillip Mackenna.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25And what are you putting on the table?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27What are we putting on the table, Gerry?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Is that better?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Your faces.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40You think you've cracked this whole thing by finding me, don't you?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Well, I've got some bad news for you.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45I never met these people, never knew their names.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Then how...- E-mail.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49All my instructions came via e-mail.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52And no, I didn't keep them. I'm not that stupid.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55The only reason I'm still walking around today is because...
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I don't know anything.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00That won't stop us charging you for the part you played.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Hard to prove conspiracy, though,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05when I didn't know any of the conspirators.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Why don't you tell us what you do know?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- I was given a passport and a train ticket...- How?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Dropped through the letter box of the place I was staying,
0:26:15 > 0:26:17in the middle of the night.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20They wanted me to get on a train
0:26:20 > 0:26:23and cosy up to the guy sitting in the seat next to me.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26They didn't even tell me his name.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31He did, though, while we were talking. Odd bloke, nervy.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35They said the train would stop before Dover.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I was to give it a couple of minutes, then ask the guy
0:26:37 > 0:26:40if he'd fetch me a glass of water. That was it.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47I caught the ferry, spent the night in Paris, and then I came back.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49- You spent the night in Paris? - Where did you stay?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53I don't remember.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55You checked into Mackenna's hotel.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59- You were the one masquerading as Phillip Mackenna. - Just a bit of fun.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03But it didn't end there, did it? Two weeks later you presented yourself to the police.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05That was an add-on.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09A bonus payment to show up in character and act like I didn't know anything.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Didn't really have to act, did I?
0:27:11 > 0:27:12How did you get paid?
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Cash. In an envelope.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20Again, it landed on my doormat while I was asleep.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- Easy money.- Did you recognise anyone on the train?
0:27:23 > 0:27:26I couldn't see much of anything.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Those dark glasses were practically black.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Helped with the act, though.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34The original owner of that passport was registered blind,
0:27:34 > 0:27:39would have been a bit of a giveaway to show up at passport control doing the crossword.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Yeah, but the glasses didn't hide the twitch, did they?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44That's nice, bring that up.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Well, it's a bit of a distinguishing feature for a con man, isn't it?
0:27:48 > 0:27:54You'd be surprised. An affliction like this tends to draw the eye.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58People remember it, but most of the time that's all they remember.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01You say that you didn't know the people who hired you.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02How did they know you?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Mutual acquaintance.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05Who?
0:28:07 > 0:28:10And now you want a name. So now you have to deal.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13I've already told you, when we charge you...
0:28:13 > 0:28:16What difference does a few more months in here make to me,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19versus the advantage to you in getting a name?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22A few more months? I don't think so, Mr Rowley.
0:28:22 > 0:28:29You see, we have reason to believe that Phillip Mackenna was murdered by whoever took him off that train.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33- I don't know anything about that. - Yeah, but if you're the only person involved...
0:28:33 > 0:28:38Well, you know the courts, they're going to want to punish somebody.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Then we'll see how easy that money was, won't we?
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Well played.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49Townsend.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54He put them on to me.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57David Townsend.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Window shopping, Mr Townsend?
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Window shopping. That's very good.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Detective Superintendent Pullman, Jack Halford.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Jack Halford, really? I thought you'd retired, Mr Halford.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12That's right.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Which makes this a visit from UCOS.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Welcome to my fully-licensed premises.
0:29:17 > 0:29:18It's charming.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20I think we can allow it has character.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- Can I offer either of you a refreshment?- No, we're fine.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27What piece of gloomy underworld history can I illuminate for you?
0:29:27 > 0:29:29- Peter Rowley.- Peter Rowley.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32The maestro of the short con and scourge of rich widows.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Currently a guest of Her Majesty, I believe.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39- You put him on to a job. - No, that's not right.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43While he may have dropped by once in a while to wet his whistle after a long day peculating from
0:29:43 > 0:29:47the gullible, our relationship didn't extend beyond cheerful publican...
0:29:47 > 0:29:51You're an authority on the history of the underworld?
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Well, you flatter me, but I like to consider I have a certain flair...
0:29:54 > 0:29:57That means you must know a fair amount about the police.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59That follows, yes.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02What have you heard about me, Mr Townsend, that makes you think
0:30:02 > 0:30:06I'd come in here without knowing exactly who you are and what you do?
0:30:11 > 0:30:14- What job are we talking about? - The abduction of Dr Phillip Mackenna.
0:30:14 > 0:30:20- I don't know anything about that. - That's not what Peter Rowley says. - Criminals will say anything.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Yes, you will.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23This case involves the illegal transportation
0:30:23 > 0:30:27of sensitive information across international borders.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31We have reason to believe the people who abducted Dr Mackenna
0:30:31 > 0:30:34may have murdered him once he'd told them what they wanted to know.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38That's quite a conspiracy charge you'll want to get out from under.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Excuse me for a moment.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46I have an irritable bowel,
0:30:46 > 0:30:50specifically irritated by threats from the law enforcement community.
0:30:53 > 0:30:54Go with him.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Jack?
0:31:26 > 0:31:29He came out of nowhere. Townsend took off.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Oh, no.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- Detective Superintendent Pullman. - Can you hear me? - An MIT and an ambulance to...
0:31:46 > 0:31:49He's been stabbed. I don't know how many times.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- Sutton Yard.- Listen.- An ambulance is coming. You'll be OK.- I doubt it.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55What do you know about the Mackenna abduction?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Tell me something, come on!
0:31:57 > 0:31:58- Jack...- Come on!
0:31:58 > 0:32:00TYRES SCREECH
0:32:01 > 0:32:02K... K...
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Kit.
0:32:05 > 0:32:06Soon.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07Jack!
0:32:12 > 0:32:15You're sure it was the second man from the train?
0:32:15 > 0:32:16Positive, yeah.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Jack?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19- Yes.- We need a name.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Somebody's got to know who he is.
0:32:21 > 0:32:22This thing Townsend said...
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Kit. Soon.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Sure that was it?
0:32:25 > 0:32:28He'd been stabbed, if he wasn't speaking clearly...
0:32:28 > 0:32:32It was clear enough. I don't know what it means, but that's what he said.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35So does this case actually have a solid lead yet?
0:32:35 > 0:32:38We think there's a good chance Mackenna never left the country,
0:32:38 > 0:32:42whoever abducted him extracted the information they needed then killed him.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44But there's only been a handful
0:32:44 > 0:32:47of unidentified bodies found in that area since 2004,
0:32:47 > 0:32:49none of them a match for Mackenna.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52That's not to say he's not there. They just haven't found him.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Short of digging up the whole of the South East of England...
0:32:55 > 0:32:58We are trying to trace the e-mails Bea Mackenna was sent.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03Look, if you want to get that kind of information out of a man like Mackenna...
0:33:03 > 0:33:08torture is the obvious way. I mean, even the tough-nut army guys say that everyone cracks eventually.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12But this is complicated information. There'd be no way they could verify it then and there.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15How could they know Mackenna had given them what they needed?
0:33:15 > 0:33:18I don't know. Money?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Even his partner, Brian Rutland, said everyone has a price.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Not Mackenna, though. By all accounts, he was odd,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25absolutely single-minded about his work.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29So how do you get someone like that to talk?
0:33:33 > 0:33:35What?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Slash his bicycle tyres?
0:33:38 > 0:33:39Threaten his wife?
0:33:39 > 0:33:42That could work, if he was that dependent on her.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44- Noooo.- Why not?
0:33:44 > 0:33:45Well, for the threat to be real,
0:33:45 > 0:33:48they'd have had to abduct the wife as well, wouldn't they?
0:33:48 > 0:33:51They'd have to show her to him,
0:33:51 > 0:33:53threaten to hurt her in front of him.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55And we know Bea Mackenna wasn't abducted.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Well, even if she had been, it still wouldn't work as a threat.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02How do you know they won't kill you both once you've offered up the information?
0:34:02 > 0:34:05It wouldn't guarantee them Mackenna had told them everything.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07So what then?
0:34:09 > 0:34:11They'd have to make him want to talk.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14No, there's nothing I can think of.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17There'd be no amount of money that would make Phillip talk.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21He's not interested in money. I don't think he even knows how much he earns.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25- Why are you talking about him in the present tense?- Brian!
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- I believe he's still alive, somewhere.- Where?
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Well, if this Swiss company are working on the same project,
0:34:33 > 0:34:36then how could they be doing it without Phillip's know-how?
0:34:36 > 0:34:39You said there's no way Dr Mackenna would have sold out...
0:34:39 > 0:34:42No, but if they were putting his work to better use...
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Phillip was only ever concerned about how his work would benefit people.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Then why hasn't he been in touch since 2004?
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Why didn't this Swiss company just offer him a job?
0:34:51 > 0:34:53I mean, why abduct him from a train?
0:34:54 > 0:34:56I think you should leave.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01We have to look at every possibility, Mrs Mackenna.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03My husband is alive.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04Just supposing, for a moment...
0:35:04 > 0:35:06- I've said...- No, no, no.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Just supposing for a moment
0:35:08 > 0:35:11that your husband did give up the information,
0:35:11 > 0:35:14and it wasn't for money, or because they'd threatened him,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17or threatened you even, and it wasn't because
0:35:17 > 0:35:22he thought that whoever wanted it might put it to better use than him.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24What might make him do that?
0:35:24 > 0:35:26I've told you, I have no idea.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Because this is his life's work?
0:35:28 > 0:35:29Yes.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34You said your husband didn't socialise or have any hobbies.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36He had work and he had home.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Yes.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40What if the reason he gave up the information
0:35:40 > 0:35:43had nothing to do with work?
0:35:44 > 0:35:45I'm not following you.
0:35:45 > 0:35:52He's asking if there's anything about your home life that could have been used as leverage, Mrs Mackenna.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Is there something they could have told him
0:35:54 > 0:35:56that he didn't already know?
0:35:59 > 0:36:00No, nothing.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- Now, if you don't mind... - What is it, Mrs Mackenna?
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- So you haven't been able to trace these e-mails yet?- Um, no.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15Do you want more time?
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Um, no. It can't be done.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Whoever sent these covered their tracks very well.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23These messages have been sent through some servers
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- that are very hard to access. - Great(!)
0:36:25 > 0:36:30Although that is in itself is a clue, because whoever did this is a pro.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35- I did have a little more luck, however, with the document.- Go on.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39I can't be too specific about my methods because that would compromise your position
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- as an officer of the law... - Look, just tell me.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- I hacked into the Swiss company.- And?
0:36:45 > 0:36:47I was actually very impressed with their security.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48I made some notes.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52I'm going to incorporate some of their methods into a project...
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Does the document originate from them?
0:36:54 > 0:36:55I believe so.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58I mean, I couldn't get all the way into their archives,
0:36:58 > 0:37:01but I did manage to match up some of the reference numbers
0:37:01 > 0:37:04on this document to the numbers system that they employ.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07So I would say there is a 90% certainty this document...
0:37:07 > 0:37:09came from there.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11But you didn't actually find it?
0:37:11 > 0:37:13No.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Admittedly that would not stand up in a court of law,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19but again, the fact that I couldn't get into the system,
0:37:19 > 0:37:21whereas someone else did, is in itself a valuable clue.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26It means the person who sent these e-mails is a better hacker than you.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- Yeah.- I should have gone to him in the first place.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31I don't think it's very likely he'd have helped you,
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- seeing as he is in fact... - It was a joke!
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Oh, yeah.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39So you have no idea who this person might be?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Actually, I've got a very good idea.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47You know, out of all the hackers I know, there is only a handful
0:37:47 > 0:37:50I can think of who could give me as many problems as this one has,
0:37:50 > 0:37:54and of that handful there is one whose trail I've been on before,
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- and was routing his connections through very many of the same servers as this one was.- So?
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Ninetails.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Excuse me?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07That's the handle he uses. Ninetails.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10I was the Ghost Doctor, he's Ninetails.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11But what's his real name?
0:38:11 > 0:38:12Oh, I've no idea.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15That's the whole point of having a handle, anonymity.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17There must be a way to find out!
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Someone this good? No, no, no.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23Trust me, Mr Halford, you will find Lord Lucan feeding sugar lumps
0:38:23 > 0:38:27to Shergar before you get close to discovering Ninetails' real name.
0:38:29 > 0:38:35We met online, on a financial forum that I help administer.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38We got chatting over the course of a couple of weeks and...
0:38:40 > 0:38:43This had never happened before, or since.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46I love my husband, I consider myself very happily married, I just...
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Phillip didn't like going out, he wasn't at all sociable.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56I have to be in my line of work and I just started to feel as though
0:38:56 > 0:38:58there was something missing, going out on my own all the time.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01And this man filled the gap?
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Yes. We'd just get together for drinks sometimes, or dinner.
0:39:05 > 0:39:06Sex?
0:39:09 > 0:39:10Yes.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17It's probably hard to understand how I could love my husband and still do that...
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Did anyone else know about this?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21No. I didn't tell a soul.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25Neither did he. He has a family to protect in Cambridge.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28But if your husband had found out somehow,
0:39:28 > 0:39:32could the revelation that you'd been unfaithful to him
0:39:32 > 0:39:34have tipped him over the edge?
0:39:34 > 0:39:38The realisation that everything solid and stable in his life was in flux.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41The thought that you were about to leave him for another...
0:39:41 > 0:39:43I had no intention of leaving!
0:39:43 > 0:39:47He didn't know that, did he? Whoever it was that was trying to manipulate him
0:39:47 > 0:39:50would have certainly painted the bleakest picture possible.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Thank you, Brian.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55What was this man called?
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Simon. Simon Crane.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03What?
0:40:03 > 0:40:06That name has already come up in connection to the disappearance.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09No, that can't be...
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Simon was in marketing. He had no connection at...
0:40:13 > 0:40:15No, no, no, that's not possible.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20We were still in contact after Phillip had disappeared.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21For how long?
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Not long. A week, maybe ten days.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30Simon said he felt uncomfortable continuing the relationship,
0:40:30 > 0:40:32given how worried I was about Phillip.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34He called it off?
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Yes.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Have you spoken to him since?
0:40:39 > 0:40:41No.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43We both wanted a clean break.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Neither of us wanted to make things difficult.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48I did try, once, a few weeks later.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51I just needed somebody to talk to and, um...
0:40:53 > 0:40:55..his phone was dead.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57And I sent him an e-mail
0:40:57 > 0:41:01and it bounced back, saying the recipient's address was unknown.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04I don't suppose you have a photograph of Simon Crane?
0:41:07 > 0:41:09And no-one else ever saw him but you.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15How could I have been so stupid?
0:41:20 > 0:41:22There was something.
0:41:22 > 0:41:27Erm, Simon's parents had left him a house, here in London, in the suburbs,
0:41:27 > 0:41:30which he used to use if he had to stay over for work.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- You went there? - Yeah. Yes, I did, a few times, because I couldn't bring him here.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36We'll need the address of the house.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48The house is owned by a company called InfoTech Analysts.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51They bought it in November 2003.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54The company's registered in Luxembourg,
0:41:54 > 0:41:59they have no offices or employees etc, they're just a shell company.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Looks like it's been empty for a while.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Yeah, the articles of incorporation list
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Simon Crane as the director of the company.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Is there an address for him?
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Right here.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Oh, I don't think he's home.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Not exactly riddled with clues, is it?
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Ah, that's interesting.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33What?
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Hold on.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51This is a co-axial cable carrying a video signal from...
0:42:51 > 0:42:52Ah.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08- What you got?- Hidden camera.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15It's proper kit too, the sort our surveillance guys use.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19See, the cable runs all the way round there,
0:43:19 > 0:43:23through the other side of the wall and then straight downstairs.
0:43:32 > 0:43:33Wow, look at this.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Bolted to the floor.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Here's our cable, and...
0:43:39 > 0:43:41this is a bracket for a TV.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44Feeding pictures from the bedroom...
0:43:44 > 0:43:48So whoever was in the chair was forced to watch...
0:43:48 > 0:43:51Mrs Mackenna? Detective Superintendent Pullman.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55Did you ever spend a night with Simon Crane after your husband disappeared?
0:43:57 > 0:44:01Mackenna was grabbed from the train, driven here and put in the basement.
0:44:01 > 0:44:05And given Mackenna's aversion to confined spaces, that was probably bad enough.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09The next night, Simon Crane invited Bea Mackenna over.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13She didn't have a clue her husband was missing - she thought he was still in Paris,
0:44:13 > 0:44:15and they ended up having sex in this bedroom.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18And Mackenna was forced to watch from the basement.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20'He must have been horrified.'
0:44:20 > 0:44:22That's how they finally cracked him.
0:44:22 > 0:44:27He thought he had a secure, stable home life and they pulled the rug out from underneath him.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30- Pretty nasty, eh? - < Have a look at this.
0:44:30 > 0:44:31Hang on, Jack.
0:44:36 > 0:44:37What?
0:44:37 > 0:44:38Look. In the corner.
0:44:41 > 0:44:42Where?
0:44:42 > 0:44:44In front of the tree.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47The foxes have paid more attention to that patch there
0:44:47 > 0:44:49than to the rest of the garden.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51They can smell something.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57- They found him?- The remains in the garden were male -
0:44:57 > 0:45:01right height and age. It'll take a few days to confirm, but it's going to be Mackenna.
0:45:01 > 0:45:05- So it's a murder charge.- Yeah, if we could ever find anyone to arrest.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08Simon Crane. Somewhere there's a trace of that man.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12What about Strickland's mate? Maybe he knows more than he's letting on.
0:45:12 > 0:45:16But whether he gives it up or not is going to be down to Strickland.
0:45:16 > 0:45:17Any luck with Fallon?
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Yes, and no. He's pretty certain the document is genuine
0:45:20 > 0:45:22and he thinks he knows who sent the e-mails.
0:45:22 > 0:45:28- That's a result, isn't it? - Not really. He thinks he's a hacker, only knows him by his nickname -
0:45:28 > 0:45:29Ninetails.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31- Like the fox?- You what?
0:45:31 > 0:45:33Japanese mythology.
0:45:33 > 0:45:38Esther did a night class in Japanese painting, few months back.
0:45:38 > 0:45:42- There's a god in Japanese mythology, a trickster...- A trickster?
0:45:42 > 0:45:46Yeah - a being not to be trusted, that goes out of its way to deceive.
0:45:46 > 0:45:51The shape that it usually takes is that of a fox with nine tails.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54I thought Esther had lost the plot with the paintbrush
0:45:54 > 0:45:56- but, no, nine tails.- Kitsune!- Eh?
0:45:56 > 0:46:00Kitsune. That's the name of this Japanese nine-tailed fox! Kitsune.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03That's what David Townsend was trying to tell us.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06So the word Townsend said to you and the nickname
0:46:06 > 0:46:10- of the hacker who sent the document to Bea Mackenna are the same?- Yeah.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13But if the hacker was Townsend's original contact,
0:46:13 > 0:46:16he helped plan the abduction in the first place.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19So what's he doing now sending clues as to what happened?
0:46:19 > 0:46:23Maybe he had a change of heart and wanted to make amends.
0:46:23 > 0:46:27Maybe Simon Crane double-crossed him and this is payback.
0:46:27 > 0:46:32- Or her. I mean, why are we assuming that Ninetails is a man?- Yeah.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35The woman on the train, the one who pulled the emergency handle.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38And she was savvy enough to avoid the CCTV.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41Doyle said they couldn't trace her because her records got mixed up.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43Maybe she hacked the databases.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46Oh, blimey. If she's that good, what chance have we got of finding her?
0:46:46 > 0:46:50She wants us to find her.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53Ninetails is a fox.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55A fox.
0:46:55 > 0:46:56"A. Fox".
0:46:56 > 0:46:58DOORBELL RINGS
0:47:07 > 0:47:08Sorry, now's not a very good time.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12Actually, we'd like to speak to Alice.
0:47:12 > 0:47:13Alice?
0:47:13 > 0:47:15- Is she in?- No, she...
0:47:16 > 0:47:19She's not here. She left.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21When's she coming back?
0:47:21 > 0:47:22She's not, is she?
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Alice Fox.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37I was out at a meeting this morning.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40When I came back, she'd packed up her things and...
0:47:41 > 0:47:44Did she leave a note?
0:47:44 > 0:47:47She said she was sorry she'd lied to me. That was it.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51What did she lie about?
0:47:51 > 0:47:53Everything.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57Could we see Alice's office?
0:47:57 > 0:47:58Sure.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30Simon Crane.
0:48:31 > 0:48:35The chops are particularly good tonight, Robert, can I tempt you?
0:48:35 > 0:48:40That photograph was left for us by a woman named Alice Fox.
0:48:40 > 0:48:44Ah, yes, the delightful Ninetails.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47Quite a resourceful character, I'm led to believe.
0:48:49 > 0:48:50Japanese mythology.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52Just another breadcrumb on a trail
0:48:52 > 0:48:56your team followed quite impressively. You should be proud.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59Alice left behind her confession, along with that picture.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03- Did she happen to mention her real name?- No.
0:49:03 > 0:49:04Not much of a confession then, is it?
0:49:04 > 0:49:08She was on the train, she pulled the emergency handle
0:49:08 > 0:49:10so that Crane could abduct Mackenna.
0:49:10 > 0:49:14Crane had hired her to construct the false identities of his associates.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18She claims she didn't know he was planning to torture and kill Mackenna.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21When she found out, she threatened to blow the whistle
0:49:21 > 0:49:24and Crane tried to kill her. She's been in hiding ever since,
0:49:24 > 0:49:26trying to gather evidence against Crane.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28That sounds about right.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30So who is he?
0:49:30 > 0:49:31Crane?
0:49:32 > 0:49:38Usual story. We trained him, Army Intelligence, then he went freelance.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40Abducting Mackenna was the tip of the iceberg.
0:49:40 > 0:49:44Simon Crane has been a very naughty boy, I'm afraid.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48But he has dirt on all the right people,
0:49:48 > 0:49:50so no-one could get the green light to go after him.
0:49:50 > 0:49:54But when Alice Fox contacted Bea Mackenna and Bea came to us...
0:49:54 > 0:50:00Awkward, yes. I was asked to... gently steer you off the case.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03But you didn't want Crane to get away with it.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06Well, if I happen to casually let slip a couple of useful details
0:50:06 > 0:50:09over a pleasant dinner with an old friend...
0:50:09 > 0:50:15So your bosses were quite prepared to let Crane walk away, just to protect their own reputations?
0:50:15 > 0:50:19Despite the fact that he'd stolen something worth billions to this country?
0:50:19 > 0:50:21Billions?
0:50:21 > 0:50:22I rather think not.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24Why not?
0:50:27 > 0:50:29It doesn't work.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32As I'm sure your detectives have gathered by now,
0:50:32 > 0:50:36Phillip Mackenna was as mad as a box of frogs.
0:50:36 > 0:50:41I'm sure he was quite brilliant in his own way, but cold fusion was a pipe dream, I'm afraid.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44- You used us.- Hardly.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Simon Crane wasn't to know cold fusion was dead in the water.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50He still abducted and murdered a British citizen
0:50:50 > 0:50:54and your people tracked him down. Well done.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56Except we don't know where he is.
0:50:56 > 0:50:57Oh, that's easy.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00He'll be at St Pancras Station tomorrow morning.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03He and his associate, Paul Leonard -
0:51:03 > 0:51:07whom you'll recognise as the other person you've been looking for -
0:51:07 > 0:51:10are booked on the 8:17 to Brussels.
0:51:13 > 0:51:17Obviously, you don't have to act on that information, Robert.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Wouldn't want you to feel used.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23So what was the point of all this?
0:51:24 > 0:51:27This is the intelligence community, Robert.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29If you start worrying about the point of it all,
0:51:29 > 0:51:32you'll end up tying yourself in all sorts of knots.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20Yep. They're here and they're going downstairs.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24That's them.
0:52:27 > 0:52:31No-one approaches till they go through check-in. I don't want anyone getting hurt.
0:52:37 > 0:52:38Crane's buying a newspaper.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44- They're very aware of their surroundings.- Yeah.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47- Your men are all out of sight, yeah? - Yes, yes.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49OK. Here they come.
0:52:53 > 0:52:54What's happened?
0:52:54 > 0:52:58- I've lost all the signals.- Well, get them back!- Radios are down.
0:52:59 > 0:53:02I'm going to change position.
0:53:02 > 0:53:03Hello?
0:53:03 > 0:53:07Brian, we've lost camera feed, can you see them? Brian?
0:53:07 > 0:53:10Brian? ..Gerry, can you hear me?
0:53:10 > 0:53:13Governor? ..Sandra?
0:53:14 > 0:53:16Can anybody hear me?
0:53:21 > 0:53:23Shit!
0:53:23 > 0:53:25Hello? Hello?
0:53:45 > 0:53:46Can you hear me?
0:53:46 > 0:53:48Cos Alice Fox is here.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Hi, Gerry, it's me.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55All the radios are down and we've lost CCTV feed. I don't know how.
0:53:55 > 0:53:59Yeah, can you make sure that Crane and Leonard don't come back past you?
0:53:59 > 0:54:01Have you see Brian?
0:54:01 > 0:54:04Yeah. Well, I could a minute ago. Where the bloody hell's he gone?!
0:54:12 > 0:54:13OK, cheers.
0:54:13 > 0:54:18We've lost contact with Brian, but Gerry's on his way back. ..Jack!
0:54:34 > 0:54:36Stop him!
0:54:41 > 0:54:44- Stay where you are!- Don't move!
0:56:09 > 0:56:11GUNSHOT
0:56:11 > 0:56:14There's somebody shooting! Hello?
0:56:19 > 0:56:22Excuse me, can I help you?
0:56:22 > 0:56:24Yes, please, quick. Come on.
0:56:26 > 0:56:27SHE SHRIEKS
0:56:27 > 0:56:31- You're all right now! - There's a man up there with a gun!
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Get back to the concourse, find a policeman.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06- Hold it! Police!- It's me, Brian!
0:57:06 > 0:57:09- Where is she?- I was following Crane, I heard a shot.
0:57:09 > 0:57:10- Alice Fox.- Alice...?
0:57:14 > 0:57:16Oh, shit!
0:57:16 > 0:57:19'Well, good luck in finding her, she's well gone.'
0:57:19 > 0:57:22How did she know Crane was going to be at the station?
0:57:22 > 0:57:27- I imagine she was tipped off by the same person that told us.- Your friend making sure Crane never got away.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30Or that Crane didn't embarrass anyone with his testimony.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33Good riddance to bad rubbish, if you ask me. Crane, I mean.
0:57:33 > 0:57:37- He should have stood trial for murder.- He was never going to stand trial.
0:57:37 > 0:57:41- No, he'd have wriggled out of it. - It's still vigilante justice, Brian.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44Well, as Gerry says, good luck tracking down Alice Fox.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47On the other hand, she might be hiding in the pub!
0:57:47 > 0:57:49I'll get the first round in.
0:57:49 > 0:57:50Bloody hell!
0:57:50 > 0:57:52Yeah, well, don't get used to it.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55I don't think there's any danger of that, Sir.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13# It's all right It's OK
0:58:13 > 0:58:16# Doesn't really matter if you're old and grey
0:58:16 > 0:58:18# It's all right I say it's OK
0:58:18 > 0:58:21# Listen to what I say
0:58:21 > 0:58:24# It's all right, doing fine
0:58:24 > 0:58:27# Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine
0:58:27 > 0:58:29# It's all right I say it's OK
0:58:29 > 0:58:31# We're gettin' to the end of the day. #
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