0:00:00 > 0:00:02# It's all right It's OK
0:00:02 > 0:00:05# Doesn't really matter if you're old and grey
0:00:05 > 0:00:08# It's all right I say it's OK
0:00:08 > 0:00:11# Listen to what I say
0:00:11 > 0:00:13# It's all right, doing fine
0:00:13 > 0:00:16# Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine
0:00:16 > 0:00:19# It's all right I say it's OK
0:00:19 > 0:00:22# We're gettin' to the end of the day. #
0:00:44 > 0:00:47So this is where Annabel drowned.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50December 2008.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54This lake was covered in two inches of ice
0:00:54 > 0:00:56so she must have fallen through it.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58- How deep is it? - It's only six foot.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01But the cold and the shock mean she won't have lasted a minute.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Three days later, on Christmas Day there was a thaw
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and a jogger spotted her body in the water.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Jogging on Christmas day? Who was he? Billy no mates?
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Who was the last person to see her alive?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Security guards saw her leave the Foreign Office
0:01:16 > 0:01:19over there at about 5.30.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22And nobody around here saw or heard anything?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- It was dark.- There was a Christmas Fair, wasn't there?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Yeah. 100 metres that way.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29And drowning doesn't look like drowning.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30What does that mean?
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Well, cos you don't scream and splash about.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38See, the body's concentrating solely on trying to breathe.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Which is why most people drown within metres of another adult
0:01:42 > 0:01:44who is completely oblivious.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Didn't Walt Disney freeze to death?
0:01:47 > 0:01:52No, he died and was cryogenically frozen and then stored under
0:01:52 > 0:01:56what is apparently now the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- Morning Guv'nor. Coffee? - Morning. Er, no thanks.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Morning.- Morning.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Right.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08'Annabel, say something to your baby.'
0:02:08 > 0:02:09'Ummmm.'
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- Is that her? - Yes. Annabel Tilson. 28.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16She's a diplomat in the Foreign Office.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Now, it's November 2008 and Annabel is eight weeks pregnant,
0:02:19 > 0:02:23she's just told her twin sister Minnie who is doing the filming.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Annabel's fiance Eddie. He's profoundly deaf.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32'He's already bought your first pack of baby grows.'
0:02:32 > 0:02:35'He's excited.'
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Three weeks later, Annabel miscarried.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40And one week after that her career hit the skids.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Because she lost a Government Service laptop.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Correct. It was stolen from her home.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47As penance, she was stripped of a prestigious diplomatic posting
0:02:47 > 0:02:49to New York and demoted.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52So this double whammy sent her into a depression.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55The following afternoon, Eddie got a text from her saying
0:02:55 > 0:02:58"It's all pointless now. So sorry. Goodbye."
0:02:58 > 0:03:01And that was the last contact she had with anyone.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Suicide?
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- Thanks.- That's what the original investigation thought.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08So why did the Coroner go for an open verdict?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Well, her mobile phone was never found.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13And pathologists discovered she'd eaten pizza
0:03:13 > 0:03:15in the final ten minutes of her life.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Not much of a last supper.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Finally, there was slight bruising on her arms,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22indicating a possible struggle before she hit the water.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25All right, so what's the UCOS angle?
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Well, finding witnesses and alibis was a nightmare.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Because of the cold, it was impossible to narrow down the ETD
0:03:32 > 0:03:35from her body temperature, also there were no sightings of her.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38For the past four years, Minnie's been checking
0:03:38 > 0:03:40all the social network and video sites,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43for any sign of her sister during the time she disappeared
0:03:43 > 0:03:49and then finally two days ago, she came across this clip.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Posted by a family on an evening out in St James's Park.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Look at the date.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58It's the day Annabel disappeared. And it's 17:58.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Which is half an hour since she left the office for the last time.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Now, we're about 100 metres from where her body was found.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05What do you see?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10There.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Annabel. With dinner for two. - And on the menu?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Pizza.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21The camera timer is corroborated.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23It matches a clock that was also filmed at the fair.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26So assuming that she ate the pizza while it was still hot,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28we've got an estimated time of death.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Between 6.00 and 6.30 on the 22nd December.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Her dinner partner probably killed her or knows who did.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37No, she could still have killed herself. Jumped through the ice.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Then who sent the suicide text the next day?
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Well, that isn't any proof of murder.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43And the afternoon she died,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45she was overheard having a row at work with her boss.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48She was upset. Could that have tipped her over the edge?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50No, no, no. I don't think you quite...
0:04:50 > 0:04:53What you have is interesting but a bit circumstantial.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56We have several cases on our books with a far more concrete proof of murder.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00What we have here, Sir, makes is far less likely to be suicide.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03And in my view, that's enough to re-open the case.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08OK.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12A KNOCK ON THE DOOR
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Minnie?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Minnie?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Minnie?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Oh, hello. You couldn't just give me a minute?
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Yeah.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45I can't hear the bell out here.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47That's why I always leave the front door open.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50You have a very beautiful house. And garden.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Thank you.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Plants are my home,
0:05:55 > 0:06:00my career and my children.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07Annabel said that. She was the one who had boyfriends and travelled.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09She'd bring back cuttings for me.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13This plant here, he's called the Song Of India.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Her first job in the Foreign Office was on the India Desk.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19That olive came back with her from Rome.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24And that is a Chinese money tree.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26China was her last job.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Yes, it was.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34I hope her interpreting is better than her time-keeping.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Is this her?
0:06:36 > 0:06:37I'm so sorry I'm late.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- Don't worry about it. Not a problem. You must be the lovely Vera.- Yeah.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Gerry Standing. Brian Lane.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Hi. Hello.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Shall we go in then?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Yeah, yeah. Lead on.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54In 2006 I got a job with the Foreign Office. That's when I met Annabel.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Her mother was deaf so she knew sign language.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04And is that why you were attracted to her?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08No.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16She made me laugh. And she was beautiful. That's what attracted me.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Did you think she'd killed herself?
0:07:21 > 0:07:25No. Annabel wasn't that kind of person at all.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27But I knew she was very unhappy.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32I blamed myself for not seeing it coming.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35And after that I blamed her old boss.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Peter Hammond?
0:07:41 > 0:07:45He ruined Annabel's career. That's what she told me, anyway.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Over the stolen laptop?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51She left our flat only once, to get some milk.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53That's when the break-in happened.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57It was like someone was watching and waiting.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Hammond treated her like she was the criminal.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03That made her really unhappy.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07We were actually easy to tell apart.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Thank you.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12We were such different people. But we were very close. Twins often are.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15And you never accepted that she killed herself.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Annabel was a fighter. She never quit anything in her life.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22That is why I am so relieved to find that video.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24So do you have any idea who might have killed her?
0:08:24 > 0:08:28I don't know anyone who held a grudge. But I think I know why.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- Why?- Because of the laptop.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33The one that was stolen from her house?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36The Foreign Office told the press it held no sensitive information.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- But Annabel knew this was a lie. - She told you this?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43We didn't need to tell each other things.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47It's a cliche, but in our case it was true. I sensed it.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51There was some great threat to national security on that laptop.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54And the Government were afraid that Annabel might reveal that.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- Because she was angry at how she had been treated at work?- Yes.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- So you're saying she was silenced? - That's my belief.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Say thank you to him for us.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Hello.- Hello.- Hello.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07- We're just leaving.- OK.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27What was all that about?
0:09:27 > 0:09:32He said, "I am content with Gina but Annabel was the love of my life.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34"Please find who did this."
0:09:37 > 0:09:39That was very impressive.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Thanks. I need you to sign this invoice.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I used to sign as a child, you know.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Really?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Yeah. You're inspiring me to dust it off.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Am I?
0:09:56 > 0:09:57What's your name then?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Just call me Gerry.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01No, I mean in sign language.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Nice to meet you, Brian.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Bye.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Bye-bye.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Why do women always assume I'm trying to get them into bed?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Search me.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19That was true what I said about the signing.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20Oh, yeah?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Yeah, I had a cousin called Danny. Well, still have.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26He was deaf, but he had the best toys,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28and he had this amazing train set.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30So I learned to sign so I'd be allowed to play with it.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33So what's happened to Danny then?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Well, I haven't seen him for years. Decades. Just lost contact.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- You know how you do. - That's a shame.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Yeah. It is actually.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Well, he didn't hang about, did he? New bird and 1.5 children.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54But what we couldn't find was a motive.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Not only that, Eddie wasn't even in London when that video was shot.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00He'd gone down to his parents' house in Devon for Christmas.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02His dad had cancer.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Three watertight alibis that he was on the 5.22 from Waterloo,
0:11:06 > 0:11:07which left on time.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09And Annabel hadn't even left work till 5.30.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I think that sister of hers is a conspiracy theorist.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Yeah, but she probably knew Annabel better than anyone.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20What's that? Basic Guide To Sign Language.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Oh, he fancies a bit of interpreting.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Really?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26He fancies a bit of something.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28What?!
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- Just look into the laptop theft, will you, Gerry?- Yeah, all right.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Go on. Give us a bit of this sign language you've been dusting off.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39This is a well known phrase or saying.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43HE CHUCKLES
0:11:51 > 0:11:56Sandra! Brian! Sorry I didn't hear the alarm.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Up late studying, were we?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00CAR SCREECHES
0:12:02 > 0:12:04So who are we going to see at the Foreign Office?
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Peter Hammond. And why would that be, Gerry?
0:12:08 > 0:12:12To find out why he gave Annabel such a bollocking over that laptop?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Yeah, and to ask him why he was heard rowing with her
0:12:15 > 0:12:17hours before we think she was killed.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20And I'm checking pass records with door security.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22In his original statement,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Hammond reckoned he worked late on 22nd December.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27With Laura Marsh.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31That's the bird who got the New York job instead of Annabel.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33And she was also her best friend at university.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Oh, and that's who you're seeing, Gerry.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Spiffing!
0:12:37 > 0:12:41In my experience, two cats in the same room only means one thing.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42A fight.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I can't believe it.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56So you were friends at uni, yeah?
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Yes. Good friends. And here.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Well, since you were so close, did you know she was pregnant?
0:13:02 > 0:13:06I did actually. She confided in me early on.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08When was this?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11November. She'd only just found out herself.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I remember it was just before she heard she'd got New York.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Did she expect to get that?
0:13:16 > 0:13:20New York? God, not at all. She'd written it off.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23She had terrible morning sickness for the interview.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Getting it gave her a lot of self belief, I think.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28And then you took it away from her.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Peter Hammond took it from her.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32What was on that laptop she lost?
0:13:32 > 0:13:36I have no idea. Why would that be relevant to her death?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38I was hoping you'd tell me.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Look, I'm sorry about this but where were you
0:13:41 > 0:13:44between 5.30 and 7.00 the evening that Annabel disappeared?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46I was in the office.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Peter Hammond needed to edit my Ministerial briefing
0:13:49 > 0:13:51so it could go out before Christmas.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Did you speak to Annabel that day?
0:13:54 > 0:13:57No. But I did pass her in the corridor.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01It was the day I got confirmation I was going to New York in her place.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04She blanked me.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06I worried it was part of the reason she killed herself.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Look, I've got a meeting with the permanent under secretary
0:14:12 > 0:14:14but I'll certainly help if I can, Detective Superintendent.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Why would the Met risk muddying waters with this office again
0:14:19 > 0:14:21over Annabel Tilson?
0:14:21 > 0:14:24We have evidence that Annabel was murdered.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26I see.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Nice Yacht. Yours?
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Yes.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Whatever happened to Civil Service cutbacks?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36My father was an astute businessman, and I am an only child.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39And you took a different path?
0:14:39 > 0:14:41That was the plan. Yes.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Sadly these days there's only one show in town,
0:14:43 > 0:14:44the Prosperity Agenda.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Once you realise you're just working for GB PLC,
0:14:47 > 0:14:49the whole thing starts to feel rather grubby.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51You're obviously leaving.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Yes. In two days' time.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Why's that?
0:14:54 > 0:14:58I am midway through a book and my publisher is getting restless.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01So I'm taking early retirement.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I hope you don't mind if we walk and talk?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Not at all.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Why did you row with Annabel Tilson on the day she disappeared?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19For the same reasons I gave a week later in my original statement.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Remind me?
0:15:20 > 0:15:21HE SIGHS
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Annabel had been moved from China to the Norway Desk.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27But it was after she'd lost the Washington posting she got drunk.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28She completely lost it.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32She made a very public scene in here, which everyone heard, blaming me.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35But you'd demoted her and stripped of her posting.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38I made the recommendations, yes. I derived no satisfaction from them.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40I'd written the reference that got her the New York job
0:15:40 > 0:15:42in the first place.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43In my and many other people's view
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Annabel was destined for great things.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Then why turn against her?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Rules clearly state that a Government Service laptop
0:15:49 > 0:15:51cannot be left unattended outside the building.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Annabel broke those rules.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56And 2008 was a particularly bad year to lose an official laptop.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57As you will recall,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00there was a media witch hunt going on at the time over data leaks.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Yet Annabel was still allowed to take a Government computer home.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Yes, part of a new flexible working strategy.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Each Desk was given a shared, secure laptop.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12How much secret information was on it when it was stolen?
0:16:12 > 0:16:16None. The Office ran an internal security audit,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18which concluded there was nothing you wouldn't have found
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- a week later in the International section of the FT.- Come on.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23This isn't MI5, Detective Superintendent.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Documents in the Foreign Office rarely go above confidential.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29I'd like to see a copy of that Security Audit if I may.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32I'm afraid that's confidential.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Handy.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35Detective Superintendent,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37this insidious line of questioning
0:16:37 > 0:16:40does you and the Met no credit at all.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Now, if you'll excuse me.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Annabel's punishment didn't fit her crime.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54Hammond clearly rated her so why was he so happy to make her a scapegoat?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Maybe he was just very sexist.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I mean, forget about Washington,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01no woman has ever got any of the top ambassadorships.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Beijing, Paris, Moscow. Nothing. Even I was shocked.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06No woman in the Met has ever made it to Commissioner.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Shocked by that too?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Fair comment, yeah.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Now Laura insists there was no rivalry between her and Annabel.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17What did you find out about the laptop theft?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20That was either bloody unlucky or bloody suspicious.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- Annabel had only gone ten minutes. - Was anything else taken?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Various electrical goods.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27And a bottle of whisky from Eddie's collection.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Fingerprints? DNA?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Nope. Clean as a whistle.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- The previous mob reckoned it was a smokescreen.- What whisky was it?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I don't know.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37It might be relevant.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Oh, I tell you what is odd?
0:17:39 > 0:17:44Annabel made two cash withdrawals of £400 each
0:17:44 > 0:17:46on the 1st and 2nd December.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Now that is very out of character.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50What's this?
0:17:50 > 0:17:54It's an updated PNC check of anyone who might have been in contact
0:17:54 > 0:17:55with Annabel before she died.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59What's this then? Yang. In her diary for the 2nd December?
0:17:59 > 0:18:02I assumed it was something to do with the China Desk.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04But this is her personal diary.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Hang on. 2nd December? Wasn't that when she took out the money?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Yeah.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10What is Yang?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- KNOCK ON DOOR - Sandra. Can I have a word please?
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Yes, Sir.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Heavy handedness?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26"Bull in a china shop" were his exact words.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- With all due respect... - I have to pass it on
0:18:28 > 0:18:31because the FCO are such significant stakeholders.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Peter Hammond may be leaving but our ongoing collaboration is vital to...
0:18:34 > 0:18:38I was exploring Hammond's possible involvement in the death of Annabel Tilson.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Oh, really? He claims you were accusing the FCO of a cover up.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- One of the theories I'm looking into.- Based on what new evidence?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49I understand there was a full security audit of that laptop.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Yes, which would push any potential cover-up further up the chain.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Oh, come on, Sandra.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Sir, in the current climate, can the Met honestly claim that
0:18:58 > 0:19:01management never hide dirty secrets from the staff?
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Just ease off the throttle, Sandra.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06This is not a relationship to threaten with half-baked theories.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07OK?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11PHONE RINGS
0:19:11 > 0:19:13UCOS. Brian Lane.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Gerry, are you busy?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Yeah. I thought I'd go and see Eddie.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Talk to him about Yang and that bottle of whisky.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- OK.- Guv'nor.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Look, I know you think that the Foreign Office are involved
0:19:26 > 0:19:27in all this
0:19:27 > 0:19:29and you might well be right.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32All I'm doing is following other avenues, just in case.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33That's absolutely fine, Gerry.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36But Annabel was shafted by the Foreign Office.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37She was punished unfairly
0:19:37 > 0:19:39and we can't dismiss that without finding out why.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Well, well, well!
0:19:41 > 0:19:42HE CHUCKLES
0:19:42 > 0:19:44What's up with you, someone buy you a lolly?
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Even better than that.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48That was FCO door security.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50On the night Annabel died,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Peter Hammond didn't leave the office till midnight.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55And Laura Marsh worked late too. But here's the thing.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00She left the office at 5.30pm but she came back at 7pm.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01The little liar.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Which also means Hammond could be covering for her.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Hammond's having a retirement bash at his house tonight.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09We'll speak to both of them there.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- Oh no, I've got a cup match tonight. - No, you haven't.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Oh, bloody hell!- Sandra, you going to clear this with Strickland?
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Why? I don't need his permission to do my job.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23So, how do we do this?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25How we usually do it. We blag it, Brian.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27I'd better loose the scarf.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- No, believe me, you're perfect. - Yeah?
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Hello.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35LOUD LAUGHTER
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Finally, let me quash rumours I am secretly plotting
0:20:39 > 0:20:41some new career in finance.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46My good City friend Kingsley here will vouch for my credentials.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50I once told him, there are three kinds of economist.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Those with great maths and those with terrible maths.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54CROWD LAUGH
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Hey up, there's Laura Marsh.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Thank you all so much for coming.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Can I ask you to raise your glasses to the Queen.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03ALL: The Queen.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23I think this counts as trespass, Detective Superintendent.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26We'd just like a quick word. You've been lying to us.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28I don't want to embarrass you.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Laura Marsh popped out of the Foreign Office
0:21:30 > 0:21:33just before Annabel died, which wasn't in your statement.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I hope that isn't all you've got.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36You're her alibi.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39If she had popped out, how would I have known?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41We work in different rooms!
0:21:43 > 0:21:47I really don't want this to get ugly. Please get out of my house.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Deep breath, Brian.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54BOTH: Sir.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Brian. Sandra.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59New evidence.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Laura Marsh was out of the building when Annabel died.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11So we've come to speak to her and her alibi, Peter Hammond.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14And the reason this couldn't wait until the morning is?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16We can't be sure where he'll be tomorrow.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Not only is the Foreign Secretary here.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21I'm in conversation with the director of MI5.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24I can not afford to be even slightly embarrassed.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26That won't happen. Trust us, Sir.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30You're on thin ice, Sandra. Tread bloody carefully.
0:22:36 > 0:22:42Look, I know this is hard. But can we talk about the miscarriage?
0:22:45 > 0:22:50It was a few days before the 12-week-scan.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I was at a conference.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56She texted me and said she was having stomach cramps.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01She told me she was in the bathroom and there was blood everywhere.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05I came right back, of course. But I knew...
0:23:07 > 0:23:09I just knew.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13That must have been very traumatic.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19That was interesting.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Bye then.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24All right. Oh, Vera.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Yeah?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35"I want to dig up my elephant with you?"
0:23:36 > 0:23:40No. I thought I was saying, "I want to practise my signing with you."
0:23:40 > 0:23:43That took me hours.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44It's not easy, is it?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46No, it isn't, no.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49What are you after? Honestly?
0:23:49 > 0:23:53I've got a cousin Danny and he's deaf.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54I want to go and see him again.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Is that all?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Yes. Honestly.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02OK.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05But trust me, I'm doing it for your cousin.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- Ta.- No, thank you.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Hello.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Sorry, have we met?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23No, but you've met our colleague, Gerry Standing.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27On the night of Annabel Tilson's murder,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30where were you really between 5.30 and 7.00?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34I went to Harvey Nics in Knightsbridge.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Then I came back to the office.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Why?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40I bought salmon and champagne to celebrate getting New York.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43So you and Peter Hammond lied to us.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Check with my bank. I paid for them by card.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Beside the point. You still could have got to St James's Park.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54It's not looking good for you. Not at all.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56I know. That's why I lied.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Nobody drinks champagne on their own.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03She shared it with her lover, Peter Hammond.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06What I don't get is, if you and Hammond were lovers,
0:25:06 > 0:25:10why were you celebrating going 3,000 miles away for four years?
0:25:12 > 0:25:17Because he'd ended it. And I was pretending I was fine with that.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21I told him I wanted Annabel's New York job,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23he told me that was out of his hands.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26So I told him to sort it or I'd phone his wife.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31My heart just...
0:25:35 > 0:25:38If I couldn't have him, I was going to make bloody sure I had a career.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Was this before or after Annabel lost the laptop?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Before.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47So the burglary was good news for you.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Yes.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54What's your relationship with Hammond been like ever since?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58I've been his shag buddy.
0:25:59 > 0:26:05Here's how pathetic I am. He gave me this in New York. Chinese Jade.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Fake, of course. But I thought I'd wear it tonight.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Just in case.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Can I rescue you, Laura?
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I thought you two were leaving ten minutes ago?
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Well, you know what it's like
0:26:19 > 0:26:22when you get chatting at these do's, Peter.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Are we done?
0:26:24 > 0:26:25For now.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32I just had a word with your boss.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Don't think he's very happy with you.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37He'll be delighted when he hears how forthcoming Laura Marsh has been.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Lover boy.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I can't talk here.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- Where?- I'll come to you tomorrow afternoon.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49We'll expect you at 9am.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Super do, Peter.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58What's it like, Pullman,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00still crawling through the cracks at your age?
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Answer the question.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06No, having Laura around wasn't ideal.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09But she'd have got posted somewhere eventually.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11That's what happens in the Foreign Office.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14So she blackmailed you? Get her New York or your wife gets a phone call.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Drivel. - Why would she come out with that?
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Hell hath no fury, Detective Superintendent.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Annabel's punishment was disproportionate. You know that.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Is this a police investigation or a performance review?
0:27:28 > 0:27:32For Annabel to lose that posting, you had to discredit her. Quickly.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36So in that light, the laptop theft suddenly looks a bit convenient.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- Did she just imply what... - She did.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- HE CHUCKLES - Well, if you're not going to take me seriously.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46Annabel had sussed out your affair and she threatened to expose you.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48So to protect your marriage and probably your career too,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50you had to act.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Why don't you do some bloody police work? Check with door security!
0:27:53 > 0:27:56We have. Officially you stayed in the building until midnight.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59But you and I both know how persuasive rank can be.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Not in my office, Pullman.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32- Wotcher.- All right.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Oh, you're there. Have you found out what Yang means?
0:28:36 > 0:28:42Yes and no. Annabel ordered a new kitchen work top in early December.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Eddie said that the fitter was either Chinese or Japanese,
0:28:45 > 0:28:47which he thought was odd at the time.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50He also admitted that he quite often paid cash in hand.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52The cash withdrawals? Bugger.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54I also had a look at Eddie's whisky collection.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- Oh, yeah?- Yeah, would have made you weep, mate.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59The stolen bottle was called Glen Wallis.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01I'd never heard of it, but Eddie said it was really special.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03HE WHISTLES Glen Wallis?
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Oh, here we go. - It's a highly esoteric tipple that.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- Is it?- Yeah, they went out of business unfortunately in the '80s.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Big prices now.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13So the burglar got lucky.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16He certainly did... Tony Symes!
0:29:16 > 0:29:17Who?
0:29:17 > 0:29:21Tony Symes. I nicked him back in the early '90s.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25He only ever nicked stuff to order. Commissions, he called it.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Thought he was bloody burglary aristocracy.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30But he did know about his whiskies, I'll give him that.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Well, is he still at it?
0:29:32 > 0:29:34As far as I know, he's been straight for years.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Let's bring him in. - This definitely smells like him.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40CAR SCREECHES
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Where are you going?
0:29:42 > 0:29:43Brian!
0:29:46 > 0:29:47Brian!
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Shit!
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Tony Symes. CEO. Symes Inc.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Bespoke commercial counter-intelligence, eh?
0:30:02 > 0:30:03Your secrets will be safe with us.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Where's the Met leaking and how big's your hole?
0:30:05 > 0:30:07This is very respectable.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09The last time I saw you,
0:30:09 > 0:30:12you were being thrown into the back of a van bound for the Scrubs.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15I've been clean for years, Brian, as you know.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16Have you read the Power Of Now?
0:30:16 > 0:30:18No.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20You should. It changed my life.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Especially the chapter about not looking back.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25But do your clients know you've done time? Twice?
0:30:26 > 0:30:30It does not matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33As long as the cat catches the mouse. Deng Xiaoping.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34President of China.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Very true.
0:30:37 > 0:30:38What's this about, gents?
0:30:38 > 0:30:40A Government laptop,
0:30:40 > 0:30:45stolen in late 2008 from a flat in Southwark belonging to a diplomat.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48The commission's got your name etched through
0:30:48 > 0:30:50it like Brighton bloody rock.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Well, as I've said...
0:30:52 > 0:30:55It needed to be clinical. It needed somebody with your pedigree.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57I hope you've got more than that.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01I mean, I was bloody good but there were others in my field of work.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- Glen Wallis. - Never heard of him.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05Come on, Tony.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07It was stolen with the laptop.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10Someone got lucky, didn't they?
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Only somebody like you would have noticed it. A rare slip, I reckon.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Strictly mineral water these days, Brian.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21You know it's three and out, don't you?
0:31:21 > 0:31:24I mean, we pin this on you, you go down, automatically.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28The doors to Symes Inc will shut bloody tight if that happens.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31So why don't you tell us who hired you?
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Well, sorry, gents, business calls.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Think about it, Tony.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45Guilty.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47We just need more leverage.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Problem is, even if Symes did nick the laptop,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51we still haven't got a motive for murder.
0:31:51 > 0:31:52How about this?
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Symes stole the laptop for someone secretly representing
0:31:55 > 0:31:56the Chinese government.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Annabel knew there was a threat to national security on it.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01The Foreign Office told her to keep quiet
0:32:01 > 0:32:03but she threatened to blow the whistle.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05So someone in Government had to do the dirty.
0:32:05 > 0:32:06That's what Minnie said.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- Exactly. - It sounds a bit more credible now.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- Does it?- Well, we didn't think we were being followed before.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13Now we've had a double sighting.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17I can hardly see MI5 sending out a banged up old Chrysler
0:32:17 > 0:32:19- to keep an eye on us. - Double bluff?
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Without registration details there's not a lot we can do.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Look, I'm sorry about this, but I still think we're focusing
0:32:25 > 0:32:29too much on trying to find a motive inside the Foreign Office.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Really? Cos I think we're getting somewhere.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32I want you to go and see Minnie.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35She thinks she's got something for us.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39I'll go. Maybe she's getting a sisterly vibe from the afterlife.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Where are you off to?
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Laura Marsh. She called too.
0:32:47 > 0:32:52I'm not sleeping. I keep thinking about Annabel.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55The timing of her losing that laptop always bugged me.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01Even when I thought she'd taken her own life. But now...
0:33:07 > 0:33:12IT security gave me access. But I absolutely did not show it to you.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Look who took the laptop home the day before Annabel.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Peter Hammond.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30He hardly ever borrowed it. I wondered if it could be relevant.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36If Hammond had copied some files from his desktop onto the laptop,
0:33:36 > 0:33:38would that show up in here?
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Yes. He transferred around 40 files.
0:33:40 > 0:33:4240? What was in them?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44This only lists file reference numbers.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47To see the files you'll need to make a formal request
0:33:47 > 0:33:49through our lawyers.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55He asked to meet me.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59Peter. The day after the party.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02He wanted to know what I'd told you.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05And he wanted this back.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11He's suddenly decided it could compromise our relationship.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13I told him where to go.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18He got quite abusive. What a romantic.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22So now I'm wearing it all the time and praying I bump into him!
0:34:23 > 0:34:25May I?
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Who told you it was fake?
0:34:35 > 0:34:37He did. When he gave it to me.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Do you mind if I have it looked at?
0:34:45 > 0:34:48I've been going through Annabel's things.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53It's a long time since I did that. I found this. A post-it.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57"DRY £765". Stuck on East London.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59I texted Eddie. He's got no idea.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03- I wondered if it was to do with the money Annabel took out.- Mmm.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07- Do you know if she had any contacts in East London?- No.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Thanks. We'll definitely look into that.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Were you pleased about Annabel's pregnancy?
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Oh, yes.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17Any kids of your own?
0:35:17 > 0:35:20No and that's never going to happen.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22It's hardly too late.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Have you heard of the early menopause?
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- Yes, vaguely, yes. - I was 27.- Oh, I'm sorry.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32No, so, a nephew or a niece would've been very special.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36You know, when Annabel miscarried,
0:35:36 > 0:35:40it felt a bit like she'd lost MY baby too. Is that weird?
0:35:42 > 0:35:46OK, so you think that Peter Hammond put these files on that laptop
0:35:46 > 0:35:49knowing that Annabel was going to take it home.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- And then he arranged for it to be stolen?- Yes, by Tony Symes.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53Why on earth would Hammond want to do that?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55That's the problem, I don't know.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Unless he needed to get those particular files out of the building
0:36:03 > 0:36:06and he used the laptop as a kind of Trojan Horse to smuggle them out.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10- Yes, but why? - Well, he couldn't have carried them out, security was too tight.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Now you're saying that Hammond could've been spying as well?
0:36:13 > 0:36:15- Possibly, yes.- Possibly.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Sir, the secret to Annabel's death lies in that building
0:36:20 > 0:36:22and I am convinced the files hold the key,
0:36:22 > 0:36:24so please, just sign off on this request.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Let me think about it.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29TELEPHONE RINGS IN BACKGROUND
0:36:32 > 0:36:33She's not happy.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34It's not surprising.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37A potentially career-defining moment
0:36:37 > 0:36:40and Strickland's playing top floor politics with her.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45I can't find any of Annabel's contacts on this page.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50Well anyway, DRY is a computer acronym, "Don't Repeat Yourself".
0:36:50 > 0:36:53It's also an album by a certain PJ Harvey.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Nah, were not getting anywhere.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00If anyone asks, I've gone to a jewellers.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07I had this looked at and it's worth over £80,000.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- So I guess that's why he wanted it back.- No...
0:37:13 > 0:37:15No, he could never have afforded this.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17He's loaded.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Everyone falls for it.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23That house, the yacht?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Everything belongs to his wife.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27She's the one with the wealth.
0:37:27 > 0:37:32Peter just has his OK Civil Service wage and massive status anxiety.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34And his inheritance.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38Guess where Peter's father invested the family silver?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Lehman Brothers.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Peter was left with nothing.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46He let it slip one night and then begged me to keep it quiet.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49I knew he had no money.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Why would he spend £80,000 on me?
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Maybe he cared more than you thought.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- MOBILE PHONE RINGS - Excuse me.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Sir.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- Ah, Sandra. - What's going on?
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- Um...- Hammond's files?
0:38:29 > 0:38:33The deal was the documents can't leave the building.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35I never wanted to stop you doing your job, Sandra.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Let's see if your hunch is right.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46There's nothing in here that's secret, it's not even confidential.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Nothing you wouldn't find a week later in the FT.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51What was that one about China?
0:38:53 > 0:38:54Um...
0:38:54 > 0:38:58UK Telecoms firm 4Mobile about to sign a billion pound deal
0:38:58 > 0:39:01with the Chinese government to supply satellite kit.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02This one's about the same deal.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05It's from our Embassy in Beijing.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07They've heard about an 11th hour pitch
0:39:07 > 0:39:10by French rival, Debut Telecoms
0:39:10 > 0:39:13and suspect the UK deal might be in trouble.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15What's the date of that tel?
0:39:15 > 0:39:176th of December.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- Ha!- The day before Annabel borrowed the laptop.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Well, they were right to be worried.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24The deal collapsed two days later.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28Hang on, if you had that information before the markets...
0:39:28 > 0:39:32And you bought a shedload of Debut Telecoms shares...
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Insider trading?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44OK. According to the FSA,
0:39:44 > 0:39:48there was general speculation on Debut Telecoms that week, but nothing suspicious.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51But you can also make money from a falling share price,
0:39:51 > 0:39:52it's called shorting.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Shorting? Even SOUNDS dodgy.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57That week, a hedge fund manager named Kingsley Wilton
0:39:57 > 0:39:59sold a significant volume of 4Mobile shares
0:39:59 > 0:40:03at their market high on December 7th when the deal looked solid
0:40:03 > 0:40:05and then bought them back
0:40:05 > 0:40:08when they hit rock bottom four days later.
0:40:08 > 0:40:09He must have made a fortune.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Oh, hello.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14There's an article about Wilton.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18Yeah, it says he suffered badly in the financial crisis.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22"Since he gambled everything he had on the 4Mobile collapse...
0:40:22 > 0:40:26"But since then, Mr Wilton has become red hot."
0:40:28 > 0:40:29Oh and there's a photo too.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- Bloody hell, that's Hammond's mate. - How do you know?
0:40:32 > 0:40:34He was at Hammond's retirement do.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36What?
0:40:38 > 0:40:39Kingsley Wilton.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41He's going to prison.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43And if I were you, I'd talk.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47The data on that laptop made him a multi-millionaire.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50How much did you get, Tony?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52A few hundred quid?
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Doesn't seem fair to me.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57It's a travesty.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01If he mentions your name first,
0:41:01 > 0:41:04you're going to end up doing three years wiping up his slops.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07That's him.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17The FSA have arrested your chum, Kingsley Wilton.
0:41:17 > 0:41:18Fascinating.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21They've also identified an offshore account in your name,
0:41:21 > 0:41:26in Belize, which has received a cash-flow from Wilton
0:41:26 > 0:41:28since December 2008.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32That account currently holds well over £4 million.
0:41:32 > 0:41:33The FSA are waiting outside,
0:41:33 > 0:41:36but it's Annabel Tilson's murder we're interested in.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Laura Marsh had to get that job in New York to keep her quiet
0:41:40 > 0:41:43and for that to happen, you had to discredit Annabel.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45You were also desperately in need of cash.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48So the theft of the laptop gave you two for the price of one.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51But Annabel got suspicious.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53She discovered what files you'd transferred
0:41:53 > 0:41:56and like us put two and two together and came up with corruption.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58And that's what the argument was about.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02She was on to you, she was threatening to expose you.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04So you killed her.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06How on earth could she have retrieved those records?
0:42:06 > 0:42:08She wasn't senior enough.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Like you say, she was bright. She'd have found a way.
0:42:11 > 0:42:12Annabel Tilson knew nothing.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16And since you can't put me outside the building at the time she died, I doubt a jury will.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19I liked Annabel.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21I didn't murder her.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23I'm genuinely relieved she didn't kill herself.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26The only positive to come out of this
0:42:26 > 0:42:29is that I no longer feel any guilt over her death.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36We started out with murder and solved a fraud.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38But what about Laura Marsh's bracelet?
0:42:38 > 0:42:40It's how Hammond hid his money,
0:42:40 > 0:42:43he used Laura as a kind of human safety box.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Kingsley Wilton's alibi has worked out.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49The night Annabel died, he was in his hotel suite, in Singapore.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54However, on a brighter note, the FSA are delighted with your work, so well done. Really.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56I don't know, we solve a huge case for them
0:42:56 > 0:42:59and get a poxy bottle of Bulgarian Cava.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02We've officially moved from recession to depression.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Isn't this still fraud though, them buying us booze?
0:43:05 > 0:43:06Shut up and drink your juice.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08That video clip
0:43:08 > 0:43:11is now the only new evidence driving a murder investigation. Am I right?
0:43:11 > 0:43:14Well, no. No, we've got an A-Z with a random post-it note in it.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Annabel did not kill herself, sir.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Sandra, for all your endeavours,
0:43:19 > 0:43:23I think it might be time for UCOS to commit its resources to something else.
0:43:23 > 0:43:24No, that's not who she was.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30I've got a senior management meeting upstairs.
0:43:30 > 0:43:31Have a think about it.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33Yeah, cheers.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39Well, has anyone got any bright ideas,
0:43:39 > 0:43:41cos at the moment we're getting absolutely nowhere.
0:43:41 > 0:43:46Yeah. I think we should go back to the FACTS of the case.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Which is why ,if you don't mind
0:43:48 > 0:43:49I'm going back to the scene of the crime.
0:43:49 > 0:43:50I'll see you later.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01Yes! Hey! Get in!
0:44:03 > 0:44:05HE LAUGHS
0:44:09 > 0:44:11Just in.
0:44:11 > 0:44:12Transport for London records
0:44:12 > 0:44:15showing Annabel's Oyster card usage
0:44:15 > 0:44:16in the weeks before she died.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19Annabel never went near that page of the A to Z.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21We'd worked that out, Brian, yes...
0:44:21 > 0:44:25Except she did, once. December 3rd, the day of her miscarriage.
0:44:25 > 0:44:30She took the tube to Chigwell and from there she got on a W20 bus.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34Now the thing is, there are no hospitals along that route.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37However, there is one medical establishment
0:44:37 > 0:44:40not far from Chigwell station.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43- Abortion clinic. - Yes.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49So is that what an abortion costs then? £765?
0:44:49 > 0:44:52I wouldn't know, thankfully.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56Course we still don't know what DRY means.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58Don't worry, Brian. I'm prepared for another dead end.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00Oh, my good God!
0:45:10 > 0:45:13Arson. Just after 10am.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17Well, I've just had a word the clinic administrator.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20She's pretty sure all the computers were destroyed.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22However she'd already backed them up off-site.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25Turns out Annabel did pay a visit here.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29On 3rd December 2008 at 2pm.
0:45:29 > 0:45:35She was seen by a Doctor Yang. Doctor Y. D-R-Y, DRY.
0:45:35 > 0:45:36Oh!
0:45:36 > 0:45:39Well, somebody obviously didn't want us to find that out.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41They must have panicked.
0:45:43 > 0:45:44Gerry!
0:45:52 > 0:45:54It's starting to come back!
0:45:54 > 0:45:57I think it's watching all those interviews you did with Eddie,
0:45:57 > 0:45:59that must have helped. Oh, no, that's a point,
0:45:59 > 0:46:02can I ask you about that last interview?
0:46:02 > 0:46:04Yeah, go ahead.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Well, Eddie said he was sure that the kitchen worktop
0:46:07 > 0:46:11- was laid by an Asian. Right? - That's true. Yeah.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15But then he said he THOUGHT it was. Like it was a stammer.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19- Yeah, he did. - I wonder why?
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Thank you.
0:46:23 > 0:46:27That was the crime squad. A witness has come forward who spotted a car
0:46:27 > 0:46:31driving away from the clinic at speed just after 10am this morning.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35- Registration?- No, only the year. But they did get the make and colour.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39A green Chrysler Sunbeam?
0:46:39 > 0:46:41I'll run a search on it, shouldn't take a moment.
0:46:49 > 0:46:55So, for a 1998 lime green Chrysler Sunbeam we have...
0:46:55 > 0:46:58- 17 possible hits in London. - Oh!
0:47:00 > 0:47:02SHE SIGHS
0:47:13 > 0:47:15Minnie?
0:47:15 > 0:47:17What's happened?
0:47:17 > 0:47:21Annabel had an abortion, not a miscarriage.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24SHE GASPS
0:47:35 > 0:47:38Where were you this morning?
0:47:38 > 0:47:41I had some time off.
0:47:41 > 0:47:46So I went to Sissinghurst Castle to look around the gardens.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49- How did you get there? - In my van.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51Anyone go with you?
0:47:52 > 0:47:54No.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56Did you meet anyone there, who might remember you?
0:47:58 > 0:48:03No. Look I didn't burn down that clinic, of course I didn't.
0:48:03 > 0:48:07I know. I know. Because you're a good person.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09- And all life is precious to you. - Yes!
0:48:09 > 0:48:14But here's why I think you DID burn it down, Minnie. You got scared.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17- Of what?- You've always known Annabel had an abortion.
0:48:18 > 0:48:22- What? How?!- Because she owned up to you in St James's Park
0:48:22 > 0:48:24that she'd got rid of her child. Your child.
0:48:24 > 0:48:25- SHE SOBS - No.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28To push your sister through the ice and let her die,
0:48:28 > 0:48:32that must have been really tough for a good person like yourself to live with. But to confess?
0:48:32 > 0:48:35That takes more than goodness. That takes guts!
0:48:35 > 0:48:37Granted, you came half way. You found enough evidence
0:48:37 > 0:48:41for us to re-open the case and when we got stuck, you even dropped us a few crumbs,
0:48:41 > 0:48:43but when we closed in on the abortion clinic,
0:48:43 > 0:48:46then you changed your mind. Because the reality of going to prison
0:48:46 > 0:48:49hit you and you panicked. And you know what?! I understand!
0:48:49 > 0:48:51No! No, no! Enough!
0:49:02 > 0:49:04You've got it all wrong.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08I'm still trying to understand
0:49:08 > 0:49:11how my sister could have murdered her child!
0:49:16 > 0:49:20- What a pair, eh? - Who?
0:49:20 > 0:49:24Eddie and Annabel. His earth to her fire.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Sounds like it worked pretty well.
0:49:26 > 0:49:30Maybe she appreciated his calming influence.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33- Cos she had a terrible temper, you know.- Yeah?
0:49:33 > 0:49:35Oh, yeah. If she had an argument you could hear it
0:49:35 > 0:49:37all over the Foreign Office.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43That's a point. Drowning doesn't seem like drowning.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48But an argument sounds like an argument even 100 metres away!
0:49:48 > 0:49:50Sorry?
0:49:50 > 0:49:54No, I'M sorry. I'm really sorry, I've got to get back to the office right now.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58- Look, can I give you a lift somewhere?- No, no. It's fine.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01- Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05I'm sorry. Vera... we will meet again.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07SHE LAUGHS
0:50:13 > 0:50:17Guv'nor! We've missed something.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20Now, people love ogling public arguments, right?
0:50:20 > 0:50:23And we know that when Annabel argued, she made a right racket.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27Yet no-one in St James's Park reported hearing anything.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Why? Because it was silent.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Sign language.
0:50:45 > 0:50:50- Minnie. Sorry. Has anyone borrowed your car recently?- Who?
0:50:50 > 0:50:53Well, we don't know. Maybe someone you lent it to before?
0:50:53 > 0:50:55Erm...
0:50:55 > 0:50:59Eddie borrowed it to pick up his daughter from nursery once.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03- When?- About three weeks ago. His car was being repaired.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05Thank you.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07This way, please.
0:51:11 > 0:51:16Eddie found out about the abortion. He met her in St James's Park,
0:51:16 > 0:51:19he confronted her with his discovery,
0:51:19 > 0:51:21completely lost it and then pushed her under the ice.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23Yeah, but why follow us?
0:51:24 > 0:51:29To check that we weren't onto the abortion. He knew that was the only way he could be caught.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31And then when Minnie handed in the A to Z
0:51:31 > 0:51:33and we started asking questions about Fan Yang,
0:51:33 > 0:51:36- he panicked and burned down the clinic.- No, no, wait.
0:51:36 > 0:51:41- There are two problems here. First, it's all circumstantial. Again. - We can search Eddie's house.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44Yeah, but that's not the issue, is it? Cos we've always known that Eddie couldn't
0:51:44 > 0:51:48have killed Annabel at 6pm cos he was already on the train to Exeter!
0:51:50 > 0:51:53Why don't we go to Devon. Break his alibi.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17OK. Thank you very much, thank you.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26Anything?
0:52:26 > 0:52:29Eddie's mum swears that she saw the 5.22 train from Waterloo
0:52:29 > 0:52:35arriving at 8.55 and she watched her son get off it.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38Yeah, well Eddie's mates swear blind that they saw Eddie
0:52:38 > 0:52:41and his mum walking to the car park just after 8.55.
0:52:41 > 0:52:46So the alibi's solid. He caught that bloody train.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51That's it, isn't it? The end of the line.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54Someone burned down that clinic. And someone's been following us
0:52:54 > 0:52:58- in Minnie's car.- I don't know. Coincidence? Speculation?
0:52:58 > 0:53:01Come off it, Gerry. Annabel was murdered. You know it. I know it.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04No, all I know is you're seeing what you want to see in this bloody case!
0:53:06 > 0:53:08Sandra, Sandra!
0:53:12 > 0:53:14Watch these two girls.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21They totally disappear.
0:53:21 > 0:53:26Now what if Eddie was already in that shelter when the 5:22 came in?
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Then all his mum saw was him coming out of there
0:53:28 > 0:53:30and walking up the stairs.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34So she saw what she expected to see!
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Possible, isn't it?
0:53:40 > 0:53:45She confessed to the ultimate crime. Killing your baby.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50- But when you say she died I was on a train.- I don't think so.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54Waterloo may be the nearest station to your house.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57But the fastest trains to Exeter leave from Paddington.
0:53:57 > 0:54:02So after you killed Annabel, you jumped on a tube and struck lucky.
0:54:02 > 0:54:09A train left at 6.40pm and arrived at Exeter at 8.50.
0:54:09 > 0:54:14Once there, you hid for five minutes until the Waterloo train arrived.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17And then your mum saw you walk over the footbridge.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Your alibi was safe.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29You have no proof of this.
0:54:29 > 0:54:35Found in your house an hour ago. A duplicate key to Minnie's Chrysler.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40So?
0:54:40 > 0:54:46You watched the woman you loved drown and you did nothing!
0:55:01 > 0:55:02I wanted...
0:55:06 > 0:55:08I wanted her to look at me and tell me
0:55:08 > 0:55:10she hadn't killed our baby.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17She looked away...
0:55:21 > 0:55:22Everything went black.
0:55:27 > 0:55:34The next thing, she was in the water looking at me.
0:55:36 > 0:55:38Those eyes.
0:55:43 > 0:55:44I hated her.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52I'm really sorry that we had to jump to the wrong conclusion
0:55:52 > 0:55:55in order to reach the right one.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57I really believed they loved each other.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01Well, I think they did.
0:56:01 > 0:56:04No, my sister acted selfishly
0:56:04 > 0:56:09and broke his heart and he chose to watch her die,
0:56:09 > 0:56:14and live with that terrible secret. That's not love.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16That can't be anything to do with love.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21I wish I'd never found that video.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24Why don't you take some time off. A change of scene.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28Then I really would be in trouble.
0:56:31 > 0:56:32Bye.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40- That was quite impressive, Gerry. - Thank you Guv'nor.
0:56:42 > 0:56:46I think you're ready to visit your cousin.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48Oh, thank you.
0:56:48 > 0:56:52And also thank you for seeing beyond your first impression.
0:56:53 > 0:56:54What first impression?
0:57:05 > 0:57:09- Sir.- Your instincts were spot on about Annabel
0:57:09 > 0:57:12and about the Foreign Office of course. Well done.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14I also missed a double sighting of Minnie's car
0:57:14 > 0:57:15which slowed down the investigation.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17You solved not one but two cases here!
0:57:17 > 0:57:21- And the arson attack on that clinic could have been fatal. - Yeah, but it wasn't.
0:57:21 > 0:57:25You know, I used to think I was unstoppable in this job.
0:57:25 > 0:57:30First female commissioner even. Just like Annabel, I thought it was all possible.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33And with this case you wanted to show the Met you still had it?
0:57:33 > 0:57:35No, no, no. I've hit my ceiling here,
0:57:35 > 0:57:39I know that and I've dealt with it. No, I wanted to prove it to myself.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42- And did you? - Not really, no.
0:57:42 > 0:57:47Well for what it's worth, you proved yourself to me years ago.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50You can still get Washington, you know.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55- Now if I may, I'd like to buy you all a drink.- Thanks very much.
0:57:55 > 0:57:58- Sandra?- Yeah, OK. - Already booked, I'm afraid.
0:57:58 > 0:58:01- See you tomorrow.- Ta-da.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03- Who? Vera?- Danny.
0:58:03 > 0:58:06- Your cousin?! - Yeah, I Skyped him.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08All the...
0:58:08 > 0:58:11Yeah. The picture quality wasn't very good but we got on
0:58:11 > 0:58:13like a house on fire. Bought him a present.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17I thought you said he was into trains?
0:58:17 > 0:58:19No, no, he's into planes now.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22Least, I bloody hope that's what he said!
0:58:27 > 0:58:30# It's all right It's OK
0:58:30 > 0:58:33# Doesn't really matter if you're old and grey
0:58:33 > 0:58:35# It's all right I say it's OK
0:58:35 > 0:58:38# Listen to what I say
0:58:38 > 0:58:40# It's all right, doing fine
0:58:40 > 0:58:43# Doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine
0:58:43 > 0:58:46# It's all right I say it's OK
0:58:46 > 0:58:49# We're gettin' to the end of the day. #
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