0:00:07 > 0:00:09THUNDER RUMBLES
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Evening, sir, ma'am.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Got a light?
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Yes, of course.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33May I have my lighter back, please?
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Course. Just take it.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Come on, old man!
0:01:45 > 0:01:48The deceased is Noel Ashford, mid-50s.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Witnesses say he fell from the Colonists', about 9:30.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Well after closing time.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57My guess is he's had a few too many.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Cause of death? Oh...impact.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Injuries? I'd say a broken skull.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08That's very good, Dr Lawson.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11What did you find on him?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Ah, just these.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Right.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Cec, my dear chap, are you all right?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- I will be, sir, thank you.- Good.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28This is probably the last thing you need right now,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- but do you mind taking me up to the balcony?- Certainly, sir.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35I checked the premises thoroughly before I locked up, sir.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Mr Ashford wasn't even a member. He resigned last year.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Financial difficulties, I heard.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Cec, why don't you take a seat? Catch your breath.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46I'll take a look.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51He must have fallen from about here.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59- Certainly hitting a car from this height could kill you.- Why here?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Oh, that's a good question, Cec.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Perhaps he had a particular sentimental attachment to the club,
0:03:08 > 0:03:10I don't know.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I'd like to find out a little bit more about our Mr Ashford.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Noel Gregory Ashford, member number 471.
0:03:17 > 0:03:24Joined the club in 1935, he became the club snooker champion in 1947.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26He drank whisky sour.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30That's very impressive, Cec.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35A few weeks ago, you were in here with a lady friend.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Joy McDonald.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Very sorry about what happened.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Thank you, Cec.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51So am I.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Please.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16That's my husband.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Noel Ashford.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26We were going to go to the theatre tomorrow.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30I don't understand.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32I am sorry, Mrs Ashford.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Come on, Mum.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Nice family.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Why kill yourself?
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Waiting for him to respond may take a while.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Bruising around the eyes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Some facial abrasions.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14He landed on his back?
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Yes. Not too many external injuries by the looks.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21But this contour is unusual, isn't it?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Dipping at the hips, bulging at the upper and lower abdomen.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Let's take a look at his legs, eh?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Ah. Extensive scarring to the knees.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37He's made a right mess of that at some point.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39PHONE BUZZES
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I forgot we had a phone.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42It's only used for emergencies.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Alice Harvey.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55It's a hit and run. Constable Michael Martin.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Michael? Michael, it's Dr Blake. Can you hear me?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09His breathing's normal.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12He's unconscious. We need to get him straight to emergency.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- What happened?- Heading out to Neerena
0:06:15 > 0:06:18and following up a disturbance out at Clayton Shaw's farm
0:06:18 > 0:06:20and Mick was changing his flat
0:06:20 > 0:06:23and this bloody truck just comes flying round the corner
0:06:23 > 0:06:25and must have lost it on the wet road.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- Get a good look at the driver? - Nah.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Nah, but it was a... was a standard delivery truck.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33It had some kind of brand painted on the side.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Right, we'll start at Learmonth Road and continue to work south.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38We'll find this mongrel if it takes all night.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Hey, pull up.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00No plates.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Still warm.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12This is definitely the one.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Rego sticker's been peeled off.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Doesn't matter. I know exactly who this belongs to.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25SIREN WAILS
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Leon Woods, are you the owner of the Ballarat Apple Farm?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45You know I am, Matthew.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- Where were you at half past 11 last night?- Asleep.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Anyone who can vouch for you?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53The missus. And what's this about?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56My officer was knocked down by one of your delivery trucks last night.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59We found it abandoned in an empty lot this morning.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Well, that's not possible. Me other truck is locked up in me garage.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06So how come the engine on the one we found this morning was still warm?
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- Anyone else have keys to your garage?- Only me.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14The drivers always return the keys when they're done.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17So only you could have been driving this truck last night.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Which I didn't, because I was asleep.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Look, I can take you down to me property.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- My truck will still be there. - That's a good idea.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Give your keys to Davis. Come with me to the station.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- What, I don't get to go home?- No!
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Your name was printed all over the truck that knocked down my officer!
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- Morning.- Morning.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Anything in the paper about Noel Ashford?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51No. No, too late for the early edition.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I don't understand how he could possibly do that to his family.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Maybe he was depressed.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58That doesn't make it right, Mattie.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01No, not right, but at least understandable.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Hilary buried her first husband. Her daughter was devastated.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08If anyone should be suffering from depression, it's those two.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13- That's a lovely jumper, by the way, Jean.- Oh, thank you.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Knit one, purl one.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Well, there's a little more to it than that, Mattie.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I wouldn't know, I never learned.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Right.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23This evening, I'm teaching you.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24PHONE RINGS
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Ah.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Blakes' residence.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Yes, I'll tell him right away.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34You're wanted at the morgue.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43I wanted to show you these grazes on the face, around the ears.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46They haven't changed in colour since presenting last night.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49How could a person graze both ears
0:09:49 > 0:09:52and the tip of his nose at the same time?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54It doesn't fit with what we know of the impact.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56You have an alternative theory?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I don't think it's bruising at all.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00It's frostbite.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Frostbite?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06All right. Let's open him up.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Where's the heart?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Down here.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27And here, it's ripped.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Displaced organs. Spleen, heart.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32The liver's been torn.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34It's almost in his pelvis.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Certainly explains that unusual contour we noticed earlier.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Tell me what you see.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I have never seen anything like this.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46I have.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Soldiers.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Soldiers whose parachutes have failed to open.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58They end up looking very much like this.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Mr Ashford did not fall from the Colonists' Club balcony.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Close him up.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- What are you suggesting? - Well, now just hear me out.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14There's physical evidence of frostbite on the ears and nose
0:11:14 > 0:11:16and massive internal injuries.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- This may be a stretch... - Usually is.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21..but the injuries are consistent with a fall from a place
0:11:21 > 0:11:25much higher than any building in Ballarat and much colder.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Meaning what?- Perhaps he fell from a plane flying overhead.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30An outrageous notion, certainly.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32But one thing I do know is this -
0:11:32 > 0:11:35the organs were extensively displaced.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- Wouldn't the body be in worse condition?- Not necessarily.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40You see, skin is packed with proteins
0:11:40 > 0:11:42that can stretch many times their length.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45So the body's falling through the air,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48it reaches a certain velocity and hits the car.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Easy!- Sorry. The car takes much of the impact.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55The skin - the skin resumes its shape.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59But the real damage, the real damage has occurred internally.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02A plane?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05I cannot think of another explanation.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Sir. Sir.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14I got a call from the hospital.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Martin's conscious.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18But he doesn't remember anything.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Course he doesn't. I'll go and visit him later. What else?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Well, uh, Leon Woods was telling the truth.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28His other truck's locked up at his property now.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- How can that be?- How many trucks does he own?- Two.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- How many are you saying there are now?- Three.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51- What am I meant to do with those? - Well, they're from Leon Woods.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I don't know. Evidence?
0:12:53 > 0:12:57I think you'll find it's bribery. No-one eat the apples.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Now, listen...this is the truck that hit Constable Martin?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Definitely.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- Definitely?- Yeah.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Right. One of Leon's apples...
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- Blake.- Just bear with me.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14I want to show you something.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16A little bit of science.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20I'll try not to mess up your desk.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24There we are.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27The star of the apple always has five points.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- The star of the apple? - Yes. Look.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36The picture of the apple on the side of that truck has four.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Not the kind of mistake an apple connoisseur like Leon would make.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43That truck has nothing to do with the Ballarat Apple Farm.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45It has nothing to do with Leon Woods.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Someone went to the trouble
0:13:47 > 0:13:49of painting a copy of the Ballarat Apple Farm logo
0:13:49 > 0:13:52on the side of that truck, albeit slightly inaccurately.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54It suggests they were trying to hide whatever it was
0:13:54 > 0:13:57they were transporting, and I can tell you both this,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59it wasn't apples. It might also explain
0:13:59 > 0:14:02why they failed to stop after hitting the young constable.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Try not to spill any of your theories about planes just yet.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Mrs Ashford.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14This is everything your husband had on him.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17He was only able to wear that once.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I bought it for him a few days ago.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22There's also his wallet and some tobacco.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25You can keep the tobacco. He didn't smoke.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Oh, and, uh...
0:14:33 > 0:14:36I thought he was looking forward to it.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45Mrs Ashford, I... I'm sorry, but I'm curious.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49If your husband didn't smoke, why would he have tobacco on him?
0:14:50 > 0:14:54I don't know. It probably belonged to one of the pilots.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Pilots?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57He was president of the flying club.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00They all smoked. Except Noel.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04May I?
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Of course.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Is there anything else you need?
0:15:11 > 0:15:12No. Thank you.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Davis, head out to the local flying club.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Actually, I could go with Charlie, brief him on the way,
0:15:22 > 0:15:27- save you some time.- Good idea. You might learn something.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Come on, Charlie.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Good morning, ma'am.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Uh, I'm Senior Constable Davis. This is Dr Blake.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56- Morning.- Beatrice Ryan. I'm the secretary for the flying club.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58We just need a moment of your time, if that's all right.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Course. What can I help you with?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Oh, just a routine follow-up at the moment.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Um...were any flights scheduled here last night?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09They don't usually fly at night.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Right.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13And how many pilots do you have here?
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Just two now.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Mr Townsend and Mr Dankworth.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21You see, we're a training facility. There's no courses on at the moment
0:16:21 > 0:16:24so the pilots are using the spare time to maintain the planes.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Lovely.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28And you're here of an evening?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30No, I only work during the day.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Right.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37I'd just like to double check that no flights left here last night.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Of course. We can take a look at the logbooks if you like.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43See, each pilot has their own logbook
0:16:43 > 0:16:46and there's one for each plane.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50The Cessna 310 is the only plane in operation at the moment.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54We record the date, the time, the hours flown,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57the location to and from.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Right.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Uh...as you can see, the Cessna wasn't flown last night.
0:17:04 > 0:17:10So this plane, the Cessna, it was flown five days ago.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- That's right.- And if we wanted to speak to those two pilots?
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Oh, they're on the tarmac right now.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Oh, tremendous. Thank you so much for your help.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25Let me give you a hand.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Um, just over there, thank you.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33You see, those picture frames, they need urgent attention.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36The wood, it wears away if it isn't polished correctly.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39I didn't know that.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43Well, sometimes I wonder if people notice they've been cleaned at all.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44I think people notice.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00That logbook.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02All the entries were written in pencil.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Makes it fairly easy to adjust any information if need be.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11And, yes, Charlie, she's a very attractive young woman.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14I imagine this has all been quite a shock for her.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Well, lucky she met me, then.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Yes, I suppose so.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24It has got a few gremlins. Might need a bit more trim.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Excuse me, gentlemen.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30I'm Senior Constable Davis. This is Doctor Blake.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I'd like to ask you a few questions about this plane.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Copper and a doctor. Aren't we lucky(?)
0:18:35 > 0:18:37What are your names?
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Lyle Townsend.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Hugh Dankworth.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Has this plane been flown in the last 24 hours?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Are you second-guessing the logbooks you just inspected?
0:18:46 > 0:18:50I'm assuming that's what you were doing in our office.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Did you fly this plane last night?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54You won't get a different answer from him,
0:18:54 > 0:18:56unless you ask a different question.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58We're looking into Noel Ashford's death,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01trying to ascertain exactly what happened last night.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03He threw himself from the Colonists', didn't he?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Well, we're investigating all possibilities.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Last time it was flown it was, what, five days ago?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Look, I'm sure Beatrice has already told you that.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16And where were you blokes last night at around half past nine?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18We went into town for a few beers.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21We were walking home around about that time.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26We've got a plane to get back in the air. Excuse us, gents.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37I'd like to apologise for not being much help last night, sir.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Well, I hope you don't blame yourself for what happened.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Well, what happens in this club is my responsibility.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Well...between you and me, I don't think he fell from here.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Sir?
0:19:50 > 0:19:54I think he fell from a plane. I don't know why, I don't know how.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58I didn't hear anything, although there was a storm last night.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00The pilots at the air strip?
0:20:00 > 0:20:03They swear no plane went up.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Cec, that tobacco you were smoking last night. May I see it?
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- Has sir taken up smoking?- Oh... I smoke very occasionally, Cec.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Mrs Beazley does not approve.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Hmm, fairly popular, is it?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Well, it's very high quality.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26And it's also quite inexpensive at the moment.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Black market tobacco usually is.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32We found an identical pouch on Noel Ashford.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- But Mr Ashford... - Didn't smoke, I know.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40So why did he have it on him? Where did he get it?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Clearly he didn't buy it from a shop.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Is sir asking for my supplier?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53And if I was?
0:20:55 > 0:20:59With respect, sir, I don't think the members would be too happy
0:20:59 > 0:21:02if their favourite tobacco supplier was shut down.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Your loyalty is admirable.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Ah, sir could do with a haircut.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Possibly...High Street.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24HORSE RACING COMMENTARY ON RADIO
0:21:27 > 0:21:29What're you looking for?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31A trim, thank you.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Quarter inch off the sides.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34- Tapered?- Rounded.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Haven't seen you in here before.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40First time.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Fancy suit. Doctor?
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- Lawyer? Copper?- Doctor.- Mm.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Well, Doctor, you've had your hair cut recently,
0:21:52 > 0:21:55so what are you really in here for?
0:21:55 > 0:21:56I smoke.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- How many pouches?- Two.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Why didn't you just say so?
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Tell me. Say I wanted more. A lot more.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Heavy smoker, are we?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20How quickly can you get it in?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Five hours, give or take.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Please, keep the change.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- Thanks.- Thank you.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34You look like you have some news.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37I've just been to see the local barber, Willard Baxter.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39That's hardly a front page headline.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I purchased illegal tobacco from the man,
0:22:42 > 0:22:44for research purposes, of course.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46He has boxes of it in his storeroom,
0:22:46 > 0:22:50and I think it's the same tobacco Noel had on him.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Charlie found traces of tobacco in that truck.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57So, Willard Baxter is bringing chop-chop into town.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Why doesn't that surprise me?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02And I asked him if he could get me some more. A lot more.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04He said he could, in around five hours.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Well, hang on, the nearest tobacco farm is Myrtleford.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Ballarat to Myrtleford,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12well, a round trip in a car's nine hours at least.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- He's not driving it in.- Ohh! - He's flying it in.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Baxter's definitely connected to the flying club.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Those boxes in his storeroom have the same stamp on the side.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24So Baxter gets a truck and makes it look like he's transporting apples
0:23:24 > 0:23:26and hits a police officer in the process.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Get in touch with military records. See if we can find anything on...
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Yeah, Lyle Townsend and Hugh Dankworth. Will do.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36Dankworth...
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Let's bring them in. Pay Baxter a visit while we're at it.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Lawson, before you drag Baxter in,
0:23:42 > 0:23:46we should find out which pilot is handing the tobacco over.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51Whoever that is may also be responsible for Noel's death.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Baxter's not going anywhere.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55In the meantime, we can go straight to the source
0:23:55 > 0:23:58and potentially solve all three crimes -
0:23:58 > 0:24:02your hit and run, the tobacco operation, and Noel's murder.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Right.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22- Ladies.- Hello, Doctor. - Beatrice, nice to see you.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Miss Ashford, how are you?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Oh, I'm all right, thank you.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31And it's Miss Alexander, by the way. Noel was my stepfather.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33I do beg your pardon.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Still, I imagine it must be difficult,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39gathering Noel's things together.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Beatrice has been helping me.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43She's... She's been very kind.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Is there anything you need?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Well, as a matter of fact,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50one of the pilots and I share a mutual acquaintance
0:24:50 > 0:24:53and I was hoping to introduce myself properly.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Oh, good timing. That'll be them now.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Oh, how wonderful.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Well, um...I'll leave you to it.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11More questions, Doctor?
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Ha. Actually, I came to see Hugh.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19I, uh, was just wondering how your brother was doing.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Bryan, isn't it?
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Yes. What's it to you?
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Your brother and I met in Singapore a few years back. Malay Peninsula.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29By the time they brought him to me,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31nearly every bone in his body was broken.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- You're that doctor?- Yes!
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Thanks to you, my brother celebrated his 40th birthday last week.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Wonderful. Wonderful.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Uh, you served in Sungai Petani?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Yes.- Ahh.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- 453 Squadron.- 453.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50You flew air support for the ground troops when the Japanese invaded.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52You know about the ground troops?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54I was there.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Join us for a drink inside?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- I would love to.- Come on.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Told my brother to join the RAAF, too.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12There's less injuries, but he wouldn't listen.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- Wanted to get his hands dirty. - His loss.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Trouble coordinating your socks?
0:26:19 > 0:26:23You need a woman in your life, Danksy.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27- Maybe I don't want anyone telling me what to do.- Ahh!- Who'd want that?
0:26:28 > 0:26:32- Ah, here she is.- Excuse me, I'll just get rid of a few of these.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- Great girl.- Yes. Yes.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40So, you, um, still fly whenever you want?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Yeah, we do.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46A Cessna 310 hardly matches the thrill of a Brewster Buffalo,
0:26:46 > 0:26:47but, you know, it gets us up there.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50The Brewster Buffalo was a bugger of a plane. Bloody death trap!
0:26:50 > 0:26:53True, but it kept you on your toes.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56It rained last night, I see.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Hasn't rained for two weeks.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03We talking about the weather now, Doc?
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Well, I just thought you'd be interested to know
0:27:06 > 0:27:08someone took the Cessna up last night.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10There's fresh mud on the tyres.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Noel Ashford go up with you?
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Noel wasn't with us.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24It was just a quick flight.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Got to get your adrenaline pumping somehow.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Does anyone else know about this?
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Those planes are for training. We could lose our licence.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34It also makes you suspects.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36We were back by half past seven.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41I think this drink is over.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Yes, of course.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Gentlemen.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59That's right. And pull it across. Pull that...
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- That's it.- I'm sorry, Jean.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08I don't see the appeal. This is really quite difficult.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- You're thinking too hard about it. - What am I supposed to do?
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Well, sometimes knitting's best done thinking about something else,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18or talking about something else.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Ah. I've just been out to the flying club.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26I still can't believe that poor man fell from a plane.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29The pilots admitted taking a plane up last night,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32but it doesn't seem right that they were involved
0:28:32 > 0:28:35in Noel Ashford's death. I mean, these men are ex-RAAF pilots.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40These days, for them, flying means escape, freedom.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44And I don't think they'd ever want to jeopardise that.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46So why would they be lying?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Red and green.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Hugh Dankworth is colour-blind?
0:28:52 > 0:28:54I'm fairly sure.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57They both admitted flying that night.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Of course with fresh mud on the tyres of the Cessna,
0:28:59 > 0:29:01they could hardly deny it.
0:29:01 > 0:29:07So perhaps Noel Ashford found out, confiscated Dankworth's licence.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Gives Dankworth motive.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11I suppose throwing him out of a plane
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- and trying to cover his tracks seemed like an option.- Now, hang on.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17I'm not saying Dankworth was responsible,
0:29:17 > 0:29:20just that, well, he may be linked somehow.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Oh, he seems responsible all right.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25We just need to know when they took that plane
0:29:25 > 0:29:27and how far they travelled.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Sorry to have called you out here tonight.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37- Anything I can do, Constable. - It's Charlie.- Charlie.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44Now that is where Dankworth would have had some real trouble.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46The red and green warning lights.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- And this is a training school?- Mm.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53So...what are we looking at here, Blake?
0:29:55 > 0:29:59- Are you all right?- Yeah, I just want to get this over and done with.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- Do I sense a fear of flying? - No, you don't.- Oh.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07How does someone get pushed out of a plane like this?
0:30:07 > 0:30:09I have no idea.
0:30:09 > 0:30:15But looking here, the hours on the tachometer are different.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16The entry in the logbook said...
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- Yeah, yeah, it was 1831.- Yes.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22And here we have 1835.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Four hours difference.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30And I'd say enough room for cargo, too.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Yes, indeed.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35- Right, we finished? - You want to hop out?- Yes, please.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Hugh, clearly your being colour-blind
0:30:40 > 0:30:42never diminished your desire to fly.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46My uncle ran the pilot school when I was in training.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49He let me through. By the time I signed up for the RAAF,
0:30:49 > 0:30:51they were so desperate for pilots...
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I'm guessing the red and green warning lights
0:30:53 > 0:30:56would have been something of an issue.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59You can see what's red or green by the position of the light.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03Did Noel Ashford find out and threaten to cancel your licence?
0:31:03 > 0:31:06No, I made sure he never found out.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08By killing him?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- Of course not!- Why don't you tell us more about last night,
0:31:11 > 0:31:13and that plane you took for a ride?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Lyle and I went up about six o'clock, after we closed the club.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23Starting at base, we travelled four miles east towards Egerton.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25You didn't fly over the town centre?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27No.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29We got back to the flying club about half past seven,
0:31:29 > 0:31:31headed back to town, had a few drinks
0:31:31 > 0:31:34and then walked home about half past nine.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Noel wasn't with us.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39And you didn't drive a truck that night, either?
0:31:39 > 0:31:41A truck? No.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46I'm being detained, am I?
0:31:46 > 0:31:48What for, being colour-blind?
0:31:48 > 0:31:52For lying in an official police statement. That a good enough start?
0:31:57 > 0:31:59What?
0:32:03 > 0:32:07If Noel Ashford did find out about your eyesight,
0:32:07 > 0:32:10I think that might give you a reason to want to keep him quiet.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Now, someone pushed him out of that plane.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17And it wasn't me. I told you the truth.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Well, not at first. Come on, Hugh.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21If I didn't care, I wouldn't be here.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25So tell me, how have you managed to keep flying?
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Lyle's the only one who knows about my eyesight.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31And he's always with me when I fly.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35- Any other teaching I do is on the ground.- What about Ashford?
0:32:35 > 0:32:38I made sure I never went up with him.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40He would have reported me for sure.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44But you flew during the war. How on earth did you manage that?
0:32:44 > 0:32:47They needed all the pilots they could get.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50And as long as my co-pilot was on the ball, I was all right.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53You blokes have got no idea.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Spoken like a true serviceman.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00People talk about the war as if it was something terrible,
0:33:00 > 0:33:04and of course it was. Just not for me.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07I got to fly all these incredible machines all over the place.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Best bloody years of my life.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Quite.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Lawson, he's adamant Ashford wasn't up in the plane with them.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23They were back by half past seven, long before Noel fell.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Dankworth flew a plane and Noel Ashford was tossed out of one.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30You don't seem convinced.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Oh, they're just trying to relive their glory days.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37I can't see them killing a fellow ex-serviceman in order to do that.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- Boss?- Yes.- Uh, Clayton Shaw wants to talk to you in person.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45He's got a complaint about how slack the police have been
0:33:45 > 0:33:47in getting back to him.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Well, did you tell him a copper was knocked over
0:33:49 > 0:33:51- on the way to his place?- I did.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54And he said the next time someone flies a plane over his farm
0:33:54 > 0:33:58- and spooks his cows, he'll shoot them down.- Over his farm?
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- What time? - Right around six o'clock.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04But then again at around half past nine.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- Twice?- Mm.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Dankworth didn't mention that, did he?
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Follow up on the other farms and see what they have to say.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Well, actually, do you mind if it waits till tomorrow?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18I, um...I'm meant to be knocking off pretty soon.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Got plans, have we?
0:34:21 > 0:34:25- Oh, fair enough. First thing tomorrow.- Thanks, boss.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Still reckon the pilots are trying to relive their glory days?
0:34:32 > 0:34:34The plane flew twice that night.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Oh, you can carve, Lucien.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40It was the second flight that Noel Ashford fell from.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45So the pilots went from the flying club and flew over the town centre?
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- Lucien?- Ah, thank you.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Um, Jean, just give me a moment.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Now, let's say the chicken is the flying club.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Now, let's say the salt is Lydiard Street
0:35:00 > 0:35:02where poor Noel Ashford was found.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06- And the jug, the jug can...- That's a gravy boat.- I do beg your pardon.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08The gravy boat is the plane.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Now, where does...what's his name, Clayton Shaw, live?
0:35:11 > 0:35:13- Neerena.- Where's that?
0:35:17 > 0:35:20And the pilots said they flew east from the flying club.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- That means they didn't cross the town centre.- Well, they had to.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Mattie!
0:35:32 > 0:35:36So Clayton said that there was one plane at six, back and forth,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39and then another plane at half past nine.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42The pilots said they were back at base by half past seven.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45That still doesn't explain the flight over Ballarat
0:35:45 > 0:35:47when they were nowhere near it.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- I'm sorry, but the flying club is getting cold.- Yes.- Lucien.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56Now, that is a sour cream gravy.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59And the other one is a home-made tomato sauce.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Shall we?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Jean.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09This wasn't simply a case of two flights.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11There were two separate planes.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17We could have gone to the pictures,
0:36:17 > 0:36:22but this really is the best view of the Ballarat night sky.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27It's as if you can see every single star there is.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31This isn't just a part-time job for you, is it?
0:36:32 > 0:36:33No.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37My brother was RAAF.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41He never made it home.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47The pilots here, they wear the same cologne that he used to.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Makes me feel as if he's still close by.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52I'm sorry, Beatrice.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Well, you owe me a story now.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02I call my mum every day.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07I've got younger brothers, too.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09They're much younger.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13And Mum's kind of struggling without me there.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16And your dad?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20No.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29I tell you, I love the work here, and I'm good at it.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36But...I don't really know anyone, and they don't trust me,
0:37:36 > 0:37:39and that makes it really hard.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43So why are you here?
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Oh, they're promoting me after this.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48That's why.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Because you're right.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57This is the best view in Ballarat.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- Really?- Really.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13CAR APPROACHING
0:38:15 > 0:38:17You have got to be joking me.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- Doc.- Charlie.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Sorry to interrupt. This can't wait.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33Now, you said there were two flights that night.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36There were in fact two different planes.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- For God's sake!- But there's just the one plane in operation, Doctor.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Yes, the Cessna.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43I think we should start looking at the other planes, too.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- How many are there?- A few, but none of the others can get off the ground.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51Right. Perhaps we should start by looking in that hangar over there.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Doc, can't this wait till the morning?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55I'm afraid not, Charlie. Now come on.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Sorry.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18What is it?
0:39:18 > 0:39:21That is a Beechcraft 18.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25As far as I know, it hasn't been flown for months.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Charlie, may I, um...?
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Hasn't been flown for months, you say?
0:39:44 > 0:39:47How do you explain fresh mud on the tyres?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50I really have no idea.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00We found that inside the Beechcraft.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Noel Ashford was wearing a jacket that night.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05This thread comes from that very jacket.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07It's the plane he fell from.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11So, one or both of those pilots were in that plane with Noel Ashford.
0:40:11 > 0:40:12And it stunk of tobacco.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15And you're convinced that Hugh couldn't have flown it by himself?
0:40:15 > 0:40:20- Oh, highly unlikely. - Which means Lyle Townsend is our man.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21PHONE RINGS
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Hello, Police Station.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Have a look at this. It's from the War Office.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29It's Lyle Townsend's service record.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30My goodness.
0:40:30 > 0:40:38- Yes.- Dishonourably discharged for running contraband in 1947.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39So Lyle Townsend is the one
0:40:39 > 0:40:42who's handing over tobacco to our barber friend.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Now if it's all right with you,
0:40:44 > 0:40:47we'll go and pay Willard Baxter a visit right now.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Ah, Doc, that was Cec Drury.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51You're needed urgently down at the Colonists'.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Right. Mind if I, um...?
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Well, you will anyway.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Davis.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Sarah.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11I just wanted to know what he was feeling when he did it.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Look, it's hard to know why people do what they do.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20You're wondering what to say to make me feel better, aren't you?
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Not at all. There's nothing I can say. I can tell you,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26the police are investigating your stepfather's death.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29What's to investigate?
0:41:29 > 0:41:30He may not have fallen from here.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34I believe he fell from one of his planes
0:41:34 > 0:41:38and perhaps.... perhaps was the victim of foul play.
0:41:39 > 0:41:44We found a blue thread matching his jacket in one of the planes.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49OK, that makes sense. He was always working on the Beechcraft.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Your mother said the jacket was brand-new,
0:41:53 > 0:41:56that he'd only worn it once, the night he died.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59What, are you saying one of the pilots did this?
0:41:59 > 0:42:02The police are going to search the flying club tomorrow morning.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Thoroughly.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Hopefully they'll get to the truth.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Come on.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17What's all this stuff doing on my table?
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Whoever flew tobacco into Ballarat
0:42:19 > 0:42:22was also responsible for Noel Ashford's death,
0:42:22 > 0:42:24and wore one of these headsets.
0:42:24 > 0:42:30Now, it appears they were coming from Myrtleford.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33The police are closing in on Lyle Townsend, and, of course,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36thanks to me, they already have their hands on Hugh Dankworth.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- And you're not convinced either of them did it?- No, frankly I'm not.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- Mattie, can you try this on?- Mm-hm.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Oh, yes!
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- Do I have to give it back? - Yes, you do.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Mattie, just while you're here,
0:42:50 > 0:42:55would you mind terribly if I just tried these on you?
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Wait, how do you tighten it?
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- Like this.- Yes, wonderful.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Could you take them off carefully for me?
0:43:11 > 0:43:15Thank you. Now, look here.
0:43:15 > 0:43:22This headset is as small as the ones we just adjusted for Mattie.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26There you are.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Now it's making sense.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Afternoon.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38Willard Baxter.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Don't coppers have their own barbers?
0:43:40 > 0:43:42Oh, the lad needs a shave.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49I hear that you've been selling tobacco without a licence.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53Yeah, well, I usually don't get interrogated by my customers.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55Hm. Well, you are now.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58In relation to charges of illegal tobacco possession,
0:43:58 > 0:44:02a suspected hit and run, and severely injuring a police officer.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04I'm not obliged to do or say anything.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06You forgot to mention that bit.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08You know it off by heart.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10You still have to say it.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Senior Constable Davis, please let the record state
0:44:14 > 0:44:16I have read Mr Baxter his rights.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18Sir.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20Now, when my officer got knocked over,
0:44:20 > 0:44:23I wanted to find the bloke and I wanted to slit his throat.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25Yeah, I know the feeling.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31You drive cheap tobacco from Ballarat air strip.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33You hope that no-one will notice.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35You get an old truck, paint it a fake brand.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38Everyone knows that Leon Woods' trucks use the same route.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41Who's going to notice one more truck? You hope that it'll keep that way
0:44:41 > 0:44:43until you knock over Constable Martin two nights ago,
0:44:43 > 0:44:45you fail to stop and render assistance.
0:44:45 > 0:44:47Sounds like you're guessing.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50I've got uniforms turning your place upside down.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54I'm guessing they'll find the set of keys to match that truck.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57So maybe I drove a truck now and again.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00To bring in tobacco?
0:45:00 > 0:45:01Yeah.
0:45:01 > 0:45:05I might go easier on you if you tell me who you get the chop-chop from.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07We both know you're not going to make it easy on me.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10Last chance! Who's your contact at the flying club?
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Myrtleford and back.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14That's a fair trip, isn't it?
0:46:15 > 0:46:18How long were you able to hide the extra use of fuel?
0:46:20 > 0:46:22Noel was searching inside the cabin, wasn't he?
0:46:22 > 0:46:24Just like me.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28He found a pouch of tobacco and he put it in his pocket.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32He realised he'd found his contraband runner.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35And then he...he stowed away up the back of the plane...
0:46:38 > 0:46:40..intending to catch you in the act.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43But you weren't flying the plane, were you, Beatrice?
0:46:43 > 0:46:46And that's why you're in the co-pilot's seat.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48That's right, isn't it?
0:47:01 > 0:47:02ENGINES START
0:47:07 > 0:47:08Plan on throwing me out of the plane, too?
0:47:11 > 0:47:13Sarah, what are you doing?
0:47:16 > 0:47:18You can't be serious. Stop the plane.
0:47:48 > 0:47:49Everybody out!
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Watch your head.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14James Alexander was my real father.
0:48:16 > 0:48:20He loved planes, and he loved me.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24He taught me how to fly.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27How long have you been flying in illegal tobacco?
0:48:28 > 0:48:31Years. It was my dad's idea.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34Must have made you both a fair amount of money.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38It wasn't about the money. It was for the thrill of it.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41And I loved being with him.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Sarah, how did he die?
0:48:49 > 0:48:51He and Noel took a plane up together.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55Noel was supposed to have repaired it,
0:48:55 > 0:48:57but it wasn't ready...
0:48:59 > 0:49:01..and it crashed on the runway.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05And Noel survived and Dad didn't.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12And a few months later, he was married to my mother.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18He wanted me to call him Dad.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23The night that Noel Ashford died, he was in the plane when you took off.
0:49:23 > 0:49:27Yeah, he'd become suspicious.
0:49:31 > 0:49:32Beatrice worked the books,
0:49:32 > 0:49:36but he had noticed that there was some fuel unaccounted for.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40So he watched us and he stowed away in the back.
0:49:40 > 0:49:41Why didn't he talk to you about it?
0:49:41 > 0:49:43Because he wanted to catch me out.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49And the door blew open when we hit turbulence
0:49:49 > 0:49:52and Beatrice took over and I went back and I found him there.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54What happened?
0:49:55 > 0:49:58Well, he called me a stupid girl.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02He said I was just as bad as my father,
0:50:02 > 0:50:04and I slapped him.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08Then the plane banked.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11There was a storm that night.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15His knee gave way and the door was open.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18You're not trying to tell me it was an accident.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22He fell against the door, didn't he?
0:50:22 > 0:50:25We found a thread from the jacket he was wearing.
0:50:28 > 0:50:33Yeah, he grabbed on to the doorframe and he expected me to help him.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36But I didn't...
0:50:39 > 0:50:41..because he thought I was just a silly girl.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45It's still murder, Miss Alexander.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48Yeah, well, I miss my dad.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08Why?
0:51:08 > 0:51:10I needed the money.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14The bank won't give loans to women.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16I can't afford to buy a car. I can't afford to buy a home.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19- What's fair about that? - You can work, Beatrice.
0:51:19 > 0:51:22And I do. But it's not enough.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Look, I found out what Sarah was doing.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29She offered to bring me in on it.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31I didn't know she'd kill anyone.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36And you thought by going out with me, you could keep an eye on me?
0:51:37 > 0:51:40Well, I never thought we'd get on so well.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58It was just one date.
0:52:12 > 0:52:14You wanted to see me, boss?
0:52:14 > 0:52:16I did.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23What the hell do you think you were doing?
0:52:23 > 0:52:26Whatever it is you have to say, you can say it in front of the Doc.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30Answer me.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32I don't know, sir.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36That woman was the subject of an investigation,
0:52:36 > 0:52:39and she played you like a bloody violin.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42But it's not the first time, though, is it?
0:52:42 > 0:52:45A few weeks ago, you gave crucial information
0:52:45 > 0:52:48to a man that turned out to be the perpetrator.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50You nearly derailed the entire investigation.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52And God knows what information
0:52:52 > 0:52:55you're reporting back to your superiors in Melbourne!
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Would you like my resignation, sir?
0:53:02 > 0:53:04No.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08I want you right here, where I can keep an eye on you.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10Get out.
0:53:12 > 0:53:13Sir.
0:53:21 > 0:53:25Well, remind me never to get on the wrong side of you.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28- It's a bit late for that, don't you think?- Fair point.
0:53:29 > 0:53:30Can you trust him?
0:53:32 > 0:53:33Mm.
0:53:37 > 0:53:38Doctor?
0:53:38 > 0:53:40Oh, thank you, Jean.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46You know, it's a wonder. People still manage to surprise me.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48You talking about those two girls?
0:53:49 > 0:53:52Actually, no, I was thinking of you two.
0:53:54 > 0:53:55Sitting here, working away like this.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58And there's something menacing about those knitting needles,
0:53:58 > 0:54:02- the way they dart in and out. - Nonsense, Lucien.- Slide around.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05It's actually very relaxing, isn't it, Mattie?
0:54:05 > 0:54:07- Not yet.- Soon.
0:54:07 > 0:54:12Anyhow, isn't it just knit one, purl one?
0:54:12 > 0:54:14There's a lot more to it than that.
0:54:14 > 0:54:15Just ignore him.
0:54:15 > 0:54:20Besides, I think he's become a little alarmed.
0:54:20 > 0:54:24Something about a conspiracy of women, perhaps.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30Remind me never to underestimate either of you two.