Pennod 4 [Rhan 1/2] Y Gwyll

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-TELEPHONE

-A body was found this morning.

-What time?

-What time?

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-Just after six.

-Sir.

-Is DC Ellis down there?

-Is DC Ellis down there?

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-Yes, he's there.

-SOCO are on their way, sir.

-The body was burnt

-to conceal any evidence.

-Initial pathology reports suggest

-he died from a blow to the head.

-What was the time of death?

-What was the time of death?

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-Sometime last night.

-We found a set of keys

-and some change.

-What about a mobile?

-What about a mobile?

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-No.

-We've got a DNA match.

-Aron Bowen, 39 years old.

-He was released six months ago

-after serving 13 years for murder.

-He was found guilty in 2001

-for the murder of Abi Watkins.

-Was she his girlfriend?

-Was she his girlfriend?

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-Yes.

-Any children?

-Any children?

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-A little girl called Ffion.

-She was four when Abi died.

-What it a domestic?

-Abi was stabbed,

-but the weapon was never found.

-Bowen said he was innocent,

-and he stuck to his story.

-He said they fought.

-She hit him and he retaliated.

-Bowen left the house and returned

-the next day to find Abi was dead.

-It says he fled the scene of crime.

-Why run if you're innocent?

-Maybe he's guilty.

-Find out the terms of his probation

-and when he was last in contact.

-OK, sir.

-Where does his family live?

-Where does his family live?

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-Ynyshir Boatyard in Borth.

-It's run by his brother Cal Bowen

-and his wife Delyth.

-Delyth Bowen?

-Yes. Can I help you?

-It's about your brother-in-law

-Aron Bowen.

-Unfortunately,

-he was found dead this morning.

-What happened?

-What happened?

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-His body was found on the beach.

-We believe he was murdered.

-Have you and your husband

-heard from Aron since his release?

-No.

-No, my husband...

-He hasn't spoken

-to his brother for years.

-Why?

-Why?

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-Because of what he did.

-Is that your daughter?

-Is that your daughter?

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-It's Aron's daughter.

-Ffion.

-We brought her up

-after what happened.

-She had nowhere else to go.

-Is your husband here, Mrs Bowen?

-We would like to speak to him.

-He's in the yard.

-You don't seem too upset.

-I knew it would end like this.

-Where were you last night, Mr Bowen?

-Porthmadog.

-I was picking up supplies

-and got home around eight.

-Tell me about your brother.

-What about him?

-Were you close?

-Were you close?

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-Once.

-But it was before...

-But it was before...

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-He murdered Abi.

-Before he ruined everything.

-He should never have been released.

-What about Ffion, Aron's daughter?

-Does she feel the same way?

-He was never a father to her.

-We're the only family

-she's ever known.

-Ffion's spent the last 13 years

-trying to rebuild her life.

-If that means anything you...

-What?

-..you would stay away from her.

-What about Aron's parents?

-Can I speak to

-your mother and father?

-Dad died from a stroke

-nine years ago.

-And your mother?

-And your mother?

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-You're welcome to try.

-Annes Bowen?

-I know why you are here.

-Delyth phoned me from the yard.

-We're sorry for your loss.

-Were you in contact with your son

-after he was released?

-No.

-I wanted to see him but...

-It was too tough.

-He should have stayed away.

-There was nothing here for him.

-Not any more.

-He was your son.

-He brought shame on us all

-after killing that girl...

-..and now he's dead.

-Ffion, wait!

-MOBILE PHONE

-The Probation Service told me

-Aron missed two appointments.

-His file appeared on

-the national database last week.

-I'll send you

-his work and home address.

-Thanks.

-I hope I've got the right key.

-We've met before.

-Mr Latimer assisted us

-with the Devil's Bridge case.

-I remember now.

-There's a switch somewhere.

-What was Aron Bowen like?

-I couldn't say. He kept to himself.

-Did you ask him about his life?

-Did you ask him about his life?

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-It wasn't any of my business.

-I could see by his behaviour

-that something bothered him.

-It was as if he was trying his best

-to start again or from scratch.

-Good luck to him, I thought.

-Did he have any friends?

-A gentleman visited a few times,

-but I didn't get a good look of him.

-Did you get his name?

-Did you get his name?

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-No, sorry.

-He had dark hair

-and was about the same age.

-We'll need to take away those items.

-We'll need to take away those items.

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-OK.

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-Aron worked for a drainage company

-on the marshes.

-His friend, Craig Jones,

-got him the job.

-They were in school together.

-I tried to phone the company. Calls

-go straight to an answering machine.

-Sir!

-I've dug out everything

-on the Abi Watkins case.

-Aron made several appeals

-and pleaded his innocence.

-He said Abi was having an affair.

-He claimed

-this other man killed her.

-I just knew.

-The way she looked at me.

-The way she was around me.

-You can tell

-when a woman's cheating on you.

-I loved Abi. I would never hurt her.

-She was the mother of my child.

-But we lost our way.

-Is that right?

-Is that right?

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-It's the truth.

-What about the marks on her face?

-We argued.

-Tom...

-It was an accident.

-She ended up dead.

-Was that an accident?

-I didn't kill her.

-You killed her out of jealousy.

-No.

-No.

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-Really?

-You were jealous of the other man.

-No, that's not what happened.

-That's exactly what happened.

-Why won't anyone listen to me?

-I didn't kill Abi Watkins.

-It was the other man.

-All the evidence

-was stacked against him.

-Blood-stained clothes, fleeing the

-scene, a motive and an opportunity.

-It was that simple.

-What about the other man?

-That was a lie.

-That was a lie.

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-Aron appealed for 13 years.

-Bowen was guilty.

-He just refused to admit it.

-Some men are like that.

-Dr Haydn Blake

-was the pathologist on the case.

-I want to talk to him.

-No. Any evidence you need

-is in that report.

-Iwan Thomas...

-What about him?

-Have you been in contact with him?

-No.

-Good.

-Yes?

-Someone's here to see you, sir.

-It's Ffion Bowen, Aron's daughter.

-She used to read to me every night.

-Her hair...

-It was so soft.

-Then she was gone.

-Did you speak to your father

-after he was released?

-I did meet him.

-A couple of times.

-Did your uncle know?

-He wouldn't have approved.

-That's one way of putting it.

-I wrote a letter to him

-a few years ago.

-There were things

-I wanted to know about...

-..before Mam died.

-Nothing important, just things like

-where did they meet...

-..and where did they used to go.

-I just wanted to know...

-..if they were once

-like everyone else.

-Your Uncle Cal...

-..he thinks your father

-killed your mother.

-What about you?

-No.

-I think my father

-was telling the truth.

-What makes you say that?

-When I was little girl...

-..there was a man.

-He used to come to the house...

-..when Dad wasn't there.

-Are you sure?

-Are you sure?

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-Yes.

-I think he killed Mam.

-I think Dad found out who he was.

-And now he's dead too.

-There's someone here to see you.

-Things will get better, won't they?

-Listen, you're not alone.

-You've got people around you

-who love you.

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-Tell us about the night

-Abi was murdered.

-Mrs Bowen?

-I heard Aron's car pulling up.

-I wasn't expecting him.

-He came into the kitchen.

-I could see he had been fighting.

-There was a bruise on his face.

-He was upset.

-He said that

-he had quarrelled with Abi.

-Aron had made a mess of his life...

-..and he knew it too.

-I told him to go to bed to sober up

-and sort things out in the morning.

-Did he sleep here?

-I sent him home.

-What did you do next?

-I went back to bed.

-I didn't see him again.

-The police came the next day

-and told me what he had done.

-I'd told him enough times

-not to touch that girl...

-..but he wouldn't listen to me.

-CAR ENGINE

-What do you want from us?

-We want to find out who killed Aron.

-You're speaking to the wrong people.

-Why is it that no-one seems bothered

-that your brother's been murdered?

-Apart from his daughter.

-Apart from his daughter.

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-She's not his daughter.

-She doesn't see it like that.

-I don't care how she sees it.

-I'm her father,

-and I know what's best for her.

-She thinks he's innocent.

-She thinks he's innocent.

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-She's only 17.

-Leave my daughter alone.

-I'm looking for Craig Jones.

-Mr Jones?

-I thought I'd try to help him.

-I wanted to get him

-back on his feet.

-Nobody wanted to know him.

-He was being treated like dirt.

-I thought if I could

-get a job for Aron...

-..he could turn his life around.

-When did you last see him?

-When did you last see him?

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-On Friday.

-He was here with me

-all day in the ditch.

-We found blood

-on his clothes in the flat.

-Did something happen at work?

-Was he injured?

-No.

-Was there a fight?

-Was there a fight?

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-I don't know anything about that.

-You don't remember me, don't you?

-Yes, I do, but I don't have

-anything to say to you.

-You could've told me

-you were a copper.

-Just tell me about Aron Bowen,

-if you don't mind.

-Mr Watkins?

-Do you know why we're here?

-I know about Aron

-if that's why you're here.

-The Probation Officer phoned me

-and said that I should know.

-Is this yours?

-Is this yours?

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-No, it's my father's boat.

-Have you still got it?

-Have you still got it?

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-No, it sank.

-September 10th, 1973.

-My father and his friends

-went down with it.

-I was the only survivor.

-The boat had just

-come back from the yard.

-The Bowens' yard.

-The Bowens' yard.

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-Yes.

-We had sailed in worse conditions.

-She started filling with water.

-And you blamed the Bowens.

-If the pumps would've worked

-and the repairs would've held...

-..I wouldn't have lost

-my father and his friends.

-I don't know why my daughter

-got involved with that family.

-My wife, Gwyneth, was heartbroken.

-Aron Bowen said Abi

-was seeing someone else.

-Aron Bowen is a murderer

-just like his father.

-He won't take responsibility

-for his own actions.

-What about

-your granddaughter Ffion?

-That woman stopped us

-from seeing her.

-Annes?

-Yes, Annes.

-Whatever Annes wants...

-..Annes gets.

-Did Ffion tell you

-she had been seeing her father?

-She told us last night.

-Were you angry with her?

-Ffion's exactly like her mother.

-You couldn't tell Abi what to do.

-It only made her want to do it more.

-Did Abi tell you about the affair?

-No.

-Are you sure?

-I suspected it and asked her

-if something was going on.

-She denied it

-which made me feel...

-..maybe it was serious.

-When bad things happen...

-..do you think

-it leaves a mark on the place?

-I was in school with the girl

-who used to live here.

-She was older than me.

-Everyone looked up to her.

-Alys Thomas.

-She and her mother were murdered.

-I know.

-But we caught the man who did it.

-I told them I came to see you.

-I told them I had been seeing Dad.

-What did they say?

-Not a lot.

-Nothing ever gets said.

-But they were angry.

-It was as if I'd betrayed them.

-What do you mean by

-nothing ever gets said?

-They never talk about

-my mother and father.

-It's as if they never existed.

-And if they didn't exist...

-And if they didn't exist...

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-Neither do you.

-I should get back.

-Ffion...

-We'll find the person

-who killed your father.

-Ffion was in touch with her father.

-They met.

-Did she forget to tell you?

-Ffion's got this image

-of her father in her head.

-The image of the man he once was,

-and the man he could have been.

-But he was never there for her.

-What kind of father is that?

-Are you OK?

-Yes, I'm fine.

-Lloyd...

-I think I've found something.

-'I'm truly sorry for all the years

-you have suffered.

-'Maybe I should've said something...

-'..but the fact Abi met someone else

-doesn't change what happened.'

-It's from Abi Watkins's mother,

-Gwyneth.

-She thanks Aron Bowen

-for writing to her.

-She died three weeks later.

-'Forgive me for staying quiet,

-in the same way I must forgive you.

-'Yours sincerely, Gwyneth.'

-She knew who Abi was seeing.

-Aron was right about the affair.

-Maybe he was right

-about Abi's killer too.

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-The first time Aron wrote to us...

-..we thought

-he might say he's sorry...

-..and ask for our forgiveness.

-We thought he might admit

-to what he had done.

-But he still

-protested his innocence.

-What did the letter say?

-Nothing he hadn't

-already said in court.

-But he kept writing.

-One letter after another.

-We didn't bother opening them

-and threw them into the fire.

-I thought the letters had stopped.

-But when my wife died...

-..I found out that

-she had been hiding them.

-Your wife wrote this letter

-a couple of weeks before she died.

-She thought Abi

-was seeing someone else.

-Another man.

-We think Aron Bowen found out

-who Abi was seeing...

-..and this person

-is responsible for his death.

-Who is he, Mr Watkins?

-Craig?

-Craig Jones?

-I've got nothing to do with this.

-What about Abi Watkins?

-What about Abi Watkins?

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-What about her?

-Aron knew she was seeing

-someone behind his back.

-You were that person.

-What happened? Did Aron find out?

-Did he come after you?

-Is that why you killed him?

-I didn't kill him.

-That's not what happened.

-Tell us what happened then.

-Aron knew about me and Abi.

-How?

-How?

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-I told him everything last week.

-Why?

-Why?

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-I wanted him to admit to it.

-He kept saying he didn't kill Abi

-and that this other man did it...

-..but I knew he was lying.

-Because you were the other man.

-Where were you

-the night Aron was killed?

-I was at home.

-Were you with anyone?

-No, I was alone.

-All night?

-All night?

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-Yes, all night.

-Tell us about the night

-Abi was murdered.

-Aron had been drinking.

-I met him after work.

-He was in a bad way. He was angry.

-I tried talking to him,

-but he wasn't having none of it.

-We argued and he stormed off.

-Didn't you go after him?

-What did you do then?

-I went home.

-But I was worried about Abi

-and went over there.

-To see her?

-The place was a mess.

-They had been fighting.

-Aron had left, but...

-She had marks on her face.

-What happened next?

-I was angry.

-I went to Aron's flat

-to have it out with him.

-What time was it?

-What time was it?

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-About one.

-His truck was outside,

-so I knew he was there...

-..but I couldn't go through with it.

-I couldn't face him.

-I just sat outside his flat.

-Until when?

-Three.

-Is he telling the truth?

-Is he telling the truth?

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-Why would he lie?

-He's got a motive but no alibi.

-He's got a motive but no alibi.

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-There's no hard evidence.

-Ask his work colleagues

-what kind of man he is.

-On the night of Abi's murder...

-..Craig was outside Aron's flat

-between 1.00am and 3.00am.

-It confirms that Aron went home.

-Only if Craig is telling the truth.

-The coroner reported that Abi was

-killed between 1.00am and 4.00am.

-That leaves an hour

-for Aron to return.

-But Craig's evidence suggests

-Aron was telling the truth.

-I agree.

-DC Ellis, DS Owens...

-Don't forget we're here to find

-the person who killed Aron Bowen.

-We think it might be more

-complicated than that, sir.

-We?

-Yes, sir.

-Craig's evidence raises suspicion

-about the original verdict.

-The Abi Watkins case is closed.

-Aron Bowen was found

-guilty of her murder.

-Our job is to find out

-who murdered Aron Bowen...

-..not to open old wounds.

-What if both cases are connected?

-Aron Bowen served 13 years

-for a murder he didn't commit...

-..and now he's lying in a mortuary.

-I've supported you, DCI Mathias...

-..over Mari Davies...

-..and Gwen Thomas.

-I hope you are not suggesting

-that I don't do my job properly.

-That went well.

-What shall we do about Craig Jones?

-You heard what Prosser said.

-We hold him...

-..on suspicion

-of killing Aron Bowen.

-Where are you going?

-I need to speak to Haydn Blake.

-Tom, leave it. You won't win.

-Craig didn't kill Aron,

-and he didn't murder Abi.

-We don't know that.

-We don't know that.

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-We don't know anything.

-Mared.

-But the two cases are connected.

-Trust me.

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