The Jury's Out Armchair Detectives

Love crime fiction?

Always able to pick the murderer before the final chapter?

Then you're in the right place.

Welcome to the TV show with only one question - whodunnit?

Welcome to Armchair Detectives,

the show where these 15 murder mystery enthusiasts

will try and solve a

deadly crime by the end of today's programme.

Our studio detectives are placed at the centre of a crime scene,

set in the fictional village of Mortcliff.

It's the place with the highest murder rate in Britain!

They'll watch the drama play out

as Mortcliff's favourite police officers try to crack the crime.

There they are.

DI Knight, DC Slater

and Scene Of Crime Officer Simmons.

I'm curious about their lives, I'll be honest with you.

Before we had to Mortcliff for the first time,

let's meet today's Armchair Detectives.

Hello, Armchair Detectives.

-ALL:

-Hi!

Oh, you're always so bright and breezy and up for it.

Now only three of you can play each day,

so please take your armchairs,

Simon, Bola and Charley.

Come on up.

So, Simon, tell me,

what do you do when you're not playing Armchair Detectives?

Well, Susan, I'm a tour guide.

Oh, lovely. Are you looking forward to today, Simon?

Oh, can't wait.

Oh, he's rubbing his hands with glee.

Bola, welcome. What do you do when

you're not being an Armchair Detective?

So I'm a business consultant.

Are you going to be a leader of the Armchair Detectives?

Yeah, but I reckon we're going to work as a team first and foremost,

but absolutely, I'll be getting my point across!

Ooh! Charley, now I hear your

partner's also an Armchair Detective.

-She is indeed.

-Where?

-That's Laura, sitting over there.

Hi, Laura. And so, who usually picks out the murderer?

I've got a little bit of a cheat on this one, because

I was a detective for the Metropolitan Police

for nearly ten years.

-Oh, aye, here we are!

-Yeah.

-Here we go.

Well, let's see if that helps you at all, Charley!

If any of these guys guess the killer,

then this is what they're going to win.

That's right, it's the Armchair Detectives

Golden magnifying glass.

-ALL:

-Ooh!

Now, just to let you know, Armchair Detectives,

I have no idea who the killer is either,

so I'm going to be playing along with you all as well.

Let's begin, as it's time for round one, the Crime Scene.

Notepads at the ready for the first time today.

Let's head over to Bay Cliffs in Mortcliff.

What did the seagull say to the police officer?

Now, now, Simmons, it's be kind to the DC day.

-I'm working on my own today.

-Right.

Well, we have a fall victim.

We've seen far too many of these over the last year or two.

That's the fifth around the same spot.

Who is the victim?

Jemma Hall.

Broken bones and internal injuries consistent with a long fall.

Her boyfriend's just over there.

-Thanks, Simmons.

-Cheers, Simmons.

Jemma and I were walking across the top of the cliff about an hour ago.

We were here to meet an old school friend of Jemma's

who'd recently been in touch.

We were here early and I needed the toilet.

I went off to find a bush.

It was right after that that I heard the scream.

Did you notice anything else?

I heard someone running. I thought it was Jemma.

When I came back to the path, she wasn't there.

I looked over and saw her lying at the bottom of the cliff.

I dialled 999 and ran down the steps but...

..she was already dead.

We're very sorry for your loss, Dale.

Is there anything else that you can tell us

that may be of some importance?

She was a happy person.

We wanted to get married. There's no way this was suicide.

Can you show me where that bush is?

It's a big bush by the blocks over there.

Is everything OK?

There's been a fatality.

How long have you been in the area today, sir?

I've only just arrived for my walk.

I do so every day.

Have you noticed anything unusual?

Nope. This seems to be quite the hot spot for jumpers these days.

How long did you say you've been walking in the area today, sir?

Maybe just under half an hour.

I didn't do it, if that's what you're thinking.

I have a tracker on my phone.

-I can show you.

-Why have you got a tracker?

It tells me how far I've walked and exactly where I've been.

I like to track my hikes.

OK. We'll need the data off that.

I'll take your details.

What's your name?

McBride. Hamish McBride.

No fencing or barriers.

There are warning signs, though.

How long do you think this path runs for?

Looking at the erosion, it probably changes all the time.

Look at that, sir. Phone.

I'll get Simmons.

Oh, and I want that bush tested.

The one Dale says he urinated behind, just to be sure.

Sure. But we only have his version of events.

He could have easily pushed her over.

Thank you, sir.

Least I can do, Slater.

Four hits, sir.

You'll have to elaborate.

After what Simmons said, I searched for the deaths during the

past year within a mile of the cliffs.

Four hits came back,

not including Jemma Hall.

All of them had fallen from the very same cliff.

David Parkin, 55, from Parryvale,

Liana Scofield, 24 from Mortcliff.

Lewis Murphy, 35 and

Liam Clarke, also 35 from Mortcliff.

Any connection between the victims?

Well, three years ago, they all served on the same jury together.

A man called Brendan Wilson was charged - convicted, too - for fraud.

Got six years for it.

He died in prison.

I spoke to an officer who interviewed Jemma's parents.

Jemma's father said that she'd

become friends with another juror

and that they died at the same place.

The Procurator Fiscal has already

given us special permission to see the full juror list.

Looks like someone wasn't happy with the verdict.

Any of the other jurors live in the local area?

-Yeah, three.

-OK.

Let's get them in for questioning, right away.

-Well.

-Ooh!

Audible gasps from the Armchair Detectives.

The killer's fast.

I think he's actually quite young, athletic,

because if the boyfriend went behind the bush, quickly run up, push,

quickly leg it back.

I'm possibly erring on somebody on the same jury

that could have been the murderer.

But that's just my initial views.

-OK.

-Yeah.

Well, today we are investigating the death of Jemma Hall.

She was 25, and a barmaid.

Jemma's boyfriend was Dale Coleman.

The cause of death is a suspected fall from a height,

causing fatal internal injury to Jemma's vital organs.

The time of death is approximately 10am.

With the boyfriend, you know, what was her relationship like?

If she's in a bar every single day with people cracking onto her,

was he the jealous type? Was he not?

She... I don't think she was that important to the killer.

There was no hardly planning involved, you know.

You push someone, it is literally a five-second split.

OK. We have Dale Coleman, who is the boyfriend, and Hamish McBride,

who was in the area when the victim died.

Now we haven't really spoken about Hamish.

He's got quite quick with the explanation about the tracker.

If someone volunteers information, then I'm automatically suspicious.

It's the ABCs.

Assume nothing, believe no-one and challenge everyone.

OK, so each round, you'll get to pick

evidence to interrogate more closely.

Here's a piece to start you off.

And we have a map of the Bay Cliff area.

Marked on this map are locations

where the previous victims fell from the cliffs,

including Jemma.

So quite close in proximity.

Could it be a meeting point, if they were all friends?

Did they often walk there together?

So that's where my head's at at the moment.

If they have all been lured to this location,

is it of grave significance to whoever is killing them?

Personally, I think we're dealing with a psychopath right here.

Honestly, I think we're actually dealing

with a full-blown psychopath.

Straight in! OK, well, it's time now for round two, last movements.

We'll see what happened in

the fateful final moments before Jemma Hall's death.

Notepads at the ready.

Let's head back to the Bay Cliffs, Mortcliff.

You're always on that phone.

Can't you take your eyes off it for a second?

Don't be so miserable.

It's just photos.

Can't you just enjoy a nice sea walk?

I can think of better things to be doing.

Come here.

Smile!

That's lovely.

PHONE BUZZES

Who's that?

Nothing, just work.

I need the toilet. Be right back.

OK, well, don't be long.

Fiona'll be here soon.

SCREAMING

-ALL:

-Oooh!

Well! Oh, well, well!

So first of all, I'd love to see that picture that she took.

The selfie of the two of them,

cos maybe it could show somebody in the background.

Secondly, he's a bit jealous.

He's not liking her being on her phone, but then

he got a message and wouldn't reveal to her who it was.

I'd like to see what that message was, as well.

People put things into their phone that they won't tell their barman or

their priest, so I think phones

will give you the insight to somebody's life.

Without fail.

Yeah.

Well, let's take another look at the suspects board.

We have Dale Coleman,

and Hamish McBride.

I'm quite sceptical of Dale,

from him saying that he was behind

the bush and he heard somebody running off.

Now, when the detectives were up there, it was quite noisy,

quite windy and some distance,

so I'd find it difficult to believe he heard somebody running.

OK, let's crack on.

You can have an evidence pick now

and it's one from the following list.

You need to decide amongst

yourselves as a group which one you're going for.

We have the data from Hamish's health tracker app,

or a letter to the victim and finally,

the last selfie of the couple before Jemma's death.

I know, I know, I know.

The last photo we've always thought, "Ooh, that looks a bit fun,"

but this letter is something we know nothing about.

I'm heading towards the letter at this moment in time.

I'm heading towards the letter as well.

-OK, the letter, I think.

-The letter. Thank you.

-You want to see the letter?

-Please.

So we can reveal the letter sent to the victim claiming to know them,

so it says, "Hi, Jemma.

"I've just discovered your address through Ruth Potter.

"I'm Fiona Williams. Remember me?

"It's been ages since we were at school together.

"How are you? I walk the dogs every Thursday from 10am at Bay Cliffs.

"Fancy meeting next week?"

Who's Ruth and why are you giving out people's addresses?

You know, it's 2017. You've got Facebook and everything else.

-Yeah.

-I'm sure they could get in contact by other ways.

-Yeah.

-Don't believe it.

I mean, if they were living in the same town,

you know, surely they, you know, see each other.

As it's quite a small town.

You know, it's,

"Come down to the murder cliffs so I can totally not murder you."

It's... Yeah, wildly, wildly suspicious.

Well, Armchair Detectives,

it's prime suspect time.

Write down the name now of who you think the prime suspect is.

OK, time is up.

Notepads away, please, Armchair Detectives.

-Simon.

-Hamish.

Hamish, why?

I think there's a past life he's trying to get away from,

maybe he's going back to his old deeds again.

Maybe. Bola, who do you think?

I've gone for Dale.

At the moment, based on the evidence I've got,

he's my prime suspect.

-Yeah.

-And Charley?

I bring in the boyfriend on basic principle at this stage.

-Yes.

-He's there. He is convenient.

Let's find out what he knows.

OK, well, now, it's on to round three,

which is the Police Interviews.

Knight and Slater widen their search for who the suspects might be.

Notepads at the ready.

It's off to Mortcliff Police Station.

You no longer live in Mortcliff.

After we got married,

we had some trouble from a neighbour so we moved.

What was the issue with your neighbour?

Our neighbour was anti-gay.

Yes, I notice...

..you reported a couple of incidents.

Can you tell us about the Brendan Wilson trial?

I'll say this.

I didn't like Brendan Wilson.

He was angry, abusive and homophobic.

But I don't know if he did it.

Why's that?

I didn't think the evidence was strong enough to convict him.

I didn't want to send the chap down if I wasn't sure.

Did you know Jemma Hall before the trial?

I didn't really get to know her during it either, why would I?

And subsequent to the trial?

No.

Did you know that her parents were your homophobic neighbours?

Mr Hall, her father, was quite vitriolic

towards both you and your partner.

That can't have been very pleasant.

It is a bit of a coincidence that you were right there.

Did you know Jemma's parents were your neighbours?

Yes, I did.

Well, my gut instinct told me he was 100% guilty.

I always listen to my gut.

Never trust a person who cannot make up their own mind.

There was a huge difference in opinion.

Well, half of us said he was guilty

and the other half believed he was innocent.

But you're not allowed to reveal the details

of confidential juror discussions.

We spoke about it all over the place.

Not only during deliberations. Well,

there was a fair bit of lobbying from both sides, if I'm honest.

Too much chitchat and not enough action.

But in the end, we only deliberated for a day.

Well, so not that long, then.

The facts spoke for themselves.

I was never in any doubt.

The only issue was -

and this didn't speak to Brendan's guilt or his innocence -

but I maintain his brother James

played a bigger role than he said he did.

What was Brendan like?

Brendan didn't strike me as a very nice man, either.

It's no loss he died in prison.

That will save the taxpayer a few coppers!

How do you know he's dead?

I remember hearing about it on the news about a year ago.

Yeah, I remember reading about it and watching it on the news.

Miss Donaldson, could you tell us about the trial of Brendan Wilson?

Brendan was convicted on flimsy evidence given by his brother.

I can tell you right now it was James

who masterminded the whole thing.

D'you know the Bay Cliff area?

I've been receiving some letters from Fiona Williams.

The last letter was last week to meet her at Bay Cliff.

But I haven't been able to go because...

Well, because I've been having chemotherapy recently and...

..my energy isn't good at the best of times.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Yeah. I was diagnosed with leukaemia recently.

I'm just taking it day by day.

Who is Fiona Williams?

Ah, this is fantastic.

We actually have a murderer who is posing as another person.

Two letters in just a short period of time from Fiona,

saying meet at this one place.

It's brilliant, it's absolutely brilliant.

Charley.

Well, I want to know a lot more about our last young lady

who was Margaret Donaldson, because...

..frankly, the chemotherapy is a very nice kind of cover.

Everyone's volunteering a lot of information to the police,

-aren't they?

-So very convenient.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

So we have more suspects to add.

We now have Dale Coleman,

Hamish McBride,

we also have Donna Atkins,

who was a jury member,

Margaret Donaldson,

who was a jury member

and James Wilson who we've not met yet but who has been referred to.

There's something not right about Donna.

She's a very...

Seems like a very vicious kind of woman.

When she said there was a lot of talking but not enough action.

-Yes.

-She looked really serious,

as if to say, action needed to be taken.

Donna doesn't have the motive to enact revenge upon the jury,

because she got what she wanted.

I think it's got something to do with the opposing sides here.

Probably need to jot down who's on which side here

to maybe work it out a little bit.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, that's where I'm at.

Well, once again you can pick a piece of evidence

and we've added a new one to the list.

So you can have the data from Hamish's health tracker app,

or the last selfie of the couple

before Jemma's death, and the new piece of evidence is letters sent to

Margaret Donaldson.

If we have the letter and there is a match, but...

Then again, there might be something in the last picture.

I've a feeling we can collect dozens of letters in the same handwriting

all from Fiona Williams to each juror,

unless it was a different handwriting,

it wouldn't move us any further forward.

I'm edging towards the photo.

I want to see if any of the suspects, cos it's widened out,

are in that photo.

-Absolutely.

-That's what I want to go for.

-Yeah.

Well spoken there, I think.

So you've chosen the last photo of the couple.

It's a selfie by Jemma of herself and her boyfriend Dale.

The photo was taken on the Bay Cliffs

and uploaded onto Jemma's social media shortly before her death.

Back left, bald head.

It's a bit of orange or it's a bald head.

We don't know whether James Wilson has hair or not.

-Right.

-We don't...

We've got Hamish McBride, is bald.

Whatever, though, we have a few hiding places.

-Yeah.

-We have about five.

You could put a platoon in there, for heaven's sake.

It's time to write down your prime suspect again.

The suspects are Dale, Hamish, Donna, Margaret, and James.

Time's up. Notepads away.

Armchair Detectives, please.

Simon, last time you picked Hamish.

Have you changed your mind?

No, I'm sticking with him.

Good. Bola?

Last time, you went for Dale.

-Yeah.

-Have you changed your mind?

-Possibly a crime of passion so,

yeah, I'm sticking with Dale.

OK, and Charley, last time you went for Dale.

Indeed I did.

-Have you changed your mind?

-I have gone for Margaret.

-Why?

-We have the little bald head in the last photograph round the back.

Hamish is a nice obvious bald guy

and she's in the middle of chemotherapy

which no-one's going to think of,

so I feel like a bit of a monster for suggesting it, but...

OK, it's time for round four, Dig Deeper.

Let's head to Mortcliff Courthouse

three years earlier to find out more.

I know which way I'm going to vote.

It's very clear who's at fault here.

Did you see him wink at me during the closing?

I'm sure he was flirting with me.

He actually pointed to his ring finger, as well!

I'm just glad the postcard sent to Brendan didn't cause a mistrial.

That would have been a waste of our time.

I wonder who sent it.

Right. As foreman of the jury,

it is my duty to guide our deliberations today.

He allegedly defrauded 30 people,

mostly pensioners, of over £800,000 by getting them to invest in him and

his brother's business.

The company was in James Wilson's name.

Why is Brendan Wilson the primary perpetrator

when it was his brother's company?

It makes no sense.

Brendan clearly pressurised the vulnerable

into parting with their money.

Yes, but so did his brother at his own admission.

Brendan set up all the relationships.

He did all the persuading and then the paperwork.

According to his brother, who is clearly untrustworthy.

My gut instinct tells me that Brendan...

Yeah, can we focus on the evidence, please?

Right, where'd you think the money went?

Only 100,000 went to the banks.

Look, I just keep thinking, you know, in a few years' time,

that could be me. Like, I would look at a man like Brendan

and I would trust him if he gave me

a card with a financial adviser credentials.

So much for gut instincts.

Nope, but that's an important fact, though.

It goes to perceptions and how easily people can be deluded.

Who are you calling deluded?

I just don't think the testimony

of one man is enough evidence

on which to convict a person.

So, firstly, please raise your hands for not guilty.

Right. Margaret, two, three, OK, that's three for not guilty.

And now, not proven.

OK, Hamish, two, three, four.

Four for not proven.

And now for guilty?

Right. That's

one, two, three, four.

Jemma, Donna, Liam, David, Leanne.

Thank you.

So that is seven to acquit, including the not proven.

And eight to convict.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a verdict.

Brendan was a kind man.

Some may say a ladies' man.

He loved nothing more than walking on the Mortcliff Bay cliffs.

He first proposed on them when he was 16.

He soon came to his senses,

left those silly notions behind.

He dropped out of Mortcliff School...

..but by the time he was 20,

he was a successful businessman.

Yes, he lived life in the fast lane.

Maybe he took it too far.

But he paid his dues.

Next week would have been his 40th birthday.

A fantastic character, gone too soon.

Thank you for coming.

That was a lovely eulogy.

-Thank you.

-Thank you. And you are...?

-I'm Margaret Donaldson.

You may not remember me, but...

Give me a minute, Thank you.

Thank you for helping with the service today.

I know you volunteer here but even so, this must have been awkward.

-What do you mean?

-Well,

I recognise you from the jury at my brother's trial.

One of the ones that sent him down, were you?

Live and let live, that's what I always say.

And like you said, he paid his dues.

Brendan wasn't guilty of anything and you know it.

You know it, too. Is that why you came today, out of guilt?

I came to pay my respects.

Oh, yes. I remember you, too.

Look, the jury found Brendan guilty.

Don't blame me for my opinions.

Self-centred witches, both of you.

Oh, girls.

Come on.

Brendan would have appreciated this.

Women fighting over his memory!

What's that?

Is that...

..from Brendan's collection?

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Stealing from a dead fraudster?

Couldn't have come up with a better plan myself.

Well, heavens!

Margaret seems to be kind of desperate to be noticed.

-Yes.

-And the fact that she was forgotten by James Wilson,

who obviously remembered both the other women in the jury,

so she's wanting to be noticed, wanting to be remembered.

I think Margaret's starting to stand up for me, because she's not as...

Nice as what she tried to make out.

I think she can... She's a girl that can pack a bit of a punch, for sure.

I'm going back to when she was talking about

the letters that she's been receiving.

Possibly think that she's been sending them and I also think

that Donna could be next.

Margaret might have been one of the lovely ladies

taken by Brendan at some point in time.

He actually showed her proper attention.

There was a relationship and then, of course, Brendan ended up

getting in prison. Now she is desperate and

now she knows the people to go after.

Well, let's take a look at the suspects board and, of course,

we know now what James Wilson looks like, so we have Dale Coleman,

Hamish McBride, Donna Atkins,

Margaret Donaldson and now James Wilson,

who is Brendan's brother.

As much as he was sort of paying his respects to his brother,

I think he was highlighting some of his misdemeanours as well,

which seemed a bit bizarre.

So, yeah, he's somewhere in my thoughts.

Yeah, I'd like to study him a little bit more.

Now let's pick a piece of evidence.

Here are your choices.

The data from Hamish's health app,

the letters to Margaret Donaldson and a new piece of evidence,

which is a postcard sent to Brendan in prison.

-ALL:

-Ooh...

Hamish's app is almost becoming insignificant for me.

I don't know about you two.

Letters to Margaret,

I think that might show up the same handwriting as the letter

to the victims, so I don't think that's going to show anything.

For me, I think we need to know who's sending postcards to Brendan.

Agreed.

A postcard is a very sentimental document to give to someone.

-Yeah.

-So...

And if the postcard handwriting matches that

of the Fiona Williams letters,

then I think we probably have something interesting there.

-Absolutely.

-Postcards, OK.

On the front is a photo of the Bay Cliffs

and a handwritten letter is on the back.

"On Tuesday, I'll be at the Jury Lane Hotel until six.

"I don't sleep very well.

"I do worry I'll be tired.

"J sends her love.

"Going to buy flour and marge for your birthday cake!"

Has to be some sort of code.

The handwriting is the same as that on the Fiona Williams letters.

The Is are the same and the As are the same.

So I'm confident that the same hand has penned them both.

I'm thinking that it's Margaret.

The reference to "don't sleep very well",

and maybe this something to do with her chemotherapy.

Armchair Detectives, it's time to lock in again.

Who's your prime suspect?

Dale, Hamish, Donna, Margaret or James?

Time's up. Notepads away, please, Armchair Detectives.

Now last time, Simon, you went for...

..Hamish. Have you changed your mind?

-Indeed.

-Who've you gone for?

-Margaret.

-Margaret.

I have a feeling that Brendan

actually made time for lovely Margaret here,

probably the first time in her life, maybe.

And now she wants revenge against the people...

..who took him away from her.

You think it's revenge?

Yes. Oh, yes. Oh, this is an emotional...

There's... No financial one.

This is strictly matters of the heart here.

Bola, last time you went for Dale.

Who've you gone for this time?

-I've switched.

-Have you?

-Yeah.

-To who?

-Margaret.

-Margaret as well.

-Margaret did it.

Do you agree with Simon's analysis?

Yeah, absolutely and I think just

from the postcard that we saw the same handwriting.

Also, didn't think I would agree with this,

but the bald head,

possibly, she's wearing wigs and it could have blown off in the wind.

-OK.

-Just saying.

Charley, last time, you went for...

-Margaret.

-Changed your mind?

Not in the slightest.

Oh, so all three of them have gone for Margaret.

Why have you gone for Margaret?

All the way through, she's been overlooked by everybody,

ignored in the jury room, not recognised

by the brother of the deceased.

She's got eight to kill.

Six are already done.

She's got two left and Donna -

who I think she's probably saving for last,

due to her kind of basic unpleasantness -

is going to be an element of her piece de resistance in the cliffs.

Right.

Now it's time for round five, Armchair Detectives.

It's the Final Clues.

The murder happened at the cliff edge

but will we solve this cliffhanger?

Let's take a look.

Dale, Jemma's boyfriend, was unfaithful to her.

Two of his work colleagues told me

he has quite a reputation for one night stands.

And she could have found that out

and confronted him about it at the cliffs.

However, DNA samples do confirm that he did urinate behind the bush,

like he said he did.

Yeah, let's not rule Dale out too soon,

that's all I'm saying.

There could be any number of motives for this.

I have located James Wilson, though.

He moved to Parryvale after the trial,

in case one of the victims wanted to get revenge on him.

OK. That's something, at least.

Let's pay Mr Wilson a visit.

PHONE RINGS

Hello.

Ah! Miss Atkins.

Yes. Yes,

I just have to tell you that I'm going to put you on speakerphone,

so that my colleague, DC Slater, can hear this.

Hello? Hello?

Yeah. Go ahead, we can hear you.

I've just received a letter in today's post from

someone claiming to be an old school friend

and to meet her at the Bay Cliffs.

Do you recognise the name?

She called herself Fiona Williams.

She said she got my name through Amber Morton,

whom I know died last year.

I don't remember anybody by that name.

Well, please don't respond and whatever you do,

don't go near the Bay Cliffs.

We'll send a colleague round to examine that letter.

I'm not proud of myself.

When I thought we were going to be unmasked,

I contacted the police and we made the deal so that I could testify

without being convicted myself.

What did your brother make of that?

I told him as soon as I'd done it.

He knew I wouldn't survive in prison,

so whilst he wasn't happy with the situation,

we both knew it was the right thing to do.

What made you think you were so special

you couldn't serve time in prison?

I'm sensitive.

Some say he laid down his life for you.

I'll forever be in his debt.

Have you found anything interesting

or unusual among your brother's possessions?

Nothing.

Hardly anyone came to his funeral.

Although there were those women that were fighting over him.

He was always a dark horse when it came to women.

He couldn't resist them, you know?

You'd be surprised how easy it is to pick up women when you're inside.

He had a secret admirer on the outside.

He got loads of letters.

It just goes to show,

even if he was locked up, he still had it.

Indeed. What do you think?

They're very, very desperate.

Right now, if I knew that the police had the evidence,

I'd kind of stop but, no, this one, this killer's,

he or she is very desperate.

Very desperate. Well, it's time to pick your final piece of evidence.

You have just two pieces left to choose from.

Which one do you fancy?

Hamish's app...

..or letters to Margaret?

Hamish's app.

If he was going to offer that up,

he would make sure that it showed exactly what they wanted to see.

I think we've only one option.

The letters to Margaret.

-Letters?

-I think the app.

-I trust tech.

-Oh, thanks, guys.

-It's just up to me now, isn't it?

-Simon, you've got the casting vote.

Oh, no! OK.

Do you know what? Let's...

Let's go for the app!

-Let's go for the app.

-OK, you've chosen to see Hamish's app.

We can see Hamish was at the cliffs during the murder,

so you can see there, driving between 9am and 9.20am,

walking between 9.25am and 10am.

Stationary between 10am and 10.30am.

Walking, 10.30am - 11am.

Stationary 11-11.30am.

He's left his phone somewhere.

I think it proves that he didn't do it.

If the thing is stationary,

then that means it cannot move and

why would he stay around for half an hour?

Why just stay there?

It doesn't prove anything.

It's Accusation Time.

As you know, whoever guesses correctly will win this,

the magnificent golden magnifying glass.

I want you to write down who you're accusing.

It's time to answer the only question that matters.

Whodunnit?

Time is up. Notepads away, Armchair Detectives.

Simon, who are you accusing?

-Margaret.

-Why?

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and literally,

this is a woman who has been overlooked nearly all of her life.

The first piece of comfort -

snaps it right up and it was taken away from her

just as easily - revenge.

-Bola.

-I just changed my mind.

OK. Who are you accusing?

-Hamish.

-Hamish!

I think that piece of evidence that we went for,

that I definitely didn't want to go for, threw me.

-The tracker.

-Yes.

Charley. I am sticking with Margaret as I have done all the way through.

There's an entire borough in London

that are going to be laughing at me if I get this wrong.

Let's just see what the final piece of evidence was and whether it would

have changed your minds.

These letters were provided to the police by Margaret Donaldson.

They are handwritten letters

and have been sent to Margaret from

Fiona Williams, which mirror the letters sent to the other victims.

Almost identical in what they say, Fiona Williams -

"I walk the dogs every Tuesday from 10am at Bay Cliffs",

but there are several letters there.

Yeah, she did it.

Well, we don't quite know that yet, Bola.

Let's find out!

So what really happened in today's story, The Jury's Out?

Who killed Jemma Hall?

Let's find out whodunnit.

You know, I think we can rule out Dale Coleman and James Wilson.

James is clearly reformed and even though Dale wasn't,

I just can't imagine he has the stomach for murder.

Yeah, well, Hamish's location tracker checks out.

We have a witness confirming he was talking to him near the scene.

Margaret Donaldson.

She is an odd one.

Yeah.

The letters Brendan received in prison make for interesting reading.

I'm sorry to call you in at such short notice.

How is the chemotherapy going?

It's all right.

I suppose.

Young love is a powerful thing, isn't it, Slater?

Yes, sir.

I have a theory that young love is the most potent expression of life.

Do you like Romeo and Juliet?

It's my favourite play.

That's a nice engagement ring, Margaret.

Who's the lucky man?

Who WAS the lucky man,

I think you meant to ask, Slater.

My guess is, the lucky man was Brendan Wilson.

When you were very young,

he gave you that ring and asked you to marry him on the Bay Cliffs.

And years later, when you were called to jury service,

and recognised him...

..I wonder what your initial reaction was.

See, I think Brendan was a manipulator

who took advantage of you.

We both felt the same way about one another.

You didn't disclose that you knew the defendant.

You also did your best to sway the jury.

However, the evidence was enough to convict Brendan.

We looked at letters Brendan received in prison.

These letters in particular were sent during

the time he was having his trial.

In them, you say you were on the jury.

The handwriting is similar to those sent to all the victims.

You wrote to Brendan in prison.

Brendan promised that when he got out,

he would divorce his wife and marry you.

Sadly, he died.

In your mind, the members who gave Brendan a guilty verdict

were the ones to blame.

So you sent them letters inviting them onto the cliff

and you pushed them over the edge.

I also received letters so it couldn't have been me.

You received four letters.

All the other victims only received one.

We also examined a photograph

taken by Jemma before she was pushed.

We can clearly see a bald-headed person in the background.

It's not fair.

We were destined to be together.

All these people,

living their perfect happy lives while all I do is try to stay alive.

Margaret Donaldson, I'm arresting you for the murder of Jemma Hall...

..and for suspicion of the murders of David Parkin, Liam Clarke,

Lewis Murphy

and Liana Scofield.

Well, Bola, you knew it was her all along.

So annoying.

Can I just say, you worked incredibly well as a team there.

Brilliantly done.

It just shows you what evidence you pick can change your minds.

You will get another go, though, Bola, so don't worry.

Congratulations, Simon and Charley,

you both picked the killer and have won a golden magnifying glass.

Well done!

Armchair Detectives, did any of you pick the right killer?

-Yes.

-Oh, quite a lot.

They're always very confident when they're sitting over there.

So that's all from our Armchair Detectives.

Tomorrow, Knight and Slater will be bowled over as they investigate a

death at the local bowls club.

But remember, no-one gets away with murder in Mortcliff.

Goodbye.