All language subtitles for New.Tricks.S07E06.Fashion.Victim.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-squalor_Track03

General chatter

Mr standing? Yes, yeah.

You certainly pick your moment,
don't you? Well, if it's not a good time...

Oh, no, no. It's taken
eight years to get you here.

I'm not letting you out of my
sight. This way. Can I take those?

Oh, yeah, thank you.

Who said chivalry was dead?

Just dump them
down there. Okey-doke.

Oh, you actually
make things here?

Well, it is a fashion
college! Yeah.

Hey. Oh, you like that, do you?

Yeah. Yeah, it's by one of
my most promising students.

Try it on. No, no, no, no.

Yeah, go on, I
think it'd suit you.

Do you?

Yeah, you may as well.

You could do with
losing a couple of inches

but I think you
can pull that off.

Still, you have to play
the part, don't you?

What do you mean? I suppose
you have to look like a policeman.

Well... it's a shame.

It took ten years off you.

Now I've finally got you here I
don't really know what to say.

I assumed my letters
were going in the bin.

No way, they're all on file.

We can't re-open cases every
time someone writes us a letter.

Please, mr standing.

Gerry.

♪ It's all right, it's ok

♪ doesn't really matter
if you're old and gray

♪ it's all right, I say, it's ok

♪ listen to what I say

♪ it's all right, doin' fine

♪ doesn't really matter
if the sun don't shine

♪ it's all right, I say it's ok

♪ we're gettin' to
the end of the day! ♪

Ah, guv'nor, hold on.

Good morning in court?

Joyful as ever. How
was Sarah levene?

Whoa! Cracking and interesting!

I knew I should have sent Jack.

Guv, guv?

Do you think I look...?

Oh, never mind. What?

No, no, forget it, forget it.

Fashion designer ritchie levene.

Oh yes, the fashion victim.

The cid nicknamed him.

Quite good for them. April, 2002.
He was killed on his 40th birthday.

Yup, during a party at
his home in shoreditch.

His body was discovered around 2am in his
private studio at the back of the house.

He'd been stabbed in the neck.

The murder weapon was never
found, but the pathologist reckoned

from the size of the wound
it could have been scissors.

Big wound for scissors. Dress
making scissors, like shears, really.

There were several pairs lying around the
studio. So why are we looking at it now?

Because of this woman -
Sarah levene. Ritchie's first wife.

They married in
'85, divorced in '98.

It's funny, all
this fashion stuff,

you think he would have been
a bit light on his loafers, eh?

Good to see that you're entering
this with your usual open mind, Gerry.

Yeah, well Sarah had been petitioning
the cps for years, and in her last letter

she said she was going to picket this retrospective
exhibition of all ritchie levene's fashion stuff.

So, don't tell me, strickland
got nervous? Precisely.

Now the original investigation centred
around levene's 19-year-old pa Melanie higgs.

She was seen running from the studio
just before the body was discovered

and her finger prints were all over the room.
If she was his pa, that's where they would be.

No, no, no, her fingers
made prints with his blood. Ah!

She later admitted finding the body but said that she
panicked and fled. I'd like you two to talk to her.

Just now you said that Sarah
was ritchie levene's first wife, so...

Yeah, he married again,
just months before his murder,

this time to Alison
henninghem, a former model.

Were either of the wives suspects?
They were both at the party

and neither of them had
alibis for the half hour or so

that ritchie was reportedly in his
studio. The same could be said

for dozens of other
people at the house.

So there are too many potential
suspects and not enough forensic evidence?

Except for this Melanie girl.

No, there was a series of psychiatric
evaluations which concluded that it

was "highly unlikely" that
she could have killed him.

And after that the case stalled.

So why does Sarah levene
want to picket this exhibition?

Because it's been organised by
levene's younger brother, Adrian.

And Sarah believes
that Adrian killed ritchie.

Why?

Well, after ritchie died he got
the business and made a fortune.

You know, I need to make sure that they
put it absolutely right above the door, ok?

Ok. All right,
well go and do it.

Mr levene?

Yeah.

Got a moment to talk?
You can see I'm busy?

Well, no we can see
everybody else is busy.

What's this about? Your brother.

I don't understand. We're reopening
the investigation into his death.

Well, I'm staggered.

You didn't do anything last time when his
murderer was right in front of you. Meaning?

Melanie higgs.

The original investigation looked closely at
Melanie but there was never enough evidence.

She was seen running from his studio with his
blood on her. What more do you want? A motive.

She was obsessed with him. Yeah,
you said that in your statements.

How did you get on
with your brother?

He was wonderful.

Um, I was very proud
of him. You were close?

Yeah, very. You took over the
label after he died, is that right?

Yes. And before that?

We worked together.
But ritchie was in charge?

It was his name,
they were his designs

and I dealt with
the business side.

Since ritchie died, the label has
become very successful, hasn't it?

Yeah, very. But I just built on the
foundations of my brother's work.

Melanie higgs?

Yes? We'd like to talk to you about
ritchie levene, if you have a moment.

I don't. And I don't know who sent you or
what you want, but I've got nothing to say.

We're with the police.

You think I did it? No.

We're not here to judge you.

We just want to hear
your version of events.

You were never interested in what I had to
say before. You just wanted to lock me up.

You did flee the murder scene and
ritchie's blood was found on your dress.

I explained that at the time.

Well, this is a
new investigation.

We want to start
with a clean slate.

Sounds like it.

How did you come
to meet ritchie?

Work experience. What, making tea?
Answering the phones? Yeah, at first

and then he made you
his pa? You did well.

Ritchie needed
me, it just worked.

Did you two of you have a sexual
relationship? Here we go again.

No. You say he "needed" you?

Yeah, well ritchie never
knew what was best for him.

And you did? I was
there to protect him.

From? He was famous,
everyone wanted a piece of him.

I was there to keep them away, all
those people that wanted to use him.

That's why when I found him that
night I didn't know who to turn to.

There was no-one
you could trust?

Not really.

And back at the party, it was
dark and the music was really loud

and there were lots of
faces I didn't recognise.

It was like being trapped
in some kind of horror film.

So that's why I ran away. I'm sorry if
you don't approve of my behaviour but...

I was terrified. You were
obviously very close to ritchie.

Did that cause any problems
between you and Alison?

No. She never loved him anyway.

Why do you say that?

You should have seen
the way she was with men.

Flirting all the time. With who?

Everyone. Ritchie said he liked that other
men found her attractive, but how could he?

Did she seem close
to anyone in particular?

Men were always falling over themselves
to get in with her, especially Tyler,

that junkie ex-boyfriend of hers. You know he
lived at the house, too? Yes, Tyler Curtis.

Alison was more interested in getting him
off drugs than being a good wife to ritchie.

No wonder he started drinking.

Who? Ritchie? Yeah, he'd
been teetotal for years, hadn't he?

But then he changed, he
seemed worried and started again.

It was all her fault.

Alison was...

Ritchie always liked
pretty young things.

The one drawback of
being married to a designer,

they're easily distracted
by something shiny and new.

Doubt if that just
applies to designers?

Yeah, but you were divorced
three years before he married Alison.

Oh, ritchie loved women and he took every
opportunity to love as many as he could.

That applied
throughout our marriage.

He cheated on you? God, yeah.

Frequently? Habitually.

Did that make you feel angry?

Well, in the end,
defeated more than angry.

During the divorce, ritchie's
lawyer said that you made threats.

It was a public divorce, I felt
humiliated. So you were angry with him.

Well, yeah, but anything I said
was in the heat of the moment.

If you think I killed him...

Why are you so convinced
it was his brother?

Because Adrian always
wanted to control the label.

The name, the flair, the
talent - was all ritchie's.

Adrian couldn't bear that. But did
they get on together ok as brothers?

Adrian was ambitious, always
wanted everything done his way

and ritchie always wanted to see the best in people,
but even he lost Patience with him. Over what?

How the label should be run.

Adrian wanted to turn it
into a mass market product,

use cheaper
fabrics, cut corners,

farm the labour out to
sweat shops. And did he?

Not while ritchie was alive because he owned
the majority stake. Which Alison inherited?

No. It was in ritchie's will that his share
of the business would pass to Adrian.

I always said he should do something about
that, but... He never got round to it.

Who did you think the
beneficiary should be?

Well, anyone but Adrian.

But as ritchie didn't alter his will, then maybe
their disputes weren't as serious as you say?

Well, ritchie thought he
was going to live forever.

He didn't change it because
he didn't think he needed to.

But the situation was serious.

I know he tried to buy Adrian
out of the label just before he died.

Sarah is very keen to
point the finger at Adrian.

Maybe rightly so, he
does have the most to gain

and maybe that's why he's
trying to push us towards Melanie,

try and throw us off.

Talking of which? Well, by the
sound of it I'm with Adrian or Melanie.

There's something not quite right with her.
Bunny boiler? Not half! She's obsessed with him.

Maybe she felt if she couldn't have ritchie,
she didn't want Alison to have him either.

You could say the
same for Sarah.

Well, the way Melanie put it, Alison was
more interested in her ex, Tyler Curtis.

He's got an alibi, but it's
probably worth speaking to him.

Melanie also said that ritchie
had changed towards the end.

He seemed to be
worried about something.

And he fell off the wagon. I'm not
surprised the poor sod's worried.

Probably wondering what his
wife's getting up to with her ex!

Yes.

No.

Yes.

No.

And this? Don't come to me
with anything like this again.

Alison levene?

Where did you get that coat?

Me wife bought it in
parkin and wickes, 1984.

I love it. So retro.

I know why you're here...

Ritchie.

How come? Adrian called,
told me you'd been to see him.

There were over 100 people at that
party. No expense had been spared,

yet according to the company
accounts the levene label

had been losing money
steadily since 1999.

By the time he died he was
virtually broke, so how did he afford it?

Well, he was like me
when I went bankrupt.

There's always one last round at the boozer
even when you know you are stoney broke.

But it wasn't just the party. If he was going
to buy his brother's share in the company...

Like Sarah said, Adrian knew
he didn't have the wedge to do it.

Then there's this - that was three weeks before
his death. Interesting to know how he did it.

Any luck with Tyler Curtis?

No, nothing.

No social security, dvla, bank
account, passports - total blank.

Missing persons? No, same.

A tenner says he died years ago
and nobody identified the body.

Yeah, well if he was a heroin addict
and no-one had reported him as missing.

Who was his alibi on
the night of the party?

A bloke called Colin Beck and I've
got his address - you want to come?

Yeah, why not.

We understand your late husbands' pa Melanie higgs was
very protective of him. How did you get on with her?

How would you get on with the woman who's in love with
your husband? You think they were having an affair?

The newspapers tried to suggest that something
was going on. Thought they knew his reputation.

Were they right? No.

Ritchie and I were very happy.

So whose idea was it to have your previous
boyfriend move in with the pair of you?

Mine.

Tyler needed
somewhere to clean up.

How long had he been an addict?

Years.

I thought that that "elegantly
wasted" look was romantic at first.

Did he clean up?

Yes. Are you still in touch?

No. I haven't
seen him for years.

How did your husband feel about
Tyler Curtis being in the house?

It's no secret that ritchie had been
through a lot with drink and drugs himself.

He wanted to help. That was ritchie. Even
so, it can't have been an easy situation.

You don't think that he
was concerned, worried?

No. It was easier when Tyler left,
sure, but you know, he was happy.

What is it you do here now?

I'm a creative consultant.

And what does that involve?

Ensuring that the label
stays true to ritchie's vision.

It's what he would have wanted.

Hiya, we've come
to see Colin Beck.

Is he expecting you?
No. Your names?

Jack halford, Gerry
standing. Metropolitan police.

First floor.

Well, that's got him wondering.

I'm not sure if I'd like a bloke like that
knowing all my comings and goings.

I bet you wouldn't!

Are you sure you
won't have coffee?

No, I'm fine, thank you.
Thank you very much.

Please, take a seat.

Thank you.

Yes, poor ritchie.

It's hard to believe even now.

You were best man at both his
weddings. You must have been very close?

Terribly, I think ritchie looked up to me as a sort
of uncle, bless him. But you weren't in the same game?

No, I ran a trust fund
business in the city.

My girlfriend at the time dragged me along
to one of ritchie's first collections.

We met afterwards and
got on like a house on fire.

But you didn't go to
his 40th birthday party?

No, I was looking after a
mutual friend. Tyler Curtis? Yes.

How come? Well, he'd been
staying with ritchie's for quite a while.

God knows it can't have
been easy for any of them.

I just took Tyler
in for a week or so.

An unlikely friendship?
Have much in common?

Not really, but Alison
asked if I could help.

She's a charming
woman, very hard to refuse.

I was just trying to do my bit.

Was Tyler using drugs
while he was here? God, no!

I still don't understand why you
chose not to go to the party that night.

I was a bit long in the tooth
for ritchie's parties even then.

Where did Tyler go when
he moved out of here?

I really don't know.

He was a drifter and ritchie's
death had hit us all so badly.

When did you last see ritchie?

A few weeks before he died.

And how was he?
High spirits, as usual.

You didn't notice anything different about him,
he wasn't worried or anything? No, not at all.

We understand he was
having some financial problems.

We never discussed that.

Ritchie was a
friend, not a client.

I always draw a line between
friendship and business.

Why is it only Melanie telling us
Richie was unhappy before he died?

Maybe that's what
she wants us to believe.

Or the others don't want us
to know he had any problems.

Men confide all kind of things to their secretaries
that they wouldn't admit to their family or friends.

Look, he was broke and he had Alison's
junkie ex-boyfriend hanging around.

If you ask me, that's
plenty to be unhappy about.

Talking of which, where are we with Tyler? Off
the radar. I'm running out of places to look.

You've obviously tried rehab
centres, retreats, hostels?

Yeah, dozens and
there's still loads more.

Ok, that'll keep
you busy tomorrow.

Tonight however, I think we
deserve a little outing. Where?

Style icon, the genius
of ritchie levene.

You'll love it, Brian,
you'll fit right in.

Right. Where do
you want to start?

I don't know. I've been dying to do
this for so long, you've got no idea

I can't believe you're still going around in
clothes that your ex-wife bought you 20 years ago!

How about this?

I need something to go to
work in not skateboarding!

I thought you were going out tonight yeah, I'm not
going to spend 50 quid on something I only wear once.

50? When did you
last go shopping?

Don't answer that.

Come and have a look at these.

You know, I don't think
this was such a good idea.

We just need to find you something
you feel comfortable in. Yeah, but...

How about this?

How much?! Just try it on.

Look, I know I used
to be a detective,

but I wasn't inspector
bleeding clouseau.

Oh, hold on.

Hmm.

Where's Gerry?

It's not like him to
miss out on a free drink.

Cheers. Sandra,
where are you going?

No reception.
Don't leave us here!

Just mingle. Use
your retro charms!

You'd look a right prat going
round the shops in that lot!

I don't think you've quite
got the hang of haute couture.

It's not meant to be accessorised
with a supermarket trolley.

Fashion(!)

It's daft though, isn't it?

Folk spending their lives chucking out perfectly good
clothing only to buy same stuff again 10 years later.

Good grief!

What's all this? What
do you think, tasty, eh?

Don't tell us, you met some scrubber
and you're trying to impress her?

No, I did this for me.

Don't you ever look at us and think maybe
we should do something about ourselves?

Both: No.

Come on, come on.

Well, well, well,
what a surprise!

Oh, god it's her.

What's she doing here?

I take it your wife doesn't
know about this, then?

No, of course not.

Look, I know what
you must be thinking.

That something was going on
between us while ritchie was alive.

It wasn't. We'd known each other for
years before anything happened, I swear.

We went through
hell when ritchie died -

I lost my husband,
Adrian lost his brother.

I hadn't even looked
at another man.

My wife doesn't need to know
anything about this, please.

No, of course not,

that really wouldn't be
good for the image, would it?

Excuse me.

Have you seen this,
our very own style icon!

Very nice, guess who I just caught
snogging behind the bike sheds? Who?

The plot thickens.

Hello, good evening.

Thank you for coming tonight on behalf of myself,
Alison and our wonderful staff at ritchie levene.

We're going to be showcasing our
new season here over the next week,

as well as celebrating the
genius of my late brother.

Applause

thank you to everybody here for giving us this
opportunity to demonstrate why we're still...

Hypocrite!

Both of you should be ashamed.

We hope you have a very wonderful evening.
Thank you very much. How can you stand there,

when all you've done is cheapen everything
your brother stood for! She's off.

Get back here, you coward!

I am talking to you.

It is typical of you to
try something like this.

Ritchie was your
brother not a brand!

Although considering everything
you've done to trample over his name

he'd want even less to do with you
now than he did when he was alive!

Oh, and here's
your partner in crime.

No wonder ritchie couldn't wait to
be shot of you. What would you know?

I made him happy
which is more than you.

You're another one
who just used him.

Don't forget, wearing clothes
doesn't qualify you to make them.

Ok, Sarah, this isn't helping, come
with me. Get them back to the party.

Look at you now. You are nothing
without ritchie and you know it.

That's enough, come
on. What's this all about?

I shouldn't have come.

Look, I'd told you we'd look into the case,
there was no need for all this. I know.

I'm sorry.

I just... how can they parade themselves in front
of his name when all they've done is exploit it?

You really ought to go home,
you know. I'm being stupid.

I just couldn't bear seeing them
up there like that, basking in it all.

I thought we needed
each other, me and ritchie.

I always imagined
he'd come back.

I'm glad to see
you took my advice.

Well, if she was expecting him to come
back to her, but he married Alison instead?

Nah, I don't buy
that. Sarah's no killer.

We've got Adrian and Alison now. How do
we know they haven't been at it for years?

If they were having an affair while ritchie was
still alive, then maybe Alison was in on the murder?

She's certainly been a busy
girl. Tyler, ritchie, Adrian.

Tyler's still the missing piece.

You're in danger for
feeling sorry for Sarah.

Yeah, I am actually!

Morning. Morning.

What? He laughs

I'm updating the old image,
all right? What image?

A hard drinking, heavy smoking, foul
mouthed, ex-detective? Gerry, mate.

Why didn't you tell us you were
going through a mid life crisis?

Strickland's furious. Last night's
bust up's already made the papers.

It's on the Internet an
all! Coffee? Yeah, urghh.

Let's go through everything
again. What've we got?

Well, we still haven't eliminated
Melanie and she was the last person

in that studio before the body was
discovered. Oh, I don't know, Jack.

The original investigation team
fancied her. Maybe they were right.

I mean, suppose she told
ritchie how she felt about him.

You know how
people get at parties.

He rejected her, she picked up
the nearest thing at hand and...

But she was shorter than him.

The lab report says the blade
went in straight, not at an angle.

And if she did do it, why
risk going back through

the house when she could
have left through that door there?

It might not have been anyone at the party. He
could have let anybody in through that door.

Yeah, someone he recognised.
That doesn't discount anyone.

None of this lot had a clear alibi
when ritchie was in that studio.

Any one of them could have walked through
the front door and come back in there.

Alison?

Adrian?

Alison and Adrian?

I'm going to go and talk to Melanie and see if she
noticed anything going on between them at the time.

What else? Well, we know
ritchie was worried at the time.

And I'm sure this Tyler
was involved in some way.

Yeah, well, I'm always suspicious of
someone we can't find and there's this!

How did it happen? Some fight with
Adrian over control of the company, maybe?

Why don't we go and have a
little chat with Adrian and Alison?

Yeah, get some straight
answers out of them.

Good idea.

Here we are.

Doorbell rings

cor, it's a bit grim, isn't it?

Yeah. It's amazing, when I was a
kid we couldn't wait to get out of here,

now all the arty farty lot can't wait to get in
so they can live amongst the working classes.

Having spent half a
million converting it! Yeah.

You would have thought Alison would've
wanted to move, after what happened here.

Maybe it's her way of
hanging onto the past?

The way Sarah talks about her, I would have thought
she would have flogged it and pocketed the cash.

Perhaps Sarah hasn't quite
got the measure of Alison.

Good morning, we called the office but
they said you were working from home today.

500 grand and the rest!

It's weird though, innit?

Here, what does
that remind you of?

No, it can't be.

Alison said his coat was retro.

I always said that Brian
was the height of fashion!

I know it can't be easy
to talk about these things.

I have talked about it. To you.

Yesterday. I know, but...

I wonder if you ever really
reconciled yourself to what happened.

It's a bit early for analysis. My
appointment's not till Thursday.

Are you seeing a psychiatrist?

Yeah, that's what happens when your life's
turned upside down by people like you.

I know the last thing you need is an old sod like me
telling you how you should and shouldn't feel, but

I wonder if you're not blaming yourself in some way
for ritchie's death? Do I have to listen to this?

Why don't I buy you a coffee? Dr
Lane here can look after the stall.

You wanted to ask
me something? Yes.

Your relationship with Adrian.

I told your boss
last night about us.

You said you'd only been
together for a short time.

Four months. Can you prove that?

Ask about.

You can't keep secrets
for long in this business.

We weren't going to say
anything until Adrian had...

Well, he's got
a lot to sort out.

You're not kidding. But you
can see why we're asking.

I mean, after ritchie died you inherited
all this, got the good job, nice office...

And, what, that would be a reason
for me to murder my husband?

And Adrian gets the company.

Nice little package. How
can you even think that?

Well, look at it from
Adrian's point of view.

He's ended up with everything he
ever wanted. Except I lost my brother.

Does your missus
know you're here?

If you want a divorce
lawyer, I know three to avoid.

Ok, if you have any questions to
ask us, why don't you just ask them?

We don't have any
secrets from each other.

You never liked Alison, did you?

Because of the way that
she was with other men?

I said she never loved him.

You mentioned Tyler,

but thinking back was there anyone
else in particular that she was close to?

No, she was like
that with all blokes.

How is she with
Adrian? I don't know.

He just did the money stuff, I
didn't really see much of him.

What are you saying? Nothing,
nothing, I was just asking.

Apparently you were very protective of ritchie
- so presumably you'd have looked out for him?

Yeah, I tried to.

He was very
charismatic, wasn't he?

Talented, good looking, kind.

I can see why you felt
the way you did about him.

What do you mean?

I wasn't in love with him.
Nothing wrong with it if you were.

Is it true ritchie wanted to
buy you out of the company?

Ritchie often said things
he didn't really mean.

So he did, or he didn't?

He mentioned it.

Did he make an offer?

Yes, 200 grand.

Adrian?

That doesn't sound like very much. Well, the company
was on its knees and it was barely worth anything.

Ritchie couldn't even find 200 grand. He did tell
me he was going to come into some money though.

He said he had a plan.

I never knew what it was.

I guess it might have
come through if...

Why did he want you out of the
company? He wasn't a businessman.

I was trying to help him but he
didn't like my plans for the label.

Lucky you took over
when you did then.

Well, not really. My brother
died. Do you think I didn't care?

Am I right in thinking that shortly
before his death he started boozing again?

Yes. It wasn't anything serious.

An alcoholic falling off the
wagon is always serious.

Well, he wasn't drinking heavily.
Yes, he was. Why? I don't know.

There's always a reason?

Do you think he suspected that there
was something going on with you two?

Oh, for god's sake! Why aren't
you finding out who killed my brother

instead of asking us these
bloody stupid questions?!

I'm sorry.

Ritchie broke his arm a
few weeks before his death.

How did that happen?

He fell off a
motorbike, I think.

You think?

Life with ritchie
was full of surprises.

I lost track of
everything he got up to.

I told him he should be
more careful on the bike.

Was mr Lane right,

about you never having forgiven yourself for
not being able to help ritchie that night?

Yeah.

I'm telling you,
you look a picture.

You go down the disco tonight you'll
really get noticed. What's going on?

I'm minding your stall for you,
love. What have you done?

If you don't mind me saying so, you weren't
making the most of your presentation.

So I've organised everything in units
and I've colour coded things, you see.

It's my stall!
Well, yes, I know.

Hang on a minute. ..Are
you buying that, love?

How much is it?
Have a look at the tag!

It's £35. £35, love.

Yeah, go on. Yes,
sold to the lady.

Thank you. Very
nice bolero is that.

That's rabbit fur is
that, or maybe its mink...

And the bag is free. £35.

Thank you very much.
Thank you, enjoy. Bye.

Now what were you saying?

Come on, Brian.

Right, here's your money.

I enjoyed that.

I might get me own stall.

I could make a fortune. Wait...

What?

There's something else.

When I found ritchie...
I took something.

What did you take?

His notebook. It
was on his desk.

I'd seen him writing in it all
the time, personal stuff he said.

You know, thoughts, ideas.

Why did you take it?

Because I hoped he might
have written about me.

And did he?

I couldn't give it back before, I knew I'd get
in trouble... But I don't want it any more.

Ok, where is it
now? At my place.

Where's that? Five
minutes from here.

Lead the way!

There you go.

Where's...? Ah.

That was interest...
Oh, what you got there?

It's a notebook belonging to
ritchie. Where did you find that?

Melanie. Took it from the
studio after finding the body.

What, she nicked it? I knew
she wasn't telling us everything.

So what's in there?
Oh, sketches, ideas...

Some terrible poetry!

There might be something in
here. How were Alison and Adrian?

He's hiding something, playing down how his
brother was during those last few weeks.

And he's got a hell of a temper.

I thought he was going to thump Gerry
at one point. You all right? 'Course I am.

But she did give us one
thing, a picture of Tyler Curtis.

Oh, good! And
ritchie's broken arm -

she said she thought
he fell off a motorbike.

When I was married I might have
been a bit vague about a few things,

you know,
anniversaries, birthdays.

Whose bed you
should be sleeping in.

But even I would remember
how one of my exes broke an arm.

Ah, you old romantic(!)

What about if ritchie had had enough,
tells Tyler to get out of the house.

There's an argument,
a fight. Bosh!

Circulate that. I
want to talk to him.

Yeah, yeah. Nothing!

Jack? Have a look at this.

..Ok, well thanks again
for checking. Cheers, bye.

The accident report from
when ritchie broke his arm.

Now, Alison said that
he fell off his bike, right?

It was a clean break with no
bruising to the ribs or his chest.

There's no grazing
or cuts either!

Yeah, which might
explain her reaction.

Ritchie did not fall off a bike.

Guv? I think we've
got something!

Here. "Ts 75k"?

There are a dozen or
so more exactly like this.

Here dated 26th of
January; "Sp 120k."

"Km 60k", that's
on the 30th January.

They go on.

Alison said ritchie had some
scheme for making money.

Now, the last entry was
here on the 17th march,

three weeks before
his murder, "cd".

If they're initials who's are they? We
could ask Alison, she might have an idea.

No, the person to
speak to is Sarah.

She knew ritchie
better than anyone.

What are they? That's
what we want to know.

Well...

They could be...

Could be?

Ac that could be Alex Clarke,

he's another designer. Hang on.

Alex Clarke, ok.

"Sp", that might be Sean pate,
he's a film maker ritchie knew.

"Ia"?

No not sure about that one,
but "er" could be Eleanor rodley.

I'm only guessing, but these could be the initials
of some of ritchie's best friends. Cheers.

No, no, that's fine I'll hold.

This is interesting.
What's that?

Minutes of a board
meeting that ritchie convened

on the 3rd of January, 2002 where he proposed
removing his brother from the company.

And there were and I
quote... Reply on phone

"insufficient funds to offer an
appropriate financial settlement"

so the idea was rejected.

Hello.

Yeah. Oh, that's terrific.

Nah, thanks very
much. I owe you one!

Whey, now we're
getting somewhere.

That was Sutton Nick. They
think they've identified Tyler.

Really? Well, they couldn't
confirm his surname,

but there's a Tyler matching our description
who's working at some rehab commune in kingswood.

So come on, I'll take you
for a nice ride in the country.

Right.

'Hello?' Sandra Pullman,
metropolitan police.

Is Alex Clarke there?

'Hello?' I wonder if I could
have a word with Sean pate?

Are you sure this is the
place? Ah, I bloody hope so!

He's in there.

Cheers.

Tyler Curtis?

Eight years,

I've been here eight years.

It's the best thing
that ever happened.

But why did you shut
yourself away from everyone?

Just easier that way.

We're all ex-addicts here on the
farm, we keep each other out of trouble.

Do any of you two
smoke? Yeah, yeah.

Thanks.

It's the one addiction
we're allowed, you know.

Here y'are.

Why did you leave
ritchie's place?

Because it was just too hard.

I had thought that Alison might
change her mind and take me back.

So you went to
stay with Colin Beck?

I had nowhere else to go.

Colin was kind, you know, but...

Well, I had no money and I needed
to score. So you stole from him?

No, no, he gave
it to me. Did he?

Yeah, yeah. Well, look...

Look, it's not his fault, is it?

Colin's a straight guy, he doesn't
know how to handle a junkie.

I gave my life to that shit.

I even chose it over Alison.

That is the biggest
mistake of my life.

You didn't go to ritchie's to clean
up. You went there to be near her.

Yeah.

Although I did try
for a while, you know,

for her sake to show
her that I could change.

But it was just was too hard.

Ritchie, man, he...

He killed me with kindness.

Did you argue?

Yeah, yeah, once or
twice. Did it get physical?

No. Come on.

He's married to your
ex, the woman you loved.

Now don't tell me
that didn't hurt?

Yes, it did hurt,
that's why I left.

Nah, I think you couldn't
handle it any more.

Seeing them all happy and
loved up, I think you snapped.

It only happened the once.

Is that how he ended
up with a broken arm?

Yeah, I was wound up.

We had an argument and I
pushed him and he fell over.

Even then he forgave me.

That was ritchie, you see, he
wanted to see the good in everyone.

Even if it wasn't there.

Where were you on
the night ritchie died?

I was with Colin. Where?

I was in his flat. All night.

We'll be in touch.

It would be a lot easier for us if you
didn't do one of your vanishing acts again.

Where would I go?

This is my home.

Well, Tyler certainly
had a motive.

He was in love with
Alison and wanted her back.

And he was high on smack, and he admitted he had
this fight with ritchie and ritchie fell over.

But it's a hell of a leap from there to
killing a man. Plus he's got an alibi.

All right, let's park that for a
minute and take a look at this.

13 initials. Of those we
have nine possible names.

Now, Brian and I tracked down seven of
them and they all had one thing in common.

Each of them invested money through ritchie into
a company called tempestas capital management.

And that is? Bloody
difficult to track down.

Whatever it is, it's offshore.

How does this figure
with Tyler? I don't know.

Well, we better have another word
with Colin Beck, he gave Tyler his alibi.

Yeah, all right, but in the mean time
I'd like you two to speak to Peter glyn,

the oic at specialist crime and see
if he can figure what this is all about.

Tempestas capital
management's a new one on me.

It might take
some time to find it.

I can call you
when I've got news.

We'll wait.

Mr Beck. Where were you on
the night ritchie was murdered?

Well, here at my
flat. With Tyler?

Yes. You never left him?

No. We were here all night.

What did the two
of you do all night?

I couldn't tell you exactly.

But you remember enough to
know that he never went out?

Yes. Not even to
score any smack?

Now you told me he wasn't using when
he lived here. That wasn't true, was it?

You gave him money.

Yes.

I wish I could deny it but the truth
is I felt out of my depth with him.

I didn't know what to do.
Why did you agree to help him?

Loyalty to ritchie.

As I told you before, I
really just wanted to help.

Well, as you didn't buy the drugs
yourself we can't Nick you for it,

but I'm sure you realise it was an
incredibly irresponsible thing to do. I do.

I accept that.

It is fascinating, isn't it?

Forensic accountancy?

What's that?

A cash flow statement.

Oh.

Brian, could you
leave them, please?

Sorry.

I always fancied dabbling
in the markets meself.

But Esther, my wife,
she was dead against it.

Silly, I could have
been a tycoon.

No, not there, Jack!

Any joy?

It's very technical.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Tyler must have got out of
the flat without him knowing.

Mobile phone rings either that or Beck's
covering for him. Why would he do that?

Jack?

Ok, we'll be right there.

Tempestas capital management
was established in 2000 by Colin Beck

and it's still going today,
which is remarkable.

Beck specifically told us he never
had any financial dealings with ritchie.

Well, he'd hardly have
mentioned this to you. Why?

And why's it remarkable that tempestas is still
going? Because of the nature of what this scheme is

just look at the company's
cash flow statements.

Now do you see?

No, Brian, I don't. All I
see are a lot of numbers.

To make sense of that you need to know what
the stock market was doing at the time.

And what was it
doing? Fluctuating.

But the returns from
tempestas weren't.

Do I have to bang my head against this
desk before you start speaking English?

Maybe I should
explain this. Yes, please.

With any investment, the returns
reflect changes in the money markets.

The markets rise, so do profits,
markets fall, share values follow.

Ok. But here the investors are
getting consistently large returns,

independent of any
global financial patterns.

Which means?
It's... it's a Ponzi.

What, you mean like that
American bloke? Bernie madoff.

What exactly is a
Ponzi? Oh, for...!

Essentially, it's
just piles of cash.

They all start with a promise of very
high returns, probably something like 50%.

So you persuade person
a to invest. Then person b.

You take person b's money and
use that to pay out to person a.

But then you need person c to pay
out to person b, and so it goes on.

And those investors are the people
whose names we found in ritchie's diary?

Eight years ago, yes, but now
there's hundreds of people involved.

That's why they're illegal, they
can only end one of two ways.

Either the person behind it pockets the cash and skips
the country or it collapses under its own weight.

And this is where ritchie was
hoping to get his money from?

Do you think he and Beck
cooked it up together? I don't know.

Ok, so Colin Beck is a very
dodgy investment broker, right?

But how does this tie in with the
murder? We're beyond that now.

There's tens of millions tied up.
We need to talk to the sfo and the fsa.

No, hold on, hold on, if the fraud boys come
in, they'll take it right out of our hands.

No way. It's our case. What
if Alison knew all about this.

Could she have killed
ritchie for the money?

I'm not so sure she did know.

After his death, the dividends were
transferred into another account.

Whose?

Adrian's.

Ever heard of Charles Ponzi?

Let me give you a clue.

Tempestas capital management. A
certain fraudulent investment scheme.

Which you're still
making money from.

I don't know what you're
talking about. Yeah, you do.

I'm now showing mr levene a
copy of his personal bank statement.

Quite a tidy sum.

You were there the
night of ritchie's party.

Who's to say that you didn't
follow him into his studio?

We've seen it all before. You'd both been drinking,
an argument gets heated... that's ridiculous.

When I asked you about ritchie
wanting you out of the company,

you said he "mentioned" it.

He did more than that,
he spoke to the board.

He couldn't force you
out because he was broke,

but if you discovered that he was about to come
into some serious money, you'd know he could, so...

Kill him, transfer the investment to your
name, you get the company and the cash.

And the girl. How long had
you had feelings for Alison?

How much easier would it have
been with your brother out of the way?

I did not kill him!

Then why's this
money in your account?

Because I didn't want
Alison knowing about it.

I knew what it was and I
didn't want it going near her.

Oh, you were just looking
after it for her, were you?

Did ritchie set this
scheme up? No.

No, he was just an investor.

He didn't have any money.

He forged our parents' signatures
on some of their share certificates.

Why would he do
that to your parents?

Because Colin Beck convinced him it was a chance
in a lifetime, exclusive investment that would

rescue the label and make him rich again.
That was all my brother needed to hear.

And that's why he got
his friends involved.

Yeah, Beck encouraged him to.

My brother thought he was onto a good
thing and he wanted to share it with them.

So this whole thing
was Colin Beck's idea?

Of course, my brother didn't have
a clue what he was getting into.

It was only when I looked at it I
could see that his money was all tied up

and he was unlikely
that he'd ever get it back.

Why not? Because you can't withdraw your original
stake without endangering the whole scheme.

So, what did you do?

We confronted Colin, but he knew
that we wouldn't want to risk a scandal.

The label was in
enough trouble...

And ritchie was terrified that his friends
would find out what he got them into.

But then he changed his mind and he told Colin
that he was going to expose the whole thing anyway.

Why?

He was an honest man.

He couldn't live with himself knowing
that Colin had taken them all for a ride.

After ritchie's murder, why didn't you
go to the police and tell them all this?

I was thinking of his friends.

They were good people.
They'd have lost everything.

Nice try, but that's not it.

You arranged with Beck to transfer
the Ponzi account to your name.

You wanted that
scheme to keep going.

Look, all along you have
treated me like a criminal, so, yes

I hold my hands up, I knew what
it was and I didn't say anything.

But if you think that I had
something to do with ritchie's death...

I loved him.

But he was the artist, and
I was just a money man.

In the end though, I was the one
who saved his company, not him.

I just wish that he was here so that
he could see that I could have helped.

That's all I wanted to do.

If ritchie was about to blow
the whistle on the Ponzi,

it gives Beck a hell of a
motive for wanting him dead.

We mustn't loose sight of Tyler, he's the one
with the oldest motive in the world - jealousy.

Convenient then that our two
suspects are each other's alibis, eh?

And we know that Tyler was capable
of being physically violent with ritchie.

We'll bring them both in.

You're retired, is that right?

Yes, happily.

You don't still, what's
the word, dabble? No, no.

When you were working,
what was it exactly that you did?

I was a financier. I dealt
in capital growth programs.

More specifically?

Well, it's rather complicated. I employed
a system of financial instruments.

I traded futures, stock
options, derivatives, leverages.

This is fascinating I
could listen to it all day!

And Ponzi's - what do
you know about them?

When ritchie found out
what you'd got him into,

he threatened to expose
you, so you wanted shot of him.

Ritchie was my friend, and besides,
I wasn't at the party that night.

And your alibi is Tyler Curtis?

Now the question is, which
one of you is lying for the other?

Well, if you found him, we could sort all this out.
Oh, we have. We should be picking him up any minute.

Tyler?

Tyler! ..Call for back up.

This is Jack halford from ucos.

I need urgent assistance at
fairchurch farm, kingswood.

My colleague is pursuing a suspect
on foot. I need back up immediately.

Stay where you are, it's
all right, stay where you are.

It's all right. I just need
to talk. Fabric tears

shit!

Look, son,

it doesn't look good when
you keep running away.

Now, it's just the
two of us, all right?

So, come on, tell me...

What really happened that night?

He laughs

I don't know...

I don't know, I can't
remember. Oh, come on.

No, really. I can't remember.

I was completely
out of the game.

I woke up the next morning, it's
all over the news, ritchie's dead.

I don't know what
happened. I don't know.

It's not good enough, son.

Why?

Why did you have
to come and find me?

Why did you have to
bring all this back to me?

It's my job.

Come on, let's go.

Tyler!

Tyler, give it up!

Come down.

We need to talk about this.

Tyler?

Tyler! No!

Shit!

He obviously thought we were there to arrest
him for ritchie's murder. There you go.

Well, I suppose that's as close to
a confession as we're going to get.

He didn't do it.

What do you mean?

I don't think he did it.

Look, if it's all right with you
I want to check something.

Faced with exposure, you
saw your chance with Tyler.

You made sure that he'd enough
drugs to knock him out for the night,

then went to the party where
it was dark and crowded,

making it nice and easy
for you to slip in unnoticed.

Either that or ritchie opened the
back door of the studio for you.

And then you killed
him. This is ludicrous.

What does Tyler have
to say about all this?

He's dead.

Dead?

Well, then he can't contradict my alibi
even if he wanted to. He doesn't have to.

Do you know a Graham moss?

No. Well, you should, he's opened a door for you
pretty much every week day for the last 12 years.

He's the concierge
at your flats.

Yeah, I just went to see
him - really nice bloke -

and him and the other porters
keep very thorough records.

You see, the night ritchie died

one of the neighbours complained
about loud music coming from your flat.

They phoned the council
helpline who sent someone round

and one of the night porters
unlocked the door for them.

Where they found...

"A young man, known to be a guest
of mr Beck's, asleep on the floor."

"Assuming he was drunk,

"they turned off
the music and left..."

And you weren't there.

What was that about alibis? Well,
none of that proves I killed ritchie

true, but the fsa are going to be
fascinated to see what we've got on you.

How long did they
send madoff down for?

Madoff, oh, 150
years, wasn't it?

Of course, that's america. We
don't hand out sentences like that.

We keep it simpler.
We call it life.

Do you think you
have enough evidence?

Well, I can't promise anything, but he had
the motive and he gave us a false alibi.

I mean, we're fairly certain we'd
get him on financial wrong-doings,

but that's how it goes sometimes,
just get them the best way you can.

I was so sure it was Adrian.

I've wasted all that
time blaming him.

You didn't really waste
any time. You got an answer.

Besides, we both made
mistakes on this one.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

That must have been terrible.

It was, it was really horrible.

You can't blame yourself
for what happened.

So, you're back to
the old look, then?

Yeah.

I'm retro and proud of it.

♪ It's all right, it's ok

♪ doesn't really matter
if you're old and gray

♪ it's all right, I say, it's ok

♪ listen to what I say

♪ it's all right, doin' fine

♪ doesn't really matter
if the sun don't shine

♪ it's all right, I say it's ok

♪ we're gettin' to
the end of the day! ♪

Subtitles by red bee media ltd