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- O: 'In the criminal justice
system, the people are represented

by two separate yet equally important
groups:

the police who investigate crime,
and the Crown Prosecutors

who prosecute the offenders.
These are their stories.'

Don't you just push the button
and then you're off?

Josh's dad has one like this.
You need the bloody fob to start it.

Well, it's not in there.
I'll push it again.

Like that's going to work.
You got a better idea?

(INTO RADIO) Can we get a vehicle
registration check please? Over.

Are you the owner of this vehicle?
Yes.

No. It's my father's.

Do you mind stepping
out of the vehicle for me?

You too.

Vehicle is registered
to a Charlotte Leigh.

That's your dad's name, is it?

No.
Didn't think so.

We didn't do anything wrong.

We were just looking after it for
her. She went to get some petrol.

Leaving her purse behind?

Charlotte Leigh, 40.
DVLA gave an address in Richmond.

Spoke to the husband, bit frantic,
says he's got no idea where she is.

Never gone missing before.
What about those two?

They reckon they found it unlocked,
and tried to start it.

It's a keyless ignition. The fob's
got to be in the car. Yeah.

And all that time it was sitting in
her purse, no more than two feet
away.

Why don't we check the other end
of the bridge, CCTV.

See if she went off for a walk
with anyone.

Or...
Or what?

Well, mate, look. It's a cold night,
her coat is still in the car.

She dropped her purse there.

Maybe she went for a dip.

Someone must have seen her.
You got people looking for her?

We have,
but there's no sightings yet.

When did you last see your wife?
This morning, before I went to work.

And you didn't see her at all
this evening? No.

I went for a pint after I left site.
What do you do?

I'm a painter and decorator.

What time did you get home
from the pub?

It'd be after midnight I'd say.

You didn't think it was strange that
your wife wasn't here when you got
home?

She works late the odd time. I
figured she was still at the office.
Where's that?

Over in Clapham.
Charlie's a property developer.

She throws work my way,
doing the places up.

Sean, was everything all right
at work?

No money worries, any problems?
Yeah, fine.

She wasn't anxious or depressed?

You don't think...

You don't think she killed herself?

No. She wouldn't.

Listen, mate. Has anything like this
ever happened before?

Anything, anything abnormal?

There was once, before my time.

When she was still with Holly's dad.

She took an overdose.

When was that?

This was years ago, she's fine now.

I was um...at a concert at school.

And what time did you get home?

I think it was about half nine.

And was your mum here?

Where is Mum?

Well, that's what we're trying
to find out, Holly.

I could go out looking for her.
I think your mum

would want you here when she
got back home, don't you?

Did your mum mention to you
about going out,

or maybe going to meet someone?

No, nothing.

I don't know.

What's happened to her?!
Mum is gonna come back, isn't she?

OK, that's enough. It's OK.

We've had patrols and Thames
out all night looking for her,

contacted the hospitals.
Nothing yet. No note? Well, no.

Maybe she wasn't planning on leaving.

She's a property developer -
plenty of money involved.

Don't tell me we're dealing
with a kidnapping.

We've had no card activity
since yesterday morning

and no ransom note -
That we know of.

Could be that the husband
didn't want to tell us?

Has she attempted suicide before?
Yeah.

Now we find her car abandoned
on Albert Bridge.
Any joy from the CCTV?

Nope, there's no cameras
on the bridge.

That's brilliant. Why don't we ask
around her close friends?

See what we can find out
about Charlotte Leigh.

I saw Charlotte last week.

She was planning a trip to France in
the summer, she'd already booked the
house.

She wasn't planning
on killing herself.

A couple of years ago
she took an overdose?

Charlotte was on a course
of painkillers,

she was under a lot of stress.

She double dosed by accident.

Jess?

Hello, darling.
Hi.

How was school?
Fine.

Darling, these are the police.
Hello.

Hi. Did you get my text,
about Charlotte?

Yeah, everyone was talking about it.

Have you spoken to her?
No. She wasn't in.

Can I go?
I've got a ton of revision.

Yeah, of course.

Did Charlotte mention anything,
any problems lately?

You've spoken to her ex?
No. No, we haven't.

Richard McGrath.

To say he's a drunken, violent pig
would be unfair to pigs.

He hit her?

That's why she was on
the painkillers -

that bastard fractured her jaw.

It was only for Holly's sake
that she finally had the courage
to leave him.

Did she know that he was violent?
Yeah, she knew.

And does Holly still see her father?

She started seeing him
without telling Charlotte.

I had to pick her up from there
once. Where was that?

He's got a flat in Battersea.
You know, near the bridge?

When was the last time you saw
your ex-wife, Mr McGrath?

Last weekend. I'd been a good boy
and she'd granted me permission

to see my own daughter.
For an hour. Supervised.

You don't exactly sound happy
about that situation.

Do you have kids?
Yes, I do.

How would you feel? Happy?

And you haven't seen or spoken
to your ex-wife since?

We spoke last night. Holly wasn't
answering her phone, so she called

me in a panic, as usual,
accusing me, assuming she was here.

And was she?
No. She said she was

at a school concert,
and I believed her.

And what time did you receive
that call?

8.27. And where were you
the rest of the night?

Gatwick Airport.
Cab picked me up at 9.00.

I've got a job on site in Edinburgh
and I had to meet the contractor
first thing.

And what is it you do for a living?
You a painter and decorator as well?

No. I'm an architect.
That's how Charlotte and I met.

She bought the properties,
I did the schemes.

Until we split up,
and then she turfed me out.

He was pretty useless, even here,
to be honest.

And since then?
A complete and utter nightmare.

How so?
Always barging in here unannounced.

Please.

I begged her to get a restraining
order.

She was always too afraid
of his reaction though.

Has he been here recently?
Last week.

Charlotte had been trying
to help him seek treatment,

as a condition of access to Holly.

The cleaner he got,
the more he could see her.

Look, I hope I'm wrong, but it
really wouldn't surprise me if he

had something to do with this,
especially since the arrest.

The arrest?

He was arrested for assault, like,
just a few weeks ago.

Aren't you guys supposed to know
stuff like that already?

Yes. We are.

(ON TAPE) 'Please hurry. Please.'

OPERATOR: 'It's OK, Charlotte,
a unit will be with you in five
minutes. Just stay with me.'

MAN: 'Give me the phone!'
'Richard, no!'

'Charlotte?'
(DIAL TONE)

And that's where it ends.
Thankfully.

So, look, at least we've got it now
though, eh?

I'm sorry about that. Human error.
Won't happen again.

Don't worry, Ange.
She refused to make a statement.

Yeah, frightened of making him
worse, apparently.

Right, Ange, what were McGrath's
movements

the night Charlotte Leigh
disappeared, please?

She called him at 8.27pm.

Call lasted for eight minutes.

Then a car picked him up for the
airport at 9.00, and we have him

on a flight to Edinburgh
that evening.
OK. Well, that's enough time?

For what? She called him,
looking for their daughter.

When she gets there, he's drunk,
they argue...

He hits her too hard.
Dumps her body, makes it look

like suicide, all within 25 minutes.

Just because he's got
a drink problem

does not make him a murderer.

I agree with that, but you heard
what I heard. It's worth checking.

Anyway, it doesn't matter.
We haven't got a body. We have now.

I'm getting too old for this.
Come on.

It's better than being stuck indoors
all the time.

Like the old days eh, Ronnie?

Well, Ange was right
about something -

we've definitely got ourselves
a body.

Cause of death -
acute intracerebral haemorrhage.

Compound fracture
of the occipital bone.

That's a whack to the back of the
head to me and you.

Jumping off the bridge?
Unlikely.

If she'd hit her head on the way
down, given the speed of the impact

I wouldn't expect there to be
much skull left.

Nice.
I've examined the lungs -

there's no distension
and the airways are clear.

Meaning?
She didn't drown.

She was dead
before she hit the water.

I've told you. She was screaming
at me down the phone,

accusing me of having Holly
there without her 'permission'.

All her usual paranoid bullshit.

So is that why you assaulted her
earlier this month?

She virtually had me pissing
in a cup before I could see
my own daughter.

I snapped, OK? I lost my temper.

Did you lose your temper the other
night, you know, when she came round?

Very funny. She never came round.

She wouldn't have been welcome
if she did.

She hasn't ever set foot
inside my place.

You know that already, don't you?
Forensics have been all over it.

She's taken away your job,
your home, your daughter.

Basically your whole life, so, Mr
McGrath, you must be pretty bitter.

Yeah, of course I'm bitter.

So are plenty of divorced fathers.

You can see how this looks.

You have a drink problem that's
completely out of control, a history
of violence.

With your wife gone, you would have
sole custody of your daughter.

Yeah, a daughter
whose mother's dead.

How's that for a parenting strategy?

We pulled the body out over there.
From the map that's Hammersmith
Bridge.

And you think she went in
at Albert Bridge?

Well, that's where her car
was found, yeah.

It would be unusual for a body
to travel upstream at that time.

But not impossible?
Well, no.

Most likely, she was dumped
to the west.

Kew, Richmond maybe?

And who do we know who lives
in Richmond?

Yeah. Sean, Holly and Charlotte.

You know what Sam? Wes might not
like it, but I think I'm right.

No way would McGrath have enough
time to kill Charlotte Leigh

at his place in Battersea, drive the
body, in her car, over to Richmond,

dump the car at the Albert Bridge,
get back to his place in Battersea

to pick up a cab for 9.00
to get him to the airport.

Not within half an hour, no.
And yet Charlotte Leigh went in

to the river,
two minutes from her own home.

So who helped her off that bridge?

You say you were at a school
concert, and did your mum drop you
off there?

No. Kim drove me.
Kim?

My nanny.
Right. You have a nanny?

Charlotte liked her to be here
after school, so Holly wasn't alone.

So did Kim pick you up
and bring you back?

No. I wasn't feeling well,
so I left early. I got the bus back.

So you didn't phone you mum
to be picked up then?

What about your dad?
Did you speak to him? No.

Well, what about your stepfather,
Sean? No, I didn't speak to anyone!

Do we have to do this now?

I know this is difficult,
it's just that Sean told us that

when he got home at around midnight,
your mum wasn't here.

So you have to understand
as far as we're concerned,

you're probably the last person
to see your mum alive.

Holly?

I didn't actually see her.

I'm sorry, I don't follow you.
I didn't see her.

What, she wasn't here?
I don't know.

The lights were on.
I thought she was.

So when you came in you didn't call
out to her 'hello',

or pop your head in the room
to see if she was about?

And why didn't you do that?
Was that because of your dad?

We'd had this massive fight
before I went out.

I couldn't cope with part two
when I got back.

She said she hated him. So I...

So... I said... I wished
she was dead.

Why did I say that?

How long have you been
with the family, Kim?

About three years. It was just as
Richard and Charlotte

were breaking up.
It got pretty ugly at times.

And how about the new husband, Sean?
Any ugly moments with him recently?

Well, just like any other couple,
you know?

Nothing major, but they argued
sometimes yeah.

What about?

I'm not sure whether I should say
this, it feels a bit wrong, but...

Charlotte could be quite hard work.

She treated him a bit like an
employee, you know what I mean?
Yeah.

She even gave him an allowance.

I honestly don't know what he was
doing with her.

He could have done so much better.

Well, Kim, the night Charlotte
was killed, Holly said

that you dropped her at the school
concert, that's right?

Yeah, that's right.
You didn't stay, no?

No. Holly was getting a lift back
with her friend, Jess.

Charlotte said I could go home.

Well, Sean said that when he got
back, Holly was on her own.

Considering how protective Charlotte
is, seems a bit odd, don't you
think?

It's kinda weird, yeah. Charlotte
would never leave her at home alone.

But if Sean said that's what
happened, then it must be.

Look I really have to go,
I'm already late.

OK, well thanks for your help.

Looks like the pretty nanny's got
a crush on the handsome husband.

Yeah. The bloke's like catnip,
isn't he?

I wonder what his alibi's like.
What do you reckon?

Well, before he went to the pub,

he says he was working overtime
with a... Eddie Markham.

I don't want no trouble like.
Me Uncle Sean's a good fella.

Let's me crash here,
till I find me own place.

This is Sean's flat?
It is, yeah.

He's letting me stay here
for nothing as well.

That's decent of him.

Does Sean pop by often?

He keeps his painting stuff here,
out in the yard.

Does he er...does he keep
anything else here?

Or are these yours?
Ah, man.

Sure that's nothing to do with me
at all. No?

So what's the story, Eddie? Meet a
lot of bored housewives in this
trade, do you?

Not me.
But Sean takes advantage?

Come on, lads.
All right, he's my uncle, yeah?

He's doing me a favour here.

We could continue this conversation
down the station.

We'll even ring your boss, tell him
you're gonna be late. OK, all right.

It's nothing bad like.

But yeah, sometimes Sean
gives me the nod

and I have to make myself scarce,
you get me?

Who says romance is dead, eh?
Who's the latest?

I don't know her name,
but last week I seen this lass

heading in here
when I was pulling up.

What's she look like?

You know, dead cute.
Long brown hair. Quite young.

Sean said you were working
all evening Tuesday together.
Is that right?

Yeah, we were meant to be,

but after a bit Sean got a call,
said he had to go.

Did he say where?
No, just said it was personal.

Here you are, mate.
Lovely. Cheers.

Sean Harte told us he went to the
pub after work, right? Yeah.

Er... Quinn's.
Well, he lied about working late,

so why don't we see if he lied to us
about going to the pub an'all?

Sean's a regular here. So he was
definitely in here that night?

Came in just before the bell.
How did he seem?

All right, I suppose.

Sat at the bar,
had a couple of whiskeys.

Maybe he was hiding from the wife,
you know? I didn't ask.

What time did he leave?
About midnight I'd say.

I was locked up by then.
I let him out the back.

He was parked out there. Said he had
some stuff for the bins.

What stuff?
From work I imagine.

Do you mind if we take a look?
Help yourself.

Ta. But the bins were emptied
this morning.

Whatever it was, it is now long
gone. It's a landfill site in Essex.

Do you know what I wish, Ron?
What?

I wish I had the resources to go
searching landfill, but...

Don't tell me, your hands are tied?
Yeah, welcome to my world.

I've already got the ex-husband
making a complaint.

I don't need the current one
doing the same thing.

We could have a lead here
with this husband.

Sam, with respect, what you've got
is some guy who may or may not

have put something in a bin.
It's not enough.

Sorry. Forensics are in
from the Leigh house.

Someone had a real go
at cleaning up here,

but we found a faint patch of blood
on the rug near the kitchen.

Again here, an attempted cleanup,

but we found traces of blood protein
all around the kitchen area.

On the grouting, on the base of the
tap, and in the trap of the sink.

Recent?
Difficult to say, exactly.

But we know who it belongs to.
Charlotte Leigh?

Yes.
Right.

Well, let's see if her husband can
explain what it's doing there.

I may have played around,
but I didn't kill my wife.

That's pure madness
and you know it,

otherwise you'd have arrested me
already.

What did you dump in the bins
outside the pub?

Just some old dust sheets.
I cleared it with Ged.

Are you getting me for fly tipping?
We know you lied.

Your nephew said you left him to it,
so where did you go?

I was on another job,
a bit of private work.

I didn't want the contractor
taking his cut.

Look, I tried to pull a fast one
there, I hold my hands up to that.

I didn't tell Eddie, God bless him,
cos he'd only let it slip.

You've seen what he's like.
We have, he likes to talk.

He told us about the girl he saw
going into your flat last week.

Yeah. Was that a bit extra
on the side, too?

That was Holly.

There's something you need to know
about that girl.

Really, what's that?

She's made life very difficult.

Didn't want it to come to this.

She's obsessed with me.

The poor girl reckons she's in love.

You still haven't found who killed
mum?! He's still out there!

It's OK. No-one's going to hurt you.
We're getting closer.

Is that why you're talking to Sean?

Do you think he's got something
to do with it?

Sean lied to us.
Sean was lying to your mother.

He was...he was cheating on her.

Two-faced bastard.
Dad, don't. Please.

Holly, did Sean ever threaten you
at all?

What is it Holly?

Are you scared of him?

Holly?

You said that you'd left
the school concert early,

and then went straight home.
Is that right?

Yeah. Yeah, I went home to get
changed, out of my uniform.

Then what happened?

I...didn't want to stay at home.

I went round to yours.
But you weren't there.

I let myself in, sorry.
That's all right.

You know you're always welcome.

Why didn't you call me?

Holly, did anyone else see you
at your dad's house?

I don't think so. I just watched TV
for a few hours.

And why didn't you want to go back
to your own home?

Mum was out, working late, and I...

I thought... I thought Sean
might come back.

OK. And?

I was...

I was scared to be...

I was scared to be on my own
with him.

He's been trying...

He's been coming on to me.
I didn't let him... Holly?!

Please, he told me not to say
anything, Dad. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

So, she's accusing him of grooming
her, and he's saying she was obsessed

with him. Either way, Mum ends up
in the Thames. Yeah.

Arrest them both on suspicion
of murder

and see whose story cracks first?

You really think she's capable of
killing her mother? Over a man?

What we have suggests that Charlotte
Leigh was killed in the kitchen.

But there's nothing hard
to link them to the murder?

I hate to say it, but the girl's
alibi is not the strongest I've
heard.

She matches the description of
the girl going into Harte's flat.

That could be anyone. He's admitted
to being a ladies' man.

Have you been to her school?
Spoken to her mates? Not yet.

Well, you should. Girls talk.

Can you tell us anything about Holly,
before this?

She came through a difficult time
when her parents divorced.

Holly's a bright young thing, though
I've noticed her marks are not

what they were,
which is a cause for concern.

I can imagine.

But the night of the concert,
Mr Crossley?

The girls performed a recital.
Several pieces I'd written myself.

Can we keep these please?
Of course.

It actually went rather well.
And Holly?

Did she play a part in the concert
herself?

She plays the flute.
But she left early, yeah? Yes.

When I went to collect her
for her solo,

Jess informed me the young girl
had been taken unwell.

So I had to carry on without her,
sadly.

You say Jess. Was that Jess Hays?
Yeah.

It wasn't a lie. She was in the
toilets, and she did leave early.

I don't want her to get in
to trouble.

Darling, just tell the truth,
it's OK.

Have you spoken to Holly
about that night?

No, but I tried to.
She wasn't answering her phone.

She never said where she was going?
Not to me.

Home, I assumed.

Didn't mention to you anything about
meeting anyone? Maybe a boyfriend?

No, boyfriends
were strictly off-limits,

as far as her mum was concerned.

Why's that? Some boy liked one of
Holly's profile pictures once.

Her mum went round to his parents'
house and totally freaked.

That was pretty typical.
Jess!

Well, it's the truth.

And how was Holly, Jess?

Her reaction to her mum going round
to the boy's house regarding

the photographs? Was she angry?
No. She was scared of her.

I used to tell her she ought
to stick up for herself.

You say used to? She got defensive,
told me to mind my own business.

On the night, Holly left here
wearing her school uniform.

Yeah, but forensics took it in
already. It's clean.

But maybe she had another one?
Girls at school always have
a spare uniform.

We need to sweep that house again,

just in case we missed something
the first time around.

Someone should have their knuckles
rapped for missing this.

You reckon? That was found
in a carrier bag, under her bed.

There's blood all over it.
Is it a match for the victim's?

Yes. Given what her mate said
about how she felt

about her own mother,
she sounds like a ticking bomb.

No, look, that just doesn't feel
right, Sam.

Why? They were competing
for the same man.

She just couldn't have done it
on her own.

It's OK, I'm dealing with it.
It's under control.

Listen, I'm gonna have to go.
I'll see you later.

I'm afraid you won't -
unless that's a solicitor.

You're under arrest.

Holly Leigh.
What now?

I'm arresting you on suspicion of the
murder of Charlotte Leigh. What?!

You do not have to say anything,
but it may harm your defence

if you do not mention when questioned
something

which you later rely on in Court.
Anything you do say

may be given in evidence.
Do you understand?

Yes. OK. Officers... It'll be fine.
Don't worry, don't worry.

Why don't you believe me?!

She's pretty convincing.
Jury might think so, too.

And when they hear she was infatuated
with her mother's husband?

Yeah, on his say-so. Defence will
say that we should be sympathising

with this girl -
she's the victim in all this.

How? A terrified schoolgirl, groomed
and abused by her stepfather.

With her mother's blood splattered
across her school jumper. So?

So it suggests she was there.
Her jumper was there.

And she did say she got changed
before she went to her dad's.

He's dressing up as a schoolgirl too
now, is he?

He must have helped her. There isn't
enough evidence to support that.

I won't enjoy putting away
a 16-year-old girl,

but if the jury decide she's guilty
then we'll have done our job
properly.

Ronnie's been in touch -
Sean Harte is ready to talk.

He's admitting to assisting,
but not murder.

Holly's very immature for her age.

Like I told you before, she has this
insane schoolgirl crush.

He's selling her out.

I thought if I just ignored it,
it would go away.

But she was getting out of control.

I tried to let her down gently.

But? She took the rejection hard,
screaming at me,

threatening to tell Charlotte
I'd abused her. She was so angry.

I had no choice but to tell
Charlotte myself,

after I left the site,
while Holly was still out.

OK. And how did Charlotte react?
Well, she was devastated.

Then Holly came home early
in the middle of it,

and things really kicked off.

Screaming at each other.

All sorts being said,
about the ex and that.

I thought it's best just to get out.

So you left?
I had to.

I went back to work.

I couldn't face going home,
so I went on to the pub after

to drown my sorrows.
When I got back...

Sorry.

It's OK. Take your time.

So, you got back home?
What happened?

Holly was in the room, sobbing.

I don't think she meant to kill her.

You said, whilst this fight
was happening at the house,

you were moonlighting on another job
at 88 Welford Road. Yeah?

That's right.
Any witnesses?

There was someone there who can
prove I'm telling you the truth.

I didn't want to drag her into it.
Her?

Mr Harte?

Jess.

I think he's hanging Holly out
to dry.

But her best friend's providing
an alibi for him.

Putting Jess on the stand will show
it's not in Sean's character to do
something like this.

Whereas Holly had a turbulent
relationship with her mother,

no alibi to speak of, and forensic
evidence pointing directly to her.

I'm not saying I like it, Ronnie,
but we proceed with charging him

with assisting an offender,
and Holly with murder.

Would you say that your friend had
a good relationship with her mother?

Yeah. I guess.

I mean, they argued sometimes,
like anyone does.

Do you know what these arguments
were about?

She'd get pretty angry with how
controlling she was.

She was checking her phone
and stuff.

She was obsessed with knowing
if she had a boyfriend.

Did Holly have a boyfriend?

Not that I know of, no.

What was the relationship between
Holly and Mr Harte like?

Good, as far as I knew.

Until all this happened.

On the night Charlotte Leigh died,
what did you do after the concert
at school?

I...um...

I went to see Sean.

Why was that?

Ms Hays? Why did you meet
with Mr Harte that evening?

It was about my mum and dad.

In what way?

Well...since they separated
I just...

..missed having my dad around.

Was there a reason you didn't mention
this to the police earlier?

I didn't want my mum to know.

Would you say you were a father
figure to Holly?

I loved her like she was
my own daughter,

since her own father left her.

You say she became fixated.
How did this manifest itself?

It started with love notes
and that, you know?

Left in my jacket pocket.

I laughed it off. I thought it was a
schoolgirl crush thing, it'd pass.

And did it pass?
No, it got worse.

On the evening your wife was killed,
you told her about Holly's behaviour?

Yeah, I had to.
And how did she react?

Well, she was upset,
as you might imagine.

Then Holly arrived home.

It just exploded.

What happened then?

Well, with the two of them screaming
at each other,

I had to get out of there.

I thought telling Charlotte would
help resolve it.

I never imagined it would end
in such tragedy.

And when you arrived home later
that evening, where was your wife?

I found Charlotte
lying on the kitchen floor.

(WHISPERING) You OK?

And where was Holly?

I found her in her room.
She was shaking.

What did you say to her?
I asked what had happened.

She just kept saying 'I didn't mean
to, I didn't mean to' over and over.

No! No!
I'm sorry.

Direct your answers to the jury
please, Mr Harte.

She said they fought.

She pushed her mother,
she fell back, hit her head.

Why didn't you call 999?
I tried to.

Holly started screaming at me.

She said if I didn't help her
she'd say I did it.

Did you help dispose of the body
in the River Thames

and try to make it look like suicide?

Yes, I did.

I panicked.
I thought all this was my fault.

If I hadn't said anything...

That is all.

Thank you, Mr Harte.

It started with little things.

He'd sit too close to me
on the sofa,

or walk in when I was getting
changed, accidentally.

Then he started giving what he
called his daddy bear cuddles.

Even when I told him I felt
uncomfortable, he...

..he'd always find a way
to get me on my own.

And why didn't you tell anyone?
I don't know.

I guess I just thought
if I ignored it,

he'd get bored, and leave me alone.

And did he?

No.

He tried to give me money, he said I
should go and buy some underwear

that my mum wouldn't approve of,
now that I was getting all grown up.

He kept making jokes about me
turning 16.

It made me feel sick.

When you rejected Mr Harte,
what was his response?

Angry.

He said that if I didn't want to be
his special girl,

then he'd find someone who did.

On the night in question, you were
performing in a school concert,

while your mother was working late?

Yeah.

I had to leave early.

Where did you go?

I went home to get changed.

I didn't want to stay there,
so I went over to my dad's.

I forgot he was away on business,

so I just sat in his flat,
until I could face going home.

And what happened
when you arrived home?

It was quiet.

The lights were on,
so I assumed mum was back.

I didn't want to see anyone,
so I just went straight upstairs.

When did you hear that your mother
was missing?

When the police arrived.
About 1.00 I think.

Sean woke me and told me.

I keep thinking that...
I'm just going to wake up.

Mum will be there
and she'll give me a hug,

and tell me it's gonna be OK,

and all this will be over.
Just like a nightmare.

Why is he doing this?
I don't understand.

Everything all right?

Signal's rubbish here, eh?

Must be hard for you, Jess,
seeing what this is doing to Holly,

you being such good friends.

Yeah.
Yeah.

Harder for her of course.
Losing her mum,

and now looking like she's going
to prison for it.

Prison? Well, Young Offender's
Institution for the first year.

Bit of solitary.
Not very nice, I have to admit.

Nasty.

But on her 18th birthday, she'll get
to go to an adult prison, so...

But...she's gonna get off,
isn't she?

Not unless you can help?

See, this is very serious, Jess.
You know that, don't you?

The rest of your friend's life
is at stake here.

So if there's anything else you can
remember about that night,
anything at all.

I don't know what you mean.

I think you do.

I saw your reaction in the court.

You know that Holly is telling
the truth, don't you?

Because you've heard those lines
from Sean yourself before,
haven't you?

Jess, whatever he's promised you,

you've now seen what he's really
capable of.

You could be next.

It wasn't Holly's fault.

In your earlier evidence,
you said that you phoned Sean Harte,

and then went to meet him
at his place of work.

You wanted to talk over your parents'
recent divorce.

Is that correct?

Partly.
Which part?

Well, I did call Sean,
but he told me to go to the house.

He said Charlotte was out
and we could be alone.

Not to talk about your parents?

No.

No, we'd...

We'd been seeing each other.

Seeing?

Sleeping together.

So you went to the Leigh home that
evening, and had sex with Sean Harte?

Yes.

But it wasn't how you make it sound.

How do I make it sound?
Sort of...

..dirty.

It wasn't like that.

Sean was different.
He was kind and gentle.

He...he called me his special girl.

But it all went wrong.

Mrs Leigh came home and...

and we were in the kitchen...

..you know. She walked in on you
having sex in the kitchen?

She went mental.

Started screaming,
calling him names.

She said she was going
to call the police,

and that Sean would go to prison.

How did he react to that?
He tried to calm her down.

But she started hitting him,
and she was just screaming so loud.

And then he punched her.

He just threw her.

She cracked her head, hard.

It made a horrible sound.

Then she was just lying there.

She wasn't moving.

What did Mr Harte do?
Did he call an ambulance?

No.

No, he told me to shut up
because I was crying.

He er...

He got this big sheet...from his
van.

He wrapped her up in it.

He said he was gonna make it look
like she did it herself.

That she'd tried it before, he said.

He even used one of Holly's
school jumpers

to clear up some of the blood.

Why didn't you call the police?

He said if anyone found out,
we'd both go to prison.

That we wouldn't be together.

He said if I told anyone
I'd never see him again.

I couldn't bear that.

It wasn't meant to get this far.

It wasn't meant to be Holly.

No-one would believe
she could do that.

Sean Harte's been taken into custody,
charged with murder.

Along with Jess Hays.
Where's Holly?

She's free to go.

Free? She's lost everything
she ever cared about.

Her mother did everything she could
to protect that child from danger,

then let it into her own home.

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