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Out of the blue, this handsome, gorgeous man appears. So now you're living the

fairy tale. To the happy couple.

Well, you know our Tommy. Can't say no to a pretty face, unless they're trying

to tie him down.

You need to get out of the strip club and call me back. You can't just ignore

me, Tommy! It's not funny!

You said there were certain things that happened in your childhood that your

parents didn't want to know about.

Do you feel that's what's happening here?

I have tried to kill myself for the past.

I just need to know that you're not using me. I wouldn't do that.

Things seem to be going much better between the two of you. I think you may

planning to propose when we're in France.

Mum was saying you're buying a place in Cotswold.

He's always had an excellent head for business.

I said of course it is for your mother. Loony bin, Jane.

I'll just jump in the river, shall I? Oh, solve all of your problems, won't

Tommy? You're right.

If we were married, you wouldn't treat me like this. But you would rather just

keep stringing me along as long as Tommy gets what he wants. You are sick.

Do you know that? Shut up!

You shut up! There's something deeply wrong with you. What is it you want the

police to do? I would like someone to stop us from hurting each other. If you

don't have somebody here soon, somebody is.

We're three days into a national manhunt and we're still no closer to bringing

her in. If she's taking risks, maybe she intends to be dead before we can get to

her.

They found the car.

Local Bobby spotted the license plate from the road.

Is she in it?

We don't know yet.

Parked in a lay -by, no signs of movement.

He's asking if he should approach?

Yeah, tell him yes, but with caution.

Jane?

Jane Andrews?

You okay? Can you open this door?

Thanks.

I'm Detective Chief Inspector Keith Douglas, attached to the Serious Crime

Group. The other officer is... Detective Sergeant Kay Smart, also attached to

the Serious Crime Group.

We are in the interview room at Bloomsbury Police Station. I'm

Please could you state your full name?

Jane Dawn Elizabeth Andrews.

Whatever happened between them, it couldn't have been deliberate.

I mean, Janie can't have been in her right mind.

Cut there.

Just one moment, Francesca. Was that not... That was great. We just need to

check your mic for sound.

Oh, OK.

Yeah, we're all good.

So, if you can go back to before Tommy's death, did you ever think he might be

in danger?

You have to remember, she really did love him.

She was a woman scorned.

And she took her revenge.

I think she was telling the truth.

She was prepared to say anything to save her skin.

You've told us that after Thomas Cressman's call to the emergency

arguments continued.

And then you decided to leave the house.

You drove around for a while.

And following a phone conversation with Mr. Cressman, you decided to return.

Is that right?

Yes.

He said to come in, sweetie.

And when you got back, there was another big row.

You went up to bed.

Yes.

And I tried to go to sleep.

But he called up next to me.

And he said, Well, come on.

I want to have sex with you. You know you like it.

And then he sort of grabbed me.

And, well, I was frightened, so I went down.

And I got the cricket bat just to place next to the bed.

Protect myself.

But then Tommy woke up, and he...

was going on about how horrible I was.

And he kneed me in the back.

And... I should have just left.

But I went down and I saw... I saw the knife on the

training board.

I thought, if he did anything, I had to say, look, I've got a knife.

Don't touch me.

And then eventually I went to sleep.

And he just started hissing me.

So I picked up the bat, and I hit him.

And he was lashing out at me, and he was pulling my hair out.

And so I grabbed the knife, and he just came at me, and I didn't know what was

happening. I just remember him falling down, so I ran out of the room.

And then I panicked. I got in my car and I just... I just drove and drove and

drove.

So after leaving the house, you made a number of calls and sent a number of

messages.

Well, you seemed unaware of what happened to Mr. Pressman. Were you

convince your friends that his death was nothing to do with you?

No, I just...

I didn't know he was dead.

Denying it, claiming it was an accident, the story was all over the place from

the start.

Now, if in doubt, play the self -defense card.

But we had what we needed, so we charged her with murder.

The only surprise was that she got bail.

Janie, I want you a cup of tea, love.

Settling in then, that's good.

That, um... That lady solicitor called.

She wants you to ring her back about a meeting next week.

OK?

Does that mean you have to go back down to London?

I guess so.

Because it's sort summer for me to stay.

Where did Dad put my sewing machine?

Ah, it's on the landing.

She sounded very on the ball.

The solicitor.

I'm sure she'll be able to sort things out.

That's not really how it works, Mum. I can't sort it out.

But it wasn't your fault, was it?

I mean, it's like you say.

It was an accident.

He didn't mean for it to happen.

No, of course not.

Do we still have that gingham cotton that I bought?

The pale blue one?

I don't know. It might be in the airing cupboard.

All right, Jane, love.

This just came for you.

I told her you'd be welcome to stay with us during the trial, especially after

reading such diabolical things in the papers.

I've been trying not to look.

Of course.

I knew there had to be more to it.

All this talk of premeditated murder simply didn't ring true.

It's not.

I love Tommy.

I never meant to hurt him.

That's what I told the police.

We were trying to get away from him.

I had no idea he was badly hurt.

I thought I'd just given him a scratch.

A scratch?

Oh, you poor thing.

And did the Duchess really contact you while you were on the run?

Yes.

Yes, she did.

Well, that's quite something.

Clearly, she still cares about you.

I know.

I'm making matching gingham dresses for Beatrice and Eugenie.

Are you?

That's a thank you.

How sweet.

Coffee, darling.

Please.

Thank you so much for this.

I really appreciate you both letting me stay.

Well, Roger and I are happy to help.

Pay no attention.

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what rubbish they print.

No, you're right.

You just tell the truth and it'll all come out in the wash.

I've always had the utmost faith in British justice.

Everyone had made up their mind. The press, the public.

They cast her as this bunny boiler.

There she was, on every front page.

Just like when she was with Fergie.

Before she was lapping it up.

Head to toe in black.

Like she was some sort of...

Grieving widow. I mean fearing thing.

Poor thing must have been terrified.

There is no doubt.

As to the identity of Thomas Cressman's killer, Jane Andrews.

wielded the bat, and held the knife.

The real question we must consider is why she committed these violent acts.

And on this occasion, we need not look far for motive, for as you will see,

was the classic one of the jilted and betrayed lover. Having learned that Mr.

Cressman no longer intended to marry her, she returned to that house with one

thought in mind, namely, to take her revenge by ending his

life.

Now, the defense will try and persuade you that Miss Andrews was acting in self

-defense, that she was afraid for her own safety.

And in order to support this, they will paint a picture of the deceased that

bears no relation to the truth.

Indeed, the evidence will show you that it was, in fact, Jane herself who was

the controlling and ultimately violent partner in this.

a relationship that was brutally ended by a cold -blooded, premeditated

murder.

The body of the deceased was in a very awkward position.

wedged between the bed and the wall.

We could see that he'd been stabbed in the chest and his hands were like this,

almost as if he was trying to cover the wound or extract the knife from his

body. Can you describe the knife that you found at the scene?

It was a kitchen knife with an eight -inch blade and it had been taken from

block in the kitchen.

Well, it appeared that Mr. Cressman had also been hit over the head.

with a cricket bat and stunned prior to being stabbed.

Was there any sign that Mr Cressman had attempted to defend himself against the

attack? No, there was not. No defensive wounds were found on his body.

No defensive wounds, suggesting that Tommy was defenceless when the attack

Well, I'm sure things will go better this afternoon.

I'm sure they will.

Seeing her in court was pretty unpleasant, as you can imagine.

But someone needed to speak for Tommy.

What did you make of Jane Andrews when she and Tom first began dating?

I was aware of who she was and where she'd worked.

and I think that had maybe impressed Tom a bit.

And I'm sure she was attracted to him, but I think ultimately she was very

attracted to his lifestyle.

Did you have any misgivings about the relationship?

It was kind of full -on from the start.

Jane became increasingly possessive. She basically gave him no space.

And how did Tommy respond when faced with this kind of behaviour?

And Tommy was a...

Incredibly gentle kind of guy.

Plus he was worried about what she would do.

I could have done that for you, if I'd not done that.

This house is something else.

You'll have to buy Alexandra a present to say thank you when all this is... You

know. I shall when I get the chance.

Everything's going to be all right, you'll see.

And tomorrow, you'll tell your side of the story.

Put things straight.

Mum, tomorrow there's going to be things...

You won't want to hear.

Right.

Things that happened to me when I was young.

Oh, Jane.

So if you'd rather not be there, you and Dad...

No.

No, we'll be there.

You just... You say what you have to.

Mick Andrews.

Before dealing with the events of that night, I want to deal briefly with your

medical history.

In the spring of 1999, did you undergo a few sessions with a private

psychotherapist? Yes, I did.

Tom arranged them for me.

And what was the particular focus of the psychotherapy?

To deal with my abuse as a child.

And the abuse to which you refer, was it sexual abuse?

Yes.

At about what age, so far as you were concerned?

About eight years old.

Am I right in saying you do not wish to say who was involved in that?

Correct. But am I right that we are not talking about a parental abuse?

That's right, yes.

So, during your relationship with Thomas Cressman, you were still dealing with

the effects of that abuse.

This left you with a heightened perception of threat. Is that right?

Yes. And in a high -threat situation, you would find yourself less able to

rational judgments, instead finding yourself in a sort of grey mist of

helplessness. Is that right?

Yes, that's true.

Can you now tell me about your relationship with Mr. Cressman?

Tommy and I were together for nearly two years.

I was devoted to him.

But in terms of your sex life, would it be correct to say that you were

relatively innocent and straight -laced sexually, whereas Thomas was relatively

adventurous?

Yes, that's true.

In what ways, Miss Andrews, was Thomas relatively adventurous, so far as you

were concerned?

He would want to have anal sex with me.

And he wanted me to dress up in kinky clothing.

You also discovered sexually explicit emails on Mr. Crescent's computer, did

not?

Did you take these to imply that Mr. Cressman was no longer committed to your

relationship? What was his attitude to your future together?

He was committed.

But he had periods of confusing moments on his part.

Where he would say that he needed space.

And it caused rows between you?

Yes.

Because I would push him to find out where our future was going.

And are we talking merely about rows where people shouted at each other, or

there on occasion more than that?

Yes.

In the sense that... That he hit me.

And on another occasion when we were arguing, he pushed me down the stairs.

Well, we'd been warned that things were probably going to get pretty nasty.

And so it began.

Well, now we come to the rows between yourself and Tom on Saturday the 16th of

September last year.

Yes. The Saturday morning, he calls and tells me things with Jane

were just awful.

He sounded stressed and hassled.

I told him if they got married, This is how it would be.

She was just too hysterical.

I asked him what had started the argument, and he said that she wanted to

if they were getting married, and he told her that she wasn't stable enough

be the mother of his children.

Was there one aspect of those rows which you did not tell the police about?

On Saturday morning, he put a pillow over my

head and tied me to the bed.

His full weight was on top of me.

And he anally raped me.

I mean, they basically threw everything at it. But to say she was raped, you

know, and like that, I mean, to be honest, it was just disgusting.

Vile, despicable lies.

I don't know.

Miss Andrews, when you placed a knife by your bed...

What exactly did you fear might happen? I was afraid that he was going to rape

me again like he had that morning.

And when he began to attack you, you tried to ward him off.

First with a blow from the cricket bat, and when that failed, you took up the

knife.

Yes. Did you, however, intend that Thomas Cressman be stabbed with it?

No, not at all.

We just came together, and the next thing I knew, he was on top of me.

And that's the point the knife went in.

And at that stage, did you know how badly injured he was?

No.

I just panicked.

I crawled out from underneath him and ran out of the room.

I was terrified that he was going to come after me.

So I took my dressing gown cord and tied the door.

I couldn't think.

So one might say you were in a grey mist.

Yes.

And as you left the house, was there any sight or sound from Tom?

No.

No, there was nothing.

That's when I realized he must be dead.

Well, you see, that's when her story really began to change.

This was quite different to the tale I'd been told.

Then I realized that I had made a dreadful mistake.

There are one or two things that are a bit confusing.

What do you mean?

Well, you said yourself you told differing versions to different people.

Yes, because I was confused.

And scared.

Right.

It's just you told me that you thought you'd given him a scratch.

But then today, you said you knew he was dead before you left the house.

Couldn't even admit it to myself.

You know, Roger and I have been talking, and he feels, we both feel, that

actually it might be more appropriate for you to move into a hotel for the

remainder of the trial.

Maybe tomorrow.

It's just simpler all round.

Don't you think?

Okay.

Don't make a joke.

So, Miss Andrews, you left the house in the early hours of Sunday

morning and spent the next two and a half days driving around the country.

During which time, as far as you knew, nobody had found

Tom's body. Why not tell someone?

Even as you were keying in messages and speaking to people on your phone, why

did you not say this man was lying there?

Dying. I didn't want anybody to think I'd fled the scene.

Left Tom to die in that room. Oh, so the messages were calculated to mislead.

No.

I know it's absurd. It doesn't make any sense.

No, no, it makes perfect sense.

This was no grey mist.

Whatever that may be.

Rather, you were deliberately attempting to mislead your friends and former

husband. And now you've told this court that you'd been admitted to Charing

Cross Hospital after falling down some stairs.

Tommy pushed me down the stairs. I was very upset.

But you never told that to any doctor, to any police officer, did you? Just as

you never told anyone about the occasion you say you got a bruise on your head

because he hit you.

No, because I was too ashamed.

When you're talking to the police, this is not a time for shame, is it?

I just wanted to get the interview over and done with. But what was the reason

that you failed to mention something that you now rely on in this court,

that earlier that day he had had sexual intercourse with you by force?

Because I was totally ashamed and embarrassed.

You were seen three times by a woman doctor at the police station. It was a

private examination. You could have drawn attention if you wished to

that had happened to you that you felt might be relevant to the trouble that

were facing. But you did not draw anyone's attention to it, did you?

I was too traumatised by the whole thing. Well, you were in a fit state to

interviewed and to explain all you did to the police. Why not explain to the

doctor, I've been raped, and there will be physical signs of that if you have a

look? I physically could not.

You didn't tell anyone about it because it's completely invented, that story. In

fact, both stories about anal rape, both in the morning and the alleged second

attempt that evening, just completely invented, are they not? No, not at all.

Ever since your arrest, you have fabricated a succession of contradictory

stories in a blatant attempt to escape blame for Thomas Cressman's death, have

you not?

No, it's not true. Even now, the evidence you've presented here in court

riddled with inconsistencies.

You claim that Mr. Cressman attacked you that morning and as a result you left

the house for several hours, but then you chose to return.

You claim that you feared further sexual assault, yet in the next breath you're

saying you happily took off your clothes and got into bed beside him. Why would

you do that?

Tom wanted me to sleep in his bed.

I couldn't say no.

So you are afraid for your safety, yet you left the bedroom multiple times.

Went up and down the stairs, first to fetch a bat, later to arm yourself with

knife. Which means that at any point you could have left that house again, but

you chose not to. Now that makes no sense, does it? I was afraid of what

might do. Meanwhile, your description of the attack has changed.

When talking to the police, you said that Mr. Cressman said that he was going

hurt you. However, as soon as you reached court, you're claiming that he

that he was going to fucking kill you. You claimed initially you thought you'd

just given him a scratch, but now you say you were so covered in blood that

assumed he must be dead. Not one word of it rings true.

Hard to remember.

Everything that's happened so far?

Nah.

We earlier heard that Tom had arranged for you to see a psychiatrist to help

with your problems.

What problems were they again?

My child abuse.

Oh, yes, the child abuse that you've now chosen to reveal in court.

No. And about which you refuse to disclose any details.

I don't want to. Which is entirely your right, but you must agree it seems

convenient, does it not, to present us with an allegation which has never been

officially made nor legally proven.

You want a break?

Ten minutes, then we'll do the jury.

James, are you alright?

Antibiotics.

Doctor says it's just a low -grade infection.

You must have been feeling poorly for days.

Spirit.

Bless you.

Us women just soldier on, don't we?

We have to.

Would the foreman of the jury please stand?

Have you reached a verdict?

Yes.

On the count of murder, do you find the defendant, Jane Andrews, guilty or not

guilty?

Guilty.

I think she honestly thought she'd get away with it.

Jane Andrews.

In killing the man you love, you ended his life.

and ruined your own.

It is evident that you made your attack on him when you were consumed with anger

and bitterness.

But nothing could justify what you did.

Even if you were feeling wronged and were emotionally vulnerable, you were

attacking an unarmed man who had possibly been asleep only a few minutes

you attacked him.

You then left him to die without remorse.

Therefore, as your counsel recognizes, there is only one sentence I can place

upon you.

And that is life imprisonment.

People don't believe her, but that doesn't mean Jane isn't telling the

It just means people don't want to believe her.

There's no excuse for what she did.

And I know no one wants to speak ill of the dead, but Tom wasn't an angel, and

Janie wasn't a monster either.

The whole thing is just terribly, terribly sad.

The fact is, she's a murderer, however you want to look at it.

She was a woman scorned, and she took Thomas Cressman's life in anger.

And even that wasn't enough for her. She had to try and destroy his good name.

But, you know, at the end of the day, we didn't let her get away with it.

Any other personal items?

I know you can keep that.

Well, unless it's valuable.

Uh, no.

It was a present from the Duchess of York, actually.

That one has to be a life story, love.

Follow me.

Hey, look.

It's Fergie's bed.

Welcome home, Your Majesty.

How have you been this week?

Pretty much the same.

Jane, as we discussed last time, I think your earlier diagnosis of depression

was correct.

Right.

But now that I'm getting to know you better, I think it possibly doesn't

everything you're dealing with.

Have you ever heard of borderline personality disorder?

No, I don't think so.

Well, a person with BPD often has a long -standing pattern of thoughts and

feelings that probably began when they were very young.

They experience certain recurrent impulses and ways of being in

which often cause them a lot of distress and which often involve self -damaging

behaviours. So, things like recurrent suicidal threats.

Does any of that... Feel familiar to you?

I don't know.

Maybe.

Okay.

Well, we often find that there are other common behaviours too.

People with OPD feel deeply entrenched shame.

So whenever they make mistakes or have weaknesses, they try very hard to avoid

admitting it.

And sometimes that means they lie so they don't have to face it.

Right?

But that doesn't mean they're trying to deceive.

But they're a way of coping when you're feeling a lot of pain.

It's a bit like going out in the sun when you're already sunburned.

If you're already feeling emotionally raw, you can't begin to make healthy

emotional connections.

So I need to stay out of the sun.

For now.

Well, that shouldn't be a problem.

Jane, with the right support, you can begin to learn to control your

triggers.

It'll take work.

But I really think this could be a whole fresh start for you.

How are your sessions going with Dr. Chowdhury?

Yeah, good.

They're doing a lot of work on my triggers, identifying behavioural

you know, working through why I do the things that I do.

I think it's really helping.

And has there been any more news about the appeal?

Mum, I told you, they said it'd be ages before we hear it.

But it should make a difference, shouldn't it, this diagnosis?

It changes everything, really.

And the new solicitor thinks they're a new... avenues that we can explore.

That's really good, James.

I can't believe it's Christmas already.

We had a card.

Sorry?

We had a Christmas card from Mr and Mrs Cressman.

They said they knew it would be a difficult Christmas and they sent their

wishes.

That was... That was kind of them, wasn't it?

I wondered if we... I've got to go through.

No, no, of course.

Jane?

Jane, will we speak to you on Christmas Day?

I hate to think of you all alone in that place.

Actually, I've made a new friend.

Oh.

Well, more of a pen pal.

The way she's been portrayed as completely hard and unfeeling, that's

If anything, she feels things much too deeply.

She had all these lovely dreams of a great fairy tale romance, and when that

fell apart, so did she.

The fact is that woman never showed any remorse.

Not to me.

Or to my family.

If you ask me, they should never let her out.

And any man who gets involved with her

should be very, very careful.

I miss Tommy every single day.

Ah, the sound of his voice.

The way he laughed.

Silly jokes.

He had this incredible gift for living.

He was my beautiful boy.

And now he's gone.

I just want to keep my brother's memory alive.

Can we stop there?