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Previously on City Homicide...

I'm Juliette Gardiner from 'The Tribune'.

I'm doing a feature on Dane Majors.

So you're saying Bruce Dalton and Nick Buchanan set you up?

They planted evidence. Dane Majors murdered my daughter.

He beat her to death with a golf club!

That evidence - it was straight-up.

Now, you ought to know, mate, because you found it!

After you sent me there!

If I were you, I'd go back to the source

and make them tell you exactly where they're getting their info from.

Who's this? My name's Tim Padgett.

I worked with Juliette.

We need whatever evidence is in that envelope.

Wouldn't it be easier just to read tomorrow morning's edition?

I just need to know, Bruce. Did you kill Juliette Gardiner?

I didn't mean to shoot the girl.

No!

This is not just a suicide note. This is a hand grenade.

It now appears that Mr Majors was convicted and sentenced

on the basis of false evidence.

I should have dealt with this 10 years ago, but I didn't.

That's my resignation.

Australian cricket legend Dane Majors

is being released from jail as we speak.

Come on, Dane!

Dane, are you happy that you're free?

How do you feel about the cops who framed you?

Dane, are you innocent? Dane, how does it feel?

How does it feel?

Yeah, mate. How does it feel right now?

Like the first time I walked out onto the ground at the 'G

for an Ashes test.

I'm pumped!

And it's great to see a crowd. We love you, Dane!

G'day, mate. How do you feel about a retrial?

What's your first meal going to be? My first meal?

Now, THAT's a good question.

That'll be a beer.

But on a serious note, I say bring on a retrial.

This time I'll be found innocent, because I am innocent.

You're a liar!

A liar and a killer!

You've murdered my daughter, you prick!

I was set up! You won't get away with this, Dane!

As directed by the Attorney General and the Chief Commissioner,

we will be reopening the investigation

into Tahnee Majors' murder.

We start afresh.

We don't rely on old information.

We conduct our own investigation anew.

We consider maybe an unknown intruder that killed Tahnee

or we consider that it might have been someone else close to her

that did it.

And we also consider the most obvious theory -

that Dane Majors beat the crap out of his wife.

Well, sir... Look, OK, yeah, yeah.

The evidence was planted, the verdict was tainted.

That doesn't mean he's innocent.

Most likely story, some dickhead cop got overzealous

and now we've got a murderer walking free.

Well, this isn't a witch-hunt.

After all these years, Tahnee Majors deserves the truth.

Alright. What have we got so far?

10 years ago, Dane Majors made this call to 000.

Police. What's your emergency?

She's dead! OK, sir, calm down. Who is dead?

I need some help! She... Sir, who's dead?

Someone's killed my wife!

OK, just give me your details. What's your address?

Someone's murdered my wife! Just calm down and give me your...

Homicide responded to the call.

Detective Senior Sergeant Dalton

and Detective Senior Constable Buchanan attended the scene.

This is what they found.

Dane was treated for shock and then cleared for interview.

Can you tell us what happened tonight, Dane?

I went for a drive down to the beach.

I came back and found Tahnee.

Would it be fair to say that we took your clothes off you at home?

Yep, you took my clothes.

We tell you why?

'Cause they were covered in blood.

Whose blood? Tahnee's blood.

And how did that blood come to be there?

I tried to help her and tried to give her CPR.

CPR?

I didn't know what else to do.

Tell me...

..did you have a fight with your wife tonight, Dane?

No.

You didn't have a fight? No.

So everything was just a normal, happy night at home?

Yeah. Yeah?

Yes, it was.

What would you say, Dane, if I said that your neighbours

had reported hearing raised voices tonight?

Yeah.

I'm going to show you a series of photographs.

This photograph shows bruises to her wrist

consistent with being restrained.

This photograph shows bruises to her face

consistent with being hit with a clenched fist.

Dane? Did you beat your wife tonight, Dane?

You have to speak for the tape.

Did you beat Tahnee tonight?

Yes. I hit her.

But that was it.

That was it - I went...

..I went out in the car afterwards to cool off, and when I came back,

that's how I found her.

She was...

..she was dead already.

He expected people to believe that?

So what else have we got? The elusive five-iron.

It was missing from Dane's golf bag on the night of the murder

and the pattern on Tahnee's skull matches the pattern on the club.

Pretty solid case.

Especially when they found the golf club in Dane's roof

in the middle of the trail.

Tahnee was dead for an hour before Dane called 000.

So the theory is that he had time to clean the golf club

and stash it in the roof before calling the cops.

He still looks pretty tasty to me.

You guys took your time.

I've been out for hours.

Beginning to think you'd forgotten me.

We're here to ask questions about the night Tahnee died.

Course you are.

We're reopening the investigation into your wife's murder.

Looking at some new suspects.

Does that mean I'm not a suspect anymore?

Not exactly, Dane.

Then this little chat's over.

Although you're a lot easier on the eye

than your mates who locked me up.

You know, I was interviewed for days by those ugly pricks.

Sorry - one of those pricks is a mate of yours, isn't he?

Nick Buchanan.

We're here just to ask you a few questions.

You want to know what happened?

Read the trial transcripts.

Or better still, watch the tapes of my police interviews.

I mean, it's heartbreaking viewing.

Honest cricketer framed by crooked cops.

I'll make a great movie. We've seen the tapes, Dane.

If we're gonna do this properly, we need a fresh eye.

New cops.

Pretty - but full of it.

You expect me to believe a word any cop says

after what your mates did to me?

Go on. Take a walk.

Please.

OK, but at some point, we're gonna need you

to come in for further questioning down at police headquarters.

You really want to know what happened, do you, sweetheart?

I came through that door, and found my beautiful wife lying there.

And then you tried to carry out CPR,

even though her skull had been crushed.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking straight. I panicked.

What would you have done?

I wouldn't have hit her in the first place.

You're gonna have to do better than that.

I've been sledged by experts.

Yeah, and some of what they said was right.

We might leave it there for now.

What's going on?!

Nothing, darl. Just dealing with a dickhead.

Not you, sweetheart.

Detectives Mapplethorpe and Freeman. Good for you!

And you are? She's none of your business.

You should be ashamed of yourselves, coming here today.

Don't worry, darl. They're leaving. We'll see ourselves out.

We didn't recognise her at first but it's definitely Narelle O'Brien.

She was Tahnee's best friend - another cricket WAG.

She was married to former vice-captain Callum O'Brien.

And prison logs show that she visited Dane twice a week

after he was sentenced.

Do we know if they were seeing each other before Tahnee's murder?

No-one suspected it at the time. Nothing came up in the trial.

Either way, it gave her reason to want to bump off her best friend.

She was in love with Dane - she wanted him all to herself.

OK, so she's got motive, but do we buy her as angry enough

to bludgeon Tahnee with a golf club?

Yeah, I think we do. Yeah.

Police report - two years ago, Narelle was charged with assault.

This is what she did to one of Dane's fans.

Here we go!

She came at ME! I pushed her away.

Big push.

Why were you around her house in the first place?

Because she was sending Dane nasty letters in jail.

"I was your number-one fan and you let me down.

"You deserve to die for what you did to Tahnee."

It was really getting to Dane.

So you asked her to stop? Exactly.

And it got a little out of control? How are they going?

Just warming up.

In her witness statement, she says,

"I was scared for my safety and my life.

"Narelle O'Brien threatened to kill me

"if I contacted Dane again."

Were you always this protective of Dane?

What do you mean?

Were you in love with him while he was still with Tahnee?

Get stuffed! When did you start seeing Dane?

Not until after the trial. After I'd split with Callum.

After Dane was convicted of murder.

Yeah.

How romantic!

Why did you and Callum break up?

He didn't like me visiting Dane in jail.

Reckoned he was a murderer and didn't deserve our support.

They were supposed to be best mates and Callum just turned his back.

And what made you so sure he was innocent?

Well, I wasn't at first.

But I knew even if he had done it, he didn't mean it.

It was just an argument that got out of control.

She didn't just say that!

Your best friend had her skull bashed in, Narelle.

That's pretty out of control.

You should have seen him after he got sentenced.

He was devastated!

And then he grabbed my hand, looked into my eyes

and told me he didn't do it.

And you believed him? 100%.

Turns out I was right. Those cops framed him.

Dalton and Buchanan.

You went through high school with Tahnee, didn't you?

Yeah.

Must have been pretty hard for you, being her friend.

What's that supposed to mean?

She was a gorgeous model. Everyone would have loved her, right?

Yeah.

And then in all the glossies - it was always Dane and Tahnee.

She was a media darling. That didn't make you jealous?

No! I didn't get jealous.

Tahnee wasn't as perfect like they made her out to be.

She could be a stuck-up princess.

And she was always nagging Dane.

You don't think she deserved Dane, do you?

No, actually. I don't.

But I didn't kill her.

If that's what you think, you should just come out and say it, bitch!

Narelle O'Brien.

I should have seen it.

Well, there was no evidence that she was seeing Dane back then,

and her violent behaviour's only just surfaced.

Yeah, but she's been seeing him in prison.

I could have followed up, made the connection.

You can't follow up every case we work, Nick. You know that!

You presented a solid case to the DPP and a jury found the guy guilty!

On the basis of crank evidence.

But you didn't know that. Well, I should have.

Anyway, you've heard it all before.

OK, fine.

Yeah, you should have! It stank!

The timing. You found a murder weapon in the middle of a trial!

That's right!

OK, so why didn't you question it?

I mean, really - why didn't you question it?

I don't know!

I don't know! It was 10 years ago, I was new to Homicide...

I didn't want to question my superiors.

Take your pick out of any number of lame excuses.

And you presumed Dalton was straight. That's right.

And how could you be sure?

I couldn't. I couldn't be sure.

If Stanley Wolfe had sent you to a crime scene,

would you suspect him of planting evidence for you to find?

It wasn't Wolfe who sent you.

Dalton was my mentor.

I trusted him.

What do you want me to say, Jen?

I want you to say it wasn't your fault.

I want you to tell everyone you didn't know

that golf club had been been planted!

I want you to stop sitting around here, beating up on yourself!

I want you to withdraw your resignation.

You are a good cop, Nick. You are one of the best.

And you've fought for a lot of people on the job.

And now you've got to stand up for yourself!

Callum, have you ever seen your ex-wife become physically violent?

Yeah, Narelle's been in a few bitch fights in her time.

She and Tahnee went to a rough high school.

She probably saw more fights than me when she was young.

You said that she could be vindictive.

She was a real piece of work during the divorce.

You don't think that she killed Tahnee?

We're keeping all options open at this stage.

Including me? Why did you and Narelle split?

Did you suspect her of having an affair with Dane?

No. We split because she supported Dane after his murder conviction.

You thought he was guilty. We all did, didn't we?

The whole country. You were his best mate.

I guess so.

You gave evidence against Dane. Right?

Yes. Do you remember what you said?

Yeah - that Tahnee called me the night she was killed.

Said that Dane had hit her.

Again.

I went straight round there. Dane was out.

Tahnee was packing her bags.

Stop cheating on me and stop beating me up!

She said she's finally going to leave him -

sick of him sleeping around, sick of him beating her.

Was it unusual for Tahnee to call you

and not her best friend for help?

No. No, that was why they fought.

Dane thought we were having an affair.

And were you?

It's all gonna be OK. I promise you.

No, we weren't.

So what happened next?

Well, I convinced Tahnee to stay with Dane

and then I went home.

Three hours later, she was dead.

You know...

..if I'd told her to leave...

..I don't know, maybe she'd still be alive.

So why didn't you? Why convince her to stay with a wife-beater?

Because I loved her.

Alright? I loved her.

And I was worried that was clouding my judgement.

If I told her to leave, it'd be just because I wanted her to.

You really go straight home that night?

Yes.

Didn't stay and try convincing Tahnee to leave with you? No.

When she wouldn't go, you fight, hit her with a golf club?

Whoa! You've got it all wrong, mate.

Alright? I could never hurt Tahnee.

So you still think this was Dane? God!

You know what? Dane was a hell of a cricketer.

But the way he treated women was a disgrace.

So, yeah, I still think that was him.

OK, so Callum O'Brien was in love with Tahnee

and resented Dane.

And his ex-wife was in love with Dane but resented Tahnee.

It's not a love triangle. It's a love square.

It's doing my head in.

Right. Word from on high. Sarge?

Commander Waverley's been trying all day

to get some sense out of 'The Tribune'.

Nothing about what they got from Deep Throat? No, not so far.

I can't understand why they aren't printing it.

I thought the editor's one of Waverley's old buddies.

The Commander feels as if she's being stonewalled,

so she wants us to try another tack.

And how do we do that? We don't. You do, Rhys.

What?

Talk to Tim Padgett. You've built up quite a rapport, haven't you?

Well, yeah - that's one way of putting it, Sarge.

But he's not about to just give me a scoop.

I'm sure you'll find a way, Rhys.

How?! Use your charm.

Work your magic.

Well, I would, but Tim Padgett's a precocious, ambitious little weasel.

You got something in common, then.

How did you get in here? Takeaway coffee, cynical face...

Fit right in. What do you want?

Well, actually, it's more about what I can give you.

I've already got my own sources. Thank you, though.

I just thought you might want

the inside scoop on the Tahnee Majors murder investigation.

But, hey, I could be wrong.

What have you got?

Did you know we had Narelle O'Brien in for an interview today?

And her ex-husband, Callum, yeah?

And they were both released without charge.

I had a bit of a chat to Narelle. You got anything else?

You don't, do you? You have nothing.

That information you're working on was meant for me.

Only because you were pretending to be me.

Details. Hey, I'm not complaining.

Because of you, mate, I have the story of a lifetime.

We're trying to solve a murder here, Tim.

And you're withholding information to get ahead in your career?

Get your hand off it.

Like you're not trying to climb the ladder yourself.

I'm trying to work a homicide.

Yeah, I bet Homicide looks real good on your resume, doesn't it?

Tahnee Majors was beaten to death.

And a colleague of mine, a damn good detective -

he could lose his career over these corruption claims.

You have no idea what was in that envelope, do you?

Mate, it's bigger than a homicide.

It's way bigger than Nick Buchanan.

Just tell me what it is.

Please, Timmy. Just a heads-up.

Sorry, mate. You're just gonna have to read my article.

Front page.

It shouldn't be long now.

Dane Majors murdered my daughter.

And if Sergeant Dalton hadn't planted that evidence,

he'd still be in jail today.

If Sergeant Dalton hadn't planted that evidence,

he would never have gone to jail in the first place.

You and Sergeant Dalton were close during the investigation and trial.

We were mates for 10 years...

..till the day he admitted planting the evidence.

The day he let my girl's killer go free.

In Dalton's suicide note,

he mentioned that another person was involved in planting the golf club.

Yes. Detective Nick Buchanan.

Detective Buchanan wasn't named in the letter.

He found the golf club. Makes sense he and Dalton were working together.

We're investigating the possibility that someone else was involved -

someone who wanted more than anything

to put Dane in prison for murder.

You think I was in on it?! Were you?

I knew nothing about it!

What about your daughter's death? You know anything more about that?

Like what? Did you murder her, Mr Proctor?

Did you take one of Dane's golf clubs and beat the life out of her?

How could you ask me that?

Of course I didn't!

I raised that girl.

I gave her everything she could possibly need. I loved her.

And you never got angry with her? You never fought?

Only about one thing - Dane Majors.

I tried to get her to leave him.

I told her it wasn't worthwhile - the money, the lifestyle!

Look - just look at this.

This is how she looked the first time he beat her up.

I tried to give it to the press today but they just didn't want to know.

They said the story had passed on.

If the press wanna paint Dane Majors as a hero and a victim, fine!

But you know the truth.

That's who Dane Majors is!

I'm nothing like Tim Padgett.

Sorry?

Me and the reporter. Chalk and cheese, right?

Yeah, if you say so. Well, ambition's one thing, sure.

But trying to sabotage a murder investigation for a front page -

that's...

What do you expect? He's a journo.

Duncan! Paper's posted the story.

Sarge!

Looks like Tim Padgett's got his front page.

"State's Attorney-General Linked to Planted Evidence."

"We shouldn't have planted that evidence."

So Lombardi's the 'we' in Dalton's suicide note.

Lombardi emailed Dalton three days before the murder weapon was found.

He wrote this - "We need that golf club.

"Without it, I can't guarantee a conviction."

I'm not sure it counts as proof.

It is a bit of a coincidence.

I wanna remind you you are not here to clear Nick Buchanan's name.

You are here to uncover the truth.

That's right. If you can't do that, piss off.

It's too early and I'm too grumpy.

Your first priority is Tahnee Majors' murder investigation.

Superintendent and I will handle the Attorney-General.

Can't wait.

In an hour, we will be questioning

the highest officer of law in the state

about his involvement in perverting the course of justice.

So I want every possible bit of background I can have

at my fingertips.

I will not be underprepared.

It's Deep Throat.

Tim Padgett speaking.

What the hell were you thinking?

I, er...

You held back on information when you printed.

Er, yeah. I just wanted to seek clarification on that first.

Look, the information is clear!

Absolutely it is, but... It's dynamite.

You drip-feed this thing and it'll get handled.

Lombardi will get away with it! OK...

Nah, he's gone.

What the hell do the papers have?

Something their lawyers don't want them to print.

If they've got dynamite against the Attorney-General,

be nice to know what it is before we go waltzing in there.

We can't wait. We'll just have to wing it.

Come on - give me the background! OK, let's go.

We're here to see the Attorney-General.

I'll just see if he's ready. Thank you very much.

The police are here for the Attorney-General.

Tell your side of the story. Shut up.

You've got bloody cheek, coming in here

with unsubstantiated backdoor gossip!

Michael, that is so typical of you -

demeaning your detractors so no-one will take them seriously.

Check your facts and your source before you press print next time.

We're here to give you a chance to go on record.

Tell your side of the story. There is no story!

Please, take Boy Blunder here back to his playpen.

Putting me down is... Shut up. Shut up.

A cadet exposing the Attorney-General

with an anonymous tip-off?

You are reaching.

Alan. Bernice.

Attorney-General. Commander.

And if you try and run any more of this libel,

the best you can hope for is a lawsuit.

I'll add it to the pile.

I want this taken down to police headquarters,

get it sorted out properly.

Have my car brought around.

We'll see you back at Homicide.

Yes, I remember where it is.

Bloody journos. They're worse than politicians.

That bad?

Bernie!

Bernice.

We couldn't publish the last piece of the puzzle

because the lawyers got a bit skittish.

But take this.

And when you get the chance,

stick it up Lombardi's backside for me, will you?

Christ, Bernie - that was my car.

And I was just about to...

If I hadn't turned back to talk to you, I...

You're a very lucky man, Alan. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm usually a fair bit cooler than this.

Er, what's the latest, Sergeant?

We're doing a full canvas of the area

and we've pulled all available security footage.

Bombies reckon it was a home-made job - rudimentary.

You got any idea who might be responsible?

You want 'em alphabetically?

Well, I think there's a fair chance

it's related to the Dane Majors investigation.

Yeah, could be. Could be.

Have you got something to spice this up a bit?

I don't think that's a very good idea right now.

Jesus Christ, this story.

It's already cost me one reporter and now young Tim.

Buggery, I've gotta ring his parents.

Where do they live? It's in Mildura, is it?

Jesus, this is gonna kill 'em. Alan, do you wanna take a break?

No, what I want is for you to find out who did this

and when you find out, nail 'em to the bloody wall, Bern!

You hear me? Yeah, I hear you, Alan.

Look, thank you for this.

What is it?

Copies of a page from Senior Sergeant Bruce Dalton's daybook.

Why two copies?

Because there's a discrepancy.

Bloody big discrepancy.

We need to get the AG in here now.

Yes, that's right.

Senior Sergeant Dalton came to see me a few days ago.

Why?

He wanted to talk about the Dane Majors trial.

He was worried that there was a reporter digging up dirt.

What did you say to him? I told him not to worry.

We'd done nothing wrong, so there was no dirt.

What about the email that you sent to Dalton during the trial?

"We need that golf club. Without it, I can't guarantee a conviction."

That was a statement of fact,

not a suggestion he go and plant evidence.

So you had no knowledge of what Dalton was planning to do.

Why are you asking me these questions and not Dalton's mate, Nick Buchanan?

He's the one who found the murder weapon.

He presented it in court as evidence.

We're investigating all theories.

Yes, you would say that, wouldn't you, Commander?

I wonder if the media would have the same opinion.

Top police officials trying to protect one of their own

when they should be investigating a car bomb in the CBD

and finally resolving the murder of Tahnee Majors.

This is Senior Sergeant Dalton's daybook from 2001.

Like all coppers, he recorded everything he saw, heard, thought

throughout an investigation.

I'm sure you're familiar with it. I have a copy in my file.

Dalton would have had it copied

and presented at the Dane Majors trial, right?

I think we're both aware of the procedure.

OK. Well, the thing is,

this is the version Dalton had copied and presented

at a completely different murder trial as evidence.

It details all of Dalton's activities

the day the golf club was found.

And according to this copy,

Dalton discussed the discovery of the golf club with you

at a meeting at 11:00am, before Buchanan had even found it.

But then, when it came to the Dane Majors trial,

Dalton had altered the time of the meeting.

Why would he do that? Why would he change it?

Well, look - we all know

that coppers fill these things out after the event.

They're too busy solving crimes to do the actual paperwork.

There's always inconsistencies.

So you think scrappy book-keeping is to blame?

I think it's possible.

Look, even if this is correct -

that I met Dalton at 11:00am -

if he told me that the golf club had been found,

I had no reason to doubt him.

This evidence... ..if that's what you want to call it,

proves that Dalton was corrupt.

It doesn't prove that I am.

Thanks for letting me sort that out, Commander.

Thank you.

What disciplinary action's been taken against Buchanan?

He's been suspended on full pay.

I see.

Politics - that's all this is about.

Lombardi wanted the Majors conviction more than any of us.

He made his career out of this case -

the barrister that put away Dane Majors.

Of course he was in on the set-up.

You think Jarvis and Waverley can prove that?

Not with a couple of photos and a daybook. I know him.

He could talk his way out of anything. We need solid proof.

I see you've been doing your homework.

Couldn't just sit around here beating up on myself, could I?

There's got to be a lead in here somewhere about the bomb.

That's where Jarvis is heading.

He figures Tahnee's murder and the bombing are linked,

so we're all across both cases.

So what about Lombardi and the bombing?

I'm not just working on Lombardi.

I mean, sure, he'd like Sullivan out of the picture

but the Attorney-General setting off a car bomb?

So who are you focusing on? So far, just eliminating suspects.

Tahnee's dad's not up there. Graham didn't blow anyone up.

He's a retired refrigeration engineer.

He's got the skills. And he's not Sullivan's greatest fan.

You don't seriously suspect me of planting a bomb?

Where were you between 7am and 9am this morning, Graham?

At home. -Alone?

My wife died of cancer two years ago

and my daughter, as you know, was murdered.

Yes, I was alone. This is a joke! Not to us, Graham.

Well, it is to me, mate.

Why aren't you out there

trying to put Dane Majors behind bars

for what he did to my daughter,

instead of questioning me about some bomb?!

Well, we need to find who planted the car bomb,

who wanted Alan Sullivan dead.

Well, I thought that young kid was killed.

Tim Padgett?

Yeah, but we believe it was Alan Sullivan

who was the intended target.

Didn't phase him, though, did it?

Straight back into his office, pumping out copy.

"My brush with death."

You don't like Alan Sullivan very much, do you, Graham?

I used to think he cared about the truth.

Now...

..he's just selling papers.

So, when Alan Sullivan's paper

started calling for Dane Majors' release,

how did that make you feel, Graham?

Disappointed.

Disappointed? That's it?

You think Dane Majors killed your daughter

and now Alan Sullivan is saying that Dane is the victim.

Alright, I was angry. Yeah?

But I didn't try and kill Alan Sullivan.

Some people have it in them.

Others don't.

And, if I had the strength to do the deed,

there's only one person I'd kill.

Dane Majors.

You understand if I watch, right, Detective?

Yes, that's not a problem, Dane.

This is a joke. What do you think you're gonna find?

You moved the bombs from under the sofa, didn't you, darling?

Even if you find evidence, you probably planted it there.

Do you mind telling me where you were this morning?

Are you questioning me officially?

Just a query.

Then take it to my lawyer.

Or you could talk to me. Narelle.

Dane was with me this morning.

All morning.

Excuse me.

How's it going? A bit tense.

Dane, I wanna help.

It doesn't matter. Whatever you say, they'll twist your words.

I was fine, Dane. I really was. It doesn't matter.

Upstairs.

Ms Mapplethorpe, what have you got for us?

OK. It's just a theory. But the more I think about it...

No, no. Well, come on. Let's go.

OK. The golf club. It is the linchpin to this case.

Everybody's always talking about the missing murder weapon.

"Where's Dane's golf club?" "Where did it go after the murder?"

Even Bruce Dalton planted a matching golf club

to try and frame Dane.

But what if we ignore the golf club as the cause of death?

What if...

She fell down the stairs.

Or she was pushed.

The theory was raised at the time but it was discounted

because pathology report gave the golf club as the cause of death.

And we all bow to the monkeys in the little white coats.

But the thing is, 10 years ago,

pathologists didn't perform CT scans as part of autopsy.

So they found the pattern on the skull

and it matched to the golf club,

so they concluded that that was the cause of death.

They had no reason to think otherwise.

Can you prove your theory?

No. We'd have to exhume the body, ma'am.

Whoa, the papers will love that.

OK, so she was hit in the head with a golf club after she fell.

But why?

Why would you bash her skull in, if she'd just fallen?

OK, say there's an argument at the top of the stairs.

Tahnee falls down. The killer stands there, watching.

He or she starts to panic

and then looks for a way to pin it on somebody else.

It could still be Dane. He used his own golf club?

If Jen's right, this could be someone trying to frame Dane.

Somebody who holds a grudge against him.

An accident?

It's a theory at this stage.

We'll be able to prove it with a second autopsy.

You shouldn't be here. I know.

If it was an accident, that means Dane...

You don't think it was him?

You wanted to see Dane caught out, didn't you, Callum?

Only because I thought he'd hurt Tahnee.

No, no, no. I think it was more than that.

I think that you envied him.

I think that you wanted what he had. His wife. His fame.

I was in awe of his talent, that's all.

You had the brains.

You had the determination, the ambition.

But Dane, he didn't even have to try.

He was a freak.

What, so much raw talent, that didn't bug you?

Well, of course it did.

I trained for hours, every day of my life.

And Dane could just rock up half pissed

and get a ton before lunch.

So someone cut him down to size.

No, you're way off track.

Well, you did see Tahnee that night, didn't you?

Yeah, I told you that.

But I didn't hurt her. Not on purpose, not by accident.

Did you have an argument at the top of the stairs?

No, we didn't argue, but something happened.

What happened, Callum?

I kissed her.

I love you.

I told her I loved her.

But as soon as I said it, I knew she didn't love me.

I was sure it was my fault.

What was?

My fault she's dead.

Well, you know, for 10 years,

I thought Dane killed her because she told him what I did.

But if it was an accident...

We keep looking.

A second autopsy? How are you gonna do that?!

She's dead and buried.

Your daughter's body will need to be exhumed.

No. No, you can't do that.

She's been through enough already.

Graham, we would much rather leave Tahnee in peace.

And we can do that if we find out the truth.

We think someone is trying to frame Dane.

Yeah, somebody knew something about his violent history.

Someone who wanted him out of the picture.

No. This is ridiculous.

First, you try to set me up for planting a bomb,

now you're saying I killed my own daughter.

I didn't see Tahnee that night. Are you sure about that?

You drop round to visit her, find her bruised, bashed, upset?

You said in your earlier interview

that the only thing you and Tahnee fought about was Dane.

Did you go round there and try to convince her to leave him?

No.

Do you argue at the top of the stairs?

No!

And then when she fell down, when she died, did you panic?

No. You didn't mean it.

And Dane was the reason it happened in the first place, isn't he?

No! Was Tahnee alive after she fell?

I don't know. I don't know what you're saying.

Was she alive at the bottom of the stairs after she fell?

Was she just holding on?

Did you finish her off with a golf club?

Was it a mercy killing?

Yeah, we're gonna get the body exhumed.

No, no. You can't, can't, please!

She was dead already.

She was dead already and there was nothing I could do.

Then what happened, Graham?

I got round there, she was...

..she was crying.

Her eye was closed over.

I-I said I'd carry her out of there, if I had to.

Tahnee, you can't stay here. You're too good for this.

Dad, I'm fine. No, you're not.

You need to listen.

No, you need to back off and let me run my own life.

You stupid, stupid, stupid girl. You're coming home with me!

No!

Tahnee!

Tahnee. Tahnee, talk to me.

Tahnee. Please, Tahnee. Tahnee.

I tried to revive her but...

..but she was gone.

Everything seemed to...

..stop.

The rage.

I couldn't breathe.

All I could think of was Dane.

I used one of his golf clubs.

It was his fault she was dead.

People had to know that.

His own daughter.

So what did you do with the golf club afterwards?

I threw it in the Yarra.

Did you later help Dalton

plant the evidence for Detective Buchanan to find?

No.

He would have known it was planted.

I should have come forward.

I should have admitted to what I'd done.

But I couldn't. I couldn't even admit it to myself.

So you let an innocent man go to prison.

Innocent?

You don't know Dane Majors.

He would have killed her one day.

Well, better late than never, hey, Buchanan?

That ought to sell a few papers, hey?

Well, I was thinking more that,

Tahnee Majors can finally rest in peace.

Bleeding heart.

And you're absolutely sure that prick didn't bomb my car?

Absolutely. The only target he ever had was Dane Majors.

I'll feel a helluva lot happier when you work out who tried to roast me.

Well, we're doing everything we can to try and apprehend the bomber.

I don't suppose the Attorney-General is implicated in any of this?

He was with us when the bomb went off.

Bern, he's got a lot of people in his corner.

That's why you don't wanna interview him.

You're gonna have to pick a side sooner or later.

You don't know, do you?

What? Lombardi's after Nick Buchanan.

He's gonna charge him with perverting the course of justice.

Put away the wrong man, Jennifer.

Yeah?

I supported the killer. Bought him beers.

Called him at Christmas.

So, you're still going to resign?

I'm gonna apologise to Dane Majors first.

Just leave it, Nick.

Took 10 years of his life.

He's gotta get on with his life and so do you.

Resigning IS getting on with my life.

I need to do something different.

You need to come back to work.

Waverley says she hasn't processed you resignation yet.

She wants to talk to you about options.

I'm sure about this, Jen. Yeah, so am I.

And if you still feel the same way in a month, then I'll let you quit.

Deal?

Deal.