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Jay Selwyn, been
in here nine years.

Victim's cellmate's keen
to give a DNA sample.

What's the name? Scott Weston.

It's been ten years.

He went on a killing spree
right here at the university.

Harry and I got caught up in it.

It's not enough to put him
in the frame for murder.

And Jay died of hypothermia.

Jay had a significant amount
of DNA on his clothes.

It isn't a match
for any inmates.

Jay started having
a panic attack.

Lewis was sending someone
to kill him, so I hit him.

I'm Dr Lawson.

You're the one advocating
for Scott Weston's appeal.

I will fight to my last breath
to keep him behind bars.

Even though he's your son?

Scott didn't kill him.

Well, no, not necessarily.

What did you say to
them? You're a liar!

I've got something to show you.

If Scott knew that Jay had an
allergy, he could have... Just stop.

Can't you see what you're doing?

You're allowing yourself
to lead the evidence

where you want it to go?

♪ Testator silens

♪ Costestes e spiritu

♪ Silencium

♪ Testator silens. ♪

First impressions?

Looks like the seat of the fire
was here by the front door.

That's where the most damage is,
suggests maybe a little burning

package put through the
letterbox by local... Vigilantes.

Likely using an accelerant such
as petrol or lighter fluid,

judging by the
speed of the spread.

If you look at the damage here,

these have melted toward the left,
that can indicate the direction

the fire was spreading, in
this case, away from the door.

And just looking
up the stairs...

Yeah, the high V-shaped smoke
pattern on the wall suggests

the fire climbed higher
toward the upstairs landing.

We'll know more when I've looked
at the full picture, you know. OK.

Nobody called the Fire Brigade

until the fire was
quite established.

Too late by then.

Neighbours must have seen
it. I mean, a fire this size

would have created a
fair amount of smoke.

They didn't care.

Did vigilantes really do
this to Scott's mother?

Can we roll her? Mm-hm.

All right? Yeah.

Thoughts?

Well, usually in house fires, the
victims die of smoke inhalation

before the fire itself
ever reaches them.

But I'll know more when
I do the postmortem.

If you do the postmortem.

I'm sorry to be the
bearer of bad news, Scott.

I know your relationship with
your mother was a difficult one.

You do understand what I'm
saying to you, don't you, Scott?

Your mother has

passed away.

Yes, yes, yes, regardless of
which, you should have told me

you knew Scott Weston and that
you were a witness at his trial.

It wasn't relevant, we were
investigating the death

of Jay Selwyn.

You should have told me as soon
as Weston became implicated.

I presented the evidence
as I interpreted it.

That's my job.

You are supposed to
give impartial opinions.

The emphasis on Jay's injuries
causing his death, accusing

Scott Weston of his
murder, you jumped the gun.

It was a reasonable conclusion that
any pathologist might have made

at that time,
given the evidence.

You're not any pathologist, you
were a key witness at his trial.

We should be concentrating
on Pamela's death now.

She knew that her son...

Weston was in custody
for the entire time.

You're not pinning
this one on him.

It's not all about Scott Weston.

I'm really trying to give
you the benefit of the doubt.

Look, I know you've had a tough year
here and I know you're stretched,

but I've raised my
concerns with the coroner.

I won't allow anything to
compromise my investigation.

Do you understand?

That went well.

How dare you talk about
me behind my back?

Excuse me? You're the one who
didn't disclose your connection

to the suspect.

You had no right to tell him.

I told you those things
in confidence, Jack.

I won't make the
same mistake again.

All right.

Well, thank you for that.

And by the way, I didn't
tell him a damn thing.

Maybe he, I don't know,
read the case file.

If you're in a mess,
it's not because of me.

There are full-thickness
burns covering the majority

of the body's surface.

The body has a
pugilistic attitude

due to the flexor
muscles and tendons

contracting due to
the intense heat.

Debris collected from under
the one remaining fingernail

on her right hand,
little finger.

I'll bag and label
it for testing,

in case it's relevant.

Hello there.

There are definite bilateral
fractures of the thyroid horns.

It appears that an appreciable
amount of force has been applied

to the neck to cause fractures
on both sides of the larynx.

Histology should confirm
the presence of haemorrhage.

Levels of fire damage, smoke
patterning and so on allows us

to create a reconstruction and
watch how the fire spreads.

So, fire slows down
significantly at this point,

through lack of
combustibles. Doesn't go

over this side of
the house at all.

But Pamela's bedroom
was burned out.

Yes, this blaze had two seats

set alight in two places,
once in Pamela's bedroom,

to hide the evidence, I suspect,

and once by the front door,
to make it look like arson.

But the two fires
never met. Right.

Well, look at this.

We lifted the CCTV on the
bus stop on Pamela's street.

Look who was in the vicinity
on the night she died.

Ah, Scott Weston's
girlfriend. Yep.

She came back to the crime scene
the next day too, you know.

I have a photo of her.

Well, let's bring her
in, and search her place.

So, Paisley, why did you go
to Pamela Weston's house?

Scott wanted me to
talk to his mum.

We're getting married.

He wanted her to know.

Bet she wasn't very pleased
to see you, though, was she?

It must have been upsetting.

Funny thing about arsonists,

they often return to
the scene of the crime

to admire their handiwork.

That's nothing to do with me.

I wouldn't do anything
to hurt Scott.

Enough here to set
a house on fire.

The trachea is clear of
soot and a healthy colour,

suggesting that no
smoke was inhaled.

I'll need to check the
carboxyhaemoglobin saturation,

but first indications
are that she was dead

before the fire started.

Apparently, Pamela Weston was
receiving some quite nasty emails,

death threats even,
someone using the email.

Bonnie1984 - "Leave or
I'll slit your throat."

That wasn't me.

Were you hoping to scare her
enough that she might just pack up

and move away?

Scott wanted her around.

Now, that's not what you
wanted, though, was it?

You wanted her
out of your lives.

She had no maternal
instinct whatsoever.

She was determined to
ruin Scott's appeal.

Is that why you killed her?

You OK?

Anything you want run past me?

Well, we know from the CCTV
footage that this is what Paisley

was wearing the
night Pamela died.

If she was anywhere
near that fire,

there'd be a trace of
accelerant on here,

but there's nothing, nothing.

This is the exact same material
she was wearing on the night.

There's an instantaneous
flash of heat in any

accelerant-initiated
fire, right, like ours?

And that would cause the end of
the synthetic fibres to hook over.

Uh-huh. And it would
have placed her

at the fire at the
point of initiation.

I can't find anything.

I think Pamela died as a
result of manual strangulation.

This type of death in burned bodies
can be a difficult diagnosis,

given the degree of thermal
damage from the fire.

But I'm satisfied that she was
dead before the fire was started.

So, she was murdered, then.

We can be sure about that.

There was no forced
entry into the house,

windows and doors locked.

So she let her
assailant in willingly.

Anything that might indicate
who that could have been?

Can we place Paisley
Robertson inside the house?

Not yet.

Paisley had motive,
she had form.

What have we got to place
someone inside the house?

Pamela had a broken nail.

So it's possible that she tried
to fight her attacker off.

I've collected material
from under her fingernails,

just to check.

Ill take a look, see if
there's any DNA present.

That one's a
weakling right there.

They're all weak.

Tomorrow?

Yeah.

What are you doing?

Managed to lift some footage
from Pamela Weston's dash cam.

Well, that's Pamela, but who are
they, anything to identify them?

I think they're the
parents of Scott's victims.

With all the interest
in his potential appeal,

maybe they got together
and took things further.

Could this be another group
who didn't want Pamela around?

OK, thanks, I'll follow this up.

Anything more on Jay's case?

No, nothing since the
anaphylaxis discovery.

Are we any closer to working out
what caused the allergic reaction?

I need to do some more
tests, but it's difficult.

There's nothing in his notes.

Allergies can happen at any age.

Could be a new thing.

Something he ate, maybe? What
was in the stomach contents?

Fish, fruit, nuts and seeds.

Didn't the inmates have
shepherd's pie that day?

So where did Jay get his food?

He was off grid for the
whole lunch hour, remember?

Yeah.

If it was a nut allergy
that killed him,

I want to know who
gave him that meal.

Paleo diet.

This is ridiculous, I wouldn't
give my lunch to an inmate.

Well, where did
Jay get it, then?

I don't know, maybe he
stole it from in here.

Seems unlikely.

Why would he be in your
office without supervision?

We met twice a
week at lunchtime.

Why?

I was helping him to improve
his reading and writing.

No record of that.

Well, it wasn't official work,
it was more a personal mission.

Come on, what was your
interest in Jay, really?

I liked Jay.

He was smart.

He could have turned it around.

I just want to do some good,

before they close us down.

I mean, that's why I took the
bloody job, to rehabilitate.

That's what's going to keep
the public safe in the end.

If I take a swab from you,
are you going to turn out

to be Jay's sexual partner?

Because you certainly
had the opportunity.

It was harmless.

It turns out your food
might have killed him.

Something gave him an
anaphylactic shock.

That's what Jay died of.

Are you accusing
me of something?

You could clear this all
up with a simple DNA test.

I've invested so much of my
life, my health, into this place.

I just want to leave
behind a legacy.

All right, look, just take your
damn swab, I give it voluntarily.

Can you open your mouth, please?

You won't find anyone with much
sympathy for Pamela here, I'm afraid.

Did you know her well?

Our group is made up of the
parents of Scott Weston's victims.

Her son killed my boy.

We have footage of your
group pushing Pamela around.

What did you hope
to gain from that?

Her guilt overshadowed
our grief.

She wanted to make it all
better, make it all go away,

but she couldn't.

Said she wanted us all to
pull together to protest

against the appeal.

Like she was one of us.

Said she could make it all
stop, said she had photos.

What photos?

I don't listen to her rubbish!

Just seeing it was like
rubbing salt in the wounds.

Well, I can see why
that would upset you.

Why you'd want to
get rid of her.

She was receiving death threats
from an account named Bonnie1984.

Bonnie was your late-wife's
name, wasn't it?

Ah, Mrs Selwyn. We're ready now.

You sure you don't want
to change your mind?

Henry don't want to come.

He's finding it
hard. That's natural.

He looks tough, but he isn't.

Soft inside.

Jay was soft inside, too.

Even prison couldn't harden him.

My boy done wrong.

He did a terrible
thing and he knew it.

But other people did bad
things and they came and went.

I ain't making no
excuses... No, I know.

But Jay wasn't the only
one there that night.

It easily could
have been Jay dead

and that other boy in prison.

It should be the same
rules for everybody.

[SHE SOBS]

My baby...

[DISTANT CRYING]

You OK?

That's my big brother in there.

Yeah.

A lot to take in.

Just... give yourself some time.

Mum always made Jay take
me everywhere with him.

She was always working and
she told him I needed someone

to look after me.

"Try to big him up, give him
some responsibility," but

in truth, I reckon she thought
I might keep him out of trouble.

It didn't work.

Were you with him that night?

I-I was 12.

He'd just turned 18.

I-I'd never seen anyone
cut like that before.

Were you arrested
with the other boys?

I ran as fast as I
could, like a coward.

Nah.

You were just a kid.

I should have waited for him.

You should give
yourself a break.

I would've done the same.

You're not your brother.

You're your own man.

Hi.

I thought I might find you here.

You weren't picking up.

You going to go?

Keep up, Hodgson.

Oh, God. Really?

I've not got the right gear on!

Too quick for me.

So I managed to lift the DNA
profile from the material you found

under Pamela's fingernails.

Ran it against the
Weston victim group.

And? Didn't find a match.

[SHE EXHALES]

I'm glad. They've
been through enough.

Yeah.

I can't even imagine what that
experience must have done to you.

One of those boys
died in my arms.

And what did I do?

I went into work and
wrote up the report.

And that's what got those people
justice, so you did a good thing.

Do you think I'm becoming
desensitised to death?

Otherwise, how
could I do the job?

How could I ever comfort Jay's
mother, knowing I've held her son's

heart in my hands?

I think... I think you're deeply
affected by every single person

you take care of.

That's what makes you a
brilliant pathologist.

I still can't answer the
question of why, though.

Why was it their loved one
and not someone else's?

Nobody can.

Sure, if it comes to that,
why am I here and not Thomas?

Thomas.

I don't know why
it was him that day

and not me or you.

I don't know why you survived
the shootings at the university.

I just know that I'll always

always be grateful that you did.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have spoken
to you like that before.

That's all right.

[PHONE CHIMES]

I'll be honest - I
was not expecting

to find pictures of
naked men on here.

There's a bit of video, too.

I think these are
men from the prison.

Could that be Jay with
the self-harm scars?

I'm pretty sure that's Scott,
from the scars on his chest.

Well, Pamela told
the support group

there were photos.
Maybe she meant these.

Yeah, I'm not convinced

this is Pamela's phone.

We found another phone in her

property, registered
in her name.

This one's a burner.
Not registered.

No calls or texts,
not traceable.

And who's behind the
camera, I wonder?

Well, if that is Scott,

then he might have
told Paisley who it is.

All right, I'll send
a car to bring him in.

I don't think any of
this is consensual.

Well, if it's
sexual exploitation,

why didn't they
speak out about it?

Maybe they thought they'd
get something in return.

Privileges? Freedom?

What links Jay and Scott is
they're both actively trying

to secure their release.

How did Pamela end
up with this phone?

Well, it must be Paisley.

If Scott wanted Pamela to see
the evidence, then he would

have sent her. She's his only
link to the outside world.

Tell me again, why did you
go to Pamela Weston's house?

I told you - Scott wanted her
to come to his case review.

And how were you going to
persuade her to speak up for a son

she hadn't seen for ten years?

Years she'd spent actively
trying to keep him locked up.

Appeal to her maternal instinct.

Right. So did you take
anything with you,

to help her maternal
instinct kick in?

No.

Where'd you get this phone?

It's not mine. Did you steal it?

Cos you know who this phone
belongs to, don't you?

No.

What did Pamela say when you
showed her the pictures of Scott?

When she saw the degrading things
her son had been made to do?

Did she feel sorry for him?

Or maybe she didn't care?

That would've been hard to hear.

Never seen it before.

It's nothing to do with me.

We want to help Scott.

We know he's
suffering in prison.

You love him, you want to protect
him, and we can help you do that.

There's nothing I can do
unless you tell me where

you got that phone.

I'm not going to make
things worse for Scott.

You've no idea.

Charge me and lock
me up if you want.

Not telling you anything.

Jack, come and look at this.

Jay Selwyn had an anaphylactic
allergy to phospholipase A2.

Bee venom.

So he did not die as a
result of the food he ate.

No. I guess.

I guess he was stung.

There's nothing in his records about
it, so we thought we'd ask you.

Yes, it's true.

He had a bad reaction to a bee sting
when he was eight or nine years old.

I wasn't there, they were on the
field playing games, I think.

Teacher called an ambulance.

It happened at school?

Do you remember a
time when Jay was

rushed to hospital
after a PE lesson?

You'd have been
about nine years old.

Yeah, of course.

So you knew he had a
medical condition, then?

He was stung by a bee.

Almost died.

You told me that Jay was
having a panic attack

on the day he died.

That Lewis was coming after him,
so you hid him in the fridge.

Yeah. Well, he wasn't having a
panic attack, like you told me

in the hospital.

He was having an
anaphylactic reaction.

Oh...

I didn't know.

If I'd have known, I
would've helped him.

I would have helped him.

No signs of a sting.

So how did he come into contact
with bee venom if he wasn't stung?

This is everything I
took from Jay's cell.

I've already been
through it once,

but wasn't looking
for allergens then.

This is fancy, isn't it?

Looks expensive.

More your style.

You can't improve on perfection.

Ah.

Guess what the
active ingredient is?

Bee venom?

This is pretty niche stuff.

There's no way this found its
way into the prison by accident.

Definitely not into Jay's cell.

A cell he shared
with Scott Weston.

Leon Tovey and Jay
Selwyn grew up together.

I thought there were meant
to be processes in place

to stop inmates interacting with
people they knew on the outside.

I'm not a mind-reader.

I only have the
information they give me.

Fair play.

Oh, by the way, you'll be glad
to hear your DNA was not a match,

so thank you for
your cooperation.

Apology accepted.

They call this the canteen.

The men can spend their credits.

They sometimes come here
to order special items.

Toiletries, creams,
that sort of thing?

In some circumstances, yes.

Do you recognise this?

Trying to find out if an
inmate ordered it from here.

Jay Selwyn ordered it.

Ah. Thank you.

Says it's imported.

That sounds expensive.

Said he'd borrowed
the money off Lewis.

Right. Thank you.

Letter after letter
from Jay's mum,

telling him everything they're
doing to get him released.

Parole turned down,
appeal turned down,

Mm-hm.

"Wrote to our MP today. Keep
the faith. Don't give up."

Wait, listen to this.

"The cream you need
for your scars is"

"called Hydrogenetics
anti-ageing cream."

"Mum said it's the best one."

That's from Henry. Henry?

Why would Henry want
to harm his brother?

Is it possible

that Henry never
intended Jay to die

because if Jay hadn't become
trapped in the fridge,

then he would've needed
hospital treatment.

So you're saying he wanted to
harm him just enough to get him

into hospital... And
break him out of prison.

Where's the nearest
hospital to the prison?

Marfield Memorial Hospital.

Didn't Mason say that
Henry worked in a hospital?

Marfield Memorial
Hospital. Bingo.

Henry.

And this, this is CCTV
from the hospital car park.

We know that Henry's car number
plate was logged entering

just after four
o'clock, OK? Mm-hm.

That's Henry's car.

I'm telling you, I wasn't
working the day Jay died.

Then why did you run from us?

I wasn't running away.

I just wanted to get somewhere
there were witnesses.

I've been arrested
for nothing before.

Looks like guilt, though.

If he hadn't died, Jay would
have come to this hospital.

I'm telling you, I was
on a graveyard shift.

Four days on, three days off.

Check with my supervisor.

Oh, I did. We have your door fob
being used four times that day.

Nah, that's...

It can't have been mine.
That's wrong. I weren't there.

That's Dionne.

Hi, Dionne.

Detective Inspector
Mason agreed to

give me a moment to return
Jay's things to you.

The police are holding
Henry in custody.

Henry had nothing to do with it.

It was all my idea.

What happened?

Jay was falling apart in there.

I felt sure he was going
to kill himself and I

I couldn't let that happen.

I tried everything else.

Everything.

So you decided to break him out?

I knew Leon would help
Jay if he was ill.

Leon's always looked after him.

I just thought if I could
get him to hospital...

Leon did try to help Jay.

He just didn't know exactly
what help Jay needed.

Er, Nikki.

Hi.

It took me a while to work out
where I'd heard your name before.

I went back over my
old notes and, erm

well, this is where
the tragedy unfolded.

Is there something
I can do for you?

My publishers are
after a second book.

I mean, it's quite exciting, but
I wondered if you might let me

interview you about
what took place here.

I will pay you for
your time, of course.

No, definitely not.

I understand your reticence,
but it can be therapeutic

and it's an opportunity
to get your side across,

to put the record straight.

I think it's time to move on.

Here, erm...

Let me give you my card.

It's an old one, I'm afraid.

I had my briefcase stolen last
week, but the number is the same.

You just won't be able to reach
me at the prison any more.

Those marks on your
neck, they look sore.

Would you like me to
look at them for you?

No, but, erm... but thank you.

If you change your mind
about that interview,

please just give me a call.

He said he'd had his
briefcase stolen.

Must have reported it.

Did you request the police
report? Nothing on file.

Mm-hm.

How are you getting on
identifying the men?

Slowly.

[WHIRRING AND SCREECHING]

What's that?

What?

Play it again.

[WHIRRING AND SCREECHING]

I know that sound.

[WHIRRING AND SCREECHING]

Thanks.

Let me take the lead, OK?

We're here to get a DNA
sample, that's all. I know.

Well, they should be
at the house by now.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[INMATES SHOUT]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Hello.

Ah, so it's true.

We heard you were moving on.

Just tying up a few loose ends.

Surely you've got
cleaners for that.

I like to leave
everything in order.

I've been offered a
clinical psychologist role

at a young offenders institute.

I feel one can make a
real impact on the young.

[PHONE VIBRATES]

Look, what can I do for you?

We've come to
collect a DNA sample.

Why?

We're investigating
Pamela Weston's murder

and your house is being
searched right now.

Oh, I see.

Then, I'm afraid
you're compromised

on this inquiry, Dr Alexander,
having given evidence

against the Weston
family before, so...

I'm afraid you don't
have a choice, Dr Lawson.

You didn't file a police report
on your stolen briefcase, did you?

We've got the burner phone.

It's my guess that
Paisley stole it

and took it to Pamela, hoping
that the photos on the phone

would shock her into
feeling sorry for Scott.

And you knew that
Pamela could use

those photos to discredit
you and end Scott's appeal.

Discredit me for what? For helping
him? For being there for him?

Helping him? I care about Scott.

[ SHE SCOFFS.]
- And what about Jay?

It wasn't the same with Jay.

Here we go, boys!

Come on, then! Come
on! Get in there!

Hold him back!

[ALARM BLARES]

I'm just going to see what's
going on. I'll be right back.

We need to get out of here.

Where to?

Come with me.

Come on!

[BUZZING]

No! No!

I'll I right back!

No, you can't leave me here!

Get her out of here!
We'll get you some help!

Get her out! Come with me.

What do we do?

Follow me.

Taylor! Taylor!

[SHOUTING]

Here.

Taylor!

Taylor!

[DOOR RATTLES]

Taylor!

- Get out here!
[ BANGING ON DOOR.]

You promised you'd get me out.

You promised me!

Now you're leaving me behind.

You're the reason
Jay killed himself.

I tried.

You'd be on your way to a
low-security unit by now

if it wasn't for her.

Scott

think about this.

Your mum...

My mum what?!

[SHE WHIMPERS]

What?! She hated me!

No! She was just trying to
help the people you hurt!

Think about what he was doing
to you, Scott. And to Jay.

He just didn't want
anyone to find out.

That's why he
strangled your mum.

And then he set
fire to her body.

It's the truth, Scott.

We know she tried to fight back.

She had DNA under her nails from
the person who attacked her.

The same DNA we found
on Jay. His DNA.

It's all lies, Scott.

They don't even
have my DNA on file.

Show him the scratches
on your neck, then.

The scratches your mum made when
she was fighting for her life.

Taylor!

Come on!

He's down here! He's down here!

[HE GROANS]

This is what it feels like

when you bleed to death.

You do have empathy.

I saw it.

It affected you when you
heard how your mum died.

You know what that tells me?

Whatever you've done, you
did because you wanted to.

Do you know what that tells me?

You started to feel
sorry for me, didn't you?

You won't let me die.

[DISTANT SIREN]

As we deal with the
science of the human body,

we're searching for
evidence, for facts

to understand the last
minutes of someone's life,

the cause of their death.

But we also deal
with the living.

Our search for the truth doesn't
always turn out to be what we expect

or what others want it to be.

It can lead to places that
loved ones don't want to go to.

It can be painful,

and sometimes destroy
what they know and love.

But let's not forget, it
can also provide answers

bring closure,

and in some cases

redemption.

The last time I was here,

you, Ollie, asked me a
question, and I answered

that a good pathologist
shouldn't be affected by death.

And I've thought about that a lot
because it's not actually true.

It is hard sometimes, when you
see as much horror as we do,

and sometimes we need help
to process the things we see.

And that's OK.

So I'm sorry. I made a
mistake, but to err is human.

To forgive, divine.

It never ceases to amaze me
what human beings are capable of

doing to each other, and that's
why our work is so necessary.

It's definitely
not always pleasant

and not many people
would choose to do it.

But it is vitally important

because someone needs
to speak for the dead.

♪ Testator silens

♪ Costestes e spiritu

♪ Silencium... ♪