Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared (2016) s01e06 Episode Script
The House of Death
A group of males and one female came rolling out of Sun Hill and I said, "Are you all right, Nicky? "You seem to be off your face?" The disguised voice of our source - the Weatherman.
He says Nicky McNamara, the main suspect behind Damien Nettles' disappearance, was with other people on Cowes High Street the night Damien went missing.
Shirley Barrett walked in between the people that I was with.
I remember this so distinctively because Shirley Barrett is a tall person for a female but she had high heels on that night and she was even taller.
Branded a threat to her neighbours, Shirley Barrett is tonight being forced out of her house after a court agreed she should be removed for the good of those living nearby.
They've got the cheek to say something to me.
You can BLEEP off, mate.
Shirley Barrett leaves court after being ordered out of her house.
The 41-year-old is considered such a threat to neighbours, she now faces arrest if she enters Prospect Road after six o'clock tonight.
When she lived in Prospect Road, Shirley Barrett was said to be in a relationship with Nicky McNamara.
So, Nicky McNamara - the guy who is rumoured to have actually killed Damien - he himself is dead and he died in that house over there, The house known locally as the house of death.
He is not the only guy to die there.
His case in particular is pretty gruesome.
Nicky McNamara died of a drug overdose.
He was found having taken heroin injected into his back .
.
and lay in a bath dead for two to three days before he was found.
And Shirley Barrett was in the house the entire weekend.
'Suspicious circumstances, although the coroner concluded 'it was an accidental overdose.
'After his death, an extraordinary revelation about McNamara 'was passed to Damien's mum, Val.
' There were e-mails between the cops and Val about deathbed confessions.
We know where he died - he died in Shirley Barrett's bath.
Where he stayed for a couple of days until he was reported.
So, there is a deathbed confession.
You would like to think that maybe she could have shed some light on that.
I have actually spoken to Shirley Barrett.
'Remember Ivor Edwards, the private detective who helped 'the Nettles family investigate Damien's disappearance.
' She told me that Damien was picked up by Nicky McNamara and another guy in Baring Road and she said if I repeated what she told me, she'd have me murdered.
'So if this is true, 'there was someone else with McNamara that night.
'Someone who might have vital information.
'Shirley could be the key to finding them.
'It is a bit of a long shot.
' I am looking to find a residential address for Shirley Barrett.
I need someone to do a 192 search for me.
We are trying to find Shirley Barrett.
'Local press reports suggest our welcome may not be the warmest.
' "Incidents of antisocial behaviour that were detailed to the court "included regular noise disturbance, armed fights "and visitors to the property having sex in the street, not her.
"Other witnesses told how the property was used for dealing drugs "and claimed used needles were scattered around the house "and garden, even thrown at children.
" Needles? Needles.
"Barrett, who has 52 unspent convictions, "was also said to fail to control her Great Dane, "which fouled the area and attacked people according to witnesses.
" She hasn't been featured in the local press since 2004, so she must be keeping her head down.
We are on a road that we believe that Shirley Barrett is living in so we are going to do a door-to-door.
Really, it is potluck whether we get her today or not.
And if she is there and she is aggressive, then what? It depends what kind of aggression, really.
We'll just stand still and try to defuse it but if she's sounding and acting threatening and dangerous, then we'll just retreat.
I think we should be fine.
Yeah.
If we're not, we'll let you know.
Yeah.
KNOCK ON DOOR Hello, sorry to bother you, I think we might have the wrong address.
I was looking for a lady called Shirley Barrett.
Oh, no, she doesn't live here, my love, she lives over the road.
Oh, does she? On the other side of the road, just right at the beginning there.
Oh, you mean on this street? Yes.
Lovely.
Sorry to bother you.
Thank you.
Bye.
50.
It must be this one.
OK.
KNOCK ON DOOR At least we know we've got her house and that is a damn sight further than where we were yesterday.
There is a light on now, is there, upstairs, or is that just me? Yeah.
KNOCK ON DOOR She knows we're here, she knows someone's looking to speak to her.
Yeah.
She's choosing not to answer.
She'll think we are cops.
I hope so.
Maybe a BBC letter? OK, let's go.
She's 52 unspent convictions.
She knows the score better than we do.
Ms Barrett We called at your house today, but you might not have been in.
We called earlier.
We don't think that you are involved in Damien's disappearance directly but you may know something that could help us find Damien.
KNOCK ON DOOR Hi, it's Bronagh.
Hello, it's Bronagh.
Can I just give you a letter, please? I don't want to shout through the door.
SHE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY Hi, don't be afraid, there are only two girls here.
It is only two girls.
Can I just chat to you for two seconds? Do you remember Damien Nettles? He's the little boy who disappeared 19 years ago and we are locking to help his mummy find him.
For years, Nicky McNamara has been blamed, right, so we're looking to talk to people who knew Nicky McNamara as well.
Can you tell me if you thought Nicky was a violent person? Was he ever violent? Very violent? Really? Did you ever see him be violent? To whom? Everybody? Boys, girls? We have been told that he was a big dealer in Cowes.
He was? Did he deal drugs to young boys? Do you remember talking to the police? About Damien? Do you remember telling them that Nicky McNamara and somebody else picked Damien up on Baring Road? Did you remember saying that to police, though? There seems to be a lot of lies and myths surrounding Damien's disappearance and Nicky McNamara and stuff and we wanted to know if we could use some of the things you have just told us.
Could we pop back and do a little chat with you in some way, in relation to talking about back then? Yeah.
Would you do one and set the record straight for us? Well, do you know what? Shirley Shirley, this is your opportunity now to say it.
Give us 15 minutes of your time now and that is it, over.
All right? Thank you.
Thank you.
Look, I've got my pyjama top on and everything.
Take five minutes and sort yourself out if you need it.
God.
No, I don't care what I look like.
I've done nothing wrong so, what, you know, I'm not guilty of anything.
One of the reasons that we came to your door is obviously that we are looking at allegations that Nicky McNamara was involved in some way with the disappearance of Damien and we thought you had a relationship with Nicky.
Yes, that was a long time after, a lot longer after.
And he died in your house? Yes.
But I don't want to talk about that.
No.
I think he might have been spoken to by police before he died.
Did he ever mention that to you? No.
He never talked about Damien Nettles? No, no.
Where did he pass away? In my bath.
How did that happen? I don't want to talk about it, I told you.
OK.
Now, one of the things we know is that there are statements to police that Nicky McNamara made a deathbed confession.
I told you, I don't wish to talk about I'm sorry And no, there was no deathbed confession.
Because he died in your bath and he would have said it to you? Or whoever else was there.
Who else was at the party that night? Who said I had a party? Or who else was in the house that night? Sorry.
I don't want to talk about that.
You keep on talking about that and I am not talking about that.
That is nothing to do with Damien Nettles.
What about the suggestion that Nicky McNamara picked up Damien in Baring Road along with another man? We know that information came potentially from you about Nicky McNamara.
Do you think you might have said to the police or? If I did, I don't remember but also, another thing that was said about me was that I was supposed to have known what field he was buried in.
I didn't know anything about it.
You know when you were taking drugs together and partying together, was anything ever talked about in relation to Damien's disappearance? No, never.
Never.
Never? No, never.
I have read some of the articles and I have to put them to you cos Oh, I mean .
.
I have to give you an opportunity to respond.
Erm One of them in particular mentions your name in relation to quite a few deaths surrounding you.
I mean, that must follow you around quite a lot? Shirley They destroyed me outside and inside.
I can't do any more.
I know nothing, I don't know fuck all.
I wish I fucking did know, they'd all fucking leave me alone, wouldn't they? Cos I'd tell them.
I know fuck all.
I don't know nothing.
Fucking hell, I wish I did and then it would all go away, wouldn't it? But it just won't and it is all in my head, all these deaths and all this shit.
I didn't kill any fuckers.
I had a house, it was a drug house, people took overdoses.
They died.
I am so conflicted about her because we know that she has been economical with the truth in the past.
We know that she tells lies.
At one point, the camera was off and she admitted that she had lied to the police About quite serious things.
.
.
and been paid for it.
So what does that tell you? She is a survivor.
She is 50 years nearly in that world and she has made it through this far.
One of the reasons that we went to her in the first place was that we were told that she had spoken to police and she had said that Damien was picked up by two people, McNamara and one other on Baring Road and she U-turned on that, or at least she wouldn't admit that she had told police that.
If there was a second person, and that could be any number of the people that hung around with McNamara, some of whom Some of whom are dead.
If there was somebody else there that night, then that person might know something.
I saw Nicky Mac.
Nick had a young, thin, skinny nipper up against the wall.
Wasn't friendly.
I knew that straightaway, it wasn't friendly.
He had him by the scruff of the neck and he was holding him up against the wall.
He says Nicky McNamara, the main suspect behind Damien Nettles' disappearance, was with other people on Cowes High Street the night Damien went missing.
Shirley Barrett walked in between the people that I was with.
I remember this so distinctively because Shirley Barrett is a tall person for a female but she had high heels on that night and she was even taller.
Branded a threat to her neighbours, Shirley Barrett is tonight being forced out of her house after a court agreed she should be removed for the good of those living nearby.
They've got the cheek to say something to me.
You can BLEEP off, mate.
Shirley Barrett leaves court after being ordered out of her house.
The 41-year-old is considered such a threat to neighbours, she now faces arrest if she enters Prospect Road after six o'clock tonight.
When she lived in Prospect Road, Shirley Barrett was said to be in a relationship with Nicky McNamara.
So, Nicky McNamara - the guy who is rumoured to have actually killed Damien - he himself is dead and he died in that house over there, The house known locally as the house of death.
He is not the only guy to die there.
His case in particular is pretty gruesome.
Nicky McNamara died of a drug overdose.
He was found having taken heroin injected into his back .
.
and lay in a bath dead for two to three days before he was found.
And Shirley Barrett was in the house the entire weekend.
'Suspicious circumstances, although the coroner concluded 'it was an accidental overdose.
'After his death, an extraordinary revelation about McNamara 'was passed to Damien's mum, Val.
' There were e-mails between the cops and Val about deathbed confessions.
We know where he died - he died in Shirley Barrett's bath.
Where he stayed for a couple of days until he was reported.
So, there is a deathbed confession.
You would like to think that maybe she could have shed some light on that.
I have actually spoken to Shirley Barrett.
'Remember Ivor Edwards, the private detective who helped 'the Nettles family investigate Damien's disappearance.
' She told me that Damien was picked up by Nicky McNamara and another guy in Baring Road and she said if I repeated what she told me, she'd have me murdered.
'So if this is true, 'there was someone else with McNamara that night.
'Someone who might have vital information.
'Shirley could be the key to finding them.
'It is a bit of a long shot.
' I am looking to find a residential address for Shirley Barrett.
I need someone to do a 192 search for me.
We are trying to find Shirley Barrett.
'Local press reports suggest our welcome may not be the warmest.
' "Incidents of antisocial behaviour that were detailed to the court "included regular noise disturbance, armed fights "and visitors to the property having sex in the street, not her.
"Other witnesses told how the property was used for dealing drugs "and claimed used needles were scattered around the house "and garden, even thrown at children.
" Needles? Needles.
"Barrett, who has 52 unspent convictions, "was also said to fail to control her Great Dane, "which fouled the area and attacked people according to witnesses.
" She hasn't been featured in the local press since 2004, so she must be keeping her head down.
We are on a road that we believe that Shirley Barrett is living in so we are going to do a door-to-door.
Really, it is potluck whether we get her today or not.
And if she is there and she is aggressive, then what? It depends what kind of aggression, really.
We'll just stand still and try to defuse it but if she's sounding and acting threatening and dangerous, then we'll just retreat.
I think we should be fine.
Yeah.
If we're not, we'll let you know.
Yeah.
KNOCK ON DOOR Hello, sorry to bother you, I think we might have the wrong address.
I was looking for a lady called Shirley Barrett.
Oh, no, she doesn't live here, my love, she lives over the road.
Oh, does she? On the other side of the road, just right at the beginning there.
Oh, you mean on this street? Yes.
Lovely.
Sorry to bother you.
Thank you.
Bye.
50.
It must be this one.
OK.
KNOCK ON DOOR At least we know we've got her house and that is a damn sight further than where we were yesterday.
There is a light on now, is there, upstairs, or is that just me? Yeah.
KNOCK ON DOOR She knows we're here, she knows someone's looking to speak to her.
Yeah.
She's choosing not to answer.
She'll think we are cops.
I hope so.
Maybe a BBC letter? OK, let's go.
She's 52 unspent convictions.
She knows the score better than we do.
Ms Barrett We called at your house today, but you might not have been in.
We called earlier.
We don't think that you are involved in Damien's disappearance directly but you may know something that could help us find Damien.
KNOCK ON DOOR Hi, it's Bronagh.
Hello, it's Bronagh.
Can I just give you a letter, please? I don't want to shout through the door.
SHE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY Hi, don't be afraid, there are only two girls here.
It is only two girls.
Can I just chat to you for two seconds? Do you remember Damien Nettles? He's the little boy who disappeared 19 years ago and we are locking to help his mummy find him.
For years, Nicky McNamara has been blamed, right, so we're looking to talk to people who knew Nicky McNamara as well.
Can you tell me if you thought Nicky was a violent person? Was he ever violent? Very violent? Really? Did you ever see him be violent? To whom? Everybody? Boys, girls? We have been told that he was a big dealer in Cowes.
He was? Did he deal drugs to young boys? Do you remember talking to the police? About Damien? Do you remember telling them that Nicky McNamara and somebody else picked Damien up on Baring Road? Did you remember saying that to police, though? There seems to be a lot of lies and myths surrounding Damien's disappearance and Nicky McNamara and stuff and we wanted to know if we could use some of the things you have just told us.
Could we pop back and do a little chat with you in some way, in relation to talking about back then? Yeah.
Would you do one and set the record straight for us? Well, do you know what? Shirley Shirley, this is your opportunity now to say it.
Give us 15 minutes of your time now and that is it, over.
All right? Thank you.
Thank you.
Look, I've got my pyjama top on and everything.
Take five minutes and sort yourself out if you need it.
God.
No, I don't care what I look like.
I've done nothing wrong so, what, you know, I'm not guilty of anything.
One of the reasons that we came to your door is obviously that we are looking at allegations that Nicky McNamara was involved in some way with the disappearance of Damien and we thought you had a relationship with Nicky.
Yes, that was a long time after, a lot longer after.
And he died in your house? Yes.
But I don't want to talk about that.
No.
I think he might have been spoken to by police before he died.
Did he ever mention that to you? No.
He never talked about Damien Nettles? No, no.
Where did he pass away? In my bath.
How did that happen? I don't want to talk about it, I told you.
OK.
Now, one of the things we know is that there are statements to police that Nicky McNamara made a deathbed confession.
I told you, I don't wish to talk about I'm sorry And no, there was no deathbed confession.
Because he died in your bath and he would have said it to you? Or whoever else was there.
Who else was at the party that night? Who said I had a party? Or who else was in the house that night? Sorry.
I don't want to talk about that.
You keep on talking about that and I am not talking about that.
That is nothing to do with Damien Nettles.
What about the suggestion that Nicky McNamara picked up Damien in Baring Road along with another man? We know that information came potentially from you about Nicky McNamara.
Do you think you might have said to the police or? If I did, I don't remember but also, another thing that was said about me was that I was supposed to have known what field he was buried in.
I didn't know anything about it.
You know when you were taking drugs together and partying together, was anything ever talked about in relation to Damien's disappearance? No, never.
Never.
Never? No, never.
I have read some of the articles and I have to put them to you cos Oh, I mean .
.
I have to give you an opportunity to respond.
Erm One of them in particular mentions your name in relation to quite a few deaths surrounding you.
I mean, that must follow you around quite a lot? Shirley They destroyed me outside and inside.
I can't do any more.
I know nothing, I don't know fuck all.
I wish I fucking did know, they'd all fucking leave me alone, wouldn't they? Cos I'd tell them.
I know fuck all.
I don't know nothing.
Fucking hell, I wish I did and then it would all go away, wouldn't it? But it just won't and it is all in my head, all these deaths and all this shit.
I didn't kill any fuckers.
I had a house, it was a drug house, people took overdoses.
They died.
I am so conflicted about her because we know that she has been economical with the truth in the past.
We know that she tells lies.
At one point, the camera was off and she admitted that she had lied to the police About quite serious things.
.
.
and been paid for it.
So what does that tell you? She is a survivor.
She is 50 years nearly in that world and she has made it through this far.
One of the reasons that we went to her in the first place was that we were told that she had spoken to police and she had said that Damien was picked up by two people, McNamara and one other on Baring Road and she U-turned on that, or at least she wouldn't admit that she had told police that.
If there was a second person, and that could be any number of the people that hung around with McNamara, some of whom Some of whom are dead.
If there was somebody else there that night, then that person might know something.
I saw Nicky Mac.
Nick had a young, thin, skinny nipper up against the wall.
Wasn't friendly.
I knew that straightaway, it wasn't friendly.
He had him by the scruff of the neck and he was holding him up against the wall.