Waking the Dead (2000) s02e05 Episode Script

'Mr Taft, what do have to say about your acquittal today?' Mr Taft will make a statement later today.
I never killed no-one.
The police are trying to frame me.
Didn't you put yourself in the frame, Ricky? No, I never killed no-one.
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Professor Levin.
Who do you believe murdered your wife? Maybe you should ask the police.
Didn't they hold a proper inquiry? They screwed up, and you should be directing your questions at them.
Lunchtime news, Sir James.
May we have a comment on the verdict? A comment on the verdict, please, Sir James? Katherine Reed WAS your advisor.
And where does this leave the Crown Prosecution Service? A comment on the verdict, please, Sir James? Do you feel ANY responsibility? For what?! I was proved innocent.
Never done anything in the first place.
The Old Bill are trying to fit me up Thank you very much.
Win some, lose some, ma'am.
Lose some, lose some more.
Richard Taft, a self-confessed burglar, was acquitted of the murder of Home Office advisor Katherine Reed.
The case is in the headlines as the victim PHONE RINGS .
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was a leading Government advisor on crime policy.
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Speaking.
EVERYBODY knows the case.
If they didn't, they do now.
Are we? Yeah, they're already here Just put them on the table there, will you, please? All right.
Thank you.
We're getting the Katherine Reed case.
He promised to sue the Metropolitan Police.
Best of luck to you, mate.
Katherine Reed was a leading figure in the women's rights movement.
It was said she was a liberal who became an authoritarian when she entered Whitehall's corridors.
You can say THAT again! Did you know her? I read one of her books.
That's what I like on my team - a reader.
Compliments of Detective Inspector Worrall.
Worrall? Mm-hm! What have we got? Ha-ha-ha-ha! That'll do for me.
Detective Superintendent Boyd? That is me.
I'm Mary Holmes.
May we speak? My guest tonight is Katherine Reed, author and broadcaster.
I've to audit your team.
You'll get a chance to answer anything you consider prejudicial in the report.
You're not an Inspector of Constabulary! This a Home Office audit.
Home Office audit? Who came up with THAT? Has this anything to do with us taking on the Katherine Reed case? Complete coincidence.
My principals want to know how to set up more units like yours.
My advice is that you respond to it in a constructive and open-minded way.
Thank you.
Here are some questionnaires for your team.
They're easy to follow.
There's one for you, too.
Oh, good(!) As long as they're easy.
We're getting Katherine Reed.
Yeah, so I see.
That's not all we're getting.
Some woman from the Home Office - Mary Holmes? No, never heard of her.
OK.
Well, this one's yours.
We've got one each.
Katherine, what do you say to criticism that your book is anti-men? My book focuses on crime against women and the context in which such crime arises in a male-dominated society.
But you appear to hate men! Some of my best friends are men.
But they're not criminals.
You argue that a capacity for violence is part of the male psyche.
And men are proud of that.
But you're saying that violence is virtually a contact sport for men.
The point I make is a little more complex than that.
There IS a context here.
This morning, Ricky Taft was found not guilty of the murder of Katherine Reed by a majority verdict.
The case is now cold so it's ours.
And we're being given an efficiency audit by the Home Office.
You will be asked to have a preliminary interview with Mrs Miss? MS Holmes here.
It's a complete coincidence, apparently.
This will not affect our operation.
We function as normal.
Clear? Our first priority is the investigation.
Now, in these boxes we have the witness statements, the trial papers, DPP files and so on.
But, before we get up to our elbows in paperwork, what do we already know about the case? Well, she was found dead from asphyxiation in her bedroom.
Forensics would need to be consistent with a pillow-smothering if cause of death WAS asphyxiation.
Petechial haemorrhages on the face, subconjunctival haemorrhages in the eyes.
Was the clothing disturbed? Any sign of a struggle? Well, obviously Try and get to see the pathologist who did the first PM.
Yeah.
But let me do my homework first.
Just get working.
You'll catch up as you go.
What else? Reed was a high-flier.
'She was a professional feminist.
She was anti-Government - the male-dominated machinery of state.
' And then she joined it.
Grace knows her writings really well.
She's read one of her books.
And what did that book tell you, Grace? That men are violent, men are dominant, and that probably they're an evolutionary mistake.
So she proved herself right? 90% of violent crime IS committed by men.
Have you read the book too, Mel? .
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Let's leave statistics and theories out of this.
We know what we're doing.
Grace will research Reed's career.
- Taft.
What do we know? - Petty burglar.
- Write any books? Kidding! How did he come to get nicked? Tip from a fence.
- Tried to fence a laptop protected by a Government security password.
- But he was acquitted of murder.
Motive and opportunity but the rest was circumstantial.
I didn't think he committed murder.
He legged it.
And the jury agreed, but let's check Taft, see if we overlooked anything.
Katherine Reed.
We need a picture - who she was, where she went, who she pissed off, who kissed her.
All the usual stuff.
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When my team leave here, Mrs Ms.
Ms! Ms Holmes, they leave alone.
Without you.
Is that clear? "Whatever I said last time we spoke, I won't give them the satisfaction of doing to you what they did to me.
"Call me if you want to, and good luck.
Jess.
" PHONE RINGS You work independently? No.
We work completely interdependently.
Your job is stand aside and advise.
My job is to provide psychological insight without becoming a complete pain in the arse to a team of very busy and committed detectives.
Do you have a good relationship with Detective Superintendent Boyd? I doubt I'd be here if I didn't.
He wouldn't tolerate you if you didn't agree with him? The essence of what we do is keep open minds.
We don't put words in people's mouths.
That's why I like working here - we pursue the truth.
And do you know, we get better and better at seeing through the bullshit.
If you have anything to say about DS Boyd's methods or his attitude, I'm your opportunity.
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I just said it.
PHONE RINGS Who's liaising with the original inquiry team? Looks like I am.
DI Jess Worrall.
I don't know her.
I do.
Jess Worrall you were just talking about? Yes.
Seems like this case has been tailor-made for you.
Don't worry.
I'll hold your hand.
I'll be done for harassment at work.
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Mel, Spence! .
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And you, come on! Viewing's by appointment.
Detective Superintendent Boyd.
Andyou are? Ray Levin.
Katherine Reed's husband.
That key was to have been returned to me.
I'm sorry.
Do you mind if wecome in anyway? Why is it only just on the market? Had to wait till after the trial.
Agent said we'd get rubberneckers.
Mind if we look around? I can't believe this is starting again! - Then perhaps we could have a talk.
- Police screwed up the first time, so they send more to do it again! One of the faults of the system.
My team specialises in what we call cold cases, which is slightly different.
So, could they have a look around? You know that Katherine and I were separated? - Did you still see her? - No.
- Was the break-up difficult? - Is any break-up easy? Not in my experience.
Did Katherine have any particular enemies? Do you think we haven't already been over that? I was at a conference at the time, so you can rule me out.
I know this isn't easy but it would help us You grabbed the first suspect, it didn't work and you want to start again.
Whoever it was wanted her dead and he was pretty smart.
I have to go.
- Where was the conference? The one you said - Leeds.
- How did you get there? - I drove.
- Drove.
- Is that all? - Yeah, we don't want to hold you up.
Anyway, we can let ourselves out I never really bought into all this.
I could never see relationships and people in those terms.
What do you see when you look at someone like Katherine Reed? Someone with a public face hiding a private face.
What did that Home Office woman have to say about me? I wondered when you were going to ask me that.
Did she think I was a chauvinist? No, more of an evolutionary mistake.
Well, they've cleaned the whole house from top to bottom.
That's estate agents for you.
Nothing here for us, is there? And that goes to nowhere.
What did Taft have on him when he was arrested? Said he just took the laptop, saw the body and legged it.
What's missing? There's nothing personal here.
There's no music, there's no photographs.
Just books.
Maybe Levin removed them.
Give him a call and see what personal effects he DID remove.
I've resigned.
Why have you resigned? I have better things to do than spin in the wind for these people.
Who? .
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Someone get to you on this? Would I let someone get to me? No, you wouldn't.
It was a high-profile case from the start.
Of course, there's pressure.
Sir James Sir James? Permanent Secretary at the Home Office.
Reed's boss.
Your boss, my boss, Commissioner's boss.
Did he interfere? Made it clear the Minister expected a result, ASAP.
Bloody thrilled when we collared Taft.
So we showed what we had to the DPP, asked him what he thought.
Didn't hesitate - wanted it in court.
I always dreaded the day I'd inherit a case from you.
Because you'd have to see me again? No, I didn't mean that.
Just that, if you didn't get a result, how can I kid myself it'd be easy for me? Will you help me? I'll talk to you.
OK.
Not here.
It's not private.
Really? Give me a number.
It's quite like the old days, don't you think? Are you sure about quitting? Oh, I'm sure.
I was wondering if it was possible to speak to the pathologist that did the post-mortem on Katherine Reed.
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Thanks.
I want to know about the traffic through Cheltenham Square.
Did you call Levin? Yeah.
He didn't remove anything from Reed's flat.
OK.
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Get this done.
Look out the name of Taft's brief, and the phone number OK.
When you've got a second.
Right.
PHONE RINGS Yeah? I've got a surprise for you.
You're gonna love THIS.
They've sent us Reed's body.
She's been in a freezer for 11 months.
Coroner sent her over to us.
Why wasn't it released for burial? Next of kin wouldn't accept it until after the trial.
Next of kin is Professor Raymond Levin.
Levin.
It's weird, isn't it? What is? It feels like she'scome to check us out.
Boyd! Do you mind?! It's HER people from the Home Office who are auditing us.
Well, anyway.
There's absolutely no forensic value whatsoever in keeping a body frozen for this long.
No point doing a fresh post-mortem? There'd be nothing fresh about it.
We've asked for a review of the original PM, but that's all we can do.
OK.
Mr Kahn.
It's kind of you.
We ARE here voluntarily.
I understand.
It's over this way, all right? You said you had important information for us.
I should advise you that my client is considering suing the police.
He can sue who he likes.
That's your concern.
My concern is to find out who killed Katherine Reed.
My client is co-operative in that regard.
Great.
Mr Taft, thanks for seeing us.
The police fitted me up.
You burgled Katherine Reed's flat.
She was on the bed when I got in.
Dead on the bed, you mean.
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Did you see anything in the flat that you didn't tell the police about? Mr Taft, I think that you still have some items from Katherine Reed's flat.
I have a proposition for you.
Give me back the personal effects you kept from Katherine Reed's flat, and I'll consider recommending you're not prosecuted for the burglary.
You got this stuff fromKatherine Reed'sflat? My client would like assurance that there will be no more proceedings.
If the murder was opportunistic - someone disturbed in a break-in - why was there no sign of a struggle? Maybe it happened too fast? Katherine Reed was a fighter.
She wouldn't just lie there helplessly.
Come on, neither of us believes Ricky Taft suffocated Katherine Reed.
Jess Worrall's team did.
Well, I'm not running an audit - is that the word? - on another team.
I can't believe I was a student herein the last century! Changed a bit? Not in the least little bit.
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Or did you mean me? Excuse me.
Can you tell us where we could find Professor Levin? Have you got an appointment? .
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We were hoping to see Professor Levin.
Oh, he's in a faculty meeting.
You don't look like students.
No, not any more.
Well, can I give him a message? .
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Maybe we could talk to you? Yes.
Come on.
Photo.
You're not students.
DC Silver.
My colleague is a police consultant.
Grace Foley.
We wanted to talk about Katherine Reed.
You'll want to talk to Professor Levin.
Katherine used to teach here, didn't she? Yes, she supervised me.
But she was getting tired of teaching by then.
It's not for everybody.
Did you see Katherine after she stopped teaching? Sometimes.
But it IS Professor Levin that you want.
I mean, he was married to her.
They broke up quite badly? It was bloody, yes.
What was bad about it? You'd have to ask HIM.
Could you tell us what YOU know? Well, Katherine felt suffocated.
Oh, God! I'm sorry.
No, it's all right.
Are you OK? Mmm.
Can you go on with what you were saying? Yes.
I suppose he resented the idea that she couldfind her freedom somewhere else.
It's not exactly uncommon.
Was the relationship ever violent? I don't know.
I don't think that's It's a reasonable question.
I was afraidthat he was.
You never came forward.
No-one ever came to speak to me.
Where were you the night it happened? At a conference, in Leeds.
The same conference as Professor Levin? Yes.
Did you spend the evening with him? No.
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Ray Levin and I have never spent evenings together.
You and Katherine were close friends.
Yes, we were.
I'd imagine, if she confided in anyone, she'd confide in you.
She didn't talk about her work What DID she talk about? Oh, can't we leave her in peace? Um, look, I have a seminar.
You're sure there's nothing you know that could help us? No, sorry.
Professor Levin? Could we talk to you about your relationship with Katherine Reed? She's dead.
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I don't HAVE a relationship with her.
If you want to see me, please make an appointment.
Sorry, I was going to come to YOU.
That's all right, I was passing.
I have to tell you, I didn't DO the first PM on Katherine Reed.
Who did? It was my predecessor, Professor Todd.
He was very efficient.
He did everything that would be expected.
Toxicology? Let's have a look.
He foundbenzodiazepine in a therapeutic dose, alcohol - not a lot.
We wouldn't find enough blood to do a rerun of anything.
I told them to tell the next of kin there was no point in holding on to her.
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Well, let's have a look.
No lesions, bruises None noted in the initial report.
Skin colour won't tell you anything now.
Asphyxial findings .
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relatively minor, so there was nothing much except the semen.
We should have done our homework! What's this about semen? After the original PM, swabs went off to the lab and they found semen.
She had sex that night? Unlikely.
Probably in the previous 24 to 48 hours.
How do you know? Volume - there's no time-bracketed tests.
Mel, can you check the transcripts for me? I've found it.
Thank you.
So Worrall DID make a request for a check on the semen on the DNA database.
There was no match.
Why didn't Taft's brief pursue it? .
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Would've taken the heat off cos it wasn't his.
You can't be sure when semen enters a body unless it was very recent - it doesn't PROVE that she had sex on the night she was murdered.
So they didn't think the semen was relevant.
And didn't pursue it.
Look at the stars Look how they shine for you And everything you do Yeah, they were all yellow I came along I wrote a song for you Would you like a glass of red wine? Yes.
The defence could've made a fuss of the DNA but they couldn't prove when she'd had sex.
So you never found any evidence of who Katherine Reed was seeing? Never found a boyfriend.
Without proof of sexual assault, you can't go around demanding DNA off every man in the neighbourhood.
Don't suppose you can.
It's in the trial transcripts, if you look for it.
I didn't cover up forensic evidence, if that's what you think.
I didn't think I didn't fit Taft up! I never said you did.
I didn't think for one minute that you did.
There's something wrong, Jess.
My team just happens to have been put under a Home Office review, the day Taft was acquitted.
Is that why we can't talk in your office? Well, then, I'm not exactly sure this place is any better.
You've got me worried now.
Come on! What do you think of Levin? As a person? No, no, as a suspect.
He'd an alibi.
He was in Leeds but he had a car.
Did you test him? He was her husband.
What exactly will THAT prove? There was no evidence.
Taft was in the flat.
He had opportunity.
He had motive.
Bitch of a job, isn't it? What? Our job.
YOUR job.
Morning.
Oh, is that for me? Extra caffeine, all for me.
Found anything? They did a good job tracing every car in and out of Cheltenham Square in 12 hours.
Something about trials.
Not as interesting as they make them look in the movies, are they? COMPUTER BLEEPS What is it? Morning! Spence? Please yourselves.
Sorry.
"Crime is the imprint of the male sexual personality on constraints and constructions of society.
"To be female is to be a victim.
" Page four.
- Morning! - Sir, have you got a moment? Look at this.
It's a car they didn't seem to follow up.
It had diplomatic plates.
And? It's blocked on security grounds.
Right.
We haven't told you about our meeting yet, have we? Not right now.
When we went to see Levin, he wasn't happy to see us.
But we did find the woman in this photograph.
Lorna Gyles.
Works in Levin's department.
She tell you anything about Reed? She wasn't forthcoming.
If she didn't come forward first time, she ought to be brought in and cautioned.
No, I think we've got to understand these relationships.
There could be something between Levin and Gyles.
Get into it.
Find out who hung out with who! Get me a picture of these relationships! Spence'll help.
I'd rather it was Mel.
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No offence, Spence.
A job for the girls? "To be female is to be a victim.
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See? YOU wouldn't understand.
This is a murder inquiry, or am I missing something? We must understand Katherine Reed's private life.
I said get me a picture! I mean, we have to go carefully! All right.
All right, all right.
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Go with Grace.
As they say in the Bible.
What was all that "female victim" stuff? She was quoting Katherine Reed.
Don't want Mel going all literary.
I like her just the way she is.
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Where's our minder today? Never around when you need her.
Stick with me.
Don't want to leave you all alone andvulnerable.
Thank you.
All right? Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Would you sign this, please? The Official Secrets Act? If you don't sign, this conversation can't continue.
Good.
There are one or two things which Detective Inspector Worrall didn't have sight of in her investigation.
Such as a car with diplomatic plates? Yes, the car is owned by the US Government.
Katherine Reed had visitors the night she was murdered.
Yes, she did.
Worrall was never informed.
Once it was established they had no bearing on the case, the investigation proceeded in the direction it needed to take.
Who were they? One of them was myself.
Sir James, have you been interviewed under caution? Sit down, will you? What we need to consider Who WERE these other people? We had a meeting, covered by the Official Secrets Act.
Is there a report? I don't suppose so, once the police were assured the meeting had no bearing on the crime.
Who made that decision? It was not myself.
Would you mind telling? There are plenty of things I'd mind telling you, Detective Superintendent, but I'm reconciled to telling you quite a lot of them.
I AM authorised to inform you who was in Katherine's flat that night.
Only two people, of whom you are one.
Correct.
The other is a US citizen.
Correct.
Who IS Larry Karp? We were consulting with the Americans about matters of mutual security.
So Karp's FBI? No, he's London chief of station of the CIA.
I see.
They don't like their people being surfaced in criminal trials.
So Worrall's investigation WAS compromised? No! She was conducting a murder inquiry.
The death of an individual.
That meeting involved the security of entire populations.
That's the perspective for you to take.
What was this meeting about, exactly? It's not material to you.
I need to speak to Larry Karp.
"No" won't do.
Getting high and mighty's MY job, Detective Superintendent, bear that in mind.
You were at a scene on the night of a murder - you've withheld the fact.
Hardly the basis for a beautiful friendship, but you'll get around that somehow.
More copies of the Official Secrets Act for the rest your team to sign.
Return them to Ms Hardingham.
We'll be in touch with you about that meeting with our American friend.
Thank you.
What was all that about? I COULD tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
Put it this way - it involves filling in more forms.
This is very romantic of you, Boyd.
This hasn't been the usual place for us now for, I don't know, how many years? Anyway, that's not the reason we're here.
So what did you want to ask me? There was a carand they wouldn't let you follow it up.
What car? Diplomatic plates.
We checked.
You were blocked on security grounds.
OK, whose car was it? WellI'm about to break the Official Secrets Act.
There was a meeting at Reed's flat.
Did you know about that? No.
Between Sir James and Larry Karp, head of the CIA London station.
Shit! While I waste my time investigating some petty burglar for murder! You didn't know this? I had no reason to believe he wasn't passing through the square.
Yeah.
I won't make you look bad, Jess, you know.
I promise.
Very chivalrous of you.
So don't worry about that.
Sorry I'm late.
At least you're back.
Any calls? No.
Are we expecting the police to call? About Katherine? Mmm.
I've had a visit at my office.
Aren't you going to tell me what to say if they come to see me? No! .
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Alice, you can say what you like.
Think I'll go up to bed.
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You know I'll stand by you, whatever.
It would've been so much tidier if they'd convicted that burglar, wouldn't it? .
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Well, wouldn't it? YesI expect it would.
Thank you for admitting that.
Thanks for coming.
Special Branch is always happy to oblige.
This conversation never took place.
Worrall's team came to us on the Diplomatic Corps plate.
They got told it was registered to the US Embassy.
Anything else was blocked.
Your people knew whose car it was? Yeah, of course.
What would happen if she'd tried to follow it up and question Karp? You don't wanna know.
Special Branch would've been the LEAST of her problems.
The Americans would've been upset.
It would've blown back like an exploding toilet.
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Anyhow, she had a collar.
Whoa, whoa! You're not thinking of doing something deeply heroic and bloody stupid, are you, Spencer? Listen to me, Dougie.
This is a cold-case review.
We go over everyone, including this geezer Karp.
Nothing I can do to talk you out of it, then.
I want to know about Karp.
When we were plods, did you ever save my life or anything? Something I then blotted out of my mind inadvertently? Because I don't know why I'm doing this! A resume.
Doesn't say anywhere his hobbies are murdering female colleagues.
But with the CIA, you never know.
MI5 don't seem to like him very much.
Of course we don't - he's one of our closest allies.
Which is beside the point.
He's CIA - we don't trust him.
And don't like the fact he has a cosy relationship with Sir James Beatty.
What was the scheme they were into? Simple.
Make sure the Americans get more out of us than we want to give.
We'll all die in our beds unless we roll over for the Yanks! Ah-ah! No copies.
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Sorry.
We're even on the life-saving bit and you owe me a big drink.
- Dougie.
- Don't thank me.
I never saved your life.
I would've remembered.
Larry Karp? Detective Boyd? Detective Superintendent Boyd.
These are Detectives Jordan, Silver and our consultant, Dr Foley.
This gentlemen is from our Office of Security.
Does he have a name? Tyler.
Yes, I was visiting Katherine Reed that evening.
I was with Sir James Beatty.
We left at nine o'clock.
Where did you go? To my house.
We had dinner together.
Alone.
To discuss things that you couldn't discuss in front of Katherine Reed? What we discussed is neither here nor there.
What is this? Polygraph charts.
Mr Karp volunteered for a polygraph after the news of the death of Ms Reed.
This was supplementary to our regular polygraph that our operatives undertake at intervals.
Here are the question-and-answer sheets.
Question seven.
"Did you have an undisclosed relationship with Katherine Reed?" Eight.
"Do you have knowledge of who was responsible for the death of Katherine Reed?" Are you being serious? I'm sorry? Are you suggesting this is an answer to my questions? We don't accept validity of the lie detector in this country.
Might have fewer security problems if you did.
You can beat a polygraph by inducing high blood pressure and anxiety when you do the baseline reading, and once you've done that, you can lie your head off.
Mr Karp, I'd like one of my officers to take a DNA sample from you, please.
A mouth swab.
And then I would like you to answer my questions.
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Am I a suspect to you? I don't have a suspect, but when a material witness is hostile or evasive, I naturally become a bit suspicious.
A DNA swab is no problem.
And we know all about your legal attitude to the polygraph.
We brought these papers in a spirit of frankness and co-operation.
Obviously, we've been misunderstood here.
OK, Mel.
OK, open your mouth, please? Thank you.
I knew her well.
Liked her.
What did you think when you heard of the murder? Didn't know what to think.
Our first thoughts are usually automatic.
What was YOUR first automatic thought? I didn't know much about her private lifebut I couldn't imagine her having a violent lover.
Why not? I suppose because I couldn't imagine her having a lover at all.
I'm trained to notice a lot about people.
She put out none of the signs women put out towards men.
Are you prepared to tell me what you and Sir James Beatty discussed with Katherine Reed? No, I am not.
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Do you have any reason to doubt Sir James's word? No.
His alibis would be no use to us, anyway.
Spooks working undercover - what use are they? So you're depending on the word of Sir James Beatty.
No, I'm not.
I'm depending on you.
You're depending on ME to tell you about Karp? He's trained to hide his personality, feelings, nature.
His name might not be Larry Karp.
He could be an alien.
I'm to put on my X-ray specs? I'd put it another way.
What's YOUR way of putting it? You could be a human polygraph machine.
Ready? Was Larry Karp lying his head off? How the hell would I know? Oh, Grace! I don't believe there's evidence to suggest Katherine Reed was murdered by the CIA! Why so sure? If they wanted to murder her, why would they make it LOOK like murder? Ah, well, exactly! You're paranoid.
You can convince yourself of anything when you decide it's spies involved.
Someone killed her.
The Permanent Secretary covered up his meeting at her flat, which the CIA attended, and they did their best to stop the police finding out.
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Ah! PHONE RINGS All right.
What's YOUR theory? WellI haven't got a theory.
But we have to sort out the private Katherine Reed before we decide it's all about the public Katherine Reed.
Well, whoever this is, this sperm is not your friend Karp's.
Are you sure? I try to be.
No resemblance? Nope, none at all.
I haven't got an appointment.
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You can't see Sir James without making an appointment.
I'm a police officer on an active investigation.
It isn't always practical tomake an appointment.
He's not here.
Oh.
How long will he be? I've no idea.
Do you mind if I wait? .
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No? Thanks.
Excuse me? Is there anywhere I can? Through there? .
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Thank you.
(Call me back in 30 seconds with something urgent.
) DOOR SLAMS Thanks.
CLOCK CHIMES MOBILE RINGS Oh, excuse me.
Sorry.
Yes? OK, I'll be right there.
Thank you.
Could you tell Sir James that I'll call for an appointment? Thank you.
MOBILE RINGS Have you done it? You know me - I never sleep.
I've got an interesting result.
I've done the DNA test.
It's a match.
You certain? It's not a fingerprint - no uncertainty.
It's him.
All right.
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Thank you, Frankie.
The semen in Katherine Reed's body was Sir James Beatty's.
Shit!