Broadchurch (2013) s02e07 Episode Script

Previously on Broadchurch I'm going into hospital tomorrow.
Pacemaker.
If anything happens I've made a will.
Your mother had a fall in the night.
I'm afraid she passed away.
Jonah! Say something! Why can't you get me out of here? I was saying it was over.
That I'd met someone else.
That our marriage was done.
Why are we together, Mark? ls it just cos Danny died? - No! - Because if it is, don't bother.
If this trial collapses now, it's because of you.
I think I might have something.
It could be juicy.
Look at that stuff.
Look at the Gillespies.
Look at that bloke hanging round the estate.
Do you remember ever doing any work for a company called Thorp Agriservices? Don't think so.
When I see him I just lose myself.
I need you to move out.
I'm giving you 48 hours.
You can't do that! Claire Ripley showed me a photograph.
She was wearing Pippa's pendant.
You go about your life, thinking you're complete.
And then you meet someone, and you realise you're only really half of something.
And people laugh about it.
"Have you met my other half?" And then when you meet that person you know it's true.
You're only really whole when when you're with each other.
It never ends well, does it? - What doesn't? - Love.
It makes you strong and then it pulls you down.
However it happens one half always loses the other.
- It's OK.
- No, it's not.
- It's all right.
- No, it's not.
Sssh , ssh.
- What's going on? - Morning.
Cup of tea? Claire's gone from the house.
And I found pile of ash in the sink, presumably from where she burnt the photograph of herself wearing this pendant.
You're saying Pippa's pendant actually belonged to Claire? Well, Claire was wearing it in the photograph I saw.
Tea.
So she must've given it to Pippa at some point.
And now she's burnt the photo? She's panicking.
- That's good.
I like it when they panic.
- Yeah, so, what? Claire kills the girls, and Lee covers for her? What would be her motive? Unless she was grooming Pippa for Lee.
I knew I'd seen this name before.
Gary Thorp.
Yeah, he runs that incinerator business, Thorp Agriservices.
He was also on the invite list for the wedding Ricky and Cate went to.
RSVP'd yes, didn't turn up on the day.
Does he know Ricky and Cate? We haven't talked to him? There was no connection, until now.
I'll get onto it.
And no, it doesn't mean we're gonna reopen the case.
Right, what you two gonna do? Miller is gonna give Claire one last chance to confess.
- Oh, am I? - Aye, you are.
We're gonna set a fire under her.
- Hello? - Hi, it's me.
Where are you? Like you care.
I saw the photograph, Claire.
Why were you wearing a pendant belonging to Pippa Gillespie? It wasn't Pippa's.
It was mine.
My gran gave it to me.
OK, why did Pippa Gillespie have it? Why did you burn the photograph? Do you know, I am sick and tired of my life being defined by this, Ellie.
I keep being dragged into something I had nothing to do with.
Then why do you still keep secrets from us? - The truth doesn't help.
- It gives peace to the families involved.
You think so? Your friends, the parents of that boy your husband killed are they at peace now? No, I didn't think so.
OK, Lisa Newbery, then.
We need to know if she's dead or alive, if there's a body to be found.
I had a life, Ellie.
And it was destroyed.
And the ripples, they just keep they just keep coming at me.
When is it ever gonna stop? - Where's Claire? - Don't you know? - She's left the cottage.
- What did she do that for? - Anyway, I actually came to say thank you.
- For what? South Mercia Constabulary have authorised the Sandbrook investigation to be reopened.
New leads, new evidence.
I couldn't have done it without you.
All that information you gave me.
Yeah.
It's not gonna take long to wrap it up now.
You all right? Something different about you today.
Oh, I'm more than all right, Lee.
I'm reborn.
What? I always thought this case'd kill me.
I thought I would die not knowing, having failed.
Then I had my operation.
And after it, when I woke up and I was alive, and I didn't really expect to be alive do you know the first thing I felt? - What? - Angry.
Really properly angry.
For the Gillespies, for Pippa, for Lisa.
I haven't felt that angry in years.
That is a beautiful feeling.
Cos I wasI was worn down.
I was tired, I was beaten.
Now I've got a new lease of life.
Whereas you, of course - look at you - you're exhausted.
Sick of running.
Sick of not being able to escape what happened.
I get that.
You don't get anything about me.
What I don't get is whether you're lying to protect yourself, or someone else? Presumably Claire.
I'd always thought she was lying to protect you.
Maybe it's the other way round.
You can't trust her.
- You're wrong.
- Am I? Did she ever tell you she was pregnant? When? Judging by the dates, well, from before the night Lisa and Pippa went missing.
So, all the time you were in custody.
You're lying.
Ask her.
So what happened to it? - It's OK.
It's all right.
- No, it's not Sssh, sssh If he ever finds out about this Why don't you ask her? Hurry up.
Last day of evidence.
Should I move out? Do you want to? Where would you go? I dunno.
I didn't say leave, Mark.
I said I need you to change.
And what if I can't? Will you stop thinking of life as something that happens to you.
- What we do now, that's who we are.
- You said you didn't need me.
I said I can be alone, if I have to.
You need to decide if we matter enough for you to change.
Mark and Beth, give us some words.
How's the family holding up? Miss Bishop, I believe you have an application to make.
The defence wishes to recall former Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller, as a witness for the defence.
My lady, I apply to treat DS Miller as a hostile witness.
- How close are you to your sister? - Lucy? Pretty close.
We have our disagreements.
You know, family.
At the end of the investigation into Danny Latimer's death, were you aware that she'd racked up substantial gambling debts? - I became aware, yeah.
- How did you become aware? - Lucy told me she was in trouble.
- Did she ask for help with the debts? She did.
I refused.
On the day that your husband, the defendant, was arrested, you wrote a cheque from the joint account you hold with your husband, for a thousand pounds, made payable to your sister.
Is that correct? What made you change your mind about helping her? I don't know.
You don't know why you suddenly gave your sister a thousand pounds? She was desperate.
It was you that was desperate, wasn't it? Later that day, according to your police notebook, you told DI Hardy that your sister had given a statement describing a man conveniently matching the description of the defendant- dumping clothes into a bin the night of Danny's death.
Did you bribe your sister to fabricate evidence against your husband? No, I didn't.
You bribed a witness to implicate your husband, so that you could fix a failing investigation and continue your affair with DI Hardy.
- Isn't that true? - Not a single word of this is true! - I mean, I lent her money to help - Not lent - bribed - on the condition that she help you frame your husband.
Nobody framed Joe.
He was there.
He killed Danny.
- He confessed! - After you beat him up, or before? Oh! Don't listen to her.
Everybody here knows that he killed Danny.
And I wish to God I'd been able to stop him! Don't lecture the jury, PC Miller.
Your job is to answer the question.
No further questions, my lady.
That concludes the case for the defence.
- Turn around, Miller, back in the car.
- What? You boys are going to your Aunt Lucy's - sleepover.
It'll be fun.
- What's he talking about? - No idea.
You're not going to Lucy's.
I've arranged it.
Me and your mum have work to do.
You'll have fun at your aunt's.
We'll drop you there now.
How was court? - You bribed your sister? - I did not bribe my sister.
I lent her money and she made a statement.
Two separate things! - Oh, come on, Miller! - I'm a human being! I made mistakes and I'm bloody sorry, but I'm not the one who killed a child! They were gonna shut the case down and she said she knew something, but needed money.
- And I did not know it was gonna be Joe.
- Oh, well, that's all right, then.
It's gonna be all right.
They've got enough, the prosecution? Enough evidence.
It could go either way.
Juries are funny animals.
Would it kill you to try and be reassuring? You are such bloody terrible company! And why are we going back here, anyway? Tess has found that Gary Thorp.
I really wanna talk to him.
Gary Thorp? South Mercia Police.
Are you the same Gary Thorp who owns Thorp Agriservices? Used to.
It was my dad's business.
When he died, I took it over.
Went bankrupt.
What's this about? Erm Did Cate Gillespie do your business accounts? Not to my knowledge.
Have you ever met Cate or her husband Ricky? Yeah, once.
He lent me some cash when I was in trouble.
The money came through his niece, Lisa.
So you know Lisa Newbery? We went out a couple of times.
- Was it serious? - I wish.
I fell for her, big time.
I thought she was the one.
She didn't feel the same about me.
Why didn't you come forward when Lisa disappeared? I wasn't in any state.
Why not? The business was in a state cos I wasn't paying attention to it.
My whole life started unravelling.
Everything went out of control.
What do you mean, out of control? I used to follow her a little bit.
Stand outside where she was.
I'm not proud of it.
Like when she was baby-sitting? Did you stand outside the Gillespies' house when she was in there? Where were you on the night the two girls disappeared? In hospital.
I tried to kill myself.
- So what are you here for? - Did you ever give money to a Gary Thorp? - No, never heard of him.
- He went out with Lisa a couple of times.
Got a business called Thorp Agriservices.
Yes.
Yeah, I did give him some cash.
Lisa asked for some help, said he had a cashflow problem and that I'd get it back.
Why didn't you tell us about this at the time? Ercos it didn't seem important, you know.
It never came up.
Did you know he ran an animal incineration business? Jesus.
Do you think he had something to do with it? How long have you had this picture? A year or two.
Do you like bluebells? Eryeah, yeah.
Yeah, they're all right, you know.
They'rethey're a flower, so - Well, thank you very much for your time.
- Yeah.
You still got that number you found in Claire's phone? - Yeah.
- Ring it.
No one followed you, did they? They don't know I'm here.
Ow! What do you want to tell me? - I don't know.
- You don't know? Get off me Get off! - Get off me.
Get off me! - You were pregnant! Get off me.
Get off me! I wasn't ready to tell you.
And then you were arrested, and I didn't know what was gonna happen.
I was so scared.
I was so scared.
What happened to the baby? I had an abor I had an abortion.
How did Alec Hardy know about this? Alec.
Alec.
He told you? How did he know? He came to the clinic with me.
He stayed with me.
Was the baby mine? Was the baby mine? You have to ask me that? You have to ask me that? After all I've done for you! After everything I've done for Come on! Come on! I don't want you near me.
I need three doubters on the jury.
Who am I aiming for? OK, number six did not like Hardy.
She kept shaking her head without even realising.
This bloke kept fidgeting every time Jocelyn was on her feet, like he wasn't interested.
And that one laughed at your jokes.
This one's very pro-you.
He sits up and does a little smile every time you get up to speak.
Quite right too.
This woman's not so impressed with police evidence.
A lot of work to get her on side.
No, don't care about them.
As long as we've got three on our side, they can't get a unanimous verdict or a majority.
Now, how did you know to look at their joint bank statements? Oh.
Right.
Erm You know the boy who works at the local newspaper? - Hm.
- Ellie Miller's nephew? - I possibly shagged him.
- No! Bloody hell! I hope you gave him a good time.
Jocelyn, I'm sorry about your mum.
We're working now, Ben.
- All the same - Compartments.
That's how we survive in this world.
What do we know about the defendant? We know he had a violent temper.
We know he was in secret communication with Danny.
We know he wassecretly meeting Danny.
We know the defendant has not been able to give us a satisfactory explanation as to why he had Danny's phone in his possession.
Or why he gave Danny five hundred pounds in cash.
We know forensics have placed him at the murder scene.
You've heard sworn evidence that Joe Miller was seen dumping clothes that night.
You have not heard any alibi evidence to place him anywhere else other than at the murder scene.
And yet the one person we haven't heard from is the defendant himself.
It's a short walk from the dock to the witness box.
I've counted it to be 13 steps.
You may think, that if you're falsely accused of a child's murder you'd make that short walk.
You may even think you'd run there, to reassure the jury of your innocence.
But when given the opportunity to give his own account and explanation of the evidence against him, when given a chance to protest his innocence, to shout it from the rooftops he chooses to stay silent.
Instead he allows his lawyers to speculate, to throw red herrings around, to try and distract you from the truth.
You may conclude that the reason for all these distortions, and the reason the defendant has not got into that witness box, is because he knows - he knows - he can't defend himself.
He's preferred to hide behind the glass, to hide behind the fabricated stories his lawyers are fighting to convince you of.
In a moment you're going to hear from Miss Bishop, who's going to make many ludicrous suggestions.
It's up to you, members of the jury, how seriously you take these.
But the Crown's case is that you can be sure of the defendant's guilt.
You can be sure Joe Miller murdered Daniel Latimer.
I always loved watching your speeches.
Thank you.
Good luck with yours.
My boy can't appeal his sentence.
Soyou and your shitty justice system can both go to hell.
The Crown need you to be sure.
They've given you a version of events.
But there's a compelling alternative version of what happened that night.
It's not in any dispute that Danny's father, Mark, was 50 yards away from the murder scene.
Let's stop and think about that.
Mark Latimer had just engaged in illicit sex with a new-found mistress, that had a profound effect on him.
Because, according to his own evidence, he composed a letter to his wife, telling her that the marriage was over.
That he had found his new soulmate.
He interpreted a fumble in a car, as true love.
Now let's remember that there was a window in the hut, where Danny was, which had a direct view onto the car park.
Let's say that Danny saw his dad with his new mistress.
Let's say that he ran from the hut, and confronted his dad.
As soon as his face popped up at that car window, Mark's dream, Mark's absurd schoolboy fantasy was in pieces.
He was jolted back to the real world.
Just picture it.
Danny's gonna run to his mum, tell her everything.
Mark has a tiny window of opportunity to stop him, to explain, to reassure and persuade him not to tell.
Now let's imagine Danny tried to break free, ran back to the hut.
Mark follows him.
There's an altercation, and in the ensuing tragedy and confusion Mark ends up killing Danny.
Can you be sure that didn't happen? You also heard evidence that Nigel Carter was seen dumping Danny's body that night.
Can you be sure that Mark did not kill Danny and call his workmate and best friend, to help him out of a crisis? You may also feel that the police investigation was fundamentally flawed.
Procedures compromised, personal liaisons got in the way of the truth.
Now, it is an undoubted tragedy that a young boy was murdered.
But it's my job to represent the defendant.
And it's my contention that it's impossible to be sure that this man is guilty.
There's only one candidate on trial here - the defendant.
The prosecution have to prove their case against this defendant.
You have to be satisfied that you are sure of the defendant's guilt.
The defence, as part of their case, have offered you an alternative.
If you think what the defence says is true, or may possibly be true, then the prosecution have failed in proving the guilt of the defendant.
There's no burden on the defence to prove anything.
There's no obligation on the defendant to give evidence.
Now, you may draw your own conclusions as to why the defendant has chosen not to give evidence.
Butbear in mind, he will have obtained legal advice on the matter.
You are the judges of fact.
You must put aside any emotion and approach this in a cold, analytical way.
Consider and assess all of the evidence that you've heard.
The first thing you need to do is appoint a foreperson.
And if you need to be reminded of any evidence, just pass a note via the jury bailiff.
You will now be escorted to a private room to begin your deliberations.
Thank you.
How you doing? You have to rise above it, Dad.
The judge has let the jury go today.
They'll be reconvening tomorrow.
How long will it take? It could be done within an hour tomorrow, could be a week.
It's impossible to predict.
Do we have to come in tomorrow if they're still discussing? No, but if they reach a verdict, then they'll read it immediately.
- So we have to come back and sit and wait.
- I'm afraid so.
- The whole system stinks.
- I'm sorry, Mark.
- I know it can't have been easy for you in there.
- You have no idea.
Tell me they're going to come back with the right verdict? Oh, I hope so.
- I don't know what I've done to deserve this.
- It's a thank you.
For pulling me back into the world.
- Have I done that? - You know you have.
There's something else Something I should've told you long before now.
There was a moment, must've been 15 years ago I should've said it then, and I didn't.
And I want to say it now.
It's always been you.
- What has? - You're gonna make me say it, aren't you? Fine.
I'm in love with you, Maggie.
Ever since you came here.
What am I supposed to do with that now? Do you really think I didn't know? - Well, why didn't you say anything? - Because you never did.
I thought, if you really feel that strongly you'd be brave.
You wouldn't care what people thought.
- But your work mattered more.
- I thought it did.
But I was wrong.
Well, say something! Jocelyn, you're grieving.
You're feeling alone.
That's why you're saying this.
But it's over.
The moment passed.
No.
I don't think it has.
- Are you OK? - Mm.
Justgot into a bit of a scrap.
You should see the other girl.
Have you reported this to the police? What's so funny about that? I think I need a bit of sanctuary.
I've got antiseptic wipes in the church.
I can have a look at that eye for you.
Thank you.
It was my husband.
He found out I'd had an abortion.
- Has he been violent with you before? - Not really.
- Do you live locally? - Don't really live anywhere at the moment.
I can recommend a women's refuge for you, if you want.
- I can drive you there if need be.
- No, no, it's not like that.
- It looks very much like that.
- No, it's not.
It really is not.
It's more complicated.
I'm all out of places to run, that's the problem.
What am I supposed to do? I was in trouble once.
I was living rough.
I'd sort ofhit rock bottom.
- What did you do? - I stopped and turned around.
Faced the demons I'd been avoiding.
There was no other way to go.
Sol fought back.
"When I am weak, then I am strong.
" what were they doing in the Right, well, Claire left work at four o'clock, - and she went to do Cate's hair - There.
Oh.
for the wedding party that night.
Rickyhe got home at 4:45, having spent the afternoon at a building site doing foundations.
Lee finished a job that morning, putting in flooring in a church hall, and then went to buy stock.
We've got him on CCTV in the supplier's car park, a receipt timed at 14:27, so that all tallies.
And then Claire and Cate both remember hearing him working on his own floor when Claire was doing Cate's hair.
- When was that taken? - About a week before.
So that leaves Gary Thorp.
Who says he spent all day and most of the evening at work.
The place was on a 7-day, 24-hour activity during that period.
So the furnace was alight all weekend? Who else knew that? when I asked about Thorp Agriservices he lied.
He said maybe it was connected to Cate.
He'd heard that name before, he knew it was connected.
How? Well, Gary Thorp is a credible suspect- especially if he was stalking Lisa.
I mean, how does Lee Ashworth know that? We only know that because Thorp told us.
- Ashworth would have no reason to know that - Unless Lisa told him herself.
Exactly.
Oh, Miller, there it is.
That's the lie.
That's the wee lie! He wanted me to think he'd heard about Thorp through Cate, but what if it was through Lisa? If that's the case, Lee must have known her better than he's ever admitted.
Mustn't he? "I've got something wrong"? I thought you'd come running.
You spoken to Claire yet? What do you want? - Did you sleep with Lisa Newbery? - No.
- Did you want to? - No.
- Did she turn you down? Knock you back? - No.
- What did Claire make of you and Lisa? - There was no me and Lisa.
I barely even spoke to her.
Right.
Just slept with her.
What's it like to kill someone, Lee? What's it like to be in the room when the life goes out of a person? How does it feel to be responsible for that? I told you, I don't know.
I think you do.
I look at you and I see someone stained by death.
I think it haunts you every single day.
Just confess, Lee.
I'm nearly there anyway.
I've got nothing else to say.
Between you and Claire, I think there's plenty still to say.
I'm gonna make you say it.
There's a question from the jury.
We're going back in.
The jury have asked to see a photograph of the view from the window of the clifftop hut.
We will get copies to you straight away.
And the second question is to clarify to clarify whether Mark Latimer was ever questioned by the police as a suspect.
Yes, he was.
He was arrested for obstruction and spoken to in connection with Danny's death.
- If they're asking those questions - It doesn't necessarily mean anything.
Of course it does.
They're going with the defence.
They're sitting in there saying that I might be the killer.
- Oliver, what you doing? - I'm mocking up two - No, not now.
Not now! - What are you doing? - All right, Mags.
- Hi, Nige.
- Any news? - No, nothing.
Nothing yet.
Oh! - Got anything juicy coming up next? - Er Armed robberies, Bristol.
- Nice.
- You? - Sexual assault, Southwark.
- Ah.
So, what do you think? The verdict? I think it could go either way.
What do you reckon? - We've won.
- Ha! Seriously.
I mean, Jocelyn, she's great.
Butshe's past it.
Abby.
- I wanted to say - Hm? I think you're a trulyhorrible person.
The jury are coming back in.
Madam foreperson, please answer my first question yes or no.
Have you reached a verdict on this defendant upon which you are all agreed? No.
I can't do this.
I would urge you to continue trying to reach a unanimous verdict, but I am prepared to accept a verdict upon which at least ten of you are agreed.
Would you please now go with the jury bailiff.
Thank you.
I keep thinking about that last Sunday we were all together.
Before you went to Florida.
You came to ours for a barbecue, and the boys all went out playing football till it got dark.
Way after it got dark.
I remember Tom came into your kitchen to get torches, so they could carry on playing.
I can still see them all now, when I shut my eyes.
The sun's setting, and I can see them all playing.
Danny and Mark, Torn and Nige and Joe.
Even the memories are spoiled.
There was just this moment, where Dan spotted me looking out.
And he ran over, in his yellow shirt.
He ran to the window, all pink and sweaty from running round.
And he pulled a face at the window and it made me laugh.
I pulled one back.
My little boy pulling faces at me.
I'm thinking of leaving Mark.
It's not working.
Even when this is over, it won't fix us.
We're not the same people any more.
Be careful, though, Beth.
You think you're alone in that marriage - you're not.
It's nothing compared to being really alone.
It's over, isn't it, between us? I think it might be.
How does it work, though? Us without each other.
Do you trust me to keep your secrets? As much as you trust me to keep yours.
What will you do? - Go back to France, I suppose.
- What's so great about France? Nobody knows me.
Almost nobody.
You shouldn't have hit me.
- You're lucky I stopped there.
- What did you say? It's a joke.
Thank God you never became a father.
- Where will you go? - You're so stupid.
- Have we played that yet? - We should.
Thank you.
- What are you doing here? - You want the bloody pendant? Have it.
No.
You took this? You had this all along? There's a verdict.
The jury are coming back in.
Aye.
No, no, no.
You're not leaving my sight.
Come on.
Could we have the jury back in, please? - What do you think? - Sssh.
Madam foreperson, please answer my first question yes or no.
Have you reached a verdict on this defendant? Yes.
Is this the verdict of you all or as a majority? A majority.
Would the defendant please stand? Do you find the defendant, Joseph Michael Miller, guilty or not guilty? And if you take my hand Please pull me from the dark And show me hope again We'll run side by side No secrets left to hide Sheltered from the pain