Waking the Dead (2000) s03e01 Episode Script
Multi Storey: Part 1
Go away, it's mine.
It's mine, leave it.
It's my turn.
Whitewater massacre? That was what, five years ago? Seven.
December 7th 1996.
Did you get any fingerprints? Just the kids who found it.
What, they handed it in? What've we got? Police issue Glock pistol.
It certainly is, Mel.
Registered to Sgt Nick Patterson of the Tactical Firearms Unit.
He was killed in the massacre.
Ballistics suggested Mackenzie used Patterson's gun to kill his last two victims.
13-year-old Debbie Thomas and Nick Patterson himself.
Someone tell me what this is doing here? It was found in a railway siding That's why it's here? Someone buried the murder weapon in a dump.
So they want us to re-open the case.
So this is grounds to re-open the case? Yeah, maybe.
OK, send it back.
What? Put it in a box and send it back.
But Mackenzie always maintained his innocence.
Yeah, set up by the real gunman but there's no trace of him.
They never found Patterson's gun, but they found the gun Mackenzie used to kill the first 12 victims.
You're well informed.
Is there something we should know? Not at the moment.
For the last time - listening? Send it back.
Do you want to talk? No, not really.
I'm out for a couple of hours.
OK.
Make sure that gun's not here when I get back, all right? Morning, sir.
Hi.
Thank you.
Detective Superintendent Boyd.
Yep, over here.
I'm Andrew Cross.
Andrew? You were working with Nick Patterson the day that Yeah.
Yeah, I remember.
I'm sorry.
I'm an instructor here now.
Right.
You want Robert, my father.
Yeah.
He's on the range.
Thank you.
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Detective Superintendent Boyd.
Peter Boyd.
I'm Robert Cross.
I run this dump.
Beth Downing, my number two.
Beth.
Hi.
I I know you.
Yeah, we met at Nick Patterson's funeral.
I remember you.
You and Nick were at college together? Yeah, we were.
Wegraduated together.
I'd like a word with you, please, if that's possible.
Yeah, sure.
The office.
Sure.
Thank you.
This is about Nick's gun, right? Yeah.
Any idea who might've moved it from the scene? None.
But you must've given it some thought.
Of course.
Before we cornered Mackenzie, he could've thrown the gun into the street.
Maybe someone picked it up.
You don't really believe that, do you? Stranger things have happened.
If you've any better ideas, I'm all ears.
How much do you know about the original investigation? Carried out by DCI Nesbit and good enough to convince the jury.
It wasn't thorough - no ID parade or DNA evidence, no restrictions on the Press who put Mackenzie's face in the papers.
No restrictions because you caught him red-handed? Plus Nesbit didn't want the survivors to suffer more.
Which I can understand.
My point being, the case doesn't bear scrutiny.
So if you want Nick's killer to stay in jail, I'd look away now.
I hadn't decided to re-open the case.
What are you doing here? Nick Patterson was a friend of mine.
Oh, yeah, of course.
You know, he told me once I was the father he never had and you were the elder brother.
I won't ask what he said behind my back.
I wouldn't tell you.
You know what the real mystery is? How Mackenzie got Nick's gun off him in the first place? Exactly.
Dad.
You need to see this.
'Like Hungerford and Dunblane, the name Whitewater will live long in public memory.
'Sgt Nick Patterson was among 14 murdered in the Whitewater massacre seven years ago.
'The disappearance of his gun was one of many unanswered questions about that tragic day.
'Ballistic evidence suggested he was murdered with his own gun - a police issue Glock.
'But the gun itself was never found.
'Yesterday, two boys aged 10 and 11 discovered the pistol 'at Normanhurst Sidings, 'Lawyers for Carl Mackenzie say that yesterday's discovery 'throws into question the safety of his conviction.
' Peter! Hello, Sally.
Can I come in? Thank you.
What does it mean? Probably nothing.
Someone just probably picked the gun up, but then didn't want it in the house.
That's Robert's story.
I'm borrowing it.
You don't believe it any more than he does.
Do you think there's any possibility Mackenzie's innocent? Idon't think there is, personally, no.
At first, I almost felt sorry for him.
That didn't last lost long.
I hate him more than ever now.
I curse the day his mother gave birth to him.
That sounds awful.
It sounds fair enough to me.
Sally, after Nick died, you never returned my calls.
No.
Why didn't you? I'm sorry.
That doesn't answer my question, though, does it? When I first met Nick, you were always together.
I suppose you remind me of him too much.
That's the reason? Yes.
That's the only reason? Isn't that enough? Yeah, I suppose it is.
Thanks for coming, Peter.
You're a good friend even if I'm not.
Boyd.
Stephen Markland, Carl Mackenzie's lawyer, to see you.
OK.
Mr Markland, what do you want? My client has applied for leave to appeal.
Against his sentence or his conviction? His conviction.
You came to tell me that? No, but whatever evidence you uncover in your investigation What investigation? .
.
relating to my client's guilt or innocence you are bound to share with me.
No, I share it with the CPS, then they decide.
That's false modesty.
Wait till there's an appeal before wasting my time.
We'll be heard promptly, given the new evidence.
We're not here to give you a hard time.
That's very kind of you.
Who are you? Fiona Mackenzie.
Carl's sister.
We just want justice for my brother.
He never owned or even fired a gun in his life.
He couldn't have killed all those people.
It's impossible! Fiona I just want the truth.
Is that what you want? Of course.
Even if it means my brother going free? Mm-hm.
Excuse me.
You really should have left that to me.
Frankie? Uh-huh.
Did you send the gun back? No.
Good.
Why didn't you send it back? Because I knew you didn't mean it.
Good.
This is where Mackenzie was born and where the Whitewater massacre began.
It was midday, December 7th '96, when Mackenzie pulled up in a VW camper and went into the house.
How long has this place been empty? About seven months.
Talk me through it, Spence.
Right.
Shut the door.
Carl entered this room here, where his father, Brian, and his mother, Linda, were watching TV.
TV is? Was? There.
OK.
After arguing, he shot them with a Heckler and Koch MP5 carbine.
Bodies? They were here.
How do we know about the argument? Fiona.
His sister Fiona was upstairs in her bedroom.
She said the male voice wasn't her brother's.
The jury didn't believe her.
So she didn't see anything.
The MP5's a really serious gun.
Where did he get it? Good question.
Don't know the answer.
Isn't it in the file? The original investigation wasn't comprehensive.
Why not? Because they caught Carl Mackenzie at the scene and got complacent.
OK, at about 12.
30, Carl Mackenzie arrives here on this floor.
Where exactly? Here.
Sixth bay on the west side.
He leaves the VW and goes to Martin and Emma Corgan in a Range Rover.
Where was it parked? Bay 2, west ramp, here.
He reaches the bonnet of the Range Rover, fires through the windscreen at the Corgans.
Then what? Emma Corgan dies.
Not straight away.
Martin Corgan played dead with his wife lying next to him who took 30 minutes to die.
He's the principal witness against Mackenzie.
Why didn't Corgan drive off? He was in the passenger seat.
All right.
So, then Mackenzie positioned himself over here, between his van and the wall where he opened fire on the shoppers in the street below.
In 30 minutes, he killed 9 people, including William and Nick Glass, killed by the same bullet.
ECHOING SHOTS RING OUT Sally.
Hello, my darling.
Hi, Sally.
Hi, Andrew.
Are you all right? Tea or something? No, I'm fine.
Hello, everyone.
I'm Dave Saunders.
Welcome to this unofficial meeting of the Whitewater Survivors Group.
As I'm sure you're aware, Carl Mackenzie has again applied to appeal against his conviction.
This time, he has a greater chance of success.
That doesn't mean he'll win his appeal, but he'll be heard.
At 1.
05, the Tactical Firearms Unit arrived, moving up stairwells, clearing each floor as they went.
This is where Nick Patterson and Debbie Thomas were found.
They'd both been shot - not with the MP5 like the others - but with Nick Patterson's Glock pistol.
Where was his partner, PC Andrew Cross? He was upstairs and didn't come down until it was all over.
Maybe Mackenzie surprised him.
Nick wasn't here to go shopping.
This is what he lived for.
What if Mackenzie had Debbie at gunpoint? He'd never surrender his gun.
He'd back off and keep the area secure.
What if he was gonna shoot her? We joined the force and trained together.
We were good friends.
D'you think Mackenzie's guilty? Doesn't matter what I think.
It does.
You lost a friend.
Yeah.
Should Mackenzie stay in jail? If we do our job properly, Mackenzie will get what he deserves.
While I know it's only right that we do all we can to keep Carl Mackenzie locked up, we should try to forgive him.
Ah, no! I can't hear that.
Sorry, Dave.
I can't hear that.
Sit down, Martin.
We're in this together.
We're what? You heard.
You lost your colleague.
I lost my wife.
You just did your job.
You shouldn't even be here.
Come here.
Come here! Nick Patterson was like a son to me, but that's not the point.
We don't compare war wounds.
Do we? If we did, Sue Glass would win hands down.
She lost her whole family.
Carry on, Dave.
Thanks, Robert.
I'm sorry, Martin, but everyone here has suffered some sort of bereavement or injury.
The point is that now we must look forward.
Why did you blank me, Sally? Excuse me.
Don't ever blame me for what happened to Nick.
Why not? You lost him years before Whitewater.
What are you trying to prove, Beth? You think I'm a freak, don't you? Where are my kids, where's my husband? I don't think about you at all.
Mackenzie came to the top floor and was cornered by Robert Cross and Beth Downing of the TFU.
Beth shot him in the hand and shoulder.
The force of the bullet knocked him over the parapet.
At his height, he wouldn't have gone over.
Standing on this bumper rail raises him 18 inches.
Why do that? Get a better shot.
But why did she shoot him? He refused to give up his gun.
He fell 50ft.
He was in a coma for two months, but still survived.
That's not natural.
Well, it happened.
Mackenzie was driving this on the day of the massacre, but there's no registration document or paperwork.
The report says it was stolen but there's no record of it - so how did they know? How did they know? We've got to get to the firearms unit, Frankie.
Guns and bullets, ballistics.
How are your ballistics? Fine, thank you for asking.
We've got to find out exactly what happened in that car park.
Second by second.
OK.
OK? Uh-huh.
This is CCTV footage from a bank in Whitewater High Street.
Why? Sorry.
You ready? Yeah.
Why don't you want to talk to him? I remember him in court.
Oh, yeah? He'll like you more, Mel.
I don't know why I'm here.
We're sorry to have to put you through it all again, Martin.
But? You were the main eyewitness.
That makes you a very important person.
No, it makes me an important witness.
You don't give a shit about me, so don't pretend to.
The original investigation didn't answer some questions.
Don't knock DCI Nesbit.
He was a good guy.
Nobody's knocking anyone.
We just want to understand what happened.
It was Saturday morning.
We'd just done the weekly supermarket shop.
My wife got in the driving seat while I put the shopping in.
And did your wife normally drive? We sort of took it in turns.
I got into the passenger seat and when I looked up, I saw this guy holding a machine gun.
According to your statement on December 8th, you threw yourself across your wife.
I was I was too slow.
But it saved your life.
The other bullet went into your seat.
Yeah.
If I'd just been quicker.
It sounds as if you had little choice.
I heard her groan.
Blood trickled down her nose and she was trying to speak.
You must've been terrified.
Yeah.
You weren't injured at all? No, er In that respect, I was very lucky.
But, for the next half an hour, I lay there while my wife died next to me.
Help me.
It'll be OK.
Help me.
Ssh.
OK.
OK.
Maybe Maybe if I'd tried to move her and drive off He'd have heard the engine, surely? Yeah, he was right in front of me.
You could see him? Well, I was playing dead most of the time.
Sorry, you had your eyes closed? I suppose so.
Then you couldn't have seen Carl Mackenzie? That's enough, Mel.
I didn't say that.
I said most of the time.
Did you or didn't you see Carl Mackenzie? 'Wrap it up, Mel.
' Yes, I did.
You want to know how I can remember? Please, yes.
Cos every time he fired the gun, I thought the bullet was for me.
Wrap it up, Mel.
So I couldn't help open my eyes.
'Wrap it up, Mel.
' OK.
Thank you, Mr Corgan.
Interview terminated, 10.
45.
Boyd? Boyd? Yeah? Did you know that Carl Mackenzie was engaged? To a very rich old lady.
I think I remember, yeah.
Monica Reynolds, heir to Reynolds Mining plc.
How did these two get together? He restored some furniture for her.
He had a taste for gentrification.
At school, he liked to be called Oscar and told them his father was titled.
Anything else? Two years before, he was diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder and dependent personality disorder.
What's the dependent one about? Well, a need for nurturance, overwhelming fear of abandonment, family opinion is critical to them.
Might that explain why he killed his parents? Maybe.
Convenient theory, isn't it? It certainly doesn't explain the massacre.
What about his story of being abducted by the real gunman? Whatever you think of it, it may be good to hear it from him.
We can't make him talk.
He'd only talk about the "real" gunman.
You don't have to be there.
Why wouldn't I want to be there? Cos you're scared how you'll react when you come face to face with Nick's killer.
I don't blame you.
You're clever, aren't you? Just a bit.
OK.
We'll talk to the sister first.
You can do that.
Right.
I'm only here because my brother's lawyer told me to cooperate.
Thanks for coming in, anyway.
How would you describe Carl's relationship with your parents? He loved them and they loved him.
We're not asking if you think he killed them.
Not in so many words.
Look, I've read your statement.
You said the voice downstairs before your parents were shot was a stranger's and I believe you.
Dad thought Carl looked down his nose at him, but he couldn't have been more wrong - he worshipped him.
What did your dad think of Monica? She was a character.
Like Carl? Yeah, they were well suited apart from the age gap.
What about her son - Guy? No.
I didn't like him.
I didn't trust him.
Carl thought Dad was having him followed.
I didn't think anything of it to start with.
Carl always thought people were following him.
Why would your dad have him followed? Exactly.
I said, "Don't be stupid! "If anyone has a reason to check you out, it's Guy.
You're marrying his mum.
" But Carl wouldn't hear it.
He liked Guy, yeah? He loved Guy.
He was everything Carl wanted to be.
When Guy told Carl he was like a brother to him, Carl lapped it up.
But I didn't buy it.
Fiona, are you prepared to talk to us about what happened the morning of the massacre? All right - if it'll help Carl.
I was upstairs in my old bedroom.
You were still living at home? No, I was three-months pregnant.
'My mum said why don't I come home for the weekend and she'd spoil me.
'I had the TV on and I heard the doorbell.
' DOORBELL RINGS 'Then I heard this voice.
A man's voice.
'It wasn't Carl, no way.
'It was a deep voice and he was angry.
' MUFFLED VOICE, THEN GUNSHOTS I was very lucky.
What happened to your baby? I had a miscarriage.
Little girl.
I lost her father, too.
I mean, who wants to be with Carl Mackenzie's sister? Dr Wharton? Hi.
You're not what I expected.
Oh, sorry.
No, it's a pleasant surprise.
I hope I can help.
I'm Andrew Cross.
How do you do? Hi.
I run courses for firearm officers, refresher and beginners.
So you're not an operational team member? No.
They want us to handle firearms and shotgun licensing too, so I'll get home even less.
Have you a family? One day.
You? Not yet.
This is Dr Wharton.
Frankie, please.
Beth Downing.
This gun is similar to the one Mackenzie used at the massacre - a Heckler and Koch MP5.
Similar, but not identical? His was a Turkish import, but it's basically the same gun.
It's a lightweight weapon that can be shouldered or hand fired.
Real name "HK54", but it got the name "MP5" from the West German Border Guard during the Cold War.
I'm sure Dr Wharton didn't come here for a history lesson.
No, it's very interesting.
Did you know Carl Mackenzie had no firearms experience whatsoever? You wouldn't need much for this.
OK.
Your gun is ready to fire.
Look down and aim through the sight.
Just squeeze off gently, OK? My God, there's no recoil! See? Anyone can do it.
That was good.
How hard would it be to get hold of one of these? Illegally? Well, yeah.
I don't know.
Why? Well, if Carl Mackenzie is guilty Carl Mackenzie is a convicted murderer.
Of course.
He also tried to kill me.
Carry on.
I'm sorry.
What's your question? Haven't you wondered how he got hold of the gun? A Turkish import? It's never crossed my mind.
Well, it's crossed mine.
Without any contacts, it'd be tricky, especially the Turkish model.
I don't OK, Andrew.
What are you trying to unpick here? Nothing.
Nothing at all.
Thank you for showing me around.
I'll show you out.
Thanks.
Boyd? Yes.
I've just seen Andrew Cross.
He said the gun Mackenzie used wasn't just an MP5.
It was an Turkish import.
So? Cross said he couldn't have got hold of it without serious connections.
He had a record for fare dodging Maybe he had serious connections.
Who with? He lived with an old biddy and restored furniture for a living! Carl Mackenzie got hold of a gun.
I don't know where from, who from.
It doesn't matter.
He had a gun.
It's very illuminating.
Thank you.
I've researched indiscriminate killers.
Spree killers? Apart from one factor, Mackenzie doesn't fit.
What's the profile? The limited cases available suggest the killers are single and lonely - which Carl Mackenzie wasn't - and that they're obsessed with guns.
As a sexual compensation thing? No, you'd expect an excessive interest in guns prior to offending.
Mackenzie didn't have a gun, he'd never applied for a licence for You said in one respect he DID fit the profile.
He's a man.
Wellsorry, boys.
OK.
Mel, where is he held? Bridwell High Security Unit.
OK, make some calls.
What are you going to do? Bring him here.
Are YOU going to see him? I thought we could do the interview together.
Together.
OK.
Thank you.
Sit down, please.
Thank you.
Carl Mackenzie.
DSI Boyd.
This is Dr Grace Foley.
Grace.
Hello.
Markland, Stephen Markland.
Hi.
Please Thank you.
So .
.
what do you do to make ends meet, Grace? I'm a forensic psychologist.
Ah.
I did mention that.
Is that a problem? Don't know.
Do you have open minds? Of course.
Do YOU? Yes.
Good.
Because Stephen was absolutely against me doing this interview, but, I, on the other hand, am a firm believer in giving people a chance.
Yeah.
So are we.
Good.
Perhaps we canhelp each other, then.
I'm sure we can.
Carl, I'd like to start by asking you a few questions about events before the massacre.
I believe you were engaged to Monica Reynolds.
How did that relationship start? I worked for her as a handyman, restoring furniture and things.
We fell in love.
People presumed it was because of Monica's wealth, but it wasn't.
By people, you mean Monica's son? No.
I got on very well with Guy.
He didn't mind you marrying his mother? No.
Not at all.
He threw a sublime engagement party for us.
Did your parents go? No, my sister went.
Why didn't they go? My father couldn't see why I wanted to marry Monica.
Did that annoy you? You mean, did it make me want to go and blow his brains out? No, Detective Boyd.
In fact, it made me It made me terribly sad.
Because you were happy and you wanted him to share it? I should've expected it, really.
You see, my father was a builder.
I loved him to bits and pieces, but it was stamped on his soul.
It's funny, because he thought there'd been a frightful hospital mix-up and I was the son of a Duke.
You see, that's why I'm here.
You see, I'm I'm different.
That's why you're here? That's why I was chosen.
Before everyone panics, not by the Devil or God or anything, but .
.
I was chosen by someone.
Please, don't stop now.
Detective Boyd, were you personally involved in the massacre? No.
Do you know someone who was? Yes.
Yes, I do.
Let me guess Oh, yes - the policeman, Nick Patterson, the one who was found killed inside the stairwell? Well, you have my sympathy.
I said, you have my sympathy.
Right, Stephen, this is a complete waste of time.
That's our decision.
I have an open mind.
I wouldn't be here if I think you just want the inside story on my appeal.
If your story's true, you have nothing to hide.
My client has made his feelings clear.
Let's Sit down.
If the person who killed my friend is walking free, I'd like to meet him.
You and I can help each other.
Yes, fair enough.
Right, well it started as I took my dog, Fred, to Whitewater Common, like I normally do each morning, for a walk.
That day was no different.
I was crossing the car park, when I noticed the camper van to my left.
Why did you notice it? It looked scruffy.
It was an interesting shade of blue out of place.
There's this wooded area beyond the car park and Fred used to run down there every time I let him off the lead.
GUNSHOT 'I heard a shot.
' FRED! 'I called for him for a moment and then I went down there.
' You ran towards the shot? .
.
Yes.
You weren't scared? I loved my dog.
Oh.
FRED! Fred! 'I became aware of someone standing behind me.
'I looked up and there was a man.
' What did this man look like? Well, he looked a little like that.
He, um, smiled and then, um .
.
blackout.
Nothing.
He must've hit me with the butt of his gun.
When I came to, I was in the camper van and I heard this loud explosion right besideright by my ear.
I opened the door and realised it was gunfire.
People shouting, yelling, screaming, "Put your hands up!" But pretty little Beth Downing shot me anyway.
That's why I had defensive wounds on my hand and shoulder.
I must have blacked out, because the next thing I realised was that I was in a hospital bed surrounded by armed officers and everybody was treating me like the devil.
This is the man Mackenzie claims abducted him.
All he needs is a scar and a So you don't believe it? It's not a question of what I believe.
We test the story to destruction.
Find who shot his dog.
Where is it? Nesbit supervised a day-long search on February 14th.
They found nothing.
You sure about that? Yeah.
Why? February 14th, Nesbit was conducting his interview with Martin Corgan.
Well, get Nesbit in.
I called him about the camper van.
He's on holiday in France till the weekend.
I hope he's having a lovely time(!) What about the van? According to Nesbit's file, it was stolen from a dealership in Essex.
Check it out! Don't believe Nesbit! Come on, man! Move! Hang on a minute.
This was mentioned in Carl Mackenzie's statement.
Look, it's the motorbike.
Look at this.
OK DC Silver, Dr Grace Foley.
We'd like to see Monica Reynolds.
I'm sorry, she's out.
Are you Guy? Yes.
Can we speak to you? It's important.
Well, I am in the middle of lunch, but why not? Come in.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Do, please, sit down.
This is Janice.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too, Janice.
This is about Mackenzie, isn't it? Yes.
Sorry about this, darling.
Do you want me to go? No, no, it won't take long.
Right.
OK.
Does your mother ever visit Carl Mackenzie in prison? You must be joking.
No, I'm not.
On top of the human tragedy, he almost destroyed our family name.
Almost destroyed Reynolds Mining(?) A small consideration in the scheme of things, I know, but yes, he did.
Wine? No.
Thank you.
No, thanks.
The dog was shot just like he said.
So he killed his dog before graduating to people.
I also found this.
There's a lot of blood on it and it's not the dog.
Whose is it, Mackenzie's? I'm checking, but it could be unrelated.
How long will it take? As long as it takes.
That's a good answer.
If they had married, would Carl have had control of Reynolds Mining? No.
Could your mother have bestowed one on him? Technically, I suppose.
The thought never occurred to me and I'm sure it never did to Carl.
He was happy mending furniture and walking his dog! Not that happy.
Is there anything else? I'd like to finish my lunch.
One other thing.
After he moved in, did he ever have friends to the house? No.
No, never.
No.
Why do you ask that? Did he ever go out to meet peoplefriends? No.
To be honest, I don't think he really had any friends.
When we had the engagement party, I said to invite his friends, but he only asked his sister.
Is that you, Guy? Who's there? I thought you were resting, Mummy.
- Who are you? - Police officers, Mrs Reynolds.
Oh.
I've talked to them.
Why not? We would like to talk to you, Mrs Reynolds.
Is it about Carl? Yes, it is.
If you're too tired, Mummy, they'll understand.
I think perhaps I am.
I'm sorry.
Perhaps we could talk tomorrow? Yes, if that's all right with Guy.
Goodbye.
I think Fiona Mackenzie's right.
Guy Reynolds spends too much energy playing the decent, put-upon son.
You didn't like him? I think he's a liar.
He's in mining.
What do you expect? "Test the story to destruction.
" We're doing it.
What's he lying about? Suppose he wasn't happy about the marriage and just let on he was and the party was part of that pretence.
You didn't answer.
There's only one reason he'd do that.
Guy made sure he never made it up the aisle, or paid someone to.
Oh! That's an extreme way of getting a wedding cancelled! So how did Mackenzie get the gun? How does a friendless furniture restorer get a Turkish machine gun? Guy Reynolds had the motive and the means.
It's something we've got to examine.
OK.
Let's examine it, shall we, ladies? Would you like to sit down, Mel? Why set Carl up? Why not just kill him? Why kill 14 people and leave the person you want eliminated alive? Boyd.
This is Andrew Cross.
Yes, we've met.
Andrew noticed something interesting about Martin Corgan's Range Rover.
It's probably nothing.
I better go.
You might as well tell us what it is.
Martin Corgan said he threw himself across his wife, right? Right Look at the bullet holes.
If he had been there, he couldn't have survived.
The hole is too low.
Even if he had leaned across to save his wife, no matter how low he went, he would still have sustained an injury from that bullet.
He lied about being there? It's tough to prove without the vehicle, but you should interview him again.
Where is the vehicle? It was written-off in an accident a couple of years later.
Thank you.
Yeah.
OK.
Andrew, thanks a lot.
If there's anything else you need - work orotherwise, you've got my mobile.
Work or otherwise? Shut up.
I've got to check a few things out, Frankie, so I would appreciate it if you could keep these to yourselffor a couple of days.
OK.
Thank you.
I checked on the camper van.
It was traded in at Palace Cars in Essex two months before the massacre.
Nesbit must've checked that.
It's not in the file.
What's Nesbit doing these days? He retired last year.
Thank God for that.
Thanks for coming.
No problem.
You were right about the investigation.
It's unravelling on you? Minute by minute.
I feared that.
At least you have a chance to make things right.
There's some things I'd like to nail down and it'd be useful to hear your account of what happened.
I've seen worse things in Northern Ireland when I was 18.
I'll talk about it till people go blue.
OK.
Mel, any chance of a cup of tea? It's a big car park, hard to secure.
Lots of ups and downs - ramps, stairwells, lifts.
You worked in pairs? Yes.
I was with Beth Downing.
And Nick was with? Andrew, my son.
He's no longer an active member of the unit? No, he isn't.
Not since Whitewater.
Sorry.
He told me all about that.
Mm-hm.
They gotseparated, Andrew and Nick.
They were in the back stairwell and they found Debbie Thomas hiding by the lifts on the fourth floor.
All clear.
Keep going All clear Keep going, keep going.
Sarge! Wait Keep going, keep going I don't want to go! All clear.
They wanted to get her out, but she was too scared to move.
So Nick stayed with her while Andrew went up top.
Before he got there, he heard shots.
We all did.
All clear.
No target, Sarge.
Can't see him.
TWO GUNSHOTS ECHO MAN DOWN! MAN DOWN! You cornered Mackenzie on the top floor, didn't you? That's right.
Yeah, I will.
I will.
Have you thought about Mackenzie's story that he was set up by the real gunman? No.
No, I haven't.
When we got to the top floor, the first thing we saw was the Corgans.
Then we saw the camper van.
We were very exposed.
Go.
GUNSHOT I was feeling very relaxedreally, but the thought in my mind was that I was going to die and there was nothing that I could do to stop it.
Then suddenly, he was there.
Armed police! Put your weapon down! Beth shot him in the shoulder.
Over he went.
But the bullet went through Mackenzie's palm, didn't it? So? How could he have been holding the gun? Well, MP5s aren't very heavy.
He must've been using it one-handed.
But you don't rememberexactly? Uh You know, to be honest, it all happened very fast.
I know.
I understand.
I understand that.
Well, uh, thanks.
I'm sorry you didn't get any tea, but you know how things are.
Yeah.
There's one more question Do you remember which seat Martin Corgan sat in, in the Range Rover? Yes, it was the passenger seat.
He would've driven off otherwise, wouldn't he? Yeah I suppose he would.
Sorry, mate, just closing up.
If you're serious, I'll stay open.
I am serious, but I'm not after a car.
DS Jordan, Cold Case Squad.
I'm trying to tracethis vehicle.
The previous owner, a Donald Christie, said you exchanged it for a Fiesta in November 1996.
So? What happened to it then? It was nicked off the lot.
It happens.
You've got a very good memory.
Look, I know what this is about.
That was the van that was found at Whitewater.
I've been there before.
Sorryyou've been questioned about this before? Yep.
By who? Your colleague, DCI Nesbit.
Nesbit? Yeah, so why don't you just compare notes with him and let me get on, eh? DCI Nesbit is retired now.
Not my problem.
Carl Mackenzie is appealing against his convicion - 14 counts of murder, including two children.
What's it got to do with me?! That's what I'm trying to find out.
This business is all I've got.
What makes you say that? Is he going to get off? Why did you say, "This is all I've got"? I didn't threaten your business.
Ah, forget it.
Tell me about the camper van.
I sold it the day before the massacre.
To who? To who?! It wasn't Carl Mackenzie.
He was rougher.
He paid with cash - new 50s.
His name? Can't remember.
It wasn't his real name.
How do you know? Nesbit told me.
I told him this, but he said if anyone asked to say the van was nicked off the lot.
What was in it for you? I'd been a bit lax with vehicle registration documents.
Nesbit used it against you? Christ.
Is this who you sold the van to? You were lying.
I was lucky.
You weren't there! What?! You didn't protect your wife! Yes, I did! You weren't even in the car! Tell me the truth or I'll arrest you for perverting the course of justice! We were leaving the supermarket I was pushing the trolley.
When we got to the car, my wife got in the driving seat and I put the shopping in the back.
Just as I shut the boot TWO GUNSHOTS Help me.
ANOTHER SHOT Help me.
"Help me".
That's what she said.
"Help me".
She was crying for me and I just couldn't move.
What did you see? MORE GUNSHOTS It could have been anyone.
That's the truth.
Why did you lie? Because I knew it was him.
After his picture was all over the papers the next day?! You didn't even see him! I! You lied for your wife, didn't you?! Didn't you?! DIDN'T YOU?! Didn't you? Yes.
What will you do? Will he be released because of me? What? What will you do? Nothing for now.
Thank you.
Just go.
Just get out of here.
See him out of the building, will you, please? PHONE RINGS PHONE KEEPS RINGING BEEPING RINGING TONE DISTANT PHONE RINGS
It's mine, leave it.
It's my turn.
Whitewater massacre? That was what, five years ago? Seven.
December 7th 1996.
Did you get any fingerprints? Just the kids who found it.
What, they handed it in? What've we got? Police issue Glock pistol.
It certainly is, Mel.
Registered to Sgt Nick Patterson of the Tactical Firearms Unit.
He was killed in the massacre.
Ballistics suggested Mackenzie used Patterson's gun to kill his last two victims.
13-year-old Debbie Thomas and Nick Patterson himself.
Someone tell me what this is doing here? It was found in a railway siding That's why it's here? Someone buried the murder weapon in a dump.
So they want us to re-open the case.
So this is grounds to re-open the case? Yeah, maybe.
OK, send it back.
What? Put it in a box and send it back.
But Mackenzie always maintained his innocence.
Yeah, set up by the real gunman but there's no trace of him.
They never found Patterson's gun, but they found the gun Mackenzie used to kill the first 12 victims.
You're well informed.
Is there something we should know? Not at the moment.
For the last time - listening? Send it back.
Do you want to talk? No, not really.
I'm out for a couple of hours.
OK.
Make sure that gun's not here when I get back, all right? Morning, sir.
Hi.
Thank you.
Detective Superintendent Boyd.
Yep, over here.
I'm Andrew Cross.
Andrew? You were working with Nick Patterson the day that Yeah.
Yeah, I remember.
I'm sorry.
I'm an instructor here now.
Right.
You want Robert, my father.
Yeah.
He's on the range.
Thank you.
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Clear.
Detective Superintendent Boyd.
Peter Boyd.
I'm Robert Cross.
I run this dump.
Beth Downing, my number two.
Beth.
Hi.
I I know you.
Yeah, we met at Nick Patterson's funeral.
I remember you.
You and Nick were at college together? Yeah, we were.
Wegraduated together.
I'd like a word with you, please, if that's possible.
Yeah, sure.
The office.
Sure.
Thank you.
This is about Nick's gun, right? Yeah.
Any idea who might've moved it from the scene? None.
But you must've given it some thought.
Of course.
Before we cornered Mackenzie, he could've thrown the gun into the street.
Maybe someone picked it up.
You don't really believe that, do you? Stranger things have happened.
If you've any better ideas, I'm all ears.
How much do you know about the original investigation? Carried out by DCI Nesbit and good enough to convince the jury.
It wasn't thorough - no ID parade or DNA evidence, no restrictions on the Press who put Mackenzie's face in the papers.
No restrictions because you caught him red-handed? Plus Nesbit didn't want the survivors to suffer more.
Which I can understand.
My point being, the case doesn't bear scrutiny.
So if you want Nick's killer to stay in jail, I'd look away now.
I hadn't decided to re-open the case.
What are you doing here? Nick Patterson was a friend of mine.
Oh, yeah, of course.
You know, he told me once I was the father he never had and you were the elder brother.
I won't ask what he said behind my back.
I wouldn't tell you.
You know what the real mystery is? How Mackenzie got Nick's gun off him in the first place? Exactly.
Dad.
You need to see this.
'Like Hungerford and Dunblane, the name Whitewater will live long in public memory.
'Sgt Nick Patterson was among 14 murdered in the Whitewater massacre seven years ago.
'The disappearance of his gun was one of many unanswered questions about that tragic day.
'Ballistic evidence suggested he was murdered with his own gun - a police issue Glock.
'But the gun itself was never found.
'Yesterday, two boys aged 10 and 11 discovered the pistol 'at Normanhurst Sidings, 'Lawyers for Carl Mackenzie say that yesterday's discovery 'throws into question the safety of his conviction.
' Peter! Hello, Sally.
Can I come in? Thank you.
What does it mean? Probably nothing.
Someone just probably picked the gun up, but then didn't want it in the house.
That's Robert's story.
I'm borrowing it.
You don't believe it any more than he does.
Do you think there's any possibility Mackenzie's innocent? Idon't think there is, personally, no.
At first, I almost felt sorry for him.
That didn't last lost long.
I hate him more than ever now.
I curse the day his mother gave birth to him.
That sounds awful.
It sounds fair enough to me.
Sally, after Nick died, you never returned my calls.
No.
Why didn't you? I'm sorry.
That doesn't answer my question, though, does it? When I first met Nick, you were always together.
I suppose you remind me of him too much.
That's the reason? Yes.
That's the only reason? Isn't that enough? Yeah, I suppose it is.
Thanks for coming, Peter.
You're a good friend even if I'm not.
Boyd.
Stephen Markland, Carl Mackenzie's lawyer, to see you.
OK.
Mr Markland, what do you want? My client has applied for leave to appeal.
Against his sentence or his conviction? His conviction.
You came to tell me that? No, but whatever evidence you uncover in your investigation What investigation? .
.
relating to my client's guilt or innocence you are bound to share with me.
No, I share it with the CPS, then they decide.
That's false modesty.
Wait till there's an appeal before wasting my time.
We'll be heard promptly, given the new evidence.
We're not here to give you a hard time.
That's very kind of you.
Who are you? Fiona Mackenzie.
Carl's sister.
We just want justice for my brother.
He never owned or even fired a gun in his life.
He couldn't have killed all those people.
It's impossible! Fiona I just want the truth.
Is that what you want? Of course.
Even if it means my brother going free? Mm-hm.
Excuse me.
You really should have left that to me.
Frankie? Uh-huh.
Did you send the gun back? No.
Good.
Why didn't you send it back? Because I knew you didn't mean it.
Good.
This is where Mackenzie was born and where the Whitewater massacre began.
It was midday, December 7th '96, when Mackenzie pulled up in a VW camper and went into the house.
How long has this place been empty? About seven months.
Talk me through it, Spence.
Right.
Shut the door.
Carl entered this room here, where his father, Brian, and his mother, Linda, were watching TV.
TV is? Was? There.
OK.
After arguing, he shot them with a Heckler and Koch MP5 carbine.
Bodies? They were here.
How do we know about the argument? Fiona.
His sister Fiona was upstairs in her bedroom.
She said the male voice wasn't her brother's.
The jury didn't believe her.
So she didn't see anything.
The MP5's a really serious gun.
Where did he get it? Good question.
Don't know the answer.
Isn't it in the file? The original investigation wasn't comprehensive.
Why not? Because they caught Carl Mackenzie at the scene and got complacent.
OK, at about 12.
30, Carl Mackenzie arrives here on this floor.
Where exactly? Here.
Sixth bay on the west side.
He leaves the VW and goes to Martin and Emma Corgan in a Range Rover.
Where was it parked? Bay 2, west ramp, here.
He reaches the bonnet of the Range Rover, fires through the windscreen at the Corgans.
Then what? Emma Corgan dies.
Not straight away.
Martin Corgan played dead with his wife lying next to him who took 30 minutes to die.
He's the principal witness against Mackenzie.
Why didn't Corgan drive off? He was in the passenger seat.
All right.
So, then Mackenzie positioned himself over here, between his van and the wall where he opened fire on the shoppers in the street below.
In 30 minutes, he killed 9 people, including William and Nick Glass, killed by the same bullet.
ECHOING SHOTS RING OUT Sally.
Hello, my darling.
Hi, Sally.
Hi, Andrew.
Are you all right? Tea or something? No, I'm fine.
Hello, everyone.
I'm Dave Saunders.
Welcome to this unofficial meeting of the Whitewater Survivors Group.
As I'm sure you're aware, Carl Mackenzie has again applied to appeal against his conviction.
This time, he has a greater chance of success.
That doesn't mean he'll win his appeal, but he'll be heard.
At 1.
05, the Tactical Firearms Unit arrived, moving up stairwells, clearing each floor as they went.
This is where Nick Patterson and Debbie Thomas were found.
They'd both been shot - not with the MP5 like the others - but with Nick Patterson's Glock pistol.
Where was his partner, PC Andrew Cross? He was upstairs and didn't come down until it was all over.
Maybe Mackenzie surprised him.
Nick wasn't here to go shopping.
This is what he lived for.
What if Mackenzie had Debbie at gunpoint? He'd never surrender his gun.
He'd back off and keep the area secure.
What if he was gonna shoot her? We joined the force and trained together.
We were good friends.
D'you think Mackenzie's guilty? Doesn't matter what I think.
It does.
You lost a friend.
Yeah.
Should Mackenzie stay in jail? If we do our job properly, Mackenzie will get what he deserves.
While I know it's only right that we do all we can to keep Carl Mackenzie locked up, we should try to forgive him.
Ah, no! I can't hear that.
Sorry, Dave.
I can't hear that.
Sit down, Martin.
We're in this together.
We're what? You heard.
You lost your colleague.
I lost my wife.
You just did your job.
You shouldn't even be here.
Come here.
Come here! Nick Patterson was like a son to me, but that's not the point.
We don't compare war wounds.
Do we? If we did, Sue Glass would win hands down.
She lost her whole family.
Carry on, Dave.
Thanks, Robert.
I'm sorry, Martin, but everyone here has suffered some sort of bereavement or injury.
The point is that now we must look forward.
Why did you blank me, Sally? Excuse me.
Don't ever blame me for what happened to Nick.
Why not? You lost him years before Whitewater.
What are you trying to prove, Beth? You think I'm a freak, don't you? Where are my kids, where's my husband? I don't think about you at all.
Mackenzie came to the top floor and was cornered by Robert Cross and Beth Downing of the TFU.
Beth shot him in the hand and shoulder.
The force of the bullet knocked him over the parapet.
At his height, he wouldn't have gone over.
Standing on this bumper rail raises him 18 inches.
Why do that? Get a better shot.
But why did she shoot him? He refused to give up his gun.
He fell 50ft.
He was in a coma for two months, but still survived.
That's not natural.
Well, it happened.
Mackenzie was driving this on the day of the massacre, but there's no registration document or paperwork.
The report says it was stolen but there's no record of it - so how did they know? How did they know? We've got to get to the firearms unit, Frankie.
Guns and bullets, ballistics.
How are your ballistics? Fine, thank you for asking.
We've got to find out exactly what happened in that car park.
Second by second.
OK.
OK? Uh-huh.
This is CCTV footage from a bank in Whitewater High Street.
Why? Sorry.
You ready? Yeah.
Why don't you want to talk to him? I remember him in court.
Oh, yeah? He'll like you more, Mel.
I don't know why I'm here.
We're sorry to have to put you through it all again, Martin.
But? You were the main eyewitness.
That makes you a very important person.
No, it makes me an important witness.
You don't give a shit about me, so don't pretend to.
The original investigation didn't answer some questions.
Don't knock DCI Nesbit.
He was a good guy.
Nobody's knocking anyone.
We just want to understand what happened.
It was Saturday morning.
We'd just done the weekly supermarket shop.
My wife got in the driving seat while I put the shopping in.
And did your wife normally drive? We sort of took it in turns.
I got into the passenger seat and when I looked up, I saw this guy holding a machine gun.
According to your statement on December 8th, you threw yourself across your wife.
I was I was too slow.
But it saved your life.
The other bullet went into your seat.
Yeah.
If I'd just been quicker.
It sounds as if you had little choice.
I heard her groan.
Blood trickled down her nose and she was trying to speak.
You must've been terrified.
Yeah.
You weren't injured at all? No, er In that respect, I was very lucky.
But, for the next half an hour, I lay there while my wife died next to me.
Help me.
It'll be OK.
Help me.
Ssh.
OK.
OK.
Maybe Maybe if I'd tried to move her and drive off He'd have heard the engine, surely? Yeah, he was right in front of me.
You could see him? Well, I was playing dead most of the time.
Sorry, you had your eyes closed? I suppose so.
Then you couldn't have seen Carl Mackenzie? That's enough, Mel.
I didn't say that.
I said most of the time.
Did you or didn't you see Carl Mackenzie? 'Wrap it up, Mel.
' Yes, I did.
You want to know how I can remember? Please, yes.
Cos every time he fired the gun, I thought the bullet was for me.
Wrap it up, Mel.
So I couldn't help open my eyes.
'Wrap it up, Mel.
' OK.
Thank you, Mr Corgan.
Interview terminated, 10.
45.
Boyd? Boyd? Yeah? Did you know that Carl Mackenzie was engaged? To a very rich old lady.
I think I remember, yeah.
Monica Reynolds, heir to Reynolds Mining plc.
How did these two get together? He restored some furniture for her.
He had a taste for gentrification.
At school, he liked to be called Oscar and told them his father was titled.
Anything else? Two years before, he was diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder and dependent personality disorder.
What's the dependent one about? Well, a need for nurturance, overwhelming fear of abandonment, family opinion is critical to them.
Might that explain why he killed his parents? Maybe.
Convenient theory, isn't it? It certainly doesn't explain the massacre.
What about his story of being abducted by the real gunman? Whatever you think of it, it may be good to hear it from him.
We can't make him talk.
He'd only talk about the "real" gunman.
You don't have to be there.
Why wouldn't I want to be there? Cos you're scared how you'll react when you come face to face with Nick's killer.
I don't blame you.
You're clever, aren't you? Just a bit.
OK.
We'll talk to the sister first.
You can do that.
Right.
I'm only here because my brother's lawyer told me to cooperate.
Thanks for coming in, anyway.
How would you describe Carl's relationship with your parents? He loved them and they loved him.
We're not asking if you think he killed them.
Not in so many words.
Look, I've read your statement.
You said the voice downstairs before your parents were shot was a stranger's and I believe you.
Dad thought Carl looked down his nose at him, but he couldn't have been more wrong - he worshipped him.
What did your dad think of Monica? She was a character.
Like Carl? Yeah, they were well suited apart from the age gap.
What about her son - Guy? No.
I didn't like him.
I didn't trust him.
Carl thought Dad was having him followed.
I didn't think anything of it to start with.
Carl always thought people were following him.
Why would your dad have him followed? Exactly.
I said, "Don't be stupid! "If anyone has a reason to check you out, it's Guy.
You're marrying his mum.
" But Carl wouldn't hear it.
He liked Guy, yeah? He loved Guy.
He was everything Carl wanted to be.
When Guy told Carl he was like a brother to him, Carl lapped it up.
But I didn't buy it.
Fiona, are you prepared to talk to us about what happened the morning of the massacre? All right - if it'll help Carl.
I was upstairs in my old bedroom.
You were still living at home? No, I was three-months pregnant.
'My mum said why don't I come home for the weekend and she'd spoil me.
'I had the TV on and I heard the doorbell.
' DOORBELL RINGS 'Then I heard this voice.
A man's voice.
'It wasn't Carl, no way.
'It was a deep voice and he was angry.
' MUFFLED VOICE, THEN GUNSHOTS I was very lucky.
What happened to your baby? I had a miscarriage.
Little girl.
I lost her father, too.
I mean, who wants to be with Carl Mackenzie's sister? Dr Wharton? Hi.
You're not what I expected.
Oh, sorry.
No, it's a pleasant surprise.
I hope I can help.
I'm Andrew Cross.
How do you do? Hi.
I run courses for firearm officers, refresher and beginners.
So you're not an operational team member? No.
They want us to handle firearms and shotgun licensing too, so I'll get home even less.
Have you a family? One day.
You? Not yet.
This is Dr Wharton.
Frankie, please.
Beth Downing.
This gun is similar to the one Mackenzie used at the massacre - a Heckler and Koch MP5.
Similar, but not identical? His was a Turkish import, but it's basically the same gun.
It's a lightweight weapon that can be shouldered or hand fired.
Real name "HK54", but it got the name "MP5" from the West German Border Guard during the Cold War.
I'm sure Dr Wharton didn't come here for a history lesson.
No, it's very interesting.
Did you know Carl Mackenzie had no firearms experience whatsoever? You wouldn't need much for this.
OK.
Your gun is ready to fire.
Look down and aim through the sight.
Just squeeze off gently, OK? My God, there's no recoil! See? Anyone can do it.
That was good.
How hard would it be to get hold of one of these? Illegally? Well, yeah.
I don't know.
Why? Well, if Carl Mackenzie is guilty Carl Mackenzie is a convicted murderer.
Of course.
He also tried to kill me.
Carry on.
I'm sorry.
What's your question? Haven't you wondered how he got hold of the gun? A Turkish import? It's never crossed my mind.
Well, it's crossed mine.
Without any contacts, it'd be tricky, especially the Turkish model.
I don't OK, Andrew.
What are you trying to unpick here? Nothing.
Nothing at all.
Thank you for showing me around.
I'll show you out.
Thanks.
Boyd? Yes.
I've just seen Andrew Cross.
He said the gun Mackenzie used wasn't just an MP5.
It was an Turkish import.
So? Cross said he couldn't have got hold of it without serious connections.
He had a record for fare dodging Maybe he had serious connections.
Who with? He lived with an old biddy and restored furniture for a living! Carl Mackenzie got hold of a gun.
I don't know where from, who from.
It doesn't matter.
He had a gun.
It's very illuminating.
Thank you.
I've researched indiscriminate killers.
Spree killers? Apart from one factor, Mackenzie doesn't fit.
What's the profile? The limited cases available suggest the killers are single and lonely - which Carl Mackenzie wasn't - and that they're obsessed with guns.
As a sexual compensation thing? No, you'd expect an excessive interest in guns prior to offending.
Mackenzie didn't have a gun, he'd never applied for a licence for You said in one respect he DID fit the profile.
He's a man.
Wellsorry, boys.
OK.
Mel, where is he held? Bridwell High Security Unit.
OK, make some calls.
What are you going to do? Bring him here.
Are YOU going to see him? I thought we could do the interview together.
Together.
OK.
Thank you.
Sit down, please.
Thank you.
Carl Mackenzie.
DSI Boyd.
This is Dr Grace Foley.
Grace.
Hello.
Markland, Stephen Markland.
Hi.
Please Thank you.
So .
.
what do you do to make ends meet, Grace? I'm a forensic psychologist.
Ah.
I did mention that.
Is that a problem? Don't know.
Do you have open minds? Of course.
Do YOU? Yes.
Good.
Because Stephen was absolutely against me doing this interview, but, I, on the other hand, am a firm believer in giving people a chance.
Yeah.
So are we.
Good.
Perhaps we canhelp each other, then.
I'm sure we can.
Carl, I'd like to start by asking you a few questions about events before the massacre.
I believe you were engaged to Monica Reynolds.
How did that relationship start? I worked for her as a handyman, restoring furniture and things.
We fell in love.
People presumed it was because of Monica's wealth, but it wasn't.
By people, you mean Monica's son? No.
I got on very well with Guy.
He didn't mind you marrying his mother? No.
Not at all.
He threw a sublime engagement party for us.
Did your parents go? No, my sister went.
Why didn't they go? My father couldn't see why I wanted to marry Monica.
Did that annoy you? You mean, did it make me want to go and blow his brains out? No, Detective Boyd.
In fact, it made me It made me terribly sad.
Because you were happy and you wanted him to share it? I should've expected it, really.
You see, my father was a builder.
I loved him to bits and pieces, but it was stamped on his soul.
It's funny, because he thought there'd been a frightful hospital mix-up and I was the son of a Duke.
You see, that's why I'm here.
You see, I'm I'm different.
That's why you're here? That's why I was chosen.
Before everyone panics, not by the Devil or God or anything, but .
.
I was chosen by someone.
Please, don't stop now.
Detective Boyd, were you personally involved in the massacre? No.
Do you know someone who was? Yes.
Yes, I do.
Let me guess Oh, yes - the policeman, Nick Patterson, the one who was found killed inside the stairwell? Well, you have my sympathy.
I said, you have my sympathy.
Right, Stephen, this is a complete waste of time.
That's our decision.
I have an open mind.
I wouldn't be here if I think you just want the inside story on my appeal.
If your story's true, you have nothing to hide.
My client has made his feelings clear.
Let's Sit down.
If the person who killed my friend is walking free, I'd like to meet him.
You and I can help each other.
Yes, fair enough.
Right, well it started as I took my dog, Fred, to Whitewater Common, like I normally do each morning, for a walk.
That day was no different.
I was crossing the car park, when I noticed the camper van to my left.
Why did you notice it? It looked scruffy.
It was an interesting shade of blue out of place.
There's this wooded area beyond the car park and Fred used to run down there every time I let him off the lead.
GUNSHOT 'I heard a shot.
' FRED! 'I called for him for a moment and then I went down there.
' You ran towards the shot? .
.
Yes.
You weren't scared? I loved my dog.
Oh.
FRED! Fred! 'I became aware of someone standing behind me.
'I looked up and there was a man.
' What did this man look like? Well, he looked a little like that.
He, um, smiled and then, um .
.
blackout.
Nothing.
He must've hit me with the butt of his gun.
When I came to, I was in the camper van and I heard this loud explosion right besideright by my ear.
I opened the door and realised it was gunfire.
People shouting, yelling, screaming, "Put your hands up!" But pretty little Beth Downing shot me anyway.
That's why I had defensive wounds on my hand and shoulder.
I must have blacked out, because the next thing I realised was that I was in a hospital bed surrounded by armed officers and everybody was treating me like the devil.
This is the man Mackenzie claims abducted him.
All he needs is a scar and a So you don't believe it? It's not a question of what I believe.
We test the story to destruction.
Find who shot his dog.
Where is it? Nesbit supervised a day-long search on February 14th.
They found nothing.
You sure about that? Yeah.
Why? February 14th, Nesbit was conducting his interview with Martin Corgan.
Well, get Nesbit in.
I called him about the camper van.
He's on holiday in France till the weekend.
I hope he's having a lovely time(!) What about the van? According to Nesbit's file, it was stolen from a dealership in Essex.
Check it out! Don't believe Nesbit! Come on, man! Move! Hang on a minute.
This was mentioned in Carl Mackenzie's statement.
Look, it's the motorbike.
Look at this.
OK DC Silver, Dr Grace Foley.
We'd like to see Monica Reynolds.
I'm sorry, she's out.
Are you Guy? Yes.
Can we speak to you? It's important.
Well, I am in the middle of lunch, but why not? Come in.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Do, please, sit down.
This is Janice.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too, Janice.
This is about Mackenzie, isn't it? Yes.
Sorry about this, darling.
Do you want me to go? No, no, it won't take long.
Right.
OK.
Does your mother ever visit Carl Mackenzie in prison? You must be joking.
No, I'm not.
On top of the human tragedy, he almost destroyed our family name.
Almost destroyed Reynolds Mining(?) A small consideration in the scheme of things, I know, but yes, he did.
Wine? No.
Thank you.
No, thanks.
The dog was shot just like he said.
So he killed his dog before graduating to people.
I also found this.
There's a lot of blood on it and it's not the dog.
Whose is it, Mackenzie's? I'm checking, but it could be unrelated.
How long will it take? As long as it takes.
That's a good answer.
If they had married, would Carl have had control of Reynolds Mining? No.
Could your mother have bestowed one on him? Technically, I suppose.
The thought never occurred to me and I'm sure it never did to Carl.
He was happy mending furniture and walking his dog! Not that happy.
Is there anything else? I'd like to finish my lunch.
One other thing.
After he moved in, did he ever have friends to the house? No.
No, never.
No.
Why do you ask that? Did he ever go out to meet peoplefriends? No.
To be honest, I don't think he really had any friends.
When we had the engagement party, I said to invite his friends, but he only asked his sister.
Is that you, Guy? Who's there? I thought you were resting, Mummy.
- Who are you? - Police officers, Mrs Reynolds.
Oh.
I've talked to them.
Why not? We would like to talk to you, Mrs Reynolds.
Is it about Carl? Yes, it is.
If you're too tired, Mummy, they'll understand.
I think perhaps I am.
I'm sorry.
Perhaps we could talk tomorrow? Yes, if that's all right with Guy.
Goodbye.
I think Fiona Mackenzie's right.
Guy Reynolds spends too much energy playing the decent, put-upon son.
You didn't like him? I think he's a liar.
He's in mining.
What do you expect? "Test the story to destruction.
" We're doing it.
What's he lying about? Suppose he wasn't happy about the marriage and just let on he was and the party was part of that pretence.
You didn't answer.
There's only one reason he'd do that.
Guy made sure he never made it up the aisle, or paid someone to.
Oh! That's an extreme way of getting a wedding cancelled! So how did Mackenzie get the gun? How does a friendless furniture restorer get a Turkish machine gun? Guy Reynolds had the motive and the means.
It's something we've got to examine.
OK.
Let's examine it, shall we, ladies? Would you like to sit down, Mel? Why set Carl up? Why not just kill him? Why kill 14 people and leave the person you want eliminated alive? Boyd.
This is Andrew Cross.
Yes, we've met.
Andrew noticed something interesting about Martin Corgan's Range Rover.
It's probably nothing.
I better go.
You might as well tell us what it is.
Martin Corgan said he threw himself across his wife, right? Right Look at the bullet holes.
If he had been there, he couldn't have survived.
The hole is too low.
Even if he had leaned across to save his wife, no matter how low he went, he would still have sustained an injury from that bullet.
He lied about being there? It's tough to prove without the vehicle, but you should interview him again.
Where is the vehicle? It was written-off in an accident a couple of years later.
Thank you.
Yeah.
OK.
Andrew, thanks a lot.
If there's anything else you need - work orotherwise, you've got my mobile.
Work or otherwise? Shut up.
I've got to check a few things out, Frankie, so I would appreciate it if you could keep these to yourselffor a couple of days.
OK.
Thank you.
I checked on the camper van.
It was traded in at Palace Cars in Essex two months before the massacre.
Nesbit must've checked that.
It's not in the file.
What's Nesbit doing these days? He retired last year.
Thank God for that.
Thanks for coming.
No problem.
You were right about the investigation.
It's unravelling on you? Minute by minute.
I feared that.
At least you have a chance to make things right.
There's some things I'd like to nail down and it'd be useful to hear your account of what happened.
I've seen worse things in Northern Ireland when I was 18.
I'll talk about it till people go blue.
OK.
Mel, any chance of a cup of tea? It's a big car park, hard to secure.
Lots of ups and downs - ramps, stairwells, lifts.
You worked in pairs? Yes.
I was with Beth Downing.
And Nick was with? Andrew, my son.
He's no longer an active member of the unit? No, he isn't.
Not since Whitewater.
Sorry.
He told me all about that.
Mm-hm.
They gotseparated, Andrew and Nick.
They were in the back stairwell and they found Debbie Thomas hiding by the lifts on the fourth floor.
All clear.
Keep going All clear Keep going, keep going.
Sarge! Wait Keep going, keep going I don't want to go! All clear.
They wanted to get her out, but she was too scared to move.
So Nick stayed with her while Andrew went up top.
Before he got there, he heard shots.
We all did.
All clear.
No target, Sarge.
Can't see him.
TWO GUNSHOTS ECHO MAN DOWN! MAN DOWN! You cornered Mackenzie on the top floor, didn't you? That's right.
Yeah, I will.
I will.
Have you thought about Mackenzie's story that he was set up by the real gunman? No.
No, I haven't.
When we got to the top floor, the first thing we saw was the Corgans.
Then we saw the camper van.
We were very exposed.
Go.
GUNSHOT I was feeling very relaxedreally, but the thought in my mind was that I was going to die and there was nothing that I could do to stop it.
Then suddenly, he was there.
Armed police! Put your weapon down! Beth shot him in the shoulder.
Over he went.
But the bullet went through Mackenzie's palm, didn't it? So? How could he have been holding the gun? Well, MP5s aren't very heavy.
He must've been using it one-handed.
But you don't rememberexactly? Uh You know, to be honest, it all happened very fast.
I know.
I understand.
I understand that.
Well, uh, thanks.
I'm sorry you didn't get any tea, but you know how things are.
Yeah.
There's one more question Do you remember which seat Martin Corgan sat in, in the Range Rover? Yes, it was the passenger seat.
He would've driven off otherwise, wouldn't he? Yeah I suppose he would.
Sorry, mate, just closing up.
If you're serious, I'll stay open.
I am serious, but I'm not after a car.
DS Jordan, Cold Case Squad.
I'm trying to tracethis vehicle.
The previous owner, a Donald Christie, said you exchanged it for a Fiesta in November 1996.
So? What happened to it then? It was nicked off the lot.
It happens.
You've got a very good memory.
Look, I know what this is about.
That was the van that was found at Whitewater.
I've been there before.
Sorryyou've been questioned about this before? Yep.
By who? Your colleague, DCI Nesbit.
Nesbit? Yeah, so why don't you just compare notes with him and let me get on, eh? DCI Nesbit is retired now.
Not my problem.
Carl Mackenzie is appealing against his convicion - 14 counts of murder, including two children.
What's it got to do with me?! That's what I'm trying to find out.
This business is all I've got.
What makes you say that? Is he going to get off? Why did you say, "This is all I've got"? I didn't threaten your business.
Ah, forget it.
Tell me about the camper van.
I sold it the day before the massacre.
To who? To who?! It wasn't Carl Mackenzie.
He was rougher.
He paid with cash - new 50s.
His name? Can't remember.
It wasn't his real name.
How do you know? Nesbit told me.
I told him this, but he said if anyone asked to say the van was nicked off the lot.
What was in it for you? I'd been a bit lax with vehicle registration documents.
Nesbit used it against you? Christ.
Is this who you sold the van to? You were lying.
I was lucky.
You weren't there! What?! You didn't protect your wife! Yes, I did! You weren't even in the car! Tell me the truth or I'll arrest you for perverting the course of justice! We were leaving the supermarket I was pushing the trolley.
When we got to the car, my wife got in the driving seat and I put the shopping in the back.
Just as I shut the boot TWO GUNSHOTS Help me.
ANOTHER SHOT Help me.
"Help me".
That's what she said.
"Help me".
She was crying for me and I just couldn't move.
What did you see? MORE GUNSHOTS It could have been anyone.
That's the truth.
Why did you lie? Because I knew it was him.
After his picture was all over the papers the next day?! You didn't even see him! I! You lied for your wife, didn't you?! Didn't you?! DIDN'T YOU?! Didn't you? Yes.
What will you do? Will he be released because of me? What? What will you do? Nothing for now.
Thank you.
Just go.
Just get out of here.
See him out of the building, will you, please? PHONE RINGS PHONE KEEPS RINGING BEEPING RINGING TONE DISTANT PHONE RINGS