Blue Murder (2003) s05e03 Episode Script

Is there anyone inside, love? It's Ruth.
Low Farm's on fire.
You promised me.
I'm coming over.
I'm coming over now.
Just there, we'll cordon it off.
Oh, look at it.
I haven't been up here for years.
Me and Pete used to come picnicking up here when Michael was little.
You'd better do Butcher's appraisal.
Yeah, I know, I'm on it.
- Janine! - Yeah.
Her name's Ruth Turner.
She's a vet.
It looks like her mobile phone's missing as well.
I found these.
- Petechial haemorrhaging.
- Strangled.
- I knew that.
- I know.
There's no signs of any disturbance, no drag marks.
Killed elsewhere, then dumped here.
No recent tyre tracks.
- Full rigor.
- Dead for several hours, then? - Hey, she's on fire today.
- I am, actually.
I'd say yesterday evening, not later.
We're not going to get any help with CCTV on this one.
Who'd want to live out here? What is the point? Thank you.
Yvonne Clarke? You found the body? - It's Ruth.
- You knew her? She's a friend.
She goes out running most days.
- But not this way.
- How did you come across her? I was running up here.
I noticed carrion crow.
I thought maybe there was a dead sheep.
I tried to turn her over to see if I could do anything.
She was all stiff.
- There were flies on her face.
- Anything else you can tell us? Did she have any family? Her husband, Gavin.
Thank you.
- What's going on? - And you are? Patrick Dunwoody.
That's my land and I want to know what you're doing on it.
We're police and we're investigating a suspicious death.
- Who's died? - We can't say until the family have been told.
Have you seen anyone out there in the last 24 hours? No.
- Anyone else who might have? - It's hard to say.
This is a public footpath.
Though not many use it.
How long are you lot going to be here for, anyway? Hard to say.
DC Skerton will take your details.
Charm on legs.
- We'll check the surgery.
- Kat, have a word with the patients.
Right, guys.
I'm afraid the surgery will be closed today.
You're going to have to take your pets home.
No, no, it's definitely closed.
What? Gavin Turner? I'm DCI Lewis, this is DI Mayne, Greater Manchester Police.
May we come in, please? Yeah.
Would you take a seat, please, Mr Turner? What's going on? I'm afraid we have some very bad news.
I'm sorry to say that your wife, Ruth, is dead.
Ruth was found on Hunters Moor this morning.
I'm sorry to have to ask you this, Mr Turner, but when did you last see your wife? Yesterday, about half five, before I went to work.
- Where do you work? - Salter Brow.
I'm a fire-fighter.
I'm sorry.
And you finished when? At nine.
The shift is six till nine.
Was itwas it an accident? Mr Turner, I'm afraid your wife was the victim of an assault.
Guys, there's no point in waiting.
The surgery's closed today.
- What's happened? Is Ruth in? - I'm afraid I can't say anything.
- Whoa! Hey! Hey! - Rowan, wait! Rowan, no! - Where's Ruth? Where is she? - All right, lad.
Calm down.
Take him outside.
They're saying they found a body.
Will somebody just tell me? Rowan, calm down.
I'm sorry, Ruth's a family friend.
- You didn't even like her! - DC Skerton will talk to you outside, OK? - Let's go.
- I just wanna know the truth.
- Will someone tell me, please? - Who's that? Rowan Heald.
One of Ruth's pet projects.
His mum killed herself.
The lad found her.
Ruth took him in under her wing.
Been a sort of surrogate mother to the lad ever since.
Are you OK? Look, I'm really sorry, Rowan.
Can you tell me when you last saw Ruth? It was It was yesterday.
I helped her out a couple of days a week.
How did it happen? I don't know yet.
- You're Mr? - Heald.
Martin.
Is it all right if I get a few details? - Yeah, course.
- Right, cheers.
Gavin, is there anyone you can think of who might want to harm Ruth? No.
Did anything happen last night? We need your help.
She told me she had some difficult decisions to make.
I asked her if she was seeing someone else.
She said yeah, but she wasn't sure what she was going to do.
I thought she might leave me, but this I never imagined this.
Who was Ruth seeing? Yvonne.
Yvonne Clarke.
You didn't tell us that you and Ruth were having a relationship.
You didn't ask.
Anyway, what does it matter? Well, it matters that you withheld information from us.
How long was it going on? Seven and a half months.
- Did her husband know? - No, but she was going to tell him.
Where were you last night? - Here.
- Can anyone verify that? No.
No calls, no visitors? - I tried Ruth's mobile but she didn't answer.
- What time was that? Half past seven, I think.
Can I see your phone? I've got nothing to hide.
You know, Gavin was the one with everything to lose.
Ruth was leaving him.
You think Gavin killed Ruth? So, yesterday, Tuesday - Rowan Rowan? - Yeah.
Rowan in from 11.
House visit in the afternoon.
Low Farm, sick cow.
It's All Creatures Great And bleeding Small here.
Then on call in the evening, so she'll have had her phone.
I'll bag the computer up.
We'll get the IT boys to have a look at it.
I've got her eggs.
Is Ruth here? UmI'm Detective Sergeant Butchers.
This is DS Shap.
Police? Yeah.
The Blue Lamp, Jack Warner.
That was a marvellous film.
Has there been a break-in? Is she all right? We're investigating a sudden death.
Oooh! Chair.
Oh, no Can I get you a cup of tea? Oh, no.
She's too young.
Too young.
Oh, dear.
Did you know her well? Yes.
She used to take me for all my hospital appointments.
Because I'm on my own.
And she'd never take anything for it.
- So I used to bring her eggs.
- Have you seen Ruth recently, love? Yes.
Yesterday.
She was out running, wasn't she? Right.
What time? I'm sorry.
We saw her on Saturday, didn't we? With that Clarke woman.
And she was screaming at Ruth and waving her arms about.
- Where was this? - It was on the footpath near my caravan.
Right.
And your name? Peggy.
Peggy Gaumont.
Oh I can't believe she's dead.
Here.
Thank you.
Peggy, can I get you a lift? No.
Come on, Queenie.
Oh, no Shame, innit? Poor old girl.
Inbreeding.
They'll all be like that.
- Kat, do you want to kick us off? - Er, yes.
Love triangle.
Yvonne Clarke and Gavin Turner have both got motive.
Yvonne said they were going off into the sunset.
But Gavin said Ruth didn't know what she wanted to do.
The techies have been over her computer.
Loads of emails from Yvonne piling the pressure on.
According to her solicitor, Ruth was finding out how things'd stand if she left Gavin.
Plus she was taking advice about stopping harassment, presumably from Yvonne.
And we've got Yvonne in a confrontation with Ruth on Saturday.
According to Old Mother Hubbard.
- Yvonne has no alibi.
- And Gavin says he was at work.
- Can you check on that, please, Shap? - I don't think Martin Heald liked Ruth.
She was arranging some sort of apprenticeship for Rowan.
And that lad's not right.
Maybe, but let's prioritise on the domestic line of inquiry.
OK, location of the body at Hunters Edge.
Not necessarily where she was killed.
We've got material from the cleats of her shoes.
And the soil experts are going to give us a "fingerprint" of where she was last standing.
That part of Hunters Moor is on Dunwoody's land.
But it's also on the borders of Heald's land.
Dunwoody said he saw no-one.
Right, that might warrant further scrutiny if we need to widen this out.
Sticking with Heald for now What about Ruth's mobile phone? Why would someone take that? It contains incriminating material.
Or there's a call from the killer arranging a meeting.
Yeah, Yvonne said she called Ruth at 7:30 but it just went to answerphone.
I've requested Ruth's phone records.
Good.
OK, thanks, everyone.
Butchers? You know that appraisal? We're going to have to push it to t'end of the day, OK? OK, boss.
Yeah, fire station, please.
- Busy night, mate? - Busy enough.
Two shouts.
A barn fire, started deliberately, and an RTC on the ring road.
Mr Turner says he started work at 6pm.
And? - Was it something I said? - You're looking in the wrong direction.
Gavin's a decent bloke.
And he was here right through till nine this morning? Yes.
Can I have a copy of the log, please? The barn fire was at Low Farm.
Ruth was there a few hours earlier.
There's got to be a link.
Boss.
Ruth left Low Farm at 10 to five.
The farmer phoned the fire service at seven, then filmed what was happening for insurance purposes.
This is the good bit at the end.
A full fire crew should be six.
Spot the missing person.
What do you think you're playing at? Why have you arrested me? You're wasting time.
This is ridiculous.
Interview with Gavin Turner.
Present - DI Richard Mayne and DC Katherine Skerton.
Sit down, Gavin.
- Sit down.
- This is wrong.
You lied to us.
You told us you were at work.
The fire at Low Farm, you weren't there.
I'd been drinking.
I'd had a couple at home when Ruth told me about I'd had a bottle in the car.
I wasn't fit for work.
It's a sacking offence.
- They left me to sober up.
- We'll check that.
- Fine.
- So why lie? I was embarrassed.
Look I loved Ruth.
I don't know how I'm going to manage without her.
I'd never hurt her.
Can you think of anyone who would? No.
Any unusual incidents? Anything out of the ordinary? Well, there were the fires a couple of months ago.
A school was targeted.
Ruth thought she knew who it was.
She wouldn't tell me.
I'd have had to make it official.
And you've no idea who it was? No.
No, she She never said.
I spoke to the guy who cleans up at the station.
Now, he confirms that Gavin was present and pissed.
- Not covering for him? - Says he's straight down the line.
Right, let him go.
I'll liaise with the Fire Investigation Team, see what they have on this arson.
Not forgotten anything? The room's booked, I'm going now.
Haven't you got work to do? Ian.
OK, that's all looking good on your overall performance.
The main thing is, you've just got to be more assertive, more decisive.
Stick to your guns a bit more.
Junior staff are looking to you to take the lead.
OK.
Right, finally Health and fitness.
Look, it's up to you how you tackle this, but you need an action plan.
If you need any referrals or anything, just give us a shout, yeah? OK, boss.
(Clears throat) Are we going for a pint after work? No, I can't.
I'm seeing this bird tonight.
First thing in the morning, you and Shap go and have another chat with Yvonne Clarke.
- How'd it go with Butchers? - All right.
Ooh, you smell nice.
Who is she? Where are you taking her? Oh, come on, don't be coy.
It doesn't suit you.
I'm not being coy.
So? We're mates.
That's what they do, they tell each other stuff.
What, and set you off on another seek and destroy mission? One PNC check, and she wasn't right for you.
Well, this one might be.
I can decide for myself.
I'm a big boy now.
Let her be the judge of that.
You concealed evidence from our inquiry.
- You were bombarding Ruth with emails - That's rubbish.
We just kept in touch, that's all.
You did.
She weren't responding.
Were you aware she sought advice about taking legal action against you? No.
You were seen arguing with her on Saturday morning.
We were talking.
Shouting, wasn't it? It's Peggy Gaumont, isn't it? She's got it in for me.
- Why's that, then? - This was her place.
It was a wreck, about to fall down.
It was filled with animals.
She was drowning in debt and I bought it.
These emails you were sending Ruth - "You'd better tell him before someone else does.
" Was that a threat or a promise? Ruth changed her mind, you couldn't cope.
No.
It was a big step, that's all.
She needed reassuring.
So you yelled at her? And now she's dead.
Yvonne Clarke's sticking to her story.
We've eliminated Gavin.
Ruth - what have we learned? No money troubles.
She was doing well out of the business, - especially the pet side.
- Companion medicine.
- Yvonne Clarke? RICHARD: Yvonne's obsessive, bombarding Ruth with emails.
Ruth gets cold feet.
Peggy Gaumont sees them arguing on Saturday when Ruth tries to finish with Yvonne.
On Tuesday, Yvonne calls Ruth, arranges to meet, then strangles her.
Soil analysis confirms she wasn't killed at the Turners', Yvonne's place, or where we found her.
So, whoever killed Ruth transported the body up to Hunters Edge.
- No tyre tracks.
- It's full of holes.
No hard evidence.
So if it's not domestic, Ruth had an enemy, someone who saw her as a threat.
The arsonist.
The two things on the same day.
They've got to be linked.
No, it might be coincidence.
But you keep banging on about it.
No, Butchers is right.
The murder and the arson may be connected.
Who's our likely arsonist? My money's on Rowan.
He's not the only kid in the village with some matches.
Anyway, we've no evidence.
He's right.
Rowan's got no motive whatsoever for killing Ruth.
So if he's clear for the murder, is he clear for the arson? Oh, come on, it's a small community.
Get out there.
People know what's going on.
- Ask around, cover the whole area.
- Strap on your pedometer, mate.
- You'll clock it up out there.
- We need to find our crime scene soon, or we risk losing vital evidence.
So, how was it? Yeah, good.
Give me a name at least.
Marital status? Is she local? Blonde? Brunette? Pets? Hobbies? Criminal record? Evening, all.
Detective Sergeant Shap.
This is DS Butchers.
- You on the inquiry about Ruth? - Yeah.
- They'll be buying you a pint.
- We're on duty.
- Maybe later.
- It ain't right, you hounding that poor man.
Known Gavin all our lives, and Ruth.
We're a close community.
We look out for each other.
At least, most of us do.
Meaning? Some people haven't exactly fitted in.
Like who? Yvonne Clarke.
Scavenger, that one.
She bought Peggy out, drove the price right down.
And now she's sniffing after your place.
In't that right, Martin? Hang on.
She employs local firms, doesn't she? - Plumbers, builders.
Keeps me in work.
- I like Yvonne.
She knows what she wants and she goes for it.
- Ruth and her were friendly, weren't they? - That's Ruth all over.
Always looks for the best in people.
Usual, Peggy? I thought Ruth was a bit nosy, to be honest.
Interfering.
Hard times.
The place was one great slaughterhouse.
Yeah, but there's no foot and mouth here now, is there? And you all got a nice juicy chunk of compensation for your pains.
So come on.
I saw my entire flock get culled and burned.
No-one came back from that.
Diversify or die.
SHAP: Is there a lot of that? Dunwoody there, he tried paintballing.
That folded.
Or else it's B&Bs and quad bikes.
- Anything iffy? - People have to eat.
Is there any rumours about who's been setting these fires? You know, we used to have a big fire.
Big as a house.
- With parkin and mushy peas.
(Beethoven ringtone) Now I remember.
Tuesday.
When I saw Ruth .
.
it was sunset.
And she was running.
There was music, lovely music.
And then, she went to the top of the hill and she was signalling with a torch.
Like Maureen O'Hara in Jamaica Inn.
Mind you, I liked her better in Rio Grande with John Wayne.
And then sheshe ran off.
Oh, I shall miss her.
Are you definite about the time? I was just putting the hens away.
If she saw Ruth at Breck Hill summit above Low Farm.
That's not far from where the body was found.
Yeah, but where did she go next? That will tell us where Ruth was killed.
Go on.
Peggy, love.
Do you remember the direction Ruth ran off in? Yes.
No.
No.
Oh, I'm sorry.
You'll have that pint now.
Hey, I'm not on duty any more.
I'll get them in, mate.
Same again? I'll see you later.
Oh, Gavin! Oh, Gavin Oh, I am so sorry.
- She was such a lovely lady.
We will miss her.
- I know.
But you're among friends here, you know that.
This one's on me.
Ruth was on our side.
Side? It didn't use to feel like that.
No-one gives a toss about feeding the nation any more.
In 20 year, there'll be no small farms left.
- It's going to the dogs, mate, innit? - But your land's got to be worth summat? Real estate.
You could flog off a few acres, couldn't you? See you.
- Aye.
- Night, Frank.
Fire! Peggy's caravan's on fire.
Come on! Stay back, stay back.
Stay back, stay back.
You're going to be all right, Peggy.
You're going to be all right.
I saw him I saw him running away.
Who? Who? The bastard! The bloody bastard! You've gotta stop whoever's doing this.
Hello, Queenie.
Hello.
Nice one, Butchers.
Instant fitness plan.
Two walks a day.
Not a bad idea, you know.
Butchers.
Shap.
Started deliberately.
Yvonne's firmly in the frame for the murder.
So, is she our fire setter as well? It makes sense.
She knew it was Peggy who told us about the confrontation.
So she aimed to silence a hostile witness? - Peggy said she saw "him" running away.
- Unreliable witness.
How long's she out for? The hospital will let us know when she's fit to question.
Shall we go and talk to Yvonne? - Hello! Hello.
What is it now? Tell me where you were last night.
I was in Manchester with old friends.
I'm thinking of moving there for now.
There's nothing left for me here.
I can't even help with the funeral arrangements.
Your friends, we need their numbers - verification.
And the clothes you were wearing last night.
There we are.
You know, this feels like a witch-hunt.
Just trying to do our job.
Oh, really? I told you that Ruth doesn't normally run to Hunters Edge.
Did you ask me where she does run? Have you got a pen? I can give you a list of Ruth's usual routes.
And I expect to be informed of your progress.
She called it a witch-hunt.
If the cap fits - You fancied the arse off her.
- I never! You were all over her until you found out she was a lesbian.
Not a problem.
Metrosexual, me.
- Do you even know what that means? - Yeah, he does it on trams.
Yvonne was in Manchester last night.
She's clear for the caravan.
- Who phoned it in, boss? - Anonymous.
- I've asked for a copy of the tape.
- Right.
Yvonne's clear for the fire, but still in the frame for the murder.
Our last sighting of Ruth Turner was at sunset on Breck Hill.
- Alleged sighting.
- Why are you so keen to believe Peggy's right? Somebody wants her out of the way.
She's a threat.
We should try out what Peggy says and see if it stacks up.
Now, Breck Hill is a mile from where Ruth's body was found.
She was probably killed there or between those two points.
Don't send him there.
He'll get lost.
- You'll need Mountain Rescue.
- Not if you hold his hand.
Oh, boss, can't Kit Kat go? Right, OK, let's cover every eventuality.
Is the last place Ruth was seen where she was killed? Let's get a soil sample from Breck Hill.
Doesn't Manchester look fantastic from up here? She was found here.
That's Dunwoody's farm.
And that one's Heald's place.
They're the two nearest.
Right.
Now, Martin Heald don't like Ruth.
Yeah, that's not much of a motive.
Yeah, I know, but he's struggling.
Yvonne offers to buy him out.
Christ, I'd have bitten her hand off.
Yeah, but Ruth was found on Dunwoody's land.
Breck Hill's part of his acreage as well.
Breck Hill's that one over there, about half a mile away.
And beyond that is Low Farm, you know, where the fire was.
So what I suggest we do is work our way backwards towards Breck Hill and see if we can find the crime scene.
Come on, Queenie.
Good girl.
Come on, Shap.
Gabby, short for Gabrielle.
Divorced.
Schoolteacher - government, politics and law.
Intelligent, witty, salsa dancer.
Is that enough? See? It's easy.
We haven't got to go across there, have we? Check the sat-nav.
Why? You're not scared of sheep, are you? No! I just don't want to get any shit on my shoes.
They don't bite, you know.
Although I have heard they do get a bit frisky with little people.
It's this way.
Anyway, it's the snakes you've really gotta worry about.
There's Peggy's caravan.
She could see anyone up here.
So, half past seven, Ruth passes the caravan.
And Peggy hears music.
Makes a change from hearing voices.
In the pub, it was someone's mobile phone going off that jogged Peggy's memory.
And Yvonne phoned Ruth at half past seven.
It was the ringtone.
That's what Peggy heard, the ringtone.
All right, what about the signalling? Yeah.
Yeah.
Hang on.
Look over there.
What if it wasn't a torch shining? What if it was light reflecting? Ruth's here.
Her phone goes, she stops to check her messages.
The sun hits her phone and reflects the light.
That's what Peggy sees.
That's it! Take it easy, mate.
You keep thinking that fast, you'll short-circuit.
They can both have some more Calpol now.
OK, I'll be home soon.
- Mother's little helper.
It's a life-saver.
- Yeah.
I'm looking for Richard Mayne.
- You just missed him.
I can give a message.
- Say Gabby called.
I thought I'd surprise him for lunch.
Not to worry.
I will.
Lost your way? No, paying calls.
You're on our list.
Saves us a trip.
Did you see Ruth on Tuesday? - No.
- Where were you? - At home.
- Did you deal with her much? Not these days.
- Why not? You've still got animals and stuff.
- Couldn't afford her.
And anyway, Rowan and I manage between us when he's not too busy helping Ruth.
You were working with Ruth on Tuesday.
Yeah, I finished at Low Farm, drove back to the surgery, and I walked home.
Then what? Had tea.
- That was it.
- Patrick Dunwoody.
- He's not a farmer any more, is he? - I wouldn't care to know what he's up to.
You might, though.
Oh, yeah, why's that? - Hunting? - Vermin.
Ruth Turner.
Any problems between you and her? No.
You see anything of her on Tuesday evening? - No.
I've already told you.
- How's business? Quiet.
Deadly, I'd say.
What was it you got into after paintballing? Set aside.
They pay you to take your land out of production.
Encourages wildlife.
- You've got dogs? - Aye.
- What type? - Collies.
- Sheepdogs.
- No sheep.
- Can I have a look? - No, you can't.
Did you smell that coming out of that shed? Foul smell on a farm? No, really? I reckon we ought to get a warrant.
Oi, Romeo! Gabby popped in.
Sorry to have missed you.
You didn't tell me she had kids.
She didn't tell you she had kids.
- She kept asking if I had kids.
-You threw your hands up in horror.
- Yeah, something like that.
(Knock) Butchers has found something at Dunwoody's.
Kids? All right, boss.
We've got twothree dead pit bulls who were in the shed there.
That's where they bred the dogs.
And they held the dog fights in there.
Diversification.
If Ruth was onto him, it would give us motive.
He was in the pub when Peggy gave her eye-witness account.
If he considered her a threat, he could have left and set fire to the caravan.
Plus Peggy said she saw "him" running away.
Did Ruth see something she shouldn't on Tuesday? Find out about the dog fighting? She wasn't here.
More lucrative than paintballing.
- Or farming.
- Who else was involved? No comment.
If she'd have reported you, you would have lost your income, possibly face a prison term.
Worth fighting for.
I never touched her.
- We've nothing solid on him for the murder.
- Yeah, OK.
Refer him for charging on the animal welfare count.
Fire investigation report.
They've recovered a bracelet from the site of the fire.
It's engraved "To Rowan, love from Ruth".
- Fantastic.
- I buy him for the fire.
But he's got no motive for the murder.
The kid's disturbed, his mother's dead.
Ruth's alive, trying to take her place.
It's simpler than that.
He's a 16-year-old lad.
He's got an older woman paying him attention.
He's infatuated.
- Then he finds out about Yvonne and Ruth.
- Jealousy? - Why not kill Yvonne? - Ruth knew he was setting fires.
- If she thought he did it again - She did.
She did.
You can see Low Farm from Breck Hill.
She saw the blaze and was on her way to the Healds.
I told you the arson was part of it.
She was going to turn him in.
Tough love.
That was the hospital.
Peggy Gaumont's died.
Right.
Let's bring him in.
You realise how serious this is, Rowan? You've been cautioned on a charge of murder.
We've evidence that links you to the arson at the caravan.
I wasn't there.
I'm showing the suspect Exhibit Number RT45.
Can you tell us what the inscription says? I don't know how it got there.
I'd like you to listen to something.
I'm now going to play the suspect Exhibit RT47.
- Emergency services.
ROWAN: A caravan on the Old Road is on fire.
There's somebody in there.
Please.
You've gotta hurry.
Can I take your name? You've gotta hurry.
Please just get here.
You knew she was in there.
- Rowan - No.
No, I thought she was in the pub.
She hadn't a light on.
Then she waslooking out of the window.
She saw "him" running away.
Why did you attack Peggy, Rowan? What had she done to you? - I had nothing to do with Peggy.
- You set fire to her caravan.
I told you I didn't know she was in there.
In the pub, everyone was going on and on about Ruth.
I couldn't stand it.
I just had to I knew Peggy's would be easy.
There was all paper and stuff under the van.
Bit of fuel and it would go.
Sorry.
And the barn and the school, they were you, too? - Yeah.
- And Ruth? - No.
- No more lies, Rowan.
You realise how serious the allegations are? - I never even saw Ruth! - Stop, please.
Look at him.
We'll take a break.
SHAP: Yeah, boss.
We've found a phone in the bins at Heald's farm.
Rowan, we've found her phone at your place.
We have to assume that's where she died.
I didn't do it.
You said that about the fires.
You were lying.
But that's different.
After Mum My dad He was depressed.
We'd already lost all the animals.
Everything was shit, boring.
It was just something to do, that's all.
Exciting.
Sometimes it feels like I'm going to explode.
And setting fires makes it better? Tell us about Tuesday, Rowan.
You and Ruth got back from an appointment at Low Farm at five.
I walked home, had tea.
He started going on at me about getting a paying job.
Forget the vets stuff.
I was spending too much time with Ruth.
I was sick of it.
So I went out.
Where? To Low Farm.
When I was there with Ruth, I'd looked around.
I knew it would go up easy.
I set the fire, watched it burn.
Ruth rang me but I didn't answer.
So she came to see you at yours? No, cos I didn't get back there till 10.
I never saw her.
Well, the fire was put out at eight.
- Where were you for two hours? - Just hanging out.
I didn't want to go home.
Ruth knew you were setting the fires? I promised her if I ever felt like that again, I'd ring her.
"Wherever you are," she said, "whatever time it is, give me a call, and I'll come and get you.
" But I didn't and now it's too late.
She came to find you, didn't she? You'd let her down.
Now she'd have to turn you in.
So you stopped her.
No.
- Did you feel like you were going to explode? - No, I never! I didn't! You grabbed her, you had to stop her.
You grabbed her by the neck.
Stop! Stop! Ruth did come to the farm but Rowan wasn't there.
She started talking about the fires, how Rowan was doing it again, and "What had happened to the help I'd promised him?" She'd warned me - this would happen again.
- If this is an ill-advised attempt to help Rowan - No, it is the truth.
- Dad? I'm sorry, I can't Martin? She said she couldn't stand by and do nothing.
She wanted Rowan to hand himself in.
I knew they'd take him away.
I couldn't let her ruin everything.
So I tried to stop her.
Dad Then I just carried her as far as I could.
Then, when I knew I was on Dunwoody's land, I just left her.
For generations, we've farmed that land, father to son.
And we nearly lost it after the foot and mouth.
And she was there, watching, watching us suffering, pyres burning every night.
Well, I clawed my way back from that.
I had to look after it for Rowan.
But I knew they'd lock him up.
I couldn't let her leave.
She was going to take my son! - They'll both go down.
- Yes, a whole family destroyed.
Lost their mum, lost their farm, now they've lost each other.
I worry about my lot, but it makes you grateful.
Glad I'm on my own.
- What happened to your salsa dancer? - I sent her a text.
You didn't sack her by phone, you coward? You should get yourself a dog like Butchers.
That dog'll be tied up outside t'chippy right now.
Yeah.
(Laughs) So that girl, nothing to do with Jack then? It didn't mean anything.
Girls threw themselves at him all the time, he always came back to me.
Did you go back ot Jack's flat? What for, the murder him? How long have you been in love with her Sam? Amy?