Silent Witness (1996) s11e10 Episode Script

Everyone's been pushed out of their own trailers while they examine the scene.
Have they told you anything? No, not yet.
Look, I don't know what you did, but because of you, George died innocent.
I'm sure he was very grateful.
Thanks.
I've been assigned the post mortem.
How was he found? Albert Lee says he came to tell him to turn his music down.
When he wrenched open the door, George fell out on the end of a rope.
Was there a note left? No.
I'm not sure George is the note-leaving kind(!) Was the place secure? It's a two-bob fibreglass trailer.
Nobody on site reports seeing anyone coming in or going out or hearing any disturbance.
Apart from the loud music Woods was playing.
Who's got the scene photos? Our SoCos.
Well, I'll need them sent over to me as well.
Can you take that end? Before the post mortem.
Why did Tate change his mind and offer them a compromise? Out of the kindness of his heart? No, I've, er, I've met scorpions with more generosity of spirit.
Maybe he felt under pressure.
From what? From something that might be uncovered by your work.
But Bill Pickley told me that Rupa's donor was clear, so Nikki, your friend, er, Bill Pickley? What about him? Can he be trusted? Honestly? If I played Scrabble with Bill, I'd expect to find an extra set of letters stashed in the lining of his jacket.
BUZZER SOUNDS SHE SIGHS Hmm.
There's an unusually irritated, bloodshot look to the eyes.
What are you testing for? Any substance that might have been used against him.
There's also a high number of petechiae around the cheeks and nose.
Wouldn't you expect to see those in a hanging? Not to this extent.
So are you suggesting he was attacked, strangled and then posed as if he'd killed himself? There's also evidence of more recent head trauma.
Bruising and the cut to the head possibly caused by a blow that might have stunned him for at least a few seconds.
OK.
So who would murder George Woods? The same person who killed the girls? I think it's possible, don't you? Why? Well, the evidence didn't link Woods to the murders, it linked him to the burials.
He knew something.
So maybe he was a threat to someone.
One, the suicide rate among travellers is higher than the national average.
And two, Woods was a repeat inmate who was found in a low-level hanging.
The classic prison method.
But blood was found six feet from the door.
And in a hanging, low level or not, the pressure on the rope causes the ligature mark to go up, behind the ears.
But in this case, the strongest line is straight, suggesting strangulation, and the hanging mark is faint, implying he was posed afterwards, to make it look like a hanging.
And there's something else.
This is the exact length of the ligature found around George Woods's neck.
And this happens to be the height of the hook on his door.
Sit down, will you? On the floor, please.
George Woods was shorter than Dr Cunningham.
For him to choke on the end of this, he'd have to be one of the seven dwarfs.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS Excuse me.
Mays.
Yep Good.
Owww! I think you like it, really.
I'll be there in an hour or so.
I've got to go back to Lisbey.
We're organising another reconstruction of Clara's last moments.
Do you want me to see what I can find out? I could look into Woods's last movements, or Floria's? No, no, no you've done what you have to.
We'll be in touch.
SHE SIGHS Yeah, the reason I'm calling is, um, I'm trying to do a survey of everyone who has given blood in the last ten years.
'No, he hasn't given blood.
'I think you've got the wrong John Anstead.
' Can you be absolutely sure he hasn't? 'He's three.
' Oh, he's three.
'Birthday today.
' Three today? Oh, right, he's moved.
Um, do you know his new address? Yeah.
Hold on.
OK, go on.
My DI is freezing me out.
Well if you're short of things to do, you could always help me track down the elusive blood donor, John Anstead.
Haven't you cracked it yet? No, I have not "cracked it" yet.
I have managed to find a name from Rupa's batch number but there are 33 other people in the Norwich area who share it.
Nikki, have you got a second? Thanks for the help, really lightened the load, really eased my burden there(!) Oh, hello, I'm sorry to bother you, I was wondering if I could speak to, er, John Anstead please.
Your search has made another find.
I thought I'd take the bones through and start sorting them.
And that is everything that came when you requested Floria Hearn's social services record.
They didn't know where to forward them on to.
OK? Great.
And action! ON TV: 'Tonight on Crime Scene UK we will be focusing on the tragic disappearance 'of 15-year-old Clara Young.
'You will be familiar with the haunting last pictures of Clara 'in her distinctive yellow jacket in February last year.
'The daughter of a local retired police superintendent, Malcolm Young.
'What we know for sure about Clara's last movements is that she was on the way to the local sports centre.
'However there have been rumours that she spent much of her leisure time 'with the travellers that until recently were camped at Lisbey Common' Find anything? Er, her mum was hospitalised following a severe breakdown.
Not long after this, Floria was taken into a foster care home in Southborne.
Makes sense, if there was no father around.
Well, except that most travellers have their own trailer by the time they're 16.
So why didn't she stay on at the site? Precisely.
And the last time she was seen, was the morning of February 12th when she was leaving the foster home to visit her mum.
She obviously visited her a lot.
Do you think maybe her mum's stress caused the Harris lines? That would make sense.
Have you tried contacting her? Yeah, but nobody seems to know where she is now.
Er, George Woods's tox report.
Lithium? You could find the same things in the room of any At the time he died he was on huge doses of lithium.
He must have been depressed.
Well, do you think your detective friend was right? SHE SIGHS 'I'd say the last time I saw him was about six weeks ago.
' Would you say that he was a suicide risk at that time? 'If I thought that, I'd have kept him in.
' But, um, it was before this Clara Young thing kicked off again.
'And he had a habit of letting things get very bad before he came in for help.
' Right.
I see that a lot with the travellers on my ward.
Do you see a lot of other travellers, then? He was a Dutch lorry driver.
John was just heading home after a night shift.
He didn't know what side of the road he was meant to be on.
Right.
And, um, in the in the months before the accident, did you, er, did you notice anything unusual about John? Unusual, how? He didn't seem unusually lethargic or anxious or clumsy? You know, he did seem a little different.
Mrs Anstead, I'm, I'm sorry to ask you this.
It's all right.
But where is your husband? I mean, where is his Where, where was he laid to rest? It was his last will and testament! John said he always wanted to be where he could hear the roar of a two-stroke coming out of a bend.
Her name is Marona Hearn.
She's Floria's mother and she's being treated for a psychotic episode relating to bipolar problems.
How did you know? And why am I carrying your bag? I knew she had a history of psychiatric problems.
I was speaking to George Woods's consultant, mentioned that I was looking for her and could he help.
Turns out she's his patient.
Why are you so lucky? I'm not, I'm a genius.
I repeat.
Why are you so lucky? There she is.
Does your DI know you're doing this? No.
You've found her, haven't you? She just stopped visiting, that's all I knew.
When I mentioned it, they told me not to worry.
They told me to think about my own recovery.
Do I have to come and identify her? No, we've already done that.
Now we're trying to work out what happened to her.
In that case, you'd better go and talk to Albert Lee.
Why? Why? Because he's a ruthless bastard, that's why.
Once I'd gone into hospital, he decided to kick Floria off the site.
He said he was running a community, not a home for strays.
Wasn't there someone else who could look out for her? There was Liam, my boyfriend.
But by then he was inside.
Is this him? I found it in Floria's possessions.
He wasn't her dad, but you wouldn't have known.
Albert Lee knew that she was frail.
But he kicked my little baby into the street and she'd no-one else to turn to.
And that's when she went into foster care? She hated it.
Her home was back on that site.
Our trailer was still there.
That's where she was going after the last time she visited me.
To tell Albert Lee that what he'd done was wrong.
Can't get me, can't get me, can't get me, can you? No, no you can't, can't get me, can't get me, can't get me MUSIC PLAYS, SOUND OF CHILDREN PLAYING What now? I've just been with Marona Hearn.
So? You told me you'd tried to find Floria, not that you got her kicked off the site in the first place.
She was a menace.
She was a 16-year-old girl.
She had nowhere else to go.
What do you know about us? What do YOU know about the way WE live? I know that on the day that she vanished she was coming to see you.
Once her Mum and Clegg was gone, she was a nightmare.
Are you surprised? She had the law down here every other day! And you thought cos of your rules, you should throw her out and away from everything she knew? I make decisions about what is best for MY community.
But don't you dare think I ever do anything lightly.
What's going on? Your friend here was just asking me a few questions about the disappearance of Floria Hearn.
Why? Because I'm trying to find out what happened to her, and to Clara, and to George.
Don't you think these people have been harassed enough? It's OK, Alan.
It's OK.
It don't matter.
Look, if you really want to know, I never saw Floria the day she disappeared.
She wouldn't have changed my mind if I had seen her, but wherever she went after she saw her mum, it wasn't here.
So, where do you think it was, then? I've got no idea.
Hi.
Hi.
Are these what I think they are? They're foetus bones.
Thought so.
Which box did they come in? Second on the left.
What are you doing? I've plotted the various coordinates of where the scattered remains of both girls were found.
Clara, Floria.
So where does that put this number? M17, M17 Gotcha.
Excuse me, is he expecting you? Yep.
Harry.
Hello, Bill.
How do you do? Bill, this is John Anstead's brain scan.
This is the pulvinar sign, which is specific to variant CJD.
That plus the neurological symptoms his wife talked about, tells me he was almost certainly infected with the disease.
Now, did you know that when you telephoned me to tell me the batch was clear? Would you mind just leaving us for a moment, please? Thank you.
We had an investigation ongoing, Harry.
I couldn't be straight with you because of data protection.
You are going to cover this up, aren't you? We're not covering anything up.
We are trying to manage a difficult situation.
Rupa Joshi went on a dream trip to India and came back with a brain-wasting disease.
Clearly, the circumstances are unfortunate.
How many other people have been given John Anstead's blood? About ten in Britain.
Have they been told about this? We are keeping the situation under constant review.
In other words you're hoping it will just die away quietly.
Most of these people may experience no health issues whatsoever.
There's no point in frightening them.
I want their names and addresses.
Why?! Cos if it turns out the other recipients were infected, I will have an irrefutable case for the way Rupa Joshi was infected.
And then, at the very least, she will get the payout she deserves.
Harry, the Government is trying to deal with a very thorny issue.
I cannot have someone like you thundering around getting everyone terrified.
OK.
How about if I just go to the press and tell them what I've found out? Fine, if that's the way you want it, fine, I'll get you the names.
But I warn you, it won't do you any good.
There's a good chance now we will be able to extract the paternal DNA from these foetus bones.
Really? That will be a breakthrough.
Mr Young, we think We have strong evidence that, at the time she died, Clara was pregnant.
How pregnant? I believe almost five months.
Sometimes in younger girls, the pregnancy won't show until a much later stage.
Malcolm, did you know Clara was pregnant? What's going on? They had a row.
The night before she left, they had a row and .
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Dad threatened to kick her out of the house.
No, it's all right, mate.
We already know that.
You've already told us, yeah? But I didn't know what was going on.
She'd changed so much.
We, we had it out again.
That, that morning, before she went to her training session that, I was telling her, I didn't know what was wrong, but that I'd had enough of her behaviour and If I'd known she was pregnant Have you any idea who the father might have been? If you know who it was, it could help us a great deal.
No, no, no I don't know who it was.
She was spending a lot of time with the travellers.
Yeah That was, that was just a phase.
She hadn't seen any of them for months.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS Excuse me.
Hello.
'Something new has come in from Woods's post mortem.
' Mm-hm? It turns out the irritation you saw in his eyes was caused by a kind of CS spray.
Right.
Anything else? Yep, it contained MIBK.
Nikki, where are you? I'm at Malcolm Young's house.
'You do realise that means the spray is probably police issue? 'Nikki?' I've got to go.
SLIGHT CREAK What are you doing? What the hell is going on? Were you involved in the killing of George Woods? This man was a senior detective.
His daughter was murdered a year and a half ago.
The irritation in George Woods' eyes was caused by a CS spray.
It's chemical content was police issue.
Malcolm? I want to talk to you.
Well, I don't want to talk to you.
I'm only trying to work out what happened to your sister.
If I had something to say I would've have said it by now.
I'm not your dad, or the police so if there's something you're afraid of admitting, you can tell me.
There's nothing! Nothing I haven't said a hundred times.
Please trust me, Sean.
Look Just go away! Do you know who the father of Clara's baby was? No.
Are you sure you don't know who it was? Look, stop it! Whatever it is you tell me and I'll do everything I can to help you.
Look, I knew he'd done it.
What do you mean? Look, that is why I had to act! Sean? It wasn't him! What wasn't him? The person who attacked George Woods It wasn't my Dad.
Charles Newhouse - cause of death, degenerative neurological disorder of unknown aetiology.
Nick Connell - cause of death, pre-senile dementia.
Kathryn Boyer - cause of death, bronchopneumonia secondary to dementia.
All of these people received blood from John Anstead.
And not a single mention of CJD.
There is a strong case that they DID die of CJD, it just wasn't diagnosed.
A case based entirely on speculation.
Would you give me a moment with Mr Tate, please? This discussion is about my mother.
Please, I will tell you everything that's said, please.
Look, you know that Rupa's fall was caused by the onset of her vCJD symptoms and you know how she got it.
Now I am giving you the chance to do the decent thing and give that family the insurance they paid you for over many years.
Then I'll find physical evidence to prove it.
I will find the tissue samples from these dead recipients and I prove they had CJD.
You won't find tissue samples from the dead recipients.
John Anstead's donation was pre-Alder Hey.
I think I will.
No.
I'm saying, I don't think YOU'LL find the tissue samples from these dead recipients.
Kenneth Rose - another recipient of John Anstead's blood.
Only this time he is alive .
.
and I am going to track him down and I am going to tell him what his situation is and in the circumstances, he may ask for a tonsil biopsy to establish whether he too is a victim, and then you and your mate at the Department of Health are going to have a lot of explaining to do.
You wouldn't? Not much choice.
You'd be ruining someone's life for no good reason.
Then reverse your decision.
If you do this, you'll be hauled up in front of a panel.
I'm sure the GMC would be very interested in my reasons.
Hello, Mr Kenneth Rose? Yes.
How do you do.
My name is Harry Cunningham, I'm a Home Office pathologist.
All right, bring him in.
It was because he killed my sister Because he was involved in killing my sister.
'Why do you think George Woods killed your sister, Sean? 'Because of what he was like.
' Always hanging out with younger kids, trying to get in with them.
He was sick.
George Woods did not kill your sister, Sean.
Whatever you or I might have once thought, there is scientific proof that he didn't do it.
He killed her.
I know he killed her.
No, listen.
Look - I know he killed her! It had to be him.
It had to be someone from the site.
Why? Because that's where she was going, the day she disappeared.
That's where she was always going.
How do you know this, Sean? Because it didn't matter how Dad tried to stop her Confiscating her phone or whatever.
She'd just go to the payphone by the bus stop and call them from there.
If they were in, she'd go round.
Right, I want a record of every single number dialled from that payphone the day Clara disappeared.
Oi, listen up! Every single name and address to match, OK? What do you want? Do you think he meant Liam Clegg? When? When he said that Clara had to be visiting someone else on that site.
Clegg was Woods' best friend.
No, I don't think he meant Clegg.
Why? Because one, he was inside when Clara disappeared and two, we formally spoke to him a week ago and he said that Woods hadn't been in touch since the bodies had been found, and we believed him.
Has my DNA profile from the foetus bones come back? Nothing's come through, I'm afraid.
Where the hell is it? They said it would only take a day.
Did you manage to run a check on the soil types that suit forsythia? Yes, but it's still too vague to be of any help.
What about the bones, anything new? I had another look at them, it just confirmed the similarities in the way they were killed.
We know that the two girls knew each other, but not necessarily that well.
We also know that when they vanished both girls were in need of help, for one reason or another so something or someone must connect Hello? Hi, It's Dr Alexander.
You told me that my DNA results would be back by now.
Thanks.
What? 'Well, would you mind checking them again, please?' But I can't see anything.
It must be on your files, it was only a week ago.
'Look, I'm looking.
' Mays told me that he spoke to Clegg 'He's lying, isn't he? He hasn't spoken to him again at all.
' I gave a full statement at the time of Clara Young's disappearance.
I have nothing to add to it.
You were the father of her unborn child.
Did you know that? You don't care whether you were or not? Fuck this.
Let me out of here.
Why is Philip Mays so desperate for me not to speak to you? I already told you.
I gave a full statement when Clara vanished and I have nothing to add to it.
Now I said I'd see you, and I've seen you, so I want to go.
Fine But before you do, I should probably give you this.
I found it Floria's possessions after they were sent to me.
Don't you dare guilt trip me about Floria.
I was as close to a dad as she ever had.
A dad who slept with her friend.
It was a one-off.
A drunken mistake.
Liam, Philip Mays is afraid of something Something connected to you and to the way these girls died.
I want to know what it is because Floria was killed three months before Clara and people barely noticed.
I've got two months left to serve.
I'm not getting myself into any more trouble.
Do you know where these girls were going on the days they disappeared? Do you know who killed them? I told you, I'm done with this.
OK, but if you were the closest thing that girl ever had to a dad, is this how you think a dad would act? HE SIGHS Philip Mays nicked me for possession.
Right.
And then added a whole load of other stuff to my charge sheet just so I'd get a stretch.
Clara reckoned he'd done it as a favour to her dad, to get me away from her.
Because you were having an affair with her? Her dad got wind of us, thought I was to blame.
And what about Floria? Did she know that Philip Mays had added charges to get you put away? So both girls knew something that could destroy Philip Mays' career? SHE GASPS What do you want? A chance to explain.
Don't come any closer.
I was trying to help a friend.
I don't believe you any more.
Don't do this.
Nikki! You've got to hear me out.
Nikki! Get out the way! CAR HORN HONKS Move! MOBILE PHONE RINGS Liam Clegg was a pervert.
He slept with a 16-year-old girl.
He deserved everything he got! I'm sorry, but this isn't a matter for me any more.
Look, I know what you're thinking now.
I DID do something wrong, but I'm not the killer of those girls.
CAR HORNS BLARE Hello? Hello! Hi.
I've just been to see Liam Clegg.
I think I have evidence that Philip Mays killed the girls.
You'd better come in.
Go straight through.
What is it, Dave? 'We've run through numbers dialled from that payphone around the time 'that Clara was last seen and matching the addresses.
' And? I think there's one here that might surprise you.
You were right to come here.
Philip Mays is a very dangerous man.
You OK? Yeah.
I'm fine.
I'm sorry.
I just needed to catch my breath and sort things through in my mind.
Well, why don't I make some tea, and then we can decide who to call? Make yourself at home.
Thanks.
Well, I'm glad you came to me first.
I've had my fears about Philip Mays for a long time.
Lisbey's a small place.
It's hard to know who to trust.
What is it? Er, I think I've left my phone in the car.
I should really let the office know where I am.
Well, use the landline.
Thanks, but I should probably get it anyway.
They might have been trying to get hold of me.
I thought you said your phone was in the car? Nikki! Nikki! Come on, Nikki.
You're being ridiculous.
Nikki! Nikki! Open the door.
Nikki? Nikki! CLATTERING What are you doing? Did they come to see you? When both girls were in trouble, are you the person they came to see? W-Why would they come and see me? Because they trusted you.
Those girls were just like anyone else.
When they came here, I tried to help them.
What happened with Floria .
.
was an accident.
Why didn't you call the police? What about Clara? She came to the house after her father had kicked her out.
I left her here when I went to work and when I came back, she'd found something.
What? Theearring.
Floria must have left it in the bathroom.
And you killed her for that? Yes.
No! Let go! Let go of me! Come on! SHE GASPS FOR BREATH Take him outside! Call the paramedics! We've, um We've already found evidence of repeated payments from Eckhert's bank account.
We suspect that he buried the girls here first and then paid Woods off to help him re-bury them.
Although he didn't reckon that Woods would stick half of the body parts under his own caravan.
So you were right.
Look, I know you don't think much of me but Malcolm begged me for help.
I had no idea putting Clegg away would lead to all this.
What did it lead to? He was Floria's protector.
If he hadn't have been inside, Lee would never have thrown her off the site and maybe she wouldn't have been harmed.
You can see it's just an error of judgment? Can't you? I was going to do it.
I was going to tell that man that he might have been infected with CJD, that it was his own government's fault.
But when I got there, when I saw how content he was, what good health he seemed to be in Well, who knows, maybe you did the right thing.
Nikki.
You OK? Yeah.
I thought I told you to stay at home.
I'm fine! BUZZER SOUNDS Are you? Yeah, a doctor had a look at me.
Lucky doctor.
Hi.
Hello.
Thank you.
Hey, it's Dr Harry Posh-boy! What are you doing here? We've, um We've come to say thank you.
What are you talking about? Show him the letter, Dad.
I don't know what you said to them, but it worked.
They've paid in full - every single penny.
- That's fantastic.
- Thank you.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Well done, Harry.