"Can you just go back and wait, please!" " Ruth, any word?" " It's not like Sallie to not come home at all." "She's been out late recently but it's just not like her." "Ruth, I'm sure she's all right." " We've rang the police..." " You know teenagers." "She's not even phoned, Sean !" "Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." "I'm sorry." "You've got to get to school." "Can I just speak to Penny?" "She's in with Linda." "Come on." "Sallie didn't call you later last night?" "She didn't call from a phone box or from someone's house?" "I'm sorry, Mrs Sturdy, she didn't call me." "Anyone she could have stayed with?" "I don't know, Mum." "That will be Gloria." " Mum..." " Hadn't you two better get to school?" "Right." "OK." "Give me a call when you get there, all right?" "Morning, guv." "Morning." "Sallie Sturdy, 14 years old, reported missing at 11:30 pm." " Mum?" "Dad?" "Family?" " Yeah, she lives at home." "Er..." "Mum and Dad made the call." "Sallie left home about five, hasn 't been seen since." "They said she's never done this before." "Sorry, a 14-year-old girl goes missing." "She's got no history of running away, her family's frantic and no-one sees fit to call me?" "Call you?" "What, last night?" "Yeah." "There weren't any developments overnight." "I didn't see the need to call you a second time." "Second time?" "Yeah" "Er..." "Has anyone interviewed the family yet?" "I was waiting." "She's 14, so I..." "Which means what?" "Old enough to look after herself?" "Or old enough to get into trouble?" " It depends on the girl." " Exactly." "That's why you find out who she is." "You interview the family." "Danny, Danny, can you accompany PC er..." " Wood." " Wood on this?" "Thank you." " We've got a missing girl." "Sallie Studry." " 14 years old, left home last night about 5 pm on her way to school basketball training." " Taff, check the school, will you?" " Yeah." "So, you need to build a picture of Sallie." "Her internet habits, her friends, where she hangs out." "I have done this before, you know." "Yeah, right." "Told you she'd had a few." "Mr Philips, DS Alan Simms." "Does Sallie have a mobile phone?" "We don't believe in mobile phones." "Could she have a secret one, a pay-as-you-go?" "Sallie?" "Sallie doesn't visit chat-rooms or instant messaging." "There's nothing like that." "We've got firewalls, we've parental locks." "You can see the computer's in full view." "It's to make sure there are no odd messages or names that are unfamiliar." "We'll give it straight back when we've checked it." "Who would be sending Sallie messages?" " I'm getting out, OK, of this!" " Tony!" "I'm not listening!" "I'm going to drive around and look for Sallie." "I can't sit here and do nothing." "Mr Sturdy, you said you were at work until seven, right?" " Like I said, yes." " So you'd be back here by eight?" "Like I said, yeah." "We're a good family, you know." "We've always been close." "Really close." "Do you mind if we look in Sallie's bedroom, look at her stuff?" "That's fine." "Yeah, of course." " Thanks" " Thank you." " God, I hate reading people's diaries." " Anything in there?" "A couple of names." "Oh, cigarettes." "Hm!" "Not the only thing she's been smoking, though." "Not quite the little angel, then." "Some tea." "Oh, Mrs Sturdy, you shouldn't have." "That's OK." "'Scuse me!" "'Scuse me!" "'Scuse me!" "You know my daughter Sallie" " You know my daughter!" " Get away from me!" "Could you help me?" "I need..." "I'm not a bad man!" "Jane." "Final countdown, eh?" "Yeah." "Pension, health plan, all sorted?" "Villa in Spain ?" "Florida, actually, sir." "Old couples retire to Florida these days." " You know, like the Mafia." " Could be worse." "Great golf." "How long now?" "I'm not sure exactly." "It's not long." "Oh!" "Oh, shit!" "Anything on the missing girl?" "Just checking the parents now." "No criminal convictions, either of them." "And...not showed up in any investigations." " A message from Taff." " Mm-hm?" "He said he spoke to the basketball coach." "Sallie never got to practice." "Right." " Sorry!" " Two of them?" "What would you do?" " Have we distributed Sallie's photo yet?" "No, we've only just..." "Get that out as quickly as possible." "Anything significant?" "Couple of names mentioned in her diary." "Curtis and Lester." "But the parents haven't heard of them." "Ask around." "See if anyone's heard of a Curtis or Lester." "OK, guv." " Mrs Sturdy?" " Yes." "I'm Superintendent Jane Tennison." " Come in, please." " Thank you." " Is there any news yet?" " No, I'm afraid there's nothing yet." "You want to do something?" "I'll tell you what you could do." "This place across the street." "All night they're at it." "Ba-boom, ba-boom." "There's a care home for girls up the street" "One of the girls, Gloria, is a friend of Sallie's." "Those guys that hang about out there, they're boyfriends." "Boyfriends!" "We told Sallie." "We told her to stay well clear of the place." " Sean ." " Tony." "Ruth." "Hello, Sean." "Sean Philips, I'm Sallie's teacher, headmaster." "Look, the reason we've come over is er..." "I saw Sallie going up to the heath." "The heath?" "I know I didn't think it was important at the time" "Are you sure, Pen, love?" "Because she wouldn't cross the heath at night." "What time was this, Penny?" "It was...six." "She left with her basketball kit to go to basketball." " Why was she going to the heath?" " It's all right." "Mrs Sturdy's not angry with Sallie, she just wants to make sure she's safe." "Of course I'm not, no." "I'm sorry, I didn't even talk to her." "Please, where's my little girl?" "Thank you, Penny, you've been a great help." "Thank you." "Mrs Sturdy, Mr Sturdy, I'm going to give you my mobile phone number." "I want you to call me if you have any problems, or any questions at all." " Thank you." " Thanks, thanks." "Er..." "Mr Philips!" "Sorry." "Penny, are you sure that it was six o'clock you saw Sallie?" "Don't worry about that lot." "Listen , this is serious." "What Sallie's mum said wasn't right." "Why?" "Sallie didn't have her kit bag with her." "She didn't have it." "Guv!" "Guv can I have a word with you ?" "I'm sorry, we'll have to continue this another time." " Yes?" " There's a girl over in the care home." "I think you should talk to her." "She said Sallie was in here yesterday afternoon." "Her dad's favourite place." "What's her name?" "Tanya." "Tanya, Tanya, you said Sallie was in here yesterday at about four o'clock." "Sitting in the kitchen." " Was she with someone?" " No." " So she was on her own?" " Yeah, she was just, you know..." "I said "Hello, how you doing?"" " OK, now..." " GIRL:" "Oi, Tanya." " Tanya you didn 't see her leave?" " No." "WOOD:" "Was she visiting someone?" " Look." "Ahh!" " Tanya!" " What was she doing here?" "Well, we do encourage contact sometimes, so..." "Hey, girls, girls, hey!" "Does Sallie come here a lot?" "Well, yeah, she hangs around here, innit?" " Me and Penny saw her up on the heath." " You saw her on the heath?" " What time was that?" " Er... about six." "Some pervert's got hold of her." "I'm telling you." " It's the truth" " You can't say that!" "Gloria, do you remember how she was dressed?" "Er...yeah, like for going out, innit?" "She wasn't wearing her school uniform?" "Did you notice anything unusual?" "Any strange men hanging about?" " Sorry." "The stranger the better, innit?" "That's how we like them." " Remember that weird one?" " That Afro!" " Yeah!" " This is really important" "Yes." "Oh!" "What happened to him?" "No." "No, look, I can't get over right now." "What's the ward number?" "What?" "Yeah, just a moment." "Er..." "Just one minute." "So it 's ward number?" "Thank you" "You all right?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "Would you like to sit down?" "No, thank you." "I hate hospitals." "Yeah." "It's my dad, he's just been taken in." "Would you like a drink of water or something?" "No." "Yes, you're very kind." "Thank you." "Sure thing." "All right, lads?" "How are you?" "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" "Take your time." "Plenty of time." "What's your names?" "Well, Taff, what do you think of this place?" "Oh, lovely." "Safe, sound and secure." " Take those two that just left." " Who?" "White lad, Lester Bishop." "Tall black lad, you know, with one of those baseball caps, Curtis Flynn." " Curtis Flynn's mentioned in Sallie's diary." " They've just jumped in a car." " You just let them stroll out of here?" " Hold on, hold on!" " Nobody told me about a diary." " Oh, he's a clever bastard!" " We'll pick him up" " Maybe we will, maybe we won't." "What a cock-up!" "lum..." "I checked the phone log at the station." "Cox did phone you at home last night." "The call lasted three minutes." "He's adamant he spoke to you." "Do you remember the pub?" " Me leaving" " No." "Jane, you've got to look after yourself." "What's the matter with you ?" "Do you remember anything?" "No." "Dickhead, I said get up!" " Mrs Philips?" " Mm-hm." "I'm Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison." "Come in." "Sure I can't get you anything?" "Glass of wine?" " No, no, I'm fine, thank you." " Cigarette?" "Er...no!" "I can only smoke once Penny's in bed." "She doesn 't approve." "It's Penny I wanted to speak to again, if that's all right." "It will only take a few minutes." "She'll still be texting her friends." "Won't talk to us but spends hours on that bloody phone." "Still, it's better she's got one after what's happened to Sallie." "What do you think has happened?" "Sallie's not a girl who stays out all night." " Erm, Miss..." " Tennison." "Tennison was wanting to speak to Penny" " Is that all right?" " Of course." "She's downstairs." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Hello?" "Hi, your mum said that..." "Is this your hide away?" "Yeah." "Listen, Penny, do you think... do you think Sallie was meeting someone last night?" "It's just that you know she didn't take her kit with her so she couldn't have been going to basketball, right?" "So, was she meeting someone?" "We all have secrets." "I mean, I used to when I was your age, believe it or not." "When dinosaurs roamed the Earth!" "Like what?" "Oh, erm..." "Well, cigarettes, I was addicted at the age of 1 6." "Boys, of course." "What about you?" "I'm getting a tattoo." "Are you?" "Do you know I always wanted a tattoo" "A great big anchor, right there." " Does Sallie have a tattoo?" " No." "Her dad's a bit..." "What, he's strict?" "Yeah" "Like, really unhealthily strict." "What about you, what are you good at?" "My dad wants me to be a teacher." "Oh, really?" "Well, what do you want?" "I like art." " Is that yours?" " Oh, yeah." "Oh, no, it's really bad!" "No, it's really good." "Thanks." "Does Sallie have a boyfriend?" "No" " I mean , she had friends at school, but..." " No-one special?" "No." "Sallie isn't into relationships." "She isn't into relationships." "Right." "OK, well, thanks, Penny." "You've been a great help, believe it or not." "Oh, listen, if you think of anything, doesn't matter how small it is, just give me a ring on my mobile OK?" "Or you can text me." "Thanks, Penny." "Bye." "TENNISON:" "Danny" "Got anything on Curtis?" "Mm." "Curtis Flynn, convictions for robbery, robbery with violence, did time in Youth Offenders." "Since then he's turned up in two rape investigations." " Ooh." " I've got people looking for him and I've pulled up his DNA, we've got it on file." "Guv, come and have a look at this." " Sturdy said he left work at seven, right?" " Mm-hm." "He didn't." "He left at ten-past five" "He's lying." "Good work." " Have we got details of Sturdy's car?" " Yeah." "Track every step of his journey home" "Is there any CCTV on Sallie?" "Yeah, I've got tapes of all the roads round the heath." "Well do that first" "But I want to know everything about Tony Sturdy's background, his family, his friends, state of marriage." "I want to know why he's lying" "But don't go in with all guns blazing right?" "This is still a father whose child is missing, so you be sensitive." "What about Sallie's diary?" "What was she writing about this guy Curtis?" " That all the girls love Curtis." " Is that it? "All the girls love Curtis."" "Yeah, more or less." "If there's no sign of Sallie by first light, I want a search of the north-west heath." "Sallie apparently entered the heath from here." "Are we looking for a deposition?" "Yeah." "I want a full complement search team." ""All the girls love Curtis"!" " Mr and Mrs Sturdy." " Is there anything?" "If there was anything, I promise you you'd be the first to know." "I'm sorry, we're doing the best we can." " I think you should go home now." " We've got some more photos of Sallie." " These are from her holidays." " Thank you." "And this, she's always wearing this pendant." " She's never without that." " No." "Thanks, that's very helpful." "Thank you." "They're all the rage." "Look, it's very late, you really should go home now." "But if Sallie was in hospital, that's where we'd be." "Yes, of course." "Er..." " DC Wood, just a minute." " Yeah?" "We'll find a room for you to wait in." "Can you find a room for Mr and Mrs Sturdy please?" "Sure." " I won't be a minute, right?" " Thank you." "I'm sorry, I know this is very hard." "Thank you." "Thanks." "Are you the people your little daughter's gone missing?" "That's right." "God is good." "Is that right?" "Very good." "Ruth." "In our times of tribulation, we feel abandoned and alone." "Stop it, Ruth, just stop it." "In the name of Allah..." "Why?" "..the all merciful, the mercy giving." "What are you doing?" "Please, please, please, please..." "Well, only yesterday you were starting out." "Now you're nearly an OAP." "Oh, I must visit you more often." "Well, police pension in, what... ..a month?" "Two?" "Yeah, a month." "Well, maybe you did the right thing after all." "Good pension these days?" "Dad, what are the doctors saying?" "Everything's failing and they can't operate." "Of course they can operate!" "Look, I'm on the way out." "Sorry, pet." "Oh, Dad, you're always saying that." "There's no easy way, love." "There's a picture of your mum and me" "Mum?" "Yes, Mum!" "Our wedding picture." "I want you to fetch it for me" "I don't mean next week." "Yes, Dad, of course I'll get it for you." "Your sister's coming in." "Oh." " And the girls may pop in later." " Oh, good." "How are they?" "What are their ages now?" "Would you recognise them in the street?" "Yes, of course I would." "Listen, Dad, what the doctors are saying..." "That's only because Pauline sends you photos." " I haven't told her what the doctors said." " Why not?" "Well..." "Well, you can handle it, news like this, but, well, Pauline's just..." "Oh, she's here." "Hello, stranger." "Hi, Dad." " Hello, love." " Mwah." "We hear you're retiring soon." "What will you do with yourself?" "Oh, I don't know." "Fancy free." "Lucky you!" "Well, Dad, I'd better be off." "Bye, sweetheart." "Bye." "Excuse me." "Sorry." " Bye, Pauline." " Bye, Jane." " Love to the girls." " I will." "Thank you." "Excuse me, I'd like to speak to someone about my father's condition." "Sorry, you need to talk to someone more senior." "The consultant's rounds are at eight in the morning" "Sorry about that." "Look, I'm sorry, Pauline." "I'm at Dad's house and erm..." " ..he told me tonight he's..." " He's got cancer" "Yeah." "Yeah, that's right." "I know he thinks I don't know but the doctors told me about two weeks ago" "And you didn't tell me?" "Well, when..." "when were you going to tell me, Pauline?" "You're always so busy" " So busy I don't need to know when my dad's got cancer?" "Jane I'm not going to argue with you on the phone" "Silly cow!" "Maybe four months ago we might have done something." "Mr Tennison assumed the pain was his ulcer and let it go on" "Now the tumour's at a stage" "We're doing everything we can." "Well, obviously I'll want a second opinion." "I would, too." "But even if we did find someone who would operate on his cancer," "I'm not sure his heart is strong enough." "If anything, his heart is the more immediate concern." "Well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it." "Come on, out you get." "That's it." "Guv?" "Got Coxie on the line." " Making his way through all that CCTV footage." " And?" "Tony Sturdy took a weird route home." "We've got him on Coulter Road before six." " Coulter Road is just over there." " Yeah." " Well, let's bring him in." " Right." "Penny!" " I'll see you in school, mate." " Bye." "God, you're soaking." "Are you OK?" "Here, dry yourself off a bit." "Penny, you said you thought Sallie might not be happy at home." "Her dad's a bit intense." " Mm -hm ?" " I think that's why Sallie ran away." "Do you know where she's gone?" "I'd tell you if I knew anything." "But you think that's what's happened?" "Yeah." "Were you a bobby when you joined the police?" " Yeah, I was." "Four years." " ln that awful uniform." "It was much worse then ." "Horrible shoes, stupid hat." "I looked like a complete pillock." " Howw old wwere you?" " l wwas 1 7." "Who wants to dress like that at 1 7?" "You know what?" "The clothes didn't matter." "It was the... the power." "The freedom." "And the stupid thought that maybe I could do some good." " Watch out!" "Oh, stop, please stop the car!" "Please just stop the car!" " No, no, no, it's all right." " You're drunk!" " l'm not drunk." " Let me out!" "Please let me out." " Let me out of the car noww." " OK!" "Oh, Penny." "Penny!" "Ohhh!" "I havven't done anything wwrong." "I appreciate this is a vvery difficult situation." "Difficult?" "My wwife's had to go home." "Mr Sturdy, you told us that you wworked later than usual on Tuesday night, until seven o'clock." "Do you wish to reconsider that statement?" "No." "You weren 't mistaken ?" "With so much in your mind it would be understandable." "No, I remember." "There's a CCTV image of you leaving work at ten -past five." "You can see the time code." "So, can you explain ?" "I must have gone out for a Mars Bar or something, just out for a soft drink." "This is you about 40 minutes later, coming up Kentish Town Road." "And here you are on Coulter Road." "That's right near where Sallie was last seen ." "That's a long way to go for a Mars Bar." " What are you saying?" " l'm not saying anything." " Yes, you are!" " l'm asking why you lied." "Listen ." "You listen to this." "Sallie's the most precious thing in the world to me!" "Here is CCTV footage of you driving back up Coulter Road at about seven o'clock." "So, what were you doing in -between ?" "Why are you lying, Tony?" "You're just making it harder for yourself." " This really isn 't helping Sallie." " For God's sa..." "What kind of a person are you?" "What do you ..." "What's really..." " What kind of a person are you ?" " Where were you , Tony?" "I mean , what were you doing?" "There's no point in telling." "I don 't think you'd understand." "Oh?" "Try me, try me." "No, I..." " Come on , tell me." "Hm?" "Thinking." "I was just sitting in my car thinking." "Sometimes after work I just go up to the heath and..." "Before going home l just spend half an hour, just trying... trying to catch up wi'..." "Think what..." "But that isnae what I... I've got more important things on my mind than contemplating how crap my life has become, you know?" "Do you have any witnesses?" "Witnesses?" "I don 't line up witnesses when I'm going to spend a bit of time alone, you know what I mean ?" "Jesus Christ, why would I?" "I don 't..." "Witnesses?" "So you just happened to be sitting in the car thinking right where your daughter goes missing?" "You asked me a question , I..." "Why did you lie if it was so innocent?" "Because I should have been with Sallie when she needed me rather than ... contemplating how crap my life is!" " Were you drinking?" " l had a can of beer." "Just the one?" "OK, so you're sitting in your car, with Sallie, drinking." "Wait a minute!" "I was sitting alone, I told you ." "I was..." "What..." "What is this?" "I was alone in the car." "With one can of beer." "Just me." "Mrs Sturdy says that Sallie left home with her kit bag." "Did she?" "I don 't know. I..." "I..." "A kit bag?" "I don 't know." "Sorry, you're saying that she didn 't have a kit bag?" "I wasn 't there, I wasn 't there!" "How would I know if she had a kit bag?" "I really, really, I mean ...for Christ's sake!" "I mean , that's the point." "I'm telling you I should have been there." "But I wasn 't. I wasn 't home." "Christ!" "You've never made a mistake?" "You've never...been ashamed?" "What were you ashamed of, Tony?" "Hm?" "Because you like a drink?" "is that what it is?" "You had more than one beer in that car, didn 't you?" "I can tell you like a drink because you smell of alcohol right now." "No, that's not me, that's you ." "Would any of the park rangers have seen you , sitting in your car, Mr Sturdy?" "How do I know?" "I mean , really!" "Jesus Christ!" "How would I know what the park rangers saw?" "Ask them" "I mean Christ it 's getting a bit ridiculous now lim sorry mate lim really sorry" "But you know, it's getting a bit ridiculous." "Mr Sturdy, I'm afraid a body has been found on the heath." "It fits Sallie's description ." "I'm sorry." "The foxes have been at her." "Fingers and arms, mainly." "I'll see the photos." " So, how did she die?" " Hard to be certain yet." "Any sign of a murder weapon ?" "I'd look down there if I was you ." "Sallie!" "Sallie!" " Damn , that's the mother." " l'll get her back, then ." "Yes, thanks, Mike." "RUTH STURD Y:" "No no no" "No" "No, no, no!" "No no" "No, no!" "No no no" "No, she's not, no, no!" "No, she's not, she's not!" "No she's not Please no she's not She's not" "Tennison ." "Are you out of your mind, Tennison ?" "Don 't." "Don 't even ..." "A few weeks." "A few weeks to go and you turn up drunk in an interview room." " l was not drunk." " Stinking of alcohol." "He says on the tape you stink of alcohol." "Oh, word travels fast." " Do I smell of alcohol now?" "Not now, you don 't." "So, what does Dl Traynor say?" "Traynor is suffering from olfactory amnesia but I'll talk to him later." "Jane, were you sober in there?" " Of course I was!" " You may not believe this, Jane, in fact I know you won 't." "But I, actually..." "I am very concerned about your health." "Thank you very much, sir, I'm so grateful." "I want you to take sick leave for the rest of your service." "Take an early holiday." "Now, we both know that events like this have happened in the past and you were advised to talk to our addictions counsellor." "Yeah, who recommended that I attend Alcoholics Anonymous." " And?" " l have, I have." "I do attend." "There is no way I can verify whether you go to AA meetings." " Are you saying I'm lying?" " lt's not as if they keep records." "Jane, look, there are treatment programmes." "Therapy centres, residential, if that's what's required." "The Met will pay." "Christ knows, they owe you ." "And I will go when I've retired because I'll have the time then ." "Sir, I've got a real feel for this Sallie Sturdy case." "And all the people involved." "I know I can find that killer." "And when I do, I will retire." "I promise you , even if it's tonight." "Alcoholism as we know is a three-fold illness" "mental physical and spiritual" "And for me the mental obsession was crushing" "When I wasn 't drinking there was only my next drink you know?" "My reward for getting through the day." "And when I was drinking" "Well, we don 't want to go there." "I had developed an insatiable craving for alcohol lid convinced mysel I needed alcohol to function" "OK we'll take a 1 5-minute coffee break there" "Then llll throw the meeting open Thanks for listening" " Excuse me, excuse me!" " All right, mate." "Jane?" " Hey!" " Bill." "It's good to see you again ." "Yeah." "I can 't believe this, you know." "Actually, it's the first time I've been to one of those." "No, I meant..." "Not coming here." "It's good to see you again ." "Well, it must be, what, ten years now?" "Yeah, yeah, more than ten years." "Try not to judge AA on the first meeting." "So, how long have you been going to..." "Coming up soon it will be... ..six years since I had my last drink." "Six years?" "And you still have to attend?" "I don 't have to, but er..." "it's good for my head, you know?" "And er...it gets easier, I promise you ." "Right." "Would you like to come for... for coffee?" "Oh, I'd love to, Bill, but I'm really busy right now." "So, sorry." "Please." "Ishould have done this years ago." "Anyway, on the job I was drinking, obviously, and..." "I built up this resentment against you ." "You know what I was like." "I haven 't forgotten ." "A chauvinistic bastard, you know." "I tried to wreck your career." "I interfered with your investigations." "Oh, Bill, Bill, it's..." " lt's water under the bridge." "No, no, no." "I want to apologise." "It's important." "Ineed to do this." "You know, back then I... I just couldn 't handle a woman being my boss, you know." "And I set out to hurt you ." "And I'm very sorry." "Thank you ." "Inever thought I'd say that." "Neither did I." "Are you OK?" "is something worrying you?" "I've got this case. lt's about a missing girl, she's only 1 4 years old." "I got a phone call the other night, it was a very important call." "And I answered it, but I'd had a few drinks, and er... in the morning I couldn 't remember anything about it." "In fact, nothing." "Nothing at all." "You know, it's one of the sweetest feelings I have, waking up in the morning, knowing what I did last night, where l was, who I was with." "Have you got anyone you could talk to?" "We can 't do it on our own , Jane." "Oh, now I've really got to go now, Bill." "Hey, would you give me a call, OK?" "Yeah." "Yeah, thanks." "Thanks, Bill." "Sallie Sturdy... ..was everything that this school is about." "Bright, talented." "Given no special treatment or privileges and yet she shone." "Sallie was our star" "Each one of us and there are many of us here today who knew and admired Sallie" "..each one of us will carry a little of her light and inspiration ... ..for ever in our hearts." "And now I'd like to introduce you to Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison ." "Thank you , Mr Philips." "Well, first of all let me say how very sorry I am that you've lost your classmate in this terrible way." "We desperately need details of Sallie's life." "So, I'd like any of you who knew Sallie, from basketball or from outside school, or were classmates of her, please will you talk to my colleagues - would you stand up, please?" "They will be in the canteen all day." "What would you expect me to say?" "You almost killed me yesterday" "No, I was really scared." "Why do adults do these things?" "I'm sorry, I'm not always like that." "I promise you that will never happen again I promise." "Just after Sallie went missing, someone wrote "Sallie's lost it" in the girls' toilets." "Lost it?" "You mean like her virginity?" "isuppose so, but..." " Who to?" "Who would she have lost that to?" " l don 't know." "Would she have told anyone about it?" "Gloria, maybe." " Where is Gloria?" " l don 't know." "She's probably bunked off." "No traces of DNA lim afraid" "No evidence of sexual assault" "But up here something was ripped from her neck." "Well, there is a chain and pendant missing." "What's the cause of death?" "Asingle stab wound to the stomach." "Massive blood loss." "Massive for an unexpected reason" "She was pregnant" "I know" "She may only have been 1 4, but there was a perfectly-formed foetus growing inside her." "There it is" "Pregnancy meant a huge concentration of blood around the uterus" "One stab and catastrophic blood loss." "She would have been unconscious in a minute, dead in three or four." "Can we tell who the father is from the foetus?" "It's a complicated business, but yes, is the answer." "We have her DNA, obviously." "We need to get samples from her mum and dad." "Then isolate the DNA strips that don 't belong to any of them" "What we are left with is some if not all of the father 's DNA" "Get that tested, would you?" "Cause of death, single stab wound to the stomach." "Asmall knife, probably 3" blade." "Kitchen , penknife, possibly a long scissors blade." "No sexual assault but Sallie was two months' pregnant." "So, if we get DNA samples from the Sturdys, then pathology can isolate the DNA belonging to the father of the foetus." "A cross-match then , with any of our suspects will identify him." "I want to start with Curtis Flynn , because we've got his DNA on record." "Did Sallie have any defensive bruising?" "No." "So, she knew the killer." " Possibly." " We checked her dad's car, that's clean ." "There's no blood, there's no sign of a struggle." "Mr Sturdy is obviously devastated by Sallie's death, but that doesn 't mean he's not responsible." "But if he had fathered Sallie's baby..." "DNA will reveal that." "What about...the headmaster, Sean Philips?" "Yeah, go on ." "Well, he's a primary carer and a sanctimonious prick." " He is!" "That's what I call good detective work." "Thank you , guv." "A robbery gone wrong is still a possibility." "Something was torn from Sallie's neck." "You'll note some bruising." "It's very possible it's this pendant." "We want to keep an eye open for that." "We'll get a better picture of that" "Lab report's back on Sallie 's clothing guv" "There's a hair on her top lt's Curtis Flint's DNA." "Where the hell is he?" "I mean , he can 't be that hard to find." "Curtis comes and goes." "He ain 't gonna tell me where he is." "You know more than you're letting on ." "It was you that wrote in the toilets that Sallie had lost her virginity, right?" "So what?" "It was a bit of fun ." "So which of the lucky boys did you have in mind?" "Lester?" "Curtis?" "Huh?" " l told him no way, innit?" " Course I did!" "Safe, darling?" " You cool?" " Who you talking to?" " Michelle, innit?" "Tell her I said what go on , yeah?" "All the girls love Curtis don 't they Gloria ?" "Look, could we just..." "Penny" "Um..." "Sorry." "Just get out of my way, OK?" "It was Penny who told you about the toilets, innit?" "No, she didn 't." "Not that it's any of your business." "It is my business if someone grasses me up." "Why would she get you into trouble?" "I don 't know. I'm not Penny, am I?" "Penny?" "Penny!" " Can I have a word with you?" " Yeah, OK." "In the car." "Would that be all right?" "So, Penny... was Sallie having a relationship with Curtis?" "I don 't know." "Any of the other boys?" "You know what boys are like." " Yeah!" " They never told me." "If she was meeting someone up on the heath, who do you think that could have been ?" "Could it have been Curtis?" "Or Lester?" "It could have been any of them." "You mean , like, she could take her pick?" "Sex isn 't such a big thing." "I mean , not like adults make out." "Why would any of them..." "kill her because of that?" "Why would they?" "RUTH STURD Y:" "That was last summer I hurt my bum!" " She looks so young." "Yeah" "We had a big night out for Daddy's promotion That was erm that was only four weeks ago." "Could we borrow this to show on the television ?" " That would be a great help." " Yeah." "She always wanted to be on television ." "Thank you ." "We'll take great care of it." "I'm having a drink. ls that OK with you?" "Yes, of course." " Would you like one?" "No." "No, thank you ." "You could use a drink." "I don 't want one, thank you ." "No, we're fine." "Thank you , Mr Sturdy." "We've come on a serious matter, I'm afraid." "Mr Sturdy, maybe you'd like to sit down ." "I'm sorry, this is going to come as a shock to you ." "Sallie was pregnant when she died." "RUTH STURD Y:" "Pregnant?" " Oh, my God!" "lim so sorry" "How could she be pregnant?" "Oh God" "Oh, God!" "Oh, God!" "Oh, God!" "Oh God Oh God Oh" "Well, obviously we have to check some things, so it would be very helpful if we could take some intimate samples from you both." "What do you mean , intimate samples?" "Hair and saliva." "What for?" "We have to isolate the various DNAs." "So we need the DNA from both of you so that we can work out exactly who the father is." "You think I'm the father, don 't you?" "Mr Sturdy, of course not." "You're not listening." "You think I had sex with my daughter?" " You're sick." "You're a sick person ." "No, we..." " l don 't want you in the house." "Get out." "Get out!" "Get out!" "I'm afraid unless you give us a sample, we're going to have to arrest you ." "There's your sample!" "That's Darren , innit?" "Later, you and me!" "She's dirty!" "Lester!" "Lester, a little word, mate." "Hey!" "Get off me!" "Get off me!" "That's taking the piss, man ." " Get in !" " Mind your head!" "So, Lester, the papers are calling Sallie a little angel." "Was she a little angel?" "I ain 't saying anything." "I know nothing about all this." "I keep hearing your name." "Lester." "Lester and Curtis." "Curtis and Lester." " You have something going with these girls?" " Bollocks." "Were you having sex with Sallie?" "No!" " Was Curtis?" "Come on , Lester!" "Let him answer for himself." "Where is he?" "I've got to go." "All right." "He's with a girl, Dolores." "That's all I know." "Well, maybe you can tell Detective Simms where Dolores lives." "For the tape, this is Detective Superintendent Tennison leaving the room." "It's an elected consultation at another hospital..." " Yes, I understand that." " lt's only a short drive away..." " We'll see him right away." " l'm sorry." "We can 't release the oxygen ." "It's just for this morning!" "You'll be all right, won 't you , Arnold?" "Er, I don 't know..." "Let me take that from you ." "I'll get the heat on in the car, all right?" "It's not far. lt's just here." "The Lothians have got state-of-the-art facilities." "Can you afford it?" "You've no idea how much it's going to cost." "You'll have to help me here, Dad." "How are we going to do this." "Can you move forward?" "I can 't bend, can 't you see?" "Let me try putting your foot in first." "OK?" " lf you just slide forward, maybe." " Look, it hurts. lt hurts too much." "Please, Dad, just slide forward." "Just slide forward." " Come on , Dad." "You must help me." "Please." "Dad, you've got to help me." "We're going to be late!" " l don 't care!" " What do you mean , you don 't care?" "I've got cancer. I'm dying." "Can 't you see?" "Yes, but you can 't just accept it." "I have accepted it." "You're not doing this for me, but for yourself." "I'm sorry, I don 't understand." "Because you feel guilty." "What exactly is it I have to feel guilty about?" "Inever said that." "I didn 't say that you ... you feel guilty." "Inever said you should." "You ..." "You pursued your career, you followed your lights, that meant you had less to do with other people." "You feel bad about that, but why should you?" "It's what you had to do." "Inever wanted you to join the police." "I've always been proud of you ..." "Jane." "You've always done what's right." "Not a lot of people can say that... ..about their lives." "What about this kiddie?" "The little girl who was murdered?" " Yeah, we've got a suspect." " Good." "Good for you ." "Police Nobody move Nobody move" "girl:" "You 've just broken down my door mate" "Get onto him Move your arse" "Police!" "Stop!" "Curtis!" "Oi!" "Stop!" "Hello?" "I'm talking to you !" " Are you deaf?" " Shut it!" "You shut it!" "Go inside, love." "Go inside." "Stop!" "This is the police!" "Come on !" "Move!" " Round the back!" " Run !" "He's down in the car park." "Right, Forensics will have to go through this flat, see if Sallie's ever been here." "I want all the clothes, all the make-up photographed in situ , see if they ever belonged to Sallie - that includes the jewellery." "That's Sallie Sturdy, a murdered 1 4-year-old girl." "You don 't know anything about Sallie?" " Or her and Curtis?" " Who's Curtis?" "What, him?" "I only met him last night!" "He's wanted for rape and for murder." "That's just your type, is it, Dolores?" "Might be." "Oh, yeah?" "You find that attractive, do you?" "Guvnor" "Um... l-l've got an appointment." "I'll be on my mobile." "Oh, thank you ." "Welcome to this Tuesday meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous." "My name's Ray...and I'm an alcoholic." "GROUP MEMBERS:" "Hi, Ray." "I don 't want to do it. lt's really embarrassing." "But Sallie was your friend." "Not like people are making out." "Ruth and Tony have specially asked for you ." "It's just embarrassing, being in front of all those people." "But you're really good at public speaking, you know you are." " lt's asking a lot of her." "She's upset." " Yeah..." "Look, I'll do it, OK?" "See?" "Once her mum says no..." ""l did not die." "Do not stand at my grave and forever weep" "I am not there." "I do not sleep" "I am a thousand winds that blow i am the diamond glints on snow." "I am the sunlight...on ripened grain ." "I am the gentle autumn rain ." "When you awaken in the morning's hush," "I am the swift uplifting rush... of quiet birds in circled flight "" "..it looks peculiar?" "I don 't know what it looks like..." "The reading was a bit much" " You'd feel a lot better if you do come." " Dad, I don 't want to go!" "Fucking bitch!" "Hey... I'm not going to the burial." "is that what your dad and you were arguing about?" "Yeah." "Why is when anyone dies... ..it feels like the world should stop, but it doesn 't?" "You know, you read beautifully in there." "My dad's dying." "So I found that very moving." "Thank you ." "I'm sorry." "Well, he's quite old." "You don 't seem sad." " Well, when I'm at work, I can ..." " You just seem lonely." "Yeah, I am. I am lonely." "I'll give you a lift home." "Come on ." "I'd really like to show you something." "No, I can 't. I've got to get you back." "Oh, please!" "All right." "But it'll have to be quick, OK?" "It's great, isn 't it?" "God, I haven 't been here in 30 years." "My dad used to bring me here all the time." "He used to bring me to openings at the National or the Tate." "He wanted me to become an artist." "Ah!" "There it is." "Joshua Reynolds." "Strawberry Girl." "Young girls, kids, used to sell fruit on the streets and in the parks." "She looks so frightened, though." "Well, uncertain , maybe." "There's a customer coming towards her." "What does he want?" "What does life hold for her?" "It's amazing, all that, just in her expression ." "Anyway, I just wanted you to see that, so we'd better go." "Tennison ." "Arnold Tennison ." "He's having a night of it lim afraid" "He's breathing unaided but he's not comfortable" " ls he in pain ?" " We're doing our best to manage the pain" "Well you wlll call me if there's any change?" "Yes of course" " Thank you ." "I'm just going to my mum's for a few days." "OK?" "Ask God when he's bringing Sallie back, would you?" "Tell him to check his diary." "Oh, Tony!" "Istill remember... ..the day you were born ." "And Pauline too." "They were the happiest days of my life." "girls:" "Yeah" " Mr Sturdy..." " l think that you're a cold, ruthless bitch, but maybe that's what you need to be to do your job." "I have something to show you ." "Come upstairs." "You see?" "Again ..." "Are you suggesting that Sallie was having um... a relationship with her headmaster, with Sean Philips?" "That's not how I would put it." "You think Sean Philips is the father of Sallie's baby?" "You saw it, didn 't you?" "I mean , you saw it!" "No, I don 't know what I saw." "You can speculate either way, you could say that they're all excited, there's a basketball win , that he's congratulating Sallie..." " And she's kissing him like a family friend." "No!" " Well, he is!" " lt's not kissing like a family friend!" "It's kissing like somebody who..." "..somebody who..." "Thank you ." "Look, please." "Tony." "I really appreciate you bringing this in , but I beg of you , please don 't take this any further." "I love you , Dad." "I love you ." "I've always loved you ." "Even when I was... ..when I was too busy and I didn 't see you ." "He's gone?" "Yeah." "Sorry, Bill. I didn 't know who else to call." "Excuse me." "Sorry." "Here's Mr Tennison 's things, his toiletries and razor and so on ." "Thank you very much." "You're very kind." "My dad never wanted me to be a cop." "We had terrible fights about it." "You know he was a soldier in the war and um...he was one of the first soldiers who liberated Belsen ." " So..." " Nightmare" "Yeah." "He knew what people were capable of." "And you were his little girl, eh?" "Yeah." "He didn 't want me to see any of that." "You call me in the morning, let me know you're still OK?" "Yeah." "Thanks, Bill." "Hey." "He'll never leave your heart, love." "Never." "The current waiting time for Accident and Emergency is estimated at four hours" "We suggest that any non -urgent cases return in the morning or alternatively visit their GP's surgery" "If you have any queries please come to reception" "Following me around?" "Oh, you flatter yourself." "I got nothing to say to you people." "You mean you don 't want to talk about Sallie Sturdy?" "She got nothing to do with me!" "Nothing!" "You're trying to fit me up because she's a white girl and I'm a black man !" "Bitch!" "Did you just call me a bitch?" "Did you?" "Did you call me a bitch, you twisted little shit, you?" " What did you call me?" " l called you a bitch!" "Right." "You're under arrest, for the murder of Sallie..." " All right." " l didn 't murder no-one!" " Just put the gun away." " This is a conversation !" "Curtis, come here!" " Penny?" " Please!" "Get away!" "Get away!" "Just get out of here!" " Curtis, put that gun down !" " Stay out my face!" "Please, Curtis!" " Stay out my face!" " Please, just go!" " Go!" " Curtis!" "Police!" " Bill!" "Oh, God!" "Curtis!" "Come on , get in !" "Help!" "Help me!" "Pressure's dropping." "Let's keep that fluid going in , please." "Seven milligrams." "Losing his output." "Can we have two more units of O-neg?" "Keep that fluid going." "Right. lt's coming up now." " This is where you went out?" " Yeah." "This camera covers the main hospital car park." "Can we stop CPR please?" "No output." " l think we should stop." "Does everyone agree?" " Yeah." "Thank you very much everybody." "LESTER:" "Mate he went down One shot Out of it" "See his face?" "Ooh, what?" "And he was down ." "Back to the nick." " Shit" "Fuck" "Oh no" "Come on ." "Come on ." " Check Penny's house." "Call her parents." " Yes, guv." "Oh, yeah. I want two armed response units as soon as possible." "Yes, of course I understand the implications." "I don 't need to tell you Bill Otley was a good copper." "Curtis Flynn ." "He's 20 years old." "Shooting like this is a whole new league for him." "He's volatile and we can assume he's extremely dangerous" "As far as we know, he's still armed." " Are you OK?" " Yeah." "Yeah. I'm fine. I just want to get things started." "OK." "Let's have a look at the hospital CCTV." "TENNlSON :" "Curtis approached me in the hospital car park" "He was very aggressive and produced a gun when I went to arrest him." "He was distracted by the arrival of Penny" "Penny Phllips is a 1 4-year-old girl" "She's a friend of Sallie Sturdy's" "This was just before Bill arrived." "Blll challenged Curtis" "And that's when Curtis shot him" "OK. I'll take a look at that, Danny." "Do we know if Curtis is the father of Sallie Sturdy's baby?" "No, we haven 't got a DNA cross-match yet, but it's expected at any moment." "Now Curtis is armed and dangerous" "There is a real possibility of him taking Penny hostage." "is Penny a witness or an accessory?" "I believe Penny Philips may have saved my life." " Come on !" "Come on !" " What are you doing?" "I'm going home." "No way." "Not after this." "They'll track this." "Come on , man ." "Who's this man Penny's with?" "He's a young career criminal." "Wanted for murder." " His name's Curtis Flynn ." " Curtis Flynn ?" " He's an ex-pupil of mine." "SlMMS:" "Shot a man dead last night" "Penny was with him during the shooting." "Penny?" "I know Curtis." " Did she call you?" " Has Penny got a mobile phone?" "Yeah." " Hey it 's Penny - lt's straight on to voicemail." "PENNY:" "Oww!" "curtis:" "Come on !" "is this girl being serious?" " Curtis, what's the matter?" " Just shut up!" "Close the door!" "My sister." "Destiny, go back to bed." "Destiny!" "She ain 't mine." "She's my niece!" "All right, guys." "This care home we're going into is full of girls, so tread carefully." "Good luck." "officer:" "Get out Go on girl:" "Oww!" "officer:" "Out Get out" "Get out!" "girl:" "Don 't touch me!" "Lester!" "Lester!" "Get him!" " What are you doing?" "LESTER:" "Get off me!" "Get off!" " What drainpipe did you crawl up?" " Are you crazy or what?" " Where is he, Lester?" "Where is he now?" " l don 't know." "Get off!" "It's no use. I'm going to look for her." " l'd ask you not..." " l'm not waiting here." "Sir you've been asked to stay..." "There you go." " l don 't like that water." " You're lucky you're getting any." "Stupid girl!" " Curtis, I've got a cash card. I can get money." " Don 't you realise they're looking for you?" "Just shut up!" "Shut your mouth." "Where's the drink?" "Bitch!" " Curtis, let us out." " They're gonna try and kill me." "Those pigs are gonna try and kill me." "I don 't know where he is, man !" "I don 't know where he is." "Get off me!" " Get off!" " Calm down ." " Listen , we're just asking questions." " Where is he?" "Penny!" "Penny!" "Pen !" "Penny!" "Shh." "Shh." "It's OK." "Curtis is at his sister's, isn 't he?" "How did you know?" "I remember from school." "He stayed there a lot." "What do you make of that blood, then ?" "Guv?" "Guv?" " What do we do now?" " Oh, just give me a moment, would you?" "OK." "She's gonna tell the police." "That bitch is gonna tell 'em." " Fucking pigs" " They'll have guns." " Let 'em." "Let 'em bring their guns." "No." " Do as you're told." "Just do as you're told." "So, what about known associates?" "No, we've been through them all, guv." " Well, go through them again ." "Their known haunts if not Curtis's." "Guv'nor?" "Oh, Penny!" "Oh, Penny." " Thank God you're all right." " lt just happened too fast." " Curtis...and your friend..." "I tried to stop him." " Where is he?" "Where did you leave him?" " He took me back to this flat." " Where is it?" " Do you know where it is?" " l just..." " Where is it?" " lt's his sister's flat." " On the Brackford estate behind the shops." " What's her name?" "Vanessa." "Vanessa Flynn ." "She tried to look after Curtis when the mother..." " What number is it?" " l'm sorry." "I'll need to speak to Penny later, OK?" " His sister's there." " Hmm?" "And her little girl." "Your cleaning job, it's at a pub, right?" " Where do they keep the money?" " l don 't know." "My belly is hurting. I need to shit." "What you looking at?" "Watch the TV, man !" "Destiny." "Idiot." "Stupid brat." "officer:" "Door Hit it ln !" " Armed police!" " Get down !" " Police!" "Everybody get down !" " Destiny." "Hello." "What's your name?" "VANESSA:" "Put the gun down Destiny" "Put the gun down baby" "Had your breakfast yet?" "You're not going to take that to school, are you?" "VANESSA:" "Destiny" "No." "No." "Do you want to give it to me?" "Thank you ." "All right." "Let's go down with your mummy, all right?" " We will need an ambulance." " Come here!" "What the fuck is she doing?" " What's the hospital saying?" " Shoulder wound, mainly." "He'll survive." "Lets hope that little girl does." "We've got the DNA result back." "And?" "Curtis isn 't the father." "What?" "Curtis is not the father of Sallie's baby." " How...?" " Boss?" "Boss?" " Mm?" " I think you should come and take a look at this" "Curtis crashes here a lot." "His bolt hole." "He sleeps in here." "That bag fits our description of Sallie 's" "Right, we'll need a positive id on that from Sallie's mum or dad straightaway." "Mm-hm." " Curtis isn 't the father." " Yeah, I just heard." "Then why would he kill Sallie?" "Destiny, this is Kerry." "Would you take her and show her your mum's bedroom?" "Thank you" "What's this bag doing here?" "I don 't know." "Young girls were always coming round to see Curtis." "Do you recognise this girl?" "Is that the girl that was murdered?" "Yes." " And you think Curtis done it?" " He's a suspect." "Was she here often ?" "After school, they'd be in there." "That teacher..." "Mister Philips, the head, he came up here one day but she told him to beat it" "They had a shouting match" " What, Sallie and Mister Philips?" " Out there on the balcony." " What were they arguing about?" " He didn 't like her hanging out with my brother ?" " When was this?" " About two months ago." "Jane?" "Can you hang on for a minute, Traynor?" "You are a highly experienced police officer" "You knew how to diffuse this situation but it seems to me you escalate it" "Seems you deliberately provoke him" "Curtis pulls out a gun and" " The situation could not be diffused." " He wasn 't high he wasn 't on drugs" " lt takes a 1 4-year-old girl to diffuse it." " l shot Bill, did I?" "Don 't be like that, just..." "Were you frightened?" "No." "Jane, do yourself a favour." "Do I need to?" "Should I have a lawyer present?" "I'm trying to avoid problems, not create them." "Defence will use these tapes." "We don 't know how many copies there are" "We don 't know if the media have got hold of them" "Jane, I've got to ask the question ..." "Were you sober?" "I was visiting someone who was ill in hospital." " ls that a yes or a no?" " What do you think?" " l appreciate that this is difficult." " Yes, thank you ." "So it has been ." "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll get back to work." "Unless you don 't want me to." "Traynor ?" "She was visiting her dad at hospital." "He died last night." "Oh, Christ!" "See, why doesn 't she just...?" "Even the smallest thing, she doesn 't tell anyone. I mean , ordinary, human ..." " Did you know her father was ill" "No." "No" "Old school." "That's Tennison ." "On the force, what, 30, 35 years?" "Battered, burnt out." "Dinosaurs." "What do you they do when they leave?" "They drink themselves to death" "Just stay close to her, Danny, yeah?" "Sir." "TRAYNOR:" "Guv?" "Look, I'm very sorry...about your dad." "Yeah." "Thanks." "So, what have they decided?" "Well, you carry on ." "Good." "And you get to baby-sit." "So, Curtis Flynn is still under sedation , so we can 't interview him, but that gives us time to get Forensics on to Sallie's kitbag." "But we've got the foetal DNA." "Curtis Flynn is not the father of Sallie's baby." "Neither is Tony Sturdy" "But, listen ." "Listen , I'm not convinced that Curtis is our only suspect." "His sister saw Sean Philips arguing with Sallie outside her flat." "Quite violently." "Look, I want you to have a look at this." "See what you think." "This is Sean Phllips congratulating Sallie on a basketball win" "There" "Rather enthusiastic, don 't you think?" "Mm, definitely." " So he was screwing her?" "TENNlSON :" "It 's a possibility" "So she gets pregnant" "He doesn 't want to know." "She thinks, "l'll show you ." "I'll go from being your sexual fantasy to your worst nightmare."" "She goes completely off the rails." "She threatens to tell everyone." "I want everything we can on Sean Philips." "His sexual history." "His marriage..." " Get on to it immediately" " Sanctimonious pricks." "What did I tell you?" " Eh ?" " You did, Taff." "You did." "Penny's coming in to give a witness statement on Bill Otley's shooting, so..." "Good." "Well, we'll see her in the soft suite." " OK." " And let's get Sean Philips in as well." "They'll think he's just there because of her." "Come through here." "Penny, why don 't you sit down ?" "Just that Penny may be called to give evidence about the shooting, so we thought maybe it would be a good idea to go over again what happened that night." "Your part in what happened." "OK?" "OK." "Where do you want me to start?" "Er..." "Well, why were you at the hospital?" "We were there because of Curtis's leg." "TRAYNOR:" "And you were there with a group of friends yeah ?" "Yeah." "It's just lsaw him following you ." "Isaw him threaten you ." "He was so angry." "Ineeded to get him out of there." "So he ran ." "I followed." "Why?" "Why did you run after him?" "I don 't really know." "I thought I could I thought I could keep him away." "Why do you think Curtis listened to you?" "I don 't know." "He just came cos l wanted him to." "Now, listen , Penny... ..if you're called as a witness, then they're going to ask you some questions - some difficult questions." "So I want to be the one who asks you first." "OK." " All right?" " OK." "is Curtis your boyfriend?" "Sort of." "Do you have sex?" "Not sex, but..." "Does she have to spell it out ?" "We need to know how Penny will answer." "It will influence if we call her as a witness or not." "OK." "Was Curtis sleeping with Sallie?" "I don 't think so." "Sallie spent a lot of time with Curtis, at his sister's flat." "Do you know Vanessa's flat?" "Were you aware of that?" "No." "No, but you knew about that, Sean , didn 't you?" "Because you were seen arguing with Sallie on the balcony outside." "Yes." "Sallie had been missing basketball." "I was worried that she was going down the same road as Curtis." "Basketball?" "That's what that was about?" "Mm." "Well, I appreciate how important basketball is, but it's just that you never mentioned it before." "It would have been very helpful to our investigation if we'd known that Sallie was spending time in Curtis's bolt hole." "Yeah, I can see that now." "Well, in retrospect, that was a mistake." "Ishould have mentioned it." "Let's look at the school rolls." "Crosscheck any of Sallie's absence's with any of Mr Philips's." "They must keep some kind of attendance record for teachers." "She's holding something back." "TRAYNOR:" "About dad?" " Mm" "Have you got kids?" " Yeah." "Two girls." "Never lie to them." "They always know when you're lying." "Penny?" "Penny!" "It's your mum." "Hello?" "Penny are you OK?" "Yeah. I'm fine, thanks." "Darling I want you back here straight away" " Please" " Look, I'm not coming home tonight, OK?" "Penny" "They're so freaked out." "Don 't even care." "I'm not going home." "Yes." "They're Sallie's." "No, um..." "They're my daughter's." "I'm afraid they're evidence now." "What about the pendant?" "is that there?" "The cross?" "Sallie's cross?" "No, there's no sign of that." "I can still smell her...in the house." "Do you ever hear that song Smells Like Teen Spirit ?" "I don 't know what it's about. I don 't..." "That's what goes through my head, that..." "She's er..." "This...is what's gone." "That hope." "Hope." "That's what he destroyed." "That's what Sean Philips took away." "Hope." "This bastard came to our house." "This bastard came into my house." " Tony." "Tony." "Tony..." " He came to Sallie's funeral." " You don 't know." "You don 't know." "You don 't know." "Listen , I give you my word." "I will find Sallie's killer." "I give you my word." "The SOCO boys found these bits and pieces in the hospital car park." "You must have dropped them." "They're your dad's." "Thank you ." "Bloody shame about Bill, eh?" "Terrible." "He was in AA." "He was..." "He was a great help to me." "You should have a holiday." "Look at you ..." " Hm." "No, your dad's just died." "You've seen Bill shot, you were nearly shot." "And you're leaving, anyway." "Exactly." "It's my last case." "That's why I have to find the killer of this young girl." " Good night, guv." " Good night." "Are you gonna be all right?" "Yeah." "pauline:" "live arranged Dad's cremation for 1 1 o'clock tomorrow" "Ah." "OK." "All right?" "Right." "llll see you then Bye" " Um, Pauline, how are you gonna get...?" "linda:" "Penny?" "Penny SEAN :" "You can 't just not come home at night" "Penny, this is no way to behave." "I know that you've been through some terrible experiences recently, but..." "We're here for you ." "Your mum and me." "Just get out of my room." "Yeah, so I won 't be in for a couple of hours, but I'm on the mobile." "SlMMS:" "Yeah sure" "We're all thinking of you guv" "Yeah." "Bye" "God!" "Iused to be on and on at Mum to invite you round, wasn 't l, Mum?" "I was desperate to have an exciting auntie like you ." " Not like dad's boring old sisters PAULlNE:" "You 're as bad as your grandfather" "Whenever you were on TV, doing some appeal, we all sat round and watched" " and said how great you were" "He was always asking after you Jane I didn 't always know." "Granddad said you were retiring." "What are you going to do?" "I don 't know." "pauline:" "Maybe we'll see a lot more of you" "It's just a pity...it's come too late for Dad." "Oh!" "Bloody hell." "Here we go." "The prodigal daughter." "Well, he didn 't talk to me." "Not much." "Never talked to me much either." " That's because you never saw him." "Pauline, you know what?" "I don 't give a damn about the house." "You can sell it." "You can move into it. I don 't care." "I can 't believe you said that to mum." "Why?" "It's what she's longing to say." "Just come out with it." "Excuse me!" "Could I have another drink please?" "Gin and tonic, large one." "Thank you ." "Well, you and Brian have had your eye on that house forever." "Don 't you think you've had enough?" "No, I don 't actually, and I don 't think you two have, either." "Oh come on Liven up I've seen enough dead people in my life, for Christ's sake." "What?" "Am I appalling?" "Am I embarrassing you?" "Never mind, dear." "We can all go and piss in the flowerpots, get thrown out of here." "pauline:" "lim sorry lim sorry it 's turned out like this I hope you got what you wanted from life." "I really do." "I hope it's all been worth it." "Why did we come here anyway?" "I mean , look at us." " We're like some family of old East End villains - l thought it was nice." "Did you think it was nice?" "Well, it's not nice. lt's a dump." "Right." "Jane." "Come on , Carol." "All right?" "We get a lot funerals in here, what with being over the road." "Well, you'll never go bust, then , will you?" "Someone close, was it?" "It's just that you look...sad." "Take your fucking hand off me." "Piss off." "Oh, charming." "Delightful, you are." "Prick." "TENNlSON :" "Penny can I talk to you ?" "I'll see you around, mate." "Why did you never have children ?" "Well, you know, I nearly did once." "Nearly?" "How can you nearly have a child?" "Good question ." "What can I say?" "Life is complicated." " This is such a nice place." " Oh" "Glad you like it. I grew up here." "ispent 1 5 years in this house." "My sister and I used to share this room." " Which one's yours?" " Ta-da!" "My God!" "The bed is tiny." " These are the books I wanted to show you ." " Cool." "Wow!" "I love this." "Now that is cool." " Love the records." " Yeah?" " Oi!" " Sorry." " Oh God" " What?" " You remind me so much of..." " Of you?" "Yeah." "When you were my age?" "Yeah." "Munch." "You've got to look at that." "That's great." "What are you going to do with your life, Penny?" "Don 't know." "Something." "There's something you're not telling me." "About your dad." " You said there wouldn 't be any questions." " Yes." "Sorry." "Sorry." "It's just, you know, it's so easy just to take the wrong turn , Sallie." "Sallie ?" "I'm not Sallie." "Sorry." "Penny." "Penny." "Ohhh." "Oh God lim sorry Penny Penny Sorry" " l've forgotten ." " Shh." "You don 't need to worry so much." "Everything's gonna be OK." "Oh, shit." "Oh, God." "Oh, Jesus." "Penny?" "Penny?" "I'm sorry, I don 't know your name." "Jane." "Jane is going to read the preamble." "Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problem and help others recover from alcoholism." "The only requirement is a desire to stop drinking." "MAN :" "Even when blackouts became a way of life I still" "I still couldn 't admit I had a problem with alcohol lt was always something else:" "the job, my marriage..." "And then , one morning I woke up and it suddenly seemed clear." "My problem wasn 't any of those things." "It was alcohol." "That was my problem." "The rest was just life... ..but I was dead inside." "curtis:" "It was him, not me." "You were the one that was armed, Curtis." "Bill Otley didn 't know what was going on ." "curtis:" "He was putting himsel in my way" " Guv." "Erm..." "Curtis's dabs are all over the handles of the sports bag, but not on any of her clothes." "No semen No sweat No pubes" "And there's nothing inside the sports bag" "Hello, Curtis." "For the tape, Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison is entering the room." " Crazy woman ." " Excuse me?" "I wanted to talk." "You were running your mouth, cussing me." "This interview is about the murder of Sallie Sturdy." "These clothes have been positively identified as belonging to Sallie." "They were found in your sister's flat," " beside the bed you often sleep in ." " Yeah?" " So how did they get to be in your bedroom?" " She left them there." " So were you having sex with Sallie Sturdy?" " Someone got there before me." " ls that a yes or a no?" " Filled her up good and proper." "You knew that Sallie was pregnant?" "My client isn 't the father." "You have his DNA on file." " You can 't have been too happy about that, eh?" " I liked it" "Banging away at it in there." "I told her, "l'll punch it out for you if you want"." "Oh, is that what happened?" "You killed Sallie trying to abort the baby?" "Sallie wasn 't up for it." ""No, no, Curtis. I love the baby."" "I told her, "Go home, man ." "Your face don 't fit." "You don 't belong."" " So, that night that Sallie was killed?" " l told you , I was with with Lester." "We have a statement from Lester Bishop confirming..." "Yes." "Yes." "Yes. I know. I know." "Guv?" "We've got one afternoon about three months ago when I've got both Sean Philips and Sallie absent." "He's supposed to be at the dentist, so I'm just going to get Woodsy to check it now." " Good, how was he?" "Not too happy." "Hmm." "Let's go see him again ." " What, lift him?" "No, no, no." "Go rattle his cage." "TENNlSON :" "Come on Let's go" "Sorry if I'm a little distracted." "Penny didn 't come home last night." "She's all right She's here in school now" " lt's just this battle between school culture and..." " We're not here to talk about Penny." "We're asking several men involved in Sallie's life to take DNA tests." "I thought Curtis Flynn was the person you were investigating." "Sorry, I can 't comment on that. lt would be very helpful if you could come to the station with us." "To be tested?" "But...why?" "I mean ...what would my DNA results show?" "Sallie was pregnant when she died." "So we need to establish who the father is." "And you think that I might be the father?" "My God." "It's not that we think you're the father, it's just, well, we're asking people to eliminate themselves from the inquiry." " You know, to narrow down the field." " But..." "But why?" "I know it's inconvenient, but it'll only take an hour." "This is a witch hunt." " l don 't understand." " You understand perfectly well." "Teachers are being hounded, portrayed as perverts, child molesters..." "You were here yesterday, checking school rolls." " What possible grounds do you now have...?" " We've got our reasons." " We're under no obligation to inform you ." " And I'm under no obligation to take your test." "No, you're not but, if you refuse, we'll have to draw the inference and investigate you further." "Or do you want to walk out of here in handcuffs?" "gloria:" "What's happening?" "I don 't know." "Looks like he's being lifted." "Can I say something?" "I did it." "Sallie... I'm the one who made her pregnant." "Sean Philips, I am arresting you on suspicion of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 1 4-year-old girl." "Daddy!" "No!" "No!" "Daddy!" "Daddy" "NEWSREADER:" "The police have charged a 42-year-old man with having unlawful sex with a 1 4-year-old girl found murdered last week" "The man remains in custody helping police with their inquiries into the murder" "So how frequently did you and Sallie have sex?" "Twice." "Erm...the first time was... ..it was like an accident." "Just...well, I don 't quite know how it happened." "She'd been missing basketball and her whole attitude had changed." "I tried talking to her." "She wouldn 't listen ." "Then , one day, lsaw her up at the Brackford Estate." "I was just passing and I stopped." "We had an argument... I drove her home." "And, somehow, in the car..." "You had sex?" "She suddenly became...very sexual." "She just..." "And the second time?" "It was on the heath." "It was um... lt was more like a date." "OK." "You think I'm contemptible." "You only see the hypocrite." " lt doesn 't matter what I think." " Of course it does." "It matters what everyone thinks." "It's all that's ever mattered to me." "I put a stop to it then ." "Yeah. I could see that it was madness." "So when did you first know that Sallie was pregnant?" "Two months ago." "And how did you react?" "I told her that a termination was the only way, but she um..." "Well..." "She was full of dreams... ..fantasies." "We'd run away together." "Live on the South Coast. I'd give tutorials..." "She had a way of just making it sound so wonderful." "Possible, even ." "Did you feel your career was threatened?" "My career, my family... ..everything would be ruined." "So you stopped seeing her?" "I tried...everything." "I tried to reason with her." "She just wouldn 't listen to me." "She was in love with me." "So..." "Sallie wouldn 't see sense?" "She became impossible." "In school, at home..." "She'd watch the house and call in ." "She was tormenting me." "And when did you last see her?" "Well...on that day at school." "The day she was killed." "You think I killed her." "Either you charge my client, or let him go." "This can 't be a fishing exercise for another separate crime, unless you're willing to arrest him for it." "All right." "My colleague Dl Traynor will formally arrest your client on suspicion of the murder of Sallie Sturdy" "No, please..." "Look, please don 't do this." " I didn 't do this I swear to you" " Tennyson leaving the room." "Quarter past two." "Ask Penny." "She'll tell you that I came straight home." "linda:" "What do you think you 're doing?" "I need it" "You can 't take the car away!" "TAFF:" "We'll be as fast as we can" "Will someone please explain to me what is going on ?" "Let's go inside shall we?" " Well, just..." "Get your hands off me." " All right." "Calm down ." "Let's calm down ." "All right, all right." "You've not noticed anything unusual in Sean 's behaviour?" "I've told you , no." "Stressful job...being a headmaster." "How does he deal with it?" "He's doesn 't go around screwing 1 4-year-old girls." "That's not been a problem in the past?" "It hasn 't." "Did you know that Sallie was pregnant when she was murdered?" "She gave it to me." "Miss Tennison ." "Yeah?" "Acted like she was my friend." "I'm too young to drink." "I am." "lshouldn 't drink alcohol." "What are you saying, Penny?" "She took me back to her dad's house." "We looked at books, and... ..she wanted me to drink whisky." "TAFF:" "No murder weapon no blood-stained clothes" "Nothing really" "Right." "The car's gone to Forensics." "What about Linda Philips?" "Nothing." "They're the Waltons." "OK, well, we'll hold him overnight, and wait for Forensics in the morning." "Good night." "Night." "Night, guys." "Night." "Was Penny Philips at the house?" "She was there, yeah." "How was she?" "Pretty pissed off." "Sticking up for her dad." "What, Penny?" "She's in reception delivering a fish supper." " Just take it upstairs." " We can 't have food from outside." "Why not, why not?" "Just take it." "It's not asking much." "If your dad has that, we have to take it all apart, and check there's nothing in there." " Then do that." " There's nothing in there. lt's fish and chips!" "Take it up, OK?" "Just take it up before it gets cold!" "Jim, take it." "What do you want?" "Penny." "Please." "Penny, I..." "I can 't imagine how difficult all this is for you ." "Go in here." "Look, I told your mate." "About going to your dad's house." "You wanting me to drink." "I told him I was too young to drink alcohol." "Look, Penny... ..I'm not trying to hurt you ." "Whisky would've made me sick, but you just kept on and on at me." "Inever offered you alcohol." "Yes, you did." "You don 't even remember, do you?" "You were too drunk." "Now can I have my dad back?" "Danny, what did Penny tell you?" "It's not good." "My word against hers." "She's got books belonging to you ." "She describes your dad's house" "She's no fool." "So, what are you going to do?" "That's up to you ." "You're my guv'nor." "Well, Danny, I think you should inform Mitchell l've seriously compromised the investigation ... I don 't think Sean did it." "I think he made Sallie pregnant, but I still think Curtis killed her." "Look at his form Assault robbery with violence" "And I don 't believe Penny." "Not about that alcohol" "Thank you ." "You took her back to your dad's house." "I mean , did you never think...?" "She stole my heart." "Who'd have thought?" "I'll see you tomorrow." "Danny, I'm still going after Sean ." "My name's Jane, and I'm an alcoholic." "ALL:" "Hi, Jane." "Um..." "I haven 't had a drink today." "I guess that's a good thing." "His car's clean ." "No trace of Sallie, nothing." " You need a confession ." " Tell me something else I don 't know." "Detective Superintendent Tennison is entering." "So, your only alibi for that night is Penny?" "I don 't want Penny dragged into this." "God, no." "Sean , Sean , Penny has already been dragged into it." "She's been questioned her bedroom has been searched and yet you cling on to her statement I mean , wha..." "Penny's trying to do the right thing." "Well, of course she is." "I mean , she's only a child, isn 't she?" "How old is she?" "Oh, she's the same age as little Sallie." "Little Sallie." "You know, that's what the tabloids are calling her." "OK Sean we'll start again" "We've got plenty of time" "So, let's go back to the heath." "How often did you take Sallie there?" "On a few occasions." " For sex?" "Not only... I wasn 't there that night." "I didn 't kill Sallie." "This is wrong. lt's wrong, it's all out of hand." "You're determined to say I killed Sallie." " And I didn 't. I didn 't." " Sean Sean" "All we want here is the truth." "All right?" "OK, now, look - do you want a drink of water?" "Please." "Would you get him a drink of water, please?" "Sean ...can you imagine what all this is doing to Penny?" "You betray her, her faith in you ." "And you do it with a girl of her own age from the same class, a girl who lives across the street." "Penny..." "Penny, she thinks the world of you ." "This questioning is oppressive." "Sean , let Penny free of this." "I've let everyone down ." "The whole school, everyone." "But I didn 't kill Sallie." "I couldn 't l couldn 't do that." "I'm sorry." "Have you any actual evidence against my client?" "Sallie was my star" "She was my perfect little star." "Your client is free to go Thank you" "mitchell:" "OK let's get Curtis Flynn back in and re-interview" "She's still not convinced about Curtis." "Yeah well it 's not her call now I'll talk to Tennison at her leaving party." "What's up with you , then ?" "Nothing." "Well, that's it, then ." "Whatever you do, do not hire a stripper for the party." "I can 't believe you're really leaving." "Well live had a good run Taff" "You know - dozens of convictions, three commendations, two for bravery, one for excellence." "More than most." "First female DCl." "First Jane Tennison , DCl." "Sorry, ma'am." " Don 't call me ma'am." "I'm not the bloody Queen ." "£9.20, mate." " Keep the change." "Cheers." "Get out!" "Daddy!" "Get out!" " Get out!" " She needs us!" "She needs a family!" "You need your family!" "You screwed that up, didn 't you?" "Get out!" "Open the door." " He had sex with your best friend!" " Let me go!" "He had sex with your best friend and he made her pregnant!" "Open the door." "Open the door, Linda!" "Listen to me - he had sex with her!" "Open the door!" "He made her pregnant!" "He...made...her...pregnant!" "Don 't you understand that?" "Penny?" "Listen to me" " Let me in - l'll phone the police!" "Daddy" "Daddy Daddy" "linda:" "It's all right, it's all right." "No!" "No!" "No, get away!" " Penny, Penny..." "This is Penny Phllips at the hospital" "Oh, come on , Jane." "Now look." "Look." "Even at this distance... you see the pendant, the one that she's wearing, is very similar to the one missing from Sallie's body." "Now, Penny is wearing it before Bill was killed, but when she came back from the flat Curtis had her in , she wasn 't wearing it." "Hang on ." "Somewhere between the hospital and the flat, Penny disposed of the pendant." "TRAYNOR:" "Did you notice if Penny was wearing a chain and pendant?" " She was only here a little while." " She said my top was nice." "Did she?" "She didn 't give you anything, like any jewellery or anything like that?" "No." "Did you notice Curtis chucking anything away?" "No." "She got me a drink of water." "JANE:" "Uh -huh ?" "I don 't like water from the bathroom." "Mum says if you drink it, you get sick." "Penny got you water from the bathroom?" "I didn 't drink it." "Excuse us a minute." "Let's get SOCO over here." "We're gonna rip out that toilet." " l'm going to school." " Do you think that's wise?" " l have to go back sometime." " l don 't think it's a good idea." "No, nothing." " Oh, damn !" "Well, where does that pipe go?" "The waste pipe goes down through the middle of Vanessa's flat into the flat below." "Penny?" "Are you all pervs in your house?" " Your dad teach blow jobs?" "Blow job, blow job, blow job!" "I hate you !" "I hate you !" "I'll kill you !" "It's that one." "It's all right. lt's empty." "Why didn 't she just let him be?" "I hate this place." "She was going on and on at him, and... ..she won 't ever let him be." "Why won 't she ever leave him alone?" "Penny?" "Taff?" "Penny walked out of school after a fight." "Her mam doesn 't know where she is." "She's disappeared." "I couldn 't see it." "I couldn 't see it." "Hello?" "Who's that?" "Jane?" "Auntie Jane?" "Hello?" "Please..." "Please don 't hurt me!" "This is my grandad's house!" "Please!" " Phone Tennison !" "Go on !" "Yes?" "Auntie Jane please lim at Grandad's" "Penny's got my niece." "Grab her, Danny." "Where's Tennison ?" " Get a psychiatrist" "My daughter's not mad!" "I hate you !" "Get away from me!" "Just get away from me!" "Where is she?" "She won 't speak to anybody else." "Well, she will eventually." "Just get her to open up, and we'll get a proper statement later on ." "Put her in a secure unit." "Jane" "She's asked to speak to you ." "You had an abortion ." "You said you nearly had a baby." "That..." "That's what you meant." "You had an abortion ." "You killed your child" "Yes, I had a termination ." "Penny, what do you want from me?" "What do they call it when you ..." "..you can 't remember what you've done." " A blackout?" "Yeah" "Think that happened between me and Sallie?" "You don 't remember what happened?" "They're all saying I killed her." " You were wearing Sallie's pendant." " She gave it to me cos we were friends." "Penny, it was ripped off Sallie's neck after she was stabbed." "We've got the photographs." "Look, you can see the pattern of the chain cut in Sallie's neck." "Curtis could have done it." "Curtis has an alibi." "PENNY:" "Why did you kill her ?" "It could have been a girl." "You could have been a mother" "Penny, you're 1 4." "There's a lot about life that you don 't understand." "You killed your child!" "What is there to understand?" "You know I spent eight hours in a room like this once listening to a young man tell how he'd killed three people." "He was explaining to me how he gouged out one woman 's eye with a pencil." "You think I'm going to go home to Thomas the Tank Engine and "Good night, teddy" after that?" "I made choices. I spent my life in rooms like this." "I'm not proud, but yes, I had a termination ." "It was the right thing for me." "It was the right thing for me to do." "You're the reason my dad's gone." "The reason your dad's gone is because he had sexual relations with a 1 4-year-old girl, with your friend Sallie." "You don 't love anyone." "You don 't love anyone except yourself." "You 're lonely l thought we were friends." "Inever lied to you , Penny." "Listening to you and being with you it made me feel like well, that life was worth living again ." "Everything was exciting and possible, and I felt like I used to before all of this." "I wanted to give you lo... ..love." "You never meant to kill Sallie, did you?" "You wanted to kill that baby" "Penny, you never intended to kill Sallie, did you?" "I meant to." "Sallie was taking the piss" "OK." "I got what you wanted." "Here we go, here we go." "Here's our boy." "Here's our boy" " Officer Hunky." "Check him out." "He'll handcuff her, and do the business." " Handcuff Tennison ?" "Are you joking?" " He'll give her a full body search." "If he touches her, she'll stick that baton right up..." "She'll be here any minute" "That's Sallie's, yes." "I promise it will be returned to you after the court case." "Thank you" "I'm sorry this investigation has been ... so painful for both of you" "We get up in the morning, and that's an achievement." "I make a cup of tea" "That's another one." "And that's how life is now." "I hear you're leaving." "Yes." "Out to grass." "Thank you ." "For everything, thank you ."