PRIME SUSPECT Episode 7 - Part 1 The Final Act
Sh...
Oh, sh...
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!
Ium...
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 moblle 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 IÂ'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.
- How old were you? - I was 17.
Who wants to dress like that at 1 7?
You know what? The clothes didn't matter.
lt 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!
- I'm not drunk. - Let me out!
Please let me out.
- Let me out of the car now. - OK!
Oh, Penny. Penny!
Ohhh!
I haven't done anything wrong.
I appreciate this is a very difficult situation.
Difficult?
My wife's had to go home.
Mr Sturdy, you told us that you worked 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?
l 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? - I'm not saying anything.
- Yes, you are! - I'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?
l mean, what were you doing?
There's no point in telling. I don't think you'd understand.
Oh? Try me, try me.
-No, l... - Come on, tell me.
Hm?
Thinking.
l was just sitting in my car thinking.
Sometimes after work l just go up to the heath and...
Before going home I just spend half an hour, just trying... trying to catch up wi'...
Think what... But that isnae what l...
l've got more important things on my mind
than contemplating how crap my life has become, you know?
Do you have any witnesses?
Witnesses?
l 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 l?
l 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, l...
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? - I had a can of beer.
Just the one?
OK, so you're sitting in your car, with Sallie, drinking.
Wait a minute! l was sitting alone, I told you .
l was... What...
What is this?
l 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?
l don't know. l... l... A kit bag? I don't know.
Sorry, you're saying that she didn't have a kit bag?
l wasn't there, I wasn't there! How would I know if she had a kit bag?
l really, really, I mean ...for Christ's sake!
l 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?
ls that what it is? You had more than one beer in that car, didn't you?
l 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? l 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
llm sorry mate llm really sorry
But you know, it's getting a bit ridiculous.
Mr Sturdy, I'm afraid a body has been found on the heath.
lt fits Sallie's description .
I'm sorry.
The foxes have been at her.
Fingers and arms, mainly.
l'll see the photos.
- So, how did she die? - Hard to be certain yet.
Any sign of a murder weapon?
l'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.
- I 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 l'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 l, actually... l am very concerned about your health.
Thank you very much, sir, I'm so grateful.
l 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? - I have, I have.
l 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 l've retired because l'll have the time then .
Sir, l've got a real feel for this Sallie Sturdy case.
And all the people involved. l know I can find that killer.
And when I do, I will retire.
l promise you, even if it's tonight.
Alcoholism as we know is a three-fold lllness
MentaI physical and spirituaI
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 alcohoI
lld convinced mysel I needed alcohoI 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.
lt's good to see you again .
Yeah.
l can't believe this, you know.
Actually, it's the first time l've been to one of those.
No, I meant... Not coming here. lt'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?
l 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, l'd love to, Bill, but I'm really busy right now. So, sorry.
Please.
lshould have done this years ago.
Anyway, on the job I was drinking, obviously,
and...l built up this resentment against you .
You know what I was like.
l haven't forgotten .
A chauvinistic bastard, you know.
l tried to wreck your career.
l interfered with your investigations.
Oh, Bill, Bill, it's...
- lt's water under the bridge. -No, no, no.
l want to apologise.
lt's important.
lneed to do this.
You know, back then l...
l 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 .
lnever thought l'd say that.
Neither did l.
Are you OK?
ls something worrying you?
l've got this case. lt's about a missing girl, she's only 1 4 years old.
l got a phone call the other night, it was a very important call.
And I answered it, but l'd had a few drinks,
and er...
in the morning l couldn't remember anything about it.
ln 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 I was, who I was with.
Have you got anyone you could talk to?
We can't do it on our own, Jane.
Oh, now l'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 speciaI treatment or privlleges
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 l'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, l'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 kllled 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 wllI never happen again
l promise.
Just after Sallie went missing,
someone wrote ''Sallie's lost it'' in the girls' toilets.
Lost it? You mean like her virginity?
lsuppose so, but...
- Who to? Who would she have lost that to? - I don't know.
Would she have told anyone about it?
Gloria, maybe.
- Where is Gloria? - I don't know. She's probably bunked off.
No traces of DNA llm 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?
lt'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.
l 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. lt'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? l 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 .
lt was you that wrote in the toilets that Sallie had lost her virginity, right?
So what? lt was a bit of fun .
So which of the lucky boys did you have in mind? Lester? Curtis?
Huh?
- I 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?
lt was Penny who told you about the toilets, innit?
No, she didn 't. Not that it's any of your business.
lt is my business if someone grasses me up.
Why would she get you into trouble?
l don't know. I'm not Penny, am l?
Penny?
Penny!
- Can I have a word with you? - Yeah, OK.
ln the car. Would that be all right?
So, Penny...
was Sallie having a relationship with Curtis?
l don't know.
Any of the other boys?
You know what boys are like.
- Yeah! - They never told me.
lf she was meeting someone up on the heath,
who do you think that could have been?
Could it have been Curtis? Or Lester?
lt could have been any of them.
You mean, like, she could take her pick?
Sex isn't such a big thing.
l 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
l 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.
l 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! -llm 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... - I 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!
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?
l ain't saying anything. l know nothing about all this.
l 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?
l'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.
lt's an elected consultation at another hospital...
- Yes, I understand that. - lt's only a short drive away...
- We'll see him right away. - I'm sorry. We can't release the oxygen .
lt'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 .
l'll get the heat on in the car, all right? lt'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?
l 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!
- I don't care! - What do you mean, you don't care?
l've got cancer. I'm dying. Can't you see?
Yes, but you can't just accept it.
l 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?
lnever said that.
l didn't say that you ... you feel guilty.
lnever 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? lt's what you had to do.
lnever wanted you to join the police.
l'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
GlRL: 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.
l 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. l'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.
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l 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 .
lt'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, l'll do it, OK?
See? Once her mum says no...
''l did not die.
Do not stand at my grave
and forever weep
l am not there.
I do not sleep
I am a thousand winds that blow
l am the diamond glints on snow.
l am the sunlight...on ripened grain .
l am the gentle autumn rain .
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
l am the swift uplifting rush...
of quiet birds in circled flight ''
..it looks peculiar? l 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.
ls 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.
l'll give you a lift home. Come on .
l'd really like to show you something.
No, I can 't. l've got to get you back.
Oh, please!
All right. But it'll have to be quick, OK?
lt'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?
lt'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 llm 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!
lstill remember...
..the day you were born .
And Pauline too.
They were the happiest days of my life.
GlRLS: Yeah
- Mr Sturdy... - I think that you're a cold, ruthless bitch,
but maybe that's what you need to be to do your job.
l 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!
lt's kissing like somebody who... ..somebody who...
Thank you .
Look, please. Tony.
l really appreciate you bringing this in ,
but I beg of you , please don't take this any further.
l love you, Dad.
l love you. l'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.
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Following me around?
Oh, you flatter yourself.
l 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? - I called you a bitch!
Right. You're under arrest, for the murder of Sallie...
- All right. - I 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!