Silent Witness

He's confident, careful and forensically aware.

I'd be very surprised if he hadn't killed before.

Your finger prints are all over these screwdrivers.

You want to tell me what the angled tips are about?

No idea.

This is corn-starch found on their victim, Tina Lunt.

And Clarissa's just retrieved corn-starch powder from

Lucy Chatham's turbinates.

We're working the same case.

If she wants to play happy families with a junkie, that's her prerogative.

When you turned the alarm off, was Alec's Land Rover outside?

You're getting in a state about nothing. - Was it parked outside?

Which night did you stay at the guesthouse?

Why are you asking?

Massive trauma to the torso.

Trauma to the face.

Tyre tread marks on his clothing.

And in the blood.

If this is the same killer, he's learning fast.

How do you mean?

He hit Lucy with his car, but she survived.

Multiple impact - he left nothing to chance.

So much for Beale being your prime suspect.

Just because someone's killed him doesn't mean he didn't kill Tina.

Wasn't a chance robbery.

There's a couple of hundred quid in here.

Which leaves what - pre-arranged meeting?

With Wesley Beale doing the arranging. Says who?

Well, he lives less than a mile away.

No CCTV, no prying eyes. Feels like his call.

If it's his choice of venue, why's he the one that's dead?

Someone he under-estimated?

Wolf in sheep's clothing?

What are you doing in here? How did you get in?

Set of keys in your coat.

What coat?

The one you keep in the guesthouse. Mum was going to chuck all your stuff out.

I thought you might want it.

Thanks.

I think I know what Mum's worried about.

That the police will find out you used to be Brett Porter.

Mum was acting so weird, I decided to get some answers for myself.

Jessie...

I've read all the articles.

Only one thing I don't get.

You were found innocent - so why did you change your name?

Jack.

Guv. Remember what that girl said? Jessica Timpson?

Big bloke watching her from a black Fiesta.

Yeah. We can get her to confirm easily enough.

So... what was Hounslow Wesley doing in leafy Surrey?

Getting petrol, for one.

Dated yesterday morning. A service station in Surrey.

Isn't that near where Lucy was run down? Yeah.

And Alice and Jasper's flat.

So, we've got a dead bloke with form for dealing

and a suspect with form for possession and assault.

Even if Beale was Jasper's supplier, why would Jasper kill Beale?

He ripped him off? A bad batch? Any number of reasons.

I'm still not seeing a motive.

Beale's record includes blackmail, yeah?

Maybe he tries to shake Jasper down

cos he knows he's got something to do with Lucy's murder?

We know there is a link between Lucy and Tina's murders.

We know Beale was in both locales very recently

and we know he's in the drug business. We need to talk to Jasper.

The police did everything they could...

to pin it on me.

The jury saw through it.

Well, they must've had something else...

for you to be their main suspect?

I'd picked up a conviction... two years earlier.

For, um,

unlawful sex.

It was all consensual,

completely consensual, but...

..she was 15.

Jess, I know, I know.

But I... I... I was a different person back then.

Successful. I had half-a-dozen bars in Brighton

and the girls were just on tap.

Shame you had to pick one that was 15(!)

It was a mistake.

ONE mistake.

Still.

She didn't even want to press charges.

It was all down to her parents and the police and...

Ellie's right, though...

about the missing girl.

With all the police crawling around,

they might find out I use the guesthouse.

So? So! If they do,

it's best they don't know I stayed there on Friday night

and only you know that I did.

You want me to lie?!

The police are always looking for another shot at me.

Do you recognise the service station, Jasper?

It's down the road from my flat.

What about the bloke filling up? You recognise him?

Forgive me for asking. What is it?

Six, seven counts of possession you've clocked up over the years?

Go on. Indulge me.

One last look.

Maybe you remember him...

more like this?

We know from Lucy that you blow up when things don't go your way.

Is that what happened to Beale? I don't know Beale!

Did he think you were some sad, posh junkie

that he could just push around?

Did you put him straight on that score? Are you listening to me?!

OK, OK. You say you don't know him, I believe you.

Where were you this evening, say, from 8pm onwards?

I've been at home all night with Alice. That's not what SHE says.

She says you didn't get home until 11.

So, who's lying?

You left here under a bit of a cloud, didn't you?

Alice didn't want you in the same car as her,

let alone the same house.

So where did you go, Jasper?

Jesus...

That's it... Get it off your chest.

I went out to score.

All that shit you put me through, I needed a fix.

But my dealer is not Wesley Beale.

And where does he reside, YOUR dealer? Brentford.

42, Pixley Road.

You lot have got cameras up and down that street,

for all the good it does you.

So, unless I snuck out the back,

hightailed it over to this, what...

Industrial estate...?

Ran this poor chap over - not forgetting I don't have my car -

before quietly sneaking back...

I think you'd better order me a cab.

Hiya.

Sorry it's late.

Can you process that for me?

Sure.

Huh!

What's it's, er, provenance?

Bit unusual. OK...

It was dumped by a girl only tangentially involved in the case.

Right. If you just find one set of prints, one set of female DNA,

then no further action required.

I see.

Getting soft in your old age?

Where've you been?

Visiting a patient.

But you weren't on call tonight?

Clive Jones.

He seems to distrust the younger doctors.

And, it must be said, they're not crazy about him.

What's that car you're driving?

I told you. Garage lent it to me.

While they're fixing the VW.

Mm, right.

What's wrong with it?

The petrol gauge is playing up.

Says "empty" when it's full.

I asked Jess, point blank,

which night she saw Alec at the guesthouse.

She said it was Thursday. And?

And I know her well enough to know when she's lying.

Not this again... And I remember her being around on Thursday night.

What are you saying? That he got her to lie?

I think they've seen each other. Well, they've always been close.

At the very least, they've spoken. Why are you torturing yourself?

If he was here Friday,

that means he left Saturday morning.

And that's when Lucy Chatham...

So, we're back to that again?

Ellie,

you're worrying about nothing.

Am I?

How do you know?

'That trust. That love.

'I think you mean total, undiluted dependence..

'I know love when I see it.

'God, you're such a softie!

'If we stopped feeding her and the neighbours stepped in,

'they'd get that look. That's just cynical...

'What're you saying?

'Our kids never love us?

'It's never real?

'What crap is Mummy spouting?

'Let me translate.

'"I love my Dad.

'"He's the greatest.

' "He can do no wrong."

'What about Mum?!

' "On the fence about Mum."

' "On the fence"!

'Hello.

'Say "hello" to the camera.

'Look at you! Lovely girl!

'Yay!'

'Obviously, the discovery of Lucy's body is a devastating blow

'to the family, but from an investigative angle,

'we now have a wealth of new evidence to work with.

'The net is closing in on this man, make no mistake...'