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- Thanks for coming. - Hi.

- Hey, Alun. - Really appreciate it.

Excuse me.

Alun, go home to your family.

I'll see you bright and early tomorrow.

Send me that agenda.

Congratulations.

Where's the safe?

We've gotta warn him.

Please, please, please, please!

No, mom!

Louise?

Louise?

Just let her go.

Go on, get out of here!

Dad, Dad?

Call an ambulance!

Morning, ma'am.

Middle-aged man, Alun Wilmott, was murdered last night

as he confronted a couple of intruders.

One of them was armed.

Apparently, the gun went off in a struggle.

This Alun Wilmott, the betting magnate?

Yeah, his wife and daughter were in the house,

Louise and Jess Wilmott.

So where are they now?

Um, over at a neighbors.

I've got Jac to keep an eye on them.

Right.

24/7 security, lot of good that did.

- Ma'am. - Thanks.

Now, I'm gonna need a word with the hired muscle.

And put out a press statement,

so get in touch with the Press Office, hm.

The papers will be all over this.

Malcolm?

Watch where you're putting your feet, please.

Oh, I'll come in again through the back door, shall I?

Well, the scene's already been compromised.

There's boot treads all over the hallway.

So, what can you tell us?

Single bullet wound to the chest.

He was dead by the time the paramedics arrived.

Now, there's some tattooing on his shirt

around the bullet hole.

Hot discharge residue.

No sign of an exit wound.

If we find the bullet intact,

it might well help us trace the weapon.

Mm.

Fancy place.

Well, it's just lost a chunk of its real estate value.

We'll start a sweep of the downstairs as soon as

we get him bagged and tagged.

Well, let us know if you find anything.

Watch where you're putting your feet.

I heard you the first time, Malcolm.

Ma'am?

Safe's been cleaned out.

It's a combination lock,

so someone must have opened it for them.

I've got the inventory of the contents that were taken.

There's passports, jewelry, couple of watches.

Expensive watches.

20 grand in cash!

20 grand.

That's just pin money to a fella like Wilmott.

Wife and daughter were home alone when they broke in.

So where was he?

He was in town at a charity race night.

That dog track he owned in the city.

Moorden Fields?

So it would've been common knowledge, then,

that he was at the track.

Maybe someone thought they'd be an easy target.

So why bring a firearm, hm?

That's just asking for trouble.

They came in over the garden fence at the back.

Smashed the patio doors.

I'd say this was a botched burglary.

Husband came home, disturbed them in the act.

No, they knew there was a safe in the house.

But 20 grand in cash?

Either it was their lucky day,

or someone gave them the heads-up.

What do you reckon?

By the front gate?

Ma'am!

This is Ciaran Duggan.

He's the head of neighborhood security.

Right, DCI Stanhope.

I'm running this investigation.

Right, any way we can help?

Well, you can start by telling us

who was on patrol last night.

That would've been Ryan.

Ryan, get over here.

Right, the, uh, your gaffer says

you were working the evening shift.

Aye, that's right.

I did a drive past the Wilmott's at 20:55.

You see anything out of the ordinary?

It was pretty quiet, like, usually is around here.

So when did you hear about the break-in?

I got a call from the control room,

someone in the house had pressed a panic button.

Yeah, what time was that?

Just after 9:00 p.m.

The police were informed at the time.

We'll look into it.

Well, I drove here as soon as I heard.

So you weren't on duty yourself, then?

No, I was, uh, working back at the office.

Right.

Now, did either of you enter the property?

Well, uh, a man had just been shot.

Aye, trampled all over the crime scene.

Given the circumstances, I think we acted appropriately.

Now, can you take your boots off,

give them to DC Lockhart, need to rule them out as evidence.

Well, come on, we haven't got all day!

And the same goes for you, get them off.

So, how long have you had this security company, hm?

Won the tender six months ago.

Four-man team, roving patrols, and alarmed response.

Ah, all right, if you can afford it.

We're a visible deterrent.

Oh, that's obvious, all that bling you're wearing.

Right, logs, CCTV, body cams, dash-cams, the lot.

See if we can find anything Ryan might have missed.

I found some more tire tracks further down the lane.

Hm?

They took off on a getaway bike,

out of sight of any cameras.

This must've taken some planning.

Chances are they'd been watching the place.

Yeah, well, they'd have known about

those security patrols then, wouldn't they?

Get the CSI team down here, cordon off the whole lane.

Now, we know your husband had been at the race track

last night, charity event.

He messaged me to say he was on his way home.

Right.

I heard talking downstairs,

I thought it must be Alun.

Then I heard Jess scream.

So you were the first one to see these intruders?

Well, I didn't see their faces.

They were both wearing masks.

So, what about their voices?

They sounded local, I think one of them was older.

Oh, what makes you say that, love?

Just the way he talked.

Clearly, he was the one calling the shots.

Right.

Did you tell him there was a safe in the house?

We didn't tell them anything, until we saw the gun.

What about this other fella, hm?

Anything stand out?

He was wearing trainers, like flash stripes.

It just stayed in my head, you know?

Look, I know this is hard, love,

but if there's anything at all you can tell us

that might help us to catch them.

There was a struggle out in the hall, the gun went off.

The next thing I knew, he was lying there, bleeding.

Now, did either of you notice anything suspicious,

weeks leading up to this?

We have been getting nuisance phone calls.

Landline, we hardly use it.

But the caller always hung up when I answered.

Mm.

Right, so, uh, now, is there somewhere else you can stay

other than here with your neighbors?

Me mom's, she's over in South Shields.

We'll need to get some swabs and prints, no rush.

Yeah, we'll get someone to drive you over.

I'll need to fetch a few things from the house.

Right, well that can be arranged,

after forensics have finished.

Maybe tomorrow.

Ma'am, these are the owners of the house,

Gayle and Iain Beecher.

Right.

Right, you wanted to see me?

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