Halifax: Retribution

The city awoke this morning

to the news that the Melbourne shooter

has claimed his fourth victim.

Now that a cop's been shot, it's been bumped into the red zone.

The police and the government

will bring this perpetrator to justice.

Come and work with me.

Let's get this done before any more people get killed.

The sites that he did the shootings from

are unlikely to be totally random.

Prides himself on his cleverness,

and he likes what he's done to the city.

How do you track someone that leaves no clues behind?

Maybe he doesn't have the stomach to do it up close.

What's your theory on the letter?

- What? - The retribution letter.

How is this a letter from the crank?

Because it's what I had to believe.

"Hi, Jane. I need to spend more time with my mother.

"Lose a dad, gain a mum.

Love and kisses, Zo."

Ah!

Come on! Fuck!

Police have confirmed that at 11:50 last night,

an unarmed security guard was gunned down

in a multi-storey carpark...

There is speculation that the shooting is connected

to previous shootings in the city.

Jane Halifax.

OK.

Hey. I wanna show you something.

You have an uninterrupted view of the outdoor cinema.

You could save a fortune on tickets if you can lip-read.

- Who was the victim? - Zika Latal.

He was enjoying a beer and an outdoor movie with his mates.

- He was the first victim. - First victim?

There's a second victim.

Security guard that works in this building.

Yeah, we think he disturbed the shooter up here, and then

when he tried to escape to that stairwell, he was shot and killed.

His name was Rohit Sharma. He was 26. He had a kid.

I have spoken to the victim's supervisor.

His shift covered a dozen of these multi-storey carparks.

He would drive between them, walk the ramps, check everything,

move onto the next one.

Last night he did something different, didn't he?

Yeah. Normally his route is east

to west and last night he reversed that order.

He caught our shooter unaware.

Maybe this is our shooter's first mistake.

No. Jane's right.

This was the victim's mistake, not the shooter's.

Jane, I left you a note so we didn't have to do this.

A threat was made against me and obviously my family.

You could still be in danger.

If someone hates you that much, don't you think that I could be

in more danger when I'm actually with you?

Possibly.

Jane, if you were really worried about me, you would have told me

about the letter.

No-one knows I'm here. Like, I've got Turd, I've got my minders

that follow me everywhere. I'm safe.

I still want you to stay with me.

And I want to spend more time with my mother.

OK.

Just call me if you need anything.

Now, ignoring the security guard, which we can assume was unplanned,

we're focusing on the original victim.

Zika Latal has no known enemies, according to his wife.

Everyone loves a stockbroker.

His bank accounts, they check out.

Phone records indicate nothing amiss.

Even sponsored a family from a Third World country.

That's your cue to tell me he's the kind of guy

that make stockbrokers look good.

- Right. - I'm working my way through

the drivers of cars that were in the carpark overnight.

No-one's reported anything suspicious.

Forensics just came back. Security guard was shot with a 9mm Beretta.

So he was prepared for something

- like this. - Well, he might have been prepared,

but he won't like things not going to plan.

I'm Sharon Sinclair and I'm the author of this wonderful book,

Many Lies, One Mind, and you are watching You're Killing Me...

Now, do you wanna tell me about Sharon Sinclair?

Sharon? I haven't thought about Sharon in 20 years. Why?

I'm a complete crime fiction tragic.

I thought I recognised her name from somewhere.

That somewhere turned out to be the front of one of your files.

- Crime fiction? - She's a expert on that.

Well, she was convicted of double homicide.

Her father and stepmother?

I was an expert witness for the prosecution.

At the time she was pleading dissociative identity disorder,

or multiple personalities.

She claimed that Sharon wasn't the one who killed her parents,

it was another personality.

Um, as a result of that, I... became quite unwell, mentally ill.

Well, I think you should have a look at this. Have a seat.

I acted out, you know,

in a really very violent way, I admit that, and I went to

prison, which of course, well,

is the perfect place to study the criminal mind.

Unless of course, like you're

someone like a Jane Halifax, where you get all kinds of damaged people

delivered to your doorstep and you can study them at your leisure.

How do I know that name?

Oh, she's a forensic psychiatrist.

She's also been in the press because her husband got murdered.

- Oh, of course. - Mm.

- So awful, isn't it... - Her work is not based on fact,

but conjecture, so her opinion is just that.

It's just an opinion. Who knows? She may have produced more fiction

in her professional life than I have, and I've produced six books!

- OK, yeah. - Jane, she's violent and bears

you a grudge. We should consider her a suspect in Ben's murder.

- I'm putting her on the list. - Oh, no. Don't bother.

She's just exploiting her connection to me to sell books.

She did bludgeon two people to death with a fire poker.

I know her. She's just an attention-seeker.

Don't waste your time on people like Sharon Sinclair.

Pretty soon this city's gonna be running out of middle-aged males.

Ben shouldn't be up here.

His murder's about me.

It's got nothing to do with this.

Well, Mila's not treating it as separate, so until it's solved,

it remains part of the investigation.

And what does Mila have to report?

I know you've got an active shooter, Tom,

but Ben's killer is still out there.

- You OK? - Yeah, just give me a sec.

Police still haven't released the identity of the man

who was shot dead last night in what appears to be the latest...

What the police aren't saying is what's being done to protect

our city.

I mean, how many more lives...

...spokesperson for Taskforce Stingray

would not be drawn on whether last night's

shooting now forms part of...

...until the city is deemed safe by authorities.

Oh, fuck.

Oh, god.

I'm sorry.

Is it that time already?

Sorry for interrupting your exercise.

Oh, it's part of my writing process.

Helps me brush out a character.

How can I help?

Oh, thank you.

This is just an informal chat.

We're speaking to a number of people that Dr Halifax worked with.

Oh, well, you're gonna be busy.

You're gonna talk to all the people that Jane Halifax has assessed?

I'm surprised she can still remember me,

although it's kind of nice to think that I might be one of the more

memorable crazies - except, of course, I wasn't crazy in her view.

Dr Halifax's partner, Ben Sailor,

was murdered on the night of July 25.

And I am one of the persons of interest.

Yes, I heard what happened to her husband. It was awful, awful.

July 25, Ms Sinclair. Do you happen to remember where you were?

I've just been buried in press for the book.

Um, I think July 25 I was at a reading in Yarraville.

- OK. Great. - Can I take that?

Thanks. And what time did that finish up?

- 10:00.10:30. - OK.

Mm-hm.

Tell me about Dr Halifax.

Haven't seen her in 20 years, so...

She gave evidence for the prosecution

in your trial, didn't she?

Mm-hm. It was very compelling.

Erroneous, but it was compelling.

Erroneous.

You received a major sentence.

Have you forgiven her?

You know, it's not a question of forgiveness,

'cause... I wouldn't have all this success if I hadn't gone to prison.

I'm very grateful.

Guess which crime writer's palatial home I've just been to?

Oh. And what'd you make of our famous novelist?

I'm not really sure.

She was certainly working the charisma thing big-time.

Look, she even signed a book for me.

Yes, well, she wants everyone to love her.

- Well, she loves you. - I don't think so.

No, no, she insists that she has you to thank for her career.

Oh, maybe I should ask to share

- in the profits, then. - No, I've already got it.

You should have a read, though. It's all about reversals of truth.

Reversals of truth? Oh, she's an expert in those.

- Hey. - Hey.

Always interesting to see yourself blown up.

If you know what I mean.

Yeah.

Sorry, can we...

Yeah, of course.

Hey, thanks for being here.

- Doesn't mean I'm moving back. - I know.

Does it... does it