Innocent

Did your wife ever express any concerns about her sister?

Do you trust me?

I don't blame the kids for wanting to go back to daddy.

I can't believe you even said that.

You just accused me of killing your sister.

Ugh... Leave me alone.

I didn't think I'd remember anything about you, but I do.

- You work at a boat yard, don't you? - Yes.

- Do you know what a butterfly knot is? - Yeah, of course.

We now believe that your wife borrowed your coat

and the blood on it was from them,

which completely exonerates you.

Apparently one of the tabloids is still sniffing around.

- Dave, I really don't... - I need the money, Phil.

I've been authorised to offer you £10,000.

David. David!

Where have you been?

- I've been calling and calling. - What's happened?

I didn't know you were getting a copy delivered.

- Jack beat me to it. - Ugh...

Jack. Jack, listen, listen to me.

- Stay away from us, all right. - Listen, I shouldn't have done this.

OK. But everything that this man wrote is all lies, it's all twisted

- and exaggerated. - Mum wasn't having affairs then?

- She wasn't suffocated by her family then? - No, no, listen. Not in the way...

- Why would you even talk to him? - Because I was desperate.

I don't have a bloody penny to my name.

I owe people money, Jack, all right.

I owe your uncle Phil. I owe...

- I wanted to do things with you two. - Don't blame us.

We didn't ask to be humiliated like this. Ro, come on, we're going.

- Listen, listen, Listen! - Dad. - OK, your mom, she struggled.

She struggled with this place, and she struggled with me.

And sometimes, I think she felt like she thought her life could have turned out differently.

But the one thing that she never regretted was having you two.

OK. You were the brightest stars in her life.

I am so sorry for everything that you have been through.

You didn't deserve any of it.

You two are the only innocents in this. This whole mess.

So...

Don't listen... Don't listen to these lies.

So, Tom Wilson, where are we with his first wife?

She's clamped up on us. She doesn't want to cooperate.

Make her. Threaten her with obstruction, if you have to.

We need to know what sort of man he was, what he liked.

Did he own equipment used in the disposal of Tara's body?

- Did you speak to the DVLA? - They confirmed the Moffatts only had one car

registered in the name at the time of Tara's death.

And we know Alice walked into town every day.

So we can assume that Rob used the car for work.

He would have had ropes, tarpaulin, tools in the back.

Tom Wilson, on the other hand, he left the Collins house on foot that night.

So, he might have encountered Tara at the station.

But, if he did attack her, he would have had to conceal the body,

source a car, and the necessary gear before returning to dispose of her.

- The timing's tight. - Yeah.

We need to get the Moffatts back in. Separately this time.

- Right, boss. - All right, boss.

I'm surprised you have the nerve to come back here,

after what you did.

That was our baby, Melissa. Our future.

And you didn't even have the decency...

Don't you dare talk to me about decency.

I have done nothing wrong. How many times...

You sent an innocent man to jail.

You slept with his wife.

You paid Louise to cover for you.

And you lied. You lied to my face again and again.

I was just trying to protect you.

You're a coward, Tom, and a fantasist.

You keep telling yourself that it's my fault.

But you destroyed our family, no-one else.

Right then. OK.

Do you want to come in? No-one's here, you see.

Oh, thank you.

- Do you like living here? - Yeah, it's fine.

Have they been good to you?

- You always felt loved and looked after? - Yeah.

And safe. Have you always felt safe here?

You don't... You don't think they could have had something to do with mum's death?

I don't know.

I really don't know.

The night Tara died you two argued about money?

We wanted to pay her back. Of course, we did, we just...

We just couldn't.

- Had she asked for it back? - Yeah.

- When? - That night.

She was thinking about her life, post divorce.

But she knew you didn't have the money.

What were you gonna do? Sell your car? Sell your flat?

She wanted your flat.

She said, if we didn't have the cash, we'd have to sell it.

Your own sister was gonna throw you out on the streets.

Even though she had plenty of money.

I think she thought I was, like, taking advantage of her.

Is that why you assaulted her?

She was just being so cruel.

Did you kill her, Alice?

No.

Did you want to kill her?

For a second, maybe, yeah.

Did you tell Rob how you felt?

That night before he went out, did you tell him how you felt about your sister?

Yeah, I did.

I did.

Not sure I see the point in that.

You get all that money selling your story,

and you blow it buying the papers back.

Strange you never mentioned any of this at the time.

Your wife shagging your best friend.

I bet that drove you mad, didn't it?

Knowing he was giving her what you couldn't.

Is that why you did it?

Is that why you took a hammer to her?

Smashed her skull in.

I know you killed her, David.

Why don't you just get it off your chest?

- She told me they argued, yes. - What about?

Tara refused to pay for another round of IVF.

Thought it was a waste of money.

- Anything else? - Such as?

Did Alice say anything else about the argument?

Well, she was pretty wasted, so um...

- Did she say she hated her sister? - No.

- Did she say she wanted to harm her? - No.

- Did she say she wished Tara was dead or words to that effect? - No, of course not.

Look, she cried, she vented a bit,

and then she took herself off to bed.

- And then, you went out? - And then, I went out.

My instinct is he's lying

about the row and about his wife's state of mind.

- There was a point where I wondered whether they might be in it together. - And now?

I think Tara was slowly driving Alice mad.

I think she was in a tough spot and she was prepared to take it out on her sister.

Alice was on antidepressants, she was in debt,

she was about to be thrown out on the street.

I think she would have murdered her sister that night

if the opportunity had presented itself.

- But, Rob took the initiative? - Yeah.

I think he saved her from herself.

He could see what was happening, and he acted to protect her.

He loved her deeply, he still does.

Keep him in custody. Extend the hours if you have to.

- We need something concrete. A witness, forensic, a confession. - Yes, sir.

We can't afford to get this wrong.

You told us that dad beat mom up, and you told us she was terrified.

- That is what your mum told me. - Did you ever see?

Please, Jack, come on.

It's OK, you can answer the question.

No, I didn't. But she had marks on her, fractured cheek bone.

- Which was nothing to do with dad. - We now know it was nothing to do with your dad.

You stood up in court and you swore that he attacked her.

- I'm not stupid. I've read the reports. - I know.

And I was wrong that I helped convict David.

But at the time I absolutely believed what I was saying.

- Did you? - Yes, I did.

Your mum told me that your dad hit her.

She wanted to leave him, it all just added up.

I thought that he was responsible for her death.

And I wanted to see that he paid for that.

Well then, what about now? Who do you think is responsible now?

South Downs police. Warrant to search the premises.

I'd like to up your dosage of FSH,

- but if that doesn't work there are... - Excuse me...

- Oh, for God's sake, Louise. I am with a patient. - We need to talk.

I'm sorry. Would you give us a moment, please?

I had the police round today.

They want to charge me with obstruction of justice.

- Why? - Because I lied for you.

Do you know what you get for obstruction? Two years.

- Well, I'm sure it won't come to that. - Oh, won't it? They charged you.

Perverting the course of justice, according to DC Beckton.

What are the kids gonna think?

When their mum and their dad are charged with a criminal offence?

- I'll do all that I can to help. - I need money for a lawyer. A good one.

- So, that's what this is all about. - Oh, you owe me, Tom.

- Big time. - I owe you nothing.

You've had more than your pound of flesh.

I'm not gonna let you ruin my life.

I've ruined your life?

Yeah, you've really suffered, haven't you?

With a house and the holidays, with my kids.

Yeah, you've really had it bad.

You have been leeching off me for years, but it stops now.

- You're hurting me. - I have done everything that you've asked.

And what do you do in return? You told my wife to abort our baby.

You don't get another penny out of me for as long as I live.

Now fuck off.

I don't think you're a bad man, Rob.

I'm sure you regret what you did to Tara.

I think you found Tara that night,

and in that moment, at that time, your actions made perfect sense.

Because Alice had already told you she wanted her sister dead.

You know, she'd given you the go-ahead.

So, you killed her.

No.

- How long have you been using ropes in a car to tarpaulins. - What?

We found one today, in your boat yard. The same make

as the one Tara's body was wrapped in.

Everyone uses RNC tarps.