Innocent

I've had seven years of my life stolen, and now I want justice.

I want my wife's real killer found, and I want my children back.

You hardly know me, but I want that to change, Jack.

He had her blood on his parka when he was arrested,

so please, for all our sakes, you do your job.

Prove that he murdered my sister.

What I told the police officer, big sister grabbed the little one

- by throat and pushed her into the wall. - I don't have that down here.

If I'd let these be used, a guilty and very dangerous man

would have walked free,

but if you think it was somehow immoral, fine.

Go to Hillman. Make a formal complaint.

My best friend was sleeping with my wife.

- You think he may have had something to do with her death? - Yes, because he lied.

Tara was wrapped in a tarpaulin, which was secured at both ends

with a butterfly knot.

It's just like our little family. Unbreakable.

You won't win this fight, Alice.

I will see you in hell before you take my children away from me.

Oh, God. I can't.

- Come on, old man. - Mate...

- I'm out of condition. - I'm saying nothing.

Just the last time we did this,

I was actually sick trying to keep up with you.

Napes Needle, we never climbed that, did we?

We still got all the gear in the shed.

All right, when we get back, I'm gonna put a date in the diary.

- Deal? - Deal. - Good.

- Last one to the top buys the beers. - Nope. - Come on.

Where are ya?

Cheers.

Here.

Er, thanks. I wouldn't normally take it, but, erm...

What?

- No, it's fine. - What?

I got laid off yesterday.

- You're joking. Why? - I don't know, really.

Orders are right down. They're cutting back.

Last in, first out, I guess.

Look, I'm sure it's got nothing to do with you.

Right, OK.

My solicitor rang yesterday.

Apparently, one of the tabloids is still sniffing around.

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

I need the money to fight the case.

To buy the kids the basics, to live.

The chances of me getting a job around here, zero...

and you've worked yourself to the bone for me.

- Oh, no, no. - I'm gonna make good.

I'm gonna meet the guy.

- Truth is, David's right. - No.

Yeah. We can't stop Jack going there, he's a teenage boy.

The more we try, the more he'll resist us.

I also think we got more important things to worry about.

What more important than keeping our family together?

I think we need to get you a lawyer.

What, do you think I need help, do you? To cover my tracks?

I don't need a lawyer, Rob, cos I have done nothing wrong.

So I'm gonna the interview, I'm gonna tell the truth,

and I'm gonna get on with being a parent.

Hi, guys, have you seen DI Hudson around anywhere?

- Erm, I think she's in with Hillman. - Thanks.

So, Jack's 16 in a few weeks, Ro.

He's almost taller than Rob. He can look after himself, can't he?

But you can't, Ro...

so I really need you to listen to me here, please.

Three juries have failed to find your father not guilty.

36 men and women have listened to the evidence

in three trials, over seven years,

and not one of them, darling, not one of them

have been able to say the words "not guilty".

And as much as I really understand

your confusion right now, I really do. That scares me...

it really does...

and I think it should scare you too, sweetheart.

Mm-hm.

If it were one or two genuine mistakes,

- perhaps, we could find a way around it... - Sir

but this is way more than that.

In fact, the evidence brought to me by DI Hudson

strongly suggests your initial investigation wasn't just flawed

- but also, perhaps, criminally negligent. - With respect, sir...

You will have the opportunity to answer

the allegations made against you in due course.

Right now, I'm informing you that I am suspending you from duties,

and I have forwarded the details regarding this allegation to Professional Standards.

The evidence against Collins remains, and I have no doubt...

I expect them to serve you with a Reg 15 notice.

You will then have ten days to respond in writing to the allegations made against you.

The right to consult a federation representative...

You're to go nowhere near my kids, OK?

Which we wouldn't, anyway. We know what they've been through already...

and actually what Sun readers are mainly interested in is your story,

what you've been through, how you're moving forward.

And how long would this go on for?

We think three Saturdays. We always do a weekend personal interest story,

and we're thinking... prison years,

the retrial and release, and then the future.

True-life crime stories play well now with all the stuff on TV coming from America.

And for all of this, how much would you pay me?

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

- I was hoping for more than that. - Hm.

I need more than that.

Maybe if we'd done it immediately after the trial collapsed, but that's the best I can do.

- Would you go to £15,000? - I'm really sorry.

£13,000, then?

Please.

I've got lawyers fees, and I owe my brother money,

and I need to buy the kids stuff. Please.

I can go to £12,000 if we start right now, here.

See if we can get it in for this weekend.

For £12,000.

OK.

I'm gonna need... a couple of signatures.

She's still scared of him, you know? Mom.

Alice.

You know, I heard her and Rob rowing the other night.

Police were asking questions about where she was the night Mom died.

- No. - They've spoken to her once already,

and now she has to go back in again.

- What do they think? - I don't know...

but Rob is really freaked out by it.

They don't think she...

No, I don't know, and, Ro, I wasn't gonna say anything, it's just...

If she's telling you shit like she's scared of our dad

and trying to come between you and me...

right now... I trust him a lot more than I trust her.

Thanks for this, mate. I shouldn't be more than 10 minutes, OK?

- Did you say anything? - What could I say?

Do you trust me?

Of course.

I need to ask, possibly a difficult question for you to answer,

but I wanna qualify it by saying that any investigation

is as much about eliminating possibilities

- as it is about finding them. OK? - Right.

Did you wife ever express any concerns about her sister?

What sort of concerns?

Did she every say anything to suggest that she was scared of her?

Physically scared of her?

- Are you being serious? - Did she?

As much as I would love to say yes...

no.

They had a fiery relationship but they were sisters,

you know, but I never got any sense

that she thought that Alice would actually hurt her.

- OK. - Why? Why do you ask? What have you found out?

I can't disclose any more information at this time.

Hey, no, no, no. She has my children.

Yeah. No, I understand that,

but I've told you everything I can at this stage. Thank you very much.

Do you have any kids, Cathy?

- One. - Boy or a girl?

A boy.

Right. And if you found out that he was in any kind of danger,

then you would have to know then, wouldn't you?

Wouldn't you? You'd have to know, so...

I think Alice has brought them up very well for seven years...

and I'm sure that they're completely safe.

I'll be in touch.

I've asked Alice Moffatt for a minute-by-minute timeline

of where she was from leaving Tara at 9:55,

to approximately 8:00 the next morning.

And, Graham, can you do a full sweep on her?

See if she had any previous history, cautions, bind-overs,

- parking tickets, anything at all. - Yep.

Are we seriously now suggesting she's a possible suspect?

She was jealous of what her sister had, the career, the kids,

and she owed her nearly £20,000, which she couldn't pay back.

Yes, she's a suspect, as indeed is Tom Wilson.

He's now confessed to being in a troubled relationship with Tara,

and we know that on more than one occasion, they fought.

The question is, did it ever spill over into anything more?

Steve, let's go back over his movements that night,

look through all the original CCTV footage,

- and all the original witness statements, please. - Guv.

And then lastly, David Collins.

The most damning evidence against him

has always been his wife's blood on his coat.

His defence convinced the jury that cross contamination

was a possible reason. Was it a likely one...?

Mari-Luz, you speak to the lab again.

OK, that's it. Thanks, guys.

What happened with DCI Beech, guv?

We heard he got served with a Reg 15 yesterday.

Erm, Rev 15s are signed off by the Head of PSU,

I don't know anything about that,

but I was asked to give an update on the investigation,

how it's moved on, which I did.

The idiot actually got nailed for destroying government property

cos he shredded everything when he knew SMU were on to him.

And how compromised were his methods?

How about very fucking compromised?

So what was he actually doing, or not doing?

Everything. Buying cheap materials,

invoicing for government standard and pocketing the difference,

reusing disposable Petri dishes.

His cleaning and log protocols were totally chaotic.

And he really did shred everything.

We have no records I can look at, at all?

Why else do you think Collins got off?