The Bay

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Mother: Come on, Gran's waiting for us.

Child: Race you!

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Will!

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Will!

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Will, slow down, will ya?

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[ Vehicle door closes, engine revs ]

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Will, where are ya?

Will!

Will, where are ya?!

Will, love?

Will!

Will!

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Will!

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What are you doing?

Mum! You'll wake her.

Mother: Oh, my God!

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I'm so sorry.

Thank you.

Oh. Hi.

Hi. What's the story?

-Oh, don't start me. -Right bloody shitshow.

No wonder Eddie bailed on us.

Well, it's not like he had a choice, is it?

-Hm, he's well out of it. -Seriously, it's getting worse.

Nothing's working. The canteen's shut down.

Boiler's packed up.

And oh, get this, we don't even have pens anymore.

Boss says we've got to bring our own.

-Bloody hell. -I know.

I've only been gone a couple of weeks.

The whole place is falling apart.

Mm.

Are you okay?

Only we didn't expect you back so soon.

No, yeah, I'm fine. Honest. Just leave it.

-Jenn? Welcome back. -Cheers, yeah.

Erm, have you met Lou McClaren?

Lou's been seconded from Lancaster.

Yeah, we met at that cybercrime thing?

One of the most boring days of my life.

Oh, yeah, course. Hi.

I was sorry to hear about your loss.

Thank you.

-Jenn, can I have a... -Yeah.

Boss, can we do something about this?

I'm not being funny, it's not --

Yeah, yeah, I'm on it. I'll erm,

I'll chase Estates again.

Yeah, and sorry, Boss, but the photocopier's knackered.

I've been on to ICT, but they've just fobbed me off.

Alright, I'll see what I can do.

Seriously though, Boss. This isn't on.

How are we supposed to do our jobs?

At least you've still got jobs.

Look, it is what it is.

I don't like it anymore than you.

We've just got to make the best of it.

Okay? Jenn?

This is bollocks.

-How are you bearing up? -I'm fine.

Jenn, I'm not asking as your boss.

I don't know.

He'd been ill for such a long time.

We knew it was coming. But still --

Yeah, yeah. It's still a shock.

I erm, I lost my dad 30 years ago.

No, more. 35. It still gets me sometimes.

Silly things like er...

he never got to see me in uniform.

I never even got to have a pint with him.

-Were you close? -It wasn't...

Well, we didn't always see eye to eye, me and my dad.

He wasn't easy.

But erm, losing him like this, watching him slip away...

He didn't even know who I was in the end.

I'm sorry.

I'm sure he was proud of you.

-How's your mum? -Oh, er... a nightmare.

Impossible. So, nothing new there.

But she's got my sister. It could be worse.

Look, I just wanted to say,

there's no rush for you to get back to work.

If you need more time,

just say the word and I'll make a few calls, talk to HR.

Work isn't everything.

-That's rich coming from you. -I know.

But it's true.

Or we could ease you back in?

Light duties until you find your feet.

The last thing you need is to be dealing with grieving families.

Honestly, I just want to get on with things.

Get back to normal.

Yeah, well, I was hoping you'd say

that because we're short-staffed as it is.

West Lancashire Police. DS Townsend.

Why aren't you answering your phone?

I've called you like six times.

Sorry, I'm at work.

Yeah, I know because you were gone

before I got out the shower.

I'm sorry, I'm just...busy. That's all.

Yeah, look, I just -- I wanted to call and, you know...

make sure you're okay.

Honestly, if one more person asks me that this morning,

I'm gonna kick off.

Okay! Body found. Glasson Dock.

I've gotta go.

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How's it look?

Bruises to the throat consistent with strangulation.

Christ.

-Any ID? -Er, no. CSM's on it.

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Boss? Positive ID from PNC.

Her name's Hannah Dawson, 22.

Arrested a few years back, involved in a student protest.

Got off with a caution.

What were they protesting about?

Fracking. Site near Preston.

Last-known address is 5 Kelsey Terrace, Sunderland Point.

I'll get Lou to put together an Intel package.

I don't want you going in cold.

-Hey, is that okay? -Of course. Yeah.

Lou: Hannah Dawson's last-known address is

actually her mum's house, Julie Dawson,

only she goes by Julie Ashworth now.

Do we know if Hannah was still living there?

She was at the time of the arrest,

but it's a while back now so I don't know, but...

this is not the first time this address has been flagged up.

Uniform were called out to a domestic back in 2015.

A Steven Dawson cautioned

for threatening behaviour.

-Hannah's dad? -It looks like it.

He was officially still living at the address at the time.

-Who was he threatening? -Who do you think?

Julie.

-The mum. -Where is he now?

That's the last time he came to our attention

and he's not listed on the electoral roll,

but I'll keep digging

because the person who made the call

about the domestic?

It was Hannah.

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Julie Ashworth? I'm Jenn. I'm a police officer.

-What's all this about? -Can I come in, please?

-Why? -I need to talk to you.

Is it about our Hannah?

She's not been answering her phone.

Let's talk inside.

Why, what is it? What's going on?

-What's happened? -Tommy: Julie?

Everything alright, love?

-Who are you? -She's with the police, Dad.

And she wants to talk to us about our Hannah.

What about her?

I'm sorry.

Hannah's body was found this morning in Glasson Dock.

-No. -No!

-No. -That's not true! You're lying.

I'm sorry.

Oh! Oh, you've got that wrong!

You've got it wrong.

Dad, will you tell her that she's got that wrong?!

-It must be a mistake. -There's no mistake.

We've fingerprinted her and it is Hannah.

I'm so sorry.

-Oh, my God, Dad! -No, no.

Why is she saying that?

-Daddy! -Julie, love.

I should've known. I should've seen it coming.

How could you have possibly known, Julie?

She'd tried before.