Law & Order UK Season 3 Episode 2 Hounded
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00:00Prosecutors who prosecute the offenders, these are their stories.
00:10I've got discipline and self-control.
00:15I've developed my social skills, did all kinds of jobs, and I've got myself a trade.
00:22I've completed the extended sex offender treatment program, reasoning and rehabilitation, and level three, anger management.
00:35I could lie to you and say I found God, but I deal in reality now.
00:44Besides, I've found something better.
00:48My fiancée, she showed me what it felt like to be loved.
00:55I am sorry for what I did to those women.
01:00The abuse he suffered as a child may not justify his crimes, but it goes some way towards understanding how dislocated he'd become as an adult.
01:09Mr. Steele.
01:15I don't believe Mr. Darnell's changed at all.
01:18I think he's as dangerous now as when I prosecuted him.
01:21He was found guilty of three vicious rapes, he was a suspect in two others, and his crimes were growing more violent when he was caught.
01:28Prison was the only thing that stopped him.
01:32If you let him out, he'll rape again.
01:39Ashanti Walker, 16 years old.
01:50She was off school because she was ill.
01:52Her mum found her when she came home from work.
01:56There's no sign of forced entry.
01:58The main door to the building was locked, but according to a friend, she'd been to a laundrette.
02:04Hang on, I thought she was ill.
02:06Well, we'll give him the day off, they soon recover.
02:10Not this time.
02:20No real injuries.
02:21For all I know, she had a pre-existing aneurysm.
02:24Well, why were you here?
02:25Uniform talked to her mum.
02:27She reckons Ashanti was raped because she never sleeps naked.
02:30Well, and the bed's stripped, but then again, she had been to the laundrette.
02:36Well, she might have been about to take a shower.
02:40We, um...
02:42We found these.
02:50Right, so we've got a pair of torn panties in a teenager's bedroom.
02:54Not a lot to go on, then.
02:57We've got to go on, then.
03:01Right, so we've got to go on, then.
03:05We'll see you next time.
03:09See you soon.
03:48She could have been suffocated, her eyes were bloodshot, and there was petechial spotting in the outer lining of the heart and lungs, but that's also consistent with a stroke.
04:02Right. So is there any possibility of a sexual angle?
04:08No semen, but small deposits of blood in her cervix would suggest her hymen had just been broken.
04:14There was also vaginal and cervical bruising.
04:19Same time frame as her death?
04:21Thereabouts. Maybe just before.
04:24Right. So any signs of force, then?
04:26There's a bruise on her wrist, which might be a restraint wound, and a small cut on her throat.
04:34But I've done worse, shaving my legs.
04:37Often shave your neck, though, do you, Heather? Or is there something you're not telling us?
04:42Could be a small knife or scissors.
04:45So it looks like it could be a rape?
04:47Not necessarily. You can get these kinds of internal injuries from having consensual, energetic sex.
04:59Excuse me.
05:00Mrs. Walker, they won't let you have a shanty back just yet, Mrs. Walker.
05:15I'm sorry, but when you came home, was the door to the flat locked?
05:21Um, just with the handle, locked by itself.
05:32Um, and does the shanty have a boyfriend?
05:36No. She knew better than that.
05:46She wanted to make a life for herself.
05:51Her boyfriend was coming over, so she'd gone down the laundrette to get her best top.
06:01I asked her if it was going to be his lucky day.
06:06If she was going to have sex with you.
06:09I told her you can't play the virgin card forever.
06:12I lent her a phone because her mum kept buying her these Bridget Jones passion killers.
06:19I don't think she was up for it, though.
06:20Well, did she say if her boyfriend was up for it?
06:26Show me a bloke who ain't.
06:29And where can we find this food, then?
06:33Block next door.
06:35His name's Ray Carl.
06:36Right.
06:40So, uniform reckoned that the girl dropped her bed linen off at the laundrette yesterday at 1.30pm.
06:49Now, if that's the case and she was going to sleep with her boyfriend, why strip the bed?
06:55Those ripped knickers didn't look like they belonged to sexy Sadie either.
06:59Well, maybe Ray Cole got tired of waiting.
07:04Aye, aye.
07:11I thought she was spanking me because I didn't show up yesterday.
07:14And why didn't you show up, Ray?
07:16Show installation job came in.
07:19What's asked me to do?
07:20Only a little bird told us that you were on a promise.
07:24Yeah, I mean, if I was given a choice between work or popping my girlfriend's cherry...
07:29I wasn't after that.
07:31Well, you were, according to Sadie.
07:33So what happened, Ray?
07:34You went round, she knocked you back.
07:35Well, I should have done.
07:37I could have saved her from whatever perv broke in there.
07:39Only they didn't, Ray.
07:41No-one broke in.
07:43Ashanti opened the door to whoever it was.
07:47It wasn't me.
07:49I love her.
07:51We love each other.
07:56I phoned, but she didn't pick up.
08:00Oh, God.
08:03And where did you call from, Ray?
08:06House with the jaw.
08:08Do you have the details?
08:10And you're sure about those times?
08:29Okay.
08:34What's the name?
08:36Course not.
08:37Lads in bits.
08:38He got there just after twelve, didn't leave till four,
08:40and he never slipped out.
08:42She was keeping an eye.
08:43She described him in detail.
08:45Either she doesn't trust workmen,
08:47or she fancied a pants off him.
08:49Builders get enletched at.
08:51There's sexual equality for you.
08:54Not just fielders.
09:01Right.
09:01Let's say she was attacked by someone she didn't know.
09:05How did the attacker get inside that building?
09:09No residents let anyone in, and that door is secure.
09:14Unlike the one next door, anyone can get in.
09:17Don't care to take the next door, do you only let him go.
09:25They're any scum, they're all right in.
09:28People don't know what we do till we're gone.
09:32We're maintenance men.
09:34We maintain.
09:36Right.
09:37So, what's this room here?
09:41Store room.
09:42We don't use its nuts.
09:44Right.
09:48Not now, though, eh?
09:50After you.
09:57Do you mind if I take the torch, please?
10:01Cheers.
10:09What's that?
10:09Could be a conduit.
10:11There used to be pipes between the buildings.
10:13No, it's just like it's jammed in.
10:15How can you tell?
10:16We detectives.
10:18We detect...
10:20Right, let me help you.
10:25Just put your foot there.
10:26Stand it up.
10:28Cheers.
10:28Okay.
10:29Yeah, give us that torch.
10:34What do you reckon?
10:35It's the boiler room.
10:39Next doors.
10:41No, the hole's big enough to climb through.
10:44Well, except for Ronnie, obviously.
10:47Can we eliminate the people inside the building and suspects?
10:50Well, all the residents were either out or had a decent alibi, you know?
10:56And there's a chance he was expecting a boyfriend, so even if the attacker had broken into the building, all he had to do was knock on her door.
11:02The thing is, look, have we actually got a case?
11:06All we know is that she had sex around about the same time as she died.
11:09Yeah, exactly.
11:10We've got no hair or fluids on the bed.
11:12We've got no fingerprints.
11:14We've got no forced entry, no weapon, no definite cause of death.
11:18If it was rape and murder, we've got no forensic evidence to back it up.
11:23Not one person questioned saw anyone new in either building or in the street, for that matter.
11:28Listen to this.
11:31A neighbour saw a shanty walker in the laundrette.
11:34She said a shanty walker was folding her laundry so carefully she asked her to come and tidy her daughter's bedroom when she was done.
11:43And?
11:44Well, the laundry in the bin bag.
11:47That looked folded to you?
11:48There was nothing remarkable about the laundry itself.
11:56We were wondering if anyone other than a shanty walker could have handled the bag.
12:00Well, we only found the victim's prints on it.
12:04At first.
12:05But I ran some further tests and recovered saliva samples which match.
12:11See, the plastic had been stretched in that area too.
12:15And there were indentation marks which match her teeth.
12:18So she was suffocated?
12:23Possibly.
12:24In which case, that's our murder weapon.
12:27We could even have an MO.
12:28Right, we searched the sexual offenders register for the local area and we found one similar MO, the link is a bit tenuous, but his name is Paul Darnell.
12:42He was released three months ago at a parole hearing.
12:43Although his file says he's reformed.
12:56No, he's too tormented to reform.
12:58He should never have been released.
13:00He was an abused and battered child whose mum forced him to have sex with her between rounds one and two.
13:07Nice.
13:08He'd been sexually harassing young girls for years before he raped anyone.
13:11James.
13:12James.
13:13He never murdered anyone though.
13:14Maybe his MO's evolved.
13:16Eight years inside could have taught him not to leave any witnesses.
13:20Investigates him quickly because if it is him, he's going to do it again.
13:25In the three months Darnell's been out, he's made every single one of his probationary meetings, kept to the conditions of his license to the letter and he is now working in a kitchen fitness shop near Waterloo.
13:37Well, that's not far from where Ashanti lived.
13:38Well, he hasn't missed a day.
13:39He's the model employee.
13:40He's home every night at seven, usually with his fiancee.
13:41Not only that, the attacker would have to know the building in order to get in and there's no record of Darnell ever living anywhere near the area as an adult.
13:57Right, but one of his rapes was in Battersea.
14:00Alicia, maybe it's someone else.
14:05Rule Darnell out on your own.
14:09Paul's a craftsman.
14:12He's a bad hand.
14:14His finishing is immaculate.
14:16He's got such a nice touch.
14:18I'm sure his victims would agree.
14:26Hey.
14:28I know what he did.
14:29His workmates don't.
14:30He doesn't worry you?
14:31He keeps himself to himself.
14:33Crowds get to him.
14:35He can't bear the tube.
14:36Traffic.
14:37Walks everywhere.
14:38Won't carry a mobile.
14:40Where's the quiet gone?
14:41That's what he says.
14:42And was he here all day Wednesday?
14:43Yeah, except for lunch.
14:44He had to do something for his fiancee.
14:47What time's lunch?
14:49One till two.
14:50He was half an hour late back though.
14:53I told him he's called a quickie for a reason.
14:59So that's an hour and a half of Mr. Darnell's time supposedly accounted for.
15:05Except we've got no way of tracking him down.
15:07He doesn't use a mobile phone.
15:08I don't bet you any money.
15:10He doesn't carry an Oyster card either.
15:12No.
15:13So why don't we have a chat with his fiancee?
15:15See how quick that quick he was.
15:21Yeah, Paul picked up some wire clippers I'd taken to get fixed.
15:24There's a repair shop near his work.
15:27What time was he here?
15:28About quarter past one.
15:30Did he stay long?
15:31No, just a few minutes.
15:33Why?
15:34Did he say where he was going and he was late back for work?
15:39No, he didn't.
15:40Why, is there a problem with probation because he was late?
15:44We don't deal with license conditions, Judy.
15:46A girl was raped and murdered on Wednesday afternoon.
15:50Hang on a minute.
15:51You're not saying that you think Paul did it.
15:54He's a convicted rapist.
15:56The girl lived a 15-minute walk from here.
16:01Something I see.
16:03Well, we don't exactly roll up the good news, do we?
16:08Where's the kid?
16:14He didn't stay because my daughter was here.
16:16It's one of the conditions of his license.
16:18His license.
16:20Your daughter?
16:22He's changed.
16:29Why put yourself and your daughter in that position?
16:32Why him?
16:35I've never met anyone so unloved.
16:38I saw the good in him.
16:39Well, you've got some lovely stuff, Judy.
16:45That's Paul.
16:48But he hates it.
16:50I found it in his bin.
16:52You know, that little boy had his innocence smashed out of him.
16:58Literally.
17:00He's feeding the pigeons in Trafalgar Square in that photograph.
17:04Yeah, he used to live in London for a while when he was a boy.
17:08With his mum and her brother.
17:11He lived in London?
17:12Where?
17:13Near Waterloo somewhere.
17:15He won't talk about it.
17:17It was a horrible time.
17:18Hi, Guff.
17:20Hi.
17:21Um, Darnell's mother's maiden name was Howells.
17:24Um, she died 12 years ago, so we are presuming that the house belonged to her brother.
17:28Yeah, so we're looking for a phone listing for Howells in the London area in 69.
17:32The family had a mother called Clutterbug.
17:33Give him a break.
17:34He had enough torment.
17:35Yeah, not all abused kids turn into rapists.
17:37Works in pension.
17:39Well, they've given us a lot of historical evidence about men called Howells, none of whom lived in or around the Waterloo area.
17:55And the local authorities think that they can get hold of copies of the voters registered from 1970, and they're getting back to it.
18:02Yeah, sometime this year.
18:05Didn't his mother have a drink problem?
18:07Yeah.
18:09Is that worth following up on?
18:11Well, first off, Guff's a genius.
18:14And you already knew that.
18:16We checked out, Mum.
18:17She didn't have any run-ins with the authorities, but her brother did.
18:20Mr. Robert Howells was up in front of West London Magistrate's Court in May 1970 for ABH.
18:28And he lived with his sister and his nephew.
18:32And the ABH was actually against the nephew, one Paul Darnell.
18:37The uncle broke young Paul's collarbone.
18:39His home address was 18 Lorimer Gardens.
18:42Which is just a stone's throw away from where Ashanti Walker lived.
18:44Absolutely.
18:45And the buildings are identical, which means Darnell would know the layout, yeah?
18:51Should we apply for a warrant to search his home?
18:57Where he lived as a kid isn't going to be enough.
19:00It's not like he lived next door.
19:01If you could put him on the street on the day of the murder.
19:04You've checked all the CCTV from his fiancée's store to a shantage.
19:07Strangely enough, that had occurred to us and then we thought, yeah, well, of course we...
19:11It was a very busy time of day and it may take a while.
19:13Well, so, you haven't checked at all.
19:14How long's it going to take?
19:15Because he could have already lined up his next victim.
19:17If we arrest him, we can search his home.
19:25Right, Cole.
19:26Paul Darnell.
19:32My name's Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin.
19:34This is my colleague, DS Ronnie Brooks.
19:38Hey, Paul.
19:40Would you like to put the sword down?
19:49I just came round to surprise him.
19:51These disposable gloves, there's normally ten in a box.
19:59There's only six here.
20:01I use them at work.
20:03Why?
20:05Okay.
20:06Did you tell Paul he was asking questions?
20:11No.
20:13I didn't want to worry him.
20:16So what's the plan, Judy?
20:17You think if he's loved enough, you can keep him on the straight and narrow?
20:24I believe in him.
20:28No trophies from the victims, but I did find these in a locked drawer.
20:33Yeah, they're self-help DVDs.
20:36Spread your legs, bitch.
20:41What?
20:43Punish me.
20:45Female bondage.
20:47According to the FME, he had minor cuts on his hands and forearms, but he says he got them at work.
21:00We've swabbed him for DNA, but there were no scratches, no nail gouges, no bite marks.
21:01Don't despair just yet.
21:02He also has no body hair.
21:03Don't despair just yet.
21:04Don't despair just yet.
21:05He also has no body hair.
21:07I think so.
21:08He has no body hair.
21:09We've done it.
21:10There's no hair.
21:11If you don't.
21:12Don't do it.
21:13We'll try it.
21:14Don't.
21:15Don't do it.
21:16We'll try it.
21:17Ma'am.
21:18No nail gouges, no bite marks.
21:22Don't despair just yet.
21:24He also has no body hair.
21:41If he's still shaving two weeks after Ashanti Walker's death...
21:48He's preparing to rape again.
21:53Abstention from pornography is not one of my client's license conditions.
21:57Other men do it.
21:59Only you're not like other men.
22:02Are you, Paul?
22:06So what happened?
22:08You got out, and then there's all these young girls everywhere.
22:15You get the urge.
22:16No, no, no. I've learnt to control me urges.
22:20By watching women being tortured and raped.
22:24I haven't hurt anyone.
22:28I don't even know this girl.
22:31But that's the point, isn't it?
22:32Why do you shave your genitals, Paul?
22:39That's about hygiene.
22:42Have you got any real evidence to link my client to this crime?
22:47Good question.
22:48Do you ever wear disposable gloves, Paul?
22:52What kind of a question is that?
22:54Well, there were no fingerprints found in the rape victim's bedroom, so the attacker must have worn gloves.
23:02And you have got a box of gloves in your flat.
23:06Judy used them for lacquering.
23:09I have a box at home.
23:11I use them to dye my hair.
23:13Want to arrest me too?
23:14Some eagle-eyed minion deserves champagne.
23:19Okay, let's talk about Wednesday lunchtime.
23:25After you saw Judy, where did you go?
23:29For a walk.
23:30A walk.
23:31A walk.
23:32To Lorimer Gardens?
23:34No.
23:36That's where you lived as a boy, though, Paul, wasn't it, Lorimer Gardens?
23:41Yeah.
23:43Fantastic buildings, though.
23:45Eh?
23:46I mean, for a young boy.
23:49To play in.
23:51And explore.
23:54Like...
23:56Down in the basement, for instance.
24:01No.
24:05What, you never went exploring?
24:08As a kid, you know?
24:10Hide and seek.
24:12Climbing through holes in walls.
24:16I don't want to talk about that time.
24:19It's okay.
24:21I feel to see the relevance of where my client lived before.
24:25Well, you see, the building in which Paul grew up as a boy...
24:28is just around the corner,
24:32from the building in which Ashanti Walker was murdered.
24:38The buildings are pretty much the same.
24:41Eh, Paul?
24:43So whoever murdered Ashanti knew the layout of the building.
24:48I haven't been back there since I was a boy.
25:15They say you haven't been back there since you was a boy at Paul, yeah?
25:18You sure about that?
25:19So you weren't in Lorimer Gardens on Wednesday afternoon, the day that Ashanti Walker was murdered?
25:29No.
25:34Well, that's odd.
25:35Because, there you are.
25:50In Brook Lane.
25:52And as you know, Paul, Brook Lane leads directly onto Lorimer Gardens, doesn't it?
25:59Why are you lying, Paul?
26:05All I did was go back to me old house.
26:08It was my therapist's idea to...
26:11face up to the past.
26:15I only went a few times, you can ask her about it.
26:20I hate the fuck enough.
26:22I want him formally charged with the rape and murder of Ashanti Walker.
26:25This interview is now terminated.
26:27I paid the price for what I did.
26:29You wipe the slate clean to start again.
26:31This is silver.
26:32It'll never be clean!
26:34I hate myself!
26:36This...
26:38But this is intimidation.
26:39I'll be launching a formal complaint.
26:41I didn't do it!
26:43Judy loves me.
26:45She keeps me strong.
26:46You're doing him a favour, you know that?
26:50Who, Paul?
26:51Whoever did this, because while you're persecuting me, he's still out there!
26:58Judy loves me. She keeps me strong.
27:06To this charge, how do you plead?
27:10Not guilty.
27:12Sit down, please, Mr Dunham.
27:18Mr Steele!
27:20To what do we owe the pleasure?
27:22My Lord, the Crown objects to bail on the grounds that the defendant could fail to surrender to custody
27:27and that he might commit further offences whilst on bail.
27:30He's been arrested only three months after being released.
27:33My client will be under strict supervision.
27:34Moreover, his fiancée is willing to offer a surety from equity in her home.
27:41She will bring all necessary paperwork from the mortgage company to the court today.
27:46Mr Darnell, I grant you bail on the following conditions...
27:51My Lord, the defendant raped before whilst on bail and blamed the attack on the stress of the impending trial.
27:56He was subsequently found guilty of two other rape charges.
27:59For which he has served his sentence.
28:00I've made my decision, Mr Steele.
28:07They've compared every fibre in Darnell's home with what was at Ashanti Walker's place. Nothing matched.
28:13What about anything from his work? Which evening's mental finance?
28:18Yeah, we thought of that, James. We have done this before, you know. Nothing.
28:24Unless Matt and Ronnie turn up something in the follow-up interviews, we're screwed.
28:29Well, when they're back from their yoga class, I'll tell them.
28:31I spoke to Ray, Ashanti Walker's boyfriend, and he was with her on the Sunday Darnell first went over to Waterloo.
28:41They walked home, Ashanti went in, Ray waited outside until her bedroom light was on, so she could blow him a kiss.
28:49He could have followed them.
28:51That when they saved the attack around half one, Darnell had arranged with the owners to look around his old house.
28:58But they said that he left just after five minutes, very distressed and heading in the direction of Brook Lane.
29:02The jury have a right to know of this man's propensity to rape, his patterns of behaviour, and the fact that only his incarceration prevented him from re-offending.
29:12My concern is that the inclusion of my client's previous convictions would have such an adverse effect on the fairness of these proceedings.
29:21Tell it to the jury, Miss Shaw, Mr. Steele, your bad character application is allowed.
29:32You've not won yet.
29:45With Darnell's shield gone, I can call character evidence.
29:49Yeah, good luck with that.
29:51Didn't this work made since Sister was sacked?
29:54He has a devoted fiancée.
29:55You're relying on the jury to be as unforgiving as you are. Big mistake.
30:03Not when I tell them about his three teenage victims, one of whom killed herself.
30:07Go for it.
30:09I'll tell them about a young boy who was abused by his mother.
30:12The Angela Zash's theory is not an excuse, Cassie.
30:17I've put him away before and I'll do it again.
30:19Yeah, well, you had forensic evidence then.
30:23You're working on a grudge now.
30:26He's innocent this time, James.
30:29Hey, who isn't Santa's little helper?
30:32And I've got glad tidings too.
30:35Darnell tried to break into a young girl's house this afternoon.
30:38He's been recalled to prison immediately.
30:42You've seen him around.
30:44Me and the girls.
30:46My friend Trish reckons he followed her this one time.
30:51What happened yesterday, Kim?
30:53I was on my way home from school.
30:56He was at the bus stop.
30:58Paul Donnell.
31:00You're sure it was him?
31:02Yeah.
31:04So I walked really fast.
31:06I got my key out, I got in the house and I rang Trish.
31:10Why didn't you call the police?
31:12Because I thought I'd got away from him.
31:13But when I was on the phone,
31:16there was this rattling at the back door.
31:21I could see him through the frosted glass.
31:25I yelled I was going to call the police and he legged it.
31:29But you still didn't call the police, Kim.
31:32Your friend Trish did.
31:34Well, I'd get panic attacks.
31:35I couldn't breathe.
31:37Okay.
31:38You were being killed at that other girl.
31:44If you were that terrified, Miss Baker,
31:48why were you broadcasting this alleged incident on Facebook
31:52five minutes after it happened?
31:55Because my mates would know about it.
31:56And it got you a lot of attention from your mates, no doubt.
32:02Well, I wanted to warn them.
32:04He could have gone after them.
32:07He was always watching us.
32:10None of us felt safe.
32:12No further questions.
32:16I didn't try and break into a kitchen.
32:18I've never seen them before.
32:20Let's go back to the day of Ashanti Walker's murder.
32:25Why were you in Lorimer Gardens?
32:26I used to live there.
32:27I wanted to prove that it held no fear for me anymore.
32:42So I went back a few times.
32:46What used to happen there?
32:51Um, my uncle, you know.
33:03My um...
33:05My uncle...
33:08used to...
33:11beat me...
33:13while my mother was watching.
33:19She was drinking,
33:21egging him on.
33:24How did you feel when you weren't inside your old house?
33:27I was upset.
33:28I was angry.
33:35Did you see Ashanti Walker when you left?
33:39No, I saw no one.
33:40I...
33:41I just kept walking.
33:44I made it back to work.
33:45You know what I mean?
33:46I just...
33:49I dealt with it.
33:53Nothing further.
33:54When did you start shaving off all your body hair?
34:10About a month after I got out of prison.
34:13I developed slight OCD.
34:15And what were you in prison for, exactly?
34:22Raping three girls.
34:26Where did these rapes take place?
34:28In their bedroom.
34:30At knife point.
34:32Am I right?
34:33You know who you are.
34:37But I've changed.
34:40I've rehabilitated.
34:42Then why do you have a secret stash of hardcore pornography depicting scenarios of rape?
34:50My lord, my client's recreational pastimes are not relevant.
34:54It goes to show that the defendant is far from rehabilitating, my lord, and still gets aroused by the idea of rape.
35:01Answer the question, Mr. Dunham.
35:06I was confronting my worst fears. I wasn't aroused. I was disgusted.
35:13And what exactly are your worst fears, Mr. Dunham?
35:18That you might rape again now that you're no longer locked up?
35:21No.
35:22What triggered the urge to rape in the past?
35:26Bad memories, stress.
35:28Both of which happened in 18 Lorimer Gardens on the very same day that a shanty walker was raped and murdered in the next street.
35:35It's a coincidence.
35:36What, so it's a coincidence you were stressed that you were in the next street, you'd shaved off all your body hair, and you had latex gloves in your flat.
35:43It's a lot of coincidences, Mr. Dunham.
35:45I went back there to draw a line under it.
35:48No, that may have been your intention, but it didn't work, did it?
35:51I'm sorry for what I did before.
35:53You were angry, you saw a shanty walker, you followed her.
35:56No, I never saw anyone!
35:58You went into the building next door to hers, you went down into the basement, you broke in through the conduit, and you knocked on her door.
36:02How would I know where she lived?
36:03Because you've been stalking her, just like you stalked all your other victims.
36:08I've hadn't, I've changed.
36:10Then why did you try and break into Kim Baker's flat?
36:14I didn't, she's lying!
36:16Look at her, she's a bad one, that, with her tattoos and her short skirt.
36:20Miss Baker, would you stand up before the jury please and take off your jacket?
36:36With jackets.
36:37Thank you, Miss Baker.
37:07If you've never seen Kim Baker before, how do you know she has tattoos?
37:19I have seen her, but I never followed her.
37:25No further questions.
37:28Do you want to know why I lied, Mr. Steele?
37:31Because I'm not allowed to notice young girls, am I?
37:35The men at work, they can talk about what they'd like to do to them.
37:42But no, not me. I'd be crucified.
37:46So yes, I did see her.
37:50I even thought about having sex with her.
37:54But that's all.
37:56I know how much you want me to screw up, but you can't put me away for what I might do.
38:11There she is.
38:12Hey, a sole character witness isn't looking too sure of herself.
38:21She's worried about the love of her life.
38:26Judy.
38:31If you were in her shoes, what would you be thinking?
38:34He was in my art therapy class.
38:46He was...
38:47He was shut down.
38:50He was full of self-disgust.
38:51And I helped him face his demons.
39:02He is one of the bravest men I've ever met.
39:07Do you love Paul Darnell, Miss Johnson?
39:11Yes.
39:11I quit my job for him.
39:16Despite what he's done.
39:18I hate what he's done.
39:21I hate why he did it.
39:24Paul has taken responsibility for his crimes.
39:30He's changed.
39:33He's a good man.
39:34He's kind to me, and he treats me well, which is more than I can say for my ex-partners.
39:48Thank you, Miss Johnson.
39:57How old is your daughter, Miss Johnson?
40:01Lucy's 17.
40:02And when she turns 18, will you introduce her to her future stepdad?
40:08Yeah.
40:09Would you leave them alone together?
40:11Relevance, my lord.
40:12What's your point, Mr. Steele?
40:14I'm just trying to establish to what extent the witness trusts the defendant, my lord.
40:25What if Lucy becomes the object of his fantasies?
40:30Well, we'll talk about it.
40:33We have a very open and honest relationship.
40:36Except he wasn't exactly honest about his porn stash, was he?
40:44How did you feel when those DVDs were found in his bedroom?
40:48Sick.
40:49Sick.
40:51At first.
40:54But Paul had his reasons.
40:57It's not like they're real.
40:59The women in those DVDs are actresses.
41:03Your fiancé's victims weren't.
41:05They were young, teenage girls raped at knife point with a pillowcase wrapped over their face.
41:11His mother used to cover his face, too.
41:13And he'd just be standing there, waiting to see what was coming next.
41:18A cigarette burn or a handjob.
41:21If Paul still hated women, do you not think that I'd be the first person to know?
41:26We haven't even had sex yet.
41:34He's still so ashamed.
41:36But so, he still can't relate to you sexually in a functional manner?
41:46Miss Johnson, has it occurred to you that the reason that he can't is because you're a willing participant?
41:53My colleague is putting words in the witness's mouth, my lord.
41:57And the witness is free to contradict him, Miss Shaw.
42:03Yes.
42:04It has crossed my mind.
42:07But I dismissed it.
42:10Did you see the defendant on the evening of Ashanti Walker's murder?
42:14Yes.
42:17How did he seem to you?
42:19It was a good day.
42:20He brought me flowers and wine.
42:24And we drank a toast.
42:26To new beginnings.
42:30Flowers and wine.
42:33That's nice.
42:36From what you were saying before, I would imagine that's more than a lot of your ex-partners did.
42:42Yeah, unless they've been cheating on me.
42:50Paul's not like that.
42:55I did...
42:55Look, I didn't mean anything when I...
42:57Not for the question.
42:57Anything when I...
42:58I have no re-examination, my lord.
43:05But new evidence has come to light.
43:07I need to make an application to recall Miss Kim Baker and re-examine her.
43:12I have a statement from your friend, Trisha Rowe.
43:19She is prepared to give evidence to say that you phoned her last night in a panic
43:23and said that you weren't even sure Paul Darnell came to your door on the day in question.
43:29Is this true, Miss Baker?
43:30I thought he was at the door.
43:36So you can't be sure it was him?
43:41Miss Baker, you are under oath.
43:44If what your friend says is true, then I would advise you to come clean now.
43:57He was following me on the street.
43:59But did he come to your back door?
44:01I don't understand.
44:03The way he was looking at me at the bus stop.
44:05He did follow me.
44:06Did he come to your back door?
44:10I was sure he was going to do something.
44:15I do understand you were scared, Miss Baker.
44:19But it is very important that you tell the truth.
44:23Can you be sure Paul Darnell came to your back door?
44:29Answer the question, Miss Baker.
44:35No.
44:36I can't be sure.
44:37In relation to the count of murder of Ashanti Walker,
44:50do you find the defendant, Paul Darnell, guilty or not guilty?
44:54Not guilty.
45:00In relation to the count of rape of Ashanti Walker,
45:04do you find the defendant, Paul Darnell, guilty or not guilty?
45:09Not guilty.
45:10No.
45:16I don't know.
45:46I don't think justice has been done here at all today.
45:56I think Paul Darnell is as guilty now as when he first went down the streets a safer with him in prison.
46:04The Director General of the Prison Service would like me to thank you for your very public vote of confidence in the reform system.
46:13There's a rapist and a killer on the streets thanks to the parole board.
46:17No, thanks to you.
46:18How do you work that out?
46:19The verdict was heavily influenced by you two allowing false evidence.
46:24We do not drag the law down a sewer to catch a rat.
46:30You need for a result made you careless, James.
46:33No, George. It was the exact opposite. We checked out her story thoroughly.
46:37You normally have a nose for a lie. What happened this time?
46:41She didn't lie. She exaggerated.
46:44Which came as a surprise to everyone.
46:47Well, you've not only lost us a costly and high-profile trial,
46:52but exonerated Darnell in the process.
46:57Her only consolation is that he's refusing to give further press interviews
47:01about his mistreatment and wrongful arrest.
47:05He wants to move on.
47:07Yeah, of course he does.
47:08And I suggest you do the same.
47:13It's hard enough getting resources to follow a suspect pre-arrest.
47:17I can hardly justify surveillance on a man who's been tried and found innocent.
47:21No, he got away with it. He'll do it again.
47:24He can't even go outside.
47:26There are posters of him on every lamppost.
47:29He's been beaten up.
47:30I'm getting daily reports of criminal damage to his flat,
47:34excrement through his letterbox, graffiti on the walls.
47:37Then he should be under police protection.
47:39Talk to Mapa. At least that way we know what he's up to.
47:41Yeah, I've done that, James.
47:43Darnell's refused.
47:45He doesn't want to be monitored by the police.
47:47His intention is to be rehoused and try and live a normal life.
47:51If he moves, he'll lie low, bide his time and strike again.
47:55And if he stays, he'll be under a great deal of stress,
47:58which is exactly what drives him to rape, remember?
48:03You're going to have to let this go.
48:07His next victim's out there somewhere, Natalie,
48:09and I can't warn her, I can't protect her from him.
48:12This isn't a vendetta.
48:14All I want is for him to be contained.
48:16Cassie Shaw has written a formal complaint to the DPP
48:28citing your libelous comments about Darnell and the trial to the press
48:33and your very public attack on his kite.
48:37He's not the victim here.
48:39Crying out loud, James.
48:40She's threatening to go public.
48:42If she does, your reputation will be ruined.
48:44In a few weeks, Darnell will be blending in,
48:47planning his next attack,
48:48working out how to do it again, only better.
48:51Well, then we'll prosecute her better.
48:52That's another dead teenage girl, George.
48:55This is the hardest part of this job.
48:58Not sniffing out every last bit of evidence.
49:00Not standing up in court, shouting the odds,
49:03whipping up a storm.
49:04This, accepting that there is nothing more you can do.
49:08What are you doing here?
49:27Can't get any peace locally.
49:30I'm getting death threats.
49:32Don't get police protection.
49:33But it's all your plans for the next girl.
49:44If I did it, you let me go.
49:49If I didn't, there's more like me out there.
49:53Gets you that, doesn't it?
49:55Must have been agony.
50:01To come out after all those years of therapy
50:05and find out you're still exactly the same.
50:17Judy's my world.
50:18Why can't you believe that?
50:19I just want a fresh start.
50:27I'm going to get rehoused.
50:31Your application will be turned down.
50:35I've just been to see a maze in probation over the road.
50:39Told me I'd find you here.
50:41You can't do that.
50:45I can't stay away.
50:48I can.
50:49Legitimately object to you going anywhere near young teenage girls.
50:56There's one living next door to your proposed premises.
51:01I had it checked out.
51:05You're busted.
51:06You're busted.
51:19When we're done, we could get something to eat.
51:38I don't think I'll be a barrel of glass tonight.
51:43What's new?
51:46You've been a nightmare for months.
51:50That's why you're buying me dinner.
51:51I've just heard Diaz Brooks on before.
52:00I've just heard Diaz Brooks on before.
52:01We didn't expect you to come down.
52:16What happened?
52:30Mum came home, called him with her daughter.
52:35Been down in the hall, knife to the throat, bag over her face.
52:39Found the weapon on the doorstep.
52:44Two major blows to the temple.
52:48His neighbors drive to Petrelbomber's flat last night, by what counts.
52:52You've been getting death threats.
52:54She said he could stay just for a couple of days.
52:58Didn't have anywhere else to go.
52:59Her daughter was staying at her friend's house, and she didn't tell her mom she was coming over.
53:18I'm sorry.
53:48James, why don't you guys go home, eh?
53:57You've got a cupboard here.
54:00Yeah.
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