Law & Order UK Season 5 Episode 5 Intent
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00:00And the Crown prosecutors who prosecute the offenders, these are their stories.
00:24Excuse me, what are you doing?
00:25Are you Mrs. Lerner?
00:27No, I work for Mrs. Lerner.
00:29Well, I'm not fussing as long as you can let me in.
00:36She wants broadband upstairs.
00:38Pudge.
00:46Did you ring the bell?
00:48Do you know, it never occurred to me.
00:51Wipe your feet.
00:59Yes.
01:00Yes.
01:01Nice gaff.
01:03It was modern before.
01:05Fitted carpets, easy to clean.
01:08Much better.
01:10Oh, er...
01:12They want to put a computer in the office
01:15and one in the guest bedroom.
01:18Joss Beck only said one extra, wasn't it?
01:20And they got a wireless router?
01:22We'll have to talk to her.
01:24Mrs. Lerner!
01:27The man from the Broadburn is here!
01:29Mrs. Lerner!
01:35Hello!
01:38Mrs. Lerner!
01:52Victims will remain in David Lerner.
01:55The cleaner found them.
01:57Right.
01:58Who's the young Elvis?
02:00He came to install Broadband.
02:02He was waiting outside.
02:03Okay.
02:04Point of entry?
02:06Entry and exit.
02:08Broken window in the kitchen
02:09with a blood trail leading back there from the bedroom.
02:13Right.
02:15Have we got anything missing, do you know?
02:16The cleaner's doing an inventory and the daughter's on her way.
02:20She's driving down from Leeds.
02:23Oh.
02:25What a homecoming.
02:27A dozen stab wounds between them and still counting.
02:31At a rough guess, I'd say they've been dead not more than 48 hours.
02:35The wife's still tucked in.
02:38Doubt she knew what hit her.
02:41Husband not so lucky.
02:43No.
02:43Defensive stab wounds on both hands.
02:47Through.
02:49And through.
02:52So, what do you think?
02:56Husband wakes up,
02:58sees his wife being attacked
02:59and tries to fight back.
03:02David and Elaine.
03:04Here's to the next 20 years.
03:06Or not,
03:10as it turns out.
03:36Our murder weapon's a chisel taken from a tool bag on the landing.
04:05So, he entered the house unarmed.
04:08Well, maybe he thought no one was home.
04:10Got inside, heard a noise
04:11and just grabbed the first thing that came to hell.
04:14Yeah, but then why head upstairs in the first place?
04:16It's not like they interrupted him.
04:17They were still in bed.
04:19Was anything taken from the house?
04:20Apparently not.
04:21Jewellery, cash, electrics,
04:23all still present and current.
04:24That's what I don't get.
04:25If you went there to kill them,
04:27why go unarmed?
04:29And if it's a burglary,
04:30why leave empty-handed?
04:31Well, he had just butchered two people.
04:34I don't know.
04:34Maybe he wasn't thinking straight.
04:36Well, he was thinking straight enough
04:37to have a wash before he went.
04:39Forensics found traces of blood and water in the sink
04:42and he'd wipe the chisel before he dropped it.
04:44So, no prints, then?
04:45Not on the murder weapon, gov,
04:47but elsewhere, which board for choice?
04:49Apart from the learners and the cleaner,
04:51we've got 38 sets of unknown prints.
04:53Popular couple.
04:55They were renovating the house.
04:56The place was crawling with workmen for the last two years.
04:59But this is what we're concentrating on.
05:01It's a partial right thumbprint on the headboard.
05:04Mrs Lerner's blood.
05:06And it's a good match to another partial
05:08that was found near the broken window.
05:10Except it's not on the system.
05:11Okay.
05:12We start by printing everyone who's worked on that house.
05:15Any word from the daughter?
05:17We're meeting her at the house.
05:18Actually, gov,
05:19I'd like to talk to forensics regarding the AMI.
05:22Well, I mean, although the prints haven't turned up on the system,
05:25anything this sort of brutal might ring some bells.
05:28Okay.
05:29Get to it.
05:30Tup.
05:32What?
05:33Well, I get the grieving daughter
05:35and you go down to the lab and have a cup of tea with Eleanor.
05:39Maddie, my boy.
05:40It's all about delegation.
05:42It's an art.
05:44It's a joke.
05:49Female Vic definitely went first.
05:52The angle of the wound suggests he was on the bed straddling her.
05:56So what, he pinned her down?
05:58Pretty much.
05:59Not that he needed to.
06:02The chisel went in seven times and never once missed the target.
06:06He hit the heart, liver, stomach and kidneys.
06:10She probably never woke up enough to move.
06:12He wasn't messing around then?
06:15Oh, no.
06:17He wanted her dead.
06:18And I'd say it was personal.
06:24See this spatter pattern here?
06:28Mm-hmm.
06:28To get cast off like this,
06:30the weapon has to be moving hard and fast.
06:34This guy was really angry.
06:37And the husband?
06:38Same thing.
06:39Another six hits, no hesitations.
06:41I reckon they were dead after the first couple of wounds.
06:51Can you think of a reason why anyone would want to harm your parents?
06:56No.
06:58They're lovely people.
07:03Everyone loves them.
07:05Maybe they were having financial troubles.
07:07I mean, doing up a place like this can spiral out of control.
07:13Maybe they needed some cash, tried to borrow some from somewhere.
07:16No.
07:18My dad budgeted for everything.
07:20Right down to the last penny.
07:25This was their dream home.
07:27They wanted to get it exactly right.
07:32It was for their retirement.
07:34When they finally sold the agency.
07:38They were in business together.
07:41Sleepy Time Sitters.
07:43It's a babysitting agency.
07:48Might there be somebody with a grudge?
07:50Maybe an employee that you had to let go?
07:54David always said,
07:56treat people fairly and you'll see the best of them.
08:00A lot of our ladies have been with us for years.
08:02Are you saying you've never had to sack anybody?
08:04This one really wasn't working out.
08:08Elaine had such a gentle way of dealing with it.
08:10It was more like she was helping them find something they were better suited to.
08:16Of course, Bob Mitchell will probably tell you a different story.
08:19Who is Bob Mitchell?
08:20The partner in the early days.
08:22Thought he was a real go-getter.
08:24And that wasn't David and Elaine's way?
08:27Definitely not.
08:28They dissolved the partnership.
08:29Six months after he was ditched by the learners,
08:36Mitchell declared himself bankrupt.
08:38Since then, it looks like he's just lurched from one failed business to the next.
08:42This is his latest.
08:44While his former partners are making their fortune.
08:47A thing like that could make a man bitter.
08:49Did you get anything from Ellie?
08:51In her forensic opinion, it was nasty and quite possibly personal.
08:55I realised I was in the wrong sector.
09:01I refocused my goals.
09:03Haven't looked back.
09:04So really, they did you a favour?
09:06Yes, actually.
09:08Where were you sat at evening?
09:10Around midnight.
09:12About 150 miles away.
09:15I was attending an entrepreneurial weekend in Stoke.
09:18And can any of your fellow entrepreneurs confirm that?
09:21Well, I wasn't sharing a room with any of them, but, yeah, they saw me leave the bar.
09:26Yeah, Mitchell checks out.
09:28Apparently, several guests remember him being drunk and annoying at around 11.30.
09:33And we have no other suspects.
09:34Well, according to everyone, the learners are saints.
09:37Not an enemy in the world.
09:40Ronnie, what about the bloody thumbprint?
09:42Oh, we've printed 26 of the work as gov, but not one of them even comes close.
09:48So, if everyone who knew them loved them, what are we left with?
09:52An aborted burglary?
09:53Or random nothing.
09:57Either way.
09:58Let me guess.
09:59We go back to the beginning and see if we missed it, Ellie.
10:06Elaine Lerner's asleep on the right-hand side.
10:09And David asleep on the left.
10:13Our man comes in, doesn't touch anything, makes his way round to the right-hand side of the bed.
10:17And he leans over her, braces himself against the headboard, and then stabs her multiple times.
10:24Ah, the partial print we have is of his right thumb.
10:28Fine.
10:29Well, then we've narrowed it down to a left-handed killer.
10:33But then David wakes up, tries to stop him, they fight, he loses, and then he falls backwards over Elaine's body.
10:42So now we have two dead bodies, where does he go, what does he do?
10:47Well, he doesn't touch anything, and he doesn't steal anything.
10:51No, instead, he goes downstairs, and he has a wash.
10:55In the kitchen sink.
10:59Do you need me to move?
11:01No, no, you're fine, don't worry.
11:03We won't be much longer, although you might prefer not to have listened to this.
11:08That's okay.
11:10So he cleans up in the sink, and then he goes out the way he came in.
11:16Hmm.
11:17Why not just go through the door, though?
11:21It's always double locks.
11:22Yeah, but he wouldn't know that.
11:24Not unless you try it, then, of course.
11:26But he didn't.
11:27No prints, inside or out, and he wasn't wearing gloves.
11:32Hmm.
11:32Do you have the keys to the door, please, Lizzie?
11:40The fence isn't very high, but why didn't he try the door before the window?
11:52JAE Security Services.
11:55Elizabeth.
11:59Elizabeth?
12:00Sorry.
12:03There used to be another door here, yeah?
12:06Yeah.
12:08A big metal security door.
12:11My parents took it out when they did the kitchen.
12:14The house was like Fort Knox.
12:16Right.
12:19And do you know the name of the people that lived here before?
12:22Uh, a woman called Camilla Mallon.
12:29She was in the papers a couple of years ago after some big hedge fund collapsed.
12:34Turned out it had all been a scam.
12:36Yeah, her partners were all done for fraud, but she got off.
12:40A lot of people weren't very happy.
12:41I think that's why she had to move.
12:45Maybe she received some threats.
12:46Well, that's what my mum said.
12:49That's why they got such a good price.
12:58Oh, my God.
13:00Yeah.
13:02Maybe your parents weren't the intended victims.
13:06Don't know if she left a forwarding address.
13:08The threats came from investors who'd lost money.
13:22They were sent to the office, never my home.
13:25The police didn't think I was in any real danger,
13:28but it seemed sensible to move somewhere with more security.
13:32So some people weren't too pleased that you got off?
13:34If you mean it wasn't enough for them that I lost my marriage,
13:38my business, and very nearly took the fall for a fraud
13:40I knew nothing about, then no.
13:43Apparently not.
13:44And what about your partners?
13:45I mean, they can't have been too pleased
13:47when you gave evidence against them.
13:50They were going down with or without my evidence.
13:54Anyway, they're both still in prison.
13:56I'm not suggesting they hired some kind of hitman.
14:02What would be the point?
14:05Mallon got off on a technicality.
14:08Did the deal with the FSA rat it out of partners?
14:12Well, that must have made you angry.
14:14They conned me out of nearly a quarter of a million pounds.
14:17How do you think I felt?
14:18Well, angry enough to write Camilla Mallon
14:20a pretty threatening letter.
14:22I'd had a few whiskeys too many.
14:24Wanted to let off steam.
14:26At the end of the day, she was small fry.
14:28As the other two screwed me over,
14:30and they're both behind bars.
14:31As far as I'm concerned, justice was done.
14:35And luckily, I can afford to lose a few quid.
14:38That is fortunate.
14:41Our whole large savings gone just like that.
14:44First wish ever took to be light.
14:46And the last.
14:47It's like Camilla Mallon gets off scot-free.
14:50She'll get what's coming to her.
14:52Yeah?
14:52I hear you, uh, created quite a scene outside the court.
14:58Sounded like you were ready to get violent.
15:00What good would that do?
15:02No.
15:03We're taking out a civil action against all three of them.
15:06Me?
15:07And about 50 other investors.
15:10I'll tell you something for nothing.
15:11Now, Mallon woman, real piece of work.
15:14In what way?
15:15Husband stands by her right through the trial.
15:18Then she gets off, dumps him,
15:19and takes him to the cleaners in the divorce.
15:25No-one screwed anyone over.
15:26We just both took out what we put in.
15:30Which wasn't a lot in my case, it's true.
15:33University lecturers don't tend to rake in the cash.
15:35But, hey, we're not in here for the money.
15:39Much like police officers.
15:41You're sure it was Camilla this person meant to kill?
15:44Well, it's a definite possibility, yeah.
15:47God.
15:48I just can't get my head round it.
15:51It's true, it was pretty frightening when people made threats,
15:53but neither of us really believed them.
15:56So, you and your wife, you separated after the trial,
16:00and you both moved out of the house?
16:02Yeah, that's right.
16:03And there was no bad feeling?
16:05No row about who got what?
16:08No, nothing like that, why?
16:11You're kidding.
16:13You think I'm a suspect?
16:15These are just routine questions.
16:18I was married to Camilla for five years.
16:20I do know where she lives.
16:23And I certainly know what she looks like.
16:26I'm hardly going to mix her up with someone else, am I?
16:34Spoke to about a dozen investors who made explicit threats,
16:39but so far none of them really jump out.
16:42And it's going to take months to try and track down the rest.
16:44And the ex-husband couldn't narrow it down?
16:46No, he didn't really take much of an interest in his wife's business.
16:49Oh, so a typical healthy marriage, then.
16:52Right, this is interesting.
16:54Only half an hour before the learners were killed,
16:57Ford Focus has an encounter with the lamppost two streets away.
17:01Right.
17:02The driver of the vehicle abandons it.
17:05And the vehicle is towed away the following morning.
17:08And this is relevant how?
17:10Well, it's relevant because said Ford Focus is registered to a Mr. Lucas Boyd, our lady banker's ex.
17:22Bet he didn't mention that, did he?
17:23I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have told you about the crash.
17:33So why didn't you?
17:35I didn't think it was relevant.
17:38And, well, to be honest, I had a few drinks.
17:43But I just took the corner too fast.
17:45No one else was involved.
17:46This isn't about the drink driving, Mr. Boyd, if you'd just like to tell us what happened, please.
17:51Sure.
17:52Um, well, I met up with a few colleagues in a bar in Putney, and I was driving home with Josh.
18:01Josh Shelton.
18:03He teaches sports science.
18:06And, well, it turns out we should have got a cab.
18:10So you were, what, a five-minute walk from your old house?
18:17I suppose so.
18:18Well, it's a bit odd that you were in the same area that same night.
18:22Not really.
18:23I mean, I live in Colliers Wood now.
18:25It's just up the road.
18:26So after the crash, Josh and yourself just headed home, yeah?
18:29Yeah.
18:30Well, Josh took a cab to his.
18:33I, I felt I needed some air, so I walked.
18:37Lucas said he drove you home, Josh.
18:41I was wasted.
18:43I didn't realize how far gone Lucas was until we got in the car.
18:47Two punches normally is limit, and that's why he's a designated driver.
18:51But Saturday was different.
18:53He was a man on a mission.
18:56About time, too.
18:57How come?
18:58Well, the bloke's been divorced almost 18 months.
19:01We keep telling him to relax a little bit, have some fun.
19:04Tell me about the accident.
19:07Not much to tell.
19:08Lucas was driving too fast, lost control around the bend, wrapped us around a lamppost.
19:15I bowed my shoulder, but nothing too serious.
19:17And what about Lucas?
19:19He smacked his head against the steering wheel.
19:22Might even have knocked himself out.
19:24But he came round off for a couple of minutes, okay, and just said he was going to walk it off.
19:30Beer.
19:31Natural anesthetic.
19:32The mate backs up Lucas' story about the crash, but he couldn't be sure which direction he headed off in afterwards.
19:40Well, back in the days when I was drinking, I once went on a bender for three days.
19:47Now, aside from a train ticket, a hull, and a receipt for two hedge trimmers, it's still a complete blank.
19:56Anyway, once I'd staggered home, it took me about half an hour to realise I was actually standing at the wrong house.
20:02I lived two doors down.
20:04You think Lucas went to his old house by mistake?
20:07Well, I don't know, but he was paralytic drunk.
20:10I mean, he'd had a bang on the head.
20:12It is a possibility.
20:13Plus, he was used to there being a security door, so maybe that's made him go through a window.
20:19Why kill the learners?
20:21I've no idea, but I mean, if he was still drunk enough to think that he lived at that house.
20:25Maybe it wasn't such an amicable divorce, after all.
20:32Obviously, I can't go into details, but the fact is, he never said a bad word about her.
20:38Really? Well, in my experience, divorce normally brings the worst out of them people.
20:43Oh, trust me.
20:44It does.
20:45But Lucas, Mr Boyd, he couldn't have been nicer.
20:50Well, that must have made your job a lot easier.
20:53Well, to be honest, it was a bit frustrating.
20:54And why's that?
20:56They'd been married five years.
20:57The least he was entitled to was half the proceeds from the house, but he didn't want to fight her for it.
21:04Right.
21:05And have you had any more dealings with him?
21:08Yeah.
21:09When he was buying his flat, he asked me to do the conveyancing, but I only do family law, so I passed him on to a colleague.
21:17And when was the last time you spoke to him?
21:18A couple of days ago.
21:20He'd read about those people getting killed in his old house.
21:24He said he'd been having these vivid nightmares about it.
21:29When you say vivid nightmares, you, well, he was dreaming that he'd been murdered in his old house, yeah?
21:35No.
21:36No.
21:36In the dreams, he isn't the one who gets killed.
21:40He's the killer.
21:44I keep telling you I was drunk.
21:46I don't remember anything after the crash.
21:49So you had a blackout?
21:50I don't know, I guess.
21:53Hmm.
21:54Well, just take a look at the photographs for me, please, Lucas, if you will.
21:59Thanks.
21:59Why would I do that to those people?
22:01I didn't even know them.
22:02Well, I'm not saying that you went there intending to kill them.
22:07Maybe it was a mistake.
22:08What kind of mistake?
22:10Well, I know how it can be.
22:12You have a little too much to drink.
22:14You do things you regret.
22:16I'm not an alcoholic.
22:18This was a one-off.
22:21Don't you think I'd remember doing something like that?
22:24Well, maybe there was more blood than there should have been, given the size of the cup.
22:51No, I...
22:55No, there wasn't.
22:57Okay.
22:58What did you do with the clothes?
22:59What do you think?
23:00I washed them.
23:01I told you a million times I don't know anything about how these people died.
23:08Okay.
23:15So, what is it that you see in your dreams?
23:20In my dreams?
23:21Yeah.
23:22You're joking.
23:25Well, you have dreamt about killing them, haven't you?
23:29So, you tell me, in your dream, how do you get into the house?
23:32No, you don't have a key, do you?
23:35What do you do?
23:36Do you look for a spare or climb in through a window?
23:41You know what I think, Lucas?
23:43I think you started to walk home without realising you ended up at your old house.
23:52You know, I think he could be on the verge.
23:56Then this should push him over.
23:57You don't even notice that there's building work being going on.
24:01Prince the match.
24:02And you certainly don't notice that your old security door has been taken away.
24:08How would I know that?
24:10I haven't been there since we moved.
24:12Well, that's just it.
24:13That's my point, isn't it?
24:23He's our killer.
24:24My lord, given the seriousness of the crime and the friendly nature of the attack, we apply for a remand into custody.
24:50My lord, Mr. Boyd has no history of violent behaviour.
24:54He's a well-respected university lecturer with strong ties to the local community.
25:00But with no immediate family nearby and a double murder charge hanging over him.
25:05Neither of which provide much incentive to stick around.
25:10Bail is refused.
25:12Mr. Boyd, you will be remanded into custody.
25:20He's in a state of shock.
25:22He's hardly a flight risk.
25:24This is another of your lost lambs, Max.
25:26Well, all I know is the man's been completely steamrolled by the police.
25:29He barely knows if he's coming or going.
25:31Still is thumbprint in the victim's blood.
25:34Partial thumbprint, which means it's only a partial match.
25:37Close enough to satisfy an expert.
25:40Assuming you're able to use it as evidence.
25:42Why wouldn't we be?
25:43Because of the way it was obtained.
25:47Lucas Boyd was arrested purely to allow the police to take his fingerprints.
25:52He was arrested because they had reasonable suspicion based on a reliable witness statement.
25:57They had a second-hand account of a dream.
26:01An account that came from Lucas Boyd's own solicitor.
26:04Are you claiming privilege?
26:06Of course.
26:06They told about it in a personal phone call.
26:09It's a bit of a long shot.
26:10We'll see.
26:11Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Jacob.
26:15Did you learn nothing from our time together?
26:20Max was my mistress.
26:22Pupil mistress.
26:24And you thought you knew it all even then?
26:26My lord, the rules on legal professional privilege protect all communications between a solicitor and his or her client.
26:42Maybe so, but the fact remains that the witness was not under instruction by the defendant at the time.
26:48Miss Byers had previously handled my client's divorce, so it's reasonable to assume that in the event that he required further legal advice, she would be the person that he would call, as he in fact did.
27:02He made a personal phone call during which he discussed the murders in general terms.
27:06He disclosed personal information, believing it would be treated as confidential.
27:12To use it as grounds for arrest was unlawful, so the fingerprints the police subsequently obtained cannot be used as evidence.
27:20I accept your logic, Miss Rumsfield, but issues of confidentiality aside, the print obtained from Mr. Boyd proved to be a match.
27:29My lord, as I'm sure you're aware, partial prints have been known to be misleading.
27:35Less so when combined with bloodstains, my lord, DNA from both victims has now been retrieved from the defendant's clothing, which Miss Rumsfield appears to have conveniently forgotten.
27:49That would certainly seem to reduce the margin for error.
27:52Miss Rumsfield, your application is refused.
27:55In which case, my lord, my client will be relying on a defense of non-insane automatism.
28:01I don't understand.
28:06We know he killed them. He's not even denying it.
28:09So why isn't he pleading guilty?
28:12It all comes down to intention.
28:15To get a verdict of murder, we have to show that Lucas Boyd meant to kill your parents.
28:21He stabbed them over a dozen times.
28:24Of course he meant to kill them.
28:25But because he didn't know them and he had no obvious motive, the defense are trying to say he didn't know what he was doing.
28:31So what?
28:33They're still dead.
28:35My mum and dad are gone because of him.
28:38Whether he knew what he was doing or not.
28:40Exactly.
28:42And we're going to make sure the jury don't forget that.
28:45I've never met those people.
28:54I've no idea what.
29:00How does it make you feel?
29:06I have nightmares.
29:08All the time.
29:09It's like I'm there, I can see them, but I still don't know why.
29:18And I don't even know if the nightmares are true.
29:21I don't even know if I did it.
29:25You still don't remember?
29:30So, what do you remember?
29:33We'd been to a bar.
29:40Josh and I left together.
29:43I remember music playing in the car.
29:46Then I must have swerved or something.
29:49We hit a lamppost and I hit my head.
29:55Then Josh hailed a cab.
29:58And what did you do?
30:01I thought I walked home.
30:05But you didn't.
30:10I don't know.
30:14An alcoholic blackout combined with the head injury
30:18could have set off his associative episode.
30:21It's possible Lucas didn't know what he was doing
30:23and I think genuinely doesn't remember it now.
30:26Even if Lucas did have a blackout,
30:29he caused it by drinking.
30:30So he's still guilty of manslaughter.
30:32Except with multiple factors.
30:35We can't say which one triggered the episode.
30:38If it was a head injury, that's a different story.
30:41So he could walk.
30:43Never mind the dead couple he left lying in their own blood.
30:47Are we missing the obvious here?
30:49The guy got drunk, got worked up,
30:54but looking for his ex,
30:55but ended up at the wrong house because he was pissed.
30:58It's possible he knew exactly what he was doing.
31:01He just did it to the wrong people.
31:02There's no conscious motive for wanting to kill the ex-wife either.
31:06Maybe he started to regret letting her walk off with their money.
31:09I don't know, Alicia.
31:10This was bloody unfrenzied.
31:12I'd say the motivation was more primal.
31:16Well, money or passion,
31:18they both take us back to the ex.
31:23No.
31:24Not Lucas.
31:26It's crazy.
31:27Do you still see each other?
31:35Occasionally.
31:36We've tried to remain civilized for everything.
31:41Just because we're no longer together
31:42doesn't mean I don't care about him.
31:46You must have both been under a great deal of pressure
31:49with the trial and everything.
31:52It wasn't like that.
31:54I know what you're trying to do.
31:55You think Lucas must be harboring
31:58some kind of seething resentment against me.
32:01But it's not true.
32:03The marriage just wasn't working.
32:05Yes, I instigated divorce proceedings,
32:08but you can talk to our lawyers.
32:09It was completely amicable.
32:12According to his solicitor,
32:15Lucas only agreed to the divorce
32:17because it was Camilla's idea.
32:19I mean, that was the basis of their relationship.
32:22She said, jump.
32:22He said, how am I?
32:23OK, so 18 months later,
32:25he has to accept she's not coming back.
32:27He starts thinking about all those years
32:29of being treated like dirt,
32:30something finally cracked.
32:32The husband's scorned.
32:33Now, that we can work with.
32:39So, in your professional opinion, Miss Byers,
32:42if anyone had grounds for divorce,
32:44it would have been your client, Mr Boyd.
32:47That's correct.
32:48There had been multiple examples
32:50of unreasonable behavior.
32:53They hadn't been on holiday in three years
32:56because his wife hadn't wanted
32:57to take the time off work.
33:00And their sexual relationship
33:02had ended sometime before
33:04because of Miss Malin's intimacy issues.
33:08Yet, in the end,
33:09he not only agreed to let her divorce him,
33:11but he also agreed to an 80-20 split
33:13of their asset.
33:15Do you know why he chose this course of action?
33:19He told me that he wanted
33:20to give his wife whatever she wanted.
33:23Then, perhaps, she'd realize
33:25she was making a mistake.
33:27So, he didn't actually want
33:29the divorce to go through?
33:31No.
33:32And yet, the divorce did go through,
33:34and Mr Boyd was left with nothing
33:36but a burning sense of injustice
33:38and resentment.
33:39My Lord, Mr Thorne is indulging
33:41in lurid speculation.
33:43Save it for your closing speech, Mr Thorne.
33:46Certainly, my Lord.
33:48I'm merely pointing out
33:49that the defense of automatism
33:52implies that Mr Boyd experienced
33:54a total loss of control over his actions,
33:56whereas harboring a grudge...
33:58My Lord...
33:59...and deciding to go and kill your ex-wife
34:00is a very different matter,
34:03whether you end up in the right house or not.
34:05Have you ever had a drunken blackout?
34:10Lost a few hours here and there as a student,
34:13but I think the worst thing I did
34:14was to throw up in someone's garden.
34:15Nice.
34:16But your expert agrees
34:17it could have been a disassociative episode.
34:20In theory.
34:21But now we've shown Boyd had a motive
34:23for wanting his wife dead,
34:25the whole automatism defense
34:26just seems a little too convenient.
34:35So, is this where you softened me up
34:39and tried to get me to lower the charges?
34:42Nothing so gauche.
34:43I'm simply buying you a drink to say thank you.
34:46Okay.
34:47Thank you for what?
34:49Establishing my client's due defense.
34:52We're changing to loss of control
34:54as a result of battered person syndrome.
34:58Right.
34:58Who's supposed to have battered who?
35:00It appears Mr. Boyd
35:02was subjected to sustained mental and emotional abuse
35:07throughout his marriage,
35:08but, like many victims,
35:10was unable to admit it,
35:12even to himself.
35:13Fortunately, your witness
35:16was able to bring the situation to light.
35:20Come off it, Mags.
35:22Males, vows, and abuse
35:24is a serious issue, Jacob.
35:25So it'd be highly unethical
35:27to use it as a cynical ploy?
35:29Absolutely.
35:31But what we have here
35:32is a genuine tragedy.
35:35Lucas Boyd was as much a victim
35:37as the people he killed.
35:40Try and tell that to their daughter.
35:43Battered person syndrome.
35:46Took about hoist by your own petard.
35:48She's taken your motive
35:49and turned it into a defense.
35:51But why not stick with the automatism?
35:54At least she had a chance
35:54of a complete acquittal.
35:56And failing that,
35:57she could have pushed for manslaughter
35:58using the booze and the bump on the head.
36:00What it does is it paints Boyd as a victim.
36:03With an unsympathetic jury,
36:05he could still be looking at murder.
36:06But now, instead of an angry bloke
36:08who got drunk and decided to kill his wife,
36:10he becomes a nice guy
36:12who bumped his head
36:12and finally snapped
36:13after years of mental cruelty.
36:15It won't work.
36:17He didn't kill his so-called abuser.
36:19He killed the learners.
36:21Battered person syndrome
36:22is no defense against killing strangers.
36:24But so long as he believed
36:26he was killing his ex,
36:28Max can argue
36:29that the history of abuse is relevant.
36:31Then you'll have to redress the balance.
36:35I want him put away for murder.
36:37The sad truth is,
36:39in our society,
36:41male spousal abuse
36:42is still largely treated as a joke.
36:44And would you say
36:46the defendant fits the profile
36:48of an abused spouse?
36:50Absolutely.
36:52Lucas was repeatedly criticized
36:54and humiliated
36:55in front of friends and family.
36:57His ex-wife controlled the finances
37:00and would frequently withhold money
37:03and sex
37:04as a means of control
37:05and punishment.
37:06So he must have hated his wife.
37:09On the contrary.
37:11He loved her very much.
37:13He was desperate for Camilla
37:15to become more affectionate
37:16and for them to forge
37:18a healthier relationship.
37:19And yet he wanted her dead.
37:23There can come a point
37:24where the victim realizes
37:25he must break free of his abuser.
37:28By violent means, if necessary.
37:31And, in your opinion,
37:33is that what happened
37:35on the night of the murders?
37:36Yes.
37:37I believe so.
37:41Dr. Bly,
37:43how common is it
37:45for victims of spousal abuse
37:48to ultimately kill
37:49his or her abuser?
37:51Not that common.
37:54But in some cases...
37:55Yes, people who've been
37:56through a painful divorce
37:57frequently drink too much
37:59and get angry about the past.
38:00Do they not?
38:01Yes, of course.
38:03But...
38:03Nothing more, my lord.
38:10Lucas,
38:11is it true
38:13that your ex-wife
38:15abandoned you
38:16in the middle of your honeymoon?
38:18Because she
38:18decided to return
38:20to work early?
38:22She was negotiating
38:23a big deal.
38:26She said it was
38:27bad timing.
38:28And was it
38:29bad timing
38:30when you locked yourself
38:31out one night
38:32after a faculty party
38:34and Camilla
38:36refused to open the door?
38:38She had an early meeting
38:40so she'd ask me
38:41not to wake her.
38:42So you were
38:43left out
38:45in the cold and rain
38:46and had to resort
38:48to forcing a window
38:50and climbing into
38:51your own home
38:52like a burglar
38:54despite the fact
38:55that your wife
38:56was inside.
38:57she felt bad
39:01the next day
39:01and it only happened
39:03once.
39:04And how many times
39:06did she tell you
39:07you should get
39:08a better paid job
39:09because she was
39:10sick of supporting you?
39:12Camilla had
39:13very high standards.
39:16It's something
39:17I loved about her.
39:18And how often
39:21did she tell you
39:22she loved you?
39:27No, she did tell you
39:28she loved you.
39:30You were married
39:31after all.
39:32You were meant
39:32to be sharing
39:33a life together.
39:35Camilla found it
39:36hard to be affectionate
39:38and that could be
39:39hurtful sometimes.
39:41But I knew
39:42that she cared about me
39:43and I loved her
39:47very much.
39:53No further questions,
39:55my lord.
39:59Let's leave it there,
40:01Mr. Thorne.
40:02We'll resume at 10 a.m.
40:03on Monday
40:03with your cross-examination.
40:07Of course, my lord.
40:10Court will rise.
40:13The depressing thing is
40:33the jury seem to be
40:34buying it.
40:35A lot of men
40:35feel emasculated
40:36by a woman
40:37being the main
40:38breadwinner.
40:39Never understood
40:39it myself.
40:41I've been angling
40:41to be a cat man
40:42for years.
40:43Sir, the Mrs. Sharp
40:45is not unreadable.
40:47So it all comes down
40:47to how many of the jury
40:49resent their wives?
40:50That and how many
40:51heartstrings Mags
40:52managed to pull.
40:53Sounds like she
40:53played a blinder.
40:55Yep.
40:57The wronged husband
40:57intent on defending
40:59the abusive wife
41:00to the bitter end.
41:01It's a clever choice.
41:03What if he was wronged?
41:06What do you mean?
41:07I don't know.
41:08It's just I saw Camilla
41:09with Josh Shelton
41:10outside the court.
41:11The sports lecturer
41:12was he offering her
41:13support in her
41:14hour of need.
41:15He wasn't
41:16snogging her
41:16outside the old
41:17bailey, if that's
41:18what you mean.
41:18Far from it.
41:20By the way,
41:21they were arguing.
41:22I've got the
41:22impression...
41:23Lovers, Tiff?
41:28If Lucas
41:29thought Camilla
41:30had a lover...
41:32Oh, it's a big if.
41:34But it could explain
41:35why he killed David
41:36Lerner as well as
41:37Elaine.
41:37And Max can hardly
41:39run loss of control
41:40based on him
41:42finding out his wife
41:43was having an affair.
41:44The judge would
41:45throw it out of court.
41:50Okay, then we
41:52talk to Camilla.
41:53But if I've got to
41:54poke around in the
41:55intimate details of
41:56the woman's love life,
41:57you're coming with me.
41:58Look, I know you
42:12must think I'm
42:13some kind of monster
42:14after all the things
42:16they've said about me,
42:17but you have no idea.
42:20I tried.
42:26I really tried.
42:29When we first met,
42:30Lucas seemed so
42:31gentle and sweet.
42:35And then I started to
42:36see how needy he was.
42:39He needed
42:40constant reassurance.
42:42He wouldn't believe
42:43that I wanted to be
42:44with him.
42:45He was convinced
42:46that I was going
42:47to leave him
42:47or that I must be
42:48sleeping with other men.
42:54Yes, I know.
42:56But he didn't even
42:57want me to see my friends.
43:02Tell him about
43:03the night you broke in.
43:10Lucas told you
43:11I locked him out.
43:13But that's not
43:14what happened.
43:17I managed to
43:19persuade him that
43:20we needed
43:22some time apart
43:23and he agreed
43:24to stay with a friend
43:25for a few days.
43:29I went to bed
43:30and I put
43:31the deadbolt
43:32on the door.
43:38I woke up
43:38at two in the morning
43:39to find him
43:40standing at the foot
43:41of the bed
43:41sobbing.
43:43that he had broken
43:50through the kitchen window
43:51and he was holding
43:52a knife.
44:00He told me that if
44:02if I didn't let him
44:05come home
44:06that he'd kill himself.
44:10And you believed him?
44:11Part of me
44:13thought it was an act
44:14but I could never
44:16be sure
44:17and that's why
44:17I stayed.
44:22But then I met
44:22Josh
44:23and
44:24I knew I had
44:26to leave
44:26for my own sanity.
44:32I just
44:33never knew
44:35how to tell
44:35Lucas about us.
44:36you're sure
44:39he doesn't
44:39already know?
44:40God
44:41no
44:41there's no way.
44:43We're very careful
44:44we never
44:45go out to London
44:46and
44:46if we go away
44:48for a weekend
44:49we travel separately.
44:51Even now
44:52after all this time
44:53Camilla's still scared
44:54about what he might
44:55do to himself.
45:02Maybe we're wrong.
45:04If Lucas knew
45:04all this time
45:05why wait till now
45:06to do something
45:07about it?
45:08He doesn't sound
45:08like someone
45:09who can keep
45:09his emotions
45:10in check.
45:10What if
45:11we're looking
45:11at it backwards?
45:12What if
45:12he didn't crack
45:13after years
45:14of slow burning
45:15resentment?
45:16What if
45:16something happened
45:17the night
45:17of the murders
45:18to trigger it all?
45:19You know
45:19what triggered it?
45:20He got drunk
45:20and hit his head.
45:22But why
45:23did he get drunk?
45:24He never usually
45:25drinks more
45:26than a couple
45:26of pints.
45:27What was different
45:27about that night?
45:28What?
45:28You think
45:29he got drunk
45:29on purpose?
45:30Maybe.
45:31Maybe he just
45:32found out
45:32something upsetting
45:33and felt the need
45:34to get hammered
45:34to deal with it.
45:35So when he drove
45:36his car into
45:37a lamppost
45:37with Josh
45:38in the passenger seat
45:39that could have
45:39been deliberate too.
45:42You didn't have
45:42plans this weekend
45:43did you?
45:47Okay the police
45:48took statements
45:49from all the guys
45:50who were at the bar
45:51with Lucas and Josh
45:52and nobody spoke
45:54to Lucas
45:54about anything
45:55more personal
45:55other than football
45:56and university
45:58league tables.
45:59However they all
46:00commented on the fact
46:01that Lucas started
46:02drinking heavily
46:03as soon as he got
46:03to the bar.
46:04So he didn't find
46:05out about it
46:05from one of his
46:06colleagues?
46:06Josh was adamant
46:07that no one at work
46:08knew about him
46:09and Camilla anyway.
46:10Well then he wants
46:11to have found out
46:11earlier.
46:12But how?
46:13Oh a hundred
46:15different ways.
46:16Maybe Lucas
46:16saw them together.
46:18Maybe Josh turned
46:19up for work
46:20smelling of Camilla's
46:20perfume.
46:22Let's stick to things
46:23that we can prove
46:24shall we?
46:25What did Josh say
46:27about the early
46:28part of the evening?
46:29Not much.
46:31Um.
46:33He was coaching
46:34a rugby match
46:36was running late
46:37so he came
46:38straight around
46:39to Lucas's
46:39checked a few
46:40urgent emails
46:41took a shower
46:42then they drove
46:42around to the bar.
46:43He checked his
46:44emails?
46:45What?
46:46And his phone?
46:47I presume so
46:48but I can check.
46:49Great.
46:51You hungry?
46:52I'm starving.
46:55Listen to this.
47:01Josh's phone
47:01was low on battery
47:02so he borrowed
47:03Lucas's laptop.
47:05Now I checked
47:05for the police tech
47:06guys who went
47:07over Lucas's
47:07computer when
47:08he was arrested.
47:09You got hold
47:09of them on a
47:10Saturday?
47:11Technology
47:11never sleeps.
47:13Anyway they
47:13called up Lucas's
47:14history and it
47:15showed that Josh
47:16logged onto his
47:17web-based email
47:18account at 6.20.
47:19Sent a couple of
47:20emails then closed
47:22it down.
47:23Now ten minutes
47:24later someone
47:25went back online
47:26and bought a
47:27printer cartridge
47:28using Lucas Boyd's
47:29credit card details
47:30then they called up
47:31the same internet
47:32provider and logged
47:34straight into Josh's
47:35email account.
47:35So Lucas went
47:36looking for
47:37incriminating emails?
47:38Not necessarily.
47:39He probably just
47:40went to log on
47:41but because Josh
47:41hadn't actually
47:42logged out of his
47:43session just
47:44closed the window.
47:45Lucas went
47:45straight into his
47:46account by mistake.
47:47and saw an
47:48inbox full of
47:49emails from a
47:50Miss Moneypenny.
47:51The minute he
47:52opened one it
47:53would have been
47:53obviously from
47:54Camilla.
47:54Well so much
47:55for discretion.
47:56Yeah Miss Moneypenny
47:58and a scrummy
48:00half not to mention
48:01all the references
48:02to Elle how he's
48:03coping since the
48:04divorce.
48:05Yeah it's not
48:05exactly the Enigma
48:06code.
48:07Also Josh never
48:09clears his inbox
48:10so the emails go
48:11back three years.
48:14Lucas would have
48:14realised everything.
48:15which gives us
48:16sexual jealousy
48:17and revenge.
48:20We can get him
48:21for murder.
48:26Mr Boyd
48:27it's clear that
48:29despite the end
48:30of your marriage
48:31you still have
48:32very strong feelings
48:33about your ex-wife.
48:34Isn't that true?
48:36Yes I do.
48:38And even during
48:39the divorce proceedings
48:40you were hoping
48:40to salvage the
48:42relationship.
48:43I hope we might
48:44be able to work
48:45things out.
48:46It must have come
48:47as a shock then
48:48to find out that
48:49she'd been unfaithful
48:50for a large part
48:51of your marriage
48:51and was in fact
48:52still sleeping
48:53with a colleague
48:53of yours
48:54behind your back.
49:00A terrible shock
49:02in fact.
49:03My lord
49:04this is pure
49:05conjecture
49:06on the part
49:06of Mr Thorne.
49:07These allegations
49:08are in no way
49:09based on fact.
49:10On the contrary
49:11my lord
49:11I wish to enter
49:12into evidence
49:13a printout
49:14of the email
49:15correspondence
49:15between Josh Shelton
49:17and Camilla Mallon.
49:19A correspondence
49:20which clearly documents
49:21the couple's
49:22three year long
49:23relationship
49:24and which was seen
49:25by Mr Boyd
49:26on the night
49:26he murdered Elaine
49:27and David Lerner.
49:28Was it not
49:29Mr Boyd?
49:30I...
49:30I don't...
49:32Did you or did you not
49:34access Josh Shelton's
49:35email account
49:36on that night?
49:36I'm not sure I...
49:37And after you saw
49:38the emails
49:39you started drinking
49:40in order to work up
49:41the courage
49:41to confront
49:42your so-called friend
49:43about the affair.
49:45I was upset.
49:46I didn't know
49:46what to do.
49:47So you waited
49:47until you had
49:48Mr Shelton alone
49:49in the car
49:49and then you attempted
49:50to drive him
49:51into a lamppost
49:52and after that
49:53you went to find
49:54your ex-wife.
49:55No...
49:56No, it was a mistake.
49:58I lost control
49:59of the car.
50:00Yes, we've heard
50:01a great deal
50:01about loss of control
50:03during this trial.
50:04Indeed,
50:05the defence
50:05would have us believe
50:06that because of
50:07your loss of control
50:08you cannot be held
50:08accountable
50:09for your actions.
50:11But let's just stop
50:12and look
50:13at those actions.
50:15Shall we?
50:17David and Elaine Lerner
50:20were asleep
50:21in bed
50:22when you broke
50:23into their home.
50:25You armed yourself
50:26with this chisel
50:28and then stabbed
50:29them both
50:30brutally
50:31and repeatedly
50:32until they were dead.
50:35Of this
50:35there is no doubt
50:36your clothes
50:37were covered
50:38in the victim's DNA
50:39and your thumbprint
50:40was found
50:41in Elaine's blood
50:42on the wall
50:43above the bed.
50:44I know
50:44but I didn't mean to.
50:46No, we know
50:47you didn't mean
50:47to kill the learners
50:48because your intended
50:49victims
50:50were your supposed
50:51friend
50:52and your ex-wife.
50:53The trouble is
50:54you had to get drunk
50:55in order to go
50:56through with it
50:57and as a result
50:58became so intoxicated
51:00that you mistakenly
51:01broke into your old house
51:02where consumed
51:03with rage
51:04and jealousy
51:04you brutally murdered
51:06two innocent
51:07strangers
51:08David and Elaine
51:11Lerner
51:12believing them
51:13to be your ex-wife
51:15and her lover.
51:16No.
51:18No, that isn't
51:19what happened.
51:22I was upset, yeah.
51:25Okay, but I had
51:26a right to be.
51:33I'd have done
51:34anything for you.
51:36You know that.
51:39And all the time
51:40you and him.
51:43I had
51:44I had to show you
51:46how much you'd hurt me.
51:48When I realised
51:49it wasn't you
51:50in the bed
51:51I was so relieved.
52:00I love you so much,
52:02Camilla.
52:04If I'd killed you
52:05I couldn't have lived
52:08with myself.
52:13And yet
52:13you feel no such guilt
52:15about the Lerner's.
52:19Would the defendant
52:20please stand?
52:26Members of the jury
52:27have you reached
52:29a verdict
52:30upon which
52:30you are all agreed?
52:32Yes.
52:34On count one
52:35the murder
52:37of Elaine Lerner
52:38do you find the defendant
52:41Mr. Boyd
52:41guilty
52:43or not guilty?
52:48Guilty.
52:51And on count two
52:53the murder
52:54of David Lerner
52:55do you find the defendant
52:57Mr. Boyd
52:58guilty
52:59or not guilty?
53:03Guilty.
53:03Talk about
53:06passive aggressive
53:07the guy was still
53:08controlling his ex-wife
53:10two years
53:11after their divorce
53:12and he has a nerve
53:13to accuse her
53:13of mental abuse.
53:15Given how things
53:16ended up
53:16I'd say aggressive
53:17definitely won out
53:18over passive.
53:19Do you think Lucas
53:20knew he'd done it
53:21all along?
53:22Well Roddy reckons
53:23he may have only started
53:23remembering during the trial.
53:25It's one hell of a flashback.
53:27I think Maria
53:31waswhy
53:33both
53:35though
53:36some
53:37people
53:37didn't
53:37get
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