Law & Order UK Season 6 Episode 3 Haunted
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00:00And prosecutors who prosecute the offenders, these are their stories.
00:30Get up! Get up! Get up!
00:34Someone get him! Stop him!
00:38Go back here!
00:46Get back!
00:51Get back!
00:55Get back!
01:00James O'Doherty, crackhead, done time for theft, all drug-related, ran straight into a car on his latest shopping trip.
01:12And we're here because...
01:14He asked to see you.
01:16Oh, CID?
01:18He asked for you by name.
01:21Really?
01:28Hello?
01:30I'm Dears Brooks. You wanted to see me?
01:34Amanda Bennett.
01:42I'm sorry, what did you just say?
01:44I killed Amanda Bennett.
01:50Me and Ricky...
01:52We killed her.
01:54Will you see me, sir?
01:56No, one second.
01:57I need you...
01:58I need you...
01:59Did you just say Amanda Bennett?
02:09Well, that was 14 years ago.
02:12Strange things are metal.
02:13You think he's straight up?
02:14I can tell you for a fact, it wasn't him or this, Ricky, that killed Amanda Bennett.
02:21How do you know?
02:24Because the investigating officer on that case...
02:27was me.
02:29I don't know.
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03:40It's very common geezer's not banged up.
03:43He did serve three years and got off on a technicality.
03:47His brief reckoned that the judge misdirected the jury and claimed it was a miscarriage of justice.
03:54I don't know a cop of breathing who doesn't think the injustice was Simon Bennett walking out of jail.
04:00The neighbours said that they heard Simon Bennett screaming bluebird and Amanda the night before she died.
04:07Apparently it hadn't been the first time he'd lost his cool with her.
04:10She was one of these unruly kids, you know, staying out late, bunking off school, going out with older lads, that sort of stuff.
04:17Yes, basically.
04:18So, why is O'Doherty claiming he killed her?
04:21I've got no idea, Gav.
04:23That was the hospital.
04:25Jimmy O'Doherty died ten minutes ago.
04:27Well, we can't just ignore a murder confession.
04:33No, we can't.
04:36You said Jimmy mentioned an accomplice.
04:39I think we should find out who that is.
04:40I'm only Jimmy's dad, in the technical sense of the word.
04:49I haven't seen Jimmy in years.
04:53We've got some bad news, Mr O'Doherty.
04:57Maybe we should go inside.
05:03He's dead.
05:05He died a couple of hours ago, sir.
05:07Was it the drugs?
05:13No.
05:14He was hit by a car.
05:20Thanks for letting me know.
05:24We're looking for someone, sir.
05:26We think he was a friend of your son's.
05:32I wouldn't know who his friends are these days.
05:35What, about 14 years ago?
05:38A bloke named Ricky.
05:42You know him?
05:44Ricky Phelps.
05:48They knocked about together since school.
05:53Jimmy's mum was always telling him
05:55hanging around with Ricky would land him in jail.
05:58Richard Phelps.
06:06Two thefts, three burglary, GBH,
06:09and an arson attack that landed him for six years.
06:12Right.
06:13Well, he's out now, so...
06:15Probation will have his address.
06:17I haven't seen Jimmy in years.
06:23How many years?
06:24Uh, ten, eleven, maybe more.
06:27You two have some sort of disagreement, or...
06:30You drifted apart.
06:32Jimmy said you might know something about...
06:35a murder.
06:39Amanda Bennett?
06:41Jimmy talks a load of bollocks.
06:43I mean, that's crack for you.
06:45Makes you delusional.
06:46Really?
06:48He was dying at the time,
06:50so he didn't exactly have a reason to lie, did he?
06:55Jimmy's dead.
06:56Yeah.
06:59Sorry to hear that.
07:01Well, you can send flowers.
07:04So why would he say that you and him
07:06had something to do with Amanda Bennett Smurler?
07:09I've done a lot of things in my time I'm not proud of.
07:12I never killed no one.
07:14Okay, thank you.
07:20Ricky gave evidence against Doug Doherty in court
07:23over some drug deal, and Jimmy got four years.
07:26So, this could be about revenge.
07:29Hmm.
07:31You sure there's no mention of him in the original investigation?
07:35Uh, well, these are all the names and addresses
07:38that the people went through to Bennett House
07:40a week prior to their murder.
07:42There you go.
07:43Whoa.
07:43That's a lot of foot traffic.
07:46Yeah, to be fair,
07:47the Venet's house was up for sale,
07:49so they're probably all viewings.
07:55Have you got the name of the estate agent
07:57that showed them around?
07:58No, sorry.
08:04I don't know him.
08:06You sure?
08:07Mm-hmm.
08:11What about him?
08:17Maybe.
08:18You recognise him?
08:19Yeah, I think so.
08:23Oh, he hasn't aged very well, has he?
08:26Did you show him around the Bennett's place?
08:29Yeah.
08:30Yeah.
08:32Well, his name wasn't on the list you gave us at the time.
08:37Well, it's, um...
08:38It's definitely the same bloke.
08:40Are you certain about that?
08:42Mm-hmm.
08:43Um, Davey something?
08:46Yeah.
08:49Yeah, that's him.
08:50How can you be sure?
08:54Um...
08:54Look, I don't make a habit of this, okay?
08:59It's just that, um...
09:01Well, we...
09:02We had a one-night stand.
09:05He threw up in my bed,
09:07and then he passed out.
09:09It wasn't quite the night of passion I was expecting.
09:13Davey Jones.
09:14Well, that's got to be it.
09:17Yeah.
09:18You know when you interviewed him?
09:19Yeah.
09:20Did he have a cat suit on?
09:22Lightning strike him across his face.
09:25I don't know what you mean.
09:27Davey Jones is Davey Bowie's real name.
09:30Oh, of course, yeah.
09:32So he's given us a false name,
09:33which explains why he never came up in the investigation.
09:36Absolutely.
09:37But if you interviewed him running,
09:39wouldn't you remember his face?
09:41Look, Sam, I wasn't there for all the interviews.
09:44I mean, I did some.
09:46Bernie did some of us, you know.
09:47Who's that, your old partner?
09:48Yeah, Bernie Rawlings.
09:51Your grandson filling out that Hammers shirt yet?
09:55Well, he's getting there, Bernie.
09:57You know, hopefully playing for the first team soon.
10:00Be great.
10:00Thanks, mate.
10:07So, anyway, this interview,
10:11the guy's real name is Jimmy O'Doherty.
10:16The estate agent reckoned that she took him back to her place
10:19after the viewing.
10:20So, what's this all about, Rob?
10:24You and I both know Simon Bennett's as guilty as the day is long.
10:28Hmm.
10:29Oh, well, I thought that too, Bernie.
10:34And now he don't anymore.
10:37Well, I don't know.
10:39He had her blood all over his shirt, yeah?
10:42Oh, you tell me how it got there
10:46if he wasn't the one caving her head in.
10:48Well, he did say that he cuddled her after he found her.
10:54What if we got it wrong?
10:57What if Simon Bennett was telling the truth?
11:01He wasn't.
11:02Then why is Jimmy O'Doherty telling us
11:06he killed Amanda Bennett?
11:08Maybe he wants his 15 minutes.
11:10Well, maybe he does.
11:14But, nonetheless,
11:18the gov wants us to look into it.
11:20Don't tell me she's taking this seriously.
11:26So, what was O'Doherty doing at the house?
11:29It's safe to assume he didn't have the cash to buy it.
11:33Well, he was probably on the record.
11:35He meant nothing was taken.
11:37No, but it does add weight to his confession before he died.
11:42Certainly enough to dig a little deeper.
11:45I'll call Callaghan.
11:48I think it's time this case was reopened.
11:51I'll let the bandits know.
11:54I could get someone else to do it.
11:59No, no.
12:01I can do it.
12:14Far apart from the Chelsea part.
12:17Guess he lost more than his daughter and his reputation.
12:19Sorry, I thought you were the Macmillan nurses.
12:35I'm DS Casey.
12:36This is DS Brooks.
12:38This has been it.
12:39May we...
12:40I'll deal with this, Tony.
12:41You go later.
12:41DS Brooks.
12:57Mr. Bennett.
12:58What can I do for you?
13:00We've come to inform you that...
13:02We're reopening the investigation into Amanda's death.
13:07Oh, God, no.
13:08Mr. Bennett, please.
13:11We're not here for you.
13:13We have a suspect.
13:16So why did you come here?
13:18We're following up some new leads.
13:21We thought you and your wife would want to know.
13:23We've spent the last 14 years trying to put it all behind us.
13:33My wife chooses to forget.
13:37I'd prefer if you weren't here forcing her to remember.
13:41I'm very sorry.
13:42I know it must be difficult.
13:42Thank you, Detective.
13:45I'd very much like you and everyone who works with you to go to hell.
13:53I just thought Simon Bennett would be champing at the bit to get his name cleared.
14:12I get the feeling that he's seen enough coppers to last him a lifetime, Gov.
14:17Ron, have you got anything to link Ricky Phelps with the murder scene?
14:22Not yet, Gov.
14:23No.
14:24So for all we know, O'Donnelly was there on his own.
14:27Well, Phelps has got plenty of form.
14:29I mean, did a stretch at Asperger's for Arson.
14:32Yeah, well, Arson doesn't carry much currency inside.
14:36Maybe Ricky Phelps bragged one of his cellmates about doing something a little bit more impressive.
14:45So, Mr. McDonald.
14:46Are you sure Amanda Bennett never came up in conversation?
14:50So Ricky Phelps never mentioned her.
14:54Well, would he?
14:56So what did you guys talk about then on those long lonely nights in that cell?
15:01The usual shite.
15:02The usual shite.
15:04The screw's getting him a hard time.
15:07Who's sparting his spaghetti.
15:09You're up for parole soon, aren't you, Neil?
15:13Well, six weeks, isn't it?
15:15What do you reckon his chances?
15:16I reckon I'm going home.
15:22Really?
15:24Even with that last adjudication hanging over your head?
15:28It was a fight, wasn't it?
15:30Yeah.
15:30Fighters never look good.
15:33No, they don't.
15:34I mean, they made the parole board think you need a bit more rehabilitation.
15:38That's right.
15:41So, why don't you use this to say golden opportunity?
15:50Help us put away a murderer.
15:52It'll look good on you, won't it?
15:54However, if you really do enjoy it in here, I mean, we could always have a word with the parole board and say that you were uncooperative.
16:10Maybe he mentioned her.
16:12No, maybe he's not a score that high.
16:16He reckons he was off his head at the time.
16:19At the time of what?
16:19Amanda Bennett's murder.
16:25He told you he was there?
16:28Tell me, Stranglebar.
16:35Yeah, it's pretty obvious why the blow to the head was recorded as the cause of death.
16:40There was so much edema and blood in the brain.
16:43There was barely any external bruising and the hyoid bone was intact.
16:51And that would definitely be broken if she'd been strangled?
16:55Most likely, yeah.
16:57The pathologist, he noted all these marks on the neck.
17:02Yeah, the bruising he's documented as pressure applied to the neck.
17:08As in strangulation?
17:09Possibly, but he struggled to pinpoint exactly what time the bruising occurred, whereas the colour and consistency of the blood meant that he could determine precisely when the blow to the head happened.
17:25Yeah, but there's a chance that the bruising occurred after the blow to the head.
17:30I couldn't rule it out.
17:36So, she could have been strangled?
17:41It's possible, yeah.
17:45We need to start from scratch and look at everything again.
17:48I'm going to need a lot more evidence before I put this in front of the CPS.
17:53Odocherty's dead, but Ricky Phelps is still alive and kicking.
17:56Well, he's not going to confess to a murder cough.
17:59Then talk to the people who know him best.
18:06Me and my brother hadn't spoken for two years.
18:08And you don't want to hear the last words I said to him.
18:11We tried.
18:13Ricky crashed my son's birthday party, all right?
18:16He scared the kids to death, and then he nicked my boy's PlayStation.
18:21That was the last straw.
18:24What about 14 years ago?
18:25See, we're trying to find out if Ricky was involved in a murder.
18:29Amanda Bennett.
18:31Sorry?
18:32You think your brother and his mate killed her?
18:35I wouldn't know about that.
18:36Well, you say the birthday party was the last straw.
18:43What else have they done to you?
18:47Come on, Andy.
18:50Don't make us take you down the stage, you know what I mean?
18:52You'd have to shut up shop.
18:54I gave him a job, didn't I?
18:57And the keys to close up one night.
19:01So I came in the next morning, and the place had been stripped.
19:04Two grand's worth of coffee machine, chairs, tables, everything.
19:10And all he took me for 15 grand.
19:13And your lot said it was an inside job, so I didn't get a penny off the insurance.
19:19Well, you look like you've replaced everything.
19:22Yeah.
19:23And the debt I'm in now, I can hardly sleep, so...
19:26It's obvious, your brother's hurt you very badly.
19:28I understand you don't want to get involved, but...
19:32If you ever mention Amanda Bennett...
19:35I don't need any more trouble.
19:38All right.
19:38Well, Andy, if Ricky was the one that turned you over, make a new statement.
19:42I'll personally see that it's looked into.
19:45But if you know anything at all, please tell us.
19:51So we're going to pick up Ricky Phelps now, or let him sweat a bit longer?
19:56Well, confession to his brother isn't going to be enough.
20:00I don't want to make the same mistake twice.
20:04Hello, Brooks?
20:09Right, thank you.
20:11That was Lily.
20:13She wants us at the lab.
20:15She has something.
20:18Yeah, the original forensic pathologist found Simon Bennett's DNA on Amanda's body.
20:24His saliva was on her hand.
20:26Well, his leg down around DNA.
20:27Yeah, well, 14 years ago, a forensic pathologist needed rather a large sample to clean a DNA profile.
20:34These days, we can get one from a microscopic sample.
20:38So where are we going with this, Lily?
20:39I've reanalyzed the sample of saliva taken from Amanda's hand, and I've found DNA that doesn't belong to her or her father.
20:51You've got a match.
20:53No, the sample's deteriorated.
20:55I can't get a whole profile, but I've got a partial.
20:59Very good, Lily.
21:00Yeah, don't get too excited, Ron.
21:01Maybe she was with her boyfriend before she came home.
21:04No, no, no.
21:06Amanda had a shower immediately before her death.
21:09She was found in a dressing gown.
21:11Hair was still wet.
21:12In fact, the original pathologist said she was the perfect victim because any evidence that was found on her body got there through the attack.
21:21Well, in that case, I'd say someone other than her father was there around the time Amanda Bennett was murdered.
21:29Simon Bennett went down for it, but I think we went after the wrong person.
21:38What makes you think you've got the right person now?
21:40New evidence.
21:41We think that Jimmy O'Doherty and Ricky Phelps killed Amanda Bennett, only O'Doherty's dead.
21:47Leaving Ricky Phelps to take the rap.
21:51How much evidence have you got that Phelps was the killer?
21:54O'Doherty's confession until Winnie's sister claimed Phelps confessed to them.
21:59The witness is a hearsay.
22:01Anything else?
22:02New forensic evidence.
22:04A partial DNA sample was found on Amanda's body.
22:08It definitely did not come from Simon Bennett.
22:11Do you know who it did come from?
22:12Well, we can't be certain once again, but there are strong indicators within that partial sample suggesting it came from Ricky Phelps.
22:21It's not exactly concrete.
22:22Well, one of the witnesses claimed Phelps confessed to strangling the victim, and the pathologist who re-examined the photos and samples said it's a strong possibility.
22:32Now, even we didn't know that strangulation could have been the cause of death.
22:36We always thought Amanda Bennett died from that blow to the head.
22:38Oh, Jake, I know it doesn't look like much, but if we put all the pieces of evidence together, the more we look into this, the more I am certain we got the wrong bloke.
22:51All right, made the arrest.
22:58Richard Phelps, I'm arresting you on the suspicion of the murder of Amanda Bay.
23:03Are you making a mistake?
23:04You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense.
23:06I've never touched on any questions, something which you later rely on in court, anything you do say may be given evidence.
23:21Can you imagine what it's like to be convicted of killing your own child if you didn't do it?
23:27It doesn't seem to me like you have proof of anyone else's guilt.
23:30Partial DNA profiler, deathbed confession that can't undergo the scrutiny, cross-examination, and a couple of hearsay witnesses.
23:40On their own, each piece of evidence is weak, I agree, but together, you'd have to be a conspiracy theorist to believe that three unconnected individuals all decided to pin it on the same innocent man.
23:52Well, the evidence conspired against Simon Bennett in the original case.
23:57Look at what that got us.
23:58Who do you think a Jew will believe killed Amanda?
24:03A loving father?
24:05Or a couple of crackheads with a history of breaking into people's houses?
24:0975% of murder victims are killed by someone.
24:12Someone may know.
24:16Bango is McDonald's witness statement.
24:19Phelps' brief is putting in an application to have it excluded.
24:23Not like you to sound a fetus, Jay.
24:25You haven't heard his grounds.
24:27He reckons McDonald qualified as a lawyer.
24:31He's in prison for armed robbery.
24:33And has put his sentence to good use down the education block.
24:38My lord, the conversation took place on the prison wing over a card game.
24:43Mr. McDonald's legal training is entirely coincidental and in no way relevant to the confession.
24:49It doesn't negate the fact that my client was aware of Mr. McDonald's legal training.
24:55It had a significant influence on the nature and content of their conversation.
24:59Mr. Nivens has a point if the defendant was seeking legal advice.
25:04Well, I think that's stretching it, my lord.
25:06Well, the conversation will still be regarded as privileged.
25:09My lord, you cannot possibly extend privilege to a convicted armed robber who's read a few law books and completed a correspondence course.
25:17Mr. McDonald graduated with honors.
25:20The point is, with a criminal record, he won't be able to practice.
25:26Isn't that the distinction we have to make here?
25:28If we discriminate against Mr. McDonald's legal position because he also happens to be a prisoner, then a precedent will be set.
25:37The floodgates will be opened.
25:38I appreciate your concerns, Mr. Thorne, but I do not believe this is the appropriate time to tackle the rights and wrongs of legal privilege.
25:50McDonald's evidence is excluded.
25:53Judge Prentiss has so little backbone, it's a miracle he can stand up.
25:57We still have Ricky Phelps's brother.
26:00That's about all we do have.
26:02Let's hope he delivers the goods.
26:10He told me he'd killed this girl.
26:15I thought he was losing it.
26:17I mean, I told him to think about what he was saying.
26:20Be careful.
26:22But he just got angry.
26:25He started shouting and kept saying he killed her over and over.
26:34I asked him who he was talking about, and then he said her name.
26:43He said he killed Amanda Bennett.
26:45No more questions, my lord.
26:52Mr. Phelps.
26:54Am I right in thinking that you run a cafe?
26:59Yeah, I do.
27:00And there was a robbery at your cafe three years ago.
27:05Yeah.
27:05My lord, what exactly does a break-in at the witnesses' cafe have to do with this murder trial?
27:11I'm getting there, my lord.
27:13Well, get there a little faster, Mr. Nivins.
27:16You made an insurance claim to cover your losses, Mr. Phelps.
27:20I did, yeah.
27:21And the insurance claim was turned down?
27:25Yeah.
27:26So you lost a considerable amount of money.
27:30Now, who was responsible for that robbery, Mr. Phelps?
27:36My brother.
27:39You must have been very angry with him.
27:42I was angry, yeah, but I didn't...
27:44Is there the real reason you're here today, Mr. Phelps?
27:46To get revenge on your brother?
27:49No, of course not.
27:50But you lost everything.
27:52You had to take out a loan to cover the loss.
27:55Yeah, but the insurance thing's being sorted.
27:59Well, how's it getting sorted?
28:01D.S. Brooks took a new statement.
28:05So he's sorting it out for me.
28:07D.S. Brooks?
28:08Yeah.
28:09The officer investigating this case?
28:11The same officer who brought charges against another person in relation to this crime 14 years ago.
28:24He said you made him a promise.
28:30What sort of promise?
28:32Reckoned if he helped you out, you'd help him get his insurance money.
28:37Made it sound like you bribed him.
28:39No, I didn't.
28:44I was there the whole time.
28:46I said we would take a new statement regarding his break-in, which we did.
28:51Yeah.
28:53Ronnie's offer was completely legitimate.
28:55That's not the way the jury'll see it.
28:57They'll see a witness who's done a deal with a policeman.
29:01Unless they hear your side.
29:02I'm sorry.
29:09D.S. Brooks, you led the original investigation into the murder of Amanda Bennett.
29:16Well, I was on the investigating team.
29:18Detective Sergeant Bernard Rawlins led it.
29:22You and D.S. Rawlins had a different prime suspect first time around, didn't you?
29:28That's correct.
29:28You believed that Amanda Bennett was murdered by her father, Simon Bennett.
29:35We did, yes.
29:36And after serving three years for the murder, Mr. Bennett was released on appeal.
29:43Yes.
29:44So, he wasn't the killer?
29:50We got the wrong man.
29:53Knowing how deeply flawed your original investigation was, you must be desperate now to ensure that another person is convicted of that crime.
30:04Well, I want to see the right person put in prison, yes.
30:09Is it true you are an alcoholic, D.S. Brooks?
30:13Relevance, my lord.
30:15Mr. Nevins?
30:16I'm trying to ascertain D.S. Brooks' mental state at the time of the original investigation, my lord.
30:22Answer the question, D.S. Brooks.
30:26I've been sober for seven years.
30:30Your drinking must have had a significant impact on your handling of the case.
30:37Well, it certainly didn't help.
30:39So, while you were three sheets to the wind, is it any wonder that your partner developed a blind obsession with convicting Simon Bennett?
30:52He made some mistakes, but...
30:53He decided who he thought was guilty and went for them.
31:03Disregarding all the evidence, didn't he?
31:05Well, D.S. Rawlins was working under a lot of strain.
31:09It was very hard work, long hours.
31:11He barely had enough sleep.
31:14Well, it's no surprise the case was riddled with errors if D.S. Rawlins was suffering from sleep deprivation.
31:20He wasn't.
31:23He decided at the time to take some pills to make sure he got enough sleep.
31:29I see.
31:29So, there was one drunk investigating officer and another one popping pills.
31:35And these two self-medicating officers were responsible for blundering through this case and charging an innocent man.
31:49Bernie, wait.
31:52Please, burn.
31:54Don't make it any worse, Ron.
31:56I was under oath, Bernie.
32:02You stabbed me in the back.
32:05Trashed my reputation.
32:07Why can't you just...
32:08Why can't you just admit that we got it wrong?
32:17Make you feel better, will it?
32:19All those nights you crashed in our spare room when Gene kicked you out.
32:31We fed you.
32:33We got you back on your feet again.
32:35I went to your first AA meeting with you, remember?
32:44And when you got pissed two days later, who scraped you off the pavement?
32:52And I thought our friendship meant something.
32:55Come on, what about dinner?
33:03Hey, my treat.
33:05I only ate with family and friends.
33:10And I lost my family.
33:14Covering your ass.
33:16Get Phelps to plead to manslaughter.
33:36But we can get him for murder, Henry.
33:39Well, so far your witnesses aren't helping you prove it.
33:42But we know he did it.
33:43I've not seen him walk out of prison five years' time with a slap wrist.
33:48So the way things are going, he won't step foot in the sweat box.
33:51It's not just about convicting Phelps.
33:54We owe it to Simon Bennett.
33:56He spent three years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.
34:00His daughter's murder.
34:03The CPS did that to him.
34:06It's up to us to put that right.
34:08If Phelps walks out of court, a free man will have wasted the taxpayer's money
34:12on a trial that could never see a guilty verdict.
34:15Isn't it better to have him convicted of something rather than nothing?
34:20Just get the plea, Jake.
34:28Ronnie.
34:28We're going to offer Ricky Phelps a deal.
34:38But he killed Amanda Bennett.
34:40We can't get him.
34:42I'm sorry.
34:47What?
34:48Phelps will still go to prison.
34:50I need to fix this.
35:00It's over.
35:02Ronnie.
35:04The wind is going to stop.
35:08Tell how you felt when you killed her.
35:12Right?
35:12I didn't kill Amanda.
35:15The only reason I'm angry is because our killer's still out there and you're wasting your time on me.
35:22Let's have another little bit of a alibi.
35:25Oh.
35:26I told you I was driving home from work.
35:30This is all that statement.
35:32I've got a speeding ticket.
35:34There'll be a time on that.
35:35Yeah, I checked it.
35:36Yeah.
35:39I still could have got on and started to murder.
35:41There was someone.
35:46A man.
35:47He was in the road.
35:50And then he knocked him over.
35:51He swore at me.
35:55He had dark hair.
35:57I had this tattoo on his forearm.
36:00It was a...
36:01It was a...
36:02It was a spider or a scorpion.
36:08Sam, come and have a look at this.
36:11I had this tattoo on his forearm.
36:18It was a...
36:19It was a...
36:20It was a...
36:21It was a spider or a...
36:23A scorpion.
36:25He was describing Ricky Phelps.
36:29Simon sought Phelps near his home moments before he found his daughter's body.
36:34Ricky Phelps was never on our radar because he wasn't on the original interview list, although O'Doherty was.
36:40But he used the false name, Davy Jones.
36:42Bernie Rawlings, initial Davy Jones, as being interviewed, but then ruled it out.
36:48But it puts O'Doherty in the house two days before the murder and Ricky Phelps on the street immediately afterwards.
36:55So you think we've got enough?
36:56I think we need to talk to Simon Bennett.
37:03We have a photograph of the man we think you saw outside your house the day Amanda was murdered.
37:08If you were to give us a positive ID...
37:10I can't do this now.
37:11I've got to get to the hospice.
37:12We can make an appointment soon.
37:13My wife's dying!
37:14I'm so sorry.
37:22I have to go.
37:23Mr. Bennett, we don't think the man you saw was a witness.
37:28We think he was the killer.
37:37I'm sorry.
37:39Mr. Bennett, I don't understand why you wouldn't want us to get the man who killed your daughter.
37:44I was locked up for three years with murderers, pedophiles, all thinking I'd killed my own daughter.
38:04While I was gone, Lynn was diagnosed with breast cancer.
38:14She spent 13 years beating this disease.
38:22Only now it's back.
38:28The last thing I want is for it all to be dragged up again.
38:33She deserves to die with some sense of peace.
38:41I can't even begin to imagine how hard this is for you.
38:45How angry you must be with the police, with us.
38:53But this is a new case.
38:55And with your help, we believe we can convict the man who destroyed your lives.
39:00They've given them a few weeks at best.
39:12Losing Amanda
39:13broke her.
39:21I'm not putting her through all that again.
39:23He is a victim of a miscarriage of justice.
39:30Every fake he had in the criminal justice system has been ripped apart.
39:34And he doesn't want to clear his name.
39:36I think he's past caring what anyone else thinks.
39:40Without the ID, we're back where we started.
39:42I'll call Phelps this brief.
39:48Let's get this over with.
39:52Just for the comedy value, what are you proposing?
39:56I might consider accepting a plea to manslaughter.
40:00You're always good for a laugh, Jake.
40:04Simon Bennett told DS Rawlings he saw a young man with dark hair and a tattoo,
40:10identical to your client's, outside his home,
40:13moments before he went inside and found his daughter's body.
40:16You're telling me my client was the only man in London 14 years ago with a scorpion tattoo?
40:23The only one sporting that look and hanging around the Bennett's place at that specific time?
40:28Yeah.
40:29And Simon Bennett's picked him out of an ID parade, has he?
40:34We wouldn't be having this cozy little conversation
40:37if you thought for one moment that you could convict my client.
40:43Fine.
40:44Let's leave it to the jury.
40:46The jury?
40:47I'm considering a half-time submission of no case to answer.
40:54Jake?
40:56Give me a minute.
41:02Simon Bennett's had a change of heart.
41:05He's agreed to do the ID.
41:12Mr. Bennett.
41:16I'm Jake Thorne.
41:19What made you change your mind?
41:23My wife's dead.
41:28I'm so sorry.
41:29I think all she wanted was to die
41:34so she could be with Amanda.
41:49They got to her, you know.
41:52The police.
41:53They took me away before she got home.
42:00You never got to talk to her.
42:02They worked on her bit by bit
42:05till they convinced her I was guilty.
42:11It was nearly a year before she'd see me.
42:15She looked into my eyes
42:26and she knew I couldn't do that.
42:30When I got out of prison,
42:36we made this pact.
42:37We'd try our hardest
42:39to forget what had happened.
42:44You have all these images
42:46in your head
42:48that you wish
42:52weren't there.
42:58What he did to us.
43:02All that blood.
43:08How beautiful.
43:09For my wife's sake,
43:15I tried not to think about
43:18what happened.
43:21But
43:22Amanda was my only child.
43:31She was my life.
43:32She was my life.
43:39I need to know
43:50what happened to her.
43:54Dear Brooks
43:55is waiting for us
43:56to do the ID.
43:57Make sure you get it right
44:13this time.
44:17Please.
44:27Mr. Bennet.
44:34How long exactly
44:35did you see
44:36Mr. Phelps for?
44:39I can't remember.
44:41Oh, you can't remember?
44:45Two or three seconds.
44:51Three seconds.
44:54Fourteen years ago,
44:56on what was
44:58presumably
44:58the most stressful
45:00day of your life.
45:02And yet,
45:04you remember
45:05exactly
45:06what this stranger
45:08looked like.
45:10I have lived
45:11in that day
45:12for fourteen years.
45:15Replayed it
45:16over and over.
45:19Every last detail.
45:24So, yes,
45:25I remember
45:27exactly what
45:29he looked like.
45:31And you wouldn't
45:32have to ask me
45:33any of this
45:35if the police
45:36had investigated
45:37my daughter's
45:38murder
45:38properly
45:39fourteen years ago.
45:41What were you doing
45:46walking away
45:47from the
45:47Bennet's house?
45:49I went there
45:50with Jimmy.
45:52Had Jimmy
45:53O'Docherty
45:54ever been to
45:54the Bennet's house
45:55before?
45:56Yeah.
45:58Used to borrow
45:59his old man's
46:00suits,
46:01go look at houses,
46:02pretend he went
46:03to buy them.
46:04You went to the
46:04Bennet's house
46:05as a lookout
46:06for Jimmy
46:07while he went
46:08inside
46:08to commit
46:09to burglary.
46:11Yeah, that's right.
46:13Didn't do
46:14nothing else.
46:16While you were
46:17standing guard,
46:19did you see
46:20Amanda Bennet?
46:23Yeah, I saw
46:23her through the
46:24window.
46:26She was coming
46:26down the stairs,
46:27she was wearing
46:28a dressing gown.
46:29and I heard
46:31her yelling
46:32asking me
46:33to get out.
46:35I saw
46:36him kill her.
46:38And you
46:39saw all this
46:40from where
46:40you were standing
46:41at the front
46:41of the house?
46:44Yeah.
46:45Amanda Bennet
46:46was killed
46:46in the kitchen
46:47at the back
46:48of the house.
46:49You wouldn't
46:49have been able
46:50to see her
46:50from the front.
46:51maybe,
46:58maybe it was
47:00when I was
47:00around the back
47:01when I was
47:03seeing what
47:04was keeping
47:05Jimmy.
47:06We heard
47:07forensic evidence
47:08that a DNA
47:09sample was
47:10found on
47:11Amanda's body
47:12and that there
47:13is a 60%
47:14probability
47:14that it belongs
47:15to you.
47:16That DNA
47:17puts you
47:18in the house
47:19with Jimmy
47:19and with Amanda.
47:22That's not
47:23mine.
47:24That's an
47:25extraordinary
47:25coincidence,
47:26isn't it?
47:28That a DNA
47:29profile,
47:30which is almost
47:31certainly yours,
47:32is found on
47:33a victim
47:34killed by
47:34your friend
47:35while you
47:35stood guard
47:36outside?
47:38I don't know.
47:41You and Jimmy
47:42thought the house
47:43was empty,
47:44didn't you?
47:45Jimmy said
47:46that it was
47:47empty.
47:48Only Amanda
47:49was there.
47:51Jimmy was
47:52the one
47:52that hurt
47:52her,
47:53not me.
47:54You didn't
47:55go to the
47:55house with
47:55the intention
47:56of killing
47:56anybody,
47:57did you?
47:59No.
48:01But then
48:01she came
48:02down the
48:02stairs,
48:04yelling at
48:04you to
48:05get out.
48:05At Jimmy,
48:06she was
48:06yelling at
48:07Jimmy.
48:07She must
48:08have been
48:08terrified.
48:09Two strangers
48:10in her home.
48:11She was
48:12chucking all
48:12the stuff
48:13at Jimmy's
48:13head.
48:15And he
48:16started
48:16freaking out
48:17at me.
48:17You were
48:18mental.
48:18went
48:20mental.
48:24And he
48:25went out
48:25with his
48:25metal
48:26doorstop.
48:30And I
48:31was screaming
48:31at him.
48:32I was
48:32begging at
48:33him to
48:33stop.
48:34I tried
48:36to pull
48:36him off
48:37her.
48:38From
48:39outside
48:39the
48:39window.
48:44I know
48:44you didn't
48:45want to
48:45hurt her,
48:47Ricky.
48:49I know
48:50that,
48:50but you
48:51were there.
48:54Wouldn't
48:55you?
48:55trying to
48:59stop
49:00Jimmy.
49:03Trying to
49:03pull
49:04Jimmy
49:04off her.
49:07Tell us
49:08what really
49:09happened,
49:10Ricky.
49:10he
49:24wouldn't
49:24stop.
49:28I mean,
49:29he
49:29wouldn't
49:29stop.
49:31And he
49:32just kept
49:33going at
49:33her.
49:37She
49:37was on
49:37the floor.
49:40I just
49:41remember
49:41there was
49:41so much
49:42blood.
49:47And
49:48suddenly
49:48he's
49:49yelling
49:49at me.
49:50Saying,
49:50look what
49:51you've
49:51done
49:51to
49:52her.
49:54And
49:54she's
49:55looking
49:55at me
49:55and
49:56she's
49:56thinking
49:57I've
49:57done
49:57that
49:58to
49:58her.
50:00Then
50:01I'm
50:01thinking
50:01the
50:01old
50:01builder
50:02will
50:02come
50:03and
50:03she's
50:03going
50:04to
50:04tell
50:04them
50:04that
50:04it
50:04was
50:05me.
50:07I
50:07couldn't
50:07think
50:08straight.
50:11I
50:11just
50:12put my
50:17hands
50:17around
50:18her
50:18neck
50:19and
50:26start
50:26to
50:26squeeze
50:27until
50:34she
50:34stopped
50:34fighting.
50:37the
50:50right
50:51man's
50:51behind
50:51bars
50:5214
50:53years
50:53too
50:53late.
50:54He'd
50:55still be
50:55a free
50:55man
50:56if it
50:56wasn't
50:56for you.
50:57Alicia,
50:57if it
50:58wasn't
50:58for me
50:59we
50:59wouldn't
50:59have
50:59been
51:00here.
51:00how
51:07many
51:08more
51:08are
51:08going
51:08to
51:08come
51:09back
51:09and
51:09buy
51:09me?
51:14We
51:14all
51:14made
51:14mistakes.
51:18Anyway,
51:19fancy
51:19Chinese
51:20or me?
51:24Yeah,
51:25give me
51:25an hour.
51:25Yeah,
51:25give me
51:26an hour.
51:27a
51:29minute.
51:29Yeah,
51:30let's
51:31go.
51:31Let's
51:31go.
51:32Let's
51:32go.
52:32I need to get away from here.
52:35Bedlam.
52:36It's a nice haunt.
52:39Literally.
52:41Bedlam.
52:42Oh, my.