Law & Order UK Season 7 Episode 5 Mortal
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00:00...who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.
00:06Puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss!
00:12Are you up there?
00:14Puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss, puss!
00:17You're a naughty boy!
00:20You know you shouldn't run off like that.
00:24And if you think you're going to sit on my lap all evening
00:29watching TV.
00:37Oh.
00:44Jenny?
00:51Jenny?
00:54Jenny?
01:00Jenny?
01:04Jenny?
01:05Jenny?
01:09Jenny?
01:11Jenny?
01:13Jenny?
01:14Jenny!
01:34Jenny!
01:42Jenny Moran, 83, bruises on her arms, face and torso.
01:48Right.
01:49Blood, internal bleeding.
01:54What do you think, someone's beat her up?
01:56Or she fell.
01:59Um...
02:03Shame.
02:05Nice smile.
02:08Right, what else, mate?
02:10The lady that found her.
02:11Where's she?
02:12She's next door.
02:13Name?
02:14Harriet Pelham.
02:15And she lives just downstairs from here.
02:18Okay, thank you.
02:20Hello, Harriet.
02:25Hello there.
02:26My name's Ronnie Brooks.
02:28I'm a detective sergeant.
02:29How are you?
02:30Not good.
02:31How are you?
02:32Not good.
02:33Okay.
02:34Harriet, what can you tell us about Jenny Moran?
02:37Jenny and I were friends.
02:39Uh-huh.
02:40Ignatius at Chimpong wouldn't just go into anyone's flat.
02:47It was my cat.
02:48Oh, right.
02:49I see.
02:50Jenny was very fond of Ignatius.
02:54Harriet, did you notice anyone hanging around the flats that you didn't recognise or did you hear or see anything this morning or last night out of the ordinary?
03:04Nothing at all.
03:05Oh.
03:06Oh.
03:09They took the clock.
03:11The clock?
03:12The silver carriage clock.
03:14What?
03:15It should be on the mantelpiece next to the Virgin Mary.
03:20All right.
03:21Well, look.
03:22That's really helpful.
03:23Thanks, Harriet.
03:24Jackie will take care of you right now and I'll speak to you again later on.
03:27Is that okay?
03:28Yes.
03:29All right.
03:45All right.
03:46Hold this for a clock.
03:54Mater Dolorosa.
03:59It's Our Lady of Sorrows.
04:15The Queen of potatoes.
04:33No signs of trauma on Jenny Moran's body.
04:56Blunt or otherwise.
04:59No evidence of violence at all.
05:03So she did just pop her clogs in.
05:06Well, they're not eating.
05:09Didn't help.
05:14Thanks, John.
05:16Welcome.
05:17Hypertension, diminished organs, kidney failure, dehydration,
05:22plus loss of adipose tissue, rock bottom levels of insulin
05:26while her glucagon was through the roof.
05:29Thanks, Lily. That's a great help.
05:30I know how she ended up wrong, just not how she got there.
05:38Wes, we don't know how she died.
05:41The bruises are inconclusive.
05:43Oh, how about when?
05:44Lily thinks about 12 hours before she was found.
05:48They went through everything, but the only thing that was missing so far is a carriage clock.
05:55Any witnesses?
05:57Well, none except for Ignatius Akinpong.
06:01Who?
06:01The neighbour's cat.
06:03All right.
06:04Well, this is a robbery that went wrong.
06:08They break in, she interrupts them.
06:11She's died of a heart attack, maybe, or a fall or failure of any one of about half a dozen orphans.
06:16Was she that bad?
06:18Yes, she was.
06:19Next of kin are in the family room.
06:23Thanks, Sanj.
06:25Ron, take care of that, please.
06:27Sam, usual suspects.
06:29Porn shops, known fences.
06:31See if anyone's seen a silver carriage clock.
06:33I told Jenny to move.
06:36I told her she'd be better off in a home, but she wouldn't listen.
06:42Connie, maybe, but not to me.
06:45She said that she didn't want to be surrounded by old, drooling people.
06:49My mother-in-law was a snob.
06:52That's not fair, Mum.
06:55She loved being in her own home, surrounded by her own things.
06:59At least that way she could hold on to some dignity.
07:03But she said that if she left home, it would kill her.
07:10Only she was wrong, wasn't she?
07:13Oh, sweetheart, if it's all right.
07:18It's okay, please.
07:22Apart from yourselves, did anyone else know that your gran lived alone?
07:29She didn't.
07:30Cecile lived with her.
07:31Cecile.
07:33Cecile, the calmer.
07:35She cared for Gran.
07:37Has done for about six months.
07:40Really?
07:41Well, there was...
07:41There was no sign of anyone else living at that flat when we went there.
07:48That's not possible.
07:49The last time I was there was Tuesday, and she was there then.
07:54We were playing boggle.
07:57I'm light to that.
07:59Okay.
08:00And where'd you get her from?
08:02According to the agency, Cecile Bacama arrived in England from the Congo three years ago.
08:07They say she is conscientious, patient, and dedicated poster girl stuff.
08:11Yeah?
08:12No complaints, accusations, items going anywhere.
08:14Not a riff.
08:15All right.
08:16What did you get her contact to dress for?
08:18Well, the agency also told us that she went back to the Congo two months ago.
08:22Hey!
08:22Yeah, visa expired.
08:24All right.
08:25So, er, Cecile tells her agency she's, er, going home, but instead she stayed with Jenny Moran.
08:32Nice anonymous address.
08:33Always paid in Rourdes.
08:34Immigration none the wiser.
08:36Okay.
08:36So your thinking is?
08:38Cecile tried robbing Jenny Moran.
08:40It all went wrong, and...
08:41Absolutely.
08:42Okay.
08:42What next?
08:43Well, apparently another Congolese girl joined the agency just around about the same time as Cecile Bacama.
08:49Now, she may know where Cecile lives.
08:52Look, two girls coming from the same country, same job, but it's worth a part.
08:56A bit of stress, isn't it?
08:57We'll all limber up.
09:00Yes, we joined the same time.
09:03Cecile looks after that old lady.
09:05Mrs. Moran?
09:06Mm.
09:06Nice lady.
09:09But always sick.
09:11Always something wrong.
09:13Like what?
09:14Her head, her stomach.
09:17Never stopped her from going to mass, though.
09:19Every week.
09:20Cecile's the same.
09:22Do you know which church she went to?
09:24Cecile?
09:25Mm-mm.
09:26But she's the one that needs to ask for forgiveness.
09:30Why did she do something wrong?
09:31She needs locking up.
09:33She's a thief.
09:35She stole from Mrs. Moran?
09:37Mrs. Moran?
09:38No.
09:39Who cares about her?
09:41Me.
09:41She stole my boyfriend, Olivier Dondo.
09:44If you want to find that potential, we're in his flat.
09:47And you can tell her there aren't enough Hail Marys in the world for what she's done.
09:51I'm DS Casey.
10:05This is DS Brooks.
10:07Is Cecile in?
10:08We'd like a word.
10:08I don't understand her.
10:10I don't understand her.
10:11I don't understand her.
10:13Cecile Bacama?
10:16I don't know her.
10:19Do you speak English?
10:21No.
10:22Olivier, we can do it in French if you prefer, but I have the impression that my colleague
10:30would be better than we do.
10:34Yes?
10:37Olivier.
10:39It's OK.
10:43Hello, Cecile.
10:44We'd like to talk to you about Jenny Moran.
10:46Why?
10:47Is something wrong?
10:49Yeah, you could say that.
10:51She's dead.
10:53Dead?
10:55All right, if we come in.
10:56You have a wah-hunt?
10:58Ah, there you go.
11:00You see how easy this English thing is once you get going?
11:03Wah-hunt.
11:04We'd just like to come in and have a look around, if that's OK.
11:07Yeah.
11:08You've got nothing to hide.
11:10Have you?
11:11No wah-hunt.
11:13No looking.
11:14Whoa, whoa, whoa.
11:15Just one thing.
11:20Why weren't you at Mrs. Moran's the day she died?
11:24Why would I be?
11:25I was fired.
11:27By Mrs. Moran?
11:28No.
11:30Her granddaughter.
11:31C'est tout.
11:32Enough.
11:37Hmm.
11:39Fluent French.
11:41Still waters, Sammy.
11:43Still waters.
11:43Of course I didn't fire her.
11:49Why would she say something like that?
11:55My God.
11:58She killed Gran.
11:59Is that what you think?
12:02Well, what do you think?
12:03Is it possible?
12:06Well...
12:06Well, what?
12:09I wasn't going to say anything, but things started to go missing from the flat.
12:14Nothing valuable, just little things.
12:18Why didn't you fire her then?
12:21It wasn't worth it.
12:22But you said she was stealing from your Gran.
12:24Well, amongst other things, Gran was doubly incontinent.
12:29Seriously, it's not like we had carers lining up down the street.
12:32Hang on a minute.
12:32Your grandmother's burgled, and you didn't think to mention that her carer was stealing from her.
12:38But they broke in.
12:42Why would Cecile do that?
12:44She had keys.
12:48Well, she has a point.
12:50Unless Cecile's covering herself, pretending there was a break-in.
12:53I don't think she's that clever, Wes.
12:55I really don't.
12:56But Olivier Dondo, by the way, has got previous two convictions for burglary and a robbery charge that was later dropped.
13:02All right, try this on, then.
13:05Connie fires Cecile, takes back the keys.
13:07But Olivier, now, he fancies a bit of payback, so...
13:11Yeah, except Connie Moran reckons she didn't fire her, so...
13:15Yeah, what?
13:15Even though she admits Cecile was stealing?
13:17Come on.
13:18No, look, Wes.
13:19Her Gran liked Cecile, trusted her.
13:22Maybe Connie thought that was more important than a few odds and ends.
13:25It was a bit more than that.
13:27Look, Ron, go back to Olivier's gaff, yeah?
13:29But it's time to take a warrant.
13:30We might not need to.
13:32The clock's been found.
13:35The thing is, Cecile, about three hours ago, a man comes in to see us.
13:43Now, this man owns a pawnbroker's in Kilburn High Road.
13:48And he told us that a couple had been in to pawn a silver carriage clock.
13:53So we showed him some photographs.
13:56He ID'd Olivier Dondo.
13:59And he gave us a pretty good description of you.
14:02So I need to know, how did you come by that carriage clock?
14:05My client says Mrs. Moran gave it to her.
14:08Really?
14:08That was nice.
14:09So, you wanted a pawn?
14:11Someone's present we gave you.
14:13I needed...
14:13Given you a perfectly innocent explanation of how the clock came to be in her possession.
14:18Which you can't disprove.
14:19Well, I'm not interested about the clock.
14:23I'm interested in how Mrs. Jenny Moran came to be dead in her flat.
14:29Which, Miss Bukalma is happy to help you in any way she can.
14:33By handing over her boyfriend, Olivier Dondo.
14:38He didn't do anything.
14:50Cecile.
14:50He broke down the door.
14:56But that's all.
14:58We knocked, but there was no answer.
15:01I told Olivier to kick in the door.
15:04And when we got in, we found Mrs. Moran on the floor.
15:09And then just ransacked the flat.
15:11I was looking for her pills.
15:13I was desperate.
15:14But they weren't where they should have been.
15:16It didn't matter.
15:21She was already dead.
15:27So, why did you leave her?
15:30Why didn't you call 999?
15:32I don't want to be sent home.
15:35My family.
15:38Go on.
15:38I need to earn money.
15:41I send them what I can.
15:44It's why I pawned the clock for the money.
15:49I would never harm Mrs. Moran.
15:52All right.
15:53So, why break down the door?
15:54Why not just use the keys you had?
15:56I gave them back when I was fired.
15:59Well, Connie Moran says that didn't happen.
16:01It did.
16:02So, what did you do?
16:03Tell Olivier and he wanted to get even?
16:06He became angry, broke the door down?
16:09I gave them back because I was worried.
16:12I was fired because Connie caught me trying to give Mrs. Moran extra food and water.
16:20She told me not to, but...
16:24You're telling me Connie Moran told you not to feed her grandmother?
16:27At first, I tried to do as she asked, but the amounts got smaller and smaller.
16:42Mrs. Moran, she was so thin.
16:48There was nothing there.
16:49It broke my heart.
16:53My client kept these.
17:02Sunday, one small glass of water.
17:06Monday, half a potato.
17:08Tuesday, two spoons of mashed swede.
17:11Connie Moran's instructions.
17:14A how-to for starving her grandmother to death.
17:17She starved her.
17:24Oh, Thursday, one apple only.
17:27Friday, one carrot, et cetera, et cetera.
17:34And can we, uh, can we prove that the granddaughter actually wrote these?
17:38Because until we can, the other two are still in the front.
17:40It's not them, Wes.
17:41Well, even though they tried to pawn the clock.
17:43Olivia Dondo's MO is waving crowbars about not withholding carrots.
17:48Okay.
17:58Will this take long?
18:00I don't think so.
18:02I'm trying to arrange my grandmother's funeral.
18:05At least what I can until her body's released.
18:07Connie, were you responsible for your grandmother's food intake?
18:11What's that got to do with anything?
18:14She's starved to death.
18:18Did you write these?
18:24Come on.
18:26You think that I...
18:27Do you know how ridiculous that is?
18:30That is your handwriting, though, isn't it?
18:32So?
18:33I had to spell it out to Cecile.
18:34She didn't get it.
18:35She thought I was being cruel.
18:37Half a cup of water?
18:39Her kidneys were a problem.
18:44Her liquors had to be restricted.
18:47I was just doing what I was told.
18:50By who?
18:54Jenny Moran had IgA nephropathy.
18:57It's an inflammation of the glomerulus, which developed.
19:03Her kidneys packed up.
19:05Chronic renal failure.
19:06To which you could add rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, 15 rounds with pneumonia,
19:11and the broken hip she sustained last Christmas.
19:16Jenny Moran was holding on with spit and willpower.
19:20Technical term.
19:22Did you advise her granddaughter to monitor her water intake?
19:26And protein, salt, potassium.
19:30Did that help?
19:32I've really no idea.
19:35Mrs. Moran changed consultants six months ago.
19:39Do you know why?
19:41My office received a phone call
19:44telling us that Mrs. Moran wouldn't be coming in anymore.
19:48And it was her that called, yeah?
19:51Uh, no.
19:54Her granddaughter did.
19:55The doc may well have told her to watch Jenny's diet,
20:03but the post-it notes were all Connie's work.
20:05It's the first he'd heard of them.
20:07So she thought she was, you know, following doctor's orders.
20:10We can't arrest her for that.
20:12She said she was going to change doctor's ways,
20:14except no one ever requested Jenny Moran's records.
20:18Connie had her grandmother all to herself, mate.
20:20Still a bit of a stretch, though,
20:21because even if we're right,
20:23there are easier ways to kill someone.
20:25Not cruel at once.
20:30Okay, Connie Moran certainly had means and opportunity,
20:33but what about motive?
20:35She's the only next to Kim.
20:38Maybe there's a will.
20:39You know what they say, Wes?
20:41Well, there's a will.
20:41There's a relative.
20:51Sorry, Ronnie.
20:53Hey, Jonathan.
20:54Thanks for your time with this Jenny Moran business.
20:56I appreciate it.
20:56Well, if you're looking for an eccentric millionaire,
21:00you're going to be disappointed.
21:02I've been Jenny's solicitor for years.
21:05She had a little money when she left the charity.
21:08Nothing for her granddaughter?
21:10A few items of jewellery.
21:12Nothing of great value.
21:13Beyond sentiment, that is.
21:15Jonathan, did Connie know that she wasn't going to get anything?
21:17I mean, if she thought she was going to inherit...
21:20She wasn't that bothered.
21:23Really?
21:23Not that she had Jenny's flat.
21:30According to the land registry,
21:32Jenny Moran owned the flat outright.
21:35Right.
21:35Two months ago,
21:37Connie was made joint tenant.
21:40Meaning?
21:40When Jenny died,
21:42Connie became sole owner.
21:44Right.
21:44A whole kit and caboodle.
21:46She hasn't wasted any time borrowing against it.
21:49She's just taken out a mortgage.
21:51Well, why would she do that
21:52if she owned the whole thing?
21:54I've got a pretty good idea.
21:57Go on, then.
21:59Well,
22:0118 months ago,
22:02Connie Moran was a witness to a car crash.
22:04So?
22:06Well, so she gave a statement
22:08and she had to give her occupation.
22:11Which is a...
22:13company director.
22:16Yeah.
22:17Company house has her listed as
22:20director of MoGo Life Software.
22:23Now, in the last two months,
22:25they've been given three wind-up orders.
22:28So she's going bankrupt?
22:30No, not anymore.
22:32All three creditors
22:34have just withdrawn their orders.
22:37Ah.
22:39Someone's been paying the bills.
22:41Mmm.
22:4470 grand.
22:45And Connie paid them off, yeah?
22:47Yeah.
22:48Luckily.
22:49Now we were going under.
22:50You didn't wonder where the money came from?
22:56Her gran left it here, didn't she?
23:00Well, just when you both needed it.
23:03Very lucky, I'd say, wouldn't you?
23:06Look, I've known Connie a long time.
23:09The person she loved most in this world
23:11was her gran.
23:11I've heard that a lot.
23:14Weekends, evenings,
23:14she was always going around.
23:16Devoted granddaughter.
23:17Yeah, I get it.
23:18I really do.
23:19You want proof?
23:20Thursday night,
23:21we had a meeting,
23:22suppliers we owed money to.
23:24Connie insisted we stop by
23:26just to check on her gran.
23:27She was out worried.
23:28Well, that's interesting
23:29because Thursday night
23:30was the night before
23:31her gran was found dead.
23:33So,
23:34did you go up to the flat with her?
23:36No, it was only for a few minutes.
23:40She said she was sleeping.
23:42Really?
23:44You can't think.
23:46Look, we were under a shitload of pressure
23:47but all Connie thought about
23:49was her gran.
23:50That's what I meant.
23:55There's no weapon.
23:57No proof.
23:57Look, she did say
23:58the last time she was in the flat
24:00was three days
24:01before Jenny Moran died.
24:03But we know she was in the flat
24:04the day before.
24:06So?
24:07So her grandmother was still alive.
24:10She didn't do anything to help her.
24:11Ah, conjecture.
24:12Let me finish.
24:13Instead,
24:14she went to a meeting
24:15with her creditors,
24:16promised them
24:17that they'd get paid,
24:18a promise she now knew
24:19she could keep.
24:21You've only got the carer's word
24:23that she was fired
24:24and you can't prove
24:25that she and her boyfriend
24:26didn't finish her off
24:28when they broke in.
24:28She starved her grandmother
24:31to death, Kate.
24:32So she can get her hands
24:33on the flat
24:34and save her company.
24:36It's death by omission.
24:38It's murder.
24:45Ronnie.
24:46Hello.
24:52Hello.
24:54Connie Moran.
24:55I'm arresting you
24:56for the murder
24:56of Jenny Moran.
24:58You do not have to say anything,
24:59but it may harm your defense.
25:00If you do not mention something,
25:02you might not have it in court.
25:04This is ridiculous.
25:06Just leave me alone.
25:08Connie, Connie.
25:09You can't.
25:12But it's not anything.
25:14She lied to her grandmother.
25:15She lied to the police.
25:16Jenny Moran died
25:17from natural causes.
25:18She died from lack
25:20of food and water.
25:21Really?
25:22Because according
25:23to the post-mortem,
25:24she had kidney disease,
25:25a weak heart,
25:27hypertension,
25:28any one of which
25:28could have killed her.
25:31Are you honestly
25:32going to try
25:32for Miss Scarlet
25:33in the library
25:34with the candlestick?
25:36Starvation's a weapon, too.
25:38And Connie Moran
25:39ended up
25:39with her grandmother's flat.
25:40Because she was
25:42her grandmother.
25:45It's not that you
25:46haven't got a case,
25:46you haven't got a crime.
25:48But if you want
25:49to try and prove
25:50a mission,
25:51be my guest.
25:53But you'll also
25:54have to prove
25:55Jenny Moran
25:56wouldn't have died anyway.
25:57Your client
25:58accelerated death
25:59by her actions.
26:01Jenny Moran
26:01was dying,
26:02and I'll have
26:02a string of doctors
26:03who'll swear
26:04malnutrition
26:05was incidental.
26:06And if the experts
26:07can't agree
26:08as to the cause of death,
26:09how can you
26:10expect a jury to?
26:12Hmm?
26:16He was always
26:17going to argue
26:17causation,
26:18muddy the waters.
26:20That's all he can do.
26:21You ready for him?
26:22Connie Moran
26:22was responsible
26:23for her grandmother's death.
26:25What she did
26:26doesn't have to be
26:26the sole or main cause,
26:28merely a substantial...
26:29It also has to be
26:30beyond reasonable doubt,
26:31which the jury
26:32will have to be sure
26:33of to convict.
26:34She might as well
26:34have given the old lady
26:35a fatal injection.
26:37No, it's not the same.
26:38I think it is.
26:38She was her
26:39de facto custodian.
26:41What?
26:41She had a duty of care?
26:43Her actions
26:43killed the person
26:44whose well-being
26:45she claimed
26:46to be responsible for.
26:47Then get her on
26:47gross negligence
26:48manslaughter.
26:49Vijay Prasad
26:50will argue
26:51that Connie
26:51was exercising
26:52that duty.
26:53What, by starving her?
26:54By following
26:55doctor's orders.
26:57Besides,
26:58you can only argue
26:59duty of care
27:00if Jenny Moran
27:01was mentally incapable
27:02of looking after herself.
27:03Then I suggest
27:04you find out.
27:07You're all wrong,
27:08you know.
27:09Yes, your mother...
27:09Connie would never...
27:11It's absurd.
27:12Well, did you see
27:13your mother-in-law
27:14in the weeks
27:14before she died,
27:15Mrs.
27:15Of course not.
27:17You weren't close.
27:18Oh, did she seem
27:19confused at all?
27:21Had she become forgetful
27:22and...
27:22Well, she's senile,
27:23do you mean?
27:24Hmm.
27:25Not a chance.
27:27Her body might have
27:28been falling apart,
27:29but her brain
27:30was fine.
27:32Shame it wasn't
27:33the other way around.
27:33She might have been
27:34a nicer person.
27:35You didn't know her.
27:38So, her mental faculty...
27:39I know what
27:40you're trying to do.
27:42You'd think my daughter
27:43tricked her grandmother
27:44and then once she got
27:45her hands on the flat,
27:47she...
27:47Mrs. Moran...
27:49Listen.
27:50Connie loved Jenny.
27:53And after Connie's dad died,
27:55whatever love Jenny had,
27:56she kept it for Connie.
27:58Jenny knew exactly
27:59what she was doing
28:00when she made
28:01Connie joint tenant.
28:02She wasn't confused.
28:04She wasn't forgetful.
28:06And she wasn't tricked.
28:10Thanks.
28:11Bye.
28:12Caroline will swear
28:14to her mother-in-law's
28:14competency.
28:16We can't argue
28:16duty of care.
28:17Which leaves us
28:18with murder.
28:19Which is fine,
28:20by the way,
28:21because that's what it is.
28:22Even without any proof?
28:25Where's the physical evidence?
28:26There isn't any.
28:27There never was.
28:29What if we...
28:30No.
28:30No more games.
28:31No more manoeuvring.
28:32We trust the system.
28:34Jake.
28:35A helpless old woman
28:36was starved to death
28:37in cold blood.
28:38We go in there,
28:39put it in front of the jury,
28:40let them decide.
28:47According to your report,
28:50Jenny Moran died
28:51when her heart developed arrhythmia
28:52and stopped beating.
28:54Heart failure, yes.
28:56That didn't happen
28:56in isolation, did it?
28:58It's your evidence
28:59that the cause
29:00was malnutrition.
29:02Correct.
29:03The truth is,
29:04you don't know what it was,
29:06do you?
29:07I know she didn't eat.
29:08No, that's right,
29:09she didn't.
29:10Jenny Moran also had
29:11kidney failure,
29:14heart disease,
29:15and immune deficiency.
29:17Is that unusual?
29:19She was 83.
29:20Is it possible
29:21any one of these
29:22or a combination
29:23could have caused the arrhythmia?
29:25It's possible, yes.
29:27Is it also possible
29:28that someone
29:29with these conditions
29:30could suffer
29:31a loss of appetite?
29:34Doctor?
29:36Yes.
29:37So, in fact,
29:38the malnutrition
29:39might not have even
29:40been a cause.
29:41It might just have been
29:42another symptom.
29:44Isn't that possible?
29:46Yes.
29:48I suppose so.
29:52Nothing further.
30:00I wrote it.
30:02I was outlining
30:03the dietary requirements
30:04for Mrs Moran.
30:05Protein, potassium,
30:07fluid intake,
30:08and so forth,
30:09after she'd been
30:10diagnosed with CRF.
30:12CRF?
30:14Chronic renal failure.
30:16Maintaining a strict diet
30:17is vital.
30:19Although,
30:20had I realized
30:21what she was doing?
30:23Really.
30:24Half a potato.
30:27Were you surprised
30:28when you discovered
30:29Connie Moran
30:30had decided
30:31her grandmother
30:32shouldn't see you anymore?
30:33Leading, my lord.
30:34There is nothing
30:35to suggest
30:36this was my
30:36client's decision.
30:38In fact,
30:38the crown
30:38had no way
30:39of knowing
30:39whose decision
30:40it was.
30:41Do you have
30:42a question,
30:44Mr Thorne?
30:45My lord.
30:48How did you feel
30:49when Connie Moran
30:50informed you
30:51her grandmother
30:52was going to see
30:53another doctor?
30:54It happens.
30:56I didn't dwell on it.
30:58And when you
30:58discovered that
30:59she had, in fact,
31:01not seen
31:01any other doctor?
31:02Well, that did bother me.
31:04It was foolish
31:05and dangerous.
31:08That woman
31:09needed expert care.
31:16I imagine
31:24patients leaving you
31:26is a sort of
31:27occupational hazard.
31:29As I said,
31:30it happens.
31:32You diagnosed
31:33the CRF
31:34in June last year.
31:36Yes.
31:37And at that time,
31:38how long
31:38had Jenny Moran
31:39been a patient
31:40of yours?
31:41She was referred
31:41to me in October
31:42of the previous year
31:44following a bout
31:45of pneumonia.
31:46Eight months, then.
31:50Yes.
31:50Eight months
31:51to diagnose
31:53chronic renal failure.
31:56You can appear
31:57quite well, you know,
31:59with a chronic condition.
32:02It's long-term.
32:04That's the difference
32:05between chronic
32:06and acute.
32:07I'm sure we're
32:08all grateful to you
32:09for clearing that up.
32:10If a chronic condition
32:12goes undiagnosed,
32:14will it get worse?
32:15Of course.
32:26Are these your notes,
32:28doctor?
32:29Yes.
32:30Made following
32:31your first consultation
32:32with Jenny Moran?
32:34Yes.
32:35Would you read
32:36the highlighted section,
32:37please?
32:41Patient presented
32:42little or no appetite,
32:44vomiting, fatigue,
32:46swollen ankles.
32:47What causes
32:48swollen ankles, doctor?
32:51Fluid retention.
32:52And what did you do
32:53when presented
32:54with these symptoms?
32:55They could have been
32:56caused by any number
32:57of things.
32:57They weren't, were they?
32:58Jenny Moran
32:59was already in stage
33:00four renal failure,
33:02and you were so late
33:03diagnosing it
33:04that the damage
33:05had been done.
33:05No, that's not,
33:06you can't just...
33:07Connie Moran
33:08didn't take away
33:09her grandmother
33:09because she was
33:10foolish, doctor,
33:12and it wasn't sinister.
33:14She did it
33:15because she didn't
33:16trust you.
33:17Isn't that the truth?
33:18That is ridiculous.
33:19She wanted
33:20what was best
33:21for her grandmother.
33:22She wanted
33:22to keep her alive.
33:24And after her experience
33:25with you,
33:26she believed
33:27she was in the best
33:28position to do that.
33:34in what way dangerous?
33:43I'm sorry?
33:44Mr. Thorne here
33:45asked you about
33:46Connie Moran
33:47taking away
33:47her grandmother,
33:48and you said
33:49it was foolish
33:50and dangerous.
33:52That's right.
33:53Was that wounded
33:54pride-talking, doctor?
33:55Don't be absurd.
33:57It's understandable.
33:58Lash out a little,
33:59especially...
33:59Of course,
33:59it was dangerous.
34:01Why?
34:01Because renal failure
34:02is a killer.
34:06It is, isn't it?
34:15Vijay Prasad
34:16is going to have
34:17the jury
34:17doubting their own names.
34:19You knew it was going
34:20to happen
34:20the minute you decided
34:21it was murder.
34:22It was murder.
34:24If Connie Moran
34:25wanted to kill
34:26her grandmother,
34:26why not just
34:27hold a pillow
34:28over her face?
34:30I don't know.
34:31I don't need to.
34:32Not to mention
34:33Cecile and the
34:34paper trail of
34:34brightly coloured
34:35post-it lengths
34:36for the police
34:37to find.
34:38Maybe she
34:38just wasn't
34:39thinking.
34:40Maybe she was
34:41more interested
34:41in getting her
34:42hands on the
34:42flat to pay
34:43her bills.
34:46Why do you
34:47hate her so much?
34:49I don't.
34:52She was the only
34:52real family
34:53Jenny Moran
34:54had, and
34:55instead of
34:56taking care of her,
34:57she left her
34:58to die.
34:59things like that
35:01you have to
35:02pay for.
35:06Instead of
35:06taking care of
35:07her, she
35:08left her to
35:08die.
35:09That's right.
35:15You can't
35:16make up for
35:16your mum by
35:17punishing
35:17Connie Moran.
35:18Go home.
35:26Get some
35:26rest.
35:28You've got the
35:28neighbour in the
35:29morning.
35:29She wanted
35:37my advice for
35:38a birthday
35:39present.
35:41She wanted
35:42to buy
35:42something nice
35:44for Connie.
35:46How was her
35:47mood?
35:49Jenny loved
35:50getting things
35:50for Connie,
35:51making a fuss.
35:54She said
35:55Connie spent
35:56so much time
35:58with her
35:58that she
35:59deserved
36:00it.
36:03The
36:04African
36:05girl who
36:06lived in,
36:07she stopped
36:08me from
36:09seeing
36:10Jenny.
36:11Connie's
36:11orders,
36:12she said.
36:14It isn't
36:15terribly
36:16surprising
36:16now that we
36:17know what
36:17she was
36:18doing.
36:20Opinion,
36:20my lord,
36:21and hearsay
36:22hardly facts.
36:23The witness
36:23will confine
36:24herself to
36:25what she
36:26saw and
36:26what she
36:27heard.
36:28No more
36:29questions.
36:33Were you
36:34ever told
36:34why you
36:35weren't allowed
36:35to see
36:36Jenny Moran?
36:36No.
36:38Never.
36:39Did you know
36:40Jenny Moran
36:40had been
36:41recently charged
36:42by a builder
36:42for work
36:43that was
36:43never done?
36:44How could I?
36:46Or that
36:46she'd been
36:47routinely
36:47overcharged
36:48by her
36:49milkman?
36:50Well,
36:50you can't
36:51always trust
36:51strangers.
36:52Which was
36:54why Connie
36:54Moran
36:55made sure
36:55people didn't
36:56take advantage
36:57of her.
36:58You borrowed
36:59500 pounds
36:59from her,
37:00didn't you?
37:01I don't...
37:02That's what
37:02happened,
37:03isn't it?
37:04I was going
37:04to pay her
37:05back.
37:06But you
37:06didn't,
37:06did you?
37:10Perhaps
37:10Connie
37:11Moran
37:12knew it
37:12wasn't just
37:13strangers
37:14you can't
37:14trust.
37:19You're
37:19supposed to
37:20leap up
37:20and object.
37:22I've seen
37:23it.
37:25That man
37:26made me
37:26look like
37:27a criminal.
37:28Well,
37:28it would
37:29have helped
37:29if you'd
37:29mentioned the
37:30money when
37:30you were
37:31first interviewed.
37:32I didn't
37:32think it
37:33was relevant.
37:34How about
37:35now?
37:36Don't get
37:36shirty with
37:37me just
37:37because you
37:38didn't do
37:39your job.
37:40One day
37:41you'll get
37:42old too
37:43and invisible
37:44your whole
37:46life in
37:47a heartbeat.
37:48Kate.
37:50Kate.
37:54I'm
37:54sorry.
37:55I should
37:55have seen
37:55BJ come
37:56in.
37:57Forget it.
37:58You know,
37:58he'll try
37:58something similar
37:59with Cecile
38:00Bacama this
38:00afternoon.
38:01I doubt
38:02that.
38:03She's being
38:04deported
38:04today.
38:07May the
38:08burglary
38:08charges against
38:09my client
38:10would be
38:10dropped.
38:10They have
38:11been and
38:12I've applied
38:12to the
38:13Home Office
38:13to delay
38:14deportation
38:15proceedings.
38:15I want
38:16them
38:16cancelled
38:16altogether.
38:17We can't
38:18do that.
38:18Please.
38:19I don't
38:20want to
38:20be sent
38:21back.
38:22I need
38:22to send
38:23my family
38:23money.
38:24They need
38:24me here.
38:25It isn't
38:25in my
38:25power.
38:27Then talk
38:27to someone
38:28whose power
38:28it is.
38:30Or Miss
38:30Bacama leaves
38:31as planned
38:31and you find
38:32yourself another
38:33witness.
38:33Don't play
38:34games with
38:35me.
38:40Connie
38:41called me
38:41trying to
38:42give extra
38:42food to
38:43her grandmother.
38:44She was
38:45very angry.
38:49Can you
38:49tell the
38:50jury what
38:50happened?
38:52She told
38:52me to
38:53leave right
38:53away.
38:55Why not
38:56call the
38:56police if
38:57you truly
38:58thought Connie
38:58Moran was
38:59trying to
38:59starve her
39:00grandmother?
39:01I had
39:02no visa.
39:04You were
39:04afraid she'd
39:05tell the
39:05authorities?
39:07Yes.
39:08Did you
39:09see Jenny
39:09Moran
39:09again?
39:11I went
39:12back to
39:12the flat
39:13that afternoon
39:13but Connie
39:14wouldn't let
39:15me in.
39:16You went
39:16back?
39:17I still
39:17had Mrs.
39:18Moran's
39:18glasses.
39:19So you
39:19gave them
39:20back to
39:20her?
39:20No.
39:21Connie
39:21wouldn't let
39:22me in.
39:23So she
39:23took the
39:24glasses.
39:25She said
39:26that her
39:26grandmother
39:26was asleep
39:27and wasn't
39:28to be
39:29disturbed.
39:31Thank
39:32you.
39:32Was
39:40anyone else
39:41there to
39:41hear
39:41Connie
39:42Moran
39:42say
39:42this?
39:44We
39:44were
39:44alone.
39:46You
39:47and your
39:47boyfriend
39:48Olivier
39:49Dondo
39:50were arrested
39:51for burglary.
39:52But they
39:52let us
39:53go.
39:53You took
39:53a carriage
39:54clock.
39:54It was
39:55a present
39:55and they
39:57let us
39:58go.
39:58A valued
39:59present
39:59you took
40:01to the
40:01pawn shop.
40:02But that's
40:03You don't
40:03have a
40:04valid
40:04visa do
40:05you?
40:05In fact
40:06you were
40:07due to be
40:07deported
40:08yesterday.
40:09That's right.
40:10And in
40:10return for
40:11uncorroborated
40:12and for
40:12all we
40:13know
40:13entirely
40:13fictitious
40:14evidence
40:15against my
40:15client.
40:16My lord.
40:16Mr.
40:17Thorne
40:17here made
40:18sure you
40:18remained in
40:19this country.
40:19Is that
40:20true?
40:20My lord.
40:21Nothing
40:21further.
40:23Did I
40:24or anyone
40:25else in
40:25the Crown
40:25Prosecution
40:26Service tell
40:27you or put
40:28pressure on
40:28you to alter
40:29your evidence
40:30in any
40:31way?
40:31No.
40:33And where
40:33will you be
40:34tomorrow?
40:35Tomorrow
40:36I'm being
40:39deported.
40:48Some of
40:49Vijay Prasad's
40:50punches landed
40:51but we're
40:52still standing.
40:53We've got
40:53Connie
40:53tomorrow.
40:55Prasad will
40:55lay on the
40:56family devotion
40:56with the
40:57trowel.
40:57Jake.
40:58But I'm
40:58ready.
40:59Prasad can
40:59do what
40:59he likes.
41:01Illegal
41:01immigrants
41:01sometimes go
41:02years without
41:03being found
41:04out, right?
41:05So?
41:06So, how
41:07come the
41:07border agency
41:08found Cecile
41:09so quickly?
41:14She was
41:15on our
41:15watch list
41:16but you
41:17know,
41:17low priority.
41:19So what
41:20changed?
41:21Anonymous
41:21tip-off.
41:23Someone
41:23phoned in
41:24her name,
41:24address,
41:25the works.
41:26They were keen.
41:26Well,
41:27wanting to get
41:27rid of noisy
41:28neighbours usually.
41:30It all needs
41:30to be checked
41:31out though.
41:32Just adds
41:33to the workload.
41:34to this call.
41:35When was it
41:36made?
41:43I only ever
41:44wanted what was
41:45best for Gran.
41:46And yet,
41:47you lied to the
41:48police about when
41:49you last saw her.
41:51I was ashamed.
41:54I didn't want
41:54anyone to know
41:55I'd been there
41:56and not...
41:57I should have
42:00done something.
42:04When she died,
42:05you became
42:06sole owner
42:07of her flat.
42:08That's right.
42:09And straight
42:10away,
42:10you borrowed
42:11£70,000
42:12against it.
42:13Yes,
42:13I put money
42:14into my company.
42:15Because?
42:16We were going
42:17under.
42:18We were desperate.
42:20Creditors
42:20closing in
42:21and I could
42:23help.
42:24I know that
42:24in hindsight
42:25this looks bad
42:26but I loved
42:27my grandmother
42:28and she loved
42:30me.
42:30I would have
42:31never have
42:31done anything
42:32to hurt her.
42:36Nothing further.
42:38Mr. Thorne.
42:47Did you tell
42:48your grandmother
42:49about the
42:51creditors?
42:52No.
42:53Why would I?
42:54Because you
42:54were desperate.
42:56Because she
42:57owned the flat
42:57outright and
42:58could borrow
42:58against it.
43:00I didn't want
43:00to concern her.
43:02Not that
43:02desperate then.
43:03My lord,
43:05Mr. Thorne.
43:13When you're
43:14ready,
43:15Mr. Thorne,
43:16you fired
43:22Cecile Bacama
43:23for feeding
43:24your grandmother,
43:25didn't you?
43:26I didn't
43:27want to.
43:29But getting
43:30my grandmother's
43:30diet right
43:31was vital
43:32and she
43:32simply didn't
43:33understand.
43:34You regretted it.
43:36I liked her
43:37and so did
43:38Gran,
43:39but she
43:39left me
43:40no choice.
43:41Then you
43:41lied to the
43:42police about
43:43firing her.
43:46I was just
43:46trying to
43:47protect her.
43:48I mean,
43:48I couldn't
43:48imagine she
43:49was involved
43:49in the
43:49burglary in
43:50any way.
43:51I see.
43:52I didn't
43:52want the
43:53police going
43:53after her.
43:54So you
43:55lied about
43:55Cecile
43:56and you
43:57lied about
43:57the last
43:58time you
43:58saw your
43:58grandmother.
44:00You must
44:00feel ashamed
44:01about quite
44:02a lot.
44:02My lord,
44:03this sounds
44:03like a
44:04speech.
44:04Ask a
44:05question,
44:06Mr. Thorne,
44:07or sit
44:08down.
44:12What about
44:13the other
44:13lie?
44:15Other
44:16lie?
44:16You told
44:17the police
44:17you didn't
44:18know where
44:18Cecile
44:18lived.
44:21That's
44:21right.
44:22Yet,
44:22earlier
44:23that day,
44:23the UK
44:24border
44:24agency
44:25received
44:26an
44:26anonymous
44:26phone
44:27call
44:27giving
44:28them
44:28Cecile's
44:29address
44:29so she
44:30could be
44:30deported.
44:31Did you
44:32make that
44:32call?
44:33My lord,
44:33this is the
44:34first I've
44:34heard anything
44:35about this.
44:36My lord,
44:36this information
44:37only came to
44:38light today.
44:40This
44:41is Miss
44:42Moran's
44:43mobile phone
44:43records,
44:44my lord.
44:45I wish to
44:45enter them
44:46into evidence
44:47because on
44:48the day in
44:48question,
44:49they show
44:49a call
44:50was made.
44:50Okay.
44:52Yes.
44:52You
44:53made that
44:53call?
44:54Yes.
44:55You
44:55wanted
44:56Cecile
44:56Bacama
44:57deported?
44:58Yes.
44:59You
44:59were afraid
44:59she'd
45:00talk?
45:01Yes.
45:01She'd
45:02tell the
45:02truth?
45:02Yes.
45:03That you
45:03killed
45:04your
45:04grandmother?
45:05No.
45:05that she
45:07killed
45:08herself.
45:19She knew.
45:21Gran knew
45:22what she
45:22was doing.
45:28She'd
45:29tell me that
45:29all her
45:30friends were
45:30dead.
45:32What was
45:32the point?
45:36She
45:37couldn't
45:37sleep.
45:39The pain
45:40was...
45:42I begged
45:43her to
45:43eat, but
45:44she'd
45:44made up
45:44her mind.
45:45You're
45:46asking us
45:47to believe
45:47that your
45:48grandmother
45:49starved
45:49herself to
45:50death?
45:52If you're
45:52not a
45:52Catholic,
45:53you can't
45:53understand.
45:55I
45:55understand
45:56perfectly
45:56well.
45:57Then you'll
45:57know she
45:57could never
45:58have committed
45:58suicide, not
45:59as a
46:00Catholic.
46:01She
46:02couldn't
46:02take
46:02pills or
46:03cut her
46:04wrists.
46:05At least
46:05this way
46:06it wasn't
46:06a sin, it
46:07was God's
46:08will.
46:12As a
46:13sinner, she
46:13believed she
46:14couldn't be
46:14buried next
46:15to Dad, not
46:17in consecrated
46:18ground.
46:21And
46:21Cecile, why
46:22the tip-off?
46:25She's a
46:26Catholic.
46:27She knows
46:27what guilt
46:28means.
46:29I was
46:29afraid that
46:30she'd
46:30confess.
46:36You're
46:36put on
46:37trial for
46:37murder, and
46:38then suddenly
46:39you remember
46:39actually it
46:40was suicide.
46:42It's the
46:42truth.
46:43It's
46:43convenient.
46:44If my
46:45grandmother
46:46sinned...
46:46Her only
46:46sin was to
46:47trust you.
46:48Suicide's a
46:49mortal sin.
46:50So's
46:51murder.
46:53All I
46:54did was
46:54watch.
46:55I
46:57knew what
46:58Gwen had
46:58done, and
46:58I lied
46:59about it.
47:00That's
47:00my sin.
47:03I
47:04can be
47:04forgiven for
47:05lying.
47:07Suicide is
47:08the only
47:08sin for
47:09which there
47:09is no
47:09forgiveness.
47:18We've
47:18heard a
47:19great deal
47:19from Mr.
47:20Prasad and
47:21his client.
47:22He's
47:22tried to
47:22dazzle you
47:23with his
47:24smoke and
47:24mirrors,
47:25his attempts
47:26to cloud
47:26the medical
47:27evidence,
47:28throwing up
47:28doubt where
47:29none exists.
47:31Then suddenly,
47:33like a rabbit
47:33out of a
47:34hat, we're
47:34told this
47:35wasn't murder
47:36at all,
47:38but suicide,
47:39and no
47:39ordinary
47:40suicide, but
47:40one shrouded
47:41in talk of
47:42mortal sin
47:43and eternal
47:44damnation.
47:46And it's
47:46all there to
47:47get you to
47:48take your
47:48eye off the
47:49ball, which
47:50is something
47:51that you
47:51mustn't do.
47:53The facts
47:54of this case
47:54are very
47:55simple.
47:56Connie
47:56Moran needed
47:57money to
47:58prop up her
47:59ailing business,
48:00and she
48:00decided Jenny
48:01Moran was
48:03her way out.
48:04So she
48:05deliberately
48:05isolated her
48:06grandmother.
48:08She made
48:08sure no
48:09doctor saw
48:10her.
48:11She
48:11systematically
48:12reduced her
48:13food and
48:14drink, and
48:15when she was
48:15dead, when
48:16the plan had
48:17worked, she
48:18shed crocodile
48:19tears, quietly
48:21called the
48:21border agency
48:22to shop the
48:23only witness
48:24to her crime,
48:25and then went
48:26down to the
48:27bank and
48:28cashed in.
48:30The convulsions,
48:33the cramping,
48:35the terrifying
48:36hallucinations,
48:38the abject
48:39terror as her
48:40body fed
48:41off itself.
48:43It wasn't God's
48:44will that Jenny
48:45Moran should
48:46starve to
48:46death.
48:48It was
48:50commies.
49:05Smoke,
49:07mirrors,
49:08rabbits out
49:09of a hut.
49:11I'll be honest
49:11with you,
49:12sometimes we
49:13use them
49:13when our case
49:14is weak,
49:15when we want
49:16to try a little
49:17misdirection when
49:18we've got nothing
49:19else in our
49:20armory.
49:22Not this time.
49:24Because in that
49:25list of simple
49:26facts, there
49:28was one the
49:29prosecution failed
49:29to mention just
49:30now, a little
49:32misdirection of
49:33their own.
49:36Reasonable
49:36doubt, and the
49:37truth is that
49:38no one, not
49:39one single
49:40expert witness
49:41was able to
49:42say under oath
49:43and beyond
49:44reasonable doubt
49:45that Jenny
49:47Moran starved
49:48to death.
49:50That she was
49:51malnourished is
49:52undisputed.
49:53That she died
49:53because of that,
49:54that it can be
49:55proved categorically
49:56that the actions
49:57of Connie Moran
49:58caused the death
49:59of her grandmother.
50:01Not a single
50:01witness.
50:05Murder.
50:06Where a person
50:07of sound mind
50:08unlawfully
50:09kills
50:10with intent.
50:12If you have
50:13no doubt
50:13that Connie
50:14Moran did all
50:15the things the
50:16prosecution allege
50:17and in so doing
50:19caused the death
50:19of her grandmother,
50:21you must find
50:22her guilty.
50:24But if you have
50:25any doubt,
50:26any doubt at all,
50:28then it is equally
50:29your duty to return
50:30the only verdict
50:31possible in the
50:32light of the facts.
50:34No smoke.
50:36No mirrors.
50:38Not guilty.
50:40Have you reached
50:51a verdict upon
50:51which you're all
50:52agreed?
50:53We have.
50:55On the charge
50:56of the murder
50:56of Jenny Moran,
50:58do you find
50:58the defendant
50:59Constance Moran
51:00guilty or not guilty?
51:05Not guilty.
51:06You miss
51:36to meet him.
51:37Oh,
51:38sedans.
51:39Hmm.
51:40I made you
51:40excuses.
51:43But next time
51:44you go walkies,
51:45I am going to
51:45tie your
51:46shoelaces together.
51:48You were right.
52:00You couldn't make up
52:03for mum by
52:04punishing Connie Moran.
52:07Didn't stop me
52:07trying that.
52:08Look, I'm sorry.
52:12It was none of my
52:12business.
52:14What do you think
52:14it cost her?
52:16Stand by and watch
52:18to actually make
52:19it possible
52:20for Jenny to kill
52:21herself because
52:22that's what Jenny
52:23wanted.
52:26Connie had a duty
52:27of care.
52:27You think Jenny
52:28would say she
52:28didn't fulfill it?
52:29I couldn't even
52:34hold mum's hand.
52:38Jake.
52:39And afterwards
52:39she was prepared
52:40to go down
52:40for murder
52:41rather than
52:41betray her
52:42grandmother's
52:43wishes.
52:46Connie Moran
52:47was a better
52:47granddaughter
52:48after Jenny
52:49died than I
52:50was a son
52:50while mum
52:50was still
52:51alive.
52:52Assuming
52:53the jury
52:53got it right?
52:54Oh, they did.
52:56Are you sure
52:56about that?
52:57Are you?
52:58Like she said,
52:59if you're not
52:59a Catholic
52:59you can't
53:00understand.
53:05Mortal sin
53:06kills the life
53:07of grace
53:08within us.
53:15You going
53:15back to the
53:16office?
53:17I just need
53:18to clear my
53:18head.
53:21But, uh,
53:22thanks for
53:23the
53:24ball the ring.
53:53Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.
54:18And the final episode is next, Sunday at nine.
54:21But if you want to see it first, we have a premiere available to rent on ITV Player for £1.29.
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