REPORTER: Reports tonight suggest that police have been called to the home of Terrence Holland.

Mr. Holland is terminally ill and a prominent campaigner for the right to die.

Victim is Terrence Holland, investment banker, hence this very lovely penthouse.

He's also terminally ill.

He was found in an apparent drugs overdose in the bedroom.

Paramedics found bruising and a needle mark on his right arm.

WESTON: Well, thank God the ambulance got here just in time.

It's a potential high-profile suicide attempt.

Okay?

Terrence Holland is a very passionate right-to-die campaigner.

Hence, why I called you.

Um, the lady over there is his GP, Dr. Melanie Standish.

She called the police.

[ Police radio chatter ] I arrived here about 7:00 for a prearranged meeting.

-WESTON: Okay.

-I knocked at the door, and I heard Terrence's voice.

I heard his voice, and I heard a woman's voice.

Recognize it?

Well, I presumed it to be his ex-wife, Henrietta, which was a bit of a surprise to me because they're going through a very bitter divorce.

So they sounded to me as if they were having an argument.

WESTON: Okay.

So then I decided to leave them to it and maybe go for a walk.

Did you hear the voices again when you came back?

No.

No, no, no, no, no.

I didn't hear anything when I came back.

I knocked on the door.

There was no sound, no voices, no nothing.

So I decided to ring Terrence on his mobile, and I got no reply.

And I-I started to worry.

That's when you called the police?

That's when I called the police.

We found his wife, Henrietta Holland, in the bedroom, out for the count.

I had uniform take her to the station so that she can be looked at by the FME.

WESTON: We got any sharps in that box?

-MAN: No... -WESTON: No?

What else we got?

STEELE: So, Mr Holland suffers from cancer -- quite an advanced stage.

So he would have been barely able to use his arms.

He could not have done that himself.

Okay.

Do you notice there's no syringes?

There's no vials.

-Yeah.

-There's no packaging around.

I mean, it is pretty straightforward, right?

Wife Henrietta has tried to help husband Terrence to die.

-WESTON: Oh, okay.

-It happens all the time.

WESTON: Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Don't start jumping to conclusions.

That's my job.

[ Siren wails ] -How is he?

-STEELE: Henrietta...

I've been told that he's in ICU and he -- he's currently struggling to breathe on his own.

-So very unwell, unfortunately.

-[ Breathes deeply ] -So you spoke on the phone.

-Yeah.

And then you agreed to meet up this evening?

We talked for an hour, and... he was really tired.

The myeloma takes it out of him.

He fell asleep, and I was very tired.

So I took a couple of sleeping pills and I went to sleep in the spare room.

What time did you go to bed?

Just after 7:00.

That's quite early for a grown woman.

I was on a really early shift.

I was up about 3:30.

So you don't live at the flat?

No.

No, we've been separated for bit more than a year.

Okay, we've got Mr. Terrence Holland... -STEELE: Mm.

-"...set up Euthanasia Action UK as a direct response to his inability to bring his own rights-to-die campaign to the High Court."

-Mm-hmm.

-Okay?

And it appears that Dr. Melanie Standish is an ardent supporter of the campaign.

There's no sign of a forced entry into this house, okay?

So if Dr. Standish is to be believed, whoever had the argument with Terrence in the house had access.

Let's look at brothers, sisters.

Do we know...

Yes, he has one brother -- uh, Matt Holland.

I cannot find him, but I have spoken to his wife, Jess.

She's on her way to the hospital.

WESTON: Okay, let's go there now and check her out.

Yeah?

[ Siren wails in distance ] Hi, Jess.

Listen, we know it's late.

We're not gonna keep you too long.

-Just a few questions, really.

-No, that's okay.

How was Terrence over the last couple of days?

I mean, did he give any indication that anything like this might be happening?

No, not at all.

He was really positive, actually.

WESTON: When was the last time you saw him?

JESS: A couple of days ago, maybe.

Matthew saw him yesterday, though, and he was really positive yesterday, as well.

STEELE: Do you have a key to Terrence's flat?

JESS: Yes.

And Matthew does.

We have one each.

STEELE: Okay.

And what were you up to this evening?

Early evening.

Um, I was with Edna.

She's a friend of mine.

STEELE: Right.

Does Edna have a surname?

-Locke.

[ Chuckles softly ] -Okay.

-Edna Locke.

-About what time were you there?

-Probably from about 6:00-ish.

-Mm-hmm.

I think maybe for a couple of hours.

-Okay.

-WESTON: Where was Matt today?

Um, Matthew's out with his friends.

And he pro-- I don't think he even knows.

[ Siren wails in distance ] Did you get those toxicology reports?

Yes.

I have Terrence Holland's toxicology report.

So, he suffered a morphine overdose, and they also found traces of zopiclone in his system.

It's a sleeping tablet.

SOCOs found estranged-wife Henrietta's blister pack of sleeping tablets in the kitchen area and also looked through Terrence's medication log books.

So, there's a vial of morphine missing from the fridge.

Okay.

I think we need to know how the sleeping pills were administered, really.

I mean, if -- if Terrence Holland can't use his hands properly, did someone help him?

Did he -- Is he able to use a cup, et cetera?

Yeah, I've been in touch with his solicitors.

They've said they sent divorce papers to Terrence's estranged wife, Henrietta, a month ago, maybe even more, for her to sign an absolute decree, and she hasn't signed them; She hasn't sent them back.

Um, and we're talking about a huge amount of money here.

I mean, he's an investment banker.

His apartment is -- is pretty flash.

People have been murdered for a lot less.

Yeah, potential motive.

Let's -- Let's look at his last will and testament, I think.

See who's most likely to benefit from his death, I suppose.

In the meantime, could we bring in Henrietta based on the sleeping-pill evidence, please?

Okay.

Do you want to do it?

STEELE: No, you go for it.

-WESTON: Magic hands.

-STEELE: Mm-hmm.

-[ Knock on door ] -Mrs. Holland?

-HENRIETTA: Yeah?

-Hi.

Um, I was wondering if you would accompany me down to the station, please?

But I've already been to the station.

I appreciate that.

I've told you everything I know.

Okay, Mrs. Holland, in order to continue my investigation, -I need to arrest you.

Okay?

-What?

I am arresting you on suspicion of assisting a suicide.

You do not have to say anything, though it may harm your defense if you fail to mention, when questioned, something you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be used in evidence.

-Do you understand?

-This is really... -Please come with us.

-...crazy.

Please come with us now, okay?

Mrs. Holland, I don't want to have to use these, okay?

-Oh, my God.

-Let's go quickly.

Let's go quietly.

Charlie, get the bag.

You've got this wrong.

You've got this really wrong.

Can you tell me what that is, please?

It's, um...my decree absolute.

-WESTON: Signed?

-Um, unsigned.

Why is that?

We decided to give it another go, our marriage.

Um, we were keeping it quiet.

[ Sighs ] After we separated, Terry's family took sides and... We just wanted to have a chance to see if it would work without external pressure.

Okay.

Do you have any idea how your -- your sleeping pills might have ended up in Terrence's system?

I've absolutely no idea, no.

Well, we've found traces, uh, of the sleeping pills in his system.

That's just something for you to think about.

I took two myself, and then I-I fell asleep in the spare room.

I didn't give him any pills.

-WESTON: You sure?

-I'm absolutely sure, yes.

What was the argument about?

What argument?

Terrence's personal physician said she got to the door at 7:00 p.m. She said she heard raised voices.

She said she heard something that sounded like an argument -- -an intense, heated debate.

-I was there.

We talked for an hour.

And then we both went to sleep.

We didn't argue.

Your husband has a lot of money.

He's terminally ill. And I think you want to get -your hands on that.

-HENRIETTA: This is ridiculous.

You gave him sleeping pills.

You knocked him out.

And then you dosed him up to the gills with morphine.

Okay?

He's in a critical condition.

I don't know what you're talking about.

This is complete madness.

This is the first I knew that he had sleeping pills in his system.

I would never have done that!

BELLAMY: Did you buy it?

I can't figure out whether it's actually genuine upset or if she's bullshitting us, okay?

But if I was a betting man, I'd say that this argument was about money.

STEELE: Um, I won't take much of your time, Edna, but thank you for having me.

I just wanted to ask you about Jess Holland.

-Yes, yes.

-I believe you know... And she was here last night, if I understand correctly?

Yes.

Yes, she was.

STEELE: About what time?

Oh, um, about 6:00.

And she stayed for an hour, an hour and a half.

Okay.

Is that morphine?

LOCKE: Yes, t-that's for me.

I've got cancer, I'm afraid.

So... STEELE: I'm sorry to hear that.

Must be quite nice to have people like Jess come and visit?

Yes, she's wonderful.

She -- She comes to make sure I'm -- I'm not lonely -or, you know, too depressed.

-Yeah.

And -- And her husband, Matt, he -- he's my care nurse.

He -- He gives me the injections.

Edna, I'm going to leave you in peace now.

That's really helpful.

So, thank you.

She confirmed that Jess was at her place yesterday from 6:00 for about an hour and a half.

Um, apparently, Jess's husband, Matt, is her care nurse.

So he knows how to administer morphine.

I've been trying to figure out what he was up to yesterday.

I managed to trace him to a casino, late afternoon, but he left about 6:30, and I have no idea where he is now.

Well, let's circulate a description -of Matt Holland, okay?

-Yeah.

Had to pop down to forensics.

Okay, they think that Terrence Holland drank something that was deliberately laced with Henrietta's sleeping pills.

Okay?

'Cause they found a mug in the kitchen with some sort of powdery residue down at the bottom.

Also, that mug has been deliberately wiped of any fingerprints.

Doesn't sound like an assisted suicide, Jack.

No, it's looking like an attempted murder.

Somebody got that syringe out of there, and if we can identify that that somebody was Henrietta, then that will deconstruct her alibi, right?

The FME has processed Henrietta's samples and confirmed the presence of sleeping tablets in her system.

So she may well have been out for the count like she said she was.

See, my major problem with your whole story is this big...reconciliation.

Okay?

Because we found forensic evidence of the sleeping tablets in Terrence's coffee cup.

You and Terrence were alone in the house.

He can't walk.

He can't feed himself.

You have the sleeping tablets.

The sleeping tablets are in his system.

Explain that.

I didn't give him the sleeping pills!

How can you explain, then, that they're in his system?

I can't explain it, but I didn't give them to him!

Been going through Terrence Holland's, um... mobile phone history.

He's made a lot of contact with the rectory at St. Sebastian's Church.

Maybe he's looking for a bit of spiritual guidance.

BELLAMY: Yeah, well, listen.

Maybe it was planned, and maybe Henrietta did agree to help him.

He's also received two phone calls yesterday.

Okay, one of the phone calls was from the wonderful Dr. Standish.

The second phone call was from MCP Bank Credit Card Fraud Department.

The phone call lasted 30 minutes.

Okay?

I got in touch with the credit-card company.

They said that, um, the phone call was to do with a credit card of Terrence's that had been completely maxed out.

No repayments made on it.

Apparently, Terrence denied all knowledge of the card.

So I'm wondering now whether someone who had access to Terrence's flat is also taking advantage of the guy.

I don't know.

Defrauding him for money?

Not only has -- has Terrence got one credit card maxed out, there's three credit cards that have been applied for over the last couple of months.

Um, the credit cards are being used solely to withdraw money from ATMs.

STEELE: That's odd.

Okay, we know Henrietta has been seeing Terrence -for the last six weeks or so... -STEELE: Mm-hmm.

-...in secret, okay?

Credit cards were applied for two, three, four months ago.

Okay?

Matt and -- and Jess, they have access to the flat, don't they?

-Yeah, they do.

-BELLAMY: Jack!

Charlie!

Is there any way that they could be applying for credit cards in Terrence's name?

-Yeah?

-BELLAMY: Okay.

Yep.

Thank you.

So, they found Matt Holland.

He's sleeping off a hangover on a park bench.

[ Door opens ] -Um, Mr. Holland?

-Yeah?

I'm Detective Sergeant Jack Weston.

-Uh, where were you last night?

-[ Clears throat ] I was out a friend's party, birthday, at Bellings Casino.

Okay.

Okay, Bellings Casino, great.

Um, remind me your profession?

-I'm a palliative-care nurse.

-Okay.

So you must see this kind of thing all the time, people in Terrence's position... -Mm-hmm.

-...the sadness of it.

Mm-hmm.

...the hopelessness of it, really, I suppose.

Yeah, it's a difficult period.

Can you lead me through your day, kind of late afternoon?

Yesterday afternoon, I went by.

I saw Terry.

I saw him in the afternoon.

Um, I left him.

I went to the -- went out to the party.

Is it strange that you know Terrence so well but you're not involved in any aspect of his care?

I'm not really able to... take on his care at the moment.

It's too...

It's too much.

He's my brother.

I can't...

I can't, given that.

And he's got a -- He's got a private GP.

You know?

He's gone private.

My brother will throw money at a problem, and she is the best care the money can provide, you know.

Private sector.

Um, we found Matt, Jess, sleeping off his heavy night on a park bench.

Really?

Yeah.

[ Chuckling ] Okay.

Is that not something he makes a habit of?

Not really, no.

Yeah, he doesn't go out very often anymore.

We tend to stay in.

Okay, it's cheaper.

It's much cheaper.

And we're saving up for a flat, as well.

I finally got in touch with the bank over the transactions in and out of Terrence's bank account.

The most recent ones, at least.

Um, there's something very odd about the money that Dr. Standish is receiving from Terrence.

Anything to do with the credit cards?

I haven't been able to work that out yet, but after the phone call that they had yesterday afternoon, Terrence deposited £12,000 into Dr. Standish's business bank account.

And that's on top of all the other extortionate fees that she's charging him for care.

Well, is that Terrence paying Standish so that she'll help him try and end his life?

Well, wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

This is a private physician, a very well-paid private physician.

I don't think 12 grand is enough to kill somebody.

I do want our doctor's movements last night corroborated, -all right?

-Okay.

Quick as a flash.

STEELE: This is our Dr. Standish down here.

WESTON: Whoa.

Okay.

So, that guy there is a neighbor of Terrence Holland, -WESTON: With the bags?

-Yeah, with the shopping bags.

Door-to-door have spoken to him.

He said that Dr. Standish had a massive go at him for bumping into her with shopping bags.

And he described her as "tense and impatient."

Maybe because she's nervous and on her way to administer a near-fatal morphine overdose?

Yeah, but no, hang on.

She's the one who made the 999 call.

STEELE: Yeah, maybe because she wanted to get back in there and corrupt the crime scene with her fingerprints.

Yeah, but we can't prove any of that, Charlie.

So let's focus on what we have got, which is 12 grand being paid from Terrence Holland to Dr. Standish on the day that he overdosed, all right?

I just spoke to the hospital.

Terrence Holland is out of intensive care, but he's heavily sedated.

So we're not gonna talk to him any time soon, I guess.

Um, I've just been on to the General Medical Council to see if Dr. Standish is registered to a practice, which she is.

What's interesting is that, two years ago, she was subject to an internal investigation when she was working as a registrar at Bonds College Hospital.

So, she filed a do-not-resuscitate for an elderly patient against the family's wishes.

And shortly afterwards, she left that hospital by "mutual consent."

So it seems that our Dr. Standish has very strong views on the right-to-die issue.

Dr. Standish?

[ Clears throat ] Dr. Standish?

A quick moment?

-And then when you're... -Charlie, your... Dr. Standish, could we talk to you outside, please?

I'm very sorry.

I can't talk to you now.

Dr. Standish, if you wouldn't mind stepping outside...

I've got a lot of things to do.

Got five minutes, and I'll talk to you.

STEELE: In which case, Dr. Standish, I'm more than happy to arrest you in the corridor.

-What?!

-I'm arresting you on suspicion -of assisted suicide.

-Oh, don't be -- You do not have to say anything, though it may harm your defense -if you do not mention... -No, this is -- No, no.

-This is ridiculous.

-...something which you -later rely on in court.

-This is ridiculous.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

-DR. STANDISH: Listen -- -STEELE: No, no.

-Do you understand what I said?

-I understand.

But you understand that, to save embarrassment, I will come with you, but this is outrageous.

Absolutely outrageous.

-Okay, fine.

-Come on.

I don't need you to take my arm.

Dr. Standish, I will cuff you, or I will hold you.

-You can choose.

-All right, hold me, but I will be talking to my solicitor.

Thank you.

Okay, £12,000.

That mean anything to you, Melanie?

Yes it does.

Uh, £12,000 pounds was deposited into my account by Terrence Holland, and I noticed it this morning when I looked at my bank statement.

Why would he pay you £12,000?

I mean, he already pays you enough, surely?

He put my name into the public domain.

The fact is, I am a trustee of his lobbying group.

I am passionate about the beliefs that he holds, but I did not want my name in the newspapers.

I was very angry about it.

And I presume that's why he decided to put £12,000 in my account.

And I don't want it.

Melanie, yesterday, when you went to Terrence Holland's flat -- So, let's just -- Can you just run me through this again?

You parked up, and then what did you do?

I told you this yesterday, but yes, I went to Terrence Holland's flat at 7:00.

There were voices behind the door.

There was an argument.

I decided to go for a walk for about half an hour, and I got back to the flat at 7:30.

Do you have a key to Terrence's flat?

Uh, yes.

I -- Well, I did.

I did have a key, but I have no idea where it is now.

-Really?

-STEELE: Okay, we're gonna be searching your car and your flat, Melanie, just so you know.

So if you want to change your answer -- Well, just so you know, just so you know, this is absolutely outrageous.

-What, that we're policing?

-It's completely out of order.

And when this investigation is over, your superiors will be hearing from me.

-Most helpful.

-Okay?

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

We can get you a cup of tea, maybe?

I don't want anything from you.

-No?

Okay.

Okay.

-Nothing.

-Well, enjoy it.

-Am I free to leave now?

No, absolutely not.

You'll stay where you are.

Okay?

-STEELE: Sarge?

-Yep?

What we got?

Oh.

Excellent.

STEELE: So we know that Dr. Standish has a key to Terrence's flat.

If Henrietta woke up at some point, she may have disturbed Dr. Standish, mid-mercy killing, which would explain the failed overdose.

And why would Terrence, okay, go ahead with the assisted suicide if he knew Henrietta was in the flat still?

Okay, I think it's worth chatting to Henrietta again, -see what we can get.

-Yeah.

Okay.

Did Terrence know that you stayed the night?

No, he wouldn't have known.

Um, he fell asleep before I did.

STEELE: Okay.

And then you took some sleeping pills and you went to sleep.

When you took those, where did you leave the packet?

Yeah, I left them on the side in the kitchen.

On the work surface.

STEELE: Okay.

Why would Dr. Standish even bother using sleeping pills?

She would have known that the morphine is enough... -Yeah.

-...to kill Terrence.

-BELLAMY: Team?

-Do you see what I'm saying, -though?

-Yeah.

I've just spoken to Terrence's solicitor, okay?

He changed his will six months ago.

-Beneficiary is not Matt.

-WESTON: Who is?

-Jess.

-WESTON: Jess?

Why would he leave all of his money to his sister-in-law and not his brother?

BELLAMY: I don't know, Charlie.

Ask Dr. Standish, okay?

Dr. Standish gets nothing out of the will but is the executor.

-Okay?

-All right, yeah.

Wish me luck.

So, we found Terrence's key, your copy of it, in your car.

Yeah.

I told you I'd lost it.

[ Sighs ] Right.

You're an executor to Terrence Holland's will, -are you not?

-Yes, I am.

Why is he leaving all his money to Jess?

Because his brother, Matt, has a gambling habit.

Surely, they're married, they have a joint account.

That's no guarantee that Matt won't spend it.

She's the one who holds the family together.

She keeps a tight rein on the finances.

She knows that Matt would fritter away the money.

So she makes sure that she controls it and that he doesn't lose any of it.

WESTON: Okay, I've been going through Matt Holland's financial records.

Dr. Standish was right.

This guy loves a good gamble.

Okay, apparently he lost an absolute packet at the casino yesterday.

Regular customer there.

And he always gambles alone.

How does this guy fund his gambling habit on a nurse's salary?

-Do you know what I mean?

-Yeah, I know.

STEELE: This is Matt and Jess's joint-account statement.

So they are permanently in the red.

They're really struggling for cash.

But every so often, there are these injections of cash -- 500 quid, a grand -- which keep them from going over -their massive overdraft.

-WESTON: Okay.

Well, is the money being taken from Terrence's credit card similar to the cash injections here?

No, I don't -- I don't think so.

The dates and the amounts just don't match.

They're too different.

Okay, we need clarification on monies in and out.

Ask Jess, will you, please?

Yeah, yeah.

I will do.

-Hiya.

All right, Jess?

-Hi.

-STEELE: How's it going?

-Good.

STEELE: Good.

How much do you know about Terrence's will?

Nothing, really.

-STEELE: Nothing at all?

-No, no.

STEELE: Okay.

So you didn't know that you're set to inherit all of his money?

[ Chuckling ] No.

Am I?

Are you -- No, I didn't know that.

STEELE: Yeah, absolutely.

He -- He changed his will a little while ago and you alone are the main beneficiary.

Right.

God, okay.

It's just I can't, um, get my head 'round that.

It's just [chuckles] I take it that would make a massive difference -to your personal finances.

-Huge, huge difference.

Yeah.

-Right.

-We've been struggling for a while.

We're saving up for a house.

The same as anyone else, really, on one income.

Yeah, I know.

On just the -- Are you not working?

No, I'm not.

I was made redundant.

Okay.

Um, where were you working beforehand, if you don't mind me asking?

JESS: A salon called Clearly Gorgeous.

And I was made redundant from that last year.

Okay.

So, yeah, just relying on Matt's income, -really.

-Mm-hmm.

I-I only ask because I've been having a look through your -- yours and Matt's joint current account.

And other than Matt's earnings coming in, there are these sort of quite regular cash -- JESS: I didn't realize you had our bank statements.

STEELE: We do have a right to look through people's finances, if we feel it's relevant to the case and there are significant witnesses.

I am quite curious just to know where, um, those sums are coming from?

Well, I've -- I've been doing a bit of cash in hand on the side.

-Okay.

-We've been struggling for a bit, as I said, and, um... What kind of work?

I do -- I do my beauty treatment on the side.

Right.

We've -- Matt's been gambling for a while, which is something that we're dealing with separately.

So I've had to sort of go out and do things, but I...

I'm sorry I didn't mention it.

It's just I've never -- I've never claimed it on a tax form.

-So I was just a bit... -Okay.

Um...

I'm just a bit worried that I'm going to get in trouble.

So, Edna, you're a beauty client of Jess's.

She comes 'round and gives you treatments?

-Yes, that's right.

-Does she come 'round often?

Yes, about, um... Well, at least twice a month, I should say.

STEELE: Okay.

And how much does she charge?

Well, if you must know, she charges £20.

And sometimes I give her a little extra.

I don't understand.

What are all these questions?!

I'm just following up on our investigations.

-LOCKE: Really?

-Yep.

Well, I don't see why she shouldn't get a bit of extra.

She needs to.

I mean, her husband Matt's a bit... Well, he's not a great provider.

STEELE: Do you pay her in cash?

Yes, I pay her in cash.

£20 is quite cheap for a beauty treatment, for a facial.

Yes, well, she's being kind and nice to people who don't have an awful lot.

-[ Knock on door ] -Bring me news.

I have just been on the phone to Jess's old employers.

They're a salon called Clearly Gorgeous.

Now, one of the services they offer are Botox injections, which Jess would also have administered.

So she knew how to use a needle, didn't she?

STEELE: Absolutely.

I'm also still thinking about the deposits going into Jess and Matt's account.

I spoke to Edna, again, and she confirmed that Jess gives her and some of the others treatments.

-[ Knock on door ] -But the amount she's charging, I mean, they're small, and even though Edna says, "Sometimes I give her a bit more," it's not enough to cover what's going into those accounts.

Were you guys talking about me?

I heard "clearly gorgeous."

-BELLAMY: Oh!

"Clearly deluded."

-No?

Okay.

Okay, thank you.

Tech team have been on.

They've done a full analysis of Terrence Holland's computer.

On the computer, they found an e-mail from Terrence's solicitor which contained a draft copy of the will.

That e-mail has been forwarded on to Matt Holland's e-mail address.

Okay, so, wait a minute.

So Matt and Jess, they did know that they were beneficiaries of the will.

STEELE: That's not what she said to me.

Can we get hold of Matt again?

Where is he?

-Do we know?

-STEELE: I will ask Jess.

[ Sighs ] Just after I left Jess, she gets on the phone.

We've traced that call.

It's to husband Matt.

She then fucks off, tells Leon on the front desk on the way that she's got to get back to work, which we all know is a lie because, Jess Holland, you've been made redundant.

And I can't reach either Jess or Matt on their mobile phones.

Okay, let's circulate them as wanted.

I'll get a section 8 warrant, and we'll search their flat.

Good.

Why'd you let her go, Charlie?

STEELE: So Jess went straight from here to pick up husband Matt.

They then drive off down that way, but there's no CCTV on the next street, so we lose them.

And I have absolutely no idea where they are, -where they're going.

-WESTON: Boss!

BELLAMY: Are they having a barney?

-STEELE: Yeah, it looks like it.

-WESTON: Boss!

BELLAMY: Yeah.

WESTON: Livvies have just done a search of Matt and Jess's house.

Place is an absolute tip.

Okay, these guys have definitely done a runner.

Okay.

Found in the living room -- three credit cards registered to Terrence Holland.

Also found was a bank-deposit book registered to Edna Locke's bank account.

Inside the deposit book, we could see that the money from the credit cards has been deposited into Edna Locke's bank account.

And they've been using Edna's account to launder the cash.

-Weston.

-BELLAMY: Sneaky bastards.

-Do you think she knows?

-Yeah, possibly.

WESTON: What's Edna's address?

-STEELE: Um, 23 Hildon Avenue.

-23 Hildon Avenue.

Okay, great.

Thanks.

ANPR spotted Matt and Jess's car.

It's on its way to Edna's.

BELLAMY: Okay, get there before they do.

WESTON: Okay, Matt and Jess's car.

Eyes peeled, yeah?

Out we go.

-Is that Jess's car?

-STEELE: Yeah, that one.

-WESTON: This one?

-STEELE: Mm-hmm.

[ Doorbell buzzes ] [ Doorbell buzzes ] LOCKE: You keep coming into my house and asking questions.

What on earth am I supposed to have done?

Mrs. Locke, please sit down and make yourself comfortable.

We're looking for Matt and Jess Holland.

Both are wanted by police for questioning.

We believe they may be hiding on the premises.

They are not hiding on the premises.

I don't care.

I'm going to search your home.

-He -- He can't do that!

-Make yourself comfortable.

-He can't come into my house.

-I'm afraid he can, Edna.

LOCKE: Just because she does a bit of work on the side, you think she's fiddled her tax -- Edna, I'm afraid it's much more serious than that.

LOCKE: Oh, come off it.

What we want to question them for -- Edna, if you know where they are, it's really important that you tell me.

-I don't know where they are.

-Their car's parked outside.

-[ Gasps ] Ooh.

-STEELE: Edna, are you okay?

-Edna?

-WESTON: Edna?

-STEELE: Call an ambulance.

-WESTON: Jesus Christ.

STEELE: Are you struggling to breathe?

-LOCKE: Yeah.

-STEELE: Edna?

Okay.

Just sit back in your chair.

It's fine.

I'll get you some... -Ambulance?

-Can I get you some water?

LOCKE: Yes.

WESTON: Listen, we're at 7 Hildon Avenue.

My name is Detective Sergeant Jack Weston.

We have an elderly lady, shortness of breath and chest pains -- yes?

I'll get you some water.

Eyes peeled on -- on ANPR.

Okay, keep me posted.

Okay, bye.

-Um, how is she?

-She's fine.

I just spoke to the consultant.

She was faking it.

There's nothing wrong with her heart.

WESTON: One of the neighbors said that five minutes before we arrived -- which is fucking marvelous -- uh, two people matching Matt and Jess's description hopped into Edna's car -and drove off.

-Oh, God.

Could you give us a minute?

-Sure.

-Thank you.

Mrs., Mrs., Mrs. Locke.

You rather had one over on us.

Fair play.

I don't know what you're talking about.

STEELE: Oh, I still have your handbag.

Um, I thought you were having a heart attack.

-So I was trying to find... -LOCKE: Yes, so did I.

...your next of kin.

I'm sure you did.

Um, I did notice, however, looking through, that there's no debit card.

LOCKE: So?

STEELE: You don't seem very concerned about the loss of your debit card.

Why should I be?

If my debit card's not in my handbag, it's in -- in a pocket somewhere or on the table somewhere.

It could be anywhere.

My patience for this is waning.

Edna, you are currently obstructing a police investigation.

-Where's your debit card?

-I don't know!

Did you give it to Matt and Jess Holland?

Well...I could have done.

WESTON: We need to go.

Mrs. Locke, I'm thrilled at your miraculous recovery, okay, but someone's been using your debit card.

Petrol station, Levine Road, five minutes away.

Thank you, Mrs. Locke.

See you soon.

Red Micra.

Red Micra.

WESTON: Tango-6-8-9.

Tango-6-8-9.

Tango-6-8-9.

STEELE: Look.

There they are.

There they are.

Control, this is D.C. Steele, we've spotted the suspects.

They've abandoned their car on Tristan Field Gardens.

They're currently heading through the park in the general direction of the station.

We're going to swing 'round to the exit, try and get ahead of them.

-There, there, there.

-WESTON: Yeah.

-Hold on, hold on, hold on.

-STEELE: Slow, slow, slow, slow.

Just let them get a little bit closer.

-[ Car doors close ] -Matt and Jess Holland!

WESTON: Stand there!

Stand there!

Stand there!

-Stand there!

Stand still!

-STEELE: Stop.

-Fucker!

Stand still!

-STEELE: Are you okay, Jack?!

Jess Holland, I'm arresting you for attempted murder.

You don't have to say anything, though it may harm your defense should you not mention, when questioned, something you later rely on in court.

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

-Do you understand?

All right.

-WESTON: ...do say may be used in evidence.

Do you understand?

-Do you understand?

-MATT: Yes.

Jess, why did you and Matt take Edna's car and run?

JESS: Because we panicked.

I panicked.

Um...because Matthew told me what he'd done and I was worried, um, what was going to happen to him.

So I, um -- I wasn't thinking very clearly, I don't think.

And in all this panic and confusion, you had the forethought to pick up Edna's debit card?

Well, I just... I-I didn't know what was going to happen to Matthew, and I-I was worried for him.

So I didn't really think anything through.

I haven't thought any of this through.

What about the money that you've been depositing into Edna's account?

STEELE: Hmm.

Where did that money come from?

Well, that was Matthew's.

That was the money that Matthew won from the casino.

So I was keeping it from -- from -- So he wouldn't lose it again.

So I-I was taking it away from him.

But why put it into Edna's account?

Because we've been told that you control the purse strings, you control the marital finances.

So why not just put it in your account with your massive overdraft?

-No, I don't control the money.

-No?

I-I do now, but I didn't use to control the money.

I've had to because -- because he'd just spend all of our money, and he -- he has done before.

Can you tell us, please, um... what these are?

We found these in your flat.

Okay?

-Look -- -Terrence Holland's name on 'em.

MATT: This was a short-term thing.

I was in real financial problems.

We're going to pay it all back.

Okay?

I'm a gambling addict.

I've got a problem, and I-I recognize it and I'm trying to deal with it.

I think you were trying to see what else -you could get away with.

-No.

Absolutely not.

This was a short-term financial problem that we were solving like this.

I know it's not ideal.

Entirely separate to that, another separate issue, is that my brother had a terminal, incurable disease and he was asking me, as a palliative-care nurse, to assist him in dying.

Did Jess know?

No one else knew.

This was just between me and him.

WESTON: Okay.

Let's go with this.

-So you went to the casino.

-I went to the casino.

I had a couple of drinks, and then I-I went to his flat.

Um...

Uh, he was there on his own.

Uh, we talked for a while.

He said he didn't want to be injected.

He wanted to be asleep.

And you left, then, at...

Uh, I left about 7:30.

About 7:30 or 7:30?

Uh, it was, um-- Yeah it was -- It was 7:30.

And what direction did you leave?

Come out the front door, you go right or you go left.

Which way?

-I went... -Where did you go?

Uh, um...

I went, uh, left.

I mean, I just...

It had been really emotional.

I wasn't... -BELLAMY: Jack?

Charlie?

-WESTON: Yeah?

I've just spoken to Terrence's priest -- the one that he rang, okay?

He wasn't looking for spiritual guidance at all.

He booked a private ceremony to renew his marriage vows to Henrietta.

Breaks your heart, eh?

WESTON: Fuck.

That doesn't sound like someone who's going to commit suicide anytime soon.

BELLAMY: No, Jack.

It sounds like attempted murder to me.

We just been looking through what Matt told us in interview and looking at the timeline and...

He said that when he left Terrence's house at 7:30, he turned left.

But if he did, he should have run into Dr. Standish.

I think Matt's account is starting to look a bit thin on the ground.

So, who's our killer, guys?

Matt or Jess?

I suppose in the days leading up to the assisted suicide, it wouldn't surprise you that Terrence had contacted a priest?

That he was, in fact, planning a ceremony.

His funeral.

No.

No.

He was planning to, uh, to renew his marriage vows To Henrietta.

It was a surprise.

And obviously a surprise to you, too, by the looks of it.

It's a bit odd, isn't it?

That he wanted to commit suicide so soon with you when he had such big plans for the future.

Tell the truth.

Who really injected Terrence?

I did.

It was me.

Matt, look at me.

Tell me.

I did it.

It was me.

I did it.

He comes across to me as the kind of guy who doesn't really have the balls to carry this kind of thing out.

And Jess's whole "I'm a helpless victim" routine is... -Is bullshit.

-It's weak.

I mean, she clearly dominates him -and he lets her.

-Big time.

We could interview him until fucking kingdom come, -but he's... -Yeah.

He's not gonna suddenly turn around, backtrack on his confession, and suddenly implicate his wife.

So we have to find another way.

Maybe Edna?

I've been going through the various routes that Jess would have used to get to Edna's, particularly the routes she would have used to evade capture.

All those routes are kind of side streets, small alleyways.

There's no CCTV on them whatsoever.

Where does Edna live?

Uh, there.

Have we checked the congestion charging cameras?

I think that might be just inside the zone.

Yes!

Boss?

[ Knock on door ] -Yeah?

-STEELE: Sorry.

This is Jess Holland entering the congestion charging zone near Edna Locke's house at 8:00 yesterday which is a full two hours later than she said she was there.

That means she doesn't have an alibi for the time that Terrence was injected.

Yeah, no, that's good, but, listen, that's not proof that she actually injected Terrence, right?

So we've got to link her to the syringe, guys.

WESTON: Look, we're never gonna find that syringe.

Okay?

We looked in Terrence's house.

It's not there.

It could be anywhere.

STEELE: We thought we couldn't find the syringe because we were looking at Terrence's flat.

Now we have someone we're looking for that gives us a whole number of other options we didn't think about before.

-Like?

-STEELE: She may have turned up at Edna's house, and we know she was near there at 8:00 -- perhaps after she went to Terrence's -- and thought, "Fuck, I've still got the syringe."

Edna's got a sharps box.

Edna has a bin.

Edna has any number of places -she could have hidden it.

-BELLAMY: Have we looked?

LOCKE: Oh, will you stop waving that thing in my face?

Would you please just tell me what it is?!

STEELE: Hello.

Sorry, sorry.

I'll take over, thank you.

I'll take this.

Edna, this is your copy of the warrant, as I'm sure my colleague -just tried to explain.

-But why has he got a warrant?

[ Sighs ] Edna, I know that you lied to me about the time that Jess was here last night.

And, also, would you mind bagging up this box, please?

We're gonna take your sharps container.

You did lie, didn't you?

About last night.

Well, all right.

But you've got it all wrong.

Jess didn't try to murder anybody.

Terrence asked her to help him.

She was going to help him to do it.

I'm afraid, Edna, that Jess lied to you.

Terrence wasn't ready to die.

-He didn't want to die.

-LOCKE: Yes, he was.

He was.

He was about to renew his vows.

He had a lot to live for.

-To Henrietta?

-STEELE: Yeah.

Oh, no.

Here's what I think.

Jess hears about the credit-card company calling Terrence from you.

She decides to take evasive action.

She decides to come to Terrence's house.

She decides to polish him off, get rid of him before he can say anything about it.

So for that reason, Matt, we are now charging Jess with attempted murder.

She told me that he asked her to do it.

Why are you standing up for this woman who has tried to murder your brother, okay, and is trying to defraud him of -- of what could be millions?

Because she's my wife.

She -- She said that I should do it, I should've been the one to do it and I wasn't man enough.

It's not your job to carry the can for this woman.

Okay?

Tell the truth.

It was my fault.

I created the problem... -Jesus.

-...with the credit cards, and she said that I should have solved it.

-I wasn't man enough.

-If she asked you to jump off a fucking cliff, would you do the same?

[ Scoffs ] Jess, we found this syringe in the sharps box at Edna Locke's house.

It's got your fingerprints on it.

Now, we're running it for DNA, but we're expecting that Terrence's will be on there.

Yeah, well, I... Terrence asked me to help him die, and I did.

Did Matt know that you planned to kill his brother?

No.

No, because... [ Chuckles ] Matt wouldn't.

Matt wouldn't have been able to go through with it.

That's why Terrence asked me.

Because Matt -- Matt's weak.

He wouldn't be able to do something... Did you know Henrietta was there?

-No.

-In the flat.

No.

No, why would I know that?

I don't... Well, you might have guessed because her sleeping pills were there, on display, very obvious.

Terrence asked me to use her sleeping pills because he wanted to die in his sleep.

So you knew that those sleeping pills belonged to her.

You don't seem very surprised, Jess, given that you didn't know, apparently, that Henrietta and Terrence are back together.

But I-I didn't... Um... Let me ask you again.

Did you know Henrietta was in the flat?

No.

BELLAMY: It's handy, though, isn't it?

That she was there?

What do you mean?

Why?

Someone to blame, is kind of what I'm saying.

No, I didn't do it with someone to blame.

I was helping Terrence.

Finding -- I'm actually finding this really stressful because I was helping him.

He -- He's Matt's brother, and he -- he wanted to die.

And -- and -- and the court said that he wasn't -- he -- that -- I'm sorry.

I'm just... [ Breathes deeply ] Jess Holland...

I think the only person you were really trying to help was yourself.

You were stealing from your brother-in-law.

He was about to find out.

So you tried to kill him.

You're going to prison, love.

[ Siren wails ] STEELE: I just went to see Henrietta at the hospital.

-Yeah?

-I really nearly let it slip about Terrence wanting to renew their vows.

I just -- I felt like we really put her through the mill last night and today.

I just wanted her to have some good news.

Like we really put her through the mill or you really put her through the mill?

-What's that supposed to mean?

-[ Chuckles ] -What's that supposed to mean?

-I'm just saying you had her in your eyeline from the get-go.

May I remind you that you very much took my Henrietta bone and ran with it?

My granny used to always say, "Don't ever let me rot away in an old nursing home.

Put me out of my misery before I get that way."

STEELE: Be such a hard decision to have to take.

WESTON: It's getting old, man.

No one wants to get old.

Listen, I'll buy you a pint.

-You're gonna buy me a pint?

-Yeah.

-I will take that.

-[ Chuckles ]