Law & Order UK Season 1 Episode 5 Buried
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00:00To prosecute the offenders, these are their stories.
00:10No, no, no, no.
00:13We can't finish any sooner.
00:16I'm not a miracle worker.
00:18Hey, if I was a miracle worker, I'd be on a pleasure boat in Hawaii.
00:25Hello?
00:26Hello?
00:27Hello?
00:27Bloody developer, put the phone down on me.
00:31Yarek, come here for something you should see.
00:35And how long's it been empty?
00:40About a year.
00:43Have they owned it before?
00:45Council.
00:45Council.
00:48How long's it been empty?
00:49About a year.
00:50Have they owned it before?
00:51Council.
00:52Young.
00:53Eight.
00:54Nine.
00:55Eight.
00:56Nine.
00:57Eight.
00:58Eight.
00:59Nine.
01:00Poor kid.
01:01So what happened?
01:02They're crawling over the top and falling.
01:05Massive skull fracture.
01:06More likely a hit.
01:07Not a gentle cough around the ear either.
01:11Boy or girl?
01:12Male.
01:13How long's he been in there?
01:14Matt.
01:15Older stand badge.
01:16I've got one of these.
01:17Older stand badge.
01:18That's original.
01:19The kid's been in there for a while.
01:20I've been there for a while.
01:21It's been in there.
01:22Most of them, young.
01:23Eight.
01:24Nine.
01:25Poor kid.
01:26So what happened?
01:27They're crawling over the top and falling?
01:28Massive skull fracture.
01:29More likely a hit.
01:31Not a gentle cough around the ear either.
01:34Boy or girl?
01:35Male.
01:36How long's he been in there?
01:37Matt.
01:38Older stand badge.
01:39I've got one of these.
01:40That's original.
01:41Kid's been in there for a while.
01:43I don't know.
01:44How long's he been in there?
01:45Older stand badge.
01:46The kid's been in there for over 20 years.
02:16The kid's been in there for over 20 years.
02:46There'll be a mum and dad out there still hoping their son's alive.
02:50When I first joined CID, the first week we had a young girl go missing.
02:54She was 10, named Shona Morris.
02:57I still catch myself looking for her now.
03:00Who lived in that house?
03:02Before 1995, it was privately owned. There's no list of tenants.
03:06We need to know who this poor boy is.
03:10Get Angie onto it.
03:11Merlin database. All missing children from 1981 to 1984.
03:20Oh, that is a lot of kids.
03:23Around 200 open cases just from last year.
03:26Press on, they feature the pretty ones.
03:28Male, 8 years old.
03:33Reported missing July 16th, 1983.
03:36Thomas Keegan.
03:3759 Kenville Road, same street as the body was found.
03:41Says he had a broken collarbone.
03:43Yeah, well, we're already checking with a database for missing kids with similar injuries.
03:47Mother, Philippa Keegan, Arthur Keegan was the dad.
03:50But he died the year before, 1982.
03:55How many losses can one woman take?
03:57Dad was born 1939, up to Park. He's 15.
04:01So his dad got him into the Amherst.
04:05Sorry?
04:06West Ham.
04:06Commonly known as the Hammers, because they keep getting hammered.
04:10Watch it, sunshine.
04:11Investigating officer D.S.
04:14McFadden.
04:15I'm fluent and illegible.
04:17Oh, and if you look at the last page, they had a suspect, Edward Connor.
04:21Oh.
04:25Devlin, yeah.
04:27The boy in the wall had a broken collarbone.
04:31That's brilliant, thank you very much.
04:33That's him.
04:35Trapped down Geoffrey McFadden.
04:37Came on.
04:40So, this is what retired old Bill get up to, is it?
04:43Bet you can't wait.
04:46So, anyway, Geoff, this old case of yours, mate.
04:50Missing child, 1983.
04:53Keegan.
04:55Eight years old.
04:57Blue eyes, brown hair, broken collarbone, West Ham supporter.
05:02Blimey, sounds like you just read the file.
05:05You ever done a missing kid?
05:07It stays with you, doesn't it?
05:10Now, the case is alive again.
05:12We found Thomas.
05:15Tommy.
05:16Tommy.
05:18Bones in a basement inside a fireplace opposite his home.
05:22Where the Puffpa lived?
05:24Sorry?
05:25Edward Connor.
05:26You mean the suspect from the file?
05:28He was the last one to see the boy alive.
05:32He's mucking about with him on the steps,
05:34an hour later, Connor goes for a drive.
05:36He did it, but we couldn't nail him.
05:41Despite going over the boot of his car with a fine tooth comb.
05:46He couldn't tell me where he'd been or who he was with that night.
05:50I was sure he'd taken Tommy in the boot of his car for his own sick pleasure.
05:56Well, you might have been better off searching the house.
05:59We did, smart arse.
06:01Jeff, sorry.
06:05Where can we find Edward Connor?
06:08Moved out.
06:10Changed his name.
06:11Went off radar.
06:13Now, if that isn't a sign of guilt, what is?
06:15Forensic evidence, maybe.
06:18A corpse.
06:19OK.
06:19So we missed the corpse.
06:22But we had the right guy.
06:28OK, so we missed the corpse.
06:31OK, so you're probably the crappiest copper I've ever met.
06:34It's just a product of his time, Matt.
06:36What, there were no good detectives back then?
06:38Oh, yeah, you're talking to one.
06:40Like I keep telling you, I am special.
06:43So what now?
06:43We've got to go find Edward Connor, even though he's changed his name.
06:46Well, yeah, but first we need to talk to Tommy's mum.
06:50Because thanks to that bigoted little prat,
06:53she probably hasn't slept in 25 years.
07:02Are you sure it's him?
07:06As sure as we can be, Mum, yeah?
07:13I've been waiting for this.
07:16But, pardon me still, Lord.
07:23You were still out there.
07:27I know.
07:31I'm sorry.
07:38We're actually looking for Edward Connor, Mrs. Keegan.
07:41If you remember the time he was a suspect.
07:46I didn't think it was him.
07:50I don't know if Tommy was found in the basement.
07:54Let me get you a tissue, man.
07:58Wait, I hope you don't mind if I ask you what you remember about that day.
08:05I dropped him off at school.
08:15Didn't kiss him.
08:18Didn't want to embarrass him.
08:23It was my teacher training day, so he was going to a friend's for tea.
08:27Because it was just the two of us, you see, because his dad died the year earlier.
08:34When I came to pick him up,
08:41Joe's mum called them in.
08:45But Joe said they'd argued and Tommy had gone home.
08:50And I said not to worry,
08:52because we only lived a few streets away
08:55and Tommy was really good at crossing roads.
08:59And the key was under the mat.
09:13But he wasn't at home.
09:15I tracked the neighbours.
09:24And then I called the police.
09:29I remember saying to them,
09:30I'm sure it's nothing, he'll be back any second.
09:39I stayed in that house for 20 years.
09:45You know, just in case.
10:11How could she still believe in God after what happened?
10:15You won't be lighting a candle for little Tommy, then?
10:23You already have, haven't you?
10:26Once a Catholic.
10:29I don't suppose it does any harm to throw in the odd prayer, eh?
10:35Well, at the moment,
10:36we're still trying to track down the previous tenants of Kenville Road.
10:4025 years, people move on.
10:42Thank you very much, Jamie.
10:43You are an agent.
10:44All right, thanks.
10:45Bye.
10:46OK, we've got a trace.
10:48Vernon Mortimer, works and pensions,
10:50says that he retired to Pimlico in 2005.
10:53So there's a chance he could have stayed in touch with Edward Connor.
10:57Let's hope he's in.
11:02Vernon's not in.
11:03Moved out about a year ago, according to the caretaker.
11:06That's not for me.
11:09Cheers.
11:10Right.
11:11Like chasing ghosts, innit?
11:13But he left his flat to his daughter,
11:15who works round the corner in, and I quote,
11:17one of them overpriced poncy little flower gaffs.
11:20You grew up in Kenville Road, Ladbroke Grove?
11:27Yeah.
11:29What's this about?
11:32A little boy.
11:36Do you remember him?
11:37Yeah, that's Tommy.
11:39Tommy.
11:40He was my friend.
11:41He disappeared.
11:42We recently found his remains
11:46in the basement of the building in which you grew up.
11:51God, no, that's horrible.
11:53What do you remember about the day he went missing?
11:58Such a long time ago.
12:01Well, we know that Tommy
12:03went to his friend Joe's house after school.
12:06Yeah, that's right,
12:08because I think I wanted to go with them.
12:10But my mum wouldn't let me.
12:12I don't think I was very well.
12:15I know I played outside the house for a while.
12:19My mum was going out, I think.
12:23And then I got into my pyjamas,
12:26and Dad made me some tea,
12:29tomato soup and Dairy Lee sandwiches.
12:32Well remembered.
12:33Well, no, he always made me that if I was ill or upset.
12:38And then I went to bed.
12:40And I didn't wake up until mum told me
12:42that the police wanted to talk to me.
12:45And that was the next morning, so...
12:49No, I didn't see Tommy.
12:54What about Edward Connor?
12:56Lived in the flat upstairs.
12:58Publisher.
12:59Remember him?
13:01No, I didn't see him either.
13:04Sorry.
13:05Sorry.
13:05Well, we'd like to talk to your parents.
13:12Oh, they moved out of London a year ago.
13:15They live in Lewis.
13:17Lewis is lovely.
13:18Is it?
13:18I don't know.
13:19I've never been.
13:25It shook us all.
13:26Thomas was a sweet boy.
13:32He only lost his dad the year before.
13:38Julia wasn't well.
13:39You...
13:39You went out, right?
13:42To the PTA meeting, yes.
13:43When I left at about half past five,
13:47Thomas was with Edward Connor outside on the steps.
13:53But I...
13:53I said all this in my statement.
13:56Yeah, but we now know that Tommy was probably killed inside the building.
14:02So, I mean, we still have to...
14:04To your job, of course.
14:06Well, you're trying to track Connor down.
14:08He's changed his name.
14:10To Ralph Drake.
14:11Yes, I know.
14:12And he wrote several children's books under that pseudonym.
14:17Oh, I kept tabs on him down the years.
14:20We all knew it was him.
14:21I tell the other bits.
14:22No proof.
14:23Edward Connor was a volunteer at St. Peter's Church Youth Group.
14:28Oh, this again.
14:28And three months after Thomas disappeared,
14:33he was accused of propositioning a 12-year-old boy there.
14:38Well, I call that proof, don't you?
14:42Just make sure you get him this time.
14:53That cheeky little bastard who made a complaint.
14:56He knew that I'd been arrested.
14:58Over Tommy's disappearance.
15:00Wanted attention.
15:03He retracted it soon after.
15:05And no one wanted to hear that.
15:07Because all gays abuse kids.
15:11As you know.
15:12Well, I think we both know that most child abusers are straight, don't we?
15:17Mr. Connor.
15:18So, why don't you tell us about the day Tommy disappeared?
15:22Why should I?
15:23Because we're trying to get to the truth.
15:28Téjà vu.
15:30Téjà vu.
15:30We chatted outside on the steps.
15:36I went in and left him playing football.
15:41Well, I came out a bit later to go for a drive and he was gone.
15:47Is that all?
15:48Uh, no.
15:50No, no, I forgot.
15:52Before that, I took him down to the basement, tortured him and killed him.
15:57That's not funny, Mr. Connor.
15:59Hmm.
16:00No, this being hauled off the street for no reason.
16:03Been kept in a cell for three days while some rat-faced detective kicks the shit out of him.
16:09McFadden, he only stopped when he drew blood and I told him I had AIDS.
16:19I couldn't give him an alibi.
16:22My lover was married.
16:25Gays had never been so unpopular.
16:28After all, we brought in the plague.
16:32Well, it's not like that now, sir.
16:35No.
16:37No.
16:38Now I'd get a hundred grand compensation.
16:42Then I got three broken ribs and a black eye.
16:51McFadden has persecuted Edward Connor and took his eye completely off the ball.
16:57Socko can't find any crime stains to reanalyse.
17:01This should have been sold back then, you know.
17:03Thanks to McFadden, we've got absolutely nothing to go on.
17:06I think I'll go home and cuddle my boys.
17:09Which they'll hate, of course.
17:11Good night, gov.
17:12Good night.
17:13Wait.
17:14Listen to this.
17:16Mum picked me up from school.
17:18I played outside the house for a bit, but I was feeling ill because of my cold.
17:22Mum was going out, so I got into my pyjamas and Dad made me tea.
17:25Tomato soup and Dairy Lee sandwiches.
17:27Then I went to bed.
17:28I didn't wake till Mum told me the police wanted to speak to me.
17:32That was the next morning.
17:34Does that ring any bells?
17:35Well, yeah.
17:36It's the statement we took from Julia Morton this afternoon.
17:39Wrong.
17:41It's the statement Geoff McFadden took in 1983.
17:44It's practically word for word.
17:47What?
17:48Well, what do you make of it?
17:49Well, maybe Tommy going missing was so traumatic for her, that day was etched on her brain forever.
17:59No, because to her, the trauma didn't occur until the next day.
18:03The night before was just a normal night.
18:05She didn't even know there was anything to witness then.
18:08Or a story to perfect.
18:11She's lying.
18:11Up to you.
18:22Come on.
18:23What's that you've done wrong?
18:25Well, I take it you're not here to buy flowers.
18:29Maybe in a few weeks for Tommy's funeral.
18:32But we need to solve the case first.
18:35Well, I've told you what I know.
18:36You told us exactly what you told the police in 1983.
18:39Yeah, because that's what happened.
18:43Well, not quite, Julia.
18:46Because one of your ex-neighbours told us that she saw you with Tommy.
18:54Yet you told us you hadn't seen him.
18:56Well, it was a long time ago.
18:59Which is why we'd like to take you a few hours now going over that day.
19:02Listen, I was eight years old, okay?
19:04I don't want to go back to that day.
19:06Now, I am really sorry about Tommy, but it's in the past.
19:11Tell that to his mother.
19:16Julia.
19:17No, I'm sorry.
19:17I'm very busy.
19:18I've got work to do.
19:21I'd say that as a mum.
19:22I'd say that as a sign that she's got something to hide.
19:29It's possible someone told her what to say.
19:32She witnessed something and was sworn to secrecy.
19:34Not necessarily.
19:36As a child, you can be coaxed into believing an alternative version of events.
19:43If what she witnessed was traumatic, then the real memory could have been repressed because it's just too hard to process.
19:53So she doesn't know what she's hiding.
19:57What can we do?
20:00We could try EMDR.
20:03And come again?
20:05It's a process that involves the patient following an object with their eyes.
20:10Oh, what do you think of that?
20:11She used to treat post-traumatic stress sufferers, Bosnia 9-11, Oklahoma bombings.
20:16It helps with the healing.
20:18It's also used to help stimulate the processing system and retrieve lost memories.
20:25I don't know.
20:28Sounds like a lot of old mumbo-jumbo to me, hypnotising.
20:31EMDR is not hypnosis, Ronnie.
20:33It's a form of psychotherapy.
20:35And if Dr. Rawls thinks it's a good idea, I believe her.
20:39Anyway, it's not like we've got a whole bag full of other options.
20:41All right, I've got to be honest, I ain't sleeping well because I'm wondering what Tommy Keegan's mum's going through.
20:49And if it's going to give her a little bit of peace, it is worth having a go.
20:52But first, you're going to have to convince Julian Mortimer.
20:58I don't have any buried memories.
21:02How would you know?
21:05Dr. Rawls can help you remember what really happened.
21:08She's used the technique before with good results.
21:11And nice flowers, Julia?
21:16Gladioli.
21:18Knights used to wear the roots under their armour for protection.
21:22Maybe we should try it.
21:27You are our only hope.
21:30We would like to find out who killed your friend.
21:36But it's your choice, Julia.
21:41Why don't you ever think about it?
21:51Keep seeing Tommy's face.
21:56Frightened.
21:57Crying.
21:59Calling out my name.
22:00And I don't know if it's my imagination or if I'm remembering it.
22:09Could she help me with that?
22:10Mum got cross because I'd been to the shop and bought sweets.
22:32She found them in my pencil case.
22:35She called me her little liar.
22:41I went out onto the street.
22:47I did see Tommy.
22:51He waved at me.
22:54Threw his ball for me to catch.
22:56Mum told me to come back indoors.
23:00I was getting into bed when the doorbell rang.
23:07It was Tommy.
23:11He wanted to make sure I was OK.
23:17Verna never mentioned Tommy calling around.
23:20Tommy didn't stay.
23:21Julia's dad sent him away.
23:23Then she went to bed.
23:27I keep getting her to the point where she remembers waking up.
23:31But I can't get her beyond that.
23:34Well, this is getting us nowhere slowly, guys.
23:36Give it a chance.
23:37She's shutting down for a reason.
23:40I can't do this to order.
23:42Sometimes it takes years.
23:44I woke up.
23:50I wanted my dad.
23:54I looked for him everywhere.
23:56I kept calling out for him.
23:59He must have gone out.
24:09I'm scared.
24:11What did you do, Julia?
24:13I went out of the flat.
24:19Keep looking at the light.
24:24You went out of the flat.
24:30The basement light was on.
24:33I could see it through a crack in the door.
24:35I walked towards it.
24:41And I opened the door.
24:43Oh, God, can we stop?
24:44It's OK.
24:45Please.
24:46You're safe.
24:47You're doing so well, Julia.
24:49Keep going.
24:53You opened the door.
24:55I went down the stairs.
25:06My dad was there.
25:09With his back to me, I was so glad to see him.
25:13He's got blood on his head and his hair, and he's not moving.
25:32Where is he, Julia?
25:33He's on the ground.
25:38He's on the ground.
25:38At my dad's feet.
25:48It's Tommy.
25:49He's got blood on his head and his hair, and he's not moving.
25:57Where is he, Julia?
25:59He's on the ground.
26:02At my dad's feet.
26:04What do you think?
26:16She's not faking it.
26:18She didn't want to remember.
26:20It took seven sessions to get her there.
26:23She's telling the truth.
26:26Yeah, but what a jury believer.
26:28Building a case on this evidence,
26:30it all hinges on Julia Mortimer being a credible witness.
26:36She at least deserves the chance to be heard.
26:42I'll talk to her.
26:46Why are you estranged from your parents?
26:49Dad's always interfering.
26:52Every time one of my relationships falls apart, he gloats.
26:57And when my last marriage ended,
27:00I just...
27:01I couldn't face him.
27:04Must be tough on your mum.
27:07No.
27:07Dad's her world.
27:09No one else matters.
27:12Why did you marry Jen?
27:16My husband cheated on me.
27:19Hardly your dad's fault.
27:23Was your father violent to you?
27:26No.
27:27I mean, even that night when he talked me through the story,
27:32he wasn't angry.
27:35He was crying.
27:40Sorry for himself.
27:44You hate your dad, don't you?
27:48No.
27:49You hated him long before you allegedly remember what he did.
27:55I thought you believed me.
27:57This is a vendetta against him, isn't it, Miss Mortimer?
27:59You're doing this to punish him.
28:01A man who's shown you nothing but love all your life.
28:03He terrified me.
28:06He kept telling me about all the bad men out there,
28:09and all the time I was holding the bad man's hand.
28:14I grew up with my best friend rotting in the basement.
28:18Yes, I want him punished.
28:21But what he did to Tommy...
28:28I apologise.
28:29I hope you understand why I had to do that.
28:38Now we build a case.
28:41Nor jury will buy it.
28:43Julia's evidence is nothing if not backed up by some hard facts.
28:47Okay, so we get everything we can on Mortimer as quietly as possible.
28:52Find out why he might attack and kill a small boy,
28:56so that we can corroborate what she saw.
28:58If we don't do this, that's it.
29:01Philippa Keegan will live the rest of her life
29:03knowing that her son's murderer was never brought to justice.
29:06The system failed at once.
29:09We can't let that happen again.
29:13James!
29:15You're never going to believe this.
29:16Doug Greer, Mortimer's lawyer, called.
29:19He's coming in with the Mortimers tomorrow.
29:21Julia rang her father and told him what she's doing.
29:24Why the hell would she do that?
29:26She was angry.
29:28Ranting, according to Greer.
29:30I mean, you wound her up and sent her off.
29:33It's a lie.
29:35I don't know why she's doing this.
29:38Look on the net at all the forums for people with fake memories.
29:42All around the world, young women on couches
29:45blaming their eating disorders on some fabricated crises from their past.
29:51Innocent parents accused, left, right and centre.
29:55Just like my client.
29:57It's my duty to look at the facts.
30:00Yes, but you don't know our daughter, Mr. Steele.
30:03She has a habit of running off with unsuitable men who bleed her dry.
30:08We pick up the pieces.
30:10All her life, Vern's done nothing but take care of her.
30:13She lives in our flat, rent-free.
30:16He pays the lease on her shop and this is how she thanks him.
30:21She's not herself, Catherine.
30:25You don't know how suggestible she is.
30:30I'm worried sick about her.
30:34Look at me.
30:37Are you really going to put me through this?
30:40I'm not saying you're guilty.
30:46I'm saying there's a case worth prosecuting.
30:49Then the jury can decide.
30:51Yes, but it'll ruin us.
30:53It'll ruin the reputation of the CPS first.
30:56A 25-year-old case that doesn't dignify the word evidence.
31:00And a witness with zero credibility.
31:08You might want to think about that.
31:24Unbelievable.
31:26If your husband had been accused of murdering a child,
31:29would you sit there and talk about your reputation?
31:32Tell me you've got something.
31:34Elaborate grave life and casualty.
31:36Mortimer got sacked in 1986.
31:39I've spoken to five people on the phone.
31:41No one will tell me why.
31:43Doorstep, then.
31:48After you.
31:50Take a seat.
31:53Chief Executive Officer back then.
31:55You must have been rather young.
31:57And upwardly mobile.
31:59Well, I've got a lot to thank old Maggie for, eh?
32:03I had my first alcoholic drink the day she resigned.
32:07Astis Pumanti.
32:09Our estate celebrated for a week.
32:11How very urban.
32:13Vernon Mortimer.
32:16Did you know him well?
32:18He was a good salesman.
32:21Vernon could sell fire insurance to Eskimos even after a long liquid lunch.
32:26Then why did you sack him?
32:28We all have our demons.
32:30What were his demons?
32:33Is it to do with young boys?
32:34I'm investigating the murder of a child.
32:44I'm investigating the murder of a child.
32:44We did a job once in Birmingham.
32:55On the way back, the train stopped at Highwick.
32:58He went to the loo.
33:02I went to the bar and had a few too many.
33:07Next thing I know, he's with some policeman.
33:09A 13, 14-year-old boy said.
33:16Vernon made a pass at him.
33:19It's more than 20 years ago now.
33:23What just then?
33:24I was experimenting.
33:27I gave him a come on and then I lost my bottle.
33:29What effect did he do?
33:31He offered me 20 pounds.
33:33There was something in his eyes though, like he hated himself for doing it.
33:37I turned him down.
33:40He grabbed my arm and said,
33:41all right, I'll give you 50 then, you little shit.
33:44I kicked him and ran.
33:46Funny thing also,
33:47out there in the daylight, he just...
33:52just looked sad.
33:55Kept saying, I'm sorry.
33:58Even tried to give me the 50 quid.
34:02A policeman called him a sick, disgusting man.
34:06Took a statement.
34:08The case never went to trial.
34:10My parents suspected I was gay, but...
34:13they didn't want the neighbours knowing I was hanging around in station toilets.
34:18So they wouldn't let you give evidence?
34:19They took me to see a shrink instead.
34:24She said it's not about sex when it's adults with kids,
34:27it's about power.
34:30Somebody they can control.
34:32The judge won't allow Kevin Jackson's evidence.
34:36It was sexual conduct rather than violence,
34:39which is what we are prosecuting.
34:41Any application on that basis is bound to fill.
34:45But the sexual abuse probably led to the violence.
34:48Oh, we can fill in the gaps all that we like,
34:50but that's not the way that the law works.
34:52No.
34:53It's time to let this go.
34:55Oh, we can't.
34:57Julia Mortimer will go into the witness box
34:59with nothing to back her up.
35:02Her dear old dad
35:03is an elderly pillar of the community.
35:06Who was 39, strong and dangerous back then.
35:09That's how we must see the man who did this,
35:12not as some frail old pensioner.
35:13Yeah, but that's what he'll look like to the jury.
35:16I'm sorry, it's just not worth the risk, James.
35:18My son is eight, the same age as Tommy.
35:20No parent would say this wasn't worth the risk.
35:22Philippa Keegan has suffered enough, George...
35:24And she'll be spared the pain of a trial.
35:26But...
35:27And I'm a dad too, remember.
35:39Hello, Kassel.
35:44Just a second.
35:46Let's talk to Rawls.
35:48It came back to her in our session this morning.
35:51And she said...
36:21I said that...
36:22If I told anyone else
36:26that I would never see my dad again...
36:29That's when it stopped.
36:36It's my fault.
36:38He couldn't have me,
36:40so he moved on to Tommy.
36:51Mr. Mortimer,
36:54you stand charged on this indictment with murder.
36:58How do you plead?
36:59Guilty or not guilty?
37:00Not guilty.
37:03Is the defendant on bail?
37:06Yes, my lady,
37:07with a number of conditions.
37:09He's lodged a surety
37:11in the sum of £30,000,
37:13surrendered his passport,
37:15and is subject to daily reporting
37:17at Lewis Police Station.
37:20Bailed as before.
37:30I want to withdraw from the trial.
37:32You can't.
37:34We've come too far.
37:35We've built the case.
37:36But this is killing him.
37:38My mother said he's losing his mind.
37:40She's trying to manipulate you, Julia,
37:42just like she's always done.
37:43He's my dad.
37:45He's 65.
37:46He will die in jail.
37:48He killed an eight-year-old child.
37:50You walk away now,
37:52he will never be brought to justice
37:53for what he did to Tommy,
37:54to you.
37:55Do you know,
37:55I was better off not knowing.
37:57Tommy's mother is on her way over right now.
37:59Please, Julia, wait.
38:00I didn't realise you had an appointment.
38:07Julia just showed up.
38:16I'm so sorry about Tommy.
38:20You were joined at the hip, you two,
38:22weren't you?
38:24Used to pay weddings with my old bale.
38:26I would love to have seen him married.
38:32Don't, please.
38:35I'm not sure I can do this.
38:46Your father held me when I cried.
38:50He drove me round and round,
38:52day and night,
38:53searching.
38:56And all the time he knew.
39:02Do you know,
39:03Tommy wouldn't go down to that basement
39:05on his own
39:05because he said
39:06there was a monster down there.
39:12It was, wasn't it?
39:16Yeah.
39:20You've got to help me.
39:22Tell me, James,
39:37exactly how much research
39:40have you done on your key?
39:42Oh, sorry.
39:43Only witness.
39:45I believe her and the jury will too.
39:46Not when they're here
39:49where she spent her summer holiday last year.
39:52Little flu.
39:54Staff wear white coats.
39:56Hmm?
39:57Let's go.
40:00Tommy was seven
40:02when his father died of leukaemia.
40:04And that brought us closer.
40:07Did your son have a relationship with the defendant?
40:12Yes.
40:14Mr. Mortimer started helping us out after my husband died.
40:20And what did you personally witness in this relationship?
40:25He'd arranged treats for him.
40:29He took him to see West Ham play.
40:33Tommy's dad used to support them.
40:37Once he came home with one of the players' autographs,
40:40and I remember...
40:42thinking...
40:45that at least he had a father figure.
40:49Thank you, Mrs. Keegan.
40:54No further questions.
40:58Did you tell the police
41:00about my client's relationship with your son?
41:03No.
41:04So it didn't seem unusual to you?
41:06It's the strangers you worry about.
41:09Not the nice man over the road.
41:12And if you were as close as you claim,
41:15then surely you would have noticed
41:17if something was wrong.
41:19Yes.
41:21No.
41:24Because I trusted Vernon,
41:27Mr. Mortimer.
41:28And continued to do, sir.
41:31Until this hysterical notion was planted.
41:34If I'd have known,
41:35I would have kept him away.
41:38Well, maybe there was nothing to know.
41:42And no further questions.
41:49You do know I'll demolish Julia Mortimer
41:53in the witness vaults tomorrow?
41:55She's a mess, James.
41:56You're right.
41:58She's long since learned not to trust her own mind.
42:00Tomorrow might well break her.
42:01That's...
42:02That's not what I want.
42:06If he cared for her,
42:07he'd confess.
42:09How can you say I don't care?
42:11I love my daughter.
42:12Don't get involved.
42:13If you're looking for absolution from me,
42:16you're not going to get it.
42:18I'm a good man.
42:19I've worked hard all my life.
42:23Just...
42:23Don't you walk away from me!
42:26You don't know me!
42:36Tell me about the day
42:38Thomas Keegan disappeared.
42:43Um...
42:44I saw him outside the house briefly.
42:50Later on, he came to the door.
42:53I thought my dad sent him away.
42:57What else happened that evening?
43:01I wasn't well.
43:03I went to bed early.
43:06Um...
43:08But when I woke up,
43:10the flat was empty.
43:13I went outside
43:15and I saw that the basement light was on.
43:19I went down some steps
43:21and my dad
43:25was there.
43:29Tommy was lying at his feet.
43:31He had blood on his head.
43:34What happened then?
43:36Um...
43:37Dad...
43:40My father...
43:43He saw me
43:44and he shouted at me
43:47to go back to bed.
43:48He came
43:51running at me
43:52up the stairs.
43:55Eyes all
43:56bulging out.
43:59And I ran to my bedroom
44:00but, um...
44:02Later, he came in.
44:07And he hugged me.
44:08And he told me
44:12that I'd had a nightmare
44:14because I was ill
44:16and that if I told anyone
44:18about the nightmare
44:19that I...
44:21would lose him forever.
44:24When did you remember
44:30all this?
44:32When I started doing
44:34therapy with Dr. Rawls.
44:39And I also remembered
44:41that my father sexually abused me
44:45when I was seven years old.
44:47and when I told my mother
44:52it stopped.
44:58No further questions.
45:04Prior to the past few weeks,
45:05Miss Mortimer,
45:06when was the last time
45:07you saw your parents?
45:09Um...
45:10About...
45:11About a year ago.
45:12Long time.
45:14Why is that?
45:15Ever since I was a child,
45:19Dad tried to control me.
45:22Did they treat you badly
45:23when you were small?
45:25Well, there was the abuse.
45:27Ah, yes.
45:28The abuse.
45:30That suddenly came back to you
45:33while you were
45:34moving your eyes
45:35back and forth.
45:36Much like the memory
45:38of your father
45:39with Tommy's corpse.
45:42Did your...
45:44delusions last year
45:46include images of blood
45:49or basements?
45:50No, you don't understand.
45:51I think I do.
45:53You have always been resentful
45:55of your father
45:56because he told you
45:57the hard truths
45:58that you didn't want to hear.
46:00And when you heard
46:01that Tommy's bones
46:03had been found,
46:04you saw an opportunity
46:05for revenge, didn't you?
46:07He did it.
46:09That is why
46:10all my life
46:11he has been there
46:13watching me.
46:14That's a good job, isn't it?
46:15He warned you off
46:16the 17-year-old boy
46:17that got you pregnant,
46:18then forced you
46:19to have an abortion
46:20which made you sterile
46:22at the age of,
46:22what was it,
46:2315?
46:24That's hardly relevant.
46:26What is your point,
46:27Mr. Greer?
46:29That Miss Mortimer's life
46:30is a catalogue
46:32of disastrous relationships.
46:35She is deeply unstable.
46:38Mom, I told you
46:40what he did to me
46:41and you blamed me!
46:43You called me
46:45a dirty, precocious
46:47little whore.
46:50You always took his side.
46:54And there you have it,
46:56the sole motivation
46:57of this hysterical witch hunt.
47:00a spoiled child
47:03who resents
47:04the bond
47:05between her
47:06loving parents.
47:08Thank you,
47:09Mr. Greer.
47:11I can't.
47:14I can't.
47:21Great.
47:23Our main witness
47:23falls to pieces
47:24in the witness box,
47:25so now
47:26the jury think
47:27she's a hysterical mess
47:28and they'll side
47:29with her dad.
47:30We've got nothing left,
47:32James.
47:33We've lost.
47:35It's one last chance.
47:39Vernon himself.
47:41He knows
47:43why Julia fell apart
47:44in the box.
47:47He's carried that guilt
47:49for 20 years.
47:52Imagine what that's done to him.
47:53and how's he going to respond
47:57under pressure.
48:03I...
48:03I cared
48:05about Thomas.
48:07So much so
48:08that you abused him
48:09just like you abused
48:11your own daughter.
48:12I never hurt her.
48:13Oh, you did,
48:15Mr. Mortimer.
48:16And you're still hurting her now,
48:18aren't you?
48:19You saw her
48:20in the witness box.
48:23It didn't look much
48:23like she was gloating,
48:25did it?
48:25It looked more like
48:26she was falling apart.
48:27Mr. Steele's opinions
48:29are neither here nor there.
48:30If we could just stick
48:31to the facts, please,
48:31you didn't just destroy
48:33one family,
48:34did you, Mr. Mortimer?
48:35You destroyed your own
48:36as well.
48:38Are you ever
48:39going to make it right
48:41for your daughter
48:42or for Tommy?
48:45Are you ever going to
48:46take responsibility
48:48for the damage you caused,
48:50the damage you continue
48:51to cause?
48:53When are you going
48:54to be a father again?
49:01I sexually assaulted
49:26my daughter
49:27when she was
49:27seven years old.
49:28Went on
49:32for four months.
49:35Julia,
49:36she told her mother,
49:39who threatened
49:39to call the police.
49:41My lady,
49:41this is most irregular.
49:43If I ever
49:43did it again.
49:44May I ask
49:45the jury to retire?
49:46This is my turn
49:47to talk.
49:49The jury will hear
49:50what Mr. Mortimer
49:51has to say,
49:52Mr. Greer.
49:53Go on.
50:02I didn't know
50:04where to get help.
50:06I took work
50:08away from home.
50:11I approached
50:13young boys
50:14in toilets.
50:14but they were
50:17strangers.
50:22When Thomas'
50:23dad died,
50:25all I wanted
50:26to do was help.
50:28We got close.
50:31I came to love him
50:33like he was
50:35my own son.
50:40I made him
50:41do things to me.
50:44six months
50:46in return
50:50for
50:50treats.
50:53He wanted
50:55to stop.
50:57Said he
50:58felt wrong.
51:02We were
51:03in the basement.
51:06He said he was
51:07going to tell
51:08his mother.
51:10Tried to get away.
51:12It was a hammer
51:21and a boiler.
51:27I hit him
51:28with
51:28the side of his head
51:32just once.
51:37I didn't mean
51:38to kill him.
51:40I didn't want
51:42to lose you.
51:46What did you do
51:47then,
51:48Mr. Mortimer?
51:50I...
51:51I...
51:51I put him
51:55inside the fireplace.
51:58Oh, God.
52:03I bricked it up.
52:04My boy.
52:06I'm sorry.
52:09He's my
52:10boy.
52:16Mrs. Keith.
52:17Oh, God.
52:26Oh, God.
52:39Ronnie.
52:39Ronnie.
52:43We got our man
52:44in the end.
52:45we
52:47We
52:55we
53:12we
53:14Did you know?
53:17You just wanted us to be a family.
53:24Well, where will you go?
53:44You just wanted us to be a family.