10x06 - Fake or Fortune

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The victim is the concert pianist Pasha Verdinikov.

Can anyone think why someone might want to k*ll Pasha?
You think it might have been one of us that k*lled Pasha, don't you?
AS?
Pasha wrote this in his own blood.

Could be someone's initials.

His k*ller's?
Possibly.

This is the g*n he used to k*ll Pasha.

And what about fingerprints?
It's Aidan Shawcross.

He's been dead 20 years.

Neville, I think someone might have broken into my house.

Police! Step away now! I need to make a phone call.

I'll be there as soon as I can.

Aidan It's Grace.

We need to talk.

Please.

As soon as you get this.

Sergeant Bordey, welcome back.

It's so good to see you.

So, how is Maman doing?
She's conscious now.

Shaken, as you would expect.

She's had a nasty trauma to the head.

But the doctors are confident she will make a full recovery.

OK.

Maman?
Cammy! You're here.

It's so good to see you.

You really didn't need to come.

Of course I did.

I wouldn't be anywhere else right now.

Good morning, Commissioner.

Let me introduce Detective Sergeant Camille Bordey.

As well as a fine detective, she also happens to be Catherine's daughter.

This is Sergeant JP Hooper.

It's so good to finally meet you.

I've heard so much about you.

And this is Trainee Officer Marlon Pryce.

DS Bordey, it is a pleasure to meet you.

And you know, just ignore the whole trainee thing.

I'm pretty much a full-blown officer now.

No, you're not.

And over here, we have DI Neville Parker.

DS Bordey! Lovely to meet you.

And you.

I'm looking forward to us working together.

Working together?
As we lost DS Cassell to London, DS Bordey has kindly offered her services until she returns.

OK.

Great.

Thank you.

But wouldn't you rather be with your mother?
There will be plenty of time for Maman and me to catch up.

Just as soon as I've caught whoever did this to her.

Oui?
Oui.

I mean, yeah.

Oui.

Yeah.

Shall we get down to business?
Yes.

Last night at 10:30, Catherine Bordey, your mother Yeah.

I know.

was assaulted by an unknown assailant in her own home.

Sergeant Hooper and Officer Pryce processed the scene last night, however We found nothing to indicate who might have done it.

But you think it's connected to the previous m*rder?
We believe so.

We haven't yet questioned Catherine, your mother You don't need to keep referring to her as my mother.

I think we all know that.

Duly noted.

But I have a hunch that Catherine knows something that might lead us to the k*ller, and that's why there was an attempt on her life.

Sir, I was thinking, do you think that Aidan Shawcross has something to do with it in some way?
I don't know, JP.

Maybe.

Aidan Shawcross?
Who is he?
Pasha Verdinikov, the victim, wrote the initials AS in his own blood shortly before he d*ed.

Aidan Shawcross was an old friend of Pasha's who d*ed in a car crash on the island 20 years ago.

And what's even stranger, his fingerprints were on the g*n that was used to sh**t Pasha Verdinikov.

His fingerprints?
And this guy's been dead 20 years?
It's exactly the same reaction we had.

That's why DS Cassell is in London.

Scotland Yard fraud unit have a hefty case they were building against Aidan Shawcross when he d*ed.

OK Any other possible suspects?
Ones that aren't dead?
Well, we focused in on those closest to the victim.

First up, there's Delford Adams, the Verdinikovs' gardener and handy man.

He's been working with them for a year now.

He's the only one of them with a criminal record, but nothing to suggest he might have motive to k*ll the victim.

Then there's Maggie O'Connell, the family housekeeper and cook.

She has no apparent motive herself, but she was very keen to point us in the direction of Pasha's wife.

And I sense that there's no love lost between Ms O'Connell and her boss, Grace Verdinikov.

The marriage initially seemed pretty solid, but it transpired that there had been an affair in the past between Grace and Aidan Shawcross.

Did her husband know about it?
Well, we were told he didn't, but she does have a track record of lying to us throughout this case, and I believe there are still some things she's not telling us.

Then there's Joseph Verdinikov, Pasha and Grace's son.

There's definitely some issues between Joseph and his father.

They've been estranged since Joseph moved to París.

Pasha invited him to Saint Marie because there was something he wanted to tell him, but we don't know what that was.

Also, all four of the suspects have rock-solid alibis for the time at which Pasha Verdinikov was m*rder*d.

When he was sh*t in the music room, everyone else was in the main house.

Grace and Delford were in the living room.

And Maggie and Joseph were both in the kitchen.

So if it was one of them, quite how they managed to do it is a question we have yet to answer.

Which brings us to Catherine, your mother.

No, not your mother.

I mean, yes, obviously, your mother, but Stop prattling, Inspector.

Sorry.

What I'm trying to say is, if she's up to it, I reckon it's time we take Catherine's statement.

It's all very hazy now, but I was on the phone speaking to Neville.

I saw a reflection on the window, then I felt a grip around my neck.

I couldn't breathe.

Did you see their face?
I tried to fight them off, then I hit my head, and everything went black.

Catherine Yesterday, at the church, you told me there was something you thought might be of use to the case.

What was that?
Before the memorial service, when we were all talking, Grace mentioned how Pasha spent his last afternoon doing what he loved - playing the piano in his practice room.

But it's not true.

I saw him that same afternoon in Honore.

Really?
By the harbour.

What time was this?
It might have been round three o'clock.

He was coming off a boat.

When I called to him, he saw me and we talked.

Did he say where he'd been?
Who else knew about this?
No-one.

You're the only people I've told.

OK, sir.

Sarge.

So it seems that it was Busta's boat over there that Sr.

Verdinikov hired.

Yeah.

Pasha got Busta to take him over to Sainte Helene, about half an hour's ride from here.

When they got there, Pasha took a taxi and was gone for about two hours.

Does Busta know where Pasha went?
No, but it's not the first time he's hired the boat.

Busta says that he's done it a couple of times over the last 18 months.

And he always takes a taxi, comes back a couple of hours later.

We need to get to Sainte Helene, speak to that taxi driver.

Yeah.

Can you arrange transport for us?
We're on it.

Yes.

Yes, that's no problemo for the likes of me and my colleague, DS Sergeant Bordey.

Or would you prefer if I called you Camille?
Sarge is fine.

OK.

Sarge it is, then.

Trainee Officer Marlon Pryce at your service.

All right, then, buddy-boy.

Let's get to it.

Marlon Didn't you do that before we left?
Yeah, I did.

But my policy is, it's never too soon for a top-up.

I have something of a hyper-sensitivity to the sun.

I'm sorry?
You're sensitive to the sun?
And you moved to the Caribbean?
The irony is not lost on me.

Yeah, but seriously, why are you living here?
I guess you could call it a sort of self-inflicted aversión therapy.

Right.

Not to say that it's all bad.

There are some things I do like.

The people particularly.

And what about you?
You work in París?
Yeah.

I head up the undercover team there.

Yeah.

That's hard work.

Challenging but I guess that's why I like it.

Do you srta.

Saint Marie?
Of course! Sometimes.

Maman the most.

I mean to come and visit her more, but it's hard.

I'm sure she understands.

She's so proud of everything you've achieved.

She never stops talking about you.

Sir.

Sarge.

I've just spoken with the Sainte Helene police force.

They've located the taxi driver.

They're waiting for us at the harbour now.

Good.

So the taxi driver dropped Pasha off here and once Pasha paid, he just drove off.

Seems like nobody's home.

The car is still in the drive, though.

OK.

According to the neighbour, the man who lives in this house is called John Ward.

He's in his 50s.

Apparently he's a bit of a loner, but she says that she hasn't seen him for the last couple of weeks.

Seek and ye shall find, my brother.

Some people are just asking to be taken advantage of.

But that's obviously not what we're doing here, you know.

Police! Anybody home?
Oye! His phone.

Yeah.

But the battery's dead, and I can't see the charger.

Sir.

9 mm.

For a semi-a*t*matic, I'd say.

Exactly the same type of b*llet we recovered from Pasha's body.

I don't believe it! What?
John Ward's driving licence.

It's Aidan Shawcross.

I'm sure of it.

I mean, he's aged a bit, but John Ward is This is Aidan Shawcross.

So Aidan Shawcross is still alive.

But how can that be?
We've got a whole case file of evidence that proves a man d*ed due to a car crash.

I don't know.

But it would explain a whole load of things, like why Aidan's fingerprints were on the g*n that sh*t Pasha Verdinikov.

It would also make sense of Pasha writing Aidan's initials before he d*ed.

Because it was Aidan who sh*t him?
Yeah.

Sir.

Sarge.

So the officers ran a routine check on John Ward to see what it flagged and What is it?
We know where he is.

Hello, Aidan.

Merci.

The nurse said he was diagnosed with lung cancer two years ago.

In the last couple of months, it spread to the brain, and they admitted him into the hospice a few weeks ago.

He doesn't have long left, they think.

Did she know if Pasha ever visited him at all?
When he came to the island a week ago, he brought Aidan a few things from his house, but Aidan had already slipped into a coma.

Wait! So he was comatose and bedridden the night of the m*rder?
Yeah.

Which means He can't be our k*ller.

I just don't understand how Aidan Shawcross is alive.

I went through the entire case file again.

All the evidence confirms he d*ed in a car accident 20 years ago.

I know, sir.

But that was him lying in that bed today.

It was clearly a big case the fraud team were building against Aidan.

A lot of evidence that he had misappropriated millions of pounds from his hedge fund group.

So why didn't they act on it?
They were ready to make the arrest on his return to the UK.

But he never came back.

The case was shut down when it was confirmed that Aidan had d*ed in a car crash.

So he must have known the police were on to him.

That's why he faked his own death, to avoid going to prison.

Except we are missing something.

If Aidan Shawcross never d*ed, then whose was the dead body we recovered from the wreckage of that car 20 years ago?
Sir, I think we need to request a warrant to exhume the body.

I'll speak to the district judge.

Give your mum my best wishes.

I hope she's doing OK.

Thank you.

Actually, I almost forgot.

I thought this might keep Catherine entertained while she's here.

Yeah.

It's the definitive text for general knowledge aficionados like myself.

There's many an hour I've spent in a doctor's waiting room distracting myself with that little beauty.

Well Merci! I'm sure Maman will be delighted! Sir You mustn't b*at yourself up about this.

We can only follow the evidence before us and Don't patronise me, Inspector! I now see that, 20 years ago, someone clearly played me for a fool.

And I'm damn well not going to let that happen again.

We need to solve this case, Inspector.

Sherman Harbottle's Big Book Of Brilliant Facts.

I mean, seriously?
What was he thinking?
You know, I can think of another detective who might have liked a book like that.

Richard Poole.

All the facts and history.

Yeah! I guess he would have.

Do you ever think of him, Cammy?
Now and then.

Yeah.

Sometimes I can hear his voice in my head moaning about the weather, getting grumpy over a cup of tea, telling me I'm getting it wrong on a case.

Yeah.

Always makes me feel better.

Oye You're pale, Maman.

And hot.

I'll get the nurse.

I'm fine, Cammy.

Just tired.

All I need is some sleep, c'est tout.

Here Come and lie with me for a moment before you go.

Yes.

It's such a strange gift to bring someone in hospital.

Neville means well.

And you know, if it wasn't for him coming to my rescue last night, I might not be here.

I guess so.

Hello, stranger.

Do you remember me?
It's good to see you too.

Inspector?
Are you up?
Sir?
Morning, Camille.

What are you doing?
Just trying to get the old brainbox f*ring on all cylinders.

By standing on your head?
Well, the brain's the largest consumer of oxygen in the human body.

More facts, perfect! And inversión makes the oxygen-rich blood flow more freely to the head, which creates better brain function.

Yes.

But is it working?
No.

I've been doing this on and off for half an hour.

I've still not got a sniff of an idea of how the k*ller did it.

It just doesn't make sense, Camille.

Pasha was sh*t inside his music room, when all of our suspects were inside the house, nowhere near him.

So if one of them fired the g*n, just how did they do it?
So, how is your mum this morning?
She didn't sleep too well.

Her temperature was up.

No.

Well, the nurses aren't worried, so I think she'll be all right.

Good.

And Maman tells me if it wasn't for you getting there just in time the other night, she might not have survived.

Sounds like you saved her life, so merci.

Well I mean You know I'm sure if I hadn't have got there, JP would have.

I mean, it's no biggie, really.

Ohh! What?
The English! You're so awkward when someone is complimenting you.

Just modest, DS Bordey.

Nothing wrong with that.

Aidan, it's Grace.

We need to talk.

As soon as you get this.

This was sent yesterday morning at 6, We finally charged up Aidan's mobile and, clearly, Grace Verdinikov's been lying to us.

She knew Aidan was still alive.

Well, the inspector's going to be very interested when he finds out.

DS Bordey, good morning! How are you this bright day?
You good?
You look good.

Yes.

How's your mother?
She doing all right?
You know, I have been sending positive vibes all night.

Even said a little prayer before I went to bed.

Yes! Amen! Well, thank you.

And Good morning to you too.

Thank you.

We were just talking about how Aidan Shawcross has managed to convince the worid he's been dead for 20 years.

And all I can think is, there must have been some falsified documentation at some point.

So, would one of you be able to accompany DS Bordey down to the mortuary to check through Aidan's file?
I can make that work, yeah.

If I just move some things around my schedule, you know?
Shall we?
Yes.

Sorry, yes.

What news your end, JP?
I booted Aidan's phone.

And there is a voicemail that you have to listen to.

I was desperate.

No-one else to talk to and I thought that, somehow, Aidan might know what's going on.

Maybe we should start from the beginning, Sra.

Verdinikov.

I guess that would be about six weeks ago, which was when Pasha told me that Aidan Shawcross was that he was still alive.

You really didn't know until then?
No.

I know I've lied to you and covered things up, but I swear that is the first I knew of it all.

And Pasha knew all this time?
20 years ago, it was Pasha who helped Aidan fake his own death.

Because Aidan was facing charges of fraud back in the UK?
Any idea how they managed it?
Pasha found it hard to talk about.

Said there was another man's body in the car.

That someone else had been k*lled.

Do we know who that might be?
And that's what you were arguing about the day of the m*rder.

It's why he wanted Joseph here.

Wanted to let him know all about it before it became public knowledge.

If Pasha had been keeping this secret for 20 years, why tell you now?
About six weeks ago, he was in his practice room, and I hadn't heard a note played all day and I went and knocked.

And he fell into my arms.

I'd never seen him like that before.

And we sat all night.

He talked, I listened.

And he said he couldn't live with it any more, that he wanted to confess.

What caused this change in him?
I think when Pasha learned that Aidan was going to die, he realised he'd be the only one carrying that burden.

So he was just going to go to the police and admit to everything?
I tried to persuade him not to.

Told him that what he had to give to the worid, his talent, that that should always come first.

But he was determined.

He wanted needed to purge.

I mean, I just can't really be sure, you know?
It's over 20 years ago now.

Yes, but you were here the night of the car crash?
When the body was brought in?
I must have been, yes.

But like I say, I don't remember it.

Listen, how long are you going to be in there?
I ain't got all day, man.

I will be as long as it takes to find what I'm looking for man! You seem very on edge, Sr.

James.

No, I don't.

You are sweating.

Because it's hot.

Yeah.

Sarge, I can't find it.

Aidan Shawcross file.

I do have the folder it should be in, though.

Even has his name on it, look, but no file.

What a thing.

I wonder where it could have got to.

OK, stop messing us around! Where is it?
I mean, I guess, it could have ended up in the overflow storage room.

I could go and have a look if you want.

If that's not too much effort! What's going on with that guy?
I know! Talk about twitchy, eh?
Yeah.

JP, I'm just on the way back from the Verdinikov house.

Just wanted to see if there's any developments your end.

Well, what about DS Bordey and Marlon?
Any joy at the mortuary?
Right.

Well, I'm sure they'll let us know if they find anything.

What the Stay on him! OK, drive! OK, he's heading to the harbour.

You need to go to the end of the main street and then turn right, then right again.

Hit the brakes NOW! Godrell James, you're under arrest.

What happened?
She's quite a piece of work, isn't she?
She's amazing, sir.

She's just so amazing.

Yeah.

Well, Godrell's not talking.

Literally won't say a word.

Which makes me think he must know something about what happened 20 years ago.

Well, if Godrell James was implicated in faking Aidan Shawcross' death, and Pasha was about to confess, that does give Godrell motive.

But if it was Godrell that sh*t Pasha, it still doesn't explain why Aidan's prints were on the g*n.

And we're still left asking, if Aidan didn't die in that car crash Then whose dead body was found in a burnt-out car wreck in 2001?
And I'm afraid I'm unable to provide an answer to that question.

The grave was exhumed first thing and initial comparison of dental works with our missing persons' files has produced no match.

So, as of now, we have a second possible m*rder victim on our hands, but no idea who it is.

That's the hospital.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, yeah.

Yes?
Yes, Camille speaking.

OK.

Yeah.

I'll come now.

Is everything all right?
There's a complication.

A bleed, they said, on the brain.

I'm sorry, I need to go.

Maman, tu vas bien.

Je suis la, d'accord?
Tu vas bien.

J'attends ici.

Tu vas bien! OK, sir.

Yeah, thanks.

They're taking her into theatre to try and reduce the build-up of pressure of blood.

They'll call if there's any news.

I think maybe it's time we pressed pause on this case.

If it's all right, sir, we'd like to keep on working.

Just until we know Catherine's going to be all right.

Yeah.

We need to catch whoever did this to her.

OK.

So, what have we got?
Well, actually, sir, Marlon and I came up with a possible new lead.

OK.

So, I was going through the photos on Pasha's laptop, and there's this photo from 20 years ago when Aidan was staying at the house.

We noticed in one of them that there's somebody else there working for the Verdinikovs.

Marlon called the family accountant and he dug out her info.

It turns out it's somebody Maggie took on to help out with the housework.

Her name is Francelle Adams.

Adams?
As in Delford Adams?
She's Delford's mum.

And check this.

After working there for a couple of years, there was a big falling-out in the house and then they sacked her.

So Delford has cause for grievance with the Verdinikovs.

Look, my mum didn't steal nothing.

I know that's what they said when they let her go, but it ain't true.

Why are you working for the Verdinikovs all this time later?
I assume neither Grace nor Maggie know?
So her name didn't ring any bells?
They never cottoned on.

So, why are you working for the same family that fired your mum 20 years ago?
Everything went wrong for me after Mum lost her job.

And that's when you started turning to crime?
I wanted to help with the rent.

Stealing or dealing was the only way I could.

And you've been in and out of prison ever since.

It's the first proper job I had.

And it felt all right, you know?
Regular money, not looking over my shoulder all the time.

And Sr.

and Sra.

Verdinikov were good to me.

So you just forgot about what happened to your mum?
Inspector, I swear to you, I would never have sh*t Sr.

Verdinikov over what he did to my mother 20 years ago.

I just wouldn't.

OK.

That's all for now, Delford.

What does Francelle have to say?
Well, she had no idea he got the job with the Verdinikovs.

She didn't know what to make of it.

But interestingly, though, it still rankles her after all these years, her getting fired.

Yeah.

She swears blind she didn't steal a thing.

She's innocent.

She reckons she was set up by the family.

Just no clue as to why.

Who are you praying for?
For me?
For all of us.

There's no news yet, Inspector.

We're just waiting and hoping.

I'll call you back shortly.

She's out of surgery and What?
What?
What is it?
Well, it went as well as it could, but with something like this, there's a chance she Well, if the brain was left damaged, she might not come round, and if she doesn't wake up It's OK.

It's OK.

It's going to be OK.

OK.

It's going to be OK.

The last couple of days, all I keep thinking is how I've put off coming back to visit.

Life's busy, I tell her.

I'll come another time.

Now all I want is to make it up to her.

Spend more time together.

The two of us.

What if I don't get the chance?
I need some air.

Please, just make her well.

I I'm sure she'll be all right, you know?
Not that I'm a doctor.

Or medically trained in any way, for that matter.

But you're offering your opinion nonetheless.

Just trying to help, that's all.

Yeah.

Well, just don't.

No, of course.

Fair enough.

It's just my point was or is that they're a hardy bunch, the French, aren't they?
What?
Stoic.

Always have been.

Look at Joan of Arc.

Or Napoleon.

He didn't give up without a fight.

Obviously, there was Waterloo, but even that didn't quite finish the little fella off.

Do you really think this is helping?
Probably not, no.

Sorry.

Never been my strong suit, this sort of thing.

You can say that again! But if there's one thing I know more than anyone, one thing I've learned it's that feeling regret about things you never did or you never said it's Well, it's a waste of time.

All that matters is how we act in the here and now.

In this moment.

What should I do?
Take this chance while you have it.

To go and be there with her.

To hold her hand and just Just let her know that that you love her.

And then what?
I I think if you do that, then maybe she'll be all right.

It's as simple as that?
Cammy Maman?
You're awake.

Are you all right?
Nurse! Nurse! Oye Selwyn! What are you doing here?
We were worried about you.

But it seems we didn't need to be.

I should give you both some time.

And there's something I need to go and do.

Oye It was 20 years ago.

I was called to this very stretch of road.

I was a DI back then.

And down there, we found the burnt-out shell of a car.

Inside it, we found the charred remains of a body.

That same body you identified, Godrell, as being Aidan Shawcross.

I am sick and tired of playing games.

I nearly lost a dear friend of mine last night.

This has to stop.

And it has to stop now.

It was Aidan who approached me first.

I knew there was another guy involved, but I didn't realise it was that pianist fella.

I was just a mortuary assistant back then, but I reckon that's why they chose me.

Because I was persuadable.

Money?
50.

000.

I ain't never seen that much in my life.

I thought, «All I've got to do is fake some papers».

Ain't like it's me k*lling anybody.

What documents did you forge?
The fella they were going to get drunk and put in that car, I got his medical and dental records and I Altered Aidan's records to match.

And this man, the one they m*rder*d, who was he?
Just some drunkard they knew.

Might even have been homeless.

The whole point was, it was no-one anyone was going to srta.

, you know?
And his name?
I think it began with an L.

Like Leo or Leon or something.

The Aidan Shawcross file was missing from the mortuary archives.

Why?
A couple of weeks back, I came into work and the mortuary had been broken into.

When I saw the door to the archive busted open, I knew someone was digging up the past.

And it wouldn't be long before I was sat here .

.

in front of you.

Take him to the cells, please.

Come on.

So someone was on to Aidan and Pasha, suspected what they'd done, stole Aidan Shawcross's mortuary file as proof.

So was it revenge, then?
Is that why Pasha had to die?
But who wanted revenge?
We're still no closer to working out just who it was that did this.

Or how they did it.

Thank you.

Commissioner, what's going on?
Why is everyone cleaning, and why are you watering the plants?
It's the inspector's idea.

And a real bottom-of-the-barrel one at that.

As we hit a brick wall, he thought that by distracting ourselves from the problem at hand, it might inadvertently help us solve it.

By cleaning?
He likes to clean.

DS Bordey! You're back.

Yeah.

But no success with the case, I gather.

I'm afraid not.

We're trying the rather unorthodox approach of distracting ourselves.

Sir, did you put something in the microwave?
Yeah.

I'm cleaning it.

One part vinegar and one part water.

Put it on high for seven minutes and it steams off all the grease.

Well, it looks like you've got an exploding bowl, sir.

Yeah! Yeah.

It does, doesn't it?
One part vinegar to one part water.

Yeah.

That might do it.

Pop it all in the microwave, push the button and then all you have to do is wait for it to go ping! But in that case, that means the answer lies in the past.

JP, can I use this to access birth records?
Yeah.

Let me I'm just logging in.

There.

Liam Anthony Baskin.

Who is he?
He's the man whose body we exhumed from the grave yesterday.

He's also the man that Aidan and Pasha k*lled 20 years ago.

So you know who k*lled Pasha?
Yes, sir, I think I do.

Sorry to have kept you all waiting, but you'd never have forgiven me if I hadn't got all my ducks in a row.

I take it you're about to reveal who it was that k*lled my husband?
Yes! And also, why they did it.

Because the motive in this crime can also help us to solve the m*rder of a man called Liam Anthony Baskin.

20 years ago, Liam Baskin was the boyfriend of a young woman who worked here.

Her name was Francelle.

I remember her.

I took her on to help me out.

But do you remember her surname?
No.

It was Adams.

Francelle Adams.

She's the mother of Delford Adams.

And Liam Anthony Baskin is Delford's father.

It's certainly what it says on your birth certificate.

Ms O'Connell, perhaps you can help me fill in some of the details.

What do you remember about Francelle's boyfriend Liam?
Well, occasionally, he'd turn up to meet her.

Always the worse for wear and asking for money.

Then we wouldn't see him for months on end.

He was trouble, that man.

Which is how I assume Aidan and Pasha became aware of him, and why they chose him to be the man that they got drunk and put in a car one fateful night in 2001.

Completely oblivious to what was going on, Liam was driven over the cliffs at Baho Point.

To put it bluntly, he was collateral damage, considered expendable, in the attempt to fake Aidan Shawcross's death.

Now, can anyone remember why Francelle was sacked around the same time?
Sr.

Shawcross said he'd seen her stealing money.

Which was a lie.

I can only assume that he and Pasha felt that the girlfriend of the victim was best out of the way.

Which, of course, is why we're all here, isn't it?
Because with dogged determination, you, Delford, you solved a m*rder case that the police didn't even know existed.

The m*rder of your father.

Liam Baskin.

When we spoke to Francelle just now, it seems that you weren't ever really convinced that Liam had just gone off the radar, like he had so many times before.

His father was absent for a lot of Delford's childhood.

You always felt there was more to it, and we can't be exactly sure how you worked it all out, but we do know two things.

Two weeks ago, the local mortuary was broken into and Aidan Shawcross' file was stolen.

We believe it was you who committed the break-in.

Because you needed proof that Aidan's records had been doctored to match those of your father's.

So you took the file and compared it with Liam's old dental and medical records.

They confirmed everything you suspected.

And getting a job at the Verdinikov house meant that you could have access to any extra information you needed.

Including the opportunity to snoop and find Pasha's secret mobile.

You knew Pasha was still in contact with Aidan.

For final confirmation, all you needed to do was follow Pasha the next time he went to visit Aidan.

Which brings us to the day of the m*rder exactly a week ago.

On that day, Pasha was in his music room, but he planned that afternoon to go to Sainte Helene to visit Aidan.

Of course, he couldn't let anyone know what he was up to.

When we recovered Pasha's CD player from the seabed, there was a CD inside it.

Pasha's music.

I think Pasha put that CD on repeat before he left and you, Delford, followed him.

We asked around the harbour.

Pasha wasn't the only one who hired a boat on that day.

I had to see for myself.

So I followed Pasha to Sainte Helene.

To Aidan Shawcross' house.

And that's where you came across Aidan's g*n and, I assume, the sil*ncer that accompanied it.

When Pasha visited his friend at the hospice, you must have been thrown to discover that Aidan was already dying.

And I guess, seeing that he only had a few days left to live, you felt that his punishment had been served.

As for Pasha, you could still make him pay in the way you wanted.

So, that evening, when Pasha was in his music room, you forced open the locked door This is for my father.

and pulled the trigger.

With the g*n silenced, nobody heard the sh*t.

With Pasha dying, you took the expensive music equipment to make it seem like a burglary.

You then ran the few minutes to the nearby cliffs and disposed of both the stolen gear and the g*n.

Now, we didn't find a sil*ncer on the seabed, but that's because we wasn't looking for one.

I'm pretty sure when we go back it'll be there.

But if Delford had used the sil*ncer, then who fired the g*nsh*t that we heard?
No-one did.

There was no g*n fired, apart from the silenced one that was used to k*ll Pasha.

But I heard it.

We all did.

Well, there was a fire burning the evening of Pasha's m*rder.

And I think that, before you brought the flowers in for Grace, you dropped a b*llet into the smouldering embers.

It wouldn't take long for it to heat up and explode.

It wouldn't actually fire the b*llet but it would have sounded exactly like it had.

BANG! And that's why it had to be a burglar that k*lled Pasha, because you were with his wife Grace when he appeared to be sh*t.

Except for one thing.

One last dying act on Pasha's part.

Knowing he had only a few seconds to live, he staggered over to his music stool and he left us a message.

Two letters: AS.

We know Pasha was about to confess his involvement in faking Aidan Shawcross' death 20 years ago.

And that's how he did it.

JP, Marlon, make the arrest.

Leave it! I want to talk to him.

You nearly took my mother away from me.

I want to hear it from you.

Why?
I saw her talking to Pasha that day on the harbourside, and I realised if she ever told anyone she'd seen him, or it came out he'd been to Sainte Helene to visit Aidan, then everything would unravel.

That's when I knew I had to stop her from talking.

So you decided to k*ll her?
My father was m*rder*d! And for what?
To be buried in a grave with someone else's name on it! He was used! Like a piece of meat thrown to the dogs! So why should I care about anyone else's life, when no-one no-one care about his?
You know you are an immensely annoying human being, Inspector.

Yes, sir.

You've mentioned that before.

I know.

It bears repeating.

But you are also an excellent detective, and despite my many reservations, you are beginning to prove yourself rather valuable to our police force.

I'm glad to hear that, sir.

So, as I'm due some leave, I thought maybe we could go away, the two of us, find a quiet island somewhere and do some catching up?
I'd like that so much, Cammy.

I know you would! Oye, guys! Come on in! Have a seat.

Drinks are on the house.

- Is that right, Maman?
- Évidemment.

You're back! I can't believe you're here.

I'm so happy to see you.

I'm so happy to see you too! Neville told me what happened.

I mean, are you OK?
Is Catherine all right?
Yes, look.

She's fine.

Just has to take it easy for a while.

Which means I'm covering the bar! And they want drinks, so excusez-moi! I'll give you a hand.

Thank you.

So, when are you heading back to París?
Not for a couple of weeks.

Maman and I are going to go away and spend some time together.

Something I'm going to make sure we do a little bit more of in the future.

Yeah.

It's not easy, is it, living thousands of miles away from your loved ones?
No.

But then, sometimes we don't have that much of a say in our life choices.

We just go where we feel we should be.

Yeah.

Although Maman tells me there is someone here who could be a loved one for you, perhaps?
I don't know what you're talking about.

Come on, it's obvious.

The way you look at her.

You like her.

Shouldn't we be getting these drinks over?
Here comes the English modesty again.

I told you before, DS Bordey, nothing wrong with that.

Yeah, I guess.

Oye! Oye! Drinks.

Yes, nice.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Neville, I must return the book you lent me.

Great, thanks, Catherine.

You know what?
While we've got it here, why don't we have a bit of an impromptu pub quiz?
Nice.

Yes.

OK.

Here we go.

Question one.

Where in the worid would you find a car with a vehicle registration plate containing the letter V?
Vatican City.

One point to the commissioner.

Wow! Well done, sir.

OK.

Question number two.

How many sides does a heptadecagon have?
How the hell do you know that?
OK.

Question three.

Which is the only letter in Scrabble to be worth five points?
K.

Come on! No, No.

That's too quick.

That's not humanly possible.

He must be cheating.

Yeah.

Can you see the answers from where you're seated, sir?
Maybe you should move seats, Commissioner.

I'll do no such thing.

Cheers to the champion! All aboard HMS Party! Woohoo! Three, two, one A harpoon through the chest.

What a way to go.

The Pan-Caribbean Police Training Board are reviewing your training scheme.

Nothing says co-operation more than a group of drunk Brits abroad.

You need to take this seriously.

I shouldn't be enjoying her company this much.

We need to talk about this.