Suspects Series 1 Episode 1

12 February 2014

10pm - 11 pm

46 minutes

Synopsis:  Martha, Jack and Charlie face a race against time when two year old Hope Wilkins is snatched from her cot. Could her abductor be one of her own family? Or has someone more sinister taken the child?

SUSPECTS | EPISODE 1

SCENE BREAKDOWN

(please note, this is not an official document, just an attempt at a scene breakdown purely for the purposes of information. All scenes in brackets are scenes where Damien does not appear).

Scene 1: 0.00 - 1.53

News reader voice over:

"Police are looking for a 2 year old girl after she went missing from her home in the Claypit Road area last night. her father woke up this morning to find the toddler gone, amid signs of a break-in."

Jack and Charlie are at the house of missing Hope Wilkins, with a forensics team.

Jack talks to her father and brother (Toby)

(Scene 2: 1.54-2.19 Martha gives a briefing with crime board)

Scene 3: 2.20-3.10

Jack is still interviewing Laurie and Toby at their house. When he asks about Toby's Mother (Rachel), Laurie says she is an unfit mother and does not have access to the children. But that the children's grandma (Fiona) had been giving her access. Jack senses something is up from Toby's reaction.

(Scene 4: 3.11- 5.28 Martha interviews Rachel / Mother)

(Scene 5: 5.29- 6.29 Charlie interviews Fiona/ Grandmother)

Scene 6: 6.30-7.07

Jack is on the scene at the victims house, inspecting the point of entry / broken window. His arm cannot reach to the keys of the backdoor inside, so he rings HQ to report he suspects it is staged.

Scene 7: 7.08-7.58

Jack engineers it so he is able to speak to Toby alone, by telling his father (Laurie) his fingerprints are needs to eliminate him from the enquiry. He then asks Toby about his grandmother and tries to get him to open up, but Toby is completely mute and avoids eye contact. Jack asks "ok, then, let me ask you Toby, did your grandmother take Hope away?" to which Toby shakes his head.

(Scene 8: Charlie tells Martha she's had a call from a neighbour who saw someone hurrying away from the house at 11.30pm. Martha tells her to get an e fit based on the neighbours description 7.59-8.24)

Scene 9: 8.25-8.42

Back at the victims house, Jack is on the phone, presume to HQ who tell him someone has been seen leaving the house. He asks Toby if his dad left the house last night, but Toby doesn't respond, only lowers his head.

"Toby, Toby you can trust me"

(Scene 10: 8.43 -9.06 Charlie and Martha back at HQ discuss fingerprints on the scene - 1 set Laurie, 1 set Toby, 1 set as yet unidentified)

(Scene 11: 9.06-9.22 police on street searching for evidence)

(Scene 12: 9.23-9.40 Charlie at her desk receives the e fit, show it to Martha)

Scene 13: 9.41-9.58

Back at the house Jack shows Laurie a copy of the e fit and asks if he recognises the man. Laurie confirms it is a guy called Robbie who works in the off license.

Scene 14: 9.59-10.10

Jack radios Charlie in the car to inform her he has identified the suspect as Robbie Highland and will text her the address so she can meet him there. "Hurry up on this one"

(Scene 15: 10.11-10.41 Charlie and a police team search Robbie's house and recover a laptop, he is not there)

(Scene 16: 10.42-11.04 back at HQ Charlie shows Martha the laptop and tells her it had a good set of fingerprints)

(Scene 17: 11.05-11.28 Charlie and Martha talking at the crime board, the finger prints from the WIlkins' back door belong to Robbie Highland, and his fingerprints are red flagged on their system)

(Scene 18: 11.29-11.38 Martha begins a team briefing, Robbie Highland is Tyler Marcham)

Scene 19: 11.39-12.15

Jack is talking to Laurie in his garden. He tells him Robbie is really Tyler Marcham and was convicted ten years ago for killing his 3 year old step brother. Laurie gets really angry about a convicted child killer living in his street.

(Scene 20: 12.16-12.30 back at the team briefing at HQ we see a flash of Robbie on cctv footage, Martha asks "could you get a toddler in that bag?")

Scene 21: 12.31-12.44

Jack asks Laurie if Robbie has a grudge against him, Laurie is still angry and says no.

Jack responds, "Then we should be ok. finish the cigarette and getting in the fucking car"

Scene 22: 12.45-13.21

Back at HQ Charlie and Jack look at cctv footage of Laurie in the off license. The footage shows him buying a lot of alcohol at 3.09 pm and then later in the evening,

Scene 23: 13.22-14.20

Jack is interviewing Laurie while we are shown more cctv footage from 8.31pm on the same evening, where he is seen buying more alcohol and arguing with Robbie, who is serving him. Laurie says he had never liked him and Jack asked if he could have said anything to upset him.

(Scene 24: 14.21-14.52 Charlie tells Martha that later cctv footage and phone records show Robbie rang the Wilkins' house that evening and only Toby and Hope were at home and a return call to Robbie's mobile from the house. )

Scene 25: 14.53-16.06

Jack and Martha interview Toby, who is with Fiona (Grandmother). Jack shows Toby the e fit and he identifies him as Robbie and says he sees him in the park sometimes. When Martha asks him if he phoned Robbie that evening, Toby closes up again. Martha suggests they have a break and leaves the room with Jack.

Scene 26. 16.07-16.28

Martha shows Charlie and Jack photos of Toby's blood stained photo found in the Wilkins' garden.

Scene 27. 16.29-17.11

In an interview room, Jack shows Toby (who is still accompanied by Fiona) the t shirt photos. Toby says he had a nose a bleed.

Scene 28. 17.12-17.54

Martha and Jack talk in the corridor about how to get Toby to open up. Jack says he is lying about the nosebleed. Charlie comes to tell them she has found Robbie on cctv footage, Jack says he'll grab a car and a copper and go and pick him up.

Scene 29. 17.55-18.45

Jack and one uniformed officer drive to the tube station where Robbie was headed and when Jack spots him he grabs and arrests him, read him his rights and cuffs him.

(Scene 30: 18.46-19,43 Martha interviews Robbie, He tells her Toby called him and he thought that something had happened to his sister. But he panicked so didn't do anything about it)

Scene 31. 19.44-20.03

Martha comes into the main office, tells Jack and Charlie that Robbie has told her he thought something may have happened to Hope, so it may not just be a missing child case but she may be very hurt.

(Scene 32: 20.04-20.21 newsreader voice over: "the search continues for 2 year old Hope Wilkins, who police believe was snatched from her home last night" police team search the street )

(Scene 33: 20.25-21.12 Martha interviews Toby with Fiona present. She tells him they had found have spoken to Robbie, who told them that Toby had said on the phone something really bad had happened to Hope. She insists Toby answers the question as to what had happened, but Toby replies, "Nothing happened, she just disappeared that's all")

Scene 34: 21.13-21.46

Jack, Charlie and Martha are in the main office, Charlie tells them that the blood on the t shirt is a positive match for Toby Wilkins and shows the photos of cigarette burns and bruising on Toby's body. Jack points out, "Laurie smokes" but Charlie responds "yeah but the age of the oldest bruising coincides with when Rachel came back into their lives, don't you think that's quite significant"

Scene 35: 21.47-22.21

Jack and Martha interview grandmother Fiona. Jack shows her the photos of Toby's burns and asks her how she missed them. She said she didn't know about them and becomes visibly upset. Martha informs her she is no longer an appropriate adult to accompany Toby during the interviews.

(Scene 36: 22.22-22.39 Fiona is seen outside, hugging Toby, until a police officer separates them.)

Scene 37: 22.40-23.35

Jack interviews Laurie. He begins apparently calmly, asking him about how he puts cigarettes out, then shows him the photos of Toby, one by one, and it becomes clear he suspects Laurie and is silently simmering.

(Scene 38: 23.36-23.49 Martha interviews Toby's mother showing her the photos of his burns and bruises.)

Scene 39: 23.50-24.08

Back in the other interview room Jack asks Laurie "are you responsible for Toby?"

Laurie reiterates what he said earlier about Toby staying with his mother without his permission "and this is exactly what I was afraid of"

(Scene 40: 24.09-24.24 Martha still interviewing Rachel asks here why Laurie wants her away from his children, she replies because he is a bully. )

Scene 41: 24.25-24.35

Back in the other interview room with Jack and Laurie. Laurie continues to try to convince Jack Rachel is an unfit mother, with a "history".

(Scene 42: 24.36-24.49 in the other interview room Martha then asks "Rachel are you an unfit mother?" Rachel, distraught, replies "I would never hurt my kids, I would never do this")

Scene 43: 24.50-25.31

Back with Laurie and Jack. Laurie tells Jack "you better not come near me for quite some time. ok?"

Jack, who has remained quiet while Laurie has ranted, replies

"Ok. What worries me you see Laurie, from my point of view, is that not once, have you asked how Toby is after this" before walking out and slamming the door

(Scene 44: 25.32-27.23 Martha interviews Robbie and ask him about nasty stuff on his laptop. Robbie tells her it is Toby's dad who is hurting him. And he and Laurie were arguing in the off license because he didn't want to serve him more alcohol, in case he hurt Toby again while drunk.)

Scene 45: 27.34-28.57

Jack is back in the interview room with Laurie

"What have you done with Hope"

"You physically and verbally abuse your son Toby, what's to say you haven't physically and verbally abused your daughter, who is now missing. Where is she Laurie"

Laurie denies all and says she must be with that "pervert who works in the off license" and why aren't the police questioning him?

Jack replies that he is in custody and they have questioned him, and he says that he called the house last night

Laurie becomes irate that they "believe a convicted child killer above the girl's father"

Jack tells him "I don't believe a word that comes out of your mouth"

Laurie becomes even more angrily and Jack raises his voice in response

"why are you stalling Laurie, why aren't you answering any of my questions I am trying to find your daughter and you're giving me nothing, ok?"

Laurie apologises and says he is stressed is trying to find his daughter too but he doesn't know where she is. Jack walks out slamming the door.

(Scene 46: 28.58-29.57 back to Martha interviewing Robbie. He tells her about the den in the park where he and Toby hang out.)

Scene 47: 29.58-31.25

Jack grabs a team and car. He and Charlie drive to the park to search the area.

"torches on let's find it as quickly as possible please."

They find a little girl's pink shoe.

Scene 48: 31.26-32.37

Jack and the team are still in the park. Jack calls Martha back at HQ to tell her no sign of Hope but they found a shoe and the den and a trail leading from there, but it goes dead. Martha says she will get the cctv footage for the area. when she watches, the footage shows Fiona Sullivan pulling up at and then entering the park, running back with a box and putting it in the boot of her car. She calls jack to tell him and that they are tracking Fiona's phone and she is heading to St Swithens church.

Jack and Charlie run to the car.

Scene 49: 32.38-33.54

Jack and Charlie and the team drive to the church where they find Fiona with the box. Charlie arrests her on suspicion of murder

(Scene 50: 33.55-34.16 dialogue free scene with just soundtrack. Martha and Charlie tell Fiona about Hope)

Scene 51: 34.17-34.41

dialogue free scene with just soundtrack. Jack tells Laurie about Hope. He tentatively puts his arm on his shoulder.

Scene 52: 34.42-35.22

Jack and Charlie are on the roof, night time London skyline behind them. He asks Charlie for a cigarette, she replies he doesn't smoke anymore, but he insists. Martha joins them and asks how they are doing. She suggests they interview Fiona tomorrow and they go home and come back tomorrow with a fresh head.

Scene 53: 35.23-35.40

Charlie, Martha and Jack are in the main office. Charlie tells them the body is with the coroner, the box and blanket with forensics and she will take Rachel and Laurie to identify the child. Martha and Jack will go and interview "grandma".

Scene 54: 35.41-48.42

Fiona tells Jack and Martha she let herself in and Toby was asleep, she staged the break in. She wanted to save Hope from Laurie and put her in a blanket, and into the boot of her car to sleep but must have covered her up too tightly and it was an accident. she becomes very upset, and jack suggests a glass of water, so he and Martha can talk outside. Neither believe her story. Charlie tells them forensics show synthetic fibres were in Hopes mouth. jack reminds them Toby had said something had happened to Hope.

(Scene 55: 38.42-38.47 we are shown the cctv of Fiona hugging Toby outside the police station earlier)

Scene 56: 38.48-39.40

Jack and Martha talk to a very emotional Mother Rachel, and tell her it may be that Toby is responsible for Hope's death and that they need her help to talk to him.

Scene 57: 39.41-42.00

Martha and Jack are in the interview room with Rachel and Toby. Martha says she thinks she knows what happened and that Grandma is looking out for somebody. Toby tells them that his Gran came round and his dad got angry and he became scared that he would do the same to Hope as he does to him, so he tried to protect her by hiding her. When she started to cry he put the covers over her face. He smashed the window to make it look like someone had broken in. He took Hope to the park. Jack is silent but looks visibly upset

Scene 58: 42.01-42.30

Martha, Jack and Charlie in Martha's office. Martha tells Charlie that the way forward is going to be tough and Toby has confessed, but it was an accident and doesn't think the cps will press charges.

Scene 59: 42.31-43.17

Jack is in the interview room with Laurie. He plays him the video footage of Toby talking about his father hurting him and arrests him for ABH.