4.THE BRIEF A Sort of Love

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] if you don't the booth the jury believes that you did not intend to kill you and God nevertheless you will go to prison for 10 years Peter Gerald McKee you are a wicked controlling and calculating man you found trouble booth and encourage your common-law wife to indulge in violent and dangerous sexual practices with him you saw an opportunity to cash in on a valuable property she had only recently made over to you you're sentenced to life imprisonment I never wanted her dead he loved do you understand what love is do you abandon hope all ye who enter here Jimmy [Music] so if I'm incredible he was convicted on that evidence three years you should be out on parole by now Peter yeah easy just say I did it taking a degree honey - and don't patronize me Jimmy what in psychology and law not made you a QC yet last I heard they were going to be abolished clear steam first I hope she tried hard to get you acquitted nine years ago you were spitting blood at her you're not going for this without clear you forget I can spell jurisprudence you want to prejudice your appeal anything to do with her being your head of chambers now don't knock Cleo she ran a very spirited defense she never believed me I never heard her say that she thought I was some sort of pervert she never believed that I just wanted Lou to be happy I never encouraged Lou into that rough stuff I could have appealed back then if it hadn't been for Madam's steam spraying or advice around like manna from heaven she's the one who condemned me to this I'll bet you a thousand pounds she won't let go this one we want you it looks like I've gone behind her back to steal a high-profile case she do to you the only reason McKay didn't top himself was that you and I believed in it I got emotionally involved so I just still do from time to time but a little clearer there were face no Danny Averett Cleo the defendant does not want you you tell it Jimmy it's your job you're not scared and I [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hold on there and I'll rank if I need help dan you will it'll be fine now come get the rest the stuff sometime I thought it was a good arrangement holy what we had I can't talk about this my impression I got was actually you really didn't want to live with farmer in fact someone you would actually want to live with at all I want us to stay friends and you're wrong right him oh I'm wrong I've been getting it wrong for some time then Jerry you're in remission you have your life the way you want to stop pretending your political career isn't worth you becoming a hypocrite oh good in remission wife can check out though and I hope you carry your bag it stayed because I cared about you and because it was my duty which care or duty which both you think I'm gonna let you have a divorce forget it you married a Catholic a left-foot I always in one sorry sorry I didn't mean I'm not gonna give you a divorce [Music] and you are going to read some [ __ ] about yourself because I know a lot of juniors who are going to screw you in royalties for all these years when you better watch out for the journalists who aren't you mean what I was when you married no you wanted to like wait what have you got to say much about you [Music] who you bought the tabloids the horoscope no have you seen this yeah dangerous drive it Oh big time Zandt seat Tucker miss Tucker is half of Lex and lazy rap singer which one lacks telling about bad that driving was you're in the ground caught wings clear back from Switzerland I've just seen it I can't imagine you as a hooligan right I was 18 at the time did my head examining Scanlon once part of a notorious group of Chelsea supporters is now in his second Ferrari and lives in a 1 million pound house in Dorking publicity is good publicity no 30 years to organize this place I still can't find anything upset about publicity you have a nice time miss Beckham we were talking about Beckham who should make a good judge will you tell Henry I need to talk to him what about this Peter Mackay's appeal will you be doing it miss nicely cut drug trial wasn't it don't tell mr. farmer it or not haven't heard officially then maybe some promising grounds for appeal did you never appeal straight after this by the way I've been meaning to tell you for weeks earring doesn't suit you makes you look like a football hooligan [Applause] your fashion sense is always impeccable miss who took that what could have been booth that's what they met the perimeter fence at Lincoln he's very strange obsession plane spotting oh yeah where's Trevor booth now are we sent a respectable works for a furniture restorer own crouch end so many questions never answered why didn't know and run off with booth why didn't McKee do anything about being impotent no viagra there Henry why did he insist that the Adam booth do it at their home if he didn't want to watch he's a control freak the judge called him controlling yeah well that had a big effect on the jury and yet McKee insists they were a happy couple right to the end he never wanted to leave her she never wanted to leave him yeah all we can do is put forward the new evidence and hope it makes a difference awesome I just feel it's all too late what about that friend of Luann's I was going to give evidence and then let us down we try and find her Barbara love I'm got legal aid yeah right the coffee money I won't charge with the advice but I bet you Cleo gets back in fiber a thousand so she talks to your client around you can't talk McKee around about anything [Music] [Music] there's one for you Trevor [Music] somebody's writing [Music] she's seen it I'm finished nice one of you Jimmy Kelly is on the phone for you Jimmy Kalina isn't he Peter McKee's solicitor yeah doing a lot with Jimmy and Lana did you tell [Music] [Music] Hey [Music] welcome to the rest of your life a birthday time soon as that thing is moved without pain it should send a signal no six three can you get me Jimmy calinas mobile number but it's not in any car not down there maybe had sent a signal at the police mode really well it just doesn't make sense what it's brand-new I'm not sure it's already things Peter kept saying give her what she wants said she knows what she's doing law right and you never realized how dangerous it was no I mean I wasn't the first one that they were experienced they tell it all before go after Trevor burns no he was an innocent in all this he's done his time I don't believe this are you trying to tell me you've forgiven him now aren't he being a big Christian about this Peter you turned to God if he'd spent nine years in this sewer he lied about you to get himself off leave Trevor alone he panicked he thought he was going down for murder have you never considered he might have meant to kill the where because he enjoyed it or because he was angry with her what could I do if I wanted Luanne to stay with me she was my best friend in the world I should have seen how dangerous it was getting I'd gladly have done time for that I didn't know she was going that far and Trevor's a victim too he had no control over himself go after the judge if we use grandage is summing up as our main grounds for appeal they'll ask why we didn't appeal within the time limit because Cleo Steen QC told me not to because grandage was in her chambers and she wanted to suck up to him that's slander later and what about me I was part of her team I went along with the original decision not to appeal yeah I need stuck in your throat so tell their Lordships that maybe they'll understand why we ditched did you choose me for this appeal because of my brains and talent or because you thought it'd be a pushover misdirection by the judge is the most effective way to win this appeal what else have you gone Oh her solicitor found a previous letter saying she intended leaving me the husband five years before which he never acted on what about Luana's friend Barbara she was close to the way she knew you were happy together forget it she let me down I don't forgive okay we'll see we're a mail-order degree in law gets us I'll send someone in to take dictation from you and then we can all get down on our knees and pray [Music] [Music] well you seem to fit quite a few cars nobody can seriously injured no booze no drugs so what's your Excuse well you got the money let's put a put a fence my learned friend has made much of my client being on the wrong side of the motorway zigzagging across the road from side to side but place yourself in mr. Tucker's shoes for a moment we have already established but the signposting of the diversion was confusing and you've seen the photograph of the seen all those traffic cones looking like an examination for the advance not happy had enough I hoped it'd be the same when she took over but I'm not appreciated she's only one person she's the figurehead she sets the tone you can't go you're the only one who knows what's going on in this place all the heart and soul not worth it if it isn't fun early retirement for me if you go I'm off Turner I can just about put up with her and she's happy when she's in a mood it's like working inside the fridge what happens when she finds a better Mikey up here it's something going on I came in here the other day she was in a state red eyes stuffing makeup on to cover her tears what what take a good look at my face you see my smile if you look closer it's easy to trace [Music] grandage was neither trial junction remind me to tell you about soul grandage run they're still around isn't he just about paying for his sin this one hopes she'll never have got away with that summing up but the right result my chair bullets the worst verdict I've seen would you stand by with tea and biscuits while someone was trying to choke your wife without tights did me make a packet just selling her house why not they've been together long enough they'll show you the door on that one thank you for the preview of their Lordships mindset dad I'll make a detailed note of it come to the country next weekend dogs clay pigeons wax jackets my thing I imagined that so I'd have a lousy time good food why log fires it's nice of you to ask sure it's well meant bring their doubters she likes the city column doesn't she I hear she's quite fired that's from the rule over hat that's a no then is it for the weekend [Music] [Applause] no broken aromatherapies I don't think so give me one if he is wasn't doing her any good um can you put the word out stolen Ferrari for me probably churning up the sanding I have a daddy boner nice motor you've never mentioned your father before mum was his secretary they divorced when I was 10 he hasn't helped you anything he started a new family almost forgot existed till recently say yes never seen a judge fiestas fierce I got a ladder and from Zach from Australia and let it ring hello what is it Jerry's collapsed on a committee at the House of Commons my regulator you can't drive you certainly can't own the cab okay [Music] [Music] why can't you see we can be good I can't be without you please come away it's got to happen I must warn you luan if you stay with Pete you will die a slow death yeah there's no more used to us now than it was then who else but booth could have written it but it says luan will die a slow death with Peter that came true didn't it it's a common expression Jeff so I agree with clear at the time it could have gone against her Simon look at the writing how can we prove that he wrote it you remember we tried a handwriting expert find out if he did a literacy course when he was in Chokey what if booth was obsessional II jealous as well as violent he had a much more pressing motive for murder than McKee I could just get him in the box yeah but we can't call him and the prosecution aren't going to are they why won't Jenny Kalina return my course anybody any ideas out of supplies no I think you'll find everything you need what's this what is this so letter to the registrar of the Court of Appeal miss for detailing new evidence in the Mackey appeal mr. farmer was intending to put it in front of you where is mr. farmer I think I just started going out how is one supposed to negotiate this safely it's raining parts of the road and lit and parts are not confused my client takes a wrong turn suddenly there are headlights coming towards her I know what's going on oh I know exactly what's going on by you prick you smarmy conniving snake you're trying to steal the Mackey appeal from me no it's my brief it's coming a mad no McKee's mad he's found God and got an LLB from the Open University and doesn't want to take advice from anybody I remember that trial you were a bloody nuisance from beginning to end you don't need it McKee just wants someone there is a doorman he was so green you thought pro bono was a rock star McKee doesn't want you he thinks you screwed up and he wants you instead oh well he has gone mad what advice have you given so far I can't get a bloody word in edgeways fine where Jimmy Kalina is and get me a car don't do it to be very humiliating don't underestimate me [Music] [Music] [Music] and that Barbara remember me funny [Music] [Applause] they think of it wrongly that often did they more often than you'd think I didn't like him I was Luann's friend not his I didn't think that convicts him well they did and they still inside and I think you could have helped him Lewis my best friend if what they said about Peter was true I'd never forgiven myself we believe we can prove that Lou always wanted Pete to have that house it's a man's life all right call me if you need me okay I'll tell you now if you don't know already you know I had a chambers Pierce Dean has her eye on the bench and I didn't think it'll be too long before she gets there everything all right I've also had a soft spot for chaos it should be a definite asset raise the shop still looks like a girl husband a billionaire how's that elastic what how's the husband being a billionaire and asset to the bench it's not an asset to the bench I never said it was he said it just then she rang me talk about you by the way what did she say she said she thought you'd harm your career if you took this appeal what did you say to that I don't know not to be such a cow if the client doesn't want her I was her bad luck I'm very worried about him all right to me I think he's losing his mind Freddie his memory short-term and he's he'll cut off these days after time he's here he sits in that dump of his at the bottom of the garden what are your girls think I don't see it unanimous nothing wrong with him Henry I've never said this he treated your mother very badly you must feel better not be more faith all this contacts we've strained huh I think he feels guilty as charged he loves you [Music] Steen are you just into communion I think mr. Kalina has told you why I'm here you wanted a right of appeal I'm going to lead and with my advice Wiggin to win I'm still here because of your advice no Peter you're still here because you wanted to be a martyr and because Trevor booth was ruthless and the witness-box and you weren't Jimmy I told you this wouldn't work you need the weight of reputation of a silk now I'm afraid these things matter in the court of appeal just tell me why you didn't go after that judge if you appeal now on the basis of sass or Grandda jizz misdirection it will not be successful any more than it would have been last time you came all this way to tell me that grandage directed properly on the basis of evidence we can now see was incomplete sale of your wife's property a sexual activities I think we can bring cogent new evidence that if we'd been given the full facts the jury couldn't properly have convicted you but it's not the judges fault why risk putting their Lordships backs up that's the last thing I want good that's a start what have you got to offer rhe though I know all three judges will be here in your appeal I know their strengths and their weaknesses what was the result of your meeting with Henry farmer well we don't see eye to eye on the approach but I've got a lot of time too mr. farmer well much as you may be seduced by his charm he has the reputation of a maverick and that may work in snares broke but they won't feel comfortable with him I don't think that's fair clear I'm losing my mind in here I want to clear my name well you should know Jimmy they'll surely ask why I'm not heading appeal and they may come to the conclusion that I think it's hopeless or worse I've always believed you were innocent Peter truly you'd be the only one I'd never forget are you sure about this bitter I promise you won't regret it you're third from the police that when he was arrested McKee showed almost as much concern for the man who had just killed his partner and who had betrayed him endlessly in his own house as he did for the dead woman what are we to make there [Music] [Music] [Music] have fun tell me about just grandage and clearance thing PST and I tell you about grandage and your mother it's hard not to be influenced by what the police say but I'm not sure but yes something has been on my conscience luan and Trevor used to meet together and perhaps she didn't want Peter to know I saw them this is a letter I found she sent it when she was away in Germany plane spotting I've got carried away with Trevor and I'm scared of where that's going why didn't you tell us when the police interviewed me they said they thought maybe Peter had said Trevor up because he was jealous a way of getting both of them and you believe that I didn't like Peter did I surely the fact that mr. Tucker managed to award more than glancing blows with the oncoming traffic is actually a testimony to her driving skill rather than the reverse joke about this Ferrari those feelings that you're mrs. Nebbia used to knock about with that look sona's that's really that's so many motors away they were they new BMW scotf right hundred quid what do you think these lads my Nick Ray's Ferrari unless I thought it was a voxel that's got four legs on the badge in it safely tucked away one of them tried selling a Lexus to DCI of West Ham Nick anyway you've got a good insurance broker and he's put you with a reputable underwriter haven't ya oh not truly they're being a bit iffy when you think is the price of a new masterpiece from the craftsman at Marinella Parker Peabody Hartnell overpaid yeah Peabody the same yeah very good at offering bargain rates on supercars but a trifle reluctant when it comes to the matter of paying our own claims you know I could brief right and estimates of a speed of quite subjective on the part of other witnesses who were themselves let us be charitable in shock a good brief because otherwise surely the consequences might indeed have been tragic present company excepted he's in love with a client thinks if he gets her off he'll score I think it's a stroke but they don't know what's caused it you probably can't hear me Jaron I never thought I'd say this but I actually find myself sitting here hoping you'll get better [Music] Henry I couldn't stop her seeing you fine this pragmatic I know it's irregular but I need your help on the key I don't think clear get around it dad tell me she told him how much she'd always believed in his innocence you owe me a grand yeah I think Barbara Rolf might do something for us I'm not instructed Rob saw booths having around with LuAnn the week before she died that's dynamite dynamite if you're right about the letter but McKean clear whant go for it I've got talking around I'm not instructed so my advice is not insured right well this is a personal check I lost a bit a one and three norms come on Peter you've got an appeal Peter I really am sorry I know you felt passionately about this case almost as passionately as you want to be a judge but sadly without my experience and reputation mr. keel will fail if only there were a way we could work together it's not too late it is I've approached someone else actually Jimmy you want to sit down for this Peter McKee got beaten up last night he'll recover but according to the prison it was a lover's TIFF isn't he supposed to be impotent that's not good for us if that gets out why are you looking shifty he's changed his mind again he still wants you to leave the appeal but he wants Henry as well and I'm afraid that's my decision - well obviously Henry knows the case backwards the only way to win this is to go after booth unfortunately not forwards as well yeah you wanted to know if booth did the literacy course the answer's no it's Barbara Rolf Shaw she saw the whamon booth throwing the exact week before the murder oh yes absolutely I just looked at the transcript of the trial she must have got the dates wrong she doesn't have to be specific about when it was she certain she saw I think it might be better if she specific advisor to stick to the week before don't tell her she was mistaken why prosecution allow injure that's good that's what we want truth will out you've lost me I think we might bear to track them into Colin booth [Music] [Music] can we bury the hatchet what hatchet just a bit of creative tension [Music] so grandage just passing by or haunting us mrs. deke I appear for the appellant Peter MacKay with mr. farmer my learned friend Miss Cheeseman with miss mandir appears with crown as respondent my first ground for appeal if your lordship should see fit to allow it concerns the motive for the murder it was established at the trial that the appellant McKee tried to sell the property belonging to the deceased his common-law wife Luanne Gardner now she had inherited the house from her mother and had been living there with mr. McKee for more than ten years McKee insisted Gardner had always wanted him to have the house but the prosecution at the trial made much of the fact that Gardner made a will leaving the house to McKee only days before her death in fact Gardner wrote a letter to her solicitor five years before which has only just come to light we submit this makes non sense of the fact that the house was transferred under duress mr. Cheeseman my lord we won't be challenging that the document is genuine what we do challenge is the assumption that it represented the deceased wishes because as the sister failed to act upon it we will surely assume that the deceased changed her mind which was why pleasing the key needed that second will now whether it was or was not made under duress he got it and then days later he was present at the house when his common-law wife was killed I leave it to you my lord to decide on the basis of the documents we have presented thank you whereas our first existential way with our Leon winter I make such a fuss about doing you know what the fine what's wrong with her haunted I'd say I shall probably take the opportunity to retire quite soon I'm sorry to hear that your husband's in the news yes the Barons on a roll deals left right and center I don't know why you bother to work you don't need to you could write brilliant books renovate a castle or something I enjoy the Lomo [Music] mrs. Dean we will not reach any final judgment until you've concluded your arguments but in order not to mislead our provisional view of the letter is that they're significant as evidence it would be most unlikely of itself to render this conviction unsafe my lord I would like to call Barbara Rolf miss Roth was a friend of gardeners began was understandably emotionally involved for some time after her death and did not feel able to appear for the defense she feels now that she could be of help to the court in explaining the relationship between Luanne Gardner and Peter make you as you're proposing to call a new witness who did not appear at the trial as well as having to satisfy us that you could not have called the witness then and that the evidence is credible you run the risk of the prosecution calling evidence in rebuttal we accept all this man or how close were you and Luanne Gardner she was my best friend if LuAnn did anything or felt anything she always told me about it did she ever say she was unhappy with Peter McKee Luanne always said they were happy apart from Peters impotence they had a lot in common what for example they had this obsession with aeroplanes it was their life outside work and they were still doing this right up until the time of Luann's death were they oh yes they were fanatic about it what didn't tell you about her sex life no Anne made Peter an ultimatum she said she wanted to sleep with other men if he wouldn't see a doctor but he still wouldn't and the rest was followed when I found out what she was up to I was a bit shocked picking up young blokes using them where was Peter McKee on these he was always there in the house he didn't want her going away from him those were his terms and when did this escalate into rougher sex only a few months before she died LuAnn admitted she enjoyed it to bring in with she didn't tell me the whole story but I'd say she was anxious and a bit frightened did Luanne ever tell you it was Peter who got her into heavy sex no I just knew it was happening you said that the appellant always wanted to know where the deceased was would you say that was controlling in a way yes in the circumstances extraordinarily controlling wouldn't you say it's how Peter was but why didn't you appear for the defense at the original trial I was very confused I suppose I put it to you that you believed Peter McKee was guilty and that's why you didn't leap to his defense I couldn't understand how he could let the one take those risks but when you were told what he stood to gain you began to wonder yes I did at the time yes but I put it to you that you have been under great pressure to appear for the appellant I didn't know about loewen's first letter leaving the house to Peter now you see that Luanne didn't tell you the whole truth about the rough sex did she tell you it was her idea or try the booths idea I don't know who started it did she tell you it definitely was not the appellant Peter McKee I don't understand did she categorically say it was nothing to do with Peter no no because Peter was always there wasn't he and if Peter had wanted to stop it Peter could have stopped it but he never did did he did Luanne tell you that he ever tried to stop it no thank you we only have two more shots Piaget's grandage introduced the booth lactose is just a bloody rerun of ten years ago I can't work with you I know why you didn't appeal grandage before I know he was a bastard I know he's seduced and abused a lot of vulnerable young women in this profession stop this now women were fighting Bobby and women were frightened for their careers legal secretaries my mother for example my dad caught her and the rebound from that experience and there were more later smart young barristers on the way are you mad I suppose somebody shared a room with you years ago at Jared gold he wasn't the only person in your about your own grandage are you saying that you think I would put something like that before a man's life they were right was neurological was it tumor close the damage any hope at all decide whether it's worth all for it I love thee to the level of every day's most quiet need by Sun and candlelight I love thee freely as men strive for right I love thee purely as they turn from praise [Music] who are you Simon hello Simon why can't do you see we can be good I can't be without you please come away it's got to happen I must warn you Luanne if you stay with Pete you will die a slow death as today isn't it forgetting a celebrity for a moment mr. Tucker is not a dangerous driver but a victim of our inefficient outdated and just plain hazardous transport system fantastic but you can't sleep with it why not why not if your lordship pleases we would like you to admit misdirection by the trial judge in his summing up as further ground for appeal milord if my learned friend wishes to make the judges misdirection grants repeal she knows perfectly well she should have pleaded ISM writing we assume you considered this course of action and rejected it it was the subject of profound debate between my leonard friend mr. farmer and myself and it appears you prevailed it was while considering the evidence for the current appeal that the judges misdirection seemed more crucial apart from the evidence given by Trevor booth there is no other evidence that Peter McKee instigated and encouraged his wife to risk her life in these practices the judge directed otherwise we'll retire to consider whether we'll give you leave to amend your ground I heard Grandda G's seduction techniques were technically rape okay I convinced myself he'd done a good job of summing up I hated him and I lied to myself that I wasn't scared of him we've all done things were ashamed of but that's not all that's bugging you you've lost your bounce I think gossiping about me in chambers well you know what they're like Jr's got a toy boy he's a private detective why I thought the Baron was having an affair it supposed to packet he's covered most of Europe in the last month that's alright you don't know who else am I going to talk to you can bet he won't listen now my lips are sealed I thought he was running around after some six foot super babe but it's not a mistress prostitutes not just the old one scores ISM almost every other night dialed up like pizza I mean he's nearly 60 I'd like to have a go at Trevor please Last Chance Saloon don't be silly they won't call him just that we can re-examine him I know Sara cheese she won't resist one last chance to rub our noses in it we have considered your application to amend your grants of Appeal to raise alleged misdirections by the trial judge cancel however senior cannot pick and choose grounds of Appeal by testing the temperature of the water in this court you thought nothing at the point until you saw others fail now watch my Godman Smurf my lord we would like to introduce this letter which did not come to light at the original trial it is written by Luanne Gardner - Barbara Ralph and concerns her a relationship with Trevor Booth Vangie tacos wrong about 50 times today I take it you got her off a trial the Clark's rooms full of flowers as well mr. Scanlon thinks you're having an affair with Elton John you can't do this oh come on no if you have carnal knowledge of a client and she goes off you and tells nasty stories you'll have the bar council after you so think about it and keep it in your pants you can argue this letter mr. farmer because it was discovered later but you will need to persuade us of its relevance my look it is relevant to this appeal that Peter McKee was not proven to have encouraged his common-law wife into violent sex I'd therefore like to recall Barbara rolls Lord I think we established in cross-examination that mrs. Ralph doesn't know who encouraged the violence bland gardeners own words I've got carried away with Trevor and I'm scared of where that's going we will have to allow the respondents to cross-examine mrs. Rolf again and bring any relevant new evidence they see fit we have to have jokes I went into the black horse at about 5:00 it's near where I work in Creek Road and I saw Lou there with Trevor boos did you speak to them no I was embarrassed I didn't want to disturb and when did this meeting between Lou Ann Gardner and Trevor booth take place it was midweek the week before Lou Ann Gardner died and you say this was the week before Luanne died the week of May the 18th yes and was it a weekday than 19th 20th 21st it was a Thursday so the 21st it must have been because they're just be paid no further questions if the yo watching me call it on your Ferrari only sends out signals when it's move without your key it must still be where you left it don't be funny I left it out there behind that skip you were under a lot of pressure that day I stood clear wants to turn me to a glorified office boy am i insurance company of dodgy that's a hundred grand I've been smoked you can now learn some serious money young man police have charged miss Tucker with a soul good job he didn't sleep with her oh god is this a joke and I'm putting you on a higher right now you're getting above yourself you didn't take my advice did you joke's on you she doesn't fancy me and she hasn't been arrested neither [Laughter] if your lordship pleases we would like to call Trevor Boothe welcome [Music] now you remember the night of Monday May the 25th thank you yeah you won't forget it very easily no do you remember exactly what you were doing the week before that fateful day yeah I was working up north that's right now I believe he brought that up at the trial it was Newcastle wasn't it yeah putting up scaffolding outside the Town Hall mm-hmm I don't remember mr. booth being challenged on that are you challenging him yes I would like to enter the following documents they are the witnesses pay slips for that week and they contain a specific traveler Lance then clearly my witness was mistaken as to the date not that she saw them arguing in the park they could have been arguing about airplanes I take it you wish to cross-examine mr. farmer oh yes milord I'd also like to introduce a letter found in a desk in the lion gardener's house as new evidence what do you look at this well let me see it first what is it why didn't it feature in the original trial the Lord there was too much doubt about its provenance at the time it is unsigned and printed in capital letters what has changed exactly we now believe it was a love letter written by Trevor booth to land garden it gives a complete lie to the assumption that McKee manipulated booth as the prosecution claimed in fact it is a desperate letter written by someone who is obsessively and destructively in love something already confirmed by Luanne Gardner's own words in the letter you admitted as evidence on the contrary this note warns Luanne Gardner that her husband wanted to kill her which I suspect is the real reason that it was not brought up at the trial my Lords it does not say that if your lordship pleases we submitted this note to a handwriting expert at the time of the trial but because it was written in capital letters they were not able to categorically identify who the writer was therefore it cannot be allowed we'll retire to deliberate the prosecution seem to have caught up with the gossip on the keys new sex life yeah they're claiming is that a number of gay liaisons in prison and were fair they gonna challenge the fact that he was ever impotent if we don't close but if we if we close they leave it at that it's a deal that's not a deal what do we get they just realize they've been suckered No Deal Henry I yet booster admit he wrote that letter we won't but if you're right but he skipped literacy classes we've got a prayer Bosom Buddies I thought he was arrived don't um Jerry died an hour ago I feel so guilty I can't such a lot of things to sort o ASA but hits no you're trying to win an appeal you can't help me go on go on go back get some sleep so I'm gonna look after me go ahead mr. farmer I would like to know quickly where this is going please come away it's got to happen I must warn you luan if you stay with Pete you will die a slow death do you recognize these words no I really don't sorry never heard them before never so you didn't write this note no I never wrote Llewyn any notes you didn't have these passionate desperate feelings about no no it wasn't like that just cold rough sex just giving her what she wanted and giving it hard object the witness has served his sentence he shouldn't have to be on trial again be quick mr. farmer getting nowhere do you agree that this is the work of someone desperate someone possessive I don't know no but if you had written this note you agree that given the circumstances of Luann's death with you stopping her breathing to induce a prolonged orgasm it would shed a different light on her killing my lonely friend is accusing the witness of murder my learned friend used the word I am saying that if the person who wrote this note also had his hands on LuAnn Gardner's neck it would make a nonsense of the prosecution case that Peter McKee egged him on to get rid of his wife it would imply a very different triangle altogether we'll adjourn would that be a convenient moment mr. fauna I didn't want this trapa didn't mean to kill her the person govern ourselves we've been writing affectionate letters to booth you found forgiveness did he ever reply so I was fond of him I haven't exactly hidden it I cared about both of them it was a tragic accident wake up and smell the coffee Peter the new evidence suggests trevor killed you and because for whatever reason lust or possessiveness he wanted to and you've been in denial about it ever since it happened that's why you're in here [Applause] [Music] [Music] I would like to ask mr. booth to write down the words of the note for me will allow this and then I'm afraid we must pick it in do you want to show him the note no I'll dictate it for me please come away it's got to happen would you write please in capitals if you don't mind come away it's got to happen thank you no I must warn you Luanne if you stay with Pete you will die a slow death and would you write the names Luanne and Peter in capitals please isn't this rather pointless if no handwriting expert will rule on their writing go ahead I must warn you Luanne ran in capitals if you stay with Pete Pete in capitals you will die a slow death may I see you your lordship I would like you to compare the original note with the copy just written by the witness the original is in capital letters mr. farmer and this version is mostly not but in these three short sentences in both versions the words happen and death are misspelled in exactly the same way happened with a single pea and death without an a I submit it is an unbelievable coincidence that the Wayne Gardner had two lovers who were both made the same mistake I never knew he was seeing as secretly [Music] you promised me they'd be open whatever they got up to your family ray how did you get a residence permit for your car you don't live around it what does that matter now sir I hope nobody finds out how you've got it ray did you see pops your car behind a skip yes was it the one outside here or the one in Doggett's Court doggies caught was miles away I don't park there apparently there's a Ferrari with an out-of-date parking permit just about to be towed away [Music] this place where else would I have such a large should we do about ma'am she doesn't seem happy should we offer a bit more money I would call her something nicer than practice manager she doesn't want to I saw just a bit of appreciation [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Peter Gerald McKee our occasions when this Court has a lurking doubt about the safety of a verdict this is one of them accordingly we quash your conviction we will hand down a judgment at a later date you're free to go is my bench yet [Music] [Applause] Peter McKee would like to thank everyone who has helped him with his struggle for justice he asks everyone to allow him some breathing space at this time [Applause] he's out in more ways than one [Music] [Applause] mitts are freezing suppose Minos Oh God I've got a bail application snares Brooke how are you give me a shock [Music] it's a horse and the place to place to RPG on the nose [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

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Keywords: murder, mystery, rare, Jonathan Creek, Alan Davies

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Length: 70min 40sec (4240 seconds)

Published: Sun May 26 2019