Midsomer Murders - Season 13, Episode 7 - Not in My Back Yard - Full Episode

[Applause] [Music] seeing what other people do with their houses and gardens does give one ideas [Music] hello sexy boots madam what salute elderflower cordial what about the health chase develop excuse me mr. Rogers I'm talking to you oh you danger listen to me to you because I want to tell you that in my opinion you're a bet Jerry builder with the morals of a tool trap and don't forget the chairman of the Planning Committee oh yes mr. Oakley look at you it's clear you're corrupt by the company you keep you're a disgrace to elective office now this last one in swans go house wouldn't be on the list if we'd had our way the Conservation Society are on the wall we were dead set against it being built at all quite out of character with its surroundings the fight goes on [Music] you've got a nerve mr. swan scam you think by opening this eyesore to the public you might win some sort of approval you are so wrong because it should never have be built in the first place and I have to tell you that the mid-summer Conservation Society will oppose your plans to further vandalize this village by any means necessary my dear Maureen why would I want to vandalize the village I've made my home here my mother was a local girl and your father could have been any passing tinkerer couldn't he take no notice Norman oh and you're just as bad you and all these other cronies you've put this monstrous carbuncle on the face of the village and now you want to do worse with your appalling plans for pelf chase you ridiculous Philistine old bags [Music] please [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] well done user no not at all used to be in the peacekeeping business really Army Major David Wolfe come but peacekeeping is what we did it my they're retired down here for a quiet life better you'd have an idea look if you don't excuse me I'm a candidate in this local election to counter all the votes being bought by the development mafia Chief Inspector Barnaby Liz Garrard County planning officer they hold this personally responsible for this monstrous carbuncle which is terribly unfair this house went through all the rigors of the planning process amen to that Liz study the specification for this house to such a point she could build it herself blindfold personally I think the committee made the right decision but I'm just a politically neutral servant of the public like yourself chief inspector what exactly is this pilfer chase development so that mrs. Lawrence was going on about Perth chase is a piece of land on the edge of the village the council is considering giving outline planning permission to a mixed housing and commercial development but there is local opposition business and always be opposition to change especially change for the better and mr. Swann scheme you are a candidate in the local election I do not I am I'm standing as an advocate of change for the better the pelf chase development will breathe life into a village that's in danger of dying in its sleep [Music] [Music] [Music] fragments of broken glass in the womb opportunistic killing you pretty savage on at that time of death between 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 this morning probably we need to talk to mr. swans c'mon [Music] when did you last see Maureen Stubbs alive yesterday afternoon and when she left here after the incident and did either of you see or hear no we tidied up in the gardener then had supper it was quite late when the phone rang there was Maureen starts she said she had something to show me that I want to be aware of about what time um it was around 9:00 when she called I asked him could wait until the morning but she was insistent very insistent so I agreed to see her she didn't turn up no Maureen she said something about your mother yes what was the meaning of that mr. Small's come my mother grew up here in the early 50s when she was 18 she left midsummer she was expecting me she never named the father so the name Swanson my stepfather he met my mother in London and took us both on you were obviously very offended by what she said we're offended on behalf of Norman's mother and stepfather they'd be deeply hurt by having ancient history dragged up again what's so depressing about this place is the way gossip malice and spite infect everybody for generations that's why I'm staring for election I want to introduce the village to the 21st century and Maureen Stubbs opposed your plans local politics not something anyone will commit murder over so in principle we are all happy with the plans for the pelt chase development and will recommend approval to the next full council meeting after the election good well that concludes this meeting of the planning committee Thank You colleagues oh and a particular thank you to please for her customary diligence and efficiency Thank You chair Oh Liz Liz FSE lunch team I can't right now James got a meeting so Maureen Stubbs had a very busy day even before I arrived yes sir she told the chair of a planning committee that he was a disgrace to his office James Oakley was James awfully do in real life he's a vet she said Liz Gerard was a spineless jobsworth well that's a little harsh so pretty and she called Jeff Rogers a bent Jerry builder with the morals of a tomcat you were late last night business can't those houses in the middle of the night don't like thicker than you are girl I'm not a brick any more Jim I'm mover and shaker around here but I put myself about house see what I see yeah [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] so what are always people done to provoke Maureen well Clifford bunting designed the house rogers built it oddly and Liz Girard gave it planning permission there were angela lawrence called swans combs cronies oh I see oh there's Fiona Conway she lives at pal fall she sold swans come the land to build on Maureen shouted her to know she seemed to stay well clear of Maureen [Music] at last I was just about to start without you that's an a source of work we can forget work for an hour [Music] this one's coming sight repeatedly vandalize in the buildings plan machineries Subterra shhhht and the attacks on swanstrom house have continued yep refuses sprayed on the walls ball bearings higher and windows from catapult and then death threats to normal swans come why don't we have a word with meet your walls peacekeepers perspective on great pills might be interesting you've had an interesting career major wash service through leadership that's always been my motto Special Forces now said oh yes sir Detective Sergeant Jones and I we we stand in awe thanks I know but thank you we were hoping you give us your perspective on recent events in the village you've got to understand there are alien elements at work here they've got money and they've got influence who exactly are we talking about some Norman Swan scum and his cronies I mean look at the way they got his ghastly house with the planning process stinks of corruption the only proof will burn as obvious and now he's trying to bulldoze his way onto the council I mean I've been living here for five years now i sat at the feet of our late council representative I made it my business to learn about the village and its traditions before I put myself forward for office so you were groomed for the succession so you want to see it in those terms I say there's more of an apprenticeship frankly no one expected the seats to be contested and Swan scum threw his hat into the ring but that's his democratic right but he's doing it for subversive ends or subversive a plan has been drawn up for the development of pelf chase an unspoiled site on the edge of the village a development which Maureen Stubbs was opposed to yes and swanstrom says he'll support it if he's elected the same gang are involved that built his I saw hmm I see how that could cause trouble troubles what they'll get Oh sir that could be interpreted as a threat not at all it's a promise at a public meeting tomorrow night openly and aboveboard I'm going to take the war to the enemy you've got the fees [Music] well you can see them more in stub supports you know right you searched the house under the garage [Music] [Music] Jones [Music] I'm here I don't need Maureen Stubbs but you're certainly equipped to be the Vandal War II was a fairy godmother to me when I moved here with my husband and took place on we had no idea the business was going it's a desperate struggle there my marriage broke up there Maureen and Douglas befriended me when he died we became very close Maureen Stubbs was the founder member of the midsummer conservation society wasn't that's a great health branch yes she was our leading night I just helped out a secretary David Walsh and I will have to pick up the baton and the struggle will continue mrs. Lawrence will the struggle continue using the same criminal methods I don't know what you mean we found aerosol cans the catapult and ball bearings on Maureen's premises the kind of equipment that was used to vandalize mr. Swanson's house did you know about that absolutely not but you were so close weren't you and Maureen if she had been tempted into extremism she would have wanted to protect her colleagues from guilty knowledge selfless to the last [Music] see what I mean he'll see anything mechanically wrong maybe there's an electrical fault please don't get me started on my ventricle Falls the money what it talks to about these doors is you're architecting he's specified all this fancy gear you run bunting I tell you I've had it up to here with your bloody excuses mr. Small's come have a word please just two lunches Jeff Rogers yeah I'm Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby I'd like a word with you two when it's convenient yeah well you can show me all my mobile take something else this is DC Stevens I'm so sorry walked in on an altercation oh yes well it's just snagging issues you know it always happens on a new building project oh yes and after we've discovered some items on Maureen Stubbs premises which suggests that she was the person responsible for the vandalism here that doesn't surprise me at all he comes out wondering you know if she came back here last night intending to inflict more damage she said she wanted to talk she had something I ought to see we're going through her phone records what do you mean you don't believe me no prep says she came back here last night unannounced and you disturbed her when she was about her work no yes and the anger you felt that the persecution you'd suffered then your anger boiled over no no nothing like that happened I am NOT responsible for Maureen's Stubbs death I don't care what you say fish can't be doing with all these swats come house aggravation Swan scams and nitpicking Pelican yeah but your drawings didn't help much all right for some Tonti architect magazine solder use on site my design instructions were perfectly clear quite frankly Jeff I wonder if your local yokels are up to speed with cutting-edge building technology we better get our act together when it comes to the path choice job if it ever happens what's gonna happen I've got serious money behind me oh I am gonna be a big player in a construction business actually Jeff I don't think my cash flow problems can wait until then a bit of folding money up front would be very welcome yep we'll all get paid off in due course yeah but I'm safeguarding your dirty secrets right now and I think I should be rewarded you blackmailing me I don't care what you call it Jeff [Music] it's normal Swanson flippered I'm sick and tired of you and Jeff Rogers playing pass the parcel about the defects in this house if action isn't forthcoming the next communication you get from me will be a solicitor's letter I'm fronting up a major property development for you people for God's sake [Music] this Maureen business and I want the police poking around I know where we'll try and keep them off the scent no no think of my public profile I'd better get back to Illinois we've got an election to run you can count on my vote if only I had the same hold over the rest of the electorate I'm so glad we found each other Norman so am I Norman Swan scum leave a message and I'll get back to you [Music] Norman I got you Riley hysterical call I'll drop round when I can and see what I can do about your petty problems but do calm down the last thing you want to see is your own dirty linen waving in the breeze [Music] [Music] [Music] now that's what I call it des res [Music] berries are on the back [Music] sir oh and it's recent right you go [Music] someone's done a very thorough job here [Music] so where's bunting oh it's you well that's surface I suppose I was just on the phone ringing about the burglary we're not here about the burglary mr. bunting I want to talk to you about the death of Maureen Stubbs murder burglary blimey you lot of losing your grip around here there's only you and I now and we have just two meetings left to win your vote so do you think I should go ahead with tonight speech as planned absolutely David given both barrels well yes but now we have no proof never mind about proof speak out fort you know to be true it's what Maureen would have wanted and it means so much to me today here your intruder than mr. bunting if I'd heard him I would have dealt with him what's been Satan nothing as far as I can see does anyone else live here not since my last wife left a lot of turtle masochist when did you last see Maureen stung at this one scum house two days ago when she threw her drink over me she was murdered that night not by me Maureen was a pest an enemy where were you that night yeah anyone verify that no they can't but if I murdered everybody took offense of exception to my work the streets will be clogged with corpses the trouble is too many people like Maureen and Angela Lawrence want to live in the past built like yourself if I could afford the kind of house I design I'd live in one as it is I'm in a Georgian house and I have modernized it according to its form and function that is integrity and tell me it mr. bunting do all your clients appreciate the products of your creative integrity well they have a tendency to ignore the fact that they are privileged to live in sculpted space they quibble about trivial details who was the architect who said that God is in the detail knees vandura and he'd have changed his mind if he had my clients and so I want to see great health moving with the time we need affordable housing for sale and rent for local village workers the health chaste development is in sympathy with the existing built and natural environment it is ecologically sustainable the alternative is to see great wealth turned into a theme park for commuters and second home owners [Applause] that I have no financial interest in this development whatsoever I'm asking you for your support because I believe that together we can safeguard the future of our village as a thriving living community thank you you and your cronies everyone here knows my Maureen Stubbs was killed mrs. Lawrence I must ask you to moderate your leg don't worry I'm not listening to any more of this sherrod this is the kind of stitcher that provokes ordinary people into direct action and I can promise you there'll be plenty more of that [Applause] Oh David Walsh independent well you've been offered a seductive vision of the villages future unfortunately this vision is a mere smokescreen this will never be built details secret plans already exist for a quite different development on the Peltier site an out-of-town shopping center will be built with parking for hundreds of vehicles together with some low-rent social housing of poor quality radically and permanently altering the character of our village and who's behind this mr. suave skom the big-city accountant and his cronies Fira Conway owns the land Clifford buntings drawn up the plans Jeff Rogers will be the Builder this toy town fantasy has been approved they'll use salami tactics grub up the woodland drive roads through and then bit by bit the attractive and expensive features of this plan will be dropped for reasons of cost overruns and technical difficulties rubbish in black and white and once the real skin or should I say scab has been nodded through by compromised Council members and officers face supermarkets chain will plunge millions into the developments and all concern will get a handsome pair where's your evidence I wash alright what I'm being asked about evidence Maureen stops had in her possession documentary evidence of this conspiracy the day she died and that's why she was killed Oh I'm sorry major Walsh can I give you a lift home because if you do have some information pertaining to Maureen stuff death I want to hear it only too happy to oblige that's big time Thanks well they're second up a whole can of worms the innocent have nothing to fear I it's not them I'm worried about listen do you think maybe we should different drink is through not a good idea right now James might look as if we're conspiring everything comes to him who waits major Walsh you spoke of documentary evidence of a corrupt conspiracy mm-hmm can you produce that evidence I saw it with my own eyes that's not what they asked where is it now this evidence Maureen had the evidence now she's dead and it's missing I know the conclusion I draw from that though surely she made a copy not apparently not it can all be wise with hindsight can't we where did this material come from how Maureen told me she received it from an anonymous source er whistleblower if you like Fiona Conway Jeff Rogers James awfully they've all suffered from burglaries in these past few weeks burglaries apparently nothing was taken and these are all people that you accuse of being cronies in this new development scheme it doesn't look like a coincidence does it was the evidence that you saw the product of a burglary I'm in no position to know am i and I don't think that's the point the point is these people are corrupt and they've committed murder to cover their tracks everything wolf said last night was absolute rubbish smear tactics an attempt to spread black propaganda about the opposition so the pulse chase development is clean it's all aboveboard there's no conspiracy there's no plan to substitute another scheme absolutely not I don't have to look through your personal and business affairs mr. Swanson records of financial transactions phone calls so forth well I find that unnecessarily intrusive mr. Swanson someone's been murdered on your property and last night you are publicly accused of that murder oh please Angela Lawrence is an asterick there are also been allegations of corrupt practices now we are bound to investigate very well I've got nothing to hide damnit how is it welcome about a bit well it's good you know magic James bless you margarita it's Fiona actually let that stand in our way I didn't seem to have any cash on me but if you'd like to step inside for a minute I'll see you right telly [Applause] thanks James no not at all you are my right hand in the operation so you buddy so prevent you don't want a job as a veterinary no sloppy Sherrod detective shoot inspector bar people see CID this is a Texas awesome germs right well I'll leave you guys to it I will you be available for interview later this chart so Chief Inspector Barnaby I'm permanently available yes well without the support of the public there will give me chance no we're never at all many public sector workers I mean council officials managed to keep horses these days listen well I think she's got some private income I believe no I miss Hartley we need to talk these patients know now their symptoms of nostalgia I started as a marine biologist specializing in the indo-pacific start you in these photos yeah I still love scuba diving off Australia and Indonesia and you gave all that up they become a lonely bit in midsummer well you know financial security settling down that was lovely at northern Swanson's house Maureen Stubbs strongly suggested that the council planning process was open to abuse to corruption at least I take it that's what she was implying there's no way of knowing neither look I'd share the planning committee the conservationists always accuses of all sorts of dereliction of duty it comes with the territory the people who built the Swan scum house are now trying to develop pelf chase have any of them tried to bribe you know I'd be on to you people like a shot when did you last see you Maureen stops huh well the afternoon that Sheila swans comes place and your whereabouts that night oh I was at the surgery I think I was catching up on some paperwork with anyone else no up to what time was that but midnight maybe half-past and then I went home you're not treating me as a suspect we'll need to talk to you again mr. Ottley good thank you [Music] [Music] hello [Music] well the spark plug went didn't it I had to go four miles to get another one see ya it's all right sweetie it's only the fill it's not the drug squad just a murder enquiry you'll come in summer must have been burning leaves yes and autumn is so far away you do live here on your own miss Conway yeah pizza no I see just took on a bit cold how about your sexy boots no thank you the truth is when I have finally sailed off he'll chase you pants you might ask for dust why I could beat yourself up sooner hassles with planning permission and all sorts thank God dear Norman Swan scum and his pals seemed far away through but they're being accused now are they not of conspiracy even murder Angelus into the meeting last night at Sarpy County you think Norman's that stupid he's one of the few people around here who have actually got alive what about those allegations of corruption can you shed any light on those I don't know anything about it and I don't believe the galloping major knows either David Walsh the truth is Walsh's nose is out of joint because he thought he was a shoo-in for the council seat and now there's a much stronger candidate standing against him drink no thank you well major Walsh is very passionate is he not for conservationists yes he never used to give a toss about conservation but a few years back he tried to buy some lamb from me to build holiday homes yeah oh yes conservation is just a bandwagon for him and of course Angela Lawrence is leading him around by the plonker do sit down darlings is there any actual relationship there in his dreams Angela's on the other bus can you explain that to the chief inspector when Angela came to terms with her sexuality dear her marriage broke up so one way and lover you would reject absolutely will do the charges of cronyism and corruption if there's one thing I'm an authority on its villains chances and Romans and believe me Norman Swan scum is as straight as a telegraph Bell [Music] [Applause] [Music] so what the hell's the problem [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] well the cause of death seems obvious if causes of death were ever obvious you wouldn't need me would you well dr. balada I await the formal results of your personal examination with anticipated light but might you expedite our investigation by honoring those with the speculative hypothesis occlusion of the carotid artery leading to severe brain damage due to hypoxia just against time recent within the last two or three hours it looks accidental well we'll see buntings cars out there you take a look yes sir I must walk to school [Music] [Music] [Music] I drove that under the station she's in town for the day then I came back here found him where are they electrical systems that control this way to keep you there's a fuse box in there I think what was mr. bunting doing here in your absence I'd asked him to sort out some of the problems including the sliding doors yes it's in there so he kept his own set of keys so as you could sort out the problems when I was working in London so someone could be using those controls at the same time as watching the window yes I suppose they could what time is your wife's channel 12 45 sometimes yes drive from health hope would take 50 minutes give or take that would get you back here at one o'clock you didn't report finding the body until 1:30 after Ellen ah caught her train I decided to take a drive the woods both chase taking some scenery did you meet anyone anyone see you I was taking the air not constructing an alibi what you found this Oh the architects essential tool she just houses yeah okay get him downloaded have a look at him at least that give us the time from places of buntings recent whereabouts you said Angela Lawrence made threats at the meeting last night yes she did Swanson dismissed her as hysterical woman Fionna Conway he thinks he's a fool no she may well be I love those things on the other hand she could be something else entirely that was quite a meeting last night and you were wonderful my dear someone had to speak up for poor Maureen did you certainly did that so who are you targeting next let's send the better my dear Oh David surely there's nothing we can't share don't a couple of things on Clifford bunting sir it was heavily in death he was being chased for maintenance by both his ex-wives and he was in arrears with his mortgage so they're really serious money-making scammer on offer Oh he'd be very tempted he also found this he left if his foreskin two nights ago he's not coming clean with us mr. Swann scum [Music] is this business again yeah what tell me likely to be home when I'm good and ready all right yeah I've never known you like this before why can't you tell me what you're scared of [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so you listen to overtime Siebels before you go sir you should look at this from buntings camera yes but there's more detail Oh Jeff Rogers to coin a phrase hmm not so easy to ID the woman vehicle registered to Elizabeth Girard and there's more there's houses but there is this Fiona Conway that's not her pizza delivery boy hunting was in financial difficulties name maybe he was dabbling in a little blackmail Jeff Rogers installed those sliding doors yes so he'd know how to use them as a weapon would name I think we should have a little talk with mr. Rogers [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] ah mrs. ronsis we we actually wanted to talk to your husband uh he went a couple of days ago well you know where he went business when were you expecting him back he told me not to wait up all right oh you will tell him will you please we we would like to talk I think sergeant we've got a day Steven sir I'm at Elizabeth Gerald's house there's been an incident major Walsh getting a new perspective on criminal justice sorry I'm exercising my rights to silence well don't exercise it too hard it's not what he used to be I had an order to me here so I locked this door and done three nines cool this great presence of mine there well the windows in here are bad so I knew he couldn't get out none of your property was found on major Walsh ooh have you any idea what he might have been looking for evidence of my professional wickedness no doubt and of course he didn't find any guffaws here early checking up on us [Music] [Applause] [Music] I could have been a brain surgeon no probably worked out for the birthday George thanks any initial thoughts mr. blood well I can only assume this fixation because of the pressure on the thoracic cavity was he alive when he was covered with concrete that's what it looks like until I get his lungs on the bench I can't tell you anymore where were you before you broke into this Jared's house last night major Walsh Jeff Rogers was killed last night so if you have an alibi I think you ought to give it to us now several people your political opponents in the village have been burdened recently we know now that you committed one of those burglaries and we believe that you committed all the others as well I have two of those people are dead and that puts you in a very serious position I need to think about this that's very wise major even Jeff Rogers were having an affair on you yes yes when did you last see him two days ago we would you two meet again last night well a usual place but Jeff didn't show up I couldn't get him his mobile so I came home and discovered the break-in was he due to meet anyone else before he met you I don't know Jeff kept his business to himself he had all sorts of deals going contacts all over the place professionally I preferred not to know what you suspected they were criminal contacts I wasn't in the business of criminal investigation I took Jeff to bed because he was rough and uninhibited and exciting people like that can be dangerous that's the phone and people like that can make enemies can't they were you aware of any enemies Jeff knew the conservation crowd blamed him for Maureen's death was he afraid they might take some kind of revenge you heard what Angela and Lawrence said at the meeting but Jeff wasn't afraid of much these photographs show that someone knew about your affair was he being blackmailed yes by him I don't know he wouldn't tell me but he said he'd take care of it we think bunting was the man bunting took those photographs do you think your rough and dangerous Jeff do you think he'd be capable of killing mr. bunting I can only say desperately hope not perfect that's a difficult no show me [Music] it's just that it's such a big step down with it all right you know best I'll leave straightaway [Music] come in [Music] you shouldn't come in today better than wallowing at home well if there's anything I can do you have to ask I know I'm going to come clean with you I admit Bergling Liz Jared's house but I don't know anything about any murders what about the rest of the burglaries yes i effected entry into those properties oh you afflicted entry why I broke the letter of the law in pursuit of a higher good I was hoping to find evidence of criminal conspiracy and eventually in Rogers case I found it where Oh in the documents you say Maureen Stubbs was carrying the night she was killed yes so the story about this anonymous whistleblower is untrue yes when the documents disappeared at Maureen's death I suspected both bunting and Liz Jerrod I targeted them for covert action unfortunately I didn't find any documents look two of the people you targeted have subsequently died that cannot be coincidental I know nothing about any murders I'm giving you as much help as I can what about your other associate on the conservation committee Angela Lawrence what part does she play in all this [Music] [Applause] [Music] say packed a few bags in the car what was the intention I wanted a few days away business hasn't been good I just walk away from a post office we were in cover mrs. Lawrence you are leading lights now if Maureen stubs you about major washes criminal campaign than you knew - I'm not responsible for whatever foolishness Walsh has been up to if he's told you differently was just trying to spread the blame at the election meeting you threatened more direct action since that meeting - your political opponents have died I wonder oh oh this is Lawrence well this isn't the overnight float from the village post office - is it and I can't believe it's a reward from a major Walsh for supporting his election campaign so mrs. Lawrence you have explaining to do I had no reason to murder cliff the bunting or Jeff Rogers no you hadn't did you because I believe that you were acting on their behalf I don't know what you're talking about mrs. Lawrence I don't believe that you are an hysterical woman I don't believe you're a fool but do believe that you are in desperate need of money and I think that this is payment for your Oh such nonsense I believe that someone is paying you to discredit the society by associating them with extremist tactics am i right so who was paying you Jeff Rogers Jeff Rogers so you vandalized Hoskins house and you planted the catapults and the aerosol cans in Maureen subscale rash I'm afraid so sorry sir should we go into the other room so you were actively encouraging major Walsh's campaign and burglary major while she's just a silly man who thought it was Watergate all over again then unfortunately he actually found something the documents Maureen was taking to Swan scam when she was killed yes I cannot believe that Maureen Stubbs or major Walsh would be so foolish as to approach Norman Swan scam with such incriminating evidence without first making a copy and you'd be the woman to do that wouldn't you yes when Maureen received the compromising documents from day before she did bring them to me to make a copy so you knew Maureen had the documents you were secretly working against her did you follow her into Swanson's garden attacker after Swanson's garden party I went to Causton had spent the night with my sister we went to a concert in the evening of a plenty of witnesses who else knew that Maureen Stubbs had these documents Jeff Rogers well that's very convenient given that the man is dead was involved he was my only contact if anyone else was implicated I never knew about it so you betrayed your best friend proper the cash from Jeff Rogers don't believe you you can believe what you like I have nothing more to say well it's all here as was claimed first everything's rule first phase original planning application phase two side preparations of the point where it can be developed but then phase three onwards is a planned series of technical hitches cost overruns and so forth so that any environmental or social benefits have to be stripped away and then a finally supermarket chain moves in to save the day with a vast out-of-town shopping complex Washburn L Rogers premises so he's implicated but apart from that there's no proof of who's in on the scam and who isn't trouble is that doesn't solve our murders for us no it does not and my guess is there could be more I thought he was under arrest a wuss had been charged he's out on bail can he stand for election certainly can man is innocent until proven guilty welcome to the final meeting in the by-election for midsummer County Council for the seat of great health I'll begin by calling on David Walsh independent [Applause] this election is taking place in the shadow of grave events three people have died in the villages I ask of you one simple thing when you come to the polling station please remember the documents brought to light in the current police investigation have indicated every word and every action of my campaign and that of my supporters the 12th chase development plan has been exposed as a snare and a delusion as corruption has been accompanied by lethal violence in all humility I solicit your vote not for a flawed infallible man but for a cause [Applause] Norman Swan scummy independent the revelation of a hidden agenda behind the health chase development plan has been a profound shock and disappointment to me however I should make it absolutely clear that if elected I will support the planning application with all of my ability now by that I mean the original plan with all of its social environmental and architectural benefits to this community and I most solemnly pledge to press for the most rigorous investigation into Midsummer's planning procedures and personnel vote for prosperity progress and principle [Applause] [Music] trolled through Swan scums financial affairs sir and there's nothing that ties him in with his development scam he's not received any benefits that I can see from bunting or Rogers well when are you quite the land from Fiona Conroy to bill Swans comes house the title was transferred but there's no record of any money changing hands but that land must be worth yeah and she obviously needs money Fiona Conway stands to gain massively from the pal chase development response comes an aspiring politician promising to support it so on the face of it she's handed him an absolutely massive bum yeah this is salty trying to find your husband love your place but nobody know well you could try pelf hole my husband spends a lot of time but you have to talk to him about that thank you very much the majors a buffoon you about to win if the electors have got any sense if and then shouldn't we really stop pretending it would be a relief to have enough it's the filth again should you do a run around the back only if you feel compromised it would take more than this I say the payroll vote is out in force we've come across something rather odd mr. Swanson it appears that you obtained the land of your house unless Conway here without paying her any money for it now I could you explain that to me please damn it Norman they've got ways of finding out finding out fiona's my sister half-sister strictly same dad different mothers ah and how long have you known this I've known for years daddy let it slip shortly before he died Fiona told me when I came back to the village I thought the family owed Norman so I gave him the land why did the secrecy I thought it might open old wounds for my mother and Lorene stubs for one would make a meal of it yes yes I'm afraid we have been rather selfish grabbing as much time together as possible yes you remember I said that Rodgers was alive but unconscious when the concrete was poured if I do not entirely correct he was in what we call a state of dissociative anesthesia and what would that be then conscious but incapable of speaking or acting Benjamin he'd been taking or are being induced to take ketamine that over recreational drugs what ketamine also has legitimate medical uses you know in some cases on humans yes although these days is commonly used is it not by vets absolutely hello mr. James Otley I'm arresting you in connection with the death of Jeff Rogers you do not have to say anything but it may harm your defense if you do not mention when questioned something you later rely on in court anything you do say may be given in evidence do you understand sir I didn't kill Jeff Rogers mr. Ottley do you use ketamine as an animal tranquilizer in the course of your work oh yes of course is normal in a veterinary practice Jeff Rogers was drugged with ketamine before he was killed that has nothing to do with me or mr. Rogers from our point of view the criminal conspiracy has been uncovered you and Liz Gerard are the very heart of the midsomer council planning process so either one or both of you must have been part of that development scam in order for it to succeed now someone who opposed the conspiracy has died but then two other people we believe were part of the conspiracy have Olson died and it begins to look as if someone is methodically trying to cover their tracks by killing their associates someone sir like you when you operated on Liz Gerard's boss did you use ketamine sure thanks James no no no yourself to thank you or my right hand on the operation if you ever want a job as a veterinary nurse were you present for the whole time that the horse had been tranquilized yeah of course oh no no hang on except for a moment when I had to go back to the Land Rover to get a splint but this was it's perfectly safe looking out at the trip when was the last time you saw this Jared she didn't go to work this morning called in at her house no one home where is she you don't think I haven't harmed this like I couldn't I couldn't pass off there please tell me when did you last see Liz Gerard [Music] she stayed the night with me yeah I've been dreaming about that night for years I was knew there was something about this that was dangerous underneath the surface she just proved how right I was tell me about the really scary things down on your indo-pacific reefs well there's the blue ringed octopus which is very small lethal poison isn't there an Australian fish that produces a heart attack at units oh I don't even know the Irukandji syndrome except it's not a fish Irukandji jellyfish bonus tiny and that could give a grown man that fatal heart attack okay I repeat we missed entirely undetectable Ness apologist you exactly what he was looking for has anyone ever extracted the toxin well yeah I have just by way of interest I thought it might be more humane way of putting down totally sick that's about all I remember when I woke up this morning as it gone this one's gonna be at the time awardee for the camp yeah cool [Music] [Music] [Music] ciao [Music] [Laughter] [Applause] [Music] so what's all the secrecy about this can't we talk about this over a drink I'm really strung out about things [Music] cheers nominee truth secure the bottle let's tear off put that Gustin missed your ID you murdered or in stops because he was just about to reveal details of your developments cap mr. swans come here and you had Bluffs loose didn't you because oddly bunting Rogers they could all bounce back from such an exposure but not you you your whole professional life would have been destroyed and when bunting tried his blackmail the new rogers the entire conspiracy was threatened the Jeff Rogers couldn't bring himself to kill bunting cookie didn't have the stomach for murder but you did and you knew every detail of songs come house like the back of your hand inheritance because of your work on the planning application and you took the safety device off the patio doors [Music] and then Jeff Rogers became the danger because what about I want the best is within reach if we don't panic I'm gonna not show up to this place Jeff Rossen he loved you did me trusted you so was easy as a spiked his drink with ketamine the drug unit taking the Fulljames after they when he was treating your horse and when you'd rendered the poor fella helpless he killed him [Music] [Music] [Music] and of course the use of the drug ketamine that pointed the finger at your one remaining co-conspirator James oddly and if you had managed to introduce the faithful Irukandji syndrome into mr. smarts come here why God yes sir and that exotic toxin had been detected and James oddly could have been in the frame twice pour out James good vet lousy lover but your loyal accomplice in all this was your one true love though I doubt if you know the meaning of the world [Music] I thought everything with planful was falling apart but you kept your nerve love anything for you and you rewarded her with the promise of a future life together financed by your pay masters the venture capitalists financing or the secret super market development [Music] [Applause] in the county council by-election well the seat of great health the votes cast we're as follows Norman Anthony Swanson 254 David Patrick Walsh 306 I declare david approach duly-elected it's what Maureen would've wanted those two are starting to look like crannies you can't rely on politicians promises Joyce there'll be a pulse chase development yet you see [Music] you you

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