Midsomer Murders - Season 19, Episode 6 - The Curse of the Ninth - Full Episode

[Music] do [Music] [Music] ah our thanks to zach zawande the last of our very talented finalists and the sensational start to this year's stassingham festival [Music] the falconer bursary award has helped establish many of today's leading classical artists members of the festival have voted online for the musician they felt was most deserving and the results as they say are now in and the winner is jacob wheeler thank you so much thank you congratulations jacob thank you you'll be able to enjoy his exceptional playing after the interval in the meantime why not enjoy a delicious rapidage gin cocktail outside on the lawn you'll be brilliant thanks mum enjoy cheers you should have won that's what everyone's saying i didn't did i dad bouncier sniffed her my love i'm not lying in their pockets neither are you i play so much better with the drop tick nose then and you just think you do cheer up darling what's the festival [Music] see you in there yeah hey oh god do you proud sis congratulations well done jacob you one second thank you and no odd feelings mate it's cool best man won dad not now dan thank you as some of you perhaps know at the festival this year we will be performing my long-awaited ninth symphony and tonight as a prelude our award winner jacob wheeler will lead the orchestra in the rather fiery last movement of my eighth sibling so ladies and gentlemen jacob wheeler [Music] jacob wheeler ladies and gentlemen [Music] um [Music] oh [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] uh [Music] oh that broomstick trick only works in old films can i open the wine there look i'm only two chapters in and i've already got writer's block according to the mystery writer's blog putting myself through the same emotional experience as my characters can inspire a breakthrough please okay okay so we're at the convent the novice nun has just uncovered the reverend mother's secret so she tries to drag her down the stairs to the crypt so i'm a nun no that's her secret she's a man masquerading as a nun okay now grab me [Music] i did knock hi jamie we were just doing a bit of role play not that kind of role play for the first murder scene in my novel murder i thought you're writing historical romance romance is dead apparently hello stranger you miss me man oh i wouldn't go that far good to see you back cam good to be back it's the um opening night of the thassinger music festival run by michael faulconer he's a pretty big deal both as a conductor and a composer he owns the estate and his ensemble play here every summer who's the victim jacob wheeler violinist how did he die death by ligature strangulation and the ligature in question looks suspiciously like a violin string time of death from the bruising i'd say an hour ago looks like the perpetrator surprised him from behind anything else he has some sheet music forced down his throat any idea what it is not yet i'll know more tomorrow we found the body candice rafferty she's a member of the orchestra michael faulconer's niece i wasn't in the first part of the program so i went outside to get some air what was your relationship with jacob you're in the orchestra together friends my daughter's been through a lot inspector surely you can do this tomorrow she has been fingerprinted for elimination sir that's fine mr rafferty we'll be in touch was anyone else at the scene not that we know of his sister natalie was also in the orchestra her boyfriend's taking her home she lives in the next village finchmere sir i thought you should know there's no sign of jacob wheeler's violin thanks kim get uniform onto it well dear michael the phone lines have been jammed with people wanting refunds no need to panic how can you be so calm the entire festival might have to be cancelled mr faulkner dci barnaby dias michael faulkner this is my sister janie we run the festival together any news inspector it appears that jacob wheeler's violin is missing the stradivarius so quite valuable yes very he was on loan from a dutch conservatoire jacob was very careful he never let it out of his sight anything distinctive about it well it's a stradivarius it had a specific pattern and it's color it's an exquisite red yes it's red so that's why he was killed for the violin it's a possibility yes [Music] miss wheeler can you think why anyone might want your brother dead any feuds disputes of any kind no nothing what about his personal life any significant relationships he was completely dedicated to music he didn't have time for anything else and you shared this house together it's their family home have your parents been informed they died uh five years ago in a car crash i'm sorry can it's really not wait uh we'd just like to take a look at jacob's room looks like jacob liked to party sir seems jacob wheeler wasn't quite the loner he led his sister to believe how well did you know jake of mr falconer i'd say we were friends met each other a few times when we were younger we found evidence of lipstick in his room do you know if he had a girlfriend jacob was very attractive to women let's just say he took full advantage and miss wheeler didn't seem to think so what i think she wanted to know anyone who didn't like him vernon the heart of him had a bit of a history they didn't get on who's he a viola player with the ensemble where might we find him and the thrusting of arms propping up the bar come on vernon that's enough just steadying the nerves shaking like a leaf it's called the dts mr the heart hog you see i barnaby d.s winter i believe you knew jacob wheeler we played in the same orchestra together that's about it as far as it went we were told that you didn't get on we had the odd spat nothing serious vernon's a big softy at heart people take advantage and you are audrey glenn hill i'm the landlady vernon lives with me when he's not on tour audrey and i are old friends she more or less ran the festival when she and i first met the good old days and fascinated was still a real community event and the ticket prices were low free you didn't have the cash yeah now they're not no this year michael upped all the ticket prices and replace all the bars i'd ran for years with his sister's trendy new gin business now it's just corporate entertainment for the dickie bow brigade is that the one day i feel most sorry for oh that was a musical genius he absolutely deserved to win that award the faulkner bursary award let's just put it this way jacob wheeler was not exactly the people's choice jacob was michael's favorite he didn't bother to hire dad it's the truth you didn't even need that money but zach does he's got a place at a top music college without that bursary it's that other question he got more votes than i did end of i would love to believe that you think the vote is fixed i wouldn't put it past him every festival member i know voted for zack it's not right not a lot of love for the faulkners check out the online voting see if it could be open to abuse sir and find out whether the award automatically passes to the candidate with the next highest vote will do dad just let it go i'll get a job start earning no you'll keep practicing this matters more to you than it does to me i'm not letting you waste your talent i'll find the money somehow how let me worry about that [Music] yes of course i understand and i'll transfer the money tomorrow devil devil i defy thee [Music] [Music] [Music] hello [Music] [Applause] i didn't notice anything unusual until i came in here and saw that the door was open and the window had been broken was anyone else in at the time i was upstairs having a shower but i didn't hear anything so nothing's been taken not that we're aware of how well did you know jacob wheeler mrs rafferty not very you didn't talk to him yesterday see anything unusual no why you think this could be connected not many opportunist thieves ignore cash and laptops that's what hamish said where could we find your husband he's in the botanical garden behind the distillery you'll see the greenhouse thank you we're all rather unsettled as you can imagine but you didn't see or hear anything well none of us did interesting plants yeah will we grow our own botanicals for the infusions uh there's the lavender for the dry gin and uh coriander for a more lemony twist and green anise and sweet fennel for the absinthe we're developing i thought absinthe was illegal it was for a time but then all alcohol is fundamentally poisonous if you remember anything let us know mr rafferty ah worry how are you yeah we were so sorry i'm well surprised about zach yeah that's what i wanted to talk to you about uh the pay rise we discussed i know it's not supposed to kick in for a few months but i can really use it right now oh speak to janey i'm sure there won't be a problem you've been such a key part of our success and uh well that deserves to be rewarded thanks i'll get back to it the post-mortem confirms death by ligature pressure with this vile in string anderson christopher yes but the inscription's in french sing christopher protege knew saint christopher protects us i'd ask for my money back any luck with the music yes you can just see the title of the tottenham fire meaning my german's a bit rusty celebration of death it comes from a symphonic poem by gustav mahler sounds like someone's playing games we also found this near the body it's a solid form of resin obtained from plants mainly conifers what's it used for it's rubbed on the bow hair to enhance grip and improve tone it seems like an unusual brand we need to track down where these came from there's a music shop in fasting that supplies the orchestra they might be able to help thanks cam jamie i still owe you dinner are you free tomorrow night sure i'll uh i'll check my diary it's a virtuoso not very popular but we do keep some in stock have you sold any recently jacob wheeler bought a set yesterday and this oh that's an italian rosin it contains particles of gold is that a stock item jacob was the only one that used it i don't suppose you have a copy of mahler's totenfire tot and fear i'm afraid not no but i could order it have you ever been a musician mr baxter no certainly not no no i'm more of a craftsman i repair and restore instruments must keep you very busy classical music is my obsession you might have seen my vlog video blogger notes from fassingham notes as in musical so you were filming at the manor before jacob's death that's right yes i'm a huge fan of michael faulkner i gathered we'll need that footage in fact tomorrow night i'm organizing a pop-up cinema event at the manor horror in black and white please take me and what film are you showing oh it's a early classic from the silent era oh you remember it then sir oh it's going to be thrilling the string section of providing the accompaniment without jacob of course how well did you know him mr baxter uh interviewed him a couple of times i don't really know anyone well apart from marjorie of course marjorie [Music] cats are so much kinder than people don't you think [Music] the festival has to reopen today i need to get the press on my side before i debut the ninth my daughter could be at risk and you're worried about bad reviews jay i've got a huge amount riding on this my reputation is at stake that's all you care about you're not the one who nearly went bankrupt you have no idea what it feels like to be in real financial trouble yes well i'm afraid i do and for that reason i shall have to call in the loan what on earth are you talking about i'm sorry but i need that money we agreed at the time it was alone you know how hard we've worked to get back on our feet it's impossible then make it possible otherwise there'll have to be more cuts in the orchestra last in first out and you know how much candice wants her place michael please perhaps i should talk to hamish he wouldn't that's just one more thing he doesn't know about you isn't it [Music] ibo baxter's just posted another vlog [Music] the rumor mill has gone into overdrive linking michael faulkner's up-and-coming ninth symphony with the horrific murder of jacob wheeler could this grisly death signify a return to the curse of the ninth [Music] the curse of the ninth that's a well-known superstition in the classical music world apparently once a composer performs their ninth symphony they're destined to die and i'm guessing gustav mahler is one of its unfortunate victims hence the music in jacob's mouth let's see if michael faulkner can enlighten us further good morning chief inspector sergeant any news we identified the music found in jacob wheeler's mouth marla's totem fire very sinister we thought that you might have a copy yes there should be a complete set of marl's works here in the music library all right if i take a look yes you know i guessed the online voting system for the award how does it work you join the festival members list for a small annual fee which entitles you to vote online for your favorite musician from the video clips on the website so essentially anyone can vote i suppose so yes jacob wheeler was your lead violinist that's right who's in line to replace him uh candice rafferty natalie wheeler perhaps my son dan will audition this symphony is your ninth i believe that's quite an achievement i think it's the best thing i've written what about the famous curse mr faulconer it must be unsettling especially now fortunately i'm not superstitious chief inspector a bit early for you darling hamish you might as well know he'll probably tell you anyway know what i borrowed a large sum of money from michael well you said that was part of your inheritance well i lied and now he wants it all back but you'll have to say no janey we won't survive it if we don't find the money somehow candice will lose her place in the orchestra he actually said that well it is his money hamish she's perfectly entitled to ask for it back we've got no choice no no no bar 16 violins can we all finish on the same note please that's an f natalie sorry maestro i need my ninth symphony to be received as an inspired work of genius that requires exceptional playing from all of you natalie bar 16 on your own please [Music] if that's the best you can do leave my rehearsal dad i think she deserves a little more compassion right now if she's too grief stricken to play she shouldn't be here are you i'm fine i want to be here we're all suffering i was as fond of jacob as anyone else but musicians could overcome that pain in the pursuit of perfection not that that's something you would know about as union rep i move that we all refuse to play until the killer is found unless that is you think that the maestro's ninth symphony is worth dying for or have you more courage more respect than this man i say we play on not for me but for jacob to honor his memory i'll take that as a yes shall we go from the beginning totem fire is missing it's in the library records but it's not signed out who has access the library's never locked so why are we here cam found prince in candace's locker containing particles of gold from the rosin only jacob wheeler used they also found flecks of gold in her elimination prints taken at the scene i'm thinking that candice took jacob wheeler's violin after finding his body and then put her own violin in her locker and when she left with her father she was carrying jacob's violin as if it were her own and there's more the prints match those we found on the glass in jacob wheeler's room so candace and jacob were more than just friends i'm so sorry if there was any way to keep you this is a joke right i wish it was you can't do this look it's only temporary warwick i've done everything to make this happen for you hamish i've done anything that was needed and this is how you repay me i appreciate everything you've done don't give us time we'll be back on track i swear it i haven't got time look warwick please [Music] no sir why did you lie about your relationship with jacob jacob wanted to keep it quiet i'm michael's niece he didn't want people to judge us we have evidence to suggest that you stole jacob's violin after his death jacob's violin was all i had left of him i couldn't let it go so where is it now i don't know it was stolen in the break-in there you are you're right dad yeah i just fancied a poem uh what can i get you you weren't at work i need to talk to you dad you're gonna have to tell him tell me what i've been laid off but you mustn't worry we'll be fine they can't do that that family can do whatever they like can you think of all the work i put into that place they used you don't do anything stupid will you dad dad dad see you later it's me i'm in i'm definitely in [Music] [Applause] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] uh [Music] mummy's workout i hope we haven't interrupted your creative flow no actually perfect timing that's chapter three finished oh brilliant when can i read it no no you're not reading it please no well but surely the whole point of writing is for other people to read it yes people not detectives but i'm your biggest fan i know you'll spot the murderer on page two well why don't you post it on that site you're addicted to they must have forums for writers who are testing the waters yeah they do i'm not sure i'm brave enough yet oh says the woman who tried to sell my led zeppelin albums that's a school fate [Music] what have you got a transcript of janie rafty's exchange with jacob makes for interesting reading stay away from my daughter and if you ever tell her about us and then you turn away what could jacob have told candice about your relationship mrs rafferty it was a one-off something i immediately regretted he could be very charming persuasive the last thing i expected was for my daughter to fall in love with him and your husband does he know any of this no and he has no need convenient for you then that jacob was murdered [Music] where did you disappear to last night eh and then you're in a fit state to notice that brandy bottle took quite a hit you know i can't sleep when you're snoring i work for a walk right i need to go to the shop i'll keep you company it's all right quicker on my own missing me already so vernon de hartog has a criminal record what have we got apart from the fact he wasn't jacob's biggest fan he's been sacked from previous orchestras for opportunist theft cash jewelry watches a few suspended sentences but nothing major so trying to fence a stradivarius will be quite a leap he could do with the money though he's overdrawn maxed out on all his cards and vernon was in serious trouble an official complaint had been made against him to the musicians union who by jacob wheeler he was trying to get vernon fired let's talk to him [Music] this well should we take it from bar 116. no no late late late mr the heart hog that's the third time you've been unable to keep tempo heavy night last night not especially oh you don't even have that as an excuse i'll try harder next time maestro no you leave i won't have you wasting everybody's time especially mine i don't think you can sack me on an egotistical whim according to union regulations you were given a final warning i think you'd better go he comes daddy's little darling doing his dirty work he says that daddy is going to let him go for lead violin but he won't because sadly daddy has no respect for his ability in fact daddy finds him a bit of an embarrassment go on ask him ask him get out you get out now and don't come back until you've learned some respect [Music] mr the heart what of course i didn't steal a bloody violin you think i'm totally insane fencing something like that's well not impossible you can't deny you could do with the money i understand jacob lodged an official complaint against you accusing you of theft he wanted me out if he was always smarming around our beloved maestro i saw right through him tell you something else too he certainly did not deserve to be lead violin and who do you think does that's anyone's guess [Music] what are you doing with jacob wheeler's wallet get rid of it i can explain no more lies what about your lies you and warwick i read your texts are you in love with him an affair i could cope with if you loved him i'm not sure i could bear it promise me [Music] uh [Music] bernadette hartog needed the money plus he has four and we know both candace and janey lied jacob wheeler was a potential threat to the rafferty family but if we're looking at who benefited from jacob's death professionally natalie dan and candice were all in line to replace him as lee violin let's make sure we have a strong uniform presence at tonight's cinema event i've already got that cover sir i'm taking cam we said dinner i thought this would be more fun it's certainly different come on you can buy me a hot dog i'll have a large one with onions excuse me yeah whoa whoa i need to apologize to the maestro about earlier you told quite specifically that you couldn't come back nice bro i must talk about something the projectionist is ready mr hardtock if you are genuinely sober i'm sorry i will take pity on you the schubert is far more resonant with your viola oh my viola i'm left in the church what's that scotch mist take your seat or your career with me is over for good [Music] right while you're away i um i did quite a lot of thinking i said it hi do you come to any conclusions no but i have too soon the guy who ran the course offered me a job i thought you liked it here i do but it's a fantastic opportunity but it's in montreal canada you'll be an adventure you know how cold it gets there minus 50 with a windshield colder than the surface of mars how about you you said you did a lot of thinking too while i was away um [Music] ladies and gentlemen please take your seats the film is about to commence [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Music] vernon the heart hog and jacob wheeler what connects them we're string players in michael's ensemble but vernon played the viola so obviously not competing for lee violin and jacob stradivarius is still missing then there's a famous curse of the night someone could have been targeting michael's ensemble let's find out if there's anything significant about the music that vernon was playing last night did you notice anything unusual there's definitely something going on between vernon and dan faulkner looked like vernon was trying to tell michael something and dan stepped in we'll have to ask him why anything more on vernon's will he's owned a seaside cottage in brighton since the 60s now worth a small fortune who's the beneficiary audrey glen hill you'd never hurt anyone i know it'll be okay you just need to stay strong oh yeah i bought you these audrey i know i haven't always been a very good friend but you're not wanted here i think you'd better go [Music] i need to speak to mrs glenn hill alone the cottage is worth a considerable sum and left solely to you no idea did vernon have any enemies that you know of problematic relationships vernon was old school so i didn't fit in with michael's shiny new vision for the festival michael was trying to get rid of him so you both have a difficult history with the faulkner family janie was my best friend oh so i thought when she got an opportunity to stab me in the back she did it without giving it a second thought [Music] oh quite a temper you've got there i have my final audition in an hour got this wait it means a lot to you doesn't it getting lee violin well not so much that i'd murder fellow musicians if that's what you're implying i saw you have a running mr heart dog just before he died i was just trying to protect my father his ninth symphony is obviously important well there's a lot at stake vernon de hartog was a liability and no fan of yours apparently he humiliated you belittled your talent said that you'd never make lee violin yeah maybe i hated him in that moment because that's what i've believed all my life but it was just that a moment will you excuse me vernon could be a complete nightmare we understand that he tried to speak to you before the concert yes that's right have you any idea what he wanted to say no he was keen to talk about something but uh the film was about to start what piece was vernon playing when he died mr pogba shubert why is that important schubert is another composer associated with the curse of the ninth which is why i'd advise you to postpone tomorrow's concert look i'm not afraid of any curse no no no we go ahead as planned sorry about last night not quite what i had planned work seems to have a habit of getting in the way what have you got for us cam the pm results confirm death through asphyxia any idea why stricken poisoning when inhaled swallowed or absorbed through the eyes or mouth it induces muscular convulsions and ultimately respiratory failure but how we found evidence of a highly toxic concentration of strychnine on the strings and bow you would have inhaled the poison as soon as you started playing is it hard to get hold of well commercially produced strictening isn't readily available in this concentrated form i'd suggest it was freshly ground from the seeds of her strictness ignite shrub it's from the philippines originally the fruit known as the saint ignatius bean contains as many as 25 seeds embedded in its pulp i dry them and grind the seeds myself and why would you do that well you might as well know the truth it's not strictly we have a problem with moles at the distillery and the manner they become immune to the approved uh pest control solution how is it stored right just through here uh oh [Music] seems to be missing when was the last time you checked uh well a couple of weeks ago maybe is it locked when you're not here always who had keys well me of course were it used to but he yes he gave him back uh we've got a spare set in the kitchen so it could have been taken in the breaking well it's possible yes but well none of our keys are missing call cam she needs to get over here see if hamish's homemade mole destroyer matches the poison that killed vernon will do i've just got vernon's phone records through looks like he sent an interesting text to warwick the day he died i'm on to you well done dan i can see you've worked very hard thank you but uh i've made my decision natalie wheeler will be lead violin it wasn't an easy decision she's just more suited to the emotional range of the work you're never going to give it to me were you vernon was right dan vernon you know what people are saying that michael falconer's genius is fading are they well at least i was touched by it once or twice most people never even get close you know i've supported you i've protected you i've defended you what have you ever done for me but try to make me feel inadequate not quite good enough to be your son well congratulations you've done an excellent job dan you're not the only one who's disappointed i wanted it just as much as you i don't think so maybe we just have to accept that natalie is the better player [Music] i'm on to you what do you think you meant by that verna was all over the place when he died a few started imagining things thought me and audrey were having an affair and are you no we're just mates i help out a bit that's all and you didn't know that she would inherit a property from mr hartog quite a valuable one no yes winter you must have been disappointed to lose your job mr sewande i'll find something else now if you'll excuse me thanks sir uniformer found something in vernon's car a key card to a safety deposit box registered to an anton bruckner like the composer who died in 1896. after his ninth symphony the curse strikes again [Music] i know it was hard for dad when mum died he didn't know what to do with me i finally thought we were getting somewhere that i was worthy of being his son it seems i'm not of course you are you don't know that i never thought i'd see you indoctrinating your daughter into the dark arts of housework yeah well it's a destruction technique i've just posted my first few chapters on a writer's forum i'm waiting for the response now i am so impressed let's see what they say first so the boys missed you terribly especially jamie really you heard i've been offered a job in montreal no how exciting or maybe it isn't well i haven't accepted yet one moment i'm living the expat dream in an exciting new city and the next it seems completely bonkers and jamie i know he likes me but we just keep missing our moment somehow i think most of us regret the times that we weren't brave enough to take a risk not the times we were so you think i should take it i wasn't talking about the job cam any news on the strip name the sample from the greenhouse is a perfect match so at least we've identified the source also i spoke to an employee at the safety deposit company turns out his description of anton bruckner matches jacob wheeler any information on what he was storing then the box was empty they only keep cctv footage for 28 days so there was no sighting of jacob but i did manage to get hold of this [Music] it looks like a passport that's what i thought but what did vernon do with it why would jacob keep his passport in the safety deposit box [Music] fancy some spag ball i thought we could sit down together for once another time yeah come on i'll let you beat me at fifa sorry dad i'm going out again will you go [Music] and this hello [Music] uh hello natalie natalie help anyone hi dad so when were you going to tell me about amsterdam i wanted to tell you but i just couldn't bring myself you mixed up in any of this if you are tell me now no it's not that i have gone behind your back i'm in a band you're in a band i've been for a while so you can throw it all away everything we've worked for for some fantasy about being a rockstar we're good dad been booked for a tour you have no idea what i've done for you just gonna look into your eye lovely all the stills were turned up to the max any longer and the whole place would have gone up okay thanks miss wheeler are you okay a bit shaken and light-headed but apart from that you're very lucky miss rafferty found you when she did was someone trying to kill me we don't know that yet did you see anyone or hear anything unusual before you lost consciousness no not that i can remember you and jacob had matching saint christophers her grandmother was french devout catholic she gave them to us when we were born are they valuable i think so it's white gold but it's more sentimental value they were to keep us safe she must be looking down on you today she's another violinist fits the profile but this feels different no music nothing linking it to the curse how is she inspector uh a little disorientated but the medics say there's no cause for concern that's such a relief she was very lucky candice was there uh yes yes thank god and where were you at the time uh mill minster leisure center he swims every week and you mrs rafferty i was with michael at the manor can we speak to candice she's in the house but please go carefully with her after what happened with jacob she's taking this very hard you talk to candace while i try and get hold of cam i'd like her to take another look at jacob's pendant you sent natalie a text asking her to meet you at the distillery was that unusual we hadn't been very close recently but she used to come up here sometimes i wanted to talk to her about anything in particular after jacob's death and it all came out about me and him she kept her distance i think she was angry we'd kept it all a secret why were you late i had to pick up my violin from the music shop but it wasn't ready why are you asking me all these questions all i wanted to do is make things right well she seems genuine enough but she does have means and whoever did this would have to be familiar with how the distillery worked warrick claims he accepted his dismissal do you think i was all for our benefit perhaps let's speak to audrey glenn hill we know she has a grudge against the rafferties and she may be able to enlighten us on why vernon had that key card i was nowhere near the distillery you felt you'd lost everything because of janey and you wanted your own back do you honestly think i'd have the technical know-how to pull off a stunt like that your friend warwick sawande would well it's a nice theory but you're wrong maybe you recognize this it's for a safety deposit box belonging to jacob wheeler the night vernon died he was seen there removing a passport do you know anything about this no i don't i don't know anything and that's the truth this is glenn hill if you're withholding anything that could help this investigation you will be in serious trouble look i don't know what vernon was up to but i found jacob's wallet in his coat pocket i didn't know what to think i just told him to get rid of it that was the last time i saw him [Music] thank you you sure you're well enough to play i'm fine now honestly i pushed you away because i was angry not with you with him thanks very much any luck with the passport tech can confirm it's a uk passport but nothing else so far however we have had a result on the rafferty's finance check a large sum of money was transferred from the rafferty's business account into michael faulkner's personal account two days after jacob wheeler was murdered and there's more you have been busy janie and candace's alibis check out however hamish wasn't swimming today you have to swipe in and there's no data recording his visit time we had another word with mr rafferty he wasn't in his right mind you can see that no no no no no i'll take full responsibility why did you do it mr rafferty we were dairy farmers happy prosperous enough then the bottom fell out of the market we only just managed to hold on to the house i borrowed money from michael to start the new business hamish didn't know he thought i'd inherited it from a distant relative then michael called in the loan and we had no choice but to pay it back oldest trick in the book i'm staging an accident and then claiming on the insurance but it seemed like a good idea at the time it's called fraud mr rafferty and the woman nearly died and i'll never forgive myself for that i thought the distillery was empty i couldn't even get that right look after the girl for me [Music] cam wants to see us you're right to have this analyzed it's an alloy approximately two three years old natalie's pendant had more luster yes real gold doesn't react with oxygen therefore it can never fade tarnish or rust with time jacob's pendant was a pretty good imitation and there's something else red birthmarks are skin markings close to the surface of the skin created by blood vessels but when i took a sample of this one it tested positive for manufactured dye it's a tattoo any idea how long it's been there for the minimal evidence of fading i'd say two years max so this isn't jacob wheeler we've got an imposter on our hands but who is he where is the real jacob wheeler [Music] i've got a dna match on the victim we knew is jacob leon hunt 27 years old last dress as a flat in south manchester in 2008 he served eight months for hacking his ex-girlfriend's computer used her personal details to get into a bank account good work it seems likely that the passport in the safety deposit box belonged to leon hunt but what did he stand to gain from impersonating jacob wheeler family inheritance and found this in the finchmere parish newsletter about the parents fatal car crash in 2012. it says here the parent's death left the daughter alone after younger son ran away from home at 14. i wonder why natalie didn't mention that perhaps to protect her brother maybe it doesn't tally with the way she wants him to be remembered let's see what she has to say um jamie i wanted you to be the first to know i said yes to the job in montreal oh right great well if that's what you want then um then i'm really happy for you thanks this should be exciting when'd you leave uh end of the week wow i appreciate this is hard miss wheeler but um could you tell us what happened on the day that jacob disappeared he was at summer camp dan was there too jacob had some big argument with the camp leader and ran off did anyone contact the police they weren't very interested why was that he'd run away so many times before it started when we moved from london to finchmere jacob found it hard to adjust missed his friends started bunking off he was only interested in his music police said given his history that he probably didn't want to be found that he'd come back when he was ready and you have no idea where he went no he sent some texts once twice a year maybe he just wanted me to know he was okay after a while they stopped now we'll need to take a look at those texts so how did he um reappear i was playing dublin a couple of years ago he was in another orchestra and then suddenly there he was and did you never doubt that it was your brother no it had to be him he had the same birthmark he said christopher and he knew so much about the family things that only jacob could know leon hunt was a highly skilled computer hacker we suspect that he hacked yours no doubt there's all kinds of information about you and jacob on there but he did a dna test the lawyers made him for my parents inheritance well with his expertise it wouldn't be very difficult to fake if this is all true jacob's still missing you've got to help me find him i think you need a minute just to take it all in mr fork now what can you tell us about this uh summer camp um all the local villages took part i swear i met jacob when was the last time you saw him it was on the sunday when he ran away and getting on the bus to milminster do you remember what time this was it's been late afternoon about six and do you know what it was that he was arguing about with the camp leader before he left um jacob had nicked audrey's cigarettes we thought it was really funny even ivor baxter but she caught him handing them around she went crazy they had this big argument and then he just walked watery the other camp leader audrey glenn hill she runs the tasking imams come on let's get this done and get out of here [Music] it should be open by now she's not picking up any calls let's triangulate her phone see if we can track her down sir in the meantime let's see what ivo baxter has to say about the last time he saw the real jacob wheeler hello mr baxter [Music] oh i thought margaery was in here didn't mean to startle you mr baxter we just wanted to ask a few questions oh um well should we go up to the shop it's much warmer there here's fine you've got some lovely instruments mr baxter nothing of note if you excuse the pun i doubt that very much i'm rather curious about this uh stain oh did you know that violinists used to use it to cover the gray in their hair must have made a terrible mess surely a stain like this could also be used to uh darken the distinctive red color of a stradivarius if you wanted to disguise it may i take a look at that case mr baxter [Music] i didn't see it as an act of stealing more of a act of mercy jacob didn't deserve to play such a rare and beautiful instrument he could never have loved it as i would have loved it so when he was murdered i knew i had to rescue it when did you last see jacob before he ran away uh youth kemp he was smoking offered me one i didn't take it sir any idea what might be on this mr baxter i've never seen it before in my life from ivo's reaction i reckon he could be telling the truth i'm reserving judgment until we know what's on that memory stick tech could take some time the fire's encrypted hold on sir triangulation puts audrey's phone somewhere here let's see what she remembers about the day jacob ran away uh-huh that's it told you it'd be all right okay mr wanday would you mind opening those doors for me [Music] it was my idea warrick had lost his job he needed the money the referees were to blame felt like divine justice so we just helped ourselves found a dealer would take it you were uh a youth leader here i understand yeah that's right that's how i knew about the hut no one uses it anymore so that's the perfect hiding place you were in charge on the day that jacob wheeler ran away dan faulconer said that jacob was in trouble for stealing cigarettes well it wouldn't be the first time boys were always smoking down in the tunnels the tunnels yeah it's a rabbit warren under here dangerous we couldn't keep a check on them even when they bricked up all the entrances they'd always find a new way in there that's why we moved the camp to badger's drift stay there [Music] dan falcon has said he last saw jacob getting on the bus to milminster at around 6 p.m that sunday that's right sure about that i could be wrong but there was never normally a bus after 3pm on a sunday [Music] sir you should take a look at this [Music] seems to go on for some distance sir all cam and then we need an excavation team [Music] we need to have another talk with dan faulkner his story about jacob wheeler doesn't tie up with the others you might want to speak to his father michael first tech have just sent me through the files from the memory stick they'll both be at the concert by now [Music] just play without fear play from the depth of your soul together we will fly in the face of the curse thank you we're done [Music] mr faulconer chief inspector dan told me about jacob being an imposter extraordinary but um i'm afraid i don't have time for that now i think you do excuse me we found the stradivarius in ivobaxa's workshop there was a usb stick in one of the compartments on it were confidential medical notes relating to the radical treatment you're about to undergo to save your hearing why would the man you knew as jake wheeler of that information in an encrypted file because he was trying to blackmail me he found out i was going deaf he said my career would be over if the truth came out hence the need to call in the loan to your sister to pay for your treatment and for jacob's blackmail no i refuse to pay when i try to fire him he threatened to go to the press and then he rigged the voting system to make sure that he won the award money and i felt that i couldn't say anything you could have said no chief inspector i don't think you know how precarious our festival here is music has been my entire life without it i'm not sure i'd want to carry on where is your son he's on stage i hope i've decided to make him lead violin [Music] barnaby thanks ken we're on our way the tunnels lead to a number of chambers and we found this here it's male 1 between 13 and 15 years old it's been here some considerable time it's jacob do [Music] [Applause] [Music] dan dan you have to go on again you are brilliant it doesn't matter anymore what do you mean what dan what are you doing stop it trust me dad why are you doing this if you got what you wanted you should be happy i need you to hear it from me first i need you to understand understand what jacob never left the camp did he mr faulkner you told us he got on a bus to milminster but we know there was no service after 3pm why would you lie if it wasn't to conceal the fact that he never left at all no i saw him go i'm very sorry ms wheeler but we've found what we believe to be your brother's remains in the tunnels near to the youth camp no you can't have what really happened on that day jacob dared me to steal your cigarettes but i bottled it so he did it easy laughter my face just wanted to get him back so um when we went down to the tunnels i confronted him told him what i thought we argued he grabbed me so i pushed him and i heard a thud then nothing i didn't know what to do why didn't you help him because i was a coward he's been there all this time and you knew i'm sorry but the text from jacob he said he was okay i just wanted you to feel better you how could you lie to me about that but miss wheeler you have a lie of your own don't you on the day that leon died you called your solicitor and told him not to release your brother's inheritance you already knew that he was an imposter i had no idea i've told you we've unearthed a recording of you at the dublin symphony hall from the evening when you were reunited with your supposed brother do you remember what you were playing of course you do toten fire celebration of death [Music] i wanted to believe it was him my jacob he seemed different somehow but it had been such a long time then i found a flight booking in his real name on a phone i'd never seen before [Music] i confronted him the first night of the festival he was planning to leave once he'd got the inheritance money jacob's money i told him i was going to the we were police horrid said how easy it was how stupid i'd been and that he'd kill me if i told anyone i believed him so you strangled him he deserved it and then there was vernon a heart hog we know that he found leon's passport he came to see me told me everything he'd discovered thrilled by the drama of it all and you were afraid that vernon's revelation would lead us straight to you so you moved quickly to keep him quiet your friendship with candace rafferty gave you access to the stricken [Music] i'd waited so long for jacob to come home [Music] natalie i know i don't deserve your forgiveness [Music] it's time to go ms wheeler can you take me to see my brother [Music] please foreign [Music] i know i shouldn't i can't help feeling sorry for her life's all about the decisions we make good or bad i think you're making the right one by the way happy to get rid of me then quite the opposite you've done amazing work here it'll be hard to replace we're all going to miss you aren't we winter yeah we are stay away from the bears lovely jamie that's so sweet of you you won't be saying that when she's playing at six o'clock in the morning and for you congratulations oh thank you i hear you have a publisher interested can i read it oh no chance she won't even let me i'm too clever apparently and modest it's cam she's landed oh i hope she has a great time yeah they're very lucky to have her [Music] well done betty she's a natural so will i still be invited over to lunch when you're rich and famous you're welcome here any time jamie with your best seller and betty's musical prowess looks like i'll be taking early retirement oh don't do that i mean just getting used to your funny ways [Music] you

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Published: Wed Jul 29 2020