Taggart, Norman and others in “Unfinished Business”

Why the grain silo?

It was a place to go, that's all. Rosie's married, so we couldn't go to her place. Except one night we managed when her husband was away. You won't tell my wife, will you? I'd sooner go back inside.

[Getting up from his chair] I think we owe you an apology, Norman. [Motions for Livingstone to open the door.]

[As Norman is about to leave the room] How well did you know David Balfour in prison?

Why? Who was it that shopped me? It was Balfour, wasn't it?

Any reason why?

Just because I had a go at him the day he got out.

[Taking Norman back into the interview room] What kind of a go? [Livingstone closes the door again.]

I reminded him that there's some people come out to nothing. Do I look like the sort of man who would kill a child? Kidnap anyone? Where would I put a baby? In my bike box? Him working out his compensation money before she was even found. [Taggart's eyes light up] If you ask me, he was lucky. I wish it was mine that'd been found dismembered beneath the floorboards

What did you say?

I said I wish it was mine that...

No, no, no. About the compensation money.

He used to work out how much he'd be entitled to when she was found.

[Turns to Livingstone, who glances back at Taggart, then turns back to Norman] That confident, was he?

That's why I said he was lucky. It happened one day, like he said it would.

Ah, Jim.

I'm just going to get a fingerprint set from June Balfour's car in the multistorey.

But there weren't any.

Yes, there were. [He starts going through a filing cabinet]

Jim, what's going on?

Peter, get me the report on the handbag that was found near the body.

Is it Burt?

Nah. Burt was a last-minute decoy.

By whom?

By a desperate man. [He finds what he's looking for and puts the report on a desk.]

Jim, what are we looking for?

The reason the dog did nothing in the night-time, sir.

[Confused] Dog?!

There's one thing David Balfour should have done that he hasn't.

Especially as he's going abroad.

He's never asked about the burial of his wife's remains.

The head wasn't cut off to disguise the fact that it was Margaret Balfour, it was cut off to disguise the fact it wasn't.

Jim, we found Margaret Balfour's thumbprint on the bag and the wedding ring.

Yes, and there it is there, and there, and there, and there! [Pointing to the fingerprints] O'Donnell didn't murder Margaret Balfour. Whoever that body is, Margaret Balfour was in on the killing.