Mask Of Sanity: Part 1
When a long-term patient in a secure psychiatric unit is released on the same day that the wallets of his murder victims are sent to the wife of one of them, the spotlight falls again on James Jenson in the latest two-part story for the Cold Case team.
Jenson was the prime suspect at the time of the three murders but was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial following a confession. One of the other suspects was Dr Bruno Rivelli, but this line of enquiry was dropped when Jenson confessed. Grace goes to interview Dr Rivelli, who now runs a successful paediatric psychiatry unit, having previously run the council-owned Hickley children's home.
A former resident of Hickley, Jenson returns to the children's home, now derelict, and remembers incidents from his childhood. Boyd decides to stir things up by telling Jenson that his friends sent the wallets in order to implicate him in the murders.
Spencer follows Jenson to the launch of a new housing development, where Jenson confronts Harris Wall as he makes a speech presenting the new development. The situation is defused by Wall's wife, Sophie, who clearly has influence over Jenson.
Alan Pierce, an old friend of Jenson's from the children's home, gives him a message – Sophie wants to meet with him after the presentation. But when Jenson arrives for the meeting, he is set upon by Harris Wall's security guards. Jenson sees off the security men and manages to escape. Alerted by Spencer, Boyd and Grace race to Pierce's flat but arrive too late – Alan Pierce has been murdered...
The story concludes tomorrow night at 9pm on BBC One.
Nicholas Beveney plays James Jensen, James Fox plays Dr Bruno Rivelli, Sue Johnston plays Grace, Trevor Eve plays Boyd, Wil Johnson plays Spencer, Martin Marquez plays Harris Wall and Jemma Redgrave plays Sophie Wall. The cast also includes Tara Fitzgerald as Eve and Felicite du Jeu as Stella.
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