Criminal Justice Season 1 -

The police pick him up within 48 hours. DI Munday presents a damning picture: Ben’s prints on the murder weapon (a kitchen knife), his DNA mixed with Mel’s blood, a neighbor who heard a man’s angry voice that night, and Mel’s diary entries that suggest she feared a younger lover.

The jury returns.

Ben breaks down. His mother screams in relief. Juliet shows no emotion. Ben is released. He walks out of the courthouse into the rain. No one waits for him but his father, who says nothing and drives him home. criminal justice season 1