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FADE IN: INT. SCENE 1 - DAY Tablets can be seen spilt over the desk, Teddy's hand

reaches out to grab one...

Hammer and crow-bar are thrown into a black bag... Teddy walking through overgrown land... INT. THE BODY - SCENE 2 - AFTERNOON It is mid-afternoon, a crime has been reported out of brutal

murder, as of yet there is no further information about theincident, whether it was a targeted assault, weapons used orthe state of the body they yet to find...

Three cars drive rapidly passed, not giving any locationclues away,however we are quickly exploited to where it isthey are.

A character (DCI Barber) is now introduced, however is only

his legs, so we are not fully aware who this particularcharacter is at this present moment...

DCI Barbers face is seen, this is the initial introduction

to the protagonist.

DCI raises his arm to signal for other detectives to observe

the crime before them.

Crime tape is set up around the murder victim... All detectives are seen, the forensic scientist walks to the

car to fetch a post-mortem body bag...This character walking towards character and entering theblocked off crime scene in order to place victim into bag...

DCI taking picture of the crime scene... Forensic scientist zips up the bag containing the body. INT. THE DISCOVERY - SCENE 3 - MORNING DCI walking around the office, trying to figure out this

brutal crime and who could have committed it.All of a sudden he has a realisation of this murderer is...He runs to the phone, quickly dialling the number of theChief Superintendent...

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CHIEFHello, this is Ch-

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Hello, this is Ch-

DCI (Hastly)Chief Superintendent...?! It's DCIBarber, I Know who killed JaneMcFadden...

CHIEFCalm down Barber and start again.

DCII know who killed Jane McFadden...It was Teddy Sharp!

CHIEFWHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WAS TEDDY!?

DCIHE MURDERED HER BUT IT WASN'T APLANNED ATTACK. I've lookedthrough his files, he suffers fromschizophrenia and I think this wasa factor to the killing!

CHIEF (confused)You don't know this for certainthough do you Barber?

DCIYES I do, im going to find-

CHIEFYou can't go - alone its dangerous

DCII'm going and you can't stop me...

CHIEFNO BARBER DON'T -

DCI hangs up abruptly. DCI Barber storms over to the evidence and rips off the

photograph of Teddy.He turns back and walks out of his office, grabbing his coaton the way, he glances at the photo briefly before rammingit into his coat pocket and jumping into his car beforedriving away in pursuit of Teddy.

DCI pulls up outside of a abandoned site, knowing that Teddy

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is in there somewhere.

He jumps for his car retrieving a pistol from his cardoor...DCI Barber climbs the wall, and he's in.

All of a sudden he hears a noise behind him a turns aroundpointing the gun in the same direction, it was nothing, hebacks up looking around frantically, eventually he turnsaround and continues to walk.

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around and continues to walk.All of a sudden DCI throws up.

We are then exposed to the image before him, two murderedgirls holding hands.

DCI (whispered)My...god...

Tentatively DCI walks further on, peeping around the corner,

to his great shock he see another girl tied up in the cornerscreaming...

(A silhouette is seen behind DCI)

He turns round sharply to find no-one there, however when heturns aback around Teddy is stood before him...

DCI (aggressively)Put your hands up Teddy!....NOW!

Teddy stares blankly back at DCI Barber.

Teddy begins to walk away with a blank expression as ifno-one is there.

DCI (Louder)HEY! PUT YOUR HANDS UP! IM ARMED!HEY!

Still no response from Teddy... DCII WILL SHOOT!

Teddy places hammer and crow bar in his black bag, with DCI

Barber still continuing to shout at him...

DCI (calm)Mr Sharp, this is the last time Iwill ask you before using force. (MORE)

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DCI (cont'd)Drop the bag, and put. your hands.up...

Teddy drops the bag and surrenders himself calmly to the

DCI, still without saying a word, but then...

TEDDY (confused)excuse me... where are we going?

DCIPolice station

TEDDY

why? who are you? where are we?

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why? who are you? where are we?Those girls where so pretty backthere, did you see them?

DCI doesn't reply. TEDDYDo you think? Excuse me sir...

DCII'll explain everything when weget to the station Teddy, justclimb over this wall with me comeon..

DCI clambers the wall. hoisting Teddy after as well... "ad-lib"

DCICome on, in you get Mr Sharp,there's nothing to worry about.

DCI Barber pushes Teddy into the car and shuts the door, you

see Teddy's confused mind set through the window.

DCI Barber walks around the front of the car and gets inbefore driving towards the police station with Teddy in theback of the car sill confused of whats going on.

They pull up outside the Police Station and DCI escortsTeddy out of the car and into the Police station.

DCITeddy Sharp, age 19, found onHanchets abandoned site.

Thank you Officer

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OFFICERokay, thank you Barber.

An officer opens the door to allow DCI Barber and Teddy

Sharp to walk through

They enter the interrogation room.

DCI guides Teddy to his chair and sits him down. Once he isseated, DCI begins to explain why Teddy has been arrested...

DCIYou understand that you have beenarrested for the murder of JaneMcFadden on November 15th 2015.

DCI sits down, leans over and pressing record...

DCINovember 27th, 3:17pm, murdersuspect of the Jane McFadden case

Where were you on the night Janewas killed?

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was killed? Blank expression from Teddy

DCIMr Sharp, where were you on thenight Jane McFadden was killed?

Still no reply for Teddy Enter clone of Teddy

CLONE (Repeated until new DCI Barber shouts)Don't say ANYTHING Teddy!

Enter clone two DCITeddy?

CLONE 2 (sung until DCI shouts)Ring O Ring of Roses a pocket fullof poses

Enter clone three

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DCITeddy can you answer the questionplease!?

CLONE 3 (repeated until DCI shouts)I WANNA KILL THIS NOSEY PIG!

Enter clone four

CLONE 4 (repeated until DCI shouts)Where am I? Someone please help me

DCIMr Sharp can you answer thequestion please....

DCI Barber jumps up from his chair shouting, and the clones

disappear.

DCIMR SHARP!

Still no expression of reaction from Teddy DCI pulls a photograph of Jane from his coat pocket and

slides it across the table towards Teddy

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Teddy picks up the photograph of Jane...

TEDDYI know her... She died didn'tshe...?

DCIYou killed her, didn't you MrSharp...

Teddy begins to violently scratch his arm.

TEDDYNo I didn't, I didn't, I lovedher, I didn't do IT!

I killed her okay! I killed JaneMcFadden the stupid cow!

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INT. FLASHBACK - SCENE FOUR - MORNING Jane McFadden walking out of gates to her house untangling,

then placing her headphones into her ears.

(Uptown funk begins to play)

Jane starts to run.

Teddy can be seen in the background watching her...

He begins to follow her menacingly whilst clutching a black

bag...

Jane stops to stretch with Teddy looming ever closer to

her...We see him come directly behind her...

CUT TO BLACK A crack of a skull is heard...

Jane is now laying on the floor surrounded by pools of bloodas Teddy drops the blooded hammer next to him...Jane's music can be heard again.

INT. INTERROGATION CONTINUED (PRESENT DAY) - SCENE 5 - AFTERNOON Teddy has a completely blank expression as the DCI tries to

talk to him.

DCIMr Sharp... can you hear me?

Clones can be seen behind Teddy, however this time they are

silenced.

DCI

None responsive participant,

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None responsive participant,interview suspended at 3:30pm.

DCI Barber leans over to stop the recording.

DCIWe are not going to keep you inover night Mr Sharp, you are freeto go home and we will arrive atyou're house some point tomorrowin order to pursue the interview.Thank you Mr Sharp.

DCI opens the door and indicates for Teddy to leave

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Teddy leaves the building and begins to walk home, beingoblivious to his surroundings, almost being hit by a car...

TEDDYWhy keep hanging around? No onewants you here anymore. No onewanted you in the first place. Whybother to go on, why try andjustify what you've done. Scumlike you shouldn't have theprivilege to be alive. You shouldbe the rotting body six feetunder, not those four innocentgirls… they actually had a purposein life.You know, I know, we ALL knowyou're going to get worse, there'snothing that can help you, you'rea sick perverted pyscho. Peopleonly know you as the schizo killerso why keep up that reputation.Drop it. Drop it and bury it.Along with yourself.STOP!I can't deal with this, with you!You're internally ripping meapart.You can't escape us Teddy, we areyou. There's only one way out.I would rather die a meaningfuldeath than live a meaninglesslife.Go on Teddy DO IT.Take what you've done to me, andburn in hell!I'll see you there...Mr SharpIf it means it's the only way outfrom this torture, I am willing toescape this living torment knowingwhat you've done to me.

Teddy climbs up onto a stool, wraps the noose around his

neck and kicks the stool over, leaving him swinging.

FADE TO BLACK

A quote from film director Robert Lawton appears on screen:

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A quote from film director Robert Lawton appears on screen:it reads:

QUOTE"They've always tried to help me,but having schizophrenia, it washard to receive the help when Ididn't know which voices to listen (MORE)

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QUOTE (cont'd)too."

FADE OUT.

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