Lucia de B. Page #4

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You never did that?

- For 2000? No.

And for the year before that?

- No, no...

I don't know that either.

Do know how many nurses worked

in your hospital in 2000 and before?

It would be hard to answer

that question.

Hundreds?

Anyway, that varies...

Do you at least know when

the night and day shifts start?

Well, the times... No.

That's not my field.

Yet you provided numbers that led to

statistics which incriminated my client.

The defense wants to show

these numbers are based solely on 2001.

They don't show how many people worked

in the hospital, when, or how long.

Mr van Hoensbroeck...

Can you assure me these numbers

do not apply to any other year?

No, I can't.

Chairman, the statistics

were no longer relevant...

and were removed from the charge.

The charge itself remains unchanged.

But... that isn't right!

Hello.

- Hello.

Judith Jansen. We met before...

when you examined that baby: Timo.

I'm from the prosecution

and came with Johansson.

Yes, of course.

I wondered if you remember

if the heart was contracted?

I put that in the file. It went to Dr Kobes.

I assume you have it.

Wait.

Let me see...

Yes, here.

The heart was at rest.

At rest?

So not contracted?

No. Rest.

That doesn't fit with digoxin poisoning.

- No, hence the new test.

Who requested that?

- Your office did.

Mrs Johansson.

They were just done in Strasbourg.

Is there any mail from Strasbourg?

Strasbourg?

- Johansson ordered a new test.

Are you still fussing about that?

Did something come from Strasbourg?

- Ask her yourself.

If you carry on like this,

she'll chuck you out.

Ladies...

I'm going out for lunch today.

Will you lock my door, Antoinette?

Mrs Johansson...

Mrs Johansson!

The heart was at rest.

- What?

Baby Timo's. I was in the hospital and

the pathologist confirmed it was at rest.

You found that out this morning?

- There was no digoxin poisoning.

Did you want to be a defense counsel?

We are accusing her

of murdering babies and old people.

With Mohammed she wasn't even there.

- You do know who you work for?

Have the results from Strasbourg arrived?

- This is a serial killer.

We have to protect society and especially

the weak and needy against her sort.

The other murders are a chain linked

to the digoxin. If the test is negative...

We are done with the digoxin.

- But you ordered the test yourself.

Look at the whole picture.

The lies, compulsion, prostitution.

The grudge against her mother.

All her colleagues testified against her.

Lucia de Berk is a psychopath.

How blind can you be?

It's not right.

We made a mistake.

I think you should go on leave.

Right now.

4 June 2004

Appeal

Haven't seen you around.

No...

I heard you had a burnout.

Burnout?

I feel like I'm only balanced one here...

Turn around.

Lucia!

We have a good case.

They can't brush this aside. Don't forget!

Not a single witness observed...

that any action or lack thereofby

Lucia de Berk led to a patient's death...

or made resuscitation necessary.

No one saw...

Nor is there any evidence of Lucia

de Berk giving a patient an overdose...

or doing anything else

that could be a cause of death.

There are no fingerprints

on a strip of pills or bottle of medicine...

linking her to the unauthorized

administering of medication.

Any proof...

of a direct link between the

alleged crimes and Lucia de Berk...

is absent.

Lucia nursed extremely ill patients

with a very low life expectancy.

These people were in hospital.

And however hard that is to accept,

sometimes people die there.

Against the image of a chain-link locomotive,

we place that of a house of cards.

We regard the prosecution's case

as such a construction.

If one moves away from suggestion,

that house collapses.

If only the facts count, Lucia de Berk

will be cleared...

of all charges.

18 June 2004

The Verdict on Appeal

You may sit down.

You killed defenseless innocent victims,

deliberately and in a very refined way...

without leaving a single trace.

Your actions have damaged

society's trust in our hospitals.

You're sentenced for 7 murders...

- I don't have to hear this.

To life in prison...

- I didn't do it.

And to involuntary commitment.

- I didn't do it.

No. I didn't do it.

I didn't do it!

I didn't do it.

Pete, I didn't do it!

I didn't do it!

Life with involuntary commitment...

It's legally impossible.

Everyone's gone crazy.

I...

I don't understand it.

They ignored all the facts and

threw out all exculpatory evidence.

We'll contest the appeal

and find something to reopen the case.

Then we'll go to the Supreme Court...

I didn't do it.

I know that.

Do you?

- Yes.

They all say it, don't they?

All those judges,

all those bigwigs, everyone...

I wouldn't believe me either.

- Lucia... No.

We're going to show the judges

are simply parroting each other.

We'll contest this.

There only has to be one error

in the verdict. You're innocent.

Don't forget that.

Quirijn Herzberg speaking?

Hello?

Who is this?

I may be able to get new information.

Come in.

An independent digoxin test

was done in Strasbourg.

The prosecution probably

has the results.

If they show that Timo died naturally and

wasn't killed, the whole case collapses.

And if they show otherwise?

You really think they will?

- No.

Why do you think the results weren't used?

I don't know if Lucia can handle

another disappointment.

I did so much to get her in jail.

If you can get hold of that test somehow...

I'll submit it to the Supreme Court.

Antoinette?

It's Judith! I'm in the cafeteria

and thought:
We never said goodbye.

Shall we have a coffee?

You can find 15 minutes, can't you?

Strasbourg Laboratorlum

Where were you?

- I thought I'd meet you on the way.

I don't think you're allowed

up here anymore...

You have this room all to yourself now?

That's nice!

Can I see your bag?

My bag?

Why are you here?

I came to thank you...

It was great working together.

What are you doing here?

I would like to talk to you.

Has somebody else died?

I know you're innocent.

Now you tell me!

That's a little late, isn't it?

Or did you forget

how long I've been here?

Only four or five years.

That's a long time.

I've had plenty of time to think...

about why I am in here...

and why I'll probably never get out.

I don't think that you,

with your pretty face...

and your well-paid job...

can imagine what it's like to have

appearances against you.

Whatever you do or say, it's never right.

If you wear a short skirt, you're a whore.

But smart clothing is suspicious.

Sit up straight and you're too cocky,

slouch and you're hiding something.

If you're quiet, they put you in solitary.

But if you're loud, they do too.

Never mind what you do...

you lose, every time.

Without Pete and Fabinne

I wouldn't be here anymore.

They know I'm innocent.

But that's not going to save me.

I have a very good lawyer, a darling.

But we won't pull it off.

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