Elaine Murray (New Tricks)

Elaine Murray (Rosalind March) is a hidden villainess from New Tricks' seventh season finale, "The Fourth Man" (airdate 12 November 2010). She is the wife of David Murray, who worked at Cronux Security.
In the episode's events, Elaine worked at a retirement facility, where she was interviewed by Jack Halford and Brian Lane regarding her husband. This was due to the fact that in April of 1980, an armed robbery took place at Heathrow Airport, and David was in charge of the armored vans at that time. Regarding David's whereabouts, Elaine stated that he had run off with another woman, but not before paying off the mortgage to their house--with Elaine claiming that David's disappearance happened two weeks after the robbery.
Suspicions regarding David's possible involvement in the robbery increased following Elaine's claims, leading to UCOS finding David's supposed girlfriend, Anne Hargreaves, who worked with David at Cronux. While it was already established that Elaine and David had marital problems, Anne revealed the true reason why: Elaine was having an affair. In addition, Anne revealed the identity of Elaine's lover: Michael Denby, the ringleader of the Heathrow robbery. As for Elaine, DSI Sandra Pullman revealed that she had quit her job and was on the run, and their search for David hit a literal dead end, as it was revealed that not only was he deceased, but his death occurred at some point in 1980.
It was after Elaine was caught that everything was revealed during Sandra and DAC Robert Strickland's interrogation of John Felsham (another DAC). During her illicit relationship, Elaine turned heel by stealing David's security information and passing it on to Denby, which led to the armed robbery. As Anne revealed, David found out about his wife's affair with Denby and figured out that she had a role in the robbery, leading to an ultimatum: either end the affair of he'd go public with what they had done. Though it appeared that the affair was over, the evil Elaine resumed her dalliance with Denby, leading to David contacting Felsham and telling him to scare Denby off. Instead, Felsham decided to demand a cut of the job and allow the robbery to take place, and it was Felsham who killed David (among others) to hide his corruption. Regarding Elaine, the villainess (assumingly) had some share of the ill-gotten loot, and her statements regarding David were to cover her role as a conspirator. Strickland revealed to Felsham that Elaine confessed to her actions, and that she was arrested (off-screen).
Category:2010s
Category:Adulteress
Category:Brunette
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Greedy
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested