Judith Dawson (Death in Paradise)

Judith Dawson (T'Nia Miller) is a villainess from "Murder in the Polls", the Season 6 finale of BBC's Death in Paradise (airdate February 23, 2017). She was the wife of Reverend Matthew Dawson, with the couple being volunteers at Matthew's church's orphanage.
Judith's backstory revealed that she and Matthew struggled with having childrne of their own, leading Judith to become very attached to the orphanage and the children she and her husband helped. She was also revealed as the daughter of a fellow church employee Edwina Bousquet, her having been a former classmate and lover as Saint Marie mayoral candidate Victor Pearce, who was also Judith's father.
Knowing that Victor intended to close down the orphanage if he were elected Mayor, Judith conspired with Edwina to kill Victor to avoid losing her surrogate children. To set up Victor's murder, Judith tampered with the electric fan in Edwina's office and took the pen from Victor's voting booth, along with hiding a knife in the church storage room. As Edwina and Judith acted as though they were looking for a replacement fan, Edwina retrieved the knife and stabbed Victor in the back as he was going back into his booth after getting a pen from Matthew, killing him. She then went and retrieved the backup fan before Victor's body was found, allowing Judith and Edwina to appear to have alibis.
While her scheme initially succeeded in helping them avoid suspicion, Judith was eventually exposed as the mastermind behind Victor's murder by DI Jack Mooney, who gathered the suspects together at the church to exposed Judith and Edwina. In addition to revealing how Judith and Edwina executed Victor's murder, Jack also revealed Judith as Edwina's daughter and how they had killed boht out of a desire to prevent the orphanage from being closed and possibly revenge for Victor abandoning Edwina when she became pregnant with Judith. After being exposed, Judith apologized to Matthew before being handcuffed and arrested along with Edwina.
Category:2010s
Category:Bondage Used On Villainess
Category:Brunette
Category:Conspirator
Category:Family Murderer
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Knife
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Murderer
Category:Murder: Indirect
Category:Vengeful
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested