Law & Order UK Season 1 Episode 7 Alesha
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00:00The prosecutors who prosecute the offenders, these are their stories.
00:07There is a belief that HRT helps prevent Alzheimer's as well.
00:12But I want to forget that I'm old and menopausal.
00:16You're 4.30 is waiting.
00:18Could you schedule an ultrasound for uterine anomalies for Ms. Browning, please?
00:23Sure. When are you free?
00:24All the time, dear, though this one never takes the hint.
00:28Bye, Sandy.
00:30Bye.
00:33Next week?
00:35Yes. Tuesday?
00:37Sorry about that. Some patients won't stop talking. How are you?
00:43OK. You brought the chart that you gave me.
00:46Thanks.
00:49The last period ended Saturday.
00:53Pretty sporadic.
00:56Crampsile abnormal?
00:58Yeah.
00:59But it never used to be like this.
01:03All right. Well, lie down. I'll have a look.
01:04Just move on to the house.
01:34It's a nice perfume.
01:44Thanks.
01:48You're tensing.
01:49Try and relax.
01:55How does that feel?
01:59It's fine.
02:02It should feel good.
02:12Oh, yes.
02:14What were you doing?
02:17Right there.
02:19What the hell?
02:20You were touching me up!
02:23I wish to alarm you, Alicia, but I'd like to bring you back for a CT scan and a possible needle biopsy to rule out metastases.
02:32Cancer?
02:33It's just a precaution.
02:34That's all.
02:36Don't worry.
02:38Worst case scenario, women under 30 have a far better chance of recovery.
02:42Right.
02:43Well, I'll let you get dressed.
02:55Oh, yeah.
03:03Mm-hmm.
03:04How you doing?
03:06Oh.
03:07Oh.
03:08Oh.
03:09Oh.
03:10Oh.
03:11Oh.
04:12I know the difference between being examined and being assaulted.
04:24Unless you don't believe me.
04:26Oh, don't be daft.
04:28Of course we believe you.
04:30We're on your side, okay?
04:34That's going to be hard to prove.
04:36Hey.
04:37Never stopped us before.
04:40I ain't having some ponced up Arno Street doctor thinking he can get away with this.
04:45And he didn't just assault Alicia.
04:46He threatened her.
04:47He abused his position.
04:48There is no such thing as a one-time sex offender.
04:52He's got to have done it to other women.
04:53Why don't you get down to the GMC, see if anyone else is complaining, trap them down.
05:02We're looking for any complaints against the Dr. Alec Merrick.
05:06They're kept confidential, unless disciplinary action was taken.
05:10Of all the days, not to mess us around, sir.
05:14This is the one.
05:15Well, the only patients complaining here are the ones that are still on his waiting list.
05:32Consultant position at only the best hospitals in the city.
05:37Hospitals?
05:38How many exactly?
05:412007 to present, Milbank.
05:442006 to 2007, Royal Luddgate.
05:492004 to 2006, Waterloo City.
05:53Litchy feet.
05:54You're telling me.
05:56Position's usually permanent.
05:59Talk about being headhunted.
06:02Headhunted my arse.
06:05Well, look at his credentials.
06:07He's obviously highly thought of.
06:10Well, if he was that highly thought of,
06:12why would any hospital let him go without a fight?
06:15Unless, of course, he'd screwed up in some way.
06:18It was an administrative decision.
06:22His or yours?
06:23Dr. Merrick lives in Hampstead.
06:26We're in Tooting.
06:27Maybe he wasn't happy about the commute.
06:29But, Dr. Dyer, you were his head of department.
06:34Surely you would know.
06:36I mean, if one of my top men had quit, I'd need to know exactly why.
06:40Dr. Merrick runs a fine practice.
06:45Whatever you're thinking, I assure you, you're wrong.
06:49Well, hang on.
06:59What have we got?
07:00There's no point in talking to the doctors,
07:02because they ain't going to tell us anything, are they?
07:03I know, I know.
07:05But we can't just give up.
07:07This is Alicia we're talking about here.
07:08I know it's Alicia.
07:08Why don't we get a financial investigations unit,
07:14have a Shrifty, Merrick's bank statements,
07:16have a look at them,
07:17and see who stopped paying during that time?
07:20Genius.
07:25Do you know what?
07:26I don't see us getting anywhere with this,
07:28even if we do find a way to prove it.
07:31What happened was so subtle,
07:33people would wonder if it was that big a deal,
07:36you know what I'm saying?
07:37I don't believe I'm hearing this.
07:38Matt, if it was any other woman,
07:42you would say to say...
07:43It's not any other woman.
07:44It's Alicia.
07:45OK.
07:47Well, there's no need to have a go at me, is there?
07:49All right?
07:50Have you spoke to her about it yet?
07:54No.
07:54I'm waiting to give her some good news.
07:57Right.
07:58Here you are, though.
08:01Laura Todd.
08:03Three times a year, for three years,
08:06I can't find anything after July.
08:08And I have Diane Perkins, three payments in September,
08:16then they stop.
08:19Yeah, yeah, to Donna Miller, too.
08:21She's all over these statements.
08:22I can't find anything after...
08:24April.
08:26We know you stopped seeing Dr. Merrick in April.
08:38I didn't, actually.
08:41But you stopped paying him in April.
08:43Oh, you mean as a patient.
08:47Yes.
08:49I'm a bit confused.
08:51We had a thing.
08:52He kept his hand in, so to speak.
08:55It ended a few months back now.
08:57But it started while you were his patient.
09:00Loving the stirrups.
09:01And did he take advantage of you at all?
09:09Thank God.
09:11That man is hot.
09:14We played doctors and nurses for a while.
09:16What's the problem?
09:17It was fun until, well, you know...
09:19We don't, actually.
09:24I got tired of his routine.
09:29Where do you keep your cuffs?
09:37Donna Miller?
09:38Hitting on his patients while they're vulnerable.
09:47Vulnerable?
09:48Well, do me a favour.
09:50She'd cut your knackers off,
09:51spray them golden flogging as baubles
09:53for £90 a pop.
09:55Right, so who's next on the list?
09:59Diane Perkins.
10:03Diane,
10:05our records show us
10:06that you saw Alec Merrick.
10:09He's a gynaecologist
10:10in Harley Street
10:11three times in September.
10:14Four, actually.
10:16Someone lent me the money.
10:20Why did you stop going?
10:23Dr Merrick couldn't help me.
10:26I don't really want to say
10:28what the matter was.
10:30No, of course not.
10:32How was he towards you, then?
10:34Great.
10:35He was really kind.
10:37Didn't even charge me
10:39for my fourth session
10:40because he couldn't help me.
10:46I should turn this off.
10:54Diane, what are those marks
10:56on your roll?
10:57I suffer from depression.
11:02I have done since uni.
11:07I had a bad day again a few months back.
11:10Life got a bit much.
11:12It's my head that's messed up, you see.
11:20Not my body.
11:23Mate, we can't ignore the fact
11:25that she slit her wrists
11:26after seeing Merrick.
11:28Yeah, but it means nothing, Matt,
11:29because like she said,
11:30she's been doing that
11:31since she was at uni.
11:33I mean, the poor girl's sick.
11:34She's ill.
11:35Anyway, if at least there's anything
11:38that go by,
11:38Alec Merrick likes some strong
11:40and likes a challenge.
11:42Third time, Lucky.
11:44Laura Todd.
11:45But you were pregnant at the time,
11:53so why change your doctor?
11:55There's no way Dr Merrick
11:56was getting in me again.
11:59And why is that?
12:00He performed laser surgery
12:01on me without anaesthesia.
12:03Ouch.
12:04That's the polite version.
12:07Did he explain the procedure
12:09to you beforehand?
12:11Yes.
12:12He's going to use
12:13the laser treatment
12:14to burn off some cysts.
12:18He didn't say he's going to do it
12:19without putting me under.
12:21Did you report this
12:22to anyone at the time?
12:23Oh, I had the GMC complaints department
12:26on speed dial.
12:28They told me everything
12:29was by the book.
12:31Simply the doctor's choice.
12:37I was in so much pain.
12:41I kept screaming
12:43begging him to stop.
12:48He didn't bat an eyelid,
12:49just kept watching me
12:51the whole time.
12:54Every now and then
12:55he'd say,
12:56good girl.
12:57That man's a sadist.
13:06He needs to be locked up.
13:09No woman is safe
13:10in his care.
13:11We spoke to the investigation
13:24officer at the GMC.
13:26He reckons they took
13:27Laura Todd's complaint
13:28very seriously
13:30and concluded
13:30that Dr. Merrick
13:31had done nothing wrong.
13:34He said,
13:34uh,
13:35Laura Todd
13:35had suffered
13:36prolonged numbness
13:37as a result of
13:38anaesthesia
13:38once before.
13:40Dr. Merrick
13:40had mother
13:41and baby's
13:41best interest
13:42at heart.
13:43Yeah,
13:43although Laura Todd
13:45did say that Merrick
13:46had not told her
13:48prior to the operation
13:49that she wouldn't
13:49be anaesthetised.
13:50Yeah,
13:50except that Dr. Merrick
13:51says he did.
13:54Two people in the room,
13:55one an eminent doctor,
13:56the other hysterical
13:58pregnant woman.
14:00Who are they
14:00going to believe?
14:02There's got to be
14:03something else.
14:03Has he been sued?
14:05Uh, no,
14:05we checked.
14:08I hate to have to say
14:09this,
14:10but we've reached
14:11the end of the road
14:12on this one.
14:14Unless we can prove
14:15that he's a danger
14:16to his patients,
14:17we've got nothing.
14:20Maybe we can.
14:21Yes,
14:25Alec was
14:26experimental.
14:27That's one of the
14:27things I liked about.
14:29What about S&M?
14:30Are you offering?
14:32He got me into it.
14:34Don't knock it
14:35till you try it.
14:37You say your
14:38relationship started
14:39when you were still
14:40his patient.
14:41What has Alec done?
14:42Was there a time
14:43when you wanted to
14:44stop but felt you
14:45couldn't?
14:46That's all part of
14:47the fact.
14:48OK,
14:48do you feel he
14:49abused you at all?
14:51Oh, please,
14:52look.
14:53Alec is a good man
14:54with some very
14:55bad habits.
14:56There's a lot of
14:57pressure on him
14:58in the outside world.
14:59Pioneering treatments
15:00for infertile women,
15:02raising money
15:02for rape victims.
15:04What he did with me
15:05was an outlet.
15:06So why did you
15:07end it?
15:14Nothing turned
15:15Alec on more
15:15than fear.
15:17When I stopped
15:17being scared,
15:18he wanted to
15:19take it further.
15:21How much further?
15:24Did he want
15:25to torture you?
15:26I don't mind
15:26ropes at all,
15:27just not around
15:29my neck.
15:31Anyway,
15:31it seemed a bit
15:31creepy after what
15:32happened to his
15:33wife.
15:33Dr. Merrick's wife,
15:39Tessa Merrick,
15:40hanged herself
15:41five years ago
15:42from a beam
15:42above their bed
15:43and she left
15:44a note.
15:45You can't hurt
15:46me anymore.
15:46Love does not
15:47equal pain.
15:50It says here
15:51she had a history
15:52of mental illness.
15:54Well,
15:55yeah,
15:56but does that
15:56even matter
15:57if he was
15:58torturing her?
15:58Have we got
15:59proof of that?
16:00He's a pervert.
16:02He tied a rope
16:03around Donna
16:04Miller's neck
16:04because it
16:05turned him on.
16:06But he stopped
16:08when she asked
16:09him to,
16:09Matt,
16:10and everything
16:10else they did
16:11was consensual.
16:13So he moved
16:14on to Laura
16:16Todd to
16:16easy a prey.
16:18And God only
16:19knows what he did
16:20to poor Diane
16:21Perkins,
16:21who also tried
16:22to kill herself.
16:25This is a doctor
16:26who likes to
16:26hurt people.
16:27Am I the only one
16:28making connections
16:29here?
16:29We're all seeing
16:30the links, Matt.
16:31We all know
16:31he's a nasty
16:32piece of work.
16:34But we also
16:35know that Diane
16:36Perkins hasn't
16:37made any
16:37allegations.
16:39And Laura
16:39Todd's complaint
16:40was not proven.
16:42And what about
16:42Alicia?
16:46I thought you'd
16:48understand.
16:49As a woman,
16:50As a woman,
16:50I'd like to cut
16:51off his dick
16:51with a rusty
16:52hacksaw and ram
16:53it down his
16:54throat.
16:55As your boss,
16:56I suggest you
16:57take what you
16:58have got to
16:59steal and see
16:59what he says.
17:08There isn't
17:09enough.
17:10No, but...
17:11There's no real
17:12evidence here.
17:14His wife's
17:14suicide is irrelevant
17:16and the rest
17:18is inadmissible.
17:19But look at the
17:20history.
17:20It's bad, yes.
17:23But a judge won't
17:24allow any of it.
17:26It's got nothing to
17:27do with what Dr.
17:28Merrick allegedly
17:28did to Alicia.
17:32What's going on?
17:38We don't have
17:39enough of a case.
17:43I'm sorry.
17:44No other women
17:44have come forward.
17:45They're probably
17:46too scared to speak
17:47out.
17:48Which is what
17:49he relies on.
17:50He'll do it again.
17:51He won't stop.
17:54And what if he
17:54goes further next
17:55time?
17:56Alicia.
17:56What if he already
17:57has?
17:58If no one speaks
17:59out...
17:59James, I spoke
18:00out!
18:01All I have is
18:03your word against
18:04his.
18:06That's his
18:07reputation.
18:09Why would a
18:10Harley Street doctor
18:11want to touch up a
18:12black girl from
18:12Hackney?
18:13You're making
18:14this personal.
18:15It is personal,
18:16James.
18:16I was the one
18:17lying there.
18:18I am as angry
18:19as you are.
18:19Trust me, you're
18:20not.
18:21I want to help
18:21you.
18:22Then do something.
18:24If we don't stand
18:24a chance.
18:33What kind of
18:34message are we
18:35sending out here?
18:37Guess what,
18:38ladies?
18:38You're just not
18:39worth the risk.
18:40Alicia, please.
18:41It's not just
18:43about me, James.
18:44It's about
18:45everyone else.
18:47There's nothing
18:48I can do.
18:48There's nothing
19:08there.
19:08There's nothing
19:09there.
19:09you're feeling okay just a bit nervous oh there's no need to be okay if you could
19:35just hop up onto the table for me I've had some have some more it helps to show up any problem areas
19:55with the scan where's the lead McCain before we start would you like nurse Gregory to stay
20:18you do have that option no it's okay then I will see you tomorrow thanks thanks
20:33you're no good to me up there I'm afraid you're gonna have to lie down
20:41I feel weird oh relax the odds are you won't feel a thing
20:58Alicia have some more water
21:09good girl
21:27you're ready
21:31you came back
21:39she called the office and asked us to get over it straight away
21:57so this happened she said she's been drugged and raped I took a urine sample straight away the doctor who examined her said there was penetration and ejaculation no wounds
22:09but lots of heavy bruising finger marks on her thighs she's in here
22:13where did it happen
22:17where did it happen
22:18where did it happen
22:18Harley Street
22:19Merrick
22:20that was the name she gave me yes
22:22right
22:23Matt
22:25what I knew going on is there
22:28you're going on is there you're a mate
22:35right
22:36not
22:40how are you
22:45having better days
22:48How are you?
22:55I've had better days.
23:00At least now we can lock the bastard up.
23:08He drugged me, Matt.
23:12It must have been for hypno or GHB, I don't know.
23:18But he kept plying me with water in his office and then in the room.
23:37Why did she go back after what he already did?
23:44Someone had to stop him.
23:48I didn't expect him to rape me.
23:53It hurt like hell.
23:57He kept talking.
24:01And I couldn't do anything.
24:03You know, like in a nightmare when you can't move or scream.
24:16It's okay.
24:35What other romantic details I've forgotten should be on this?
24:40You filmed it.
24:47He hid it in my bag.
24:50It's not my word against his anymore.
24:52I won't be a victim, Matt.
25:00This is what you want, isn't it?
25:02No, stop.
25:03Stop.
25:04You begged me to do this to you.
25:08Stop.
25:08You're a little slut.
25:10You dirty, dirty, black bitch.
25:13Oh.
25:14Oh.
25:21Didn't that feel good?
25:33Did you speak to Marek?
25:35um no he had the morning off although we did speak to the nurse she went straight home after
25:44leaving the examination room she's an agency nurse been with him a month had no idea this
25:51was going on obviously what about the rest of his stuff well they think the world of him
25:57forensics found no trace of semen he cleaned up we're now waiting to see if there's any traces
26:05of drugs in alicia's samples i'd better find something got all the evidence on the tape
26:13though not really cases thrown out alicia goes back knee-jerk defense entrapment she went in for a
26:22bopsy armed with a spy camera did you know she was going to do this oh yeah yeah i said uh hey
26:28alicia don't give up now next time you might get lucky excuse me monny brooks hello the cab she hailed
26:35on marlebone road does the driver remember well he he remembers the drop off at the hospital but
26:41not not the customer thank you very much
26:44uh okay gentlemen traces of ghb and alicia samples well it's simply
26:55she's here
27:00hey there
27:15are you all right yeah
27:20you should be at home he's right you know
27:27a cup of tea in my office gentlemen please
27:40that's a first
27:51george entertaining
27:53did you watch it
28:08yes
28:13what are you gonna do
28:18i can't talk about it what are you going to do
28:27there were traces of ghb found in your samples
28:36then we've got him
28:38it's not that simple
28:39he asked you if you wanted a nurse in the room you said no you went back there after he
28:53assaulted you
28:54he's going to be in the witness box claiming that you wanted it
28:59to be drugged and raped to incriminate him less than six percent of reported rape cases which go to trial get a conviction
29:12i have to do this and you have to prosecute for me
29:18we have a personal relationship please i have to know that what i went through was worth it
29:25i have to know that what i went through was worth it
29:27oh no don't don't say that
29:29you're always telling me that we should fight for the victim
29:34fight for me
29:41fight for me
29:47okay
29:49thank you
29:53there he is
30:03dr alec merrick
30:06yes
30:07you look so much taller on film
30:10alec merrick
30:11we're arresting you under the suspicion of the rape of alicia phillips
30:14you do not have to say anything but it may harm your defense if you do not mention when you question something but you later rely on in court
30:21of course anybody you do say maybe you're hurting me
30:24didn't that feel good
30:26that's a false
30:28what was alicia thinking playing nancy bloody drew
30:32she didn't want him getting away with the assault
30:35they may get away with a whole lot more now
30:37he's getting phyllis gladstone
30:39as his defense barrister
30:42we know what she'll argue
30:43a woman has the foresight to record her own rape
30:46looks like she expected it
30:48instigated it
30:50tempted an otherwise innocent man
30:52he's not
30:53innocent
30:54he drugged her
30:55you've seen the tape
30:56i didn't see him force drugs on her
30:59you're gonna have to prove that he has the propensity to commit sex crimes or he walked
31:04he's a very eminent doctor james
31:07why did you have to go and get herself raped i mean how stupid can you be
31:12it's dumb
31:14it's happened so now we have to deal with it
31:18she'll go through hell in that witness box
31:21she's already there
31:38the subconscious endorsement of the female council
31:41the oldest trick in the book
31:43i like to think dr merrick picked me because i'm the best
31:47how can you defend that man
31:49easy cab rank principal
31:51will you bang onto the press about the rights of women who hit back at their abusers
31:55i'm doing this for them
31:56women who cry rape spit in the eye of the genuine victims
32:00alicia is a genuine victim
32:02judge silverton doesn't think so
32:04why else would he grant our application for reporting restrictions
32:07dr merrick treats mps there's no other agenda
32:10you saw that tape
32:11she didn't fight she didn't scream
32:14because she was drugged
32:16that was her idea
32:18to put her in the mood
32:21you are kidding me
32:22thb has been used for recreational purposes for years
32:26not by alicia
32:27he spiked her water then he raped her
32:29she was badly bruised phyllis
32:31she likes it rough
32:33that's what she told him in his office beforehand
32:35when she came onto him all tits and teeth
32:38argent provocateur
32:42if you cared about her
32:45you'd spare her what i'm about to put her through
32:47she is tougher
32:49and stronger than you think
33:05you may remember
33:12and she didn't even need to do it
33:16but that's what she wanted
33:17and about the perfect majority of her
33:18she is pretty often
33:19she was a religious mom
33:20and they made a lot of photos
33:21so she noticed that she was not a god
33:23she did
33:25that she was a man
33:26she was a young man
33:27and she was a man
33:28and she was a man
33:29that's a man
33:30that was a man
33:31that was a man
33:32This is what you want to say.
33:54No, stop.
33:56You begged me to do this to you.
33:59Stop.
34:00You want to miss a slut.
34:01Stop you.
34:03Let's go.
34:03What?
34:04Bitch.
34:06Oh.
34:07Oh.
34:09Oh.
34:11Oh.
34:18Yeah.
34:22It's in those few beers.
34:23Why did you take a camera into the examination room?
34:40Dr. Merrick had touched me inappropriately before.
34:45I believe that he was abusing his position as a gynecologist.
34:49And you wanted confirmation of that?
34:52Yes.
34:53That's why I didn't ask the nurse to stay.
34:58No further questions.
35:03You're a CPS employee, Miss Phillips.
35:07Why don't you trust the police?
35:11Weren't they investigating this alleged previous incident?
35:17They didn't have enough evidence to proceed.
35:20I wanted proof.
35:22Which is why you suggested to my client that you take some drugs and have sex with him.
35:29I didn't know such thing.
35:31As an experienced prosecutor, you must have seen a lot of rape trials.
35:36Yes.
35:37So you know what would make a convincing rape victim.
35:43I'm not lying.
35:46You've just admitted that you went there that day with the sole purpose of enticing Dr. Merrick into a sexual act.
35:55I thought he would touch me like he did before.
35:58I had no idea he would drug and rape me.
36:03Who's Dr. Barbara Lawrence?
36:05She's my doctor.
36:14What kind of doctor?
36:16What kind of doctor?
36:22She's...
36:23She's a gynaecologist at Waterloo City.
36:29And you've been seeing her for the last five years?
36:32Yes.
36:35Do you see two dentists, Miss Phillips?
36:38I wanted a second opinion.
36:48Who's Diane Perkins?
36:53Is she a friend of yours from City Law School?
36:56Yes.
37:00My lord, I don't see how this is relevant.
37:03Miss Gersten, where is this heading?
37:06Diane Perkins is a former patient of Dr. Merrick's who has a grudge against him.
37:11This has never been mentioned before, my lord.
37:14The defence case is that these two women must have set out together to smear Dr. Merrick's reputation.
37:20My lord, this cannot be allowed.
37:22This set-up was nothing more than a grubby little vendetta as opposed to some quest for justice.
37:29How would you feel if you were cross-examining me right now, Miss Phillips?
37:33That's enough, Miss Gladstone.
37:37Members of the jury, can I ask you to go with the usher for a few moments?
37:44Thank you, Miss Phillips.
37:46You can go.
37:52This should have been raised at the pre-trial review.
38:02It's something the defence themselves have only just found out.
38:06Do you plan to call Miss Perkins to give evidence?
38:08I certainly don't.
38:09She's mentally unstable, but it doesn't stop me from putting it to the witness.
38:13This is totally without foundation.
38:15How can there be a fair trial now?
38:16The jury should be discharged.
38:18There's no need.
38:20I'll tell them to disregard Miss Gladstone's remarks.
38:24But the seed has been planted.
38:25The damage is done, which is exactly what Miss Gladstone intended.
38:29If I swapped juries every time a barrister ran off at the mouth, we'd never reach a verdict.
38:36Thank you, Mon.
38:37You should have told me.
39:01You should have told me.
39:07Dianne was my best mate in uni.
39:24She was raped by her boyfriend and his roommate.
39:30They said she'd asked for it.
39:32She took a whole load of pills.
39:40She quit.
39:41She went home.
39:43Only I knew.
39:49What's all that got to do with Dr. Merrick?
39:55She thought she couldn't have kids because of what they did.
39:57That's why I told her to go and see him.
40:05God, I even lent her the money.
40:14Alicia, why didn't you come to us?
40:16What was the point?
40:17She wouldn't even talk to me.
40:19Her friend.
40:20So, what, you went to Merrick's to find out what he'd done?
40:30I never knew, but he must have raped her too.
40:39And now he'll walk free, leaving all of his victims to live with what he did.
40:46And it's all my fault.
41:07Okay, James.
41:08Merrick's next.
41:09Now, don't let your emotions get the better of you.
41:12Be passionate, yes, but stay focused.
41:14Alicia's already lost credibility as a witness, thanks to the wicked witch of defense.
41:20She needs you to go in there and be brilliant.
41:23Do you want to do it instead of me, George?
41:24Well, don't tempt me.
41:27I won't let her down.
41:29She said she'd been fantasizing about me since the day we met.
41:34That she had a thing for doctors.
41:36And then she told me what you would like to happen.
41:42What was that, Dr. Merrick?
41:45She wanted to take some GHB.
41:48Then go into the examination room and act as though we were going to do the biopsy.
41:53Today we would get rid of the nurse.
42:00Do you remember her exact words?
42:09Answer the question, if you will.
42:11That I was to give it to her good and hard.
42:19Those are her words, not mine.
42:23How did you feel when you were arrested for rape?
42:27Devastated.
42:28I've treated rape victims.
42:30I raise money for rape crisis centers.
42:33I know from experience how horrendous it is for them.
42:38Thank you, Dr. Merrick.
42:41Do you call all your women dirty bitches?
43:00It was part of the role play.
43:04The whole thing made me feel very uncomfortable.
43:07It didn't look like it.
43:08You seemed quite at home, penetrating a patient who couldn't fight back.
43:14She said it was her fantasy.
43:16To lie there helpless while you abused her.
43:19I wish I hadn't fallen for it.
43:20I was stupid and weak.
43:32But I did not rape her.
43:35You're very good at role play, aren't you, Dr. Merrick?
43:38What role are you playing today?
43:41I'm here to tell the truth.
43:43But how can we believe a man who swaps characters so easily?
43:47You were very convincing as the sadistic rapist we all saw on film.
43:52Which is the real you?
43:53I am the victim.
43:54But you didn't know you were being filmed, did you?
43:56That was the real you, wasn't it, Dr. Merrick?
43:59A man who thinks nothing of drugging and raping a patient who'd come in for a cancer biopsy.
44:05She entrapped me.
44:06She came to you for help and you raped her.
44:08She asked for it.
44:19Did your other victims ask for it too?
44:21Oh no, my lord, this is an outrage.
44:23The ones you drugged and tortured.
44:24This cannot be allowed.
44:26I have never hurt any woman.
44:28What about your wife, Dr. Merrick?
44:31Didn't she hang herself leaving a note about escaping the pain?
44:35That's enough, Mr. Steele.
44:37You don't have to answer that question, Dr. Merrick.
44:40The jury would disregard those last remarks.
44:43Very well, my lord.
44:45I'd like to answer that, if I may.
44:52My wife was a manic depressive.
44:57I knew that when I married her, but I was deeply in love.
45:05She couldn't conceive.
45:10The pain I caused was that I could help other infertile women, but not her.
45:17Everyone who knows me will tell you that I have dedicated my life to empowering women.
45:23Like Miss Phillips?
45:25I did not rape her!
45:29No further questions.
45:41Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict upon which you are all agreed?
45:47Yes.
45:47In relation to the Count of Rape, do you find the defendant, Dr. Alec Merrick, guilty or not guilty?
46:02Not guilty.
46:03No further questions.
46:31he won't stop the next lucky lady's out there somewhere you must be very proud
46:44it was the jury's decision they didn't know the facts you did
46:49you shouldn't have taken this case you're too emotionally involved it's over
46:53not for his victims not for alicia you just helped a rapist walk free
47:00try telling that little story your next women's rights function
47:04i'm sorry
47:21i should have told you about diane
47:26unless anyone else comes forward we'll never get it
47:34no one will come forward
47:38it's not over
47:49what can we do
47:53his victims know what he did they all think they're alone
48:02if he were to be arrested in public they might speak out
48:12and give you the evidence you'd need the charger
48:16dr merrick is giving a talk tomorrow on the latest developments in curing ovarian cancer
48:25three o'clock
48:26there'll be tv cameras here
48:28i know this is a lot to ask max you're okay with it
48:33more than okay
48:35what do you reckon then gov
48:39all we need is for you to give us a nod
48:42wait until they start filming
48:48we've seen enhanced recovery programs work for colorectal surgery
48:56and i'm pleased to say that these principles can be applied to gynecological
49:01can be applied to gynecological oncology as well
49:08patient outcome is excellent
49:14and satisfaction high
49:17uh
49:19the the key the key word here ladies and gentlemen is after care
49:25you said it
49:26dr alec merrick
49:29we're arresting you on suspicion of rape
49:34have we got a case yet
50:00we're working on it
50:04diane perkins still won't give evidence i checked
50:08so what's going on
50:11you've got nothing concrete have you
50:16this is a bluff
50:19if you don't drop this right now you'll be in no end of trouble
50:23would you come in now
50:30fourteen women either assaulted or raped by one dr alec merrick
51:00and bbs
51:01they all came forward in the last 24 hours due to your arrest
51:06why are you doing this
51:12i only did what you asked me to
51:16one of them is diane perkins
51:19you can't get away with this
51:21my client was arrested without a claimant or a case it's wrongful arrest it was a punt
51:32totally unprofessional
51:34yes it could have all backfired horribly but happily for us it didn't
51:39i'll be filing a report with the bar council
51:41good luck with that
51:42and in the meantime i suggest that you ask james what he wants
51:48i'd like dr merrick to spend a week locked in a room with his victims
51:56but i'll settle for a life sentence
52:05go home
52:17get some sleep
52:22get some sleep
52:30get some sleep
52:33go home
52:37go home
52:38go home