Law & Order UK Season 3 Episode 6 Masquerade
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00:00Executors who prosecute the offenders, these are their stories.
00:06You did one of these for me last month, didn't you?
00:09Yeah, we're busy these days.
00:11Well, I have to say, I'm surprised you come out on a Sunday at all.
00:15Mind you, Baylip's got to be recession-proof, hasn't it?
00:19Yeah.
00:21Which is it?
00:22Uh, Flat 11.
00:24Name's Marlow.
00:25Made redundant a year ago.
00:27I don't like calling you guys out, but I need the money.
00:32I mean, we've all got family to look after, haven't we?
00:37Oh, there's mine now.
00:39Mr. Marlow.
00:41Yeah, hello, Mum.
00:42Yeah, I'm here now.
00:44Mr. Marlow, open the door.
00:46I'll pick it up on the way back.
00:48Look, can you turn that down? I can't hear anything.
00:51Yeah, Mum, Mum, the cat can wait.
00:54I've got to go.
00:55Archie, can you turn that music down a bit, son?
01:01Mr. Marlow, open the door.
01:02Dear God.
01:04Call the police.
01:06Get the police.
01:07Archie Rahman.
01:20He's a student.
01:21He's been here since term started.
01:23Did he have any regular businesses?
01:25Not as far as I know.
01:28There was a drugs raid next door last month, wasn't there?
01:31There he is.
01:32I know, Archie's not like that.
01:33He's a good kid.
01:35As far as I remember, he always had his head stuck in a book.
01:40Sorry, I've got to take this.
01:43Hello, Mum.
01:45Yeah, you're on the way.
01:47I don't care if the cat's going hungry.
01:49The bloke in the flat downstairs, Rickins, he heard a Barney coming from Archie Rahman's flat about 4 p.m.
02:00Man or female Barney?
02:02Well, he couldn't tell.
02:03I don't think he could tell what day it was, to be honest.
02:06He's been enjoying a little too much of the old wacky-backy.
02:09I've beat what the highlights, mate.
02:14Two knife wounds.
02:16One defensive in the arm, one in the abdomen below the ribs.
02:19And what kind of knife?
02:21It's difficult to say, probably 4-inch blade.
02:24No sign of forced entry.
02:27Oh, no, but it's hardly the bank of England.
02:29No chain, no spy hole.
02:31One badly maintained lock.
02:33Attacker could have knocked and the light just opened the door.
02:37These box of shorts.
02:38Well, it happens.
02:41So, it's not that random.
02:44Knife attacks bad enough on the streets.
02:46But in your own home...
02:48Hey.
02:51Is this what I think it is?
02:54He's confirming, but yeah.
02:55His and her's body fluids.
02:57Fresh-ish.
02:59Lovely.
03:01Well, whoever he was entertaining has long since gone.
03:06And so's Archie Rahman.
03:08.
03:13Yeah.
03:14I'll be here.
03:14Yeah.
03:15I'm so happy.
03:17Yeah, we need a永�.
03:17Oh, no.
03:20Yeah.
03:21I'm so happy.
03:24Oh, my God.
03:25Okay.
03:26Oh, my God.
03:28Oh.
03:28Yeah.
03:29Oh, my God.
03:30Yeah.
03:31Yeah.
03:31Yeah, yeah.
03:32Oh, my God.
03:33Yeah.
03:34Yeah.
03:34Yeah.
03:35All right.
03:35Yeah.
03:35Yeah.
03:36And no one was seen in or out on Sunday afternoon.
04:01Not by anyone talking to us.
04:03Great. So our list of suspects can be filed under AIM for anyone.
04:08Security cameras are all fakes. They're only there as a deterrent.
04:11That's what you get when you cut corners, gentlemen.
04:14It'll just come from a budget, please.
04:16Don't ask.
04:18You don't fancy swapping your squad cars for bicycles, do you?
04:22Oh, that'd be good. I can see me and you're on a tandem.
04:25Well, what's new there? You'd be at the back stuffing your face,
04:28I'd be at the front doing the legwork as usual.
04:31It wasn't a serious suggestion, boys.
04:34So what have we got on Archie Roman?
04:36Well, he didn't do drugs. Not attached to any gangs.
04:40And if you listen to the residents, he kept himself to himself.
04:43Chandler.
04:44Yeah, all right. Show them into an interview room.
04:53Archie's parents are here.
04:55Matt, you keep chasing the rest of the neighbors, Ron.
05:00I know, but someone's got to do it.
05:05Why are you asking us all these questions?
05:07I'm very sorry, but we are just trying to understand what happened to your son.
05:11What's to understand?
05:13He worked two jobs to pay his fees.
05:16He studied hard.
05:17He's done nothing wrong.
05:19When was the last time you spoke to Archie?
05:25Saturday night, I told him to stay in.
05:34I told him that he could enjoy living his life later.
05:39Now he needed to.
05:44He was the first one in our family to go to university.
05:49Mrs. Roman, we found two wine glasses in the kitchen of Archie's flat that had been drunk
05:56from.
05:57You think that he'd been drinking with a friend?
06:00Maybe even a girlfriend?
06:02He did not have a girlfriend.
06:04There was Darla.
06:07He was never serious about her.
06:10They broke up a few months ago.
06:12Okay.
06:13And Darla, was she upset by the breakup?
06:18I don't know.
06:20She was wrong for him and he knew it.
06:22Ali never approved of her because she...
06:27She was in a band.
06:28He deserved better.
06:30He deserved better than this.
06:34I saw him last week to get my iPod back.
06:47And it was all smart, was it, Darla?
06:49No.
06:50He was winding me up about my life like always.
06:53I told him to get lost.
06:56He goes to college.
06:57His dad tells him to.
06:58And then acts all posh like I'm beneath him.
07:00I ain't taking that from no one.
07:03So why did you see him again on Sunday?
07:05I didn't.
07:06I ain't seen him since.
07:07What, not even for a final farewell?
07:09I don't need a sympathy shag from Archie Rahman.
07:12He ain't all that.
07:14And can anyone verify where you were on Sunday?
07:17Yeah.
07:18About 50 people saw our gig at the Waltheim Wolves and so.
07:23What's this about?
07:24What's he done?
07:26Archie was murdered on Sunday afternoon.
07:29Oh my God.
07:31Oh my God, Archie.
07:35Do you know if he was seeing anyone else?
07:39Archie's gone.
07:44Do you believe her?
07:46Yeah.
07:51They're just kids.
07:54They leave home.
08:00No matter how much you try to protect them, they all leave.
08:04Eventually.
08:05What do you want about your daft old kid?
08:08I remember.
08:08I couldn't wait.
08:11The knife was serrated, a 10-centimetre blade.
08:18After that, we're guessing.
08:19Forensic expert?
08:20Guessing. What would Quincy say?
08:22Who's Quincy?
08:23Right, the woman upstairs was out all day with her kids,
08:26and the other flat's been empty since January.
08:29Okay, and what about mobile records?
08:31Yeah, still checking through.
08:33Well, let's hope something turns up.
08:34Otherwise, it's door-to-door for the next six weeks.
08:36Oh, which is why I've bought you this?
08:41Persian pottery of the 11th century.
08:44Thanks, Teddy. I wonder where I left that.
08:45It was in the evidence collection from Archie's flat.
08:48I thought we might be able to get a fingerprint detail.
08:50Oh, yeah, and did you?
08:51Yeah, hundreds. Not useful.
08:55Because it's a library book
08:57from the Waterloo and Sydney College Library,
09:00and it was stamped out on Sunday.
09:07I wasn't here Sunday.
09:08I'm a post-grad.
09:10I only do a few shifts.
09:13Okay, could you tell us
09:14what time this book was checked out, please?
09:18All right.
09:19Give me a minute.
09:22I used to go out with a girl from here once.
09:25Why that need help?
09:26You're homework, will you?
09:28Amanda Teague.
09:30We used to meet up after the library closed,
09:32go for a quickie at a social site.
09:35What's the matter with you?
09:36This is a place of learning.
09:39We were learning.
09:40Here we go.
09:42Checked out Sunday around 11 o'clock
09:45by Rebecca Anderson.
09:48You sure it wasn't checked out by Archie Rahman?
09:51No, unless he looks like this.
09:52The title of the book is
09:59Persian Pottery in the 11th Century.
10:02I'm doing modern languages.
10:04Why would I have a book about pottery?
10:06It's checked out in your name.
10:08Since when did you not care about a library book?
10:11Was it late or something?
10:12Were you in the college library on Sunday?
10:14Yep.
10:15Until I closed at six.
10:17With anyone?
10:18Might have been.
10:19Right, Miss Anderson, listen.
10:21We haven't started asking the tough questions yet
10:25and he's going to have to shave again soon,
10:27so please.
10:29I was with my friend.
10:31And does your friend have a name?
10:32Sally Douglas.
10:34Do you know Archie Rahman?
10:37No.
10:38Are you sure?
10:39Let me think of that for a second.
10:41Yeah, I'm sure.
10:42Look, this is serious, Rebecca.
10:44Your pottery book was found in his flat
10:47when he was murdered.
10:49Look, I told you, it's not my book.
10:52That library's always getting stuff mixed up.
10:54I got a fine the other day
10:55for a book I've never even heard of.
10:57I bet that's what's happened.
10:59Can you tell us where we could find
11:01this mate of yours, Sally?
11:04She helps out at her mum's hair salon
11:06and stuck me in.
11:07I was in the library doing an essay.
11:13By yourself?
11:15No, with my friend Becky.
11:17We were there till it closed.
11:18This is Rebecca Anderson.
11:20Hmm.
11:21And she was with you the whole day?
11:24Yeah.
11:25We left about six.
11:28Is Becky in trouble?
11:29Well, we're just trying to sort out a mix-up,
11:32that's all.
11:33All right.
11:34So, who do you reckon was having a bottle of plonk
11:43with Archie Roman over Sunday lunch there?
11:46Oh, you've got that look again.
11:48What's up?
11:49Remember what I said about me and Amanda T?
11:51Do you mind the meeting?
11:53Well, both Rebecca and Sally said
11:55that they were working in the library all day on Sunday
11:57till it closed at six.
11:59And?
12:00Yeah.
12:00Still holding, yeah?
12:01Yes, and?
12:05You've been a great help.
12:06Well, something was nagging at me,
12:08so I called.
12:09On Sundays, the library closes at midday.
12:13Well, give one of them a chance
12:14to have a bit of beef and Yorkshire pudding
12:16at Archie Roman.
12:17And maybe the chance to kill him.
12:19Vax is with me the whole time.
12:38Until the library closes at six.
12:40Yeah.
12:41Except it closes before lunch on a Sunday, doesn't it?
12:44You see, that leaves us with a missing afternoon.
12:47And as detectives, we don't like missing afternoons.
12:50Things can happen that we don't know about,
12:53you see, Sally.
12:55And that makes us suspicious.
12:57Yeah, well, the library closes at 12,
12:59but the university doesn't.
13:01We went into the reading room,
13:03carried on working, and then went home.
13:04Right.
13:06It's a murder investigation.
13:08You don't need to be part of it.
13:09I'm not part of it.
13:11If you're covering for your friends,
13:12you could be in a lot of trouble with it.
13:13She's got nothing to do with it.
13:19And what are you studying?
13:22Philosophy and art history.
13:24Okay.
13:24And what's the lecture about?
13:26Ancient arts of Persia and the subcontinent.
13:29I really got to go.
13:35So, Rebecca's book is in Archie's flat
13:37on a subject Sally is studying.
13:40I saw Krypton facts like that once.
13:43So, which do we believe is capable of murder?
13:45Figur or Spice?
13:46Well, look, bottom line is,
13:47we haven't got any proof
13:48that either of those girls
13:50was anywhere near Archie Raman when he died.
13:53So.
13:54Devlin.
13:56I, uh...
13:58Blinding.
14:00Thanks.
14:01Andrew's got something for us.
14:03As ever.
14:05This is the high street
14:06around the corner from Archie's flat.
14:08Less than a ten-minute walk.
14:14That looks like Sally Douglas.
14:17What do you think?
14:19Difficult to prove from this distance.
14:24What shop is that, Ange?
14:25It's not.
14:27It's a local cab firm.
14:31Right.
14:31Yeah, I was here, Sunday.
14:36Doing every shift I can right now.
14:38Get me out of the house.
14:39Maybe crying all the time
14:40can drive a man mad.
14:43Yeah, lovely.
14:45Uh, do you recognise this girl?
14:47Is there a reward if I do?
14:49Yeah.
14:50We'll leave you alone
14:51so you can get back to your in-tray.
14:53Okay.
14:55Okay.
15:01Oh, yeah.
15:02Yeah.
15:03I remember her.
15:04And why is that?
15:05She came in late afternoon
15:08crying her eyes out.
15:11Real emotional.
15:12I don't suppose you got her name.
15:14No.
15:15She just kept saying
15:16take me home, take me home.
15:20Felt for her.
15:21I reckon she was suffering man trouble.
15:24Right.
15:25Don't look too hard, eh?
15:32Right, so we know they're both lying.
15:35Which one do you want to scare first?
15:37I don't mind.
15:38One's up and play bad cop.
15:40I swear, I was in the library
15:42all day with my mate.
15:44Fine.
15:44Right, I've had enough.
15:45You're coming to the station with us.
15:47What for?
15:48We're thinking of throwing you a party.
15:50How's that?
15:50We can't arrest me.
15:52Look, why do you think
15:53we carry police badges, Rebecca?
15:55It's not to get us into China whites.
15:58Now, we can either carry this
15:59on down the station
16:00or you can tell us
16:01what really happened.
16:05Okay, get the cuffs out, Matt, please.
16:07Happy now?
16:10Okay, okay.
16:14Okay.
16:18Look, Sally rang me Sunday night
16:20really upset
16:21and said that if anyone asked,
16:23we were in the library
16:23all day together.
16:25And you didn't ask
16:26why your best mate
16:27was crying down the phone?
16:29Just assumed she'd had a row
16:30with her dad.
16:31She always is.
16:32And why has she got a book
16:33out under your name?
16:35Got a bad credit rating
16:36and I needed some coach ID
16:38to secure my flat,
16:40so we swapped cards.
16:41Is Sally in trouble?
16:45Yes, she is.
16:46But not for swapping cards.
17:00This is just a huge mistake.
17:03My daughter has nothing
17:04to do with any boy.
17:05Mrs. Douglas,
17:06the fingerprints we've just taken
17:08from your daughter
17:08have been matched
17:09to those found
17:10at the victim's flat.
17:12That can't be right.
17:13Sally, I'm going to read you
17:15your rights.
17:16Do you understand?
17:17You're arresting her.
17:18Hang on a second.
17:19Mum, it's all right.
17:22I'm ready.
17:23Sally Douglas?
17:25My daughter,
17:25and I have a right to see her.
17:27I have a badness here.
17:28Martin, they're arresting her.
17:30Say nothing, sweet pea.
17:32Nothing till we get a brief.
17:33You understand?
17:34Sir, we can let you stay,
17:35but you're going to have
17:36to calm down.
17:36You have my daughter here.
17:38I should have been called.
17:39You can't talk to her
17:40without me here.
17:41Mr. Douglas,
17:42your daughter is over
17:43the age of 18.
17:44We don't need your permission
17:45to do this.
17:45Well, she's under my roof.
17:47She needs my permission
17:48to do anything.
17:48Yes, well, you're under my roof
17:50at the moment,
17:51and I can allow you to stay
17:52as a courtesy,
17:53but if you impede this interview,
17:55I'm going to have to have you removed.
17:57Do you understand that?
18:02Good.
18:02Sally Douglas,
18:04I'm arresting you
18:05on suspicion of the murder
18:07of Archie Rahman.
18:09You do not have to say anything,
18:10but it may harm your defense
18:12if you do...
18:12I need a lawyer here, now!
18:14...question something
18:15that you may rely on in court.
18:17Anything you do say
18:18may be given in evidence.
18:20Is there anything you want to say, Sally?
18:23Say nothing.
18:25Dad, I'm not a criminal.
18:26It doesn't matter, sweet pea.
18:29I can twist your words.
18:31Listen to your father.
18:33Sally, we can wait,
18:35if you'd rather.
18:44I'll wait.
18:47Okay.
18:48Okay.
18:48Okay.
18:56Go to the duty solicitor
18:58and make sure
18:59we've got someone from the CPS
19:01watching everything.
19:14I'm so sorry, Ron.
19:15I've only just got out of court.
19:16No, I'm so sorry.
19:17No, it's fine.
19:18Can you do a coat?
19:20There you go.
19:21Right.
19:22Can you just make yourself comfortable?
19:24Right.
19:24Let me know we're good to go.
19:26Okay?
19:35Sally.
19:38In your own time...
19:45I was in the library
19:46by the coffee machine.
19:50And this boy came over
19:51and started talking to me.
19:53He said his name was Archie
19:56and he was doing art history.
20:01He talked
20:02and made me laugh.
20:04I liked him.
20:08We went outside for a cigarette
20:09and we talked some more.
20:12I realized we were doing
20:13the same course
20:14just at different colleges.
20:15and he was doing
20:18and he was doing
20:18a similar project.
20:24So he invited me around
20:26to his flat.
20:35We went there together
20:36and he gave me some wine
20:40and I drank it
20:42and it felt really weird.
20:46I thought it was just the alcohol
20:48but I tried to stand up
20:50and I was too dizzy
20:52so I fell back on the bed.
20:54and then he started
20:57taking my clothes off.
20:59I'm sorry.
21:01Did you try to resist?
21:04I couldn't...
21:05I couldn't move my arms
21:08or cry out.
21:10I couldn't even say no.
21:11And he raped me.
21:21While I was lying there.
21:26I couldn't move
21:27and then I just passed out.
21:29Any idea how long for?
21:32A few minutes I guess.
21:36I started pulling my clothes back on
21:38when you came out of the bathroom
21:39and wanted to do it again.
21:41I tried to run
21:44but he grabbed me
21:45so I got hold of a knife.
21:49And I stabbed him.
21:53But I didn't know what I was doing.
21:54I just wanted to get out.
21:57What did you do with the knife?
22:00I dropped it outside.
22:03I just...
22:04I just wanted to get away.
22:08Why didn't you tell the police?
22:11I wasn't thinking.
22:14I was just so ashamed.
22:19Do you see a doctor?
22:22No.
22:22Please, God's sake, stop.
22:27Did you tell anyone about this?
22:30Or could I?
22:31I thought it was all my fault.
22:40She was dizzy.
22:41She was paralysed.
22:43So what do you reckon?
22:44We're hypno?
22:45Could be.
22:46Yeah.
22:46Tasteless.
22:47Tasteless.
22:48Straight in the wine glass.
22:49Could knock her right out.
22:50I mean, some poor girls
22:51don't even remember
22:52they've been raped.
22:53No, they don't.
22:54So don't let's take this
22:55all at face value.
22:56You're saying you don't believe her?
22:58I'm saying
22:58I'm not a hundred percent.
23:01Well, from where I was sitting,
23:02I saw a nice young girl
23:03who's been through hell.
23:04Yeah, well, hang on.
23:05I mean, don't forget
23:06at the beginning of all of this
23:07there was a dead teenager.
23:09Precisely.
23:10As a detective
23:11I wouldn't mind seeing
23:11some evidence
23:12to back up her story.
23:14When have we dealt
23:16with a murder rape
23:16where the rapist
23:17was a dead body?
23:19Well, I say good on her
23:20for fighting back.
23:21Oh, come on, Matt.
23:22She threw the murder weapon
23:23God knows where.
23:24She lied to us.
23:25She got an alibi.
23:27It wouldn't be the first time
23:29someone lied
23:29about being raped.
23:34You okay?
23:40Yeah.
23:42What do you think?
23:45You've got enough?
23:46Unless we can prove
23:47her story's a lie
23:48she'll walk on self-defense.
23:50But worth us investigating.
23:54Alicia?
23:55I guess so.
23:57Until we know exactly
23:58what happened in that flat.
23:59Yes, it's worth
24:00you investigating.
24:03Right.
24:05So, what do we do
24:06with Sally?
24:07What we do
24:07with any suspected killer
24:09we get the charging
24:11of her
24:11and we put her away.
24:34My client is not guilty,
24:37my lady.
24:38With respect
24:39to my learned friend,
24:40the Crown opposes bail.
24:42Sally Douglas lied
24:43consistently to the police
24:45for over a week
24:46before being arrested.
24:47She then made a statement
24:48which we believe
24:49to be false.
24:50She could fail to appear
24:52before this court
24:53unless remanded.
24:55My lady, really,
24:57remand is unnecessary.
24:58My client defended herself
25:00against a sexual attack.
25:01She's 19 years old
25:04and still lives
25:05with her parents.
25:06She's a hard-working
25:07young student
25:08who's not going
25:09to run away.
25:10She was frightened,
25:12intimidated.
25:13Yes, thank you.
25:14I get the picture.
25:15A bail is granted
25:17with the following conditions.
25:20Her passport
25:21will be surrendered
25:22and she should report
25:23to the local constabulary
25:25every day at noon.
25:28What's next?
25:29You okay with this?
25:30Of course.
25:31Why wouldn't I be?
25:33Sally's story is similar.
25:35James, we deal
25:36with sex crimes all the time.
25:37Why should this one
25:38be any different?
25:40Then we have nothing
25:40to worry about.
25:42Except our case
25:43is looking pretty thin.
25:44Why do you say that?
25:46Well, for a start,
25:48she got bail.
25:50That's no surprise.
25:52Without Archie
25:54to speak for himself,
25:55her story sounds
25:56pretty convincing.
25:58James.
26:04Do you think
26:05we're doing the right thing?
26:07Archie's dead.
26:09We can't just ignore that.
26:10But what if it was
26:11self-defense?
26:12Then we'll deal with it,
26:13but what if she's lying
26:14and it was murder?
26:15Would you be happy
26:16telling Archie's dad
26:17we have no case right now?
26:18If it's the truth, yes.
26:20Well, we don't yet know
26:22either way,
26:22so do me a favor.
26:23Keep that to yourself
26:24till we're through
26:25this circus.
26:29My car was attacked
26:30by a furniture
26:31and rapeless police.
26:33Are you expecting
26:35the CPS
26:36to drop the charges?
26:37We're here.
26:37We're asking the CPS.
26:39Uh, Mr. Steele?
26:40Mr. Steele?
26:41Don't you think
26:42justice has already been done?
26:44The rapist is dead
26:45after all.
26:46Let's first establish
26:47whether she was
26:48actually raped.
26:49Are you calling
26:50the victim a lie,
26:51Mr. Steele?
26:51Mr. Steele?
26:52Mr. Steele?
26:52Mr. Steele?
26:53Mr. Steele?
26:53Mr. Steele?
26:53Mr. Steele?
26:54Mr. Steele?
26:56Mr. Steele?
27:00A young Asian boy
27:02is stabbed.
27:03Nobody seems to care.
27:06A pretty white girl
27:07is raped.
27:09Suddenly,
27:10it's headline news.
27:11All we needed
27:12was P.T. Barnum.
27:13We could have sold tickets.
27:15So do we have anything
27:16to prove
27:17that this girl's story
27:19is false?
27:20No trace of
27:21GHB or
27:22a hypnol
27:23in Arch's flat.
27:24No residue
27:24in the glasses.
27:25No packaging.
27:26Could have been
27:26a one-off
27:27bought from someone else
27:28and the glasses
27:28were rinsed.
27:29Possibly.
27:30We still haven't
27:30found the murder weapon.
27:31Could have been
27:32picked up by a passerby.
27:33She never said
27:33she hid it.
27:34Well, you seem to have
27:35the defense arguments
27:36wrapped up.
27:38So, James,
27:39why are we prosecuting?
27:41Her story
27:42is inconsistent
27:43with other accounts
27:45of drug rapes.
27:45We can't just dismiss
27:47her story
27:47because it doesn't
27:48fit a known pattern.
27:49How does she
27:49stab Archie
27:50a few minutes
27:51after the attack
27:51if she'd been
27:52drugged with a sedative?
27:54Different people
27:54react to drugs
27:55in different ways.
27:57What if the effects
27:58had worn off?
27:59What if she's the one
28:00who did fight back?
28:01Fifteen love
28:02to the defense.
28:04So what's your case?
28:06Proof she's lying.
28:07There wasn't a rape
28:07she stabbed Archie
28:09for another reason.
28:10Any in mind?
28:11Crime of passion.
28:13Okay.
28:14If you want to prosecute
28:15that successfully,
28:17you'll have to show
28:18that Sally knew Archie
28:20before that Sunday.
28:23Let's start with her friends.
28:26See what they have
28:27to say about her.
28:28And if we don't
28:29find anything?
28:31Same as always.
28:33We can't build
28:33a strong enough case,
28:34we walk away.
28:35Fine.
28:37James.
28:43Is she...
28:45Is she letting
28:46her thing affect her?
28:49Her thing?
28:52Do you know
28:53what happened to her?
28:56Why would she?
28:59She's the best prosecutor
29:00we have, George.
29:01Did Sally already know Archie?
29:10Why is it so hard
29:11to believe that
29:12some Bollywood boy
29:13wanted a piece of her?
29:14It's not,
29:15but I need to know
29:15as much about her
29:16as possible.
29:17What, so you can
29:18stitch her up in court?
29:19Rebecca will either
29:20go forward with this case
29:21or we'll drop it
29:22based on what
29:22I can find out.
29:24Did Sally have
29:25a boyfriend?
29:26We talked about boys
29:29all the time.
29:30She would have said
29:31something to me
29:32if she had.
29:33So you think Sally's
29:34definitely telling the truth?
29:35Well, she wouldn't be
29:36the first college girl
29:37to be taken advantage of.
29:39I know,
29:39but she didn't say
29:40anything to anyone
29:41until she was arrested.
29:42She even used you
29:43as her alibi.
29:44She was a mate.
29:45She asked for help
29:46but I didn't question it.
29:49How is she?
29:51Have you not been round?
29:53There's press
29:54all outside her house.
29:55Her dad's not
29:56letting anyone in.
29:58Well, it will be
29:59tough for her.
30:01But if she's strong,
30:03she'll handle it.
30:08How long have you
30:09known Sally?
30:10Since she was 15.
30:12Did she ever
30:12talk to you
30:13about boyfriends?
30:14She wanted my advice,
30:15you know,
30:16what to say,
30:17what to wear,
30:18any boy in particular.
30:19She was banging
30:20to this bloke
30:20at Sixth Form College.
30:22They'd only snubbed
30:23but I could tell
30:24she was proper fixed on him.
30:25Has there been
30:25anyone since?
30:26Not as far as I know.
30:28She was pretty gutted
30:29about being dumped.
30:31I remember what that's like.
30:33Yeah, but Theo
30:33was a real tosser about it.
30:36Why?
30:37She broke her arm
30:38in an accident, yeah?
30:39Mm-hmm.
30:40Had a few days off school.
30:41By the time she came back,
30:43he's moved on
30:44to someone else.
30:45Something shiny
30:46new would come along.
30:48Boys never change.
30:52So I went back
30:53to the ex-boyfriend
30:54just to see
30:54if they were still in touch
30:55and he barely remembers her.
30:58Just one of those things.
30:59She was more into him
31:00than he was into her.
31:01Is there anything
31:01connecting her to what?
31:03No, nothing in her
31:04current circle of friends
31:05suggesting she knew
31:06Archie before that Sunday.
31:07Or any boy for that matter.
31:10Unless the police
31:11come up with something,
31:11I don't think we have a case.
31:12Well, hang on a minute.
31:15There's university staff
31:16to talk to,
31:17phone records
31:18to check her family,
31:19and why would she
31:19lie for so long?
31:21Why does she feel
31:21the need to have an alibi?
31:23Headline, James.
31:24People lie about
31:25things they're ashamed of.
31:28Would you care to join us?
31:30Why can't you put her away?
31:33You have a confession
31:34from her.
31:34She stabbed my son.
31:36She's claiming self-defense.
31:38Every day.
31:40Every day those bastards
31:41on the news
31:42with some line
31:43about justice and rape.
31:45We have to deal
31:46with the death of our son
31:48while his name's destroyed
31:49and you just sit here
31:51doing nothing.
31:52I can assure you
31:53we are not doing nothing.
31:55I want this over with.
31:57I just want it all to end.
31:59I know this is difficult for you,
32:01but it takes time
32:02to build a case.
32:03Can't we just stop now?
32:06Then it would never
32:06go to trial.
32:08If we drop this now,
32:11then there's a risk
32:11your son will be remembered
32:13forever as a rapist.
32:14I know,
32:15but this is killing us.
32:17We are doing all that we can
32:19just as fast as we can.
32:22Mr. Rahman,
32:24has something happened?
32:28I had a call
32:32from the press.
32:34Oh, God, please
32:34don't let them
32:35influence you
32:36in any way at all.
32:38You have to stop them.
32:42They're threatening
32:43to publish.
32:44Publish what?
32:46An old school report.
32:48What report?
32:51We can't go through this again.
32:54I'm sorry.
32:55Go through what again?
32:58Archie was suspended.
32:59What was he suspended
33:03for, Mr. Rahman?
33:06He was in the wrong place
33:08at the wrong time.
33:09The head said so.
33:11But what was he suspended
33:12for, Mr. Rahman?
33:15He attacked a girl.
33:16He was 13.
33:18He was suspended
33:19for a week
33:20for going into
33:21the girl's changing room.
33:22Yeah,
33:22with three other kids
33:23all older than him
33:24egging him on.
33:25He pulled out
33:26the girl's clothing.
33:27There was screaming,
33:27tears,
33:28enough for it
33:29to be taken seriously.
33:30But not enough
33:31for it to be reported
33:32to the police.
33:33My readers may
33:34skip that detail.
33:35Oh, bloody hell,
33:36Russell,
33:36you can't run with this.
33:37It'll prejudice the case.
33:39No names will be mentioned.
33:40Okay.
33:41It's hardly going to be
33:41difficult to work out
33:42which case you're
33:43referring to, is it?
33:44Yes, it's true.
33:45Some of our readership
33:46can add two and two.
33:49The tabloids
33:49are not where
33:50this should be played out.
33:51My editor disagrees.
33:53Your white male editor.
33:55How can you,
33:57of all people?
33:58Because I is black.
34:02Be honest.
34:03We all love
34:03an enforced stereotype.
34:06Thanks for the
34:07fair trade coffee.
34:09You print this,
34:11we'll take you to court.
34:12Yeah, I know,
34:13and we'll publish
34:14an apology
34:14buried on page 10
34:16when the injunction
34:17comes through.
34:17Good luck.
34:24When did fighting
34:25the press become
34:26full-time?
34:27It does show
34:28an escalation
34:28in Archie's behavior.
34:30Possible character pattern.
34:31Getting fresh
34:32in a girl's changing room
34:33is hardly an indictable
34:34offense at 13.
34:36That's what you want
34:36to tell me.
34:39It's a huge leap
34:40from a kid full of hormones
34:42to a sex attacker.
34:43Maybe,
34:44but some make the job.
34:46How are we to know this?
34:51This is a school
34:52bloody report.
34:53Nothing came up
34:54about his past
34:55during the investigation.
34:56Oh, forgive me.
34:57I thought we were
34:58investigating the person
34:59who held the knife.
35:00Natalie, please.
35:01We have to find something
35:02to prove this girl's lying
35:03or we're just going
35:04to have to walk away.
35:05Maybe you'd like
35:06to talk to the boys there
35:07who, as far as I know,
35:09have been doing more
35:10than sitting on their backsides
35:11with their fingers
35:12in their ears
35:12for the past few weeks.
35:14Jellybean?
35:17Jellybean?
35:25Got something?
35:26Well,
35:27trying to get the details
35:29of the phone calls
35:30has been an absolute nightmare.
35:32Matt has been there
35:33all night
35:33trying to piece together
35:34the mobile records.
35:36Anything linking Sally
35:37to watch it?
35:38Well, there is a pattern
35:39in her outgoing calls,
35:40but I'm not sure
35:41I can make any sense of it.
35:42She keeps dialing this number,
35:44but just for short bursts,
35:4610 seconds, 20 seconds,
35:47nothing long enough
35:48to have a conversation.
35:50What's the number?
35:51It's 0207 number.
35:54Been on it for hours
35:55this morning,
35:55already nothing.
35:56And what about
35:57her incoming calls?
35:58Still being sorted
35:59by the phone company.
36:00Still?
36:01Welcome to our world.
36:02Make an urgent request,
36:04wait six months
36:04for a reply and let's just...
36:06Hello?
36:06Hello?
36:09Hello?
36:09This is Matt Devon
36:10of MIU Bow Street.
36:12You are?
36:15Right, and where are you?
36:19Really?
36:20Thank you very much, madam.
36:26You're not going to believe this.
36:27Yes, she is.
36:35Who uses a paid phone these days?
36:38Well, someone who needs
36:40to keep their relationship
36:41a secret, I guess.
36:42So she is lying.
36:43Yeah, looks like it.
36:47She pranks here.
36:48He rings back.
36:49They talk for as long
36:50as they like.
36:51The number stays
36:52under the radar.
36:53Nothing suspicious.
36:54I know Bill.
36:54Can we check this?
36:55Yeah, of course.
36:56No relevant forensic detail.
36:58The report's somewhere
36:59on my desk.
37:00Get the outgoing call records
37:02for this number.
37:15Hey.
37:18You okay?
37:19Outgoing call records
37:23from Archie's payphone
37:25match a contract mobile
37:26belonging to Martin Douglas.
37:28Sally's dad.
37:30Who's paying
37:30for her mobile phone?
37:34Sally did know Archie.
37:37She had done for weeks.
37:41So she lied
37:42about knowing him?
37:44Well, does it mean
37:45that she lied
37:45about being raped?
37:46True.
37:48But do you really
37:49think that now?
37:52Most rape victims
37:53know their attacker.
37:55Yeah.
37:56But why is she still
37:57lying about what happened?
37:59Maybe because she didn't
38:00think that anyone
38:01would believe her.
38:03Do you?
38:05I really want to.
38:08If Sally is crying rape,
38:11has she any idea
38:12what she's doing?
38:13How much damage
38:14this does?
38:18No.
38:20She really hasn't.
38:25Then let's call Thompson.
38:28Confront him with this,
38:29see what he says.
38:33And why should I be
38:34discussing a deal
38:35with you?
38:36Because we can prove
38:37they were having
38:38a relationship.
38:41Prove?
38:41Such a strong word.
38:43A mobile in her father's name
38:45was being used
38:45to call a public phone.
38:48Smacks of circumstantial
38:49to me.
38:50Chris, that is bollocks
38:51and you know it.
38:52A jury won't be that naive.
38:55Depends how you present it.
38:58Rather like his
38:59previous form.
39:01I don't believe
39:02everything you read
39:03in the papers.
39:04It was a wild
39:04interpretation of the facts.
39:06Hi.
39:14Hi.
39:15I, uh,
39:17I shouldn't be
39:18talking to you.
39:20My boss
39:21is in there
39:22trying to convince
39:22your barrister
39:23to take a deal.
39:25What for?
39:26You to plead guilty.
39:28But why?
39:29It was self-defense.
39:30Well,
39:31you lied
39:32about knowing Archie.
39:33that means
39:35that some people
39:36think you're lying
39:37about the rape as well.
39:38Well, I'm not.
39:40I'm telling the truth.
39:41Okay.
39:43But the next step
39:44is appearing in court.
39:46The old Bailey.
39:47Well, you'll have to
39:48tell everyone
39:48what happened to you.
39:49I know.
39:51I can do that.
39:52I can do that.
39:53Sally,
39:58I have been in there
40:00when someone's
40:01had to recount
40:02every single detail
40:04and it is hard
40:06and it's painful
40:09and heartbreaking.
40:12Now,
40:12if you go into court
40:14telling this story,
40:15it will be our job
40:16to prove that
40:16you are lying.
40:18You do not have
40:19to put yourself
40:20through that.
40:21you can tell me
40:24the truth now.
40:27Did Archie rape you?
40:33But it was
40:34I'm asking you
40:34not to talk
40:35to my client
40:36without my being present.
40:37Of course.
40:38So?
40:39See you in court.
40:44Is there anything
40:45I need to know?
40:48No, nothing.
40:50He wouldn't buy it.
40:51Is there anything
40:53I need to know?
40:56Yep.
40:58She wasn't raped.
41:03And if Thompson
41:03won't take the deal,
41:04then she has to
41:05go down for murder.
41:06Are you sure she's lying?
41:22Yep.
41:23Although I still
41:24don't yet know why.
41:26The defense will play
41:27on a girl next door
41:28appearance
41:28and hope the jury
41:29won't cry with her.
41:30It could be a tough one
41:31to get home.
41:32But you're confident?
41:33I'd bet your salary
41:35on this.
41:36They're not your own.
41:38I'd hate to appear
41:39arrogant, George.
41:41How many cases
41:42have we lost
41:43prosecuting
41:44genuine
41:45sex attackers?
41:47Too many.
41:49No physical evidence.
41:51No forensic support.
41:53He said,
41:54she said.
41:55The unreasonable
41:56bill.
41:57There'll be a better
41:58way of prosecuting
41:59cases, I think.
42:01If I think
42:02go on,
42:02I'll let you know.
42:03Oh, God,
42:05that is all I need.
42:07I'm trying to
42:07think I'm still
42:08trying to get
42:08the tomato stain
42:09out of my soup
42:10from yesterday.
42:11Rightfully,
42:12it was just a tomato.
42:13The unholy alliance
42:15of the right wing
42:16and the feminists
42:17want us to drop
42:17the case.
42:18The leaders
42:19of the ethnic
42:19community
42:20want us to
42:21put Sally
42:21Douglas
42:22against a wall.
42:23We're running
42:24out of friends
42:25here, James.
42:26Who's up
42:27this afternoon?
42:28Ronnie Brooks.
42:30Calls from
42:30the payphone
42:31were made
42:32every day,
42:33sometimes
42:33up to an hour.
42:35And what was
42:36your conclusion
42:36from this?
42:37That Miss Douglas
42:38knew the victim
42:39and had done
42:40for several weeks.
42:43No further questions.
42:47Do you have
42:48Archie Rahman's
42:49fingerprints
42:50on the phone?
42:51No, we don't,
42:52but that's not
42:53unusual.
42:53CCTV?
42:56No.
42:58Eyewitnesses?
42:58No.
43:00So, you have
43:01no real evidence
43:02that the person
43:03on the end
43:03of the payphone
43:04was Archie Rahman?
43:06We made an
43:07assumption
43:07by process
43:08of elimination.
43:10Oh, very
43:10Sherlock Holmes
43:11of you.
43:12Who else
43:12would she be
43:13calling in
43:13that block
43:14on a regular
43:15basis?
43:16I've no idea.
43:18And neither
43:19do you.
43:21No further
43:21questions.
43:23Nothing
43:24further,
43:25my lady.
43:28What we're
43:29asking for here
43:29is some
43:30sensitivity.
43:31What are you
43:31suggesting?
43:32Drop the case.
43:34Save face now
43:35rather than
43:35having to
43:35confront a
43:36hostile press
43:37at the end
43:37of the week.
43:38You want us
43:38to throw in
43:39the towel
43:39halfway through?
43:40I'm thinking
43:40of the public
43:41purse here.
43:42Thank you,
43:42but I can
43:43do that
43:43for all of us.
43:44Sally lied
43:45about what
43:46happened
43:46and a boy
43:47is dead.
43:48Yes,
43:48because he
43:49raped my girl
43:50and if she
43:50hadn't,
43:50I'd have
43:51bloody killed
43:51him.
43:52Well,
43:52look,
43:52this meeting
43:53is going
43:53normal.
43:53James,
43:54forget it,
43:55Chris.
43:55I'm not
43:56standing here
43:56arguing the
43:57toss with
43:57a bunch
43:58of lawyers
43:58who can
43:58see things
43:59the way
43:59they do.
44:00The way
44:01they do?
44:02Okay,
44:02Martin,
44:02let's go.
44:03You know
44:03exactly who I
44:04mean.
44:05Some bloody
44:05packy rapist
44:06who thinks
44:06my girl's
44:07fair game
44:08and you're
44:08standing up
44:09for him.
44:12Archie
44:13Rahman's
44:13British
44:14and his
44:16family are
44:16from
44:17Bangladesh.
44:18Well,
44:18that makes
44:19any bloody
44:19difference.
44:20They haven't
44:21even got
44:21proper laws
44:22over there
44:23that a bloody
44:23stone...
44:24We'll finish
44:25this in...
44:25My little
44:25girl's been
44:26destroyed by
44:27what's happened.
44:28Destroyed.
44:29None of you
44:29lot bloody
44:30care.
44:30Martin,
44:31for God's sake,
44:31that's...
44:31Don't you
44:32start.
44:32Please,
44:33Martin,
44:33this isn't
44:33healthy.
44:34Don't you
44:34dare.
44:42Sorry.
44:43Ah,
44:51that is
44:51some temper.
44:53Anyone else
44:53feel the need
44:54for a shower?
44:55Didn't Sally
44:56break her arm
44:57a couple of
44:58years ago?
44:58Yeah,
44:59just before
44:59she left
45:00school.
45:00Why?
45:01I'm a friend
45:02at the PCT.
45:04I want to
45:05see that
45:05medical report.
45:09Wow.
45:10Isn't it?
45:13a spiral
45:14fracture.
45:17You know
45:18what this
45:18means?
45:19Well,
45:19it doesn't
45:19actually
45:19change
45:20anything,
45:20but at
45:21least now
45:21we have
45:22the full
45:22picture.
45:23Yeah.
45:25Ugly
45:25as it
45:26is.
45:29Who
45:30told you
45:30off when
45:31you were
45:31a kid?
45:32My mum.
45:33I had my
45:34dad wrapped
45:34around my
45:35little finger
45:35till he
45:37left.
45:39Why?
45:41Most
45:41women I know
45:42would say
45:42the same
45:43as you.
45:45Dads
45:46and their
45:46daughters.
45:47a bit more
45:48Sally
45:49Douglas.
45:51You're
45:51thinking of
45:51changing
45:52strategy?
45:55Yep,
45:56maybe.
45:57James,
45:57her cross
45:58is tomorrow.
46:01I'm
46:01going to
46:01have to
46:02go through
46:02everything
46:02again first,
46:03but this
46:04could be
46:04the key
46:04to open
46:05her up.
46:07We will
46:07get home
46:08with this,
46:08won't we?
46:11If I
46:11let you
46:11down before.
46:15We have
46:15to win,
46:16James.
46:17I depended
46:18on the
46:18legal system
46:19and my
46:21attacker
46:21was still
46:21acquitted.
46:23In the
46:23eyes of
46:24the law,
46:25I also
46:25cried
46:26rape.
46:29We have
46:29to do
46:30better
46:30this time.
46:39Are you
46:40happy at
46:40home,
46:40Sally?
46:42Yes.
46:44You get
46:44on with
46:45your parents?
46:46Yeah,
46:47I guess.
46:48With your
46:49dad?
46:50Yes.
46:52Do you
46:53remember
46:53the 13th
46:55of October
46:56two years
46:57ago?
46:57No.
46:58Really?
46:59You spent
47:00the night
47:00at A&E?
47:02Oh,
47:03yeah,
47:03I'd
47:03broken
47:03my arm.
47:05Yeah,
47:05it was
47:06a
47:08spiral
47:09fracture,
47:10according
47:10to the
47:10records.
47:12Is that
47:12right?
47:13Yeah.
47:14must have
47:15hurt.
47:17Yes.
47:20How did
47:21you break
47:21it?
47:24It was
47:25an accident.
47:26Fell over
47:26and broke
47:27my arm.
47:28Oh,
47:28right.
47:29Right.
47:30I thought
47:31a spiral
47:32fracture was
47:33a very
47:33specific injury
47:34caused by a
47:35violent twist
47:36in the arm,
47:36say,
47:37if someone
47:37had grabbed
47:37you by
47:38the wrist
47:38and you
47:38were trying
47:39to get
47:40away.
47:40Please,
47:41my lady,
47:41what's the
47:41relevance of
47:42this line
47:43of questioning?
47:43My apologies.
47:45I'll be
47:45more relevant.
47:47Sally,
47:48who pays
47:49for your
47:49mobile phone
47:49and opens
47:50the bill
47:50every month?
47:51My dad.
47:52When you
47:53wanted a job,
47:54who suggested
47:55you work for
47:55your mom's
47:56local hair salon?
47:57My dad.
47:58Who encouraged
47:58you to apply
47:59to London
48:00universities
48:01so you could
48:01carry on
48:02living at home?
48:03My dad.
48:04Who's the
48:04disciplinarian
48:05in your house?
48:08My dad.
48:10Who broke
48:10your arm
48:11on the
48:1113th of
48:12October
48:12two years
48:13ago?
48:18Sally?
48:24Did your
48:25dad break
48:25your arm?
48:29Let me
48:30put this
48:31another way.
48:32Can you
48:32remember if
48:33you were
48:33seeing anyone
48:34at that time
48:35a boyfriend?
48:37I can't
48:37remember.
48:39Weren't you
48:40going out
48:41with Theo
48:42Hallett?
48:44Yes.
48:46Theo's
48:47black,
48:47isn't he?
48:51Did your
48:52dad break
48:53your arm
48:53because he
48:55disapproved
48:55of your
48:56boyfriend?
48:59My lady,
49:00could you
49:00remind the
49:00witness that
49:01she's under
49:01oath,
49:02please?
49:02My lady,
49:03please.
49:03my learned
49:04friend is
49:04simply tormenting
49:05the witness.
49:06The witness
49:06murdered Archie
49:08Rahman because
49:09she couldn't
49:09admit to her
49:10father that she
49:11was having a
49:11relationship with
49:12him.
49:14Isn't that the
49:15truth,
49:15Sally?
49:17You kept him a
49:18secret because you
49:19were scared of your
49:20dad finding out,
49:20terrified in fact,
49:21because of what he
49:22might do to you.
49:25Did you love
49:26Archie?
49:27Yes.
49:34You seem
49:35completely happy to
49:36destroy his name in
49:37this court in front
49:38of his family.
49:39He will be
49:40remembered forever
49:40as the boy who
49:42raped you.
49:43Is that what you
49:43want?
49:44Is it easier for
49:45you to live with
49:46that than it
49:46would have been to
49:46tell your dad the
49:47truth?
49:47Yes.
49:52I'm so sorry,
49:54Dad.
49:54I'm sorry.
50:00Sally, did Archie
50:02attack you?
50:05Miss Douglas, you
50:07must answer
50:08counsel's question.
50:11Did Archie do
50:12anything to you?
50:15Archie threatened
50:16to...
50:17To what?
50:20To go around my
50:21parents' house and
50:22tell him who he was.
50:24He said if he
50:25couldn't show his
50:25affection in public,
50:26then he'd...
50:29I'd never seen him
50:30so angry, so upset.
50:32I tried to stop him,
50:33but we got into a fight
50:35and...
50:38it was a knife.
50:42What did you do
50:43with the knife?
50:43I picked it up, then I
50:49can't remember.
50:52There was just blood
50:54everywhere.
50:54Sally, just to be
50:55absolutely clear, Archie
50:57did not rape you.
51:03Sally, if you were
51:04lying about Archie
51:05raping you, we need
51:06to hear it.
51:06His parents need
51:08to hear it.
51:11Sally, for every
51:12genuine rape victim
51:14that will stand in
51:15that witness box,
51:16please tell us
51:18the truth.
51:19Did Archie rape you?
51:25No.
51:27Then why lie to us
51:29for so long?
51:29I just don't want
51:34my dad to hate me
51:35anymore.
51:44No more questions.
51:51Have you reached a
51:52verdict on which
51:53you all agree?
51:54Yes.
51:56In relation to
51:57count one on the
51:58indictment alleging
52:00murder, do you
52:01find the defendant,
52:03Sally Douglas, guilty
52:04or not guilty?
52:12Guilty.
52:15Members of the jury,
52:18I'd like to thank you
52:19for your hard work,
52:20your time,
52:21and your lots of
52:22tricks.
52:23What you're doing
52:24is a finally great
52:25civil judge.
52:27God's name,
52:28and your
52:38world is a
52:39formation.
52:40I'm very
52:42sure your
52:43feelings.
52:43I'm very
52:44good.
52:45Yes.
52:46I'm really
52:46light.
52:47I'm at medications.
52:48I'm
52:49very
52:50as
52:52valuable.
52:53I'm
52:54san
52:55Bocatonic, two blobs of ice, and a very generous squeeze of lime.
53:04How did you know to show up?
53:06You always do.
53:08Why would this case be any different?