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In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups.

The police, who investigate crime,

and the Crown Prosecutors, who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

You did one of these for me last month, didn't you?

Yeah. We're busy these days.

Well, I have to say, I was surprised you'd come out on Sunday at all.

Mind you, a bailiff has got to be recession-proof, innit?

Yeah. Which is it?

Uh, Flat 11. Name's Marlowe. Made redundant a year ago.

I don't like calling you guys out but I need the money.

I mean we've all got family to look after, ain't we?

Oh, there's mine now.

- Mr. Marlowe? - Yeah, hello, Mum. Yeah, I'm here now.

- Mr. Marlowe, open the door. - I'll pick it up on my way back.

Look, can you turn that down? I can't hear anything.

Yeah, Mum, Mum, the cat can wait! I've gotta go.

- Archie? - Mr. Marlowe.

Can you turn that music down a bit, son?

Mr. Marlowe open the door.

Dear God!

Call the police. Get the police!

Archie Rahman.

He's a student.

Only been here since term started.

Did he have any regular visitors?

Not as far as I know.

There was a drugs raid next door last month, wasn't there?

No, no, Archie is not like that. He's a good kid.

Far as I remember, he always had his head stuck in a book.

Sorry, I've-- I've got to take this.

- Hello. - Hello, Mum?

Yeah, yeah I'm all right. I don't care if the cat's going hungry.

Bloke in the flat downstairs reckons he heard a barney

coming from Archie Rahman's flat at about 4 p.m.

Male or female barney?

Well he couldn't tell. I don't think he could tell what day it was to be honest.

I think he's been enjoying a little too much of the old wacky baccy.

All right, Pete? What are the highlights, mate?

- Two knife wounds, - Hmm-mm.

one defensive in the arm, one in the abdomen, below the ribs.

And what kind of knife?

Difficult to say. Probably four-inch blade.

No sign of forced entry.

Well no, but it's hardly the Bank of England.

No change, no spy-hole, one badly-maintained lock.

Attacker could have knocked and the lad just opened the door.

- In his boxer shorts? - Well, it happens.

Let's hope it is not that random.

Knife attack is bad enough on the streets.

But in your own home...

Pete?

Is this, what I think it is?

Needs confirming, but yeah. His 'n' hers body fluids.

- Fresh... ish. - Lovely.

Well, whoever he was entertaining has long since gone.

And so's Archie Rahman.

And no-one was seen in or out on Sunday afternoon?

Not by anyone talking to us.

Great.

So, our list of suspects can be filed under A for anyone?

Security cameras are all fakes, only there as a deterrent.

That's what you get when you cut corners, gentlemen.

You just come from a budget meeting?

Don't ask.

You don't fancy swapping those squad cars for bicycles, do you?

That would be good.

I can see me and you on a tandem.

Well, what's new there?

You on the back stuffing your face

and I'd be at the front doing the leg work as usual.

It wasn't a serious suggestion, boys.

So, what do we got on Archie Rahman?

Well, he didn't do drugs, not attached to any gangs,

and if you listen to the residents,

he kept himself to himself

Chandler?

Yeah, all right.

Show them into an interview room.

Archie's parents are here.

Matt, you keep chasing the rest of the neighbors. Ron...

I know. But someone's got to do it.

Why are you asking us all these questions?

We're very sorry but we are just trying to understand what happened to your son.

What's to understand?

He worked two jobs to pay his fees.

He studied hard. He's done nothing wrong.

When was the last time you spoke to Archie?

Saturday night.

I told him to stay in.

I told him that he could enjoy living his life later.

Now he needed to...

He was the first one in our family to go to university.

Mrs. Rahman, we found two wine glasses

in the kitchen of Archie's flat that had been drunk from.

Do you think that he had been drinking with a friend?

Maybe even a girlfriend?

He did not have a girlfriend.

There was Darla.

- He was never serious about her. - They broke up a few months ago.

Okay.

And Darla, was she upset by the break up?

I don't know.

She was wrong for him and he knew it.

Ali never approved of her because she--

- she was in a band. - He deserved better.

He deserved better than this.

I saw him last week to get my iPod back.

And it was all smiles, was it, Darla?

No. He was winding me up about my life, like always.

I told him to get lost.

He goes to college because his Dad tells him to,

and then acts all posh like I'm beneath him.

I ain't taking that from no one.

So, why did you see him again on Sunday?

I didn't. I ain't seen him since.

What not even for a final farewell?

I don't need a sympathy shag from Archie Rahman.

He ain't all that.

And can anyone verify where you were on Sunday?

Yeah.

About 50 people saw our gig at the Waterhole in Walthamstow.

What's this about? What's he done?

Archie was murdered on Sunday afternoon.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. A-- Archie?

Do you know if he was seeing anyone else?

Archie's gone?

- Do you believe her? - Yeah.

They're just kids.

They leave home.

No matter how much you try to protect them,

they all leave eventually.

What are you on about, you daft old git?

I remember. I couldn't wait.

Knife was serrated, uh, 10cm blade.

After that, we're guessing.

A forensic expert guessing? What would Quincy say?

- Who's Quincy? - Right, the woman

upstairs was out all day with her kids.

And the other flat has been empty since January.

Okay and what about mobile records?

Yeah, still checking through them.

Well let's hope something turns up otherwise,

it's door to door for the next six weeks.

Oh, which is why I brought you this.

"Persian Pottery of the 11th Century"

Thanks Teddy, wondered where I'd left that.

It was in the evidence collection from Archie's flat.

Thought we might be able to get fingerprint details--

- Yeah, and did you? - Yeah, hundreds. None useful.

Because it's a library book

from the Waterloo and City College library.

And it was stamped out on Sunday.

I wasn't here on Sunday.

I'm a postgrad. I only do a few shifts.

Okay. Could you tell us what time

this book was checked out, please?

Alright. Give me a minute.

I used to go out with a girl from here once.

Why's that? Need help with your homework, did you?

Amanda Teague.

We used to meet up after the library closed.

Go for a quickie in social sciences.

What's the matter with you? This is a place of learning.

- We were learning. - Here we go.

Checked out on Sunday

around eleven o'clock by Rebecca Anderson.

You sure it wasn't checked out by Archie Rahman?

Not unless he looks like this.

The title of the book is,

Persian Pottery in the 11th Century.

I'm doing modern languages. Why would I have a book about pottery?

It's checked out in your name.

Since when did you lot care about a library book?

Was it late or something?

Were you in college library on Sunday?

Yep, till it closed at six.

- With anyone? - Might have been.

Right, Miss Anderson, listen.

We haven't started asking the tough questions yet

and he's gonna have to shave again soon, so please.

- I was with my friend. - Does your friend have a name?

- Sally Douglas. - Do you know Archie Rahman?

- No. - Are you sure?

Well, let me think about that for a second. Yeah, I'm sure!

Look, this is serious, Rebecca. Your pottery book was found

in his flat when he was murdered.

Look I told you, it's not my book.

That library always get stuff mixed up.

I got a fine the other day for a book I'd never even heard of.

I bet that is what happened.

And can you tell us where we can find

this mate of yours, Sally?

She helps out at her mum's hair salon in Stoke Newington.

I was at the library, doing an essay.

By yourself?

No, with my friend Becky. We were there until it closed.

This is Rebecca Anderson?

And she was with you the whole day?

Yeah. We left about six.

Is Becky in trouble?

We are just trying to sort out a mix-up, that's all.

Oh right.

So, who do you reckon was having a bottle of plonk

with Archie Rahman over Sunday lunch, then?

Oh you've got that look again, what's up?

You remember what I said about me and Amanda Teague?

Do you mind, I'm eating?

Well both Rebecca and Sally

said they were working in the library

all day on Sunday 'til it closed at six.

- And? - Yeah, still holding, yeah.

- Yes, and? - Thank you, you've been a great help.

Well, something was nagging at me, so I called.

On Sundays, the library closes at midday.

Giving one of them the chance to have a bit beef

and Yorkshire pudding with Archie Rahman.

And maybe the chance to kill him.

Becks was with me the whole time.

- Until the library closed at 6? - Yeah.

Except it closes before lunch on a Sunday, doesn't it?

You see that leaves us with a missing afternoon.

And as detectives,

we don't like missing afternoons.

Things can happen that we don't know about, you see, Sally?

And that makes us as suspicious.

Yeah well, the library closes at 12:00 but the university doesn't.

We went into the reading room, carried on working, then went home.

Right. This is a murder investigation.

You don't need to be part of it.

I'm not part of it.

If you're covering for your friend, you could be in a lot of trouble.

She's got nothing to do with it.

And what are you studying?

- Philosophy and Art History. - Okay. What's the lecture about?

Ancient arts of Persia and the subcontinent.

Look, I've really got to go.

So, Rebecca's book is in Archie's flat

on the subject Sally is studying.

I saw a Krypton Factor like that once.

So, which do we believe is capable of murder? Sugar or spice?

Well, the bottom line is, we haven't got any proof...

...that either of those girls

was anywhere near Archie Rahman when he died. So...

Devlin? Hiya.

Blinding. Thanks.

- Ange has got something for us. - As ever.

This is the high street round the corner from Archie's flat.

Less than a ten-minute walk.

That looks like Sally Douglas. What do you think?

Difficult to prove from this distance.

What shop is that, Ange?

It's not. It's a local cab firm.

Right.

Yeah, I was here Sunday.

Doing every shift I can right now, get me out the house.

Baby crying all the time can drive a man mad.

Yeah, lovely.

- Uh, do you recognize this girl? - Is there a reward if I do?

Yeah.

We'll leave you alone so you can get back to your in-tray.

Okay.

- Oh, yeah. Yeah. I remember her. - And why is that?

She came in late afternoon, crying her eyes out.

- Real emotional. - I don't suppose you got her name?

No.

She just kept saying, "Take me home, take me home."

I felt for her.

I reckon she was suffering man trouble.

Right. Don't work too hard, eh?

Right, so we know they're both lying.

Which one do you want to scare first?

I don't mind. As long as I can play 'bad cop'.

I swear I was in the library all day with my mate.

Fine, right. I've had enough. You're coming to the station with us.

What for?

We're thinking of throwing you a party. How's that?

You can't arrest me!

Look, why do you think we carry police badges, Rebecca?

It's not to get us into China Whites.

Now, we can either carry this on down the station

or you can tell us what really happened.

OK, get the cuffs out, Matt, please. Happy now?

Okay, okay!

Okay.

Sally rang me on Sunday night, really upset,

and said that if anyone asked,

we were at the library all day together.

And you didn't ask why your best mate was crying down the phone?

I just assumed she'd had a row with her Dad. She always is.

Why has she got a book out under your name?

I've got a bad credit rating.

And I needed some kosher ID

to secure my flat so, we swapped cards.

Is Sally in trouble?

Yes, she is. But not for swapping cards.

This is just a huge mistake.

My daughter has nothing to do with any boy.

Mrs. Douglas, the fingerprints we've just taken from your daughter

have been matched to those found at the victim's flat.

That can't be right!

Sally, I'm going to read you your rights. Do you understand?

- You're arresting her? Hang on a second! - Mum, it's all right.

- I'm ready. - Sally Douglas, I'm--

...my daughter and I have a right to see her!

- Your father's here. Martin, they're arresting her! - Sir, excuse me.

Say nothing, sweet pea. Nothing till we get a brief, you understand?

Sir, we can let you stay but you will have to calm down.

You have my daughter here. I should have been called.

You can't talk to her without me here.

Mr. Douglas, your daughter is over the age of 18,

we don't need your permission to do this.

While under my roof, she needs my permission to do anything!

Yes well, you're under my roof at the moment

and I can allow you to stay as a courtesy

but if you impede this interview,

I'm gonna have to have you removed. Do you understand that?

Good. Sally Douglas, I'm arresting you

on suspicion of the murder of Archie Rahman.

You do not have to say anything but it may harm your defense

- if you do not mention when questioned... - I need a lawyer here, now!

- ...something that you may rely on in court. - Oh, dear god!

Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

Is there anything you want to say, Sally?

- Say nothing. - Dad, I'm not a criminal.

It doesn't matter, sweet pea. They can twist your words.

Listen to your father.

Sally, we can wait if you'd rather?

- I'll wait. - Okay.

Get her the duty solicitor.

And make sure we've got someone

from the CPS watching everything.

So sorry, Ron. I've only just got out of court.

Not to worry, not to worry. Gimme your coat.

- Thank you. - There you go.

Right, you just make yourself comfortable.

- Right, okay. - I'll let them know we're good to go okay?

Sally?

In your own time.

I was in the library by the coffee machine.

And this boy came over and started talking to me.

He said his name was Archie and he was doing Art History.

We talked, he made me laugh. I liked him.

We went outside for a cigarette and we talked some more,

and I realized we were doing the same course,

just at different colleges.

And he was doing a similar project.

So he invited me round to his flat.

Dear God.

We went there together,

and he gave me some wine, and I drank it,

and I felt really weird.

I thought it was just the alcohol but I tried to stand up

and I was too dizzy, so I fell back on the bed.

And then he started taking my clothes off.

- Oh, Sally. - Jesus.

- Did you try to resist? - I couldn't--

I couldn't move my arms or cry out. I couldn't even say 'no'.

And he raped me.

While I was lying there.

I couldn't move and then I just passed out.

Any idea how long for?

A few minutes, I guess.

I started pulling my clothes back on

when he came out of the bathroom and wanted to do it again.

I tried to run but he grabbed me so I got hold of a knife.

And I stabbed him.

But I didn't know what I was doing. I just wanted to get out.

What did you do with the knife?

Don't know I-- I dropped it outside. I just...

I just wanted to get away.

Why didn't you tell the police?

I wasn't thinking.

I was just so ashamed.

- Did you see a doctor? - No.

Please, for God's sake, stop.

Did you tell anyone about this?

How could I?

I thought it was all my fault.

She was dizzy, she was paralyzed. So, what do we reckon?

Rohypnol?

Could be, yeah. Tasteless,

straight in the wine glass. Could knock her right out.

Means some poor girls don't even remember they've been raped.

No, they don't. So, don't let us take this all at face value.

You're saying you don't believe her?

I'm saying, I'm not a 100 per cent.

Well from where I was sitting, I saw a nice young girl who's been through hell.

Yeah, well hang on I mean, don't forget

that at the beginning of this, there was a dead teenager.

Precisely.

As a detective I wouldn't mind seeing some evidence

to back up her story.

When have we dealt with a murder-rape,

where the rapist was the dead body?

Well, I say good on her for fighting back.

Oh, come on, Matt. She threw the murder weapon God knows where.

She lied to us. She got an alibi.

It wouldn't be the first time someone lied about being raped.

- You okay? - Yeah.

What do you think? You got enough?

Unless we can prove her story is a lie,

she'll walk on self-defense.

But worth us investigating?

Alesha?

I guess so. Until we know exactly what happened in that flat,

yes, it's worth investigating.

All right.

So, what do we do with Sally?

What we do with any suspected killer.

We get the charging officer and we put her away.

My client is not guilty, my Lady.

With respect,

to my learned friend, the Crown opposes bail.

Sally Douglas lied consistently to the police

for over a week before being arrested.

She then made a statement which we believe to be false.

She could fail to appear before this court unless remanded.

My Lady, really, remand is unnecessary.

My client defended herself against a sexual attack.

She's 19 years old and still lives with her parents.

She's a hard-working young student

who is not going to run away.

She was frightened,

- intimidated-- - Yes, thank you.

I get the picture.

Bail is granted with the following conditions:

Her passport will be surrendered

and she should report to the local constabulary every day at noon.

What's next?

You okay with this?

Of course, why wouldn't I be?

Sally's story is similar to--

James, we deal with sex crimes all the time.

Why should this one be any different?

Then we have nothing to worry about.

Except our case is looking pretty thin.

Why do you say that?

Well, for a start, she got bailed.

That's no surprise.

Without Archie to speak for himself, her story sounds pretty convincing.

James?

Do you think we're doing the right thing?

Archie's dead.

We can't just ignore that.

But what if it was self-defense?

Then we'll deal with it. But what if she's lying and it was murder?

Would you be happy telling Archie's Dad we have no case, right now?

If it's the truth, yes.

We don't know yet either way so do me a favor,

keep that to yourself 'til we're through this circus.

My client was attacked by a predatory rapist--

There is Sally Douglas. Sally?

Are you expecting the CPS to drop the charges?

You'll have to ask the CPS.

Uh, Mr. Steel? Mr. Steel?

Don't you think justice has already been done?

A rapist is dead, after all.

Let's first establish whether she was actually raped.

Are you calling the victim a liar, Mr. Steel? Mr. Steel?

- Has Miss Douglas been granted bail? - Mr. Steel?

A young Asian boy is stabbed and nobody seems to care.

A pretty white girl is raped and suddenly it's headline news.

All we needed was PT Barnum and we could have sold tickets.

So, do we have anything to prove that this girl's story is false?

No trace of GHB or Rohypnol in Archie's flat.

No residue in the glasses, no packaging.

Could've been a one-off, bought from someone else. And the glasses were rinsed.

Possibly. We still haven't found the murder weapon.

Could've been picked up by a passer-by. She never said she hid it.

Well, you seem to have the defense arguments wrapped up.

So, James, why are we prosecuting?

Her story is inconsistent

with other accounts of drug rapes.

We can't just dismiss her story because it doesn't fit a known pattern.

How did she stab Archie a few minutes after the attack

if she'd been drugged with a sedative?

Different people react to drugs in different ways.

What if the effects had worn off?

What if she's the one who did fight back?

Fifteen-love to the defense. So, what's your case?

Prove she's lying. There was no rape.

She stabbed Archie for another reason.

- Any in mind? - Crime of passion.

Okay, if you want to prosecute that successfully,

you'll have to show that Sally knew Archie before that Sunday.

Let's start with her friends.

See what they have to say about her.

- And if we don't find anything? - Same as always.

If we can't build a strong enough case, we'll walk away.

Fine.

James?

Is she-- Is she letting her thing affect her?

Her thing?

- You know. What happened to her. - No. Why would she?

She's the best prosecutor we have, George.

Did Sally already know Archie?

Why is it so hard to believe that some Bollywood boy wanted a piece of her?

It's not, but I need to know as much about her as possible.

What, so you can stitch her up in court?

Rebecca, we'll either go forward with this case or we'll drop it,

based on what I can find out. Did Sally have a boyfriend?

We talked about boys all the time.

She would have said something to me if she had.

So, you think Sally's definitely telling the truth?

Well she wouldn't the first college girl to be taken advantage of.

I know, But she didn't say anything to anyone until she was arrested.

She even used you as her alibi.

She was a mate. She asked for help and I didn't question it.

- How is she? - Have you not been round?

There's press outside her house.

Her Dad is not letting anyone in.

Well, it will be tough for her,

but if she's strong, she'll handle it.

- How long have you known Sally? - Since she was 15.

She ever talk to you about boyfriends?

She wanted my advice, you know? What to say, what to wear.

Any boy in particular?

She was bang into this bloke at sixth form college.

They had only snogged but I could tell she was proper fixed on him.

- Has there been anyone since? - Not as far as I know.

She was pretty gutted about being dumped.

I remember what that's like.

Yeah, but Theo was a real tosser about it.

Why?

She broke her arm in an accident, yeah?

- Mm-hmm - Had a few days off school.

By the time she came back,

he's had moved on to someone else.

Something shiny and new had come along.

Boys never change.

So, I went back to the ex-boyfriend

just to see if they were still in touch

and he barely remembers her. Just one of those things.

She was more into him than he was into her.

Is there anything connecting her to Archie?

No, nothing in her current circle of friends suggests

she knew him before that Sunday. Or any boy, for that matter.

Unless the police come up with something, I don't think we have a case.

Whoa, hang on a minute,

there's university staff to talk to, phone records to check, her family.

And why would she lie for so long?

Why did she feel the need to have an alibi?

Headline, James.

People lie about things they are ashamed of.

Would you care to join us?

Why can't you put her away?

You have a confession from her. She stabbed my son.

- She's claiming self-defense. - Every day!

Every day, those bastards on the news

with some line about justice and rape.

We have to deal with the death of our son

while his name's destroyed

and you just sit here doing nothing.

I can assure you, we are not doing nothing.

I want this over with. I just want it all to end.

I know this is difficult for you

but it takes time to build a case.

Can't we just stop? Now?

But then, it would never go to trial.

If we drop this now, then there is a risk

your son will be remembered forever as a rapist.

I know but this is killing us!

We're doing all that we can just as fast as we can.

Mr. Rahman, has something happened?

I had a call from the press.

Oh god, please don't let them influence you in any way at all.

You have to stop them.

They are threatening to publish.

Publish what?

- An old school report. - What report?

We can't go through this again.

I-- I'm sorry, go through what again?

Archie was suspended.

What was he suspended for, Mr. Rahman?

He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The head said so.

But what was he suspended for, Mr. Rahman?

- He attacked a girl. - He was 13.

He was suspended for a week for going into the girls' changing room--

Yeah with three other kids, all older than him, egging him on.

He pulled at a girl's clothing. There was screaming, tears.

Enough for it to be taken seriously.

But not enough for it to be reported to the police?

My readers may skip that detail.

Oh, bloody hell, Russell. You can't run with this, it'll prejudice the case.

No names will be mentioned.

Well it's hardly going to be difficult to work out

which case you're referring to, is it?

Yes, it's true, some of our readership can add two and two.

The tabloids are not where this should be played out.

- My editor disagrees. - Your white, male editor?

- How can you, of all people-- - What? 'Cause I is black?

Be honest, we all love an enforced stereotype.

Thanks, for the fair-trade coffee.

You print this, we'll take you to court.

Yeah, I know, and we'll publish an apology

buried on page ten when the injunction comes through.

Good luck.

When did fighting the press become full time?

It does show an escalation in Archie's behavior.

Possible character pattern.

Getting fresh in a girl's changing room's

hardly an indictable offence at thirteen.

Something you want to tell me?

It's a huge leap from a kid full of hormones to a sex attacker.

Maybe. But some make the jump.

How were we to know this? It's a school bloody report?

Nothing came up about his past during the investigation?

Well forgive me, I thought we were investigating

the person who held the knife.

Natalie, please, we have to find something to prove

this girl's lying or we're just gonna have to walk away.

Well, maybe you'd like to talk to the boys there,

who as far as I know, have been doing more than sitting on their backsides

with their fingers in their ears for the past few weeks.

Jellybean?

- You got something? - Well,

Trying to get the details of the phone calls

has been an absolute nightmare.

Matty's been here all night trying to piece together the mobile records.

Anything linking Sally to Archie?

Well, there is a pattern in her outgoing calls

but I'm not sure I can make any sense of it.

She keeps dialing this number but just for short bursts.

10 seconds, 20 seconds. Nothing long enough to have a conversation.

What's the number?

It's 0207 number.

Been on it for hours this morning already. Nothing.

And what about her incoming calls?

Still being sorted by the phone company.

- Still? - Welcome to our world.

Make an urgent request, wait six months for a reply an--

Hello?

Hello? This is Matt Devlin of MIU, Bow Street. Uh, you are?

Right. And where are you?

Really? Thank you very much, madam.

You're not going to believe this.

There she is.

Who uses a payphone these days?

Well someone who needs to keep their relationship a secret, I guess?

- So, she is lying? - Yeah, looks like it.

She pranks here,

he rings back, they talk for as long as they like,

the number stays under the radar,

nothing suspicious on her bill.

- Have you checked this? - Yeah of course.

No relevant forensic detail. The report is somewhere on my desk.

Get the outgoing call records for this number.

Hey.

You okay?

Outgoing call records from Archie's payphone

match a contract mobile belonging to Martin Douglas.

- Sally's Dad. - Who is paying for her mobile phone.

Sally did know Archie. She had done for weeks.

So, she lied about knowing him.

Doesn't mean that she lied about being raped.

True.

But do you really think that now?

Most rape victims know their attacker.

Yeah, but why is she still lying about what happened?

Maybe because she didn't think anyone would believe her.

Do you?

I really want to.

If Sally is crying, "rape",

has she any idea what she's doing?

How much damage this does?

No. She really hasn't.

Then let's call Thompson.

Confront him with this, see what he says.

And why should I be discussing a deal with you?

Because we can prove they were having a relationship.

"Prove" is such a strong word.

A mobile in her father's name was being used to call a public phone?

Smacks of circumstantial to me.

Chris, that is bollocks and you know it. A jury won't be that naive.

Depends how you present it.

Rather like his previous form.

Ah, don't believe everything you read in the papers,

it was a wild interpretation of the facts.

Hi.

- Hi. - I-- I shouldn't be talking to you.

My boss is in there, trying to convince your barrister to take a deal.

- What for? - You to plead guilty.

But why? It was self-defense.

Well, you lied about knowing Archie.

That means some people will think

you're lying about the rape as well.

Well, I'm not. I'm telling the truth.

Okay, but the next step is appearing in court.

The Old Bailey,

where you'll have to tell everyone what happened to you.

I know. I can do that.

Sally, I have been in there

when someone has had to recount every single detail

and it is hard...

and it is painful and heart-breaking.

Now, if you go into court telling this story,

it will be our job to prove that you are lying.

You do not have to put yourself through that.

You can tell me the truth now.

Did Archie rape you?

Miss Phillips, I'll ask you not to talk to my client

without my being present.

- Of course. Sorry. - See you in court.

Is there anything I need to know?

No, nothing. He wouldn't bite.

Is there anything I need to know?

Yeah.

She wasn't raped.

And if Thompson won't take the deal,

then she has to go down for murder.

Are you sure she's lying?

Yep, although I still don't yet know why.

The defense will play on her girl-next-door appearance

and hope the jury will cry with her.

Could be a tough one to get home.

- But you're confident? - I'd bet your salary on it.

But not your own?

I'd hate to appear arrogant, George.

How many cases have we lost

prosecuting genuine sex attackers?

Too many.

No physical evidence, no forensic support,

he said, she said,

beyond reasonable doubt.

There's got to be a better way of prosecuting cases like these.

If I think of one, I'll let you know.

God, that is all I need.

My dry cleaners are still trying to get the tomato stain

out of my suit from yesterday.

Be grateful it was just a tomato.

The unholy alliance of the right wing

and the feminists want us to drop the case.

The leaders of the ethnic communities

want us to put Sally Douglas against a wall.

We're running out of friends, here, James.

- Who is up this afternoon? - Ronnie Brooks.

The calls from the payphone were made every day,

sometimes up to an hour.

And what was your conclusion from this?

That Miss Douglas knew the victim and had done for several weeks.

Thank you. No further questions.

Do you have Archie Rahman's fingerprints on the phone?

- No, we don't, but that's not unusual-- - CCTV?

No.

- Eyewitnesses? - No.

So, you have no real evidence that the person

on the end of the payphone was Archie Rahman?

We made an assumption by a process of elimination.

How very Sherlock Holmes of you.

Who else would she be calling in that block on a regular basis?

I have no idea. And neither do you.

No further questions.

Nothing further, My Lady.

All we are asking for here is some sensitivity.

- What are you suggesting? - Drop the case.

Save face now rather than having to confront

a hostile press at the end of the week.

You want us to throw in the towel half way through?

I'm thinking of the public purse, here.

Thank you, I can do that for all of us.

Sally lied about what happened and a boy is dead.

Yes, because he raped my girl. And if she hadn't, I'd have bloody killed him!

Well look this meeting is going nowhere so--

James, think about it--

Forget it, Chris. I'm not standing here arguing the toss

with a bunch of lawyers who can see things the way they do.

- The way "they" do? - Okay Martin, let's go.

You know exactly who I mean.

Some bloody Paki rapist who thinks my girl is fair game

and you're standing up for him!

Archie Rahman is British.

And his family from Bangladesh.

Well like that makes any bloody difference.

They haven't even got proper laws over there.

- They'd bloody stone him if-- - We'll finish this in court--

My little girl's been destroyed by what's happened.

Destroyed. None of you lot bloody care!

- Martin, for God's sake-- - Don't you start.

Please, Martin, this isn't helping.

Don't you dare!

Sorry.

Well, that is some temper.

Anyone else feel the need for a shower?

Didn't Sally break her arm a couple of years ago?

Yeah, just before she left school. Why?

Find a friend at the PCT.

I want to see that medical report.

- Wow. - Isn't it?

A spiral fracture.

You know what this means?

Well, it doesn't actually change anything

but at least now we have the full picture.

Yep. Ugly as it is.

Who told you off when you were a kid?

My mum.

I had my Dad wrapped around my little finger.

Till he left. Why?

Most women I know would say the same as you.

- Dads and their daughters. - But not Sally Douglas.

You're thinking of changing strategy?

Yeah, maybe.

James, her cross is tomorrow.

I'm gonna have to go through everything again first,

but this could be the key to open her up.

We will get home with this, won't we?

Have I let you down before?

We have to win, James.

I depended on the legal system

and my attacker was still acquitted.

In the eyes of the law, I also cried, "rape".

We have to do better this time.

Are you happy at home, Sally?

Yes.

- Do get on with your parents? - Yeah, I guess.

- With your Dad? - Yes.

Do you remember the thirteenth of October two years ago?

- No. - Really?

You spent the night at A and E.

Oh, yeah, I'd broken my arm.

Yeah, it was...

a spiral fracture, according to the records.

- Is that right? - Yeah.

- Must have hurt. - Yes.

How did you break it?

It was an accident. I fell over and broke my arm.

Oh, right. Right.

But I thought a spiral fracture was a very specific injury

caused by a violent twist in the arm.

If someone had grabbed you by the wrist

and you were trying to get away.

Please my Lady, what's the relevance of this questioning?

Uh, my apologies. I'll be more relevant.

Sally, who pays or your mobile phone and opens the bill every month?

- My Dad. - When you wanted a job,

who suggested you work for your mum's local hair salon?

My Dad.

Who encouraged you to apply to London universities

so you could carry on living at home?

My Dad.

Who is the disciplinarian in your house?

My Dad.

Who broke your arm on the 13th October, two years ago?

Sally?

Did your Dad break your arm?

Let me put this another way.

Can you remember if you were seeing anyone at that time?

A boyfriend?

I can't remember.

Weren't you going out with Theo Hallett?

- Yes. - Theo's black, isn't he?

Did your Dad break your arm

because he disapproved of your boyfriend?

My Lady, could you remind the witness

- that she is under oath, please? - My Lady, please,

my learned friend is simply tormenting the witness.

The witness murdered Archie Rahman

because she couldn't admit to her father

that she was having a relationship with him.

Isn't that the truth, Sally?

You kept him a secret because you were scared of your Dad finding out,

terrified in fact, because of what he might do to you.

Did you love Archie?

Yes.

Yet you seem completely happy to destroy his name

in this court, in front of his family.

He will be remembered forever as the boy who raped you.

Is that what you want? Is it easier for you to live with that,

than it would have been to tell your Dad the truth?

I'm so sorry, Dad.

I'm sorry.

Sally, did Archie attack you?

Miss Douglas, you must answer Counsel's question.

Did Archie do anything to you?

- Archie threatened to-- - To what?

To go round my parents' house and tell them who he was.

He said if he couldn't show his affection in public then he'd--

I'd never seen him so angry, so upset.

I tried to stop him, but, we got into a fight, and...

- There was a knife. - What did you do with the knife?

I picked it up. Then I can't remember.

There was just blood everywhere.

Sally, just to be absolutely clear,

Archie did not rape you?

Sally, if you are lying about Archie raping you,

we need to hear it. His parents need to hear it.

Sally, for every genuine rape victim

that will stand in that witness box,

please tell us the truth. Did Archie rape you?

No.

Then why lie to us for so long?

I just don't want my Dad to hate me anymore.

No more questions.

Have you reached a verdict on which you all agree?

Yes.

In relation to count one

on the indictment alleging murder,

do you find the defendant Sally Douglas

guilty or not guilty?

Guilty.

Members of the jury,

I'd like to thank you for your hard work...

Vodka tonic,

two blobs of ice and a very generous squeeze of lime.

How did you know I'd show up?

You always do.

Why would this case be any different?

Thank you.