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Gary, it's started!

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Wait. Wait!

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Hey, you're in our way.

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Well, erm...

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KIDS CHATTER

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KNOCK AT DOOR

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BELL RINGING

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Oh, I'll get it, shall I?

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Move!
You move.

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Behave.

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KIDS CHATTER

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Oh, hi.
Good afternoon.

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My name's Marion.
I live across the street.

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Oh! Nice to meet you. I'm Ann.

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The thing is,
Billingham's a nice area.

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I'm sure you're perfectly civil
yourself, but...

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Ah. Here it is.

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As you can see, quite a few of the
neighbours have already signed it.

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You're trying to get rid of us?
It's not you.

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It's your husband.

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All these foreigners
pouring off the boats like rats.

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Surely, you could've done better
for yourself.

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I think you'd be happier elsewhere,
don't you?

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KIDS CHATTER

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TV: 'Oh, can you believe this?'
'That's called character, Alf.'

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'Character?! It's a chuffin'
health hazard, that's what that is.'

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CLATTERING

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DOG BARKING

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No.

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No, I'm not having this.
Honestly...

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No.
Love, it's not worth it.

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Hey! You can shove your petition
up your arse!

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And if you ever try anything
like that again, you'll be sorry!

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WOMAN: Keep it down, will you?!

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MAN: Pack it in, will you?!

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HE CHUCKLES
Hey.

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Sorry.
No.

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I think I like this side of you.

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Really?
Well, you'd better get used to it.

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MUSIC: 'Pictures Of You'
by The Cure

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At these pictures of you

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That they're real

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With my pictures of you

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Are all I can feel.

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You've no need to be nervous.
He's a very nice fella.

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He could be the spawn of Satan
for all I care.

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As long as he listens
to what I have to say.

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You don't have to say anything.
That's why I'm here.

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WOMAN: Hello. Follow me, please.
Thanks.

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It's just round here.

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Let me do the talking.
KNOCK AT DOOR

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DOOR OPENS

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Back to my constituency on Friday.
All right.

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Mrs Ming. Mr Ming. Come on in.

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Thanks, Isabelle.

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Frank.
Jack.

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Thanks for seeing us today.
I know how busy you are.

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Not at all. Always a pleasure.

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So, as I mentioned on the phone,
I...

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This is our daughter, Mr Straw.

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And this?
This is the man who murdered her.

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That's not an opinion. He confessed
to it in a court of law.

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Yes, I've been following
the case closely, Mrs Ming.

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Well, I am not happy
with the perjury sentence,

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and I wanna know
what you're gonna do about it.

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Well, there's not a great deal
I can do about it, I'm afraid.

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Then something needs to be done

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about changing
the double jeopardy law, doesn't it?

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Double jeopardy is a very grey area,
Mrs Ming.

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I'm not bothered what colour it is,
I wanna know what you're gonna do.

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Don't bother with that.

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There's no case like ours
in that book,

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or any other, for that matter.

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Am I right?

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Well, as a matter of fact, you are.

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Here's where things
currently stand -

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the Home Affairs Select Committee
are recommending

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that the double jeopardy law
be changed,

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and I've asked the Law Commission
to undertake their own review,

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but this may take years, I'm afraid.

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Well, we... we haven't got years.

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He'll be out before too long.

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And once he's out, it'll be a bloody
sight harder to get him put back in.

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It's a general principle
of law-making in this country

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that any change should only apply
to the future, not the past.

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So even if their recommendations
are enacted,

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the chances of it
being applied retrospectively

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to historic cases such as yours...

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pretty slender, I'm afraid.

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I'm sorry,
I'm just being honest with you.

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OK, well, tell me this.

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What would you do
if you were in our situation?

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If you're to have
any chance of success,

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you'll have to get
the Law Commission on your side.

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All right, well,
give me the name of the person

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I need speak to there, then, please.

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You've got grit, I'll give you that.

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We've been wronged, Jack.
How can I stay silent?

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My advice? Don't.

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In fact, the louder you are,
the better.

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Bloody hell.

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You just had the Home Secretary
eating out of your hand.

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Well, I don't know
what all the fuss is about.

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He's just a man in
a slightly better suit than yours.

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THEY LAUGH
CHARLIE: Good one, love.

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Have I missed anything?

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You must be joking.

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I've seen encyclopaedias
with less detail than this.

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Let's just hope
they get back to us quickly.

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I'm gonna go to bed.

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What are you doing?

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Oh, just some paperwork, love.
Sleep tight.

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Night, Kev.
Night.

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What is it? Is it Kev?

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I don't think he saw anything.

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No, erm...

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I'm thinking of retiring
from the NHS.

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What?

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Just feels like it's time.

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But you love your job.

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I know.

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But this is gonna need
all of my focus and energy now.

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What?

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You heard what Jack Straw said.

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It could take years.

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I don't care how long it takes.

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What if it's five years?

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Ten years, even?

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And what if after all those years
of fighting,

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you still don't get the result
you want?

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We can't think like that.

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Look, I know how you feel
about all of this, and that's fine.

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I don't need your help,
but I do need your support.

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DOOR CLOSES
Oh, hi, love. How was your week?

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DOOR SLAMS

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MUSIC PLAYS
THROUGH HEADPHONES

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KNOCK AT DOOR

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Come in.

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Mind if I sit?

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Is everything OK, love?

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You'd tell me if it wasn't,
wouldn't you?

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Kev, look, whatever it is,
you can be honest with me.

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SOFTLY: Oh, my God.

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Oh, where did you find these?
The library.

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Some kids at school
were saying things.

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Oh. Oh, Kev.

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I didn't read any more
after that one.

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No, of course you couldn't.

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Look, please let me explain...
Why would you lie to me?

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I don't know.
Why?

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I don't know, love. I...
I didn't mean to hurt you.

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We wanted to protect you,
that's all.

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Not just your grandad and me,
but your dad as well.

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You were so young.

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But I am sorry. I'm sorry.

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It's not fair.

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Look, you can ask me
anything you like about her,

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anything at all, OK?

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And I will...

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I'll tell you the truth now,
I promise. I promise.

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She was murdered, wasn't she?

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Yes.

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By who?

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A man she knew.

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Is he in prison?

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Yeah.
For killing my mam?

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No.

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But I'm fighting to put that right.

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What do you mean?

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Well,
I'm trying to change the law

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so that your mam
gets the justice she deserves.

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And so I can help other people
in the same situation as us.

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Why did he kill her?

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I don't know, love.

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I don't think I'll ever know.

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But I'm gonna make sure
it wasn't for nothing.

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EXHALES TEARFULLY

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Come here.

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TEARFULLY: I'm sorry for lying.

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SHE SOBS

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Why haven't they replied yet?
The Law Commission?

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Yes, of course the Law Commission.

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Sorry.
It's just been weeks, Charlie.

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Maybe they're just very busy.

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No.

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We've been fobbed off yet again.

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You don't know that.

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Maybe we should go to London.

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Get a meeting in person.

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Well, that might be easier said
than done, love.

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Well, what do you suggest?
You know I can't just give up.

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SIGHS

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I haven't the energy any more, love.

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I'm sorry.

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Told you you should've married
someone younger.

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Charlie.
What?

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Give me your hand.
No, it's fine...

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Give me it.

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Oh, darling.

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It's getting worse.

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There's no definitive test for it,

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but based on the physical
examination and your symptoms,

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so the chronic fatigue and tremors,

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then I'm afraid it is highly likely.

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Thank you, doctor.

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If you have any questions...
No. Thank you.

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You've been very helpful.

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Come on.
Mrs Ming.

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ANN EXHALES

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Thank you.

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Charlie, wait.

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We will get through this, Charlie.

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What about the Law Commission?
What are you talking about?

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Everything's changed, love.
No, it hasn't.

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Yes, it has. This is about you now.

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It's not, and nor should it be.

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Not for a good while anyway.

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I don't want you fussing over me.

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What I want is for you
to keep fighting.

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I don't think that's true, Charlie.
But it is. You have to, Ann.

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Because otherwise, I don't think
you'll ever find peace.

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If the Law Commission have decided
double jeopardy's not a priority,

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then you need to do
whatever it takes

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to make them sit up and take notice.

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OK?
OK.

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And don't stop
till the fight is done.

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With me on the show today
is the mother of Julie Hogg,

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a young woman murdered in 1989
by a man who has escaped justice

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because of a centuries-old law
known as double jeopardy.

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Ann Ming, welcome to News Hour.
Thanks, Penny. It's good to be here.

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I should start
by talking about double jeopardy,

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which some people claim is there
to prevent endless trials

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of the same person.

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'Now, I can understand why it was
created more than 800 years ago,

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'but today,
it's not fit for purpose.'

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It shouldn't apply to someone

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who's openly boasted
about committing a murder,

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and that's exactly
what my daughter's killer did.

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He bragged about pulling off
the perfect crime.

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Now, if that's not a reason
to change the law,

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then I don't know what is.

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You've embarked on quite a campaign,
haven't you?

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'Yes. Yes, I have, Penny.

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'I'm doing newspapers and radio,
a TV documentary,

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'I'm talking to politicians,
you name it.'

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If you could follow me, Mrs Ming.

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It must be painful, though.

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'It is. But my daughter
has been denied justice,

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'and I won't stop
until it's been rectified.'

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I hear you're also going to be
on national television

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to debate Imran Khan, the lawyer
for Stephen Lawrence's family?

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'Yes, that's right.

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'For some reason, he believes
the law should stay as it is.

255
00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:46,799
'So I'll have to change his mind,
won't I?'

256
00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,119
CREW MEMBER:
15 seconds. Stand by, please.

257
00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,079
With all its power and resources,

258
00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,159
the state shouldn't be permitted
to make repeated,

259
00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:55,919
theoretically unlimited attempts

260
00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,079
to convict a man when he doesn't
have the analogous resources

261
00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:00,680
to find the evidence
that clears him.

262
00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,120
REPORTER: Would you agree, Mrs Ming?

263
00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:07,879
Look, well, I don't know
all these fancy words.

264
00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,999
I just know that the law's unfair,
and it needs to be changed.

265
00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,959
Look, the real problem here's
ineffectual police investigations.

266
00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,839
Now, without double jeopardy,
you'd just get sloppy police work

267
00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:19,679
because they'd know
they could just try again

268
00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,159
if things didn't go their way.

269
00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,639
But surely, there'd be safeguards
for... to prevent that...

270
00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,119
And where would that leave us?

271
00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,839
With an individual living in a state
of constant anxiety and insecurity,

272
00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,919
subjected to embarrassment,
expense and ordeal

273
00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,680
and the police disincentivised
to be rigorous or proficient.

274
00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,000
Mrs Ming?

275
00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,640
Er, you have a daughter,
I believe, Mr Khan?

276
00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,159
Yes, I do.

277
00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,959
Well, if your daughter
had been murdered

278
00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,519
and a man had confessed
to killing her in a court of law,

279
00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:55,679
would you be happy
with a perjury sentence?

280
00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,559
Well, legally speaking...

281
00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:59,880
No, I'm not talking as a lawyer,
I'm talking as a father.

282
00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:07,200
Well, I wouldn't say... Would you be
happy with a perjury sentence?

283
00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:12,319
Of course I wouldn't.

284
00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:13,999
You wouldn't.
Well, that says it all.

285
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,119
You can stop the cameras now
because that says it all.

286
00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:18,559
He wouldn't be happy with
a perjury sentence, and we're not.

287
00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,079
And we'll go to the European Court
of Human Rights if we have to

288
00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:22,680
for justice for our daughter.

289
00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:25,479
BREATHES HEAVILY

290
00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,919
Mr Khan, Mrs Ming.
Thank you very much for your time.

291
00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,159
Yes, that's correct.
How can I help you?

292
00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,319
WOMAN: 'Is Mrs Ming there?'

293
00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,559
No, I'm sorry,
she's not here right now.

294
00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:35,599
Can I give her a message?

295
00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,399
'Oh, I'm calling
from the Law Commission.'

296
00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,039
Oh.
'Mr Wilkie would like to meet her.'

297
00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,879
I see.

298
00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,279
Right, I'll be sure
to pass that on to her.

299
00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,720
'Thank you very much.'
Ta-ra.

300
00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,959
That was them.
Who?

301
00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,119
The Law Commission.

302
00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:55,800
Alan Wilkie saw the debate
on the telly.

303
00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:58,920
Says he wants to meet you.

304
00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,319
SHE CHUCKLES

305
00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,559
I'm sorry for the delay

306
00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:10,599
in responding to your thorough
and very moving letter.

307
00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,080
So you did read it, then?
Yes.

308
00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,680
Let's just say you've made yourself
hard to ignore.

309
00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,359
We know there are several
other families around the country

310
00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:24,879
in your situation,
and we were hoping...

311
00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,759
35.
I beg your pardon?

312
00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:32,279
Other cases, that is.
I've met most of them.

313
00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,240
They are just as desperate
for the law to be changed as us.

314
00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:38,759
I'll get to the point, Ann.

315
00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,039
Erm... We agree wholeheartedly

316
00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,359
that a review should be a priority.

317
00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:47,079
Good.

318
00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,119
But it needs to be retrospective.

319
00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:51,280
Otherwise,
it's of no bloody use to us.

320
00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,519
We'll do what we can.

321
00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:58,919
He's out in a few years, you see...
the man who murdered our Julie.

322
00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,759
So I hope you mean that.

323
00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,399
It's understandable that you're keen
to get things moving,

324
00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,879
especially in the light
of his appeal.

325
00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,199
He's appealing?

326
00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,960
Yes.
Against his perjury sentence?

327
00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,119
I'm sorry,
I assumed you'd have heard.

328
00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:16,279
Well, then...

329
00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,199
then that's even more reason
to get your skates on, isn't it?

330
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,200
No time for messing around!

331
00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:24,799
About this appeal, Ann,

332
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,479
you might consider writing
to the justices.

333
00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,679
We're seeing
some compelling evidence

334
00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,679
that something called
a victim impact statement

335
00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,240
can influence the court.

336
00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,239
I wrote one of those
for his perjury case.

337
00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,159
Didn't make
a blind bit of difference.

338
00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,599
You wrote an impact statement
for the perjury sentencing?

339
00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,439
Took years off my life, it did.
Why?

340
00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,879
No, I've read that file
from cover to cover.

341
00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,999
I'm sorry to say that there was
no such statement in there.

342
00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,679
What? But I... I handed it in
at the CPS personally.

343
00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,839
I can only imagine it's
some sort of bureaucratic oversight.

344
00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,959
Oh, for God's sake.
No wonder he only got six years!

345
00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:06,239
I was told it would play a big role
in the judge's sentencing.

346
00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,159
That's certainly
how it's supposed to work.

347
00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,039
God, it's like
we don't bloody matter!

348
00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,959
You must have a very low opinion
of the legal establishment.

349
00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,439
Honestly, Alan,
it's been like this from the start.

350
00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:18,839
The police not listening to me,

351
00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:20,839
Julie's reputation
dragged through the mud,

352
00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,960
and now no-one's bothered
to even read my statement.

353
00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,639
I realise you probably won't want
to write another impact statement.

354
00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:32,600
But if you do, I will make sure
that the justices read it.

355
00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,560
You have my word on that.

356
00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,120
You're writing another one?
Yeah.

357
00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,960
He's appealing his perjury sentence.
Oh, for...

358
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,400
Yeah, you haven't forgotten we're
out for Gary's birthday tonight?

359
00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,199
No, course not.

360
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,039
A CPS courier's picking it up
from the house at 4:30.

361
00:20:58,040 --> 00:20:59,480
I'll have plenty of time.

362
00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,439
All right. I'll do you a coffee.

363
00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:04,720
Yeah. Thanks, love.

364
00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:10,039
TV PLAYS

365
00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,920
What time's the taxi coming?
15 minutes.

366
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,800
You look very nice.
Thank you.

367
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,279
They said they'd call
to confirm they received it.

368
00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:24,519
Hm?

369
00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,639
I'm gonna have to call them,
Charlie.

370
00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:28,680
KEYPAD TONES

371
00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,359
MAN: 'Royal Courts of Justice.'
Hello. Yeah, erm, it's Ann Ming.

372
00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:38,519
Case number 201208.

373
00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:42,200
I'm calling to check that
you received my impact statement.

374
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,919
'No, we haven't received anything
for that case, I'm afraid.'

375
00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,239
What? No, are you sure?

376
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,439
It should've been faxed over
in the last hour or so.

377
00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,159
'No, I can't see anything here.'
Unbelievable. All right.

378
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:54,559
'I'll get them to send it again.'

379
00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,599
Yeah, well, thanks.
'Thank you.'

380
00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,119
They haven't bloody sent it.
Who?

381
00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:02,199
The CPS!
How hard is it to send a fax?

382
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,279
Where you going?
You go ahead.

383
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:05,799
I'll just get there when I can.

384
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,759
Surely, you don't have to drive
round there? Can't you just...?

385
00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,239
Yes, I do! Look, I don't trust them
to do anything after the last time.

386
00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,239
Ann. Ann!

387
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,000
Just, er, tell Gary not to open
his presents without me.

388
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,280
DOOR CLOSES

389
00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:24,519
Is it finished?
Sorry?

390
00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,879
The meeting? Excuse me, miss,
you can't go in there!

391
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:28,559
Oh, can't I?
He's in the middle of a...

392
00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,279
I'm sorry, sir.
We've met before.

393
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:31,719
Excuse me.
Do you remember?

394
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:33,399
A year or so ago.
Mrs Ming...

395
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,639
I was promised that the judge
at the perjury sentencing

396
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:36,959
would get my victim statement.

397
00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,559
He never received it.
As you can see...

398
00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:40,319
And now the man
who killed my daughter

399
00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,719
is appealing against
his poxy six-year sentence.

400
00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,559
So do you know what I did?
I wrote another one.

401
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,119
I went through the torture
of reliving our Julie's murder,

402
00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:50,159
and I wrote
another very detailed statement.

403
00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,999
A statement I was promised would be
in London before six o'clock today.

404
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,479
And guess what? You lot have
bloody well let me down again!

405
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:56,719
Mrs Ming!
No!

406
00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,439
I will call Frank Cook, Alan Wilkie,
Jack bleedin' Straw if I have to!

407
00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,559
I am not leaving this room

408
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:06,000
until you call the clerk of court
in London and fax him my document!

409
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,040
I think I'd listen to Mrs Ming
if I were you.

410
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,760
KEYPAD TONES
Thank you.

411
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:41,760
Where is everyone?

412
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:46,720
They left already?
They waited as long as they could.

413
00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:51,800
They've got their own lives, Ann.

414
00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:56,400
I thought I'd make it.

415
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,719
I didn't know what to order, so...

416
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,040
No, this is fine, thanks. Yeah.

417
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,400
If it's cold, I can ask them that...
It's fine, thanks.

418
00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:35,000
I wish I could be
in two places at once.

419
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:38,800
But you can't, Ann.

420
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:41,960
It's not for nothing, Charlie.

421
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:45,400
I hope you're right.

422
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,439
Now, remember,
it really isn't the end of the world

423
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,839
if this appeal is successful
and his sentence is reduced.

424
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,919
Anything that puts that man
back on the streets

425
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,519
is catastrophic in my book.

426
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,599
Well, let's keep everything crossed.

427
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,479
Having considered the evidence,

428
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,079
and especially in light of the,
er...

429
00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,879
thorough and affecting
victim impact statement

430
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:19,879
supplied by Mrs Ming,
we are unanimous in our judgement

431
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,279
that a sentence of six years
was not manifestly excessive,

432
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:28,119
and we do not seek to interfere
with the judge's ruling.

433
00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:32,559
And consequently, we dismiss
the appeal against the sentence.

434
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,519
EXHALES

435
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:36,680
Thank goodness for that.

436
00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:40,879
So, what happens next,
about double jeopardy?

437
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:42,439
Well, that's a small matter

438
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,039
of unpicking 800 years
of legal history.

439
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,479
But, you know, it's in the hands
of the Home Secretary

440
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,279
and the Lord Chancellor now.

441
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,319
They have our report, and they'll
give it their consideration.

442
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,680
How long will that take?
Shouldn't be too long.

443
00:25:58,280 --> 00:25:59,720
Right.

444
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,519
Thanks for coming with me.
I wouldn't miss it for anything.

445
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,599
I know it's not easy for you.

446
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:14,520
You know, it will be quite something
if they overturn the law.

447
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,199
Well, unless it's retrospective,
it's all been for nothing.

448
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:21,799
No.

449
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,080
Whatever happens,
you've done her proud.

450
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,600
Government white paper,
and all because of you.

451
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:33,640
We best get going.
Aye.

452
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,279
Right, you look after Angela
for us, won't you?

453
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,759
Mwah. Got everything.

454
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,079
I wanna come too.

455
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,559
Oh, no, darling,
I don't think that's a good idea.

456
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,400
Why not? Why shouldn't I be there?

457
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,600
I wanna be there to support you.

458
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:57,360
And for my mam.

459
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,479
I'm just... I'm getting nervous now.
Ah, don't be nervous.

460
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,079
Does my hair look all right
in this wind?

461
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:07,799
Your hair looks great.
You look very nice.

462
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,639
It's blowing everywhere.
You look very nice.

463
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,439
REPORTERS CLAMOUR

464
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:13,920
No.

465
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,120
Thank you.

466
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,279
Hello.

467
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,159
Hello. My name's Ann Ming.
I'm here...

468
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,840
This is for you, Mrs Ming.
Oh, thank you.

469
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:28,999
GASPS

470
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,239
Oh, God, it's retrospective!

471
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,799
The double jeopardy law's
being overturned,

472
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,799
and it's gonna be retrospective.

473
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:36,839
Oh, I can't believe it.

474
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,839
REPORTER: It's a monumental moment
for you, Ann.

475
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,719
It is, yeah. I'm shaking. God!

476
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,719
I just can't believe it.
ANN LAUGHS

477
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:45,360
REPORTERS CHATTER

478
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,639
Well, I suppose the lesson is...

479
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,879
being a bloody-minded pain
in the arse can pay off sometimes.

480
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,079
MARK LAUGHS
Yes.

481
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,400
Here's to you.
Frank! Hiya. Aw.

482
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,239
Sorry I couldn't be there.

483
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,199
But you probably heard me cheering
from the other end of the A1.

484
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,999
Do you know Mark Braithwaite?
He's another one of the good guys.

485
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,239
Nice to meet you, Mark.
Likewise. Take a seat.

486
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,959
Without fellas like you, we'd never
have achieved what we have.

487
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,760
Well, we're not quite there yet.

488
00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:17,879
Which is not to say
we shouldn't celebrate.

489
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,199
You've got to recognise
your victories

490
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,759
along the way, haven't you?

491
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,599
Well, I... I mean, I know
it needs to be debated, but I...

492
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,759
From what I understand,
after a bit of back and forth,

493
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,399
it is likely to get the votes,
isn't it?

494
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,279
In the Commons, yes.

495
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,479
But remember,
the Lords is a different matter.

496
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,279
There you go.
Thanks.

497
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:38,839
They're a bunch of old
conservative white men in the main.

498
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:43,159
They're not generally keen
on dismantling ancient English laws.

499
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,400
Well, do you think they'll block it?

500
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,999
I won't lie.

501
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,920
I think it'll be tough
to get through.

502
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,199
Well, who do I talk to?
About what?

503
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaking to the Lords.
Would they allow it?

504
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,119
It's very unconventional.

505
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,919
But it is allowed?
You'd really do that?

506
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:05,759
Make a speech to the Lords?

507
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,199
Can you help me or not?

508
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,159
HE SCOFFS

509
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,639
I know Lord Falconer a little.
Let me speak to him.

510
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:14,999
Thanks.

511
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,839
Don't screw it up.
I'll try not to.

512
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:19,640
Good luck with that.
FRANK CHUCKLES

513
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,640
Safe and sober or bold and red?
Hmm.

514
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,320
I'd play it safe if I were you.

515
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,599
Are you sure
you don't wanna come with me?

516
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:38,880
I'd love to.

517
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,320
I just...

518
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:45,799
Right.

519
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,799
Now some shoes.

520
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,080
You'll look great whatever you wear.

521
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:00,560
MAN: Good morning.

522
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,399
This must all seem rather grand
to you, but don't worry.

523
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,639
The committee room
isn't quite as medieval.

524
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:13,719
MAN: Morning.
Morning.

525
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,159
MAN: Morning.
Morning? It's 2:30 in the afternoon.

526
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,879
Well, it's always morning here
until the House sits.

527
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,799
One of our little conventions.
BELL RINGS

528
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,079
Now, when we vote,
we queue in two lines,

529
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,479
either the content
or the not-content corridor,

530
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:33,079
and we are counted off
by a peer holding a drumstick.

531
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,600
Musical or chicken?

532
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,719
HE CHUCKLES
Right, here we are.

533
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,239
You ready?
Er... yeah.

534
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,279
You do have a speech, don't you?

535
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,639
I've made some notes,
but I don't think I'll need them.

536
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,439
Mrs Ming,
these are some of the most powerful

537
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,759
and respected people in the country.

538
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,600
I have seen seasoned speakers
go completely dry.

539
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,639
Look, I may not be hoity-toity
like you lot,

540
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,280
but I know what I wanna say.

541
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,040
I've had 13 years to think about it.

542
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,040
All right. All right.

543
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:14,239
My most noble and learned Lords,

544
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:18,279
may I introduce my guest today...

545
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,559
Mrs Ann Ming,
who'll be talking to us

546
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,919
with regards
to the Criminal Justice Bill,

547
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:25,919
specifically part 10,

548
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:29,719
which concerns the so-called
double jeopardy rule.

549
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,240
LORDS CHATTER

550
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,719
Thank you.

551
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,320
ANN CLEARS THROAT

552
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,519
My Lords and Ladies, erm...

553
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:48,079
thank you most humbly
for, erm, letting me speak today.

554
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,920
I'll try not to take up
too much of your time.

555
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,159
On November 16th, 1989,

556
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,840
our eldest daughter, Julie,
went missing.

557
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,119
The police, when I spoke to them...

558
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,799
We hadn't seen her, you see,
since the previous day,

559
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,519
and she was due in court in Stockton
the next morning...

560
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:10,800
Speak up.

561
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,999
SHE CLEARS THROAT

562
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,519
Anyway, I had a gut...

563
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,879
a gut feeling that something
dreadful had happened to her.

564
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:25,240
The police spent a week searching
her home, and they found nothing.

565
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,920
Look, I'm gonna tell you
how it feels to lose a child.

566
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,000
And how it feels
to be shafted by the law.

567
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,800
There have been two moments
of deep trauma in my life.

568
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,760
One was the moment I found
my daughter's body under the bath.

569
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,160
13 years later,
I still have nightmares.

570
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:05,559
The second was the moment

571
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,760
I had to watch
my daughter's murderer walk free.

572
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:16,160
Nobody here will ever, ever know
how that feels.

573
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,600
Trusting the state
to bring you justice and peace...

574
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:27,119
..only to find yourself
marginalised and betrayed.

575
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,399
For you, the law is just
something you make for others

576
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,559
in this ivory tower
with your inherited privileges.

577
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,559
But for me, it's a cancer.

578
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:38,999
For the last 13 years, I have fought
to get justice for Julie.

579
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,239
I've had to deal
with rank police incompetence,

580
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,879
two mistrials, two home secretaries

581
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:48,359
and a CPS who didn't even seem
to care about us victims.

582
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,000
On top of all that...

583
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:52,639
..I had to figure out a way

584
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:55,600
of telling my grandson
what happened to his mammy...

585
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:00,399
..and how to keep
my marriage together

586
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,519
when me and my husband, Charlie,
were drowning in grief.

587
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:04,760
EXHALES

588
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,239
No, look, I don't want
your sympathy, I just...

589
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:09,519
I just need you to listen.

590
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,639
If someone is sent
to prison for a crime

591
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,599
and new evidence proves
that they were innocent all along,

592
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,319
well, it's only right
that they should walk free.

593
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:22,519
Well, surely, it should work
the other way round, too.

594
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,239
If someone is acquitted

595
00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:27,239
and new evidence proves
that they were guilty all along,

596
00:34:27,240 --> 00:34:29,520
well, then they should take
the rap for it.

597
00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:34,919
Look, I'm not...

598
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,320
I'm not interested in revenge
or even compensation.

599
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:43,519
I just want the man
who took our little girl from us

600
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,000
to pay for his crime.

601
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,240
Our daughter's right to life
was stolen from her.

602
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,239
The only way we can get justice

603
00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:58,720
is by changing the double jeopardy
law retrospectively.

604
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,760
LORDS: Hear, hear.

605
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,280
Thank you.

606
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,440
Fancy seeing you here.

607
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,159
I'm here all the time.

608
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,839
You are? I didn't know that.

609
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,720
There's a lot you don't know, Mam.

610
00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:41,879
I don't think I've got the energy
to keep on fighting, you know.

611
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,079
If the Lords block it...

612
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,000
SHE EXHALES DEEPLY

613
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,559
Do you ever see her?
Who?

614
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,000
Our Julie.

615
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,040
I miss her so much.
SHE SIGHS

616
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,919
I don't care... who she was with,

617
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,039
what she went through
in her private life.

618
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:04,599
I just...

619
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:06,640
I just wish I could tell her
that I love her.

620
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,960
Mam.
What?

621
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,600
I miss her too.

622
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,880
But I think you need to move on,
Mam.

623
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:26,480
I think you need to let her go.

624
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:30,480
What do you mean?

625
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,560
I'm saying, Mam,
that you've got two living children.

626
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:40,920
Gary, love...
Bye, Mam.

627
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,079
DOOR CLOSES

628
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,359
Where have you been?
Huh?

629
00:36:56,360 --> 00:37:00,039
We've been waiting for hours!
Who's been waiting?

630
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,079
Well, come and see.
What?

631
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:03,280
Through here, love.

632
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,719
SHE CHUCKLES
Frank.

633
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,679
It's my birthday today.

634
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,559
And it's the best one I've ever had.
BOTTLE POPS

635
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:13,920
Congratulations.

636
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,560
The bill's gone through, love.
It's got through the Lords.

637
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:22,600
And it's retrospective.

638
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,319
What?
It is true, Ann.

639
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,239
SHE MUMBLES
Really?

640
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:30,119
We've done it.

641
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,239
You've done it.

642
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:33,999
SHE SOBS

643
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,760
Really, has it happened? Oh, God.

644
00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:42,639
Oh, my God, I can't believe it.
It's over.

645
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:45,599
Oh, no, really?
Yeah.

646
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,119
SHE SOBS

647
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,639
TEARFULLY: Charlie, we did it.
No, you did it. You did.

648
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,159
We did.

649
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,679
Oh, God, it's all over.

650
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,439
We've won.

651
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,719
SHE SOBS
We did it.

652
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:00,680
You did it, it was all you.

653
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,999
My government will continue
to make the reduction of crime

654
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,839
and the fear of crime a priority.

655
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,439
The government will be implementing
the Criminal Justice Act

656
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,839
to ensure the effective punishment

657
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:18,719
of dangerous
and persistent offenders.

658
00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:21,119
REPORTER: It took the High Court
only a matter of minutes

659
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:24,799
to quash the original acquittal
of October 1991,

660
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,759
opening the door
to today's historic retrial

661
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,479
in the case of Julie Hogg's murder.
REPORTERS CLAMOUR

662
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,879
Mrs Ming, do you think
they'll let him off the hook?

663
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:35,639
What do you mean,
"let him off the hook"?

664
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,279
Well, the judge might decide
he's spent long enough in prison.

665
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,759
He's done nearly ten years.

666
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,560
What does she mean by that?
Let's get you inside.

667
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:45,599
In deciding your sentence,

668
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,359
I have borne in mind
your guilty plea,

669
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,119
which has saved
Julie Hogg's family and friends

670
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,999
from enduring a further trial.

671
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,119
Before I come to sentence you,
I should like to read an extract

672
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:01,639
from Mrs Ming's impact statement,

673
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:05,279
a harrowing and moving account

674
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,720
of the harm you have done
to the family.

675
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,359
"As a family,
we are damaged beyond repair

676
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:19,760
"and will never be the same again
as Julie will never return home.

677
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,199
"The love we feel for Julie

678
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:29,199
"means it is we who are serving
the life sentence.

679
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:34,479
"Julie's son, Kevin,
has missed out on a mother's love.

680
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,079
"He has missed out on a childhood.

681
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:40,640
"All he has left of her
are a few photographs."

682
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,320
Notwithstanding your guilty plea...

683
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:55,959
..I have seen no evidence
of genuine contrition on your part

684
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,800
as opposed to evident self-pity...

685
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:04,159
..and attempts by you
to avoid or minimise

686
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,920
the proper consequences
of what you have done.

687
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:12,639
Those consequences are
that on the count of murder,

688
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:14,879
you will be imprisoned for life

689
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,519
with a minimum tariff of 17 years.

690
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:19,720
Mm.

691
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:22,320
Take him down.

692
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,239
REPORTER: Ann! Ann!

693
00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:47,519
I... I just can't believe
what's happened today.

694
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,279
I can't believe that we've finally
got justice for our daughter.

695
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:51,599
I'd, erm...

696
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,719
Mrs Ming, this is the first person
in Britain to be convicted

697
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:57,159
of a crime for which
they'd previously been acquitted.

698
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,239
It's historic, isn't it?

699
00:40:59,240 --> 00:41:01,720
Yeah, I suppose.
Suppose it is, really, yeah.

700
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:06,639
Sorry, it's not often
that I'm speechless.

701
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:10,759
Your campaign, it has taken up
so much of your life.

702
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:12,320
What will you do now?

703
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,680
Erm, more line dancing, probably.

704
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,919
Ann, I don't think you realise
quite what you've achieved.

705
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:23,719
Don't be daft.

706
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:27,519
To overturn one of the most
established legal principles

707
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,199
in Western democracy.

708
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:32,879
People talk about speaking truth
to power.

709
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:35,719
Well, you've made history today.

710
00:41:35,720 --> 00:41:38,639
I just hope he never gets out.

711
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,639
You've ignited a debate
around the world.

712
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:44,079
Every country
with double jeopardy laws

713
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,160
has been watching us
very closely indeed.

714
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:51,599
Here, Mark's got us another round
to celebrate. You deserve that.

715
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,199
It's the least we deserve.

716
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,239
To Ann!
MEN: To Ann.

717
00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:56,840
Cheers.

718
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,480
COUNTRY POP MUSIC
PLAYS

719
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:11,919
Do people do this sober?

720
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,680
Nothing to be worried about.

721
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:19,759
I'm getting a drink.
A large one. What do you want?

722
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:21,400
Whatever they've got.

723
00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:29,039


724
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,119


725
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:34,159


726
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,839


727
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,399


728
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:44,080


729
00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:20,200
LAUGHS TEARFULLY

730
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,240
Queue was too long.
I'll go back in a few minutes.

731
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,839
What's wrong? Is everything OK?

732
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:48,039
MAN: 'All right, everyone, are we
all ready? Grab your favourite...'

733
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,479
You all right?
'..pair of cowboy boots, it's time.'

734
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:52,999
Yeah. I'm OK.
'A-five, six...'

735
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:54,039
I'm OK.

736
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:55,959
'A-five, six, seven, eight.'
You sure?

737
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:57,839
COUNTRY POP MUSIC
PLAYS

738
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,679
I love you.
Gosh, that's nice.

739
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:01,879
Oh, it's starting.

740
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:03,759
Bloody hell, is that it?
Let's have a go.

741
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:06,519


742
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,319


743
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:13,119

On this old big rig

744
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:15,759

A little time

745
00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:18,559


746
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,159


747
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:25,439

And keep the end of the road

748
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:27,599


749
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:29,839


750
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,959
Oh, you came!
I can't believe that you came.

751
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:34,399
All right, Dad?
Hi, Dad.

752
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,519
Hiya, Mam, all right?

753
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:38,679
I think I need my head checking.
Come on, it'll be fun.

754
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,240
Come on.

755
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:43,799
You know the moves, Mam!

756
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,639


757
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:51,319

The end of the road

758
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:52,919


759
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:55,999


760
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:57,959

To count...

761
00:44:57,960 --> 00:44:59,960
MUSIC FADES

762
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:56,600
APPLAUSE

763
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,240
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