1 00:00:02,100 --> 00:00:04,976 Dead female. Knife wound to the chest. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,276 Sexual assault gone wrong we think. 3 00:00:07,300 --> 00:00:08,277 Is she dead? 4 00:00:08,301 --> 00:00:09,646 It looks like I killed her. 5 00:00:09,670 --> 00:00:10,776 That's how it looks. 6 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,306 Maybe you didn't mean to. Sometimes stuff just happens. 7 00:00:14,330 --> 00:00:16,046 You plead guilty to manslaughter, 8 00:00:16,070 --> 00:00:18,006 and there will be no murder trial. 9 00:00:18,030 --> 00:00:18,707 What would you do? 10 00:00:18,731 --> 00:00:22,346 If I were you, I'd ask myself one question... 11 00:00:22,370 --> 00:00:23,606 "Did I kill her?" 12 00:00:23,630 --> 00:00:26,176 Do you plead guilty or not guilty? 13 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:27,546 Not guilty. 14 00:00:27,570 --> 00:00:30,206 Ben, I should be working this case. 15 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:33,376 Some cases need dogs with low bellies and good noses. 16 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,276 - That's me. - All right. 17 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:37,706 The whole wing knows about Ben Coulter. 18 00:00:37,730 --> 00:00:39,006 Rapist, murderer. 19 00:00:39,030 --> 00:00:41,446 I didn't do this. Do you believe me? 20 00:00:41,470 --> 00:00:42,706 No one on the wing believes you. 21 00:00:42,730 --> 00:00:46,146 - Is there anything else? - Yeah. 22 00:00:46,170 --> 00:00:49,106 Milroy. He won't go away. 23 00:00:49,130 --> 00:00:51,176 Grass! 24 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,506 Do you want Freddie Graham to help you? 25 00:00:54,530 --> 00:00:57,446 Or do you prefer dead in the shower with your guts cut out 26 00:00:57,470 --> 00:00:59,676 and your smart brains all over the floor? 27 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:03,230 Just play the game, Ben. Just play the game. 28 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:09,476 He said five deliveries. 29 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:11,200 That's the last one. 30 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:18,146 Well, Mr. Graham's very grateful for all the hard work 31 00:02:18,170 --> 00:02:20,076 you've been putting in over the last few weeks. 32 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:22,570 Your work's done, featherweight. 33 00:02:30,570 --> 00:02:32,776 Out of all the barristers they could have given me. 34 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,346 The clerks know you don't like Alison Slaughter. 35 00:02:35,370 --> 00:02:37,376 You'd never have said yes if they'd put her up for this. 36 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,706 So they tell you you can have the head of chambers, 37 00:02:39,730 --> 00:02:41,206 knowing full well that you can't do it. 38 00:02:41,230 --> 00:02:42,746 Then the day before the trial... 39 00:02:42,770 --> 00:02:45,476 "I'm gutted, Mr. Stone. He's gutted, Mr. Stone. 40 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:47,176 Last minute Court of Appeal thing. 41 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,606 We're all gutted." 42 00:02:48,630 --> 00:02:50,346 "But Alison Slaughter's free." 43 00:02:50,370 --> 00:02:52,670 Yeah, and what choice do I have so late in the day? 44 00:02:54,470 --> 00:02:57,676 Okay, manslaughter's gone. We're in the house. 45 00:02:57,700 --> 00:02:59,406 Don't have much option about that. 46 00:02:59,430 --> 00:03:01,506 - But we didn't murder her. - No. 47 00:03:01,530 --> 00:03:04,106 So, she attacked us, we defended ourselves, she died. 48 00:03:04,130 --> 00:03:05,107 Simple. 49 00:03:05,131 --> 00:03:07,206 We haven't discussed self-defense. 50 00:03:07,230 --> 00:03:09,576 First thing I look for when I get a brief secondhand... 51 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,976 Is there a bullshit defense I'm stuck with? 52 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,376 It's to your credit that our instructions from Mr. Coulter 53 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,206 are so completely useless. 54 00:03:16,230 --> 00:03:18,706 - Forensics? - Damning. 55 00:03:18,730 --> 00:03:19,707 Ours? 56 00:03:19,731 --> 00:03:22,006 I've had preliminary off-the-record chats. 57 00:03:22,030 --> 00:03:23,630 Basically, our man put the knife in her. 58 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,206 Self-defense, only option. Tell me about Melanie. 59 00:03:29,230 --> 00:03:30,976 Bit wild, I think. 60 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,446 - In a normal way. - Good. 61 00:03:33,470 --> 00:03:35,746 Troubled possibly. I don't know. 62 00:03:35,770 --> 00:03:38,546 I want "a bit wild" and "troubled possibly" 63 00:03:38,570 --> 00:03:40,376 turned into "off her trolley" and "dangerous." 64 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,676 I'm done here. 65 00:03:42,700 --> 00:03:45,530 Mr. Stone's been very helpful. I'm out to lunch. 66 00:03:47,730 --> 00:03:51,506 Um, I'm a solicitor. I'm not the police force. 67 00:03:51,530 --> 00:03:52,976 How am I supposed to find all this? 68 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,346 I've given you the picture I want. 69 00:03:54,370 --> 00:03:57,500 Go and do the coloring in. Bring me Melanie the nutter. 70 00:04:26,530 --> 00:04:29,570 I'm not very good with funerals. I'm just gonna... 71 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,030 I'm just gonna stay outside, if that's all right. 72 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:47,730 Thank you very much, Vicar. 73 00:04:58,630 --> 00:05:00,346 I don't know what you think you're doing here, 74 00:05:00,370 --> 00:05:02,046 but if you go anywhere near that family, 75 00:05:02,070 --> 00:05:04,346 I will finish your career. 76 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:06,546 I've got a job to do, Box, just like you. 77 00:05:06,570 --> 00:05:09,376 - What did you say? - We're both working, aren't we? 78 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,506 I'm looking after the family of a murder victim. 79 00:05:12,530 --> 00:05:15,106 Making sure that they know that they have my support. 80 00:05:15,130 --> 00:05:17,530 Like I said... working. 81 00:05:35,130 --> 00:05:38,006 "Better by far you should forget and smile, 82 00:05:38,030 --> 00:05:41,076 than that you should remember and be sad." 83 00:05:41,100 --> 00:05:42,706 It's beautiful, isn't it? 84 00:05:42,730 --> 00:05:45,146 I do love Rossetti. 85 00:05:45,170 --> 00:05:46,706 I'm Lizzie. 86 00:05:46,730 --> 00:05:48,246 Hello. 87 00:05:48,270 --> 00:05:50,530 - We haven't met before. - No. 88 00:05:52,070 --> 00:05:55,306 Were you a close friend of Melanie? 89 00:05:55,330 --> 00:05:56,330 Here's my card. 90 00:05:58,100 --> 00:05:59,077 Who are you? 91 00:05:59,101 --> 00:06:03,700 Melanie's death, it's not straightforward as people think. 92 00:06:04,700 --> 00:06:06,170 Call me. 93 00:06:14,300 --> 00:06:17,030 Wakey, wakey, boys and girls. 94 00:06:18,770 --> 00:06:20,500 Lovely day. 95 00:06:22,570 --> 00:06:24,046 Rise and shine. 96 00:06:24,070 --> 00:06:26,606 Today's the day, sunbeam. 97 00:06:26,630 --> 00:06:28,706 It's a long time you're in the dock. 98 00:06:28,730 --> 00:06:32,106 The jury will try and avoid looking at you most of the time. 99 00:06:32,130 --> 00:06:34,706 They'll... They'll sneak little looks, 100 00:06:34,730 --> 00:06:36,706 of course, 'cause you're a murderer. 101 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:39,006 And how you're looking, what you're doing, 102 00:06:39,030 --> 00:06:40,976 it really, really matters. 103 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,576 Don't for a second lose concentration. 104 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,530 And don't get caught looking wrong. 105 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:49,200 Thanks, Hooch. 106 00:07:15,030 --> 00:07:17,006 Shopping. 107 00:07:17,030 --> 00:07:19,000 From Mr. Graham. 108 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,446 There's one thing Freddie Graham's terrified of. 109 00:07:28,470 --> 00:07:30,046 Boredom. 110 00:07:30,070 --> 00:07:31,176 You're that rare thing. 111 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,546 A lad in prison with half a brain. 112 00:07:33,570 --> 00:07:35,470 He can't resist you. 113 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,230 My mum already sent in a shirt. 114 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:11,570 I know your mum. 115 00:08:15,330 --> 00:08:16,730 Mary. 116 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:20,230 She's a decent woman. 117 00:08:21,670 --> 00:08:23,376 Oh, yes. 118 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,530 She'll do her best for her son. 119 00:08:28,530 --> 00:08:30,500 But she doesn't know juries. 120 00:08:32,700 --> 00:08:34,700 She'll put you in something nice. 121 00:08:36,330 --> 00:08:40,430 Something wedding nice. 122 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:47,730 It won't be a jury shirt. 123 00:08:59,070 --> 00:09:01,170 I already have a shirt. 124 00:09:04,330 --> 00:09:05,670 Thank you. 125 00:09:26,230 --> 00:09:28,646 That's not a jury shirt. 126 00:09:28,670 --> 00:09:30,346 Here. Take it off and put this one on. 127 00:09:30,370 --> 00:09:33,330 - Where's the barrister? - Take your shirt off. 128 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:36,677 Is she good? 129 00:09:36,701 --> 00:09:39,746 Put it this way... If I'd known she was available, 130 00:09:39,770 --> 00:09:42,630 I would have asked for Alison Slaughter from the off. 131 00:09:52,730 --> 00:09:54,746 - Ben Coulter? - Hello. 132 00:09:54,770 --> 00:09:57,346 You're a vacuum. I love a vacuum. 133 00:09:57,370 --> 00:09:58,776 What? 134 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,046 You have been no help whatsoever to anyone 135 00:10:01,070 --> 00:10:02,576 on the question of how Melanie Lloyd 136 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,206 got a fatal knife wound to the heart. 137 00:10:04,230 --> 00:10:05,207 Well... 138 00:10:05,231 --> 00:10:07,506 Which is splendid because I get to fill the vacuum, 139 00:10:07,530 --> 00:10:09,546 and you will tell me that I'm right. 140 00:10:09,570 --> 00:10:11,006 We're running self-defense. 141 00:10:11,030 --> 00:10:15,046 She's a highly-sexed, predatory, and disturbed woman. 142 00:10:15,070 --> 00:10:17,146 By the time I've finished with Melanie Lloyd, 143 00:10:17,170 --> 00:10:19,606 the jury will have her down as borderline satanic. 144 00:10:19,630 --> 00:10:22,376 - Agreed, Mr. Stone? - Yeah. 145 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,246 We have an advantage here on account of her being dead. 146 00:10:25,270 --> 00:10:27,576 She can't contradict anything we say about her. 147 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:31,106 Can I have some time? 148 00:10:31,130 --> 00:10:35,306 We're in court in three minutes. I need focus and clarity. 149 00:10:35,330 --> 00:10:36,476 She liked knives. 150 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:38,306 She lured you into her nutty world, 151 00:10:38,330 --> 00:10:39,576 she messed around with your head, 152 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,706 she tried to kill you, you defended yourself, she died. 153 00:10:42,730 --> 00:10:45,206 - That's what we're running. - But that's not... 154 00:10:45,230 --> 00:10:48,746 No buts. It's the only defense available to us. 155 00:10:48,770 --> 00:10:50,676 And it just happens to be the defense 156 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:53,546 which will win us the trial and give you your life back. 157 00:10:53,570 --> 00:10:56,676 So, unless you're very stupid, 158 00:10:56,700 --> 00:10:58,546 I'm pretty sure you're going to remember things 159 00:10:58,570 --> 00:10:59,630 the way I'm telling it. 160 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,700 I'll see you upstairs. 161 00:11:14,570 --> 00:11:16,746 Okay, we're running self-defense 162 00:11:16,770 --> 00:11:18,606 on the back of she was out to lunch. 163 00:11:18,630 --> 00:11:20,676 - Has he agreed to that? - Not yet. 164 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:22,376 We have to have instructions, don't we? 165 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:23,576 We can't just make it up. 166 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,246 He likes you, doesn't he? 167 00:11:25,270 --> 00:11:27,346 So squeeze his little pips. 168 00:11:27,370 --> 00:11:30,346 Help him to remember what we want him to remember. 169 00:11:30,370 --> 00:11:33,076 - Is that ethical? - I beg your pardon? 170 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:34,230 Sorry. 171 00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:50,570 She's saying self-defense. 172 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:53,746 It could be true. 173 00:11:53,770 --> 00:11:56,606 Could be how it happened and you've blanked it. 174 00:11:56,630 --> 00:11:58,200 It's not uncommon. 175 00:12:01,130 --> 00:12:02,976 I'd be saying that I killed her. 176 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,106 You'd be saying you caused her death. 177 00:12:05,130 --> 00:12:08,676 That you were in fear for your own life and had no choice. 178 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:10,276 What you did would be... 179 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:13,330 Was reasonable in the circumstances. 180 00:12:16,530 --> 00:12:18,076 My mum and dad will be in court. 181 00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:21,346 "Mum, Dad. 182 00:12:21,370 --> 00:12:23,400 I put a knife in somebody." 183 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,506 You do need to tell us, Ben. 184 00:12:28,530 --> 00:12:31,406 You need to say yes to self-defense. 185 00:12:31,430 --> 00:12:33,406 You told me I shouldn't admit to anything 186 00:12:33,430 --> 00:12:35,006 I couldn't remember doing. 187 00:12:35,030 --> 00:12:37,146 All we have to do is raise the possibility 188 00:12:37,170 --> 00:12:38,476 of self-defense in court. 189 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:40,706 Then it's for the other side to prove that it wasn't. 190 00:12:40,730 --> 00:12:41,707 One nod from you 191 00:12:41,731 --> 00:12:43,506 and the prosecution has to work very hard 192 00:12:43,530 --> 00:12:46,076 to disprove you weren't defending yourself. 193 00:12:46,100 --> 00:12:47,770 Self-defense is your only way out. 194 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:08,176 - He's nearly there. - Nearly's no good. 195 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:09,606 He needs a bit longer. 196 00:13:09,630 --> 00:13:13,406 All parties in Coulter to Court One. 197 00:13:13,430 --> 00:13:15,506 Let's buy some time. 198 00:13:15,530 --> 00:13:17,346 How? 199 00:13:17,370 --> 00:13:20,476 My lady, now that the jury are in, 200 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:22,130 could they be sent out again, please? 201 00:13:48,030 --> 00:13:49,106 "Is she dead?" 202 00:13:49,130 --> 00:13:50,976 The question my client is alleged to have asked 203 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,306 in the back of the police car 204 00:13:52,330 --> 00:13:54,976 as it approached the murder scene is very damaging. 205 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:55,977 I agree. 206 00:13:56,001 --> 00:13:58,246 If it was said, it shouldn't have been. 207 00:13:58,270 --> 00:13:59,976 You could do without it, Ms. Slaughter. 208 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,776 And the jury should not be permitted to hear something 209 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,146 so prejudicial in evidence. 210 00:14:04,170 --> 00:14:06,076 'Cause you don't like it? 211 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:08,246 Is there a new category of inadmissible evidence 212 00:14:08,270 --> 00:14:10,276 which is called "the defense don't like it 213 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:12,706 because it makes the defendant look guilty"? 214 00:14:12,730 --> 00:14:15,746 PACE says that all interviews should be conducted 215 00:14:15,770 --> 00:14:18,676 at the police station so that they can be tape-recorded, 216 00:14:18,700 --> 00:14:20,306 a solicitor can be present, 217 00:14:20,330 --> 00:14:23,046 and the police are protected from their own tendency 218 00:14:23,070 --> 00:14:25,730 to make things up. 219 00:14:26,630 --> 00:14:28,370 Mr. Painter. 220 00:14:30,170 --> 00:14:32,706 He just said it. It wasn't prompted by anything. 221 00:14:32,730 --> 00:14:34,306 If it had been said as the result 222 00:14:34,330 --> 00:14:37,076 of a question asked in the police car by a police officer, 223 00:14:37,100 --> 00:14:40,476 then it would be quite wrong and wholly inadmissible 224 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:43,576 because questions must be put in recorded interview 225 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,776 at the police station with a solicitor present, 226 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,206 so the police can be protected from the tendency 227 00:14:50,230 --> 00:14:53,500 of criminals to make things up. 228 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:58,406 I said it. 229 00:14:58,430 --> 00:14:59,706 The jury will hate it. 230 00:14:59,730 --> 00:15:01,076 We don't want them to hear it. 231 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:04,130 - But I said it. It's the truth. - It's irrelevant. 232 00:15:06,470 --> 00:15:08,976 Would my lady give me one moment with the defendant? 233 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,106 No. You've had all the time you need. 234 00:15:12,130 --> 00:15:15,246 My ruling is that this evidence is admissible. 235 00:15:15,270 --> 00:15:17,100 The jury will hear it. 236 00:15:19,130 --> 00:15:24,106 This is a vicious, cold-blooded murder. 237 00:15:24,130 --> 00:15:28,776 A young girl knifed to death by a callous killer 238 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,506 who made every attempt to hide the evidence 239 00:15:31,530 --> 00:15:35,176 of the brutal crime that he'd committed. 240 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,646 Some of what you're going to hear and see 241 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:40,406 is very upsetting. 242 00:15:40,430 --> 00:15:43,076 Murder is murder, 243 00:15:43,100 --> 00:15:46,776 and, invariably, it's ugly. 244 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,406 He paid for petrol, he got back into the black cab, 245 00:15:50,430 --> 00:15:52,330 and they drove away. 246 00:15:55,630 --> 00:15:57,346 Time's up. This is it. 247 00:15:57,370 --> 00:15:59,706 I can't cross-examine anyone without your instructions. 248 00:15:59,730 --> 00:16:02,246 So I need you to look me in the eye right now 249 00:16:02,270 --> 00:16:04,776 and tell me that I'm right. 250 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,006 She attacked you. You defended yourself. She died. 251 00:16:07,030 --> 00:16:09,376 Yes? 252 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,370 Am I wrong? Tell me I'm wrong. 253 00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:16,500 That's good enough. Let's go. 254 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,246 In your witness statement, 255 00:16:19,270 --> 00:16:22,276 you say that Melanie threw a cigarette butt 256 00:16:22,300 --> 00:16:25,146 out of the cab window at the petrol station. 257 00:16:25,170 --> 00:16:26,576 - Is that correct? - Yes. 258 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,646 Reckless and dangerous, don't you think? 259 00:16:28,670 --> 00:16:31,446 Where's this going, Ms. Slaughter? 260 00:16:31,470 --> 00:16:33,476 It's a pretty crazy thing to do. 261 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:35,306 I'm going to warn you now. 262 00:16:35,330 --> 00:16:38,046 We have joined-up cross-examination in my court. 263 00:16:38,070 --> 00:16:41,370 No lobbing hand grenades and ducking, Ms. Slaughter. 264 00:16:42,370 --> 00:16:44,246 I then arrested Ben Coulter 265 00:16:44,270 --> 00:16:47,376 for the murder of Melanie Lloyd and cautioned him. 266 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,176 How did his demeanor strike you? 267 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,200 Jumpy. Uh, nervous. 268 00:16:56,130 --> 00:16:57,746 Is this your first murder trial? 269 00:16:57,770 --> 00:17:00,446 Yes, my lady. 270 00:17:00,470 --> 00:17:03,076 Is this your first time in the witness box? 271 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:04,346 Yes, my lady. 272 00:17:04,370 --> 00:17:08,006 Are you going to address all your answers to the judge? 273 00:17:08,030 --> 00:17:10,406 Yes. 274 00:17:10,430 --> 00:17:11,407 My lady. 275 00:17:11,431 --> 00:17:13,546 And are you going to read all your evidence 276 00:17:13,570 --> 00:17:14,570 from your notebook? 277 00:17:16,070 --> 00:17:18,046 The answer to my question about your notebook 278 00:17:18,070 --> 00:17:20,746 is unlikely to be in your notebook. 279 00:17:20,770 --> 00:17:23,006 It's supposed to be a way of refreshing your memory, 280 00:17:23,030 --> 00:17:25,446 not a replacement for it. 281 00:17:25,470 --> 00:17:27,076 Unless of course you've completely forgotten 282 00:17:27,100 --> 00:17:29,346 all about your first-ever murder. 283 00:17:29,370 --> 00:17:31,206 No, my lady. 284 00:17:31,230 --> 00:17:33,576 Who told you to address all your answers to the judge? 285 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,630 Uh... 286 00:17:36,630 --> 00:17:38,406 My boss. 287 00:17:38,430 --> 00:17:40,076 Detective Superintendent Box. 288 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:42,676 In what other ways did Detective Superintendent Box 289 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:45,976 coach you on witness-box performance? 290 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,146 I don't want to say. 291 00:17:47,170 --> 00:17:49,576 Oh, come on, Officer. 292 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,076 The jury is dying to hear 293 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:53,146 what supposedly independent police witnesses 294 00:17:53,170 --> 00:17:55,176 are told to say by their superiors. 295 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:56,706 I made a note. 296 00:17:56,730 --> 00:17:59,346 Well, you may refer to your notebook. 297 00:17:59,370 --> 00:18:01,246 He said, 298 00:18:01,270 --> 00:18:04,646 "Watch out for their QC making unsubstantiated 299 00:18:04,670 --> 00:18:06,676 and generalized slurs on your character 300 00:18:06,700 --> 00:18:08,706 borne out of the desperation which comes when a brief knows 301 00:18:08,730 --> 00:18:10,130 the defense is completely hopeless." 302 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,506 You asked the question, Ms. Slaughter. 303 00:18:15,530 --> 00:18:18,476 Carefully prepared as you are, Officer, 304 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:21,476 you'll be expecting me to cross-examine you 305 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:23,546 on the verbal in the police car. 306 00:18:23,570 --> 00:18:24,646 "Is she dead?" 307 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:26,346 It would be surprising if you didn't. 308 00:18:26,370 --> 00:18:28,146 Why does what the defendant said in the car 309 00:18:28,170 --> 00:18:30,406 make him more likely to be guilty of murder? 310 00:18:30,430 --> 00:18:32,346 Because he couldn't have known there was a body 311 00:18:32,370 --> 00:18:33,576 unless he was in the house. 312 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,506 Doesn't make him a murderer, though, does it? 313 00:18:35,530 --> 00:18:38,246 Just puts him at the scene. 314 00:18:38,270 --> 00:18:41,976 Were you in the house when Melanie Lloyd died? 315 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:42,977 No. 316 00:18:43,001 --> 00:18:45,206 So you can't help us with what went on inside the house 317 00:18:45,230 --> 00:18:47,476 in the time leading up to her death. 318 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:48,477 No. 319 00:18:48,501 --> 00:18:50,006 You're in no position to contradict me 320 00:18:50,030 --> 00:18:52,106 when I tell you that Melanie Lloyd died 321 00:18:52,130 --> 00:18:56,976 as a result of Ben Coulter defending himself from her. 322 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,506 Melanie Lloyd is dead. 323 00:18:59,530 --> 00:19:01,306 We all feel deeply sorry about that fact. 324 00:19:01,330 --> 00:19:03,546 But during this trial, we're going to hear about 325 00:19:03,570 --> 00:19:07,246 some very different aspects of her character. 326 00:19:07,270 --> 00:19:11,006 She was wild and she was dangerous 327 00:19:11,030 --> 00:19:12,306 and she went for him. 328 00:19:12,330 --> 00:19:14,700 Questions, not speeches, Ms. Slaughter. 329 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,576 "Is she dead?" 330 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:20,577 Does that sound to you 331 00:19:20,601 --> 00:19:22,746 like the utterance of a cold-blooded killer? 332 00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:25,646 Where's the sangfroid in a remark like that? 333 00:19:25,670 --> 00:19:28,206 English only, thank you. 334 00:19:28,230 --> 00:19:32,630 C'est un crime passionnel. Sang chaud, je pense. 335 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:38,076 "How long was it from the 999 call made by the neighbor 336 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:40,606 as he watched the defendant drive away from the murder scene 337 00:19:40,630 --> 00:19:43,046 to our arrival at the scene of the crashed taxi?" 338 00:19:43,070 --> 00:19:44,976 I'm sure you're going to tell us, Officer. 339 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,246 Three minutes and 26 seconds. 340 00:19:47,270 --> 00:19:48,606 To get from the murder scene 341 00:19:48,630 --> 00:19:50,546 to where he crashed the taxi in such a short time, 342 00:19:50,570 --> 00:19:52,546 he must have been driving at 60 miles an hour, 343 00:19:52,570 --> 00:19:54,706 in a black cab. 344 00:19:54,730 --> 00:19:59,770 Only, what, four minutes or so after leaving the dead body? 345 00:20:01,230 --> 00:20:02,606 What were you doing four minutes after 346 00:20:02,630 --> 00:20:05,976 your first sight of Melanie's body? 347 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,746 You were throwing up in the boot of a police car. 348 00:20:08,770 --> 00:20:09,800 Why? 349 00:20:13,330 --> 00:20:15,276 It was just how I reacted. 350 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:16,676 Is it how you hoped you'd react 351 00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:18,370 when put in a situation like this? 352 00:20:19,370 --> 00:20:20,347 No. 353 00:20:20,371 --> 00:20:22,246 Is it what your training told you to do? 354 00:20:22,270 --> 00:20:25,006 Was it the action of a clear-thinking man? 355 00:20:25,030 --> 00:20:28,506 Or was it just the response of a normal human being 356 00:20:28,530 --> 00:20:30,246 to a horrible scene? 357 00:20:30,270 --> 00:20:33,746 None of us know how we'll react in extremis, do we, Officer? 358 00:20:33,770 --> 00:20:36,546 Very few of us have grace under pressure. 359 00:20:36,570 --> 00:20:38,746 That's right. 360 00:20:38,770 --> 00:20:40,576 Close proximity to violent death 361 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,576 makes people behave deeply unpredictably. 362 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,476 It would be foolish of us to conclude from your being sick 363 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:49,706 that you are an unprofessional police officer, 364 00:20:49,730 --> 00:20:52,776 just as it would be foolish of us to conclude 365 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,576 from the fact that because you're a junior police officer, 366 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,106 you don't speak French. 367 00:20:57,130 --> 00:20:59,446 And it would be incredibly foolish of us 368 00:20:59,470 --> 00:21:01,476 to think that the behavior of Ben Coulter 369 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:03,776 immediately after the death of this poor young girl 370 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,206 makes him a murderer. 371 00:21:06,230 --> 00:21:10,406 Some people panic, lose their heads, and run away. 372 00:21:10,430 --> 00:21:12,770 Other people throw up in the boots of police cars. 373 00:21:16,270 --> 00:21:18,306 Ben Coulter was there 374 00:21:18,330 --> 00:21:21,706 when Melanie Lloyd received her fatal knife wound. 375 00:21:21,730 --> 00:21:26,606 He was responsible for the knife wound which caused her death. 376 00:21:26,630 --> 00:21:31,406 But he acted in self-defense, and I defy you, 377 00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:35,670 your notebook, or your superior officer to prove otherwise. 378 00:22:07,270 --> 00:22:10,406 Lizzie! Lizzie! 379 00:22:10,430 --> 00:22:12,976 Wait, wait! 380 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,046 Mel was some kind of maniac? 381 00:22:15,070 --> 00:22:17,646 Is that what you're saying, that she went for him with a knife? 382 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:20,106 It's a witness giving the evidence, not the barrister. 383 00:22:20,130 --> 00:22:21,746 - Do you think I'm stupid? - No. 384 00:22:21,770 --> 00:22:24,246 She can't answer for herself, but I can. 385 00:22:24,270 --> 00:22:25,506 I'll say it. 386 00:22:25,530 --> 00:22:28,246 You're a liar, and you make me sick. 387 00:22:28,270 --> 00:22:29,746 Why am I even talking to you? 388 00:22:29,770 --> 00:22:32,076 You don't care what she was really like. 389 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:33,706 No. I do. 390 00:22:33,730 --> 00:22:35,300 Really. 391 00:22:45,470 --> 00:22:47,746 You have no talent for it, Ralph. 392 00:22:47,770 --> 00:22:49,146 Helen! 393 00:22:49,170 --> 00:22:50,576 You touched your ear, looked at the ground, 394 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,546 licked your lips... Three clear signs of lying. 395 00:22:52,570 --> 00:22:54,746 I thought you analyzed dead people for a living. 396 00:22:54,770 --> 00:22:56,276 How are the feet? 397 00:22:56,300 --> 00:22:59,606 Got a new beige-colored carpet put in. 398 00:22:59,630 --> 00:23:02,006 So the skin flakes don't show up so much. 399 00:23:02,030 --> 00:23:03,106 When I... 400 00:23:03,130 --> 00:23:06,100 At the end of the day when I... 401 00:23:07,470 --> 00:23:08,670 You know... 402 00:23:10,030 --> 00:23:11,230 Hi. 403 00:23:14,230 --> 00:23:16,506 I got to go. 404 00:23:16,530 --> 00:23:17,530 Bye. 405 00:23:31,670 --> 00:23:33,106 Under no circumstances 406 00:23:33,130 --> 00:23:34,976 must a witness who has given evidence 407 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,106 talk to a witness who is yet to give evidence. 408 00:23:37,130 --> 00:23:38,406 And of course, in the police force, 409 00:23:38,430 --> 00:23:41,330 that absolutely never, ever happens. 410 00:23:42,130 --> 00:23:43,630 Self-defense. 411 00:23:44,630 --> 00:23:48,146 Well, then, it's all about interpretation. 412 00:23:48,170 --> 00:23:50,146 It will all get subtle, Constable. 413 00:23:50,170 --> 00:23:52,776 In fact, it will all come down to nerve 414 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,746 and performance in the witness box. 415 00:23:55,770 --> 00:23:57,146 You like this, don't you, sir? 416 00:23:57,170 --> 00:23:59,646 Like it? It's my raison d'être. 417 00:23:59,670 --> 00:24:02,176 Which is French for "why I exist," young man. 418 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:03,530 Thank you, sir. 419 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,006 You get more good-looking every time I prosecute you. 420 00:24:10,030 --> 00:24:12,106 Be quiet, there's a police officer coming. 421 00:24:12,130 --> 00:24:14,506 Alison Slaughter. You and me. 422 00:24:14,530 --> 00:24:16,106 How often have we done this? 423 00:24:16,130 --> 00:24:17,646 Nervous, Detective Superintendent? 424 00:24:17,670 --> 00:24:20,600 Oh, on the contrary. Looking forward to it. 425 00:24:22,330 --> 00:24:23,476 Outside just now, 426 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:25,706 you said you were looking forward to this. 427 00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:27,276 What do you mean by that? 428 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:28,776 The way it goes in the witness box. 429 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,606 You try and trip me up, 430 00:24:30,630 --> 00:24:33,376 I duck and dive and counterpunch. 431 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,370 It's a kind of game. 432 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:37,800 Is it? 433 00:24:40,270 --> 00:24:41,576 What are we doing here? 434 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,476 An appalling murder, 435 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:46,376 a devastated parent, 436 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,576 and a young boy facing life imprisonment 437 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,146 and years of vicious abuse in prison 438 00:24:51,170 --> 00:24:52,676 if he's convicted. 439 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:55,776 What kind of a game are we playing, Officer? 440 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,276 I was talking about how cross-examination goes at court. 441 00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:02,476 Don't pretend that I meant something else. 442 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:04,176 And what about 443 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,276 in the smoking area at your police station? 444 00:25:06,300 --> 00:25:08,306 Is what goes on there a game too? 445 00:25:08,330 --> 00:25:09,476 I don't know what you mean. 446 00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:11,606 You intimidated the hell out of this defendant 447 00:25:11,630 --> 00:25:13,406 in an attempt to get him to confess 448 00:25:13,430 --> 00:25:14,606 to the murder of Melanie Lloyd. 449 00:25:14,630 --> 00:25:16,670 No. Didn't happen. 450 00:25:18,430 --> 00:25:21,146 What do you call your patch of Essex? 451 00:25:21,170 --> 00:25:22,546 The canteen terminology? 452 00:25:22,570 --> 00:25:25,046 In the map of England, where it's positioned, 453 00:25:25,070 --> 00:25:28,576 it looks like an ass. 454 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,176 And your patch? 455 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,376 It's an inlet on the map. The estuary. 456 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,346 We call it the asshole. 457 00:25:36,370 --> 00:25:37,606 My lady. 458 00:25:37,630 --> 00:25:40,376 Would I be right in thinking that the asshole of England 459 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,006 is a difficult place to police? 460 00:25:42,030 --> 00:25:44,546 I've known worse, but yeah, it's a hard job. 461 00:25:44,570 --> 00:25:48,406 People don't talk easily to the police, but this... 462 00:25:48,430 --> 00:25:50,406 This just landed in your lap. 463 00:25:50,430 --> 00:25:52,176 We were able to make a quick arrest. 464 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,446 You could see the guilty verdict right from the off. 465 00:25:54,470 --> 00:25:56,176 The evidence is compelling. 466 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,146 And everything you've done, every thought you've had 467 00:25:59,170 --> 00:26:00,446 since that first moment 468 00:26:00,470 --> 00:26:03,476 when Ben Coulter walked into the role of prime suspect 469 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:06,676 has been shaped to fit your opinion of him 470 00:26:06,700 --> 00:26:08,230 as the guilty man. 471 00:26:09,300 --> 00:26:11,506 Self-defense never entered your head, did it? 472 00:26:11,530 --> 00:26:13,506 The accused was interviewed in a police station. 473 00:26:13,530 --> 00:26:16,246 He had every opportunity to tell us his side of the story. 474 00:26:16,270 --> 00:26:18,146 He was too frightened to tell you anything. 475 00:26:18,170 --> 00:26:20,606 He was represented by a very experienced solicitor, 476 00:26:20,630 --> 00:26:23,976 and we treated him properly and with respect throughout. 477 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,246 Oh, is that how it is in your police station 478 00:26:27,270 --> 00:26:29,076 in the asshole of England? 479 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:30,706 Do you expect this jury to believe that? 480 00:26:30,730 --> 00:26:33,076 It's the truth. 481 00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:36,106 What do you call the CPS in the canteen? 482 00:26:36,130 --> 00:26:38,746 The "Can't Prosecute Service." 483 00:26:38,770 --> 00:26:40,106 Oh, why do you call them that? 484 00:26:40,130 --> 00:26:43,546 Because any police officer in the country worth his salt 485 00:26:43,570 --> 00:26:46,400 will tell you they're rubbish. 486 00:26:47,530 --> 00:26:50,746 You despise them because they're in your way. 487 00:26:50,770 --> 00:26:52,976 Am I in your way too? 488 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,606 PACE? In your way? 489 00:26:55,630 --> 00:26:57,506 The murder inquiry handbook 490 00:26:57,530 --> 00:27:00,276 telling you how you're supposed to conduct a murder inquiry? 491 00:27:00,300 --> 00:27:03,076 In your way? 492 00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:06,376 In your dreams, you are the Sheriff of Asshole, 493 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,646 and you are in sole and exclusive charge 494 00:27:08,670 --> 00:27:10,376 of the whole criminal justice system, 495 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,046 and when you can, that's exactly how you behave. 496 00:27:13,070 --> 00:27:15,006 Why would I want to do anything like that? 497 00:27:15,030 --> 00:27:17,046 This case is as watertight as it ever gets. 498 00:27:17,070 --> 00:27:19,276 Why would I want to behave badly? 499 00:27:19,300 --> 00:27:22,346 Because you needed to hear it from the horse's mouth. 500 00:27:22,370 --> 00:27:28,976 Because you had a little rumble going on deep inside your guts. 501 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,546 You'd stopped thinking, 502 00:27:30,570 --> 00:27:32,676 but your gut, 503 00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:35,276 the place where your old-school copper instinct lives, 504 00:27:35,300 --> 00:27:38,176 was gnawing away at you... 505 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,430 "Maybe he didn't murder her." 506 00:27:42,430 --> 00:27:43,746 It's a hideous image, Officer, 507 00:27:43,770 --> 00:27:45,476 but your gut was at war with your brain. 508 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:46,307 No. 509 00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:47,546 You wanted him to confess 510 00:27:47,570 --> 00:27:49,346 so that your gut ache might go away. 511 00:27:49,370 --> 00:27:52,376 Is this a question or a personal attack on my character? 512 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,246 It's a personal attack on your character. 513 00:27:55,270 --> 00:27:56,446 Ms. Slaughter! 514 00:27:56,470 --> 00:27:58,206 I've never asked this question before. 515 00:27:58,230 --> 00:28:02,746 It breaks every rule in the cross-examination rule book. 516 00:28:02,770 --> 00:28:05,076 But I'm gonna do it anyway. 517 00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:09,046 I'm going to ask a very senior police officer 518 00:28:09,070 --> 00:28:12,646 why he's so sure about the guilt of an accused. 519 00:28:12,670 --> 00:28:15,306 And I'm going to ask him to address his answer 520 00:28:15,330 --> 00:28:19,400 not to the judge, but to the jury. 521 00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:26,276 The evidence. 522 00:28:26,300 --> 00:28:28,606 But what about your gut? 523 00:28:28,630 --> 00:28:30,646 The jury will arrive at their verdict 524 00:28:30,670 --> 00:28:35,530 on the basis of the evidence they hear and nothing else. 525 00:28:38,030 --> 00:28:42,170 Court is adjourned for the day. 10:00 tomorrow morning. 526 00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:48,676 We could win this. But we need some instruction. 527 00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:50,976 Now, you've signed up to self-defense. 528 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,176 Let's have some detail. 529 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,776 Did she come at you? 530 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,370 She must have. 531 00:28:59,270 --> 00:29:00,430 Ben? 532 00:29:01,730 --> 00:29:03,246 My mum's not in court. 533 00:29:03,270 --> 00:29:05,676 Your dad's here. 534 00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:06,706 Look at me. 535 00:29:06,730 --> 00:29:09,600 Did she come at you with the knife? 536 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:14,646 Ben. 537 00:29:14,670 --> 00:29:16,346 We could win this. 538 00:29:16,370 --> 00:29:18,276 If you give us something, we could win. 539 00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:20,170 It doesn't have to be much. 540 00:29:26,770 --> 00:29:29,546 She came at you. 541 00:29:29,570 --> 00:29:32,276 What else could you do? 542 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:34,200 You had to do it. 543 00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:36,200 Or die. 544 00:30:09,630 --> 00:30:11,006 It's over here. 545 00:30:11,030 --> 00:30:13,406 Zebra Room at the Lenox Lounge, 546 00:30:13,430 --> 00:30:15,530 one of Billie Holiday's favorite venues. 547 00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:20,570 How did you get on? 548 00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:23,770 Did you do what your lawyers told you? 549 00:30:25,330 --> 00:30:26,746 Growing up fast. 550 00:30:26,770 --> 00:30:28,646 What we had with the Harlem Renaissance, 551 00:30:28,670 --> 00:30:31,430 we really had a conduction of culture... 552 00:30:32,570 --> 00:30:36,246 Tell her she can have the next VO, innit? 553 00:30:36,270 --> 00:30:38,146 Yeah, all right. Relax, man. 554 00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:39,670 Yeah, bye. 555 00:30:46,470 --> 00:30:48,676 Bedtime. Come on. Chop-chop. 556 00:30:48,700 --> 00:30:50,776 Come on, Johnson. 557 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:51,777 - Dad! - Hey, Ben. 558 00:30:51,801 --> 00:30:53,476 Dad, it's me. Listen, I need to speak to Mum. 559 00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:54,706 Can you get her, please, quickly? 560 00:30:54,730 --> 00:30:56,476 I really don't have much time. Please hurry up. 561 00:30:56,500 --> 00:30:58,406 - Off! - Thanks, Dad. 562 00:30:58,430 --> 00:30:59,646 - Off! - Whoa, whoa, whoa. 563 00:30:59,670 --> 00:31:02,376 Cell. Go. 564 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:03,800 Fuck. 565 00:31:06,670 --> 00:31:09,300 Let's be moving you. Move it along, now. 566 00:31:11,770 --> 00:31:13,246 Don't say it! Do it! 567 00:31:13,270 --> 00:31:15,200 Get your water now. 568 00:31:18,130 --> 00:31:19,430 15? 569 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:25,530 Lock up. 570 00:31:28,730 --> 00:31:29,707 18. 571 00:31:29,731 --> 00:31:32,470 You wouldn't come near me unless it really mattered. 572 00:31:34,470 --> 00:31:37,100 Behind your doors, gents! 573 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:40,506 Behind your doors! 574 00:31:40,530 --> 00:31:41,630 20. 575 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,130 - Come on, move it! - In you go. 576 00:31:53,030 --> 00:31:54,976 Lock up now, gents. 577 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,646 And I wouldn't do this 578 00:31:56,670 --> 00:32:00,630 unless I was really interested in why it matters. 579 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,070 I need to phone my mum. 580 00:32:07,530 --> 00:32:09,500 You're telling the truth. 581 00:32:21,670 --> 00:32:24,270 Come on, ladies. Let's have you. 582 00:32:26,430 --> 00:32:29,630 I get it back first thing or I'll kill you. 583 00:32:32,270 --> 00:32:34,000 Jones. 584 00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:12,100 Mum? 585 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,046 - Mum, it's Ben. - I'll get your dad. 586 00:33:16,070 --> 00:33:17,630 No, Mum, it's you I want to talk to. 587 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,430 Why did you leave court, Mum? 588 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,246 Why didn't you come back? 589 00:33:27,270 --> 00:33:30,176 Self-defense, Ben? 590 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,430 Is that what you did? 591 00:33:36,670 --> 00:33:38,270 That's what we're saying. 592 00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:47,300 It's the best... It's the best thing to say, Mum. 593 00:33:53,670 --> 00:33:55,130 Mum? 594 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,046 Let's go, Bracewell. 595 00:34:30,070 --> 00:34:32,630 - See you, Hooch. - Yeah, bye, Paul. 596 00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:08,100 Oh, my God. 597 00:35:16,670 --> 00:35:17,670 Oh, God. 598 00:35:26,770 --> 00:35:28,576 I need to... I need to go to the chapel. 599 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,030 - Do you have to? - Yes. 600 00:36:02,570 --> 00:36:05,176 I've, um... 601 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,276 I've... I've lost my inhaler. 602 00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:10,446 Every new prisoner wants to be with me. 603 00:36:10,470 --> 00:36:11,506 But it's not sex. 604 00:36:11,530 --> 00:36:12,606 They all want their mothers, 605 00:36:12,630 --> 00:36:14,476 and I'm the nearest they're going to get, 606 00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:16,406 so they come to me. 607 00:36:16,430 --> 00:36:19,230 You've got two inhalers. 608 00:36:22,030 --> 00:36:23,500 Yeah. Sorry, I, um... 609 00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:25,800 I forgot. 610 00:36:53,300 --> 00:36:55,100 Joe! Your gate! 611 00:37:01,770 --> 00:37:03,300 Look at me. 612 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:07,230 Oh! 613 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:20,976 There, that's fixed you up. 614 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,576 But we'll keep you on the hospital wing for the night. 615 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,476 Wait here. 616 00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:28,470 No! No! 617 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,200 No! 618 00:37:38,270 --> 00:37:39,706 No! No! 619 00:37:39,730 --> 00:37:43,146 No! No! No! 620 00:37:43,170 --> 00:37:45,170 No! 621 00:37:50,170 --> 00:37:54,170 No! No! No! No! 622 00:38:11,770 --> 00:38:13,800 Regis! 623 00:38:14,030 --> 00:38:16,070 Regis! 624 00:38:18,170 --> 00:38:19,500 Come on. 625 00:38:33,170 --> 00:38:36,306 He's a paranoid schizophrenic. 626 00:38:36,330 --> 00:38:37,546 Every time we go into his cell, 627 00:38:37,570 --> 00:38:39,376 he believes we've come to take him to hell. 628 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,146 He doesn't want to go to hell. 629 00:38:41,170 --> 00:38:44,506 The only safe way is to do it in riot gear. 630 00:38:44,530 --> 00:38:46,100 He gets showered once a week. 631 00:39:31,530 --> 00:39:33,646 I want you to cross-examine the expert. 632 00:39:33,670 --> 00:39:35,006 Why? 633 00:39:35,030 --> 00:39:39,546 Because he's very experienced, and you're not. 634 00:39:39,570 --> 00:39:42,406 The knife wound on the palm of her hand, 635 00:39:42,430 --> 00:39:45,546 the scratch marks found on the chest of the defendant, 636 00:39:45,570 --> 00:39:48,646 the abrasions to the victim's posterior fourchette... 637 00:39:48,670 --> 00:39:53,646 The area where the inner lips of the vagina come together. 638 00:39:53,670 --> 00:39:56,446 All these injuries support the Crown's contention 639 00:39:56,470 --> 00:39:59,046 that the defendant brutally raped 640 00:39:59,070 --> 00:40:01,430 and then murdered Melanie Lloyd. 641 00:40:10,270 --> 00:40:13,206 You're very, very experienced. 642 00:40:13,230 --> 00:40:16,076 25 years as a forensic pathologist. 643 00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:17,746 Gosh. 644 00:40:17,770 --> 00:40:19,206 How many times? 645 00:40:19,230 --> 00:40:21,046 In court? 646 00:40:21,070 --> 00:40:22,047 Yes. 647 00:40:22,071 --> 00:40:24,046 I've made, on average, 648 00:40:24,070 --> 00:40:27,376 12 appearances a year for 20 years 649 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,176 in cases ranging from serial murder 650 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,446 to multiple rape and child abuse. 651 00:40:32,470 --> 00:40:34,446 240 appearances. 652 00:40:34,470 --> 00:40:35,447 Yes. 653 00:40:35,471 --> 00:40:37,576 H-How many times have you appeared for the defense? 654 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:38,646 None. 655 00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:41,606 240 times and always for the prosecution? 656 00:40:41,630 --> 00:40:44,406 - Yes. - How much do you get paid? 657 00:40:44,430 --> 00:40:46,430 Miss Kapoor. 658 00:40:48,270 --> 00:40:52,276 I am paid that which reflects my level of expertise. 659 00:40:52,300 --> 00:40:55,146 12 times a year you are paid lots of money by the Crown, 660 00:40:55,170 --> 00:40:58,076 and they keep coming back to you for more of your expertise. 661 00:40:58,100 --> 00:40:59,706 So it would seem. 662 00:40:59,730 --> 00:41:02,576 Have you ever used your very high level of expertise 663 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:04,306 and found for the defense? 664 00:41:04,330 --> 00:41:05,576 No. 665 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,376 So every single time, you have given the people 666 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,146 who pay you very large amounts of money 667 00:41:10,170 --> 00:41:12,500 exactly the answers they want to hear. 668 00:41:14,700 --> 00:41:15,976 Gosh. 669 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,006 I am a witness to this court, 670 00:41:18,030 --> 00:41:20,346 and I stand by everything I've said. 671 00:41:20,370 --> 00:41:22,406 Based on everything I've looked at to do with this case 672 00:41:22,430 --> 00:41:25,376 and my long experience, 673 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,706 I am as sure as anyone can be 674 00:41:27,730 --> 00:41:32,046 that Melanie Lloyd was raped and murdered by this defendant. 675 00:41:32,070 --> 00:41:34,046 My lady, this is intemperate and unprofessional. 676 00:41:34,070 --> 00:41:37,476 It's preposterous to suggest he did it in self-defense. 677 00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:41,006 Nobody with an ounce of common sense would believe this man 678 00:41:41,030 --> 00:41:44,346 was defending himself when Melanie Lloyd died. 679 00:41:44,370 --> 00:41:46,606 My lady, that is for the jury to decide. 680 00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:48,600 - This witness... - He's right. 681 00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:53,106 It wasn't self-defense. 682 00:41:53,130 --> 00:41:54,776 I think you'd better be quiet, Mr. Coulter. 683 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,676 I don't want this. 684 00:41:56,700 --> 00:41:59,976 I don't want this defense. I didn't kill her. 685 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,476 Jury out. 686 00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:04,106 Nobody will let me speak! 687 00:42:04,130 --> 00:42:07,306 For God's sake, I've been trying to speak to somebody. 688 00:42:07,330 --> 00:42:09,046 Nobody will listen to me! 689 00:42:09,070 --> 00:42:10,670 I think we might need more time, my lady. 690 00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:13,500 Fuck me. 691 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,446 Self-defense wasn't what I wanted. 692 00:42:16,470 --> 00:42:17,976 They were your instructions. 693 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,446 They were your instructions 694 00:42:19,470 --> 00:42:21,006 about what my instructions should be. 695 00:42:21,030 --> 00:42:23,446 I asked you to look me in the eye 696 00:42:23,470 --> 00:42:24,976 and tell me if I was wrong. 697 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:26,670 - You signed up. - Oh. 698 00:42:27,670 --> 00:42:30,100 Well, now I'm taking it back. 699 00:42:30,330 --> 00:42:31,746 Then that's the end of you and me. 700 00:42:31,770 --> 00:42:34,776 I'll tell the judge I'm professionally embarrassed. 701 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,206 Goodbye, Ben. 702 00:42:36,230 --> 00:42:37,370 Good luck. 703 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,176 I presume you're pulling the plug too? 704 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:49,606 Oh, right. 705 00:42:49,630 --> 00:42:52,076 You can't afford to have professional standards. 706 00:42:52,100 --> 00:42:53,470 I'm pragmatic. 707 00:42:54,630 --> 00:42:55,607 Is that enough? 708 00:42:55,631 --> 00:42:58,076 Can you look yourself in the mirror in the morning and say, 709 00:42:58,100 --> 00:43:00,276 "I'm a pragmatist. That'll do for me"? 710 00:43:00,300 --> 00:43:01,746 The rest is hypocrisy. 711 00:43:01,770 --> 00:43:03,800 Are you calling me a hypocrite? 712 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:22,246 He wants me to carry on on my own. 713 00:43:22,270 --> 00:43:23,406 And how do you feel about that? 714 00:43:23,430 --> 00:43:27,376 Honestly? About 10 years old and absolutely terrified. 715 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:29,506 And I'd really, really like to smoke about seven cigarettes 716 00:43:29,530 --> 00:43:30,746 all at once. 717 00:43:30,770 --> 00:43:32,276 But I'm gonna do it. 718 00:43:32,300 --> 00:43:35,246 Because for once, way too late in the day, 719 00:43:35,270 --> 00:43:37,506 Ben should get what he's been asking for all along. 720 00:43:37,530 --> 00:43:39,476 You? 721 00:43:39,500 --> 00:43:42,646 And, don't tell me... the truth! 722 00:43:42,670 --> 00:43:44,246 Judge Ira has adjourned for the day, 723 00:43:44,270 --> 00:43:46,646 so we've got the weekend to build a defense. 724 00:43:46,670 --> 00:43:49,276 It's unlike Ira to be nice to the defense. 725 00:43:49,300 --> 00:43:50,706 She's not being nice. 726 00:43:50,730 --> 00:43:53,476 She knows if she doesn't give me any time and Ben is convicted, 727 00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:56,130 our grounds of appeal will be ready-made. 728 00:44:23,230 --> 00:44:25,006 I'm going to tell you something. 729 00:44:25,030 --> 00:44:29,476 I'm just gonna say what it is that I remember. 730 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:30,500 Okay? 731 00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,400 I don't know what happened. 732 00:44:40,130 --> 00:44:41,800 I left the bedroom. 733 00:44:45,130 --> 00:44:49,000 I woke up in the kitchen. 734 00:44:52,230 --> 00:44:57,700 I went back up to the bedroom to say goodbye. 735 00:45:00,670 --> 00:45:02,370 And she was dead. 736 00:45:04,130 --> 00:45:05,230 That's it. 737 00:45:06,470 --> 00:45:09,976 Ben, the trouble is, it doesn't explain anything. 738 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,306 It just says, "I didn't do it." It's not a proper defense. 739 00:45:12,330 --> 00:45:13,307 But it's true. 740 00:45:13,331 --> 00:45:15,546 Changing everything mid trial looks really bad. 741 00:45:15,570 --> 00:45:18,446 And it isn't as if it's switching to something coherent. 742 00:45:18,470 --> 00:45:21,306 I'm not stupid, and I haven't changed my story! 743 00:45:21,330 --> 00:45:23,276 None of you have been listening to me! 744 00:45:23,300 --> 00:45:24,676 I know, I know. 745 00:45:24,700 --> 00:45:27,046 I know it's not a good defense. I know that. 746 00:45:27,070 --> 00:45:29,446 I wish to God that I could tell you something more, but I can't. 747 00:45:29,470 --> 00:45:31,130 I don't remember. 748 00:45:36,470 --> 00:45:38,330 I don't remember. 749 00:45:42,170 --> 00:45:44,170 That's all there is. 750 00:45:49,330 --> 00:45:51,030 I believe you. 751 00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:06,476 Single stab wound, murder weapon in his pocket, 752 00:46:06,500 --> 00:46:10,076 defense wounds found on her and on him. 753 00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:11,306 Where was she found? 754 00:46:11,330 --> 00:46:12,546 In bed. 755 00:46:12,570 --> 00:46:15,246 How soon would a second PM be possible? 756 00:46:15,270 --> 00:46:18,306 He's in the dock, she's in the ground. 757 00:46:18,330 --> 00:46:19,776 The trial has started. 758 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:22,800 Where's the defense expert, Stone? 759 00:46:24,170 --> 00:46:25,746 You didn't like their findings. 760 00:46:25,770 --> 00:46:27,476 Preliminary chat only. 761 00:46:27,500 --> 00:46:30,176 And you didn't like their preliminary chat? 762 00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:32,346 Would you have a look at the PM? 763 00:46:32,370 --> 00:46:35,476 Assume someone else other than my client 764 00:46:35,500 --> 00:46:36,506 committed the murder, 765 00:46:36,530 --> 00:46:39,476 and see if there's anything to support that. 766 00:46:39,500 --> 00:46:41,470 I'd be very grateful. 767 00:46:42,270 --> 00:46:44,406 He's got to you, hasn't he? 768 00:46:44,430 --> 00:46:47,046 At last someone's finally got to you. 769 00:46:47,070 --> 00:46:49,130 I'm just doing me job. 770 00:46:54,100 --> 00:46:55,470 You know what our problem was? 771 00:46:56,500 --> 00:46:59,076 Your professional life is all about looking for doubt. 772 00:46:59,100 --> 00:47:01,470 Mine is about searching for the truth. 773 00:47:02,530 --> 00:47:04,700 Do you ever get lonely? 774 00:47:06,500 --> 00:47:08,670 Never. You? 775 00:47:09,770 --> 00:47:12,106 Never. 776 00:47:12,130 --> 00:47:14,046 The answer's no, before you ask. 777 00:47:14,070 --> 00:47:15,976 Let's just stick to your innocent client 778 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,106 and leave ourselves out of it, yeah? 779 00:47:18,130 --> 00:47:20,500 - You'll help me, then? - I'm here, aren't I? 780 00:47:26,700 --> 00:47:27,776 - Hello. - Hiya. 781 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:28,777 Do you have a copy of. 782 00:47:28,801 --> 00:47:31,476 "A Very English Hangman" by Leonora Klein? 783 00:47:31,500 --> 00:47:33,976 It's about Albert Pierrepoint. 784 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:35,746 I think so. Let me have a look. 785 00:47:35,770 --> 00:47:37,170 Thank you. 786 00:47:40,100 --> 00:47:42,646 Hello! 787 00:47:42,670 --> 00:47:44,600 - Oh, my God. It's you. - Are you following me? 788 00:47:46,770 --> 00:47:47,747 Yeah. 789 00:47:47,771 --> 00:47:49,270 What do you want? 790 00:47:50,630 --> 00:47:53,146 I think that you and me are probably after the same thing. 791 00:47:53,170 --> 00:47:55,406 Really? 792 00:47:55,430 --> 00:47:59,146 Justice. For Melanie. 793 00:47:59,170 --> 00:48:00,246 For her dad. 794 00:48:00,270 --> 00:48:02,976 For you. 795 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:06,676 I've agonized long and hard about the defense we're running. 796 00:48:06,700 --> 00:48:09,106 I've persuaded the others to drop all that stuff 797 00:48:09,130 --> 00:48:12,546 about Melanie being crazy. 798 00:48:12,570 --> 00:48:16,170 Our barrister couldn't handle what I'd done, so she's gone. 799 00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:20,776 - So, what are you saying now? - We don't know. 800 00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,046 Thank you. 801 00:48:23,070 --> 00:48:26,506 Which is why I'm here pretending to bump into you. 802 00:48:26,530 --> 00:48:29,346 We need your help. 803 00:48:29,370 --> 00:48:30,576 I'll think about it. 804 00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:35,500 Think about anyone else who may have wanted to hurt Melanie. 805 00:49:07,330 --> 00:49:09,770 You look as though you've been here all weekend. 806 00:49:17,170 --> 00:49:19,976 Bottom line, Frances. 807 00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:21,346 You're going to lose. 808 00:49:21,370 --> 00:49:25,476 But we're all members of the bar, 809 00:49:25,500 --> 00:49:28,606 and I'd hate to see you humiliated. 810 00:49:28,630 --> 00:49:31,276 I know how badly you're out of your depth. 811 00:49:31,300 --> 00:49:36,476 So if there's anything I can help you with, just ask. 812 00:49:36,500 --> 00:49:37,800 Okay? 813 00:49:49,670 --> 00:49:51,976 The days of defense ambushes are over. 814 00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,076 You will tell me now what your new defense is. 815 00:49:54,100 --> 00:49:56,306 The court and the Crown are entitled to know. 816 00:49:56,330 --> 00:49:59,776 Ben Coulter did not kill Melanie Lloyd. 817 00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:02,746 So far, so blindingly obvious. 818 00:50:02,770 --> 00:50:04,346 Somebody else did. 819 00:50:04,370 --> 00:50:05,376 Who? 820 00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:07,176 The killer must have been in the house already 821 00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:09,706 or gained entry whilst the defendant was asleep. 822 00:50:09,730 --> 00:50:11,200 Who? 823 00:50:12,770 --> 00:50:14,230 Mr. Painter. 824 00:50:17,130 --> 00:50:20,306 How does the Crown feel about all this ducking and diving? 825 00:50:20,330 --> 00:50:22,376 The complete U-turn by the defense 826 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:26,606 halfway through a trial is, uh, something we can live with. 827 00:50:26,630 --> 00:50:29,046 You mean something you'll be making a great deal of. 828 00:50:29,070 --> 00:50:31,600 That's another way of putting it. 829 00:50:34,300 --> 00:50:36,576 You're very junior, Ms. Kapoor. 830 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,106 I want to be absolutely sure 831 00:50:38,130 --> 00:50:40,600 that you and your client are happy to continue. 832 00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:43,346 I'm totally sure. 833 00:50:43,370 --> 00:50:46,730 Very well. Let's have the jury back in. 834 00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:53,076 I want to recall PC Jeary. 835 00:50:53,100 --> 00:50:55,306 There's just one thing. 836 00:50:55,330 --> 00:50:57,076 Your notebook. 837 00:50:57,100 --> 00:50:58,276 It's a very good notebook. 838 00:50:58,300 --> 00:51:00,346 - Very detailed and all that. - Miss Kapoor... 839 00:51:00,370 --> 00:51:01,500 What's your question? 840 00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:05,276 When did you write it? 841 00:51:05,300 --> 00:51:07,746 At the first available opportunity. 842 00:51:07,770 --> 00:51:10,246 Everything still fresh in your mind? 843 00:51:10,270 --> 00:51:12,176 I'll never forget it. 844 00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:13,406 Every last detail. 845 00:51:13,430 --> 00:51:15,306 Excellent. 846 00:51:15,330 --> 00:51:18,530 This is a bit random, but... 847 00:51:20,100 --> 00:51:21,776 Here we are. 848 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:26,246 "The lamp was on the ground at a 60-degree angle to the bed. 849 00:51:26,270 --> 00:51:28,646 The Ventolin inhaler was on the bed 850 00:51:28,670 --> 00:51:30,406 between nine and ten inches 851 00:51:30,430 --> 00:51:33,276 to the right of the deceased's right shoulder." 852 00:51:33,300 --> 00:51:36,546 Very, um, precise and exact. 853 00:51:36,570 --> 00:51:38,046 Thank you. 854 00:51:38,070 --> 00:51:39,446 Where's the inhaler? 855 00:51:39,470 --> 00:51:41,006 Nine or ten inches to the right of... 856 00:51:41,030 --> 00:51:42,600 No, no. Now. 857 00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:47,800 Perhaps we should ask your senior officer. 858 00:52:01,470 --> 00:52:02,730 Thank you. 859 00:52:04,530 --> 00:52:08,346 - What is that piece of paper? - It's a list of exhibits. 860 00:52:08,370 --> 00:52:10,746 Would that list include everything found at the scene 861 00:52:10,770 --> 00:52:14,046 relevant to the murder trial? 862 00:52:14,070 --> 00:52:15,546 Yes. 863 00:52:15,570 --> 00:52:18,076 You've been a police officer for 30 years. 864 00:52:18,100 --> 00:52:19,276 Yes. 865 00:52:19,300 --> 00:52:21,306 You know all there is to know about crime scenes. 866 00:52:21,330 --> 00:52:24,206 If there's one thing I know, it's how to read a crime scene. 867 00:52:24,230 --> 00:52:27,376 Would you consider a personal item belonging to the defendant 868 00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:31,076 and found between nine and ten inches from the deceased's body 869 00:52:31,100 --> 00:52:33,076 relevant to this murder trial? 870 00:52:33,100 --> 00:52:34,246 Yes. 871 00:52:34,270 --> 00:52:35,476 Would you agree with me 872 00:52:35,500 --> 00:52:37,706 that removing any item from a crime scene 873 00:52:37,730 --> 00:52:40,046 would be grossly unprofessional 874 00:52:40,070 --> 00:52:42,346 and counter to all the rules of police practice 875 00:52:42,370 --> 00:52:43,576 and criminal justice? 876 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:45,276 Yes. 877 00:52:45,300 --> 00:52:48,230 Where's the Ventolin inhaler on that list of exhibits? 878 00:52:51,270 --> 00:52:52,576 It's not there. 879 00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:54,546 It's in PC Jeary's notebook. 880 00:52:54,570 --> 00:52:55,746 Yes. 881 00:52:55,770 --> 00:52:58,276 It was there when he was the first officer on the scene. 882 00:52:58,300 --> 00:52:59,147 Yes. 883 00:52:59,171 --> 00:53:01,706 Who was the next person to enter the bedroom 884 00:53:01,730 --> 00:53:03,430 in which the body was found? 885 00:53:04,770 --> 00:53:06,776 Probably me. 886 00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:09,076 Where is it, Officer? 887 00:53:09,100 --> 00:53:11,000 What did you do with the inhaler? 888 00:53:14,470 --> 00:53:16,146 I took it. 889 00:53:16,170 --> 00:53:17,646 You took it? 890 00:53:17,670 --> 00:53:21,706 You found it in her bed, and you took it? 891 00:53:21,730 --> 00:53:24,706 You removed a piece of evidence from a crime scene? 892 00:53:24,730 --> 00:53:27,076 - Why would you do that? - He needed it. 893 00:53:27,100 --> 00:53:28,406 The defendant's asthma 894 00:53:28,430 --> 00:53:31,106 was causing him problems in the police station. 895 00:53:31,130 --> 00:53:34,006 I wanted to help him. I'm sorry. 896 00:53:34,030 --> 00:53:37,046 That's a lie. That's just not true, is it? 897 00:53:37,070 --> 00:53:39,606 It doesn't fit. 898 00:53:39,630 --> 00:53:41,746 The inhaler in her bed. 899 00:53:41,770 --> 00:53:44,406 It doesn't fit with rape and violent murder. 900 00:53:44,430 --> 00:53:46,576 It looks like she wanted him in her bed. 901 00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:47,800 That's why you took it. 902 00:53:49,270 --> 00:53:51,776 You've got 30 years' experience in the police force. 903 00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:56,030 If you know anything, it's how to read a crime scene. 904 00:54:24,670 --> 00:54:26,300 Come and sit down. 905 00:54:38,570 --> 00:54:43,146 You know, outside, I have interests in many enterprises. 906 00:54:43,170 --> 00:54:44,370 Tropical fish. 907 00:54:45,370 --> 00:54:47,576 Tractors. 908 00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:50,076 I have to keep myself engaged. 909 00:54:50,100 --> 00:54:54,030 So in here I work with the market I've got. 910 00:54:59,430 --> 00:55:02,800 The first days of a trial are always stressful. 911 00:55:05,630 --> 00:55:09,030 We brought you something to help you unwind. 912 00:55:16,770 --> 00:55:18,470 Roll up your sleeve. 913 00:55:21,300 --> 00:55:22,770 I don't want to. 914 00:55:33,570 --> 00:55:36,506 This is the first. You'll be back for more. 915 00:55:36,530 --> 00:55:38,330 Sooner or later. 916 00:55:46,630 --> 00:55:48,000 Shh, shh. 917 00:56:22,330 --> 00:56:24,246 Ben couldn't kill anyone, but the jury don't know it 918 00:56:24,270 --> 00:56:25,776 because they haven't had a good look at him. 919 00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:28,046 Him being a nice kid is not gonna count for anything 920 00:56:28,070 --> 00:56:29,476 when Painter cross-examines 921 00:56:29,500 --> 00:56:31,776 his convenient amnesia into the ground. 922 00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:33,746 What kind of sex? 923 00:56:33,770 --> 00:56:35,576 - What do you mean? - No foreplay? 924 00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:37,546 No, not really. It was... 925 00:56:37,570 --> 00:56:40,746 She was asking for it to be like that. 926 00:56:40,770 --> 00:56:43,446 Melanie was "asking for it"? 927 00:56:43,470 --> 00:56:47,276 Massive, massive problem. Whole trial blown out the water. 928 00:56:47,300 --> 00:56:48,546 What the hell's going on? 929 00:56:48,570 --> 00:56:50,676 He had a problem with nondisclosure. 930 00:56:50,700 --> 00:56:51,647 It's gone away. 931 00:56:51,671 --> 00:56:53,546 Lizzie Smith... She can tell us all about. 932 00:56:53,570 --> 00:56:56,276 Melanie's jealous, violent boyfriend, Stuart, 933 00:56:56,300 --> 00:56:58,176 and the fight he had with Melanie's dad. 934 00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:00,106 Have you any idea how I feel? 935 00:57:00,130 --> 00:57:02,676 I'm tired because I am trying to stay alive! 936 00:57:02,700 --> 00:57:06,476 I want your disagreements with this man to end. 937 00:57:06,500 --> 00:57:09,076 Get me out of here. Please. 938 00:57:09,100 --> 00:57:12,606 All along, I've tried to tell you the truth. 939 00:57:12,630 --> 00:57:15,400 I just want you all to listen.