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WORBOYS:
Had a big win at the casino earlier.

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40 grand!
Oh, wow.

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I was wondering
if you'd have a drink for me?

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'I think I was raped last night.
Must've put something in my drink.'

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If he did, why would he drive you
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Stop saying "if"!

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Therefore, I do have to tell you

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that our investigation
is being closed down.

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It just feels
like you don't believe me.

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NELL: So, this taxi driver
offers you a drink, and you take it?

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I mean, it's difficult
to keep saying no.

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The taxi driver pushed this tablet
in my mouth.

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If he did assault you,
then it would be extremely unlikely

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for him to drive you home.

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on university CCTV.

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They're asking how you want this
designated as a crime?

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Just tell them
"not known at present".

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Because quite some time has passed,
the substance you were given

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in your blood.

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FRANKIE: 'So, how many times
you been out with this guy, then?'

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'Four?'
'So pretty serious.'

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'Yeah. I like him.'

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I have been informed, Laila,
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has declined to proceed
with any charges.

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STEPHENS:
If you would like to collect

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your clothing and possessions,

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I can arrange for somebody
to hand them to you.

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you're gonna need them as evidence

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when you realise
you were wrong about me.

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I'd like to report a rape.

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He's a black cab driver.

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That's four attacks,

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and we haven't really got started
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Look over there. Is it that one?

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Can you see Mummy?

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Not yet.
Whose that, eh?

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Mummy!
Hello, sweetheart.

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Look at that balloon!

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Do you want up?

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Do you want to say hello
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This is Lenny.
Hello, Lenny.

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Can I touch him?
Yeah. Of course you can touch him.

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Be careful. Good boy.

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LENNY WHINES SOFTLY
Aw, big grunts.

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Oh.
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I can't believe it.

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What do you think?
He looks pretty.

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He is pretty. He's very pretty.

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You're amazing.
SHE CHUCKLES

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How are you?
Yeah, my back's killing me.

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all over the place, but happy.

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What do you think?
He looks lovely.

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He does look lovely!

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30 grand!

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On a scratchcard.
HE LAUGHS

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I couldn't believe it.

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never happens to people like me,
does it?

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Are, well, fists.

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Congratulations.

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Anyway, I can't drink
cos I'm driving, so this is on me.

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Cheers.

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No, look, I'm an idiot, really.

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is you go and buy
a bottle of Champagne, don't you,

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if you win money as big as that?

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But, like, I'm driving, ain't I?

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I just didn't think.
I... I was so excited.

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HE LAUGHS
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So, how broad-minded are you, then?

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SHE BREATHES SHAKILY

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You won't believe
some of the stories

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people tell me in this cab.

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DOOR HANDLE RATTLES

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What guys are prepared to pay for
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Can you let me out, please?

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SHE EXHALES

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Like, would you, say...

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..give someone a blowjob
for a lot of money?

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Like... You know, like,
say, five grand.

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Would you give a guy a blowjob
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Look, I've texted my husband.
He'll be waiting for me.

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See, you're a gorgeous-looking girl.

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Would love to have sex with you.

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Now, why not make a few quid
on the side?

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Let me out. Open it.

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Just think of it
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Let me out!

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HE CACKLES

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That's my husband. Let me out.
HANDLE RATTLES

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Open it!
LOCK CLUNKS

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You've really wasted
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My team has now taken over
this investigation,

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and the number of attacks
we are investigating

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has now risen to five

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after further searches
of our database

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revealed another possibly linked
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So the plan is to put out
a press release on Friday morning,

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with the object
of making the women of London aware

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that there is potentially
a serial sex attacker out there,

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driving a black cab.

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these attacks only just been made?

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From what you've just told me,

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he's been doing this
for a minimum of three years.

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So why wasn't a link spotted
before now?

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Aren't your team supposed to be
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The link was picked up in
a routine review of sexual offences.

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Routine?

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Well, your other routine reviews

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couldn't have been
very thorough, then.

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Not if this was missed
for three years.

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One other question - why Friday?

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Why wait until Friday
to get this out there?

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Plans have to be put in place.

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What about other girls
going out in London tonight?

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'They're in danger too,
aren't they?'

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HE GRUNTS

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VIBRATOR BUZZES

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SHE WHIMPERS
No, no, no, no, no, no.

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Stop...
You stay down there, right.

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What you doing, eh?

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SHE BREATHES SHAKILY

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The key information

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is that we believe there is
a black cab driver out there

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tricking women passengers

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into drinking a glass of Champagne
which he has drugged,

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and then sexually assaulting
those women.

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he tells them he's had a win

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at a casino or on the lottery

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and that he wants them
to celebrate with him.

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Then he offers them the Champagne.

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Now, we have linked
five cases so far,

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but we believe there are more,

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who recognises this method,

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or any method similar to this,

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to come forward
and help us identify this man.

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You will not believe
what he said to me this time.

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What's he done now?
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But he says, "If I bought you
a ring, would you move in with me?"

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Oh. And I'm like,
"Ooh, what type of ring?"

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And then he says,
"A friendship ring."

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A what?
Exactly.

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A friendship ring?

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"What do you want me to be?
Your housemate?"

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Can I get a veggie sausage, please?
He's taking the piss, isn't he?

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SERVER: Just the one?
Yeah, thanks.

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I need the supervisor.

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A nurse?
REID: 'Works at a Haven Centre.'

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Now, she said she saw The Sun today.

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And in July of last year,

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they dealt with a girl
with an almost identical story.

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at a casino,

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gave her Champagne
she was convinced was drugged.

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Well, that's it.
That's now six victims.

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Yeah, but the important bit...

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is the cab was caught on CCTV at
her university halls of residence.

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for the driver.'

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John Derek Worboys,
lives in Rotherhithe.

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WINDOW OPENS

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What's all this about, mate?
John Worboys?

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Yeah.
I'm a police officer.

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Can you come down
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Well...
I've been out working all night.

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What do you want?
Come down and open the door.

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What is it?

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John Derek Worboys,
I'm arresting you on suspicion

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of six counts of sexual assault
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You do not have to say anything,
but it may harm your defence

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if you do not mention,
when questioned,

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something which you later rely on
in court.

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'They're on their way
back to Sutton nick with him now.'

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Why didn't she flag, Dave?

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The girl the nurse told us about.
Yeah.

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Right. I, erm... I checked that out.

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Seems it wasn't ever recorded
as a crime,

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so there's no criminal
intelligence report in the system.

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as a crime-related incident.

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But that's against protocol.

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The starting point
is that she should be believed.

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'A suspect was arrested
earlier today.'

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So we are now asking any women

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attacked by this man

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to please come forward.

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'They may well feel that something
has happened to them,

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'but might not be certain what.

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'But it's important for everyone
who recognises this man's behaviour

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as a matter of urgency.'

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ECHOING: 'Do I admit
making a mistake

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'getting into the back with her?

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'Could say, got in the back
to help her find her stuff,

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'and she flashed her tits at me.'

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to any women who do come forwards

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who are perhaps feeling scared
or vulnerable?

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I would say
that they will be supported,

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that they will be listened to...

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..and that they will be believed.

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every time. Every time.

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I mean, both in Thailand,
but Hannah said

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she's sold three holidays
in Koh Samui in the last fortnight.

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What do you think of Koh Samui?
Yeah. It's all right.

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Love Koh Samui.

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PHONE BUZZES
She's winding me up, though, Hannah.

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"Can you order some more A4?

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"Can you get
a coconut-scented candle?

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"Can you go out and get me a coffee?
Almond milk not dairy."

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Hannah -

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what did your last bloody slave
die of?

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Er, I'm sorry,
I think I've forgotten something.

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You what?
Erm, can you just...?

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Just tell Hannah
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'They didn't even warn me.'

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It's him, isn't it?
'Yeah.'

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Yeah.

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It is. It... It's him.

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It's exactly what he did to me.

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Why am I finding out about it
from a newspaper?

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What the fuck am I supposed to do?

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PHONE BUZZES

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Frankie, I'm just feeding the baby.

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'Are you watching the news?'
What?

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Just turn the news on now. ITV.

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One sec.

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'Typically, he tells them
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'at the casino or on the lottery.

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'Then he offers them a drink
of Champagne, which he has drugged.

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'Most of the women
who have so far come forward

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'have no memory of what happened

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'in the period
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They, er, said
at the start of the report

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that he was a black cab driver.

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'Mate, it's exactly
how you said it happened.'

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They wouldn't listen to me.

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I thought I was going mad.
'I know.'

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No!

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SHE EXHALES
I can't go through that again.

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Well... please just think about it.

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I haven't even told Gav
what happened.

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I was told by a friend

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about the story
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and when I read it,
I knew straight away

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that this man had done
something similar to me.

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Yes, it was in July of last year.

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I was told, when my case
was gonna be closed down,

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that one of your officers
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00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:19,800
would risk his licence
by assaulting a fare.

252
00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,720
That... That is what was said to me.

253
00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:27,360
No, what... what I want to know
is if the man who was arrested today

254
00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,960
is the same man
who attacked me last year.

255
00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,560
<font color="
please?

256
00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,160
I-I don't need a name.

257
00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,280
OK. Thank you very much.
I've got to go now.

258
00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,920
It's the same man.

259
00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:55,440
A long time ago, er, five years ago,
before I met you...

260
00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,040
..I was raped.

261
00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,720
<font color="

262
00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,320
The police didn't believe me.

263
00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,440
Not even Connor believed me.

264
00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,880
And the man who did it,
he's done it to other women too,

265
00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:18,240
and he's just been arrested.

266
00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,600
Come here. Erm, it's all right.
I don't need a cuddle.

267
00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,040
<font color="
and that's where it's gonna stay.

268
00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,720
They've asked people to come
forward, but I'm not going to.

269
00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,920
You have to go to the police, Sarah.

270
00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:43,960
It's enough that I know,

271
00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:45,640
after all these years,
that I was right.

272
00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:51,840
<font color="
he did attack me.

273
00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,560
Beyond that... I don't want
to waste any more of my life on him.

274
00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:15,040
OK, let's start with the allegations

275
00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:19,720
of you touching female passengers
in your cab in a sexual way.

276
00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,880
How do you respond to this?
<font color="

277
00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,760
Er, Mr Worboys will not be answering
any of your questions tonight,

278
00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:25,960
as is his right.

279
00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,960
But he has prepared a statement,

280
00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:29,880
which he is prepared
to read out to you now.

281
00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:32,880
OK, John.

282
00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:34,400
Let's hear what you have to say.

283
00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:46,440
<font color="

284
00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:51,920
READS: I am innocent
of all the allegations

285
00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,280
that have been put to me.

286
00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:59,200
I have never made sexual contact
with any passenger whilst in my cab,

287
00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,960
and I have also never administered
any form of drug to a passenger,

288
00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,760
<font color="

289
00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,880
I am innocent
of all of these allegations

290
00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,440
that have been put to me

291
00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,440
and offended that anyone
would think that I,

292
00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:18,720
as a respected black cab driver,

293
00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:22,079
would be capable of behaving
in this despicable manner.

294
00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:23,720
<font color="

295
00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,400
I'm completely innocent.

296
00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:31,640
OK, John,

297
00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,000
you will be detained
for further questioning,

298
00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,360
and we're also gonna need some swabs
and a DNA sample from you.

299
00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,080
PHONES RINGING,
BUSY CHATTER

300
00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,880
<font color="

301
00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:59,480
How many linked cases?
43.

302
00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,880
43 positively linked.

303
00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,120
Same description,
same modus operandi.

304
00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:06,960
And that number is only gonna rise
when the lines open again tomorrow.

305
00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,280
43?
Yeah.

306
00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,240
<font color="

307
00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,560
What is happening here?

308
00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,240
LENNY VOCALIZES

309
00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,960
I've just got to get it all straight
in my head before I call them.

310
00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,120
Want a cup of tea?
Yeah, please. Thank you.

311
00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:57,680
Come here, you.

312
00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,560
I called him a lovely man.

313
00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:05,880
<font color="

314
00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,600
He gave me a cigarette,
and I said he was a lovely man.

315
00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,680
I can't bear
that I fucking said that to him.

316
00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,200
You're doing the right thing.

317
00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:25,920
Come on.

318
00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,560
Why did nobody tell me

319
00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,520
that you were going
<font color="

320
00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,480
Very sorry about that.

321
00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,400
Why did I have to find out about it
through the newspapers and the TV?

322
00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,240
The answer is to do
with the original team

323
00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,160
who investigated your complaint.

324
00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:50,520
It seems they only recorded it
<font color="

325
00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,600
and not as a crime,

326
00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,760
so your details
and the details of the complaint

327
00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,440
were never properly in the system.

328
00:19:58,440 --> 00:19:59,600
Right.

329
00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,360
Right.
EXHALES DEEPLY

330
00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,040
Because you know they...

331
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,440
<font color="
that I said.

332
00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,240
I'm not gonna sit here and try and
defend the original investigation.

333
00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,240
Good. Because it appears
that mistakes were clearly made.

334
00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,480
To be told, effectively,
<font color="

335
00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:26,840
Do you understand that?

336
00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:30,840
Absolutely devastating.

337
00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,280
And I've had to live with that
for the last five years.

338
00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:43,360
My parents were devastated
when I left uni.

339
00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:46,680
But I've never told them,
or my brothers...

340
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,920
<font color="
not that kind of family.

341
00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:52,520
So when the police,

342
00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:58,840
the only people that I thought
would... support me,

343
00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,560
turned their backs on me,
that left me totally alone.

344
00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:03,880
Well, if the CPS had reviewed
<font color="

345
00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,000
perhaps there might have been
a different outcome.

346
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,800
But unfortunately, that is...
Wait, wait. Sorry, you, erm...

347
00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,760
Did you...

348
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,400
Did you just say
that the CPS did not review my case?

349
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:17,320
No.

350
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,200
<font color="
that the Crown Prosecution Service

351
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,440
had looked at all the evidence
and decided not to proceed,

352
00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,280
which is... which is why
they closed the investigation

353
00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:32,600
in the first place.

354
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,080
No, I can tell you that the CPS

355
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:38,800
<font color="
in your case.

356
00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,160
The decision to close
your investigation

357
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,480
was made by the senior officers
overseeing it.

358
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,760
They lied to me.

359
00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:52,560
I am sorry to say
we haven't been able

360
00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,720
<font color="
Achieving Best Evidence video...

361
00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,360
or any of the items of clothing
you told us about.

362
00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,000
What? None of the items
you were wearing that night

363
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,520
were where they should have been -
in the evidence store.

364
00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:07,520
<font color="

365
00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,040
I reckon they got rid of all
my evidence when he was arrested

366
00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:15,920
because they knew
it would make them look bad.

367
00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:17,880
I don't know if that's the case.

368
00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,040
I can only hope that it isn't.

369
00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,880
Now, I'm guessing they were looking
<font color="

370
00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,680
such as Rohypnol,
and didn't find any.

371
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,600
No, no, no, but they told me
they found nothing.

372
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,440
Like I was... Like I was... lying.
No...

373
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,440
Like I was lying
about being drugged. That's...

374
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,840
<font color="

375
00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,560
which is the active ingredient
in Nytol, was found in your urine.

376
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,520
OK, so if they'd have just...

377
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,440
..asked me, I could have told them

378
00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,400
that I've never knowingly taken
that drug in my life.

379
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,880
There were drugs in my bloodstream?
<font color="

380
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,480
Is, citalopram,
codeine and morphine.

381
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:54,800
SHE EXHALES
Hang on.

382
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,560
I've never taken
citalo-whatever-it-is

383
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:57,640
in my bloody life.

384
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,320
It's a prescription anti-depressant.

385
00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,680
<font color="
OK.

386
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,360
Why didn't they tell me
they found these things in my blood?

387
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,680
Why didn't they tell me?

388
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,560
To feel like
you're not being believed...

389
00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:16,240
..and then to find out

390
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,920
they couldn't even be bothered
<font color="

391
00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,480
I can't explain to you...

392
00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:32,400
..how angry and brutalised...

393
00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,320
..and bewildered I feel.

394
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,560
I would say that, erm,

395
00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,040
based on
just this conversation today,

396
00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,040
you might have grounds
for a formal complaint.

397
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,440
<font color="
I could give you the...

398
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,440
the details of who to take that to.

399
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,480
And who would that be?

400
00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,000
It's a body called the IPCC.

401
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,480
The Independent Police
Complaints Commission.

402
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:06,960
Yeah, I've heard about them.

403
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,840
<font color="

404
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,760
The IPCC, it's made up
of ex-police officers, isn't it?

405
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:17,040
Yeah.

406
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,520
So the police
marking their own homework.

407
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,160
I can tell you now, they'll find
that nobody did anything wrong.

408
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,200
Then Mahmood.

409
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,280
<font color="

410
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:45,000
HUSHED: Sorry.

411
00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:52,800
That's him.

412
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,720
OK.

413
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,120
Sarah Adams.

414
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,640
Oh, God. Yeah. That's him.

415
00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:37,840
SHE SIGHS

416
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,680
I was, er, talking to Mrs Purvis
today, at my art class.

417
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,560
<font color="
she wants to study law.

418
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,640
She said she warned her it's going
to take many years of hard work,

419
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,440
but the girl seems adamant.

420
00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,600
She doesn't even want to take
a gap year.

421
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,480
She's going to start in September.

422
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,080
<font color="

423
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,720
I'm going
to the garden centre tomorrow,

424
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,720
if you want to come, Laila?

425
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,240
Pick up a few pots for the garden.
Fancy it?

426
00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:24,960
No, I can't. Sorry.

427
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:30,640
I have to work on Saturdays.
Oh. Oh.

428
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,480
<font color="
Yeah, OK.

429
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:34,800
Work?

430
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,480
I mean, I endure it
rather than enjoy it.

431
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,720
You still smoking?

432
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,200
Er, no, I've quit.

433
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,520
I mean, very occasionally.
Mm.

434
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,960
<font color="

435
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,680
I'm just concerned
about your health.

436
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,320
My health's fine, isn't it?
Yeah?

437
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,480
Come on.
Well, that's good. That's good.

438
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,320
I just...
I wanted to say I'm sorry.

439
00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:01,320
<font color="
and I've read the papers.

440
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,880
I'm sorry for not believing you.

441
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:13,720
Jack, go back into the kitchen

442
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,560
and get yourself a Snickers
out of the fridge.

443
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:16,720
I don't want a Snickers.

444
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,520
Go into the kitchen,
take whatever you want,

445
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:19,680
<font color="

446
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,560
Yeah. Go on, mate.

447
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,680
Sarah, I'm sorry.

448
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,360
Like, I'm so sorry.

449
00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:33,080
I was in a room the other day...

450
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,520
It was full of women waiting
to do identity parades. Yeah.

451
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,040
It almost killed me.

452
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,840
<font color="
what I went through...

453
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,320
..who would have been
spared it if...

454
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:54,040
..if they'd only believed me.

455
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,760
Yeah, but you can't blame yourself
for that.

456
00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:57,920
Can't I?

457
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,440
Did I try hard enough?
<font color="

458
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,320
I know you did.
Just...

459
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,040
Sorry.

460
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,600
You know, my life's OK.

461
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:12,880
I'm happy enough.

462
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,840
Gavin's a nice guy, and...

463
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:18,920
..we've got Lenny, and I...

464
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,840
..I thank God every day for him.

465
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,520
<font color="
Connor.

466
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,760
Living with you.

467
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,080
Jack should have been living
with his mum and dad.

468
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,000
I should have been your wife.

469
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,560
I loved you.

470
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,800
That's how much
this has fucked up my life.

471
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:57,600
<font color="

472
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:00,960
I accept it.

473
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:07,040
Jack!

474
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,800
Er, what's that?

475
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,560
CONNOR CHUCKLES

476
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,040
Come on.

477
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,000
See you on Monday.
Mm-hm.

478
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,160
See you later, mate.

479
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,800
CHATTER

480
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,600
<font color="
will be in court today...

481
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,160
We're gonna proceed in court

482
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,800
with charges relating
to 14 of the women he attacked.

483
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,000
14?

484
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,200
But there...
there are loads more than that.

485
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,680
<font color="
as simple as possible for the jury.

486
00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,120
They're worried it could
get bogged down in too much detail.

487
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,560
I'm not entirely sure I agree,
but OK.

488
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,440
We want you to be one of the 14

489
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:10,360
and give evidence in court
<font color="

490
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:11,520
CARRIE: 'Me?'

491
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,640
But I'm still not sure
what he did to me.

492
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,080
That doesn't matter.

493
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,400
You know, his offending
had a pattern to it,

494
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,600
and your experience
exactly fits that pattern.

495
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,200
<font color="
you had a really good recollection

496
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:24,920
of most of your journey home
with him.

497
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,240
And the CPS also think
that your mother's evidence

498
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,440
about knowing
that you weren't drunk,

499
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,960
that she thought you'd been drugged,
<font color="

500
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,240
So you want me
to give evidence, too?

501
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,000
I sit?

502
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,840
DS WARRILOW: 'OK, so we've heard
from the CPS.'

503
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:19,440
The plan is that 14 of the women
are gonna speak in court.

504
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,720
<font color="
to testify.

505
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,200
Why?

506
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,680
Well, the thing is, you...

507
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,400
you didn't pick him out
in the ID parade.

508
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:34,720
It'd been a long time,

509
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,920
and he looked really different
with me that night.

510
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:40,480
<font color="
from your case has been lost...

511
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,360
Fucking destroyed, in my opinion!

512
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,440
It's about not giving
the defence an opening, Sarah.

513
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:49,800
SHE SIGHS

514
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,120
That's hard.

515
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,360
Cos I wanted
to look the bastard in the eye

516
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,600
<font color="
what he did to me.

517
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:01,800
I wanted to have my moment in court.

518
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,360
I wanted to look him in the eye
and say,

519
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,120
"Yeah, I'm sending you to prison,
because that's where you belong."

520
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,680
I know. I'm sorry, Sarah.

521
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,640
<font color="
these big cases,

522
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,800
it's... it's easy
to overwhelm a jury.

523
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,520
So the strategy is to...
to stick to the offences

524
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,760
where we've been able to collect
the most comprehensive evidence.

525
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,320
And 14, is that enough?

526
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,760
<font color="
that this will give the trial judge

527
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:38,680
enough ammunition to put him away
for a long, long time.

528
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,160
SHE SIGHS

529
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,320
OK.

530
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,720
Mr Worboys freely admits a good deal

531
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,640
of the circumstances
surrounding these events.

532
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:56,120
<font color="
sought to engage female passengers

533
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,440
in conversation in his taxi cab,

534
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,600
"banter" as he calls it.

535
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:06,000
And he sometimes did this
by telling them, falsely,

536
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:10,120
that he had won money that night
through gambling

537
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,199
<font color="
filled with cash.

538
00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:16,480
But he says this was simply
a conversation starter

539
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:21,120
and his objective was not sexual,
it was simply female company.

540
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,520
It was an ice-breaker,
in that respect.

541
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,960
He is adamant
<font color="

542
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:33,600
between him and any woman
in his taxi was consensual,

543
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,960
that it was non-penetrative,

544
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,840
and that it was initiated
by those women.

545
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,480
No, I don't remember
feeling scared that night.

546
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,000
You didn't feel threatened
<font color="

547
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,600
No. I actually thought
he came across as sort of pathetic.

548
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,040
Not some sort of predatory monster,

549
00:34:56,040 --> 00:35:00,120
just a normal taxi driver
engaging in some banter with you?

550
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,960
I actually think
that harmless demeanour

551
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,440
<font color="

552
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,560
precisely because he puts you
off guard

553
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,480
as he hands over his drinks
from the front.

554
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,720
He's like a...
a professional conman.

555
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,760
It's clear, would you agree,

556
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,000
that your daughter
<font color="

557
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,320
A few drinks, correct.

558
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,640
So I put it to you
that it's reasonable to assume

559
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,720
that she was intoxicated?

560
00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:29,280
I've never seen her intoxicated.

561
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,760
She rarely drinks alcohol.

562
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,800
She was in distress.

563
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,880
<font color="
She was like a rag doll.

564
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,080
There was something else
in her system.

565
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,080
She was vomiting continuously.

566
00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:46,800
You don't get like she was
that night just from a few drinks.

567
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:01,360
I swear by Allah that the evidence
<font color="

568
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,400
the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.

569
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,240
Two large glasses of red wine.

570
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,200
Yes.
And you drank those.

571
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,840
And then you go to the toilet,
and you are sick?

572
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:26,360
Yes. I... I sometimes get nauseous
<font color="

573
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,760
But that was not going to deter you
from your plans for that evening,

574
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,120
and you went back to your friends
and carried on as normal.

575
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:34,480
In your statement,

576
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:38,280
you say you then had two vodkas
and lemonade?

577
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:40,840
Yes.

578
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,200
<font color="

579
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,760
or did you have rather more to drink
that night

580
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,040
than you've told us about?

581
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:49,800
Not that I remember.

582
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,800
Shortly after you got into his taxi,

583
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:55,760
Mr Worboys handed you a glass
of something bubbly?

584
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:58,840
<font color="
something like that.

585
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:01,720
And you drank that, too?

586
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:04,840
Yes.

587
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:09,040
Why?
Because he forced me to.

588
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,520
He... He wouldn't take "no"
for an answer.

589
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,720
Oh, but he's driving.
He's in the front of the cab?

590
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:15,920
<font color="

591
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:19,000
He... He kept persisting
and persisting and persisting.

592
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,440
But he can't actually force you
to drink it, can he?

593
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,360
Well, he forced me to take the pill?
We'll come to that in a minute.

594
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:28,240
My question to you is why you felt
<font color="

595
00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:30,120
when you were not obliged to?

596
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:34,040
Because...

597
00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:36,280
LAILA STAMMERS SOFTLY

598
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,640
..he wouldn't take "no"
for an answer.

599
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,680
Or is the reality
that he was being a very chatty

600
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:47,000
and personable taxi driver,
<font color="

601
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:48,400
who'd offered you a drink,

602
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,520
and which you had accepted
and drank perfectly happily?

603
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:54,880
No.

604
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:58,520
You say you remember him
getting into the back of the cab

605
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,360
with pills in his hand,

606
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,520
and that he forced one
<font color="

607
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,440
Right?
Yes.

608
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,960
And what are you doing to resist?

609
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:11,120
Well, I'm...

610
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:14,720
I'm trying to...

611
00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:16,640
move him away from me.

612
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:20,840
So you were perfectly able
to struggle and resist? Yeah.

613
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,400
<font color="

614
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,600
and resisting
in your police statement?

615
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,480
Well, if it's not there,
it's not there.

616
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:32,560
But I was...

617
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:36,560
I was feeling quite drowsy after
he made me drink the Champagne.

618
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,000
And after the pill went down,

619
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:43,520
<font color="
straightaway a blank thereafter?

620
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,240
Yes.

621
00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:49,880
So we really are in the realms
of almost instant unconsciousness?

622
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:53,240
Yes, that's right.

623
00:38:53,240 --> 00:38:56,080
Well, I suggest to you
that you'd already consumed

624
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,760
a large amount of alcohol
<font color="

625
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:03,000
and that he did not give you a pill
or force it down your throat.

626
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,440
Do you disagree with me?
Yes.

627
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,120
And you can't make up your mind

628
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:09,200
whether you could
or couldn't fight him off,

629
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,240
<font color="
to drink,

630
00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:13,040
or pretty much anything else
that night

631
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,080
because you were so intoxicated?

632
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:32,560
Laila, I just want to thank you
for giving evidence.

633
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,800
I don't think there's any doubt
he'll be found guilty.

634
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,440
<font color="
really well in there.

635
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,120
Did you?
Yeah.

636
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:42,400
Yeah, that was tough.

637
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,360
Laila, can I get you anything?
A cup of tea?

638
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:47,520
No, thanks,
I'd just like to go home.

639
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:50,080
I'm Debbie
<font color="

640
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,960
I just wondered if you'd consider
waiving your anonymity

641
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,080
and providing us
with some media interviews?

642
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:56,160
What?!

643
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,760
We just thought
if someone could stand up,

644
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,520
someone articulate like yourself,

645
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,440
<font color="
to you,

646
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,600
this might encourage more women
to come forward?

647
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,600
No. No, I can't...
I can't do that. I'm sorry.

648
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,000
You've got the wrong person. Sorry.

649
00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:29,960
Hi. Erm, sorry, I'm Sarah.
Do I know you?

650
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,080
<font color="
exactly what you've been through.

651
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,040
Have you got time for a coffee?

652
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,520
I wanted to punch
that fucking barrister

653
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,200
in his stupid face.

654
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:46,680
Like, why is it OK for him
to make out I'm a liar?

655
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:48,640
He was going through
<font color="

656
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,200
in your statement in minute detail,

657
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,800
just trying to find
some little thing to pick away at.

658
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,920
Why is that still happening?
I was raging, too, just watching.

659
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,080
What is the point of this farce?
He's fucking guilty.

660
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,880
<font color="
I've been looking into bringing

661
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,400
a complaint against the police
for the way they've treated us.

662
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,240
With me, there was so much stuff
they missed out

663
00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:10,080
in the first few weeks,
it was just ridiculous.

664
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:13,120
Yeah, but it's their own
<font color="

665
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:14,680
What's the point?

666
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:16,880
I'm not talking
about going through the IPCC,

667
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,400
I wanna make some proper noise.

668
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:21,040
I'm looking into suing them.

669
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:24,520
Suing?
Yeah.

670
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,120
There's a lawyer
<font color="

671
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:29,400
who might be prepared to take it on.

672
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:33,000
She's called Harriet Wistrich.
She's got a great reputation.

673
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:36,600
But I can't do it by myself.

674
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:37,880
I had a quick chat with her,

675
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:39,880
and she said
there'd be a much stronger case

676
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,360
<font color="
who had been through the same thing.

677
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:48,120
So you're asking,
do I wanna sue the police with you?

678
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:49,600
Well, yeah.

679
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,120
You don't have to make a decision...

680
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,320
Yes.
What?

681
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,600
Yes. Let's sue the bastards.
<font color="

682
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,760
Great.
Yeah.

683
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:25,760
You developed
and perfected a web of deceit

684
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,800
that was sufficient
to ensnare young, intelligent

685
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:32,040
and sensible women
who had enjoyed a night out

686
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:35,160
and whose only mistake,
<font color="

687
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:38,600
was to get into your cab
late at night.

688
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,560
There is no doubt that you continue

689
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:44,920
to constitute a significant risk
of serious harm

690
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:46,760
through the commission
of further offences.

691
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:51,680
I therefore pass down on you
<font color="

692
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,880
of imprisonment
for public protection,

693
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:58,040
with a minimum custodial term
of eight years.

694
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,120
I wouldn't worry
about the eight years.

695
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:20,400
As I understand it,
the judge had to give a number,

696
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,440
<font color="
still has to decide if it's safe

697
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:25,240
to release him,
and I can't see that happening.

698
00:43:25,240 --> 00:43:27,480
Eight years did spook me a bit.

699
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,560
Yeah, he's not getting out.

700
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:34,040
Anyway, Carrie, thanks for agreeing
to do some interviews.

701
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:38,120
<font color="
someone so articulate, can stand up,

702
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,160
then it will encourage more women
to come forward.

703
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,480
I'm nervous,
but if it gives others a voice,

704
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:44,160
it seems like the right thing to do.

705
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:47,440
Thanks again. I'll start
<font color="

706
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:48,560
OK.
Thanks, Carrie.

707
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:51,760
What have you got to do?

708
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,040
Oh, just some interviews
about what happened to me.

709
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:57,160
They need someone to waive their
anonymity and be a focal point.

710
00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,160
My goodness.
<font color="

711
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,760
You're so young.
Do you want this hanging over you?

712
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:07,040
Well, they said it's important
that more people come forward.

713
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:12,600
I'm just sick of all of us being
on the back foot, Mum.

714
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:15,560
JOSEPHINE
SIGHS SOFTLY

715
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,240
<font color="
that soon?

716
00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:21,040
Cos the thought of him
ever being released terrifies me.

717
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:22,280
THEN: Me too.

718
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:25,520
Well, theoretically, yes,
after eight years,

719
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,680
he could apply for parole, but, erm,

720
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,880
<font color="
have to admit to what he's done.

721
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:35,320
And his position has consistently
been that he is totally innocent.

722
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:38,040
Right, so not just a psycho,
a thick psycho.

723
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:42,720
So his position is 105 women
have all just made it all up?

724
00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:43,960
<font color="

725
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,680
Well, I was told the actual number
might be nearer 500.

726
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:49,360
Is that correct?

727
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:50,840
That's what the police said.

728
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:53,440
So what do you think, Harriet?

729
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:55,480
There's potentially
hundreds of women out there

730
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:56,800
<font color="

731
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:58,960
because the police
didn't do their job properly.

732
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,760
They shouldn't be allowed
to get away with what they've done.

733
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:04,760
Well, neither of you qualifies
for legal aid,

734
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:08,120
so you're asking me to take this on
<font color="

735
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:10,520
I'm afraid we are, yeah.

736
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,200
OK, firstly,

737
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:16,520
the problem is you can't sue
the police for negligence.

738
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:19,120
Why not? The law states
that if they could be sued,

739
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:20,960
they wouldn't be able
<font color="

740
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:23,160
because they'd always be looking
over their shoulder

741
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:24,560
waiting for the next writ.

742
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:26,440
Just how the law is, I'm afraid.

743
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,920
But my advice would be to pursue
this under the Human Rights Act,

744
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:33,960
and argue
<font color="

745
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:35,440
Or inactions.

746
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,480
..or inactions,
infringed on your right

747
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:41,880
to not be subjected to inhuman
or degrading treatment.

748
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:46,280
Well, that exactly describes
what happened to us. Yes.

749
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:49,840
<font color="
is that it's never been done before.

750
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,400
And, erm, in your case, Sarah,

751
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,080
there is a statute
of limitations issue.

752
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:57,280
You must seek an action
within one year,

753
00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:00,760
and it's been five years since
<font color="

754
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:02,480
And in your case, Laila,
they could argue

755
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,000
that however ineffective
their initial investigation was,

756
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,520
they did ultimately arrest
the correct man.

757
00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:10,520
Shall we close the door
on the way out, then?

758
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:12,480
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759
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:16,560
is I would contact the police
and declare our intentions.

760
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:17,920
Now, they will jump up and down,

761
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:19,680
tell us we don't have a legal leg
to stand on

762
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:21,240
and that we're out of time.

763
00:46:21,240 --> 00:46:26,200
But they will have to disclose
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764
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:31,640
and I'm betting that will throw up
some pretty interesting stuff.

765
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:37,440
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