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Hello?

Martin.

Oh, fuck.

Sorry.

Sorry, man.

I told you I was going to call the police if you didn't stop, but you just

keep doing it.

I don't know what else to do.

Say this won't happen again, please.

Please.

You've no right to ask us that.

Come.

Police.

Thank you.

5 Verona Walk, NW53CS.

Amanda Powell.

I'm sorry, I don't know the protocol for something like this. My mother's

elderly. She has advanced dementia.

Doesn't have the capacity to give sexual consent, and her husband knows that.

But he continues having sex with her.

Anyway, I just walked in on it.

No, he's my stepfather.

No, no, I don't think so.

Yes, he's here.

Yes.

No, no, no, no.

Do you know how long that'll be?

No, I don't think so. Thank you.

I'm sorry, I won't be able to take you to school. I'll just take the train.

You're going to be late. I'm sorry. It's fine.

I'll call the school.

This station is Tuffnell Park.

This is a Northern Line train via Charing Cross.

Did she resist him? Was there a struggle between your mother and stepfather?

Well, she doesn't resist because she doesn't know what's happening to her.

Is she lucid at times?

Are there times when she can consent and other times when she can't?

Well, I mean, that's the issue, right?

Even if she is lucid enough at times...

How can you make an accurate judgment of one that is? It's incredibly subjective.

Yeah. And I know for a fact they're having sex when she definitely isn't

lucid enough.

Okay. Where is your mother now?

She's upstairs in the kitchen.

And your stepfather? Upstairs.

How's his demeanour? Is he aggressive, angry?

No, he's gentle. He's elderly.

Okay. So I think what we should do now is head upstairs, we'll speak to your

mother and stepfather, and then we'll take it from there.

Okay.

What are their names?

Leslie and Martin Carville. Hello, Mr. Carville.

I'm PC Ali. I'm just going to ask you to come with me, please.

Come with you where?

Just to the other room.

Could you come with me, please?

Please, have a seat. Thank you.

Hello, Mrs Carville.

Hello. I'm a police officer.

My name's Kate. Can I call you Leslie?

Yes.

Do you know why I'm here today?

No.

So, I've come to see how you're doing. How are you feeling today?

Do you have anything on your body that is sore or painful?

Do you have anything on your body that hurts, Mum?

Is that what you were wearing this morning?

Yes. You mean during the incident?

Yes. No, she was in a nightgown.

Where's that now?

Upstairs in the bedroom.

Who are you?

I'm a police officer.

My name's Kate.

Why are you here?

What do you reckon?

Fuck if I know.

Alright, let's call it in.

Let control 3829 tango.

Can I get a SOCO CID and a SUIT on CAD 142? The bedroom upstairs is considered

a crime scene, so what that means is that nobody can go in there, not even

myself. I'm going to call in some specialised officers to continue the

investigation.

Where were you?

I just saw an old dude's hard-on.

Where? We walked in on my grandma having sex.

The crazy one?

She's not crazy.

What did it look like?

I don't know.

What did it look like? I don't know. Google it.

Why would I Google that? Because you're asking me what it looked like. Well, I

don't want to see it. I want you to describe it to me.

What? Oh, no.

That one's infected.

Uh-oh.

And it looked like that. Yeah. That one's all right.

That one's all right.

Mum?

Hello, Leslie.

My name's Emma Walker. I'm a police officer. I've just come to see how

you're doing today.

How are you?

Have you had anything to eat or have you been to the loo this morning?

Yes. She has.

OK.

Leslie, do you have any pain? Do you hurt anywhere on your body at all?

Mum?

Do you have anywhere on your body that hurts?

You hurt somewhere, Mom?

Mom?

Do you hurt somewhere?

You do?

Where, Mom?

Shall we pop outside and have a quick chat?

He's being arrested. He's been arrested. No, don't... Please don't arrest him. I

just wanted you to wake him up so that he stops, that's all. But arresting

isn't the same as charging, Amanda.

It's safeguarding. It allows us to separate them to make sure that she's

safe with him. It can't be separated. He's a caregiver.

She's completely dependent on him. He loves her dearly. It's just this one

thing that needs to stop. Let's not worry too much about Martin, okay?

Look, my main concern is your mother's welfare.

And in my... Professional capacity, I think she should have a medical.

I think she should be seen by a doctor to make sure there are no injuries that

we're unaware of. And if Martin had penetrative sex with her this morning,

she could have internal injuries given her age.

The medical will take place at a specialist unit.

A specialist unit?

So it's a rape exam? Well, it's a forensic medical examination, yes. Oh,

God. There'll be a doctor there who's specially trained in this.

There'll be a crisis worker there who will go through the whole process with

you. And I will take you and your mum and I will make sure I'm there with you

throughout.

Oh, my God. I know.

I appreciate how you feel. But the doctor can check your mum over. And if

she's got any injuries, she can attend to those straight away. And she will

also want to take some forensic medical samples.

And some of those will be from... Why does she need to be examined?

Sir, would you go back to the office? You already know we had sex.

I'm not refuting it. We had sex this morning. Make a note of that. What is

the point of forcing her to endure this hideous procedure which will only tell

you something you already know? Be beneficial if you cooperate, sir.

Please. Amanda, they're arresting me for having sex with my wife.

You stay with her.

I will.

Here. Her place.

Not yours.

I will stay here.

I'll be back soon, sweetheart.

I promise.

I love you.

Whiskeyver.

Okay,

we're ready. Okay.

Where are we going?

You're going to have a medical exam, Mom.

Am I ill? No, no, you're healthy.

You just want to be safe.

Is he coming?

No, I'm going with you.

I'm going to start the examination now. I'm just going to put your legs in the

right position.

All right, Leslie?

Tell me if it hurts, because I don't want it to hurt. There you go.

Perfect. And this leg, I'm going to put that there. Is that all right?

There you go.

Here you are.

All right.

I'm going to do the first couple of sets of swabs now.

And what you'll feel will just be a little bit ticklish, okay?

Here's the first one.

It's going to be two always.

And here comes the second one.

Here we go. Thank you.

And then I'm going to put the other set.

And I'm just going to touch you just on the outside of the vagina, okay?

So it comes just on the inside, this one. Here it comes.

You shouldn't really feel this one. This is just on the inside.

And then the second one in exactly the same place.

Okay.

Now I'm going to do the ones inside the vagina. And for that, I'm going to have

to use the speculum.

That might feel a little bit cold.

Okay.

Just be mindful that it comes in a minute.

All right.

You're going to feel my fingers touching you. And here comes the speculum.

That's okay, man.

Breathe. Is that okay?

Breathe, man.

Breathe. It's okay. Are you okay for me to continue?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Am I okay to go on? Yes.

Okay. Thank you. Here it comes again.

Okay? Here it comes.

Just breathe.

Stop! Stop! Stop!

I'm stopping. I'm stopping.

Mom!

You...

I'm stopping.

Go away!

It's okay, Mom. It's okay.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

No, no. I'm so sorry. Come on.

Come on. I'm sorry.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Mom.

We made a bad mistake.

We're going to go now, okay?

Do you need anything from us right now? Can we go?

How about you get changed and go back to the room where we had a chat because I'd

still like to talk to you.

Okay, Mom. We're going to go. We're going to change and then we'll speak

with the lady and then we go home.

Is that okay?

You come with me?

Come with me.

Come with me, Mom.

It's going to be all right.

It's going to be all right. We just made a mistake.

Mom?

Are you okay? She's tired. She's very tired. Yes, I can see.

Yeah. I'm sorry the examination was so upsetting.

I wasn't able to fully examine her because she wouldn't let me do the

speculum examination.

But for as far as I could see, there were no injuries.

I do need to talk to you about something called a safeguarding referral because I

would like to do one today.

Do you know what that means?

No, I don't. Okay.

Basically, that means that I'm going to put in a referral to social services to

come and assess.

Leslie and your house and yourself. Why?

To come and see if Leslie is okay, if everything is in the house. She is okay.

Yeah, just what they do is they do a risk assessment of how you're living and

how it's going. We don't need that. Looking after her.

Well, I think you do need that. I think you do need that. We need some rest at

the moment because it's been overwhelming.

Yes. We don't need anybody else to come into the house. The whole day it's been

like that. I apologise for that, but I think it's important that I make that

decision today and I do that referral today.

So do you mean that they could be separated, Martin and

my mother? That's a decision the social worker is going to make.

I can't guarantee what the outcome of that decision will be. So I can't

guarantee that that's not going to happen.

So what will happen to Martin?

I can't tell you that, I'm afraid. All the agencies still need to meet.

Here are your keys.

You've got my details. If there's anything I can do, just let me know,

okay? Okay. Thank you. Bye-bye.

Let's have a bath.

Then you can lie down again.

Mammo.

I'll wash your hair.

Would you like that?

Hmm?

Get in the bath.

Sit in the bath now, Mom.

Sit down.

Yes.

Hey. Hey. Are you home?

Yeah.

How about Nance?

I have to stay here tonight.

I can't leave.

I need some things from the flat. Do you think you could bring them to me?

Okay. What happened after I left?

She went for an exam.

Why? Is she okay?

She's okay, yes.

I'll tell you more when you get here, okay?

Okay. What do you need?

What are you doing here?

I'm not leaving her.

You can't be here.

If they find you here, we're fucked.

They've reported this to social services.

Someone's coming by tomorrow at 10.

You can't be here when they're here.

Coming by to do what?

Hi, hang on.

I'm going outside.

Hey, I'm sorry, Andrew.

I'm freaking out about my mother.

And I really need to talk to you, is that okay?

When I walked in on them, she was just lying there underneath him.

Looking at me with this expression I've never seen before.

It was so disturbing.

I don't know what it was. I don't know what's going on in there anymore.

She's unreadable.

I'm not sure she recognized me.

I don't know if she's recognizing Martin either.

I don't know what to do.

Should I just stick my head in the sand and pretend this isn't happening?

I'm not the police. I don't want to be this person.

Oh, fuck.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't be dumping all of this on you.

It's the worst thing for us right now.

These aren't your crises anymore, right?

Oh, Sarah just walked up.

Hi.

What's wrong?

I'm talking to you, Dad.

Do you want to talk to him?

Yeah.

Hello?

I'm fine. How are you?

Are you just fighting?

No.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you, darling.

She had a rape exam.

Yes, part of one.

It was stopped.

She's okay now.

Why are you staying here?

Well, they arrested Martin.

He wasn't supposed to come back to the house tonight, so I need to stay with

her, but now he's back.

I'm gonna stay anyway.

Will you be okay alone tonight?

They arrested him? Yes.

She might have to come stay with us for a while. We might need to come stay

here. I don't know.

Would that be okay?

Will he be here?

I don't know.

I need to talk to Martin.

We have to convince them this is going to stop.

Or they're going to separate you.

Can we talk about Dr. Kaufmann's opinion?

Well, sure, if we can talk about other opinions as well.

What other opinions?

The opinions of those geriatric psychiatrists who believe that physical

intimacy is beneficial for someone with dementia.

Makes them feel less...

Less lonely, less anxious. It gives them comfort and security.

What, psychiatrist?

Are you getting this off the internet?

You're grabbing for whatever you can to rationalize something you know is wrong.

I'm not grabbing at anything.

I found Viagra in your cabinet.

From a prescription you filled one week after the Kauffman meeting.

He told you to stop.

And you went out and refilled your prescription instead.

I refilled my prescription because we've been married for 18 years and she enjoys

physical intimacy. I'm sorry, Amanda, but in this regard, I know her better

than you do.

You don't know her because she's not the same woman.

None of us can know what she's feeling now because she can no longer

communicate it to us.

You're using reasoning that applies to a woman who...

no longer exists.

You're basing all this on one man's opinion. Since you're so keen on

professional opinions, wouldn't it be better to take them all into account?

There are as many who disagree with Kaufman as agree with him.

Okay, let's take them all into account. Let's say it's 50-50.

Are you really willing to risk your wife's well-being on 50-50 odds?

Those are horrible odds.

There's a 50% chance you're harming her, and there's no way for her to

communicate it to you. She communicates to me very clearly what she wants and

what she doesn't want.

How?

How?

When I hug her or kiss her forehead or brush her hair, she smiles.

She's happy.

And it's the same when we have sex.

You seem to think your mother doesn't want sex, but more often than not, she's

the one who instigates it.

The disinhibition is the consequence of the disease

eroding the areas of the brain.

that used to keep the primal instincts in check.

Dr. Kaufman made that very clear to you. Hunger, thirst, sex, sleep,

she's dealing with primal instincts now.

Why is she keen to deprive her of something that gives her comfort and

pleasure at a time in her life when she needs the most?

I'm only asking you to stop having sex with her. That's all.

You can do whatever you want.

No, you're not... I'm not talking about anything else. No, you're bollocks,

Amanda. You're talking about dumping her in a care home where she'll sit lolling

in an armchair all day and spend night after night lonely and terrified. Just

tell them you're going to stop!

Just lie to them!

Mum, I'm sorry, can we go back upstairs?

Mum?

Mum? Mum, where are you going?

We haven't had our walk yet today.

I want you to put some clothes on before you walk, Mum.

You alright?

Yeah. You?

Yes, thanks. I'm so cold, though. I can't even lie. From the top, go nine

down, because there's 30 floors.

There's 30 floors?

Yeah. It's high up there. What floor are you on?

21. 21.

21.

21.

What were you doing?

Homework or something?

Yeah. What was it?

Histograms. What is that?

I don't know.

Histograms? Is that history?

Is that history? No, no, no. Maths. Maths. Just run. Just dash it. You got

it. You got it. You got it.

This is scary.

Nah, bro, wait. Wait, that's it.

I'm going to come out like this.

Wait, spin faster. I can't. I can't spin faster. It'll look cooler. I can't.

It'll look cooler. Oh, my God.

60 seconds.

60 seconds.

Are you ready? That's long. Do you flash? Flash or no flash? No flash.

Should I hit it?

Should I hit the phone? Yeah. I'll spin round and then I'll come to you. Okay.

Okay. Three.

two one that

was so good

you said that i'm really boring oh look

you got like this like you like hold it with your hand like that oh you know

what i mean okay ready you ready okay

Wait, I'll go down here.

Yeah.

I think.

That's my fault.

Wow, she's going to keep doing it all night. I think you should just go back

to bed with her, Martin.

Come on.

I don't even know where this is.

It's a nice place though. Yeah, it is nice. It's what it was as a brutalist.

That's what they call the architecture.

Like the whole thing, really.

It's like the Barbican. Have you ever been to the Barbican? No.

No? The what? The Barbican. No.

Have you not? No.

It's the same design.

What's it called? Architecture.

I really need to pee.

Well, we're almost there, aren't we? 21 floors.

That's a lot of floors.

I know.

It's 30, though.

Must be a hell of a view.

Oh, I really need to pee.

Let's do that. Thank you. Very thank you.

Oh my god.

I thought you had to pee.

I'm just gonna pee on you.

Your heart's racing.

Hi.

Sorry, I just came back from the...

I just came back home.

Okay?

Wait.

That's so... Oh, my God, she came out. No.

She was supposed to be with my grandpa.

Do you speak French?

A little bit. So not fluent?

Not fluent, no. A little bit. Give me a little demo. No.

Go on.

No. I only speak it with her. I don't know it like... Okay. Fair enough.

Yeah. What about your dad? My dad? Yeah.

He's teaching in Montreal at the moment.

Oh, he's in Canada.

Yeah. Yeah, so they split, but he's teaching at a uni.

Oh, right. Yeah.

Cool.

What about you?

Hmm? Where are your parents from?

Oh, um...

Well, my dad is actually French, half French, and Italian.

Oh, really? Yeah, but I can't speak either.

My mom's like, she's half Asian.

Cool. So I'm like a tropical mate.

I should go see if

she's okay. Yeah, yeah.

Gotta go.

Sure.

How come you're home?

It wasn't helping out for me to be there.

You okay?

Yes.

Come here.

What happens now?

I don't know.

I'm sorry, Sarah.

For what?

For uprooting you from your life and vanishing on you like this.

I know this wasn't the deal with me.

You haven't vanished.

Your mum needs you, I'm fine.

I don't even know what's going on with you now.

How's this boy?

Our friend?

From school.

What's his name?

James.

You haven't talked about him.

Why does he think it's okay to keep doing this?

Martin? Yeah.

He says it's love.

Do you think she feels love?

I don't know how she experiences love now.

I mean, is it possible to feel love for someone if you've got no memory of the

life you've had with them?

I don't know.

How's he still able to have sex?

Viagra.

Seriously? Mm-hmm.

That's all that desire goes at that age.

It's not desire, it's... fear.

Shall it be eggs or shall it be porridge?

Porridge.

Hello. There you go. Thank you.

Hello. Leslie Carvel.

What's her address, please?

5 Arona Walk.

As you found the moon in the horizon blue.

Ma... You can't be here.

I'm staying right here.

No, she's coming in half an hour.

Tough.

You have to leave the house. That was the deal between us.

Yeah, I'm not budging. Not one inch.

The police are going to...

Can I have a coat?

Yes, lovely. Thank you.

It's electricity.

How is your mum overnight?

How is she this morning?

Yes, she's doing okay right now. Oh, that's good. And she knows that I'm

coming? Yes, they're upstairs waiting.

They're upstairs waiting?

Is someone with her? Martin.

Okay, so Martin has bell conditions and he's not supposed to be here. You did

speak to the safeguarding team.

Yes, I know, but... I thought he was supposed to be here for this meeting.

I'm sorry, I misunderstood.

I asked him to come.

Okay, so we can still have a discussion.

Let's just keep things nice and calm for your mum.

Yes. And can you guys see her? Yes, please follow me.

His stairs are quite steep.

Is that something you painted, Leslie?

She's asking you about your painting, Leslie.

It's a beautiful painting.

Who lives in that house?

I do.

That's your house?

Home.

But she's... Home.

And is that the home that you lived in as a child?

Where did you grow up, Leslie?

Crenley.

And who was your best friend as a child?

Wasn't me, sweetheart.

I'm your best friend now.

So how did you and Martin meet?

Well, it was a concert, wasn't it, in Paris?

Classical music.

I was over there for a gathering of recording engineers.

Yes, we'd both recently lost our spouses.

At a concert?

We were sitting next to one another and Lesley

started to ask me about the programme and I told her which was my favourite

part and she liked it too.

And it became something we always remembered.

Tchaikovsky.

Little Leslie Carville Isn't very tall

When I take her dancing She don't have

far to fall

And you still go and listen to music together?

Yes.

Oh yes, we do, we do, don't we?

And you have your recordings at home

that you like to listen to, don't you?

You just like them very much.

Tell Leslie tell her how we like fun.

I like fun Sometimes we have a little dance

Who's your best friend?

It

was

my best friend

Can you go now?

So who determined that she doesn't have capacity to give consent?

Her doctor.

Okay, so the evidence came from her doctor, and is that her GP?

Yes. Okay, and who's her GP?

Dr. Kaufman. Dr. Kaufman, okay.

So has she had a mental capacity assessment from a consultant

psychiatrist? I'm trying to schedule it now.

Okay.

And Martin?

Was Dr Kaufmann's decision communicated to you?

It was communicated to me that that was his opinion.

Okay. And you didn't agree with that?

Geriatric psychiatrists have widely differing opinions on the subject.

So has she seen a psychiatrist and thought you said that she hadn't? No,

she hasn't.

Okay.

That's fine. So I can go back to the GP and ask to see what's been explored

medically. But just to go back to what you said earlier, Martin, because

psychiatrists have different opinions, in your view, is that why you've acted

against Dr Kaufman's opinion?

I acted in accordance with my wife's desires.

OK.

And I know this is a really sensitive area to talk about.

But how do you know what your wife's desires are?

I'm sorry, but you're giving me the impression that you think you might have

a better idea of what my wife wants than I do.

I'm sorry, Martin, I'm not suggesting... Yes, you fucking are.

You come here with your questions, you make these judgements, and you don't

know the first thing about us.

Martin.

Martin, what is it that's really worrying you?

Okay. Can I just ask how you're managing with your wife's day-to-day care?

I'm managing just fine. No, you're not managing fine.

And have you discussed any other care options?

Yes, we've been discussing a care home.

We went to visit Springview care home last month. The dementia care is very

good there. Yeah, Springview care home, my arse.

If we were to proceed with Springview, would you need to

pursue this any further? She'd no longer be at risk.

Shall we have our walk?

Okay, so I understand that your home is in Newcastle, but you're here in London

for a period of time. Yes, for a year. Okay.

And is that to be with your mum?

Yes, and to finish work on a book I'm writing.

Okay. Taking my sabbatical.

Is there any possibility you could stay in London and teach here?

No, I have tenure at Newcastle.

I own a house. Our life is there.

Okay, that's absolutely fine.

So it's just to understand your lifestyle, really, and the possible

networks of support for your mum.

I'll need to go back home eventually.

The idea really is a care home.

It's just not safe here for so many reasons, and things are going to get a

lot worse.

It's so dangerous here for both of them.

You can't live in a house with so many stairs.

Okay. He can't handle this alone.

He can't. Okay.

And she has some stocks that she and my father owned, and it was the plan that

they'd use the money for something like this when they got older.

Okay, and you've got power of attorney in place. Is that right?

Yes, we did that after my father died.

Okay. So there is an alternative if your mum's in agreement.

Would you consider respite care, which is...

short-term placement in a residential home, not long-term.

It would give you the opportunity to really consider the long-term plan but

also for Martin to be able to come to terms with the situation and for them as

a couple to make decisions on their future life.

Hello?

What gives you the right to make this decision?

Just my mother.

Well, you've hardly been present in her life.

I'm here, Martin.

Not counting Christmases. Where have you been?

for the last 18 years.

You can't judge me for having a life in a different city than my mother. I've

been with her for every minute of every hour of every day.

I'm with her through everything she's going through. But you can't give her

the kind of care she needs now, despite how much you love her.

You're in denial about how quickly she's declining.

And it's putting her in danger.

She needs specialized care, in a memory unit, around the clock.

You can't leave the house without her anymore.

Look at the stairs. Look at the bathroom. It's too dangerous.

There's no way I'm in denial.

When I found her washing her hands in the toilet on Friday, you acted like I

was lying to you. Do you think I was lying to you? Do you accept she was

doing that?

I'm not putting her...

You know I can do that without you.

The police are going to investigate you for sexually assaulting your wife.

If they charge you, you'll be barred from seeing her.

Is that what you want?

If we don't have help this is going to overwhelm us.

To the memory of my beloved wife.

Edith. Edith. Edith Alice Spag.

When did she die?

19... Born... 30th of July.

1936. This one's pretty, though. I like this one. This one? With all the

flowers. Yeah. All the blue flowers, only on one grave.

Maybe that was a really good person.

Hi. Hey.

What happened with the social worker?

We're moving your grandmother into her home on Thursday.

Are they separating?

No, he'll be able to come and see her as much as he wants to.

We'll just have our support structure now too.

Do you think she'll understand where she is?

I hope it'll just feel like a new environment with lots of people and

activities. I don't know if she'll understand it's a care home.

Do I go with you?

No. You should go to school.

I just wanted you to know what was happening.

Just to have

If you just follow me through here, this is our common room where, as you can

see, the residents like to socialise and relax.

And we also have some activities here, like quizzes.

We've got a music activity later on this afternoon, so maybe you would like to

see that.

Hi, June and Lydia.

How are you? Oh, hello. Oh, hello. Fine, thank you. This is Mrs Carville and her

family. Do you mind if we come in and say hello?

Not at all.

Have you been out today? Have you been outside at all?

No, we haven't had a chance to. It's such a lovely day.

Too many games to play.

Too many games to play, fair enough. We're enjoying playing cards, aren't we?

We are, we love it. Have you heard about the quiz that's happening later down in

the hall? No,

that would be interesting. Film stars from the 50s.

I'm told you're an artist, Mrs. Carbo.

I hear that you're a very talented artist.

We've got a beautiful art room just down here. It's got paints and drawing paper.

Would you like to see it? Yeah, I think it's good. Fantastic.

Just follow me.

Could you please open please? Yes, of course.

Martin, will you have dinner with us tonight?

Do you think she doesn't know what we've just done to her?

Hello. We brought dinner.

I'm not hungry.

Can we sit together?

I'd rather you didn't.

Well, I'll leave it for you.

I'm calling because I just wanted to share with you what I'm looking at right

now because it's a very nice image.

I'm in the art room with your mother and several other women.

They've been drawing and laughing and just enjoying each other's company this

afternoon. She's sitting on a sofa right now with two of the women and she's got

a big warm smile on her face.

She's already made several very beautiful drawings.

I'm going to send you a couple of photos now.

Oh, this is like Fear of the Sublime. What's this? No, it's something so big

that you can't comprehend how big it is. Oh, I don't like that.

It inspires me. I already love that. I remember watching a bit. She gives me

you vibes.

Me?

Yeah.

Do you know how much human shit is on that door?

What if we stayed here?

For how long?

What if we moved here?

To be with your mum?

Yes, and... Because I'm wondering whether you prefer it here.

It seems like you do.

Would you prefer to finish school here, stay with your friends?

What about your job?

I don't want to hear.

Have you talked to dad?

No, I wanted to see what you thought first.

What would happen to our house?

We'd sell it.

Dad doesn't want to sell it.

Well, because you and I are still living there, but if we leave, he wants to sell

it.

I thought Grandma and Martin were going to come back to Newcastle.

He won't do it.

He said you could do it without him.

I can't move her without him.

If you move, I'll come too.

You might just leave. No, I can't do that to him.

But you can do that to us.

Are you angry at me?

No.

I thought you liked this idea.

Tell me what you... What are you thinking?

Sarah.

We can't sell it.

Why?

Because once there's no house to go back to, we won't go back.

The plan was you guys would spend some time apart, work on your shit for a

while by yourselves and then we'd go back.

Who would come back?

All of us.

Maybe not at the same time, but eventually.

It was on the plan that your dad would come back.

It's just a temporary job. He's not going to stay there permanently.

Sarah.

We're not together anymore.

Don't know.

Thank you.

Hello?

Yes, hi.

Hi there.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Thank you both for coming.

I'm sorry if I caused you to worry.

On the phone, Leslie's fine. I just thought it was important that you both

came up and we talked about it.

What happened?

Leslie was involved in an incident yesterday with another resident.

What kind of incident?

We think it was sexual in nature. We don't know everything yet, but there's

some video that I'd like you to see.

Is it okay if I show it to you now?

Yes. Okay, if you just follow me. Thanks.

okay so we'll be looking up at this window first let me see leslie appear

here

Who's that?

Mr. Arrow. He's one of our residents.

Where are they going?

That's his room.

And we lose her here for 11 minutes.

You mean there's no cameras in the rooms?

I'm afraid not. Only in the public areas.

Let me see.

Leslie, come out of here again.

She's naked.

And we don't know what happened in the room?

We don't, I'm afraid.

The nurse finds her here and covers her up and takes her back to her room.

That's the end of the footage.

When was this?

Yesterday afternoon.

And you didn't call us till this morning?

The nurse had no reason to suspect anything had happened.

It's not uncommon for residents to forget to dress before leaving their

rooms.

But the same nurse found...

Leslie's trousers and underwear in Mr. Errol's room this morning and realized

at that point that something had happened or may have happened.

She told me about it immediately and we came to the security footage.

I called you as soon as we saw this.

Did you ask her then what happened?

Yes, but Mr. Errol's memory is severely impaired and Leslie doesn't remember

either. She doesn't seem to recognize who he is.

Residents do act sexually with each other sometimes.

It's not frequent, but it does happen.

Is it frequent with this man, Mr Earl?

He's been more sexual than others.

Then why don't you keep a watch on him?

We do watch for him.

It's just, it's impossible to see everything, unfortunately.

He's been here two days.

Two days and she's already been sexually assaulted.

What's her room number?

First floor, doors opening.

Mom?

Mom?

You call us up here

to tell us this man assaulted my wife.

He shows the horrible video.

And you don't even bother to watch out for the old cunt.

while we're here talking about him.

We need to get her things, Martin. No, we don't.

Then, up. Yeah.

You stay there.

Open the door.

I need help.

You're right.

But we need a nurse.

There'll be no more sex.

Mom, Janice will be staying with you for a few hours aujourd'hui.

T'as compris, maman? Elle va rester ici avec toi.

T'as compris?

What are you going to do now?

I don't know.

I see you had five.

I'll cook something.

What are you on?

intentions when your sabbatical ends.

What do you mean?

Do you intend to take her to Newcastle with you?

I don't have any intentions about anything right now.

Do you need a lift somewhere?

No, I'll have a walk.

I'll see you at five.

Yes.

We should have brought two lighters.

Thank you. You got what you asked for.

What is on yours?

Why do you keep looking at that?

So the air... I am her. From the thing.

So cool.

Used to go in, in.

Yeah? See?

Must.

Must.

Must. Must mean a zoo. No, we actually need some warmth.

I'm gonna burn your hair.

That does not hurt.

It does hurt when you put it right above.

So you can hold it there for the longest.

Put two fingers together like that. No, don't do that.

Hold it in the fire. Do you want to burn a finger?

No, no. Put both your fingers together like that. So this is someone else's

finger and this is someone else's finger. And hold it under and see who

pulls it out first. Okay, let's do it then.

What? Look.

Just like the rest of us.

Yeah.

How was she? Oh, she's been lovely. We had a nice afternoon.

She's been asleep about half an hour.

I'm happy to stay a bit longer if you want to go and get a cup of tea. No,

it's fine. You can go now.

Mom, why aren't you eating?

Do you feel okay? Do you feel ill?

Do you feel okay or you feel ill?

Are they rooftop?

No, it's basically, see how the... You can sit outside on this side, but on my

side, there's a... Do you have a balcony? Yeah, yeah, a balcony, but it's

on the... You can't see it.

Cute. It's on the other side.

It's so pretty.

Did you just get Irish?

Yeah. It's on the other side.

On the other side.

But yeah, this is... I like it a lot. This is me up here, man.

Cute. See you later.

It's good to see you, dude.

Thank you.

All right, dude. See you later.

Adios. Adios.

Hello, James.

Hello.

How are you?

Oh, I'm fine.

You said you'd come. I made you food.

I'll lose my whole Saturday.

It's only two hours.

Just eat a sandwich with us and then you can leave from there and have your day.

What do you want?

Ham?

Ham? Neither.

Cheese? No.

Denise? I'm going out now.

Okay. She's still asleep.

Right.

Can you try it with the soup at 12 o'clock?

Yep.

Thank you.

I'll see you later.

Yeah.

Hi. Hi.

Hello, that's Sarah.

Hi.

Yeah. How is she this morning?

Uh, her stomach's upset.

It was then last night?

Yes, yeah.

Did she eat any breakfast?

She had a bite of pear, and then she went to the bathroom.

Who threw up?

It's intestinal.

Does she have a fever?

Don't know.

Well, should we go back up?

I think someone should be with her, Martin.

Well, the nurse is with her. No, but I mean, one of us, too.

Until we know where this is.

I'm confused.

You say I should trust the nurse.

Get out of the house.

And that's what I'm doing.

But... Now you're telling me I'm neglecting her. No, I'm not saying that.

Yes, you are.

I don't know what you're saying. You say one thing and then you say the opposite.

Look, I'm happy to go back upstairs or come and have lunch with you. You tell

me what you want me to do and I'll do it. She's trying to help you. Give her a

break.

You don't even realise what she's sacrificing to be here in London because

you won't go back to Newcastle. Sarah. No, because you only think about

yourself. Sarah.

Sorry. But you're not actually sorry because you never do anything to change

what you say you're sorry for.

What?

Stop.

But you need to go after her.

She wants to be alone.

I know what's happening to her.

I know what comes next.

But she doesn't.

Mercifully, she's ignorant of what the disease is doing to her.

So I have to be also.

I have to consciously block out of my mind what I know, because if I don't, I

fall into such a black, hopeless void that I can't function.

And I'm not going to let hopelessness ruin our lives together. I have to

function for her sake.

Understand?

I do.

But it means she's completely vulnerable.

What if we just accept that?

What are you going to do now?

I'll have a bit of a walk.

I'll take a cab home.

I'll see you at five.

Stay in the bathroom. Stay in the bathroom, darling. Lesley.

What?

Lesley.

It's me.

It's me, Lesley. It's me.

It's all right.

What... What happened?

She has diarrhoea.

Well, I can see that.

How did she get in this state? I tried to get her to the bathtub to clean her

up, but she wouldn't let me, so I've just been trying to clean her with a

towel.

It's all right, sweetheart.

It's all right.

You're all right.

It's me.

It's me.

Yeah.

We'll just... We'll... We'll go and clean you up, shall we?

You'll feel better.

No!

You'd better leave.

Janice, I'm sorry.

OK. Do you want me to come back tomorrow?

Yes, of course. I'm sorry.

I tell you what.

We'll go and clean you up.

And then we'll wash your hair.

Nice hair.

What's your hair?

You like that?

Don't you?

Yeah.

Come on.

Yeah.

No,

no, she's gone, she's gone.

She's gone.

Just you and me.

No. Where are you?

Pretty close.

Come, come over.

Like whereabouts are you?

Oh.

There's no one here.

No.

Hello?

So pretty.

I don't wanna hear it

Let's get these off.

No?

What? Well, let's take your blouse off so it doesn't get wet.

No?

Never mind.

In we get.

Turn round.

Um, yes.

Just go like that.

Yeah, hang on.

Pulls up.

And you turn around.

Pulls up.

Yeah. That's the way.

That's the way everything came about.

Thank you.

Mom.