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the police, who investigate crime,

and the Crown Prosecutors
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.'

There is a belief that HRT helps
prevent Alzheimer's as well.

But I want to forget that I'm old
and menopausal.

Your 4:30 is waiting.

Could you schedule an ultrasound
for uterine anomalies

for Miss Browning, please?

Sure. When are you free?

All the time, dear. But this one
never takes the hint (!)

Bye, Sandy.

Bye.

Next week?

Yes. Er, Tuesday?

Sorry about that. Some patients
won't stop talking. How are you?

OK. I've brought the chart that you
gave me.

Thanks.

Last period ended Saturday?

Pretty sporadic.

Cramps still abnormal?

Yeah. It never used to be like this.

All right. Well, lie down. I'll have
a look.

If you could just move a little
closer.

Nice perfume.

Thanks.

You're tensing. Try and relax.

How does that feel?

It's fine.

It should feel good.

Oh yes.

What are you doing?

Right there.

What the hell? You were touching me
up.

I don't wish to alarm you, Alesha.

But I'd like to bring you back

for a CT scan, and a possible needle
biopsy.

To rule out metastases.

Cancer?

It's just a precaution. That's all.
Don't worry.

Worst case scenario,

women under 30 have a far better
chance of recovery.

Right.

Well, I'll let you get dressed.

He just fronted it out.

Then he brought up cancer.

What?
To intimidate me.

Don't go planning my funeral just
yet.

So his line will be,

he was just doing his job?

I know the difference between being
examined and being assaulted.

Unless you don't believe me.

Don't be daft.
Course we believe you.

We're on your side, OK?

It will be hard to prove.

Hey. Never stopped us before.

I ain't having some ponced up Harley
Street doctor

thinking he can get away with this.

He assaulted Alesha, he threatened
her, abused his position.

There is no such thing as a one-time
sex-offender.

He's got to have done it to other
women.

Why don't you get down to the GMC,

see if anyone else has complained,
and track them down?

We're looking for complaints against
a Dr Alec Merrick.

They're kept confidential unless
disciplinary action was taken.

Of all the days not to mess us
around, sir, this is the one.

The only patients complaining here

are the ones that are still on his
waiting list.

Consultant position at only the best
hospitals in the city.

Hospitals? How many exactly?

2007 to present. Millbank.

2006-2007, Royal Ludgate.

2004-2006, Waterloo City.

Itchy feet.

You're telling me.
Position is usually permanent.

Talk about being head-hunted.

Head-hunted my arse.

Well, look at his credentials.
He's obviously highly thought-of.

If he was that highly thought-of,

why would the hospital let him go
without a fight?

Unless of course he'd screwed up in
some way.

It was an administrative decision.

His or yours?

Dr Merrick lives in Hampstead.

We're in Tooting. Maybe he wasn't
happy about the commute.

Dr Dyer. You were his head of
department. Surely you would know?

If one of my top men had quit,
I'd need to know exactly why.

Dr Merrick runs a fine practice.

Whatever you're thinking,
I assure you, you're wrong.

Hang on. What have we got?

There's no point in talking to
doctors,

because they won't tell us anything.

I know. But we can't give up.
This is Alesha.

I know it's Alesha.

Why don't we get the financial
investigations unit

to have a shufty at Merrick's bank
statements,

have a look at them, and see who
stopped paying during that time?

Genius.

I don't see us getting anywhere with
this,

even if we do find a way to prove
it.

What happened was so subtle,

people would wonder if it was that
big a deal.

I don't believe I'm hearing this.

Matt. If it was any other woman,
you would say the same.

It's not any other woman.
It's Alesha.

OK. There's no need to have a go at
me, is there? All right?

Have you spoken to her about it yet?

No. I'm waiting to give her some
good news.

Right.

Here you are, though.

Laura Todd.

Three times a year
for three years.

I can't find anything after July.

And I have Diane Perkins.

Three payments in September,
then they stop.

Donna Miller too.
She's all over these statements.

I can't find anything after...
April.

We know you stopped seeing Dr
Merrick in April.

I didn't, actually.

But you stopped paying him in April.

Oh, you mean as a patient.
Yes.

I'm a bit confused.

We had a thing.

He kept his hand in, so to speak.

It ended a few months back now.

It started while you were his
patient?

Love in the stirrups.

And did he take advantage of you at
all?

Thank God.

That man is hot.

We played Doctors and Nurses for a
while. What's the problem?

It was fun until... well, you know.

We don't, actually.

I got tired of his routine.

Where do you keep your cuffs?

Excuse me.

Donna Miller.

Hitting on his patients
while they are vulnerable.

Vulnerable? Her? Do me a favour.

She'd cut your knackers off, spray
'em gold

and flog 'em as baubles
for £90 a pop.

Right, so who's next on the list,
then?

Diane Perkins.

Diane, our records show us

that you saw Alec Merrick -

he's a gynaecologist in Harley
Street -

three times in September.

Four actually.

Someone lent me the money.

Why did you stop going?

Dr Merrick couldn't help me.

I don't really want to say what the
matter was.

No, of course not.

How was he towards you, then?

Great. He was really kind.

Didn't even charge me for my full
session because he couldn't help me.

Let's turn this off.

Diane, what are those marks
on your arm?

I suffer from depression.

I have done since uni.

I had a bad day again a few months
back.

Life got a bit much.

It's my head that's messed up, you
see.

Not my body.

Mate, we can't ignore the fact that
she slit her wrists

after seeing Merrick.

Yeah, but it means nothing, Matt,

because like she said, she's been
doing that since she was at uni.

I mean, the poor girl is sick.
She's ill.

Anyway, if Alesha is anything to go
by,

Alec Merrick likes them strong. He
likes a challenge.

Third time lucky. Laura Todd.

But you were pregnant at the time,

so why change your doctor?

There was no way Dr Merrick was
getting at me again.

And why is that?

He performed laser surgery on me
without anaesthesia.

Ouch.
That's the polite version.

Did he explain the procedures to you
beforehand?

Yes.

He was going to use the laser
treatment to burn off some cysts.

He didn't say he was going to do it
without putting me under.

Did you report this to anyone at the
time?

I had the GMC complaints department
on speed dial.

They told me everything was by the
book.

Simply the doctor's choice.

I was in so much pain.

I kept screaming.

Begging him to stop.

He didn't bat an eyelid.

Just kept watching me, the whole
time.

Every now and then, he'd say,
"Good girl."

That man is a sadist.

He needs to be locked up.

No woman is safe in his care.

We spoke to the investigation
officer at the GMC.

He reckons they took Laura Todd's
complaint very seriously,

and concluded that Dr Merrick
had done nothing wrong.

He said, er...

"Laura Todd had suffered prolonged
numbness

as a result of anaesthesia
once before.

Dr Merrick had mother and baby's
best interests at heart."

But Laura Todd did say

that Merrick had not told her,
prior to the operation,

that she wouldn't be anaesthetised.

Except that Dr Merrick says
he did.

Two people in the room, one an
eminent doctor,

the other a hysterical pregnant
woman.

Who are they going to believe?

There's got to be something else. Has
he been sued?

Er, no. We checked.

I hate to have to say this, but...

we've reached the end of the road on
this one.

Unless we can prove that he's a
danger to his patients,

we've got nothing.

Maybe we can.

Yes. Alec was experimental. That's
one of the things I liked about him.

What about S&M?

Are you offering?

He got me into it.

Don't knock it till you try it.

Your relationship started when you
were still his patient.

What has Alec done?

Was there a time when you wanted to
stop but felt you couldn't?

That's all part of the fun.

OK. Do you feel he abused you at
all?

Oh, please. Look...

Alec is a good man with some very
bad habits.

There's a lot of pressure on him in
the outside world.

Pioneering treatments for infertile
women.

Raising money for rape victims.

What he did with me was an outlet.

So why did you end it?

Nothing turned Alec on more than
fear.

When I stopped being scared,
he wanted to take it further.

How much further?

Did he want to torture you?

I don't mind ropes at all.
Just...

Not around my neck.

It seemed creepy after what happened
to his wife.

Dr Merrick's wife Tessa Merrick
hanged herself five years ago

from a beam above their bed.

And she left a note.

"You can't hurt me any more.
Love does not equal pain."

It says here she had a history of
mental illness.

But does that even matter
if he was torturing her?

Have we got proof of that?

He's a pervert. He tied a rope
around Donna Miller's neck

because it turned him on.

But he stopped when she asked him
to, Matt.

And everything else they did was
consensual.

So he moved on to Laura Todd,
to easier prey.

And God only knows what he did to
poor Diane Perkins,

who also tried to kill herself.

This is a doctor who likes to hurt
people.

Am I the only one making
connections?

We're all seeing the links, Matt.

We all know he's a nasty piece of
work.

But we also know that Diane Perkins
hasn't made any allegations.

And Laura Todd's complaint was not
proven.

And what about Alesha?

I thought you'd understand.
As a woman...

As a woman, I want to cut off his
dick with a rusty hacksaw

and ram it down his throat.

As your boss, I suggest you take what
you have got to Steel

and see what he says.

There isn't enough.

No, but -

There's no real evidence here.

His wife's suicide is irrelevant,

and the rest is inadmissible.

Look at the history.

It's bad, yes.
But a judge won't allow any of it.

It's got nothing to do with what Dr
Merrick allegedly did to Alesha.

What's going on?

We don't have enough of a case.

I'm sorry. No other women have come
forward.

They're probably too scared
to speak out.

Which is what he relies on.

He'll do it again. He won't stop.

And what if he goes further next
time?

Alesha.

What if he already has?

If no-one speaks out -

James, I spoke out.

All I have is your word against
his.

There's his reputation.

Why would a Harley Street doctor

want to touch up a black girl from
Hackney?

You're making this personal.

It is personal, James.
I was the one lying there.

I'm as angry as you are.
You're not.

I want to help you.
Then do something.

We don't stand a chance.

Oh...

What kind of message are we sending
out here?

"Guess what, ladies.
You're just not worth the risk."

Alesha, please.

It's not just about me, James.
It's about everyone else.

There's nothing I can do.

Are you feeling OK?
Just a bit nervous.

Oh, there's no need to be.

OK, if you could just hop up on to
the table for me.

I've had some.

Have some more.

It helps to show up
any problem areas with the scan.

Here's the lignocaine.

Before we start, would you like
Nurse Gregory to stay?

You do have that option.

No. No, it's OK.

Then I will see you tomorrow.

Thanks.

You're no good to me up there, I'm
afraid. You'll have to lie down.

Ah...

I feel weird.

Relax.

The odds are, you won't feel a
thing.

Alesha.

Have some more water.

Good girl.

You ready?

No...

You came back.

She called the office

and asked us to go over.
What's happened?

She said she's been drugged and
raped.

I took a urine sample straight away.

The doctor who examined her said

there was penetration and
ejaculation.

No wounds, but lots of heavy
bruising.

Finger marks on her thighs.

She's in here.

Where did it happen?

Harley Street.

Merrick.

That was the name she gave.

Right.

Why don't you go and see her?

You're her mate.

KNOCKING

How are you?

I've had better days.

At least now we can lock the bastard
up.

He drugged me, Matt.

It must have been rohypnol or GHB.
I don't know.

But he kept plying me with water
in his office, and then in the room.

Why did you go back
after what he already did?

Someone had to stop him.

I didn't expect him to rape me.

It hurt like hell.

He kept talking.

I couldn't do anything.

You know? Like in a nightmare when
you can't move or scream.

It's OK.

Whatever romantic details I've
forgotten, should be on this.

You filmed it?

Hid it in my bag.

It's not my word against his any
more.

I won't be a victim, Matt.

MERRICK ON VIDEO: 'This is what you
want, isn't it?

ALESHA: No!

You begged me to do this to you.
Stop!

Horny little slut.

Dirty little black bitch.

There now. Didn't that feel good?'

Did you speak to Merrick?

Um, no. He had the morning off.
Although we did speak to the nurse.

She went straight home
after leaving the examination room.

She's an agency nurse.
She's been with him a month.

Had no idea this was going on,
obviously.

What about the rest of his staff?

Well, they think the world of him.

Forensics found no trace
of semen.

He'd cleaned up.

We're now waiting to see if there's
any traces of drugs

in Alesha's samples.

They'd better find something.

We've got all the evidence on the
tape, though.

Not really.

Case is thrown out. Alesha goes
back.

Knee-jerk defence. Entrapment.

She went in for a biopsy.

With a spy camera. Did you know she
was going to do this? Oh yeah (!)

I said, "Don't give up.
Next time, you might get lucky."

Ronnie Brooks. Hello?

The cab she hailed on Marylebone
Road. Does the driver remember her?

He remembers the drop-off
at the hospital.

But not the customer, no.

Thank you very much.

Er, OK, gentlemen.

There were traces of GHB in Alesha's
samples.

Well, that's something.

She's here.

Hey there.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

You should be at home.

He's right, you know.

Cup of tea in my office, gentlemen,
please.

That's a first.

George entertaining.

Did you watch it?

Yes.

What are you going to do?

I can't talk about it.

What are you going to do?

There were traces of GHB found in
your samples.

Then we've got him.

It's not that simple.

He asked you if you wanted a nurse
in the room.

You said no.

You went back there after he'd
assaulted you.

He's going to be in the witness box,
claiming that you wanted it.

To be drugged?

And raped?

To incriminate him.

Less than 6% of reported rape cases
which go to trial -

I know the statistics.

I have to do this, and you have to
prosecute for me.

We have a personal relationship.

Please.

I have to know that what I went
through was worth it.

No. Don't say that.

You're always telling me

that we should fight for the victim.

I am the victim.

Fight for me.

OK.

Thank you.

There he is.

Dr Alec Merrick.
Yes?

You look so much taller on film.

We're arresting you on suspicion of
the rape of Alesha Phillips.

You don't have to say anything,

but it may harm your defence

if you do not mention when
questioned,

something you later rely on in
court.

You're hurting me.

Didn't that feel good?

What was Alesha thinking?
Playing Nancy bloody Drew?

She didn't want him getting away
with the assault.

He may get away with a lot more now.

He's got Phyllis Gladstone as his
defence barrister.

Great (!)

We know what she'll argue -

a woman has the foresight to record
her own rape?

Looks like she expected it.
Instigated it.

Tempted an otherwise innocent man.

He's not innocent. He drugged her.
You've seen the tape.

I didn't see him force drugs on her.

You'll have to prove that he has the
propensity to commit sex crimes

or he walks.

He's a very eminent doctor, James.

Why did she have to go and get
herself raped?

I mean, how stupid can you be?

It's done.

It's happened.
So now we have to deal with it.

She'll go through hell in that
witness box.

She's already there.

The subconscious endorsement of the
female counsel.

The oldest trick in the book.

I like to think Dr Merrick picked me
because I'm the best.

How can you defend that man?

Cab rank principle.

You bang on to the press about the
rights of women

who hit back at their abusers.

I'm doing this for them.

Women who cry rape spit in the eye
of the genuine victims.

Alesha is a genuine victim.

Judge Silverton doesn't think so.

Why else would he allow
reporting restrictions?

Dr Merrick treats MPs.
You saw that tape.

She didn't fight. She didn't scream.

Because she was drugged.

That was her idea.

To put her in the mood.

You are kidding me?

GHB has been used for recreational
purposes for years.

Not by Alesha. He spiked her water.
Then he raped her.

she was badly bruised, Phyllis.

She likes it rough.

That's what she said in his office
beforehand

when she came on to him, all tits
and teeth.

Agent provocateur.

If you cared about her,

you'd spare her what I'm about to
put her through.

She is tougher and stronger than you
think.

Hm.

VIDEO: 'This is what you want, isn't
it? No!

You begged me to do this to you.

Stop!

Dirty black slut! Bitch.'

Didn't that feel good?'

Why did you take a camera into the
examination room?

Dr Merrick had touched me
inappropriately before.

I believe that he was abusing his
position as a gynaecologist.

And you wanted confirmation of that?

Yes. That's why I didn't ask the
nurse to stay.

Thank you.

No further questions.

You're a CPS employee, Miss
Phillips.

Why don't you trust the police?

Weren't they investigating this
alleged previous incident?

They didn't have enough evidence to
proceed.

I wanted proof.

Which is why you suggested to my
client

that you take drugs and have sex
with him?

I did no such thing.

As an experienced prosecutor,

you must have seen a lot of rape
trials.

Yes.

So you'd know what would make a
convincing rape victim?

I'm not lying.

You've just admitted that you went
there that day,

with the sole purpose
of enticing Dr Merrick...

I didn't entice him.

..into a sexual act.

I thought he would touch me
like he did before.

I had no idea he would drug and rape
me.

Who is Dr Barbara Lawrence?

She's my doctor.

What kind of doctor?

She's...

She's a gynaecologist
at Waterloo City.

And you've been seeing her for the
last five years?

Yes.

Do you see two dentists,
Miss Phillips?

I wanted a second opinion.

Who is Diane Perkins?

Is she a friend of yours from City
Law School?

Yes.

My lord, I don't see how this is
relevant.

Miss Gladstone?
Where is this heading?

Diane Perkins is a former patient of
Dr Merrick's

who has a grudge against him.

This has never been mentioned
before, my lord.

The defence case is that these two
women must have set out together

to smear Dr Merrick -

My lord, this cannot be allowed.

It was nothing more than...
My lord!

..grubby little vendetta.

Please, my lord!

..not a quest for justice.

How would you feel if you were
cross-examining me, Miss Phillips?

That's enough, Miss Gladstone.

Members of the jury.

May I ask you to go with the usher
for a few moments?

Thank you, Miss Phillips.
You can go.

This should have been raised at the
pre-trial review.

It's something the defence
themselves have only just found out.

Do you plan to call Miss Perkins to
give evidence?

I don't. She is mentally unstable.

But I can put it to the witness.

This is without foundation.
How can there be a fair trial now?

The jury should be discharged.

There's no need. I'll tell them to
disregard Miss Gladstone's remarks.

The seed has been planted.

The damage is done, which is what
Miss Gladstone intended.

If I swapped juries every time a
barrister ran off at the mouth,

we'd never reach a verdict.

Thank you, my lord.

You should have told me.

Diane was my best mate in uni.

She was raped
by her boyfriend and his room-mate.

They said she'd asked for it.

She took a whole load of pills.

She quit. She went home.

Only I knew.

What's all that got to do with Dr
Merrick?

She thought she couldn't have kids
because of what they did.

That's why I told her to go and see
him.

God, I even lent her the money.

Alesha, why didn't you come to us?

What was the point? She wouldn't
even talk to me. Her friend.

So what? You went to Merrick's, to
find out what he'd done?

I never knew, but...

He must have raped her too.

And now he'll walk free,

leaving all of his victims
to live with what he did.

And it's all my fault.

OK, James. Merrick's next.

Don't let your emotions get the
better of you.

Be passionate, yes, but stay focused.

Alesha has already lost credibility
as a witness,

thanks to the wicked witch of
defence.

She needs you to go in there and be
brilliant.

Do you want to do it instead of me,
George? Don't tempt me.

I won't let her down.

She said she'd been fantasising
about me since the day we met,

that she had a thing for doctors.

And then she told me what she would
like to happen.

What was that, Dr Merrick?

She wanted to take some GHB,

then go into the examination room,

and act as though we were going to
do the biopsy.

We would get rid of the nurse,...

..and then... Er...

Do you remember her exact words?

Answer the question if you will.

Ahem. That I was to "give it to her
good and hard."

Those are her words, not mine.

How did you feel when you were
arrested for rape?

Devastated.

I've treated rape victims.

I raise money for rape crisis
centres.

I know from experience how
horrendous it is for them.

Thank you, Dr Merrick.

Do you call all your women dirty
bitches?

It was part of the role play.

The whole thing made me feel very
uncomfortable.

It didn't look like it.

You seemed quite at home penetrating
a patient who couldn't fight back.

She said it was her fantasy.

To lie there helpless,
while you abused her?

I wish I hadn't fallen for it.

I was stupid and weak.

But I did not rape her.

You're very good at role-play,
aren't you, Dr Merrick?

What role are you playing today?

I'm here to tell the truth.

How can we believe a man who swaps
characters so easily?

You were very convincing as the
sadistic rapist we all saw on film.

Which is the real you?

I am the victim.

But you didn't know you were being
filmed.

That was the real you, wasn't it,
Dr Merrick?

A man who thinks nothing of drugging
and raping a patient

who'd come in for a cancer biopsy.
She entrapped me.

She came to you for help
and you raped her.

She asked for it.

Did your other victims ask for it
too?

My lord, this is an outrage.

The ones you drugged and tortured?
This cannot be allowed.

I have never hurt any woman.

What about your wife?

Didn't she hang herself, leaving a
note about escaping the pain?

That's enough, Mr Steel.

You don't have to answer
that question, Dr Merrick.

The jury will disregard those last
remarks.

Very well, my lord.

I'd like to answer that, if I may.

My wife was a manic depressive.

I knew that when I married her
but...

I was deeply in love.

She couldn't conceive.

The pain I caused

was that I could help other
infertile women, but not her.

Everyone who knows me will tell you

that I have dedicated my life
to empowering women.

Like Miss Phillips?

I did not rape her.

No further questions.

Members of the jury.

Have you reached a verdict
upon which you are all agreed?

Yes.

In relation to the count of rape,

do you find the defendant, Dr Alec
Merrick

guilty or not guilty?

Not guilty.

He won't stop. The next lucky lady
is out there somewhere.

You must be very proud.

It was the jury's decision.

They didn't know the facts. You did.

You shouldn't have taken this case.

You're too emotionally involved.
It's over.

Not for his victims.
Not for Alesha.

You just helped a rapist walk free.

Try telling that little story at
your next women's rights function.

I'm sorry.

I should have told you about Diane.

Unless anyone else comes forward,
we'll never get him.

No-one will come forward.

It's not over.

What can we do?

His victims know what he did.

They all think they're alone.

If he were to be arrested in public,

they might speak out.

And give you the evidence you'd need
to charge him?

Dr Merrick is giving a talk tomorrow

on latest developments in curing
ovarian cancer. Three o'clock.

There will be TV cameras there.

I know this is a lot to ask, Matt.

Are you OK with it?

I'm more than OK.

What do you reckon, then, guv?

All we need is for you to give us
the nod.

Wait until they start filming.

We've seen enhanced recovery
programmes work

for colo-rectal surgery.

And I'm pleased to say that these
principles

can be applied to gynaecological...

..can be applied to gynaecological
oncology as well.

Um...

Patient outcome is excellent,

and satisfaction high.

Er...

The key word here, ladies and
gentlemen, is aftercare.

You said it.

Dr Alec Merrick.

We're arresting you on suspicion of
rape.

WOMAN: Have you got anything to say,
Doctor?

Smile for the cameras.

'I will fight this case

on behalf of every innocent man

who has been wrongly accused.

Thank you. Excuse me.'

Have we got a case yet?

We're working on it.

Diane Perkins still won't give
evidence. I checked.

So what's going on?

You've got nothing concrete, have
you?

This is a bluff.

If you don't drop this now, you'll
be in no end of trouble.

Could you come in now?

14 women,

either assaulted, or raped,

by one Dr Alec Merrick,

MBBS.

They all came forward in the last 24
hours, due to your arrest.

Why are you doing this?

I only did what you asked me to.

One of them is Diane Perkins.

You can't get away with this.

My client was arrested without
a claimant or a case.

It's wrongful arrest.
It was a punt.

Totally unprofessional.

Yes. It could all have backfired
horribly

but, happily for us, it didn't.

I'll be filing a report
with the Bar council.

Good luck with that.

In the meantime, I suggest that you
ask James, would he...?

I'd like Dr Merrick to spend a week
locked in a room with his victims.

But I'll settle for a life sentence.

Go home.

Get some sleep.

Hello, sweetheart.
How's my little girl?

How's about old Dad come round with
a takeaway?

Great. What do you fancy, a Chinese
or a Thai?

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