All language subtitles for Law and Order UK 107.srt - eng(2)

the people are represented
by two separate

yet equally important groups.

The police,
who investigate crime,

and the Crown Prosecutors,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

[door opens]

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.
-Uh, 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. Tuesday?

Sorry about that. Some patients
won't stop talking.

-How are you?
-Okay. 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. Lie down.
I'll have a look.

If you could just move
a little closer.

It's a 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.

[footsteps leaving]

[door opens]

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.

Ah! Don't be daft.
Course we believe you.

[Natalie] We're on your side,
okay?

It's gonna 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 didn't just assault Alesha,
he threatened her,

-abused his position.
-Look, there's--

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?

[Matt] We're looking
for any 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.

[typing on the keyboard]

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.

Well, 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.

[Brian] It was
an administrative decision.

[Ronnie] His or yours?

[Brian] 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. I mean,

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.

What-- Hang on.
What have we got?

There's no point
in talking to the doctors,

'cause they ain't gonna
tell us anything, are they?

[Matt] I know. I know.

But we can't just give up.
This is Alesha

-we're talking about.
-I know it's Alesha.

Why don't we get the financial
investigations unit

to have a shifty
at Merrick's bank statements,

have a look at them, and see
who stopped paying

-during that time?
-Genius.

Do you know what?
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. You know?

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.
-Okay.

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.

Yeah, yeah. 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.

-Uh, I'm a bit confused.
-[Donna] We had a thing.

He kept his hand in,
so to speak.

It ended a few months back now.

But it started
while you were his patient?

Love in the stirrups.

And, uh, 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?

[phone rings]

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.

[Ronnie] Diane,
our records show us

that you saw Alec Merrick,

he's a gynecologist
in Harley Street,

three times in September.

Four actually.

Someone lent me the money.

Why did you stop going?

[Diane] Dr. Merrick
couldn't help me.

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

[Ronnie] No, of course not.

How was he towards you, then?

[Diane] Great.
He was really kind.

Didn't even charge me
for my full session

'cause 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, 'cause 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.

[Matt] 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 anesthesia.

-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 gonna 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, uh, "Laura Todd
had suffered prolonged numbness

as a result of anesthesia
once before.

Dr. Merrick had mother
and baby's

best interests at heart."

Yeah, although Laura Todd
did say

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

-she wouldn't be anesthetized.
-Except 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.
Has he been sued?

Uh, 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

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.

-[Matt] What about S&M?
-Are you offering?

He got me into it.

Don't knock it till you try it.

You say, 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.

Okay. 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.

Anyway, it seemed creepy
after what happened to his wife.

[Matt] 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 anymore.
Love does not equal pain."

It says here she had a history
of mental illness.

Well, yeah.
But does that even matter

if he was torturing her?

[Natalie] 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 here?

We're all seeing the links,
Matt. We all know

he's a nasty piece of work.

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

And Laura Todd's complaint
was not proven.

And what about Alesha?

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

As a woman, I'd like 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.

-[James] There isn't enough.
-No, but--

If there's no real evidence here

his wife's suicide is irrelevant

and the rest is inadmissible.

But, 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?

[door closes]

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.
-Oh!

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 am as angry as you are.
-Trust me, you're not!

-I want to help you.
-Then, do something.

We don't stand a chance.

What kind of message
are we sending out here?

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

[James] Alesha, please.

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

There's nothing I can do.

[distant laughter]

[door opens]

You feeling okay?

-Just a bit nervous.
-Oh, there's no need to be.

Okay, 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.

[door opens]

Here's the lignocaine.

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

You do have that option.

No. No, it's okay.

Then, I will see you tomorrow.

-Thanks.
-Thanks.

You're no good to me up there,
I'm afraid.

You gonna have to lie down.

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.

[Alisha screams]

[Ronnie] She called the office

and asked us to get over
straight away.

So, 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 me.

Right.

Matt, why don't you go
and see her?

You're her mate.

[knock on door]

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 okay.

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
anymore.

I won't be a victim, Matt.

[Alec] This is what you want,
isn't it?

[Alesha] No! Stop!

[Alec] You begged me to do this
to you.

-[Alesha] Stop! Please!
-[Alec] Horny little slut.

Dirty little black bitch.

-[Alesha crying in pain]
-[Alec groaning]

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.
-Armed with a spy camera.

Did you know she was going
to do this?

-[phone rings]
-Oh, yeah.

I said, "Hey, Alesha,
don't give up now.

Next time, you might get lucky."

Excuse me. Ronnie Brooks. Hello?

The cab she hailed
on Marylebone Road.

Does the driver remember her?

Well, he-- he remembers
the drop-off at the hospital.

-But, uh, not the customer, no.
-Thank you very much.

Uh, okay, 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.

Wha-- what are you gonna 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.

And 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.
-Oh, no. Don't, don't say that.

You're always telling me
that we should fight

for the victim. I am the victim.

Fight for me.

Okay.

Thank you.

There he is.

-[Matt] Dr. Alec Merrick.
-[Alec] Yes?

You look so much taller on film.

[Ronnie] Alec Merrick,
we're arresting you

on suspicion of the rape
of Alesha Phillips.

You do not have to say anything,
but it may harm your defense

if you do not mention
when questioned, something

-you later rely on in court.
-You don't need the cuffs.

-You're hurting me.
-I know. 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 defense 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're gonna 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.

[door opens]

The subconscious endorsement
of the female counsel.

The oldest trick in the book.

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

-How can you defend that man?
-Easy, cab rank principle.

When 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
grant her application

for reporting restrictions?

Dr. Merrick treats MPs.
There's no other agenda.

-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 told him
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.

This is what you want,
isn't it?

No!

You begged me to do
this to you.

Stop! Please!

Dirty, little, black bitch.

Didn't that...

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 gynecologist.

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 gynecologist
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.

Uh, 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 defense case
is that these two women

must have set out together
to smear Dr. Merrick...

My lord, this cannot be allowed.

[Phyllis] This setup was nothing

-more than a grubby
-My lord!

-little vendetta as opposed...
-Please, my lord!

...quest for justice.

How would you feel
if you were cross-examining me,

-right now, 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.

[Phyllis] It's something
the defense themselves

have only just found out.

Do you plan to call Miss Perkins
to give evidence?

I certainly don't.
She is mentally unstable.

But it doesn't stop me
from putting it to the witness.

This is totally
without foundation.

How can there be a fair trial
now?

-The jury should be discharged.
-[Silverton] There's no need.

I'll tell them to disregard
Miss Gladstone's remarks.

But the seed has been planted.

The damage is done,
which is exactly

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 roommate.

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.

[George] Okay, 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 defense.

She needs you to go in there
and be brilliant.

Do you want to do it
instead of me, George?

-No. Don't tempt me.
-I won't let her down.

[Alec] She said
she'd been fantasizing 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...

Do you remember her exact words?

Answer the question if you will.

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, I raise money
for rape crisis centers.

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, 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.

-Because she--
-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?
-[Phyllis] My lord,

-this is an outrage.
-The ones drugged and tortured?

-This cannot be allowed.
-I have never hurt any woman.

What about your wife,
Dr. Merrick?

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.

[Silverton] Members of the jury.

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

Yes.

[Silverton] 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 the latest developments
in curing ovarian cancer.

Three o'clock.
There will be TV cameras there.

Look, I know this is a lot
to ask, Matt.

-You okay with it?
-I'm more than okay.

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
programs work

for colorectal surgery.

And I'm pleased to say

-these principles can be applied
-[door opens]

to gynecological--

Can be applied to, uh,
gynecological oncology as well.

Um, patient outcome is excellent
and satisfaction high.

Uh...

The key-- the key word here,
ladies and gentlemen,

-is aftercare.
-You said it.

Dr. Alec Merrick.

We're arresting you on suspicion
of rape.

[journalist] Have you got
anything to say for yourself,

Doctor?

Smile for the cameras.

I will fight this case
on behalf of every innocent man

who has been wrongly accused.
Thank you very much. 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.

[beep]

Could you come in now?

[door opens]

Fourteen 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.
And in the meantime, I suggest

that you ask James
what he wants.

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

with his victims.

But I'll settle
for a life sentence.

[clicks]

[typing]

Go home.

Get some sleep.

[continues typing]

[Ronnie] Hello, sweetheart.
How's my little girl?

Listen, how's about old Dad
come around with a takeaway?

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