Criminal Justice

- What does Jack say he did? - He raped me.

- He didn't? - I didn't say no.

So my question is...

Can we say the "A" word here?

Are we aiming for adoption, or are we all too shy to say it?

- Running Man? - Who?

- Get off me! - The Running Man on the canal.

Why does he have your money in his trouser pocket?

I gave it to him. From a hole in the wall, the lunchtime before.

There's CCTV footage. Can you get it for me?

Which version is it?

- They can't both be true. - Stop.

Mum... Mummy.

How often do you get that in a jury trial? By the way,

you did it beautifully.

If that's a word you can use about cross examining a traumatised 13-year-old.

You can. You have to be able to say that, or you're not a proper lawyer.

What would you be?

We need to go downstairs.

You said you'd be gentle.

- She was. - Did you see her shivering?

When you agreed to run provocation I said there would be consequences.

Dealing with those

and understanding why they're a good thing, that's responsibility.

Something that was sucked out of your life by that man.

Ella calling out for you like she did... It's so helpful.

The jury liked it, you mean?

Helpful that they saw my daughter shaking like...

and made to feel like a liar...

- Sorry. - It's OK.

I was on my own all the time in that house.

I just want to...

Is this all right?

Everything works.

Cupboards open at just a touch. Drawers slide in and out very quietly.

There's no noise, no mess.

When we had people over, everyone would say what a lovely house we had

and Joe would say it was all down to me.

"Actually, it's all down to the wife,"

with his tongue in his cheek and everyone would laugh.

But it wasn't. It was him. He wanted everything white and clean and...

it was all glass. You could see round corners, you could see through walls.

There was no room without walls...

where you could just be...

It was glass.

No colour, no sun...

Sorry. I'm... sorry...

What do you want to say about the house?

I hate it!

What's happening to me?

You're talking.

He could see everything.

He knew everything I did.

That night...

what were you worried that Joe would find out?

I went out and I didn't tell him.

Kate's been saying she wants to go to court.

- I told her no. - Why didn't you tell me?

I've dealt with it.

She's not doing well at school.

She's fine. It's just that she's trying to support her friend and...

"More effort. Unfocused. Not the usual Kate."

If you won't believe me, believe them.

What do you want me to do? Kick her out?

"Sorry. I know you're going through the most traumatic experience

"a child could go through,

"but Kate's getting too many bad grades, so you'll have to go?"

Life has to go on. All the normal things don't just stop because of Ella.

Or your bloody Juliet.

You know what stopped me from going mad?

- How do you know? - You said you did it for her.

I thought I'd lose her.

Is that still going to happen?

What about my baby?

We have to get you off on the murder,

and then it's just the manslaughter you're sentenced for.

You said probation was possible.

You have to know that a custodial sentence...

18 months.

- What? - That's how long

babies can be in the prison, then...

... if the sentence is any longer, I'll lose her.

I miss Ella.

Not hugging your child, it's...

It's been a long time.

In the police station...

they were going to let me see her.

They?

One of the policemen.

What happened?

He broke his promise.

When did he tell you could see Ella?

After you'd left.

Before the second interview.

I was present when she was charged with the attempted murder of her husband.

What was her reaction?

She asked if she could clean her teeth.

Anything else you noticed about her demeanour?

Earlier there was a lot of blood on her - her husband's blood -

and she was very anxious about her nightie.

Her nightie?

What about it?

It was on the wrong way round.

And she didn't like it like that.

It was very important to her that it be...

... the right way round.

What were you doing just before seven o'clock that morning?

I was in the canteen writing my notes.

You were nowhere near the canteen.

You were down in the cells

telling Juliet Miller she could see her daughter

if she gave you a second interview.

And it was made very clear to her what you wanted her to say

in that second interview.

No, never happened.

So, if we were to ask Ella,

about you setting up a chance encounter

between mother and daughter in the cell area,

to soften up an already deeply distressed woman,

it would be amazing if she came down on her mother's side.

It didn't happen.

Are you saying the defendant is lying about this?

There's no other explanation I can see.

Unless of course it's true.

You stopped thinking the moment Juliet Miller arrived at the police station.

You never countenanced the possibility this woman

could be a victim of abuse, because that's not how you ever think.

Actually, it's all we do think about.

Domestic violence is right at the front of our heads,

- so I think it's... - Then you'll know...

that abused women present as cold and matter of fact

when suffering from traumatic shock.

I'm fine-tuned to spot a victim of abuse.

I'm telling you, Juliet Miller is not what you think she is.

- He's lying. - Yeah, and we can prove it,

if Felix lets us recall Ella which will be hard for Juliet.

- So it'd better be her decision. - Yes.

Are you all right?

Yeah. Fine. Why?

I'm fine-tuned to spot a victim of a classy performance in the witness box.

Put Ella on stand by for recall.

Only standby?

I don't want her to be here any longer than she needs to be.

Or you haven't had instructions from Mum yet?

The Bible or affirming?

The Bible.

Is it right, that the Drug Squad

were carrying out a surveillance operation

on the Regent's Canal, between January and March?

And do you have the surveillance log with you?

Can you look at the entry for March the ninth.

You're not looking at it.

I know what it says.

Is there reference to someone labelled RM in the log?

- Yes. - Who is that?

That's Joe Miller. Running Man.

And, is there reference to someone labelled "J" in the log?

Who is that?

A drug dealer working the canal.

And is there contact between RM and J

on March the ninth?

3:47pm. The log says

RM stopped and talked to J and something was passed between them.

Is it right that £620 in twenty pound notes

was found in the pocket of Joe Miller the night he was stabbed?

- Yes. - Is there a point to this, Miss Klein?

Or are you just throwing mud around?

Thank you, your honour, for your...

guidance. We will return to this with another witness.

Were you in the police station at 6:55am

on the morning of March the tenth?

- Yes. - Did you see DI Sexton?

- Yes. - What did you have to eat?

- I'm sorry? - Well, Sexton tells us

he was in the canteen between 6:30 and 7:30,

writing up his notes.

That's where you must have seen him...

at 6:55.

It must have been.

I don't need to remind you that you are still under oath.

No. You don't.

- I lost an hour for you. - I know. Thank you.

- You made me lie on oath. - It wasn't me.

- Of course it was you. - I had to corroborate your lie.

It's your choice. You could have gone either way.

Us and them, whether you like it or not.

When it comes right down to it, on oath, you're one of us.

I was upstairs in the bedroom with Joe.

I went downstairs.

I took a knife from the kitchen.

I came back upstairs with it.

What did you intend to do with the knife?

Use it.

Now, would you please help the jury

by telling us about the tone of the defendant in interview?

Matter of fact.

Thank you.

Have you discussed your evidence with your husband?

All police officers do it and then they pretend they haven't.

So when did you first discuss the investigation with your husband?