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Episode 24 of Prisoner Cell Block H. Pre-advert gate slams, incidental music and the 0-Ten Network logo have been restored as originally broadcast.
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00:00I don't know. I'm lost without your mother.
00:05She can always keep things together.
00:08I can't do that.
00:10Please don't send me away, Dad.
00:13Sweetheart, I don't want to make your life even more miserable than it already is.
00:20You should go and see Mum, you know, Dad.
00:22She's very lonely.
00:25Yeah.
00:27Oh, come on, Barbara, let me in.
00:29Piss off and leave me alone.
00:31Look, where am I meant to sleep tonight?
00:33Why aren't you in your cell? Didn't you hear the bell?
00:36I can't get in.
00:37What do you mean you can't get in? Who's in there?
00:39It's Barbara. She's barricaded herself in.
00:42Listen, Davidson, this is Miss Bennet.
00:44Barbara, I'll screw you.
00:45You've got exactly one minute to open up this door and let me in.
00:49You try anything, Vera,
00:50and I'll set fire to this mattress and burn the whole place down.
00:55Me included.
00:59She's just a spoilt brat looking for attention.
01:05What do you propose to do?
01:08Absolutely nothing.
01:10Nothing?
01:11But how...
01:12We'll leave Barbara exactly where she is.
01:14She's had a very easy life all these years.
01:17Going hungry for a few days is something she's never tried.
01:19And I really don't think her convictions are stronger than her stomach.
01:23Don't you agree, Miss Bennet?
01:25Oh, come on.
01:42Hello, ladies.
01:43Everybody up.
01:44Oh, come on.
01:45Face, suckers.
01:46I've got a right to try.
02:08Bet you're a pound to a brick, but Barbie doesn't last one day in that, Syl.
02:12No, have you ever read The Count of Monte Cristo?
02:15No. If it isn't in Classics Illustrated, I haven't read it.
02:22I'd smack her in the mouth if I were you.
02:25Look, love, you don't out-tap her. She's going to walk all over you.
02:28It's creatures like her that are responsible for Barbara barricading herself in her cell.
02:34Who are you calling a creature?
02:36Shut up, Doreen.
02:41Well, Barbara can lock herself in there for as long as she likes,
02:44but she's still got to face the inevitable.
02:46Sooner or later, she'll have to come out, and when she does, she gets it both ways.
02:50You see Vera Bennett letting her get away with it.
02:53That Bennett woman's got to realise that she's the main one that Barbara's hiding from.
02:56That's not going to stop our Vera from giving her a hard time when she does come out.
03:00You sound as if you're looking forward to it.
03:02Well, that's the way things are, love.
03:04And if you know what's good for you, you won't try and play crusaders either.
03:08You've got it?
03:09Roberts?
03:11The welfare officer wants to see you before lunch.
03:18Okay, so they're only factory jobs.
03:20But they are jobs.
03:22Well, I'm sure you've done the best you can.
03:25Better than best, Mr Warner.
03:27Lynn's got a choice.
03:28There's the shoe factory or the electrical works.
03:31Yes, but we're country folk after all, and I'm not sure our Lynn will be real happy working in a factory.
03:37Well, she's not exactly at home here in jail, is she?
03:41Have you any idea how difficult it is to get a job, any job, for a prison inmate?
03:46I didn't have much trouble.
03:48I beg your pardon?
03:49Well, it's a matter of who you know, really, isn't it?
03:52I don't think we're communicating.
03:54Well, an old army mate of mine, Sid Butterfield, he runs a nursery about a mile away from here, and he's agreed to help out.
04:03I don't know if that'd be entirely satisfactory.
04:06But why?
04:08Well, there's a matter of supervision.
04:09I mean, at least in a factory, she has a foreman to keep an eye on her.
04:13A nursery, it's a bit of your wide-open spaces, isn't it?
04:16Oh, you could do with some of that around here.
04:19Yeah, I guess so.
04:21You needn't worry about supervision.
04:24Sid's a tough old bird, and he won't take any look from anyone.
04:28Well, I will think about it, Mr Warner.
04:29Why don't you go down there and check it out yourself?
04:32All right, I'll do exactly that.
04:34Right.
04:35I won't take up any more of your valuable time.
04:40Do you have to go back, Dad?
04:43I'm afraid so, though.
04:45I've got 40 acres of sorghum that'll rot on the ground unless they get the harvester through it.
04:49Well, we can't lose 40 acres of sorghum now, can we?
04:52But we can't last.
04:54Oh, Dad, I'll never be able to thank you for all the help you've been.
04:58And I'll never stop feeling sorry for all the trouble I've caused you.
05:03And Mum.
05:04Well, you'd better stop.
05:06We can't have you moping around the house the rest of your life.
05:09Oh, no, really?
05:10Now, your mother gets out of the hospital on Friday, and the doctor says she's really on the bend.
05:17Also, I, uh, I spoke to that social worker you've got here about the job at Sid's Place.
05:25Do you think she'll approve it?
05:27Oh, once she gets over having her nose put out her joint, I think she might.
05:31Oh, she's, she's not too bad, really.
05:34So, well, that's it, isn't it, really?
05:38It?
05:40Twelve months.
05:42Twelve months out of my life for being an idiot, and then it'll all be over like a nightmare.
05:48And that's the way we want it to be.
05:51We've always stood by you, your mum and I.
05:53We'll always be there, waiting.
05:57If you need us.
06:00Well, then.
06:07Oh, dear.
06:17Well, it's not very well for you to say that.
06:19No, I've never actually done anything.
06:21Oh, I find that hard to believe.
06:24A woman in your position doing nothing with her life.
06:27Well, I didn't want to go to university, and when I married Ken, I just wanted to make a nice, comfortable home for him.
06:35Oh, I did the usual things, the P&C committees, tennis with the girls every Thursday, but in terms of your idea of doing something,
06:44well, there just never seemed to be any need.
06:47Well, there certainly is now.
06:48Well, if you try and spend time in prison in that frame of mind, you'll just think lower and lower.
06:54Is this your standard pep talk for the troops, Miss Vernon?
06:57Because if it is, I suggest you save it for someone far more deserving.
07:03Like who, for example?
07:04Well, you could try the governor's niece.
07:06Barbara Davison.
07:07That poor child's locked herself in her cell because the other women are terrorising the life out of her,
07:13with the tacit approval of one of your prison officers.
07:17What do you mean approval?
07:18Maybe I should say active encouragement.
07:21That's a very serious statement, Mrs. Roberts.
07:26It's meant to be.
07:28Would you come with me now and repeat exactly what you've told me to the governor?
07:33I've seen enough of life in here to know that that would be fatal.
07:38Well, what if I go to her myself without mentioning you?
07:41That's entirely up to you, Miss Vernon.
07:44Well, all I know is that we've already had one suicide in this place,
07:47and the way things are going, we could have another.
07:49Barbara always was a difficult child, but I had no idea she'd hold out as long as this.
07:57Isn't there any way in which we can force our way in?
07:59Of course there is.
08:00If we want to run the risk of Barbara setting fire to herself and her room.
08:03Well, how else do you expect us to get her out of there?
08:06Don't you realise that every hour she's in there increases the contempt the other prisoners already have for us?
08:11They'll be saying that if you can't control your own family,
08:13what hope have you got of controlling a prison?
08:16Yes.
08:17What is it, Miss Vernon? We're in the middle of a most important discussion.
08:20It's about your niece, Mrs. Davison.
08:22May I talk to you privately?
08:24Could you give us a couple of minutes, please?
08:30This had better be good.
08:32I don't know how good you'll think it is,
08:34but I can tell you why your niece is so terrified
08:36that she's had to barricade herself in for protection.
08:38What do you mean, protection?
08:41Precisely that.
08:42One of the women prisoners is deliberately terrorising her.
08:46Well, I'll soon put a stop to that.
08:48I'll call together all the prison officers and I'll make...
08:49I wouldn't do that.
08:50particularly as Officer Bennet is actively encouraging it.
08:56I presume you have proof of this.
08:59I most certainly have.
09:00May I ask where you're getting your information?
09:02Well, I can't tell you that.
09:06But if you talk to Doreen Anderson,
09:08you'll find out I'm right.
09:12Would you bring Doreen Anderson to my office at once, please?
09:16Jeez, Mrs. Jackson, I didn't do nothing
09:17and I'll get behind in the laundry.
09:19Well, the governor's more important than the laundry.
09:21You think you're tough, do you, Anderson?
09:28Eh?
09:28I beg your pardon, Mrs. Davidson.
09:32Oh, yeah.
09:32Beg your pardon, Mrs. Davidson.
09:35I said, you think you're tough, don't you?
09:39Frankie was tough, wasn't she?
09:42And now she's dead.
09:43How many more people do you want to die
09:48before you stop this ridiculous masquerade?
09:51I never killed no one.
09:53It was that cop.
09:56Have you any idea of the damage you've caused?
10:00If Barbara goes ahead with her threat
10:02and sets fire to the cell, she could die.
10:05If she dies, it will be your fault.
10:08But it wasn't just me.
10:10That was all in it.
10:12All?
10:13Well, Bea and Lizzie
10:14and all the girls in the laundry
10:16and Miss Bennet was there.
10:17She saw what was happening.
10:18Relax.
10:45Relax.
10:46How are you feeling?
10:58You look just beautiful.
11:03Funnily enough, I feel it, too.
11:04It's amazing the difference between a uniform and real clothes.
11:08Beautiful, but vulnerable.
11:13Is that good?
11:14Oh, yes, for us.
11:15It's just great.
11:16But you see and look sad at the jury, all right?
11:18I won't have to try very hard.
11:21You'll be all right.
11:27It's going to be pretty rough, isn't it?
11:29You'll be okay.
11:30How bad.
11:31How bad?
11:35The prosecution will try to convince the jury
11:41that you are a cold-blooded and deliberate murderess.
11:44And when I get to your side of the story,
11:48your husband's attitude to the baby
11:50is being in your bed with another woman
11:53while you were having that child aborted.
11:56Yes.
11:57It will be rough.
12:00The question is,
12:02can you take it?
12:03The Queen and Travers.
12:07The Queen and Travers.
12:09The Queen and Travers.
12:10Come on, Karen.
12:12It's time.
12:25As far as I can see,
12:27your behaviour negates any rights you may have.
12:29It's easy for you to judge,
12:30sitting up here in your nice, safe office.
12:32You don't have to handle a rabble day after day.
12:34If I did, I'd do a downside better job than you do.
12:37I've been with the department for years.
12:38No one has ever found fault
12:40in the way I do my job except you.
12:42Dear God, you can hardly call it finding fault
12:44when I have clear evidence that you stood by
12:46and watched one prisoner beat another one.
12:48What evidence?
12:49Just the word of one of those sluts?
12:51That is enough.
12:51I intend to report this.
12:52You can't.
12:54You know how these women say anything to get at me.
12:56Well, look at Smith and her disgusting friends
12:58and the way they tried to frame me on that bashing charge.
13:00And it was Barbara's statement that cleared you.
13:02Look at the way you're repaying her.
13:03You told me to treat her like any other prisoner.
13:06If this is the way you treat other prisoners,
13:08then you deserve to be reported.
13:10I'll let you know what I decide.
13:12In the meantime,
13:14I'll try to clear up this mess you've made with Barbara.
13:17And I want you to stay as far away from her as possible.
13:20With pleasure.
13:21You're not doing yourself any good, you know.
13:30How can you expect us to help
13:32when you won't even discuss it sensibly?
13:33Hey, Barney, you're on the wrong side of the door, love.
13:36Here, you know, beef.
13:38All these years I've been in prison,
13:40first time I've ever seen a screw try to get into a cell.
13:42Haven't you got any work to do?
13:44Yeah.
13:45We came to get the dirty washing out of her cell.
13:47Move those women out of here.
13:50She won't even answer now.
13:52You'll be there, Arthur, please, Meg.
13:54Now, come along.
13:55This is not a circus.
13:56What about me schedule?
13:57I mean, my...
13:57Just keep moving me!
14:05Barbara.
14:08I know you can hear me, dear.
14:10So if you don't want to answer, at least listen.
14:13I've spoken to Dorian Anderson.
14:15She told me what happened.
14:17I've had a long and difficult session with Vera Bennett.
14:22Bet she was lying about me.
14:24Let's just say you won't have any more trouble
14:27with Officer Bennett.
14:28That I can guarantee you.
14:32I don't believe you.
14:34Now, listen carefully, Barbara.
14:37In all the time we've known each other,
14:40have I ever lied to you?
14:42During all the difficulties and differences
14:45we've had within the family,
14:46I can't think of a single time.
14:49Can you...?
14:53They'll tear me apart, Andy.
14:57The other prisoners, they hate me.
15:05If you come out now
15:06and do as Mrs. Jackson tells you,
15:09I promise you I'll protect you
15:11and no one will hurt you.
15:14I give you my word.
15:15Fabian Keithleistans.
15:29I.
15:31I.
15:33I.
15:34I.
15:34No.
15:36I.
15:36I.
15:37Mrs. Jackson, she'll look after you.
16:07Mrs. Jackson, she'll look after you.
16:16How is she?
16:17Well, I took her down to Dr. Miller.
16:19He's given her a sedative and she's resting there.
16:21Thank you. Would you like some coffee?
16:22Oh, thank you.
16:25Mmm, smells good.
16:28Come to any decision about Barbara?
16:31I think so.
16:33I intend to transfer her as soon as possible.
16:35Oh, that's a bit drastic, is it?
16:37You mean it's an admission of failure?
16:38No, I didn't say that.
16:40It is, in a way.
16:45She'd never get any peace with the other prisoners, knowing of our relationship.
16:49And regardless of what I told her, I know damn well I can't protect her.
16:54No, she'd be better off in another prison.
16:56And I'd certainly be better off as soon as she leaves.
16:59Well, the other prisoners will come to accept her.
17:01In time they always do.
17:02And during that time we'd have nothing but trouble.
17:05Seems such a pity.
17:07It is.
17:08I've always tried to run this prison as a place of rehabilitation and reform.
17:16It just makes you feel a bit down when you realise you can't really rehabilitate someone as close to you as your own niece.
17:23Maybe Vera's right.
17:28Stand down and just keep stamping down.
17:30Oh, you can't believe that.
17:32I'll get it transferred as soon as possible.
17:39I hope the Hockies' ulcers have had some rest this morning.
17:47Yes, Mr. Wilson.
17:56May it please the court.
17:58I act for Mrs. Travers on this matter.
18:00Very well, Mr. Wilson.
18:01You have the court's attention.
18:05Ladies and gentlemen of the jury.
18:07As you know, this hearing is the second hearing to do with the facts surrounding the death of one Wayne Travers,
18:14the husband of the defendant.
18:19Now, we will not attempt to deny that Mrs. Travers killed her husband.
18:22We would, however, bring to the attention of the court circumstances and evidence of mitigation,
18:28which should affect your assessment of the guilt of the defendant.
18:33The court takes it that the plea of guilty still stands?
18:37Yes, it does, Your Honour, and we will be relying on mitigation.
18:40I will bring evidence to show that, at the time of the original trial,
18:46the defendant was in such a state of emotional turmoil
18:49as to preclude her from properly conducting her defence.
18:53I will show that the defendant, whilst not willfully perjuring herself,
18:57was not of sufficient clarity of mind to have the best regard toward her own interests.
19:01Well, perhaps if you bring to the court's attention the actual facts you intend to bring to back up your assertions.
19:07Yes, I am coming to that, Your Honour.
19:10With due dispatch, one hopes.
19:15I will ask the jury to consider the circumstances of the woman whose background, religious, and social beliefs
19:26conditioned her to hold the life of a child sacred.
19:31I will ask you to understand the mind of such a woman, forced by her husband into aborting the child of their marriage.
19:42I would ask you to put yourself into the defendant's place, when, on returning home from hospital,
19:50after such a harrowing and traumatic experience, she found her husband in bed, in their marriage bed, with another woman.
19:59I would ask you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, to understand what Karen Travers did under extreme provocation.
20:07And then, to ask yourselves, what would I have done?
20:22At least understand how Sarah feels.
20:24It's not a matter of how she feels.
20:26It's the things she might pick up, if we stay around here.
20:32What sort of things?
20:35Well, the night before last, I dropped into the club for a drink.
20:40And Ted Matthews was there.
20:42He didn't notice me coming in.
20:44Busy talking to his cronies about how he'd heard that Sarah was having an affair with Bert Warren.
20:51And when we found out about it, she made up this lie about him raping her.
20:58And you ran him down because you thought that he was going to expose Sarah in court.
21:05And that is the bloody gospel according to Ted Matthews.
21:08Oh, Ken!
21:10I wasn't even mad enough to punch him in the mouth.
21:13You tell me what's right for Sarah.
21:18We'll wait around for that sort of filth to get back to her.
21:22Or to make a clean start in Ballarat with Viv.
21:25No contact, Roberts.
21:27Sarah will be all right.
21:29Especially if you can steal some more time from the business to be with her.
21:33I sold the business.
21:36You what?
21:37A good offer.
21:38But you've spent years building it up.
21:40It won't be, but it was a damn good price.
21:42I was lucky to get it under the circumstances.
21:45It's been all the expense of this, hasn't it?
21:51What are you going to do now?
21:54Well, they've offered me a job. It's based in Sydney.
21:57Oh, you're not going to take it?
22:00Well, not many jobs around for men of my age.
22:04But... Sydney?
22:07I'm not going to sell the house.
22:09It'll be... it'll be let furnished.
22:12Sarah will be fine with Vivian.
22:14She can spend the school holidays with me.
22:16I can fly down here once a month to visit you, you know.
22:21Tenants.
22:23Using my things.
22:28Take them back, please.
22:30Catherine.
22:32I'm sure you did what you thought was for the best, Ken.
22:44And nothing but the truth.
22:49You are Dr. George Barrett.
22:51And you conduct a medical practice at 47 Dysat Street Paran.
22:54Is that correct?
22:55That is, sir.
22:56You were the family physician to the defendant and her late husband.
23:00That is correct.
23:01Well then, Doctor.
23:02Did you examine Mrs. Travers during the past 12 months?
23:05I did.
23:06What was the result of this examination?
23:08Mrs. Travers was pregnant.
23:09I see.
23:11And what was Mrs. Travers' reaction to this news?
23:13She was delighted.
23:14She had often told me how much she wanted a child.
23:16Oh, really, Your Honour.
23:18We can't have what the sailor said, you know.
23:21Mr. Plotford is quite correct.
23:23You cannot consider the defendant's second-hand testimony as related by this witness.
23:30And this pregnancy was confirmed some seven months ago.
23:36Yes, sir.
23:37May I draw your attention to the accused?
23:39Would you say that she is currently seven months pregnant?
23:43She obviously is not.
23:44Is it your considered opinion then, Doctor, that the pregnancy was terminated?
23:48Yes, Mr. Proudford.
23:50I think the court is a little ahead of you.
23:53All the witness is able to tell us is that the accused is, in his opinion, no longer pregnant.
23:58This he has done.
24:00You cannot ask his opinion as to how this state of affairs came about.
24:05Very good, Your Honour.
24:07If you continue to show such a lack of awareness for the rules of debate, Mr. Wilson,
24:12I may have to rule that your client seek other counsel in her own best interests.
24:16I assure the court, Your Honour, that that will not be necessary.
24:19May I continue your examination, Mr. Wilson?
24:22Dr. Barrett, during the time that you acted as physician for the Travers family,
24:27was there ever an occasion that you had to treat Mrs. Travers for any physical injury?
24:34Well, Dr. Barrett?
24:36Well, I didn't specifically treat her for any physical injury.
24:39But I do recall that when she came to pick up the results of her pregnancy test,
24:43Mrs. Travers had a badly contused eye.
24:46A contused eye, Doctor?
24:48Is there any other term by which the jury would know of such an injury?
24:52Yes. She had a black eye.
24:54A black eye.
24:56Thank you, Doctor. Let us all.
24:59Dr. Barrett?
25:02Did Mrs. Travers come to you for treatment to the injured eye?
25:06No, sir.
25:07Do you know how the eye was injured?
25:08I have an opinion.
25:09The court is not interested in your opinions, Doctor.
25:12Do you know how the eye was injured?
25:15No, sir.
25:17Am I to take it that in your capacity as family physician,
25:21you were privy to the domestic situation of the accused and her late husband?
25:26To some extent, yes.
25:28Then I ask you, did the accused at any time suggest to you that her husband was a violent or abusive man?
25:35The question never arose.
25:37So, to the best of your knowledge, the Travers were a perfectly normal, happily married couple.
25:43As far as I knew, yes.
25:45Thank you, Doctor.
25:46That is all.
25:51Redirect, Mr. Wilson?
25:54No, Your Honor.
25:57No further questions.
26:02One driver's license.
26:05One leather purse.
26:10$16.40 cash.
26:13One yellow metal watch.
26:15It's gold.
26:16One yellow metal watch.
26:21Well, goodbye.
26:27I shall come to visit you.
26:29Will it be the same as this place?
26:31Sign for your property, please.
26:41What are you doing here?
26:43I just came to say...
26:46I just came to say I was sorry.
26:49Sorry.
26:52Well, I really didn't mean anything.
27:06Sorry, Aunty.
27:07Out to the van.
27:08Oh, please.
27:18Doesn't matter how hard I try.
27:21I'm not really Frankie, am I?
27:22Oh, come on.
27:31Come on.
27:33Jeez.
27:33Bloody cabbage again.
27:37Hey, how's it going, Perry Mason?
27:38Be quiet, Smith.
27:39I will not have this discussed until after the trial.
27:41Oh, poor old Vera.
27:43Can't stand it when the good guys are waiting for a change.
27:46You killing them, love?
27:47Well, don't tell us all in one big rush, will you?
27:51I said I will not have this discussed.
27:53Vinegar chips.
27:55Anderson, up.
27:57Who me, Miss Bennet?
27:58What did I do?
27:59I didn't do nothing.
28:00What did you just call me?
28:01Miss Bennet.
28:02Miss Bennet.
28:04Before that.
28:06Oh, that.
28:06Oh, yeah.
28:07Well, I said to my good friend Lizzie here, I said,
28:10could I have the vinegar, please, to go on the cabbage?
28:13Goes real good with cabbage, vinegar does.
28:15You ought to try it, Miss Bennet.
28:18Hmm.
28:27That fancy lawyer of yours delivering the goods?
28:30Hope he's doing more for you than did for Kate here.
28:36No, really, love.
28:36How is it going?
28:39Well, so far, not so good, Bea.
28:41Look, what are you trying to prove, love?
28:44Six months you've been here and you haven't opened up to anyone.
28:47What do you reckon the odds are?
28:50Don't you see, love?
28:53With your mum not at home and me having to sell up to pay for the trial,
28:57I've just...
28:57I've got to take what I can get and go to Sydney.
29:00Well, take me with you.
29:01I can't do that, love.
29:03Not to live in a one-bedroom company flat
29:06and have you start a whole new education system in a new state.
29:09But I want to be with you.
29:12You will be, love.
29:14Every school holiday, so I promise you.
29:16Oh, look.
29:21You've always liked it at Auntie Vivian's.
29:24And you and her kids get on like a house on fire.
29:27Look, can't you see, darling,
29:28I'm trying to give you the best I can.
29:30You're writing a book, are we, love?
29:47Oh, a letter to my husband.
29:49There's a lot of things we must get sorted out.
29:52Yeah, well, I sorted my old man out.
29:54I shot him.
29:54I will never forget the look on his face.
29:59And what's the problem?
30:02Ken's sold the business.
30:03He's moving up to Sydney
30:04and he's put Sarah to stay with an aunt.
30:08It's just as if I'm standing in the middle of the world
30:11and watching it disintegrate.
30:13Typical bloody male.
30:15First sign of trouble, they piss off.
30:17Oh, Ken's never been the sort not to face things.
30:21Until the going gets tough, eh, love?
30:25Smith, get back to your own cell.
30:27Lights out in five minutes.
30:35We were only having a chat.
30:38This is a jail, your ladyship.
30:40Not a conversation club.
30:41I just wonder if it's all really worth it.
30:54Yes, of course it is.
30:56All right, so we had a setback yesterday.
30:59But there's still a lot of shots to be fired in this battle before it's over.
31:03And we're going to win, aren't we?
31:06If you say so.
31:08Yes, I say so.
31:09Well, before we're finished, we'll have your sentence chopped right back.
31:15Oh, God, I hope so.
31:18I believe in you.
31:21So how about believing in yourself, huh?
31:26Oh, Mum.
31:27I wish you were out of here and things were the way they used to be.
31:30Oh, darling.
31:31I feel such a fool.
31:35Telling myself I wouldn't cry.
31:38All the way here I get sane.
31:40It doesn't cry.
31:41It doesn't cry.
31:43Now I'm carrying on like an idiot.
31:46Darling,
31:46I think you'd better go now.
31:49But promise you'll come and see me often?
31:52I will.
31:53I promise I will.
31:54Oh, Mum.
32:00Why can't I just all want to happen?
32:03I don't know, darling.
32:05I don't know.
32:06Mr. Butterfield?
32:27Hello.
32:29I'm Jean Vernon.
32:31Oh.
32:32From the prison?
32:34Yeah.
32:34Ted Warner told me all about you.
32:36Oh, well, I'll try not to be the monster you're expecting.
32:39No, you'll be all right.
32:41It's just that I have to approve cases of employment for those going out and work release.
32:45Well, yeah, I'm a pretty flighty character, being in business here for 20 years.
32:49Always pay me tax debt on the knocker.
32:51And I've been known right around the district here as somebody who pays net cash 30 days.
32:55If I was you, miss, I wouldn't trust me as far as I could kick me.
32:59Don't misunderstand me, Mr. Butterfield.
33:01What I'm really concerned about is the welfare of the prisoner.
33:05Oh.
33:06Well, that's comforting.
33:08I guess the most important thing is whether you're prepared to take on Lynn.
33:12Oh, she'll be all right with somebody standing over her for a bit.
33:16Don't you worry about her with me, miss.
33:29Oh, come on in, love, and join the workers.
33:31You both know cake, don't you?
33:32Well, I've just had her promoted.
33:34You better be decent to her or bust both your heads.
33:37Got any smokes?
33:39Sure.
33:39Rack off, Doreen.
33:41And don't worry about her, love.
33:43She's only as tough as we let her be.
33:46You ever followed the sheets?
33:47Yes, of course I have.
33:48Well, I would have thought you had servants to do that, seeing you're so rich.
33:52Oh, I'm not rich.
33:52Oh, here, get on the end of this.
33:54Not rich.
33:55Ah.
33:56Old vinegar tits is a bit of a stickler if they haven't even done right.
33:59It's awfully good if you take me under your wing like this.
34:02Oh, nothing of it.
34:03Makes me look good having a lady like you hanging around.
34:05You're really very kind under all that bluster, aren't you?
34:08Yeah.
34:08Well, don't let it get round.
34:09And you are, Dr. Gregory Miller, the medical officer at the Wentworth Detention Center.
34:16That is correct.
34:17Did you meet the accused on her admission to Wentworth?
34:20I did.
34:21And what is the procedure in your capacity on such an admission?
34:27A medical examination is given to the prisoner prior to her joining the other prisoners.
34:31Did you conduct such an examination?
34:33Yes, I did.
34:34With what results?
34:35The accused was in good physical health, apart from some apparent burn scars on her back.
34:41What could have caused these burns, Doctor?
34:44To the best of my knowledge, they were caused by someone stubbing out cigarettes on her back.
34:48Have you any idea who was responsible for that?
34:51I believe it was the defendant's husband, Wayne Travers.
34:57You have stated, Doctor, that the accused was in a state of physical good health.
35:03That's correct.
35:04At the time of her admission.
35:07What can you tell the court about the state of her mental health?
35:10Mrs. Travers was in a state of complete mental and emotional turmoil, subject to fits of intense depression.
35:19As you may know, Doctor, it is customary to lodge an appeal against sentence within one month.
35:24Is it your opinion that Mrs. Travers was sufficiently mentally competent to have lodged such an appeal within that given time span?
35:33I don't think she was, no.
35:35Was Mrs. Travers pregnant at the time of her admission?
35:39No.
35:41Was there any indication that a pregnancy may have been terminated immediately prior to her admission?
35:47I couldn't say I had no reason to conduct such an examination.
35:53In your considered opinion, Doctor, is it at all possible that Mrs. Travers' mental state could be attributed to her having had an abortion?
36:04That is entirely possible, yes.
36:07Thank you, Doctor.
36:07Tell me, Doctor, your qualifications would be the same as any normal general practitioner's.
36:19I certainly hope so.
36:21Psychiatry, I believe, is a highly specialised form of medicine.
36:26It is.
36:26And yet you, a general practitioner, diagnosed the accused's psychiatric problem and formed the opinion that she needed help and that the problems were caused by the breakdown of her marriage.
36:38That's correct.
36:40Did you, in fact, seek special psychiatric care for Mrs. Travers?
36:45No.
36:46And so you, a general practitioner, treated a highly specialised psychiatric condition.
36:53I felt perfectly confident to do so.
36:56The matter of the cigarette burns.
37:00Did you, in fact, see Mr. Travers inflicting them upon his wife?
37:03Of course not.
37:04Mrs. Travers told me that he'd done it.
37:07Oh, I see.
37:08This same Mrs. Travers, this psychiatrically disturbed patient.
37:14I was and still am perfectly prepared to believe her.
37:16I'm sure you are, Doctor.
37:19Tell me, did you know Mrs. Travers prior to her admission to prison?
37:25I don't see what that has to do with the matter.
37:27I think the court will find it relevant, Doctor.
37:30Did you, in fact, know Mrs. Travers?
37:33Yes, I did.
37:37Quite so.
37:38In fact, one could say that prior to her meeting her husband and marrying him, Karen Travers and you were lovers.
37:46I don't see what our personal life has to do with my professional opinions.
37:49Oh, come now, Doctor.
37:50If need be, we can call witnesses to the fact that during your student days, you and the defendant were, in fact, contemplating marriage.
37:57That was a long time ago.
37:59And you are asking this court to believe that you no longer have any, shall we say, tender regard for the defendant?
38:06Well, of course I do.
38:09But if your insinuation is that I am still in love with Mrs. Travers, and that I am perjuring myself and dishonoring my profession in order to protect her, then you are both grossly mistaken and grossly offensive.
38:19I doubt if I am any of these things, Doctor.
38:23To be blunt, I submit that you are manufacturing your testimony to protect the woman you still love.
38:30That is a complete lie.
38:31Mrs. Travers was an emotionally and mentally disturbed woman when she was admitted to prison.
38:37I felt pity for her, but I did not, and I do not love her.
39:01Oh, it is so beautiful here, Miss Vernon.
39:09I know I am going to be happy.
39:11I hope so, Lynne.
39:12Listen, what is he like, Mr. Butterfield?
39:15Oh, he is all right, I think.
39:17But you must not expect everybody to be as understanding as he is.
39:20I do not get you.
39:22Well, you are going to meet other people here who may be a little bit prejudiced because you are a convicted criminal.
39:28Well, I won't do any harm.
39:31Fine.
39:32Just remember to keep you cool.
39:40Mr. Butterfield.
39:42G'day, Miss Vernon.
39:44I would like you to meet Lynne Warner.
39:46Hello, young Lynne.
39:47Hello.
39:48Here we are then, eh?
39:50Yep.
39:51I am going to expect a pair of bits from you, you know.
39:54I mean, anyone who comes to work here gets to work right on time, does a decent day's work for a decent day's pay, right?
40:00I don't keep any bludgers on staff.
40:01Oh, no, I wouldn't let you down, Mr. Butterfield, I promise.
40:05You know anything about plants?
40:07Oh, a bit.
40:08I worked in the garden at the prison.
40:10Hmm.
40:11Let's see now.
40:14What are they, and what's wrong with them?
40:20Well, they're coleus.
40:22Yeah.
40:24And they need thinning out.
40:27Why is that?
40:28Well, because, um, the root system will tangle itself, and they'll wind up strangling each other.
40:36Hmm.
40:37Not bad.
40:38She'll do, I reckon.
40:40I hope so.
40:41Funny, you know.
40:43She doesn't look at all like a hardened crim, does she?
40:47I don't know.
40:48What does a hardened crim look like?
40:50I thought it was the most wonderful news I'd ever had.
40:55Can you tell us why it was such wonderful news?
40:57My husband and I had been drifting apart for months.
41:05I thought by having a child, we might be able to bring the marriage back together again.
41:11I see.
41:12And your husband, did he share your joy?
41:15No, he didn't.
41:20When I told him the news, he became angry, violent.
41:27He screamed at me, slapped me across the face.
41:33And that was the black eye to which Dr. Barrett referred in his earlier testimony?
41:38That's right.
41:41Yes.
41:44Mrs. Travis, was it unusual for your husband to beat you?
41:52Please, I'm afraid you'll have to answer for the stenographer.
41:56No, it wasn't unusual.
41:58He was very violent.
42:00Very cruel.
42:01And yet, you stayed with him.
42:06I was married to him.
42:09Married in the church.
42:11Oh, yes.
42:13The church.
42:15Mrs. Travis, please, could you tell the court what happened when Father Byrne
42:18paid a visit to your home?
42:20Father Byrne came to see us after one of our arguments.
42:24I was terribly upset.
42:31He sat and talked to me for a couple of hours and told me that if I decided to have an abortion,
42:39in the eyes of God, I'd be committing murder.
42:45But I decided to go ahead with it anyway.
42:51It was the only way I could keep Wayne.
42:54I got the address of a clinic from a friend.
43:01I went there and terminated my pregnancy.
43:08It was horrible.
43:11As if we were removing some kind of unwanted growth.
43:17It hurt then.
43:20I think it'll hurt forever.
43:24After the clinic, you then went straight home.
43:31Yes.
43:32Could you tell us, please, what happened then?
43:35I'll never forget.
43:44I felt so sick.
43:47I felt as if I was going to die.
43:49I walked in the front door.
43:53I heard laughter upstairs.
43:56I went upstairs.
43:58I opened the door.
44:02I saw my husband in bed with another woman.
44:04And I went downstairs.
44:16And I sat down.
44:16I had to collect my thoughts.
44:19I saw a knife.
44:22I went upstairs with a knife.
44:28The girl ran away.
44:33My husband was in the shower.
44:36I walked in.
44:37And I stabbed him.
44:40And the water went red.
44:42Oh, red.
44:50Your Honour, I have no more questions.
44:54But I would ask that the court adjourn at this stage.
44:57Mrs. Travers is naturally upset.
45:00That's reasonable, Mr. Wilson.
45:02Mr. Proud that you have any objections.
45:04I have no objections, Your Honour.
45:10All stand.
45:12This Honourable court now stands adjourned until 3 o'clock.
45:16God save the Queen.
45:20Very touching.
45:21The jury loved it.
45:23I wonder if they'll be as impressed when I've finished with her.
45:34I wonder if they'll be as impressed when I've finished with her.
46:04I wonder if they'll be as impressed when I move forward.
46:07If I see a couple of years ago, the lawidar will be aszent非.
47:09God save the coin.
47:10Very touching.
47:13The jury loved it.
47:15I wonder if they'll be as impressed when I've finished with her.
47:30And Prisoner returns next Sunday night at 11.40 on Central.
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