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00:00Young white woman with cropped auburn hair is holding up a young child with light brown skin to the window
00:06of the bus they're on.
00:07It glides past the London Eye.
00:11Bouncing him on her knee tenderly, she smiles.
00:14Amy Fionn Edwards.
00:16Now a man's helping her off the bus with their pram.
00:22Thank you to the nice man.
00:25Jordan Bolger, Laurie Kiniston with Daniel Mays.
00:30Believe me.
00:31Now they're strolling through a sunny park as she pushes the boy in the pram.
00:36Here up or here down?
00:38Tonight I'm here.
00:40Can't decide.
00:42I can like it up, but I worry it makes me look fierce.
00:45She crouches, turning his pram so they're face to face.
00:48What do you think?
00:50Too fierce.
00:53She's tugged the hair back from her face.
00:55So this is where you were born?
00:56Nice enough, round here, but I thought you'd want some fresh air and trees.
01:01That was us up there, number 17, do you remember?
01:04Now she's pointed out second and third floor windows on a building on a street, then stopping
01:09a few doors down.
01:10And this is where Daddy still lives.
01:14I can never remember what number he is.
01:1723, eh?
01:196th of May, 2003.
01:2257?
01:23Anyway, he is going to be so excited to see you.
01:27Can we just get together properly?
01:29Me and him?
01:30Hmm?
01:31Have him live with us?
01:33He says he'd like to.
01:35I suppose I do love him, but we argue a lot.
01:40What do you think?
01:42Hmm?
01:42Are you still having to tell me what to do with my hair?
01:46So who else is going to that?
01:47Frankie just had a few friends.
01:49Guys and girls, or?
01:51No, just guys.
01:52Now inside the flat.
01:54Not feeling jealous of you?
01:55No.
01:57Connor, this is my first fucking night out as a mother.
01:59Do you have to swear?
02:00I'm not about to just jump into bed with anyone.
02:03Probably you'd care.
02:04Who says I wouldn't care?
02:07Yeah, well, they wouldn't be interested in me.
02:09Why?
02:10Why wouldn't they be interested in you?
02:13I mean, yes, they're all guys, but they're also all gays.
02:17Now she's dressed up and Connor's still holding their son, Jack, having given him a bottle of milk.
02:22There's more milk in the fridge if you need it.
02:25But that was formula.
02:27Started him on that now because I'm not producing enough anymore.
02:31She smiles at Jack.
02:33Work for down.
02:34Bit more me, isn't it?
02:35Yeah.
02:37So that one earlier, that was your milk?
02:40Yeah, I expressed it earlier today.
02:43You put this thing on your tits and it sucks away at me like I'm a cow in a milking
02:46machine.
02:47But it took ages, didn't it?
02:49Because I pretty much went dry now.
02:51She kisses Connor on the lips.
02:53Should be too late.
02:55Actually, I'm tired of I'm going to fall asleep at nine o'clock.
02:57Have you got some money for a cab?
02:59I don't want you messing around with the bus.
03:0120 quid in the secret compartment?
03:03Yeah, you got your keys.
03:04She holds them up.
03:06And a black cab, please.
03:08And also, also, also.
03:10You look lovely.
03:12Sarah smiles at Connor, who is biracial with light brown skin, then goes.
03:16Yeah, I want a milking machine.
03:18She's left her phone behind on the table.
03:20Now in a lively club surrounded by her male friends.
03:23Very nice.
03:25The big boy.
03:26Beautiful.
03:26Beautiful.
03:27I'm going, I'm going, then.
03:29Shot time.
03:30Shot, shot, shot, shot.
03:30Okay, yeah, yeah.
03:31No, you'll be fine.
03:33Right, cheers.
03:34Thanks for coming in.
03:36Sarah grimaces as she necks her shot.
03:38Her brown-haired, pale-skinned friend Frankie smiles bashfully as the others begin singing.
03:44Have a great day.
03:46Have a great day, dear Frankie.
03:48Have a great day, Frankie.
03:49Have a great day to you.
03:52Let's go, please.
03:53Now Frankie and Sarah are at the bar.
03:56Hiya, can I have one vodka and coke and...
03:59No, just coke, please.
04:00Row up.
04:01Two vodka and coke.
04:02Okay, but I'm not getting battered on my first night out.
04:04Yes, you are.
04:04Anyway, I've got some magical marching powder for later to keep you awake.
04:08Come on.
04:08You said you were having fun with me tonight.
04:10It's my birthday.
04:11You're having fun with me.
04:12Absolutely fucking not.
04:13You fucking are.
04:14Anyway, right, so.
04:15Dominic.
04:16Who?
04:16I'm making myself all vulnerable.
04:18I'm giving him everything.
04:19I'm giving...
04:20I love you.
04:21I'm giving...
04:21I want to have your babies.
04:22Yeah, I want it easy.
04:23He wants to be friends with benefits.
04:24He's an asshole.
04:26I was devastated though.
04:27We've had one without him.
04:28I know, but he's so fit.
04:30Cheers.
04:31Happy birthday.
04:32Happy birthday.
04:33Now she's chatting to friend Finn by the dance floor.
04:36And we exchanged rings.
04:38I even took him to meet my mum and dad.
04:40What happened?
04:40I looked through his phone when he was asleep.
04:42I know.
04:43He's been cheating on me with at least five other guys.
04:46He's an asshole.
04:47Yeah.
04:49Am I right?
04:50Frankie's missed you so much.
04:52You're all out.
04:54Shit.
04:55What?
04:56You have a phone at home?
04:57In the toilets.
04:59And I'll be honest, I broke it off.
05:01He just got too clingy.
05:02Do you think that makes me an asshole?
05:04No, he is.
05:06I mean, I don't know what for.
05:08I'm going to go with him being the asshole.
05:09Thank you, honey.
05:10From a cubicle.
05:12Left a line in there.
05:12Oh, thank you.
05:14There you go.
05:15Why did you have to come to the ladies' toilets out of interest?
05:18Because your toilets are so much nicer than ours.
05:20I'll just think of piss.
05:23Right.
05:24Now, are you sure we need to...
05:25No, I already said no, thank you.
05:27Come on.
05:27Don't be a party pooper.
05:28No.
05:28You're in it.
05:29You're in it.
05:30Fuck off, will you?
05:31Okay, we're not going to let you leave until you do.
05:33I don't like it.
05:34Please, Sarah, it's my birthday.
05:36I'll be very sad.
05:37Don't ruin his birthday.
05:37You don't look very sad.
05:40Sarah reluctantly takes a dab from Frankie's paper wrap.
05:43Yay!
05:45For God's sake.
05:46There, now let me out, please.
05:48I want to spend all night in the bogs with you two.
05:49That's our girl.
05:50Now, hazel-eyed Sarah, in her halter neck green top, is dancing enthusiastically under disco lights with Mike, who she
05:57and Frankie had been in the lose with, Finn and Frankie.
06:00Now, she's sitting glumly in a booth, her handbag that's missing her phone on the table before her.
06:05Frankie, now minus his pink feather boa, approaches.
06:08There you are.
06:10No, I don't want another drink.
06:12I definitely don't want a more coke, and I'm all out of advice.
06:14They're all arseholes looking.
06:18I was actually just going to ask you whether you wanted me to get you a cab.
06:21Yes, she's going to get you a cab.
06:23Come on, mama.
06:24Let's go.
06:26Now, Frankie and Mike are talking to a black cab driver outside the club.
06:31Is that all right?
06:33Sarah!
06:34He's going to take you.
06:36All right.
06:36Thank you, mate.
06:37She hugs Finn.
06:38Get home safe.
06:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:40Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
06:41Frankie kisses her, getting the passenger door.
06:44Thanks, mate.
06:45Love you.
06:45See you later.
06:46Chat in a bit, babe.
06:47Her friends all wave to her in the back of the black cab as it heads down the bustling London
06:53street.
06:54Now she's dozing as the cab trundles along, city lights casting orbs of colour across the window.
07:00The driver talks to her.
07:02You're very popular.
07:04She wearily opens her eyes.
07:06Good night.
07:07Certainly look like it.
07:09All them blokes are like bees around honeypot.
07:13It was a friend's birthday party.
07:15They were all over you.
07:17Actually, they were all gay, so it wasn't quite what I seemed.
07:19Really?
07:20Look, they don't know what they're missing.
07:22If you don't mind me saying, I think you look absolutely gorgeous tonight.
07:27Yeah, I reckon you could probably have turned one on to him if you wanted to.
07:32Well, I'm not sure about that.
07:34It's just nice to have a night out.
07:37Why is that then?
07:38Just got out of prison or something?
07:39Yeah, not far off.
07:41I've got a nine-month-old baby.
07:43I'm a single mum.
07:44This is the first time I've been out since he was born.
07:46Sorry, yeah, look, before we go any further, what number Walgate Road was it?
07:50Oh, just, um, just take me to number 17, they'll be fine.
07:5317?
07:55Right.
07:56She watches him appear to write that down in a notebook.
07:59And you live on your own, do you?
08:00Yeah.
08:03Right, yo.
08:04She's giving him a nod, looking vaguely disinterested, then attempts to doze off again.
08:10So what's that like then?
08:12You know, spending the night with a load of gay guys?
08:16Oh, they're lovely.
08:17But you do end up just being an agony aunt.
08:20Oh, I bet.
08:22Would it be nice if someone at some point asked how I was doing?
08:27Okay, well, I'll ask.
08:29The driver glances through the rear-view mirror at her.
08:32How are you doing?
08:34Oh, you know, getting on, I suppose.
08:39But it's hard being on your own.
08:41Why are you a single mum, then?
08:44Well, it's my choice as much as his.
08:46I want us to be together because we want to be together, not because we have to be.
08:51Yeah, I get that.
08:53Beads of rain have formed on the windows as the wipers sweep rhythmically across the windscreen.
08:57Well, I've had a great night tonight.
09:01I had a big win at the casino earlier, would you believe?
09:04All right, good for you.
09:05Here, who are these lot?
09:0840 grand, can you believe it?
09:11Oh, wow.
09:11Yeah, I've been wanting to celebrate, but I've got to finish my shift first, don't I?
09:16Can't drink and drive.
09:17I'll lose my licence and be back to square one.
09:20I was wondering if you'd have a drink for me.
09:23Oh, no.
09:24Would that celebrate for me, like?
09:25No, I...
09:26I've got some champagne here.
09:28No, I've already had too much a drink tonight.
09:30Raise a glass for me.
09:31I've been stuck here behind this wheel, desperate to wear someone to say cheers.
09:34No, thanks.
09:35Come on.
09:37Do me a favour and have a drink on me.
09:39Why don't you give me a bottle of bubbly at the casino with me winnings?
09:42You know, at least let me see someone enjoying my good luck.
09:44The lights have changed from red to green as he offers her a plastic glass full of liquid.
09:52Hey.
09:53Reluctantly easing her belt, she takes it.
09:57She takes a chased sip of the drink, frowning slightly at the contents, as the cab starts
10:02moving again.
10:05So what are you going to do with all that money?
10:07To start with, your journey home is on me tonight, all right?
10:11Oh, thanks.
10:12Oh, I don't know.
10:14Take some time off.
10:15Go on an holiday.
10:16I'll find someone to go with me.
10:20Um, will you keep being a cabbie?
10:22Probably.
10:22I like meeting people.
10:24I like talking to them.
10:25The cab grinds to a halt.
10:27Sorry.
10:28I spilt the drink.
10:30No, no.
10:30No problem.
10:32You can knock this one back.
10:33Here, go on.
10:35He offers another glass back through the dividing screen.
10:39Oh, come on.
10:40You've got to drink it now.
10:41You're going to give me bad luck.
10:43Go on, knock it back.
10:46Looking uncomfortable, she accepts it.
10:49You've got it.
10:50She drains the glass and holds it up.
10:54Cheers.
10:55Cheers.
10:58Looking increasingly more like she just wants to be back at the flat and the journey over,
11:02Sarah gives a fatigued sigh with her elbow propped up on the windowpane.
11:07Resting her head against her hand, she once more closes her eyes.
11:19Her head gently shakes with the movement of the cab.
11:24Have a drink.
11:26No, thanks.
11:27You smoke.
11:31I'm trying to give her.
11:33Her eyes are still closed.
11:37Now the cab's headlights pierce the gloom as it drives into what looks like the rear service
11:43area of a building complex.
11:44It has several external air conditioning condenser units and large waste bins.
11:49Sarah rouses woozily as overhead industrial-style lights from a covered walkway blur past her window.
11:56A multi-storey building looms beyond.
11:59What's going on?
12:02Thought we'd stop for a little city break.
12:06Yeah.
12:08The cab now stopped, Sarah groggily leans forward.
12:13Come on.
12:15She reaches for the cigarette poking out of its packet.
12:18Take it.
12:20Thanks, sir.
12:22Where are we?
12:23Barely able to keep her eyes open, Sarah sinks back onto the seat as her head drops to her chest.
12:29The pale-skinned, dark-haired driver gets out and peers through the passenger window.
12:37She lifts her head and opens her eyes as he gets in.
12:41I'll have one with you.
12:44He sits beside her as she struggles to sit up, then unsteadily leans forward, allowing him to light her cigarette.
12:54Inhaling it weakly, she slumps back as he lights his own, rolling her head across the headrest.
13:01Lovely man.
13:04All part of service.
13:06She looks up at him as his face blurs into focus, his hazel eyes hooded by thick brows boring into
13:12her.
13:13Her world flickers as she sinks into sleep.
13:16End of part one.
13:23Sarah rouses on a white-sheeted bed in a hospital ward.
13:26Her brow creased, she looks pained as she takes in the sun, seeping through the blinds of a window nearby,
13:33a pink balloon hovering at the top of the frame.
13:36Briefly dashing her hand across her brow and eye, she looks round as staff busy themselves about her.
13:44As she sits up with effort in the same clothes she'd been wearing in the cab,
13:49she tugs an IV cannula from her arm and gets out of the bed, looking troubled.
13:54She has bruises over her left shoulder and upper arm.
14:01Making her way unsteadily into the hospital's stark corridor, she has no shoes.
14:07Her socks and boot-cut jeans brushing the dark red floor, which is illuminated by overhead lighting.
14:15Having located a toilet, she goes in and starts unbuttoning her jeans.
14:19She's wearing black tights beneath them, and as she pulls them down, she finds them ripped.
14:25Looking confused, she sits down on the bowl.
14:32She winces slightly, gripping her bare thighs with her fingers,
14:36the harsh light accentuating the redness of her bruising.
14:40She goes to wipe herself with some tissue, then draws back her fingers, seeing thick, moist liquid on them.
14:48She leans forward, looking pained, as she lets out a gasp.
14:56She looks down, then her eyes slowly widen with a horrified realisation.
15:07Now she's wandering back into the ward, looking tearful and distressed.
15:12As she paces anxiously, a nurse approaches her.
15:26The nurse tends to the patient opposite, leaving Sarah looking bewildered.
15:31Now Connor meets her on a bench outside with Jack in the prowl.
15:34Hey, what's going on? Where have you been?
15:37He hugs her.
15:39Oh, don't touch him. I'm dating him. It's disgusting.
15:41Sit down, sit down. What's going on?
15:44What happened?
15:45I think I was raped last night.
15:47Rape? What do you mean, think? By who?
15:50I was drugged and raped.
15:52By who?
15:53By the cab driver. He must have put something in my drink.
15:57Oh, he's got my handbag. I haven't got my purse or my glasses.
16:00I raped you.
16:01Yeah, but I can't remember any of it because he must have drugged me.
16:04Now in a room inside.
16:06He said he'd won some money at a casino and he wanted to celebrate.
16:10Then he gave me this drink.
16:13He said it was champagne, but I remember it tasted funny.
16:17I smote the one glass and then he gave me another.
16:23In the end, I just drank it to shut him up.
16:26Toxicology tests will establish if there was anything in the drink.
16:29Can you describe him, please?
16:33She recalls a blurry image of the driver smoking.
16:37He was 40 to 50 years old.
16:41A medium build.
16:44His hair was neat at the back.
16:46He looked like he'd just been cut.
16:48A suited woman makes a note.
16:51Can you tell us what he did to you?
16:54Well, no, I can't because I don't remember any of it.
16:58But I'm certain he drugged me.
17:03And this morning,
17:06my vagina felt sore.
17:09And there was what felt like lubricant around it.
17:13And my tights were all torn around my crotch area.
17:17Is there a chance you might have had sex with someone earlier in the night
17:20and maybe forgotten about it?
17:21No.
17:22Definitely not.
17:24A suited man.
17:26No, I can tell you, Sarah,
17:27you were brought to a police station last night
17:29by a young man who lives at 17 Wallgate Road.
17:32The driver and a young man.
17:34He said number seven ring.
17:37That's where I used to live.
17:39Yeah, but why did you go to 17, though?
17:41Because I can never remember what number you were,
17:44so I must have said 17
17:45and then I knew you were a couple of doors down.
17:47So before I was brought to the hospital,
17:49he took me to the police station?
17:50Him and the taxi driver.
17:52The taxi driver?
17:54That's the guy that raped her.
17:55So you have to have his name?
17:57We should do.
17:58Yeah?
17:59We're going to need a urine sample and a mouth swab.
18:01Okay.
18:03Did you bring her a change of clothes?
18:05Yeah.
18:06PC Belitha will be taking you to a specialist rape centre
18:08for an examination.
18:10You've not had a bath or shower since last night, have you?
18:14Sitting opposite the man and woman interviewing her,
18:17who are both white and brown-haired,
18:19Sarah shakes her head.
18:24Now she's gripping the side of an examination bed
18:27that she's lying on.
18:28She's in a hospital gown with her legs slightly parted
18:31as a grey-haired doctor sitting at the base of the bed
18:34and is looking closely between them wearing clinical gloves.
18:40She has more bruises on her inner thigh and just above her eyebrow.
18:45As the bearded doctor, now on his feet,
18:47examines them and the ones on her arm,
18:49she flinches.
18:51Could you turn over, please?
18:53I need to excel you about passage.
18:56Your anus.
18:57In case he penetrated you there.
18:59No, I'd know if someone had anal sex with me, I'd feel it.
19:02I'm sorry, I have to.
19:04As tears well up in her eyes,
19:07Sarah forlornly obeys,
19:09slowly turning on her side
19:10so she's facing away from the doctor.
19:14She tenses her lips and squeezes her eyes shut,
19:18her face contorting with quiet agony.
19:20Now with the suited woman, Bolitho,
19:22in another room in the hospital.
19:25We'll be arranging what's called
19:26an Achieving Best Evidence interview with you
19:28where you come into the station
19:29while it's all fresh in your mind.
19:31Haven't I already done that?
19:33Sorry, but it needs to be done.
19:34And should you wish,
19:35we can arrange an appointment for you
19:37at the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic.
19:41Yeah, I do wish.
19:42Okay.
19:43There are also victim support services
19:45that we can connect you with.
19:47Now, your bag, glasses and purse are not missing.
19:50I've been told they were taken for forensic examination.
19:52Okay, because I need my glasses to read.
19:55Now, is there anything else you want to tell us?
19:58Anything you want to tell us about now, Sarah,
20:00that might be relevant?
20:01If you mean, did I have sex with anyone else last night,
20:03I've already told you no, I didn't.
20:05But I...
20:07I do want to tell you one thing.
20:09I really regret it,
20:10but I did have a little bit of cocaine last night.
20:13Okay.
20:13My friends just kept on at me,
20:14and I gave in and just had a little dab
20:17just to shut them up,
20:18but it was only a tiny amount.
20:19You're better off telling us now
20:20rather than us not knowing
20:21and finding it in your samples.
20:24So embarrassed.
20:26Now, Belitho and Sarah arrive back at the flat.
20:29Hey.
20:31Can I search her?
20:32Yeah.
20:32No, I still haven't had a shower.
20:34Mr O'Carroll,
20:35would you be able to come back to the station with me now
20:37to make a statement?
20:38Why?
20:39We just want to be as thorough as possible.
20:40He can confirm certain timings and details and so on.
20:44Okay.
20:44Yeah.
20:45That makes sense.
20:46All right.
20:47I won't be long.
20:49Her eye makeup smudged,
20:51Sarah offers brown-eyed Connor a weak smile
20:53as he follows Belitho out.
20:55Now at the station.
20:57She came to London for college,
20:59was in digs in the area.
21:01Initially, we were just neighbours.
21:03And what about family?
21:04Did she have family down here with her?
21:06They're all still living in Newport,
21:09so she hardly ever sees them.
21:11How would you describe Sarah's alcohol intake?
21:13I mean, she likes to drink,
21:15but in a fun way,
21:17I'd say it's normal.
21:18Does she binge drink?
21:20Nah.
21:21I mean, like I said,
21:21she likes to have a laugh on a night out.
21:24And she actually hadn't been
21:25on a night out quite a while before that
21:27because of the baby.
21:28So,
21:30maybe she got drunk quicker.
21:32And what about drugs?
21:34What kind of drugs?
21:36Marijuana.
21:37Cocaine.
21:37No, no, no.
21:38I've never seen her take any kind of drug.
21:41Not cocaine?
21:44No.
21:45Not that I know of.
21:47Meanwhile,
21:48back at the flat,
21:49Sarah's emerged from the bathroom in a towel
21:51and checks herself in a mirror.
21:53We have to ask this, Connor.
21:55Would you say that Sarah's a sexually promiscuous person?
22:00No, I wouldn't say promiscuous.
22:03But what do you mean?
22:05Again, we have to ask,
22:06is she the type of person who,
22:08for example,
22:09might meet up with someone on a night out
22:10and have sex with them?
22:12Sarah's looking at her bruises.
22:15I don't know.
22:17I made me feel bad about that afterwards.
22:19I don't know.
22:20No.
22:21No, no, no, no, no.
22:24Not if she's in a relationship.
22:26Now he arrives back to his living room
22:28where Sarah's sitting in a dressing gown.
22:31How are you feeling?
22:32If he drove me to the station in a taxi,
22:35then they must have his name.
22:36Or his badge number,
22:37or his license number.
22:39I mean, yeah, I suppose so.
22:41Yeah, they must do.
22:43He should be going around his house now
22:45and arresting him.
22:47He gives her an uncertain smile.
22:50I'm going to get a beer.
22:51Do you want something?
22:53Glass of wine.
22:55Connor, who has a toned physique,
22:57no hair on his head,
22:58and a goatee beard and moustache,
23:00fishes a beer from the kitchen fridge,
23:02then a bottle from nearby.
23:05It's a bit odd though, ain't it?
23:07You know, if he raped you,
23:10then take me to a police station.
23:15What do you mean if?
23:17No, I don't mean it like that.
23:19It's just a figure of speech.
23:22He hands her a red wine
23:24as she stares up at him.
23:26What did the police ask you?
23:28Just general stuff, really,
23:30about last night.
23:32Times and stuff.
23:33He watches her
23:35as she knocks back her wine.
23:40You see, when you're feeding Jack,
23:42does it matter
23:43if you've been drinking alcohol?
23:46A little bit doesn't matter.
23:49Connor nods,
23:50taking a swig of his beer.
23:52Anyway, I pretty much
23:53stopped feeding him now.
23:55Yeah.
23:58Why'd you just ask me that?
24:00I'm just wondering.
24:01Just wait, for fuck's sake!
24:03No, no, no, I'm sorry.
24:04I'm all over the fucking place!
24:05I just...
24:06He's followed her into the kitchen.
24:08I'm sorry.
24:09I'm sorry.
24:09Come on.
24:10He hugs her.
24:12The taxi driver drove to the station.
24:15They must be able to find out who he is.
24:17Fuck you.
24:19End of part two.
24:26The urine sample, we test for chlamydia and gonorrhea.
24:30And with the blood sample, we can check for syphilis, hepatitis B or C and HIV.
24:36HIV?
24:37HIV?
24:38You could fucking die from that.
24:40If necessary, we can provide you with PEP, which is a medication that can help prevent HIV infection if commenced
24:48soon after exposure.
24:51The nurse will also be providing you with emergency contraception at a morning after pill.
24:58Sarah is sitting opposite the doctor, who's talking to her in a consultation room at the hospital.
25:03Now at the flat, she's on the phone.
25:06Oh, hello.
25:07Is this PC Belitho?
25:10Yes, that's me.
25:11Uh, hi.
25:11Yeah, um...
25:12This is Sarah Adams.
25:13Hello, Sarah.
25:14How are you feeling this morning?
25:15Yeah, um, I just wanted to ask if you managed to trace the black cab driver that dropped me at
25:19the police station.
25:20I actually don't have that information, but in any case, I'm actually not handling this investigation.
25:25It's been passed on to my colleague, DC Stevens, and he'll be in touch with you in due course.
25:31Right, but this man's still out there.
25:33I just want to know that he's been arrested.
25:36DC Stevens is the man to ask.
25:39Now, Sarah's outside a building a few doors down with Jack in his pram.
25:43The young man the driver was speaking to emerges.
25:47Hello, um...
25:47Hi.
25:48I was looking for a guy who helped me the other night.
25:50I was in a bit of a state.
25:52Hope don't mind me knocking on your door like this.
25:53No, no, it's fine.
25:54Uh, yeah, that was, that was me.
25:55Um, you look a bit different now, that's what you did there.
25:58Oh, God, I can only imagine.
26:00Have you got a couple of minutes to talk about it?
26:01Yeah.
26:02Now inside, they're provided hot drinks by a young woman.
26:06There you go.
26:06Thanks, Pete.
26:08Okay.
26:09She leaves them to it.
26:11It's so funny.
26:12I used to live here.
26:13Really?
26:14So you're all students, Sharon?
26:16Yeah.
26:17And you got the short straw when you opened the door?
26:20I thought someone was trying to break in.
26:23In a flashback, the young man, Billy, is heading downstairs where the driver's at the door.
26:28What are you doing, man?
26:29Yeah, uh, there's a girl with my taxi who lives here.
26:32She says this is her front door, Kay.
26:34No, no, but she said number 17.
26:38No, she don't live here.
26:39Billy sees Sarah on the floor of the back of the cab by what looks like a puddle of vomit.
26:45She was like that when I picked her up.
26:47A warring drug.
26:49You need to go to the police station now.
26:54I could see it was more than just drink.
26:56So I immediately wondered if you were drugged.
26:59I was.
27:00By him, I'm sure of it.
27:02Brown-eyed Billy leans back in his chair.
27:05I'm pretty sure you assaulted me on the way home.
27:09Fuck.
27:10I can sense something's not right about him.
27:13Listen, the woman's outside there in his taxi.
27:15She's basically unconscious.
27:16Let's have it right.
27:16She's thrown up all over the back of my cab.
27:19I can't pick up any more jobs till I get it cleaned up.
27:22A flashback of Sarah being helped by officers into the station as Billy watches,
27:27then turns seeing the driver head off in his cab.
27:32I didn't see them take his name.
27:34They didn't even get my name.
27:35What?
27:36When they got you inside, hung around for a bit.
27:39She's not drunk, okay?
27:40You can tell by looking at her, she's been drugged.
27:43So why aren't you checking out the cab driver?
27:45There's no way a cabbie would pick someone up in that state.
27:47Something's not right.
27:48An ambulance has been called.
27:50We'll take it from here.
27:50They weren't interested in anything I had to say.
27:53Eventually, the ambulance turns up.
27:55They asked me to go home.
27:57I think they thought that you were off your head on drink,
27:59or you were a junkie.
28:01I've got a good look at him.
28:03If you showed me a picture, I'd be able to identify him.
28:07Thank you so much for helping me.
28:10Is it okay if I give the police your name?
28:12Of course.
28:13Anything I can do to help.
28:14Okay.
28:16Now on the phone as she's crouched by Jack in a park.
28:20Hello, can I help?
28:21Yeah, DC Paul Stevens, please.
28:23This is Sarah Adams.
28:25He's investigating my case.
28:26He's not available right now.
28:27Okay, well, I have some information that might be helpful.
28:29So if someone could call me back as soon as possible, please.
28:32Righto.
28:32We've got your number.
28:33Someone will be in touch.
28:37They won't.
28:39I know they won't.
28:41She's hung up and now talking to Jack on the bandstand of the leafy sun-dappled park.
28:4612th of May, 2003.
28:48It's daytime and Sarah's coming down the main staircase of the flat to answer the door to a man and
28:54woman,
28:54both white and smartly dressed, waiting outside.
29:04Now in a car.
29:06Did anyone get the taxi driver's name when he took me to the police station?
29:10There's this guy at number 17, Billy, who helped me on the night it happened.
29:14Billy says that he thinks that you didn't, but I'm hoping that you did, or you have something on CCTV.
29:19I don't know, I'm afraid, but we can certainly look into that.
29:22Well, there must be something.
29:23All right, well, you leave that with us.
29:26If you take a left up at the lights, we can avoid the road.
29:29Sarah spots the multi-storey building.
29:32Oh my God, that's it.
29:34It was round the back of those flats, the road he took me down.
29:36Where should I go down there?
29:38All right, we'll make a note and we'll send someone down.
29:42Yeah, there might be DNA there or something.
29:44I can tell you exactly where he parked.
29:46Okay, okay, we'll look into it.
29:48Sitting in the back of the car as DC King drives, Sarah shifts restlessly.
29:53Oh, um, I went to a GP and he made a note of all the bruises I've got all over
29:57my body.
29:57Though you might want to take some photos of them.
30:00Well, they could have been caused at the hospital, of course, as you were unconscious when they were moving you.
30:04But about today, it's called Achieving Best Evidence Interview.
30:07Yeah, they told me what it was.
30:09Right, well, there'll be other officers doing the interview.
30:11But if you like, I can give you a heads up on what to expect when they question you.
30:14Oh yeah, okay, thanks.
30:16Now being interviewed on camera.
30:19Had you already had a lot to drink that night?
30:22I had a few drinks, yes, but I wouldn't say that I was drunk when I got in the cab.
30:28You had some cocaine too?
30:33Yes, like I say, I was pressured into it by my friends and I regret it.
30:39She's in a room with Stevens and another man, PC Wright, who's asking the questions.
30:44You drank the champagne that he offered you?
30:48Yes, it tasted sort of funny.
30:53Sort of bitter, but after that it's fragments.
30:57Where did you wake up?
31:00In the hospital.
31:03I went to the toilet and I could see that my tights were torn around the crotch.
31:09I had lubricant around my vagina and on my thighs.
31:12And my vagina felt sore.
31:16Why do you think you were raped?
31:20Because of how my vagina felt.
31:22Now consulting with King and Stevens in another interview room.
31:26I've never seen a rape victim behave like that before.
31:28She's not crying, there's no emotion.
31:30Was she like that when you picked her up?
31:32Then back to Sarah.
31:34Okay, they're happy we haven't missed anything.
31:38How do you think it went?
31:40Well, if I'm honest, it was unusual.
31:44What do you mean?
31:45Most women in your situation, they get angry, they get upset.
31:50I was told not to show any emotion.
31:52There's no right or wrong, it's just what it is.
31:54That's how you reacted.
31:57He said you wanted facts, not tears.
32:00That's what he said to me, his exact words.
32:02I wouldn't worry about it.
32:03It's done now.
32:04I'll organise a lift for you.
32:07No thank you, I'll find my own way home.
32:11Now, over dinner at the flat, Connor watches Sarah take a swig of her red wine, then she briefly leaves
32:17the table to grab her handbag.
32:24Presenting a packet of cigarettes, she removes one, readying a lighter.
32:31Probably shouldn't be smoking.
32:33Fuck off!
32:34Sarah, calm down.
32:36She runs her hand over her face, looking flustered.
32:43I do want to ask you something.
32:46Tensing her lips, she turns to him.
32:52How come you stayed out so late that night?
32:56I don't know.
32:58It's just how the night went.
33:00You could have texted me, I was worried about it.
33:01Because I left my phone at home.
33:03What is this, Connor?
33:04I'm just, I'm trying to understand what happened.
33:07She stares at him, open-mouthed, her eyes betraying a look of hurt and disbelief.
33:13Their meal turns sour.
33:14They sit awkwardly at the dinner table.
33:17End of part three.
33:23Sarah's trudging down a street, lined with boarded-up or graffitied buildings.
33:27Passive!
33:29Looking slightly shaken by a young woman hailing a black cab nearby, she quickens her pace as she walks past
33:35it, pulling up.
33:36She remembers the hazy image of the driver peering through her passenger window.
33:42Then she spots something, staring up at it.
33:48She's in the rear service area where the driver had taken them, now under a blue sky.
33:54She surveys her surroundings with a frown, taking in the bins, the air conditioning units and the heavy concrete elevated
34:01walkways with metal railings.
34:07She goes to light a cigarette, then recoils slightly at the memory of the driver lighting her cigarette in the
34:14cab.
34:19Lovely man.
34:21She removes the unlit cigarette from her mouth, looking troubled.
34:25Now with Connor at the flat.
34:29Maybe they can show me pictures of all the black cab drivers in London.
34:32Babe, there's thousands of them.
34:33I don't care, I'm sure I'd recognise him.
34:36On my jeans.
34:37When I dropped the drink that he gave me, there'll be some of that on them.
34:40On my top.
34:41They were sick on it, so if they test that, they can find out what he drugged me with.
34:43I think we just need to leave it to the police now.
34:45They're going to know the best way to go about things.
34:47Yeah, they don't seem to have much urgency about them.
34:49Well, I mean, is there any chance you've got things mixed up in your head because you...
34:55What?
34:57Because of what?
34:59Because you took coke.
35:02How do you know I took coke?
35:04I just put two and two together.
35:06I mean, the police didn't say it in that many words, but I just assumed from how they spoke...
35:10Fucking bastards!
35:11I can't believe they talked to you about that!
35:12It was just a little bit just franguing it fucking on and on at me!
35:15Look, I told them I've never seen you do coke.
35:17That was private information!
35:18Well, hang on.
35:19Jack's my son too.
35:21Meaning what?
35:22You're breastfeeding.
35:23So why would you do coke?
35:25Because I'm a shit merm, obviously.
35:27I'm not saying that.
35:27I told you, I pretty much stopped breastfeeding, but okay, I shouldn't have had any.
35:31I don't know why I did.
35:32I fucking hate myself.
35:33I'm a shit merm.
35:34No, that's not what I'm saying.
35:35I'm just saying, maybe that made you go a little bit weird.
35:41Do you know what made me go weird?
35:44Test and see if I had HIV.
35:46Or fucking syphilis.
35:48Or worrying if I'm fucking pregnant.
35:51Wait, am I around?
35:52And what are you?
35:54I mean, he gave me something.
35:56She looks at him miserably.
35:59All the tests were negative.
36:02That's good.
36:03Yeah, I could say that.
36:04No, I mean, I mean like, because there may be, and I'm only saying maybe, but maybe that means that
36:10you weren't assaulted by it.
36:12But I was.
36:13Yeah, but I just keep thinking, if he did do something, why would he drive you to a police station?
36:17Stop fucking saying if!
36:18Now she's standing outside the flat with Jack and Connor.
36:22Please, Sarah, look, just stay a couple more nights until it calms down a bit.
36:26It's not going to calm down in a couple of nights.
36:28Sarah.
36:30It's daytime, and she storms off down the street, pushing Jack in his pram as Connor watches helplessly.
36:37Sarah.
36:39Now she's hanging washing up on a line in a garden bathed in sunshine.
36:43She looks utterly deflated and tearful.
36:47Jack's in his pram nearby.
36:53Sorry, love.
36:56Gotta be quiet, haven't I?
36:58She goes over to him.
37:00I've just got lots on my mind.
37:02Grown-up stuff.
37:05Sorry I'm such a misery.
37:08I'll tell you what.
37:10How about this?
37:12Ready?
37:12She does a forward roll over a blanket on the grass.
37:16How's that?
37:18Okay, what about this?
37:21Then she does a cartwheel.
37:24Is that better?
37:27More?
37:28Okay.
37:29She's about to launch into another cartwheel.
37:34Who's that?
37:36That doesn't count, by the way.
37:39Leaving brown-eyed Jack in his pram outside, Sarah heads to the door.
37:44She opens it, spying an awkward-looking Frankie waiting there.
37:48He smiles sympathetically, then pulls her in for a hug.
37:53She closes her eyes, looking emotional as he holds her.
37:58Now in the garden with Jack.
37:59You know, they told me they did have the taxi driver's name.
38:03And then they said he gave them a false name and address.
38:05And they finally told me last week that nobody took his details at the station that night.
38:11I just can't believe how crap they are.
38:14Well, I'd recognize him.
38:15And Mike would.
38:16We had a big chat with him before you got in, when we were paying him.
38:19Paying him?
38:20Yeah, I gave him 20 quid.
38:23What?
38:25He told me he was taking me home for free because he'd won some money that night.
38:28He'd even lied about that.
38:31Surely there must be some CCTV of his cab from the police station.
38:35That's why I keep asking, but they just don't seem interested.
38:38Whereas they've mentioned about 50 times what they've been called keen in my system.
38:43I'm so sorry about that. I'm such a twat.
38:45It's my fault.
38:47I should have said no one's stuck to it.
38:49Hello?
38:50Yeah, DC Stevens.
38:51It's Sarah Adams.
38:52Hi.
38:53Yeah, I do need to talk to you quickly.
38:54I was with my friend Francis Peacock, who was with me the night it happened.
38:57And him and another friend, Mike Rafter, spoke to the taxi driver.
39:00And Francis Frankie says that they would both be able to identify him.
39:04Look, Sarah, you've got to let us do our job.
39:06I know it's frustrating, but we are doing everything we can.
39:09Did you talk to Billy Houghton, the young guy that lives at 17 Wargate Road,
39:11who also got a good look at him?
39:13I'm sure we will get to all of them in due course, but for the time being...
39:15Will you?
39:16Because it just feels like you've lost interest in everything.
39:19I can assure you that's not the case.
39:21It just feels like you don't believe me.
39:24I'm really sorry that it feels like that.
39:27Hi, yeah, it's Francis Peacock, the guy she just mentioned.
39:30I'm more than happy to come in and talk with you about the conversation I had with the taxi driver.
39:34What's the fucking point?
39:37Yeah, I'm going to have to go because she's really upset.
39:44Sitting with Frankie on a riverbank scattered with autumnal leaves,
39:48she rests her head on his shoulder as he comforts her.
39:513rd of June, 2003.
39:53At the station.
39:54Right, Spencer, what have we got?
39:56No DNA from her swabs and nothing on her clothing.
39:58It's not unusual, it just means he probably wore a condom.
40:01Toxicology?
40:02Traced cocaine, blood alcohol, 260 over 100, which is pretty high.
40:07Any other drugs, sedatives, anything we've seen before in cases of date, right?
40:11That all came back negative.
40:12I mean, we did find citalopram, which is actually an antidepressant,
40:15and a little bit of codeine and morphine,
40:17but all the levels you'd expect from over-the-counter medications.
40:20Right.
40:22Thanks, mate.
40:243rd of September, 2003.
40:27Sarah's sitting alone on a bench in the dim light of day, looking thoughtful.
40:31She hears her phone buzzing.
40:36Hello?
40:36Hello, it's DC Paul Stevens.
40:38Yeah, hello.
40:39Sorry for the delay in calling you, it's been very busy.
40:41Right, so, first thing to say is that all avenues were explored.
40:46But did you speak to Billy Houghton and Frankie Peacock and Mike Rafter?
40:52I did visit the nightclub you attended,
40:53and I established that the area outside is covered by CCTV,
40:56but when I reviewed it from the camera angle,
40:59it wasn't possible to identify the cab picking you up.
41:02Right, what about when he dropped me off the police station?
41:06The forensic samples taken from you came up negative,
41:08except for the presence of alcohol and cocaine,
41:11and the medical examination conducted upon you,
41:15found no evidence to corroborate your research
41:17and that you were sexually assaulted or raped.
41:19Therefore, in light of all of this,
41:21I do have to tell you that our investigation is being closed down.
41:26You know, it feels like you're calling me a liar.
41:28Like, what about the bruises on me?
41:29I asked to come in so you could take proper pictures of them.
41:32I believe something may have happened to you that night,
41:34but I do not believe that you were raped.
41:36Is it possible you had sex with one of the men you were out with?
41:39They were all gay.
41:41You must bear in mind that you were over the drink drive limit
41:44and this will affect your recollection of events.
41:47You didn't even find out where he was, did you?
41:49I can tell you that the details of your case will be kept on file at Central Office.
41:53If you would like to come and collect your clothing and possessions,
41:56I can arrange for somebody to hand them over to you.
41:58No.
41:59No?
41:59No.
42:01You're going to need to hang on to them,
42:02because one day you're going to need them as evidence
42:04when you realise you were wrong about me.
42:06She slams her flip phone shut and rests her chin defeatedly on her hand
42:11before shaking her head incredulously.
42:16Still perched on the bench in the leafy park where she's been with Jack,
42:20she looks close to tears.
42:27Daylight seeps in through a kitchen window above a sink
42:30where a tall man is hunched over a black laminate worktop nearby.
42:35Packets of various pharmaceutical drugs are by a blue plastic bag full of bottles
42:40and he's crushing up pills in an ashtray using a metal spoon.
42:47Having mixed them together, he scoops out the powder onto the worktop.
42:52Now it's night time and scenes of revelers, some a little worse for wear,
42:57drift past a blurry car window.
43:00Colourful neon lights illuminate the street.
43:02The driver's in his black cab.
43:05DC Stevens' voice echoes.
43:08If a licensed black cab driver is involved in sexual attacks on women,
43:12then this represents a real risk to the community.
43:15However, the facts of the case do not support this.
43:18The actions of the cab driver, witnessed by police,
43:21appear to be those of a responsible, law-abiding individual.
43:25In addition, the woman's loss of consciousness
43:28is consistent with the alcohol and cocaine she consumed
43:31given her recent absence.
43:33The risk is therefore low.
43:36Now a young white woman with long curly copper hair is in the driver's cab.
43:41Good night.
43:43She looks up from her phone.
43:45You look like you've enjoyed yourself.
43:47Oh yeah.
43:48Um, it was just to catch up with friends.
43:50Male or female?
43:52Female.
43:53I was gonna say, if it was a fella.
43:54What a lucky guy he is.
43:56The blue bag full of bottles is by his feet.
44:00I've had a great night tonight myself.
44:03What a Mary
44:04the blue bag full of bottles.
44:06I don't care if you do.
44:06The blue bag full of bottles are always on medication.
44:06You're loving my mother.
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