Criminal Justice (2008–2009): Season 2, Episode 2 - Episode #2.2 - full transcript
Remanded in prison Juliet tells Jack that she was on anti-depressants but stopped them unbeknown to her controlling husband. She is pregnant. Ella is fostered with the Roses, parents of a school friend and social worker Norma Fredericks wonders if the placement should not be long-term,due to Juliet's 'violence'. Ella visits Juliet, to be told,"I did it for you" but rejects her mother. Joe dies, making the charge murder.
What time did we
finish writing these?
About an hour ago.
She didn't want a solicitor
in the interview?
She was asked, but she said no.
It's on tape.
It's a proper cough, boss.
I want a rape exam.
She didn't mention rape.
All the more reason.
Have the clocks just gone back?
You're an hour out with
the timing of your notes.
Do you want a biscuit?
Go on.
I used to come here when
it was police accommodation.
My friend lived here.
She was called Susan.
People aren't called
Susan any more, are they?
OK. Higher and lower vaginal swabs -
some discomfort,
nothing to write home about.
Dressing gown off,
lie on the bed, please.
Will it harm my baby?
No bruising,
no tearing, no abrasions.
Oh, so no rape.
So we've got a full confession,
no sign of any physical or sexual abuse.
But there is a baby.
Sorry.
I didn't mean to...
Juliet Miller. I'm charging you with
the attempted murder of your husband.
You do not have to say anything
but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention{, when questioned, }
something which you later
rely on in court.
Anything you do say
may be given in evidence.
Can I clean my teeth?
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God! I saw him yesterday.
I want you to do this.
I mean{, really do} it. I want Juliet Miller to see
the same faces - yours and mine.
- I've got something before 12.
- Dump it.
- What's looking runnable?
- Self defence, maybe.
- You don't sound hopeful.
- She's not talking to me yet.
And if he dies?
- Then we look at provocation.
- Nobody says it, do they?
If you're an abused woman and attack
an abuser, make sure you kill him -
if you don't, it's not murder,
we can't run provocation.
So is he going to die?
It's not mine.
The stash belongs to my boyfriend.
- I'm sick of him. I'm not having it.
- Hello, Angela.
Juliet? Anna Klein. Hello.
Jack's told me all about you. I'm
going to try and get you bail. OK?
- Morning, everyone.
- Morning, sir.
Number three on your list, sir.
Angela Spencer.
- Is your name Angela Spencer?
- Yeah.
- Date of birth?
- July 16th.
- Which year?
- Every year.
1985, sir.
No objection to bail if there
is an address for her to go to.
What's the bruising, Miss Spencer?
- I walked into a door.
- You'll have to speak up.
She walked into a door.
- 118A Bowman Street?
- That's my boyfriend's.
- I don't wanna go{ there}.
- Why not?
Because she walks into doors.
- Bail hostel?
- There's a bed, but it's in Leeds.
Good.
I'll bail you to a bail hostel.
Seven days?
I won't get back here.
The hostel will sort out
getting you back for court.
They'll fuck it up{ or I will}.
It always fucks up.
Miss Woolf?
Will I go inside
if I put my hands up to this?
- Good. I'll plead.
- Angela...
The stash is mine.
It's a fair cop. Whatever.
- Professionally speaking...
- My instructions are I wanna go prison,
because I need a break
and the rehab is better.
Can I take a plea now, sir?
Just to be clear, Miss Spencer.
Your solicitor will tell you,
only plead guilty if you are
guilty, not for any other reason.
You will go to prison
for six months.
Take her down.
Next.
Number two on your list, sir.
Juliet Miller,
charged with attempted murder.
Bail position?
Repeated attempts to interfere
with evidence gathering
and when the defendant saw her daughter,
her behaviour was unstable.
The daughter is a probable prosecution
witness, and there's a real fear
the defendant will attempt to
interfere with her if granted bail.
You have to let me see her!
Please. Let me see my daughter.
Please let me see my daughter.
Please let me see my daughter!
Yes, Miss Klein?
"Extremely unstable." Any thoughts?
Your Honour, she saw her 13-year-old
daughter at the police station.
She didn't know she was there
because nobody had told her.
She reacted in the way
that any mother would react.
Yes, she was emotional.
What kind of a mother would she be
if she weren't emotional
under those circumstances?
There is no direct evidence
she'd try to interfere with a witness.
Except that she was arrested in
the Critical Care Unit at the hospital
in the middle of the night
trying to get to her husband
and had to be restrained
by two police officers.
Thank you so much. Bail is refused.
No-one told me about the hospital!
It's up to the CPS how
they do things in court.
They weren't at the hospital,
were they? You were.
We only arrested her 12 hours ago.
I don't have time to set up ambushes
to scupper bail applications.
We know a bit more than you know,
that's all. Will you excuse me?
Big balls for a Doris.
You know how she got silk?
If she'd been black,
- she'd have got it even younger.
- Who's that?
It's one of the neighbours.
Their daughter's best friends with Ella.
They've agreed to look after her
until Joe gets better.
Call me, we should talk.
Only 219 women QCs at the Bar
ever, in its entire history.
I don't think your positive
discrimination theory holds water.
Hello, Norma Fredericks?
Be with you in a moment. I just
need two minutes with Dr Rose.
Don't look at me.
Here you go.
- When does the van go?
- After lunch.
I need my methadone.
The prison will know that.
{You're all right.}
- Have you called them?
- They know your needs{. They know you}, Ange.
I'm sorry about bail.
- Any questions about anything?
- Has he woken up?
- Not yet.
- What will he say{,do you think,} when he wakes up?
You're scared of him.{, aren't you?}
I love him.
They can just carry on,
when he's better, can't they?
They?
Ella and Joe,
when I'm in prison.
I mean properly in prison.
It's our job to stop that happening.
Why?
We're a long way from
instructions on self defence.
It's a process.
She doesn't even know
she's been abused.
Nobody can expect her head to clear
at the same speed the system moves at.
- What abuse, Jack?
- How do you get to be that frightened?
Tell me Juliet Miller
isn't an abused woman.
Come on.
Are you a drug user?
Are you pregnant?
Would you now, have you ever,
might you, {in the future }consider killing yourself?
Come on.
Yes or no?
Come on!
{Shall }I put yes?
Tell me no, if it's not yes.
Come on!
You're back,{ you} bitch.
Pack it in, Lola.
Up we get.
You're having a hard time,
but everyone who comes here
is in trouble. You're no different.
So long as you understand that,
we'll get along fine.
Do you have children?
No. You?
One?
A boy?
- How old is she?
- "I love him!"
"I love him because
he treats me like shit."
"I love him because I'm really{, really} useless
and he's really{, really} wonderful."
Ask Jack if you love him.
- Can I go home?
- Why?
{Just }To get some of my own clothes?
{Is there something}What's wrong with these?
I took my father's suits
to Oxfam when he died.
My mum said,
"Do they wear grey in Africa?"
A smile costs nothing, young lady.
Was it your idea to start
taking anti-depressants?
I was feeling sad.
How's Joe?
Joe suggested the anti-depressants?
- How do you know{bout this}?
- Am I right?
I had to stop { aking them}once I found out
that I was pregnant.
You didn't tell him that{you'd stopped taking them}?
Because you hadn't told him
you were pregnant?
Will he be angry?
So you had to hide the fact
that you'd stopped{ taking} the pills?
I put them in the rubbish.
Why?
He would have found out
that I wasn't taking them.
How would he have found out?
- Because he... I don't know...
- What? Would he have counted them?
He was looking after me.
{You see, }I forget things.
- What things do you forget?
- Turning the bath off, the oven on...
Custard.
That night.
If I hadn't forgotten to get the...
What? If you hadn't forgotten
to get the custard, then what?
Are you helping me?
- Yes, we are.
- They say the solicitors help.
Tell us about the custard.
It was on the shopping list.
But I didn't get it.
I don't remember
seeing it on the list.
I don't even remember
the shopping list.
- Maybe there wasn't a list?
- There must have been.
- Why?
- Joe said.
Record from
the Miller home computer.
Take a look at five o'clock precisely
on the night of the crime.
- Life insurance. Whose?
- Joint.
The record was cleared
45 seconds later.
- She was hiding it.
- If it was her.
Statement from the black cab driver{who took Joe home}.
Look at the time he dropped him off.
"Five o'clock exactly".{He can't know that.}
How can he know that?
- Pips. Radio 4.
- What?
Cab driver remembers Joe paying
and the pips at five at
exactly the same time.
{Even }Joe Miller can't get out of a cab
and {look }at the computer at the same time.
{No, }It was her. And she wanted to hide
what she was looking{ at}.
- Gosh.
- She was planning it, Flo.
This is not some spontaneous domestic.
It's a proper, planned shot at murder.
You look like a little boy.
All pleased with what you've found.
It's called police work, love.
What did you used to do?
What?
Before Joe?
Nothing.
I needed Joe to survive.
What was your sex life like?
I wasn't very good at it.
He was unhappy about the sex?
You won't do what he wants?
What does he want?
Did he rape you?
Let me put it another way.
Did you say no to sex?
I should have been nicer to him.
How's Ella?
When can I see her?
She doesn't want to come here.
Not at the moment.
Can we try for bail again?
Please?
What's the difference between
rape and saying no to sex?
- The answer from a client.
- {You think }I was pushing her too hard?
I've never coached
a witness in my life.
Abused women don't do nods and winks{, Anna}.
They have to be helped.
It's {just }dishonest not to accept that.
Anyway,
{she said she was rape}we're up and running
with self defence.
Taking a knife{ rom the kitchen} to bed with you.
Reasonable force
in proportion to the threat?
It's all we've got.
You didn't answer her{ question}. How is he?
He's improving. The bastard.
- You wish he was dead?
- As a lawyer? Yes.
As a woman?
- Ain't that our job?
- What?
To keep the personal
out of the professional.
Hello, it's Ella here.
I'm out and about
{so I can't take your call,}
but please leave a message
and I will call you back.
Norma? It's me.
- I don't like it here...
- Have you got the phone{ in there}?
She knows when to stop.
How?
When it hurts enough.
Excuse me.
She's really bleeding.
Give me the blade, Ange.
Second day{ back},
you're a pain in the arse already.
Need some help in here.
{All I'm saying is }How is the reputation
of social services looking{ in London}, right now?
- Norma, listen...
- Or, to put another way { and dropping the bullshit, just for a moment}
since there's a safe and suitable
middle-class family who
would be happy{ delighted} to have Ella{ Miller},
- why don't we {just }get{ the hell } on with it?
- Why do you do this job?
The children {who live in}of this borough
need me.
Bloody hell.
We've known her all her life.
{I mean, }Kate and Ella
started school together.
What's your attitude
to what has happened?
God! That's a word.
Well, to be honest,
we just want to help.
We want to give Ella a normal,
warm place to live.
{There is something}
You need to accept something.
Juliet could pose a risk to Ella.
I'm not pre-judging{ the criminal proceedings}
but her violence is an established
and undisputed fact.
What are you saying?
We need to be sure
you'll keep Ella safe.
From her mother? She's in prison.
She'll be safe with us.
And will she go back to Joe
when he's better?
Do you have a view about that?
I'm happy.
Juliet's pregnant.
Did you know that?
Ella will have to be told.
Yes, of course.
- You knew she was pregnant?
- Yeah.
Well, I saw her
on the day it all happened.
As a patient?
Have you told the police?
Why not?
Well,
I don't want to...
contradict what she's saying.
Don't you think it's important?
I mean...
Her mental state...
They get the patient records anyway.
There are no records.
Why not?
Because I didn't see her
at the surgery.
- Where did you see her?
- Here.
Jesus Christ, Dom.
Why here?
She hates going out.
{ I mean, }It's really hard for her
to be in the public.
She's a friend.
- You were being kind to her.
- Yes
We're watching you, Ange.
- Why do you do it?
- For the pain.
Did you do it at home?
I get battered at home.
I don't need to be cutting.
Why does he...?
- He's jealous.
- What is he jealous of?
What isn't he jealous of?
We had a broken drain in our street once
and the sewage flooded our flat.
He was down the pub and when he got back
he beat the shit out of me
because he said I was
looking at the plumber.
Turds floating about in our kitchen,
and all he's interested in
is me looking at the plumber.
Why don't you leave him?
Why didn't you leave your husband?
That's... different.
So why did you stab him?
It's a lock.
They've got nowhere to go.
Self defence doesn't play with
checking out how much money you'll get.
I'll take a statement from the daughter.
Imagine what she's feeling.
- You off home, boss?
- Yeah.
- Why are you...?
- What?
A DI taking a witness statement?
Well, she's 13 years old.
I don't want some baby PC doing it.
Take Flo.
She went downstairs.
30 seconds.
She takes three knives
from the kitchen.
Another 60 seconds.
She went back upstairs.
30 seconds more. That's two minutes.
And what does she do?
She had a nice sit down.
In the interview she said for
"quite a long time." What's that?
Five minutes? More?
We're up to a minimum
of ten minutes now.
This isn't spontaneous, is it?
This is a cold-blooded bitch.
Why are you so angry about this one?
That poor girl was in there, Flo.
She pulled a knife out of her dad.
Why wouldn't I be angry?
Mum says you can
sleep in here with me.
What shall we do?
Should we just talk?
OK.
You're awake.
What did your husband do to you?
Nothing.
Yeah but, what, though?
What does Jack say he did to you?
He raped me.
And he didn't?
They asked me.
And you said yes.
I didn't say no.
You're here about your medication?
A Dr Rose contacted us.
These are different
to what you were on before,
but they're fine to
take with the pregnancy.
Do you want some water?
Well, let me see you take them.
Open.
Good girl. Off you go.
Were her anti-depressants
prescribed by you?
Yes.
What was the nature
of her depression?
Sorry. I'm her doctor.
Why don't you talk
to me as her friend?
Three years ago,
she was stuck in a traffic jam
and she needed to be home.
So she got out of the car and ran.
Door open. Engine running.
Traffic blocked.
- Why?
- Good question.
- She felt under pressure.
- From what?
I've probably said enough.
Joe said something in hospital before
losing consciousness. {He said }Your name.
Why would he do that?
I don't know.
What kind of a witness
do you think he'll be?
He's a barrister.
He knows how to do that stuff.
Yes.
She's raw, she's angry,
she hates her mum.
She's a brilliant witness. And all that
softened by some therapy nonsense.
What a dump.
A multi-agency approach is...
This agency says to your agency,
"Stop this bollocks."
Don't let anyone speak to my witness
who wants to change the way she thinks.
We think she has PTSD.
- You think everyone has PTSD.
- What do you suggest?
We leave her wrecked
until the trial is over?
How much damage would that do to her?
We should ask the lawyer.
Josh, can I have a word?
Therapy to treat PTSD
in a 13-year-old girl
whose mother is alleged to have stabbed
her father. Now or after the trial?
There's case law. Therapy now.
- Anything else?
- Why don't you ask yourselves
how that poor girl is going to
feel if Mum gets acquitted?
What kind of therapy
do you give her then?
You knew, didn't you? The case law?
What you've forgotten is that lawyers
only give us advice. I get to decide.
Get on with it.
My job is to help you.
I'm going to talk to you about
dealing with what has happened.
My mum tried to kill my dad.
What's there to talk about?
- Do you talk to anyone about it?
- My best friend.
- What's your friend's name?
- Kate.
What do you say to Kate
about what happened?
- Is it the same thing you said to me?
- No.
Good.
On a scale of 1 to 10,
where 1's the lowest
and 10's the highest...
where would you put the pain
you feel about what's happened?
12.
I'm going to get
that score right down.
- I promise you.
- My dad will do that.
Why are we looking at Joe's life
when we've got her sewn up?
What are they going to run?
"I was in such immediate fear
"of serious injury or death,
"that I had to check the life insurance,
ponder my options for about five hours
"and then, completely in proportion
with the very immediate threat
"that I was facing from my
probably asleep husband,
"I stuck the biggest knife
I could find in him up to the hilt."
- She was depressed.
- So she'll make a crap witness.
Too narrow.
You've focused in too tight,
too soon.
- Context is everything.
- What context?
Joe Miller had £600 {*in £20 notes }in his{ trouser} pocket
the night he was stabbed.
One has some very interesting prints
on it.
- Whose?
- Crack dealer.
Could have gone through {dozens }lot of hands
before Joe got it.
Then you look
at the Drug Squad surveillance log.
Why do you always want me to be
your number two?
Every straight man needs a fool.
Keeping watch?
My boys are my family.
£600 in his trouser pocket.
- What was he doing with that {kind of }cash?
- I gave it to him.
He was running the London Marathon.
I sponsored him.
He kept a note of his sponsors
in his brown book. It's not there.
Between you and me,
I'm not too keen of a record
of my financial life being kept.
Joe knows that.
You're happy to say that in court?
I've told you, ain't I?
Is it a fixture?
Good.
Yes, he'll be available.
Armed robbery at the Bailey in July.
Joe's comeback case.
Excuse me.
What do you want?
My boss is interested in context.
And you're not?
Did I say that?
Have you spoken to Ella?
Not yet.
I'm her godfather.
Look after her for us.
Always.
- Where are you going?
- Styal.
- What?
- It's another prison.
- Why?
- I dunno.
They don't give you a reason.
It's just what they do.
Mum.
... she should think herself
very ill-used.
It needed
all Jane's steady mildness...
Dad?
When Miss Bingley's letter arrived,
it put an end to doubt.
The very first sentence
conveyed the assurance
of their being all settled
in London for the winter,
and concluded
with her brother's regret
at not having had time
to pay his respects to his friends{* in Hertfordshire}
before he left the country.
Hope was over, entirely over,
- and when Jane could attend to...
- Dad?
Ella, wake up.
Bingo.
Jane Grady.
She said you said Joe didn't rape you,
that you made it up to keep us happy.
Yes, you said it? Or yes, it's true?
Her words are confirmed by the {physical }evidence,
or lack of it. There is no sign of rape.
We're in trouble.
We can get at her -
she's got form for dishonesty
and what she's getting in return
is an interesting question,
but you've got to be
straight with us.
We really, badly want to help you.
We can't do it
unless you start talking to us.
Sorry.
I don't think you're being dishonest.
I just think you're scared.
There's something
you're not telling us.
He can't get to you any more.
There is something, isn't there?
I'm saying this
because I want what's best.
That's all I care about.
Shutting things away never helps.
She's your mum.
I think you need to see her.
Can be as short a visit{ as you like}.
This is not about her.
This is for you, Ella.
Six o'clock slap.
What?
I used to do my make-up at six.
- Why?
- For when he got home.
It upset him to see the damage
he'd done to me,
so I covered it up for him.
You look great.
You go and see your daughter.
- Was it Jane?
- What?
That's what they do with grasses.
Move them to keep them safe.
No. It wasn't Jane.
Want this visit or what?
I'm so sorry.
I'm so, so sorry.
Please look at me.
Ella, please.
Why, Mum?
Dad was just trying
to look after you.
My lovely girl. I did it for you.
Jack?
When? When can I call you?
What do you think?
Do you think I'll get bail?
What do you say
about the confession in interview?
Don't look so surprised.
Contrary to your {like to }belief,
some judges do read the papers
before a hearing.
We'll argue the interview's inadmissible
because there was no solicitor present.
You mean she sounds cold-blooded
and you'd rather
the jury didn't hear it?
- She was suffering from shock.
- Look forward to hearing your argument.
Bail.
You're the trial judge?
- Has Miller appeared in front of you?
- Of course. Many times.
And I'm being very careful
to exclude all personal considerations
from my professional deliberations.
When do we all get
your defence statement?
Working on it.
Fascinating to see
what the defence will be.
Mr Holloway? Bail.
It's the Crown's view
there's a{ real} fear of the defendant failing
to attend her trial if granted bail.
The evidence is strong
and getting stronger,
she's unstable, she's depressed,
she's pregnant, she has nowhere to live.
Your Honour. All good reasons
for granting her bail.
Where is a depressed,
pregnant woman going to disappear to?
- She doesn't have the wherewithal.
- Where would she go?
There's a place in a hostel
for battered women.
What evidence is there of that?
My solicitor spoke to the hostel
this morning...
Of her being a battered woman.
An eloquent silence, Miss Klein.
I'm not going to grant
this bail application.
Of course, my ruling on bail
doesn't mean that I don't have
an open mind on every issue
when this comes to trial.
Well, thank you, Your Honour.
If I can keep the personal out of court,
so can you.
- How are the children, Mr Holloway?
- Fine, thank you, Your Honour.
I was his pupil.
- Coffee?
- Fuck off.
Bail has been refused.
I'm really sorry.
I've got to go.
I wish I was pregnant.
Why?
I like babies.
You got children?
Gone now.
- Where?
- Just gone.
I was young.
Do you want me
to keep talking to you?
Yes, please.
What names are you thinking of?
I don't know.
What names do you like?
I like Daniel for a boy.
And Sarah for a girl.
Do you reckon it will be a boy?
I think so.
Are you all right?
"If you ask for a promotion
this week,
"you could get a positive answer."
Grass.
What?
Help!
The sugar in the water means
it sticks to the skin. Won't cool down.
The pain goes on and on.
Who did this?
BP is falling.
Are we all right?
- Heart rate's up at 130.
- 250 mils of Voluven.
Lungs OK.
Slow down. He's not going anywhere.
Ready?
What is it?
It's your husband.
I'm afraid he's dead.
Thanks.
I can't...
Please, no...
It's a murder now.
{pos(192,230)}You go into that courtroom
and you let that jury know
{pos(192,230)}that you are your father's daughter.
{pos(192,230)}Push!
I'm finding you a place
on a mother and baby unit.
You go in front of a board
to decide if you are suitable.
If you are so convinced
that Juliet Miller is a murderer,
- why are you against me looking at Joe?
- He's not in charge any more.
- You are.
- You can tell us about your dad.
- How much you miss him.
- {*I don't think }I can't go on without my baby.
finish writing these?
About an hour ago.
She didn't want a solicitor
in the interview?
She was asked, but she said no.
It's on tape.
It's a proper cough, boss.
I want a rape exam.
She didn't mention rape.
All the more reason.
Have the clocks just gone back?
You're an hour out with
the timing of your notes.
Do you want a biscuit?
Go on.
I used to come here when
it was police accommodation.
My friend lived here.
She was called Susan.
People aren't called
Susan any more, are they?
OK. Higher and lower vaginal swabs -
some discomfort,
nothing to write home about.
Dressing gown off,
lie on the bed, please.
Will it harm my baby?
No bruising,
no tearing, no abrasions.
Oh, so no rape.
So we've got a full confession,
no sign of any physical or sexual abuse.
But there is a baby.
Sorry.
I didn't mean to...
Juliet Miller. I'm charging you with
the attempted murder of your husband.
You do not have to say anything
but it may harm your defence
if you do not mention{, when questioned, }
something which you later
rely on in court.
Anything you do say
may be given in evidence.
Can I clean my teeth?
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God! I saw him yesterday.
I want you to do this.
I mean{, really do} it. I want Juliet Miller to see
the same faces - yours and mine.
- I've got something before 12.
- Dump it.
- What's looking runnable?
- Self defence, maybe.
- You don't sound hopeful.
- She's not talking to me yet.
And if he dies?
- Then we look at provocation.
- Nobody says it, do they?
If you're an abused woman and attack
an abuser, make sure you kill him -
if you don't, it's not murder,
we can't run provocation.
So is he going to die?
It's not mine.
The stash belongs to my boyfriend.
- I'm sick of him. I'm not having it.
- Hello, Angela.
Juliet? Anna Klein. Hello.
Jack's told me all about you. I'm
going to try and get you bail. OK?
- Morning, everyone.
- Morning, sir.
Number three on your list, sir.
Angela Spencer.
- Is your name Angela Spencer?
- Yeah.
- Date of birth?
- July 16th.
- Which year?
- Every year.
1985, sir.
No objection to bail if there
is an address for her to go to.
What's the bruising, Miss Spencer?
- I walked into a door.
- You'll have to speak up.
She walked into a door.
- 118A Bowman Street?
- That's my boyfriend's.
- I don't wanna go{ there}.
- Why not?
Because she walks into doors.
- Bail hostel?
- There's a bed, but it's in Leeds.
Good.
I'll bail you to a bail hostel.
Seven days?
I won't get back here.
The hostel will sort out
getting you back for court.
They'll fuck it up{ or I will}.
It always fucks up.
Miss Woolf?
Will I go inside
if I put my hands up to this?
- Good. I'll plead.
- Angela...
The stash is mine.
It's a fair cop. Whatever.
- Professionally speaking...
- My instructions are I wanna go prison,
because I need a break
and the rehab is better.
Can I take a plea now, sir?
Just to be clear, Miss Spencer.
Your solicitor will tell you,
only plead guilty if you are
guilty, not for any other reason.
You will go to prison
for six months.
Take her down.
Next.
Number two on your list, sir.
Juliet Miller,
charged with attempted murder.
Bail position?
Repeated attempts to interfere
with evidence gathering
and when the defendant saw her daughter,
her behaviour was unstable.
The daughter is a probable prosecution
witness, and there's a real fear
the defendant will attempt to
interfere with her if granted bail.
You have to let me see her!
Please. Let me see my daughter.
Please let me see my daughter.
Please let me see my daughter!
Yes, Miss Klein?
"Extremely unstable." Any thoughts?
Your Honour, she saw her 13-year-old
daughter at the police station.
She didn't know she was there
because nobody had told her.
She reacted in the way
that any mother would react.
Yes, she was emotional.
What kind of a mother would she be
if she weren't emotional
under those circumstances?
There is no direct evidence
she'd try to interfere with a witness.
Except that she was arrested in
the Critical Care Unit at the hospital
in the middle of the night
trying to get to her husband
and had to be restrained
by two police officers.
Thank you so much. Bail is refused.
No-one told me about the hospital!
It's up to the CPS how
they do things in court.
They weren't at the hospital,
were they? You were.
We only arrested her 12 hours ago.
I don't have time to set up ambushes
to scupper bail applications.
We know a bit more than you know,
that's all. Will you excuse me?
Big balls for a Doris.
You know how she got silk?
If she'd been black,
- she'd have got it even younger.
- Who's that?
It's one of the neighbours.
Their daughter's best friends with Ella.
They've agreed to look after her
until Joe gets better.
Call me, we should talk.
Only 219 women QCs at the Bar
ever, in its entire history.
I don't think your positive
discrimination theory holds water.
Hello, Norma Fredericks?
Be with you in a moment. I just
need two minutes with Dr Rose.
Don't look at me.
Here you go.
- When does the van go?
- After lunch.
I need my methadone.
The prison will know that.
{You're all right.}
- Have you called them?
- They know your needs{. They know you}, Ange.
I'm sorry about bail.
- Any questions about anything?
- Has he woken up?
- Not yet.
- What will he say{,do you think,} when he wakes up?
You're scared of him.{, aren't you?}
I love him.
They can just carry on,
when he's better, can't they?
They?
Ella and Joe,
when I'm in prison.
I mean properly in prison.
It's our job to stop that happening.
Why?
We're a long way from
instructions on self defence.
It's a process.
She doesn't even know
she's been abused.
Nobody can expect her head to clear
at the same speed the system moves at.
- What abuse, Jack?
- How do you get to be that frightened?
Tell me Juliet Miller
isn't an abused woman.
Come on.
Are you a drug user?
Are you pregnant?
Would you now, have you ever,
might you, {in the future }consider killing yourself?
Come on.
Yes or no?
Come on!
{Shall }I put yes?
Tell me no, if it's not yes.
Come on!
You're back,{ you} bitch.
Pack it in, Lola.
Up we get.
You're having a hard time,
but everyone who comes here
is in trouble. You're no different.
So long as you understand that,
we'll get along fine.
Do you have children?
No. You?
One?
A boy?
- How old is she?
- "I love him!"
"I love him because
he treats me like shit."
"I love him because I'm really{, really} useless
and he's really{, really} wonderful."
Ask Jack if you love him.
- Can I go home?
- Why?
{Just }To get some of my own clothes?
{Is there something}What's wrong with these?
I took my father's suits
to Oxfam when he died.
My mum said,
"Do they wear grey in Africa?"
A smile costs nothing, young lady.
Was it your idea to start
taking anti-depressants?
I was feeling sad.
How's Joe?
Joe suggested the anti-depressants?
- How do you know{bout this}?
- Am I right?
I had to stop { aking them}once I found out
that I was pregnant.
You didn't tell him that{you'd stopped taking them}?
Because you hadn't told him
you were pregnant?
Will he be angry?
So you had to hide the fact
that you'd stopped{ taking} the pills?
I put them in the rubbish.
Why?
He would have found out
that I wasn't taking them.
How would he have found out?
- Because he... I don't know...
- What? Would he have counted them?
He was looking after me.
{You see, }I forget things.
- What things do you forget?
- Turning the bath off, the oven on...
Custard.
That night.
If I hadn't forgotten to get the...
What? If you hadn't forgotten
to get the custard, then what?
Are you helping me?
- Yes, we are.
- They say the solicitors help.
Tell us about the custard.
It was on the shopping list.
But I didn't get it.
I don't remember
seeing it on the list.
I don't even remember
the shopping list.
- Maybe there wasn't a list?
- There must have been.
- Why?
- Joe said.
Record from
the Miller home computer.
Take a look at five o'clock precisely
on the night of the crime.
- Life insurance. Whose?
- Joint.
The record was cleared
45 seconds later.
- She was hiding it.
- If it was her.
Statement from the black cab driver{who took Joe home}.
Look at the time he dropped him off.
"Five o'clock exactly".{He can't know that.}
How can he know that?
- Pips. Radio 4.
- What?
Cab driver remembers Joe paying
and the pips at five at
exactly the same time.
{Even }Joe Miller can't get out of a cab
and {look }at the computer at the same time.
{No, }It was her. And she wanted to hide
what she was looking{ at}.
- Gosh.
- She was planning it, Flo.
This is not some spontaneous domestic.
It's a proper, planned shot at murder.
You look like a little boy.
All pleased with what you've found.
It's called police work, love.
What did you used to do?
What?
Before Joe?
Nothing.
I needed Joe to survive.
What was your sex life like?
I wasn't very good at it.
He was unhappy about the sex?
You won't do what he wants?
What does he want?
Did he rape you?
Let me put it another way.
Did you say no to sex?
I should have been nicer to him.
How's Ella?
When can I see her?
She doesn't want to come here.
Not at the moment.
Can we try for bail again?
Please?
What's the difference between
rape and saying no to sex?
- The answer from a client.
- {You think }I was pushing her too hard?
I've never coached
a witness in my life.
Abused women don't do nods and winks{, Anna}.
They have to be helped.
It's {just }dishonest not to accept that.
Anyway,
{she said she was rape}we're up and running
with self defence.
Taking a knife{ rom the kitchen} to bed with you.
Reasonable force
in proportion to the threat?
It's all we've got.
You didn't answer her{ question}. How is he?
He's improving. The bastard.
- You wish he was dead?
- As a lawyer? Yes.
As a woman?
- Ain't that our job?
- What?
To keep the personal
out of the professional.
Hello, it's Ella here.
I'm out and about
{so I can't take your call,}
but please leave a message
and I will call you back.
Norma? It's me.
- I don't like it here...
- Have you got the phone{ in there}?
She knows when to stop.
How?
When it hurts enough.
Excuse me.
She's really bleeding.
Give me the blade, Ange.
Second day{ back},
you're a pain in the arse already.
Need some help in here.
{All I'm saying is }How is the reputation
of social services looking{ in London}, right now?
- Norma, listen...
- Or, to put another way { and dropping the bullshit, just for a moment}
since there's a safe and suitable
middle-class family who
would be happy{ delighted} to have Ella{ Miller},
- why don't we {just }get{ the hell } on with it?
- Why do you do this job?
The children {who live in}of this borough
need me.
Bloody hell.
We've known her all her life.
{I mean, }Kate and Ella
started school together.
What's your attitude
to what has happened?
God! That's a word.
Well, to be honest,
we just want to help.
We want to give Ella a normal,
warm place to live.
{There is something}
You need to accept something.
Juliet could pose a risk to Ella.
I'm not pre-judging{ the criminal proceedings}
but her violence is an established
and undisputed fact.
What are you saying?
We need to be sure
you'll keep Ella safe.
From her mother? She's in prison.
She'll be safe with us.
And will she go back to Joe
when he's better?
Do you have a view about that?
I'm happy.
Juliet's pregnant.
Did you know that?
Ella will have to be told.
Yes, of course.
- You knew she was pregnant?
- Yeah.
Well, I saw her
on the day it all happened.
As a patient?
Have you told the police?
Why not?
Well,
I don't want to...
contradict what she's saying.
Don't you think it's important?
I mean...
Her mental state...
They get the patient records anyway.
There are no records.
Why not?
Because I didn't see her
at the surgery.
- Where did you see her?
- Here.
Jesus Christ, Dom.
Why here?
She hates going out.
{ I mean, }It's really hard for her
to be in the public.
She's a friend.
- You were being kind to her.
- Yes
We're watching you, Ange.
- Why do you do it?
- For the pain.
Did you do it at home?
I get battered at home.
I don't need to be cutting.
Why does he...?
- He's jealous.
- What is he jealous of?
What isn't he jealous of?
We had a broken drain in our street once
and the sewage flooded our flat.
He was down the pub and when he got back
he beat the shit out of me
because he said I was
looking at the plumber.
Turds floating about in our kitchen,
and all he's interested in
is me looking at the plumber.
Why don't you leave him?
Why didn't you leave your husband?
That's... different.
So why did you stab him?
It's a lock.
They've got nowhere to go.
Self defence doesn't play with
checking out how much money you'll get.
I'll take a statement from the daughter.
Imagine what she's feeling.
- You off home, boss?
- Yeah.
- Why are you...?
- What?
A DI taking a witness statement?
Well, she's 13 years old.
I don't want some baby PC doing it.
Take Flo.
She went downstairs.
30 seconds.
She takes three knives
from the kitchen.
Another 60 seconds.
She went back upstairs.
30 seconds more. That's two minutes.
And what does she do?
She had a nice sit down.
In the interview she said for
"quite a long time." What's that?
Five minutes? More?
We're up to a minimum
of ten minutes now.
This isn't spontaneous, is it?
This is a cold-blooded bitch.
Why are you so angry about this one?
That poor girl was in there, Flo.
She pulled a knife out of her dad.
Why wouldn't I be angry?
Mum says you can
sleep in here with me.
What shall we do?
Should we just talk?
OK.
You're awake.
What did your husband do to you?
Nothing.
Yeah but, what, though?
What does Jack say he did to you?
He raped me.
And he didn't?
They asked me.
And you said yes.
I didn't say no.
You're here about your medication?
A Dr Rose contacted us.
These are different
to what you were on before,
but they're fine to
take with the pregnancy.
Do you want some water?
Well, let me see you take them.
Open.
Good girl. Off you go.
Were her anti-depressants
prescribed by you?
Yes.
What was the nature
of her depression?
Sorry. I'm her doctor.
Why don't you talk
to me as her friend?
Three years ago,
she was stuck in a traffic jam
and she needed to be home.
So she got out of the car and ran.
Door open. Engine running.
Traffic blocked.
- Why?
- Good question.
- She felt under pressure.
- From what?
I've probably said enough.
Joe said something in hospital before
losing consciousness. {He said }Your name.
Why would he do that?
I don't know.
What kind of a witness
do you think he'll be?
He's a barrister.
He knows how to do that stuff.
Yes.
She's raw, she's angry,
she hates her mum.
She's a brilliant witness. And all that
softened by some therapy nonsense.
What a dump.
A multi-agency approach is...
This agency says to your agency,
"Stop this bollocks."
Don't let anyone speak to my witness
who wants to change the way she thinks.
We think she has PTSD.
- You think everyone has PTSD.
- What do you suggest?
We leave her wrecked
until the trial is over?
How much damage would that do to her?
We should ask the lawyer.
Josh, can I have a word?
Therapy to treat PTSD
in a 13-year-old girl
whose mother is alleged to have stabbed
her father. Now or after the trial?
There's case law. Therapy now.
- Anything else?
- Why don't you ask yourselves
how that poor girl is going to
feel if Mum gets acquitted?
What kind of therapy
do you give her then?
You knew, didn't you? The case law?
What you've forgotten is that lawyers
only give us advice. I get to decide.
Get on with it.
My job is to help you.
I'm going to talk to you about
dealing with what has happened.
My mum tried to kill my dad.
What's there to talk about?
- Do you talk to anyone about it?
- My best friend.
- What's your friend's name?
- Kate.
What do you say to Kate
about what happened?
- Is it the same thing you said to me?
- No.
Good.
On a scale of 1 to 10,
where 1's the lowest
and 10's the highest...
where would you put the pain
you feel about what's happened?
12.
I'm going to get
that score right down.
- I promise you.
- My dad will do that.
Why are we looking at Joe's life
when we've got her sewn up?
What are they going to run?
"I was in such immediate fear
"of serious injury or death,
"that I had to check the life insurance,
ponder my options for about five hours
"and then, completely in proportion
with the very immediate threat
"that I was facing from my
probably asleep husband,
"I stuck the biggest knife
I could find in him up to the hilt."
- She was depressed.
- So she'll make a crap witness.
Too narrow.
You've focused in too tight,
too soon.
- Context is everything.
- What context?
Joe Miller had £600 {*in £20 notes }in his{ trouser} pocket
the night he was stabbed.
One has some very interesting prints
on it.
- Whose?
- Crack dealer.
Could have gone through {dozens }lot of hands
before Joe got it.
Then you look
at the Drug Squad surveillance log.
Why do you always want me to be
your number two?
Every straight man needs a fool.
Keeping watch?
My boys are my family.
£600 in his trouser pocket.
- What was he doing with that {kind of }cash?
- I gave it to him.
He was running the London Marathon.
I sponsored him.
He kept a note of his sponsors
in his brown book. It's not there.
Between you and me,
I'm not too keen of a record
of my financial life being kept.
Joe knows that.
You're happy to say that in court?
I've told you, ain't I?
Is it a fixture?
Good.
Yes, he'll be available.
Armed robbery at the Bailey in July.
Joe's comeback case.
Excuse me.
What do you want?
My boss is interested in context.
And you're not?
Did I say that?
Have you spoken to Ella?
Not yet.
I'm her godfather.
Look after her for us.
Always.
- Where are you going?
- Styal.
- What?
- It's another prison.
- Why?
- I dunno.
They don't give you a reason.
It's just what they do.
Mum.
... she should think herself
very ill-used.
It needed
all Jane's steady mildness...
Dad?
When Miss Bingley's letter arrived,
it put an end to doubt.
The very first sentence
conveyed the assurance
of their being all settled
in London for the winter,
and concluded
with her brother's regret
at not having had time
to pay his respects to his friends{* in Hertfordshire}
before he left the country.
Hope was over, entirely over,
- and when Jane could attend to...
- Dad?
Ella, wake up.
Bingo.
Jane Grady.
She said you said Joe didn't rape you,
that you made it up to keep us happy.
Yes, you said it? Or yes, it's true?
Her words are confirmed by the {physical }evidence,
or lack of it. There is no sign of rape.
We're in trouble.
We can get at her -
she's got form for dishonesty
and what she's getting in return
is an interesting question,
but you've got to be
straight with us.
We really, badly want to help you.
We can't do it
unless you start talking to us.
Sorry.
I don't think you're being dishonest.
I just think you're scared.
There's something
you're not telling us.
He can't get to you any more.
There is something, isn't there?
I'm saying this
because I want what's best.
That's all I care about.
Shutting things away never helps.
She's your mum.
I think you need to see her.
Can be as short a visit{ as you like}.
This is not about her.
This is for you, Ella.
Six o'clock slap.
What?
I used to do my make-up at six.
- Why?
- For when he got home.
It upset him to see the damage
he'd done to me,
so I covered it up for him.
You look great.
You go and see your daughter.
- Was it Jane?
- What?
That's what they do with grasses.
Move them to keep them safe.
No. It wasn't Jane.
Want this visit or what?
I'm so sorry.
I'm so, so sorry.
Please look at me.
Ella, please.
Why, Mum?
Dad was just trying
to look after you.
My lovely girl. I did it for you.
Jack?
When? When can I call you?
What do you think?
Do you think I'll get bail?
What do you say
about the confession in interview?
Don't look so surprised.
Contrary to your {like to }belief,
some judges do read the papers
before a hearing.
We'll argue the interview's inadmissible
because there was no solicitor present.
You mean she sounds cold-blooded
and you'd rather
the jury didn't hear it?
- She was suffering from shock.
- Look forward to hearing your argument.
Bail.
You're the trial judge?
- Has Miller appeared in front of you?
- Of course. Many times.
And I'm being very careful
to exclude all personal considerations
from my professional deliberations.
When do we all get
your defence statement?
Working on it.
Fascinating to see
what the defence will be.
Mr Holloway? Bail.
It's the Crown's view
there's a{ real} fear of the defendant failing
to attend her trial if granted bail.
The evidence is strong
and getting stronger,
she's unstable, she's depressed,
she's pregnant, she has nowhere to live.
Your Honour. All good reasons
for granting her bail.
Where is a depressed,
pregnant woman going to disappear to?
- She doesn't have the wherewithal.
- Where would she go?
There's a place in a hostel
for battered women.
What evidence is there of that?
My solicitor spoke to the hostel
this morning...
Of her being a battered woman.
An eloquent silence, Miss Klein.
I'm not going to grant
this bail application.
Of course, my ruling on bail
doesn't mean that I don't have
an open mind on every issue
when this comes to trial.
Well, thank you, Your Honour.
If I can keep the personal out of court,
so can you.
- How are the children, Mr Holloway?
- Fine, thank you, Your Honour.
I was his pupil.
- Coffee?
- Fuck off.
Bail has been refused.
I'm really sorry.
I've got to go.
I wish I was pregnant.
Why?
I like babies.
You got children?
Gone now.
- Where?
- Just gone.
I was young.
Do you want me
to keep talking to you?
Yes, please.
What names are you thinking of?
I don't know.
What names do you like?
I like Daniel for a boy.
And Sarah for a girl.
Do you reckon it will be a boy?
I think so.
Are you all right?
"If you ask for a promotion
this week,
"you could get a positive answer."
Grass.
What?
Help!
The sugar in the water means
it sticks to the skin. Won't cool down.
The pain goes on and on.
Who did this?
BP is falling.
Are we all right?
- Heart rate's up at 130.
- 250 mils of Voluven.
Lungs OK.
Slow down. He's not going anywhere.
Ready?
What is it?
It's your husband.
I'm afraid he's dead.
Thanks.
I can't...
Please, no...
It's a murder now.
{pos(192,230)}You go into that courtroom
and you let that jury know
{pos(192,230)}that you are your father's daughter.
{pos(192,230)}Push!
I'm finding you a place
on a mother and baby unit.
You go in front of a board
to decide if you are suitable.
If you are so convinced
that Juliet Miller is a murderer,
- why are you against me looking at Joe?
- He's not in charge any more.
- You are.
- You can tell us about your dad.
- How much you miss him.
- {*I don't think }I can't go on without my baby.