The Unspeakable Crime: Rape
BBC1 HD, BBC1 (not Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland): Tuesday 4th June 10:35pm - 11:35pm
Repeat: BBC1 Wales, Today 11:05pm
Repeat: BBC1 Northern Ireland, Today 11:15pm“People who know me say, what, Juliet was raped?... big, strong, confident not-scared-of-anything Juliet? Yeah, she was raped.” After she was attacked Juliet was examined and helped by the all-female staff of the St Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Manchester. Cameras follow her as the police investigation into her attack progresses, and a suspect is identified.
Juliet knows she will be judged — CCTV footage of her from the night shows her to be drunk to insensibility. But, as a Crown Prosecution Service lawyer insists, “The alcohol is not the rapist. The rapist is the rapist.” As for Juliet, her life is altered for ever: “You learn to live with it, you can’t let it be you.”
Observational documentary following two rape investigations, from the forensic fact-finding and police inquiries to the court case and beyond. Juliet was attacked by a stranger on New Year's Eve, while Kellie had known her attacker for more than a decade. They are just two of the 1,000-plus victims seeking justice or trying to move on with their lives with the help of the staff at St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Manchester. Here, the victims' accounts combine with those of the professionals to offer a revealing perspective on the crime.
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