Come on, let's get checked in.
This is valuable drinking time we're wasting.
The bar guy. He was telling me about this awesome party they do
on the beach every Saturday night. I'm thinking of going.
Police. What's happening?
What? No!
They are saying he sexually assaulted another boy.
Sometimes charges get dropped. But it's about, er...
The right amount. Bribery.
No-one said that.
Obviously, you'd rather stick that shit in yourself
than have me in your life.
He is your smoking gun.
Your request for bail is denied.
Oh... oh, ismail. Oh...
Meg!
We need to discuss this. And my daughter is at your house.
You came back to look after her.
Look, I cannot stay there.
I just need to get my son, and I need to go back to Turkey.
What, to be with the entertainment guy?
It's a fantasy. You're doing that thing, Meg.
You've done it since you were three years old.
Oh, and what's that?
You get an idea and don't think through the consequences.
Look, what about Fred? What about his schooling?
What, he's gonna suddenly be living in Turkey, is he?
I'm not saying we're gonna live there.
Are you seriously gonna throw away your marriage, your business,
your whole bloody life, for a holiday romance? Yeah, I am.
Because I love him. Oh, you don't love him.
He's just new.
Look, I need you, Meg.
I can't.
Ok, fine, I'll ask Steve.
I am not taking Jess back when she's just got here.
No, you can't. Why not?
You just can't, ok? You cannot leave her with Steve.
Why not?
Because he...
You just can't, ok?
Mummy! Oh! Lovely.
Indistinct announcements
shouts and chatter
I'll leave you. Anyone need a coffee?
Please, double Espresso. I'm fine.
I'll have a coffee and a croissant, if you can find one.
We have the next trial date.
Your witness, Rosie Ford,
has agreed to fly over, if you pay her air fare.
Her and her mother.
And the forensic expert, birol ondra,
will travel from Ankara,
but, again, you pay travel and overnight stay.
Wait, we pay for him? Don't that raise suspicion with the judges?
How can he be impartial if we pay for him to come?
It is the way it works.
He's scared in there, Noah. They attacked his friend.
Can you get him moved? I mean, can you make some sort of appeal?
I will try. Let me think.
There is, er, one other thing I need to talk to you about.
What is that? Erm...
This is some information... On the accuser.
It came from... an investigator.
I think it could have a big impact.
Investigator? Someone in the UK.
Look, you said yourself, we need to discredit the accusation.
I will read it when I have more time.
Thank you. It's...
It could really change the case. It's pretty massive.
Why didn't she look at it? She didn't even open it.
She'll read it later. She's pissed off, ain't she?
Because I brought something she should've found.
I don't know.
Kath, all these costs. How are we gonna manage?
Apartment? Lawyer? Now all kinds of travel.
Well, has Carl not been in touch?
Not since he said I had till the middle of the month.
But they're still paying you?
For now.
I think it'll be ok.
Based on?
He'll see sense.
Oh, for Christ's sake. When did she get here?
Let's go. Well, talk to her.
And say what? I'm going back to the flat.
There you go. 'Hi.'
daddy! 'Hi, Fred. How you doing?' Good.
'Are you missing daddy? Cos daddy's missing you.'
loads and loads. And mummy's leaving me with a weird lady.
Er, n-no. She's a baby-sitter. She's not weird.
'Where you going?'
just... for a drink. Nothing special.
I've drawn a picture. No, two pictures. Wait...
Go on, then. 'With who?
'I'm still your husband. I'm allowed to ask these things.
'I'm clean, Meg.
'Bring him home. Please.'
here y'are.
This one is Noah, in the jail.
'Oh, right. That's... that's good.'
and this one is me and mummy in the pool, playing.
And that's ismail.
'Ismail?'
yeah, you remember?
The entertainment guy. Water Polo.
'Right. It's great, Fred. It's amazing.
'Your drawing's brilliant.'
I know. Better than mummy!
Er, thank you. Right, look, I've-I've gotta go.
But i-I'll call you tomorrow, when I've got more time.
'Right. Ok. But...' Bye, daddy. 'Bye, Fred.'
there you go. Bye, daddy.
'Meg, please. Megan, I need my boy.'
yeah, I know. I know. I know.
I'll call you tomorrow. Ok?
Right. Ok, come on. Let's go and brush your teeth.
No! Yes.
Please. Come. No, I'm here visiting.
My son, Noah.
Please.
Mother.
Hello.
The lawyer for your son, Noah, has contacted me,
requesting your son be moved from his current position in h8
to a section for younger prisoners.
That's right.
The lawyer makes claims there are homophobic attacks in h8.
And Noah feels, as a homosexual,
that he, too, may be targeted. Is this correct?
Yes. Yes.
Is your son homosexual?
He's attracted to boys, yes.
So, can he be moved?
We treat our inmates very well in this prison.
And all prisoners, especially our guests from abroad,
are protected from attack.
Well, that... That's not true, because...
We do not normally agree to requests for prisoners to move.
But on this occasion, we are willing to make an exception.
Oh. Well, thank you. She takes deep breath
thank you. That is terrific.
We ask one thing in return.
Noah: 'I'm treated well here. And the guards are very considerate.
'I always feel extremely safe.'
man: 'Have you seen any violence in your time at this prison?'
'no. None whatsoever.'
'how does this prison treat citizens from other countries?'
'well. There are lots of people from different countries,
'and they're treated the same as if they were from Turkey.'
it was obvious, if he didn't do it, then he wouldn't be moved. You know?
He... they were making a deal.
This is, er...
How in English...
PR.
They give you what you want.
But you sell your right to complain.
Sell your right to tell the world how foreigners are abused, maybe.
Is that a problem?
Not if we win.
If we lose, yes. It's a problem.
It's a problem, maybe, to get Noah transferred to UK.
They may say, "no. He happy. He serve whole sentence in Turkey.
"And when he's 18, we move him to adult prison.
"Where everyone know he's gay."
But worry not. We will win.
Did you get a chance to read over the file I gave you?
Yes, I did.
And it was a very interesting read.
Yeah. So, will you use it?
I don't think so.
What? It's damming.
I play by the rules.
I will get your son free by using the facts of the case.
Tangible evidence that is reliable in court.
This is bullshit. As your lawyer, you must trust my judgement.
You're fired.
Er, i-I'm sorry? Kathy...
No, Martin, this is the final straw.
This is a fight for his life.
And I need someone who's gonna roll their sleeves up and fight dirty.
I accept your apology.
Thank you. On two conditions.
One, I have to charge a little more money.
Two, this time, I run the show.
I am circus master. Ok?
We do not speak with newspaper. We do not speak with prison.
We do not do anything without speaking to me first.
Understand?
So, let's prepare for next hearing.
Come on.
Milo wore a blue wristband. An adult one.
And he definitely looked 16.
Um, he was flirting with everyone.
Girls and boys.
He just had that kind of personality.
When they started chatting, Noah and Milo...
Um...
Milo was definitely into him. And he was touching his arm.
And he was definitely the one leading it.
Speaking Turkish
translator: In my experience of sexual assault...
..And I have examined over 300 cases in my career...
The injuries to Milo are not consistent
with an aggressive attack.
There is superficial damage to the anus area.
But nothing to suggest force or brutal penetration.
These two boys, they are weeks apart in age.
So, yes, one is 15, the other is 16.
But they are weeks apart.
They meet at a party
and go off to find somewhere quiet. And...
..They do what young people do.
Then, later, armed police burst into the hotel
and thrust his life into a living hell.
Softly: Why?
What could possibly cause this accusation?
I'll tell you.
Milo's mother, Margarita, she is religious.
Very religious.
No problem, you may think.
Half the world is religious.
No. Look here.
She posts...
Links to a group. Strong group.
Extreme.
We go to their website.
And what do we find?
"Change by prayer".
Conversion therapy.
Homophobia? No. My grandmother is homophobic.
This is hate.
"Change them. Make them better.
"Make them normal.
"Cure them of this sickness.
"Lock them up."
This is why this young boy is wrongly accused:
To save the face of a boy
against his hateful, homophobic mother
who posts her hatred and bile online...
It is lies!
They speak Turkish
arguing in Turkish
judge speaking in Turkish
What's happening? Why have they stopped?
Why's he been taken away? Please, mother...
Don't call me that. What's happened?
The prosecution argued the information we present
to be thrown to one side.
Why?
They argue it is circumstantial to the accusation of sexual assault.
The police believe crime happened.
Whatever the family's values, they...
They pursue sentence for Noah.
So what happens now? We wait for the next hearing.
But what can we say that we haven't already said?
I mean, this is madness. This feels bad, rico.
It is disappointing, I agree.
But be assured, the judges listen to everything that we put forward.
They assess the validity of the sexual assault claim
at the next hearing.
It is slow.
I am sorry. This is Turkish system.
Thunder rumbles
Stop here, please.
What you doing?
I need to walk. I need to be alone. Clear my head.
Kath?
Just let me walk.
Hello. Something to drink?
White wine, please. Ok.
Boys laughing
Laughter and chatter
are you crazy?
Slurring: You boys?
I want you to be careful, ok, out here.
Don't touch anyone. Don't kiss anyone.
They laugh
I'm saying this for your mother.
It's not safe, this country. Whoa, whoa...
You have fun, but you stick with your mates, ok?
Keep your hands to yourself. No, listen to me, please.
Your mum's not here, and... Don't touch anyone! Hey, hey, hey.
Don't kiss anyone. Get your hands off me. Come with me.
Get your fucking hands off me!
Ok, ok. Sorry.
But please, time for out. Out!
You'll end up in prison, and you'll break your mother's heart.
You'll break your mum's heart.
Prick.
Fuck it...
Megan, it's your sister.
Oh, shit.
Fuck you, Carl.
Kathy? Kathy?
Oh, god.
Give me the bottle, Kath. I'm fine.
You're not, you're wasted. No. No!
Give me the bottle, Kath.
You! She's a married woman! Oh, for god's sake.
Young child. You gonna bring him up, are you?
For god's sake. Give me the bott... Where is he? Where is he?
He's with the baby-sitter. Oh, the baby-sitter.
Where is he now? Give me it. Ow. Get off!
What you doing? What you doing?! Ismail!
Oh, my god!
Jesus Christ, what are you... Put me fucking down!
Put me down!
Kathy gasping
you ok? You better?
No.
She sobs
I'm so sorry for your son.
You can borrow some clothes. Martin's on his way.
Hello. I'm back...
Hello?
Fuck.
Where's Fred? Hello?
Hello? Hello?
Megan. Megan. Oh...
It's Steve. He's over here.
He's took him. He's fuck... he's fucking took him.
Why, why, would she let him take him?
His father. I mean, Fred know him. Oh, my god. Oh, my god.
He's got his passport.
Oh, god, he's got his passport.
Oh, god. He's got my boy. Calm down.
No, no, no, no. Oh, come on.
Engaged tone
right, you gotta call the police. You have to call the police now.
Megan. Oh, no. You don't... You don't understand.
Come on. I-I can, erm, track him on my phone.
She gasps right. He's there. He... he's there.
Where's that? Will you get your bike, please?
Please, please. I've-I've been drinking.
No, it doesn't matter. Just get the fucking bike. Please!
My god.
He's gone in the water.
I don't understand.
Because this is ferry terminal.
It's a ferry? Well, to where?
To Greece. Greece?!
We are too late. He's crossing water.
Oh, fuck. Oh, fuck.
Oh, fuck. Megan? Megan?
Listen to me. You took boy from him.
He take boy away from you.
Is ugly. What is best for Fred?
Well, to be with his mother. Or, maybe, no?
Did you even plan in your head how this work?
It's good for month, maybe two. What you saying?
You saying I should go home, ismail? Huh?
Oh, you-you... You've had your fling.
Now go...
And leave you to seduce some other desperate English tourist.
You're grown people.
You have the life, the marriage, the child.
I wanna be with you. But how?
I want... anything's possible.
It's not. It's not.
Megan. No. Megan.
No, no, no, no, no. No, no!
She sobs
she wails and sobs
Steve? It's Martin. If you get this will you...
I don't wanna get in the middle. But, erm...
..Just call me, yeah?
He sighs
phone beeps and buzzes
He sighs
It's me.
I've read the texts.
Do you know what you did?
Do you?!
You tore us apart.
And I should have smashed your face in at the time.
I swear to god, if you come near my family again...
So, you can take your job...
And you can stick it up your lying, fucking arse!
I've taken you for granted, Kath.
I've taken every day I should have cherished you for granted,
and I want a second chance.
I want us to hug back on that sofa.
Cuddled up, watching the TV like...
Like, none of this has ever happened.
He sighs
I love you.
I guess he's only with his dadda.
Just gotta try and stop worrying.
I mean, I spoke to Fred last night, he's fine.
Why did you never tell me? About Steve's... problems?
Shame.
Failure. I di...
I didn't want anyone to know.
People think it's just guys on the street,
shooting up in filthy squats, but he was going to nice places -
hotels...
Getting out of it, and then...
Getting up for work in the morning.
No-one talks about it, but there...
..There's this middle-class addiction that...
You know, he's not out robbing, but...
..It's just as destructive.
And that is hard enough, but...
..With a kid like Fred, that is really ha...
You should've told me. I could've helped.
I'm so sorry, Kath.
I'm a shit sister. No, you're not.
Yeah, I am a shit mother and a shit wife. And I...
..I just wanna be me again.
I just wanna be the me I used to be.
We had so much fun, didn't we? They laugh
20 years old. Going out on the town.
The door shuts behind you, when you have kids.
They make us vulnerable.
Their pain is our pain. When Noah's scared, I'm scared.
When Noah's sad, I'm sad.
And there's no button that you can press to make us carefree again.
And I see new mums, and they are so excited and I...
And it is exciting.
But they don't realise that...
..That they're releasing feelings...
..They never knew possible.
Primal. Protective.
What are you gonna do?
Fight.
We have no choice.
If Noah admits he's guilty, they're offering a deal.
How long? Five years.
Five years?! No. He'll be 20 years old.
Convicted sex offender. No.
I agree with you, Martin. No, is my answer.
But legally, I-I tell you their offer.
Same as I tell Noah - admit to sexual assault,
and say he regrets the crime, five years. Maybe transfer to UK.
But, not admit...
Ah.
We roll the dice.
Maybe free, we hope.
But if not - eight...
Ten... 15 years.
Depends on judge. But here...
In Turkey.
No. He's not guilty.
He says he's not guilty, so he's not guilty.
And if he's not guilty, he doesn't say he is.
Ok...
There is only one problem...
..Noah says to accept.
To... it's over.
You should go home. Get on with your lives.
You can't stay here. No, son.
I've messed up... everything, and...
..I'm just gonna have to pay for it.
What have we always taught you, Noah?
To tell the truth, yeah?
And if you say you're guilty, then that's a lie.
And I want you to go to that court
and I want you to tell them the truth.
The truth, Noah.
They'll find me guilty. I'll just get more time.
Did you attack that boy?
Noah? Your mum is asking you a question.
Did you assault that boy?
Did that boy wanna kiss you that night?
Did that boy wanna touch you that night?
Then you aren't guilty.
And you go back in that court, and you tell those judges,
you look them in the eye, and you tell them the truth.
No more games. No more lawyer strategies.
You tell the truth and you tell it hard.
Because this is your life, Noah.
This is your life.
Phone buzzes
Steve?
Fred? Fred?!
Steve?
Oh, god. Mummy! Oh, god.
You all right?
I thought the baby-sitter had took him. I was beside myself.
I can't live without him, Meg. Don't you see?
I will never take a drug again if... That's what you said last time.
I swear, Meg. I swear.
And if we go home and-and I have to live down the road,
and only see him three days a week, then that's... that's fine.
But him here? In a different country?
I know, Meg, that...
I know that you don't love me any more...
..But, please... Don't rip my heart out.
Door unlocks
Only what we agreed. Yes?
Ok.
Judge speaks Turkish
translator: The defence claim the boy has no history of aggression.
But why then, when he was arrested,
did he already have bruises to the side of his body?
The result, we have discovered, of a violent scuffle
with another boy on his way home from school.
A fight in which his school friend suffered a serious head wound.
So, far from being the naive,
passive innocent, the defence are painting,
the accused is, in fact, a boy with anger issues.
He also has a family willing to pay to cover up his crime,
in the hope that it will mysteriously go away.
They talk in Turkish
I would like to allow detective demir isler
to come forward and speak.
Please explain the events of April 7th to the judges.
Detective speaks Turkish
I was making a routine visit to the parents of the accused,
to confiscate his passport.
And in this visit, in the accused parents' hotel,
I was offered a sum of money. Cash, er, in a holdall.
Which, in my view, was an attempt to
pervert the course of my investigation.
And did you take the cash away?
Not at all.
I treated this request with the contempt it deserves.
Liar. That's lies. Judge bangs gavel
judge, muffled: If you speak out in this way again,
you will be escorted outside.
He breathes shakily
Please... please, can you ask if I can go to the bathroom, please?
She translates
you may, under guard.
He pants
I feel, in the previous hearings, that I've not really had the chance
to explain what happened between myself and Milo,
in a thorough and truthful way.
Please may I have that chance?
Please. Proceed.
I came on this holiday, I wanted to get away from something at home -
bullying.
Bullied at school for being gay.
And I get hit, called names,
sent text messages, and dms, and things on social media.
Horrible things from a couple of horrible boys at school.
I came on holiday angry, I did. I admit it.
And I went to the beach party that night, angry.
I mean, I was happy to be going out, but...
I was still getting sent messages from home.
When Rosie took me to the beach party
and introduced me to Milo...
..I could tell straightaway that he fancied me. And I fancied him.
Yeah, we were basically the same age
and it was one of those instant things.
So... We chatted, and we drank,
and we both knew that we wanted to get off with each other.
So he suggested that we go somewhere quieter...
..And so we went into the hotel grounds and we started kissing.
Things got pretty heated, pretty quickly...
Milo slides his hands down my shorts, and starts...
..Starts to masturbate me.
And as he's doing this, his phone rings, and...
With his other hand, he kinda looks who it is. Seemed strange.
But he saw that it was his mother, so he ditched the call,
put the phone down and carried on.
But then it rings again, and he stops.
He just stops.
And a look crosses his face like
he's, he's suddenly seeing himself from the outside or something.
And he spits at me...
..And looks angry, and I was confused
because a second earlier he was... Masturbating me.
And... and then there's this... He just kinda looks at me
and there's this weird moment, like, "what now?"
And... and, you know, I thought it was part of it.
I've seen stuff online
and I know people like rough, kind of, sexual things.
So I pushed him against the wall and I kissed him,
and he kissed back.
And we were at each other's shorts
and so I-I kinda spun him round and shoved him against the wall,
and put my hand down the back of his shorts.
And then he... ejaculated... I think.
And I was aroused and I-I definitely did.
But then his phone rings a third time,
and it was his mum again.
And he pulled away from me and looked at me like he hated me.
And then like he might cry.
And he said he had to go, so he went.
I'm young,
and I don't have much experience in these kind of things.
Sex.
And if I did go too far, then i-I'm sorry,
I'm truly sorry, but... I didn't mean to hurt him.
And I'll never hurt anyone ever again.
So, that's all I have to say.
You may stand down.
Judge speaks Turkish
translator: The issue of consent is always difficult to assess.
As an intimate act between two people...
..It is only a crime...
If one party goes against the wishes of the other,
in pursuit of their own desires.
Clearly...
Noah has taken his desires too far.
And perhaps, the anger issues he carries,
by his own admission...
..Led to his behaviour that evening with Milo Garcia.
But with an accuser no longer willing to accuse...
..And since the sexual conduct was almost certainly consensual...
..We do not believe Noah guilty on the charge of sexual assault.
However...
..By the laws of this country, a crime was committed.
We therefore have no option but to find the defendant guilty...
..And the sentence shall be three years in prison.
No. No.
However...
..Given the age of the defendant,
and our assessment that he is of no further risk to the public...
..We are prepared to suspend the sentence.
He will now be freed from prison...
And on receipt of his passport, is free to leave the country.
Oh! Oh, Noah.
My gorgeous, gorgeous boy.
I love you so much. Oh, god.
Inaudible conversation
Sorry.
You're my little boy.
Even when you're a man, you're my little boy.
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