Stacey Dooley: Rape on Trial

BBC One Channel Islands

11:30 PM to 12:20 AM

Tuesday 18 March

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Part two of two. Stacey meets four young women who have reported being raped by someone they know, spending three years following the complainants in the lead-up to trial. They have all waived their legal right to anonymity, as they fight to have their voices heard in a system under immense strain. Once the case begins, they face intense cross-examinations, with verdicts sometimes resting solely on their word. In cases built on personal testimony alone, verdicts sometimes rest solely on whom the jury believes