1 00:00:00,007 --> 00:00:00,543 Oh, God. 2 00:00:00,546 --> 00:00:02,296 Stephen Ward's no ponce, sir. 3 00:00:02,298 --> 00:00:04,000 There's no money involved with these girls. 4 00:00:04,001 --> 00:00:06,200 I find that hard to believe. 5 00:00:08,430 --> 00:00:10,884 I presume Mandy will be following Christine's lead, 6 00:00:11,686 --> 00:00:13,753 keeping quiet about our friendship. 7 00:00:13,755 --> 00:00:14,778 Calm down! 8 00:00:14,780 --> 00:00:16,086 I want you to get him this time. 9 00:00:16,111 --> 00:00:17,471 Is anyone else there with you? 10 00:00:17,473 --> 00:00:19,759 No, no, no. It's just Paula and me here. 11 00:00:19,761 --> 00:00:23,433 I sentence you to three years at Her Majesty's pleasure. 12 00:00:23,435 --> 00:00:26,328 You are the liar. You are the liar. 13 00:00:26,330 --> 00:00:28,753 Stephen Ward, I'm arresting you for living wholly or in part 14 00:00:28,755 --> 00:00:30,753 on the immoral earnings of prostitution. 15 00:00:30,755 --> 00:00:33,595 You do realise no-one will come forward to say it's true? 16 00:00:51,955 --> 00:00:54,955 They say you should make the punishment fit the crime. 17 00:00:56,715 --> 00:00:58,713 It's not true, is it? 18 00:00:58,715 --> 00:01:00,713 Not for Stephen... 19 00:01:00,715 --> 00:01:02,635 ..or for me. 20 00:01:06,155 --> 00:01:08,435 Shame! Shame on you! 21 00:01:12,875 --> 00:01:14,435 Shame on you! 22 00:01:30,435 --> 00:01:31,635 Slut! 23 00:01:32,955 --> 00:01:35,435 First, they decided to punish us. 24 00:01:47,675 --> 00:01:49,715 Life is good, little baby. 25 00:01:51,715 --> 00:01:54,435 And then they decided on the crime. 26 00:02:14,715 --> 00:02:17,713 I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth 27 00:02:17,715 --> 00:02:19,715 and nothing but the truth... 28 00:02:22,715 --> 00:02:24,435 ..so help me God. 29 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:56,050 *CREDITS* 30 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,994 _ 31 00:03:03,995 --> 00:03:06,795 Any comment on Mr Profumo's resignation, sir? 32 00:03:22,715 --> 00:03:25,795 Will Mr Profumo be making a statement, sir? 33 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,000 _ 34 00:03:39,395 --> 00:03:40,635 Ah. 35 00:03:41,635 --> 00:03:43,513 Well, that's that, then. 36 00:03:43,515 --> 00:03:45,435 A civilian once more. 37 00:03:46,955 --> 00:03:49,715 My resignation is officially complete. 38 00:03:51,715 --> 00:03:52,953 Val? 39 00:03:52,955 --> 00:03:54,795 How could you? 40 00:03:56,715 --> 00:04:00,713 How could you give that common little tart the same scent? 41 00:04:00,715 --> 00:04:05,193 I mean, the failure of imagination apart from anything else. 42 00:04:05,195 --> 00:04:06,913 Was it a job lot? 43 00:04:06,915 --> 00:04:09,195 I hope they gave you a discount! 44 00:04:16,515 --> 00:04:18,433 I don't get it though. 45 00:04:18,435 --> 00:04:21,953 How can they let Lucky Gordon out of jail after all he did to you? 46 00:04:21,955 --> 00:04:23,301 It's not come to that yet. 47 00:04:23,326 --> 00:04:25,113 Mr Barrow says he's being allowed 48 00:04:25,115 --> 00:04:28,753 to appeal because there's things that didn't come out in his trial. 49 00:04:28,755 --> 00:04:30,487 - What things? - Just like he's saying 50 00:04:30,512 --> 00:04:31,873 I lied about him hitting me 51 00:04:31,875 --> 00:04:33,713 the night I called the police. 52 00:04:33,715 --> 00:04:36,195 I suppose you gave yourself a black eye! 53 00:04:39,715 --> 00:04:42,475 It says they're keeping Stephen in solitary. 54 00:04:45,715 --> 00:04:47,795 He'll hate that. 55 00:04:49,875 --> 00:04:52,113 Have you moved the tape-recorder, darl? 56 00:04:52,115 --> 00:04:54,193 Paul took a load of his gear, didn't he? 57 00:04:54,195 --> 00:04:56,953 Said, since you'd fired him, he was clearing it all out. 58 00:04:56,955 --> 00:04:58,793 The tapes and all? 59 00:04:58,795 --> 00:05:02,193 Oh, God. There's all sorts on them, Paula. Hours of it. 60 00:05:02,195 --> 00:05:04,713 - You know, about that night. - Oh, Christ. 61 00:05:04,715 --> 00:05:06,713 Can't we just have a day off? 62 00:05:06,715 --> 00:05:08,953 It's saying we're prostitutes. 63 00:05:08,955 --> 00:05:10,513 It's disgusting. 64 00:05:10,515 --> 00:05:12,433 Call girl. That's the other one. 65 00:05:12,435 --> 00:05:14,715 "Stephen and his ring of call girls." 66 00:05:16,715 --> 00:05:18,980 I didn't say anything to the police 67 00:05:19,005 --> 00:05:20,993 about Stephen that wasn't true. 68 00:05:20,995 --> 00:05:22,953 Did you? 69 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:24,435 No. 70 00:05:25,715 --> 00:05:27,435 Course not. 71 00:05:28,435 --> 00:05:30,435 What else could we do? 72 00:05:48,195 --> 00:05:50,955 Prosecution barely has a case against you. 73 00:05:52,435 --> 00:05:53,953 Oh, God. 74 00:05:53,955 --> 00:05:56,953 It's frankly outrageous they're even pressing for trial 75 00:05:56,955 --> 00:05:58,713 in the criminal court. 76 00:05:58,715 --> 00:06:02,953 And to be refused bail, let alone kept in solitary confinement. 77 00:06:02,955 --> 00:06:05,715 I've lived a bohemian life, Mr Burge. 78 00:06:07,195 --> 00:06:08,953 That must be clear to you. 79 00:06:08,955 --> 00:06:10,953 But I have committed no crimes. 80 00:06:10,955 --> 00:06:13,233 The Crown certainly begs to differ. 81 00:06:13,235 --> 00:06:15,953 Eight wafer-thin charges lumped together 82 00:06:15,955 --> 00:06:18,953 to present as damaging an impression as possible. 83 00:06:18,955 --> 00:06:20,195 Ouch. 84 00:06:22,955 --> 00:06:24,715 May I take a look? 85 00:06:25,915 --> 00:06:28,433 I'll argue strongly in favour of bail 86 00:06:28,435 --> 00:06:32,713 but, on current form, it's likely to be set high. 87 00:06:32,715 --> 00:06:34,715 Let me take the weight. 88 00:06:35,715 --> 00:06:37,953 Do you have money in the bank, Dr Ward? 89 00:06:37,955 --> 00:06:40,355 I've never been a rich man, Mr Burge. 90 00:06:41,355 --> 00:06:43,593 Apart from in my friendships. 91 00:06:43,595 --> 00:06:46,715 Then let's hope it's possible to cash a few of those in, eh? 92 00:06:51,195 --> 00:06:53,435 It's quite remarkable. 93 00:06:55,715 --> 00:06:57,953 Bail aside, if it comes to trial, 94 00:06:57,955 --> 00:07:00,313 you'll need people to speak up for you. 95 00:07:00,315 --> 00:07:03,195 People of the best possible character. 96 00:07:04,955 --> 00:07:07,195 I have no worries on that score. 97 00:07:09,715 --> 00:07:11,715 Another one for you, thank you. 98 00:07:16,835 --> 00:07:18,713 You've got the passports? 99 00:07:18,715 --> 00:07:20,074 They're in my bag, just as 100 00:07:20,099 --> 00:07:21,979 they were the last time you asked. 101 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,200 _ 102 00:07:39,035 --> 00:07:41,713 This business over Ward... 103 00:07:41,715 --> 00:07:45,713 places us all in the same, quite frankly, revolting dilemma. 104 00:07:45,715 --> 00:07:50,193 It asked how to respond to his solicitor's request 105 00:07:50,195 --> 00:07:52,713 to appear as character witnesses. 106 00:07:52,715 --> 00:07:55,915 We've all been treated by the good doctor. 107 00:07:57,195 --> 00:08:02,195 Many of us have been beneficiaries of his, erm... 108 00:08:03,195 --> 00:08:05,273 ..hospitality... 109 00:08:05,275 --> 00:08:07,595 ..over the years. 110 00:08:08,595 --> 00:08:11,713 Surely everyone should take their cue from Viscount Astor. 111 00:08:11,715 --> 00:08:14,193 He's one of Ward's oldest friends. 112 00:08:14,195 --> 00:08:17,713 If he steps forward, it suggests those of us less intimate 113 00:08:17,715 --> 00:08:19,433 are right to follow. 114 00:08:19,435 --> 00:08:23,555 I believe Bill's out of the country for a spell. 115 00:08:36,435 --> 00:08:38,195 I'm Spartacus. 116 00:08:39,195 --> 00:08:40,713 What? 117 00:08:40,715 --> 00:08:42,593 That film. 118 00:08:42,595 --> 00:08:44,955 Kirk Douglas, was it? Awfully good. 119 00:08:45,955 --> 00:08:48,995 I'm Spartacus. I'm Spartacus! 120 00:08:49,995 --> 00:08:53,715 Are you sure you're not thinking of Exodus, old chap? 121 00:09:05,955 --> 00:09:07,713 Ward, get up. 122 00:09:07,715 --> 00:09:09,795 You've been bailed. 123 00:09:13,715 --> 00:09:16,713 The papers will write any old rubbish, you know that. 124 00:09:16,715 --> 00:09:19,713 All I know is that they are offering me a thousand, 125 00:09:19,715 --> 00:09:23,073 so that's what it's costing you for me to stay out of it. 126 00:09:23,075 --> 00:09:24,577 The coppers already know that me 127 00:09:24,602 --> 00:09:26,033 and Pete Comacchio was there. 128 00:09:26,035 --> 00:09:27,534 I was only trying to keep you and 129 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,033 Pete out trouble, you know I was. 130 00:09:29,035 --> 00:09:31,715 If Lucky can prove I've lied, they'll let him out. 131 00:09:35,435 --> 00:09:37,715 I can give you more another time. 132 00:09:39,075 --> 00:09:40,235 Please. 133 00:09:41,235 --> 00:09:42,715 Please, Watt. 134 00:09:46,715 --> 00:09:49,435 Thanks, Chris. You're a good girl. 135 00:09:53,075 --> 00:09:54,955 See you again soon. 136 00:10:04,955 --> 00:10:08,073 Honestly, Chris, you and men. 137 00:10:08,075 --> 00:10:10,193 Could have been worse. 138 00:10:10,195 --> 00:10:12,582 He could have run straight to the papers. 139 00:10:12,583 --> 00:10:13,435 He's a prince. 140 00:10:16,715 --> 00:10:19,355 - What? - You did lie about Lucky. 141 00:10:20,355 --> 00:10:23,955 Only about Pete and Watt being there the night he came after me. 142 00:10:26,435 --> 00:10:29,593 And the black eye. That was Paula's brother. 143 00:10:29,595 --> 00:10:31,953 He's hit me enough for real, you know he has. 144 00:10:31,955 --> 00:10:34,433 He even managed to get a kick in that night. 145 00:10:34,435 --> 00:10:37,113 I knew if I went on about the black eye not being from him, 146 00:10:37,115 --> 00:10:38,953 he'd manage to get off again. 147 00:10:38,955 --> 00:10:41,713 - The police backed me up, Mandy. - Course they did. 148 00:10:41,715 --> 00:10:44,033 Because they knew they could hold it over you 149 00:10:44,035 --> 00:10:46,035 to get what they wanted on Stephen. 150 00:11:04,755 --> 00:11:07,515 Little baby, we're not meant to speak to one another. 151 00:11:08,515 --> 00:11:11,715 - You're a witness for the prosecution. - Please, Stephen. 152 00:11:13,435 --> 00:11:14,715 Please. 153 00:11:22,435 --> 00:11:24,193 I can't do it. 154 00:11:24,195 --> 00:11:28,715 The police, the reporters, everyone twisting what you say. 155 00:11:29,955 --> 00:11:33,435 All the rotten lies. It's all wrong. 156 00:11:34,435 --> 00:11:36,715 You hardly need to tell me that. 157 00:11:37,715 --> 00:11:40,195 It's a show trial, pure and simple. 158 00:11:41,715 --> 00:11:45,715 They needed a scapegoat and it seems I fit the bill. 159 00:11:47,195 --> 00:11:48,955 Do you hate me? 160 00:11:51,435 --> 00:11:53,355 I don't hate anyone. 161 00:11:54,715 --> 00:11:57,435 It's not in my nature, you know that. 162 00:12:02,435 --> 00:12:04,075 They're broken. 163 00:12:11,715 --> 00:12:13,955 It's not the end of the world. 164 00:12:17,195 --> 00:12:19,433 They're letting Lucky appeal. 165 00:12:19,435 --> 00:12:21,713 I don't know if you heard, but... 166 00:12:21,715 --> 00:12:24,193 ..if he can get off, maybe you will, too. 167 00:12:24,195 --> 00:12:26,433 It doesn't work like that, I'm afraid. 168 00:12:26,435 --> 00:12:28,715 It's all too late, Chris. 169 00:12:30,195 --> 00:12:32,433 I'll be in the dock tomorrow 170 00:12:32,435 --> 00:12:34,953 and you'll be giving evidence against me. 171 00:12:34,955 --> 00:12:36,860 But if he can appeal, so could you. 172 00:12:36,885 --> 00:12:38,713 You don't understand, darling. 173 00:12:38,715 --> 00:12:41,433 The damage would have already been done. 174 00:12:41,435 --> 00:12:44,433 Use what you've got. That's what you always said. 175 00:12:44,435 --> 00:12:47,193 Sex makes the world go round. 176 00:12:47,195 --> 00:12:49,195 Look where that's got me. 177 00:12:52,435 --> 00:12:54,193 Both of us. 178 00:12:54,195 --> 00:12:56,193 I was wrong. 179 00:12:56,195 --> 00:12:58,953 It turns out it isn't sex at all. 180 00:12:58,955 --> 00:13:00,715 - It's... - Money. 181 00:13:03,715 --> 00:13:06,435 - That's what Mandy always says. - Power. 182 00:13:12,595 --> 00:13:14,035 Power. 183 00:13:16,715 --> 00:13:19,043 And those who have it will fight tooth 184 00:13:19,068 --> 00:13:20,739 and claw to hang on to it. 185 00:13:22,715 --> 00:13:25,035 All I had ever wanted was the fun. 186 00:13:27,955 --> 00:13:30,195 For other people to have fun. 187 00:13:33,435 --> 00:13:35,435 Where's the harm in that? 188 00:13:43,195 --> 00:13:45,033 But, you know... 189 00:13:45,035 --> 00:13:47,035 ..there is always hope. 190 00:13:50,715 --> 00:13:52,715 I don't blame you, little baby. 191 00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:57,955 But, please, Chris... 192 00:13:59,955 --> 00:14:02,195 ..do try and tell the truth. 193 00:14:13,955 --> 00:14:15,355 Steven White. 194 00:14:17,195 --> 00:14:18,715 Jane Roberts. 195 00:14:28,435 --> 00:14:30,355 They'll calm you down. 196 00:14:32,715 --> 00:14:34,435 I can't do it. 197 00:14:35,955 --> 00:14:37,435 I can't. 198 00:14:57,715 --> 00:15:00,195 Yesterday, upon the stair... 199 00:15:01,955 --> 00:15:04,195 ..I met a man who wasn't there. 200 00:15:07,955 --> 00:15:10,035 He wasn't there again today. 201 00:15:13,955 --> 00:15:15,955 How I wish he'd go away. 202 00:15:58,435 --> 00:16:00,555 Will the defendant please stand. 203 00:16:04,435 --> 00:16:07,193 Stephen Thomas Ward, 204 00:16:07,195 --> 00:16:10,713 you are hereby charged that you, being a man, 205 00:16:10,715 --> 00:16:15,433 did on diverse dates between June 1st 1961 206 00:16:15,435 --> 00:16:19,193 and July 31st 1962, 207 00:16:19,195 --> 00:16:23,073 live wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution. 208 00:16:23,075 --> 00:16:24,753 How do you plead? 209 00:16:24,755 --> 00:16:26,713 Not guilty. 210 00:16:26,715 --> 00:16:30,193 On count two, you are charged of a similar offence, 211 00:16:30,195 --> 00:16:33,753 namely living on the earnings of prostitution. 212 00:16:33,755 --> 00:16:36,433 On count three, you are charged with procuring a girl 213 00:16:36,435 --> 00:16:37,953 under the age of 21. 214 00:16:37,955 --> 00:16:39,753 On count four, you are charged... 215 00:16:39,755 --> 00:16:42,313 - How do you plead? - Not guilty. 216 00:16:42,315 --> 00:16:43,713 Not guilty. 217 00:16:43,715 --> 00:16:45,715 Absolutely not guilty. 218 00:17:20,435 --> 00:17:22,715 Miss Keeler... 219 00:17:23,715 --> 00:17:28,193 ..whilst you and Marilyn Rice-Davies were sharing a flat 220 00:17:28,195 --> 00:17:30,713 early in 1960, 221 00:17:30,715 --> 00:17:33,214 were you introduced to other people 222 00:17:33,239 --> 00:17:35,459 by the defendant, Stephen Ward? 223 00:17:36,435 --> 00:17:37,873 Yes. 224 00:17:37,875 --> 00:17:39,713 A few of his friends. 225 00:17:39,715 --> 00:17:45,153 Did you have sexual intercourse with any of those persons 226 00:17:45,155 --> 00:17:47,953 - whilst you were living there? - I can't really remember. 227 00:17:47,955 --> 00:17:50,035 Well, think, Miss Keeler. 228 00:17:54,435 --> 00:17:56,073 Maybe a couple. 229 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:59,553 Were you paid for the intercourse? 230 00:17:59,555 --> 00:18:00,953 No. 231 00:18:00,955 --> 00:18:05,193 Were you receiving money from any men at that time? 232 00:18:05,195 --> 00:18:06,913 Mr... 233 00:18:06,915 --> 00:18:09,113 ..Burge. 234 00:18:09,115 --> 00:18:12,033 Your Honour, this falls completely outside the time period 235 00:18:12,035 --> 00:18:13,248 covered by the indictment. 236 00:18:13,273 --> 00:18:15,113 I really can't see how it's relevant. 237 00:18:15,115 --> 00:18:17,713 Thank you, Mr Burge. 238 00:18:17,715 --> 00:18:21,433 The prosecution is seeking to get a sense of all this girl's life 239 00:18:21,435 --> 00:18:24,193 since it is vital to the immoral earnings charge 240 00:18:24,195 --> 00:18:26,953 whether she should be regarded as a prostitute. 241 00:18:26,955 --> 00:18:28,555 I'd like to say... 242 00:18:29,635 --> 00:18:32,953 Well, I'd like to say I'm not a prostitute 243 00:18:32,955 --> 00:18:34,873 and I never have been. 244 00:18:37,195 --> 00:18:40,595 Thank you. That's enough, Miss Keeler. We'll get to that. 245 00:18:47,195 --> 00:18:50,955 So, turning now to the period of the first count... 246 00:18:52,435 --> 00:18:54,957 whilst you were at Wimpole Mews, 247 00:18:54,982 --> 00:18:57,739 living with Dr Ward, so called... 248 00:18:58,715 --> 00:19:03,433 how many men did you have sexual intercourse with? 249 00:19:03,435 --> 00:19:05,793 - I can't remember. - Hm. 250 00:19:05,795 --> 00:19:09,193 Was it too many to count, Miss Keeler? 251 00:19:09,195 --> 00:19:10,593 No. 252 00:19:10,595 --> 00:19:12,753 I'd say a normal amount. 253 00:19:12,755 --> 00:19:15,193 But you can't remember their names? 254 00:19:15,195 --> 00:19:17,113 Some of them, obviously. 255 00:19:17,115 --> 00:19:19,195 You seem to struggle with your memory. 256 00:19:20,195 --> 00:19:21,955 The Russian, Ivanov? 257 00:19:22,955 --> 00:19:26,033 - He was one of them. - Did he pay you money? 258 00:19:26,035 --> 00:19:27,513 No. 259 00:19:27,515 --> 00:19:31,115 - John Profumo? - Everyone's read about that one. 260 00:19:32,115 --> 00:19:34,753 Just answer the question, please. 261 00:19:34,755 --> 00:19:38,713 You had sexual intercourse with Mr Profumo 262 00:19:38,715 --> 00:19:40,593 at Wimpole Mews? 263 00:19:40,595 --> 00:19:42,193 Yes. 264 00:19:42,195 --> 00:19:44,433 Stephen wasn't there though. 265 00:19:44,435 --> 00:19:48,715 Did Mr Profumo give you £20 as a present for your mother? 266 00:19:50,715 --> 00:19:52,113 Yes. 267 00:19:52,115 --> 00:19:55,513 And did you give that £20 268 00:19:55,515 --> 00:19:57,475 to your mother? 269 00:19:58,955 --> 00:20:00,195 Yes. 270 00:20:01,195 --> 00:20:03,713 I might have given Stephen five of it. 271 00:20:09,195 --> 00:20:12,353 You gave the defendant £5 272 00:20:12,355 --> 00:20:14,812 of the money Mr Profumo gave you 273 00:20:14,837 --> 00:20:17,193 following sexual intercourse? 274 00:20:17,195 --> 00:20:19,715 I think so. Yes. 275 00:20:20,755 --> 00:20:23,433 But only because I owed Stephen for the telephone. 276 00:20:23,435 --> 00:20:25,779 It wasn't as if I was giving him money for... 277 00:20:25,780 --> 00:20:26,955 Thank you, Miss Keeler. 278 00:20:35,955 --> 00:20:37,435 Miss Keeler. 279 00:20:38,955 --> 00:20:41,433 It is obvious to anyone who has seen you, 280 00:20:41,435 --> 00:20:45,193 if you wish to earn money by selling your body, 281 00:20:45,195 --> 00:20:48,195 you could have made very large sums of money. 282 00:20:49,195 --> 00:20:51,593 I suppose so. Yes. 283 00:20:51,595 --> 00:20:53,353 Yes. 284 00:20:53,355 --> 00:20:57,193 And yet, while living with the defendant, Stephen Ward, 285 00:20:57,195 --> 00:21:00,193 you were not earning large sums of money. 286 00:21:00,195 --> 00:21:04,393 Indeed, Dr Ward gave you spending money. 287 00:21:04,395 --> 00:21:07,953 And you were reliant on him for your lodgings, 288 00:21:07,955 --> 00:21:11,713 use of the telephone, lights, hot water and so on. 289 00:21:11,715 --> 00:21:14,673 Stephen was always very mean about the hot water. 290 00:21:16,195 --> 00:21:18,953 And the money you said you paid to Dr Ward 291 00:21:18,955 --> 00:21:21,713 for the telephone bill and so on, 292 00:21:21,715 --> 00:21:23,713 how much would that have been? 293 00:21:23,715 --> 00:21:25,995 A couple of pounds, if I had it. 294 00:21:26,995 --> 00:21:29,393 And I bought food if we ran out. 295 00:21:29,395 --> 00:21:33,193 I always owed Stephen more than what I was making. 296 00:21:33,195 --> 00:21:36,713 And so, in respect of the defendant living off your earnings, 297 00:21:36,715 --> 00:21:38,953 moral or immoral, 298 00:21:38,955 --> 00:21:41,593 you owed him money? 299 00:21:41,595 --> 00:21:42,953 Yes. 300 00:21:42,955 --> 00:21:46,713 All your contribution amounts to is the occasional fiver 301 00:21:46,715 --> 00:21:49,673 and a packet of Frosties. 302 00:21:49,675 --> 00:21:51,195 Yes. 303 00:21:54,435 --> 00:21:56,263 Did you take the oath on a previous 304 00:21:56,288 --> 00:21:58,193 occasion when you attended the trial 305 00:21:58,195 --> 00:22:01,313 of a man called Aloysius Gordon, Miss Keeler, 306 00:22:01,315 --> 00:22:03,435 known as Lucky Gordon? 307 00:22:04,955 --> 00:22:06,193 Yes. 308 00:22:06,195 --> 00:22:08,513 Did you tell the whole truth about that? 309 00:22:08,515 --> 00:22:10,033 Yes, I did. 310 00:22:10,035 --> 00:22:13,193 Did you know that the man, Gordon, alleged all your injuries 311 00:22:13,195 --> 00:22:15,115 were not caused by him? 312 00:22:17,955 --> 00:22:20,033 The man's mad. Of course they were. 313 00:22:20,035 --> 00:22:23,033 And that he wished to call two witnesses, one called Fenton 314 00:22:23,035 --> 00:22:26,273 and a man called Comacchio, who you said were not present 315 00:22:26,275 --> 00:22:28,153 at the time of the incident. 316 00:22:28,155 --> 00:22:31,435 I said they weren't present because they weren't present. 317 00:22:34,715 --> 00:22:37,473 Do you know the difference between telling the truth 318 00:22:37,475 --> 00:22:40,835 and telling a lie, Miss Keeler? 319 00:22:45,275 --> 00:22:46,795 Of course I do. 320 00:22:47,795 --> 00:22:49,435 Everyone does. 321 00:22:52,715 --> 00:22:54,713 Even John Profumo. 322 00:22:59,315 --> 00:23:00,715 Fuck! 323 00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:04,115 You next. 324 00:23:05,115 --> 00:23:06,993 You don't know what it's like. 325 00:23:06,995 --> 00:23:08,715 I'd rather be shot. 326 00:23:14,955 --> 00:23:16,715 Teeth and tits. 327 00:23:18,955 --> 00:23:20,435 Miss Davies. 328 00:23:22,195 --> 00:23:25,553 Now, you came to London from Solihull two years ago. 329 00:23:25,555 --> 00:23:27,033 That's right. 330 00:23:27,035 --> 00:23:29,273 The day after my 16th birthday. 331 00:23:29,275 --> 00:23:32,713 And at that time, you met the defendant? 332 00:23:32,715 --> 00:23:36,353 - The so-called Dr Ward. - I met him with Miss Keeler. 333 00:23:36,355 --> 00:23:39,353 We were both working as dancers at Murray's Club. 334 00:23:39,355 --> 00:23:43,075 Did you, a girl of 16... 335 00:23:44,715 --> 00:23:48,475 ..have sexual intercourse with Dr Ward. 336 00:23:49,955 --> 00:23:51,713 Just the once. 337 00:23:51,715 --> 00:23:54,193 - Did he pay you? - No. 338 00:23:54,195 --> 00:23:56,953 Shortly after he had intercourse with you, 339 00:23:56,955 --> 00:24:00,713 did the defendant introduce you to the late Peter Rachman? 340 00:24:00,715 --> 00:24:03,433 No. That was Christine. Miss Keeler. 341 00:24:03,435 --> 00:24:05,393 She introduced me to Peter. 342 00:24:05,395 --> 00:24:10,633 Be that as it may, Mr Rachman paid you for intercourse? 343 00:24:10,635 --> 00:24:13,193 Well, it depends what you mean by paid. 344 00:24:13,195 --> 00:24:16,193 Miss Davies, you must answer the questions put to you. 345 00:24:16,195 --> 00:24:17,793 Were you paid? 346 00:24:17,795 --> 00:24:21,193 Peter Rachman kept me, Your Honour. 347 00:24:21,195 --> 00:24:23,153 We lived together. 348 00:24:23,155 --> 00:24:25,395 I thought he wanted to marry me. 349 00:24:27,435 --> 00:24:29,953 It's every woman's dream, isn't it, 350 00:24:29,955 --> 00:24:32,755 being looked after by your husband? 351 00:24:33,955 --> 00:24:36,955 I don't know if that counts as paying for sex. 352 00:24:42,435 --> 00:24:46,433 Well, despite the quasi-marital relations between you 353 00:24:46,435 --> 00:24:49,953 and Mr Rachman, at the time of his death, 354 00:24:49,955 --> 00:24:54,153 you were once again living with Stephen Ward at Wimpole Mews. 355 00:24:54,155 --> 00:24:56,073 Is that correct? 356 00:24:56,075 --> 00:24:59,713 And during that time, you were having sexual intercourse 357 00:24:59,715 --> 00:25:01,713 with other men? 358 00:25:01,715 --> 00:25:04,393 Yes, I slept with my boyfriend, 359 00:25:04,395 --> 00:25:07,193 and Douglas Fairbanks Jr and with Lord Astor. 360 00:25:07,195 --> 00:25:10,913 You know Lord Astor has denied that intercourse took place. 361 00:25:10,915 --> 00:25:12,793 Well, he would, wouldn't he? 362 00:25:15,755 --> 00:25:18,395 That's enough, thank you. 363 00:25:20,435 --> 00:25:22,275 I will have order! 364 00:25:37,475 --> 00:25:39,195 Mandy! Mandy! 365 00:26:01,755 --> 00:26:04,953 Shall I make arrangements for our trip to Scotland or are you sure 366 00:26:04,955 --> 00:26:07,631 you won't be called to appear at this ghastly trial? 367 00:26:07,632 --> 00:26:08,433 I'm quite sure. 368 00:26:08,435 --> 00:26:10,713 The relevant parties have been made aware 369 00:26:10,715 --> 00:26:12,369 it would serve no useful purpose 370 00:26:12,394 --> 00:26:14,099 to have me called as a witness. 371 00:26:21,955 --> 00:26:25,993 It wasn't a lack of imagination, was it, giving her the same scent? 372 00:26:25,995 --> 00:26:29,475 It was so you wouldn't come home smelling of another woman. 373 00:26:33,235 --> 00:26:35,433 Good God, you could write a book. 374 00:26:35,435 --> 00:26:38,193 Now you'll have all this time on your hands, why not? 375 00:26:38,195 --> 00:26:40,513 The Adulterer's Handbook by John Profumo. 376 00:26:40,515 --> 00:26:42,953 Everyone else seems to be making money from it. 377 00:26:42,955 --> 00:26:45,273 Perhaps Bill Astor will collaborate with you. 378 00:26:45,275 --> 00:26:47,593 Please, Val. If we're to get beyond this... 379 00:26:47,595 --> 00:26:50,435 If we're to get beyond it, we need to get through it. 380 00:26:52,715 --> 00:26:54,744 I know it's not your way of doing things, 381 00:26:54,769 --> 00:26:56,193 but your way of doing things 382 00:26:56,195 --> 00:26:58,953 has got us to this point so I'm not terribly interested 383 00:26:58,955 --> 00:27:01,435 in taking advice from you at the moment, Jack. 384 00:27:05,715 --> 00:27:08,713 Do you know what the party calls you behind your back? 385 00:27:08,715 --> 00:27:10,675 The Italian waiter. 386 00:27:16,435 --> 00:27:19,715 The prosecution call Miss Ronna Ricardo. 387 00:27:21,715 --> 00:27:24,953 Miss Ricardo, just after Christmas of last year, 388 00:27:24,955 --> 00:27:28,273 you visited the accused at his flat, did you not? 389 00:27:28,275 --> 00:27:29,513 Yes. 390 00:27:29,515 --> 00:27:31,193 Were you alone? 391 00:27:31,195 --> 00:27:32,553 No. 392 00:27:32,555 --> 00:27:36,195 It was me and my boyfriend and a girlfriend of mine. 393 00:27:37,195 --> 00:27:41,633 Did you have intercourse with anybody on that occasion? 394 00:27:41,635 --> 00:27:44,153 Yes, with my boyfriend. 395 00:27:44,155 --> 00:27:46,433 What did your girlfriend do? 396 00:27:46,435 --> 00:27:48,995 She was with Stephen. 397 00:27:49,995 --> 00:27:52,235 In the other bedroom? 398 00:27:53,955 --> 00:27:55,315 No. 399 00:27:56,715 --> 00:27:58,835 In the same room? 400 00:28:00,955 --> 00:28:02,835 All four of you together? 401 00:28:03,835 --> 00:28:05,793 Yes. 402 00:28:05,795 --> 00:28:09,435 You were all taking part in intercourse... 403 00:28:10,435 --> 00:28:12,035 ..together? 404 00:28:13,395 --> 00:28:14,635 Yes. 405 00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:19,953 Upon how many occasions, Miss Ricardo, 406 00:28:19,955 --> 00:28:22,713 did you go to Stephen Ward's flat for the purpose 407 00:28:22,715 --> 00:28:24,955 of having sexual intercourse? 408 00:28:26,195 --> 00:28:27,715 Once. 409 00:28:28,715 --> 00:28:30,275 How many times? 410 00:28:31,275 --> 00:28:33,075 Never more than once. 411 00:28:34,075 --> 00:28:38,953 Miss Ricardo, I refer you to your statement made to the police, 412 00:28:38,955 --> 00:28:41,713 signed as true. 413 00:28:41,715 --> 00:28:46,193 In January, did you go to Dr Ward's flat, 414 00:28:46,195 --> 00:28:48,955 where Dr Ward introduced you to a man? 415 00:28:51,195 --> 00:28:52,555 No. 416 00:28:53,955 --> 00:28:56,713 Did you have intercourse with that man 417 00:28:56,715 --> 00:28:59,715 while Dr Ward waited in the other room? 418 00:29:01,435 --> 00:29:02,955 No. 419 00:29:08,955 --> 00:29:14,195 "I had sex with this man in Stephen's flat. 420 00:29:15,435 --> 00:29:17,315 "He gave me a pony." 421 00:29:18,315 --> 00:29:22,713 That's the sum of £25, not the diminutive horse. 422 00:29:22,715 --> 00:29:25,195 Did you say that to the police? 423 00:29:26,435 --> 00:29:28,433 No, sir. 424 00:29:28,435 --> 00:29:32,113 Then will you tell the jury why on Earth it's in your statement 425 00:29:32,115 --> 00:29:34,595 to the police, read and signed by you? 426 00:29:35,715 --> 00:29:37,195 I think... 427 00:29:42,715 --> 00:29:45,193 I was kept so long at the police station, 428 00:29:45,195 --> 00:29:47,475 I was ready to sign anything. 429 00:29:57,395 --> 00:29:59,433 Miss Ricardo... 430 00:29:59,435 --> 00:30:03,433 ..you have convictions for prostitution on your record. 431 00:30:03,435 --> 00:30:05,073 Is that correct? 432 00:30:05,075 --> 00:30:06,433 Yes. 433 00:30:06,435 --> 00:30:09,033 And you have a young sister who lives with you, 434 00:30:09,035 --> 00:30:10,955 as well as your own child? 435 00:30:12,195 --> 00:30:13,875 That's right. 436 00:30:14,875 --> 00:30:18,193 Was it put to you by Mr Herbert and Sergeant Burrows 437 00:30:18,195 --> 00:30:21,713 that if you didn't provide evidence against the accused, Dr Ward, 438 00:30:21,715 --> 00:30:23,593 both, your sister and your baby, 439 00:30:23,618 --> 00:30:25,353 would be taken away from you 440 00:30:25,355 --> 00:30:27,355 and placed in care? 441 00:30:28,435 --> 00:30:30,953 They said it would never come to court. 442 00:30:40,195 --> 00:30:41,953 A couple of days?! 443 00:30:44,195 --> 00:30:46,395 A couple of days! 444 00:30:51,155 --> 00:30:54,315 They reckon Stephen's going to get off at this rate. 445 00:30:55,315 --> 00:30:58,313 And Len told me the latest doing the rounds. 446 00:30:58,315 --> 00:31:01,193 You go to the doctor and he says, 447 00:31:01,195 --> 00:31:04,233 "Don't worry, Miss Keeler, we'll have you back in bed 448 00:31:04,235 --> 00:31:06,433 "in a couple of days." 449 00:31:06,435 --> 00:31:08,155 Pathetic. 450 00:31:11,515 --> 00:31:14,113 Do you think he will get off? 451 00:31:14,115 --> 00:31:15,715 I hope he does. 452 00:31:16,715 --> 00:31:20,593 I've been in stir, Christine. I wouldn't wish that on anybody. 453 00:31:20,595 --> 00:31:22,820 All right, love? Can I get you a drink? 454 00:31:22,845 --> 00:31:24,433 I'd love one. Thank you. 455 00:31:24,435 --> 00:31:26,995 Mata bloody Hari's up next. 456 00:31:27,995 --> 00:31:30,833 Never seen her at Stephen's. Have you? 457 00:31:30,835 --> 00:31:32,593 Never. 458 00:31:32,595 --> 00:31:34,713 And they call us prossies! 459 00:31:34,715 --> 00:31:38,435 Poor cow looks like a ten-bob knock on the Brompton Road. 460 00:31:44,595 --> 00:31:46,995 Stephen Ward drove me to his flat. 461 00:31:47,995 --> 00:31:51,033 He said there was a man in the flat who wanted to go with a girl 462 00:31:51,035 --> 00:31:53,273 and he said the man would pay him the money. 463 00:31:53,275 --> 00:31:55,273 Who was to be paid the money? 464 00:31:55,275 --> 00:31:56,873 Stephen Ward. 465 00:31:56,875 --> 00:32:00,353 He said if I visited him two or three times a week 466 00:32:00,355 --> 00:32:02,193 and went with men, 467 00:32:02,195 --> 00:32:05,435 he'd save the money up for me so I could get a flat. 468 00:32:06,435 --> 00:32:09,273 Then he said he would introduce me to the best clients. 469 00:32:09,275 --> 00:32:10,995 - No! - Mr Ward! 470 00:32:11,995 --> 00:32:16,073 Now, on arrival at the flat, 471 00:32:16,075 --> 00:32:19,635 - what happened? - There was a man waiting in the bedroom. 472 00:32:20,635 --> 00:32:25,433 Stephen Ward gave me a contraceptive 473 00:32:25,435 --> 00:32:28,433 and told me to go into the room and strip. 474 00:32:28,435 --> 00:32:31,715 And he said he would make coffee while we did business. 475 00:32:32,715 --> 00:32:35,833 And did you have sexual intercourse with the man? 476 00:32:35,835 --> 00:32:37,433 Yes. 477 00:32:37,435 --> 00:32:41,633 Did you see Stephen Ward again after that evening? 478 00:32:41,635 --> 00:32:42,873 Yes. 479 00:32:42,875 --> 00:32:46,713 The following week, Stephen Ward picked me up 480 00:32:46,715 --> 00:32:48,713 and took me to his flat, 481 00:32:48,715 --> 00:32:51,193 and there was a man waiting in the bedroom, 482 00:32:51,195 --> 00:32:53,033 but a different man. 483 00:32:53,035 --> 00:32:56,193 And this time there was a cane on the bed. 484 00:32:59,195 --> 00:33:01,713 Did you use it on the man? 485 00:33:01,715 --> 00:33:03,033 Yes. 486 00:33:03,035 --> 00:33:05,115 How were you dressed, Miss Barrett? 487 00:33:06,115 --> 00:33:09,433 In underwear and high-heeled shoes. 488 00:33:09,435 --> 00:33:14,115 How much were you paid for whipping the man? 489 00:33:15,115 --> 00:33:17,233 Erm... 490 00:33:17,235 --> 00:33:19,713 ..I don't know. Stephen Ward took the money. 491 00:33:19,715 --> 00:33:22,713 - He told me he was saving it for me. - This is preposterous! 492 00:33:22,715 --> 00:33:25,193 - That's enough, Mr Ward! - I'm sorry, sir, 493 00:33:25,195 --> 00:33:28,073 but this is the absolute bottom of the bucket to hear 494 00:33:28,075 --> 00:33:30,193 lie after lie being told in this way. 495 00:33:30,195 --> 00:33:31,953 You have to control yourself 496 00:33:31,955 --> 00:33:34,715 or I will have to have you removed from the court! 497 00:33:58,435 --> 00:34:01,435 Everything what that scrubber said is a pack of lies. 498 00:34:02,435 --> 00:34:06,793 Even if it was, the other things Stephen's admitted to. 499 00:34:06,795 --> 00:34:08,953 He's worse than an animal. 500 00:34:08,955 --> 00:34:12,193 Four people at a time? Orgies? Whips? 501 00:34:12,195 --> 00:34:14,666 The man's a pervert. It's the only word for it. 502 00:34:14,667 --> 00:34:15,473 He's a monster. 503 00:34:15,475 --> 00:34:17,153 Sitting in that chair, 504 00:34:17,155 --> 00:34:19,953 "I want to take care of Christine. She's very young." 505 00:34:19,955 --> 00:34:22,713 Makes me sick to think of it. 506 00:34:22,715 --> 00:34:24,393 The perfect gentleman? 507 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:26,875 I thought you'd landed on your feet. 508 00:34:28,955 --> 00:34:31,595 Aren't you going to ask me if I did any of it? 509 00:34:33,195 --> 00:34:37,033 Threesomes, foursomes, sadomasochism. 510 00:34:37,035 --> 00:34:39,993 They call it S&M, but you probably know all about that. 511 00:34:39,995 --> 00:34:41,636 I don't want to hear it, Christine. 512 00:34:41,637 --> 00:34:42,549 Some men need to vibrate to get it off. 513 00:34:42,550 --> 00:34:44,500 Shut it, you! You're upsetting your mother. 514 00:34:44,501 --> 00:34:45,933 Being weed on or shat on. 515 00:34:46,035 --> 00:34:49,153 - You're disgusting. - You was happy enough to take my money. 516 00:34:49,155 --> 00:34:52,353 16, standing at Murray's in a pair of knickers with my tits out. 517 00:34:52,355 --> 00:34:54,065 What did you think was going to happen? 518 00:34:54,090 --> 00:34:55,433 You wanted to go to London. 519 00:34:55,435 --> 00:34:56,538 I couldn't stop you. 520 00:34:56,539 --> 00:34:59,019 You couldn't get me to leave quick enough after the baby. 521 00:34:59,020 --> 00:35:01,713 Yes. The shame you brought on this household. 522 00:35:01,715 --> 00:35:03,386 Nothing but a common prostitute. 523 00:35:03,411 --> 00:35:04,753 I am not a prostitute! 524 00:35:04,755 --> 00:35:06,195 I'm not. 525 00:35:07,195 --> 00:35:10,393 No more than you are, staying with him. 526 00:35:10,395 --> 00:35:13,433 Letting him give you a good poke when he rolls in from the pub 527 00:35:13,435 --> 00:35:15,593 just cos he gives you house-keeping. 528 00:35:15,595 --> 00:35:18,675 At least I only have it away with blokes I actually fancy. 529 00:35:31,195 --> 00:35:33,955 I am not a prostitute. 530 00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:52,035 Morning. 531 00:36:01,195 --> 00:36:02,713 Billy? 532 00:36:02,715 --> 00:36:04,593 The poor man's not stupid, sir. 533 00:36:04,618 --> 00:36:06,713 It's a copy and he wants it back. 534 00:36:06,715 --> 00:36:08,614 Has he given a copy to anyone else? 535 00:36:08,639 --> 00:36:10,513 A politician, he says. - George Wigg. 536 00:36:10,515 --> 00:36:13,433 Something about wanting the truth to come out. 537 00:36:13,435 --> 00:36:14,955 Little shit. 538 00:36:16,435 --> 00:36:19,393 If Christine's on tape saying she lied in court about Gordon... 539 00:36:19,395 --> 00:36:21,953 I've listened to it. She says he lied in court, 540 00:36:21,955 --> 00:36:24,195 black eye, Fenton and Comacchio, the lot. 541 00:36:25,195 --> 00:36:26,913 Lucky Lucky Gordon, eh? 542 00:36:26,915 --> 00:36:29,193 They might let him out after all. 543 00:36:29,195 --> 00:36:31,014 It's worrying though. What happens 544 00:36:31,039 --> 00:36:32,833 when they find out Christine lied? 545 00:36:32,835 --> 00:36:36,713 That's the difference between you and me, John. You're a worrier. 546 00:36:36,715 --> 00:36:39,593 Stephen Ward is a ponce, end of. 547 00:36:39,595 --> 00:36:43,715 If it comes out later that Christine told a few porkies about Lucky... 548 00:36:44,715 --> 00:36:46,193 ..so what? 549 00:36:46,195 --> 00:36:48,435 She'll have served her purpose. 550 00:36:49,435 --> 00:36:51,715 There's no honour among slappers. 551 00:36:55,195 --> 00:36:57,713 Good morning, Dr Ward. Full of pep and go, I hope. 552 00:36:57,715 --> 00:36:59,713 Ready to get in the witness box. 553 00:36:59,715 --> 00:37:02,193 Do you think the jury believes Vicky Barratt? 554 00:37:02,195 --> 00:37:04,713 There is a strong belief in this country 555 00:37:04,715 --> 00:37:07,433 in the honesty and integrity of the police force. 556 00:37:07,435 --> 00:37:10,193 It will do you no good to push the matter too far. 557 00:37:10,195 --> 00:37:12,433 Not that the judge would allow me to. 558 00:37:12,435 --> 00:37:15,713 Well, Christine, if you put more stress on her lying about Ivanov, 559 00:37:15,715 --> 00:37:19,193 - and over Lucky. - Every one of that jury has told a lie, Dr Ward. 560 00:37:19,195 --> 00:37:21,033 Many lies through their lives. 561 00:37:21,035 --> 00:37:23,273 But they haven't indulged in foursomes 562 00:37:23,275 --> 00:37:25,953 or lived with a teenage whore who smokes reefers 563 00:37:25,955 --> 00:37:27,955 and takes a succession of... 564 00:37:29,555 --> 00:37:33,433 ..negroes as her lovers, even if they wanted to do such things. 565 00:37:33,435 --> 00:37:36,193 Indeed, the fact you've had experiences these people 566 00:37:36,195 --> 00:37:37,953 can scarcely admit they envy 567 00:37:37,955 --> 00:37:41,193 only pours fuel on the roaring bonfire of your depravity, 568 00:37:41,195 --> 00:37:42,454 as far as they're concerned, 569 00:37:42,479 --> 00:37:44,433 which is surely why the News Of The World 570 00:37:44,435 --> 00:37:47,595 increased its circulation by half a million since your case began. 571 00:37:51,195 --> 00:37:53,953 If it comes out in Gordon's appeal that Miss Keeler 572 00:37:53,955 --> 00:37:56,953 has committed perjury, that will be another matter. 573 00:37:56,955 --> 00:37:59,793 If she were to be exposed as an unreliable witness, 574 00:37:59,795 --> 00:38:02,793 Justice Marshall may have to dismiss her evidence against you. 575 00:38:02,795 --> 00:38:05,593 So long as it happens before the jury has to reach a verdict. 576 00:38:05,595 --> 00:38:07,273 That is out of our hands. 577 00:38:07,275 --> 00:38:10,753 Today, you must concentrate on making the best possible impression. 578 00:38:10,755 --> 00:38:13,715 And what about my list of character witnesses? 579 00:38:15,195 --> 00:38:17,193 Has Bill sent word? 580 00:38:17,195 --> 00:38:19,035 Lord Astor? 581 00:38:23,195 --> 00:38:25,435 Shoulders back, there's a good chap. 582 00:38:53,275 --> 00:38:58,713 What were your intentions, arranging for two teenage girls 583 00:38:58,715 --> 00:39:01,195 to live in your flat, Mr Ward? 584 00:39:02,715 --> 00:39:05,953 I found them both very attractive girls. 585 00:39:05,955 --> 00:39:07,513 Lively. 586 00:39:07,515 --> 00:39:08,953 Fun. 587 00:39:08,955 --> 00:39:11,433 There was nothing sinister about it. 588 00:39:11,435 --> 00:39:13,713 They were both working at Murray's. 589 00:39:13,715 --> 00:39:17,033 A great number of men as well as me appreciated their charms. 590 00:39:17,035 --> 00:39:20,433 On various occasions, they needed somewhere to live 591 00:39:20,435 --> 00:39:22,435 and I had a spare room. 592 00:39:24,955 --> 00:39:26,953 I became fond of them. 593 00:39:26,955 --> 00:39:29,433 You were aware that they were... 594 00:39:29,435 --> 00:39:31,155 ..promiscuous? 595 00:39:32,155 --> 00:39:35,953 Yes, I did speak to Mandy's parents about it, and Christine's. 596 00:39:35,955 --> 00:39:38,313 Re-assuring for them, I'm sure, 597 00:39:38,315 --> 00:39:41,090 particularly after you'd already had 598 00:39:41,115 --> 00:39:43,739 intercourse with Miss Rice-Davies. 599 00:39:44,715 --> 00:39:48,433 While you were claiming to act in loco parentis, 600 00:39:48,435 --> 00:39:51,513 you were also introducing them to your friends. 601 00:39:51,515 --> 00:39:54,953 You are completely misrepresenting the atmosphere at Wimpole Mews. 602 00:39:54,955 --> 00:39:57,553 I never set myself up as a father figure 603 00:39:57,555 --> 00:40:00,113 and most of the time I was busy with my practice 604 00:40:00,115 --> 00:40:02,033 or drawing or playing bridge. 605 00:40:02,035 --> 00:40:04,193 A scene from an Austin novel. 606 00:40:06,035 --> 00:40:09,433 Yet, Miss Keeler and Miss Rice-Davies have both said 607 00:40:09,435 --> 00:40:13,193 that they had intercourse with some of your friends. 608 00:40:13,195 --> 00:40:15,915 - Is that the case? - If they say so. 609 00:40:19,435 --> 00:40:20,713 Yes. 610 00:40:20,715 --> 00:40:23,953 What did you think these promiscuous little girls 611 00:40:23,955 --> 00:40:28,273 were having sexual intercourse with men for? 612 00:40:28,275 --> 00:40:32,195 I imagine it was for enjoyment of the sexual act. 613 00:40:33,395 --> 00:40:34,875 If only. 614 00:40:35,875 --> 00:40:39,193 Miss Keeler has told this court that while she was living with you 615 00:40:39,195 --> 00:40:42,833 at Wimpole Mews, Mr Profumo paid her for intercourse. 616 00:40:42,835 --> 00:40:44,433 Is that true? 617 00:40:44,435 --> 00:40:46,433 I had no idea that was the case. 618 00:40:46,435 --> 00:40:50,193 No idea about the payment or no idea about the intercourse? 619 00:40:50,195 --> 00:40:52,953 No idea of the payments, certainly. 620 00:40:52,955 --> 00:40:55,713 I could see an association was developing 621 00:40:55,715 --> 00:40:57,314 but I had no direct evidence 622 00:40:57,339 --> 00:40:59,713 the two of them were sleeping together. 623 00:40:59,715 --> 00:41:02,953 As a matter of fact, I later reported my concerns 624 00:41:02,955 --> 00:41:04,205 to the security services, 625 00:41:04,230 --> 00:41:06,379 who will have the meeting on the record. 626 00:41:07,355 --> 00:41:09,275 Now, that would be... 627 00:41:10,715 --> 00:41:14,233 Mr Woods of the security services. 628 00:41:14,235 --> 00:41:15,473 Yes. 629 00:41:15,475 --> 00:41:19,433 But both the police and your solicitor were unable to trace him 630 00:41:19,435 --> 00:41:21,995 despite the most strenuous efforts. 631 00:41:22,995 --> 00:41:24,713 I'm telling you the truth. 632 00:41:24,715 --> 00:41:27,475 But Miss Keeler, you say, has lied? 633 00:41:30,715 --> 00:41:32,355 I think... 634 00:41:35,435 --> 00:41:37,715 I think, like a lot of people... 635 00:41:38,955 --> 00:41:41,094 she convinces herself that story 636 00:41:41,119 --> 00:41:43,433 she's told over a period of time 637 00:41:43,435 --> 00:41:45,353 becomes true. 638 00:41:45,355 --> 00:41:49,955 This is the case with the supposed liaison with Captain Ivanov. 639 00:41:50,955 --> 00:41:53,195 Christine is not a bad girl. 640 00:41:55,195 --> 00:41:58,953 The newspapers are paying her a great deal of money for her stories. 641 00:41:58,955 --> 00:42:00,953 But what about the police, Mr Ward? 642 00:42:00,955 --> 00:42:03,953 Are you suggesting that they are being paid by the newspapers? 643 00:42:03,955 --> 00:42:06,793 - I have never made that suggestion. - But you said they lied. 644 00:42:06,795 --> 00:42:09,433 - About Miss Barrett, yes. - Miss Barrett has lied, 645 00:42:09,435 --> 00:42:12,433 Miss Rice-Davies has lied, Miss Keeler has lied. 646 00:42:12,435 --> 00:42:13,742 If we're to believe you, 647 00:42:13,767 --> 00:42:16,193 every single person in this case has lied, 648 00:42:16,195 --> 00:42:17,713 except for you. 649 00:42:17,715 --> 00:42:20,593 Even with the somewhat disreputable pattern of my life, 650 00:42:20,595 --> 00:42:23,193 do you think it probable that I would invite a string 651 00:42:23,195 --> 00:42:26,233 of anonymous men to my flat to be flogged by a streetwalker 652 00:42:26,235 --> 00:42:27,951 when since January I have been 653 00:42:27,976 --> 00:42:29,953 constantly watched by the police, 654 00:42:29,955 --> 00:42:31,713 had my phone tapped, 655 00:42:31,715 --> 00:42:33,674 been besieged by the newspaper men 656 00:42:33,699 --> 00:42:35,073 at every waking moment?! 657 00:42:35,075 --> 00:42:37,433 Ask the press if they saw Vicky Barrett 658 00:42:37,435 --> 00:42:39,953 turning up three times a week to Wimpole Mews. 659 00:42:39,955 --> 00:42:43,193 Mr Ward, you are doing your case no good 660 00:42:43,195 --> 00:42:47,435 by not straightforwardly answering the questions put to you. 661 00:42:51,955 --> 00:42:53,715 I'm sorry, sir. 662 00:42:56,235 --> 00:42:57,713 It's... 663 00:42:57,715 --> 00:42:59,713 It's a great strain. 664 00:42:59,715 --> 00:43:02,433 Of course it's a great strain, Mr Ward. 665 00:43:02,435 --> 00:43:06,193 It's a very great strain indeed when a guilty man... 666 00:43:06,195 --> 00:43:08,275 ..hears the truth. 667 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,100 _ 668 00:43:57,715 --> 00:44:01,475 Princess Marina and the Duke of Edinburgh? 669 00:44:04,355 --> 00:44:06,953 Princess Margaret? What's happened to her? 670 00:44:06,955 --> 00:44:08,719 All the royal drawings were bought 671 00:44:08,744 --> 00:44:10,433 directly after the gallery opened 672 00:44:10,435 --> 00:44:11,964 this morning, on the condition 673 00:44:11,989 --> 00:44:13,619 they were removed immediately. 674 00:44:14,595 --> 00:44:16,193 By whom? 675 00:44:16,195 --> 00:44:19,875 The buyer insisted on complete anonymity. 676 00:44:25,435 --> 00:44:26,795 I've... 677 00:44:27,795 --> 00:44:29,795 never heard a show like it. 678 00:44:39,195 --> 00:44:40,635 Chin-chin. 679 00:44:45,195 --> 00:44:46,955 Cheers, little baby. 680 00:45:42,715 --> 00:45:44,824 If this trial was concerned 681 00:45:44,849 --> 00:45:47,713 with establishing that Stephen Ward 682 00:45:47,715 --> 00:45:50,435 led a thoroughly immoral life... 683 00:45:51,435 --> 00:45:53,713 your task would be a simple one. 684 00:45:53,715 --> 00:45:56,955 No-one has thought to disguise his character from you. 685 00:45:57,955 --> 00:46:00,085 Indeed, my learned friend could 686 00:46:00,110 --> 00:46:02,353 make a honeymoon sound obscene, 687 00:46:02,355 --> 00:46:06,433 let alone the demoralised and undisciplined life 688 00:46:06,435 --> 00:46:08,715 of Stephen Thomas Ward. 689 00:46:11,195 --> 00:46:14,953 If you felt the conscience of the nation had been shamed 690 00:46:14,955 --> 00:46:17,162 by a major scandal and then wished 691 00:46:17,187 --> 00:46:19,433 to find a scapegoat for that shame, 692 00:46:19,435 --> 00:46:23,715 you would hardly find a more suitable man than Dr Ward. 693 00:46:24,715 --> 00:46:28,713 His conduct is such as to deprive him of any sympathy 694 00:46:28,715 --> 00:46:31,035 from any quarter. 695 00:46:32,035 --> 00:46:35,713 But that is not why you are here. 696 00:46:35,715 --> 00:46:38,713 You are here to determine purely on the evidence 697 00:46:38,715 --> 00:46:41,536 if Dr Ward lived wholly or in part 698 00:46:41,561 --> 00:46:44,219 on the earnings of prostitution. 699 00:46:46,435 --> 00:46:48,713 In the course of their investigation, 700 00:46:48,715 --> 00:46:51,713 Chief Inspector Herbert and Detective Sergeant Burrows 701 00:46:51,715 --> 00:46:54,953 have interviewed over 140 witnesses. 702 00:46:54,955 --> 00:46:58,593 Their pursuit of a conviction has coloured the interpretation 703 00:46:58,595 --> 00:47:02,195 of many facts connected with the accused. 704 00:47:03,955 --> 00:47:06,033 As a convicted prostitute, 705 00:47:06,035 --> 00:47:10,353 Miss Barrett was vulnerable to pressure from the police. 706 00:47:10,355 --> 00:47:14,473 Miss Rice-Davies also had pressure put on her 707 00:47:14,475 --> 00:47:17,195 in giving evidence against Dr Ward. 708 00:47:18,435 --> 00:47:21,955 Even so, it amounts to very little. 709 00:47:24,715 --> 00:47:27,433 Miss Keeler's evidence is more troubling. 710 00:47:27,435 --> 00:47:28,949 After 24 police interviews, 711 00:47:28,974 --> 00:47:31,193 along with any number with the press, 712 00:47:31,195 --> 00:47:34,433 she might quite genuinely be unable to distinguish 713 00:47:34,435 --> 00:47:36,955 between truth and fiction. 714 00:47:37,955 --> 00:47:40,953 If the conviction of Aloysius Gordon is quashed 715 00:47:40,955 --> 00:47:42,834 and the allegation is correct that 716 00:47:42,859 --> 00:47:44,713 Miss Keeler gave perjured evidence 717 00:47:44,715 --> 00:47:47,369 at his trial, then she has repeated 718 00:47:47,394 --> 00:47:49,433 that perjured evidence here 719 00:47:49,435 --> 00:47:51,555 in the Central Criminal Court. 720 00:47:53,195 --> 00:47:55,035 How reliable is she? 721 00:47:59,195 --> 00:48:02,713 What the matter before you comes down to is this. 722 00:48:02,715 --> 00:48:07,193 Is Dr Ward a dissolute man with an artistic temperament 723 00:48:07,195 --> 00:48:09,433 and high sexual proclivities 724 00:48:09,435 --> 00:48:11,715 or a common or garden pimp? 725 00:48:13,195 --> 00:48:17,435 Was this lamentable life of his lead for fun... 726 00:48:18,435 --> 00:48:20,433 or profit? 727 00:48:20,435 --> 00:48:23,715 On any fair and impartial view... 728 00:48:24,955 --> 00:48:27,355 you must find Dr Ward... 729 00:48:28,355 --> 00:48:30,035 not guilty. 730 00:48:46,435 --> 00:48:48,555 Members of the jury... 731 00:48:49,555 --> 00:48:53,193 it will no doubt be a relief 732 00:48:53,195 --> 00:48:56,953 to get away from the squalid atmosphere 733 00:48:56,955 --> 00:49:00,713 of promiscuity and perversion 734 00:49:00,715 --> 00:49:05,713 that has permeated the evidence of Stephen Thomas Ward. 735 00:49:05,715 --> 00:49:07,713 His own counsel agrees. 736 00:49:07,715 --> 00:49:10,713 The defendant is a filthy fellow. 737 00:49:10,715 --> 00:49:14,193 Yet, Mr Burge would have you think 738 00:49:14,195 --> 00:49:17,433 this is somehow irrelevant 739 00:49:17,435 --> 00:49:20,795 to the charges brought against him. 740 00:49:23,435 --> 00:49:25,275 You may think differently. 741 00:49:26,275 --> 00:49:30,433 Those two penniless, promiscuous little girls, 742 00:49:30,435 --> 00:49:35,713 and this West End osteopath, Dr Stephen Ward, 743 00:49:35,715 --> 00:49:39,113 setting them up with his influential friends. 744 00:49:39,115 --> 00:49:45,033 What was the motive of this thoroughly immoral man 745 00:49:45,035 --> 00:49:48,713 if not to enrich himself in some way? 746 00:49:48,715 --> 00:49:50,195 Thank you. 747 00:49:56,595 --> 00:50:00,713 We have received word from the Appeal Court that 748 00:50:00,715 --> 00:50:04,435 Aloysius Gordon has been freed on appeal. 749 00:50:23,195 --> 00:50:24,582 Mr Gordon, is there anything 750 00:50:24,607 --> 00:50:26,713 you'd like to say to the general public? 751 00:50:26,715 --> 00:50:29,593 I didn't think there'd be the right thing done. 752 00:50:29,595 --> 00:50:31,433 I'm pleased. Relieved. 753 00:50:31,435 --> 00:50:33,833 I just want to get on with my life now. 754 00:50:33,835 --> 00:50:36,033 Christine, if you're listening, 755 00:50:36,035 --> 00:50:37,715 I forgive you. 756 00:50:39,195 --> 00:50:41,273 Same in my heart as it ever was. 757 00:50:41,275 --> 00:50:43,715 - Thank you. - Mr Gordon, any other comments? 758 00:50:45,715 --> 00:50:47,675 Members of the jury... 759 00:50:48,675 --> 00:50:51,713 you have heard the Court of Criminal Appeal 760 00:50:51,715 --> 00:50:55,435 has today dismissed Mr Gordon's conviction. 761 00:50:56,435 --> 00:50:59,433 The fact that Gordon's appeal has been allowed 762 00:50:59,435 --> 00:51:02,713 does not, of course, mean the Court of Appeal found 763 00:51:02,715 --> 00:51:04,715 that Miss Keeler is lying. 764 00:51:06,715 --> 00:51:09,713 As I understand it, since the witnesses, 765 00:51:09,715 --> 00:51:13,193 Fenton and Comacchio have been found, 766 00:51:13,195 --> 00:51:16,513 it was simply felt the court couldn't assume 767 00:51:16,515 --> 00:51:18,195 the jury would have returned 768 00:51:18,220 --> 00:51:20,619 the same verdict in Mr Gordon's case. 769 00:51:21,595 --> 00:51:24,195 That is all there is to make of the appeal. 770 00:51:25,195 --> 00:51:28,233 The Lord Chief Justice has said it might be 771 00:51:28,235 --> 00:51:31,715 that Miss Keeler's evidence was completely truthful. 772 00:51:34,715 --> 00:51:37,176 As we all cannot help but be aware, 773 00:51:37,201 --> 00:51:38,953 in the eyes of the world, 774 00:51:38,955 --> 00:51:43,635 our national life appears to have become a sink of iniquity. 775 00:51:44,635 --> 00:51:48,115 Common decency tells us this cannot be true. 776 00:51:49,115 --> 00:51:51,195 Common decency. 777 00:51:52,195 --> 00:51:55,953 It is for you and you alone to decide Ward's role 778 00:51:55,955 --> 00:51:59,713 in the many insalubrious matters you have been subjected to 779 00:51:59,715 --> 00:52:01,835 as evidence during this trial. 780 00:52:02,835 --> 00:52:05,713 If Ward was telling the truth in the witness box, 781 00:52:05,715 --> 00:52:08,713 there are in this city many witnesses of highest estate 782 00:52:08,715 --> 00:52:11,953 who could have come and testified support of his evidence. 783 00:52:11,955 --> 00:52:15,433 But the defence has called no such witnesses. 784 00:52:15,435 --> 00:52:17,195 Not one. 785 00:52:18,715 --> 00:52:20,585 There may be many reasons why 786 00:52:20,610 --> 00:52:22,713 Stephen Ward has been abandoned 787 00:52:22,715 --> 00:52:24,193 in his extremity. 788 00:52:24,195 --> 00:52:26,195 You must not guess at them. 789 00:52:27,715 --> 00:52:32,713 But the fact remains, he has been left, quite tellingly, 790 00:52:32,715 --> 00:52:34,955 to face the music alone. 791 00:52:36,955 --> 00:52:38,955 Entirely alone. 792 00:52:44,195 --> 00:52:45,713 Absolutely outrageous. 793 00:52:45,715 --> 00:52:47,187 Bad enough for Gordon's appeal 794 00:52:47,212 --> 00:52:48,953 to be rushed through in this way, 795 00:52:48,955 --> 00:52:50,508 but for Justice Marshall to lead 796 00:52:50,533 --> 00:52:52,353 the jury over Miss Keeler's perjury, 797 00:52:52,355 --> 00:52:55,433 I have never seen the like in all my years at the bar. 798 00:52:55,435 --> 00:52:56,675 Stephen. 799 00:52:57,675 --> 00:53:00,473 Are you going to see Lucky now he's been released, Chris? 800 00:53:00,475 --> 00:53:01,713 Stephen! 801 00:53:01,715 --> 00:53:03,960 So that's it, then? All hope is gone? 802 00:53:03,985 --> 00:53:05,673 You must never say that. 803 00:53:05,675 --> 00:53:08,193 Not until the jury come back with a verdict. 804 00:53:08,195 --> 00:53:10,713 And I can assure you, if it's a wrong one, 805 00:53:10,715 --> 00:53:13,555 we have very secure grounds for an appeal. 806 00:53:17,715 --> 00:53:19,195 Stephen! 807 00:53:23,115 --> 00:53:24,875 Wishing you luck, baby. 808 00:55:16,435 --> 00:55:18,035 Yesterday... 809 00:55:20,715 --> 00:55:22,435 upon the stair... 810 00:55:25,195 --> 00:55:27,435 I met a man who wasn't there. 811 00:55:38,955 --> 00:55:41,035 He wasn't there again today. 812 00:56:43,195 --> 00:56:45,275 I'm sorry I had to do this... 813 00:56:46,275 --> 00:56:48,995 but it's really more than I can stand. 814 00:56:50,715 --> 00:56:54,193 The horror, day after day, 815 00:56:54,195 --> 00:56:57,035 in the court and on the street. 816 00:57:07,435 --> 00:57:09,195 It's not only fear. 817 00:57:11,195 --> 00:57:13,715 It's a wish not to let them get me. 818 00:57:14,955 --> 00:57:16,715 I'd rather get myself. 819 00:57:25,875 --> 00:57:27,435 Be happy. 820 00:57:30,715 --> 00:57:33,275 I tried to do my stuff. 821 00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:58,900 *CREDITS*