Did anyone watch Consent on C4?

Former Member

I stayed up last night to watch it, it was a dramatised rape trial.

It was actually really interesting. The guy ended up with a not guilty verdict although it seemed that he had raped her.

I had heard of some of the things that go on during rape trials, but to see the defence lawyer bring out the alleged victims knickers and question her on how "lubricated" she was, was really eye opening. No wonder some women who are raped do not report it if that is what they have to go through.

Former Member

I'd like to have watched that. Does anyone know if it will be repeated?

Former Member

PussyKatty wrote:

No wonder some women who are raped do not report it if that is what they have to go through.

Precisely.

Former Member

I intended to watch it and only caught it so far in i decided to leave it until a repeat so i could watch it all. As Lipsy asked, is it repeated anytime?

Former Member

I just checked on radiotimes.com and it's not repeated on 4,E4 or More4 in the next 2 weeks

Bunnie

I thought this was good, couldnt understand why it wasnt a 2 part and then not be on so late, but I enjoyed it.

Its interesting to see the ins and outs of a trial like that, and I thought it was very clever to use real lawyers and jurors.

Former Member

the defence lawyer bring out the alleged victims knickers and question her on how "lubricated" she was, was really eye opening.

thats sick, i didnt watch it but sounds shocking

Former Member

PussyKatty wrote:

I stayed up last night to watch it, it was a dramatised rape trial.

It was actually really interesting. The guy ended up with a not guilty verdict although it seemed that he had raped her.

I had heard of some of the things that go on during rape trials, but to see the defence lawyer bring out the alleged victims knickers and question her on how "lubricated" she was, was really eye opening. No wonder some women who are raped do not report it if that is what they have to go through.

i know, i thought that was terrible. How do they prove that she was 'lubricated' though?

I hope this opens eyes because it's disgusting.

p.s it's not available for download on 4OD atm

Former Member

I didn't watch it, and by the sounds of it, I'm glad I didn't.

Bunnie

The whole lubricated thing was to imply that if she was, she was aroused, therefore wanting to have sex - not a great arguement I agree!

Indrid Cold

I've not watched that (not that I could) so I can't be sure I've understood correctly, so excuse me if I'm missing something. But I wanted to make the following point:

In one of the other thread about this, many posters said they thought the guy was innocent, until the end. If you were part of the jury, wouldn't you think the same? If I understood correctly, you were given as much information as the jury was.
So I think that proves it's not so easy to judge such cases. Don't be so quick to say the jury were fools then, when something like it happens for real.

Bunnie

Indrid Cold wrote:

So I think that proves it's not so easy to judge such cases. Don't be so quick to say the jury were fools then, when something like it happens for real.

exactly, I think that was the point of it, as well as giving people an insight into how the process works.

Sometimes people get too taken away with the smaller parts in programmes like this, and dont see the bigger picture.