5. Dean's Trial part 1

We’re back in the public gallery of the Crown Court for Dean’s trial. He is charged with the rape and sexual assault of his partner. As in previous episodes, Dean’s trial involves the kind of case the mainstream narrative tells us shouldn’t succeed: an allegation of intimate partner rape with no forensic evidence, no CCTV, and no eyewitnesses — just one person’s word against another’s.In this, the first of three episodes, we hear the prosecution’s opening of the case and the start of the complainant’s evidence.Part of Criminal Justice in Action: Rape on Trial, this episode continues the season’s mission to cut through myths and misconceptions about rape in the criminal justice system, and to show how the criminal process really works in practice.Criminal Justice in Action is a Scrutiny Media production.Researched, written and presented by Dr Candida Saunders.Music: Hopeless Waltz by Alena Smirnova. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.