The Teacher (2022) s01e02 Episode Script
Episode 2
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Jenna, Jenna! Jenna, mate.
Do you want to say anything about the charges against you? Are you in love with the boy, Jenna? You can talk to us.
We can put your side, love.
Why don't you just tell us what happened in your own words? [PHONE CHIMES.]
Is that a message from your toy boy, Jenna? - Is it child abuse? - What? ls it true what's on social media? Do you like kinky sex? Oh, my God.
Stop! Did you make him wear his uniform in bed? He's a child, he has a right to privacy.
Should've thought about that before you shagged him, mate.
You're disgusting.
Get out of my way.
[THEY CONTINUE SHOUTING QUESTIONS.]
[SPEAKS HUNGARIAN.]
[SPEAKS HUNGARIAN.]
[SPEAKS HUNGARIAN.]
Can I get, eh, 40 slims? Actually, 60, please.
And a tall bottle of vodka.
Thank you.
[THEY CHUCKLE.]
Ah, for real? I can't believe I missed the game.
Did anything else happen? [WHOOPING.]
- Oi, oi, toy boy! - [WHOOPING AND WHISTLING.]
Did she have a nice pair of you know? Kyle, did you post this? Are these Miss Garvey's tits? No way! Can I have her number? You and Miss are all over WebChat.
You don't have WebChat, do you, on your mum's old phone? [LAUGHTER.]
Literally on WebChat.
Did you do it in her car? Come on, Kyle, have you got more pictures? I heard you smashed her round the back of Lazarus? - Against a wheelie bin! - [LAUGHTER.]
[LAUGHTER ECHOES DISTANTLY.]
I wish I'd read the signs.
I thought she was just being young, enjoying pubbing and clubbing.
She's not that young.
The way she was with the kids, acting like she's one of them.
I mean, the guidelines are very clear.
She cares about them.
How can that be wrong? - [NINA SCOFFS.]
- No, not like that.
God! I wonder what the police found on her laptop.
The kids are saying awful things about child pornography.
Well Izzy told me that Jenna posed as a child to join their instant messaging app.
I can't believe that.
Sorry.
I mean, I just don't believe any of it.
Well, you just never know with people.
You heard from her at all? No.
Why, would I? Well, it would just be interesting to find out her side of the story.
Why? Youâve already made your mind up.
The whole school have made their mind up.
She's guilty till proven more guilty.
I was expecting you at nine.
We've got a lot to get through.
They've brought the hearing forward to minimize press intrusion.
Too late.
I've already been intruded.
Really? The story's broken already? Once you're charged, I'm afraid you're sort of thrown to the dogs.
I mean, they're just writing lies about me, they're totally unprecedented lies.
The police don't pay attention to it.
Juries aren't supposed to.
It's just unpleasant.
Unpleasant? It's horrific.
Do you have friends or family you can stay with? [SHE SIGHS.]
Well, I thought I had friends.
Yeah.
You'll soon find out who your real people are.
I mean, why is my life of such prurient interest? There's murderers, celebrities, politicians.
You're one of them, I guess.
The reader, Middle England, ''Nice lady slips up.
'' - I don't - OK.
So I've reviewed the police files, there's no forensic evidence from you or Kyle.
There is CCTV of you and him entering the toilets, coming out 15 minutes later.
Here's the relevant section.
OK, I get it.
Can you turn it off? There's obviously Kyle's testimony and that of your colleagues.
And your own statement.
Can I plead guilty to something you have absolutely no memory of? I'm assuming you'll plead not guilty.
Unless you - [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
- Yeah.
Mr Revell is here.
Your 11 o'clock.
Oh, he's early.
Right, thanks.
OK, so, I'm still waiting for the DI to give me the files from the phone and laptop.
Is she likely to find anything incriminating on there? Like what? Naked pictures of my pupils? A subscription to Groomers Weekly? I have to clarify everything.
I'm on your side, by the way.
Look, let's reconvene when we've got those files, perhaps when you're feeling less agitated.
I would also recommend, in terms of convincing the judge, that your lifestyle isn't too chaotic.
I know people drink when they're stressed.
Stressed? Stressed? I wanna blot the days out, I don't know what to do.
I'm just trying to think, just remember what what possessed me to throw my entire life [JENNA SIGHS.]
Thank you.
Look after yourself.
Chill out, lad, stop being annoying.
Come on, bro, you've got to tell me something, man.
How you leaving me hanging like this? - Come on, tell me.
- Shut up, man.
Whatever.
Listen, yeah? Tell me tomorrow, yeah? You have to.
Gimme some tips, yeah? Right, love ya, bruv! You're a lege! Oi, Miss.
Miss.
[HE LAUGHS.]
Oi, Miss, can I have a shag? You fancy kids, right, Miss? Am I too old now 'cos I'm 18? Come on, Miss, just a quick fuck.
We know where you live, slag.
We know where you live.
Give me a gold star on my cock! Fucking mucky.
- Run away, run away.
- We'll be waiting.
You shouldn't be noshing off with 15-year-olds, should you? [THUDDING.]
[BANGING ON DOOR.]
[MUFFLED VOICES.]
[BANGING.]
[LAUGHTER.]
Ah! [LAUGHTER AND MUFFLED VOICES.]
[BANGING.]
[RINGING.]
Hello, emergency, which service do you require? Police.
Someone's urinated through my letterbox.
OK.
Are you in any physical danger? Yeah, well, I live on my own.
Could I take your name and address, please? Hello? Could I have your address, please? Hello? Nothing, I I made a mistake.
Most of Kyle's statement could easily be turned over.
Wow.
Nina really took the opportunity to vent.
Is her statement to the police incorrect? No, I don't know.
It It just seems more like a character assassination.
Why is there no statement from Jack? Jack? No.
Sorry, I I just thought he might have something positive to add.
If we could get back to Kyle's statement.
He also claims you invited him to the Lazarus Club.
He's 15.
Why on earth would I invite a kid to such a sleaze pit? But you're often down there.
Yeah, well, I told the police, I just go there for a dance, you know, to let off steam.
No judgment.
What else am I supposed to do? Go to All Bar One, have a bottle of Pinot with the girls? What do you do to let off steam? I go home to my family.
Well, I like a bit of messy fun at a disco.
Well, the police will be talking to anyone who knows you from the Lazarus.
Well, I don't think they'll find anything out.
Nothing illegal, anyway.
Did you ever talk about this aspect of your life with Kyle? Erm the kids used to tease me, ask me where I'd been out.
I don't know, I think they they liked the idea of me being a bit wild, I guess.
I don't know.
So Kyle knew it might be a place you'd end up on a Friday night? Where are you going with this? I don't think Kyle's story will hold up under cross-examination.
I mean, look at him, his background, mother lurching between boyfriends, rent in arrears.
You know she was arrested for assault? And there's you outstanding references, two years teaching at the prestigious Hillsden Grammar, and 12 years at Earlbridge.
You really think I can go back to being Head of English after this? Well, once you're proven innocent.
Earlbridge will never have me back.
Poor Ken already stuck his neck out trying to get me the promotion.
Have you seen what's being said about me? Unfortunately I have.
The police have found other material online.
It's troubling.
It's a forum where kids share pictures of so-called hot teachers.
Upskirt shots fan fiction.
Oh, my God.
There was also a bet on who'd have sex with you first.
Me? But hang These have been taken while I've been teaching.
But they're old.
What, and kids are posting these? Yeah.
I think when you see it all together like this It's usually part of a feed, so it moves really quickly.
Most of this is years old not posted by Kyle, but So how is this relevant now? Well, we can show the online culture around Kyle, how sex is normalised for these kids, they're not innocent victims.
It's Kyle's word against yours, and we can build a profile.
Kids like this are easy to break down.
Kids like what? No.
I don't want you breaking him down.
I don't.
I don't want him or me being dragged through the mud, you dissecting it and humiliating him.
- If we're to clear your name, Jenna - How? How am I ever going to get away from this? How is my name ever going to be anything other than prefixed by by ''paedo teacher''? [SHE EXHALES DEEPLY.]
Morning.
The prodigal child returns.
I assume you'll want your old room.
Got yourself in quite the pickle.
I assume it's nonsense.
Adolescents are inveterate liars.
I'm surprised the police are taking it seriously at all.
At least it's spelt correctly.
[SHE EXHALES.]
[SHE SIGHS.]
[HE HUMS.]
Ah, Jenna.
Will you be contributing at all to your living 'costs - while you're lodging here? - Erm, well Oh, well, that's, eh if you have an income currently, or is it all on hold pending investigation? Really, you'd be within your rights to sue that lying little moron.
I have some savings.
It'll be a stretch finding a decent post, even when you're cleared.
And this sort of nonsense doesn't help.
Oh, God I presume that's it for press interest now? I've, erm been trying to get hold of your headmaster.
Ken? Why? What what do you want with him? Well, I want his assurance that all this No, I don't want you involved.
It's fine.
Just leave it.
It'll be over soon, the press will get bored, I 'll go home.
I don't want you involved.
Oh, well, it rather looks like I am.
You see, this is what we do, isn't it? Hm? You make a mess, I pick up the pieces.
I don't want anything from you.
Yeah, other than free board in my house? It's not your house, it's Mum's house.
[HE SIGHS.]
[SHE COUGHS.]
[PHONE VIBRATES.]
Oh, God [SHE EXHALES DEEPLY.]
- Hi.
- Hello.
OK, so I got your computer files back from the police.
There's nothing of interest.
No? How are you? I want the ground to swallow me up.
I know what that means now.
Like, really know.
Isn't there someone you can stay with? I'm at my father's house.
In my old room.
That's good, that's good.
That's nice.
[CHUCKLING SOFTLY.]
Yeah.
OK, so the police did find something else.
What? Pictures sent from a messaging app from your phone to Kyle's.
They were sent the night just before Kyle alleges the offence occurred.
Softly pornographic content, like breasts.
What? No.
I I don't use that app, I don't have it.
That that that's for kids to send each other shit.
But there were on your phone.
But I've never used it.
I-I don't use it.
OK, well, the police can trace who the account's registered to.
No, hang on.
I do I I do remember some notifications, and, eh Jack saying something, but I mean I don't do social media, I don't even have Facebook.
Seriously.
The facts state otherwise, Jenna, and will be seen as grooming.
Are you? Off out? Is that wise? [CAR DOOR OPENS.]
Hello.
Hi.
I'm sorry I've not been in touch.
It's all right, I wouldn't want to be in touch with me either right now.
Do you think it's a good idea, us meeting here? No.
I just wanted Are they OK? The kids, you know? Only, I feel so useless, I feel pointless, you know, sitting around, waiting till all this When I should be helping them, my Year 11's.
Listen, I-I was angry.
I I didn't know what to say or what to It doesn't matter now.
Nothing's ever going to be the same.
Are they OK? You know, with their exams and stuff? I mean, I feel like I've left them at such a crucial time, you know? It's taken all my might not to reach out to them.
I just feel like you know, I was there one minute and then I was gone.
I just hope hope they don't feel abandoned.
No.
That night.
I don't know, I don't remember.
I did want to get in touch sooner, I did.
I just I didn't know where I stood.
I didn't know where we stood.
Listen I know this is bad, but whatever's happened, I'm still his teacher, and, erm I'd be breaking the terms of my bail, but could you give this to Kyle for me? Or you could just read it and tell him what's in it.
I'm not your go-between.
Is that why you wanted to meet? Here? Oh, my God, Jenna.
It's all about him? No.
I mean as his teacher.
That's all I meant.
You can read it.
Jack! [DOOR CLOSES.]
[SHE SIGHS.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
Forgot this.
It's your things the police didn't take.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[SHE SIGHS.]
The hearing's in two weeks.
We say how you want to plea, and then a trial date is set.
Why go to trial? Why? To defend your case.
I don't remember anything.
Look, if Kyle said it happened then it happened.
Sorry, are you saying you don't want to contest this boy's claim? Kyle's a good kid.
I know him, he wouldn't lie.
I know my kids.
They're all good kids.
But me, I mean the police start asking around about me, you know what they'll find out.
That I'm a slag.
A chaotic slag with a drink problem, who can't even remember half the guys she's slept with.
I can't even remember sending these naked pictures from some app.
They'll lay out my sad little car crash of a life for all the world to pore over.
Then you'll dredge up all that stuff about Kyle, his mum's history.
She got him into that school, and she works hard.
She even pays for extra tuition, you know, to give him the best.
That's all hanging by a thread now.
Nonetheless, once his statement is held up to scrutiny No, scrutiny is what I do not want.
I don't want to go to trial.
Whatever I did I'm guilty.
You can't just This case needs to be deliberated and judged.
And also, I don't feel I can support a guilty plea if you didn't do it.
Can you enter a not guilty plea if I did do it? If you tell me you did it, no, I can't conscionably support a not guilty plea.
I did it.
You want to plead guilty to the charge of abuse of a position of trust? Sexual activity with a child? Yes.
Yes.
That holds a prison sentence of Look, I don't care about the sentencing.
I am not going to trial.
[SHE EXHALES SHARPLY.]
[PHONE VIBRATES.]
Hi.
Hi.
I was just checking you've booked a cab.
- I was going to drive.
- Right.
No, eh, if you get a prison term, you'll be taken into custody right away.
Make sure you bring cash, change of clothes, medication.
You can buy cigarettes in prison, but you can't bring them in.
And there are no phones allowed, so make sure you jot down any numbers.
Jenna? Yes.
We're just preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.
You can still change your plea.
No.
No.
No.
I want to be sentenced.
No trial.
Off for a job interview? Are you Are you going out somewhere? Ah.
Yeah, I did tell you.
Dry stone walling course.
Swaledale.
Been booked for months.
Try not to have any wild parties while I'm away.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[SHE CRIES.]
[SHE EXHALES DEEPLY.]
- [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK.]
- [REPORTERS SHOUT QUESTIONS.]
Miss Garvey! Miss Garvey.
Miss Garvey! Six months suspended is good very good, considering.
I didn't even know Community Payback was a thing.
What do I have to do? Clean some graffiti or pick up some litter.
200 hours is reasonable.
In public, in a hi-vis vest, with everyone looking at me? It's supposed to be challenging.
It's a punishment for a crime you committed.
I'd rather have been locked up.
[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK.]
[REPORTERS SHOUT.]
Will I ever be able to teach again? We did cover this.
You've been placed on the Sex Offenders Register for ten years, and you're on the Children's Barred List, which means it's a criminal offence to even apply for a teaching job.
You can request removal in ten years' time.
You were aware of this.
I did suggest you plea.
- Let's get you out of here.
- Oh, for God's sake.
What's he doing at a sentencing? I'm so sorry, I've got a hearing to attend to.
[REPORTERS SHOUT.]
[RUBBLE SLIPS.]
[WIND WHIPS.]
[SHE GASPS.]
[SHE BREATHES HEAVILY.]
I love you, Mum.
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS.]
[KEYS JANGLE IN LOCK.]
[MUSIC CONTINUES FROM UPSTAIRS.]
Ooh! [MUSIC STOPS.]
Oh, hello, Papa.
How was your dry wall stoning? You did this awful thing?! I didn't think I could expect any less of you.
And there I was pulling out all the stops, asking favours, telling everyone, ''Oh, no, no, no, you didn't do anything.
'' Oh, you love it, don't you? You love it.
You love me being here, trapped.
Huh? I can hear you, humming away, and bustling around the house, gloating, smug.
Yeah, smug 'cos I'm 'cos I'm prone, 'cos I'm down.
Yeah, you love it when I crash, so you can pick up the pieces.
You think I love what? The years of of drunken, reckless, idiot behaviour? Your disgusting promiscuity? Do I love that that my daughter is a pervert? A sex offender? A paedophile, for Christ's sake?! [SHE LAUGHS.]
You knew.
You knew, and-and and you you let me believe.
What were you thinking? Huh? Haven't you made me miserable enough over the years? Eh? Well I mean, has-has the attention faded, did you feel the need to drop another bombshell? Yes! Yes, yes, yes.
That's right, I fucked a kid so Daddy would notice me.
Well, there it is.
There's the filth, the sarcasm, when you should be abject, begging forgiveness, hiding your face! [HE STAMMERS.]
[HE GASPS.]
[HE PANTS.]
Dad.
Oh, shit.
Dad.
Dad.
Dad! Dad.
[TAP RUNS.]
Here.
Here.
Get out of my way.
What do you expect me to do next, Dad? Huh? Go hang, for all I care.
No, genuinely, I want to know.
What do you think I'm going to do next? I don't know.
Keep ruining my life? Keep shaming me until I can't show my face anywhere? Oh, well, good.
Good to know, 'cos clearly I can.
Clearly I'm getting a rise out of you.
So I 'll just keep on shaming upstanding pillar of the community Roger, huh? [HE GASPS.]
Just take the fucking water! Ah.
[HE PANTS.]
Oh This is horrible.
You're horrible.
What have I ever done? Hm? Do I deserve this, really? You're just like your mother.
Oh, good.
There it is.
I wondered how long until you trundled out your go-to put-down.
just one big difference between me and Mum, Roger.
I won't make your life easier by topping myself.
All right, two o'clock, take a break.
Six hours down, 294 to go.
What are you in for, then? Out for? Sorry, you don't have to answer that.
You just don't look like the usual offender.
I'm a sex offender.
What, like? Sex offender.
- You guys want to play Fifa? - Yeah, sure.
Nah, I can't.
What, busy now you've got a baby coming? What? Facebook.
Dude, you knocked up Miss Garvey.
Fuck off.
It was a joke, man.
Where are you going? I've got to see Brian.
You still hanging out with him? I'm not hanging out with him, all right? He's my fucking tutor.
You don't have to be such a dick all the time.
All right, man! Kyle! Jenna, what's going on? Jenna.
Kyle.
Kyle.
Kyle, please, wait.
Kyle! Look Please, just wait, wait.
I'm sorry.
I I'm sorry, I've been trying to get hold of you.
I know I'm not supposed to, but I just want to say I'm so sorry.
I just I wanted to tell you that you did the right thing, OK? Going to the police, I don't resent or blame you for all the fallout.
I just I just I just hope I haven't ruined intimacy for you, you know? I hope you can go on to have healthy relationships and and not be affected by all of this shit.
Why did you plead guilty? Sorry? If you say that you don't remember what happened, then why did you plead guilty? Well, because you said you said that's what happened.
Well, you weren't supposed to.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
Yeah? DI Sowerby.
Is this a good time? Can I come in? I've had a report from your Community Payback Supervisor.
Look, I'm sorry.
It was just a coincidence.
I mean, he passed by.
I couldn't just ignore him.
Yeah, well, you're going to have to, Jenna.
The terms of your sentence is very clear.
I know, I I get it.
I didn't think.
Sorry.
Well, this time you'll get away with a fine.
But, eh you could end up going to prison, you do realise that? It's just hard, you know? I mean, this is a child I've taught for five years.
I think about him, his welfare, his state of mind, you know? All the kids.
Not just him.
I can't help it.
OK.
Official warning delivered.
Erm Listen, I just I-I just wondered if I'd have not pleaded guilty would I have been convicted? I can't answer that.
It really doesn't help to dwell too much on what ifs.
I know, but just in your experience.
I'd have pushed for a conviction.
Whether the kid would've held it together under cross-examination.
But, I mean, the CCTV footage and his voice-mail, the instant messages sent to Kyle from my phone, the pictures, I mean, that would've incriminated me anyway, right? The instant messaging account wasn't registered to you.
What? You set it up under an alias, which shows your actions were premeditated.
No.
No, I didn't.
OK.
Erm these are questions for your solicitor.
[RINGING.]
Ava Mansouri, please leave a message.
Ava, it's Jenna.
I didn't send the naked pictures.
Did we know that? Ava, I think he lied about us.
Kyle lied.
Do you want to say anything about the charges against you? Are you in love with the boy, Jenna? You can talk to us.
We can put your side, love.
Why don't you just tell us what happened in your own words? [PHONE CHIMES.]
Is that a message from your toy boy, Jenna? - Is it child abuse? - What? ls it true what's on social media? Do you like kinky sex? Oh, my God.
Stop! Did you make him wear his uniform in bed? He's a child, he has a right to privacy.
Should've thought about that before you shagged him, mate.
You're disgusting.
Get out of my way.
[THEY CONTINUE SHOUTING QUESTIONS.]
[SPEAKS HUNGARIAN.]
[SPEAKS HUNGARIAN.]
[SPEAKS HUNGARIAN.]
Can I get, eh, 40 slims? Actually, 60, please.
And a tall bottle of vodka.
Thank you.
[THEY CHUCKLE.]
Ah, for real? I can't believe I missed the game.
Did anything else happen? [WHOOPING.]
- Oi, oi, toy boy! - [WHOOPING AND WHISTLING.]
Did she have a nice pair of you know? Kyle, did you post this? Are these Miss Garvey's tits? No way! Can I have her number? You and Miss are all over WebChat.
You don't have WebChat, do you, on your mum's old phone? [LAUGHTER.]
Literally on WebChat.
Did you do it in her car? Come on, Kyle, have you got more pictures? I heard you smashed her round the back of Lazarus? - Against a wheelie bin! - [LAUGHTER.]
[LAUGHTER ECHOES DISTANTLY.]
I wish I'd read the signs.
I thought she was just being young, enjoying pubbing and clubbing.
She's not that young.
The way she was with the kids, acting like she's one of them.
I mean, the guidelines are very clear.
She cares about them.
How can that be wrong? - [NINA SCOFFS.]
- No, not like that.
God! I wonder what the police found on her laptop.
The kids are saying awful things about child pornography.
Well Izzy told me that Jenna posed as a child to join their instant messaging app.
I can't believe that.
Sorry.
I mean, I just don't believe any of it.
Well, you just never know with people.
You heard from her at all? No.
Why, would I? Well, it would just be interesting to find out her side of the story.
Why? Youâve already made your mind up.
The whole school have made their mind up.
She's guilty till proven more guilty.
I was expecting you at nine.
We've got a lot to get through.
They've brought the hearing forward to minimize press intrusion.
Too late.
I've already been intruded.
Really? The story's broken already? Once you're charged, I'm afraid you're sort of thrown to the dogs.
I mean, they're just writing lies about me, they're totally unprecedented lies.
The police don't pay attention to it.
Juries aren't supposed to.
It's just unpleasant.
Unpleasant? It's horrific.
Do you have friends or family you can stay with? [SHE SIGHS.]
Well, I thought I had friends.
Yeah.
You'll soon find out who your real people are.
I mean, why is my life of such prurient interest? There's murderers, celebrities, politicians.
You're one of them, I guess.
The reader, Middle England, ''Nice lady slips up.
'' - I don't - OK.
So I've reviewed the police files, there's no forensic evidence from you or Kyle.
There is CCTV of you and him entering the toilets, coming out 15 minutes later.
Here's the relevant section.
OK, I get it.
Can you turn it off? There's obviously Kyle's testimony and that of your colleagues.
And your own statement.
Can I plead guilty to something you have absolutely no memory of? I'm assuming you'll plead not guilty.
Unless you - [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
- Yeah.
Mr Revell is here.
Your 11 o'clock.
Oh, he's early.
Right, thanks.
OK, so, I'm still waiting for the DI to give me the files from the phone and laptop.
Is she likely to find anything incriminating on there? Like what? Naked pictures of my pupils? A subscription to Groomers Weekly? I have to clarify everything.
I'm on your side, by the way.
Look, let's reconvene when we've got those files, perhaps when you're feeling less agitated.
I would also recommend, in terms of convincing the judge, that your lifestyle isn't too chaotic.
I know people drink when they're stressed.
Stressed? Stressed? I wanna blot the days out, I don't know what to do.
I'm just trying to think, just remember what what possessed me to throw my entire life [JENNA SIGHS.]
Thank you.
Look after yourself.
Chill out, lad, stop being annoying.
Come on, bro, you've got to tell me something, man.
How you leaving me hanging like this? - Come on, tell me.
- Shut up, man.
Whatever.
Listen, yeah? Tell me tomorrow, yeah? You have to.
Gimme some tips, yeah? Right, love ya, bruv! You're a lege! Oi, Miss.
Miss.
[HE LAUGHS.]
Oi, Miss, can I have a shag? You fancy kids, right, Miss? Am I too old now 'cos I'm 18? Come on, Miss, just a quick fuck.
We know where you live, slag.
We know where you live.
Give me a gold star on my cock! Fucking mucky.
- Run away, run away.
- We'll be waiting.
You shouldn't be noshing off with 15-year-olds, should you? [THUDDING.]
[BANGING ON DOOR.]
[MUFFLED VOICES.]
[BANGING.]
[LAUGHTER.]
Ah! [LAUGHTER AND MUFFLED VOICES.]
[BANGING.]
[RINGING.]
Hello, emergency, which service do you require? Police.
Someone's urinated through my letterbox.
OK.
Are you in any physical danger? Yeah, well, I live on my own.
Could I take your name and address, please? Hello? Could I have your address, please? Hello? Nothing, I I made a mistake.
Most of Kyle's statement could easily be turned over.
Wow.
Nina really took the opportunity to vent.
Is her statement to the police incorrect? No, I don't know.
It It just seems more like a character assassination.
Why is there no statement from Jack? Jack? No.
Sorry, I I just thought he might have something positive to add.
If we could get back to Kyle's statement.
He also claims you invited him to the Lazarus Club.
He's 15.
Why on earth would I invite a kid to such a sleaze pit? But you're often down there.
Yeah, well, I told the police, I just go there for a dance, you know, to let off steam.
No judgment.
What else am I supposed to do? Go to All Bar One, have a bottle of Pinot with the girls? What do you do to let off steam? I go home to my family.
Well, I like a bit of messy fun at a disco.
Well, the police will be talking to anyone who knows you from the Lazarus.
Well, I don't think they'll find anything out.
Nothing illegal, anyway.
Did you ever talk about this aspect of your life with Kyle? Erm the kids used to tease me, ask me where I'd been out.
I don't know, I think they they liked the idea of me being a bit wild, I guess.
I don't know.
So Kyle knew it might be a place you'd end up on a Friday night? Where are you going with this? I don't think Kyle's story will hold up under cross-examination.
I mean, look at him, his background, mother lurching between boyfriends, rent in arrears.
You know she was arrested for assault? And there's you outstanding references, two years teaching at the prestigious Hillsden Grammar, and 12 years at Earlbridge.
You really think I can go back to being Head of English after this? Well, once you're proven innocent.
Earlbridge will never have me back.
Poor Ken already stuck his neck out trying to get me the promotion.
Have you seen what's being said about me? Unfortunately I have.
The police have found other material online.
It's troubling.
It's a forum where kids share pictures of so-called hot teachers.
Upskirt shots fan fiction.
Oh, my God.
There was also a bet on who'd have sex with you first.
Me? But hang These have been taken while I've been teaching.
But they're old.
What, and kids are posting these? Yeah.
I think when you see it all together like this It's usually part of a feed, so it moves really quickly.
Most of this is years old not posted by Kyle, but So how is this relevant now? Well, we can show the online culture around Kyle, how sex is normalised for these kids, they're not innocent victims.
It's Kyle's word against yours, and we can build a profile.
Kids like this are easy to break down.
Kids like what? No.
I don't want you breaking him down.
I don't.
I don't want him or me being dragged through the mud, you dissecting it and humiliating him.
- If we're to clear your name, Jenna - How? How am I ever going to get away from this? How is my name ever going to be anything other than prefixed by by ''paedo teacher''? [SHE EXHALES DEEPLY.]
Morning.
The prodigal child returns.
I assume you'll want your old room.
Got yourself in quite the pickle.
I assume it's nonsense.
Adolescents are inveterate liars.
I'm surprised the police are taking it seriously at all.
At least it's spelt correctly.
[SHE EXHALES.]
[SHE SIGHS.]
[HE HUMS.]
Ah, Jenna.
Will you be contributing at all to your living 'costs - while you're lodging here? - Erm, well Oh, well, that's, eh if you have an income currently, or is it all on hold pending investigation? Really, you'd be within your rights to sue that lying little moron.
I have some savings.
It'll be a stretch finding a decent post, even when you're cleared.
And this sort of nonsense doesn't help.
Oh, God I presume that's it for press interest now? I've, erm been trying to get hold of your headmaster.
Ken? Why? What what do you want with him? Well, I want his assurance that all this No, I don't want you involved.
It's fine.
Just leave it.
It'll be over soon, the press will get bored, I 'll go home.
I don't want you involved.
Oh, well, it rather looks like I am.
You see, this is what we do, isn't it? Hm? You make a mess, I pick up the pieces.
I don't want anything from you.
Yeah, other than free board in my house? It's not your house, it's Mum's house.
[HE SIGHS.]
[SHE COUGHS.]
[PHONE VIBRATES.]
Oh, God [SHE EXHALES DEEPLY.]
- Hi.
- Hello.
OK, so I got your computer files back from the police.
There's nothing of interest.
No? How are you? I want the ground to swallow me up.
I know what that means now.
Like, really know.
Isn't there someone you can stay with? I'm at my father's house.
In my old room.
That's good, that's good.
That's nice.
[CHUCKLING SOFTLY.]
Yeah.
OK, so the police did find something else.
What? Pictures sent from a messaging app from your phone to Kyle's.
They were sent the night just before Kyle alleges the offence occurred.
Softly pornographic content, like breasts.
What? No.
I I don't use that app, I don't have it.
That that that's for kids to send each other shit.
But there were on your phone.
But I've never used it.
I-I don't use it.
OK, well, the police can trace who the account's registered to.
No, hang on.
I do I I do remember some notifications, and, eh Jack saying something, but I mean I don't do social media, I don't even have Facebook.
Seriously.
The facts state otherwise, Jenna, and will be seen as grooming.
Are you? Off out? Is that wise? [CAR DOOR OPENS.]
Hello.
Hi.
I'm sorry I've not been in touch.
It's all right, I wouldn't want to be in touch with me either right now.
Do you think it's a good idea, us meeting here? No.
I just wanted Are they OK? The kids, you know? Only, I feel so useless, I feel pointless, you know, sitting around, waiting till all this When I should be helping them, my Year 11's.
Listen, I-I was angry.
I I didn't know what to say or what to It doesn't matter now.
Nothing's ever going to be the same.
Are they OK? You know, with their exams and stuff? I mean, I feel like I've left them at such a crucial time, you know? It's taken all my might not to reach out to them.
I just feel like you know, I was there one minute and then I was gone.
I just hope hope they don't feel abandoned.
No.
That night.
I don't know, I don't remember.
I did want to get in touch sooner, I did.
I just I didn't know where I stood.
I didn't know where we stood.
Listen I know this is bad, but whatever's happened, I'm still his teacher, and, erm I'd be breaking the terms of my bail, but could you give this to Kyle for me? Or you could just read it and tell him what's in it.
I'm not your go-between.
Is that why you wanted to meet? Here? Oh, my God, Jenna.
It's all about him? No.
I mean as his teacher.
That's all I meant.
You can read it.
Jack! [DOOR CLOSES.]
[SHE SIGHS.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
Forgot this.
It's your things the police didn't take.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[SHE SIGHS.]
The hearing's in two weeks.
We say how you want to plea, and then a trial date is set.
Why go to trial? Why? To defend your case.
I don't remember anything.
Look, if Kyle said it happened then it happened.
Sorry, are you saying you don't want to contest this boy's claim? Kyle's a good kid.
I know him, he wouldn't lie.
I know my kids.
They're all good kids.
But me, I mean the police start asking around about me, you know what they'll find out.
That I'm a slag.
A chaotic slag with a drink problem, who can't even remember half the guys she's slept with.
I can't even remember sending these naked pictures from some app.
They'll lay out my sad little car crash of a life for all the world to pore over.
Then you'll dredge up all that stuff about Kyle, his mum's history.
She got him into that school, and she works hard.
She even pays for extra tuition, you know, to give him the best.
That's all hanging by a thread now.
Nonetheless, once his statement is held up to scrutiny No, scrutiny is what I do not want.
I don't want to go to trial.
Whatever I did I'm guilty.
You can't just This case needs to be deliberated and judged.
And also, I don't feel I can support a guilty plea if you didn't do it.
Can you enter a not guilty plea if I did do it? If you tell me you did it, no, I can't conscionably support a not guilty plea.
I did it.
You want to plead guilty to the charge of abuse of a position of trust? Sexual activity with a child? Yes.
Yes.
That holds a prison sentence of Look, I don't care about the sentencing.
I am not going to trial.
[SHE EXHALES SHARPLY.]
[PHONE VIBRATES.]
Hi.
Hi.
I was just checking you've booked a cab.
- I was going to drive.
- Right.
No, eh, if you get a prison term, you'll be taken into custody right away.
Make sure you bring cash, change of clothes, medication.
You can buy cigarettes in prison, but you can't bring them in.
And there are no phones allowed, so make sure you jot down any numbers.
Jenna? Yes.
We're just preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.
You can still change your plea.
No.
No.
No.
I want to be sentenced.
No trial.
Off for a job interview? Are you Are you going out somewhere? Ah.
Yeah, I did tell you.
Dry stone walling course.
Swaledale.
Been booked for months.
Try not to have any wild parties while I'm away.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[SHE CRIES.]
[SHE EXHALES DEEPLY.]
- [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK.]
- [REPORTERS SHOUT QUESTIONS.]
Miss Garvey! Miss Garvey.
Miss Garvey! Six months suspended is good very good, considering.
I didn't even know Community Payback was a thing.
What do I have to do? Clean some graffiti or pick up some litter.
200 hours is reasonable.
In public, in a hi-vis vest, with everyone looking at me? It's supposed to be challenging.
It's a punishment for a crime you committed.
I'd rather have been locked up.
[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK.]
[REPORTERS SHOUT.]
Will I ever be able to teach again? We did cover this.
You've been placed on the Sex Offenders Register for ten years, and you're on the Children's Barred List, which means it's a criminal offence to even apply for a teaching job.
You can request removal in ten years' time.
You were aware of this.
I did suggest you plea.
- Let's get you out of here.
- Oh, for God's sake.
What's he doing at a sentencing? I'm so sorry, I've got a hearing to attend to.
[REPORTERS SHOUT.]
[RUBBLE SLIPS.]
[WIND WHIPS.]
[SHE GASPS.]
[SHE BREATHES HEAVILY.]
I love you, Mum.
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS.]
[KEYS JANGLE IN LOCK.]
[MUSIC CONTINUES FROM UPSTAIRS.]
Ooh! [MUSIC STOPS.]
Oh, hello, Papa.
How was your dry wall stoning? You did this awful thing?! I didn't think I could expect any less of you.
And there I was pulling out all the stops, asking favours, telling everyone, ''Oh, no, no, no, you didn't do anything.
'' Oh, you love it, don't you? You love it.
You love me being here, trapped.
Huh? I can hear you, humming away, and bustling around the house, gloating, smug.
Yeah, smug 'cos I'm 'cos I'm prone, 'cos I'm down.
Yeah, you love it when I crash, so you can pick up the pieces.
You think I love what? The years of of drunken, reckless, idiot behaviour? Your disgusting promiscuity? Do I love that that my daughter is a pervert? A sex offender? A paedophile, for Christ's sake?! [SHE LAUGHS.]
You knew.
You knew, and-and and you you let me believe.
What were you thinking? Huh? Haven't you made me miserable enough over the years? Eh? Well I mean, has-has the attention faded, did you feel the need to drop another bombshell? Yes! Yes, yes, yes.
That's right, I fucked a kid so Daddy would notice me.
Well, there it is.
There's the filth, the sarcasm, when you should be abject, begging forgiveness, hiding your face! [HE STAMMERS.]
[HE GASPS.]
[HE PANTS.]
Dad.
Oh, shit.
Dad.
Dad.
Dad! Dad.
[TAP RUNS.]
Here.
Here.
Get out of my way.
What do you expect me to do next, Dad? Huh? Go hang, for all I care.
No, genuinely, I want to know.
What do you think I'm going to do next? I don't know.
Keep ruining my life? Keep shaming me until I can't show my face anywhere? Oh, well, good.
Good to know, 'cos clearly I can.
Clearly I'm getting a rise out of you.
So I 'll just keep on shaming upstanding pillar of the community Roger, huh? [HE GASPS.]
Just take the fucking water! Ah.
[HE PANTS.]
Oh This is horrible.
You're horrible.
What have I ever done? Hm? Do I deserve this, really? You're just like your mother.
Oh, good.
There it is.
I wondered how long until you trundled out your go-to put-down.
just one big difference between me and Mum, Roger.
I won't make your life easier by topping myself.
All right, two o'clock, take a break.
Six hours down, 294 to go.
What are you in for, then? Out for? Sorry, you don't have to answer that.
You just don't look like the usual offender.
I'm a sex offender.
What, like? Sex offender.
- You guys want to play Fifa? - Yeah, sure.
Nah, I can't.
What, busy now you've got a baby coming? What? Facebook.
Dude, you knocked up Miss Garvey.
Fuck off.
It was a joke, man.
Where are you going? I've got to see Brian.
You still hanging out with him? I'm not hanging out with him, all right? He's my fucking tutor.
You don't have to be such a dick all the time.
All right, man! Kyle! Jenna, what's going on? Jenna.
Kyle.
Kyle.
Kyle, please, wait.
Kyle! Look Please, just wait, wait.
I'm sorry.
I I'm sorry, I've been trying to get hold of you.
I know I'm not supposed to, but I just want to say I'm so sorry.
I just I wanted to tell you that you did the right thing, OK? Going to the police, I don't resent or blame you for all the fallout.
I just I just I just hope I haven't ruined intimacy for you, you know? I hope you can go on to have healthy relationships and and not be affected by all of this shit.
Why did you plead guilty? Sorry? If you say that you don't remember what happened, then why did you plead guilty? Well, because you said you said that's what happened.
Well, you weren't supposed to.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
Yeah? DI Sowerby.
Is this a good time? Can I come in? I've had a report from your Community Payback Supervisor.
Look, I'm sorry.
It was just a coincidence.
I mean, he passed by.
I couldn't just ignore him.
Yeah, well, you're going to have to, Jenna.
The terms of your sentence is very clear.
I know, I I get it.
I didn't think.
Sorry.
Well, this time you'll get away with a fine.
But, eh you could end up going to prison, you do realise that? It's just hard, you know? I mean, this is a child I've taught for five years.
I think about him, his welfare, his state of mind, you know? All the kids.
Not just him.
I can't help it.
OK.
Official warning delivered.
Erm Listen, I just I-I just wondered if I'd have not pleaded guilty would I have been convicted? I can't answer that.
It really doesn't help to dwell too much on what ifs.
I know, but just in your experience.
I'd have pushed for a conviction.
Whether the kid would've held it together under cross-examination.
But, I mean, the CCTV footage and his voice-mail, the instant messages sent to Kyle from my phone, the pictures, I mean, that would've incriminated me anyway, right? The instant messaging account wasn't registered to you.
What? You set it up under an alias, which shows your actions were premeditated.
No.
No, I didn't.
OK.
Erm these are questions for your solicitor.
[RINGING.]
Ava Mansouri, please leave a message.
Ava, it's Jenna.
I didn't send the naked pictures.
Did we know that? Ava, I think he lied about us.
Kyle lied.