Gina has brought young Sian along to help her behind the bar at a dance, but Sian is more interested in dancing with a young man called Ben Ealham and having fun. Gina scolds her and sends her home, but Sian runs out of petrol on her way home. The next morning Sian is found badly bruised and raped in her car. Before she is rushed to hospital Sian names Ealham as her assailant. Sergeant Nokes, who has temporarily switched places with Craddock, is certain she has an open and shut case, but Ealham's solicitor Jackie Bradley disagrees and gets him off on technicalities. This brings about a frigid distance between her and Mike.
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- Maddy
- Ben Ealham
- Giles Ealham
- Penelope Ealham
- Andy Ryan
- Gina Ward
- Andrew Lawrence
- Claude Jeremiah Greengrass
- David Stockwell
- Oscar Blaketon
- PC Mike Bradley
- Jackie Bradley
- Timothy Horrocks
- Maggie Bolton
- Sergeant Nokes
- PC Alf Ventress
- PC Phil Bellamy
- Clerk of Court
- Magistrate
- Lawyer
- Lightning's Owner
- Sheep Owner
- Bernie Scripps
- Varmus
- Mrs. Horrocks