Criminal Justice

Ben Coulter, a naive young student, has sex in a council flat with a pickup. When he wakes up before dawn he sees that the girl has been murdered.

Charged with the murder of the girl he slept with, Ben is remanded in custody to await his trial. Fortunately, he is sharing a cell with a kindly old timer who attempts to look out for him.

In preparation for his trial, Ben's case is given to a hot-shot feminist barrister, Alison Slaughter, but the naive youngster is concerned that her only concern in getting him off the murder charge is to blacken the name of the victim in order to reduce the severity of the charge.

Things look very bleak indeed for Ben as his Not Guilty trial proceeds and the prosecution lawyer tears him to shreds in the court. Trainee barrister Frances Kapoor now has his defence but she is letting her heart rule her head and will ultimately pay the price for it. S

As Ben's defence looks shaky the jury seem indisposed to sympathising with him whilst Frances goes out on a limb at the expense of her own career, given her feelings for him.

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