Believe Me

Sarah Adams is given a drugged drink by a taxi driver and is certain she was raped. After months of Sara feeling disbelieved by the police, her case is dropped and the man is free to attack again.

Student Laila Mahmood is drugged and assaulted by John Worboys, but her claims are dismissed by police and her case is dropped, despite the evidence of CCTV footage. Eventually, police spot a disturbing pattern.

In 2008, it becomes clear that a cab-driving serial rapist is operating in London. An appeal leads a nurse who treated Laila to contact the police, which results in Worboys' arrest. Dozens of other potential victims come forward, including Carrie, who realises that he must have drugged her too. Sarah and Laila approach renowned solicitor Harriet Wistrich and decide to sue the Metropolitan Police.

With the help of Phillippa Kaufmann, Sarah and Laila receive documents from their original cases. After discovering that leads were botched and internal investigations have exonerated officers, they sue the Met police under the Human Rights Act. When it is announced that John Worboys, now seemingly God-fearing and penitent, is to be released on parole, Carrie spearheads a publicity campaign to force a judicial review,