Episode
The Bill: Suffer In Silence
Overview
Paul Rayner is arrested for assaulting a man called John Morris. Paul insists that he was abused as a boy by Morris but it becomes apparent that it is a case of mistaken identity. When the police manage to find the man who Paul claims did abuse him they are unable to arrest him without more evidence. Paul tells them that the man abused somebody else as well but the other victim refuses to testify against him.
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 26
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2010-04-27
Episode context
Suffer In Silence is Episode 17 in Series 26 of The Bill. It aired on 2010-04-27.
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Episode 16: Paying The Price
Jo and Benjamin are called out to a local hotel where a man named Mark Pierce is demanding to be let when he claims his wife Julia is staying there. Alan Marsh is found badly injured in her room whilst Julia has disappeared. Forensic reports show that she is not the culprit but how is she connected to the real attacker, Craig Chapman. Mark is able to identify Craig as Julia's brother who was supposed to have died in a car accident about 15 years ago.
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