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Rough Justice

on BBC One London

November 1986: it is just after midday on a Sunday afternoon in north London and a Swedish tourist is raped as she searches for a cab to take her back to her hotel. A year later, 34-year-old Sammy Davis is convicted of the attack and sentenced to six years in prison. The conviction seemed a foregone conclusion: if the rape happened at the cab office which the woman identified, then the assailant had to be Davis. But did the rape happen at this cab office?
After more than six months' investigation, the Rough Justice team has unearthed evidence not available to the court at the time.
It suggests that Davis's conviction was based on suspect premises. With David Jessel.
(Ceefax subtitles)

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Presenter:
David Jessel
Assistant Producer:
Bill Eagles
Producer:
Steve Haywood

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