Against the Law Page #3

Are you alone?

Yes.

I'm at the police station.

I called them about a camera that

went missing at my place.

I was - am - fairly sure it was

one of the Boy Scouts

we have showing the public

round on open days.

That's terrible.

The Boy Scout made certain...

allegations against me.

False, of course.

I'm a public figure, Peter. They're

trying to make an example of me.

Well, I thought you should know.

Yes, thank you, Edward.

Good luck.

NEWS REPORT:
At Winchester Assizes,

the trial of Lord Montagu continues.

He stands accused of indecently

assaulting...

NEWS REPORT:
He took the stand to

claim his innocence

and said he was

the victim of a police witch-hunt...

NEWS REPORT:
The news at five

o'clock. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu

was today acquitted of

several counts of indecent assault.

The jury's decision was unanimous

and brings to an end

an acrimonious trial

in which Lord Montagu claimed

to be the victim of a smear

campaign.

When the trial collapsed

and the public realised that it was

all manufactured evidence,

the general public, erm,

did find that, erm, distasteful.

It made me feel angry, really.

I mean, I look back on it

and thought, yeah, I was quite

angry about this rubbish, you know?

I got quite worked up about it.

I mean, all gay men throughout...

throughout the country felt that,

and not only gay men

but the general public, luckily,

were feeling that.

Why is Montagu being

harassed like this?

You know, what is the point?

It seemed to me, it did turn public

opinion against

all that was going on.

But, on the other hand, I think

there was a kind of feeling among

the police force

that would get him in the end.

Thank you.

DOOR CLOSES:

Mm-hm. Oh...

Mm?

These letters - who wrote them?

You know who wrote them.

I want to hear it from you.

Give me the dirt on Montagu

and his two pals.

Look, you might lose your job

but I'll keep you out of prison.

KNOCK ON DOOR:

Are you Peter Wildeblood?

Yes.

I'm arresting you on charges

of gross indecency

and buggery with certain

other male persons.

Where do you sleep?

My bedroom is upstairs.

Anyone up there?

No.

Don't you have a warrant?

Sit down.

You were in Beaulieu this summer?

Yes.

Are these your parents?

Yes.

And this one is Edward McNally?

Is this your handwriting?

Yes.

This could go very badly for you.

Very badly indeed.

What you should do is make

a statement

and you just get bound over,

make a clean breast of things.

Tell me about Montagu and his chum

Pitt-Rivers and all of them,

then I think you...

No. No, I couldn't do that.

And why not?

Because...

Because....

..sops of a feather flock together.

Hadn't you heard?

The ones, for example, who had

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