The Old Bailey and the Hunt for the Jugular

Norman hears himself explain how he didn't consent to the sex. How when Thorpe penetrated him, he felt like he was being cut in half. He's describing how Thorpe raped him and the court is openly laughing. Some spectators rocking in their chairs. Norman is horrified. The police have tried this tack for years to discredit him before he's even begun to tell his side of the story. But a series of further questions shake him. When you went to the police in 1962, you said there was no anal penetration the night you stayed at Mrs Thorpe's. Yet now you say there was. In 1962 homosexuality was illegal. I didn't want to incriminate either of us