The synopsis for this episode describes what happened to Becky as her 'having reluctant sex' with Frankie and Liam.
Let's be absolutely clear - Becky was raped. As Clarissa says and as Nicki says, it was rape.
Sex without clear and enthusiastic, freely given consent is rape. Doesn't matter who the participants are, ie 'he was her boyfriend' would not excuse it. Nor would it matter if they were married. It is not 'just one of those things that happens'.
To be fair, Silent Witness itself is quite clear about this, it's the synopsis on this page that is shamefully incorrect.
As for the story, it's certainly intriguing, though its derivation becomes clearer in part 2. There really ought to be a cameo from a short rotund gentleman walking past in one scene!
Let's be absolutely clear - Becky was raped. As Clarissa says and as Nicki says, it was rape.
Sex without clear and enthusiastic, freely given consent is rape. Doesn't matter who the participants are, ie 'he was her boyfriend' would not excuse it. Nor would it matter if they were married. It is not 'just one of those things that happens'.
To be fair, Silent Witness itself is quite clear about this, it's the synopsis on this page that is shamefully incorrect.
As for the story, it's certainly intriguing, though its derivation becomes clearer in part 2. There really ought to be a cameo from a short rotund gentleman walking past in one scene!