A’undressing The Judge - He Could Have Everything - But Not Her Son...

Based on a true story. It is 2003. Sam’s picture fills the front page of The Sun newspaper. Aged 13, Sam’s face is pixelated-out to hide his identity. BBC News 24 interview a city solicitor to try to give an explanation... Rewind to 1993. Gregory Franks is a criminal law barrister, his wife Joanne has had enough of his violent behaviour. She divorces him, taking her son Sam with her. Gregory wants revenge. His plan is to take Joanne’s son Sam away from her and he has friends in high places to help him. Joanne meets Chris, but the odds are stacked up against them. They find that the Judges will only listen to Gregory Franks, the barrister. Court recordings are carefully choreographed and CAFCASS is concealing the evidence... But what nobody has reckoned on is Joanne and Chris’s determination not to give up on Sam...