LIAR...

An original radio drama by

Rhianna Burns.
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CAST:
DETECTIVE:
VICTIM 1:
VICTIM 2:
POLICEMAN:
LAWYER:
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SCENE ONE: INT. INTEROGATION ROOM.

SOUND: LIGHT SWITCH ON

SOUND: CHAIRS SCRAPPING ON THE FLOOR TO BE SAT

ON (METAL CGHAIRS)

SOUND: RECORDING BUTTON PRESSED

DETECTIVE: PLEASE CAN YOU STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND

AGE.
VICTIM 1: SARAH SMITH, 18

SOUND: PAPERWORK BEING OPENED

DETECTIVE: SO, SARAH PLEASE CAN YOU START BY

DESCRIBING WHO THE MAN WAS THAT GRABBED
YOU.

VICTIM 1: IT WASN’T MY FAULT I JUST WANTED TO BE

ABLE TO GO OUT WITH MY FRIENDS I DIDN’T
THINK. IT WAS STUPID…

DETECTIVE: SO WHERE DID YOU START YOUR NIGHT...

(CUTS TO THE CLUB THAT NIGHT)

SOUND: LOUD CLUBBING MUSIC

VICTIM 1: (SHOUTING AT ONE OF HERFRIENDS THAT IS

DANCING)
IM GONNA GO GET A DRINK! DO YOU WANT
ONE?
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(SHE GETS NO RESONSE FROM HER FRIEND BECAUSE OF THE LOUD MUSIC)

(CUTS TO THE SECOND VICTIM IN THE SAME CLUB ON THE SAME NIGHT)

(STRANGE MAN WALKS UP TO THE SECOND VICTIM-AMY TURNER AND TRIES

TO START DANCING WITH HER)

SECOND VICTIM: GET OFF ME!!!

STRANGE MAN: JUST ONE DANCE DARLIN!...

SECOND VICTIM: NO GET THE FUCK OFF ME YOU PERV!!!!

(CUT BACK TO THE INTERIGATION ROOM)

DETECTIVE: DID THE MAN TRY TO DO ANYTHING OTHER

THAN JUST DANCE WITH YOU AT THE CLUB?
AMY JONES
(SECOND VICTIM): (QUIETLY RESPONDS) I DIDN’T WANT
ANYTHING TO HAPPEN I TOLD HIM TO GET
OFF! (STARTS CRYING)

LAWYER: CAN WE PLEASE TAKE 5 MINUTES.

DETECTIVE: YES, PLEASE TAKE AS LONG AS YOU NEED.

SOUND: RECORDING BEING STOPPED.

(CUTS TO THE FIRST VICTIMS INTERVIEW.)

SOUND: MUSIC CONINUES TO PLAY IN THE BACKGROUND

FROM THE CLUB.
SARAH SMITH
(FIRST VICTIM): (SHOUTS)HEY DO YOU WANT A DRINK?

(HER FRIEND RESPONDS WITH A YES BUT SARAH IS UNABLE TO HEAR HER
OVER THE MUSIC SO SHE TRIES TO GET CLOSER TO HER FRIEND BUT IS
STOPPED IN THE WAY OF SOME STRANGE MAN.)

SARAH: GET OUT OF THE WAY MATE FFS! (PAUSE)

FUCKING MOVE STOP STARING AT ME!

(THE MAN DOESN’T MOVE AND SARAH PUSHES HIM OUT OF THE WAY.)

STANGE MAN: JUST ONE DANCE DARLIN!...

(CUTS TO A SHOCKED RESPONSE FROM THE DETECTIVE WITH THE

REALISAITION THAT THIS WAS THE SAME MAN ON THIS NIGHT…)

DETECTIVE: WHAT DID THIS MAN LOOK LIKE?

WHAT WAS HE WEARING?
HOW OLD DO YOU BELEIV HE WAS?
SARAH: IDK! PLEASE JUST LET ME THINK

SOUND: SARAH TRYING TO TALK WITHOUT CRYING.

SARAH: HE WAS WEARING A BLACK COAT WITH SOME

SORT OF RED LOGO ON THE BACK. HE WAS
BRUNETTE… UM… (PAUSE) HE HAD GLASSES! I
CAN’T REMEMBER. I WANT TO SAY HE WAS
ABOUT ACOUPLE OF YEARS OLDER THAN YOU.
(POINTING AT THE VUNERABLE DETECTIVE.)

DETECTIVE: I DON’T KNOW WETHER TO TAKE THAT AS A

COMPLIMENT OR NOT (JOKINGLY). ANYWAY,
THAT’S BESIDES THE POINT. DO YOU KNOW
WHER THIS MAN WENT AFTER HE FINALLY LEFT
YOU IN THE CLUB.

SARAH: UM ...

SOUND: RECORDING MACHINE GOES OFF AGAIN TO

TSRAT THE RECORDING FOR THE SECOND
INTERVIEW AGAIN.

DETECTIVE: SO AMY PLEASE TELL US WHAT YOU REMEMBER

ABOUT WHAT THE MAN LOOKED LIKE THAT
NIGHT. WAS THERE ANYTHINH YOU NOTICED
ABOUT HIM THAT YOU CAN TELL ME?

AMY: I JUST REMEMBER HIS BIG GLASSES…

(PAUSE)AND HIS COAT. HIS COAT WAS BLACK.
BUT IS HAD A SORT OF RED LOGO OR
SOMETHING ON THE BACK OF IT.

DETECTIVE: (REALISAITION) WAS THIS MAN BRUNETTE?

AMY: YES.
DTECTIVE: WAS THIS MAN AROUND THE SAME AGE AS ME?
AMY: YES…

(THE DETECTIVE LOOKS AND THE POLICE OFFICER NEXT TO HIM TOS HOW
THAT HE HAS FIGURED SOMETHING OUT WITHIN THE CASE BUT CAN’T MAKE
IT CLKEAR TO EVERYONE IN THE ROOM YET)
SOUND: CHAIR SCRAPING

SOUND: RECORDING BEING PAUSED.

SOUND: CREAKY DOOR BEING OPENED.

DETECTIVE: (TALKING TO THE POLICE OFFICER ON THE

SAME CASE AS HIM.) YOU KNOW WHAT THIS
MEANS DON’T YOU!

OFFICER: YES…

DETECTIVE: IF THIS SAME MAN HAS BEEN ASSULTING

MULTIPLE WOMEN IN THS CLUB EACH NIGHT.
WEE NEED TO CATCH HIM NOW…

SOUND: POLICE SIREN

SOUND: CLUB MUSIC PLAYING

DETECTIVE: SIR I AM ARRESTING YOU ON SUSPICIAN OF

ASSULTING MINORS.

SOUND: GASPS AND SHOCK FROM THE CROWD

SOUND: POLICE SIREN CONTINUES AS THE SONG PLAYS
 (CUTS BACK TO THE INTERIEWS AND THE DETECTIVE TELLING THE 2
VICTIMS THAT HE HAS BEEN CAUGHT.)

DETECTIVE: YOU ARE SAFE NOW!

SARAH: REALLY! (PAUSE) THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
AMY: (BURSTS INTO TEARS INFRONT OF THE ROOM)

SOUND: RECODING MACHINE BEING PRESSED TO STOP.

ROLL CREDITS.