In the Family Way

Summary

Reader is in Oxford, prosecuting three students accused of sexually assaulting a waitress. Up against an intimidating defence counsel, he begins to waver, but a chance encounter with an old friend helps him discover a passion for prosecuting he didn't know he still had. When the case is in danger of collapsing, Reader is faced with one of the biggest decisions of his career. Meanwhile, Costello defends Ricky Armitage, who trashed his local mini-mart and attacked the shopkeep. His level of violence and lack of remorse is astounding, yet Costello tries to divert the self-destructive path that the young man was fated to walk.

Guest stars

• Malcolm Sinclair as Hugo Milson QC
• Kaye Wragg as Jamie Slotover
• Robin Soans as Henry Zucker
• Stephanie Street as Tavishi Gupta
• Morgan Watkins as Ricky Armitage
• James Northcote as Tom McFarland
• James Musgrave as Andrew Redford
• Jack Farthing as Patrick Telford
• Ray Fearon as Roland Boyce QC
• David Bark-Jones as Gareth Wells QC