Chloe Hadjimatheou

As she's being questioned by her own lawyer, Gareth's watching it all on his laptop screen at home. It's the same woman he remembers. Older now, but still the same long blonde hair and the same mannerisms. He's nervous as hell, but he's also dying to know what she's going to say.

She comes across as well-spoken and articulate. And according to Gareth, she sounds much younger than she actually is. The victim in any kind of trial or hearing doesn't get a lawyer. The allegations are put to Miss Bowen by a presenting officer for the TRA, the lawyer whose job it is to act as a kind of prosecutor.

She comes across as well-spoken and articulate. And according to Gareth, she sounds much younger than she actually is. The victim in any kind of trial or hearing doesn't get a lawyer. The allegations are put to Miss Bowen by a presenting officer for the TRA, the lawyer whose job it is to act as a kind of prosecutor.

Miss Bowen tells him that, yes, she did teach at Christ's College School in the late 1980s and she remembers Gareth quite well.

Miss Bowen tells him that, yes, she did teach at Christ's College School in the late 1980s and she remembers Gareth quite well.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. She says she remembers that Gareth had a crush on her, but she says the feeling was not reciprocated.

Yeah. She says she remembers that Gareth had a crush on her, but she says the feeling was not reciprocated.

Before long, the tribunal arrives at the questions everyone's been waiting for.

Before long, the tribunal arrives at the questions everyone's been waiting for.

As I go through the transcript of the TRA, in the back of my head, I have all the evidence I've been gathering from so many witnesses, and one student in particular, who I managed to get on the phone just before writing this episode.

As I go through the transcript of the TRA, in the back of my head, I have all the evidence I've been gathering from so many witnesses, and one student in particular, who I managed to get on the phone just before writing this episode.

This guy was in Gareth's year at school, and he told me that back in 1988, he and a group of Christ College friends walked round to Miss Bowen's house after school one afternoon. And when they knocked on the door and she answered, he says Gareth walked down the stairs to greet them. What he tells me puts Gareth inside her house.

This guy was in Gareth's year at school, and he told me that back in 1988, he and a group of Christ College friends walked round to Miss Bowen's house after school one afternoon. And when they knocked on the door and she answered, he says Gareth walked down the stairs to greet them. What he tells me puts Gareth inside her house.

But the panel judging Gareth's claims at the TRA hearing, they have none of this evidence. And Miss Bowen denies all the significant memories Gareth's told me about. The incident in the cafe with the porno mag, taking him to the pub and allowing him to come into her house.

But the panel judging Gareth's claims at the TRA hearing, they have none of this evidence. And Miss Bowen denies all the significant memories Gareth's told me about. The incident in the cafe with the porno mag, taking him to the pub and allowing him to come into her house.

At this point in her evidence, Miss Bowen seems very sure of herself. Gareth has to sit in silence while she's talking, but he's seething.

At this point in her evidence, Miss Bowen seems very sure of herself. Gareth has to sit in silence while she's talking, but he's seething.

We've used AI to recreate Gareth's part of the transcript.