6 episodes
Patient 11 Sky News
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4.7 • 106 Ratings
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"Staggering and bold" The Guardian
A daring escape from NHS psychiatric care pits inpatient, Alexis Quinn, against some of the most powerful institutions in the State.
Young mother and former GB youth swimmer, Alexis, agrees to enter NHS England psychiatric care following a family tragedy. She could never imagine that her three-day admission will turn into a three-year ordeal.
Then undiagnosed with autism, and often the subject of 24-hour surveillance as well as long periods in solitary confinement, Alexis descends to the darkest reaches of locked-in, psychiatric care. There, she encounters the kind of threat she never could have imagined in a secure mental health hospital. In a bid to break free, Alexis plots a daring escape.
Making it back to her daughter, however, will pit her against some of the most powerful institutions in the State, including the police.
Narrated by Nicholas Pinnock (Top Boy, Django, For Life).
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Episode 1: Locked-up and drugged
Following the death of her brother, young mother Alexis Quinn seeks temporary respite in NHS psychiatric care, never imagining that three days would turn into more than three years, or that her bid to break free would bring her to the attention of UK and European law enforcement agencies.
This series discusses rape and sexual assault. -
Episode 2: In harm’s way
Undiagnosed, legally detained and separated from her daughter for more than a year, Alexis is moved to an all-male psychiatric ward on Christmas Eve, 2013.
What happens next will, ultimately, bring her to the attention of the most powerful institutions in the state.
This series discusses rape and sexual assault. -
Episode 3: Escape Plan
Enduring long periods in solitary and having descended to the darkest reaches of psychiatric care, Alexis plots an escape, one, that if successful, will take her thousands of miles from England.
This series discusses rape and sexual assault. -
Episode 4: Breaking free
A long serving doctor and his partner agree to help Alexis break out of psychiatric care and flee the country, a decision that has the potential to change all their lives.
This series discusses rape and sexual assault.
Credits -
From Sky News StoryCast, Patient 11 is written and produced by Robert Mulhern. Reporting by Rebecca Thomas and Robert Mulhern. Editing by Paul Stanworth. Data and Forensics by Saywah Mahmood. Social Media by David Chipakupaku. Story commissioner, Dave Terris. Graphics by Kelly Casanova. Press and marketing by Anna Phelan. If you were impacted by this story please email the StoryCast team on storycast@sky.uk -
Introducing... Patient 11
Young mother and former GB youth swimmer, Alexis Quinn, agrees to enter NHS England psychiatric care following a family tragedy. She could never imagine that her three-day admission will turn into a three-year ordeal.
Then undiagnosed with autism, and often the subject of 24-hour surveillance as well as long periods in solitary confinement, Alexis descends to the darkest reaches of locked-in, psychiatric care. There, she encounters the kind of threat she never could have imagined in a secure mental health hospital. In a bid to break free, Alexis plots a daring escape.
Making it back to her daughter, however, will pit her against some of the most powerful institutions in the State, including the police.
Credits -
From Sky News StoryCast, Patient 11 is written and produced by Robert Mulhern. Reporting by Rebecca Thomas and Robert Mulhern. Editing by Paul Stanworth. Data and Forensics by Saywah Mahmood. Social Media by David Chipakupaku. Story commissioner, Dave Terris. Graphics by Kelly Casanova. Marketing by Anna Phelan. If you were impacted by this story please email the StoryCast team on storycast@sky.uk -
Introducing... Unreliable Witness: Who is Ellie Williams?
It’s the height of lockdown, 19-year-old Ellie Williams claims on social media she's been raped and exploited by an Asian grooming gang across the north of England. Photos of her alleged injuries add to the outrage and the post goes viral - shared more than 100,000 times.
Social media rumours lead to attacks on Asian men and businesses in her hometown of Barrow-in-Furness. But when she's arrested for perverting the course of justice, things really explode and there are protest rallies and claims of a cover-up.
At her trial, the prosecution say she lied, faked text messages and even caused the catalogue of injuries to herself.
In season 6 of StoryCast, Sky News' Jason Farrell and Liz Lane, who reported on the case at the time, return to Barrow to investigate what could have led her to make these claims and if, underneath it all, there is some other truth buried among the lies.
With access to her family, police investigators and those most impacted by her allegations, we ask: Is Ellie Williams a villain - or a victim of something else? And what happened after the trial - once all the media attention died down and new allegations began to emerge?
This is episode one of Unreliable Witness. For the full season, follow Unreliable Witness wherever you get your podcasts.
Customer Reviews
More please
Well told and shocking. It’s rare to feel a podcast could have got more episodes out of a story, but I feel a few more episodes would have got even more detail out.
Completely shocking
Thank you for bringing this story into the open. Having experienced the NHS mental health hospital St Ann’s in the 1990s for a very short time (which was an awful experience) I am left feeling there but for the grace of god go I. What a shocking and distressing story, to be denied your liberty for being autistic is heartbreaking and then to be repeatedly sexually assaulted, I have no words. Thank you Alexis
A Shocking Account
Shocked, disgusted, moved, heart-broken, amazed and speechless. Too many adjectives are needed to describe both the dreadful experience that Alexis had to endure, and her unbelievable courage and bravery to escape from the very people who are supposed to be helping her! Shame on anyone who abuses people in this way. It is even more heart-breaking because she actively sought help from professionals and trusted them to help her. After listening, I felt disgusted by the lack of humanity shown by those involved in the horrendous treatment of vulnerable patients. However, I also felt very uplifted and inspired by the friends who risked their own safety to help another human being. Thank heavens for those people.