The lives of single mum Josephine and her 11-year-old son Ishmael are shattered when he witnesses a gangland crime on their estate and is asked to testify against the killer. Under threat, the pair find sanctuary in the middle class home of Josephine's sister Claudia and her disapproving husband Patrick. When Josephine starts to have doubts about her son's account, she is torn between wanting to believe him and the suspicions that circle him. Is he being unfairly judged?