Another little police tactic I recognised from books and TV — light the blue touch paper and retire; hope that everything comes out without them having to do a full day’s work. I don’t know if it’s just the stress of the situation, but I’m getting more and more cynical with every passing hour. ‘W...
“For the benefit of the tape, Tom, my name is DCI Jack Culverhouse and this is my colleague, DS Wendy Knight. Tom, I’ll cut straight to the chase. We’d like to speak with you about a young lady called Ella Barrington. We believe you may have known her. For the benefit of the tape, I am now showin...
Getting clearance to search a crime scene was particularly slow at times, and this case was no exception. Only once the Scenes of Crime Officers had finished combing the front doorstep area was it cleared for CID officers to enter and search the house. It was a constant fr...