David Swinton in the burning Mercedes. We now have a positive identification of the remains.” “Oh,” I said. D.S. Jagger called me at eight o’clock on Wednesday morning as I was in the shower. “Did the DNA match?” I asked. “In the end, we didn’t need to resort to DNA. Mr. Swinton had twice broken his right leg in racing falls, once above and once below the knee. On both occasions, surgeons had inserted a titanium plate in the leg. The two plates had serial numbers stamped on them and the numbers matched those on similar plates found in the remains. There is no doubt.” “Thank you for letting me know.” “This call is also to inform you officially that, as a result of the formal identification of the body of Mr. Swinton, there will be no further investigation into the events in the sauna at his home on Sunday morning.” “Yes, I understand.”
