“On the raised platform a technician checked the microphones. TV cameras were in evidence and the press group were testing their tape recorders. Those who still favoured spiral-bound notebooks had their ballpoint pens ready for the off. A reporter from Sky News was talking earnestly with the press and public relations officer. A BBC Radio reporter was waiting her turn. The atmosphere was tense and anticipatory; the cold-blooded murder of a prominent member of the medical profession had attracted... national attention. There was a hush as the Deputy Chief Constable of West Yorkshire led the panel on to the platform and took the central seat behind the long table covered with a blue cloth. Damian Finch took the place on his right, smart in a sombre slate-grey suit, with flashes of pale-blue collar and cuffs. Swift sat on the DCC’s left, his face calm and neutral. Going through his mind was the ongoing network of the investigation: Doug gathering information on people who regularly visited the victim’s home, Laura talking with Moira Farrell’s mother, the uniform foot-soldiers knocking on neighbours’ doors in the hope of finding a witness, and searching for the murder weapon, the SOCO team working to find clues at the death scene, forensics analysing what had been found so far.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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