Hi,
This is based in series 4 (episode 2) but that will become clear as to why later on because I don't want to give too much of the ending away. Also, I made up the village of Abberchin. Thanks for reading and reviews very much appreciated. :)
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"Ian Chugger" Sandra began, as she clipped an informal photo of a young man to the board, just like she had done since UCOS first began, over 4 years ago. However, the boys had now learnt to listen, and Gerry in particular had learnt to keep quiet in this part of the case. The start.
"He was found stabbed with a garden fork in the undergrowth of what is now 'The Lost Gardens of Abberchin'." She carried on, now placing a more horrific image of Ian's last battle beside the happier photo. Gerry pulled a disturbed face in reaction which faded and turned to confusion.
"Where?" He asked, presuming it was in London, he was bewildered he had lived here all of his life and didn't recognise the name.
"Abberchin." Brian began, all heads turning to him, expecting the usual relay of information that still surprised the team. "A small village on the borders of London. It homes the 'Lost Gardens of Abberchin' which was once a grand house and gardens in the village. It was respected and home to the Chelbyn Family in the early 1900's. Sadly, when world war 1 broke out, the family fled to the south coast and the house was left derelict until it was bombed in the Second World War and the gardens became a great mess of vegetation and it was eventually forgotten about. But in 2002, it was discovered by a Matthew Clenham who bought the land shortly afterwards and began its amazing restoration. However, he also had the unfortunate job of finding poor Ian..."
The room fell silent for a moment, allowing everyone to process the information and for Gerry to see how much of that information was in the original report.
"So why are we investigating it now?" Jack asked.
"Well it came from Strickland so that should be enough." Sandra smirked, knowing it would piss off Gerry. "No, it is soon to be the 5 year memorial of the gardens opening and they would like to dedicate it to Ian."
"So where do we start?" Brian asked, eagerly. He knew that Esther would be interested in this case, surrounded by flowers.
"Wait there's more." Sandra started. " There were only two suspects at the time. Ian's brother, George, who was reportedly in dispute with Ian because their father had recently dided and Ian had inherited his factory, being the eldest. Ian was due to sell it on but now George is the businessman of the family, making packets according to the records. The other suspect was Ian's girlfriend, Melissa Rewings, who was reportedly having an affair when he died. Ian apparently didn't know many people, liked to keep himself to himself and only had a small group of friends. The original investigation couldn't find anybody who would want to harm him so..."
"Somebody obviously did!" Jack exclaimed.
"Exactly, so where do we begin? We've got nothing." Gerry miserably stated, as per usual.
"Well, me and Gerry will begin with the brother, and Jack and Brian can visit Melissa, the girlfriend."