Detective Sergeant Samantha Nixon was sat at her desk, head in hands, nursing a hangover. The previous night her and a few other officers had had a few too many down at the local pub. The following morning they had justified it by telling each other they had been celebrating the promotion of Eva Sharpe from Sunhill to MIT. Everyone maintained that they had to give her a proper send off but that didnt stop them from feeling dreadful this morning, however it did make them feel less guilty.
"Coffee?" said a voice in Sams ear, making her jump which in turn made her groan and raise a hand to her head.
"I'll take that as a yes then" Phil Hunter laughed as he walked towards the coffee machine.
"Black, two sugars" he said knowingly as he returned to Sams desk holding two cups.
"Thanks" she said taking one of the cups and sipping the contents." I feel better already"
"Good cause Manson wants us to work on this rape case together" he handed her a file with all the necessary information in it.
"I really cant be bothered reading this just now, just fill me in in the car"
"Fine but i think its better if I drive" he said with a smile as he walked towards the doors.
When they were sat in Phils car, he turned to a very pale, slightly naseous looking Samantha. Concealing a smile he said:
"Ok, so in a nutshell, this girl, (He handed her a picture of a pretty, young, blonde girl) Hally James, stumbled into the station this morning claiming she was raped last night. She was interviewed by Smithy and Honey and she positively identified this guy, ( He handed Sam another photo, this time of a dark haired man in his twenties) Martin Cooper, now i ran a check on him before we left the station. He was accused of rape two years ago but was never convicted due to lack of evidence. He now works in a bar at the opposite end of Canley High Street. Some tests were ran on Hally and it was discovered she had traces of Ketamine in her bloodstream."
"The date rape drug?"
"The very same. Its our job to arrest Cooper, collect the CCTV from the bar and the surrounding buildings then go back to the station and gather enough evidence to charge Cooper. I was going to suggest i do one and you do the other but on second thoughts I dont think you look up to doing much." He smirked at her as he said this.
"Come on then, lets get this over with." She sighed as her head started throbbing painfully. This was going to be a long day...