Chapter Ten
It was an understatement to say that Ricky and Liam Butcher were shocked when on the morning of May 9th 2011 they opened the door of the Archers to find a murdered Phil Mitchell laying in a pool of blood at the bottom of the pit. It came as a shock to little Liam who had thought Phil was the closest thing the square had to a gangster whilst the sight of Phil in the pit brought back memories for Ricky that he'd rather forget; the night Grant discovered Phil's affair with Sharon
Ricky called the police and as Jay turned up for work Ricky instructed Jay to keep Liam away, Jay ran away from the scene and was sick on Lauren Branning's shoes. Soon a crowd was gathering outside the Archers as a traumatised Ricky and Liam answered questions from DCI Marsden
"A murder with a murderer unknown; a whodunit one would say" she said surveying the scene "Always knew that Phil Mitchell would go with a bang"
"More of a thud mam" said DS Campbell; both police officers would not pretend that they were sorry to see the end of Phil Mitchell but the job at hand needed doing. Marsden and Campbell gasped as a female police officer got out of her car
"Never thought I'd be back here" said chief inspector Kate Morton; former wife of Phil Mitchell "What's the—". Kate stopped dead in her tracks when she noticed who the corpse was. She looked sick and backed off gasping to herself
Shirley Carter ran to the scene followed by Heather, Julie and her recently returned son Deano.
"Mum come back you don't wanna see this" he said dragging his mother away from the scene "Mum please". But maybe Shirley had already seen and this was all an act
Ben Mitchell fell weak at the news pushing Billy and Roxy away he hid under the snooker table at home refusing to come out. Was Ben also hiding from the police?
Jay kept on being sick and could not stop crying; Abi did her best to comfort him but she herself was in shock. Why exactly is Jay more upset than anyone else?
Twisted Peter Beale laughed when he heard although Jane believed it was laughter down to nerves as Peter's behaviour had become sicker and sicker over the past few weeks. Was Peter covering his tracks?
Ian Beale actually broke down in tears when he heard. Was it a guilty conscience?
Glenda Mitchell shrugged it off when told; Phil didn't care for her so why should she suddenly care for him if he's dead? Maybe, if Glenda didn't care about Phil could she have killed him without a second thought?
Ronnie stayed tucked away all day with baby "James", was she also hiding?
Alfie just was worried about the pub and took the opportunity to move him and his family back into the pub. Phil's death is the only reason why Alfie is back in. Could Alfie have done him in just to get back in the Vic?
Rainie Cross just went on a mad drink and drugs bender. Drinking to forget maybe?
Thanks to Dot Branning, Jodie Gold and Zainab Masood the police had a strong list of suspects on who may have wanted to do Phil in. The weapon used to kill Phil was located next to him in the pit, it was a hammer. A hammer with a blood stain on it that when tested proved it wasn't Phil's. Who could be so careless and have the police found the killer already?