Chapter Five: Justice.
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Phil and Samantha stood outside the interview room door.
'Right, we have to make sure that we don't do or say anything to incriminate us and so he goes free.' Samantha mumbled.
'Okay, ready?' Phil asked, he was as nervous as Samantha was about having to allow Pete Larson walk free.
'Yeah.' They walked into the interview room to find Mr Larson and his solicitor there.
'Good morning Mr Larson, did you have a good night's rest?' Phil said pleasantly as they walked into the room.
'In a police cell? No, I'd rather have been with my wife, detective.'
'Oh dear, well, we'll get this over and done with then, see where you'll be sleeping tonight.' Phil said before saying exactly who was in the room, for the benefit of the tape. 'Right Mr Larson. Do you understand why you were arrested last night?'
'Attempted murder I think you said.'
'That's right Mr Larson. We have a stab victim in hospital who has named you as her attacker. A Miss Sasha Devon, a psychiatrist at the Island Road Psychiatric Centre, I believe you know her?' All of them were being very precise and clear with what they were saying, just on the precaution side.
'Yes I know her, very nice lady, she's my psychiatrist, I see her once every two weeks.' Pete Larson answered.
'Yesterday afternoon, her house was broken into as she was making a meal for her and her girlfriend.'
'Miss Devon is a lesbian? I would never have guessed that!' Pete Larson seemed genuinely shocked.
"Yes, she is."
"Well, that's fine with me."
"Okay, so, can you tell us exactly where you were yesterday afternoon at about 4 o'clock?"
"I was playing poker with a few friends over at my house." Pete Larson answered calmly.
"Okay, well, we'll need a list of these friends names, you know, just to validate your statement." Phile said.
"No problem. Peter Walker, Samuel Talls, Martin Frymann and Steven Yakumon."
"Thank you Mr Larson. If you could wait in the cells, we will get this checked out as quickly as possible."
"Interview terminated at 9:30am." Samantha said, turning off the tape then to the uniformed officer just outside the door and asking him to take Mr Larson back to the cells.
Once Pete Larson was out of ear shot Samantha turned to Phil and told him to chase up forensics while she took Reg Hollis and Sheelagh to check out the names Larson had given them.