Chapter 6: The Interview
"Interview commencing at 5:04 am. Officers present are DCI Jack Meadows and DI Neil Manson. Also present are suspect Phillip Hunter who, for the tape, has refused any legal representation."
"Right Phil, can you give us your version of events about what happened in the last hour at DS Samantha Nixon's house?" Phil could hear Jack talking to him but his mind was elsewhere, on Sam.
"Phil?"
"Huh? Oh right…sorry. Umm…well at about four am I was woken up by my phone ringing. It was Sam. She told me that she'd been raped by DS Turner. I went over to her property and…"
"Yes. Then what happened?" DI Manson was speaking.
"I beat him up. I punched him and kicked him, I also swore and I was verbally abusive to him. I just couldn't let him get away with it." Phil was looking at the plastic cup of water on the table, watching it, purposely trying to get Stuart out of his head by whatever means possible.
There was a knock on the door.
"For the benefit of the tape DC Walker has just entered the room…"
Kezia went over to Neil who stood up and beckoned her into a corner.
"Sir, DS Turner's woken up and is in a fit state to be interviewed."
"Okay, thanks Kezia."
Neil went over to the tape recorder. "Interview suspended at 5:16 am." He switched off the machine and left the room.
"It'll be okay Phil, we'll do our best to get you out of here."
"Thank you guv, I appreciate it a lot." Phil gave him a weak smile.
