"Go on Eddie" Smithy said breath baited.
"Well we know that she was attacked pretty badly".

"Yes we know that Eddie" Smithy said exasperated.

"These results from the house show that Joshua and a lady called Alison were there."

"We know that Eddy, please tell me you have something else"

Eddy nodded.

"The samples show that Joshua had been in some of the other rooms, from the samples taken up to 48 hours earlier, so he had been there before the attack. Alison's traces were also found. So they had either both come to the house earlier or they went around the house after they had attacked Anna."

"Nothing was touched though." Diane said.

"I am not a seer, I can't tell you what they did, but they were in the different rooms."

As if Eddy had completely forgotten he spoke up again.

"Oh and I found another set of prints, belonging to an Aaron Shamble, thought you might like to know."

"What" Diane and Smithy said at the same time.

"Yep, they looked a bit older, they were only partially there, but we had him in the system so it came up."

"Right, Diane get onto this guy and find out why he was there."

Half an hour later Diane was pulling up to Mr Shamble's house.

Only a few seconds after knocking on the door Aaron came to the door.

"Can I help you officer?"

"Are you Aaron Shamble?" Diane questioned.

"Yes"

"Would you mind if I asked you a few questions?"

"No I don't mind, what's this about."

"What do you do for a living Mr Shamble"

"Come in do you want a coffee? I am a plumber by the way."

"Diane followed Aaron in agreeing to a cup of coffee.

"Have you been to 22 Pana way before"

"hmmm that sounds familiar" Aaron said handing a mug over to Diane.

"Just give a sec and I will check" At this he went and grabbed a little notebook he flipped a few pages and then spoke up."

"Yep 22 Pana way, a young lady needed me to fix her shower head and her kitchen tap's for her. Now I remember nice girl she was, if only I was a few years younger." Aaron smiled.

"Do you have a receipt at all"

"Yep I do" Aaron said moving over to a desk and opening a draw.

"Here you are", he said after a few seconds of searching.

Diane looked at the date, the day before the attack.

"How did you get into the house?"

"The lady had taken the morning off work. It was first thing in the morning."

Did you see anything suspicious whilst you were there?"

"No, nothing out of the ordinary, although I did think it was strange that such a lovely young lady was single."

"So you talked with her"

"Mostly the pleasantries"

"Right" At this Diane opened her pocket.

"Have you seen either of these people" Diane asked handing him a photo of both Joshua and Alice.
Aaron looked at the pages. After a minute he was still staring at them.

"Aaron?"

"Um I am trying to think. Wait a sec, yeah I am sure now, I saw that guy and the girl, I was driving away and they were coming the other way in a car." Don't ask me why I remember them I just do."

"Are you sure, what time was this?"

"mmm I got there about 8.30 and it must have been 10 when I left as the girl left at the same time as me, as she was going to work. I remember her saying that she needed to be at work at 10.30 and that she always took half an hour to get there."

"Right thank you Aaron, you have been a big help."

With this Diane went back to the station but couldn't find Smithy anywhere and he wasn't picking up his phone, so she left a message on his desk and went to watch some CCTV. 15 minutes later Smithy walked in.

"What's up Diane"

"This is what's up Sarge." Diane said pointing to the CCTV where there was a still of Joshua and Alice getting out of their car at 10.06 just outside Anna's house.

"What the hell are they doing there at that time."

"I am not sure sarge, but I think it is time we got to the truth on this case."

A few minutes later they had Alice back in the interview room as they believed that they could get more out of her. Smithy started the questions fast and hard.

"Okay Alison, we know that you were with Joshua when he attacked Anna because we have scientific evidence. We also have evidence that you were at her house the day before at approximately 10.06am. Now why were you there, tell me the truth and I will let the judge know you helped." Smithy said in a no nonsense attitude.

They were not sure why, but Alison must have been a bit scared of his tone as she spoke up.

"Okay I will tell you. I was there. Well you see Joshua had heard the previous day that Anna was taking the morning off so wanted to go and attack her then. But by the time we arrived she had already gone out. We waited for a bit, we even went into the house but she wasn't there. So we left, but we came back the next night."

"Are you really telling us the truth Alison, your not just spinning us some lies are you?"

"No"

"Alison if you are, I will throw away the key."

"I am telling you the truth."

"Interview terminated 11.24" Smithy said getting up and walking out the door.

45 minutes later they came out of the other interview room smiling.

After telling Joshua the facts and showing him the irrefutable evidence. He had finally realized that they had gotten him and on advice from his lawyer that he would get an easier sentence if he pleaded guilty he had pleaded guilty and admitted the attack.