Millie
When me and Max arrested Josh he was hiding out at his friends place. His friend heard what happened and called us on the sly to hand in him, there was only a small team of us but we raided the house and arrested Josh. It wasn't an easy arrest as he tried to put up a fight and he nearly whacked me one but Max intervened and tackled him down to the floor, the cuffs were put on him and he was taken out the house kicking and screaming. I knew he would be a difficult one to arrest and Max said I could do the interview with him but I had a feeling that it would be a no comment interview.
Whilst Mel checked Josh into custody Max pulled me aside "Are you ok?" He asked me.
"Yeah Sarge I'm fine, thank you for what you did back there" I replied.
"It was nothing. Can't have a PC getting whacked on a raid I'm leading… Smithy would crucify me" He said to lighten up the mood a little.
"He would never let you live that one down" I told him.
"DS Carter?" Smithy called out. Me and Max walked back over to the custody desk "He's refusing a solicitor. Do you want to interview him now or put him in a cell first?" Smithy questioned.
"He's a bit volatile at the minute. Put him in a cell to cool off" Max replied.
"Volatile?! You just nicked me and if that stupid mare comes near me again I'll go for her again, believe you me" He said and indicated to me.
"Oh shut up or we'll add threats to a police officer to that ever expanding list of yours" Max told him.
Me and Max went into the CID briefing room to go over how we would do the interview and how much evidence we would actually reveal to him. We didn't have to tell him all of the evidence we had against him, we could tell him about the signed statement by Charlotte and that be that then when it all comes out in court he wouldn't have a leg to stand on. Max was going to lead the interview as it's clear Josh has a thing against woman and doesn't like them very much, with me being in there we're hoping to bring out his real self… prove what he's like to women.
Max decided he wanted to bring up the threat he made to me in custody in interview so it was there on tape and he would be questioned about that as well. I think Josh knows that it's not looking very promising for him and that's why he didn't get a solicitor, he knows it won't do him much good. He knows he is going down and no on could get him out of that. He wasn't in a gang or anything so I doubt he could give us information on a drugs ring or something to lesser his sentence… he was doomed.
Once me and Max had everything that we needed I went to set up the interview room whilst Max went to get Josh out of the cells. When he came into the interview room Max showed him to his seat and Max took a seat next to me "Interview starting at 18:23. Present are DS Max Carter and PC Millie Brown of Sun Hill Police Station and suspect…" Max said and indicated for Josh to speak.
"Joshua Jamie McKenna, date of birth 2nd December 1990" He answered.
"Suspect has refused legal representation" Max added for the tape "Now Josh, let's talk about what happened two nights ago at your flat" He said.
"Not much. Me and my girlfriend got some food and drink. Had an argument and it got out of hand" He replied and you could tell he wasn't really bothered by what was going on right now.
"Out of hand? You jumped on her back and slammed her head into a wall… multiple times. You also fractured her wrist. That's more then a little out of hand" Max stated.
"Could be worse" Josh replied.
"What was the argument about?" I asked.
"I'm not answering to you" He answered.
"Why? Because she's a woman?" Max questioned.
"Yeah… don't like women all that much. Too mouthy, they never know when to shut up" Josh replied.
"So you hate women, you're violent, take drugs I assume and Charlotte wanted to go out with you? What was it she saw in you? You're dynamic personality? Your generous and kind nature?" Max questioned but Josh went quiet "C'mon Josh… what was it that first attracted Charlotte to you?" He asked.
"None of your business" Josh replied.
"You're a coward aren't you Josh? She stood up to you and she wouldn't shut up so you gave her a few slaps but she went on and on didn't she? You wanted to shut her up… when you beat her up, did you want to kill her or just teach her a lesson?" Max questioned.
"If I wanted to kill her, she'd be dead" He answered.
"Cause you're the hard man aren't you Josh" Max stated.
"I bet I got bigger balls then you" Josh said to Max.
"Did you think Charlotte was cheating?" I asked him.
"I don't answer to you. I just said that. Are you stupid or something?" He asked me.
"I'm not scared of you Josh… Charlotte isn't scared of you either anymore. In fact I think she's dumped you and moving on with her life" I told him.
"She'll come running back" He said.
"She's given us a signed statement telling us what happened that night. That doesn't sound like a girl who's waiting for your return. I think she will be glad to see you in prison, so you can't hurt her anymore" I told him and leaned forward over the table a little bit.
Josh sat there in silence for a few seconds and the leaned forward on the table as well. Out of nowhere his hand came into contact with my face, it stung and I heard Max's voice "For the benefit of the tape, Josh has slapped PC Millie Brown round the face with the back of his right hand" He said "Interview suspended at 18:28" The tape was turned off and Max went round the table to Josh and led him out the room.
I grabbed the tape and evidence before leaving the room. I saw Max stood at the custody desk with Josh and was further arresting him for assault on a police officer. Smithy said he would handle it and Max came over to me "Thank you" I said.
"It's ok. Lets get you checked out by the FME and photographs of your injuries" He told me.
The FME looked at my face but there was only a little scratch there but she cleaned it for me and Max took a couple of photographs as evidence. The second part of the interview Max decided he would do himself, I decided to watch what was going on in the viewing room… of course that was after I had assured Smithy that I was fine. It was nice to have all of these people worry about me, I wasn't used to it as I was a single child and I only had two cousins and they were both a lot younger then me.
After a 45 minutes interview Max finally got Josh to admit everything he did to Charlotte and why he did it, he told Max he thought Charlotte was cheating and he wanted to prove to her he wasn't a 'mug' and he beat her up. Max asked him why he had hurt me and Josh said that I was too mouthy and also needed to be taught a lesson about how to speak to a man. He was such a charmer.
Max spoke to the CPS and they advised that he be charged with ABH as well as assault on a police officer. As Max went to charge Josh I went and gave Charlotte the good news, she was ecstatic. I did explain to her that we still had to go through court to get a conviction but it was looking positive, she kept thanking me over and over again and telling me thank Max for her. She was a sweet girl, she promised me that she would behave herself, keep out of trouble and focus on university for now. I explained to Charlotte that because we had closed the case didn't mean I was going to stop being there for her, if she still wanted to call me she could and she could pop in and see my anytime.
As I was heading out the station a car pulled up along side me, I looked in to see Max "You fancy a drink? Celebrate?" He questioned.
"Sounds good" I replied and got into the passenger side of the car "Charlotte and her parents told me to thank you for everything you did" I told him.
"You did good today Millie, you should be proud of yourself. You got a good future ahead of you as a cop" He said to me, another compliment off Max Carter? What is the world coming to?
