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Addendum to DI James Clemo’s report for Dr Francesca Manelli.
Transcript recorded by Dr Francesca Manelli.
DI James Clemo and Dr Francesca Manelli in attendance.
Notes to indicate observations on DI Clemo’s state of mind or behaviour, where his remarks alone do
not convey this, are in italics.
FM: So not a good day on the case for you, your second day?
JC: No. It’s not what I would have wanted, but you pick yourself up, keep on going, try to put things
right. By the end of the day we had lots to think about.
FM: I wonder if you feel that the press conference knocked your confidence?
JC: Because of what the mother did?
FM: Yes.
JC: No. It didn’t. I’d make that call again. Nobody could have predicted that she was going to do
what she did. If I’m honest, I didn’t think it was fair for me to take the rap for it.
FM: Did you say that to DCI Fraser?
JC: No. I’m proud, I’m not suicidal. She was just venting anyway. That’s what she’s like so I didn’t
take it too seriously.
FM: How was the case progressing overall?
JC: We had stuff going on. We all sat down together at about eight thirty that night. Fraser was still
bitching and moaning about the press conference to start off with but she settled down because we had
a few obvious leads so there was a feeling that we might be getting somewhere.
FM: What were the leads?
JC: We were still looking into the fantasy role-play folks. The majority had alibis, but one of them in
particular was being difficult, refusing to answer questions, and that got Fraser’s goat. He didn’t have
an alibi and she liked him for the abduction.
FM: How was he being difficult?
JC: He claimed that the only authority he would recognise was the Order of Knights who ruled his
fantasy world, which basically meant that he refused to talk to us. Wouldn’t answer any questions. On
a point of principle.
FM: Is that allowed?
JC: He can claim what he likes and we couldn’t make him talk to us. Fraser decided to interview him
herself. She wanted Woodley and me to go with her the next day, pay him a visit at home and see if
we couldn’t shake something out of him.