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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 if you’re happy to, I’d like to talk about your interview with Ben’s mother and his aunt.
JC: Fire away.
His manner is hard for me to decipher today. He seems more willing than usual to talk but he has a
professional mask on too, he’s controlling his emotions.
FM: What an extraordinary revelation. I find it amazing that Nicky Forbes could have kept that
information from her sister for all those years.
JC: It wasn’t just her; it was their aunt as well.
FM: How did Rachel Jenner react?
JC: Total shock, obviously. I don’t know what happened just after we left but I can’t imagine it was
pretty.
FM: Am I right in thinking that this was a real moment of triumph for you in the case?
JC: Fraser was pleased. Yes. Especially because they’d ruled out Edward Fount, the role-play guy,
that same morning.
FM: So you were right about him?
JC: Yep. When Woodley went to pull Fount in – this was while I was with Nicky Forbes – he found
him waiting with a woman, another role-play member, and she gave Fount an alibi. They’d gone back
to Fount’s flat together after the afternoon in the woods – shagging basically, if you’ll excuse my
language – and in spite of the fact that she was nearly twice his age.
FM: And neither of them had mentioned this before because?
JC: Oldest reason in the book: she was married, to the ‘Grand Wizard’ apparently.
FM: Oh my.
JC: Yeah. A bit messy. I won’t repeat what Fraser said when she found out.
He almost smiles.
FM: So you were able to move on from that line of investigation.
JC: Absolutely. Fraser was happy with how things had gone, but she had concerns about how we
should handle Nicky Forbes going forward, so she felt that the best course of action would be to re-