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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.
We’re getting to the point in our process where I would like to see some real progress from DI
Clemo. He’s still very closed emotionally, and our time is running out.
FM: I’m so sorry about Emma.
JC: Don’t be.
FM: That must have been an extremely difficult situation for you.
JC: It didn’t help.
FM: Do we know why she did it?
JC: I know now, but I didn’t then. It was partly because she just couldn’t cope with the role. That was
my fault, I know it was, I fucked up. But that wasn’t the only reason. It was because of something that
happened to her…
FM: Take your time.
JC: Sorry.
FM: There’s no need to be sorry. You don’t need to tell me now. I’m curious about whether either of
you tried to contact each other that night?
JC: No. We didn’t. I made a choice – my loyalty was to the investigation.
FM: That’s a very selfless choice.
JC: Is it?
FM: I think so. Others might have protected their own interests more.
JC: I protected my position in the investigation.
FM: But the personal cost to you was extremely high.
He tries to answer this, but he can’t seem to find the words. He’s done well so far today and I don’t
want this subject to become taboo, so I change tack.
FM: Tell me what happened that afternoon once you turned your mind back to the investigation.
JC: Well that’s the thing. First thing was, I called Simon Forbes, Nicky Forbes’s husband, and asked
him to contact me to arrange an interview. But after I did that, we got a break that we didn’t expect.