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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: I’m very interested in something you wrote when you described your childhood memory.
JC: Don’t put too much store in that.
FM: Do you mind if we discuss it?
JC: If you like.
FM: You said, and I’m just going to refer to it directly here, because the way you phrased it interested
me. You said, ‘It was telling me that people aren’t always what they seem.’
JC: Yes.
FM: So does that mean that your father wasn’t who people thought he was?
JC: He was everything they thought he was, people respected him, you should have seen the turnout at
his funeral, but he had another side too. People do.
FM: Was your father violent?
JC: He was a different generation.
FM: Meaning?
JC: They did things differently then.
FM: Including hurting his children?
JC: It was just a slap here and there. Did nobody give you a slap when you were growing up?
FM: I’d rather not comment on my upbringing.
JC: I bet they did. Everybody did it, before the internet started policing our lives. My dad was just
part of his generation.
FM: What your sister saw, do you think what he was doing was legal?
JC: I don’t know.
FM: Did you ever speak to your sister about that incident?
JC: No. We weren’t close. She left home soon after that anyway.
FM: What do you think she witnessed?
JC: I’ve no idea. She was a hysterical teenage girl. She was always kicking off. You’re putting too