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It was often the case that the first custody interview with a suspect would seem completely fruitless. The general rule was that they’d either open up and tell you absolutely everything straight away or they’d frustrate you to the point where you wondered why you’d even bothered.
All wasn’t lost, though. The team were coming to the end of their shift — or, at least, the end of the period of time they’d be allowed to work consecutively — save for the late debrief. Although historically murder investigations meant you worked whatever hours you could, this now had to be within a certain limit. After all, a wise defence solicitor could easily request staff working logs and claim that the investigation might be flawed in places due to overtired and overworked police officers. The truth of
