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Detective Constable Reid pulled up outside of the house belonging to Howard Skinner and got out. With Constable Pang at his side he made his way round the hedge and up the drive to the front door to deliver the bad news that had brought him there, not that he was sure there was anyone home for him to deliver it to.
He stopped in surprise when he saw the BMW parked in the drive. At first, he couldn’t think why he was surprised, he had been hoping to find someone at home, so the presence of a vehicle should have been good news, then he realised what it was — the licence number matched that of the BMW registered to Howard Skinner, the one that Kieran Wright was believed to have stolen. Why it should be there, he didn’t know.
“Ma’am, it’s Detective Reid,” he said when Martins answered he
