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Just under an hour later, Connor’s solicitor indicated that they’d prepared a statement from Connor, which he wanted to have read out and placed on record.
‘My client has made it clear to me that this is his full and final statement on the matter,’ the solicitor said, sitting down next to Connor.
Jack and Wendy knew damn well that wasn’t the sort of language Connor would use, and that the solicitor was trying to play hardball. They sat themselves down and listened to what he had to say, reading the prepared statement in Connor’s words.
The first half of the statement covered what they already knew — the time Matthew had arrived, what they’d done and when he’d left.
‘Shortly before Matt left my house,’ the solicitor said, speaking Connor’s words, ‘he mentioned to me that he was due
