Page 148 of Murder in the Family

And the cathedral really is quite something.

CUT TO: Studio.

HUGO FRASER

I assume you took the hint, Bill? I mean, he was clearly marking your card.

BILL SERAFINI

I certainly did, Hugo, and he certainly was.

(grins)

And he was right about that old church, too.

CUT TO: FOOTAGE of Bill sitting at a café table with a view across an expanse of grass to Salisbury cathedral. The sun is shining but it’s obviously cold as he’s wearing a leather coat as well as the trademark sunglasses. There’s a woman sitting opposite him who has her back to the camera. We can see she’s slim, with well-cut short hair which has been professionally highlighted. She’s wearing a chocolate-coloured faux-fur jacket. Sub-caption: ‘Christine’.

BILL SERAFINI

I guess I should start out by saying that you’ve agreed to speak to us as long as we protect your identity, which is why we’re calling you Christine.

And the reason why we want to talk to you is because you were the woman who gave an alibi for the night of October third, 2003, to Ian Wilson.

‘CHRISTINE’

Yes, I did.

BILL SERAFINI

Can you take us through that evening?

‘CHRISTINE’

(laughing – a husky smoker’s laugh)

Well, I’m not surequitehow much detail you want me to go into—

BILL SERAFINI

(with a wry smile)

Let’s keep it family-friendly.

‘CHRISTINE’

OK. So, I was working in a bar in town back then. It’s long gone now but it was quite a hip place back in the day. I was the manager so I wasn’t front of house the whole time, but I was obviously in and out throughout the evening.

BILL SERAFINI

And that’s how you met Ian?

‘CHRISTINE’

Right. He stood out, to be honest. You don’t get many guys turning up alone. They’re mostly with girlfriends or with mates, not alone. A couple of girls had a go at getting his attention, as the evening wore on, but he didn’t seem interested.

(laughs)

In fact, I was beginning to wonder if he was gay. Though I didn’t know what he was doing in our gaff if he was, not with a gay bar only fifty yards down the street.

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