Page 27 of Murder in the Family

Did he say if he was expecting someone? Is that why he wanted you out of the way?

GUY HOWARD

No, and I don’t know, in that order.

JJ NORTON

Did you hear anything after that? The doorbell? Voices?

GUY HOWARD

No, nothing. The next thing I remember was being woken up by Mum and the house being full of people.

BILL SERAFINI

(checking the file)

Which according to the police, would have been just after midnight.

HUGO FRASER

(studying the two timelines)

So based on what we’ve just heard, the time of death narrows to between 9.35, after Guy went up to bed, and 10.20, when it started raining.

BILL SERAFINI

Exactly.

JJ NORTON

So what happened when the girls got home?

BILL SERAFINI

Why don’t we ask them?

CUT TO: Maura Howard, as before, in the sitting room of Dorney Place.

MAURA HOWARD

We got back around 10.30. The lights were all on and nothing seemed weird or anything.

GUY HOWARD – off

The main gate was shut?

MAURA HOWARD

Yes.

GUY HOWARD – off

And the front door was definitely locked?

MAURA HOWARD

Of course it was – there’s no way we wouldn’t have noticed that. But I had a key so we didn’t ring the bell, just went in.

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