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And you were one hundred per cent sure it was the same man you spent that evening with?

‘CHRISTINE’

Absolutely.

CUT TO: Studio. Bill is still at the whiteboard.

JJ NORTON

So if we believe this ‘Christine’, Ian Wilson couldn’t have been the killer.

BILL SERAFINI

Right.

LAILA FURNESS

And did you? Believe her?

BILL SERAFINI

Actually, I did. She kept eye contact with me the whole time, no rapid blinking – none of the usual bodily indicators for lying.

So to sum up, I think we need to park the Ian thing for now. Pending any further evidence, at any rate.

ALAN CANNING

(under his breath)

Thank Christ for that.

BILL SERAFINI

So next up, Down Under. Mitch? Anything more on the Sydney angle?

MITCHELL CLARKE

Nothing new, I’m afraid. Though what I did do was do a trawl of the UK press from around the time Caroline and ‘Luke’ got married. Basically to see how easy it might have been for the family of the hit-and-run victim to track him down. And this is what I found.

CUT TO: MONTAGE of press coverage.

MITCHELL CLARKE

There was also coverage when they attended a charity gala at Holland Park which was only six weeks before the murder. Though I couldn’t find very much by way of pictures, either of the wedding or later, and what I did find were mostly of her, not him.

LAILA FURNESS

Our man avoiding being photographed again?

MITCHELL CLARKE

Could be. But it does show us that as long as you had a name, there were enough mentions of Ryder in the press for someone to track him down. There are even references to him being an Australian.

BILL SERAFINI

OK, noted. Thank you. So next up, Caroline’s not-so-mystery lover. Alan?

ALAN CANNING

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