Page 85 of Murder in the Family

From:Nick Vincent

To:Guy Howard, Hugo Fraser, Alan Canning, Mitch Clarke, Laila Furness, Bill Serafini, JJ Norton

CC:Tarek Osman

Subject:HUM-dinger

I think we can all agree that was one hell of a showstopper! Massive massive creds to Bill for pulling that out of his hat and doing it with such aplomb. And apologies again for insisting on stopping filming at that point. I know you all have a ton of questions – I do too – but we need you to ask those on camera, to keep the energy and momentum of the investigation. And you don’t have long to wait – next shoot day is the 16th, and Tarek will be getting in touch with logistics etc

Cheers,

Nick

Date:Sat 6/05/2023, 9.55

From:Alan Canning

To:Guy Howard

Subject:Bill

Guy,

Could I just confirm whether or not you were privy to Bill’s revelation before it happened? I’m frankly astonished that he’s managed to make such an extraordinary discovery in the short time he’s been on the case: he only started investigating Luke’s past less than a month ago.

Moreover, it’s quite clear the Met had, andstillhave, no idea whatsoever about this alleged ‘imposture’. But maybe you and Nick have been sitting on this from the start? It would be good to know, if so.

Best,

Alan

Date: Sat 6/05/2023, 10.03

From:Guy Howard

To:Alan Canning

Subject:Re: Bill

I had no fucking idea.

Text messages between Amelie and Maura Howard, 6th May 2023, 11.49 a.m.

MAURA

Did you get my voicemail? About Luke, and him being a fucking *fake*

AMELIE

Like WTF?

MAURA

That’s pretty much what I said

AMELIE

What did Guy say? Did he know?

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