Page 81 of Troubled Blood

Q: Louise Tucker. She was sixteen, she’d run away—

A: You journalists love putting ages on people, don’t you? Why is that?

Q: Because it paints a picture. It’s a detail we can all identify with. D’you know anything about Louise Tucker?

A: Yeah. She was sixteen.

Q: There was unclaimed jewelry in your basement. Unclaimed pieces of clothing.

A:…

Q: You don’t want to talk about the unclaimed jewelry?

A:…

Q: Why don’t you want to talk about those unclaimed items?

A:…

Q: Does any part of you think, “I’ve got nothing to lose, now. I could put people’s minds at rest. Stop families wondering”?

A:…

Q: You don’t think, it would be a kind of reparation? I could

repair something of my reputation?

A: [laughs] “Reputation”… you think I spend my days worrying about my reputation? You people really don’t [indistinguishable]

Q: What about Kara Wolfson? Disappeared in ’73.

A: How old was she?

Q: Twenty-six. Club hostess in Soho.

A: I don’t like whores.

Q: Why’s that?

A: Filthy.

Q: You frequented prostitutes.

A: When there was nothing else on offer.

Q: You tried—Helen Wardrop was a prostitute. And she got away from you. Gave a description to the police.

A:…

Q: You tried to abduct Helen in the same area Kara was last seen.

A:…

Q: What about Margot Bamborough?

A:…

Q: A van resembling your van was seen speeding in the area she disappeared.

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