CHIEF INSPECTOR YEARSLEY paid a brief visit to Babbington after listening to Rafferty, told him with the evidence Rafferty had amassed, there was no question of him being released, and that he would be charged and go before the Magistrate in the morning, when he could expect to be remanded in custody to be tried at the Crown Court.
Yearsley told Rafferty that he’d urged Babbington to reconsider having a solicitor, whether his own or the duty brief. ‘I can’t understand why he wanted to speak to me.’
‘Sorry, sir. Only Babbington was insistent on seeing someone more senior. He said he knows you.’
‘Did he?’ Yearsley frowned, then his brow cleared. ‘Ah yes. I remember now. I met him once. A rather unfortunate manner, as I recall. Anyway, I didn’t take to him. And there’s no need to apologise
