Frederick Hazlett looked up with dull eyes as Yarrow and Harding entered the interview room. PC Eustace Pink had been standing guard at the door and Yarrow thanked him as he left.
‘I didn’t do it, you know, and I object to being dragged away from my work like this,’ Hazlett said with forced belligerence, but Yarrow could detect nerviness and tension in both voice and posture. ‘I’ve been held in here for hours and I…’
Yarrow held up a hand to stop him.
‘Mr Hazlett, Frederick, you are being investigated for the murder Selena Kirkham, also known as Selena Kirkham-Doyle. As you are aware, in this country murder is a capital crime and under law, if you are found guilty, you will be sentenced to death. It is a heinous crime and you will most likely hang. ’
Hazlett blanched and put up his han
