‘Mr Hazlett, Frederick, I am showing you various items of ladies underclothing,’ said Yarrow as he and Harding conducted the first formal interview of the suspect, ‘to whit, a blue lace brassiere, size 34B, and blue lace knickers or panties, both made by La Perla of Italy.’ Yarrow said as he peered at the labels. He then laid out the brassiere and the knickers on the desk. ‘Have you ever seen these items of underwear before?’
‘No, no, never,’ Hazlett replied but without much conviction.
‘We have an eye witness, a reliable eye witness, who saw you break into the shed in the garden of Maurice and Mary Ferguson. How do you account for that?’
‘Weren’t me, must be somebody else.’
‘You were positively identified by someone who knows you.’
‘Who, Mary Ferguson?’
‘I am not obliged to tell you
