51 Monday 6 August, 7.20pm.
PCs Michelle Jackson and Joshua Ross pulled up at the address they’d been given — a small cottage in a village they didn’t have cause to visit very often. It wasn’t the sort of place that was crawling with crime. In fact, there wasn’t very much going on here at all, at any point.
All they knew is that they were looking for a man called Simon Robinson, who had formerly been known as Lewis Hopkins, who’d already served a conviction for manslaughter and was to be arrested for murder if they could find him.
They had clearance to force entry to the property if necessary, particularly if they suspected he was inside or there was some sort of danger. The number of people who thought the police had to have a warrant to enter a premises with force was a common source
