‘OK,’ he said, ‘I know you think we’re being a pain over this but I’d like you to tell me again, if you can, exactly what happened when you spotted the gun in the drawer.’
‘What happened? Oh, well, a lot of Mrs Osborne’s furniture had been taken upstairs when it looked as though the ground floor might be flooded. After we’d finished cleaning up, Sue – she was sort of in charge – suggested we move some of it back downstairs. Tone went upstairs to have a look around and when we went up, he’d already moved this chest of drawers to the top of the stairs – but I could see it wasn’t going to be easy getting it down. They’re narrow and steep and there’s a bend in the middle. I thought it would be easier if we took the drawers out, make it lighter, and I started to pull the top one out. I know I
