He had honed his skills whilst serving in the army, having transferred to the Intelligence Corps, a natural choice for a born voyeur. The development of his surveillance and information-gathering abilities had blossomed in Northern Ireland where the Corps was widely used, especially on covert ops. It was later though, when part of the NATO contingent in Bosnia during the mid ‘90’s, that his character was truly formed. It was the former Yugoslavia that contributed his cold indifference and his belief that everything was there for the taking. It was the memories of this place that sometimes broke his sleep, bringing him tearfully back to consciousness in a burst of sweat and palpitations.
His platoon had been used to probe allegations of atrocities against the Bosnian Muslims. He heard tale
