The report continued: “Police confirmed that a man had been taken away from the flat. Officers were searching the grounds by torchlight and were later seen removing items from the flat in black plastic bags.”
So officers had been searching for stolen property after an armed burglary. It seemed like the man arrested had been grassed on by a snitch, probably in return for kinder treatment at the hands of a seething police force. These were desperate times for police and criminals alike. The underworld would be under scrutiny for many months to come. Known troublemakers would be put under surveillance, any excuse for an arrest granted.
Perhaps all this pressure brought to bear on the lawless fraternity had cast doubts over who to trust, and forced a few confessions in return for lighter sen
