Inspector Yarrow

Chapter 6

‘It’s as you suspected, sir,’ Marcus Harding said, consulting his pocketbook.

,‘Marjorie Forrester did make up the whole story to get back at Norman Craig. She claimed he slapped her face and punched her in the stomach whilst they were arguing outside the ‘Hammer and Tongs’ on Oakbrook Road. Quite an appropriate location really, because according to witnesses, the two going at it like hammer and tongs but nobody saw any punches thrown, lots of yelling and swearing, but no fisticuffs.

Seems that Marjorie saw Norman with Helen Dudley, and even though Norman and Marjorie broke up a couple of weeks ago, she was still angry with him for leaving her. Presumably to be with his new woman.

As you instructed, sir, I did read her the riot act, making sure she understood the seriousness of a false accusation of assault. She apologised but said she was so angry when she saw them together that she just lost it. Norman’s OK with it all, he does not want her charged and it’s all water under the bridge as far as he’s concerned. A storm in the proverbial, kiss and make up, well not that they’ve made up, exactly.’

‘Good thank you, Marcus, good job.’

‘Thank you, Guv but it wasn’t too hard to sort out.’

‘Nevertheless, good job.’

DC Harry Rawlings looked on furiously as he overheard Yarrow’s praise through the open office door. ‘I’ll show Yarrow what a good job looks like, better than that pissing tiddly job Mucus has just done, anyway.’

‘I’ll show Yarrow what a good job looks like, better than that pissing tiddly job Mucus has just done, anyway.’