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While Burke was interviewing Julia Harris, who had recovered enough to be spoken to, Stone spoke to Grey. He listened without comment for half an hour while the younger detective told his superior about his visit to Paul Quilty. Only when Grey had finished his narration did Stone say anything.
“The best thing you can do, Christian, is contact the DVLA directly; if Mr Quilty was telling the truth, you need to have someone at the DVLA check their records manually, it’s possible the transfer of title has simply been held up for some reason – it wouldn’t be the first time. There might have been a clerical error, something wrong with the paperwork sent in, or any number of other reasons why our system isn’t showing the transfer of title.”
“Yes, sir, I’ll get straight on that,” Grey said w
