BILLY JONES WOULD STILL be at work at the factory. However, Rafferty didn’t want to question the boy at his place of work and embarrass him in front of his workmates. He’d wait till Jones arrived home and question him there. Depending on what he said, they could check out his story with his supervisor later.
Meanwhile, the questioning in the neighbourhood was still on-going; there would be more statements to be read and digested, so they returned to the station.
The forensic results on the mugging of Izzy Barber were waiting for them on their return. They’d come back more speedily than Rafferty had expected. The results proved what he had hoped: Barber’s blood had been found on two of the youths’ trainers – those of Jake Sterling and Des Arnott. As he said to Llewellyn, ‘Let them try to
