WITH A CERTAIN RELUCTANCE, Tim Hadley, the landlord of the Pig and Whistle confirmed Darren's story about Jes Bullock offering to pay someone to beat his stepson up. However, he added, as Bullock had the reputation of being a penniless scrounger, no one had taken him up on it as far as he knew.
'When my regulars just jeered at him and asked to see the colour of his money, he shouted that he'd do the job himself, then stormed out of the bar. He was the worse for drink, of course.'
That had been around four on Thursday afternoon, they learned. Five and a half hours later, Mrs ffinch-Robinson had found Smith's body hanging in Dedman Wood.
'Remind me to give Sam Dally a bell in the morning before I go to London,' Rafferty remarked as they left the bar. 'I want to get in early before he gets
