Charlotte Mary McBain, known as Charlie, together with John Keith Wells, known as JK, were taken by ambulance to the A&E department of West Garside General Hospital.
After the cut on her hand had been cleaned, the glass shards removed and then stitched up, she was given pain-killers and transferred to the police station. There she was arrested and questioned under caution about the assault on John Wells. Now that Charlie knew his name, she was more convinced than ever that she had never met him. Even at her most wasted she could usually remember the men she had been with or met at a party.
After giving her statement, Charlie was released on police bail whilst further investigation took place. She was instructed to return in two weeks. Charlie spent those anxious days telling herself tha
