The case conference took place two days later, headed by DI Evelyn Makepeace, with Petra Collinson, Shakira Amin and two officers from the specialist Apollo r**e and s****l assault investigation unit, DS Sarah Garrett and DC Diya Patel. All the detectives sat round a circular table, with case files in front of each.
DI Makepeace opened the meeting. ‘Good morning everybody. Now, we are all aware of the allegations of s****l abuse made against Dennis Jowett from ‘beyond the grave.’ The investigation has now taken a dramatic turn. Petra, do you want to take it from here.’
‘Thank you, Evelyn. In the course of our investigations, Shakira and I interviewed the spiritualist Simeon Trynor. It was during his appearance in West Garside that the apparent message from ‘beyond the grave ‘or ‘from t
