Chief Inspector Johnson had instructed plain clothed officers to watch Achmed, the waiter. Men were stationed a short distance from his flat and were to follow him wherever he went. Alan had made it clear he didn"t want him picked up until they had absolute evidence that he was responsible for k********g Agnes. He certainly didn"t want the man to get off on some technicality.
After the meeting had broken up in the early hours of the morning, he and Sergeant Andrews had agreed that Achmed should not be arrested or questioned about Agnes. Before they had left the hotel, Drummond had made it clear that if the waiter was involved with the theft of the necklace in London, it was important to let him believe he had got away with it. “It would be foolhardy to arrest him now. Besides, he didn"t h
