THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE interview room was tense. Adam Chambers clearly felt he was being picked on and had dug his heels in, refusing to say anything but ‘no comment’. He had splashed out on his own legal representative rather than the duty brief. Rafferty wondered if this was telling, or if it was just that Adam was used to splashing out on the best for himself. Certainly Richard Ballantyne was one of the best criminal briefs around. Rafferty had locked horns with him a couple of times on previous cases. If he had known Ballantyne would be his adversary he might have held off on questioning Adam. But it was too late now, so he ploughed on.
‘Your financial affairs seem to be in a parlous state, Mr Chambers,’ he said. ‘The bookies seem to be getting nastier. Did you have any hope of paying
