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The warmth of the day wasn’t helped by the plastic full body coverings Caroline and Dexter had to wear before entering Megan Wilkes’s flat. Having been at the scene where her body was found, and still being unsure as to where she was actually killed, they had to tread carefully — both literally and figuratively.
The process of any police investigation needed to ensure that procedure was stuck to rigorously, and that defence counsel wouldn’t be given any potential loopholes or avenues to exploit.
It wasn’t unheard of for cases to fall apart because it was discovered the same police officer had arrested the defendant and subsequently been involved in searching the crime scene. That was the sort of c***k in the armour a defence brief could drive a bus through, pointing out the distinct
