Condemned by R.C. Bridgestock

Author:R.C. Bridgestock [Bridgestock, R.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Published: 2021-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Charley was eager to read what evidence, if any, had been secured from the scene, and to see the CCTV footage attached to the crime file. She read on.

Traces of DNA (Mr Brad Dixon) have been found on the glass shop counter.

She then clicked on the video link. The CCTV footage showed her two people entering the convenience store wearing motorcycle gear, their faces concealed. Both held handguns. Raising their voices at Mr Chaudry, they ordered him to do as they bid: ‘Open the till NOW!’

Mr Chaudry, hands in the air, appeared to freeze on the spot. That was until the smaller of the two robbers fired the handgun, pointing it towards the ceiling. They then leant towards the shopkeeper, and with a flick of the wrist, the barrel of their gun was under Mr Chaudry’s chin. Seeing the whites of the victim’s eyes, Charley took a deep breath and imagined she could feel his fear. It wasn’t until the second robber stepped forward to hold their gun to Mr Chaudry’s temple that he opened the till. The pair greedily grabbed wads of notes and stuffed them into backpacks, but still they were not satisfied, and demanded more. No doubt fearing for his life, Mr Chaudry reached below the counter and showed them a blue bank bag. It was in their haste to grab the bag that Charley saw one of the robbers flinch and jump backwards from the counter. ‘Was this when, by exposing the skin between his glove and sleeve, Brad Dixon had left DNA for the police to find?’ she considered.

Then the robbers were gone, the duration of the terrifying incident over within a matter of minutes.

Her attention on the screen was broken when DS Mike Blake tapped on Charley’s office door. She beckoned him in.

Mike watched as the SIO puffed her cheeks and blew air through her loose lips. ‘I think in a job like ours we get somehow desensitised to words. Reading a file, or hearing about a robbery, can’t portray the violence, or the fear someone is subjected to,’ she said. ‘However, CCTV leaves you in no doubt as to how brutal this incident was. What a pair of bastards the Dixons are.’

‘They definitely aren’t amateurs. It’s obvious from seeing that footage. They know what they want, and they know how to get it. The CCTV certainly suggests to me that they would go one step further and commit murder, if those threatened did not comply with their requests,’ added Mike.

‘I agree. We have to also consider that it might not have been the Dixons who used the gun that killed our man. Could it be a ‘pool’ weapon used by others or sold on? Hopefully not. On a positive note for the investigation, the weapon is possibly still in circulation. What we know for sure is that our murderer used the very same gun that was used to threaten and rob Mr Chaudry. Even though the Dixons were living in Crownest at the

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