Fallen Angel by Angus McLean

Author:Angus McLean [McLean, Angus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

‘We understand that you were arrested again just last night,’ Alan said. His tone was as bland as the rest of him, but I had the feeling there was a tiger lurking under that sheep’s outfit. ‘Tell us about that.’

I gave a shrug. ‘I was having a run in the Botanical Gardens and got grabbed by a couple of detectives. Evidently they’d been following me and believed I was with Mike. They pepper sprayed me, arrested me, and took me through to Central for interviewing.’

‘Were you charged?’ Roger asked.

‘No.’

‘Warned for anything?’

‘No.’

‘Then why did they arrest you?’

‘As I said, they thought I was with Mike. They arrested me for Accessory to Murder, but released me without charge.’

‘Why?’ It was Brenda’s turn. Her mood hadn’t lifted yet. Maybe she was just having a bad day.

‘Because they had no evidence. They acknowledged as much in the presence of my lawyer.’

‘And I presume this is the same lawyer who is representing Mr Manning?’ Brenda asked.

‘Yes.’

‘How did this lawyer get Mr Manning to surrender?’ Alan said, not looking at me.

I shrugged again. ‘I don’t know, you’d have to ask him.’

‘Was that something you organised, Mr Crowley?’ He looked directly at me now, assessing me closely.

‘No.’ Molly had made the call, not me, so technically I wasn’t lying on that one.

‘Why do I not believe you?’ All trace of the bland sheep was gone now, and Alan was showing his true colours.

‘Because suspicion makes you good at your job?’ I tried helpfully.

Alan cocked an eyebrow and didn’t smile. Roger looked disapproving. Brenda continued to chew on her wasp.

‘We also have information that whilst in police custody you were involved in a fight with two other prisoners,’ Alan continued. ‘Is that true?’

‘I wouldn’t call it a fight so much as an assault.’

He looked at me with surprise. ‘Sorry, did you just admit that you assaulted the other two prisoners? I’d think very carefully about what you said, Mr Crowley.’

It was my turn for the surprise angle. ‘No, I’m not saying that at all. What I’m telling you is that I was assaulted, first by one, then by the second guy. I had to defend myself.’ My eyes narrowed. ‘So you’ve been told I assaulted them?’

‘Exactly.’ Alan checked his notes again. ‘One of them has concussion from being knocked out, and the other one has torn ligaments in his knee.’ He looked up at me. ‘Is that what you call self-defence, Mr Crowley?’

‘Yeah, it is,’ I said, as I removed a sheaf of papers from my inside coat pocket. ‘And here’s the evidence to support it.’

I fanned out several pages in front of them. ‘These are the injuries I received from those two turkeys.’ I pointed them out on the colour photos Molly had taken earlier, detailing each one. I reached inside my jacket and removed my phone. I opened up the email I’d got from Molly, and tapped on the first attachment. I slid the phone across the table.

‘This here is a newspaper article about one of them, the second guy.

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