Ghost Virus by Graham Masterton

Author:Graham Masterton [Masterton, Graham]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788545013
Publisher: Head of Zeus Ltd
Published: 2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Jokubas Liepa was bored, too. When Jerry looked at him through the spyhole in his cell door he was elaborately picking his nose and frowning at what he had managed to excavate.

‘Right,’ Jerry said to the duty officer. ‘Let’s have him out of there before he starts digging his brains out.’

The duty officer opened the cell door and Jerry stepped inside. ‘Mr Liepa?’ he said, with exaggerated politeness. ‘If you’d be so kind as to accompany me to the interview room, we’re all set up to ask you a few pertinent questions.’

‘I did not order Herkus to put down his foot,’ said Liepa. ‘I would not have been such reckless.’

‘Well, you can explain that when we formally question you,’ Jerry told him. ‘Your brief’s arrived, so we’re all ready to go. Laurence Shipman from Shipman and Bridges. He’s not exactly cheap, is he? I bet he charges you a ton just to say good morning.’

PC Jonas was waiting outside the cell, and between them he and Jerry escorted Liepa along to the interview room. DI French was waiting there, talking to an urbane-looking man in a dark blue three-piece suit. He had shiny dyed-black hair, this man, severely combed back, and a large bland face with piggy eyes.

‘How are they treating you, Jokubas?’ he asked, as soon as Liepa sat down.

‘They should not have arrested me,’ said Liepa, staring at Jerry. ‘I have done nothing wrong whatsoever.’

‘I’m afraid that’s not the way we see it,’ said DI French. ‘You and your associates set out on an expedition with the deliberate intention of stealing clothes which had been donated to Cancer Research in their official bags and which therefore had already become the property of Cancer Research. This expedition was carried out under your direction and therefore you were ultimately responsible for the theft of every bag regardless of whether you physically picked it up yourself.’

‘I’m sorry to interrupt you,’ put in Laurence Shipman. ‘My client Mr Liepa was simply being given a lift by one of his acquaintances, and he was not aware when the vehicle stopped momentarily that another of his acquaintances had removed a bag of clothing from the doorstep of a nearby house.’

DI French opened up a plastic folder on the table in front of him. He picked out three sheets of a witness statement that were stapled together and held them up.

‘We’ve already interviewed Mr Herkus Adomaitis who was the driver of the vehicle in which your client was a front-seat passenger. We’ve also questioned Mr Ignas Gabrys who was in the rear of the vehicle and who took the bag of donated clothing from the said doorstep. Both men independently stated that your client was the instigator and organiser of this expedition to steal Cancer Research bags, and that the sample act of theft of one bag was carried out with his full knowledge and approval.’

Jokubas Liepa banged the table with his fist. ‘And you took notice of what those bastards said to you?’ he protested.

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