The Dirty Dozen by Lynda La Plante

Author:Lynda La Plante
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC000000 Fiction / General
Publisher: Zaffre

Chapter Seventeen

Jane sat opposite Kingston as he carefully read her notes of the conversation she’d had with Rachel Wilson.

“These notes are very detailed and interesting, especially what was said by M1 on the Monday and today—you’ve done really well, Jane.” He smiled.

“Thank you, sir. I also have the original notes Rachel made about what she lip-read on the Monday, and the descriptions of M1 and M2 that she wrote down for me today.” She handed them to Kingston.

“I don’t mind you calling me Stewart when we’re talking one to one like this or off duty.” He read Rachel’s descriptions.

“It was all from the horse’s mouth, so to speak.”

“How reliable do you think her lip-reading is?”

“Very reliable, she’s been doing it for years, though she did say that making out names can be difficult. But she was certain M2 was called Tommy and reasonably sure M1 said the names Webley and Judge.”

Kingston looked at the notes. “The way I’m reading it, M1 would cover the back of the van with another person who’s probably the loose cannon, M2 would cover the front with Webley, and Judge was the getaway driver in the Cortina.”

“Yes, that’s what I thought as well.”

“Which adds up to five people being involved. But all our witnesses said there were only four, and one man covered the front—not two.”

“It’s possible the other man never went on the robbery.”

“Or M1 might not have been talking about the Leytonstone bank robbery. You need to be open-minded and consider alternative possibilities.”

“I know, but this morning at the cafe, M1 said, ‘Yesterday was a total fuck-up’ and ‘Riley was a hothead.’ We know that an off-duty PC got shot and the man in the front passenger seat of the Cortina fired at the patrol car with a handgun—maybe that’s what M1 meant by a fuck-up.”

“Again, it might not have been a robbery he was referring to, but there’s something else M1 said that could arguably link to our investigation. He said he’d have to get a loan for Tina’s wedding as a monkey wasn’t enough. Two grand was in the Securicor cash box they got away with—which, divided by four, is a ‘monkey’ each.”

“Rachel thinks M2 might be connected to a snooker hall opposite the cafe. I’ve got some names from Companies House, which are all connected to the hall, and one of them has a criminal record.”

Jane looked in her pocket notebook and told him about her enquiries at Tottenham Police Station and the conversations she had had with the collator there, and at Chingford Police Station, then finally her flying visit to Wood Green.

“Bloody hell, you have been ferreting away today.”

“Rachel may have been wrong about the name Riley. I think M1 might have said O’Reilly, and it’s reasonable to assume Tommy may be Thomas Ripley. Aidan O’Reilly lives at 94A Seven Sisters Road, which is where Ripley used to live. Ripley also has a conviction for GBH—admittedly it was just over twenty years ago, but it shows a propensity for violence.

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