The Sleep of Reason by David James Smith

Author:David James Smith [David James Smith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780571340576
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00

There had been discussion all day about how long the interviews could continue. Unquestionably, they had enough to charge the boys, but could they elicit further admissions, or were the interviews becoming counterproductive as the boys became tired? In any case, they could only hold Bobby and Jon until early on Sunday morning, without charging them. If they continued to interview it might leave the inquiry open to accusations that they had pushed too hard and too far with the interviews. A judge could throw the lot out.

Phil Roberts made it known that he wanted to continue. It was a frustrating situation, especially with Bobby who had denied so much. There were still so many uncertainties.

Finally, the decision was made. The boys would be charged that evening. The media would be notified, and so too would the Bulger family.

There would be one last session of questioning. The boys would be taken out, separately, and driven over the route to explain exactly which way they had walked with James. It would have been better to walk the route with them, but their safety would have been at risk. They went in unmarked cars, the same people who had been in the stationary interviews, with a back-up car following behind, just in case there were problems. They went at different times, to avoid an unscheduled meeting, and Jon went first.

As they drove down from Lower Lane to the Strand, Jon wanted to know what Dale and Scott would do if there were a whole lot of photographers in the middle of the road taking pictures. Dale said he’d smile, probably. Jon said he’d run them over. He said photographers probably sneaked up on them now. They were good hiders, they go in little gaps and take loads of pictures.

Jon said he was going to sing a song to himself, only they’d be hearing the song all the way through. Dale said he could keep them entertained. They’d have a karaoke. He asked what song Jon had been going to sing. Jon said it was the one thingy sings. He began singing, and carried on, at intervals, over much of the journey.

They drove from the Strand, past the reservoir, through to County Road and on to Walton Lane. Jon saw a boy from school, and pointed him out to his dad. There’s Daniel, dad, you know, from school.

He pointed out the various places they had been, the junctions they had crossed. He said he had been in the entry between City Road and Walton Lane when he threw the hood into the tree, not on the railway line that ran alongside it. He said they had got on to the railway line by the fence on Walton Lane, near the bridge, opposite the police station.

Jon wanted to see how many flowers there were on the embankment at Cherry Lane. Dale said they didn’t want to be going up there. But they stopped at the bottom of Walton Village, and Jon was able to

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