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I first want to talk to you about your relationship with Gemma Cooke.’
‘ What about it?’
‘ Well, would you consider that you and she were an item?’
‘ We were till that nosy cow of a neighbour and you lot stuck your oar in.’
‘ That neighbour and the police, and using your phrase, stuck their oar in, because you assaulted Gemma.’
‘ That’s what you say. I’ve already been questioned about that and given my statement. Gemma fell down when she was pissed.’ His mouth creased into an unctuous smile.’
Hunter eyed him for a few seconds. If truth be known he wanted to reach across the table and wipe that supercilious smirk off Adam Fields’ face with the back of his hand and he could feel his fingers wrestling one another as he fought to keep control of his emotions. He took a deep breath and said, ‘The medical evidence we’ve now got would say different, but I don’t want to dwell on that for now, Adam. That’s for later when you go to court. I want to talk with you about other matters. Would I be right in saying that a week ago, following an incident involving your girlfriend Gemma Cooke, you were ordered not to go back to thirty-four Manvers Terrace.’
‘ You know I was. It was your lot who said I couldn’t go back there after you’d nicked me.’
‘ Just to confirm then, Adam, you were arrested by us for assaulting your girlfriend Gemma Cooke, and then given bail to your parents’ address, and as part of the conditions of your bail were told not to go near her, or contact her. Am I right?’
‘ You never gave me a chance. You’re all the fucking same.’
‘ I’ll take that as a yes, shall I?’
‘ Take it whichever way you want.’
Slowing the pace of his questioning Hunter said, ‘The next two questions I’m going to ask you Adam, I want you to think very hard about the answers you give me.’ Hunter stared out his prisoner. ‘Did you contact Gemma after you were bailed?’
He shook his head, ‘No.’
‘ I’m going to ask you that question again Adam?’
‘ The answer will still be the same. Are you fucking thick?’
‘ Well, that is interesting because I have a statement here which contradicts what you’ve just said. And that statement is from a close friend of yours. It relates to an incident on the night of the seventeenth of this month when Gemma got a threatening text from a mobile. We’ve traced that number to the person who gave us this statement.’ Hunter paused and stabbed a finger at the handwritten document in front of him. ‘He tells us that on that night he was out with you and several mates drinking in town. And that in one of the pubs you asked him if you could borrow his phone, which you used to send a text and then joked with everyone you were with, and I quote, “that’ll shit the bitch up, making a statement against me.” Do you remember that, Adam?’
Fields ’ face coloured up. He eased forward, dropping his elbows on the desk. Jutting out his chin, he said, ‘No comment.’
‘ Well, I’m entitled to infer that you did if you won’t give me a proper answer. Anyway I’ll leave that awkward question for now and move on a bit.’ Hunter fingered out another statement from the folder. ‘As I’ve already said we know that on the night of St Patrick’s Day, you were out drinking in and around town and that you went in various pubs. We know that because we’ve now spoken with every one of those mates you were out with and they’ve all given statements. Just as a matter of interest can you remember which pub you finished up in?’
‘ Course I can remember. The Horseshoe. Where you did this to me this dinner time.’ He unclamped his arms and pointed to his face again. ‘I’m suing you, you know? You’re not getting away with this.’
Unfazed, Hunter asked, ‘And what time did you leave?’
He dropped his hand . Cockily he replied, ‘Don’t know. Midnightish I suppose. I’d had a skinful.’
‘ And did you go straight
‘ What about it?’
‘ Well, would you consider that you and she were an item?’
‘ We were till that nosy cow of a neighbour and you lot stuck your oar in.’
‘ That neighbour and the police, and using your phrase, stuck their oar in, because you assaulted Gemma.’
‘ That’s what you say. I’ve already been questioned about that and given my statement. Gemma fell down when she was pissed.’ His mouth creased into an unctuous smile.’
Hunter eyed him for a few seconds. If truth be known he wanted to reach across the table and wipe that supercilious smirk off Adam Fields’ face with the back of his hand and he could feel his fingers wrestling one another as he fought to keep control of his emotions. He took a deep breath and said, ‘The medical evidence we’ve now got would say different, but I don’t want to dwell on that for now, Adam. That’s for later when you go to court. I want to talk with you about other matters. Would I be right in saying that a week ago, following an incident involving your girlfriend Gemma Cooke, you were ordered not to go back to thirty-four Manvers Terrace.’
‘ You know I was. It was your lot who said I couldn’t go back there after you’d nicked me.’
‘ Just to confirm then, Adam, you were arrested by us for assaulting your girlfriend Gemma Cooke, and then given bail to your parents’ address, and as part of the conditions of your bail were told not to go near her, or contact her. Am I right?’
‘ You never gave me a chance. You’re all the fucking same.’
‘ I’ll take that as a yes, shall I?’
‘ Take it whichever way you want.’
Slowing the pace of his questioning Hunter said, ‘The next two questions I’m going to ask you Adam, I want you to think very hard about the answers you give me.’ Hunter stared out his prisoner. ‘Did you contact Gemma after you were bailed?’
He shook his head, ‘No.’
‘ I’m going to ask you that question again Adam?’
‘ The answer will still be the same. Are you fucking thick?’
‘ Well, that is interesting because I have a statement here which contradicts what you’ve just said. And that statement is from a close friend of yours. It relates to an incident on the night of the seventeenth of this month when Gemma got a threatening text from a mobile. We’ve traced that number to the person who gave us this statement.’ Hunter paused and stabbed a finger at the handwritten document in front of him. ‘He tells us that on that night he was out with you and several mates drinking in town. And that in one of the pubs you asked him if you could borrow his phone, which you used to send a text and then joked with everyone you were with, and I quote, “that’ll shit the bitch up, making a statement against me.” Do you remember that, Adam?’
Fields ’ face coloured up. He eased forward, dropping his elbows on the desk. Jutting out his chin, he said, ‘No comment.’
‘ Well, I’m entitled to infer that you did if you won’t give me a proper answer. Anyway I’ll leave that awkward question for now and move on a bit.’ Hunter fingered out another statement from the folder. ‘As I’ve already said we know that on the night of St Patrick’s Day, you were out drinking in and around town and that you went in various pubs. We know that because we’ve now spoken with every one of those mates you were out with and they’ve all given statements. Just as a matter of interest can you remember which pub you finished up in?’
‘ Course I can remember. The Horseshoe. Where you did this to me this dinner time.’ He unclamped his arms and pointed to his face again. ‘I’m suing you, you know? You’re not getting away with this.’
Unfazed, Hunter asked, ‘And what time did you leave?’
He dropped his hand . Cockily he replied, ‘Don’t know. Midnightish I suppose. I’d had a skinful.’
‘ And did you go straight
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