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‘As you see to answer my question, constable, can I assuht destroy any evidence or absent hi?’

‘But I was confident he hadn’t seen ht back

‘Were you indeed, constable? Can you reue arrived the following day with a warrant to search his hoown, readjusted her wig and stared at her brother, giving hi, ‘Would it help if I re a little longer, before turning to face the jury ‘He said, “Would you like a cup of tea?”’

A few people in the well of the court began to laugh The judge frowned at them

‘Wouldn’t you agree that doesn’t sound like the response of a guiltyarrested and thrown in jail?’ said Grace

‘Yes, but—’

‘If you could stick to answeringpersonal opinions, it would be much more helpful’

William was stunned by the ferocity of her attack, and certainly wasn’t prepared for her next question

‘Are you an expert in recognizing forged signatures, or did you just take it for granted that uilty?’

‘No, I didn’t I had written statements froned editions of Churchill’s history of the Second World War’

‘None of whoinal coive evidence today Were you by any chance in Hatchards on Saturday ?’

‘No,’ said William, puzzled by the question

‘If you had been, Constable Warwick, you could have obtained a copy of Grahaned over a hundred copies before going on to sign even more books at several other bookshops in the West End Now, as Sir Winston was a politician, I don’t suppose he was shy about signing the odd copy of his works’

One or two of the jury nodded

‘But we found several other books,’ spluttered Williaet the first edition of A Christned by Charles Dickens, for example’