Contents ( 83)
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- TWENTY-NINE
- THIRTY
- THIRTY-ONE
- THIRTY-TWO
- THIRTY-THREE
- THIRTY-FOUR
- THIRTY-FIVE
- THIRTY-SIX
- THIRTY-SEVEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT
- THIRTY-NINE
- FORTY
- FORTY-ONE
- FORTY-TWO
- FORTY-THREE
- FORTY-THREE
- FORTY-FOUR
- FORTY-FIVE
- FORTY-SIX
- FORTY-SEVEN
- FORTY-EIGHT
- FORTY-NINE
- FIFTY
- FIFTY-ONE
- FIFTY-TWO
- FIFTY-THREE
- FIFTY-FOUR
- FIFTY-FIVE
- FIFTY-SIX
- FIFTY-SEVEN
- FIFTY-EIGHT
- FIFTY-NINE
- SIXTY
- SIXTY-ONE
- SIXTY-TWO
- SIXTY-THREE
- SIXTY-FOUR
- SIXTY-FIVE
- SIXTY-SIX
- SIXTY-SEVEN
- SIXTY-EIGHT
- SIXTY-NINE
- SEVENTY
- SEVENTY-ONE
- SEVENTY-TWO
- SEVENTY-THREE
- SEVENTY-FOUR
- SEVENTY-FIVE
- SEVENTY-SIX
- SEVENTY-SEVEN
- SEVENTY-EIGHT
- SEVENTY-NINE
- Acknowledgements
- OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK
‘That’s correct.’
‘But we now know that the same phone was used a further seven times in the hour before the 8.45 p.m. use.’
‘Yes.’
‘And we know that none of those uses were picked up by Mast Twenty, either.’
‘That seems to be the case, yes.’
‘Which must suggest that Simon Kash’s phone was not at the murder scene during the hour period in which the Galloway brothers were tortured and killed, mustn’t it?’
‘Not, erm, not necessarily.’ White was on the ropes. ‘As I’ve explained, it’s about the nearest available cell—’
‘Yes, we’ve all heard and understood that,’ Michael interrupted. ‘But are you really suggesting that for an entire hour, every mast closer than Mast Twenty – all five of them – was so full to capacity that they couldn’t cover the phone use?’
‘That is . . . that is possible, yes.’
All certainty had left White’s voice.
‘But what about the two uses picked up by Mast Thirteen, Mr White?’
‘I don’t understand.’
‘Of course you do. The two uses of Simon Kash’s phone that were not picked up by Mast Twenty. Because that mast was probably at capacity too, according to your logic. Those two uses could not have come from the murder site, could they?’
‘I think it’s a stretch to say that, Mr Devlin.’ White was standing his ground. He was not doing it well. ‘It is perfectly possible that cell usage and capacity was such that this was the nearest available cell mast at that time.’
‘But doesn’t that completely contradict what you have already told this jury, Mr White?’
‘I don’t think that it does.’
‘Then I think we’re doomed to disagree.’
Michael had White beat. Both men knew it, and all Michael had left him was a choice: admit the error. Or refuse and look unreasonable.
White had chosen the latter.
Michael pressed on.
‘Because earlier you were asked about the possibility that a mast one mile from a given location would pick up a signal from that location. And your answer – in your own words – was that “a call using a cell a mile away from the caller is extremely unlikely indeed”. But now we have identified two calls. Calls which, if the phone is at the site of the murder, have registered on a mast over a mile away. And suddenly you’re saying that this is perfectly possible? Come on. The answer you’ve given flies in the face of your earlier evidence, doesn’t it?’
White did not answer immediately. He seemed to be struggling for a compelling answer. Or maybe just a passable one.
Michael knew that none existed. Only stubbornness remained.
‘I don’t agree, Mr Devlin. There are differences.’
‘Well let’s just leave that one for the jury, then, shall we, Mr White?’
Michael glanced at the jury as he spoke. He could see their distaste for White’s response. His point was made.
Michael continued.
‘But just so I’m clear, you’re maintaining that the use of Simon Kash’s phone in the hour before 8.45 p.m. – registering as it does on EE’s Mast Twenty-two and EE’s Mast Thirteen, and never in that hour on any of the five closer masts – is consistent with that telephone being at the site of the murder.’