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‘I never claimed to be a doctor!’ Moller retaliated.
‘But you don’t deny you let patients believe you had medical qualifications when you duped them?’
Any reply was lost in the barrage of questions and jeers from onlookers as the Mollers were put in separate police cars and driven away.
The presenter came on screen again. ‘Carstan and Edie Moller ran a fertility clinic from their home here for decades. But instead of using donor sperm as they told their patients, they used Carstan Moller’s own sperm, charging clients and growing rich on the proceeds. It is thought that Moller could have fathered thousands of children with unsuspecting victims. A despicable and cruel breach of professional trust, it’s not the first case like this. There have been similar cases in the UK and abroad. Local MP Sandra Tilsley is calling for tighter legislation.’
A woman who’d been standing off camera moved into view and the presenter pointed the microphone at her.
‘The whole village is dismayed and upset by what has happened here,’ the MP said. ‘Our sympathy goes to those who have fallen victim to this unscrupulous pair. I shall be calling upon the government to make changes in the law so that in future private clinics like this one are better regulated. Clearly this is a scandal on an unprecedented scale and it must never be allowed to happen again. If anyone thinks they may have been affected they can contact me or telephone the number that will be shown at the end of this report.’
The presenter thanked her and then moved to a teenage lad Ian recognized from the village store. ‘What did you feel when you heard the news about the clinic?’ she asked him.
‘I always thought there was something odd about that pair. A lot of people round here did,’ he said.
‘But you didn’t suspect what they were up to?’
‘No. They never had much to do with us, really.’
She thanked him and then wound up the report with more film taken earlier, showing the police coming out of the clinic carrying computers and medical equipment. The piece ended with the helpline phone number.
Satisfied, Ian switched off the television, picked up his knife and fork and continued to eat his dinner. He knew there was sufficient evidence to convict Moller without implicating Anne or giving away the existence of the outsiders she protected and cared for. Ian had seen to that. He’d removed all traces of the Second Generation file from Moller’s computer and had tweaked others. The great advantage of his job was that in keeping hackers out, he knew exactly how they got in and the damage they could do.