He refilled her glass with scotch and sat waiting for her to talk again.

‘It concerns Georgio, Mr Lewis. Georgio, and Beavis and Butthead.’

He nodded. ‘Go on.’

Sadie gulped at the drink now, needing Dutch courage. ‘In the reccy room, a while ago, Georgio went and sat with them. I watched them, out of curiosity, you know. I often do it. I know a lot of what goes on, but I keep me own counsel. It doesn’t pay to get involved in other people’s troubles and I just want to do me time in peace. I ain’t out to get on anyone’s tits, like.’

Lewis sighed heavily. ‘All right, Sadie, we’ve established you’re not a grass. Now will you tell me what the fuck this is all about?’

She pushed her hands through her hair nervously.

‘Georgio sat down and said to them: “You open your traps about me, the kids, Sri Lanka or the merchandise and I’ll rip your hearts out.” I couldn’t get the answer from them as their faces were obscured but then Georgio said, “Our business was just that, our business,” and then he said that no one would believe them anyway, because he was the last person anyone would take for a beast.’

Sadie saw the blank look on Lewis’s face and said quickly, ‘I know what I read, Mr Lewis. I wouldn’t have come to you if it was about anything else. But from the look on his face, he was involved with them all right. He was warning them off. He’s supposed to be fucking them up in the morning to get on a laydown. You’d be surprised what I read around this nick. Now, you’d better believe me, Mr Lewis, because I am laying my life on the line here.’

Lewis looked at her and said expressionlessly, ‘And why are you doing that, Sadie? What’s in it for you?’

She laughed mirthlessly.

‘What’s ever in anything for the likes of me, Mr Lewis? But I had dealings with them two, years ago when I was a kid. They’re filth, Mr Lewis. They murdered little kids - raped, tortured and murdered them. I was the one who told Georgio who they were. I wanted to come straight to you, but he stopped me. Now I know why. Also I know Georgio has a hotel in Sri Lanka, or at least business dealings there.