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WhatsApp chat between Mae Blackwell and Gela Nathaniel, 30 May 2024:

Mae

There’s a gentleman in the foyer who introduced himself as the examiner for your course. We didn’t agree an examiner could come, did we? I’ve no idea how he got past security without an invite.

Gela

No, but I think Jem may have invited him through Central. She said something loaded about how great it would be if the external examiner could see the installation.

Mae

And it’s very hard to say no to Jem, I understand. Well, I’m not sure how he managed to get in, but he can wait in the kitchen area and ‘examine’ everything after our presentation. We’re about to start.

Metropolitan Police digital evidence log/Case no. 4617655/24/files retrieved 5 September 2024

WhatsApp chat between Patrick Bright and Jonathan Danners, 17 January 2024:

Patrick

What should I do?

Jonathan

Go home. Go to bed.

Patrick

What about Cameron’s family? He had a wife.

Jonathan

He told us he had an ex-wife. We don’t know if anything he said was true. He wasn’t a burned-out city suit, he was a PI. We’ve only just started going through his phone and already we can see he worked for the government, security agencies and big financial institutions.

Patrick

Is it too late to call the police?

Jonathan

After all we’ve done to cover for you? Patrick – do not go to the police. These WhatsApp messages will be picked over, for a start.

Patrick

Didn’t mean it to happen. Thought he was going for Ludya. Simply wanted to stop him.

Jonathan

That’s not even self-defence. You’ll get life. Anyway it’s too late now to chew over what should or shouldn’t have happened. It’s done and we move forward.

Patrick

What do I say to people?

Jonathan

We discovered we were all booked in one room. It caused a row over who had which bed. We decided to sober up, got a breathalyser test from the petrol station and when one of us tested negative at midnight, we drove home. The last bits are true anyway – except you say it was Cameron who drove, not me.

Patrick