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He smiled widely. ‘Yeah, that was a cool name. We had a laugh. Who’s carked it?’
‘Eric, Paul and Nathan.’
‘Jeeesus. How come?’
‘All murdered.’
He didn’t look the slightest bit troubled.
‘You do realise there’s a chance you might be next?’
He shrugged yet again and drew on his cigarette beyond the filter, giving off a foul sulphuric smell. ‘Come get me. I ain’t going nowhere.’
‘You’re not concerned?’
‘Pfft…I been in and out of clink since I was fifteen. You think I ain’t had death threats before?’
‘And yet you keep going back?’
‘A way of life, I suppose. I’ve got no complaints. I ain’t looking for sympathy. I take my chances.’
‘None of your buddies re-offended,’ she told him.
‘And how’s that working out for ’em?’ he asked, lighting another cigarette.
‘Any idea who might have wanted them dead?’ Bryant asked.
He laughed. ‘You want a list? We were a bunch of little fuckers.’
‘Little fuckers who broke the rules or little fuckers that hurt people?’
‘Probably both,’ he said without remorse.
‘Nice.’
‘Ah, wake up,’ he said, showing annoyance. ‘You do what you gotta do to survive. You gravitate towards similar people. Safety in numbers and all that.’
‘Was there safety in numbers when you tried attacking that female guard?’
He laughed, and Kim fought the urge to slap him.
‘Fucking hell, I forgot how much fun we used to have.’
‘That’s your idea of fun?’ Bryant growled, stepping forward.
Newton held up his hand. ‘Simmer down, big boy. No one got hurt. We barely got her knickers down. No harm done.’
Only because they got disturbed, Kim thought but gave Bryant a sideways glance.
This lump of flesh had been in and out of prison for fifteen years. He’d made no effort to move away from a life of crime. They weren’t going to instil a moral compass in the man in one meeting, but they still had questions to ask.
‘You know you’re a piece of shit, right?’
He didn’t bat an eyelid at her insult. Kim would now try to communicate in a language he understood.
‘It was attempted rape, mate, and you’re lucky someone came along when they did. Whose idea was it?’
‘I’m not sure, but we all took part in it. It was no great—’
