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by John Glover
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Episode 8 - "Picture This?" (May 18th 10:40am)

Yaxley McGregor! "So, you were taking photos at the time? Were you taking any in the direction where the murder took place?"

"Well, yeah, I suppose I was. But the sky had turned almost black. That's the reason I got my camera out in the first place".

Yaxley got up and picked a camera off the bell rack. "This it?" Jak nodded. "Yep, and I'd just finished the film off. Take it out man. See what you can find". Yaxley couldn't believe his luck. He'd only been on the case for an hour and he had the chance of a photo of the murder being committed.

Yaxley pocketed the film and relaxed back in his chair. "How well did you know Reg Dixon?"

"He came up here for coffee a couple of times when I first took over the box but never after that. Just wanted to check me out I think. He was a regular in The Skaters Run though...that's the village pub... and I'd pass the time of day with him in there. We'd chat about music, books, football...that sort of stuff. Yeah, acquaintances I'd say; not soul brothers". Yaxley made a note of the name of the pub but he needn't have bothered as it was the only one in the village of Barnham.

As he wandered over to the window to look out across the fen he could see activity down at the crime scene. Reg's body was being covered and placed on a stretcher by two ambulance men. Clunch and Hummer stood nearby; Hummer with his cap off and placed across his chest. Yaxley had called the local police earlier to get the pitchfork taken away for tests and a scenes of crime officer had taken various photos of Reg's unfortunate predicament. "Did anyone have any reason to do this?" asked Yaxley, looking over his shoulder as he drained the last of his coffee. "Well, although there's never been any trouble since I've lived in Barnham, I have heard there was bad blood between the Dixon family and the Worthington's a few years ago. Apparently Reg was a bit of a firebrand Yaxley with his (new?) carin his youth. Now he's been found dead on John Worthington's land. You can draw your own conclusions from that".

Yaxley thanked Jak for the coffee and his considerable help and made his way down the steps of the signal box. Now that the body had been taken away and he had a couple of leads to go on he thought the time was right to get on with what he should have been doing originally. He had to find his new home: Flat 25B, Main Street, Barnham and his new landlady, Mrs.Parsons.

The prologue - Episode One -  Episode 2 - Episode 3 - Episode 4 -  Episode 5 - Episode 6 - Episode 7 -  Episode 9 -  Cast List and Episode Index

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