And whatever was in the drink.
Chapter 32
Before leaving Heron Hall, Kelly and Emma had watched some of the footage that Dan had uploaded from the USBs found in Jamie Robbins’ room.
They discussed it in the car on the way to Chapel Stile.
The tiny hamlet was a gem of nostalgia nestled in the Langdales. It still boasted a red telephone box and the local shop sold scones, toffee and maps.
Despite the images being personally repugnant, they weren’t illegal and the porn angle was a dead end.
Jamie Robbins, it would seem, was merely a pervert, but on the spectrum of deviance Kelly had witnessed in her eighteen years as a police officer, he was most definitely at the ‘normal’ end of the rainbow.
The images were all very similar. In the business, they might be deemed as vanilla, or bland. But it was still a distraction and Kelly wondered if that might be on purpose.
‘Do you think they were planted?’ Emma asked.
‘A diversion if anyone searched his room?’ Kelly asked back.
‘If somebody was looking for the suitcase that was actually in Angelina’s room?’
‘Which is virtually identical.’
‘Exactly.’
For a man of Jamie Robbins’ means, the haul wasn’t sophisticated or unique. What was unusual though was the idea that a man of Jamie’s influence, and one who was so busy, needed to drag this amount of porn around with him in a suitcase, when he could have used the hotel Wi-Fi. He could have easily gained access to better quality films and media content by simply hooking up to the internet. And who printedout real photos anymore? Even if he didn’t want the front desk to see his search history or his downloads, he could have firewalled his VPN, or used a remote one.
Emma caught up on the team’s progress and fed Kelly information as she drove.
‘Kate just texted me,’ Emma said.
Kelly waited.
‘She saysYouthBlastdoesn’t have a separate certification from the MHRA,’ she said.
‘MHRA?’
‘Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.’
‘Ah, why?’
‘Because it uses ingredients already passed for consumption. Allegedly.’
‘What about a patent?’
‘Yes, in the USA.’
‘Where was it tested?’
‘Like I said, it wasn’t required to be officially tested because it allegedly uses ingredients already deemed safe.’
‘So, they got a patent to protect their secrets essentially.’
‘Looks that way.’
‘How long until the lab tells us what’s in it?’
‘Another couple of days.’
