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3.2 The psychological team’s evaluation

A photograph of Zoe Walkington and Graham Pike in discussion.

Zoë and Graham who, given their expertise, are also acting as the psychological team in the investigation, identified the following techniques as problematic:

The interview took place over a long time, leading to the suspect becoming exhausted.
DI Bullet kept up a barrage of accusations of guilt.
DI Bullet concentrated on apparent ‘guilty knowledge’ of the suspect (i.e. that Neale knew his father had been stabbed) and did not explore other evidence.
DI Bullet claimed he was understanding of why Neale may have committed the act.
DI Bullet suggested to the suspect a timeline of what took place.
DI Bullet suggested a motive/rationale (blacking out from being drunk) for why Neale committed the act.

How did your evaluation compare with this?

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