3.2 The psychological team’s evaluation
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?