2.3 DS Sund’s interview of Mick Brough
Next, you will now observe the interview of Mick Brough. SIO Harris has asked DS Sund to carry out the interview.
As you watch the interview, you should think about what you have learned across all of the earlier weeks of this course. You will probably notice that you can relate aspects of the interview to:
- establishing the suspect’s credibility (Week 1)
- establishing rapport, even in difficult circumstances (Week 2)
- the potential for coercive interview practices (Week 3).
You will also, of course, pick up on which aspects of the evidence DS Sund chooses to disclose initially and what she holds back, and be able to observe how that works out (Week 4).
You’ll watch extracts from the interview first to emphasise different aspects. The first extract you watch will be from the account phase of the interview. However, you will notice that in the second part of the interview, DS Sund starts to move on to challenging some of the aspects of the account where there are discrepancies between what Mick says and some of the other evidence. You will notice that this second part of the interview happens a few hours later, when the suspect and Sund will have both had breaks, to allow them to rest and gather themselves for the next part of the interview.
In order for you to be able to observe the most relevant (and interesting!) parts of the interview, we have omitted some other parts. For example, DS Sund would have offered Mick legal advice and explained his right to have a solicitor in the room and explained the other procedures at the outset of the interview.