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INTERVIEWER:

Rob, we've been talking for some time now, and there are just a few issues that I'd like to clear up, because I'm a tad bit confused. So you mentioned previously- you explained to us that you didn't want to trouble your dad's neighbour, Claire.

ROB:

Yeah.

INTERVIEWER:

Right. However, we've spoken to Claire, and we've taken a statement from her. And she has said to us that she explained to you that she was happy for you to access her property so that you could check around the back and see if your dad was OK.

ROB:

Yeah.

INTERVIEWER:

Does that sound right? OK. Now, you mentioned previously that you were concerned about your dad, that he was in the house alone, potentially in trouble.

ROB:

Yeah.

INTERVIEWER:

Right? So can you see why I'm curious as to why you were reluctant to take up Claire's offer when you were so concerned about your father's well-being?

ROB:

If I'm honest, I'm- I suppose I didn't want to see what was in there.

INTERVIEWER:

What was in there?

ROB:

Yeah. I just didn't want to go in.

INTERVIEWER:

You didn't want to go in. OK. I'm just going to move forward from that, and we'll revisit that in a moment. Because another thing that was brought to my attention was that you mentioned that you tried some French doors, and they were locked.

ROB:

Yeah, yeah.

INTERVIEWER:

Yet according to our scenes of crimes officers, they were found to be open. So how do you- how do you explain the discrepancy between the two accounts?

ROB:

I mean, I must- I must have made a mistake. I mean, I know that they were open the day before, so maybe I just assumed they were still locked.

INTERVIEWER:

OK. They were open the day before. OK. So talk me through what you actually did, just in regards to the French doors.

ROB:

I'm sorry. I can't- I can't quite remember, exactly. I mean, I was pretty flustered. I didn't want to go in there. I didn't want to see what was in there.

INTERVIEWER:

You didn't want to see what was in there. So are you telling me that you tried the French doors, or you didn't?

ROB:

I don't know. I can't remember. I- I don't know what to say.

INTERVIEWER:

OK. It's OK if you can't remember. I don't want to put words in your mouth. I want this to come from you. There's just a grey area here, and we need to really clarify what's been going on, because we're concerned about what happened to your dad too.

ROB:

If I do know something about what might have happened to him, I don't know how I can tell you.

INTERVIEWER:

I see you're getting upset.