Page 34 of The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

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APPLICATION STATUS:Refused by prisoner.

WhatsApp messages between me and Oliver Menzies, 25 June 2021:

Amanda Bailey

The archangel Gabriel refused to appear before me.

Oliver Menzies

I’ve not been refused.

Amanda Bailey

You’re approved?

Oliver Menzies

Yep.

Amanda Bailey

And the governor agreed?

Oliver Menzies

Oh yes.

Amanda Bailey

You’re winding me up.

Oliver Menzies

Nope. And he’s not the interviewee I was talking about.

Oliver Menzies

Dog-tired. Phone rang at quarter to five this morning. No one there. Had to call Mum’s home to see if it was them. It wasn’t. By then I was awake.

Amanda Bailey

I can’t fucking believe it.

Oliver Menzies

Let it go. I’ve only got a ten-minute visit. Means he can also have a personal visitor that session. He won’t say anything interesting. I’ll bet my career on it.

Amanda Bailey

Why you and not me?

Oliver Menzies

Some of us just got it.

Text messages between Corin Dallah, former press officer at the Ministry of Justice, now an artisan foodie, and me, 25 June 2021:

Corin Dallah

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