Page 38 of The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
WhatsApp message to me from true crime author Craig Turner, 27 June 2021:
Craig Turner
Just a thought. You might be able to get in on your buddy’s interview. When I visited Denny-boy back in the day, official visitors (media and legal) could bring a PA. Only found out cos I’d just had my carpal tunnel done. Brought along a friend to take notes. He didn’t need approval – no one even asked his name. You’d only have to convince matey to take you along
WhatsApp messages between me and my editor Pippa Deacon, 28 June 2021:
Amanda Bailey
Hi, Pippa. Gabriel has approved Oliver’s visit but not mine. Only a ten-minute visit but still. I know we’re focusing on the baby but an interview like that is a coup and it’s wasted on him. PLEASE can you get Jo at Green Street to have a word with him and suggest STRONGLY that he takes me along as his PA. Craig says he did that with Dennis Nilsen. Tell her it’s because I’m afraid Oliver will fuck it up, but she can tell him whatever.
Pippa Deacon
Can I tell her you’re close to finding the baby? Eye for an eye and all that.
Amanda Bailey
Yes. Yes, absolutely tell her that.
Amanda Bailey
Surely more ‘quid pro quo’ than ‘eye for an eye’?
WhatsApp messages between me and Oliver Menzies, 28 June 2021:
Amanda Bailey
Your Gabriel interview. You know you can take an assistant.
Oliver Menzies
I don’t need an assistant.
Amanda Bailey
Bear in mind that – in due course – I will share the baby with you. If you take me to see Gabriel, I will do so with joy in my heart and a smile on my face.
Oliver Menzies
I’ll think about it. In the meantime, let’s visit The Assembly. The Alperton warehouse where shit went down.
Amanda Bailey
It’s long gone. Luxury canal-side flats now.
Oliver Menzies
Whatever. We both need to visit, so let’s go together. It’ll be nice.
Amanda Bailey
You want my local knowledge. That’s the only reason you want me there.
Oliver Menzies
Meet you at eleven on Saturday. Outside Alperton tube.
Oliver Menzies
