Synopsis

W.P.C. Martella and P.C. Edwards encountered a man in dispute with a young mother, intervening in the situation. Meanwhile, D.C. Dashwood sought out a lead and narrowly avoided being struck by the same man Martella and Edwards had questioned earlier. The woman, Brenda Knight, alleged that he had abducted her child, though she insisted she did not know him. Burnside, sensing deception, pressed Brenda for details until she confessed the man responsible was Sam Rice. He had paid her £2000 to carry