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Police raid Edinburgh basement cocaine factory (Rousse)

I had housed GP as an act of charity. In truth I didn’t know much about him other than he and I attended the same school for a short while in the 1970s. I learnt that my generosity was a … Continue reading

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Drunk Police fan and dead grandmother responsible for multiple car crashes (Rousse)

With my sister J at the wheel of the Fiat Panda, we turned off the main road and drove past a country pub packed with Eton schoolboys dressed in their school uniform. They couldn’t take their eyes off A, next … Continue reading

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David Mitchell’s photography one-upmanship lands university professor in trouble (Rousse)

David Mitchell showed me his DSLR camera and its a full range of lenses. It was then – two days into our two week holiday touring the Scottish highlands – that I realised that I only had the telephoto lens … Continue reading

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Sting beats Mick Jagger in conversation competition (Rousse)

Sting was giving his full attention to AD, but I didn’t mind because I knew that my turn would come eventually. I made myself comfortable knitting on the sofa listening to Eddie Mair in the second half of Radio 4’s … Continue reading

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Another PhD and the police (Rousse)

I successfully defended my second doctoral thesis so it was now entirely legitimate for me to call myself Dr Dr. However, the celebrations would have to wait because everyone had rushed outside to watch the extraordinary activities of the police … Continue reading

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The body in the bedroom (Rousse)

TPR made the gruesome discovery when we lifted the bed across to the other side of the room. Gently swinging from from the bedstead was the stiff little corpse of a fully dressed toddler. From the state of the decomposing … Continue reading

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Everton fan survives road traffic accident only to be mugged by drug addict (Rousse)

I looked out of my kitchen window and spotted PC in his Everton strip heading out for a run across the Meadows. He hesitated when he reached the road, appeared to decide to wait for the car to pass, then … Continue reading

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Werewolves infiltrate British police force (Rousse)

It was hard to believe that my companion knew nothing of the court case. It had been all over the media for weeks. I pointed out the main characters from our vantage point in the public gallery and tried to … Continue reading

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Rousse’s driving test

The task was quite simple: to drive 5 miles back to my sister J’s house. I even had my nephew P as navigator. He’d just run the route in reverse to meet me. What could possibly go wrong? we took … Continue reading

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Police equipment security failure causes alarm (Rousse)

There was a scuffle in the street and the idiot policeman dropped his taser gun. He made no move to pick it up so a passer-by walked off with it, firing lasers into the sky. This could only end badly.

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