Those People Next Door


Those People Next Door - Quick Read

Part 2

Chapter 19
5 months later. Judge Braithwaite, barrister Julian Hughes, prosecutor Charlotte Ashman. Neighbour saw Tom on balcony. Home 5.50 calls ambulance 5.55. Campaign against Zains family.

Chapter 20
Salma in box. Prosecutor: Tom’s aggression and racially motivated. Defence: White Women tweets, Zain in trouble at school as to why they moved.

Chapter 21
Josephine Steinman: Quiz show, 5.50, seen Tom on balcony. Points out wrong person in court.

Chapter 22
Tom in box. Admits to painting window and ‘truly sorry’, didn’t do other stuff stickler for rules.

Chapter 23
Cross examined. BLM issues, shows video. Jamie hid friendship with Zain. Call to ambulance ‘I didn’t mean it’ wanted to give kind words as last he heard.

Chapter 24
Leaving court Bil pushes journalist ‘A good immigrant’, ’Uncle Tom’ venom in voice to Salma. Doesn’t go to hospital to see Zain and goes on to work. After kind words with Salma wanted what Tom said to be true about what he said saying to Zain.

Chapter 25
Jamie in box. Zain got aggressive when denied money, gambling app, doors unlocked anyone could come in. Dad never aggressive or racist.

Chapter 26
Prosecution to Jamie. Hiding Zain friendship, Tom a bully. David Adeleye – Arm wrestling and added weights because he was stronger. Tom wrestled him himself and broke his arm.

Chapter 27
Salma at hospital – Zain blue fingertips – sees in paper Rich in dead, gets a call that the verdict is in.

Chapter 28
Salma – if Tom’s innocent would sneak into his house and kill Jamie, ‘you take my child I’ll take yours’. Had he the same thought? Found guilty – poison was gone and could all go home, rebuild their lives and watch Willa and Tom’s fall apart.

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