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the pile of
exhibits, but he knew that it would have to be done.
    “ Lisa?” he mused.
    As if on cue, the door opened,
and Lisa came in smiling.
    "How's it going"
    "Well I've only looked at
the tip of the iceberg. It doesn't look at all good for our Mr. Newberry."
    Her face fell. "The
partners won't like that".
    Mel, the journey and
concentration had made Brakespeare tired, and he momentarily forgot himself.
    "Sod the partners. I
haven't got a magic wand. I can only tell you what I've found" Lisa
inadvertently took a step back from where she stood in front of his desk.
    "I'm sorry," said
Brakespeare, "I shouldn't have said that.” He paused and looked at her.
“Quite honestly I'm scared that I'm not going to be able to do anything. "
    Why had he said that to a girl
he hardly knew?
    Lisa recovered and smiled
again. "That's OK It's already forgotten. Is there anything I can do to
help?"
    Brakespeare gestured to the
pile of papers. "I wish there were, but at this stage all I can do is read
this lot and try and try to come to grips with the case. "
    "Couldn't I do that for
you?"
    "Ever done any criminal
work?"
    "Well I've taken witness
statements for Gordon, and sat behind Counsel in Crown Court .. "
    "Would you know what to
look for?"
    Her smile broadened. "Do
you?"
    Brakespeare smiled back.
"Touché. No I don’t, but I might be a little quicker at finding it."
He didn’t want to upset the girl, but at the same time wanted to keep her
interested in the case.
    "Where are you up to
now?"
    Brakespeare explained the
evidence had had read so far. "But I still can't see how Newberry was
physically involved,” he added, “I was looking for a case summary of some sort
but there doesn't appear to be one "
    "Have you looked in our
working file. I'm sure that something came in last week."
    "Good girl, where is
it?" said Brakespeare without meaning to be as condescending as he thought
that he sounded”.
    "I knew I could be useful
to you," said Lisa giving him a knowing smile as she walked over to one of
the filing cabinets. She opened a drawer. "Here's the correspondence file,
among the "Ns" and here," she pulled a sheaf of papers out of
the file with a flourish, "where Margaret has systematically filed it so
that no-one can find it, is a document headed' Prosecution Case
Statement"'.
    She handed it to Brakespeare,
and sat down opposite him at the desk while he started to read it.
    He looked at her knowingly.
"And now the moment of truth. "
    The document was 4 pages long
and consisted of numbered paragraphs. Brakespeare read the contents out loud so
that Lisa could hear.
    1 .
Whilst this document is not intended to be exhaustive of the case against Mr.
Newberry it is an indication of the evidence on which the Crown intend to rely.
    2. Mr David Newberry was at all
material times the Area Surveyor for the National Building Society for the area
that covered the Greater London Area and as such was in overall control of the
survey department in that area. The other surveyors within the team had to
report to him. He was therefore responsible for the preparation of some of the
valuation reports in respect of the security that was being proffered as the
basis of the loans.
    “ That’s interesting”, said
Brakespeare, as he paused from reading. “he only carried out some of the
valuations. So why haven’t the other surveyors charged”
    Lisa looked at him blankly.
    “ Don’t worry, it’s a
rhetorical question!”
    3. He was a member of Clearfield
Properties Limited from it's inception
    3.1 business plan dated 28.11.84
(Exhibit XAC1.23) reflects Newberry's 10% shareholding as
"anonymous".
    "I'll find it." Said
Lisa without prompting. She went to one of the boxes, and squatted down on the
floor in front of the pile of documents. Brakespeare could not help but notice
how she managed to squat on the carpet with her feet either side of her thighs.
Lisa noticed his gaze.
    "Double jointed" she
volunteered.
    "Useful" Brakespeare
replied,