‘Do you believe him, sir?’

‘I do, Charlie. Freddie would never lie.’

‘Sir?’

‘He has autism. One of the features of that is telling the truth. He has this very strong sense of right and wrong and would never keep something to himself. My son is the proverbial “open book”. What he said he saw, he will have seen, and remembered accurately. That is another thing about being on the spectrum – having an incredible memory.’

‘I’ll vouch for that, sir. I have only met your son a couple of times, but he remembered all sorts of things about me, including from when I was in uniform.’ Georgie Ellis reddened slightly as she spoke.

‘Could Freddie – your son – have hallucinated? He was in there for...

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