>> A crossbow retailer provided the Police with 17 (IIRC) people who had bought a crossbow
>> from them - Dunno if it was a routine follow up, but they visited the
>> suspect who showed them a newly purchased 'bow (bought after the event) and said that
>> the other 'bow had been sold to an unknown "adult" at the doorstep. He is
>> also is alleged to have binned his mobile phone and sim for some reason (like
>> you do)
>>
The Daily Post report says the police didn't know he'd bought the crossbow until the murder and it reads like he volunteered that he'd had another one. Could just be the way it's written though - perhaps it was obvious for some reason.
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