THE HAMPTON COURT SWIMMING MURDERER

JJ went to work this morning at the normal time (ridonkulously early) but after a while I got a call to say he was coming home as the police had the whole area cordoned off and he couldn't get into the building. Once home he rang in every half hour until someone picked up the phone and then he headed back to go in. Getting there he found that the reason that the area was cordoned of waws MURDER! (Note the last word must be read in a scottish burr).

Apparently a body was found under a speed boat parked in the drive of a house opposite the office and a man was seen running off down one of the alleyways.

The guys were only let into the office once they had given their names and addresses to the police. I have been getting sporadic updates via Yahoo from JJ ever since :

jj: apparently, if you look out of the downstairs window, you can see a leg sticking out from under the boat
lyonesseuk: ewwwww
jj: Neil, one of the IT guys found some evidence!
jj: he was walking down one of the alleys on his way in this morning and found an abandoned, and very clean, bag with swimming gear in it!
jj: IT WAS THE SWIMMING POOL MURDERER OF HAMPTON COURT I TELL 'YA!
lyonesseuk: ARGH! NOOO NOT THE SWIMMING POOL MURDERER OF HAMPTON COURT!
lyonesseuk: I'll never swim again

As you can see we are highly sympathetic for the poor guy who died this morning. What is more I had a case of percieved danger outweighing actual danger and anxiously told John not to work late tonight, because OBVIOUSLY with the area ringed with police and on the look out of a murderer he would return to attack JJ.

Update 11:30 : JJ and another guy at work were discussing the morality and ethics of taking pictures of the crime scene then, in his words, they thought "sod it, lets do it". I am disgusted but strangely eager to see the photos! Apparently a forensics tent has been erected around the body.

Can you tell that I am bored today? I am editting a wedding video for a couple that largely chose music by Kenny G - it is torture!

Another Update 12:30: The tent and body are gone and there are fewer coppers around. John found this on the BBC website and this.