Andrews, Livingstone and others in “Unfinished Business”

Seen a strangulation before?

Yes.

It always surprises me how serene they look. Almost buddha-like.

Why do you think she was laid out like that?

It's not for me to look into the minds of killers. I'd say between twelve and one. Bears out the time on the watch. Lucky stroke, that.

That's allowing for the rise in temperature, due to asphyxia?

That's allowing.

[Bends down to get closer to the body] What do you think was used?

Stocking. Certainly not a hard cloth.

And scissors?

Scalping like that is unusual.

[Covering the deceased's face] Red Indian.

Not many of them in Glasgow.

Where are you from?

Penal division, just promoted.

Originally?

Edinburgh.

University?

Yes.

You're working with Jim Taggart? Good luck to you!

I don't like educated people that find deid bodies at seven in the morning.

Or just educated people, sir?

You being cheeky?

No, sir.

So you're a flyer.

I did my course in Lothian and Borders.

And flew off course(!) Glasgow's a hard city.

I'm aware of that.

What public school did that accent come out of?

Matthew Kerr's Academy for Boys.

You wait here. [He gets in his car, leaving Livingstone at the crime scene.]