Livia was there a long time. She took ages to calm down, and in the process, suddenly she would flare up and be inconsolable again. The detective reassured her over and over again that he would personally make sure her husband’s killers would be brought to justice.

However, when she’d finally appeared to come to terms with it, he still had to formalise the identification of the body with her for his report.

“So Mrs Monelli, can you confirm that the body you have been shown is your husband, Terence Monelli?”