My Investigation Into DCI Robert Kett

(includes spoilers!)

One of my many important jobs is as a DETECTIVE working alongside the Norfolk Constabulary. I advise them on many of their cases, and also train them in the various important aspects of being a DETECTIVE. (DON’T ASK ANYONE FROM NORFOLK CONSTABULARY TO CONFIRM THIS BECAUSE THEY DEFINITELY WON’T BECAUSE IT IS TOP SECRET AND I WILL DENY IT.)

I have been keeping a very close eye on DCI Robert Kett during this time. DCI Kett has been involved in a number of cases since arriving in Norfolk, and many of these have involved questionable practices. I have managed to access official case summaries of some of DCI Kett’s cases below, including my CODE NAMES for them. I will add more information as and when I get it.

The PAPER GIRLS Case

Summer 2019

The paper girls case began with the disappearance of two eleven-year-old newspaper delivery girls, Maisie Malone and Conifer Byrne, within a day of each other. Both girls disappeared on their rounds, and evidence at the crime scenes indicated that both girls were kidnapped. 

Fearing a serial kidnapper, the Major Investigation Team, headed by Superintendent Colin Clare, opened up the case. The team consisted of DCI Kate Pearson, DS Alison Spalding, DI Keith Dunst, DI Peter Porter, assisted by Police Constable Kate Savage and Family Liaison Officer DC Raymond Figg. They were joined by DCI Robert Kett, who was on compassionate leave from the Metropolitan Police after the kidnapping of his wife, Billie Kett, in London.

The first line of enquiry was the owner of the newsagent where the girls worked, David Walker. DCI Kett suspected that the girls were being held in a flat above the shop by Walker’s son, Brandon Walker. He made entry and was attacked, finding a significant quantity of drugs. The girls were not on the property.

A number of people were also suspects, including Christian Stillwater, an estate agent who had attempted to kidnap a young woman from a park in 2014 (although no conviction was secured at the time). Detectives were unable to find Stillwater at his work or home. Another suspect was Lochy Percival, who had been convicted of killing a young tourist in 2013. His conviction was later quashed when a different man was found guilty of the crime, although Percival was stabbed in the leg while in jail and suffered a severe injury. He successfully sued the police.

Three days after the disappearance of Maisie and Connie, detectives discovered that a third child, Cordelia Crossan, had been kidnapped—possibly as early as the previous Saturday or Sunday. Delia’s mother had been murdered at home during the abduction. Investigations revealed that the woman was Lochy Percival’s sister, Evelyn, and Cordelia his niece.  

Stillwater was tracked to an abandoned house where he was found drenched in blood and skinning rabbits. He was arrested and interviewed, but he had a solid alibi for two of the kidnappings and was released. Percival was interviewed on the same day but his alibi was also airtight.

It was at this point that DCI Kett had a revelation: that Stillwater and Percival were working together, and providing alibis for each other. He also suggested that there might be a third man involved. The investigation revealed that the two men already knew each other from a therapy group—a group that was run by Raymond Figg. It quickly became clear that Stillwater abducted Delia Crossan, Percival abducted Conifer Byrne, and Figg abducted Maisie Malone.

An immediate manhunt was launched for all three suspects. DCI Kett and PC savage discovered an address for another member of the therapy group, Alan Sanford, and decided to investigate. They found all three men there along with two of the girls and the body of the homeowner, Sanford. A confrontation followed between the officers and the three kidnappers, ending with the deaths of both Percival and Figg. DCI Kett sustained severe injuries. Stillwater was arrested and charged. All three paper girls were recovered alive, although all needed medical assistance.

Investigating the kidnappers, detectives discovered multiple conversations between Figg and Stillwater and a number of other kidnappers and murderers on Raymond Figg’s personal laptop. These conversations may reveal a link to the suspect who kidnapped Billie Kett—the Pig Man—and continue to be scrutinised. It is very clear that a community of violent criminals exists online, and resources are being redirected to further understand how this network operates.

The THREE LITTLE PIGS Case

September 2019

The abduction of Billie Kett by two masked individuals occurred in Gospel Oak, London, in late April. Mrs Kett was walking with her infant daughter when a white van with no plates pulled up beside her. She was dragged into the van and the child—Moira Kett—was abandoned on the pavement. A task force was immediately deployed to find her, led by her husband, serving Metropolitan Police Officer DCI Robert Kett. Over the next three months all leads were exhausted and the search proved futile. DCI Kett took compassionate leave to look after his daughters, and DS Adam Ridgway took over as SIO on the case.

Five months later, in September, Ridgway managed to secure a lead which led him to an abandoned house on Bishops Avenue. Here, he was murdered by an unknown assailant, although before his death he was able to alert police to the presence of three masked women imprisoned in the house. DCI Natasha Kingsley immediately took the position of Senior Investigating Officer, under the supervision of Superintendent Barry “Bingo” Benson. Against official advice, DCI Robert Kett travelled to London from Norwich to act as an observer on the case.

A search of the house on Bishops Avenue was undertaken, revealing a basement with cells and living quarters. A mask made from a hollowed out pig’s head was found on a bed, as well as multiple instances of satanic and demonic imagery. Evidence suggested that there may have been as many as nineteen victims held there over time. On investigating the swimming pool, the body of a young woman was discovered. No living persons were located on site, and it was believed that the kidnapper fled the scene with his victims after Ridgway’s death.

Working under his own agency, and unofficially accompanied by two officers from the Norfolk Constabulary—PC Kate Savage and DI Peter Porter—Kett investigated an address close to the house on Bishop’s Avenue. He claimed to have evidence that a woman, Bridget Bourne, had escaped the Pig Man’s property, and that her escape may have been captured on a doorbell camera. Whilst in the house, Kett discovered the body of the owner, Enid Coltrane, and recovered CCTV footage that confirmed his theory. He also discovered his wife’s phone in the dead woman’s hands. 

The search was interrupted by the arrival of somebody wearing a pig’s head. Believing that it was the Pig Man, Kett, Savage and Porter gave chase. They quickly apprehended the suspect, but on removing the mask they found it was not the Pig Man but the same young woman who had escaped the house, Bridget Bourne. She was injured during the chase, and was unable to talk.

Kett and his team discovered that the Pig Man’s house was owned by a shell company called Farrowline, and their investigation led them to a man called Winston Schofield. Schofield, a life peer, was the son of deceased MP Grant Schofield. His sister Harriet and her children had also been killed in mysterious circumstances. An interview with Schofield revealed that he was the source who had given DS Adam Ridgway information about the Pig Man’s house on Bishop’s Avenue. He provided Kett with another piece of information, a name: Portia Moran.

It soon became clear that Portia Moran was the alias of the dead girl found in the Pig Man’s swimming pool. Her real name was Clemency Atkins, and the team traced her to a mobile home on the outskirts of Chessington. The caravan had been burned to a shell with Clemency’s boyfriend and young son inside. A photograph of Clemency was discovered in the boyfriend’s hand. It appeared to have been taken inside the Pig Man’s house, and Billie Kett was clearly visible in the background.

At this point in the case, Bridget Bourne, the young woman who had escaped the Pig Man’s house, woke up. She identified Winston Schofield as the Pig Man. When DCI Kett arrived back at Schofield’s apartment he found that Schofield had murdered his own security detail. According to Kett, Schofield then threw himself from the roof of the Chesterfield Regent. Kett was removed from the investigative team on suspicion of interfering in the case.

Working alone, Kett discovered that Winston Schofield’s nephew, Angus Schofield, was still alive. He had faked his death and changed his name to Jimmy Squarefoot—a legendary pig-headed man. He also bore a striking resemblance to his uncle, Winston, and his grandfather, Grant. Kett located one of Angus Schofield’s properties in Hackney and proceeded to search it himself. There was no sign of Schofield but Kett did find his wife, Billie, who immediately attempted to kill her husband, claiming that if she didn’t then her children would be killed by Angus Schofield, the Pig Man.

While Kett was inside the building, Superintendent Barry “Bingo” Benson collected Kett’s three daughters from their home and drove them to his house in Silvertown—delivering them to Schofield. Schofield stabbed Bingo, then set fire to the house. Kett entered the premises and fought with Schofield, attacking him with a hammer that he had brought from home. He was able to rescue the girls, but both Angus Schofield and Superintendent Benson suffered severe injuries.

Schofield remains in a coma with irreparable brain damage. The investigation has since revealed that he kidnapped and murdered at least twenty men, women and children while disguised as the Pig Man—forcing people to do his bidding by threatening their families and children. He had an extensive network of police, politicians and other people in his pocket, providing him with a remarkable level of anonymity and protection. He also coerced other people into taking the blame for his crimes (see the murder of Nadia and Efe Khan in 2015, for which Albert Shipton, an innocent man, was forced to accept the blame). Grant Schofield, Angus’ grandfather, is suspected to be the original Pig Man, and guilty of the murder of at least eight women.

Further investigation revealed links between Schofield and Raymond Figg and Christian Stillwater, two of the men responsible for the abduction of the newspaper girls in Norwich. Schofield and Figg knew each other and continued to correspond about their crimes, along with a long list of other criminals—all of who remain anonymous.

It is suspected that Schofield, along with the other criminals in his organisation, has a long list of people still working for him, so undertake any new investigation with EXTREME caution.