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Judge John Brooks did not know it, but he was now a marked man. Following a meeting the Chief and Farquhar-Brown had requested with the Home Secretary, the Judge’s bank accounts and personal documents were being quietly scrutinised by accountants from the Serious Fraud Office. The SFO had come up with some interesting facts. Though Judge Brooks had been a successful barrister before his appointment to the bench, his lifestyle now surpassed anything he should have been capable of.

Not that he was the only Judge or Senior Official under investigation. At least five of his fellow Judges were among those whose affairs were being simultaneously investigated. It was now time to collate these investigations, and the Chief scheduled a meeting of his team as well as an emergency meeting with Farquhar-Brown which would ultimately lead to another major meeting of the APACS committee.