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Which might well indicate that his neighbours didn't actually know him as well as they thought?

I can sort of get the panic reaction explanation as to what happened, which does not condone anything and he deserves and will get serious prison time, no question. It’s more a case of how on Earth did he get into that position in the first place? 'Followed an Ambulance’ through a road block and into an obvious crowd? I suppose the drug angle might well explain that though.