As Gainsbourg, Ian filled him in. "Yardie knife job at Tower Hamlets, punch it. Lots going down today."

He started to clumsily smash out of text messages, first to Cramer.

"Hounslow tomorrow, you're on, Flashman. G. and I are looking into a new Yardie murder."

Then to Carlton.

"Yardie murder at Tower Hamlets, may be related to ongoing. G. and I are on the way."