Lisa Stansfield police transcript

'Been around the world and I,I,I
I can't find my baby.
I don't know when, I don't know why
Why he's gone away.'

So, been around the world, have you Lisa? And we're meant to be impressed by that? You say you never found him, this 'baby' of yours? Have to say I'm not surprised. Because you weren't very systematic in your approach, were you Lisa? Most people searching for a loved one, they'd try to establish some idea of where he was. Then, they'd go there. You just blindly flew round the world, hoping you might bump into him.

You know what? I'm not sure you wanted to find him at all.

'We had a quarrel and I let myself go,
I told him many things, things he didn't know.'

You told him 'things he didn't know'? Was this an unusual state of affairs at your gaff, then? You mostly just exchanged information you were both well aware of, did you? But not this time, oh no. This time you really sprang it on him - all this new information. And he's reeling. Off he goes, staggering out into the street, never to be seen again.

But then, according to your previous statement, you 'don't know why' he went away. Strange. Thought you just told us. You even say here that he 'gave the reasons, the reasons he should go.'

Made out a little list, did he? It all sounds very civilized. And then he just disappears off the face of the earth.

You sound a bit confused, Lisa. Not to say hysterical. All this 'I,I,I'. All this 'oh, oh'.

'And I was oh, oh so bad
And I don't think he's coming back.'

But just how bad, Lisa? And why are you so sure that he's not coming back? Just what happens when you 'let yourself go'?

See, you come in here, wanting to report a missing person, then straight away you're all over the place. But have you really 'been around the world', Lisa? That would take some time, wouldn't it? When did you have this row? Oh, I forgot, you 'don't know when'. There's quite a few gaps in your story, Lisa, isn't there?

'So open-hearted, he never did me wrong,
I was the one, the weakest one of all.'

What's this, an admission? You were the one. The one who did what, Lisa? Suppose I were to tell you that we've found your 'baby'. Or rather, what's left of him.

'I've done too much lying, wasted too much time'

I couldn't have put it better myself.

'Now I'm here and crying. I,I,I...'

That's it, Lisa. Let it all out.