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We try not to convey anyway. Unless actively suicidal and a risk, we try to refer on to mental health services, who will call or visit the patient the following day. In London, we have a mental health car with a mental health nurse and a paramedic, but there aren't many, so ordinary ambulances...

I'm a frontline paramedic and I've been sent to places to do a welfare check for people who are suicidal. I'm not sure what else would fall within that category ("welfare check"), but I imagine a few things could. I feel desperately sorry for the family now. I expect it's been a difficult few...

I think he was conceding that his response might be construed as pedantic (as in correcting the exact weight).

I didn't take offence, no. Thank you for being kind and checking. :-)

I would think it's very possible that the dog simply didn't notice its owner falling in because it was running around; thus, it returned to where she had been a moment ago and became agitated waiting. I think it's a lot less likely that it would fail to notice her being attacked and/or somehow...

Good point. If I'm honest, I hadn't even thought about it, but I suppose if there were an attacker, you could expect some kind of evidence to be on the dog.

No, I don't know the dog at all. It just seems incredible to me that it would hang around, agitated, while its owner was being attacked and not approach. Do you honestly think that's a reasonable theory then? I don't have a dog, so I'm making an educated guess. I'm asking sincerely...

I agree. I've been thinking the same thing!

I agree. I've been thinking the same thing!

The investigation will be thorough and methodical. They definitely won't make an assumption and dismiss anything else. They have to go on logic and evidence though. Luckily, the vast majority of people don't have any inclination to murder anyone. Otherwise, they'd happen constantly.

That makes sense. Thank you.

Nope. It sounds like no one was particularly worried initially. Probably assumed that the owner was doing a wee behind a bush or otherwise momentarily occupied. Her partner was immediately concerned, once alerted.

Reassurance to the public. It was the same with Adrian Lynch. If there's no evidence of foul play, reassure people. Otherwise, there's a murderer on the loose.

It's not really new info. It makes me think that the person was more focused on tying up a loose dog than on worrying about where the owner might be. She probably assumed that the owner had popped behind a tree for the toilet or got distracted talking to a friend.

Yeah, fair dos. Even more so after that wait though, I'm sure.

I assume no one else passed by.

I feel sorry for the dog. It was left tied up without its owner for over an hour. No wonder it was agitated.

We knew that first part already, surely?

It's just normal, mundane stuff. My phone habits are the same.

I'm sure that's what they're ruling out. (I think ruling out moreso than ruling in.)