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Subject: Liam Carter

Overview

This dossier contains confidential records for Liam Carter.

Material is provisional, cross-referenced from recovered files, protected records, and field notes.

FORMAL SAFETY INTERVIEW RECORD

SUBJECT: Liam Carter

CLASSIFICATION: OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE // SAFETY INVESTIGATION

REFERENCE: CONTROLLED COPY // COT/MARINE/2035/CTC054

Document control

CASE REFERENCE: COT/MARINE/2035/CTC054

SUBJECT: Liam Carter

CENTRAL RECORD: COT438146895705F

RANK / APPOINTMENT: Sykes’s frightened source on Al Bahr Logistics

ORGANISATION: Dockside criminal/informant network

DATE OF BIRTH: 2004-07-25

PLACE / NATIONALITY: Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, British

INTERVIEW STATUS: Witness / account holder

LOCATION: Secure interview suite — location withheld

DATE: 19 September 2035

LEAD AUTHORITY: Marine Accident Investigation Branch

RECORDING MEDIA: Two sealed digital masters and one independent evidential hash

DISTRIBUTION: Named recipients only. No automated onward distribution.

NOTE: Handling notice. This document contains operational, personal and evidential material. It may be read only by a person with both the required clearance and a recorded need to know. Extraction of images, transcript segments or metadata creates a new controlled copy.

Identity and visual evidence control

VISUAL ASSET STATUS: Passport image: attached; dossier image frames available: 2; surveillance frames available: 0; identity match: matched by subject/asset map.

Passport-style identity photograph for Liam Carter — IDENTITY EXHIBIT P-01 Controlled identity photograph retained for internal case comparison. Not for release outside this compartment; confirm against the subject record and custody ledger.

Reason for interview or reconstruction

This record concerns the subject's knowledge of Al Bahr Logistics, MI5; and associated decisions, communications and evidence handling. The scope of this record is confined to the matters set out above and to evidence formally introduced during the session.

Preliminary investigator note

The subject arrived before the scheduled time, requested confirmation that the recording route was isolated, and inspected the exhibit seals before answering substantive questions.

Recorded interview transcript

LEAD INSPECTOR: State your full name for the record.

LIAM CARTER: Liam Carter

LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you understand the status of this interview and the limits placed on distribution?

LIAM CARTER: I understand. My agreement to answer does not waive any objection already entered into the record.

LEAD INSPECTOR: Have you been offered the representation, legal advice or staff support applicable to this procedure?

LIAM CARTER: Yes. I am proceeding under the conditions already stated.

DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-01 Retained extract: That’s where Liam Carter sat—hood up, pint barely touched, one leg bouncing under the table. Associated persons: Daniel Sykes, Damon Carter, “Big” Benny Carter, Diana Carter

LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?

LIAM CARTER: That is what the system reported. It is not necessarily what the equipment physically did. The missing interval matters more than the wording placed around it afterwards.

LEAD INSPECTOR: What did you understand at that moment, before later analysis supplied a larger explanation?

LIAM CARTER: The values agree with one another. Agreement is not proof that they describe the real world. Daniel Sykes can confirm the sequence, but not necessarily the interpretation.

DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-02 Retained extract: Liam Carter’s voice echoed in his mind. Associated persons: Daniel Sykes, Damon Carter, “Big” Benny Carter, Diana Carter Relevant systems or locations: Al Bahr Logistics, MI5

LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?

LIAM CARTER: The timing is supportable. Attribution is not. I will not improve my memory to make the chronology easier.

LEAD INSPECTOR: Who else was physically present and capable of confirming your account without relying on the same electronic record?

LIAM CARTER: That is what the system reported. It is not necessarily what the equipment physically did. The missing interval matters more than the wording placed around it afterwards.

LEAD INSPECTOR: Are you saying the official record is wrong?

LIAM CARTER: I am saying you should preserve the contradiction instead of choosing the tidier version.

DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-03 Retained extract: He replayed every step in his head: Liam Carter had been terrified. Associated persons: Jack — Argus duty officer, Damon Carter, “Big” Benny Carter, James Elliott Relevant systems or locations: Al Bahr Logistics

LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?

LIAM CARTER: I preserved the raw state before testing the explanation. Anything else would have changed the evidence. Jack — Argus duty officer can confirm the sequence, but not necessarily the interpretation.

LEAD INSPECTOR: Why was the matter not escalated through the ordinary reporting route?

LEAD INSPECTOR: Is there any material fact you have withheld because you consider this recording or its distribution unsafe?

LIAM CARTER: Yes. The existence of that fact is the most I will place in this copy.

LEAD INSPECTOR: What is the single next action this investigation should take?

LIAM CARTER: Find the first system that accepted an answer without asking who had authority to give it.

LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you wish to add or correct anything before the recording is suspended?

LIAM CARTER: Yes. Do not improve the certainty of my answers in the written summary.

[Recording suspended. Source media sealed. Any resumed session requires a new opening declaration and exhibit schedule.]

Supplemental visual evidence exhibits

Dossier visual exhibit C-01 concerning Liam Carter — DOSSIER IMAGE EXHIBIT C-01 Internal restricted case image retained in the subject folder. Use only within this compartment; verify context against the interview record, source ledger and custody notes.

Dossier visual exhibit C-02 concerning Liam Carter — DOSSIER IMAGE EXHIBIT C-02 Internal restricted case image retained in the subject folder. Use only within this compartment; verify context against the interview record, source ledger and custody notes.

Confidential investigator assessment

The subject repeatedly separated instrument output from physical observation. That distinction is supported by known discrepancies in the retained material and should be preserved in any summary.

Actions and inconsistencies outstanding

Obtain or compare the independent account of Damon Carter; do not disclose this transcript before their unaided account is fixed.
Obtain or compare the independent account of “Big” Benny Carter; do not disclose this transcript before their unaided account is fixed.
Obtain or compare the independent account of Daniel Sykes; do not disclose this transcript before their unaided account is fixed.
Preserve and independently verify the original record associated with Al Bahr Logistics, including audit history and physical custody.
Preserve and independently verify the original record associated with MI5, including audit history and physical custody.
Recover acquisition authority, original-resolution files and adjacent frames for every surveillance exhibit.

NOTE: Finding limit. Nothing in this record establishes guilt, operational direction or final causation unless expressly stated as a supported finding. A valid credential, image or system entry proves only what that item can independently support.

LEAD INSPECTOR — sealed electronic signature held separately

Evidence custodian — receipt and hash recorded

END OF CONTROLLED RECORD — CTC-054