A senior French detective is on his way to question the man, a spokesman said.

Charlie - that's not his real name - was a policeman, a very senior detective.

A senior detective said: 'The club called us in and an inquiry is going on.

He had twice before auditioned for the role of the senior detective (1988 and 1991).

The senior detective then stated that the murder may have taken place on board a ship at sea.

It was almost eight o'clock, well beyond the hour when senior detectives were expected to be at their desks.

"You think two senior detectives gave themselves food poisoning so they wouldn't have to see Lena?"

"A team of senior detectives will now make these cases their number one priority."

They made her nervous, these two senior detectives with adrenaline on their breath.

Still on it was video footage which one senior detective described as the most disturbing he has ever seen.