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Article: MIND GAMES USED TO 'CRACK' SUSPECTS; Detectives faced desperate pressure to get to truth but still had to tread softly.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 31, 2005
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Byline: DOMINIC TURNBULL
IN HIS clinically white maximum-security cell at Paddington Green police station, there is absolutely nothing to distract the thoughts of Yasin Hassan Omar.
He was the first of the failed bomb attack suspects to be arrested and his surroundings have been painstakingly constructed to make it as difficult as possible for him to let his mind wander to a different, more comfortable, place.
His bomb and missile-proof cell is fitted with tiny, plain white tiles of exactly the same size.
These are designed to prevent suspects from focusing on a fixed point during rest periods between questioning sessions. Some use ...