I end up in Bletchley Park. Maybe Mr Chips was honing his codebreaking skills. Holmes would have meant no offence to the residents of Bedford who are alive, but woe betide any who are not.
The primary criminal exposed in Holmes' book is Chippindale. Was Chippindale a criminal? Of course not. The reason for the appearance of such allegations is not that they're true. The reason is that a driver lost control of his vehicle in February 2008. Those who have yet to be killed by a reckless driver while taking their morning walk are treated very differently by Holmes. It's almost as if he regards a person's death as the commission by that person of a very serious crime. Before they died, they were merely dislikeable. After, they're scum.
The best example is Holmes' treatment of Gemmell. Throughout the book Holmes drops numerous hints suggesting that Gemmell tampered with the evidence. But then, at page 310, we get this:
"Gemmell has been accused by many of removing documents from the crash site and causing them to disappear. There is no evidence that he did so and he always emphatically denied any improper behaviour. And none has ever been proven."
Holmes could have made similar statements about the various allegations he makes against Chippindale, but does he? No.
I think the relevant expression is "cluck" "cluck".