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Cracked at the Copper Kiln
≈ 9 min
Between the close of the Clay Collective's Wednesday evening session at 21:30 and the first arrival of Thursday morning members at 08:15, the electric kiln in the cooperative's east-wing kiln room was sabotaged during an active overnight glaze firing. The firing was for a single member's commission — a set of twelve porcelain bowls intended for a client presentation the following Friday. The bowls were destroyed. Investigators are asked to profile the offender's behaviour, not to name any individual.
The scene
Mervale Touring Orchestra Rehearsal Hall, a converted Victorian mill building on Mervale Wharf whose east wing is leased to the Mervale Clay Collective potters' cooperative
In the file
- Declan Furze — Clay Collective membership secretary, present until 21:25 on Wednesday evening
- Saoirse Trant — Orchestral librarian, office on the floor above the cooperative studio
- Mirela Voss — Clay Collective member, studio neighbour of Priya Okafor
- Hamid Qureshi — Regular cooperative member and wheel-throwing instructor
- Petra Solich — Mervale Touring Orchestra stage manager, uses alley access regularly
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This case first aired on October 6, 2026. A fresh profile runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.