‘I’ll be alone, I often am these days. In the end, we are all alone’ — Ian Bailey’s final words in our last phone call

Journalist Ali Bracken spoke to Bailey hundred of times on the phone

Ali Bracken

Today at 02:30

The time of day or night when the phone rang determined what type of Ian Bailey would be on the other end.

If it was after 9pm, which it often was, he almost certainly would have drink taken. He might recite his poetry or attempt to impart some some knowledge, all generally delivered in good humour.