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So this is the first time that we are going to try and contact Simran Bogle I've tried her on her work phone before but didn't even get a voicemail when I first found out who the catfisher was, it didn't feel as satisfying as I thought it would in fact, I found out I had more questions than answers not least why did she do it and how did she do it?
I mean, here was this bright, young, ambitious woman, a former head girl, a high flyer who created this elaborate world of lies and tricked her own cousin for more than a decade without any discernible motive so I was wondering, could we find out what was going on inside Simran Bogle's head?
Because despite the reporting I've done and all the people I've spoken to, there were still big parts of this story that lay beneath the surface so I had a lot of thoughts but my first thought was, I want to speak to Simran now I'm gonna try her mobile we don't know if it's still in use this is the only one that we've got but it's the first step in trying to get ahold of her to see what she has to say I mean, if she does stay on the phone I've spoken to Kira about what Kira wants to ask her but the key question is why?
I've been rounding my head on this question not just why would Simran do what she did, but why did she target Kira in particular and why Bobby?
Okay, uh, what do I press?
This button?
Okay, but even as I press the call button, I know its a long shot I mean, Simran has a lot to lose despite confessing three years ago, shes still in her job at a top firm in the city she recently got engaged shes going on the holidays, to parties everything youd expect a 29 year old woman to do which incidentally, is the same age that Kirat was back in 2010 when Bobby first made contact.
So for all these reasons, I'm pretty sure Simran Bogle is not going to appreciate my call okay, there we go.
Hey, is that Simran Bogle?
Hello?
Hi, Simran speaking.
Hey, sorry, I think we're getting cut off a bit.
Is that, is that Simran Bogle?
It is, yes.
Hey, I'm sorry to bother you out of the blue.
As you can hear, there's a lot of background noise on her side of the call.
But she does pick up someone called Kira asi.