The Press Office of the Inquisition has just issued the following short communique:
All allegations that staff of the Inquisition are implicated in the diaappearance of RSPCA inspectors and family pets is entirely without foundation, as is the supposition that a street musician found tied to an accordion and dumped in a skip was in any way ill-treated under interrogation. The truth is that he voluntarily submitted to a survey of leisure interests and cooperated in trying out various items of a sharp or hot nature. He was fit and well when last seen on Inquisition premises.