DS Lewis of Hereford Police Station said that following comments Mr Turtle had made at the scene he was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. On interview the next day Mr Turtle said that Mr Barker had been locked out of his flat on the day that he died. He told police that the pair had gone out to get some money and then bought heroin. They consumed alcohol and then both consumed the drug. He claimed that Mr Barker injected himself and then immediately became unresponsive and he called paramedics. "Mr Turtle denied assaulting him, unlike comments made the previous night which had led to his arrest," said DS Lewis.