Astoria provided an instant alibi. She handed her appointments diary to investigators, rattled off her sister Daphne’s Floo address, and gave a full accounting of the shops and restaurants the two had visited throughout the previous day, each claim confirmed by receipts or eyewitnesses of unquestionable credibility. In the evening, the sisters had split a bottle of wine and fallen asleep, sharing a bed like they had when they were girls. Daphne submitted sworn testimony that Astoria had not woken in the night (though, skeptics and, later, the defense counsel argued, neither had Daphne.)