Moments after they had left, Det Sergeant Sowman and the police arrived at the house, having been tipped off by the staff at Gamma Garments that the child might be found at the address. At the time, an aunt of Sheila Birtles was a resident of Percy Street. Fourteen years later, Hilda Ogden won a trolley dash at a delicatessen further down the street owned by Mike Nikopolos. She and Deirdre Langton took part in the event and collected £107.32 worth of goods though she swapped them for two jars of caviare and £75 cash which she needed to obtain a new television.