Studies by the Government Accountability Office have identified tens of thousands of such dead-beat companies that are being awarded government contracts.
Having given a circumstantial account of his having decoyed away a young girl, who, when lying asleep in a secluded lane, he beat about the head with a hammer, and left for dead, police officers were despatched, and found that the statement was too true.
The baby was eventually delivered at home at 14:00, but no heart beat was found and the infant was taken by helicopter to Raigmore where staff declared the girl dead.