The Ishaqs' neighbour feels a certain guilt. "Only a wall separated those children from us, but we knew so little about them. I never saw Khyra in six months. You would hear a short scream sometimes, but more like the screams children do when playing. Once I heard a scream at about 3am, but it might have been a child having a nightmare. You could smell garlic and other ingredients on the cooker. They would shout 'mummy, mummy' in a normal way. After the row over the bread, I didn't want to get into another row." She once saw two officials talking to Miss Gordon. They were not allowed in.