george asks ken to kill mrs coady. she is the crown's only eyewitness to the robbery. ken tries three times. each time he accidentally kills one of her dogs instead. this causes him great distress. the last dog's death gives her a fatal heart attack. so otto is successful. with no witness, george seems poised to get off soon. he reveals the location of the diamonds to ken. otto learns ken now knows where they are. otto tries to force ken to reveal where the diamonds are by eating his pet fish. he leaves ken's favourite, named wanda, until last. ken reveals that the diamonds are at a hotel near heathrow airport.