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MoS: 'a friend of Mr Johnson and Ms Symonnds' (not always the same thing): "Carrie really doesn't feel safe in her own home anymore with anti-Boris leaflets and posters stuck up on the road, hand-delivered hate mail + now her private conversations being taped through the walls.'
But also in the MoS: "Next-door neighbour, 32-year-old nursery worker Fatimah, was among those who heard the loud dispute. She said: 'There was a lot of shouting, a lady was screaming and I could hear glasses or plates being thrown quite a few times. The man was shouting back.'
'I could hear it through my walls. I was watching TV and muted it because I was so worried. It lasted for about ten minutes. I have never heard anything like that before. You could hear glass being smashed and other things.
'It was obvious the lady was angry, she was screaming hysterically. My walls were shaking from all the noise and things that were being thrown around."
And here's the kicker: "And Earl McDermott, who lives nearby, told MailOnline: 'It was a proper tear up. Glasses being smashed, screaming + a lot of arguing. I was walking past Johnson's house + you could hear it coming from the top floor. I thought someone was being murdered.'"
And here's the MoS verdict: 'In fairness to him [Tom Penn], it did sound quite a quarrel...But as it transpired, there was nothing sinister unfolding inside the Symonds-Johnson..flat..And certainly by the time police arrived, peace had been restored. Joking ensued. All was well.'
And a telling detail that hints Johnson had his first drink in a long time that night: 'Might he have allowed a night off from his alcohol-free diet to celebrate? It would seem so.'
Plus this: 'Friends of Mr Johnson and Ms Symonds told The Mail on Sunday the laptop was being used to search the internet for solutions to remove wine stains from upholstery.'
