Tina hissed between gritted teeth. How can he refer to the fellow being interrogated as a criminal?

" He is not a criminal yet until he is proven to be guilty in the court of law. I don't expect that a detective like you would mistake the word suspect to mean criminal" Tina was blunt.

This fellow is not pure. He is hiding something. He was not expecting her to open the door and step out hence, he was caught off guard.

" Oh! You are right, detective Jor... I. Mean..ehh ...