Possible Clues:

• Despised, detested
• Hated former editor keeping old car
• Damned old car stuck in River Dee
• Former journalist covering case couldn't stand
• Denounced executive officer who was highly thought of
• That cursed river got boxed in
• The cursed river has got boxed in
• Condemned and packed for transporting by river
• The way one got the cursed river boxed in
• The river boxed in and loathed