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Case 2 — The Broken Greenhouse Pane
A single windowpane in the Year 5 vegetable garden has been smashed. The tomatoes are intact but a small flowerpot is missing. Three children were nearby.
I was watering the tomatoes at three. The bell hadn't rung yet for end of lunch. I heard a crack — like an ice cube cracking but ten times louder — and turned round just in time to see Tomek and his friends running. I dropped the watering can. I do not know what they were running from. I did not see the broken pane until I walked round to fetch the can later.
I think someone should ask Tomek why he was running.
Your verdict
Who is most likely responsible for the broken pane?
Mira — she had the missing flowerpot and the dark plait
Tomek — his football must have broken the glass
Sade — she lied about seeing the football
Nobody — it was a magpie, as Tomek suggests
Ask your child: how can a witness be both telling the truth AND pointing in the wrong direction at the same time?