Case Files

Case 1: The Stolen Necklace

Witness: (Height 1.68) I was invited to an evening at Mr Lumb's house, where I was until about 10pm. As I was leaving to get into my car, out from the shadows a woman, who was a little shorter than me, knocked me over, pulled off my necklace and ran away.

Detective: Do you remember anything else?

Witness: She dropped some glasses on the floor that must have fallen off her head. Also, she has a London accent as she shouted "Give that here!"

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Case 2: Robbery at the Bakery

Witness: When I came into the shop this morning, someone had stolen the cash from the till and the door was smashed.

Detective: Did you see anyone?

Witness: Yes, just before I arrived this morning, a man was standing at the door. He was carrying a small bag and he ran off when he saw me. I tried to run after him but he was too quick.

Detective: Could you describe the man?

Witness: He was wearing black clothes, but I could see a dark beard. As he was running, he was shouting in a German accent. There was also some blood on the glass of the broken door.

Detective: Yes, the police found the blood and it is group B.

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Case 3: Garden Damage

Witness: (Height 1.85m) We woke up yesterday morning, and looked out of our window to find lots of damage to our back garden. Tables were damaged, flowers trampled on and our patio roof pulled down.

Detective: Did you see anything else or anyone the night before around your garden?

Witness: on our security camera, we saw a man walking into our back garden at 2am. He had a backpack on and dark clothing with a hood, but we could tell he had a moustache. He was taller than me because he had to duck under the clothes line, and I don't have to.

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Question 4: Stolen Postbox

Witness: We have a postbox, which is concreted into the ground at the end of our drive. Our postman said he could not deliver letters this morning because the letter box was gone. He saw a man getting into a van before he arrived.

Detective: Did he describe the man?

Witness: Yes, he said he had a beard and go into a van with a numberplate with the French flag sticker on it. The registration number was not South African. There was also some blood on a nail where the postbox had been.

Detective: Yes, the police found the blood and it is group AB.

Culprit

Case 5: Book Theft from the Library

Witness: We have noticed many books going missing each week recently. We have looked back at the camera footage of people going in and out of the library. We have noticed a lady with a large, baggy coat a lot recently. She does not stay long in the library, a few minutes each time but has been in every day.

Detective: Is there anything else?

Witness: Yes, someone found one of our stolen books, which had been dropped outside and there was some blood on it.

Detective: The blood has been tested and it is group B.

Witness: One more thing, she also had a pierced eyebrow, which we could see on the video:

Culprit:

Question 6: Tree Cutting Conman

Witness (Height 1.7m): A man knocked on our door and said he could cut our trees at the side of our house. We needed them to be cut, so agreed to pay him R500 to do it. He made a start and then after about 20 minutes he said he needed R100 to put petrol in his chainsaw. We gave him the money and assumed he was going to the petrol station but we have not seen him since then. I spoke to a few other people in our neighbourhood who said the same thing had happened to them over the last few weeks. I hope you can catch him.

Detective: Could you describe him and his van?

Witness: His van was a Ford, white with no company name or anything. I didn't get the registration. He had a Liverpudlian accent and was shorter than me. He was wearing a beanie so I did not see his hair colour.

Detective: We spoke to your next door neighbour who saw him drive off and said he removed his hat. He had no hair.

Witness: He must have caught his finger on our rose bush because there was a trickle of blood on our side gate.

Detective: Yes, the police found the blood and it was blood group A.

Case 7: Dance Show Substitute

Witness (Height 1.84m): I am in a dance group and there are four of us. Last week one of our members was sick so we hired a woman to join us for one of our performances. At the end of the performance the venue pays us R1000 and on that night we left the money in our dressing room while we were getting changed. Then suddenly we noticed that the money was gone and so was the substitute dancer. We have not seen her since. I phoned the booking agency and they said that the person who was meant to join us had been told that she was not needed.

Detective: Could you describe the dancer?

Witness: We didn't get to know her too well because we spent the afternoon practising. She was foreign as she kept saying si instead of yes. She did not speak much and just copied the routine we were showing her. She was very tall, taller than me and I am tall. One thing I did notice was that there was an earring left in the changing room. It did not belong to any of us so must have been hers.

Detective: Yes, we handed that earring to the lab and they found a small trace of blood on it. I think that she scratched her finger putting it on. The blood is group B.

Case 8: Removal Van Robbery

Witness (Height 1.82m): Yesterday we were moving house and we hired a company to move all our furniture and belongings. The removal company parked their van in front of our house and had been putting thing in the van for about an hour when a man came to our door and started talking to me. He said he had been in England for 2 months and was born in Paris. He must have seen the keys for the removal van on the table because he quickly snatched them, got into the van and drove off. Some of the furniture fell out of the back and smashed. Some of the men from the removal company chased after the van but it was no use. The police said they found the van abandoned 20 kilometers away with most of the belongings gone. They think there may have been more than one person responsible and that this man who stole the keys was working in a team of burglars. I hope we can get our possessions back because some of them cost a lot of money or have sentimental value.

Detective: I hope so too, could you describe what he looked like?

Witness: I would say that he was the same height as me. He had blue eyes, a nasty scar on his cheek and a thick, black beard.