The Detective’s DeskSana Cole
Organiser
What happened from your point of view?
The open day was never cancelled.
What should I check to test that account?
All authorised notices are entered in the numbered request book.
EASY · CASE FILE
A Message Nobody Sent
Easy · A community garden shed
A notice cancels the open day. The organiser says she never sent it. Find which account the paper supports.
Read the case file below, or open the interactive desk to examine records, keep notes and submit your reasoning. These are the case materials, without the solution.
The scene
The notice is printed, not handwritten. No electronic investigation is needed; the print desk retains job slips.
People and accounts
Ivo North
Plot holder
What happened from your point of view?
The organiser told me to print the cancellation.
What should I check to test that account?
Her message should be in the garden’s request book.
Kit Lane
Print volunteer
What happened from your point of view?
I printed what Ivo supplied.
What should I check to test that account?
He signed the instruction himself, saying Sana had approved it.
Case records
Read each record on its own terms. A claim made by a person is different from a fact established by an independent record.
Case record · Print desk
Print instruction
Ivo signs the cancellation text and writes “approved verbally by Sana”.
Case record · Print desk
Printer job receipt
Kit prints the supplied job without changing its wording; the receipt names Ivo as the customer.
Case record · Print desk
Organiser’s full reply
Before printing, Sana replies to Ivo in writing: “No cancellation. Please leave the open day as scheduled.”
Case record · Garden shed
Numbered request book
The complete book contains an open-day reminder and no cancellation. Sana’s signed reminder predates the forged notice.
Questions to resolve
Who supplied a cancellation despite receiving a refusal?
What does Kit’s print receipt prove?
Use the interactive case desk to select your finding and cite the records that support it. The answer is checked there, and your progress stays in your browser.
Build your finding
Compare the records with each account. Work out what the evidence establishes, then separate that finding from anything it does not prove.