And at the end of it — paragraph thirteen, which was the only paragraph in six pages that was not a fact — I said:

“It is my belief that Esme was brought to my house in order that the injury would be discovered while she was in my care, and that the trip to the shopping centre was undertaken in order to establish the whereabouts of both parents during that period.”

Dovie Mwangi read the document.

She took about four minutes to do it, which I remember because nobody said anything.

Then she put it down and she said: “Ms.