Kim Patterson is a quiet student at Deansgate. Last night she slept over in Miss James’s art class after being dared – but Kim refused to say who actually defied her to do it.
Kim’s father, a GP and Governor of the school took full responsibility and promised to pay all costs incurred. As Deansgate’s Governor, Dr Russell Patterson had the school’s alarm code – Kim used this to disable the alarm before she broke-in.
Kim refused to cooperate with the school or the police. However, startled to hear that Miss James was in intensive care, grappling for her life, after an aggravated burglary in her home the same night, Kim did volunteer that Jimmy Ryan was her accomplice.