Witness Statement

(Criminal Procedure Rules, Criminal Justice Act)

STATEMENT OF IOANA ZALATIMO

● IOANA ZALATIMO
Age of witness (if over 18, enter “over 18”): 14
Occupation: Student

Signed:

● INCIDENT; told by witness I.Z

Incident time: 3:30
Duration: 30 minutes (including other actions committed during the incident)
Date: Wednesday 26, April, 2023
Other witness mentioned: Dasha, Manolis, Antonio and a teacher
Location: In a park

Please describe what you saw and heard in chronological order

WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE THE INCIDENT?

It was 3:30 pm, 10 minutes after the bell rang signalling for us to go to our
homes. I spent those 10 minutes searching for an item I had seemingly lost. After getting
out of the school I went on a walk to city park. I walked into a pretty isolated part before I
heard screaming and yelling. I quickly went to investigate and that is when I found 5 of my
neighbours, 2 were arguing with each other (Maria and Priam) while the rest (Dasha,
Manolis and Antonio) were watching from the side
.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING DURING THE INCIDENT?
At first I sat and listened to what they were yelling about. Maria shouted that Piram
allegedly had stolen Dasha’s money that she had for their outing to the mall after school,
while Priam kept denying that he ever took the money. After hearing this I attempted to
persuade them to stop along with the other witnesses but to no avail. After what seemed
like ages Priam lost it and ran to tell his mom who was ordering something from a booth
far away from where the incident happened. She came fuming and screaming at Maria and
ended up suing Maria for defamation. This is where her parents got involved.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING AFTER THE INCIDENT?

When the yelling took place I went to question Dasha about the situation as well as
the other witnesses. Before leaving thinking the situation would solve itself, however, one
day I was woken up to the sound of knocking on my front door. Then I was told I had to be
a part of the trail as a witness.