ABSTRACT
Jenny, who lectures in zoology, has a pet South African monkey called Nigel. Nigel has been hand reared since he was born and is quite tame. One day, Nigel opened a window catch and climbed out of Jenny’s house and went through an open window into the house of Jenny’s neighbour, Angela. Angela’s mother, Maria, was visiting at the time and, as Maria has a phobia about monkeys because she was bitten by one as a child, she panicked and ran through the glass back door, cutting herself extensively. She went to hospital by ambulance and, while she was at the hospital, a thief entered by the broken back door and stole some of Angela’s property.
