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None of the interviewees asked any kind of question - not credible.
Innocent people can often get quite emotional when suspected of a crime, but there was no sign of this in any participant - and why should there be, because there was no truth behind any of it.
The two supposed thieves I did identify spoke at length and muddled their stories - easy; an academic would not cast the single person of colour as a thief; the final interviewee was the only one who already knew that a tenner had been stolen - so, the experiment did not take place on a level badminton court.
It's almost impossible to tell from such a set-up whether somebody is lying - ask any secondary school teacher. Most of my judgements would be 'I need more evidence' (i.e. I'm not going to decide at this point), but you didn't allow us that option.
All-in-all, an invalid test.