Oh, and I also came up with further evidence to prove my innocence, if you'll believe it. Closer examination of the night writeup revealed this:

"The plate-clad assailant wheeled around with surprising agility and struck again with a heavy-handed vertical strike that Romanic narrowly evaded; the axe slammed down upon the cold stone where he had been stood and a crack emerged along the impact zone, such was the power behind the blow."

I do not carry an axe; I carry a dwarven shortsword. Make of that what you will.