^ Btw, I have no idea how they “investigate” what happened. If a proctor tells you looked around, you certainly looked around. Period.
The proctor will not say “well after all I’m not sure he really looked around.”
Second issue: why so crowded everywhere??
This June we were seated rather close to each other and the girl on my right was bending very much in my direction, so I was bending to the left and to the edge of the table to close her out even from my periferial view, plus to cover my papers as much as possible. Luckily noone sat at my left it was an empty spot. But if it wasn’t I would have been in trouble what posture to take. It’s 6 hours after all you need to be somewhat comfortable to be able to concentrate…