Very bottom of the page.
"I would be 60-80% sure that it was Gerard McCann that I met that night carrying a child. I am basing that on his mannerism in the way he carried the child off the plane. After seeing the BBC news at 10 PM, footage on the 9th September 2007 I contacted Leicestershire police with this information. During that time I spoke to all my family members who were with me on the night of 3rd May 2007 about this and the only one who felt the same way as me WAS MY WIFE."
https://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MARTIN_SMITH.htm
I haven't found a direct quote from Martin Smith.
ST:
Smith has since stressed that he does not believe the man he saw was Gerry, and Scotland Yard do not consider this a possibility. Last week the McCanns were told officially by the Portuguese authorities that they are not suspects.
http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=2794.0However, there is this from Mary Smith (MoS):
This weekend, Mr Smith's wife Mary told the Mail on Sunday her husband had no regrets about coming forward.
He [Martin] doesn't want to talk, said Mrs Smith. He said what he had to say. I was with him [that night]. We saw a man carrying a child and that's all we know. We told them all that and that's it.
''The man he saw had the same stature as Gerry McCann. We felt we had to help. We're happy we did. We reported exactly what we saw.
"We only did what we thought was right for a missing girl and our hearts are breaking for her parents, as it would be if it were one of ours.
''I feel very much for them [the McCanns]. I have six grandchildren of my own and six children of my own.
"The poor McCann family must be heartbroken.''
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id162.htmlhttp://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=7062.msg310346#msg310346There is also a tweet exchange between Xklamation and Jason Farrell from Sky:
Joana Morais
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@JasonFarrellSky «I would be 60-80% sure that it was Gerald McCann that I met that night carrying a child» Mr.Smith
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MARTIN_SMITH.htm …
Jason Farrell @JasonFarrellSky 14 Oct 2013
@xklamation it was Peter Smith who I spoke to, who was in the group. That wasn't his take on it.
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