Podcasts by Mark Saunokonoko of 9News.

[Eleanor]

No it's not, it's a fact. Would you like the cites?

Yes, Please.

[Eleanor]

Gerry did know around 11 o'clock on May 3 though, didn't he? No one has said that they told him which indicates he must have known when he left the children all alone allegedly tucked up in bed.

Thoughtful of him, eh.

Mere speculation.

[Erngath]

It's known as stranger anxiety.

Children have to be taught to be anxious/wary/ suspicious about strangers approaching them.
Hence the lessons in school about stranger danger.

[Erngath]

That's what his statement says, that's not hearsay. End of.

Just because you say "end of" does not prove it is not hearsay!
Did you respond to my post about the vagueness of this witness statement?

[Angelo222]

Hearsay.  Did he say they HAD abducted Madeleine or something along the lines of?

Well yes.
From Graham McKenzie statement...

"He (GM) said something along the lines of there being Paedophile gangs in Portugal and that they had abducted Madeleine. I was so shocked by this, having originally thought that she had just wandered off."

So not hearsay as Graham McKenzie had direct knowledge of what G McCann said.

[Venturi Swirl]

That's what his statement says, that's not hearsay. End of.

His statement is hearsay.  Do you understand what hearsay means?

[Venturi Swirl]

Hearsay: the report of another person's words by a witness, which is usually disallowed as evidence in a court of law.

[Brietta]

I find that very farfetched and totally lacking in any substance. IMO any attempt by a total stranger to remove Maddie from her bedroom would have been chaotic.

The murder of six year old Alesha MacPhail on the Island of Bute refutes many of the suppositions made about Madeleine's disappearance.
Alesha was lifted from her bed and carried to her death by a stranger while her family slept. 
No-one saw anything. 
No-one heard anything. 
There was no forensic evidence that a stranger had been in the house but for the fact that Alesha had gone.

[Angelo222]

His statement is hearsay.  Do you understand what hearsay means?

You obviously don't. 

Had a third party told G McKenzie what G McCann had said then that would have been hearsay. As it was however, G McKenzie reported in his statement what he actually heard and witnessed. That is NOT hearsay.

[Venturi Swirl]

You obviously don't. 

Tell me what you think hearsay means then, then explain why it doesn't mean this dictionary definition, which I have just quoted:
Hearsay: the report of another person's words by a witness, which is usually disallowed as evidence in a court of law.

[G-Unit]

His statement is hearsay.  Do you understand what hearsay means?

So are all Kate McCann's reports in her book of what her husband told her, including her report that he asked to see the PJ's evidence and was refused. 

[Venturi Swirl]

So are all Kate McCann's reports in her book of what her husband told her, including her report that he asked to see the PJ's evidence and was refused.

Yes that is correct, well done. 

[Angelo222]

Tell me what you think hearsay means then, then explain why it doesn't mean this dictionary definition, which I have just quoted:
Hearsay: the report of another person's words by a witness, which is usually disallowed as evidence in a court of law.

My understanding of hearsay is that reporting first hand an actual conversation in which one participated is not hearsay. He said, she said, however, is hearsay.

[Venturi Swirl]

Reporting an actual conversation in which one participated is not hearsay. He said, she said, however, is.

How can you report an actual conversation without using he said, she said out of interest? 

[Venturi Swirl]

My understanding of hearsay is that reporting first hand an actual conversation in which one participated is not hearsay. He said, she said, however, is.

Firstly MacKenzie wasn't reporting an actual conversation in which he participated and second by your very own definition saying "he said" is hearsay. 



"He (GM) said something along the lines of there being Paedophile gangs in Portugal and that they had abducted Madeleine. I was so shocked by this, having originally thought that she had just wandered off.

So next time you attempt to mock me for not understanding what hearsay is, it might be an idea to understand what it is yourself.