Sunday Times claim that Smith e-fits had been suppressed for 5 years.

[Luz]

Do we have that from Mr. Smith's lips ?

Of course not.

[Benice]

No surprise on that then.

Another photo of the unhappy couple.

As there are scores of photographs with the McCanns looking totally devastated  - posting this picture is just a spiteful deflection IMO.      Anyone who thinks the McCanns had no right to smile - ever - in the last 6 years needs to explain why.

[Angelo222]

So do you accept as true the assertion that Mr. Smith has stressed that he no longer regards Gerry as the man he saw?

Mr Smith has no choice as Gerry was at the tapas when the Smiths saw the carrier.

And this is off topic!!

[jassi]

As there are scores of photographs with the McCanns looking totally devastated  - posting this picture is just a spiteful deflection IMO.      Anyone who thinks the McCanns had no right to smile - ever - in the last 6 years needs to explain why.

Are you not happy for them that they can look so cheerful in the face of adversity ?

[icabodcrane]

Could suppressing those e fits be regarded as perverting the course of justice  ?   ( given that it appears they were withheld from Scotland Yard whilst they were investigating the case  ) 

I don't just mean with regard to the McCanns,  but with regard to Exton too  ...  and the legal firm who made threats in order to ensure his silence 

[ferryman]

Could suppressing those e fits be regarded as perverting the course of justice  ?   ( given that it appears they were withheld from Scotland Yard whilst they were investigating the case  ) 

I don't just mean with regard to the McCanns,  but with regard to Exton too  ...  and the legal firm who made threats in order to ensure his silence

Publishing the efits (apart from an official enquiry) could be regarded as libel

[icabodcrane]

Publishing the efits (apart from an official enquiry) could be regarded as libel

I wasn't talking about  'publishing'  them ...  I was refering to  passing them to the police 

(  and who,  exactly would have been  'libelled'  if the McCanns  had  published them, anyway  ?  )

[ferryman]

I wasn't talking about  'publishing'  them ...  I was refering to  passing them to the police 

(  and who,  exactly would have been  'libelled'  if the McCanns  had  published them, anyway  ?  )

As likely as not, they were passed to the police, and stamped as irrelevant by Paivia

[icabodcrane]

As likely as not, they were passed to the police, and stamped as irrelevant by Paivia

Neither the ,McCanns nor Clarence Michell  has made any claim that the e fits were passed to   ANY  police   ( including Scotland Yard  ) 

I was just wondering if wilfully withholding crucial information from a police investigation could be seen  ( legally  )  as perverting the course of justice 

[Redblossom]

As likely as not, they were passed to the police, and stamped as irrelevant by Paivia

Ridiculous to suggest efits of smithman were passed to police and marked irrelevant......

[Redblossom]

Neither the ,McCanns nor Clarence Michell  has made any claim that the e fits were passed to   ANY  police   ( including Scotland Yard  ) 

I was just wondering if wilfully withholding crucial information from a police investigation could be seen  ( legally  )  as perverting the course of justice

not only have they never made any claim they have not even whispered as to their existence anywhere in five years, neither has anyone else....until the Times investigative Insight Team found out about them....not sure about perverting the course of justice.....not in a legal sense anyway but if true thoroughly abhorrent to hold onto such information....a massive stone...unturned

[ferryman]

Neither the ,McCanns nor Clarence Michell  has made any claim that the e fits were passed to   ANY  police   ( including Scotland Yard ) 

I was just wondering if wilfully withholding crucial information from a police investigation could be seen  ( legally  )  as perverting the course of justice

A statement released by the Find Madeleine fund said that “all information privately gathered during the search for Madeleine has been fully acted upon where necessary” and had been passed to Scotland Yard.

[jassi]

A statement released by the Find Madeleine fund said that “all information privately gathered during the search for Madeleine has been fully acted upon where necessary” and had been passed to Scotland Yard.

That must imply that it was only passed on after the start of the review.

[ferryman]

That must imply that it was only passed on after the start of the review.

Leading up to a re-opening the case -- the only legitimate context in which such an efit could be released.

[Carana]

One point that I wouldn't dispute is that I hadn't seen those e-fits before, but - aside from that - much of that article seems so tabloidish, I find it hard to assess what's fact and what isn't.