What if the Smith family had come forward on the 4th of May?

[The General]

i dont see smith did anything wrong

Neither do I.

[Robittybob1]

could you give acite for the mccanns having a pact of silence

Are you saying they never communicated?  https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/03/227310/pact-of-silence-madeleine-mccann-parents-friends-netflix-documentary

[Mr Gray]

Are you saying they never communicated?

read my posts rob and you will see what Ive said

[Mr Gray]

Are you saying they never communicated?  https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/03/227310/pact-of-silence-madeleine-mccann-parents-friends-netflix-documentary

wheres the evidence for this pact of silence...who coined the phrase

[Robittybob1]

read my posts rob and you will see what Ive said

Same goes for you reading my posts Dave.

[Mr Gray]

Same goes for you reading my posts Dave.

...the" pact of silence " was made up by two portuguese journalists.....

[Robittybob1]

...the" pact of silence " was made up by two portuguese journalists.....

We are talking about what the Smiths did not the McCanns.  Keep on topic.

[Mr Gray]

We are talking about what the Smiths did not the McCanns.  Keep on topic.

You raised the pact of silence.. Lol
http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=10928.msg549198#msg549198

[misty]

IMO had the Smiths come forward on 4th May 2007 their testimonies would have added much credence to Jane's sighting. PJ would have almost immediately been in possession of 2 very similar sightings of unaccompanied males, each carrying a young barefoot child, within 45 mins of each other within the abduction time_frame & close to 5A. PJ would have had no excuses for not taking Jane's sighting more seriously.
However, as we know, the late report by the Smith family only served one purpose at the time, which was to deflect from Murat.

[Robittybob1]

IMO had the Smiths come forward on 4th May 2007 their testimonies would have added much credence to Jane's sighting. PJ would have almost immediately been in possession of 2 very similar sightings of unaccompanied males, each carrying a young barefoot child, within 45 mins of each other within the abduction time_frame & close to 5A. PJ would have had no excuses for not taking Jane's sighting more seriously.
However, as we know, the late report by the Smith family only served one purpose at the time, which was to deflect from Murat.

That was Smith's intention.  Why would he be particularly concerned about Murat?  He saw someone carrying a child whom he knew not to be Murat.  So in the Smith's minds there must have been a possible connection back to Madeleine.
Still doesn't explain if he thought them to be related in some way that he would sit on the information for nearly a fortnight.

[Robittybob1]

You raised the pact of silence.. Lol
http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=10928.msg549198#msg549198

Only as a comparison to what the Smiths did.

[Robittybob1]

You raised the pact of silence.. Lol
http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=10928.msg549198#msg549198

Quality post D.   

[Robittybob1]

...the" pact of silence " was made up by two portuguese journalists.....

Were there Portuguese journalists in the UK?  What were you thinking of?

[slartibartfast]

IMO had the Smiths come forward on 4th May 2007 their testimonies would have added much credence to Jane's sighting. PJ would have almost immediately been in possession of 2 very similar sightings of unaccompanied males, each carrying a young barefoot child, within 45 mins of each other within the abduction time_frame & close to 5A. PJ would have had no excuses for not taking Jane's sighting more seriously.
However, as we know, the late report by the Smith family only served one purpose at the time, which was to deflect from Murat.

Mod: be careful where you go with this.

[Miss Taken Identity]

IMO had the Smiths come forward on 4th May 2007 their testimonies would have added much credence to Jane's sighting. PJ would have almost immediately been in possession of 2 very similar sightings of unaccompanied males, each carrying a young barefoot child, within 45 mins of each other within the abduction time_frame & close to 5A. PJ would have had no excuses for not taking Jane's sighting more seriously.
However, as we know, the late report by the Smith family only served one purpose at the time, which was to deflect from Murat.

'However, as we know, the late report by the Smith family only served one purpose at the time, which was to deflect from Murat.'

who is 'we' in this knowledge? and where is the evidence this was done to deflect as it could well be argued back that the T9 tried and failed to implicate Murat!

What we KNOW is what we are told.- The Smiths reported what they saw after the father watched Gerry carrying Sean from the plane. He contacted the others who were ther that eve to ask if they could recall the same.

As the general said, they thought they were being helpful to the investigation.

It may have helped solve the case IF this was reported on the eve /early morning   of 4th May IMO.