but that's a 2nd hand account isn't? Hearsay from a friend who has sold a story to the Sun. It would be very easy to make up such a story.
Nothing second hand about that Gertrude.
I did 3-4 years solid research, investigating for well over a hundred hours a week and spending several thousand pounds of our own money travelling to places of interest to see for myself, rather than second hand … and boyo! did I ever find things of interest.
I developed an unusual method of research, used to some extent by lots of people now and passed my massive collection of totally original research info on to OG, visiting Belgravia Police Station, I think 5 times. I still have more info, but unfortunately a string of serious illnesses have prevented me passing it on. I have no energy any more.
Because these facts have gone to OG and been acknowledged in the Madeleine Crimewatch program, I feel that I cannot share them. Seems that they are part of the OG investigation now.