Why sit on such compelling evidence with their prime suspect sat in a jail cell?
Why wait, given the apparent certainty and their insistence of their level of confidence?
Why not charge him with what they have if it's so compelling?
The line in the sand was when HCW proclaimed to the world - nearly 2 years ago - that they had their man. There was no squeezing the genie back in to the lamp, so his gambit had to pay off fully and his 'caller' either come forward or be identified. It all hinged on that.
The caller has never been identified and he's no nearer today to charging CB than he was in June 2020.
In the meantime, as unpalatable as it seems to be to some, any chance of a 'fair' trial has evaporated, and HCW knows it. By going public he opened Pandora's Box, unleashing a global maelstrom of speculation, innuendo, falsehoods, libel, research, crappy disposable 'documentaries' and every internet idiot all having a square go - including me, including right here on this forum. (A quick search will unveil many instances of potential libel for CB's legal team to sift through on this section alone).
I believe the German prosecutors have rebuffed him (HCW) several times, with him presenting his case to them and them informing him that the threshold of their precious trial / success ratio has not been met - and this, the biggest story out there, with the eyes of the world now firmly fixed directly at them, failure is not an option.
The caller? Probably dead or fled. It may be it was one of his little band of hippy miscreants, although given that they're lining up to spill their guts, we would probably know by now. So it's more likely it's another contact - and I reckon it's a Brit on a burner, probably a drug deal.
He's now opening up, having remained relatively taciturn for so long. Why? Because he knows what they have, or don't have, and he knows he's in the clear, perhaps because he didn't do it - or maybe not.
The legal case against the SAT 1 'journalist' is the first shot across the bows in Germany. That might shut a few of the press hounds up for a bit, but it will have the opposite effect elsewhere. But it's also a signal of where this all ends, with CB languishing in a cushy prison, having been moved due to the threat of Human Rights litigation, sat on an ever increasing pile of Euro until his release in 2027
I do wonder if this has been the intention all along.
Wolters had his suspicions and facilitated the outing and media assassination of Brueckner because he was lacking the essential evidence.
He could have brought the details of the phone call to the public's attention without identifying the suspect in any way by just saying that it was a 'German National' who received the call in PDL.
As it is Wolters can now say that they couldn't bring him to trial, but have no doubt of his guilt and because of media speculation and a string of dubious documentaries, people will believe that Brueckner is the man - even if he isn't.
Mission accomplished as they say.
IMO.
