Gerry and Jez chat while Jane walks by. Seconds later she spots Tannerman!

[icabodcrane]

Much later Wilkins made this comment in his rogatory statement to LEICESTERSHIRE POLICE.

I remember seeing Gerry on the other side of the same. I believe that there was some speculation in the press regarding the circumstances of this encounter. I remember that I crossed the street to talk to Gerry. According to what I remember, Gerry was walking when I spotted him. As I mentioned previously, I assumed that he had gone to check on the children and was headed back to the Tapas Bar.
From what I remember, the conversation happened right there on the pathway but I am not certain who was located exactly where.

http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/JEREMY-WILKINS-ROGATORY.htm


So now lets see...

Gerry must have been below the gate to the patio for him to assume he had come from that direction and in addition Gerry was walking when he saw him.   Thus Gerry had to have closed the patio gate and was heading back to the tapas bar.  This most definitely doesn't put Gerry with his back to any wall.

John

You asked faithlily to shw you  where,  in his witness statement,  Wilkins had said he was standing on the pathway

Well there it is in the quote you have produced above

"From what I remember, the conversation happened right there on the pathway  but I am not certain who was located where"

In the interest of accuracy could we have the picture amended to show this  ?   

We will be better able to debate the subject if the picture accurately reflects the statement  given by the independent witness

[faithlilly]

From Wilkins Rogatory statement :

 'From what I remember, the conversation happened right there on the pathway but I am not certain who was located exactly where. '

[faithlilly]

@ icabodcrane

Thank you, you beat me to it !

[icabodcrane]

@ icabodcrane

Thank you, you beat me to it !

You're welcome

It should be mentioned too that Jane Tanner also places one of the men on the pavement  (  althoyugh she can't remember which  )  with the other standing on the road

Of the three witnesses present  none of them describe the scene that is presented in the picture we  are debating here

[John]

How about this then?

[John]

or even this then?

[icabodcrane]

How about this then?

That accurately presents the statement of the independent witness 

Can we have Jane Tanner added to that one please John  (  thanks for your efforts on this thread by the way  ) 

[Redblossom]

That last picture looks about right John, according to both Mr Wilkins and Jane Tanner, which begs the question why Gerry Mccann said it was on the opposite side of the road, and why the Mccanns' private detective Dave Edgar, in their documentary, supported Gerry Mccanns version of events and not Jane Tanner's, even to the point of him sayng Jane Tanner may have seen a woman,back to square one.

[icabodcrane]

or even this then?

This accurately reflects Jane Tanner's statement   (  although,  unlike Wilkins,  she cannot be seen as an entirely independent witness )   

[Redblossom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na4aBr5PTYY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Video showing Jane Tanner being bullied about what she saw or from where. Take note from 5.30 minutes onwards the narrator says Jane Tanner may not have been the only one to see Madeleine being abducted. (As if this was an established fact that she did)
 >@@(*&)

[AnneGuedes]

That last picture looks about right John, according to both Mr Wilkins and Jane Tanner, which begs the question why Gerry Mccann said it was on the opposite side of the road, and why the Mccanns' private detective Dave Edgar, in their documentary, supported Gerry Mccanns version of events and not Jane Tanner's, even to the point of him sayng Jane Tanner may have seen a woman,back to square one.

Last picture's perfect, thank you John. Gerald would likely have walked some steps towards JW and stay on the pavement.
DE dismissed the side of the street because he likely thought Jane couldn't pass by transparently. Besides this killing detail had nothing to do with his job of finding the abductor.

[Redblossom]

That last picture looks about right John, according to both Mr Wilkins and Jane Tanner, which begs the question why Gerry Mccann said it was on the opposite side of the road, and why the Mccanns' private detective Dave Edgar, in their documentary, supported Gerry Mccanns version of events and not Jane Tanner's, even to the point of him sayng Jane Tanner may have seen a woman,back to square one.

Last picture's perfect, thank you John. Gerald would likely have walked some steps towards JW and stay on the pavement.
DE dismissed the side of the street because he likely thought Jane couldn't pass by transparently. Besides this killing detail had nothing to do with his job of finding the abductor.

Which begs the question why anyone made a big deal about it, doesn't it? namely, Gerlad Mccann and Dave Edgar.

[AnneGuedes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na4aBr5PTYY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Video showing Jane Tanner being bullied about what she saw or from where. Take note from 5.30 minutes onwards the narrator says Jane Tanner may not have been the only one to see Madeleine being abducted. (As if this was an established fact that she did)
 >@@(*&)

Yes and "it is possible", though this time the abductor "carries a young girl" "away from the town".
What always impressed me in this supposed reconstruction is Jane Tanner sobbing.

[AnneGuedes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na4aBr5PTYY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Video showing Jane Tanner being bullied about what she saw or from where. Take note from 5.30 minutes onwards the narrator says Jane Tanner may not have been the only one to see Madeleine being abducted. (As if this was an established fact that she did)
 >@@(*&)

I wonder what were JW's thoughts when watching this part of the so-called reconstruction.
I bet he avoided carefully to meditate.

[faithlilly]

From Wilkins rogatory statement :

'I do not remember having seen anyone else at this time besides Gerry. After leaving each other, Gerry walked downward in the direction of the Tapas Bar and I began to walk in the other direction, up the pathway. I turned left at the crossing and passed the apartment. I did not meet anyone else during my walk and once in my apartment, I did not venture out again. '

This seems to give  further verification that  Wilkins was on the pathway while speaking to Gerry.