Fact is ... whether the eighty paces distance counted by Martin Brunt which it was said was possible to traverse in less than a minute ... the factor not considered in a risk assessment for the children was that an abductor would enter the premises and steal a child.
Even after the event the authorities did not take this into consideration till some time had elapsed.
They did not know about home invasions and attacks on children while their parents slept, making distance a bit of an irrelevance.
They made a huge mistake and said so right from the very beginning. "We've let her down!". So why labour the point? the only possible reason I can see for it is as a convenient rod for the Drs McCann backs.
Isn't it about time it was realised that enough is enough and wish this family a positive outcome.
Mr Brunt measured the paces from the restaurant table to a garden gate.
I have carefully double-checked the PJ photos taken that night, and can assure you that the garden gate did not disappear!
The garden gate was not abducted, the garden gate did not hide in a wardrobe under some clothes due to a burglary attempt, nor did it unscrew its own hinges and wander into the street.
Why all this concern for a garden gate?
Why measure the distance to it - it's irrelevant.
The child was in the north bedroom, much further away than the garden gate.