We are being asked to discuss why the McCanns would suppress the e fits if there had been no abduction ( that the abduction had, in fact, been 'staged' by them in order to cover up their daughter's death ? )
It's a good question
You'd think, wouldn't you, that if that was the case, the McCanns would want as many 'abductor sightings' as possible
So what could the motive be for keeping the information hidden for so long ?
Well, I suppose we need to look at what the McCanns did not keep quiet about ... The Tanner sighting
That sighting was not only heavily and consistantly pushed by the McCanns, it was, in fact, the entire basis of their abduction theory
Jane Tanner saw the abductor making off with Madeleine at 9.10pm we have relentlessly been told ... and, as an aside, we were advised that the man the Smiths saw was almost certainly the same man
Assuming that there was no abduction ( and assuming that the McCanns had staged the crime ) I would say that there would be a very good reason for the Tanner sighting being pushed so hard ... quite simply, it gave Gerry an airtight alibi
Which brings us to the Smith sighting. Henri Exton advised the McCanns that this evidence was more credible than Tanner's. He obtained the e fits and suggested they be released immediatly
The McCanns rejected his advice and took legal action to ensure Exton's confidentiality on the matter
Again, assuming that there was no abduction ( and assuming that the McCanns had staged the crime ) I would say that there would be a very good reason for the Smith sighting not being pushed hard ... quite simply, Gerry had no alibi
It's something we have discussed frequently on the forum, and, despite many attempts to confuse the issue, the simple truth is that no-one, other than his chums, claimed to have seen Gerry at the time the Smiths made their sighting ... not a single independent witness
Not only that, there has always been some doubt about the time the alarm was actually raised, with a couple of witnesses claiming the alert was given considerably earlier than the 10.05pm claimed by the McCanns ( one witness saying the party had already left the table by 9.45pm )
Assuming that there was no abduction ( and assuming the McCanns had staged the crime ) it might be said that they tried, very hard, to have the police ( and everyone else ) concentrate on the 8.30pm/9.15pm time period ( when Gerry was visible to independent witneses ) ... whilst determindly distracting from the 9.45pm/10.30pm time period ( to the extent of hiding e fits that would have had that time period as the most crucial of all )
