The Smithman e-fits - are the McCanns less than happy with them?

[pegasus]

Thank you for that.
The Smiths statements were timed at 1040hrs in Portimao so presumably they flew in on the 25th or before.
Had the family been able to produce an efit at that stage, do you think the PJ would have been pressured into releasing that as well? There was more detail in the Smith statements than JT had provided.

I think the witnesses landed in Portugal that morning 26th Misty.
After giving statements in Portimão, they went with PJ to the Rua Escola sighting location in PDL.
There was absolutely no pressure from the Blair govt to publically release the Smith sighting.
It first became publically known, by good-old-fashioned Irish local journalism, on June 6th.
(Of course you could probably count the number of people in Berlin who'd be aware of that on one finger)

[mercury]

I think the witnesses landed in Portugal that morning 26th Misty.
After giving statements in Portimão, they went with PJ to the Rua Escola sighting location in PDL.
There was absolutely no pressure from the Blair govt to publically release the Smith sighting.
It first became publically known, by good-old-fashioned Irish local journalism, on June 6th.
(Of course you could probably count the number of people in Berlin who'd be aware of that on one finger)

Which begs the question that has been asked umpteen times but no one seems to be answering it...why did the Mccanns not publicise this sighting at all for so long with as much vigour as they did others  when it was the closest possible thing to events on the night!

[misty]

Which begs the question that has been asked umpteen times but no one seems to be answering it...why did the Mccanns not publicise this sighting at all for so long with as much vigour as they did others  when it was the closest possible thing to events on the night!

The McCanns were never in a legal position to publicise the sighting. Only after OG was set up & the complete files made available for official perusal could SY determine if it was necessary to put the efits into the public domain.

[mercury]

The McCanns were never in a legal position to publicise the sighting. Only after OG was set up & the complete files made available for official perusal could SY determine if it was necessary to put the efits into the public domain.

What do you mean by legal position? What stopped them legally publicising any sighting or efit ever? You've lost me.

[misty]

What do you mean by legal position? What stopped them legally publicising any sighting or efit ever? You've lost me.

The judicially secrecy laws/arguido status prevented them publicising the sightings & efits in the first instance.
When the case was shelved. there was no official outlet to publicise the sighting/efits without invalidating any resultant information collected. The efits were obtained via private investigators- not admissible in a Portuguese court.

[mercury]

The judicially secrecy laws/arguido status prevented them publicising the sightings & efits in the first instance.
When the case was shelved. there was no official outlet to publicise the sighting/efits without invalidating any resultant information collected. The efits were obtained via private investigators- not admissible in a Portuguese court.

Who commissioned Melissa Littles drawings? published in October 2007 of Tannerman

[misty]

Who commissioned Melissa Littles drawings? published in October 2007 of Tannerman

Those drawings form part of the official files therefore they were accepted as evidence by the PJ. The McCanns did not release them into the public domain.

[mercury]

Those drawings form part of the official files therefore they were accepted as evidence by the PJ. The McCanns did not release them into the public domain.

So who did? And when?

And who told Jane Tanner whilst under the secrecy law she could spout to Panorama??

[misty]

So who did? And when?

And who told Jane Tanner whilst under the secrecy law she could spout to Panorama??

Gail Cooper spoke to the Daily Mirror.
JT - I don't know. Perhaps you'd enlighten me.
Who told RM he could speak to the Daily Mail?

[mercury]

Gail Cooper spoke to the Daily Mirror.
JT - I don't know. Perhaps you'd enlighten me.
Who told RM he could speak to the Daily Mail?

Do you have no answers for anything much
As for Gail cooper
Omg

LOL!!!!! You HAVE to be joking, her story has been deconstructed as a total joke

now can we get back to why the Mccanns never made a peek about the Smiths sighting? because you have failed to explain why......

Who commissioned Little and who put out Tanner pic from that and when

And why did you connect that and try make excuses for Mccanns to NOT publicise the Smith sighting (most relevant if all) efit drawing or not when they have done it so many times after for the most ridiculous of reasons

Gnite misty just gave you my opinion

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But Smithman wasn't seen with a bag was he?

And no bag was ever reported as stolen by the occupants of 5a.

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[pegasus]

The McCanns were never in a legal position to publicise the sighting. Only after OG was set up & the complete files made available for official perusal could SY determine if it was necessary to put the efits into the public domain.

There is absolutely nothing stopping the official fund website today from publicising the smith sighting on their portuguese language pages, but take a look at those pages, smithman does not exist there.

[mercury]

There is absolutely nothing stopping the official fund website today from publicising the smith sighting on their portuguese language pages, but take a look at those pages, smithman does not exist there.

Obviously the portuguese language pages are the most important if they want to find potential new witnesses of Smithman.

people keep ignoring this question as they ignore others that jar their understanding oh well

fact remains Mccanns have NEVER publicised a very important sighting...of a four year old blonde girl on the night of the disappearance,at the relevant time, strange that is it not? When they have gone out of their way to publicise a bunch of other crap, never even bothered to stick the efits on their pages either, for ages, then never on their Portuguese ones, hmmmm they KNOW BETTER than SY after all,sleep well

[Lyall]

Those drawings form part of the official files therefore they were accepted as evidence by the PJ. The McCanns did not release them into the public domain.

Misty, you should be on the stage with Frankie Boyle.