Has Martin Smith Changed his Opinion ?

[stephen25000]

Have done so.

Ad nauseam.

Your turn.

Ad nauseam  yes.

Logically explained, NO.

[G-Unit]

Ad nauseam  yes.

Logically explained, NO.

Oh well, it kept us amused for a while. It's clear the McCanns just didn't want to publicise the e-fits. It's also clear that Mr Smith didn't change his mind. Saying he did is just guesswork.

[pegasus]

Oh well, it kept us amused for a while. It's clear the McCanns just didn't want to publicise the e-fits. It's also clear that Mr Smith didn't change his mind. Saying he did is just guesswork.

All of Ferryman's conditions are now satisfied (there is an active UK police investigation, which approves publicising the 2 efits). And if you look at the official fund site do you not see the 2 efits prominently displayed on the front page?

[misty]

All of Ferryman's conditions are now satisfied (there is an active UK police investigation, which approves publicising the 2 efits). And if you look at the official fund site do you not see the 2 efits prominently displayed on the front page?

If only we all had the same visual abilities as the Smith family.................

[Alfred R Jones]

Oh well, it kept us amused for a while. It's clear the McCanns just didn't want to publicise the e-fits. It's also clear that Mr Smith didn't change his mind. Saying he did is just guesswork.

guesswork supported by the fact that he has been reported as having changed his mind by various newspapers, with no word subsequently from Smith contradicting the reports.

[pegasus]

Here's a challenge
Find the 2 smithman efits on the portuguese pages of the MF site.

[Benice]

guesswork supported by the fact that he has been reported as having changed his mind by various newspapers, with no word subsequently from Smith contradicting the reports.

How true.   Mr Smith's practice to threaten legal action against newspapers who misrepresented him is a proven fact  - and the evidence to show that to be true has been posted here before.    But not a word from him on this occasion even though the statement made in the Sunday Times was huge as it claimed Mr Smith no longer believed it was Gerry he saw.

Add to that the following comments from Mrs Smith and it's clear (to anyone who isn't completely blinkered)  that the Smiths do not believe that Gerry McCann was complicit in the disappearance of his daughter.

Quote
We only did what we thought was right for a missing girl and our hearts are breaking for her parents, as it would be if it were one of ours.

''I feel very much for them [the McCanns]. I have six grandchildren of my own and six children of my own.

"The poor McCann family must be heartbroken.''
End quote

Anyone who can read that and still claim that it's clear that Martin Smith did not change his mind is suspending all common sense and logic and is  taking 'wishful thinking' to a whole new level IMO.

[Benice]

  OK - so which of the above do you think pertain to this case then?  Two doctors from Rothley lose a child on holiday, the UK Establishment goes to huge lengths to cover up the real reason for the disappearance because of:
a) Greed
b) money
c) sexual favours
d) drugs
e) power
f) perks
g) swifter promotion prospects
h) better pension deal.

Judging  by the massive conspiracy which has taken place according to some - surely the McCanns must be secretly ruling the country - if not the whole world?

Too barmy for words imo.

[mercury]

Here's a challenge
Find the 2 smithman efits on the portuguese pages of the MF site.

if Ferryman is correct and the only thng stopping them publicising the efits since 2008 was that there was no official "live" police investigation, then why did they not publicise them in any meaningful form after Crimewatch 2013.....I see now the two efits are included at last i
(How many months or years after Crimewatch was this?) in the persons of interest page "Important, Who are these People"(uk version only) within a batch of efits from the files, not differentiated in any way, and not referenced as Smithman or by time and place but Tannerman, Spottyman and Aussiewoman have their own special sections

In the three foreign versions of their site Smithman is absent from that particular page (though in the main front page mentions "crimewatch"...?? I havent looked through it all to find him hidden away anywhere else.

All very higgledy-piggledy IMO

[pegasus]

This challenge is easy.
Which of these 5 efits are on the official search website's home page?
Smithman efit1, Smithman efit2, BarcelonaChildSellerWoman, VerySpottyMan, RuledOutBySYCrecheMan.

[mercury]

This challenge is easy.
Which of these 5 efits are on the official search website's home page?
Smithman efit1, Smithman efit2, BarcelonaChildSellerWoman, VerySpottyMan, RuledOutBySYCrecheMan.

Last three retain primacy...I'll take the coconut and in the meantme await the logical explanations from the apologists

[mercury]

How true.  Mr Smith's practice to threaten legal action against newspapers who misrepresented him is a proven fact  - and the evidence to show that to be true has been posted here before.    But not a word from him on this occasion even though the statement made in the Sunday Times was huge as it claimed Mr Smith no longer believed it was Gerry he saw

Add to that the following comments from Mrs Smith and it's clear (to anyone who isn't completely blinkered)  that the Smiths do not believe that Gerry McCann was complicit in the disappearance of his daughter.

Quote
We only did what we thought was right for a missing girl and our hearts are breaking for her parents, as it would be if it were one of ours.

''I feel very much for them [the McCanns]. I have six grandchildren of my own and six children of my own.

"The poor McCann family must be heartbroken.''
End quote

Anyone who can read that and still claim that it's clear that Martin Smith did not change his mind is suspending all common sense and logic and is  taking 'wishful thinking' to a whole new level IMO.

Perhaps he did not want to get dragged into all the crap again...after all he has a life......

[pegasus]

Last three retain primacy...I'll take the coconut and in the meantme await the logical explanations from the apologists

Yes you correctly identified the 3 efits on the home page of the official search site Merc.
I posted your coconut by airmail.
Next challenge - is there any poster here who will stand up and say they believe that barcelonachildvendorwoman (featured on that home page) is of any relevance to this case?

[misty]

Last three retain primacy...I'll take the coconut and in the meantme await the logical explanations from the apologists

SY & the PJ are not pursuing Smithman as a significant line of inquiry IMO.

[mercury]

SY & the PJ are not pursuing Smithman as a significant line of inquiry IMO.

If that is true doesnt the same apply to all the other three? mentioned? Especially the highly tenuous if not ridiculous aussiewoman "overheard conversation" which the really concerned witness kept under his belt for two years!

Ps SY appealed for info on smithman NOT aussiewoman or tannerman