Has Martin Smith Changed his Opinion ?

[ferryman]

Ah well ....

[G-Unit]

Martin Smith once believed he might have seen Gerry.

He no longer does.

His wife Mary, also, once believed she might have seen Gerry.

She no longer does.

That's why both produced efits.

In answer to AP

The investigation.

I think you should stop making unverified assertions ferryman. You are unable to produce any evidence that Martin Smith changed his opinion and you are unable to produce any evidence as to who produced the e-fits.

[ferryman]

I think you should stop making unverified assertions ferryman. You are unable to produce any evidence that Martin Smith changed his opinion and you are unable to produce any evidence as to who produced the e-fits.

The efit is evidence.

In fact, it's more than that.

It's irrefutable proof.

Martin Smith has changed his mind.

So has his wife, Mary.

The Smiths' children have not changed their minds.

None ever believed they had seen Gerry.

They still don't.

[Alice Purjorick]

Martin Smith once believed he might have seen Gerry.

He no longer does.

His wife Mary, also, once believed she might have seen Gerry.

She no longer does.

That's why both produced efits.

In answer to AP

The investigation.

Presumably  by "the investigation" you mean the efits were produced for the Portuguese police? there being no other official investigation.
Did the Smiths return to Portugal to produce the efits? or did the Portuguese police visit Ireland? or did the Portuguese police use a proxy agency? if the latter which agency?

[ferryman]

Presumably  by "the investigation" you mean the efits were produced for the Portuguese police? there being no other official investigation.
Did the Smiths return to Portugal to produce the efits? or did the Portuguese police visit Ireland? or did the Portuguese police use a proxy agency? if the latter which agency?

The efits were produced by the McCanns' private investigators.

[Alice Purjorick]

The efits were produced by the McCanns' private investigators.

Ah I see; so naff all to do with the kosher investigation then.

[G-Unit]

The efit is evidence.

In fact, it's more than that.

It's irrefutable proof.

Martin Smith has changed his mind.

So has his wife, Mary.

The Smiths' children have not changed their minds.

None ever believed they had seen Gerry.

They still don't.

As you don't know who was involved in producing the e-fits your conclusions are false. For all you know it wasn't Martin and Mary Smith who helped produce them, it could have been two of the other family members.

[ferryman]

From the statements that we read on line, the two most observant witnesses of what the family saw were Martin and his daughter Aofe.

We don't see Mary Smith's statement.

The press confirms the efits to have been Martin and Mary.

[ShiningInLuz]

Isn't there an FOI response, or similar, that the e-fits were produced by two members of the "Irish family"?  Which narrows it to the Smiths, but no further.

Then there is the Daily Telegraph, which ascribes the e-fits to Martin and Mary.  Trouble is the DT also asserts that there is only one fact in the case that we can be sure of.  And that is the alarm was raised at 10.14pm.

The records show the first call to the GNR was 10.41pm.  And the records are stuffed with many more facts, no matter what the DT asserts.

Trust 'Martin and Mary', source DT, at your peril.  Might be, might not.

[Brietta]

Isn't there an FOI response, or similar, that the e-fits were produced by two members of the "Irish family"?  Which narrows it to the Smiths, but no further.

Then there is the Daily Telegraph, which ascribes the e-fits to Martin and Mary.  Trouble is the DT also asserts that there is only one fact in the case that we can be sure of.  And that is the alarm was raised at 10.14pm.

The records show the first call to the GNR was 10.41pm.  And the records are stuffed with many more facts, no matter what the DT asserts.

Trust 'Martin and Mary', source DT, at your peril.  Might be, might not.

Thanks for that, Shining.

However it remains a valid source.  Particularly as there has been no demand for it to be rescinded, and as we know Martin Smith does not take kindly to being misrepresented in the press.

[G-Unit]

From the statements that we read on line, the two most observant witnesses of what the family saw were Martin and his daughter Aofe.

We don't see Mary Smith's statement.

The press confirms the efits to have been Martin and Mary.

Still nothing convincing, sorry.

[ferryman]

Still nothing convincing, sorry.

Ah well ....

[pathfinder73]

The efit is evidence.

In fact, it's more than that.

It's irrefutable proof.

Martin Smith has changed his mind.

So has his wife, Mary.

The Smiths' children have not changed their minds.

None ever believed they had seen Gerry.

They still don't.

Not so. He wasn't 100% it was Gerry because it was dark when he saw the man.

[ferryman]

Not so. He wasn't 100% it was Gerry because it was dark when he saw the man.

Martin Smith was never completely certain he'd seen Gerry.

That point is not in dispute (so far as I'm aware).

Unsure what you are driving at?

[pathfinder73]

Martin Smith was never completely certain he'd seen Gerry.

That point is not in dispute (so far as I'm aware).

Unsure what you are driving at?

Have you read his signed statement?

This is the start of it and it hasn't changed to our knowledge.

"I hereby declare that this statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and that I make it knowing that if it is tendered in evidence I will be liable to prosecution if i state in it anything which I know to be false or do not believe to be true." MS