Surely if Smithman was innocent he would have come forward by now?

[pegasus]

According to the folks here, August is the month they hate.

The folks from Lisbon swarm over the Algarve.  Rightly or wrongly, they are seen as stressed out and aggressive.  (Note - this view is from a local.)

The locals, if they can, head somewhere else for August.

Thanks Shining. Just looking at the possibility the man and child seen by Smith group, could be a portuguese tourist father and daughter who live in another part of Portugal and were in Luz for a week's holiday.

[Robittybob1]

Thanks Shining. Just looking at the possibility the man and child seen by Smith group, could be a portuguese tourist father and daughter who live in another part of Portugal and were in Luz for a week's holiday.

Rather specific.  It could have been just for that day too.

[pathfinder73]

"Her skin was very white, typical of a Brit."

"He was somewhat tanned as a result of sun exposure."

[pegasus]

"Her skin was very white, typical of a Brit."

"He was somewhat tanned as a result of sun exposure."

Skin colour of mainland portuguese people varies from light pink to intermediate white and tanned.

[misty]

"Her skin was very white, typical of a Brit."

"He was somewhat tanned as a result of sun exposure."

Or Russian.....Dutch.....German........Scandinavian........

[pegasus]

Or Russian.....Dutch.....German........Scandinavian........

Precisely Misty.
There is an instructive example in another incident where 2 english witnesses tried to converse in the foreign language English with a distraught woman in the road, but without success.

The reason is the obvious one straight out of "Occam For Beginners - The Simplified Version" ...

The woman did not understand English.


 

[Robittybob1]

I can see where you are coming from with this, Shining. But the father DCI Redwood told us about who had come forward and claimed he was carrying his daughter home from a creche ... didn't seem to have that problem with Scotland Yard.

It might be harder if this same person has to admit to being Smithman too!

[John]

"Portuguese broadcasters wanted to show it but were refused permission", by whom?  PJ or government interference?

See http://joana-morais.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/crimewatch-aired-in-uk-ireland.html Robbity

The Deputy Director of News at SIC Television was meanwhile reported to have exchanged e-mails with the BBC in the days running up to the Crimewatch programme in order to secure the rights to the full programme, but to no avail.

“The BBC said they are not selling the rights”, Martim Cabral told The Portugal News, “therefore we cannot show it.”

Another Portuguese news channel, TVI, told The Portugal News that it had contacted the British national broadcaster prior to the airing of the show, as it sought to “acquire the programme for Portugal, which was denied.”

This is very bad Press for both Crimewatch and the BBC and should be pursued with them both.

A little girl has disappeared, thought to have been abducted, and the BBC is playing bloody games?

[Alice Purjorick]

This is very bad Press for both Crimewatch and the BBC and should be pursued with them both.

A little girl has disappeared, thought to have been abducted, and the BBC is playing bloody games?

Sub titled "she disappeared in Portugal but we will not let it be aired there where it will do more good,potentially, than being aired in UK".