Kindly make up your mind as to whether what you think is of importance or not.
I am reminded of Jane Tanner's flip-flops.
Jane was wearing flip-flops but she did no 'flip-flops' in relation to her eye witness evidence. Someone told lies that she constantly changed her statement regarding the man she saw carrying a child outside the McCann apartment.
I am sure that will have been one of the first in the sequence of events that Operation Grange will have brainstormed right from the initial scoping exercise to the decision made from the information from that to reopen Madeleine's case.
I think there is a lot of importance to be gleaned from the Rowley interview ... despite the fact he was unable to impart anything about the present live investigation into Madeleine's disappearance.
First ... there is no doubt that Kate and Gerry McCann are viewed as victims of the events of May third by the Scotland Yard team of investigators.
Second ... there could very well be a further suspect on the books ...
QuoteQ: How old were the suspects because I think you interviewed them originally through the Portuguese beginning of July 2014?
MR: By the end of the year we were happy to have brought them out and we were moving on to other parts of the investigation.
Q: Do you have any other suspects at the moment?
MR: So, we have got some critical lines of enquiry that are definitely worth pursuing and I’m not going to go into further detail on those.
Another I would say though is, these lines of enquiry we have to date, they are the
product of information available at the time and information that has come from public appeals that we have done.
Four Crimewatch appeals, and other media channels have been incredibly helpful, including yourselves, and thousands of pieces of information have come forward, some useful some not, but amongst that have been some nuggets that have
thrown some extra light on the original material that came from the time and that is one of the things that has helped us to make progress and have some critical lines of enquiry we are pursuing today.
Q: The question of other suspects, is there anyone like those four who have been dismissed, is there anyone who has the “alguido” status?
MR: I’m not going to give that level of detail away, we have got some critical lines of enquiry and we are working with the Portuguese on that, we are both interested in. Disclosing any more information on that will not help the investigation.
End QuoteInformation available to the original enquiry has been married to further evidence made available from various sources to Operation Grange to evolve into critical lines of inquiry of interest to both the Portuguese and British investigators working the case today.
I would say that painstaking work has resulted in a result.
That there are those who promote underestimating that really do raise questions for me regarding motive. Cui bono?