Why Were We Lied to By the BBC ?

[Eleanor]

I wasn't there,so I don't try to second guess.

Good for you.  Many do just that.

[barrier]

Good for you.  Many do just that.

Quite.

[jassi]

Good for you.  Many do just that.

And there's plenty who say it wasn't Gerry, and they weren't there either.

[Wonderfulspam]

As dave & I have pointed out McCanns neither persons of interest or suspects.

As has been discussed in previous threads, there are witnesses who claim the alarm was raised before 10pm.
Gerry suggested splitting up during the confusion of the first searches.
He searched alone, rather than calling the police & informing them immediately of his daughters abduction.

Investigators would be well aware of all of this, so, my question is, how might the Met & PJ have been able to reach a position of certainty with regards to this sighting not being Gerry?

[faithlilly]

As dave & I have pointed out McCanns neither persons of interest or suspects.

As has been discussed in previous threads, there are witnesses who claim the alarm was raised before 10pm.
Gerry suggested splitting up during the confusion of the first searches.
He searched alone, rather than calling the police & informing them immediately of his daughters abduction.

Investigators would be well aware of all of this, so, my question is, how might the Met & PJ have been able to reach a position of certainty with regards to this sighting not being Gerry?

All that planning gone to waste ! Making sure by hook or by crook that you are put on the same street at the same time as the abductor and Redwood goes and finds the 'abductor' !

[Wonderfulspam]

I wonder if any investigative journalists have attempted to find Jane Tanner & ask her if she's now satisfied that she didn't witness an abduction.

I'd be interested to hear Ms Tanners take on the issue, but she appears to have remained silent for almost a decade now.

I can't help thinking, if she had some doubt, she might have expressed as much by now, given as she was previously eager to insist that she did witness said event.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1569668/McCann-friend-saw-Madeleines-abductor.html

[jassi]

It would be fascinating, wouldn't it?

Like the rest of the 'friends' I think they prefer to keep their heads down and not attract any more attention.

Apart from Fiona and her bike ride, when have any of them surfaced to say anything?

[Lace]

I wasn't there,so I don't try to second guess,as far as I am concerned I've read an article where its quoted that Mr Smith is/was 60%/80% certain of who he saw.

Only by how he carried his child !!   Not by appearance,  but how he carried the child.

[Lace]

All that planning gone to waste ! Making sure by hook or by crook that you are put on the same street at the same time as the abductor and Redwood goes and finds the 'abductor' !

If the story supposed to have been Jane seeing the abductor when Gerry was in the street,  how did she know Gerry was going to meet Jeremy?    Also why would Gerry say he didn't see Jane?   

[Lace]

As dave & I have pointed out McCanns neither persons of interest or suspects.

As has been discussed in previous threads, there are witnesses who claim the alarm was raised before 10pm.
Gerry suggested splitting up during the confusion of the first searches.
He searched alone, rather than calling the police & informing them immediately of his daughters abduction.

Investigators would be well aware of all of this, so, my question is, how might the Met & PJ have been able to reach a position of certainty with regards to this sighting not being Gerry?

If Gerry was going to hide Madeleine's body,   he didn't exactly rush to do it,  he was seen searching around the pool area by one of the waiters,  so how could he have been there around by the pool if he was Smithman?   By the time the waiter had left the Tapas bar,  there were groups of people out searching for Madeleine.

[Wonderfulspam]

If Gerry was going to hide Madeleine's body,   he didn't exactly rush to do it,  he was seen searching around the pool area by one of the waiters,  so how could he have been there around by the pool if he was Smithman?   By the time the waiter had left the Tapas bar,  there were groups of people out searching for Madeleine.

Perhaps the waiter was mistaken & had confused one of the other group members for Gerry. Maybe that.

[faithlilly]

If the story supposed to have been Jane seeing the abductor when Gerry was in the street,  how did she know Gerry was going to meet Jeremy?    Also why would Gerry say he didn't see Jane?

She didn't, Gerry told her later.

If someone overlooking the chat had claimed later that the had not seen Jane walk by how would that have made Gerry look if he had said that he had seen her ? Deniability....Gerry's watchword.

[jassi]

If the story supposed to have been Jane seeing the abductor when Gerry was in the street,  how did she know Gerry was going to meet Jeremy?    Also why would Gerry say he didn't see Jane?

If he said he had seen Jane  and it was later proved that she wasn't there, he would be shown to have lied.
By saying that he didn't see her, he is not saying she wasn't there, just that he didn't see her, so he is covering his options.

[faithlilly]

If he said he had seen Jane  and it was later proved that she wasn't there, he would be shown to have lied.
By saying that he didn't see her, he is not saying she wasn't there, just that he didn't see her, so he is covering his options.

Snap ! 

[Lace]

She didn't, Gerry told her later.

If someone overlooking the chat had claimed later that the had not seen Jane walk by how would that have made Gerry look if he had said that he had seen her ? Deniability....Gerry's watchword.

So are you saying that Gerry and Jane concocted a story about an abductor?   Why?   Jane hardly knew Gerry.