The Smithman e-fits

[faithlilly]

That is my opinion, too. The Smith family sighting formed part of a Portuguese police criminal investigation, whereas the VB lookalike sighting was reported to & dealt with by a private investigation. The McCanns could not authorise the release of the Smithman efits without compromising witnesses in the PJ case.

Was the publication of the Tannerman efit authorised by the PJ ?

[Robittybob1]

That is my opinion, too. The Smith family sighting formed part of a Portuguese police criminal investigation, whereas the VB lookalike sighting was reported to & dealt with by a private investigation. The McCanns could not authorise the release of the Smithman efits without compromising witnesses in the PJ case.

Which witnesses would they be compromising?  Once the case is archived judicial secrecy would ceased then surely?

[misty]

Which witnesses would they be compromising?  Once the case is archived judicial secrecy would ceased then surely?

It doesn't matter that judicial secrecy ceased in August 2008. What mattered is that 2 of the Smith family would have been shown as unreliable witnesses, based on their original statements, if the McCanns had allowed the efits to enter the public domain. That could have proved to any future prosecution in Portugal.....but as SY have subsequently released the efits, presumably with the blessing of the PJ....then IMO the witnesses were never as important as some people believe.
 

[slartibartfast]

It doesn't matter that judicial secrecy ceased in August 2008. What mattered is that 2 of the Smith family would have been shown as unreliable witnesses, based on their original statements, if the McCanns had allowed the efits to enter the public domain. That could have proved to any future prosecution in Portugal.....but as SY have subsequently released the efits, presumably with the blessing of the PJ....then IMO the witnesses were never as important as some people believe.

Which 2?

[G-Unit]

It doesn't matter that judicial secrecy ceased in August 2008. What mattered is that 2 of the Smith family would have been shown as unreliable witnesses, based on their original statements, if the McCanns had allowed the efits to enter the public domain. That could have proved to any future prosecution in Portugal.....but as SY have subsequently released the efits, presumably with the blessing of the PJ....then IMO the witnesses were never as important as some people believe.

Is any of this based on evidence? I have seen no evidence that the McCanns ever sought or cared about the PJ's opinions. Unless you have information about how or why the e-fits were done, you can't state as fact that producing them made the Smiths into unreliable witnesses. 

[Lace]

The only people the PI's had to answer to was their clients.

The PI's had to hand their findings to the PJ.

[jassi]

The PI's had to hand their findings to the PJ.

Had to ?                Do you have a cite for that?

[Lace]

Was the publication of the Tannerman efit authorised by the PJ ?

I posted this before but here it is again -

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/oct/26/ukcrime.madeleinemccann

[faithlilly]

I posted this before but here it is again -

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/oct/26/ukcrime.madeleinemccann

So the efit’s release was not authorised by the PJ, tacit approval via Mitchell does not aquate to authorisation :

tacit
ADJECTIVE

Understood or implied without being stated.
‘your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement’

 The efits yet were released during an ongoing investigation. Begs the question then why this didn’t happen with the Smithman efits when the PJ would have even less power to stop them ?

[G-Unit]

I posted this before but here it is again -

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/oct/26/ukcrime.madeleinemccann

Tacit approval. Meaning not stated. I don't think the PJ were asked for their approval, were they?

[Lace]

Tacit approval. Meaning not stated. I don't think the PJ were asked for their approval, were they?

"[The picture] gives an idea of the man's general appearance, his size, his shape and his bearing. We believe that this is potentially the last definitive sighting of Madeleine," he said. The release of the images, commissioned by private detectives working for the McCanns, was given the "tacit approval" of Portuguese police, Mr Mitchell said.


I appears to me,  that the Portuguese Police knew the images were going to be released,  no doubt they were told about it,   and didn't disagree to them being released.   If they didn't approve then they would have said so. IMO

[jassi]

Perhaps they just gave a metaphorical shrug of the shoulder and ignored it.

[misty]

Perhaps they just gave a metaphorical shrug of the shoulder and ignored it.

Releasing the artist's impression of Tannerman did not undermine the credibility of Jane's witness statement.

[G-Unit]

Releasing the artist's impression of Tannerman did not undermine the credibility of Jane's witness statement.

True, her sighting had already been dismissed as unreliable by the PJ, I think.

[Brietta]

True, her sighting had already been dismissed as unreliable by the PJ, I think.

Cite, please.