What distance do you have it that Jane saw Tannerman, cos a couple of days ago I was reading , I think, a police report, and the officer said that Jane indicated that Tannerman was only the width, or length, of the room away from her: I cant remember which, but the officer equated that to 5 metres
Please, I cant remember where I saw it, but perhaps others can find it. I had seen that distance mentioned before as well.
5 metres isn't far, just over 16 feet I think ... and whilst I think most people would find it difficult to put into words the distance in metres, relating it to the size of something that the witness was looking at seems more concrete to.
IMO
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4078 “How far away from you were they at the closest point?”
Reply “Phew, as, I mean, it’s hard to, sort of thing, but I think I was sort of halfway, it’s probably sort of five metres, I mean, I’m trying to sort of think in terms of this room, but sort of probably just further than that wall, probably sort of five to ten metres id’ say, if, I don’t know how far it is to there, but”.
4078 “I would say probably about, I am just guessing, but two and a half to three metres?”
Reply “Yeah, I’d probably say sort of five, five to ten metres, well probably five, nearer five”.
4078 “So about as far away again the other side of the wall as you are from this side?”
Reply “Yeah, yeah, probably, yeah, sort of, as when I first, when I first saw them”.
4078 “I don’t know why I was looking over there, it’s like I was (inaudible)”.
Reply “I know. But, yeah, I’d say probably, and then obviously I was walking as they were walking, so it would have probably, I don’t know whether it would have gone less or, but, I mean, I wasn’t like staring, you know, it was sort of like a”.
4078 “A passing interest, yeah?”
Reply “Yeah”.
4078 “Right. Okay. Are you okay?”
Reply “Yeah”.
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