I believe Olegario de Sousa was quite emphatic too when declaring the parents were not suspects back in 2007. Was there outrage then ? Was he dismissed for claiming the parents were not suspects when later it was obvious they had been ?
Different times, the police leaking to the media made it very clear he was being disingenuous, not only that but it was only a matter of days between his statement and making the McCanns arguidos. Bringing the dogs in to search their rented apartment was a bit of a giveaway wasn’t it? Since then, the archiving report confirmed that there was no evidence against the McCanns, years have elapsed and the Met have also made it clear that the McCanns are not under investigation. You can cling to the belief that they are, without a single shred of evidence to support your beliefs apart from something said in 2007 by a policeman no longer involved in the investigation, because literally that is all you’ve got. It’s very weak evidence.