Was the video footage of the dog inspections 'doctored'?

[Anna]

I don't think I can cope with this.  Can I do it tomorrow?

It never ceases to amaze me of just how little we all individually know.  But I have had a long day elsewhere.

Sorry to hear you have had a bad day  It is a long video, so not the right time for you.
We certainly do only know very little of the truth!

[Anna]

When Eddie barked after sniffing the top of the sideboard, why didn't Martin Grime open the cupboard door immediately?

We have no idea who put Cuddle Cat into the cupboard.

We have no indication why CC was put in the cupboard.

We have no idea when CC was put into the cupboard, which is the most important point.

A very confusing exercise ................Putting CC in he cupboard. It was the paperwork on the cupboard that Eddie seemed interested in, Sniffed, jumped down and barked.

[sadie]

A very confusing exercise ................Putting CC in he cupboard. It was the paperwork on the cupboard that Eddie seemed interested in, Sniffed, jumped down and barked.

yep,


But .... he had already been cleared twice by Eddie earlier on when Eddie played with him twice.
We KNOW he had no cadavar odour on him.


so, why did they put him in the cupboard anyway?


Just WHAT were they trying to prove ?

[Eleanor]

Sorry to hear you have had a bad day  It is a long video, so not the right time for you.
We certainly do only know very little of the truth!

No, I haven't had a particularly bad day.  It just started at 7am, and then went on and on.  Bloody flies, and bleeping smoke alarms, and shower regulators that have ceased to work.  And for God's sake keep the clients happy. 
Some of us should have retired years ago, if only we could afford to.

But I will watch it.  I suddenly need to know why some people are so suspicious of The McCanns.  I don't think that they are right.  But fair is fair.  And they are going to have their say if it kills me.

Have I had an epiphany?  Almost certainly not. But no one has ever known for certain sure.

[Brietta]

A very confusing exercise ................Putting CC in he cupboard. It was the paperwork on the cupboard that Eddie seemed interested in, Sniffed, jumped down and barked.

I haven't seen anything which confirms that Eddie did alert to Cuddle Cat.  He tipped him out of the basket and left him lying on the floor (at 1:47) where he studiously ignored him despite being walked past him when he followed Martin Grime (1:47 - 2:12 Eddie just was not interested).

Why was CC hidden when all the other toys were out in plain view?

Interestingly, the bedroom Eddie is taken to after alerting is the master bedroom: this was inspected before he was taken into the lounge area where he found CC (ends with Martin Grime replacing a pink item into the wardrobe at 3:25)
So not only was the cupboard door not opened when Eddie Alerted; the camera and the dog team revisited the master bedroom which already had a thorough going over just minutes before.  Curious?

[ferryman]

We have no idea when CC was put into the cupboard, which is the most important point.

Agreed!

There had to be some explanation of the alert.