With this and his claim that DP visited Kate on the 3rd, Gerry certainly seems hellbent on including him in the narrative even though none of his claims appear in DP’s first statement. Makes you wonder why ? Was DP threatening to go ‘off message’ ? Was he one of the friends who wanted to, allegedly, change his statement ?
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Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns' spokesman, denied that any of the friends had officially approached the Portuguese police through their lawyers but said that they were happy to be reinterviewed by police if it resolved any apparent inconsistencies and hastened the McCanns being cleared.
"Contrary to a report in the Spanish press, and after consultation amongst Gerry and Kate McCann's friends, I can deny that any approach has been made by their lawyers asking to amend or change the witness statement of any of them," he said.
"Kate and Gerry's friends, who were with them on May 3, have consistently told the truth and remain happy, indeed they are keen, to be reinterviewed by the police if necessary to clarify any inconsistencies in the statements that the police may think they have identified.
"The friends believe that if such interviews or reinterviews take place it can only lead to Gerry and Kate being eliminated from the inquiry swiftly."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568706/Madeleine-Tapas-Two-want-to-change-story.htmlThere was absolutely no inference from any of the McCann friends of a desire to change the statements. The proof of this is that no-one did so either prior to or after making rogatory statements to the police in England.
A perfect occasion to make any such alleged change, don't you think?