Smith's statements. don't ya just hate um Gerry?

LJC wrote:

T4two wrote:Smith can't say for sure that he saw Gerry McCann, but he is positive that it wasn't Robert Murat. Possible explanation - Smith didn't see anyone - the sighting is to give his friend Murat an alibi?

Cor blimey, T4two, you have hit the nail on the head, at least with me anyway. Yes, that is possible isn't it. Very possible indeed. Yes, the Smiths were doing everything they could to get Murat off the hook. Another bloody red herring most likely. The can say who it definiately was not but they cannot identify who it was. And despite hearing the news of a missing child the next day, they say they did not make any connection with their own sighting and then the penny dropped two weeks later. No, I don't believe that either for some reason. They eventually say the man they passed drew suspicion from them because he ignored them, but then next day when they hear a child has gone missing they make no connection at all. That's just rubbish, isn't it?