I think the PR team is doing a great job of diverting the conversation and speculation away from the fosters.
FM was found not guilty of 'deliberately' lying to the crime commission, period. Even though it was reported from the hearing that she indeed admitted in a phone conversation shortly afterward that she'd
used the wooden spoon, was heard asking the child where it was, etc., the only issue at question was whether she deliberately lied about ever hitting a child with a wooden spoon. Not that she in fact DID it, or even that she in fact lied about it, but that she 'deliberately' lied about it. But from the judge not being able to 100% guarantee that FM lied 'deliberately' during the CC hearing, some seem to translate that to: the judge believes FM.
"Magistrate Miranda Moody said she could not "discount the possibility she was mistaken and did not deliberately lie" to the commission..." William Tyrrell's foster mum found not guilty of lying to NSW Crime Commission
Which not-guilty-for-deliberately-lying-verdict prompted a speech from FM to media after court, asking police to focus on finding out what happened to William. As if that isn't what police have been doing all along? As if, just because police are focusing on FM, they are therefore
not focusing on finding out what happened to William?
"“She’s found me not guilty of lying to the crime commission. “With this behind me, I hope that police focus on finding William and what happened to him.”" https://www.theaustralian.com.au/br...n/news-story/2945626eb390eab1a09aeb0d3ad27e6a
And then an ex cop who's been writing about improprieties in policing for many years, is quoted in an article, saying police have 'stuffed up' the 'fruitless' WT investigation, even though he's not involved in working the case, because they're expected to solve crimes even though they're not actually solved, for political reasons.
'There's been a major stuff up and police have been expected to get outcomes that aren't possible,' he told the Daily Telegraph.
Which all seems to have culminated in a dailymail article inferring from all of that, that :
- Comments follow foster mother being cleared of involvement in secret hearing
even though FM has not been cleared of 'involvement', she has only been 'cleared' of 'deliberately lying' to the CC, and she wasn't cleared of anything in a secret hearing, she was 'cleared' in a regular courtroom after being charged by police for what she said during that secret hearing. Words matter, Daily Mail!
Police 'stuffed up' William Tyrrell investigation, expert says
All imo.