Good points, as always. I was almost certain they’d have pictures, but given what they have in the current trial - witnesses & writings - I am 80/20 rather than 99/1.
I agree that the concrete evidence will be well beyond a witness who said they saw a video, a photo or that he confessed to them. I definitely think there’ll be writings - the detective talked about CB’s email account that was related to the murder. The German’s have non forensic material evidence - photos, videos, audio or autobiographical. In 2018 when they searched a room he was staying in, amongst the evidence were pictures from 2007.
There’s something important about audio recordings from jail. FF has been going after it hard! If it wasn’t significant he wouldn’t be going after it.
‘Absolutely clear’ it was a homicide - gives the impression that it must be pictures. HCW also said if the had a video of the act of a picture of MM with CB on camera then they wouldn’t have needed to appeal. That again points to pictures of MM’s body. The German’s have always said the have evidence of murder & have given an opinion on what likely happened post abduction, but it seems the evidence doesn’t point to that.
The arguments by the defence (echoed on the threads) will probably be around the legality of the search & that it can’t be proven that CB took the picture (if indeed there is one). The defence won’t be able to challenge the evidence, just as they haven’t in the recent cases.
My opinion