I noticed that HCW is winding back his conviction on the case too. Let’s not forget that he has stated that they had enough evidence to charge - IIRC in Oct 2021. Almost two years later and he doesn’t know if they will charge. Either he was bluffing or he now doubts the evidence he relied upon to make the statement. I think the former. It was a weak ploy, easily read by CB. Made much easier if he is innocent in relation to MM.
I’ve said it for a while now that HCW, as the mouthpiece of the prosecutors office, has seriously over played his hand. The case was built around HeB’s statement. They were further convinced by the DM case stacking up with forensics, and the potential coincidences of the Jag and phone call - both possibly red herrings. The star witness may have made statements but given his new position, he might not be that convincing in front of a judge.
For me, there is little reason to continue to believe there a case against CB for anything to do with MM. Whatever mirage there was has more or less disappeared.
If the MM case against CB is dropped, it would be good to see how the Portuguese and OG respond.
I've begun to wonder if they have another witness as well.
HeBs evidence seems much to lightweight to build any serious prosecution around (unless he held back in the Spiegel interview). IMO he possible just told them who to look at. Maybe CB said something more detailed to someone else?
That could explain why they had so much conviction in the theory but no charges have dropped. They can't corroborate