I’m new here and I’m fascinated by this case having read through the posts from day one. It’s such an appalling crime and, like others, I am trying to get some sort of handle on why someone who, on the surface has everything going for him, decides to commit this truly wicked crime.
Before I dive in with some of my own opinions I would like to say that I think the DNA evidence is overwhelming and the authorities have definitely got the right man.
I also feel there are missing links in the case and I am especially interested in AC’s mother’s statement, quoted in the Sun that she started searching her CCTV at 2pm because TM’s aunt had said that TM last saw the child at 2pm.
To me this is significant and is unlikely to be explained away by lax journalism. I have been a journalist and to get this story the Sun Journalist would have had to befriend the woman as well as having had to be in court to listen to the whole trial to be able to put the interview in context.
This is likely to mean the journalist would have known the full significance of that statement and would have had substantial evidence that AC’s mother had really said it - ie an audio recording of some sort.
Before publication lawyers would have been informed of the significance and would have considered the sentance from every angle; court records would have been checked and the subsequent discrepancy between AC’s mother’s statement in the press and the one TM made in court would have meant the decision to publish would have been a joint one between the Editor and the lawyers.
So, to me it suggests that we are not the only ones who have noticed this discrepancy and there may be some sort of follow up.
I also can’t help noticing that there was one witness who was more sympathetic to TM in court than she was to the police. Another one mentioned that she hadn’t previously reported domestic violence between RM and TM because the parents had warned her off.
What does this mean? Possibly nothing in the long run but since the Mcphails certainly has some influence on the community talking it is enough for my brain to start looking further into discrepancies.
If AC’s mother is right then why would TM have said 11pm? Could it be that she was outside arguing with RM at 11pm as suggested by one witness and did not come back in until 2pm to check on Alesha and she didn’t want people to think there were problems between herself and Robert?
If TM is right then why would TM’s aunt have specifically mentioned 2pm to
AC’s mother, who then specifically started searching the CCTV at that time?
I don’t have the answers but there are certainly some large questions that will no doubt affect the community for sometime.
Before I dive in with some of my own opinions I would like to say that I think the DNA evidence is overwhelming and the authorities have definitely got the right man.
I also feel there are missing links in the case and I am especially interested in AC’s mother’s statement, quoted in the Sun that she started searching her CCTV at 2pm because TM’s aunt had said that TM last saw the child at 2pm.
To me this is significant and is unlikely to be explained away by lax journalism. I have been a journalist and to get this story the Sun Journalist would have had to befriend the woman as well as having had to be in court to listen to the whole trial to be able to put the interview in context.
This is likely to mean the journalist would have known the full significance of that statement and would have had substantial evidence that AC’s mother had really said it - ie an audio recording of some sort.
Before publication lawyers would have been informed of the significance and would have considered the sentance from every angle; court records would have been checked and the subsequent discrepancy between AC’s mother’s statement in the press and the one TM made in court would have meant the decision to publish would have been a joint one between the Editor and the lawyers.
So, to me it suggests that we are not the only ones who have noticed this discrepancy and there may be some sort of follow up.
I also can’t help noticing that there was one witness who was more sympathetic to TM in court than she was to the police. Another one mentioned that she hadn’t previously reported domestic violence between RM and TM because the parents had warned her off.
What does this mean? Possibly nothing in the long run but since the Mcphails certainly has some influence on the community talking it is enough for my brain to start looking further into discrepancies.
If AC’s mother is right then why would TM have said 11pm? Could it be that she was outside arguing with RM at 11pm as suggested by one witness and did not come back in until 2pm to check on Alesha and she didn’t want people to think there were problems between herself and Robert?
If TM is right then why would TM’s aunt have specifically mentioned 2pm to
AC’s mother, who then specifically started searching the CCTV at that time?
I don’t have the answers but there are certainly some large questions that will no doubt affect the community for sometime.