Miss_French, you are totally right, it’s not “confirmation” of anything as its the bin lorry driver's recollection of things reiterated by Nicola, and he could be lying. But I just meant confirmation of what he had told police as it was vague on whether he had given a wishy washy "possibly" seen Corrie or he was adamant he HAD seen Corrie.
In regards to your points 1-3 about the phone, I agree 100% which is why I do think his phone was on him, and it travelled in another vehicle (a meet? stranger? that taxi thats been mentioned?) my question on that has been why was his last text earlier in the night if he did have his phone, but I just thought.. what about Whats-App? Is there any way to get a record of that? I use that much more over texting and you don't log into it, its linked to your phone, but is it linked to your phone records? If not could he have been messaging people there and without the phone they cant access it? I always thought it was odd there was no phone records after that final text was received, but he could have been using that app or any similar app. Some apps you have log ins for which means you can access it on any phone, some are linked to the phone itself which I can only assume are accessible with the handset??
In regards to quote in that article though, thats a complete contradiction to what Nicola is saying, because she says that he says in his statement that he saw FOUR people in the area (one of which we now know he says was Corrie) 3 of those 4 were identified and eliminated and they were seen leaving the area on foot via CCTV. However the 4th person wasn't seen leaving on the CCTV and therefore (by Nicola's words on FB) is "unaccounted" for and she posted that after Martin made his thoughts clear. (It was actually made in a comment in regards to someones question by the way)
Now realistically the 4th person or sighting of Corrie may not even exist because the the lorry driver could be lying, but she seems to believe him so thats her prerogative of course.
Also the article says "The biffa bin lorry driver said he had seen Corrie, but he hadnt on the night he had dissapeared in the horseshoe" - Now I am guessing thats really bad journalism because that doesnt even make sense.
I am only really going off what Nicola is posting recently after meetings with the police, as opposed to old articles and quotes because clearly information has been incorrect, contradicting, confusing etc. by way of everyone involved and she herself even says this.