For people who may not be familiar with the UK media, The Daily Mail has a reputation for making quite big assumptions, digging for a story and being quite right wing (sometimes bordering on racist).
In terms of Joanna's partner's half-brother not wishing to speak to the paper, I would see this more of a reflection of the fact that he would be concerned of how they may twist what he says, rather than anything else.
Thanks for the welcomes! I was here before but registered with an email address at my last place of work. Can't for the life of me remember the password and as I can't access the emails, figured it would be useful to reregister.
In terms of reputable broadsheet newspapers in the UK, the ones to look out for are The Guardian, The Independent, The Times and The Telegraph.
The Sun and The Mirror are the main tabloids, with the Daily Mail being tabloid but trying to be more serious (it is probably considered the one that people raise their eyebrows to the most though as they do print some quite controversial things)!
One thing I will say I've noticed (and debated this with my family in relation to Joanna Yeates on Christmas Day) is that with the Daily Mail they imply a lot of things which I think is based on information they have which can't be released into the public domain yet. For example, a recent case about a British man who allegedly murdered his wife on honeymoon in South Africa, the Daily Mail hinted at his involvement for ages before the South African authorities applied to have him extradited for questioning. I found it interesting how the DM had implied that he was involved prior to all of this actually coming into the public domain. By contrast in this case their articles have not hinted at the boyfriend being involved at all which makes me think that this is something the police have ruled out already.
Hope that makes sense and helps in some way.
Yes, thank you. In the Dewani case, the Mail was certainly insinuating outcomes long before they occurred.
This is the first I have read of her stopping off at another place, Bargain Booze, on her way home. It is not mentioned whether or not she bought anything there.
I would like to know if she ate anything in the pub. If not,it could explain her buying such a large pizza. I wonder if the autopsy revealed if she had actually eaten any of the pizza ? MOO
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My daughter and I shared an identical pizza about 2 weeks ago, I could have easily eaten it all, it is quite a small pizza, did I imagine it or did I read that Joanna had bought a bottle of cider at Bargain Booze? Poor girl
* Police are 'pursuing a number of lines of inquiry'
* Joanna's boyfriend Greg Reardon is not being treated as a suspect
* Detectives reveal body had been on grass verge for 'several days'
* Officers keeping 'open mind' over possibility of sexual motive
* Grieving parents say 'Police know more than they're telling us'
Hi guys,
Joined because of this case - another poster linked me to the site.
The purchase of cider changes everything, in my opinion. Funny that the police decided to mention it today. I had been convinced that the boyfriend was the culprit up until that point. Now it makes a lot less sense. Why would she buy alcohol for her and her boyfriend if he was planning to drive to Sheffield?
It doesn't necessarily negate the theory (e.g. alcohol just for her/he hadn't actually planned the trip, and is being covered by his brother/alcohol was for another time/he would've had just one glass before driving), but makes me wonder if there was a secret lover. The police seem to be drip feeding. The press conferences are more about smoking him out than about appealing for information.
The parents realising within 30 minutes of arriving at the flat that Jo had been abducted - I think some misinterpreted that (as someone else has said above). I think what they meant was there were signs that she hadn't chosen to leave, and that they saw these signs within half an hour.
I personally think that Joanna was dead on Friday the 17th and probably her body taken to the site that night (early hours of next morning probably). I still think the boyfriend is a likely suspect, but I do wonder why he hasn't already been arrested if this is the case.
I am starting to wonder more about a lover because it sounds like she'd planned for a cosy night in.
I'll be back here later or tomorrow to check out others' posts. Nice to be here finally - heard about the site before, but have never got around to checking it out.
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