Yet he only says all this after spending 3 days searching.... And if Nicola did fall in, it would be a tumble or an uncontrolled entry - not merrirly perching on some rocks as he suggests.
To me, he comes across as someone who can't handle the fact that he didn't find Nicola and that he is no longer in the limelight, virtually hogging all the PR coverage as he was.
Harsh? Maybe. But he has a big ego and a big mouth. Just like me.
The difference between us though is that I'm not in the media spotlight right now and if I were I would not be under mining the police.
The guy has history for "I have not done it so it cannot be done"
www.bbc.com/news/uk-17932164.amp