Australia Australia - William Tyrrell, 3, Kendall, Nsw, 12 Sept 2014 - #38

[Thebottomline]

I always have thought it strange the way that Spedding refuses to give the media an account of his movements that day, yet Colin had free reign to give a story .. complete with apparent (unseen and inconclusive) bank statement proof.
It is as if Colin gave the story to the media, Spedding can always say that Colin got it wrong, if necessary.

Yes, another weird thing is that Spedding included no details of his movements that day in his YouTube video. Why bother to do the video? It really said a lot of not-much.

Yes south Aussie I agree , maybe he was instructed to keep tight lipped by his lawyers but who knows .

 

[SouthAussie]

Yes south Aussie I agree , maybe he was instructed to keep tight lipped by his lawyers but who knows .

Borce Ristevski clammed up and hid behind his lawyer once he had delivered inconsistent stories to the police and he had fallen under great suspicion. I am reminded very much of that, when I look at Spedding's situation.

Conversely, there are people like Tom Meagher who never did anything wrong and never felt the need to hide behind a lawyer or not face the media ... no matter how much some people tried to cast suspicion on him, and were ultimately proved wrong.

 

[Thebottomline]

Borce Ristevski clammed up and hid behind his lawyer once he had delivered inconsistent stories to the police and he had fallen under great suspicion. I am reminded very much of that, when I look at Spedding's situation.

Conversely, there are people like Tom Meagher who never did anything wrong and never felt the need to hide behind a lawyer or not face the media ... no matter how much some people tried to cast suspicion on him, and were ultimately proved wrong.

Yes absolutely right . Poor Tom, I watched that doc again the other night . He was transparent from the outset .So different from the Borce’s and Baden Clays and spedding . Even though he is not a spouse ( Spedding I mean )

 

[Thebottomline]

Anyway spedding is there in the firing line for a resason. I hope all the findings during the inquest are public .

 

[JLZ]

Borce Ristevski clammed up and hid behind his lawyer once he had delivered inconsistent stories to the police and he had fallen under great suspicion. I am reminded very much of that, when I look at Spedding's situation.

Conversely, there are people like Tom Meagher who never did anything wrong and never felt the need to hide behind a lawyer or not face the media ... no matter how much some people tried to cast suspicion on him, and were ultimately proved wrong.

Adrian Bayley was arrested less than a week after Jill's murder. Tom wasn't under public suspicion very long. Who knows what he might have done in the way of consulting a lawyer, innocent and bereaved as he was, if the suspicion had lasted months and been shared by police.

I'm not aware whether Spedding went to his lawyer before the raids in January. I imagine I'd be getting advice if I was raided. And I wouldn't be talking to the media (or making a video for that matter) . . . especially not if I hadn't been close to the victim. (Ah, I'm assuming I'm innocent.)

 

[SouthAussie]

Adrian Bayley was arrested less than a week after Jill's murder. Tom wasn't under public suspicion very long. Who knows what he might have done in the way of consulting a lawyer, innocent and bereaved as he was, if the suspicion had lasted months and been shared by police.

I'm not aware whether Spedding went to his lawyer before the raids in January. I imagine I'd be getting advice if I was raided. And I wouldn't be talking to the media (or making a video for that matter) . . . especially not if I hadn't been close to the victim. (Ah, I'm assuming I'm innocent.)

While I get what you are saying, if I was innocent, I think I would be offering a statement for media publication. Something along the lines of ....

"To reiterate for the general public, as the police full well know, at the time of William's disappearance I was sitting in full public view at a coffee shop across from a primary school where I then attended an assembly with other parents, teachers and students. I had nothing to do with the disappearance of William Tyrrell."

What would be the harm in that?
If my business was crumbling, and people were giving me sideways looks wherever I went, that would be somewhat more effective than saying nothing about my whereabouts, and trying to sue the media over years and years because of an erroneous statement (when a legal letter demanding a public retraction of that statement might have taken care of that) and attempting to shut the relentless media up. I don't believe the general public even knows about the lawsuit(s).

Unless .... there were some holes in my alibi, or I knew that evidence proved otherwise/something else.
That is how I see it, anyway.

 

[frogwell]

I always have thought it strange the way that Spedding refuses to give the media an account of his movements that day, yet Colin had free reign to give a story .. complete with apparent (unseen and inconclusive) bank statement proof.
It is as if Colin gave the story to the media, Spedding can always say that Colin got it wrong, if necessary.

Yes, another weird thing is that Spedding included no details of his movements that day in his YouTube video. Why bother to do the video? It really said a lot of not-much.

Well did it? It is a public statement besides the statement he has given to police. His account states exactly when he attended Benaroon Drive. Is there any evidence to contradict his statement? If his statement is true, why would he give any other details to the public? The FM has stated publically that a phonecall was made to BS the morning of the disappearance to see when the part might be arriving, but they were not expecting him, that hasn't stopped the media reporting that they were expecting BS that morning repeatedly. IMO

 

[SouthAussie]

Well did it? It is a public statement besides the statement he has given to police. His account states exactly when he attended Benaroon Drive. Is there any evidence to contradict his statement? If his statement is true, why would he give any other details to the public? The FM has stated publically that a phonecall was made to BS the morning of the disappearance to see when the part might be arriving, but they were not expecting him, that hasn't stopped the media reporting that they were expecting BS that morning repeatedly. IMO

I don't believe that it has ever been stated what the phone call to Spedding was about that morning.

Police seized his telephone records and those of William’s grandmother as they have checked his statement that he had a missed call from the grandmother that morning and tried to call back but could not get through.
We’re for Sydney | Daily Telegraph

You may think it was to see when the part was arriving. We have speculated in the past that it was to see what time he would be at the house, as he had intended to be there, as per his son Rodney.

"He (son, Rodney Spedding) says his father was due to go to William’s grandmother’s house on the day William disappeared, to fix her washing machine .....
The Australian April 18, 2015
Australia - Australia - William Tyrrell, 3, Kendall, Nsw, 12 Sept 2014 - #34

 

[SouthAussie]

It was Spedding who claims that he called on Friday afternoon to say the part had arrived. Is that an inconsistency in his statement?


Mr Spedding has claimed to relatives and police he was never due to visit Kendall on the day three-year-old William vanished, September 12, 2014, and was simply calling to say the part needed to repair the washing machine had arrived.
We’re for Sydney | Daily Telegraph

"It does seem that this was an opportunistic crime and when somebody makes that kind of impulsive decision, mistakes are made and it's those kind of mistakes that the investigation is focusing on," Dr Yule said.
Timeline follows disappearance of William Tyrrell

 

[frogwell]

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the FM explains that on the Thursday night the washing was piling up at her mother's house so she thought she would call the next morning to find out when the part had arrived and when he would be coming to install the part. She left a message.

 

[interested64]

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the FM explains that on the Thursday night the washing was piling up at her mother's house so she thought she would call the next morning to find out when the part had arrived and when he would be coming to install the part. She left a message.

is it just me or is the foster mother nodding yes to spedding knowing they would be there imo

 

[Thebottomline]

Regardless of what spedding said or did that day, he has to make an appearance at the coronial inquest . There is obviously a very good reason for that .

 

[bearbear]

criminologist xanthe mallett just on channel nine today show talking about cold cases, she said police hold hope williams still alive......
so i wonder if they think someone took him for the family, because surely he wouldnt be if it was the other (p) scenario?

 

[Thebottomline]

criminologist xanthe mallett just on channel nine today show talking about cold cases, she said police hold hope williams still alive......
so i wonder if they think someone took him for the family, because surely he wouldnt be if it was the other (p) scenario?

I saw that , interestingly she said they were no further along in Toyah Cordingley case. I don’t think she had much of a clue to be honest !

 

[Bohemian]

I saw that , interestingly she said they were no further along in Toyah Cordingley case. I don’t think she had much of a clue to be honest !

I think Xanthe has turned into a bit of a ‘talking head’ (for hire). Basically, she’s never really said much about William’s (or Toyah’s) case other than that which has been said by Sarah Yule and police (which has been, and is, readily available in MSM). In other words, I don’t think she has an ‘inside track’ into police investigations—she is simply commentating.

It has been reported in MSM that police think, or ‘hold [out] hope’, that William may still be alive. I think it’s simply media spin on Counsel Assisting’s statement, at the recent Directions Hearing, that it can’t be concluded on current evidence that William is deceased and that police are still pursuing active leads:

Police chasing ‘active leads’ in William Tyrrell case

 

[bearbear]

I saw that , interestingly she said they were no further along in Toyah Cordingley case. I don’t think she had much of a clue to be honest !

yes her answers were very vague and empty, not what i expected

 

[SouthAussie]

criminologist xanthe mallett just on channel nine today show talking about cold cases, she said police hold hope williams still alive......
so i wonder if they think someone took him for the family, because surely he wouldnt be if it was the other (p) scenario?

I watched the police interview with William's (foster) parents again yesterday.
They were both sobbing when thinking of that other scenario. Heartbreaking.

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[frogwell]

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I know I'm being pedantic, but I have to consider heavy editing with the nature of this interview. She might not even be answering the same question that was put to her by the interviewer. that is the 60 minutes interview that I am referring to. I like the information in the police interview a lot more. IMO

 

[SouthAussie]

I know I'm being pedantic, but I have to consider heavy editing with the nature of this interview. She might not even be answering the same question that was put to her by the interviewer. that is the 60 minutes interview that I am referring to. I like the information in the police interview a lot more. IMO

Nah ... pretty sure the questions asked would have been vetted, and limited questions about Spedding were allowed. No elaboration on further phone contact, his visits to the house, or the actual washing machine repair.

No point thinking that she could have been uncomfortable about a different question imo.

She would have been saying what she was allowed to talk about, without jeopardising the police investigation.
According to other body language sites, rapid head nodding could also mean that she wanted to move on from that subject. And I would too ... if I was trying to hold my composure when speaking of a tradesman who could have taken my child and done who-knows-what to him.

 

[Warshawski]

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We're here for a little Boy, and I feel it's appropriate to maintain 'suitable & respectful behaviour' in his honour.