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

[SouthAussie]

Thanks SA. So the Spedding’s TV interview and Col’s Australian interview were around the same time. I wonder if that’s when Rodney’s interview was also published? And some OPs wonder why BS has had so much attention from MSM. Sheesh! It was a veritable media blitz by him and his supporters. Again, rookie mistake. As is being interviewed by police without a lawyer present. Any reasonably intelligent adult should know that—that sage advice has been doing the rounds for years.

Again, all MOO.

Rodney's first media comments were in April 2015 ... then he made a few later as well, about the child sex charges.


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 ..... He says his father told him that he phoned the grandmother to say he would not be coming to fix the washing machine."
The Australian April 18, 2015
Australia - Australia - William Tyrrell, 3, Kendall, Nsw, 12 Sept 2014 - #34

 

[they'll get you]

It worked as recently as 2016 though:

An elaborate police sting known as 'the Mr Big scenario' helped snare a killer

You known what ‘they’ say; ‘There’s [one] born every minute.’

IMO something like the Mr Big scenario might work time and again for someone like TJ looking for notoriety but I doubt it would have a snowflakes chance with some upstanding elderly gray-haired man. IYKWIM.

Just change the temptation and the trap is set.

 

[Bohemian]

Don't lose hope, Bo. I know it's hard sometimes, but we need to stay positive. Imagine how crippling it must be for his families. Insert tear emoji.

Yes, I know. Their suffering was palpable.

 

[Bohemian]

Rodney's first media comments were in April 2015 ... then he made a few later as well, about the child sex charges.


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 ..... He says his father told him that he phoned the grandmother to say he would not be coming to fix the washing machine."
The Australian April 18, 2015
Australia - Australia - William Tyrrell, 3, Kendall, Nsw, 12 Sept 2014 - #34

So it went on for a while then. Do you know what date the FB video was posted?

 

[SouthAussie]

So it went on for a while then. Do you know what date the FB video was posted?

September 9th, 2015 was the YouTube video.

 

[sosocurious]

Rodney's first media comments were in April 2015 ... then he made a few later as well, about the child sex charges.


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 ..... He says his father told him that he phoned the grandmother to say he would not be coming to fix the washing machine."
The Australian April 18, 2015
Australia - Australia - William Tyrrell, 3, Kendall, Nsw, 12 Sept 2014 - #34

So RS went to radio first?

Published - 9th March 2015 - podcast
Rodney phoned into chat to the grill team boys. Commencing abt 43:53.
Grill Team Podcast #1152 - The Grill Team Sydney - Omny.fm

 

[SouthAussie]

So he went to radio first?

Published - 9th March 2015 - podcast
Rodney phoned into chat to the grill team boys. Commencing abt 43:53.
Grill Team Podcast #1152 - The Grill Team Sydney - Omny.fm

Ahh ... looks like he did. Good find!

 

[Bohemian]

September 9th, 2015 was the YouTube video.

That’s right. Just before the 60 Minutes episode about William, marking the 1st anniversary of his disappearance. Again, creating unnecessary drama IMO.

 

[drsleuth]

WS staff are exceptionally busy with other very active threads, and we really wouldn't like to close a thread, but ...

If members don't drop the pettiness, the snipes, semantics, hair-splitting, and attitudes in this thread, we can close it and go with a Media *No Discussion* thread.

Thankyou Sillybilly!!

 

[Bohemian]

WS staff are exceptionally busy with other very active threads, and we really wouldn't like to close a thread, but ...

If members don't drop the pettiness, the snipes, semantics, hair-splitting, and attitudes in this thread, we can close it and go with a Media *No Discussion* thread.

Mea culpa sb

 

[SouthAussie]

Well, all I can say about the media reporting by Colin and Rodney (and Amy) is that if Spedding and his wife are found by the Coroner to have told mistruths about Spedding's whereabouts that morning, there are going to be a lot of angry/confused/upset/disappointed people in Spedding's circle.


His daughter-in-law Amy Spedding told Fairfax Media his son and daughter supported him fully and believed he had nothing do with William's disappearance from his grandmother's home in the town of Kendall.
'He has nothing to do with this': former Wellington man investigated in William Tyrell case

 

[Bohemian]

It would also be interesting to know when the offending stories were published in MSM that BS is suing about, and when his recorded interview occurred.

 

[SouthAussie]

It would also be interesting to know when the offending stories were published in MSM that BS is suing about, and when his recorded interview occurred.

I am pretty sure they were in 2015, according to what I read about the lawsuits. (I would have to go back and find my links, but not at this moment.) One was about the 'S' missing from the Speddo's van and the photo published thereafter. And one was about the misfact of Spedding being a convicted pedo.

From memory, the van pic lawsuit cannot go ahead, but the other lawsuit can.

 

[SouthAussie]

I think it would also be interesting to hear what Spedding's other children think about this whole matter. I think he has five children? And Amy says 'his son and daughter' supported him fully.

 

[they'll get you]

I am pretty sure they were in 2015, according to what I read about the lawsuits. (I would have to go back and find my links, but not at this moment.) One was about the 'S' missing in the Speddo's van. And one was about the misfact of Spedding being a convicted pedo.

Was it found the missing ‘S’ was photoshopped or truly missing?

 

[Lemony]

It worked as recently as 2016 though:

An elaborate police sting known as 'the Mr Big scenario' helped snare a killer

You know what ‘they’ say; ‘There’s [one] born every minute.’

Absolutely..
The sting may have been used here in Australia for approx. the last 20 years but it still gets results.

It was also used successfully in 2016 during the investigation of missing Vic women Karen Rae. Her murderer Tony Smith was convicted a few months back in Nov 2018.

"UNDERCOVER detectives used a controversial policing tactic to trick a suspect into leading them to the body of a murdered woman. Posing as criminals, police are believed to have lured the man into revealing the location of Karen Rae’s body."

Heraldsun.com.au | Subscribe to the Herald Sun for exclusive stories

 

[RubyHill]

So at a guess CY should be attending the inquest as well,It will be interesting to know who the friend was that had coffee with them that morning and who also attended the school assembly with them taking pictures,pictures mean nothing unless MS and BS are in those pictures....CY comment about BS having the bank statement regarding the coffee purchase in "his hot little hands"..creeped me out,its good for MS and BS that CY went quite because it seems to me that everytime he opened his mouth he dug a deeper hole for them.

 

[sosocurious]

delete

 

[SouthAussie]

Was it found the missing ‘S’ was photoshopped or truly missing?

What I read didn't say. It just said that the allotted time for the lawsuit had passed. An extension was not granted for that one.

An extension was granted for the other lawsuit. Because his lawyer advised him to hold off until the child sex trial was over.

 

[SouthAussie]

So at a guess CY should be attending the inquest as well,It will be interesting to know who the friend was that had coffee with them that morning and who also attended the school assembly with them taking pictures,pictures mean nothing unless MS and BS are in those pictures....CY comment about BS having the bank statement regarding the coffee purchase in "his hot little hands"..creeped me out,its good for MS and BS that CY went quite because it seems to me that everytime he opened his mouth he dug a deeper hole for them.

I am wondering if the 'friend' is Colin's wife ... Margaret's cousin.