Deceased/Not Found UK - April Jones, 5, Machynlleth, Wales, 1 Oct 2012 #4 *M. Bridger guilty*

[Clio]

If April was playing 400 yards from her home (as cited in many news sources). That's really quite a distance.

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The garages are more like 250 feet from the house according to Google maps and some more accurate press reports :twocents:

 

[LegallyBrunette]

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The garages are more like 250 feet from the house according to Google maps and some more accurate press reports :twocents:

Interactive map

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/9582020/April-Jones-interactive-map.html

 

[Clio]

For anyone who hasn't seen it, attached is a photo of the estate. It doesn't specify distance but gives a view of the area. Small circle is the house and the large oval are the garages.

ETA Snap LB

 

[Dirk Gently]

...if MB pulled up against the curb or sidewalk he himself in the driver's seat would be closest to any children playing in a yard or on the sidewalk. it is my understanding that having the driver sit closer to the middle of the road increases his angle of visibility.

Not necessarily. If he parked on the left hand side of the road then he'd be next to the curb, but not if he pulled up on the other side of the road facing the same direction.

 

[Cherwell]

I'm still mentally exploring the possibility that this began as some kind of accident. If his car was malfunctioning, and required great care to drive, so much so that it resulted him in being described as driving erratically. Is it possible that he lost control of it and struck and injured April?

I can see how this is a possibility, and the way the front of the car is covered up in the photograph suggests that there is something going on there. But I can't see why he wouldn't call an ambulance or get her to hospital in such a circumstance - unless he had been drinking perhaps and was worried about losing his licence. If that's what happened though, surely it wouldn't be murder ?

 

[Dirk Gently]

Former neighbour said he showed him a firearms licence for a rifle he had. Which sounds a bit odd to me, why would you show the neighbour your licence?

"Ben Edwards, 22, said Mark Bridger, 46, had rifles and handguns mounted on his wall. Mr Edwards said the older man told him the weapons had been “made safe” and showed him a firearms licence for a rifle he kept in a box."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...spect-Mark-Bridger-was-weapons-collector.html

Some who knew MB have described him as something of a braggart. I'd guess that he was simply showing off, perhaps trying to present himself as an "Action Man" type.

 

[LegallyBrunette]

I can see how this is a possibility, and the way the front of the car is covered up in the photograph suggests that there is something going on there. But I can't see why he wouldn't call an ambulance or get her to hospital in such a circumstance - unless he had been drinking perhaps and was worried about losing his licence. If that's what happened though, surely it wouldn't be murder ?

And it wouldn't be abduction. Her little pink bike is still in the front yard of the family home, and it's not damaged.

 

[Clutchbag]

There also this



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...dger-on-night-five-year-old-went-missing.html

If the media is to believed, we know he worked as a lifeguard at the Mach leisure centre in 1990 for 9 months. We also know he split with wife JW in 1992. The Landrover is an L reg vehicle which in the UK would mean 1993. Perhaps he went to Spain after his marriage broke up idk - pure speculation.

He may not be the first owner. You can easily buy LH drives either inland or get them shipped over.

 

[jigzy]

Not saying this is necessarily the case but if MB was a person of interest to LE very early on and if they knew he owned a left hand drive vehicle, it would be a good way to get a message to the public without naming him

That's what I think, exactly.

 

[LegallyBrunette]

He may not be the first owner. You can easily buy LH drives either inland or get them shipped over.

But why would you? It would be a pain in the a..

 

[jigzy]

Above raises question, MB splits with wife 1992 ... sometime later hooks up with EG and has children 2000 and 2002.
What was he doing in the meantime.

Some locals think he worked/lived in Wrexham for a time. He worked at the abbatoir (Dolwen near Llanidloes) at some point. He lived in Llanbrynmair too.

Wrexham was mentioned a few posts ago also.

Mods, pls remove if discussion of 'rumour' is disallowed.

jmo.

 

[Elainera]

But why would you? It would be a pain in the a..

Well he had some past connection in Spain. Maybe he planned to move there soon with another relationship in Wales failed he might have felt he had enough of that part of the world.

 

[jigzy]

"Ben Edwards, 22, said Mark Bridger, 46, had rifles and handguns mounted on his wall. Mr Edwards said the older man told him the weapons had been &#8220;made safe&#8221; and showed him a firearms licence for a rifle he kept in a box."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...spect-Mark-Bridger-was-weapons-collector.html

Some who knew MB have described him as something of a braggart. I'd guess that he was simply showing off, perhaps trying to present himself as an "Action Man" type.

Ben clearly knows little about rifles and handguns. If he did he would know himself if they had been made safe, rather than relying on MB telling him so. Would he know a genuine firearms license if he saw one?
jmo.

 

[Elainera]

Not saying this is necessarily the case but if MB was a person of interest to LE very early on and if they knew he owned a left hand drive vehicle, it would be a good way to get a message to the public without naming him

But if they were looking for him specifically wouldn't they at least have put out a description of him instead of just a vehicle description?

 

[Clutchbag]

Well he had some past connection in Spain. Maybe he planned to move there soon with another relationship in Wales failed he might have felt he had enough of that part of the world.

Did he? isnt that just unsubstantiated rumour?

LB it's six and half a dozen, it goes hand in hand to have such a car if youre an *army* type too

i really don't see what the issue is with owning a LH drive land rover. Theres loads of them about.

 

[LegallyBrunette]

The Land Rover is L reg, someone said that is 1993, so the vehicle must have been first registered in UK in 1993 - unless UK re-use rego numbers?

 

[LegallyBrunette]

But if they were looking for him specifically wouldn't they at least have put out a description of him instead of just a vehicle description?

They did!

 

[bijoux]

Re MB's varied work history: was he fired from his jobs or did he leave them voluntarily.

 

[Clutchbag]

The Land Rover is L reg, someone said that is 1993, so the vehicle must have been first registered in UK in 1993 - unless UK re-use rego numbers?

Yes, it was registered 1993 in swansea but by who? I dont see what your point is here.

 

[George Gently]

The Land Rover is L reg, someone said that is 1993, so the vehicle must have been first registered in UK in 1993 - unless UK re-use rego numbers?

Any particular registration will be unique.