It will be hard to change stance. It means someone changing their mind on a long term view. Publically admitting they were wrong.
David attempted a quiet stance change. So he could quote 5 year old posts of Caroline & Jane. He eventually gave two reasons, one he refuses to discuss. As well as claiming he made a 'forensic evidence breakthrough' but refusing to say what it was.
Jane changed stance without a reason & Caroline has given one reason.
Okay, Adam. If the reasons I think I gave -one of them definitely being Nevill's alleged call and what he did about it- weren't clear enough to define why I went from innocent to guilty, I'll give you the ONLY reasons why I thought he was innocent.
The second, and rather insignificant reason, was local interest. It was on the doorstep. The first, and far and away, the most important to me, was that he was adopted, and that was before I realized how similar had run our lives. Both reasons are nothing more than an emotional response. Had anyone asked my why I believed he was innocent, I could only have said it was because he was adopted. When the chips are down, such an emotional response doesn't hold water.