Looked at David Paynes statement..and a few things stand out using statement analysis.
A main part of it that looks totally wrong is his claimed visit to the McCann appartment at 6.30pm..
There are so many problems with this that my view is that he did not visit at this time at all.
The main effect being that as he never went at 6.30pm or there abouts he could not have seen Kate or the children ...so effectively...other than the McCann's no one else see's Maddie after 5.30pm.
The other main area of lying ..is to do with the holiday organising and how the couples know each other and the relationships between them. This is a very sensitive area for him...and a number of the others in the group that I have so far had the chance to do statement analysis work on. Tanner and O'Brien both seem to have similar sensitivities in regards to the same issue.
The final issue is night time arrangements...David Payne ..brushes over who visited who's flat and steers clear of late night and early morning arrangements . He is being very evasive on these matters in regards to the days before the Maddie event. It is a sensitive issue and may be related to similar sensitiviries in regards to the relationships within the group.
Hi smiffy your take on things is very interesting as I felt also that the 7pm returning to the tennis court for David Payne was and may have been the only initial time that he had went there. I believe there was some argument between G McCann and Mr Payne regarding is inability to play tennis between 6-7 pm after the court had been booked.
The 6:30 meeting should have been a more "whats happening are you gonna play" type of thing had he went there at 6:30. This turned into a more casual(lets say pre determined) meeting about where Kate was?? why!!
The booking of the court from 6-7pm is in itself suspicious in regards to the routine the McCanns were in at that point, they normally bathed the children around this time and thats exactly what Kate was doing when D Payne turned up after 6:30. Is there anyway to find out at what time the court had been booked that day for 6-7pm?
basically..without revealing too much statement analysis wise;;or getting too long winded.
David Payne ...claims he went with 2 of the other males to the tennis court and met Gerry there...that is clear enough....DP then fails to commit to his exchange with Gerry...raising doubt he spoke with Gerry about Kate and the kids at all and about his reason for DP to check/call in on Kate.(my view no check up was spoken of).
The 3 men head off to their appartments together it seems...and later all 3 head back to the tennis courts after changing into suitable clothing.
DP fails to commit on whether he went to the McCans appartment before changing clothes or after....and also fails to commit to whether he entered by the door or the patio doors... he is supposed to be on his own here and uses the singular I for his claimed visit. The claimed content of his visit is dodgy...
However in his statement story...David speaks of leaving the McCann appartment and uses the word "we" when he should have used the word I. He was supposed to be on his own. The liar slipped up in his fabricated story.
When DP gets back to the tennis court ..again he fails to commit to this part of the story in regards to his exchange with Gerry...which again strongly suggests ..DP never went and checked as per his claims and that his whole claimed visit to the McCann appartment is a fabrication and that it may have been created to allow the claim that Maddie was alive and all ok at 6.30pm when it may not have been the case.
If I am correct then WHY LIE..and retrospectively create a claimed sighting of Maddie , Kate etc for 6.30pm by DP...it raises suspicion that something may have gone wrong in regards to Maddie about 6.30pm or before.
It is this time before 6.30pm that day that is my current interest and that I feel may hold the key to the mystery.
This is a great case for using statement analysis ..as so much is filmed or transcripted and available to go over and in some cases there is plenty of material to establish peoples baselines for speech useage.
The liars are open to be exposed and more of the truth revealed. I have seen enough in the statements to rule out any abductor and any wandering off by Maddie.
Gerry is keen to say...there is no evidence of Maddies death.
to which I remind him ...there is evidence that suggests Maddies death.
I would like to also remind him....there is no evidence of Maddie being adbucted.
and there is no evidence of Maddie having wandered off.
