Mark Bridger charged...

[boxtops]

On BBC TV news at the moment

[numnum]

i read in one report that when the parents contacted the police they said who they thought took her

[Gromit]

Why did the police say they were looking for a pale blue or grey vehicle if Mark Bridger was already the person they were looking for and they knew what vehicle he had?

The DVLA, a PNC check andiprobably asking anyone in the village would confirm Mark Bridger's car was DARK blue.

It was not dark at 7pm on Monday in that area, a pale blue and a dark blue vehicle would not be mistaken, even by a 7 year old.

He was spotted talking to searchers and on Channel 4 film at the same time the police were searching for him. Which would suggest he was not in hiding.

Why was he not followed instead of arrested?

I hope Bridger is the right man but I will not be totally convinced until they find her. If he is, then there were some mistakes made initially which may have delayed his capture.

[excelsior-1]

good morning.

what puzzles me in situations where the press and tv people are there witnessing a suspect being transported .. and the guards cover him/her with a blanket or coat so as not to be seen.

what is the point? - we all know what they look like from the photos on the news bulletins.

[DTCwordfan]

Stop the speculation, Gromit...........the police knew what they were up to. As to the vehicle colour, remember they had to start with the descriptions from the other kids. I suspect their interest was triggered by an attempted abduction in Aberystwyth the Friday before and they picked it up from statements and CCTV. As to the arrest, they probably wanted to get to the car and, justifiably, picking up DNA from it - as they need to have something to convince the Welsh CPS for murder. And then, would you want a potential murder running around on the loose, possibly capable of disappearing given his background, perhaps even moving in next door to you? Me thinks not.

As to her, my thoughts are that she is in the river or now down in the sea with the recent torrential rain. Allowing for what he has done, if he has done it, and if not professionally done, then it takes nine days for a body to surface - and they can be a hell of a way from the river estuary, depending on currents. We had that with an accident near Zennor 3 years ago, one of the victims surfacing near Padstow, some ten days later. I am speculating now, so I will stop.

[Gromit]

// Stop the speculation, Gromit //

// my thoughts are that she is in the river //

[Mick-Talbot]

Stop the speculation, Gromit...........







I am speculating now, so I will stop.

[DTCwordfan]

thanks Mick......not exactly very bright or original on Gromit's part. Can do better.

[starone]

Bernie has in mind all the instances when it has turned out to be a member of the family, especially when you have someone in front of the cameras crying and asking for their little angel to come back to them. How can they do that when all the time they know they are the ones who have done the crime? I think in this case though, bernie it is probably cut and dried and the police have to be pretty certain to have charged him.

[humbersloop]

<ahem, anyhow>

perverting the course of justice can also mean he's just been sitting there refusing to answer questions, hence the police running out of road on time they could hold him without charge

[Gromit]

DTCrossword fan

<whooosh>

[DTCwordfan]

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[Gromit]

Thank Mick-Talbot,

I got it.

[jake-the-peg]

//perverting the course of justice can also mean he's just been sitting there refusing to answer questions//

Really?

I thought the accused still had the right to remain silent but that doing so could be brought to the attention of the jury and would probably be prejudicial to the defense.

I'd be very worried about the state of the law in this country now if you're right about that!

[DTCwordfan]

Oh well, I guess it's true to form, looking for a reason to question the actions of the police and villify their actions. Try standing for a commissioner's role then would be my advice and spare us. Big difference as to looking for someone.

[humbersloop]

It is the case jtp.

[DTCwordfan]

The oddity is that normally the Police usually charge on the most senior offence. Murder without a body is difficult to land, but not impossible as proven in Scotland earlier this year. It is that they have built a "cascade" of offences to which Bridger and his lawyers will have to answer, perverting the course of justice being the junior charge here. Whatever, the CPS has advised the police on charging and for that there has to be evidence. We do not know what at this time - so let the legal process run its course and if the offences are dismissed, then there is due cause to raise some of the issues raised here. Before that happens, it is too soon.

[DTCwordfan]

(sorry - "It is if that they have built)

[vulcan]

Isn't the first line of the caution, You do not have to say anything?

[Gromit]

DTCrosswordfan

I am not vilifying the police. I am highlighting what currently appears to be a descrepency and an unexplained change in the narative of the story. We will have to wait to see how those changes are explained at a later date.

[humbersloop]

^sorry jake, that really wasn't meant to be a flat assertion, hit submit by mistake. :(

I think it falls under concealing evidence, which makes sense, otherwise nobody who can stonewall would ever be charged with anything