Can you be clear about when you first realised Becky was out of sight?
And you assumed
she was coming up the steps out of the clough? You were not long out of it yourselves?
How far behind would you say she was when you saw her last?
I realise
of course
you have, I know
But we agreed, didn’t we, that this would be
a chance
a chance for you to put your side of the story.
Obviously I know you’ll have been through all this with the police, many times, I do appreciate
I do
But people have questions. Not just locally. People are
It would be helpful to clarify
It would be helpful to hear it from you. People would appreciate that.
Is this?
Can we?
No, absolutely. None of this will
You can decide, afterwards, you can reconsider.
I just want to help you tell your side of the story.
Absolutely.
So. If we can
You realised she was out of sight. You waited. She didn’t appear. You had already talked about cutting the walk short anyway so
one of you wanted to
You waited, and she didn’t appear. You went back to the top of the path leading up out of the clough, the valley, and you couldn’t see her there.
And you called for her, presumably?
You looked to see where she was, if she might be hiding?
At what point did you start to actually become concerned?
And the weather was turning?
How long would you say you were looking before you decided to fetch help?