Just when I thought you could never surprise me, you do.
"Police are trained never to ascribe motive or presume to know what someone is thinking, when giving evidence." Excuse me, but exactly where did I say otherwise?
No, "police" did not say she smelled like an alley cat...and why the need for such hyperbole? That she smelled like sex was claimed by ONE reporter and his source was never identified. Odd how this never made it into any police testimony just like the "warm" washing machine story. Amanda's hair appears clean in the pictures, as does she. No one said her hair was dirty. Filomena, Laura, Paola, Marco, and Luca never claimed Amanda smelled or had body odor of any kind on Nov 2. Why is that? None of Meredith's English friends, who were with her at the police station on Nov 2/3, said she smelled or appeared dirty. Why is that? Yet you believe she didn't shower because some unidentified "policeman" allegedly told this a reporter? LOL.
You claim to know when and why she "concocted her bathmat story" yet you have no evidence of this. You don't know when she first told her lawyers anything.
No, I don't claim to know her bathroom habits but you do since you were the one who claimed showering 3 times in 36 hours was suspect. By the way, what is your source that she showered 3 times in 36 hours? According to her and Rafaelle, she showered the morning of Nov 1 at her apartment and again the morning of Nov 2, again at her apartment. It's customary to shower/bathe once a day in the US. Maybe British women aren't as scrupulous about their hygiene and don't shower daily, especially after sex?
As for why she called her mother and Raffaele calling the police, I go by what they said...that and logic. Why on earth would Amanda call the police when she spoke only very basic Italian and Raffaele was right there? The police even admitted they had to go though Raffaele at the scene because they couldn't understand Amanda's broken Italian. Or do you think it was somehow more logical for someone who didn't speak the language to call and report a missing person and robbery instead of a native speaker who could communicate? Is that a "rational thinking process" for you?