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Mary,
And does he know the facts about the window?
Mignini: " ...the break-in. And it appeared immediately---the climbing, with a stone thrown through the window, through two shutters that were there, that left open quite a narrow space, rather limited room between them---immediately that appeared to us to be a simulation." (CNN Interview, English Translation, page 1)
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The window, as seen by Mignini, the afternoon of November 2, 2007
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Pfft, I dunno: you go to sleep in your time zone, and when you wake up it's all kicked off!
Anyhow..... on the issue of the exterior shutters: as I've previously noted here, there's evidence that the shutters were both pulled inwards together when they were first seen by the postal police, and they were then clearly moved to a more open position before the crime scene photos were taken. Whether Mignini saw the shutters in their original position, or whether he was informed of that fact, he's obviously basing his "argument" here on his knowledge that the shutters were closed in when they were first found.
However, as both I and others have pointed out, this is a ludicrous and illogical position for Mignini to be taking. It's perfectly feasible - and actually more likely than not - that a genuine burglar would have closed not only the window once he had entered the room, but also the exterior shutters. It's obvious (I hope) why this would be to the burglar's advantage: closing in the exterior shutters would mask the broken window from view from anyone outside the cottage, thereby minimising the chance of the alarm being raised. Mignini might as well have "argued" that since the windows were closed in together when they were found, and since a genuine burglar wouldn't have been able to get through the broken glass gap in the window, this was also "evidence" of a staging.
Here, for Mignini's benefit, is a totally logical progession for a genuine break-in which leaves the window in the condition in which it was found. For brevity, I will assume that the burglar was named Guede:
1) Guede reaches up from grate on lower window and opens exterior shutters
2) Guede throws rock (either from below, or from raised driveway) through window
3) Guede climbs wall and perches on exterior window sill
4) Guede enlarges hole made by rock to a dimension where he can reach his hand through and unlatch window
5) Guede opens windows and enters Filomena's room
6) Guede turns back to window and closes in exterior shutters
7) Guede closes window
Incidentally (and tangentially) Fine, at what point did you start to have doubts about Knox's and Sollecito's legal guilt? I remember that you were once quite a firm believer in their guilt, but you appear to have changed your view over the past month or two.
