Comments on: The reason Erin Tanti negotiated the path down that cliff instead of fleeing as he planned https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/the-reason-erin-tanti-negotiated-the-path-down-that-cliff-instead-of-fleeing-as-he-planned/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:48:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: A.C. https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/the-reason-erin-tanti-negotiated-the-path-down-that-cliff-instead-of-fleeing-as-he-planned/#comment-1741725 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:48:33 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45926#comment-1741725 They said he took his British passport with him. Maybe he had a different name there too, which would maybe make it easier to leave the island?

Everything he did was calculated, but little did he know how different his two-act play would turn out, and not be the Perfect Murder he hoped it would be.

Let us pray that he won’t get away with it. Can he? Will he? Just the thought makes me shudder.

]]> By: Randolph Peresso https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/the-reason-erin-tanti-negotiated-the-path-down-that-cliff-instead-of-fleeing-as-he-planned/#comment-1740568 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 08:56:18 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45926#comment-1740568 The catamaran leaves port at 6:30am. Perfect timing, if only that jacket hadn’t ended up down there.

]]> By: xxx https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/the-reason-erin-tanti-negotiated-the-path-down-that-cliff-instead-of-fleeing-as-he-planned/#comment-1740359 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:52:36 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45926#comment-1740359 C Mifsud, I agree.

C Falzon, yes, they check ID/passport.

]]> By: Nokkla https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/the-reason-erin-tanti-negotiated-the-path-down-that-cliff-instead-of-fleeing-as-he-planned/#comment-1738806 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 00:32:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45926#comment-1738806 In reply to C Falzon.

As far as I know you provide your passport number when buying the tickets from Virtu Ferries and then upon boarding your passport and ticket are checked.

]]> By: Mandy https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/the-reason-erin-tanti-negotiated-the-path-down-that-cliff-instead-of-fleeing-as-he-planned/#comment-1738630 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 23:44:09 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45926#comment-1738630 In reply to intrigued.

His rescuers made it down a pathway too.

]]> By: Fenka https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/the-reason-erin-tanti-negotiated-the-path-down-that-cliff-instead-of-fleeing-as-he-planned/#comment-1736547 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:54:21 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45926#comment-1736547 In reply to Ruth.

Most probably he had his jacket over his shoulders and she must have grabbed it as she jumped. He had no option but to retrieve it.

]]> By: Mandy https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/the-reason-erin-tanti-negotiated-the-path-down-that-cliff-instead-of-fleeing-as-he-planned/#comment-1736433 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:19:59 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45926#comment-1736433 In reply to Ruth.

The poor girl must have grabbed it instinctively on falling/losing her footing/being taken by surprise when she was pushed.

]]> By: C Falzon https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/the-reason-erin-tanti-negotiated-the-path-down-that-cliff-instead-of-fleeing-as-he-planned/#comment-1735554 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 10:31:07 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45926#comment-1735554 Do they check IDs on the ferry to Sicily nowadays or does one just buy a ticket and board – like the Gozo ferry?

If so he was probably planning to take the ferry out of the country rather than a plane since at the airport a wanted person would be certain to be stopped.

]]> By: MYL https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/the-reason-erin-tanti-negotiated-the-path-down-that-cliff-instead-of-fleeing-as-he-planned/#comment-1735544 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 10:28:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45926#comment-1735544 In reply to Ruth.

Same question I’m asking myself.

I hope to God that the poor girl wasn’t thrown or fell accidentally.

]]> By: C Mifsud https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/the-reason-erin-tanti-negotiated-the-path-down-that-cliff-instead-of-fleeing-as-he-planned/#comment-1735049 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 08:20:15 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45926#comment-1735049 I’ve been thinking about this and trying to work out why he went down there. The only conclusion I can come up with is that they probably argued for whatever reason, she threw it down the cliff and in a fit of rage he pushed her down the cliff.

Realising that he needed what was inside his jacket he climbed down to look for it, drunk and in the 4:00AM darkness. Whilst looking he probably slipped and fell from a small height causing the hairline fractures to his ribs.

That would explain the jacket situation and the fact that he barely had any injuries despite claiming that he jumped with her.

His ‘plan b’ was to retrieve the jacket with his car keys, ticket and what not and escape. His plan went wrong when he slipped or fell a small height injuring him just enough to make it impossible to leave the area. His ‘plan c’, lie and pretend he went down with her.

What a creep.

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