From JohnD'd post recently about the lawyer analysing Cummings's statement, he mentioned that Cummings could have consulted his phone for confirmation of dates about certain issues, but didn't.
Did the Daily Mail not realise that the person who saw Cummings could do exactly the same and verify when he saw Cummings. So the article appears to be fake news, to me.
There were two main allegations, the runner also broke the rules, which the paper is careful to phrase that he allegedly broke the rules.
And that he made up the story, well he didn't, obviously and the paper confirms that he didn't. They only suggest that he is unsure of exactly when he saw Cummings. But the runner could easily consult his running app on his phone to ascertain the date and time, even the route he took. The paper alleges that the runner doctored the details, so he must have know when he saw Cummings, to have been able to 'doctor' the details.
But then the paper does not explain exactly which sighting we are discussing. There were more than one.
A clear 'character assassination' article, if ever I saw one.
Of course, the Daily Mail is the only one to have this story, from the runner, we assume.
Now why would the runner say that he saw Cummings, then only tell the one paper that is staunchly pro-Tory?