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Originally Posted by Niamh.

I haven't read the full transcripts of the interview but apparently he did give some accurate details without prompting. I do think he was treated very badly though and probably a victim of steve aswell which he admitted to his mother on a recorded phone call from prison

He gave so many details that some were bound to be right just by probability.

"What happened to her?"

"She was stabbed or shot or strangled or someone hit her on the head or maybe drowned her"

"AHA so you knew she was shot."


That said, even if the interview had been conducted ethically (which it straight up was not), the worst that can be said for a clearly non-neurotypical 16 year old is that he was a victim. Even if Steven never directly laid a hand on him, even if the police narrative is 100% accurate, Brendan to me should clearly be classed as a victim of Avery who was confused, easily manipulated, and felt he had to do as he was told.