Germanshepherdsmum
What my shooting friend told me wasn’t hearsay, though of course when I repeat it it becomes hearsay. I have no reason to doubt his recollection of what he saw.
Not wishing to disbelieve you or your friend, but I guess it may be that someone else might have passed on a different opinion, having been in the same place at the same time. If one was more a friend of the groom, rather than of the bride, type of thing.
And, at the end of the day, it’s not facts is it - it was someone’s opinion regarding another person.