Indeed, and I'd accept it as fact however it is hardly surprising that anyone without access to such priviledge knowledge would have come to a different conclusion (that subsequent failures to complete would have also led to deposits being forfeited) and those who had come to that conclusion in good faith shouldn't have their opinions written off as being "tripe" because they have an opinion which doesn't suit the anti-Ron Martin agenda.
At the end of the day if there's no financial incentive for Sainsburys to complete then Prospects should be free to sell to whoever they like and more importantly to whoever is actually going to give them the money.
Indeed without any inside information people will have doubts, and there is still a chance that what Smiffy heard is incorrect.
Either way whatever the details are Prospects have waited a long time for a sale to go through which is no longer going to happen so the obvious thing to do is to sell to someone else.
Prospects are making a business decision on what they know, and they certainly have the information they need to do so.
Not even sure its anything to do with being Ant-Ron or not, seems like a straightforward decision on Prospects part if Sainsbury have pulled out, whoever you want to lay the blame for it getting to that decision.