Madeleine McCann: Watching The Parents
MORE no news on the Madeleine McCann case.
It is now a week since the three-year-old girl was snatched from a Portugal holiday resort.
The story has been distressing to watch on our TV screens. What it must like for the parents of Madeleine only a few can know.
BLAME
But their misery is far from complete. With no news of Madeleine, and the Portuguese police having no need to indulge the British tabloids with speculation and theory, Madeleine’s parents are the central characters.
And today’s front-page news, as reported by the caring Mirror, is: “THEY KNOW LEAVING KIDS WAS WRONG.”
Does the Mirror mean to say that Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry, now think they did the wrong thing in nipping out for a bite to eat and leaving the children in the apartment on what they thought was a secure resort?
Does the Mirror mean that the McCanns know that popping back regularly to look at their children and checking on their well being was less than perfect?
Does the Mirror mean that the McCanns realise they should not have left their children alone, just like it is wrong to leave a child in a hotel under the auspices of a baby monitoring service, to leave a child in the car while mum goes to pay for petrol, to talk to a neighbour over a garden fence while the children are indoors?
Of course this is not the Mirror’s view. Oh, no. This is Madeleine’s grandmother, Susan Healy, saying: “They know this was a mistake. But it wasn’t child neglect, it wasn’t not caring for your children.”
That she feels the need to say this is wrong. That the Mirror can lead with Madeleine’s grief-worn parents is pathetic and misguided. That the paper can talk of “people are asking why they didn’t make use of the crèche” at the resort or take the children out to dinner with them is wrong.
But the Mirror has news to write. And the police aren’t playing the game.
THEORIES
So the Mirror produces: “THE 6 THEORIES.”
Only six! Why this cautious approach? But it is all the Mirror has. And readers hear of the “PAEDOPHILE GANG”, the “LONE PAEDOPHILE”, the “JEALOUS MOTHER”, Madeleine wandering off and “DROWNED”, the “OPPORTUNIST PAEDOPHILE”, the “CHILDLESS COUPLE”.
But the Sun has more. It has 130 more. As the front-page headline screams: “MADDIE COPS HUNT 130 BRIT PAEDOS.”
The paper says “at least” 130 British paedophiles “might” have taken Madeleine McCann.
In “ALGARVE IS ‘HAVEN’ FOR PERVS”, readers learn that Portugal is a “magnet for sun-seeking perverts from Britain and the rest of Europe”.
Who knew that perverts get off on watching children at the beach?
Us And Them
But help is on its way. The Sun lists the British coppers who will go out there and see to it that justice is done. We, says the paper, are the only country with a sex offenders’ register.
All convicted perverts must inform the police of their desire to go abroad. At least 130 have. And the police are looking for them.
But – and whisper this – might it be that convicted sexual deviants don’t all tell the police what they plan to do? They are not monitored while overseas. And might it be that not all sexual predators are caught and make it to the list?
Among the policemans’ names is Detective Superintendent Graham Hill, attached to theChild Exploitation and Protection Centre. Hill is on the case. He has flown to Portugal.
Hill worked on the case of Milly Dowler. She was snatched from near Walton railway station, Surrey, in 2002. Her body was found six months later. Her killer or killers have never been caught.
Perhaps Hill’s experiences can help. Perhaps he’ll have more luck. Perhaps not.
Meanwhile, a family is distraught, and bearing up incredibly well under the strain and the merciless gaze of the newspapers…
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August 8th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
I Think That The Parents Of Madelein Will Be Really Upset As They Know They Shouldnt Of Left The Little Girl Alone.But There Are Soo Many Stroies Each Day About Her You Never Know What To Belive I Just Hope That The Little Girl Is Brought Home Safe And She Is Not Scared From What Has Happend To Her
Best Wishes Kerri xx
August 8th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Els, I agree 100% with you!!
At last the voices of logic and common sense are filtering through.
Unfortunately it wont be long again before those with alternative agendas will throw their poison arrows in and construct more hateful ‘conversations’ though.
Its amazing how in my own walk of life I have never met these type of horrible people .
I can honestly say that anyone that I have spoke to are fully sympathetic to the Mcanns and also feel heartly sorry for what has happened.
Like the Mcanns they regret that the children were left unattended as they were because they felt so safe at the time. It just goes to show. You cant be too careful but we never know how much until after the event. Even things like children playing in front gardens, asleep upstairs during a barbecue, walking home from the shop…you just never never know anymore. The real crime was in stealing a baby from its bed.
So Sad!
August 8th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
hi all I have been reading and following this forum for a while now some of the comments have made me mad some sad and some just amazed at how low an opinion you have of these people.
I am a single mother and i am hoping that this little girl comes back ok. i have no conspiracy theories no answers i just hope that this all has a happy ending.
as i said i have a child and i cant think of a time when i have left him in that sort of situation but if someone looked in on my parentling skills well meaning though they are i am sure that that person would be able to pick fault with me and state things that i was doing wrong
I feel now that all accusations against the parents should stop until a conclusion is drawn either she is foun alive or not then only then can people investigate the parents if needs be. but reading this if i were either of them it would be like rubbing salt into the wounds
August 8th, 2007 at 9:28 am
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August 7th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Sue, its exactly those thoughts that are haunting me. Such a tiny little defenseless little thing. Its heartbreaking. Every day what must it be like?
The awful thing about all this is that little Madeleine is only one of too many.
When will it stop. I can see the arguments for things like DNA sampling at birth, GPS chips in children, Mandatory Castration for convicted sexual deviants. All really tough I know, but I am so sensitive to this whole story for exactly those reasons. The guilt must be unreal for the parents. I read somewhere that Kates mother described her daughter as wailing like a wild animal for the first couple of days. Apparently they did go to pieces but a psychologist got them to look at other possibilities and outcomes and to try and focus this energy on looking for her. I just wish that whoever knows where Madeline is or has any idea what happened to have a single shred of decency and let someone know. I feel that the Mcanns are doing all they can to find her and they are also doing some other good stuff (Code Madeleine etc..) that I believe that they are genuinely very very sorry and really need support to continue their search. If it helps find Madeleine then count me in.
August 7th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
It often appears in cases such as these that the simplest explanation is the correct one. Of course it’s not impossible that there was a lone opportunistic abductor, or that Madeline was taken by a paedophile ring, or stolen to order, etc. But before considering these possibilities we should consider the obvious.
Most children who suffer harm, do so from their own family. That is the place where we are at our worst, where the stresses are greatest and the resulting explosions are at their worst.
My theory is that Madeline died as a result of the actions of her parents, probably accidental. A loss of temper that lead to an unfortunate blow, or that she died through an accident that was the result of their negligence.
Her parents panicked - the thought of the disgrace, the loss of their freedom and professions, their remaining children being raised by strangers. So they decided to fake an abduction. I believe that they disposed of her body (easier than you might think, there are significant desert-like areas around the resort), and then faked the evening meal bit.
This theory also explains their apparent inability to show the kind of raw pain that is common to other parents such as the Paynes. Although they are feeling awful, it’s a mixture of grief, guilt and anxiety at getting away with it.
This also explains theie (subconscious?) desire to encourage Madeline’s search in places half a continent from Portugal, better than a search closer to home!
I expect that this post will produce some fierce criticism, but I’m not aware that anything in it contradicts the facts as they are known.
August 7th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Can you imagine waking up alone, in the dark, perhaps with a complete stranger standing over you, perhaps taking you against your will, being too small to fight back or even understand what is happening to you. If Maddy was snatched, that is how her torment started. It is a parents duty to ensure that does not happen.
if you are 3 years old and you wake up and start to search for your parents, scared and alone, goodness knows what could happen, that could have happened to Maddy too. Why is no-one seeing it from her perspective? God speed you to somewhere safe Maddy
August 7th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
I agree that It would be a good idea for ‘others’ to saturate the area or go poster pasting as you say. I think the Mcanns have enough on their plate with the up shot of the renewed searches in Portugal.
However as you are concerned that the area is not recieving significant notification there is an orgainsed team that you can contact who are doing just this right throughtout the world and are desperately looking for helpers to circulate as many emails in as many cities/towns/ organisations etc.. etc.. as they can. Its amazing to read that Kate Mcann said that many tourists in that area in Spain which is apparently along the suspected road that the abductor may have taken, did not know of Madeline even at this stage.
If you do want to help…you can contact them if you wish the email address is…..
helpingtofindmadeleine@hotmail.com
may make you feel a lot better!
August 7th, 2007 at 10:51 am
The witness in Belgium and the waitress have spoken to the media. The waitress was interviewed on TV. The waitress came over as being sincere and credible Maybe, and of course this is just my opinion, maybe the waitress was not staged managed and was speaking from the heart. I understand that false trails can prove disappointing - but following no trail - well that, quite frankly doesnt add up. Anyone could have gone poster pasting in Spain, and I read that it was actually not a well planned exercise as they arrived on closing day and were not able to poster paste as expected. Now then, if they had chartered a helicopter and immediately gone to the spot which their lost daughter had reportedly been seen and pasted the ready printed posters - saturated the area - well that would have surely given some satisfaction to them and everyone else who waits patiently to hear if the dna results show it to definately have been Madeleine at that cafe. If it does prove to be a positive siting, then one week will have been wasted which could have been put to good use. Has anyone reported a siting in Spain?? I feel pretty sure, and I really do hope that I am wrong, that the Belgian siting will not be Madeleine. I think that the police are probably closer to revealing the true findings than we are lead to believe. British police at the scene would probably be restricted by Portugese law whilst on their soil, so the code of silence remains. We have had no recent update on reports of another suspect being monitered on a 24 hour basis. This will all surely come to a conclusion very very soon, and hopefully we shall all be celebrating the safe appearance of this little girl. We have all become flustrated and emotional - but I think I have had enough now of these sites - we are all speculating and hoping but none of us have the means and the ability to do the one thing that we all feel in common and that is to find the little girl safe.
Bye everyone - I am off to get on with my life
August 7th, 2007 at 6:40 am
Apology accepted Alice but dont fret, you have far from rattled my cage. I am merely stating things as I see them and pointing out your inaccuracies.
Regardless of whether a charge has been brought against Murat or not, these type of antics of the defense team leave a little to be desired.
My opinion re: the Mcanns going to Belgium is that
I would expect, as was said from the very early stages, is that there are so many calls coming in from all over the place and the police are inundated searching links from carpet baggers and well intended people, (and before you go jumping to any more wrong conclusions i.e. the porridge thing, I wasnt in the Californian Gold rush ) that they have got their hopes up so many times only to have them dashed. So now they are focussing on the planned campaign and working with the investigators. This would appear to be much more sensible and strategic. Dont forget that they have two other children that need some form of stability right now.
I dont know if they have spoken to this latest ‘witness’. I doubt that anyone outside the central investigative circle does. Or maybe you have some info on this from what you say that isnt currently in the media? if you do have any factual data please share it. The suspense is killing me.
August 7th, 2007 at 1:32 am
Well sorry to have rattled your cage Clare - you do seem to be very aware of who is writing what and where. Please do not lose sight of the fact that no charges have been brought against Murat - or anyone else for that matter. If and I am saying IF because I, nor anyone else presumably knows, If Murat is completely innocent - then I can understand why he is using every vehicle he has available to him to prove that he is. I have taken no interest what-so-ever in the SOL reports - I have just listened to and read reports on TV and in the news here in the UK. I still find it very hard to understand why at least one of the McCanns did not immediately go to Belgium when there was a “very significant” sighting (words from the press - not me) In my humble opinion it would have been the very first thing I would have done. I would have wanted to talk to the witness and find out how Madeleine looked - was she well - was she distressed etc.etc…but - none of it - the McCanns chase off to Spain on a poster pasting episode - and then off to buy a new printer - well now, lets just get our priorities right shall we.. Belgium where our lost daughter has been seen by a “reliable” witness OR off to the nearest equivalent of PC world for a printer??
August 7th, 2007 at 1:09 am
No Alice - Porridge is actually available outside of Scotland a place I have never been to but would like to go.Sorry wrong on that score… I am in no way connected to the Mcanns So sorry wrong again…. I am not so much standing up for the Mcanns as saying that it is so easy to point fingers and be all judgemental and miss the real issues here.
I would never condone leaving a child for one minute…so there we go …what do you know …wrong again….
I do however like you advise caution on being swayed by meida sound bytes…
For example did you know that the SOL report was actually written by the defence lawyers for Murat!!! Sleazy yeah??? Bet she loves the publicity!!
August 7th, 2007 at 12:50 am
Hey Clare - the bit about porridge?? You are from Scotland - Yes? You are connected in some way to the McCanns? I applaud you for standing up for them - maybe you are right - but even someone close to the family must realise that those children were far too young to be left - even for half hour stretches - especially as it seems to have been established without doubt that the door was not locked. I know that there is an instinct which immediately wants us to feel very sorry for anyone in their position - which of course - everyone does..BUT the one thing which struck me - and likely most folk - was the “denial” instantly by the parents that they did anything wrong.. _ I would say to them “get your heads out of the sand”
August 7th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Clare - You say - “and there is always the ones who say that it wont happen to them…. who bury their heads in the sand and cast hateful judgements on someone trying to do the best they can to make good on a mistake yet they ignore the evil of child abduction and paedophile!! It might be you next!!! “- I have read lots of posts on these message boards and you seem to be one of the most loyal to the McCanns. What a shame that you are not able to say face to face to the McCanns exactly that statement. In my opinion - every statement I have heard from both McCann parents has been denial - a denial that they were very, very wrong - NOT naive - wrong. They are now the ones who bury their heads in the sand… The sooner this lot is sorted the better for everyone
August 7th, 2007 at 12:30 am
If I were in the Mcann’s situation (and by the grace of God I’m not …and neither are the last three people before me here… (otherwise they wouldnt be so quick to judge!) I would do EXACTLY the same thing as they are doing to find my child.
What would YOU do if, God forbid!! someone stole YOUR child???????
and It happens! everyday! CHILDREN ARE STOLEN AND SOLD INTO PROSTITUTION, ABUSE, FORCED LABOUR…the possibilities are only limited by the evil of man.
and there is always the ones who say that it wont happen to them…. who bury their heads in the sand and cast hateful judgements on someone trying to do the best they can to make good on a mistake yet they ignore the evil of child abduction and paedophile!! It might be you next!!!
So beware, a little bit of lifes experiences may soften your coughs! I pray you wont have this misfortune visit you. But malice breeds malice and if you fill your heart with so much of it then you will inevitably be surrounded in it.
I wont even comment on the rubbish about the Mcanns being involved! Really?? at this stage?? A little bit of evidence of that porridge like between the ears wouldnt go amiss!!!
and by the way you dont have to leave your child alone for them to be taken.
They can be taken from right under your nose and dont fool yourself that you are any different. Pick your fight a bit more carefully… There are greater dangers to you in the world than the MCanns!!!
August 6th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
i must agree with sue,
the McGanns say they left Maddie in the room, which in itself makes them the worst parents any child could have.
who’s to say that something much more negligent didn’t occur earlier that day?, did anyone see the mcGanns take all three children into the room before they said they left them?????????.
i believe that some sort of accident occured and being educated people they knew they would face critisism and possible procedings so came up with this bullshit story of kidnapping.
it is high time these negligent excuses for human beings were made to take a lie detector case and prosecuted for thier blatant negligence.
i wouldn’t trust this pair with my goldfish.
they know more than they are telling but are getting so much money from do-gooding members of the public.
i personally think they didn’t want Maddie once the twins were born.
August 6th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
The McCann’s may know more about what happened to Maddy than they are telling. The fact that they could barely looked at each other during the early interviews rather than hold hands, hug, share their grief, all odd. The fact that they fuelled some of the original rumours, their relentless travel to talk to the good and the great to support their cause, all very unusual. Most families in these situations would normally seek privacy.
They may not have directly been responsible for what befell Madeline, although they did leave her, barely out of babyhood, and her younger siblings alone in a strange place without adult support, but do they know where she is now? Is the public demonstration of grief designed to distract us, is the public falling apart a sign of something else? Am I alone in thinking things are not all they first appear.
I hope that Madeline is found safe and sound, but I have a dreadful sense of that all of this is far too late.
July 31st, 2007 at 1:00 pm
I know what you are saying Alice but I think that its important that the twins have as normal a life as possible and by this they do need to socialise with other children. I dont think that keeping them so close to her all the time would be the best thing for them in the long run as they need to develop.
As professional doctors they would be trained to keep their emotions in check. But I have seen medical practitioners go to pieces when they were in private but never in public. Its strange. Maybe they are just trained that way not to show emotion. I think that it comes with the territory. Nobody would want a doctor who wore their heart on their sleeve and fell to pieces whenever they had to deliver bad news.I dont think that it makes the pain any less not expressing it, possibly worse I would imagine to keep all that bottled up.
July 31st, 2007 at 12:07 am
i just read the following on a newspaper report - Would you let your other two children out of your sight under the circumstances?. If I had walked “down to the shore” I am sure beyond doubt that my remaining kids would be right by my side - day and night
“Each morning, Kate returns to the scene of Madeleine’s abduction to drop off her two-year-old twins, Shaun and Amelie, at the creche.
On Thursday, after she had settled them in, I happened upon her, walking down to the shore.
There she sat alone on the rocks, clutching Madeleine’s pink Cuddle Cat toy as always, and gazing out at the Atlantic”.
July 30th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Who is the Multi named Paedo?
Does anyone really know if the McCann’s have really been dipping into the fund?
Really does anyone care?
If the fund helps to bring abducted children into the media and hopefully brings some of them home then go for it!!!
All this crap about the Gerry and Kate’s dynasty is really quite pathetic conjured up by pathetic people to make their pathetic life’s more interesting.
I really don’t like the McCann’s not because they left their kids or because one was abducted or because they are strange people that don’t know how to show their true emotions they are hiding behind a wall and not letting anyone in.
Being unattached from the situation is what helps people through.
I just don’t like them, if I was sat next to them in a room it would be doubtful that we would speak because of this. But just because I don’t like them doesn’t mean that they are bad people and should be treated the way that this and other sites have treated them.
July 30th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
The multi named paedophile is getting noisy… he must be coming under a lot of heat with $$$Gerrry’s $$$ campaign
July 30th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
American …You are so way off the mark.
As a parent if I was in the situation that the $$$$Mcanns$$$$ are in I would do
!!!!! EXACTLY !!!!!!
the same.
!!!!NOT !!!!
for money,
or for publicity
BUT to get my daughter back at all !!!!costs!!!!!.
The world would not rest until she was found!!!! OF THAT MAKE NO MISTAKE!!!
As for the $$$Mcanns$$$ ….do YOU know how much they are taking from the campaign or are you just casting wild guesses and measuring everyone with your own yard stick?
I respect your right to have an opinion but my respect ends there of what you say which is full of innuendo and apsiration and not based on any academic or sustainable fact. It is just slanderous and malicious gobblydegook.
P.S. Interesting new name I doubt you ever were in AMERICA American….
July 28th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
It’s one tragedy on top of another in this McCann Circus. The PJ should not even be tagging Murat as the prime suspect. Why are they allowing leaks from the Tapas Nine? To feed the anti-Murat mob frenzy is why.
If they really believe that then arrest him on suspicion of kidnapping.
IOW, piss or get off the pot.
Meanwhile $$$Gerry$$$ and $$$Kate$$$ are handling the $$$campaign$$$ like a celebration and encouraging tacky events that I see as completely inappropriate in this circumstance. Thank you UK press. You not only allowed this but condoned and encouraged it. What would Madeleine say? What would Madeleine want? This is a tragedy beyond anything I could have ever imagined.
American journalist Chris Freind is spot on here in this published article:
“McCann’s Parents Love Being Globe-Trotting Celebrities” July 27, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/2clrmz
It’s almost absurd to me why UK citizens haven’t taken to the streets in protest. The $$$McCanns$$$ have pulled off the Scam of the Century — and they sacrificed their very own daughter to do that.
Where is Madeleine? Do her parents even care?
Why didn’t they *ever* search themselves?
Why haven’t they hired their own PI’s with donors (suckers) money?
WHY are Gerry and Kate holding circus-like events and globe trotting?
WHY are they selling plastic bracelets which WILL NOT find Madeleine.
When will copies of CuddleCat be available on the Scam Site?
(Kate, enough already carrying the campaign prop around — same goes for the yellow and green sundress, bracelets, balloons — what did you think? Those props weren’t blatently obvious tactics to get more suckers to fund your retirement and ‘claim’ to fame — your MISSING DAUGHTER. Gerry, at least I give you credit. You finally can spell MADELEINE right on your blog these days.)
SHAME ON YOU TWO!
When I think of Madeleine I see $$$Gerry and Kate McCann$$$.
When I think of her twin baby siblings, I wonder WHO is taking care of them to prevent another tragedy?
How low will $$$Gerry and Kate$$$ stoop?
If the past is any indication of the future then I strongly believe people start better worrying about the twins.
You McDonors, I almost feel sorry for you as you’ve been duped and will continue to be so until Madeleine is found and long, long after. Gerry and Kate McCann are Frauds. A fool and his money is soon parted. How many of you fools will continue to financially support the greedy and shameless $$$McCanns$$$? Almost funny how easily suckered you were.
July 27th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
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July 27th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
There is a lot of criticism of the Mcann’s in the media now and it seems to be getting a little out of control. When I was on holiday I was nicknamed the ‘Sniper’ because even when I left my kids into the kiddy camps I sat at a location where they were constantly in view. I never let them out of my sight. But that didnt stop my little three year old slipping my hand and doing a runner literally in seconds and disappearing into a crowd one day. I can honestly say it was the worst 10 minutes of my life it was like she just vanished. Luckily we found her but the fear that she could have been snatched in that couple of minutes was unbelievable.
Why should anyone have this fear?
Why should criminals be able to do this to us?
Why are we focussing on the parents now at a time when we have
a chance to change things like this and instead focus on the
criminals?
What are we doing about it that is going to make this world better for our children
Okay the Mcanns did something fraught with danger as we have seen. They are paying the ultimate price. I think that whatever good can come of this can only be done if we concentrate on the helping them to find their little girl first afterall there have been some very good developments in getting agencies to work together and bring them under some form of umbrella group. I am not saying that they shouldnt be questioned by police over this. I just feel that the important issue is that all efforts are fight now concentrated on finding Madeleine and for now lay off the parents while they are concentrating on finding her. When the investigation has been finalised then there will be plenty of time for focussing on the parents.
July 27th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
There is a lot of criticism of the Mcann’s in the media now and it seems to be getting a little out of control. When I was on holiday I was nicknamed the ‘Sniper’ because even when I left my kids into the kiddy camps I sat at a location where they were constantly in view. I never let them out of my sight. But that didnt stop my little three year old slipping my hand and doing a runner literally in seconds and disappearing into a crowd one day. I can honestly say it was the worst 10 minutes of my life it was like she just vanished. Luckily we found her but the fear that she could have been snatched in that couple of minutes was unbelievable.
Why should anyone have this fear?
Why should criminals be able to do this to us?
Why are we focussing on the parents now at a time when we have
a chance to change things like this and instead focus on the
criminals?
what are we doing about it?
Okay the Mcanns did something fraught with danger as we have seen. They are paying the ultimate price. I think that whatever good can come of this can only be done if we concentrate on the helping them to find their little girl first afterall there have been some very good developments in getting agencies to work together and bring them under some form of umbrella group. I am not saying that they shouldnt be questioned by police over this. I just feel that the important issue is that all efforts are fight now concentrated on finding Madeleine and for now lay off the parents while they are concentrating on finding her. When the investigation has been finalised then there will be plenty of time for focussing on the parents.
July 27th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Well done Jojoe for spotting wankey donkey/Mike/Cathy I will keep an eye out also for HIM he thinks he can make abusive accusations and run and hide well HE cant!! Look out for HIM guys He can be found skulking around these forums with his usual trail of slime. No wonder he has abandonment issues Even a mother couldnt like the likes of him!
That kind of crap he can shove where the sun dont shine!!!
July 27th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Thought it might be interesting for a few of you to read this…
spiteful and defamatory comments are at last being relagated to the bin where they belong.
A newspaper website has barred posts on stories about missing Madeleine McCann after it was bombarded with “spiteful and defamatory” comments about her parents.
Gerry McCann in RothleyThe Leicester Mercury has received hundreds of online messages, many of which call for Gerry and Kate McCann to be prosecuted over the abduction of their four-year-old daughter.
The couple, from Rothley in Leicestershire, have faced criticism over their decision to leave Madeleine asleep in her room at their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while they dined at a nearby Tapas bar.
Mr McCann described the critical remarks as “hurtful” and “unhelpful”.
Leicester Mercury editor Nick Carter said: “We encourage feedback to our website but we have to monitor what is said to make sure people are not posting comments that might be libellous, breach the law in any way or cause gratuitous offence.
“They are bombarding our site, and we had no choice but to block comment entirely on reports about the family.”
There has been a big response from users of the Sky News website to the McCanns’ plight.
Simon Bucks, Sky’s associate editor, says Sky does not ban free speech on discussion boards, as long as it is within Sky rules.
“The Leicester Mercury’s response to the abusers and defamers - to ban all comments - seems to me to be disproportionate and wrongheaded,” said Bucks.
“Banning all debate because of the extreme behaviour of the few seems like a desperate decision to throw the baby out with the bathwater and one that should be discouraged in a free media.”
July 27th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Dear Kathy/Wanky Donkey Mike whatever
You have just proved my point that you have been constructing your own little poison conversations on these forums and that you werent going to go away. And no I wont crawl into a hole because I am going to follow you and your poisonous slime trail and show you up for the SOB you are!