Madeleine McCann Not In Malta Or Morocco
FROM Paulo Reis in Portugal:
Portuguese CID spokesman, about Madeleine abduction: “The clue to this mistery is in Praia da Luz”
Portuguese authorities have dismissed as groundless all leads on sightings of Madeleine McCann in other countries rather than Portugal, namely in Morroco and Malta, said Polícia Judiciária (PJ), Portuguese CID, spokesman Olegário de Sousa (…) Further investigations are being carried out centered mainly on the area of Praia da Luz itself, said Mr. Olegário de Sousa. «The clue to this mistery is in Praia da Luz», according to other police source quoted by Diário de Notícias. (…)
Note: Kate and Gerry McCann are innocent.
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January 9th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Just compassion…not blind faith. Till the “evidence” is proved.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
6035. I am a person of strong opinions. I am not swayed by anyone just to kiss ass or please someone. I am open to different points of views as long as they are based on something viable, not just a load of sheep following each other. I dont go overboard about people i dont know and start joining fan clubs protesting their innocence, unless there is a clear cut case of a miscarriage of justice. So i have to say as regards the McCanns as the evidence against them is not known, its hard to say either way. But going on the fact there have been many reported changes in their version of events, it does make you question them, as people. Also, that they saw fit to leave 3 children all of such a young age, alone. Again makes you question them as people. Only they know what their involvement is. I dont presume to know anything about them or the way they think or operate. I can only go on what has been reported - regards all 3 suspects.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
6035, SwissMiss, how many other suspects are you supporting right now? Or is it the notoriety of this case that gets your juices flowing?
January 9th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
I do support them until proven guilty - yes. I do not support that they left their kids on their own. You are correct, I’m not a person of a strong conviction because we don’t know for sure yet…. what happened… are you a person of a strong conviction?????
January 9th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
and.. the other missing children…………
January 9th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
6031. Whatever your motivations are for being here,are not really my concern or business. But as you have asked, it seems to me from reading your posts, the McCanns as people figure highly. You have said many times you support them, you have said that openly. It seems to me, that you say whatever you think, the person you are talking to wants to here. I dont feel you are a person of strong personal convictions. As you seem to swing from one extreme to another in your views of all involved in this. I often get the feeling from reading your posts that you seem to forget these are real people you are talking about and not some sort of movie script you are pondering on.
January 9th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
6026. Mike you say people attack the McCanns without even knowing them, yet others seem to have this blind faith in their innocence without knowing them either - neither of these points of view is right to my way of thinking. Innocent til proven guilty in the legal sense of it, of course. But to just believe they are innocent or guilty? And innocent and guilty of exactly what?
Today it hit me, it was last year, that poor little girl went missing. It wont be a long til it is a year. Who knows where she is, or what has become of her. Thats all anyone should really be interested in, not trying to prove the McCanns innocence or guilt. What are we, a court of law?
We are people who know what we know, through the press, and maybe some on here have other closer sources. But these sources of information, are based on little or no fact, or are completely biased.
We dont know the truth of what happened to Madeleine. Hopefully one day we will.
January 9th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
HI Lauren:
Not sure what you mean by your last sentence… but I do not have the Mcs on a pedestal as you call it… I’m here just like you and everyone else on here to see what happened to poor Maddie. Again.. not you nor I know for sure if the Mcs did something or didn’t . That is yet to be seen … but I just pray that they didn’t do anything to Maddie (can you only imagine!!) other then leaving her alone…. - which I would never do with my child!!! If I forget something at home, and I already have her in the car seat, then I take her out and take her back home with me. I never leave her out of my sight!!
January 9th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
6028 Completely agree with your way of thinking Kat. That’s all we can do, and i think we owe it to Madeleine to do exactly that, so the truth of what has happened to her can be learned.
January 9th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
6018 SwissMiss, They are official suspects in their daughters disappearance. They left 3 children alone on more than one occasion so they could go and eat with friends. The first, im sure they havent been made suspects without there at least being some evidence, what that may be, who knows. Also, leaving children alone as they did, sure isnt winning them any parent of the year awards. So what do you want me to say? Its up to the legal system to prove them guilty of being involved in their daughters disappearance, or for this official suspect status to be lifted due to lack of evidence.
As i have said countless times on here, i dont know what their involvement is in all of this and quite frankly i dont really care, as long as the truth is known as to what happened to that poor little girl. The McCanns are just ordinary people, and ordinary people can do awful things. Yet there are people on here, and you being one of them, who have them on this pedestal? Why? Because of the tragedy they find themselves in? The one of their making? And thats the bottom line, if they had not left those children alone, then maybe today, Madeleine would be tonight sleeping in her own bed, would have enjoyed Christmas, and be going to school. But because of her parents selfishness and stupidity, the 3 children were left there alone, and if the abduction story is true, they were left alone, at the mercy of someone who thought nothing of taking a sleeping child from her bed. They are not the sort of people who i want to shout my support from the roof tops for. They neglected their children, and i dont know what has happened to Madeleine. But if she has truly been abducted, then the buck stops with her parents, they have to live with the guilt of that, but poor Madeleine has to live with the reality of what her parents neglect has caused.
You put them on a pedestal if you must, but sadly that says a lot more about you as a person, than knowing you in person ever could.
January 9th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Thanks Mods and Admin…I seem to cock up copying and pasting so perhaps just posting links is a blessing lol !!!!
I know it’s hard to comprehend that the McCanns or indeed any human being would be capable of doing what people are accusing the McCanns of, however in this world shocking acts are committed all the time, we just need to think about Jamie Bulger, Holly and Jessica to name a few.
I’m going to keep an open mind and won’t say the McCanns are innocent OR guilty until evidence proves otherwise.
January 9th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Hi everyone:
Where are you Lauren today? Thought I would read your posts today.. :)-
January 9th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
The lack of information has produced a vacuum into which speculation has poured over the past few months, with the British media joining the Portuguese press in offering tantalizing details of the investigation.
Forums where some people attack the family without even knowing them,and spouting out verbal diarrhoea without any evidence of their guilt.
The McCanns could now find themselves in a “world where lack of hard evidence is taken as proof of guilt and innocent explanations are twisted to fit our darkest suspicions.”
“The deed the McCanns are accused of would have required such black, cold-hearted evil that I refuse to believe they are guilty unless overwhelming evidence is uncovered.”
January 9th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Kirstie
Sorry. I’ll behave.
January 9th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I now realise what made me feel so unnerved by the McC’s making a film, even before there is any closure in this case, one way or another, and that’s because i feel it might deflect their attention in looking for Madeleine activley because they’re wrapped up in helping to make a film! I know the long term purpose would be to keep her in the headlines and peoples minds but it doesn’t sit very well with me either.
Wendycass- i’m here, have been all along, where have you been hiding?
Karen, put those claws away missus!! Lol.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Kat
I guess you better use links then!
January 9th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Kat
Quoting newspaper articles is alright. The McCanns would sue the newspapers first. Someone must have said something (possibly about Murat) that was a blatant aspersion.
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They would sue the paper concerned first , and then us as a seperate count
January 9th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
So the moral of the story is…..
always put “In my personal opinion ” when writing anything !!!! lol
can’t quite understand how quoting newspaper articles is libellous though so it looks like we have to stop copying and pasting articles to be on the safe side unless Mods and Admin have any alternative ideas…..it’s a shame because I rely on these posts to keep me updated on the news regarding the Madeleine case.
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Mods and Admin
If an article already in the media is deemed libellous, and is then repeated elsewhere its deemed libellous again as a seperate count.
The safest way for us here is if you put a link in and not copy and paste
January 9th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Jean
Gawd, you’re at it again! Did no one ever tell you that telling tales was wrong?
It’s not libel to speculate or to dislike someone as a personal opinion - it’s libel to print something false as a fact - which this thread must have done and our thread didn’t - so there!
January 9th, 2008 at 3:15 am
ps: oops.. meant to say writing this right not write!! Getting late here..-
January 9th, 2008 at 3:14 am
Hey Lauren, my friend:
It also hasn’t been proven that the Mcs are guilty of anything either…. - ! :)-
I do have a question for you though…. and I hope that I’m writing this write… and no misunderstandings again… !- if all of the things in the hire car etc… had been planted there (do we know that for sure?) etc… since the Mcs claim they had nothing to do with Maddie’s disappearance… who would want to hurt them so badly?
You still haven’t told me Lauren, what you think your theory is on what happened that evening….
Has anyone heard of the DNA results of the clothes found on the road in PDL yet??? -
January 9th, 2008 at 12:58 am
The heart consultant has become a close friend of the father of 15-year-old Amy Smart, abducted in the US and found eight months later. Several movies were made about her while she was missing including The Amy Smart Story.
Her father has told Gerry he believes they helped keep his daughter in the public eye and led to her being spotted months later.
Last night, critics condemned the McCanns over the movie plans. On one blog, angry Pamela Blears, from Oldham, wrote: “From the day little Madeleine disappeared I have felt sympathy and compassion for the McCanns but this beggers belief.
“How can they think about making a film out of the tragedy when the poor child hasn’t even been found yet? How low can you get?”
Geoff Lowe, from New Zealand, wrote: “How could any genuine grieving parents be looking for this sort of money-making venture so soon after her disappearance?” An entry on another site said: “This is bad taste in the extreme. It is quite staggering.
“Surely the McCanns should be focusing all their efforts on finding Madeleine, not negotiating movie deals. It is just unbelievable.”
Kate and Gerry, both 39, deny being involved in their daughter’s disappearance and insist she was abducted from their holiday apartment while they dined with friends in a nearby Tapas restaurant.
Insiders said they would not appear on film personally but would give the makers interviews and access to personal background material that has never been seen.
The film would chart events leading up to Madeleine’s disappearance and her parents’ desperate hunt for her. It will also show how they went from victims to suspects and highlight their fight to prove their innocence.
Mr Mitchell said the couple would only co-operate with the film, or any other project, only when their status as suspects was lifted.
A source close to the couple added: “The film deal is possible. It is the sort of thing we would look at seriously because in one fell swoop we could resolve the funding of the search overnight.”
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If this is true, I would agree completely with the idea because it would not only keep Madeleine in the public eye, but it would also bring the much needed funds in to continue the search for her, as has been verified by Amy Smart’s father. Madeleine’s parents are focusing on anything that will help get their daughter back, and I really do admire them for everything they have done. They have gone through hell and back with the media reports about them allegedly killing her etc and they are still coming out fighting. I would move heaven and earth to find my daughter if I was them and I support them wholeheartedly.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:49 am
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JuneJohnson Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Mods and Admin
To all users in the Malta and Morocco thread
We have had to pull another libellous post from you in here, and there is another being considered for pulling.
You were all informed some weeks ago that the server had been moved to the UK and everyone on the site was advised to be very careful of the libel risk to Anorak. Sadly none of you seem to regard this serious threat to us with any respect, and the only libellous posts have been in this thread.
This matter will be brought to Admins attention and they will get back to you in due course, meantime you will be heavily moderated, and any further dangerous libel risks pulled.
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June, I have looked on other Anorak sites, and am appaulled at some of the allegedly libellous comments made about the McCanns, and none of these posters seem to be warned. Surely there is a limit to which people can call the McCanns?
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Mods and Admin
Some time ago we started advising people strenuously to insert the word ‘allegedly’ when talking of the actions of other people. Then Anorak moved servers to the UK where we would be liable for libel for posters statements that slurred or cast damaging aspersions about a persons activities.
At time of writing its very likely whatever is said about the McCanns in respect of their childcare cannot damage their reputations.
The warning is in place in the Forums and its up to the individual poster to make themselves familiar with it. All of the posters on the other threads (not forums, threads) have posts with very damaging remarks deleted or editted if it doesn’t change the meaning of the post.
January 9th, 2008 at 12:45 am
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Melanie Says:
January 9th, 2008 at 12:33 am
And Jean - that is exactly the sort of comment which would make M.W. NOT offer the service - the McCanns did not take advantage of the service - I havnt heard of another kid being abducted from the Ocean Club who WAS being monitered by the service offered - Have You?
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There is always a first Melanie. It’s a good job it hasn’t happened before, they would be out of business!!
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Mods and Admin
Jean,
if you were planning an evening out and not intending taking young children with you
would you a) arrange a babysitter?
b) leave the children with family overnight
c) leave the children home alone
d) who would be responsible for the d option
January 9th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Don’t know whether this is true or not, but is of interest…..
Only just seen this from PortugalResident news 3/1/07 :
…”Meanwhile the McCanns announced the dismissal of Metodo 3 from the case just before the Christmas celebrations.
The mixed information that was released for several weeks by the Barcelona-based private investigators, the failure of the targets they made public, as well as pressures from some of the financial supporters of the Madeleine campaign, led to their dismissal.”…
http://portugalresident.com/portugalresident/showstory.asp?ID=23642
January 9th, 2008 at 12:33 am
And Jean - that is exactly the sort of comment which would make M.W. NOT offer the service - the McCanns did not take advantage of the service - I havnt heard of another kid being abducted from the Ocean Club who WAS being monitered by the service offered - Have You?
January 9th, 2008 at 12:22 am
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Melanie Says:
January 7th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Well there you go then Jean - The McCanns negligent attitude to taking proper care of their kids cobbles it up for future guests
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I think the same can be said for the Ocean Club!!! There seems to be a very guilty conscience speaking. If they offer a service they should make sure it is fool proof.
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Mods and Admin
The McCanns didn’t use MW service or any other, they devised their own method
The MW did have and still have babysitters to hire to remain with the children while the parents are out, its up to the parents to contact the baby sitting service if they want to use it.
Why do you hold the Ocean Club responsible?
January 8th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
just been to the findmadeleine web page
Gerry is saying the news reports are not true about the film.
just goes to show we should not take notice of everything in the press. Somethings are blown all out of proportion.
Gerry’s Blog/Diary
Day 250 - 08/01/2008
We are one week in to the New Year and we can definitely say the holiday period is well and truly over. Some of the media coverage today has been at its worst since Kate and I were declared arguidos.
We can categorically deny that we are considering a movie about Madeleine’s disappearance. This is simply untrue. We are approached by a huge number of media outlets regarding a myriad of projects, only a tiny proportion of which we agree to. Each proposal is considered on whether it is likely to have a positive effect, either directly or indirectly on the search for Madeleine. As stated today by Clarence, there was a preliminary discussion between a production agency and a representative of Kate and I to discuss the possibility of a documentary about the issues we have faced since Madeleine was abducted. Clearly Europe is a long way behind the USA in terms of its response when a child goes missing.
January 8th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
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paula Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
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Clarrie has confirmed that such a film could not be made whilst the McCanns remain arguidos…
January 8th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
sorry reading back I see my grammer is not very good! I am getting pretty tired now