Madeleine McCann: The Nanny Suspect, Amaral Policing And Jail
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
SUNDAY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE MYSTERY. BRING IT ON.”
The Sunday Express is not the Express, which has form some weeks led with the front-page banner “MADELEINE”. The Sundays Express goes its own way.
“McCanns remain defiant as they face 40 questions from UK police this week”
“Kate and Gerry’s fury as new sighting in Morocco by businessman is ignored”
SUNDAY MIRROR front page: “MADDIE HUNT: THE TRUTH.”
The truth… At last…
“DISGRACE.”
A picture of Madeleine McCann (on the right). A picture of Portuguese copper Goncarlo Amaral (left).
“Police have ignored 250 sightings of her” – and have investigated how many?
“Cop leading police probe works four hours a day” – Amaral’s not overworked and fresh.
“He has three-hour boozy lunches with pals” – Amaral holds lengthy meetings to discuss and masticate over the case with team.
“Puffing on a cigarette and knocking back beers, the man leading the world’s biggest missing child inquiry enjoys yet another long, boozy lunch.”
Good to know that the Mirror is not wasting its time and watching him.
STAR ON SUNDAY: “THREATS TO McCANNS.”
“Friends say the couple are ‘extremely concerned’ by the nature of the threats and are considering hiring extra security.
Last night a spokeswoman for the McCanns, both 39, confirmed that they had been sent what she described as ‘negative letters and fear mail’.”
INDEPENDENT: “Maddie ‘kidnapped by maid’, says email.”
“The McCanns’ spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said they were ‘encouraged’ by the development.”
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Kate McCann will risk jail to find Madeleine
Kate McCann has been told by her legal team that she faces jail sentence if she flouts Portuguese law to discuss details of the four-year-old’s disappearance in a high-profile television interview.
She tells a “close friend”: “I will do what I must. What does any of it matter if it helps find Madeleine?”
“It is what Kate thinks will help,” a close friend tells the paper. “What choice does she have? Unless Kate and Gerry ignore the law and speak out, their chances of finding Madeleine will dwindle further. Better to risk prison if it helps find her.
“Will the Portuguese police really prosecute a mother whose sole aim is to find her daughter or at least, God forbid, discover the whereabouts of her body? Kate, most of all, believes risking a jail sentence is nothing compared to finding Madeleine.”
Who needs an interview with Kate with friends like that?
THE OBSERVER: “This limbo that lasts a lifetime,” writes Carol Sarler.
“The McCanns are said to be devastated by dashed hopes; if so, they must get used to it, for there will be more sightings, more dashing and, to add to their misery, more harassment of more innocent families. I know this because, having investigated the disappearance of Ben Needham on Kos in 1991, the unfolding of the McCann case has felt like one long, wretched, groundhog summer.
“Ben, recapped in a nutshell: his grandparents, Eddie and Chris Needham, moved from Sheffield to Kos with their teenage son Stephen, daughter Kerry and her boyfriend and their son, Ben…
“…The singular difference between the Needhams and the McCanns is, crudely, class. Eddie has homemade tattoos on his knuckles, Chris was a grandmother at 38, Kerry and her boyfriend - a man known, as they say, to the police - lived in a council block. Perhaps this explains why, throughout their ordeal, nobody from the British consulate in Athens once got off their butt or went to Kos to help or support; surgeon Gerry McCann, by contrast, mobilised the world.”
“Arabic adverts aid Madeleine hunt”… “Despite the disappointment of last week’s misleading sighting of a blonde girl in the Moroccan town of Zaio, the McCanns believe that their daughter might be somewhere in the country.”
TIMES: No Madeleine news today.
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September 30th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
741 Ian Says:
September 30th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Simon, 734. You dont seem to be providing anything that exludes cuddle cat. Clearly as a badge used by Kate, this must have some significance?
Why are you so keen to exclude it from any discussion?
[Response: If you want to discuss it, that's fine by me. My position is that I do not beleive it is relevant. As such, I will read what people say and am open to persuasion. Equally will say what I think]
The point made about it being on a shelf and the Mccanns actually mentioning it having been moved, means as someone here said, that it needs to be analysed by every means possible and even if this isnt logical, I’d have expected Kate to insist upon it.
[Response. We have no idea whether Kate insisted on anything or not. She is not allowed to say. We do know that the cat was tested and nothing turned up. Why then is it an ongoing issue?]
Considering they are so desperate to search fopr Maddie, they dont seem to be that interested in actually doing things to encourage investigation of anything and everything.
[Response: I think they are doing what they beleive to be the right thing. Not everyone would agree. I don't know how you measure their interest. That seems a strange thing to say]
Why have the Mccanns not published the timeline and the locations of everyone they can, to be added to as more information is received? They are hiding behind the secrecy laws unless it suits ‘a friend close to the mccanns’ to say something.
[Response: Because they are not allowed to. Don't you think they want to? They are not hiding behind any laws. They are hampered by an archaic legal system designed to protect the police!]
September 30th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
757 - DeeDeeDee
I said all that a few days ago. I also added that the only other thing we know about Madeleine is her height but even that information seems to have gone from the official website.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
752 - Batman
Easy answer.
Remember Tony Blair’s son found in a drunken coma in Leicester Square when he had been out boozing till the early hours at the age of 16?
That story dropped from the radar and Tony Blair made his famous “he won’t be the first and he won’t be the last drunk 16 yr old…”
The answer to your question is simple: There is no morality being shown by the people in high places anymore. The Royals are not example setters and neither are the politicians. That’s why there’s an incredibly high amount of delinquency in the UK - there’s nobody up top to set a good example.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
I get more disturbed everytime I visit the find Maddy website.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
748, POTUGAL SWINGERS SOCIETY
Yes I believe you are, could be and Tony Bennett and Anonymous.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
733. Mary,
Yes I agree. They are not ever going to work in the medical profession again but will generate a ton of money through books, public speaking events, a movie or two etc….
I see the McCanns as being a dark shadowy UK version of the US’s “American’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh. In fact, I believe one of their next “big” steps will be to meet with Walsh.
I feel Gerry is desparate to be famous and somewhat powerful as Walsh has become.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Cuddle cat was dirty and as KMcC was carrying it around and being photographed with on a dialy basis she didn’t want the thing to look nasty.
I don’t know.
Cuddle Cat is a prop. Someone mentioned earlier that we have never seen a pic of Madeleien with Cuddle Cat. Also on her website is nothing that gives us any inkling of a clue as to who the ‘real Maddy is’. All of you with a two to 5 year old describe your child in one paragraph and then compare it to what is found on the Find Madeleine website under
‘About Madeleine’
and I quote….
“Madeleine McCann was born 4 years ago. She has one brother Sean and a sister Amelie. She lives with her family in Rothley, Leicestershire.
Her father comes from Glasgow and has 3 sisters, Patricia, Jacqueline and Phil, and a brother John. Madeleine’s Grandmother, Eileen lives in Glasgow. Her other grandparents, Sue and Brian live in Liverpool.
Both sides of the family are very close and all are working in different ways to try and help in the search for Madeleine.
Phil, who resides in Ullapool and is a teacher, has asked that the heartfelt thanks of the whole family be passed to everyone who has helped in the search so far. She said “There have been so many messages of support and prayers from people all over the world. We (the family) are overwhelmed with your assistance. The media people have been wonderful and so helpful in making everyone aware of our plight. and prayers. We pray that she will be returned to us safe and well.”
unquote
We know Madeleine is 4 years old.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Simon 734. Kate said she put it in the cot with Maddie - and Kate convinced the police that it was put there by whoever took Maddie.
737. Stigg -one moment you say the toy means a lot to her as it was Maddies and the next you say she has plenty of other things that smell of her - so why doesn’t she carry those about?
Why does she constantly smell it when looking into a camera?
I never saw her sniff it and go - poo this whiffs of suncream - it hasn’t bothered me for weeks but today it does and I’ll wash it!
I have an item of someone that has gone and sniff it now and again to remind me of them - to even consider washing it would make me panic - ask anyone who has lost someone how they feel about this and they all agree! Or are you reffering to the many clothes of Maddie that they say were stuffed at the bottom of the wheel base along with the twins dirty nappies and rotting chicken carcass - didn’t seem bothered to keep those items sacred either unfortunately!!!!
September 30th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
746 - Miss Match
If Madeleine and the twins were routinely left at night alone and other holidaymakers heard the kids crying because of it, there would be hell to pay if the authorities realised the toddlers had been left alone IF Madeleine had indeed died as a result of being left alone - sedated or otherwise. That would discredit two doctors more than anything because naturally we all think they should be setting an example.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Spin 740.
Simple, they were complicit in the use of sedatives and all could see no reason to expose all those careers.
I dont fully buy it either though. I still think its sedatives and then abduction, Kate worried about leaving them with babysitters due to ‘disquiet’ regarding some of the men around the place (like Murat) - ok by day, nervous about it at night. Someone suggested sedation (as children had been crying on other nights and people had complained). When kate found Maddie missing she cried ‘Theyve taken her’. This had to be changed later as it opened her to a charge of neglect (as it reveals she wasnt comfortable and so was aware of risks - required for a prosecution, she’d know that as a GP she’d have been briefed). The ‘they’ were odd people she’d felt nervous about. Cuddle cat was used to administer some kind of vaporous sedative, so had to be held on to and washed. Got to go now, tired from too much sleuthing!
September 30th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
re 736 he did say such.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5jtmkXXv58&mode=related&search=
September 30th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
#729 Stevo - which brings us full circle back to asking why - seeing as they have admitted they left the kids alone - such high profile political figures like Gordon Brown are publicly defending them. Is he condoning the practice of leaving kids alone at night in an unlocked room in a foreign country.
Also, I am not sure if it has been mentioned before, but looking at the photo of those steps - what was to stop either of the twins getting up and trying to go and find mummy and daddy.
So, bearing in mind the gravity of their neglect - why are so many high profile people treating the McCanns as unfortunately victims?
September 30th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
737 - Real Stig
Considering there’s no photos or evidence that Madeleine ever played with Cuddle Cat, I’d be extremely surprised that a cuddly toy would be smelling of Madeleine’s suncream. Didn’t the parents wash their kids before putting them to bed?
September 30th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
We appear to be two members short
September 30th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
736
There is no evidence of 40 questions.
There is no evidence of 40 questions remaining unanswered.
There is no evidence of any responses to any 40 questions.
It was leaked by the police to the portuguese media to suit their purposes and until the McCanns have the ‘legal; right of reply and the police formally release the 40 questions and the responses, they are on no value whatsoever.
Re the sedation question, if you are referring to the video where they were asked if they ever gave their children calpol, Gerry gave a full and unbeleivable answer.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
All this talk about toxicology screening leads to some interesting questions and theories.
Firstly, if Madeleine had a fatal accident with massive trauma due to being under the influence of sedatives, ie falling down stairs, then, as I stated earlier, a tox screen would not be performed as the leading cause of death would be trauma.
Secondly, if Madeleine died from an overdose of oral sedatives, then again, this could be explained that Madeleine, herself, could have ingested the tablets whilst the McCanns were out with the T9 that evening.
The worry that they would be charged with child neglect by leaving their children alone and the subsequent tragedy that followed is strange, as they are claiming that Madeleine was abducted by a stranger due to the fact that she was left alone, albeit in a place and situation they stupidly thought of as safe. This is something they have never hidden, although they failed to mention that the patio door was unlocked and claimed that the shutters had been ‘jemmied’. There was no sign of a break in. The whole world knows that the children were left alone that night.
Had Madeline died due to ingesting sedatives, this could be explained as a tragic accident. However, if the medication was not something that had been prescribed to her, or even her parents, indicating that they were self prescribing goodness knows what, or had been given as injection form, then this would be something that would necessitate a cover up.
The traces of blood - an overdose of sedatives would not cause blood splatter in the apartment. The only scenario being possibly from an IV or IM injection, or traces from a needle and these would be minute.
The other cause of death which would cause them to fake an abduction, would be that the cause of death was by obvious physical abuse which could not be explained any other way.
Of course, there is still the sedation or injury theory and the fact that they just panicked.
Then, there is the abduction theory. Their subsequent behavoir and actions create more questions than answers.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
I’m relatively new to this site and today it seems to have drawn me in.
A few things I would like to know :
1/ The PJ are accused of leaking little bits of information at varying intervals. Are they clandestine? Can anybody tell me where are they leaked? Who says “Here’s another PJ leak best I report it”? Or are they official PJ leaks at press conferences?
2/ Are there any statements from the DNA testers in England that back up the McCanns statement that the DNA tests proved nothing?
3/ Has it been a fact that any blood was found inside or out? I heard (from a reliable source, lol) it was bodily fluids that the DNA was sourced from.
4/ Were any medical checks made on the other T9 children?
5/ When was the last time the girl was seen? And by whom?
6/ What are the 40 questions they refused to answer?
That’ll keep me going.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
589 - Portia
And wasn’t there some reports of Madeleine running away and hiding in the early evening because she didn’t want to go into the apartment? I’m sure I read a story like that from Mrs Fenn. Perhaps Madeleine hated being left alone every night and it became very difficult for the parents to make her stay in or settle down.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Dear Stig,
A few days ago I explained why I am posting as anonymous. I never hid who I was and freely spoke about where I live which would be a clear indication of who I was.
If the idiots who like to keep posting under my user name and the user name of others could be stopped I would resume using my name “Paulette” again. But until Anorak has a more secure system I will not use my name on these boards but only on the Talk Forums.
I am not Judge Judy although I wouldn’t expect you to stop spreading even more rumours and lies. I can only guess then that last week when someone signed on under my name it was you. You were very active that evening and the person who was making extremely foul comments in CAPS (as if that’s any sign of intelligence or truth) kept saying I was a man and that I was Judge Judy - or somethign to that effect.
If someone defends me against a cruel remark - big deal? That doesn’t mean they are one and the same. I have defended several Anorak posters and I am a completely separate entity from them. For the record - I am not Tony Bennett someone I defended today. A few days ago he wrote in support of a comment I made after ImModeration attacked me and called me a liar.
Anyway, The Big Stig, please save your lies and fear mongering for someone who believes what your arrogant pedestrian pea-brain weakly fashions as truth, justice or civility.
I will not respond to any more of your snarky comments. So don’t even try to engage me again for you’ll only be wasting your precious time. I know how important time and schedules must be to someone like you.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
589 - Portia
Even simpler than being pushed…what if Madeleine was trying to pull her hand away from her mother because she didn’t want to stay in the room alone as she knew every night was like that? What if Madeleine was at the top of those steps and Kate let go as she was tugging, trying to let go of her mother?
September 30th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Simon, 734. You dont seem to be providing anything that exludes cuddle cat. Clearly as a badge used by Kate, this must have some significance?
Why are you so keen to exclude it from any discussion?
The point made about it being on a shelf and the Mccanns actually mentioning it having been moved, means as someone here said, that it needs to be analysed by every means possible and even if this isnt logical, I’d have expected Kate to insist upon it.
Considering they are so desperate to search fopr Maddie, they dont seem to be that interested in actually doing things to encourage investigation of anything and everything.
Why have the Mccanns not published the timeline and the locations of everyone they can, to be added to as more information is received? They are hiding behind the secrecy laws unless it suits ‘a friend close to the mccanns’ to say something.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
I don’t buy the steps tragedy unless she fell down the steps while under sedation.
The friends would have convinced the McKanns to tell the police if it was an accident -who would blame parents for a child falling down steps ?
It has to be more than just the fact that they were unattended at the time that stopped them from getting help.
There is a reason why the friends would risk jail and losing their kids in order to keep a secret such as this.
That is why I still think sedation is likely to have been used by more than one couple - countless times we have suggested that kids do not sleep on demand like clockwork when on an exciting holiday and this fits in well.
A drowsy child could have fallen down the steps - although wouldn’t there be blood stains? It would have been just as likely that she got ran over by a car who then plonked her in their boot and drove off - still there would have been blood stains.
So - either the Portuguese police just made this up as a way of getting them to confess to a lesser crime - or they have suddenly become as stupid as the Mckanns believe.
What they really want is a body - if the Mckanns did confess to an accident they would have to tell where the body is situated - only if it revealed that she did not die in the accidental way suggested - they would not tell!
PJ are leaving me confused now - but I think this is misinformation.
It’s been a quiet few days - and yesterday there was actually NO LINK on the google front page news headlines to the McKanns AT ALL !!!!WOW - I did not read a thing about it - it was great - peace at last.
It doesn’t mean that I would forget about poor Maddie - just about the ‘poor me’ parents for one day!
September 30th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
572 - anonymous
The thought of the terror an infant feels to be left alone sleeping and then wake up in a strange bed/room and find themselves all alone is enough to warrant throwing the book at Gerry and Kate. That itself is enought to say they are guilty of extreme child neglect. It doesn’t have to be physical abuse. Who knows how many times those poor babies woke up crying and alone and scared witless?
September 30th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
732 Ian
Not going to consider alternatives like, impregnated with sedative or holding some damning clue?
No, I am not going to consider it, because the police have already taken and tested the cat and found nothing.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
725 spindoctors
“Who would insist on keeping a toy that is the vital key to the investigation????”
Someone who loved their daughter and didn’t think the toy could play a part in finding her abductor/s
“Does she really want her daughter back? -or does she want to carry on sniffing a toy - a toy that means so much to her that she washed the smell of her daughter off it - along with the only possible evidence of finding her.”
Her daughters smell? What if all she could smell was sunscreen. She would likely have other items with the real smell of her daughter on them.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
If 40 questions have remained unanswered, the McCanns are hardly being truthful when they say they wish to fully cooperate with the investigation. Why did Gerry reply “No Comment” when asked if he’d sedated the children, instead of simply saying “No”
September 30th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=453015&in_page_id=1770 read digest and ponder
September 30th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
725 Who would insist on keeping a toy that is the vital key to the investigation????
I’m not sure it is that important. It was, we are led to beleive, on a shelf. It could have been put there by Kate before they left to get Tapas.
It has been tested by the police.
The cat is probably of no relevance to this case.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
721
I think they are now much too grand to work in their old jobs again.
If they are’nt convicted of anything a whole new career awaits-interviews, book deals, film rights, appearances etc.
They stand to make a lot of money and Madeleine could become something of a cottage industry.
They will take up some noble cause to make it all respectable.
September 30th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
704 and 706.
Nope, if you carry cuddle cat around as a badge and because it was Maddies - it flies in the face of that to wash it or to be parted.
Not going to consider alternatives like, impregnated with sedative or holding some damning clue?
I always wondered about it - even before there was any accusations - though I always thought they were appalling to have gone out for drinkies (’dining’) and abandoned the kids. Its a shame Maddie pays the price for their neglect.