Madeleine McCann: Amaral Policing, Secrets Out And EastEnders
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE: PORTUGUESE POLICE CHIEF IS SACKED AFTER AMAZING OUTBURST.”
Page 9: “Madeleine detective kicked off case after blasting British police” – Chief inspector Goncalo Amaral says: “The British police have only been working on what the McCann couple want them to and what suits them.”
Says Amaral: “The Ocean Club is in Praia da Luz, not in London…It won’t be an email, and an anonymous one at that, which will distract our line of investigation.”
Mr Amaral is making reference to the email sent to the official website of the Prince of Wales last week claming a vengeful nanny had abducted Madeleine.
Pages 30 and 31: “HAIR-RAISING TRUTH ABOUT THE PSYCHIC BARBER – During the day Gordon Smith cuts hair, at night he claims he communes with the spirits. So does he really think he can help the McCanns find Madeleine?”
THE WORLD’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER confirms that former EastEnders actress Michelle Collins is a “BELIEVER”.
DAILY MAIL page 7: “Off the case. Madeleine police chief demoted after amazing rant against McCanns and British detectives”
Say Amaral: “They [the English] have been investigating tip-offs and information created and worked upon by the McCanns”
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE: CHIEF COP SACKED.”
Page 10: “INSPECTOR CLUELESS GETS THE BOOT”
Page 11: “If Maddie IS dead she will tell me where he body is” – Says Gordon Smith
DAILY MIRROR front page: “Maddy copper is axed”
Page 7: “OFF THE CASE – Boozy cop is demoted after furious outburst against the McCanns”
THE SUN page 7: “MADDIE COP FIRED FOR McCANNS RANT – storm as bungler says family duped Brit police”
Comments Clarence Mitchell: “I can confirm that Kate and Gerry are aware of this development but we cannot comment”
THE GUARDIAN page 7: “Detective leading hunt for Madeleine sacked after blast at UK police” – Mr Amaral is 47. He has been demoted. He is 48 in the Sun. Such are the facts
Carols Pinto de Abreu, the McCanns’ Portuguese lawyer, says: “The McCanns cannot confess to something they did not do and cannot and should not lie to please the police”
THE INDEPENDENT page 8: “Detective leading Madeleine hunt dropped from case after outburst” – Amaral is being investigated over an alleged attack on the mother of a different missing girl. Read about that here
THE TIMES front page: “Detective in charge of McCann case sacked”
Page 9: “Madeleine detective sacked after outburst”
Alipio Ribeiro, Amaral’s boss, says: “The police should be discreet and keep quiet, but there is always someone who talks” – So much for those secrecy laws
DAILY TELEGRAPH page 15: “Madeleine inquiry chief sacked after attack on British police”
A “family friend” of the McCanns says: “What he [Mr Amaral] is saying is just plain wrong. Leicestershire Police are not doing anything on Kate and Gerry’s behalf. They are simply there for liaison. There is certainly no strategy to distract form the Portuguese investigation”
What investigation?
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October 3rd, 2007 at 11:47 pm
A couple of observations/speculations to throw into the mire:
1 A Daily Mail columnist, as an aside in an article about Gordon Brown, has stated “The Prime Minister has involved himself far too much in the Madeleine McCann affair”: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=485534&in_page_id=1772&in_author_id=244
If Spudgun is still around, whether as observer or under a pseudonym, I would be very interested in his reaction to this.
2 One effect of the Amaral demotion/resignation, particularly when combined with a statement that no replacement will be appointed until next week, might be to diminish the daily speculation and counter-speculation in the media. This would make a lot of sense if the PJs wanted to get on with an important development away from the media gaze.
3 An interesting but perhaps not newsworthy feature appeared on BBC 24 (BBC World for those outside the UK yesterday) immediately after the report about Ameral’s departure yesterday. I can’t find a link to the BBC article, but I will post the related link on my next post (one link per post rule).
4 Undoubtedly the most intriguing development I’ve seen reported on this site in recent days is the claim - corroborated by a second poster - that after the priest “went missing” he apparently went to see senior Catholic personnel and subsequent to that the Vatican removed its Find Madeleine posters. There was no link related to this but if it is true it is certainly of interest. Can anyone help?
I don’t think that this case is yet over. Whether it will ever be satisfactorily concluded - ie all of the many, many questions answered - is of course another matter.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:46 pm
I live in Liverpool and support is strong here for the family and what they have suffered.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:46 pm
what’s the pig theory
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:46 pm
1045 Ben … please check who was rude first?
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Julie- True, not nearly so wild as some other suggestions. (Like this morning- how they might have dissolved Madeleine’s body in a vat of acid? Or the pig theory– wow!).
Still, I feel you shouldn’t go off making statements that you believe Madeleine was abused based on “gut feeling.” If you care to explain further, and cite specific triggers for your gut feeling, that would be interesting to hear.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:45 pm
1038
i’m asking if you can tell me what it means
im just using it as an example of the law being written ambiguously so that it can say what you like.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:44 pm
1036 and 1043
I am new to this and all I can say is ladies, ladies, please there is no need for such unpleasantness. Everyone can express their views without resorting to rudeness.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:43 pm
1015. Krissie.
Hey, I said they went jogging on the 4th of May. Why don’t you believe me? I have friends who saw them, of course one saw them at 10.15am, another said 10.30am and the other said “I have a pact with the others and won’t speak.” but it’s still true.
They where there jogging along the beach large as life. I can’t describe them exactly but they had hair, possibly. Get back to me in a couple of weeks and I’ll have a better description.
Anyway allegations that they didn’t go jogging are ludicrous and if they continue I’ll make the threat to sue but never carry it out and then I’ll leave the country.
Oh, and it’s still true.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:42 pm
1036 Krissie … my statement was far from wild (have you noticed some of the other people who post here from time to time?). I’m actually one of the regular, more sane posters … if you disbelieve what I believe then so be it .. no need for sarcasm! I do not only have a day time job, I give “free” time to certain organisations where I learn to make assumptions very quickly and most of the times, fairly accurately!
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:41 pm
1041 Firestar
How can it help find Maddie
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:41 pm
1024
i’ll trey to find a clip on u tube.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Do the McCanns have a residence order and what is it
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:40 pm
1035 Viewer. Admittedly very interesting. Like Maria said, I would guess her pediatricians have the answer, but we certainly don’t!
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:39 pm
1034 Firestar
What does it mean and how does it relate to the McCanns
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:38 pm
With due respect to all of you who cannot believe that there could possibly be a “cover-up” with one or more persons involved. I truly believe that this case goes far deeper than meets the eye. Start counting on your fingers how many “high-profile” people are directly/indirectly involved in the “search” for Madeleine …. you will not have enough fingers to count. Where have you ever heard of a missing child who has received so much “high authority” support?
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:38 pm
1028 Julie. Well, I’m so glad you are basing your wild statement that Madeleine was abused on such solid evidence!
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:37 pm
Krissie - 1004. I readed something about Colomba Charge. But what I mentioned has nothing related to that.
Searching on the net you will find de correlations between the syndromes that I mentioned (the physical evidency is on Madeleine’s both eyes easily perceived on the fotos). I’m talking about facts: she had that syndrome. What I am doing now is trying to find answers for the causes… they might only be congenital, but, less rare, they are related to blunt traumas affecting the central nervous system or the abuse of medicines.
David Bowie, for example has that syndrome because of an accident in his early life.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:37 pm
i had to work out whether a person with a residence order for a child is a person with care or not.
this is what the law has to say about it, yes or no being much too easy.
(3) A person is a “person with care”, in relation to any child, if he is a person—
(a) with whom the child has his home;
(b) who usually provides day to day care for the child and
(c) who does not fall within a prescribed category of person.
(4) The Secretary of State shall not, under subsection (3)(c), prescribe as a category—
(a) parents;
(b) guardians;
(c) persons in whose favour residence orders under section 8 of the [1989 c. 41.] Children Act 1989 are in force
if anyone wants to work it out, let me know, then i’ll tell you what the court said.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:37 pm
1030
Promises, promises! How could a girl resist?
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:35 pm
1022 Innocent and I can’t be bothered with the rest
Stop attacking people because you have nothing else to say. Haven’t you heard polite is the new rude!
Isn’t it past your bedtime old timer?
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:34 pm
1019 Peter. No, I think Tony very clearly is suggesting that at least one, probably several, of the so-called Tapas 9 KNOWS that Madeleine died at the hands of her parents and are helping cover up. To me, the suggestion that even ONE of them would do so is just absurd. To my mind, if Madeleine died due to direct action from either of her parents, the most likely scenario would be that ONE of them killed her and the other doesn’t even know. If my husband accidentally killed our 4-year-old daughter I sure as HECK would not cover for him. Ditto him for me. But it’s at least plausible that they are covering it up TOGETHER. But to suggest some friend of theirs is also complicit, it’s bizarre to me. Go back and read his post 986 I think– he directly accuses Oldfield then implies there are several others who lied to police and told the press to mind their own business.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:34 pm
You touch me, I sue you love
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Is it this week the DNA results are soon to be returned or was it last week? Perhaps it’s next week or the week after.
Like I said before God help us if there was a serial killer or serial rapist out there.
Or perhaps the Birmingham FSS are awaiting payment. I read an article today, in one of the Portuguese newspapers online, about how much this case is costing the Portuguese, and it isn’t cheap.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:32 pm
1021 Krissie .. gut feeling, instinct & experience!
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:32 pm
1022
At least I have a life unlike you. What else do you do apart from spend time on here?
Hugs and kisses
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:32 pm
#985 Well-developed.
Wonder what the positioning of GM and the movie director was in relation to the alley? Was GM intentionally keeping the director’s attention away from something? Have always thought ten minutes was rather long for a chat on the sidewalk, especially when GM’s dinner was served at 9:08, or so it was reported.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:31 pm
998 Krissie
Quite!
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:31 pm
1016 . Firestar…. huh? You forget I aint from that side of the globe! Haven’t a clue ….. !
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Firestar and Julie
Have you thought about getting a hotel room?
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:30 pm
‘Lawyer’ - you are obviously unhinged as your post makes no sense whatsoever
‘Opinions and viewpoints are one thing but do stop using legal terminology to back up ill informed perspectives!!’
‘The McCanns were negligent in my view’
So which is it then? Go back to your day job