Madeleine McCann: The Age Of Jose Anes, Gerry McCann’s Fury And Murat’s Nannies Know Best
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
THE SUN: “No one will ever stand trial”
Because no one has been charged with any crime?
Or: “NOBODY will EVER stand trial over missing Madeleine McCann because cops made so many vital blunders,” says the Sun. And so too says Jose Anes, 62: “Mistakes in the early hours demolished the entire case”
The ex-director of Lisbon’s police lab is “Portugal’s top forensic expert”, a billing the lab’s current director may dispute
Mr Anes says: “If the scene is not preserved in the first hours, all the hours of effort that follow are useless. I am utterly convinced — unless some new, concrete evidence suddenly emerges — the case will never reach trial”
But what of the evidence gathered so far, like the DNA samples found in the McCanns’ hire car?
“Maddie sniffer dog ‘was rigged’” - Gerry McCann is “FURIOUS” – as often he is. He “believes sniffer dogs used to find Maddie clues in the family’s hire car were MANIPULATED by cops”
Says a “source close to the couple”: “Gerry says a dog went up to the Scenic, sniffed around and went to head off. He watched the dog being brought back to the vehicle. Finally, it reacts around the boot area. Gerry was open-mouthed at that, he feels the dog was manoeuvred into a position where it could react”
And smell
“Murat pals ’saw him near flat’” – “SUSPECT Robert Murat was PALS with British holiday nannies who say they saw him the night Maddie vanished, it has emerged”
Good friends? “And at least two of the girls knew him well enough to be on first name terms”
That’s close, eh
“A source confirmed yesterday that he did befriend several girls, adding: ‘A lot are attractive and he made a beeline for them. When they were asked who was near the apartment that night, several mentioned Murat”
DAILY MAIL: “Madeleine: Forensics expert says inquiry is ‘complete waste’ because of police blunders at apartment”
Says Jose Manuel Anes: “Huge amounts of money were spent but if, in the first hours, the due precautions for the preservation of the crime scene were not taken, all this hard work goes down the drain. We can spend rivers of money which will all go down the drain if the crime scene is not properly isolated”
The McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell says: “It is alarming to hear that Mr Anes has this view. All we want, and have done throughout, is to ensure the operational police side of this has been done in an effective and efficient manner as possible”
And why is Mr Anes – “the 62-year-old” - speaking out now? Because he’s making his comments known in a book called The McCanns’ Guilt – not that the case will ever, come to trial, you understand
“Madeleine: Gerry’s fury at ‘bungling’ dog handlers” – More Gerry McCann fury
DAILY STAR: “MADDIE COPS HIDE WITNESS”
Says the paper: “The key witness in the Madeleine McCann inquiry was in hiding last night after fleeing Portugal” – Jane Tanner? Kate McCann? Gerry McCann? No, the unnamed Portuguese tapas waiter…
“Pals say he is terrified his identity is about to be revealed and claim he is also scared of British and Portuguese government influence in the probe…Friends add that he is worried about the private eyes hired by Gerry and Kate McCann, both 39, to help find their daughter”
One former work colleague of the waiter says: “He does not want to be involved in any of this. Through no fault of his own he finds himself at the heart of this worldwide mystery”
DAILY EXPRESS: “MADELEINE: WITNESS GOES ON THE RUN ‘TO PROTECT HIS EVIDENCE’”
“THE key witness in the missing Madeleine McCann case was in hiding last night after fleeing Portugal”
“POLICE WERE ‘SIDETRACKED’ BY MCCANNS” - Former police crime scene chief Jose Manuel Anes is “ONE of Portugal’s top forensic experts”
The WORLD’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER investigates. Mr Anes is “71”
And “last night hinted that Kate and Gerry McCann were partly to blame for the flawed investigation into their daughter’s disappearance”. Although the Sun says it was those bungling Portuguese police (see above)?
“They should not have been thinking of the poor little parents but I understand the human dimension and the pressure which immediately involved the investigators. Sometimes the police are too human. The police must be absolutely objective. Somebody’s suggestions and complaints connected to a person’s disappearance should be set aside while the evidence is being gathered. In the moments immediately following the occurrence the goal is to gather everything and preserve everything”
Not bungling, rather too caring; too human
DAILY MIRROR: “McCann DNA clue ‘useless’”
Jose Manuel Anes is 62. He is the retired head of Portugal’s police science laboratory.
He tells the Mirror, and everyone else: “I fear the case will never reach trial” - and even if it did, no jury would be able to convict anyone.
BBC: Audience for BBC News 24 peaked in 2007 at 8.2 million in the week ending 1 July for the bomb attack on Glasgow Airport and at 7.9 million for the story of the kidnapping of Madeleine McCann in the week ending 13 May
Madeleine McCann: The ratings winner
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December 18th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
can’t say no Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
205
Harry Hind Sight
I feel sorry for you .and others like you.
You speak like a “noveau rich”
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I am truly touched by your expression of sorrow - it will carry my through another christmas of conspicious consumption - his and her personalised number plates all round what what hey hey - the haves and the have yachts
December 18th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
214 I ahve to admit, Taxi - Airport to Pune!
Drove like a nutcase..I tried not to notice.
Actually wasnt treated like a local at all, was kidding - given suitable deference. Lots of rich locals anyway.
December 18th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Surely all of the waiters would have been interviewed right at the start?
How could it all have taken so long - how reliable is a first, or even a further interview after all of these months
Anyway - that is my shift over -
December 18th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
205
Harry Hind Sight
I feel sorry for you .and others like you.
You speak like a “noveau rich”
December 18th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
I dont know. I was being sarcastic - I hope you realised!
December 18th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
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Ian Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 11:57 am
204 A waiter! And a portuguese sardine muncher! Appalling!
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Have we established whether this waiter is Baptista who gave an interesting interview some weeks ago?
December 18th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Ian,
It is a small world - when I was last in Bombay I too was treated like a local, a very rich local mind……….. do I take it that you did not find yourself travelling 3rd class un-airconditioned on the trains, nor living in a shanty town under the flight path to the airport
Sherlock, your knowledge of cross border arrangements is damn impressive - but should there have been any road blocks etc if it was thought that a child had been abducted -
December 18th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
202 Would have got your point across better if you’d said ‘I understood perfectly, because despite being a jonny foreigner, he spoke perfect English’.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:59 am
The nannies that saw murat that night 3 may
wasnt he helping the police with interveiws then?
December 18th, 2007 at 11:57 am
204 A waiter! And a portuguese sardine muncher! Appalling!
How we hanker after the old days of the British Empire!
I went to Mumbai last March - you know what? Treated like a local!
December 18th, 2007 at 11:55 am
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PeterMac Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 9:18 am
“I am very sorry that there are now only 6 days left for this blog site. I shall miss it.”
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Oops! I thought for a moment you knew something that we didn’t …
Well, the mere thought of it made me smile for a sec
December 18th, 2007 at 11:55 am
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brandon flours Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 11:40 am
dcb
Thank you very much
very interesting ………………
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I agree.
The focus, is slowly but surely getting sharper.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:54 am
forensics are progressing all the time daily
December 18th, 2007 at 11:52 am
So two reports in the press today - the first saying the DNA evidence is rubbish, and the second that new forensic evidence is being sent for analysis. Where have got the new evidence from after all this time?
December 18th, 2007 at 11:51 am
195 - Harry, did Estonia close its borders? Read my question carefully please. What some people have suggested was that Portugal should have immediately closed their border with spain. Estonia (as you describe) did not close their borders. They were carrying out checks on cars and lorries.
Unfortunately “closing the borders” is legally not possible under the Schengen agreement (unless there is a special dispensation issued by the government normally used for special events eg Euro 2004).
It is also practically not possible. Portugal and the other European countries (unlike Estonia yet, who has only now applied to join Schengen) have no border checks (in that sense similar to the county borders you mentioned) and therefore it makes it even more complicated to depoly a team of border patrol officers to close the borders.
To give you a practical example In the UK closing the border everytime a child is reported missing would mean a closure every other day of the week. That does not happen as you know.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Ian,
“medical professionals are held in almost sainlty esteem” in the UK
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I have a number of doctors in my family - some even do private stuff - not sure sainlty esteem is quite the case - but certaintly they are higher up the old pecking order than the riff raff who accuse the Doctors McCann, where is the customary deference that one expects?
We now even have a waiter who contradicts the words of may doctors and some other professionals
December 18th, 2007 at 11:45 am
183
Salomon ES
Did you know, that the first “egman” from J.T.,she first told to British Press, didn’t even bother to tell the P.J. first ,why?
Why SOME BRITISH PRESS WAS IN ALGARVE PAYING 5 EUROS, TO ANY PERSON THAT WOULD TELL BAD THINGS ABOUT THE P.J. ?
SHAME ON YOU, U.K. !!!!
December 18th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Ian, the perfect english observation is relevant b/c it underlines the point that I did not misunderstand what was going on ..
December 18th, 2007 at 11:43 am
196 I understand your point. However, there is evidence of support for these people which exceeds that which a ‘normal’ citizen would receive. Its probably the political connections Gerry has. In the UK, medical professionals are held in almost sainlty esteem, especially those who deliver private medicine to the wealthy (I’ve seen it first hand, its sickening).
As to the police not acting, I hope they do - anyone with any sense can see the child wasnt abducted and you cant sit back and allow a circus like the team McCann circus to happen or it will happen again and again - the precedent set.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:40 am
dcb
Thank you very much
very interesting ………………
December 18th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Carmen Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 11:31 am
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Harry Hind Sight Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 10:49 am e
Brandon Flowers has cut to the chase - a serious allegation - but can it be proved. Brandon, please call you first witness.
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Sloppy drafting, Harry. Re-write.
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Quite right - Brandon, your unfocused originating motion discloses no cause of action known to law - I therefore dismiss it, with costs against the complaint - now clear off before you find yourself on the wrong end of an wasted costs order.
Next case please
December 18th, 2007 at 11:38 am
195 Harry
Perfect English? Why is that relevant? A bit racist isnt it?
But regardless, this is not a stranger abduction case.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:36 am
181 But its essential - it would prove she also is a liar.
We already know Gerry can be a little distant from truth, distances, ear scratching, claims of children being sedated by abductors - all proven to be ‘not quite right’ or obvious diversionary tactics.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:35 am
ian i have no beef with your theorieswithout theories there are no answers, what i can not get to grips with is this world wide conspiracy stuff, to me it is pointless and is wasted energy, if the cops mean business they should start shaking everyone down now, somehow i dont think that is going to happen.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:34 am
191 - Estonia - about a year ago I was held up at the border for 4 hours - every car, van and lorry was searched - when I asked why I was told (in perfect english) “sir one of our young people is missing, we must do everything to find her do you not think so?”.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:31 am
189 Collusion even!
December 18th, 2007 at 11:30 am
183 Saloman
I find your post very interesting. Effectively, the lack of urgency in reinterviewing the McCanns suggests that there is no situation that needs an urgent solution (e.g. if they thought she was in the hands of paedophiles).
Following on from there, the rest of what you say is logical. I must admit, though, that I still tend to think she’ s dead.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Harry 178 Thanks.
Do you know of any other country in europe that closes its borders when a child is reported missing?
December 18th, 2007 at 11:29 am
The daily Mail new article has been there for over an hour now - has no-one else seen it?
My posts take so long to be moderated they end up way down the list!
December 18th, 2007 at 11:29 am
175 Sooth - we all know that 5 minutes (this is a maximum) is not sufficient time without all kinds of weird and wonderful inventions like measuring door angles and sudden recall of lurking figures.
Once the fact of no stranger abduction has been established beyond a reasonable doubt - as it has even without further supporting evidence (no toys, absolute cleanliness of the apartment) despite all efforts by pro-mccanners to avoid that conclusion, then one must look at alternatives.
All alternatives require callusion by members of the T9 - ALL alternatives.
So in fact, although we are not all admitting it - we do all know that the T9 are to varying degrees - guilty of a crime. The PJ have much more than we do and the new man has stated, ‘we have a pretty good idea what happened’.