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 19th, 2007 at 12:31 am
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Totje Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 12:14 am
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Châtelaine,
re your “Also realized that being on this blog for some time sets on paranoïa and suspecting secrets around every corner …
I must admit that I got that same feeling, before I got my little flu. Cold turkey on Anorak [almost] helped me keep my sanity.
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Don’t misunderstand, Totje. I have no problem keeping my sanity. Just noticed that I jumped to conclusions, which I wouldn’t have done that easily without this blog …
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“I noticed them also a while ago, sometimes I take a little peek, I don’t post, they’re sweeties.”
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And I’m definitely not referring to people disturbing posters, which you call “sweeties”
December 19th, 2007 at 12:31 am
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Murder Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
TB - I used to think of dear Maria as simply the resident nun (whatever happened to Mother oh-so Superior Bernadette aka Moderation?).
I now think of her as a resident Friend of Esther.
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In the light of what she revealed, she is far from being that. In common parlance, she dobbed the Fund Chairperson in it.
Why?
December 19th, 2007 at 12:25 am
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Murder Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
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Meejician Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
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chenier Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
There’s enough material in there for several Phds…
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Well spotted. But the MF produces even better research material…….
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So Meej (please correct me if I’m being too familiar - I have trouble with etiquette) is your primary research interest here McCannology or autism?
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Are the two mutually exclusive?
December 19th, 2007 at 12:24 am
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Remigius Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
458 Harry Hind Sight
Envy? I doubt that very much. It’s true enough that some people will envy anybody. But ask yourself–if you needed to select a “physician,” would you select EITHER of the Drs. McCann?
No. I didn’t think so.
“Galen, come: seeing, ubi desinit philosophus, ibi incipit medicus.
Be a physician Faustus, heap up gold, and be eternised for some wonderous cure”
Chistopher Marlowe. Doctor Faustus, (1592) Act1, Scene 1, lines 12-15
December 19th, 2007 at 12:23 am
Another busy day tomorrow. Bid you all good night.
And hope to be able to offer over the weekend some [maybe new] angles from the notes I took in the past weeks while reading with [mixed] pleasure your [plural] combination, deductive & abductive reasoning, observation, explanation, fantasy, fabrication and foremost - sometimes “ludicrous” yet enjoyable - imagination.
Sleep well.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:23 am
838. Totje.
I’m not sure how true it is either but here is another link with further information.
http://gazetadigitalmadeleinecase.blogspot.com/
“Staff from Bill Henderson’s office suggested the name of Robert Murat as a reliable translator who could be used in the police inquiry, the days following Madeleine McCann disappearance.
Murat was already known among diplomatic staff, as he had recommendation letters from Norfolk Police, where he worked for Bernard Matthews, one of the largest poultry farm companies in UK, which employs hundreds of Portuguese workers.
The fact that Robert Murat has acted, before, as translator for Norfolk Police, and the recommendation issued by Bill Henderson’s office, at the time the British consul in Algarve, took police to accept the suggestion, according to PJ sources.
After Murat was named a formal suspect, Police went through all translations he has done, checking its accuracy, but no problem was found, according to the same sources.
Bill Henderson retired from his diplomatic post and went back to UK in August.”
December 19th, 2007 at 12:18 am
Thats ok Murder my name is Pat, but you can call me Pat!
December 19th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Different tale from the Mail.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=503303&in_page_id=1770
“Detectives have delayed asking for the fresh interrogations until after the festive period, meaning the couple will be able to spend the time with their two-year-old twins, Sean and Amelie. ”
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Still the same Pink Teddy with the White Heart donated by the Scottish Government though. Also I wonder if the proceeds from the Hello interview will be ploughed into the fund?
December 19th, 2007 at 12:14 am
842
Châtelaine,
re your “Also realized that being on this blog for some time sets on paranoïa and suspecting secrets around every corner …”
I must admit that I got that same feeling, before I got my little flu. Cold turkey on Anorak [almost] helped me keep my sanity.
I noticed them also a while ago, sometimes I take a little peek, I don’t post, they’re sweeties.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:10 am
OK Pat, you can call me Merde…
At least we haven’t had any input from Brian Blessed yet.
Hang on… that would be fun, in this context… OTT histrionics. Comedy of the Absurd, as we used to say in the days of black polo necks.
Right. Bit worried about curdling the yolks now. Must concentrate on what’s important.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:07 am
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Totje Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
“Châtelaine if you’re still around, read post 520 [Chenier] about the other thread and comment mods and admin”
” [...] There are some unpaid pro Mcc there who are pretty upset over everything, and we should rather they were left alone. ”
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Has missed 520, while trying to catch up with all posts, but after I read a bit over there [other long-lasting thread] realized it was a kind of “naaikransje” [hen-party, kaffeeklatsch...]
Also realized that being on this blog for some time sets on paranoïa and suspecting secrets around every corner …
December 19th, 2007 at 12:05 am
782 Good point.
Hadnt thought of that. That they were sedated that night is likely, or Gerry wouldnt have mentioned his ‘thoughts’ about it and nobody would have commented on the twins drowsiness.
Of course it may have been that they were sedated to support the idea of an abductor and Gerry intended to use the idea to explain Madeleine having been carried off without her making a lot of noise - as was suggested would be the case by Kates Mother. Clearly if the 5 minute window of opporunity is correct, if the cartoon man was carrying Madeleine in the manner described by Tanner, then the abductor wouldnt have had time for all the sedations. So Madeleine, not sedated, would have screamed the place down (as Kates Mothers says). Once again abduction theory collapses. However, the twins may have been drugged even though planned, but by Gerry to support the sedation of Madeleine, or simply to keep them quiet whilst all the planning and commotion took place.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:04 am
Murde the scouse drama will end like all Z cars episodes, the scallys will have it away on their toes and the plod will get nicked by internal affairs for fiddlin their time sheets and havin parties in the squad cars.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:02 am
Andy - I think that’s just standard practice. After all, they always made an extra effort to make Christmas special for Myra Hindley. Games of Find the Corpse - sorry, Present - and so on.
Now, I really MUST go and finish the cognac… no, I mean Charlotte. My reputation and my son’s academic career depends on it. Might come back later if I can walk.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:01 am
513 Andy Says:
Edited….
Re Dianne Webster’s deposition translated by mr Murat.
Murat participated also in other inquirings to witnesses of the investigation, but none of them related with the Tapas Bar group. According to Francisco Pagarete, Murat’s lawyer, he was sworn by the Lagos Court and duly certificated to make the translations.
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I don’t know if you’re still around, but I thought this part seems hmmmm, interesting, IF true [you know I don’t trust unnamed sources like “a source of the Public Prosecutor”].
It makes me wonder whether the PJ is planning to re-interrogate the other witnesses too. Might be interesting to find out if there are more discrepancy’s.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/maddie/article599225.ece
“Meanwhile the Foreign Office is refusing to allow Kate and Gerry McCann to be quizzed again until after the Christmas holiday.
A formal request from Portuguese officials for the couple and the Tapas Seven to be questioned will not be passed on until the New Year.”
A source said: “They want the family to have the most normal Christmas possible.”
The Portuguese request seeks permission for the McCanns, both 39, to be asked a series of questions by British cops with Portuguese police present.
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: “The Foreign Office remains in contact with the Portuguese Authorities and police and will continue to offer assistance. The Portuguese investigation continues.”
December 18th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Hi folks, little she-devil is back..
Châtelaine if you’re still around, read post 520 [Chenier] about the other thread and comment mods and admin:
“Mods and Admin , only 2 threads are running in Anorak as regards Madeleine McCann, this current one and another one. There are some unpaid pro Mcc there who are pretty upset over everything, and we should rather they were left alone. Their main concern is Madeleine, and she needs her supporters, they are very kind people”
December 18th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
The eggs really can’t wait much longer, darlin’ - are you drinking on my post, so to speak?
so to speak
December 18th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Got to go , am “hank marvin”. (slang) Chocolate, coffee & eggs (you know who you are!!)
And then, “To sleep, perchance to dream” (Shakespeare)
Night all
December 18th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
827:
Shit… what’s THAT?
Have I won the Rémy Martin award???????
Not sure I have time to write an acceptance speech and complete the Charlotte at the same time…
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Mods and Admin
its for me
December 18th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Right… 16 eggs, separated…
Back soon (ish)
December 18th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Comrade Pat: You are of course right…
What about ‘The Scouse Drama’?
December 18th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
I must go; work awaits in the morning; goodnight all…
December 18th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
You are most welcome Murder, Papists are still seen as the spawn of satan in various areas of these sceptred isles.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
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Remigius Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
819 chernier
Ah the precipice…I just climbed out of it! That is where they hide all the really great coffee.
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Bugger.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Sorry comrade - missed the lead-up to your association of Latin with Romanism, of which the dear (but stern) resident puritan apparently disapproves.
(Anyone bothering to read this, take as much notice as you like - I’m really making a complicated chocolate Charlotte for my son’s school Christmas party tomorrow. Must remember not to add the cognac. Perhaps best to drink it so I can’t make the mistake…)
December 18th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
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Maravilha Says:
December 18th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Chenier, you can call http://www.BBC one, you can see the video Panorama, The Mystery of Madeleine Mccann, where they don’t mention the baby at all.
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Wilkins didn’t take part any of these interview, so that not really surprising.
You can read the News of the World artcle at their website:
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/1609_maddie.shtml
December 18th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
819 chernier
Ah the precipice…I just climbed out of it! That is where they hide all the really great coffee.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Do not use the Esther word, it’s a bit like the Scottish Play.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
818 Murder
it depends upon what side of the family you’re from. Are you from Rheims, or Lorraine? And modernity and intermarriage have, of course taken its toll. So not all Remigiuses are papists now.