Madeleine McCann: 20 Years Of Fury, Kate And Gerry McCann Prime Suspects, Robert Murat Says Nothing
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY MIRROR front page: “YOU’RE STILL PRIME SUSPECTS – McCanns’ fury at police chief warning”
“Kate and Gerry McCann were furious last night after learning they are still prime suspects in daughter Madeleine’s disappearance”
It is now the 105th time Kate and Gerry have reacted with fury of been furious in a tabloid setting
“The couple’s hopes of being cleared today were crushed when police chief Paulo Rebelo asked a judge to extend their arguido status because detectives are sticking to their belief that they accidentally killed the four-year-old”
This was predictable. Robert Murat also remains a suspect
Says McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell: “They are frustrated and angry. Frustrated because, yet again, there appears to be no movement in the case when they know they are innocent. They will continue to push for their arguido status to be lifted”
The Correio da Manha newspaper “claimed Kate and Gerry, of Rothley, Leics, could be charged with perjury and wasting police time”
But don’t the police waste enough of that themselves?
“They have been warned by their legal team they may have to go to the European Court of Human Rights to get their arguido status lifted”
Human rights? What of Madeleine’s rights?
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE - McCANNS ARE MAIN SUSPECTS SAY POLICE”
“Kate and Gerry McCann were dealt a crushing blow last night when a police report accused them of killing their daughter Madeleine”
Says a friend: “They are not the prime suspects. As we understand it, the report talks about the police’s continued belief that Madeleine died accidentally in the apartment and that is why Kate and Gerry remain arguidos. It also talks about Robert Murat remaining an arguido and it discusses the possibility of her being abducted. Well, they can’t have it both ways”
No..?
Says Clarence Mitchell: “Throughout 2007 we have declined to comment on speculation in the Portuguese press. We will follow the same policy in 2008. If this report is true, however, and this interim police report exists, then we believe it contains nothing new. It is simply a restatement of the current position of the police. And we note that it not only discusses Kate and Gerry as arguidos, but also continues to name Mr Murat as an arguido. Crucially it also accepts the possibility that abduction took place”
The green shoots of hope…
THE SUN front page: “McCANN AGONY GOES ON – 246 after Maddie vanished, cops name Kate and Gerry as…PRIME SUSPECTS”
“ANGUISHED Kate and Gerry McCann are facing up to living as suspects over their daughter’s disappearance for another TWENTY years, it emerged yesterday”
Maybe…
Kate and Gerry are “both 39-year-old doctors”
Fact!
DAILY MAIL: “Police ’still think McCanns killed Madeleine by accident’ - and they will be suspects for 20 years”
“A secret police dossier has accused Kate and Gerry McCann of accidentally killing their daughter and hiding her body, it was claimed yesterday. The couple faked four-year-old Madeleine’s abduction, according to a leaked report on the eight-month police investigation”
Lawyer Edward Smethurst, who is co-ordinating the McCanns’ defence, says: “Any report about the leaked document we believe is completely without substance. We think it arises out of pure speculation on the part of the Portuguese papers”
Kate and Gerry McCann are “doctors”
THE SCOTSMAN: “Madeleine’s parents could be under suspicion for 20 years, says judge”
“The prospect of the case dragging on for years was reinforced yesterday by the president of the National Union of Portuguese Judges, Antonio Martins, who said: ‘No-one knows what type of crime was committed. If it was homicide, the investigation can only be shelved after 20 years; if it was kidnap, 15 years’”
On we go…
THE OBSERVER: “After a year in which the torment of Madeleine McCann’s family has dominated the British media, the trials of the Lees - and the hope the new image has given them - seem particularly acute”
The story: “Katrice disappeared on her second birthday from a supermarket in Germany, where her father was serving as a soldier. Her mother turned away for a few moments to fetch a pack of crisps for the girl’s party and when she looked back Katrice was gone”
Twenty six years ago…
FOX NEWS: “Missing Madeleine McCann: Irish Witness ‘Clears’ Murat”
Says Martin Smith, who was on holiday in Praia da Luz: “I told police it was definitely not him because the man wasn’t as big as Murat - I think I would have recognised him because I’d met him several times previously. He was wearing beige trousers and a darker top. We all put him in his early 40s and I didn’t think he was Portuguese”
The Speculation Commented Upon
Posted: 4th, January 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,150) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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January 5th, 2008 at 3:37 am
Diasy
Annie_M
Thanks!!!!
:-mrgreen-: :-!-: :-mrblue-:
January 5th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Is there a yawning emotion cos I is very sleeeepy now night all
January 5th, 2008 at 2:38 am
1100
tinsel
Could there be more than one cuddle cat?
January 5th, 2008 at 2:36 am
Ha ha ha
January 5th, 2008 at 2:35 am
January 5th, 2008 at 2:35 am
967
Maria Says:
I thought the cat had been examined by forensics before it was washed? Or so I “read somewhere”!!! Could be wrong.
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The cat … even now, after washing, could still have reliable DNA marks–like body fluid stains, unless it was bleached.
If Kate honestly believes the culprit touched it, she should willingly have it tested again. By the police. Not by one of her hired guns.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Poppy YES!!! You did it again. You were fooling me when you said you’re blonde!
= :-evil-: 
Really off now. Bye.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:33 am
1107
totje
Goodnight Totje and thanks
Give Mr T a nudge in the ribs - works with Mr Poppy xxx
January 5th, 2008 at 2:31 am
1100
Poppy, It’s GMT+1.oo over here. So I’m off to mrT [who's snoring btw]. More lessons tomorrow. You could also ask Garth, Ade, and some other fellow posters who’s names I can’t remember right now.
Oh and in case I forget [allways keep forgetting birthdays, even my own] Happy Birthday to you Poppy! Do have fun on Sunday.
Bye all. Sleep well.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:31 am
Look Ma I’m on top of the world!!!!!
January 5th, 2008 at 2:30 am
January 5th, 2008 at 2:30 am
January 5th, 2008 at 2:29 am
:-lol-:
January 5th, 2008 at 2:28 am
1097
Poppy, oh dear, oh dear, I’m not a blonde however the hairdresser helps me sometimes so I pretend to be …..
And mrT says: the only intelligent blonde is a Labrador dog… I hate him!
checking before posting and YES YOU DID IT!!! GREAT! Congratulations! Happy happy, joy joy!
Now try this:
January 5th, 2008 at 2:27 am
1081 RedRooster
Could be you know. Maddie could have been a handful. Not their child. Can’t send her back.
Make up story. Make is watertight….but all goes wrong, because the Portugese Police picked up a scent. They are not silly. Not are the ones in UK. Would say the McCs have got their knickers in a knot. Maddie may be alive and well and happy with another family for all we know. Then of course……..
January 5th, 2008 at 2:26 am
My birthday on Sunday and I can honestly say I now feel educated
Can I have some more emotion lessons? Totje please tomorrow?
January 5th, 2008 at 2:24 am
YAY
January 5th, 2008 at 2:23 am
ooh eck
January 5th, 2008 at 2:23 am
I am very blonde you know.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:22 am
:mrblue:
January 5th, 2008 at 2:21 am
Totje
for the next 20 years…?
January 5th, 2008 at 2:20 am
1090
Poppy :-mrgreen-:
DON’t use the - sign!
like :mrblue: and in stead of mrblue type mrgreen
January 5th, 2008 at 2:19 am
1089
Poppy, it seems he wants to get rid of that status as an “arguido” [I mean if we believe what the papers say his lawyer said]. And maybe the PJ knows by now [or even by then] he’s got nothing to do with it. Nevertheless I don’t think it’s neccessary to keep him silenced by keeping him an arguido. On the other hand it could be a smokescreen to someone else. That btw goes as well for the other 2 arguido’s. All we can do is speculating..
January 5th, 2008 at 2:15 am
oh
January 5th, 2008 at 2:15 am
827
Stevo Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
819 Cheryl
The law is only bothered about recordings insofar as using the recording as evidence. The only type of recordings I know are illegal are live music (because you are usually in violation of the terms of admission) and you’re not allowed to illictly record anything in court. I know when I go to court I have to hand in everything including mobile phone.
I don’t understand why you’re bothered about an investigator investigating and using the tools of the trade?
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REPLY: Mine is always taken because it has a camera in it.
Why do I have real issues about how investigations are done and people rail-roaded, persecuted and public outcry condemns them before all the true facts are known? Very simple - we all have rights under the law and too often those rights are violated. You are over here, correct? Did read the two cases that broke this week?
Charles Allen Chatman walked free after serving 27 years in prison of a 99 year sentence for a crime he didn’t even commit! He was found guilty of a rape he didn’t commit 27 years ago. He has stood firm all these years and never waivered from his statement he did not commit the rape. By standing firm that cost him every time he came up for possible parole to be turned down immediately. The prosecutor and police went after him like he was dog and got him! The witness ID’d him from a picture - the witness was the victim. As he pointed out, it didn’t even look like him but they were bound and determined to convict him and they did.
Martin Tankleff walked free this week! I remember that case very well. At 17 he was convicted of killing his parents and sentenced to 50 years and now walked from prison at age 36! The police abused their power over a 17 year boy, lied to him, coerced him into a confession by lying to him and when he recanted his confession and said he didn’t really do it they used that confession against him. You’ll find the case and commentary of what in the hell went wrong with justice in that case. http://www.cnn.com then click on the Crime tab.
What bothers me, Steveo, is way too often the Police and Prosecutors ‘play to the public outcry and outrage’ and go overboard in focusing on a suspect and get tunnel vision and don’t look real hard to investigate other possibilities.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:14 am
:-mrgreen-:
January 5th, 2008 at 2:12 am
1085
Totje
Why would they bother? They have probably already told him anyway. I think they have known from the start that he is not involved - but he was privy to a lot of PJ activity. I doubt they wanted to risk him talking to anyone else. IMO. Perhaps they wanted the T9 witness to claim they saw him on the night of May 3. Could be they know for certain that he wasn’t there. Enough rope to hang a hippo IMO
January 5th, 2008 at 2:10 am
Poppy here we go, and dont use the “-” that I type to make it clear how to do it…. Oh and always add a space before the first : and after the last :
:-!-: =
:-mrgreen-: =
Let’s see if it works
January 5th, 2008 at 2:10 am
test
January 5th, 2008 at 2:07 am
Nite nite RR