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
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January 4th, 2008 at 11:40 am
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Matt. Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Mod Admin
Wot’s up ?
Don’t you believe that a certain pair of Medics tell porkies ?
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Matt, I am sure you can, but we are on a UK server now and any libel charges come to us
January 4th, 2008 at 11:37 am
155…Nemesis
Cleared your cookies ??
January 4th, 2008 at 11:36 am
145…Maria
Have already alerted Mr Bennett re that.
Please see post 135.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:36 am
142 Annie I was on the Paulo Reis site a few minutes ago and normally when I click on his comments sections I can get access straight away,but this time I cant! Is it my computer or what?
January 4th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Chloe Spain Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 10:51 am
27 Eric Voglin
Yes, it does read like that. Very strange attitude, if true.
It does though doesn’t it. Almost reads as if the friend is saying that ‘if” Madeline died accidently and presumably disposed of, that is no reason to make the parents arguidos i.e. not unless they deliberately killed her. That interests me because I do know people, very often with a science background, who are almost able to play judge and jury on issues like this. A dentist friend always states that he can determine whether the quality of life of someone is good enough to merit extensive surgery or not. What if the parents and friends (as medical people) decided, as it happened by accident, we are the only ones that need to deal with this … and the rest is history?
January 4th, 2008 at 11:34 am
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080101/NEWS/801010380/1134
January 4th, 2008 at 11:34 am
144…Totje
Hard to say, Totje.
Perhaps….but the others didn’t “lose” any of their offspring…so a bit less
serious.
I think they should have had a visit or two though.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:32 am
134 Jez
You are so right! All the top people! From every corner of the Government -Press, Social Services, Police and drug companies - allegedly. Being first among equals means that they are equal to us but they are a bit more equal at the same time and so they get more equal treatment. The British Consulate should be run ragged now with all the innocent people languishing in jails all over the World just begging for a visit or somebody to take up their case lol. I never knew that our Consulate was so kind! Rule Britannia!
January 4th, 2008 at 11:29 am
139 Hiya there Matt
January 4th, 2008 at 11:28 am
141…Karen
Wot did I say ??
125 wasn’t my post.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:28 am
I quite liked him
thought he was gay mind
January 4th, 2008 at 11:27 am
127
Matt. Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 11:03 am
122…Hideki
You have to admit though, Hideki, that you take accusations and
extremism to another plane entirely.
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Matt, we can only conclude from Hideki’s rants that agw and I won’t be getting a Valentines card from him/her
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SOB!!!!
January 4th, 2008 at 11:26 am
I don’t know anymore Brandon. it just seems that these holier than thou people seem to be getting it all wrong at the moment!
January 4th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Tony Bennett
Hi. Happy New Year.
Just as matter of fact, Tony, Esther McVey is (or has been) a Conservative candidate for a Merseyside constituency. I have the Wikipedia article on her somewhere (assuming it’s true, of course). I googled all the Team McCann members/directors of the fund at different times….and certainly before I gave my modest donation!
Not that I’m saying being a Conservative is any guarantee of anything. Just being a politician is bad enough! (LOL)
January 4th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Having a quick lunchbreak, so no time to read all posts. Oh dear and I opened Anorak just before a post disappeared.
Mods and Admin: chapeau
I was wondering, Social Services visited the McCanns, did they also visit some of the other T9 members as it seems they also had that ‘weird’ babysitting habit?
January 4th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Yeah bye Hideki!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 4th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Morning All
Sorry if this is old news…
3.1.08
Police has new evidence against Madeleine’s parents
Investigation about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from a quiet resort at Praia da Luz had “important developments” in the last weeks, after a Portuguese police team met with Leicestershire police and representatives from Forensic Science Service, the British laboratory where samples collected at the crime scene are being analysed.
On a preliminary report about the case, recently sent to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Polícia Judiciária (PJ) states that the parents remain the main suspects. Among other pieces of new evidence, there is a specific phone call and several messages, send from Ocean Resort, that are classified by investigators as “highly incriminating” Gerry and Kate McCann.
The same evidence also gave indications about how the body of Madeleine McCann could have been taken from the apartment and disposed of. Today, it was confirmed by a source from the Public Prosecutor’s Office that a request to extend the time limit for the case will be filed, with the Criminal Court, before January 14, eight months after the first formal suspect was named.
Questions for the friends
The Tapas Group, the friends who had dinner with the McCann on May 3rd, will be questioned again soon, as a formal request to the British Home Office is ready. Police wants to clarify, first, contradictory statements about the night of May 3rd, and PJ detectives would like to interrogate Gerry and Kate before the end of January – something that will depend from the time Home Office and British police will take to proceed with the questionings.
Among many details that are confuse or contradictory, Police sources refer the fact that witnesses confirm they saw Gerry McCann and Russell O’Brien going inside apartment 5A to check the three children sleeping there. The McCann spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, is already preparing public opinion for a new interrogation of Madeleine’s parents and yesterday told British Media that Kate and Gerry would be pleased to clarify “misunderstandings” related with their previous statements.
New detectives hired
Hogan International, a company specialized in asset investigations, is reviewing Madeleine’s case, working in coordination with Metodo 3, the Spanish detectives company that announced recently they knew who kidnapped Madeleine and promised to find her before Christmas. Sources close to the McCann supporters say that the six-month contract with Metodo 3, which ends around March, will not be renewed and Hogan International will replace them, in the private investigation set up by the McCann, following advise from Control Risk Group.
The McCann legal team has asked private investigators to concentrate in specific details of the investigation related with Police evidence of Madeleine’s death and his body disposal, instead of following leads about sightings or other information related with a possible abductor.
Duarte Levy and Paulo Reis
Version Française
Editor’s Note:
The increase of “troll” activity following the teaser I posted here, two hours ago, was visible in many forums and message boards discussing Madeleine’s case. It’s curious to analyse some of that activity and look at details about the most prolific posters. This is something that deserves a more researched article. Whenever people wishes to confirm that new evidence has been uncovered, just pay attention to the number of new witnesses or facts showing that Gerry and Kate are innocent and will have their status of “arguidos” lifted soon, published by the British Press. Clarence Mitchell has, indeed, good sources in the Government. He knows a lot more about the case than the legal defence team working for the McCann. But he didn’t realized yet that every attempt to anticipate bad news with a disinformation campaign seems almost a confession and, at the same time, it’s a proof of the strong and deep connections between authorities in UK and the McCann inner circle of supporters.
Paulo Reis
Posted by Paulo Reis at 22:30:00
Remembering some interesting details
“The McCanns went to Portugal last Saturday with a group of eight couples, friends said. Mr McCann, a cardiologist, and his wife, a GP, went out for a meal at a tapas bar within the complex at 8.30pm on Thursday, leaving Madeleine sleeping between Sean and Amelie, the twins. The couple checked on their children every half an hour and ensured that the doors were locked, it was said.”
Times Online, May 5 - David Brown and Rajeev Syal
Posted by Paulo Reis at 19:51:00
Piers Morgan attacks the McCann
“Nobody I know says they would ever have left three kids aged under four on their own to go out with their mates at night on holiday. NOBODY.”
in The Insider, a blog from Piers Morgan
Posted by Paulo Reis at 17:53:00
http://gazetadigitalmadeleinecase.blogspot.com/
January 4th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Matt
125
That’s what I like about him/her.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:23 am
127 Tony Bennet:
You are right! Fascinated by horror. I never trust a man who looks like he’s crept out of a Kay’s catalogue lol The ‘used car sales-man’ look. I bet he knows about ‘used cars’ as nappy transporters lol. The twins weren’t messing their nappies at their age surely. I bet their nappies were only full of urine if anything. Anal Clarrie probably dreamt this excuse for DNA himself!
The Dando one is another case that smacks of codswallop. That poor guy is innocent as the day he was born. Ms dando was another cool conundrum with ‘a more to her than meets the eye’ look about her. Clarrie strikes me as a wannabe millionaire - book and film rights maybe? Max Clifford will kick his arse on both these cases.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:23 am
131…Nemesis
Happy New Year to you too.
Am sure someone like Stevo could accommodate you with regard
to the needed pics etc.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:20 am
131 Nemesis
That’s a horrible thought Nemesis !!!!! ….. Clarrie … on the balcony …. in his trunks !!!!!!
January 4th, 2008 at 11:20 am
lone
do you know more?
January 4th, 2008 at 11:19 am
132…Jez
Gulp….Barack Obama mentioned common purposes in his victory
speech last night in Iowa.
Hope he didn’t mean the Capitalised verson.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:16 am
127…Tony Bennett
Esther McVey will be shocked and astounded and will be immediately addressing
that slur re her Political standing.
She is a True Blue Tory.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:15 am
125 Coco
Doesn’t ‘first among-equals’ materialise as Common Purpose recruitment ie bringing together “leaders” in all aspects of society.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Happy 2008 Everyone- I admire you all for managing to keep the discussion going over the holiday period ! Post 106 and 96 “should not be alone with the twins” Does anyone know how often social services have to check on the safety of the twins? Also ,is it just me or do Russell O Brien and Clarence Mitchell look a like? Could any of the tech guys do a side by side picture?( The reason I ask is because didn’t the so called sisters see 2 blond men on the balcony??)
January 4th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Brandon - God moves in mysterious ways huh! He wasn’t a very ’smart’ alec was he!
January 4th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Mod Admin
Wot’s up ?
Don’t you believe that a certain pair of Medics tell porkies ?
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What we believe and what could be seen as libellous….deleted for the legal possibility
January 4th, 2008 at 11:10 am
113 coco says (January 4th, 2008 at 10:38 am)
“Tony Bennett: Do you know much about Sarah Macaulay - Gordon Brown’s wife? She worked alongside the woman that is doing a lot of press monitoring. The kind of monitoring that Clarrie used to do”.
REPLY: No. There is the Scottish political mafia to look into, in this case, and the connections Team McCann have with high profile media people like Esther McVey whoo have very close links to the Labour Party.
“…I am ultra-suspicious about why the McCanns employed him in the first place. Was he forced upon them because Philomena was digging their graves for them?”
REPLY: He was seconded by the Foreign Office to work full-time on the McCann case from mid-May to early September. In early September he suddenly resigned from the civil service and became the McCanns’ PR chief on a salary of £75,000-a-year. He seems to have an unusual interest in gruesome murders. He took an exceptionally keen interest in the Fred and Rosemary West murders. He has also spent a lot of time on the Jill Dando murder.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:10 am
was hideki zapped again?