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 12:58 pm
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Ian Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
234 Ferdinand
Use Google Translate, no need to ask others.
Incidentally, Daisy is using Spanish - which is very interesting indeed.
I wonder if she hails from Huelva?
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No, Ian, I’m from Santiago de Chile.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
A few days ago some one on this forum thought that s/he had read somewhere that KM had fled to Robert Murats house after an argument with GM .Also that RM had joined them (the McCs) for dinner in P Da Luz . Does anyone know the source of this info??
January 4th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
People from U.K. ,when you think Mr. Gordon Brown ,will go ??
January 4th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
He,he,he…ho,ho,ho…ha,ha,ha! 20 years? I would imagine that is going to impinge on their social life just a bit. GIVE UP NOW, YOUR RUBBISH CRIMINALS, CRAP AT TENNIS(allegedly) AND WE ALL HATE YOU.
“time hits the hardest blow, especially below the belt” WB
January 4th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
239
Chloe Spain
They know she died , the problem is
A) No body
B ) No confession
C) Political influence ,that had even araise to some British cops to be dismissed or saked
January 4th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Can’t say no 240 and 241
Thank you. It’s clear.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
234 Ferdinand
Use Google Translate, no need to ask others.
Incidentally, Daisy is using Spanish - which is very interesting indeed.
I wonder if she hails from Huelva?
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mods and Admin
Ian, we have asked for translations as the norm for the site is to delete foreign language posts, but do understand that Can’t say No was typing as she listened, and didn’t have time to translate.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
239
Chloe Spain
No ,crime in Portuguese ,doesn’t mean only murder ,…
For exemple ,fraud is a crime
January 4th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
236
Chloe Spain
5 yrs , is o mínimo que pode acontecer neste caso
Por exmplo ,se os 3 arguidos , não estiverem directamente impilicados no crime
January 4th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I have a translation doubt: does “crime” in Portuguese mean the same as “crime” in English? i.e. an offence against the Criminal Code. Or does it mean “murder”, as it usually does in Spanish? I assume it is the former.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Estão a acusar O Ministério Público Portugues ,de não ter ,sancionado os pais ,por negligencia.
Acima de tudo está a pressão politica feita por Mr. Gordon Brown
January 4th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
232
Daisy
Lawyers ,criminal investigaters
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Mods and Admin
When you time could you translate the posts for us please?
January 4th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
227 Can’t say no
I wonder what crime they are thinking about that becomes statute-barred in 5 years. Maybe disposal of a body? I think I read that murder (or manslaughter, not sure which) was 15 years.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
228 Chloe I thought they had moved and lived near Murats sister.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
226 K.Keesha Says:
“Ferdinand
Please translate…thanks”
One statement means “The investigation will continue.”, another “If there are no charges that does not mean there were no crime.” Another: “It does not seem as if the police does not know what happened.”
January 4th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
O prazo que efectivamente conta é o prazo de prescrição.
3 indiciados pelo crime
January 4th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
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Can’t say No Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Nao significa que a policia não saiba o que aconteceu.
O facto de não haver 1 acusação ,não significa que não tenha havido crime
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De quien son esas palabras, Can’t say No? Tuyas o de alguien en la Policia? Muy buenas!
January 4th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
221
MrsT Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
206 Lone
you can’t get away with anything …. we are pesky meddling kids
Why that ol man johnson!!
January 4th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Há indicios que houve CRIME
January 4th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Sorry did not mean to double post.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
O Brown tem manietado a policia Britanica
January 4th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
225 Nemesis
Are you aware that O’Brien and Tanner now live in Devon? Does this help?
January 4th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
este crime prescreve no minimo em 5 anos.Ou se G.Brown for embora ,será antes
Lol
January 4th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Ferdinand
Please translate…thanks
January 4th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Can anyone enlighten me on the Devon connection? Am I correct in thinking that sniffer dogs picked up a scent in a property in Devon? Could this house possibly be the one that the Murats inherited after Robert murats grandmother died? This is the house that he had supposedly been renovating before going over to Portugal.The Sidmouth Herald (North Devon Gazette 25th May2007) ,I think mentioned 1-2 Primley House, Sidford Road, Sidmouth ,Devon once belonged to Murats gran (Madeleine!!surname Eveleigh?) When researching the Devon links I came across the name OBrien quite afew times and even the name Tanner in some planning application records. All speculation of course but what do you make of it ? Has anyone got any further info on press reports covering cadaver dogs in Devon?
January 4th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
213 Can’t say no
If I understand this correctly, I’m back to my inadmissible evidence theory.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
1000 (Yesterday) Cheryl said:
ANOTHER INTRA-FAMILY MURDER CLAIMED TO BE AN ABDUCTION
“Tony B., you’ll find this case interesting. Over 20 plus years ago here in VA a boy ‘disappeared’ from his house. Police spent time investigating his disappearance as to what could have happened to him and where he was. They found a blood stain on a corner table in the living room and then it all came out. He and his brother had been rough housing in the house while the mother was at work. The boy got knocked against the table and died. Turns out mother to cover up what happened between the two boys, buried his body in backyard. Since it was an accident on one son’s part no charges against him. BUT only charge they could get the mother on in covering up was it was against the law in VA to bury a body in your backyard!
REPLY: Cheryl, there are many interesting features in this sad account and I’m glad you posted it.
***ONE***
Let us pause first and look at this comment: “He and his brother had been rough housing in the house while the mother was at work”.
Well, if true, they were probably fighting. Does not this illustrate the utter folly and irresponsibility of leaving young children on their own?
This is why we need ‘Madeleine’s Law’ now, viz. NEVER LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN ON THEIR OWN.
***TWO***
Second, the article doesn’t tell us what the mother originally told the police.
If I was a betting man, I’d put more than a few quid on something like: “He’s disappeared. He might have been kidnapped or abducted”.
Cheryl, you might also find it of interest to have a look at this thread over on the Mirror Forums:
“9 missing child/deaths. Were they all intra-family murders?”
Check:
http://forums.mirror.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=33235&highlight=lindbergh
***THREE***
Third, who is to say that one of the boys died whilst playing ‘rough house’? It might have been the mother that did it.
***FOUR***
Fourth, in the absence of Madeleine’s body, and in the absence of a confession, it might well be impossible to prove murder or manslaughter. The police might well have to settle for failure to report a body to the proper authorities and/or interfering with perverting the course of justice
January 4th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
206 Lone
you can’t get away with anything …. we are pesky meddling kids
January 4th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
O prazo importante é o prazo de prescrição do crime
January 4th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Correiro da Manha’s front page today is about Kate’s diary:
http://www.correiomanha.pt/noticia.asp?id=272236&idselect=20&idCanal=20&p=0