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 5:35 pm
561 Ian
Well, I think it is entirely possible that Madeleine was killed or even murdered.
The “evil abductor” story is statistically almost an impossibility, and there’s no evidence of it at all except for the continuous bogus “sightings” by often hysterical people.
So, does that make me…anti-McCann?
What if I think it’s likely they or someone close to them committed some form of homicide…but with an excuse of some kind?
January 4th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
559…noseycow
re Rothley
http://www.truveo.com/rothley-woman-speaks-for-the-UK-people/id/3120256828
There is another….but they keep knocking it off YouTube…and she keeps putting it
back on there.
Might be lucky and get the right the right sequence one time.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Ian (born again) - repeat after me:
I am 100% confident in their innocence…. lol
January 4th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Hideki’s extreme views may have the desired effect - that of banning the topic she raised from being discussed from the forum.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Stevo I do not believe anything I read in the papers unless it is backed up by some other source. I repeat the Police made a major error in the way they questioned the suspects, Ian thinks this was not a mistake he is entitled to his opinion.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
I have no idea why my post 564 appears in triplicate - it wasn’t my intention to labour the point,
January 4th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
happy new year to all
and did any of you hear of the PJ checking cctv footage of the Mc’s when they first arrived at the airport at the start of the holiday the Pj were checking the cases that the Mc’s had with them as one seamed to have gone missing ..along with M …at the end of the holiday.
I heard this some time ago just never got it confirmed did anyone else hear this one?
January 4th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
545
Garth Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
537
Cheryl Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
“……Ian, none of us know what happened to her yet that plain and simple”
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Hang on a minute Cheryl…….its Ian you’re talking to!!
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what you talking about Cheryl ? Garthy knows exactly what happened - haven’t you heard she was abducted. Well thats what garthy says anyway so it must be true…
January 4th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
541 Remigius
The McCanns saying “show us the body” or words to that effect was for me the most chilling aspect of the case. An accidental death or even a moment of madness can be understandable. From seeing the photos of the family, they aren’t or weren’t cold-blooded child killers. But I personally find the disposal and hoax aspects of the story more despicable than a moment of madness. I can understand more parents “losing it” in a moment of anger than I could the silly arguments about leaving kids alone. Covering up such an incident with the tactical awareness of Gerry’s “Wider Agenda” is beyond sick…if indeed this is what happened.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
549…Batman
Not clous…he only copied and pasted it in here.
Look for …..Vision.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
548
Remigius Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
537 Cheryl
Ah, but we DO now the likelihood of what happened! We know what the statistical probabilities are. And ABDUCTION is way, way, down there…..like at…almost zero….
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Ah right. Can you then (with all your statistics) tell me and everyone else, where your figures show a child murdered by their own family whilst on holiday?
January 4th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
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Stevo Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
465 Daisy Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Yes, you have an idea, but at this stage, you don’t know if you are correct in your assumptions. I don’t know if my theory is correct either.
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I know - this is what I said in the first place before you said we didn’t have any idea. Duh!
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Stevo, didn’ t I reword my initial comment to clarify what I was trying to express to you? Please, if you are going to “edit out” sections of my posts, could you please mark it as “editted” (if you don’t indicate this, my comments can be taken out of context!) -Thanks.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
550 Cheryl
Well,of course, you won’t apologize!
You should, but you won’t. Quell surpise!
We Anorakers don’t expect you to. You are a maccannite, perhaps even one of the glorious inner circle. It took a very, very long time for Kate and Gerry to even acknowledge they had made “some kind of mistake” in leaving their children unattended, after weeks and weeks of defending absurdities like how they supposedly left their door intentionally unlocked.
Funny how you go about on this site labeling sleuths like Stevo, who’s unearthed some amazing stuff, as “liars” and dissemblers. Then, when your error is pointed out to you, you try to say you actually have no opinion.
And you refuse to apologize for insulting people.
Wait, I hear the bell for mass! You’d best be off, don’t let the te deum begin without you!
January 4th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
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Nemesis Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
261 Tony Bennett I agree. Some so called intelligent people are also lacking in humility and are emotionally backward !
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Plus, I would add, common sense is often conspicuous by its absence!
January 4th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
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Nemesis Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
261 Tony Bennett I agree. Some so called intelligent people are also lacking in humility and are emotionally backward !
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Plus, I would add, common sense is often conspicuous by its absence!
January 4th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
271
Nemesis Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
261 Tony Bennett I agree. Some so called intelligent people are also lacking in humility and are emotionally backward !
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Plus, I would add, common sense is often conspicuous by its absence!
January 4th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
534 Stevo
Can you find that GM “listening” quote, to which I referred from memory? It can be put in the same file as the “garden” quote.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
556
Stevo
Or giving it to the homeless, the starving etc:
Anyone other then these scumbags would do! I’m not fussy.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
545 Hi Garthy!
Well, apparently I am a pro-Mccann as I dont think they murdered her either! As a Pro-McCann, I must know (must have faith) that the Holy Ones are not guilty of anything other than a silly old mistake! ‘Oh fuck, Kate’, said Gerry, ‘Didnt we have some kids here with us?’.
So as a newly joined member of the Pro-McCanns, Id like to suggest a theory involving the Chaplins restaurant and rather larger gardens than originally envisaged!
January 4th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Evening all - God I just love this site!!!
It brings out the best in us all doesn’t it (or is it this case?) roll:
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Cheryl Says:
quote: If you and others where you work have been cautioned to keep your big mouths shut and don’t - one can hope you can get fired! unquote
536
Cheryl Says:
quote: but to me pro-Mccann are those not sitting in prejudgment of them. unquote
So cheryl - you are so high minded that you will not sit in jugement about someone who has been all over the press for the last 8 months, changing their stories, admitting to child neglect etc etc etc ad infinitum.
However you seem to think that its ok to judge someone you have never seen/communicated with?
I wasn’t aware that i had a ‘fat mouth’ - it is sometimes a tad too loud though.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Evening all - God I just love this site!!!
It brings out the best in us all doesn’t it (or is it this case?) roll:
422
Cheryl Says:
quote: If you and others where you work have been cautioned to keep your big mouths shut and don’t - one can hope you can get fired! unquote
536
Cheryl Says:
quote: but to me pro-Mccann are those not sitting in prejudgment of them. unquote
So cheryl - you are so high minded that you will not sit in jugement about someone who has been all over the press for the last 8 months, changing their stories, admitting to child neglect etc etc etc ad infinitum.
However you seem to think that its ok to judge someone you have never seen/communicated with?
I wasn’t aware that i had a ‘fat mouth’ - it is sometimes a tad too loud though.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
548
Remigius Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
537 Cheryl
Ah, but we DO now the likelihood of what happened! We know what the statistical probabilities are. And ABDUCTION is way, way, down there…..like at…almost zero….
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REPLY: Then it is my presumption that you have contacted the Portugese Police and are going over there to work side by side with them? They seem to be having a sdlight problem sorting out what exactly did happen, if one believes everything that is written in the papers.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
550 Cheryl
I didn’t ask for an apology - I’m a big boy and don’t come on here expecting it. I would expect you to properly answer my replies to your points though. It makes you look stupid if you don’t.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
520 Annie_m Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Lets hope they all get sent down.
Rotten to the core.
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Can’t agree more. I wish there was some way of confiscating the fund money and giving it to the Portuguese Police force for compensation in chasing all the wild geese.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
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Remigius Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
526 Stevo
I quite agree that the body could be back in the UK–all those private planes lent by billionaires, supposedly no having to clear customs, etc., and then there’s that missing tennis bag….
Yeah, it’s possible!
But like we said earlier, it’s far more likely that the body has been completely destroyed, dissolved….
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I don’t think the McCraps had luck on their side in this crime.
They were rushed, they were followed, they were dependent on accomplices most likely … and the money is running out.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
STEVO
I never noticed another Maria but thanks for the retraction.
I don’t mind at all being regarded as a “pathetic pro-McCanner”!! I have very similar views about some of the “antis”!!!!!
I simply prefer the arguments to be put in a civilised way. I tend to take notice of them then!
I only want to know the truth. Desperately! Too wrapped up in the case now, I suppose.
Thank you.
Yet another “festive season” gathering this evening. Too many people I only see at this time of the year!
What do you think about the diary thing? Old news? She’d have to be crackers to write anything incriminating in it. Might see your further thoughts, if any, tomorrow.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
543 Ian
Yes–the scuttle was the McCanns wanted to “help” the PJ with the investigation.
But not answer any damning questions, thank you very much!
January 4th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
532…Mr B
They haven’t been referenced on the Online Site so far.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
544
Tinsel
I hope it’s true.
But that lot look like a bunch of hard nosed B**tards IMO
January 4th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
534
Remigius Says:
January 4th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
461 Cheryl
You, Cheryl, call our Anoraking “sick insinuations?”
I call it, “thinking with one’s brain.” I call it, “solving the mystery.”
And “child neglect” appears to be the least of it.
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REPLY: I’m not getting into it with you. Not all of the anti-mccanns theories are sickening and I didn’t say there were but some are/were beyond sickening and civility. No, I will not apologize to Steveo or anyone else for stating my thoughts and perceptions of what is being said on here by some.