Madeleine McCann: McCann Incorporated, McCann Ink And Going Back To Portugal
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
SUNDAY MIRROR: “Tapas 7 in despair at all the ‘lies’”
They say they are also called the Tapas Nine? And the Sangria Seven
“The Tapas Seven are “in meltdown” over the failure of Portuguese police to make any meaningful progress in the hunt for Madeleine”
“IT’S OUR D-DAY - McCanns return to Portugal - EXCLUSIVE Kate and Gerry set date in April for Algarve showdown They’ll tell cops: show your evidence or clear us for good”. Like that D-Day back on November?
“Despairing Kate and Gerry McCann are planning to return to Portugal for a face-to-face showdown with police who think they killed their daughter Madeleine”
They are going back. Now..?
Well, not exactly: “A close friend said the the couple were likely to go back after their ‘D-Day’ of April 11, when their three-month extension is up, and added: ‘They feel they’ve waited long enough with this cloud of suspicion hanging over them. They know their return would be very high-profile. They believe investigators do not have the evidence against them to bring charges, and their presence in Portugal would embarrass them. They’ve so far held off going back there, but they see it as their trump card”
They will go back once they have been allowed to see the police first on them
Says the paper’s source: “They see April 11 as their D-day. They have decided to give the police reasonable time to clear them, or at least open the case files so they can see the evidence against them”
That’s good of them…
FIONA Philips, of GMTV writes: “Have a heart”. Yes, that Fiona Philips
“Unbelievably, every time I write about the McCanns I get messages saying, ‘I used to like you, until you started supporting the McCanns.’ Nice, eh? So I hope you’re happy now that Kate and Gerry have blamed themselves for Madeleine’s disappearance”
Happy?
“In a list of ‘if onlys’, Gerry said: ‘I wish I’d stayed in the apartment that night.’ Now, I expect more bile on praising them for considering making a documentary on the case. Surely you can’t tell me that there’s a parent out there who wouldn’t do anything possible to find their missing child?”
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “’We pray she’ll be at party for twins’”
“Brave Kate McCann is planning a huge birthday party for her twins - and dreams missing Maddie will be there too. Kate, 39, has vowed to go ahead with the bash for Sean and Amelie even though she is still waiting for cops to quiz her again. Mother-in-law Eileen said: ‘The party’s on and it will be an even bigger one if wee Madeleine is back. All we can do is hope and pray.’ Sean and Amelie turn three on February”
Touching stuff. Gerry McCann is a “heart specialist”
MAIL ON SUNDAY: “Madeleine: No film will be made unless she’s found - alive or dead”
“Kate and Gerry McCann have been told that the proposed documentary about their daughter’s disappearance can go ahead only if she is found – alive or dead.
A source says: “It was awkward to raise but there would need to be an ending – either Madeleine being found alive or a body being discovered. If this wasn’t the case, and there was a major development after filming and editing, it could render the documentary redundant”
Or the parents or some other person or persons are charged, perhaps?
THE OBSERVER: “A good week for … a bad week for …”
“A bad week for …
“Tradition – A Lib Dem MP called Lynne Featherstone has made a bid for the limelight by reporting the monarchy to the Equality Commission because it goes in for primogeniture”
“Marcus Agius The chairman of Barclay’s was the target of £10,000 fraud”
“Good Taste - Or indeed any taste at all. A London based agency which supplies celebrity doubles has employed a small girl to rent out as Madeleine McCann. 20 per cent”
It was a “good weeks for… Washing up”
“THE Maddie story is already a soap opera, so why the moral panic over a movie? - Don’t get me wrong - nobody wants to see Maddie: The Musical. However, needs must if the McCanns want to continue trying to find out what happened to their daughter and they do, despite the devastating expense (their somewhat unproductive detective agency alone costs £50,000 a month) and the increasingly shabby odds.”
Maddie: The Musical, eh..?
THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT: “Strange case of the detectives trying to trace Madeleine”
“After a week when commercials deals were more apparent than clues, we investigate the investigators”. Why not investigate the case?
“Just when the Madeleine McCann saga couldn’t get any more agonising, along came a raft of developments last week that began to achieve what you would hope would be impossible: turning a little missing girl into an industry – Madeleine Inc. Item: a London agency hawking around various small girls as Madeleine lookalikes. Item: US television bringing a team of psychics to bear on the disappearance as part of what they no doubt hoped would be a money-spinner of a show. Item: her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, exploring the possibility of selling the book and film rights to the case”
Madeleine became a brand long ago. Brand McCann…
“Madeleine Inc bring benefits to some, but not, so far, to the girl herself or her distraught parents”
Or Madeleine Ink – see the press
THE SUNDAY TIMES: Ron Liddle writes:
“So, get yourself ready for Maddie – The Movie (PG, until you fancy nipping out for something to eat). Kate and Gerry McCann’s press spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, has confirmed that the couple met with representatives from the US entertainment company IMG before Christmas and that while nothing was agreed, the meeting had been ‘positive’. A day later Gerry McCann hastily backtracked and said no, no, they weren’t planning a movie. Who to believe? And which British actors will Hollywood cast as the parents if there is a film? Sacha Baron Cohen and Catherine Tate? Am I bovvered? Look at my face – is it bovvered? And maybe Matt Lucas as the shady-looking Robert Murat? Norman Wisdom as the Portuguese chief of police?”
Madeleine McCann: Fiction, faction and a single unbearable fact
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January 13th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
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Peter O Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
288 Daisy Says: January 13th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
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I just would love for some people here to keep an open mind, that’s all.
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I think I have a fairly open mind? I believe the McCann’s and/or some of their friends know rather more about events leading up to and following Madeleine’s disappearance than has currently come to light, in my opinion.
What their involvement may and what they may know about I seriously don’t have a clue, though I have my suspicions based largely on speculation here and elsewhere. I’m happy to debate the feasibility of certain scenarios with other posters, but since the “what” actually happened is purely speculation at this stage I’m not prepared to make unfounded accusations.
Is that open minded enough for you?
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Peter O,
Thanks for the comment. If you noticed, I said ” … some people …”, because I realize that there are some posters who do actually keep an open mind and try to view this case from different angles, but there are others who are totally fixated on one view only and nothing else. Debate and exchange of ideas/opinions is good, provided it does not become a personal abusive exchange, like I have received from several.
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Mods and Admin
Daisy , there have been many closed minds on here, from all points of view
Some serious attacks where the poster has been banned, not for their viewpoint ,but from the insults hurled at other posters who dared to differ. Some still turn up on a daily basis, in the spam folder.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
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Daisy Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
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chenier Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
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Daisy Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
……….Most of the posters blame the mother for allegedly harming the child……..
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It would be nice if Daisy would provide some evidence to support that claim…
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Chenier,
Didn’t realize that this was a Court of Law and I had to provide evidence. Sorry, but I will not go back and count how many post over the last x months have said this or that or how many words were dedicated to the mother or the child or the father.
In my opinion, and from what I have read in this forum, a considerable percentage of the posters do think that the mother harmed the child.
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ok daisy what do you think happened ???
January 13th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
300 Matt. Says: January 13th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
296…Peter O
Hmmm…is a watcher…..related to this lot ?
“”””In the fictional Buffyverse established by the television series Buffy and Angel,
a Watcher is a member of a secret organization, the Watchers’ Council, which seeks
to prepare the Slayer to fight demonic forces”””””
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Are you suggesting that we are a “demonic force”?
Anyways. I was owning up the accusation of “vanity” for using my real name here, well my real first name.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
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Julie Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
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the watcher Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
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ARE YOU JANE???????
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Also known as ‘Colleen’.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Matilda told such dreadful lies
They made one gasp and stretch one’s eyes
But other tales, as you will see,
Can also stretch credulity…
Two doctors, when on holiday,
Believed 3 kids were safe to stay
All fast asleep while Ma and Pa
Strolled off to the Tapas Bar!
They left their little tots alone
So they could dine out on their own;
They were not far; say, 60 feet
Where they could watch the flat and eat.
They ordered tapas and some fizz
And took part in the evening’s Quiz.
It felt so safe, they were so near,
There wasn’t any need to fear
That they should not acting so -
Responsible parents, don’t y’ know.
Some fellow doctors joined them there
Till there was only one spare chair.
For, bless them, one by one they took
Their own 10 minute turn to look
At all the babies left that night
To check that they were still alright.
And so they were … until Kate’s turn
When, horrifyingly, we learn
That one, a tiny little tot
Called Madeleine McCann was NOT.
“They’ve taken her!” her mother cried
Running round and round outside
To raise alarm and call attention
To something which I must now mention;
That tiny Madeleine would not
Have ever vanished from her cot
If Ma and Pa had dined at home
And never left their kids alone.
With apologies to Hilaire Belloc.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
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Matt. Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
313…Daisy
Not “all” accuse Dr K only.
But all of us are quite aware that Dr G P was in PDL also.
Take it from me, as an individual, I don’t know what happened either
exactly…..but I do know that I firmly believe that BOTH are involved
in their child’s disappearance to some degree or the other.
Abduction is not an option in my book. That story is a full of holes as
my colander.
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Matt,
fair enough. I take your point.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
288 Daisy Says: January 13th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Edit…
I just would love for some people here to keep an open mind, that’s all.
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I think I have a fairly open mind? I believe the McCann’s and/or some of their friends know rather more about events leading up to and following Madeleine’s disappearance than has currently come to light, in my opinion.
What their involvement may and what they may know about I seriously don’t have a clue, though I have my suspicions based largely on speculation here and elsewhere. I’m happy to debate the feasibility of certain scenarios with other posters, but since the “what” actually happened is purely speculation at this stage I’m not prepared to make unfounded accusations.
Is that open minded enough for you?
January 13th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
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chenier Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
313
Daisy Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
……….Most of the posters blame the mother for allegedly harming the child……..
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It would be nice if Daisy would provide some evidence to support that claim…
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Chenier,
Didn’t realize that this was a Court of Law and I had to provide evidence. Sorry, but I will not go back and count how many post over the last x months have said this or that or how many words were dedicated to the mother or the child or the father.
In my opinion, and from what I have read in this forum, a considerable percentage of the posters do think that the mother harmed the child.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
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Wanderer Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
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The “emotion” in my comment, was in fact talking about a lack of it from the parents and the reaction to that. Sorry about that.
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No; my mistake. I should have looked more closely…
The apparent lack of emotion was never something which made me draw any conclusions, or even inferences about the McCanns.
It is the things which they have done which perturb me…
January 13th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
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noseycow Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
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Noseycow,
I agree with you that most police officers are decent and hardworking individuals. As you stated, though, some are corrupt. I personally am happy that now Rebelo is leading the case and not Amaral.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
327…the watcher
Unbelievable. !!
January 13th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I would like someone who believes in the McCanns’ innocence to explain why they will not go to Portugal to be reinterviewed to answer any questions the PJ have for them un
less their status is changed, without using the Joana Cipriano alleged beating, which has not been proven, as a reason. In the initial, separate interviews of both Kate and Gerry, they were able to have their lawyers with them. Would they worry about police brutality occurring while their legal representation was in the room? No, I don’t think so.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
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chenier Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
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Leeza Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
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chenier Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
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We are still waiting for someone to demonstrate that there are, in fact, similarities between the 2 cases.
As I noted yesterday, about the only thing they have in common is that they both involved small females, and even that’s pushing it.
One was a newborn baby and the other was almost 4.
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Ooops! Forgot the most importance similarity - child’s body never found.
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Er, Madeleine has been missing since 3 May 2007.
Her parents continue to claim that she is alive, apart from when they are paying private detectives to look for her body.
The Chamberlain case took place many years ago.
In what way is 8 months equivalent to many years
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Never said it was. No body found was my point. Similarities delivered as requested, which, hopefully, will end discussion of the Chamberlain case.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
303 Tony Bennett
Eerie similarities, moving the date of the death
From 2nd to 3rd perhaps ?
January 13th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
in reply to
matt
i was talking about belief systems and human nature
January 13th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Hi Daisy,
I completely respect your opinion.
With regards to judging their body language and spoken word on TV interviews, having seen video footage of myself at a wedding where, whilst speaking, I was blinking rapidly, rubbing my ear and nose and saying, ‘errrrm, errrrrm,’ far too frequently, I do not put weight on their demeanour on TV. I do, however, put weight on what they say and the inconsistencies in their interviews.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
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Leeza Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
272
chenier Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
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We are still waiting for someone to demonstrate that there are, in fact, similarities between the 2 cases.
As I noted yesterday, about the only thing they have in common is that they both involved small females, and even that’s pushing it.
One was a newborn baby and the other was almost 4.
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Ooops! Forgot the most importance similarity - child’s body never found.
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Er, Madeleine has been missing since 3 May 2007.
Her parents continue to claim that she is alive, apart from when they are paying private detectives to look for her body.
The Chamberlain case took place many years ago.
In what way is 8 months equivalent to many years?
January 13th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
313…Daisy
Not “all” accuse Dr K only.
But all of us are quite aware that Dr G P was in PDL also.
Take it from me, as an individual, I don’t know what happened either
exactly…..but I do know that I firmly believe that BOTH are involved
in their child’s disappearance to some degree or the other.
Abduction is not an option in my book. That story is a full of holes as
my colander.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
308…noseycow
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Very true of course.I am wondering why this case has more importance than any other.I must thick or something.I find very hard,obviously to believe what the Mccanns said,will say,are saying…..what a mess!
There are so many things I just cant understand: why didnt they stay in portugal for instance?why dont they just SPEAK UP and say the ONLY thing we all want to know:yes,it was an accident and Madeleine died…etc….yeah,I must be thick..I am only interested to what has happened to the child.The PJ has done its best considering the massive circus and it is not finished.The PJ is patient,they know what they know and justice will be done to Madeleine.Thats what we all want….the rest, in a movie.Pathetic!
January 13th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
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Jolie Says:
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I would pay their fare (Easyjet of course and no reporters)
January 13th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
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lilith Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
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Dingos are attracted to the smell of death so poor Kate has to fight off the critters on a daily basis…poor Kate to have those nasty fumes coming from her underpants.
And why is Gerry on his bike to work these days?
Wouldn’t have anything to do with dingos camping out in the trunk of his car now would it?
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Dingos perfer the South of France to Portugal as a holiday destination because they say it still stinks of Tony and Cherie. Also, the Home Office actively discourages their entry the UK as they are considered likely to illegally seek work in the security industry. Unfortunately, many have overstayed their welcome on student visas obtained for bogus obedience courses.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
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Daisy Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
……….Most of the posters blame the mother for allegedly harming the child……..
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It would be nice if Daisy would provide some evidence to support that claim…
January 13th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
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dcb Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
daisy talked about this case for hours and hours yesterday.
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Dcb,
It wasn’t me. It was another poster who discussed this case yesterday.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
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The “emotion” in my comment, was in fact talking about a lack of it from the parents and the reaction to that. Sorry about that.
I suppose you’re right about the magnitude, although that was mostly fueled by the McCanns and the fund to reach the current level (my opinion). I do believe the other case was quite big as well (although, once again, this case surpasses them all at this point).
308
You left out that everyone on this forum is either a bad parent or doesn’t have a personal life.
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mods and Admin
and insane etc etc
January 13th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
309 Val said:
“Seems the McCanns are fast losing all credibility, as Richard said on a previous post, if they were so keen to be interviewed by the PJ, why not jump on the next Plane?”
They’d rather put out whining statements about being tortured by the PJ, having to wait for the other shoe to drop. It’s obvious they have no intention of willingly cooperating with their investigation and will only be interviewed when compelled by the authorities to do so.
This is one very fine example of why people who are on the fence should sit up and take notice of the McCanns’ behavior. Innocent people would not wait until the PJ removed their arguido status to be interviewed. They would be insisting on being interviewed so that they could be cleared and the focus put on another avenue of discovery.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
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Ade Says:
…..”dontcha just hate it when a dingo leaves its visiting card on the pavement and you step in it…
not much fun either”……….
This accusation is truly unhelpful, hurtful and ludicrous……..I have it from an ‘un-named’ source that it weren’t the dingo that dung it…….
…… it was Wily Coyote.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
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Leeza Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
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But the publicity given to the McCanns was nothing like that in the Chamberlains’ case.
The McCanns have had almost utter adulation from the Press here.
It has only been very recently that the Press has printed any criticism of the McCanns, and the Sun and the Mirror, our most popular papers, still maintain that they are as close to perfect as it is possible to get.
You cannot honestly compare the media attention on the McCanns with that given to the Chamberlains without concluding that the cases are wholly dissimilar in that respect…
Read the Court of Appeal judgements here on cases where the mother was wrongly convicted and you will find a series of prejudicial comments made by the press here
January 13th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
So that dingo spotted by JT could actually have been carrying a wolf dressed as a grandmother and not Madeleine!
Dammit, this is getting too complicated for Retardo3,Madeleine might not be dropped off at the Mcsums doorstep on the celebrity studded twins bash after all!
January 13th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
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Miss Match Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Hello Daisy,
I did say yesterday how terribly sad the Lindy Chamberlaine was. A shocking miscarriage of justice.
With the Madeleine McCann case, there are many things that make me question their innocence; the shutter story for one. I believe we are fully entitled to raise our concerns and question their words. I am sceptical of what is written by journalists in the newspapers but interviews from family members and the McCanns themselves are, in my opinion, open to debate and analysis.
On the whole, I believe that, that is what we are doing on this forum.
Despite our differing of opinions amongst forum users, I think the one thing we have in common is for the truth to be reached and for justice for Madeleine. A miscarriage of justice in this case would be terrible.
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Hi Miss Match,
I agree with most of what you say. Most of us believe that the shutter story is a lie, and in my humble opinion (as I have stated before) many of the inconsistencies derive from panic after the disappearance of Maddie, due to the neglect aspect of the situation.
Most of the posters blame the mother for allegedly harming the child, but I wonder, why can’t it also have been the father? No-one ever thinks that, or do they? All accusations are towards the mother, and, wasn’t the father also in PDL? Weren’t there some inconsistencies with regards to him really having been playing tennis that afternoon or not?
If there was an abductor, I believe he/she/they entered and existed through the sliding doors. But, many here think I’m nuts and that it doesn’t add up with the time-line, etc. I won’t go into all that explanation again.
My point is mainly that I think crucifying someone, like some people do here, without really having any knowledge of the real evidence (not as reported by media) is not fair. That’s all. What happened to a defenceless little girls called Maddie is not fair either!
And before some of you jump at my throat, I will say this again: I despise them for the neglect, (they should be brought to justice, together with the other T7) but I can’t do more than that at this stage. All of the above, in my humble opinion.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
thanks matt - will read later x