Madeleine McCann: Alipio Ribeiro’s Thinks, Clarence Mitchell Knows And A Birthday
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY STAR ON SUNDAY: “MADDIE COPS SAYS SORRY – Police ‘too quick’ “to blame parents”
“A top policeman has sensationally admitted that making Gerry and Kate McCann suspects over their daughter Maddie’s disappearance was too ‘hasty’. Alipio Ribeiro, boss of the Portuguese department in charge of the investigation, dropped his bombshell in a radio interview”
Says Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns spokesman: “Now that the national director of the Policia Judiciaria apparently acknowledges that they should never have been made arguidos, it follows there is no case for them to answer.”
SUNDAY EXPRESS: “POLICE ‘TOO HASTY’ OVER MCCANNS”
“As the couple bravely celebrated the third birthday of their twins, Sean and Amelie, one of Portugal’s most senior detectives admitted that making them suspects had been a “hasty” mistake”
Did Mr Alipio Ribeiro say “mistake” in his radio interview?
Says the paper: “The couple, both 39, said the official’s comments were tantamount to an admission that Portuguese detectives had bungled by centring their investigation on them.”
Says Mr Ribeiro to Portugal’s Radio Renascenca, owned by the Catholic Church:
“At this moment in time and speaking with the experience I have of Portugal’s Public Prosecution Service and the constitution of arguidos, I think there perhaps should have been another assessment before the McCanns were made official suspects.
“I don’t have any doubt about that. The national director of the Policia Judiciaria doesn’t give out orders on the constitution of arguidos but there was a certain hastiness”
Says the paper: “Last night Ribeiro was under growing pressure to stand down as national director of their country’s Policia Judiciaria”. Pressure from, whom?
MAIL ON SUNDAY: “”Police chief: We were too quick to make Gerry and Kate ‘arguidos’”
Says the Mail: “Kate and Gerry McCann’s bid to clear their names over the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine has been given a massive boost after the head of Portugal’s police admitted it had been a mistake to rush into making them official suspects”
Mr McCann says: “We need a breakthrough and this looks like it could be one. It is fantastic news. We still have a long way to go but people in Portugal need to understand what has been happening and what we have been going through. We know it will take the police a long time to accept what has been happening is wrong but it is an important step towards that”
Says the McCanns’ lawyer in Portugal, Carlos Pinto de Abreu: “Many people who may have vital information have possibly not come forward as they wrongly suspected the McCanns”
What about that huge reward, and doing the right thing? People may be deterred from coming forward for fear of being named in the media and questioned by Metodo 3, the McCann’s private investigators. But let us not speculate
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “MADDIE U-TURN - EXCLUSIVE Cops admit mistake on twins’ birthday”
“Kate and Gerry McCann threw a birthday bash for their twins yesterday - as a top cop admitted it was WRONG to name them as suspects over missing Maddie”
Well, Policia Judiciaria “boss” Alipio Ribeiro, said the police acted too hasilty. “Ribeiro last night faced calls to resign over the astonishing U-turn” – although from whom, the paper does not bother to say
Say the McCanns: “The support we have had from around the world has been amazing. It’s helped maintain our strength and hope and this has helped the search for our precious Madeleine. We believe there is a very good chance she is still alive. She deserves the love and security of her family. She needs to be back home with her mummy and daddy, brother and sister”
THE GUARDIAN: “Police chief says ‘we were too hasty’ in naming McCanns as suspects”
“In an interview to be aired on Portuguese radio today, Alípio Ribeiro, the national director of the Polícia Judiciária, will concede that police may have acted too soon in making Kate and Gerry McCann formal suspects, known in Portugal as arguidos. His comments were interpreted last night by the McCanns as a tacit admission that the police were wrong to name them as being involved in the disappearance of their four-year-old daughter”
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February 3rd, 2008 at 11:12 am
134…Ian
Plus their cost of accommodation was either waived by MW….or allowed rent free
by a “supporter” who had a dwelling there…….for several weeks.
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
115 Ian
Sledgehammer? Can you let me know if it is your intention to face me in a direct and clear debate or will you be withdrawing the inference in this post?
Clarify or withdraw please.
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 am
Well hello everyone, (bountyhunter xxx
) - (Garth 
) - (Ian 
) - (Sledgie 
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Back in from mowing the lawn, now have hayfever and a very tanned torso (that’s what you get for mowing the lawn half starkers
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Right down to business …….
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 am
“Gerry is being paid. ”
He is now - having returned to work in November. Six months after Madeleine disappeared.
Leaving him unpaid for six months.
Kate has still not returned to work - 9 months on. Her earnings were about 1/3rd of the family income.
Or had you missed that?
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:08 am
Mr Murak….Arguido….May 14th 2007
Dr K McCann…Arguida….Sept 7th 2007
Dr G P McCann…Arguido…Sept 8th 2007
Nothing at all hasty about that.
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:08 am
The way I understand A. Ribeiro’s way of thinking :
The PJ didn’t gain anything by naming the MCCs suspects early : theMcCs were allowed not to answer the questions, and they went back home anyway. It brought the PJ more trouble than gain, as that they had to ask for the status to be prolonged after a certain time. And now, they find it very difficult to ask new questions. The PJ are under fire now for having named them arguidos, the pressure being constantly to justify themselves and say why. To sum it up, it brought the PJ more problems than help, they now know.
As they realise the invetigation is going to take them a lot of patience and a lot of time, they realise their hands would have been less tied if they hadn’t named the MLcCs arguidos so soon, and they would have more time ahead of them now.
It explains some problems they have, which they compare to the problems of David against Goliath. The comparison shows they are hopeful ; after all David was the winner.
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:06 am
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Saturn Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 am
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Well that narrows it down a bit……………….. any other clues perchance?
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:05 am
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Increasingly Increduloous
Gerry is being paid.
Im sure they could have managed two months mortgage without using money obtained to ’search’?
They should face facts and Kate, in particular, should get back to her patients now - if any were left alive.
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:04 am
Saturn, it was post 61 that was in question.
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:03 am
128 Garth
sledghammer thinks its the Danny Deveto school of law, I think thats the course he is doing!
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:02 am
“Thankyou - that article was dated 7/12/072
So, they were due here about 6 weeks ago.
I know Portugal has a dose of “Manyana” in it’s culture, but that’s extreme….
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February 3rd, 2008 at 11:00 am
i Its a very good question, why have they needed any financial support, dont they have very well paid jobs? Most people in the UK survive on a heck of a lot less than a consultant.
And, of course, both were on voluntary UNPAID leave……
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:00 am
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bountyhunter Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 am
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Thankyou - that article was dated 7/12/07
Police ‘rushed Madeleine McCann case’
By Fiona Govan in Praia da Luz
Last Updated: 2:54am GMT 07/12/2007
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:59 am
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Ian Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 am
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Ian
Is it a distance learning course?
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:59 am
“perhaps the bush telegraph………”
Well, it certainly isn’t the Sunday Telegraph. Their article doesn’t mention it - and it was last updated at 2:36 this morning….
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 am
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Sledgehammer Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:23 am
Saturn, can’t help you there, if you think it is OK to accuse people of killing their child, that is your affair.
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Portuguese authorities reported that the police think the girl was killed accidentally by Kate. That is not quite an “accusation”, but rather a statement of what they think happened. For it has been made clear all along that they are not sure of this. Still, many people hold that opinion, and so of course it is reflected in some posts. Nothing wrong with that, IMO.
Personally, I am doubtful that Kate killed the girl. I think it was someone else.
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 am
Mods…
“But isn’t the McCann’s deepest and most often repeated wish that they could return to Portugal to find their daughter ,and do all it takes to achieve that - leaving ‘no stone unturned’.”
And there I was, thinking the role of a Moderator was to act even-handedly in a discussion….
Let’s see…..given what we know of the PJ’s rather histrionic interview tactics, if I were the McCanns, I’d agree - on one condition. That the process were video’d and recorded, with both parties supplied with a sealed copy.
Ever wonder if the PJ might have blown any trust, with little tactics like splitting a suspect from their lawyer, in the past?
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Mods and Admin
Just quoting the McCanns, thats all.
Who were the people who were texting from the Portimao Police Station in breaks in the interviews?
We are very even handed here , a child is missing, she needs finding and the guilty party charged. Have I said who the guilty party is?
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 am
DCB
I DO NOT GIVE LINKS, BUT IN YOUR CASE I WILL SEE CLOUSSEA AT 77 , now feck off.
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:56 am
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Garth
Its a very good question, why have they needed any financial support, dont they have very well paid jobs? Most people in the UK survive on a heck of a lot less than a consultant.
Very odd.
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 am
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Sledgehammer
Can we keep away from this kind of ‘ad hominem’ statement please sledgehammer? Lets debate openly and honestly shall we? I have full confidence in my debating postion, do you?
Im only here a short time today, my course has kicked off and I’m in my second year, not much time to ‘play’ here from now on! If you could stick to clear debating lines I’d appreciate it.
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 am
garth , sledge, oy oy & cc better get out of that barrel , with all of you in there with the Mcs and the pinko you will get stuck and drown in your own sludge.
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 am
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Peter O Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:47 am
This will be the PJ who are not spending over £50K per month of public donations plus Brian Kennedy’s money making sure their misunderstanding and innocent explanations are clearly understood by an increasingly incredulous public?
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Thats correct, its the same PJ. And I wonder why the McCanns have needed financial support? Due to the same PJ again?
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 am
Increasingly Increduloous. perhaps the bush telegraph………
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 am
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Saturn Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 am
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xklamation
Thanks for providing the translation of the full context of remarks. It appears that the remarks are not ambiguous in the original Portuguese, but are taken out of context by the Team McCann Spin Machine. Yet by now the Portuguese should know that this will be the daily result.
Isn’t there a regular English language publication of these news sources in Portugal. If not, wouldn’t it be wise to provide regular and timely translations of items related to sensitive international issues, like this one?
Thanks again for your contributions, which I always enjoy reading.
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Unfortunately, there isn’t a daily and unbiased news source in English here in Portugal. In a similar way , you don’t see the that happening in France, England, Spain… But you make a good point, for the moment I can only advise you to see the European Media Monitor, which gathers news sources from all over Europe for whatever subject you choose to look for. Every 10 minutes or so you get updates, go to http://press.jrc.it/NewsBrief/clusteredition/all/latest.html and make your search. There you’ll get less biased info.
Thank you for your nice words.
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JuneJohnson Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 am
Mods and Admin
Laws of Copyright
When using an article to support a view or to examine one , please do NOT forget to add the origin and Copyright
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All translations in the blog http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/ have a link to their originals in Portuguese . No point adding them here since the majority of people don’t know how to read Portuguese.
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dcb Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:23 am
“…..There was some precipitation….”
Does he mean it was pissing down?
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See an on-line dictionary for synonym for “precipitation”.
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just add the name and the word copyright, = ‘Joana Morais Copyright’
the language doesn’t make a jot of difference
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:51 am
“according to the Telegraph PJ travelling to UK on Wedneday to question the holy 9″
I’ve got the Telegraph open in another window, and not a word in there.
You do mean the “Sunday Telegraph”???
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:50 am
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bountyhunter Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:47 am
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Do you have a link to that article please?
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:50 am
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Sledgehammer
What ‘misinformation’ might that have been sledgehammer?
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:50 am
77 Clouseau
Not hung over then? Read your link re4 Telegraph, appears the Reporter thinks it is true that the aguido status was rushed through with 8 days to spare before new Legislation
would have required more proof. If it so cut and dried that the Aguido status will be lifted, why was the last sentence “The Tapas 7 and McCanns will be interviewed next week”?
How do they know?
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:49 am
102 Increasingly Increduloous
I think that you raise an interesting point. This, I beloeive, is what the head of the PJ meant.
It effectively halted the investigation into the McCanns, sent them scuttling away and has led to the apparent stalemate.
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 am
Peter O, and I reiterate you are a fool, end of discussion.