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 1:18 pm
II 286 your verbal diaorea is astonishing, do you think we can be bothered to read your mangled messages ?
have you not heard over consumption of peanuts causes mcd , plus too much gas, now tootle off and go and rest your fevered brow, please
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:16 pm
afternoon all
248
Vera Says:
I’ve been out into the garden to check if there had been a celebratory releasing of clouds of yellow balloons to mark the occasion of ‘lifting of arguido status’……alas, no…………just grey, stormy skies
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vera - do we take it from your comment that you are within the vicinity of the lovely house, in that lovely town, in that lovely county etc etc?
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
288…Increasingly Increduloous
The Radio Programme is on the “Record”.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
“- Mr Ribeiro thinks putting them under the arguido status may have been bit premature from a tactical point of view. Given the obstacles they meet with in their investigation, the PJ compare themselves to David against Goliath.W
Sr. Ribeiro made no such comment in the interview.
Whaty is going on is we have - yet again - an unamed and unverfied source, being claimed by a Journalist who’s got rather an axe to grind…Duarte Levy:
“In the McCann inquiry given the obstacles that have been created in the United Kingdom, the better tactic would have been to continue the investigation without naming the parents as arguidos,” SAID A SOURCE FROM THE PJ ABOUT THE STATEMENTS OF THEIR NATIONAL DIRECTOR, adding that “at the moment the investigation has become a battle between David and Goliath.”
My capitalisation.
So, for clarity - Ribeiro has certainly not said any such thing on the reocrd, and he’s not even being quoted as the named source for those comments - instead, it’s yet again some unofficial and unidentifiable person claimed to be from the PJ.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
284 man on a hill Says: February 3rd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
274 Sledgehammer Says:
“bountyhunter, thank you for a very honest answer, a rarity here.”
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Your arrogance is breathtaking. How do you know who’s honest here or not?
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In my opinion, Sledgehammer is in the pay of/in league with the SpinMeister. Truth is of no concern here, only perception.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
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bountyhunter Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
JULIE
Just getting ready to watch cricket whaaaa. we have two kittens now, one courtesy of the Aga stove fixer man, will mrs. b mind if i lose one ?
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You’ll be dead meat if you even try it
Cricket is now only replay of this morning’s action.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:10 pm
284…man on a hill
11.30am….wasn’t honest.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
274 Sledgehammer Says:
“bountyhunter, thank you for a very honest answer, a rarity here.”
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Your arrogance is breathtaking. How do you know who’s honest here or not?
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
278…Marie Nicholas
No change there then….use people….use the twins.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
277
You know what, dear
good Sunday all!
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Julie 273
After reading your last post to Bountyhunter, I now realise you must be fairly near to Joburg.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
265 Sledgehammer Says: February 3rd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
bountyhunter, would you suggest that these delightful twins be deprived of their parents, by a kangaroo court presided over by idiots like saturn the ring leader, without a shred of evidence. Is this what you wish for these defenceless children, isn’t losing their sister bad enough.If the parents have a case to answer, that is more than the neglect we already know, don’t you think the law should decide.
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Should we take from your inference that your “insider knowledge” extends to knowing the contents of the PJ’s case files?
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
They should have warned the enemy, cause the enemy was much stronger than they ever thought.
That’s all stupids. Pls advise Clerrie not to haste next time with such a funny comments like “Obviously, thre’s no case”.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
This is on behalf of all the twins on earth.
Most twins hate being constantly referred to as : “the twins”. Each one has a personnality of his/her own. They have a name other than one of the twins. “A and S” wouldn’t take much longer to write than “the twins”. “They” are “buoyant”, they are “delightful”.
Depriving them of their identity isn’t good for them.
Besides, it looks as if their task on earth was now to bring hope and joy to their parents. No, they have a right to a life of their own, with no special task assigned to them.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Pilimary, get away with what ?
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
JULIE
Just getting ready to watch cricket whaaaa. we have two kittens now, one courtesy of the Aga stove fixer man, will mrs. b mind if i lose one ?
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Hi there Logic. I’m in Gauteng (the old Transvaal). The storm that’s approaching here at the moment is looking even worse than the one last night, and that was a mean one. I think it would be wise to shortly switch off and disconnect television and PC.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:04 pm
bountyhunter, thank you for a very honest answer, a rarity here.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
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. Don’t you DARE give kitty calpol …. you may lose him 
(And my suspicions are correct, the next storm approaches rather rapidly …. cricket at Wanderers has already stopped due to rain …. and I’m about 45 minutes away from Wanderers …. oh NO …… so if I disappear suddenly …… due to unforeseen weather 
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bountyhunter Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
JULIE 260 Pity thought could have a look at that tanned torso on tv !
heard about the storm on 702 last night, what gives with our weather ? yesterday afternoon it was 36 iin the house, now its freezing. enjoy your quiz, am kitten minding mrs b having a rest from them. shall i give them kitty calpol ?
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Thanks Bounty, I shall enjoy the quiz … absolutely love them
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
260 Julie
Out of general interest, could I ask what part of SA you are in? I am reminded of the storms when I was a child living near Mooi River, when flashes emanated from the telephone wires and across the floor!
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
269…bountyhunter
Yes….the poor twins….Mom and Dad have sure messed things up for their future
wellbeing.
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Morning all
Unfortunately, don’t have time to read all post (family lunch) but I think there’s no doubt about the context of the Alipio Ribeiro words.
However, a lot of precipitation has been shown by the comical (as ever), and the pathetic payroll of imbeciles who follow him.
Anyone seriously think that Ribeiro we going to trash all the PJ effort in a simple comment? His intentions were clear as water: They shouldn’t have made public their suspects about the Mccs before having everything duly tied. As simple asthe old tactic that you don’t have to warm the enemy. Maybe they were under pressure because of the uinminents changes of the law.
f*** you, devotes mccaners, they hever never, NEVER’ll get away with it.
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
SLEDGIE
I feel for the twins, yes, unfortunatly their parents will be judged not only by the law but also by their peers, maybe one of the family could take them. Pity their parents did not think about them before they went out on the razzle that night.
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Sledgehammer:
Do the Planet a Favour ,
- use all that hot air you expel in a more productive way…………replacing the helium in those balloons ready for the next ‘launch’ for instance!
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
224 Delboy
I agree. Watched the interview they had a while ago , cant remember the guy”s name but
he is a T>V. Interviewer. Anyway, he did ask some searching questions, one of which was
whether the McCanns thought they should have left the children alone. GM made the
remark about the “back garden” and Km said the only thing she could be guilty of was being
naive.
If you scroll down to 73 I posted an interesting remark from CM about the weekly expenses.
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
244 Trismegistus
To sum up,
- the McCs have really been incriminated with their arguido status, and they still are.
- Mr Ribeiro thinks putting them under the arguido status may have been bit premature from a tactical point of view. Given the obstacles they meet with in their investigation, the PJ compare themselves to David against Goliath.
From what some here infer that the McCs, being innocent, will soon get their arguido status lifted.
Such is their sense of logic.
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
bountyhunter, would you suggest that these delightful twins be deprived of their parents, by a kangaroo court presided over by idiots like saturn the ring leader, without a shred of evidence. Is this what you wish for these defenceless children, isn’t losing their sister bad enough.If the parents have a case to answer, that is more than the neglect we already know, don’t you think the law should decide.
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
259 val
Thanks, I saw that post and made a note of it. Chatelaine sure is posh. She was to well bred to understand my swearing in the form of YFFABCFFCB, i mean FFS.
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
JULIE 260 Pity thought could have a look at that tanned torso on tv !
heard about the storm on 702 last night, what gives with our weather ? yesterday afternoon it was 36 iin the house, now its freezing. enjoy your quiz, am kitten minding mrs b having a rest from them. shall i give them kitty calpol ?
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Val … don’t be scared of Garth … he’s putty in any woman’s hands …. just sooo typically male