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”
Madeleine McCann: speculation, suspicion and sensation
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February 3rd, 2008 at 9:00 pm
No, I’m probably wrong - she doesn’t look Down’s in the tennis court picture. She does very slightly in the swimming pool one though.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Duncan 618 - remember mods and admin know who I am, or at least have enough info to find out.
As we all know, the prospect of me actually taking action against Sledge is slim, but I am disappointed that you have not taken any specific action against him.
Read the posts - he is by a long long way the greatest culprit with regard to unfounded abuse and insults.
Your (Anorak’s) failure to deal with this appears to condone this.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
619 Pilimary
Don’t worry. Tomorrow is another day, and if what we think about Mr Ribeiro’s interviewis right, it will be broadcasted tomorrow, at least in Spain. Clarrie will look all the more unreliable.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:58 pm
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Ian Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 pm
“[...] I still question why only 5 photos exist of the holiday, three taken on one day and two taken on another two different days. Three days. [...]”
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And … don’t forget that Woollfall was downloading their digital camera on May 5, looking for photos with MM’s “faces” … Can’t call the playground photo something with a recognisable face [apart from the possible manipulation IMO] …
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
621 Ian
My suggestion at 622 (unlikely I know) would explain the lack of photos and needing to alter ones they have. Could explain a lot of things. Just my long shot opinion.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:56 pm
603 Châtelaîne,
I think (but am not quite sure) it is France Telecom that manages the broadband, and that Orange is the same company. They are bad, but the others are worse.
I like Beaumes de Venise too !
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:54 pm
619
Pilimary
Donmt worry, most sensible people, right minded people, realise the ploy.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 pm
611 Clouseau
I’m probably wrong but in the tricycle photo she looks slightly Down’s syndrome. Sorry if this upsets anyone.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 pm
607
Logic
Yes I think so to, actually looks happy.
I still want to see the original last photo, highly suspicious that no copy exists in the public domain. I still question why only 5 photos exist of the holiday, three taken on one day and two taken on another two different days. Three days.
Surely if Madeleine was ‘adored’ and treasured and special, loved as no other child has ever been loved, a beloved princess, they must have wanted more than these photos?
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:52 pm
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Ian Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:49 pm
576 Brainwashed militarist, hater of all things foreign and probably homophobic. Thinks he is respected by the ‘upper echelons’ but was just cannon fodder.
Doesnt know the law or the concepts behind it - but has google.
Full of his own self importance, ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce - sledgehammer.
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February 3rd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Lilith 596
But the damage is already done. I don’t iknow if you have seen my post (3 ó 4 pages ago), I said that todauy, in Spanish TVE (the public TV, more reliable and serious than any other) they broadcasted the “sensational U-turn in the case. The declarations (out of context) of Alipio. Now, many people will think that PJ made a mistake naming them arguidos BECAUSE obviously they weer and are innocent at all, as father Clarrie has spread through half world media.
Shamee!!!!!!!!!!!1
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:50 pm
592- Peter O says
‘M&A may be busy elsewhere, I assume they do have a life beyond Anorak?’
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Indeed we do!
Can we all calm down a bit now please and stop acting like big bairns.
Point of information re UK libel law.
You can’t defame a nickname if no-one knows who the nickname refers to. Therefore, unless people generally know the real identity of the individual posting here under the nickname ‘Aardvarko’ you can not claim your character has been defamed. For more info on UK libel law see -
http://www.urban75.org/info/libel.html
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:50 pm
605 Chenier
He does looks like a toy puddle, but not the kind you would get for a child.
Hope you feel well. Glad you are back. XXX
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:49 pm
576 Brainwashed militarist, hater of all things foreign and probably homophobic. Thinks he is respected by the ‘upper echelons’ but was just cannon fodder.
Doesnt know the law or the concepts behind it - but has google.
Full of his own self importance, ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce - sledgehammer.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:49 pm
608
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chenier Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:41 pm
” [...] Ah; I hadn’t realised that Agent Orange was attacking forests near you ”
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How do you know we have so many forest around here
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:47 pm
605
chenier Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
” [...] The guy’s on 75K pa, which is a long way from being highly paid; if he really had the clout he claims he would be making a great deal more than that.
And he wouldn’t have to run around looking like a toy poodle…”
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Chenier, sooooo good to have you back
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
601
Saul Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:28 pm
“[...] Unless they are so stupid and moronic as to be allowed to have one, and should have their computers taken off them, and taken outside and shot.
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I’m not avery violent person. Just a go beating would do for me …
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
609
Logic Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Saul 606
Where do you come from?
The Peoples Republic of The Boro
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:43 pm
607
u know i thought the same thing
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
596 Lilith
Thank you for the CLARIFICATION.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Saul 606
Where do you come from?
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:41 pm
603
Châtelaine Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
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Ah; I hadn’t realised that Agent Orange was attacking forests near you
I shall move as soon as I can…
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Just changing the subject - I think that the picture of Madeleine riding her tricycle looks very different to the other pictures we’ve seen of her. I’m not doubting it’s her - but I do think facially she looks different. What do other think?
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Where I come from 7.5k is highly paid!
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
601
Saul Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Clarence Mitchell forms his opinions on what he sees and hears, not unlike all the other posters on here.
The major differences being, he has a wider audience, plus he is very highly paid for it.
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Tosh.
The guy’s on 75K pa, which is a long way from being highly paid; if he really had the clout he claims he would be making a great deal more than that.
And he wouldn’t have to run around looking like a toy poodle…
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Sledgehammer doesn’t worry me one tiny bit - I just scroll over his posts and don’t even know what he’s been saying to upset everyone.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
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chenier Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 7:34 pm
” [...] Sadly, Orange and its Agents have me locked into a contract, but if I have anymore problems like this one I shall make a formal complaint to whoever regulates broadband providers. [...] And tomorrow I go back to customer service, a contradiction in terms when it comes to Orange, who promised to pay for the phone calls and a rebate once it was sorted out. [...]”
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In France, especially in certain regions you don’t have much choice: its Wanadoo [now Orange; as I quoted yesterday "Wanadoo devient Orange, mais pour vous rien ne change". English: Wanadoo becomes Orange, but nothing is going to change for you. And it's true! Nothing changed!]. There was a big internet “club” called Wanadoniens en cholère [pissed-off Wanadonians], who tried to get the French Government to do something about this. Alas …
If and when you have the choice: get another provider
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Unless they are so stupid and moronic as to be allowed to have one, and should have their computers taken off them, and taken outside and shot.
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That’s a bit extreme.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Clarence Mitchell forms his opinions on what he sees and hears, not unlike all the other posters on here.
The major differences being, he has a wider audience, plus he is very highly paid for it.
Instead of attacking what he has to say perhaps it should be asked why he is saying it. Is he just doing his job? it’s possible that it maybe that simple.
Perhaps it would be better if everyone just gave their own opinions, and if it is disagreed with then so be it. There is nothing to be gained by insulting other posters.
Unless they are so stupid and moronic as to be allowed to have one, and should have their computers taken off them, and taken outside and shot.
February 3rd, 2008 at 8:23 pm
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can’t say no Says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
” Satire ,is something, that have no countries, maybe ya want to say, we don’t understand, the nglish idiom when it come to satire IMHO ”
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No, CSN, I think she was really only referring to the “transatlantics”, where I have many friends, but … many a times I have to explain that I was joking …