Madeleine McCann: Suing Clarence Mitchell, Jane Hill And Pastries
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DAILY MAIL: “’Portuguese police should sue McCann’s official spokesman’, claims newspaper”
The Mail is reporting on a report in a foreign newspaper. Isn’t this what got the Express into difficulties?
A source “close to the investigation” tells the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhathat: “On the day in which it’s opened to the public, it will be easy to prove the declarations are not there. Then it will become clear this leak cannot have come from within the PJ.”
The claim is that the words attributed to Kate McCann – words it was claimed she told the police – might not be her words after all.
The source reportedly added that “Mr Mitchell should be the subject of a libel action for harm caused to the reputation of elements of Portimao’s criminal investigation department, for having ‘unfairly accused’ them of passing on information from the investigation to the media.”
Who the source is, the Mail does not say, nor does it care to investigate. It just translates the Portuguese press for its readers.
As Mr Mitchell said: “The police, either officially or unofficially, have so far failed to explain how material that was in their possession as part of their files emerged in the public domain on the very day Kate and Gerry were making positive headlines in Europe.”
The Mail adds:
Mr Mitchell has already categorically denied a claim in another Portuguese newspaper that he leaked the police statements to Spanish television journalist Nacho Abad. “Why on earth would I?” he said.
Mr Abad has said the statements did not come from Mr Mitchell or the McCann’s but refused to reveal his source.
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The bubbly Jane Hill, (BBC News 24 and 1 O’Clock news presenter) also said a few words about breaking the story of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance last year on May 3rd.
Hill recalled how she flew out to Portugal the following day with a suitcase packed for four days – three weeks later she was still there.
“Of course, no one could have predicted how big a story it would become,” says Hill, “And it was only when I got back to the UK that I realized how big the story had become.” Weird to think that as we approach the 1st anniversary of Maddie’s disappearance, despite no trace of her, the story is still generating column inches.
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April 20th, 2008 at 10:11 am
2200 jo Says:
” I dont know anymore : cry or laugh?
It is beyond my understanding ”
The gloves are off. It’s not that hard to comprehend, is it?
Don’t forget, the McCanns after all want the police to find their daughter for them. If they take the gloves off, they must be seriously pissed off by now.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:10 am
New thread…
April 20th, 2008 at 10:09 am
pj did a reconstruction ages ago which prompted them to seek re-interviews.
despite efforts to stop this from the politicians they got to do interviews in blighty.
looks like ozzy cracked so now they have a different storyline from the taparratti which prompts another reconstruction.
sound all very thorough and methodical to me.
i reckon they will do a reconstruction with or without the pact members
divide and rule?
they may be able to frighten individuals to join in (like ozzy) or they may use actors
this would be a good ruse ‘cos the odious couple are scared to death about setting foot in portugal
the pj can show they are serious and he who is comical will have to spin some reason why the odiates don’t attend
odiates will complain about stitch up and say the reconstruction is invalid without their presence
just as with the interviews i reckon the pj will ignore the odiates
their mental condition is such that they will be annoyed about being ignored
they hate not being the centre of attention
we will see fury, anguish, hurtful and unhelpful comments
but joe public will see plainly that they do not want to co-operate and are scared of being arrested
what excellent sport
soon be first anniversary and 5th birthday and pinchy face is 40 in june
April 20th, 2008 at 10:09 am
2231
Gandolf
That is the line that the McCanns defence plan to use.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Maravilha, OK miss marples, prove she’s not alive.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Ciao, jo.
Take care.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Have a good day all
See you later
April 20th, 2008 at 10:01 am
2225…Maravilha
Sadly….not me.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:01 am
2222
Garth Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 9:55 am
jo
You’ve got to understand that the McCanns have no faith or trust in the PJ. Any confidence they had in Rebello has been shattered by this latest leak!
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Garth
Youve got to understand the mccanns perfectly know whats waiting for them,trust me on that one.
They are incapable of faith and trust without mentioning dignity,respect and self respect which are very basic values
Any news about clarence putting evidence forward the leak comes from the PJ?is he 103% sure of it?isnt it why the police union is suing him so he can eventually show his “innocence”?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:00 am
2222…Garth
So the McCann’s now believe that their “leak” is the PJ’s “leak” ?
How forgetful of them.
Such fickle people too.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Which one of you here believes Madleine is still alive?
April 20th, 2008 at 9:56 am
‘exasperation’s hand-maiden’
What a wonderful phrase.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:56 am
“But rather than admit their abject failure, they’ve sought to shift the blame and smear the McCanns.”
“By charging her with endangering Madeleine they’d be implying, ‘It’s all the mother’s fault for leaving her’ - as if that excuses them from not doing enough to find her.”
Clarrie,yes it is her/their fault for leaving her.It is not the PJ”s fault if they cant find her because the poor mite has truly gone and since day one….. and it wouldnt have happened in the first place IF….they had been caring parents.
How on earth can this twat be gagged for ever and ever?
April 20th, 2008 at 9:55 am
jo
You’ve got to understand that the McCanns have no faith or trust in the PJ. Any confidence they had in Rebello has been shattered by this latest leak!
April 20th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Thirty miles east of Praia da Luz lies the resort of Albufeira, where a collection of clifftop villas known as Val Novio was once a thriving development, favoured by British expats.
Now largely abandoned, it was there, on November 19, 1990, that Rachel Charles, aged nine, went missing.
Neil McKay, a Bafta-winning TV scriptwriter who has specialised in factual dramas about crime, was on holiday nearby with his father at the time. “We were sitting in a bar having a beer one evening,” he recalled.
“This English guy came in, saying a little girl had disappeared two days earlier but the police were refusing to mount a proper search. He said her family wanted every British tourist or expat to meet on the beach at seven next morning to try to find her.
“So we went. There must have been more than 200 of us. Tragically, it didn’t take long to find her body, hidden among some pines.”
Len Port, now an Algarve publisher who covered the case for The Portugal News, said: “The police search was highly inefficient, as, frankly, was everything else about the case. The way the police handled it was desperately amateurish - and ultimately, a travesty of justice
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Now if we add Rene Hasee to this case and Madeleines, it shows a rather less than complimentary view of the Portuguese authorities, and of course Casa Pia.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:49 am
They have co-operated fully with cops throughout the probe.
But friends now fear Kate could be at risk of arrest if she goes back.
…..but why would kate even think about it if she was so 103% innocent?
McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell said last night: “We haven’t heard through official channels if they are considering this charge.But you”d have to ask yourself “why now”
…..considering?
Does clarrie believe they will be asked if they agree or not?
April 20th, 2008 at 9:48 am
2212 puzzled
such anguish
and such fun fun fun
i am enjoying this
April 20th, 2008 at 9:47 am
#
2213
Gandolf Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 9:42 am
The fukwits at the dark place aka 3arses are in melt down, cos they got scammed again by a non people story last night, they gotta be the most garrulous fukwits this side of the cuckoo’s nest.
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………. and thats why i dont bother with the site………… bunch of muppets!
relaw1044
April 20th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Agw
Im not trying to upset Carmen as you well know
But if we were mistaken then I hold my hand up and say apologies to you Carmen my darlin’.
Here’s a bunch of flowers and box of chocies!
Administrator: That I believe to very gracious and acceptable. I sincerely hope Cheryl and sequentially Carmen, react in similar fashion. -agw
April 20th, 2008 at 9:45 am
2212…Puzzled
Please see post 2179.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Anyone refusing to take part in a Reconstruction instigated by the Police during
an Investigation in a Missing Child Enquiry has something to hide.
And is an even more serious situation of “something to hide” if the Parents are
also refusing to co-operate with the Police in the matter. IMO
April 20th, 2008 at 9:42 am
2206
Garth
Why would she be upset?
Isnt the reconstruction about reneacting what happened on this fateful night or even the night before to make the truth and justice to Madeleine?
Doesnt this woman want to know? or does she already know and do not wish to publicise it?
She didnt look very upset when it was said they would go for Madeleine”s first anniversary of her…….. death?
April 20th, 2008 at 9:42 am
The fukwits at the dark place aka 3arses are in melt down, cos they got scammed again by a non people story last night, they gotta be the most garrulous fukwits this side of the cuckoo’s nest.
relaw1034
April 20th, 2008 at 9:40 am
MCCANNS FACE NEW CHARGE
EXCLUSIVE SCANDAL OF PLAN TO CHARGE MADDIE MUM ‘KEYSTONE COP’ FURY
By Paul Lewis
A shock new plan to charge Kate McCann over daughter Maddie’s kidnap was last night condemned as “spiteful and shameful”.
British legal experts branded bungling Portuguese detectives “Keystone Cops” for considering neglect charges.
And they claimed police wanted to nail grieving Kate to save face after failing to solve a year-old crime that has made headlines round the world.
One lawyer said: “After an inquiry costing millions and unprecedented international help, these Keystone Cops still haven’t got a clue what happened to Madeleine.
The investigation was a mess from Day One.
“But rather than admit their abject failure, they’ve sought to shift the blame and smear the McCanns.”
As we revealed last month, cops plan to clear Kate, 40, and hubby Gerry of playing any part in Maddie’s disappearance from a holiday flat in Praia da Luz on May 3 last year. But they ARE thinking of charging Kate with endangerment for leaving Maddie and two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie alone in the flat while she and Gerry, 39, dined with pals at a nearby restaurant.
The offence carries a maximum jail term of ten years.
Lawyers pointed out the move comes just a week after the couple accused the Policia Judiciaria of leaking a statement designed to smear GP Kate. She is said to have admitted that on the morning of the abduction, Maddie asked her why she hadn’t gone to her when she began crying in the night.
But one lawyer said: “This is spiteful and shameful.
“By charging her with endangering Madeleine they’d be implying, ‘It’s all the mother’s fault for leaving her’ - as if that excuses them from not doing enough to find her.
“And it would mean washing their hands of Maddie when there’s still a chance of finding her.”
The lawyer added: “You have to ask why Kate’s being targeted and not Gerry.
“Could it be the police are relying on her frankness in her statement to paint her as a bad mother, to damn her by her own words?”
Kate and cardiologist Gerry, of Rothley, Leics, are both still suspects in the inquiry.
They have co-operated fully with cops throughout the probe.
And they were even considering returning to Portugal to take part in a police reconstruction of events surrounding Maddie’s disappearance.
But friends now fear Kate could be at risk of arrest if she goes back.
McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell said last night: “We haven’t heard through official channels if they are considering this charge. But you’d have to ask yourself, ‘Why now?’”
features@people.co.uk
April 20th, 2008 at 9:39 am
2206….Garth
I can see it’s Panic Station’s in McDoc Headquarters.
All those texts and e-mails advising “supporters” of the current spin to
spin.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:36 am
If my child had gone missing, I would do everything within my power to help. If a reconstruction was called for, no matter how upset one would be, it would be go, go.
Those PJ have something they want to sort out for sure.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Off now - Kids demanding a full english… followed by new school shoes….
Kids hey! Who’d have ‘em???
April 20th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Garth - but they already held their own little reconstruction at a hotel in leicestershire. She didn’t get all emotional about that did she?
April 20th, 2008 at 9:32 am
………. source…. timesonline.
Administrator: Garth did you miss this? Have I missed your overdue apology or are you perhaps not as fair-minded as you believe yourself to be?
agw | alan@anorak.co.uk
A word in everyone’s shell-likes here please.
I do know the truth of the matter and very few have more search capability within the site than I. Cheryl was lumped together with others in an off-the-cuff comment about trolls.
I remember wincing (that was win - not min). Regretfully, Cheryl and Garth, the comment was not from Carmen.
You do not have to believe me. It may be better if you did…and I think a small sorry in Carmen’s direction may apply just enough salve to ease the situation.
You are both big enough and spirited enough to admit when you are mistaken and on this occasion you are.
I have to do it sometimes, and I may regret saying this - but, I am definitely not infallible, just devilishly handsome, fit and at least one person actually likes me.
..and before you demand the information I will NOT tell you who made the offending remark since it does not help the situation one iota. I also happen not to agree with the original remark. Cheryl can be exasperation’s hand-maiden at times, she may consort with the damned for all I know but she is no troll. She’s there as large as life to bat to her own weight. I do not have to agree with her philosophy to admire that spirit.
I also like Carmen’s entirely different style.
I would be grateful if we could move on with what we are all good at…debate.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Madeleine McCann’s mother has been upset by police plans to stage a reconstruction of the night her daughter disappeared from an Algarve holiday resort.
Kate and Gerry McCann, their friends and other holidaymakers have been called back to Portugal so that detectives can replicate events at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, Times Online reported yesterday.
The reconstruction is planned for the middle of next month, shortly after the first anniversary of Madeleine’s disappearance on May 3. Portuguese police have written to witnesses to ask them to attend.
“Kate is upset,” a friend of the McCanns said. “There’s been no sense of concern for her feelings or the anguish it will cause her. On an emotional level she is not sure she can go through with it. The family will consider it. If it’s felt that there’s a chance of it helping to find Madeleine then, of course, they will do it. But given it is a year on, you have to wonder about the value of it.”
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Mr and Mrs McCann have not been to the Algarve resort since they were made arguidos (official suspects) on September 7. Friends of the couple have indicated that they would refuse to return voluntarily unless they were formally cleared of any wrongdoing.
The reconstruction would involve dozens of people who were in Praia da Luz from the early afternoon of May 3 until Madeleine was reported missing from her bedroom at 10pm.
Events on the ground would be compared with the evidence from interviews with more than 50 people that are being carried out by British police this month.
Critics will see the reconstruction as a sign that investigators have no idea what happened to Madeleine, who disappeared days before her fourth birthday. Experts from Scotland Yard and Leicestershire Constabulary had advised Portuguese police to hold a reconstruction within weeks of Madeleine’s disappearance.
Mark Williams-Thomas, a former detective and now a child protection expert, said: “There is a point of doing a reconstruction a week after an event but what do they expect to get a year on?”
April 20th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Garth - good morning my little lovey
Did you get a chance to put your suggestion the the drs mcc or the pink one yet??