Madeleine McCann: Scotsman Apologises To Robert Murat
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ROBERT Murat is involved in legal action against 11 British newspapers and Sky New.
THE Scotsman has apologised to Robert Murat and admitted publishing defamatory allegations about him.
Says the paper:
“On 15 May an article about Robert Murat headed ‘Madeleine: He jokes of being ‘No.1 suspect’’ was published in which we reported a number of defamatory allegations about Mr Murat in connection with the abduction of Madeleine McCann.
“The article wrongly accused him of ‘hanging around’ the scene in a manner which recalled the Soham murders.
“Likening his behaviour in this way to that of Soham murderer, Ian Huntley, suggested that he was involved in the abduction of Madeleine McCann. It was a seriously defamatory allegation and wholly untrue.”
The apology continued: “We also wrongly implied that he had been unfeeling and insensitive about Madeleine McCann’s disappearance and had lied about his role in the police investigation. That was not our intention.
“We accept that Mr Murat was assisting the police investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance and that his behaviour was entirely proper throughout, and we are happy to make that clear.
“We apologise to Mr Murat for the hurt, distress and damage to his reputation caused by the article.”
No damages have been paid to Murat. Not yet…
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May 17th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Kallie,
have you changed your name from some other?
A new poster would not start their first post like that.
What you are saying is rubbish.
The joke is not mine, it is 50 years old, and still laughable. Millions of people know the joke and still laugh. If you think they all suck - then you suck yourself.
And you need a good pair of glasses, too. Go to an optician. Tell your son to not bother with learning to draw- because his mum will never see the point.
May 17th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
346 Gloria Smudd
“I feign eagerness to tackle formation-dancing strapped to a bi-plane”
like this?
http://www.airventure.org/2005/gallery/images/wed27/soucy_inverted.jpg
woosh-clunk
May 17th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
344
Kallie
May 17th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
345
chenier
Goodnight Chenier.
May 17th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
chenier -
..purl one, knit one, purl one, ..
I cook reluctantly. I launder begrudgingly. I’m partial to the painful pun. I feign eagerness to tackle formation-dancing strapped to a bi-plane. I will even find a rhyme for chenier and compose a stanza for no other reason than to illustrate said rhyme! I will pretend I want to go to Hunstanton on a coach in the rain! I will go on and on and on about Cary Grant!
But you got me - I can’t knit!
May 17th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
And on that cheerul note I must depart for bed; good night, all…
May 17th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
341
Ciara Says:
May 17th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
339
Kallie
The good doctor is very talented.
If you say so Caira. Shows your lack of intelect i guess if you find his jokes funny. My 9y/o son can do better sketches but what the hell baby if thats what floats your boat
May 17th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
342
Christine Says:
May 17th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
341 Chenier
Then try this…..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BI0ud541smo
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Thanks!
They’ve pulled it from the Mirror and from Sky, leaving it only to exist on Youtube.
Chortle, chortle…
May 17th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
341 Chenier
Then try this…..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BI0ud541smo
May 17th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
339
Kallie
The good doctor is very talented.
May 17th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
338
Gloria Smudd Says:
May 17th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
I’m goingback to admire that picture of very practical velcroe-d footwear June so kindly posted and plan the sequence of my matching knitted cardies accordingly ..
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I am pleased to say that my collection of shoes, whilst not reaching Imelda levels, is still pretty extensive, and not one of them features velcro.
Admittedly I can’t walk in some of them nowadays, but that’s because it takes daily practise to get that far off the ground.
Amd I do not believe for one moment that Gloria can knit…
May 17th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
330
Dr. Watson Says:
May 17th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Jo,
one of my favourite jokes is that one:
At the psychiatrist’s office:
- Doctor, my husband must be mad! Every morning he gets up, drinks his coffee, then eats the cup, leaving only a handle!
- Oh yes, he must be mad! Because handles are actually the sweetest part.
omg you’re jokes are as good as your sketches….they really suck
May 17th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
I’m goingback to admire that picture of very practical velcroe-d footwear June so kindly posted and plan the sequence of my matching knitted cardies accordingly ..
May 17th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
#
334
Katy Says:
May 17th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
333
They probably gave her highlights and botox. Kate looks like she gets both…
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May 17th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Ah, June, he’s fast asleep on the sofa now, exhausted and never looked more loveable in his huge-framed, semi-Dutch way!
I like your idea about pinching Tweedy-Arse’s maid for the less enjoyable wifely obligations, while keeping the more enjoyable wifely obligations firmly on my own list of things to do..
**** if she has a spare ironing maid…..
May 17th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
326 sam
no reply to either of you so probably just attention seeking do you think?
May 17th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
333
They probably gave her highlights and botox. Kate looks like she gets both…
May 17th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Jo
Been a wet and windy day here and I decided not to go out. So, I was on here earlier today, looking in and posting now and again.
The thing I was bothered about today (and my post) was that on Madeleine’s walk to the plane she had brown hair and in the last photo she had blonde hair. That’s what I can’t get my head around. I’ve said this time and tme again, Madeleine in the last photo is a two going on three year old not a three year old going on four. It seems that nobody but me gets it. The last photo IMO is a reconstruction in itself.
Posters on here say they can’t tell the difference but for me it stands out like a volcano.
May 17th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
June, you are pouring aforementioned salt into the very recently opened wound of vulnerability. What if Mrs Tweedy-Rump has captured his boyish heart with her neat folding and efficient line-pegging? She’d only have to jiggle a couple of prize-winning globe artichokes at him during one of his weak and muddy moments, and he’d be out of Smudd Hall with his landrover full of Mars wrappers before I could hurl a clog at him.
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The you need a supply of Mars in the fuel tank, and hurl the clog at her
and borrow her maid
May 17th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
324
jo
Evening Jo.
May 17th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Jo,
one of my favourite jokes is that one:
At the psychiatrist’s office:
- Doctor, my husband must be mad! Every morning he gets up, drinks his coffee, then eats the cup, leaving only a handle!
- Oh yes, he must be mad! Because handles are actually the sweetest part.
May 17th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
322
Dr. Watson
I”ll keep that one in my favorites
I am such a tweet I never remember jokes,or hardly
May 17th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
June
You might be onto something there .. I think he’s always had a soft spot for the widely tweedy home-maker; he could have been seeing to her thatch or rodding her plumbing! What if he’s been checking her lagging? Oh nooooooooo…….
88888888888888
Up in the loft?
May 17th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
323
Marie Nicholas
tut tut tut xxxxx
May 17th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
maybe later jo
whats this with the pj anyway as christine asks , do tell.
May 17th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Marie Nicholas,
Thank you!
May 17th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
319
Christine
Not much,really…went jogging and looking for shells on the beach but only found “fresh” condoms…mmmm whatelse? watch a stoopid movie on stoopid TV,wrote to a friend in portugal…polish my boots.All very normal,really
What about you?
May 17th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
A joke re surnames:
A morning at Soviet Army.
- Ivanov!
-Yes, Sir!
- Petrov!
- Yes, Sir!
- Higherlegoverthefenceclimbing!
- Yes, Sir!
-…What-a- f***ing- strange-surname…
_Yes, Sir!
May 17th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Jo
I was going to ask the same question as Christine. Did you really talk to the PJ? Or send an e-mail to them?
May 17th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Dr. Watson
Beautiful!
Your drawing is not unlike the tone of your posts. Simple, still a bit of a child, and shrewd, and just a tad mischievious. Effortless and not loud.