Madeleine McCann: Bobby Hands, Cannes And A Hunger For Publicity
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As Leslie Felperin, the excellent reviewer for Variety magazine remarked to me: the newspaper-reading public can’t be persuaded to react in the same way: they care about Madeleine McCann in a serious mood, or in a non-serious mood, they care about Sir Alan Sugar or Simon Cowell. The idea of actually caring about a violent arthouse film investigating the life of Bobby Sands is a very tall order indeed.
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May 27th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Beware the cover of the robes, she is here the aura shines like the sun.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
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val Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
val the page links to what looks like a court document scroll down and click on
‘Full ruling of the Relation Court in Évora on the 29 of April 2008′
May 27th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
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âde Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
the mobile evidence (voice, text) may not be available or admissible but perhaps the triangulation, location and timing of calls could be damning
and from reports in the gutter trash they seemed to be upset when they found out they had been tracked
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Yes; the content may be undisclosable but where the phones were at particular times would be physical evidence, certainly in this country.
You were away when I posted about Raphael & Anor, R v [2008] EWCA Crim 1014 (13 May 2008) which has some interesting stuff about mobiles, blood, DNA and partial matches in a murder trial in this country.
‘The jury was in possession of a very detailed schedule of every relevant telephone call, and the judge identified some of the specific calls in the context both of Horgan’s movements, and the varying accounts of his movements given by Johnson during the course of his police interviews. Both were relevant, Horgan’s movements because they were challenged by Johnson, and Johnson’s movements because the Crown asserted that the interviews represented the deliberate fabrication of an alibi, subsequently abandoned.’
And then there’s the blood and DNA:
‘Mr Sutton had the advantage of his own DNA expert to address the issue of the 1mm blood stain found on the welt of one of Johnson’s trainers. Part of the DNA contribution matched that of the deceased. It was approximately 80,000 times more likely that it was from him rather than from someone related to him. That meant, of course, that on a statistical analysis a number of individuals living within the London area might have provided the blood stain.
A number of possible theories were advanced to explain the blood stain, including innocent contamination by Emma Horgan on the evening in question.
We have been asked to consider whether the decision in R v Hoey, and the procedures now deemed appropriate, requires further examination of this area of evidence. We have examined the Crown Prosecution checklist for Low Copy Number DNA analysis. We can find nothing to suggest that there was any failure to follow the newly formulated procedures designed to protect the interests of the defendant. There is nothing in this point.’
The appeals against conviction were dismissed…
May 27th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
172
chenier Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
‘I’m not sure that the NOTW gets anything right…’
if you scroll down to the fourth picture, you can see a similar view as that of the sun’s picture. you can see first of all that the sun’s picture was not taken from the balcony but more taken closer to the wall surrounding the pool, and secondly that the pool is more to the right of the picture and the tapas bar can be seen, just. but it is a fair distance, much further than the picture in the sun suggests.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
192-Blimey, so if looking at mobile phone evidence is a human rights issue what the hell is looking at Kate’s diary?
May 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Sledgie. Oh yes ian certainly bullied the wrong person. agw. Gone!
May 27th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
there are no phonen records or cctv or dna unless you can prove our logs wrong
May 27th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
191 chenier
A long as it’s not ‘hello sailor’; not a good idea when wearing black leather.
My Russian is non-existent; I did know someone who was a Russian specialist who lived down your end of the country.
It made playing Risk with him particularly over the top; he used to hold out till the last member of the 13th Yakutz Tractor Regiment was lowered reverently into the bosom of Mother Russia.
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i think ted was talking to him in his tractor in the lower field last week
May 27th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Sam… they don’t get shackled in UK prisons. Best we do is handcuffs going to and from court etc. and cuff them to the beds if they’re in hospital.
US have shackles… are you not in UK?
US jail is far harder than here.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
182 jo
I was just signing off and saw your post. the reason the Judge refused permission for
the phone evidence is to do with Human Rights and Privacy. I think the same principle
would be used in a U.K. Court.
However, as I read it, a submission was made to just use numbers which would show
who was calling who and where they were at the time. I do remember the triangulation
bit where say, it could be proved that GM was talking to one of the Tapas 7 from the
Barn, supposedly where the towel was found. Anyway, we”ll soon find out.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
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âde Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
132
chenier
Tell you what, Ade, you’d better come with us to Moscow and be our musical director.
I shall purchase a large supply of earplugs for you…
i’ll bring me ipod and headphones
and brush up me russian
(i got russian o-level, just, in the late sixties)
здравствулте! камрад
oops…
that’s hello comrade
great fun
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A long as it’s not ‘hello sailor’; not a good idea when wearing black leather.
My Russian is non-existent; I did know someone who was a Russian specialist who lived down your end of the country.
It made playing Risk with him particularly over the top; he used to hold out till the last member of the 13th Yakutz Tractor Regiment was lowered reverently into the bosom of Mother Russia.
Admittedly his intake of herbal and chemical substances may also have had something to do with it…
May 27th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Where is Ian, my old sparring partner, did he bully the wrong person.
M and A
Ian , bully people? well yes he accused two people of bullying him, and then started on agw…..
May 27th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
the mobile evidence (voice, text) may not be available or admissible but perhaps the triangulation, location and timing of calls could be damning
and from reports in the gutter trash they seemed to be upset when they found out they had been tracked
May 27th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
one thing i don’t understand perhaps you know, why do people in prison get shackled ? i mean they’re in prison anyway, so why the shackles as well ?
May 27th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
181
sam
well…to take with a pinch of salt as 24 horas is not the most reliable newspaper,is it?
May be true….for hidden reasons.
I am off for a while
Must prepare work for the evening.
Bye for now
May 27th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Another bloody stabbing!!!!!!!
May 27th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
179-I’ve bored you all with this story before, but I’m pretty sure that when we were robbed in Fuerteventura-it was the swimming pool cleaner who watched me leave via the front of the appartment at 6am with the baby every other morning-and…I left the patio doors unlocked-My partner was still sleeping in appartment….when i got back all valuables were missing.
I know this proves nothing but he was best placed to know movements of all guests.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
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val Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
152 sam
‘Yes, I”m sure they have all “conspired”, same as the meeting in the Hotel when they knew they were to be interviewed.
The one thing for all of them now, if they don”t go the public will wonder why and
their colleagues may look at them in a different light.
I mentioned this before and got ridiculed for it, all the male posters I stress!!!! I was
on a flight to Rome last Christmas and got chatting to the woman sitting next to me.
Turned out she too is a Cardiologist and knows Gerry, had met him a few times at
Seminars. Apparently he is well thought of in his ability and very friendly and
helpful. No way did she think he was guilty and said she too would have left Portugal in a hurry if she was innocent and in a strange Country.’
why did you get ridiculed for that ? i don’t understand ?
May 27th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
signing off for a while, catch you later……..nice to see you back posting ade, so many
regulars absent these days. No doubt they will all return when something definite
happens.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
174
val
About the calls…
May be the judge did not find it prime evidence?… may be it is better to focus on irrefutable evidence to present in a court room?
May 27th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
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jo Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
that is interesting jo. so it means the pj cannot access the contents of text messages or similar, or use them.
M and A
They may be able to use other info, such as times and locations?
May 27th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
176 jo
I agree with you , particularly as it has been reported by Diara de Noticias that
Murat was not asked to attend the recon.!!!!!!
It will all come out in the wash as they say, but it”s the trying to guess what”s going to
happen that”s doing my head inLOL
May 27th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Whoops…. I have chewed over so many different theories and I always come back to that.
Sometimes its the most simple explanation that is the right one. IMO.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
132
chenier
Tell you what, Ade, you’d better come with us to Moscow and be our musical director.
I shall purchase a large supply of earplugs for you…
i’ll bring me ipod and headphones
and brush up me russian
(i got russian o-level, just, in the late sixties)
здравствулте! камрад
oops…
that’s hello comrade
great fun
May 27th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
175
whoops Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
173-joke, Chenier joke-a weak one I admit but even so….
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No; round here it would be regarded as side-splitting. Puns on ‘principal’ are always of interest in the City…
May 27th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
173-joke, Chenier joke-a weak one I admit but even so….
May 27th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Val
Something is definitively “cooking”.
It is better not to believe anything at the moment and 24 horas is not my cup of tea…
There is an other 3 months to get through,may be less?…
May 27th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
165 jo
We knew about the 24 Hrs report but not the Morais translation. There might be
some truth in it but 24 Horas is not the most reliable Paper I gather.
One thing I cant quite understand, it may be the translation , the mobile phone calls
made (voices I gather) are not permissable as evidence but the numbers are being
considered. As I remember, U.K. experts were helping the Police in Portugal trace
the area the calls were made from, so is this what is meant?
May 27th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
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whoops Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
168-That she was snatched by someone working there was my initial thought when it first happened. Perfectly placed, knew the movements and if working in the Tapas bar would be able to signal to an accomplice when coast was clear. Perhaps they didn’t leave a tip………..
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Right; the kidnappers were so teed off with the absence of a tip that they passed up £1.5 million as a matter of principal…
May 27th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
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sam Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
………i’m not sure if they’ve got the position of the taps bar right on it.
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I’m not sure that the NOTW gets anything right…