Madeleine McCann: Jasper Gerard - What I Did On My Holidays
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PRIVATE Eye reports that Telegraph columnist Jasper Gerard – a sometime sports writer who surely needs billing as ‘Jaspie G’ - marked the first anniversary of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance by travelling to Portugal with his wife and two children.
He also, allegedly, took along a security guard for baby minding duties.
Sadly, the reported investigation was never published, it being said to be too revolting for the paper’s Travel Editor, although it may yet appear in the main news section…
Mr Gerard has not replied to the rumour…
Posted: 29th, May 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (348) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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May 29th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Is the relatively low post count down to a waning of interest, or is it shoulder to shoulder in the freezer!
M and A
Avery late in the day addition
May 29th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Duncan R… don’t forget my Ju-Ju sticks.
May 29th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
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xklamation
Duart-Levy?
May 29th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Saul
Thanks for the links - brilliant !!!
(Gloria will be perfect for the role. Must make sure she sees these when she returns from holiday!)
May 29th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Just pointing out jo, that not all Salomons are endowed with wisdom.
May 29th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Jo
You read the article from the blog I pointed to? It’s a start.
May 29th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
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Maravilha
Madeleine never left portugal by air nor road.May be by sea….? only some know what has happened to her.
The rest of us will know later or never
May 29th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
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Rasputin
What are you trying to say?
May 29th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Yes, Tapas 10,
If I understood it well, the book A Estrela de Madaleine insinuates the existence of nr. 10.
Could it be the person who took her corpse and who could knw Portugal very well?
May 29th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
You know the secrecy laws that some people think the Portuguese don’t have.
http://tinyurl.com/5zsmla
May 29th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
xklamation
Thank you for the links
Who do you think is the 10th taparazzi?
May 29th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Did Garth still not recover from the shock?
No more Tapas around for his resuscitation?
May 29th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
For a quick definition of arguido
see Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arguido
May 29th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
For the specific article 138º Exposure or abandonment [Artigo 138.º - Exposição ou abandono] see the site from the Public Ministry (only Portuguese language):
http://www.pgdlisboa.pt/pgdl/leis/lei_mostra_articulado.php?ficha=141&artigo_id=&nid=109&pagina=8&tabela=leis&nversao=
May 29th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
For the Lawyers out there: A site that is in Portuguese, English and French languages which I find very useful is http://www.gddc.pt/ - an official site maintained by the Portuguese General attorney office - Procuradoria Geral da República (PGR) - that has relevant legislation to understand the procedures and the Portuguese Criminal Law.
May 29th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
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whoops
It tells a lot to the psychologists of the investigation team….
May 29th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
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whoops Says:
May 29th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
118 Jo-pity her instinct didn’t tell her to stay in that night!!!
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whoops,
Whoopsie! Too much time hanging out with the cadavers: it kind of affects your sense, even your in-stinks.
May 29th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
I believe this case has just gone to trial.
Suddenly it is thrown out that they believe there was concealment of a cadaver out in the open from the PJ.
And then talk of the 14 text messages that Gerry and Clarrie denied.
Attack.
Defence.
Attack .
Defence.
I wonder at what point Caplan is going to question his involvement.
I don’t believe in a case like this that you would defend someone whom you believed was guilty.
Not when you already have so much money and influence.
You would not jeopardise taking on a case of disposal of a childs body if you thought the parents had done it.
Would you?
Yes I know he defended Pinochet, but I was not touched by Pinochet like I was my Madeleine. Who really gave a shit in that case.
This is very different.
This could be the most shocking case ever, not in the uniqueness of the happening but in the show and cover up that went on afterwards.
M and A
PLEASE provide a link, we should be over the moon if true!
May 29th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
118 Jo-pity her instinct didn’t tell her to stay in that night!!!
May 29th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
“Kate said her instinct from the start has been that Madeleine was smuggled into North Africa.”
ah….her instinct?
May 29th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
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Salomon
Who do you think?
Murat?
CM?
Malinka?
May 29th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Rasputin,
Rapunzel here. Permit me: are you querying at this stage of the investigation the legality of the arguido-ization? If it were illegal, I don’t think the McCoons defence team would not themselves have made this challenged and had their arguido status lifted nor do I think the UK police would have collaborated on this investigation. Am I missing something here? Talk to me…I’m on the stepper.
May 29th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
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Lone Pigeon Says:
May 29th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
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thentherewere4 Says:
May 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
John Geraghtys phone number only has to show up and the Mccanns are sunk and they know it.
Anyone know what this means?
……………………………….
Apologies if someone has already replied to this:
“John Geraghty A 68-year-old businessman from Leicestershire who now lives on the outskirts of Praia da Luz. Offered to store the McCanns’ hire car so that they could commission independent forensic tests ”
I got that from:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2517988.ece
May 29th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
For Duncan again, please scroll.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=a-nkgrDN0Jg
If you look long enough, you eventually find ……..
Gold!!!!
(first few seconds are silent)
May 29th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
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Scarlett Says:
May 29th, 2008 at 5:5
‘but I don’t think there has ever been a conclusion in the public domain as to who the man and girl might be.’
i thought the girl was jane tanners daughter ?
May 29th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Time to eat.
Good sleuthing !!!!
May 29th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
107…Lone Pigeon
Quite so.
I wonder if the Agreeable 3 have shed any light on the matter to the PJ.
May 29th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
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Salomon ES Says:
‘What do you guys think about existence or not of a T10?’
i think the staff would’ve remembered if there had been one.
May 29th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
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mrsaudley Says:
May 29th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Hi Scarlett, I posted a question to you on a previous thread regarding the ‘playground picture’ but I think you missed it. You said that the best guess for the playground man is that he is a caretaker (what you call a janitor) of some kind. I could see no basis for such an assumption, so I hope you could clarify why anyone would think that.
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Sorry I didn’t see your previous post though I do remember something of the debate about “playground man.” I can remember the earlier debates too, when Stevo and others were dissecting that photo at great length. There was one evening when lots of posts on the Mirror Forum on the subject were deleted pretty much as they went up, so it seems that the man and the other girl on the playground shots are of some importance. But I don’t think the sleuths on this or any other forum ever came to a conclusion.
Apologies for being vague, but I don’t think there has ever been a conclusion in the public domain as to who the man and girl might be.
Gotta go now, will try to return later.
May 29th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
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Matt. Says:
‘And they may have requested to be Arguido/Arguida…which I think is
a facility which exists in Portuguese Law to protect their Human Rights.’
they may have yes, in order not to answer questions.