Which Newspaper Will Buy Robert Murat’s Story?
MADELEINE McCann aguido Robert Murat has accepted £600,000 in libel damages over claims that he was involved in her abduction.
Outside court Mr Murat says: “The newspapers in this case brought about the total and utter destruction of mine and my family’s life and caused immense distress.”
Round up here.
Mr Murat, his friend Michaela Walczuch and IT consultant Sergey Malinka had all brought proceedings against Associated Newspapers, Express Newspapers, MGN Limited and News Group Newspapers over nearly 100 “seriously defamatory” articles.
Murat’s solicitor, Louis Charalambous, says:
“In particular, the defendants accept that none of the claimants had any involvement whatever in the abduction of Madeleine McCann.
“They accept that none of the claimants has any paedophile tendencies or connection with paedophiles or paedophile websites and that none of them lied to the police or obstructed the investigations.
“They accept that Mr Murat’s actions after the abduction were entirely proper and were motivated by a desire to help find Madeleine McCann. He became a volunteer translator for the Portuguese police and did everything he could to assist the investigation.
“Ms Walczuch was never suspected or accused of any involvement in the abduction of Madeleine McCann. Mr Malinka was not guilty of any sexual misconduct and has no criminal convictions.”
Now which paper will buy the rights to his story and try to earn back some of their losses?
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July 17th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I prefer fresh air me. And people I can trust-so without further ado-where were we …
July 17th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
‘Metodo3 are doing the upgrade, there’ll be lots of sightings.’
I time that as 22.36 real time, and you are undisputed champion…
July 17th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Maria Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 10:57 pm edit
Interesting that mods are now also having sightings…….
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Metodo3 are doing the upgrade, there’ll be lots of sightings.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
What has happened to the page numbers?
The other threads seem ok, this one has gone apeshit
July 17th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Saul Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
I fear the groundwork for Avatar’s is being dug!
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We’re having a web cam installed inside all your computers. The results will be shown in that little square.
(memo: must remember to get dressed in the morning before I do the early shift)
July 17th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Carmen
I’ll take that unnumbered post as a sort of compliment, then…even if meant as the opposite! It’s the nearest I’ll ever get!
Thank you for not banning me………not!
Interesting that mods are now also having sightings…….
July 17th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
whoops Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Chenier-there was me thinking you had a sense of humour -you can give it, but you can’t take it. can you tell us all when we are allowed to try to be humorous please-or is it just you that can pick and choose. Do go out and get some fresh air.
I find it insulting that you think I would embarrass me child in any way-Apologise please. i would not insult you in such a way-or just give a long winded answer that mere mortals cannot understand.
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I was taking the piss.
I was pointing out that, if you have a child, then perhaps your child shares your sense of humour, in which case it would be fine if you were erroneously banged up for a few years because it would increase the damages, and you’d be able to have a jolly good laugh about it afterwards.
Laughter is so refreshing, isn’t it?
July 17th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Maria Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 10:54 pm edit
Carmen
Post only carried away temporarily in a sort of white cover. It comes back when eggman reappears.
Will try to post this before definitively banned……
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How can you tell that it’s white under the sodium lights?
July 17th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Carmen
Post only carried away temporarily in a sort of white cover. It comes back when eggman reappears.
Will try to post this before definitively banned……
July 17th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Maria,
We have total pains in the neck that we don’t ban so I’m afraid you have no chance.
Besides, we now have some of the mods claiming to see the same 404.
It’s all in their minds.
Figments of the Anorak honed imagination.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Perhaps the both of you should try and put yourself in Robert Murat’s daughters shoes, instead of trying to score points off Chenier.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Carmen
Well now, that’s a bit more difficult.
So am I banned? PLEASE! Think of my addiction and how best to cure it!
Am I banned?
(Waits nervously……)
July 17th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Maria Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 10:48 pm edit
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I’m waiting Maria,
You can’t come on here with a picture like eggman as your atavar and expect us to believe your post has been abducted and you can see 404 on your screen.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Chenier-there was me thinking you had a sense of humour -you can give it, but you can’t take it. can you tell us all when we are allowed to try to be humorous please-or is it just you that can pick and choose. Do go out and get some fresh air.
I find it insulting that you think I would embarrass me child in any way-Apologise please. i would not insult you in such a way-or just give a long winded answer that mere mortals cannot understand.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
I fear the groundwork for Avatar’s is being dug!
July 17th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Mods and Admin
test
July 17th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
whoops
With or without acid, do you think?
Just a simple tomato dressing-down, I’d say!
July 17th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Maria Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 10:44 pm edit
A source? Pop over and look at my screen!
It’s about to appear…..NOW!
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MODS AND ADMIN
Heresay!
I need a proper citation thank-you.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
A source? Pop over and look at my screen!
It’s about to appear…..NOW!
July 17th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
whoops Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Lordy Chenier joke-feelin light hearted tonight-yes i have got a child and she loves me dearly and no-course i wouldn’t do anything to upset her-but 600K buys an awful lot of PS2 games….
pass the ketchup.
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Really?
It is just possible that you being accused of being a paedophile murderer might do rather more than upset her.
Of course, it might not.
She may share your light-hearted approach to these matters.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Mic
You think we need a deliberate ploy to do that?
July 17th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
You speak for yourself Mic! …. I much prefer barmpot.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Giving up for a while now. Blush blush.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Some of the mods are spreading scurrilous rumours that the problem is fixed, and things are back to normal.
I think it’s a deliberate ploy to make us look a bunch of pillocks.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Maria Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 10:35 pm edit
And again!
Error 404 Not Found
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MODS AND ADMIN
Can I have a source for this outrageous comment please.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Thanks Carmen. Yes, even I can recognise improvements when I see them! and you hadn’t been found.
Just sorry I believed the mischievous little thing when it told me there had been an error. At least I didn’t post several times before spotting that my post HAD actually gone!
July 17th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Lordy Chenier joke-feelin light hearted tonight-yes i have got a child and she loves me dearly and no-course i wouldn’t do anything to upset her-but 600K buys an awful lot of PS2 games….
pass the ketchup.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Maria Says:
” And again!
Error 404 Not Found ”
For more than 14 months now.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Oh dear. Sorry about the double post. Just trying to fool me, isn’t it?
July 17th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Maria Says:
July 17th, 2008 at 10:34 pm edit
What’s happening. I was just told an error had occurred and my post did not appear to have been sent. I refresh the page and lo and behold, it has!
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Read back a bit Maria, and you will see that we are undergoing another of our wonderful unannounced upgrades - you know upgrades? Improved facilities, means dropping a few of the old facilities like being able to Post or moderate, but hey, that’s progress!