Madeleine McCann: Police Errors, Kate And Gerry McCann Speak, And Amaral’s Book
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
Portuguese prosecutors have shelved the investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance. Kate McCann, Gerry McCann and Robert Murat are not longer official suspects.
Fernando Jose Pinto Monteiro, Portugal’s Attorney-General, told police to halt the investigation into of Madeleine’s disappearance.
A statement released by his office confirmed that it had decided to “close the file on the investigation concerning the disappearance of the minor Madeleine McCann due to lack of evidence that any crime was committed by the persons placed under formal investigation”.
But it’s not the end of the matter. And Madeleine McCann returns to the nations’ front pages:
DAILY MIRROR (front page): “OUR DESPAIR – OUR FURY – OUR FUTURE”
No not an editorial by the Mirror’s staff wodnering where this story will end, rather words ascribed to Kate and Gerry McCann.
Says “angry” Kate McCann: “It is hard to describe how despairing it was to be named as arguido. It has been devastating to witness the detrimental effect this has had on the search”
Pages 4 and 5: “McCanns vow to keep up search for Madeleine and leave…NO STONE UNTURNED.”
Under the table, out of sight of cameras, her hand trembled as she gripped her husband’s, fighting to keep her emotions in check.
What of Robert Murat, the one the Mirror’s Lori Campbell introduced to the police?
Mr Murat spoke of his joy at being cleared but said he too now wanted the focus to be on finding her. The dad of one, 34, said: “It’s a good feeling but doesn’t take away from the fact there is still a child missing, which is very sad. I was dragged into this because of Madeleine’s disappearance so I would like to know what happened.”
FIONA PHILLIPS: “Let’s hope that they find peace one day”
Any human being with a heart will have felt the same as me - that Kate and Gerry McCann should never have been suspects at all.
If you don’t agree with Phillips then you are heartless, something less than human. Hey, you might not even be a parent:
They are an ordinary family who have lost their daughter and, as a parent, my heart goes out to them…
But as a parent, I know exactly what it’s like to go on a family holiday and be lulled into a sense of security.
DAILY MAIL: “McCanns’ fury - and despair - at Portuguese police as they are finally cleared”
Glasgow-born Mr McCann and his wife, both 40, had not ruled taking legal action against the Portuguese authorities for the way they have been treated.
The dodgy DNA evidence that lead to the McCanns being made suspects
Detectives apparently believed that scientists found Madeleine’s DNA and blood in the apartment and in the McCanns’ hire car, which they did not rent until 25 days after her disappearance.
Armed with that ‘evidence’ and the knowledge that dogs supposedly found the ’scent of death’ on Mrs McCann’s clothes, they decided to name the couple as suspects.
But the final report from the Forensic Science Service in Birmingham several weeks later said that the DNA evidence in the case was inconclusive, and did not support the police’s theory.
The forensic evidence which led to Kate and Gerry McCann being named as suspects was misunderstood by Portuguese police, it was claimed yesterday.
Detectives wrongly believed the work of British experts supported their theory that Madeleine had died in her parents’ rented holiday apartment, when in fact the DNA analysis was inconclusive, it was suggested.
The claims come from leaks from inside the Portuguese investigation, based on an initial British forensic report into the case.
THE SUN (front page): “MADDIE”
Pages 6 and 7: “COPS CLEAR ‘ARGUIDO’ HELL PARENTS”
The couple have fought long and hard to gain access to the documents, which could be available as early as the end of this week for a period of 20 days only.
After the 20-day term, the world’s media will then have the right to apply to view them.
FERGUS SHANAHAN: “TIME TO GIVE KATE A BREAK”
“Having consistently spoken up for Kate and Gerry McCann, I can welcome the official clearing of their names over Maddie without being called a hypocrite”
That’s the important thing. What of Robert Murat, also cleared? Nothing. Not a word.
DAILY EXPRESS (front page): “MADELEINE – Now Kate will see police files at last”
Great news. Now the Express can start featuring our Maddy on its front page again.
THE TIMES: “Kate and Gerry McCann cleared over Madeleine disappearance”
Remember those bungling Portuguese cops?
According to reports yesterday, one key error that led to the McCanns being declared suspects was made by Britain’s own Forensic Science Service.
The report, apparently from the Portuguese authorities and which was leaked to the London Evening Standard newspaper, states that the Policia Judiciaria, Portugal’s criminal investigation department, was told that DNA evidence found in the couple’s hire car, on the window sill of their holiday apartment and in the car park of the apartment complex, belonged to Madeleine.
The document claims that it was given categorically as her DNA and as a result the McCanns were questioned and later made suspects. But, one month later, the forensic service wrote another report saying that it could not be sure that those findings were correct.
THE INDEPENDENT: “Pandora: ‘You can imagine how I felt’ - Max Clifford”
Henry Deedes reads the Anorak.
McCanns finally cleared of blame over daughter’s disappearance
Goncalo Amaral, the detective in charge of the initial inquiry who was removed from the case, will publish a book this week making clear his belief that Madeleine died in her parents’ apartment on the night of her disappearance.
THE GUARDIAN: “Case closed: no leads, no suspects but, say McCanns, the hunt for Madeleine goes on”
“We welcome the news today, although it’s no cause for celebration,” Kate McCann said at a press conference last night.
DAILY TELEGRAPH (front page): “Case closed, but parents’ hunt goes on”
THE HERALD: “McCanns’ anguish: police should be in the dock”
Shame on the Portuguese police force. It emerges from the investigation of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance with its credibility in tatters. Where to begin? It has failed to find Madeleine or even to establish whether she is alive or dead, yet it has shelved her case.
It’s “COLETTE DOUGLAS HOME”. Yeah, those bungling Portuguese plods need to be punished. They’re not like our British coppers. Not like the Forensic Science Service…
Madeleine McCann: The news goes on…
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July 22nd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
You have to be invited but as it happens I know a couple of grand masters
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
It took me a few days to realise it was the leisecter police everyone was referring to and not lone
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Lone,
How can I get into the Masons?
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
yep - they said - evenin all - nothin to see here - now move along will ya
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I asked my GP today how many dead bodies he encountered, and he said maybe 1 in a month, and he said a partime one would probably have come into contact with hardly any/none.
Theres 4 doctors in a practice in west london.
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Brandon,
That did the trick!
Has Leicestershire Police said anything yet?
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:01 pm
That’s 401 Melanie
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Has Nosey gone?
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
400th
ner ner julie
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:58 pm
stevet
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
flash of boobs !!!!!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:58 pm
It’s never too late tho may I suggest plenty of lube
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:57 pm
coolandcalm Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
So I’m going to play with my new toy instead!
_____________________________
At YOUR age
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Someone cheer me up! Whats this about the police report being on the net?
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:52 pm
lmao
mwah ha ha ha
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
a pill from outerspace?
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
The Fund money keeps bothering me a bit. Clarence Mitchell today on Sky News:
“The Find Madeleine Fund exists to support the search for Madeleine, through the very generous donations received from members of the public. For as long as it lasts, it will be the principal source of funding for the search. It is currently roughly half-way spent, with around £460,000 left.”
At the beginning there was a little over a million; cannot remember the exact amount - just remember we’ve been posting about the fact that it stayed up to the penny the same amount for a long time
Now, if they’ve currently ad roughly half-way spent the donations, that would count for a little under half a million left. However, what happened to the libel money of UKP 550,000 then?
And … where did the profits of the sales of wristbands and T-shirts go? That must have been substantial money too. I have some experience in producing branded premium and giveaway stuff and recognise the margins they must have taken …
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
what’s a tabloid?
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:43 pm
This is a group where seven of the elements are medics, from various specialties, which adds to the fact that all of them have under-age children, which accompanied them. The MCCANN family was composed of the parents, as well as MADELEINE and the twins SEAN and AMELIE, these being two years old, at the date of the facts.
This trip was organized by the PAYNE family, namely by the male element of the couple, DAVID ANTHONY PAYNE, who had knowledge, as a user, of the tourist resorts that belong to the “Mark Warner” company.
The group shared among themselves a friendship that existed before this trip, based on professional relationships and other holiday trips.
It is pointed out that this was the first time that the elements of the group were on holidays at this resort on national territory for the first time, and that the group’s will to carry out the trip was planned approximately one month before it took place.
On the other hand, nothing indicates that any of the participants had any previous connection to Vila da Luz or that there resided or stayed any person related to them.
The group’s daily routine implied their movement, for dinner, to the Tapas Restaurant, which is located at the resort (although outside of the specific area of the apartments and without permitting a complete visual control of the latter), while their underage children remained alone – supposedly asleep – in their apartments while the dinner was under way.
According to the group’s common version, the checking of the children was done through regular visits by the adults to the apartments, with an – approximate – spacing of half an hour, with the exception of the children of the PAYNE couple, that possessed a technological system of self control, via intercommunication (“baby listening”).
Constitution of the group:
DAVID ANTHONY PAYNE – apartment 5H (first floor)
FIONA ELAINE PAYNE
DIANNE WEBSTER
RUSSEL JAMES O’BRIEN – apartment 5D
JANE MICHELLE TANNER
page 5 and 6
MATTHEW DAVID OLDFIELD – apartment 5B
RACHAEL MARIAMMA (sic) JEAN MANPILLY
GERALD PATRICK McCANN – apartment 5ª
KATE MARIE HEALY
The aforementioned persons were interviewed carefully and in great detail, on various occasions (see index), with the intention to collect all the relevant elements that could help the investigation to uncover the truth regarding the facts.
The analysis of the grouping of these inquiries emphasized the existence of important details which were not entirely understood and integrated, which needed to be, from our viewpoint, tested and compared together [concatenated] in the actual location.
As such, a concrete understanding of the lack of synergy of some aspects of elevated relevance should be attempted through a processed diligence via the reconstitution of the facts, which, due to a lack of collaboration of several relevant witnesses, was not able to be accomplished, in spite of all the force brought by the authorities.
Further ahead, in this report, the necessity of this diligence will be better analysed.
The investigation, during more than 13 months, followed all the credible indices related to different hypotheses and, in an impartial manner, continued to analyse, correlate and synthesize them, looking for an explanation for the happenings of the night of 3 May 2007.
Assuming that the minor’s disappearance was due to the acts of third parties, the PJ explored various lines of investigation, not excluding any hypothesis considered plausible or hypothetically acceptable.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
To those of you who actually read the tabloids, they are intentionally written on a 5th grade level.
Do yourself a favor, find an English-Portuguese dictionary and do the translations yourself.
M and A
READ tabloids? sorry? explain
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:40 pm
I thought Ronnie was mine…
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Sadly Nosey is becoming (has already become
) a stalker of the lovely Cristiano Ronaldo (my neighbour) and she wants me to stalk on her behalf 
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Nosey, eh?
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I did on the CR thread
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Oh Cheshire I’m trying to go to bed.
But you promised to tell me about Tuesday pm’s
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:30 pm
I hope the gutless disgusting pair DO sue the PJ - true money grabbing colours on show for all to see…..then perhaps a decent journo will grow some balls and ask the questions that should have been asked (and answered) long ago
my thoughts are only for Madeleine…the poor, poor child
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:30 pm
melanie
Honestly - wash your mind out with soap.
are you rovers supporter perchance? :soap:
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:28 pm
naughty
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Chenier
If only you could ‘put your finger on it’ …
nite
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
You know the same as everyone else Porkia, there is no evidence against any one that we know of, unless of course you are in possession of and withholding evidence from the relevant authorities.