Madeleine McCann: Portugal Police Search And Eilis O’Hanlon Empathises
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SUNDAY PEOPLE: “Police hunt for Maddie ‘is still on’”
Portugal’s top cop has vowed to search “to the ends of the Earth” for Maddie McCann even though prosecutors have shelved the case. Almeida Rodrigues, head of the Judicial Police, said his detectives will chase up all leads until the 15-month mystery is solved.
No end in sight.
He said: “A case only stops being investigated if there is a successful criminal trial.”
IRISH INDEPENDENT: “Only McCanns know full pain of never-ending story - If you find the ambiguity hard to live with, imagine the trauma the McCanns have to endure, writes Eilis O’Hanlon”
Let’s empathise. Says O’Hanlon:
It’s difficult to know where the story can go from here.
But you’ve got a column to fill. Dig deep.
But it still feels as if an ending of sorts has been reached. The disappearance of Madeleine has become a part of history. That’s probably a shocking indictment of the shortness of our collective memory — but, reprehensible or not, it’s true.
It’s living history. Read about it today’s Irish Indy.
The internet obsessives will keep the flame burning a little longer, having determined long ago not to let a little thing like the facts stop them witch-hunting Kate and Gerry; but even they will give up eventually.
Read O’Hanlon’s column online.
And that’s why there’s still such an unwillingness among many to accept that the McCanns’ names really have been conclusively cleared. Take the Portuguese statement at face value, rather than deciphering it for clues that Madeleine’s parents really were guilty of her murder and are only being exonerated because they have powerful friends who put pressure on the authorities in Praia da Luz, and what it means is that there still isn’t closure and there’s precious little prospect of there ever being so. It means living with ambiguity.
Well, no. The McCanns are no longer suspects because there is no evidence to say otherwise. But hasn’t it all ended, O’Hanlon?
Posted: 27th, July 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (368) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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July 27th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
o Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Garth
Both parties have to prove their arguments
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Jo
If Amaral cant prove his claim then there is no argument. And thats where he will come unstuck.
July 27th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
But not as good as Mr McGuire.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Akoukq5DvAE
July 27th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
VQ
Could this link Gandolf provided be more missed evidence by the PJ? The description of this person seems uncannily like that described by Tanner dont you think?
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20082851299179
July 27th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Garth
Both parties have to prove their arguments
Dangerous game for the mcaans
They still do not have the files ,have they? and now,oh…noooo,everybody is on holidays in Portugal !!! will have to be much later on,then….
I think the “angerMeter” is going to explode soon in rothley
July 27th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Gandolf Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Chenny, Wagner could be extremely apocalyptic.
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But the Doors do it so much better…
July 27th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
chenier Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
It’s not Götterdämmerung just yet:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_-2TNXqEP-Y
i just love that tune.
July 27th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Jo, trust me, an author of fiction can be sued for libel and defamation.
I know several authors who have got caught in this just by inadvertently using a name. It’s dangerous territory.
Amaral will get well and truly nailed if he can’t prove everything he has written and his publishers won’t support him. They’ll bale.
July 27th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Chenny, Wagner could be extremely apocalyptic.
July 27th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
jo
I dont know the legalities of it all but if Amaral makes a claim and is subsequently taken to court for libel wouldnt ‘he’ have to prove his claim as fact? Not the other way around.
July 27th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Gandolf Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
The Smiths did contact the Portuguese police once they had returned to Ireland, but say they have had no contact with the officers investigating the case since May last year.
Amaral’s mind appears to be playing tricks if the above is factual.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20082851299179
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Spot the deliberate mistake in Amaral’s recollection of arrangements for a star witness…”"THE WITNESS”"
July 27th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Gandolf Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
It’s not Götterdämmerung just yet:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_-2TNXqEP-Y
July 27th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
VQ…. honestly? I would if I had time but I really am buried in work right now. I’ve got the Danny Collins book here but have only skimmed it superficially. Not enough hours in the day
July 27th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Amused Bystander Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Maria, 5.49 pm.
Maria, didn’t you realise? This isn’t reality here. This is Anorak-land…
or anorkland even.
July 27th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
veritablequandary Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Jo, did you say this?”
… the PJ report hasn’t been released yet, just Amarals work of embroidery. I mean even Jo, who is his biggest fan, says its fiction
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yes….in relation to libel. Can the author of a book be sued for libel? To prove there is libel they would have to prove absolutely everything.Its when the real fun starts and this is what my post meant
I do hope they go for it
July 27th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
C and C, I dare you to read it!
July 27th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
c and c, there has been rumbling about the book being withdrawn, but that’s a bit hard to manage when the first printing is already sold out!
July 27th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Should of been ‘can’
July 27th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
VQ…. several times Jo has said its fiction! I’m sure M&A can confirm that! it was her justification for trying to quote chunks of it on Anorak. weird huh?
July 27th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
oolandcalm Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Garth said…. I didnt realise my Bentley was a fantasy car!…
can you provide me with a link to that please Garth?
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Of course i cant………. stig!
July 27th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Garth
“I didnt realise my Bentley was a fantasy car! ;)”
Now come on! If you were Seymor Laws I might believe it?
July 27th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Jo, did you say this?”
… the PJ report hasn’t been released yet, just Amarals work of embroidery. I mean even Jo, who is his biggest fan, says its fiction
July 27th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
There is no DNA evidence from the FSS, the dogs alerts/indications appear to have been ahem, as useful as a chocolate teapot. Why would the AG perjure himself, no evidence against any of the former arguidos, what part of that simple phrase don’t the windylickers understand, or should I say windylickin denial brigade.
July 27th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Stig, you are doing better than Garth!
July 27th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
“The British journalists were annoyed because they found out too late that I had been in the United Kingdom. It ended up with Justine receiving loads of phone calls and arranging for a photo shoot on the way to the church, to pacify them”, Kate writes on the 5th of July, revealing a tactic that was adopted in the first days after the 3-year-old girl disappeared”
“I was very angry at a journalist today. I told her not to do so much detective work.”
wowooo really an efficient pair… ! a touch dictactorial but efficient
quick,down to point,rapid power of decision,clean,good actors,charming,smiling,photogenic….. the elite,la crème de la crème
Part II The Fall Of Rome
July 27th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Garth said…. I didnt realise my Bentley was a fantasy car!…
can you provide me with a link to that please Garth?
July 27th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
VQ
“Holidaymakers who stayed at the resort where Madeleine McCann disappeared are being asked to provide DNA samples and fingerprints after detectives found evidence of a possible kidnapper,”
From the leaked PJ summary report:
“From the tests and inspections that were carried out, a biological residue was collected which supposedly carried identificative value. Faced with this, the same residue was sent to Interpol, in order to be compared with the compatible databases, page 3467-a.”
I suppose it is not categorically evidence of an abduction as it might prove to be unrelated, but it IS unexplained and it could be relevant.
There was also the shopkeeper who reported seeing a blonde woman outside the bedroom window at around the time Madeleine was reported missing, It might have been Kate desperately searching but then again it might not. If it had been Kate, then I would have imagined there would have been someone else with her but I don’t think anyone else was mentioned in the sighting.
July 27th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
VQ… the PJ report hasn’t been released yet, just Amarals work of embroidery. I mean even Jo, who
is his biggest fan, says its fiction.
C and C, I dare you to read it anyway!
And you too Maria.
Stig can read the original in Portuguese.
July 27th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
oolandcalm Says:
July 27th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
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I didnt realise my Bentley was a fantasy car!
VQ
a direct link?
July 27th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
That site also contains ongoing translation of Amaral’s book.
July 27th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Garth Says:
I haven’t. Got a link?
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I haven’t. Got a link?
http://www.mccannfiles.com