Madeleine McCann: Tourist Has New Pictures Of Tapas 7 For Sale
PAULO Reis has published an interesting piece of information on the Madeleine McCann case on his site. Read on:
“McCann case: 24 pictures that may help to re-open the case
A tourist who was (allegedly) at the Tapas Bar, on the night of May 3, took several pictures where the table with the McCanns and their friends is visible.
The tourist was with his wife and another couple and they took pictures from each other, with the McCann table on the background.
The owner of the pictures is (said to be) negotiating with several British newspapers to sell the rights for an exclusive publication, but with a condition: before being published, the pictures must be sent to the Portuguese police.
The tourist is well aware that the pictures may have important evidence related with a crime and not sending it to police is considered also a crime, in his country.
Yesterday, a well known legal office from UK (allegedly) knew about the existence of those pictures and contacted the owner, offering to buy all pictures for 600,000 Euros. But the British lawyers didn’t accept the condition set by the owner – that the pictures should be sent to the Portuguese police, just before the transaction. The lawyers’ office wanted to be free to choose the moment when the pictures would be send to Portuguese authorities, so the offer was refused by the tourist.“
The original article is here: http://gazetadigitalmadeleinecase.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccann-case-24-pictures-that-may-help.html
Wrires Carmen:
Assuming that the above is true and genuine, it begs the question, when exactly did ‘British lawyers’ feel that they were able to dictate when information in a criminal case should be handed over to the police? Is Madeleine not a Ward of Court, are they not officers of the court? Do they not have a duty to the court - the British court - not just the Portuguese court, to instantly hand over any information that may be pertinent to solving the riddle of what happened to Madeleine.
I have mixed feelings regarding the purchase of information when it is done by newspapers, but is this a new era, that information is being purchased by lawyers, who then decide what to do with it?
Why has the tourist not come forward before?
What or whom, is, or is not, in those photographs that makes them worth 600,000 euros.
Where is the 600,000 euros coming from - the last we heard the McCann Find Madeleine fund was down to it’s last 480,000 euros.So it could not possibly be the legal firm involved with the McCann Fund…could it?
One other question would be if the tourist sold the pictures to a legal firm intent on suppression - would the gent have his collar felt?
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August 13th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Thoughts apres bong…………If the photos show Tapas 10 and that person is well known maybe the couple with the photos were afraid of releasing them. Maybe they got threatened later that night. Maybe it’s taken a year of plastic surgery and a good relocation plan before they felt confident of putting forward the photos. The price they ask is to cover their costs and no more. Well maybe.
I wonder if they were Irish.
With a common English surname.
Or maybe one or more of the Tapas seven has turned. Grabbing some cash and cutting a deal for themselves with the PJ by promising them a first look.
Or maybe the couple really have just realised the significance of the photos. It really is hard to imagine someone holding out for so long. It could be a memory stick that got mislaid. Once found a holiday snap night was organised with the neighbours and they uncovered their pot of gold. “Fucking hell amazing, who would have thought!” said the neighbour ” Thats worth a fortune, but be careful mate, if its who we think it is there’s a lot at stake”.
Or maybe it’s more spin. The photos being innocent and maybe even supporting one of the senarios the McCanns have put forth. But by being made out to be important it would be another strange way of currying sympathy from the uninformed.
Or maybe they were stolen from a wallet. The purchase of the photos already done in Portugal and spirited to England in a back pocket. A lost wallet was recovered but the photos were gone and were now a time bomb. Hopes were, that the significance would not be realised by the thief but it looks like the secret was uncovered.
Taken by whom? Opportunist thief, organised thief or just bad luck. Or did the seller have copies made.
All my own thoughts and ideas after a few burbs/bongs.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
anaheim flash Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Lone Pigeon - 1:32 pm
Oh - Just a bit of light reading then …….not !!
It’s quick fire style tho so don’t let it put you off
Alternatively, Brandon, you could always get ‘Confessions of an anorak’ - A wonderful tale of showers and curly wurlys!
August 13th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Brandon,
What if the photo shows clearly who T10 is?
August 13th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
As for the alleged photos in today’s lead Anorak story, I’m sure I read somewhere that whilst out walking on the evening 3 May Jes Wilkins saw a woman in a violet dress near apt 5A. So maybe the photos will be relevant if they show a woman in a violet dress.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Hi daze
I am trying to figure out, what the photo could contain, that wasnt vital to find madeleine, but is worth that much money !
August 13th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Lone Pigeon - 1:32 pm
Oh - Just a bit of light reading then …….not !!
August 13th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
lone
Sounds a bit blokesy but I will give it a go
August 13th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
# Melanie Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Is the “f” word fact or fiction?
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August 13th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
The Cold Six Thousand is a daringly direct take on the biggest events in America in the 1960s – the assassinations of President John F Kennedy, civil rights leader Martin Luther King and JFK’s younger brother Senator Robert F Kennedy. All this set against the first few years of the US involvement in Vietnam, the cold war and the stand-off with Cuba, with considerable influence from such figureheads as FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes and the leading dons of the US Mafia.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Is the “f” word fact or fiction?
August 13th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
G’day !
Is the coast clear or are Coco and Jo still around? Don’t really want to read the f.. word anymore … what a bore .. and all the other nonsense they go on about.
So, new photos emerging? How interesting.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cold-Six-Thousand-James-Ellroy/dp/0099893304
August 13th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Garth, did you see my earlier post about the timelines? Here is an extract:
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It was Gerry who asked him to check on Kate and the kids, Payne told Police. According to Kate, David knocked at the door (the door facing the swimming pool). She just put a towel around her, went to the living room and they had a brief talk. David said he thinks the French doors were open and he went inside the apartment. The kids were there, playing around, and the conversation with Kate was short. David Payne confirmed this was the last time he saw Madeleine.
(5) About the kids, David Payne said they were all dressed in their pyjamas, looked like angels, just at the beginning of his statement to British Police. 41 minutes later, when asked what everybody was wearing, he said he could only remember that the kids were dressed in white. He could not remember what Kate McCann was wearing.
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Have to say, if I were to go to Rothley Towers this afternoon, knock on the door and K answers dressed in nothing but a towel, then a couple of days later someone asks me what K was wearing, I think I’d remember.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
lone
What is it genre ?
August 13th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Sorry, that was meant to be Nc, not Nt…
August 13th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Nt
Thank you for the tip; at the moment I am relying on the offspring’s ability in the martial arts field to dissuade anyone from assaulting me.
She can talk the hind legs off a donkey, which also helps…
August 13th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
brandon - the cold six thousand by james ellroy is good!
August 13th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
If it is dead bodies you are looking for, Charlton Heston might be a good person to contact.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I think the heat thing might be a problem on the cadaver front.
I’m pretty sure that Charlton Heston never announced that they would have to prise his guns from his warm dead fingers…
August 13th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Nosey
Can I expect a knock at me door then?
Ooerrrr …… better go and get me posh frock on ….. or shall I invite them in for afternoon tea?
August 13th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Nosey, you certainly do…
August 13th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Just a thought..
If these photos are a scam because they have been digitally altered, are the McCanns going to say that they think they’ve been altered because they know how easily it can be done?
August 13th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Chenier/Mrs T
Be very very careful - remember our cheryls’ connections
August 13th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Mel
Can 14 month old cadavers be found by heatseeking equipment then?
blooming heck you learn something new every day on anoark
August 13th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Have you had a liquid lunch again Melanie
August 13th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Can anyone recommend me a good book for my holiday ?
I like thrillers, who dunnits, real crime, mysteries, some girly types, science fiction, ghosts etc….
not too keen on mythological / space / under the earth/ harry potter like / Dr who ish ones.
Thanks
x
August 13th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Chenier, did dogs nivent heat seeking equipment then?
August 13th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Tin hats at the ready
August 13th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Just in case anyone misses it on the previous thread, Cheryl has welcomed the appointment of yet another firm of investigators with the claim that it will help find Madeleine or her remains.
I have pointed out that if you want to find a body dogs are rather better at it than humans…
August 13th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Is it the irish smoking teenager family ?