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?
Posted: 13th, August 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (730) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
- Anorak on X Factor: Hairy Jordans Jedward To Star On I’m A Celebrity And Coronation Street
- Paul Wainwright on The Pirelli 2010 Calendar In Artful Nudity (NSFW)
- yampster on X Factor: Hairy Jordans Jedward To Star On I’m A Celebrity And Coronation Street
- Pete on In Photos: Susan Boyle Sings Rockefeller Center Plaza In New York City
- Katie Norman on I’m A Celebrity Watch: Katie Price Is More Hated Than Baby P’s Mum
August 13th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Chaterlaine
That has a satisfying imagery to it !
August 13th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I think the George thread has just gotta be the best ever ….. I absolutely piss myself every time I read it … even got it saved to favourites …. it’s better than any comedy show I’ve ever seen …. did you see Duncan’s comment under the one post PMSL …. I have tears running down my face AGAIN …..
August 13th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Az
hmmm, I am thankful to whoever it is I havent had as much sleuthing for ages
August 13th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
brandon flours -
I would think that most doctors who travel to the UK encounter fellow passengers who are in need of medical attention, the UK does have an unusually high rate of heart disease.
Still, it’s a bit intriguing, since doctors don’t normally comment on such everyday acts.
August 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Julie
PMSL at their posts I had a pee leek
August 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Thanks Julie
I just read Sophie’s comment on there and that was enough!
August 13th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Brandon
I think it’s right that the Pj took the T9’s cameras, so it’s unlikely that anything on DW’s camera will amount to startling new evidence. Then again, she had her camera with her that evening so it’s possible she took piccies of the Tapas gathering. If so, maybe they are on the famous DVd and will be released.
I don’t think JW and BOD are the happy snappers, and the Times article is quite specific about the Herts couple on the next table. If they had their kids with them, why wouldn’t they take a few piccies of them? And maybe the piccies have been kept under raps up to now because they wanted to keep their kids out of the media. Just speculating.
August 13th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Melanie,
THIS is George :
http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/184470.html#comment-325669
(If I get thrown in the cooler for this - you’re going to beg and plead and pay money to get me out)
August 13th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
GF
No looking at that bottle of blue label vodka, and thinking to myself, ‘just one more push…’
August 13th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Brandon, you really mean Webster might have been completely silent and out of the picture all this time and now put photos up for sale. B.t.w. DP is not her son, but her son-in-law.
Which reminds me of an old joke: anyone know a good sample of “mixed-feelings”? It’s your mother-in-law driving your brand-new car into a ravine …
August 13th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
what on earth for?????
August 13th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
GF,
August 13th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
nosey lone
I got one of those old fashioned red and black cast iron street sweet dispensers in mine lol
August 13th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
noseycow Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I know it was a while ago but I can tell you exactly what I was doing on the day leading up to my kids births,
*************************
Looking at the ceiling and swearing a lot ??
August 13th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
noseycow Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Interesting that Gerry reports to the press that they all (adults and kids) had tea together - and it was a highlight of the holiday. When in reality the tapas 8 took their kids to a beach front restaurant for tea and M & twins were fed by the nanny in the creche. [...] i expect that most people would be able to recall what happened the day their child was ’snatched’, perhaps with the exception of doctors.
****
Their feeble memories in fact make me doubt about everything they say and do
August 13th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Grande finale
It makes sence if it was her though doesnt it
August 13th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
noseycow Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Brandon
I finally got the quote for my shower room
does it include curly wurlys?
August 13th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Brandon
I finally got the quote for my shower room
August 13th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Interesting that Gerry reports to the press that they all (adults and kids) had tea together - and it was a highlight of the holiday. When in reality the tapas 8 took their kids to a beach front restaurant for tea and M & twins were fed by the nanny in the creche.
I know it was a while ago but I can tell you exactly what I was doing on the day leading up to my kids births, i expect that most people would be able to recall what happened the day their child was ’snatched’, perhaps with the exception of doctors.
August 13th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Colin Stagg would have been better off being linked to Maddie.
Who is George?
August 13th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Cheryl
I reported you accurately; you didn’t go into hysterics on that thread, so why are you doing so on this thread?
What you said was:
‘Right now anything is worth the try to find out where their daughter is or her remains.’
I simply pointed out that dogs are better at finding remains than humans…,
August 13th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
AZ
Wouldnt they be wilkins ?
****
No. Wilkins met them in the Tapas Bar on May 2, remember? They decided to stay home May 3, as the baby didn’t want to sleep. Interestingly, O’Donnell also has a nice description of Wilkins carrying their [older] daughter from the creche to the apartment on May 2. Strongly resembles something JT says to have seen the next day …
August 13th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I swear if I see that man Iwill punch him on his bent nose
August 13th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
chenier Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Lone
Cool down; think good thoughts, not sad ones.
The bump really would prefer happy vibes…
i’m always cool when it comes to bump!
I’m only angry at the pc monitor 
August 13th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Abraham Zapruder Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
From an old (ish) article (Times December 07) but relevant to today’s thread I would say……….
As they chatted, Gerry thought how lucky he was, his children asleep nearby, he and Kate free to come and enjoy some adult time at the restaurant and not have to sit with their children, as this couple were.
***********************************************************************
!!!!!!!!!!!! GGGRRRR!!! But I shouldn’t be hasty. Perhaps this was just artistic licence by a journalist. I believe they are guilty of that sometimes……???!
August 13th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Diane went to fetch her camera didnt she,
Maybe she took them and wants to sell her story
edited jj
August 13th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Lone
Cool down; think good thoughts, not sad ones.
The bump really would prefer happy vibes…
August 13th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
doris Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
he thought HOW LUCKY HE WAS TO SIT DOWN WITHOUT HIS KIDS ???????
****
Yes, that’s what he said in the interview. We’ve been spending quite a lot of comments on that one at the time.
Interestingly the O’Donnell article - much in favor of the McCs as it seemed to be - also spent some critical remarks on their child-care … It’s said also to have been an item in the brief meeting between GM and Wilkins May 3 at 9:15 pm
August 13th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Chenier, here is my post you took your weird delight in mispresenting what I said.
Good heavens, have a bad night MrsT? Sometimes when I’ve lost sleep I wake up acting like real bitch too.
“The McCanns are desperate to get their child back I can’t fault them for turning to any country pleading for help. Why the surprise? Didn’t CM say the other day they were asking for US help but I think someone mentioned the Secret Service, which didn’t quite make sense to me. Our respective law enforcement agencies have worked together before and I’m quite certain the UK will be briefing them. You have to remember, at least I remember, some people on here swear up and down you seldom have children taken over there or as many missing as is stated in statistics. Unfortunately, we do have many children taken and missing over here and our FBI always get involved in a missing child case when a possible kidnapping or crossing over state lines is involved. They have a special team/force for just that. Right now anything is worth the try to find out where their daughter is or her remains.”
August 13th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
If they are not involved or have anything to do with her disapearence I still hope they rot in hell for leaving those kids and for all the apologists out there I hope you do to.