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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?

Anorak

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lone pigeon says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:09 am

morning julie

noseycow says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:08 am

hiya Julie

perhaps you could get Garth to answer?

Chantelaine - morning

Goddess’s can be very very scary - can’t they

Matt. says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:07 am

Yo, Julie.

Julie says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:06 am

Time for the bombastic one to enter ………

‘Ello everyone

Châtelaine says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:04 am

M&A
Artemis
The allegation is libelous, Chatelaine. Please don’t repeat it.
****
With all due respect, Artemis, I haven not repeated anything nor was I planning to do so.

My post of 9:40 am was
- published
- went into moderation
- was released
- and is now in moderation for the 2nd time

I have no intention to question the decisions of a Moderator, so please pull definitely, if you wish so. However, I would not want to be misunderstood, as I have not and will not repeat it.

———-
M&A
Artemis
Thank you, Chatelaine, for being so patient with the bouncing post.
I will pull it now that you have had the opportunity to read the note.

lone pigeon says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:03 am

I said yesterday they always disappear when faced with a tricky question Nosey. They haven’t got the balls to admit they’re wrong!

Matt. says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:03 am

noseycow Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:00 am

All the usual disconcerting habits associated by such exponents of the art.

lone pigeon says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:02 am

hahahahahahaa classic nosey!

Dec 8th is the due date

Chernier will know that this is Jim Morrisons birthday also and i’m a massive fan of the doors! Weirdly he died in the year I was born so maybe I’ll have a little rock star! I’ve saved all my equipment from my band days also so i’m going to train both of them when they are older!

noseycow says:
August 13th, 2008 at 11:00 am

sorry - Of course I meant rolling EYE.

Matt

Complete with rolling eyes and heavy sighs?

noseycow says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:59 am

Lone P

aaaawwwww (((((((((((((((((((hug))))))))))))))))))).

Funny how we all get all goey over bumps and babies We used to call the bump that turned into my daughter, animal coz she kicked so much. I was sat in a board meeting once with arms crossed across my ample tummy and she gave such a huge kick that my arms flew up and knocked over my coffee. Didn’t impress the manufacturing directer though…

when’s he/she due?

Matt. says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:56 am

noseycow Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:54 am

If I were a plumber….I’d be doing a deep intake of breath through pursed lips.

noseycow says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:54 am

do you think I’ll have to wait a long time for Garth to explain/support his statement that the shutters had been tampered with?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeR2dHHZQzI

Matt. says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:53 am

noseycow Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:52 am

Not at all.

lone pigeon says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:53 am

noseycow Says:

August 13th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Lone P.

I guess I know what you wished for!

How’s bump?

grown massively over the last two weeks - I can really see the movement on the skin when baby moves - all going really well and the better half is taking it all in her stride gawd bless her

noseycow says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:52 am

silver?

Matt. says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:50 am

noseycow Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:44 am

It was on page 1.

Then disappeared….to moderation I expect.

Then it was released.

Now it seems to have disappeared again.

Am quite dizzy now…..but not blonde…..yet.

noseycow says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:47 am

Lone P.

Brandon

thanks

lone pigeon says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:46 am

morning nosey

Shame you didn’t see any shooting stars last night

I think we saw about 20 in the end

noseycow says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:45 am

August 13th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Garth Says:

August 13th, 2008 at 9:36 am

edit

But the shutters had been tampered with.

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Garth where on earth did you get this little gem???

PMSL

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Garthy babe - am still waiting.

coolandcalm says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:44 am

Has anyone discovered the nationality of the tourist yet?
Would it be against British Law to sell them to a newspaper without giving them to the police first?

I suppose we’ll find out all shortly if its true, if not it’ll fade away like so many other ‘hold the front page’ stories constantly doing the rounds of the blogs.

noseycow says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:44 am

I can’t see Chantelaine’s excellent post - what did it say????

M&A
Artemis
T’was libelous, and thus not suitable for repetition.

Abraham Zapruder says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:42 am

Garth, from yesterday’s thread (Brandon)
See notes 1-7 at the end:

This is a brief description (*) of the hours between 4:30/5:00 pm up to 8:00 pm, May 3:
1 – The seven friends and children went to the beach, on the afternoon of May 3, at different hours and later, all together, went to Paraíso beach bar,;
2 – They asked food for the children and it was around 5:30 pm when the food arrived;
3 – The men (David, Matthew and Russell) left around 5:55/6:20 pm (1), to go to the tennis court (2), because there was a “men’s social tennis round” that night;
4 – The wives stayed in the Paraíso Bar, because they had asked for ice creams for the kids and the men were late for the “men’s social tennis round” scheduled to start at 6:00 pm;
5 – When the three men arrived at the tennis court, Gerry was there, already, playing;
6 - Kate had been at the tennis court, with Gerry, after 3:30 pm, but she left around 4:30 pm and went jogging on the beach (3). Gerry stayed in the courts, playing with Julian;
7 – The nannies took the children (including the three McCann children) to have “high tea” near the Tapas bar, around 5:00 pm;
8 – Kate finished jogging (5:20/5:30 pm) and met Gerry, who was already with Madeleine, Sean and Amelie near the Tapas Bar. They took the kids,together, to the apartment and Gerry went back to tennis;
9 – Around 6:10/6:15 pm, all the women left Paraíso with the kids and went to the tennis court to see the men playing. They stayed there for some undisclosed time and went to their apartments, around 6:45/7:20 pm;
10 – Gerry asked David Payne (4), around 6:30 pm, to look in on Kate, to see if she needed help to take the kids to the playing area, near Tapas bar;
11 – David knocked at the A5 apartment (4). Kate had just finished having a bath and David saw that the kids were already bathed and were in their pyjamas (5) playing around;
12 – Kate told David the kids were very tired, so they were not going to the playing area (6);
13 – David Payne got his tennis kit and went to the court. He arrived around 7:00 pm and the four men (Gerry, David, Matthew and Russell) started to play, but after a short time Gerry decided he had had enough tennis and went to the apartment. He was replaced by Dan, a tennis coach from Ocean Club;
14 – The three men played until almost 8:00 pm and they went back to their apartments, to get ready for dinner, as the table was reserved for 8:30 pm (7).
Notes:
(1) Matthew said they left Paraíso at 6:20 pm. Russell said the three men left around 6:00 pm. David also stated 6:00 pm. Fiona said it was 5:55/6:00 pm, when the three men left.
(2) Russell said that he and Matthew went straight to the courts. Matthew said he went to the apartment to get his tennis gear and Russell did the same. David said the other two men went to the apartments and he went to meet Gerry, who was already playing, at the courts.
(3) According to Russell, while the group was at the beach, before going to Paraíso beach bar, they saw Kate doing her jogging near the seaside, at around 5:15/5:20 pm. They didn’t talk, some people from the group that was at the beach just waved to Kate. Russell said that David went to his own apartment and also – he believes – to the McCann apartment. Briefly, David came back and joined them, there was Dan with two or three more guests and they played for more than one hour, until 8:00 pm, Russell said. Gerry went back to the apartment a short time before the three men, according to Russell. Dan, the tennis coach, also left earlier.
(4) – 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.
(6) The conversation with Kate was short: 3 to 5 minutes, David Payne said.
(7) According to Fiona Payne, David came back from tennis at 7:10 pm, still in time to help give the children a bath . Diana Webster said her son-in-law helped to bath the children, around 7:10 pm. Matthew Oldfield said that the three men (he, Russell and David) played up to 8:00 pm. Rachael told police that Gerry left at 7:20 pm to help Kate put the children in bed. Russell also said the he, David and Matthew played for almost one hour, close to 8:00 pm and they left the tennis court together.
(*) These details were obtained by cross-referencing information from statements given to Portuguese and British police by the McCann couple, their seven friends and Kate’s personal notes. Large time gaps, in some situations, are due to the different times given by the persons questioned.
Duarte Levy and Paulo Reis