Madeleine McCann: Metodo 3, Using The Media And Allegations
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
A reader in Portugal writes to Anorak of the Madeleine McCann case. There are no suspects. We do not know what crime, if any, has been committed. The parents are innocent. Robert Murat is innocent.
Now read on…
“Maddie: private detectives received aid from a “mole” inside the PJ - SOS Maddie.”
Spanish private detective reveals how the McCanns gained access to confidential police information within the Maddie case
Can this be true? Duarte Levy writes:
According to one of the private detectives that were hired by Metodo 3 within their contract with Kate and Gerry McCann, an inspector from the Polícia Judiciária transmitted confidential information regarding the movements of the Portuguese investigators and of their British colleagues within the inquiry into Maddie’s disappearance to the Spanish agency.
So leaks from the Portuguese police might not have been all bad?
The information that was thus obtained has allowed for the private detectives to inform the McCann couple and their entourage about the diligences that were prepared by the Portuguese investigators:
“Several initiatives by Amaral’s men failed due to the information that was given away by their colleague… but there was also information coming from informants that were connected to the British embassy”, the detective states.
“That was information that allowed us to know in advance what inspector Amaral and his colleagues intended to do”, the private detective further states during an interview that was recently recorded in Spain, stressing that “the inquiry would probably have had a different outcome without the intervention of the private detectives, but equally without that of certain British professionals.”
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November 16th, 2008 at 9:55 am
COME ON ANORAK !!!!!!!!
have your coffee
November 16th, 2008 at 7:47 am
just realise Murat should have had a thread too
November 16th, 2008 at 7:46 am
WAKE UP ANORAK
Time for a new thread
Can we have a gorgeous photo of Goncalo too please ?
November 16th, 2008 at 7:23 am
rasputin
He said he was unperturbed by the threat of any legal action from the McCann family. “There is no reason for that. The details exposed in the book are facts, happenings and objective data which figure in the process and not lies, as they have been described in the press.”
November 16th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Detective set to publish McCann book in Britain
Portuguese officer who led the search for Madeleine says his account defends the honour of his team
By Thais Portilho-Shrimpton
Sunday, 16 November 2008
Former policeman Goncalo Amaral hopes his book will be read in the UK by the ’section of the public eager to know the truth’
Former policeman Goncalo Amaral hopes his book will be read in the UK by the ’section of the public eager to know the truth’
A controversial best-selling account of the hunt for Madeleine McCann by the Portuguese detective who led the investigation is expected to be published in the UK soon, according to its author.
Speaking exclusively to The Independent on Sunday, Goncalo Amaral denied cashing in on the tragic disappearance of the three-year-old but said he was determined to restore his reputation, which “had been torn to shreds” by unfair and inaccurate media reports.
The book, Maddie: The Truth about the Lie, has already sold an estimated 180,000 copies in Europe, and Mr Amaral’s representatives are trying find a British publisher. The McCanns said last night that they would scrutinise any British publication with a view to possible legal action.
Madeleine went missing on 3 May 2007, days before her fourth birthday, from a holiday apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz as her parents dined at a nearby restaurant. In the Portuguese edition of his book, Mr Amaral says he believes she died in a “tragic accident” in the Mark Warner holiday flat where she was left to sleep the night she disappeared.
Mr Amaral was removed from the investigation in October 2007 after criticising British police officers. Nine months later the Portuguese authorities closed the investigation and lifted the arguido [suspect] label from Madeleine’s parents.
The book’s publisher, Mario Sena Lopes, said there was now an English version of Mr Amaral’s book and he was negotiating a UK deal. He said several publishers were interested and he was confident the British public would soon be able to read the book.
Mr Amaral said: “I received numerous messages of support and solidarity since being taken off the case, including from the UK – messages that also motivated me to tell people what I knew about the Maddie case. I am positive that there’s also a section of the public eager to know the truth.
“People can form their opinion without the manipulation that we have seen before.”
He said his only regret was failing to carry out a reconstruction of the events soon after Madeleine vanished but claims he was put under “serious pressure” not to. He insisted this was the only failure in a “perfect” text-book investigation.
Asked whether he thought Madeleine was dead, he said: “It is not just my opinion. A whole team of Portuguese and British investigators came to that conclusion last year, and this is part of the files. I have never said the couple killed their daughter and this is not my belief. Deaths may happen for natural reasons, accident or intervention by a third party.”
He said he was unperturbed by the threat of any legal action from the McCann family. “There is no reason for that. The details exposed in the book are facts, happenings and objective data which figure in the process and not lies, as they have been described in the press.”
He denied he was profiting from the tragic case. “The biggest thing I achieved with this book was to defend my honour and that of those who worked with me. The way I see it, you cannot put a price on dignity. The other objective of the book is to contribute to the search for the truth.”
Mr Amaral added that he is now considering legal action against a number of British media outlets. The “excessive” publicity the case attracted was a “double-edged sword: on one hand it makes the disappearance known, but on the other hand it puts the life of the missing person in jeopardy,” he insisted. “I demanded from my superiors, they stand up for the investigators faced with attacks by the media, but that never happened. This was one of the reasons that led me later on to hand in my resignation so I could regain my freedom of speech and write the book.”
Clarence Mitchell, a spokesman for the McCanns, said last night: “Lawyers for Kate and Gerry have been aware of what Mr Amaral has been alleging for some time. What he has said and written before now is grossly defamatory of them.
“If he chooses to publish them in Britain those words will be studied intensely carefully and they will not hesitate to act if they are defamatory.”
November 16th, 2008 at 6:51 am
I didnt know you were a prison warden Rasputin
No wonder you’re obssessed with arses
November 16th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Now my little fairytalers, let us remember this is factual Sunday, facts at all times is now the mantra of the day.
I note that Amaral’s book, for want of a better word, will not be published in the UK, something to do with strict libel laws I understand.
But there again some people believe everything they read in the press, you really think they would a sense of proportion now, apparently not.
Must dash the safety and security of Her Majesty’s subjects and all that.
Madeleine Beth McCann is a Ward of Court.
-Nanny Anorak says: Wrap up warmly and be careful out there young man. -agw
November 16th, 2008 at 3:26 am
Only my opinion, but I am agreeing with whomever offered earlier that any financial incentive should be removed from the use of dogs for police work. $200,000 is a LOT of money.
“The Mail on Sunday has learned that officers from Sussex are carrying out an investigation into alleged breaches of the Data Protection Act over leaked email correspondence between Mr Harper and Jersey’s attorney-general, and the police are also said to be concerned at the inquiry’s profligate expenditure - such as a decision to send two officers First Class to Australia, and a £100,000 bill for the use of Eddie the sniffer dog.”
November 16th, 2008 at 2:34 am
WOW! The INDEPENDENT has got its balls back!
And it has remembered its own fucking name for a change!
Rock on!
Well done The Independent! How come they get the exclusive???
When I heard this was going to print, I thought it would get kyboshed by Thursday!
This will set tongues wagging! What a perfect choice of newspaper!
And especially on top of all the various revelations this past week.
Crumbs!
November 16th, 2008 at 1:35 am
WARNING!!!! Many people on the other site have had Trojans this week too. I had BT protecting my computer interests -NOT!
November 16th, 2008 at 1:21 am
Off to my slumbers - but will be back ….. back …… back ………
Nite Saul and Chatelaine and Spongebob - and lovely speaking to you properly Spongebob!
See y’all later! X
November 16th, 2008 at 1:19 am
I actually call them Hot-Totty!
My Brother finds it distasteful to say the same - however - it gives him a reason to get my Nephew there on time! Just to see all the HotTotty pull up - so he knows whom to stand with.
He makes me laugh.
I shall read all the weekend pares tomorrow - but something tells me that it won’t be in the UK Press!
November 16th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Coco
they sound hot
November 16th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Chatelaine
The retro Moon-boot came back a couple of Sundays ago! They look incongruous with bleached and straightened hair and the fake-tan!
They look like Brigitte Bardot’s head on top and Jane Fonda’s Barbarella at the bottom. Sunday Film-Stars I call them! I wrote a play about them last season!
But I felt mean - so I shelved it!
This information will be on the other sites I reckon - but my friend won’t let me do anything until she comes back tomorrow to back up the rest of my files on CDs.
That’s why I’m on this computer now - the other one’s still scanning.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Good night all. Sleep well
November 16th, 2008 at 1:04 am
I don’t do rumour sites neither S.Bob.
Coco mentioned and I now vaguely recall indeed something about someone who wanted to have the case opened again, but really cannot remember who and where.
Not being in the U.K., I have no idea what you will find in your morning papers. I do hope, however, you will read them in good health and spirits
November 16th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Is anyone watching the Omen? How the fuck does he get the dagger set on a plane?
I mean, please, a bit of realism..
November 16th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Châtelaine
as I have already explained, I don’t do the rumour sites.
Can I presume it will be in my copy of The Observer or Sunday Herald when the nice young one drops it tomorrow morning?
November 16th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Thrilling! Guess I may not ask where you did read that …? Châtelaine Says:
November 16th, 2008 at 12:40 am
A witness, not mentioned in the files, yet to be spoken to AGAIN. Meaning the first “interview” was informal and didn’t seem of interest
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Chatelaine - I was just trial and erroring as usual - and can’t remember exactly where it was now - because I went through so many links - and there it was! I recall a guy trying to use this to get the Clan case opened again - but this was article was saying - that the police want to speak to the Witness!
Sounds very much like what happened to the Smith sighting.
I wonder if any of these Witnesses have actually stated that they saw Aliens in PDL?
I wonder if this is in any of The Files???
I am ringing David Icke tomorrow! See if he knows anything.
November 16th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Coco, you don’t have any of these fashionable nouveau-rich-city-people-living-in-the-countryside boots?
November 16th, 2008 at 12:46 am
They did find a dead bluebottle on the back bedroom window ledge. The shutters were intact so it was put down to “Bugkill”.
November 16th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Yeah … Who …?
Hope I can sleep after this news
November 16th, 2008 at 12:42 am
Who?
November 16th, 2008 at 12:40 am
A witness, not mentioned in the files, yet to be spoken to AGAIN. Meaning the first “interview” was informal and didn’t seem of interest …
November 16th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Chatelaine - I am usually the Woman in a Peignoir until lunch-time - unless I’m working!
Sunday football is treated like a fashion show where I have to go - and I just can’t walk on muddy grass inhigh heels! I’ve tried - but I just can’t do it!
So it’s either wellies or trainers.
SAUL! I want those bloody dogs back here tomorrow! One of my neighbours has gone missing.
I don’t want an episode like the one I heard about recently - where a chap had died ten feet from his front door but the police couldn’t find the body for Christ knows how long!
I hope you haven’t been renting the dogs out!
November 16th, 2008 at 12:36 am
coco Says:
November 16th, 2008 at 12:32 am
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Thrilling! Guess I may not ask where you did read that …?
November 16th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Yes Chateleine, the viruses are generally written for Windows systems. Windows OS has lots of little annoying files whereas the Mac OS is contained
November 16th, 2008 at 12:33 am
I thought my feet had gone numb. It was just Eddie and Keela, sleeping heavy. They enjoyed the sleep over but missed Salman and Osama desperately.
November 16th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Coco
I dress like that too in the morning, but that’s for the dogs. And I have, somehow, the idea that they won’t notice if that looks o.k.
November 16th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Bonsoir Chatelaine! Am only here for a short time coz got Real Life tomorrow.
I read something again yesterday about a witness whose name is never mentioned once in The Files - but whom the police now want to speak to again urgently! Not the lawyers or film-makers and TV companies this time - but the police!
What about that then!
If anybody knows who I mean here - don’t mention names or there will be a Press release tomorrow night!
November 16th, 2008 at 12:31 am
It is strange, though, SpongeBob, because in general - working only with iMac - I don’t have this kind of problems. You think I could ask my IT-ers to try and find source of he malware?