Madeleine McCann: An Interview With Raymond Hewlett
BILD, the German tabloid, has spoken with Raymond Hewlett, the convicted paedophile, about being on the Madeleine McCann radar.
Interestingly, the paper blurs a picture of his face. Innocent until proven guilty? Well, in Germany, it would seem so. But in the UK..?
BILD: How are you?
RH: “Not very good, more like bad!”
BILD: When will you be questioned regarding the Maddie McCann case?
RH: What do the police want from me? The investigations in Portugal were closed a long time ago.
BILD: And what about the cases from 1975, in which you are accused of being involved in the rape of two young girls?
RH: I don’t have anything to do with that. I came to Germany because my wife and our six children live here. My wife is looking for a lawyer for me at the moment.
Sky:
Witnesses who have tried to pass on information about potential new sightings of Madeleine have been told by detectives they will not investigate “because the case is closed and Madeleine is dead.”
Daily Mail: “The prison letters from Madeleine paedophile suspect Raymond Hewlett that blamed his young victims for attacks”
Convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett blamed his young victims for his sickening history of sex attacks, his prison letters have revealed.
In a series of self-pitying notes from his jail cell, the serial child sex offender wrote that one of his victims had ‘complete control of the situation’ and that he ‘just went along with it’.
He whined: ‘People are trying to make me into some sort of monster… I’ve got so much love to give but every time I give it something seems to go wrong.’
The letters to his family showed no sign of remorse and Hewlett, now 64, desperately tried to convince his daughter Gina that he was innocent of his crimes.
And this links him to Our Maddy how?
In a spidery scrawl, littered with grammatical errors, Hewlett wrote…
And so it goes…
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May 27th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
cheryl:
Yes I have heard about the alleged abuse in Ireland,I also remember George Anderson and Margaret Hewitt who were convicted of abuse at a barnardos home in northern Ireland in 2004, the allegations by dozens of victims dated back many years and detailed the most horrible abuse.
The pair were sentenced to 15 and 13 yrs respectively, it was headlines in every paper with people describing them as evil and depraved etc and calling for hanging! A year after they were jailed and after being attacked and spat on in jail one of the ‘victims’ found his conscience and confessed that the whole thing had been a lie and that former residents had got together and conspired to make a great deal of money through compensation by alleging abuse. Hewitt and anderson had their convictions dropped quite quickly although their freedom was hardly given a mention on the news or in the papers. Since their release there have been many other careworkers had their abuse convictions quashed. Despite this the police still carry out trawling and compensation for carehome abuse still varies at figures between £20 k and £100k
May 27th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
June, I noted that also. But one must remember that old saying ‘you get more with honey than you do with vinegar’ and anyone who works in or knows PR knows that old trick! You do realize I hope that the Detectives will address him also as Mr. Hewlett as will any Police who talk with him. It does not help the cause any to call him every blue word known to mankind, now is the time to show him respect he truly does not deserve. Why I said on the other thread yesterday the papers crucifying that man is not helping at all and doing great harm - he gets a lawyer to represent him you can kiss any cooperation from him good bye.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Cheryl
Even an anti like me agrees with you, I have noticed and remarked that the McC’s haven’t been involved in this, (to Maria in some thread or other)
This is ‘make money for A.N. Other’ and abusing Madeleine, and it should stop.
I notice that CM called Hewlett Mr Hewlett, so what is true here?
May 27th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Busterbill, those depraved creatures who prey upon children are very much alive and thriving throughout the world. Are all the stories that have been printed in newspapers over the years about abuse that took place in some orphanages or homes for wayward children a figment of imaginations or horror stories made up to scare small children or sell newspapers? No. Have you read the latest expose of what took place in Ireland? Yes, there have been over-zealous investigators/prosecutors who primed little children for a case and used their imaginations to make a case that should never have been made against innocent people.
Do I think the newspapers should be carrying this ongoing investigation by the Detectives in their headlines or even carrying the story at all? No I do not! I think their coverage of this is abhorrant and they are doing more damage than good! If a ‘person of interest’ the detectives feel they should talk to wants to know what is going on all they have to do is pick up a UK paper and they’ll know exactly when best they should leave wherever to move on to a different area or country. Most reputable newspapers will honour a serious request not to print a story about an ongoing investigation but I’m not sure many of the UK papers could even spell the word reputable.
A lid should be put on this case fast and not another word spoken nor given to the press. It also applies to CM to keep his mouth shut!
May 27th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Buster
No, it doesn’t.
May 27th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Could the ‘underworld lowlife activity’ referred to is just the same as the mythical jersey care home torture dungeons or the hysterical clamour for blood some years back when satanic abuse was all the rage and children were coaxed by police to create fantastic stories about babies being murdered in ritual ceremonies involving animals and people dressed in black robes, in the end it all proved to be nonsense and was just another case of the Murdoch press drumming up business.
what is the most distressing thing about all of this is the way new labour is allowing the low class media to fill our childrens heads with all this bs, Murdoch knows he can bring any government down and given this fact no prime minister dare hold him to account
May 27th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Cheryl, Buster ,Thatpoor priest
Chequebook journalism being my second choice, paedo underworld being my first as that has more than anyone the most to gain by someone carrying the can , if not for the McCann mystery then for other proven paedo attacks on children.
The McCanns have nothing whatsoever to gain by paying anyone to carry the can, especially if in future years MM might reappear. And in all seriousness even if the Fund could fund it, they would have to explain where it went to the Trustees and the taxman. And whatever else they are to my mind at least they aren’t paedos, just careless.
I know some people will talk, but in all this I don’t think many suspect the McC’s of any underworld lowlife activity, and those who do think that wouldn’t be taken seriously as law abiding anyway
May 27th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Busterbill - it is all in the eyes of the beholder of the subtle meaning of what was written!
May 27th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I can see 6 Cheryl
May 27th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
cheryl
You have a vivid imagination, I interpreted priests post to be referring to the possibility of Hewlett benefitting from chequebook journalism not the mccanns.
It certainly wouldnt be a major surprise as it is quite common for the media to pay women for their stories of rape etc especially when the perpetrator is alleged to be a footballer or celebrity.
Some years back the News of The World even paid a woman £10k to make an allegation of abuse against Glitter with the promise of a further £15k if it resulted in a conviction, needless to say the judge threw the case out when this came to loght
May 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
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May 26th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
WHAT I POSTED IN THE ABOVE HAS BEEN SITTING IN MODERATION SINCE YESTERDAY IS MY PRESUMPTION — AS IT STILL SHOWS THAT TO ME?
HAS ANYONE DECIDED IF IT CAN BE READ BY OTHERS YET? I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE FIRST LINK WAS DISCUSSED LONG AGO AND IN FACT WHEN THE STORY FIRST BROKE I POINTED THAT OUT ON THE FORUM.
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It also contained two links, any more than one and it automatically go into moderation
May 27th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
June, true but that is not why he posted the fictitious scenario. Granted most, if not all, of the ‘rabid’ posters who followed the bible written by whoevers at the time and spread the word as devoted disciples thru the ‘cyber’ lands are gone. But can you well imagine how what was posted would travel thru cyber land and be quoted as the bible? In fact, I won’t be surprised to re-read it down the road and someone will have put their own twist to it
May 27th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Thatpoorpriest/Cheryl
Its perfectly possible if Madeliene was abducted by a paedo ring that they (the peado ring) would have the finances to pay for a ‘confession’ from a dying man.
Possibly a less than squeaky clean media source.
In all honesty does anyone think the McCanns with their working class background, and their own financial commitments would EVER have sufficient funds to make that sort of deal?
May 27th, 2009 at 1:55 am
thatpoorpriest, yes it was a ridiculous short term he was given to serve and then when he got out from just a year he struck again (a 14 year old) and got 4 years or 6 years, got out and struck again. I haven’t quite figured out why such a ‘low price’ to pay is put on young girls’ lives in the UK, who will spend most likely a life-time carrying emotional scars. He brutally steals their childhood and innocence from them and gets out to strike again.
By the way, I think your ‘fictitious scenario’ is quite uncalled for and loathsome and only an idiot would not understand what you are hinting to …
May 27th, 2009 at 12:52 am
From what it is reported that he did to 12 year olds, he had ludicrously short jail sentences. IMO, no punishment is too harsh for a man who kidnaps a 12 year old and puts her in the boot of his car etc etc.etc
However, all that aside, he was ruled out for a Maddie abduction. And let’s face it, he looks nothing like the Tanner “sighting”. So it is most likely that he is a very convenient scape goat.
Let’s imagine a completely ficticious scenario… a ruthless but dying man is offerred a large sum of money to leave to his brood of penniless children……..
May 26th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
coolncalm:
You seem to be under the impression that stating the facts of this affair is somehow condoning Hewletts past crimes. If you had done more research you would find out that Hewlett did not have any conviction for molesting an B year old, his victims were aged 12 or over although the daily mirror did try to spice up the story a bit by making a false claim knowing that Hewlett was in no position to sue or refute this bogus accusation.
Regarding your assertion that paedophiles always move on with their crimesthis is just one of the long list of myths exploited by the abuse industry and gutter media because if you had done just a little bit more research you would have found out that less than 2ercent of sex offenders reoffend in the uk and those are MAPPA figures not mine. Of course these crimes are to be abhorred as are all crimes against children and indeed crimes against anybody. Hewletts past is merely being used to sell papers and although what he did all those years ago may be heinous do we need to keep resurrecting history to keep selling newspapers? Regarding Cindy and Alan Thompson who have made quite a bit of money from selling their story to the media about their relationship and conversations with Hewlett, I think it should be worth remembering that mr and mrs Thompson are the same couple who were responsible for making claims to the media that they had stumbled upon Bin Ladens hiding place
May 26th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
coolncalm:
You seem to be under the impression that stating the facts of this affair is somehow condoning Hewletts past crimes. If you had done more research you would find out that Hewlett did not have any conviction for molesting an B year old, his victims were aged 12 or over although the daily mirror did try to spice up the story a bit by making a false clai, knowing that Hewlett was in no position to sue or refute this bogus accusation.
Regarding your assertion that paedophiles always move on with their crimesthis is just one of the long list of myths exploited by the abuse industry and gutter media because if you had done just a little bit more research you would have found out that less than 2ercent of sex offenders reoffend in the uk and those are MAPPA figures not mine. Of course these crimes are to be abhorred as are all crimes against children and indeed crimes against anybody. Hewletts past is merely being used to sell papers and although what he did all those years ago may be heinous do we need to keep resurrecting history to keep selling newspapers? Regarding Cindy and Alan Thompson who have made quite a bit of money from selling their story to the media about their relationship and conversations with Hewlett, I think it should be worth remembering that mr and mrs Thompson are the same couple who were responsible for making claims to the media that they had stumbled upon Bin Ladens hiding place
Moderator - pulled as duplicate posting
May 26th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
The crimes weren’t all in the distant past and those that were cannot be excused on any level. It makes no difference. This is a predatory paedop*ile who deserves no consideration at all.
One of his victims was 8; others he claimed were consenting. Would you like him hanging around your children? How do you know he didn’t murder anyone? most paedop*iiles go onwards and upwards (or rather downwards age-) wise seeking more and more excitement They don’t have an MO other than a child….
I abhor him being given credibility and even status because he has taken the anti-McCann line.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
“Justice” seems to have a way of not moving too swiftly in Portugal. Below are two links - one is to that big paedolphile case at a children’s home in Portugal with the “uppity ups” in Goverment, rumoured to be involved, etc. when the story first broke in 2002. The second one is the update of the case supposedly nearing an end in 2008. However, I’ve seached and I’ve yet to find a verdict or ‘ending’ of that trial.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/27/childprotection.uk
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Huge_Paedophilia_Trial_Nears_End_In_Portugal_30011.html
Here is a link also to the U.S. Department of State 2008 Human Rights Report on Portugal.
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/eur/119099.htm
May 26th, 2009 at 10:36 am
whatever his crimes were they were in his distant past , he didn’t murder anybody and his offences were against girls much older than maddy so the m.o. Is wrong, Alan and cindy Thompson (the couple who claim to have spoken to this sex offender Hewlett) are not exactly the most trustworthy of witnesses judging by their claims to have located Bin Ladens hiding place a few years ago.
This isn’t about finding Maddy it’s about selling newspapers
May 26th, 2009 at 10:12 am
The Real Stig
“One thing that has always bothered me is there has never been a native Portuguese suspect.”
Good point, well made, but was the positive sighting of MM and the bloke who spoke “fluent Portuguese” in Devon or somewhere ever followed up ? It was a retired County Councillor as I remember, who himself spoke not a word of Portuguese, nor probably any other “foreign” language.
So clearly potty, mad, stupid, that they probably left him alone for that reason.
I would love all those journalists to re-visit all these idiots and expose them for what they are.
May 26th, 2009 at 10:02 am
now that the so called investigators have been put where they belong, perhaps there should be some real investigative journalism on real subjects like the 7/7 attacks in central london, we have all had a well deserved laugh at the kate and gerry sideshow , now though there is real work to be done and the uk has some seriousley competent investigative journalists who should be allowed to get their teeth into some real journalism.and these guys and girls need to be let off the leash and get down to exposing the bullshit, comeing from the likes of the ministry of defence who need a serious boot up the arse into the 21st century,
It is unforgivable that a bunch of primitive neanderthals from countries like south africa can come over here waste a fortune of OUR HARD EARNED MONEY telling us the indigenous uk population what we can and cant do.
If any journalist knew how crap the likes of the serious organised crime agency were and what they cant do then people would be seriousley and quite rightly worried.
SeanSchofield.
May 26th, 2009 at 9:34 am
One thing that has always bothered me is there has never been a native Portuguese suspect. Murat doesn’t count.
It is as if the entire investigation has been conducted by the english speaking press so all the suspects have to be English speaking or suspicious foreigners.
Wev’e had Swiss, Russians, ex-pats, Italians and of course English. Always characters who stick out like sore thumbs. It’s been a game of pin the tail on the foreign donkey since day one.
Such a relief that the officers in the Cipriano case didn’t do anything - so where’s the investigation to find out who did beat the shit out of her? - and Amaral was only very slightly naughty, no jail term for him.
May 26th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Seems just another red herring regarding Madeleine, but this guy is really odious