“Nobody there can say with certainty whether they even SAW Madeleine.”

Hmmm though I remember reading that Nanny Pennington described reading a story to Madeleine at one point when she was the only one there in her group, I think ???

“Is the nanny who ‘fed’ madeliene on the 3rd in on it too?”

Gotta be…..I reckon………though the ’story’ she may have been given could be a ‘revised version’ of reality….it could be that she has things to hide herself………purely speculation, you understand…………

Her timely arrival on the scene, including her useful viewing of the boatman with bundle [ remember that ?] would lend itself to the ‘premeditated scenario’….as would the light reading material if it was known to be there from the 3rd…….such wild speculating !

Mods and Admin

If they are found by a court of law to be more than responsible for Madeleine’s disappearance, what of their remaining children then?
The truth has to be found, and the PJ are actually taking no longer than many other police enquiries, and they (the McC) have been arguidos only since last September, and Murat for nearly a year, and he has a daughter too.
Do you feel the McCanns have done everything possible to help find their missing child, or do you feel there is more they could do?

I hear ya Remi - most of what you say I was implying also - it IS indeed fascinating watching the process of ‘back-fitting’ - artlessly inserting the ‘patches’ as if imagining them to be truly invisible…..he he he

However, one can only hope that, in natural justice, if there is no evidence against them, what he is saying is true. Similarly Murat, of course.

(Is there a difference between the status being formally lifted or simply not being extended beyond its “normal” period of time? The lawyer seems to have said “lifted”. I know nothing about the procedures under Portuguese law.)

Contrary to what some people have said, the Mcs have always said they were keen to have the files opened. They don’t ever seem to have been scared about that happening! Quite the reverse.

Their focus seems to be only on finding out what happened to Madeleine, as, IMO, it always has been. My impression is that they want the arguido status lifted/dropped (!) mainly because that will facilitate the search by allowing them to see what progress, if any, has been made in the investigation into what happened to their daughter. I don’t think they’ve ever been worried about evidence against them. That could just possibly be because they know there can’t be any?! Just my impression.

It’s irrelevant to the truth, but I have still never met anyone “in real life” , as opposed to blog sites, who thought they were guilty of criminal involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance, although I know several who are critical of, or puzzled by, their decision to leave the children asleep out of ear shot while they ate with their friends. I know others who admit to having done exactly the same themselves when on holiday, or using baby-listening services etc.

BTW, the other “Maria” who posted yesterday, apparently from the USA, according to Duncan R, was not me! I think some of the things she said have been pulled anyway?

I’m sure our thoughts will be with the wider family on Monday, which is, or would have been, Madeleine’s fifth birthday.

May 10th, 2008 at 9:18 am
jo, all I will say is this, if the Portuguese do not charge the arguidos soon, someone else will take the matter out of their hands, Ribeiro was well aware of that possibility.
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Who is going to take the matter out of the PJs hands? NOone Gandolf! This is,I repeat,serious matter and a portuguese investigation.
If the mccanns are not chrged which may happen,ok? they will stay arguidos for a very long time.Ribeiro has been kicked out for breaching the law of secrecy

I gave my gun back !

What a nice start to YOUR day with this lovely xenophobic tune!

May 10th, 2008 at 8:56 am
jo, one day you will face up to the facts, there isn’t any, no facts equals no case. Your life will continue after the case is shelved, you will find another raison d’être.
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Good morning to you too,Gandolf and here…a biiiiiiig slice of sun for you (only)
Gandolf,you and I are facing the fact,this case will never be shelved UNLESS,there is a significant break through as with many other IN-famous criminal investigation.Hence,the importance of the reconstruction.
Why are the mccanns SO worried about it???are they scared of a possible significant break through?.They made up a big show again about neglect.They made a public admission of it,hoping the PJ is going to get them for this and “preparing” public opinion,if any left.
IF it was the case,they would have been charged for it,a long time ago.I think we agree with this,dont we¿
Abduction and neglect are off the PJs list.
What is left? I will not say but surely,we know what I am talking about.THIS is serious matter.
I have a life,Gandolf,an interesting life which goes on with the mccanns or without them and I will always fight for justice,EVEN if it involves big dangers.

” whilst the authorities do not decide to lift their arguido status, which, in practical terms, seems impossible, as the couple should know ”

Sure we all know that in southern European bureaucracies, virtually everything SEEMS impossible, but will SOMEHOW be made possible at the end of the day.

Off to the garden!

1. to request assistance in finding Madeleine - although what this means in legal terms for the criminal investigation, the arguido states and the secrecy of justice I don’t know. What would the job offer be? Private investigator or understudy for the role of abductor in the film?
2. to discuss possible mutual interests in the PDL property market and related job offer. Does Kennedy have business interests in PDL?
Either version suggests that Kennedy’s financial support to the McCann’s fightingfund to establish their innocence may be more than benevalence, imo.
Must go and play chaffeur - will catch up on replies later

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/mccanns-ask-for-police-files-to-help-in-search-for-maddy-1371903.html

Clarrie,I think you should “brush up” your portuguese