Madeleine McCann: Scotsman Apologises To Robert Murat
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ROBERT Murat is involved in legal action against 11 British newspapers and Sky New.
THE Scotsman has apologised to Robert Murat and admitted publishing defamatory allegations about him.
Says the paper:
“On 15 May an article about Robert Murat headed ‘Madeleine: He jokes of being ‘No.1 suspect’’ was published in which we reported a number of defamatory allegations about Mr Murat in connection with the abduction of Madeleine McCann.
“The article wrongly accused him of ‘hanging around’ the scene in a manner which recalled the Soham murders.
“Likening his behaviour in this way to that of Soham murderer, Ian Huntley, suggested that he was involved in the abduction of Madeleine McCann. It was a seriously defamatory allegation and wholly untrue.”
The apology continued: “We also wrongly implied that he had been unfeeling and insensitive about Madeleine McCann’s disappearance and had lied about his role in the police investigation. That was not our intention.
“We accept that Mr Murat was assisting the police investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance and that his behaviour was entirely proper throughout, and we are happy to make that clear.
“We apologise to Mr Murat for the hurt, distress and damage to his reputation caused by the article.”
No damages have been paid to Murat. Not yet…
May 18th, 2008 at 9:51 am
New thread, people…
May 18th, 2008 at 9:44 am
The coconut shell in shape of a child’s skull fragment was obviously planted many years ago under the concrete, when the house was built, with great foresight. The masons must have foreseen that it could some day be necessary to discredit cadaver dog evidence.
When the McCanns were incriminated by the dogs, it was decided to prepare the cellar in Jersey with cadaver scent. The investigation was then kicked off. The dogs were let in, they alerted, and of course it was decided to search under the concrete. The “skull” was found, and the story widely published.
And now, there’s the message that it was most certainly wood or a coconut shell. Which of course ridicules the cadaver dog. Who will now ever believe in the “scent of death”?
What a fiendish plot!