Madeleine McCann: The Maddie Crunch, Goncarlo Amaral’s Interview And Lawyers
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann, Gerry McCann
THE PORTUGAL NEWS ONLINE: “Minster praises GNR performance during Maddie case”
Portugal’s Home Affairs Minster, Rui Pereira, told the country this week he believed the GNR police had acted in an “exemplary” fashion during the Madeleine McCann investigation, and in “close collaboration” with the PJ police.
Exclusive in English: Former ‘Maddie Cop’ interview
It’s detective, cake eater and author Goncarlo Amaral:
TPN: The report leaked last week says that Gerry and Kate were made arguidos on the “merest possibility” that they were involved in the disappearance of their child. Is that accurate?
GA: They were made arguidos on suspicion of two crimes: concealing a body and simulating an abduction and potentially the crime of abandonment. But saying they were made arguidos on the merest possibility that they were involved in the disappearance of their child is not true. The conclusions reached by the team investigating the crime, including colleagues in Britain, are the same as the five points I mention at the end of my book. Perhaps the conclusions reached in this latest report were made to facilitate the archiving of the case and findings were put across in a mild manner. Once you gain access to the case files, you will find that it was not due to a mere possibility…
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TPN: Did the police offer a plea bargain to Kate McCann?
GA: No…
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TPN: How do you see the lawsuit that you might face over your book?
GA: My book is based on facts. It could be a good occasion to take all the case files to court and compare what I wrote with that which is contained in the files.
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What next? A sequel?
TPN: What next lies ahead for you?
GA: I have had a number of proposals, but in October I am intending on starting my practical training as a lawyer, as I already have a law degree, but never practised.
Madeleine’s disappearance starts taking its toll on Praia da Luz
According to reports in the Portuguese press this week, the Ocean Club Resort in Praia da Luz, from where toddler Madeleine McCann went missing last year on May 3rd, has laid off at least half a dozen employees following poor occupational rates, said to be half the number registered 12 months ago.
And money. People have less money. Maddie crunch. Credit crunch.
THE PORTUGAL RESIDENT: Tell-all book is launched amid a blaze of publicity
During the book launch and signing session at Lisbon department store El Corte Inglés, Gonçalo Amaral, when asked by a British journalist what he thought of the McCanns’ intention to sue him, replied ambiguously: “A good person (i.e. an innocent person) does not reply to provocations”
Yes, always good to keep your, er, dignity, Mr Amaral…
GLASGOW DAILY RECORD: “Maddie Case File Released”
Lawyers for Kate and Gerry McCann have seen police files on their missing daughter Madeleine. Two solicitors acting for the couple travelled yesterday to the Algarve regional centre in Portimao, where the papers have been kept locked away.
And what did they find?
After trawling the 20,000-page folder, they will be joined by their boss, Rogerio Alves, who has been acting for the couple since they were made official suspects, or “arguidos”, last September.
And what will he find?
Says Clarence Mitchell: “At last, Kate and Gerry will be able to discover what was, and what was not, done on behalf of Madeleine. But, even if there are any ‘Eureka!’ moments, we won’t be making them public.”
Will someone else be making them public, then?
“All previously unknown leads will be passed first to our investigators, who are poised to check them out.”
Ah, yes, the mighty Metodo 3. It will be over by Chritsmas…
DAILY EXPRESS: “MADELEINE LAWYERS LOOK FOR NEW CLUES IN PORTUGAL”
The lawyers are doubling as detectives? The detectives are training as lawyers. Who will save us?
The files contain details of interviews with hundreds of potential witnesses who were in and around the resort of Praia da Luz last May when Madeleine disappeared.
The files are also understood to contain scores of reported sightings of the little girl from around the world, many of which were simply discounted by the police.
Unlike the tabloids which seemed to follow up every sighting.
As well as potential leads, the McCanns’ lawyers will be assessing whether the files would support legal action against the Portuguese police for the way they conducted the inquiry.
Legal action in which country, Portugal?
THE SCOTSMAN: “McCanns scan police papers”
The McCanns were largely kept in the dark about the official inquiry, because of Portuguese laws governing police investigations.
BOLTON NEWS: McCanns must maintain their dignity
There are still many people critical of how the McCanns left their children sleeping while they socialised with friends, albeit close by. But, they have a rare chance to be ongoing spokespersons for thousands of missing children and their heartbroken families.
Unfortunately, if they continue their sniping campaign in Portugal, they are likely to lose much public sympathy.
Let’s have a heated debate…
Posted: 1st, August 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (474) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:36 am
C&C - so you think Clarrie’s cuidado is more along the lines of a de moraes song
(I can just picture him singing ‘olha benzinho cuidado com o seu resfriado….’
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:35 am
coolandcalm Says:
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 am
Of course.
As Mr Amaral did rhetorically wonder about in his quote.
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
Good Morning, people!
For once, I absolutely agree with Garth who said:
“Listen Annie, I am not defending their babysitting arrangements am I? No thats right im not.”
He’s defending their lack of babysitting arrangements…
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 am
Matt…. seems like I may have to change my regular signing off phrase of ‘take care’, when writing emails etc.
it seems it could be open to misinterpretation!
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:24 am
Jo
Adjust your security settings in the control panel, should then be able to access Joanna;s site
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 am
Tinyurl link is to CdM report…
http://tinyurl.com/66xa6u
Translation….
“””Discover the differences
“A criminal investigation does not have to be politically correct.”
Those who knew me through Social Communication got an opinion
based on my connection with the so-called Maddie Case. During the
investigation and after being separeted, I was a target of the most
terrible accusations from the British press, some local commentators
and a man named Clarence Mitchell, whose role is not very well understood.
On the eve of the publication of the book you already know, this gentleman
was sending me threats : “that I should take care” - I was stunned!
Let me make it clear that I consider this to be an unacceptable tone, coming
from a citizen of the oldest democracy in the world. Take care, why? Because
I might step on a banana peel while walking? Is Mr Mitchell concerned about
my health? I do not think so. We all perceive his threatening tone.
In Portugal, we are not used to people speaking that way. Nor is this the view
we have of the British people, but there are always some people that fall out of standards. A criminal investigation need not be politically correct, nor fear
veiled threats. The book only contains facts and contains no indictment. So
the differences stand out.
Gonçalo Amaral, former coordinator criminal investigation “””
End.
Very interesting.
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:52 am
Garth - you have absolutely no idea of what a good parent should be - otherwise you would never on this earth be supporting such blatent neglect, whether they are or are not proved guilty of neglect, they have anounced to the whole world on several occasions that they are absolutely pathetic parents with a self above the rest approach to their family
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Well if you would like to provide a link to them saying that…………. or have you just made it up?
Listen Annie, I am not defending their babysitting arrangements am I? No thats right im not. If you read carefully you will note that im defending their actions to campaign for an Amber Alert system which Karen found to be rather hypocritical. They are not using the campaign as a detraction for their own mistake and are blaming no one either.
We all make mistakes and from those mistakes lessons can be learned, by everyone. For those people who adopted the same sitting arrangements as the McCanns they certainly will think twice about it next time. And for the rest of us who take holidays abroad with young kids, such a system in place is a little more comforting than nothing at all.
So my luvvy, that is not defending the McCanns or the so-called neglect as you keep meandering on about.
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:14 am
So who was the “British musician” that he questioned?
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:12 am
want to employ my own hacker
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:11 am
Jo, I can’t open either Joana’s blog or Paulo Reis’s pages…. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, IMHO……
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:06 am
how dare mcconn be allowed to shut her down
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:00 am
Jo, I just tried to open Joana Morais and I did not manage it either.
And no artticle of Amaral replying Clarence on Correio da Manhã.
I think it was the monster.
I have to go>
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:53 am
Apologista Ian ? do you mean that nice Portuguese Attorney General, who made the self explanatory statement, I would explain it to you as it appears to have passed you by, but there again I don’t see the point in wasting my time.
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:33 am
Saul… its such a boringly pedantic and repetitive question that everyone is sighing and scrolling. IMO of course!
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:30 am
Saul Says:
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:31 am
PeterMac Says:
August 1st, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Saul Says:
“Now that Arguıdo status has been lıfted can we at last have an answer to the questıon.
“dıd you know Robert Murat” ”
And to the supplementary “Why did you react in that extraordinary way when you were first asked the question ?”
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Well after trawlıng through thıs thread and readıng what the latest ıncumbents behınd some famılıar names had to say. Not one of the Apologısta are prepared to address thıs poınt.
Call me borıng and pedantıc, but i wıll keep makıng the same poınt. (well they started ıt)
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Just practıcıng my cut and paste technıque for later on.
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:24 am
So thats what the R ın DuncanR stands for
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:20 am
Duncan is a known reprobate and heterosexual lecher. Thank goodness there remain a few gentlemen around who will either tip or doff their caps before hitting a woman.
See: Big Boy’s Day Out
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:14 am
Duncan R Says:
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:07 am
Saul
I knew who you meant !!!
Morning, Jo
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İ see that ın your new phase as moderator sexgod only the gırls get a, Mornıng!
Hrrmphh, I knew hım before he was famous.
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:12 am
Saul
Ok
Just went to CdM and there is an article :Amaral replies to Clarence Mitchell
I wanted to see if it was on Jos blog and I cant open it.
Same with Paulo Reis….the Cyber Inquisition??
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:07 am
JO:
I think the piece you are referring to is this:
http://www.anorak.co.uk/forums/topic.php?id=1631
The mention of the constraints the law has on British media via libel laws was incidental.
What was of more concern to me was the repeated attempts by some to use material from (principally Portuguese) other overseas media which were publishing alleged leaked material as fact.
That is dangerous. All journalists are trained to check and double check the facts before releasing them. The same in not necessarily true of certain newspapers and media sites elsewhere.
This thread was started on the basis of an interview which was broadcast by the News on Line in Portugul.
Carmen, one of our Moderators, lives close by and saw the interview with Goncarlo Amaral. It would have been easy to have a Google or Babelfish translation but editor Paul Sorene waited for the official transcript. The thread was based on a transcript which Anorak’s editor had asked for and eventually obtained at the suggestion of a Moderator…not me. It was correct and proper accredited journalism in the best sense.
The debate can then be opened up.
News is based on fact and PR people often use three rules to decribe how to manipulate or perhaps a better term, massage, news coverage.
The golden rules:
1. Information abhors a vacuum
2. In the absence of correct informatio gosip and rumour fill the void.
3. Unless the correct facts are made clear and quickly, rumour is accepted fact.
Anorak is about fact and the way those facts are reported.
We like to labour under the impression we have a fair stab at what we do and some even consider us to be the very best at doing it.
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:07 am
Saul
I knew who you meant !!!
Morning, Jo
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:00 am
Jo, I dont know where ıt ıs. İ dont read blogs.
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 am
( İ wonder ıf that nıce Mr agw thought İ was referrıng to the shıft on duty as beıng todays moderators, when ın fact İ meant the shıft behınd the famılıar user names. Mlud.)
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:56 am
Saul
Could you please,go to joana morais blog to check if everything is ok ?I got a DNA error ( wink: ) message
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:49 am
Feel free. We seem to be a Warnock free zone at the moment.
(err when İ say feel free, that ıs to say ermm, İ mean, İm not gıvıng you permıssıon, you can, errm, whatever you say Mr agw)
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:49 am
Saul Says:
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:42 am
Jo whatever the truth may be, the smokescreens and spın have been unbelıevable.
Let us see ıf whıchever shıft ıs on duty today are prepared to comment
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I totally agree,Saul
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:44 am
Elena Says:
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:21 am
Chenier,
Boring is not a word I would use to describe you.
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I agree but I would certainely use it to describe YOU
Not only Chenier is far from being boring but she is also an extremely educated and knowledgable person,like it or not
Here you go….one of those little things I could easily hammer in your sick little Apologista mind,to quote Saul, but be reassured: I wont waste my time with you nor your sort
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:42 am
Jo whatever the truth may be, the smokescreens and spın have been unbelıevable.
Let us see ıf whıchever shıft ıs on duty today are prepared to comment.
Administrator: I couldn’t possibly comment on that. Could I? -agw
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:38 am
Good morning boring & pedantic Saul
read again the whole f-word
I”ll skip the past posts…I read Chenier was boring
comments over the Great Saints and my morning cup of coffee had difficulty staying down
I have given up on the Apologistas
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 am
Administrator: I’m sorry Jo? Post it where? If to another site then feel free to lift it. Others do…all the time. You would not believe where we have our words quoted back to us. I would suggest in would be fairer if you edited the piece so that individual poster’s names are shown as “A poster” rather the specific names. Their problem, if any, was with addressing the Anorak site and not others. Please also make it clear the lift is from Anorak. Do be careful if you edit the piece at all to ensure that you do not change the meaning. When you do it a ref back here so Anorak readers can check it would be a courtesy. Thanks. -agw
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Good morning
Agw
I was referring to your very own post over libel a few days ago which was on the forum.
I would never post anything from Anorak on other sites.I never did it and would not do it.
I had in mind to re post here (not anywhere else) to show the anorak poster the explanation and warning came directly from Anorak and not an invention from my poor unwell mind and/or other places
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:31 am
PeterMac Says:
August 1st, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Saul Says:
“Now that Arguıdo status has been lıfted can we at last have an answer to the questıon.
“dıd you know Robert Murat” ”
And to the supplementary “Why did you react in that extraordinary way when you were first asked the question ?”
——
Well after trawlıng through thıs thread and readıng what the latest ıncumbents behınd some famılıar names had to say. Not one of the Apologısta are prepared to address thıs poınt.
Call me borıng and pedantıc, but i wıll keep makıng the same poınt. (well they started ıt)