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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #735 on: June 03, 2012, 04:08:PM »
Hi Bridget  it is nice to have time off and do your own thing.  Yes I have been a little surprised at some of Mike,s postings and wondered if I was missing something i.e. with no pics but I don,t think so. :)

Devils in hedges and haystacks mostly ;)
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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #736 on: June 03, 2012, 04:11:PM »
editted my post may have let my emotions get the better of me when sending it. no need for trying to insult people personally.


thank you. Your name is long one, do you prefer to be called by this or, FWG, or Willie?

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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #737 on: June 03, 2012, 04:12:PM »
No, I haven't really followed the Madelaine story at all I'm afraid, I had no idea that her story was the subject of such speculation until I saw it one one of the other forums.

It's written by the detective thrown off the case... Taff Jones syndrome?  The link is on this thread in several places and it's a cracking read.

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« Reply #738 on: June 03, 2012, 04:13:PM »
It's written by the detective thrown off the case... Taff Jones syndrome?  The link is on this thread in several places and it's a cracking read.

It's a book I take it?
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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #739 on: June 03, 2012, 04:21:PM »
I don't know who abducted and possibly killed Madeleine McCann. It seems to me that there is insufficient evidence to point the finger at anyone. Given the lack of proof regarding who took her, I regard the internet witch hunt of the McCanns as disgraceful.

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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #740 on: June 03, 2012, 04:23:PM »
It's a book I take it?

It's the book that the UK authorities banned over here, so it can only be read on-line.  He also wrote another book which I think was about UK authorities interference with Portugese authorities, around the case.

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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #741 on: June 03, 2012, 04:29:PM »
It's the book that the UK authorities banned over here, so it can only be read on-line.  He also wrote another book which I think was about UK authorities interference with Portugese authorities, around the case.

Why was it banned?
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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #742 on: June 03, 2012, 04:49:PM »
Why was it banned?

Libel.  An injunction was obtained.


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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #743 on: June 03, 2012, 04:52:PM »
Libel.  An injunction was obtained.

Oh ok, I guess I'll have to find the link then.
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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #744 on: June 04, 2012, 12:47:AM »
Amaral who wrote "Truth of the Lie" was a disgraced PJ. He was sacked because of an involvement with the Cipriano case.

He claims the parents killed Madeleine, after he was sacked....he claims he has the proof! But, whilst he was a detective in charge of the case he was clueless.....when sacked of course he knew everything.

Money Money Money....springs to mind....

If Amaral had stopped wining and dining on the night of her disappearance and, had attended the scene maybe and only maybe, would the crime scene been sectioned off....but Amaral did not arrive till the following morning.....

He was shamed copper after the Capriano affiair....

I do believe you can purchase his book....in a different Country...and that the ban has been lifted...Very sad that an ex copper should make.... :) :) :) :)

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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #745 on: June 04, 2012, 12:57:AM »
There were a lot of children going missing around a 20 mile radius of PDL...over 20 years prior to 2007.  Child trafficking in Europe is rife......  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #746 on: June 04, 2012, 01:13:AM »
Allegations of police misconduct
Though Leonor Cipriano confessed to killing her daughter, it was only after nearly 48 hours of continuous interrogation, and she retracted her confession the next day, claiming she had been beaten. She had extensive bruising after the interrogation, which the police claimed came about when she threw herself down the stairs.[7] Since then Gonçalo Amaral and four other Portuguese police officers have been charged with offences.[3] "Mr. Amaral was not present at the time of her alleged beating but is accused of covering up for his colleagues, which he strenuously denies."[8] Leonor Cipriano's former lawyer said that Leonor does not know who beat her up.[9]
[edit]Comparison to disappearance of Madeleine McCann
The village of Figueira is only seven miles from Praia da Luz, where Madeleine McCann disappeared on 3 May 2007. In both cases the mothers launched campaigns[citation needed] to find their girls and in both cases the local police, unable to find the girls alive, investigated the possibility that the mothers had killed their daughters.[10] On 19 June 1996, a six-year-old German child, Renè Hasèe, also disappeared, from the Amoreira beach near Aljezur while walking a few metres ahead of his parents.[11][12]
A child protection specialist, Mark Williams-Thomas, who believes that Joana's and Madeleine's disappearances are related, commented that the disappearance of two children unknown to each other, within a period of four years in a seven-mile radius, would be a huge coincidence, especially considering that "Portugal is a small country with very, very few abductions[...]" (Portugal's land area is about 70% of England's land area; its population in 2007 was roughly 22% of England's population).[4] Leandro Silva, the common-law husband of Leonor Cipriano, commented that "the only difference between the McCanns and us is that we don't have money".[13]

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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #747 on: June 04, 2012, 09:46:AM »

"Searches were carried out in the region. The spanish authorities were warned, the borders were controled. "THE LARGEST SEARCH OPERATION EVER TO BE CARRIED OUT IN PORTUGAL WAS ORGANISED. During several days, hundreds of militaries from the GNR,firemen, volunteers and members of the policia judiciaria, THOROUGHLY searched over 200 square kilometers, a GIGANTIC search operation. No search in Portugal had ever included such means and so many people. Everything is checked, and checked again, borders are watched, all vehicles are searched. The child does not appear.


there's News footage out there of the area you are taking pictures of being thoroughly searched by professionals.

Well, pal, there is no evidence that they dug up the area where I think the abductor buried Maddie after he killed her...

The searches must have been pathetic that's ll I can say...
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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #748 on: June 04, 2012, 11:51:AM »
Amaral who wrote "Truth of the Lie" was a disgraced PJ. He was sacked because of an involvement with the Cipriano case.

He claims the parents killed Madeleine, after he was sacked....he claims he has the proof! But, whilst he was a detective in charge of the case he was clueless.....when sacked of course he knew everything.

Money Money Money....springs to mind....

If Amaral had stopped wining and dining on the night of her disappearance and, had attended the scene maybe and only maybe, would the crime scene been sectioned off....but Amaral did not arrive till the following morning.....

He was shamed copper after the Capriano affiair....

I do believe you can purchase his book....in a different Country...and that the ban has been lifted...Very sad that an ex copper should make.... :) :) :) :)

I have to say I was impressed with Amaral and the PJ upon reading the book.  Since he wrote it, he could have course used the book to portray him self in a positive light.  I didn't come away from the book harbouring the sentiments you have have expressed above Patti but over time I have come to seriously doubt that the McCanns could front a facade of this magnitude, so he may very well be incorrect in his beliefs.  I don't recall anything about killings after he was sacked but it's a long time since I read the book.

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Re: The case of Madeleine McCann
« Reply #749 on: June 04, 2012, 07:24:PM »
I have to say I was impressed with Amaral and the PJ upon reading the book.  Since he wrote it, he could have course used the book to portray him self in a positive light.  I didn't come away from the book harbouring the sentiments you have have expressed above Patti but over time I have come to seriously doubt that the McCanns could front a facade of this magnitude, so he may very well be incorrect in his beliefs.  I don't recall anything about killings after he was sacked but it's a long time since I read the book.


I know the British Man who gave Amaral a lot of his information because I worked with him many years ago. He was good man in those days and widely respected, but he had a breakdown and has never been the same since. He became a religious obsessive after the breakdown and has got himself into so much trouble. He led the witch hunt against the McCanns with scant evidence for this. I think much of the so called evidence was a product of this man's obsession.