The case of Madeleine McCann

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Nearly 10 years. I wonder if the next ten will go as quickly. I daren't think about it.

However,how the McCann's feel at this stage,I don't know as life has had to carry on for them.

I remember the reputation that the place had and also the McCann's saying that had they known it was a " paedo's paradise " that holiday would never have taken place. As even the local pub had been christened " The Plough and Paedo " courtesy of the notorious son who lived there with his parents.His " stage" name was D.J.Shifty. I had suspected him. The last I heard he'd gone to the States as,of all things,a photographer. A ghastly individual !

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Channel 7 Australia have what they're calling,a " major breakthrough " in the case which is going to be aired after a show which is on on Sunday. The TV company won't be handing over any evidence to police until after the show has aired.
It's classed as a " landmark event ",which will mark the up and coming 10 years since the child,who will be 13,went missing.
Hope it isn't another hoax.

[Steve_uk]

Channel 7 Australia have what they're calling,a " major breakthrough " in the case which is going to be aired after a show which is on on Sunday. The TV company won't be handing over any evidence to police until after the show has aired.
It's classed as a " landmark event ",which will mark the up and coming 10 years since the child,who will be 13,went missing.
Hope it isn't another hoax.

Yes I read that today lookout.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4431604/Australian-TV-s-breakthrough-Maddie-McCann-case.html

  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/5-main-suspects-madeleine-mccanns-10272619

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So much for the " groundbreaking news ". Amaral had appeared on Australian TV to announce that " Maddie McCann's body was hidden by MI5 spies ".

This man will stoop to anything to gain publicity and money and this time has really scraped the barrel with his rotten theories. He'd reckoned that the child had died that night and that the parents had covered it up,with the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

The documentary has been dismissed by the spokesman acting on behalf of the McCann's saying that it revealed nothing new about the case.

[Steve_uk]

So much for the " groundbreaking news ". Amaral had appeared on Australian TV to announce that " Maddie McCann's body was hidden by MI5 spies ".

This man will stoop to anything to gain publicity and money and this time has really scraped the barrel with his rotten theories. He'd reckoned that the child had died that night and that the parents had covered it up,with the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

The documentary has been dismissed by the spokesman acting on behalf of the McCann's saying that it revealed nothing new about the case.

There has been a flood of stories in the last few days involving an MI5 cover-up, Madeleine being abducted by slave traders, abducted by a rich family and smuggled to South Africa via Morocco or dumped in a well outside the village where she was first abducted. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/608347/Madeleine-McCann-latest-Maddie-search-Portugal-police

[Roch]

Apparently due to licensing laws, we are not alowed to view the program.   Somebody has uploaded to youtube though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHfRIqGunhQ

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There has been a flood of stories in the last few days involving an MI5 cover-up, Madeleine being abducted by slave traders, abducted by a rich family and smuggled to South Africa via Morocco or dumped in a well outside the village where she was first abducted. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/608347/Madeleine-McCann-latest-Maddie-search-Portugal-police

There's definitely something fishy going on and I do suspect a cover-up of sorts. I've always been of the belief that she's still alive,probably because of the swiftness of her sudden disappearance and the fact that there's never been a body found. Somebody knows.   

[Roch]

The claims made for this program turned out to be totally hyped and innacurate.  Clearly they sucked in a load of interest to the viewing and news articles and then delivered a pro- McCann propagnda piece.  Plenty time for the well rehearsed and prepared McCann's. Masses of air time for former govt. spin doctor Clarence Mitchell.  Amaral was treated disgracefully.  There was nothing from the dog handler - therefore no opportunity to refute the claims made about the sniffer dogs.  The Australian female interviewer looked totally captivated by the McCanns, as if she hung off their every word.

40 minutes of my life that I will never get back.

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I was very surprised by the accusations that came from the criminal profiler Pat Brown whose claims mirrored those of " other criminals and their crimes ". Every crime is different in my mind and shouldn't be compared to others when making a final judgement.
The only crime that the McCanns were ever guilty of to my mind personally was to leave those 3 children unattended. Nobody has any right whatsoever to do that.   However,I still maintain that the parents didn't commit any crime against their daughter either accidentally or intentional.
As for their " stoicism " ,does that also constitute having committed murder or the like ? People's perceptions are such that if you're not seen to be breaking down at every given opportunity,that you're guilty of some heinous crime.
Behaviour ? I've heard all this before !!

[Steve_uk]

The claims made for this program turned out to be totally hyped and innacurate.  Clearly they sucked in a load of interest to the viewing and news articles and then delivered a pro- McCann propagnda piece.  Plenty time for the well rehearsed and prepared McCann's. Masses of air time for former govt. spin doctor Clarence Mitchell.  Amaral was treated disgracefully.  There was nothing from the dog handler - therefore no opportunity to refute the claims made about the sniffer dogs.  The Australian female interviewer looked totally captivated by the McCanns, as if she hung off their every word.

40 minutes of my life that I will never get back.

He's hardly a disinterested party. I wonder if the abductor killed Maddie in the apartment, which is what the cadaver dogs picked up on?
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/a-horrible-marker-of-time-madeleine-mccanns-mother-on-life-ten-years-on/ar-BBAkuTH?li=AA59G2&ocid=spartanntp

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/madeleine-mccann-met-police-still-pursuing-critical-leads-in-maddy-mccann-case-10-years-on-from-a3523586.html

[guest7363]

He's hardly a disinterested party. I wonder if the abductor killed Maddie in the apartment, which is what the cadaver dogs picked up on?
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/a-horrible-marker-of-time-madeleine-mccanns-mother-on-life-ten-years-on/ar-BBAkuTH?li=AA59G2&ocid=spartanntp

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/madeleine-mccann-met-police-still-pursuing-critical-leads-in-maddy-mccann-case-10-years-on-from-a3523586.html

Just seen this Steve in Daily Mail online?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4444528/Significant-line-inquiry-Madeleine-McCann-case.html

[Steve_uk]

Just seen this Steve in Daily Mail online?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4444528/Significant-line-inquiry-Madeleine-McCann-case.html

I don't know what to make of it justice. I suppose law enforcement have to keep their cards close to their chest, but after all this time it does make one sceptical.

[guest7363]

I don't know what to make of it justice. I suppose law enforcement have to keep their cards close to their chest, but after all this time it does make one sceptical.

Sure does Steve.

[Steve_uk]

I don't know if these have been posted before (and apologies if they have) but they're worth a watch, though nothing really new, except I didn't know a manageress of one of the restaurants had written down on paper early on in the holiday that the children were being left unsupervised in the room:  https://youtu.be/WLvnfcl-Zkg

and here's Oprah:  https://youtu.be/xNI5up44Nho

[guest7363]

I don't know if these have been posted before (and apologies if they have) but they're worth a watch, though nothing really new, except I didn't know a manageress of one of the restaurants had written down on paper early on in the holiday that the children were being left unsupervised in the room:  https://youtu.be/WLvnfcl-Zkg

and here's Oprah:  https://youtu.be/xNI5up44Nho

Steve I know it's different times and places but, I can remember going on holidays to Butlins and parents with babies and young children used to leave them in their chalet at night while they went out, there used to be what they call a chalet patrol.  I wonder if Madeleine's parents were brought up in that holiday environment to do that?  Not defending them by the way it's just a thought because it was common practice.

What was the chalet patrol service?

This was a service run by the nursery department and designed to allow parents to go out in the evening whilst the kids remained asleep in the chalets. Teams of staff would patrol the chalets (sometimes on cycles) and make a note of any from which crying babies or children could be heard. This information was then relayed on the Tannoy or back to the main entertainment buildings where a sign would flash to alert the parents.