Madeleine McCann

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Chris T

I'm beginning to believe the Portuguese police are as nutty as squirrel turds.

Very Topical.

I thought there was going to be news of a real breakthrough yesterday, when during the BBC 6 o'clock news they announced "breaking news in the Madeleine McCann case". They even wheeled in their correspondent who normally reports from Portugal, to give us this news.

It turns out it was only to report that the Portuguese detective leading the investigation has been sacked for accusing the British police of helping the McCanns to cover up their role in Madeleine's disappearance.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2577284.ece

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'Only'? That's the first genuine news development in this case for weeks!

At least we now know who the nut-case inside the Portuguese police is, who has been leaking insinuations about the McCann's involvement to the local media out there.

This bloke has some serious issues....

A leading child protection expert has said he has significant concerns about the man nicknamed "The Locator" who has been called in to help find Madeleine McCann.

Sky News

[Mr_love_monkey]

'Missing person machine'????

What next - Scooby and the Gang? - "Jeepers it was old Man Peterson all the time!"

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

What next - Scooby and the Gang?"

I know what you are ALL thinking:

"I would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those pesky kids..."

There's a Dispatches Special on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm.

9.00pm Searching for Madeleine: A Dispatches Special
A team including five of the UK's best-qualified criminal investigators travel to Praia de Luz to review the Portuguese investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Led by retired DCS Chris Stevenson, who headed the Soham enquiry in 2002, they analyse important moments in the near-six-month case putting forward how they would have responded to key areas of it.

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by XFS03

There's a Dispatches Special on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm.

9.00pm Searching for Madeleine: A Dispatches Special
A team including five of the UK's best-qualified criminal investigators travel to Praia de Luz to review the Portuguese investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Led by retired DCS Chris Stevenson, who headed the Soham enquiry in 2002, they analyse important moments in the near-six-month case putting forward how they would have responded to key areas of it.

Mostly entertainment posing as fact unfortunately, The one thing that did come out that confirmed what I already knew is that right from the start the parents would have been investigated.

Also, the portugese police searches have at best been woefully inadequate

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Mostly entertainment posing as fact unfortunately

Yeah I caught the last 30 minutes of it, and basically it looked like they had given a programme to people so that they could stand around a water cooler and gossip... and the conclusion of the programme was 'we dont know'

TV at it's best.

/Deletes another outbreak of offtopicness

Stick to the topic please!

There were a few interesting points raised in the program. The thumb prints on the shutters (were they from someone being on the inside or outside?). Were the large wheelie bins searched before being emptied overnight?

The ending seemed to be a bit rushed though. The expert at the end appeared to be cut off mid sentence when the programme finished.



It looks like the other members of the party are going to be re-interviewed by Portugese police:- http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...289313,00.html

Perhaps it has something to do with reports that the McCann's 3 children were not alone in their apartment that night, and a member of the party (Russell O’Brien) was missing from the tapas restaurant for 25 minutes, apparently tending his sick daughter. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...=null&offset=0

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[smicer07]

I notice they're back in the news yet again. I know a little girl is still (dead) missing, but I really wish the McCann's would just feck off off our screens now.

I saw a bit of the interview last night on the news. Kate McCann didn't do herself any favours at all by refusing to answer the question as to whether they sedated their children!

Surely Clarence had coached them beforehand about how to conduct themselves in interviews?

Well surely if they hadn't sedated their children it would be the easiest thing to answer and no one in their right mind if asked would not answer if they hadn't been i find that alone quite disturbing. While i still cling to the hope she will be found alive even i am now slowly coming round to the fact she is dead. As to who did it and why they did it hopefully time will tell and the guilty ones whoever they are will recieve a suitable punishment.

[peanut]

Originally Posted by RizzyKing

Well surely if they hadn't sedated their children it would be the easiest thing to answer and no one in their right mind if asked would not answer if they hadn't been i find that alone quite disturbing. While i still cling to the hope she will be found alive even i am now slowly coming round to the fact she is dead. As to who did it and why they did it hopefully time will tell and the guilty ones whoever they are will recieve a suitable punishment.

It will drag on and on to a point it'll be forgotten and unsolved I reckon.

And I agree there's only a limit that the public can and will take before they get sick of them altogether, and it's very close to it at the moment.

And by now I think it's also past the point of everyone is desensitized by the whole thing now and the emotion of hope of the girls return is now pretty much over. So from here on in, they could start to grate on people.