Maddy, the plot thickens.

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Op donderdag 20 maart 2008 20:50 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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Ik denk dat er wel 2 kanten aan het verhaal zullen zitten, ik houd me ook niet zo bezig met de bloggers, ik vond een linkje op MSN-nieuws en heb het gepost, want dit vond ik wel een sterk stukje, ik heb niet de behoefte me te mengen in een ruzie tussen 2 mannen die nota bene op verschillende continenten wonen. Ze zoeken het maar uit met z'n 2-en.
[..] Nee hoor, is ook verder niet interessant alleen maar ter vermaak.
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Ik las het idd en wist niet goed wat te denken, ik heb het voor mezelf maar op een boze klant of een ruzie gegooid, ik denk niet dat dit ook maar iets met de zaak te maken heeft, waarom nu na 11 maanden de auto opblazen?
[..]Zou zomaar kunnen dat die gasten van Metodo 3 (of ze huren daarvoor iemand in) er iets mee van doen hebben, tenslotte verdenk ik en ik niet alleen dat ze ook Murat's site hebben gehackt, z'n auto gebuged en emails sturen onder zijn naam, het zou mij allemaal niet verbazen.

Het is imho heel simpel, geef duidelijkheid en werk mee, dan ben je van alle gedonder af als je idd niets te verbergen hebt.
Voor wat hoort wat, wil je dat men in Portugal je arguido status oplift dan zul je mee moeten werken en alle inconsistancies uit de weg moeten ruimen door pijnlijk eerlijk te zijn, ook over je gedrag mbt het alleen laten en over de checks.

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Kate and Gerry McCann have been warned not to go back to Portugal for the anniversary of daughter Madeleine's disappearance. Lawyers have told the couple that to return on May 3 may be risky in view of the fact they are still official suspects over the missing four-year-old.

There are fears it might provoke demands for them to be quizzed by police again. Last night a friend of the couple admitted that their continuing "arguido" status had taken away the parents' "freedom of choice".

The friend said: "The lawyers are just being ultra-cautious. But there remains a possibility they may suddenly be called in. The anniversary would then become a circus which is the last thing they want. It is sad because Portugal is where Kate feels closest to Madeleine." There have been repeated calls in the Portuguese media from some police officers for the couple to be charged with child neglect for leaving her alone in their holiday apartment.

It is likely relatives will travel to Praia da Luz for the anniversary instead. Portuguese police plan to re-interview the McCanns holiday friends in Britain during April. Source: Mirror

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Side Note: "Why would two suspects who fled Portugal, who state they have done nothing against the law by leaving their two two year old children in the care of a three year old girl and who are prime suspects in the disappearance of their daughter be advised by their lawyers not to return to Portugal? They surely have nothing to fear if they are not involved and have done nothing wrong? Perhaps the Daily Express who said the suspects are innocent of any involvement have special knowledge and a direct line to the PJ? Are the suspects hiding and hoping the UK will protect them from justice?"

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Portuguese police have returned computers and other possessions they seized from Madeleine McCann "suspect" Robert Murat, he said yesterday. He described the move as a "very positive sign" – but is still waiting to be officially cleared of involvement in the young girl's disappearance.

Mr Murat, 34, lives just yards from the holiday apartment in the Portuguese seaside resort of Praia da Luz where Madeleine vanished on 3 May last year. Detectives took him in for questioning 11 days after the child went missing and made him the first arguido, or formal suspect, in the case. They also searched the villa he shares with his mother and seized a number of his possessions, including three computers, clothes and a pair of shoes.

Police returned these items to Mr Murat on Thursday, although they did not give any clues about the progress of their investigation. The Anglo-Portuguese ex-pat said: "It is a very positive sign – there's no doubt about that whatsoever. Why would they return something if it was in the middle of being investigated in any way, shape or form? "We are very happy to have the computers back, and I hope I will have my arguido status dropped very shortly."

Mr Murat said he was "considering his options" for taking legal action over allegedly libellous articles printed about him in the wake of the apologies to Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, published by four national newspapers in the Express group last week. He strenuously denies any involvement in the missing girl's disappearance, as do fellow arguidos Mr and Mrs McCann.

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Portuguese police are set to fly to Britain on April 7 to interview members of the so-called Tapas Nine in a last bid to solve the Madeleine McCann mystery. Investigators are pinning their hopes on fresh interviews with the seven holiday friends who were eating tapas with Kate and Gerry McCann when their four-year-old daughter disappeared.

They are thought to be particularly keen to reinterview David Payne, Jane Tanner and her partner, Russell O'Brien. Prosecutors in Portugal have rejected police requests to call the McCanns in for a second round of questioning. But they have agreed to an application to quiz the McCanns' former spokeswoman Justine McGuiness and a psychologist who comforted GP Kate, 39, after Madeleine went missing.

A source close to the case said: "The Policia Judiciaria had prepared various questions it wanted Kate and Gerry to face but they were crossed off the list of priorities on the advice of public prosecutors. "They felt it was a waste of time because the McCanns would refuse to answer the questions, a right that Portuguese law grants official suspects." Portuguese police indicated recently they were ready to spend more than two months in Britain. They hope to wrap up the interrogations within a week but are packing for a much longer stay.

Dr Payne, 41, a cardiovascular researcher from Leicester, was the last person outside the McCann family to see Madeleine at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz on May 3. Gerry asked him to check on his wife and children while he was having a tennis lesson at about 6.30pm.

Dr O'Brien, 36, from Exeter, was away from the group for up to 45 minutes between 9.30pm and 10.15pm tending his own child who was being sick in his apartment. He told police he had changed her bed linen, but staff at the Ocean Club deny any change of sheets was requested. Attention has also focused on 36-year-old Miss Tanner's claim that she saw a man carrying a girl from the McCanns' apartment at about

9.15pm - when another witness says he was outside the flat at the same time but did not see her or the mystery man.

The trio have denied reports they intended changing their original police statements. The McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell says the friends are keen to help police and want the reinterviews to take place as soon as possible. The McCanns - who are official suspects along with expat Robert Murat - deny any involvement in Madeleine's disappearance.

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DAILY MIRROR: “Murat: It’s big relief”

Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat, 34, last night spoke of his joy that he looks likely to be officially cleared in days.

After having his computers returned, he said at his Praia da Luz home last night: “I’m so relieved.”

No mention of the Mirror’s super sleuth Lori Campbell who fingered “weird” Murat.

DAILY MAIL: “Murat could soon be cleared as Madeleine suspect after police return his possessions”

Even his computer - with the Sun’s “kid porn”.

His lawyer Francisco Pagarete said: “The police received an order from the public prosecutor to give everything back to Robert. All his items have been returned. We believe it is another step towards his clearance as a suspect. It’s a good sign.
“But we will have to wait and see. There is nothing official saying his status as an arguido is being revoked.”

Even if yesterday the Sunday People had “CLEARED” him.

No word from the The Mail’s Neil Sears, who told us: “There was something more to the friendly expat who called himself ‘Rob’ than met the eye.” Murat made Sears “feel slightly uncomfortable”.

DAILY TELEGRAPH: “Robert Murat close to being cleared over Madeleine McCann disappearance”

Robert Murat has moved a step closer to being cleared as a suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance after police returned possessions seized from him 10 months ago.

Says hi mother, Jenny Murat, 74: “Every single item that the police took has been returned to us. Of course we hope it means Robert’s arguido status will be lifted shortly. But we’ve had no official confirmation that that is the case and we’re not getting too excited.”

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According to 24 Horas, the PJ would like to see all the crucial interviews of the Tapas group, by 14 April, date on which the extension for special complexity granted by Judge Frias ends. However, Mr. Magalhães e Menezes, the magistrate from the Prosecutor's Office that is in charge of this case may still request an additional 90 days to charge any of the arguidos.

This is reported precisely along with the information that Robert Murat and Sergei Malinka's computers were thoroughly examined by IT experts and that absolutely nothing related to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was found - including on erased files. 24 Horas further states that no pornography or paedophilia was found on Robert Murat's computer. Thus, according to the same paper, Robert Murat is not expected to continue an arguido for much longer.

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Reporting restrictions remain in force in the case, but the child’s father, Juan José Cortés, told the Huelva Infomación newspaper that the man is called Santiago, lives locally and has a criminal record for child and sexual abuse. He said that the family had suspected him from the very first moment in the case. ‘We know that it is him, we are sure, and this is no surprise to me’, said the father this morning. The paper reports that this man had been arrested in Granada just a few days after Mari Luz vanished and was released on a lack of any evidence. Typically Spanish News

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Op woensdag 26 maart 2008 19:37 schreef Suko het volgende:
Lijkt hij trouwens op 'Bundleman?'
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Kate and Gerry McCann are taking part in an ITV documentary to mark a year since their daughter Madeleine went missing, it has been revealed.

The McCanns will appear in the show 12 months after the four-year-old disappeared on May 3 last year at a Portuguese resort. There have been no confirmed sightings of Maddy since and her parents hope their appearance on TV will boost publicity for the case.

Cameras have been following Kate and Gerry McCann all year for the one-hour programme, at their home in Leicestershire and as they pursue their campaign in the US and Brussels

During the documentary the McCanns talk about Madeleine and what happened the night she disappeared. They also speak about being made suspects by the Portuguese police and about deciding to come back to Britain without their daughter.

"ITV has commissioned Mentorn Media to make a documentary marking the first anniversary of Madeleine McCann's disappearance and focusing on the campaign to prevent others going through a similar ordeal," the broadcaster said. Madeleine's parents are said to be receiving no payment for their part in the programme, with ITV instead donating £10,000 to the Find Madeleine Fund.

Steve Anderson, executive producer for Mentorn Media, said: "Amid all of the controversy, what should be remembered is that a little girl is still missing and her family is trying its best to find her. "We have been with Kate and Gerry McCann as they have pushed for a better system across Europe to help stop child abduction.

"They are determined to do whatever they can to make sure that what happened to Madeleine doesn't happen to another child. Madeleine has not been seen since disappearing from her family's Algarve holiday apartment at the Ocean Club, in Praia da Luz. Metro

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A source of the Specialized Unit and Violent Crime (UDEV), responsible for the arrest, confirmed that the suspect claimed today that Mari Luz "fell" during the fight and died accidentally. From its precedent for abuse of minors, including her own daughter, the man had already been interrogated and searched his home but police had not found the slightest evidence of the passage of Mari Luz." Bron

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Mr Mitchell added that the McCanns were not interested in appearing in a documentary detailing how they were coping with the disappearance of their daughter. He said: "They don't want to do anything about 'woe is us a year on'. That is what the tabloids would like us to do, but we are not following their agenda, we are following our own agenda.

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This is interesting. These people were in Brussels on March 4th and 7th by the look of this

http://madeleinemccann.bl(...)adeleine-mccann.html

Catherine meyer was mentioned by Gerry in his blogs 29th Feb 08
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id57.html

http://www.telegraph.co.u(...)06/nmadeleine106.xml

They seem to know Catherine very well ...from the article.

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Op donderdag 27 maart 2008 15:57 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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I'll leave you with this small interview in today's Correio da Manhã with former PJ Chief-Inspector and Criminologist Moita Flores, and his opinion article.

“Mari Luz Case is Different from Maddie’s ", says Francisco Moita Flores

What similarities do you find between the cases Mari Luz?

Francisco Moita Flores – There are none to find. The development of this case in Spain simply confirmed the records of the criminal statistics.

How so?

All the known situations of children's kidnapping have resulted in their death. Generally, like in this case, in an accidental murder.

Do you believe that the difference regarding the Madeleine’s case is the non discovery of the body?

It’s hard to say this out loud but this type of crime has not so many peculiarities. Besides the lack of a body, it is necessary to tell the type of access to the child. If Mari Luz was kidnapped in the street, in a public place, in the case of Madeleine only someone with access to the apartment of the McCanns could carry out the kidnapping, which limits the suspects to just about eight or ten persons.

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Day 329: 27/03/2008

Kate and I arrived back from Washington yesterday. We went primarily to visit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and to learn more about the implementation of their national AMBER alert system (child rescue alert). The whole experience was very positive. The staff at NCMEC is the most experienced in dealing with missing and abducted children anywhere in the world.

The AMBER alert system should be used in the most serious child abduction cases (usually by strangers, when the child is considered at risk of serious harm) to recover the child as quickly as possible. The alert is based on the realisation that galvanising the local community can play a huge role in finding missing children. Last year alone 68 children, and almost 400 in total since its’ implementation, were recovered safely as a direct result of the AMBER alert. In 16 cases the abductor released the child safely when hearing the AMBER alert. We strongly feel that Europe should have a similar integrated child rescue alert.

Our visit to Washington and meetings with other relevant European organisations will be shown on a documentary to be screened by ITV on the 30 April. The programme will focus on the campaign to introduce a European version of the AMBER alert. There will of course be massive media interest in Madeleine’s disappearance at this time, if she remains missing, and we hope that the programme is shown in most European countries and further afield.

During our Washington visit we were also very encouraged to hear that, in NCMEC’s experience, the younger the child at the time of abduction the less likely that child will be seriously harmed. Such information makes us believe even more fervently, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that Madeleine can be found safe and well. Bron

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Ik heb eindelijk antwoord van Missing Children Europe over het vermeende ambassadeurschap van Kate. Laat niets te raden over lijkt me:

Dear Sir,

Apologies for the delay in coming back to you, due to the fact that I have been out of office last week.

Missing Children Europe has met informally with Kate and Gerry McCann, at the occasion of which the issues of concern for Missing Children Europe were discussed. The lunch refered to did however not take place.
Furthermore, the statement that Kate McCann would become an Ambassador for Missing Children Europe is also not true, and is as far as we are concerned purely a presupposition of certain newspapers.

I hope this clarifies the questions you had concerning this issue,

Best regards,<naam weggelaten, maar is de officiele woordvoerster>

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Op zondag 30 maart 2008 13:19 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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http://www.anorak.co.uk/madeleine-mccann/182535.html

In dit rondje Anorak wordt het 1 en ander gesuggereerd, de 1 zegt dat ze niet ver hoord worden en de ander zegt dat het van de statements van de Tapas-7 af hangt, we zullen zien.
Ik kan me ook niet voorstellen dat alles af hangt van de Tapas-7, het zou imho ook dom zijn om alles maar in de pers te kwakken, hopelijk komt er binnenkort een duidelijk bericht naar buiten.
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Zeg het maar, wie heeft er gelijk?

Wat grappig dat het opstappen van de sponsors zo geheim is gehouden, ik zou echt wel eens willen zien wat de McCanns nu daadwerkelijk hebben uitgegeven aan het vinden van Maddy en aan propaganda voor henzelf, ik ben bang dat Maddy er bekaaid af komt.

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Police to question McCann friends The friends who were on holiday with Madeleine McCann's parents when the girl went missing are to be reinterviewed by police in the UK.

The group of seven will be questioned next week by Leicestershire Police, with Portuguese detectives present. Four-year-old Madeleine disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in the Algarve last May. Her parents, who deny any wrongdoing, remain arguidos or formal suspects. They will not face questioning.

Small team

Madeleine disappeared days before her fourth birthday, during a family holiday in the resort of Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, on 3 May last year. The seven friends dined with Kate and Gerry McCann on the night of Madeleine's disappearance.

One of the group, Jane Tanner, has already told the police she saw a man that evening carrying a child, close to the family's apartment. The BBC's Steve Kingston in Madrid said he understood that a small team of Portuguese detectives will arrive in Britain next Monday.

He added: "The Portuguese detectives will not conduct the interviews - but instead watch as officers from Leicestershire Police put a list of questions agreed in advance through the Home Office." The questioning of the McCanns' friends will begin on Tuesday and should be completed by the end of the week.

Police interviews are also planned with relatives and advisers who were with the McCanns during the early days of the investigation. Separately, lawyers for the couple have requested that two dozen other witnesses be interviewed, including staff from the Ocean Club complex and several British holidaymakers.

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Op maandag 31 maart 2008 12:17 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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Ze hebben de schijn wel tegen idd.
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Vragen staat vrij, als de PJ dat niet wil laten ze Metodo3 daar op zetten doen ze ook eens iets voor hun geld. Ha ha, goed idee Kahaarin, die lui hebben alleen de McCanns een reden 'gegeven' dat Madeleine is ontvoerd, mensen hinderlijk lastig gevallen en 'valse' sithings publiek gemaakt, iets wat het imago van (zoal ze die hadden) de McCanns volkomen teniet heeft gedaan. Ook Clarence Mitchell heeft z'n werk goed gedaan, te goed, ook dat heeft veelal de meelevende/lezende toeschouwer van gedachten doen veranderen, in niet het voordeel van de McCanns.

In het Duitse bericht proef ik een beetje sarcasme:
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"Bijna een jaar na de mysterieuze verdwijning van de kleine Madeleine worden de vrienden van haar ouders opnieuw verhoord." Dat is idd een vet understatement....

Laat ze maar uitkijken, anders hebben ze zo een claim aan hun broek hangen. Mwoah, iets wat men mysterieus noemt kan geen kwaad, daar trapt geen rechter in....

http://www.baz.ch/news/in(...)CEF-707DD87126CD3D47