Maddy, nieuwe verhoren van de Tapas 7.

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Op donderdag 8 mei 2008 09:40 schreef voyeur het volgende:
Voel je niet vergeten dames. Ik denk nog altijd aan Madeleine en het mysterie dat haar ouders zich zo autistisch gedragen. 'I think she will give her abductants their two pence worth' and ach dat oog was wel een risico maar 'a good marketing ploy which I couldn't resist."

De open brief van Joana Morais is me dan ook uit het hart gegrepen.

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Op vrijdag 9 mei 2008 09:53 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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Jeetje zeg, de hele wereld moet rekening met hun houden, want zij zijn zielig, het is al teruggedraaid en nog moet dit zo prominent in de pers, een onnadenkend foutje dat is hersteld en er is sorry gezegd, waar gaat dit dan nu nog over?

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"It is disgraceful that the BBC of all people should be so insensitive and not spot this was going to happen," they said.

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Alípio Ribeiro gives explanations Correio da Manhã
^{Diana Ramos
09 May 2008 (Thanks to 'Li' from the3arguidos forum for translation)}
The ex national director of the PJ, Alípio Ribeiro, yesterday broke the silence and said that the investigations about Madeleine's case, the British girl that disappeared in Praia da Luz, can go on for years.

In an interview to the Radio Renascença, Alípio Ribeiro did not exclude the hypothesis that the case could remain unsolved. "We need to be patient, there are cases like that that sometimes only get solved many years after. It is obvious that I would like that that case was solved entirely but there are always cases that remain unsolved", he said. The magistrate confessed also that his decision to leave the PJ was taken a month ago.

Alípio Ribeiro understands that he had an excessive visibleness and believes that we was punished by his declarations. The ex national director assured that he was never conformed with the problems of the PJ and that he opted to say always the truth.

"What I have done several times was thinking out loud and I believe that no one can take that as an offence, that necessity of speaking the truth and speak with some intelligence and subtlety but facing the problems" he claimed. Bron

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Op vrijdag 9 mei 2008 12:20 schreef kahaarin het volgende:
Inderdaad Suko, maar eens afwachten wat er komt van die uitspraken, ik denk dat Clarrie weer de hoop gaat uitspreken dat de arguido status nu toch snel opgeheven moet worden......

A propos, ik ben er tot na de Pinksteren vandoor, we gaan camperen, dus, prettige dagen en ik lees wel bij wat er allemaal (niet) is gebeurd.

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Hi Tripz, I think he is involved in the case but not with the death or disappearance of Madeleine.

A little bird has told another forum many things about him, but he was staying at the OC, having traveled back from the Exeter area with Murat, where he had helped him with his Mom's remodel and paid his respects to his friends the O'Briens. He is a Brit who works in an area of LE, and somehow it came out he had bodyguarded GB and knew Clarrie. He was supposedly in PDL having something to do with Gerry about ready to take a government job. This last statement of mine is info recently confirmed to us.

It is possible he saw a lot of what went on IMO, arriving 2 days before she went missing, then leaving we think on the 5th to go back to England. We don't know for sure, but doubt the PJ knew who he was right away or why he was there. He was photographed at the playground, volunteered to help search with his friend Murat and the GNR and there was a link saying when the PJ set up a surveillance team on the 4th to watch and see if anyone walked by 5A an inordinate amount of times, that he did just that. Suddenly word abgout him went silent, and that is when we think the PJ realized he was really a good guy.

If it goes to trial I'd almost bet my bottom dollar he will testify as to what he saw. Just interesting stuff and we do trust our 'source' as he has told us so many things that did pan out. ;} PS: Another interesting note about the Bagman/ Baldman, is the very first photo of him to hit the papers was very blurry. He looked like a white guy with a pointed chin, slim and a tattoo on his forearm.

The Sun paper decided to clear those pixels up so he could be seen with more detail, and what do you know, but think the Sun ended up with a print of what the guy really looked like. That photo circled the globe and bet Gerry about had a heart attack!

It always was interesting to me as to why the McCanns put out a blurry photo that didn't really look like the guy after going to all the trouble to have GB give the nod. Had to keep the abductor theory going at all costs!

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McCanns' status as suspects in Madeleine's disappearance 'will be lifted by August'

Kate and Gerry McCann will be cleared within three months of any involvement in their daughter Madeleine's disappearance, their Portuguese lawyer said today.

Rogerio Alves said that by August at the latest the couple's status as suspects, or arguidos, will be lifted. Mr Alves, a criminal lawyer with contacts in the judicial system, said: "I believe that by August the police will close the case and lift arguido status. "I believe it is a very strong possibility." The out-going national director of the judicial police, Alipio Ribeiro, hinted today that the investigation will be shut down.

Mr Ribeiro, who stood down today, told a Portuguese radio station: "We need to be patient. "There are cases of this sort that sometimes are only solved many years after. "Obviously I would have liked this case to have been resolved fully but there are always cases that remain unsolved.
>>> Daily Mail

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Op vrijdag 9 mei 2008 21:46 schreef Tmaatje het volgende:
Suko & Kahaarin, waaruit zou de betrokkenheid van de overheid moeten blijken dan? De geloofwaardigheid van de McCanns is tot een dieptepunt gezakt,maar waarom zouden de Britten de zaak in de doofpot willen stoppen.

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Several witnesses have already expressed their availability to return to Praia da Luz, the village Madeleine disappeared from, in response to the request of the PJ’s who wish to carry out a more complete re-construction of the events of the night of 3rd May 2007. The information was doubly confirmed today in Portimão and Enderby, although both sources have recognised that a fixed date has not yet been established for this procedure.

“We still hope that Madeleine’s parents decide to participate...logically they should be the first to be interested in this”, confirms a Leicestershire police officer. In spite of the statements made by their lawyers in Portugal, Kate and Gerry McCann have made it known that they did not have the intention of making the trip whilst the authorities do not decide to lift their arguido status, which, in practical terms, seems impossible, as the couple should know.

After Kate and Gerry were made arguidos, last September, the UK diplomatic services in Portugal pressurised the Portuguese authorities so that the couple could leave, giving their guarantee that Madeleine’s parents would return as soon as the police requested them to. Eight months later the diplomats are no longer in their posts and the promise has been forgotten from the British side.

Without any help from his government, the other arguido in the inquiry in to the disappearance of Madeleine, the British Robert Murat, is available to participate in a re-construction, even though his lawyer Francisco Pagarete, contacted by SOS Madeleine, states that no official request has yet been received by him. Under certain circumstances, the arguido status can be maintained for twenty years and Murat would certainly wish that the inquiry would speed up, in order to be able to return to an as normal life as possible, although for the moment the Briton tries to understand why, how and who could be behind the accusations that were made about him.

In the UK Robert Murat has already accused 13 newspapers and a television channel of libel. The Briton is requesting the record sum of 2 million pounds from the media, more than 2.5 million Euros, one of the greatest settlements in the history of the UK, which would explain why certain media have taken the decision of removing several Internet articles regarding the accusations made in the past.

The indications go against the McCanns

Amongst the witnesses the police hope to see return to P d L, there is a German tourist who has stated to the investigators that she saw Kate McCann return to the apartment during the dinner, well before the time Madeleine’s mother raised the alarm. Her sighting has been corroborated by a second witness, an Ocean Club employee. These sightings can help to reconstruct the movements of each element of the group of friends, the Tapas 9, but on their own do not explain the indications that the special British police team found together with the PJ inspectors.

In apartment 5ª of the Ocean Club, the British police dogs have indicated cadaver odour behind the sofa near to the rear window. Police found minuscule traces of blood on the curtains of this window, in spite of the fact that the curtains and the wall had been cleaned..

The only finger prints found were those of Kate, Gerry and the couple’s friends. Later, in the Renault Scenic, hired on 27th May by the McCanns, the PT-UK police team found cadaver odour and also human fluids and hair. The expert analyses carried out in the laboratories revealed a strong possibility that these come from Madeleine, the investigators do not mention a 100% match because this level of certainty is never given by scientists when working on DNA.

In the house where the McCanns moved to after leaving the Mark Warner complex, Vivienda Vista Mar, the British dogs again sensed cadaver odour, this time on the clothes belonging to Kate McCann.

“The PJ only retreats to come back stronger”

New PJ director takes up office

“My friends, remember that in the fight against crime, the PJ never retreats. But if it does have to do so, it will only be to spring back stronger said Almeida Rodrigues.
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Deputy national director of the PJ at the time of Alipio Ribeiro’s resignation, Rodrigues is known for his unfailing work as criminal investigation coordinator. His official CV shows several management postings within the PJ as well as missions abroad, especially to Interpol’s General Assembly and the Cap-Vert police, where he was honoured by the local government for his work.

Translation by Ines
Original Article by Duarte Levy: SOS Maddie (FR)

Side Notes: This means there was a lag time of ONE HOUR and 10 MIN before the police were called to the scene! That call was made at 10:40. Bron: Joana Morais

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Op zaterdag 10 mei 2008 20:41 schreef Tmaatje het volgende:
Suko; dat laatste bericht is verontrustend, zelfs op het internet kun je niet meer voor je mening uitkomen ???

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Breaking News: Judicial Secrecy Extended Another 3 months
Lisboa, 13 Mai (Lusa) - The deadline for the judicial secrecy over the investigations into the case of the disappearance of the English child, Madeleine McCann, in the Algarve, was extended for three months, a source at the State Prosecutor's Office told Lusa Agency today. If this deadline had not been extended for another three months, it would have ended on the 15th of May. Source Lusa News Agency

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IW: I think that everyone has just been incredibly impressed with you as a couple and how you’ve dealt with this. There was a period after a week or so where you looked as if you were almost broken and who could not understand that? And then there seemed to be a sort of a strength come from somewhere. Is that a fair point? Is that what happened and what brought it about?

KMcC: I think that’s definitely true, isn’t it [looks at Gerry and sighs]

GMcC: Certainly, you know, at the end of that first week there was so much emotion that we had spent and we actually had a period where we discussed this openly that we felt devoid, completely devoid of emotion. The analogy that I like to use is a bit like when we were students and you’d got to your overdraft limit and you’d gone beyond it and there was just nothing left in the tank. "

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Op woensdag 14 mei 2008 10:15 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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Daar heb je nog gelijk in ook Suko, goedemorgen @all trouwens , wat denk je trouwens van dat Brazilie ver haal?
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/n(...)azil-89520-20416768/
Het is natuurlijk wel zo dat door al hun gespin en metodo3 geneuzel de arguido status nog niet is opgeheven, omdat ze zo lopen te zeuren kan de PJ het ook niet afsluiten.
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Nee hoor, natuurlijk niet toevallig, ik geloof in deze zaak niet meer in toeval.
Ik doe met je mee en negeer de tearjerk verhalen van team McCann, het maakt me eerlijk gezegd helemaal niet uit hoe die 2 zich voelen, laat ze gewoon hun monden dicht houden met dat gezeur, schone konten halen, meer is het niet.
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In PdL zitten ze volgens mij al wel klaar, maar Kate kan het niet aan en er moet een camera mee van crimewatch dan willlen ze wel.

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Op woensdag 14 mei 2008 12:45 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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Klinkt een beetje als Risk.....

Sabrina lijkt me een slachtoffer van haar ouders (vader?) ik denk dat als je verder gaat spitten en goed zoekt dat er wel meer gevallen zijn die (zijdelings) op die van Maddy lijken, bij een klein kind zijn er vaak maar een paar mogelijke verdachten, domweg omdat die onder de hoede van hun ouders horen te zijn.
De McCanns hebben zich onttrokken van hun verantwoordelijkheid door de kids alleen achter te laten.
Of ze er nu zelf bij betrokken zijn is net zo veel sluitend bewijs als voor ontvoering, bijna niets dus.
(Ik herinner me de DNA sporen wel maar er is me te veel onduidelijkheid omtrent de auto en te veel fuss over die snifferdogs om daar een conclusie uit te trekken, dat er iets scheef zit en dat Maddy niet vrijwillig uit haar bed is gekomen ben ik wel van overtuigd.)
Het ergste in al dit soort gevallen vind ik het feit dat die kinderen compleet afhankelijk zijn en zelf helemaal niets in te brengen hebben, degenen die er voor hen zouden moeten zijn hebben het af laten weten, dat is voor mij het meest schrijnende.

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In the last two days, the McCanns have had two pieces of bad news: 1) The PJ have refused to allow the McCanns' private detectives, Metodo3, access to the case files, and 2) The Portuguese state attorney has extended the period in which the files may remain secret for another 3 months, to 15 August.

That, without doubt, tells us that the PJ have built, and are continuing to build, a strong case against the McCanns.

So, how to bury this bad news from the British public?

Cue another 'ludicrous', and quite frankly distasteful, Maddie 'sighting' from someone who, despite apparently being on the plane with 'Maddie' alerted none of the cabin crew, took no photographs and, on landing, appears to have decied to contact a foreign embassy rather than the local police.

This 'sighting' took place 6 weeks ago, yet breaks on the very same day the extension of the secrecy period is announced.

Are we to believe this was pure coincidence?

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Op woensdag 14 mei 2008 20:48 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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Zoiets, of gewoon snobisme, we doen toch lekker niet wat jullie willen want wij zijn upper class Britten en jullie Portugezen oid.

Hun argument is dat Kate het niet aan kan en dat het volgens hen niet zo veel uithaalt, tenzij er een camera van het programma Crimewatch mee mag, dan willen ze ineens wel, alles voor media aandacht, oh ja en misschien wordt Maddy dan ook wel gevonden.

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A source close to the McCanns, who are still suspects or arguidos in their daughter’s disappearance, said the couple could not understand why a reconstruction was being arranged now, more than a year on. "It is not going to be televised, so it won’t throw up any new leads outside the police investigation," said the source. "There are physical differences more than a year on, such as the hedgerows are a different height, for example. "And has anyone given any thought to how Kate might feel about taking part in a reconstruction with another child playing her daughter?"

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The PJ says there is no precise date Expresso
^{Mário Lino
13:54, 14 May 2008 (Thanks to 'Li' from the3arguidos forum for translation)}
Report reproduces that as above in Destak, with an additional paragraph:

Contacted by Expresso, a source connected to the investigation confirmed that there is no scheduled date yet. "Officially neither the PJ nor the Public Prosecutor have any knowledge yet of who is coming and who is not coming" added the police source. Recognising it to be under "negotiation" and verifying of dates between the couple and the several friends. The same source admitted that we might be facing a "difficult game" in which some of the participants might guarantee their availability that conflicts with the availability of the others. "One thing is certain though: the PJ will only do the reconstruction with all the witnesses present. If not, then there is no police interest", he said.

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Op donderdag 15 mei 2008 10:42 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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Je antwoord staat in het rondje Anorak:
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http://www.anorak.co.uk/madeleine-mccann/183904.html
Natuuuuurlijk willen ze best meedoen maar......
Waar halen ze het lef vandaan om zoiets te zeggen, het is de politie niet duidelijk hoe en wat en ze willen een reconstructie, die mensen zijn bezig met het onderzoek naar hun vermiste dochter en ze vragen zich af of hun onderzoekstactieken zin hebben, iedere goede ouder zou opspringen en gaan ook al hebben ze zo hun twijfels, beter iets doen dan niets.
Het gaat helemaal niet meer om Maddy, het gaat om de Kate en Gerry show.

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Enquiry concluded in August Correio da Manhã
^{J.M.G. May 15, 2008
(Thanks to 'Li' from the3arguidos for translation)}
The PJ has proposed the last week of May as a date to do the reconstruction of what happened on the 3rd of May 2007, in Praia da Luz. "If it is not done at that time, probably it will not take place", explained a source connected to the process - "the secrecy of justice was extended until August and there is only three months left to conclude the enquiry and to elaborate the final report".

According to the same source "it was not possible to make the reconstruction on the first date that was proposed because some claimed that the date was not feasible". Although the request for this procedure was made through the rogatory letters approved by the British justice - which obliges their fulfillment by the McCanns and friends - any of them can allege personal circumstances. "As to the new date, if someone alleges the impossibility of coming, we will see if he/she is someone essential to the reconstruction to decide if it will be done or not".

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Op donderdag 15 mei 2008 12:33 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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Dat denk ik ook, als de PJ hen daar wil hebben dan moeten ze gewoon gaan, al denk ik wel dat de McCanns het wel voor elkaar zouden krijgen dat ze niet hoeven als ze pertinent niet willen, remember Brown?
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Natuurlijk ligt het niet aan K&G, de hele wereld is gek en zij zijn zielig.
Dus toch? Zouden ze echt zulke vreemde eisen stellen? Ik weet niet of dat echt zo is, dit kan net zo goed spin van de andere kant zijn.
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Oh, ze zouden eigenlijk ook de waarheid moeten spreken maar helaas is het geheugen van de tapas9 niet zo goed, denk maar eens aan de verklaringen van Jane Tanner.
Als ze bij de reconstructie vast houden aan hun gefabriceerde verhaaltje dan is er idd een grote kans dat het weinig uit haalt.

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THE GUARDIAN: “PEOPLE” Meanwhile, a current editor, Peter Hill of the Daily Express, stood down yesterday from the Press Complaints Commission, not entirely coincidentally following the company’s recent £550,000 payout to the family of Madeleine McCann for publishing false stories about them.

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The PCC, of course, does more than just deal with accuracy complaints. Indeed, it was notable that the McCanns’ spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said the following in a recent radio interview:

“I’m very happy to acknowledge…that the PCC have been very helpful towards Kate and Gerry – they’ve been very pleased with their advice on the more practical aspects of dealing with the press, such as having the constant presence of photographers outside their home and the harassment that was tantamount at times – also the question of privacy for Sean and Amelie, Madeleine’s brother and sister of course, the PCC have been invaluable in assisting and guiding on that”.

The PCC is constantly involved – both in a formal and informal capacity – in offering assistance to individuals and families at the centre of a media storm.

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Op vrijdag 16 mei 2008 11:38 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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De spijker op zijn kop, dat mes snijdt idd naar 2 kanten, zij en Metodo3 zijn nog op zoek naar getuigen en dan kunnen ze niet zeggen dat een reconstructie geen zin heeft, scherp +1.
<knip> Thnx.

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McCanns sue a Portuguese Newspaper for Headline publication: “PJ believes parents killed Maddie”

The McCann Couple Back in August 2007 had announced their intent to sue the Tal & Qual, which ran the headline “PJ acredita que os pais mataram Maddie” [PJ believes that the parents killed Maddie]. The paper cited an unnamed police source and said that the police “are almost absolutely certain that Madeleine was killed by accident by her parents”, who they believe gave her too many sedatives to help her sleep.

Today in 24Horas: McCann advances against “T&Q”: Former Director and Journalist of the extinct weekly newspaper were formally constituted as arguidos

Kate and Gerry McCann believe that the publication of the headline “PJ believes that the parents killed Maddie” put the public world-wide opinion against them

The former director and a journalist of the extinct weekly newspaper “Tal&Qual” (T&Q) were formally accused by the parents of Madeleine McCann of the crime of slander, in the sequence of a publication, on 24th of August of last year, of a front cover headline, which highlighted: “The PJ believes that the parents killed Maddie”.

Emídio Fernando was heard yesterday afternoon, in the capacity of arguido, in the section of inquiries of the PSP, in the Avenida de Cintura do Porto de Lisboa. The journalist Catarina Vaz Guerreiro, author of the text to that front cover had already been heard, at the end of 2007. Problems with the notification to the former director of “T&Q” made only possible his hearing yesterday at the PSP inquest headquarters.

24horas knows that, the McCanns - at this processual phase do not request civil compensations – they claim that the publication of that piece of news changed the perception of the international public opinion relatively to their supposed involvement in the disappearance of the daughter.

Two weeks after the publication of the “T&Q” headline, Kate and Gerry were formally constituted as arguidos in the “Maddie case”.

Slander, They Say

“I am perfectly calm, I maintain everything what I’ve always said and I wrote. I am absolutely sure of my sources, so much that, fifteen days later, that one was confirmed ”, said to 24horas Emídio Fernando, in a first reaction to the accusation of slander that is imposed on him. “I have an absolute tranquillity. I have no problem with this. I never had. Not even in the day itself. I was absolutely sure of publishing the article and how it was going to be published”, he added.

Catarina Vaz Guerreiro, in her turn, found the accusation "absurd", since the information given by the weekly newspaper came then to be confirmed with the constitution of Kate and Gerry as arguidos. Madeleine McCann disappeared in the 3rd of May of 2007 in the tourist resort of the Ocean Club, in Praia da Luz, Algarve

Murat can become a rich man

Robert Murat, one of the arguidos in case of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, was the first one advancing with defamations processes against the British and Portuguese Media, he risks becoming a millionaire if he wins the actions that his lawyer interposed. Only in the United Kingdom, Murat, a businessman connected with the property sector, sued 13 newspapers and a TV channel, from whom he asks for one of the biggest compensations in the history of the kingdom: two million pounds, more than 2,5 million euros. In Portugal, there were already different publications to which the lawyer of Murat, Francisco Pagarete, advanced with complaints for slander. “JN”, “CM”, TVI and RTP make part of the accused' roll. Also Gonçalo Amaral, the inspector formerly connected with the case, is going to advance with complaints for defamation against various English newspapers.

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The man behind the McCanns: Clarence Mitchell Seminar

Clarence Mitchell will be speaking about his own experiences in the spotlight of the world’s media at a seminar on how to handle an international media furore.

As a former BBC broadcaster and Director of the Government’s Media Monitoring Unit, Clarence has had plenty of experience dealing with the international media machine. His current role as the official spokesperson for the family of missing Madeleine McCann has proved his greatest challenge.

This is a rare opportunity to hear a great speaker give a fascinating insight into his experiences with the world’s media. The talk is free and the organisers will be making a contribution to the Madeline McCann fund.

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Reconstruction now scheduled for May 29th and 30th, 16 May 2008

Madeleine - Reconstruction postponed The Portugal News Online 17/05/2008 (Dated for paper publication, released online 16/05/2008)

Plans to reconstruct the evening last year when British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in the Ocean Club Resort, Praia da Luz, have been postponed until the end of this month as the McCanns' friends, who dined with the couple on the night Madeleine vanished, have so far failed to confirm whether they will assist police detectives.

In the week that marked the fifth birthday of Madeleine McCann, it has emerged that a possible reconstruction of the night she went missing has now been scheduled for May 29th and 30th.

To ensure the investigation remains protected by secrecy laws, the Public Ministry has decided to prolong the deadline until which details were to remain undisclosed, from May 15th, for three more months, or until the reconstruction has been carried out. PJ police investigators still defend new investigations must be carried out, meaning the investigation must continue to be protected by secrecy laws.

The McCanns have already made it known they are willing to return to Portugal to participate in the reconstruction, a position confirmed by their lawyer in Portugal, Rogério Alves. According to sources though, the couple do not believe the reconstruction will take the investigation any closer to finding their daughter.

For the reconstruction, all of the witnesses (the McCanns and their friends with whom they dined at the on-site Tapas bar on the night Madeleine disappeared – May 3rd, 2007) are required to be present. Should any witness refuse to participate, the reconstruction will not be carried out, police sources have indicated.

This procedure is believed to be particularly relevant to further explore a statement from witness and the McCanns friend Jane Turner, who claimed she saw a man carrying a child in the vicinity of the family's apartment shortly after one of the group, Gerry McCann, had been to check on the children.

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Robert Murat - an apology The Scotsman ON 15 MAY 2007 an article about Robert Murat headed "Madeleine: He jokes of being 'No.1 suspect'" was published in which we reported a number of defamatory allegations about Mr Murat in connection with the abduction of Madeleine McCann.

The article wrongly accused him of "hanging around" the scene in a manner which recalled the Soham murders. Likening his behaviour in this way to that of Soham murderer, Ian Huntley, suggested that he was involved in the abduction of Madeleine McCann.

It was a seriously defamatory allegation and wholly untrue.

We also wrongly implied that he had been unfeeling and insensitive about Madeleine McCann's disappearance and had lied about his role in the police investigation. That was not our intention. We accept that Mr Murat was assisting the police investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance and that his behaviour was entirely proper throughout, and we are happy to make that clear.

We apologise to Mr Murat for the hurt, distress and damage to his reputation caused by the article.

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What is it with the McCanns? The Sun
^{Jon Gaunt
Published: 16 May 2008}
WHAT is it with the McCanns? They say they will do anything to help find Maddie but are still dragging their feet over returning to Portugal for a reconstruction of the fateful night when they left Maddie and her twin siblings home alone. Sources close to them say they have "serious reservations".

Why? What serious reservations?

Their spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, asks: "What is the value?"

So now this ex-BBC reporter, Government spin doctor and PR man is suddenly Columbo or Morse, is he?

I'm sorry, but let's remember they are still prime suspects and if the Portuguese plods want them in Portugal they should be there — reservations or not.

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Witnesses say that they didn't see Maddie after the end of the afternoon
Timeline of the McCanns put in question

The parents always said that the girl disappeared between 21.00 and 23.00 hours, but no witness saw her from 18.00 hours onwards.

Little Madeleine McCann was not seen from 18.00 of the 3rd of May of 2007, meaning almost four hours before the mother, Kate gave the alarm in Praia da Luz, Algarve. This is the conclusion of the correlation of information given to the British police by more than 60 tourists who were at the Ocean Club on the day of the disappearance.

The authorities of Leicester have been sending these informations drop by drop to the team of Paulo Rebelo. "None of the more than fifty persons that were in the tourist resort saw the child from 18.00 hours onwards. The several interrogatories made at the time of the disappearance and more recently in England prove that the girl was no longer seen in the end of the afternoon", said to the 24 Horas a judicial responsible connected to the investigations. These data led the judicial responsible to assume that "contrarily to what the parents always claimed the hour that the disappearance occurred is yet to define, and it might have happened not after 22.00pm but much earlier".

There are still depositions missing

The team of the PJ are not yet in the possession of all the depositions that were requested to the British authorities made in the scope of the rogatory letter send to that country at the end of 2007. The main statements made by the 7 friends who dined with the McCanns that night were already evaluated scrupulously.

FACTS

Alarm

Kate McCann entered in the Tapas Bar after 22.30 screaming "they've taken her". She was never able to explain to the authorities who were "them". The GNR arrived to the place in less than 20 minutes and the PJ one hour after. In the apartment were the twins and there was no sign of a break in found.

Impositions

The 7 friends that dinned with the McCanns in the Tapas Bar are putting conditions to the Public Prosecutor to return to our country. They are invited to cooperate in the reenactment of that night a proceeding considered very important to clarify the facts.

Reenactment without date

The Judiciary Police continues to wait for a reply of the McCanns and their friends to schedule a date to the reenactment of the facts occurred on the 3rd of May of 2007: "We still have not received any indication from the Public Ministry on that subject. We are still waiting for the McCanns and their friends to decide when they want to come to Portugal. We cannot oblige them, they come if they wish", said the same source.

Guilhermino Encarnação, the responsible of the PJ Directorship of Faro, maintains that "at this phase there is nothing to say" and as soon as relevant data of public interest connected to this mediatic case occurs "that will be revealed by the proper authorities".

The McCanns say, through their spokesman, Clarence Mitchell that they are willing to return to our country but they do not take responsibility for the decision of the friends with whom they dinned on that night.

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McCanns: It's still no to a rerun 18 May 2008
By Marc Baker
Defiant Kate and Gerry McCann have rejected a new plea to help re-create the night their daughter Maddie vanished. The couple had a tense showdown with Portuguese cops last week.

After refusing to fly back, they have now been told to reply "within days" to yet another request for them to attend a reconstruction in two weeks. But sources say they will again say no. Police want Kate, 40, and Gerry, 39, and their Tapas Seven pals to return.

But the couple have "grave reservations" about cops' motives. They fear police aren't interested in finding Maddie and only want to charge them with neglect over the disappearance of Maddie, now five, in Praia da Luz last May. Spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "They're still considering what to do."

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Op zondag 18 mei 2008 17:31 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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Net als bij Maddies verjaardag oid?

Hopelijk moeten ze naar PdL idd, al is het maar gewoon omdat ze daar geen zin in hebben.
Dat gedoe over die sniffer dogs wordt ook tot op het bot uitgemolken, net als het verhaal van Murat maar een excuus kan er niet af nu blijkt dat er 0,0 bewijs is tegen hem.....

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"In a lengthy statement released on Sunday, States of Jersey Police responded to allegations in a Sunday newspaper that the likely origin of that initial "bone" fragment was purposely kept from the media.

Police say the initial find - whether it turns out to be bone or not - had already been ruled out of their investigation after experts agreed that it dated from before 1940.

They say to highlight its origins would have distracted from their investigation.

The statement goes on to say that the officer in charge of the investigation, deputy chief officer Lenny Harper, "takes full responsibility for the decision to curtail the debate on the item which had already been ruled out of the enquiry and which would have indeed distracted attention from the victims of abuse"."

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Op zondag 18 mei 2008 22:38 schreef Tmaatje het volgende:
Dit leest als een hele slechte detective, ik kan alleen maar hopen op een Portugese Hercule Poirot...

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Richard Branson's sister pays £22,000 for McCann painting, 18 May 2008
London Calling artnet

By Joe La Placa

The delightful Vanessa Branson bought Jose Maria Cano’s Renault Scenic, a encaustic painting of the iconic news photo of the parents of kidnap victim Madeline McCann driving the eponymous vehicle, for £22,000. The purchase was a meaningful one, considering Branson’s brother, Virgin CEO Richard Branson, generously donated £100,000 to help the McCanns search for their missing daughter.


^{Collector Vanessa Branson with Renault Scenic (2007) by Jose Maria Cano}

Madeleine McCann by José-María Cano artnet (For sale)



^{TITLE: Madeleine McCann
ARTIST: José-María Cano
CATEGORY: Paintings
MATERIALS: Wax on board
SIZE: h: 84 x w: 64.5 in / h: 213.4 x w: 163.8 cm
REGION: Spanish
PRICE*: Contact Gallery for Price
GALLERY: Kristy Stubbs Gallery (214) 871-9311 Send Email
DESCRIPTION: Framed
ONLINE CATALOGUE(S): Inventory Catalogue
*Prices subject to change}

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Op woensdag 21 mei 2008 15:11 schreef kahaarin het volgende:

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Hoi Suko en anderen!

Ik wil wel iets posten hoor, echt wel, maar er is domweg niets.......kijk maar:

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/?search=madeleine&searchheadlines=1

Stilte voor de storm hopelijk?