McCanns cleared in Madeline case

PullMyFinger! · 21-07-2008 05:37PM #1

Sky News:

The investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance has been closed and her parents cleared of any involvement, the Portuguese Attorney General has announced.

Madeleine McCann went missing in May 2007

The case has been closed because of lack of evidence but could be reopened at any time if important information comes to light, according to Fernando Pinto Monteiro's office.

The 14-month investigation uncovered no evidence of a crime by the three people named as arguidos or official suspects, Kate and Gerry McCann and Robert Murat.

Madeleine's parents and Mr Murat have now had their arguido status lifted.

Mr and Mrs McCann are "relieved" to be cleared of any involvement in the disappearance of Madeleine, their spokesman Clarence Mitchell said.

But he added that there is "no air of celebration" at hearing the news.

"They should never have been arguidos. The fact that they have emerged from
this without being charged proves that."

He added: "The main thing now is to get everything back to finding Madeleine.

"All of this has damaged their good reputations and they will have to assess where they go from here.

"The only thing they care about is finding Madeleine. We hope that the Portuguese authorities will continue to cooperate with their private investigation."

Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said the couple would be hoping to find new leads from the police file on the case.

Speaking from Praia da Luz, the resort where Madeleine disappeared from in May last year, he said: "The McCanns and their lawyers will still be anticipating that they should get an early sight of the police file, enough to give them and their private investigators new leads to follow.

"Everything in that file will have been investigated by Portuguese authorities to some degree.

"But the McCanns think there is a possibility in some areas that their own investigators can do better."

Thoughts? I still think the parents know more then they're letting on. Their behavior on some TV reports was bizzare to sat the least.

minxie · 21-07-2008 05:40PM

something was amiss with their story
i always found them very cold on tv etc

Terry · 21-07-2008 05:48PM

Good thing I deleted that thread a few months ago.

dfx- · 21-07-2008 05:49PM

Terry wrote: »

Good thing I deleted that thread a few months ago.

Still too early for jokes?

PullMyFinger! · 21-07-2008 05:50PM

Terry wrote: »

Good thing I deleted that thread a few months ago.

Why?

Terry · 21-07-2008 05:53PM

dfx- wrote: »

Still too early for jokes?

PM Rabies or Hagar for access to lolocaust.

PullMyFinger! wrote: »

Why?

There was quite a few posts in it which could be considered slanderous given this ruling.

PullMyFinger! · 21-07-2008 05:59PM

Terry wrote: »

There was quite a few posts in it which could be considered slanderous given this ruling.

Ah ok, I was wondering where it went.

Terry · 21-07-2008 06:03PM

PullMyFinger! wrote: »

Ah ok, I was wondering where it went.

I was given a heads up about possible legal action.
That's all I can really say.

ninebeanrows · 21-07-2008 06:04PM

I just wonder what happened that kid.

It will unsolved mystery the world will just have to live with.

She just disappeared of the face of the planet.

Rb · 21-07-2008 06:05PM

The Portugese police force have shown themselves to be thoroughly incompetant so I don't particularly care what they say at this point.

leninbenjamin · 21-07-2008 06:07PM

Weathercheck wrote: »

She just disappeared of the face of the planet.

like thousands of others each year.

21-07-2008 06:07PM

minxie1 wrote: »

something was amiss with their story
i always found them very cold on tv etc

yeah i felt the same and you have explore all possible leads.

orestes · 21-07-2008 06:08PM

leninbenjamin wrote: »

like thousands of others each year.

Yeah, but they aren't little white blonde girls so we don't care about them apparently

21-07-2008 06:15PM

orestes wrote: »

Yeah, but they aren't little white blonde girls so we don't care about them apparently

And the fact that she was an English girl in a foreign country

thelordofcheese · 21-07-2008 06:15PM

Rb wrote: »

The McCann's have shown themselves to be thoroughly incompetant so I don't particularly care what they say at this point.

Fixed that for you.

ejmaztec · 21-07-2008 06:16PM

Oh noes - here we go again .....................................

KnifeWRENCH · 21-07-2008 06:20PM

Whether or not they physically harmed her they're still responsible for her disapperance.
At least now hopefully we won't have to see their faces every time we open a paper and their pathetic pleas for sympathy.

thelordofcheese wrote:

"The McCann's have shown themselves to be thoroughly incompetant so I don't particularly care what they say at this point."

Fixed that for you.

Nail on the head

Sherifu · 21-07-2008 06:26PM

I was waiting for a punch line in the OP.

Guy:Incognito · 21-07-2008 06:31PM

Sky News Article wrote: »

"They should never have been arguidos. The fact that they have emerged from
this without being charged proves that.".

How does he figure they should never have been suspects? With the complete lack of anything pointing to anybody else, the people cloest have to be the most likely suspects.

Adam · 21-07-2008 06:40PM

\o/

Safe at last!

Dave! · 21-07-2008 06:40PM

tis pretty sad that nobody has been caught for this. I guess unless there's some remarkable relevation/confession, we're not likely to see anyone go to jail for it.

422nd · 21-07-2008 06:43PM

Mirror wrote: »

\o/

Safe at last!

There's your confession from Mirror, Dave!:pac:

Mossy Monk · 21-07-2008 06:46PM

Oh joy. Another excuse for them to be on the news.

Dave! · 21-07-2008 06:46PM

Yeah I've forwarded his comments on to the Portugese police.

DublinWriter · 21-07-2008 06:54PM

minxie1 wrote: »

something was amiss with their story
i always found them very cold on tv etc

A banal observation.

I remember a case in the UK a number of years back where a woman stabbed her bf to death in his car at the side of a motorway and tried to blame it on a black guy and an incident of road-rage.

During a press-conference to find the mystery killer she broke down in floods of tears. One of the detectives involved in the case said in a later interview that this was a red-light to him, as usually close-relatives don't go into fits of histrionics at press-conferences, and this alerted the police that she was a prime-suspect.

In this Big Brother/Hello media era, you'll obviously be disappointed if you see the parents of an abducted child on TV and they don't perform just as how you'd expect them to. Remember that psychologically grief and trauma have more of an initial numbing effect.

Your argument is basically the same one that crucified the parents of Jonbenet Ramsey and labeled them as killers.

Obviously your assessment is typical of the general viewing public and would suggest that parents of abducted children should undergo a course in media PR before being allowed to make any appeals to the public for information.

Tha Gopher · 21-07-2008 07:03PM

orestes wrote: »

Yeah, but they aren't little white blonde girls so we don't care about them apparently

Oh for the love of Jeff.

Sir, please turn off your computer and step away from the internet.

If you can find me a case of a black child in England who went missing in similiar circumstances (i.e. kidnapped by a stranger as opposed to going missing with relatives as seen in the vast majority of the cases) I will fellate you. Passionately. I dont doubt this has happened in the US. However, there has never been a case of a blacl kid being kidnapped and never seen again that only made the side of page 37 of The Sun, and I bet my house on it.

Funny thing being it is seemingly mainly white keyboard warriors coming up with this guff.

As for the Madeleine case, why the fcuk have they never been charged with manslaughter via neglect?

Has all the charity money been accounted for?

The whole thing was sick, and Id love to see them in court for it. She is dead for the sake of 12 euro.

turgon · 21-07-2008 07:16PM

Tha Gopher wrote: »

She is dead for the sake of 12 euro.

Do you know something we dont?

Loads of kids go missing in Europe. Its just that the McCanns decided to completely public with there case. Thats why it received so much attention.

TPD · 21-07-2008 07:26PM

turgon wrote: »

Do you know something we dont?

Price of a couple of hours in the creché?

I hate the way they use the word 'arguido' - it means suspect, and its English media using the term, why not say 'suspect'?

Latchy · 21-07-2008 07:43PM

I think kate McCann went into shut down after maddie had dissapeared ,hence her 'so called ' lack of emotion shown during the days weeks , months after her childs disappearance.Just thinking that your child is going to wake up every day with strangers far away ,hoepfully treating her right and the child wondering were her parents are would drive any mother to distraction or as i say a ' shut down ' of emotions ,as a defence mechanisim and her way coping with such grief .

Dudess · 21-07-2008 07:52PM

DublinWriter wrote: »

A banal observation.

I remember a case in the UK a number of years back where a woman stabbed her bf to death in his car at the side of a motorway and tried to blame it on a black guy and an incident of road-rage.

During a press-conference to find the mystery killer she broke down in floods of tears. One of the detectives involved in the case said in a later interview that this was a red-light to him, as usually close-relatives don't go into fits of histrionics at press-conferences, and this alerted the police that she was a prime-suspect.

In this Big Brother/Hello media era, you'll obviously be disappointed if you see the parents of an abducted child on TV and they don't perform just as how you'd expect them to. Remember that psychologically grief and trauma have more of an initial numbing effect.

Your argument is basically the same one that crucified the parents of Jonbenet Ramsey and labeled them as killers.

Obviously your assessment is typical of the general viewing public and would suggest that parents of abducted children should undergo a course in media PR before being allowed to make any appeals to the public for information.

+1 - Lindy Chamberlain, the innocent mother in the dingo case, was crucified for her lack of emotion and apparent "coldness".

Tha Gopher · 21-07-2008 08:06PM

turgon wrote: »

Do you know something we dont?

The childminder service cost 12 per hour.

He is a surgeon.

She is a GP.

Id reckon she is on a minimum of 80,000 per year, he would be on anything between 100 and 300k. They are a truly awful pair of people.

Loads of kids go missing in Europe. Its just that the McCanns decided to completely public with there case. Thats why it received so much attention.

It god Europe wide publicity but tbh I doubt it took up 10 mins per night oif German news coverage. Besides, it happened in an area where people from all over Europe were passing thru and may have had info.

McCanns cleared in Madeline case

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