It's the time of year for our customary summer break, when we give our families undivided attention, enjoy our holiday season and catch up on all those tasks we keep putting off.
We will be keeping an eye on developments too and it seems
timely to take a break now; to await the outcome of the visit of the British
Crown Prosecution Service to Portugal
in April and to see if the libel trial of Mr Amaral actually happens.
We hope it will all result in a clear-up, rather than a
cover-up. Hope springs eternal, as the saying goes. And you never know,
justice, true justice, may just render this blog useless.
We have taken the blog along to the point of almost a
resolution to the case. We have exposed the plot and only the finer dust (and
there is still much of it) remains to be cleaned. You know, the devil’s favorite
playground: the details.
It seems that there are some pessimists who have already
forecast that the UK
authorities are determined to conclude that it was “an abductor” after all, one
anonymous, mysterious and inconclusive abductor.
And no sign of Maddie.
First, it seems just a little too little of a difference for
the almighty glorified and (ex-) reputable SY to make its difference from the
“bungling” PJ.
You don’t see the difference? Yes, we understand why you don’t.
That’s how brilliantly formatted you’ve been all this time.
You see, the only official version that we’re aware of is that
the Portuguese Justice System could find no evidence parents involved in Maddie’s
disappearance.
No talk of an abductor.
Maddie is gone… but the why is still open to speculation as
you so well know.
Second, if getting an “abductor” to fit the part was easy,
or even possible, don’t you think that would have been done long ago?
That’s what they’ve been trying to do for the last 6 years
with very little success and a very fast eroding margin of manoeuvre.
There’s one thing that differentiates this case from all
others: the millions of words written about it and that are publicly available.
The true White Hats have contributed out of their own
good-will.
The “White Hats” have, unwittingly, contributed also, and
decisively, due to their fierce engagement in the issue. These, remember,
wanted just part of the truth to be outed and have the T9 punished for Maddie’s
death.
So, they were absolutely truthful about anything that
did NOT hinder their interests. And what they wanted to hide, they lied as much as
any Black Hat. After all, we mustn’t forget, they are Black Hats. The sentence
of an innocent man, Tony Bennett, is, as we said “blood” on their hands.
So do take away the clutter that these “White Hats” have
spread in their own interests and you’ll have left a good chunk of pure, honest
truth.
Lastly, the Black Hats. How useful they have been. Their
counter-argumentation will be the biggest embarrassingly legacy of all time.
There’s simply too much information out there to find an
adequate patsy. Simply impossible.
“Maddie – The Movie”, when it will be made, won’t be
about the events that happened inside the apartment until the little girl died,
but about all the circus that was mounted around her death. We believe that not
much of the filming will be using PdL as scenario…
Police in UK
can't afford another scandal blowing up after the latest uproar on trying to
discredit Stephen Lawrence family campaign, the use of undercover police
in spying on protest groups and Plebgate.
There’s also some idle talk about Mr Amaral’s “strange”
silence. We don’t find it strange at all. As far as we know, Mr Amaral owes no
one any explanation about anything.
If there has to be an eventual explanation, it has to come
from the Judicial System as to why there was no trial (if there isn’t to be
one) or from the accusing side, the McCanns, as to why they dropped the charges
(if they drop the charges).
Mr Amaral’s silence about the issue is not only justified as
is very comprehensible. He has nothing to say, so, correctly, says nothing.
We wish our readers an enjoyable holiday break and thank
those who have stayed with us in a quest for justice.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/portugal-cabbie-offers-lead-to-scotland-yards-madeleine-mccann-investigation-8770358.html
ReplyDeleteAntonio Castela's tale once again! Ah, but with a little difference...just a minor detail really (NOT), so minor that it was whooshed from the article...no mention of Castela saying the woman being a Kate lookalike and one of the men looking just like Murat! How convenient...
And Vila Real de Sto. António "near" Faro?! 64km driving distance, not exactly round the corner...
Also no mention of the reason why the PJ dismissed Castela's story, of how witnesses placed Kate in the Ocean Club at the time of the supposed cab ride...
I've googled for other newspaper reports of this re-ashed story and all have conveniently left out Castela's original tale of the woman resembling Kate and one of the men resembling Murat.
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ReplyDeleteI didn't say the results of the Met investigation wouldn't be big news for the media. I simply suggest that if it turns out to be a cover-up then the 'conclusions' of that
cover-up will be slavishly reported, verbatim but with plenty of 'bungling portuguese cops' vitriol thrown in for good measure. England 1 Portugal 0. The Englishman is king in his castle again. What really happened to poor Madeleine will need to be filed under 'haven't a clue'. Cue plenty of cringing McCan interviews from the vacuous likes lorraine Kelly.
Cameron can move on to more pressing engagements.
If this wasn't the likely outcome then why arn't the POrtuguse insisting on certain questions being put to the main protagonists, a reconstruction of events, Kate McCan's medical records/ shift pattern, the Tapas bank records etc etc. Woof. You know, you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. Senhor.
Yes there'll bewailing and gnashing of teeth in some quarters, but for the authorities - job done.
http://www.anorak.co.uk/321455/madeleine-mccann/madeleine-mccann-a-pr-mistake-with-antonio-castela.html/
ReplyDelete"Hold the phone! The London Evening Standard reported in 2008 that Castela picked up a blonde child with an unusual eye and wearing pink pyjamas. The paper reported his claim that he took her on a ride on the very night she vanished. Castela said she looked “doped”. The name Robert Murat, an innocent man libelled and defamed by pretty much everyone, was mentioned as being one of the men who might have been with her. Castela said he had the child in his car a few hours before she vanished. Then, yesterday, we heard that Castela did not give the child a lift on the very night of her vanishing. He says it was one day later. Both versions are still on the paper’s website."
BOTH versions still on the site! EH,EH,EH! A major PR blunder indeed! And another example of sloppy british journos (nothing new here...)
http://lhro.wordpress.com/
ReplyDeleteLisbon Libel Trial McCanns v Amaral.
After almost two years of postponements the Libel Trial of the Century is set to take place this year in Lisbon, Portugal. Having been abandoned in February 2013 it was given a six month period after which, if both parties had failed to reach an agreement, the Full Trial was to be scheduled. Those six months are up.
The strategy of the McCann parents was originally to launch a two-pronged attack. In their somewhat frenzied desire to take control of the media, to stop newspapers quoting sources familiar with the police operations of the PJ. Most especially to silence any opposition to their claim that their child was abducted.
This attack came in two slices. The first was to have Goncalo Amaral’s book ‘The Truth of the Lie’ banned. If they succeeded the next step was to take him for every penny he’d got, claiming ‘Libel’.
‘The Truth of the Lie’ was written by Amaral (The lead detective and co-ordinator of the Portuguese investigation into Madeleine McCann’s death) after he had left the force. The book is a synopsis of that investigation based on ‘diligences’ observed (indications of suspicion) and the eventual conclusions of the PJ (Portuguese police) that Madeleine had died in her family’s holiday apartment. These observations can be found in what has come to be known as the PJ Files. Googleable.
‘The Truth of the Lie’, when it was published, proposed that Madeleine had not been abducted at all.
ReplyDeleteThe McCanns’ claim of ‘abduction’ was being seriously threatened. So began the parents’ attempt to ban the book and sue the author. The book was banned. The newspapers shifted their stance, which has continued to this day, to get their quotes on the McCann affair only from the pair’s government-appointed spin-doctor. All steam ahead now to take Amaral for every penny he’d got…
But Ooooooops! The ban on the book was overturned. This represented disaster for Team McCann. A Court of Law had ruled that the book was not libellous..! From this moment the hope for a successful outcome to the Libel Accusation was destroyed.
The McCanns cannot win the Libel Trial when it comes to full court. They will be regretting the steps they have taken and desperately seeking a way out. In February this year, 2013, the trial was stymied when Amaral refused a ‘settlement’ agreement proposed by the McCanns. He wants this to go to full court where he wants the McCanns. For the first time they will be questioned in a Courtroom (or, more likely, via video link), but the important thing is to get them there.
We don’t have any idea what kind of ‘settlement’ the McCann team proposed, but the very fact that they offered it is itself remarkable. Normally it is the defendant who asks for a settlement, not the litigant. Again we see a struggling Team McCann.
At the beginning of this note I made mention of ‘Trial of the Century’ and this will be nothing less than that. It isn’t a ‘behind-the-scenes’ run of the mill trial. The McCanns do, of course, have the option of withdrawing their action - but the consequences for them would be catastrophic – they would be, essentially, admitting they were wrong to accuse Mr.Amaral of libel and that his synopsis is valid.
And that, in an instant, throws doubt on the abduction scenario. So we can take it the McCanns are not looking forward to this trial. There seems to be no way out for them.
But we have the politicians to reckon with. It is not in the UK’s interest to have this trial go ahead. A successful outcome for Goncalo will mean the UK, almost from the very start, was wrong to ridicule the PJ and insist that the ‘abduction’ was the only possible explanation of Madeleine’s disappearance – despite there being no evidence to validate that explanation. Top-level politicians will be seen to have interfered to, in effect, protect the parents and so obstruct the course of justice.
It is not in Portugal’s interest that the trial goes ahead. If Goncalo is successful it will create nothing short of a ‘diplomatic situation’ with the UK. Most unpleasant.
It isn’t unreasonable to suppose that high-flying lawyers and politicians from both sides are at this moment seeking ‘solutions’ and the best avenue to take to cause the least embarassment. Team McCann will be looking for legal arguments to further delay the trial. Team Goncalo – to speed it up.
There are many who doubt the trial will be allowed to proceed at all but I am firmly of the opposite opinion. The trial will go ahead. But be prepared for legal wrangling and an astonishing decision. Let us all hope we get Justice, at last, for Madeleine Beth McCann
Looks like someone at JH has picked up your Clean Party Floor phenomenon post:
ReplyDeleteRe: The controversial Gaspar Statement
Post Hobs Yesterday at 9:40 pm
What is telling in regard to a crime scene is, not only what is there that shouldn't be, also what should be there and isn't.
A crime scene which is missing the expected such as DNA from people who were known to be there, fingerprints, footprints even, hair, saliva, boogers (especially if there are children who were known to be at the location.)Apartment 5a should have been drenched in DNA from the 3 children in particular as well as kate and gerry.
Also to be expected is DNA nad prints form all who were allegedly doing the checking, who visited the apartment for any reason, other children.
I would expect to find fingerprints, saliva, boogers, even urine and faeces from the 3 children since we all know how sticky they can get, how theydribble and go rooting in their nostrils.
I would expect saliva etc in their bedding and on the furniture.
I would expect to see clutter in the apartment from toys played with by the children, clothing etc.
What is telling is how clean the apartment was, how little forensic evidence there was in an apartment lived in for a week with 3 young children.
In this case it seems when they cleaned up evidence of a crime they over cleaned which is just as revealing as if they had left everything as is.
Why did they give the search dogs a towel from the apartment which had allegedly been used by Maddie?
We don't know if they all had their own towels or if it ws shared with the twins, it is possible that Maddie's scent was not on the towel at all and the dogs were tracking someone else, either a sibling or kate or gerry.
What should have been used for the dogs to get the scent from is an item of clothing from that day, underwear would be best as that would be full of her scent ( it could also have been used to get a DNA ample from)
heck they could even have used her bedding, her shoesetc, no, the PJ got a towel.
Any right minded person would think perhaps kate and gerry were setting a false trail, having the dogs track someone who was alive and not missing.
Why would innocent parents want to mislead the PJ in finding their abducted daughter?
Any abductor in the apartment would have left a trace of themselves behind, fingerprints of door handles or on the window or shutter, there would have been hairs lost when picking her up and carrying her away.
There would have been footprints on the tiles floor, clothing fibres detached when he picked Maddie up (same with hair)
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http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t4559p150-the-controversial-gaspar-statement#172236
Brooks and Coulson trial now October 28. Adjourned for legal reasons that can't be reported.
ReplyDeleteA PolÃcia Judiciária já está na posse da carta rogatória do caso Madeleine McCann, a criança desaparecida no Algarve em 2007.
ReplyDeleteTrata-se uma lista de diligências que vão ser feitas a pedido da polÃcia britânica, que pediu para serem inquiridas mais de 30 testemunhas, que já foram ouvidas pela PJ. No entanto, os investigadores ingleses consideram que houve perguntas que ficaram por fazer e pistas que não foram exploradas até à exaustão.
A carta rogatória é extensa e vai ser cumprida pela Diretoria do Sul, em Faro. A eventual deslocação de uma comitiva de polÃcias britânicos ao Algarve ainda não é certa e será articulada com o Ministério Público, mas é certo que, uma vez em território nacional, não podem ser eles a realizar as diligências. Apenas poderão assistir ao que a polÃcia portuguesa fizer.
Os inpetores que vão dar seguimento à carta rogatória não serão os mesmos que investigaram o desaparecimento. A equipa estará já constituÃda, só ainda não se sabe quando terão inÃcio as diligências.
A PGR já garantiu, mais do que uma vez, que não existem indÃcios que justifiquem a reabertura do inquérito, arquivado em 2008, um ano depois do desaparecimento.
http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/503/sociedade/maddie-madeleine-pj-tvi24/1482580-4071.html
ReplyDeleteSo, 6 years after they insist that Many questions where not questioned ........ Great people with great memory 6 years after.
And our Country is plenty of money..
The UK prepotence and arrogance.
I wish to thank a lot to Lile because is not a Portuguese nor an English one for searching this link.
ReplyDeleteNow will be PJ Faro.
6 years after and the memory ....... Very strange because UK says many questions where not given.
To me, this is amazing more our money......
It was called to my attention that the google translation of TVI24H articles, sent in by Anon #208 gives the wrong impression about its content.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that "who declined to be interviewed" appears for "que pediu para serem inquiridas", which is absolutely incorrect.
Having just arrived home and with chores to do, this is my quick translation of the article:
“The PJ is already in possession of the rogatory letter of the Madeleine McCann case, the missing child in the Algarve in 2007.
This is a list of diligences that will be made by request of the British police, who asked that more than 30 witnesses be interviewed, who have been heard by PJ. However, the English investigators consider that there were questions still left to be made and clues that have not been explored to exhaustion.
The rogatory letter is extensive and will be done by the South Directorate, in Faro. The eventual sending of a delegation of British police to Algarve is not yet certain and will be articulated with the Public Ministry, but it is certain that, once in the country, they cannot be the ones doing the diligences. They can only watch what the Portuguese police do.
The inspectors that will act in accordance with the rogatory letter will not be the same as those that investigated the disappearance. The team is supposedly already established, only to be known when the proceedings will start.
The PGR has guaranteed, more than once, that evidence doesn't exist to justify the reopening of the investigation, archived in 2008, one year after the disappearance.”
Hope this clarifies the issue.
Ingleses pedem para ouvir testemunhas
ReplyDeleteReabertura do processo não está para já a ser equacionada
Caso Maddie em cima da mesa.
Hoje, 00h30
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Os ingleses já enviaram para a Procuradoria-Geral da República a carta rogatória a pedir à PolÃcia Judiciária para inquirir novamente algumas testemunhas do caso Maddie.
O documento ainda não chegou à Judiciária de Faro, mas, mal tal aconteça, as diligências deverão ser cumpridas. A inquirição de novas testemunhas ou reinquirição de outras ouvidas na altura do desaparecimento de Madeleine McCann não põem em causa o arquivamento do processo.
O processo só poderá ser reaberto em Portugal, se a Judiciária entender que alguns dos testemunhos representam novas provas. Uma das testemunhas que as autoridades inglesas querem que seja ouvida é um taxista que garante ter transportado a menina, naquela noite, na companhia de adultos.
O homem já se disponibilizou a prestar declarações, devendo agora formalmente depor na PJ de Faro.
http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/ultima-hora/ingleses-pedem-para-ouvir-testemunhas
ReplyDeleteRemember Ambassador Kate at Missing People?
ReplyDeleteInteresting exchange of ideas here about Missing People
http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t7566-missing-people-whooshing-comments
it seems income only covers wages, virtually nothing went to the cause. I’ve never seen or even heard of any work they have done yet they were supposed to have put up huge billboards in towns and cities. They obviously didn’t spend money employing a webmaster to moderate comments before publication and therefore it would seem they didn’t monitor the website so did they monitor for information that was posted about sightings of missing people?
We would like to give an heads-up to our readers.
ReplyDeleteThis break has been almost two months long, for no other reason than the unsynchronization in holiday planning. During this period the daily readership (according to Blogger) has been nothing short of astounding.
The interest that readers have demonstrated can only be repaid with the respect they deserve. Thus this heads-up.
We hope to return on the morning of Friday, August 30th.
If you haven't noticed, we have, for quite a while now, put up a "BLOG's THEMATIC LIBRARY". It's on the bottom of the far-right column of the blog.
There, we intend, for easy future reference, to group posts by themes, dissipating, once and for all, any sort of doubt about whether we'll ever intend to close the blog down or "woosh" any of its content away.
It's been a postponed task as it's not easy to catalog 500 plus posts but we've already created 3 folders: "THE GENERAL PLOT", "THE TAPAS QUIZ POSTS" and "DEBUNKING THE MOCKUMENTARY".
Next Friday's post will be the first post of a new folder that we're calling "HOW DID MADDIE DIE"
Thank you so for your readership. It is an omnipresent support and source of motivation.
Textusa, you have now ruined many BH’s Saturday night and the rest of the week LOL!!!! Just when they were trying to convince each other Textusa had given up. Oh, how the Bhs would have LOVED for the time off to have been because Textusa was closed down. As we Portuguese say "temos pena..."
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! Can't wait for next Friday!
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id232.html
ReplyDeleteTextusa, Dr Martin Roberts is finally in synch with you! Time is proving you were right all along!
Just the last paragraph: "Neither before nor since have the McCanns offered any rationalisation of the original CdM story of August 12. They should, and for one very good reason: Whether Gerry McCann personally took ownership of the information flow at the outset, or had it gifted to him by a 'spokesperson', the fact remains that he did not communicate anything of significance 'on the night of the crime' to anyone in the UK, in time to enable John Buck to telephone Alipio Ribeiro at dinner. If the various CdM attributions are fundamentally correct however, then whoever had that information, i.e., whoever 'phoned the FCO and/or Gordon Brown from within the UK, was in possession of it prior to 10.00 p.m. on 3 May, 'the night of the crime'."