Police were told two years ago about Clement Freud's Madeleine McCann connection but 'did nothing' victim says

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The Telegraph
By Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter and Martin Evans and Patrick Sawer, Senior Reporter7 hrs ago






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Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann were alerted two years ago to paedophile Sir Clement Freud' s connection to the case, but did nothing, one of his victims has revealed.

Vicky Hayes, who was groomed by Freud for years before he raped her as a teenager, was left with an "uneasy" feeling about Freud's motives after reading that he had befriended the McCann family and cooked for them at his holiday home in Praia da Luz, Portugal.

She said it was "odd" that Freud had sought out the McCanns, because he was a "private person" who did not enjoy the media spotlight when he was not performing.

In her book, Madeleine, Kate McCann describes how Freud contacted the family two months after the three-year-old disappeared and invited them for dinner at his villa around 600 yards from their Ocean Club apartment. He kept in touch with them and played host a second time weeks later.


Ms Hayes told ITV News: "I read Kate McCann's book and was immediately upset and anxious that Clement Freud had invited the McCanns to his home. 

"He was a private man, not the type to suddenly befriend  a couple who had intense media attention. It really jarred with me, left me feeling very uneasy. He had a home in Praia da Luz, but why invite them and cook for them?

"Nobody else would have thought Freud capable of abuse and rape but he did it to me.


"He was capable of anything."

She reported her concerns to her local police force in Suffolk, and her son wrote to the Metropolitan Police to pass on his mother's account and concerns over Freud's connection to the McCanns. They received no response.

Ms Hayes said: "I'm angry the police were dismissive of my information. 

"I have a six year old granddaughter, a young girl like Madeline. If you have a something you feel needs to be looked at you have to tell someone. That's what I did. That's why I contacted the police, when I read Kate McCann’s account, I wanted the detectives to know what I knew about Clement Freud. 

"My purpose was for officers to investigate why he invited them. It needs investigating if Freud had any involvement or knew anything."

The Freud family say Sir Clement was in the UK at the time of Madeleine's disappearance in May 2007.

Ana Duarte, a psychologist who has lived opposite the house for 20 years, says Freud used to arrive in early spring and would stay for several weeks.


She told The Telegraph: "I would see him come and go, but we didn't talk very much. He was a bit of a snob if I'm being honest. What I can't tell you is whether he was here when Madeleine disappeared. That I just can't remember.” The villa was sold by the Freud family after Freud's death in 2009.

Ms Hayes contacted ITV today after reading newspaper reports of Freud's paedophilia, which form the subject of an ITV Exposure documentary tonight.

In the documentary, two other women detail how Freud abused them over a period spanning four decades.

Clement Freud's Madeleine McCann 'connection'?

CF had NO 'connection' with MM!

He had a 'connection' with her parents, two months AFTER her 'mysterious' disappearance.

eta: the McCant's, and their 'friends/sources' had better be a 'tad' careful, with regards possibly 'slandering/libelling' CF and his remaining family's 'reputation' without 'incontrovertible proof' of 'wrong doing' against 'them' personally. ('Mud 'sticks' 'No smoke without fire' etc.,) Matt F 'certainly' has the 'means' to SUE them!

jeanmonroe wrote:Clement Freud's Madeleine McCann 'connection'?

CF had NO 'connection' with MM!

He had a 'connection' with her parents, two months AFTER her 'mysterious' disappearance.

eta: the McCant's, and their 'friends/sources' had better be a 'tad' careful, with regards possibly 'slandering/libelling' CF and his remaining family's 'reputation' without 'incontrovertible proof' of 'wrong doing' against 'them' personally. ('Mud 'sticks' 'No smoke without fire' etc.,)  Matt F 'certainly' has the 'means' to SUE them!

Matthew Freud recently split from Elizabeth Murdoch and suddenly his father is exposed in a media which is substantially owned by his former father in law.  This should have been reported years ago, it just goes to show how corrupt that family is and how they use these situations for their own personal benefits.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3647464/How-Clement-Freud-raped-m-CERTAIN-knew-happened-Maddie-Tortured-victim-groomed-paedophile-MP-age-14-says-wouldn-t-surprised-linked-disappearance.html


In the news today, certain of connection says this lady? 
Oh my how  the web weaves!!!

sharonl wrote:

jeanmonroe wrote:Clement Freud's Madeleine McCann 'connection'?

CF had NO 'connection' with MM!

He had a 'connection' with her parents, two months AFTER her 'mysterious' disappearance.

eta: the McCant's, and their 'friends/sources' had better be a 'tad' careful, with regards possibly 'slandering/libelling' CF and his remaining family's 'reputation' without 'incontrovertible proof' of 'wrong doing' against 'them' personally. ('Mud 'sticks' 'No smoke without fire' etc.,)  Matt F 'certainly' has the 'means' to SUE them!

Matthew Freud recently split from Elizabeth Murdoch and suddenly his father is exposed in a media which is substantially owned by his former father in law.  This should have been reported years ago, it just goes to show how corrupt that family is and how they use these situations for their own personal benefits.

 CF is just the end of the string. If you pull it all sorts of things will unravel. I can imagine Murdoch using this as a 'shot across the bow' in certain quarters.

Does anyone still have a copy or a link to the Deborah Orr article on the mccanns from a couple of moths back. It was discussed here at the time before the Freud link.

jack dexter wrote:Does anyone still have a copy or a link to the Deborah Orr article on the mccanns from a couple of moths back. It was discussed here at the time before the Freud link.

Was it this one from February "Maddie was probably not taken far" says herMum.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/madeleinemccann

Well I've listened to a lot of theories, I've read a lot of posts and I still believe that paedophilia is at the heart of what happened to Madeleine McCann, something I didn't really want to believe.

I've been swept along and explored lots of possibilities in my years on this forum but I still come back to gut instinct and that is what serves a person well even when not wishing to 'go there'.

I know I'm not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree nor the sharpest tool in the box.

aquila wrote:Well I've listened to a lot of theories, I've read a lot of posts and I still believe that paedophilia is at the heart of what happened to Madeleine McCann, something I didn't really want to believe.

I've been swept along and explored lots of possibilities in my years on this forum but I still come back to gut instinct and that is what serves a person well even when not wishing to 'go there'.

I know I'm not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree nor the sharpest tool in the box.

Aquila, I agree with you. In 2007, I used to post on the Mirror Forum and i had a gut feeling that pedophlia was involved.  I did searches on google about politicians being involved and learnt about Operation Ore. Being an Australian, I had never heard about Operation Ore before. I did a post about it and was nearly banned as many were outraged but I was not banned!  Since then I have done other posts about this too. IMO it is the only thing that makes sense to me. One by one, others began to agree with me.

If you think paedophilia is involved in this case, do you think it happened with Kate's consent - or Gerry's ?
Just wondering

HelenMeg wrote:If you think paedophilia is involved in this case, do you think it happened with Kate's consent - or Gerry's ?
Just wondering

HelenMeg, you can wonder all you like.

No-one on this forum has accused the McCanns of anything paedophilic - and whilst your love of all things textusa and the swinging theory groans on and on, I hope you realise that you've 'signed up' to the textusa gossip column which muses on possibilities and speaks in riddles - as long as it fits in with the swinging theory.

Apologies for being blunt.