"E-mails between paedo politician Sir Clement Freud and the McCanns will be investigated as part of a child sex abuse probe"

Nina wrote:

Doug D wrote:MayMuse:
 
‘When exactly were these meetings, Kate referenced in her book that CF commented on the "dogs" giving evidence as in barking in answer?’
 
3^rd September according to the bewk:
 
They cancelled dinner, but he got them to go round for drinks when he met them in his nightshirt.
 
‘At 9.50pm, I rang Clement. ‘Come on round,’ he said. ‘It’ll be nice to see you. But you’ll have to forgive my night-time attire.’
We found Clement watching a cookery programme, dressed, as promised, in his nightshirt. It was so ordinary and comforting, a bit like going to see your grandad after a horrible day at school. He gave me one of his looks and a giant glass of brandy, and managed to get a smile out of me with his greeting: ‘So, Kate, which of the devout Catholic, alcoholic, depressed, nymphomaniac parts is correct?’
His response to our catalogue of horrors was merely to raise an eyebrow. Clement had this way of making everything seem a little less terrible. When he heard about the dogs, he remarked laconically, ‘So what are they going to do? Put them on the stand? One bark for yes, two for no?’ He was right, of course; it was ridiculous.
A couple of hours later, fortified by our brandies (it was my first-ever taste of the stuff), some useful snippets of advice and several amusing anecdotes, we left our friend feeling quite a bit better than we had when we’d arrived.
The shock of that day, and of what we were now facing, on top of the trauma of Madeleine’s absence, never left us for a second, but it was interludes like this that gave us just enough strength to carry on.’

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A couple of hours later, fortified by our brandies (it was my first-ever taste of the stuff),


'stuff' what class.

Harriet94 wrote:A cadaver dog has signalled the presence of a dead body. No apparent concern that it might be Madeleine's. Just reassurance that dog's can't give evidence under oath.

plebgate wrote:IMO if there were any untoward email messages that could prove anything at all they would never have been mentioned in The Book.

If CF family thought that there were emails which could incriminate CF in any way I believe they would have got rid of them straight away or even got rid of the computer. 

Supposedly makes a good headline though.  

Without DNA evidence CF cannot be linked to Maddie's disappearance.

So that's "Voddie Man" out of the frame too surely?

plebgate wrote:Without DNA evidence CF cannot be linked to Maddie's disappearance.

sar wrote:If something was hypothetically found there they would have the perfect excuse.  "We were just there a few weeks ago, CF was mein host, he rustled us up a little something, talked shop about the media brouhaha and we all sipped Strawberry Daiquiris!"  Very careful to state exactly who was there and when??  Strangely detailed??  For a humble cardiologist from Glasgow and a Dr from Liverpool (who had never tried Brandy) surely a meeting with some one as famous as CF, with a "brain the size of a planet", would at least warrant a line in their diary now world famous blog?

haroldd2 wrote:

plebgate wrote:Without DNA evidence CF cannot be linked to Maddie's disappearance.

How on earth do you know that? There could be witness evidence, telephone records, video evidence, documents, other forensics, all sorts of evidence. I'm not saying there is, but I don't buy ruling out the possibility of its existence either.

sar wrote:If something was hypothetically found there they would have the perfect excuse.  "We were just there a few weeks ago, CF was mein host, he rustled us up a little something, talked shop about the media brouhaha and we all sipped Strawberry Daiquiris!"  Very careful to state exactly who was there and when??  Strangely detailed??  For a humble cardiologist from Glasgow and a Dr from Liverpool (who had never tried Brandy) surely a meeting with some one as famous as CF, with a "brain the size of a planet", would at least warrant a line in their diary now world famous blog?

They are probably equally careful about what they write and say publicly anywhere. But the brandy thing is odd. All those evenings in the student union...

ChippyM wrote:Isn't this just business as usual? The emails wil be looked at as part of an investigation into historic abuse not the McCann case, nothing to do with the McCanns is ever really looked at, they are never forced to give any new info or statements. If they were colluding with Frued in some way they would hardly email him incriminating stuff and neither would he. how does the writer know any of this could be a 'bombshell' ?  It just seems like the usual spin.

plebgate wrote:

ChippyM wrote:Isn't this just business as usual? The emails wil be looked at as part of an investigation into historic abuse not the McCann case, nothing to do with the McCanns is ever really looked at, they are never forced to give any new info or statements. If they were colluding with Frued in some way they would hardly email him incriminating stuff and neither would he. how does the writer know any of this could be a 'bombshell' ?  It just seems like the usual spin.

Yes, my opinion too.   Who in their right minds woud alert authorities to possible incriminating emails in a book.  I believe the police might have read the book, or been told about it by bloggers and forums some of whom might have alerted the police.

I am another one who will eat my hat if anything comes of this, (a chocolate one of course).

Cmaryholmes wrote:I wonder if Lady Freud has been 'persuaded' to admit that the allegations against her late husband are true. Why else would she so readily agree that he was a paedophile? His estate could well be subject to claims for damages by the victims, so why would she allow that to happen, unless somebody was making it worth her while? A dead scapegoat can be blamed for anything. In my opinion.

Verdi wrote:"If you would care to come to lunch/dinner at any time before Wednesday next, do ring and let me know.  I cook decent meals.."



 


 .....psst - will somebody get rid of that damned bloodhound