As the McCanns mark 10 agonising years without Madeleine, how can Portuguese police keep being so vile?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mccanns-mark-10-agonising-years-10343580  BYALISON PHILLIPS
[*]22:01, 2 MAY 2017
[*]UPDATED09:32, 3 MAY 2017


As the McCanns mark 10 agonising years without Madeleine, how can Portuguese police keep being so vile?

Kate and gerry have had to rebuild their family as they suffer the agony of not knowing where their oldest child is, but now one ex-cop is airing yet more ludicrous claims

Another agonising ­anniversary for the McCann family. Another opportunity for slug-like Portuguese ­ex-cop Goncalo Amaral to crawl out of his hole and slither around in their pain.

Out of all the horrific days Kate and Gerry McCann have had to endure in the decade since their daughter went missing, this must surely be one of the toughest.

Despite their determination in an interview this weekend that they will one day be reunited with Maddie , it seems less likely than ever.

This 10th anniversary will serve as a reminder not only of how much time has passed since they last held their daughter in their arms, but also of how they’ve rebuilt family life around the chasm of missing Maddie.
Something they must have never, ever wanted to do. But which they had to for the sake of their now 12-year-old twins

[*]Having lost one child, they had to do everything possible to safeguard the lives of those who remained.
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Yet as the family mark 10 agonising years without Maddie today, how can some Portuguese cops still be so cruel?

Missing Madeleine McCann's parents 'fell out with police so badly they refused to share info from own investigation'

While they mourn and remember, Amaral – whose blundering officers fouled up so much of the search – has been airing his latest ludicrous claims about the disappearance.

And in so doing, caused new upset and anxiety for Maddie’s siblings.

He was on Portuguese ­television again pointing the finger at Maddie’s parents – the twins’ parents – and claiming she may have been hidden in a Praia de Luz church before being cremated .

Why the ­Portuguese broadcasters give him air time is a total mystery. Presumably it suits some to pump out such lies to deflect from their police failings.

Meanwhile another former Portuguese cop, Carlos Anjos, who probably knows less about the details of the case than my cat, has laid into the £11million Scotland Yard investigation as a ‘waste of money’.

Mr Anjos, a former inspector, is entitled to his opinion. Except that he is the former head of the Portuguese police union so his chief concern isn’t Maddie - it’s defending his officers’ botched investigation.

He and Amaral could do everyone a favour on this anniversary by keeping their opinions strictly to themselves.

Because these men know every smear or suggestion they make will be lapped up and repeated by the sickos and saddos of social media whose conspiracy ­theories have continued ­relentlessly over the past decade.

With children now old enough to Google their sister’s disappearance, it must be an endless battle for Kate and Gerry to keep them safe from the slurs that are constantly lobbed at their family on social media.

As Kate said this weekend: “We’ve tried to educate them a little bit as well.

“Because why would ­somebody write that? Why would somebody add to ­someone’s upset?”

A question it is impossible for right-minded people to answer.

For whatever Amaral and his band of haters may think about Gerry and Kate, surely anyone would have compassion for two children who have grown up against a backdrop of sadness and who have lost not just their sister but also so much of the joy of normal family life.

Amaral claims his family was also damaged by the ­investigation and he lost his marriage and son because of it. Rubbish.

I imagine he lost his marriage and son because they were able to see exactly what kind of a man he is.

A man who, incompetent at trying to find one missing little girl, appears intent on inflicting pain on her surviving brother and sister.

This piece of jouralism, if you can call it that needs some TLC please.

Please report to IPSO if you feel inclined, many already have!

https://www.ipso.co.uk/make-a-complaint/complaints-form/#

Alison Phillips was editor of failed newspaper The New Day.  With that kind of journalism I'm not surprised.

"Amaral – whose blundering officers fouled up so much of the search – has been airing his latest ludicrous claims about the disappearance."

No, do keep up and do some proper research. These theories are not new, it's the media (like yourself)  that would have us believe G. Amaral is coming up with 'new' theories all the time in order to make it look like what he's saying is frenzied and ill thought out when in fact it's the opposite.

Richard D. Hall wrote:"slug-like"  


As Peter Hyatt would say.  They "feel the need" to discredit by using such words.


slug-like


Well, slugs don't tell lies.  Slugs don't protect criminals.  Slugs mind their own business.


slug-like


You have to laugh.

As in: softly softly, catchee monkey perhaps?

This woman asks in the headline how can anyone be so vile.

I suggest she look in a mirror to get the answer to that one.

Funny to me how all these so called "educated" people can make a better call than the Senior Detective on the case at the time of Maddie's disappearance.  Very strange as in some articles in the RAGS.

You never see journalists like Natasha Donn or Mark Saunokowosit resorting to this childish name calling do you?

They just report the facts.

It is name calling GEG, but far worse than childish name calling imo.   Shocking to see such words printed in a National RAG.

PAH

plebgate wrote:It is name calling GEG, but far worse than childish name calling imo.   Shocking to see such words printed in a National RAG.

PAH

Yes it is worse.

And even worse is that they hit you with this and then don't allow comments.

Yes GEG it goes to show what Rocky is up against - it really does. Actions speak louder than words they could not make it any clearer imo.

Let's hope that the complaints to the ombudsman will get some action.

"Amaral – whose blundering officers fouled up so much of the search – has been airing his latest ludicrous claims about the disappearance."
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MORELIKE.....

OPERATION GRANGE - whose blundering officers fouled up so much of the search - have been airing their latest ludicrous claims about the disappearance.

A burglary gone wrong
Before that tractor man.
Before that smelly man.
Before that take your pick of paedophiles all along the coast
Before that a soothing couple
Before that a dead paedophile's lost letter of confession  burned by his son who had a change of heart and confessed the confession.

(Please feel free to add to or subtract from the patsy list as appropriate)

Alison Phillips with her neo-colonial/xenophobic/ hate mindset is probably a Remain supporter with avid views on European ties and peace.

Hahahaha. Oops, my irony meter just blew up.

Well, I complained to IPSO for all the good it will do. That article was just gobsmacking.

'forget' the PJ being 'vile'!

The Portuguese, as a 'nation' CAN 'block' the UK's 'exit' from the EU.

And why wouldn't they do that, given the 'treatment' they have 'received', as a 'nation', and their police force, in particular, from the 'we always know best' UK, in a child 'disappearance' case?

Oh, the 'irony' of 'that'!

SY/MET, May and Fudd, wouldn't be such 'smart arses' THEN, would they?

jeanmonroe wrote:'forget' the PJ being 'vile'!

The Portuguese, as a 'nation' CAN 'block' the UK's 'exit' from the EU.

And why wouldn't they do that, given the 'treatment' they have 'received', as a 'nation', and their police force, in particular, from the 'we always know best' UK, in a child 'disappearance' case?

Oh, the 'irony' of 'that'!

SY/MET, May and Fudd, wouldn't be such 'smart arses' THEN, would they?

Hi Jeanmonroe,So Gordon Brown,who was using his "influences" Ten Years ago Lisbon Treaty on Mr Socrates,as shown by Richard Bilton,Panorama?
As you State the Portugal President of the European Union will have have to make a decision on the UK Vote-Brexit,for or against leaving,as part of the 27 European Regions?
The Irony,that Gordon Brown"Persuaded(RB)" Mr Socrates to accept the Lisbon Treaty as part of Portugal entering into the European Union in 2007 and where the UK Government are today,a minority within the European Union?

willowthewisp wrote:

jeanmonroe wrote:'forget' the PJ being 'vile'!

The Portuguese, as a 'nation' CAN 'block' the UK's 'exit' from the EU.

And why wouldn't they do that, given the 'treatment' they have 'received', as a 'nation', and their police force, in particular, from the 'we always know best' UK, in a child 'disappearance' case?

Oh, the 'irony' of 'that'!

SY/MET, May and Fudd, wouldn't be such 'smart arses' THEN, would they?

Hi Jeanmonroe,So Gordon Brown,who was using his "influences" Ten Years ago Lisbon Treaty on Mr Socrates,as shown by Richard Bilton,Panorama?
As you State the Portugal President of the European Union will have have to make a decision on the UK Vote-Brexit,for or against leaving,as part of the 27 European Regions?
The Irony,that Gordon Brown"Persuaded(RB)" Mr Socrates to accept the Lisbon Treaty as part of Portugal entering into the European Union in 2007 and where the UK Government are today,a minority within the European Union?

Maybe this will be the leverage Mrs May requires to do the right thing by a dead three year old child.

It began politically and I guess it could end politically.