The Complete Mystery of Madeleine McCann™
Welcome to 'The Complete Mystery of Madeleine McCann' forum 🌹

Please log in, or register to view all the forums as some of them are 'members only', then settle in and help us get to the truth about what really happened to Madeleine Beth McCann.

When you register please do NOT use your email address for a username because everyone will be able to see it!

Tony was right was he not?  Mm11

Tony was right was he not?  Regist10
The Complete Mystery of Madeleine McCann™
Welcome to 'The Complete Mystery of Madeleine McCann' forum 🌹

Please log in, or register to view all the forums as some of them are 'members only', then settle in and help us get to the truth about what really happened to Madeleine Beth McCann.

When you register please do NOT use your email address for a username because everyone will be able to see it!

Tony was right was he not?  Mm11

Tony was right was he not?  Regist10

Tony was right was he not?

Page 1 of 6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  Next

View previous topic View next topic Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Tony was right was he not?

Post by Okeydokey 08.06.14 2:50

Surely everything we have learned from the current UK police investigation in Portugal suggests that Tony Bennett has been right to rubbish this Police inquiry as a complete and utter whitewash. 

What else can you call a Police inquiry that isn't focussed at least in part on the people known to have had close contact with the victim in the last few hours?

It seems extraordinary that in an allegedly "thorough" investigation the Tapas 9 have not been re-interviewed and when I say "re-interviewed" I don't mean in the cursory way they were interviewed in the rogatory interviews, I mean over several days with each person - following up each and every tantalising response from the rogatories. But according to the Met such efforts would be pointless since it is  obvious that none of the Tapas 9 could shed any further light on the victim's disappearance.

The current UK Police inquiry seems to be incredibly incompetent. Surely you start with the Tapas 9 and work outwards? You don't adopt a scattergun approach which results in multiplying so-called "suspects" and a complete lack of focus. 

I will be very happy if I am proved wrong but I don't expect the Met Police investigation in Portugal to turn up anything at all (though no doubt the usual BS claims about "progress" will be made). 

The rumour from Joana Morais is that Redwood will soon be retiring so one can expect this "expedition" will be treated as his final fanfare by the compliant UK media.
avatar
Okeydokey

Posts : 938
Activity : 1013
Likes received : 31
Join date : 2013-10-18

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by lj 08.06.14 3:17

Seems Andy's final hoorah might end out to be just a whimper.

Not even the dogs barked.....

____________________
"And if Madeleine had hurt herself inside the apartment, why would that be our fault?"  Gerry

http://pjga.blogspot.co.uk/?m=0

http://whatreallyhappenedtomadeleinemccann.blogspot.co.uk/
lj
lj

Posts : 3329
Activity : 3590
Likes received : 208
Join date : 2009-12-01

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Guest 08.06.14 8:38

I agree with the OP.

A proper ground-up investigation would start with the Tapas 9 and proper interviews.

To me it looks like they are desperately trying to pin it on anyone but the bleedin obvious.
Anonymous
Guest
Guest


Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by galena 08.06.14 9:04

BlueBag wrote:I agree with the OP.

A proper ground-up investigation would start with the Tapas 9 and proper interviews.

To me it looks like they are desperately trying to pin it on anyone but the bleedin obvious.
I was thinking that when I watched the TV programme 'Cold Justice'.  The correct way to do a cold case is to interview all the original suspects/witnesses and clear them before moving on.
avatar
galena

Posts : 288
Activity : 291
Likes received : 3
Join date : 2013-09-23

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by juliet 08.06.14 9:27

Jenny Murat said recently she hadn't been re-interviewed - yet any genuine investigation would have to look at Murat as well as the Tapas 9. Has Redwood been told "Find a culprit....anyone at all but the McCanns and their cronies." If so, it is takng him rather a long time.
juliet
juliet

Posts : 579
Activity : 609
Likes received : 8
Join date : 2011-06-21

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by sharonl 08.06.14 9:45

I agree with Okeydokey too and for a number of reasons.

1. The review was started because Rebekah Brooks threatened David Cameron (and probably continued to do so)
2. David Cameron said that it was being done "to help the family"
3. The official line of inquiry has never been followed up
4. The evidence of top UK dogs was not considered.
5. The only scenario looked at was abduction
6. The visit to the offices of Metodo 3 and the fact that the met where allying themselves with these crooks
7. Relying on evidence from the McCanns private investigators (who most of have been arrested or jailed for other reasons) and dismissing the evidence of the PJ.
8. The vast number of people who fell under suspicion and as far as we know have not yet been ruled out
9. The Mets' huge variety of suspects suggest that the inquiry was not focussed
10. The constant feeding of nonsense stories to the press
11 The staged photo-shoots in both Barcelona and PDL which only tell us that they were there.
12 The fact that the Met has no jurisdiction in Portugal
13 The failure to question the Tapas nine


To me this has never been a proper investigation and I couldn't see how they would get away with a white wash without being faced with many awkward questions in years to come. I believe that this has been nothing more than a PR exercise from day one, especially with the staged photo-shoots of the Met.

Last week we say Theresa May address corruption in UK policing, it does exist and Rebekah Brooks may know a lot about this. It seems to me though, that the Met may have back peddling and trying to get themselves out of a sticky situation to save face. They didn't bargain for social networking and widespread doubt about what they were up to.

I read somewhere, ages ago that when a police officer at the Met was found to be corrupt he merely faced early retirement.

Was this review set up to pacify Brooks and give her the story that she wanted or to help the McCanns, or both?



sharonl
sharonl
Forum Owner

Posts : 8522
Activity : 11159
Likes received : 1397
Join date : 2009-12-29

http://www.cold2012.org.uk

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Guest 08.06.14 10:17

I've seen nothing yet to indicate Tony is wrong. If the Portuguese press is right we are soon to see 8 new Portuguese arguidos. Which one will fulfil the next stage of Tony's prophecy and become the guilty party who committed accidental manslaughter?

There can't be a body in Luz, unless it's hidden in plain sight, e.g., sharing a tomb. So the very most the searches can reveal is corroborating evidence. But the message SY seem to be hoping is conveyed and that which is coming from the media, is that they are digging for a body. Bound to be fruitless, but what a fanfare of a show they've put on doing it. Done everything they can, in fact...

I obviously don't know for sure and still have hope I'm wrong. What I would say on the positive side is we are definitely seeing a shift in how this case is being reported in the media. So who knows?

All my own interpretation and theory, as ever.
Anonymous
Guest
Guest


Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Brian Griffin 08.06.14 11:39

BlueBag wrote:I agree with the OP.

A proper ground-up investigation would start with the Tapas 9 and proper interviews.

To me it looks like they are desperately trying to pin it on anyone but the bleedin obvious.
Hardly surprising people have cancelled their hols to the area (according to the mayor of Luz), is it? You might end up getting dragged into it all on some pretext or other!
Brian Griffin
Brian Griffin

Posts : 577
Activity : 582
Likes received : 3
Join date : 2013-10-15

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by missmar1 08.06.14 12:10

I did just write a very long and detailed post on this but lost it while posting it grrrr  

I do not have the time to do another one of the same.. but suffice to say this case has reached massive proportions because it has been reported to the british public almost on a daily basis over the last 7 years.   Imo, the reporting has been going in one direction and stayed on the side of the Mccann's so much so that the case has become too big and too sensitive on a massive scale ( poor parents) that a genuine outcome would put really put the cat amongst the pidgeons in a very public way.
I t seems to me because of the above reason that SY may have been told to put the Mccann's welfare before that of their child -  therefore, if the Mccann's welfare is at the top of SY priorities  then what chance for justice does a little girl have ? 

The K Burly article has given me hope that ( whilst using the wrong words to describe the internet users)  she still managed to get a lot of information out there for the public to read ...I hope its because she may be  fearing a whitewash and has made sure the public is made aware of the issues in this case that it may not have known previously and therefore hopefully more and more will start questioning this case. Another thing, lets hope others follow her lead and get the information out there that the Mccann's would rather keep hidden from view of the public.  All my opinion only.
avatar
missmar1

Posts : 253
Activity : 253
Likes received : 0
Join date : 2014-05-19

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Cristobell 08.06.14 12:33

As we don't yet know what the final conclusions of Operation Grange will be, I think it is a bit premature to declare the investigation a whitewash!  Effectively it is stating that 37 homicide officers and all the support staff are covering up the death of a little girl.  Thats a pretty serious allegation.  


We don't have a clue what OG are up to, we can only speculate.  We have however, seen OG kick out the foundations of the 'abduction' story by eliminating Tannerman, and they are clearly not singing from the same hymn sheet as the parents, as they are looking for a body while the parents are still flogging good quality wristbands and hoping for a happy outcome!
avatar
Cristobell

Posts : 2436
Activity : 2552
Likes received : 6
Join date : 2011-10-12

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Cristobell 08.06.14 12:35

Brian Griffin wrote:
BlueBag wrote:I agree with the OP.

A proper ground-up investigation would start with the Tapas 9 and proper interviews.

To me it looks like they are desperately trying to pin it on anyone but the bleedin obvious.
Hardly surprising people have cancelled their hols to the area (according to the mayor of Luz), is it? You might end up getting dragged into it all on some pretext or other!
Luv Brian Griffin! lol  Welcome, great avatar.

Yes indeedy, everyone who has ever been to PDL (apart from Tapas 9) are suspects!
avatar
Cristobell

Posts : 2436
Activity : 2552
Likes received : 6
Join date : 2011-10-12

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by PeterMac 08.06.14 13:02

Cristobell wrote:As we don't yet know what the final conclusions of Operation Grange will be, I think it is a bit premature to declare the investigation a whitewash!  Effectively it is stating that 37 homicide officers and all the support staff are covering up the death of a little girl. Thats a pretty serious allegation.  
We don't have a clue what OG are up to, we can only speculate.  We have however, seen OG kick out the foundations of the 'abduction' story by eliminating Tannerman, and they are clearly not singing from the same hymn sheet as the parents, as they are looking for a body while the parents are still flogging good quality wristbands and hoping for a happy outcome!

Indeed it is.
And it must go further than that and involve the entire Command Chain of the Met, and the PJ and the GNR
The prosecution authorities of the UK and of Portugal
And that is only the start.
The full list involves many hundreds of people, as an absolute minimum.

Like you, I can't make it fit.
I prefer incompetence, inefficiency, stupidity, amateurishness, and general blundering as a theory.
It is simpler and involves fewer people.
PeterMac
PeterMac
Investigator

Posts : 13575
Activity : 16569
Likes received : 2064
Join date : 2010-12-06

http://whatreallyhappenedtomadeleinemccann.blogspot.co.uk/

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Woofer 08.06.14 13:24

But Peter and Cristobell - surely it doesn`t have to involve the lower ranks - they just do as they`re told.

Say its just the higher ranks `in the know` - if you were a DCI and above and had been told that , say, the prime minister or the prime minister`s relation or anyone else in the cabinet or even a prince had to be protected at all costs, that cost never getting justice for a child, then I reckon they would have to oblige.  Justice for a child would be a no-brainer against protection for a prince (not saying it is a prince btw).

Sharonl made some good points but we don`t know for sure that the T7 haven`t been interviewed intensely.

The only thing that dissuades me from a cover-up is I`m sure it could have been done much sooner and with less fuss.

The McCanns continuing to campaign could be explained by them being involved and in the know, but not knowing who has her body.  That the McCanns and the Establishment have dirt on each other - hence `we keep the body just in case you blab`.

Just my thoughts not accusations.
Woofer
Woofer

Posts : 3390
Activity : 3508
Likes received : 14
Join date : 2012-02-06

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Cristobell 08.06.14 13:36

We have the new phenomenon of the 'whistle blower' Woofer - no longer the sneaks of giant corporations, but positively encouraged and protected under the watch of Theresa May.  All those further down the rung will not be forced to do something they find morally objectionable.

I am not accusing Princes either, lol, but the media had no hesitation in showing pictures of Saville with Prince Charles and digging into any possible connection between them.  Who then is higher and more worthy of protection than the Prince of Wales?
avatar
Cristobell

Posts : 2436
Activity : 2552
Likes received : 6
Join date : 2011-10-12

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Watching 08.06.14 13:52

PeterMac wrote:Like you, I can't make it fit.
I prefer incompetence, inefficiency, stupidity, amateurishness, and general blundering as a theory.
It is simpler and involves fewer people.

And who might be the amateurs, who are incompetent, inefficient,demonstrating stupidity, and generally blundering?
Are we speaking of all of the above bodies you have included in your comment?
Do you really believe they are all as you have described?
It would be equally as difficult to believe that they are all involved in whitewash, as it would to believe that this number of people had blundered their way blindly through this investigation!
It may be simpler as you say, easier to think this, than to perhaps dismiss what 'might' in fact be going on - the whitewash of the case of a missing girl -

When DCI Redwood makes a statement - he is not blundering his way through - the guy is calculated, he knows what he is doing, whether it be a whitewash in progress, or carrying out a proper investigation -the guy knows exactly what are his orders.  I lean towards WW.
avatar
Watching

Posts : 289
Activity : 293
Likes received : 2
Join date : 2014-02-13

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Guest 08.06.14 14:05

PeterMac wrote:
Like you, I can't make it fit.
I prefer incompetence, inefficiency, stupidity, amateurishness, and general blundering as a theory.
It is simpler and involves fewer people.

But what if they were given a remit at the start.

"Out of bounds".
Anonymous
Guest
Guest


Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Woofer 08.06.14 14:05

Cristobell wrote:
Woofer wrote:But Peter and Cristobell - surely it doesn`t have to involve the lower ranks - they just do as they`re told.

Say its just the higher ranks `in the know` - if you were a DCI and above and had been told that , say, the prime minister or the prime minister`s relation or anyone else in the cabinet or even a prince had to be protected at all costs, that cost never getting justice for a child, then I reckon they would have to oblige.  Justice for a child would be a no-brainer against protection for a prince (not saying it is a prince btw).

Sharonl made some good points but we don`t know for sure that the T7 haven`t been interviewed intensely.

The only thing that dissuades me from a cover-up is I`m sure it could have been done much sooner and with less fuss.

The McCanns continuing to campaign could be explained by them being involved and in the know, but not knowing who has her body.  That the McCanns and the Establishment have dirt on each other - hence `we keep the body just in case you blab`.

Just my thoughts not accusations.
We have the new phenomenon of the 'whistle blower' Woofer - no longer the sneaks of giant corporations, but positively encouraged and protected under the watch of Theresa May.  All those further down the rung will not be forced to do something they find morally objectionable.

I am not accusing Princes either, lol, but the media had no hesitation in showing pictures of Saville with Prince Charles and digging into any possible connection between them.  Who then is higher and more worthy of protection than the Prince of Wales?

Cristobell - you prevent my pessimism sinking to an all time low - keep it up  roses

____________________
The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Woofer
Woofer

Posts : 3390
Activity : 3508
Likes received : 14
Join date : 2012-02-06

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by russiandoll 08.06.14 14:40

BlueBag wrote:
PeterMac wrote:
Like you, I can't make it fit.
I prefer incompetence, inefficiency, stupidity, amateurishness, and general blundering as a theory.
It is simpler and involves fewer people.

But what if they were given a remit at the start.

"Out of bounds".

 I do not see evidence but speculation for out of bounds. I see evidence for panic, doing things on the hoof, reacting to developments and a lot of retro- fitting and also evidence of plain dishonesty.

____________________



             The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate,
contrived and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive and
unrealistic.
~John F. Kennedy

russiandoll
russiandoll

Posts : 3942
Activity : 4058
Likes received : 15
Join date : 2011-09-11

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by aiyoyo 08.06.14 14:43

It's too premature to say whether TB is right or wrong.

Let's wait and see what pans out.

Until the SY show their hands, we can only guesspeculate.
aiyoyo
aiyoyo

Posts : 9610
Activity : 10084
Likes received : 326
Join date : 2009-11-28

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Liz Eagles 08.06.14 15:51

I see nothing wrong in kicking against the pricks.

What's wrong with prodding at the historical corruption within the Met as Tony does and highlighting areas of discrepency he sees in the Madeleine investigation?

It's only justice for Madeleine that matters to Tony. It's not about being right or saying 'I told you'.

It's Tony's contribution. No-one needs to agree with it or disagree with it but it's full to the brim of interesting information. What is taken from that information is up to the individual but Scotland Yard need to know that people won't accept a whitewash if that is what they have in mind.

Just my opinion.
Liz Eagles
Liz Eagles

Posts : 10944
Activity : 13351
Likes received : 2216
Join date : 2011-09-03

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Cristobell 08.06.14 16:11

aquila wrote:I see nothing wrong in kicking against the pricks.

What's wrong with prodding at the historical corruption within the Met as Tony does and highlighting areas of discrepency he sees in the Madeleine investigation?

It's only justice for Madeleine that matters to Tony. It's not about being right or saying 'I told you'.

It's Tony's contribution. No-one needs to agree with it or disagree with it but it's full to the brim of interesting information. What is taken from that information is up to the individual but Scotland Yard need to know that people won't accept a whitewash if that is what they have in mind.

Just my opinion.
Well said Aquila, and I agree with you.  If it were not for people like Tony, who knows what the authorities would get away with.  In fact I would go further and say, its because of people like Tony, that this cannot be a whitewash.  

The hard work of Tony, Petermac etc, have given us so much insight into this case, and imo, makes this one of the most informative and valid Madeleine sites on the net, and my disagreement with him on the Smith family sighting in no way detracts from my respect for his work.
avatar
Cristobell

Posts : 2436
Activity : 2552
Likes received : 6
Join date : 2011-10-12

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Latetothecase 08.06.14 16:14

Well, princes is interesting, as Big Ears' son chose to marry the niece of a former Ibizan resident who had a front page NOTW expose boasting on tape he could get fresh young girls for them
avatar
Latetothecase

Posts : 54
Activity : 64
Likes received : 4
Join date : 2014-05-15

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by plebgate 08.06.14 16:22

Latetothecase wrote:Well, princes is interesting, as Big Ears' son chose to marry the niece of a former Ibizan resident who had a front page NOTW expose boasting on tape he could get fresh young girls for them
would like to read that please LOTC, is there a link?
avatar
plebgate

Posts : 6729
Activity : 8938
Likes received : 2123
Join date : 2013-02-01

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by HelenMeg 08.06.14 22:58

I still sit on the fence but feel increasingly optimistic this is not a whitewash.

The government who politically interfered back in 2007 are no longer able to. CM is shockingly quiet and that maybe because he is now a budding potential  Conservative MP (OK no way).
The person who holds the reins is surely DC.  Why would DC authorise a review if he wanted a WW? I cant see any good reason for a review if he wanted a WW. It would not make any sense unless the review
was done behind the scenes. As others have said and implied, if the intention was to cover up the guilty parties, there would have been no review and G and K would have been kept quiet for the last few years.
avatar
HelenMeg

Posts : 1782
Activity : 2081
Likes received : 213
Join date : 2014-01-08

Back to top Go down

Tony was right was he not?  Empty Re: Tony was right was he not?

Post by Woofer 08.06.14 23:21

plebgate wrote:
Latetothecase wrote:Well, princes is interesting, as Big Ears' son chose to marry the niece of a former Ibizan resident who had a front page NOTW expose boasting on tape he could get fresh young girls for them
would like to read that please LOTC, is there a link?

I think that refers to Gary Goldsmith, exposed by the MSM for supposedly being a coke user and provider of prostitutes for his guests plus his hedonistic lifestyle.  Can`t find the original NOTW article but this one was in the DM last year when he married a fraudster.
Woofer
Woofer

Posts : 3390
Activity : 3508
Likes received : 14
Join date : 2012-02-06

Back to top Go down

Page 1 of 6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  Next

View previous topic View next topic Back to top

- Similar topics

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum