'VIDEO OF THE DAY'

Interesting that in her first statement , the shutters , window and curtains were all OPEN !

No mention of gusts of wind 

Slamming doors 

Whooshing CLOSED curtains !

Yet another " version of the truth " !

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

ABOUT THE BOOK

‘The decision to publish this book has been very difficult, and taken with heavy hearts ...

My reason for writing it is simple: to give an account of the truth ...

Kate McCann - May 2011

An account of the truth?  Surely it's either the truth or isn't the truth - my interpretation of that simple sentence is 'it's my (Kate McCann's) version of the truth'.  Besides, how can she know what the truth is - she wasn't there when her daughter was abducted, she was down the boozer.

"I know, I was there" - oops, foot in mouth job.  I must find that for 'quote of the day' .

KATE MCCANN Britain's Got Talent CORRECTION

Echo Truths

03:01 minutes

Verdi wrote:madeleine by KATE MCCANN

ABOUT THE BOOK

‘The decision to publish this book has been very difficult, and taken with heavy hearts ...

My reason for writing it is simple: to give an account of the truth ...

Kate McCann - May 2011

An account of the truth?  Surely it's either the truth or isn't the truth - my interpretation of that simple sentence is 'it's my (Kate McCann's) version of the truth'.  Besides, how can she know what the truth is - she wasn't there when her daughter was abducted, she was down the boozer.

"I know, I was there" - oops, foot in mouth job.  I must find that for 'quote of the day' .

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10th February 2010 (outside courtroom)

UR (unknown reporter) 4: "What evidence do you have that there was an abduction? Can I ask this question because you say that Amaral doesn't have...?"

KM: "Because I know. I was there, I found my daughter gone. I know more than you do. I know what I saw."

UR4: "I'm not saying that... I don't know anything, I'm just standing from a point of view where I don't know who to believe; I just want evidence, like you say."

GM: "Where... where, you know... where is... where... where is... where is... where is the child? We're looking for that evidence. Where is the child? What other explanation can explain how she's not here?"

KM: "It shouldn't... do you agree it shouldn't be ruled out?"

UR4: "Other people have, errr... advanced other... other explanations. Isn't it? That's why we're here."

GM: "Okay, any other questions before we go? Because we've got a flight to catch. Thank you."

Verdi wrote:HMcCanns outside Lisbon Court, 10th Feb.    [The full monty]

08:14 minutes

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Kate McCann is clearly very uncomfortable in a spontaneous situation when confronted by a throng of journalists, asking questions and flashing cameras. she appears far more composed and able to act out her part when scripted and rehearsed, sat on a studio sofa with a nice friendly sympathetic listener.

Gerry McCann on the other hand stands proud and erect before his audience - until he someone ruffles his feathers.

Gerry McCann responds to awkward questions about the court hearing..

"....the important thing is there's an innocent child missing ...."

".... it's about Maaadelen, not about us - it's about this girl, she's missing she needs to be found and we're doing everything in our power to aid [?] that search.... "

"....we want to create information that will lead towards helping us find Maaadelen...."
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Pay particular attention to Gerry McCann's reaction when confronted by a journalist at 01:50 minutes.  Sounds a lot like the voice of Sandra Felgueiras saying something like (my interpretation) "people say they notice the PJ received or exclusively [?] photos of Madeleine or eventually from some ....".

Gerry trying to look statesmanlike. His uncanny ability to spout nonsense ought to qualify him for a political career. Maybe  some of his friends in high places could arrange it. At 6:40 onwards, he refers to those who were with the Mccanns, and he claims they have been forgotten.  Mr Mccann, they have not been forgotten by those who are following this case. Their culpability is well known and will not be ignored when justice is finally achieved. Their 'pact of silence' and the way they have refused to come clean about what happened to that poor child, Madeline, should haunt them all. I just hope one of them will grow a conscience one day.

Bump!  Sorry folks, under the circumstances this just had to be done..

Gerry McCann gets annoyed outside Lisbon Court

Another One For Justice

01:12 minutes





Woe woe and thrice woe!

The dogs are evidence Gerry.

Verdi wrote:Bump!  Sorry folks, under the circumstances this just had to be done..

Gerry McCann gets annoyed outside Lisbon Court

Another One For Justice

01:12 minutes





Woe woe and thrice woe!

Doesn't like to be interrupted does he?

People often confuse "evidence" with "proof", sometimes deliberately.
Plenty of evidence . . . just no proof, not yet anyway.

JimbobJones wrote:People often confuse "evidence" with "proof", sometimes deliberately.
Plenty of evidence . . . just no proof, not yet anyway.

Well said. Thank goodness somebody else realises this.

Philip Anders wrote:

JimbobJones wrote:People often confuse "evidence" with "proof", sometimes deliberately.
Plenty of evidence . . . just no proof, not yet anyway.

Well said. Thank goodness somebody else realises this.

"It's not 'what you know', it's what you can 'prove' in court!"

Kate in clairvoyant mode.

She writes a diary - almost immediately - because someday she wants the twins to know the truth?

But... but.... how did she know it would be an issue one day? Madeleine could have turned up at any time.

Lost for words......
https://youtu.be/7u4xxjh6LOE

I found this when I was looking for something else. I don't remember having seen it before.
You may notice that Madeleine's father is looking here as if he suffers from 'permanent anxiety
insomnia
lack of appetite
irritability indefinable fear
“totally destroyed”
“irreparably damaged”, and “totally destroyed from a moral, social, ethical, emotional and family point of view''.


 0r not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eROLr3pxnec

2007 08 25 Gerry McCann attacks media in Edinburgh BBC

Another One For Justice

04:54 minutes




Gerry McCann displays the personification of hypocrisy and the controversial issue of good publicity v. bad publicity.

Prior to his appearance at the Edinburgh Television Festival (what the hell is he doing there I here you ask) he had this to say on his extraordinary blog - a day in the life of a Gerald..

24th August 2007 (yes that's less than four months after his precious daughter 'disappeared' - smug beggar!)

I started the day early with a pooled telephone interview for the press to talk about the media coverage of the campaign to find Madeleine in advance of my interview at the Edinburgh International TV festival. We touched on the coverage of the investigation and of course the wild speculation and innuendo being reported in some quarters. Although Kate, our friends and myself would love to correct much of the inaccuracy we will not divulge information publicly which might help the perpetrator of Madeleines abduction cover his tracks.

Travelled to Edinburgh this afternoon and managed to keep up the aerobic exercise with 25 minutes in the gym. I then met up with one of our friends who has been instrumental in distributing images of Madeleine and who produced the DVD of her to ‘Don’t you forget about me’. We had a bite to eat and took the chance to update each other on what has been happening in the last few weeks.

Off to bed for an early night after speaking to Kate, who has some family staying with her in Portugal whilst I am in the UK.

25th August 2007


Kirsty Wark interviewed me at the Edinburgh International TV festival this morning. It was very well attended, especially considering the 9.30 start on a Saturday morning. It is difficult to explain why Madeleines disappearance has generated so much media coverage and why it has been so sustained. I am certain that the coverage would not have been nearly as great if this had happened 10 years ago. The use of mobile phones, the internet, low-cost airlines and 24 hour news channels have changed the world we live in- making it seem smaller. No doubt Madeleines physical appearance also captured the publics imagination as well as the highly unusual circumstances of a foreign child being abducted on holiday.

Our family decided to try and make as many people as possible aware that Madeleine was missing quickly. Family members did frequent TV interviews and friends distributed images of Madeline to news outlets. My sister started the electronic campaign proper by sending a chain e-mail with a poster of Madeleine, which was quickly advertised by Sky and downloaded by thousands of people. Celebrities, sporting stars and ordinary people wanted to help, almost certainly because they felt the same feeling of helplessness that we did. After the first few weeks we fully expected the media attention to die down but this has just not happened.

Some sections of the media now question their roles in the coverage of the news story that is Madeleine. Kate and I quickly realised that much of the coverage was pure speculation, which was often negative and certainly unhelpful for us. We decided to rely on information only from official sources and this has certainly helped us remain on a fairly even keel despite some of the lurid headlines.

I left Edinburgh early afternoon but spent most of the day travelling as I had to fly back to Portugal via Luton. I managed to get some work done and write my blog on the way back. It was great to see Kate and the kids again after 2 days.

Uncle Brian Kennedy informs reporter how to donate to the Fighting Fund which was set up exactly two weeks after Madeleine disappeared and which was to be mainly used for legal reasons. Granny McCann also tells reporter how Gerry was "feeling a lot brighter" and "uplifted" by the Fund.

Get'emGonçalo wrote:

Uncle Brian Kennedy informs reporter how to donate to the Fighting Fund which was set up exactly two weeks after Madeleine disappeared and which was to be mainly used for legal reasons. Granny McCann also tells reporter how Gerry was "feeling a lot brighter" and "uplifted" by the Fund.

I think that reporter may have been the first one to describe the couple as "buoyed". It certainly caught on down the years. I hate that  word now.

Madeleine McCann - DAYBREAK Interview DCI Andy Redwood April 27 2012

Another One For Justice

04:44 minutes




Rough transcript of DCI Andy Redwood's reason to believe Madeleine McCann is still alive.

Presenter:  Do you believe she's still alive

DCI Redwood:  Yes....  I do

Presenter:  Why

DCI Redwood:  I believe she's still alive because at the beginning of this case, a huge privelege for us at the Metropolitan Police to be part of this investigation - investigation review - is that we came to it with a completely open mind, we were untouched by anything that's gone before and - as part of that, two key elements is to go one Madeleine is alive and the other sadly she's not and in relation to her being alive yes, there is a real possibility she's alive.

Presenter:  So what are the things that make you think that, I think we are all clinging to the hope that [interrupted by second presenter] - [unclear] ... hard evidence, obviously there is still going to be hope as long as she's not found dead

DCI Redwood:    Yes, I mean you know, we've conducted a forensic analysis of the timeline and there is clearly opportunity there for Madeleine McCann to have been removed from that apartment alive and it's our belief as experienced investigators on the evidence that erm.. th.. th.. th.. that is a criminal act and there you know that has been undertaken by a stranger so from that - there are other cases around the world as you know people have been taken and many years later found alive.....


    v.     

BlueBag wrote:Presenter:  Do you believe she's still alive

DCI Redwood:  Yes....  I do

Presenter:  Why

DCI Redwood:  Coz I'm a nutter who disregards any probabilities,

Master of the understatement - "either she's alive or she's not"!

That must take an analytical mind of many years experience to work that one out.

DCI Redwood - 'I believe she's alive because she's either alive or she's dead.' Call me crazy but I thought the way to conduct an investigation, in any sphere be it criminal, scientific, historical or whatever, was to look at the available evidence and develop a theory from it, not develop a theory and find evidence to fit it later. That's arse about face if you'll excuse the expression.
I don't see what's so hard about genuinely going back to ground zero, looking at the evidence that was collected in the first 24/48 hours and work on that. Namely, no evidence of an intruder, family delaying calling the police, calling media first, evidence of other children having been sedated, parents lying /creating a story about what happened (jimmied shutters) and develop a theory from THAT. It's not hard really to use your brain to evaluate the situation, is it?
Rant over.

nglfi wrote:DCI Redwood - 'I believe she's alive because she's either alive or she's dead.' Call me crazy but I thought the way to conduct an investigation, in any sphere be it criminal, scientific, historical or whatever, was to look at the available evidence and develop a theory from it, not develop a theory and find evidence to fit it later. That's arse about face if you'll excuse the expression.
I don't see what's so hard about genuinely going back to ground zero, looking at the evidence that was collected in the first 24/48 hours and work on that. Namely, no evidence of an intruder, family delaying calling the police, calling media first, evidence of other children having been sedated, parents lying /creating a story about what happened (jimmied shutters) and develop a theory from THAT. It's not hard really to use your brain to evaluate the situation, is it?
Rant over.

Now come on nglfi be fair, Redwood was having a 'revelation moment' after forensically discovering that the phantom abductor seen by Jane Tanner (you know, the one that changed his appearance from one day to the next) carrying a child in pyjamas horizontally, as you do, was in fact an innocent holiday maker (who didn't look like a tourist) transporting his child between the night creche service and his holiday accommodation - although I don't think there has been any evidence produced to confirm.

So, after six years of speculation, good old Andy of the Yard can eliminate Ms Tanner's creation. Coincidentally, this small adjustment allowed ample opportunity for an abductor to abduct.

One minor point - Redwood seems to have overlooked the absence of any evidence to suggest any stranger had entered or exited apartment 5a and of course the compelling intelligence indicated by the super canine heros - Eddie and Keela!

17th May 2007 Team McCann:  Michael Wright Statement from Kate and Gerry McCann

JillyCL's channel

02:12 minutes

Verdi wrote:17th May 2007 Team McCann:  Michael Wright Statement from Kate and Gerry McCann

JillyCL's channel

02:12 minutes

With such an extraordinary campaign, reaching millions of people across the world, I wonder how the Mccanns can explain why Madeleine has never been found?

Cmaryholmes wrote:

Verdi wrote:17th May 2007 Team McCann:  Michael Wright Statement from Kate and Gerry McCann

JillyCL's channel

02:12 minutes

With such an extraordinary campaign, reaching millions of people across the world, I wonder how the Mccanns can explain why Madeleine has never been found?

Aha - good question!  No evidence no evidence no evidence she has come to any harm - she's still a findable little girl.

I actually typed something about Michael Wright hailing from Skipton, North Yorkshire - the same town as the Consultant Clinical Child Psychologists Alan Pike and Martin Alderton from the Centre for Crisis Psychology, who were also promptly shipped out to Praia da Luz to assist the McCanns.  My laptop deleted the whole text before my very eyes - again.

It looks to me as if they are smirking AT the questioner. Pretty unbelievable stuff at a press conference about your missing daughter.

Don't you just long for someone to challenge them? I remember the way David Walsh used to turn up at Lance Armstrong's press conferences and get under his skin. This lot is terrified of Clarence Mitchell for some reason.