Re: Three university forensic psychologists say > 'Anti-McCann Trolls Cannot be Cured'

by Doug D 12.04.17 13:17

I have posted the full Times article up on the following thread in ‘News Items’, but I think you need to be logged in to see it:

https://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t13923-barbara-hewson-barrister-made-death-threats-to-student#363252

by RosieandSam 12.04.17 13:23

Thank you @Doug D

Much appreciated. This news is music to my ears!

by skyrocket 13.04.17 9:09

Time is gold dust at the moment, so apologies if the following info has already been posted.

We know Dr John Synnott (lead author on the paper being discussed) was higher educated in Dublin (BSc 2007)/Liverpool (MSc 2009/PhD 2013) and then posted to Huddersfield Uni in 2013, on completion of his PhD.

Professor David Canter (one of the 5 experts flown out to Luz to film the 'Dispatches' docu in 2007) was Professor in Psychology at Liverpool Uni before moving to Huddersfield Uni in 2009.

It would be fair to assume that Canter would have been involved in some way in Synnott's supervision during his MSc days and there is strong evidence that they had continued close ties after Canter's posting to Huddersfield in 2009, before Synnott's move there in 2013.

In 2011, Synnott and Canter co-authored a paper for presentation at a conference in Amsterdam.

In 2015/2016, again Synnott and Canter co-authored 1 paper/year.

This is what Professor David V Canter's opinion was at the end of the 'Dispatches' investigation, as reported verbatim in The Daily Mail:

'I still feel abduction is the most likely possibility,' concludes forensic psychologist David Canter.
But he's pessimistic about finding the truth amid all the confusion.
'The trails may have gone so cold over the passage of time that even finding a body would not explain what really happened. We may still be talking about this case in 20 or even 50 years' time.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-488211/The-Maddie-Files-Five-experts-explain-police-missed-vital-chances--body.html#ixzz4e740fuvp

This opinion/conclusion was not held by others in the group of 5 experts - we know what Professor Dave Barclay thought about the possibility of anyone having climbed through the window without leaving forensic traces. But, it does give some insight into the mindset of one of Dr David Synnott's close colleagues and one who has almost certainly had some influence over his (Synnott's) developing opinions.

Happy Easter to you all! grouphug

by plebgate 13.04.17 13:31

Thanks for the post.

connections, connections - CMOMM members over the years have uncovered quite a few.

by **Jill Havern** 25.04.17 13:08

Three university forensic psychologists say > 'Anti-McCann Trolls Cannot be Cured' - Page 7 Prof_p10

Sent by Recorded Delivery, received today.
Yeah, I know it says Private and Confidential, but it's only a 'tiny minority' who will see it on this forum titter

by Phoebe 25.04.17 13:39

Oh that's clear then. So, the definition of internet trolls then is "a group of individuals who regularly engage in online discussion of a topic of historical interest". Must be an awful lot of trolls out there!

by Liz Eagles 25.04.17 14:05

"The study itself is neither concerned with the McCann case nor intends to take a position on it"

I'd love to have been a fly on the wall when this academic body decided to pursue the McCann hashtag or did they just stick a pin in a printout of a whole heap of hashtags which miraculously pierced McCann and only used this particular hashtag to conduct its study.

It really is lame.

by ChippyM 25.04.17 14:48

A predictably patronising reply. Two of the authors are on the ethics board (so there) and it was peer reviewed so it's infallible. Yes thanks, we know what that means.

It doesn't answer why the particular subject was chosen or why the conclusion paraphrases Dr Gerry McCann's words but doesn't cite it.

by plebgate 25.04.17 15:27

So this Professor is not willing to answer some of the questions GEG raised. Ha Ha I wouldn't have been willing to either. My view is that one cannot make sense out of nonsense and it seems to me that is the case with this so-called "research".

Another one bites the dust, oh another one bites the dust thanks to the dedicated reseachers at CMOMM.

Well done everyone what an outcome a Professor unwilling to answer questions. ha ha ha.

by **sandancer** 25.04.17 19:46

A professor unwilling to answer questions

Would that be along the lines of

" I'm not going to comment on that " ?

by sallypelt 30.04.17 21:42

With tweets like this from the "anti-McCanns" I can understand why Kate and Jerry are so upset by some of the filthy, disgusting things that tweeters tweet

Three university forensic psychologists say > 'Anti-McCann Trolls Cannot be Cured' - Page 7 9k=

Three university forensic psychologists say > 'Anti-McCann Trolls Cannot be Cured' - Page 7 9k=

Oh...................wait! This is from a "pro-McCann".
John Synnott and Co, are you reading this?

by sallypelt 30.04.17 21:43

by **Jill Havern** 08.05.17 13:08

This seems to have reared its ugly head again with an update, although haven't looked to see what the update is but it's got a new date anyway.

http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/huddersfield-academic-looks-impact-internet-12999631

by Phoebe 08.05.17 13:37

The McCanns, using public donations, have bought their "innocence" in the MSM and it seems to annoy the hell out of them that the sole medium which they cannot buy or control, the internet, has the audacity to say their story does not stack up. Perish the day when free speech can be blocked by power and wealth. Perhaps Mr. Synnott should ponder on the words of Edmund Burke - "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing".

by willowthewisp 08.05.17 16:43

sallypelt wrote:

Hi Sallypelt,would this Michael Walker,Walkercan1000,be the same character who had travelled in the Hire care as both a Driver and passenger,seen paddling alongside Gerry on the Beach in early May 2007,Dirty Nappies?
Who monitors the Internet on behalf of Kate,Gerry McCann,appeared as a witness on behalf of them in a Portugal Court,with Green Ink Notes?

by pennylane 09.05.17 9:35

sallypelt wrote:

Those type of xenophobic, vicious tweets, have opposite to intended effect, and are in many ways responsible for why Dr Amaral's defense fund rose so rapidly in such a short time (from public abroad and UK, including Met officers too); and would have doubled had he not with his usual eloquence, requested it be halted when it was sufficient for him to defend himself against the fatcat TM bullies! This in stark contrast to the parents' who have fleeced the public for years, whilst spending vast amounts of the (so called) 'Maddie search' money on everything but!

by sallypelt 09.05.17 10:07

willowthewisp wrote:
sallypelt wrote:
Hi Sallypelt,would this Michael Walker,Walkercan1000,be the same character who had travelled in the Hire care as both a Driver and passenger,seen paddling alongside Gerry on the Beach in early May 2007,Dirty Nappies?
Who monitors the Internet on behalf of Kate,Gerry McCann,appeared as a witness on behalf of them in a Portugal Court,with Green Ink Notes?

Hi Willo. I have no idea who he/she/IT is. I see its tweets on the Twitter feed, over there>>>>>>>, and it doesn't matter what time of day or night I log into this forum, I see Walker1000, or whatever it is calling itself, tweeting away. Therefore, it must be its "job" to keep posting the vitriol that it posts, otherwise, it cannot be employed in the "real world". And what I have read of his insignificant posts, I don't think it's playing with a full deck, are you SUNSHINE? big grin

Three university forensic psychologists say > 'Anti-McCann Trolls Cannot be Cured'