HEREEE'S................BRUNT! My ten years of looking for Madeleine: how the McCann case has dominated my life

Philip Anders wrote:Quote:"I’ve been back to Praia da Luz 20 times or more and have struck up friendships. They don’t like why I’m there. I don’t think there’s a word for the look on their faces."

I bet there isn't a word for the look on our faces very time he pops up.

jeanmonroe wrote:"I’ve been back to Praia da Luz 20 times or more..."
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Well, that's NINETEEN more 'times' than the parents, whose child went 'missing' from PDL, have!

jeanmonroe wrote:"I’ve been back to Praia da Luz 20 times or more..."
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Well, that's NINETEEN more 'times' than the parents, whose child went 'missing' from PDL, have!

Get'emGonçalo wrote:

jeanmonroe wrote:"I’ve been back to Praia da Luz 20 times or more..."
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Well, that's NINETEEN more 'times' than the parents, whose child went 'missing' from PDL, have!

Be fair, the McCanns have been there a couple of times for court hearings when they thought they were going to be awarded a million quid.

Patience wrote:There are some interesting comments on Brunt's Twitter today.

One from an ex police officer and the other from a person who claims he knows one of the original Met detectives who was on the case.

Neither believes the McCann version of events.

sallypelt wrote:According to a Twitter tweet, "the McCanns are trending"
I know it is the 10th anniversary of Madeleine McCann's disappearance but it still feels as if something is about to break.

Get'emGonçalo wrote:

sallypelt wrote:According to a Twitter tweet, "the McCanns are trending"
I know it is the 10th anniversary of Madeleine McCann's disappearance but it still feels as if something is about to break.

What does that mean?
They're tweeting on [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] or elsewhere?

jeanmonroe wrote:

Patience wrote:There are some interesting comments on Brunt's Twitter today.

One from an ex police officer and the other from a pers n who claims he knows one of the original Met detectives who was on the case.

Neither believes the McCann version of events.

Can you C&P the 'tweets' Patience?  

JRP wrote:"Vanished into thin air"  eh!

Well I never! This is actually a thing?

Martin **unt will be explaining levitation next, or how to throw a pack of cards at a window, and how the one with the signature sticks to the inside, or how you get an iPhone into a Coke bottle.

Philip Anders wrote:

JRP wrote:"Vanished into thin air"  eh!

Well I never! This is actually a thing?

Martin **unt will be explaining levitation next, or how to throw a pack of cards at a window, and how the one with the signature sticks to the inside, or how you get an iPhone into a Coke bottle.

The point is that he didn't refer to an abduction!

jeanmonroe wrote:

In the resort where she went missing I’ve chatted for many hours with residents, expats, taxi drivers, waiters and bar owners.

Mirage wrote:An article on Sky states the McCanns are regularly abused online. Here's  Gamble's opinion on what sounds like made-up stories:

Jim Gamble, former head of the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, said: "One day we will find out what happened to Madeleine and, when we do, I hope those people who had said and done things that were cruel and unkind and unnecessary in the absence of evidence reflect on the part they'll have played in leaving a legacy of bile on the internet."
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Unbelievable cant from Brunt's sidekick in the cruel hounding to death of Brenda Leyland. The guy is in total denial over his own cruelty.

JRP wrote:

Philip Anders wrote:

JRP wrote:"Vanished into thin air"  eh!

Well I never! This is actually a thing?

Martin **unt will be explaining levitation next, or how to throw a pack of cards at a window, and how the one with the signature sticks to the inside, or how you get an iPhone into a Coke bottle.

The point is that he didn't refer to an abduction!

And my point is. NOBODY vanishes into thin air. She's somewhere. He's replacing the un-provable with the impossible.

princess_leia wrote:I've just watched the Sky documentary from last night with my husband. He doesn't follow the case as much as I do, but he's pretty well informed with my regular updates.

Anyway, one of the first things that my husband said, about 20 mins in...have the McCann's p!ssed off Rupert Murdoch, he said that he has never seen anything like this from Sky or Brunt. He thought it was a balanced doc, with things being mentioned that haven't really mentioned elsewhere. He also mentioned Colin Sutton, and was surprised that he was allowed to say what he did re McCann's should have been investigated. My husband couldn't believe when MB said that the McCann's threatened to sue Leicester police for lack of information on the investigation. 


One of the things that surprised me was Gamble also mentioned the McCs should have been investigated. Not sure if he has said this before, but it was news to me.

All in all I found it a good, fairly balanced documentary, and I think it would give unsuspecting viewers something to think about.

pennylane wrote:

princess_leia wrote:I've just watched the Sky documentary from last night with my husband. He doesn't follow the case as much as I do, but he's pretty well informed with my regular updates.

Anyway, one of the first things that my husband said, about 20 mins in...have the McCann's p!ssed off Rupert Murdoch, he said that he has never seen anything like this from Sky or Brunt. He thought it was a balanced doc, with things being mentioned that haven't really mentioned elsewhere. He also mentioned Colin Sutton, and was surprised that he was allowed to say what he did re McCann's should have been investigated. My husband couldn't believe when MB said that the McCann's threatened to sue Leicester police for lack of information on the investigation. 


One of the things that surprised me was Gamble also mentioned the McCs should have been investigated. Not sure if he has said this before, but it was news to me.

All in all I found it a good, fairly balanced documentary, and I think it would give unsuspecting viewers something to think about.

One would be forgiven for thinking something has happened behind the scenes, that isn't yet in the public arena!

Philip Anders wrote:

JRP wrote:

Philip Anders wrote:

JRP wrote:"Vanished into thin air"  eh!

Well I never! This is actually a thing?

Martin **unt will be explaining levitation next, or how to throw a pack of cards at a window, and how the one with the signature sticks to the inside, or how you get an iPhone into a Coke bottle.

The point is that he didn't refer to an abduction!

And my point is. NOBODY vanishes into thin air. She's somewhere. He's replacing the un-provable with the impossible.

Yes we all know that nobody vanishes into thin air but it's still a phrase used when a person goes missing without a trace.

Forget 'vanished into thin air'' if you take such great exception to the phrase.

The important bit is that Brunt, when live on Sky News earlier today, seems to be distancing himself from his 'abduction is the only possible theory' stance & had admitted that there is a valid reason why people don't like the McCanns as opposed to his former stance of calling all non-McCann supporters trolls.

Philip Anders wrote:Brunt was on Sky News today & his reporting was very measured.

The abduction word was not used & was replaced by 'vanished into thin air' & which was one of several possible theories.

He said he understood the reason why some people don't like the McCanns "because they left 3 young children alone".

He'd never have said this even a few days ago.