DAVE EDGAR AND THE HUNT FOR MADDIE

by **Tony Bennett** 05.05.11 0:58

New Madeleine Foundation article by John Whitehouse uploaded tonight:

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You won't find much of this in Dr Kate's new book!

by **PeterMac** 05.05.11 12:05

Which one must assume means that Edgar himself is another in a long line of frauds. As a retired police officer he cannot plead that he didn't realise you couldn't do that sort of thing. He is an ex DI and would have spend some of his time investigating fraudulent companies himself, and supervising his staff doing the same, giving advice, offering suggestions about the way the enquiry should go and so on.
Merely to offer him money would not, or should not, turn him bad at this stage in his retirement. So is he perhaps being blackmailed in some way over something he has done in the past. I have no idea, but something is very strange about his behaviour.

by Guest 05.05.11 15:34

All I can say at the mo. Shocking. Must read it again!!

by Guest 05.05.11 15:51

Thank you Tony, I will print this off now and read it in full later.

As soon as I heard that they had drafted in an ex bomb disposal expert, I knew there was something very fishy about all this.

by ufercoffy 05.05.11 16:44

As candyfloss says, this is shocking! Just when are these shysters going to be brought to justice? How are these people allowed to keep on with this scam? They are playing it out in full view of the media...and the whole world, and yet everyone just says "Ah, bless the poor McCann's, they've suffered so much." wtf

by Angelique 05.05.11 23:40

Thank you for this article - which makes interesting reading.

Well as expected it just confirms what we all knew - they are not investigating anything - it's all misinformation to cover the fact that they know they don't need to look for Madeleine. It reads like a "never-ending game show in which the public can participate" provided you believe every word they say.

But if they are paying Edgar & Cowley - where is the money really going to.

I feel as though I may have asked this question before. Do Edgar & Cowley declare their earnings.

by Angelique 05.05.11 23:42

PeterMac wrote:Which one must assume means that Edar himself is another in a long line of frauds. As a retired police officer he cannot plead that he didn't realise you couldn't do that sort of thing. He is an ex DI and would have spend some of his time investigating fraudulent companies himself, and supervising his staff doing the same, giving advice, offering suggestions about the way the enquiry should go and so on.
Merely to offer him money would not, or should not, turn him bad at this stage in his retirement. So is he perhaps being blackmailed in some way over something he has done in the past. I have no idea, but something is very strange about his behaviour.

PeterMac

I don't think he/they are being blackmailed - I think they just happen to be members of the same Club.

by **Tony Bennett** 05.05.11 23:49

Angelique wrote:I feel as though I may have asked this question before. Do Edgar & Cowley declare their earnings?

That's an interesting question.

He has to fill in an annual tax return, just like you and me.

No doubt he declares a healthy, inflation-proofed police pension, having done 30 years in the police force.

Now, does he declare his earnings from the Find Madeleine Fund/Brian Kennedy as 'self-employed' (in respect of payments made to his, er, non-existent Alpha Investiagtions Group)...

...or does he get paid a wage by the Fund/Kennedy and have deductions for P.A.Y.E. and National Insurance etc.?

It is not clear if Cowley is still employed by the Fund, by the way.

by ufercoffy 06.05.11 7:42

As you have exposed ex copper Dave Edgar for his part in the McCann's scam can you not report them to the police for investigation?

PeterMac, does Tony have a case for reporting them to the police?

These people have begged for money, they've taken money from pensioners and schoolchildren and they are nothing but thieves aswell as child neglectors angry

by **Tony Bennett** 06.05.11 8:00

ufercoffy wrote:As you have exposed ex-copper Dave Edgar for his part in the McCanns' scam can you not report them to the police for investigation?

PeterMac, does Tony have a case for reporting them to the police?

These people have begged for money, they've taken money from pensioners and schoolchildren and they are nothing but thieves aswell as child neglectors

On the facts within the article, I don't think Edgar has committed any criminal offence. Certainly there is a serious deception by him and others regarding the non-existent 'Alpha Investigations Group' - but he has not gained a pecuniary advantage himself by tne deception so has not committed a Theft Act crime. He was simply employed either by the Find Madeleine Fund or by Brian Kennedy.

Were it ever to emerge that the McCanns and their advisers had knowingly covered up the death of Madeleine, then they would be successfully prosecuted for 'gaining a pecuniary advantage by deception' along, no doubt, with a host of other crimes.

by ufercoffy 06.05.11 8:03

But seeing as no police force seems to want to prosecute the McCanns then they just continue to get away with it. I think I've just about lost the will to carry on reading about this case now. They will never be brought to justice and Madeleine's own parents will continue to take the piss out of her and use her as a marketing ploy. It's just sickening that the media play along with the McCann's. Child neglecting thieves are the new celebrity. tearhairout

by **PeterMac** 06.05.11 8:13

Section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 provides:
"...if a person agrees with any other person or persons that a course of conduct shall be pursued which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions, either -
(a) will necessarily amount to or involve the commission of any offence or offences by one or more of the parties to the agreement, or
(b) would do so but for the existence of facts which render the commission of the offence or any of the offences impossible, [added by S.5 Criminal Attempts Act 1981]
he is guilty of conspiracy to commit the offence or offences in question."
Which might cover it.

by Guest 06.05.11 8:52

Have you forwarded this article to any journalists or newspaper editors Tony?

by Guest 21.09.11 18:25

Questioned about the work of the Portuguese authorities, a former private investigator of Kate and Gerry McCann admitted that “Gonçalo Amaral did exactly everything that could be done, and any team trying to investigate Maddies’ disappearance can only hope for a stroke of luck.”

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by friedtomatoes 27.04.12 20:07

I read somewhere Edgar is gone now too as well as the other guy.

by Evening_All 06.09.14 13:01

Didn't this Edgar geezer refer to a "hellish lair" where madeleine was being hidden in a dungeon. I wonder what sort of comparison sites he frequents.