Re: Prosecution Exhibit 1: 'madeleine' - What's in the book?

by Verdi 30.06.19 0:59

Consider if you will, the title of Kate McCann's autobiographical chiclit .... madeleine - with a little m.

No surprise the precious lost daughter is presented by a little 'm' as she is anything but the focal point in the mind of Ms McCann. Browsing the book content, little Madeleine is shoved aside in favour of the key players .... Ms McCann and her old man, plus a range of assorted friends, family, colleagues, associates and the local pub landlady for good measure.

Focusing on the books record of daily events during that fateful weeks holiday break, Ms McCann is keen to describe what she, her old man and friends did from hour to hour, day to day - the children however are only mentioned in passing.

The parents lounged around the pool, played tennis, went for a run and whatever else but the children were dropped off and collected from the childcare rooms. The day of arrival is described in detail, at least as regards their movements and Madeleine's desire to dip in the freezing pool. The next day, Sunday 29th April 2007, Ms McCann describes how they booked the kids into the care facilities, met the nanny Catriona Baker (no mention of the twins carer), organized the evenings jollies at the Tapas restaurant - so on so forth.

Henceforth, Monday 30th April onward, the kids - Madeleine primarily, is vaguely mentioned playing in the playground, at the beach for a short while and generally getting stuck-in with the kids activities.

Earlier in the book, Ms McCann makes a point of mentioning the importance of the family all enjoying themselves in their own way, be it the creche or the tennis courts - who needs kids when you can dump them with someone else to entertain them? Clearly not Messrs McCann.

Now I would think, whether the parents spent their time with the kids or not, the most memorable moments of a family holiday are photographs, what the kids did during the day, what the kids did at lunchtime, what the kids did at teatime, what the kids did at playtime, what the kids did at bedtime.

Where is the evidence? All the PJ investigation had to work on was the word of the McCanns and their friends - their version of the truth. That is the situation we find ourselves in to this very day - that's of course if you don't deviate from the accepted narrative, the gospel according to McCann.

So, where is the evidence of Madeleine being alive and well after Sunday 29th April 2007?

by Verdi 30.06.19 1:31

Folk who are reticent or downright obstinate accepting the possibility that Madeleine McCann met her fate before late afternoon or the night of 3rd May 2007, appear to have little or nothing to rely on but the word of a few witness statements. Witnesses who were going about their daily work, meeting new visitors daily and/or weekly with only a vague remembrance of any particular day or time or event or person between Saturday 28th April and Thursday 3rd May 2007. Even Kate McCann doesn't seem able to recount her own child's movements during the week - the twins are also pushed aside.

I mean no disrespect to the witnesses, I don't expect people to be able to recall an event with any degree of accuracy.

From where I'm standing, the most significant indicative is the absence of photographic evidence and the total lack of conclusive evidence to confirm Madeleine McCann's presence at the Ocean Club between the Sunday morning and Thursday night, the alleged time of disappearance.

Kate McCann's autobiographical novel is assuredly Prosecution Exhibit 1.

by **PeterMac** 30.06.19 6:28

the most significant indicative is the absence of photographic evidence and the total lack of conclusive evidence to confirm Madeleine McCann's presence at the Ocean Club between the Sunday morning and Thursday night, the alleged time of disappearance.

Before people jump in with the well worn phrase Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
they could re-read the Chapter http://whatreallyhappenedtomadeleinemccann.blogspot.com/2016/08/chapter-17-some-philosophical-thoughts.html

and begin to understand this sentence as meaning "the absence of photographic evidence where we would reasonably expect to have found not just some, but an excess, a plethora, a super-abundance, . . But there is nothing."

by Verdi 01.07.19 1:22

On our arrival we had lowered the blind-style shutters on the outside of the windows, which were controlled from the inside, and closed the curtains.

We left them that way all week. This early in the season, the nights were not that warm, there was no need to open a window and we reasoned that having the shutters down and the curtains drawn would keep it cool during the day.

Although it meant the room was very dark, the children weren’t going to be in there in the daytime, and at night we always left the door ajar to let in a little light.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

Prosecution Exhibit 1: 'madeleine' - What's in the book? - Page 7 Images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-PAitfDihuSXkBc9QDJPKSvXiW6MP5w3EOdpxkW1A2--AAiAOsQ

Prosecution Exhibit 1: 'madeleine' - What's in the book? - Page 7 Images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-PAitfDihuSXkBc9QDJPKSvXiW6MP5w3EOdpxkW1A2--AAiAOsQ

Prosecution Exhibit 1: 'madeleine' - What's in the book? - Page 7 Hqdefault

Who in their right mind would leave the shutter and window open during the day or night, situated ^^^ ? Let alone with three very young children inside.

by Verdi 01.07.19 16:06

Late August/early September 2007

Once again Gerry wanted to know if the case had now become a murder inquiry. The answer was indirect: ‘You can probably guess that from our lack of response.’ In a slightly threatening manner, Luís asked why I wasn’t looking him straight in the eye. There was no reason, other than that I was incapable of looking at anyone properly: my own eyes were so swollen and sore that I was struggling to keep them from closing completely.

Earlier August 2007

Prosecution Exhibit 1: 'madeleine' - What's in the book? - Page 7 Scree150

by Verdi 01.07.19 16:15

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

Not sure how I feel about seeing Mr Amaral – for the first time ever, I hasten to add! I know I’m not scared but that man has caused us so much upset and anger because of how he has treated my beautiful Madeleine and the search to find her. He deserves to be miserable and feel fear.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

And so it was that on 11 December 2009 I first laid eyes on Sr Gonçalo Amaral. It was also the first time he had laid eyes on me. It is extraordinary that he could have said and written so many awful things about a person he had never met.

He had obviously spruced himself up in recent months. The moustache, gold chain and bulging tummy familiar to me from unflattering newspaper photographs were nowhere to be seen. Now he was sporting a smart haircut, nice suit and hat, and – an intriguing touch – a diamond earring.

I wasn’t afraid, but I admit that my heart beat a little harder and I clutched my wooden holding cross tightly as he walked past, flanked by his entourage. Here was the person who had been entrusted with finding our little girl and who had failed her – not simply by being unable to find her when he was in charge, but by then speaking out in a way that in effect hindered other people, ourselves included, from finding her.

I couldn’t stop staring at him. It was as if I were trying to look inside his head. If the intensity of a stare could penetrate bone, I’m sure I would have managed it. What made this man tick? How did he rationalize his behaviour? How did he manage to sleep at night?

[For research and study only]

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Begone O fiendish European Court of Human Rights !!!

by Guest 01.07.19 18:02

Verdi wrote:madeleine by KATE MCCANN

Not sure how I feel about seeing Mr Amaral – for the first time ever, I hasten to add! I know I’m not scared but that man has caused us so much upset and anger because of how he has treated my beautiful Madeleine and the search to find her. He deserves to be miserable and feel fear.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

And so it was that on 11 December 2009 I first laid eyes on Sr Gonçalo Amaral. It was also the first time he had laid eyes on me. It is extraordinary that he could have said and written so many awful things about a person he had never met.

He had obviously spruced himself up in recent months. The moustache, gold chain and bulging tummy familiar to me from unflattering newspaper photographs were nowhere to be seen. Now he was sporting a smart haircut, nice suit and hat, and – an intriguing touch – a diamond earring.

I wasn’t afraid, but I admit that my heart beat a little harder and I clutched my wooden holding cross tightly as he walked past, flanked by his entourage. Here was the person who had been entrusted with finding our little girl and who had failed her – not simply by being unable to find her when he was in charge, but by then speaking out in a way that in effect hindered other people, ourselves included, from finding her.

I couldn’t stop staring at him. It was as if I were trying to look inside his head. If the intensity of a stare could penetrate bone, I’m sure I would have managed it. What made this man tick? How did he rationalize his behaviour? How did he manage to sleep at night?

[For research and study only]

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Begone O fiendish European Court of Human Rights !!!

Why hasn't Gonçalo Amaral sued her for this passage alone?

by Verdi 01.07.19 22:07

pauloalexandre wrote:Why hasn't Gonçalo Amaral sued her for this passage alone?

I believe Gonçalo Amaral has more dignity that to follow by the McCann example - slowly slowly catchy monkey.

As I've said in the past, Snr Amaral has a better chance with the ECHR with a case against the UK than the McCanns could ever hope for against Portugal. Considering the way he was vilified by the national and local press - talking of reputation damage.

No! They didn't only damage Snr Amaral's reputation, they ruined his whole life!

by Verdi 05.07.19 12:14

Another guest appeared with a video camera to record his three-year-old daughter playing mini-tennis. He looked a little embarrassed and laughingly remarked to us that filming in this way made him feel like a dirty old man. It led to a conversation between the three of us about paedophiles.

I remember Russell talking about how everything had got a bit out of hand, that these days people were so untrusting you hardly dared speak to children you didn’t know. What he was effectively saying was that the world had become paranoid; that he wanted his daughters to grow up with confidence and a sense of freedom. The other dad and I chipped in with our views – I mentioned not being allowed to take photographs of your own kids in swimming pools any longer – and we agreed that it was a shame things had come to this, especially for the children.

It would be some days before Russell and I were able to acknowledge to each other the horrible irony of this conversation.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

[book excerpt for study/research only]

Did this alleged video footage ever reach the clutches of Jim Gamble of the CEOP I wonder? If I remember correctly, the assumption is the stranger in question was one Mr Foster, who willingly surrendered his video footage to the UK police, should there have been something significant. As it turned out, Mr Foster's videos showed nothing of interest to the investigation.

by Verdi 05.07.19 15:49

The dogs and the reconstruction

>> British consul Bill Henderson and Ambassador John Buck were visiting us on a fairly regular basis and we were seeing the Leicestershire FLOs every day. The flow of information, however, was slow and limited. The Portuguese police were divulging very little to the British police and vetoing many of their suggestions – bringing out specialist dogs, for example, or staging a reconstruction

>> It did emerge, however, that Bob had concerns of his own. He explained that the British police regarded the use of sniffer dogs as intelligence rather than evidence, and he was perplexed at the apparent fixation of the PJ on the idea that Madeleine had died in the apartment. He told Gerry he thought they’d get a shock when the forensic results came back.

>> We would petition the prosecutor, asking to be informed of the evidence against us. At the same time we would put forward our own catalogue of information, which would include my detailed account of our movements from May to September 2007, a record of all our trips in the hire car and Gerry’s research into the reliability (or otherwise) of blood and cadaver dogs.

>> Frustratingly, Crimewatch was not allowed to film a reconstruction of the abduction.
This was something we had wanted from the beginning, in the hope that it would encourage potential witnesses to come forward.

>> In the spring of 2008 – almost a year after Madeleine was last seen – the PJ decided they wanted to conduct a re-enactment in Praia da Luz of the night of 3 May 2007. The participants required were Gerry, me, Fiona, Dave, Jane, Russ, Rachael, Matt, Dianne and Jes Wilkins, to whom Gerry chatted in the street that night just after his last glimpse of Madeleine. They weren’t interested in using actors or stand-ins. So either everyone agreed or the reconstruction wouldn’t go ahead.

>> At that point the tone of the correspondence grew more brusque and what had seemed to be a request began to sound more like a summons. Some people decided they wanted to take legal advice before agreeing to anything. In the end there was no quorum and the plan was abandoned.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

[Excerpts for study/research only]

by **Hobs** 06.07.19 15:53

Verdi wrote:Late August/early September 2007

Once again Gerry wanted to know if the case had now become a murder inquiry. The answer was indirect: ‘You can probably guess that from our lack of response.’ In a slightly threatening manner, Luís asked why I wasn’t looking him straight in the eye. There was no reason, other than that I was incapable of looking at anyone properly: my own eyes were so swollen and sore that I was struggling to keep them from closing completely.

Earlier August 2007

my own eyes were so swollen and sore that I was struggling to keep them from closing completely.

Surely if your eyes are swollen, the problem is keeping them open!

Oops

by Verdi 06.07.19 15:55

Kate McCann wrote:But a harsh fact remains. Since July 2008, there has been no police force anywhere actively investigating what has happened to Madeleine. We are the only people looking for her.

The 'search' word has been repeated so many times over the past twelve years, it's never far from the minds and mouths of the parents of Madeleine McCann. Indeed, the 'search' word is used no less that one hundred and twenty times in Kate McCann's autobiographical novel .... madeleine.

In the words of the stoic hero of this story, Professor Gerald McCann .... 'where is the evidence?'

Good question Professor, where is the evidence of your search? You talk a lot about no official body proactively [sic] 'searching' for your daughter, leaving you alone to 'search' yourselves but there doesn't seem to be any evidence that either you, or your wife, have been physically 'searching' for your lost daughter. Talking about it won't achieve anything, you have to get off your backside and do something. Even the employment of prvate dicks, at the expense of the Find Madeleine Fund and/or your wealthy benefactor/s, drew a monumental blank - apart from a massive hole in the bank holding monies donated by good hearted people.

Remember, there was a temporary hiatus in your search whilst Operation Grange and the PJ was still active, so say you, then the residue that you assured the people would be spread across charities for misssing children. Did you change your mind about that, or are you still proactively searching?

Answers on the back of a plain brown envelope please addressed to shhhh

you know who....

by Verdi 10.07.19 0:58

As we were walking up from the beach at about 5pm, I had a call from Cherie Blair, in her final days as wife of the prime minister (her husband Tony would announce his resignation two days later and leave office the following month). She was kind and helpful. She told me it was amazing but encouraging that Madeleine was still the first topic on the news every night. This was only five days after the abduction: as it turned out, our poor daughter would continue to headline the bulletins for some time to come. Cherie also warned me, ‘Whatever happens, your life will never be the same again.’

She mentioned that a friend of hers, Catherine Meyer, was the founder of PACT – Parents and Abducted Children Together – and said she would get in touch with her on my behalf. Doubtless I asked Cherie if there was anything the British government could offer the Portuguese in the way of resources to assist or expedite the search for Madeleine. It wasn’t my intention to make her feel uncomfortable by asking this, and I’m sure I didn’t. We were just so desperate I couldn’t let the opportunity go by.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

[for study/research only]

by Verdi 22.07.19 16:18

Thursday 10th May 2007

Alan Pike was concerned about my wellbeing and asked for my rescheduled interview to be postponed for a few days. The PJ couldn’t have considered it all that important: it was 6 September before I was interviewed again.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN
.....................

For those who don't already know, Alan Pike is documented as being a Crisis Counsellor working for a private agency titled 'The Centre for Crisis Psychology' (or CCP) an ex-social worker with frills. He was included in the list of persons to be interviewed by rogatory, requested by the McCanns.

Alan Pike had this to say during his rogatory interview..

. I got to know Gerald McCann and Kate Healy on Saturday, May 5, 2007. I would describe my relationship with them in totally clinical terms. I provided them counselling help with regards to their emotional state provoked by the fact that they were separated from their daughter Madeleine. I spoke with Gerry and Kate very early in the morning on the 5th of May, 2007. Our services were requested by the Mark Warner agency. I travelled specifically to speak to them in person, and with the family and agency functionaries. Kate and Gerry had been awake for two nights when I got to know them.

https://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/ALAN-PIKE.htm

by Verdi 04.08.19 13:26

ABOUT THE BOOK

mail

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

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

Writing this memoir has entailed recording some very personal, intimate and emotional aspects of our lives ... censored

Sharing these with strangers does not come easily to me, but if I hadn’t done so I would not have felt the book gave as full a picture as it is possible for me to give ... interview

As with every action we have taken over the last four years, it ultimately boils down to whether what we are doing could help us to find Madeleine ... shark

When the answer to that question is yes, or even possibly, our family can cope with anything ... airplane

What follows is an intensely personal account, and I make no apology for that … whisper

Nothing is more important to us than finding our little girl' ... prisoner

by Verdi 04.08.19 13:41

In the beginning

It was after one of the IFLG meetings that Hugh asked me whether I was keeping a diary ....

‘You should,’ he said. He didn’t elaborate on why. The barrister handed me a spare A4 notebook he happened to have with him....

When I thought about it, I realized it would be a good way of remembering these dark and confusing days; of filling in the gaps for Madeleine on her return. It would also be a record of our story that might help all three children to understand what had happened when they were older. Setting aside some blank pages in the notebook I’d been given for the days that had already passed, I wrote a few paragraphs on a couple of occasions the following week, though I didn’t begin in earnest until 23 May, twenty days after Madeleine was taken. From then on, I kept my journal consistently, and when I had a spare moment I went back and filled in the blank pages with notes of our activities and my recollections of every day since 3 May 2007.

Though my main purpose was to keep a proper account for the children of everything that had happened, I found writing it down very therapeutic. It gave me an outlet for my thoughts and emotions, and a means of communicating with Madeleine. I could talk to her! I could also talk to God, and even to the abductor, if I wanted to. Whatever Hugh’s intention was, I am very grateful to him for his suggestion. It might just have saved my life

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

[In the interest of clarity - according to the gospel of Ms McCann, 'just call me Hugh' was/is a consultant, a kidnap negotiator and counsellor, a former intelligence officer]

by ROSA 17.08.19 16:34

p. 219

“I trusted Ricardo back then but I struggled to understand how, never mind why, somebody could have killed Madeleine and removed her body within such a short time frame…this ‘evidence of death’ seemed tenuous in the extreme. The police appeared to be telling us, on the say-so of a dog, that someone had definitely died in Apartment 5A”.

“Supposing she had been taken out of the apartment within minutes. Did they really believe that a dog could smell the ‘odour of death’ three months later from a body that had been removed so swiftly? They were adding two and two together and coming up with ten”.

“The merest suggestion from Ricardo that it was even possible she had been killed in that flat was like knife being twisted into my chest. My eyes, so tired of tears, succumbed to them yet again”.

Dr Kate wrote in her diary that day: “So Madeleine’s dead?…Psychopath? Burglary gone wrong? I need her body before I can believe this. I just can’t accept this”.

Kate's own words " within minutes " and she also underestimated the intelligence and training that cadaver dogs have. or chose to ignore it for her own agenda.

by Verdi 25.08.19 13:40

Friday 4th May 2007

Upstairs our new apartment, 4G, was heaving with people. Among them were my mum, dad and Auntie Norah, who had arrived from the UK. Norah, on a visit from Canada, had been booked to return today but had immediately cancelled her flight home and had come with my parents to support us instead. As we embraced them one by one we found ourselves unable to let go. We were all sobbing. It was so hard seeing each other like this. It was all such a blur I can’t be absolutely certain who else was there that night, but I think I remember John Hill, Emma Knights and Craig Mayhew from Mark Warner, and Ambassador John Buck, British consul Bill Henderson and Angela Morado, who had accompanied us back from Portimão. There were some new faces, too: Liz Dow, the British consul for Lisbon, British Embassy press officer Andy Bowes and Alex Woolfall, a PR crisis-management specialist from Bell Pottinger in the UK, who had been drafted in by Mark Warner, as had a trauma psychologist from the Centre for Crisis Psychology (CCP) in north Yorkshire, who had now also arrived in Luz.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

[Text excerpt for research only]

https://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t15973-the-important-people-who-rushed-out-to-praia-da-luz-after-3-may-2007-and-by-friday-11-may-2007#398897

by Verdi 25.08.19 13:54

Tuesday 8th May 2007 [following Gerry McCann's spiritual experience]

The very next evening Gerry’s sister Phil sent a chain email round the world asking every recipient to help find our little girl. It came with a downloadable poster featuring a photograph of Madeleine, the one of her holding the tennis balls, taken two days before she vanished.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

by Verdi 25.08.19 14:03

Thursday 10th May 2007 [whilst at PJ station waiting to be re-interviewed]

I made use of the long wait I anticipated by sitting down with a notebook, pen and my camera, containing dated photographs of the holiday, and trying to write a detailed account of everything that had happened the week before.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

…whatever the Portuguese police might find in their investigation, the McCanns will have an innocent explanation for it

...there are wholly innocent explanations for any material that the police may or may not have found

Clarence Mitchell

by **sandancer** 25.08.19 18:15

Verdi wrote:Friday 4th May 2007

Upstairs our new apartment, 4G, was heaving with people. Among them were my mum, dad and Auntie Norah, who had arrived from the UK. Norah, on a visit from Canada, had been booked to return today but had immediately cancelled her flight home and had come with my parents to support us instead. As we embraced them one by one we found ourselves unable to let go. We were all sobbing. It was so hard seeing each other like this. It was all such a blur I can’t be absolutely certain who else was there that night, but I think I remember John Hill, Emma Knights and Craig Mayhew from Mark Warner, and Ambassador John Buck, British consul Bill Henderson and Angela Morado, who had accompanied us back from Portimão. There were some new faces, too: Liz Dow, the British consul for Lisbon, British Embassy press officer Andy Bowes and Alex Woolfall, a PR crisis-management specialist from Bell Pottinger in the UK, who had been drafted in by Mark Warner, as had a trauma psychologist from the Centre for Crisis Psychology (CCP) in north Yorkshire, who had now also arrived in Luz.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

[Text excerpt for research only]

https://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t15973-the-important-people-who-rushed-out-to-praia-da-luz-after-3-may-2007-and-by-friday-11-may-2007#398897

For someone who says it was a blur , and thinks she remembers she certainly managed to get all the important names out there didn't she !

That apartment must have been bursting at the seams ( was the patio door left open ? )

" Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all "
Or maybe - " Pugh ,Pugh , Barney Mcgrew , Cuthbert , Dibble and Grubb "

by **PeterMac** 25.08.19 21:02

Exhibit 1.
Try this.
Over breakfast tomorrow imagine you are being contacted by someone
no earlier than about 8am, and asked / told to go immediately to the Algarve.
Go through the motions with Easyjet and Ryan and anyone else
and see whether you could get to PdL, settle in to a hotel, and make it to the Apartment by 8.30pm

Try it.
You must allow time for packing, travel from home to airport of your choice, 2 hour check in (and parking as appropriate) and time on arrival for baggage reclaim and transport Faro (FAO if you want to do it quickly) to PdL
(1hr 5 min by taxi) or time to organise car hire.

You may use Faro (FAO)
You are not allowed to use Beja, as it was not opened until 2011
You may use Lisboã, (LIS) 2 Hrs 42 travel time.

Small prize for anyone who can do it.
Now assume you live in North Yorkshire, and try it again.

by Verdi 25.08.19 21:28

Jon Clarke did it - didn't he think

?

Or was that by Virgin Galactica Space Shuttle superman

donated by Mr Dicky Pickles c/o Kensington Roof, London, England?

by Verdi 25.08.19 21:49

Now that it looked as if we were going to be based in Praia da Luz for the long haul, with frequent journeys to airports and regular meetings set up with the police at the British Consulate in Portimão, we’d decided it would be easier if we had our own car.

We’d duly taken possession of a rented Renault Scenic on 27 May.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

Twenty four days after Madeleine McCann was reported missing, that's just over three weeks.

Based in Praia da Luz for the long haul - how did Messrs McCann know for sure their daughter wouldn't be found within minutes, hours, days or even weeks?

How did they know there would be frequent journeys to airports (?) and regular meetings set up with the police at the British Consulate in Portimão (?) ?

I can say without fear of contradiction, the PJ would not, I repeat not, have met the McCanns for a meeting at a British Consulate - that was strictly not established diplomatic protocol. If said police hailed from the UK, questions need to be asked as to why and/or how this was permitted.

Bah!

Ms Healy's autobiographical chiclit is on a par with Professor McCann's blog - the innocent explanation for anything the police might find - Clarence Mitchell salute

.

by Verdi 26.08.19 22:00

sandancer wrote:That apartment must have been bursting at the seams ( was the patio door left open ? )

.... and a window window

?

by worriedmum 27.08.19 0:09

Verdi wrote:
Now that it looked as if we were going to be based in Praia da Luz for the long haul, with frequent journeys to airports and regular meetings set up with the police at the British Consulate in Portimão, we’d decided it would be easier if we had our own car.

We’d duly taken possession of a rented Renault Scenic on 27 May.

madeleine by KATE MCCANN

Twenty four days after Madeleine McCann was reported missing, that's just over three weeks.

Based in Praia da Luz for the long haul - how did Messrs McCann know for sure their daughter wouldn't be found within minutes, hours, days or even weeks?

How did they know there would be frequent journeys to airports (?) and regular meetings set up with the police at the British Consulate in Portimão (?) ?

I can say without fear of contradiction, the PJ would not, I repeat not, have met the McCanns for a meeting at a British Consulate - that was strictly not established diplomatic protocol. If said police hailed from the UK, questions need to be asked as to why and/or how this was permitted.

Bah!

Ms Healy's autobiographical chiclit is on a par with Professor McCann's blog - the innocent explanation for anything the police might find - Clarence Mitchell .

How neatly the 'long haul' concept dovetails with the 'not a one year anniversary' slip of the tongue. I do hope Clarence can explain them both.

by Verdi 27.08.19 1:06

worriedmum wrote:How neatly the 'long haul' concept dovetails with the 'not a one year anniversary' slip of the tongue. I do hope Clarence can explain them both.

Don't know about a slip of the tongue, I reckon it was a full blown party blooper whacky

https://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t13534p500-picture-gallery#406630

high5

by ROSA 27.08.19 13:28

I'm considering buying the book , mostly for a laugh mind you from the short excerpts I've read so far it's got me faintly interested.
lol4

by **PeterMac** 27.08.19 15:18

Just out of interest I did the flights thing early this morning . 0852 Spanish time = 0752 BST and Portuguese time
EZJ
LGW 1150 arrive FAO 1450 - would have been JUST possible, though you obviously have to get to Gatwick, park and check in at 0950. Rush hour on the M 25 ?
And it is already 8 o'clock and you haven't had a Sh/Sh/Sh and packed and found your passport and rung the office
LGW 1630 and 1855 get there too late to get to Pdl For 2030

EZJ
LUT 1620 arrive FAO 1915 and
LUT 1730 arrive FAO 2025 are both too late

RYA
LST 1600 arrive FAO 1855,
LST 1800 arrive FAO 2055, also too late

So, as with the Jon Clarke mystery, unless the phones were ringing to send people to Pdl by 0500 4/5/7
and everyone got on line immediately (bearing in mind this was over a decade and a quarter ago and we forget how clunky things were) – – – these things were organised the day before. At Least.

And one of the persons of whom we speak lives in North Yorkshire.

by Doug D 27.08.19 16:44

ROSA:

I'm considering buying the book

It is useful for reference purposes, especially the online version which makes it easier to search.

Used copies of the hardback are always available on Amazon for 1p plus a couple of quid postage.

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