Re: Questions to Mr Stephen Birch

by Snifferdog 11.07.12 21:38

russiandoll wrote: Have to say I agree with you aquila. It is disturbing that an elderly woman has been dragged into the nasty mix in this way. I wonder if Mr Birch fears trouble for wasting police time with his theory, esp if it is untrue that they are taking him seriously and inviting him back to Portugal and he is feeding the media garbage.
I just hope there is method behind his apparent madness.

The Mccanns have done similar many times and have gotten away with it ........ so far.

by Gizmosgirl 14.07.12 16:45

I have been reading this forum's messages for a while and was delighted to see:
1. Stephen Birch's posts appearing
2. Verification from Admin that his profile links to his business email....
3. Previously constructive discussion about recent events

Like many others this case disturbs me, because it appears the guilty are not just getting away scot-free but profiting from the death of Madeleine. Even worse, their social power appears to increase with each successive year.

Let's face facts:
Madeleine's death was becoming a cold case with every year that passes, while everyone bitches and moans about the fact the media and parents seem to be obstructing any chance of it being reactivated.

Until Stephen Birch did what he did, there was next to zero chance of this case being reactivated this decade!

Now, can we all just get on with focusing constructively on recent events with open minds and stop whining and bitching about grammar and fame seekers? It's really negative.

For those who keep harping on about Birch's posts being fake will you kindly READ the post from Admin where they state his IP is South African and his profile links to his business email address!

I'm really disappointed in most of you fellow posters. This is a good forum but it's deteriorating into a whiny, narrow-minded, bitchy place to read things. And for goodness sake get over the man's grammar. In South Africa the English language gets obscured somewhat by the fact Afrikaans is predominant - a form of Dutch for those who don't know. Many English-speaking South Africans have learned English as a second language, not their home tongue!

I have a degree in English literature, have been an editor for several years and am South African. I see it all the time. But I spent a year living in an apartment on Fulham Rd, Chelsea with British flat mates who couldn't spell to save their lives. So really, what's the difference. Information is important here, not a man's grammar!

by Guest 14.07.12 17:08

Gizmosgirl wrote: [...] I'm really disappointed in most of you fellow posters. This is a good forum but it's deteriorating into a whiny, narrow-minded, bitchy place to read things. And for goodness sake get over the man's grammar. In South Africa the English language gets obscured somewhat by the fact Afrikaans is predominant - a form of Dutch for those who don't know. Many English-speaking South Africans have learned English as a second language, not their home tongue! [...] Information is important here, not a man's grammar!

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Gizmosgirl, if by any chance you would be referring to my question about the use of "of" instead of "have", that is no matter of spelling mistake but an acquired way of using words. Not being English and English not even being my second language, I wondered - as I had seen this "of" instead of "have" many a times in comments of British posters, some of them Scottish, here and elsewhere on the fora, IF an English speaking South African would use the same "of" instead of "have". I believe PeterMac [British] confirmed it would be in use in England, but not in Scotland.

"We", if I may speak for others too, are not bitching, yet seriously trying to analyse every single angle and detail in this case and everything published about it, in order to find the truth about a girl, who seems sadly not to be there anymore.

by Nelly6969 14.07.12 17:28

Forgive me if this is already on here as I haven't seen it but it is credited to this forum.

Source : Jill Havern Forum

Good evening All

Let
me first inform the readers regarding the latest developments
pertaining to the case. Firstly the Portimoa Police are handling the
investigation. Today I received a letter from the Portimoa Police
opening a line of communication. The letter was non commital and only
said to inform me that they would contact me if need be. That's totally
unacceptable to me. So I wrote back immediately telling them I wanted
acceptable responses to my letters, failing which I would go to the
Portuguese Press and apologize on behalf of the Portimoa Police, that
they had let the entire Portuguese Nation down, and had discreted the
Portuguese people worldwide. I gave them 7 days to respond. We wait and
see. A frustrating time for me.

Tomorrow the Portuguese papers
carry a front page story about me. I expect an enormous response. I,ll
discuss the contents tomorrow after it has broken and why I chose to go
that route. Perhaps some Portuguese speaking people will pick up on the
story.

Question and answer time:

How did I get the machine
to Portugal ? Good question, well I went on a holday visa, so you can
imagine me going through customs pushing a ground penetrating radar
machine that looks like a lawnmower through customs, and when the
official asks me whats the purpose of your visit Mr Birch ??? , I say "
Holiday" lol....no seriously I first went to London on the 14th June to
pay for the hire of the machine. When I got to London, the agent
informed he'd, based on the South African agent standing security for
me, already couried the machine, boxed, via DHL to Praia da luz, and he
confirmed that it had already arrived there. All I did was pay him in
cash (pounds). Painful, the rands worth nothing, 13 rand to 1 pound.

Did
I search any other place. 15 months of research had revealed that only
two places existed where MADELEINE could be buried. The botanical garden
next to the Murat house or the Murat garden. However when I got to
Praia da luz, I eliminated the botanical garden for 3 reasons, firstly
townhouses look onto it, secondly the steel gate giving access to the
property remained locked 24 hours a day, and thirdly the trees in the
garden are thin stemmed young trees with very few leaves.

Why
this forum....hmmm I heard Jill was hot and single and very rich, and
given the fact that Robert Murat might take legal action against me, I
thought I needed to keep my options open, hahaha.

My spelling - do I get a gold star.

Lets
talk about me going into the garden, yes it's a very contraversial
thing to do I agree, but it's brought the investigation back to where
it's suppose to be, in Praia da luz and not in India !!! Was there any
other way I could of gone about this investigation, the answer to that
question I believe is no. The property had been searched and nothing
found. It's hard enough to get the Portuguese Police to go back into the
property with scans showing something buried beneath the driveway. How
hard would it be to get them to go back into the property with no proof
!! It's been 2 weeks since Expresso interviewed me at Lisbon airport and
the story broke - and the Portuguese Police have done nothing.The site
lies unprotected.

Why am I concerned that there is no British
media coverage ? This is a British little girl that went missing, the
McCanns and the British press run from India to Morrocco to Australia to
look at potential sighting of the missing girl. I come along and think I
have found her 130 meters from where she went missing, and every
British newspaper editor, in the UK is to scared to run the story for
fear of being sued by either the Mc Canns or the Murats.Where's freedom
of the press.This is a British girl, or am I missing something. And why
is the British press so obscessed with her being alive. Surely the
possibilty of her being dead and buried under the Murat driveway, must
be investigated first, before they run off to India and Tiger infested
jungles. Or am I wrong. Help me here people.

Then there's the
issue of Jenny Murat and me upsetting her. I'd like the opportunity to
sit with Mrs Murat and have a cup of tea with her. I am not the villan
here, I understand that she may get upset, but what if I am rightand we
find the little girls remains under that driveway. Will you still worry
about Mrs Murat being upset. This is about finding a missing little
girl, and sometimes unfortunately someone is going to get upset. That is
unfortunate. I thought long and hard about this before I embarked on
this operation, there was just no other options.

Are the Police
taking me seriously. I think yes they are, only because they being put
under pressure by the Portuguese media who are rallying the Portuguese
people behind me for answers....otherwise they being goverment
employees, I don't think they would care. Sad but true. Why haven't they
isolated the site, a good question, and a big problem for me. Totally
unacceptable. If it were in the US or UK, that site would be under
lock-down. The current situation is totally unacceptable.

Lastly I
want you to please for one minute think about the enormous risk that I
have taken in undertaking this investigation. I am not talking about the
R500 000 I spend. It,s money and can be made again. I am talking about
my reputation. Have you ever stopped to think about the enormous
pressure that is on me.This is a worldwide story. What happens if I am
wrong and she is not there - Will I be the laughing stock of the world -

Would you take that risk and step out of your comfort zone from behind that computer, in your safe office or home -would you ???

Have a great evening everyone wherever you are.

Regards Stephen D. Birch

Need a TRANSLATOR for this Madeleine ARTICLE please http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/

by Gizmosgirl 14.07.12 17:54

Chatelaine

No, it wasn't just your post that began to irk me - it was all the others that came before (about grammar, background, class, etc ad nauseam) and then yours.

People tend to write as they speak and this is where the confusion creeps in. But let's move on from that - this was the point of my post.

It's tiresome seeing people post time and again that they suspect he isn't who he says he is when the verification has been made.

Can we rather focus on piecing together what his hypothesis must have been or any other workable theories of our own. Surely that's the point of this forum - analysis of possibilities that will help solve the mystery?

Jane Tanner says she spotted a man carrying a girl, walking towards Murat's place, while Mr Smith says he spotted Gerry, carrying a girl, heading toward the beach. Was Tanner's statement a decoy to draw attention away from Gerry's activities? After all Gerry would have known he'd been spotted by the Smith family.

And did Gerry have time to head towards the beach and then circle back to Murat's place and get over the wall into Murat's garden? Or did an accomplice take over from him somewhere (explaining the deleted phone calls) or assist him in getting over that wall?

Did an accomplice bring a car to carry her away in?
Was the accomplice waiting somewhere in the direction of the beach to assist?

What would we do if we had to get a body out of an apartment (heaven forbid)? One man couldn't get over the wall on his own - carrying a child and a spade.

What are your thoughts?

by jd 14.07.12 17:59

Help me here people

....Am I meant to be believe that these sentences are from a professional property estate developer & the very same Stephen Birch as in his TV/Radio interviews? or from a teenager who has had no experience in professional business or converse?

I went on a holday visa, so you can imagine me going through customs pushing a ground penetrating radar machine that looks like a lawnmower through customs, and when the official asks me whats the purpose of your visit Mr Birch ??? , I say " Holiday" lol

Why this forum....hmmm I heard Jill was hot and single and very rich, and given the fact that Robert Murat might take legal action against me, I thought I needed to keep my options open, hahaha.

My spelling - do I get a gold star.

by Gizmosgirl 14.07.12 18:03

I forgot to add the 2 other things that puzzle me and could relate to an accomplice and Birch's/van Wyk's theories:

This mystery British businessman - initials mentioned previously in posts - could he have been the man reported to the police by several people, including a school girl and an elderly couple, to have been intently watching the McCann apartment?
His description doesn't fit entirely with something I read recently about the businessman having a beard etc.

Where does this mystery businessman fit into substantiated fact? I keep seeing mention of his initials in Portuguese news articles. But what basis do we have to know he exists? I must have missed the beginning of that story/rumour.

by Gizmosgirl 14.07.12 18:06

JD

His identity has been verified. Move on, please. This is tedious.

by sweetex 14.07.12 18:08

Gizmosgirl wrote:I forgot to add the 2 other things that puzzle me and could relate to an accomplice and Birch's/van Wyk's theories:

This mystery British businessman - initials mentioned previously in posts - could he have been the man reported to the police by several people, including a school girl and an elderly couple, to have been intently watching the McCann apartment?
His description doesn't fit entirely with something I read recently about the businessman having a beard etc.

Where does this mystery businessman fit into substantiated fact? I keep seeing mention of his initials in Portuguese news articles. But what basis do we have to know he exists? I must have missed the beginning of that story/rumour.

In the police files there is a person with that same initials. He was on holiday at the OC at the same time. According to Birch he was a surfer friend of GM. And also according to Birch he looks like the person on the photofit of bundleman.

by jd 14.07.12 18:11

Gizmosgirl wrote:JD

His identity has been verified. Move on, please. This is tedious.

You have not answered my question. You claim to "have a degree in English literature, have been an editor for several years"....so in your professional opinion and experience, do you think the sentences the Stephen Birch writes on here, is the same person as in the TV/radio interviews who speaks professional and nothing like "Jill is hot" etc etc

by Gizmosgirl 14.07.12 18:17

Thank you Sweetex.

Now who has greater credibility - Tanner or Smith? I tend to believe Smith, because he has no agenda and felt uncomfortable coming forward.

And I also believe the school girl and elderly couple, having watched the videos of their reconstructions about the man intently watching the apartment.

So we have a mystery man possibly assisting Gerry that night, plus a stalker. Unrelated perhaps.

Muddying the waters a bit in terms of a "spontaneous accidental death", Gerry's aggressive comment about not being on the holiday for fun - when videotaped by a friend - still bothers me.

What are your thoughts on the above?

by Gizmosgirl 14.07.12 18:26

JD

I think the "Jill is hot" sentence was a bit weird, but some 40-something male South Africans tend to have that sense of humour. So yes, I think it's a bit off key, but authentically South African in tone. Not saying we all make jokes like that. It is a bit "off", yes, but doesn't negate his identity.
He did hint at emotional upset in his personal life, so perhaps the man is advertising that he's single and looking?

A lot of businessmen all over the world write badly although they speak professionally.

Now can we move on?

swered my question. You claim to [color=darkblue]"have a degree in English literature, have been an editor for several years"....so
in your professional opinion and experience, do you think the sentences
the Stephen Birch writes on here, is the same person as in the TV/radio
interviews who speaks professional and nothing like "Jill is hot" etc
etc]

by jd 14.07.12 18:42

Gizmosgirl wrote:JD

I think the "Jill is hot" sentence was a bit weird, but some 40-something male South Africans tend to have that sense of humour. So yes, I think it's a bit off key, but authentically South African in tone. Not saying we all make jokes like that. It is a bit "off", yes, but doesn't negate his identity.
He did hint at emotional upset in his personal life, so perhaps the man is advertising that he's single and looking?

A lot of businessmen all over the world write badly although they speak professionally.

Well I disagree with you on this. He is making serious claims in a serious worldwide known child disappearnce case, and nobody putting themselves into the limelight would write 'lol, hahaha, Jill is hot' etc. He would write as he speaks in his interviews which is intellectual & professionally. He writes on this forum (only) like he has had a personality transplant (assuming it is the real SB). It doesn't add up to me in the slightest

by Gizmosgirl 14.07.12 18:45

JD, I don't really care if you agree with me or not. The man has been verified. Where are your attempts to put forward hypotheses?

And your English is bad - nobody "speaks professional" as you wrote. They speak professionally.

by jd 14.07.12 18:52

Gizmosgirl wrote:JD, I don't really care if you agree with me or not. The man has been verified. Where are your attempts to put forward hypotheses?

And your English is bad - nobody "speaks professional" as you wrote. They speak professionally.

I don't claim to have a degree in English Literature but can read people and their words very well thank you. For your info the SB on this forum has not been 100% verified

by sweetex 14.07.12 18:54

jd wrote:Well I disagree with you on this. He is making serious claims in a serious worldwide known child disappearnce case, and nobody putting themselves into the limelight would write 'lol, hahaha, Jill is hot' etc. He would write as he speaks in his interviews which is intellectual & professionally. He writes on this forum (only) like he has had a personality transplant (assuming it is the real SB). It doesn't add up to me in the slightest

Hi JD :)

You will see on the other thread I posted an Afrikaans message to Mr Birch commenting on his sense of humour. I agree, specially his first post did come across as a post from someone much younger and maybe "less professional". Looking at the lol, haha Jill is hot comment, like Gizmosgirl said, that is typically a comment any South African male will make. I know it sounds off, and not at all appropriate. It could also be his way of "breaking the ice", an attempt to feel more comfortable, or to take the spot light off him? Does it make sense?

by jd 14.07.12 18:57

To the 'Stephen Birch' on this forum, there is a very simple test you can do to verify yourself that you are the real one. Post a comment on your youtube account referring back to this forum, or just post a comment with anything that tells us you are the real one on here

If you can post on a public forum here, then you can post on your youtube account

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvMyjtwGjYfQiWxYUE1-IYg

by Guest 14.07.12 18:58

I would like to say that I share JD's reservations on the authenticity of the poster. Unfortunately it is so easy nowadays to appear to be someone else.

by jd 14.07.12 19:00

sweetex wrote:

Hi JD :)

You will see on the other thread I posted an Afrikaans message to Mr Birch commenting on his sense of humour. I agree, specially his first post did come across as a post from someone much younger and maybe "less professional". Looking at the lol, haha Jill is hot comment, like Gizmosgirl said, that is typically a comment any South African male will make. I know it sounds off, and not at all appropriate. It could also be his way of "breaking the ice", an attempt to feel more comfortable, or to take the spot light off him? Does it make sense?

I understand what you are saying sweetex, but in this context I do not buy it until I am proven wrong. He only has to post a comment on his youtube which we know is him, which would answer this once and for all

by jd 14.07.12 19:01

Jean wrote:I would like to say that I share JD's reservations on the authenticity of the poster. Unfortunately it is so easy nowadays to appear to be someone else.

Far too easy!

by sweetex 14.07.12 19:05

jd wrote:
sweetex wrote:

Hi JD :)

You will see on the other thread I posted an Afrikaans message to Mr Birch commenting on his sense of humour. I agree, specially his first post did come across as a post from someone much younger and maybe "less professional". Looking at the lol, haha Jill is hot comment, like Gizmosgirl said, that is typically a comment any South African male will make. I know it sounds off, and not at all appropriate. It could also be his way of "breaking the ice", an attempt to feel more comfortable, or to take the spot light off him? Does it make sense?

I understand what you are saying sweetex, but in this context I do not buy it until I am proven wrong. He only has to post a comment on his youtube which we know is him, which would answer this once and for all

I have had reservations myself. How can one be sure 100%? But I think the fact that the account refers back to his business e-mail should be seen as positive.

I got the idea he doesn't read all posts on here. Maybe also a male thing, big grin

but hopefully he will see your request and that will clear it up for everyone.

by Invinoveritas 14.07.12 20:07

sweetex wrote:
jd wrote:
sweetex wrote:

Hi JD :)

You will see on the other thread I posted an Afrikaans message to Mr Birch commenting on his sense of humour. I agree, specially his first post did come across as a post from someone much younger and maybe "less professional". Looking at the lol, haha Jill is hot comment, like Gizmosgirl said, that is typically a comment any South African male will make. I know it sounds off, and not at all appropriate. It could also be his way of "breaking the ice", an attempt to feel more comfortable, or to take the spot light off him? Does it make sense?

I understand what you are saying sweetex, but in this context I do not buy it until I am proven wrong. He only has to post a comment on his youtube which we know is him, which would answer this once and for all

I have had reservations myself. How can one be sure 100%? But I think the fact that the account refers back to his business e-mail should be seen as positive.

I got the idea he doesn't read all posts on here. Maybe also a male thing, but hopefully he will see your request and that will clear it up for everyone.

Oh dear,

sweetex, where did you get the idea that he doesn´t read all the posts here, are you in the know?

by Guest 14.07.12 20:11

jd wrote:
Jean wrote:I would like to say that I share JD's reservations on the authenticity of the poster. Unfortunately it is so easy nowadays to appear to be someone else.

Far too easy!

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Easy? No, I disagree, with due respect. It isn't easy at all to pretend you're someone else. It's comparable to straight forward lying. You have to remember so much more than if speaking the truth. Your brain [knowing the real stuff] will kick in every time and again [it's called a Freudian] and slip up the truth and inconsistencies and muddle the waters with words with are only true to yourself ...

by Guest 14.07.12 20:12

Can someone tell me how he knew that an article about him would be in the Portuguese papers the next day, which it was??

by sweetex 14.07.12 20:18

Invinoveritas wrote: IOh dear, sweetex, where did you get the idea that he doesn´t read all the posts here, are you in the know?

No, I don't know. I'm guessing, because he only answers certain questions. I don't expect him to answer all of it, but he doesn't even acknowledge certain questions that were asked twice.

by tuom 14.07.12 20:37

candyfloss wrote:Can someone tell me how he knew that an article about him would be in the Portuguese papers the next day, which it was??

Perhaps he gave an interview while in PDL ? he has certainly captured the attention on this forum anyway and also took the spotlight away from other issues i.e. KMC as ambassador etc and he has also brought the whole case full circle and back to RM , I am at a loss as to his motives , I have to read more about RM and the brother and sister who say SB took their evidence, as this is questions to SB , I ask him again as others have , how does he explain the dog's findings ?

by Invinoveritas 14.07.12 20:41

Châtelaine wrote:
jd wrote:
Jean wrote:I would like to say that I share JD's reservations on the authenticity of the poster. Unfortunately it is so easy nowadays to appear to be someone else.

Far too easy!
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Easy? No, I disagree, with due respect. It isn't easy at all to pretend you're someone else. It's comparable to straight forward lying. You have to remember so much more than if speaking the truth. Your brain [knowing the real stuff] will kick in every time and again [it's called a Freudian] and slip up the truth and inconsistencies and muddle the waters with words with are only true to yourself ...

Mark Twain:
"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything"

by jd 14.07.12 20:48

In England we know what the papers are saying the night before, if we look...Sky News review at 9.30pm for example. Sometimes papers advertise a big story so it is quite feasible that last night he knew from somewhere that the story was going to be published

by Guest 14.07.12 20:50

jd wrote:In England we know what the papers are saying the night before, if we look...Sky News review at 9.30pm for example. Sometimes papers advertise a big story so it is quite feasible that last night he knew from somewhere that the story was going to be published

I did check online very late last night all the PT papers online and there was nothing I could see jd.

by jd 14.07.12 20:58

candyfloss wrote:
I did check online very late last night all the PT papers online and there was nothing I could see jd.

Hopefully he will make a comment on his youtube account which will end all the speculation once and for all. I see no reason why he wouldn't if he is posting in public