Alex Woolfall 'knows': 'The Last Photo', and other photos of Madeleine in Praia da Luz

Cherry Blossom wrote:This may have been posted and dicussed before, however for those who haven't like myself it does raise dome valid points.

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Gerry did return home to collect photographs (old report) 20 May 2007
Alone, the father of Madeleine McCann began the saddest journey of his life Daily Mail - Online link has been removed

Seventeen days after his four-year-old daughter disappeared, Gerry McCann flew back to an empty house that is still fresh with her memory.

windchime wrote:Why is it the more I read abut this case the more I can't help feeling that the McCanns had been to PDL at least once before and that the holiday apartment 5a was used previously and they knew the owner Mrs R McCann or her husband (now deceased) Mr M McCann and that they knew Murat.  The video and photos are of a previous trip as is the last photo.  I just cannot get it out of the back of my mind - sorry but reading this thread and the link just makes me think it even more.  Why is nothing in this case straightforward?? 

No Fate Worse Than De'Ath wrote:Yes he is.

That's interesting to have a second report about a previous visit. I'm not positive - but fairly confident - that what I read was an interview in the Daily Mail where Kate was quoted as saying that she felt that PDL was a safe place to leave children because she'd been there before.

tigger wrote:
Iirc his expertise was in reputation management.

gbwales wrote:

tigger wrote:
Iirc his expertise was in reputation management.

Have they asked for their money back yet? 

sharonl wrote:This thread raises a good many questions not only about 'The Last Photo' but also about the other photos supposedly taken of Madeleine that week.

The link on HideHo's site to the article about Alex Woolfall certainly makes interesting reading.

One obvious question, for starters, is what was Alex Woolfall doing sorting through the McCanns' camera's memory card?

Why weren't the Portuguese police looking at it?

Likely because it was not given to the Portuguese, either because the PJ didn't ask or was denied permission to have it.


Another question is how did this camera get into the hands of a Hampshire Police Officer who examined it on Tuesday 8 May, apparently in his own home.

Official police work not authorised and not carried out within authorized venue can become legal contention as procedures are breached.
Elements of tampering and/or lack of record can become an issue in Court case.
If no record is kept of downloaded materials he would have to rely heavily on memory if the authenticity of the last photo becomes a contentious issue.
Not only that, the digital details set and/or captured on the camera would be lost to his recollection years later.
So yeah, if proven that Madeleine died earlier than the 3rd, AW may face questioning.

Who took it there, presumably by plane, and on whose authority?

Were any images deleted from the memory stick? I think they were. Who deleted them and why?

Also, we are talking about 'the McCanns' camera' as if they only had one camera. Did they perhaps have more than one?

Another question: why are there so few photos of her that week?
Because it wasnt a normal family holiday per se. Not packed full of family activities with outings and fun together.
The children's days were spent mostly in the Creche.

Plus, who actually took the 'tennis balls' photo?

Not taken on the 3rd right...so not significant who took it.
It just proves she was alive and well on that particular day so long as other people saw her there. She looks right for her age in that photo.

The whole point of photo analysis is to establish when she was last seen alive and well.
If no one has seen Madeleine on the 3rd plus no witness seen the family at the pool on the 3rd, the last photo would raise suspicion.
It will be twisted irony if Mccanns have signed their own death warrant by the last photo. All depends on Police establishing when she met her fate.

Châtelaine wrote:Times, October 6, 2007

Alex Woolfall on Madeleine photos:

The McCanns had photographs of Madeleine on their digital camera, which Mr Woolfall began transferring to a laptop computer. "I said to Kate, 'Let's try to identify pictures where her face is visible'. Downloading the images was a very difficult process for them. It was upsetting.
[...]
Mr Woolfall transmitted the photographs to the Press Association in London, from where they were distributed to the media. The portfolio included the now famous image of Madeleine wearing a hat on a tennis court.

Now, once again: WHY wasn't the "Last Picture" there?

ETA Gerry said in one of their many interviews [I think it may have been a telecast related to their bewk promotion tour], when asked about his last and/or favourite memory of Madeleine: the PICTURE of her on the last day ...

windchime wrote:

Châtelaine wrote:Times, October 6, 2007

Alex Woolfall on Madeleine photos:

The McCanns had photographs of Madeleine on their digital camera, which Mr Woolfall began transferring to a laptop computer. "I said to Kate, 'Let's try to identify pictures where her face is visible'. Downloading the images was a very difficult process for them. It was upsetting.
[...]
Mr Woolfall transmitted the photographs to the Press Association in London, from where they were distributed to the media. The portfolio included the now famous image of Madeleine wearing a hat on a tennis court.

Now, once again: WHY wasn't the "Last Picture" there?

ETA Gerry said in one of their many interviews [I think it may have been a telecast related to their bewk promotion tour], when asked about his last and/or favourite memory of Madeleine: the PICTURE of her on the last day ...

It certainly does seem strange that it was not published earlier IF it was on the camera.  The only reason I can think of is the press did not use immediately because it had GM and Amali,e on it??  Then again we had seen many pictures of them anyway so not a valid reason tbh especially as it was supposed the LAST photo of MBM.

No Fate Worse Than De'Ath wrote:I take it to mean that Alex Woolfall would be in a position to verify if the "last photo" and others really were taken when it's claimed.

tigger wrote:Came across this in another unrelated topic:  


Woolfall
 juliet on Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:32 pm

Did KM say anything in the book about that session with Alex Woolfall, the PR man from PR firm Bell Pottinger, who flew to PdL soon after the little girl's disappearance?

He had some involved story about looking through KM's digital camera pics, painful though that was, and releasing pictures to the press.

It has never been clear what pictures he was on about...

Strangely, the top firm of Bell Pottinger had a team already in PdL when Maddeleine disappeared, as some sort of "holding exercise". That has never been explained...the tiny unfashionable resort, off season, such a focus for Sir Tim .unquote

Cherry Blossom wrote:'Mini' Tennis discrepancies. Rachael said Madeleine was there .O'Brien said she definitely was not .

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After watching video and reading what O' Brian had to say, I am more inclined to believe Madeleine was not there.

The card on my digital camera holds 100 photos, so could it be that the tennis photo was a photo still held on a camera from a previous holiday?

Monty Heck wrote:

tigger wrote:Came across this in another unrelated topic:  


Woolfall
 juliet on Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:32 pm

Did KM say anything in the book about that session with Alex Woolfall, the PR man from PR firm Bell Pottinger, who flew to PdL soon after the little girl's disappearance?

He had some involved story about looking through KM's digital camera pics, painful though that was, and releasing pictures to the press.

It has never been clear what pictures he was on about...

Strangely, the top firm of Bell Pottinger had a team already in PdL when Maddeleine disappeared, as some sort of "holding exercise". That has never been explained...the tiny unfashionable resort, off season, such a focus for Sir Tim .unquote

It must be time, surely, for all the PR individuals/firms involved with in the early PDL days in particular to be questioned about what exactly they were doing.  These people who claim they were helping the campaign to find this child in reality have only added to the obfuscation surrounding this case while doing nothing to advance the search in any meaningful way, if not actually hampering the investigation.  The likes of Woolfall should not have been anywhere near the McCs camera or memory card, tampering with evidence during the early and very live phase of this investigation.  There should be no question about   the authenticity of 'the last photo', so crucial in establishing the child's whereabouts at a given time on that date.  If the McCs are innocent of involvement and their search is genuine, can they not see that all these highly paid meddlers have achieved is extending what is claimed to be the continuing agony of not knowing, and lining their own pockets into the bargain.

jozi wrote:Sorry for posting here but just seen this and wondered if anyone else has seen it or can explain ?

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