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Post by Guest 28.10.14 15:44

joyce1938 wrote:Just looking and thinking ,the mark on her arm could just be good old fasion dust or a dirt mark scrabbling around and holding onto balls ,that size I believe would not be child size ,I think she had been running around picking up the balls from the match of the adults ,I think I have read just that would be an evening game ? that adults had played ?  Do I recall that there were 2 accounts about  that ?joyce1938
That could be true, but as KM made a reference to sunburn on the arm it is more likely to be inflammation of some kind. Possibly traumatic.
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Post by palm tree 28.10.14 17:34

Snifferdog wrote:Its not the ice cream pic from Donegal.
I don't think it should be green there palm tree, because that would mean the side of her face would be green too, as it extends down the side of her face.
Sorry Snifferdog, I'd always thought that pic was when they were in Donegal. In the tennis pic I must be looking at the wrong thing. I'm the the brightest at times, so I'll have to study it again lol.

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Post by Julie 13.05.16 9:47

sharonl wrote:This is from 2011, it is the first time that I have seen it but I don't know if it has been posted here before.

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Two Entirely Different Tennis Courts!

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What's this then Gerry... two entirely different tennis courts!

Who do the McCann's think they're kidding with all those photos of several different children lookalikes of Madeleine, which is plainly obvious to anyone with an ounce of Common Sense, but not only is there more than one Madeleine, there's also more than one tennis court too!

See the photos and judge for yourself, as the court that Gerry is standing next to in the Ocean Club hotel complex the surface is green tarmac with a pink gravel border, the type used in public parks and hotels because it's pretty cheap, whereas the photo inlay of Madeleine standing on the said same tennis court in the Ocean Club hotel complex, the surface is Leisuretex green court and pink border, the type used in professional matchplay leasure centers in the UK.

There's also a watermark on the Madeleine tennis court photo on the green Leasuretex edge, which indicates that just priro to the photo being taken there was a shower of rain, you can just see the rain watermark just along the white line on the green Leasuretex, which prove's this photo of Madeleine was taken in the UK around April and not Portugal, as indicated by the time the McCann's say this photo was taken at the Ocean Club, it was the brightest time of the day in Portugal. But the photo of Madeleine is not that bright and sunny as compared with the photo of Gerry taken a year later at the same time of day as the Madeleine photo, the difference in brightness of the sun is a hell of a lot different between the two photos, and could not possibly be the same global location between both photos.

So not only are these two tennis courts two entirely different tennis courts, the locations of each tennis court are entirely different globally also, which proves that Madeleine could not possibly have had her photo taken on the Ocean Club tennis courts with Gerry, Jez Wilkins and his girl friend Bridget O'Donnell, on or prior to the 3rd May 2007 as stated by the McCann's!

Are the McCann's playing a game of 'Much ado about nothing', because I say the McCann's Madeleine never existed, and Charity out of Sympathy is the game the McCann's are playing is just to generate profit out of the public! empathy






Could it be this tennis court? This is the tennis court at Cliff Richard's villa not far from praia de lux...


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Post by BarryTheHatchet 13.05.16 15:29

Why is the bottom one labelled "generic grass court" when it's quite clearly green Leisuretex Macadam?
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Post by whodunit 13.05.16 21:43

Snifferdog wrote:I just have to ask this:

Does anybody know what is that creamy white, semi transparent gloopy looking stuff hanging in a ropey viscous string from Maddies left lower cheek?

I noticed a similar phenomena on another photo of Maddie.  Its the one where she is featured in a huge display behind the Mcs during some interview or other.  Its in the mccannfiles about a third of the way down the page, the title underneath being:  The Mccanns feel threatened by Anthony Bennet. Sorry I am unable to post the pic, it is in the latest news section.

This photo has the same looking stuff plastered over her face and dripping down her chin.
It doesn't look like ice cream to me affraid

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It's not a liquid, but it is 2 things: 1. The string tie to the sun hat and 2. Proof this photo is a phoney.

An effort was made to recreate the string on the right side, the side facing the camera, but it's vague and unsuccessful and it's in the wrong place--around her neck. The strings on a child's hat are attached to the crown,  hang down across the cheek and tie under the chin. The strings should never be attached in the neck/knape area, which would be a choking hazard for children. Whoever 'shopped the photo had no confidence in their ability to re-create the string across her right cheek without it being too obvious.

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Post by whodunit 13.05.16 21:50

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Is that the same girl....... Really......???

Quoting this post as a companion to my comment above. This close-up makes it obvious that the white 'thing' is a string tie, tied on the cheek or in front of her left ear instead of under the chin. The vague white line around her neck is the 'shoppers sad attempt to attach the existing string to something other than air but it's not in the proper location.
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Post by Guest 30.06.16 20:05

Found a Donegal photo I'd not seen before earlier today, the resemblance is quite striking. The GIF is mine for easier comparison, I didn't quite rotate it perfectly. Obviously hair, hat, under eyes are different. But worth comparing?

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Post by worriedmum 11.07.16 10:31

The two photos look like they were taken very close together to me.
If this demonstrates that the tennis photo WAS taken on holiday in PDL, then the important issues are surely

WHEN was it taken and  WHO took it?

WHY is Madeleine's arm so discoloured?
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Post by DENNISSALLY 05.08.16 0:37

I could be wrong but what is being said is gravel I say is the parosol over the table! That is what it looks like to me.
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Post by Briohazard 05.08.16 8:09

whodunit wrote:
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Is that the same girl....... Really......???

Quoting this post as a companion to my comment above. This close-up makes it obvious that the white 'thing' is a string tie, tied on the cheek or in front of her left ear instead of under the chin. The vague white line around her neck is the 'shoppers sad attempt to attach the existing string to something other than air but it's not in the proper location.
I don't agree? I think it's her left shoulder and shirt. However, in saying that, it makes her head look in an even stranger position again

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Post by Tony Bennett 05.08.16 8:28

worriedmum wrote:The two photos look like they were taken very close together to me.

If this demonstrates that the tennis photo WAS taken on holiday in PDL, then the important issues are surely

WHEN was it taken and  WHO took it?

WHY is Madeleine's arm so discoloured?
As April 28th says, there is a remarkable similarity between the photos - a good spot.

Unquestionably, the head in the in the Tennis Balls Photo is the head of Madeleine, but unliike [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] I can't agree that this means the photo was taken at Praia da Luz. 

We know that

1. Two different people are said to have taken the photo 

2. The photo is said to have been taken on two separate days and

3. Kate McCann has given a  long, convoluted explantion for how this photo came to be taken - running back like a mad thing to her apartment to get a camera, saying to Madeleine and a crèche nanny: 'Hold that pose till I get back!".

These three things ought to make us examine that photo very closely indeed.

The theory that this is Madeleine's head shopped onto another girl's body solves a lot of the problems with this photo.

Was the 'head' of Madeleine photographed in Donegal?

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Post by Guest 05.08.16 9:12

Round we go again, arguing about digit artifacts on a photo that's been cropped, enlarged and who knows what else.

This is the whole picture (and this one has been shrunk which also creates digital artifacts).

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Knock yourselves out and make us all look stupid.

@Tony Bennett, don't get sucked into this Tony.

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Post by JRP 08.08.16 12:51

This is quite difficult because conveniently there is nobody else, or indeed, anything else in the photo to compare scale to. Apart from the tennis balls of course. When I look at this photo, compared with the shot of Madeleine in the play area, she looks longer in this picture, she appears to have longer limbs. 
The play area photo I refer to was taken on the Saturday, she is wearing a pink top, pink trousers and white trainers, so obviously I agree that clothes mask the limb length, but in the tennis balls photo she appears more "gangly" if that is actually a word.
It might just be me, so before I make us all look stupid, I'll leave it there.
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For what it's worth, I have felt for a long time that the body of this dear child in the photo did not look like Maddie, in terms of age, height and limbs.  Also the angle of the head looks very uncomfortable in relation to the neck and shoulders.
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Post by Jill Havern 21.01.17 17:45

PeterMac's e-book Chapter 22: Tennis Balls Photo



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Tennis Balls Photo

My interest in this particular image was rekindled after the recent newspaper article by Tracey Kandohla, a vehement and uncritical McCann supporter and personal friend of Kate, who referred to the Tennis Balls Photo (TBP) where she says:
 “Pictures include the iconic last known image of Maddie in pink sunhat and clutching tennis balls while on holiday “      [1]

Having researched it further, some are now tending towards the conclusion that it could indeed be the last photo’ of Madeleine Beth McCann, taken some hours after the Pool photo.

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Is there anything we can deduce from what we observe when we examine this image?

There are two versions in circulation.   [2]

This one, 

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which has clearly been cropped from this one

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The larger one shows up with an aspect ratio of 800 x 1067 which gives 1.33, or 0.75
depending which way we calculate it.  

This is normal for most cameras.
The Canon PowerShot A620 for example uses 3072 x 2304 = 0.75 / 1.33
and the Olympus C-50 similarly uses 2560 x 1920 = 0.75 / 1.33

But immediately we note that most cameras take images in ‘landscape’ format, that is to say the photo is wider than it is high.    4 units wide by 3 units high.

We sometimes observe keen photographers physically turning the camera through 90º, to achieve the ‘Portrait’ format, but in the days of high resolution digital images it is more common simply to crop the middle out and save it separately.

So has the larger of these images itself been cropped from a landscape format image?

If so the original must have looked like this:

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This is on any test a very poor photo.  Modern cameras have a Zoom button, usually very close to the shutter release, and it would have been easy and far more normal  to create this. It also lacks contrast, and overall is too dark.

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What else do we observe?

1  Almost total lack of shadow - indicating a lack of bright sun
2 Madeleine is wearing a bright pink sun hat, and sandals
3 She is clutching three full sized yellow tennis balls, possibly even a fourth

We also observe other things, which may be relevant at a future date.
The quality of the photo available is poor so we need to be careful with this - but

4 There appear to be bruises or scratches on Madeleine’s arm and leg,
5 The colour of her legs and arms are significantly different from the Pool photo
6 The position of the head seems unusual, though it may be to steady the balls
and then
7 She is wearing different shoes from the playground photos
8 She is wearing the pink hat worn by Amelie in the Pool photo
9 There is no one else in shot.  No Adults, no children, no nanny, no tennis coach.

The McCanns’ Camera, the Canon PowerShot A620 takes photos at 7 mega pixels, giving an extremely clear, crisp, and bright image, as we see in the Pool photo.  [3]

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The TBP is dark, grainy, and dull - lacking contrast.  It is also badly ‘framed’.


Mark Warner specialise in Tennis at many of their summer resorts.  [4]

Mini and junior LTA tennis courses for younger players are designed to be fun with the opportunity to learn new skills and offer encouragement to all children. These courses can be pre-booked in the UK. Private lessons may be recommended by the Tennis Manager for children who are particularly strong players.
It is very clear what is offered.
Mini LTA courses
Ages 3 to 5 years
Mini red awards
This course is taught using short racquets and soft balls.  It's just like the real game and your coaching includes learning different shot types and focusing on longer rallies.

And a photo is attached showing both these items. 

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The balls are yellow and RED, to distinguish them from the full “adult’ ones.
They are freely available.
For example on Amazon one can find   [5]
Wilson Kid's Starter Tennis Balls (Pack of 3) - Yellow/Red
Large low compression tennis ball for 10 & under tennis
Newly developed 75mm felt covered ball 
75% lighter than common tennis balls

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So we may deduce that - 

Madeleine was not playing tennis on this occasion.   Her footwear is inappropriate, the sun hat is inappropriate, and the tennis balls she is clutching are inappropriate.  

There are three different accounts by three different people of how, when, and by whom, this photo was taken.  
They are, as we now expect, totally incompatible with one another, and openly contradictory.

It is variously described as having been taken by Kate on Tuesday 1st May, 

“. . .  I ran back to our apartment for my camera to record the occasion.  One of my photographs is known around the world now: a smiling Madeleine clutching armfuls of tennis balls”   p. 57   [6]

or by Jane Tanner on Thursday 3rd May  [7]

Rachael Oldfield (Rogatory interview):
1578 "The third of May, are you able to summarise the days activities"?
Reply "Yeah, ... . . . Madeleine and Ella and their sort of group came to have a tennis lesson as part of their crèche activities, erm and Kate didn't have her camera and Jane was there then as well and Jane took some photos of both Madeleine and Ella, that's one, that poster of Madeleine with the tennis balls, that sort of pictures".
1578 "That was taken on the"?
Reply "Yeah that was that morning."
1578 "Thursday"?

Or perhaps not by Jane Tanner, even on Wednesday 2nd May  - she doesn’t say.  [8]

Jane Tanner (Rogatory interview):
Reply "No. Err the Wednesday, err again I think it would have just been a, Evie would have had a sleep and just round the pool or in the, each other apartments, until, until high tea but I think Ella, and Ella would have, Ella went to err, Ella went to the err the kids club.
Actually that morning was the morning Ella and Madeleine had the tennis lesson I think on the Wednesday. You've got the picture of..." 


Many years ago a commentator and researcher posted this on a blog  [9]

In short, Rachael describes how Jane took the photograph on Thursday, Jane describes the event taking place on Wednesday and Kate describes how she (Kate) took it on Tuesday. SNIPPED
And yet the photograph cannot have been taken during a mini-tennis session on the Tuesday either, because there wasn't one.   Mini-tennis took place, according to the 'kids' club' schedule, on the Monday morning. If, this photograph is construed as representing Madeleine McCann's 'last hours' therefore (as a recent Sunday Telegraph report would suggest), then these will have been spent on the morning of Monday April 30th, not the early evening of May 3."

Looking at clothing and the tennis balls it becomes more clear that this was not during any mini-tennis session.  Which neatly disposes of Rachael’s and Jane Tanner’s “evidence”.

In any event there was only one mini-tennis session scheduled for Madeleine's play group – on the Monday morning (10.00 – 11.00 a.m.) 30th April   [10]

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On that day -Monday -between 10.00 and 11.00 it was a chilly 17º with almost total cloud cover.

On the following day, when Kate insisted it was taken, the weather was no better   [11]

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Is Madeleine not merely clutching tennis balls, but also ‘freezing’ ?


But now let us look away and think of an alternative, maybe more probable scenario.

We know that Sunday 29th April was the only warm and cloudless day in the entire holiday, but even that day by later afternoon and early evening the weather front brought a cloud bank which persisted for the following five days, and brought cold wind and rain.   [12]

The chart shows that by 6 pm on Sunday there was 50% cloud cover but, also importantly, that the air temperature was at its warmest for that day, 21º C, a relatively pleasant 70ºF.

If that be correct, then the T shirt, shorts and sun hat are entirely appropriate. 

As would be keeping the children up and outdoors for a little longer than planned.

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We then look at the position of the sun.

Sunset on Sunday 29th April was 20:15, but it was early in the season, and the sun only reached 67º at Solar Zenith at 13:29.

Again the charts are instructive   [13]
17:30  32º
18:00  26º
18:30  20º

In other words the sun is very low in the sky, and there is a dense bank of cloud as shown clearly in the available photos.   [14]

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Is this then compatible, at least, with Madeleine collecting tennis balls, during or after a game involving Gerry, late in the afternoon, possibly even after tea, with the sun low in the sky and behind a cloud bank ?

If so, then that could easily have been on Sunday 29th April

We note that on the available Tennis Court booking sheets, which apparently start only on Tuesday 1st May, the time from 5:30 to 7:30 is shown as “Mixed night”.

On the previous evenings the courts may either have had this session, or may well have been ‘free’ - as in not booked - and the men may well have gone for a short knock-up. 

Is it not at least conceivable that as a ‘special treat’ Madeleine was
allowed to stay up and act as ball girl ?



Other hypotheses are possible.

The Tennis Balls Photo (TBP) was not  taken by Jane Tanner on Thursday (Claim 1). 
The TBP was not taken by Jane on Wednesday (Claim 2). 
The TBP was not taken by Kate McCann on Tuesday (Claim 3). 

Instead, it is possible that it is a genuine photo of Madeleine taken by Gerry or Kate McCann during the early evening of Sunday 29 April, perhaps after some of the men had been playing tennis. IF CORRECT, the three separate, false claims would surely suggest a deliberate attempt to conceal the real date that the photograph was taken.

An additional observation leads to a slightly different hypothesis.

There are four photographs from the holiday that we can accept as having been taken on the McCanns’ camera on that holiday:   the three 'playground' photos, which were clearly taken on the Saturday, and the Pool photo, which the McCanns insist was taken on Thursday 3rd May, but evidence clearly indicates was actually taken on Sunday 29th April. 

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All these four photos, almost certainly taken by Kate, show evident ability to use the 'Zoom' button, and to frame a shot reasonably well.
The larger version of the TBP, however, even in the format available to us, shows that the 'Zoom' button was clearly NOT used.  When that is added to the poor framing and ‘construction’ of the image and the grainy and unclear colour saturation, there is therefore a reasonable argument that Kate did NOT take the Tennis Balls Photo on the Canon PowerShot.      

That in turn leads one to question whether someone else – neither Kate nor Jane – may have taken the photo on another camera.  When we consider such a scenario, still other possibilities come into view.
Was the photo actually taken that week ? 
Could it be a composite photo, with Madeleine superimposed on a background shot of the tennis court ?
Also, as some have suggested, could it be a triple composite: a girl, not Madeleine, added on to a background shot of the tennis court, with Madeleine’s head photoshopped on to replace the head of a different girl ? The image is so grainy that this might not be difficult.

Once we begin to accept
1 that Kate McCann’s account of how and when the Tennis Balls Photo was taken is false 
2 the garbled and contradictory accounts of Jane Tanner and Rachael Oldfield are false
3 the photo was NOT taken on the Canon PowerShot, and has therefore never been presented with the EXIF date and time shown
any serious researcher must consider every one of the possibilities and scenarios listed above to be a reasonable hypothesis.
Further analysis can then be undertaken to try to eliminate some of those scenarios and to concentrate on the one that has the best evidence to support it.   

   

ADDENDUM.   Another strange issue

In her autobiography, ‘madeleine’, Kate McCann is clear about the sequence of events on Tuesday 1st May.    It is so extraordinary that I quote it in full       from p. 57   [6]

During Gerry’s tennis lesson, Madeleine and Ella came to the adjoining court with their Mini Club for a mini-tennis session. Jane and I stayed to watch them. It chokes me remembering how my heart soared with pride in Madeleine that morning. She was so happy and obviously enjoying herself. Standing there listening intently to Cat’s instructions, she looked so gorgeous in her little T-shirt and shorts, pink hat, ankle socks and new holiday sandals that I ran back to our apartment for my camera to record the occasion. One of my photographs is known around the world now: a smiling Madeleine clutching armfuls of tennis balls. At the end of their session, the children had been asked to run around the court and pick up as many balls as they could. Madeleine had done really well and was very pleased with herself. Gerry loves that picture.
The implication is clear.
There was an entire group of children, the mini-club, comprising 6 children, (according to the somewhat dubious crèche sheets)  under the instruction of Cat, the nanny.
They were playing mini-tennis, so there would have been racquets and the special soft balls appropriate for 3 year olds. (see above)
But the photo shows Madeleine, alone, with “adult’ tennis balls.
No nanny, no adults, no Mini Club of other children, no tennis coach 
No parents, no adults playing tennis on the other court . . . 
NOTHING.  
Nobody.

And Kate says she ran back to the apartment to collect the camera to record the occasion.
So let us accept what she says, apply logic, and consider whether this is remotely credible. 

Kate implies that she saw Madeleine in that pose.  ( Her use of the pluperfect ‘had been asked”  denotes an action completed prior to her next action)
THEN thought how 'gorgeous' she looked
THEN decided to run back to her apartment for her camera
THEN ran back
THEN unlocked the door (if she went round the front through the car park, or opened the unlocked sliding patio doors if they were leaving the apartment unlocked - with camera and passports, and other valuables - during the day as well as during the evenings)
THEN retrieved the camera
THEN locked the door again - (if she did,) or pulled the patio doors closed
THEN ran down the stairs, out of the wicket gate which she closed behind her, 
THEN ran or jogged through the reception area, round the pool, across the lawn
THEN found Madeleine
THEN asked her to pose and
THEN took the photo.

How long would all this take?
It is possible to envisage and then to calculate the distance involved.   [15]
Applying the shorter distance option with the unlocked patio doors and insecure apartment we see this

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 and we can put way-points on the path - thus - ( blue with red and white dots)

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and then allow the computer to calculate this distance - thus   [16]

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Allowing Kate to climb the stairs, enter, visit whichever room contained the camera, and exit we can probably round this up to 110 metres.      Each way.

Kate herself says the distance from Tapas bar to apartment “ was only thirty to forty-five seconds away,”.  That is the way-point marked in black above. (In fact at a brisk walk from Tapas to the wicket gate it is one minute).

Even allowing that Kate is a distance runner, the return trip, past obstacles, with frequent changes of direction, of 220 m. and at a civilised jog perhaps mixed with a brisk walking pace, rather than a determined sprint, is likely to have taken at least three minutes, and very probably up to, and even well over four.

The children - all six of them, have to collect a few tennis balls from a court which is totally surrounded by chain link fencing.  How long would this realistically take ?

And who was with Madeleine while Kate rushed back?  

To whom did she speak and say: “Hold Maddie there for three or possibly four or five minutes, I must just grab a pic of her!” 

Kate tells us none of this, arousing suspicions that her account of this incident may not be entirely accurate !


But to reiterate, so that we do not get seduced into believing even a little bit of this extraordinary story:

There was only one mini-tennis session scheduled for Madeleine's play group – on the Monday morning (10.00 – 11.00 a.m.) 30th April     [10]

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Some time ago another researcher and seeker for the truth, who posts under the name Dr Martin Roberts, examined the claims made about the Pool photo - according to Kate McCann the very last photo she took of Madeleine - in some detail.  [17]

He begins quoting the same passage from Kate’s autobiography “madeleine”.

During Gerry's tennis lesson, Madeleine and Ella came to the adjoining court with
their Mini Club for a mini-tennis session... Standing there listening intently to Cat's
instructions, she (Madeleine) looked so gorgeous in her little T-shirt and shorts,
pink hat, ankle socks and new holiday sandals that I ran back to our apartment for
my camera to record the occasion. One of my photographs is known around the
world now: a smiling Madeleine clutching armfuls of tennis balls".

“Thus Kate McCann tells us in her book (madeleine), clearly and unambiguously, exactly where her daughter Madeleine was that Tuesday morning, May 1st. She arrived at the tennis courts, together with Ella O'Brien, during Gerry's tennis lesson, which had started at 10.15. She [Madeleine] was not therefore where she should have been at that time – with her kid's club playmates, at the pool.

On Thursday afternoon at about 2.40 p.m. [actually Kate says it was 2.29pm] Kate McCann tells us she captured the iconic 'last photo' - the pool photo - of her daughter dressed in "an outfit I'd bought especially for her holiday: a peach-coloured smock top from Gap and some white broderie-anglaise shorts from Monsoon".

Madeleine was wearing nothing else but a sun hat. She was signed into the crèche by Kate that same afternoon at 2.50 p.m., [Kate actually says she dropped the twins off at 2.40pm]  no doubt following a hurried exodus from the pool area, but unfortunately twenty minutes late for the 'chalk space pictures' activity, which began at 2.30 p.m.    Between them the McCanns arranged for Gerry to collect the children later while Kate went off for a run. That is what Kate McCann says in her book. There is no mention whatsoever of any additional visit to the children's playgroups in the meantime.

Since Kate has told us exactly what Madeleine was wearing at 2.40 p.m. [actually from 2.29pm to 2.50 pm and also of course whilst she was at the pool with Gerry and Kate before 2.29pm ] we also know what she was not wearing – her swimming costume. So what did she do come the 'dive and find' time at the pool from 3.30 to 4.30 p.m., stand and watch?”

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Our earlier analysis has shown that the only time the ‘Last photo’ - the Pool photo - could possibly have been taken was the Sunday that week, 29th April. Only on that day does the weather match what we see in the photo.  This clearly implies that what Kate says about taking Madeleine to the crèche at 2.50 pm is simply unsustainable.

But to return to Dr Martin Roberts’ analysis of what Kate says about the Pool photo in her book, he finishes off his article with the trenchant observation:

"It is not possible to be certain that Madeleine McCann attended at the Ocean Club playgroup during the times referred to above and, by extrapolation, on any other occasion that week.”


NOTA BENE

It must be noted that Kate’s account was published in her book in 2011.
The PJ files, including Kate’s and Gerry’s statements, the Tapas 7 statements and rogatory interviews, crèche records, photos, and everything else were released on DVD by the PJ when the case was ‘shelved’ in 2008.

Kate and her husband Gerry, her advisors, their teams of Lawyers, proof readers, friends, the Tapas 7, and their family had ample opportunity to cross check what she had written before publication, if only to ensure that what was said did not personally compromise them or impugn their individual veracity.

It seems no one took on that awesome responsibility.


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Post by roz 22.01.17 14:39

Jane Rog - And I think probably before Ella went back, Rachael and I just went to have a knock on the tennis court.  So, I mean, I don’t know what time that would have been, probably, I’m trying to think what time the Kids Club started in the afternoon, I think it’s half two, but I mean, you’ll know that, I think it was half two, so probably about half one, erm, Rachael and I just went down to, you know, the court was free so we thought ‘Oh we’ll go and have a bit of a knock’ at that point. 
 Reply    “Erm, and I think we played ‘til about, phew, half two, because I think, I’m not sure if this is going to be another question that you are going to ask, but I think that was the last time that I saw Madeleine, because Kate and Gerry brought the kids, all the kids down to the play area to, they would have their lunch before they took them back to the Kids Club, and I think that was about two, quarter past two’ish, and I can remember Madeleine shouting things to us on the tennis court, you know, and I can remember Gerry sort of going ‘Oh good shot’ or whatever.  And I think that would have been the last time that I personally, you know, I personally saw Madeleine. 
If I could transfer Jane’s statement about the Thursday to being about the Monday afternoon, (the last day when I believe Madeleine was alive), I could nearly imagine Madeleine shouting ‘Can I collect your tennis balls? And Rachael watching as Jane took the photograph……
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Post by roz 22.01.17 16:29

If the tennis photo is deemed to be a genuine photo of Madeleine, then it is possible it was taken on the Sunday evening during the adults ‘knock about’. I believe that both courts would have been available for use.
Fiona Rog - 'Did you actually play tennis on the Sunday''
 
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 'Huh, again, it would help to know what night it was'.
  
 'Yeah'.
 
 'I think we did, I think we all had a knock and I think even the kids, erm, on one of the nights had a knock as well'.

'Ella and Madeleine were, you know, were joining in and, erm, yeah, I mean, as I say, I just can't remember which night was which. But I think, yeah, most nights we all, unless it was sort of men's night, obviously the women didn't join in, but'.
 
If the ‘pool’ photo, is now not the last photo, (but is believed to be a genuine photo taken that Sunday afternoon,) then at some point after Madeleine finished her crèche for the day (5.30pm), she was taken back to the apartment and changed into the t-shirt and shorts. (At approx. 6pm the weather was 21 degrees – Peter Hyatt)
Is this possible? – Yes
Is this practical when playtime is over between 6.30 – 7pm?
I am not sure, as on holiday there would be limited clothes.
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Post by worriedmum 22.01.17 16:44

WHICH photo came first , do we think?

The one with faintly flushed skin,taken by the pool? Or the one that according to her mother, has a 'sunburn' on the arm..taken on the tennis court
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KM in her statement 4th May 2007 "Left eye blue-green same as the right, which has a brown spot. She has a small brown spot on the skin of her left leg as well as sunburn on her right forearm. She has no scars. "

The Americans have an expression-'Go figure'...

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Before we can answer the question 'Which photo came first?' (Last Photo or Tennis Balls Photo), we need to take stock of what we now know about the SIX photos of Madeleine possibly taken that week.

This is what CMOMM has established so far.

The three playground photos - all taken on Saturday 28 April.

The 'Last Photo' by the pool - stated by the McCanns to have been taken on Thursday 3 May, but with overwhelming evidence that it was taken on Sunday 29 April.

The 'Make Up Photo', which the McCanns deny being taken in Praia da Luz, but which evidence suggests may also have been taken in Praia da Luz on the very same day as the Last Photo i.e. Sunday 29 April - possibly that afternoon.

That leaves the Tennis Balls Photo.

For anyone who has read and digested PeterMac's excellent recent analysis of that photo, these points stand out:

* The account by Kate McCann of how this photo was taken is false
* So are the two contradictory accounts of it by Jane Tanner
* The overwhelming evidence suggests that the photo was NOT taken on the McCanns' camera, and could well have been taken by someone else
* There is coherent evidence that the body of the girl shown in that photo is NOT that of Madeleine
* It is therefore impossible to say that that the Tennis Balls Photo was taken that week at all 

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Post by worriedmum 25.01.17 15:15

''There is coherent evidence that the body of the girl shown in that photo is NOT that of Madeleine''



What evidence?
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Post by Tony Bennett 25.01.17 22:15

worriedmum wrote:''There is coherent evidence that the body of the girl shown in that photo is NOT that of Madeleine''

What evidence?
1.  There is evidence (see PeterMac's recent article) that Kate McCann did NOT take the Tennis Balls Photo.

2. In the same PeterMac article, there is evidence that it may not even have been taken on Kate McCann's camera.

3.  That raises the question of whether someone else took the photo on an entirely different occasion.

4.  The body of the girl looks to many eyes, including mine, like that of an older girl.

5.  The arm and legs of the girl look to many eyes, including mine, to be 'chunkier' than those of Madeleine.

6.  The red-brown colour of the girl's arms and legs looks wholly dfferent from the pale white skin Madeleine has on the Last (Pool) Photo.

7.  The girl in the photo appears to have a series of scratches, marks and bruises on her arms and legs which Madeleine does not have in the Last (Pool) Photo.

8.  A number of people have suggested that possibly Madeleine's head has been photoshopped onto the body of an entirely different girl.

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Post by NickE 26.01.17 12:26

Tony Bennett wrote:
worriedmum wrote:''There is coherent evidence that the body of the girl shown in that photo is NOT that of Madeleine''

What evidence?
1.  There is evidence (see PeterMac's recent article) that Kate McCann did NOT take the Tennis Balls Photo.

2. In the same PeterMac article, there is evidence that it may not even have been taken on Kate McCann's camera.

3.  That raises the question of whether someone else took the photo on an entirely different occasion.

4.  The body of the girl looks to many eyes, including mine, like that of an older girl.

5.  The arm and legs of the girl look to many eyes, including mine, to be 'chunkier' th[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]an those of Madeleine.

6.  The red-brown colour of the girl's arms and legs looks wholly dfferent from the pale white skin Madeleine has on the Last (Pool) Photo.

7.  The girl in the photo appears to have a series of scratches, marks and bruises on her arms and legs which Madeleine does not have in the Last (Pool) Photo.

8.  A number of people have suggested that possibly Madeleine's head has been photoshopped onto the body of an entirely different girl.

Could the Tennisball photo been taken during their trip to Donegal?
This is from Letterkenny Tennis Club.
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This photo is copied from the files and it´s taken with more overview but take a look at the angle, Iám pretty sure that the person who took the Tennisball photo were on a higher place, imagine that you raise the camera from the girl with the tennis balls and make the same overview as in photo from the files,don´t you get an higher overview over the court then?
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Post by Nina 26.01.17 15:02

NickE wrote:
Tony Bennett wrote:
worriedmum wrote:''There is coherent evidence that the body of the girl shown in that photo is NOT that of Madeleine''

What evidence?
1.  There is evidence (see PeterMac's recent article) that Kate McCann did NOT take the Tennis Balls Photo.

2. In the same PeterMac article, there is evidence that it may not even have been taken on Kate McCann's camera.

3.  That raises the question of whether someone else took the photo on an entirely different occasion.

4.  The body of the girl looks to many eyes, including mine, like that of an older girl.

5.  The arm and legs of the girl look to many eyes, including mine, to be 'chunkier' th[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]an those of Madeleine.

6.  The red-brown colour of the girl's arms and legs looks wholly dfferent from the pale white skin Madeleine has on the Last (Pool) Photo.

7.  The girl in the photo appears to have a series of scratches, marks and bruises on her arms and legs which Madeleine does not have in the Last (Pool) Photo.

8.  A number of people have suggested that possibly Madeleine's head has been photoshopped onto the body of an entirely different girl.

Could the Tennisball photo been taken during their trip to Donegal?
This is from Letterkenny Tennis Club.
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This photo is copied from the files and it´s taken with more overview but take a look at the angle, Iám pretty sure that the person who took the Tennisball photo were on a higher place, imagine that you raise the camera from the girl with the tennis balls and make the same overview as in photo from the files,don´t you get an higher overview over the court then?
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Post by roz 26.01.17 15:32

Good question. I too am beginning to wonder about the ‘make-up’ photo. There are pebble-dashed walls like that in the Glenties area of Donegal, and other parts of the county / country.
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Post by HiDeHo 26.01.17 16:56

When I looked at the photo and saw, what appears to be, a watermark I wondered whether that could be an indication of the time/date the photo was taken.

Working on the assumption that it IS a watermark,(as opposed to a permanent stain) I looked at when the court was subjected to water to create that mark.

According to tennis records the court was cleaned at midday Tuesday, but the photo was supposedly taken nearly two hours prior.

There was no rain that day that could have created the mark and tennis lessons had been played for an hour or so previously.

If that photo was taken shortly after the court had 'dried' enough to allow tennis then it is unlikely it was Tuesday morning.

Kate claims to have taken the photo and if that court was not 'wet' at 10.30am on Tuesday May 1st then she is lying.

If it was a permanent stain then it would likely still exist.


The question stands... if Kate was lying about taking that photo at mini tennis on Tuesday then could that (along with all the other lies) constitute 'perverting the course of justice'?



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Post by Guest 26.01.17 20:50

roz wrote:Good question. I too am beginning to wonder about the ‘make-up’ photo. There are pebble-dashed walls like that in the Glenties area of Donegal, and other parts of the county / country.
This issue has been gone over to the ninth degree in the past.  There is absolutely no reason to suppose the tennis ball photograph and/or the make-up was taken in Ireland.

Besides, the wall behind Madeleine in the make-up photograph is stucco not pebble dash.  Regard..

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Post by Guest 26.01.17 21:05

As an aside, a tennis court is a tennis court is a tennis court.  From my knowledge, unless a court is used for championship tennis, they are not generally very well maintained - particularly when attached to a tourist complex.  They are attended by a local handyman who is employed to undertake all the odd jobs like gardening, hoovering the pool, clearing up the rubbish left by tourists , not a tennis court maintenance professional.

You also need to consider environmental effects, like the concentrate of salt in the atmosphere close to an ocean or sea.

Note to Gerry McCann the Algarve is not on the Mediterranean !!!
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Post by roz 27.01.17 4:37

Point taken verdi.... though i had never heard of 'stucco' until now.
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Post by Guest 27.01.17 12:50

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roz wrote:Point taken verdi.... though i had never heard of 'stucco' until now.
One of the advantages of CMoMM roz - you can learn something new every day.

For information, Get'emGoncalo's current 'ROGUE OF THE DAY' is a real eye opener.  I recommend reading every entry thumbsup.
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Post by worriedmum 27.01.17 13:55

Tony Bennett wrote:
worriedmum wrote:''There is coherent evidence that the body of the girl shown in that photo is NOT that of Madeleine''

What evidence?
1.  There is evidence (see PeterMac's recent article) that Kate McCann did NOT take the Tennis Balls Photo.

2. In the same PeterMac article, there is evidence that it may not even have been taken on Kate McCann's camera.

3.  That raises the question of whether someone else took the photo on an entirely different occasion.

4.  The body of the girl looks to many eyes, including mine, like that of an older girl.

5.  The arm and legs of the girl look to many eyes, including mine, to be 'chunkier' than those of Madeleine.

6.  The red-brown colour of the girl's arms and legs looks wholly dfferent from the pale white skin Madeleine has on the Last (Pool) Photo.

7.  The girl in the photo appears to have a series of scratches, marks and bruises on her arms and legs which Madeleine does not have in the Last (Pool) Photo.

8.  A number of people have suggested that possibly Madeleine's head has been photoshopped onto the body of an entirely different girl.
Tony, I think this is more opinion than 'evidence'...


I agree that there is a discrepancy over who took the photo. (Your points 1,2,3).

I agree that the body looks grown-up when compared to other photos - but is this because we were saturated with pictures of a much younger Madeleine? If you look at Madeleine's body on the playground pictures in Praia Da Luz, she does look quite broad.(Your points 4 and 5).

I do not understand why you think that body the marks on the arms and legs prove it is a different child's body. My whole point is that if (and I agree with PeterMac's analysis here) the Pool photo was taken on Sunday, why is it not possible that the marks on the arms and legs have developed SINCE Sunday? The scraped knee could be explained by the fall on the aeroplane steps.The 'sunburn' on her wrist? (your points 6, 7 and 8).
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