I thought Sarah Payne was supposed to be at her grandparents, but what you say is true. I tried pointing this out when I mentioned Ben Needham who was playing in a field near his grandparent's house, as well.
It wasn't leaving them alone. If he hadn't gone off to sleep, we wouldn't have gone anywhere. The chalets were patrolled so if he'd woken up, we could be alerted within minutes. It worked for decades in many places.
No, he's a perfectly healthy 46 year old now.
Do you think Ben Needham's grandparents should have been prosecuted? It's worth noting that no police force or social worker has tried to remove the other McCann children from the parents.
There seems to be a misapprehension that today's society is worse than its ever been. Children were murdered in the 50s and 60s too. Look at the Hindley/Brady murders. Now the media have painted a picture of a paedophile on every corner, which is untrue. The place where children get abused...
Guilty as charged. I left a four year old and a one year old in a chalet in Pontins. Pontins employed cleaners security managers barmen etc, but the thousands and thousands that went to those holiday camps didn't have their children abducted.
The place where the McCanns were staying was a compound. They were under the impression that countless unknown people couldn't get access. They made a terrible mistake and have paid for it ever since with a parents' worst nightmare.
That, on the face of it, is what appears to have have...
Would you say Jamie Bulger's mother was responsible for him being abducted? Have you ever turned your back on your child for a second? Kept them within sight every minute of their lives?
It used to be standard practise in holiday camps and holiday compounds. I've done it myself in the past when I was at Pontins holiday camp. You gave your chalet number to the reception, and people would patrol round listening for babies crying.
You could be in the restaurant, cabaret, theatre...