Madeleine McCann...

[keaton]

What? So we should just forget about her then to save a few quid? Catastrophic neglect? They were 20 meters away. It's not like they went out on the Razz.

I would say leaving her on her own while while she gets kidnapped/murdered would probably count as catastrophic neglect

 

[piersa]

The apartment was just across a small pool from where they were sitting. There's people with bigger gardens than that who sit out in the summer while the kids are asleep indoors.

All of you who think they murdered their daughter because they're not demonstative enough to please you....shame. Shame on you.

A perfect response to a daily mail type trial by the media. They have nothing to go on so turn on the parents. Disgusting.

 

[piersa]

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This needs deleting. Disgrace. What a load of sheep.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I would say leaving her on her own while while she gets kidnapped/murdered would probably count as catastrophic neglect

and i bet they have gone through what they did many many times since that day...does that sort of comment really help?

 

[keaton]

and i bet they have gone through what they did many many times since that day...does that sort of comment really help?

Does your comment?

I didn't say they didn't regret it, I just didn't undertsand why someone would disagree the use of the words 'catastrophic neglect'.

 

[KZNSeagull]

What I find odd is that if the McCann's were involved, why have they constantly tried to keep the case in the public eye all this time?

Not that this in itself is a sufficient reason to believe that they are not involved, but it does defy logic somewhat, particularly when, as a result, an efit is released that looks remarkably similar to Gerry McCann!

 

[Del Fenner]

The DNA in the car? The car was hired two weeks after she went missing but her DNA would have been all over their stuff so it's more likely it was contaminated after she disappeared than Gerry digging her up and driving her rotting body around in it. To just have a hunch that "something doesn't add up" is not a reason to continue to accuse them of murdering their baby. The clue here is that the Met officers have reexamined every shred of evidence and have concluded someone else was the perpetrator. That's enough for me.

Where did they say that they had concluded that? What the DCI actually said on last night's Crimewatch was something along the lines of "if you take one particular reading of events, it seems most likely that there was a pre-planned abduction". Which made me wonder what other readings of the events they were also looking at but hadn't mentioned.

 

[Czechmate]

Nope there isn't. If people are brutally honest, if they haven't found her by now they aren't going too. I still believe the parents have something to do with it, just my opinion but then I also think the way the parents have released books and been general media whores is pretty disgusting too.

Agree with this , my parents were in this area after the event and said the distance from the girl to the parents was a lot more than 15 minutes , should not of been left alone , end off . Obviously they want to build up the fund again as it was probably getting low.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Agree with this , my parents were in this area after the event and said the distance from the girl to the parents was a lot more than 15 minutes , should not of been left alone , end off . Obviously they want to build up the fund again as it was probably getting low.

Sorry, I don't understand. Are you saying it was 15 minutes between where the parents were and where Madeleine was sleeping?

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Not saying I agree any of this, but it is doing the rounds on facebook

100 REASONS WHY THE PARENTS BELONG IN JAIL 1. Did they use the babysitting service provided? NO 2. Did they use any listening devices? NO 3. Did they leave three children under 4 alone while going out drinking? YES 4. Did they do this every night? YES 5. Did they,under British law,endanger Maddie? YES 6. In the UK is significant harm a form of child abuse? YES 7. Is significant harm used by the UK courts in child abuse cases? YES 8. Does leaving the children as they did qualify under these rules ? YES 9. Did Kate sit writing timelines instead of searching for Maddie? YES 10. Are the frequent checks by the Tapas group challenged by other witnesses? YES 11. Was the bedroom withing sight of where they sat? NO 12, Were they within earshot? NO 13. Did anyone other than Tanner see any abductor? NO 14. Has anyone come up with a credible abductor? NO 15. Is there any evidence of an abduction? NO 16. Were the shutters in the room tampered with? NO 17. Did Kate say the shutters were tampered with? YES 18. Did Kate change her story to saying the door was unlocked? YES 19. Was the door unlocked on any other night? NO 20. Is there any physical evidence at all of a break in? NO 21. Is there any physical evidence of another party being in the room? NO 23. Were the McCann's told not to inform the media? YES 24. Were they told it might harm the chances of finding Maddie alive? YES 25. Were the media informed by a McCann family member? YES 26. Were specially trained British dogs brought in to search the apartment ? YES 27. Did they find anything? YES 28. Have these dogs been successful in over 200 cases? YES 29. Do sniffer dogs lie? NO 30. Do the specially trained dogs get confused by other smells? NO 31. Did they find cadaver(dead body) scent in the apartment? YES 32. Did they find blood? YES 33. Did they find cadaver scent behind the sofa? YES 34. On the child's toy? YES 35. In a cupboard in the room? YES 36. Did they find cadaver scent on Kate's clothes? YES 37. Did Kate explain this by saying she had examined dead bodies before holiday? YES 38. Is there any record of her doing so? NO 39. Has anyone come forward to say they saw her doing so? NO 40. Was the hire car rented after Maddie disappeared ? YES 41. Were tests done on DNA found in the car? YES 42. Did the dogs alert to the hire car? YES 43. Is a billion to one odds that it may be someone else's DNA? YES 44. Were the doors and boot left open to get rid of the smell in the car? YES 45. Did the parents explain it away as rotting meat? YES 46. Smelling due to taking rubbish to the tip in the hire car? YES 47. Smelling due to dirty nappies in the hire car? YES 48. Smell due to sea bass in the hire car? YES 49. Did the parents say the dogs were wrong? YES 50. Do you need tons of excuses if the dogs are just plain wrong? NO 51. Have the dogs ever been wrong? NO 52. Did Kate & Gerry flee Portugal? YES 53. Did they hire extradition lawyers? YES 54. Did the McCann's hire libel lawyers to gag anyone with a different view? YES 55. Did the government lend spin doctor Clarence Mitchell to the parents? YES 56. Dio spin doctors twist the truth for a favourable outcome? YES 57. Are they paid to do this? YES 58. Did the McCann's set up a fund in order to search for Maddie? YES 59. Did they use the money donated for anything other than searching? YES 60. Do the parents have a media monitoring unit? YES 61. Are there internet trolls helping the parents to quash getting at the truth? YES 62. Have the Portuguese police been portrayed as incompetent? YES 63. Did they look at all aspects of the case? YES 64. Did they conclude any abduction took place? NO 65. Did they conclude that Maddie was dead and the parents responsible? YES 66. Are there two British investigations into Maddie being missing? YES 67. Are they investigating ALL aspects of the case? NO 68. Have they been told by the government to focus on abduction only? YES 69. Have they come up with any evidence of an abduction? NO 70. Have they come up with any credible suspects? NO 71. Have they questioned the tapas group or parents over the case? NO 72. Have the parents made millions from Maddie being missing? YES 73. Did Kate write a book mentioning torn genitalia that the twins might read? YES 74. Did Gerry have his wallet stolen at Waterloo station as he claimed? NO 75. Does the CCTV footage from that day bear out his claims? NO 76. Did the Portuguese police ask British government for medical records? YES 77. Were they handed over? NO 78. Did they ask for bank statements? YES 79. Were they handed over ? NO 80. Did they ask for mobile phone records? YES 81. Were they handed over? NO 82. Have the media printed the McCann version of events? YES 83. Are the media intimidated by threats of libel? YES 84. Have the parents admitted they are responsible for Maddie's disappearance? NO 85. Have the parents faced any criminal charges to date? NO 86. No charges for manslaughter? NO 87. For neglect? NO 88. Did the McCann's say they would take a polygraph(lie detector test) ? YES 89. Did the McCann "people" contact Don Cargill head of polygraph studies?YES 90. Did the McCann's tell the world they would take one to prove innocence? YES 91. Have they taken one in the 2'000+ days since saying they would? NO 92. Did the parents impose a list of conditions for taking one? YES 93. Did Don Cargill say the list was "impossible to satisfy"? YES 94. Did Don Cargill state "They had no intention of taking one"? YES 95. Did Clarence Mitchell say they were innocent and did not need to do one? YES 96. IS Amaral on trial because he wrote a book stating the facts of the case? YES 97. Is it a proper account of the police investigation ? YES 98. Have the McCann's fought desperately to have this book banned? YES 99. Is it banned? NO 100. Is maddie missing because of the actions of the parents? YES

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Where did they say that they had concluded that? What the DCI actually said on last night's Crimewatch was something along the lines of "if you take one particular reading of events, it seems most likely that there was a pre-planned abduction". Which made me wonder what other readings of the events they were also looking at but hadn't mentioned.

OK, I take your point. The Police have to look at everything so won't definitively rule out mum and dad. What is clear though is they have reissued evofits of two fair haired men seen arguing outside the complex, a charity knocker boy who was entering the complex through back gates and moved the timeline back by up to 45 minutes when Gerry McCann couldn't have done it.

 

[Del Fenner]

Where did they say that they had concluded that? What the DCI actually said on last night's Crimewatch was something along the lines of "if you take one particular reading of events, it seems most likely that there was a pre-planned abduction". Which made me wonder what other readings of the events they were also looking at but hadn't mentioned.

The actual words of the DCI at 25:55 are "Madeleine McCann's disappearance does on one reading of the evidence have the hallmarks of a pre-planned abduction."

So what other readings are there? And is it the case that the police are under orders to only consider abduction theories? Surely this would play into the hands of the conspiracy theorists.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Not saying I agree any of this, but it is doing the rounds on facebook

100 REASONS WHY THE PARENTS BELONG IN JAIL 1. Did they use the babysitting service provided? NO 2. Did they use any listening devices? NO 3. Did they leave three children under 4 alone while going out drinking? YES 4. Did they do this every night? YES 5. Did they,under British law,endanger Maddie? YES 6. In the UK is significant harm a form of child abuse? YES 7. Is significant harm used by the UK courts in child abuse cases? YES 8. Does leaving the children as they did qualify under these rules ? YES 9. Did Kate sit writing timelines instead of searching for Maddie? YES 10. Are the frequent checks by the Tapas group challenged by other witnesses? YES 11. Was the bedroom withing sight of where they sat? NO 12, Were they within earshot? NO 13. Did anyone other than Tanner see any abductor? NO 14. Has anyone come up with a credible abductor? NO 15. Is there any evidence of an abduction? NO 16. Were the shutters in the room tampered with? NO 17. Did Kate say the shutters were tampered with? YES 18. Did Kate change her story to saying the door was unlocked? YES 19. Was the door unlocked on any other night? NO 20. Is there any physical evidence at all of a break in? NO 21. Is there any physical evidence of another party being in the room? NO 23. Were the McCann's told not to inform the media? YES 24. Were they told it might harm the chances of finding Maddie alive? YES 25. Were the media informed by a McCann family member? YES 26. Were specially trained British dogs brought in to search the apartment ? YES 27. Did they find anything? YES 28. Have these dogs been successful in over 200 cases? YES 29. Do sniffer dogs lie? NO 30. Do the specially trained dogs get confused by other smells? NO 31. Did they find cadaver(dead body) scent in the apartment? YES 32. Did they find blood? YES 33. Did they find cadaver scent behind the sofa? YES 34. On the child's toy? YES 35. In a cupboard in the room? YES 36. Did they find cadaver scent on Kate's clothes? YES 37. Did Kate explain this by saying she had examined dead bodies before holiday? YES 38. Is there any record of her doing so? NO 39. Has anyone come forward to say they saw her doing so? NO 40. Was the hire car rented after Maddie disappeared ? YES 41. Were tests done on DNA found in the car? YES 42. Did the dogs alert to the hire car? YES 43. Is a billion to one odds that it may be someone else's DNA? YES 44. Were the doors and boot left open to get rid of the smell in the car? YES 45. Did the parents explain it away as rotting meat? YES 46. Smelling due to taking rubbish to the tip in the hire car? YES 47. Smelling due to dirty nappies in the hire car? YES 48. Smell due to sea bass in the hire car? YES 49. Did the parents say the dogs were wrong? YES 50. Do you need tons of excuses if the dogs are just plain wrong? NO 51. Have the dogs ever been wrong? NO 52. Did Kate & Gerry flee Portugal? YES 53. Did they hire extradition lawyers? YES 54. Did the McCann's hire libel lawyers to gag anyone with a different view? YES 55. Did the government lend spin doctor Clarence Mitchell to the parents? YES 56. Dio spin doctors twist the truth for a favourable outcome? YES 57. Are they paid to do this? YES 58. Did the McCann's set up a fund in order to search for Maddie? YES 59. Did they use the money donated for anything other than searching? YES 60. Do the parents have a media monitoring unit? YES 61. Are there internet trolls helping the parents to quash getting at the truth? YES 62. Have the Portuguese police been portrayed as incompetent? YES 63. Did they look at all aspects of the case? YES 64. Did they conclude any abduction took place? NO 65. Did they conclude that Maddie was dead and the parents responsible? YES 66. Are there two British investigations into Maddie being missing? YES 67. Are they investigating ALL aspects of the case? NO 68. Have they been told by the government to focus on abduction only? YES 69. Have they come up with any evidence of an abduction? NO 70. Have they come up with any credible suspects? NO 71. Have they questioned the tapas group or parents over the case? NO 72. Have the parents made millions from Maddie being missing? YES 73. Did Kate write a book mentioning torn genitalia that the twins might read? YES 74. Did Gerry have his wallet stolen at Waterloo station as he claimed? NO 75. Does the CCTV footage from that day bear out his claims? NO 76. Did the Portuguese police ask British government for medical records? YES 77. Were they handed over? NO 78. Did they ask for bank statements? YES 79. Were they handed over ? NO 80. Did they ask for mobile phone records? YES 81. Were they handed over? NO 82. Have the media printed the McCann version of events? YES 83. Are the media intimidated by threats of libel? YES 84. Have the parents admitted they are responsible for Maddie's disappearance? NO 85. Have the parents faced any criminal charges to date? NO 86. No charges for manslaughter? NO 87. For neglect? NO 88. Did the McCann's say they would take a polygraph(lie detector test) ? YES 89. Did the McCann "people" contact Don Cargill head of polygraph studies?YES 90. Did the McCann's tell the world they would take one to prove innocence? YES 91. Have they taken one in the 2'000+ days since saying they would? NO 92. Did the parents impose a list of conditions for taking one? YES 93. Did Don Cargill say the list was "impossible to satisfy"? YES 94. Did Don Cargill state "They had no intention of taking one"? YES 95. Did Clarence Mitchell say they were innocent and did not need to do one? YES 96. IS Amaral on trial because he wrote a book stating the facts of the case? YES 97. Is it a proper account of the police investigation ? YES 98. Have the McCann's fought desperately to have this book banned? YES 99. Is it banned? NO 100. Is maddie missing because of the actions of the parents? YES

Sorry buddy, but at least half of those are horseshit. Someone has gone to a lot of trouble to write that lot down but they're very blinkered.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Hugely emotive subject with polarised views - ideal NSC material.

I would guess that any parent in this position wants closure - find a body, find a kidnapper, find Maddie. For until this closes, a small glimmer of hope must exist.

My Missus and I watched the programme and recited what we did with our kids when away on holiday. When you have kids, every minute of your life is engaged with risk assessment and making choices. Most times [hopefully] you get it right, occassional something goes wrong.

We were both HORRIFIED that THREE sets of parents all deemed it risk acceptable to leave children unattended at night, especially in a strange / unknown environment.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

The actual words of the DCI at 25:55 are "Madeleine McCann's disappearance does on one reading of the evidence have the hallmarks of a pre-planned abduction."

So what other readings are there? And is it the case that the police are under orders to only consider abduction theories? Surely this would play into the hands of the conspiracy theorists.

The Police are unlikely to be under any such orders. It would only take one officer to state that and there would (rightly) be outrage...no senior officer would agree to a root and branch investigation with such rigid rules.

 

[daveinprague]

I would be surprised if this poor child survived the first 24hrs.

 

[BigGully]

I would say leaving her on her own while while she gets kidnapped/murdered would probably count as catastrophic neglect

Without trawling through each post, I wonder if those that are so ready to condemn the parents that have paid the ultimate price are from the generation where 100% monitoring children is expected even demanded.

When they feel that perhaps is time for their 12 year old to go and 'play' yes 'play' and yes 12 !! with their friends unsupervised, they arm them with an appropriate smartphone to ease their fears of imminent abduction.

As parents we overall try and play it by the book, but every so often we stray a wee bit from what we would normally do, we get away with it, perhaps even the children benefit from less parental intervention, its a tragic set of circumstances that for me finds no blame.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Sorry buddy, but at least half of those are horseshit. Someone has gone to a lot of trouble to write that lot down but they're very blinkered.

No need to be sorry, I did say I dont agree with it.

The most important thing is find out what happened to Maddie that is the important thing, god forbid anything like that happened to me.

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

I would be surprised if this poor child survived the first 24hrs.

with the exception that she's now living a life of luxury with some childless couple from Monaco...this is probably the 'best result' for her.

 

[Triggaaar]

Pathetic video, with awful sound track and self indulgent messaging in an attempt to hoodwink die hard conspiracy theorists. Which aint that hard tbh.

This is no more than troll food.

Yep.

they have got away with Criminal Neglect,with total disregard for the safety of their children and it seems their "set" were culpable in that neglect.

How is losing your daughter getting away with it?