The McCanns

I think you ain't far off,the whole thing is feckd up,who knows whats happened.Can we talk Grant?? n

 

Absolutely.

You dirty sod.

 

RE: Correct, class has nothing to do with whether they're guilty or not.

My view was an observation on the media's role, it was not a statement as to whether I thought they were innocent or guilty.
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Yet you are getting you view that you think they are innocent from......*drum roll* UK media reports!
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The only sensible view to take it that given that you simply do not and cannot know their guilt or innocence and that you are simply speculating. You may be right, you may be wrong but there are no prizes for guessing.
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Leaving kids unattended in a holiday apartment whilst going for a night out is obviously having nothing to do with the disappearance!

 

I completely agree

<div>The entire investigation has gone from the unbelievable to the realms of the totally ridiculous.</div><div>Botched from the beginning and now a last gasp attempt to try and get a plea bargain / confession. According to reports the DNA is at least questionable, one expert stating that if a body had been moved 25 days after the event, then the boot would have been riddled with DNA. It's not even clear what or who the samples belong to.</div><div>I also think the venom directed at the McCanns, in Portugal and particularly on some internet sites has been unfounded, inexcusable and cruel. The bottom line is that Madeline is still missing, the parents have no idea if she is dead, or alive and suffering somewhere, wondering why her mum and dad can't rescue her. That must be the greatest pain of all. Even worse, they have no idea if and when the nightmare will end.</div><div>To add to that, it's all going on in a foreign country, one where English is not widely available and where they are fighting extra heartache of being suspects, which must surely add up to the notion that the police can't be doing much to find Madeline now.</div><div>They were a couple on holiday with their kids, who felt safebut made a wrong decision about whether theycould be left aloneand are now paying heavily for it. The smug reactions of some on various news sites, who almost seem to beenjoying the McCann's suffering as retribution for their lax behaviour and middle class backgroundsickens me, as do the veiled questions around their &quot;luxury&quot; lifestyle and the use of the Madeline fund.</div><div>I truly hope that a satisfactory conclusion eventually arrives for all concerned, that the family can reintroduce some normality back into their shattered lives, and the whispering hordes can be given time to hang their heads in shame.</div>

 

all that is clear to me is

either way they should have the other children taken from them as they are not fit to look after kids properly,

 

RE: Correct, class has nothing to do with whether they're guilty or not.

Windy may be wrong! C'mon, how long have you been posting on here?You can't say ridiculous things like that!

 

well if they are not actually responsible

which i dont think they are then they are responsible for leaving children uncared for. If that was a working class single mum they'd have the kids straight off of her.

 

An "exclusive"

.. I rather think the NOTWprobably wentlooking for him, rather than the other way round. And of course, if you're being accused of something you didn't do and someone offered you a free platform to state your case, it would be quite usual to tell them to stuff it then?

 

It hasn't been cocked up, thats how they do it over there!!!

They were in a foreign country, but expected the British way of investigating, thats why the Portugese police asked the British police for help.

 

I’m sure there was a story in the papers not long ago at about the same time the story of the McCann’s was starting about an American Family.

The parants basically went to the pub to come back and find their house and young child or children had been killed in the fire. Similar scenario I suppose and I’m sure they where done for manslaughter.

 

That's correct,poor black single parents if I remember correctly. Not that that would make a difference.

 

RE: well if they are not actually responsible

Thing is, they were all doctors who went out that night and they all seem to have left their kids unattended. One was even supposed to be going back checking on their child as the kid was ill!

 

Don't start that one again!

The circumstances were worlds apart.

 

they *could* be charged in theory under the Portuguese law of "abandonment" which apparently carries a 10 year sentance.

 

Everybody else seems to have had a say about the McCanns so here’s what I don’t understand – I watch Cold Case and CSI which I know are a bit more detailed than what probably does happen but:



1. Why is everyone saying that the Portuguese police force have messed everything up? Just because they haven’t been giving hourly updates on how the case is going doesn’t mean they aren’t doing their jobs.

2. In this country the parents would have automatically been witnesses and suspects and would have been asked all questions at the beginning rather than being asked one set of questions and then asked more questions a few months later

3. Some reports say the children were asleep and the door was locked, some say it wasn’t. If it was locked and reports say the door hadn’t been forced to me this must mean that: the lock must have been a Yale type one and when the parents went back to check on the children the person who took Maddie must have followed them into the room and hidden so that he/she could leave later and shut the door after them once they had Maddie (the door would appear locked.)

4. The Portuguese police have called in the British police force and it’s them that have done the forensic tests. I don’t understand how blood would have been found in the car if the car wasn’t hired until nearly a month after Maddie disappeared but if the car was classed as a crime scene or as a place where evidence has been found then why were the McCanns still using it this week?

Enough for the moment while I think of other things to ask.



I think the parents have had lots of sympathy about Maddie going missing until recently but in other cases where children have been left alone while parent/parents have gone out or away on holiday they didn't get the same sympathy they got into trouble and the children were put into care.

I don’t think the parents are guilty of anything other than leaving their children alone- which is bad enough, at least I hope they aren’t guilty.


I hope that the police are still looking for Maddie although I don’t think she is still alive, it would be great if she was and returned safely.

 

Well said Laura

as always balanced and sensible.

I agree, I pray she's still alive but doubt it.

I hope the McCann's weren't directly in what ever happened to her.

That a group of well educated adults left children under 4 alone horrifies me.

 

Thanks Ali

It's very confusing especially as now Maddie's parents have been told not to discuss the case with anyone and yet:

all their family are supposed to know what happened in the recent interviews

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there are exclusive interviews in the Sunday papers.