If Madeleine McCann's pyjamas were not in fact abducted, then nor was Madeleine McCann." Gerry McCann calls for example to be made of 'vile' internet trolls Brenda Leyland was doorstepped on 2 October 2014 by Sky reporter Martin Brunt who accused her of 'attacking' the McCanns. The McCanns seemed to know influential people in the TV media and were successful in contacting them in the early hours of the morning and getting headline news about Madeleines disappearance onto the early Friday morning bulletins. Less than a month later, on 28 June 2007, Dr Gerry McCann said: I have no doubt we will be able to sustain a high profile for Madeleines disappearance in the long-term. To sum up, there is no photographic evidence that Madeleine was alive after Sunday lunchtime (apart from the Make-Up photo - see below). How very true, over nine years later, has that prophecy come true. It was Wojchiech Krokowski, a man from Poland on holiday with his wife for the week. A raft of evidence, but especially comparative weather records for the week, point in that direction. He demonstrates that photos of Madeleines pyjamas were taken inside the McCanns own apartment and while the pyjamas were drying. We do not believe there is enough evidence to define one way or the other. This may or may not have taken some time to decide. The absence of any undisputed confirmed sightings of Madeleine on or after Monday 30 April. A third (but we say unlikely) possibility is that she did suffer a genuine accident, but that the McCanns did not produce her to the local hospital because there may have been indications that Madeleine had previously suffered some form of harm or abuse. Do we go frantically pretending to look for her? Madeleine McCann went missing, aged three, in 2007. (ii) Just our very good friends David and Fiona? They even got the German police to search the plane for Madeleine at Berlin Airport. and claimed that she had been abducted by a paedophile gang. Her accounts lack any real detail of what Madeleine actually did in the creche that week. Chapter 2: Madeleine Beth McCann's holiday. Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of missing British child Madeleine McCann, at a press conference in Rabat, Morocco in 2007. identifying an imprisoned German child abuser, Madeleine McCann's parents 'still have hope' 10 years after her disappearance. Her accounts lack any real detail of what Madeleine actually did in the creche that week. A preliminary point to raise is: were the twins present when, according to the PJ theory, Madeleine died? Her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, were considered . We refer in particular to her article on CMOMM posted on 28 September 2015, on the lack of credible evidence that Madeleine was seen alive after Sunday, link here: http://jillhavern.forumotion.net/t11921-was-madeleine-seen-after-sunday-no-credible-evidence-that-she-was-watch-the-video? A raft of evidence, but especially comparative weather records for the week, point in that direction. Here is what each of the two men actually wrote: This was how Tavares de Almeida expressed the investigations preliminary conclusion I will just reproduce his first six points: From everything that we have discovered, our files result in the following conclusions: he minor Madeleine McCann died in Apartment 5A at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, on the night of 3 May 2007, imulation - a staged hoax - of an abduction took place, n order to render the childs death impossible before 10.00pm, a situation of checking of the McCann couples children while they slept was concocted, Dr Gerald McCann and Dr Kate McCann are involved in the concealment of the corpse of their daughter, Madeleine McCann, t this moment, there seems to be no strong indications yet that the childs death was other than the result of a tragic accident. They refused to hand over their photographs without first selecting exactly what they wanted the police to see and what they didnt want them to see. His conduct during his translations was so outrageous that an inspector sent an urgent report to Dr Amaral, complaining about his conduct. Friday 22 April 2022, 9:14am. It follows from all that we have said above that, if Madeleine did indeed die on Sunday 29 April, those who knew she had died must have carefully planned an audacious hoax over a period of four days, so cunning and clever that most people still believe that she was abducted. In Kate McCann's book, chapter 6th dealing with the morning after Madeleine's disappearance [May 4th], a neighbor is mentioned across the road on the east side of the apartment [across the Rua Dr Gentil Martins]. Kate McCann said that the dogs were only alerting to the conscious or unconscious signals from the dog handler, Martin Grime, a claim that basically accused Martin Grime of gross professional incompetence. None of them stand up to serious scrutiny. Madeleine McCann may have been kidnapped by slave traders and sold to a rich family in North Africa or the Middle East, a . They claimed that they were leaving their children on their own and checking on them, but still wanted to be able to see their apartment from the restaurant. It follows from all that we have said above that, if Madeleine did indeed die on Sunday 29 April, those who knew she had died must have carefully planned an audacious hoax over a period of four days, so cunning and clever that most people still believe that she was abducted. SINCE Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007, many theories have been put forward to explain what happened to the youngster. Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Carabinieri MIlano/FindMadeline.comJust a few days shy of what would be Madeleine McCann's 19th birthday, a break in the case points to everyone's worst fears: that the young Briton was abducted, sold and killed by a pedophile sex ring that worked in and around the Portuguese resort town where she disappeared 15 years ago.Thousands of . Then, again assuming that they had all agreed to a plan of action, there would be loads more questions about (a) the apartment and (b) how to execute the hoax. Madeleine McCann is a British child who went missing on the evening of Thursday, 3 May 2007, shortly before her fourth birthday, from an apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while on holiday with her family in Portugal.. 6. Repairs to the shutters of the McCanns apartment were needed on the Monday; Ocean Club staff came to mend them that day. Do we know for sure that Madeleine was with her family in her apartment at 6pm? Almost 15 years after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann while on a family holiday in Portugal in 2007, police . Was this an accident? There is agreement from the McCanns, their friends, other holidaymakers and Ocean Club staff that they were all settled at their table at around 8.30pm to 8.45pm. Some suggest that maybe the body wasnt hidden before 8.30pm, but lay there while they were eating, with someone - presumably Gerry McCann later carrying his dead daughter to a temporary or final resting place somewhere after that. (v) Would we be investigated by the police? Officials say new charges relate to offences allegedly committed in Portugal between 28 December 2000 and 11 June 2017 . It seems unlikely. ANSWER: Again there are many instances in history where large groups of people who know about a serious crime work together to keep the crime a secret. dogs had alerted to dirty nappies, not the odour of a corpse, Kate What possible good excuse could there be for lying so many times about the fate of a missing child? Gerry McCann - statement 10th May 2007 [3] They continued with searches outside, around the various apartment blocks, the deponent having asked MATTHEW to go to the secondary reception in order to communicate the fact to the local police, since he had no doubt that his daughter had been abducted. If Madeleine died after 6pm on 3 May, what would the McCanns have had to do? We find this a curious incident. Finally, they would have to arrange the crime scene, that is, the childrens bedroom, to make it look like an abduction had occurred - moved the beds. If we stop and pause for a moment to consider the above list, it is truly hard to conceive how they could possibly have made all these decisions, and carried them out, whilst all sitting down together for dinner in a public place at about 8.30pm until 10pm as if nothing had happened. A cadaver dog had alerted to the odour of a corpse which suggested that Eugene Zapata had moved his wifes body twice. But we suggest that instead of having four hours to plan an abduction hoax, they actually had four days. Analysis of their statements, which inadvertently reveal many clues about what really happened to Madeleine, The huge involvement of the government and security services in this case, including Gordon Browns personal interventions in the Portuguese investigation at the request of Gerry McCann, and the involvement of MI5, Special Branch, and the government-backed Control Risks group. Madeleine McCann was three years old when she went missing in 2007. He was contacted by one of Britains mainstream press in the early hours of the morning, before the media storm broke at about 8am on the Friday morning. A very strange photo of Madeleine was published two years after Madeleine was reported missing. For example, on 3 June 2007, just one month after Madeleine went missing, Gerry McCann was planning a big event to mark Madeleines abduction, telling the press: We want a big event to raise awareness that she is still missingIt wouldnt be a one-year anniversary, it will be sooner than that. He wanted Elton John to front a major fund-raising concert. We know for certain that three photographs were taken of Madeleine playing happily in the Ocean Club playground in Praia da Luz in the late afternoon or early evening of the first day of the McCanns holiday - Saturday 28 April (this disposes of the views of some people who have claimed that Madeleine was never on that holiday). The McCanns say the photo was taken at 2.29pm on Thursday 3 May. Point 5. The Portuguese police became convinced that this must be the man whom Jane Tanners evidence suggested had abducted Madeleine. The Tennis Balls Photo purports to be a photograph of Madeleine collecting tennis balls from a tennis court where adults have just been playing tennis. All of these, we say, are wholly consistent with something very serious having happened to Madeleine McCann on the Sunday. Here we set out, briefly, some key objections to our theory - and provide our responses: ANSWER: It has happened many times before in many other similar cases. (ii) What shall we all do after we raise the alarm? In his analysis, Dr Roberts publishes disturbing evidence that Madeleines pyjamas may have been photographed on a blue hessian background, similar to that of the settee in the McCanns apartment, earlier during the day (3 May) when the alarm about Madeleine was raised. Support for this claim was found when it became clear that every night from Sunday to Thursday, one or other adult had not been at the Tapas restaurant for dinner each night (see below), either because one of the adults or one of the children was stated to be ill. Photographs taken of Madeleines pyjamas before 3 May - in Praia da Luz, and the mystery of the brown tea stain. Ok first of all I have always believed that Maddie died in the apartment because the only creature that wouldn't lie in this before mid-day, boasting that he was one of the first journalists on the spot. has grazed her knee climbing up the steps to the aeroplane, The It includes such things as: A huge number of contradictory statements by the McCanns, their friends (David and Fiona Payne and Fionas mother Dianne Webster, Russell OBrien and Jane Tanner, and Matthew and Rachael Oldfield), and others closely associated with them. This suggests that Lourenco was part of a group of people who planned to deliberately sabotage the Portuguese polices investigation and send them off in entirely the wrong direction. Scotland Yard began a review of the investigation, known as Operation Grange, in May 2011, and . But those who claim that Madeleine died after 6pm have to explain how the McCanns were able to pull off an audacious abduction within the four hours between 6pm and 10pm (when the alarm was raised) on Thursday 3 May. All of these circumstances simply serve to confirm the alerts of the dogs and show that the McCanns account of events was not correct and that Madeleine was NOT abducted. This is consistent with her having been dead for some time before she was reported missing. Later, Robert Murat claimed that Mrs Fenn had phoned him, not Mrs Glyn, about the alleged crying. The children were sleeping at the back of their apartment, so there was nothing for the McCanns to see from the Tapas restaurant. What shall we all do after we raise the alarm? The initial DNA samples taken from the body fluids discovered in the McCanns apartment and in their car showed a 99.99% certainty that they belonged to Madeleine McCann. In the Last Photo, which appears to have been taken on Sunday, she was happy and obviously smiling at something that amused her. Shortly afterwards, he was removed as a translator. The following are some of the main factual issues we have taken into consideration in arriving at our conclusion that Madeleine McCann died on Sunday 29 April: No DNA of Madeleine was found in the McCanns apartment, nor on her clothes nor on objects she had used or come into contact with on holiday, e.g. His conduct during his translations was so outrageous that an inspector sent an urgent report to Dr Amaral, complaining about his conduct. Chapter 8: A man with a child in his arms. Getty Images. 2017 - April 30: The McCanns prepare to mark . blood (vi) Can we get all this done before 8.30pm, when were supposed to meet our friends for dinner? Later, when re-interviewed by the Portuguese police on 10 and 11 July, after police had interrogated his mobile phone, and discovered that the account he had earlier given of his movements was false, he completely changed his story, claiming he had been too tired on 15 May to tell the truth. What possible good excuse could there be for lying so many times about the fate of a missing child? In April, Portuguese police arrived in the United Kingdom to observe questioning conducted by Leicestershire Police of the McCanns' dinner guests on the night Madeleine vanished. Not only was Dr Payne not independent, being a very close friend of the McCanns, but there were 20 or more significant contradictions between the accounts of Dr Payne and Kate McCann about what took place at that meeting, how long it lasted etc. Her mother came to fetch her at 12.25 for lunch and took her back at 2 o'clock. In early 2009, Brian Kennedy, the Cheshire businessman who led the McCann Teams private investigations, helped to create a bogus private investigation company, ALPHAIG Ltd. Robert Murat was a well-known long-term resident of Praia da Luz, his mother having lived there for much of her life, 3. If that analysis is correct, this shows evidence of cunning planning and deception, amounting to perverting the course of justice. It appeared in a short film made by Madeleines godfather, film-maker Jon Corner. he room forensically cleaned of any blood? Here is what each of the two men actually wrote: This was how Tavares de Almeida expressed the investigations preliminary conclusion I will just reproduce his first six points: From everything that we have discovered, our files result in the following conclusions: 1 the minor Madeleine McCann died in Apartment 5A at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz, 2 simulation - a staged hoax - of an abduction took place, 3 in order to render the childs death impossible before 10.00pm, a situation of checking of the McCann couples children while they slept was concocted. Some even suggest that Gerry McCann went back to the apartment during the meal, picked up his dead daughter, clad in her pyjamas, and carried her for about half a mile or more through the streets of Praia da Luz, being seen at 10pm by the Smith family, who negligently failed to do anything about their extraordinary sighting for 13 days afterwards. In McCann and Healy v.Portugal ([2022] ECHR 725)(in French only), the Fourth Section of the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that the applicants' Article 8 rights had not been violated by the publication of a book, a documentary programme, and a newspaper interview alleging that the applicants' daughter had died inside their holiday flat and that the applicants had hidden . They had no immediate access to a car, and so on. One example illustrates our point. Why did he say seven children, and not eight? The absence of any genuine photographs of Madeleine taken after lunchtime on Sunday 29 April (see also below). His conduct whilst a translator in those early days after Madeleine was reported missing was bizarre and suspicious. All of these circumstances simply serve to confirm the alerts of the dogs and show that the McCanns account of events was not correct and that Madeleine was NOT abducted. Quite why the British Embassy would promote Murat to do this job is uncertain, unless he had a significant prior connection with the Embassy, and was co-operating with them in some way. (iv) In a derelict house in Praia da Luz? Lourenco had evidently planned to call the police and already knew of the description that Jane Tanner had given to the police. We have set out why we believe that Madeleine died, and why she could not have died after 6pm on Thursday 3 May, as claimed by Portuguese detectives. This is consistent with her having been dead for some time before she was reported missing. The episode of the holidays in 2005, in Mallorca - which raises suspicions about a friend of the couple - and the DNA results are the first parts. Further to the above point, hairs of the same haplotype as Robert Murat and Jane Tanner were found at Krokowskis apartment when it was searched by the police. Where can we get a car quickly so as to hide it? That also seems unlikely. The appointment by Tony Blair of his most senior PR officer, Clarence Mitchell, the Director of the Media Monitoring Unit at the Central Office of Information, and responsible directly to the Cabinet Office, to head up the governments PR initiative in support of the McCanns. Then there would be questions about how the abduction hoax was going to be performed. In addition to all these considerations, for Martin Grimes cadaver dogs to have alerted to the scent of a corpse, no longer present, some three months after the McCanns had vacated their holiday apartment, Madeleines body must have been lying in the McCanns apartment for at least 90 minutes, probably two hours or longer. This situation may raise questions concerning the circumstances in which the death of the child took place. We have given evidence that we cannot rely on the claims by Catriona Baker and the McCanns that Madeleine was alive at an alleged 'high tea' on . This booking appears to have been made on the Sunday night. BERLIN Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 aged just three, is dead, Germany's prosecutor said on Thursday after identifying an imprisoned German child abuser as a murder suspect. All other claimed sightings of Madeleine on 3 May are equally unproven and open to serious doubt. Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007. Credit: PA. (vi) What can we say to the staff, to our other friends weve met on holiday? An urgent new arrest warrant has been issued for the prime suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann over a series of rapes and horrific child sex abuse. We suggest that it is unlikely in the extreme. It was Wojchiech Krokowski, a man from Poland on holiday with his wife for the week. The very next day, early in the morning, a man called Nuno Lourenco rang the Portuguese police and said that, six days previously, a man was taking photographs of children on a beach had tried to kidnap his child at a tiny village called Sagres. Its Head of Risk, Alex Woolfall flew there the very next day (4 May) and he was later joined by another top Director of the company. Chloe Corner, daughter of Jon Corner; Madeleines godfather, had been a Facebook friend of Catriona Baker well before 2007. He was observed trying to sneak a look at confidential documents. But they all kept silent. It has happened many times before in many other similar cases. Besides that, when journalists tried to question the McCanns close friend David Payne about the events of their holiday in Praia da Luz that week, he refused to talk, saying: We have a pact of silence. How did his editor in Britain know so early that this was going to be a major international story? Gerald Patrick McCann (born 1968 in Glasgow) attended Holyrood R.C. ontradictory stories about which of them read the children a story on the Thursday evening. This situation may raise questions concerning the circumstances in which the death of the child took place. 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