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Even if they did they only had a small window of opportunity - i.e. the week they were there on holiday. If she was looked after then the chance wouldn't have come.
McCanns going too far?
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Even if they did they only had a small window of opportunity - i.e. the week they were there on holiday. If she was looked after then the chance wouldn't have come.
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Funny because I thought exactly the opposite.
If I was asked the same questions I'd sit there shaking my head at their stupidity.
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My initilat thought was that she was disgusted to have been asked the question.
I think they are to blame though. If not for her dissapearance, for neglect.
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Just out of interest, in one line what is peoples opinions of what actually happened to her? Sorry if this has been done, but I don't remember.
Whilst I was trying to keep the argument balanced so to speak.
My personal view is that if I had had nothing to do with my daughter disappearance and was asked during a police interview if I had been involved I would have replied quite strongly that I had not.
Now we do not now what legal advice she was given and also for want of a better term if the interview was conducted on a "No comment" basis, either way in the face of the very public nature and the ensuing denials of involvement not to say you weren't involved strikes me as odd.
These are the 48 questions that Kate McCann refused to answer.
1 On the 3rd of May 2007, at around 10 p.m., when you entered the apartment, what did you see, what did you do, where did you search, what did you handle?
2 Did you search in the couple’s bedroom’s closet? (said she would not reply)
3 (Two photographs of her bedroom’s closet are exhibited) Can you describe its contents?
4 Why are the curtains in front of the side window, behind the sofa (photograph is exhibited) ruffled? Did someone pass behind that sofa?
5 How long did the search that you made in the apartment after detecting the disappearance of your daughter Madeleine take?
6 Why did you say straight away that Madeleine had been abducted?
7 Presuming that Madeleine had been abducted, why did you leave the twins alone at home while you went to the Tapas to raise the alarm? Even because the supposed abductor could still be inside the apartment.
8 Why didn’t you ask the twins at that moment what had happened to their sister, or why didn’t you ask them at a later point in time?
9 When you raised the alarm at the Tapas, what exactly did you say and what were the words?
10 What happened after you raised the alarm at the Tapas?
11 Why did you do to warn your friends instead of calling out from the balcony?
12 Who contacted the authorities?
13 Who participated in the searches?
14 Did anyone outside of the group learn about Maddie’s disappearance during the following minutes?
15 Did any neighbour offer you help after the disappearance?
16 What does the expression “we let her down” mean?
17 Did Jane mention to you that she had see a man with a child that night?
18 How were the authorities contacted and which police force was called?
19 During the searches, and already with the police present, in what locations was Maddie searched for, how and in what manner?
20 Why didn’t the twins wake up during that search, or when they went to the upper floor?
21 Who did you call after the facts?
22 Did you call SKY News?
23 Did you know about the danger of calling the media, because that could influence the abductor?
24 Did you request the presence of a priest?
25 How was Madeleine’s face publicized, with a photograph, or other media?
26 Is it true that during the search you remained seated on Maddie’s bed without moving?
27 How did you behave that evening?
28 Did you manage to sleep?
29 Before the trip to Portugal, did you comment on a bad feeling or a bad premonition?
30 What was Madeleine’s behaviour?
31 Did Maddie suffer of any disease or did she take any kind of medication?
32 What was the relationship like between Madeleine and her siblings?
33 What was the relationship like between Madeleine and her siblings, her friends and her colleagues at school?
34 Concerning your professional life, in how many and in which hospitals have you worked?
35 What is your medical specialty?
36 Did you work by shifts, in emergency rooms or in other departments?
37 Did you work on a daily basis?
38 Did you stop working at a certain point in time? Why?
39 Do your twin children have difficulty in falling asleep, are they unruly and does that upset you?
40 Is it true that at certain times you were desperate over your children’s attitude and that left you were upset?
41 Is it true that in England you considered the possibility of handing over Madeleine’s guardianship to a relative?
42 In England, did you give your children medication? What type of medication?
43 Within the process, you were shown films of cynotechnical inspection of forensic character, where the dogs can be seen marking indications of human cadaver odour and equally human blood traces, and only of human origin, as well as all the comments that were made by the responsible expert.
After the visualization, and after cadaver odour was signaled in your bedroom next to the wardrobe and behind the sofa that was pushed against the living room window, you said that you could not explain anything apart from what you had already said?
44 You said that you could not explain anything apart from what you had already said, concerning the marking of human blood behind the sofa by the detection dog
45 You said that you could not explain anything apart from what you had already said, concerning the marking of cadaver odour in the boot of the vehicle that you rented a month after the disappearance?
46 You said that you could not explain anything apart from what you had already said, concerning the marking of human blood in the boot of the vehicle?
47 You said that you could not explain anything apart from what you had already said, upon being confronted with the result of the collection of Maddie’s DNA, which was analysed by a British lab, behind the sofa and inside the vehicle’s boot?
48 Did you have any responsibility or intervention in the disappearance of your daughter
Almost forgot The question that she answered
Are you aware of the fact that by not answering these questions you may compromise the investigation, which is trying to find out what happened to your daughter? She said "Yes, if the investigation thinks so".
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1 On the 3rd of May 2007, at around 10 p.m., when you entered the apartment, what did you see, what did you do, where did you search, what did you handle?
2 Did you search in the couple’s bedroom’s closet? (said she would not reply)
3 (Two photographs of her bedroom’s closet are exhibited) Can you describe its contents?
4 Why are the curtains in front of the side window, behind the sofa (photograph is exhibited) ruffled? Did someone pass behind that sofa?
5 How long did the search that you made in the apartment after detecting the disappearance of your daughter Madeleine take?
6 Why did you say straight away that Madeleine had been abducted?
7 Presuming that Madeleine had been abducted, why did you leave the twins alone at home while you went to the Tapas to raise the alarm? Even because the supposed abductor could still be inside the apartment.
8 Why didn’t you ask the twins at that moment what had happened to their sister, or why didn’t you ask them at a later point in time?
9 When you raised the alarm at the Tapas, what exactly did you say and what were the words?
10 What happened after you raised the alarm at the Tapas?
11 Why did you do to warn your friends instead of calling out from the balcony?
12 Who contacted the authorities?
13 Who participated in the searches?
14 Did anyone outside of the group learn about Maddie’s disappearance during the following minutes?
15 Did any neighbour offer you help after the disappearance?
16 What does the expression “we let her down” mean?
17 Did Jane mention to you that she had see a man with a child that night?
18 How were the authorities contacted and which police force was called?
19 During the searches, and already with the police present, in what locations was Maddie searched for, how and in what manner?
20 Why didn’t the twins wake up during that search, or when they went to the upper floor?
21 Who did you call after the facts?
22 Did you call SKY News?
23 Did you know about the danger of calling the media, because that could influence the abductor?
24 Did you request the presence of a priest?
25 How was Madeleine’s face publicized, with a photograph, or other media?
26 Is it true that during the search you remained seated on Maddie’s bed without moving?
27 How did you behave that evening?
28 Did you manage to sleep?
29 Before the trip to Portugal, did you comment on a bad feeling or a bad premonition?
30 What was Madeleine’s behaviour?
31 Did Maddie suffer of any disease or did she take any kind of medication?
32 What was the relationship like between Madeleine and her siblings?
33 What was the relationship like between Madeleine and her siblings, her friends and her colleagues at school?
34 Concerning your professional life, in how many and in which hospitals have you worked?
35 What is your medical specialty?
36 Did you work by shifts, in emergency rooms or in other departments?
37 Did you work on a daily basis?
38 Did you stop working at a certain point in time? Why?
39 Do your twin children have difficulty in falling asleep, are they unruly and does that upset you?
40 Is it true that at certain times you were desperate over your children’s attitude and that left you were upset?
41 Is it true that in England you considered the possibility of handing over Madeleine’s guardianship to a relative?
42 In England, did you give your children medication? What type of medication?
43 Within the process, you were shown films of cynotechnical inspection of forensic character, where the dogs can be seen marking indications of human cadaver odour and equally human blood traces, and only of human origin, as well as all the comments that were made by the responsible expert.
After the visualization, and after cadaver odour was signaled in your bedroom next to the wardrobe and behind the sofa that was pushed against the living room window, you said that you could not explain anything apart from what you had already said?
44 You said that you could not explain anything apart from what you had already said, concerning the marking of human blood behind the sofa by the detection dog
45 You said that you could not explain anything apart from what you had already said, concerning the marking of cadaver odour in the boot of the vehicle that you rented a month after the disappearance?
46 You said that you could not explain anything apart from what you had already said, concerning the marking of human blood in the boot of the vehicle?
47 You said that you could not explain anything apart from what you had already said, upon being confronted with the result of the collection of Maddie’s DNA, which was analysed by a British lab, behind the sofa and inside the vehicle’s boot?
48 Did you have any responsibility or intervention in the disappearance of your daughter
Almost forgot The question that she answered
Are you aware of the fact that by not answering these questions you may compromise the investigation, which is trying to find out what happened to your daughter? She said "Yes, if the investigation thinks so".
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Are we talking about the same woman who denied it over and over on TV?
I think you answered yourself - legal advice.
I can see no reason why any sensible person would refuse to answer at least 90% of those questions.
I am playing devils advocate I suppose.
The "no stone unturned" approach and the refusal to answer questions do not go hand in hand, it is a bit of a cliché but those who have nothing to hide, hide nothing.
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I deal with child protection every day and I would suggest you look up Child Neglect.
I remember in the past that you pointed out what neglect is, am I right in saying it is something along the lines of persistent and wilful action or something along those lines.
Technically I suppose based on the definition I think I remember you quoting they were not neglectful but for me that is just semantics.
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Why on earth would she not answer some of those - they would only help the investigation. They refuse to answer these and then expect the Portuguese detectives to bend over backwards to find her - I would be annoyed if I was them.
If she was advised by her lawyer not to answer these, then it's bad advice - it only makes her look guilty.
I am guessing the official response from the McCann team will be along the lines of:
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Yep, good job - it really helped the search not answering the questions.
I know of this service as I used to work for a holiday company called Esprit. At the time they were rated as providing the highest level of child care for families on holiday. They too offered the baby listening service at all their resorts and it was extremely popular! This is why I'm so surprised by the outrage at the McCanns for leaving their children unattended since I've seen first hand that many many parents on holiday will behave in exactly the same way.
I'm not saying that the practice is correct, just that it is (or was) extremely common.
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If you saw what I saw today you would definitely not call it semantics.
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I'm guessing not any more.
How do you mean ?
Yep I would guess so too. It'll cost a fortune to offer alternatives though since if you have proper baby sitter you have to follow proper ratios. For young babies that is a maximum of 2 per carer. Whereas before 2 carers would be enough to run the baby listening service for an entire hotel (one person sits at reception signing rooms in/out + listening to baby monitors whilst the 2nd wanders the hotel listening at rooms).
Typically staff are paid about 70pounds per week, with the benefits being that you have free accommodation + food and free access to activities depending on the type of resort (I was in Val d'Isere so mine was free ski pass and board rental). I doubt many people will be willing to work for such little money if the now have to work most days and then all night as well! Hence it will cost a fortune to offer the full baby sitting service to everyone.
they used to do this baby minding thing at butlins if i remember rightly, it just went something like some guy walks past your chalet or waits for it to get reported. if baby cries you get a call for it.
in this modern day and age the mccans made a stupid mistake and they paid the ultimate price, life is harsh.
in this modern day and age the mccans made a stupid mistake and they paid the ultimate price, life is harsh.