They haven't been cleared at all.
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They haven't been cleared at all.
And the UK police are only allowed to investigate an abduction, even though it was the UK Police who originally advised the Portuguese to investigate the parents.
That's pretty meaningless. I've not been cleared of any wrongdoing in the case, but only because I - like the McCanns - have not been charged.
The UK police aren't allowed to investigate anything unless they're invited by the country where the crime happened. Even then, they have no power of arrest and can only advise.
Its not meaningless at all. Just because someone has not been charged with a crime doesn't mean their innocent.
Well done, captain obvious.
The point is that it's utterly meaningless to say that they haven't been cleared. For one thing no one is ever really cleared unless someone else is found guilty. At best someone might be acquitted, but that's not the same thing as being cleared, it just means the prosecution fails for some reason. Of course, it only gets that far if they're actually charged and prosecuted and the case goes to court. Given that the McCanns have not even been charged, they can't very well be "cleared", so it means nothing to say that they haven't been.
As I understand it, Portuguese prosecutors lifted the McCanns' arguido status and cleared them of any involvement with Maddie's disappearance all the way back in 2012. Officials said they had no evidence that the McCanns had committed any crime, and closed the case.
I appreciate that there are still people who believe the McCanns are the greatest criminal masterminds in human history, but I've never seen a convincing case for their guilt.
I agree with you on that one however the same can be said about the abduction. There is no evidence either, lots of hear say and mistaken sightings but very little else.
What is certain there was high level political interference in this case from early on. I am not saying it is a cover up or conspiracy but the shear amount of money and resources thrown at this case does raise questions.
This case will remain unsolved in my opinion, the McCann's will always be suspected. Unfortunately the way they portray themselves seems to infuriate a good amount of people.
Actually they did commit a crime of child abandonment under Portuguese law, whether they had anything to do with her disappearance or not.
Only evidence you ever hear from people is "I can just tell by the look in their eyes they're guilty"
Yeah imagine ever appearing normal again in front of camera when your life is consumed with guilt and a large portion of the nation thinks you were involved in the murder of your own child for money.
Yeah imagine ever appearing normal again in front of camera when your life is consumed with guilt and a large portion of the nation thinks you were involved in the murder of your own child for money.
There are literally sociopaths that exist that couldn't give a **** (Well that is the definition), regardless of relation.
There's sociopath, then there's 2 (likely more if it was planned someone else take her) people getting a way with one of the most heavily funded and scrutinised cases of all time.
I would visit the mccannfiles.com. Not a proof of guilt but a lot more than people looking into their eyes.
Add into the mix the British cadaver dogs etc and you can see the questions that people are asking. Not proof by any means, but to say there is no evidence for people to cast doubt I would take a look at that site. It is official police released evidence and interviews, no fairy tales.
I read quite a bit, not all but there are some strange things.
Perhaps if they'd answered police questions rather than stonewalling the investigation with "no comment" they wouldn't be feeling quite as guilty, a lot of things they did at the time pointed to them having something to hide, does that mean they're guilty? no... but it does raise suspicion against them. As far as I know they haven't been cleared by Portuguese police even though they are no longer official suspects.
Why Evangelion is so convinced of their innocence when the official investigation has reached no conclusion itself is anyones guess.
So you really do think its ok to abandon your kids in a cheap hotel room in another country in favour of a secret several hour long party with some "mates".
Disgusting. Some people are really sad, and shouldnt really be having children if they cant get basic priorities right.
If you wanna party with your mates for hours on end, dont have kids. Its really that simple. What a horrible situation for poor maddie, imagine growing up knowing both your parents loved alcohol and "mates" more than their child, and then knowing these evil people have the hearts of terrible people like Evangelion. Disgusting.
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So you really do think its ok to abandon your kids in a cheap hotel room in another country in favour of a secret several hour long party with some "mates".
Disgusting. Some people are really sad, and shouldnt really be having children if they cant get basic priorities right.
If you wanna party with your mates for hours on end, dont have kids. Its really that simple. What a horrible situation for poor maddie, imagine growing up knowing both your parents loved alcohol and "mates" more than their child, and then knowing these evil people have the hearts of terrible people like Evangelion. Disgusting.
Don't worry about it, ones a GP the other a heart surgeon, they're not the kind of people who would abandon their kids to have a night on the **** with their friends are they?
Kind of. The appeals case by the McCann's regarding Amaral's book was recently thrown out by the Portugese Supreme Court, and stated the following:
So yes, the case has been archived and as such they are no longer 'arguidos', but the Portugese Supreme Court says they are not necessarily considered innocent.
Telegraph article link is here.