Madeleine McCann investigation 'cost £10 million to date'

rebel rebel · 1 May 2017 at 16:11

The only other time I can remember anyone saying "no comment" to that many questions, was when they held the Stephen lawrence inquest. It is a tactic used by people with something to hide.

dowie · 1 May 2017 at 16:16

Would be useful if a solicitor could comment in here re: the use of 'no comment' in an interview, whether it is common and whether these inferences people are making regarding it are at all valid.

@Moses - sorry to ping you with an alert but you seem to be knowledgable re: legal matters, any chance of a quick comment?

Feek · 1 May 2017 at 16:47

Straw poll of fifteen friends today.

"Do you think the McCanns had anything to do with the disappearance of their daughter?"

Thirteen said yes, they think that the McCanns were involved somehow. I'd say that's the most common view.

Tefal · 1 May 2017 at 17:23

So what was this big peice of new evidence the tv program claimed to have,

Tefal · 1 May 2017 at 17:24

Feek said:
Straw poll of fifteen friends today.

"Do you think the McCanns had anything to do with the disappearance of their daughter?"

Thirteen said yes, they think that the McCanns were involved somehow. I'd say that's the most common view.

Straw poll of Facebook means the US government did 9/11 then

MatsyLR · 1 May 2017 at 17:32

Tefal said:
Straw poll of Facebook means the US government did 9/11 then

More like they where involved somehow.

Pawnless Endgame · 1 May 2017 at 17:44

Feek said:
Straw poll of fifteen friends today.

"Do you think the McCanns had anything to do with the disappearance of their daughter?"

Thirteen said yes, they think that the McCanns were involved somehow. I'd say that's the most common view.

I agree. The McCanns have blood on their hands.

Tefal said:
Straw poll of Facebook means the US government did 9/11 then

But but but... we all know that Jews did 9/11. Encyclopædia Dramatica says so

mmj_uk · 1 May 2017 at 19:12

delta0 said:
They became suspects because the blood and dead body dogs both signalled the hire car, property and clothes. This is what originally caused them to be suspects. However they are not suspects at this time.

From what I read in a recent article they've not actually been cleared though, they could well still be suspects unofficially but the Portuguese police would look massively incompetent if they had kept them as main suspects but weren't ever able to prove anything, if all they have is suspicion it's probably better to keep all options open until something turns up.

asim18 · 1 May 2017 at 19:29

Feek said:
I'd say that's the most common view.

It's also the correct view.

They were the last people in charge of her therefore they are automatically "involved", it wasn't even delegated to a registered carer or other third party. Therefore they have to be involved.

Soviet · 1 May 2017 at 19:42

Is it just me or does the media treat these two with kid gloves? It's like they're almost scared of them. I do get the impression that it's either down to not wanting to cross their ever-ready legal team or if they both do indeed have friends in high places.

asim18 · 1 May 2017 at 19:54

Soviet said:
or if they both do indeed have friends in high places.

There's no doubt these people have "friends". I mean they both abandoned their children to go party with "friends" didn't they.

Wasn't there a story about how he nabbed free bottles of booze for his buddies, AFTER she disappeared!

Dis86 · 1 May 2017 at 22:36

Soviet said:
Is it just me or does the media treat these two with kid gloves? It's like they're almost scared of them. I do get the impression that it's either down to not wanting to cross their ever-ready legal team or if they both do indeed have friends in high places.

Because any time the media posts something negative they sue.

Em3bbs · 1 May 2017 at 22:43

asim18 said:
Wasn't there a story about how he nabbed free bottles of booze for his buddies, AFTER she disappeared!

It doesn't matter because you can just say you thought there was a story like you've done and then other people will perpetuate it whether it is true or not. That's how these McCann threads usually work isn't it?

Sankari · 2 May 2017 at 00:19

I just love the way people claim the parents are guilty, but never provide any evidence to support this assertion.

Dis86 said:
Because any time the media posts something negative they sue.

Nonsense.

cadmunkey · 2 May 2017 at 00:48

Evangelion, they left their children alone to go out on the ****, they are as guilty as sin.

dowie · 2 May 2017 at 00:52

asim18 said:
They were the last people in charge of her therefore they are automatically "involved", it wasn't even delegated to a registered carer or other third party. Therefore they have to be involved.

that isn't what he meant by 'involved'

cadmunkey said:
Evangelion, they left their children alone to go out on the ****, they are as guilty as sin.

that isn't what he meant by 'guilty'

cadmunkey · 2 May 2017 at 00:54

dowie said:
that isn't what he meant by 'involved'

that isn't what he meant by 'guilty'

Obviously, but don't be surprised when you get caught up in drama cos you are **** parents.

Sankari · 2 May 2017 at 01:22

cadmunkey said:
Evangelion, they left their children alone to go out on the ****, they are as guilty as sin.

They left their children in a locked hotel room within walking distance while they shared a meal with friends (they did not 'go out on the ****'). They checked on the kids every half hour.

At the very most, they are guilty of negligence. They are not guilty of murder.

DampCat · 2 May 2017 at 07:32

Evangelion said:
I just love the way people claim the parents are guilty, but never provide any evidence to support this assertion.

How would you propose people who believe them to be guilty post evidence? If there was evidence, they'd have been charged?

Also just because there isn't any, doesn't mean they're not.

And before this starts some kind of argument, I literally couldn't care about the whole subject. Your comment just stood out to me.

Sankari · 2 May 2017 at 09:15

DampCat said:
How would you propose people who believe them to be guilty post evidence?

The same way it's usually done.

If there was evidence, they'd have been charged?

Well yes, that's my point.

Also just because there isn't any, doesn't mean they're not.

But the fact that there's no such evidence after a 10 year investigation, is a pretty big hint.