This blog is about the death of a child Madeleine McCann. Bloggers around the world have written about and discussed her case since May 3 2007.Madeleine McCann was born 4 years ago. She has one brother Sean and a sister Amelie. She lived with her family in Rothley, Leicestershire.
DOB: May 12, 2003
Age: 4 Years Old
Parents: Gerry and Kate McCann
Missing: May 3, 2007 - Approx: 22:30pm
Sex: Female
Many of us are quite aware that all the evidence leads straight to her Mother Kate McCann.
Her Husband Gerry McCann helped her to cover up the killing in order to save his future and career; then he super ceded this event by pulling out an all stops media campaign which generated over 6 million dollars in funds. They actually wanted access to those funds once Both were named as the primary suspects in the death and disappearance of their child, Madeleine McCann.
Their complete lack of disregard for their children is detailed in the following stories and links; for all to judge and see. No body no crime is NOT alive and well in our world today.
News from the Express November 7 2007
By Martin Evans in Praia da Luz Have your say(18)
TWO members of the party that dined with Kate and Gerry McCann on the night their daughter disappeared have told police they want to change their stories, it was sensationally claimed last night.
Lawyers acting for the pair allegedly contacted Portuguese detectives informing them their clients wanted to be re-interviewed in order to “correct” their original statements.
The McCanns’ official spokesman last night angrily dismissed the claims but sources close to the investigation said the pair had kept their decision secret in order to avoid pressure from anyone else in the group.
The startling claim comes just days after it emerged that four members of the so called Tapas Nine – who had dinner with Kate and Gerry on the evening of May 3 – were about to be declared official suspects by the Portuguese police. Detectives were understood to be concerned about alleged inconsistencies in statements given by the McCanns’ friends shortly after Madeleine went missing.
It was claimed Dr Russell O’Brien and his partner Jane Tanner, Matthew Oldfield and Dr David Payne were all expecting to be made arguidos in the coming days. The respected Spanish newspaper El Mundo suggested it was this which had led to two members of the group changing their stories.
The paper claimed: “Lawyers of two of the friends of the McCanns that dined with them on the night of May 3 in the tapas restaurant have contacted police recently and said their clients are willing to be re-questioned so they can ‘correct’ details of their original statements.
“These two members of the group have asked for their identities to be kept secret because they fear that as a result of the ‘clarifications’ they intend making about what happened the night Madeleine disappeared, they may be pressured by people linked to the McCanns.”
But the McCanns official spokesman Clarence Mitchell last night said the claim was “categorically untrue”. He said: “All the friends have consistently told the truth. They have no need to change their statements as they have nothing to hide. “They have always said right from the beginning that they were happy, more than happy, to be re-interviewed by the police. “The fact is they are keen to be re-interviewed to clarify any inconsistencies that the police have or may feel exist in their statements.
“To suggest they are changing their story is an utter misrepresentation of their willingness to help the police.” He added: “I have made enquiries of all the friends. It is categorically untrue that any letter has gone through on behalf of any of them.” And a friend of the McCann’s added: “Kate and Gerry are still friends with all those who were there that night. They frequently speak to each other and there has been no falling out.”
The Tapas Nine have faced a barrage of criticism in the six- months since Madeleine disappeared for refusing to speak about the events of that fateful evening. They were even accused of orchestrating a pact of silence in order to frustrate the police’s attempts to build a case against Kate and Gerry.
While it remains unclear what changes if any might be made to their previous statements any divergence from the original version of events would be bound to put pressure on the McCanns. The secrecy of justice laws which operate in Portugal mean anyone connected to an investigation is prevented from speaking publicly about the case.
This means very little is known of what actually happened in the hours immediately before and after Madeleine disappeared. It is believed the McCanns left their children asleep in apartment 5A of the Ocean Club, before heading down to dinner at the complex’s nearby tapas restaurant around 8pm.
They were then joined by their seven friends Dr Russell O’Brien and his partner Jane Tanner, Dr Matthew Oldfield and his wife Rachael, David Payne and his wife Fiona and her mother Dianne Webster. The group claimed they had been checking on their own children at half hour intervals but at 9.30pm Dr Oldfield offered to look in on Madeleine and the two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie.
It is thought he did not enter the McCanns’ apartment but hearing no noise at the door assumed everything was fine and returned to dinner. It was at 10pm when Kate checked on the children that she discovered Madeleine was missing and raised the alarm. Each member of the group has given the Portuguese police their version of events.
But sources within the Policia Judiciaria have said several of the statements are riddled with inconsistencies. Attention has been focused on Ms Tanner’s claims that she saw a man carrying a child wrapped in a blanket near the McCanns’ apartment around 9.15pm. Other independent witnesses in that area at the same time said they saw no one matching that description however.
Speaking from her home in Exeter, Devon last night Ms Tanner said: “I’m not going to make any comment. It is absolute rubbish. We’ve had no contact with the police. I won’t say anything else because it would be twisted.” Dr O’Brien’s statement was also said to be of interest because he had been away from the restaurant for around 45 minutes in order to look after his own child who was unwell.
He told police he had changed the child’s bed linen after she was sick, but staff at the Ocean Club were said to have denied any change of sheets was requested. The McCanns and their friends have always denied any involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance - and insist she was abducted.
The Portuguese police believe Kate McCann accidentally killed her daughter and then disposed of her body with the help of her husband. But a forensics report from Portugal’s top pathology lab has concluded there was no evidence to suggest Madeleine had died in the apartment on the night she went missing.
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