tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post7726485235487094797..comments2023-10-30T07:28:35.018+00:00Comments on Textusa: SurrealTextusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160632687242190030noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-73573143845420761392015-05-05T15:26:13.693+01:002015-05-05T15:26:13.693+01:00I got the name of the person wrong who was slane i...I got the name of the person wrong who was slane it was Daniel Morgan, not Ian! Apologies to any Ian Morgan's.<br />The Police costs involved with trying to convict any person with Daniel Morgan's Death is over £30 Million pounds and involves murky underhand dealings with the MSM owned by a well known Austrailian connected to politicians,Prime Ministers,Judges!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-91384647755326760662015-05-05T14:04:03.521+01:002015-05-05T14:04:03.521+01:00Textusa,sorry to sound flippant,one of your posts ...Textusa,sorry to sound flippant,one of your posts "Swinging scenario",how were they able to swing, when all these burglaries were in operation!<br />The Portugal PJ had better keep a very close eye on "Operation Grange" officers what with their track record of fit ups,make sure none of them are left alone in any potential suspects property's,ask BG, Jill Dando killing,eh Hamish or Ian Morgan's brutal slaying 10 March 1987,Police cover up?<br />Any one doubting the MSM reporting, "Hillsborough, Scum reports" Fans robbing the dead!? CCTV evidence disappears of live recordings? Polic Officers told what to write up in their official reports,collusion? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-53122814715091260312015-05-04T12:18:49.973+01:002015-05-04T12:18:49.973+01:00http://www.inquisitr.com/2062485/madeleine-mccann-...http://www.inquisitr.com/2062485/madeleine-mccann-trolls-fight-back-donating-gofundme/#07fGOy8BPXT0Ds4Z.01<br /><br />Madeleine McCann ‘Trolls’ Fight Back By Donating To Detective’s GoFundMe<br /><br />Will Madeleine McCann ever be found? The public focus isn’t currently on the search for her, because most people are focused on the libel suit involving the missing child’s parents and a Portuguese detective who wrote a book about the case. The Sunday Express reports that Goncalo Amaral has gotten a little help from his friends regarding the payment of the settlement the missing child’s parents won from him. Of course, the U.K. media is calling anybody who supports the embattled detective “trolls.” Meanwhile, the folks being called “trolls” say they just want justice for the child that’s been missing for eight years.<br /><br />Goncalo Amaral currently has a GoFundMe page, where he is accepting donations to help pay legal fees, and possibly fees associated with the steep settlement that he has been ordered to pay Kate and Gerry McCann. Media reports vary in what the money will go for, while supporters of the man insist it is just for his legal fees. Whatever the money is for, a lot is being donated. At the time of this report, the amount raised for him has reached more than £6,000, and the donation campaign is only a few days old. The page hopes to raise at least £25k for the fallen detective, and the numerous people who are donating want to voice their support for him. Some of the donors have hit back at the media for labeling them as “trolls.” A donor named “Not A Troll” had a lot to say.<br /><br />“Thank you MSM for opening my eyes over the last 8 years to how you operate. It’s been an education. Seems that the only way we will ever get to the truth of the never ending lies and distortion you print is through the hard work and tenacity of people like Dr Amaral who will never give up on getting justice for Madeleine McCann.”<br /><br />Another donor who gave to the fund also hit back at the U.K. media, shaming them for labeling anyone who wants answers for Madeleine McCann as “trolls.” That same donor was so upset at how they’re being portrayed, they donated a second time to Amaral’s fund.<br /><br />“Im donating again, after reading in The Sun tonight that Im a “Troll” apparently. Im incensed that anyone who does not believe the McCann’s lies are being labelled like this. Right at the beginning of this very fishy case, politicians and MSM called me a liar and a fantasist and dragged my name through the mud because I spoke out, all to cover and protect the McCann’s…and now The Sun calls me a troll?? So be it then..here is my troll-money. Thankyou, The Sun, you have made more people aware of this massive cover-up and, more importantly, this fund for a brave, courageous man to end it. [all sic]”<br /><br />While Amaral’s supporters speak out against U.K. media reports, investigators are continuing the search for clues behind what may have happened to Madeleine McCann. Sky News reports that British detectives are investigating more reported burglaries and break-ins in hope of somehow finding a connection to Maddie’s case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-26852168414514477942015-05-04T12:13:43.017+01:002015-05-04T12:13:43.017+01:00Before calling witnesses, it could have been estab...Before calling witnesses, it could have been established whether GA had authority to write the book.<br />If judge decided no, she could have made the award before calling anyone.<br />On that basis alone?<br />Then it would only be an assessment of damages after hearing witnesses say what effects were.<br />And GA could have challenged from the outset.<br />I have a feeling she knew what she intended before case startedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-31795611115969341652015-05-03T21:26:38.874+01:002015-05-03T21:26:38.874+01:00http://portugalresident.com/brits-already-forking-...http://portugalresident.com/brits-already-forking-out-en-masse-for-maddie-cop-libel-appeal<br /><br />Brits already forking out en-masse for Maddie cop libel appeal<br /><br />After what many consider the bombshell of a judicial decision last week, British supporters of the former Portuguese policeman ordered to pay the parents of Madeleine McCann €500,000 euros in damages are rallying to a “gofundme” online appeal for his legal defence.<br /><br />Already widely reported is the fact that Gonçalo Amaral “will appeal to the last judicial instance” against the vast sum of damages awarded against him in the civil action for defamation taken out by Kate and Gerry McCann. But what few in Portugal may be aware of is that an online fund set up by a 22-year-old woman in Birmingham is already seeing money pouring in in Amaral’s defence.<br /><br />At time of writing on Sunday morning, 315 people had donated over £5,000 to the Legal Defence for Gonçalo Amaral set up by Leanne Baulch, with all sorts leaving commentaries, including at least one introducing himself as a retired police officer.<br /><br />Jill Parkin added her £10 donation to the fund, saying: “Please do not give up in your quest for justice and the truth. I believe you are a honourable man who has been badly wronged. I honestly do not know what happened in this case but someone is lying and someone out there does know”<br /><br />Many donors’ comments allude to an article in today’s Sunday Sun that suggests Amaral is being funded by “British trolls”.<br /><br />As Emma Mitchell, giving £100 commented: “Shame on you The Sun! ... Keep fighting GA , Madeleine deserves justice and so do you”.<br /><br />Kirstene Glynn added her contribution, saying: “From yet another "nasty Internet troll" keep on fighting GA we're behind u all the way”.<br /><br />While others stumping up for the appeal that hopes to raise £25,000 pointed out: “There is a battle going on in social media land to force this through to the mainstream” which, they claim, “for some reason” only publishes one side of this seemingly endless and long-running story.<br /><br />Thus for now, Amaral is being buoyed by two online appeals both here and in UK as British media persist with 8th anniversary “Madeleine disappearance” stories, including “exposés” on Amaral’s so-called “fall from grace” and new “revelations about a string of burglaries on the Praia da Luz resort from which Madeleine went missing.<br /><br />According to the Express on Sunday, a home Amaral had hoped to retire to in a “millionaires development” near Olhão has “been seized to to cover the McCann libel payout” and is now boarded up, the property of the courts.<br /><br />The paper quotes an alleged friend, saying that everything Amaral has worked for “all his life, could be lost”.<br /><br />As we wrote this article, another three people bolstered the gofundme appeal.<br /><br />By the end of the day donations had leapt almost £500.<br /><br />natasha.donn@algarveresident.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-50809436137627868062015-05-03T15:26:31.439+01:002015-05-03T15:26:31.439+01:00Doc Holliday had a mistress named Big nosed Kate?Doc Holliday had a mistress named Big nosed Kate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-2338167093888833052015-05-03T13:14:04.972+01:002015-05-03T13:14:04.972+01:00yes with Doc(holiday) Gerry and (Wyatt) Healy, Sor...yes with Doc(holiday) Gerry and (Wyatt) Healy, Sorry to be flippant,with the humour but I could not resist the comparison, perhaps in the posse, Big Jim, Martin Brunt and Clarence plus accumulated family Ma big Ankles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-81475882891938840822015-05-03T10:25:37.713+01:002015-05-03T10:25:37.713+01:00Now it's 28? Was Praia da Luz, former Tombston...Now it's 28? Was Praia da Luz, former Tombstone and the Algarve the Wild West?Textusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160632687242190030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-74776672373575953562015-05-03T10:22:00.800+01:002015-05-03T10:22:00.800+01:00Giving free publicity to the fund. Nice!Giving free publicity to the fund. Nice!Textusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160632687242190030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-16111690954775072292015-05-03T09:25:58.267+01:002015-05-03T09:25:58.267+01:00http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/madeleine-...http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/madeleine-mccann-police-discover-more-5625720<br /><br /> Madeleine McCann police discover more holiday apartment break-ins that could be linked to disappearance<br /><br /> 19:07, 2 May 2015<br /> By Karen Rockett<br /><br />Police are probing 28 such burglaries and forensic evidence is being tested against findings from the apartment from where Madeleine vanished eight years ago in Portugal <br /><br /> British detectives searching for Madeleine McCann have discovered more of the holiday apartment burglaries they believe hold the key to solving the case.<br /><br />They had been investigating 18 break-ins in which intruders entered the bedrooms of young, mostly British girls.<br /><br />Now they are probing 28 such burglaries and forensic evidence is being tested against findings from the apartment from where Madeleine vanished eight years ago in Portugal.<br /><br />The development in the Scotland Yard investigation is revealed by authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan in a new edition of their book Looking For Madeleine.<br /><br />Mr Summers said: “Our source told us that after stumbling across 18 burglaries last year, they have now discovered a total of 28 in the area of Praia da Luz in the years around 2007 when Madeleine disappeared.<br /><br />“It gives them a much better chance of matching evidence against forensics from the McCann apartment.<br /><br />“I was told there was great sensitivity around this forensic testing, nobody wants to discuss it, but they are making progress and believe the case is solvable.”<br /><br />Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry McCann have said they are “more driven than ever” to continue the search for their daughter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-91144187637976986272015-05-03T09:18:47.244+01:002015-05-03T09:18:47.244+01:00Anonymous 3 May 2015, 08:20:00
Anyone who believe...Anonymous 3 May 2015, 08:20:00<br /><br />Anyone who believes a word of that story deserves to be fooled.<br /><br />It's counter-productive. That's what happens when one goes over the top, all becomes pitifulTextusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160632687242190030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-40811966959981176912015-05-03T09:10:01.224+01:002015-05-03T09:10:01.224+01:00EXCLUSIVE: Ex-cop who lost libel case against McCa...EXCLUSIVE: Ex-cop who lost libel case against McCanns has British backers<br /><br />http://www.thesun.co.uk/…/Trolls-pay-Maddie-lie-cops-court-…<br /><br />Exclusive by Benn PERRIN<br /><br />Trolls fork out for Maddie lie cop's court bill.<br /><br />BRIT trolls are helping pay the legal bills of an ex- cop who said Madeleine McCann's parents were behind her disappearance. Hundreds of donations have flooded into a sick online campaign for shamed Goncalo Amaral 56.<br /><br />Today marks the eighth anniversary since Madeleine vanished from Praia da Luz, Portugal, when she was three years old.<br /><br />An ex-British policeman is among those supporting the "injustice" of Amaral losing a libel case over allegations in his controversial book The Truth of the Lie.<br /><br />He claimed that Maddie's parents Kate 47, and Scots- born Gerry 46 faked her abduction after she died .Amaral is set to launch a costly appeal after being ordered to pay the couple from Rothley, Leics, a total of £434,000.<br /><br />Leanne Baulch, 22, of Birmingham is listed as organiser of the gofundme webpage "Legal Defence for Goncalo Amaral"- which aims to raise £25,000.<br /><br />Some donors called the libel ruling in Lisbon a "perversion of justice" John Green paid £10 and wrote "I am a retired policeman and will never understand how criminal proceedings have never been taken against the McCann's .<br /><br />Mary Benusis said her £50 was in memory of a Twitter troll found dead after being exposed as being behind vile social media messages about the McCann's.<br /><br />Speaking after winning the six year battle with Amaral ,Kate McCann said" It was about stopping awful lies which hindered the search for Madeleine " Last night a family spokesman declined to comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-13355231551302347172015-05-03T08:20:11.455+01:002015-05-03T08:20:11.455+01:00Sun article is hysterical and quite ridiculous. A ...Sun article is hysterical and quite ridiculous. A very old quote from Sofia Leal, a fantasy description of Mr Amaral and a crowd of fans. When did this happen?<br /><br />I don't believe SY have given out any information for months, so other press reports of burglary investigations are old stories re-spun.<br /><br />SY told Summers and Swan to use the PJ file translations, so they are not privy to information from the investigation.<br /><br />I guess hysterical , inaccurate and exaggerated reporting is required to sell the story in the face of competition from the birth of the royal baby and the forthcoming election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-58979409455532179082015-05-03T08:17:11.681+01:002015-05-03T08:17:11.681+01:00http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/574547/Maddie-lib...http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/574547/Maddie-libel-detective-ruined-Retirement-retreat-seized-cover-McCann-payout<br /><br />EXCLUSIVE Maddie libel detective ruined: Retirement retreat seized to cover McCann payout<br /><br />THE luxury home where former Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral, central to the Madeleine McCann investigation, hoped to spend his retirement is boarded up and desolate.<br /><br />By James Murray<br />PUBLISHED: 00:01, Sun, May 3, 2015Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-25675718924080844842015-05-02T22:36:06.995+01:002015-05-02T22:36:06.995+01:00cont
Journalists overheard him loudly complaining...cont<br /><br />Journalists overheard him loudly complaining that the McCanns were getting special treatment because they were from the UK, and criticising British police. He was removed after his comments were reported.<br /><br />But it was surprising that Amaral was ever in charge in the first place.<br /><br />Because at the time he was himself an "arguido" – an official suspect – in a case involving another mother of a missing child.<br /><br />He was being investigated for falsifying documents in a case involving three of his officers accused of torturing the missing girl's mum and uncle to get their confessions.<br /><br />Little Joana Cipriano, eight, had disappeared in September 2004 from her village seven miles from Praia da Luz. She has never been found. The officers were cleared, but in May 2009 Amaral was convicted of perjury and received an 18-month suspended sentence.<br /><br />Years later, as Kate combed through police files, she was to be driven to tears of frustration and rage by all the missed opportunities. So many leads and sightings had simply not been followed up.<br /><br />The reason? From an early stage in the investigation, as Amaral later admitted in his book, he decided Madeleine had died in an accident.<br /><br />Then, he reckoned, her parents panicked, hid her body and made up the story about her abduction.<br /><br />So while Kate and Gerry were clinging to the hope that a huge manhunt would soon bring their daughter back to them, Amaral's team were in fact searching for clues and evidence to implicate them.<br /><br />Even the cop assigned to be the McCanns' family liaison officer was in fact looking for hints of guilt, it emerged during the libel case.<br /><br />Conclusions based on bizarre 'evidence'<br /><br />One night, he told the court, Kate had phoned him to beg for a hilltop in Praia da Luz to be searched, because she had had a dream that Madeleine was buried there.<br /><br />From this, he reported back to Amaral, he believed that Kate was admitting Madeleine was dead – further proof of the couples "guilt".<br /><br />It seems absurd that a top police chief would base his conclusions on bizarre "evidence" such as this. And yet, much to Kate and Gerry's complete despair, he did.<br /><br />No wonder Kate wrote in her book: "What probably galls me the most about Amaral's interviews is the way he presents himself as a person who, perhaps above all others, really wants to find Madeleine and get to the bottom of her fate.<br /><br />"I cannot begin to express how much this outrages me."<br /><br />Amaral began his attacks on the McCanns soon after being taken off the case and in July 2008 published his book, a bestseller in Portugal.<br /><br />Amaral is well thought of in Portugal and his utterings were clearly turning locals against the McCanns.<br /><br />As Kate told me despairingly: "If people believe Madeleine is dead they will stop searching for her." Yet she never wanted to enter into a long libel battle against him.<br /><br />It was Portuguese lawyer Isabel Duarte who told Kate and Gerry, 46, that they had no choice but to do it, declaring: "That man has accused you of burying your daughter!"<br /><br />Meanwhile, Amaral's second wife Sofia Leal, 45 – with whom he has a daughter the same age as Madeleine – has said he has been "completely destroyed" by the case.<br /><br />And recently Amaral himself, who is now retired, said: "It's hard to accept that I have to live this way just because I did my job."<br /><br />For Kate and Gerry those words must cut deep.<br /><br />Because they believe if Amaral HAD done his job their beloved Madeleine may now be with them.<br /><br />http://www.mccannfiles.com/id232.htAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-51876974675528632672015-05-02T22:34:00.851+01:002015-05-02T22:34:00.851+01:00The full story here: Monster who made a mint out o...The full story here: Monster who made a mint out of Maddie The Sun (paper edition, pages 36&37)<br /><br />EIGHT YEARS ON, HOW 'SUPER SLEUTH' FAILED THE McCANNS<br /><br />By ANTONELLA LAZZERI<br /><br />Saturday, May 2, 2015<br /><br />ADORING women flock around him, chanting his name, throwing red roses and blowing him kisses.<br /><br />Smiling and waving, their idol laps up the attention, posing for photos, signing autographs and even giving a lucky few a peck on the cheek.<br /><br />For all the world you may have thought the man at the centre of the fuss and flashing a diamond earring stud was an ageing pop star greeting his fans at the stage door.<br /><br />In fact the setting was the entrance to Lisbon's Palace of Justice and the man was former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral.<br /><br />This is the man Madeleine McCann's parents hold responsible for virtually destroying every hope there was of finding their daughter in the first crucial hours and days after she went missing on May 3, 2007.<br /><br />And he is a man who has continued to add to their torment in the years since by claiming over and over that their beloved daughter is dead.<br /><br />He has raked in nearly £400,000 from spouting these claims in a book and TV documentary.<br /><br />He even hired an agent and was at one time charging £75,000 for an interview.<br /><br />Before long he was driving a flashy Jag and living in a plush villa.<br /><br />Tomorrow marks the eighth anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine, who was three years old.<br /> <br />The scenes of Amaral preening in front of besotted fans outside court were witnessed by parents Kate and Gerry more than two years after that terrible night.<br /><br />'Kate driven to tears by missed opportunities'<br /><br />It was December 11, 2009, and incredibly, it was the first time Kate had ever set eyes on him.<br /><br />As the mum was to write later in her book Madeleine: "It was also the first time he had laid eyes on me.<br /><br />"It is extraordinary that he could have said and written so many awful things about a person he had never met."<br /><br />This week the couple finally won their libel battle against Amaral that had begun back on that December day more than five years ago. He was ordered to pay them £433,000 and his book, The Truth of the Lie, was banned.<br /><br />Kate, 46, has mostly kept a dignified silence on the subject of Amaral, but in one interview she revealed how son Sean, now nine, had told her: "Mr Amaral said you hid Madeleine."<br /><br />When Madeleine disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, Amaral, now 56, was quickly drafted in as the super-sleuth who would crack the case.<br /><br />At the time he was the co-ordinator of the Policia Judiciaria's Criminal Investigation Department in Portimao.<br /><br />But during the investigation he only met Gerry once and seemingly had not thought it relevant to even meet, let alone talk to, the mother of the child he was tasked with finding.<br /><br />This isn't surprising given Amaral's arrogance and self-importance. Having met him several times he is unlike any police chief I have ever known.<br /><br />At court, in his heavy gold chain and with his bulging belly, he conducted himself like a celebrity.<br /><br />He gave TV interviews at every opportunity and wined and dined his fans – who all seemed to be women of a certain age with a fondness for bright red lipstick and fur coats – over long lunches.<br /><br />Back in October 2007 it was his comments made during a similar lunch that saw him taken off Madeleine's case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-42472188118801398082015-05-02T18:48:00.547+01:002015-05-02T18:48:00.547+01:00http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6437800/...http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6437800/Kate-and-Gerry-McCann-devastated-by-detective-Goncalo-Amarals-bungled-search-and-betrayal-of-missing-Madeleine.html?fb_action_ids=865403920199949&fb_action_types=og.shares&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[879858725421958]&action_type_map=[%22og.shares%22]&action_ref_map=[]Textusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160632687242190030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-7565003989467229432015-05-02T18:16:37.901+01:002015-05-02T18:16:37.901+01:00I have seen picture of an article from jillhavern ...I have seen picture of an article from jillhavern siteCMoMM that have a disgusting article calling Mr Goncalo Amaral a Monster profiting from Madeleine McCann, centre pages of the Scum.<br />how sad that the so called UK journalists are the epitome of an under class operating in a "civilised society"defaming this man in this way,this man has not harmed any person that I am aware of and the result of this article his to Demonize him is utterly reprehensible to decent UK citizens, they ought to be ashamed of them selves.<br />Quite how this kind of writing(Sh**) is supposed to help both countries resolve conflicts to find the Truth is beyond me,Truely Scandalous behaviour, gutter press?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-50155478786658842162015-05-02T16:37:47.798+01:002015-05-02T16:37:47.798+01:00http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/to...http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/too-busy-with-madeleine-mccann-to-help-you-240036<br /><br /> Too busy with Madeleine McCann to help you!<br /><br /> 00:00, 3 May 2009<br /> By Jane Tyler<br /><br />A CHARITY set up to provide help and support to relatives of missing people has refused to publicise cases – in favour of Madeleine McCann.<br /><br />A CHARITY set up to provide help and support to relatives of missing people has refused to publicise cases – in favour of Madeleine McCann.<br /><br />Today is the second anniversary of the Leicestershire youngster’s disappearance.<br /><br />In addition to the details of the six year-old’s disappearance, Missing People features a further 24 Midland cases on its website.<br /><br />The Sunday Mercury contacted the charity, asking if they could help us to raise the profile of a local family suffering similar turmoil to the McCanns.<br /><br />But they told us: “Sorry, we won’t help you.”<br /><br />And they added that it would be “too time consuming” for its staff to do, and said they would prefer to keep the focus on Madeleine McCann this weekend.<br /><br />Amazingly Missing People is still claiming that more needs to be done to help families whose loved ones disappear.<br /><br />And the charity’s director of policy and research, Geoff Newiss, has issued another satement saying: “Two years on and Madeleine McCann’s disappearance from Praia da Luz continues to highlight the need for better services and support for families affected.<br /><br />“Families like Madeleine McCann’s need more help with the emotional, social and practical impacts that occur when someone they love goes missing.”<br /><br />“Madeleine is a vulnerable missing child. Her family are in the same desperate situation as the 1,000 other UK families the charity currently supports, all living in limbo.”<br /><br />A Birmingham councillor has hit out at the charity’s snub and has vowed to raise the issue of missing city children.<br /><br />Coun Reg Corns (Con, Northfield), said he will use his position as vice chairman of the children and education overview and scrutiny committee to highlight the problem.<br /><br />He said it was all too easy for high profile national cases, such as Madeleine, to dominate the headlines.<br /><br />“This results in local cases being brushed under the carpet,” he said.<br /><br />“At one time there was a campaign to put the faces of missing children onto the side of milk cartons but that doesn’t seem to be happening any more.<br /><br />“I am going to ask the question: how we are currently organising searching for missing children and what arrangements are in place?”<br /><br />A spokeswoman for Missing People said: “While the charity continues to assist these families in their search for information, and to raise awareness with the public, Missing People has taken the decision not to contact other families with media enquiries in regards to Madeleine McCann’s specific campaign.<br /><br />“The charity feels that doing so would not only take the focus from the individual missing person’s case, but we also feel it would be inappropriate that, while these families have to live with the pain of a loved one’s disappearance every day, the media only recognises the plights of these families on the anniversary of Madeleine’s disappearance.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-12490418774900385112015-05-02T14:24:19.808+01:002015-05-02T14:24:19.808+01:00I note that Brunt makes no ref to trolls or haters...I note that Brunt makes no ref to trolls or haters. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-72422614339516779832015-05-02T12:05:45.361+01:002015-05-02T12:05:45.361+01:00Brilliant comment, Anon - Thanks!
https://www.dro...Brilliant comment, Anon - Thanks! <br />https://www.dropbox.com/s/uqex8tpyio7njmh/Screenshot%202015-05-02%2011.06.49.png?dl=0Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766049341079515963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-5546908271151451852015-05-02T11:50:23.204+01:002015-05-02T11:50:23.204+01:00I wonder when big Jim Gamble will throw in his com...I wonder when big Jim Gamble will throw in his comments about the evil nasty vicious persons who must be brought to account for their actions?<br />Has one of the relatives appeared at Swan lake for Martin Brunt,dossier?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-11510481532323646912015-05-02T11:39:28.683+01:002015-05-02T11:39:28.683+01:00Hater Campaign II
The sequel is usually worse tha...Hater Campaign II<br /><br />The sequel is usually worse than the original and the original was already pretty lame. Pity it cost Brenda Leyland's life.Textusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160632687242190030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-49849231500633759792015-05-02T11:14:13.356+01:002015-05-02T11:14:13.356+01:00http://news.sky.com/story/1476413/madeleine-police...http://news.sky.com/story/1476413/madeleine-police-probe-more-break-ins<br /><br /> Madeleine Police Probe More Break-Ins<br /><br />Detectives are following a new line of inquiry, ahead of the eighth anniversary of Madeleine's disappearance.<br /><br />By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent<br /><br />British detectives searching for Madeleine McCann have discovered more of the holiday apartment burglaries they believe hold the key to solving the case.<br /><br />They had been investigating 18 break-ins in which intruders entered the bedrooms of young, mostly British girls.<br /><br />Now they are probing 28 such burglaries, Sky News has learned.<br /><br />Forensic evidence is being tested against findings from the apartment from where Madeleine vanished eight years ago.<br /><br />The development in the Scotland Yard investigation is revealed by authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan in a new edition of their recent book Looking For Madeleine.<br /><br />Summers said: "Our source told us that after stumbling across 18 burglaries last year, they have now discovered a total of 28 in the area of Praia da Luz in the years around 2007 when Madeleine disappeared.<br /><br />"It gives them a much better chance of matching evidence against forensics from the McCann apartment.<br /><br />"I was told there was great sensitivity around this forensic testing, nobody wants to discuss it, but they are making progress and believe the case is solvable."<br /><br />The author said in the past few days the Home Office had agreed to continue its controversial funding of the British investigation which has now cost more than £10m.<br /><br />Summers said: "Officials meet the police every three months to review spending and only last week told them there was no financial or political pressure to cut back."<br /><br />Madeleine was nearly four when she vanished from the family's rented holiday apartment on 3 May eight years ago. It's thought she was abducted.<br /><br />Portuguese police abandoned their investigation after 15 months without establishing any clues to the mystery and for three years there was no official search for Madeleine.<br /><br />With Home Office backing, Scotland Yard began a review of evidence in 2011 and then launched a full-scale investigation two years ago.<br /><br />The London branch leader of the police union the Police Federation said recently that funding of the investigation could not be justified in the wake of continuing public spending cuts which have hit all forces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891574965172458848.post-17691808596101431262015-05-02T10:45:09.594+01:002015-05-02T10:45:09.594+01:00"The hating of the McCanns began early. Cruel..."The hating of the McCanns began early. Cruel, anonymous letters started to arrive soon after Madeleine went missing. One correspondent claimed to know that the three-year-old was being tortured and that her parents were responsible,"<br /><br />Wasn't it Kate who claimed the 3 year old was being tortured? Page 129 of her book describes, graphically and horribly, what she imagined a sex offender doing to her daughter.<br />A book written for the benefit of the twins!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com