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in 24Horas this morning:

http://24horasnewspaper.com/total.php?numero=2803&link=11

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Paulo Rebelo and two inspectors are going to sit into the interrogations of the McCanns' friends

PJ is going to England on the 7th of April

Finally, the rogatory letter that was sent by the Portuguese authorities will be carried out. And with the PJ watching everything

They can leave! At 11 a.m. yesterday, according to what 24Horas could establish, Guilhermino Encarnação, the director of the Policia Judiciaria in Faro, who leads the investigations into the Maddie case, has received a green light from his national director, Alipio Ribeiro, to send a team into Leicester, ENgland.

Paulo Rebelo, who is responsible for the diligences in the process, will lead the team that will fly to the United Kingdom on the 7th of April. The purpose is to watch the fulfillment of the rogatory letter by the British authorities, which will interrogate - there are more than one hundred questions - the seven friends with whom the McCanns had dinner on the day that their daughter disappeared.

The couple themselves, although they can refuse to make any statements, under the arguido status, may be summoned again into giving clarifications, if any relevant evidence appears that incriminates them.

Crucial stage

"We're at a crucial stage of the process. There are clear contradictions in the depositions that were given by the McCanns and by the friends with whom they dined at the Tapas Bar on May 3. The English police is going to hear all the participants again and to confront them with the questions that were elaborated by the Portuguese Public Ministery. A lot has to be clarified. Following the result of these interrogations, we will re-evaluate whether there is a need to hear the child's parents again, or not", a source that is connected to the process has explained to 24Horas.

New statements?

The PJ's team that will travel into Her Majesty's land will be constituted by three elements: Paulo Rebelo and two chief inspectors that had already travelled to Great Britain when the results of the DNA lab tests from Birmingham were collected.

"There are two witnesses that manifested the intent to change the depositions that they made on the days that followed the disappearance of the child. We want to understand how far these new statements may - or may not - change the direction of the investigations. But only by being present at the interrogations can we make a more realistic analysis of the feelings of the witnesses, and if they are telling the truth", said a source at the court in Portimao, where the process is located.

All the diligences about this case are being tutored by judicial magistrate Pedro Frias and directed by the Republic's prosecutor Magalhaes e Menezes.

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There is scarce evidence for an accusation

The Policia Judiciaria and the Public Ministery have scarce evidence to incriminate the McCann couple in the death and presumed concealment of Maddie's cadaver. And, according to a judicial source, they have even less against Robert Murat and his former partner, Michaela Walkzuch. Against the Russian Sergey Malinka there is... nothing. The analyses to the computers that were apprehended from him, as well as to those from Murat, failed to add anything to the investigations.

The Public Ministery is convinced that Maddie suffered a fatal accident at the apartment at Praia da Luz - it cannot be explained whether inside or outside - and that the parents got rid of the body, based on the searches that were performed by dogs on the vehicle that the couple rented 25 days after the disappearance of the child, where 'cadaver odor' was detected.

"It's little for an accusation. But the new interrogations may clarify many things that remain obscured. Let's give time to time. For now, the arguidos remain as suspects of the commitment of the crimes, at least, of death by negligence and concealment of a cadaver. Not even homicide can be set aside for now", a source that is connected to the process has concluded.

 

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McCanns: Secrecy of Justice up to August
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/04/mccanns-secrecy-of-justice-up-to-august.html

If there was no understanding of when the period began to count in September, the secrecy of justice would be lifted in April, but having this agreement the secrecy in the process will only end in August. “In declarations, to the CM, Rogério Alves, lawyer of the McCanns, contradicts the news circulating yesterday in the UK press, according to which the process of the inquiry to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from Praia da Luz, in the 3rd of May of last year, would be available for consultation after the 14th of April.

“It is out of question", said also to the CM a source close to the investigation. According to several English newspapers, quoting an interview of Rogério Alves to the news agency Associated Press [you can read his interview and see the differences in the UK tabloids for yourself], the former bar of the Order of the Lawyers, would have informed his clients that they might try the consultation to the process from the 14th of April. “What I speak with my clients I do not speak in public ", said to the CM Rogério Alves, explaining that "the secrecy will only be lifted in August".

In the count down for the investigations to the friends who were on vacation with the McCanns in the Praia da Luz, predicted to begin day 8 of this month, in Leicester and in the presence of elements of the PJ , Rogério Alves also said to the CM: "I was not notified of anything, neither were my clients." Kate and Gerry, who are preparing a documentary to be exhibited on the 30th of April, about an alert system for missing children, might not be, for the moment, questioned by the police.

Source: Correio da Manhã
http://www.correiodamanha.pt/notici...hannelid=00000010-0000-0000-0000-000000000010

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[colomom]

Portugal resident: http://portugalresident.com/portugalresident/showstory.asp?ID=25769

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Updated: 03 April 2008

McCanns optimistic about new enquiries

By: CECÍLIA PIRES

[email protected]

THE MADELEINE case investigation is to see new action in the next couple of weeks.

While a team of PJ investigators prepares to travel to the UK on Monday (April 7) for further enquiries into the case, a lawyer of Gerry and Kate McCann has revealed that the deadline for the secrecy of justice rule imposed on this case ends in August.

The new information is being considered very positive by the family of Madeleine McCann, who went missing in May 3 2007 while sleeping in the family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.

According to Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for Gerry and Kate McCann, and following the new enquiries, the couple are hoping that they will be released from the arguido status before the calendar marks one year since their daughter’s disappearance.

The way the date is to be remembered “depends now on the result of the interviews to be made by the Portuguese police”, Clarence Mitchell told Lusa news agency on Monday.

However, Kate and Gerry “will not be giving any interviews if their arguido status is kept, but also refuse to let the case go cold if that status is dropped”, said Mr Mitchell.

“Madeleine is still missing. There is no evidence of her death and the family still want the Portuguese police to help find her”, he underlined.

According to sources quoted in British and Portuguese newspapers, the new enquiries are to be focused on the friends who were holidaying with Kate and Gerry McCann at the time Madeleine disappeared from the Ocean Club, in Praia da Luz.

Confidential

Although the Portuguese police refuse to confirm any details on the case, the Leicestershire police department issued a statement confirming that “it will be coordinating the request of mutual legal assistance made by the Portuguese authorities”.

The statement adds that “Portuguese authorities asked for the content of the request and the way it will be carried out to be kept confidential so that the ongoing investigation is not jeopardized”.

In the meantime, for the investigators who always insisted that the confidentiality of the investigations was of vital importance, time is getting shorter, considering recent statements made by one of the McCanns’ lawyers.

Interviewed by Associated Press this week, Rogério Alves, former president of the Portuguese Lawyers Order, was reported to have said that the secrecy period constraining this investigation was due to end on April 14 and that the legal deadline could only be extended for major inquiries, such as the ones related to terrorism and organised crime.

However, the same lawyer would later clarify to the Portuguese daily newspaper Correio da Manhã that it is officially assumed that the beginning of the investigation started in September, when Kate and Gerry were named arguidos. Therefore, he told the newspaper, the deadline for the files to be released for public consultation “ends only in August 2008” and not April 14 as previously reported in the UK.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Madeleine McCann, please contact the McCann helpline on 0034 902 300 213 or the Portuguese Police on 00351 282 405 400.

 

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Links as the Portuguese Police arrive in England today:

Police fly to England
Link Here

The Portuguese officers were expected to land at East Midlands Airport at 12.20pm on the flight from Faro.

A spokeswoman for Leicestershire constabulary said: “The Portuguese authorities have asked that the contents of the request and the way it is being executed be kept confidential so as not to prejudice their ongoing investigation.”

BBC: Who are the McCann tapas seven?
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City Mother Jane Tanner to be Interviewed
Link Here

City mother Jane Tanner is to be the first person to be quizzed by police in a new round of questioning over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, according to reports.

Portuguese police are due to arrive in the UK tomorrow to meet detectives in Leicestershire. The three-man Portuguese team, led by Paulo Rebelo, the chief investigator in the disappearance of Madeleine from Praia De Luz on May 3, last year, are understood to be in the UK to interview around 60 witnesses connected with the case, starting with Ms Tanner.She and her partner, Russell O'Brien, who works at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, are close friends of Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry McCann.

 

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http://dn.sapo.pt/2008/04/07/sociedade/pj_parte_para_derradeiro_round_ingla.html

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Diario de Noticias this morning reports that the PJ inspectors are leaving Faro airport at 9.30 a.m., arriving at East Midlands airport approximately 3 hours later. This seems to be the last chance for the PJ to discover what happened to Madeleine, it is being reported that they don't have enough evidence to prosecute anyone. DN reports that if any of the earlier statements are contradicted this week, then the case may not be dropped. 24 witnesses will be questioned. This group includes the Tapas 7, another seven witnesses that include people who worked at the Ocean Club at that time, and 10 witnesses that were indicated by the McCann couple - including Clarence Mitchell and Justine McGuiness.

Mr and Mrs McCann will not be questioned, as the prosecutor from the Public Ministry considered that would be a 'waste of time', as they could refuse to talk, under arguido status.

 

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Today's Police Interviews are with Jane Tanner and Russell O'Brien
http://www.teletext.co.uk/news/national/fbd7b49f95d8dc4b4a2956ae104684bd/Police+plea+to+McCanns.aspx


McCanns Asked to Participate in Portugal Reenactment
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7336714.stm

Madeleine McCann's parents have been asked by Portuguese police to take part in a reconstruction of the night their daughter went missing a year ago.
...The couple's lawyers are considering the reconstruction request.

...On the request for a reconstruction Mr Mitchell said: "Any requests made by Portuguese police via Kate and Gerry's lawyers are covered by Portuguese judicial secrecy and, as a result, I am not at liberty to discuss any details of any such proposals.

"However, Kate and Gerry would very much welcome a Crimewatch-style reconstruction which is properly broadcast for millions of people to see and could generate important new leads and fresh information.

"It's untrue to say that Kate and Gerry have been called back or summoned back.

Kate and Gerry want Police to Question Their Psychologist
Link Here

Kate and Gerry McCann want Portuguese police to question the psychologist who has helped them through the trauma of losing their daughter Madeleine.

Alan Pike is on a list of 60 potential witnesses drawn up by the McCanns, it was revealed yesterday as officers arrived in the UK.

 

[colomom]

In Correio da Manha (http://www.correiodamanha.pt/Notici...ontentid=2B87B2F1-D756-4FC6-AE5C-8E6182421F0F) today:

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Leicester: The interrogations start
Jane Tanner will be in the PJ's aim today

Jane Tanner, one of the English persons that accompanied the McCanns during their holidays in Praia da Luz, Algarve, where Madeleine, then three years old, disappeared, is going to be heard by the Policia Judiciaria today. The witness, who guarantees that she saw a man carrying a child near the resort where Maddie was sleeping, will have to explain the contradictions that were detected by the Portuguese investigators throughout these eleven months since the child disappeared.

The fundamental issue is to understand whether Jane was telling the truth when she gave her first statement, right after the child's disappearance. It was due to her initial version that the PJ consolidated the abduction theory, as the witness guaranteed she had seen a stranger with a child that was wearing pyjamas, near the bedroom where Maddie was sleeping.

At that point in time, Jane was unable to describe the stranger's face, but she gave detailed indications about the clothes he was wearing. The first photofit was drawn according to those descriptions, details that changed as the months went by. Recently, Jane 'remembered' the abductor's face and, already back in England, she insisted on the thesis that she had seen the abductor. At that time, Gerry and Kate were already official suspects, arguidos for their alleged involvement in their daughter's death.

What led the investigators to admit that Jane might not be revealing the truth was the fact that Gerry was present at around the same time, in the vicinity of the location where Jane says she saw the abductor. The child's father met a tennis partner and was chatting with him on the same street. Therefore, how did Gerry fail to see the same stranger?

Today, at the headquarters of Leicester police, the PJ will also question Russell O'Brien, Jane's partner, who was equally present at the resort on the day that the little girl disappeared. He will also have to remember all the details of the evening of May 3, before Kate gave the alert over the disappearance of her eldest daughter.

Russell's deposition holds another apparent contradiction, as the doctor states he was inside the room where his children were staying, for around an hour, because one of them had been vomiting. But the detail that he did not request the bedsheets to be changed, led the investigators to place some doubts on his deposition.

Until Friday, the PJ continues with the interrogations, but the major absence are the McCanns themselves. The investigators will not hear them for now, and that diligence may be requested only after these interrogations have been analysed.

Who are the 'Tapas Seven'

On the evening of May 3, Kate and Gerry McCann were dining at the O Tapas restaurant, in Praia da Luz, with seven friends that came to spend their holidays in Portugal with them. They are those who are going to be the main target of the interrogations that are to be carried out on British soil. The contradictions that they presented initially, only increased the suspicions about the author(s) of the crime.

Fiona Payne (Doctor, 34)

Married to David Payne, neither she nor her husband got up, during dinner, to participate in the checks on the children that the group guarantees were made regularly. She ended up being summoned to Portugal, when she was already back in England, for a confrontation with Robert Murat. Just like Rachael and Russell, she guarantees that she saw Murat on the night of the disappearance. A fact which collides with the alibi of the first arguido in the case. Just like the other two, she maintains the version that she presented.

Jane Tanner (Housewife, 37)

Russell O'Brien's partner, she is seen by the McCanns as an essential witness, because she says she saw a man passing - near the apartment where Madeleine disappeared from - carrying a child. This happened at 9.15 p.m., 45 minutes before the alarm was raised, when she went to check on her two children, who were also asleep in an apartment at the Ocean Club. She described the individual's clothing and a part of his face, but with little detail because she saw him from the back.

Rachel Oldfield (Consultant, 36)

The wife of Matthew Oldfield was called back to Portugal after she had returned to England, for a confrontation with Robert Murat. Rachael Oldfield was one of the three elements of the group of the 'Tapas Seven' who guarantee they saw Murat, the first arguido in the case, on the streets of Praia da Luz (and near the apartment), on the night that Madeleine disappeared. A version that contradicts the British citizen's alibi, as he alleges that he spent the evening at home, with his mother. Rachael maintains her version.

Russell O'Brien (Doctor, 36)

Living with Jane Tanner, this doctor studied at Leicester University with Matthew Oldfield, David Payne and Fiona Payne. He was also called back to Portugal, when he was already back in England, to participate in the confrontation with Robert Murat at the PJ's offices in Portimao - because he told the Judiciaria that he'd seen Murat near the apartment on the evening of the disappearance. A deposition which he maintains. With Jane Tanner, he is one of the first elements of the group to be heard.

David Payne (Doctor, 41)

According to the version that was presented to the authorities by the group, he was the last person, besides Madeleine's parents and siblings, to see the girl before the disappearance. This happened at approximately 6.40 p.m., when, allegedly at the request of Gerry - who was playing tennis with another British tourist - he went to check if Kate and the children were well. He studied medicine in Leicester, just like Russell O'Brien, Matthew Oldfield, and his wife, Fiona Payne, but presently works on research into cardiovascular science.

Matthew Oldfield (Doctor, 37)

Within the regular checks that the group guarantees to have made, throughout the evening, Matthew was the last person to go into the apartment where Madeleine and her siblings were sleeping, at around 9.30 p.m. - before Kate raised the alarm at 10 p.m. Matthew, who is married to Rachael, initially stated that everything was fine, but ended up admitting, in the final version that he gave about the facts, that he had only approached the door, and upon verifying that there was no noise, concluded that things were well.

Dianne Webster (Fiona's mother, 63)

She is the foreign element within the group. Among six couples, Dianne is the only person who was alone, and she is also the eldest member. Fiona Payne's mother helped to increase suspicions about the others, when she allegedly stated that checkings on the apartments were not as regular as the group said. After this statement was reported by the press, she never was heard again, and refused to give any interviews, in spite of being contacted by several journalists.

Secrecy requested from the British

The British authorities have precise instructions to maintain the secrecy concerning any details about the interrogations that will start today, and continue until next Friday in Leicester, north of the British capital. The local police guaranteed to Correio da Manha, yesterday, that the request had been made by the Policia Judiciaria, that alleged the need to preserve the investigation's conclusions.

The PJ's goal is to avoid that details of the questionings are made public by the English press, in a country where the rules of judicial secrecy are completely different from the Portuguese.

The Portuguese police is also trying to minimise the media effects of a trip that had been scheduled for several months, but was delayed by obstacles that were not directly associated with the investigation.

The major delay was related to the fact that the interrogations had to be translated into English, in order to be approved by the local judge. The requests were only sent to England after several months of preparation, and then the Judiciaria was authorised to accompany the English police during the diligences. Still, the interrogations will be presided by the English. The three investigators from the Portimao Directory will only be allowed to watch the sessions, and to suggest questions to their English colleagues.

The McCann's friends will not be accompanied by lawyers, a situation that is allowed in Portugal, following the recent changes to the Penal Process Code.

For now, the possibility of Maddie's parents being questioned has been set aside. If that happens, it will only take place during a second phase of the investigation, and only if a new question results from these interrogations.

Maddie's parents say they are tranquil over the Portuguese diligences. Yesterday, press advisor Clarence Mitchell guaranteed that the McCanns remained available for questioning, if the authorities found it necessary. But they travel to Brussels tomorrow, for a conference, and will return only on Friday, the day when the Portuguese authorities return to Faro.

All in all, 24 persons will be heard in England until Friday - seven friends of the McCanns, in the presence of the Judiciaria's team, and another 17 persons, all British citizens, who are included in a list that was delivered by Kate and Gerry to the local police. They are persons who, among relatives, neighbours and tourists in Praia da Luz, are expected to attest, among other things, the couple's good relationship with their three children.

Avoiding the photographers

They left Faro at 9.30. They travelled on a low cost flight and arrived at East Midlands, north of London, at 12.20. They had a car waiting for them on the tarmac and were driven to the police headquarters - which is where the interrogations start today, at 9 a.m. Paulo Rebelo, the high-ranking coordinator who is the head of the PJ in Portimao, and two investigators, avoided the journalists. They were only 'caught' at 5 p.m., after a work meeting with the local police officers. Smiling and in good spirits.

English families unafraid but cautious about their children

Looking mischievous, little Tom, aged four, is delighted about the holidays at Praia da Luz. At his side, his mother and grandmother confess that, due to the Madeleine case, they are 'more cautious' about the little boy, but that it didn't interfere with the decision of this English family to come to that area of the Algarve on holidays for the first time.

Lucie Leea, the child's mother, says they do not repent their choice: 'We feel safe'. Nearby, another British family is walking in their summer clothes, despite the chilly wind. They photograph the church, where the parents of Madeleine went so many times during their stay in the village. Ian Blowes, his wife and their son are also staying at Praia da Luz for the first time and they confess that they could not be more pleased: 'People are kind and the area is very beautiful'. And what do they think about the Madeleine case? 'It's very strange. The only thing that we hope for is that it will come to an end', they say.

The Portuguese are the ones who are tired over the case dragging on. The local shops point to a slight downturn in tourist numbers. At the Ocean Club, the movement is reduced and the apartment where the child disappeared from, is locked, with a chain around the gate.

Direct Speech (Francisco Moita Flores, criminologist)

'Someone who had access to the child'

Correio da Manha - What do you think about the deposition made by Jane Tanner, the friend of the couple, who says she saw a man carrying a child?

Moita Flores - It's an obssessive fiction, nothing more. Maybe she didn't even see anyone. It happens often, that the desire to have seen someone is so big, that one 'sees'...

- Why would this be the case here?

- Because 'that' man, with all those details, at a distance of thirty metres, is highly unlikely.

- This is how the PJ starts the main questioning. Is that order important?

- It is important to disassemble or to confirm what was already suspected...

- What did the investigation need?

- To be serious at any cost - this could only have been done by someone who had access to the child. But the time of the investigation has passed. Psychologically and in operational terms.

[a chronology of the case follows, and some loose notes]

 

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Kate Upset About Request to Return to Portugal
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Mother-39upset39-at-Madeleine-request.3961290.jp

THE mother of missing Madeleine McCann is "upset" at the decision by police to invite her and her husband back to Portugal to take part in a reconstruction, a friend of the couple said yesterday.

...The friend of the McCanns said: "Kate is upset. There's been no sense of concern for her feelings or the anguish it will cause her. On an emotional level she is not sure she can go through with it.

Joanna Morais Blog
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/04/jane-and-russell-grilled-by-pj.html

Today there will be cross-examinations to David and Fiona Payne, who organized the holidays of the group in the Praia da Luz.

Source: 24 Horas

 

[colomom]

In 24Horas this morning:

http://24horasnewspaper.com/total.php?numero=2813&link=09

Copied from: http://helpmadeleine.proboards79.com/v45index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=545&page=3 Post #32

Jane and Russell squeezed by the PJ
Witness with a bad memory

Jane Tanner did not even manage to repeat the description of the man she saw carrying a child on the fateful night

Jane Tanner, one of the main witnesses in the process of the disappearance of Maddie, gave another deposition yesterday that was different from the preceding ones. When questioned by the PJ team that was sent to England, Jane was unable to explain how, when and where she saw the alleged abductor – the same one that she reportedly described in November for the drawing of an elaborate photofit. Yesterday, according to what we were able to establish, Tanner was not even able to tell whether she went to see her children in the bedroom at the Ocean Club. The sentence “I don’t remember” ended up being her most frequent reply.

“She went in very calm, and even smiled. When she came out she was shaking and very red in the face. She talked to nobody”, a source at the headquarters of Leicester police described to 24Horas.

As far as we were able to establish, Tanner was confronted with the fact that, in her first deposition in May, she reported nothing of relevance, later on saying that she had seen a figure carrying what she thought was a child, and, in November, described the alleged abductor. The answer apparently was: “I don’t remember it well anymore”.

The investigators even asked Jane to describe the person again, but the witness gave different indications from those that were used to build the drawing that was publicized worldwide.

The other witness that was heard yesterday was Russell O’Brien, Jane’s husband, who says he went to see his children around the time that Maddie would have disappeared. In May, he said that the children had vomited, but the management of the Ocean Club assures that, on that night, nobody requested a change of bed sheets. Under interrogation, Russell was unable to explain the discrepancy.

Today, David and Fiona Payne, who organized the group’s holidays in Praia da Luz, are to be questioned.

 

[colomom]

In 24Horas this morning:

http://24horasnewspaper.com/total.php?numero=2813&link=08

Copied from: http://helpmadeleine.proboards79.com/v45index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=545&page=3 Post #35

Authorities want Maddie’s parents and their friends to return
Judiciaria asks the McCanns for help

Through informal requests, the PJ invited Maddie’s parents and ten other persons to return to Portugal in mid-May. Nobody has replied yet

The Judiciaria team that investigates the case of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared on the 3rd of May 2007 in Praia da Luz, Algarve, sent an informal request, a month ago, for the McCanns and ten other persons to travel to Portugal in mid-May. The purpose is to reconstruct the events that took place between 6 and 11 p.m. of that day, the period during which the child supposedly disappeared.

Besides Maddie’s parents, this request for help was also made to the seven persons with whom the couple dined that evening – and who are presently being counter-interrogated at the Leicester police’s headquarters by a PJ team led by Paulo Rebelo (cf. other text).

The McCanns say they are available to help. But they don’t compromise themselves – and place conditions. “Going to Portugal is a possibility, but not on the 3rd of May! The McCanns are happy to help, but they have not decided yet whether they accept the proposition or not”, Clarence Mitchell, Maddie’s parents’ spokesman, told 24Horas yesterday. “The lawyers question the value of this diligence, given the fact that, in last May, the people who are responsible for BBC’s ‘CrimeWatch’ show asked the PJ for support to do that, and they refused. Why only now?”, he questioned.

“It wasn’t a notification”

Rogério Alves, the McCann’s lawyer in Portugal, shares the same opinion: “The McCanns are and have always been available to carry out any action that allows them and the authorities to clarify the truth and to find their daughter. If that reconstitution helps to solve the process quickly, and we have some doubts about that, the McCanns have no objections to make. It should be underlined that this was not a notification, but an invitation.”

A senior official at the State Attorney’s Office who is connected to the process explained the idea: “Nobody is forced to come to Portugal, even because our national laws and those in the United Kingdom diverge under that aspect. But it is an important diligence for the discovery of truth. If everyone wants Madeleine McCann to be found, then help. There is no reason for that not to happen.”

The same source adds: “The proposition was made over a month ago. Until now, nobody replied. They must be thinking a lot.”

The 12 persons who reside abroad and have been invited to return are, apart from the McCanns and their seven friends, the person with whom Gerry says he played tennis that afternoon, the friend with whom he chatted at the door of the house where Maddie was supposedly asleep, and the family’s spokesman, Clarence Mitchell.

The diligence would imply the mobilization of over 50 persons, but as most of them reside in Portugal, [article is cut off at this point]

 

[colomom]

In Jornal de Noticias this morning:

http://jn.sapo.pt/2008/04/09/policia_e_tribunais/mc_cann_regressam_for_retirado_estat.html

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McCanns only return if their arguido status is removed

Kate and Gerry McCann may be returning to Portugal, next month, at the request of the Policia Judiciaria (PJ), that wants to carry out a reconstitution of the events that took place on the night of Madeleine’s disappearance, on the 3rd of May last year. But, according to the family’s spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, the couple will only consider a trip to Portugal if the arguido status is removed.

“At the moment, their lawyers’ orders are not to return to Portugal as long as their names remain in the process as arguidos. Obviously if the Portuguese police were to revise that status, a cooperation in the reconstitution of those facts would be made much easier”, Clarence Mitchell stated to JN.

The request was made a month ago and two dates have been suggested, one of which was rejected by the couple. The second date that was appointed will be in mid-May (the 15th and the 16th) and the PJ has requested for the participation of tens of persons that were in Praia da Luz at the time. The McCann’s lawyers in Portugal are negotiating the request with the PJ, while Paulo Rebelo is in the United Kingdom, accompanied by two detectives in the Madeleine case, to participate in the interrogations of the seven friends who were present with Kate and Gerry on the evening of Madeleine’s disappearance. “If diligences are taking place, they will come to Portugal”, lawyer Rogério Alves confirmed to JN yesterday.

Yet, according to Clarence, in order to participate, the McCanns ask for the reconstitution of the events to be transmitted on television in Portugal and abroad, to “sensitize people and to bring more hope for Madeleine to be found”, he said. Still, the McCanns say they are available to cooperate with the PJ “as long as they feel that their cooperation may help to find Maddie or to help prove the couple’s innocence”.

Still, one impediment may be Kate’s psychological state, as she says she is not prepared to review the events. Since they returned to the United Kingdom, on the 7th of September, Kate and Gerry have not returned to Portugal, and since they were made arguidos, they always said that they would only visit the country if the PJ removed that status.

 

[colomom]

In Correio da Manha today:

http://www.correiodamanha.pt/Notici...ontentid=0C9040B1-44EB-453F-B46E-7852B4E323E9

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Madeleine case
PJ wants the McCanns at the crime scene

The Policia Judiciaria wants to have Kate and Gerry McCann, the British couple whose three-year-old daughter disappeared in Praia da Luz, Algarve, in Portugal, as soon as next month. The investigators' goal is to try, through a reconstitution of the evening of May 3, on the crime scene, to overcome the various contradictions in the statements that were given by the last persons who saw Maddie alive. This group includes the seven friends who accompanied the McCanns during dinner at the Tapas restaurant, when the alert to the little girl's disappearance was given.

Clarence Mitchell, the family's press advisor, confirmed the PJ's pretension yesterday, but did not reveal any dates, or details about the reconstitution. He was not clear about the possibility of the McCanns' return, while merely suggesting the possibility that the couple would gladly accept the diligence if they could stop being arguidos.

Another of the McCann couple's wishes to accept the participation in the reconstitution would be that the same would be transmitted by television. This is unthinkable under the Portuguese juridical system, where the process is kept under judicial secrecy. Police sources have also told CM that the shelving of the suspicions against the child's parents is also not likely until the inquiry comes to its end. Gerry, Kate or any other of the English citizens that spent their holidays at Luz are not obliged to return, unless, if there were strong indications of the practise of a crime, international warrants were issued.

Important statements

Yesterday was an important day for the PJ. They have inquired Jane Tanner and Russell O'Brien again, the couple that presents the major contradictions in the statements that they gave over the past months. The PJ wanted to know exactly where Jane guaranteed to have seen Maddie's alleged abductor, and how she managed to describe him after several months, when she failed to do so on the days that followed the event. Another doubt is how she could see a man carrying a child in front of the apartment, at the same time at which Gerry was positioned only a few metres away. And how Maddie's father and a friend, who were chatting on the same spot, failed to see the stranger carrying the child.

As far as Russell is concerned, the purpose is to clarify his goings to the bedroom where his daughters were sleeping, during the dinner. The Englishman was the person who stayed away from the restaurant table during the largest time lapse. He said that one of his daughters had vomited while she was sleeping, but no request was made for a change of bed sheets.

Apparatus at the police's door

The police apparatus was huge yesterday, during the entire morning and in the afternoon, near the Leicester police's headquarters. Tens of photographers were concentrated at the gates, trying to capture the entry of the main persons involved: the three PJ members and the Jane Tanner/Russell O'Brien couple.

Tight security at the precinct

The Leicester police precinct - where the interrogations were carried out - is surrounded by big security measures. Nobody can pass the gates without previous authorization.

Maddie's mother at home

Kate McCann came to her front door yesterday. Only to close it, in a fury, as she perceived the presence of Portuguese journalists. A friend of hers took note of the CM car's number plate and called the couple's spokesman, Clarence Mitchell.

Team facing an agitated day

The three elements from the Judiciaria that accompany the interrogations of the McCanns' friends until Friday, left the Ramada Hotel, where they are staying, in the early hours. Before 9 a.m., a vehicle from Leicester police stopped at the main entrance and drove the investigators to the police headquarters. They entered the precinct's gates at high speed and drove to a building that was hidden from the journalists' view. There, they accompanied the questionings, which were presided over by the local police. They were not allowed to ask direct questions, but they had permission to make suggestions.

The rogatory letter was sufficiently comprehensive to allow for new questions and even to request new diligences. Which can still be done until Friday.

Kate and Gerry's 'untouchable' image

The neighborhood is quiet. Just like any other of the many that populate the small town of Rothley, where tens of practically similar houses can be seen. On the street that accesses the house - the McCanns' is the last one and can only be distinguished from any other because of the toys that are kept close to one of the windows - there are almost no signs of life.

Two cars are standing outside the door and Kate and Gerry are preparing their trip to Brussels, which is scheduled for tomorrow, with the couple leaving on a flight that is set to leave by the end of the afternoon, from an airport in London.

It's shortly after lunch time, the door opens up and Kate comes to the entrance. She says goodbye to a friend but the presence of CM's journalists hastens the farewell. Kate shuts the door, keeping herself hidden, and the Englishman who had just left the house, stops in front of the car that was rented by CM. He ostensively writes down the license plate, and informs Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns' advisor, by phone, that there are journalists at the couple's door - a break of the compromise that has been accepted by journalists in general, who accepted the rules that were imposed by the McCanns and guided visits by the couple for photo sessions. CM does not accept this type of compromises.

Once the incident was overcome - by the CM journalists leaving the area -, the town seems to have forgotten Maddie.

Details

Hotel changes rules

The stay of the Policia Judiciaria from Portimao at the Ramada Hotel, in Leicester, changed that unit's internal rules. The bar, which usually remained open for non-guests until 1 a.m., now closes at 11 p.m.

Peaceful sociability

Portuguese journalists and policemen are staying at the same hotel, in Leicester city centre. The sociability among everyone is peaceful, but the silence is maintained. Paulo Rebelo, chief coordinator with the PJ and the head of the Portimao department, repeats to the journalists that he does not give any statements.

Change of direction

At the same time when tens of journalists were concentrated at the Leicester police gates in order to register the arrival of Jane Tanner and Russell O'Brien, for questioning, Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns' spokesman, summoned the reporters for a press conference that took place some 20 kilometres away. Everyone left the area.

50 witnesses

The McCann couple's lawyers presented a list to the police which included over 50 persons, apart from the group of friends that spent their holidays at Praia da Luz, to be heard in England. These are persons that are close to the couple, supportive witnesses.

Friends without lawyers

Since they are being questioned as witnesses, none of the McCanns' friends need the presence of a lawyer.

Crucial witnesses

The most important witnesses are Jane and Russell, the first to be heard as they are fully prioritary for the Judiciaria.

Empty memorial

In Rothley, at the memorial to those fallen in the world wars, where various objects had been placed to remember the child, nothing remains.

The silence rules

In the shops, nobody wants to speak about the child, and the motives for a disappearance that was reported worldwide are not discussed.

 

[colomom]

SOL article: http://tinyurl.com/3j9dvl

Copied from: http://helpmadeleine.proboards79.com/v45index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=547&page=3 Post # 44

Google translation:

Young McCann already announced dates where you can go to Portugal
The couple McCann already indicated dates on which is available to go to Portugal, in the context of the case of the disappearance of her daughter smaller, in the Algarve, May 03, 2007, said today the Lusa source linked to the process According to the same source, " already lodged an application in the case in which the couple McCann reported the dates on which is available to come to Portugal.

The application was filed in the proceedings last Tuesday.

Kate and Gerry McCann - parents of Madeleine, who disappeared from the apartment they toured holiday in Praia da Luz, near Lagos in the Algarve - are defendants in the case, together with the Portuguese-British Robert Murata, which lies in Praia da Luz

Meanwhile, the British lawyers for Kate and Gerry McCann argued that more are questioned about 50 witnesses, besides the seven friends of the couple who Tuesday began to be questioned in England.

According to source close to the family, the legal team recently submitted new names that you would like to be interviewed, the list of which grew from 24 to about 60 people "in recent weeks.

"This extends from the friends who were with them on the night of the disappearance until officials of the Ocean Club [the enterprise tourism in the Algarve where the family spent holidays], the love and people that were with them in the days following," said the same source to agency Lusa.

Among these are also the current spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, and another spokesman, Justine McGuinness, and relatives of McCann that conviveram with them in Portugal in the days following the disappearance of Madeleine.

"Everybody can sustain the defence of Kate and Gerry, who are innocent," the source assured.

Asked about the matter, Clarence Mitchell said the Lusa that have not yet received any request to be interrogated. The list also includes the names of the seven friends of McCann that Tuesday have begun to be questioned in Leicester.

According to the press, Jane Tanner would be the first, followed by the remaining elements of the group: Matthew and Rachael Oldfield, David and Fiona Payne, Russel O'Brien (companion of Jane) and the mother of Fiona, Diane Webster.

Although without the presence of lawyers, witnesses must answer a series of questions submitted by the Judiciary Police, released by British police officers.

However, the Leicestershire Police, said no details on the timetable or method, claiming the British authorities' confidentiality at the request of the Portuguese police.

In the questionnaires, which will run until Friday, will have traveled to England Paulo Rebelo, responsible for investigating the disappearance of the Algarve Madeleine May 03, 2007, and two more players, which was not confirmed by PJ.

The British Police also did not reveal whether any request received from the Portuguese authorities to carry out new questionnaires in the future or if the PJ will return to England.

Meanwhile, Clarence Mitchell again welcome on behalf of Kate and Gerry, the way the Portuguese Judicial Police for a solo British hear the friends of the couple and reiterated the readiness to cooperate with the PJ.

In a study is also a chance to perform in Portugal a new reconstitution of what happened on the night of the disappearance of Madeleine, but nothing is confirmed.

"Basically, asked Kate and Gerry consider whether back [to Portugal] to participate," the Lusa said a spokesman for the Fund to find Madeleine, "adding that the idea is being considered by the family."

However, the news advanced denied by the British press which has been made a formal request and now is only a proposal made by the lawyers of the Portuguese Police McCann.

"Kate and Gerry welcome the idea of any reconstruction that is filmed ... That can generate new calls and new clues in the search for Madeleine, "said the spokesman official of the couple, Clarence Mitchell, the Sky News.

 

[colomom]

Portugal Resident: http://tinyurl.com/6nu4je
Updated: 10 April 2008

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McCanns asked to return to Portugal

By: CECÍLIA PIRES

[email protected]

PORTUGUESE POLICE investigators travelled to the UK on Monday, April 7, to re-interview the seven friends who were with Gerry and Kate McCann on the night Madeleine went missing from the family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3.

After 344 days since the British toddler went missing, the new enquiries are the PJ’s last effort to find new lines of investigation before the case is filed.

Next August is the deadline for the Public Prosecutor leading the investigation, judge José Magalhães de Menezes, to decide if there are grounds for a trial or not.

Although the McCanns’ lawyers requested that more witnesses be interviewed by the Portuguese investigators, including the present and past PRs of the family, Clarence Mitchell and Justine McGuiness as well as Kate’s psychiatrist, this week’s developments focused mainly on the friends of the family.

According to the Portuguese and British press, based on anonymous sources related with the case, Jane Tanner and Russel O’Brien were the first to be re-interviewed.

It was revealed that the PJ wanted to clarify some contradictions in the couple’s previous testimonies, namely why Jane Tanner made different statements about the man she said she saw carrying a child near the apartment close to the time when Madeleine went missing.

Her testimony was initially crucial for the investigators to focus on the kidnapping theory, but suffered changes as time passed and that was said to be the main aspect that the PJ wants to confirm.

In Russel O’Brien’s testimony, it was revealed in newspapers that the PJ’s team also wanted to clarify where he was during his long absences from the dinner table while the group were dining at the Tapas restaurant, located inside the premises of the Ocean Club. The PJ’s list for the new enquiries, which are being supervised by the Leicestershire police, also includes Mathew and Rachel Oldfield, David and Fiona Payne, and Diane Webster, who is Fiona’s mother. All of them are friends of the McCanns.

Reconstruction

The investigators did not ask to interview Gerry and Kate McCann in this move. However, according to their Portuguese lawyers, they were asked to consider taking part in a reconstruction of the night of Madeleine’s disappearance. Although nothing was confirmed by the time The Resident went to press, reports in the media, quoting Clarence Mitchell, the family’s PR, confirmed they were considering the PJ’s request.

Although much information has been leaked to the Portuguese and British press, the details on these enquiries are being kept confidential and the official information from the Portuguese PJ remains that “there is nothing new to say on the Madeleine case”.

The PJ team of inspectors is expected to return to Portugal today (Friday). The group is led by the Portimão co-ordinator Paulo Rebelo and includes enquiry coordinator Paulo Jorge and Ricardo Paiva, who is the liaison officer who also mediated between the PJ and the British police on the PJ’s previous visit to the UK.

Yesterday, April 10, Gerry and Kate McCann were due to travel to Brussels to meet with several representatives of the European Parliament who were to present a draft declaration for a Europe-wide missing child alert, inspired by the Amber Alert existing in the United States.

 

[colomom]

24Horas (http://24horasnewspaper.com/total.php?numero=2814&link=13) is reporting about the reconstitution, the subtitle of the article states that the PJ ponders giving up on the diligence for lack of cooperation by the witnesses.

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Full translation of the article:

"We request your cooperation." This is how the letter that was sent by the Policia Judiciaria to the people that were present at the Ocean Club resort, Praia da Luz, Algarve, on the 3rd of May 2007, ends. The purpose is to carry out, on the 15th and 16th of May, a reconstitution of the events of the day that Madeleine McCann disappeared. But the PJ knows that it is not likely to take place.

Until the end of the day, yesterday, the PJ, having made the requests a month ago, had not received any reply from the little girl's parents, from the seven friends with whom they dined and from three other witnesses that are considered to be fundamental.

"There is no reply until now. The McCanns have appended a document to the process files, stating that they are available to come to Portugal on the 15th and 16th of May, but it's simply a declaration of their intentions. They do not guarantee that they will be present", a source from the criminal section of the Portimao court has told 24Horas.

Mitchell, the McCanns' spokesman, confirms that the PJ suggested several dates (three) for the reconstitution to be carried out, but he states that Maddie's parents still "have not agreed to return to Portugal". And he adds that the couple prefers to wait for the end of the interrogations that the PJ and the British police are making to the friends with whom they dined on the fateful day.

"Emotional impact" on Kate McCann

"The PJ did not take into account the emotional impact that the reconstitution of the facts would provoke on the family, especially on Kate, who cannot stand the idea of seeing another child pretending to be Madeleine", Mitchell says.

The spokesman insisted on denying that Kate and Gerry had imposed any conditions on the Public Ministry or on the PJ to return to Portugal, contrary to what has been reported by some of the media: "The McCanns have never imposed any condition. Nobody is negotiating with the Public Ministry or with the PJ. They will never impose any type of special treatment."

According to Mitchell, the only thing that is being pondered is the filming of the reconstitution, if it comes to be carried out, by the BBC's CrimeWatch show, given the fact that "it's seen by millions of people and it could bring new information concerning Maddie's whereabouts".

For now, the magistrate who directs the investigations, the prosecutor Magalhães e Menezes, is going to request the extension of the inquiry for another 90 days.

...........

Witnesses of little value

The PJ team that was sent to England, led by Paulo Rebelo, has heard another two witnesses in the Maddie case, yesterday. Rachel and Matthew Oldfield were reportedly questioned. They dined at the Tapas Bar on the fateful night and left an 18-month-old child alone, in an apartment of the Ocean Club, for several hours.

Matthew initially stated that he had checked on the McCanns' children, but as he heard no noise, he thought they were asleep and did not enter. Later he said that he had noticed more light inside the apartment, but paid no attention and returned to the Tapas. He was confronted with the discrepancies in these statements by the authorities, yesterday.

His wife, Rachel, never left the Tapas Bar, a version that she has always maintained and which is corroborated by the restaurant's employees.

...........

Facts

Silence. Paulo Rebelo avoids the journalists. "I'm not saying anything", is the sentence that he seems to have memorized already.

Meeting. Paulo Rebelo's team will hold a meeting tomorrow with the prosecutor who directs the process, Magalhães e Menezes.

 

[colomom]

In Correio da Manhã this morning:

http://www.correiomanha.pt/noticia....hannelid=00000010-0000-0000-0000-000000000010

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Justice: On the eve of the little girl’s disappearance
Kate leaves Maddie crying

On the 2nd of May, one day before the disappearance, Kate McCann left her daughter alone in the bedroom with the 18-month-old twins and Maddie cried, shouting and screaming for her father. The description had already been made by the neighbour above the apartment that had been rented by the McCanns at Praia da Luz, but the story was reportedly confirmed by Kate in September, when she was made an arguida. At that point in time, she confessed to the PJ that she did not attend to her crying daughter, who was only three years old, and remembered that the child begged for her attention the next morning, over breakfast. “Mommy, why didn’t you come when we were crying last night”, Maddie asked, according to the report that was made by Kate to the PJ.

The excerpt of the deposition was reported by Spanish television channel Telecinco yesterday, on the same day that the members of the Policia Judiciaria ended the interrogation of the seven friends who dined at the Tapas restaurant, on the 3rd of May.

The investigators spent three days in Leicester and are scheduled to leave the East Midlands airport, north of London, today. The team from the Judiciaria is foreseen to land in Faro at around 9 a.m. During the afternoon, the group will meet with the prosecutor from the Public Ministry, to whom they will report about the diligences that were carried out on English soil.

The seven friends of the McCanns that were on holidays in Praia da Luz were questioned and the PJ can depart into a new phase of the investigation. One in which the main bet seems to be the reconstitution of the crime scene in order to verify the presented testimonies.

But this diligence only makes sense if the McCanns and their friends participate. Which seems increasingly unlikely, taking into account the public statements made by Clarence Mitchell, the family’s spokesman, who while denying that the couple is blackmailing the PJ by demanding impossible conditions, insists on the need to film the reconstitution, so it can be broadcast by an English television channel.

Apart from that, Clarence Mitchell said yesterday that the family was trying to understand what the purpose of the diligence was, guaranteeing afterwards that they would be available to participate in situations that ‘had the goal to find the child’. That would not be the case if the PJ were only trying to reinforce the thesis of the parents’ guilt, which led them to be made arguidos over the suspicion of homicide and concealment of a cadaver.

Gerry even suggested yesterday that the reconstitution should be filmed with actors and that the description of the alleged suspect of abduction – which was presented by the couple some months ago - should be publicized.

The Portuguese lawyers representing the family seem to have a different position. On Tuesday, Rogério Alves and Carlos Pinto Abreu, who represent the McCanns in Portugal, added a document to the process, in which they stated that the couple would be available to participate in the reconstitution. This is now denied by the family, which continues to demand conditions to cooperate with the investigation.

Gerry said yesterday that they will not return to Portugal on the 3rd of May. What they will do to mark the disappearance of the child, is to remain private, Kate added, who also doesn’t confirm the return to the location where Maddie disappeared from.

Couple at the European Parliament

The parents of Madeleine McCann appealed yesterday, at the European Parliament, for the swift creation of a European alert system for missing children, stating that the experiments that were made in some countries have already demonstrated its success. Kate McCann said that, apart from her daughter, ‘thousands of other children are victims in Europe’ and underlined that, in cases of disappearance, ‘the first hours are critical’. ‘Do not wait for another child to disappear and another family to suffer like we do’, she stated. Gerry McCann supported himself on several ‘success cases’, like the system that was adopted by France, which was activated five times since it was created in 2006, and the children were recovered on all occasions.

Details

Contradictions

Kate and Gerry McCann always said that they would cooperate with the Policia Judiciaria. But now that this cooperation was requested, they show reservations about participating in the reconstitution, fearing that it will incriminate them.

Final results

The PJ now holds all the results from the laboratory in Birmingham – where several residues that had been found in the holiday apartment and inside the car that had been rented by the couple, were analyzed. The results are still not absolutely conclusive.

Deadlines ending

The deadline that was given by the judge for the judicial secrecy ends on May 15. The Public Ministry can request the judge to grant an extension of another three months, and that time lapse can be further extended at the prosecutor’s request.

 

[colomom]

24 horas - translation Li - 3A: http://www.the3arguidos.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9071

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Jane Tanner's declarations to the Police casts doubt on the McCanns

Key witness that claimed the kidnapping backtracks

The Portuguese police still believe that Gerry and Kate are connected to the disappearance of the daughter. This conviction was strengthened with the visit to England. A couple's friend also helped

The thesis of the eventual abduction of Madeleine McCann was compromised by the interrogatories made this week in Leicester, England. The key witness that claimed that Maddie was taken wrapped in a blanket by a man on the 3rd of May of 2007 from a flat in Praia da Luz, Algarve, was heavily shaken when she admitted to the authorities that she only left the Tapas Bar, where she dinned with the McCanns and more six friends, after the alarm given by Kate. Jane Tanner admits that she saw a person before she went to dine but she did not see with precision what that person was carrying and it could be a simple tenant of the Ocean Club. "It was a precious deposition because it permits to concentrate the investigation in only one line, meaning that Maddie's parents are involved in the disappearance of the child direct or indirectly", said to 24 Horas a high judicial responsible connected to the process. According to the same source, "the thesis of an eventual abduction is more and more weak". "It would be good that the McCanns and friends accepted to come to Portugal to do a reconstruction on the 15th and 16th of May, of all the events that occurred between the 18 and 23 hours of that day". And the same responsible launches an appeal:" This is not a cat and mouse game. This is not a game. It is the life of a child we are talking about. If they want to help fine but if they demand things that the authorities cannot accomplish... No one cam make miracles if there is no cooperation from them".
The team of three persons that the PJ sent to England, returned yesterday to Portugal. Next Monday they will meet with the director of the PJ Guilhermino da Encarnação as well as with the public prosecutors Luis Verão and Magalhães e Menezes.The objective is to evaluate all the interrogatories made in England and decide the next steps.
http://www.24horasnewspaper.com/total.p ... 16&link=08

 

[Salem]

Some of the latest articles. The last article has a video of CM talking to Sky news - what a blatant liar. I am dumbfounded by some of the things he says, when he must know there are several witnesses that dispute those words coming out of his mouth.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7347187.stm

http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Portugese-police-defend-leak-claims-453884313.html

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1312766,00.html

Salem

 

[colomom]

(http://www.pj.pt/cgi-bin/news.pl?action=viewarticle&id=3781 **The PJ's official website**)

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“Caso Madeleine McCann”: Esclarecimento de falso conteúdo de notícia
2008/04/14

No final da passada semana, a estação de televisão espanhola Telecinco difundiu uma notícia dando conta de que teria tido acesso exclusivo a alegadas declarações do casal McCann aos “investigadores” do desaparecimento da menor Madeleine.

Com base nesta notícia, o porta-voz deste casal, Clarence Mitchell, exprimiu publicamente, a diversos órgãos de informação, a certeza de que a Polícia Judiciária teria sido a responsável pela sua divulgação.

A Polícia Judiciária esclarece que é inteiramente falso que o conteúdo da notícia reproduza matéria constante do inquérito e que se encontra em segredo de justiça.

Por outro lado, a Polícia Judiciária não deixa de lamentar a insustentada intervenção do porta-voz, sobretudo num momento em que se realizavam significativas diligências para a investigação.


14 de Abril de 2008

A Direcção Nacional


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"Madeleine McCann case": Clarification on false contents of a news piece
2008/04/14

At the end of last week, the Spanish television station Telecinco broadcast a news piece that reported that they had enjoyed exclusive access to alleged statements from the McCann couple to the "investigators" into the disappearance of the underage child, Madeleine.

Based on this news piece, the spokesman of this couple, Clarence Mitchell, expressed publicly, to several media, the certainty that the Policia Judiciaria had been responsible for its publication.

The Policia Judiciaria clarifies that it is entirely false that the contents of the news piece reproduces matter that is part of the iunquiry, which is under judicial secrecy.

On the other hand, the Policia Judiciaria cannot fail to lament the baseless intervention of the spokesman, especially at a moment when significant diligences to the investigation were being carried out.

April 14, 2008

The National Directory

 

[colomom]

From Li: http://www.the3arguidos.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9592

From: http://jn.sapo.pt/2008/04/15/policia_e_tribunais/portavoz_mc_cann_e_mentiroso.html

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McCann's spokesman is a "liar"

Marisa Rodrigues

The spokesman of the parents of Madeleine McCann "is a liar and Machiavellian." Who says this is the president of the Association of Staff of Criminal Investigation (ASFIC). Carlos Anjos accuses Clarence Mitchell of having a well-defined strategy. "He wants to discredit the Criminal Police(PJ) by making up excuses in order to avoid the return of the couple to Portugal to participate in the reconstruction of the night of the crime. He lied to his teeth," he says.
This was the reaction of Carlos Anjos after yesterday's response of the PJ concerning the informations given by the Spanish channel "Telecinco" that announced having access to the depositions of Kate and Gerry. "It is completely untrue that the content of the news reproduces material that is in secrecy of justice", said the PJ in a release, issued after a meeting in Lisbon between Alípio Ribeiro and Paulo Rebelo, coordinator of the judicial police of Portimão and responsible for the investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine.

After the news, advanced on Thursday as being an "exclusive" of the Spanish channel, Mitchell gave several interviews to British televisions. He insulted the PJ and blamed the Portuguese inspectors of what he called a "grotesque breach of secrecy." He accused them of initiating a "dishonest manoeuvre to discredit the family."

On that same day, Kate and Gerry were in Brussels to present an European project to help to find missing children. Meanwhile, in Leicestershire, England, Paulo Rebelo's team were attending the interrogations scheduled in the rogatory letter.

To disrupt the enquiry

The PJ says they "deplore the intervention of the spokesman, particularly at a time when significant steps were made in the research." The president of ASFIC goes further. "Finally it is known where the truth is. While the PJ fulfilled their duty to investigate what happened to the child, the spokesman of the parents was manipulating the public opinion," he accuses.

For Carlos Anjos, "who mounted the scheme was Mr Clarence Mitchell. He needed to find an excuse to avoid the participation of the couple in the reconstruction, saying now that he does not trust the PJ." The ASFIC is available to give legal support to the researchers who feel targeted by the statements of Mitchell and want to move forward with a criminal complaint.