Originally Posted by brit1981
But they did not commit neglect under Portuguese law.
The evidenc eof the dogs means diddly squat (false positives, alertig to bodily fluids, alerting to drie dblood etc),
So there is no proof that there were any false positives or that they were alerting to bodily fluids in the Madeleine McCann case, as the only reference that is presented is from the "Jersey" case.
Unless you have proof a body was there the dogs barking means nothing.
Brit1981"I cannot quiete remember what Kate said about the Zapata case, but I do not think she referred to the case itself, but to a judges ruling during the case about the reliability and admissibility of recovery do"
The Dogs alerted, there was no body, subsequently Zapata confessed and gave the details of the murder, the dogs were correct. (I will have to read the Kate McCann book and then quote the passage concerned!)
So, out of all the cases where Cadaver scent was found, the only cases that can be put up for question are the Jersey Haut de la Garenne case and the McCann case. Dogs alerted to the McCann apartment, clothing Hire car and Toy cat (actually if you watch the video the dog never once alerted to the cat)
Despite searches of 7 residences, the Dogs only alerted in the McCann apartment
Despite searches of 10 vehicles the Dogs only alerted to the McCann Hire car.
No matter how that gets spun, the facts are there, the dogs according to the defenders of the McCanns have only got it wrong twice, Jersey (apparently) and countless times with the McCann case.
Actually we have no idea of the success rate, Grime claims they have never given a false positive, but he does nto elaborate on whether he means the dog correctlty alerted to dried blood from a living person, so we have nothing to base any claims on whether the dogs barking always meant a body was there or had been there. If anyone here can find evidence of the two hundred cases Grime refers to I would be interested to see it.
So the defence of the McCanns rests on the dogs suddenly getting it wrong after a working lifetime of success and a "corrupt" Detective, so corrupt that he was allowed to be involved in the case even though the allegations against him were from three years earlier, so corrupt that there were confessions from both parties that were jailed for more than 20 years.
Amaral was made an aguido on the 4th may 2007. He was found guilty in a criminal court. the confessions thta jailed the parties were based on torture. the case is now being referred to the UN I hear.
In my opinion, there is a lot of effort being put into trying and failing to discredit Martin Grimes and again a lot of effort in trying to focus the attention of Goncalo Amaral, why such a focus, why such desperation?
Surely, innocent parents wouldnt have to try so hard to discredit everything that calls them into question, surely they would be better served putting their time and effort into finding Madeleine, which this in no way does?
Well it is not hard to discredit the dogs or Amaral. the dog alerts to dried blood from a living person as well as bodily fluids, the next case the dog worked one was a disaster. There are very few cases where eddie has worked that received such media attention so we have no idea about the other ones. We know in the Prout case the dog barked in the house and no body was found there, yet when eddie searched the area where the body was (outside nowhere near the house) he failed to alert. We know that when working for SYP he only ever found one body and had a lower success rate than the handler dog team he worked with.
As for Amaral, the fact he is a criminal with a conviction for fabricating evidence (as well as his other troubles discredits him.
If people are so certain the mccanns are guilty why are they relying on the word of a criminal who fabricated evidence in a previous case and who did nto even work on the case for that long, and the word of a dog who has got it wrong before and whose alerts do not even mean a body was there when he alerts correctly anyway? So far no evidence has been found thta implcate the parents or murat in any criminal activity.