Maddie The Truth of the Lies
May 29, 2009 by John HirstMcCanns involved in Madeleine Fund fraud
May 25, 2009 by John HirstWhy did the McCanns tell the PJ a lie about a fake break-in to Apartment 5A?
May 22, 2009 by John HirstMadeleine the truth
April 30, 2009 by John HirstMcCanns: Just a thought
January 4, 2009 by John HirstListening to Viking FM yesterday I was particularly struck by the following advert:
“Hull the family friendly city where no child is left behind”.
I could not help but think that there must be a message somewhere in this for the McCanns…
Should Kate McCann be Woman of the Year 2008?
January 2, 2009 by John HirstAmanda Knox voted Italian
‘woman of the year’
The American student accused of stabbing her British flatmate Meredith Kercher to death has been named among Italy’s personalities of the year.
My Christmas message for the McCanns…
December 21, 2008 by John HirstMy Christmas message for the McCanns…
A child is not just for Christmas.
According to the McCanns:
“Christmas is a time for children. Please help bring our daughter back.”
The evening of 3 May 2007, was also a time for children. Instead, the McCanns chose to neglect their children in favour of a binge drinking session with their friends.
It is pathetic that the McCanns are pleading “Please help bring our daughter back”. They and they alone were responsible for Madeleine’s death and disappearance.
We will help bring your daughter’s body back to England for a decent burial. But first you must tell us where you disposed of her body.
The McCann affair is a scandal
October 23, 2008 by John Hirst
The author calls for a public inquiry and adds:
“And an inquiry might not only look at the conduct of reporters and newspapers, but could also assess the arguments about the conduct of the McCanns, who have been accused of manipulating public opinion through adept use of public relations”.
In my view, how the McCanns have conducted themselves is a scandal. And, I would welcome a public inquiry if only to hear the McCanns answers to the questions they have been evading fron Day One.
McCanns: Reasonable suspicion?
October 23, 2008 by John HirstThe police are called to report that a 3 year old girl is missing from an apartment. Besides a girl missing, what else is missing? The answer is, an explanation for her disappearance. The parents offer an explanation, rather conveniently, they state an abductor must have taken Madeleine away. Initially, they claim that the apartment was locked. And, that the abductor effected a break-in. Upon further investigation it is discovered that the apartment was left unlocked by the parents, and that no break-in occurred.
The parents were the last people to see Madeleine.
“The CATCHEM database used by police on investigations into child disappearances indicates that 80% of missing children have been killed either by parents or close relatives and that the snatching of children by roving paedophiles is actually quite rare”.
http://charonqc.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/the-presumption-of-innocence/
Obviously, each individual case has to be judged on its individual merits.
If we look at this objectively, to date we have 3 unsatisfactory explanations offered by the McCanns.
1. “We thought it was safe”.
2. “The apartment was locked”.
3. “There was a break-in”.
That’s 3 reasonable grounds for suspicion.
Link.
A crime mystery?
October 23, 2008 by John Hirst
On the 3rd of May 2007, at approximately 10pm, at Praia da Luz in Portugal, the parents of 3 year old Madeleine Beth McCann declared her to be missing.
How was it possible for Madeleine to simply go missing? The simple answer provided by Madeleine’s parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, was that they had left Madeleine and their 2 year old twins, in the apartment alone, without supervision, whilst they went out for a meal and drinks with their friends. At the time stated, Kate McCann claimed that she left the tapas bar to check upon the children and discovered that Madeleine was absent.
Was it safe to leave 3 children under 4 years of age all alone without supervision? The simple answer is, no it is not.
Is there any evidence that Madeleine was asleep in the apartment along with the twins? The simple answer is, no. There is no evidence whatsoever, just the parents word that she was.
Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that the parents are in some way responsible in the disappearance of Madeleine.
Link.
Brazilian child’s murder becomes news soap opera
October 4, 2008 by John HirstSAO PAULO (Reuters) – With all the ingredients of the dramatic “telenovela” soap operas millions of Brazilians watch each night, the murder of 5-year-old Isabella Nardoni has gripped the country and sparked feverish media coverage.
A pretty girl who dreamed of being a ballerina, Isabella was found dead on March 29 after she was apparently thrown from the sixth-floor Sao Paulo apartment where she lived with her father and stepmother.
The father, who says an intruder must have killed Isabella while she was briefly alone in the apartment, and stepmother were detained but released on Friday without charge despite the prosecutor saying their story was a fantasy.
In a country where statistics show a child is killed every 10 hours, many of them black and living in the drug-plagued slums that surround most big cities, the murder of the light-skinned middle-class girl has become a cause celebre.
“Children die every day in Rio and Sao Paulo, but this case is different because it’s playing out like a telenovela and people want to see the next episode,” said Gloria Vanique, a reporter for Brazil’s dominant Globo Television station who was camped outside the police station where the father was held.
Some coverage has drawn a link between the girl’s death and the violence that children suffer every day throughout Brazil that receives little media or police attention.
For the most part, though, the media has focused on the case’s titillating details and suspense over who killed the child. Adding to the drama have been apparent discrepancies in the couple’s versions of events on the night of the murder. Witnesses reported hearing a girl shouting “Stop, Father!”
“The only thing that works in Brazil is the family — the market doesn’t work and the government doesn’t work,” said anthropologist Roberto DaMatta, explaining why the case was so shocking to many. Continued…
Tapas 7 receive libel damages even though they lied
October 16, 2008 by John HirstSeven friends who were dining with the McCanns when their daughter Madeleine disappeared have received a £375,000 libel payout from Express Newspapers.
BBC story here.
Madeleine is dead: It’s official
October 17, 2008 by John HirstSky News said the money will be paid out to the so-called “Tapas Seven” by Express Newspapers.
Hat-Tip to the McCannfiles.
