Madeleine McCann's younger sister Amelie, 18, speaks publicly for the first time

[Crimson Dynamo]

Madeleine McCann's younger sister Amelie, 18, speaks publicly for the first time
at candle ceremony to mark 16 years since her abduction, calling it 'a sad
occasion'


This is the first time Amelie McCann has been pictured since she was a child
Amelie said: 'It's nice that everyone is here together but it's a sad occasion'


Madeleine McCann's younger sister spoke publicly for the first time last night
as her family marked the poignant 16th anniversary of the toddler's
disappearance.

Maddie was taken by a predator from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal in May
2007 when she was just three in an unfortunate accident that could have happened to any parent

Her sister Amelie, now 18, joined her parents and well-wishers last night at a
candle service dedicated to her. She said: 'It's nice that everyone is here
together, but it's a sad occasion.'

It was the first time Amelie, who is applying to go to university, has been
pictured since she was a toddler - giving a glimpse of what her older sibling
may look like as an adult.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12043735/Madeleine-McCanns-younger-sister-Amelie-18-speaks-publicly-time-candle-ceremony.html

Top Comment:

Bless Amelie and Sean having to grow up their entire remembered lives in
the shadow of their missing sister and negative media around their parents.
It must have been very challenging. I wish them both happy and peaceful
adult lives.

[Glenn.]

She must thank her lucky stars everyday that it wasn’t her that was killed/abducted

[Niamh.]

Gerry looks very sad in this one :

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/10/16/video-undefined-18B672B000000578-690_154x115.jpg

[Livia]

They should have asked her how it feels when people say such poisonous things about her parents, not to their faces, but from the anonymity of social media. I can't imagine how hard it's been for her. Must cut her deep.

[Zizu]

They should have asked her how it feels when people say such poisonous things about her parents, not to their faces, but from the anonymity of social media. I can't imagine how hard it's been for her. Must cut her deep.


Very true !!


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[user104658]

Maddie was taken by a predator from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal in May
2007 when she was just three in an unfortunate accident that could have happened to any parent

Article doesn't even say this :joker:. News: LT edition.

[Glenn.]

I’m sure she would have more pressings questions to ask like why did our mum and dad leave us unattended in a foreign country to go out for dinner and drinks. I know I would. Anyone would.

[user104658]

They should have asked her how it feels when people say such poisonous things about her parents, not to their faces, but from the anonymity of social media. I can't imagine how hard it's been for her. Must cut her deep.

I wonder if it cuts deeper than the loss of her sibling due to selfishness and neglect? I doubt it, but I wonder.

Its not even that I don't accept that people make tragic mistakes. But they haven't even once said "Maybe in hindsight we shouldn't have drugged our toddlers with antihistamines and left them alone in a holiday resort in a foreign country". Not once in 16 years.

[Glenn.]

I’m sorry but any parent that thinks that is acceptable and especially, when you consider some of the same parents on here act like a drag Queen reading to children is a crime you have to wonder whether they’re just idiots or just trolling.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Article doesn't even say this :joker:. News: LT edition.

MY one is the Scottish edition

[Liam-]

Imagine being raised by admittedly negligent parents that at the least, contributed to your sisters disappearance, or at most (and most likely) were actually responsible for her disappearance, couldn’t imagine being raised by narcissists like that awful pair

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Denver]

They should have asked her how it feels when people say such poisonous things about her parents, not to their faces, but from the anonymity of social media. I can't imagine how hard it's been for her. Must cut her deep.

They litterally rinsed the tax payers of money because they have freinds in high places where as other parents with missing children were pretty much told unless your rich we don't care

[Livia]

I wonder if it cuts deeper than the loss of her sibling due to selfishness and neglect? I doubt it, but I wonder.

Its not even that I don't accept that people make tragic mistakes. But they haven't even once said "Maybe in hindsight we shouldn't have drugged our toddlers with antihistamines and left them alone in a holiday resort in a foreign country". Not once in 16 years.

Read all that on the Internet, did you? Must be right......

[Livia]

They litterally rinsed the tax payers of money because they have freinds in high places where as other parents with missing children were pretty much told unless your rich we don't care

Show me one shred of evidence for all that. One shred.

[Denver]

Show me one shred of evidence for all that. One shred.

You can Google the hundreds and hundreds of children who have not had any sort of media attention which is one of the most important thing when looking for witnesses.

You only have to ask the mother of Ben Needham on how quickly the search was over and done and she has had to fork out so much money that she doesn't have to keep searching while multi millionaires the McCanns never forked our a penny for the child they murdered

[Denver]

Read all that on the Internet, did you? Must be right......

They litterally tried to get injunctions out to stop the truth being revealed, they are terrible parents

[Glenn.]

We know the facts of the case and the fact is she would not have gone missing had she not been left unsupervised while her parents went out for dinner.

Honestly you have to be trolling or an idiot to think that’s ok.

[Livia]

They litterally tried to get injunctions out to stop the truth being revealed, they are terrible parents

Literally? Figuratively, you mean. You don't know any of this, you don't know the truth behind whatever injunction was in place unless you've privy to information the general public are not.

You show me one parent who has never done something stupid, or forgot to do something, and ended up putting their child in danger... and I'll show you a liar. I'm not talking about leaving a kid, I mean, people throw their kids up in the air and accidentally bang their heads, they turn their back in a supermarket and their kid's gone... he McCann's have to live with this, knowing their actions contributed to the disappearance of their child. If I was acting for the McCann's I'd encourage them to sue you all for libel, jointly and severally.

[Denver]

Literally? Figuratively, you mean. You don't know any of this, you don't know the truth behind whatever injunction was in place unless you've privy to information the general public are not.

You show me one parent who has never done something stupid, or forgot to do something, and ended up putting their child in danger... and I'll show you a liar. I'm not talking about leaving a kid, I mean, people throw their kids up in the air and accidentally bang their heads, they turn their back in a supermarket and their kid's gone... he McCann's have to live with this, knowing their actions contributed to the disappearance of their child. If I was acting for the McCann's I'd encourage them to sue you all for libel, jointly and severally.

Any parent who is not neglectful would not take their child to a foreign country, leave them in a unlocked accommodation alone after drugging them and not only wait to raise the alarm after finding they are not their but deep clean the property first

[Crimson Dynamo]

Happier times for the unfortunate family when guests of the Owner of Everton at Goodison and meeting Sir Harry Of Redknapp

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[Livia]

Any parent who is not neglectful would not take their child to a foreign country, leave them in a unlocked accommodation alone after drugging them and not only wait to raise the alarm after finding they are not their but deep clean the property first

Any parent? You have evidence to support this opinion, I guess?

I'm not saying the McCann's weren't wrong in what they did, I'm saying that they know what they did and what it led to. Now they have to live with, not only that thought, but a crown of people on the Internet claiming ALL SORTS of things for which no evidence exists.

[Niamh.]

https://www.9news.com.au/world/madeleine-mccann-cadaver-dog-search-apartment-rental-car/c5247cb6-89d7-4c25-8978-7ec0e5834e84

[Swan]

Any parent who is not neglectful would not take their child to a foreign country, leave them in a unlocked accommodation alone after drugging them and not only wait to raise the alarm after finding they are not their but deep clean the property first

Wait, they deep cleaned the holiday home or whatever it was first before raising the alarm?

[Denver]

Wait, they deep cleaned the holiday home or whatever it was first before raising the alarm?

There was blood splatters that had been cleaned but discovered then there was 2 different types of her DNA in a car that they had hired days after she had disappeared and they have always refused to take a lie detector test

[Niamh.]

There was blood splatters that had been cleaned but discovered then there was 2 different types of her DNA in a car that they had hired days after she had disappeared and they have always refused to take a lie detector test

And Cadaver odour was detected by the dogs in both the apartment (where no one had previously died) and the rental car

[Swan]

There was blood splatters that had been cleaned but discovered then there was 2 different types of her DNA in a car that they had hired days after she had disappeared and they have always refused to take a lie detector test

And Cadaver odour was detected by the dogs in both the apartment (where no one had previously died) and the rental car

Nothing will convince me the parents aren't responsible for Madeleine's death.

[joeysteele]

Nothing will convince me the parents aren't responsible for Madeleine's death.

Nor me.

I had my doubts earlier on but I've said this many times.
Chuff me dizzy was a member on here who never pulled her punches.
She gathered loads of info and posted it on here and fully convinced me to be as sure as probable, that they were responsible.

I agree with Denver's accounts too.

[user104658]

They were responsible if their account of events is 100% accurate.

The narrative that "it could happen to anyone" or is comparable to turning your back for a few seconds is just a massive stretch. Yes mistakes happen and terrible things happen.

Leaving three toddlers alone in a room and going for dinner is not an oversight or a small error it is reckless to the point of negligencr, and caused their daughter's death. Is that awful for them? Of course. But it's more awful for her. And the suggestion being put out that their actions were OK is reprehensible.

[Crimson Dynamo]

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The Rev Rob Gladstone, who led prayers at the informal outdoor, told the congregation:
“We are here this evening to show our loving concern for Madeleine and for all young
children who have been taken away from their families against their will.

“We are also here to encourage one another to keep up hope and pray for a renewal of
strength even after this long time.”

Amelie, accompanied by her friend Georgina, joined in repeating mantras read out by
individual people in the 70-strong crowd including “Never never give up”, “leave no
stone unturned”, “don’t forget about me” and “still missing, still missed."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/04/madeleine-mccann-sister-amelie-speaks-kate-gerry-rothley/

[Redway]

Imagine being raised by admittedly negligent parents that at the least, contributed to your sisters disappearance, or at most (and most likely) were actually responsible for her disappearance, couldn’t imagine being raised by narcissists like that awful pair

But a naked drag-queen (and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with drag in itself; you know that’s far from what I’m saying) doing a play for babies is a better role-model for parents?

[Liam-]

But a naked drag-queen (and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with drag in itself; you know that’s far from what I’m saying) doing a play for babies is a better role-model for parents?

If you don’t want to discuss the topic of the thread, that’s perfectly fine, but don’t try and start rows by bringing up things that are completely irrelevant and purely designed to initiate something, I’ve told you before, you’re not getting a row out of me, so stop trying

[GoldHeart]

Nothing will convince me the parents aren't responsible for Madeleine's death.

My thoughts since the beginning.

[Crimson Dynamo]

[QUOTE=GoldHeart;11287062]My thoughts since the beginning.[/QUOTE}

Thankfully not the thoughts of the police detectives who were furnished with all the evidence available and not just the morsels gleaned by the news media.

Justice was served to the unfortunate family. Kate and her husband are actually respected Doctors

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[GoldHeart]

[QUOTE=GoldHeart;11287062]My thoughts since the beginning.[/QUOTE}

Thankfully not the thoughts of the police detectives who were furnished with all the evidence available and not just the morsels gleaned by the news media.

Justice was served to the unfortunate family. Kate and her husband are actually respected Doctors

https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article22140329.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/1_Kate-McCann-mother-of-Madeleine-McCann-attends-a-news-conference-in-Lisbon.jpg

Them being ' respected doctors ' doesn't mean they're innocent, if anything they can fool people more so .

And as I keep saying.....even if you don't think they're responsible for Madeline's disappearance ,they still neglected their very small 3 kids to go out drinking with their mates.

[bots]

LT always brings that picture out when he is losing the argument

[Crimson Dynamo]

LT always brings that picture out when he is losing the argument

There is no argument, just a tragic unfortunate loving family who fate has dealt a terrible hand to - vilified by covetous arm-chair detectives.

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[bots]

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[Denver]

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Giving me a year 10 cry on the spot challenge in my Drama Lesson

[MTVN]

If they did what's the motive supposed to be and why have they worked tirelessly to keep the investigation going and the case in the spotlight if they were responsible? Is this supposed to have been under the nose of their friends?

[jet]

If they did what's the motive supposed to be and why have they worked tirelessly to keep the investigation going and the case in the spotlight if they were responsible? Is this supposed to have been under the nose of their friends?

Agree, it doesn't make sense that they have been desperate to keep the investigation alive....and how could they possibly have disposed of her body so it would never be found in such a short time span.

[Redway]

If you don’t want to discuss the topic of the thread, that’s perfectly fine, but don’t try and start rows by bringing up things that are completely irrelevant and purely designed to initiate something, I’ve told you before, you’re not getting a row out of me, so stop trying

I’m not initiating anything but you’re the last person who’s in any position to be judging people’s parenting skills, let me tell you.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I’m not initiating anything but you’re the last person who’s in any position to be judging people’s parenting skills, let me tell you.

Well said Redway