[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

...like leaving toddlers alone in an apartment in Portugal to go out drinking with pals. Surely!

It was a meal not a drinking session and they were checking on the kids throughput the evening

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

It was a meal not a drinking session and they were checking on the kids throughput the evening

It's never sat right with me that they did this, and whether they went for a meal or out partying/ drinking or even out to the theatre to see a play.... they still abandoned their kids...and it's still neglect. You can't leave 3 small kids alone , we're talking baby & toddler age,not adolescent & teenagers.And even then...it would still be a bit irresponsible,but atleast they'd be older .

3 tiny kids are very vulnerable & need full supervision, and I'm not buying that they were able to keep going back & forth to check on them. Why didn't they take the kids with them to the restaurant and check that it's child friendly?, or better still... just leave them back in the UK with a respectable relative or trusted member to fully babysit. I don't understand why you would take your 3 small children on holiday...to then dump them in a apartment in a foreign setting, while you go out for dinner with friends? . Doesn't make sense to me.

And we all know as I've said before...if this was another Karen Mathews type family,then social services would have been all over this !! .

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

It's never sat right with me that they did this, and whether they went for a meal or out partying/ drinking or even out to the theatre to see a play.... they still abandoned their kids...and it's still neglect. You can't leave 3 small kids alone , we're talking baby & toddler age,not adolescent & teenagers.And even then...it would still be a bit irresponsible,but atleast they'd be older .

3 tiny kids are very vulnerable & need full supervision, and I'm not buying that they were able to keep going back & forth to check on them. Why didn't they take the kids with them to the restaurant and check that it's child friendly?, or better still... just leave them back in the UK with a respectable relative or trusted member to fully babysit. I don't understand why you would take your 3 small children on holiday...to then dump them in a apartment in a foreign setting, while you go out for dinner with friends? . Doesn't make sense to me.

And we all know as I've said before...if this was another Karen Mathews type family,then social services would have been all over this !! .

Anyone that makes ANY excuse for what they did is vile imo.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Anyone that makes ANY excuse for what they did is vile imo.

Empathy & sympathy for parents losing a child I guess? as it must be the worst pain unimaginable .And for poor Madeline's sake...as for a long time a few people were still hoping she'd be found one day...to now realising that she's sadly dead.

Which I understand to a point,but all of this could have been avoided ...if they were more responsible. But the McCann's will forever have to live with their mistake which has cost them their daughter's life.

I still find it off to even say she was "abducted", as the whole thing was very suspicious from the get go...but I don't even want to go down that conspiracy rabbit hole again. But I always found the McCann's to be full of red flags .

I know people won't like this opinion...as it will be taken as me attacking 'grieving parents ', but they're actions & behaviour is very odd .