[Vicky.]

Unless this british man is Payne, ROB or Jerry then I am nearly certain this will come to nothing.

[Z]

The case has been cold for years, I really doubt this will come to anything. Either someone will find her body accidentally or she'll escape from somewhere, there won't be any police cracking of the case I don't think.

[GypsyGoth]

At least some police will get a trip to portugal out of this new investigation, they might even get lucky and find clues that mean they have to go to hawaii next.

[InOne]

The McCann's will make sure there is at least one story a month about Maddie. You can almost guarantee it will be mentioned somewhere. It does really seem a cold case like Z said.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

At least some police will get a trip to portugal out of this new investigation, they might even get lucky and find clues that mean they have to go to hawaii next.

[Z]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

At least some police will get a trip to portugal out of this new investigation, they might even get lucky and find clues that mean they have to go to hawaii next.

[Kazanne]

Another wild goose chase,I do wish they would stop insulting our intelligence,what a farce all this is.

[Nedusa]

Another day another Maddie McCann headline, is this a real lead or just more press column inches ?

Why is this story kept in the headlines when in reality no new leads have been found or most likely never will be.

Who stands to gain from this , who profits from these stories regularly appearing on the front pages of all British tabloids.

Is this a diversionary tactic to keep the minds of the great British public focused on a third party paedophile responsible for this girls abduction. If so why, what is being hidden here ?

Definitely something amiss here.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Another wild goose chase,I do wish they would stop insulting our intelligence,what a farce all this is.

In my opinion too Kazanne, 'farce' is the only word for it.

[Vicky.]

http://portugalresident.com/maddie-a...ew-revelations

“These latest revelations are simply beyond belief”, a former British policeman who has been actively following investigations told us.

“The totally Flat man - who managed to hide behind the door against the wall when Gerry (Madeleine’s father) entered the room to do his check (just before Madeleine went missing), and Tannerman who was of medium slim build, and Smithman, who was not potbellied, and the Heroin Blackman have all suddenly been dropped in favour of trying to trace potbellied Smellyman - a fat man who can leap in a single bound through a tiny window, and take a sleeping child, whilst sedating two others in a way unknown to modern medical science, and then leap out again and VANISH without leaving his distinctive smell.
“It is all too ridiculous to even try to take on board”...

Indeed...

[Z]

I still think the McCanns should be prosecuted for gross negligence. We can categorically say that this situation would not have happened if they had not irresponsibly left their toddler and two babies alone in an unlocked apartment in a foreign country so they could go have a boozy dinner with their friends. There were care facilities available on site so there is no excuse.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Z

I still think the McCanns should be prosecuted for gross negligence. We can categorically say that this situation would not have happened if they had not irresponsibly left their toddler and two babies alone in an unlocked apartment in a foreign country so they could go have a boozy dinner with their friends. There were care facilities available on site so there is no excuse.

Indeed.

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Z

I still think the McCanns should be prosecuted for gross negligence. We can categorically say that this situation would not have happened if they had not irresponsibly left their toddler and two babies alone in an unlocked apartment in a foreign country so they could go have a boozy dinner with their friends. There were care facilities available on site so there is no excuse.

If they were Working Class and in low paid jobs I'm sure they would have been. Headlines would've read: 'Chav scum leave kids alone in Portugal to go on the piss'. But because they're in good jobs and quite photogenic (as is Maddie) it seems to have slipped everyones minds that it's their fault in the first place.

[Nedusa]

Apparently police are closing in on the abductor of Maddie and it is only a matter of time before arrests are made.

Pardon me....... really, is this actually the case or is it just more tabloid nonsense. as someone said in an earlier post.....

Farce.......complete farce all of this

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by InOne

If they were Working Class and in low paid jobs I'm sure they would have been. Headlines would've read: 'Chav scum leave kids alone in Portugal to go on the piss'. But because they're in good jobs and quite photogenic (as is Maddie) it seems to have slipped everyones minds that it's their fault in the first place.

Indeed.

[Z]

Originally Posted by InOne

If they were Working Class and in low paid jobs I'm sure they would have been. Headlines would've read: 'Chav scum leave kids alone in Portugal to go on the piss'. But because they're in good jobs and quite photogenic (as is Maddie) it seems to have slipped everyones minds that it's their fault in the first place.

Yeah definitely. It's just a bit sick I think. On the one hand I feel sorry for Madeleine and I suppose for her parents for their loss; but on the other hand I think they're playing victims when at least to some extent they do have some blame to take for what happened that night.

[Kizzy]

I always thought they played a neat trick garnering so much sympathy for what ultimately was child neglect.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I always thought they played a neat trick garnering so much sympathy for what ultimately was child neglect.

yeah and the fact that they never acknowledge any blame is strange to me, you would imagine, as a parent, you would be racked with guilt and blame yourself if something like this happened to your child, I know I would

[Crimson Dynamo]

the blame lies with the abductor. period.

[Kizzy]

There was just no hysterics.... if it was me there would have been hysterics.
Payne was the last person to check her, he would have been dangling from a balcony somewhere explaining every detail of the last time he saw her.

[Nedusa]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

There was just no hysterics.... if it was me there would have been hysterics.
Payne was the last person to check her, he would have been dangling from a balcony somewhere explaining every detail of the last time he saw her.

I agree......you would think more would have been made of this situation with Payne yet it was barely mentioned. Very odd ??

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

the blame lies with the abductor. period.

The McCanns are guilty of neglect, they left 3 babies alone in an unlocked apartment, that is neglect. You have a duty to protect your children which they failed to do by leaving them in a vulnerable situation. Yes, whoever took/murdered/whatever Maddie was "most" guilty" but they're not without guilt themselves

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

The McCanns are guilty of neglect, they left 3 babies alone in an unlocked apartment, that is neglect. You have a duty to protect your children which they failed to do by leaving them in a vulnerable situation. Yes, whoever took/murdered/whatever Maddie was "most" guilty" but they're not without guilt themselves

Its neglect in your eyes but they did not see it that way, they saw the situation as safe and it would have been but for a determined abductor

who probably would have snatched the child from the beach, a shop or whereever.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Its neglect in your eyes but they did not see it that way, they saw the situation as safe and it would have been but for a determined abductor

who probably would have snatched the child from the beach, a shop or whereever.

Wherever there is opportunity, they gave them that opportunity... gift wrapped it by leaving the door unlocked.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Its neglect in your eyes but they did not see it that way, they saw the situation as safe and it would have been but for a determined abductor

who probably would have snatched the child from the beach, a shop or whereever.

I've got to agree with this. The whole subject has been hijacked conspiricy theorists and I've seen some really appalling comments from people who have no more information on the case than anyone else on the Internet. The McCanns can't do anything right now in some people's eyes. They're even being criticised for popping up in the press every now and again, even though that was their plan right from the start: to keep their daughter's name in the public eye so that people didn't forget her. I feel dreadfully sorry for them.