The Madeleine McCann case: “major breakthrough”

I never said they did it. I’m saying did they use funding meant for a search to pay off their house? If so I said a fact
 
Skirmish said:
Yeah I just looked that up as well, how do they get away with that?
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I seem to recall at the time it was justified by them as they weren't working to allow them to co-ordinate the search effort and keep the case in the media, so as they were on reduced income, they used the fund to pay their mortgage.
 
Caesium137 said:
I seem to recall at the time it was justified by them as they weren't working to allow them to co-ordinate the search effort and keep the case in the media, so as they were on reduced income, they used the fund to pay their mortgage.
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Regardless of what they are going through, were other families with missing childrens mortgages paid off?
 
Caesium137 said:
I seem to recall at the time it was justified by them as they weren't working to allow them to co-ordinate the search effort and keep the case in the media, so as they were on reduced income, they used the fund to pay their mortgage.
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A fund that was donated from the public to help find her not pay for their mortgage
 
Why are people so bitter - surely it is all directed in the wrong way.
We have had a lot of publicity and efforts to try and solve other long standing missing children cases.
There was Ben Needham and there was also Katrice Lee - all equally tragic and have all had a lot of media profile in attempts to solve heartbreaking cases.
 
Moreno said:
Didn’t they use the money meant for the search to pay off their mortgage?
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They didn't exactly "pay off" their mortgage - not in the way that implies. They made a total of two monthly payments, at a time when they had both been out of work for months and were still in Portugal trying to find their daughter.

As a spokesperson for the fund said, “How would you feel, losing your child and then potentially losing your house on top of that?”

However they acknowledged that they shouldn't have done so and for what it's worth, had already stopped making any mortgage payments some months before it was even reported by the media.
 
fmttmadmin said:
Why are people so bitter - surely it is all directed in the wrong way.
We have had a lot of publicity and efforts to try and solve other long standing missing children cases.
There was Ben Needham and there was also Katrice Lee - all equally tragic and have all had a lot of media profile in attempts to solve heartbreaking cases.
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I don't think it's about bitterness it's more for equality, why have the McCann's received so much more help than other families? It's probably because of their social standing.
 
Why are people making it sound like they used the funds to pay their mortgage off in full. As far as I am aware they used it to make 2 monthly instalments at a time when they were not working, no income, trying to deal with a world turned upside down. What do you expect. Sounds like some would be happier for them to lose the house by defaulting on their mortgage and the whole family be homeless.

Whatever happened to common sense.
 
Skirmish said:
I don't think it's about bitterness it's more for equality, why have the McCann's received so much more help than other families? It's probably because of their social standing.
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It is a tragic case, for sure. The call for 'fairness' is the right one too IMO. It is valid to challenge how an articulate, middle class family appeared to get an awful lot of financial and political support.

It is also one of perspective. I've no doubt some people are interested in this latest development.
But, over the last two days the bulk of printed media has been mad for this - front page coverage and beyond.

Meanwhile we have a track and trace sh1tfest and BLM
 
Even if this man did abduct and murder Maddie, there will be some who will believe that her parents planned it or some such conspiracy.
 
coluka said:
Seriously o_O

What do people expect them to do, go selling their stories to the press, gossiping behind Gerry and Kates back? The police will have interviewed them several times over, as you will know. The police will have made clear any details they are happy to be within the public domain and any information they don’t.

Anything stated would be scrutinised by the journalists, people on message boards, office gossips, spinning their words, looks, demeanour and then have it used as a stick to beat them and the McCanns with. The less said the better in public other than what the police sanction, so that investigations are not compromised in any way shape or form. The police will absolutely have told them all that. Do people seriously think the police have not gone through all the statements time and time again, requestioned statements witnesses not necessarily in the public domain and considered all aspects and possibilities?

What’s the next step, calling for the reformation of UCOS?
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Yes, seriously - I wasn't talking about speaking to the press

The police reported that when interviewed "the group" had rehearsed and agreed a story / sequence of events, they wouldn't answer additional questions, and wouldn't speak without their lawyers present - this is not normal behavior whatever the reason, innocent or otherwise
 
Malaguena said:
Yes, seriously - I wasn't talking about speaking to the press

The police reported that when interviewed "the group" had rehearsed and agreed a story / sequence of events, they wouldn't answer additional questions, and wouldn't speak without their lawyers present - this is not normal behavior whatever the reason, innocent or otherwise
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You don’t think it normal for people to go over in their own minds as to what happened when and who went where amongst each other? If I was with a group and such a tradgedy struck, I would want to ensure everyone was clear about the events leading up to it to make sure neither I nor anyone else missed any detail out. You may call it rehearsing, I call it being clear of all that actually happened to ensure the police had all the facts from everyone. I think you are digging for something that isn’t there.

In any event, did it actually happen as claimed anyway or was this just the Portuguese police just trying to cloud Issues, discredit the group and add weight to their flawed theory whilst protecting the tourist industry of their country?
 
Someone who has just lost their child, will not be think rationally and therefore will not act rationally.

That said not sure I would sit everyone down and say let’s get all the facts out and get the story straight, I would have full trust in my friends to tell the story.

Unless you are doing something you don’t want the police to find out (whatever that reason may be)
 
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