Goncalo Amaral.

[jassi]

Because the attention-seeker wanted to rubbish the German investigation.

By showing the real condition of the van in 2007 ? What a b*stard 

[faithlilly]

The Germans probably had no original photographs of the van as it was in 2007, because they weren't privy to Portuguese files.

The British police did. Don’t you think that they liaised with the German police before making public the photos of the van ?

[pathfinder73]

Bottom photo according to Amaral.

So why didn't the Germans release the same photos? They only had to ask the PJ if they had images of his van from 2007? It was intended for witnesses to a crime that happened in 2007 and it would be easier for anybody to remember a van with distinctive images all over it. That is nonsense police work by the Germans and therefore suspicious.

[Myster]

The British police did. Don’t you think that they liaised with the German police before making public the photos of the van ?

No, not really.  We don't know what access, if any, OG had to Brueckner's Portuguese files.

[faithlilly]

No, not really.  We don't know what access, if any, OG had to Brueckner's Portuguese files.

I don’t think even you believe that.

[Anthro]

Because the attention-seeker wanted to rubbish the German investigation.

Brückner could have sold the camper van, upon which the Minion-style figures were removed by its new owner.

[Brietta]

No, not really.  We don't know what access, if any, OG had to Brueckner's Portuguese files.

So if Amaral was able to produce this photograph from the 2007 PJ files the question about why it wasn't publicised by the Brits or the Germans just doesn't arise.
The question is ... why weren't the Portuguese Judicial Police circulating it?

Could it possibly be because the owner was called Brueckner and not McCann?

[Myster]

Brückner could have sold the camper van, upon which the Minion-style figures were removed by its new owner.

Or even erased them himself after his close brush with the PJ in 2006 for the fuel theft and his admission to a judge about his paedophile past which was never forwarded to the police.

[jassi]

Or even erased them himself after his close brush with the PJ in 2006 for the fuel theft and his admission to a judge about his paedophile past which was never forwarded to the police.

Why would he want to do that and when?

He was using a blue Bedford van when apprehended for the fuel theft and then in prison until early 2007

[Myster]

Why would he want to do that and when?

He was using a blue Bedford van when apprehended for the fuel theft and then in prison until early 2007

As a car enthusiast/mechanic, Brueckner might have owned both in 2006 and as a lifelong paedophile didn't want to attract the attention of the PJ more than he had already.  The Bedford was destroyed because it drew no buyers to pay off his fine.

[jassi]

So if Amaral was able to produce this photograph from the 2007 PJ files the question about why it wasn't publicised by the Brits or the Germans just doesn't arise.
The question is ... why weren't the Portuguese Judicial Police circulating it?

Could it possibly be because the owner was called Brueckner and not McCann?

Probably not

[jassi]

As a car enthusiast/mechanic, Brueckner might have owned both in 2006 and as a lifelong paedophile didn't want to attract the attention of the PJ more than he had already.  The Bedford was destroyed because it drew no buyers to pay off his fine.

I think your argument is rather weak as early you were claiming that the person he sold it to did the removal.
Obviously all in vain as police possessed photos of the van.

[Myster]

I think your argument is rather weak as early you were claiming that the person he sold it to did the removal.
Obviously all in vain as police possessed photos of the van.

The PJ had photos of the graffitied van, but how do you know the Germans did?

There's nothing wrong with keeping your options open, unlike some McCann accusers on here who've had one-track minds since 2007.

[G-Unit]

The PJ had photos of the graffitied van, but how do you know the Germans did?

There's nothing wrong with keeping your options open, unlike some McCann accusers on here who've had one-track minds since 2007.

In my opinion those desperately trying to make abduction the only possible crime are the ones with one-track minds.

[Mr Gray]

In my opinion those desperately trying to make abduction the only possible crime are the ones with one-track minds.

Perhaps you are just very unobservant. I have never said abduction was the only possible crime just that  it was the most likely.