Paedophile Roderick McDonald aka Roderick William Robinson arrested in Malta.

[faithlilly]

But it is not true, instead it is truly disgusting to say that I desperately want Madeleine to be in the hands of a paedophile.  You'd have to be truly warped to think that.

I said you were desperately trying to put not that you wanted Madeleine in the hands of a paedophiles. Why else would you want  to prove a connection between OG and this evil reprobate and what he may know ?

[Alfred R Jones]

I said you were desperately trying to put not that you wanted Madeleine in the hands of a paedophiles. Why else would you want  to prove a connection between OG and this evil reprobate and what he may know ?

Try and understand this Faithlilly.  I do not want Madeleine to have ever been abducted by paedophiles, the thought of it absolutely sickens me.  TBH, it would be far more palatable to believe that she fell off the sofa and got chucked in the bin by a panicked parent, perhaps that is why some people prefer to believe it happened this way because they cannot bear to contemplate other, more disturbing scenarios.  Others comfort themselves with the belief that she was taken by a childless couple and is currently well and loved by them, despite the fact that they are not her real parents.  Others think she wandered off by herself, never to be seen again, an almost supernatural and poetic scenario which allows the believer the luxury or not having to contemplate any particular grisly ending for the child.

I am a realist.  I think if a child disappears in the night and the set of circumstances point to abduction by a stranger then I think it's most likely an abductor had malevolent intentions towards her, most probably of a sexual nature.  I believe that all the evidence points to the fact that this is in line with Operation Grange's thinking too.  Therefore, if newspaper reports suggest that The Met is keen to interview known paedophiles who have links with the Algarve then I think that is perfectly understandable, reasonable and almost certainly true.  Robinson is just one of those blokes.  He may not be a likely candidate for abductor (and I have never suggested otherwise) but he may have valuable information for police officers investigating sex crimes in the Algarve which possibly may have a link to Madeleine's disappearance.

I hope that fully explains my position, and that I won't have anymore of these disgusting accusations tossed my way.

[faithlilly]

Try and understand this Faithlilly.  I do not want Madeleine to have ever been abducted by paedophiles, the thought of it absolutely sickens me.  TBH, it would be far more palatable to believe that she fell off the sofa and got chucked in the bin by a panicked parent, perhaps that is why some people prefer to believe it happened this way because they cannot bear to contemplate other, more disturbing scenarios.  Others comfort themselves with the belief that she was taken by a childless couple and is currently well and loved by them, despite the fact that they are not her real parents.  Others think she wandered off by herself, never to be seen again, an almost supernatural and poetic scenario which allows the believer the luxury or not having to contemplate any particular grisly ending for the child.

I am a realist.  I think if a child disappears in the night and the set of circumstances point to abduction by a stranger then I think it's most likely an abductor had malevolent intentions towards her, most probably of a sexual nature.  I believe that all the evidence points to the fact that this is in line with Operation Grange's thinking too.  Therefore, if newspaper reports suggest that The Met is keen to interview known paedophiles who have links with the Algarve then I think that is perfectly understandable, reasonable and almost certainly true.  Robinson is just one of those blokes.  He may not be a likely candidate for abductor (and I have never suggested otherwise) but he may have valuable information for police officers investigating sex crimes in the Algarve which possibly may have a link to Madeleine's disappearance.

I hope that fully explains my position, and that I won't have anymore of these disgusting accusations tossed my way.

I understand perfectly Alfie.

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[misty]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14097869.Paedophile_pensioner_who_changed_his_name_so_he_could_flee_to_Malta_and_watch_child_porn_jailed/#comments-anchor
23 Nov 2015
Flora Thompson  Argus_FloraT

A PAEDOPHILE pensioner who changed his name so he could flee to Malta to watch child porn undetected has gone to jail.

Roderick MacDonald, 77, was handed a three year and eight month prison sentence on Friday at Brighton Crown Court after being extradited back to Sussex in October.

Previously known as Robinson and of Upper Rock Gardens, Brighton, he was handed a 12 month prison sentence suspended for two years in September 2012 for touching two girls aged five and seven on a yacht in Sussex in June that year.
He was prohibited contact with under 18s as part of a Sexual Offence Prevention Order which meant he was a registered sexual offender for life.

But a month later he changed his name to Macdonald by deed poll and left the UK, breaching the court orders by not telling police and probation officers of his travel plans.

He was tracked down in Malta in October 2014 by Brighton and Hove detectives and the National Crime Agency and arrested with a European warrant.

He appeared at a Maltese court and pleaded guilty to importing and possessing indecent images of children found on his computer at the time and was sent to jail there for 18 months.

When he left prison Robinson, now of no fixed address, was flown back to Gatwick Airport and appeared in court admitting failure to notify foreign travel before leaving the UK, failure to notify change of name, and failure to notify change of address, all in October 2012, which are all requirements of being a registered sex offender.

Of his 44 month sentence, 32 were imposed for breaching the terms of his sex offender registration requirement and 12 months related to his breach of a suspended sentence.

Detective chief inspector Pierre Serra, of Sussex Police, said Macdonald was caught as a result of "close co-operation" between a number of crime agencies, including the Crown Prosecution Service, the National Crime Agency (NCA), and law enforcement overseas.
A NCA spokesman said its Child Exploitation On-Line Protection Centre tracked MacDonald's movements and found his permanent address in Malta.


He added: "This case reflects the ongoing activity of the NCA in tackling the threat of transnational child sex offenders."

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ETA
Looking back at the previous research on this man, I'm still none the wiser about who he really is. Did he change his birth name from MacDonald to Robinson at some stage if the story about the Maltese mother is true and then change it again by deed poll back to MacDonald?
The police seem to have gone to an enormous amount of trouble to locate a man only given a 12 month suspended sentence in this country.

[pegasus]

Was he in PDL that night? If not then it's irrelevant

[misty]

Was he in PDL that night? If not then it's irrelevant

I don't know. Maybe if we knew what name he was using in 2007 it would be a start. His yacht could have been moored in Lagos. Maybe he knew Hewlett & was on a campsite with him......all I can say is he must have a little more UK history than touching 2 youngsters.

[sadie]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14097869.Paedophile_pensioner_who_changed_his_name_so_he_could_flee_to_Malta_and_watch_child_porn_jailed/#comments-anchor
23 Nov 2015
Flora Thompson  Argus_FloraT

A PAEDOPHILE pensioner who changed his name so he could flee to Malta to watch child porn undetected has gone to jail.

Roderick MacDonald, 77, was handed a three year and eight month prison sentence on Friday at Brighton Crown Court after being extradited back to Sussex in October.

Previously known as Robinson and of Upper Rock Gardens, Brighton, he was handed a 12 month prison sentence suspended for two years in September 2012 for touching two girls aged five and seven on a yacht in Sussex in June that year.
He was prohibited contact with under 18s as part of a Sexual Offence Prevention Order which meant he was a registered sexual offender for life.

But a month later he changed his name to Macdonald by deed poll and left the UK, breaching the court orders by not telling police and probation officers of his travel plans.

He was tracked down in Malta in October 2014 by Brighton and Hove detectives and the National Crime Agency and arrested with a European warrant.

He appeared at a Maltese court and pleaded guilty to importing and possessing indecent images of children found on his computer at the time and was sent to jail there for 18 months.

When he left prison Robinson, now of no fixed address, was flown back to Gatwick Airport and appeared in court admitting failure to notify foreign travel before leaving the UK, failure to notify change of name, and failure to notify change of address, all in October 2012, which are all requirements of being a registered sex offender.

Of his 44 month sentence, 32 were imposed for breaching the terms of his sex offender registration requirement and 12 months related to his breach of a suspended sentence.

Detective chief inspector Pierre Serra, of Sussex Police, said Macdonald was caught as a result of "close co-operation" between a number of crime agencies, including the Crown Prosecution Service, the National Crime Agency (NCA), and law enforcement overseas.
A NCA spokesman said its Child Exploitation On-Line Protection Centre tracked MacDonald's movements and found his permanent address in Malta.


He added: "This case reflects the ongoing activity of the NCA in tackling the threat of transnational child sex offenders."

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ETA
Looking back at the previous research on this man, I'm still none the wiser about who he really is. Did he change his birth name from MacDonald to Robinson at some stage if the story about the Maltese mother is true and then change it again by deed poll back to MacDonald?
The police seem to have gone to an enormous amount of trouble to locate a man only given a 12 month suspended sentence in this country.

Good that he got 44 months this time.  That will keep him out of mischief and allow the police plenty of time to find out any other misdeeds he might be guilty of ... in the UK, maybe in PT ... and in the rest of the world

ETA:  I wonder what his real name is too .... and if Roderick MacDonald is not his real name, then who is he?   Does he even look like the photo that is supposedly of Roderick MacDonald aka Robinson ?