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Disappeared and Abducted Children and Young Adults => Madeleine McCann (3) disappeared from her parent's holiday apartment at Ocean Club, Praia da Luz, Portugal on 3 May 2007. No trace of her has ever been found. => Topic started by: Robittybob1 on December 23, 2016, 06:13:38 AM

Title: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 23, 2016, 06:13:38 AM
Stephen25000 posted http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=7846.msg371029#msg371029

 "Again, for the last time. There is no independent verification the window was open before McCann got there.

More light than there should be ????

Meaningless drivel."

Is it reasonable to expect an independent verification of every claim?  What sort of independent person would be around the back of the McCann's apartment between 9:00 and 10:00 PM at night?

If Matt or Russell said when they saw it at 9:30 the shutters were down what difference would that make? 
Either it could be claimed that they are not independent or that the shutters must have been opened after their observation. 
There is no way to satisfy this objection unless there were two people doing the check together and even then would they be independent?  It is an impossible objection therefore totally unreasonable to expect anyone to deliver an answer.
I think we can all question as to whether Kate is telling us the truth but if there is no proof to the contrary and she has made a statement it would be up to the likes of Stephen to prove she is lying, otherwise we must remain sceptical but don't expect someone else to prove it is true.
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: ShiningInLuz on December 23, 2016, 02:16:41 PM
Stephen25000 posted http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=7846.msg371029#msg371029

 "Again, for the last time. There is no independent verification the window was open before McCann got there.

More light than there should be ????

Meaningless drivel."

Is it reasonable to expect independent verification of every claim?  What sort of independent person would be around the back of the McCann's apartment between 9:00 and 10:00 PM at night?

If Matt or Russell said when they saw it at 9:30 the shutters were down what difference would that make? 
Either it would be claimed that they are not independent or that the shutters must have been open after their observation. 
There is not way to satisfy this objection unless there were two people doing the check together asnd even then would they be independent.  It is an impossible objection therefore totally unreasonable to expect anyone to deliver.
I think we can all question whether Kate is telling us the truth but if there is no proof to the contrary and she has made a statement it would be up to Stephen to prove she is lying otherwise  remain sceptical but don't expect someone else to prove it is true.
The state of the shutter and the window is critical.  When the shutter went up and when the window was opened is critical.  If we had certainty about those we would be much further forward in working out what happened to Madeleine.

But we aren't.
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 23, 2016, 05:44:15 PM
The state of the shutter and the window is critical.  When the shutter went up and when the window was opened is critical.  If we had certainty about those we would be much further forward in working out what happened to Madeleine.

But we aren't.
That is correct, but it shows my point that no matter how many times you demand this evidence, it doesn't just materialise.  If the PJ ever spoke to the person who admits to raising the window shutters, or to a person who saw the shutters up or down just before Kate did, they are virtually confessing to the crime, so it is very unlikely at this stage.
This is where I find Matt's evidence rather unsatisfactory for he says he did a listening check at 9:00 PM but doesn't say whether this was at just one side of the building or both sides.
But whatever they say Stephen could then demolish it by simply saying "Matt or the others (the T7) are not independent". 
If by saying "they are not independent" is Stephen including the T7 as suspects?
Suspects in some sort of conspiracy.
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 07:10:34 AM
The state of the shutter and the window is critical.  When the shutter went up and when the window was opened is critical.  If we had certainty about those we would be much further forward in working out what happened to Madeleine.

But we aren't.
You might not be but others are
SY have said the McCanns are not suspects and therefore believe them
I have said many times if the McCann are telling the truth and theire is no reason to suggest they are not
Then Maddie was abducted
End of
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 24, 2016, 07:27:16 AM
You might not be but others are
SY have said the McCanns are not suspects and therefore believe them
I have said many times if the McCann are telling the truth and theire is no reason to suggest they are not
Then Maddie was abducted
End of
But you wouldn't be certain when the shutters were raised are you?  But if I understand you correctly you are saying at the very least "they were up before Kate enters the kid's bedroom".
Can you accept this SIL?  I can, davel does, but can you?
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 07:27:36 AM
What independent evidence is there that Ben Needham was playing on his own out of sight when he disappeared
There isn't any
The police have to make a decision who they believe
That's it
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 07:46:12 AM
But you wouldn't be certain when the shutters were raised are you?  But if I understand you correctly you are saying at the very least "they were up before Kate enters the kid's bedroom".
Can you accept this SIL?  I can, davel does, but can you?

Everything I have read and seen over the past 9 years has convinced me that the McCanns are telling the truth
Which is confirmed by SY saying they are not suspects
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 24, 2016, 08:35:27 AM
Everything I have read and seen over the past 9 years has convinced me that the McCanns are telling the truth
Which is confirmed by SY saying they are not suspects
Would you ever split the McCanns down the middle? 
"Could you ever accept "Everything I have read and seen over the past 9 months has convinced me that Kate McCann is telling the truth.
Which is confirmed by SY saying she is not a suspect."

Why did Gerry turn on the light when he checked Madeleine?
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 10:02:31 AM
Would you ever split the McCanns down the middle? 
"Could you ever accept "Everything I have read and seen over the past 9 months has convinced me that Kate McCann is telling the truth.
Which is confirmed by SY saying she is not a suspect."

Why did Gerry turn on the light when he checked Madeleine?
No I wouldn't
The whole idea that the McCanns have told a pack of lies over the past 9 years
 Committed a multi million pound fraud and begged SY to carry on investigating them is totally ridiculous
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: G-Unit on December 24, 2016, 10:05:20 AM
Kate's report of their interaction with the GNR in 'Madeleine';

I reported my fears that all three children could have been sedated

Did the GNR officers totally ignore this? Did Silvia, a mother herself, totally ignore it? Are we to believe that they all brushed off Kate's reported fears that her twins were under the influence of some unknown sedative? Are we to believe that a group of doctors then decided to risk leaving two children to sleep off the effects of some unknown substance rather than insisting on medical help being called?

That's a lot to be asked to believe.

Then there's this;

One of these questions was that they wanted the PJ to be aware of was Madeleine's revelation about Wednesday night, when she said that she was left alone during the night. She told Kate and Gerry that she remembered the twins crying and that she wanted to know why neither her mother nor her father had gone to the room to see what was happening.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/STEPHEN_MARKLEY.htm

The early version of the Wednesday night crying story. It suggests that Madeleine stayed in her bed so she didn't know the answer to her question. On Tuesday night, however, she didn't stay in her bed;

He cannot say exactly, but he thinks that on Monday or Tuesday MADELEINE had slept for some time in his bedroom with KATE as she [K] had told him that one or both twins had cried making much noise.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/GERRY-MCCANN-10MAY.htm

Madeleine came through to our bedroom, complaining that Amelie was crying and had woken her up.
'Madeleine'

Why did she actively seek put her parents that night when a twin cried but not on Wednesday night? Had she done so she would have known that they didn't come because they weren't there;

Madeleine asked the witness the reason why they had not gone to her room when the twins were crying.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/GERRY-MCCANN.htm

Madeleine asked the interviewee why she had not come to look in the bedroom when the twins were crying.
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/KATE-MCCANN.htm

Later, Madeleine is included in the crying;

Madeleine had a question for us. ‘Why didn’t you come when Sean and I cried last night?’ .......
'Madeleine'

We were puzzled. Did she mean when they were having their bath? we asked her. No, Kate, you were there, remember?
Or just after they’d gone to bed? No. Kate, you were there, remember?

Children often get a bit fractious around bedtime, though I had no recollection of any tears from either Madeleine or Sean before they settled the previous evening. And it certainly hadn’t been in the early hours, because I’d been in the room with them, even closer than usual.......Could Madeleine and Sean have woken up while we were at dinner? If so, it was worrying, obviously, but it didn’t seem very probable. Well if you didn't hear it Kate, that makes it the most probable answer, surely?
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 24, 2016, 10:55:56 AM
Kate's report of their interaction with the GNR in 'Madeleine';

I reported my fears that all three children could have been sedated

Did the GNR officers totally ignore this? Did Silvia, a mother herself, totally ignore it? Are we to believe that they all brushed off Kate's reported fears that her twins were under the influence of some unknown sedative? Are we to believe that a group of doctors then decided to risk leaving two children to sleep off the effects of some unknown substance rather than insisting on medical help being called?

That's a lot to be asked to believe.

......snipped
Look I said before Silvia had a conflict of interest (COI) in the disappearance of Madeleine.  She might have heard Kate but deliberately not suggest the idea to the GNR about this. This could have been part of the COI.
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: G-Unit on December 24, 2016, 11:42:56 AM
Look I said before Silvia had a conflict of interest (COI) in the disappearance of Madeleine.  She might have heard Kate but deliberately not suggest the idea to the GNR about this. This could have been part of the COI.

I know what you have said, but have seen no evidence that it's true. Suggesting that Silvia deliberately didn't translate what Kate said is quite unfounded.

Please explain why a group of doctors didn't insist on getting the twins checked out, if, as Kate suggests, they thought they may have been given an unknown substance to sedate them? I thought that was drummed into them during their training?

Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: jassi on December 24, 2016, 11:52:54 AM
I know what you have said, but have seen no evidence that it's true. Suggesting that Silvia deliberately didn't translate what Kate said is quite unfounded.

Please explain why a group of doctors didn't insist on getting the twins checked out, if, as Kate suggests, they thought they may have been given an unknown substance to sedate them? I thought that was drummed into them during their training?

Being doctors, themselves, I'm sure they considered their own expertise  superior to anything Portugal would have to offer.
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 11:53:16 AM
I know what you have said, but have seen no evidence that it's true. Suggesting that Silvia deliberately didn't translate what Kate said is quite unfounded.

Please explain why a group of doctors didn't insist on getting the twins checked out, if, as Kate suggests, they thought they may have been given an unknown substance to sedate them? I thought that was drummed into them during their training?

I can explain exactly why
The fact that the twins vital signs were normal meant that they were not in danger and any sedative was wearing off
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: ShiningInLuz on December 24, 2016, 04:28:26 PM
But you wouldn't be certain when the shutters were raised are you?  But if I understand you correctly you are saying at the very least "they were up before Kate enters the kid's bedroom".
Can you accept this SIL?  I can, davel does, but can you?
I have limited information as to when the shutter was raised and the window opened.  That it was is not the question.  It is when?
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 24, 2016, 04:34:35 PM
I have limited information as to when the shutter was raised and the window opened.  That it was is not the question.  It is when?
Not even a hunch or a favourite time?
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 24, 2016, 04:39:01 PM
I know what you have said, but have seen no evidence that it's true. Suggesting that Silvia deliberately didn't translate what Kate said is quite unfounded.

Please explain why a group of doctors didn't insist on getting the twins checked out, if, as Kate suggests, they thought they may have been given an unknown substance to sedate them? I thought that was drummed into them during their training?
I thought you even suggested it was a possibility.
you said "Kate's report of their interaction with the GNR in 'Madeleine';
I reported my fears that all three children could have been sedated.
Did the GNR officers totally ignore this? Did Silvia, a mother herself, totally ignore it?"
Or were you quoting Kate entirely?
In which case Kate suggests it rather than you.

To ignore someone's request is to do it deliberately.
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 24, 2016, 04:49:02 PM
I can explain exactly why
The fact that the twins vital signs were normal meant that they were not in danger and any sedative was wearing off
Even if that is true they couldn't be sure if they were going to become progressively more sedate.  Are you suggesting the doctors knew when and what had been administered to the twins?
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 07:12:09 PM
I have limited information as to when the shutter was raised and the window opened.  That it was is not the question.  It is when?

You are totally wrong....What is critical is who raised the shutter
We know that none of the tapas was responsible according to their statements
So are they all lying... of course not
So that leaves a third party
If we knew that we would understand a lot more
Would you not agree
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: jassi on December 24, 2016, 07:13:14 PM
You are totally wrong....What is critical is who raised the shutter
We know that none of the tapas was responsible according to their statements
So are they all lying... of course not
So that leaves a third party
If we knew that we would understand a lot more
Would you not agree

Only they can answer that.
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 07:19:46 PM
Only they can answer that.

They have
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: jassi on December 24, 2016, 07:23:00 PM
They have

Really?  Have any of them made sworn statements that they are telling the truth ?
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 24, 2016, 07:25:59 PM
They have
What just accept and never question as to whether anyone is lying?
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 07:31:57 PM
What just accept and never question as to whether anyone is lying?
Just because I believe them does not mean I simply accept that they are telling the truth
Looking at all the availability evidence so believe the McCanns are telling the truth
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 07:33:52 PM
Really?  Have any of them made sworn statements that they are telling the truth ?
Would it make a scrap of difference to you
None of the tapas has ever questioned the anductipn
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: jassi on December 24, 2016, 07:35:08 PM
Would it make a scrap of difference to you
None of the tapas has ever questioned the anductipn


?
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 24, 2016, 07:37:35 PM
Just because I believe them does not mean I simply accept that they are telling the truth
Looking at all the availability evidence so believe the McCanns are telling the truth
Definitely the focus has been on the McCanns.  But how can you eliminate all the others from opening the shutters etc. just based on their statements?

?
Abduction.
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 07:38:07 PM

?

Ever heard of a mobile phone
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 07:40:03 PM
Definitely the focus has been on the McCanns.  But how can you eliminate all the others from opening the shutters etc. just based on their statements?Abduction.

Thank you for helping the less able out

Any suggestion that any of the tapas opened the shutters is ridiculous based on the evidences
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: jassi on December 24, 2016, 07:45:09 PM
Thank you for helping the less able out

Any suggestion that any of the tapas opened the shutters is ridiculous based on the evidences

What evidence would that be ?
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 08:00:38 PM
What evidence would that be ?
The evidence that the sceptics do not understand
If they did they would not be sceptic
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: jassi on December 24, 2016, 08:02:14 PM
Same old, same old, You witter on about all the evidence that you have allegedly read, but never produce any for scrutiny.
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Mr Gray on December 24, 2016, 08:04:24 PM
Same old, same old, You witter on about all the evidence that you have allegedly read, but never produce any for scrutiny.

I posted a whole thread
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: jassi on December 24, 2016, 08:08:48 PM
I posted a whole thread

In that case I'm sure it will be worth repeating - or at least posting a link so that we can all be so well informed.
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 24, 2016, 09:35:28 PM
Thank you for helping the less able out

Any suggestion that any of the tapas opened the shutters is ridiculous based on the evidences
That would depend on the purpose of doing such a thing.  How long would that take to open the window and open the shutter from the inside?  So I can't be too sure about that, but whatever the reason it was opened we can just about rule out:
1. Madeleine falling out that window.
2. That she was abducted via the window.
3. That an intruder climbed in and out that window.
4. That Madeleine opened them herself.

I think we are still on topic "There is no independent verification the window was open before McCann got there".  Is this an unreasonable objection?
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: G-Unit on December 24, 2016, 09:53:58 PM
I thought you even suggested it was a possibility.
you said "Kate's report of their interaction with the GNR in 'Madeleine';
I reported my fears that all three children could have been sedated.
Did the GNR officers totally ignore this? Did Silvia, a mother herself, totally ignore it?"
Or were you quoting Kate entirely?
In which case Kate suggests it rather than you.

To ignore someone's request is to do it deliberately.

The GNR Officers didn't report that Kate was worried abut sedation. I can't think why the GNR Officers would ignore it if they were told. The twins were in danger, would a policeman ignore that?

I can't think of any reason why Silvia would not translate it if Kate said it, but Silvia didn't report it either. As a mother herself would she have really ignored the danger the twins could have been in?

I can't think why a mother and a doctor would trust to luck that her twins would recover if she suspected they'd been doped with an unknown substance.

If Kate was concerned I can't think why she wouldn't ask for medical help.
Title: Re: Is this a reasonable objection?
Post by: Robittybob1 on December 25, 2016, 07:02:59 AM
The GNR Officers didn't report that Kate was worried abut sedation. I can't think why the GNR Officers would ignore it if they were told. The twins were in danger, would a policeman ignore that?

I can't think of any reason why Silvia would not translate it if Kate said it, but Silvia didn't report it either. As a mother herself would she have really ignored the danger the twins could have been in?

I can't think why a mother and a doctor would trust to luck that her twins would recover if she suspected they'd been doped with an unknown substance.

If Kate was concerned I can't think why she wouldn't ask for medical help.
The observation that "The GNR Officers didn't report that Kate was worried about sedation" can be solved by Silvia not mentioning it to them.  Did she at any time in her statement question whether the twins had been drugged?

She doesn't even make this observation as part of her general statement.  "At a certain time, after the arrival of the PJ elements, the parents removed the twins from the beds in which they were still sleeping and took them to the first floor flat."
It is a bit unusual that the thought that the twins were sedated is not mentioned.