New German suspect in Madeleine McCann mystery disappearance.

[jassi]

So?

so why quote my answer about what Mitchell said by moving the goalposts to whether he was being paid?

[Anthro]

I think you have to take very seriously an announcement from Kate an Gerry using this source and bear it in mind for future reference.

• there will be no running commentary from Kate and Gerry on the investigation - that is for law enforcement who they will support in any way they can in that
• it is FALSE that the German authorities have written to them
• there is no family spokesperson
• there are no lawyers being actively paid by them
• no comments in the recent past or in the immediate future can be attributed to Kate and Gerry unless it has been posted on their website
• important developments in the investigation will be relayed only from official police sources

I think it would be impossible not to understand any of that ... it makes the whole situation crystal clear ... and for me it brings into sharp focus the pain and turmoil Madeleine's family must be enduring at the moment and my heart goes out to them.

Hi Brietta, I also noticed on Twitter today that Mark Williams-Thomas said, ‘I would like to remind the German prosecutor ... every time you open your mouth, Gerry and Kate hang on every word you say’. It must be an unbearable and desperate time for the family.

[Vertigo Swirl]

so why quote my answer about what Mitchell said by moving the goalposts to whether he was being paid?

I was simply moving the conversation on.  What would you like me to have said?  “Thank you very much Jassi for providing the quote, it was very kind of you to oblige”?  If so , consider it said.  I’m HUGELY indebted to you for the fulsome response, thank you, thank you, thank you!

I trust I have made amends for my terrible transgression.

[jassi]

I was simply moving the conversation on.  What would you like me to have said?  “Thank you very much Jassi for providing the quote, it was very kind of you to oblige”?  If so , consider it said.  I’m HUGELY indebted to you for the fulsome response, thank you, thank you, thank you!

I trust I have made amends for my terrible transgression.

Would do for starters,  perhaps with a little more grovelling   

[faithlilly]

Black truly has become white.

The parents say they have no spokesperson yet we have seen their, and introduced as such, spokesperson speak on their behalf at least twice in the last week.

We are told that they do not have a lawyer yet we have heard their Portuguese lawyer make comments in the last week on the parents behalf.

It is absolutely clear that the parent’s statement is incompatible with what has actually happened over the last two weeks.

Why is that ?

[Vertigo Swirl]

Would do for starters,  perhaps with a little more grovelling   

OK.  Once again thank you, and thank you again.  You really are the kindest, most intelligent and empathetic forum member it’s ever been my privelege to have posted alongside.  Your avatar does not do justice either to your undoubted physical beauty or your beautiful soul.  Without you and your words of wisdom in my life, I am nothing but a mere husk of dejected, useless humanity. 

Enough?

[Eleanor]

OK.  Once again thank you, and thank you again.  You really are the kindest, most intelligent and empathetic forum member it’s ever been my privelege to have posted alongside.  Your avatar does not do justice either to your undoubted physical beauty or your beautiful soul.  Without you and your words of wisdom in my life, I am nothing but a mere husk of dejected, useless humanity. 

Enough?

No.  More, More.

[Brietta]

I agree, Carana. And in the process of investigating their own country’s child disappearances, they might have come across something related to Madeleine.

There has been a puzzlement as to why it appeared to be only British children who were targeted.  I think Carana is right in thinking other Nationals might also have been subjected to assault and we only know about the British ones initially through the medium of Kate's book. 
I think we can assume the German suspect is multilingual, I think I read he has English and he certainly had English girl friends.  Having lived and worked in Portugal from a young age it is probable he could pass himself in Portuguese

[Mr Gray]

Black truly has become white.

The parents say they have no spokesperson yet we have seen their, and introduced as such, spokesperson speak on their behalf at least twice in the last week.

We are told that they do not have a lawyer yet we have heard their Portuguese lawyer make comments in the last week on the parents behalf.

It is absolutely clear that the parent’s statement is incompatible with what has actually happened over the last two weeks.

Why is that ?

Both your satements are incorrect...the parents havent denied having  a spokesman..they've denied having a family spokesman.
They haven't said they don't have  a lawyer...they said they are not paying one at the moment..

[faithlilly]

There has been a puzzlement as to why it appeared to be only British children who were targeted.  I think Carana is right in thinking other Nationals might also have been subjected to assault and we only know about the British ones initially through the medium of Kate's book. 
I think we can assume the German suspect is multilingual, I think I read he has English and he certainly had English girl friends.  Having lived and worked in Portugal from a young age it is probable he could pass himself in Portuguese

Redwood spoke about the children assaulted in their beds in 2013 if I remember correctly. You would have thought that if children from other countries were also being targeted he would have told us at the time.

[faithlilly]

Both your satements are incorrect...the parents havent denied having  a spokesman..they've denied having a family spokesman.
They haven't said they don't have  a lawyer...they said they are not paying one at the moment..

https://www.prweek.com/article/1395236/mccann-family-spokesman-clarence-mitchell-joins-public-affairs-agency-jbp

[jassi]

And something a little more recent, before Davel starts quibbling

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/nick-ferrari/police-madeleine-mccann-german-suspect/

The Met Police have known about the German suspect in the Madeleine McCann case for three years, the family's spokesperson has told LBC.

[Mr Gray]

I would think the McCanns are just being a bit picky in the circumstances ...Clarence is their spokesman... Not the family's

[kizzy]

Both your satements are incorrect...the parents havent denied having  a spokesman..they've denied having a family spokesman.
They haven't said they don't have  a lawyer...they said they are not paying one at the moment..

They haven't said they don't have  a lawyer...they said they are not paying one at the moment..

Wonder why - surely they must have fund money left.

It was their first priority last time

[Eleanor]

They haven't said they don't have  a lawyer...they said they are not paying one at the moment..

Wonder why - surely they must have fund money left.

It was their first priority last time

Why should The McCanns need to pay a Lawyer?