Is there more circumstantial evidence against the mccanns than there is CB

[jassi]

You think?  I am hardly complimentary.  Perhaps you should have a word or two with him.

As if 

To me, he's an irrelevance.

[Mr Gray]

And yet you keep banging on about him as if he were important.

he is important in as much that he is still spouting his tripe...IMO....and people still believe him

[Eleanor]

As if 

To me, he's an irrelevance.

I know that but he doesn't.

So why does he keep on interfering?  He'll be appearing in a German Court the next you know.

[Mr Gray]

Yet after everything he has seen and heard also privy to inside info it seems he still thinks the mccs are responsable it seems.

He was there a senior detective at the time...wrote a book ...and the book is still there for all to read today.

To me its obvious they needed to get rid of him as imo he was on the right track.

The constitution of Kate Healy and Gerald McCann, Madeleine's parents, as “arguidos" should have marked a turnaround in the relationship among the police forces and the couple. If, on the Portuguese police side, the break occurred, it seems that the same cannot be said of the English police. There was an agreement between the two police forces to move forward in an investigation that was seriously considering the possibility that the child died in the apartment, but suddenly the English police veered without consistent technical explanation - as we shall see further. We have always found it odd the way the couple were treated, even after they got their arguido status, and their eventual access to police information.

 I agree with you. If errors were made in this investigation, the delay in changing the status of the McCanns is one of them. There was too much politics and not enough police.

– Well, I wouldn't go that far. The error was to treat the couple "with tweezers". Remember how very soon we saw that many things did not fit and that the McCanns were entitled to privileges. That is not normal !

you may be impressed with amarals version of events ..  To me he was a bent cop who didnt understand the evidence...both those statemnts being factual not opinion

[Mr Gray]

I remember Kate McCann being upset by the assistant chief constable of Leicestershire Police;

He had come out to Portugal shortly after Madeleine’s abduction and had seen us at our most griefstricken, and yet he felt able to comment of Gerry and me in this statement;

‘While one or both of them may be innocent, there is no clear evidence that eliminates them from involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance.’ [madeleine]

Surprisingly, Kate offers no evidence which could eliminate them. She seems to think that it's enough to see their grief. Demonstrating grief is one thing, and many have done it. Convincing people that it's related to innocence is something else altogether.

do you feel CB should have to prove his innocence or does that only apply to the McCanns....thats quite hypocritical if thats what you think

[The General]

he is important in as much that he is still spouting his tripe...IMO....and people still believe him

Spout tripe. Get paid. Rinse. Repeat.
And I'll tell you this much, triple it if CB is discounted.
It's a numbers game; a game of two halves; jumpers for goalposts.

[Mr Gray]

Spout tripe. Get paid. Rinse. Repeat.
And I'll tell you this much, triple it if CB is discounted.
It's a numbers game; a game of two halves; jumpers for goalposts.

But his tripe will be mere offal if CB is charged....as I think he may well be. What will that do for amarals ....portugals....and the SCs reputation

[Eleanor]

But his tripe will be mere offal if CB is charged....as I think he may well be. What will that do for amarals ....portugals....and the SCs reputation

I think Portugal's reputation is already down the pan.  They have lost the lot.

[The General]

But his tripe will be mere offal if CB is charged....as I think he may well be. What will that do for amarals ....portugals....and the SCs reputation

That's the game. He pushed all in 13 years ago, Dav, I don't think he's bothered.
Who knows, given the perverse nature of social media and the gutter press, he may even find himself even more in demand.

[Mr Gray]

That's the game. He pushed all in 13 years ago, Dav, I don't think he's bothered.
Who knows, given the perverse nature of social media and the gutter press, he may even find himself even more in demand.

the thing is we don't know...and when we don'y know its like a vacuum...you can put any old rubbish in there

[jassi]

I think Portugal's reputation is already down the pan.  They have lost the lot.

You may think so. but I don't think that most of the world is in the least interested.

[jassi]

he is important in as much that he is still spouting his tripe...IMO....and people still believe him

Which people ?
Are they of any consequence?

[kizzy]

you may be impressed with amarals version of events ..  To me he was a bent cop who didnt understand the evidence...both those statemnts being factual not opinion

No you dont need GA to tell you were the mccs were concerned -  something wasn't right IMO

[Vertigo Swirl]

Which people ?
Are they of any consequence?

No, thankfully.

[jassi]

No, thankfully.

So why does anyone get worked up about him ?
Is it all because he defeated the McCann in the Portuguese Courts ?