IMO there were no sexual assaults on British kids in PDL.

[Wonderfulspam]

It's not up to the families to publicise deeply traumatic events. These families may have thought that what happened to them was a one-off at the time and simply trusted the police to investigate.

Why blame the victims as opposed to the police who should have been investigating the cases?

Because they are partly to blame for each subsequent attack, all they had to do was say....

'Don't go to the Algarve, my daughter was raped in her bed there'

But that was obviously beyond these selfish b........s.

[Brietta]

Did these events only occur with British children, or is it only British children that our media are interested in reporting on?
I find it strange that this predator is being so selective.

Over the period the police believe him to have carried out these offences if this person selected only British children to the exclusion of all others there will be a reason behind that.

The services of a real criminal profiler might help. 

I hope the Portuguese authorities look at speeding up the mechanism to allow the PJ to release information to NSY which might help in pin pointing a person fitting the description of this man. 

If only Brits were targeted I think it is logical to assume this man must have had access to information about British families on holiday, which surely must narrow the field a little. 

[Carana]

Because they are partly to blame for each subsequent attack, all they had to do was say....

'Don't go to the Algarve, my daughter was raped in her bed there'

But that was obviously beyond these selfish b......s.

You are still blaming the victims as opposed to the police, IMO.

What makes you think that all the families knew of other attacks?

Would you seriously have gone to the tabloids (with all the risks of being named and doorstepped) if your own child had been attacked?

For all your online wummery, I don't think you would have done if it were your family.

ETA ... and your adored child/niece who needed to be protected from further trauma.

[Wonderfulspam]

You are still blaming the victims as opposed to the police, IMO.

What makes you think that all the families knew of other attacks?

Would you seriously have gone to the tabloids (with all the risks of being named and doorstepped) if your own child had been attacked?

For all your online wummery, I don't think you would have done if it was your family.

You are still blaming the victims as opposed to the police, IMO.

They are all complicit, them and the resort staff, managers & tour companies n'all.

They all kept their gobs shut when little girls were nonced, allegedly.


What makes you think that all the families knew of other attacks?

I'm not saying they did but jeez, ones enough isn't it.


Would you seriously have gone to the tabloids (with all the risks of being named and doorstepped) if your own child had been attacked?

I seriously bloody well would, even more so if I thought the police (& resort owners) were brushing it under the carpet. I wouldn't want other families to take their little girls there.

[Carana]

You are still blaming the victims as opposed to the police, IMO.

They are all complicit, them and the resort staff, managers & tour companies n'all.

They all kept their gobs shut when little girls were nonced, allegedly.


What makes you think that all the families knew of other attacks?

I'm not saying they did but jeez, ones enough isn't it.


Would you seriously have gone to the tabloids (with all the risks of being named and doorstepped) if your own child had been attacked?

I seriously bloody well would, even more so if I thought the police were brushing it under the carpet. I wouldn't want other families to take their little girls there.

How could these families have known that their case was being brushed under the carpet by PT police, let alone that other similar cases were also?

They may have legitimately thought that a serious investigation had been undertaken.

[Wonderfulspam]

How could these families have known that their case was being brushed under the carpet by PT police, let alone that other similar cases were also?

They may have legitimately thought that a serious investigation had been undertaken.

Serious investigation or no, I would still want to warn other families, that is exactly what I would do.

[Carana]

Serious investigation or no, I would still want to warn other families, that is exactly what I would do.

Fair enough if you have ever been faced with the decision to publicise your child's harrowing rape situation in the tabloids, with everything that that could entail at school and in the neighborhood with the additional psychological consequences, as opposed to trusting the police.

[Wonderfulspam]

Fair enough if you have ever been faced with the decision to publicise your child's harrowing rape situation in the tabloids, with everything that that could entail at school and in the neighborhood with the additional psychological consequences, as opposed to trusting the police.

I would be making a song and dance about it either way.

[John]

Having read through this thread two things strike me.

Firstly, the blame is being laid at the feet of just about everyone except the tour operator.  The tour operator or at least their representatives on site are the first port of call usually when a crime has taken place.  Just a thought, could some of the parents involved have been persuaded to keep the whole sordid thing quiet and been appropriately compensated?

Secondly, we have just heard in the news of how a US paedophile drugged children in the UK before abusing them and taking photos.  Bearing in mind the well discussed suggestion that the McCann children were drugged, could this in fact have happened to these other children?

[Wonderfulspam]

Having read through this thread two things strike me.

Firstly, the blame is being laid at the feet of just about everyone except the tour operator.  The tour operator or at least their representatives on site are the first port of call usually when a crime has taken place.  Just a thought, could some of the parents involved have been persuaded to keep the whole sordid thing quiet and been appropriately compensated?

Secondly, we have just heard in the news of how a US paedophile drugged children in the UK before abusing them and taking photos.  Bearing in mind the well discussed suggestion that the McCann children were drugged, could this in fact have happened to these other children?

If a tour company tried to buy my silence on the issue, I'd take the money, then grass them up.

And if I worked for a tour company that I knew was hushing up sex attacks on little girls then I'd be leaving ASAP, the manager/owners nose would be three foot wide across his face before I left & I'd go straight to the cops as I would struggle to live with the disgusting cover up on my conscience.

[John]

If a tour company tried to buy my silence on the issue, I'd take the money, then grass them up.

And if I worked for a tour company that I knew was hushing up sex attacks on little girls then I'd be leaving ASAP, the manager/owners nose would be three foot wide across his face before I left & I'd go straight to the cops as I would struggle to live with the disgusting cover up on my conscience.

Maybe this particular bubble is about to burst?

[Cariad]

Having read through this thread two things strike me.

Firstly, the blame is being laid at the feet of just about everyone except the tour operator.  The tour operator or at least their representatives on site are the first port of call usually when a crime has taken place.  Just a thought, could some of the parents involved have been persuaded to keep the whole sordid thing quiet and been appropriately compensated?

Secondly, we have just heard in the news of how a US paedophile drugged children in the UK before abusing them and taking photos.  Bearing in mind the well discussed suggestion that the McCann children were drugged, could this in fact have happened to these other children?

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No, they wouldn't know about it then and wouldn't have been able to report it.

[John]

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No, they wouldn't know about it then and wouldn't have been able to report it.

The parents or other siblings would though if the predator had been disturbed which seems to be what happened in most reported cases.

[slartibartfast]

You are still blaming the victims as opposed to the police, IMO.

They are all complicit, them and the resort staff, managers & tour companies n'all.

They all kept their gobs shut when little girls were nonced, allegedly.


What makes you think that all the families knew of other attacks?

I'm not saying they did but jeez, ones enough isn't it.


Would you seriously have gone to the tabloids (with all the risks of being named and doorstepped) if your own child had been attacked?

I seriously bloody well would, even more so if I thought the police (& resort owners) were brushing it under the carpet. I wouldn't want other families to take their little girls there.

Nothing on Tripadvisor?

[Carana]

Having read through this thread two things strike me.

Firstly, the blame is being laid at the feet of just about everyone except the tour operator.  The tour operator or at least their representatives on site are the first port of call usually when a crime has taken place.  Just a thought, could some of the parents involved have been persuaded to keep the whole sordid thing quiet and been appropriately compensated?

Secondly, we have just heard in the news of how a US paedophile drugged children in the UK before abusing them and taking photos.  Bearing in mind the well discussed suggestion that the McCann children were drugged, could this in fact have happened to these other children?

On the first issue... no idea. There may have been rumours with nothing to substantiate it. It's still up to the police to investigate.

On the second... no idea, either. I would find it unlikely that the drugging scenario would have been identical in PdL. An older child accepting, e.g., a drugged coke from a trusted teacher would seem to be in a different category.

The drug may not have been in a drink, though. Is there anything reliable as to what these kids were actually drugged with?