Amaral's Hypothesis - credible or not?

[Carana]

Agreed ~ and he must have been distracted and distraught at being made Arguido on the 4th May.

Under those circumstances, and given the lack of expertise he and his team had in cases of missing children I think the Portuguese authorities were careless in their expectation of what was expected of him.
I think he just worked the case which was given to him, someone higher up the chain hadn't thought it through.

For some reason, his own arguidoship seems to have been shoved under the carpet for quite a while, even though it happened on the very day that the PJ was called in on this case. That must have been stressful. I don't, however, recall him mentioning that in either his book, his "documentary", nor in any of his interviews.

[John]

Agreed ~ and he must have been distracted and distraught at being made Arguido on the 4th May.

Under those circumstances, and given the lack of expertise he and his team had in cases of missing children I think the Portuguese authorities were careless in their expectation of what was expected of him.
I think he just worked the case which was given to him, someone higher up the chain hadn't thought it through.

Exactly what I was thinking and add to that the civil case brought by his brother and you have a very worried Coordinator.  I think that he was completely out of his depth but I don't believe there was anyone any better to replace him at that time.

Had he been a British police officer he would have been put on gardening leave (for Luz' benefit - he would have been suspended).

[pathfinder73]

"One of the Ocean Club tourists states having heard Gerald McCann saying on the telephone that there were paedophile networks in Portugal, and that it was they who were responsible for Madeleine’s abduction. Absolutely astonishing! Just a few hours after his daughter’s disappearance, the father already knows who is guilty!" (TOTL)

Who was this witness? "They've Taken Her!"  >@@(*&)

[Wonderfulspam]

"One of the Ocean Club tourists states having heard Gerald McCann saying on the telephone that there were paedophile networks in Portugal, and that it was they who were responsible for Madeleine’s abduction. Absolutely astonishing! Just a few hours after his daughter’s disappearance, the father already knows who is guilty!" (TOTL)

Who was this witness? "They've Taken Her!"  >@@(*&)

Yup,  I've always thought that the 'They' bit meant 'It was paedos wot dunnit'.

[pegasus]

... Who was this witness? ...

http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/GRAHAM-MCKENZIE.htm

[pathfinder73]

http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/GRAHAM-MCKENZIE.htm

Thanks Pegasus. Man that is quick to blame a paedo gang network. They've been watching us for days! They've taken her! But Smithman had no getaway car.

"about 23.00 hrs, Mr McKenzie approached the McCann's apartment from the bushes at the rear of the apartment.

I was looking in the little gardens on the poolside of that block, I was in the end garden when I heard a male voice, he sounded distraught his voice cracking with emotion. I looked to see who I now know to be Gerry McCann stood above me on the balcony/patio about 3 metres away speaking on a mobile phone. I cannot recall his exact words but I got the impression that he was speaking to perhaps a family member or someone he was very close to due to the nature of his conversation.

 He said something along the lines of there being Paedophile gangs in Portugal and that they had abducted Madeleine. I was so shocked by this, having originally thought that she had just wandered off.

 I had looked up by now and we actually made eye contact, his conversation did not change at all when he realised that I was there. I felt as if I were intruding on a private moment and so I left the garden at that point."

[pegasus]

Yes the witness was not in the alleyway but in in the actual garden of 5A.

[Eleanor]

It is not at all surprising to me that the immediate thought of the father of a missing child was that paedophiles might well be involved.

[jassi]

They'd never previously  given it a thought,  then immediately after the event, he's suddenly  knowledgeable about paedophile gangs in Portugal.

[slartibartfast]

It is not at all surprising to me that the immediate thought of the father of a missing child was that paedophiles might well be involved.

First thought would be wandered off, especially from an unlocked apartment.

[Eleanor]

They'd never previously  given it a thought,  then immediately after the event, he's suddenly  knowledgeable about paedophile gangs in Portugal.

Well, there were paedophiles loose on The Algarve.  Such a pity that this was suppressed for so long.  But I expect that The British Consulate knew.

[jassi]

Well, there were paedophiles loose on The Algarve.  Such a pity that this was suppressed for so long.  But I expect that The British Consulate knew.

According to what we read in the newspapers, there are paedophiles on the loose, everywhere.

[stephen25000]

Well, there were paedophiles loose on The Algarve.  Such a pity that this was suppressed for so long.  But I expect that The British Consulate knew.

Merely because there are paedophiles in Portugal, does not mean it has anything to do with this case.

Paedophiles are hardly confined to Portugal are they ?

[Eleanor]

According to what we read in the newspapers, there are paedophiles on the loose, everywhere.

But not actually breaking into apartments to interfere with small girls asleep in their beds.

[stephen25000]

But not actually breaking into apartments to interfere with small girls asleep in their beds.

So what evidence is there it happened in this case ?