Does invoking the right to silence carry with it significant risk?

[pathfinder73]

What does Amaral have to say about Kate's cross-questioning and refusal to answer in his very excellent and truthful book?

Nothing I can see. These are the last words in the book.

If they were involved in one way or another, then a crime of fraud or abuse of trust is a possibility concerning the fund that was set up to finance the search for Madeleine. Donations have reached nearly 3 million Euros.

If such a crime exists, Portugal would not have jurisdiction to investigate and try it. The fund being legally registered in England, it would be our English colleagues who would deal with the case. Our English colleagues then realise a hard reality: the strong possibility that they would have a crime to investigate in their own country, with the McCann couple as the main suspects: a prospect that does not seem to appeal to them. I notice a sudden pallor in the faces of those British people present.

http://truthofthelie.com/the-book/chapter-18/

[Mr Gray]

Nothing I can see. These are the last words in the book.

If they were involved in one way or another, then a crime of fraud or abuse of trust is a possibility concerning the fund that was set up to finance the search for Madeleine. Donations have reached nearly 3 million Euros.

If such a crime exists, Portugal would not have jurisdiction to investigate and try it. The fund being legally registered in England, it would be our English colleagues who would deal with the case. Our English colleagues then realise a hard reality: the strong possibility that they would have a crime to investigate in their own country, with the McCann couple as the main suspects: a prospect that does not seem to appeal to them. I notice a sudden pallor in the faces of those British people present.

http://truthofthelie.com/the-book/chapter-18/

unfortunately for Maddie...amaral didn't have aclue what he was talking about and has now been totally discredited

[Alfred R Jones]

Nothing I can see. These are the last words in the book.

If they were involved in one way or another, then a crime of fraud or abuse of trust is a possibility concerning the fund that was set up to finance the search for Madeleine. Donations have reached nearly 3 million Euros.

If such a crime exists, Portugal would not have jurisdiction to investigate and try it. The fund being legally registered in England, it would be our English colleagues who would deal with the case. Our English colleagues then realise a hard reality: the strong possibility that they would have a crime to investigate in their own country, with the McCann couple as the main suspects: a prospect that does not seem to appeal to them. I notice a sudden pallor in the faces of those British people present.

http://truthofthelie.com/the-book/chapter-18/

What an odd passage.  Amaral obviously believes in a great big British cover-up otherwise why would he say his English colleagues blanched at the prospect of an investigation into the fund?

[stephen25000]

unfortunately for Maddie...amaral didn't have aclue what he was talking about and has now been totally discredited

Do you think if you keep repeating that, everybody will believe you ?

[G-Unit]

I think in this case that invoking the right to silence did carry a risk; the risk that people would think that Kate had something to hide. That silence has continued. The only interviewer who has asked uncomfortable questions in this case is Sandra Felgueiras, and none of hers were answered either. I can understand that they were allowing her an interview for reasons of their own, but delflecting her questions makes them seem evasive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWyjVmxWzDY

[Mr Gray]

I think in this case that invoking the right to silence did carry a risk; the risk that people would think that Kate had something to hide. That silence has continued. The only interviewer who has asked uncomfortable questions in this case is Sandra Felgueiras, and none of hers were answered either. I can understand that they were allowing her an interview for reasons of their own, but delflecting her questions makes them seem evasive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWyjVmxWzDY

there was no risk...the only people who criticise kate for not answering the 48 stupid questions are those who believe all the lies and myths and those who have already decided they are guilty....I've heard no one else criticise her

[mercury]

there was no risk...the only people who criticise kate for not answering the 48 stupid questions are those who believe all the lies and myths and those who have already decided they are guilty....I've heard no one else criticise her

I doubt the police who formulated the questions were believers of lies and myths..fact remains that a mother of a missing chuld refused to answer questions. A "no comment" response is typical of criminals trying to hide, she was badly advised as answering any question truthfully wouldnt have put her in a worse position, in other words it backfired

[Gadfly2.1]

In terms of 'no comment' types on TV recently.  Interestingly, the Stockport nurse Victorino Chua, 48 - murdered three.  The sexual attacker, Paul Fenney, on the BBC series Detectives. 

It is one's constitutional right in the UK as well as Portugal.  But the truth is, we all know why most people in the box keep schtum.   

[Mr Gray]

I doubt the police who formulated the questions were believers of lies and myths..fact remains that a mother of a missing chuld refused to answer questions. A "no comment" response is typical of criminals trying to hide, she was badly advised as answering any question truthfully wouldnt have put her in a worse position, in other words it backfired

oh yes they were...in what way has it backfired...I think it was sensible...the pj had to stop answering questions and let her go...otherwise they would have just carried on...remember she had already answered 19 hours of questions

[Mr Gray]

In terms of 'no comment' types on TV recently.  Interestingly, the Stockport nurse Victorino Chua, 48 - murdered three.  The sexual attacker, Paul Fenney, on the BBC series Detectives. 

It is one's constitutional right in the UK as well as Portugal.  But the truth is, we all know why most people in the box keep schtum.   

and Colin Stagg who was totally innocent

[mercury]

oh yes they were...in what way has it backfired...I think it was sensible...the pj had to stop answering questions and let her go...otherwise they would have just carried on...remember she had already answered 19 hours of questions

Oh yes they were? Care to explain?

The PJ had to stop answering questions? Who was asking the PJ questions?

The backfiring is all about the legacy Kate Mccann has left...she didnt answer police questions....only criminals refuse to do so, ergo why I said badly advised if she was innocent

[Mr Gray]

Oh yes they were? Care to explain?

The PJ had to stop answering questions? Who was asking the PJ questions?

The backfiring is all about the legacy Kate Mccann has left...she didnt answer police questions....only criminals refuse to do so, ergo why I said badly advised if she was innocent

colin stagg was innocent and refused to answer any questions...your simplistic view that only the guilty say no comment is wrong....fact

[mercury]

colin stagg was innocent and refused to answer any questions...your simplistic view that only the guilty say no comment is wrong....fact

once you respond to the whole of my post I may begin to consider responding

[Jean-Pierre]

Oh yes they were? Care to explain?

The PJ had to stop answering questions? Who was asking the PJ questions?

The backfiring is all about the legacy Kate Mccann has left...she didnt answer police questions....only criminals refuse to do so, ergo why I said badly advised if she was innocent

I think you have been watching too much TV legal drama. 

It is standard advice for a lawyer attending a client police interview to advise client not to answer police questions.  Especially the sort of questions being asked by the PJ.

[slartibartfast]

I think you have been watching too much TV legal drama. 

It is standard advice for a lawyer attending a client police interview to advise client not to answer police questions.  Especially the sort of questions being asked by the PJ.

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