Mitchell: McCanns move funds from Madeleine Fund to another account.

[John]

Admittedly I haven't read the thread in its entirety so can anyone explain why it has suddenly become necessary to move money from the Madeleine Fund into a seperate account?  Wasn't the MF set up for that very purpose?

[Alice Purjorick]

Admittedly I haven't read the thread in its entirety so can anyone explain why it has suddenly become necessary to move money from the Madeleine Fund into a seperate account?  Wasn't the MF set up for that very purpose?

It is being punted about in the media that Mr Mitchell said it is happening but the supporters believe Mr Mitchell is being misrepresented by the media for nefarious reasons. Droll is that !

[faithlilly]

It is being punted about in the media that Mr Mitchell said it is happening but the supporters believe Mr Mitchell is being misrepresented by the media for nefarious reasons. Droll is that !

Yet no correction from Mr Mitchell in a McCann- friendly tabloid yet ! Mmmm !!

[Alfred R Jones]

It is being punted about in the media that Mr Mitchell said it is happening but the supporters believe Mr Mitchell is being misrepresented by the media for nefarious reasons. Droll is that !

Could you please supply the quote where Mitchell says a separate account has been set up?  Thanking you in advance.

[John]

Could you please supply the quote where Mitchell says a separate account has been set up?  Thanking you in advance.

He told how former GP Kate and heart doctor Gerry, both 37, of Rothley, Leics, had moved money from the publicly-backed Find Maddie Fund into a special account in anticipation of having to finance the hunt for their daughter themselves.

Seems clear enough to me unless you are calling Mitchell a liar and a promoter of false facts?  ...heaven forbid!

[Alfred R Jones]

He told how former GP Kate and heart doctor Gerry, both 37, of Rothley, Leics, had moved money from the publicly-backed Find Maddie Fund into a special account in anticipation of having to finance the hunt for their daughter themselves.

That's not a verbatim quote John, that's newspaper journo putting his or her own interpretation of events into a "nothing" story.

[John]

That's not a verbatim quote John, that's newspaper journo putting his or her own interpretation of events into a "nothing" story.

It states quite clearly in the intro that "Clarence Mitchell said today..."

[pegasus]

Admittedly I haven't read the thread in its entirety so can anyone explain why it has suddenly become necessary to move money from the Madeleine Fund into a seperate account?  Wasn't the MF set up for that very purpose?

Is it possible that TMFLNSU hypothetically may have been legally advised that funding libel cases can no longer reasonably be considered to fall within its two stated objects registered at companies house?

[Alfred R Jones]

It states quite clearly in the intro that "Clarence Mitchell said today..."

What did he say?  They usually put quotation marks around verbatim quotes so let's have it.

[sadie]

It states quite clearly in the intro that "Clarence Mitchell said today..."

It is third party John ... and as such possible subject to the Chinese Whispers syndrome.  Most especially so as he is a journalist after a bit of sensationalism.

[stephen25000]

It is third party John ... and as such possible subject to the Chinese Whispers syndrome.  Most especially so as he is a journalist after a bit of sensationalism.

It hasn't been retracted.

[Carana]

Ahhh. So the original title that the McCanns had set up a new "fund" has been modified.

Ok.

But we're still back to what "keeping funds back" means in the context of reigniting the search / private investigation should the funding for the UK / PT investigations end.

If ever that was ever said in the first place.

Some in the sceptic community suddenly now advocate to end the investigation, having previously done everything that they could think of when they falsely assumed that the McCanns would automatically be made arguidos again.

Others, including myself, feel that it should wind down once the work that can be done has been and wherever red flags may need to be left open.

[Alfred R Jones]

It hasn't been retracted.

Many distorted and factually inaccurate stories have been published in the press about the McCann case that haven't been retracted - so what?  Does that confer on them all "truth" status?

[Carana]

It states quite clearly in the intro that "Clarence Mitchell said today..."

Are you referring to the same article that stated that the McCanns are aged 37?

[Alfred R Jones]

Ahhh. So the original title that the McCanns had set up a new "fund" has been modified.

Ok.

But we're still back to what "keeping funds back" means in the context of reigniting the search / private investigation should the funding for the UK / PT investigations end.

If ever that was ever said in the first place.

Some in the sceptic community suddenly now advocate to end the investigation, having previously done everything that they could think of when they falsely assumed that the McCanns would automatically be made arguidos again.

Others, including myself, feel that it should wind down once the work that can be done has been and wherever red flags may need to be left open.

You can keep funds back for a specific purpose within The Fund by ring-fencing it but this doesn't seem to be a very popular explanation to some.  They'd much rather believe that the McCanns have set up a separate bank account in their names to siphon off cash for some nefarious purpose.