Why are some people so averse to parental involvement in this case

[jassi]

Dead easy. I have a group of friends who will testify that   I was in Sc..thorpe at exactly the time that whatever happened happened and any similarity to any e-fit is pure coincidence 

[G-Unit]

I was talking to G- Unit, do keep up.

You were attempting to order G-Unit around which is a rather silly thing to try to do.

[Alfred R Jones]

You were attempting to order G-Unit around which is a rather silly thing to try to do.

I know, quite absurd of me to expect G-Unit to actually answer my question because to do so she would have to concede I have a point, never mind I can live with the fact that once again she has wriggled out of giving a straight answer.

[Alfred R Jones]

Dead easy. I have a group of friends who will testify that   I was in Sc..thorpe at exactly the time that whatever happened happened and any similarity to any e-fit is pure coincidence 

so you say, some of us know different...

[jassi]

so you say, some of us know different...

Just malicious rumour put about by those jealous of my good looks and success as a celebrity chef.

[G-Unit]

I know, quite absurd of me to expect G-Unit to actually answer my question because to do so she would have to concede I have a point, never mind I can live with the fact that once again she has wriggled out of giving a straight answer.

What point? That despite your certainty that the receptionist spoke English you actually have no idea whether he did or not? 

[Alice Purjorick]

whilst simultaneously knocking on every door in Portugal naturally.

Good Lord no. Where did you get that strange idea? That's what the cops is for.
Don't buy a dog and bark yourself.
(For all those who think the universe began on May 3rd 2007 the dog crack predates Gene Keela and Eddie).

[Alfred R Jones]

What point? That despite your certainty that the receptionist spoke English you actually have no idea whether he did or not? 

I do know, because I've read the files. 

[G-Unit]

I do know, because I've read the files.

Really? What's the point of asking me then?  Did Helder Luis speak English or not, do tell.

[Carana]

The actual reason is not because the McCanns were leaving but because of some imminent change in the law which meant you actually needed a shred of evidence before making someone an arguido, or something along those lines, Carana will help me out here..,

http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=2127.msg70219#msg70219

[Carana]

So what, that he never learned to speak English.

That's something that I don't understand.

I have been frequently told that most Portuguese, particularly in the Algarve, understood / could communicate in English.

Yet this doesn't appear to be the case at the time for those involved.

[ShiningInLuz]

Really? What's the point of asking me then?  Did Helder Luis speak English or not, do tell.

I am of the opinion that he did, based on two small scraps of information.

He was the sole rep at OC reception from 4pm to midnight on 3 May.  The main language spoken by guests was English.  To have a single rep on duty who could not speak English when the principal language used to communicate with guests was English does not make sense to me.

Matthew Oldfield said he spoke to the receptionist to request a telephone call, but did not insist on it.  What he did not mention is any difficulty in communicating with a receptionist in limited English.

So Helder spoke English, or he was not the only receptionist.

[Carana]

I am of the opinion that he did, based on two small scraps of information.

He was the sole rep at OC reception from 4pm to midnight on 3 May.  The main language spoken by guests was English.  To have a single rep on duty who could not speak English when the principal language used to communicate with guests was English does not make sense to me.

Matthew Oldfield said he spoke to the receptionist to request a telephone call, but did not insist on it.  What he did not mention is any difficulty in communicating with a receptionist in limited English.

So Helder spoke English, or he was not the only receptionist.

I would find it unusual for 24-hour receptionists in a tourist resort popular with Brit tourists to not have a conversant understanding of English.

It may be less important for restaurant staff if you could just point to a menu or use sign language to point out what you wanted.

[Brietta]

http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=2127.msg70219#msg70219

http://miscarriageofjustice.co/index.php?topic=2127.msg70219#msg70219   In other words the rush to make the Drs McCann "suspects" in Madeleine's disappearance was because of a change in the law due to come into effect days later ... which meant there had to be evidence to enable such a step to be taken.
As we know there was none at the time nor has any been found since

It is worth bearing in mind that change in the law was in force when the present investigations constituted persons arguidos.  This means that there was some evidence which justified that;  the fact that we have not been told what that is is neither here nor there;  in the meantime Madeleine's case is live.

I find that a hopeful situation.

[G-Unit]

I am of the opinion that he did, based on two small scraps of information.

He was the sole rep at OC reception from 4pm to midnight on 3 May.  The main language spoken by guests was English.  To have a single rep on duty who could not speak English when the principal language used to communicate with guests was English does not make sense to me.

Matthew Oldfield said he spoke to the receptionist to request a telephone call, but did not insist on it.  What he did not mention is any difficulty in communicating with a receptionist in limited English.

So Helder spoke English, or he was not the only receptionist.

The receptionist on duty the following day didn't speak English, which casts doubt on your first assumption.

Matthew, who seems to have been the group errand boy, is supposed to have gone to reception twice. The receptionist didn't mention seeing him at all. Neither of them are very reliable witnesses. You have decided that Matthew's statement was correct. I will suspend judgement, as there's nothing to support his claim that he went there.