Were the McCanns innocent in the eyes of the law?

[faithlilly]

It appears to be a huge generation gap.  The old school still rules.

Which is actually the opposite of what has happened. The country that was Portugal before 1974 would not have had freedom of speech enshrined as one of their most important freedoms.

[Robittybob1]

' Gerry McCann went to the apartment at 9.05pm, when all the children were sleeping soundly and Madeleine was still in her bed, he says.

The police in Portugal, however, have never accepted the McCanns’ evidence as undisputed. They initially regarded the McCanns as suspects, ..............'.

I didn't paste the rest of that sentence as the PJ never claimed that. It's just another lie in the UK media.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/16/madeleine-mccann-latest-are-police-any-closer-to-knowing-the-tru/

Don't worry about everyone else do you believe Gerry saw Madeleine at 9:05 PM?

[stephen25000]

Don't worry about everyone else do you believe Gerry saw Madeleine at 9:05 PM?

I have already stated bob, I don't believe the Mccann's version of events as regards abduction.


However, you know that, if you had been paying attention.

As to what Mccann did at 9.05 pm, nobody else knows, do they.

[Robittybob1]

I have already stated bob, I don't believe the Mccann's version of events as regards abduction.


However, you know that, if you had been paying attention.

As to what Mccann did at 9.05 pm, nobody else knows, do they.

We started this argument because you said the McCanns were the last to see Madeleine alive, but we are trying to find out when that last time was.  You still haven't clearly stated whether this was a 9:05 PM or not.
We are not talking about your favourite topic of abduction.  This is about parents checking kids only.

[stephen25000]

We started this argument because you said the McCanns were the last to see Madeleine alive, but we are trying to find out when that last time was.  You still haven't clearly stated whether this was a 9:05 PM or not.
We are not talking about your favourite topic of abduction.  This is about parents checking kids only.

I have made my views very clear bob.

Try reading again.

[Eleanor]

Which is actually the opposite of what has happened. The country that was Portugal before 1974 would not have had freedom of speech enshrined as one of their most important freedoms.

That could well have depended on whose Free Speach we are talking about.

[faithlilly]

That could well have depended on whose Free Speach we are talking about.

Not sure what you mean.

[Robittybob1]

Not sure what you mean.

I do .

[stephen25000]

That could well have depended on whose Free Speach we are talking about.

The McCann's have certainly had free speech for nearly 10 years.

[Robittybob1]

The McCann's have certainly had free speech for nearly 10 years.

No they haven't - they were under judicial secrecy for a year or so.

[stephen25000]

No they haven't - they were under judicial secrecy for a year or so.

Then we have the sources close to the McCann's.

[Eleanor]

Not sure what you mean.

People in Portugal to this day can still be convicted if they say something unpleasant about a lawyer or a judge, let alone The President, even if it is true.
While An ex PJ Officer can say what he likes about the hoi poloi.

Meanwhile,  a convicted torturer has his word taken as gospel.

[Robittybob1]

Then we have the sources close to the McCann's.

That's a funny definition of freedom!

[stephen25000]

That's a funny definition of freedom!

The McCann's leaked like sieves, through their sources.

Mostly, of course through their spokesman Clarence Mitchell.

So where did I refer to freedom ?

[G-Unit]

How could the McCanns prove themselves innocent?

People are not required to prove their innocence, it is up to the Judiciary to prove then guilty. Being made arguidos doesn't make a person guilty in Portugal any more than being questioned under caution makes a person guilty in the UK. Their mistake was assuming that having their arguido status removed was equal to being cleared. It wasn't.