Sorry, but what a load of BS.
No child neglect there. They were on Ocean Club premises, within sight of 5A and only 50 metres away crow flies. And 70+ metres away walking running if needed. Also checking at more regular intervals than half hourly ones. Much better than Butlins who had a cyclist ride round at intervals, listening at the window/door
It was like us being in our then back garden, chatting to our neighbours over the fence.
Just like someone on a camping/caravaning site may be chatting/having a barby with their neighbours 50 metres away
Nobody, I repeat nobody, could anticipate what happened to Madeleine THEN. After Madeleine is a different scenario.
Perhaps your understanding will increase and you will mellow with age and life experience. Do hope so.
No.
And again, no.
I would NEVER leave a child alone in a hotel room and b....r off to go and eat and drink with friends. Never. Not even with a listening service. Not even with a robust (or otherwise) checking system.
NEVER. No excuse and there never will be.
Nobody could anticipate? The mode of potential harm is irrelevant. Most parents would be able to come up with 30 reasons not to go out on the sauce with their mates and leave the kids to fend for themselves. It would appear that the McCann's only needed one excuse to do the opposite.
Call me what you like, I don't care, but I wouldn't even lock (yes, lock) a child in a hotel room to nip down to reception to pick something up or run an errand. No chance. Not even if they were asleep. Ain't happening. 3 kids under 4? That's unthinkable for me.
And as for the specific scenario, that's just child cruelty, particularly knowing that they'd been crying for their mum. Utterly pitiful.
So quit with your accusations of bullshit; I call bullshit on your feeble attempts to mitigate neglectful behaviour.
....and how do you control 3 under 4's when you're not there for hours on end?