Is there more circumstantial evidence against the mccanns than there is CB

[Mr Gray]

What little I remember of the statement I saw, it was a ramble of if, buts and maybes.
But was this not one of the statements taken in English, translated into Portuguese and then back into English?

it was given in the UK so would have been in english..then translated by the PJ. i dont think anyone ha sseen the original english statement...only the PJ version. So...how accurate is it...no one knows

[Vertigo Swirl]

Sexual Abuse of a young girl is a serious criminal offence, which leads me to wonder why she didn't report it immediately, making her an accessory, which is also a criminal offence.

No one can explain this, so they willl just ignore it.

[Eleanor]

No one can explain this, so they willl just ignore it.

I hope that this is true.  Otherwise I might worry about their morals.

[pathfinder73]

"The first time I heard of the terrible news about Madeleine's disappearance through the radio, my thoughts went immediately to Dave." KG

[Eleanor]

"The first time I heard of the terrible news about Madeleine's disappearance through the radio, my thoughts went immediately to Dave." KG

Fortunately we don't have to worry about your morals.

[Vertigo Swirl]

"The first time I heard of the terrible news about Madeleine's disappearance through the radio, my thoughts went immediately to Dave." KG

So she thought he was a paedo but did nothimg to stop him gaining access to little children including his own?  Why did her thoughts not go straight to Gerry who was allegedly chatting merrily to DP about the abuse of his own daughter? 

[Eleanor]

So she thought he was a paedo but did nothimg to stop him gaining access to little children including his own?  Why did her thoughts not go straight to Gerry who was allegedly chatting merrily to DP about the abuse of his own daughter?

Mayhap she didn't care so long as it wasn't her daughter.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Mayhap she didn't care so long as it wasn't her daughter.

What a disgrace to her profession she is then.

[Eleanor]

What a disgrace to her profession she is then.

Hopefully she was genuinely confused and spent two years worrying about it.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Hopefully she was genuinely confused and spent two years worrying about it.

When you google “Dr David Payne” the first two results link him to paedophilia.  She has a lot  to answer for IMO yet no one here who supports CB’s right not to be linked to Madeleine’s disappearance on the basis of his past misdemeanours hesitate for one second to return again and again to the Gaspar Statement.  By their own rationale (let us not forget) - just because CB abused children (“hardly the crime of the century” as one of them commented) doesn’t mean he had anything to do with Madeleine’s disappearance .   As far as the sceptics on here go it would seem making a suggestive gesture is far more damning than masturbating in front of a child or violently raping an old woman.

[Eleanor]

When you google “Dr David Payne” the first two results link him to paedophilia.  She has a lot  to answer for IMO yet no one here who supports CB’s right not to be linked to Madeleine’s disappearance on the basis of his past misdemeanours hesitate for one second to return again and again to the Gaspar Statement.  By their own rationale (let us not forget) - just because CB abused children (“hardly the crime of the century” as one of them commented) doesn’t mean he had anything to do with Madeleine’s disappearance .   As far as the sceptics on here go it would seem making a suggestive gesture is far more damning than masturbating in front of a child or raping an old woman.

To be as fair as is possible, I don't think Katerina Gaspar expected her statement to be made public.  And it wouldn't have been, but for The Portuguese Investigation.

However, the allegation was investigated and dismissed, which wasn't all that surprising under the circumstances.

[faithlilly]

I hope that this is true.  Otherwise I might worry about their morals.

And yet she did report it, all the while knowing that it may mean trouble for her. That appears to show how much the incident concerned her.

[Eleanor]

And yet she did report it, all the while knowing that it may mean trouble for her. That appears to show how much the incident concerned her.

Nearly two years later.  What must she have thought was happening in the meantime?

[faithlilly]

Nearly two years later.  What must she have thought was happening in the meantime?

You would have to ask her that. The point still stands that she knew she would be questioned on why she hadn’t reported the incident sooner but reported it anyway.

[Eleanor]

You would have to ask her that. The point still stands that she knew she would be questioned on why she hadn’t reported the incident sooner but reported it anyway.

But she wouldn't have reported it at all if Madeleine hadn't disappeared.  All a bit too late by then, don't you think?