I am shaken by the level of support their "childcare" (ha!) arrangements are getting... but I'm not really surprised as I've seen this over a number of years now. In McCann-supporter world "if you ain't with us, then you're against us" and they become "one of them" if they disagree with the party line so they're unable (in general terms) to voice a dissenting opinion if they want to stay in the safety of the herd.
The *really* scary thing is that I think some of them genuinely believe it's perfectly ok to do what the McCanns did. That's like saying "my kid's a fast runner, I think it's perfectly safe to let him run across the dual carriageway to play in the park because I've assessed it's safe to do so." Well no, it's not. If you assess that a situation like this is safe then you're wrong. There is no debate here, it's not like deciding when your child is old enough to stay up past 7pm or something, this is genuinely a possible life-or-death situation.
Were the McCanns aware of the possible risks? Were the kids regular heavy sleepers? Let's see...
Gerry McCann interview, Sky News, 1st May 2008 with Dermot Murnaghan:
Gerry McCann: Anybody with young children will understand that children cry; they wake up at night.
Gerry McCann's statement: 3.20pm, 10 May 2007
He cannot say exactly, but he thinks that on Monday or Tuesday Madeleine had slept for some time in his bedroom, with Kate, as she [Kate] had told him that one or both of the twins had cried, making much noise.
Kate McCann's statement: 3.00pm, 06 September 2007
Regarding the fact that Madeleine on the next morning, Thursday, during breakfast said to both of them that she had been crying and that nobody had come to her room, she presumes that this crying must have been before she and Gerry returned to the apartment.
Excerpt from Rachael Oldfield's Rogatory interview with Leicestershire police on 09 April 2008
Rachael Oldfield: "... and, I mean, I know, that on Thursday night when we sat down at the table, Kate said that Madeleine and Sean had, you know, said they'd been crying on the Wednesday night and asking where, errm... they'd said they'd been crying and... and some, you know, this is sort of with hindsight but I... you know, I was trying to think whether I'd heard anything but..."
"Kate said that, errm... Madeleine and Sean had cried... said they'd been crying, errm... and, you know, wondered where she was, or wondered where, you know, Mummy and Daddy were
Excerpt from Fiona Payne's Rogatory interview with Leicestershire police on 10 April 2008 she (Kate) was saying: 'Is it better that, if Madeleine wakes up, she can get out and find us or...,' errm... 'or locking it and, you know, finding that we're not there and the door's locked, if she woke up,' because Madeleine had woken up, what I thought was the night before. And she felt a bit nervous about it but Gerry... Gerry had sort of said: 'Oh, it will be fine,' you know. But she was obviously... because it wasn't something she was quite easy with, that's the way it came across, you know, but... but Gerry said, you know: 'It'll be fine. It'll be fine'. Because I don't imagine she would have said anything, otherwise, if it hadn't been on her mind. And the fact was she... she... you know, commented on it being really strange that... that Madeleine had said this, about waking up and them not being there, and she'd mentioned that in the context of that conversation."
And finally, Russell O'Brien's Rogatory:
Around 21h25, taking advantage of a pause in the service of the first plate, the deponent left the restaurant with Matthew Oldfield to check on the children. He arrived at his apartment and immediately heard his daughter Evie crying and stayed in the apartment. He believes that Matthew Oldfield went to his apartment, and is not aware if he was going to also check on the McCann children and went to the deponent's apartment and asked him if he needed help.
- Matthew Oldfield returned to the restaurant, having told Jane Tanner that the deponent stayed behind with Evie O'Brien because she was crying.
- The truth is that after the crying, the deponent had to change all the sheets and his daughter's clothing as she had vomited.
It's obvious the McCanns knew that their children woke up and cried - and wandered. They refer to Madeleine coming through to their room - Kate even refers to the possibility of Madeleine waking up and coming to find them Isn't that hugely at odds with "knowing" that Madeleine didn't "wake and wander" anyway? Then there is evidence that she discussed her fears with her friends. Then there is the incident of Russ O'Brien finding Evie crying, having been sick. EVERY one of these idiots deserved to have a visit from social services to explain to them in clear and concise terms just how irresponsible they were and maybe that happened, who knows. The point is that Evie could have choked on her own vomit, Madeleine could indeed have "woken and wandered" as Kate fretted about it and any one of a number of things could have gone wrong in those apartments to any of those poor children.
And yet having these fears, knowing the risks... the McCanns STILL left Madeleine and the twins alone on the Thursday night. And you supporters think this is ok as "how were they to know...?" or that is was fine as they'd made their own risk assessment.
What about those who speed in their cars and cause accidents, killing people. Their "risk assessment" was that it was fine to speed. How were they to know that child would run out around that corner? How were they to know that another car could be coming around that blind bend?
Has there ever been independent verification of what Gerry CLAIMS he was told about it being "well within the bounds of reasonable parenting"? I've not seen it if so. Well maybe the government know something about it. What do you say, McCann supporters? Do you know better than the British government? Do the McCanns?
From
https://www.gov.uk/law-on-leaving-your-child-home-aloneThe law on leaving your child home alone
The law doesn’t say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it’s an offence to leave a child alone if it places them at risk.
Use your judgement on how mature your child is before you decide to leave them alone.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) says:
- children under 12 are rarely mature enough to be left alone for a long period of time
- children under 16 shouldn’t be left alone overnight
- babies, toddlers and very young children should never be left alone
The law says that parents can be prosecuted if they leave a child unsupervised ‘in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health’.
