Why was peoples personal information sold/given to the press?

[Redblossom]

Bridget O'Donnell / David James Smith

It was the first time the McCanns' friends had been named in public, but Sol's journalist Felicia Cabrita had their names and phone numbers and details from their witness statements.
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The information had been handed to Cabrita by the police - she says she acquired the material through good journalism, which in a sense it was - and her source is widely believed by her colleagues to have been the former head of the inquiry, Goncalo Amaral.

Sorry that post makes no sense whatsoever to me, I just dont understand what you are saying, care to explain for readers not in the *inner circle*, rude not to

[Mrs. B]

And she thought she would give them a ring, in June 2007 

Only available on Google Cache these days, for me at least. On McCann files all  references to Cabrita have been removed and replaced by *. Now, why would that be, I wonder.

[DCI]

Only available on Google Cache these days, for me at least. On McCann files all  references to Cabrita have been removed and replaced by *. Now, why would that be, I wonder.

Found the other one, I was looking for.

http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Felicia-Cabrita/1281322029

[DCI]

Here Bridget's article!

They couldn't remove that one lol.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/dec/14/ukcrime.madeleinemccann

[Redblossom]

Here Bridget's article!

They couldn't remove that one lol.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/dec/14/ukcrime.madeleinemccann

Err she wrote that article herself for the British press, what has cabrita whoever he is got to do with that and releasing private phone  numbers where? What a rubbish thread

[Mo Stache]

"The information had been handed to Cabrita by the police – she says she acquired the material through good journalism, which in a sense it was – and her source is widely believed by her colleagues to have been the former head of the inquiry, Goncalo Amaral." - Sun 16 December 2007, The Sunday Times, Kate and Gerry McCann: Beyond the smears by David James Smith.

[DCI]

Err she wrote that article herself for the British press, what has cabrita whoever he is got to do with that and releasing private phone  numbers where? What a rubbish thread

She was on holiday, don't you know she's Jez Wilkins wife?

[Redblossom]

She was on holiday, don't you know she's Jez Wilkins wife?

Yes of course I know that but I cant make head or tail of your and mo staches and others  posts about this article and cabrita, seriously confusing as no one is saying on  this thread what its all about, cant be that hard to spell it out can it?

[gilet]

It has been spelled out very clearly indeed.

The PJ were leaking information to the press, to Cabrita in particular.

Do you think they should have been doing that?

[faithlilly]

"The information had been handed to Cabrita by the police – she says she acquired the material through good journalism, which in a sense it was – and her source is widely believed by her colleagues to have been the former head of the inquiry, Goncalo Amaral." - Sun 16 December 2007, The Sunday Times, Kate and Gerry McCann: Beyond the smears by David James Smith.

Believed by her journalist colleagues eh ? Must be true then 

[gilet]

Believed by her journalist colleagues eh ? Must be true then 

Believed or not. The fact is the reporter had material which should have only been known to the police.

Do you think that journalist broke into the police station and stole it?

Or is it more likely that information was given/sold to the journalist?

[faithlilly]

It has been spelled out very clearly indeed.

The PJ were leaking information to the press, to Cabrita in particular.

Do you think they should have been doing that?

Says a journalist who has since admitted that he was briefed on parts of the article by Gerry McCann.

[ferryman]

It has been spelled out very clearly indeed.

The PJ were leaking information to the press, to Cabrita in particular.

Do you think they should have been doing that?

You must have had a bypass on the latest news, Gilet.

Leverson has been declared null and void.

Didn't you know?

Someone in authority said so.

Might even have been Red Blossom ....

[faithlilly]

Believed or not. The fact is the reporter had material which should have only been known to the police.

Do you think that journalist broke into the police station and stole it?

Or is it more likely that information was given/sold to the journalist?

I believe there are any number of people, apart from Amaral, who would be privy to the information.

[Mo Stache]

Believed by her journalist colleagues eh ? Must be true then 

Ever heard of the Leveson inquiry?