Gonçalo Amaral said the Maddie-case has 'ruined' him

[sadie]

No Sherlock,  the decision to withhold those e fits from the public  cannot be  minimised like that

If Madeleine  was still alive,  then her life  may have depended on it

If the McCanns actions were never directly at odds with Madeleine's best interests,  as you suggest,  then the decision to keep those e fits out of the public domain is simply inexplicable

why are you talking in the past, Icabod?

No evidence at all to indicate that Madeleine has died.

Also SY has recently said that they believe Madeleine may well be alive.

Why are you "wishing" Madeleine dead? ... or is this a subtle way of intimating that the Mccanns have done something bad with Madeleine?

[Benice]

Whether releasing the e fits would have helped Madeleine is not the point Sherlock

The point is,  in what way did the McCann's decision to keep them out of the public domain support your claim that it was a choice that had Madeleine's best interest  at heart  ?   (  you did  claim that all their decisions,  whether misguided or not,  were never at odds with Madeleine's best interests,  didn't you  ?   )

But we don't know why the Efits were not put into the public domain - because no reason has been given to the public.      Therefore in the absence of all the pertinent information  - we can only ever speculate about it.   To criticise the McCanns when we only have some of the facts and  have no idea why the Efits were not publicised earlier is unfair IMO.     

 

[Lace]

I find it very difficult to sympathise with a man who wrote a book on his own theory of what he THOUGHT had happened to Madeleine.

No one made him write his book.

No one made him hint of swinging,  drugging and faking an abduction.

No,  he brought it all upon himself.

[Wonderfulspam]

Sadie...

It was said by Gerry during a Radio Five Live Interview with Nicky Campbell, not on bbc t.v.

The search for Madeleine Radio 5 live Breakfast 01 May 2008

(Snip)

NC: Do you have... do you have theories that you're working on?

GM: You know, clearly, the investigators are looking at all options and scenarios and that... that's the key thing; there are a host of scenarios here, errr... and there... in very many of those scenarios, Madeleine is alive in them. Errr... The information we are going on, in terms of stat... statistics and other things are based predominantly in the US because of the data collection but we need to join the jigsaw up; and that's the key thing. Errr... and it's to get as much information as possible.

NC: And that's what this... you know, media appearances like this will hopefully help. And what about contact with, errr... the great and the good? I know Gordon Brown was in close contact with you at the beginning, are you still in contact with him? Or is... or did the arguido stuff change that?

GM: I'm sure there was a shift in terms of, errm... the situation and, errr... when one sovereign state, errr... gives you a status then other people, and, I think, particularly government, errr... were clearly cautious. Errm...

NC: So that's changed somewhat, yeah.

GM: We have contact with the Foreign Office, errm... from predominantly a consular basis. We do put requests in, that we do want to get as much information as possible and, I think, what we've asked, and will ask repeatedly, is: 'what evidence does anyone have to suggest that Madeleine is dead?' because we know of no evidence to suggest otherwise and we would like a public acknowledgment of that. In... in some ways, when we get official statements from Portugal, its fine: 'all lines of inquiry are open'; so they can't have an abduction line of inquiry open if they've got evidence that Madeleine... is dead. Or, if they do, then they should inform us.

http://www.mccannfiles.com/id111.html

[Cariad]

It was said by Gerry during a Radio Five Live Interview with Nicky Campbell, not on bbc t.v.

Yep. and I watched the whole ten minutes before I read your post in which you clearly stated it was radio 5 live.

That's ten minutes of my life I'm never getting back.

[Wonderfulspam]

Yep. and I watched the whole ten minutes before I read your post in which you clearly stated it was radio 5 live.

That's ten minutes of my life I'm never getting back.

 

[sadie]

Yep. and I watched the whole ten minutes before I read your post in which you clearly stated it was radio 5 live.

That's ten minutes of my life I'm never getting back.

Yep, I wasted about 45 minutes finding the youtubes and then watching them over and over, gradually nodding off.

But i accept it was a genuine mistake

Same as I am able quite easily to accept that Gerrys words were a genuine mistake.  He had just  been talking about Madeleine probably being alive ae per the investigators scenarios and his mind quite probably  temporaraily flicked back. 

I think that you can read too much into a simple thing like that tbh, Cariad

[Angelo222]

GM: We have contact with the Foreign Office, errm... from predominantly a consular basis. We do put requests in, that we do want to get as much information as possible and, I think, what we've asked, and will ask repeatedly, is: 'what evidence does anyone have to suggest that Madeleine is dead?' because we know of no evidence to suggest otherwise and we would like a public acknowledgment of that. In... in some ways, when we get official statements from Portugal, its fine: 'all lines of inquiry are open'; so they can't have an abduction line of inquiry open if they've got evidence that Madeleine... is dead. Or, if they do, then they should inform us.

http://www.mccannfiles.com/id111.html

Maybe someone should advise Gerry that the evidence is that she hasn't been seen since 3rd May 2007 which sort of suggests she is dead.  When a court in England declares her deceased later this year will they still be saying she might be alive?

[Angelo222]

Yep. and I watched the whole ten minutes before I read your post in which you clearly stated it was radio 5 live.

That's ten minutes of my life I'm never getting back.

Does Sadie get Radio 5 on PLUTO ?? 

[Carana]

Maybe someone should advise Gerry that the evidence is that she hasn't been seen since 3rd May 2007 which sort of suggests she is dead.  When a court in England declares her deceased later this year will they still be saying she might be alive?

Could you clarify?

[Lyall]

Could you clarify?

The seven years applies to settlement of estates. Otherwise only a coroner can request an inquest I think.

Maybe Angelo is a coroner >@@(*&)

[jassi]

Who can make an application to have her legally declared dead?

[slartibartfast]

Who can make an application to have her legally declared dead?

Maybe her legal guardian?

[Lyall]

Who can make an application to have her legally declared dead?

There has to be an inquest.

[jassi]

Maybe her legal guardian?

That would be the Children's Court, then, assuming that she is still a Ward of Court.