Paedophile Roderick McDonald aka Roderick William Robinson arrested in Malta.

[faithlilly]

Good answer Jassi

But what I notice is that it is an old building with just one floor occupied.   That floor could be just one flat or even two flats owned by one person.   No immediate neighbours so ideal spot for a peado to keep his conquests quiet and away from prying eyes too.     Good spot for any illegal activities actually.

That on its own does not condemn RR.  He may be totally innocent, but seems he has a history.
We'll have to wait and see.

After all, as yet we know not what RR has actually done to alert Operation Grange.

Or that he has alerted them at all !

[jassi]

Yes, do we know for certain that Operation Grange is involved, or just SY in general?
Has Redwood or an underling stated that they are involved?

[sadie]

Or that he has alerted them at all !

Well,something has made them sit up and take notice of him Faith.
And they seemingly thought that they had enough against him to extradict him.



TBH, I cannot understand the Maltese Authorities stepping in as they have done ... and charging him, then jailing him so fast.  Surely such fast timing is not normal?

And surely as he had committed what seem like bigger offenses in the UK and elsewhere in the World, they should not have crossed these countries. 

Relative to assaulting a child / children, the crime of possessing indecent images on his computer seems such a minor one.



it just doesn't make sense to me.   What they are effectively doing is protecting him from greater charges..

But maybe there is a reason that will become clear later?  Let's wait and see.

[faithlilly]

Yes, do we know for certain that Operation Grange is involved, or just SY in general?
Has Redwood or an underling stated that they are involved?

Of course not jassi.

[colombosstogey]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-cops-quiz-british-4736648

 Madeleine McCann: Cops quiz British paedophile who was in the Algarve when Maddie vanished

    Dec 02, 2014 22:46
    By Adam Aspinall

Officers from Scotland Yard flew to Malta to question Roderick MacDonald, 77, in his prison cell in a bid to uncover any vital clues

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Missing Madeleine McCann VIEW GALLERY
 

British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have quizzed a convicted paedophile said to have been in the Algarve when she vanished.

Officers from Scotland Yard flew to Malta to question Roderick MacDonald, 77, in his prison cell in a bid to uncover any vital clues about who snatched little Madeleine, aged three at the time.

MacDonald was questioned about his alleged connection to a child sex gang operating in Portugal, linked to her disappearance.

It is believed he was pressed on what he knew about a spate of burglaries which occurred in the Praia da Luz resort where Madeleine’s family were staying when she went missing in 2007.

British detectives reckon the burglaries – believed to be carried out by a lone intruder between 2004 and 2010 – could be the key to finally solving what happened to her.

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The latest development comes as it was confirmed 11 people – four of whom are thought to be British – due to be quizzed over Madeleine’s disappearance next week will be asked to attend a police station as witnesses, not as suspects.

Scotland Yard said they would not give a “running commentary” on the investigation but their
visit to MacDonald was confirmed by Maltese Government officials.

MacDonald was due to be extradited to the UK after he was remanded in custody in Malta.

But when detectives there searched his flat in the quiet village of Sannat they uncovered a stash of child pornography and sentenced him to 16 months in prison.

This forced Scotland Yard detectives to jet out to Malta in order to question him at the Corradino Correctional Facility outside the capital Valletta.

A close friend of MacDonald’s, who had no idea about his sordid past, said: “He was always talking about how he was in the Algarve when Madeleine went missing.

"He would brag about how he sailed a yacht into Praia da Luz but we never thought anything of it.

“We had no idea how evil this man was before he was arrested. Now it seems completely sinister. No wonder the police were so keen to quiz him.”

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Quizzed: Roderick MacDonald being arrested in Thailand
 

MacDonald, of Aldershot, Hants, was first arrested in the Algarve in 2010 and extradited to Australia where he was wanted for the 1998 rape of an eight-year-old.

He got six months’ jail after accepting a plea deal for indecently assaulting the child then fled to Thailand after he was released.

After being deported to Britain by Thai authorities due to his history, MacDonald – previously known as Roderick William Robinson – settled in Brighton, East Sussex.

Despite being put on the sex offenders’ register, he was convicted of molesting two girls, aged five and seven, on a boat at Sussex Yacht Club in 2012.

He fled abroad prior to his sentence and was handed a 12-month prison sentence suspended for two years in his absence.

When he was finally arrested in a dramatic swoop on his flat on the island of Gozo he is believed to have told detectives: “I should have spoken about all this years ago.”

MAIN--MADDIE VIEW GALLERY
 

MacDonald is the first person to be questioned in connection with Madeleine’s disappearance since July, when four men were quizzed as arguidos – persons of interest.

They all denied any involvement.

The 11 people due to be interviewed as witnesses are reported to include Robert Murat, his German wife Michaela Walczuch, her ex-partner Luis Antonio and John Hill, the manager of the Ocean Club where the McCanns were staying.

IT consultant Mr Murat – who had his arguido status removed in 2008 when the first Portuguese enquiry was shelved – has said his conscience is clear and he is happy to speak to police again if required.

The Operation Grange squad who will sit in on the interviews, led by Portuguese police, will include team leader Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood.

OMG WTF give me a break.

This guy was proven never to have been in PDL at the time. I officially give up lol.

[Mr Gray]

OMG WTF give me a break.

This guy was proven never to have been in PDL at the time. I officially give up lol.

proven by whom..cite please

[stephen25000]

OMG WTF give me a break.

This guy was proven never to have been in PDL at the time. I officially give up lol.

The continued impression is that SY is clutching at straws.

How many police stations and jobs could have been saved if the money spent on Grange had been more usefully deployed ?

[Alfred R Jones]

I thought they were questioning him about what he might know about paedophiles operating in the Algarve at the time, not about him actually being in PdL on the night of May 3rd.

[Admin]

I thought they were questioning him about what he might know about paedophiles operating in the Algarve at the time, not about him actually being in PdL on the night of May 3rd.

A member asked yesterday why McDonald had not been extradited. The logical answer would appear to be that he will have to serve time for the crime he committed in Malta first and then be repatriated to England to face the historic charges there.

[bros]

Bring Mario Fernando witness to Malta, have him take a look. His description of tall fat with glasses,no or small amount of hair.  By what he describes the hit was supposed to take place on 2nd of May. They might have attempted since Maddie was crying that night she told parents following morning... Where were you last night...me and my brother crying.....

[jassi]

I'm afraid that I haven't a clue what you are talking about.

[bros]

http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/press/73may13/Mirror_29_05_2013.htm

[Eleanor]

I'm afraid that I haven't a clue what you are talking about.

I understand what Bros is talking about.  And it's a valid point.

[jassi]

http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/press/73may13/Mirror_29_05_2013.htm

Thank you   

[Brietta]

http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/press/73may13/Mirror_29_05_2013.htm

Maybe he has already been picked out from photographs?