Why was Gonçalo Amaral taken off the Madeleine McCann case?

[stephen25000]

Wasn't Amaral the genius who decided that drug smugglers were bringing in contraband into small coves?

Well done, that man.

The Cornish had been doing this for centuries.  So he was a bit behind the times.  Not awfully good, in fact.

and what has Redwood achieved in the mccann case ?

[jassi]

and what has Redwood achieved in the mccann case ?

Or Ms Wall, for that matter ?

[stephen25000]

Or Ms Wall, for that matter ?

Well she has been keeping things quiet.

Amaral had 3 months.

Redwood, more than a few months, the rest of his team ,  and the boundless talents of G4S at his disposal. &%+((£

[blonk]

and what has Redwood achieved in the McCann case ?

Quite a lot, actually, viz., an audience of 7 million people on BBC Crimewatch, 14.10.2013, which featured:
A. A reconstruction which was not an accurate portrayal of the day's events
B. Two e-fits of different-looking men said to have been drawn up a whole year after members of an Irish family saw a bloke in the dark, for a few seconds at most, whose face was partly hidden anyway, and whom they all declared they would never be able recognise if they saw him again, and
C. A bloke who hadn't come forward for 6 years to volunteer that he might be 'Tannerman', who just happened to be carrying his child clad only in pyjamas on a cold night, had no buggy, didn't have the child's mother with him, and miraculously happened to be wearing very similar clothes to Nuno Lourenco's kidnapper (= Wojchiech Krokowski), Tannerman and Smithman       

[stephen25000]

Quite a lot, actually, viz., an audience of 7 million people on BBC Crimewatch, 14.10.2013, which featured:
A. A reconstruction which was not an accurate portrayal of the day's events
B. Two e-fits of different-looking men said to have been drawn up a whole year after members of an Irish family saw a bloke in the dark, for a few seconds at most, whose face was partly hidden anyway, and whom they all declared they would never be able recognise if they saw him again, and
C. A bloke who hadn't come forward for 6 years to volunteer that he might be 'Tannerman', who just happened to be carrying his child clad only in pyjamas on a cold night, had no buggy, didn't have the child's mother with him, and miraculously happened to be wearing very similar clothes to Nuno Lourenco's kidnapper (= Wojchiech Krokowski), Tannerman and Smithman       

So, case solved then.....

[jassi]

If only

[stephen25000]

If only

Yep

[pegasus]

Quite a lot, actually, viz., an audience of 7 million people on BBC Crimewatch, 14.10.2013, ...

And what was the audience of the BBC's portuguese language version of Crimewatch Blonk?

0, zero, none.

Shame they didn't think of that.

[pegasus]

Thu 27th Sept
The Policia Judiciaria speak by international phonecall with witness M.Smith.
The witness states his full availability to travel to Portugal, make statements there, and assist in any necessary diligences.

Tue 2nd Oct
Mr Amaral was removed from the Mccann case, thus preventing Mr Amaral from bringing the witness M.Smith back to Portugal.

[Eleanor]

We know why Amaral wanted Mr. Smith to go to Portugal again.  So why did no one else?

[sadie]

We know why Amaral wanted Mr. Smith to go to Portugal again.  So why did no one else?

They didn't want to go back because they couldn't see any likeness to Gerry.

Do you think that Mr Smiths words were added to and the meaning enlarged by Amaral ?

Did he just contact Amaral to say that the method of carrying the little girl was just like the method that Smithman used .. and nothing more?  Was he just trying to add to info already given? 

Because from later statements by him we know that he didn't think that Smithman was Gerry.

I thinkj that he was just trying to fill out his statement about the method of carrying. 


.... Nothing else intended ... but that Amaral "made the best" of it".  Only my opinion and I know that I could be wrong.

[Eleanor]

They didn't want to go back because they couldn't see any likeness to Gerry.

Do you think that Mr Smiths words were added to and the meaning enlarged by Amaral ?

Did he just contact Amaral to say that the method of carrying the little girl was just like the method that Smithman used .. and nothing more?  Was he just trying to add to info already given? 

Because from later statements by him we know that he didn't think that Smithman was Gerry.

I thinkj that he was just trying to fill out his statement about the method of carrying. 


.... Nothing else intended ... but that Amaral "made the best" of it".  Only my opinion and I know that I could be wrong.

No, Sadie, I meant why did no one else in The PJ want Mr. Smith to go back after Amaral was sacked.

[slartibartfast]

They didn't want to go back because they couldn't see any likeness to Gerry.

Do you think that Mr Smiths words were added to and the meaning enlarged by Amaral ?

Did he just contact Amaral to say that the method of carrying the little girl was just like the method that Smithman used .. and nothing more?  Was he just trying to add to info already given? 

Because from later statements by him we know that he didn't think that Smithman was Gerry.

I thinkj that he was just trying to fill out his statement about the method of carrying. 


.... Nothing else intended ... but that Amaral "made the best" of it".  Only my opinion and I know that I could be wrong.

Can you provide cites for any of that?

[Carana]

We know why Amaral wanted Mr. Smith to go to Portugal again.  So why did no one else?

Because the others didn't fit his theory?

[Eleanor]

Because the others didn't fit his theory?

I think you might be right about that.