An 'Independent' article by David James Smith re. current apology news, the McCanns, Amaral, and online trolling...
https://archive.ph/M4ZoC
The same journo who interviewed Jeremy Bamber in HMP Full Sutton some years ago. For anyone interested, his resultant report attached here...
I don't know if The PJ apologised to Gerry McCann but they jolly well should have done. And why else would they have wanted to speak to him anyway?
Portugal has done nothing to control the mad ramblings of Goncalo Amaral, most of which have been proved to be lies. Portugal was not a nice place in those days and I actually saw some of it myself. The local people were terrified of The Police. I saw them grovelling over a Horse's Head in the market while being questioned. I will never forget that horse's head. I can still see it now. Not the sort of thing your average holiday maker does, I know, but I ever did see things that other people aren't interested in. I was there three times and once during The Revolution. What a half cocked thing that was. Nothing changed. No, I wasn't scared. Them and whose army? But some of my travelling companions were.
Is it any different now? Personally, I doubt it. My husband was there in the 60s on a Royal Navy exercise. He said that it was dreadful and he wasn't one to pass judgement.
So now it is just an exercise in public relations. Come to Portugal on holiday, why don't you. Not on your nellie. Such a pity. Portugal is a very beautiful place.
