Was Kate McCann right to decline to answer the 48 questions?

[Mr Gray]

I think there is more than a suggestion that Jate & Kerry outsmart the whole goddamn world on a daily basis.
"You just wait til they come out fighting" comes the cry not infrequently. Which is bizarre considering how many times they have been dumped on the canvas.

They have always won in the Uk

[G-Unit]

They have always won in the Uk

Thanks to high powered lawyers, media managers and injunctions.

[faithlilly]

Thanks to high powered lawyers, media managers and injunctions.

Have they actually 'won' anything. Surely all their victories have been settled out of court? In fact the only time they actually saw the inside of a court was to try and prise confidential information from the Leceistershire police and we all know how that ended.

[Alice Purjorick]

Have they actually 'won' anything. Surely all their victories been settled out of court? In fact the only time they actually saw the inside of a court was to try and prise confidential information from the Leceistershire police and we all know how that ended.

I believe you are right. The Mitchell choreographed piccy on the steps of the big court in The Strand notwithstanding.

Were anything "won" out of court on the basis of the representation that the archiving process found them
innocent, then as that  postulation has now been holed below the water line there may be someone floating about who will want to revisit that situation.

[Alfie]

There seems to be a suggestion from the supporters that Kate and Gerry out smarted the PJ with their respective answering strategies.

If you truly believe that the McCanns had a hand in their child's disappearance then you would have to concede that they have played an absolute blinder.   They are free and with very little likelihood of this changing any time soon. If you truly believe they dunnit then yes, they proper outsmarted the PJ.  And by not playing ball with the PJ and their daft questions Kate certainly denied them even an inch of rope to hang her with.  Smart? Deffo.

[slartibartfast]

If you truly believe that the McCanns had a hand in their child's disappearance then you would have to concede that they have played an absolute blinder.   They are free and with very little likelihood of this changing any time soon. If you truly believe they dunnit then yes, they proper outsmarted the PJ.  And by not playing ball with the PJ and their daft questions Kate certainly denied them even an inch of rope to hang her with.  Smart? Deffo.

...and if they are totally innocent what has their strategy achieved?

[Alice Purjorick]

If you truly believe that the McCanns had a hand in their child's disappearance then you would have to concede that they have played an absolute blinder.   They are free and with very little likelihood of this changing any time soon. If you truly believe they dunnit then yes, they proper outsmarted the PJ. And by not playing ball with the PJ and their daft questions Kate certainly denied them even an inch of rope to hang her with.  Smart? Deffo.

&%+((£
Do you mean this was just an exercise to outsmart the PJ from the get go?
Blimey!
As a strict business deal it was crap though. Even forgetting where the dosh came from, lobbing out the fat end of £3MM to finish up in worse position than when you started.........

Some days one is the bug somedays one is the windshield. The trick, Alfie old stick, is not to take it personally or one loses objectivity.

[Alfie]

...and if they are totally innocent what has their strategy achieved?

If they are totally innocent then no matter what "strategy" they adopted it wouldn't have made the blindest bit of difference into the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance.  If they didn't do it then that means they have no information about where she is or what happened to her, do you understand that?

[slartibartfast]

If they are totally innocent then no matter what "strategy" they adopted it wouldn't have made the blindest bit of difference into the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance.  If they didn't do it then that means they have no information about where she is or what happened to her, do you understand that?

Do you understand that anything extra that may have come out if the questions were answered may have helped find out what happened to Madeleine? You are not in a position to know what difference it would have made.

[Brietta]

Do you understand that anything extra that may have come out if the questions were answered may have helped find out what happened to Madeleine? You are not in a position to know what difference it would have made.

You obviously have not worked it out yet that the object of the exercise had nothing at all to do with Madeleine McCann.

Kate McCann was the focus. 

Kate McCann was the arguida.  It was decided that Kate McCann was to do time and thus solve the case ... just as Joana Cipriano's case had been solved.

In the year of our Lord 2017 we are receiving an object lesson on precisely how close a shave she had from Portuguese justice.

[slartibartfast]

You obviously have not worked it out yet that the object of the exercise had nothing at all to do with Madeleine McCann.

Kate McCann was the focus. 

Kate McCann was the arguida.  It was decided that Kate McCann was to do time and thus solve the case ... just as Joana Cipriano's case had been solved.

In the year of our Lord 2017 we are receiving an object lesson on precisely how close a shave she had from Portuguese justice.

Just consider for a moment that the PJ were genuinely trying to find out what happened to Madeleine, anyone having an attitude like yours does not help them in that direction at all.

[Alfie]

Do you understand that anything extra that may have come out if the questions were answered may have helped find out what happened to Madeleine? You are not in a position to know what difference it would have made.

Perhaps you could quote one of the 48 questions Kate didn't answer that would have helped further an investigation  into a stranger abduction. 

[Alfie]

Just consider for a moment that the PJ were genuinely trying to find out what happened to Madeleine, anyone having an attitude like yours does not help them in that direction at all.

They suspected Kate was involved, so if she was innocent, how does interogating her help?  She can't prove her innocence can she?

[Brietta]

Just consider for a moment that the PJ were genuinely trying to find out what happened to Madeleine, anyone having an attitude like yours does not help them in that direction at all.

When was it the PJ threw the towel in on Madeleine.

Was it on the fourth of May according to Amaral?  Or was it a bit later when Ricardo Paiva took up interpreting dreams?

Constituting Kate McCann arguida without a shred of supporting evidence ... was intended to help Madeleine in what way?

Instead of pontificating on my attitude ... be a little more self aware regarding yours.

[Robittybob1]

When was it the PJ threw the towel in on Madeleine.

Was it on the fourth of May according to Amaral?  Or was it a bit later when Ricardo Paiva took up interpreting dreams?

Constituting Kate McCann arguida without a shred of supporting evidence ... was intended to help Madeleine in what way?

Instead of pontificating on my attitude ... be a little more self aware regarding yours.

it is a mess which ever way you look at it.