Mirror: Maddie Cops Prime Suspect Blunder

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Bungling police chased the wrong suspect for six years in the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann.

An innocent British dad told police in 2007 he was the man in the e-fit seen carrying a child in a Portuguese resort.

But his evidence was overlooked. A source said yesterday: ''This doesn't look good.''

Full story: pages four and five

Bungling cops? 2007? No prizes for guessing who that is.

  Can't be. Not he who is adored by a strange legion of hounders, haters and forkers?

Shona Keen I can't read the text...I don't suppose it reads: "All previous suspects have been proved to have been completely fabricated by the network protecting the real suspects, GM and KM"admitted SY ?"

How STUPID are these people? How hard is it to grasp that this man was NOT 'fabricated', but that Gonzo failed to do the most basic police work and check the night creche records?

Oh, why bother? DENSAS are too stupid to care about.

Thanks pedro. How people still support that fat bumbling oaf I do not know.   

you welcome my friend.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/editors-picks/madeleine-mccann-bungling-police-prime-2965027

Madeleine McCann: Bungling police had 'prime suspect' details for SIX YEARS without realising
Dec 28, 2013 00:00 By Tom Pettifor
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The innocent dad came forward in 2007 but mistakenly remained the main focus of the hunt until this year when Scotland Yard detectives tracked him down


Bungling police had the details of the “main suspect” in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann for SIX YEARS without realising.

The innocent dad came forward in 2007 to say he was the person seen carrying a child in Portugal at the time the three-year-old vanished.

But the information was overlooked and the British holidaymaker remained the main focus of the hunt until this year when Scotland Yard detectives finally tracked him down.

The revelation will be a blow to Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry, as they endure a seventh Christmas without their oldest daughter.

The unnamed dad – spotted in the Praia da Luz resort by McCann family friend Jane Tanner at 9.15pm – was among a number of British witnesses who completed questionnaires for Leicestershire police six years ago.

He is understood to have provided a detailed description of his movements on the night, including the fact he had picked up his own two-year-old daughter from a crèche close to where Madeleine vanished.

But his ‘alibi’ was only looked at this year.


A source said: “He had been clear then that he had picked her up at around the time of the sighting but for whatever reason he was not eliminated as a suspect. The fact the details of the prime suspect have been known all along doesn’t look good.”

Following Madeleine’s disappearance, Leicestershire police were responsible for collating all UK-based inquiries at the request of the Portuguese authorities.

It is not clear if the questionnaires were analysed by the British force or simply forwarded to Portugal.

Ms Tanner, a close friend of Kate and Gerry, previously told officers that she saw the dark-haired man carrying away a child wearing pink floral pyjamas at 9.15pm on May 3, 2007.

One of the so-called “Tapas Seven”, she had been dining with the McCanns in a nearby restaurant when their daughter went missing.

Her sighting meant that from 2007 onwards, Portuguese and British police presumed any abduction most probably took place between 8.30pm, when the McCanns went to dinner, and 9.15pm.

The realisation that it was a false lead has shifted detectives’ focus on to a later sighting at 10pm when an Irish family reported seeing a man walking towards the beach carrying a blonde girl in pyjamas.


The revelation was described by DCI Andy Redwood, the Met officer leading the new investigation called Operation Grange, as a “revelation moment” when it was finally made by his team.

DCI Redwood said in October: “Our focus in terms of understanding what happened on the night of May 3 has now given us a shift of emphasis. We are almost certain that the man seen by Jane Tanner is not Madeleine’s abductor.

“It takes us through to a position at 10pm when we see another man who is walking towards the ocean, close by to the apartment, with a young child in his arms.”

The innocent dad agreed to be pictured in the clothes he wore in Praia da Luz at the time to prove he was the man in the police sketch previously seen as key to cracking the case

His two-year-old’s pink pyjamas, which were described by Ms Tanner, were also brought to Scotland Yard to help prove his innocence.

The new prime suspect was spotted by Martin Smith from Drogheda, Co Louth, as he returned to his apartment in Praia da Luz about 9.50pm.

He saw a British-looking man carrying a motionless, barefoot girl in pyjamas. Madeleine was noted to be missing by Kate at 10pm.

The Smith family provided two efit images of the man more than five years ago. However, the sighting was viewed as too late to be significant because of Ms Tanner’s sighting– which is why the efits were only released publicly in a Crimewatch appeal broadcast in October.

Detectives from Scotland Yard’s Operation Grange said they received an “overwhelming response” from viewers.

The programme featured a new reconstruction of the hours leading up to the three-year-old’s abduction.

In a statement, Kate and Gerry said at the time: “We are absolutely delighted with the overwhelming public response to Crimewatch. We know that the public desperately want to help the search for Madeleine. We are genuinely hopeful that one or more of these responses will lead to a major breakthrough in the investigation.”

They added: “If anyone was in Praia da Luz around the time of Madeleine’s abduction and has not spoken to the Metropolitan Police, or if they know who any of the Efits might be, please have the courage to come forward and speak to the police in confidence.”

More than 1,000 people have come forward with fresh information and several named the same man as the prime suspect.

Leicestershire Police yesterday refused to comment on the latest revelations.

A spokeswoman said: “The disappearance of Madeleine McCann is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police and it would be inappropriate for us to comment.”

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “We are not giving a running commentary.”

A spokesman for the McCann’s last night declined to comment saying it is “a matter for Operation Grange.”



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Off-hand, I'd say Gonzo threw the report in the bin as it didn't suit his agenda.

There is also an opinion piece about the mess Gonzo has caused:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-anyone-saying-were-2965383

Madeleine McCann: Anyone saying they were carrying a child around when Maddy disappeared should have been investigated
Dec 28, 2013 00:00
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Ex-Met Police chief Peter Kirkham says questions will be asked as to why the relevance of the information was not recognised earlier


Scotland Yard have now concluded that the key sighting of a suspect carrying a child at around 9.15pm was, in fact, a sighting of an innocent dad.

This has changed the entire timeline of the incident and has opened up crucial new lines of enquiry.

Questions will be asked as to why the relevance of the information was not recognised earlier.

While there may have been an oversight by Leicestershire Police, there are two things we should remember.

They did not have access to all the material collected during the investigation and full responsibility for the case remained with the Portuguese at that time.

In their liaison role, they may have simply forwarded the questionnaires to Portuguese police without analysing them themselves.

Even if they did consider the content, they may not have realised the relevance without access to all of the material.

The information should have been recognised as of great relevance by the Portuguese police.

I would have expected any person saying they were innocently carrying a child at around the relevant time and place to be investigated and cross-referenced with other witness accounts.

That said, in a high-profile investigation, so much information floods in that it is all too easy for a crucial item to get lost.

At that time, the main focus of the investigation centred on the interpretation of the DNA evidence which had been recently made available.


This may have led to other potential lines of enquiry being overlooked.

No matter what the explanation, the fact that this “new” witness was in the system all along illustrates why case reviews are so important.

A review of all material, by new pairs of eyes and with the benefit of hindsight, almost always identifies something which has been overlooked.

In this case, it appears to have changed the basic understanding of what may have happened on Thursday, May 3, 2007.



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The information should have been recognised as of great relevance by the Portuguese police.



But Amoral didn't even bother to check with the night creche.

Why should he? That might have cut down on his eating and drinking time oh......and meetings with his girlfriend?

Hounder:

My theory is that the Mirror is just finding a way to concentrate themselves on the Smith man without being sued. Although I didn't read the article

Always best to avoid reading anything that challenges your own world-view, especially if it's based on irrational hatred. Saves you having to do anything difficult like thinking for yourself.

Val Mulraney SKY Press Preview just referred to the "death of Madeleine McCann" whilst previewing the Mirror front page!!!
6 hours ago via mobile · 2

Petra Johnson Whoop ! whoop !

Hater ghouls cheering because some other hater ghoul claimed Sky commentators mistakenly referred to Madeleine as being 'dead'.

How depraved do you have to be to cheer because someone wrongly spoke of a missing child as 'dead'?

Petra Johnson It's a bit early for details !
They've only just got the word DEATH out
Give them a chance lol
7 hours ago via mobile · 3

Julie Clarke I heard on fb a couple of weeks ago that there was police activity at the (pet?) cemetary in Praia da Luz. Never heard anything since...
7 hours ago via mobile

Mo N Hales IMO even mentioning the word death is a massive break through,

Breakthrough? Lol? Sick f_cks, no wonder everyone sane despises them.

Hounder tries and fails to grasp meaning of story:

"The innocent dad came forward in 2007 to say he was the person seen carrying a child in Portugal at the time the three-year-old vanished.
...

He is understood to have provided a detailed description of his movements on the night, including the fact he had picked up his own two-year-old daughter from a crèche close to where Madeleine vanished.

But his ‘alibi’ was only looked at this year."

What alibi?? The PJ didn't mention this man. There is no reference / inference to this man in the PJ files. If there was then six years ago he would have been ruled by the PJ and it would be in the files.

So it's Leicester police's fault? Is the Mirror saying they deliberately held onto evidence that could have advanced the ongoing investigation? Diplomacy is over - someone has to be jailed for this.

They really don't get it, do they?

Gonzo didn't pay the slightest bit of attention to this because he decided from Day One that she'd made the man up.

In reality, she hadn't.

Gonzo didn't bother checking the creche records, anything, because he didn't bother trying to find Madeleine's abductor/s.

And that is why there's nothing in the PJ files - Gonzo didn't bother his ar@e to check this out.

Yes, someone should be jailed for this. Guess who?

More one-handed typing from the ghouls because of a stupid mistake on Sky:


Wendy Armstrong ‏@WendyM53 1m
Madeleine #McCann and the word death are mentioned together on Sky news. Wonder if there's going to be some breaking news in coming days.

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Petra Johnson We just need rid of that ABDUCTION word & it being treated as a death !

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David Steel DEATH
10 hours ago

Val Mulraney "the death of Madeleine McCann"
10 hours ago via mobile · 1

David Steel No wonder the fund's closed, eh?

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Depraved scum.

Seeking justice ‏@justice4maddie
@WendyM53 Something afoot, editor had 3 chances to remove what newsreader said, he DIDNT? I wonder why  #McCann

Because it's Christmas/New Year, half the country is under water, and normal, sane people have better things to do than hang obsessively on every single word uttered in the course of late night press reviews.

That stupid mistake has served one purpose, however.

The sickening glee with which the Gonc Fan Club has seized on it has demonstrated beyond any doubt that they hate Madeleine McCann every bit as much as they hate the rest of the McCann family.

the useless freak called amaral only accepted the insane clues which allowed him to feed his madness, also to feed his lust for become a celebrity, because the clues who were against his insane, unproven theories were sent to the garbage bin.

About: "Yes, someone should be jailed for this. Guess who?", amaral truly deserves it.

the clues who were against his insane, unproven theories were sent to the garbage bin.

Yes, Pedro. He didn't even do basic detective work to follow up on clues and eliminate what he should have.

He must have had something else on his mind like alcohol.       

lily, I agree with you.

Been having major nasty computer problems, but by the by. No one beats me ultimately. Using a Zerty keyboard at the moment, with some difficulty.

It is obvious to me that The PJ had this information several years ago, and then ignored it. I cannot begin to fathom for why. And I dont think it matters all that much anyway since Amaral was never interested in clearing The McCanns. He already had his Book on hold, and money in the bank.

Madeleine was abducted between 9pm and 9.45 so the precise moment isnt all that important. What is important is that Amaral deliberately ignored what could have been crucial.

Watching that lot trying to spin it all is the funniest thing I have seen so far.

IMO, he ignored it because he woke up on May 4th, drank his breakfast and decided THE PARENTS DONE IT. And then proceeded to attempt to make evidence fit his stupid, nasty hypothesis.

As he thinks it's all some vast conspiracy, he also decided that poor Jane Tanner invented the man she saw, so didn't bother his then-fat backside doing the most basic checking.

It now turns out she did see someone, who would have been ruled out almost at once by a village special constable doing simple police work. Which the Great Co-Ordinator wasn't interested in. Too busy seeking inspiration for his smearing and framing in the Carvi Brassieri, no doubt.

In short, he fkced up the entire investigation because of his own prejudice and bigotry. The only good thing to be said is that Ms Tanner is no longer haunted by the thought that she could have stopped Madeleine being abducted if only....

Sounds about right. How they spin like tops trying to make it anyone else's but Gonc's fault is amazing. The buck stopped there.

The credence would then have been placed on the Smith sighting. If Gonc had immediately followed up on that one.

We will never know if Madeleine could have been saved and returned to her parents thereafter.

The fate of Madeline lay with him. Some wonderful detective eh?

Clearly he was out of his depth.     

Amaral desperately needed The McCanns to be guilty because he was already in such shit over The Cipriano Affair. So he proceeded to mess with the evidence, and to put out false rubbish that he hoped would affect public opinion.
Public opinion and the word of The PJ convicted Leonor Cipriano, so why not The McCanns. And then there was his Book.

It has always been that simple to me. A nasty diseased little man who wanted fame and glory and a few bob to run with the big boys. A man with no morals. A man who gave no thought to anyone other than himself. And least of all to any missing child.

It has all come home to roost, and he will be forever shamed.