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I'll start off with a short piece by 'Daily Telegraph' Deputy Editor Simon Heffer on Saturday (3 May):
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McCann haters - the lowest of the low
by Simon Heffer:
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Just when one thinks one’s capacity for shock is exhausted, one reads some of the charming, expletive-rich comments sent to Kate and Gerry McCann in the last year since their daughter Madeleine evaporated in Portugal. I know some nutters are convinced they killed her, which I am equally convinced is balderdash: but what shocks me is that even those who accept that someone else abducted her cannot resist delving into the still-open wound the McCanns have, and attacking them for their supposed negligence on that evening last May.
Evaporated? What a very interesting choice of word for what happened to Maddy. Very interesting indeed. I doubt that I would ever refer to a missing child as "evaporated". That just really struck me as odd.
Thanks for posting that Tony!! I have felt that many people have been frightened by the "threats" of the McCanns and their minions. Hints have been dropped that someone might be sued because of expressing their opinions on forums such as this one. I think it is worse in the UK. Here in the states we seem to be less intimidated by the threats.
I always try to be diplomatic in my posts. My feelings about this case and those involved can be much stronger than what I post
I would bet I am not alone....
And we should not forget that Deputy Editor of the Daily Telegraph is very likely personally acquainted with Clarence Mitchell.
The writers of articles just like these, are just Clarence's colleagues and friends, stepping up to back his cause.
British ex-pat Robert Murat says he will happily take part in a reconstruction of the night Madeleine McCann disappeared if asked to do so by Portuguese police.
So in the US, the Grand Jury happens BEFORE any charges are made. I'm wondering if England held the Princess D inquest because she was a member of the Royal Family and England would always have jurisdiction over the royal family? I don't know. This is international law type stuff. Based on what I know about US law (which isn't much) though, I just don't see how England could claim jurisdiction. There may be a way, with Portugal's cooperation......
It's an interesting thought. I'm still hoping that Portugal will press charges and take them to trial. Again, I know it would be very different from what happens here, so I guess I can't say I'm all that convinced that Portugal would get a conviction. I do think here, in the US, a conviction could be likely if most of the "facts" we have culled from the various news reports are true. More than one murderer has been convicted on circumstantial evidence here.
Salem