BRITISH SENSATIONAL JOURNALISM at its best.
THE SUN reported on October 21st, 2008.
KATE McCann and three friends discussed child-snatchers hours
before daughter Madeleine disappeared, it has emerged.
Dr Russell O'Brien, one of the so-called Tapas Seven, told police
of the "haunting" conversation had while on holiday in
Portugal last year. He said it came up after another
father said he felt awkward photographing his own child.
Dr O'Brien, 37, was with his partner Jane Tanner, 37, Rachel
Oldfield, 37, and Kate, 40. He said: "We then had a
conversation about the ludicrous pressure on parents
that they can't take photos of their children.
Stranger
"The other aspect of the conversation, which is doubly haunting,
was that we said, 'You're far more likely to get
clobbered by your uncle or your neighbour than some
random stranger'.
"Since this happened ten or 11 hours before Madeleine was abducted,
it seemed a very uncomfortable coincidence." The doctor,
of Exeter, Devon, made his comments in April as he was
quizzed by British cops at the request of the Portuguese
authorities.
THE DAILY MAIL reported September, 26th, 2007.
SNIFFER DOGS ‘ FOUND SCENT OF DEATH’ ON MCCANNS FRIEND
Friends of the McCanns faced fresh allegations yesterday after it
was claimed that sniffer dogs had found the "scent of
death" on one of them.
The same police dog which reacted to Mrs McCann's clothes - first
causing suspicion to fall on her - was alleged to have
smelled "death" on one of the friends who had dinner
with the couple the night Madeleine vanished.
Police sources briefed a Portuguese newspaper that two police dogs
from South Yorkshire, trained to detect corpses, human
remains and microscopic traces of blood, had reacted to
some items of clothing.
Family spokesman Clarence Mitchell denied categorically that any
such procedure had happened.
The newspaper did not reveal which of the friends' clothing was
meant to have triggered the reaction. Police in South
Yorkshire refused to comment.
Detectives are writing to British police asking them to
re-interview the seven friends the McCanns dined with on
the night Madeleine vanished.
Madeleine's parents were dining in a tapas restaurant just yards
from the apartment in the Mark Warner Resort in the
Algarve, Portugal, when their daughter disappeared.
She had been sleeping inside the apartment with her brother and
sister, twins Sean and Amelie.
According to reports from Portugal, all of those dining with the
McCanns that night face further police questioning
because their accounts of the night's events allegedly
clashed.
Leicestershire police have consistently refused to comment on its
role in the investigation and directed all questions to
Portugal.
A spokeswoman said: "As the inquiry into the disappearance of
Madeleine McCann is a Portuguese police investigation it
is not appropriate for us to comment on it.
Our role is to assist the Portuguese authorities, when and if they
request it, with UK based inquiries.
"But because it is a Portuguese investigation, and because of the
judicial system there, we are not able to disclose the
nature of those inquires."
The seven friends - who, with the McCanns, make up the Tapas Nine -
have been steadfast in their loyalty to Madeleine's
family.
The group - most of them doctors and professionals - was made up
of:
Dr Russell O'Brien, 36 A consultant in acute medicine at the Royal
Devon and Exeter Hospital, he knew Gerry McCann from
Leicester.
He was on holiday with his partner Jane Tanner and their two young
daughters.
At 9.25pm he left the restaurant for around 25 minutes to check on
one of the girls, who was ill.
He has been subject to a vicious Portuguese press campaign alleging
he was absent for over an hour when Madeleine went
missing.
He has threatened to sue, insisting: "These reports are completely
untrue and extremely hurtful."
Jane Tanner, 37
Dr O'Brien's partner. She arrived late at the tapas bar after
treating their sick daughter.
On the way, she passed the McCanns' apartment and saw a man
carrying a child.
Crucially, her description of the child's clothes matched
Madeleine's pink pyjamas.
Dr Matthew Oldfield, 37
Dr Oldfield, an endocrinologist at Kingston Hospital in South-West
London, went to check the McCann children at 9 25pm.
But he did not look inside the flat - simply listened from outside
to ensure Madeleine and the twins were not crying.
Rachael Oldfield, 36
Dr Oldfield's wife, a former lawyer who is now a recruitment
consultant.
She is one of four witnesses who claim to have seen the first
suspect, British expat Robert Murat, near the McCanns'
flat.
Last month she angrily dismissed reports that police had
intercepted phone calls and emails between the McCanns
and their friends which contradicted the group's earlier
statements.
Mrs Oldfield accused Portuguese police of "throwing mud when we are
not able to defend oursleves"
David Payne, 41
Mr Payne is a senior research fellow in cardiovascular sciences at
Leicester University
He and his wife and mother-in-law joined the group at 8.55pm.
They are believed to have been the only ones using a baby monitor
to check on their two children.
Mr Payne has said: "All these smears and rumours are overshadowing
the important thing, which is to get Madeleine back."
Dr Fiona Payne, 34
Mr Payne's wife, she is understood to have told police she saw Mr
Murat shortly after Madeleine vanished.
Dr Payne and her husband stayed on in the Algarve to support the
McCanns. When the couple were made official suspects,
she said: "It's an outrage - a preposterous accusation."
Dianne Webster
Dr Payne's mother. She has given no public interviews.
(This newspaper article STILL available on the Internet and RUSSELL
O’BRIAN, it would seem, has not sued anyone.
The Daily Mail ,did not use the word ALLEGED ,which gets you out of
a tight spot where the Mccanns lawyers Carter Ruck are
concerned.)
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AND now looking at some facts about the SHY Dr.Russell O’Brian and
how kind the police were to him in Leicestershire and
how unfortunate the video for his first interview seemed
to have ‘Technical failure’.
Not only that, the kind Policeman let Russell read Jane Tanners,(
his partners) statement to remind him of the events .
THE EVENTS, who could forget the events of May 3rd 2007?
What kind of person would need to ‘REFRESH’ their memory
of such a dreadful night? how could anyone forget the
‘disappearance’ of a child, NOT anychild, BUT their
friends child, MADELEINE.
(Is it within the law to allow a witness to check anothers
statement ? OR ,was this to make sure they both agreed ?
It seems Leicestershire Constabulary make up their own
rules where these Doctors are concerned.)
RUSSELL O’BRIAN said.
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"I have been given the opportunity to refresh my memory at the
start of the report by Jane Tanner (partner) and it
allowed me to see these documents, which have been done
in the presence of DC 1578 Gierc," said O 'Brien.
(O'Brien was interviewed twice, on 8 and April 10, 2008, but
strangely, his first interview could not be recorded on
video because, according to British police, there would
be a "technical failure")
The second interview, Russell O'Brien by the officer Andrew Gierc,
was recorded on video.
CURIOUS AND INTERESTING
O’BRIANS partner JANE TANNER gave her witness statement to PJ May
4th, 2007
The time 11.30 am
JANE was clear about the type of clothing she saw the ‘abductor’
wearing.
He was wearing linen type cloth trousers, beige to golden in
colour, a “duffy” sic type jacket (but not that thick).
KATE McCANN
Did not give her statement until 2.20 pm the afternoon of May 4th.
Kate and Jane would have had plenty of time to talk about the man
she saw and what he was wearing...LOOK what Kate McCann
has to say.
Thus, at around 9pm, her husband went to the apartment to make sure
the twins, as well as Madeleine, were OK, then he went
back to the restaurant.
Her husband said that the children were doing well and that he had
bumped into the person with whom he had played tennis, a
person who has two children.
At the same time, one of the group of friends, Russell, went to see
his children, without checking on the interviewee's
children.
Later, a member of the group, Russell's partner Jane, when she went
to her apartment to see her children at around 9.15pm,
saw from the back [rear] about 50 metres away, on the
perimeter road of the club, a long-haired person, in
what she thinks were jeans, with a child in his arms and
walking very quickly. But she is better able to tell you
about that herself.
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JEANS.....I am interested as to why Kate mentions JEANS when her
friend has already stated the clothes were linen and the
colour beige.
KATE also mentions the ‘abductor’ had LONG hair.....again without
being prompted, states JANE will be able to tell you
about that herself, BUT Kate knew Tanner had already
been interviewed.
JEANSs seem to have been on JANE TANNERS mind a lot...in her
rogatory statement without being prompted she feels she
must explain she did not take JEANS on holiday to PDL.
Reply “Yeah. Erm, I’m just trying to, well I’ve walked out of the,
walked out of the, erm, the Tap, you know, walked sort
of into the reception of the Tapas Bar and obviously
walked up the road.
I remember I was wearing, because it was cold, I’d got Russell’s
big, I’d borrowed one of his, erm, fleeces, so I’d got a
big sort of fleece, it probably came down to about here,
but then I’d got flip-flops on and cropped trousers, because I’d
only got, I didn’t take jeans, I know I didn’t take
jeans on holiday, and then.
Oh I’m sidetracking a bit, but that’s why I knew one of the
pictures in the paper wasn’t from the holiday, because I
hadn’t got jeans on the holiday with me, so.
Erm, yeah, and I’d got cropped trousers on and just flip-flops, so
I can remember sort of walking,
I couldn’t walk that quickly because I’d got these silly flip-flops
on and I couldn’t walk that, that well in them, so to
speak.
JEREMY WILKINS had already seen JANE TANNER earlier in the evening
of May 3rd, standing outside an apartment, she was
wearing a PURPLE dress.
TANNER talks of a photograph in the newspaper of her wearing
JEANS.... If this photograph exists has anyone seen it.?
If they have, it is IMPORTANT to JANE for you to know it
was NOT taken in PDL.
The ONLY photograph to my knowledge of TANNER, outside of PDL is of
her on the COURT steps to collect her money..which she
gave to the FUND.
Back to the ‘Sensational Journalism’ and the JEANS.
The McCanns are desperate to get their hands on information PJ
still have ..information ONLY known to them.
Their meeting and talks of REVIEWS have nothing to do with wanting
the case re-opened, it has been three years and we all
know this is something those in the’ know ‘will never
let happen.
BUT I have to wonder if the JEANS exist, are they in the hands of
PJ and do they hold ‘The scent of cadaver?’
Why did Kate McCann say a long haired person wearing
JEANS.?...TANNER has long hair BUT insists any
photographs of her that MAY exist wearing JEANS were not
from when she was in PDL.
Is there a tourist out there somewhere with a photograph ot TANNER
in the background wearing jeans in PDL? An unknown
tourist who does not realise the significance of this
photograph.
I have no idea why, but these JEANS are of great importance to JANE
TANNER and from KATE MCCANNS suggestion of JEANS in her
statement, again ,without being prompted, KATE knows the
reason why.
UPDATE:-------
TANNER from her ROGATORY STATEMENT:
"I remember what I was wearing because it was cold, I'd borrowed
one of RUSSELLS'S FLEECES."
"BUT I did not take JEANS with me to PDL:"
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Jane offered this information about her clothing without being
asked.
Do you remember the bag found along the road leading to FARO
airport and what it contained?
There are two items of interest and if I was a devious person there
is a way I could use these items to buy someones
silence.
Suppose, just suppose, the BLUE BAG missing from the MCCANNS
bedroom wardrobe in the apartment was used for a pair of
JEANS and a FLEECE. The owner of the bag promised to
dispose of BOTH items BUT just suppose that promise was
not fulfilled. If I were a devious person I may just
keep them for future use.
USE SUCH AS THIS. JUST A REMINDER AS TO WHO IS IN CHARGE....and in
case anyone in the future thought of changing their
statements.
NEWS OF THE WORLD
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Maddie DNA clue in airport bag
Traces found on fleece and stained jeans
By Dominic Herbert, 03/11/2007
A BAG of clothes containing DNA linked to Madeleine McCann has been
found dumped by a road in Portugal.
The white carrier bag was discovered in a layby two weeks ago near
Faro airport, the News of the World can reveal.
Maddie's parents Kate and Gerry McCann have learned the bag
contained a blue fleece jacket and a pair of adult jeans
with traces of DNA that contained "moderate" links to
the missing four-year-old.
There was also a SHOWER CURTAIN inside.
News of the find came as it emerged police hunting for the
youngster have asked the Mafia to help.
Crime godfathers in Morocco-where there have been several alleged
sightings of Maddie-have been told cops will scale back
drug busts if they do.
Meanwhile, the bag, found by a passer-by, was sent to a UK lab in
Birmingham for forensic tests.
A leaked report showed experts concluded the clothes contained
bodily fluid and traces of hair that could have come
from Maddie.
Skin
Other items recovered from the bag included a white flannel, a
green elastic band, a light green child's T-shirt with a
green flower on the front and a pink and blue pencil
case with a pink heart motif.
A source said: "The bag could be crucial. The DNA isn't an exact
match to Maddie's, but it does link.
"It is the first clue found outside the apartment complex and could
provide a trail."
The report-which was handed to detectives ten days ago-was obtained
by the News of the World from Portuguese police sources.
The jeans contained more than 60 different stains.
The report concluded: "The blue fleece and jeans were found to
contain traces of congealed skin and hair.
"They were found to contain DNA characteristics that could be
attributed to Madeleine McCann." No traces of Maddie's
DNA were found on any of the other items.
The fresh clues will give Kate and Gerry, both 39, renewed hope of
finding their daughter alive six months after she
disappeared. Last night a friend of the McCanns said:
"It potentially suggests that someone has taken her then
disposed of the clothing.
"They have done it near Faro which could imply they have gone in
the direction of the airport. It backs up the idea she
was abducted."
Last Sunday the News of the World revealed that the crack Spanish
detective agency hired by the McCanns, Metodo 3, are
convinced the youngster was snatched to order then
smuggled from Portugal to Morocco.
Last night it looked like Mafia bosses will AGREE to use their
underworld connections in the hunt for Maddie.
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The DNA 'EVIDENCE' was reported November 3rd 2007
We then had this report dated November 11th 2007
DAILY MAIL REPORTED., NOVEMBER 11th 2007
Madeleine: Changes in evidence from Tapas Nine could 'dramatically
change investigation'
09 November 2007
Changes in the evidence of two of the so-called Tapas Nine could
"dramatically change" the Madeleine McCann
investigation, it was claimed yesterday.
The pair who allegedly want to correct their version of events were
named yesterday in a Portuguese newspaper as Russell
O'Brian and his partner Jane Tanner.
Miss Tanner has given a key account of seeing a man carrying a
child away from the McCanns' apartment. Both her and Dr
O'Brian deny that they have contacted police to change
their statements........ |