Clarence Mitchell , job satisfaction, who is paid to lie.
Madeleine McCann died in an accident in her family’s Algarve
holiday apartment and her death was covered up by her
parents who then concocted a tale of kidnap, a
Portuguese court was told.
Kate and Gerry McCann, aged 41 years, were in court to hear how the
detectives leading the investigation into Madeleines
disappearance believed they had lied to hide the truth.
“She died in the apartment as a result of a tragic accident and the
parents simulated an abduction after failing to care for
theirr children,” Tavares de Almeida, former chief
inspector at Portimao police station during the initial
months of the investigation, told the court in Lisbon.
“These were the conclusions of a police report signed by me on
September 10 2007,” he added.
The allegations against Kate and Gerry McCann, both 41, were
presented in court on the first day of a hearing to
challenge the publication of a book written by Algarve
detective Dr.Goncalo Amaral.
Lawyers for Dr.Amaral, who co-ordinated the team that made the
McCanns arguidos – suspects – in their daughter’s
disappearance, called witnesses to support the claims
outlined in his book. The McCanns arguido status was
lifted after ten months in July 2008 when the Attorney
General ruled there was no evidence against them.
The McCanns came face to face with Dr.Amaral for the first time
since they were officially made argiuidos in September
2007, four months after their daughter vanished, nine
days before her fourth birthday.
Dr. Amaral,aged 50, helped co-ordinate the initial investigation
into Madeleine’s disappearance from a holiday apartment
in Praia da Luz on May 3 2007 while her parents dined
with friends at a tapas bar nearby. He was removed from
the case, which remains unsolved.
His book, entitled “The Truth of The Lie”, published in July 2008
claims that Madeleine died in the apartment and
questions her parents’ account of events that evening.
It became a bestseller in Portugal selling more than 200,000 copies
and went on to be published in six languages and made
into a documentary film.
The documentary is clear and precise, Dr.Amaral proves how an
abduction described the way the McCanns tell their
version would have been impossible. Gerry McCann tried
to fight back with his own documentary which was quite
frankly, a farce.
The actress who played Kate McCanns part was so unbelievable, even
Gerry McCann left her out of his play.
After a year long campaign the McCanns succeeded in getting a
temporary injunction banning further sales and it was
withdrawn from shelves last September. The couple are
suing for libel becuase they believe that the book is
damaging the search for their daughter by asserting that
she is already dead.
(They do not mention their concern for the Gaspar statement, but
concerned they must surely be)
They are expected to ask a judge for around £1million in damages
which they will use to pay for their own continuing hunt
for their daughter, who they believe was kidnapped and
could still be alive and being held somewhere.
The McCanns are now of course directors of the fund and a link to
this fund by paypal still remains at Leicestershire
Police station. The same Police station that held back
the Gaspar statement from the investigation.
Dave Edgar said Madeleine is in PDL living in a hellish lair and
still Gerry says ‘There is no evidence she has come to
any harm’ Of course when he talks about evidence he
means against himself and his wife.
Dr.McCann and his wife have been to Portugal several times now and
have made no attempt to even pretend to find this
hellish lair. Their only interest, who can they sue to
fill their greedy pockets.
Mr de Almeida told the court: “We have always spoken of a tragic
accidental death – not homicide. The McCanns did not
kill her but they concealed the body,”
Mr de Almeida, was also removed from the the case in September
2007, said the decision to designate the McCanns
‘arguidos’ was made by police after sniffer dogs brought
to Portugal from England had carried out their searches.
Giving evidence, Mr de Almeida said that the dogs had identified
blood and the scent of a human corpse inside the
McCanns’ holiday flat.
The animals also reacted to traces on a piece of cloth in a villa
rented by the McCanns after they left the apartment and
in the boot of a rental car hired by the family several
weeks after Madeleine disappeared.
Many reasons have been given as to this odour in the back of the
car, the twins dirty nappies , rotting meat and spilt
fish oil.
Mr de Almeida also complained that Portuguese police efforts to
investigate the McCanns had been frustrated by their
British counterparts. “We were told that the UK would
not accept any investigation of the McCanns – there was
a lack of cooperation,” he said.
But later he said that the theory that the parents had covered up
Madeleine’s death as outlined in Amaral’s book was one
reached by British police on the ground in Portugal too.
“THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING INVENTED BY AMARAL,” he insisted. “It was a
conclusion reached by the team of Portuguese
investigators as well as BRITISH POLICE.”
A third witness said the turning point of the investigation came
following a tearful call from Mrs McCann who, after a
dream, told police where to search for her daughter’s
body.
Police Inspector Ricardo Paiva, who acted as a liason between the
McCanns and Portuguese police in the days following
their daughter’s disappearance told the court he had
received the phone call in late July 2007.
“Kate called me, she was alone as Gerry was away and she was
crying,” he said. “She said she had dreamt that
Madeleine was on a hill and that we should search for
her there.
(According to Gerry , Police Inspector Ricardo Paiva, is a
liar…Gerry can see into Kates head and no, she never had
such a dream, to Gerry everyone is a liar who will not
believe his version.)
“She gave the impression that she thought she was dead – it was a
turning point for us.”
The senior detective said the land was searched but nothing was
found. “That is when we decided to send the specialist
dogs in. BRITISH POLICE informed us about how they could
detect the scent of death.”
He admitted that the police had been suspicious of the McCanns from
the start of the investigation. “They disobeyed our
request to keep quiet about the details of their
daughter’s disappearance while we conducted our
investigation. Instead they turned it into a media
circus and that gave rise to some suspicions.”
He said that the McCanns should have faced prosecution for leaving
their children alone. “They should have been pursued for
neglect. People have been arrested for far less – even
in the UK.”
CONCLUSION BY: TAVARES De ALMEIDA
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From everything that was gathered, the facts point in the direction
that the death of Madeleine McCann occurred, on the
night of May 3rd of 2007, inside the apartment 5A, of
the Ocean Club resort, occupied by the couple McCann and
by their three children;
There is a coincidence between the marking of cadaver odour and
blood, according to the Laboratory Report (partial)
annexed to the ‘Autos’.
Such markings, occurred behind the sofa of the living room (cadaver
and blood odour/DNA), which proves that indubitably such
piece of furniture was pushed back by someone, after the
death of Madeleine McCann occurred. Because of the weak
(small) vestiges recovered at such place, it is to admit
as a strong hypothesis that the same was subjected to a
wash, at the time the death occurred.
In the same way, the soft toy used by the dead child, found at the
head of the bed where she usually slept (see photos
about the initial forensics) reveals that someone put it
there in a moment posterior to the death, once the bed
doesn’t have cadaver odour. This is, there occurred an
intentional modification in order to simulate a
‘picture’ that doesn’t correspond with the reality;
It must be added that the cadaver odour signalled a strong odour in
the bedroom where the McCann slept, which can indicate
the moving of the corpse from the actual death scene
(living room) to the non visible part of the bedroom;
Furthermore a strong reaction for cadaver odour was made on Kate’s
clothes, which can indicate that she was in touch with
the cadaver;
There was also a strong reaction of cadaver odour in the car used
by the McCann (since May 27th 2007), which in
conjugation with the blood dog and the forensics present
in the ‘Autos’, that indicate the presence of Madeleine
McCann’s DNA in the booth of the car, are in order not
to exclude a strong hypothesis that this car may have
been used to transport the cadaver, 24 days after the
death;
It can’t also be neglected the indication of the cadaver and blood
dog, on the car key, having the laboratory confirmed the
existence of Gerald McCann’s DNA. This last signalling
was obtained by the dogs after the key was put far away
from the car and in a place not visible.
From everything that was exposed from the AUTOS, we conclude that:
A) The minor Madeleine McCann died in the apartment 5A of the Ocean
Club resort, on the night of May 3rd of 2007;
B) It was performed a simulation of kidnapping;
C) In order to avoid the death [alarm] of the minor before 22H00,
it was created a situation of the children’s
surveillance by the McCann while the children slept;
D) Kate McCann and Gerald McCann are involved in the occultation of
the cadaver of their child Madeleine McCann;
E) At this moment, there seems that there aren’t strong indicia
that the death of the minor didn’t happen due to a
tragic accident;
F) From what was obtained until now, everything points out that the
McCann, as self-defence, didn’t want to deliver
immediately and voluntarily the cadaver, existing a
strong possibility that the same was transported from
the initial place of deposition. This situation is
susceptible to raise questions about the circumstances
under which the death of the minor occurred.
So we suggest that the ‘Autos’ be sent to the EX.mo Sr. Procurador
Geral da R’ublica [General Attorney], in order to:
G) New interrogation of the Arguidos Kate and Gerry McCann;
H) Evaluation of the measure of restraint to be applied in this
case;
On the course of the house search to the residence of the McCann, a
manuscript was found, a sort of diary, already
photocopied, possibly authored by Kate McCann, and
admitting that the same may contain elements that may
help to reach the material truth of the facts, WE
PROPOSE THAT:
I) The photocopies of such document to be presented to the M.Mo
Judge regarding its apprehension, if legal, translation
and eventual recovery of elements to bring into the
‘Autos’ for future investigation. |