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Papers Pay McCann's For Defamation

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  • #52
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    square_igloo wrote: »
    I don't know how they're still allowed keep the two even younger children they left alone.
    Probably because it was assessed that they'll never do it again - god knows they've paid enough of a price. It's not like they're junkies, with whom a child might be at risk.
    I don't think we're ever gonna forget this case.
    We would if it wasn't for the McCanns' constant flagging of it.


  • #53
    Killaqueen!!!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,026 ✭✭✭Killaqueen!!!


    Tha Gopher wrote: »
    1- There is a difference in saying "fcuk off" and leaving someone who is making a twat of themselves, compared to leaving baby twins and a 3 year old alone in a hotel room.

    2- Unless she was rolling a joint in the jacks while he wandered off, no. Similiarly, the McCanns wouldnt need to be prosecuted for negligence if she was kidnapped while they were in the apartment, as opposed to when they were drinking a considerable distance away from it.

    3- I never said they should be prosecuted for murder. What I did say is that if or when she is finally declared legally dead I dont see any problem with charging them with manslaughter via negligence.

    Dudess- fair enough, though I was only going on what the most likely scenario is.

    1. Yes, there is. There's a huge difference between stabbing your best mate while drunk, and leaving your kid unattended in a room also. I don't see where you're going with this comparison so I'm making of it the best I can.

    2. So what would be the official charge on them then? Child neglection? If the case is as they say, that they locked her in the room and "checked on her every 5mins" I think that they are still in the wrong. There's little doubt about that. They neglected their child. But if she wasn't kidnapped, would you still be pushing for the parents to be prosecuted? I doubt it. There's a lot of worse things they could have done. I'm sure you've heard of accounts by people like David Pelzer. Unfortunately, in this world a lot of children are treated horribly by their parents - it's horrific. But IF Maddeline wasn't kidnapped, would what they did be such a crime? I would be shocked that they left her alone in the room by herself, just like I'm shocked that a mother I know is smoking and drinking whilst being pregnant. This is based on what the story is how it's been told. I don't know all the evidence. Perhaps there is something deeper than the fact that all they wanted was a few minutes peace from their child (in no way does this diminish what they did) but I don't know.

    3. Manslaughter? I don't know what to make of that...:confused:
    Mossy Monk wrote: »
    I have only ever said they were bad parents. Anyone who leaves their children unattended should be punished.

    I didn't mean that to you personally, I meant as in 'ye', as in to all those who are making accusations. From what I've read of your posts you seem to be taking an objective look to all of it which is IMO the way everybody should look at it.


  • #54
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    There's been some 'respectable' media coverage of how the McCanns and their friends have never settled on what exactly took place at the Restaurant, the intake of alcohol, who exactly left to check on the daughter etc. The fact that the Restaurant staff felt the need to come forward and say that their accounts of what took place (the staff presumably were sober), differed from the group of people at the Restaurant.

    The doubt that's out there, among journalists, doesn't start and end with the gutter press..


  • #55
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Killaqueen!!! wrote: »
    I'm sure you've heard of accounts by people like David Pelzer.
    I read an interview with him. Normally I've a fairly strong stomach, but that actually made me feel very nauseous. What an evil **** his mother was.


  • #56
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    What I can't understand is how they have not been charged with leaving their children alone while they were out having dinner/drinking. If that was someone here they would be done for it straight away.


  • #57
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    hellboy99 wrote: »
    What I can't understand is how they have not been charged with leaving their children alone while they were out having dinner/drinking. If that was someone here they would be done for it straight away.
    Probably because their incompetence as parents is matched by the incompetence of the Portuguese police.


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