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Madeleine McCann

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭Happy4all


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    Is it just the Indo rag carrying this story


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,170 ✭✭✭chicorytip


    Something Else
    There seems to be nothing of significance in this. It seems police have been aware of this guy for years.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,576 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    chicorytip wrote: »
    There seems to be nothing of significance in this. It seems police have been aware of this guy for years.

    Certainly seems like the police believe something, the fact they have a suspect and are actively pursuing a lead, they have something in mind


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,084 ✭✭✭afatbollix




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    I feel like every year around the anniversary something like this pops up. But hopefully this time it’s something significant. Time will tell.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,576 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    Here[FORMER Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral has revealed a German paedophile suspected over Madeleine McCann’s disappearance is not Martin Ney.

    The ex-cop sparked speculation Ney was the prime suspect after saying in an interview earlier this year investigators were focusing on a German paedophile in prison.

    Madeleine disappeared days before her fourth birthday in May 2007 after parents Kate and Gerry left their children in their apartment in Praia da Luz.

    Amaral was the officer initially in charge of the investigation and made the McCann's "arguidos" - or official suspects - before he was sacked from the case.

    In his interview with an Australian podcast, he mentioned the possibility of a German paedophile being responsible - but he didn’t mention 49-year-old Hamburg-born child strangler Ney by name.

    Instead he described the suspect only as someone who had been ruled out of the investigation into the missing British youngster in 2008 but later jailed in his home country.

    Now Amaral, the original lead investigator in the case, has now said the suspect isn’t Ney, who was jailed for life in 2012 for abducting and murdering three children, and sexually abusing dozens more.

    When he was shown a photo of him on Spanish TV, Amaral responded: “It can’t be him.”


    “A paedophile who is German and serving life for killing children has been spoken about,” he told a show about missing adults and children.

    “What I know is that the suspect is not him, it’s another man. He’s also in prison in Germany. He’s also a paedophile.”

    In a bizarre twist, Amaral said the suspect looks similar to Madeleine’s dad Gerry before saying that Ney bears no resemblance to him.

    The slur comes after years of legal wrangling between the former police chief and the missing youngster’s parents over his book ‘The Truth of the Lie.’

    He claims in the controversial 2008 book that Gerry and Kate McCann had covered up their daughter’s accidental death in their holiday apartment.

    The McCanns have made a last-ditch attempt to the European Court of Human Rights after losing a libel fight against Mr Amaral in Portugal.

    Last year Amaral claimed MI5 spies had helped to cover up Madeleine’s death and disappearance.

    He said British secret agents “for sure had an involvement” in an Australian documentary which aired in April 2018.

    The McCanns have repeatedly said the fake accusations against them have harmed the search for Madeleine”



    Looking through the thread and found this

    Wonder is it the same individual as now


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭Meglamonia


    bennyl10 wrote: »
    Here[FORMER Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral has revealed a German paedophile suspected over Madeleine McCann’s disappearance is not Martin Ney.

    The ex-cop sparked speculation Ney was the prime suspect after saying in an interview earlier this year investigators were focusing on a German paedophile in prison.

    Madeleine disappeared days before her fourth birthday in May 2007 after parents Kate and Gerry left their children in their apartment in Praia da Luz.

    Amaral was the officer initially in charge of the investigation and made the McCann's "arguidos" - or official suspects - before he was sacked from the case.

    In his interview with an Australian podcast, he mentioned the possibility of a German paedophile being responsible - but he didn’t mention 49-year-old Hamburg-born child strangler Ney by name.

    Instead he described the suspect only as someone who had been ruled out of the investigation into the missing British youngster in 2008 but later jailed in his home country.

    Now Amaral, the original lead investigator in the case, has now said the suspect isn’t Ney, who was jailed for life in 2012 for abducting and murdering three children, and sexually abusing dozens more.

    When he was shown a photo of him on Spanish TV, Amaral responded: “It can’t be him.”


    “A paedophile who is German and serving life for killing children has been spoken about,” he told a show about missing adults and children.

    “What I know is that the suspect is not him, it’s another man. He’s also in prison in Germany. He’s also a paedophile.”

    In a bizarre twist, Amaral said the suspect looks similar to Madeleine’s dad Gerry before saying that Ney bears no resemblance to him.

    The slur comes after years of legal wrangling between the former police chief and the missing youngster’s parents over his book ‘The Truth of the Lie.’

    He claims in the controversial 2008 book that Gerry and Kate McCann had covered up their daughter’s accidental death in their holiday apartment.

    The McCanns have made a last-ditch attempt to the European Court of Human Rights after losing a libel fight against Mr Amaral in Portugal.

    Last year Amaral claimed MI5 spies had helped to cover up Madeleine’s death and disappearance.

    He said British secret agents “for sure had an involvement” in an Australian documentary which aired in April 2018.

    The McCanns have repeatedly said the fake accusations against them have harmed the search for Madeleine”



    Looking through the thread and found this

    Wonder is it the same individual as now

    No because the guy you quoted is 49 and the new suspect is 43.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,576 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    Meglamonia wrote: »
    bennyl10 wrote: »

    No because the guy you quoted is 49 and the new suspect is 43.

    They mention in the above the 49 year old isn’t the suspect in question and someone else i prison in Germany

    Is it likely? Probably not.

    But it shows it’s been thought about for awhile


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,113 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    Crazy that she would be 17 now.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭limnam


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Looks like we might be about to get some answers on what happened here...finally.


    Doubt it


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭punchdrunk


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    bennyl10 wrote: »
    Meglamonia wrote: »

    They mention in the above the 49 year old isn’t the suspect in question and someone else i prison in Germany

    Is it likely? Probably not.

    But it shows it’s been thought about for awhile

    Ney is an evil bastard but into boys by the look of it and as stated is older.
    But what are the chances of two German paedophiles being in the area at the same time?that seems like one hell of a coincidence!
    Is it possible these two guys were working together in some way?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭limnam


    punchdrunk wrote: »

    Ney is an evil bastard but into boys by the look of it and as stated is older.
    But what are the chances of two German paedophiles being in the area at the same time?that seems like one hell of a coincidence!
    Is it possible these two guys were working together in some way?


    What was the chances of Mrs. McCann sitting down and drinking brandy with a pedophile in a house close to the resort shortly after the disappearance ?


    It sounds like there was nothing but pedophiles in the area.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,134 ✭✭✭jimwallace197


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    If this Pedophile in a German prison is found to be responsible for the disappearance of Madeline McCann, I hope all those people who falsely accused and in some cases, made life a living hell for the parents, hang there heads in shame.

    For me, early indications about this suspect seem promising on shedding light on what really happened.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    If this Pedophile in a German prison is found to be responsible for the disappearance of Madeline McCann, I hope all those people who falsely accused and in some cases, made life a living hell for the parents, hang there heads in shame.

    For me, early indications about this suspect seem promising on shedding light on what really happened.

    Exactly what I was thinking too. My guess is it’ll be radio silence from most of them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8387125/New-Madeleine-McCann-suspect-discussed-online-chatroom-years-later.html

    This scumbag was all over the German tv/news yesterday as well. They've gone as far as to publishing his telephone number and showing the vehicle he was using at the time.

    German police believe they are 'very close to an arrest'.

    I really hope this is the closure the McCanns need, not only to finally put their daughter to rest, but also to silence the ghouls who have outright accused them of her death.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Something Else
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8387125/New-Madeleine-McCann-suspect-discussed-online-chatroom-years-later.html

    This scumbag was all over the German tv/news yesterday as well. They've gone as far as to publishing his telephone number and showing the vehicle he was using at the time.

    German police believe they are 'very close to an arrest'.

    I really hope this is the closure the McCanns need, not only to finally put their daughter to rest, but also to silence the ghouls who have outright accused them of her death.
    Relax, it's June, budget season, this is bread and circuses for the masses.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 379 ✭✭Mike3287


    cgcsb wrote: »
    Relax, it's June, budget season, this is bread and circuses for the masses.

    Feels different this time


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Something Else
    Mike3287 wrote: »
    Feels different this time

    it's been 3 years since he claimed to 'know all about maddie' and was ratted out to the cops. Why now?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    The parents did it
    I agree with everyone saying Madeline McCann's parents were somehow involved.
    The bit that really irks me is to do with the other two children. They went out and left 3 tiny children on their own in a foreign country, but because they were both doctors and seen as 'upper class' nothing was ever done.
    I'm sure if an unemployed couple from a council estate had done the same thing their other children would have been taken into care almost immediately.
    Like the way Baby P was taken from his parents?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭SomethingElse


    3% of the posters on here still believe it was me :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭TheW1zard


    Accident happened, parents hid body
    The BRITISH cops are saying it was a GERMAN, sounds like the ESTABLISHMENT have an agenda.


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    I just feel so sad seeing her little face on screen again, the poor baba, jesus I hope she didn't suffer and it was quick :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    TheW1zard wrote: »
    The BRITISH cops are saying it was a GERMAN, sounds like the ESTABLISHMENT have an agenda.

    No the German cops are saying it was a German. But then you’d have to be able to read to know that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭TheW1zard


    Accident happened, parents hid body
    splinter65 wrote: »
    No the German cops are saying it was a German. But then you’d have to be able to read to know that.

    I gave up reading Maddie articles a long time ago, the parents did it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭limnam


    I really hope this is the closure the McCanns need, not only to finally put their daughter to rest, but also to silence the ghouls who have outright accused them of her death.


    Major breakthrough number 156236363623636.


    Don't hold your breath.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    Judging by the Skynews report the only real evidence is hear say. Nothing physical has been found in the camper van or car. Looks as if the cops are getting desperate for a confession.

    Disappointing really.


  • Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,927 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    pc7 wrote: »
    I just feel so sad seeing her little face on screen again, the poor baba, jesus I hope she didn't suffer and it was quick :(

    Same. And looking at that picture of the van - it just broke my heart imagining her being bundled into that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Something Else
    Maybe kate and gerry will split up and one of them will give an honest account of what happened that night. They probably didn't do the deed, but let's face it they drugged the kids and left them alone with the door unlocked and did not check on them all night.

    If they aren't involved, They should have come clean to the police straight away about exactly what went on and perhaps that information could have lead to her being found quickly, but too late for that now. If it were me and something so serious happened I'd have fessed up straight away, even if it made me look ****e, reputation and saving face isn't as important as finding your child, and look everyone knows now they were lying anyway.


  • Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,927 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    This was discussed further back in the thread, but I don't think anyone could say with 100% certainty how they'd react in a situation like that. Also, even if she had died in an accident ie woke up and fell and banged her head, the fact remains that the parents left all 3 of their kids alone and unsupervised. They still had the twins to think about, and even if her death had been genuinely an accident, they could have been prosecuted for neglect and faced jail time, possibly meaning that they'd lose the twins too. When you think about it that way, it would make sense that if she did die in the apartment, they would try to cover it up.

    Personally, I'm on the fence about what happened. I don't know if some harm came to her in the apartment, her parents tried to cover it up, and then the whole thing just grew legs and obviously there's no way either of them could confess now. If the parents are involved, I'd say the only way they'd ever own up would be a death-bed confession. It's also equally possible that some nefarious character either broke in to the apartment and took her, or she wandered off and was taken. There were certainly an alarming number of paedos in the area at the time, so it's not beyond the realms of possibility.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Toots wrote: »
    This was discussed further back in the thread, but I don't think anyone could say with 100% certainty how they'd react in a situation like that. Also, even if she had died in an accident ie woke up and fell and banged her head, the fact remains that the parents left all 3 of their kids alone and unsupervised. They still had the twins to think about, and even if her death had been genuinely an accident, they could have been prosecuted for neglect and faced jail time, possibly meaning that they'd lose the twins too. When you think about it that way, it would make sense that if she did die in the apartment, they would try to cover it up.

    Personally, I'm on the fence about what happened. I don't know if some harm came to her in the apartment, her parents tried to cover it up, and then the whole thing just grew legs and obviously there's no way either of them could confess now. If the parents are involved, I'd say the only way they'd ever own up would be a death-bed confession. It's also equally possible that some nefarious character either broke in to the apartment and took her, or she wandered off and was taken. There were certainly an alarming number of paedos in the area at the time, so it's not beyond the realms of possibility.

    So multiple police forces are confident that they have their man, yet you still think maybe the parents did it?
    Based on what evidence or facts?:confused:

    Basically you dont like the fact that her parents left her in the room, so no matter what its their fault, of possibly they were involved. Unbelieveable.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,346 ✭✭✭nc6000


    The parents did it
    GreeBo wrote: »
    Basically you dont like the fact that her parents left her in the room, so no matter what its their fault, of possibly they were involved. Unbelieveable.

    Correct.

    If there was an accident or accidental overdose or whatever the other parent related theories are and the parents are covering it up then they're obviously at fault. I have doubts they were involved in that way.

    If she wandered from the apartment looking for them and was abducted by a passer-by or knocked down and her body disposed off then the parents are at fault because she was left alone. They're also at fault if she was taken from the apartment by a burglar or opportunist who was in there while the parents were at dinner and the kids on their own.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Something Else
    GreeBo wrote: »
    So multiple police forces are confident that they have their man, yet you still think maybe the parents did it?
    Based on what evidence or facts?:confused:

    Untrue, the police have basically 0 evidence. They know this guy was in the same city at the time, where he lived for many years, he's known to have committed sexual crimes and robberies, he made a phone call around the time of the disappearance and some years later he drunkenly boasted 'I know all about the Madeline'. In desperation for actual evidence they've made the phone number dialed public, meaning they've got nothing that'll wash in court or even anything that is anecdotally compelling.
    GreeBo wrote: »
    Basically you dont like the fact that her parents left her in the room, so no matter what its their fault, of possibly they were involved. Unbelieveable.
    It is their fault without a shadow of a doubt, even if they didn't do anything to her. When you are the parent of a toddler you have a rather large duty of care to that toddler. That duty of care diminishes as they get older and have more autonomy. If Madeline were 14 and was left alone for some hours at night with parents nearby, that would be within the realm of social acceptability.

    Even if you ignore the possibility of abduction or the child wandering off into the night in search of her parents for a moment, there are number of dangers an unsupervised toddler faces in the average home; knives, hot water, stairs trips, slips and falls are the most common.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    I think some people are so indoctrinated into the belief that the parents did it that even if it’s proven this guy was involved, they’ll manage to twist it in a way that suits their narrative that the parents were also involved. It’s the only outcome some people will accept. But it says more about them than anyone else.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭SlowBlowin


    Accident happened, parents hid body
    I think its agreed by most that they clearly broke the law, placing their children at risk by leaving them home alone. In the eyes of the law they were guilty of child neglect.

    https://childlawadvice.org.uk/information-pages/home-alone/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    cgcsb wrote: »
    Untrue, the police have basically 0 evidence. They know this guy was in the same city at the time, where he lived for many years, he's known to have committed sexual crimes and robberies, he made a phone call around the time of the disappearance and some years later he drunkenly boasted 'I know all about the Madeline'. In desperation for actual evidence they've made the phone number dialed public, meaning they've got nothing that'll wash in court or even anything that is anecdotally compelling.
    You seem remarkably sure if your facts. Will you be just as vocal in your climb down if proven totally wrong I wonder?

    Even if you ignore the possibility of abduction or the child wandering off into the night in search of her parents for a moment, there are number of dangers an unsupervised toddler faces in the average home; knives, hot water, stairs trips, slips and falls are the most common.
    None of which happened. All we know for certain is that she is gone and the police are close to making an arrest.
    Her parents could have been asleep in their beds and she still wander off or be abducted, who do you blame then?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭SlowBlowin


    Accident happened, parents hid body
    GreeBo wrote: »
    You seem remarkably sure if your facts. Will you be just as vocal in your climb down if proven totally wrong I wonder?



    None of which happened. All we know for certain is that she is gone and the police are close to making an arrest.
    Her parents could have been asleep in their beds and she still wander off or be abducted, who do you blame then?

    By the same logic Russian Roulette is a safe game (most of the time).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭TheW1zard


    Accident happened, parents hid body
    So he is a suspect. So were the parents.
    There is evidence that they had something to do with it, plenty. Ask the Portuguese police.

    A rapist who is in jail said he did it, feck me lol


  • Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,927 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    GreeBo wrote: »
    So multiple police forces are confident that they have their man, yet you still think maybe the parents did it?
    Based on what evidence or facts?:confused:

    Basically you dont like the fact that her parents left her in the room, so no matter what its their fault, of possibly they were involved. Unbelieveable.

    Based on the lack of evidence or facts supporting any of the theories. There's probably as much evidence that the poor child was abducted by aliens as there is supporting all the other theories.

    I don't know whether or not the parents had a part to play in her disappearance, but it can't be denied that their negligence contributed to it, whether directly or indirectly. They left their young children unattended in an apartment while they went to a restaurant. If someone did kidnap her, that certainly made it a hell of a lot easier for them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,111 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    Toots wrote: »
    Based on the lack of evidence or facts supporting any of the theories. There's probably as much evidence that the poor child was abducted by aliens as there is supporting all the other theories.

    I don't know whether or not the parents had a part to play in her disappearance, but it can't be denied that their negligence contributed to it, whether directly or indirectly. They left their young children unattended in an apartment while they went to a restaurant. If someone did kidnap her, that certainly made it a hell of a lot easier for them.

    A young girl in the UK was kidnapped from her bath while her mother was cooking supper in the Kitchen. Thousands, upon thousands of children have died, usually by drowning, while there parents were on the premises. Given how incredibly rare an incident like this is - there only ever being one, in many, many millions of holidays down the decades - I for one don't blame the parents at all. Engaging in holier than thou superiority, courtesy of hindsight, is cheap and easy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭limnam


    cnocbui wrote: »
    A young girl in the UK was kidnapped from her bath while her mother was cooking supper in the Kitchen. Thousands, upon thousands of children have died, usually by drowning, while there parents were on the premises. Given how incredibly rare an incident like this is - there only ever being one, in many, many millions of holidays down the decades - I for one don't blame the parents at all. Engaging in holier than thou superiority, courtesy of hindsight, is cheap and easy.

    Comparing a mother cooking dinner in the home and her child been kidnapped to parents going out on the p|ss leaving 3 young kids at home is a bit of a stretch.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Something Else
    GreeBo wrote: »
    You seem remarkably sure if your facts. Will you be just as vocal in your climb down if proven totally wrong I wonder?

    If the police had anything else at all they'd have charged him already. They're releasing phone numbers in a desperate bid for evidence. One of the chief Scotland Yard investigators was on the 6.1 news asking people to send in holiday snaps from the time :pac: They've got nothing.
    GreeBo wrote: »
    None of which happened. All we know for certain is that she is gone and the police are close to making an arrest.
    Her parents could have been asleep in their beds and she still wander off or be abducted, who do you blame then?

    What? you're claiming that because something could happen while supervised that it's ok to remove that supervision? so we should just let all the toddlers to the 4 sheets of the wind because the risks posed to them are equal to direct supervision???:confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭cgcsb


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    limnam wrote: »
    Comparing a mother cooking dinner in the home and her child been kidnapped to parents going out on the p|ss leaving 3 young kids at home is a bit of a stretch.

    It would have been perfectly fine for them to go on the piss if they reached into their cold miserable pockets and produced the £30 fee for a babysitter.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭limnam


    cgcsb wrote: »
    It would have been perfectly fine for them to go on the piss if they reached into their cold miserable pockets and produced the £30 fee for a babysitter.

    You can't expect two middle class professionals to be squandering that sort of money on their child's safety. £30 buys a lot of GnT's in Portugal.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    A lot of angry people in here acting out tonight because what they spent the last 13 years obsessing over may actually not have happened.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭limnam


    Funny, Mrs McCann when a suspect. Nada

    Some German pedo made suspect and he's hung drawn and quartered without a shred of evidence.

    Comical


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    Defending a pedo now? That’s jaysus grim.


  • Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,927 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    cnocbui wrote: »
    A young girl in the UK was kidnapped from her bath while her mother was cooking supper in the Kitchen. Thousands, upon thousands of children have died, usually by drowning, while there parents were on the premises. Given how incredibly rare an incident like this is - there only ever being one, in many, many millions of holidays down the decades - I for one don't blame the parents at all. Engaging in holier than thou superiority, courtesy of hindsight, is cheap and easy.

    There's nothing holier-than-thou about pointing out that the McCann's heading off on the beer, leaving 3 kids under the age of 4 alone in an unlocked apartment, in a foreign country, is sh*tty parenting.

    Granted, kidnapping would be the least likely concern in that scenario, but say instead the apartment had gone on fire and one/all of the kids had died, would anyone honestly be making excuses for them?

    I do feel sorry for the McCanns, but at the end of the day they took a risk leaving their kids like that, and Madeleine is the one who paid the price.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭limnam


    Defending a pedo now? That’s jaysus grim.

    Not defending him. I'm just not accusing him of a crime there's no evidence he committed.

    Normal enough I'd say.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    She wandered out herself, something happened (car accident/paedo)
    limnam wrote: »
    Not defending him. I'm just not accusing him of a crime there's no evidence he committed.

    Normal enough I'd say.

    But the McCanns are open season.


    Okay.... :pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,249 ✭✭✭limnam


    But the McCanns are open season.


    Okay.... :pac:

    Never accursed them of anything bar neglect.. *shrug*


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