We're no gonna fall out - that's for sua  

 

Maybe I was a wee bit vociferous  

Doesn't anyone find it totally wrong that in a strange country, in a hotel room where they would have no idea who was in the next door rooms to them that they would leave they kids "ALONE" while they swanned off to a restaurant, and that somehow (by total terrible luck) a child abductor just happened to be around and somehow knew that there were kids left alone in that hotel room?

 

Sorry, I dont buy the parents story at all.

Neither do I.

 

Really gets on my tits these two impostors larging it.

 

Riff raff look away now - cause you'd be eating Quakers.

I don't honestly know what to think about the Madeleine McCann case. 

In the early days, my disgust at their selfish and negligent actions in leaving three small children alone in an apartment so they could go out dining and drinking with friends, combined with their emotionless, detached manner following Madeleine's disappearance, probably coloured my view of them.

I've read lots of articles on the this subject and am none the wiser. There are lots of unanswered questions and lots of contradictions in the McCann's statements. 

If Madeleine was abducted, then the McCanns have paid an enormous price for their negligence and their hearts must be broken. However, most of my sympathy is for a little girl who paid the ultimate price, for her parents failing to put her safety before their enjoyment.

They didn't only neglect them, they were the only kids in the party in the crèche nine to five.

 They also put the twins back in the creche in the days following Madeleine's disappearance. If one of mine had gone missing, I wouldn't have let the others out of my sight. 

Whatever the public feels about them spending time with their friends that night they will be feeling it a million times more and must have wished a million times they could turn the clock back

Exactly  

Agreed.

 

If it had been joe bloggs on benefit their ass would be in jail and the kids taken from them.The McCanns are both Doctors and imo were treated differently,how did they come back here to tea and sympathy and be able to have two small children in their care when it was obvious that they had neglected/abandoned them  in Portugal .

It baffles me that they went out to eat leaving three kids the oldest being 4!! home alone .Two people have to take ownership of Madeline's abduction ,the parents. 

I agree Erinp

 

It's a funny old game innit?  

 

That's always had me wondering.  For such a high profile/media led investigation, the Tapas 9 seemed to disappear pdq.

Every 15 minutes one of the McCann's went back to the hotel complex across the road from where they were having a night out to check on the kids...according to them.

 

 

 Velvet

Piss poor organisation from the start then.

 

9 adults at supper.......

They could have checked every 5 minutes (and probably passed the previous checker en route) and still only have had to get up ONCE every 45 minutes.

 

That pretty much sums up my feelings. They never seemed to blame themselves the way normal people would 

Or one of the group could have taken one for the team and stayed with the kids all evening,  then the others could take it in turns other nights, but thats too obvious I guess.

As I said Vids, piss poor organisation.

But I think I'll edit and say... strangely piss poor organisation by supposedly intelligent caring parents.

 

Outta here

Piss poor organistaion for 4 nights!!

 

I agree Rosie

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/u...man-arrested-2366183

That's an interesting development Stonks  

As much as I would like to think that she is still alive, do you really think whoever has her would still be calling her Madeleine?  And what sort of party was it that grown men were being introduced to little girls who may potentially be part of probably one of the biggest missing child cases in the last 10 years.

"A respected barrister told us the man boasted to him that he had met the child  on a Mediterranean island. It was claimed Maddie was “introduced” to the man  this summer."

Who would say that to a barrister in a group of people ??!!!

If this was all true, why would they make the knowledge public? Surely it would compromise the lead?

I hope the case does get solved, whatever the outcome

That's what I think too.  

 

And to be honest if it was my child and she really had been kidnapped, I would hope that it was to order for a childless couple, and she was living a charmed life.

 

But it it was kidnapped to order for a paedophile ring, I would honestly hope she had died very soon after rather than living that life. 

Well said cinds, if she was taken at 3 years old and groomed for perverts her whole life, it would be utterly heartbreaking.
I hope too that if she's alive then she's been adopted by a childless couple who'll love her and treat her kind. The chances of her living a free life like that are slim though with her distinctive eye marking.

The information released through the media can lead to speculation without knowing the fuller story. It seems the police are taking this seriously which is good news, whether it's a good lead or another dead end won't be known for a while. I really hope for the McCanns after their 6 year nightmare that at last they are on the brink of truth.

I was thinking that. If I was her mother, I'd be going frantic all over again.

If she's alive and if she's found ...

Her parents have a lot of apologising to do.

Don't be silly.

I'm not sure I understand the concept of them having to apologise for someone making off with their child.
I also don't understand the concept of them not showing the correct emotional reactions after the event. A lot of us Mums n Dads, Grans and Grandpas, haven't read the approved Sun reader playbook of worry, grief, and hysteria.
I must say, much kudos and respect to those who have never let their kids out of their sight mind.

( the last person who showed the correct scratter approved reaction on the tellybox turned out to have burnt his kids to death)

I have not seen any mention of the report in this thread on any of the Maddy News story's..  they are all about looking for the man in the photofits. . ITV then did an interview with the Murat bloke who was originally a suspect. . he looked exactly like the second photofit of the fuller faced bloke

I'd say he looked like he was faking it . .he read the instructions incorrectly. .

It might sound harsh , but the  only person I feel sorry for is Maddie  

Me too Baz 

me 3

 

I saw the mother saying they accept they were wrong to leave the kids but the blame lies fully with the person who took her. . errrrrrrrrm no it is 50-50 . . if they hadn't left her alone in an unlocked room she wouldn't have been available to be taken so they need to take half the blame at least..

Agreed.

If they did their job as parents the child would be safe and sound at home with them right now.