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Kate's notebooks - English diplomacy in defence of
Maddie's parents
30 July 2008 - 00h30
When the Policia Judiciaria suggested that the apartment
where Maddie had disappeared from might be contaminated, due
to the responsibility of the parents themselves, who failed
to immediately contact the authorities, thus allowing for
several persons to enter the bedroom, the McCanns set the
British diplomacy in action to "take care" of the matter.
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McCanns pressure PJ
Kate's notebooks – English diplomacy in defence of
Maddie's parents
Couple didn't admit any responsibility in their daughter's
disappearance and called the British ambassador, John Buck,
to "take care" of the matter
When the Policia Judiciaria suggested that the apartment
where Maddie had disappeared from might be contaminated, due
to the responsibility of the parents themselves, who failed
to immediately contact the authorities, thus allowing for
several persons to enter the bedroom, the McCanns set the
British diplomacy in action to "take care" of the matter.
"How does anyone dare to insinuate that our daughter's life
may be in danger because of us?!" Kate writes in her notes
dated June 17, showing she is "very angry". The McCanns
didn't lose any time. "Gerry took the matter up".
Madeleine's parents only needed to "call the ambassador" and
a few hours later they had the guarantee that "the
Portuguese police are going to publish a statement to
clarify what was said".
"Olegario de Sousa was very embarrassed", Kate writes in her
notes, after the couple stated that they were "prepared to
do whatever is necessary" if the police didn't clarify Kate
and Gerry's role in the investigation. Three days later,
Kate writes that Olegario de Sousa needed to "wisen up" and
reveals that she feels they are "going nowhere".
The "frustration" with the PJ starts being registered by
Kate right after her daughter's disappearance. After an
alleged sighting of Maddie in Morocco, on the 11th of May,
Kate accuses the PJ of not having acted swiftly enough and
of not doing everything that they can, given the fact that
when they arrive in Marrakesh there are only images of the
garage from the 14th onwards. "If the authorities had acted
swiftly, we would now hold this potentially important
information. She deserves better. We need everyone involved
to give their best", Maddie's mother criticises.
Bed remained intact
One of the criticisms that is launched by Goncalo Amaral in
the book "Maddie, The Truth of the Lie", was the
contamination of the apartment. The alert to the authorities
was given very late and the GNR didn't protect the
collection of the first residues, either.
When the PJ arrived at the house, everything had already
been rummaged. There were hundreds of fingerprints spread
all over the apartment, tens of useless residues that only
made the lab technicians waste time.
One detail was, however, retained by the investigators. The
bed where Maddie had allegedly been abducted from remained
intact. The child's soft toy was also impeccably placed next
to the pillow, in a scenario that seemed to have been set
up. On the window through which Kate says the abductor took
Maddie, there were only her own fingerprints.
Kate's notes:
"Frustration with a police employee: asking me where my
little Madeleine might be…" May 14
"Very upsetting. If the authorities had acted swiftly, we
would now hold this potentially important information. She
deserves better. We need everyone involved to give their
best" June 12
"How does anyone dare to insinuate that our daughter's life
may be in danger because of us?" June 17
English attacked Goncalo Amaral
Goncalo Amaral, the coordinator of the Maddie case during
the first five months, who never believed in the abduction
theory, was harshly attacked by the English press – which is
controlled and manipulated by the McCanns.
The former Judiciaria inspector, who retired after a career
of 17 years and published his theory about the disappearance
of Maddie in a book, was removed from the case on the 2nd of
October, the day of his 48th birthday.
When the investigation quit being focused on abduction,
after the first DNA results and the action of the forensics
dogs, Goncalo Amaral was accused of being a "drunk".
The English tabloids, even the more temperate 'The Times',
wrote that the Portuguese inspectors at the Policia
Judiciaria, [who were] responsible for the investigation
into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, had two hour
lunch breaks, during which they ingested alcoholic drinks.
Apart from the "well watered" meals, the British journalists
accused Goncalo Amaral of working only four hours per day.
The case which revealed itself as less of an investigation
than a political and diplomatic process, ended up hastening
the retirement of Goncalo Amaral, who reports the pressures
that he suffered, in the book 'Maddie, the Truth of the
Lie'. The former coordinator of the process remains
convinced that Madeleine McCann accidentally died on the
evening of the 3rd of May, in the Ocean Club apartment where
she was on holiday.
Manipulated press
The McCanns controlled the English press – which constantly
attacked the Portuguese police – in order not to become the
target of unfavourable news, and in exchange offered
previously arranged photo shoots. This is admitted by Kate
in her notebooks, namely on June 15, when she arranged "a
photo shoot on the way to the church to pacify them". The
editor of 'The Sun' newspaper guaranteed to Kate, on the
11th of July, that there would be no "adverse publicity".
"She was really nice. Perfect solution", Kate concluded.
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