Blundering police chief under the microscope

Blundering police chief under the microscope Martin Fricker 10 August 2007 Mirror This is the bungling police chief leading the shambolic hunt for missing Madeleine McCann. Guilhermino Encarnacao, 59, dubbed Inspector Clueless, has presided over an astonishing list of blunders during the 13 week-long investigation. His officers did not spot a mysterious speck of blood in her bedroom or "lock down" the resort immediately she...

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Danger of media hype

McCann case highlights danger of media hype Deborah Orr, columnist (The Independent) 10 August 2007 Canberra Times Leandro Silva and Leonor Cipriano The parents of Madeleine McCann are reported as having found recent speculation in the press about their daughter, and the possibility that she is dead, to have been hurtful. One can only...

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Cops smearing Maddie parents

Cops 'smearing Maddie parents' Julie Moult In Praia Da Luz 9 August 2007 The Sun Friend hits out at wild reports on missing tot Leandro Silva and Leonor Cipriano One of Gerry and Kate McCann's holiday friends yesterday said Portuguese police may have leaked "untruths" over the kidnap of the pair's missing four-year-old Madeleine. Rachael...

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Fear for Kate

Fear for Kate Jerry Lawton 9 August 2007 Daily Star Leandro Silva and Leonor Cipriano Madeleine McCann's mum is being set up by Portuguese police to take the rap for her daughter's disappearance, it was claimed last night. The husband of a woman serving 16 years in a Portuguese jail in a similar missing child case said he feared Kate...

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Smear campaign against Kate

The police are conducting a smear campaign against Kate McCann, says friend David Sanderson and Yepoka Yeebo 9 August 2007 The Times Fears that Madeleine's mother is being set up Confidentiality means parents can't speak out A close friend of Madeleine McCann's parents said yesterday that a "hurtful and ludicrous" smear campaign was being conducted against the family. Rachael Oldfield, who was dining with Gerry and Kate McCann...

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Leandro Silva claims

Madeleine David Pilditch in Praia da Luz 9 August 2007 The Daily Express Police intercept parents' phone calls and spy on their emails The parents of Madeleine McCann have been bugged by police investigating the disappearance of their four-year-old daughter, it was sensationally claimed last night. Newspaper reports in Portugal say Kate and Gerry McCann and their friends have had their phones tapped and emails monitored. It is...

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Police framing Kate McCann

Police 'framing Maddy mother' Exclusive by Robert Mendick In Praia da Luz 8 August 2007 Evening Standard Detective in charge 'jailed my innocent wife for child killing' Leandro Silva and Leonor Cipriano Kate McCann is being set up by Portuguese police to take the blame over Madeleine, it was claimed today. The husband of a woman serving...

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Irishman in new Maddie probe lead

7 August 2007 Evening HeraldExpat Mr Smith was leaving a bar in the resort with his family at about 9.50pm when he saw a man carrying a small child past the church in the centre of the town. It was about 20 minutes after Madeleine is believed to have been snatched from her bedroom 500 metres away. Mr Smith said the man was walking close to the flat of Sergei Malinka, a 22-year-old Russian web designer who had worked for suspect...

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Madeleine police hunt man seen carrying a small child to the beach

7 August 2007 The TimesDavid Brown* Body is feared to have been thrown into sea* Search finds nothing at official suspect's homeA man seen taking a small girl towards the beach at Praia da Luz on the night that Madeleine McCann disappeared from her holiday apartment is being sought by detectives in the Algarve.An oceanographer has also been asked to determine what would have happened to a body thrown into the sea on the night...

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