IT'S JUST SICKENING

9/30/2007 Posted by Winnower

He has 3-hour boozy lunches, works only four hours a day and has openly accused Kate & Gerry of killing their daughter.. this is the cop leading the hunt for Madeleine.. It's just sickening Grant Hodgson 30 September 2007 The Sunday Mirror The search for Madeleine Day 150 Puffing on a cigarette and knocking back beers, the man leading the world's biggest missing child inquiry enjoys yet another long, boozy lunch. Portuguese...
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’McCanns Are Lying’

9/24/2007 Posted by Winnower

September 24, 2007ExpressDavid Pilditch and Martin EvansPortuguese police believe Gerry and Kate McCann are using friends to hide their role in killing Madeleine.The Daily Express can reveal that their seven holiday friends may now be named as suspects as police believe they are hiding the truth about Madeleine’s death.The dramatic move comes as it was reported that former chief suspect Robert Murat is to be told he will not face...
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Detective has only been on two child murder cases

9/24/2007 Posted by Winnower

Detective has only been on two child murder cases by Kiran Randhawa 24 September 2007 The Evening Standard The detective leading the Madeleine McCann inquiry has investigated only two child murders in his 26-year police career in Portugal.  Goncalo Amaral, head of the regional Policia Judiciaria, has already faced criticism for his handling of the inquiry. In one of the two other cases, Mr Amaral, 47, was accused of concealing...
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Madeleine police tortured me

9/23/2007 Posted by Winnower

Madeleine police tortured me, says mother behind bars 23 September 2007 John Follain in Portimao Sunday Times  [Note: Article also appeared in The Australian on 24 September 2007]  Leandro Silva and Leonor Cipriano The senior detective leading the Madeleine McCann investigation is facing calls to step down after a woman jailed...
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Madeleine inspector under fire

9/23/2007 Posted by Winnower

Madeleine inspector under fire Citizen News Services 23 September 2007 Ottawa Citizen The senior detective leading the Madeleine McCann investigation is facing calls to step down after a woman jailed for the murder of her daughter claimed that his officers tortured her into confessing. Leonor Cipriano, 36, told for the first time how she was forced to kneel on glass ashtrays with a bag over her head as police repeatedly hit her...
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My daughter's girl vanished just like Maddy

9/22/2007 Posted by Winnower

My daughter's girl vanished just like Maddy The police beat her until she falsely confessed Lucy Thornton and Ryan Parry 22 September 2007 Mirror Exclusive Jailed Leonor Cipriano was facing her mother in a prison waiting room... when she began weeping for Kate and Gerry McCann. Leonor, 36, convicted of murdering her missing daughter Joana, had just been told the British couple were facing the same accusation over their own...
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Maddie case official walks out

9/17/2007 Posted by Winnower

More controversy as Maddie case official walks out Nidha Narrandes 17 September 2007 The Star The official police spokesperson in the Madeleine case has quit over the way the McCanns were treated, it emerged last night.  Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa resigned in disgust at the way fellow officers were briefing “friendly” Portuguese journalists behind his back.  His departure on Friday came at an awkward moment for...
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We blundered

9/17/2007 Posted by Winnower

Maddie case police: We blundered Mark Townsend and Ned Temko 17 September 2007 The Press (Christchurch) The McCann family releases new pictures and announces a fresh campaign as police admit that confusion and infighting wrecked the early days of the investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance. Ned Temko in Praia da Luz and Mark Townsend report. Portuguese police have admitted that confusion and disagreements in the...
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End this witch hunt

9/17/2007 Posted by Winnower

End this witch hunt and find Madeleine Tony Parsons 17 September 2007 Mirror The real crime and the real tragedy is that nobody is looking for Madeleine McCann anymore. That little girl is out there somewhere, either dead or alive, but all of the energy of those Keystone cretins, the Portuguese police, are being poured into attributing guilt to Kate and Gerry McCann. We are little better. Back home, the search for Madeleine...
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Portuguese police in turmoil

9/17/2007 Posted by Winnower

Portuguese police in turmoil 17 September 2007 Daily Mail THE official police spokesman in the Madeleine case has quit over the way the McCanns were treated, it emerged last night.  Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa resigned in disgust at the way fellow officers were briefing 'friendly' Portuguese journalists behind his back. Mr Sousa will be familiar to anyone who has followed the case as the sole officer who gave press conferences,...
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Senior police under suspicion

9/17/2007 Posted by Winnower

Senior police under suspicion - Maddie cops face torture investigation The Madeleine Mystery David Rose 17 September 2007 Daily Telegraph The senior detective jointly in charge of the investigation into the Madeleine McCann disappearance is to face a criminal hearing into an alleged cover-up involving another missing girl. Chief Inspector Goncalo Amaral has been accused of concealing evidence that the mother of eight-year-old...
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Cop torture claim

9/17/2007 Posted by Winnower

Maddie detective accused of child-kill confession cover-up  Cop torture claim David Rose and Charles Miranda with Mail on Sunday 17 September 2007 Herald-Sun The top cop in the Madeleine McCann case has been accused of covering up evidence that police tortured the mother of another missing girl into confessing to murder. Leonor Cipriano later recanted her confession, but is serving 16 years' jail for the murder of her daughter,...
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Let me speak out

9/17/2007 Posted by Winnower

Let me speak out,  demands judge Martin Evans and David Pilditch 17 September 2007 The Daily Express He may be set to press charges on Madeleine The judge examining evidence against Kate and Gerry McCann has asked for consent to speak out. Judge Pedro Daniel Dos Anjos Frias has applied to override Portugal's strict secrecy laws and discuss the investigation for the first time. The sensational development has led to speculation...
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Detective accused in case of missing girl

9/17/2007 Posted by Winnower

Detective accused in case of missing girl Caroline Gammell 17 September 2007 The Daily Telegraph The disappearance of Madeleine McCann is not the first high-profile case of a missing girl that the Portuguese police have had to investigate - and not the first time they have been criticised over their handling of the situation. Three years ago, nine-year-old Joana Cipriano vanished from Figueira, seven miles from Praia da Luz,...
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Maddie police torture trial

9/16/2007 Posted by Winnower

Maddie police torture trial David Rose 16 September 2007 The Mail on Sunday The senior Portuguese detective jointly in charge of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is set to face a criminal hearing into an alleged cover-up involving another missing girl. Chief Inspector Goncalo Amaral has been accused of concealing evidence that the mother of eight-year-old Joana Cipriano, who disappeared in the Algarve...
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A clash of cultures

9/16/2007 Posted by Winnower

Police leaks, gossip and a clash of cultures engulf the McCanns Christina Lamb in Praia da Luz 16 September 2007 The Sunday Times Portuguese hostility towards the McCanns grows with every twist, reports Christina Lamb in Praia da Luz The two men in dark suits coming out of the Portimao restaurant adjusted their ties and jackets after what had clearly been a satisfying Friday lunch. Guilhermino Encarnacao and his deputy Goncalo...
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Lies, Beatings, Secret Trials: The dark side of Portugal's Life on Mars police

9/16/2007 Posted by Winnower

16 September 2007The Mail on SundayDavid RoseACCORDING to his friends, Chief Inspector Goncalo Amaral of the Portuguese Policia Judiciaria, co-leader of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from the Mark Warner Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, is a dedicated and capable detective, determined to do whatever it takes to find her - or those responsible for murdering her.As a foreign reporter in Portugal, it is...
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Mixed messages on missing Madeleine

9/14/2007 Posted by Winnower

Mixed messages on missing Madeleine 14 September 2007 06:17 PM Press Association National Newswire Sam Marsden and Vicky Shaw Mixed messages are coming from the investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance, eight days after her parents were named as suspects. One senior officer said yesterday there was 'nothing concrete'' against Kate and Gerry McCann, but reports continued to suggest police believe they disposed of her...
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