Gerry McCann

The McCann case – Nuts, whole hazelnuts……

February 2, 2009

Metodo3 the infamous Spanish detective agency involved in searching for Madeleine McCann was today accused by the Spanish Attorney General’s Office of squirreling other people’s nuts away for a rainy day. The ‘crack’ detective team – and who can forget that one of their director’s stands accused of importing crack cocaine stuffed in frozen prawns, [...]

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The Serial Farce Office…….

February 1, 2009

Jessica de Grazia’s official report last summer on the Serious Fraud Office was mortifying, painting a picture of gross incompetence in an organisation designed to pierce the most sophisticated corporate frauds. 300 lawyers, accountants and investigators, presumed to be the finest available, and funded to the tune of £42 million last year, were revealed to [...]

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‘Unspeak’ – the Journalist’s lexicon and ‘Abduction’.

January 30, 2009

Steven Poole coined the phrase ‘Unspeak’ as a fitting title for his book describing the process by which certain key words can lay claim to the high moral ground in a contentious matter without having to justify the argument. ‘Unspeak’ should not be confused with George Orwell’s ‘newspeak’ or ‘doublespeak’ which effectively reversed the meaning [...]

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A ‘Clarri-fied’ parallel universe.

January 29, 2009

Mr Clarence Mitchell said: ‘People will be able to see that every penny of the money they so generously donated has been spent properly in the hunt to find Madeleine.’ I would suggest, Mr Mitchell, that the publication by Companies House last night of the accounts for the private company (limited by guarantee) ‘Leaving No [...]

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The McCann influence.

January 23, 2009

Karen Mathews, the mother of Shannon Matthews is due to be sentenced for kidnapping her own daughter at Leeds Crown Court, alongside her former partner’s uncle, Michael Donovan, 40. It was revealed that Donovan kept her imprisoned as part of a plan he and Matthews hatched to claim a £50,000 reward offered by a national [...]

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You hum it, I’ll write it……………

January 22, 2009

The news wires from Portugal are hissing and humming this morning as they transmit the latest saga from Faro. The Faro court was hearing the case of the alleged assaults by five PJ inspectors of Leonor Cipriano who alleges torture during her interrogation. Three inspectors stand accused of the crime of torture, one stands accused [...]

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Suited and Booted…….

January 19, 2009

There have been several theories floating around cyber space as to exactly why Gerry McCann arrived in Portugal in his best suit last Tuesday accompanied by his lawyer – one of the more interesting suggestions was that he was making a court appearance, generally one of the prime reasons for a dedicated shorts and T-shirt [...]

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