Alipio Ribeiro - declaring arguidos: precipitate

I will update as I get more information, or no doubt my posters will update me:-) See also lengthy discussion last night on Granny Cooper which has many helpful posts. I am certainly not satisfied with the rubbish I have read in the two articles in the Daily Express and also Daily Mail - I think they were well and truly McClarenced :-)

Quite how Clarence could turn the statement "the better tactic would have been to continue the investigation without the McCanns knowing they were suspects" - Mr Sousa's wish..to kid them along... into the suggestion they should not be suspects at all really defies comprehension..but, as ever, lots of wishful thinking and buckets of spin (is that too nice a word for it) going on.

Viv x

From SOS Madeleine

Maddie: Police conducting a battle between David and Goliath "In the survey McCann, given the obstacles that have been created in the United Kingdom, the better tactic would have been to continue the investigation without know that the parents are suspects," said a source from the Judicial Police about statements of their National Director, adding "that at the moment the investigation has become a battle between David and Goliath." The National Director of the Judicial Police (PJ), Alípio Ribeiro, considered yesterday that he had ay "haste" in the constitution of Kate and Gerry McCann as arguidos trial in the disappearance of their daughter. Alipio Ribeiro also confirms the right direction followed by the investigators that this is an investigation in which we must be patient. The statements by the Director of the PJ were made during the recording of the "Diga Lá Excelence" Radio Renascença which will be forwarded tomorrow afternoon, where he is questioned by journalists and Paula Paiva Celso Torres. Police asked "act humanely" (Updated) Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for Gerry and Kate McCann, has responded rapidly to the statements by the National Director of the Judicial Police stating that the couple had "very well received comments from Alipio Ribeiro in which he accepts that police officers Portuguese under his authority had acted in haste in designating McCann as official suspects. " Clarence Mitchell goes further, and even before the full knowledge of the interview to Alipio Ribeiro, invited the Portuguese authorities to remove their status as arguidos, with "humanity" The former director of the Unit of the Media Monitoring British, became head of public relations couple McCann, reacted via the website Find Madeleine, now with a new design. The site has adopted a careful look more and more pink, keeping the sale of bracelets and T-shirts but no longer the financial situation of the Fund Madeleine

Viv ...ummm I wonder why the complete lack of transparency as to how this money is being so rapidly dissipated and upon what? They did not exactly tell us much on the old webpage did they - not even an updated fund total and certainly not a depleting balance sheet! About £800,000 is an awful lot of money - by anyone's standards - and the McCanns would like another million, or, according to their unofficial spokeswoman "Rosiepops" on the DE "why not ask for 2 million, after all the TV companies can afford it". yes, folks she really did say that...some gravy train! Then there was the threat to sue the PJ for one million - they certainly are not satisfied with the first, apparent 1.2M are they! Does that include all the fees for articles/interviews they "sold" or were they little brown envelope jobs - as suggested by Clarence - yes he really did suggest the public do that! Of course their supporters on the DE have been shouting again tonight shut up about this it is none of your business - tell it to the police - they have the power to make it their business. The timing of the change in website in interesting in that regard - but hey I bet the police got the old one too in that huge cache of evidence. Two directors have left - clever idea! How about Mr Smethurst, the solicitor, jumping into the director seat - wonder what the Law Society would make of that? Bad smell!

Reports from Correio de Manha

3/2/08

Kate and Gerry McCann The director of the Judicial Police (PJ), Alípio Ribeiro, believes that the establishment of Kate and Gerry McCann as defendants in the disappearance of her daughter was hasty. In the interview program 'Tell There Excellence,' at Radio Renaissance, the responsibility of PJ spoke in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, considering a "precipitation" the constitution of the parents as defendants in the case. Alípio Ribeiro also denied the accusations of bastonário of the Bar, Marino Pinto, ensuring that the Justice Ministry never gave him instructions on the investigation of any criminal proceeding. The officer agreed that the PJ organically depends on the government, but refused political interference in the guidance that is given to investigations


2/2/08
MCCANN QUEREM DEIXAR TO BE ARGUIDOS Following the interview given by the Director of the National Judicial Police to the program Tell There Excellence ', the McCann want to stop having the status of defendants. Alípio Ribeiro felt that there was "precipitation" in the constitution of the parents of Madeleine as defendants. "If they [PJ] did not make sure of the facts, is alarming," said the CM Clarence Mitchell, spokesman for the couple. "When they have done that may have led to many people who could have no clues as themselves by thinking that Kate and Gerry were guilty," added Mitchell who now wants parents of Madeleine leave the status of defendants "as soon as possible" . The spokesman of the couple stressed, however, that "Kate and Gerry received very well the declaration" and, he adds, "are willing to work together for a quick and efficient way to find Madeleine and bringing those responsible to justice by kidnapping ". Meanwhile, yesterday, was held at the home of McCann, England, a celebration to commemorate the anniversary of the twin brothers, Madeleine, Sean and Amelie. In celebration attended about 30 people, mostly relatives of Kate and Gerry. Ana Palma / J.M.G.

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2008-02-01 - 00:30:00 Detectives of Method 3 of the new Praia da Luz McCann will try to death Young not up On the day when the detectives of Method 3 returned to the Ocean Club, in Praia da Luz, in England the door - voice of the couple McCann ensured that Kate and Gerry will seek the small Maddie "until the day of his death." Clarence Mitchell responding well to questions of journalists on the bottom of almost two million, of which are removed weekly around 70 thousand euros to pay for the company of Spanish detectives, the advertising campaign and maintenance of the site findmaddie.com. Mitchell also announced that the British police and officers of the Office for the Protection of Children do not suspect them on the desparecimento's daughter. "The authorities assured me that this is a case of abduction very rare and strange," explained the spokesman. Meanwhile, the British press described the research Portuguese as a "fiasco", after you know what the letters rogatory are still in Portugal.

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