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And Susan has a special request to make of those thousands upon thousands of ECHO readers who have been behind the family from day one: Please keep praying for us and keep supporting us . Prince Harry 'hated woke nonsense' and 'made jokes we are no longer allowed to make' before meeting Meghan, Charles felt he had to act as king rather than as a father: REBECCA ENGLISH reveals why Charles backed moves Don't just stick to the Malbec! no one looks after their children better than Kate and Gerry. I didnt know what day it was some people packed my bags for me and the police drove us to Manchester Airport. I have never believed that the doors were left open whether the children were in there or not. On that fateful vacation to Portugal, they were joined by several friends they met through work. Who else did Gerry tell and when did he first start telling people about leaving the children? By . Just a lovely little blonde girl. In 2014, at least 16 sets of parents were arrested in a single U.K. town for leaving their children unattended in their homes. The couple could have faced jail under. (LogOut/ I could shake all of them, every single one of them.. Rishi Sunak is urgently reviewing his private exchanges with Matt Hancock after bombshell leak of ex-Health 'Drinks cold in fridge at DH!' She looked scared. Offers may be subject to change without notice. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Also, they complained about all the unfair treatment, but had zero sympathy for the poor UK guy that was eviscerated by the press. They said they would never give up hoping their daughter would one day return home. It was during a span of a few hours that little Maddie vanished either kidnapped or fallen victim to some other situation. She adds: I understand Kate and Gerry and the others ate in a restaurant without their children. 5) There are many statements that show they really cared about the childcare arrangements prior to arriving (particularly MO) and JT I think. The inquiry found tabloid editors becoming obsessed with the family. They adore children. The parents of Madeleine McCann have signed a deal to write a book about their daughter's disappearance. (LogOut/ I nearly had a dicky fit. We wanted to eat close to our apartments as we were leaving our young children alone there and checking on them intermittently.. She disappeared from their apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3 during a family holiday to the Algarve resort. Thats why its so amazing they can be in this situation.. She was asked. London - Madeleine McCann's mother is haunted with guilt over her decision to leave the four-year-old alone while she and her husband went to dinner during a vacation in Portugal, she said in. The disappearance of Madeleine McCann is one of the most mysterious and tragic missing persons cases the world has ever seen. The parents of missing child Madeleine McCann have come under scrutiny for leaving their children alone the night their daughter vanished. A family friend said: "Kate and Gerry have not been told anything about Portuguese police. He said the group got unlimited free wine with their dinner as part of their holiday package, but said they were 'very sensible' about their drinking. Their mother, who is a doctor knows these sedatives well and successfully gave them to the children. Click to reveal "I do go back for personal reasons. Home; Beauty. Who would have been targeted as irresponsible if they claimed the children were being watched and the abduction happened during their time? I was grappling to understand disaster. 6) For those of us that believe something happened to Madeleine earlier in the week then every night was faked as being normalhence the contrived checking. Regarding damaging headlines, Susan says: Every time it happens its like a slap in the face. Read more Kate and . It was part of a routine established by the McCanns and their friends from the first day of their sunshine break. Now Kate and Gerry have to live with that, which is dreadful. It led to an unprecedented apology from UK newspapers, including the Daily Express. The McCanns had been on vacation in the small resort town of Praia de Luz when Madeleine disappeared. Three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from a Portuguese holiday apartment almost 15 years ago. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Mrs McCann also told the court the detective's claims had done "severe damage" to efforts to find her daughter. And they have spoken of their bitter regret that they chose to leave Madeleine and their two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie alone. Meanwhile, details of the family holiday have emerged as the couple insisted: "We continue to remain positive" about the safe return of their little girl, abducted a week ago tonight as she slept. The babysitter said it was common for parents to leave their sleeping children in their locked apartments and venture down to the tapas restaurant like the McCanns did that tragic night . They must be warped., Why do they bother? Kate McCann's mother, Susan Healy, admits she is totally astonished that she thought it was safe to leave Madeleine and their two other younger children unsupervised. A little girl is missing, but all some pathetic excuses for human beings want to do is bitch and gloat and goad. Madeleine McCanns grandmother has attacked her own daughters decision to leave her three children alone in their holiday apartment on the night the three-year-old vanished. "They were in a child-friendly apartment, that they thought was totally secure. He said: "Anything that helps to eliminate Kate and Gerry from the inquiry is good. The parents of missing British child, Madeleine McCann, have reportedly agreed to DNA testing after a Polish woman claimed to possibly be the missing girl. "They're normal parents who love their children and would never neglect them in any way. It revealed the parents requested eating out close to their apartment. Remember what this is all about a little four-year-old child who was loved and cherished and cared for, she pleads. Prices comments are directed in particular at the fact that Madeleine McCann vanished while she was left unsupervised with her younger siblings in a rental apartment. The McCanns negative PR allowing the trade-off neglect accusations, really does seem to have worked! The top of the apartment was visible from the tapas restaurant, but not the doors. She is somewhere and she may be frightened and unhappy.. The McCanns never stopped looking for their daughter. He also said: "The night of May 3 had been just a normal night. The couple said they did not want to use a babysitter because they did not want to disrupt their children's normal routines, or to leave them with a stranger. According to statements, Matthew Oldfield was in 5B on Sunday night and Rachael was there on Wednesday. I have archived many of my posts on this subject as I tend to ramble on about it so often as I have always believed it to be the case, and often I see my old posts asking if I am the only one to think this way? Some folks used media sources to express their outrage at her speaking out against the missing childs parents. But locals in Praia da Luz are less sure. "I know my daughter and the children are her life," she said. "They aren't big drinkers, they all just like to go out for a meal and a few glasses of wine to relax in the evening. But the Portuguese really do dote on their children. We were leaving our young children alone there and checking on them intermittently. He told how the arrangement was widely known about by workers at the restaurant, who thought it was strange that other holiday-makers had to queue for reservations at the popular tapas bar. Maddy's parents, Kate and Gerry, had left the little girl and her two-year-old twin siblings sleeping in their holiday . That's because Madeleine McCann was not the only child in the rental apartment on the night of her strange disappearance. And no one could possibly punish them more than they have punished themselves. To my horror, I saw that no doubt in all innocence and simply to explain why she was bending the rules a bit, the receptionist had added the reason for our request. As outspoken radio host Katie Hopkins branded it an "injustice" that Kate and Gerry escaped punishment for leaving three children alone during a family . HiDeHo CONTROVERSY of Madeleine McCann Wordpress, http://forum2.aimoo.com/MadeleineMcCann/HiDeHo-Posts-1-68493, http://forum2.aimoo.com/MadeleineMcCann/Thursday-May-3rd/May-3rd-Simulated-Abduction-OR-Neglect-1-796646.html. That fateful, nightmarish night of Thursday May 3, 2007 and that fateful decision. Kate and Gerry McCann dont read the newspapers any more, but their families do and, sometimes, they see what has been posted on the internet by poisoned minds, simple minds and sick minds. I think there are many discrepancies in their version of events. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. HiDeHo Posts Very angry. The night that Kate and Gerry McCann have relived and regretted time and time and time again. "It wasn't something they did very often - they have a nanny at home whom they trust. Doctors Kate and Gerry McCann decided not to employ a 10-an-hour babysitter to look after Madeleine, three, and two-year-old twins, Sean and Amelie, while they went for dinner, because they "don't like leaving them with strangers", their family said. People believed that somehow, their actions in public would lead to some sort of answer as to where their daughter might be. I think they were misled into thinking it was OK but there was no CCTV, no security. Kate and Gerry McCann enjoyed dinner and drinks with friends at a tapas bar that was completely out of sight of the apartment where the three-year-old and two infants were left alone. We cannot believe anything they sayso, why should we believe they left the children alone that night? No one needs to tell them they made a mistake. He said the McCanns dined with their friends, David and Fiona Payne, Mrs Payne's mother Dianne Webster, Matthew and Rachael Oldfield and Russell O'Brien and his partner Jane Tanner as usual, and drank their normal eight to ten bottles of wine. You have to stop to think Do these people not know what they are doing? not just to us, but to other people. Meanwhile, others on social media are uniting in agreement with the woman. Writing this memoir has entailed recording some . In Portugal, of all places, the idea that you would head out for the . After a REAL abduction, most people would be trying to influence people to believe they were not to blame that their childrens safety was compromised. The 500,000 euro libel award to the McCanns is now cancelled. Susan says: Thats horrible. "Other than that she was just like any other little girl. This apartment was so close to Apartment 5A that they could hear through the walls. The fund is run by a board of directors which includes the McCanns. Why is May 3rd still considered a neglect issue and a night out to those that believe that Maddie was already dead? The latest eyewitness detail about the night of Madeleine's disappearance came as a team of Portuguese detectives prepared to fly to England to reinterview some of the Tapas Nine. This is so they could dine out and leave their "young children alone". Essential Baby stated that after Sharon Osbourne publicly called Kate and Gerry McCann insane, television personality Katie Price has joined the anti-McCann bandwagon. There can be nothing worse for a parent than the loss of a child, whatever the circumstances. Why in your right mind would you leave your kids in a room? Relatives of the couple revealed that the McCanns and three other couples on holiday with them, all doctors, tucked their children into bed each night and walked the 40 yards from their apartments at the Ocean Club run by British tour operators, Mark Warner in Praia da Luz on the Algarve to a poolside tapas bar. Hey McCanns, say whatever you like to Sharon Osbourne, but one day the truth will come out. Unless one believes there was an abduction, there were far more serious things happening that night than leaving the children alone. Both Kate and Gerry are understood to have attended the funeral. This is so they could dine out and leave their young children alone. For months, people were riveted to a picture of Madeleine with her curious gaze staring out. Thursday there was only a few minutes during the evening when everyone was (supposedly) at the table. Truth about Covid care home testing row: Timeline lays bare what was said, by who and when. At one point, they appeared to be sinking in a sea of defamatory, fact- free fantasy reports but the tide turned when Express Newspapers issued an apology and paid 550,000 into the Find Madeleine Fund. "WHY DID 'KATE & GERRY McCANN' LEAVE THEIR CHILDREN ALONE IN THE APARTMENT"?? I remember Kates first words to me Ill never forget them. The McCanns also travelaround the world to raise awareness about Madeleine's case and disappearances of other children. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Since the inquiry into Madeleine's disappearance was officially ended in 2008, the fund now pays a small team of investigators. BirminghamLive wrote Gerry's mother, Eileen, died of Covid-19 in June 2020. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. He claims that Madeleine died in the holiday apartment the day she disappeared. It has been close to a decade since Madeleine vanished, and no arrests have been made, nor are authorities any closer to finding out what happened to her. Police hunting for missing Madeleine McCann are today scrutinising four pieces of "very useful" fresh information, Crimestoppers said. He said the only time he remembered Mrs McCann going to check on the children was when she raised the alarm, and said it was usually only the men of the group who had carried out the checks. Madeleine's disappearance took a sensational turn when Portuguese authorities threw suspicion towards the McCanns. Why did Kate McCann apparently cry out 'they've taken her' when she discovered her daughter was missing, rather than think her daughter might just be looking for her in the resort? The tip-offs came among hundreds of calls made from Portugal to a special UK number set up by the charity. The night their daughter, Madeleine, was abducted while they dined in the tapas bar of their. As Vanity Fair reported, these media efforts on the . Maybe Kate McCann deserved to lose Madeleine if she didn't care enough to keep her safe. Gerry does it very well in this video where he INSISTS they werent watching the children every 15 minutes as Sandra Felgueiras suggested He made sure that everyone was aware there was a suitable amount of time for the abductor to accomplish the task by saying it was every 30 MINS!! Kate McCann : I dont feel that Madeleine is dead but I want to know what happened "So obviously they will cooperate fully with any further questioning the PJ might want to carry out. 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The reason why Kate and Gerry McCann were not made suspects in Maddy's disappearance has been revealed. Why would they claim they were neglecting their children when, for the most part, there was someone close? She said: "The children were generally very well-behaved, and I definitely remember Madeleine. And its something that she seems to suggest couldve led to Madeleines abduction. Actuallyit was probably irrelevant whether the door was locked or notduring the hour they were at the tapas the plans were in place and maybe someone was in the apartment trying to jemmy the shuttersit failed, and thats why they had to change the comment (doors left open) to allow entry to the apartment. The mantra in every storylne about them dining in the tapas.Gerry telling Jez more than once about leaving the childrenthe first time TUESDAY lunchtime! Reliving the night of May 3rd, she tells how her son-in-law rang her up at around 11.30pm to say Madeleine had been taken. Head to our Facebook page @EntertainmentDailyFix and tell us what you think of this story. Kate McCann - the mother of missing Madeleine - "bitterly regrets" leaving her three children alone while she went out for dinner on the night her eldest was abducted. Why did the Mccanns leave their daughter alone? Susan says: Its awful. But there are also reports today that Portuguese police will have to scale down their efforts within the next few days so that some of the 130 senior officers and 800 beat officers who are involved can be reassigned. Hes always there to talk to the media on their behalf.. The family are bracing themselves for the one-year anniversary of Madeleines disappearance this Saturday. Many in the seaside village remember seeing the McCanns, an attractive couple with three young children, during their holiday. People hurled abuses towards them, despite neither Kate nor Gerry having a social media presence. 16:01 GMT 23 Oct 2007. She was the greatest gift anyone in our family ever had. (You wonder why they cannot take responsibility and admit to neglect leading to Maddies disappearance?Its because it probably didnt happen!..She was maybe already dead!). Both studied medicine, Kate at the University of Dundee and Gerry at the University of Glasgow. As far as I'm aware their legal team have not been informed either.". Just days ahead of the one-year anniversary of Madeleines disappearance, she vents her frustration, saying: I could shake all of them, every single one of them.. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Millions of pounds were donated by high profile Britons and celebrities, including J.K Rowling, Richard Branson and Simon Cowell. Madeleine was just three. Despite her frustration at the Tapas Nine, the 62-year-old describes their vilification in the press as awful and says their lives will never be the same. Madeleine McCanns parents shouldve been arrested time ago for child negligence. His eyewitness account of the group's behaviour is the first time anyone from inside the tapas bar has spoken publicly about the events of May 3. Feeling no sympathy whatsoever for the parents of Madeleine McCann will not be a way of making myself very popular, but hearing Kate McCann talking this week about how she thinks someone tried to abduct Madeleine the night BEFORE she was actually left alone to be taken from her bed, fills me with disgust rather than compassion. 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His testimony contradicts some aspects of what the McCanns have said about the night.