I hope the Mcann clan are not going to start complaining about media intrusion now its taken a more negative turn.
Oh but they are still putting a heavy spin on everything.
"McCanns vow to remain in Portugal until investigation is over"
Mmmm, methinks as an arguido one's
right
to leave the country is withdrawn!
Arguidos and arguidas are still permitted to travel, but must report to the police (I'm not sure if that is necessarily in person) every five days, and must register their address with the police.
Sadly, I too remember Ian Woods detailing Mr Murat's glass eye when being interviewed by Anna Botting a few months ago in Praia de Luz. In fairness I think he recognised straight away what a ridiculous comment he had made.
The Sun and The NOTW, being paragons of virtue and leading by example, hardly ever the facts get in the way of a good scoop. With the same man owning both Sky and News Corp, why should Sky News' journalistic values (and its reporters) be any different?
They seem to keep going on and on in the press and the news about the "deal" the police have apparently offered. But I have been told that the police don't cut deals in Portugal apparently there are fixed sentences which even a judge doesn't have the power to change.
So if thats true, they're reporting on a lot of hearsay, possibly lies.
They seem to keep going on and on in the press and the news about the "deal" the police have apparently offered. But I have been told that the police don't cut deals in Portugal apparently there are fixed sentences which even a judge doesn't have the power to change.
So if thats true, they're reporting on a lot of hearsay, possibly lies.
They seem to keep going on and on in the press and the news about the "deal" the police have apparently offered. But I have been told that the police don't cut deals in Portugal apparently there are fixed sentences which even a judge doesn't have the power to change.
So if thats true, they're reporting on a lot of hearsay, possibly lies.
Lies? The British press? Never!
Family members told the press this, so it must be them who are lying.
I'm not saying the family are guilty - I don't know. But I'm concerned at how the reporting has not moved on since the couple were declared as suspects. Sky News in particular give the perception of taking the family's side - an entire discussion this morning seemed to be giving the impression that Sky felt the Portugal authorities were these evil unknowns who were taking on the McCanns because they couldn't solve the case themselves.
What we have to accept at this point is, with the McCanns being declared suspects, they could theoretically be guilty. Ian Huntly was guilty of killing kids despite courting media attention.
Now I will say once again that I am NOT saying they are guilty, but that given the circumstances, the broadcasters should be dealing with this in an extremely even-handed way for now until things become clear.
Two words strike fear into the coverage of this case in this country - Louise Woodward. God help us all if we degenerate into that situation again - the poor, innocent UK victim of an evil foreign court.
Two words strike fear into the coverage of this case in this country - Louise Woodward. God help us all if we degenerate into that situation again - the poor, innocent UK victim of an evil foreign court.
But this is exactly the way some of the papers are heading. There is a remarkable difference between the way they are treating the McCanns and the way Morat was villified in the UK press when he was named as a suspect.
I only hope that if/when there is a court case the Portuguese judicial system is fairer to whoever is accused than the UK media.
