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McCanns: The ball's in your court

By John Hirst

McCanns: The ball's in your court

Dear Gerry and Kate McCann, Clarence Mitchell, the McCann Camp, and lawyers

Big mistake fighting a war on too many fronts. According to Abraham Lincoln: "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time".

There has been a lot said in the Mainstream Media and new media (blogs and forums and chat rooms) about Madeleine's disappearance and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance.

Take this quote: "Jill Renwick told GMTV the McCanns were certain that Madeleine has been abducted". I don't dispute what Jill Renwick said. I dispute that the McCanns are certain that Madeleine was abducted. I am claiming that the McCanns are certain that Madeleine was not abducted, and it is an excuse put out by the McCanns. Because they have something to hide, they would say that by way of an explanation for Madeleine's disappearance. However, the explanation is not good enough.

Here's another quote: "They would not let her out of their sight". It's a statement, but it is also just a neighbour's opinion. However, it's not true. The McCanns let all three children out of their sight. It's not my idea of a family holiday to dump the kids in a creche most of the day, but at least they were supervised by responsible adults whilst there. It's the leaving them out of their sight, at night, in Apartment 5A, whilst the McCanns went binge drinking with their friends which concerns me.

I particularly like these two quotes because the second cancels out the first:"...the shutters had been broken open and they had gone into the room and taken Madeleine", and "Mr Hill said that despite the report by a family friend that the shutters to the couple's apartment were broken, there was no sign that anyone had forced their way in while the McCanns ate at the tapas restaurant 200 yards away". I don't want to get into the distance at this stage, save to say that it's not like being in your back garden is it? The main point here is that both Gerry and Kate McCann made false statements in relation to a break-in. True, Clarence Mitchell has since stated that there was no evidence of any break-in. Whilst it is refreshing to hear Clarence Mitchell make a truthful statement, it does not cancel out the lies told by the McCanns. Instead, it raises the question why did the McCanns tell lies? The short answer is, it was an attempt to shift blame for Madeleine's disappearance from the McCanns and to scapegoat a fictitious abductor.

I will leave you with this to be getting on with. I like 'the best form of defence is attack' approach that you have taken. So you won't mind if I adopt the same approach in return? May the best team win. If at any time you wish to raise the white flag, you can email me and I am happy to negotiate the terms of your surrender.

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on May 07, 2008 (boomark / email).