if they had come from Liverpool, Manchester etc and worked in a call centre or something along those lines - they would have been hung out to dry/slaoghtered by the tabloid press within weeks

something not right with whole case though

sibaroni 14 Jan 11:02


Leaving their children as they did, was appalling. I have sympathy with any criminal who repents of their crime, but I object to the way they are treated as poor blameless lambs by the media. A good analogy would be a parent who killed their child by driving a car whilst p*ssed, and crashing.



don't be ridiculous

I honestly have no clue either way as to what happened to the poor girl. However I am surprised at the level of outrage at the press they are generating. Lets assume that they are 100% innocent (aside from the negligence) then I would be doing the same. You cant criticise a coupel for using all the resources available to them, look at the publicity it generates. Who now doesnt know Maddy's face? I mean there are several threads a week on it, ven on a gambling site. I applaud their efforts (again assuming they r not to blame)

So, 'negligence' aside they've done a cracking job of raising their kids.

i remember when they came back to England about 4 days after she disappeared,there were loads of flowers and teddy bears left outside their house.

she was crying her eyes out yet he did not show 1 single shred of emotion,if that was me i would have been crying my eyes out too i thought even back then that something was not right about the whole thing

i've seen plenty of blokes not cry in bad situations like death

absolutely nothing odd about it

shock can hit too

and what about the mother who spoke with such dignity on tv straight after her son was murdered

didn't see her cry once

supermarkets sell drink too

i suppose if you say you're going there it must mean you're getting the beers in

LOL

I hope my gut instinct is wrong on this one

Yeah im not saying they are not to blame sj, what I am saying is that they are trying to do everything they can to make ammends. Its not enough, and it never could be, I think their behaviour was outrageous in leaving the kids, unforgivable, but that doesnt mean they should be lynched for generating all the publicity, which is the only hope they have.

canary

probably wrong use of word by me,but they were drinking that night while they left their kids at home alone,lest no forget about the other two tiny tots as well.

rafa

as people have pointed out,what do you think the media would have been like if it was a single mother(chav) for want of a better word,had left three kids under 4 home alone while she was out dining at the local indian?

would be amazed if parents on here hadn't had a few drink after they'd put their kids to bed too

Facts, it is a perfectly foo analogy. I said it a couple of days ago, I will say it again. Two things.

First. When My son was two, I stayed in the same resort. His mum and I went out one night in the week. We went to reception, exactly the same reception the McCanns would have gone to, and asked if they had baby sitters. They did. They had a recommended list of people they had vetted.

We were introduced before we hired her, to a middle aged mother. She came and sat for him once we was asleep, it cost around £20.

The McCanns had that option.

Second. I am divorced not and see my son about the half the time. Imagine the following.

When my lad was three, I got him for an overnight stay. I wait for him to go to sleep, and go to the pub which is around 100 yards away. I go back to check him every half an hour say, but carry on all night until I am leathered.

If the courts or his mother found out, I would never be able to have him again and would have no cause for complaint. If he had been taken, I would almost certainly go to prison, rightly.

These two are no different.

THe amount they drunk sj, is a matter of public record from the bar bill. I can't remember the precise amount of wine, but it was a proper skinful even by chit chat standards.

canary, if they were sober as judges, what difference would it make. They weren't where they were supposed to be, or hadn't a baby sitter.

tho your home is probably more secure than a resort apartment too

Sib,

your two 'things' are perfectly correct.

But your previous statement likened it to driving a car with kids in it whilst drunk and killing them as a result.
That analogy is not comparable imo

yes it's worse being on the lash

but they were not

They left their kids alone in a holiday apartment ffs, its been alleged that poor Madeline was dead before they left. If the chief of police alleges that, then it should, as painful as it is, be fully looked into. A few tests would unearth the truth.