Netflix Madeleine McCann

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AIBU to think that any coverage of her disappearance is a good thing. I watched two episodes of the Netflix programme and think that if it were to bring her back into the spotlight, then surely it’s worthwhile? I’m on my own in that opinion here in our house.

Freedom of speech does not take precedence over defamation of character.

Saying someone caused the death of their child and covered it up is pretty much the highest level of defamation one could possibly come up with.

Mumsnet don’t want a libel writ on their desk, understandably because it’s fucking expensive and this one would be nearly impossible to defend, so threads get zapped.

Are all episodes on Netflix just now?

what was the reason noted then for booking the tapas

Why did she not answer 48 questions you would supply as much information as possible to get your child back.
Not much new evidence but the dogs both went to same place!!
And why would u wash the only thing that had your daughter's scent?

My Dd, aged 14, asked whether we had left her or her brother when abroad. The answer is no!

I did not agree that this is something everybody does as stated in the documentary.

I just wish that she could be found or her parents learn what happened.

Poor child. Don’t feel sorry for their parents thought.

Oh I don't think there's many people who would think then or now that the parents did the right thing in leaving the children alone, it was wrong and a terrible mistake - but I think they've been more than punished enough for that. I'm sure they know they were wrong, I just don't get why people are downright abusive about them. Do some people think they aren't already suffering enough?

Don’t feel sorry for their parents though

You don’t feel sorry for parents whose child is missing presumed dead?

@GabsAlot there was a note on the tapas restaurant diary to say that the party of 9 wanted to eat close to their apartments as they were leaving their young children unaccompanied and would need to check on them occasionally.
The diary was accessible to lots of different members of staff and was left open in the restaurant.

There were also reported incidents of men being found in peoples home with their children yet the Portuguese police didn't think this was significant to the investigation as they were too focussed on the culprits being the parents. They didn't start the road blocks immediately and there's a video of the police sat in the cars as it was raining and they didn't want to get out in the rain to stop anyone.

It’s not just mumsnet, you can’t talk about MM anywhere. Every single thread gets shut down. Always.

The team clearly threaten legal action. I’ll draw my own conclusions about why they don’t want the case discussed on public forums.

No Purple I don’t. They thought about their nice nights out. I love my kids and would never put them in danger by leaving them on their own so I could have tapas.

Yep Laurie you’re right. Worrying isn’t it.

I've watched all the episodes. It was quite balanced IMO. I have my own thoughts on what happened to that poor child. I always find it odd that threads are deleted on the subject of Madeline McCann yet others run for pages with comments allowed to remain that aren't always 'in the spirit' of MN.

I’m almost finished the last episode. I’ve found it so hard to watch.

They thought about their nice nights out. I love my kids and would never put them in danger by leaving them on their own so I could have tapas.

Everyone says now that they would never have done this, but my children are only a few years older than Madeleine and we certainly used to do this on holidays.

We used to go on yachting holidays in Greece/Turkey - there would be about 10 families each on a yacht, and we'd sail to a different village each day.

We'd all moor our boats in the harbour, I'd make the dc something they liked for dinner around 6pm, and then put them to bed in their cabins on the boat while dh and I went for dinner with all the other adults at a restaurant on the harbour. The dc would get very grumpy if they were dragged along to the restaurant and it wasn't exactly possible to arrange a babysitter when we sailed to a new village everyday.

We'd never be more than a 3-4 minute walk away and would check on them frequently. And we'd leave the boat unlocked & the hatch open, because we obviously couldn't lock them in on a boat.

This would have been when they aged around 3 and 6.

I remember that dd1 - aged about 6 - once appeared at the restaurant where we were eating. Dh and I were very shocked to see her there, especially because you needed to put a board across from the boat to the marina in order to get off, and we hadn't left it down. When we asked her how she got off the boat she said "a man helped me." We didn't do it again after that.

Now, post-Madeleine McCann, I realise what shit parents we were being, but at the time I honestly couldn't see anything wrong with it.

Its totally their own fault and they have to live with it everyday. If it was a working class couple who had left their children unattended then they would have been treated very differently.
They will never find out what happened to her now its too late I think. I feel sorry for Madeline and for the families of all the other children who are missing here in the UK. They haven't had anything like the help these have had.
I'd never have left them and I don't know anyone who would have done.

Hi everyone,

Just to reiterate - there isn't a blanket ban on mentioning the McCanns on MN, it's an open case of a missing child and of course can be discussed. However, please do keep in mind that the McCanns are real parents who have lost a child; we hope we can all agree that we wouldn't wish that on anyone.

We'd like to remind all of our talk guidelines; we will delete posts that we feel are parent-blaming or seriously unpleasant; which just isn't the spirit of the site. We're here to make parents lives easier and are chiefly a place of support. We must ask folks to avoid speculation, too. Similarly, if we make so many deletions that the thread resembles swiss cheese, we will delete it.

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Gabs can't remember exact wording but KM found herself that a block booking had been made (usually had to be done daily but they allowed this party) and it mentioned because kids would be in bed. It's on documentary.

If you go over to you tube and type in her name you can watch tons of interviews with the parents with comments freely made under each one. Makes compelling viewing.

I'm a good mum, but I know I would have considered leaving the children asleep there. I've done similar things. Fell asleep on a sun lounger whilst full of cold as DS 5 played round the pool. Following year, I went to have a shower in the room and DH sends DS then 6 up to our room on his own in a lift. We are nice people but we've done twatish things. Bit like the McCanns but we didn't deserve to lose our son forever.

makemineapinacolada

If you go over to you tube and type in her name you can watch tons of interviews with the parents with comments freely made under each one. Makes compelling viewing.

Sorry I'll try again.....

makemineapinacolada

If you go over to you tube and type in her name you can watch tons of interviews with the parents with comments freely made under each one. Makes compelling viewing.

I think most of those videos have the comments disabled.