'Bring them all back to Portugal’- Robert Murat on the Mccanns,in the Sunday Express

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Robert Murat,(who was originally made an arguido by the Portuguese police as were Kate and Gerry McCann), has appealed to Scotland Yard to get the 'Tapas Nine' back to Portugal to stage a reconstruction of the 48 hours leading to the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann in 2007.

As Scotland Yard have so far spent an estimated 4.5 million of public money reviewing this case, is there any justifiable reason for the parents and their friends to refuse this?

Portofino - agree - too long ago, no point. Who can remember what they were doing several years ago? I remember first hearing on MN that a DC has disappeared on a beach in Portugal. We were heading that day to a wedding in Bristol. I remember a few key things about that wedding, ( like the fact that I left the DC trousers at home, so we needed to make a lightning dash to a supermarket to buy new ones...) but could no way do a reconstruction of that day if it were demanded now.

Not only can reconstructions jog the memory but they can also prove or disprove the sequence of events.
Interesting Wiki page on the purpose of crime reconstructions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_reconstruction

On what basis did they refuse to return when the Portuguese police requested it the first time? Very strange.

I can't help wondering if the McCanns would feel easier if they grieved. Having said that, they're probably looking at the pix of the 3 women rescued after 10 years and their hearts are leaping.

I do feel for them, but it's one of those classic cases that prove the rest of us should avoid the news or face being pointlessly depressed. Where is the value in that for anybody.

Thanks Mrs Salvo, yes I'm fairly new and contrary to what another poster wrote, this is only the second thread I've started on the Madeleine Mccann case . The last thread I started was about the horrific death of an autistic boy who was set on fire and the perpetrator got 3 and a half years-I contacted my Mp and the Justice minister over that.....As a parent I find these things upsetting and I think it is right to have a questioning approach to Life.
And it seems to me this sad story IS constantly in the news:sightings,book signings, marathons and runs, Leveson, Hacked Off, etc etc and the story on Sunday -so I don't know whereon earth the poster who said it wasn't in the news has been living for the last six years........

Guess some people would rather be rude first and think later.....

MrsSalvo - your claim that threads are pulled rather peremptorily by HQ is unfair and untrue. HQ pulls posts that conflict with the talk guidelines or may be defamatory or otherwise conflict with the law in some way. Those guidelines are easy to find - at the top of the page under 'Talk'. It's not that hard to write reasonable posts.

If you want to pour scorn on anyone involved and indulge yourself in pointing the finger, feel free to do it elsewhere. And check your bank account. Being sued can be an expensive business.

FloggingMolly I think that they were still officially 'arguidos' at the time and going by the stuff in my link further down, they were probably afraid of being detained again by the PJ.

They are no longer arguidos so maybe that makes it safer for them but I agree that it would be very hard to remember exactly what happened that night after all this time.

Suppose so, Rooney, just seems bizarre that the primary thought in your head when your child has supposedly been abducted, should be fear that you will inadvertently show some sort of guilt.

Surely the police would not ask them to do a reconstruction based on what they remember today but instead it would be based on the information given to them by the witnesses in their statements from 2007?

"should be fear that you will inadvertently show some sort of guilt."

umm, i'm not rooney so i cant be 100% sure but i dont think taht was at all what she was implying!

But with regards to the op, I don't give a shit about Robert Murat and his "opinions" and reiterate my view that a reconstruction is worthless now.

shabbatheGreek

my heart goes out to you, may they rest in peace