MADELEINE news updates - a new positive thread

[littlemissbossy]

For those of you who are interested - and don't want any arguing - the news update according to Sky

• police are now looking for a man seen in a white van
• they have an e-fit of him
• also want to interview an american who lives locally who owns a white van and hasn't been seen for the last few days
• reward of £1.5M has been offered by the News of the World

I do think that people do say things like God bless as a matter of course. Don't think I've said anywhere that I'll be praying though.

Well, it isn't. It's just rubbish.

yes but some bibles say this sort of thing is the work of the devil but thats a whole new thread.....

Wolfgirl- I really am not disrespecting you or your beliefs- but not everybody believes in the Bible- I have trouble believing that just because something is written in the bible- then it must be true.

Butreally- this is not disrespecting your beliefs- just want you to understand that not everybody thinks that way

If he is a suspect then potentially the only lead they have to Madeleine is via him and perhaps having him in custody puts her in more jeopardy If he believes it is a matter of time before they arrest him then it is in his interest that she is found alive sooner rather than later, surely

LMB if you look on the guest book on that site people have written things like "give her back"

link here

THIS IS NOT THE THREAD FOR RELIGIOUS ARGUMENTS

PLEASE take it somewhere else if you feel the need to debate it!!

please

Ladies, ladies if you're going to argue about the bible could you please start your own thread

ok gys we need to drop this now and look out for the news

Scooby - I know can you believe people would do that

Wolfgirl I think it's debatable that that particular Deuteronomy passage acts as an endorsement of the efficacy of mysticism.

scooby- that is outrageous- I cannot believe that people have written that on that site.

have just realised one of them is 'mb' - it's not me honest!!

Just found this about the law -

'Formal Suspect' - The Portuguese Law
Updated: 13:09, Tuesday May 15, 2007

The Portuguese police now consider Robert Murat to be an Arguido, which translates as a formal suspect.
That means he is considered a suspect but can retain his liberty.

Murat retains libertyMr Murat can be referred to as a defendant but it does not mean he has been accused of a crime.

He is considered important to any future trial whether as an accused or a vital witness.

He is now is part of the judicial process, so he can either be called upon as a man charged with a crime or a man who is a witness vital to a case.

Under "arguido" he now has to obeys the following rules:

:: remain in the country

:: must report to police every 5 days - with proof of residence and ID

:: he cannot change his residence

:: may have the right to an attorney, and if he does he can stay silent

The process leading up to this would have involved an investigation, questioning by the Judicial Police and an order from a judge to search his home

someones said

'what villa or apartment is she being held in'

??!?!

I think if this nutter's drawings were so accurate the police would have taken them seriously and would have used them to find Madeleine. I really don't think people should read anything into the ramblings of some unknown on the internet who could probably have doctored his website in such a way as to make it look as though he posted before the event.

If people can predict the future wtf have no psychics ever won the lottery?

Personally people that write things like that should get a grip now, he has not been arrested yet so i think we should give the guy a chance, who knows what the outcome will be, we have to wait & see now.

Sorry all. I just want to keep up with whats going on. Foolishy I reacted to things said and that was wrong. will keep me gob shut from now on

hmmm, so argito also could mean he's just a vital witness? so not necessarily accused of anything but vital to the case?

Sounds like it - apparently a person can actually request this "suspect" status under portuguese law because it gives them the right to an attorney. (BBC)

wannabe aparently the dream predictor, can do lottery nos'.

Shall we just try and keep to the news updates - I think we're all going off on tangents because there are no new developments just at the moment. Hopefully it will be hours, rather than days and weeks to a conclusion now.

based on that then, it sounds really as if there aren't any updates at all. If Robert Murat is an official suspect, it may be that he's just a witness with vital information, but naming himself as such will give him rights, but will also protect him from the media, as i don't think that even in this country the media are allowed to talk to witnesses?

considering he's had so much contact with the media before, naming himself as a suspect would be a very wise thing for him to do imo.

wolfgirl - nice retraction - don't often see that kind of grace on mumsnet.

Youre welcome, Dimple