Madeleine McCann suspects face questioning as Met arrive in Portugal

Interview process to take place over number of days using some questions prepared by British detectives



British detectives have arrived in Portugal before the questioning of several suspects by Portuguese police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

The suspects, who have been identified by investigators from Scotland Yard, include Russian-born citizens who have acquired Portuguese nationality, sources close to the case told the Guardian.

The interview process will take place over a number of days starting on Tuesday, using some questions prepared by the Metropolitan police, and has to be concluded within a predetermined timeframe agreed by both the British and Portuguese forces.

All the suspects who will be questioned in the coming days are thought to be Portuguese nationals.

"The suspects were all identified by the Metropolitan police. Questioning will be conducted by Portuguese Polícia Judiciária (PJ) detectives. The suspects have all been notified and will be appearing before police on Tuesday and in the coming days," one source said.

Those who have been asked to come for questioning have been identified as "arguidos", a Portuguese term for someone who is a suspect, but which also garnered infamy when Madeleine's parents, along with a British expatriate called Robert Murat, were given the status by Portuguese authorities. All three were cleared by a prosecutor in 2008.

"Questioning will be conducted solely by the PJ", the source explained, "but British detectives will be allowed to make suggestions during questioning, though they will not be allowed to direct them at the suspects."

When questioned over whether the questioning could take days or weeks, the source replied: "Definitely days."

A team of British police officers ended an unprecedented ground-level operation on 11 June after scouring 60,000 sq metres of wasteland in Praia da Luz, the holiday resort where she was last seen alive seven years ago.

In a statement issued at the time, Scotland Yard said the meticulous searches were based on the hypothesis that Madeleine was murdered and buried locally, with sources saying on Monday night the latest round of questioning is connected with searches that suspects face took place in Praia da Luz last month.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/30/madeleine-mccann-suspects-british-detectives

Oh my, all of a sudden people have no opinion.

Think you already know my opinion on this....

LOL!

Yes another set of "suspects".
Been there, read it before.
And before.
And before.

And I swore I wouldn't let myself get involved in a McCann-merry-go-round again.

So. No comment.

eddie wrote:Yes another set of "suspects".
Been there, read it before.
And before.
And before.

And I swore I wouldn't let myself get involved in a McCann-merry-go-round again.

So. No comment.

Snap. Except I have to comment that one of them is Sergey Malinka, remember him Edds? And it would appear from Twitter etc the others are cleaners/drivers from the Ocean Club Apartments from when it happened. Interesting times.

harvesmom wrote:

eddie wrote:Yes another set of "suspects".
Been there, read it before.
And before.
And before.

And I swore I wouldn't let myself get involved in a McCann-merry-go-round again.

So. No comment.

Snap. Except I have to comment that one of them is Sergey Malinka, remember him Edds? And it would appear from Twitter etc the others are cleaners/drivers from the Ocean Club Apartments from when it happened. Interesting times.

Sergey Malinka? good God!

Nems wrote:

harvesmom wrote:

Snap. Except I have to comment that one of them is Sergey Malinka, remember him Edds? And it would appear from Twitter etc the others are cleaners/drivers from the Ocean Club Apartments from when it happened. Interesting times.

Sergey Malinka?  good God!

Yep. As I said, interesting times!

harvesmom wrote:

Nems wrote:

Sergey Malinka?  good God!

Yep. As I said, interesting times!

Ah yes.
Just recalled this, so went to find it:

Malinka also said the Police beat the shit out of him. Amarals dog had its head smashed in...The house next door to Amarals was burgled???wrong house maybe?...The restaurant in Essex that calls itself 'Child friendly' remember Mccanns Blog..'Child friendly Toppings' The Giraffe...was blown up while questioning was going on in Leicester.

The Hubbards claim to have been burgled and their lap top and mobile phone were stolen...The Hubbards used both to have contact with the Mccanns...A month later the Mccanns were in Canada and met with Susan Hubbard (a known drinker).

George Galloway has a property in the Algarve and known there for his strange visitors. Galloway said that the Mccanns are one of two things..the most unlucky or the most evil people in the world.

eddie wrote:

harvesmom wrote:

Yep. As I said, interesting times!

Ah yes.
Just recalled this, so went to find it:

Malinka also said the Police beat the shit out of him. Amarals dog had its head smashed in...The house next door to Amarals was burgled???wrong house maybe?...The restaurant in Essex that calls itself 'Child friendly' remember Mccanns Blog..'Child friendly Toppings' The Giraffe...was blown up while questioning was going on in Leicester.

The Hubbards claim to have been burgled and their lap top and mobile phone were stolen...The Hubbards used both to have contact with the Mccanns...A month later the Mccanns were in Canada and met with Susan Hubbard (a known drinker).

George Galloway has a property in the Algarve and known there for his strange visitors. Galloway said that the Mccanns are one of two things..the most unlucky or the most evil people in the world.

And Malinka had his car torched twice! Well. Not the same car, two cars torched  ::D:: 

harvesmom wrote:

eddie wrote:

Ah yes.
Just recalled this, so went to find it:

Malinka also said the Police beat the shit out of him. Amarals dog had its head smashed in...The house next door to Amarals was burgled???wrong house maybe?...The restaurant in Essex that calls itself 'Child friendly' remember Mccanns Blog..'Child friendly Toppings' The Giraffe...was blown up while questioning was going on in Leicester.

The Hubbards claim to have been burgled and their lap top and mobile phone were stolen...The Hubbards used both to have contact with the Mccanns...A month later the Mccanns were in Canada and met with Susan Hubbard (a known drinker).

George Galloway has a property in the Algarve and known there for his strange visitors. Galloway said that the Mccanns are one of two things..the most unlucky or the most evil people in the world.

And Malinka had his car torched twice! Well. Not the same car, two cars torched  ::D:: 

Yes I remember it all harves, and the links to Murat etc
We said a few years back he should've been interviewed!

Pffff I wasn't supposed to be posting on this thread.

He had 2 cars done?!!?

Nems wrote:He had 2 cars done?!!?

Yes do you remember nems, there was that whole thread about who wrote 'fala' next to his car and we all wondered who wanted him to talk and what about!

eddie wrote:

Nems wrote:He had 2 cars done?!!?

Yes do you remember nems, there was that whole thread about who wrote 'fala' next to his car and we all wondered who wanted him to talk and what about!

Oh yes
You are right I remember, we all wondered what he knew and about who

Nems wrote:

eddie wrote:

Yes do you remember nems, there was that whole thread about who wrote 'fala' next to his car and we all wondered who wanted him to talk and what about!

Oh yes
You are right I remember, we all wondered what he knew and about who

Yep. And the trail that led back.....

Portuguese police are questioning a suspect in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann for a second day.

Sky News' Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said the suspect is one of four "persons of interest" being investigated.

A further eight potential witnesses are also being quizzed.

Scotland Yard is sitting in on the interviews, which were initiated by Portuguese authorities on Tuesday.

The first suspect has been named as Russian-born businessman and IT specialist Sergey Malinka, who is 30 years old.

He was spoken to as a witness, rather than a suspect, in the early days of the investigation.

There is allegedly a forensic link between his apartment and the McCanns' apartment in Praia de Luz, where Madeleine vanished shortly before her fourth birthday in May 2007.

In an interview with Sky News at the time, Mr Malinka strenuously denied any involvement.

Sky's Martin Brunt said additional evidence thought to be against him includes a conversation overheard near his apartment shortly after Madeleine's disappearance which police think is suspicions.

His car was also found burned out a year later and somebody had written the word "Speak" on a wall near his home.

Police have also quizzed a 38-year-old former employee of the resort where the McCanns were staying who is suspected of carrying out burglaries around the holiday complex.

The third suspect is a 50-year-old man reported to suffer from a mental health disorder who was reported to have been acting strangely when Madeleine went missing.

The fourth man being quizzed is another burglary suspect, aged 23, who is thought to have been a beggar in the area. He reportedly made a number of suspicious phone calls at the time.

It has not been revealed which of the four suspects was being questioned on Wednesday.

The interviews form the latest phase of the Scotland Yard probe on the ground in the Algarve.

Portuguese and British investigators excavated an area of scrubland to the west of the resort at the start of June but found no evidence related to the case.

http://news.sky.com/story/1293726/madeleine-suspect-quizzed-for-second-day

eddie wrote:

Nems wrote:

Oh yes
You are right I remember, we all wondered what he knew and about who

Yep. And the trail that led back.....

And this is also interesting from 2008

http://metro.co.uk/2008/07/17/murat-trio-win-800-000-in-damages-286190/

Robert Murat has accepted £600,000 libel damages



Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat and two Algarve associates have accepted at least £800,000 libel damages over claims connecting them with her abduction.

The “seriously defamatory” allegations in nearly 100 articles were entirely untrue and caused “immense distress and damage”, Mr Justice Eady heard at London’s High Court.

Mr Murat, his friend Michaela Walczuch and IT consultant Sergey Malinka had each sued Associated Newspapers, Express Newspapers, MGN Limited and News Group Newspapers.

Their solicitor, Louis Charalambous, said that 34-year-old Mr Murat would receive a record settlement of £600,000 to help him and his family rebuild their lives, while Ms Walczuch and Mr Malinka had each secured “substantial six-figure settlements”.

All three, who live in or nearby Praia da Luz from where Madeleine went missing in May 2007, will also have their legal costs paid.

Outside court, Mr Murat said: “The newspapers in this case brought about the total and utter destruction of mine and my family’s life and caused immense distress. I am pleased that the publications concerned have today admitted the falsity of all their allegations and I can now start to rebuild my life.”

In court, Mr Charalambous said: “In particular, the defendants accept that none of the claimants had any involvement whatever in the abduction of Madeleine McCann. They accept that none of the claimants has any paedophile tendencies or connection with paedophiles or paedophile websites and that none of them lied to the police or obstructed the investigations.

“They accept that Mr Murat’s actions after the abduction were entirely proper and were motivated by a desire to help find Madeleine McCann. He became a volunteer translator for the Portuguese police and did everything he could to assist the investigation.

“Ms Walczuch was never suspected or accused of any involvement in the abduction of Madeleine McCann. Mr Malinka was not guilty of any sexual misconduct and has no criminal convictions.”

Keith Mathieson, solicitor for the newspapers, said they apologised for publishing false allegations and very much regretted the distress caused.

Yes harves, like we always knew about this case;
Smoke and mirrors and lots of contradictions....all to keep one's eye off the main play.