Madeleine McCann...is there hope at last?.....Daily Telegraph 19/10/2013

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/10391348/Madeleine-McCann-is-there-hope-at-last.html

The Article was posted today, but is obviously digging up old news, could it be a tongue in cheek Report?

Hi Panda, that article is from


Colin Freeman

By Colin Freeman

10:55PM BST 19 Oct 2013

Instead, detectives are now focusing their efforts on a second man seen carrying a child towards the beach just minutes before Kate McCann went to check on Madeleine. An Irishman, Martin Smith, and his wife reported seeing him at the time. Their e-fits, which have only now been released, were originally produced by a private detective agency which was hired by the McCanns in 2008 when they became dissatisfied with the Portuguese police inquiry.
At the time, though, it was not published, partly because Portuguese detectives thought the other theory more viable, and partly because Mr Smith himself said he thought the man he had seen looked like Gerry McCann, whom several other witnesses had already said had been at the restaurant table at that point.




Now the latter sighting is being taken seriously




The Portuguese detectives NEVER thought tanner man was viable



It was and is the mccanns that pushed tanner man into the limelight

Mr Amaral wanted smith man pursued but he was conveniently 'moved on'

chrissie wrote:Hi Panda, that article is from


Colin Freeman

By Colin Freeman

10:55PM BST 19 Oct 2013

Hi chrissie nothing happens when you click , but as I say, the Telegraph maybe are reporting tongue in cheek to remind readers of past events.

I was just highlighting the date the article was published, it isn't a link. I think you should amend the thread title as it's misleading.