"The English again investigate the first arguido (R.Murat) in the Maddie case"-Jornal de Notícias, 19.11.2014 (trans.Astro TMCF)

With the kind permission of Astro who translated it, this article published in the paper edition of the Jornal de Noticias:


"The English again investigate the first arguido in the Maddie case

by Marisa Rodrigues

Robert Murat is again investigated in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. This time, he is one of the seven persons that Scotland Yard has asked to be heard due to considering that they are “of special interest”.

Robert’s wife, Michaela Walczuch, and her former husband, Luís António, are also on the list of people that have been identified to give a statement within the scope of the fifth letter rogatory of the case that is being investigated in the United Kingdom. A list that has already been given the green light by the Public Ministry (MP) and that was sent to the Polícia Judiciária (PJ) in the South for execution. The three know Sergey Malinka, a Russian citizen that has been made an arguido in July, on request from British authorities in a previous letter rogatory.

Robert was the first arguido within the Portuguese process, followed by Kate and Gerry McCann. He ended up being cleared of all suspicions. The German-Portuguese woman and her former companion were witnesses in the Portuguese investigation. The other names on the list of seven persons of interest are a Portuguese man who worked at the Ocean Club, a man who resembles one of the e-fits and a British couple. Apart from the interrogations, the magistrate at the Public Ministry in Portimão, Inês Sequeira, has also authorised the questioning of witnesses.

The seven interrogations and the four questionings were scheduled to take place next week, at the PJ in Faro, with set dates and times. But the investigators have, in the meantime, received a request for a change of the fifth letter rogatory, at a stage when it was about to be fulfilled, which led to the postponement of the diligences, which will have to be rescheduled. The process status of each one of the persons may also be subject to change. The request will now be analysed by the prosecutor in Portimão, who is on sick leave, which means it’s uncertain when the new calendar for the diligences will be known.

Robert Murat, a British citizen who went to school in Portugal, commands both languages and served as an interpreter in several diligences that were performed by GNR officers, and later by PJ inspectors. He even postponed a flight to England, at the PJ’s request, in order to continue his service. A constant presence that a journalist considered to be suspicious, comparing Robert to the case of a suspect that was always at the crime scene and close to the police. Later on, the group with which the McCann couple spent their holidays pointed the finger at him, identifying him as the man that some said they saw carrying a child on the night of the 3rd of May.

The British man ended up being made an arguido eleven days after the disappearance. The house where he lived with his mother, just metres away from the Ocean Club, was subject to searches, holes were opened in the ground, using sophisticated technology, looking for traces of the child, and vehicles and computers were inspected, always without finding any clues. The absence of indicia about what happened to Madeleine led to the inquiry being archived, in 2008. Upon proposal from the PJ, it was reopened in October last year.


Seven years of moving forward and backwards:

May 2007 – Madeleine, aged 3, disappears from the Ocean Club apartment in the Algarve
May 2007 – Robert Murat is made an arguido and questioned by the PJ
May [sic] 2007 – Kate and Gerry McCann are made arguidos and questioned by the PJ
July 2008 - The inquiry is archived by the Public Ministry
October 2013 - The inquiry is reopened
June 2014 – Searches on grounds in praia da Luz are performed upon request from the British police, led by detective Andy Redwood and using means that are brought in from England, including radars and sniffer dogs
July 2014 – the first four arguidos are made within the British investigation
August 2014 – the fifth letter rogatory arrives at the Public Ministry in Portimão


The Scotland Yard’s investigation that was opened in 2011 has already cost 10 million euro





in Jornal de Notícias, 19.11.2014 - paper edition/e-paper

STILL trying to implicate RM.....digusting.


So now they have hunted down someone who resembles the efit....only Gerry McCann resembles the edit..


Now, as SY say that Madeleine was dead before she left 5a...SY better be careful who they implicate because they are treading on thin ice by putting together death and RM and the others together ...implicating knowingly an innocent person with murder is crossing the line and NAMING THEM will have serious consequences for SY.

I doubt that they are really trying to "close the net" on the McCann , but the British policemen go back to the prelimilaries of the original enquiry which is interesting. If they obtain nothing with this move, logically, the last step should be the re-interview of the Second Arguidos.

frencheuropean wrote:I doubt that they are really trying to "close the net" on the McCann , but the British policemen go back to the prelimilaries of the original enquiry which is interesting. If they obtain nothing with this move, logically, the last step should be the re-interview of the Second Arguidos.

agreed frenchie.

Me too!

@itvnews have picked it up on twitter

Sorry, can't link it from my phone. RM says he only found out from media reports

duplicate post

@itvnews have picked it up on twitter

Sorry, can't link it from my phone. RM says he only found out from media reports

http://www.itv.com/news/2014-11-19/madeleine-mccann-investigation-robert-murat-to-be-questioned-again/




Robert Murat is expected to be questioned again in connection with the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, ITV News understands.

Speaking to ITV News this morning, Mr Murat confirmed that he had only learned of the news through Portuguese media reports.

Portuguese newspapers today published claims that Murat will be spoken to in the coming weeks.

This has also been confirmed to ITV News sources.

Murat won substantial libel damages from a number of media outlets after he was named as an arguido or suspect in the case in 2007.

He has always denied any involvement.

Murat is said to be one of seven people to be spoken to as a "person of interest".

His wife, Michaela Walczuck, and her former husband, Luis Antonio, are also understood to be on a list of people identified to give statements to the inquiry run by British police.

The people of interest and four witnesses were expected to be questioned in Faro next week.

However, due to legal difficulties those interviews have now been postponed.
Last updated Wed 19 Nov 2014

Big BBC news item of 'breaking news' on their website. More to follow.

Annabel wrote:http://www.itv.com/news/2014-11-19/madeleine-mccann-investigation-robert-murat-to-be-questioned-again/




Robert Murat is expected to be questioned again in connection with the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, ITV News understands.

Speaking to ITV News this morning, Mr Murat confirmed that he had only learned of the news through Portuguese media reports.

Portuguese newspapers today published claims that Murat will be spoken to in the coming weeks.

This has also been confirmed to ITV News sources.

Murat won substantial libel damages from a number of media outlets after he was named as an arguido or suspect in the case in 2007.

He has always denied any involvement.

Murat is said to be one of seven people to be spoken to as a "person of interest".

His wife, Michaela Walczuck, and her former husband, Luis Antonio, are also understood to be on a list of people identified to give statements to the inquiry run by British police.

The people of interest and four witnesses were expected to be questioned in Faro next week.

However, due to legal difficulties those interviews have now been postponed.
Last updated Wed 19 Nov 2014

   

Wonder what the legal difficulties are.

Sorry... did not realise this item is effectively the same as the one below. Please move or delete if you wish, Admin.

My fault, I should have written in first place the name of R.Murat in the title of the thread. Just added now to avoid further confusion.

Hi frencheuropean... I just jumped the gun a bit...

Maybe the witnsses should have been informed before we were over here eh ? maybe none of this will happen ,cant understand all being kept informed ,only newspaper talk maybe ?joyce1938

http://www.channel5.com/shows/5-news/features-archived/robert-murat-rejects-claims-he-will-be-questioned-again-over-disappearance-of-madeleine-mccann

Looks like it is all Bull!

fred wrote:http://www.channel5.com/shows/5-news/features-archived/robert-murat-rejects-claims-he-will-be-questioned-again-over-disappearance-of-madeleine-mccann

Looks like it is all Bull!

Robert Murat was interviewed on lunchtime TV news and he said that he was annoyed about what was being said in the media about this re-interviewing. He did confirm it.

Sky news running it now http://news.sky.com/story/1376276/madeleine-police-want-to-interview-robert-murat


Couldn't bloody make it up.

Roasted Arizona wrote:Sky news running it now http://news.sky.com/story/1376276/madeleine-police-want-to-interview-robert-murat


Couldn't bloody make it up.

I see that it is only according to a SKY source - there is no confirmation from the police

jassi wrote:

Roasted Arizona wrote:Sky news running it now http://news.sky.com/story/1376276/madeleine-police-want-to-interview-robert-murat


Couldn't bloody make it up.

I see that it is only according to a SKY source - there is no confirmation from the police

Jassi, see my comment above. I heard Robert Murat being interviewed on lunchtime news. He confirmed that he will be questioned.

AnnaEsse wrote:

jassi wrote:

Roasted Arizona wrote:Sky news running it now http://news.sky.com/story/1376276/madeleine-police-want-to-interview-robert-murat


Couldn't bloody make it up.

I see that it is only according to a SKY source - there is no confirmation from the police

Jassi, see my comment above. I heard Robert Murat being interviewed on lunchtime news. He confirmed that he will be questioned.

and so the process of elimination moves on.

AnnaEsse wrote:

jassi wrote:

Roasted Arizona wrote:Sky news running it now http://news.sky.com/story/1376276/madeleine-police-want-to-interview-robert-murat


Couldn't bloody make it up.

I see that it is only according to a SKY source - there is no confirmation from the police

Jassi, see my comment above. I heard Robert Murat being interviewed on lunchtime news. He confirmed that he will be questioned.

Not sure that he does say that, only that has heard reports to that effect.He says he hasn't had any official word.

http://www.itv.com/news/2014-11-19/madeleine-mccann-investigation-robert-murat-to-be-questioned-again/

What is this nonsense? It's "said to be" Robert Murat, it's "believed to be" Luis Carlo. Who "says", who "believes"? It wouldn't be the Mirror or the Wail or even the Pink Ponce, now would it?

Iris wrote:What is this nonsense? It's "said to be" Robert Murat, it's "believed to be" Luis Carlo.  Who "says", who "believes"?  It wouldn't be the Mirror or the Wail or even the Pink Ponce, now would it?

AnnaEsse said (above) that Robert Murat has confirmed it.

On Channel 5 news they just spoke to Robert Murat and he said he hasn't been told of the questioning and only heard about it in the media. They also said it was to have been carried out next week but there are legal problems and it probably won't happen until next year now!