Daily Mirror

why haa this come up again???

Well there's a surprise. I only wonder what took them so long to pin it on him.

Justiceforallkids wrote:


why haa this come up again???

Well he is dead so he can't deny anything and what better way to close the case than to pin everything on a dead man. The Mccanns get to keep their ill gotten gains, they can continue to cover themselves with glory and continue suing those who disagree with them.

At least they would have to close the fund if it was accepted that Hewlett was reponsible.

I can't imagine though that they would agree to that as their message is still that there is no evidence that Madeleine has come to harm - despite being taken by paedophiles!

What are the chances that the Daily Mirror have actually been informed by the "cold case cops" that they intend to "quiz Brits" about anything? My guess is zero, zilch, nada. It may be of passing interest to observe whether any of the others run with this story (apart from the Leicester Mercury of course, for obvious reasons) because if they do and the wording is similar, then we'll all know its provenance. We can then move on to discussing why it may have appeared at this juncture.

Yes I wonder why that particular story is dredged up now when there has been nothing for months. Nothing is without a reason.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-search-paedophile-raymond-1453749

24 Nov 2012 00:00

The child molester, who has a string of child sex convictions, was living on the Algarve when the youngster vanished from her holiday home
Pervert: Child rapist Raymond Hewlett Pervert: Child rapist Raymond Hewlett
Harry Page

Child molester Raymond Hewlett went to his death refusing to speak to investigators hunting for Madeleine McCann after he was sensationally linked to her disappearance.

But police have now turned their attention back to the notorious paedophile who has a string of child sex convictions and was living on the Algarve when the youngster vanished from her holiday home in May 2007.





Scotland Yard detectives who opened a review into the Madeleine mystery want to speak to a couple who befriended the former soldier while they were on holiday in Portugal.

They were told by him he had been approached by gypsies wanting to buy one of his six children.

Alan and Cindy Thompson met pervert Hewlett, his German wife Mariana Schmucker and their kids.

British couple Alan Thompson and his wife Cindy Thompson Alarmed: Alan and his wife Cindy
James Vellacott

It was only after they returned to Britain they learned from a fellow holidaymaker that the seemingly harmless drifter had been jailed three times for vile attacks on young girls.

The couple raised the alarm after ­realising he and his family had been staying in their converted truck at a camping site near Praia da Luz at the time three-year-old Madeleine disappeared as her parents Kate and Gerry dined out with friends nearby.

Speaking after making the link Alan, 59, said: “Hewlett befriended us but kept quiet about his terrible past.”

The sex beast told the Nottingham couple how he was approached by some “gypsy tourists” offering cash for his own daughter.

Like Madeleine, she was blonde-haired and blue-eyed. He said he refused.

The sketch of a man believed to have abducted Madeleine McCann Sketch: Drawing of the suspect
Reuters

Cindy, 50, added: “We didn’t think too much of this at the time.

"Ray and his family led a desperate hand-to-mouth lifestyle and someone may have thought he’d be tempted to sell one of his six children.”

Hewlett, once on a ­Crimestoppers list of most wanted ­paedophiles, bore a striking resemblance to a suspect seen lurking outside the McCanns’ apartment.

He also repeatedly refused to give an alibi.

Described as “cunning” and a “danger to children”, it is feared the pervert might have kidnapped Madeleine to sell to the gypsies or even smuggled her into North Africa.

He admitted leaving Portugal for Morocco three weeks after she disappeared.

The 64-year-old was tracked down by investigators Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley, who were working for Kate and Gerry, before his 2010 death from throat cancer.

But despite being confronted on three occasions, he refused to speak to the private detectives about the case.


Madeleine Maddie McCann missing child Missing: Madeleine hasn't been seen since 2007
PA

Former Scots Guard Peter Verran, 46, shared a Moroccan campsite with Hewlett between June and November 2007.

He said: “He told me gypsies wanted to pay good money for his daughter and he’d met some who traded in children and sold them to paedophiles.”

Another former pal in the ­Portuguese town of Tavira – where Hewlett’s family used to park their truck – revealed how he developed a close friendship with two gypsy families.

US-born artist Leonardo Leopoldo, 79, said: “No one spoke to the gypsies apart from Ray.

"He was always talking to them. There was talk in the area they sold children to ­paedophiles.

“By the time, Madeleine was snatched, he was very friendly with them.”

The Thompsons recalled Hewlett telling how he had gone to Morocco with his family to make a sale.

He did not elaborate but said it was “a good business trip and he made a profit”.

Raymond Hewletts relaxes at a campsite in Amsa, Morrocco in July 2007 In Morocco: Hewlett boasted of making a sale on Africa trip after Maddy was taken
Peter Verran

There were numerous sightings of a girl matching Madeleine’s description in the North African country after she was taken.

Alan and Cindy contacted Hewlett in September 2009 to ask him about any link to her disappearance.

When quizzed about his Morocco trip he replied ­sarcastically: “Yes, so? That makes me guilty then?

"In Morocco, everything’s worth ­something. You can get 25 euros for an old bike.”

Speaking after he and Mr Cowley tracked Hewlett down to Germany, Mr Edgar said: “It would appear certain now that he does not want to talk to us.

“We want to know where Hewlett was when Madeleine McCann went missing.

“Does he know anything about Madeleine and will he speak to us? This is the first named person we have flown out to see.

“We want to eliminate this man from our inquiries as quickly as possible.

"His evidence could be crucial but we won’t know until we’ve spoken to him.”

Raymond Hewletts blue camper van is seen driving along the roads in Morrocco On road: Hewlett's truck in Morocco
Peter Verran

German newspapers quoted police sources as saying the pervert boasted he had seen Madeleine twice before she died.

And in a deathbed letter to estranged son Wayne, he claimed to know what had happened to the youngster.

Hewlett denied having anything to do with her disappearance but said he knew she had been stolen to order by a gypsy gang.

Detectives are also looking at interviews Hewlett gave before his death in which he admitted being in the Algarve when Madeleine was snatched.

He told the Sunday Mirror: “It’s obvious why they’re ­interested in me. But they can all think what they like.

"I didn’t kill the McCann girl. It’s the truth and it’ll never change.

"I know I didn’t do anything wrong, but if people aren’t listening, what can you do? I didn’t kill the McCann girl.”

Before his death Hewlett claimed he was with an unnamed woman in Fuzeta, 30 miles from Praia da Luz, on May 3, 2007 – the day Madeleine went missing.

Raymond Hewlett in Aachen hospital with partner mariana Schumucker Ailing: With wife Mariana in hospital in 2009
Harry Page

He said she would remember because she shot a home video of him and his family at a flea market in the town.

But Mariana later revealed the friend could not remember where he was.

She said: “The truth is, she can’t remember where Ray was. She can’t give him an alibi. No one can.”

Before he died, Mariana challenged Kate and Gerry, of Rothley, Leicestershire, to come to see her.

She said: “I know about my Raymond’s past and it is forgotten. He is a changed man. I know that he didn’t take Madeleine.

“He is a very sick man and has said to me he will do anything to prove he is innocent, even take a lie detector test.

“Let the parents of Madeleine come here and ask him face-to-face if he had anything to do with their child going missing.

"My husband has nothing to do with little Madeleine. He’s an innocent man and he’ll prove it.”

Kate McCann and Gerry McCann Living in hope: Kate and Gerry McCann
Ian Vogler

Reports in Portugal claimed Hewlett was grilled by local detectives but later ruled out as a suspect.

But yesterday, the Policia Judiciaria refused to confirm if the paedophile had ever been questioned.

Hewlett gave a sample of his DNA to police in Germany from his hospital bed before he died.

But a German police spokesman said the DNA sample related to two 1975 child abuse cases in Britain – and not Madeleine’s disappearance.

British police wanted to interview him about a sexual assault on a child in West Yorkshire in 1975 and the murder of 11-year-old Lesley Molseed that same year.

In 1972, he abducted and ­sexually assaulted a neighbour’s six-year-old daughter and was sentenced to 18 months behind bars.

In 1978 he attempted to rape a nine-year-old girl and was jailed for four years.

And in 1988 at Mold, Flintshire, he kidnapped and assaulted a 14-year-old girl and was jailed for six years.

Last night Scotland Yard said: “We are not prepared to discuss any particular lines of enquiry.”



Rush of new clues in fresh look at case

The renewed investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance uncovered 95 potential new leads in its first year.

Scotland Yard launched its £2million Operation Grange in May 2011, three years after the official inquiry ended, at the request of Home ­Secretary Theresa May.

By May this year the team of 29 detectives from the Met’s highly skilled Homicide and Serious Crime Command unit had sifted through 40,000 pieces of information in the case.

They are being led by Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Redwood, who previously caught murderer Miguel da Silva – convicted of strangling a mum-of-two – after a cold case review.

Last December, police said were examining up to eight “very important” new leads after meeting Barcelona private investigators Metodo 3, who spent six months working for Kate and Gerry McCann, Madeleine’s parents.

They urged their Portuguese counterparts to re-open their search for the youngster, who vanished in May 2007.

The Portuguese police refused, but Madeleine’s dad Gerry said he had “no doubt” they would re-open the investigation to check new leads uncovered by the ­Scotland Yard team.

Former Met detective Peter Kirkham said the renewed investigation could still uncover new clues.

He said: “They bring fresh eyes to the case to ensure nothing has been missed.

“Forensic science has moved on and re-examination of the original exhibits may reveal new clues.

“If the police go knocking on doors again someone may now be willing to talk.

“Just one piece of information could help reveal what happened to Madeleine.”


Maybe relevant now
Raymond Hewlett Biographical Info
http://raymondhewlett.blogspot.nl/p/raymond-hewlett-timeline.html

What a load of b****hit, the Mirror must be very short of News to be publishing this nonsense.



"Reports in Portugal claimed Hewlett was grilled by local detectives but later ruled out as a suspect."

Yorkshire Police visited Hewlett in Hospital over an outstanding case, nothing to do with Madeleine.

Hewlett had proved he was nowhere near to PDL when Madeleine went missing.

Do you HONESTLY believe he gave his son a letter on his Deathbed, admitting liability.?

This has all the Hallmarks of a Clarence Mitchell "tip-off" ....maybe we should be looking elsewhere for
the culprit.

If they pin this on him...ALL the money in the Fund will be frozen.



The money will then be used for families with missing children.


Case closed.



Can you honestly see Kate McCann giving up the money she has earned in the past five years?


No.....nor can I.....and let's not forget......another book is planned and ALL off the money will be whooshed clunked....


Then again......most off the money has gone 'missing' and only royalties from the book has gone into the 'fund' so we could say it's just a 'drop in the ocean' for the Mccanns to stomach.


SY must be really stupid and thick if they think people will accept this man and he was only interested in older children and would all off a sudden change his MO for 3 year olds and murder ....it's quite worrying to think we have these people in charge off getting justice for missing people and ignoring the obvious......cadaver scent.

kitti, I don't think SY has anything to do with this DM News, as I suspect, it's more a CM move to gain publicity for the McCanns which we have already commented on how the McCanns have been out of the News lately.

Well it is 'blame a dead paedophile' month so we shouldn't be surprised, should we.


Let's blame all the murders and disappearances on dead paedophiles and close them cases ,what a good police force we have.

This has pink spin written all over it. What are they trying to detract attention from ? Either that or it is to replace a Christmas "sighting". The last round of sightings drew a lot of criticism, the public were getting fed up of bizzare stories of Madeleine being seen. I suspect also that family man on the plane that was tracked down by the press was none too happy so perhaps that has put a hold on the sighting reports.

No doubt in my mind, this is nothing more than spin, but the interesting part to this story is why it is being spun now.

It seems to me that Raymond Hewlett was an opportunist child abuser, who took advantage of opportunities when he saw children in public. The children he abused were all older than Madeleine and I'd hazard a guess that none involved the hard work of getting inside a building, drugging three children and making off with one in a very small window of opportunity.

It's on the Daily mail website now too ffs

mossman wrote:This has pink spin written all over it. What are they trying to detract attention from ? Either that or it is to replace a Christmas "sighting". The last round of sightings drew a lot of criticism, the public were getting fed up of bizzare stories of Madeleine being seen. I suspect also that family man on the plane that was tracked down by the press was none too happy so perhaps that has put a hold on the sighting reports.

No doubt in my mind, this is nothing more than spin, but the interesting part to this story is why it is being spun now.

Morning mossman,

As I said , Kate looked quite dowdy and miserable when she joined the Members of Hacked Off meeting with Cameron, the McCanns weren't even hacked , so how did she manage an invite????? That was only three days ago , now we have this DM article, which no other Paper has reported so the DM thought it was a good idea to print because all the other Press are reporting the Israel/Palestine conflict, the demonstration in Egypt, the EU Meeting, the Floods around the U.K.........real news, and presumed they would sell more papers.,

Two reasons: 1. The McCanns want more publicity as ammunition for their upcoming case against Amaral and to keep them in the News. 2. Kate said a while ago that she has been kept informed by SY, maybe she already knows the Report will not be favourable, ie, no evidence of an abduction .

Roasted Arizona wrote:It's on the Daily mail website now too ffs

Confirms it is a CM plant IMO - it will no doubt appear in The Star et al in die course - how pathetic!

Panda wrote:

mossman wrote:This has pink spin written all over it. What are they trying to detract attention from ? Either that or it is to replace a Christmas "sighting". The last round of sightings drew a lot of criticism, the public were getting fed up of bizzare stories of Madeleine being seen. I suspect also that family man on the plane that was tracked down by the press was none too happy so perhaps that has put a hold on the sighting reports.

No doubt in my mind, this is nothing more than spin, but the interesting part to this story is why it is being spun now.

Morning mossman,

As I said , Kate looked quite dowdy and miserable when she joined the Members of Hacked Off meeting with Cameron, the McCanns weren't even hacked , so how did she manage an invite????? That was only three days ago , now we have this DM article, which no other Paper has reported so the DM thought it was a good idea to print because all the other Press are reporting the Israel/Palestine conflict, the demonstration in Egypt, the EU Meeting, the Floods around the U.K.........real news, and presumed they would sell more papers.,

Two reasons: 1. The McCanns want more publicity as ammunition for their upcoming case against Amaral and to keep them in the News. 2. Kate said a while ago that she has been kept informed by SY, maybe she already knows the Report will not be favourable, ie, no evidence of an abduction .

Hello Panda. I have a feeling, and it is just that - a feeling, the time is getting close for when we will see how the final act is played out.

Gerry was very quiet to the point of being disinterested in the interviews back in May. Now he has almost been whoosed. Kate looks under pressure for sure. I have no doubt on the face of it they are being kept informed by SY of what his happening. It is just a review of a case, no accusations being made, so it would be nothing more than good manners on their part to keep the McCanns informed. One can only hope they pick and choose what information is being reported on.

I think the Amaral case will be what it will be at this stage. Re-hashing an old story will not particularly benefit them against Amaral in one way or another. It is already there, has been done to death. Had his case taken place last week or last year, that same story was available to put forward. So no real benefit to them in that regard as far as I can see. The best they can hope for is that SY come to an official conclusion in which they state there is a possibility Madeleine was indeed abducted before the start of the case.

In fact, I will be surprised if the case goes ahead as planned early in the new year, unless something significant happens between now and the planned date. The fund is depleting, unless they are certain they will win, I wonder if they will want to part with their "hard earned" cash on a gamble against Amaral. Winning or loosing is only part of that case, they most definately cannot control what might come out during the course of the trial. That in itstelf could have long term lasting damage and finish the fund for good. It is most definately time for them to put their money where their mouth is, they threw down the gauntlet to Amaral some time ago, those times were different. It is a whole new ball game being played out today. Would they make that same decision to sue for libel starting today ? I don't think so.

i have always said a pasty would be brought out on his death bed -- wonder if the fund should be looked at a bit more -- is there any of hewletts family come into money over the last 4 years

old article f rom Saturday 23 May 2009


New McCann suspect 'was questioned by police but had an alibi'
Two years on, privately funded investigators carry on search for missing girl


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/new-mccann-suspect-was-questioned-by-police-but-had-an-alibi-1689758.html

The Mirror is fed the story by The Usual Suspects.
Fricker (that name must be a typing error) gets to write it up with a little extra embroidery.

He then asks SY to confirm.
They tell him to bugger off.
END OF.

NEXT!!!

Annabel wrote:old article f rom Saturday 23 May 2009


New McCann suspect 'was questioned by police but had an alibi'
Two years on, privately funded investigators carry on search for missing girl


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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/new-mccann-suspect-was-questioned-by-police-but-had-an-alibi-1689758.html[/quote[/url]]

Thanks Annabel, as i keep saying, I have a good memory , just don't know how to find stuff. I'm sure CM is responsible for this and if Hewitt were alive he could sue every Paper that printed that rubbish. Let's hope Leveson does something to curb all these gutterpress Reporters .

You couldn't make it up, so much for press standards in the UK !