Nottingham couple Alan and Cindy Thompson 'to be quizzed' by Madeleine McCann case detectives

There is perhaps good reason for being more than a tad sceptical about the Thompsons’ claims. For ten years previously, in the spring of 1999, as the media reported: “A British couple called Alan and Cindy Thompson were driving through Pakistan, in the very area that they're now talking about as being bin Laden's location. After driving for 11 hours on dirt roads they came to a checkpoint and were detained by armed Pakistani guards. The next day the Dawn newspaper, one of the biggest newspapers in Pakistan, reported that this couple had found the secret lair of Osama bin Laden”.

By late May 2009, the McCann Team, along with the general public, had had access to most of the Portuguese Police files for several months, and would have seen the references in those files to Hewlett. But according to the McCann Team it was the Thompsons who led them to Hewlett.

matthew wrote:I could do with this couple...im forever losing my keys...should be a doddle compared to their usual finding abilities,the USA spent billions looking for OBL & along come this couple trundling along the backroads of Pakistan & hey presto!
Old Chinese proverb...If it looks like $hit,smells like $hit & tastes like $hit...its probalbly $hit

Panda wrote:Why the Mirror is chasing up this rubbish is beyond me, are they being paid for this, promised the serialisaition rights of Kate's book perhaps???

I vaguely remember the couple who met Hewitt were staying in a Camp Site at the same time as he was., I don't believe as mentioned on the jillhavern post that the McCanns had access to the PG files , but once again wonder why this is all being rehashed now!!

almostgothic wrote:

matthew wrote:I could do with this couple...im forever losing my keys...should be a doddle compared to their usual finding abilities,the USA spent billions looking for OBL & along come this couple trundling along the backroads of Pakistan & hey presto!
Old Chinese proverb...If it looks like $hit,smells like $hit & tastes like $hit...its probalbly $hit

I'm amazed that the FBI haven't snapped up this couple to work alongside Martin Grime - what a team they'd make.

But until they get the call, they could solve a mystery chez moi by detecting the whereabouts of Mr Almostgothic's many missing odd socks.
Last seen hanging around anywhere but the designated drawer or laundry basket, it is thought that they formed themselves into a disgruntled hosiery terrorist group - some of which are deemed responsible for The Great Washing Machine Explosion of 2008.

tanszi wrote:who is releasing this garbage to the media, and more importantly why are they printing it?

tigger wrote:JD16 gave me this info:


Alan and Cindy Thompson were the ones who 'found' Bin Ladens hideaway lair in Pakistan back in 1999. They were driving and just happened to stumble across it. The were invited by US and UK ambassadors/diplomats etc for dinner afterwards......So they have found the most wanted man in the world and they have found the most wanted child abductor in the world....what are the chances of this being true!! Like charlotte pennignton, they just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time! Fancy that!!

This is an interesting article from the Independent from May 2009. Worth reading

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