The Verdict: McCann & anr. vs Bennett

Exactly,probably a WUM.

kitti wrote:Didn't the PJ already have the text messages etc with the incriminating emails and they couldn't be used in a court off law....

Wouldn't it be wonderful if SY had intervened after reading the texts and asked for them to be admissible as evidence?

has there been any press that are allowing comments anyone know -- im on fb but dont twitter its good reading what other people think that dont normally do forums

I would like to know what was in the emails as mr amaral has stated that they insinuated that Madeleine was not alive....didn't Gerry McCann go to an Internet cafe soon after Madeleine disappeared ?

I didn't realise that Paivo.....the man Kate McCann called a f........t.......was also removed from the case at the request off the McCanns.....who the hell do they think they are!

Maddie McCann's parents are "devastated and furious" over a cruel bid to cash in on their anguish.


Maddie McCann's parents are "devastated and furious" over a cruel bid to cash in on their anguish.

Grasping Duarte Levy demanded £50,000 for photographs he claims implicate Kate and Gerry in their daughter's disappearance.

The 23-stone Frenchman said the "dynamite" pictures showed Kate had changed clothes suspiciously the night Maddie vanished.

Despicable Levy also made the ludicrous claim that the 24 photos he was peddling cast doubt on what Gerry and one of the couple's Tapas 7 pals told Portuguese police.

Levy, who said he had close links to the cops, bragged outrageously: "These photos are a bombshell and will force the Maddie case to be re-opened."

The People refused his offers to sell the pictures - and told the McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell of Levy's preposterous claims.

Mr Mitchell branded Levy "a con man and fantastist".

He said: "Kate and Gerry are angry and upset that he is seeking to make money out of Madeleine - it is a disgrace.

"They are no longer suspects and he should not be trying to tarnish their reputation. We thank The People for exposing this man."

A People investigator met Levy in a Brussels hotel last week. Levy said: "I will sell the photos to the highest bidder. I got hold of them through my contacts."

Levy - who is in his 40s and claims to have homes in Spain, Belgium and London - said he had sold pictures and stories about Maddie for tens of thousands of pounds.

He said his new photos showed doctors Kate and Gerry, both 40, dining with their friends in Praia da Luz the night Maddie, then three, disappeared 15 months ago.

Levy claimed that Kate and one of the Tapas 7 changed their clothes.

He also alleged: "The photos were taken between about 8.10pm and 10.15pm and they show that the time lines made by Gerry McCann and another Tapas 7 friend are wrong.

They are dynamite." Levy cruelly scorned Kate and Gerry's belief that Maddie is still alive. He said: "I believe she died in that room during an accident and then her body was moved to a flat in the town where it was kept in a freezer."

The claim is categorically denied by the McCanns and police produced no evidence to support the theory. Levy said the pictures were taken by a Spanish tourist whose camera was later stolen.

He claimed a police source tipped him off after officers found the camera, which he then bought legally.

Levy also tried to convince The People that a well-known British legal firm offered him 600,000 euros (£512,800) for the photographs.

Bizarrely, he said he refused because the lawyers would not agree to his demand that the police should have copies of the pictures.

He also offered The People recordings he claimed to have of the McCanns' financial backer, double-glazing tycoon Brian Kennedy, in a private meeting with Portuguese police.

Mr Mitchell last night said he did not know if Kate changed her clothes and added: "If she did, so what?" He said: "It is no big deal that Mr Kennedy met the police.

"He is interested in all - aspects of the investigation. He is a very hands-on person."

A friend of the McCanns, of Rothley, Leics, said last night: "They have nothing to hide. It appears the Portuguese police are using Levy to leak negative material."

'Photos of couple are a bombshell...I will sell for highest offer'

Remember the above one from 2008.....it was when Kate McCann was in her 'furious' mode lol

Sorry, Kitti, but where is this from?

It's from an old daily mirror article from 2008......

Lillyofthevalley wrote:IF THE MCCANNS, MITCHELL, THEIR SUPPORTERS ARE CRACKINGTHE CHAMPERS TO CELEBATE TONIGHT , then I'm sure their bottle will be flat as f**t YOUVE WON BUGGER ALL, this is just the beginning, imo I've never seen so many bloggers posting on ALL SITES forums, Twitter and FB......


]OWN GOAL MCCANNS, OWN GOAL

Well said Lilly

kitti wrote:Remember the above one from 2008.....it was when Kate McCann was in her 'furious' mode lol

Duarte Levy isn't even French.

Iris wrote:

kitti wrote:Remember the above one from 2008.....it was when Kate McCann was in her 'furious' mode lol

Duarte Levy isn't even French.

Exact, he speaks French but he is probably half Belgian, half Portuguese. It's amazing the way he juggles with ten stories simultaneously . A pity he doesn't writte novels.

I don't really understand the "costs" concept. If someone is in the fortunate position of being able to employ the most expensive lawyers around to help them win their case, why should the loser have to pay more, because of this? It's even more puzzling if the lawyers would have worked for free if the result had been the other way round!

But it doesn't matter that he doesn't speak French....the fact is 2007....8 etc the papers were full of things like this and there still around, if you dig deep for them.


It's the 'kate McCann and another tapas friend change clothes during the night' and 'a well known British legal firm tried to buy the pics for £550,00'...THAT will get people thinking .....


The old stories have got partial truths In them....doesn't matter about being French or whatever..

squeaker wrote:I don't really understand the "costs" concept. If someone is in the fortunate position of being able to employ the most expensive lawyers around to help them win their case, why should the loser have to pay more, because of this? It's even more puzzling if the lawyers would have worked for free if the result had been the other way round!

Why did they have to have 4 lawyers anyway.....just for show to prove that you mess with us and you will pay.

kitti wrote:It's from an old daily mirror article from 2008......

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gerry-mccanns-torment-over-e-mail-325725...this one?

Gerry McCann sent emails begging for Madeleine not to be harmed to a conman trying to extort money from the family.


Gerry McCann sent emails begging for Madeleine not to be harmed to a conman trying to extort money from the family.

The man said he could tell Gerry and his wife who Madeleine's kidnappers were and where she was being kept in return for a reward of 2,000,000 euros (£1.8m).

He demanded: "I want to have direct contact with Mr McCann himself.

"I know the hideout and kidnappers and that they are still around you. This is NO joke."

Gerry wrote back personally from the couple's base in Portugal near where Madeleine disappeared in the desperate hope that the emails could be genuine.

He said: "We are very interested in your information but as you understand we receive a lot of hoax information.

"We need to know the information is genuine. Can you give me proof that you know where Madeleine is and that she is well? Gerry Mc-Cann."

The emails were eventually traced to the internet cafe Smalle Haven in Eindhoven, Holland and the fraudster, who knew nothing about Madeleine's disappearance, was arrested a month later in Spain.

LARGE BLACK PRINT IN DAILY MAIL TODAY LEVESON PROPOSALS TO PENELIZE PRESS WHAT LEV .ASKS FOR IS BREACHES EUROPEAN LAW dail m page12 a good read .joyce1938

i think i read somewhere that the ci=osts will be Pro Bono which some say means for public, so wher do public come in when working for people privatly supposedly?i find that so odd. joyce1938

Wasn't Gerry McCann seen in an Internet cafe?


Gerry must off been laughing his head off typing those emails to the would be kidnapper.


Was he told to send these emails by the PJ and were they there when he sent them?

I thought he got legal aid In The end.

no tony couldt get legal aid after all as he had just a little savings .so now he may have to pay out for the other side who employed extra barristers at last minute and sent him new bundle to read very last minute.awaiting now for news on how the money spent on lawyers etc ,will be paid .joyce1938

Obviously he can't pay so it will have to be payed weekly out off his pension...£1 a week is better than nothing.


So if he doesn't pay, does he go to prison.

I wouldn't sell everything I own to give to the Mccanns.....I'd rather spend 6 months in prison, after all, you get fed and you can watch sky news....you read all the news about yourself .


I would find it easy to go on hunger strike than give them a penny..

Doubt the McCanns? Go to Jail
by Chelsea Hoffman
February 23, 2013 02:20 AM EST

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Luckily there are countries, such as the United States, where people are not punished for openly expressing and sharing ideas—just as Tony Bennett has done. Nobody can extinguish the First Amendment that is every American's right—and it's this American's right to boldly say that Tony Bennett is not only credible in his opinions, but he is now a martyr for the cause of spreading awareness of this case and the monster it has become.

More here:
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981853071

kitti wrote:Obviously he can't pay so it will have to be payed weekly out off his pension...£1 a week is better than nothing.


So if he doesn't pay, does he go to prison.

I wouldn't sell everything I own to give to the Mccanns.....I'd rather spend 6 months in prison, after all, you get fed and you can watch sky news....you read all the news about yourself .


I would find it easy to go on hunger strike than give them a penny..

kitti nobody would want to face jail --but even as a mother and a nannan i would rather face jail than give those 2 a penny -- never before has there been a case like this there 2 people have been afforded so much for doing what they have done -- even royals arnt this protected

Does anyone know when the decision about the costs will be made? I still don't understand the concept. If, for example, I had a very annoying neighbour who had made some minor transgression, could I hire multiple lawyers from a top company to take him to court and then when he lost he would be bankrupted by their fees?