Kate's Mother accompanies to her to Portugal

Not Born Yesterday wrote:They returned to Canada in 2012.
 
http://themaddiecasefiles.com/topic18061.html

That's probably why Kate went to Portugal last year to say goodbye to them NBY, Kate and the Family were in Canada on holiday last year as well. Are we sure it is Mrs Hubbard , came all the way from Canada? Why didn't Kate ask her Mother to go with her , or Fiona Payne.

It has been confirmed that the woman with Kate was Susan Hubbard, not her mother Susan Healy. The mistaken identity issue has cropped up before.
 
Are you sure about the visits to Portugal and Canada last year, Panda? They went to Canada in July 2008 but not more recently as far as I know.
 
http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/press/17-July8/people-13-07-08-Transcript.htm
 
Beware: sick bucket needed for this article!

P.S. Susan Healy is I've heard listed as a witness for tomorrow so she is there too.

Yes NBY, the Whole Family went to Canada , Kate has relatives there. also, I think it was last year Kate went to PDL alone and it was about the date Madeleine disappeared , everyone thought it was so she could feel closer to her.

Breaking News from sky , Martin Brunt

Susan Hubbard failed to understand how Amaral could suspect the Parents , neither could Emma Loach .......but they are ignoring the fact that Amaral was quoting the PJ Final Report . Duarte was interviewed and was asked how much money Amaral earned from publishing the book and CD, she hesitated and then said she could not answer. Witnesses for the McCanns will be Kate's Mother and a Junior Solicitor , I presume from Carter Ruck.

I must say if that is all they can dredge up , there must be a bit of pessimism and doubt about how strong the McCanns claim is. What about all those wealthy people, Doctors Reports etc...maybe they will be produced at the next hearing.

Why is Gerry staying at home to look after the children?  Kate McCann gave up her part-time GP job, but he's still an NHS cardiac consultant.  If all these people can travel with Kate to Portugal to support her, couldn't one of them have stayed in England to look after the children, so Gerry could be by his wife's side at this important time? It's obviously not a case of him not being to take that much time away from his job, if he's staying behind to take care of the twins.

jejune wrote:Why is Gerry staying at home to look after the children?  Kate McCann gave up her part-time GP job, but he's still an NHS cardiac consultant.  If all these people can travel with Kate to Portugal to support her, couldn't one of them have stayed in England to look after the children, so Gerry could be by his wife's side at this important time? It's obviously not a case of him not being to take that much time away from his job, if he's staying behind to take care of the twins.

Maybe he has hung her out to dry and twist slowly in the wind.

interested wrote:

jejune wrote:Why is Gerry staying at home to look after the children?  Kate McCann gave up her part-time GP job, but he's still an NHS cardiac consultant.  If all these people can travel with Kate to Portugal to support her, couldn't one of them have stayed in England to look after the children, so Gerry could be by his wife's side at this important time? It's obviously not a case of him not being to take that much time away from his job, if he's staying behind to take care of the twins.

Maybe he has hung her out to dry and twist slowly in the wind.

Yes interested,there was no need for the Parents to be there and Gerry probably remembers the crowds outside the Courthouse the last time heckling him. whether Kate was there because of the Witnesses I don't know but there is a marked differencce in reporting this time. Sky News didn't have much to say and channel 5 News was very brief. This is because it is behind closed doors this time , I don't know why it is one day at a time not consecutively, maybe to deter journalists.

I don't think it is behind closed doors Panda.

tanszi wrote:I don't think it is behind closed doors Panda.

tanzi, Kate has just been interviewed, walked off with a Blond Woman. I think she looked well , has a nice tan and said she was there to stop Amaral writing such lies and hindering the search for Madeleine !!!!!!

Panda wrote:

tanszi wrote:I don't think it is behind closed doors Panda.

tanzi, Kate has just been interviewed, walked off with a Blond Woman. I think she looked well , has a nice tan and said she was there to stop Amaral writing such lies and hindering the search for Madeleine !!!!!!

I thought the opposite.  To me, she looked like a worn out old hag, and came across as an obsessed, vindictive harpy.  Her little stunt has done her case no good at all.  At least Gerry had the good sense to stay well clear.

interested wrote:

jejune wrote:Why is Gerry staying at home to look after the children?  Kate McCann gave up her part-time GP job, but he's still an NHS cardiac consultant.  If all these people can travel with Kate to Portugal to support her, couldn't one of them have stayed in England to look after the children, so Gerry could be by his wife's side at this important time? It's obviously not a case of him not being to take that much time away from his job, if he's staying behind to take care of the twins.

Maybe he has hung her out to dry and twist slowly in the wind.

IMHO that was on the cards from the get-go. He would throw her under the bus without a second thought.

I think she looks so much older than she is.

I just watched her on ITV (with speakers firmly switched off).
She looked dog rough.

The Press and TV have shown very little interest in the McCanns now , especiaally when Scotland yard is spending so much taxpayers money and their reputation sullied by the Le Vell case and latest news that Cyril Smith WAS guilty of interfering with young lads but because he was an MP it was hushed up.

Kate is doing this for publicity, nothing else. How the Hell can she say she is in Portugal to stop Amaral telling lies and hindering the search,,,his book was written 3 years ago???? It will be interesting to know who the Solicitor is, I can't see Carter Ruck going to bat for the McCanns in Portugal. Could be
Smethurst, Director of NSU and Corporate Lawyer for Kennedy, I think he is a Solicitor.

http://news.sky.com/

This is the video of the Kate interview, it is quite dark which makes her look quite haggard.....how can she claim Amaral's book is still affecting the search for Madeleine?

sorry it's this one. http://news.sky.com/story/1140509/madeleine-mccann-kate-at-book-libel-hearing

seems that's the McCs though isn't it. Wont answer question, just want to say what they want and walk away. jimo.

Just had another report from Brunt. Mrs Hubbard said it was disgusting that Amaral's video showed the McCanns drinking with their friends as if they weren't bothered about their children. It is estimated that 160,000 copies of Amaral's Book were sold , if he only had a retainer and the Royalties he wouldn't have made that much. When asked what the McCanns would do if they were awarded the E1 million Kate said it would go into the fund and be used to search for Madeleine now the SY work is over. Do you think anyone will beleive this b*******.!!!!

The book isn't even in print in English. A lot of people probably didn't even know there was a book. It's all a bit mad. If it wasn't for the £1m that is.

MaryB wrote:The book isn't even in print in English.  A lot of people probably didn't even know there was a book.  It's all a bit mad.   If it wasn't for the £1m that is.

MaryB, if this is the best they can do , the McCanns will end up paying Amaral. How can Mrs Hubbard come out with such a stupid remark about them drinking in the Restaurant, the night Madeleine went missing the Tapas 9 had drunk 4 Bottles of wine, hardly enough to get them drunk is it.!!!

Your'e right , only the Portugese would have been able to read it , and how would the twins be affected, they wouldn't be able to read a children's book at that time in English. No wonder Gerry didn't go to Portugal . It's all very muted this time around, no hordes of Reporters and Cameramen , let's see what the press makes of it, so far the McCanns havn't made front page.

MaryB wrote:The book isn't even in print in English. A lot of people probably didn't even know there was a book. It's all a bit mad. If it wasn't for the £1m that is.

That's why they have changed the game play.....they are now saying it hindered the search in Portugal and turned the people against them.....they couldn't very well keep up the mantra off searching could they as we all know and the mccanns have prob read that the rest off the world have been looking.....

Talk about a sledgehammer to crack a nut !!!! The reason someone asked how many Books Amaral sold, 160,000 , was to highlight the E1 million claim made by the McCanns. When asked what she would do with the E1 million if she won Kate said it would go into the Fund to continue with the search for Madeleine. Somehow, that doesn't ring true does it when SY have spent 2 years and over £3 million and have not found any new leads .

From what we know so far , which is very little granted, the paucity of Witnesses suggests rats deserting a sinking ship.

If a crack team of SY detectives can't come up with the solution to what happened to Madeleine, I hardly think a few private detectives will do any better hence it's all a bit pointless putting more money in a fund to search for Madeleine. Search where may we ask?

MaryB wrote:If a crack team of SY detectives can't come up with the solution to what happened to Madeleine, I hardly think a few private detectives will do any better hence it's all a bit pointless putting more money in a fund to search for Madeleine.  Search where may we ask?

Morning Mary B, if the McCanns win this case I expect them to hotfoot it to the Bahamas for a month to search for Madeleine , then Canada, then Europe,
not forgetting to buy a Villa in PDL so Kate can feel near to her daughter.

Panda wrote:
Mrs Hubbard said it was disgusting that Amaral's video showed the McCanns drinking with their friends as if they weren't bothered about their children.

Yeah, but they were drinking with their friends and given their children were home alone, one can infer that they weren't bothered about them. So shut up Mrs Hubbard.

The truth hurts as my mother would have said.

Wintabells wrote:

Panda wrote:
Mrs Hubbard said it was disgusting that Amaral's video showed the McCanns drinking with their friends as if they weren't bothered about their children.

Yeah, but they were drinking with their friends and given their children were home alone, one can infer that they weren't bothered about them. So shut up Mrs Hubbard.

Highlighting the FACT that the Mcs WERE out drinking with all their friends, with ALL their children out of sight and alone, is extremely "UNHELPFUL and HURTFUL"

Waiting for the next 'shot in the foot' moment!

New film?
"Carry on Blagging"