Daily Express report on Court Hearing 11/12/09

Beattie wrote: Martin Brunt said the reason the McCanns came to Portugal was because their Lawyer,
Isobel Duarte asked them to appear because she is aware that most of the Portugese population are anti
McCann and she needed their support.

One young Portugese guy interviewed said it was undemocratic to ban the book.

That much of the expensive Portugese PR company then

Weissnicht

Good Morning,

Yes, it is funny that the McCanns have to pay somebody to make them look appealing to the Portugese, what is
not funny is the way they have frittered away £3 million of public money . Think how well that would have been used by a reputable charity experienced in finding missing children.

I think they must have been furious that the Halligen business came to light just before this Hearing was due
to commence, their negligence in not properly looking after their children extends to not properly looking after
other people"s money as well.

Their Portuguese PR guy has all the subtlety of a strip-joint bouncer and compared to him they appear to be angels. This could be another fiendishly clever marketing ploy to make them look good.

T4two wrote:Their Portuguese PR guy has all the subtlety of a strip-joint bouncer and compared to him they appear to be angels. This could be another fiendishly clever marketing ploy to make them look good.

He looks like a "Sardine muncher" as John Parsons famously said of Amaral.

Sorry, I don"t think any of the McCann team thought of anything so subtle as the marketing ploy you suggest.!!