A Scandal In The Algarve

Surely Not the Head Of Portuguese Detection?

Perhaps this is too lightweight a forum to address such horrendous matters but this has got me really really mad, and presumably most other people from The United Kingdom. (Although there are of course, a few cretins out there saying there is no smoke without fire and siding with certain factions)

It is clear, there is a cover up being attempted by certain factions in Portugal, in trying to frame the McCanns. Heaven knows why, but this is what is happening. I have a great liking for the Portuguese people, having spent several excellent holidays there. I hope the ordinary Portuguese people make it clear that they are not willing to swallow this disgraceful scandal.

The devastation on Kate McCann's face, clutching her missing child's toy on the beach, looking like her life is forever destroyed is good enough for me. I will take that on face value, and so should any other sane person with a heart. Would a devout Catholic (and I am in no way religious) go and meet their spiritual leader, The Pope and ask for his prayers in finding her, if she was culpable? I think not.

Of course I could be wrong but I doubt it. The most ridiculous thing is that The Certain Factions are saying that the McCanns accidentally killed her and then covered it up. If there was a tragic accident, Surely a couple as affluent, clever and wealthy would have gone straight to the authorities and reported it. At the very least, they would have contacted the British Embassy in Portugal. Accidents can and do happen all the time, you do not immediately start acting like you are in a tawdry Hollywood movie.

This attitude of certain factions in wanting an open and shut case simply beggars belief. Creating a grotesque melodrama out of an appalling case is contemptable. And all the time the world looses focus on the only important thing, finding poor Madeleine.

Over to you, New Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, say that the UK will not make the McCann's stand trial, and refuse extradition. This can no longer be tolerated. Have The McCann family not suffered enough?