Daily Mail columnist Allison Pearson aka Silly Old MooThis silly cow has written "I refuse to believe the McCanns are guilty".
Such refuse should go straight in the bin. I find it hard to believe that she actually gets paid for churning out such crap.
"The past few days of Kate McCann's life may have rewritten the definition of hell".
I hope she is going through hell, and so she should be, and if she is its a hell of her own making. She doesn't get my sympathy vote.
"Imagine coming home for the first time since your four-year-old daughter disappeared and walking into her bedroom to find her toys, her clothes, all her things exactly as she left them, maybe never to be touched by her again".
Madeleine was a 3 year old when she disappeared. I would rather imagine her coming home as a 4 year old, to find all her things exactly as she left them. But, I can't conjure up the image, and her things never to be touched by her again, because of what mummy has done to her.
"And then try to imagine, on top of such unspeakable sorrow, that there are people out there who believe that you killed your child, and that for four months you have simply been acting the part of a heartbroken mother".
I can only imagine Kate McCann feeling sorrow for herself. It is good that there are rational people out there and don't allow emotions to cloud their judgements believing that she has killed her child. If Kate McCann's acting had not been so pathetic it might have been deserving of an Oscar. I would cue the violin but the strings are broken.
"As if that weren't bad enough, the police and social services have just held a meeting to discuss the future of your two-year-old twins in the light of allegations against you and your husband.
"Sean and Amelie McCann taken into care ?
"My stomach actually churned at the thought that Kate might lose the babies who have given her a reason to get out of bed and generally pretend to go on living since she and Gerry lost Madeleine".
If that wasn't bad enough, child neglect and/or abandonment, we have a case of infanticide, and a stupid journalist suggesting that the police and social services should fail in their duties to hold meetings to discuss the level of risk such irresponsible parents are towards the 2 year old twins. Sean and Amelie McCann should be taken into care. My stomach actually churns at the thought of leaving them at the mercy of a psychotic killer. What if she decides to commit suicide and take them with her? Kate and Gerry didn't lose Madeleine like you would lose a 20 pence piece. They disposed of her body. Unless she was dumped out to sea her body is not lost. It's lying out there somewhere.
"It's such a grotesque idea. But over the past few days, the McCann story has gathered momentum so quickly that nothing seems shocking or impossible any more".
Yes, we can agree that infanticide is such a grotesque idea. Given that nothing seems shocking or impossible any more, how come you came up with the title for your piece "I refuse to believe that the McCanns are guilty"?
"Imagine how thrilled those literally clueless Portuguese cops were to be handed some inconclusive DNA evidence they could talk up to scapegoat the British visitors who had become such a pain in the backside".
I don't imagine that the Portuguese police are thrilled at having to investigate this gruesome case of infanticide. They may get some satisfaction at discovering clues which point towards the involvement of the McCanns. As I understand it, no DNA is 100% but that is not to say that whatever the match is it is necessarily inconclusive. It is only the innocent and not the guilty who are scapegoats. It is one thing to be a pain in the arse of the authorities, I have done this myself, but a media campaign started to hide ones guilt is not legitimate and a burden that the Portuguese police should not have had to bear. They have my sympathy.
"Overnight, Gerry and Kate found themselves trapped in a nightmare straight out of Franz Kafka. A world where lack of hard evidence is taken as proof of guilt and innocent explanations are twisted to fit our darkest suspicions.
"During an 11-hour interrogation, Kate's Bible, for heaven's sake, was used as proof against her because one passage about a sick child was crumpled.
"Since when in the Western world are devout Christians considered suspicious for reading the Bible?
"Now Kate and Gerry have been named as official suspects, it suddenly feels as if it's open season on the doctors from Leicestershire".
The McCanns situation is nothing like that experienced by Joseph K in Kafka's The Trial. He didn't know what the charge was, the McCanns know what the charges are in their case. If they are undergoing a nightmare, I would get some satisfaction, however, the pressure they are feeling is justified and they could ease their lot by simply confessing. They are not be questioned by the police because they read the Bible, for fucksake, but because they are responsible for Madeleine's disappearance. The mistake was not naming them as suspects from the outset. They have tried to throw the hunters off the scent, but they are not poor foxes, stags or grouse. They deserve all that is coming their way.
"As for Kate, she attracts suspicion for the sin of being nicely turned out. I actually heard one man complain that she wore a different, clean T- shirt every day and matching earrings...Look at Kate McCann. Notice the checked trousers that fitted her four months ago flapping on her emaciated frame. Watch her head lean with infinite tenderness into her baby daughter's face".
The silly cow criticises someone for pointing out Kate McCann's attire, and then goes on to try to defend her by saying look at her clothes! I got the impression that she was using the child's head to shield herself from the photographers. When the media was sympathetic towards her she couldn't get enough of it, now the tiger has turned she wants to hide her face.
"Can anyone really believe that woman killed the child she went through two gruelling years of IVF to conceive?
"That she then hid the small body and strolled down with her husband to enjoy dinner with friends?
"That Gerry and Kate, devoted parents by all accounts, loaded Madeleine's decaying body into the boot of a hire car four weeks later while they were busy courting the international media to help find their child?".
Yes.
"Whatever you may think about the error they made in leaving their children alone that night, these people are not Fred and Rose West".
Nobody is saying that they are Fred and Rose West. However, lets not sweep the child neglect and/or abandonment under the carpet shall we?
"The deed the McCanns are accused of would have required such black, cold-hearted evil that I refuse to believe they are guilty unless overwhelming evidence is uncovered".
We agree on the first part. There is already strong circumstantial evidence.
"Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told the BBC she had full confidence in the Madeleine investigation.
"Well, you're on your own, honey. The British Government should be expressing disquiet to the Portuguese about the sorry excuse for an inquiry into Madeleine's disappearance - and the subsequent outrageous attempt to bully Kate into a quick confession".
I doubt very much that she is on her own you stupid cow. It is no business of the British government how Portugal conducts its own inquiry into British citizens unlawful conduct. Even her own lawyer has said that no deal was offered and that she was not bullied during the police questioning. It's part of the job of the police to get confessions from suspects. Are you now advocating that child killers should be exempt from police questioning? That would be a first for a Daily Mail journalist!
"Debate is already turning to whether the McCanns, as they fight to clear their names, should be able to dip into the £1 million Madeleine Fund to pay for legal help.
"My answer, unhesitatingly, is yes. That money was given by the public to try to secure Madeleine's safe return".
My answer is no. They have already committed fraud by setting the fund up to deceive people, and criminals should not benefit from their crime. Once again, a Daily Mail journalist is acting a little odd to say the least.
"What hope of justice can there be for Madeleine if the only line of inquiry is into her beloved mother and father?".
More hope than pursuing a false abduction story put out by the McCanns.
