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Hi...I will...Murat's works with the police and I believe the police told him to say this.  I also believe there is a good reason why the PJ have stayed away from him and his mom's house for all these months.

If he really did have nothing to do with this case, and has nothing to hide...and his life was really being ruined by this event...why not move back to the UK? or at least leave the town.

I think there is something in that home that he does not want outsiders to know.   I believe that his 'aguido' status is only there to protect him and his friends, and to keep outsiders away.

From what I know he is free to leave the home whenever he wishes...yet he stays right there.

Brian

Old news report...

25 May 2007 18:09 BST

By Alison Roberts
BBC News, Algarve

More than three weeks after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from an apartment in the resort of Praia da Luz, the only man formally declared a suspect by Portuguese police is holed up at home, with no sign of evidence emerging to arrest or charge him or anyone else.

Robert Murat faces no restrictions on his movements - something that could only be imposed by a judge - and has, through family and friends, protested his innocence.

But he has remained out of sight of journalists who are still staking out the short stretch of tarmac between his home and the block from where Madeleine disappeared on 3 May.

Robert Murat's mother Jenny, describing her son's state of mind as "desperate", told the BBC he was "pacing up and down all the time".

Tuck Price, who has known him for a decade, said his friend "just wants to get his own life back on track and back to normal".

He dismissed the idea that Mr Murat's involvement in the early stages of the investigation, when he acted as an interpreter, might have had ulterior motives.

"Robert was sometimes overeager in his help, but that's all," he told the BBC. "That's just his nature and I think that in this world we should be grateful for people like Robert around, who do help."

Police have confirmed that the suspect helped out with translations early on in the investigation, but said he had access only to "minor elements".

On Friday, they went further, dismissing reports that he had acted as interpreter for the McCanns themselves - and thus been in a position to mistranslate - when the couple were interviewed by police.

Gerry McCann, asked this week by journalists whether the couple had met Mr Murat, declined to comment.

In Portugal, witnesses may not comment on ongoing criminal investigations.

Mr McCann did say, however, that he hoped the media and public would not rush to judgment on anyone.

"As a family we hope that all suspects are treated as we would be - innocent until charged and convicted," he said.

So far, it is clear, forensic tests have not shown any link between Madeleine's disappearance and Robert Murat.

Artur Rego, a local lawyer, expressed surprise that Robert Murat had been declared a suspect by police before they had sufficient evidence to arrest him.

In an interview with the BBC, he said: "I believe that if one single hair of Madeleine had been found in the house he would have been arrested by now."

No date has been given for the expected completion of tests on samples taken from the McCanns' apartment, the Murats' house, and other premises searched over the past two weeks, and police have made clear they may not announce them anyway. Police have, however, linked Mr Murat with witness sightings of a man seen near the McCanns' apartment on the night of Madeleine's disappearance.

I want to point this out...Murat called Sergey the same night Madeleine went missing...this would have to been very late for a professional call.  It very possible that Sergey might be involved in setting up websites that deal in the selling of under age pornography. 

Watch this interview with Sergey, he claims he barely known's Robert, and just on a professional basis.

What profession is he referring to? and could be be related to the recent internet child pornography raids in the area?

Murat did not call him to ask about setting up a find Madeleine site, so what else could it have been about?

Then days later, this story reports that three computers found in Murats home contained links to pedophile website and encrypted emails and messages...yet Murat was not charged?

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They are also interested in phone contact that same night between the suspect and Sergey Malinka, a 22-year-old Russian man questioned by police a few days after Mr Murat who has told journalists that their relationship was purely professional. The timing and content of any call or calls between the two men is not clear.

Portuguese police said the line of investigation that led to their declaring their one suspect remains their main one, although they say "two or three" others are still open. Among leads still being investigated is a sighting in northern Morocco of a blonde girl, accompanied by a man, at a petrol station on the highway near Marrakesh, reported to the British authorities by a Norwegian woman who only knew of Madeleine on leaving Morocco, several days after the little girl's disappearance.

Interpol is co-ordinating ongoing contacts between police in Portugal, the UK and Morocco. This is just one of several aspects in which British police have been involved.

From the early days, two officers from Leicestershire were in Praia da Luz and Portimao, and others have since joined them.  Numbers have fluctuated but there are currently five British specialists based in Portugal, while the Portuguese have one in Leicestershire.

Back in Britain, police said today that they had received 330 photos and 755 phone calls from the public in response to Monday's appeal for people who had been in Praia da Luz in the two weeks before Madeleine's disappearance to send any snaps that portrayed any individuals they thought looked "out of place" or suspicious.

While the Portuguese retain control of the investigation, this is just one of several signs of British police playing an active role amid reports of frustration on the part of the McCann family that the investigation is taking so long. A spokesman for Kate and Gerry McCann confirmed that "at times it can be frustrating" for them, "especially when their questions take time to be answered", although he stressed that the McCanns were aware of the legal restrictions.

"The only thing that will make them happy is Madeleine's safe return," he added.

On Thursday, the McCanns released some poignant holiday snaps of their own, including the last photograph taken of Madeleine before her disappearance in which she sits beside her sister Amelie and her father as she smiles and dangles her feet in a pool.

The same day, when the McCanns were again visited by Britain's ambassador to Portugal, John Buck, a Portuguese detective was sent in to brief them on the investigation as far as was possible, according to a police spokesman. As for criticisms by the British press of local detectives' work, Portuguese police maintain these have been caused largely by a lack of information about or misunderstanding of local procedures and legal restrictions.

"That's not going to affect our work," said Chief Inspector Olegario de Sousa.

"It's natural for our officers to feel hurt by these criticisms, but it has just made us more determined. We shall work, remain calm and keep a cool head."

Local police are, however, clearly relieved that journalists are trickling away from the scene, leaving them to focus on their work out of the media spotlight, as they are accustomed.

Murat Pleads With Portuguese Police

Updated: 09:01, Saturday October 13, 2007

The first person to be named an official suspect over Madeleine McCann's disappearance has broken his silence.

Robert Murat remains an 'aguido'

Robert Murat, an "arguido" for five months, has pleaded with Portuguese police to finally clear him of suspicion.

But his brief admission in a television interview may land the British expat in trouble with the authorities.

Police restrictions on the 33-year-old include a ban on interviews with the media.

Mr Murat, who lives with his mother Jenny Murat less than 100 metres from the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz where Madeleine went missing, spoke only briefly.

"It's five months, my savings have gone. Mum is doing what she can. It is just very, very difficult," he told the BBC.

The property consultant gave the interview with family members by his side, in a direct plea to the Portuguese Police to finally clear his name.

Mr Murat's cousin, Sally Eveleigh, who runs a local guesthouse, said normal life has been impossible since being taken in for questioning by police 11 days after Madeleine disappeared on May 3.

She urged Portuguese police to finally remove Mr Murat's formal status.

"Five months down the line, he hasn't heard from the police for three months, and there's no evidence against him," she said.

"He hasn't seen his daughter for over five months. He has no finances now, all his savings are gone and he needs to rebuild his life."

After his first night of questioning at the local headquarters of the Policia Judiciaria (PJ) in the town of Portimao Mr Murat was declared an arguido.

Although police took him in for further questioning later and carried out new searches over the summer, he has never been formally arrested or charged.

Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate, were themselves declared arguidos last month after tests on DNA samples found in their hire car were taken as suggesting Madeleine's body had been transported in the vehicle.

Like Mr Murat, they strenuously deny any involvement.

Robert Murat remains an 'aguido'

Robert Murat, an "arguido" for five months, has pleaded with Portuguese police to finally clear him of suspicion.

But his brief admission in a television interview may land the British expat in trouble with the authorities.

Police restrictions on the 33-year-old include a ban on interviews with the media.

Mr Murat, who lives with his mother Jenny Murat less than 100 metres from the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz where Madeleine went missing, spoke only briefly.

"It's five months, my savings have gone. Mum is doing what she can. It is just very, very difficult," he told the BBC.

The property consultant gave the interview with family members by his side, in a direct plea to the Portuguese Police to finally clear his name.

Mr Murat's cousin, Sally Eveleigh, who runs a local guesthouse, said normal life has been impossible since being taken in for questioning by police 11 days after Madeleine disappeared on May 3.

She urged Portuguese police to finally remove Mr Murat's formal status.

"Five months down the line, he hasn't heard from the police for three months, and there's no evidence against him," she said.

"He hasn't seen his daughter for over five months. He has no finances now, all his savings are gone and he needs to rebuild his life."

After his first night of questioning at the local headquarters of the Policia Judiciaria (PJ) in the town of Portimao Mr Murat was declared an arguido.

Although police took him in for further questioning later and carried out new searches over the summer, he has never been formally arrested or charged.

Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate, were themselves declared arguidos last month after tests on DNA samples found in their hire car were taken as suggesting Madeleine's body had been transported in the vehicle.

Like Mr Murat, they strenuously deny any involvement.

Revealed: The nanny who could help clear the McCanns' name

Last updated at 22:46pm on 13th October 2007

The nanny: Catriona Baker poses in her Mark Warner T-shirt

She was interviewed for just three hours by police on the morning after Madeleine's disappearance. This compares with the four-and-a-half hours endured by Charlotte Pennington, another nanny at the resort who was witness to Kate's 'hysterical' reaction to Madeleine's disappearance.

The Mail on Sunday has also learned that within 24 hours of that interview Ms Baker was dispatched by Mark Warner to take up a new position in the Greek resort of San Agostino along with four other members of staff.

They were all linked to the seven holidaymakers who had eaten in the resort's tapas restaurant with Kate and Gerry McCann on the night of Madeleine's disappearance.

It is believed Ms Baker has since been reinterviewed by both British and Portuguese police but she has been told not to comment on the investigation.

The young nanny, described as 'fun and vivacious', has been deeply affected by Madeleine's disappearance, telling friends of nights without sleep and a complete loss of appetite.

Writing to one concerned friend nine days after Madeleine disappeared, she admitted: 'I was her nanny, so it's been tough for me, you wouldn't recognise me.

'It's hit me so hard I've hardly slept or eaten. My mum came to see me, but transferring me to "San Ag" has put me back at stage one as I am so stressed again.

'Love you loads, thanks for writing. I'm sorry I haven't been in touch, I have not been out of the house much.'

To another she added: 'Thanks so much for your support ... I am trying to cope, but not really liking "San Ag"... I don't plan on staying here. If they don't send me back to Portugal. I'll go home.'

She had been introduced to Gerry and Kate McCann on the first evening of their holiday at the Ocean Club resort as Madeleine's designated nanny and had developed a 'good relationship with the couple and especially with Madeleine', according to a friend.

On the day Madeleine disappeared Ms Baker had spent nearly six hours with the toddler, along with five other children aged between three and five. Two of those are believed to have been the children of the McCanns' friends, David and Fiona Payne.

Madeleine and her two-year-old twin siblings, Sean and Amelie, were placed in the resort's Kids Club, where Ms Baker worked, at around 10am while their parents took a stroll before collecting them at 12.30pm for lunch back at the apartment.

In the afternoon, the McCanns played tennis while Madeleine went back to her nanny at the children's club, who gave her tea at 5.30pm. Madeleine, Sean and Amelie were picked up by their parents at 6pm.

Ms Baker was not with the McCanns when the alarm was sounded over Madeleine's disappearance just before 10pm. However, she joined the search shortly after 11pm after completing her duties as a night babysitter.

Mark Warner did not return Ms Baker to Portugal from Greece and she has since left the company. She is now a live-in nanny looking after three children. Her location is being withheld on the request of the McCanns.

Ms Baker refused to comment about the investigation into Madeleine's disappearance, adding: 'I don't want to go through it again.'

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Thank You...Brian

Dear Brian, found a couple of interesting pieces indicating that problem is huge in Belgium and portugal (which we knew but interesting anyway)... also why do i keep thinking there is a connection to Belgium?

Best wishes, CL

September 18, 2007

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Thanks CL and will post this information.

Brian

It seems likely that whoever abducted Madeleine McCann would have removed her from Portugal. The most likely destination for her to be taken would be where the best price would be paid for an abducted child, and that, within Europe, would suggest Belgium, where child abuse is big business.

Also there has been a good potential sighting of Madeleine there. Click the link 'Belgium' to read the details. And click on the picture to expand.

The problem is that however bad the Portuguese Police are, the Belgian Policeare even less willing to tackle paedophile child abductors.

Anyone who doubts the seriousness of losing an abducted child into Belgium should look around Brussels at the extraordinary numbers of missing children notices, at many tram stops and stations across the City.

Welcome to the paedophile capital of the EU, where children disappear, and the government does nothing.

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These events produced great agitation among the Belgium populace. Many concluded that the police could not be so stupid as to miss so many opportunities to detect Dutroux' activities and arrest him. They concluded that a massive protection operation had been in place to protect politicians, officials in high places, and the child sexual abuse ring. They also believed that the government, police and courts were currently involved in a hush-up. Many public demonstrations were held.

PORTUGUESE POLICE LATEST

The Portuguese Police, instead of doing their job properly, are determined to bury the McCann case by playing politics and accusing the McCanns. As I've written in post below 'Portuguese Paedophiles Operate Unchecked By Police', their record on preventing paedophile abduction is about the same as Belgium's.

(any Brits reading this should be wondering if we really want to sign the EU Constitution and be subject to European criminal law, which allows prosecutions to take place without the need to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. It is up to the accused to prove their innocence, which is not assumed. Prosecutors need only show guilt on a balance of probabilities. As Police are well known for their skills manufacturing false evidence, what chance does anyone have without even a jury? The McCanns are forced to fight politically to establish their innocence. The criminal justice system in the EU is misnamed. It should be called the Criminally Unjust System - or maybe The Paedophiles' Charter. The relationship between European Police and organised criminals described in the above links, is highly suspect)

LATEST ON PORTUGUESE POLICE SHAMBLES -

The official Portuguese police spokesman in the Madeleine McCann case, who resigned last weekend, has told friends he was 'unhappy' and 'exasperated' by leaks to Portuguese media by junior officers involved in the case. He also told a former colleague he was "always worried the evidence against the McCanns was weak". Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa said that the leaks were intended to push Kate and Gerry McCann into confessing they had killed their daughter. (Sunday Telegraph - 21.9.07)

October 1st - There is an attempted news 'deflection' created every few days to try to stop people from making the deduction that the Portuguese Police were told from high up to mess up the investigation, and cover up. As to how high up the chain the cover-up might go, see this

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EU Commission President Barroso Assisted Portuguese Paedophiles

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JOSE BARROSO, PRESIDENT OF THE EU COMMISSION

In this article from The Independent in 2003, the true story of how far paedophilia is controlled from inside Portugal's powerful elite is told. If those who govern the country are paedophiles out of control, that explains why the Police are doing nothing to help the Mccanns find Madeleiene, and why charges are being brought to silence the McCanns and try to make them go away.

The current head of the EU Commission, EU President Barroso was the Portuguese PM at the time and it was he that ordered an enquiry into the paedophilia that had come to light amongst Portugal's elite. However Portuguese child abuse experts say that he must have known all about the paedophilia going on before as they had told him often enough.....

From a report 'After the paedophile allegations were first published, Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso ordered an investigation. Jorge Sampaio, the President and a Socialist Party leader, proclaimed, “The impunity which for decades on end has made this case a shame for us all will finally end ... Faced with the horror that so many children, who were entrusted to us to be educated and cared for, were victimised it is necessary to declare here that the guilty will be severely punished.”

He implored Portuguese citizens to trust the justice system saying, “We have to hope that our institutions work.”

However, a spokeswoman from Portugal’s Innocence in Danger charity said the organisation had been warning about child abuse for years in Portugal but there had been a virtual “media blackout”.

“It is no good President Sampaio and Parliament sounding off about the problem now and appearing to be knights in shining armour,” the spokeswoman continued. “They, like the police, must have known about the widespread abuse of children in Portuguese institutions for years. They have been warned often enough by charities such as ours but for reasons best known to themselves have remained silent.'

Gordon Brown Goes Quiet

I imagine that the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who offered to help the McCanns, must know that the Head of The EU Commission must be involved in covering up paedophilia. He seems not to be saying anything now the McCanns really need his help, and the Portuguese Paedophiles are really showing their strength - even able to muscle the Police into bringing nuts charges against the McCanns.

Is Brown now too joining the conspiracy of silence in EU governments about how far into government paedophilia goes, and how criminal gangs make millions from the trade in abducted children - many abducted to order by clients who have already seen their photographs?

News organisations also must know what is going on. They too seem not to have the courage to report what they must know to be the truth.

Europe's paeophiles know they are safe, with even the President of The EU Commission acting to help them in the past. With paedophile sympathisers at the very top of the EU, what chance do the McCanns have? No wonder Gordon Brown has now gone silent.

Meanwhile kids carry on getting abducted, few seen again. As for Madeleine and thousands like here, Barroso knows the truth, but does nothing.

LATEST ON PORTUGUESE POLICE COVER-UP - The official Portuguese police spokesman in the Madeleine McCann case, who resigned last weekend, has told friends he was 'unhappy' and 'exasperated' by leaks to Portuguese media by junior officers involved in the case. He also told a former colleague he was "always worried the evidence against the McCanns was weak". Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa said that the leaks were intended to push Kate and Gerry McCann into confessing they had killed their daughter. Sunday Telegraph 21.9.07.

The only question is how far up the chain of command does the cover up go.

10.15.2007

I'm very concerned about the current search being performed by the PJ.

It's seems they are focusing completely on looking for a body and not a live child...if this information is correct, they are more than certain that the McCann's know what happened to her.

I ask anyone in the area to please keep an eye on what they are doing, especially anyone coming in to and out of Murat's house.

I have no reason to believe that Madeline is dead, and if she is alive and in the area, now is a very good time to watch everything going on.

A video camera or camera phone would be something very useful as well.

I believe that some members of the the PJ are so desperate to frame the McCann's, rather than expose what's really going on, they make take any action necessary to do so.

I will be there as soon as my passport arrives...if I do not have it by the end of the day (it's 2AM here), I will tomorrow call and find out what's taking so long.

Brian

Brain they are not looking in homes!!! they never looked in homes!!! they are digging!!  I'm scared that they will hurt Maddy soon!! please get over here!!

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Hi, will be there as soon as I can.

Brian

Hey Brian,

I thought I should send this to you this article. Very interesting... I wonder if the restauraunt owner's statement is recent or if she gave it to police months ago.

Thanks for all you do,

Jane

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Thanks Jane, will post this news report.

MADELEINE: KIDNAP LINK TO RUSSIAN MAFIA GANG

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Thanks Natasha, Jane just send me a copy of the news report.

If any (corrupt) member of the PJ that's involved in this matter, the only way for the truth to come out is a confession...and that's what I'm hoping and working for.

From what I know erasing a hard drive can be recovered but it depends for what type of format was used (full/quick) and then how long it was used after this.

Some programs can wipe a hard drive completely using many passes of zeros and ones...this can take a very long time.

Brian

Tuesday October 16,2007

By David Pilditch in Praia da Luz and Tom Whitehead in London

MADELEINE McCann may have been kidnapped by an international paedophile network linked to Russia and lawless former Soviet states.