MADELEINE MCCANN – CONTINUA SEM SE PERCEBER O QUE ACONTECEU

No Reino Unido discute-se agora a hipótese de o caso do desaparecimento de Madeleine McCann ser divulgado antes da exibição do filme infantil «Shrek 3».
Este caso continua sem uma resposta, suficientemente fundamentada, sobre a questão essencial: está Madeleine McCann viva ou não?
O pai e a mãe da Madeleine dão relevo à hipótese de rapto, reafirmando a sua convicção de que Madeleine esteja viva. Até ao momento, ainda não se provou o contrário.




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« Madeleine cinema ad cleared


Mark Sweney
Wednesday August 22, 2007
MediaGuardian.co.uk
The advertising watchdog has cleared a controversial cinema advertisement about missing toddler Madeleine McCann after parents complained it was shown before a children's movie.
The Advertising Standards Authority received 23 complaints about the ad, shown in cinemas to appeal for help to in finding the four-year-old, who went missing in Portugal in May.
After it was screened before U-rated film Shrek the Third, some parents argued it was distressing to children and unsuitable to be shown in conjunction with a family film.

Nine of the complainants said that their children had been upset by the ad.
Framestore, the company that developed the ad, said the ad had been passed by the British Board of Film Classification to be aired in U-certificate films.
The company also argued the ad had been shown on television and on the internet and no complaints had been made.
Industry body the Cinema Advertising Association argued that the "subject matter, sober tone and non-sensationalist approach" meant it was suitable for a general audience including viewers of all ages.
The association also added that the ad had been timed to appear shortly before the school break, therefore securing an audience that might be heading abroad and potentially spot the missing child.
The ASA acknowledged that the "idea of a young child disappearing was likely to be inherently upsetting".
However, the watchdog considered that it did not contain "any distressing images or use sensationalist language".
It ruled that because the ad highlighted a well-publicised issue in this way it was not unsuitable to be shown before a U-certificate film, was not "socially irresponsible" and was "unlikely to cause undue fear and distress".
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(In «The Guardian»)



« Maddie cops tell parents to stay

By ONLINE REPORTERS
August 22, 2007

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DETECTIVES searching for missing Madeleine McCann have told her parents to stay in Portugal in case of developments.
Police spokesman Olegario Sousa raised hopes of a breakthrough in the 111-day case.
But confusingly, he also admitted for the first time that the Portuguese cops may close Maddie’s file.

Gerry, Kate and two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie were thought to be returning home to Rothley, Leics, next month, if she has not been found.

But news emerged today that they said Madeleine may be alive and in Spain.
Kate and Gerry McCann gave interviews to Spain’s three top-selling newspapers in which they insisted there was a “very real possibility” their daughter had not been killed.
This appears to go against recent Portuguese police statements acknowledging for the first time that Madeleine could be dead.
The couple refused to say whether police have told them the young girl could be in Spain, but their interviews will fuel speculation that detectives have a new lead.

Pledging to ensure his daughter would not “become a statistic”, Gerry told El Mundo: “There is a very real possibility that Madeleine is alive and we want the police to look for her.”
He went on: “The possibility that Madeleine is alive and in Spain is real. It is something we did not consider at the beginning, but now we are seriously weighing up.
“The border between the two countries is very big. If someone had a car, it is clear they could cross into Spain. There is no border guard and no one closed the border the night Madeleine disappeared.”
Asked if the couple had received concrete information from Spanish police, Gerry said: “They are involved in the investigation, but I cannot tell you what they are working on, they will have to tell you officially.”

Chief Insp Sousa said earlier: “If we do not have any definite culprit or culprits, the case will be sent to the archive.
“If new and important facts come to light, the investigation could be re-opened.”
Maddie, four, vanished from an apartment in Praia da Luz as her parents ate with pals nearby.
Portuguese cops have been criticised for blunders and lack of progress in the investigation.

But yesterday Chief Insp Sousa said he still believed his colleagues would solve the “complicated” case. He added: “We would love to have the culprit, find the girl and close the inquiry.”
He also revealed cops believe more than one person was involved in Maddie’s disappearance.
He said: “It’s natural that in a crime of this nature more than one person took part.” Last night a source close to the McCanns said: “Kate and Gerry are under the impression the case will never be closed. They are not prepared to give up.”
Meanwhile, GP Kate, 39, said: “What has happened seems too awful to be real.” And a pal on holiday with them denied rumours he would be arrested because he was absent for much of the meal the night Maddie went missing.
Dr Russell O’Brien told cops he was looking after his poorly child, and said officers had not been in touch. Gerry, 39, said: “We trust our friends.”
• THE advertising watchdog today rejected complaints that a “distressing” advertisement about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann should not have been shown before a children’s film.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 23 complaints about the short film, screened in cinemas before the U-rated movie Shrek the Third.
Angry parents also left hundreds of comments on the Mumsnet website to complain that their children had been upset by the advert.
Some objected that, having tried to protect their youngsters from news reports about Madeleine’s disappearance, they were confronted by it in the cinema.
The advert showed pictures of Madeleine with a voice-over explaining that she was “snatched” from her parents’ rented apartment in Portugal on May 3. »
(In «The Sun»)