Setting the stage, perhaps?

Tell all before you die, Maddie suspect urged
Allan Hall in Berlin
9 December 2009
The Daily Express

A convicted paedophile wanted for questioning by detectives working for Madeleine McCann's parents is close to death, it was revealed yesterday. Sex fiend Raymond Hewlett, 64, can no longer speak because of throat cancer and lives in a council flat he shares with his partner in Aachen, Germany.

Continue Reading... Labels: David Edgar, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Max McLean, paedophiles, Peter Verran, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett, Ronald Castree, Scots Guard, Stefan Kiszko

Maddy's mother photographed boat she believes snatched girl

Maddy's mother photographed boat she believes snatched girl
9 August 2009
The Express on Sunday
James Murray

Kate McCann went to see a boat she believes was used in the abduction of their daughter, the Sunday Express can reveal today. Just a few days after Madeleine was snatched from the family's holiday apartment, a family friend had a "strong vision" that the child was on a boat moored in a nearby marina. Kate went to Lagos marina, a few miles along the coast from Praia da Luz where her daughter vanished on May 3, 2007, and photographed the boat and the man on board, a hand-written note in police files reveals.

Continue Reading... Labels: Arthur Cowley, David Edgar, DNA, FSS, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett

Are you delivering my new daughter?

8 August 2009
Daily Telegraph
Charles Miranda

``ARE you here to deliver my new daughter?'' This was the compelling question that sparked a dramatic new twist in the hunt for missing British toddler Madeleine McCann -- one that could bring investigators to Australia. Yesterday detectives revealed the precise words spoken by a woman with an Aussie accent to a British man in Barcelona three days after then four-year-old Maddie disappeared -- apparently having been snatched from a holiday apartment in Portugal in May 2007. Earlier it had emerged the mystery Australian woman -- who detectives are now trying to find -- was approached by a British businessman outside a bar in the marina area of Barcelona in Spain, 72 hours after Madeleine disappeared.

Continue Reading... Labels: David Edgar, DNA, FSS, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett

Has this woman the answer to what happened to Madeleine?

Aug 7, 2009
Daily Mail
Tom Kelly

This is the woman private detectives want to speak in the latest part of their twoyear search for Madeleine McCann.  She was seen by two men outside a bar in Barcelona looking agitated three days after the youngster disappeared.  'Glamorous and well turned out' and described by the two British men as a 'bit of a Victoria Beckham lookalike', she spoke to one of the men, telling him something that investigators believe indicates she may know what happened to Madeleine.

Continue Reading... Labels: Clarence Mitchell, David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett

KEY EVENTS IN MADELEINE CASE

5 August 2009
Press Association National Newswire

Here is a timeline of the key events since Madeleine McCann's disappearance.

Continue Reading... Labels: Arthur Cowley, David Edgar, DNA, FSS, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett, West Yorkshire Police

DNA clues delay in Maddie probe

Paul Fielding
21 July 2009
The Gazette

A former Blackpool soldier, linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, is unlikely to face charges over a sex attack 30 years ago.

Continue Reading... Labels: Alan Thompson, Arthur Cowley, Cindy Thompson, Crown Prosecution Service, David Edgar, DNA, FSS, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Peter Verran, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett, West Yorkshire Police

British monster off the hook in Maddie case

5 July 2009
Daily Star
Jonathan Corke
Dying Hewlett is ruled out by detectives

Child sex beast Raymond Hewlett has been ruled out as a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. But we can reveal investigators working for Maddie's parents are still looking at other British sex offenders. Top of the list is a paedophile who was living on the Algarve around the time she disappeared. Others were staying near the Praia da Luz resort she vanished from. A "local" Portuguese man is also being considered. A source said: "There were still a number of names put forward that are being looked at."

Continue Reading... Labels: Arthur Cowley, David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett

Madeleine sight denial

19 June 2009
Loughborough Echo

A convicted British paedophile has insisted he has only seen missing Rothley girl Madeleine McCann on posters and television. Suspect Raymond Hewlett, believed to have been in the area when Madeleine went missing, said: "I'd take a lie-detector test. I'll take any test you like. The only time I've seen Madeleine McCann is on missing posters. And I saw her on TV in a bar once. But I've never seen her in real life."

Continue Reading... Labels: Arthur Cowley, David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett

Maddy paedo said this was only vehicle he had

Maddy paedo said this was only vehicle he had;
But really he was driving a van similar to this.
19 June 2009
Daily Mirror
Stephen Moyes

PERVERT Raymond Hewlett's lies were unravelling last night as he faced renewed questioning over missing Madeleine McCann. The convicted paedophile rekindled suspicion after it was revealed he tried to mislead detectives over the vehicle he was driving at the time the youngster vanished.

Continue Reading... Labels: Alan Thompson, Arthur Cowley, Cindy Thompson, David Edgar, Ireland, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Peter Verran, Raymond Hewlett, Scots Guard, West Yorkshire Police

Maddie man issues denial

15 June 2009
Daily Post

A convicted British paedophile has insisted he had never seen missing Madeleine McCann other than in posters and on television. Raymond Hewlett, whom detectives working for the McCann family have tried and failed to interview, told a Sunday newspaper:

"I'd take a lie-detector test. The only time I've seen Madeleine McCann is on missing posters. And I saw her on TV in a bar once. But I've never seen her in real life."

Continue Reading... Labels: Arthur Cowley, David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett

Hewlett: I have never even met Maddie

15 June 2009
Metro

A convicted British paedophile has insisted he has never seen Madeleine McCann in person and had nothing to do with her disappearance. Raymond Hewlett, who admits being in Portugal when Maddie went missing in May 2007, said he had only ever seen her in publicity photographs. 'I'd take a lie detector test, I'll take any test you like,' he said. 'The only time I've seen her is on missing posters. And I saw her on TV in a bar once - but I've never seen her in real life.'

Continue Reading... Labels: David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett

I only saw Maddie on TV says pervert

15 June 2009
Belfast Telegraph
Tom Moynihan

A convicted British paedophile has insisted he has never seen missing Madeleine McCann other than in posters and on television. Raymond Hewlett, whom detectives working for the McCann family have tried and failed to interview, said: “I’d take a lie detector test. “I’ll take any test you like. The only time I’ve seen Madeleine McCann is on missing posters. And I saw her on TV in a bar once. But I’ve never seen her in real life.”

Continue Reading... Labels: Arthur Cowley, David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, No. Ireland, paedophiles, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett, West Yorkshire Police

McCann detectives criticise pervert's lawyer

15 June 2009
Leicester Mercury

Detectives hunting for missing Madeleine McCann have criticised a lawyer acting for a convicted paedophile they want to question. Pervert Raymond Hewlett, who is not a suspect but has been jailed three times for assaulting young girls, spoke instead to the Sunday Mirror. He said: "I'd take a lie-detector test. I'll take any test you like. The only time I've seen Madeleine McCann is on missing posters. And I saw her on TV in a bar once. But I've never seen her in real life." He also claimed to have an alibi for the day Madeleine vanished - but refused to say what it was.

Continue Reading... Labels: Arthur Cowley, Clarence Mitchell, David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett

I didn't kill her says paedophile

15 June 2009
Daily Express
Cyril Dixon
CONVICTED paedophile Raymond Hewlett broke his silence over missing Madeleine McCann yesterday, claiming: "I've never seen her in real life." The 64-year-old Briton, who was living in Portugal's Algarve when the youngster disappeared, had previously refused to talk about the case. But Hewlett, a former soldier who has served jail terms for sexually assaulting young girls, vowed to prove his innocence. "I'd take a lie-detector test. I'll take any test you like, " he said. "The only time I've seen Madeleine McCann is on missing posters. And I saw her on TV in a bar once. But I've never seen her in real life."

Continue Reading... Labels: Clarence Mitchell, David Edgar, DNA, FSS, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Peter Verran, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett, Scots Guard, West Yorkshire Police

Maddy team's bid to quiz paedophile fails

11 June 2009
Belfast Telegraph
Sam Marsden

Final attempts by private detectives searching for Madeleine McCann to interview a convicted British paedophile about her disappearance have failed. Retired police officers Dave Edgar, who served in Northern Ireland, and Arthur Cowley flew to Germany on Tuesday hoping to speak to Raymond Hewlett, who is said to have been staying an hour's drive from the McCann's Portuguese holiday flat when the little girl vanished. But negotiations between the private investigators and Hewlett's German lawyer broke down yesterday.

Continue Reading... Labels: David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, No. Ireland, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett

Maddie search inquiry setback

11 June 2009
Daily Post

Final attempts by private detectives searching for Madeleine McCann to interview a convicted British paedophile about her disappearance failed last night. Retired UK policemen Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley flew to Germany yesterday hoping to speak to Raymond Hewlett, who is said to have been staying an hour's drive from the McCanns' Portuguese holiday flat when the little girl vanished. But negotiations between the private investigators and Hewlett's German lawyer broke down.

Mr Edgar, who has been employed by Madeleine's parents, Liverpool-born Kate and Gerry McCann to look for their daughter, said he was "very disappointed" with the lawyer's behaviour. He went on: "I have been attempting to speak with Raymond Hewlett to eliminate him from our investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. "He is not a suspect but I was keen to interview him."

Continue Reading... Labels: Arthur Cowley, David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett

Interview fails

11 June 2009
Leicester Mercury

Final attempts by private detectives searching for Madeleine McCann to interview a convicted British paedophile about her disappearance have failed. Retired UK policemen Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley flew to Germany hoping to speak to Raymond Hewlett, who is said to have been near the Rothley family's Portuguese holiday flat when the little girl vanished. But negotiations with Hewlett's German lawyer over access have broken down.

Continue Reading... Labels: Arthur Cowley, David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett

Ex-RUC man in Maddie setback

11 June 2009
Belfast News Letter

A former RUC detective who is leading the hunt for Madeline McCann failed yesterday in his final attempt to interview a convicted British paedophile about her disappearance. Dave Edgar and his colleague Arthur Cowley flew to Germany to speak to Raymond Hewlett who is said to have been staying an hour's drive from the McCann's Portuguese holiday flat when the little girl vanished. But negotiations between the private investigators and Hewlett's German lawyer broke down.

Continue Reading... Labels: Arthur Cowley, David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, No. Ireland, paedophiles, Raymond Hewlett

DETECTIVES FAIL TO QUIZ PAEDOPHILE

11 June 2009
Liverpool Echo

FINAL attempts to question a convicted British paedophile about missing Madeleine McCann have failed. Retired UK policemen Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley flew to Germany this week hoping to speak to Raymond Hewlett. He was reportedly staying an hour's drive from the McCann's Portuguese holiday flat. But negotiations between the private investigators and Hewlett's German lawyer broke down yesterday. Mr Edgar, employed by Madeleine's mum and dad Kate and Gerry, said he was "very disappointed" with the lawyer's behaviour...

Continue Reading... Labels: Arthur Cowley, David Edgar, Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett

Is this the man who snatched Maddie?

7 June 2009
Sunday Independent
Andrew Walker

This paedophile’s likeness to the sketch of a Maddie suspect is uncanny – and he admits being just an hour away on the day that she disappeared. He protests his innocence, but he has a horrifying past. David Jones reports.

Continue Reading... Labels: Alan Thompson, Cindy Thompson, Clarence Mitchell, David Edgar, DNA, FSS, Ireland, Lesley Molseed, Madeleine McCann, Peter Verran, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett, Ronald Castree, Stefan Kiszko, Wayne Hewlett