Murderer’s son has turned life around

Rossendale Free Press
August 28, 2009

A Rawtenstall man who has turned his life around after his father was convicted of murder, is helping others come to terms with their own tragic experiences. Nick Castree’s father Ronald, of Shaw, Oldham, is serving life for killing schoolgirl Lesley Molseed in October 1975.

Continue Reading... Labels: Lesley Molseed, Rochdale, Ronald Castree, 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

Maddie paedo gets off

19 July 2009
News of the World

Convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett who has been linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will not be charged in connection with a sex attack in Britain 30 years ago. West Yorkshire cops flew to Germany to question Hewlett, 64, over the assault on an eight-year-old girl and took a DNA sample. He is unlikely to face any charges because he is dying of cancer. McCann detectives have not named him as a suspect, But they want him to account for his movements at the time the youngster vanished. He has not provided an alibi and has refused to speak to private detectives.

Continue Reading... Labels: DNA, FSS, Madeleine McCann, 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

Forensic checks on Maddie perv's van

27 June 2009
The Sun
Simon Hughes and Antonella Lazzeri

A van used by Maddie McCann suspect Raymond Hewlett will be "ripped apart" in a hunt for clues. Private detectives believe forensic checks could provide crucial evidence about the toddler's disappearance. The battered blue Dodge has been seized by cops in Germany, where paedo Hewlett, 64, is being treated for cancer. A source close to the probe added: "It will be ripped apart to look for a trace of Maddie."

Continue Reading... Labels: Clarence Mitchell, FSS, Madeleine McCann, Raymond Hewlett

Maddie cop in riddle of bank £100k

21 June 2009
Matthew Drake
The News of the World

One of the first Portuguese cops at the scene the night Madeleine McCann vanished is under investigation after £100,000 appeared in his bank account days after she went missing. He has been suspended while senior detectives probe his finances. Kate and Gerry McCann are aware of the new turn of events. Suspicions were raised after a corruption inquiry uncovered 12 large cash amounts being paid into two accounts under the cop's name. The payments began shortly after Madeleine disappeared from Praia da Luz on May 3, 2007. The cop claims his name was used to open accounts without his knowledge. The corruption probe began into alleged criminal and drugs offences by Algarve police. Kate McCann last night attacked convicted paedophile Raymond Hewlett for refusing to talk to investigators because they were unwilling to pay. He denies any connection with Madeleine.

Continue Reading... Labels: Madeleine McCann, paedophiles, Polícia Judiciária, Raymond Hewlett