Asha
09-07-2007, 08:41 AM
For anyone who's been following the dissapearance of poor Madeleine McCann, this is a change you might find interesting..
I understand any route previously unchecked must be looked into before a case can be closed but I feel especially bad for both parents right now.
Even some portugese hecklers were waiting outside the police station to jeer at them.
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Source: http://news.aol.co.uk/madeleines-mum-to-be-formal-suspect/article/20070907035509990001
Kate McCann expects to be named as a formal suspect by police investigating the disappearance of her daughter Madeleine, a family spokesman says.
Mrs McCann, 39, spent almost 11 hours being quizzed by police in Portugal. A family spokesman said she expected to be made an "arguido" - a formal suspect - when she returns for further questioning.
Until now there has only been one arguido in the case - expatriate Briton Robert Murat.
"She is shocked and surprised in several ways. First of all that such an accusation could be made against her. And obviously she is concerned that such a line of investigation can become a distraction from further attempts to find Madeleine"
- Family spokesman
Mrs McCann was questioned at the headquarters of the Policia Judiciaria - Portugal's CID - in the city of Portimao on Thursday.
Before she left the police station, detectives told her they had further questions to ask her which would require her to be given arguido status, the family spokesman said.
Mrs McCann's husband Gerry is due to be interviewed by officers separately.
Under Portuguese law, an arguido has certain legal protection that is not extended to a witness, including the right to remain silent during questioning and the right to legal representation.
It is not uncommon for people caught up in criminal investigations in Portugal to declare themselves arguidos in order to receive this protection.
The family spokesman said: "Just before the session ended (on Thursday night) they made it clear they had some further questions to ask which would require her to be in arguido status rather than just witness status."
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He could not confirm what these questions were, or whether Mr McCann will also be made an arguido when he reports to the police station later. Mrs McCann is said to be upset at the development, and she looked drawn and tired when she left the police station.
The spokesman said: "She is shocked and surprised in several ways. First of all that such an accusation could be made against her. And obviously she is concerned that such a line of investigation can become a distraction from further attempts to find Madeleine."
Four-year-old Madeleine went missing from her bed in her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz on May 3 while her parents dined in a nearby restaurant.
Mrs McCann, a GP from Rothley in Leicestershire, has only been formally interviewed by police once before, on the day after Madeleine disappeared.
Portuguese detectives have questioned her husband, a 39-year-old cardiologist, on two occasions. But neither had been questioned at such length before now or given arguido status.
And police have until now always stressed that they were being spoken to as witnesses.
I understand any route previously unchecked must be looked into before a case can be closed but I feel especially bad for both parents right now.
Even some portugese hecklers were waiting outside the police station to jeer at them.
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Source: http://news.aol.co.uk/madeleines-mum-to-be-formal-suspect/article/20070907035509990001
Kate McCann expects to be named as a formal suspect by police investigating the disappearance of her daughter Madeleine, a family spokesman says.
Mrs McCann, 39, spent almost 11 hours being quizzed by police in Portugal. A family spokesman said she expected to be made an "arguido" - a formal suspect - when she returns for further questioning.
Until now there has only been one arguido in the case - expatriate Briton Robert Murat.
"She is shocked and surprised in several ways. First of all that such an accusation could be made against her. And obviously she is concerned that such a line of investigation can become a distraction from further attempts to find Madeleine"
- Family spokesman
Mrs McCann was questioned at the headquarters of the Policia Judiciaria - Portugal's CID - in the city of Portimao on Thursday.
Before she left the police station, detectives told her they had further questions to ask her which would require her to be given arguido status, the family spokesman said.
Mrs McCann's husband Gerry is due to be interviewed by officers separately.
Under Portuguese law, an arguido has certain legal protection that is not extended to a witness, including the right to remain silent during questioning and the right to legal representation.
It is not uncommon for people caught up in criminal investigations in Portugal to declare themselves arguidos in order to receive this protection.
The family spokesman said: "Just before the session ended (on Thursday night) they made it clear they had some further questions to ask which would require her to be in arguido status rather than just witness status."
news headlines
He could not confirm what these questions were, or whether Mr McCann will also be made an arguido when he reports to the police station later. Mrs McCann is said to be upset at the development, and she looked drawn and tired when she left the police station.
The spokesman said: "She is shocked and surprised in several ways. First of all that such an accusation could be made against her. And obviously she is concerned that such a line of investigation can become a distraction from further attempts to find Madeleine."
Four-year-old Madeleine went missing from her bed in her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz on May 3 while her parents dined in a nearby restaurant.
Mrs McCann, a GP from Rothley in Leicestershire, has only been formally interviewed by police once before, on the day after Madeleine disappeared.
Portuguese detectives have questioned her husband, a 39-year-old cardiologist, on two occasions. But neither had been questioned at such length before now or given arguido status.
And police have until now always stressed that they were being spoken to as witnesses.