Missing child in Portugal - Madeleine McCann - Page 2

flashy · 04-05-2007, 19:06

has anyone heard anymore about it? have they found her yet?

slinky · 04-05-2007, 19:10

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Originally Posted by flashytart

has anyone heard anymore about it? have they found her yet?

I haven't heard anything, but then again not seen a right lot of news since I finished work.

flashy · 04-05-2007, 19:15

nope, nothing yet

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...264104,00.html

grego · 04-05-2007, 20:09

There were also 2yr old twin boys in the room, what surprised me was the couple are both doctors, I must admit when I first saw the news I immediately thought the parents would be chavs.

slinky · 04-05-2007, 20:11

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Originally Posted by grego

There were also 2yr old twin boys in the room, what surprised me was the couple are both doctors, I must admit when I first saw the news I immediately thought the parents would be chavs.

Even the most professional parent can be a bad parent.

grego · 04-05-2007, 20:13

Yeah your right, family friends said they'd never leave them at home so why think its ok when you go on holiday.

Gayle · 04-05-2007, 20:16

Whilst I'm very sad that a child has been abducted I can't help but feel absolutely furious at the parents.

What's most annoying is that there are so many restaurants in tourist resorts that have no objection to kids coming along. In all the years we've been going abroad with the kids we've taken them out with us in the evening. To go out and leave your children behind is selfish and stupid.

grego · 04-05-2007, 20:18

I'm with you on that one Gayle, total stupidity, just hope she's found safe and well.

slinky · 04-05-2007, 20:20

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Originally Posted by grego

I'm with you on that one Gayle, total stupidity, just hope she's found safe and well.

Even if she is found safe and well I think the parents capabilities should be brought into question by the social services.

Less · 04-05-2007, 20:25

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Originally Posted by slinky

Even if she is found safe and well I think the parents capabilities should be brought into question by the social services.

There will be a perfectly acceptable reason why two such parents could leave their children alone, it is the rest of us, the uneducated masses that make it difficult for children to be left alone for long periods without them being safe!

grego · 04-05-2007, 20:27

It would be interesting to see if the parents are charged with neglect or not, hopefully there will be a happy ending to it but either way neglect is neglect.

garinda · 04-05-2007, 20:58

Madeleine, who turns four next Friday, and her two-year-old twin brother and sister Sean and Amelie were left in their apartment alone as their parents dined at the tapas restaurant 200 yards away.

The resort offered a creche service but the couple opted to leave the children sleeping at the apartment, taking turns to check on them at regular intervals.

http://www.channel4.com/news/article...ortugal/497577

I really hope this child is found safely, and that her parent's are then prosecuted. They even have the cheek to complain the police aren't doing enough to find her, after leaving three young children unattended whilst they enjoyed their dinner.
By the way, the regular interval was an hour after last checking, according to latest reports.

Traceyb37 · 04-05-2007, 21:00

Still no sign of her, how awful for the parents, but i would never have left my children alone not for one minute!
not in this day and age, when we were kids you could leave your door open and have no worries, it says they shut the shutters but left the windows and doors behind them unlocked!

Lets just hope she is found safe and well soon!

tracey

lillypad · 04-05-2007, 21:29

i totally agree who would leave a 3yr old i have a 2yr old girl and i would never dream of leaving her alone i would rather stop in and play scrabble which i'm rubbish at lol ,than leave her! i only have 2 babysitters that i would leave my kids with and thats there grandparents if they can't do it i stop in!!!! thats all there is to it. especially in a different country.

HOPE SHE IS SAFE AND WELL XX

slinky · 04-05-2007, 22:41

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Originally Posted by Less

There will be a perfectly acceptable reason why two such parents could leave their children alone, it is the rest of us, the uneducated masses that make it difficult for children to be left alone for long periods without them being safe!

yeah i know exactly what you mean Less.