Maddie: The patsy
Here we are, then. I wrote back in May of Maddie 'suspect' Raymond Hewlett:
This second element to the story is important - the dead can't sue; and "Did he take Maddie secrets to the grave?" stories are probably already being prepared for if and when he does succumb to his cancer. Sorry if this sounds brutal, by the way, but it's a brutal business.
And today:
'McCanns fear he will take his secrets to the grave' - strange, then, that when Hewlett offered to speak to their representatives, spokesman Clarence Mitchell said:
Mr Mitchell told Sky News: "He should have indicated yesterday that he was happy to talk to us."
Well no, it makes perfect sense. It's important not to talk to a dying man because he didn't speak to you on the particular day you wanted to, and therefore never find out what he wants to say, but then go on to worry that he might take his secrets to the grave. There's nothing contradictory in there, is there?
So, here we have it. Hewlett is forever going to be smeared with this crime. He probably didn't do it, and there's no evidence he did, but he's a paedo, he was in the same country, and so that'll just about do. He fits the bill, and the total and utter lack of evidence can be brushed under the carpet. And besides, he can't sue, so he's doomed.
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June 14th, 2009 - 12:06
He is the tabloids favourite and they are unlikely to break the habit of a lifetime and report things accurately, it has absolutely nothing to do with the McCanns, they are stuck in as bad a position as Hewlett, suddenly finding some guy presumeably already investigated being splashed all over the tabs as a possible suspect.
I feel sorry for them because if there is even the slightest possible chance he was involved that will give them sleepless nights even if the rational part of their brain knows that he is just a playing games.
I even felt sorry for Clarence Mitchell, when the news broke he sounded like he was trying to work out what the hell was going on.
So the McCanns paid investigators trooped off to Germany to speak to this guy they could probably not care less about and he says go away, changes his mind when they have gone and then changes it back again and although they really want to say oh sod off you creep, they have to go through them motions otherwise there would be a media outcry asking why the McCanns have stopped searching for their child.
Whatever happens you can rest assured the tabloids will make their Maddie pay day last as long as they can.