For those who say this is an old news article, this is from today Portuguese Press something you won't find in the British Media aka McCanns Media who are censoring and just spinning Mitchell's Press Releases. Another thing I'm Not a Journalist I'm a Portuguese Citizen who cares about Justice.
The article:
23 May 2008
Ultimatum to the McCanns
PUBLIC MINISTRY FED UP OVER LACK OF COOPERATION FROM THE ENGLISH COUPLE
Ultimatum to the McCanns
Kate and Gerry and their seven friends have not yet accepted to come to Portugal on the 29th. The Public Ministry is going to accuse the couple of gross neglect
The Public Ministry has made the McCann couple an ultimatum: either the reconstitution of Madeleine's disappearance takes place on the 29th of May, or the Public Ministry moves forward with an accusation of gross neglect against the English couple.
The Polícia Judiciária has also let the McCanns know that "either all of them come [on the 29th], or none of them come", as the couple's spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, has admitted to 24Horas. All of them means Kate and Gerry and the seven friends who had dinner with them at the Tapas Nine restaurant, in Praia da Luz, on the evening of the 3rd of May 2007. Clarence Mitchell has admitted to 24Horas that the reconstitution is most likely not to take place on the 29th due to doubts from the friends (check article below). According to what 24Horas was able to report before, Kate and Gerry are to be accused, at least, of gross neglect and risk a penalty that could reach a sentence prison up to 10 years. "There has not been the slightest cooperation from those persons. Which is strange, coming from parents who are constantly telling the public that they want to find their missing daughter. This is an unusual type of behaviour. Any father or mother that lost a child would have great interest in cooperating with the authorities. But the truth is that from the McCanns, that type of help is inexistent. What they say is that they are willing to come to Portugal, but only under certain conditions", a source at the Judicial Court in Portimão, where the process is running its course, explained to 24Horas.
According to the same source, after the Public Ministry suggested the 15th and 16th of May for the diligence to be carried out, a new date was suggested for the 29th of May. But one week away from that date, the Portuguese authorities remain empty-handed. Neither Maddie's parents, nor the friends with whom they dined at the Tapas Bar, have given a sign.
Enough evidence
"We are convinced that the parents participated in the concealment of the little girl's corpse and that she is effectively dead. But the existing evidence is not enough to charge them with the child's murder. But we have more than enough evidence to charge them with neglect. They know that, and they do not return to Portugal, probably due to the fear of being arrested", said another judicial officer that is connected to the investigations. "One cannot understand the reasons for them - including the McCanns - trying to stall a reconstitution that will take, at the utmost, six hours to perform."
Facts
RESPONSIBLE.
If the Public Ministry advances with the gross neglect charges against the McCanns, Kate and Gerry will allege that they were "responsible parents" on the evening of the 3rd of May, Clarence Mitchell explained. That is the advice that was given by the couple's British and Portuguese lawyers.
Friends stall the PJ
The reconstitution of the facts that took place on the evening of the 3rd of May 2007 is not going to take place on the 29th anymore, due to issues that were raised by the McCanns' seven friends to the PJ. "We are at a phase during which the friends, one after another, are presenting their arguments to the Judiciária. They do not comprehend the reconstitution's purpose, one year after Maddie's disappearance". The friends "also think that more people should take part in the reconstitution, like the Ocean Club's employees and other witnesses". But Kate and Gerry, due to their arguido status, will come to Portugal if the PJ requests them to, he added. Caught by surprise by the fact that the Public Ministry may advance an accusation of gross neglect against the McCanns, Clarence questions: "Why this accusation now, one year after the facts? It sounds strange."
Source 24 Horas