Bennett & Butler launch New Vexatious Attacks On Kate and Gerry McCann

Monday 13 July 2009
Chairman,
Fitness to Practise Committee,
General Medical Council,
St. James’s Buildings
79 Oxford Street
MANCHESTER
M1 6FQ.


Dear Sir/Madam
re: Fitness to Practise: Dr Gerald McCann and Dr Kate McCann (formerly Dr Kate Healy)
I write to bring to your attention a report about the above couple, both doctors, published in the Sunday People yesterday.
Dr Gerald McCann and Dr Kate McCann are the parents of Madeleine McCann, who was reported missing by her mother at around 10.00pm on Thursday 3 May 2007. The circumstances of her disappearance remain mysterious and as yet unsolved. They were made official suspects of involvement in their daughter’s disappearance in September 2007, a status that lasted until July 2008 when the Portuguese judicial authorities concluded that at that time there was insufficient evidence to charge them or anyone else with a crime against Madeleine.

Yesterday, the Sunday People published an article based on what they said was a 34-page libel writ served in Portugal against Goncalo Amaral. The McCanns and their advisers have already announced in the press that they intended to sue Mr Amaral for libel. Mr Amaral was the senior investigating officer in the case until he was removed from the investigation in controversial circumstances in October 2007. A month earlier, he was the man responsible for declaring the McCanns to be official suspects in their daughter’s disappearance.
The Sunday People says it has translated the libel writ from the Portuguese. The McCanns are claiming damages of £1 million from Mr Amaral. I wish to bring to your attention the medical and psychological condition of these two doctors, one of whom continues to practise, and both of whom we understand to be on the GMC Register.
The writ says of Dr Kate McCann that she is ‘deeply and seriously depressed”. The writ goes on to describe both of the McCanns as suffering from:

permanent anxiety

insomnia

lack of appetite

irritability
indefinable fear


In the writ, according to the Sunday People, the McCanns further describe both of themselves as:

“totally destroyed”

“irreparably damaged”, and
“totally destroyed from a moral, social, ethical, emotional and family point of view”


The question that arises is whether either of these doctors is fit to practise or indeed to remain on the GMC Register, at least until these serious psychological problems, suggestive of mental illness, subside. We suggest that the appropriate committee of the GMC should consider (a) suspending them from the GMC until a psychiatrist deems that they have recovered from the above symptoms and (b) providing them with the expert psychiatric help and counselling that anyone exhibiting such severe symptoms should receive from the N.H.S. Presumably if the McCanns are exhibiting these symptoms there are reports available from their G.P. or a psychiatric specialist confirming those symptoms.
The other possibility of course, is that the McCanns are grossly exaggerating the extent of their depression or even lying about it, in order to make as much money as possible from Mr Amaral. If that were the case, there would definitely be a whole series of other questions about their fitness to remain in practice and remain on the GMC Register. Many videos and still images exist of the McCanns laughing and joking and appearing to be anything but severely depressed. That would suggest at least the possibility that they have deliberately exaggerated their sadness at and reaction to the loss of Madeleine in order to make as much money as possible from their proposed libel action.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to enclose a complimentary copy of a book written by Tony Bennett, titled: “What Really Happened to Madeleine McCann? - 60 reasons which suggest she was not abducted”. The book suggests that the McCanns’ claim that Madeleine was abducted runs counter to a mass of evidence. Its conclusion is precisely the same as that of Mr Amaral, whose book: ‘A XXXXXX XX XXXXXX’, (“The Truth About A Lie”), explains that the evidence suggests that Madeleine McCann died in her parents’ apartment and that her body was subsequently hidden or otherwise disposed of. I should add at this point that a great many British people would categorically refuse to be treated by either of the McCanns because of what they have seen of them on TV, or read about them in newspaper articles, or in Mr Bennett’s booklet. For them, the issue is trust. They do not feel that they can trust the McCanns.
It is vital for both the medical profession and for the patient that patients have complete trust that their doctors are trustworthy. A clear example among many of why the McCanns cannot be trusted is that initially they claimed that an abductor had jemmied open the shutters to their apartment to gain entrance. Only when this was exposed as patently untrue did they then change their story, now claiming that the abductor must have entered by an open patio door and escaped with Madeleine out of a small window. These are matters we know have been brought to your attention by many others apart from us. We trust that you will take appropriate action with regard to the McCanns and their fitness to practise, taking account the contents of this letter and all the other evidence about their fitness to practice which is available to you.
Finally, I understand that there may be a form on which official complaints should be submitted. If such a form exists, please could you send me two copies of such a form, one for each doctor.

Yours sincerely,
Debbie Butler
Chairman
The Madeleine Foundation

Rosiepops wrote:Hi everyone, just to reassure you that there is plenty that can be done and rest assured it IS being done!

I am not being funny here, I am being deadly serious! Bennett appears to be suffering delusions and these delusions appear to be getting worse and has totally lost his grip on reality. He could be classed as a direct danger to the McCanns, the danger to their reputations is clear and evident and would be enough to section him, but it is obvious that he could be construed a danger because he is now posting on an internet hate forum, where direct threats to the McCanns and to Clarence Mitchell have been made and not only this, direct threats to other people too, which the police are investigating!

Bennett has been trying to do serious harm to the McCanns reputations, on and off the internet. He has been stalking them, hounding them, petitioning against them. He has written a booklet based on another book which is the subject of a court action for defamation and slander.

Bennett seems wholly unaware that he has slipped from reality completely into the realms of fantasy and he is now in a position where the authorities simply have to act, they have to step in and stop him because it is obvious he is incapable of stopping himself, he is now so engulfed by his delusions, he is probably unaware of how mentally ill he may be.

In my opinion, the way Bennett is carrying on he is going to get himself sectioned under section 4 of the mental health act, he is now clearly a threat to two totally innocent people. Usually it takes 2 doctors and a family member to have a patient sectioned, but in an emergency, one doctor's recommendation will be sufficient to detain him until further assessments can take place usually up to 72 hours. I honestly believe that Bennett is seriously approaching this. What he is doing is not normal, it seems to have encompassed his whole life.
After the 72 hours is up, he could then be detained under Section. 2 of the mental health act, for further assessment and treatment. If he is then detained under Section.2 he could be admitted to a psychiatric unit and detained for up to 28 days, while a full psychiatric assessment is carried out. After 28 days, if thought necessary, he could then be detained further for up to 6 months under Section.3.

If his family care anything at all about him they need to try and prevent him and dissuade him from the path he is on, because he is heading for serious trouble. I am wondering if there is some underlying mental health problems with him? I have seen it written elsewhere that he has already been detained in a psychiatric unit before, if this is true, it would certainly explain his delusional behaviour.

And Butler? Well if she has no mental health problems, then the way she is going her mental health is going to be the least of her worries, she will find herself in trouble with the police. Has it not occurred to her that you cannot go around writing insane accusatory letters about people on the back of a paragraph in a red top tabloid? What she is doing is deliberately and wholly trying to undermine the good name and reputations of two totally innocent people and more to the point, she is actually providing written proof of this to those in authority! She is liable to get herself arrested and charged with threatening behaviour.

I think that both of these people need to have an injunction served against them preventing them from going anywhere near the McCanns, their house, their place of work etc.

Remember Felicity Jane Lowe?

In my opinion Bennett and Butler are heading for either a mental institution or a prison cell.

calcite51 wrote:There must or should be a legal way to stop these people - this seems to me to be harrasing the McCanns and they never seem to stop. What really frightened me was when Tony Bennett was sitting behind Gerry at a meeting.

I hope this complaint is forwarded to the McCanns' lawyers and let them put a stop to this.

vee8 wrote:I was reading in the papers today about the eight British soldiers, brave lads all, who were being repatriated today. These lads all had family, some had kids of their own. All their partners, be it wives or girlfriends, are now suffering the most devastating form of depression, called grief. The loss of their loved ones will stay with them forever. But, are social services looking to take their children away? Damn right they're not. Because, in the midst of their dispare, they somehow find a way to cope, for the kids sake. Where, then, is the diference for what the McCann's are feeling, and what these widows/bereaved are feeling? Perhaps the Madeleine floundation may like to try and answer this.

sadie wrote:

vee8 wrote:I was reading in the papers today about the eight British soldiers, brave lads all, who were being repatriated today. These lads all had family, some had kids of their own. All their partners, be it wives or girlfriends, are now suffering the most devastating form of depression, called grief. The loss of their loved ones will stay with them forever. But, are social services looking to take their children away? Damn right they're not. Because, in the midst of their dispare, they somehow find a way to cope, for the kids sake. Where, then, is the diference for what the McCann's are feeling, and what these widows/bereaved are feeling? Perhaps the Madeleine floundation may like to try and answer this.

I went through 2-3 painful years watching my son deteriorate and then 9 months after a huge operation on his brain to partly remove a malignant brain tumour, with all the dreadful debilitating radium treatment before he died.

Was I a fully normal person at that stage? i doubt it. Of course I was depressed and devastated. But my daughter has grown up to be an extremely balanced young woman and achieved goals that I never dreamed that any child of mine could achieve. If there is love there, and the McCanns clearly love their children dearly, then it will shine through.

The only people who are going to damage Sean and Amilie are the likes of Tony Bennett, Debbie Butler, Amaral (although not any more - he's finished), the writers in papers like the CofM and the ND and others like the 3 A's idiots + a few more I could mention.

Catkins wrote:

sadie wrote:

vee8 wrote:I was reading in the papers today about the eight British soldiers, brave lads all, who were being repatriated today. These lads all had family, some had kids of their own. All their partners, be it wives or girlfriends, are now suffering the most devastating form of depression, called grief. The loss of their loved ones will stay with them forever. But, are social services looking to take their children away? Damn right they're not. Because, in the midst of their dispare, they somehow find a way to cope, for the kids sake. Where, then, is the diference for what the McCann's are feeling, and what these widows/bereaved are feeling? Perhaps the Madeleine floundation may like to try and answer this.

I went through 2-3 painful years watching my son deteriorate and then 9 months after a huge operation on his brain to partly remove a malignant brain tumour, with all the dreadful debilitating radium treatment before he died.

Was I a fully normal person at that stage? i doubt it. Of course I was depressed and devastated. But my daughter has grown up to be an extremely balanced young woman and achieved goals that I never dreamed that any child of mine could achieve. If there is love there, and the McCanns clearly love their children dearly, then it will shine through.

The only people who are going to damage Sean and Amilie are the likes of Tony Bennett, Debbie Butler, Amaral (although not any more - he's finished), the writers in papers like the CofM and the ND and others like the 3 A's idiots + a few more I could mention.

So very sad Sadie.......we went through the same with my bro in law..diagnosed out of the blue.......all the nasty treatments and Operations...then gone within 6 months.........My sister still hasn't gotten past the shock 2 yrs on......

sadie wrote:

Catkins wrote:

sadie wrote:

vee8 wrote:I was reading in the papers today about the eight British soldiers, brave lads all, who were being repatriated today. These lads all had family, some had kids of their own. All their partners, be it wives or girlfriends, are now suffering the most devastating form of depression, called grief. The loss of their loved ones will stay with them forever. But, are social services looking to take their children away? Damn right they're not. Because, in the midst of their dispare, they somehow find a way to cope, for the kids sake. Where, then, is the diference for what the McCann's are feeling, and what these widows/bereaved are feeling? Perhaps the Madeleine floundation may like to try and answer this.

I went through 2-3 painful years watching my son deteriorate and then 9 months after a huge operation on his brain to partly remove a malignant brain tumour, with all the dreadful debilitating radium treatment before he died.

Was I a fully normal person at that stage? i doubt it. Of course I was depressed and devastated. But my daughter has grown up to be an extremely balanced young woman and achieved goals that I never dreamed that any child of mine could achieve. If there is love there, and the McCanns clearly love their children dearly, then it will shine through.

The only people who are going to damage Sean and Amilie are the likes of Tony Bennett, Debbie Butler, Amaral (although not any more - he's finished), the writers in papers like the CofM and the ND and others like the 3 A's idiots + a few more I could mention.

So very sad Sadie.......we went through the same with my bro in law..diagnosed out of the blue.......all the nasty treatments and Operations...then gone within 6 months.........My sister still hasn't gotten past the shock 2 yrs on......

Thank you cat. Did she have children? Bet she never stopped being a good and loving mum

And i bet her children know they are loved, same as Sean and Amelie. With love and in the family group they all will come through and they will do well.

BUT NOT if the likes of Tony Bennett and Debbie Butler have their say.

Do they really want the twins to go into a home???...............with all the predators that seem to be around so many of them?

No Amelie and Sean are in the right place. You only have to look at the sunshine in their faces to see how happy they are. Madeleine too, had that sunshine in her face; she was clearly loved and she clearly adored her family too.