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BENNETT/BLACKSMITH BLOG.
by Catkins Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:23 pm
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Tony Bennett's ‘From arguido to applause' - First Draft - in which Murat is the bad guy
Author Blackwatch (of 18/04/2010 @ 21:03:42, in Cryptology, viewed 96 times)
A few weeks ago Tony Bennett mailed me a draft copy of an article he was writing on Robert Murat. The article itself was quite defamatory towards Murat, often intimating that Murat may have been complicit in whatever activity was going on during that first week in May 2007. I replied to the draft pointing out the numerous errors Bennett had made in his first draft and made a number of recommendations on how best to present his work. For several weeks we corresponded, and I fed through several other corrections (Bennett's biggest error was in suggesting that Mitchell and Dodd were dispatched to Praia da Luz on May 7th. They weren't. According to his own formal Police statement, Mitchell arrived in Praia da Luz in the last week of May (22nd) after being seconded by Howell James to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Dodd arrives a week prior to this. Both arrived only after Murat was taken in for questioning. A point which I feel to be significant). Bennett asked if he could include me as a reference and source for much of the information. I politely declined, pointing out that much of it had been taken out of context, and that this was trend that was likely to continue in subsequent drafts. This was just a few short weeks ago.
Imagine my surprise when I learned that Bennett was finally publishing his article, but had radically transformed his view of Murat's involvement. Bennett's final draft put forward the theory that Murat had no involvement at all; that he was 'framed' by British Police. This was a complete contradiction of the conclusion he had asked me to put my name to.
Readers may now be able to see what Bennett wrote in his first drafts by clicking the link below. Here you will also be able to read my own notes in red.
'Robert Murat, subtitled: ‘From arguido to applause’ - the First Draft (by Tony Bennett)
*****
notes:
1. Another major error Bennett made was in saying that Clarence Mitchell started the rumour that Murat was acting like Ian Huntly. Mitchell did not start this rumour. The quote was made in response to an interview with Lori Campbell by Sky TV - prior to Mitchell's arrival in Praia da Luz. Murat successfuly sued Sky TV because of it. Several other British newspapers repeated the claim - including The Scotsman - and Robert Murat capitialised on each of them. The only time Clarence Mitchell came even close to repeating the claim was in September 2007 when a journalist with Expresso raised the subject:
"Q: Whilst you were a journalist following the case of Jessica and Holly in Soham. The children were found dead 2 weeks later. Did you predict the same ending to this case?
A: I thought that by this time she would have been found dead or alive, but an ending similar to the case of Jessica and Holly is possible, I don't want to and can't speak about Robert Murat but some of the journalists that worked with me in Soham, and that were recently in Portugal, saw similarities between the case and Robert Murat, more than this I will not say.
2. In his first draft Bennett suggets that Murat's decision to go back to Portugal from Exeter was done in an unsually and uncharacterically urgent manner - as if in response to some crisis or other. On the contrary. One look at Murat's flght records for the six-months prior to this date show that he was in the habit of booking last-minute flights. His previous trip had only been booked the night before departure too.
3. In the first draft Bennett treats as fact a rumour that it was the Office of British Consul, Bill Henderson who put Murat's name forward as translator. The source for this particular fairytale was Paulo Reis. The Police files thesmelves record several different explanations, none of them ever mentioning Bill Henderson's office. It seems to be the case that although Murat had translated for Portuguese Police several in the past (as had his friend Gaynor de Jesus), Murat had volunteered his services first to friends of the McCanns and then to the Police (as I say, the Police files record several contrasting statements about this issue).
4. Bennett's reservations about Robert Murat are raised in several emails we exchanged. On January 26th he mailed me this quote froma British Newspaper, placing areas of interest in bold:
Jekyll and Hyde “SUSPECT OR SCAPEGOAT?” asks the Mail.
“I’ve been made a scapegoat,” says Murat. The Mail says Murat is the sole suspect in the case of Madeleine McCann. So much for Walczuch and Antonio. “It’s ruined my life,” says Murat. “It’s made things very difficult for my family here and in Britain. The only way I’ll survive this is if they catch Madeleine’s abductor.” But the talking has started. This is Murat, of whom Paul Titcombe, an ex-boss speaks. Titcombe is troubled by Murat’s past. He has seen Murat in action, at children’s parties. Says she: “Instead of mingling, he’d go straight to the bouncy castle and jump around. He got a bit of a name for himself. It seemed like a fixation.” The Sun hears from Murat’s former work colleague Ji Stanton. Says he: “If he didn’t take his medication, he could be very Jekyll and Hyde. People did see him as creepy.” Ji once accused Murat of trying to nick his sale: “Rob just flipped out in seconds. He went berserk, eyes bulging. I was freaked out.”
Bennett follows this up with the following statement, referring to the pornography websites the Police File record Robert to have visited:
"I am of course driven by a strong conviction that Madeleine died in Apartment 5A and that there has been an organised cover-up of the truth. I tend to think that this may be connected with something illegal going on, be it sexual, drugs or perhaps medical. And again, as you mention, the Redclouds site plus the encrypted material on his computer plus the things said about his sexual preferences/perversions by Carlos Costa and the anonymous female witness all conflict with the idea that they are all devout JWs. Further, it cannot surely be coincidence that Brian Kennedy is also a Jehovah's Witness."
To which I replied:
"I think some may have speculated (and I mean speculated) on drugs running - but there's diddly squat evidence. Having said that Amaral headed up the Narcotics Division and Metodo 3 detectives seem to have dabbled in the trade according to some reports. Porn and drugs pertains to organised crime I suppose ... Of course, it's very tempting to entertain the idea of one or more members of the Tapas group being involved in communities like Redclouds. Membership appears to be on the increase. A natural progression of swinging? Not so sure. allowing yourself or your partner to be filmed having sex is a world away from allowing your 4 year old daughter to be used or filmed"
Bennett's response to this was no less insistent:
"BW, I would suggest that for some people, it is not a world away but a STEP away, There is a great deal of evidence that people who develop an obsession with or addiction to sex look for ever more exciting ot novel ways of developing their interest. No need to go into details, but I am aware of some case histories where 'swingers' have indeed gone on to take an interest in sex with young children. Or to put it another way, amongst 100 'swingers', you might find one or two paedophiles lurking secretively amongst them."
What Bennett was right to be cautious about, however, were the substantial inconsistencies in Murat and Walczuch's statements. I'd certainly concur with him on this, but it is far from damning evidence.
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Tony Bennett's ‘From arguido to applause' - First Draft - in which Murat is the bad guy
Author Blackwatch (of 18/04/2010 @ 21:03:42, in Cryptology, viewed 96 times)
A few weeks ago Tony Bennett mailed me a draft copy of an article he was writing on Robert Murat. The article itself was quite defamatory towards Murat, often intimating that Murat may have been complicit in whatever activity was going on during that first week in May 2007. I replied to the draft pointing out the numerous errors Bennett had made in his first draft and made a number of recommendations on how best to present his work. For several weeks we corresponded, and I fed through several other corrections (Bennett's biggest error was in suggesting that Mitchell and Dodd were dispatched to Praia da Luz on May 7th. They weren't. According to his own formal Police statement, Mitchell arrived in Praia da Luz in the last week of May (22nd) after being seconded by Howell James to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Dodd arrives a week prior to this. Both arrived only after Murat was taken in for questioning. A point which I feel to be significant). Bennett asked if he could include me as a reference and source for much of the information. I politely declined, pointing out that much of it had been taken out of context, and that this was trend that was likely to continue in subsequent drafts. This was just a few short weeks ago.
Imagine my surprise when I learned that Bennett was finally publishing his article, but had radically transformed his view of Murat's involvement. Bennett's final draft put forward the theory that Murat had no involvement at all; that he was 'framed' by British Police. This was a complete contradiction of the conclusion he had asked me to put my name to.
Readers may now be able to see what Bennett wrote in his first drafts by clicking the link below. Here you will also be able to read my own notes in red.
'Robert Murat, subtitled: ‘From arguido to applause’ - the First Draft (by Tony Bennett)
*****
notes:
1. Another major error Bennett made was in saying that Clarence Mitchell started the rumour that Murat was acting like Ian Huntly. Mitchell did not start this rumour. The quote was made in response to an interview with Lori Campbell by Sky TV - prior to Mitchell's arrival in Praia da Luz. Murat successfuly sued Sky TV because of it. Several other British newspapers repeated the claim - including The Scotsman - and Robert Murat capitialised on each of them. The only time Clarence Mitchell came even close to repeating the claim was in September 2007 when a journalist with Expresso raised the subject:
"Q: Whilst you were a journalist following the case of Jessica and Holly in Soham. The children were found dead 2 weeks later. Did you predict the same ending to this case?
A: I thought that by this time she would have been found dead or alive, but an ending similar to the case of Jessica and Holly is possible, I don't want to and can't speak about Robert Murat but some of the journalists that worked with me in Soham, and that were recently in Portugal, saw similarities between the case and Robert Murat, more than this I will not say.
2. In his first draft Bennett suggets that Murat's decision to go back to Portugal from Exeter was done in an unsually and uncharacterically urgent manner - as if in response to some crisis or other. On the contrary. One look at Murat's flght records for the six-months prior to this date show that he was in the habit of booking last-minute flights. His previous trip had only been booked the night before departure too.
3. In the first draft Bennett treats as fact a rumour that it was the Office of British Consul, Bill Henderson who put Murat's name forward as translator. The source for this particular fairytale was Paulo Reis. The Police files thesmelves record several different explanations, none of them ever mentioning Bill Henderson's office. It seems to be the case that although Murat had translated for Portuguese Police several in the past (as had his friend Gaynor de Jesus), Murat had volunteered his services first to friends of the McCanns and then to the Police (as I say, the Police files record several contrasting statements about this issue).
4. Bennett's reservations about Robert Murat are raised in several emails we exchanged. On January 26th he mailed me this quote froma British Newspaper, placing areas of interest in bold:
Jekyll and Hyde “SUSPECT OR SCAPEGOAT?” asks the Mail.
“I’ve been made a scapegoat,” says Murat. The Mail says Murat is the sole suspect in the case of Madeleine McCann. So much for Walczuch and Antonio. “It’s ruined my life,” says Murat. “It’s made things very difficult for my family here and in Britain. The only way I’ll survive this is if they catch Madeleine’s abductor.” But the talking has started. This is Murat, of whom Paul Titcombe, an ex-boss speaks. Titcombe is troubled by Murat’s past. He has seen Murat in action, at children’s parties. Says she: “Instead of mingling, he’d go straight to the bouncy castle and jump around. He got a bit of a name for himself. It seemed like a fixation.” The Sun hears from Murat’s former work colleague Ji Stanton. Says he: “If he didn’t take his medication, he could be very Jekyll and Hyde. People did see him as creepy.” Ji once accused Murat of trying to nick his sale: “Rob just flipped out in seconds. He went berserk, eyes bulging. I was freaked out.”
Bennett follows this up with the following statement, referring to the pornography websites the Police File record Robert to have visited:
"I am of course driven by a strong conviction that Madeleine died in Apartment 5A and that there has been an organised cover-up of the truth. I tend to think that this may be connected with something illegal going on, be it sexual, drugs or perhaps medical. And again, as you mention, the Redclouds site plus the encrypted material on his computer plus the things said about his sexual preferences/perversions by Carlos Costa and the anonymous female witness all conflict with the idea that they are all devout JWs. Further, it cannot surely be coincidence that Brian Kennedy is also a Jehovah's Witness."
To which I replied:
"I think some may have speculated (and I mean speculated) on drugs running - but there's diddly squat evidence. Having said that Amaral headed up the Narcotics Division and Metodo 3 detectives seem to have dabbled in the trade according to some reports. Porn and drugs pertains to organised crime I suppose ... Of course, it's very tempting to entertain the idea of one or more members of the Tapas group being involved in communities like Redclouds. Membership appears to be on the increase. A natural progression of swinging? Not so sure. allowing yourself or your partner to be filmed having sex is a world away from allowing your 4 year old daughter to be used or filmed"
Bennett's response to this was no less insistent:
"BW, I would suggest that for some people, it is not a world away but a STEP away, There is a great deal of evidence that people who develop an obsession with or addiction to sex look for ever more exciting ot novel ways of developing their interest. No need to go into details, but I am aware of some case histories where 'swingers' have indeed gone on to take an interest in sex with young children. Or to put it another way, amongst 100 'swingers', you might find one or two paedophiles lurking secretively amongst them."
What Bennett was right to be cautious about, however, were the substantial inconsistencies in Murat and Walczuch's statements. I'd certainly concur with him on this, but it is far from damning evidence.
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Re: BENNETT/BLACKSMITH BLOG.
by Pedro Silva Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:36 pm
About TB, I just say this: he is the one who likes to change everything he hears about this case, to a sick fantasy, according to his sick head.
= mental illness from a very disturbing person.
= mental illness from a very disturbing person.
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Re: BENNETT/BLACKSMITH BLOG.
by Catkins Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:40 pm
I can see BIG TROUBLE AHEAD for him........
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Re: BENNETT/BLACKSMITH BLOG.
by vee8 Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:01 am
Imagine my surprise when I learned that Bennett was finally publishing his article, but had radically transformed his view of Murat's involvement. Bennett's final draft put forward the theory that Murat had no involvement at all; that he was 'framed' by British Police. This was a complete contradiction of the conclusion he had asked me to put my name to.
Hasn't bennett repeadedly claimed, om 3a's and others, that murat is deeply involved, up to and including knowing the McCann's from before the holiday? What's brought about this sudden change of mind?
Oh, hang on, is it because of the fictional account of murat's intention to sue Jane Tanner?
Hmmm?
Hasn't bennett repeadedly claimed, om 3a's and others, that murat is deeply involved, up to and including knowing the McCann's from before the holiday? What's brought about this sudden change of mind?
Oh, hang on, is it because of the fictional account of murat's intention to sue Jane Tanner?
Hmmm?
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Re: BENNETT/BLACKSMITH BLOG.
by Tinkerbell43 Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:10 am
3. In the first draft Bennett treats as fact a rumourl
No surprise there, since when does Bennett do anything else!
No surprise there, since when does Bennett do anything else!
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Re: BENNETT/BLACKSMITH BLOG.
by Mulleena Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:14 am
Bennett really needs sectioning imo!!
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Re: BENNETT/BLACKSMITH BLOG.
by Rosie Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:11 pm
Bennett has accused the McCanns, their friends, of murder and covering up a death. He has accused Clarence Mitchell of heloping cover up Madeleine's diappearance and now he is trying to link in the Conservative party and David Cameron too.
He has accused the Leicestershire police of aiding and abetting the McCanns. He has accused the British pm, in fact it would be easier to write who he hasn't accused.
Now he says Murat is not involved? Then why did he write this? Then tell everyone his site wasn't copyright that they could reproduce his posts as long as they quoted where they come from?
I am not at home at the moment, but when I am I will post up a post made by Bennett in which he attacks Robert Murat.
Personally, this is Bennett running scared again,I would guess he has been threatened by Murat's lawyer with libel. (There seems to be a queue forming)
How the hell can the attorney general say Tony Bennett is not vexacious?
He has accused the Leicestershire police of aiding and abetting the McCanns. He has accused the British pm, in fact it would be easier to write who he hasn't accused.
Now he says Murat is not involved? Then why did he write this? Then tell everyone his site wasn't copyright that they could reproduce his posts as long as they quoted where they come from?
I am not at home at the moment, but when I am I will post up a post made by Bennett in which he attacks Robert Murat.
Personally, this is Bennett running scared again,I would guess he has been threatened by Murat's lawyer with libel. (There seems to be a queue forming)
How the hell can the attorney general say Tony Bennett is not vexacious?
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Re: BENNETT/BLACKSMITH BLOG.
by lily Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:15 am
It does sound rather like he's running scared again. I just wish he would put a huge cork in it.
A little point, it is not Blacksmith but Blackwatch.
A little point, it is not Blacksmith but Blackwatch.
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Re: BENNETT/BLACKSMITH BLOG.
by lily Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:24 am
Blackwatch has added this to the article.
update:
I've learned that Mr Bennett has included my name on his article even against my expressed wishes. Perhaps this shows what a grubby and duplicitous little man he really is. Is this how all deeply committed Christians behave Mr Bennett?
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Whoever would have thought Bennett could do that?
update:
I've learned that Mr Bennett has included my name on his article even against my expressed wishes. Perhaps this shows what a grubby and duplicitous little man he really is. Is this how all deeply committed Christians behave Mr Bennett?
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Whoever would have thought Bennett could do that?
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