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Crippled because twelve thousand euros of drug
James Ross owed money from trafficking hashish, John Maclean. Cut off his five fingers and an ear in 13 days of abduction

October 19 th vote 2010N (6) Comments (3): Henrique Machado / João Mira Godinho


While the body of James Ross was searched for in the background and on the banks of the Santa Clara dam by divers from the police, on the second day of searching, the English kidnapped in the Algarve last week gave sign of life - against all evidence collected by PJ , which pointed towards murder.

Was found in the middle of the road in Alfontes near Boliqueime, Loule, by Carlos Pereira. "He came to stagger and asked me to stop, with arms in the air. He had no left ear, he was two fingers on his left hand, a foot and two on the other. He had a leg wound."

Marks of 13 days of torture, for a debt of 12 thousand euros from trafficking in hashish, which was John Ross Maclean - one of four British captors who are already in jail, according to the CM moved yesterday firsthand. The Englishman had been threatened by a group of compatriots in England, the day they raided his home, and on October 5, was attracted to the Algarve, with Maclean to promise you that, if it helped address a plantation cannabis in our country, could pay off some debt. He landed in Faro at 21.00 and was promptly kidnapped.

Besides Maclean, PJ arrested Terrence Macgurk, Calum Macleod and Ronnie Rose, Friday, in the belief that they had murdered the victim. But yesterday, it was liberated by other accomplices still at large, in a house in the area where he was tortured and mutilated for not paying the debt. Hours is for the arrest of more suspects.

The work of PJ and news of CM on the four kidnappers who are already in jail on suspicion of having killed the victim after he was found the Mercedes group, burned at the dam, have meant that the loose elements "to frighten" admit to sources close to the process while the Briton was released shortly after the newspaper has arrived on newsstands.

SILENCE FOR FEAR OF THE VICTIM CAN LEAD TO THE RELEASE OF RAPTOR 4

James Ross's testimony is now crucial to acknowledge any of his captors - the four already in prison or more. The British will have to make a positive recognition of all but the Judicial Police is concerned that the victim is now shut, claiming not recognize anyone. This is because Ross and family have been threatened with death several times, including when they raided the home of Manchester with knives in August for failing to pay 12,000 euros of debt linked to the sale of hashish. The Englishman now fears reprisal from the network elements of trafficking that are on the loose. One of the measures now being considered by the trial relates to the personal safety of the victim - who yesterday afternoon was transferred to the Hospital of St. Joseph Faro, Lisbon, after the kidnappers cut him having five fingers and an ear for 13 days of captivity in the Algarve.

"Is stuck in a cage and it broke HAVE ARMS"

Two days after her husband had been abducted from 16h00 7 days, Donna Ross received a call that the Judicial Police has identified as having been made from a phone booth at Forum Montijo. Across the line, the wife of the victim knew the voice of John Maclean, and Terrence Macgurk and Calum Macleod were at his side: the second raptor, James Ross was wedged into a cage in the woods, unconscious and it had already broken legs, arms, feet, ankles and ribs.



There are already two days that Donna lived in panic with their children at home near Manchester, to fear for her husband's life, but John Maclean finished his phone call informing her that her husband would be saved and return home after curing, if she did not alert the police. Otherwise, James Ross would be executed.

This conversation was heard by the British police, in conjunction with the Judiciary, which kept close watch to the four kidnappers known until last Friday, the 15th, when the four arrests were made. The group is moving in the Algarve and the passage by Montijo, day 7, is related to the fact that Maclean, ringleader of the network, have there home. The four kidnappers have not 'led' the PJ to the victim, so that the researchers considered his death.

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Throughout the day, inspectors could not do much more than looking outside and wait. Without court approval, could not enter the property where the state is presumed to have been abducted and subjected to torture a 28 year old female that appeared Monday on the outskirts of Boliqueime asking for help.

Everything indicates that James Ross was captive in this house for 13 days at the hands of four British residents in the Algarve.

The neighbors were not aware of anything, but also said that moving the house is strange for a long time, like the mysterious way in and out of there people who can never be known

The house remains under surveillance by police, is empty. There watchdogs and outside all you see is a blanket, some toys and a child's portfolio.

Just this Wednesday, after having to take the search warrant is that it may seek judicial evidence of foul play. The Scot, who cut off an ear and some fingers and toes, have been kidnapped by a debt linked to trafficking in hashish. A debt of thousands of euros.

Besides the surveillance on the house, the Judiciary has developed other measures. Despite the four main suspects in the kidnapping were arrested since Friday, everything indicates that there will be more involved. Neighbors no strangers, speak in a constant "pass through" of high displacement cars at home.

The authorities investigating the disappearance of Scots from May to October, when the family gave the alarm, came to admit that he had been killed when the Mercedes found burnt in the dam of Santa Clara. A day after starting the search with divers, the young appears to ask for help outside of Boliqueime. Everything indicates that it was liberated by elements of the gang are still at large and unidentified.
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One theory about Jacinta's death was that she found out something that cost her life.

The area where she lived is a trafficking route from North Africa and the Middle East for the illegal trade in drugs - mostly hashish - and also in stolen children.

The village of Sao Bras de Alportel is 30km from the resort of Praia de Luz where British child Maddy McCann disappeared.

Her family said child smuggling was an issue Jacinta was concerned about and might have spoken up about.

"Jacinta may have stumbled across something," brother Cameron said.

"She left a note for someone saying she was leaving and she did not know how things would work out and asked that they forgive her, but the police construed it as a suicide note," he said.

"It wasn't a suicide note - she was scared of something.

"Jacinta may have stumbled across something."

maria wrote:Another one, picked up from another thread, Policia Judiciária and Madeleine, I think.


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/sunday-heraldsun/jacinta-rees-murdered-covered-up-by-portugal-police/story-e6frf92f-1225942731759

One theory about Jacinta's death was that she found out something that cost her life.

The area where she lived is a trafficking route from North Africa and the Middle East for the illegal trade in drugs - mostly hashish - and also in stolen children.

The village of Sao Bras de Alportel is 30km from the resort of Praia de Luz where British child Maddy McCann disappeared.

Her family said child smuggling was an issue Jacinta was concerned about and might have spoken up about.

"Jacinta may have stumbled across something," brother Cameron said.

"She left a note for someone saying she was leaving and she did not know how things would work out and asked that they forgive her, but the police construed it as a suicide note," he said.

"It wasn't a suicide note - she was scared of something.

"Jacinta may have stumbled across something."

That was one year after Madeleine disappeared.

maria wrote:Thanks Cats.

You know, I feel so disturbed by these 'coincidences', really ill.

Melbourne woman Jacinta Rees died after she was hit four times in the head with an axe. Source: Supplied

A MELBOURNE woman was murdered in Portugal and her death covered up by police there, a Sunday Herald Sun investigation has found.

Former international model and fashion executive Jacinta Rees was hacked to death with an axe at her cottage in the Algarve, in southern Portugal, two years ago.

In a sequence of events chillingly similar to the death of Britt Lapthorne, local police claim the death was a suicide - despite a coronial examination in Australia finding she died of extensive injuries caused by repeated blows with an axe and evidence of defensive wounds on her arms and legs.

Family members have been investigating the mystery of her killing ever since. They say they have received little help from the Australian Government.

Portuguese authorities contacted by the Sunday Herald Sun would not provide any information.

The family claims consular officials botched its initial dealings with the Portuguese and have abandoned the family in its search for the truth.

"All we want is to know the truth about what happened to her. She was our sister and our parents' child - she deserves better than this," said Jacinta's brother, Cameron.

Jacinta died in April 2008, in the courtyard of her home at Sao Bras de Alportel, near the city of Faro.

Portuguese police told local reporters her death was an accident, then said it was suicide.

But a Victorian Coroners' report says she died from "blunt force injury to the left side of the head".

"This injury pattern with trauma to both head and the left arm raises serious concerns. Further investigations are being undertaken via the Victorian Police Department's homicide squad," it concludes.

An initial Portuguese autopsy report also suggests Jacinta's death was a murder.

"There are signs highly probable of defense being the elements of the autopsy suggestive of homicide with data that favour extreme violence highly difficult to attribute to the self ... ," a translation reads.

Despite those reports, the Portuguese police closed the investigation and passed the case on to the Interior Ministry as a diplomatic matter.

Police spokesman Comandante Guerriero, of the GNR - the Portuguese national police - told a local newspaper "There is no suspicion of murder" and that there was no suspicion of robbery or any other crime.

Mystery surrounds the case. Locals were reticent to speak about it.

Did she know too much?

One theory about Jacinta's death was that she found out something that cost her life.

The area where she lived is a trafficking route from North Africa and the Middle East for the illegal trade in drugs - mostly hashish - and also in stolen children.

The village of Sao Bras de Alportel is 30km from the resort of Praia de Luz where British child Maddy McCann disappeared.

Her family said child smuggling was an issue Jacinta was concerned about and might have spoken up about.

"Jacinta may have stumbled across something," brother Cameron said.

"She left a note for someone saying she was leaving and she did not know how things would work out and asked that they forgive her, but the police construed it as a suicide note," he said.

"It wasn't a suicide note - she was scared of something.

"Jacinta may have stumbled across something."

The Rees family said they felt let down by the Federal Government.

They said the Lapthorne family and the victims of the Kokoda air crash were given appropriate help and compassion while they had received little help.

The family had to pay for the repatriation of Jacinta's body and was eventually reimbursed by the Government.

"We were contacted by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in April 2008 to say that Jacinta had passed away. We were told she had committed suicide," Cameron's wife, Louise, said.

"It took us a month to bring her home. It was a while before her body arrived home."

Two days before bringing Jacinta home, the Rees family asked the Victorian Coroner to do an autopsy.

"The Coroner agreed and there was a DNA test done first which identified the remains as Jacinta," Louise said.

"At the start of the autopsy, the Coroners' office called in the homicide squad.

"Her injuries were so apparent and appalling - it was obvious she had been brutally murdered.

"It clearly was not a suicide."

Government 'abandoned us'

The Portuguese police had said she died from a self-inflicted wound to the forehead and there were no signs of attack or defence.

"But Jacinta's skull had been caved in with an axe. She clearly had defensive wounds also.

"Her elbow had been shattered, her knee was damaged and there were four separate wounds to her head - each of which could have killed her.

"She suffered a horrendous death and she most certainly fought for her life.

"The GNR determined this was a suicide and our embassy concurred.

"To this day, no one has given us an answer as to what happened to Jacinta. We've sent off letters to heaps of people in positions of influence. No one's interested, absolutely no one," she said.

The family received the Portuguese Assistant Prosecutor's report into Jacinta's death in December 2009 - almost two years after her death.

They have been quoted up to $19,000 to get it translated into English. The Federal Government has refused to help.

The family said DFAT's mismanagement of the case had cost it financially and caused much heartache.

"Despite all the facts, DFAT has never acknowledged Jacinta's death as a murder," Louise said.

"It was going to cost $4000 each to send Cam and his brother Phil to Portugal and then another $15,000 to bring Jacinta home.

"We based our decision not to go to Portugal on the embassy's advice; we decided we couldn't afford for Cam to go and there was nothing we could do anyway.

"Had we known that Jacinta had been murdered, or at the very least that her death was suspicious, we would definitely have found the money for Cam to go.

"We based our decision not to go to Portugal on the embassy's advice. We trusted their information. But as the weeks went by and we received more unofficial information it was clear the embassy hadn't looked into this properly, they had just acquiesced to what the Portuguese police had told them.

"The AFP was not advised Jacinta had passed away and there's no AFP presence in Portugal."

Along the way the funeral director would not release the body because it had not been officially identified.

"We phoned DFAT and were told they would take care of it. But we found out later they didn't identify her, they just gave some sort of authority to release the body," Louise said.

"Apart from the trauma and heartache, the financial impact on the family has been gruelling. Sorting out Jacinta's affairs meant Cam wasn't working and we had to cash in his long service leave to be able to afford to bring her home.

"We didn't qualify for victims of crime compensation in Australia because the crime occurred in Portugal and we didn't qualify for a similar scheme in Portugal because we are Australians.

"We have been impacted by a murder in a foreign country we've never visited committed by a person we do not know.

"We watched as tragically, nine Australians were killed in the Kokoda plane crash. Our Government flew them home.

"When Britt Lapthorne disappeared Kevin Rudd said 'we will leave no stone unturned'.

"It took us 24 days to bring Jacinta home. We had no idea what we were doing, we did it on our own and we had to pay for it.

"When loved ones die, the pain and grief is difficult enough, but the murder of a loved one is almost too much to bear. Our trauma is as much about the fact the Government abandoned us and we've been left to pick up the emotional, psychological and financial pieces.

"We were visited by DFAT officials eight months after Jacinta died, but we felt we were just being 'handled'. We have never had a condolence message from either the Australian or the Portuguese government."
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"The area where she lived is a trafficking route from North Africa and the Middle East for the illegal trade in drugs - mostly hashish - and also in stolen children.

The village of Sao Bras de Alportel is 30km from the resort of Praia de Luz where British child Maddy McCann disappeared.

Her family said child smuggling was an issue Jacinta was concerned about and might have spoken up about"
http://justathoughtyouknow.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=guests&action=display&thread=684&page=1#ixzz13pJh4hQi

And the ringleader lives in Montijo (near Lisbon)...