The wonders of Donal MacIntyre

TV investigator Donal MacIntyre is a "lying cheating scumbag" according to his wife. I wonder if she looks more favourably on his theory about what happened to Maddie?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3272029/TV-investigator-Donal-McIntyre-branded-lying-cheating-scumbag-wife-asks-ruin-beautiful-family.html

a reminder of Donal's Maddie theory -

MADELEINE McCann was abducted by at least two kidnappers who must have carried out several dry runs in the days leading up to her disappearance. After spending a week on the ground investigating the case and the methods used by the kidnappers, I can only conclude that they must have entered the apartment to carry out a rehearsal, because they were working to an incred­ibly tight schedule.
Crucial to unravelling the whole case is establishing what precisely took place from 8pm to 10.15pm on the night Madeleine vanished. In my view too little attention has been paid to what I believe was a key sighting. A dark-haired woman was ­observed standing near a street light at a road junction that overlooks apartment 5A. What was she doing in the ­eerily quiet area, which is not near a bus stop, taxi rank, cafes or shops?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/128671/Madeleine-I-know-how-she-was-taken

I have just been reading a post on facebook that Jes Wilkins was the producer for the "MacIntyre Toughest Towns" series. Does anyone know the relevance here?. The poster mentioned "not surprised Jes Wilkins is the producer they are all in it together."

costello wrote:I have just been reading a post on facebook that Jes Wilkins was the producer for the "MacIntyre Toughest Towns" series. Does anyone know the relevance here?. The poster mentioned "not surprised Jes Wilkins is the producer they are all in it together."  

Just saw that too Costello. I think the inference is that DM and JW must be matey. And of course DM came out in support of the abduction theory.

Thanks Andrew and Chirpy. I've not read anything on DM and this case.

chirpyinsect wrote:

costello wrote:I have just been reading a post on facebook that Jes Wilkins was the producer for the "MacIntyre Toughest Towns" series. Does anyone know the relevance here?. The poster mentioned "not surprised Jes Wilkins is the producer they are all in it together."  

Just saw that too Costello. I think the inference is that DM and JW must be matey. And of course DM came out in support of the abduction theory.

Jes Wilkins was producing the series from 2005 (10 episodes) -

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433705/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

Series Produced by 

Danny Fenton	...	executive producer (10 episodes, 2005)
Bob Sandy	...	series producer (10 episodes, 2005)
Jes Wilkins	...	executive producer (10 episodes, 2005)
Andy Benfield	...	producer (1 episode, 2005)
Daniel Buckley	...	edit producer (1 episode, 2005)
David Sumnall	...	producer (1 episode, 2005)
Kevin Utton	...	production executive (1 episode, 2005)

For those who haven't seen it before, here is DM's presumably unintentionally hilarious version of events.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwzIxpQgfs

Another Donal MacCrap article he got rewarded for..


http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/128671/Madeleine-I-know-how-she-was-taken

Freedom wrote:For those who haven't seen it before, here is DM's presumably unintentionally hilarious version of events.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwzIxpQgfs

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Dear Freedom, call me stupid, but I've always interpreted this as DM extracting the urine ...

That is what I've always hoped but he isn't known for doing spoofs.

Freedom wrote:That is what I've always hoped but he isn't known for doing spoofs.

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It's so over the top, Freedom. And it's the Express, if I'm not mistaken ...

The absolutely ultimate dynamic duo to tackle the case together would be MWT and Donal MacIntyre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwzIxpQgfs

Donal MacDuck.

I wonder how much he got paid for his 'kidnapping' nonsense. What a plank.

Those 2 teaming up together would be like dumb and dumber.

They would make a great comedy act double to be fair.

Freedom wrote:The absolutely ultimate dynamic duo to tackle the case together would be MWT and Donal MacIntyre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwzIxpQgfs

I'd add Katie Hopkins to the team. She has a brain.

My favourite part is at the end when Donut invites anyone who may know something to "contact your local police,the Madeleine fund or the Sunday Express",although the bit about the burgalrs hiding from Gerry is funny too! Who take this man seriously???

Even his wife calls him a lying, cheating scumbag.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3272029/TV-investigator-Donal-McIntyre-branded-lying-cheating-scumbag-wife-asks-ruin-beautiful-family.html

Here's Donal Duck's article on the Express if anyone wants to read such dross.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/128671/Madeleine-I-know-how-she-was-taken

And another who calls himself an 'Investigator'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3648876/Donal-MacIntyre-s-wife-falls-BODYGUARD-TV-investigator-s-partner-dating-close-protection-officer-year-accusing-husband-lying-cheating-scumbag.html

It looks as if Donal is footloose and fancy free if anyone is interested........

Andrew wrote:Here's Donal Duck's article on the Express if anyone wants to read such dross.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/128671/Madeleine-I-know-how-she-was-taken

And another who calls himself an 'Investigator'.

'Investigator' is one of several words which to some sounds impressive but does not relate to any relevant quaifications/experience. We can all call ourselves investigators and I suggest many members on here are better 'investigators' than Donal Duck or MWT.

Architect, accountant and engineer are other words that may mean nothing as it is legal to use these terms of yourself even if you are not a member of the relevant professional body. Claiming to be a member of a professional body is an offence though if you are not.

I just reread the Donal duck article (I had seen it before) and it is even dafter second time round. That this paedophile and accomplice would do all this research and take such a risk with the limited window of opportunity which mr Duck agrees was the case, when they could have snatched other children with less work and risk, is frankly not believable. What made Madeleine worth taking such a risk?

Why Madeleine indeed when there were seven other children in the group who were also allegedly being left alone every evening?

The paedo abductor must have thought Christmas had come early with such a choice before him.

Forgot about this cartoon thread.

... but what makes these 'investigators' ignore the blindingly obvious and spout there 'expert' opinion, which anyone with an ounce of sense can tell it's all complete nonsense that doesn't add up...

The obvious is money but anything else...

costello wrote:I have just been reading a post on facebook that Jes Wilkins was the producer for the "MacIntyre Toughest Towns" series. Does anyone know the relevance here?. The poster mentioned "not surprised Jes Wilkins is the producer they are all in it together."  

I strongly suspect that the pair know what happened that evening.

MacIntyre's account of 'the abduction' is absurd. How can they be so bumbling as to swoop at the time of the checking rather than waiting for a time between checks. It is hardly 'highly organized' to be hiding in the room while GM checks.

What nonsense!

Jez's account of what he did on the night of the alleged abduction does not ring true to me. And he also changes his story of what he did and where he was from the time of his first witness statement on Friday and his second witness statement when he is home and given a few days later. Which suggests to me he was 'got at'

Therefore I think Jez' first witness  statement might provide clues as to what happened, when it happened and who might be important in the narrative.

It is also, imo, beyond a coincidence that Jez just happens to bump into Gerry at almost the precise time and almost the precise location that 'the abductor' according to TM - Tannerman - just so happens to be whisking Madeleine away.

I presume the Smith sighting - whoever it was - was most unwelcome to TM and perhaps that is why they hatched Tannerman in a desperate attempt to shift the timelines away from 10pm and to the time when I think there was supposed to have been a (staged/faked) abduction but it was botched at the last minute. Leaving shutters unjemmied and timelines and story lines in disarray.

Also important, imo, is that Jez does not see Tannerman and thinks it would have been very difficult for him to have passed by without Jez seeing him. He also as far as I am aware does not mention seeing Jane Tanner. So Jez will not support the Tannerman sighting.

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On reflection, I wonder if there are some 'clues' embedded in MacIntyre's account?

He seems insistent that there was more than one abductor (does he state three even - I will have to look again) and notice how he emphasizes that they cleaned the crime scene...

Given that his account is 'preposterous' I wonder whether he might, in fact, be throwing out a few warning shots to TM? Or maybe throwing out some clues in some way...to those in the media perhaps? Given that I think part of this was a giant media hoax which went wrong at the last minute?

It strikes me that there are several camps in this narrative:  The TM camp;  the Jez/MacIntyre camp; the Murat/Martin Brunt camp and probably many others besides.

IMO only of course!

I don't think it's been mentioned before that Donal is a visiting lecturer in criminology at - guess where - Birmingham City University, along with the equally wonderful Mark Williams Thomas.

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/donalmacintyre

Somehow this doesn't inspire me to enrol in a course there.

Looked up Donal’s LinkedIn and am puzzled. He claims to have been a visiting Professor of Criminology at Birmingham University since 2011.

Now to be a professor don’t you have to have
(1) been working in a university where you were promoted to the very senior grade of professor?
(2) good qualifications in the subject you are a professor in?

Donal has a degree in Politics and History and a Masters degree in Communications Policy – these topics are unrelated to CRIMINOLOGY

His Wikipedia entry makes no reference to criminology or being a visiting professor in the subject.

The LinkedIn CV states Birmingham City University 2015-2015 ‘in preparation for Doctoral Studies’. It does not state the subject of his Doctoral studies!

How can he have been a visiting professor in Criminology at Birmingham University since 2011 when he had apparently never studied the subject at this time?

A real mystery. Perhaps Mr Bennett could sort this out?

He apparently had a documentary series Unsolved and 10 films were broadcast on CBS Reality TV in 2015. He re-interviews witnesses, talks to the police involved etc. Don’t know if this series included the McCann case and if he interviewed the McCanns and Amaral!

I see that Mark Williams Thomas now only mentions BCU on his LinkedIn profile as somewhere he studied in the past.

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mark-williams-thomas-ma-pg-dip-2b58843

Also he was in the police force for only one year - at the same time as all the other things he does or did!

We definitely need an A1 investigator to check out the qualifications of both MWT and DM.