Madeleine McCann: Rhys Jones, Peacocks And Pre-Teen Swimwear Photos
MADELEINE McCann is back in the news because a 48-year-old grandfather called Rhys Jones has been taking pictures of boys in their swimwear as he holidays on the Algarve. He is having beach holiday in Vilamoura. The boys are, reportedly, aged 8 to 15.
Parents approach him. They don’t like it. He is “arrested”. He is an arguido.
Mr Jones works for Peacocks, the high-street clothing chain based in Cardiff.
He says he was taking the photos for research. Peacock sells swimwear for boys. Mr Jones is the international operations and development controller for Peacocks. Says he:
“I was absolutely stupid. When parents approached me I realised what an idiot I’d been. I can fully understand the parents’ reaction. I’ve been bloody stupid. My wife keeps telling me I’m an idiot – she’s right, I was. But I didn’t try to sneak any pictures, I did it all openly.”
But why is this news? Well:
The beach is 50 miles from where Madeleine McCann disappeared from her parents’ apartment in Praia da Luz in May 2007.
How close to Praia does an alleged crime have to take place before it becomes a Maddie crime?
While you ponder that, Mr Jones becomes the Sun’s:
MADDIE BEACH PERV
No word is given of his explanation. All readers get is a big picture of Our Maddie – the benchmark of missing children…
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mccanns may Madeleine McCann: The Story In PicturesThe poster of the girl becoming Our Maddie is out. An e-fit of a suspect is produced. And the British press begins to attack the Portuguese. The Sun brings “MADDIE COPS HAVE E-FIT”. And more headlines inside: “SCRUFFY WEIRDO HUNTED OVER BRIT TOT” “PROWLER SPOTTED BEFORE MADDIE TAKEN” “Brit police send two paedo hunters” The investigation is ongoing. But the Sun says Portuguese police refuse to show the E-fit image of the wanted man because it breaks the law. It’s an “E-fit farce”. In “TEN BLUNDERS”, the Mirror lists the errors. It includes the decision not to show it this E-fit picture of the wanted man. Portuguese police have only shown it to locals, to those people who might have seen the man and seen what he did.
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