The 3 Arguidos Web Forum

thanks to Redsquare (hope you don't mind me cutting & pasting but thought it needed another airing)

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Lori Campbell: I was so suspicious by the Monday that I just felt I had a duty to pass those suspicions on. I spoke to my news desk back in London and then they said they thought that that was the right thing to do.

Ian Woods: Now, let's discuss why we were a little suspicious of him, because your suspicions were aroused first of all and you shared those suspicions with me. I then talked to him, investigated it, tried to find out whether his story was true and I have to say I came back and said his story checked out. What first of all made you suspicious of the fact that he was spending so much time around the scene?

LC: It was just very reminiscent of the Soham murders was my first instinct. There was a local guy. He was hanging around the scene an awful lot. He was asking us questions about what was going on in the investigation, maybe trying to find out what we knew and he just seemed to be giving an air that he was authoritative and he was working in an official capacity for the police. And I was just very suspicious about that, that they would take on board a man who was just a local guy. They have many people, I am sure, who speak Portuguese and English. Why would they ask him to, you know, go into the apartment, speak to the family and have that sort of contact with them?

IW: Now, how co-operative was Robert when you were talking to him, because first of all he wouldn't do any interviews with me. I have asked him to do interviews on camera. He declined and you approached him to do a proper interview and asked his identity and things like that?

LC: Well, he was very vague when I tried to ask about his background. He would chat to me quite openly, but he wouldn't give me his surname. He wouldn't tell me really where he was from, where he lives over here. He wouldn't give me a telephone number for him. And then I asked him what he did for a living. He was very vague. He said he worked for real estate. And I just had a really uneasy feeling about him from day one.

IW: You reported him to who and what was the response?

LC: My first call was to Leicestershire police back in the UK and they took all my details. A detective constable called me back and she suggested that I also speak to somebody out here. We didn't really have a police contact last week. So, I called the British Embassy and they said to speak to a policeman on the scene. So, I walked up to a GNR policeman and said, you know, "I've got suspicions about a gentleman who's been near the scene and I'd just like to pass those on." And one of my main suspicions was that he said he was translating witness statements and I asked them if that could be true and they said, "No, that's highly unlikely."

I'm hoping that because of Lori's involvement, the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror ARE NOT amongst the eight newspapers who have settled with Murat b-( :-t

Hope Lori's been stacking up the overtime - I have a feeling she's going to need it.

Along with her pal, Clarrie The Vulture 8->

according to the Beeb it's 11 newspapers including the Sunday Mirror

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On Tuesday a spokeswoman for Mr Murat said the settlement and written apology had been agreed with the 11 newspapers.
In their April statement, his lawyers named the Sun, Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star, Daily Mail, London Evening Standard, Metro, Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, News of the World and the Scotsman.

Does anyone know: Do newspapers have insurance in case of libel suits?

The 34-year-old was seeking a formal public apology and undisclosed damages from Sky, the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star, Daily Mail, London Evening Standard, Metro, Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, News of the World, Sun and the Scotsman.

A spokeswoman for Murat's law firm, Simons Muirhead & Burton, said: "Robert Murat is due in court for the settlement hearing at 10am on Thursday morning, after which it's expected either he or his legal representative will give a statement to the press."

Sky News today reported that Murat had settled the action with eight unnamed newspapers for damages of between £250,000 and £500,000.

This is from the Guardian

It says he took 11 to court, settled with 8 but not which ones specifically.
Be interesting to see which ones settled and if he's still going after the others.

What about Sky News for that Lori Campbell/Ian Woods interview? Or maybe it's Lori Campbell's own responsibility. Was she being interviewed as a representative of the Sunday Mirror or as an individual?

Well, he settled with the Scotsman some time ago...
I'll go for Sky and NOTW, as they are both from the same stable.

Thanks for the clarification. As has become customary, Sky news were reporting he had settled with just 8 papers ~x(

So, I take it he HASN'T settled with Sky then?

So LC had nothing concrete to go, she just felt 'uneasy' about someone who (hardly surprisingly) wouldn't give her personal details about his life and so she decided he was a suspicious character?

Personally, if I'd been Rober Murat I'd have had suspicions about HER, what with all her nosing around asking impertinent questions and trying to find out what the police knew, etc. I didn't realise members of the public were obliged to give all their details to any journalist who asked for them, otherwise they turn into Number One Suspect.

What a cretinous excuse for a journalist.

What a cretinous excuse for a person.

What a cretinous excuse for a cretin!

"So, I walked up to a GNR policeman and said, you know, "I've got suspicions about a gentleman who's been near the scene and I'd just like to pass those on." And one of my main suspicions was that he said he was translating witness statements and I asked them if that could be true and they said, "No, that's highly unlikely."

So, on the basis of what the GNR officer said, Ms Campbell decided that her suspicions deserved to be taken seriously. The interview with Ian Woods shows the extent of her evidence of Murat's potential involvement; NIL!!! Just the machinations of a stupid woman who thought she'd better jump on the story before anyone else did.

IMO it was more cynical than that... she & Mitchell are old buddies