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Old Sep 9th 2012, 12:19 pm
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Ben. BBH
he was kidnapped for sure, could be anywhere
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Old Sep 9th 2012, 12:21 pm
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2 weeks ago, Again an example of inept policing. Pile of rubble arrives the day he goes missing and no one looks in it.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...kshire-1273074
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Old Sep 9th 2012, 12:28 pm
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Are we talking about Ben or Timmy
Ben.......... but it reminds me of Madeleine............
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Old Sep 9th 2012, 11:23 pm
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Originally Posted by commander
I do still wonder what actually happened to him that night though. Where was the 'wrong place'..unfortunately if as you suggest above is correct, we will never know. The taxi (that is 100pc tracable) will never be traced. The driver will never step forward to collect the reward for information (he is likely to have already been rewarded to shut his trap) whatever happened to Colin the drunk regular? I recall he had some information..did his memory get wiped as he crossed the threashold of his new free dubai marina pad?

Just all sounds a little too far fetched and a little hollywood for me.

Did he go with the shaggers? Did he go to Port Rashid, did he go elsewhere in a taxi looking for some late night 'entertainment'??

Poor guy.

By the 'wrong place' I mean Dubai.
Most global cities have efficient APBs & Missing Persons policies wherein a competent search plan is instigated within a very brief window from alleged disappearance. Notwithstanding the RN's reasons,it seems Dxb police were slow in getting the word out plus the mix up with the photos....

In regard to your comment @ the taxi being 100% traceable- we have evidence from two witnesses who seem to have difficulty recalling detail that Timmy left in a taxi for the port.No factual proof of this.No factual proof of anything they say.

For me,the strangest thing surrounding the circumstances is that Timmy handed over his credit card for safekeeping,why do this? If the situation appeared unsafe and there was worry @ theft,robbery????- would you leave your friend?

We could speculate until the cows come home however my own thoughts are
Timmy fell in the water somewhere - no Hollywood drama or other conspiracy theory.

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Originally Posted by Eva
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We could speculate until the cows come home however my own thoughts are
Timmy fell in the water somewhere - no Hollywood drama or other conspiracy theory.
I agree with you Eva. I think it was an accident.
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Old Sep 10th 2012, 7:45 am
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Default Re: Missing in Dubai - timmy maccoll, sailor

Originally Posted by Meow
I agree with you Eva. I think it was an accident.
Which is fine, but where's the body, even scraps of clothing? Doesn't work for me now, it's not as if the creek and port are hugely tidal either so it;s unlikely he'll have been washed out to sea.

Where's the body?
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I have no idea, but I can't see any reason why it would be foul play. Conspiracy theories abound, but no real logic to them. Why it is not possible that he was washed out to sea?
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Originally Posted by Meow
I have no idea, but I can't see any reason why it would be foul play. Conspiracy theories abound, but no real logic to them. Why it is not possible that he was washed out to sea?
surely after this length of time he would be flushed back to shore so to say?
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surely after this length of time he would be flushed back to shore so to say?
And what about clothing? Nothing at all has been found, so I think that the idea that he drowned doesn't hold water.
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And what about clothing? Nothing at all has been found, so I think that the idea that he drowned doesn't hold water.
I still think there is something in what the fortune teller said, trapped somewhere.
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Default Re: Missing in Dubai - timmy maccoll, sailor

Theory time again then?

I reckon he got into a scuffle somewhere with the wrong person. Then ended up in a proper scuffle. It got taken too far and he got buried in the desert.
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Theory time again then?

I reckon he got into a scuffle somewhere with the wrong person. Then ended up in a proper scuffle. It got taken too far and he got buried in the desert.
that is my second theory
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that is my second theory
I genuinely think we will just never, ever know.

Unless we had Poirot.....
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Old Sep 10th 2012, 12:14 pm
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I still think there is something in what the fortune teller said, trapped somewhere.
there is nothing in anything any fortune teller ever told anyone. Period.

Without exception and i do mean without exception they are charlatans, crooks and frankly pond dwelling scum.

the only way any fortune teller in history ever got anything right was sheer luck.

ppfffttt pet ****ing hate of mine the whole mumbo jumbo codswallop and demonstrable nonsense surrounding that whole sordid business
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Originally Posted by shiva
there is nothing in anything any fortune teller ever told anyone. Period.

Without exception and i do mean without exception they are charlatans, crooks and frankly pond dwelling scum.

the only way any fortune teller in history ever got anything right was sheer luck.

ppfffttt pet ****ing hate of mine the whole mumbo jumbo codswallop and demonstrable nonsense surrounding that whole sordid business
I used to think like that, and to be fair anyone profiting from fortune telling I would be skeptical about. There is something though, and I had it proven to me.

I lived in a shared house in 2000 and one of the girls there was best friends with a Solicitor who had a 'gift'. She never spoke about it or charged people for telling fortunes etc but she did work with and help West Yorkshire police.

She came to my house whilst I was out and was sat with one of the guys who lived with us who was giving it the "It's a load of bollocks" talk and he asked her to prove it - So she did and he freaked out.

My part of the story was a week later when I asked (After a few beers) what she had said, she explained it and I asked her if there was anyone with me - she said yes.

I asked her who and she described my grandfather to a tee, the Jewellery he wore even down to the fact he has a long red drink in his hand, not red wine something different. My Grandfather was the only person I know in the world that drunk Campari.

There is something, I can't explain it. But you are right, all these 'Romany' bollocks at the seaside are nothing but crooks.
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