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Expat Ken Ralphs said that Christian B, the German drifter suspected of abducting Madeleine, tried to recruit a mutual friend to help find a youngster to sell to a childless couple.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Gerry has friends in high places - that bears repeating: he has friends in high places

Like, who?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Embarrassingly, I can't find where I read specifically what - ostensibly innocent - groups he was, and possibly still might be a part of, in order to refresh my memory.

He was a £75k a year doctor in 2012 though, so that much is out there. Admittedly, that isn't much, but if you earn that much, you know someone who knows someone, even if you don't know anyone directly.