If she had nothing to worry about and was completely innocent with nothing to hide then why would she not do it??
1. Your daughter is missing.
2. You are being accused of harming her.
3. You are offered a lie detector test to help prove your innocence by chairman of the British and European Polygraph Association.
4. You refuse.....
What parent do you know that would refuse to do a lie detector if they were innocent?
Sunday 18 November 2007
It is revealed that Kate McCann has refused to take a lie detector test despite previously stating, on 21 September, that she would take one to prove her innocence.
Don Cargill, chairman of the British and European Polygraph Association, said the McCanns told him they would only take the test if it was 100 per cent accurate and admissible in a Portuguese court.
"I was left with the impression the whole thing was a PR exercise to get sympathy at a time when Kate was under increasing scrutiny." said Mr Cargill.
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We will take lie detector test say Kate and Gerry McCann
SOURCE| Liverpool Echo Link
21 SEP 2007 UPDATED 21:12, 8 MAY 2013
THE PARENTS of Madeleine McCann are prepared to take a lie detector test to prove their innocence.
Friends say Kate and Gerry McCann want to show they have nothing to hide over the disappearance of the four-year-old who went missing on a family holiday to Portugal in May.
The couple’s decision is the latest stage in a high-profile fightback led by family and friends against police suspicions they may been responsible for Madeleine’s death and staged an elaborate cover-up.
The McCanns were declared official suspects by detectives two weeks ago after DNA traces in a car hired after her disappearance were used to suggest the vehicle had been used to carry Madeleine’s body.
The couple have returned to Britain and have been told that police do not have enough evidence to justify interviewing them again.
But they remain suspects and say they are determined to clear their names and continue the search for Madeleine who they believe may be still alive.
A friend said: “If they are asked to take a lie detector test by police they would. Kate and Gerry are happy to do anything that will clear their names.”
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Now Kate McCann refuses to take a lie detector test to clear her name
SOURCE| Daily Mail Link
By VANESSA ALLEN
Last updated at 16:58 19 November 2007
Kate McCann has refused to take a lie detector test about her daughter Madeleine's disappearance, it was revealed yesterday.
She and husband Gerry had offered to undergo a polygraph examination in September, after they were made official suspects in the investigation.
But it has now emerged that they have refused an expert's offer to carry it out, because the results would not be admissible as evidence to a Portuguese court.
Don Cargill, chairman of the British and European Polygraph Association, said the McCanns told him they would only take the test if it was 100 per cent accurate and admissible in a Portuguese court.
He told the Sunday Express: "Kate said she'd take it to prove her innocence but in reality, she wasn't willing.
"I was dumbfounded, to tell the truth.
"I don't think it was the McCanns' fault. I was left with the impression the whole thing was a PR exercise to get sympathy at a time when Kate was under increasing scrutiny."
Lie detectors work by measuring physiological responses such as blood pressure levels, pulse rate, breathing and sweat gland activity in the skin during questioning.
Any significant difference in these rates may indicate the subject is lying.
The process has been criticised but the American Polygraph Association claims the current computerised technology is 98 per cent accurate.
They are not admissible in British or Portuguese courts.
McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "Of course they are not going to take the test. It's inadmissible in Portugal and there are doubts about the accuracy.
"Gerry and Kate don't need to do one as they are telling the truth."
