Geraghty the Tycoon Friend of the McCanns
John Geraghty in Praia da Luz
John Geraghty is a friend of the McCanns and some of the first reports of this man surfaced when he was said to be storing the Renault Scenic for them after they fled Portugal after being made Arguidos.
A shy character and seldom interviewed, John Geraghty is certainly a major player in the case and he is named in the PJ’s police files (see below).
In an article in The Times on September 24, 2007, which you can read HERE, it said;
Geraghty Speaking to Sky News
An elusive man, John Geraghty is presumed to be the Mountsorrel businessman, John Geraghty of Geraghty Construction Ltd based in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. In a rare piece of footage on Sky News, John Geraghty appears briefly in the following video clip. He is the white haired man reading the newspaper, and speaking with a Yorkshire accent.
Geraghty in the Police Files
John Geraghty appears in the police files – Volume VIIIa – Father Jose Pacheco’s testimony on page 3925:
Translated it says:
So, Jose Pacheco gave permission and consent of the church keys to the McCanns via John Geraghty but two obvious questions are;
1. Was Madeleine hidden in the church or not?
2. Why was Geraghty the go-between for the keys to the church…what was his role?
Father Jose Pacheco “a shell of a man”
Father Jose Pacheco gave the keys to John Geraghty
Father Jose Pacheco who comforted Gerry and Kate McCann in the days after Madeleine vanished later claimed that he had been the victim of some form of deception.
The priest even ordered every trace of the Madeleine appeal removed from his church of Our Lady of the Light.
Friends of Jose Pacheco said he could no longer bear to discuss the case.
“Even when his friends broach the subject he immediately changes it,” said one.
“He says it is an extremely unpleasant situation and the McCann family only ever brought him problems.
“He even told one friend they ruined his life.
“There are two completely different Pachecos, the one before the McCanns and this shell of a man after the McCanns. He is a nervous wreck.”
What were the problems that forced Father Pacheco to become “a shell of a man” after the McCanns?
Read this story, originally in the Daily Mail HERE.
Geraghty Construction Incident
After Geraghty Construction failed to pay a bill to one of its clients, the client – Paul Young – marched into the company’s headquarters in Sleaford Lincolnshire, armed with a five-gallon drum of industrial sealant and poured it all over the office computers and furniture.
Despite causing £24,000 worth of damage Paul Young walked free from court after Lincoln Crown Court Judge Michael Heath took sympathy on him and said he had acted out of “understandable frustration”.
Read the original Daily Mail story in this site HERE.
