Madeleine McCann: Kate And Gerry’s Blood, Threat And Tears
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
THE SUN front page: “KATE’S AGONY – CONFESS & YOU’RE OUT IN A YEAR.”
“Deal of blood, threat and tears.” Kate McCann is being interviewed by police. This is a “highly-charged confrontation, Portuguese officers citing forensic evidence told the GP she would receive a jail sentence of between two and three years if she signed a confession.”
Kate McCann is “horrified”. Says she: “How dare you?”
A source tells the paper: “The police were trying to get Kate to say she had amnesia or was in shock or had a breakdown. They said if she signed the confession she’d serve a year and that her husband would not be charged and could go home. It was effectively emotional blackmail.”
“SHOCKED” Gerry McCann has been named as a formal suspect.
THE SUN SAYS: “But the allegations made yesterday against Madeleine’s distraught mother Kate are astonishing and, in places, farcical. A suspicious page of the Bible left open? A call to a priest on the day of Maddie’s disappearance? Not exactly a smoking gun.”
Do all crimes involve a smoking gun?
The Sun concludes: “The Sun desperately wants justice for Maddie. But the greatest pity is that she is the one person who seems to have been forgotten in this mess of incompetence.”
And the Press continue to watch the parents.
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE: DEATH ON MUM’S BIBLE.”
THE WORLD’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER writes of “THE DAY THE JEERING STARTED”.
“Just two days ago Kate McCann, 39, was regarded almost universally as a victim who had suffered unimaginable agony. Families everywhere shared her heartbreak at losing her beautiful daughter. But it was clear yesterday, as the GP arrived to be formally named as a suspect in her daughter’s disappearance, that much of that sympathy has now gone.”
The crowd outside the police station – 400-strong – goes into a “frenzy” when Kate McCann arrives. “There were whistles, then jeers and boos before some in the crowd began to shout insults. ‘Whore… daughter of a whore,’ some yelled in Portuguese.”
The Express translates.
A local man says: “They will find this more and more because in Portugal harming a child is the worst thing…The Portuguese people took them to their hearts and now we feel cheated. It will not be nice in Portugal for them now.”
Kate is “cool and collected”.
DAILY MAIL front page: “THE ACCUSED. Portuguese police’s staggering grilling of Madeleine mother.
• Why was her blood in your car?
• Did you drug her that night?
• Confess and get just two years.”
DAILY STAR front page: “YOU KILLED MADDIE.”
DAILY MIRROR front page: “MADELEINE SENSATION. We have found her blood in the boot of your hire car.. DID YOU KILL HER BY ACCIDENT?” This is “what police asked Kate McCann during 16-hour grilling”.
THE GUARDIAN front page: “Mother, victim…suspect: police target Kate McCann.”
THE TELEGRAPH: “Kate and Gerry McCann named as suspects,” says the headline.
“Mr McCann stared straight ahead as his suspect status was announced and refused to answer questions from awaiting journalists. A crowd which had been attending a concert in the town square earlier listened to the announcement and several people gasped audibly.”
In “Villagers back Madeleine McCann’s parents”, the paper journeys to Rothey, Leicestershire, the McCanns’ home town. Michelle Canilleri, who lives in Rothley, shares with the world: “I can’t believe it. This is such a shock. They have got the wrong people. No way in the world would either Kate or Gerry harm any of their children.”
THE INDEPENDENT front page: “FROM ANGUISHED PARENT, TO GRIEVING MOTHER, TO SUSPECT.”
“Shortly before 11am, Mrs McCann’s spokeswoman, Justine McGuinness, revealed that the 39-year-old GP was being made an arguida – official suspect – in the case. And then she uttered the six short words which will be inconceivable to some who have followed this case and a confirmation of long-held suspicions to others. ‘Kate fears she will be charged,’ Ms McGuinness said.”
THE TIMES front page: A picture of the McCanns meeting the Pope.
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Posted: 8th, September 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,454) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
September 10th, 2007 at 2:02 am
The press needs to get photos of the missing people - Matthew Oldfield Jane Tanner David Payne and Dianne Webster……putting their faces out there will make one of them crack…..why should they be treated any differently?
They are doctors and need to be suspects too!
What if they are involved in some way….should they still be practising????
September 10th, 2007 at 2:01 am
i did wonder if it was possible that they had arranged a swinging party through a site set up by malinka, i’m not really sure where the swinging allegations came from though. they were pretty widespread and part of gerrys foundations for threatening to sue
September 10th, 2007 at 2:00 am
I think Gerry McCrim’s next ‘masterful stroke of misdirection’ will be to announce ANOTHER one of his children has disappeared, while both parents were regrettably on the lash again.
Please could the public send their NEW donations to ‘Another One Missing, Yup You Guessed Who, This Fund is Solely For Our Use’
Who says lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place …
September 10th, 2007 at 1:59 am
hey spud you gonna love this……
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_McCann
considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia’s deletion policy
September 10th, 2007 at 1:58 am
Which is why PJ arranged a face to face meeting with Murat and the 3 McCannteers, because they didn’t believe team McCann, and hoped they’d crumble at a face to face. Funnily enough however, Payne and O’Brien are from Exeter, a place where Murat happened to be 3 weeks prior to the McCann holiday, visiting his sister………..
September 10th, 2007 at 1:57 am
bulldump 1284 - so if Murat was into swinging - did the friends book a swinging holiday?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:55 am
BULLDUMP;
Murat wasn’t a red herring. Fiona Payne, Russell O’Brien and Rachael Oldfield, 3 of the team McCann, made statements that they all saw Murat ‘acting suspiciously’ near McCaans apartment. Which is why he was made number 1 Arguido. Fortunately for Murat, however, the only people to witness him appear to be AMM team McCann members.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:53 am
where’s malinka these days, since he was such an integral part in the character assasintion of murat?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:49 am
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=471741&in_page_id=1770
September 10th, 2007 at 1:46 am
the dude in the picture has swimming pool cleaner type complexion
September 10th, 2007 at 1:46 am
So was Vin Diesel the pool cleaner at the Warner resort
If not what is he doing there?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:43 am
Had an argument earlier with a senior QC about the likelihood of the McCann’s lawyers contesting extradition.
More money coming in soon:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldselect/ldeucom/138/138.pdf
Enjoy!
It’s going to be almost as much fun as the hanging chads in 2000-1
September 10th, 2007 at 1:42 am
no, i was serious.
murat, his girlfriend and her husband co-habit in some menner
lol, i have refered to them as the cosy three
September 10th, 2007 at 1:42 am
1127..you may well be right..unless PJ locate the body which I reckon may be in those road works that were taking place right under their noses and has been there all the time., and was unnoticed when the holes were filled on a couple of days after she went “missing”.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:40 am
Heck BD
You were serious about it being the husband
I though you were joking
http://www.anorak.co.uk/tabloids/173379.html
September 10th, 2007 at 1:39 am
their audience with bin laden is looking a bit shakey too
September 10th, 2007 at 1:38 am
Murat’s sister lives in Exeter.
So does Obrain and murat know each other?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Dudes I think we are ALL missing the crucial point here.
How are the McCann’s going to meet Bono now ??
September 10th, 2007 at 1:34 am
Even the Daily Mail usually so anal and supportive,is now asking why the O’Brian’s and other friend refuse to speak up for their friends the McCans.Here is the Aussie take on it..not good either.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/opinion/story/0,22049,22390471-5001031,00.html
September 10th, 2007 at 1:32 am
since murat worked for the police as a translator prior to the investigation, is it not possible he still does. He could have possible been planted as a red herring. after all we are told the police declared that he was already being looked into when he was pointed out by the press, why would they admit to that.
the police may have quite cleverly been diverting the attention away from the true investigation.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:26 am
Yes that link is very strange and the whole Exeter thing.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:23 am
he said he he knew them but they denied all knowledge of ever meeting him
September 10th, 2007 at 1:21 am
Don’t know.
Strange though.
How did Murat meet the mcanns for the first time
and where?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:20 am
how bizare!!!
if you goto google images and type in ‘murats girlfriend’ you will be bombarded with many many many links to gay websites.
murats girlfriend seems like a pretty innocent search criteria to me?
i got filtering turned off, but i dont get results like that when i put my name and then girlfriend!!!!!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 1:14 am
“1269# Lizzie Says:
I see that the Bryan Adams music has incidentally gone from the Find Madeleine site.”
The celebrity rats are deserting the sinking ship …
I wonder if Gerry McCrim has the guts to stay on the bridge ?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:13 am
do you think brian adams has withdrawn his support personally?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:11 am
is he murats girlfriends husband?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:10 am
I see that the Bryan Adams music has incidentally gone from the Find Madeleine site.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:08 am
1264
I will let you off!!!
So,I wonder when we will hear more news on this?
I just want it to reach a conclusion very soon.
Geez,the spam protection sums are getting harder now!!! Lmao!
September 10th, 2007 at 1:08 am
i can’t believe it, for the first time in months i can write maddie mccan in the search bar and not get a sponsored link come up (the ones highlighted in pink)