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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September 9th, 2007 at 12:37 am
Nothing on Sky news about a body.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:36 am
I should clarify: My last post was in answer to 579.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:34 am
What?! Where did you read THAT?!
September 9th, 2007 at 12:34 am
No hold on. Karen McCann? Is she implicated? Is nothing sacred? For heaven’s sake. I’ve thought Bobby and Jill McCann looked suspicious from the outset––the strange shopping bags, the cynical audition for the X Factor, the hiring of Derek Acorah, those shiny shoes he wears. But come on? Karen McCann, creator of McCann’s instant Irish oatmeal cakes? It’s not another version of the milk, biscuits and rohipnol story, is it? I feel gutted.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:31 am
I just read in another forum that the police have recovered the body
September 9th, 2007 at 12:31 am
Martin: we all have multiple reality disorder…
I guess that’s the issue here.
Too many cooks and no meat in the broth…
September 9th, 2007 at 12:29 am
i know for a fact that a lot of the people that work at mccann-ericson in howland street london w1 interfere with themselves during office hour
September 9th, 2007 at 12:28 am
I think we are all fascinated by this entire ordeal.. But i do think the Portugal Police are confident and will have news on Tues..WOO HOO
GO PORTUGAL!!!! I really hope this all ends soon..Madeleine you are in many’s thoughts and prayers!!
September 9th, 2007 at 12:27 am
I think Arthur/John has multiple personality disorder.
Suppose it’s better than the McCanns.
They seem to have multiple reality disorder.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:27 am
erm… not forgetting mccann-ericson which is the second largest advertising agency in the world http://www.mccann.co.uk/ ironically their slogan is ‘mind advertising’
September 9th, 2007 at 12:26 am
credit should be given to the PJ on staying focused, and not being swayed by the Media horde. They have put their necks out there and are facing nasty consequences for it. I for one hope that once the tide shifts and camp McCann becomes Fort McCann that the glory hunters don’t try to take credit away from where credit is due.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:26 am
John Peerad: haha that was very funny.
It a board of speculation, religious dogma, racism, superiority, and little big picture thought.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:24 am
And gecko - maybe everyone here knows that 2+2 is officially 4, but that’s only because they need a degree in maths to get through the Spam Protection filter.
Damn… got it wrong again.
Er… 265?
Good, at last….
September 9th, 2007 at 12:22 am
My pediatrician is a Mccann…….how scary is that
September 9th, 2007 at 12:22 am
Bulldump - What you on! That’s what I said!!! I was replying to Chrisoph’s post disbelieving it was ever said..
September 9th, 2007 at 12:21 am
I believe that’s true and I believe it’s to the PJ’s credit that they allowed it.
I also think it’s REALLY to their credit that they kept it secret until now.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:21 am
I wonder what the Mccanns are doing right now?? Why are we SO NOSY
September 9th, 2007 at 12:21 am
John, mate, how about Dan McCann of the Provisional IRA? Or the several Peter McCanns? Actor. Rock Guitarist. Former Provost of Glasgow who now has a block of flats named after him?
Great thread, btw. What’s it all about?
September 9th, 2007 at 12:20 am
What’s w/ the text messaging the night of…..anyone know??
September 9th, 2007 at 12:19 am
That’s true Fizz which would back the why the PJ were able to locate the evidence that far into the investigation.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:19 am
Elizabeth, every government agency leaks on occasion, often for good reason. Heck, even the Mossad does (and CIA can’t help it).
It was a wink wink kind of rebuttal.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:18 am
i’m glad the mccanns don’t come from norwich as i’m sure none of this would have done the sale of colemans mustards very good
September 9th, 2007 at 12:16 am
Christoph, 542.
That’s what I mean, they allow themselves to leak what suits them. Maybe it’s not such a bad system? The McCanns were clearly unnerved by it, to the point of suing the newspapers. They probably discussed it together - with the police listening in since, as we now know, they taped their “intimate conversations”.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:16 am
I would be. This was in front of the McCann’s Portuguese lawyer. He would know this is totally improper and — indeed — a crime in Portugal.
He’d fry the police with it.
Therefore, I would say I concur with every Portuguese lawyer who has spoken on this subject and say it didn’t happen.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:15 am
jesus wept!!!!!!
fizz, fizz i don’t wanna criticize but the two year deal was for the confession.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Once again (or: yet once again).
I loathe the Daily Mail.
But it’s the official damaged drain (geddit?) of the British Police, so when it reports that 55 people are now assigned to the British unit set up to investigate this case (remember England also has jurisdiction here), I think that’s probably just about true. According to the Mail source, the Brits have been holding the PJ’s hand since they stepped in (with far more experience and resources), so it’s basically Knacker of the Yard (or Melton Mowbray or whatever) the McCanns are now up against, whether they’re in England or Portugal.
So everyone stop dissing Portugal.
…Though I still think Christiano is a Winker, and (writing from Amsterdam) that the way they knocked Holland out of the World Cup will have to be settled at the International Criminal Court.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:13 am
erm… john i think you meant karen mccann, not kylie
September 9th, 2007 at 12:13 am
It’s a truly ugly situation for all involved, including us. I wonder if ‘it’ is somehow reflective (in the real mirroring sense) of society…
September 9th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Christoph - I’m not a fan of the McCanns’s but I wouldn’t be surprised if the 2 year prison deal was put to them in an attempt for a confession.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:11 am
how do you think they should be executed?