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 1:06 am
I had a feeling they’d get away w/ murder!!!!!!!!!!!
Good night everyone.
September 9th, 2007 at 1:03 am
Who is Michael McCann? I was at school with a bloke called Mike McCann in Penge. Could that be him? Could he be involved?
I mean all this DNA stuff…aren’t all the McCanns in the world descended from William the Conqueror anyway? And isn’t one in four of them Chinese? Chan McCann, for example. I saw a documentary about this stuff on NG. Scary.
September 9th, 2007 at 1:02 am
I wonder if they get arrested on the Tarmac.
Dramatic — but doubtful.
September 9th, 2007 at 1:00 am
According to Sky news…..Mccanns are to leave at 0930..
September 9th, 2007 at 12:56 am
grow up christoph
September 9th, 2007 at 12:55 am
looks like they’re making their getaway. my guess is to be officially charged in the UK. After her alleged rant that she was being ‘framed’ a trial in portugal isn’t possible without the media hounds making a big stink.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:55 am
MODS AND ADMIN:
SOCKPUPPETING IS DISRUPTIVE ON ANY FORUM. IT IS CONSIDERED RUDE AND UNETHICAL.
IT CREATES THE RISK OF A COMMENTATOR WHO IS EARNESTLY PARTICIPATING IN A DISCUSSION BEING TARRED FOR WORDS OTHER THAN HIS OR HER OWN.
THIS CAN HAVE MANY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES INCLUDING LEGAL FOR THE COMMENTATOR AND IN RARE CASES, FOR THE FORUM.
I ASK THAT YOU WARN THE COMMENTATOR WHO IS SOCKPUPPETING ME, WHO I BELIEVE IS ALSO KNOWN AS “bulldump”, TO CEASE AND DESIST.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:53 am
a dishonest sockpuppet?
i been to jail twice for violent conduct and you’re calling me a sock puppet
September 9th, 2007 at 12:52 am
Arthur––got that one wrong mate. Those movies weren’t directed by Michael McCann but by Michael Manley former prime minister of Jamaica who died in 1997.
John
September 9th, 2007 at 12:51 am
lol, christoph your hyperlink now points to http://www.getahobby.com
lmfao
September 9th, 2007 at 12:51 am
bulldump, I have better things to do than be a dishonest sockpuppet
September 9th, 2007 at 12:49 am
LOL!!
September 9th, 2007 at 12:49 am
i have been here for 16 and a quarter hours actually and all of the letters have eroded from my keyboard
September 9th, 2007 at 12:47 am
What about Pat McCann? CEO of the Jurys Hotel Group?
Or Michael McCann, director of film classics such as The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, Collateral and Miami Vice?
September 9th, 2007 at 12:47 am
But The Observer can reveal that it is the DNA analysis, painstakingly conducted over a period of weeks by the FSS, that prompted Portuguese police to summon first Kate, then Gerry, for extended questioning and finally to class them both as suspects. The main focus of the inquiry is a small and degraded sample of blood found on the floor of the Praia da Luz holiday flat that matches perfectly, but incompletely, Madeleine’s DNA profile.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:46 am
the crowd outside the police station were shouting that kate is the daughter of a whore. do you think kate’s dad is aware of what his wife does at night
September 9th, 2007 at 12:46 am
bulldump, I’m going with Fizz on this one.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:45 am
I took a break to go out for chili, dude. And I don’t care what people think. At this moment, this is the best thing I have to do.
If it wasn’t, I would do something else. When it isn’t, I will.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Some idiot said they found the body, then he said he thought they did…I was the fool to believe it…But i just read a new article saying..that the DNA match did not exactly match Madeleine’s DNA…
September 9th, 2007 at 12:44 am
christoph portugal and the uk are both in the eu. the police have nothing to do with extradition whatsoever
September 9th, 2007 at 12:43 am
Yes, extradition was mentioned.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:43 am
erm… christoph you been on this page now for no less than 16 hours solidly posting evey 2-4 minutes. why don’t you either leave or change your nick cause people are gonna start thinking you have nothing better to do?
September 9th, 2007 at 12:41 am
Sad, Fizz, very sad. I believe you.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:41 am
I hope the police don’t let them go yet. Not unless the British have agreed to extradition if required.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:41 am
It’s on Sky news
September 9th, 2007 at 12:40 am
where did you hear they are going home tomorrow, I don’t know how they are gonna get through customs with dodi and diana’s passports
September 9th, 2007 at 12:39 am
Could be true and maybe is… but be really REALLY cautious about believing anonymous shocking facts dropped in the middle of a forum.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:38 am
Just heard on Sky the McCanns are going home in a few hours - saying no point in staying in Portugal when they’ve been shown evidence Madeleine is probably dead ….Sky
September 9th, 2007 at 12:38 am
Kate and Gerry going home tomorrow though
September 9th, 2007 at 12:37 am
lololol
i think the mccanns may have hidden maddie inside pavarotti whist they were in italy