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.
Madeleine McCann The Public Spectacle
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September 9th, 2007 at 3:47 am
731 - Goodnite. I’m leaving this pajama party. It’s gotten too weird on here all of a sudden.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:47 am
Ahem, she, can do that, not he. I am not a man.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:45 am
Was Bryam Adams really on their website? Hmmm bordering on creepy…
September 9th, 2007 at 3:45 am
words of wisdom…..
Either these police are idiots or they’re spraying red herrings of supposed incompetence all over the shop…………….I’ve yet to decide but slightly suspect the former……..
September 9th, 2007 at 3:44 am
721 - Yeah, he sure can do that. Because 85% of the posters on here today are from just one individual.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:43 am
Could it be the implicit projection of your own particular fantasy?
Don’t involve me in your psychodrama. You won’t win.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:41 am
seeing is believing…..
September 9th, 2007 at 3:41 am
“Meanwhile, detectives probing the infant’s disappearance are studying the web blog set up by her father”
This is so late in the game.. I can’t believe they are just doing this now and telling the whole world about it?? I would think they’d at the very least have been monitoring Gerry’s blog all along not wait until they declare them formal suspects.
I can’t wait til these Ace Ventura detectives get a hold of the blog entry from the last week in August where Gerry wrote the most chilling entry in his blog. As if he were writing it to convince himself it was all an accident. That entry is not on the home page now and there are no archives on the blog anymore.
Does anyone know why the Bryan Adams soundtrack came off the site? Was that just a coincidence or does it have any significance? Maybe because it slows down the load times. I wonder how much traffic the site is getting now??!
Hell - They can start selling ads on the site and use the revenue to pay for their legal defense!!!
September 9th, 2007 at 3:40 am
you are not a man. you are many…….
September 9th, 2007 at 3:39 am
You can’t have, I didn’t feel anything…although I saw something haha
September 9th, 2007 at 3:37 am
Re: sexual comments and being god, why do you all insist that I am a man?
September 9th, 2007 at 3:37 am
you are not god. i can prove it. I just did…..
September 9th, 2007 at 3:33 am
I can indeed perform miracles.
I am god.
I can make people go to bed whenever I want them to…haha
September 9th, 2007 at 3:29 am
From a purely professional point of veiw, I would be interested in their justification for what made it ok to make such a stupid decision to leave their children unattended when they are very clearly not stupid people.
No-one in their right mind would do that, except some-one suffering from something from having 3 babies in just as many years…add a control freak husband.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:21 am
m.e.: Like I said earlier - half developed people. You naughty children are behaving very badly with all that sexual talk, though it’s what can be expected.
Please don’t do that it’s offensive, to adults and children alike.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:20 am
712 - Sh-h-h-h-h!!….Don’t wake him up……the ritalin seems to finally be taking effect. God knows he needs to get off this forum. He’s been at it nearly 24 hrs straight. Crash and burn.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:18 am
It is more than likely against Portuguese law too, help me out here…
But signing a petion will not make a difference. I would imagine their ‘outing’ in a neglect sense has already occured.
The authorities will be keen to see their ability to care for the other children. Though from what I understand so far, is that ‘care’ of the children is not top of their list. I believe they made quite good use of creches etc. Busy lives etc etc.
That they will face that particular hurdle if/when they return to the UK is without question.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:15 am
g’night all
September 9th, 2007 at 3:13 am
m.e - good idea!
September 9th, 2007 at 3:12 am
Fizz….
Lets have a threesome with Gecko and give him a good fisting….
September 9th, 2007 at 3:07 am
Madelaine and siblings were clearly neglected under English law. I worked there and would have responded to a call about 3 children under 4 being left alone for any period of time. Rather quickly I might add.
Those doctors esp the mother who is a gp know the law. She would have had dealings with the child protection system.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:07 am
Christoph…
I was being implicitly rhetorical/metaphoric. I havent had a ‘fight’ since I was about 10! Probably my unintentional obscurity could offend but hey thats the way I write sometimes……
September 9th, 2007 at 3:07 am
Looks as if this forum has been pirated by trolls this weekend. Hyperactive, incoherent and schizophrenic postings on steroids. Nonsensical. Order needs to be restored.
Christoph, lay off the Mickey D’s
September 9th, 2007 at 3:04 am
if you believe that madeleine was neglected under english law, you might want to sign this petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/June2007/petition.html
September 9th, 2007 at 3:04 am
m.e. - Funny you should say that, I have a urgent desire to punch gecko in the face.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:03 am
Christoph: Once again, be careful what you write.
I do not need your ‘welcome’ to do anything.
Or pity, I am not a victim of all the men I had to deal with.
September 9th, 2007 at 3:01 am
m.e., while I think you’ve been very reasonable and insightful from moment one, remember this is a business forum, private property, etc., etc.
I think you’d be better off going back to “implicit” and keeping such thoughts to yourself.
Sincerely.
Now I’m off, at least for now. However long THAT is!
September 9th, 2007 at 3:00 am
another exclusive!!!
madeleine’s uncle exclusive interview:
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1441042007
September 9th, 2007 at 2:59 am
I have an urgent desire to punch Gerry in the face. Several times.
September 9th, 2007 at 2:59 am
Okay, as much as I dislike your behaviour, my response was overly harsh. I apologize for that. It’s not beyond the pale to show compassion for them even if they were guilty of a horrible crime.
I rather hope, however, you want justice done anyway and show more compassion for the victim. I suspect you would agree with this. You’re welcome to confirm that if you wish.