Madeleine McCann: Suspects Kate And Gerry And The Flight Of Fancy
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
THE SUN front page: “EXCLUSIVE – ‘We’re being set up. I’ve had enough. Let’s go home.’” This is the “ANGER OF MADDIE DAD.”
Gerry and Kate McCann, “the doctors”, are back in their home town of Rothley, Leicestershire.
Pages 4, 5, 6 & 7: A statement from Gerry McCann in which he thanks one and all for the support and adds: “But we would like to ask for our privacy to be respected now that we have returned home.”
But their private grief is public spectacle. Can they be left alone with their daughter still missing and their campaign to find her in progress?
“YOU’LL LOSE THE TWINS.” Portuguese police are said to have told Kate McCann she should confess or face losing her two children.
“FACT OR FIT-UP?” The Sun considers the claims and gives each an “EXPLANATION.”
THE SUN SAYS: “McCanns’ hell”. The McCann’s “torment gets more horrendous by the day.” Where is the “kidnapper who might still have the four-year-old child in his clutches?”
THE TIMES front page: “McCanns fly home to fights their case.”
Mr McCann says the police’s focus on them is “deeply disturbing”.
Portuguese newspapers claim the McCanns failed to answer 40 questions put to them during interviews last week. “They apparently feared that they could wrongly implicate themselves if he [sic] did so.”
Pages 6 & 7: “Puzzles and mysteries at the very heart of the investigation.”
The paper tries to answer some of these questions. It tells us: “Although a small child could be killed quickly it would take time to hide the body so that it was not discovered in the biggest search in Portuguese history.”
The paper’s David Brown does not reveal how he researched this. He just knows.
The window to the McCanns apartment might have been opened from the inside. Brown of the Wapping Yard concludes: “Or was the window opened to make it appear as if an intruder had used it to enter the bedroom?”
Hmmm. What say you Mr Brown?
DAILY MAIL front page: “Police are determined to charge McCanns with killing Madeleine. HOME…FOR HOW LONG?”
Mr McCann is said to have told a friends: “We are being completely stitched up by the Portuguese police. We are completely f*****. We should have seen this coming weeks ago and gone back to Britain.”
Pages 2 and 3: “Madeleine’s parents consult Pinochet’s lawyer.” The McCanns have consulted with Michael Caplan QC, the British lawyer who represented Chilean dictator General Pinochet, who stood accused to torture and human rights abuses. Interesting?
Pages 4 & 5: “Questions the police must answer.”
The paper wonders if Robert Murat was named as a suspect in the hope his presence might “lead the couple into committing an incriminating indiscretion?” Or not.
In attempting to answer the key questions, the Mail produces more questions.
And the evidence..? The paper’s Michael Hanson wonders just how “foolproof” forensic tests are. You can’t argue with the science. Or can you?
DAILY MIRROR front page: “Kate weeps in Maddy’s room.”
The paper’s “EXCLUSIVE” is that Kate McCann sat alone in Madeleine’s “pink-painted room” and “sobbed in despair”.
How does it know this?
A friend says: “They are not running and will clear their names.”
Pages 4 & 5: Four pictures of the McCanns: arriving at Faro airport; boarding a flight,;on the plane getting ready for take off; and walking to their family home in Rothley.
Pages 6 & 7: “40 questions they both ‘refused’ to answer’.” And: “Officers say her replies left a lot to be desired, ‘it was claimed.’”
“McCANNS FACE KILLING CHARGE.”
“WHY COPS THINK SHE WAS NOT ABDUCTED.”
Page 9: Brian Reade has a daughter the same age as Madeleine McCann. Brian, who writes for the Mirror, has found it “impossible to imagine the depth of pain and guilt”. Without a body, says Brian, “They may never be able to prove their total and complete innocence.”
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE ‘WE CAN PROVE PARENTS DID IT.’ Portuguese police make dramatic new claim over evidence.”
Pages 2, 3 4, 5: The paper’s Martin Evans is on flight EZY 6552. He sees the McCanns travel home. He experiences “first hand…Kate’s pain and anguish on that most difficult of journeys”.
The seatbelts sign goes off. A note is passed to Kate. It is from another passenger. Kate reads the “simple message” of support. “A female passenger kneels by Kate and gives her a “tight hug.”
Kate sobs, “tears dripping slowly down her cheeks”.
Page 6: “Questions for the McCanns.” The Express has a go at solving the mystery. It says “Case could hang over us for ever say parents”.
DAILY STAR front page: “Maddie’s parents surprise flight.” Flight?
Pages 6 & 7: “We’re not running away.”
Page 7: More from Martin Evans, who sees the McCanns’ “pained expressions”.
Pages 8 & 9: “Furious donors want cash back as pressure mounts on friends to reveal all. DAD: I’LL USE £1M MADDIE FUND TO CLEAR OUR NAMES.”
DAILY TELEGRAPH front page: “Year-long wait for McCanns to clear name.”
Says Kate McCann: “Portuguese law prohibits us from commenting on the police investigation. Despite their being so much we wish to say we are unable to do so except to say this: we have played no part in the disappearance of our lovely daughter Madeleine.”
Page 4: “Couple facing a ‘life sentence of grief’.”
THE GUARDIAN front page: “Exhausted and under suspicion, Madeleine’s family come home.”
Pages 2, 4 & 5: “Rothley villagers relieved to see family return.”
“Thank goodness. They’re back where they belong and it’s the best place they could possibly be,” says one young mother.
The Rev Mark Chandler adds: “My every sense tells me that Rothley is just pleased and relieved to have them back.”
THE INDEPENDENT front page: “130 days since they left for a family holiday, the McCanns return to Britain without Madeleine. This is “THE HOMECOMING”.
Pages 2 & 3: “A shattered family returns to Britain without Madeleine”. “Portugal’s media clamour for conviction”.
Says one mother holidaying in Praia da Luz: “You don’t want to believe the worst but when you read headlines like these [in Portuguese media], obviously one conclusion seems more likely than another.”
Says the Diario de Noticia: “PJ wait for final examinations to arrest Madeleine’s parents.”
Madeleine McCann: private grief as public spectacle
Posted: 10th, September 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,280) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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September 10th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Chloe 309- I agree compleatly, the terms she/he is using is disgusting and should not be allowed.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
I think they set their freinds up to find her missing (to get a genuine reaction)- but they only listened at the door- oops so Kate dear had to go and find her missing - hence the reports of her odd comments / behaviour etc.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
The songs are certainly bordering on creepy.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
lets vote cj out. or ignore him maybe. or of course we could agree with all the nonsense he spouts to avoid insults?…………….
September 10th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
gecko100, if they are to be investigated why the wait. I don’t think they need to collate evidence as it is proven the Mcs went out that night(can’t comment on the other nights), the children were left alone and one of the children is now missing. Are the Social Services waiting for them to unpack and tidy the house before they arrive?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Well in my opinion, nobody should be paid below the national average.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Mods and Admin
cj and bulldump
I am getting sick of the pair of you, I’ve just deleted another pair of posts from each of you, any more and both will be flushed off the boards.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
(297) Moderation
It was the Italian player in the World Cup with Zidane…
But as you probably know from my earlier posts I believe they did the deed before going to the Tapas bar. Arriving later than they said is just another fabrication on their part. The Whining Midget goin back so soon was just to check that tracks were covered sufficiently… In my opinion (and I guess the opinion of the PJ)
September 10th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Moriarty - yes I do have a job. Didnt know IT involved forum contributing!
September 10th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
cj, i’m posted in dnemark at the moment but i am english.
and as for being unemployed, wrong again i’m afraid. I wouldn’t make speculation as to how much you earn, but i earn 3.5 time the uk national average
September 10th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
chopper 304
jeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzz………………
September 10th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
For Mods. & Admin.
I’m just reading today - don’t have time to post, but I would really appreciate something being done about cj’s language. I really don’t care what he/she thinks of Bulldump, I can see no need to express it in those terms.
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Mods and Admin
Chloe, both have had posts deleted and they are now both on a public warning.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
gressin - re earlier posts - the song has been REMOVED!!!!! wonder why?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Good afternoon m.e.
I have told you all 100 times I am a woman, not a man.
You offend me by referring to me as a man.
I know what they are like…
September 10th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
An interesting choice of song greets you when you visit the McCann website “everything I do, I do for you”.
Does this include going out to party and leaving you alone?
The song also includes the line “it’s not worth dying for”. Certainly right there.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
(297) cj
You are so very offensive. Do you have a job? Just wondered as you accuse bulldump of always being on the forum - but then again you are too. As for me, yes I do, and it is IT based.. as opposed to IDIOT based which I assume yours is
September 10th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
m.e. - how do you do a fake abduction, surely she was either abducted or she wasn’t?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91210-1283359,00.html?f=vg
“Portuguese detectives are pressing ahead with their case against the parents of Madeleine McCann - even though the couple have now returned to the UK.”
The writer says this as though he/she believes that perhaps the case should be dropped because the McCanns have returned!
September 10th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
moriarty, i do appologize but it wasn’t my post
September 10th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
good afternoon mr grecian 1000… or is it ‘many’?……..
Which character have you chosen today……….
September 10th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
He may have only just got the helicopter and so kept crashing into the walls of the apartment, that would explain the blood etc on the walls. Maybe the helicopter had to land at the supermarket en route, for fuel maybe, that would explain the DNA there, and then when Gerry (I must say the Midget tag does make me chuckle) put the helicopter in the boot of the hire car some of the DNA was left there.
Those useless Portugese police should have considered this, the British police would have been on to it straight away.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Someone saw a man carrying a child in a blanket at night?
And did nothing? What on earth did they think he was doing? Taking his legles child for a walk? That is completely crazy.
I’d throw that idiot in jail too :0
I like the Terry McCann comment posted earlier too - almost spat my diet coke across the keyboard.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
sorry - been away for a cuppa.
I work with a freind of the nanny. Don’t know why she’s not talking, probably the same reason as the rest of their freinds
September 10th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
It was the member of MW staff at the table with them who gave all that information. Yoga instructor? she was on their team. Apparently they did well in the quiz!
that’s still only two hours to put it all together….. sorry don’t buy it.
However, stretch the time line (I did say maybe
I also understood that the rest of the party have signed statements that say they can’t discuss said statements. They also agreed to go back if necessary… I wouldn’t discuss a word if I knew I’d have to go back!
Daughter/son of a whore is a really popular insult there. Who was the footballer who headbutted another and got sent off because he claimed another player said that to him?
Big story at the time! Maybe in the world cup?
its like asshole in US or dickhead here.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
bulldump you sound like a dole scrounger - explains how you are always on the internet forums. Explains why you have such a dogs shite worms view of the world from your council flat with your inverted snobbery and judgemental little mind. you would apparently would love to be a swinger cause you are always obsesessed with swingers but no one want to play with your unemployed unwashed self.
Thats my theory!
September 10th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
You people are incredibly cruel. No-one has been found guilty of anything.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
(292) bulldholmes
you posted that yesterday and it wasnt even slightly amusing then…
September 10th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
(386) gecko
“I wonder if she has post-natal depression?”
More like post infanticide I am gonna do a long time behind bars depression
September 10th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
It seems to me that the use of polonium-210, implicated in the murder of Derek Lysenko by the Uzbek Secret Service (USS) a few months back, cannot be ruled out in the case of the McCanns. Doctors have ready access to the stuff in their hospitals. What I want to know is––has a hazmat team scanned the hire car (and the Bible for that matter) with a Geiger Counter? The half-life of polonium-210 would mean that even minute quantities of the substance would be detectable even 30 years from now. As for the poor the twins (and, hey, are they REALLY twins? Has anyone actually seen them both at the same time except in easily manipulated photographs?) they would still be lit up like a Christmas tree. The car should be impounded, even if that means the European Broadcasting Union picking up the tab till it’s all over. Like Bernice, I said from the very beginning that there was something very dodgy about Jimmy McCann’s fake Glasgow accent and strange squint. I’d like to know EXACTLY where Dr Doolittle was the day Glasgow Airport was attacked. Dyeing Barak Obama’s beard no doubt for his next DVD.
Ellen––you’re right; sorry about getting the little gir’s name wrong. But I promise you––I’ve been wearing my Mary McCann wristband and tshirt since Day 1. Not sure that can be said of many people on this board.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
cj; Lower your expectations of this board. It IS the tabloid press…