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
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September 10th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
ANy sign of damage on your shutters Chopper?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
pete - if its left up to the Pj - 200 years is optimistic
September 10th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
(324) Moderation
Well I still have seen no evidence that she was on CCTV at 6.30 as I understand she was last seen at 2.30 (I concur with 329 noseycow). But - no matter.
Yes I think they are cold and calculating enough to do just that. Nothing they do surprises me at all. From the beginning they exuded guilt and sought to blame everyone but themselves. They STILL cannot accept that leaving the kids alone at night was wrong… Christ !! How WRONG can that be.
I live in Hastings and witnessed locally the Sion Jenkins/Billie Jo Jenkins thingy. It struck me then that he was guilty through all statements to the media and press. It struck the police that he was guilty. Everytone in the town thought that he was guilty. He was then tried and convicted… Subsequently he was released after a 3rd retrial.. but only on a technicality.. I know it is a different case but with some people you can simply tell that they are guilty by their demeanour.
Even yesterday the Ice Maiden could not look at the cameras whilst the Whining Midget read his rubbish speech at the airport. Her face betrayed guilt. His darting eyes betrayed guilt.
But we shall see
September 10th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Council Flat - how dare you insinuate that.
They have given me a 3 bedroom end of terrace now so piss off.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
m.e.I did contradict you but I couldnt be bothered going back to find it.
You rattled on about the K and G leaving the station ‘under no illusions’ that M was dead. I asked you how would you know what illusions they were under.
Are you a mind reader? Whether they believe it or not is not for you or I to say.
What must be said is that there is still doubt that M is still alive and I am going on that belief until there is proper proof not the rantings of a retarded PJ.
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cj you appear to have a very low opinion of the PJ, which of course is your right, but could you prove they are what you say?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
i doubt ali campbell would want the job since they appear to turn on those helping them if it aint going thier way
September 10th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
May I ask - what is a council flat?
Is it a type of government subsidised housing?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Matty: Whatever they (SS) do, you won’t know about it, unless someone leaks it.
High staus will not affect it.
I have been involved in many ‘high status’ cases.
Nobody is immune.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
I would like to know how much they have made from press interveiws.
Also as they are not allowed to give interveiws about the case now that they are ’suspects’ - how come the sunday papers published an interveiw with Kate where she was talking about the pj trying to get her to confess?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Noseycow…. they were still in the Beach Cafe at 6.30 according to staff there and CCTV spotted them en route.
The beach cafe staff said that on camera to news crews before everyone clammed up…..
September 10th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Teddy Boy - that was brilliant
September 10th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
If she never gets found, in 200 years time there will still be no evidence she is dead. The only evidence for her death will be that ’she must be dead because humans don’t live that long’.
It seems in most abductions, the person adducted is unlikely to be alive after 24 hours, based on what has happened in the past.
So at what point would you accept she is dead? Even if there is no evidence?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
noseyheffer, was the last sighting not at 6:25 at dinner?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
The McCann’s should use the fund to hire Alistair Campbell, he even made Tony Bliar look good - a long time ago.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Go to the find maddie website and the funds objective clearly states ‘to offer financial support to Madeleines family’
September 10th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
If you want to convince anyone that you earn anything like a normal wage then try starting with yourself. This website smacks of council flat snobbery
September 10th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
CJ 325
But you have singularly FAILED to contradict anything I said….
You’re a blind apologist sadly………
….with limited intellect.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Moderation
Marco Materazzi
September 10th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
moderation, if we knew where molly was we wouldn’t be here
September 10th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
I’m here Toni. Just a little stunned that the Borgias have been allowed to cut and run. Really can’t see them returning to Portugal to face any music, can you. They have built themselves a barrier of the press and politicians which will prevent them from being called to book. Soon they will decide that England is too much for them to live in and they will be off and free.
You have to ask - what was the fund for? Where has it gone? Anything they bought with it, i.e. ribbons, will have been sold at a profit no doubt, so the fund has grown.
Was it used to pay the wages of advisors or maybe the support and lies of friends.
Hope they have some left for the rest of their lives.
Knowing my luck I’ll need a bypass and that bastard will be wielding the knife.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
I read somewhere that the last sighting of Madeleine was at 2.30pm when she was by the pool (I beleive that this was cctv)
September 10th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Chopper Says: ( i can’t put the post number beacuase the numbers have been changed due to deletions)
September 10th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Well in my opinion, nobody should be paid below the national average.
!!!!!! excellent post!!!!!!!!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
CJ - there is no evidence she was abducted!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Where is Molly? She usually has some good up to date info
September 10th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
m.e. wouldnt that just suit you. then you could post away without anyone contradicting you. As I see it this forum is the ususal round of suspects who cant see the wood for the trees. There have been a few possible exceptions of people that are genuinely interested in Madeleine. But few. The rest are only concerned with seeing the Mcanns or Murat or any one get hung so they can bring their knitting to the gallows and get front row seats. A little thing like evidence shouldnt come in the way. And there is NO EVIDENCE that Madeleine is dead and therefore this type of twattle only adds to people calling off the search for her. Even the vatican as someone said earlier) took off their notice from their website.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Moriarty, do you really think they could emotionally do that? Even if it happened at 7. We have to take the CCTV and the beach bars staff assesment of time as accurate….
I can’t see it, not without someone noticing some sign of panic. Anyone would panic… one person alone maybe, more than that? No way IMO.
Zidane, yes, and what was the other players name? I’m getting twitchy and I’ll think on it all day! Wasn’t it his last game? aarrgghh…… tell me someone.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
mods and admin, what post of mine was so offensive that it warranted being removed?
if you can tell me i will be able to furthr gauge the level of tollerance permitted?
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Mods and Admin
a reply to cj entirely consisting of bodily waste, as was his/hers
It would be better to ignore ‘cj’ and let me sort him/her out
we have put posts up asking people not to insult each other gratuitously, even when pressed.
other than that most of your posts are relevant and welcome
September 10th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
cj (320) I have one. That’s why I haven’t time to post! Just a quick look in from time to tie. And you?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Does someone have keyboard tourettes syndrome?
September 10th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
LISBON, Portugal - Portuguese police expect to hand their case file on the disappearance of British 4-year-old Madeleine McCann to the public prosecutor’s office on Monday, a spokesman said.
“We are getting the case file ready to hand over to the public prosecutor … by the end of the day,” police spokesman Olegario Sousa told The Associated Press. He did not give details of the police findings.
Sousa said he expected the public prosecutor to “quickly decide” on what action to take in the case. The public prosecutor’s office decides whether charges should be brought against anyone or whether further investigation is required, or it could decide to drop the case