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 1:27 pm
I hope the “this is the best holiday ever” quote is true, because if it was made up to curry sympathy, I will throttle the bitch myself
September 10th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Bull dump 369 thought you were from Denmark?!!!
LOL LOL LOL
Hard to see out through all the bullbump around you?
I bet thats your real name too. Because your folks just looked around the council flat and called it/you as they seen it!!
September 10th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Oh Dear Lord, there is a lot of mis-information on here today!
1. The potential charges against the McCanns (that relate to their arguido status) are - NEGLECT LEADING TO DEATH AND CONCEALING A BODY … not pre-meditated murder. Under those charges it does not matter how much the McCanns loved their daughter - the charge relates to her accidental death due to neglect. and we all know that the neglect part is true, with or without a death!
2. Even the McCanns own Lawyer has stated that the claims regarding a ‘deal’ or plea bargain are not true! He very delicately stops short of accusing the McCann’s family of lying and puts it down to ‘misunderstanding’. Two years is the mandatory sentence in Portugal for concealing a body incidentally.
3. Both the Home Secretary AND the Foreign Minister have stated on the record (yesterday) that they see no reason to intervene in the enquiry and have expressed faith in the competence of the PJ. There is NO chance that these people have not seen the evidence held by the PJ, so I think we can safely assume that the evidence is sound and the PJ responses to it considered appropriate!
4. The opinions of family and friends of the McCanns’ are completely irrelevant - I have yet to see ANY case where the family of the suspects publicly state that they think they may be guilty.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
i think it is highly possible that the mccanns hide maddie inside pavarotti and it was the straw that broke the walrus of operas back.
now he’s gone i fear the truth will never be known
September 10th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
its a better story for them to read if they did it-
nothing to do with the truth
September 10th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Are the female analysts are all over at the Lady Di site?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
When the cases went to court, a doctor’s evidence was heavily relied on. They were very careful not to blame unless they were certain. I wondered if the McCanns had ever been required to provide this sort of evidence against a suspected paedophile, and whether this could have been a revenge kidnapping. That would explain their behaviour to a certain extent, wouldn’t it? I would be really scared especially if I though I knew who’d done it.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Annika, if your Dad’s from Liverpool he can tell you all about council houses.
Sorry… couldn’t resist
September 10th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
The other thing I was wondering is:
Is it just the men out there damning this poor woman?
We occasionally here from women, but unfortunately they behave like the men.
Any feminist analysis?
That should get you going…haha
September 10th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
bulldump - maybe madeleine was bored with the drugs her parents were giving her and wanted better sh*t?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
No Penster, I’m my own man - but thanks for the compliment. If you need any more insights into the underclass of England please let me know.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Moriarty - really funny
September 10th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Don’t you mean ‘Just in my Guinness’?
I think she is more arse than mouth.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
MADELEINE DID A RUNNER! That is why we can’t find her. she ran from her atrociously self-absorbed parents.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
you missed the BBC -bollocks believing company
September 10th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
The press conference for the missing 15 year old can be seen at
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1283385,00.html
September 10th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
beloving2u why would she be fleeing her parents, she had just said “mummy what a woderful time I am having, this is the best holiday ever” undoubtabley, with her head spinning from all the drugs she had been given
September 10th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Teddy Boy #355 was very funny. Say, you didn’t moonlight as Truthman a couple of weeks ago did you? Very similar style …
September 10th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I don’t know if anyone else saw the parents of a 15 year old girl from Hampshire who disappeared after a row last week, but the emotion of the father at the press conference shows the true emotions of a parent whose child is missing. By contrast, the McCanns emotions have been nothing in comparrison, hence the fact that I for one believe they had something to do with Madeline’s disappearence.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
It has struck me that there seems to be some confusion in the names of some of the major players in this saga. So for the sack of accuracy I propose that we use a legend of sorts. I will start with the few names that I am aware of. Please add them to the list as we progress. This is all in the intersest of accurate reporting
Gerry McCann - The Whining Midget
Kate McCann - The Ice Maiden
Auntie Phil - Mark F
Inspector Sousa - Clouseau
Jane Tanner - The Illusionist
Justine McGuiness - The Mouth
Tapas 9 - The lot of them
Tapas 2 - The Whining Midget and the Ice Maiden
Robert Murat - The Patsy
Daily Express - The Worlds Greatest Newspaper
September 10th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Does anyone have any information on what the intercepted emails contain?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Maybe Cuddlecat had gone out on the lash too and collapsed on the ledge on the way home.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
347, Moriarty, the trouble is, we never quite know what goes on within families, do we. Years ago I saw countless cases of child abuse in juvenile court when the perpetrators were almost always family members. I’d led a relatively sheltered life until then. The cases could not be reported, to protect the victims (more like to protect the guilty). You would not believe how many people are involved in this sort of thing.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Teddy Boy - 380 - Maybe madeleine left her cuddle cat behind as she was starting her new life. She was fed up with Kate and Gerry and their phoniness and decided to do a runner.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Rose 356:
Answers:
YES
NO
YES
September 10th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
No, please enlighten me.
September 10th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
just looking through that old site and found this.
they do say follow the money.
‘I get from the reading that dad is not good at keeping a job. I don’t know about his medical schooling, but if it’s anything like the US, he is still paying off his schooling.
If I were the investigators, I’d be looking into the parent’s finacial records. Parents are my first suspects. I doubt it’s a child abduction ring.
Perhaps raising three kids got just too expensive.’
September 10th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Chopper: Have you ever heard of ’self projection’?
Just wondering
September 10th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
“YOU’LL LOSE THE TWINS.” Portuguese police are said to have told Kate McCann she should confess or face losing her two children.
So if she confesses to murdering Madeleine, she gets to keep the children.
Deal or No Deal?
September 10th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
I have it sussed!!!
Cuddlecat was left on the ledge by Madeleine as she was carried out the window. Which way was it’s paw pointing? Follow that and all will be revealed.