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 6:12 pm
Aunti Phil IS HOT!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
731- Very interesting are you someone who is leaking information???
September 10th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
717 moriarty,
Auntie Philomena? A nice-looking woman?
I was joking on 67 and do not understand 69:
Not Auntie Phil methinks…. her money is earmarked for Cream Cakes, Doner Kebabs and flame grilled Whoppers
You are joking too?
September 10th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Legend proposal for Moriarty
Auntie Phil = The Stick Insect
September 10th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
731. Do you write for TNoTW?
September 10th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
SMELL OF DEATH..where did you hear they have the body
September 10th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
725 - Blungering blonnets Blunger. Precisely my sentiments.
727 - Stephen, you may need some P.H. balancing.
September 10th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
The newspapers and TV news networks have got it all wrong. They have the body. It will be revealed later today or early tomorrow. The McCanns and three others are heavily involved in Madeleine’s death and the subsequent cover-up. A second car is involved. There is a new key witness, a friend of the McCanns, someone who wants to come clean, who never agreed with what was happening. The UK police are making arrangements to take the McCanns in, as much for reasons of protocol as for concerns about their safety from the public. They fear that the specific details will somehow be leaked to the press. It is much worse than you think. Behind the scenes Kate McCann has lost the plot and is a gibbering wreck. She screams and threatens suicide. Gerry is barely keeping it together. They know the game is up. Most of the family/friends don’t yet know the truth. Remember the smell of death.
September 10th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
729 - Yes, I meant Androgyny! Haven’t spelled that word in a long time. Not since Michael Jackson was in the news
September 10th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
615 - OHHH, I see what you’re saying. You’re sort of like “Saturday Night Live Pat”, the person who never can quite make up its mind, and never actually enters into the Ladies room, but then again, hasn’t made it into the Men’s room yet either. Sort of torn between should I stay or should I go.
When Pat went on a sailing trip it got a lot less murky. She/He opted for the tried and true “head” onboard the boat - free from those complicated choices and catering to androgony.
Have you ever seen/met SNL Pat?
September 10th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
723
Thanks for your comments.
Of course I am not able to state if Madeleine has been autistic/had Asperger’s Syndrome etc. - I was referring to the opinion someone published in the last thread that ’specialists considered her to be autistic’ (based on the CCTV from the restaurant). Not even know if the report was legitimate, but there was a discussion Madeleine did not seem to autistic at the pictures. So, I wanted to point out that IF she had had AS, she wouldn’t have necessarly shown any symptoms on the pictures at all.
Uh, I need to go. Will be back in the evening. Take care everybody
September 10th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
I am currently experiencing sever “anal itch” sensation
September 10th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Did I not read somewhere on here ages ago that richard o’brian and jane tanner had the hire car aswell?
September 10th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Ok - lets try to ferret out a few more relevant facts.
Are any or all of the apartments equipped with freezers big enough to take a small body ?
Did any others of the Tapas9 remain in their apartment until after 25th (was it), or otherwise have access to the hire car to allow disposal of the body by them once all was quieter ? Maybe durung the visit to the Pope on 29th - all eyes elsewhere ?
September 10th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
No bacon, no fry!
September 10th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Post #690
Comment (A) has been denied by the parents, family members and their friends. While I realize they’ve denied other things that doubted, there would be no reason to hide this piece of information if it were true.
Meant to tell you this when you first posted it earlier today.
Madeleiene is/was not Autistic nor did her parents ever state that she was.
I don’t think they ever specifically mentioned Asperger’s syndrome, but if she had it, how would it be relevant to or impact her disappearance? I don’t see the connection.
But the autism part was disputed by her Aunt Philly Cheesesteak who said Madeleine is/was very articulate, communicative, alert, and advanced for her age; as many first born children tend to be.
Comment (B) “No Body - No Crime” was the phrase used in the Natalie Holloway case. That phrase allegedly came from Joran Vandersloot’s father who is a judge in the Aruban courts. Allegedly, he made the statement to both the Kalpoe brothers and his son Joran, in advising them to dispose of Natalie’s dead body. Permanently. While there was a tremendous amount of evidence against the 3 shady characters involved, they ultimately got away with it, because they were well advised by the father’s expertise, and followed his advice to the nines: “No Body, No Crime”.
It’s sort of a catch phrase/take off on the ever present Bob Marley tune piping thru every tourist bar in the Caribbean, “No woman, no cry”.
Let’s hope the PJ have a smoking gun to put forth in the end, so the same dishonor doesn’t become of Madeleine as it did for Natalie Holloway.
September 10th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
721
Well, his victims would be alive, but you would be in jail, so you could not really win
September 10th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
i obviously didn’t do the job properly or he wouldn’t have had the opportunity to have done this.
September 10th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
I wonder if the McCanns will return to work now.
Apparently Gerry is quite good with hearts.
He may wander away for a few hours during the consultation but this is normal. Many other cardiologists do EXACTLY the same thing, often going for a nice meal and a few bottles of vino at a nice little place they know while you are waiting for them in their consulting room.
Cardiologists who tell they have never done this during a consultation are lying! The fact that he may not be there during most of the consultation does not mean his is not a lovely and caring, competent cardiologist. He will get his receptionist Brian to look in on you say, once every half hour - or is it every hour? And he will leave the doors unlocked in case of fire. Which is nice.
No one asked him if he wanted to be a cardiologist - he can’t be with his patients every minute of the consultation for god’s sake! Everyone needs a break!
September 10th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
706 Matty.
maybe I should have worded it differently… yes of course everyone is quite rightlydiscussing it but phrases like ‘they can’t do that’ etc sound as if the posters expect a say in it. if I’d contributed I’d be expecting a bit of a say but I didn’t….
I’ve been uncomfortable with the fund from the beginning though I do think it was a spider that grew legs and ran off on its own. I doubt anyone envisaged the way it would turn out to be so large.
Justine McGuiness….. she is not a spokeperson for child-killers! Nothing proven and I think its to be admired that she has stayed her ground with them and not bailed out!
September 10th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
yes, I’ve read the report - you were lucky. You could have been invited for BBQ. But how sc*ewed up a person can be! Guy seems to be a complete nightmare.
:-O I
September 10th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
(707) Chopper
Aunty Phil wont read this as she is too busy eating Cream Cakes, Doner Kebabs and flame grilled Whoppers
September 10th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
believe me, his blood was plastered all over canning town
September 10th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Good thing you won the fight, bulldump.
September 10th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
candy, it was quite funny when i realized it was the same bloke, did you read the report, i read at the time he was eating a cut of the victim when the police arrived and he had some more roasting in the oven
September 10th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
how funny would it be if the old lady upstairs had called the police and they had come around to the apartment and taken maddie and given her to a loving, kind family, to teach the mccanns a lesson for being negligent selfish pigs
September 10th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
703
Bulldump
Bloody hell, cannibal. You are having adventures, have you?
BTW cannibalism can explain lack of the body, as I’ve read at the Mirror forum …
September 10th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
707 - Truer words were never spoken by an honest man!!
September 10th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
I don’t think Theresa was being deceptive, I think she just wasn’t giving full context to her statement. Several people had speculated the PJs had recovered the body earlier.
Something I’m very doubtful about.
September 10th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
FYI, there have been loads of murder convictions where no body has been found.