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 8:45 pm
BRING FORTH THE GUILLOTINE, AND DON’T BOTHER SHARPENING THE BLADE
September 10th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Great link, Julie. And they’re definitely talking about blood. I gather, if I read that right, two samples of blood in the car.
And they believe they have enough to eliminate transfer — 25-days later.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
8 - As one who was raised Catholic. I completely agree with you here.
About Cuddle Cat, well, he breaks my heart every time I look into those eyes….
I also grew up with a stuffed toy that I adored!! His name was Timmy and he was my Teddy bear. Brown and yellow, with lots of perfume sprayed all over him.
One day, when I came home from school (age unknown, not being disclosed) he was MIA. No one had seen Timmy ever again. I was heartbroken as you can imagine…
When I got to college, my best friend (who I met there) lived next door to my dorm room. When I went into her room, lying there on her bed, was none other than Timmy the brown and yellow bear. When I asked her where she got him, she said she didn’t know. But that she had named him “Timmy”. We were best friends and bonded ever since. When she’d go away I’d take care of Timmy for her on the weekends. Call it Karma. It was spooky!!
So Cuddle Cat, must be heartbroken too. For there is no love, like the love exchanged between a little girl and her stuffed animal.
I hope you enjoyed my short tail…..errr…tale….I must go tend to my real animals now. The kind that you need to feed.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2180910,00.html
September 10th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
the pj did specify they believed some kinda neck injury was sustained by the child, maybe the dna pertains to part of her spinal column
September 10th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
I’m guessing the first, ben. I can’t imagine them having left her whole dead body in the trunk.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Bad pussy!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Angry, some groups do commit crimes at higher rates than other groups. I don’t know her stats on illegal aliens… but I do know that the group most likely to be paedophiles are male homosexuals. By a huge margin.
Also, men are more likely to be paedophiles than women. Young men in their 20s commit most murders. Etc. Etc.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
do they mean dna from madeleines body or madeleines ‘dead’ body?
September 10th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
846 - How can your figures be fair if you ignore any group. A percentage of illegal aliens conmit sex offences just like any other group. Its true what they say, you can get statistics to say what you want.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
If, after what she was told at the station, cuddle cat is going to be an issue in the trial and rub people the wrong way with the public and potential jury pool, her lawyers probably told her to put it away.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
If the 100% DNA match were blood then there would conclusive evidence against the McCanns. It strange how all of a sudden they are simply saying DNA evidence and not blood.
However if its a hair then it means nothing. If the hairbrush used to brush Madeline’s hair was also used to brush the twins hair, one of Madelines hairs could have been transfered to one of the twins and as it was loose simply fallen into the car.
The fact that it was found in the boot of the car also means nothing if the hairbrush was placed in the boot along with swimwear when going to the beach.
I may not support the McCanns but I dislike injustice even more.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
842 - Thank you Julio - much obliged!
But I go by the U.S. Census Bureau’s 10 year data report. And to be fair, I think that’s at about 276MM - 284 MM today. Either way, it’s above 250MM.
The high # you have on there may include illegal aliens. I don’t count those #’s in my statistical analysis. It would be unfair as they’d throw off the curve way too much. Plus, we’re try to quickly extradite and to deport the scummy ones who commit crimes against children.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Point being - if he was so important how come now he’s not?
September 10th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
In that sense you’re right, Justice. As population increases, so does the instances of any crime including paedophilia.
I think it’s very possible the unnatural addition of large quantities of free very explicit pornography, including of “barely legal” teenagers, leads to an increasing interest in sex with younger people over and above what is natural.
I believe through a “slippery slope” process this may indeed be making paedophilia somewhat more common.
And it’s unfortunate. Certainly pornography, of the legal adult variety, which I have looked at from time to time has no good spiritual purpose and is destructive, frankly, in my experience.
Some is better or worse than others, but some is very awful indeed. And I’m talking about the legal variety with only adult models.
The other is so horrific it doesn’t bear thinking about, but it is much more common too.
It doesn’t talk about pornography increasing instances of child exploitation, but these two leading leftwing feminists who have come out strongly against pornography have a great point.
Here’s an awful story of a man graduating from regular internet porn to taking pictures of his pre-teen daughter.
So while it doesn’t happen in most cases, it can happen, and I think this may be making paedophilia (somewhat) more common. What do you think?
September 10th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
835
no offence to anyone who is religious, but religion is the easiest thing to hide behind if you are guilty, people find it harder to think you could do anything wrong because it goes against religion therefore you must be innocent. how many people have tried that one??
And going back to cuddle cat - have you noticed he was demoted to the satchel after the parents were made suspects? he was hugged in full view everywhere they went before that?
September 10th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
829 - “In the lay Catholic community, however, I don’t believe the rate of paedophilia is higher or lower than the population at large”
Touche’ - I totally agree w/ your point here too. So we’re on the same page, give or take a 9.99% margin of error
September 10th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
833:
To emphasize your point further
Population of USA = 302,835,807 (estimated)
http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html
September 10th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91210-1283359,00.html
sky seem to be changing their view on this one.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
831 - I think it’s “E Pluribus Unum”
That’s all that I think.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
The McCann’s are nominal (in name only) Catholics. Until they publicly renounce their dissent over IVF, a practice which they bought into and that has been condemned on moral grounds as “gravely immoral,” they are just two more active dissenters who dupe themselves and a lot of other people into thinking they practice Catholicism. By the way, this personal information on the children was callously volunteered by the McCann camp early on in the case. Ironically, it is the McCann’s public dissent with their Church over IVF that started their family’s descent into hell. That is the true human interest story, few will understand, no one in the press will touch it. On a psychological level, the laboratory approach seems to have carried over into these parents treatment of their children as specimens who don’t require the normal care that parents normally give to small children. That is what is so odd about them.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Refer Posts 828 & 831 …. things are hotting up again!
September 10th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
832 - This is where I bow out for the evening. But it sounds like it’s going to be a real page turner, nonetheless…..LOL!!
September 10th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
827
September 10th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
I’m surprised that the McCanns are religious, seeing as they are doctors. By and large aren’t scientists supposed to be athiests? Are they in the laughable ‘God’s in the gaps’ crowd?
And Justice For All…
‘Serious damage control’? Yeah, just get rid of the Catholic church. It’s an anachronistic embarrassment that protects paedophiles. People need to wake up.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
(830) bulldump
LOL
September 10th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
819 - I have heard that theory about the Media, but I disagree and here is why.
There are so many more people in the world today, by sheer #’s, so if the percentages of those who have been abused (vs. non-abused) in the world are growing, then so is the actual #. More people, more abuse takes place.
Using stats from the U.S. alone. Today there are 250mm living here.
The percentages of abuse are not shrinking. Nor are the number of people in the U.S. In the last 30 years, the U.S. population has grown from 175mm to 250mm today. Even if the % of abuse stands at the same level, the actual cases of abuse have dramatically increased.
So to say that it’s all media hype is not valid. There is a growing problem with abuse especially as we continue to leave our borders wide open. Now, dont’ get me started on the # of illegal immigrants commiting pedophilia. That too, belongs on another forum!!!
September 10th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Look can we get off the subject of the Catholic Church and Paedophiles? This is meant to be a forum about the McCanns…
So, on that note. If you had had a few lagers and things had been a bit quiet in the bedroom department lately, and Auntie Phil sidled up to you in the bar. Would you?
September 10th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
evening all
just thought giving you some fresh information:
1) PJ have a 100% match of Madeleine’s DNA in the car (just confirmed by Sky)
2) THe night Madeleine disappeared, Kate called Sky news before calling the police.
What do you folks think???
September 10th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
they also alledged that he super glues inner-soles directly on to the sole of his foot, sometimes as many as 4 at a time, which i guess would boost his height a little further, but needless to say with all of these devices in place he does still stand at a midgetly 4′3