Madeleine McCann: A House Of Love, Find the Body & What Kate McCann Screamed
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE. ‘FIND BODY OR McCANNS WILL ESCAPE’ – Prosecutors ultimatum to Portuguese police.”
The case against Kate and Gerry McCanns is “hanging by a thread”.
A police sources says: “There is a determination within the force to bring this investigation to a satisfactory conclusion but there is a growing fear that without a body, that goal will be impossible.”
Pages 4 and 5: “Our reputation is tarnished forever” – Each day the McCanns prepare themselves for the “worst case scenario”. No, not that they will be wrongly convicted, rather they will learn of Madeleine’s death.
Clarence Mitchell says: “In the middle of this people forget this is still a family who are potentially facing bereavement but are still in that awful limbo position of not knowing what has happened to their daughter.” Thankfully Mr Mitchell is on hand to remind people of this every day.
“Doubts on the McCanns by a lie detector expert” – THE WORLD’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER asks John Ryan, of International Truth Verification Technologies Institute, to listen to Kate McCann’s voice. Says she: “However I think there is some sort of deception when I hear the lady speaking, either over the event or in avoiding showing her true feelings”.
DAILY MIRROR front page: “MADELEINE – find a body or there is no case.”
Page 5: “Gerry and Kate have often talked about the possibility of Madeleine being found dead. That would be the worst news but it would at least give them some..CLOSURE”. So says a “source close to the legal team”.
Antonio Cluny, President of the Public Prosecution Service, says: “Without the little girl’s body, everything is complicated… In the Maddy case, there is no confession and, according to what has been made public, the evidence gathered up until now keeps all leads open – from abduction to homicide or at least to a simple accident”.
DAILY MAIL front page: “EXCLUSIVE: Eyewitness reveals Maddie’s mother DID shout: ‘They’ve taken her’ after four-year-old vanished. WHAT KATE DID SCREAM.”
Nanny Charlotte Pennington is in Praia da Luz. She hears Kate McCann scream: “They’ve taken her, they’ve taken her!” The McCanns say Kate screamed “Madeleine’s gone”.
Sensation. Front-page news.
Page 4: “Nanny Pennington, who worked at the Ocean Club, is pictured. She’s wearing a brown beret and a pink coat. Her tights are black. Her legs are crossed.
“I was in the apartment less than five minutes after they found that Madeleine had gone. When we were coming out we saw Kate and she was screaming: ‘They’ve taken her, they’ve taken her’… It might not have been the first thing she said. But she definitely said it.”
So…
“She also repeated Madeleine’s name and said: ‘She’s gone, she’s gone.’”
Anyone hear anything else?
THE SUN page 24: “MADDIE LAW CHIEF: NO BODY, NO CASE.” Antonio Clunes says: “There have been cases in which it was possible to obtain a conviction without a victim – but there were confessions.”
But the McCanns are innocent, says a source. And they are not confessing. They are talking through their spokesperson.
DAILY STAR front page: “COPS CLOSE IN ON MADDIE. Final pieces of tragic jigsaw falling into place.”
Pages 4 and 5: “FIND THE BODY OR THEY WALK. Law bosses tell Portuguese cops to step up hunt.”
“TWINS’ HOUSE OF LOVE” – Clarence Mitchell says the McCanns have built a “house of love” for their family. Mr Mitchell says the McCanns are living “every parent’s worst nightmare times ten”. Mr Mitchell used to work for the tabloid press.
DAILY TELEGRAPH page 13: “Case against McCanns ‘rests on finding body’.”
Clarence Mitchell says: “They did not harm, let alone kill her.”
THE TIMES page 11: “No body, no conviction says McCann police.”
THE GUARDIAN & THE INDEPENDENT: No Madeleine news.
Posted: 25th, September 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,296) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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September 25th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Not that it matters much, as it’s all to cock anyway, but if people were out searching for Maddie before 10pm that is another slip in the timeline.
Anyone agree?
September 25th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
166 -
I agree with the point that the PR has been a disaster, as was the public hiring of legal heavy weights, leaving Portugal when they did, and trying to anticpate and publicly response to a case that may, at some point in the future, be put against them.
The “house of love” comment, if it was made, really was the last straw - normally you get what you pay for, but sometimes you are short changed and badly advised.
If I were their Counsel, my advice would be:
1 that the Doctors McCann to go back to Portugual; and
2 that they such make a statement (in writing and not before the cameras) sayings simply that they were prepared to answer any questions that the PJ may wish to put to them, that they were going to make no further comments to the media, and that they expected the PJ sources to do the same.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
180. Kate and Gerry did say that Madeleine hated being called Maddy. But that might just have been another cutesy story dreamt up by their P.R. (based on her objecting once or something).
September 25th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
181 - Molly. Sorry for the name mix-up. Yes, glorious country Austria.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
IF THE MCANNS WANT TO FIND A MISSING CHILD THEY ANSWER THE POLICE QUESTIONS. Taking cameras to the twins pre-school is a waste of everyone’s time! That is my opinion.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
138 nononethere
95% of us against the McCanns? This isnt a game you know. I’m sure there are more objective views amongst the anti than the pro side. After all there are at least several indications that the McCanns may be involved here. What is your argument to be pro when there is NO indication whatsoever of abduction? I suspect the only difference between you and I is that you have (to your credit possibly) a more trusting mindset than me that is unable or unwilling to contemplate the unthinkable here. Most of the time this attitude will see you well through life and maybe you will be proved right here. I dont trust ANYONE and therefore am open to the unthinkable which I sincerely believe has occurred here. If I’m wrong I’m wrong. I wouldnt in this case, however, have a bet on it with me if I were you
September 25th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
171 - Sam. No links to source (it was very early on though). I definitely remember GM saying that Madeleine herself used to chastise people who called her Maddie. He said she hated it, and would say ‘my name is Madeleine’. So unless that too is now to be revised…..
September 25th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
175 - Puzzled
It was me who asked about Austria - I’m in the UK, but have a deep affection for Austria and it’s people
My H and I were married there and try to return for our anniversary as often as we can.
Your mention of it just piqued my interest
September 25th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
171,
“Unless:
A. You don’t want her to respond.
or
B. It hurts to be reminded of her name and so creating a character MADELEINE helps the McCanns to hide their guilty feelings.”
I don’t get how you come up with your conclusions. I am sure people that night were using both Maddy and Madeliene when calling out her name. Perhaps the one lady who picked up her kid at 10pm form the creche walked past someone who was yelling Maddie. I think your are making too much out of it.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
167 puzzled
yep I agree, especially the last para about laying out their cards. It’s just a matter of time really but I can’t work out what will trigger it. At the moment they are on this mad merry-go-round and they cannot get off.
I suppose finding a body would be the trigger but I reckon the little girl is now dust. I reckon it’s in some DNA evidence somewhere and we simply know nothing about all of that.
It could be that nice Dr (sorry) Brown decides to dump them for election purposes.
Any other ideas?
September 25th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
And by the way there are interviews where gerry has called her Maddie!
September 25th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
““…right at the start, the PJ said that it was not child neglect b/c the parents had remained within the curtilage of the MW complex, coupled with the fact that the Doctors McCann have been questioned without (so far as we can estalish) been told that they are suspected of child neglect is going to make it very difficult procedurally to now bring child neglect charges.”
Ahhhh … This may be the case if only considering the evening of May 3. But on previous evenings the McCanns dined further afield and were NOT within the MW resort (for example Chaplins - which the Mc’s have never denied) - QED - No Suspicion needed, provable child Neglect, and yesterday Carlos Anjou confirmed this in a Portuguese TV interview.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
163. It depends on the motive. It depends on how much you have emotionally invested in the McCanns being innocent or guilty.
My sister loves Michael Jackson so much she wont even admit that his behaviour is suspicious never mind that he might be guilty of the child molestation charges. She gets really angry if I bring it up and I’m on the fence over it, her reaction to people who think he’s guilty is apocalyptic
September 25th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
159 - patricia. I married an Austrian and lived there for 3 years, but am back in the Emerald Isle now. Where are you?
September 25th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
128 john
I know her statement does not explicitly say that, but if you had two kids who WERE sound asleep, why would you rouse them and remove them from the room? I think you would only do that if they had been awake already. What sense would it make to remove two sleeping children from their beds and put them on the sofa or whatever? What does that gain you?
I think a guess that the twins were no longer in the apartment would not be too great a stretch.
But leaving that aside, hasn’t everyone being concocting a lot from the ’supposed’ PJ comments, which I seem to recall were along the lines of them being suspicious because the twins were still sleeping soundly, and I think mentioning they were still in their beds. Sorry, I just popped back for a sec so I don’t have the time to do the research I would like, before saying that.
Food for thought anyway.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
GM refers to Madeleine as ‘Maddie’ on friends reunited, so why would he want people to refer to her as Madeleine? confusing!
September 25th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
169
99
167
Ade is this Brians work?
September 25th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
I think this is a HUGE issue to bring up!
The staff at the Warner resort were told to call her MADDIE.
The friends/McCanns called MADDIE.
The video footage shows people calling her MADDIE.
Therefore this little girl responds to MADDIE!!!!!
So why would you tell the public to call her MADELEINE???
Unless:
A. You don’t want her to respond.
or
B. It hurts to be reminded of her name and so creating a character MADELEINE helps the McCanns to hide their guilty feelings.
How many people on here would expect your parents to call you by your full name when every day they call you by your shortened version????
September 25th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
163,
very true.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
100 et al.
Scary pictures indeed. I remember seeing something on the telly about a bloke in the US who has dreams, paints pictures and takes them into a bank where he and the picture are photographed in front of the date/time display. I think he did a prediction of 9/11 and others too…
Now has anyone seen any output from this chappie for the MM case?
September 25th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
157,
do you know how many times people take the short form of my child’s name even when I ask that they don’t because I prefer her full name to be used. From my child’s nursery teachers to my own mother.. they all still use the abbrieviated form msot of the time. I really don’t think that what you are suggesting is proof of anything. Many in the press and in forums use Maddy even though we have all been told it is Madeleine because it is quicker to write.
Also the newspapers title is chosen by the paper, and another news site that carries the same story does not use that title but it still tells the same story.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
http://www.flutgut.com/maddie/
I am upset by these pictures
September 25th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
132 and 139. Ok. Assume that there was a third-party abduction. This still doesn’t explain their very strange body language and choice of words. I can go along with the idea that they wanted to cover up their negligence by maybe embroidering the truth regarding the number of times they checked etc. But why not come clean now and say - actually we didn’t check that often - or whatever? The daily shifting timelines have seriously damaged their credibility.
But much as I would love to think it was as simple as that - I can’t. They are holding back on something - deliberately, and it is not just that they did not check their kids regularly. In two interviews I have seen their body language is clearly indicating they are not being truthful. GM demonstrates classic ‘lying’ gestures in the Portugese interview re using sedatives. In an interview with Sky News KM is asked what would she say to M if she were listening and her answer is bizarre and so are her eye movements.
Their whole handling of this has been dreadful. I would sack all their PR team, tell my friends and family to shut up and I would return to Portugal with a good legal representative and put my cards finally on the table and take the consequences. I would only do that if I was innocent though. So the fact that they are wheeling in all these ‘big hitters’ makes we feel they are definitely hiding something.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
151 - It doesn’t matter if the Nanny saw Murat that night … rest assured that the PJ have taken her statement, and those of the other staff there (as she herself confirms) - and they have already stated that Murat has been cleared of any involvement!
Lets face it - IF the McCanns are proved to be as guilty as I personally believe them to be, it doesn’t matter whether their supporters WANT it not to be true - what we WANT does not change reality - and that IS a fact.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Poll shows crime cognocienti slowly turning on McCanns
CourtTV poll 25 September 07
Are they guilty or innocent?
Guilty: 42.5%
Innocent: 32.0%
On the fence: 26.5%
Total: 272 votes 100%
Previously Posted
Sunday 16 Sept 07 10:30
Are they guilty or innocent?
Guilty: 40.2%
Innocent: 31.0%
On the fence: 28.8%
Total: 234 votes 100%
September 25th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
If repeatinga distortion 6 times is, according to psychologists, leading people to believe what they think is true, then I suppose the McCann’s can’t be lying.
Has to be said of course since people here are repeating 1000’s of times in these contributions that they must have done it, we too are distorting our own thinking!
September 25th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
65 - Seymour Laws Says:
September 25th, 2007 at 10:35 am
“…right at the start, the PJ said that it was not child neglect b/c the parents had remained within the curtilage of the MW complex, coupled with the fact that the Doctors McCann have been questioned without (so far as we can estalish) been told that they are suspected of child neglect is going to make it very difficult procedurally to now bring child neglect charges.”
I beg to differ. The PJ merely investigate. The Judge determines if the evidence amounts to criminal actions, and possible charges. In addition, what they say one day may be relevant on that day, but with new evidence, those opinions can change on a daily basis.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Maybe some people are more inclined to hide a mistake but my observation is, due to the number of people doing that in the medical profession, that is also a learned trait.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
147. I like hearing the weird theories though.
If we find out what happened to Madeleine it will be through proper policing or accident, which doesn’t look that likely - so I think she’ll be an unsolved case like (not that I’m comparing them) Jack the Ripper, or the Black Dahlia. So you may as well get used to it - there’s going to be books, films, documentaries and lots of claims that ‘at last a solution has been found’, or ‘is this the abductor?’
September 25th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Puzzled - off topic completely, but apropos of your mention of Austria earlier … Are you lucky enough to live in that wondrous Country?