Madeleine McCann: People Smugglers, A Small Fridge And Child Alerts
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE - STOLEN BY PEOPLE SMUGGLERS.”
“Missing Madeleine McCann may be in the hands of North African people smugglers. Police in Morocco, investigating a reported sighting, believe they have identified a link with a ruthless gang of traffickers.”
Remember when Madeleine was in “the clutches” of Moroccans, and how the gang turned out to be a couple of farmers and their daughter?
Now: “The breakthrough came a few weeks after Madeleine went missing when a Spanish tourist reported seeing a blonde girl matching her description being dragged along by a scruffy, Arab-looking woman in the town of Zaio.”
Spanish tourist Isabel Gonzalez has told the world how she saw a blonde toddler in Morocco. Not Bouchra Benaissa. Another blonde Moroccan.
“The alarm was raised in May by 60-year-old Spanish tourist Isabel Gonzalez who said: ‘The girl I saw was blonde, with pale skin, whereas everyone else in the area is dark-skinned and dark-haired.”
Well, not everyone. Remember Bouchra Benaissa..?
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE BODY KEPT IN FREEZER.”
THE SUN front page: “MADDIE COPS IN SICK SLUR.”
“COPS MOST SICKENING SLUR YET” – “MADDIE’S BODY KEPT IN FRIDGE.”
“Maddie parents mark 150 days”
“McCann’s gagged by cops” – “A friend of the McCanns said: ‘It is madness. We are being forced to inhabit a fantasy world in which we can increase public awareness of Madeleine’s disappearance and urge the public’s help through a poster campaign, but her own parents cannot help in this because of the legal status attached to them. It is so frustrating - Madeleine’s own mum and dad are not allowed to speak about her.’”
So they have anything to say that is not said through their spokesman, Gerry’s blog and friends, and to the police?
DAILY MIRROR front page: “MADELEINE SENSATION – NEW SUSPECT IN STAIRWELL.”
“A British tourist seen ‘hiding’ in a stairwell outside Madeleine McCann’s apartment on the night she disappeared was being investigated last night.
“The new suspect, stocky and wearing two-tone glasses, was spotted by an Ocean Club worker just 12 metres from the flat. The employee, who did not want to be named, exclusively told the Mirror: ‘I’ll never forget him.’”
DAILY MAIL: “McCanns gagged from answering claims they dumped Madeleine’s body in Spain.”
•Portuguese papers claim Kate McCann killed Madeleine while Gerry played tennis
•Couple ‘then hid the child’s body in a fridge and later disposed of it in Spain’
•McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell said the reports were ‘utterly ludicrous’
These are the “latest lurid allegations”.
“A family friend ridiculed the suggestion that Madeleine’s body could have been stored in a fridge, saying: ‘Have you seen the size of the fridges in those apartments? Of course they did not stuff her in a fridge.’”
THE TIMES: “Kate and Gerry McCann’s friends refute ‘missing hours’ claim as smears continue.”
“The parents of Madeleine McCann have pleaded for an end to the distressing smear campaign that has suggested that they may have killed their missing daughter…
“It was claimed yesterday that police in Portugal believe that Kate McCann killed Madeleine while putting her to bed at their holiday apartment in Praia da Luz between 7pm and 8.30pm on May 3 and then hid her corpse in a fridge, with the help of friends.
“The respected Diario de Noticias newspaper said that officers believed that Mrs McCann accidentally killed Madeleine while her husband was playing tennis.”
Stop the smears. But read all about them first.
THE GUARDIAN: “EU plan for missing child alerts.”
Oh?
“Portugal will next week call for the creation of an EU-wide alert system for missing children, five months after Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday resort in the south of the country. The move has been welcomed by the McCann family.”
So she was taken across boarders?
“In a statement released through Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns’ spokesman, Madeleine’s father, Gerry, said: ‘If this is true, we would very much welcome it as it would be a major step in the right direction. We feel it would be vital in protecting other children and their families. Kate and I have consistently campaigned to effect change throughout the EU to help protect children.’”
But Madeleine McCann might not have been stolen. Is this just another instance of people jumping on story to promote their pet cause?
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “Madeleine McCann’s parents may face jail.”
No, not for child neglect.
“Kate and Gerry McCann could face 12 months in prison if they speak out to defend themselves against a slur campaign in Portugal because of the country’s strict secrecy laws, it is claimed.”
Says Clarence Mitchell: “Each and every one of these nonsensical allegations causes real pain and hurt for both Gerry and Kate.
“We just hope that everyone can see these ridiculous rumours for what they are.”
Posted: 29th, September 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (573) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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September 29th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
well i’m going to be anti duke of edinborough i think.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
if they can do that, i see no reason why we can’t start http://www.jailkatemccann.com
September 29th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
freek ate mccann.com
1. Shouldn’t freak be spelt with an ‘a’?
2. Is someone in McCann-Land trying to finger Auntie Phil?
I think we should be told.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Susanna, if you’re pro-Diana then Anorak will not be the right place for you from tuesday onwards! Have you seen any of the Diana pages here??!!
September 29th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
197 Again with the bullying of size large people.
Realistically, 22percent of the keyboard monkeys contributing to this discussion are size large. Many more have a size large friend or family member and have to hear your comments at school or in the street. Good work bringing it in here too. Lucky she isn’t black or gay I suppose or you would be having a go at her for that too I suppose.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
even the pic has disappeared that was there to click on.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
210
are you sure?
i can’t find it
September 29th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
210 DeeDeeDee
Do you have a link? I’ve been trying to find it without success. Thanks.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
There were no emotions. whether A) they killed her or B) she really got abducted.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
211
i doubt they’d fake the ‘thumbscrew detector test’
September 29th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Free Kate blog is back up and quite impressive.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
IMO..a lot of K&G’s behavior has got to do with the fact that they are both doctors. They may, in fact, be religious, but they think differently..SO If they even took a lie detector test..They would be able to pass it w/ no problem. & as doctors, they deal with death differently as they see it all the time..especially Gerry being a cardiologist. So if they killed Madeleine, they have no emotions whatsoever. I was watching the first interview on video yesterday, and OMG..absolutely no emotions at all..I think most parents would have been devastated..
September 29th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
207 i was joking, see 156
September 29th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
181 - Firestar.
I thought you had rubbished the Granny theory.
I homeschool 4 kids and try to run a business from home so I run to the forum and off again.
Don’t have broadband so I have to keep dial upping. And it is all so slow. So forgive me for always having to go back a while.
I wrote the grannys theory but then got it out my system and I will have to see if it reappears. Can’t really do repetition.
What has just captured my attention is the information that in 72 hours the inquest into Diana’s death will unfold.
I don’t know how many of you read the other tabloids but are they giving any space to this or is the McCann coverage taking away media attention from this momentous occassion.
For I do believe many people want to know the truth about that death as well.
Hush a bye baby look at Michael Jackson.
Hush a bye baby oh there is Paris in prison.
And behind the scenes the real story goes unattended.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Portuguese police team have just appointed new chief: P J Proby
Split me trousers when I heard…
I’ll get me coat…
September 29th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Stig (178)
Occasionally Susan Smith gets beat up in jail and they have her pic posted on one of the tabs.
Could it have been an Inmate that beat her up?
September 29th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Trismegistus
Only thrice greatest?
September 29th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
has anyone else left a comment on http://www.freekatemccann.com/blog yet?
oh-just looked, the entire blog has disappeared now, never mind my comment.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
i wish he’d stop pissing about with the site.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Ade:
Are you kidding me? See what i mean..This family has too much support & power
September 29th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
196
that’s right.
just as long as they dont talk about the evidence.
i think it’s like the ‘i want a lie detector test’ ‘no i dont, the pj don’t use them’
we want to go on telly’ - ‘oh no the pj won’t let us on telly’
more smoke and mirrors.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Firestar said…
Fool passers by into thinking you keep a bird of prey by walking down
the street wearing a leather gauntlet, waving a piece of rotting meat in
your hand and constantly looking up into the sky.
You’re right but I think that is what the PJ are doing… IMO keeping the heat on the McCanns via the media and waiting for someone else to slip up. ‘Watch the hand’ as the Portugese lady said!
Susanna 176 said……
Now that the laws have changed regarding secrecy, Kate and Gerry can give interviews. Like to Barbara Walters.
Are they going to?
I would love to watch that.
I really would.
Apparently the change in the laws don’t make any difference……..
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?storyID=8813&print=print
September 29th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
It’s because of all the Pj secrecy laws that they are looking like fools..First you hear one thing (DNA) then you hear another thing (inconclusive). I’m defenitely not defending K&G, because I do think they did wrong. You can see it all over their faces. But all this speculation has gotten out of control..There is not one good piece of evidence from their part.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
189 matthew
I read that Auntie Phil wanted to do a Maddie promo in Smithfield Market when the pubs chucked out at 9 a.m. They are widening the doors as we speak and an Airbus consultant has OK’d the floor loading…
September 29th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
183 Moderation
24 Horas hasn’t got their law wrong. It’s the interpretation you put on their article that’s wrong. (Why does that not surprise me?)
Gerry and Hotlips can go to the US, can go on the Barbara Walters show and can talk about their campaign to “find Maddy” without divulging details of the police investigation.
Yet Comical Clari, and you, spins otherwise.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
189. Three weeks in a fridge or a freezer and then in a hot car would explain melting and bodily fluids. If any of this is true… Yak!
September 29th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Arguidos
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September 29th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
one thing that’s come out of all this, is that it’s much more fun when the police don’t press release stuff.
they should do this over here as well.
September 29th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Mods and Admin….. JUne…
You’ll be okay with your bandwidth…., the Madeleine story will die down next week as the dreaded Diana stuff resurfaces. Can’t wait. (Not). Maybe I can have the soon to be spare room in Harvey Nicks?
September 29th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
the thing i love about this site is that we’ve already had an expert on ‘fridge capacity in pdl apartments’ post earlier, and we dont have to pay the consultant rates the mac’s do.