Madeleine McCann: ‘Bad Dad’ Gerry McCann, The Psychic Barber And Drugs
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “Madeleine was drugged but it was by kidnapper says her grandmother.”
Page 9: “Madeleine’s family: She was drugged…but not by parents.”
Eileen McCann, Gerry’s mother – says: “I really believe they [whoever took her] gave her a drug. There is no way they carried her out of there without her waking. If she was taken when she was sleeping by somebody she did not know, she would have screamed the place down.”
Alternatively, she was taken by someone she did know? Or Mrs McCann is just speculating.
“’BAD DAD’ GERRY” – Carlos Anjos, head of the Portuguese Police Federation, says Gerry, “a heart consultant”, is a “negligent father”. This is his “astonishing rant”.
THE SUN front page: “Mystics hunt for Maddie.”
Around 150 leads provided by mystics have been followed up.
Page 6: “ASK PSYCHIC BARBER TO HELP FIND MADDIE” – Clairvoyant Gordon Smith has been contacted by the family. Smith hosts TV’s Most Haunted show. He says he can tell if Madeleine is alive or dead. Mick is nicknamed “THE PSYCHIC BARBER”.
DAILY MIRROR front page: “McCANNS: SHE WAS DRUGGED.”
Page 5: “‘Madeleine must have been drugged..she would have screamed place down’” – GRANDMOTHER EILEEN McCANN YESTERDAY.”
“Couple call on psychic to help” – Ex-hairdresser Smith is a “wacky medium”.
Says he: “In order for it to work I need to sit with the closest relatives who would be the parents. Then I’d tune in and see what I can pick up. But I would always warn them that there’s a possibility nothing might happen.”
Best to warn them of that first…
DAILY MAIL page 5: “Now police leader mocks ‘negligent’ Gerry McCann over his fears that an abductor was in Maddie’s room.”
“Call for the ‘psychic barber’” – “Despite both being strict Roman Catholics, the couple have already made contact” with Gordon Smith.
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE I’LL FIND BODY IN DAYS. Parents call in psychic.”
Page 7: “MADDIE’S PARENTS CALL FOR PSYCHIC BARBER” – “I have offered my help for free,” says Smith. “I never charge for private readings. I have already assured them I will say nothing to the press.” Indeed, not. Best save it for the book.
DAILY TELEGRAPH page 15: “Police chief accuses McCanns of hindering inquiry” – Carlos Anjos accuses McCanns of using “diversion tactics”.
THE TIMES page 27: “McCanns ‘considering psychic help’”
THE GUARDIAN no Maddie new today.
Madeleine McCann: A Life In Headlines
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October 3rd, 2007 at 1:22 am
Have either of the McCanns treated any of the ‘high profile’ people who are supporting them?
Have any of the ‘high profiles’ been involved in the (alleged) swingers clubs the McCanns have been to?
Heck is it any wonder Kate projects a zombie persona if G had enticed her to ’swinger parties’?
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:18 am
1139. Annie - people will say you don’t know how you will react until it happens to you.
However - firstly we would not leave our kids alone - even by accident - we do not have memory loss and forget we have chilldren when fuelled by alcohol - most of us do not drink when looking after kids!
And secondly - yes we do know how we would react - we over-react at the slightest problem with our children - we scream their name and panic if they go out of our sight for under a minute - and we take several hours of shaking, crying and talking on the phone to all our friends until we calm down and realise that we are not bad parents.
If our child went missing and did not return we know how we would react -our world would end - our hearts would break - we could not carry on even for the sake of our remaining children - we would need counselling, we would need drugs and we would need someone to convince us to get out of bed in the morning, and someone to dress us - we would blame ourselves to the point where we slap ourselves, bang our heads against the walls - there would be photos of unexplained bruises on us where we had beaten ourselves up.
We would have knocked on every door in every street with our knees shaking uncontrollably - and this would have been months later!
So do not tell us how we would react - we imagine it every day - we know what we would feel - we are mothers!!!!!!!!
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:18 am
948 sophie
Yes we do celebrate halloween-its an old celtic pagan festival. I believe it was taken to USA by Irish settlers and evolved into trick or treat. That aspect has now taken over the festival here in UK.
As for the costumes-that has been done before in USA. There was a famous double murder in which an abandoned wife shot her wealthy ex and his new wife in their bed-Betty Broderick(I think). Dan and Linda pyjamas complete with fake blood and bullet holes were sold for halloween parties.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:18 am
To be honest this case is turning out to be more and more like the Diana inquest. Lots of speculation, questions unanswered etc. AND lots of high profile involved, Prince Charlie has now been dragged into it (allegedly).
Another scenario - lets just say YOU are Kate or Gerry. What is the best case scenario to cover up something you did either deliberatly or accidentally - remember not only is your freedom at risk but also your remaining children and your career and public standing?
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:16 am
1140. You mean the other PJ official? I think the UK ambassador in Portugal was shut up and hidden away some where. He should be a major figure in a case like this but was overshadowed and then promptly disappeared from view. (Or at least it seems that way.) John Buck I think his name is or was??? He was active early on and then pooooft! Strange.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:12 am
1138. I think the alleged stolen wallet story is a perfect example of how Gerry’s narcissistic mind works. If I am not mistaken, this story came out the very day they returned to England (You know - conveniently 2 days after he was officially declared arguido? 3 or 4 days after Kate was declared? And after their passionate comments of how they’re going to remain in Praia de Luz during the investigation?) I digress…..so to me it was a very interesting story. One which on the surface seems innocuous but me thinks not.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:07 am
Am I imagining it or does everyone that leads this investigation suddenly dissappear when they speak out against the McCanns?
Do we know if they are still alive - or do you think they were carefully watched and selected over a period of weeks?
The last sighting of the last guy in charge was in Spain - or was it Portugal?
Apparantly he was last photographed having a meal before he dissapeared from public view.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 am
1131
I have a good friend who cannot have children of her own. She had 3 failed IVF attempts, each pregnancy ended at 7 weeks. She and her husband were successful in adopting a little boy just before his first birthday. I went through each and every different fertility attempt with her for the 15yrs before the adoption. She never had a period, at 30 she has oestioperosis (sp) her GP was negligent in not giving her treatment to prevent/lessen the effect. Her little boy is the apple of her eye, after everything she and her husband went through, I know if anything happened to that little boy, she would be devastated, her life would not be worth living. A huge difference from the reaction of Kate who had IVF and supposedly wanted her kids! Kate carried Maddie for 9 months (I assume) as a mother her reaction is unbelieveable, strangers have reacted more emotionally over this little girl than the parents have, it’s (using a McCann phrase) ludicrous. If I had been told not to show emotion for whatever reason, I can honestly say, I could not do that.
My middle son got into and locked himself in the greenhouse, I hadn’t seen him for about 2-3 mins, I went looking for him, after about 10 mins of searching the house and garden, I dialled 999, I could not tell the policewoman exactly what had happened because I was so chocked up, I was so upset, my neighbour heard his cries in the greenhouse, I didn’t know whether to scold him or cuddle him, I cuddled him, eventhough he had tipped a bucket of chicken manure mixed with water over himself lol.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:05 am
1132
i think that the stolen wallet might hold a clue
or maybe happened on a day when no news happened
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:02 am
Was madeleine born with “sectorial heterochromia” or did she develop it only recently?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia
Please think after reading below. It might be significant.
Heterochromia iridis
In anatomy, heterochromia refers to a difference in coloration, usually of the irises but also of hair or skin. Heterochromia (also known as a heterochromia iridis or heterochromia iridium) is an eye condition in which one iris is a different color from the other (complete heterochromia), or where part of one iris is a different color from the remainder (partial heterochromia or sectoral heterochromia). It is a result of the relative excess or lack of pigment within an iris or part of an iris, which may be genetically inherited or due to mosaicism, or acquired by disease or injury. (caused by injury)
Sometimes people are born with different colored irides (iris of eye eye) and everything else is fine. Sometimes different colored irides may be a sign of more serious disease, such as Waardenburg syndrome (and hearing loss). Different colored irides can also be the result of trauma, uveitis, tumor in the eye, glaucoma, intraocular foreign body, and even a sign of Horner’s syndrome. (important!) Overall, a child or an adult with different colored irides should be examined by an eye doctor to rule-out any serious and sometimes treatable condition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horner’s_syndrome
Also, think about the wrong administration of drugs which may be one of the causes of this desease:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iatrogenic
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:01 am
1135. Anon - v. funny!
I will be glad that I didn’t identify with them if they are found guilty.
If they are found innocent I will still be glad that I didn’t identify with them - for whether or not they killed their child they are bad parents, a bad example and emotionless toward their children - they are guilty of neglect and no one can deny it - so I for one would not take one comment I have said on this forum back !!!
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:57 am
1134. LOL. I’m not aware of Scots being thought of that way. In the States it’s another group which was always targeted for being cheap. Strangely enough, a stereotype made famous by people of that group themselves (hint: lots of comedians happen to be of this heritage.)
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:54 am
It’s almost impossible for a normal healthy person to identify with narcissists because you intuitively know they are *different*. Humanoids without hearts. It’s ironic Gerry’s expertise is in cardiology. He’s The Wizard of Oz’s 21st century Tin Man and Kate is the Scarecrow. Branson is the cowardly lion. Not sure who the Wizard would be, nor who should play the Wicked Witch (Clarence in drag???). The flying monkees brilliantly portrayed by UK press?
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:50 am
1132 - Of course he would be emotional when he lost his wallet, hes Scottish.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:47 am
Tony Bennett
Ah, but you didn’t consider the other possibility, that they are innocent! Either way, though, work just now would hardly be feasible.
They have said they are not using the fund for defence purposes. They don’t need to. They have backers AND a family which is willing to help with those expenses. They may not be very great anyway if they are not charged.
Just watched Sky news before going to bed. According to Martin Brunt-of-the-uncombed- hair, Amaral is actually an arguido in the case of the alleged cover-up of beatings of Cipriano, currently in prison for allegedly murdering her young daughter whose body has never been found and who, according to Cipriano, is still missing. Can this be true?! An arguido in such a case, yet leading the McCann case until today?? (An arguido in such a case yet still working as a policeman, even after today?)
So what does being an arguido actually mean, one wonders? One arguido investigates another, it seems!!
I thought it was amazing that the police were actually admitting to having taken their eye so far off the ball that the McCanns could ever have had even the possibility of smuggling a body from A to B under their very noses in their own hire car, and bury it as well.
Well, maybe not so amazing.
No wonder de Sousa resigned and the McCanns’ lPortuguese awyer is pretty fed up with what has been going on. Respected and distinguished portuguese police officers and lawyers must be desperately embarrassed.
BTW, lest anyone think INCORRECTLY that I think British is best or the UK police are always great or that there are no scandals attached to the UK police and other notables, of course I DON’T think that! I just think some of the police officers in this case, who happen to be Portuguese, have behaved in a pretty incredible way.
Mind you, I would agree with Batman. They should be congratulated on today’s move and are probably now doing their best under very difficult circumstances.
Hopefully Amaral was behind a lot of the leaks and they’ll now stop. Equally, I hope any leaks coming from British sources, reporters, police, McCann friends or others, should also now stop! No more media circus. (I definitely agree with Judith C!)
The McCanns should now be given the opportunity to answer any remaining questions (if it’s true that there are any) here in the UK, with both Portuguese and British lawyers present. Hopefully that will clear matters up.
Meanwhile they will soon have to begin to come to terms with their loss and should be given the peace and opportunity to do so. I can understand that they don’t want to give up on Madeleine, EVER. I know would feel exactly the same but, as G said recently, it’s going to be necessary to find the appropriate balance between the campaign to continue looking for Madeleine with creating as normal a life as possible for the twins.
If innocent, these people will need every bit of psychological and emotional support the community can give them. Starting official campaigns against them before they are even charged is not appropriate in my view.
If evidence emerges for their guilt (or the police have an ace up their sleeve, as one poster suggested), then we will soon know. For the moment there isn’t any.
Now definitely to sleep!
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:46 am
1085. I thought he showed the most sadness when he lost his wallet and then great emotion again, but this time joy, when it was finally returned.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:44 am
Why do we care at all?
Why does it bother us so much?
Is it because we want to know that the law is the same for everyone and not selective to those with a better job or more money than average joe.
Is it because we are being told constantly by doctors from even before our children are born the best way to protect and care for them yet we watch as 9 doctors leave their own children in danger and don’t get the punishment they said we would get if we did that to our children?
Is it because you were mortified when your child fell down three steps of stairs, overeacted and rushed them to hospital and had doctors ask you questions to make sure you know how to look after children - telling you that if it happens more than one time your child may be taken from you? - yet these doctors say they don’t even know what happened to their child - they don’t even know if she came to harm that night - they were not there to comfort her -and they still have their remaining children in their care.
Is it because you know that if it was you in this situation you would be rotting in jail by now with no one to help you?
Or is it because you cannot identify with these parents? They show no emotion in their body language, speech or writings for their children - they do not move you to tears - you want to understand them but cannot and it mystifies you - why do you feel nothing for them?
For me it is the last reason - I cannot identify with them - I cannot see myself in their situation - I cannot understand their reactions.
If you can identify - you may want to realise that you are different from the majority - you may want to get counselling - and you should stop leaving your children unattended - it is wrong - just because the McCanns are getting away with it - doesn’t mean that you will - if it happens to you - YOU WILL GO TO JAIL!!!!!!
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:44 am
1126
Do you have a URL for this please? Kate shaking her head at interview.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:41 am
1117 annie
NO. Gerry McCann is on *UNPAID* LEAVE OF ABSENCE. You may be right about Kate McCann, though
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:40 am
1058 Firestar
Seems a reasonable settlement offer…. Whose keys are on the table?
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:38 am
976 batman
Well you see, there is this generously proportioned lady, shes a sweetie really, heart in the right place, but a bit of a loose cannon at times…. She likes to say certain kinds of things that might not be exactly diplomatic.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:35 am
1082 Joe
All that you say about Kate Mccann’s emotions is perfectly consistent with Kate McCann holding a terrible guilty secret and not with having genuinely lost an abducted child. Have you seen the video of her interview in Morocco, for example, where the McCanns are asked if they think Madeleine is still alive, and Kate silently shakes her head several times, probably without realising she is doing it? (Gerry of course answers the question).
Your point about the effect all this writing might have on the twins one day as they grow up is an interesting one and I see your point clearly.
However, I believe the McCanns have shown signs of being poor parents - leaving the children alone for hours at a time while they go partying and drinking for example.
I also noted that after Madeleine ‘disappeared’, they spent huge amounts of time ‘campaiging’ and globetrotting - but not much time with their 2-year-old twins.
I think that Madeleine died in their apartment and that they are deliberately covering it up, including having disposed of, or arranged the disposal of, Madeleine’s body. I see signs of the parents being manipulative - and even at times lying. I see that they constantly minimise the gravity of leaving their children at around 7pm/8pm and going out partying. I perceive that they are in denial about many things.
If I were Social Services, there would be very big question marks in my mind about whether the twins’ welfare would be served by their remaining with their parents. I would also have in mind that the PJ are not inventing 4,000 pages of evidence and that on what we have learnt so far, the possibilty of Madeleine having died by the deliberate actions of her parents (drug overdose and/or temper loss) is quite possible.
Maybe there is a caring relative who could step in and bring up the twins?
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:33 am
I think Gerry and Cilla looked best in the BeachBum look they adopted in Portugal -the shorts and the poloshirts. Back in grimy Leicestershire, in Rothley, the Village of Fools, they look a wee bit weird; Gery in his fleece, looking determined - and bearing a queer resemblance to Ian Huntley - and Cilla, holding his hand, bless, sporting her customary drug-blasted scouse bint look; i’ts almost as though, as Clarence is lying his rotten teeth off, Gerry and Cilla are humming Liverpool’s own anthem: when you walk through a storm, hold your head up high…blah blah blah…. and you’ll never walk alone. I betya he never goes off to do his cardiology dressed like a dole claimant, looking like a nutter dressed from Oxfam. Somebody is telling them: Dress Down, it’ll increase the sympathy/donations. Just say no to Team VirginMcCann.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:31 am
Cadaver Dogs
In Human Remains detection, the Nose Knows.
In a missing persons case it is hard to prove a crime happened without some evidence. In cases where a dead body will be the likely outcome of a search, Cadaver dogs are used to search, rather than standard Search and Rescue dogs. Why? Because a Search and Rescue Dog is trained to find living humans, and not detect decomposing flesh.
Cadaver Dogs are trained to locate and follow the scent of decomposing human flesh. Not a pretty thought, but their job is vital to both families of the victims, and to a justice system that ofttimes needs a body to prove a crime. These dogs work both on and off leash and are trained to detect the scent of decomposition that rises from the soil, same principle as when a dog knows where he last buried his bone.
Trailing dogs follow a scent that has fallen on the ground. These dogs can pick out a human, or in the case of Cadaver dogs, a decomposing human’s scent that was carried on a breeze, or “fallen” from a person carrying a body to it’s location. Air-scenting is similar to trailing, but an air-scenting dog must be able to pick the scent out of a breeze and follow it to the source.
Special chemicals are used to simulate the scent of decomposing human flesh in training Cadaver dogs. Unlike simulated narcotic smells, or other training scents, simulated cadaver smells are not available to anyone but a certified training facility.
Both whole bodies and body parts are located using Cadaver dogs, and each team member must be trained in evidence preservation.
It isn’t just crime investigations that use Cadaver Dogs. In disasters as well, these dogs are used in conjunction with Canine Search and Rescue teams to locate both victims and survivors of disasters, natural and otherwise.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:31 am
Basically the Mccanns are using the rule, so used by Bush and Blair: You are either with us or against us.
And that stops all debate, discussion and thinking.
All I want to say to the people who are convinced the parents have nothing to do with it, is to start all over again, with a fresh mind, go back to the 4th of May look at the videos and the coverage and the PARENT’S attitude.
There is absolutely something going here, what it is I cannot say since I am not part of the investigative team BUT this has been fishy right from the start. It just has.
I have two boys, and a few months ago one of them hid just for a few minutes and I was livid. Frankly all I know of parents losing a child is that it FLOORS them.
It certainly did not do that this time. This is why I am convinced there is something going on.
Something is going on and the fact that big names are supporting them is making the whole thing even less savoury. It is very scary indeeed.
Lets hope that some of the Tapas 9 will come to their senses and open up..
Lets hope..
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:29 am
Brian Kennedy is paying their mortgage.
Whenever they travel people offering them free lodging and free airfare.
Clarence is being paid by an anonymous backer.
Their legal team is funded by Branson.
They are making plenty just in monthly interest on Madeleine’s fund and I don’t believe their money metre includes interest gained - only donations made.
The fund guidelines clearly state they may use the money for their daily expenses and even for legal fees but legal expenses would have to be paid back if they were tried and found guilty.
Who know what other anonymous people are funding them in some way?
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:26 am
1117
I agree with regards the child’s smell. I was surprised when they said they wouldn’t return to UKwithout Maddie, I personally think I would want to be around my child’s personal things, her bedroom, her toys etc, then Kate said she didn’t want to return because of the bad memories. This indicated to me that things ‘back home’ were not a bed of roses. I would like to know what she meant by this.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:24 am
1113. I totally agree. Sadly though I think you should prepare for some major outrage.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:23 am
God i’d love to be a fly on the wall
I think granny mc cann said that statement weeks ago
around the time of boots and nappies
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:21 am
1111. This is my last message in response to your idiotic ramblings.
What you think of about me doesn’t concern me at all. From reading your posts it is easy to observe you’re a very sad lonely person. Many people on Anorak warned me about you my first day here. On some days you claim you’re a female and your husband is an importan mover and shaker in Washington, DC. On other days you’re a man with important UK police connections. You have other stories to tell but I usually scroll past them. Your unmistakable pathetic writing style and ad hominem attacks are annoying and puerile.
You are a coward, a fraud and a troublemaker.