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 2nd, 2007 at 9:46 am
24 - brandflower - thanks for the reminder about the Dutch letter.
I wonder if Gerry will produce the same statements about the publication of
- “Madeleine Taken by a GANG of Morrocans”
- “Prince Charles Receives Email Message”
The first of these news revealed a false clue, and the second is today considered a scam by someone who does not exist and cannot be traced. Both of them could have easily been checked by police before publication.
Do you know why Gerry will not make the same statements about these news? Because both news came out of Mccann camp.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:44 am
not answering questions is something the mc canns and Tony ‘Clarance’ Bennet have in common.
when bennet thought he was breaking news by exposing moderation as an author, he went very quiet after i posted this.
http://www.thisishertfordshire.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1542254.mostviewed.police_probe_lubbock_website.php
and pointed out that his quote reminded me of someone.
Mr Bennett said: “Given that last week we learned from sources that there are 219 terrorist networks operating in the UK I’m amazed that the police have time to have a chat with me (about the website). All I can say is that I’m awaiting further developments. In some ways I find it amusing, in other ways it just seems bizarre.”
i guess he can’t spell ‘ludicrous’
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:42 am
This site is only talking about unanswered questions, maybe that should be made explcit, because without answers the conclusions that seem to be drawn cannot be made.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:42 am
You lot all believe everything you read in the papers, and dont you think if the Mccanns were faking all this and want the money in the fund, that they wouldnt be spending $80000 on a new campaign.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:41 am
The only witness to Mrs McCann’s whereabouts is her husband, police sources said. A senior Policia Judiciaria source said Mrs McCann’s afternoon is at the centre of their inquiry.
Madeleine and the two-year-old twins, Sean and Amelie, were dropped off that morning at the creche in the Ocean Club apartment complex as they were every day of the week-long holiday.
They were picked up at midday and it is understood the McCanns, both named by Portuguese police as suspects in their daughter’s disappearance, then took Madeleine and the twins for a picnic lunch. They spent time at the beach before returning to their hotel.
Detectives say that the last picture of Madeleine was taken by her mother at 2.29pm that day as she played by the pool in the apartment complex. According to the Policia Judiciaria source, Mrs McCann has told officers she was at the pool all afternoon while her husband took part in a tennis event inside the complex with friends.
The source told the Standard: “Kate said she was at the pool side all afternoon but we are not satisfied with this.
“Until now we have no witnesses to confirm that. This is the main focus of our investigation at the moment. Where was Kate between the time she took the picture of Madeleine and the time she went to dinner with her husband in the tapas bar?
Raised alarm: Kate McCann, pictured yesterday arriving at her lawyer’s office, is under suspicion of involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance
“This is a crucial six hours that as yet has no explanation. We now believe she could have gone missing during this period.”
The McCanns and their friends - Matthew and Rachael Oldfield, David and Fiona Payne and her mother Dianne Webster, and Russell O’Brien and his partner Jane Tanner - dined at the tapas bar in the apartment complex each evening during the holiday.
On 3 May the McCanns were first at the table, arriving at 8.40pm. They were joined by the Oldfields at 8.45pm with the rest of the party following. Mr McCann made his first check on his children at 9.05pm and Mr Oldfield volunteered to go on behalf of the McCanns at 9.30pm. He entered the apartment through the unlocked patio doors but rather than entering the children’s bedroom listened for any noise at the door.
Mrs McCann’s was the next to check on the children at 10pm. It was then that she raised the alarm.
According to the Portuguese police source, none of the friends remember seeing Madeleine since midday that day and none could confirm that Mrs McCann was at the pool for most of the afternoon either.
A man carrying a child was spotted by Ms Tanner at about 9.15pm walking away from the apartment and in the direction of the villa where Robert Murat, the only other named suspect in the case, lives with his mother.
The McCanns are said to be convinced that Ms Tanner saw Madeleine because she described the pyjamas the girl was wearing before being told the description of those worn by Madeleine and they matched.
But the police source said he was unsure of the reliability of the statement. He said: “These are people who spent a lot of time with their friends yet no one saw Madeleine or Kate for much of that day.
“We are very doubtful that Madeleine disappeared when the McCanns were at dinner. It is highly likely she was gone at some point during those six hours we know nothing about. As far as we are concerned Gerry and Kate are suspects in this investigation.”
Previous reports have suggested that the McCanns and their children were with the rest of the party at the Paradiso restaurant at 6pm close to the beach at Praia da Luz. But friends say the family had not joined them that day.
Mark Williams-Thomas, a former British detective who worked on the Sarah Payne murder inquiry, said: “The last person to see Madeleine is absolutely vital to this investigation.
“If the police are saying the last picture of Madeleine is the last time she was seen, then they have to establish what went on in the hours in between this and when she was reported missing. This could definitely be the focus of the inquiry.”
He said that if Madeleine was abducted, he believes she would have been snatched after wandering out of the apartment. “I firmly believe she was not taken from the apartment,” said Mr Williams-Thomas. “If this is an abduction, she must have woken up, wandered off looking for her parents and was kidnapped by someone who was presented with an easy opportunity to snatch a child.” Help! how many more stories will we be fed.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:41 am
Hood morning everybody
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:40 am
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EITHER CARLOS ANJOS OR CLARENCE MITCHELL IS TELLING THE TRUTH
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But which? From today’s ‘Daily Express’:
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A senior Portuguese police officer has criticised Gerry McCann over fears his daughter’s abductor was hidden in their apartment, it is reported. Madeleine’s father believes someone was hiding in her room when he went back to check on his children in the couple’s holiday apartment in Praia Da Luz on the night of May 3. But the head of Portugal’s police federation, Carlos Anjos, said the claim was a “ridiculous episode” and accused Mr McCann of being “negligent”.
“Since their daughter disappeared, Gerry and Kate have followed a strategy of almost daily announcements of new facts,” he told Diaria de Noticas. “Four months after his daughter’s disappearance - a period in which he was interviewed various times by the Policia Judiciaria, he remembered that a man was hidden in his apartment where his three children were sleeping, at a time in which he went to check if the kids were OK. If he was suspicious that there was a man in the apartment, and then he calmly went to dinner, then words cannot describe how negligent he is as a father.”
Clarence Mitchell, the family’s spokesman, said Mr McCann’s fears came to him only after Madeleine’s abduction and Mr Anjos had “totally misunderstood” what he said. He told the Daily Telegraph: “This was in the original witness statement.”
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Oh to see the original witness statements of the McCanns and the other members of the Tapas 9. Whether the McCanns said Cuddle Cat was ‘left on a high ledge or shelf’ (original McCann version) or ‘left by the abductor in Madeleine’s bed’ (Kate Mccann’s later version).
I wonder if the ’social tennis event’ and David Payne’s visit to the apartment to see Madeleine being tucked up into bed at 7pm were in those statements? Or whether the McCanns disclosed full details of their visit to Father Pacheco that night?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:40 am
didnt the mum say that a few months ago?
or did she repeat it?
I’d love to have seen their faces
vein throbbing manical glare
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:39 am
good morning.
just found this comment on the express.
wonder if there’s anything to it?
MAGAZIA - SO WHAT HAPPERNED ABOUT THE LIE DETECTER TEST?
02.10.07, 7:48am
They obviously failed the practice tests in rthe lawyers offices and chose to shgut up about these until they could lie convincingly!
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:39 am
Well all this “news” today is cobblers.Granny covering for what she may suspect her beloved Kate and Gerry did.Psychic babbler off a TV entertainment show ( looking for some PR himself ? ) .. dear oh dear.. Next they will call in the horoscope experts or tea leaf readers, Tarot card and palm readers..Are they for real, or is it all just to keep in news and maintain a diversion or are they getting desperate? .This is becoming a farce. Why have they not got paid PI trotting all over the world..Professionals, instead of the folks off the funny farm. And no I’ve not forgotten PJ laws re PI .. but they can operate from other countries I was on fence, but now am off it. I suspect these all these oddball people now will be paid to keep quiet IF they discover the McCann’s did in fact OD their own child.
From disgruntled maids being fired getting back at boss by abducting a random child, to Murat because he has a squiff eye so must be a perv, to falling down stairs and disappearing into thin air, to a man fiddling in his boat, to a waiter who says he saw them every night at same table alone and had NO idea they even had kids cos he never saw any kids ever, to Clarence spin and Granny preempting findings with her abductor drugged a sleeping child, to vet graves, to Spain to Morocco , to god knows how many variations and memory lapses, to “hindsight” after 5 months of thinking of nothing else, to Gerry ” Show me the body, or Shut up and put up, to Bring it On !! ” to PJ ( and by extension UK police )
I think I am bored with them all.The child has been let down on so many fronts it is hideous.
IF and right now for me it has become a big IF in past week , they are innocent please STOP with the PR, and leaks to press by /Granny/Philomena/F&F / Sources closes to,planning TV chat shows and image building, the slurs on police and the “ludicrous ” outbursts ..etc………
Stop waffling …..and go and find her. Wrist bands and banners will not locate her.Nor will daily blogs about what they had for breakfast, and how the jogging went today……
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:35 am
Tony bennett i agree i will never understand (if they are innocent) why there are questions they would not answer. And as for the latest statement by gerrys mum it is a joke, seems like she is trying to cover them aswell.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:35 am
good morning firestar
I see I’m not the only one who doesn’t sleep much on this forum!
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:33 am
well at least we know the devout catholic bit is rubbish.
catholics and spiritualism eh.
no wonder the pope took all the maddy stuff off the vatican web site.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 am
After the psychic letter in june
Mr McCann says:
“We were extremely disappointed in the publication of the anonymous letter in The Telegraaf claiming to know where Madeleine is buried.”Although all information will be taken seriously, we were very upset that the credibility of this letter had not been examined and, more importantly, published before the Portuguese police had an opportunity to investigate the claim, and search the area if appropriate without massive media attention.
“We feel strongly that this was an irresponsible piece of journalism and, even if it were true, is insensitive and cruel.
“One can imagine how upsetting it is for Kate and I to hear of such claims through the media and if every piece of information was published like this there would be nothing else in the
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 am
Anyone know where Spudgun is these days??
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 am
The Daily Express has received literally hundreds of comments in the past couple of days on its ‘Have Your Say’ Forum about Madeleine, many of them very McCann-sceptical.
Here’s one, where a poster answers another poster called ‘Rosiepops’:
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/comments/view/39048
The poster says that the only mistake ever made by the Portuguese police was to believe a single word uttered by the McCanns.
I think he has made a good point
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:25 am
didn’t glen hoddle take doris stokes to france during world cup 98?
sorry for o/t.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:25 am
http://forums.orange.co.uk/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=fs_curraffairs&tid=45459 NUMBER 11 who knows whats true anymore.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:24 am
no canny maverick unpaid detectives
the source
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:21 am
sorry doris
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 am
8
we’re all psychics on anorak.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 am
Do you have anything on the situation Will?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 am
13 brandonflour
A quick google of Colin’s former incarnation ‘Lincoln’ and the Noah’s Ark Society should throw up some accounts that are on a par with the ‘Acorah is a fake’ episode.
Doris Stokes is who you are referring to.
The answer to your last question is a yes (sort of) but it is not exclusive to just medium’s on the earth plane.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:19 am
i cant stand Derek Achorah
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:15 am
10
derek certainly
Colins better surely
shame the old dear who predicted the rippers fiver
whatser name marie stokes is dead.
thats a point when phsycics die can they do it in reverse?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:13 am
Before anyone accuses me of being a sceptic I am a Spiritualist Medium and I am psychic.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:12 am
has anyone got any links to the alleged confession by kate mccann story?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:10 am
4 brandonflours
If referring to Gordon Smith as the worst one ever I do feel that is just a tad harsh. There are many far worse - Colin Fry and Derek Acorah (NOT REAL NAME!) spring to mind instantly.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:09 am
I guess people are running out of steam for this topic today,no disrespect to Madeleine,but the whole thing has turned into the biggest farce of all time.A blackout should be put on all reporting of the case,at least by the crap press here,until some one or some people are charged or cleared,a point in case being granny mccanns story about Madeleine being drugged,I also read that there is a tape of KM confessing to her mother,it just becomes more and more incredulous,all at the expense of Madeleine,what a sorry state of affairs.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:06 am
why don’t the pychics ever post on Anorak (real pychics!!) then it would be interesting as things unfold, its easy to say “I knew that” after it happens.