Madeleine McCann: Kate McCann Becomes Mum
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE – I CRY EVERY DAY SAYS KATE”
“For the first time she reveals her torment” – Kate gives the papers what they want: tears
Pages 6 and 7: “Madleine’s mum: I can’t stop crying” – Kate McCann is no longer Kate McCann; she is above all things Madeleine’s mum
“Obviously nothing can compare with the night Madeleine went missing,” says mum. And Gerry – dad’s – worst moment? “I think when we were made suspects in our own daughter’s disappearance – when the inference was that Madeleine was dead and that, somehow, we were involved…”
Yes…
“But, no it can’t get any worse than that first night…”
DAILY MAIL page 7: “Some days I just can’t stop the tears, says Maddie’s mother”
“Second police chief quits the case” – Tavares Almeida has followed his boss Goncarlo Amaral and left the business of Madeleine McCann to another lucky Portuguese cop
DAILY MIRROR front page: “KATE McCANN SPEAKS AS NEVER BEFORE..Every day felt like a week”
Page 5: “Being named suspects, the idea that we were involved, was terrible. But NOTHING can compare to the trauma of the first night our Madeleine went missing”
Kate is a “locum GP”. Gerry is a “heart specialist”. These are the facts. And they remain unaltered
The couple give an interview as they visit the offices of the Leicester Mercury newspaper, where they are presented with a cheque for £57,000 from the sales of the Madeleine wristbands
THE SUN front page: “KATE’S MADDIE ORDEAL – NOTHING’S AS BAD AS THAT NIGHT. Mum tells of torment”
Page 6: “I weep for Maddie…but we still have hope”
Says Kate McCann: “I’ve had days when if I wasn’t crying for Madeleine, I was crying from the messages people have sent us”
The McCanns “say their lowest point…was when Portuguese police declared them ‘arguidos’ – formal suspects over their daughter’s disappearance”. So not the night Madeleine disappeared, as the Express says?
Gerry is a “cardiologist”
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE – Kate: I cry for my daughter every day”
Page 8 and 9: “Finding Maddie had gone was far worse than being named suspect in killing”
THE TIMES page 14: “The twins are the only part of our lives that are normal”
Kate McCann says: “There is a semblance of normality returning. It’s more normal than it was three weeks ago, Amelie and Sean can see that. But really how can it be normal without Madeleine?”
THE INDEPENDENT page 8: “Second officer steps own from Madeleine inquiry” – Tavares Almeida. Bad Times, as Tavares were wont to say
THE GUARDIAN page 15: “Sacked Madeleine detective’s deputy seeks leave” – Senor Tavares. (Heaven Must be Missing An Angel)
DAILY TELEGRAPH front page: “KATE McCANN: THE DAILY TORMENT OF LIFE WITHOUT MADELEINE”
Page 3: “The McCanns have kept Madeleine’s room the same as it was. The twins are allowed in for a few minutes - “Otherwise, the door remains closed most of the time”
Detectives make notes.
Posted: 5th, October 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (855) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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October 5th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
In Rep of Ireland a detective has just been charged with leaking information to the press. (Source RTE News online)
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1005/lyonsd.html?rss
‘A detective sergeant has been charged with leaking information to a journalist in the first case of its kind.
Detective Sergeant Robert McNulty, 48, was brought before Dublin District Court this afternoon charged with disclosing details of a Commission of Investigation report into the charging of Dean Lyons, a homeless ###### addict, with two murders he did not commit.’
October 5th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Some Northern European newspapers reporting today, translated from English sources:
1. Gerry mcCann is worried for the twins
2. Kate mcCann cries every day (in front of the little twins?)
3. British police investigating the line that MM died on May 3rd in the apartment
4. mcCann lawyers strongly deny MM died in the apartment (advicing the media not to report British police could investigate such ludicrous line of inquiry?)
October 5th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
519 - Julie
That’s fine. I don’t mind that but Moderation is still personally attacking Tony after he’s apologised and dropped it. I’ll stick up for any of us if there’s someone behaving like that.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
513 - Maria
Murat was allegedly taken in for questioning because of a nosey newspaper reporter. If I was Murat I’d be suing that reporter for defamation. As for Amaral, he was charged or made arguido in June and is under investigation. In both cases (although I think Murat was a convenient Patsy for the McCanns), there was just-cause.
Likewise, the McCanns are suspects because of just-cause. What is your point? You lost me…
October 5th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
506. Yes, I suppose that is what I heard also but could not remember the details. But whether or not they did bug “everything” is questioinable……I suppose one tactic is to create the illusion of seeing and hearing all…….
I thought the McCanns Cells phone calls were monitored.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Oh come on Stevo (515) I don’t normally disagree with you, and I NEVER agree with Moderation, but I think that the subject should be dropped now! I don’t think that Moderation intentionally “lied” about the 6 months ago! Why don’t we go back to discussing aspects of the McCann case instead of trying to discredit each other?
October 5th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
405 stevo
“As for bugging, I’m skeptical of the police bugging mobile phone conversations. Landlines perhaps but mobiles are not as easily traced to the best of my knowledge. The digital signals can’t be picked up by radio scanners so bugging mobiles would be quite a challenge.”
Dead easy for the authorities - contact the phone company give them the number you want tapped, they type some stuff on the computer - phone bugged no matter where it is used in the country.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
m.e. Says:
October 5th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Just interested why the pro McCanns come on this site at all?
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Brilliantly observed!
October 5th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
514 - Andy
Interesting. But isn’t all this at a high end and more than a Juliet Bravo level? I’d like to think the PJ do have some juicy intercepts but I think it’s more paper talk than reality.
One thing that’s more possible is an intercept of the emails. That would be quite easy to do.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
491 - Moderation
I said you posted in here as your other name quite recently and you said it was 6 months ago. I think that’s why Tony gets ticked at you. You lied about something so simple and then it makes him question your credibility. It’s sort of like the McCanns are doing.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Possible way to “tap” into a GSM mobile call.
This is a “simple” explanation. There are more detailed articles out there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMSI-catcher
“An IMSI-catcher is a device for forcing the transmission of the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and intercepting GSM mobile phone calls.
The GSM specification requires the handset to authenticate to the network, but does NOT require the network to authenticate to the handset. This well-known security hole can be exploited by an IMSI-catcher.
The IMSI-catcher masquerades as a base station and logs the IMSI numbers of all the mobile stations in the area, as they attempt to attach to the IMSI-catcher. It allows forcing the mobile phone connected to it to use no call encryption (i.e., it is forced into A5/0 mode), making the call data easy to intercept and convert to audio.
IMSI-catchers are used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies.”
October 5th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Stevo
You say we do not usually see police action “without just cause”. (Actually, some would take issue with that anyway, no matter where the police are!)
But I presume then you’d take the same view with regrad to Murat and Amaral?
Or only with the McCanns?
October 5th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
507 - Batman
Makes me want to vomit just reading a few lines.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
I like reading Moderation’s site - I was impressed. But I wouldn’t and didn’t blog anything or make an untoward comment. Why, as I said, I was impressed.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Thanks for that Julie… it wasn’t that it was a huge secret, just that it wasn’t relevant and of course it did cause a lot of nonsense. I even got stupid personal mail, but I did however also get nice mail!
I know we don’t see eye to eye (!!!) on the McCanns but we’ve both been here for yonks and are both honest about our opinions and views.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
500 - Soothsayer
Like I asked, if you have a link to where mobile phones can be traced to within 10ft can you show me please? I have an RT license and pilots’ licenses and apart from GPS, I’m not aware that what you’re talking about exists. I may be wrong so I wondered if you had a link.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
The FBI has picked up terrorist phone calls and not by having the instrument bugged. How did they do it? I thought a satellite caught all transmissions and that was the chatter? Seems very James Bondish!
http://www.howardforums.com/archive/topic/319149-1.html
October 5th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
505 - Stevo. I did warn you……I have not read it all, snippets are enough, because it is just so incredibly…..well……narcissistic!
October 5th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Jerrilyn, I understood it was the PJ who said they had bugged everything and had incriminating records? That was one of their leaks…..
October 5th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Gerry’s blog on day 25:
“We have decided that for the majority of trips it will not be practicable, or fair, to take Sean and Amelie with us. They have an established routine which we do not want to disrupt and will be looked after by very close family. Tonight for the first time they have gone to sleep in their own single beds, rather than cots, now that another two of our family have gone home.”
So they thought that jetting off was more important than their twins?
October 5th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Moderation, the fact that Tony managed to trace who you are was not difficult at all! I had already done it some time ago, but my choice was NOT to “invade your privacy” by publishing all your details on this site. I chose this decision because it’s the choice that I would want others to make if they were actually clever enough to go and trace exactly who I am!
Regarding Tony Bennett …. I admire what he is doing, and I appreciate his posts … although I will admit I have not taken the time yet to go and find out exactly who he is and what his exact agenda is. However, I do take the time to read his posts (no matter how long they are … a fact which seems to offend some people here) as I find them very interesting. (There are some posters here that when I see their names I just scroll down to the next post as I know they’re just talking the biggest load of hogwash!).
And you have nothing to fear from me Moderation, I will not bombard your sites with “hate” mail just because I disagree with some of your insights into Madeleine’s case. And to those others who are doing it, quite frankly, what the hell is your point? Just as you are entitled to voice your opinion on Madeleine’s case here, so does Moderation. Just because you may disagree with her opinions or dislike her ….. who gives you the frikkin right to invade someone’s privacy? It is childish and totally unnecessary!
October 5th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
499 - I got that snippet from the link in post 1. How true it is I don’t know, but then that is true of most thing in this case.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
489 - Andy
That all sounds like what I’ve been saying. I’ve never heard of being able to triangulate a mobile phone to within 10 feet. Allegedly, my phone has a feature of providing information to within a few feet by sending the GPS signal to authorities when I dial the emergency services. 50-100m sounds reasonable for most phones though…depending on masts.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Perhaps the McCann PR team then just wanted everyone to have the impression of the McCann’s being persecuted then.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
stevo i work for O2 one of the biggest mobile operators in the world,installing software and maintaining it and the IT bits and bobs,its not complicated,computers which mobiles are a version of,do what programs written by humans tell them to.As for the masts any three masts that have you within their triangulation area will do fine,lastly it’s not the phone itself which is the target it is the sim card,which is in reality the same as the chip in your computer,hope that helps.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
487 - Judge Dread. I think this is interesting about Jo Williams being in PdL. What I am surprised about is that SkyNews did not claim that as a ’scoop’. Where did you hear about this?
One of the really interesting things about this case is the political, legal and commercial string-pullings and arse-coverings. For me, yes I want to know what happened, but I am actually far more interested in the bigger picture. Can’t remember who posted how everyone is interlinked, Gerry is on a committee with Gordon Brown’s brother - or is an advisor on a board…etc. etc.
Follow the money………sad to say, this goes way beyond just a pretty little girl who is missing.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
494 - Batman
Thanks for the link. It didn’t work for me as you had it in the post but here it is after I tweaked it:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pamela.watson43/pamalam/
October 5th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
I mistakenly assumed all my cell phone calls could be monitored (glad it is private after all not that my conversations are interesting - very boring) and what about this chatter that is picked up by cell calls and “terrorists” plots etc. or funny word for it chatter - guess they are talking about internet web sites and not cell phones.
Always thought it was real chatter….ummm….
October 5th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
492 - Jerrilyn
Paper talk in my opinion. Were/are they really bothered about being bugged?
Landlines are extremely easy to bug. I found it an odd thing for the McCanns to say because I’d expect even someone of Gerry’s intelligence to think of that. That’s why I’m taking the bugging story with a pinch of salt.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Now that the Diana story is running again and all we have to “speculate” over is Kate’s tears which todays headlines are promoting then the debate seems to have stalled. Perhaps Clarence knows his stuff after all. Unless there are new results from FSS or some other genuine development there seems little point in going over the same old stuff. Does anyone know something I dont which suggests an end to the inertia which has set in?