Madeleine McCann: DNA Jigsaw, Torture And The Twilight Zone

MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann

DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE DNA PUTS PARENTS IN FRAME. British experts insist their tests are valid”

Page 7: “DNA tests ‘fill in more pictures of jigsaw’” – A source close to the investigation provides the headline quote. But what has been found is unsaid, and how it involves Kate and Gerry McCann

“New police chief is accused of torture” – Chief inspector Tavares Almeida is to face charges of “beating up a robbery suspect in custody”. The Express says this is a “torture scandal”. The alleged victim – who was accused of being part of a gang that sexually abused children and coerced them into violent muggings - was acquitted

Mr Almeida was dubbed “Kate’s Tormenter”, possibly by the Express today

DAILY MAIL page 8: “New DNA tests ‘put the McCanns back under suspicion’”

The McCanns, both “doctors” are said to be “extremely distressed by the claims”

DAILY MIRROR page 7: “COPS GAVE UP SEARCH THREE MONTHS AGO”

“Investigation in tatters as second detective accused of violence”

THE SUN front page: “McCANNS’ AGONY – MADDIE: NEW DNA LINK TO KATE”

British forensic scientists “are said to believe tests on fresh clues support earlier findings that led to the McCanns being declared suspects”

Page 4: “McCANNS ‘LIVING IN A TWILIGHT WORLD’”

Clarence Michelle says: “We had reports that DNA had proved ‘inconclusive’ and even it had put the McCanns in the clear.”

Reports from whom is not reported

“Now there are reports that the DNA is making them look suspect. There are wholly innocent explanations for any material police may or may not have found. This just goes to show what a twilight zone we are operating in”

The Twilight Zone – wasn’t that the name of the TV show with the sting in the tail?

DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE: NW DNA DAMNS PARENTS. Brit police find shock evidence”

But they have not been arrested. The McCanns are just suspects. How is this damning?

Pages 8 and 9: “MADDIE: SHOCK NEW DNA CLUE TO PARENTS – Boffins say cops on the right trail”

“Torture rap cop” – Tavares Almeida is 48

DAILY TELEGRAPH page 9: “Portuguese police ‘right to focus on McCanns’”

A British source says “Everything that has emerged indicates that the investigation is focusing where it should”

A British detective says the case is being “done back to front” – the parents should have been looked at first. The mantra is: “Clear the ground from under your feet”

THE INDEPENDENT, THE GUARDIAN and THE TIMES: No Madeleine news today

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Anorak

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