Madeleine McCann: Kate McCann Sobs, Gerry McCann Points And 14 Questions
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY MIRROR front page: “KATE’S TORMENT – ‘I think she is being held by someone in their house..as Madeleine’s mummy I feel in my heart she’s out there’”
“Distraught” Kate McCann is on Spanish TV. She is being interviewed. Says she: “I don’t know how anyone could harm anyone as beautiful as Madeleine”
Pages 4 and 5: “TEARS OF KATE – After six months of holding her heartbreak in check..Madeleine’s mum breaks down on TV”
Three pictures of Kate McCann:
“SO EMPTY: Kate tries to explain her loss on TV”
“TOO MUCH: She can’t hold back the tears”
“SOBBING: Kate and Gerry on TV”
“14 questions Portuguese police are flying to Britain to out to the McCanns and friends” – So reports Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas. Why would the police publish the questions and allow the McCanns and their friends to prepare answers? Why only – or as many as - 14 questions? Unless these are questions made up by the media, questions the police are “expected” to ask…
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE – POLICE WANT ANSWERS TO 14 QUESTIONS. What detectives demand to know”
Pages 4 and 5: “Kate breaks down during TV grilling.” Kate and Gerry McCann are on the telly. Says Kate: “I feel sad and I feel lonely and our life is not as happy without Madeleine…we want people to try to reunite us with your beautiful girl”
And: “We know the truth. We know we are totally innocent. That is why we are calm. We know each other”
Says a “British detective”: “The detectives could be giving the suspects enough rope to hang themselves. It is a common tactic in police investigations to let those under suspicion speak on television in case they trip themselves up”
THE SUN front page: “KATE WEEPS FOR MADDIE – I feel in my heart she is out there”
“Distraught” Kate on the telly. Kate and Gerry are publicising a telephone hotline. No, not 999, their own number
Pages 4 and 5: “MADDIE NEEDS US – So lonely without our lovely girl, sobs Kate”
Three pictures of “Precious..the happy Maddie her mum longs to see”
Three pictures of the McCanns:
“Anguish…Gerry faces TV quiz”
“Ordeal…Kate fights back tears”
“Brave…but the McCanns struggle with their emotions as they relive the night Maddie vanished”
The hotline. Says Kate McCann: “We want to appeal to the people of Spain, Portugal and North Africa to help us and to tell them we have a new central phone number for them to call”
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE MUM FINALLY CRACKS – Suspect Kate sobs on TV as she is quizzed”
Pages 8 and 9: “MADDIE’S MUM TV BREAKDOWN – Torment as Kate’s sobs halt interview four times”. Spanish TV journalist Roberto Arce sees Kate “prostrate with pain”
The McCanns hotline number is 00 34 902 300 213
DAILY MAIL pages 8 and 9: “I’M SAD AND LONELY…LIFE IS NOT HAPPY”
Says Mrs McCann: “Somebody knows something. It is not about us. It is about Madeleine.” Is it? We are watching the parents
Gerry McCanns is a “consultant cardiologist”. He says: “We have not been charged with anything”
“Will they find her in Spain?” – Gerry McCann tells El Mundo newspaper (Spain): “The possibility that Madeleine is alive and in Spain is real…If someone had a car, it is clear they could cross into Spain. There is no border guard and no one closed the border the night Madeleine disappeared.” And we look again at the police
THE TIMES page 3: “Sobbing Kate McCann insists that Madeleine is alive and being held”
“Days of hope and despair” – The Times looks at some key dates: June 21 (Madeleine in Malta); August 3 (Madeleine in Belgium); August 23 (Madeleine in Morocco)
DAILY TELEGRAPH front page: “’I’M SO SAD AND LONELY’ – KATE McCANN WEEPS FOR MADELEINE ON SPANISH TV”
Page 5: “’Sad, lonely’ Kate weeps for Madeleine in TV interview” – Kate McCann wept “uncontrollably”. Says he:” I feel anxious she is not with us”
THE GUARDIAN page 12: “McCanns set up phone line to seek Madeleine”
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November 18th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
I called the no. they gave on tv but the people answering the called ain’t serious at all. i offered a solution to it, they promised to called but they haven’t…..meaning they themselves are not serious.
November 4th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
its about time people stopped feeling sorry for the mccanns and start feeling sorry for maddeline after all the parents are the only ones who can tell what happened to maddie they are keeping up this kidnaping game to suit themselves remember its maddie who is not here make them tell what they done to her why is the police not arresting them are they afraid of the people in the mccanns camp making to much trouble for them after all if this was anyone else than two doctors they would have been arrested long ago please think of wee maddie an accident that got out of hand and went way to far that it can,t stop but stop it must arrest the mccanns now, only they know.
October 26th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
1752 an observer
Yes, the Portuguese waiter said only the men would get up from table to check on the children.
It’s disgusting, isn’t it, to consider what might have been going on.
and that would be a very strong reason to hide the body.
The women had to know, though.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Hi everybody
1) Roberto Arte (the interviwer) is neither a TV star nor a senior and experienced journalist, but a simple -but good and responsible- background news presenter. He couldn’ t move an inch from the list of questions (Mitchell had previously forbidden any change)
2) Spaniards don’t “mirror” the Portuguese, as D. Express says; ou have our own opinion. If 70% decided they were not telling the truth, it’s because 70% thought that Mccanns were not telling the truth, not because we are mirroring the Portuguese reactions.
3) José Cabrera, very wellknown psiquitrist in Spain (and attending the debate after the interview) speaks today in the Portuguese Correio da Manha. He says that Kate had “pocker gambler tears” and that, after an extremely detailed technoligical chek, she didn’t move a sole face muscle. Cabrera this she has serios psquiatric problems.
4) ANTENA-3 DON’T (NEVER) BROADCAST IN PORTUGAL OR MOROCCO (neither northern or southern). Never. Just in Spain.
October 26th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
ftloalg/1758
Based on what evidence? Or is this just a feeling like kate?
October 26th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
I belive Maddeleine will be found alive soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AznBFh5hnLE
October 26th, 2007 at 11:06 am
1719
Kris Says:
“Hideki, well, I’m NOT getting into that argument again. It goes on for hours. I could cut and paste all my old comments on the nature of neglect and abuse. But it’s not worth it.”
I do not recall having such an argument, and nor do I think that such an argument could take place now.
By saying that you are “not fully convinced” the McCanns killed their daughter, you are not even expressing any disagreement with my position, and yet you falsely stated that I am apparently convinced they killed the girl. Recalling your past pro-McCann posting, this seems like a typical Team McCann ruse — NOT an “argument”.
You wrote that you were not convinced of their guilt, but that apparently I was. However, by “guilt” you wrote that you are referring to the killing of their child. I have never stated that I am sure they killed the child. Therefore, you misrepresented my position.
Indeed, I think many people hold the same position as I do — that the McCanns are guilty of criminal neglect , and of covering up the death. Actually, I’ve never seen any credible poster “fully convinced” that they killed her — those thoughts are always presented as speculations.
WTF is “Pro-McCann?”
October 26th, 2007 at 9:38 am
1609, SPUDGUN,
It was odd how the BBC website pulled the Antena3 interview and replaced it with their study into questions over the Omagh DNA. Very interesting.
October 26th, 2007 at 8:58 am
I too believe there might be some bigger fish involved in this. But who………..?
The Catholic Church have opted out after a keen start, so they seem in the clear in this case anyway.
They are still backed by the English PM though. A labour minister perhaps. Maybe a businessman who donates heavily to the Labour Party cause has something to hide.
Why did Richard ‘Virgin’ Branson get involved? He is not silly and it seems strange he is onside with them too.
Brian Kennedy, the millionaire? What is his angle. Money laundering was mentioned but why would he bother doing that? His company produces double glazing I think, will we be able to see through him in the end? It was said that he is a JW too along with a few other characters in the play? Is that really so?
Which are the JW’s? Or shall we call them ‘The Jehovah ‘Bystanders’?
Have the JPs been warned off by superior powers? Maybe that is why the change of PJ officers took place?
So the first dude is the fall guy. I find it hard to believe that the new PJ guy would make public the things he did when he took over. Such as clues on bits of paper scattered around the office! It something you don’t do to a coworker in a work enviroment especially within a Police force who usually stick together like glue.
Maybe he was removed because he was getting too close to placing charges and unmasking a Mr.Big.
The British Goverment dude got there really fast from memory. This could point to the incident happening earlier than thought and more time to get the alibis and cleaning up done. Body removed etc. Murat was maybe used due to his loyalty to England and a few quid, nay a lots of quids. If it was a goverment backed conspiracy a bit of fast talking could convince Murat or someone else maybe that by helping with the cover up that they are helping save the world or something.
And the English press. Why so quiet. Under orders from above? Cuddle Cat got their tongue?
It is like they, at least the ones that do mention the incident, are waging a campaign against the Portuguese police, the people and the country as a whole. Which they do not deserve. But a great smokescreen.
The Portuguese paper 24houres although has called their bluff and reports what it can. Like a real tabloid. It looks a bit trashy by the cover but the Editor seems to have balls unlike the British eunochs the English papers employ.
When will hear from the Queen? She is about the only person of note in Britain that has not said anything yet?
But what could be so catastrophic that a 3 year old girl dies in vain. The mind does not want to go there really does it.
Gerry is too confident in my book. He thinks he knows that he is in the clear.
Maybe the big fish thought Gerry was a minnow but has since morphed into rogue shark and is coming back to bite them. If he has been made a promise of protection he would feel confident,but I bet if there is bigger fish gasping for air he will be sacraficed.
What about this horrid thought. IVF babies born to order. No genetic ties to the parents and used as playthings of the rich. The carriers get a big pay off and all expenses paid and they supply the virgin!
And maybe they all get free holidays with free flights thrown in from the airline of their choice!
Are any of the other Tapas7 babies IVF? or were they born naturally?Just another angle to look at.
The seventy fifth way. Give or take a few.
October 26th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Bob 1742
Nope, I am female but sadly no Nicole Kidman, I have a son about her age!! I work full time from my PC and click on and off Anorak at random… I have done for a couple of years because I enjoy the satire that seems to have gone down the drain since this story took over. Humour has also gone downhill.
There used to be a lot of good fiery debate but now its just insults all the way if you don’t go with the crowd.
October 26th, 2007 at 7:42 am
i just got up, erk. anyway… i guess this has already been posted.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7062924.stm
the vaguest and mostly badly drawn suspect it is possible to be.
October 26th, 2007 at 7:28 am
1751
susannah Says:
October 26th, 2007 at 7:23 am
1746, Thea.
They had the doors unlocked so that some males could go and “check” up on the children.
this is what the “third way” poster has been suggesting for a few days. it is foul. i would like to come with an alternative to the third way’s hypothesis.
October 26th, 2007 at 7:23 am
1746, Thea.
They had the doors unlocked so that some males could go and “check” up on the children.
October 26th, 2007 at 7:21 am
The PR thing is there to destroy this couple’s credibility.
They are not there to help in any way.
I still think the biggest issue at stake is the media and government
involvement.
Something sinister happened, something that would threaten the PM himself.
Forget K and G, look at those that are helping them.
Crack that ring and it would be infinitely more satisfying than cracking
K and G who are really very small fish in an extremely murky pond,
The latest picture of the abductor is the final nail in their coffin.
No intelligent person would not realise the scorn that would be heaped upon them after this artistic rendition.
They are being set up as the fall guys.
The ones who partake in the same games are going to get away.
Those are the ones we should set out to catch - those are the ones who undermine our society and the safety of our children.
Catch them if you can.
Earlier on someone was posting as me.
how is this possible?
October 26th, 2007 at 7:19 am
Well finally and just before the cops come to requestion everyone Kate McCann shows some emotion and “breaks down”. Her comments though astounded me. She might as well have been talking about a dog she had owned for quite a few years. “I feel sad, I feel lonely are hardly statements a distraught mother would make. “Devastated, broken hearted - Our lives will never be the same might just convince me that she is in fact innocent. Her belief that someone is holding her in some house somewhere is totally unrealistic. Is she in denial or is she scared that if she admits that Madeleine could be dead she would be “admitting she had something to do with it”. Also why did Gerry tell her not to speak until the microphone was switched off when she started sobbing. This was a very cold and calculating action from a father sitting beside the mother of the child they had just lost. Was he scared she might say something she shouldn’t. This whole thing stinks. Just hope the truth comes out. Love you Madeleine, little Angel. God bless you. You are the victim here. xoxo
October 26th, 2007 at 6:55 am
NEWS FLASH: MCCANNS MAKING MILLIONS OFF THEIR DEAD DAUGHTER. “IT’S THE LEAST THEY COULD DO” A FAMILY SPOKESMAN SAID.
MORE MISREPRESENTATION FROM THE “FENCE-SITTER” WHO FEELS NOTHING NEFARIOUS HAS HAPPENED.
1717
thea Says:
“Hideki, do you believe Murat is involved?”
The many speculations of suspicion offered by various posters seem very plausible to me. Murat seems to have been “involved” or acquainted with the McCanns’ clique, even prior to the child’s disappearance. One cannot blame people for thinking so, when the McCanns answered “no comment” to the simple question of whether or not they know the guy — coupled with all the circumstantial evidence that he was at least indirectly known to them through Tapas9 members.
1718
thea Says:
“Hideki,Was it you who earlier today had brought up the possible financial malfeasance involving the 2 Brian Kennedys?”
Yes.
“I think that’s an interesting twist in this tragedy but would need evidence of your theory as far as the Kennedy thing is concerned. But it is an interesting idea and if I were investigating this alleged abduction I would be monitoring all the money.”
I agree that monitoring of the money flow would be highly advisable, but I wonder if there are “money laundering” tricks that will conceal the flow of funds. How much financial information is available on demand, since the “search” fund was set up as a private company? This aspect would possibly not be enforceable by the Portuguese, but only the British? — or is it an EU fraud issue since donations were solicited worldwide, particularly in Europe. This would involve financial and business law. The company was (and is) actively soliciting donations, either direct payments, or purchase of their over-priced trinkets — all for the express purpose of helping to find an abducted girl. The McCanns were set up as benefactors of this money, and so if they knew the girl was dead, this is blatantly fraud on a grand scale.
“Do you know anything about stories that the Madeleine fund somehow circumvents the PayPal service fee or something to that effect? I’ve read that there was something fishy going on with how the McCanns set up the fund and their using PayPal?”
No, but I would like to learn more about it. I only reflected that using PayPal allows them to seduce “impulsive buyers” on the Internet. The easier payment is to make, the more impulsively ignorant , sympathetic people will contribute. And every time they “spread the word” about Madeleine, they ALSO spread the word about how to make contributions. (For example, distributing 50,000 leaflets at a stadium — they not only showed 50,000 people a picture of a supposed abducted girl, they asked them for contributions).
Reading the McCann company FAQ, I noted that they tried to allay suspicion that money will be misused by saying that “conflict of interest” safeguards were in place. But the only safeguard I saw was that the two directors eligible to draw money from the fund (as family members) did not have a vote in such a disbursement But if the other directors understand that they will not be paid unless they heed the will of the McCanns, this is not a safeguard at all (it is mentioned that directors can be paid for their services). By the way, read CAREFULLY and you will see a little note that says “currently no directors are being paid”. Clever McCannism. It does not say that they were NEVER paid, or that they WILL not be paid.
So they may have understood the conditions under which they were permitted to become directors. Notice that since the McCanns are benefactors of the fund, this gives them power over people, since after the money has become theirs, they are free to use it as they see fit. If they want to reward the directors “for their services” they can do so. If they want to re-pay Richard Branson and Brian Kennedy, there is nothing to stop them from doing so. In the latter case, this is a virtual transfer of money from the SEARCH fund to the LEGAL fund, something they said they would not do. Not only would they secretly effect a transfer, but they get the added PR of having wealthy people publicly express support of the McCanns, encouraging others to contribute.
1719
Kris Says:
“Hideki, well, I’m NOT getting into that argument again. It goes on for hours. I could cut and paste all my old comments on the nature of neglect and abuse. But it’s not worth it.”
I do not recall having such an argument, and nor do I think that such an argument could take place now.
By saying that you are “not fully convinced” the McCanns killed their daughter, you are not even expressing any disagreement with my position, and yet you falsely stated that I am apparently convinced they killed the girl. Recalling your past pro-McCann posting, this seems like a typical Team McCann ruse — NOT an “argument”.
You wrote that you were not convinced of their guilt, but that apparently I was. However, by “guilt” you wrote that you are referring to the killing of their child. I have never stated that I am sure they killed the child. Therefore, you misrepresented my position.
Indeed, I think many people hold the same position as I do — that the McCanns are guilty of criminal neglect , and of covering up the death. Actually, I’ve never seen any credible poster “fully convinced” that they killed her — those thoughts are always presented as speculations.
October 26th, 2007 at 6:32 am
1746 thea
“Remegius and Steve T have the Mcs changed their story about the door being left unlocked? I thought they freely admitted this early in the investigation? I also heard that they climbed in and out of the apartment windows? I also wondered did the entire group leave their doors unlocked with their unsupervised children within?”
From memory, they iniatially said the door was locked and the shutters had been forced. Warner staff/police determined that the shutters were not forced and could not be opened from the outside. They then said (early on in the events) that the door was unlocked, because otherwise an abductor could not have got Madeleine. I do not believe that the situation on the doors of the other members of the group is in the public domain.
October 26th, 2007 at 6:07 am
Remegius and Steve T have the Mcs changed their story about the door being left unlocked? I thought they freely admitted this early in the investigation? I also heard that they climbed in and out of the apartment windows? I also wondered did the entire group leave their doors unlocked with their unsupervised children within?
October 26th, 2007 at 6:05 am
Bob I don’t know in that case they probably resemble Boy George.
October 26th, 2007 at 6:01 am
1743 Remigius
Exactly. This is one of the many things that made the police suspicious.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:54 am
1736 Steve T
Yes, that is correct.
But fact is, the McCanns had to leave their door unlocked–how else could the evil abductor enter?
October 26th, 2007 at 5:49 am
I thought cool and calm was a man
October 26th, 2007 at 5:48 am
1740
Mike Hondemburst
Always look on the bright side of life…de..dum…de…dum
October 26th, 2007 at 5:44 am
; And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, Ill say it clear,
Ill state my case, of which Im certain.
Ive lived a life thats full.
Ive traveled each and evry highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Regrets, Ive had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.
I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Yes, there were times, Im sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.
Ive loved, Ive laughed and cried.
Ive had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.
To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
No, oh no not me,
I did it my way.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:40 am
1738
laughing
October 26th, 2007 at 5:24 am
Yes Bob I too wax romantically believing Stig is Hugh Jackman’s doppleganger and coolandcalm is as gorgeous as Nicole Kidman. I imagine you look like a young handsome Ronald Reagan.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:19 am
I already have the music picked out and I could find pictures of
basically what everyone reminds me of. I can already picture what
a lot of the people look like.
Judith
Kitty
The chicken/hen women
October 26th, 2007 at 5:19 am
1734 Remigius
I believe they initially said it was locked but had to change their story because there was not a forced break-in as they were initially claiming.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:18 am
1734
I know that but someone else was saying that they couldn’t claim that,
which they’ve already admitted per your thing
October 26th, 2007 at 5:15 am
1637 Bob
the McCanns admit to leaving their door unlocked INTENTIONALLY, to make it easier to “pop in and out” of the apartment while doing their periodic “checks.”
October 26th, 2007 at 5:13 am
A video on YouTube