Madeleine McCann: The Tapas 7 Speak, Blonde Children In Morocco And Hashish
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
THE SUN front page: “McCANN FRIENDS HIT BACK – FURY OF TAPAS 7. Pals: there is NO pact”
Say the McCanns dining party: “The police told us not to discuss our statement. We’ve always tried to honour this. We wish to state there is categorically no so-called pact of silence – or indeed anything secretive between us. Just the desire to assist the search. It is frustrating that the facts we have done as we were asked is till being looked upon as suspicious”
“COPS IN WINDOW PROBE” – Paolo Rebelo is looking at the window of the McCanns’ holiday apartment. “is this how evil Maddie snatcher struck?”
Four pictures:
1. “Rebelo pushes window
2. Net curtains rustle in breeze as the window swings open
3. Detective leans in
4. Team confer about possible escape route”
“Fund paid mortgage” – Some of the £1million Madeleine McCann “fighting fun”
DAILY MIRROR front page: “NOW THEY BELIVE US – Police finally accept Madeleine was snatched”
Portuguese police are looking at possibilities
Says a friend of the McCanns: “At last, after all these months, Kate and Gerry’s story is being believed. They are very encouraged by the re-enactment of Madeleine’s abduction and the police now accept their version of events”
A policeman climbs through a window. He passes out a “large bundle”
“MADDY ‘SPOTTED 10 TIMES IN MOROCCO’” – Says private detective Francisco Marco: “Several unconnected people have told us of the same girl with the same woman. She has shorter hair than Madeleine. But everything else matches”. Like her name?
“MORTGAGE FUND FURY” – Says Clarence Mitchell: “The fund exists to help them when living costs became difficult”
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE – McCANNS USE FUNDS TO PAY MORTGAGE” – Two mortgage payments on their “£600,000” home
The Express leads with picture of Gerry McCann playing golf. Inset is a picture of Gerry McCann on a bicycle
“We’ve found a kidnapped blonde girl, but it’s not her” – A blonde girl in Morocco. She can speak English. She must have been kidnapped. Right?
Says Francisco Marco: “Blonde children are a valuable commodity in North Africa. They can be sold for huge sums and give prestige to families who buy them”
DAILY MAIL front page: “MADDIE FUND PAYS McCANNS’ MORTGAGE” – Mortgage repayments on their “£500,000” home. (How long before the Express and Mail start a heated debate on the value of the McCanns home and how that value has been affected by the story?)
Page 4: “Is she in the mountains? Investigators scour Morocco in the search for Madeleine”
Says the Mail: “In an extraordinary coincidence the detectives are reported to have already found an English-speaking blonde girl of about Madeleine’s age living with a local family”
How many more blonde children are in Morocco? And can we find them all?
DAILY STAR front page: “Maddie ‘alive in drug den’”
Page 7: “MADDIE’S IN MOROCCAN MOUNTAINS – Ten sightings with rich Arab”
Says Francisco Marco PI of the woman with the blonde child found in the Rif mountains: “My feeling is this woman is some sort of carer who is working on behalf of other people”
Says an “insider”: “It’s a very secretive country and the Rif mountains enjoy official protection because of the importance of the hashish production”
“McCanns in the clear – Portuguese police now believe Madeline was kidnapped”
THE TIMES page 13: “Police return to holiday apartment in attempt to solve Madeleine mystery”
Paulo Rebelo is inside the apartment. He walks to the beach. He passes Sergey Malinka’s home. He is on a road leading to the N125 main road
In Morocco, a 60-year-old woman is seen with a blonde child
“Funds for search used to pay mortgage on McCanns’ house” – The McCanns’ home is worth “460,000”
THE TELEGRAPH front page: “Police re-enact Madeleine night”
Page 17: Paulo Rebelo is at the Ocean Club. Says a source “close to the couple”: “Blonde children are a very valuable commodity in places like north Africa”
Paulo Rebelo is looking
THE GUARDIAN and THE INDEPENDENT: No Madeleine news
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October 30th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
856 SteveT
its precisely because the door was unlocked that this was the first clue to something suspicious.
You say it defies belief. Absolutely correct. And if it defies belief it didnt happen. The fact that it did means that it was made to happen. Not everyone here can see or agree that the door being unlocked is the key here. I find that it almost constitutes evidence. Everything else about the child care arrangements is merely very irresponsible. Door unlocked also is the unbelievable part. And remember, short of the McCanns making a noise with a pretend break- in (risky), it is the only scenario that allows for a silent, inconspicuous abduction.
How very convenient……
October 30th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
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ROTHLEY EVENING NEWS Says:
October 30th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
BREAKING NEWS REPORTS ARE COMING THROUGH THAT CUDDLE CAT HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED AND A RAMSON NEEDS TO BE PAID,LAST SEEN IN HAUTE- NORMANDIE REGION FRANCE.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/doudou-peluche-CHAT-ROSE-CUDDLE-CAT-russ-berrie-co_W0QQitemZ130166810093QQihZ003QQcategoryZ148371QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
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Children will play - but I do wish they would learn to spell!!!
October 30th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
657. Michael Skakel’s trial for murder! Yes I have thought about this case when researching McCann information. The murder of this teenaged girl was only solved within the past couple of years! 20 years after Martha Moxley’s murder. A lot of people did not speak out or simply looked the other way. I’m not sure if the Kennedy family excerted power overe police or witnesses but it would not surprise me in the slightest.
For info: http://www.marthamoxley.com/
October 30th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
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mich Says:
October 30th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Exactly THEY made the mistake themselves its how they are trying to rectify THIER mistake that angers many people.Thier child has gone missing like so many others have done so in the past it is due to how they are handling the case that is drawing them the critism they are getting. They should step out of the limelight tell thier friends/relatives not to give trivial interviews that tell us absolutley nothing about madeline only about how THEY feel and how THEY are coping
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Why should every effort to find Madeleine anger many people. Surely that is what people should want. They cannot do it themselves because of the vast media coverage that Madeleine’s abduction has created. Can you imagine the McCanns following any reported sightings, together with millions of reporters, tv crews etc because that is what would ensue. As far as the trivial interviews are concerned, there have been practically none since they returned from Portugal, only our press reporting the rubbish that has been coming out of Portugal which has resulted in the slanderous comments we find here and elsewhere. The pro-McCanns do want to know how they are coping, because we are concerned and are not heartless human beings.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
BREAKING NEWS REPORTS ARE COMING THROUGH THAT CUDDLE CAT HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED AND A RAMSON NEEDS TO BE PAID,LAST SEEN IN HAUTE- NORMANDIE REGION FRANCE.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/doudou-peluche-CHAT-ROSE-CUDDLE-CAT-russ-berrie-co_W0QQitemZ130166810093QQihZ003QQcategoryZ148371QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
October 30th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
I have read an interview with Ribelo and a jounalist from Oct. 21 and posted today…I will try to look it up, but Ribelo seems confident the case will be solved. He says he has a good idea what happened and believes that whoever he believes involved found the situation very traumatic. He says that DNA has NOT been received from UK yet. Journalists would definitely not know the results yet either. Noone from lab with authority to disclose have leaked any info regarding tests. This is just more stuff from Camp McCann. If Ribelo feels he has an idea what happened, then my guess would be that it has nothing to do with abduction
October 30th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
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mich Says:
October 30th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Exactly THEY made the mistake themselves its how they are trying to rectify THIER mistake that angers many people.Thier child has gone missing like so many others have done so in the past it is due to how they are handling the case that is drawing them the critism they are getting. They should step out of the limelight tell thier friends/relatives not to give trivial interviews that tell us absolutley nothing about madeline only about how THEY feel and how THEY are coping
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October 30th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
862 coolandcalm
I don’t know why they would remove all those people like that. Having said that, banks once robbed tend to sell the building because they’ve found that customers dry up if you keep the same location. Perhaps MW had some corporate policy on controversial situations.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
jcb,
What difference doess it make that none of the other couples had a nanny with them? This is the same group of holiday makers who when in Greece did not have nannies nor did they hire nannies or babysitters when they went out at night as guests at the Mark Warner resort in Greece. They convinced the McCanns that it was normal, safe and cost effective or somehow practical and secure to do in PdL.
And that’s a good question as to why the McCanns would need a nanny if Kate only worked one day per week and yet that’s pretty much a fact according to “close friends of the McCanns”. The McCanns had a nany in their employ until recently. They choose not to bring her along perhaps because it would have meant leasing a larger villa or a seperate one and we all know how the McCanns feel about spending their own money on the welfare of others.
With all due respect you don’t sound like you know very much about this case. Not even the basics.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
The role of Oldfield is odd in the checks. Nowhere does it state that he actually went to check his own children - just the McCanns. He has been reported as either listening at an open door or looking in and seeing the twins. I said wrote earlier he was the last person to look into the room before KM went in at 10pm.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
854 - Avisitor
I believe the same. Lets just hope.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
849 john
Very good point John.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Re: the nanny leaving Portugal. Portia 822.
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The Mail on Sunday has also learned that within 24 hours of that interview Ms Baker was dispatched by Mark Warner to take up a new position in the Greek resort of San Agostino along with four other members of staff.
They were all linked to the seven holidaymakers who had eaten in the resort’s tapas restaurant with Kate and Gerry McCann on the night of Madeleine’s disappearance.
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October 30th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
The McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “We welcome any indication that the Portuguese police are taking the abduction theory seriously because that is what happened.”
So Clarence knows for a fact that is what happened and is ruling out the possibility that Maddie left the apartment alone, or that any of the friends were involved…or any other scenario….
Clarence knows what happened - he knows it was abduction!
October 30th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Ditto- I’m impressed with the new PJ, too. It’s obvious that progress is being made, whatever direction it is going.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
853- Thea- any links on the McCanns calling the PJ morons? I don’t think it was the McCanns, but rather, members of the public who supported them.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
I think that report is absolute rubbish to be quite honest. Surely if its correct, there would have been other sightings of some0ne suspicious, especially over that length of time before the McCanns arrived?
October 30th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
McCann trademark
The campaign to find Madeleine McCann has applied for British and European trademarks to protect its fundraising, internet and print promotions. The applications, which were filed on May 18, seek to protect the name “Madeleine’s Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned”. The European application also seeks protection for the provision of social services and advice for people affected by missing children.
Timesonline
October 30th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
834 jcb
“If you have children, you cannot say that you have not left them unattended at some stage and regretted it when you thought what the consequences may have been. If you do, I’m afraid I don’t believe you”.
Well I have not left my children unnattended as babies/toddlers and the thought of leaving them in an unlocked room in a holiday complex defies belief.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
834 jcb. WHERE’S MADDIE?
And please, don’t bring up the McCann’s, “Find the body and prove we did it.” It’s just such a godless and tacky McCann remark.
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And now I’m really out of here.
October 30th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Must say folks Iam more than impressed with the new PJ ! Credit where credit is due. I have changed my mind totally. This new investigation really is praiseworthy and you know I think Madeleine will be found alive. Fingers crossed.
October 30th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
jcb,
The McCanns started the name calling with their descriptions of PJ being morons. They have continued to eneflame, feed and support the racist and prejudicial comments in the UK press.
If they are now being called unfavourable names themselves it is simply karma coming in to play. As self-professed people of God and faith - the McCanns should know this and accept their responsibility in the currect climate which they orchestrated with the help of Mitchell.
It is shocking to me that two 40 year old doctors do not have enough life experience or self awareness to comprehend the philosophical edict that every action is a reaction. Maybe I should not be shocked because these are the same doctors who did not understand theiri children’s needs to ensure their safety.
October 30th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Kris - 851
…………until now……..lol
October 30th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
I’m shocked at the increasing number of pro-McCanns on this site! I think the new Anorak situation has helped clear up some of the nastiness that was going on and now we can all co-exist so much more peacefully!
October 30th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Paulo Reis has written quite an interesting blog today if anyone cares to read it:
http://tinyurl.com/2tyypf
October 30th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
What you also do not do if you are a male (Dr Oldfield) is be responsible for checking someone else’s children. Very dicey thing to do. He was of course the last person to be in their presence.
October 30th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
793 Jacqueline
Trying to catch up and running in and out…sorry to take so long to get back…Yes, I must try to find your original post with the link and study it again….because it does intrigue me…it’s very odd….I must go out to dinner soon, so won’t be back here until tomorrow morning for a bit…I’ll be back….!!
October 30th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
I don’t think the idea is they willingly gave her to some pedophile group. Only that they KNOW where she is, and know she’s alive.
SteveT: What if it needs stirring?!
October 30th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
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October 30th, 2007 at 11:00 am
101 jcb There’s no getting away from the fact that people on their income, and with their professional status, should have been traveling with a nanny. They wanted obviously to have a family break, and to spend time with their friends as well. Most people on their income and with their busy lives, would have nannies or au pairs. This is what people cannot understand or accept. They chose not to use the baby sitting service either.
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Why should they be travelling with a nanny? None of the other couples had one!! As far as ‘most people on their income and with their busy lives’ is concerned, Kate McCann worked as a GP one day a week, so why should she have a nanny, she was looking after the children herself. It was reported that when they had returned from holiday she was thinking of working an extra day, making two days out of seven. This time to me doesn’t warrant a nanny. Have you read about the level of baby sitting service at Mark Warner? That is why they ‘did it themselves’.
October 30th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
I have nothing new to add. All the numerous theories are making my head spin, some quite exaggerated and silly. In the end, the truth will probably be petty and mean and ugly and nothing very sophisticated or complicated. A pervert kidnapped her, had his way, and trashed her body. End of story.
I’ve said my peace and the same old wheels keep spinning her. Time to get back to more important details of my life.
Best to all. It’s been fun.