Madeleine McCann: A Titanic Struggle With The Germans And Slavery In Morocco
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “IS MADELEINE A CHILD SLAVE IN MOROCCO?”
“Madeleine McCann may have been condemned to a life of slavery working as a ‘little maid’ for a rich Arab family…” Or not
Page 5: “’Madeleine will be used as a little maid’” – so suggests Inspector Hicham Alaoui of the Moroccan Police in El Hajeb near Fez
Little maids, notes the paper, are “collected by rich families as ‘curiosities’ as well as servants. A woman from a group called Ecpatuk says such children are “vulnerable to abuse”. The Express sys the girls are abused “physically, emotionally and sexually”. Can Madeleine McCann be among them? Maybe…
“Sacked detective called in to help with the probe” – Chief Inspector Goncalo Amaral is talking with new chief Paulo Rebelo
“Fury over magazine ‘sick’ ads” – German magazine titanic has lampooned the case, using Madeleine’s image in spoof supermarket adverts. Gerry and Kate McCann call it “sick” and “very hurtful”. The magazine says Madeleine McCann is “getting a bit much for many people”
DAILY MIRROR front page: “Clear us… you have no case”
Says a friend of Kate and Gerry McCann: “They are adamant they should now be cleared”, as are many suspects in ongoing investigations
Page 7: “McCann ‘clear us’ demand’” – Says Clarence Mitchell: “If the reports are true clearly it would indicate the police absolutely, and quite rightly, have no case against Kate and Gerry”
DAILY MAIL front page: “Oh. Come off it, Heather, how dare you compare your ordeal to Kate McCann’s?” Heather Mills is on the telly
Page 7: “Police pursuit of McCanns ‘is running out of steam’” – The public prosecutor in Portugal says Kate and Gerry McCann will not face further police interviews “unless detectives can produce stronger evidence against them”
Mark Williams-Thomas, a former detective with Surrey Police, says the McCann’s private detectives could be on the wrong trail in Morocco. Or not
THE SUN page 24: “GERMAN MAG’S SICK JOKES ABOUT MADDIE – McCanns’ horror as spoof ad pokes fun at lost girl”
Ad advert in satirical Titantic magazine promises the kitchen cleaner will “remove all traces at the home” even DNA traces. The adverts warn that just because Madeleine’s face is on the product it does not mean they can be taken for free. The Sun is disgusted. It reproduces the images and the words to allow its readers to share in its disgust
A march on the German embassy is not yet in the planning
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE SICK NEW TWIST – Horror at German abuse of missing tot”
The Germans have her. A German paedo!
Page 7: “TOTALLY SICK – A full reproduction of the spoof adverts. “McCann’s agony as rag mocks hunt for Maddie.” Thanks to the Star and Sun, the McCanns now know that an obscure German magazines has made jokes about their case
Says Clarence Mitchell: “It shows Madeleine herself no respect… The magazine did not seek permission to use Madeleine’s image to be used on this so-called joke. It they had it would almost certainly not have been given”
So much for doing anything to keep Madeleine in the news
THE INDEPENDENT page 5: “Mills: I am treated as badly as Kate McCann and Diana.” More on Lady Mucca
THE TELEGRAPH page 9: “Madeleine police ‘consult sacked head of inquiry’” – chief inspector Goncalo Amaral is on the case. Sort of
The paper says detectives are “no closer to solving the case”. And the campaign to find Madeleine goes on…
THE TIMES and THE GUARDIAN: No Madeleine news today
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November 1st, 2007 at 10:19 pm
1170 Peter O
Oh, absolutely. Mike Hitchen has the right to write anything he chooses to write and I have the right to have an opinion about what he writes. After today’s dust-up, I have no intentions of posting on his blog again. He’s made it obvious he only wants to be totally agreed with. Any other comments are ridiculed. I misunderstood him to be a fair and reasonable person, which I now know he is not. I thought people wrote blogs with the hopes that other people would actually read them. I have been reading his blog for a couple of weeks and had hopes that he knew what he was talking about. I was surprised by the nasty responses I received from him and his followers on his blog. It made me feel a little like I was in the Twilight Zone–very strange to be attacked and misrepresented for my honest commentary.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:19 pm
1171
Jolie Says:
Patty cake, patty cake, baker’s man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Roll it and pat it and mark it with a ‘B’
and put in the oven for Garthy and me!
Thankyou mommy. I liketh that one.
Hey you’d never guess what my spam word is………..eat! Firkin amazing!
November 1st, 2007 at 10:19 pm
1165- Fencesitter- I’m so very sorry. I missed your offer. WHat are you offering me? Fish? A game of tennis? Some tapas and wine?
November 1st, 2007 at 10:19 pm
1168 Ferdinand Says:
“As Metodo 3 seem to be so sure to find Maddie, I think they are already in contact with whoever’s got her, negotiating about ransom and a discreet handover.”
I’m not so sure - they stated that they would find her within the next 5 months. That’s about how long they have left on their contract…
November 1st, 2007 at 10:18 pm
anyway garthy where is matey mips tonight…ya know stiggy your old mate?
November 1st, 2007 at 10:18 pm
1173 Garth Says:
She doesnt need to after that last load of bollocks she just spewed!
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Hope she doesn’t bake what she’s just spewed.. She’s into sharing you know!
November 1st, 2007 at 10:15 pm
1158 garthy
sorry to disapoint garthy boy but im not that way inclined…try stiggy he’s more on your wave length
November 1st, 2007 at 10:15 pm
1169
Peter O Says:
This place on the other hand is a public blog and you have a wide selection of bollocks from which to choose?
She doesnt need to after that last load of bollocks she just spewed!
November 1st, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Garth,
I’m sorry. I forgot about your short attention span. Here’s something to amuse you.
Patty cake, patty cake, baker’s man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Roll it and pat it and mark it with a ‘B’
and put in the oven for Garthy and me!
November 1st, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Sandra,
Neglect is leaving small children alone for ANY length of time, to excuse such behaviour by bleating that they checked every 15 minutes is a joke. No caring parent would EVER leave their child alone. Then to state that those who disagree with leaving children are in the wrong just beggars belief. Not to mention the fact that this 15 minute interval of checking by the Tapas lot is a figment of your imagination. Prove that happened.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:12 pm
1160 Jolie Says:
If we ever do get to the truth about what happened to Madeleine and what the parents’ involvement was in it and have an explanation for the huge showing of support and protection that the McCanns have received, we may find out the truth about Hitchen as well.
One thing I have discovered is that he certainly has a very high, possibly inflated, opinion of himself. The Nov. 1 blog entry and his comments that follow certainly leave no doubt to that.
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Jolie, it’s his blog, he can say pretty much any old bollocks he likes?
This place on the other hand is a public blog and you have a wide selection of bollocks from which to choose?
November 1st, 2007 at 10:12 pm
As Metodo 3 seem to be so sure to find Maddie, I think they are already in contact with whoever’s got her, negotiating about ransom and a discreet handover.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:11 pm
I wish Pitty knew everything, she’s just hard wired to follow these bizarre urges about 95% of the time and the rest, she wings it……
Being a number one Criminal Profiler Gypsy Whore Slut she had the Mc’s pegged the first time, now as for me, Pitty had to do some convincing, and even when she withheld the whip, I still didn’t budge - it was the non search/search that did it.
So we’re a team again, Pitty and me, and glad to be a part of this sleuthing affair……….
November 1st, 2007 at 10:11 pm
I meant I think that Mike Hondemburst and MARTIN (not Andrew) are the same poster, just smelling different smells.
I have to leave for now. Real life calls and insists on being heard.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Kris, at least have the decency to throw my offer back into my face
November 1st, 2007 at 10:09 pm
1162 Mike H
I’m beginning to think Mike and Andrew are the same person–just different smells.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:09 pm
580 Ade
Yes, both McCanns will need to watch their backs, most likely. Of course, since Gerry is the more “functional,” he’ll likely meet with a hideous traffic accident in the Alma Tunnel, or choke on a chickenbone while home alone one night.
I am only kidding. But, not really. Powerful people like to remain powerful. It is very odd that the McCanns likely don’t have a moment alone, do they now….
November 1st, 2007 at 10:08 pm
1159
Jolie Says:
If we ever do get to the truth about what happened to Madeleine and what the parents’ involvement was in it and have an explanation for the huge showing of support and protection that the McCanns have received,
Yawn……………………
November 1st, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Im outta here. Smell you guys later!!!!!
November 1st, 2007 at 10:08 pm
1128 Thea
“Stig, Please be fair - your name had to be there too. Are you sure it wasn’t you who complained?”
It was not I - cross my heart. I was there at around 7th I think - but if mods and admin come back with an updated tally and I am wrong, please don’t be to harsh, as I do not have a photographic memory. I think Ade was in the top 3 but that is about as much as I can remember.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:05 pm
1150 Thea
If we ever do get to the truth about what happened to Madeleine and what the parents’ involvement was in it and have an explanation for the huge showing of support and protection that the McCanns have received, we may find out the truth about Hitchen as well.
One thing I have discovered is that he certainly has a very high, possibly inflated, opinion of himself. The Nov. 1 blog entry and his comments that follow certainly leave no doubt to that.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:05 pm
1146
Cheers for that……….thats much better. I do appreciate that. Give me your e-mail and perhaps we could have a good ol chat - you know, privately. Mate
November 1st, 2007 at 10:05 pm
1154
Thea
My illusions are shattered. The americans DONT know everything??????????????
November 1st, 2007 at 10:04 pm
i don’t think she’s in morrocco, like the police i think the community there is so close knit that people would know and would not pass up on the chance of a 2 million pound reward.
i also think that if maddie has been abducted then she might not look the same as in all the photos, i think it would make sense for the abductorto cut her hair and dye it dark and to dress her as a boy, or ?
November 1st, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Mike, what’s with the Fish line??
November 1st, 2007 at 10:03 pm
No Mike H sorry I have not. Is it a special cocktail or Irish sex position?
November 1st, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Anna 1078- also , if I may ask, why do you feel it necessary to point out finger painting, baking etc as activities your girls have had the pleasure of enjoying during their childhood, thus giving them such a well rounded, fullfilled, much loved memory of their childhood. Is that not the norm when bringing up children finger painting, baking etc. Ask Stevo about my delectable pork dinner he has yet to sample. I did not learn that from a book, I learnt it from my mother and my oldest daughter makes just as delectable a pork dinner and guess what, she learnt from me. Guess what, my youngest daughter enjoys her dinner all the more when she has contributed to preparing the veg etc. Then when her daddy comes in she proudly shows him the salt dough dollys she has made and explains it was an accident that there is paint all over his vinyl collection.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:02 pm
1129 clarkeson
Whatever it was they didn’t want her body found. Isn’t that sick? Wouldn’t a dad want to rip someone’s head off if it was along those lines?
November 1st, 2007 at 10:01 pm
1131 Ade
It’s certainly eerie
November 1st, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Smelling like fish again