Madeleine McCann: Mafia, A Bag Of Clothes And Missing Children
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
NEWS OF THE WORLD: “Maddie DNA clue in airport bag”
A bag of clothes containing “DNA linked to Madeleine McCann” has been found dumped by a road in Portugal.” It is a white carrier bag. It was in a layby two weeks ago near Faro airport.
“The bag contained a blue fleece jacket and a pair of adult jeans with traces of DNA that contained ‘moderate’ links to Madeleine”. And: “There was also a SHOWER CURTAIN inside.” And a white flannel, a green elastic band, a light green child’s T-shirt with a green flower on the front and a pink and blue pencil case with a pink heart motif
“Godfather in Madeleine hunt… Crime godfathers in Morocco—where there have been several alleged sightings of Maddie - have been told cops will scale back drug busts if they do”
SUNDAY MIRROR front page: “MY LITTLE MADDY” - a picture of Madeleine McCann on a pony with Kate McCann by her side
• “McCanns heartache as Cops say: “Case closes in 7 weeks
• Police to leave cloud of suspicion over Kate and Gerry”
SUNDAY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE MYSTERY – McCANN FRIENDS TO BE NAMED AS SUSPECTS”
“Dr Russell O’Brien and his partner Jane Tanner, Matthew Oldfield and Dr David Payne were last night forced to bring in their own lawyers after increasing fears that Portuguese police were preparing to implicate them in the case of the vanished four-year-old girl”
So will they be named as suspects or not? The Express say yes and then prevaricates
DAILY STAR ON SUNDAY front page: “MADDIE SIX MONTHS ON – 15 NEW CLUES”
That picture of Madeleine McCann on a horse. A clue?
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “ANSWER OUR PRAYERS - ON THE SIX-MONTH ANNIVERSARY OF LOSING MADDIE Kate weeps at church service for Maddie as parents suffer crushing blow”
“The devout couple first took two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie for ‘a few moments of solitude’ at their village church to remember missing Maddie”
A solitude watched by person who told the press? No need with Clarence Mitchell to fill in the gaps, Says he: “Kate and Gerry wanted a few moments of solitude praying for Madeleine with the twins”
Inside the church: “A collage of pictures of a happy Maddie - including the one…of her sitting on a black Shetland pony - took pride of place near the altar. Six snaps of the youngster next to smiling faces of other missing children were pinned onto a green notice board. Supporters were encouraged to look at the pictures before praying”
And they pray for…
The People looks at “respected” Portuguese daily Publico, which tells: “Six months on from Madeleine’s disappearance, the police theory remains the same. That the child died by accident in her room - and her parents committed the crime of hiding her body”
DAILY MAIL: “Madeleine’s parents hold prayer vigil six months to the minute after she disappeared”
There are about 200 people at the “700-year-old church” near Rothley, Leicestershire
The McCanns are suspects
“Other missing children - including British toddler Ben Needham, who disappeared while on holiday in Greece in 1991, were also remembered at the service”
Did Ben Needham’s family ask for this? Want it?
Says the Rev Rob Gladstone: “Comfort and liberate all those, especially young children who have been taken from their families against their will, give courage to their grieving families”
A board says “Pray for all missing children.” How were the faces on the board selected? Many children are missing
THE INDEPENDENT: “Six months after Madeleine, another 600 are still missing”
Missing persons charities yesterday released figures “showing that more than 600 children have been missing in the UK for as long as Madeleine McCann, and are still unaccounted for”
Many are foreign. Many are teenagers. Not all are blonde
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “Prayers for Madeleine McCann, six months on”
“The 3,500-strong population of Rothley - its trees decked in yellow ribbons and messages of support - came to a near standstill as Kate and Gerry arrived from their nearby home”
Locals can’t move for the press?
Rothley is an “affluent Midlands enclave”. This is McCann Land – the enclave - a small territory culturally and ethnically different form the surrounding lands
Says Gerry in his blog: “We have no idea whether she is suffering, but we have to hope and pray that she is being treated like a princess, as she deserves”
THE GUARDIAN: “Madeleine book notes the ‘contradictions’”
More on Maddie 129, a book by Hernani Carvalho and Luis Maia
“The message is that the case just doesn’t add up,” says a representative of the book’s publishers
THE SCOTSMAN: “Six months on, McCanns in new Maddie plea”
The picture of Madeleine on a Shetland pony was taken on a day out at the Hatton Country World park in Warwickshire on April 13 – “less than three weeks before she went missing”
THE TIMES: “Gerry McCann: ‘our princess prayer for Madeleine’”
Gerry McCann’s blog: “It is so painful for us simply being separated, but all the more distressing when we have to speculate about the situation Madeleine finds herself [in]. We have no idea whether she is suffering but we have to hope and pray that she is being treated like a princess, as she deserves”
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November 4th, 2007 at 11:35 am
For G McC’s love of the media - ‘Don’t stop me now (coz I’m having a good time) - Queen
November 4th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Chorus:
In a little white dress
Catholic girls
They never confess
Catholic girls
I got one for a cousin
I love how they go
So send me a dozen
Catholic girls
Ooooooh!
Catholic girls
Ooooooh!
(etc.)
From Frank Zappa’s ‘Catholic Girls’
November 4th, 2007 at 11:34 am
for beardie: won’t get fooled again - the who
for clarrie: communications breakdown - led zep
for Lord Eddie of Sniff and Keela: I love my dog - cat stevens
for gerrykins: nine to five - dolly parton (well one day a week)
for katiepoo: the crying game - dave berry
for all tapatarri: the road to ruin - john martyn
November 4th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Anything by the Searchers.
November 4th, 2007 at 11:34 am
This song is for Kate.
Can i play with madness - Iron Maiden
November 4th, 2007 at 11:33 am
First you come out with this….
Patch Says: 112
November 4th, 2007 at 11:24 am
I do wish that I felt that this thing is rolling it’s way towards justice. Their protection seems so great - billionaire backing, political clout, forensic people ready to dispute just about any evidence (I swear they would dispute footage of Gerry with a smokin’ gun!) They aren’t heckled as they were in Portugal and the media seem terrified of them. No British spoofs etc. I feel sick to my stomach and really am having bad dreams because I think that there is a glimmer of a chance that they will get away with it. They are 100 per cent sure that the body won’t be found and it seems that, unless one of them cracks, no arrests will be made. Please, please, someone, tell me otherwise. They had scant regard for Madeleine alive and absolutely none for her in death. Is there nothing we can do?
Oooh the sincerety of your heartfelt anguish………then you come out with this…
123
Patch Says:
November 4th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Still favour ‘I Want My Baby Back’ by Downliners Sect. Complete with shovels digging at the end!
+++++++++++++++++++++++
Keep taking the pills luvvy!
November 4th, 2007 at 11:33 am
Milk and Alcohol - Doctor Feelgood
November 4th, 2007 at 11:32 am
or the classic - ‘jailhouse rock’
November 4th, 2007 at 11:32 am
113 Thea
I will be wearing a plain leotard.
You Cant Catch Me - Sang by the Rolling Stones
November 4th, 2007 at 11:31 am
http://www.viewimages.com/Search.aspx?mid=76778462&epmid=1&partner=Google
Gerry McKiller looking like Satan
November 4th, 2007 at 11:30 am
hopefully it will soon be ‘Please Release Me’
November 4th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Snow White and the Seven Tapas
November 4th, 2007 at 11:30 am
97. Batman, lol.
I think it’s going to happen faster than I had predicted. Sadly a young woman from England was found murdered in Perugia. I’m curious to see how the Italian detectives are perceived by retired British coppers and ethical English press.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7075584.stm
November 4th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Still favour ‘I Want My Baby Back’ by Downliners Sect. Complete with shovels digging at the end!
November 4th, 2007 at 11:29 am
keep on running - spencer davis group (showing my age somewhat…)
November 4th, 2007 at 11:28 am
“Clarence in Wonderland” by Kevin Ayers
First verse (and I’m really not making this up):
Sitting on the beach like clarence in wonderland
I had a dream and I know you will understand
Riding up the beach, it only took a moment
Along came a lady looking for amusement
She came up to me and everything was smiling
And then she said something, it sounded like a violin
Let’s go to my chateau, we could have a good time
Drinking lots of sky wine
Miss juliet kate, queen of the moon
November 4th, 2007 at 11:27 am
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Garth Says:
Hideki - 60
Yes, and it is interesting that they decided upon making the abduction take place while at the restaurant, rather than later on while everyone was asleep.
“Tell me your joking? lol”
I don’t see anything funny. Why did the McCanns/Tapas9 pretend that an abduction took place around 9:30 PM? The McCanns could have waited until morning, and claimed that when they went to awaken the children, Madeleine was gone. It would be easier to say they left the door open after a night of drinking, and there would be less criticism of them if they were present when the girl was “snatched”.
Instead, they made up a lie that involved a grave admission of child negligence. I would have to assume that the McCanns genuinely have no idea what constitutes child negligence, and so they did not see this as a problem.
But the more basic reason their lie was formed that way is this:
They did not have much time to fashion a big lie. They created the lie by basing it upon truth. It was TRUE that every night a pedophile(s) was in the apartment sexually abusing the children. So for them it was but a short step to create a fiction that during this time a pedophile abducted Madeleine.
However, they felt it necessary to lie about the fact that ALL of the children were in that apartment. Even so, a part of their lie reflects that truth: the idea that by going to check on the McCanns’ kids , they were also checking on their own kids.
Clearly the police found some evidence of this activity, and that is why they asked for volunteers (among British at the resort) to present DNA samples. They intended to eliminate some people (the people with nothing to fear who submitted samples).
The PJ are hiding a bombshell (or two) in this case.
November 4th, 2007 at 11:27 am
You’re an expensive extradition lawyer - don’t get me out of here…
November 4th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Money can’t buy you love (!) - the beatles
November 4th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Reading the thoughts of others on this forum is always interesting. But I am puzzled by an obvious lack of motive here. I don’t believe the Mcanns disposed of their child’s body. If supposing there was an accident and she was fatally injured - her parents would have been devastated. I cannot believe they would have recovered enough to then ‘hide’ her body & then go out to dinner. WHY?? Don’t tell me that they did this to cover up the fact that maybe the children had been sedated. Jail terms would be worse for concealing a death than sedating a child.
Whilst some facts don’t add up - maybe mostly due to leaked speculation and there has been plenty of that - I still think abduction for money is still the answer
November 4th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Lilith - 106
Yeah? but whats your point? lol
November 4th, 2007 at 11:26 am
Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac
November 4th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Its so Hard to Wait - Buffalo Springfield
November 4th, 2007 at 11:25 am
SteveT, I was hoping you and Maria could schedule your wedding on or near St. Lucia’s Day(13/12). I’ve been busy sewing a traditional satin gown (of course it is white Maria!) and designing a tiara which will hold candles so that Maria, as Lucia, will be swathed in a cascade of rich golden candlelight.
November 4th, 2007 at 11:24 am
I do wish that I felt that this thing is rolling it’s way towards justice. Their protection seems so great - billionaire backing, political clout, forensic people ready to dispute just about any evidence (I swear they would dispute footage of Gerry with a smokin’ gun!) They aren’t heckled as they were in Portugal and the media seem terrified of them. No British spoofs etc. I feel sick to my stomach and really am having bad dreams because I think that there is a glimmer of a chance that they will get away with it. They are 100 per cent sure that the body won’t be found and it seems that, unless one of them cracks, no arrests will be made. Please, please, someone, tell me otherwise. They had scant regard for Madeleine alive and absolutely none for her in death. Is there nothing we can do?
November 4th, 2007 at 11:24 am
don’t mention
waking the dead or silent witness
November 4th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Cats in the Well - Bob Dylan
November 4th, 2007 at 11:22 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjandrum
November 4th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Holding back the Tears - Simply Red
November 4th, 2007 at 11:21 am
88 coolandcalm
Why don’t you stop your belligerent McCann defense for a minute and say something that will make us laugh?