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 10:35 pm
Does it work?
November 4th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
902 Tony Bennett Says:
899 Peter O
From the same camera, no doubt (so far as I know).
What I meant was the only photo from the holiday, which seemed odd - and it took three weeks for us to be able to see it.
The playground photo was apparently taken in Rothley on 21 April, a week before they went to Portugal
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We type at crossed purposes Tony..
There is another photo from PDL, with Gerry playing with the children with that man in the dark glasses in the background. So, two photos in all from PDL?
November 4th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
908 Ade
I’ve got it!!!!
The reason for the absence of photos in the last week is obvious. Madeleine will be missing some clothes from her inventory if she was disposed of fully clothed. Seeing holiday photos, the PJ could cross-check all Madeleine’s clothes still in the McCann’s possession. Without photos nobody can know what she was wearing when she was disposed of!
And…I am wondering about Baby Grace because her shoes look like the ones Madeleine is wearing in the playground photo on May 2.
November 4th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Sorry, 906 Poirot, I did not see your post. Is this your choice?
November 4th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
905 annie
I’m sure PJ are writing a thank you message as we post and I’m sute they will make the list their top priority…
November 4th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
To the former Doc. Watson,
Irene Adler is cool! Holmes respects her a lot. Please let us know when you choose the name, may I address you Irene in the meanwhile?
November 4th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
882 Sad Git Says:
The Mods never seem to be around any more, they used to talk to us all the time. We can insult each other all we want now.
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Oh no we can’t! You parrot faced scrawny wassock!
Well, it is nearly panto season!
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Mods and Admin
There is some debate over the sp. of ‘wassock’ some sp. it ‘wassack’
November 4th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
906 why not eggman?
November 4th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
907 patch
I posted this before but hey:
“You’re an expensive extradition lawyer - don’t get me out of here…”
November 4th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
902 tony bennett
I, like stevo you and others, have also been concerned about the lack of holiday photos.
My assumption is that they include faces that the tapparatti do not want seen.
This may be the alleged tapas10 person but it could be people that we just have no idea about - maybe recognisable for one reason or another (fame as politician, infamy through criminal activity).
This is also why I think they appealed for photos from other holidaymakers - to check whose face(s) were revealed.
November 4th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Bet Endemol are lining up the tapas 9 and their cohorts for Celebrity BB. Or even better, I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! The possibilties are endless! I could think up some amusing bushtucker trials for Clarence!
November 4th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Can I be Hercule Poirot? I was struck by Tanner’s description of the egg headed man.
Could the famous Belgian detective be at work? He always manages to be at the scene of the crime.
November 4th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
From The TimesNovember 5, 2007
McCanns give police list of names to interrogate
David Brown
The parents of Madeleine McCann have asked Portuguese police to question 25 witnesses whom they believe hold the key to solving the mystery of their daughter’s disappearance.
A list of names submitted by lawyers acting for Kate and Gerry McCann include the seven British friends who were dining with the couple when Madeleine was taken from the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz on May 3.
Employees at the resort, including the crèche nannies who had looked after Madeleine, are also on the list. A source close to the McCann’s legal team said: “Mr and Mrs McCann have always said that they and their friends are prepared to do whatever it takes to find Madeleine. These people can prove that Madeleine’s parents could not have been involved her abduction and could provide evidence about who took their daughter.” The couple have the legal right to request police operations since they were made arguidos, or official suspects.
Portuguese detectives are expected in Britain imminently after formally requesting to reinterview at least four of the seven British friends who were in Praia da Luz with the McCanns. All seven could now be interviewed after the McCann’s request.
The friends could ask to be made official suspects before the interviews so that they have the right to have a lawyer present during the questioning.
The interviews had been expected to be carried out last month but were delayed while the Portuguese police and a public prosecutor studied the results of forensic science evidence and carried out a reconstruction of events.
Mr and Mrs McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire, have been told by British police liaison officers that the Portuguese police are “reviewing” the case against them.
Paulo Rebelo, the new head of the investigation, has told his officers to consider all possibilities, including that Madeleine might have been abducted by a stranger.
The couple’s Portuguese lawyers have applied to see the details of the evidence against them but this is set to be rejected after the other official suspect, Robert Murat, had a similar application dismissed by the Court of Portimão last week because of the complexity of the case and the media interest.
Mr McCann wrote on his blog to mark the six months since his daughter’s disappearance: “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.” Mr McCann intends to resume full-time work in January as a consultant cardiologist at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester.
November 4th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Jolie Says:
November 4th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
871 ALEXIS
I was one of those posters who thought Baby Grace could be Madeleine, as there seemed to be many similarities between both girls.
It is good to have the results on whether or not BG was Madeleine so soon after the body was found.
Sorry Jolie my mistake. We might not agree on the McCanns but I do like your posts. Yes it is good and I am sure there will be sadness as well as relief. Poor little mite.Dreadful when you consider the number of people who long for children and can’t have them.Hopefully she didn’t suffer too much
November 4th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071104/tuk-portugal-britain-spain-morocco-crime-a7ad41d_1.html
“Authorities in Morocco have no reason to believe missing British toddler Madeleine McCann may be in the country as suggested by British press reports, Moroccan Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa said Sunday.”
November 4th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
899 Peter O
From the same camera, no doubt (so far as I know).
What I meant was the only photo from the holiday, which seemed odd - and it took three weeks for us to be able to see it.
The playground photo was apparently taken in Rothley on 21 April, a week before they went to Portugal
November 4th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
896
Not decided on new name. Did not mean to insult Alexis or Dr. Watson.
ALEXIS Says:
883Dr. Watson Says:
November 4th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
To the brand new Doc. Watson, .
Can you please clarify to us what name you choose? I hope you did not mean to insult anyone and you are not desperate Alexis.
Geeze doc how many times! Alexis=Alexis Get help!
November 4th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
892 murder
and here’s the proof
excellent stuff
http://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/covers/full/1196_big.jpg
November 4th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
785 Tony Bennett Says:
716 Peter O
Whose camera the photos came from… REPLY: Sorry I do not know
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Sorry Tony, should have been clearer. In your earlier post about the ‘last photo’, I think you implied that it was the only photo? I was just making the point that there are two, the ‘last photo’ and the ‘playground’ one. I had thought both came from the same camera?
November 4th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
here’s doc watson again
i think he’s still alive… probably late 60s early 70s (age that is)
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Ade Says:
November 4th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
460 doc watson
not the legendary flatpicker guitar player???!!!
http://www.flatpick.com/Pages/Featured_Artist/Doc.html
November 4th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Jolie,
First of all, your discovery is hurtful and unhelpful, secondly, I will find convenient for me explanations for everything you have or have not found!
If seriously, I only found on Fox News that the officials said “we do not believe it is M. …but it is slow process…” I am not disputing what you say, I just thought they sound not 100% sure, maybe I found the older report?
November 4th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
883Dr. Watson Says:
November 4th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
To the brand new Doc. Watson, .
Can you please clarify to us what name you choose? I hope you did not mean to insult anyone and you are not desperate Alexis.
Geeze doc how many times! Alexis=Alexis Get help!
November 4th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
889 Alexis
Tres merde
November 4th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
878
im afraid i dont have much faith in any news being authentic in this case. I feel there is a huge cover up in my opinion. I may be wrong but all the reporting is so one sided for the McCanns
November 4th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Doc Watson replies to Dr. Watson:
Sure I will change, no offense intended (I did not put period after Doc. to my recollection)
Just picking up on the musical motif of the day and I am bluegrass fan.
Doc Watson is real (I hope he still lives). Check out his music.
Not Alexis, heaven forbid!
Mrs. Hudson sounds good. Or maybe Irene Adler?
November 4th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Stickler - apparently the hotline has been subcontracted to Ant ‘n Dec Productions, who specialize in premium rate calls that can’t possibly affect the outcome.
November 4th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Catholic Church situation getting interesting.
More tomorrow.
Am off to eat.
Goodnight Sleuthers. !!!
November 4th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
876 rhory
sounds like wall to wall bollox to me…
mrs doyle would be impressed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GL2Jpv4jt4
November 4th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Sorry Sad git I find poor grammar a turn off. Thanks anyway
November 4th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
885…Stickler
Dr G’s gotta eat.