Madeleine McCann: Tapas 7 Questions, Robert Murat And Jane Tanner In Exeter, And Gerry McCann Says
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
THE SUN front page: “Maddie: Tapas 7 Cops Quiz”
“Tapas 7 face new Murat quiz” - COPS probing the Madeleine McCann mystery will quiz pals of her parents over alleged links to suspect Robert Murat”
Links..? Madeleine McCann: The Exeter Connection
“Portuguese detectives now point to coincidences connecting odd-ball expat Murat with Exeter, Devon – where two of the so-called Tapas Seven live”. Odd-ball? How so?
Says a police source said: “There are many pieces to this jigsaw but they all seem to add up to Exeter – we want to know why. It needs to be established if Murat knew families with children would be staying 100 metres from where he lived. We want to be certain if there was any previous contact between him and any unsuspecting friends of the McCanns”
Robert Murat spent ten days at his sister Samantha’s home in Exeter – “Samantha lives near Dr Russell O’Brien and his partner Jane Tanner, both holiday pals of the McCanns”
And: “They are neighbours of lawyer James Gorrod, 34, and wife Charlotte, 32, who were also in Praia da Luz when Maddie vanished. None of them are suspects”
“McCann’s have ‘nothing to hide’” – Says McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell: “The friends – like Kate and Gerry – have nothing to hide”
DAILY MIRROR front page: “MADDIE: NEW TAPAS 7 QUIZ – Blow for McCanns as police claim stories do not add up”
It is an “EXCLUSIVE”
“Kate and Gerry McCann’s hopes of being cleared over daughter Madeleine’s disappearance were rocked last night by the news that police are set to question the Tapas Seven again”
But yesterday the DNA evidence was not enough. Is DNA evidence never enough on its own?
Says spokesman Clarence Mitchell: “Kate and Gerry’s friends have consistently said they are happy to be re-interviewed. They’re keen to help. Like Gerry and Kate, they have nothing to hide”
But they might not be; the focus is on their dining companions…
Says vice president of the Portuguese national pathology lab, Francisco Corte Real: “There’s nothing to say for now”. The Mail listens to that and concludes that “he could not hide his disappointment”
And what about Michaela Walczuch? “Police yesterday returned a diary and computers seized from Murat’s girlfriend Michaela Walczuch, 34, admitting they found nothing linking her to the tot’s disappearance”
DAILY EXPRESS: “MADELEINE: GERRY AND KATE ‘STILL PRIME SUSPECTS’”
Still doctors. Still 39. Still parents of missing girl…
“Leaks in Portugal claim tests on DNA samples support Portuguese detectives’ theory that the couple were involved in Madeleine’s disappearance”
Claim…
Says Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas: “The existing evidence up until now is far from clearing the McCann couple in the case. There are more and more indicators that they were involved in the disappearance of the child, but it has been difficult to prove this fact. We will continue to follow all hypotheses”
“MURAT’S LOVER IS GIVEN HER COMPUTERS BACK” – “German-born Michaela” is “32”
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “McCann police to question ‘Tapas Nine’”
Not the Tapas 7…
Writing on his internet blog, Gerry McCann says: “We have been told that all the forensic test results are now available. As we have stated all along, we are confident that the results will no way incriminate us and hopefully everyone can concentrate on finding Madeleine and her abductor”
THE GUARDIAN: “ Police ‘want to quiz Tapas 7′”
“Sources told the SIC Portuguese news channel that a team of detectives and the prosecutor would fly to Britain next week for interviews. According to reports, they will deliver letters of appeal to British police, asking them to interrogate the friends, known as the Tapas Seven, again with Portuguese officers present”
THE SCOTSMAN: “McCanns ‘face further grilling’”
“Portuguese police are to make a formal request to reinterview the parents of the missing child Madeleine McCann, it was claimed last night”
All the news and speculation here
Posted: 1st, December 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,153) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
- Anorak on Peter Andre Pulled Out Of I’m A Celebrity Not To Do The X Factor
- Wes on James Arthur Ray’s Thought Of Power And Talk Of Death
- heather mcghie on Peter Andre Pulled Out Of I’m A Celebrity Not To Do The X Factor
- Grande Finale on Leicester’s Manjit Singh Pulls London Bus With His Hair
- Avalon on James Arthur Ray’s Thought Of Power And Talk Of Death
December 5th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
. SUSPECT ROBERT MURAT WAS A BRANDED A LAIR LAIR AND ACCUSED OF PEEKING INTO HER HOLIDAY APARTMENT.
.ACCUSE ROBERT OF LYING !
BRING MADDIE BACK NOW !
——————————-
Mods and Admin
No caps, say what you have to say , do NOT shout it, any more and we delete.
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:49 pm
1153
on2u Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:17 pm
1152/ann
Precisely! Most of the garbage you read is just that”garbage”..that is why I keep following this case..Hopefully somone responsible will sift through the garbage and the truth will be found.
************************************
We live in hopes !!!
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:17 pm
1152/ann
Precisely! Most of the garbage you read is just that”garbage”..that is why I keep following this case..Hopefully somone responsible will sift through the garbage and the truth will be found.
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:12 pm
1151
on2u Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:18 pm
1147/ann
Many newspapers are irresponsible in what they print. I am sure you are intelligent enough to figure out which are manipulating the public with sensational unfounded stories.
***************************************************
Well that’s why we don’t read “The Sun”, “The News of the World”, ” The Sunday Sport” etc etc but sometimes there is a grain of truth in what is reported and you just have to be astute enough to figure it out. I mean…who believed the story of the red London bus being found on the moon…???!!!
I am still sticking with my - to my way of thinking - more logical thoughts as to what happened to Madeleine, and accept that I may be proven wrong on some details but not on all…bit like the newspapers really !!
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:18 pm
1147/ann
Many newspapers are irresponsible in what they print. I am sure you are intelligent enough to figure out which are manipulating the public with sensational unfounded stories.
I would investigate who is saying what and why. What is there hidden agenda?
Now that would be thought provoking. Rather than mindless ramblings without any serious investigation of the source.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:55 pm
1147/ann
It’s only 7 months into this investigation. I do have faith in my fellow humans that someone will have the genious to figure this out…Maybe 2 years down the road. After all most involved are milking this tragedy for all its worh. A sad comment for Madeleine’s brief existance.
And of course it gives many a reason to vent.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
1147/ann
Actually I have more faith in mediums than the press…and I don’t have any faith in mediums…..
Unfortunately, I thought that there might be some intelligent investigative comments amidst the otherwise baseless ramblings of some.
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:29 am
1125
May Says:
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:27 am
1121 Ann
Has Clarence gained a new forum for planting doubt via your medium friend!
***********************************************************************
Clarence Mitchell is the biggest opportunist ever…what is his reason for being ? just to make money out of a very sad situation, what is he actually doing that is productive and positive ?
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:26 am
1124
on2u Says:
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:22 am
1121/Ann
I have no faith in the press..who is the source for this info? some newspapers are completly
unreliable..don’t believe everything you read.
-************************************************
If you have no faith in the Press then I assume you won’t actually be commenting on anything since all that which is comment-worthy either comes via the Press or the TV so where do you get your ideas from ?
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:23 am
1138
Ian Says:
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:06 pm
1122 Ann, Mediums are charlatans.
Friends who quote Mediums are …well, odd to say the least!
************************************************************
We’ll see……………………but it is OK to believe blindly in “faith ” then ?
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:15 am
on2u. Enjoyed your parody of a thought.
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:35 pm
1143/ portia
Exactly my point!!! ……not a good satirst!! Stick to fiction you do that well!!
December 2nd, 2007 at 9:02 pm
1131. on2u.
Here’s a fact for you,
1130 is a spoof on reality.
To categorize it as fiction writing is a bit of an insult, but I forgive you.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:55 pm
1133/ian
This “mob” mentality exists on this forum. To say it doesn’t is rather nieve. There are those who are so fanatic about what they believe it would divine intervention to convince them otherwise. Alas, when emotions get in the way you will find the “mob” instinct going in for the kill…Now how is that for rational thought…I still think aliens did it….
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:33 pm
1138/ian
I would rather put my “faith” in unseen dieties than seen mediums.
Please do not confuse “fact” with “faith” as I am sure you will quickly point out.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:11 pm
ian/1135
5 minutes on may 3rd…thats more than I thought…you give me credit.
Do not have any idea what happened… do you?????
I will repeat myself..there is no credible facts(evidence) in the abduction theory.
There is a lot of misinformation as to the timeline the eve of Madeleine’s disappearance. Unless she was killed the day before I have difficulty understanding how they could fit it all in to a few hours. I am sure some genious can figure this out. So far i have not been convinced.
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Blimey, this is like the Ian show! Has there been a nuclear attck from Iran? lol!
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:06 pm
1122 Ann, Mediums are charlatans.
Friends who quote Mediums are …well, odd to say the least!
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:04 pm
on and on I meant! Error in last post!
December 2nd, 2007 at 6:03 pm
1124 I agree with you there! All these ‘Case against McCanns ‘crumbles’ and racist anti portuguese attacks. Dredful.
Not one paper doing serious investigative analysis or research. Whats the background on the Tapas 9, was the older women in the T9 with a friend? Why is the labour party so concerned to ensure that the T9 are protected? Whats the Kennedy connection - is there a Jehovahs witness connection between Murats girlfriend and Kennedy? The list goes on and no….
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:58 pm
1128 On2u
So lets have some of these thoughts. I assume that your thoughts are centred on 5 minutes on May 3rd?
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:57 pm
1131 You are looking as hard for the facts as Gerry McCann and his pointless wife are looking for their daughter. His search consists of google and jogging and hers consists of…..washing dolls?
What has she actually done to find her daughter, did she even look under the bed?
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:55 pm
1126.
Mob mentality? What are you people on!
This ‘mob’ think it bad parenting to leave little ones all alone in unsecured accomodation whilst the parents go drinking in a nearby (sic!) bar.
Whilst the other mob believe thats fine and its jsut ‘unfortunate’ that it ended in the loss of a small innocent child.
A little ‘topsy turvy’ arent you?
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:52 pm
1129 Hence the unsubstantiated abduction theory of neglectful suspect parents exploding into across the world sightings of a child who never left an apartment in Portugal alive.
Spot on Dot or Dot on the spot.
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:21 pm
1126/correction
virgil tubbs not virgil thomas…
1130/portia
A great fiction writer…You could get a lot of material from numerious fictional posts on here.
Unfortunately we are looking for the facts.
December 2nd, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Flash Story May 3, 2009
The corpse of missing Mr. Virgil Tubbs was finally identified today. His badly decomposed body had been found in a wooded area.
An invalid from an auto accident, Mr. Tubbs had been under the care of a caretaker, Kitty McGlee, who determined that he could safely be left alone in his apartment while she went out shopping. Kitty had left the apartment unlocked, she stated it was a courtesy to Mr. Tubbs in the event of a fire. During her absence, he disappeared. Kitty has always maintained that he was taken by a ring of evil doers.
Police have name Kitty, a close friend of prime minister Georgette Black, as a formal suspect in the case.
Mrs. Black has enlisted the help of her 30,250 government press officers to sway the public into sharing her opinion that Kitty is 100% innocent of any wrongdoing and that she should be the global spokesperson for missing men.
The public has a sense that Virgil Tubbs was a victim of foul play but after reports were published on Tubbs views in the Maddie case, the public has lost interest in him.
December 2nd, 2007 at 3:30 pm
If there is nothing factual about which to think, and one applies over-zealous analysis of myths, the results will always be even bigger myths !!!!
Dot.
December 2nd, 2007 at 2:20 pm
1126/hideki
What was the thoughtful analysis? I am into thoughts and analysis…Although I tend to think stevo is not???
December 2nd, 2007 at 12:37 pm
1115
MikeSA
“What we saw the other night was someone using a “victim” card to launch a particularly nasty and concerted personal attack against another poster, based on one of the flimsiest excuses I have ever seen.
My thought at the time was that that was either a very studied and vindictive attack against a poster for whatever reason, or that the attacker was actually just a raving loon/drunk.
Yes, I stood on the sidelines and watched. ”
Exactly what I thought. Precisely!
And I agree with your other comments as well, pertaining to Seveo’s thoughtful analysis. The analysis is good and stands on its own, even though it turned out to be unfruitful. The purpose of speculative thought is not to be right all the time. One purpose is to keep open all possibilities while also keeping a perspective on what is definite and what is not yet definite. Steveo’s analysis was a fine example of this kind of thought.
Perhaps Steveo was attacked not so much for discussing BG, but rather for presenting a good example of rational and pragmatic speculative thinking.
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:53 am
1112/Mr Virgil Thomas
I agree with you. There is a “mob” mentality that prevails.
Baby Jane 1113/
mr virgil thomas does not put a period after his title. does that confuse you?
1114/an observer
I do think Bennet’s ulterior motive gets in the way of seeking justice.
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:27 am
1121 Ann
Has Clarence gained a new forum for planting doubt via your medium friend!