Madeleine McCann: Praia da Luz Calls, Maddy Shunned And Portugal On The Edge
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY MAIL page 36: “Madeleine: Portuguese detectives trawl thousands of phone records”
Police are looking through phone records of Praia da Luz’a 27,000 residents at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance. They are looking for unusual call patterns. Bugging calls
A local resident of Praia da Luz says the police questioned her, saying: “We are investigating all calls made within Praia da Luz from 9.30pm onwards on May 3″
Says the McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell: “Any information could prove vital”
THE SUN page 15: “Maddie cops seize local phone bills”
“They are using a method of triangulation which pinpoints a person’s location via their mobile and are also checking land-line calls”
Can it work? Says the Sun: “Mobile phone evidence exposed holes in the alibi of Soham murderer Ian Huntley”. And that is similar to this case because..?
DAILY MIRROR front page: “MADDY – Blitz to fined phone clues”
Page 10: “COPS CHECK EVERY CALL ON DAY MADDY VANISHED”
Well, not every call. Just calls made in the area of Praia da Luz by those 1,000 persons on a police list
DAILY EXPRESS page 19: “Now Madeleine police seize all phone records”
The papers says the search is in light of talk of a “massive conspiracy”. The Express is belived to be fond of a conspiracy
Says Clarence Mitchell: “Kate and Gerry are encouraged by this police work because it shows the investigation is now active and thorough…Crucially they also hope it may lead to them being reunited with Madeleine”
DAILY STAR: “PARENTS SHY AWAY FROM NAME ‘MADDY’”
Or Madeleine, for that is her name
The name Madeleine is “now lower than at any time in the past five years”. It is now the 80th most popular name. Says a child psychologist called Ruth: “The majority of people who hear the name Madeleine automatically associate it with her”
What the top girl’s name is readers are not told, nor where Kate features. The Telegraph says it is “Grace”, as in Baby Grace
NEW YORK TIMES: “Portugal Polishes Its Image as the ‘West Coast of Europe’”
Portugal wants to reposition itself. Portugal is exciting, shiny, new and historical.
But: “The unsolved case remains a big story for the British tabloids, and there have been reports of declines in tourism from Britain, an important market for Portugal.
“Over all, though, tourism remains strong, Manuel Pinho, Portugal’s minister for the economy and innovation said. ‘This is a tragic case, of course, but it has not affected the numbers,’ he said. ‘It’s a very peaceful country, a very safe country’”
The demonising of Portugal and the case of Madeleine McCann
Posted: 20th, December 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (547) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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December 20th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Some of you may be interested to know that I alerted a technical bod - a computer guy I am working with at the moment on recovering data from a wiped hard drive - to the various MM photos - he is wild with excitement - shaking his head about incompetence and why nobody has spotted such and such, plain as a pike etc etc.
Not sure what it all means - may be all a red herring, but even old Harry Hind Sight can seem the potential significance of thngs not being what they seem
December 20th, 2007 at 10:45 am
pepe
so do you think its a hoax?
December 20th, 2007 at 10:44 am
fingers ( cough)
December 20th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Morning everyone - could Clarence Mitchell have been T10?
Possible Scenario:
Anticipating some charges being brought against Clarence for involvement in MMs disappearance, Gordo told him to seek employment elsewhere…
Result: McCanns sack the PR agency that had been hired just weeks before, and decide to give Clarence full control over their communications.
Everyone in the PR business tells me that this is particularly strange since the supposed campaign to find madeleine should have been an international campaign… so why hire a british journalist (as opposed to an international PR company) as a spin doctor when in reality you should be spinning news in POrtugal, Spain, Morocco and other countries (not really in the UK)?
Something tells me that Clarence knows more than he’s letting out.
My recommendation would be to send him on a weekend break with Inspector Amaral.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:42 am
harrys got wankers finger syndrome
December 20th, 2007 at 10:42 am
Good day to you all many problem to being post here, how are you all .
December 20th, 2007 at 10:41 am
postman pat
thank you,merry christmas !!
whats the average tip ?
do some get a bit more ?
December 20th, 2007 at 10:40 am
41 brandon flours Says:
“When is Anorak shutting for christmas?”
You’re kidding! We will all have to do extra shifts during christmas because of the beaking news that Madeleine will have been reappeared .
December 20th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Sorry, technical hitch.
My point being that you staff this stuff out.
Life is too short to do otherwise
December 20th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Harry - you’ve got hiccoughs
December 20th, 2007 at 10:38 am
brandon flours — 52
no coincidence
they needed a blueprint and a 1st hand report of place and habits, etc etc …?
December 20th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Code Harry is a more straight-forward and altogether more relaxed way of life -
1 first tier child minding is the work of nannies and other child minders;
2n adelegate the chi
December 20th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Code Harry is a more straight-forward and altogether more relaxed way of life -
1 first tier child minding is the work of nannies and other child minders;
2n adelegate the chi
December 20th, 2007 at 10:37 am
http://www.royalmail.com/link/download?catId=4200004&mediaId=66100715 Brandon all relevant info here…………..no post 25th or 26th, but I am in both days for a few hours.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:32 am
I still don’t think it is a coincidence that the person who owned the apartment was a Mc Cann.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:29 am
postman pat
when do the posties stop work this christmas?
December 20th, 2007 at 10:26 am
http://gazetadigitalmadeleinecase.blogspot.com/2007/12/british-police-want-to-question-foreign.html Another dose of urgency that never came to pass.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Swannie — 1
Aztec design towel
Anti cadaver-dog parfum
Anti-ADN shampoo
December 20th, 2007 at 10:22 am
Swannie — 1
A Code Madeleine sticker
December 20th, 2007 at 10:22 am
we will get you better jobs
and world tours
front page headlines for all your family
December 20th, 2007 at 10:20 am
brandon flours - 44
Never mind the children …
Leave the window of opportunity open …
We’re here for you, to organize the search …
Please don’t forget to bring a fotograph, so we can paste it on our protocol …
We’re sure you’ll be back …
December 20th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Bulk discounts offered
December 20th, 2007 at 10:13 am
Pepe
I am having fantasies about you lol
December 20th, 2007 at 10:12 am
in 41
Hill I mean to say “will”
problem with the Spanish keyboard!
December 20th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Julie — 39
Code Madeleine will help you preserve the crime scene after you clean it with detergent, do not forget to wash the curtains with special anti-DNA soap
we can also kick the a** of those nosy dogs that take the time to fool around your car
you Hill enjoy the service and next year Hill be back with your remaining children. Do not forget to bring a photograph, so we can paste it on our protocol
Code Madeleine = Clarence Mitchell
CM = CM = one heart united ¡! Special offer for heart surgeons
December 20th, 2007 at 10:03 am
When is Anorak shutting for christmas?
December 20th, 2007 at 9:56 am
(37) Pepe …… brilliantly put!
December 20th, 2007 at 9:54 am
35
Pepe Says:
December 20th, 2007 at 9:46 am
25 Julie
I’ve read the Portuguese people are very much on that line now… denouncing to prevent, they call it ..
**************************
Hurray for them! This should become a way of life for any adult who is concerned about the well-being of children all over the world. People need to stop looking the other way for fear of getting involved. When there is a child’s welfare at stake, no-one should be able to look the other way.
December 20th, 2007 at 9:52 am
code madeleine
perfect protection for neglectful parents !
never mind the children
Code Madeleine will take care of everything and organize the search after your child is taken
Code Madeleine + Metodo3 = the perfect team 4you
December 20th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Jez/brandonflours
Unfortunately there are those naive people who believe that “normal” parents could never possibly hurt their own children. It’s not something that comes out of a horror novel, it happens every single day