Madeleine McCann: 4650 Articles, Christian Ridout Was Here And Lawless Morocco
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
DAILY EXPRESS front page: Poster blitz in Morocco”
“More than 11,000 letters and posters have been distributed in remote parts of the North African country to jog the memory of someone who may have seen the little girl”
A spokesman says: “E-mail is great within larger towns and cities, but there are still a lot of people who do not have Madeleine’s picture or the phone contact details to report sightings or information”
Do you have Madeleine’s picture? Do you know the phone number?
DAILY MAIL: “Letter blitz on remote Moroccan mountain villages that Madeleine McCann campaign cannot reach”
“Agents [of Metodo 3] have distributed photographs of the little girl with an appeal in French and Arabic to call with information about her whereabouts. But it has proved difficult to reach all of the isolated communities where a child could have been taken, many of which are in lawless, mountainous regions”
Those lawless Moroccans…
“Madeleine: Private detectives hunt for British barman known as DJ Shifty, accused of grooming an under-age girl for sex”
“Part-time barman and disc jockey Christian Ridout, 32, allegedly sent the British girl obscene text messages when he worked in an expats’ pub 200 yards from where Madeleine disappeared. When the 12-year-old’s mother discovered the explicit messages, Ridout - also known as DJ Shifty - left Portugal in a hurry”
A suspect?
Says the paper: “By coincidence, the Ridout family were next-door neighbours of the family of Robert Murat, the chief suspect in the Madeleine hunt, when the Murats lived in the nearby village of Almadena. The night after Madeleine went missing, a British expat walked into the Plough and Harrow pub in Praia da Luz, still owned by his parents Tony, 57, and Jill, 58, and asked: ‘Where’s Christian then?’ Locals have disparagingly nicknamed the pub ‘The Plough and Paedophile‘ and the missing man is widely disliked in the tight-knit community”
So where is Christian? Well, he left Praia da Luz a few years ago. His mother says she has not seen him for two years. Says the girl’s mother: “I went in to see them just before Madeleine disappeared and they confirmed they’re still looking for him. ‘No one knows where he is, but he could have been back to this area”
Or not…
THE SUN front page: “Publicity blitz for Maddie in Africa”
“Many still don’t recognise her”
Help make Madeleine McCann the world’s most recognisable face
“Despite a massive campaign highlighting the seven-month search for their daughter, experts believe many in the north African country still lack the crucial information they need to help trace her”
Many?
“Now a silent army of volunteers from the Helping To Find Madeleine campaign have given their time over the festive period to flood businesses across the nation with 11,500 letters and posters”
Not so silent
“The initiative comes after the McCanns’ Spanish detective agency pin-pointed Morocco as the most likely place little Maddie may have been taken”
Can you pinpoint a “likely place” to an entire nation? Is this detective work or guesswork?
Kate and Gerry McCann are “doctors”. Fact
Kate pins on badge of hope: “ANGUISHED Kate McCann returned to church yesterday – with a badge of hope bearing a picture of missing Madeleine pinned close to her heart”
A new merchandise push?
One “worshipper” at Kate’s church says: “Every mother wants to cuddle her children at Christmas – it’s heartbreaking that Kate has been denied that. The badge is a symbol of hope that could help focus new eyes on the hunt for Madeleine”
“347 new Maddie calls combed” - The McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell says: “We are pleased with the calls and they are continuing to come in. Every single call is much appreciated and we are going through them with a fine-tooth comb. Any that need to be acted upon swiftly are being acted upon swiftly. We don’t go into detail because if there is any significant information”
DAILY STAR: “TECS: MADDIE BEING HELD IN MOROCCO”
“More than 11,500 posters appealing for information about the youngster have been sent out to the furthest reaches of the north African country”
Francisco Marco, the PI hired by the McCanns, says: “Morocco is the perfect place to hide a kidnapped girl”. He has said this before. Is Morocco the perfect place? Why not Algeria? Or Malta?
DAILY RECORD: “Maddie Poster Blitz In Morocco”
“Schools, supermarkets and medical centres are being blitzed with thousands of photos of the missing four-year-old. And letters written in French and Arabic are being sent to towns and villages in the most remote parts of the country”
Madeleine in Morocco. Or not. Again… Isabel Gonzalez saw her. Mari Pollard saw her
Clarence Mitchell says: “Anyone who puts effort into assisting us in any way, we are incredibly grateful for, and it sounds like they have done a fantastic job. I have no doubt that it is this kind of effort and initiatives that will lead us to finding Madeleine”
Gerry and Kate McCann are “doctors”
THE GUARDIAN: “From Mr Bean to Shambo the bull, the media obsessions of 2007”
A review: “Almost nine months after she vanished, we know a lot about Madeleine McCann and her family. We know the legal implications of being named an official suspect in a Portuguese criminal investigation. What we do not know is who took her, if she is alive and whether any trace of her will ever be found again. A total of 4,650 articles have appeared in British newspapers since she disappeared on May 3”
THE SCOTSMAN: “Madness, badness, hate and heroism - Robert McNeil continues his unique take on the events of 2007 with a look back at the second three months of the year…”
“Hell also visited the parents of three-year-old Madeleine McCann on 3 May when the toddler disappeared from their holiday apartment in the Algarve. In the ensuing months, Kate and Gerry McCann used the media to keep the case in the public eye. The Portuguese police did the same, but their efforts were directed more at casting doubts on the McCanns and their friends. Supposed sightings of Madeleine were reported periodically, but each time hopes were dashed”
THE TIMES: “Hundreds ring hotline after Madeleine plea”
Yesterday in the latest entry on his internet diary, Mr McCann wrote: “Madeleine should not be spending Christmas away from her loving family. The person who took her has it in their power to end our suffering and will be able to appease their conscience that they have done the right thing – especially at this time of year. Kate and I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to write to us and let us know Madeleine and our family are still in their thoughts and prayers. We still have at least one hundred cards to open! As always, every single one will be read and the support expressed helps renew our determination to find Madeleine”
The story, speculation and sensation…
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December 28th, 2007 at 2:07 am
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Hideki
Why is it always your response when someone asks for evidence to your allegations to ask which side of the family that posters from? Grow up. Gerry has NOT stated the kids were sedated, this is your twisted interpretation of what he actually said.
I wouldn’t wish to be a member of either of their fsmily and thank my lucky stars I’m not.
Either put up the evidence the kids were sedated or shut up.
December 28th, 2007 at 2:05 am
Why do people have different names? What do they get out of it?
December 28th, 2007 at 2:05 am
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Hideki Says:
December 28th, 2007 at 1:59 am
1009
Karen Says:
“I don’t know Jane well enough to say.”
I do. Jane/Colleen/Cheryl is a great admirer of Jane Tanner. She worships at her feet, so to speak. JMO.
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Is that the same Jane Tanner who used to be in the Sea Cadets in Exeter?
December 28th, 2007 at 2:04 am
972 Ian Says:
December 28th, 2007 at 1:24 am
958 Totje
(…) the time needs to be right
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Posted my reply to Tony and then saw your post. Funny, we [seldom] agree, nevertheless we seem to think alike.
Bye now!
December 28th, 2007 at 2:03 am
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Karen Says:
December 28th, 2007 at 1:59 am
Noseycow
“It’s true all religions are good, esp. the ones where you sacrifice someone to ensure the next harvest.”
The McCanns did the reverse of this. They harvested more than they needed, and only kept the tastiest morsels, disposing of the uanappetizing one with blemishes. This is not meant literally, of course.
December 28th, 2007 at 2:03 am
1011 karen - i wasn’t aware of any religions that still require sacrifices - coule be an oversight in my education!
However if there is such a requirement - may i suggest a couple of excellent candidates?
December 28th, 2007 at 2:03 am
I’m definitely not Cheryl. I only go under the one name.
December 28th, 2007 at 2:00 am
1002
Meejician
Table 1: Under-18 Conceptions for England: 1998-2005
Year Number of under-18 conceptions Under-18
conception rate* Percent leading to legal abortion
1998 41,089 46.6 42.4
Ok, 46.6% is not the majority but you must agree 41,089 is an awful lot, if fact the largest % in the world, that’s fact.
December 28th, 2007 at 2:00 am
hideki
lol
December 28th, 2007 at 2:00 am
First of all : thanks Tony Bennett for answering. Had to walk the puppy and it’s GMT +1 over here, so I should have been sleeping ;). Tomorrow lots of work and appointments too. Oh stupid addicted me….
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970 Tony Bennett Says: (December 28th, 2007 at 1:24 am )
958 Totje says (December 28th, 2007 at 1:11 am):
Totje: Want to make a bet the priest never said that [that he would take the McCanns’ secrets to the grave]? And a bet his conscience doesn’t trouble him? Rumours, tabloids, unnamed sources, so-called unnamed friends, why on earth are you so eager to believe this b*llsh*t?
reply TB: It was well sourced in a number of newspaper reports and he has *still* made no denial that he is taking the McCanns secrets to the grave. Has he?
REPLY Totje: You know as well as I do, that most papers/journalists copy/copied eachothers articles. With a few small additions or alternations. And you know [or should know] how journalists can quote someone wrong, if it suits them. May be this priest is wise enough not to pay attention to all the nonsense that is written? Do we have an email address of the priest, so we can ask him about this? You obviously seem to think it is important, so why not try to check it? We could also ask why he felt deceived, so we don’t have to speculate on that issue any more.
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Totje: How’s your fund doing TB? Already got the 1,000 GBP? With so many supporters that can’t be too difficult isn’t it?
reply TB: An initial meeting is being arranged for the end of January. Until then, I am not asking anyone for a penny. If any group of people decides, after the January meeting, that it wants to take any action, then it will be done by that group, and not me acting on my own
REPLY Totje: Wouldn’t it be wiser to wait a bit longer, till the investigation/case gets shelved without any charges brought to the parents? Or someone else gets charged? Mind you, imo there’s still no proof/not enough proof of the parents guilt on her disappearance [or they would have been charged or requested to go back to Portugal]. And in case they ARE innocent of her disappearance [except for leaving the kids alone] a few months more patience doesn’t do any harm does it?
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Sorry, really off to bed now and not running [I replied to you TB in the other tread also].
May be back tomorrow evening.
Bye all
December 28th, 2007 at 1:59 am
Noseycow
It’s true all religions are good, esp. the ones where you sacrifice someone to ensure the next harvest.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:59 am
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Karen Says:
“I don’t know Jane well enough to say.”
I do. Jane/Colleen/Cheryl is a great admirer of Jane Tanner. She worships at her feet, so to speak. JMO.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:57 am
Ian
I don’t know Jane well enough to say.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:56 am
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Jane Says:
December 28th, 2007 at 1:34 am
Blah blah blah
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Cheryl Says:
Karen, what a fabulous posting.
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Sheesh, it’s like total hippocampus failure in here.
Cheryl/Karen - Jane thinks you’re the same person.
Is that intimidating to either of you, or OK?
December 28th, 2007 at 1:54 am
991
Ian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca
my ancestors were Druids.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:51 am
ian 1001
sorry to disagree with you - but i believe that all religions are ‘good’ the problem with any of them is some of the people who ‘practice’ them. Narrow mindedness is the cause of most of the worlds problems and it appears in some people regardless of what ‘ religion’ they subscribe to.
anyway - help me get the gossip from Tony B, Jane/Colleen otherwise i won’t sleep.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:49 am
Excellent post TB, worth repeating………………………DIARIO DE NOTICIAS 27 DECEMBER 2007
Maddie’s case might drag on for six months
PAULA MARTINHEIRA
In January eight months are completed in the investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann the maximum period stated by the Code of Criminal Procedure.
So this month is pointed by several lawyers and also by elements of the Judicial Police (PJ) as a “decisive” date . But the prosecutor (MP) can extend the term of the research.
The problem is to know by how many months the process can still continue, taking into account the fact that the Prosecutor does not know what kind of crime was committed.
The expert in criminal procedure and chairman of the district board of Évora’s Union of Magistrates of Public Prosecutors (SMMP), Carlos Casimiro, explained to the DN “the outcome of this process depends exclusively on the definition of the type of crime that was committed against Madeleine McCann”.
The problem says the magistrate is that, “the PJ maintains two theses - one is the abduction and the other murder.The extension of the deadline for the investigation depends on the type of crime comitted.”
In this context, he explained, “even for each type of crime there are several deadlines for an elongation of the research, because there are various types of kidnapping and murder.” “In the crime of kidnapping may happen, for example, a simple kidnapping of hours and for the crime of murder there is a wide typology. For each there are specific deadlines.”
According to Carlos Casimiro, if the researchers conclude that Maddie was murdered, but if everything is still open on the perpetrators of the crime, the Public Prosecutor can, in January, ask for the extension of the period of the investigation for more three months. After this period, if the crime remains unclear, the Public Prosecutor has the possibility to request a second term,which can only be for more three months. After that, there are only two possibilities: the closing of the investigation for lack of evidence or, alternatively, “the delay of the research in a desperate attempt to seek evidence to be able to deduct the accusation” which in the perspective of that magistrate seems to be the most “predictable”.
Carlos Casimiro said, “this is a highly internationally media event and is the image of the country that is at stake.” Moreover, he stressed, “the Judicial Police has been, since the beginning of this process, perfectly slandered, particularly by the British press and it’s needed to preserve its reputation and its high professionalism.”
After the disclosure, on the 23rd of the video made by the McCanns in the first Christmas since the child disappeared with images of the girl excited opening the presents last year, the agency of Spanish private detectives Metodo 3, which works for the couple in the investigation of her disappearance, has already received 347 calls with information about her alleged whereabouts.
The new information is now being examined by the detectives of Metodo 3, one by one. Because, according to what was found by the DN, that agency “does not throw away any information, it doesn’t matter where it comes from.”
Presently, the researchers focus their attention especially in Portugal and Morocco, in the city of Marrakech.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:49 am
995
Cheryl Says:
December 28th, 2007 at 1:40 am
969
Hideki
“Where has it been proven as known fact they sedated their children. ”
It’s a known fact that you post as if you spent your life on sedatives.
“Further, where has it ever been said they beat the shite out of the kids?”
Use your brain for a change, Cheryl. They beat the kids until they saw stars, and then gave them a star on a chart to remind them. And weren’t their dirty nappies all over the place?
“I’m sorry, I forgot the rules on here set by you posters - the more sinister it sounds, the more it will be repeated”
The more one gets to know the McCanns the more sinister they appear.
“and thus will become ‘bible’ to use to convert non-believers to the ‘truth’ and ’see the light’….”
Put away your own Bible, Cheryl, and go ask Gerry for some love, eh? You have been working hard for him on the Internet, and you deserve some loving.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:49 am
985
Ian
You are so wrong Ian, I have said it before and I will say it again for your benefit - I am very much anti-McCann.
I am also an intelligent individual who doesn’t follow ‘fashion’. I make up my own mind about people, I like to see evidence first hand and not heresay.
What you have to understand about the McCann’s, they ONLY try to cover their own backs.
The twins may or may not have been sedated. Public opinion on what he said about them sleeping throughout the ordeal led some to think they had been sedated. To counter this he remarked the abductor may have sedated them. This was a response to public opinion.
Whether or not they were sedated will never be known, the test they had done proved negative.
There is NO evidence they were sedated. BUT as an aside, imo they could well have been sedated by the McC’s, BUT there is no evidence to prove this. Stick to facts.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:48 am
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annie123 Says:
December 28th, 2007 at 1:26 am
967
Meejician
Look at the statistics, then put an arguement forward instead of dismissing something you cannot provide evidence of.
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What statistics? You’re trying to tell us that a majority of UK babies are born to teenage mothers?
Oh please, get real!
http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/resources/IG00200/
December 28th, 2007 at 1:46 am
992 As usual you make some very good points!
Of all religions, Christianity is the one which does the most good, though I’d separate out the catholic church as being at the evil end of the christian spectrum!
December 28th, 2007 at 1:45 am
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Colleen Says:
Tony Bennett,
Your remarks on this subject are extraordinarily hypocritical.
I am using my own Christian name here, so you will recognise me as someone who was a friend of yours for many years. I’m so surprised by your judgemental attitude towards other parents such as the McCanns as I remember t… edit
TONY B - is Jane Colleen? Is she a woman scorned …she obviousley holds a grudge from the past..please enlighten us - sounds like juicy gossip.. and i am a noseycow!!
December 28th, 2007 at 1:45 am
Jane
I think you got me confused with Cheryl.
I did stick up for the Priest too but only because it’s illogical to endow a second hand account with the ability to crack a case. Also, once the seal of confession was broken you could be sure no one would confess anything ever again and therefore no more cases would be solved anyway.
Although, technically, if the Priest gave Madeleine a burial then he would become an accessory - and he could tell the police about it, but I’m sure he didn’t bury her.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:42 am
990
Jane Says:
“Hideki, You’ve lost it, go to your room.”
You obviously have a habit of saying this to your children. Aren’t you Jane Tanner, or do you just admire her?
December 28th, 2007 at 1:41 am
973 They are insane anyway, whatever they believe!
Dont get me wrong, I’d encourage them to live to their faith, I just wish theyd blow themselves up on their own in some remote location.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:41 am
974
Cheryl Says:
December 28th, 2007 at 1:25 am
You don’t just have one crying baby, one baby that needs changed, one baby that needs a bottle,
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So mum didn’t breastfeed? Why not?
And why wasn’t mum looking after her own babies?
December 28th, 2007 at 1:40 am
969
Hideki Says:
December 28th, 2007 at 1:23 am
959
annie123 Says:
947
Hideki
“and there’s me thinking the kid gets a star for good behaviour and a pressie after a week of good behaviour …”
If the McConns had to use double doses of sedation, there was no need to beat the shite out of the kids anymore, and so they would not get many stars. Maybe the public needs to start training Kate and Gerry with a “moon chart”? They only get a moon on their chart at night if they have not gotten one during the day.
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REPLY: Where has it been proven as known fact they sedated their children. Further, where has it ever been said they beat the shite out of the kids? I’m sorry, I forgot the rules on here set by you posters - the more sinister it sounds, the more it will be repeated and thus will become ‘bible’ to use to convert non-believers to the ‘truth’ and ’see the light’….
December 28th, 2007 at 1:40 am
Er.. is this forum about the hunt for Madeleine ..??
December 28th, 2007 at 1:39 am
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Jane Says:
“Good for you, Karen, for sticking up for the priest too, I bet he’s a lovely man.”
I agree that someone should stick that lovely priest.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:38 am
964 Ian says (December 28th, 2007 at 1:18 am):
REPLIES INTERLEAVED:
Ian: The world is a wonderful place, but human beings make it a hideous place…
REPLY: *Some* human beings make it a hideous place
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Ian: …with their evil ideas justified more often than not by procedures which go under the name of religion.
REPLY: Certainly, sometimes, in the name of some religions. But also e.g. by atheitsic communists (French Revolution, Stalinist Russia)
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How do the evil men of the world persuade young men and women to strap explosives to their bodies and detonate them amongst innocents? They use ideas of afterlife to reduce the value of their only life.
REPLY: In the case of Islam, yes. One only has to look at the Koran to see the numerous references to killing infidels, martyrdom etc. Mohammed in his last 10 years, when he wrote the darker parts of the Koran and basically acted as a warlord conquering the Arabian peninsula, was obsessed with ideas of death and martyrdom, hence the number of Muslims today called ‘Shahid (shahid = ‘martyr’)
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Ian: Is this any different to your own religion? If people would only value what they have, if they would stop filling the void with invention and accept that this is their life - then life would be valued and much of the world’s evils would disperse.
REPLY: But look at the effect Christian belief has had on some people - many people - the exact opposite of what you suggest here. Take John Newton, one-time slave trader who utterly renounced his slave trading days when he repented, and then gave us the hymn ‘Amazing Grace’. Or William Wilberforce, who for no personal gain worked tirelessly to end slavery and succeeded near the end of his life. People like this make the world a *better* place - because of their beliefs