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…
Posted: 27th, December 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,081) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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December 27th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Sorry bf I dont see anything that looks remotely like an answer to Dave’s challenge, lots of waffle but nothing else.Is it a crap post because it exposes the paucity of the lynch mobs arguements.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
168 Garth
“He may have been hiding in the toilet, front room, M’s bedroom, in the bleeding wash bin.
How many more places does he need?”
Or perhaps he was hiding in Gerry’s blue tennis bag?!?
December 27th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Mods and admin:
Soz, got a new computer, and made a mess of logging in on it. Am I OK, now?
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Mods and Admin
Hi Meejician, yes you are fine, apparently a lot of people are having problems logging in anyway.
We have a list of OK IP’s and a list of not OK IP’s, and a two more lists of the reverse, so no booze today for us poor sods
December 27th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
250 garth
“nfact the lot of you can do this one (whos got a lot to say) go and stick your arse on your window sill and see if you can touch the ground. Its ever so easy. Believe!”
not if it’s 1.05 metres (41 inches old money) off the ground you can’t
sorry garth you have shot yourself in the foot
you have given us a perfect reason why the abduction story is not possible
well done
now go and do your gcse assignment
December 27th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
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Garth Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
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Ade Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
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Inside leg measurement has got naff all to do with it. Being as you have just compared metric to imperial go and do another excercise. Infact the lot of you can do this one (whos got a lot to say) go and stick your arse on your window sill and see if you can touch the ground. Its ever so easy. Believe!
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Actually, I have too much respect for the environment to stick my arse on top of a symbiotic association of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner.
And then there’s the fact that doing so would leave evidence of my failure to care for the natural world…
December 27th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
190 stickler
That wasn’t me…
December 27th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
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RedRooster Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
251 brandon flower
REALLY!!!!
i would rather eat worms
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You know you dont mean that you little pecker you…..
December 27th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
256
Stevo
I stand corrected. We are all ‘avin a laff’, only slightly more so now.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Ruth we did
and he didnt
it was a crap post !!!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Dave Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 11:18 am
In the interests of justice here is a challenge for the prosecution.Supply us with direct quotes from official sources to back up your outlandish theories. In return I shall post a link to an official source stating the information that is in the public domain…………No takers then, why am I not surprised.
Good post Dave.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
well folks we are giving them an easy ride today
i suggest we seek some raw nerves
paternity/ivf is a good one
likewise the blue bag
and phat phil - sorry daisy - doesn’t like songs like “bicycle made for two” or “my old man’s a joiner - sorry - dustman”
and knowing robert murat…
why is gerrykins so worried about knowing mr murat?
and of course there’s who is tapas 10?
December 27th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
250 go and stick your arse on your window sill and see if you can touch the ground. Its ever so easy. Believe!
But not so easy to disturb the lichen etc!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
236 yampster
You’re shit at accents yampster. It’s not ‘larf’ like Garth’s pronunciation…it’s ‘laff’ as in from Wigan i.e. the north of England.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
redrooster
I didnt say I wanted to go down on him did I lol?
December 27th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
251 brandon flower
REALLY!!!!
i would rather eat worms
December 27th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
224
Judith C
Just confirmed by the BBC. A very courageous woman, but I think the inevitable has happened here
December 27th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
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Remigius Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
234 chenier
The logic is that climbing out the window was nothing for the faceless giant who’d just come down from the sky on his beanstalk.
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Nonsense.
Clearly the DV could levitate…
December 27th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Id love to see Garthy exposed!!!
yummy
December 27th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
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Ade Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
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Inside leg measurement has got naff all to do with it. Being as you have just compared metric to imperial go and do another excercise. Infact the lot of you can do this one (whos got a lot to say) go and stick your arse on your window sill and see if you can touch the ground. Its ever so easy. Believe!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
246 Chenier
Precisely.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Tony Bennett
I forgot to say I too totally agree with you on the Ritalin question - there is no evidence that it helps and much to suggest that it causes serious harm. I have actually wondered if M was on Ritalin (since the question of hyperactivity is said to have appeared in K’s diaries) although there is no independent evidence that would support this. I think there is, however, good reason to think that the children may have received sedation.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
233 Fair
Dont worry, the PJ arent coming unstuck.
M3 and the T9 most certainly are.
The McCanns really need some better advice!
I was surprised to see the M3 claims of 300 + new clues after their falling into disrepute, they really are entering a new level in ‘ludicrous’!
Maybe Garth could join them officially? I’d love to see him exposed too!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
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Ian Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
219 Chenier
Garth has fallen hook line and sinker! Its not MY timeline!
Its the T9’s!
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Well, it wouldn’t be the first time that people have discovered that telling one lie is incredibly easy.
The hard bit is when they have to make up all the other lies to make the first lie work…
December 27th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
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Tony Bennett Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Yesterday’s thread
587 i-don’t-believe-them
576 Ann
REPLY: Like ‘i-don’t-believe-them’, though I wouldn’t express my views in the same way, I am not convinced that *any* child needs sedation in the form of drugs. They need attention, comfort, security, love. I do not buy so-called ‘ADHD’ syndrome either, save that hyperactivity can be caused by lack of attention, lack of proper discipline, other dysfunction in the family, or possibly an excess of food and drink with additives. I am shocked at the vast number of children in the Western world prescribed Ritalin or alternatives.
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Sadly, many laypeople don’t understand that AD/HD as diagnosed by psychiatrists and clinical psychologists is an actual and identifiable brain-wiring condition in which the input from local (perceptual) processing doesn’t connect efficiently to the prefrontal cortex where this information is conceptualised. The neurotransmitters, particularly dopamine, are involved in this short-circuit of neural messages, and recent research shows that amino acids in the glycine chain may be mutually involved with this neurotransmission deficit. Although in the days before sophisitcated neuro-imaging it was conventional wisdom to argue that ADHD was merely an environmental issue, PEC and SPECT scans and other reliable neurological imaging processes - fMRI and qEEG - have revealed the underlying cognitive problems in AD/HD which may interact environmentally, with familial or nutritional or social problems, but which are nevertheless stand-alone conditions.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
I’m sure I remember a nose bleed mentioned….?
December 27th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
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Remigius Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
234 chenier
Oh, Tanner’s apparition was certainly about 12 feet tall, wearing a brown smock and leggings, dagger in his waistband, and he shouted, “Fee, Fie, Fo, Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishchild!” as he crossed the road above her.
Yes, she will never forget that moment.
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Eek.
Take my advice, despatch the offspring to martial arts classes. That way they can do serious damage to dastardly villains’ kneecaps…
December 27th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
234 chenier
The logic is that climbing out the window was nothing for the faceless giant who’d just come down from the sky on his beanstalk.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
219 Chenier
Garth has fallen hook line and sinker! Its not MY timeline!
Its the T9’s!
As predicted, they are desperately trying to alter it to fit but have hung themselves. If the blood under the tiles is Madeleines and it was cleaned up all around the spot, then it could not have been an abductor.
On the Sky program, the ex-detective chap said (I paraphrase) ‘The blood in itself means nothing, it would have been expected to be there….unloess the parents hadnt explained it’
When asked, they didnt even try, they said ‘we dont even know if blood was found’.
This is the most damning piece of evidence and the McCanns missed their opportunity to claim a nosebleed or similar. Even if the abductor is generously provided with more time by the claim that the T9 werent clock watching (which surely they were or how could they claim a tight checking schedule?) there was no time to move a sofa and scrub the apartment.
This, I think we will discover, it the reason for the PJ having a pretty good idea what happened.
Garth is not quite as clever as he thinks he is (and tells us he is!).
December 27th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
226 garth
1.05 m is just over 41 inches
what’s your inside leg measurement gary?
44 inches? if so you could step neatly from sitting on that window cill
we are clearly looking for a very tall abductor
or a short swarthy type (inside leg measurement 30 inches) who can jump nearly a foot with a sedated child over his arm and make no noise whatsoever
well that should narrow down the search somewhat
wake up
the “abduction” hoax is a cover-up
December 27th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
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chenier Says:
December 27th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
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Chenier, of course you can, you aint riding a blinkin horse with both feet on the ground. You pivot on ones bottom and then carefully place both feet on the ground. Remember, the abductor proabably wasnt over the age of 60 as it would appear most of the posters on here.