Madeleine McCann: Her Blood, Official Tabloid News And Michaela Walczuch Denies
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE: IT WAS HER BLOOD IN PARENTS’ HIRE CAR”
“New results sent to Portugal in the last few days show the blood samples could only belong to Madeleine, it was claimed” – claimed…
Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha reports: “The definitive result of the tests leave no doubts for the Policia Judiciaria. The blood found in the McCanns’ car is that of Madeleine as well as those samples detected in the flat”
No doubt? So says a newspaper report that provides the basis to THE WORLD’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER’S lead story
Says McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell: “These reports are very distressing for Kate and Gerry, they are depressed that again wild rumour and speculation is being presented as fact. We wish Portuguese police would just get on with their investigation, come over to England and carry out the interviews with Kate and Gerry and their friends. All those interviews will prove, yet again, that Kate and Gerry have nothing to hide.
“As for the supposed DNA testing, we cannot comment on yet more unsubstantiated rampant speculation in the Portuguese press. It is ridiculous to suggest that Madeleine’s blood was in the hire car because she was never in it. It was hired more than 20 days after she went missing, which means it was impossible for her to have ever been in it”
A friend of the McCanns says: “They were in no way involved in her disappearance, reports like this just add to their anguish. We would also point out that low copy DNA is under review by police forces in this country following the outcome of the Omagh bombing trial”
But it is a sign of police progress, right?
THE SUN front page: “Maddie blood ‘in hire car’”
“The tormented parents of Madeleine McCann reacted in fury last night to new claims that DNA evidence backs the theory they killed her”
KATE AGONY OVER ‘WILD’ DNA CLAIM – Blood specks behind sofa and in car ‘are Maddie’s”. The scent of death?
A ‘wild’ claim repeated in the Sun…
“Now it is being claimed new and ‘definitive’ results from Britain support the police theory that Maddie was killed in the apartment and her body moved in a car hired 25 days AFTER she vanished” – Claimed by Portuguese newspaper Correio Da Manha, from where the Sun gets its news
The Forensic Laboratory in Birmingham says: “Tests are still being carried out. No final report has been submitted to the Portuguese authorities”
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE – Blood in car is hers OFFICIAL”
“BLOOD IN CAR IS MADDIE’S OFFICIAL – ‘No doubts’ after test on Renault”
“The findings appear to support the police theory that Madeleine was accidentally killed in the apartment and her parents disposed of her body to mask their negligence”
Only…
“But they come from low-copy DNA analysis – a controversial technique based on just a few human cells which was recently branded unreliable by UK police. Last month, Omagh bomb suspect Sean Hoey walked free after a judge decided this type of testing was not at a sufficiently scientific level to be considered evidence. The Association of Chief Police Officers then announced it was suspending use of the technique in criminal inquiries. And the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales is reviewing a number of cases in which it was involved. That means the results in Madeleine’s case could probably never be used in court”
DAILY MAIL: “Did Maddie witnesses mistake this friend of the McCanns for Murat”
As Anorak reprotered yesterday, David Payne, one of the so-called Tapas 7,9 etc., looks not a lot unlike Robert Murat
Mr Murat’s lawyer Francisco Pagarete says: “Robert has always said the witnesses were mistaken. He was not there that night”
“MR MURAT’S girlfriend Michaela Walczuch was yesterday forced to deny claims she had been named as a police suspect in the case. The Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas claimed the mother-of-one, 34, had been made an ‘arguido’, or formal suspect, alongside Mr Murat and the McCanns. Lawyer Mr Pagarete insisted he had been misquoted by the tabloid when discussing her. Police refused to confirm or deny the report”
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “Murat’s girlfriend ‘is Madeleine McCann suspect’”
“The Portuguese newspaper 24 Horas reported that Michaela Walczuch, 32, was made an arguida after a witness claimed to have seen her with a small girl two days after four-year-old Madeleine went missing last May”
He is an arguido. She is an aguida
“A spokesman for the Portuguese police said yesterday that she had ‘no information’ about Miss Walczuch being made an official suspect”
Or not…
“ARE spin doctors taking over the world? - The rise and rise of the profession is not confined to politics: even the McCann family, campaigning to find their daughter Madeleine, sought the help of a former BBC journalist, Clarence Mitchell, to manage their publicity”
DAILY MIRROR: “ NEW LEAD ON MADDY”
British tourist Gail Cooper says she saw a “mystery man hanging around Madeleine McCann’s holiday flat just days before she vanished”. Like Paul Gordon did
Ms Cooper say: “He was horrible looking man , really creepy, unkempt and dirty. He definitely wasn’t Portuguese. He scared me”
Is there more than one creepy man in Praia da Luz? Another oddball?
Says Cooper: “I’m sure this man had something to do with Madeleine’s disappearance”
THE SCOTSMAN: “New claims on blood in McCann’s hire car
“Blood traces found in the hire car used by Kate and Gerry McCann were from their missing daughter Madeleine, according to a Portuguese newspaper”
IRISH INDEPENDENT: “Please don’t make this into another Maddy’”
Amy Fitzpatrick is missing. She is Irish. Her mother lives in Spain. Amy is 15. she went missing as she walked home on New Year’s Day from a friend’s house where she was babysitting in Calahonda near Mijas in southern Spain
“Outside Amy’s home, a gated development called Riviera Del Sol, just outside Fuengirola, children played in the shrubland, oblivious to the fact a teenager had vanished nearby without a trace. Some poked through shrubbery, others rode their bikes. It was a very different scene to that when Madeleine McCann disappeared last summer in Portugal, when locals and ex-pats joined the search to try and find the missing girl. But the family does not want a repeat of the publicity which has surrounded her case. ‘Please don’t turn this into a circus,’ a family spokesman said last night. ‘Don’t make it another Maddy. Let the police do their job’”
There is only one Madeleine McCann – Her story so far
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January 8th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
re : the kate or gerry did it discussion earlier-
Does anyone believe that G McC would risk his career to cover for Kate?
January 8th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
731 chenier
how many resignations were there, if you know, and did you put up a link? Sorry, I am in and out of the office today….
January 8th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
477 can’t say no
“[..}Anyway ,someone here ,sugested if i wanted a good fight , i would have Peter O for that”
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I’m shocked CSN, I only offered you to post the link Peter O offered me
January 8th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
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Jez Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Massive ‘MADDIE THE MOVIE’ splash over whole front page of tonight’s London Evening Standard. This will backfire very badly for the MCs amongst the previously neutral. How could they get this so, so wrong. Looking forward to seeing tomorrow’s press.
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Brilliant, isn’t it?
I had a late lunch with someone who spends much of his time in France, and is thus mostly immune to the media deluge ; he’d bought the Standard and could not believe that anyone with allegedly top notch PR could make a mistake of that magnitude.
My theory is that they are really, really, really desperate to divert attention from the resignations from the Fund Board…
January 8th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Massive ‘MADDIE THE MOVIE’ splash over whole front page of tonight’s London Evening Standard. This will backfire very badly for the MCs amongst the previously neutral. How could they get this so, so wrong. Looking forward to seeing tomorrow’s press.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Hi again,
Any ideas where I might find the article when it was reported kate was in the hairdressers and gerry came and dragged her out because the kids were playing up and he was really pissed off as he was in the middle of his tennis coaching.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
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Remigius Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
706 chenier
It’s true. To be found “not guilty” is hardly the same as “being innocent!”
O.J. Simpson remains a case in point.
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Yep; it’s always important to bear that one in mind.
It is advisable to bear in mind that although K, and presumably G, were clearly coached in the English case-law, their position is, in fact, much worse than Angela Cannings was.
There was no evidence, of any kind, that Angela Cannings was anything but a loving and caring mother.
There was no trace of direct physical or mental abuse.
There was no trace of neglect.
‘the appellant invited us to consider a number of other factors which, again in a common sense way, were relevant. No-one doubted that each of these babies was a wanted child, blessed with love and affection and care from both parents. There was no suggestion of ill temper, inappropriate behaviour, ill-treatment, let alone violence, at any time with any one of the four children. ‘
The McCanns could not produce that kind of evidence to a court…
January 8th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
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catkidd Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
agh.. guys nicole kidman has a rare porcelain look what you want is the drugged up ghaunt look so what blonde addicts are in hollywood
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I think Felicity Huffman for Kate.
Still thinking on Gerry and Clarry.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Roy Keane to play Gerry in his first major acting role.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
agh.. guys nicole kidman has a rare porcelain look what you want is the drugged up ghaunt look so what blonde addicts are in hollywood
January 8th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
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Julie Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Comment coming thru??
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Mods and admin
Julie can you not post for an hour or so, we are all cooking/eating, and away from pc, sorry
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Ok sorry, won’t post again tonight, going to build a puzzle now!
January 8th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Catherine Tate for Kate - am I bovvered? Does my face look bovvered?
January 8th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
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thatpoorpriest Says:
Thank you. Off to search.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
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Remigius Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
711 Ciara-Louise
How about Hugh Grant, without the stutter……………………………..but with a pink shirt. Lol
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many happy returns for your birthday, shall sort out cake later
January 8th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
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Ciara-Louise Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
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Remigius Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
671 Tony Bennett
Casting? How about Billy Bob Thornton for Dr. Gerry, and jennifer Aniston for Dr. Kate?
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Any suggestions for Clarrie the Clown….
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Keith Harris and Orville?
January 8th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
711 Ciara-Louise
How about Hugh Grant, without the stutter…
January 8th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Comment coming thru??
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Mods and admin
Julie can you not post for an hour or so, we are all cooking/eating, and away from pc, sorry
January 8th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
671 tony Bennett
Or perhaps Alec Baldwin as Dr. Gerry. Baldwin has played a slick doc before, up to no good, with considerable success. I do believe Nicole Kidman was his patient. and Kidman is certainly gaunt enough to play Kate. A reprise of their evil, evil roles….
January 8th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
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Remigius Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
671 Tony Bennett
Casting? How about Billy Bob Thornton for Dr. Gerry, and jennifer Aniston for Dr. Kate?
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Any suggestions for Clarrie the Clown….
January 8th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
706 chenier
It’s true. To be found “not guilty” is hardly the same as “being innocent!”
O.J. Simpson remains a case in point.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
671 Tony Bennett
Casting? How about Billy Bob Thornton for Dr. Gerry, and jennifer Aniston for Dr. Kate?
January 8th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
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catkidd
MR BENNETT who do you think they will get to play you
Terry Nutkin?
January 8th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
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BabyJane Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
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Meejician Says:
But those who saw and see her as harmless weren’t reading the subtexts.
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Who wasn’t reading the subtexts? Me? Do I come across that naive?
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Not at all BJ! You come across as brilliantly sussed! I’m talking about the Maria fan club………..
January 8th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
422 RedRooster Says: January 8th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
419 Ferdinand Says: January 8th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
404 noseycow Says:
Edit….
gerry is not a child ……..but he is a “fuckin liar”
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I suspect he may be doing rather more of one than the other… in my opinion of course!
January 8th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
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Tony Bennett Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Be that as it may, two juries have now failed to agree a verdict and the original guilty verdict against him was later nullified as ‘unsafe’. Which means he must be innocent.
Innocent until proven guilty.
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No.
As Lord Justice Judge remarked:
‘Nowadays, we read and hear much about a new concept, “found innocent”: that is not a verdict known to the law. ‘
January 8th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
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Slyfox Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Can anyone point me in the direction of Gerry’s “confession”. The one where he talks about people doing something in the heat of the moment and regret. Was that in his blog?
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yes, it was in Gerry’s blog, some time ago, possibly the 100 or 200 day mark. It was a special day anyway. Asking for the “kidnapper” to do the right thing, and own up. At the time I thought - yes that would apply to you two too!
January 8th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
477 can’t say no Says: January 8th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
CSN
Think Peter O isfully au fait with all the facts that are known about that case, and was enlightening .a .n other
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I used the Peter O post ,coz , i didn’t had time to read the oyher posters.
Anyway ,someone here ,sugested if i wanted a good fight , i would have Peter O for that
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debate, discussion, whech even when you agree with someone can still be enlightening
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However, if it is “just” an argument you after, this Monty Python classic sketch comes highly recommended!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y05EmK66Gsk
January 8th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
72 catkidd
I hope the case leaves a lot more positives than the negatives. It has the ability to be a landmark legal case and a case to set precedents in the way cases are dealt with. It’ll set new standards in forensics and international co-operation between police forces. It’s one of those cases to make a big mark in history books and yes, I applaud Tony for doing the right thing and grabbing the bull by the horns.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
MR BENNETT who do you think they will get to play you, as they cant end the movie like they did the search.as you do play a significant role.you were the first to publicly oppose them.go after them if you will.or do they think people actually believe they went on searching.good night to all
January 8th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
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Ade Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
535 Salomon ES
i assumed the resignations were a direct result of making the decision to go for the film…
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I think the McCanns would like people to believe that…