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 7:57 pm
Beckham have “Goldenballs” ?
He is Mr. Brown fwend ?
January 8th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
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Ade Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
777 chenier
i think el comico had already been rumbled by the govt as a complete tosser.
he just used this pantomime as a way of getting back his “profile” - as explained in the last “extras” episode so cleverly by ricky gervais
god only knows what will happen when the hacks he has been threatening are allowed their revenge…
should be fun and good sport
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That will be excellent fun; I do look forward to seeing him put through the wringer.
One of the most obvious points is that Clarrie pumps this stuff out, always with a little proviso added at the end of the day; today it has been the acknowledgement that they can’t enter into anything like a movie until their arguido status has been lifted.
‘A film about the McCanns’ search for their daughter could use a similar format, but only if Mr and Mrs McCann were formally cleared as suspects.’
And, of course, the movie is pure spin, to distract attention from the resignations:
‘A spokesman for Darlow Smithson Productions, which made Touching The Void, said: “Darlow Smithson had a preliminary meeting with representatives of the McCanns about the possibility of an observational documentary following the ongoing search for Madeleine.
“Discussions are still at a very early stage and the issue of money has never been raised.”
In short, Clarrie want this put over as yet another example of the McCanns’ selfless desire to raise money just so that Madeleine can be found…
January 8th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
CSN,
And you said you would soon ask me to post it.
So may be now?
Here you go girl :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y05EmK66Gsk
January 8th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Beckham in Downing Street for secret meeting with Brown
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=506883&in_page_id=1770
Mmmm
January 8th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Better , Garth that some pro-mccoins here
January 8th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
January 8th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
786 can’t say no Says:
xxx
732
Totje
When did you post that ?????
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Sorry had to feed the puppy and MrT. Soon off to a birthday party.
Posted that a couple of days ago when you said you wanted a fight
January 8th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
777 chenier
i think el comico had already been rumbled by the govt as a complete tosser.
he just used this pantomime as a way of getting back his “profile” - as explained in the last “extras” episode so cleverly by ricky gervais
god only knows what will happen when the hacks he has been threatening are allowed their revenge…
should be fun and good sport
January 8th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
732
Totje
When did you post that ?????
January 8th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
for me there is only one choice for the fragrant couple:
John and Mary from the craggy island shop in father ted
played by
Patrick Drury and Rynagh O’Grady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq1UKHhV5QM
January 8th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
fraudulent slip “mega tive” but might be very fitting.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
772
Tony Bennett
and
764
Stickler Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
“I expect everything has been said about “Maddy The Movie” already. Another coup for Clarrie. The Daily Mail comments (my barometer of public opinion) seem to be almost 100% negative, which is a pretty impressive result”
The more money that has been thrown at public relations the more public opinion has dropped , at my last estimation it was 92% megative and that was before the film announcement.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
756
Vera
Hahaha
January 8th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
755
Will
January 8th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
724 - Julie
If you’re bored with that puzzle, I’ve had my tea and am ready to fish you out of the Spam folder if need be
January 8th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
I still think that that General Medical Council should review its policy about allowing suspects back to work! In any other job they would have been suspended until they had been cleared. It is very alarming to know that he can still “treat” patients.IMO
January 8th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Ciara-Louise
happy birthday from ade
January 8th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
749
Jez Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
731 Chenier
You could well be right. I’ve always felt there to be very precise method in CM’s apparent madness. He’s demonstrated what an artform media manipulation now is. This, however, is puzzling. Perhaps the wheels are really starting to come off bigtime. Just wait until they are having to face a released, offensive press.
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I think he was just as desperate for a job as the McCanns were desperate for someone to keep nasty questions away from them.
Being the previous Prime Minister’s hack is not something that works for you under a new regime.
I suspect that part of the reason the media are still supportive is that it really does make them look like fools if they have to admit that the fragrant ones really do smell of something other than sanctity…
January 8th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
772
Tony Bennett
Thank You Mr. Tony B.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Back
Didn’t read the other posts
I would like to see K. and G ,playing themselves in the movie.
They have been training for that
January 8th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Gerry should be played by Mr Tracy (thunderbirds)
January 8th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Somewhere on Youtube somebody commented on Clarence Mitchell’s “Kate does cry”-interview and said he was like David Brent on it. So maybe Ricky Gervais could play Mitchell on the “Maddie-Movie”.
“Kate does cry”:
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=1XPvKclJn6w
January 8th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
OFF THE FENCE re ‘MADDIE THE MOVIE’
This comment is typical among many on the ‘Mirror Forums’ tonight.
I agree with those who interpret this ["We may co-operate in making a film"] as a desperate diversionary tactic from the resignation of at least half of the Trustees from the Find Madeleine Fund, from people [the McCanns anbd Clarence Mitchell] who are barely able to think straight:
QUOTE - PART SNIPPED
Actually, I’ve never considered myself a “Pro” or “Anti”. I have just tried to fit a theory to the facts, such as we understand them, and not the other way around. So after several periods of wavering back and forth, I really felt that the McCanns were not involved in the disappearance or death of Madeleine.
I have to hold my hands up and say that today’s news, vis-a-vis a potential film and/or book deal, has left me stunned.
I think it’s crass and degrading to Madeleine’s memory and will not serve the McCann’s well. Many people who have been supportive of them will be horrified to think that they could collaborate on a project to put this story onto the big screen, when we don’t even know yet what has happened to the child.
If an independent film-maker had proposed a similar project, I would have lambasted them for their insensitivity and their cashing in on an ongoing tragedy. So, I must do the same in this case and I believe that this will be the McCanns’ undoing.
If…they are so desperate for money to continue the search for Madeleine, they should first sell their house, borrow from family and anyone and everyone, whatever it takes, rather than prostitute this terrible story to the Hollyweird money-men.
I predict that the headlines tomorrow will not be about the blood found, other witnesses emerging and so on. Every tabloid will lead on ‘Madeleine: The Movie”. And that’s scandalous.
I still have an open mind about what happened to that little girl, but the parents have lost my sympathy. And by the way, I would not dream of seeing the film.
UNQUOTE
January 8th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Stickler - this forum seems to have lost some significant posters today (Garth et al) i wonder why?
January 8th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
The movie - Charles Dance as GM - it’s the ‘bad smell’ look
January 8th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
729 GF - i’d not heard this story before - you could try searching the mirror forums - they seem to know lots about this case
sorry
January 8th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Hi All……..
Hows about Punch and Judy to play the whole cast.
They could play at a theatre near you! And we could pelt them with rotten turnips.
That’s the way to do it.
Or……..Sooty and Sweep and Soooo (M.Corbett with his fist up their botties)…..
Or……..Bungle, Jeffrey and Zippy - Rainbow.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
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noseycow Says:
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?”
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No.
Problem is, nowadays people actually expect both parents to be fulfilling the parental role, and the chances of sloughing it off as all Kate’s fault are restricted.
At least she didn’t discuss poisoning Madeleine with a neighbour…
January 8th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Paul O’Grady as Gordon Brown
January 8th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
747
Vera Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
How about Keith Chegwin to play Clarence!
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Great choice! Looks a lot like him.