
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 8:39 pm
Are these two still 39? Hasn’t either one of them had a birthday yet in nearly 9 months? Annoys me that reports refer to M as being four years old. Cut and paste - cut and paste…
January 8th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Fears police are ready to charge McCanns as investigators prepare to re-interview Tapas Nine
Last updated at 20:19pm on 8th January 2008
“The news has triggered fears detectives are ready to charge Mr and Mrs McCann”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=506889&in_page_id=1770
January 8th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=486798&in_page_id=1770
Lillith 805 perhaps someone could put yours and this together to get a better picture of the fragrant duo having an “off” day.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/colomom/Kate.jpg
Kate’s anguish and heartbreak are written all over her delicate face when the devoted Mother , 39, learned Nicole Kidman refused the crystal meth Kate recommended before shooting Madeleine: the movie.
The part- time GP added: “I wanted Skeletor to play me cuz it is the skinniest person on earth but we could not book him. Now the next best thing would be Kidman on crack but she is so selfish…in fact I’ll SUE!”
January 8th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
804
Ian
I think Mr Bean could do a good job or what about Phil Cool? He had a bendy face didn’t he?
For a real good laugh and bit of satire…click my name.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
805
lilith
Looks more like he escaped from Rampton on that photo!
January 8th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
807 Jolie - good point.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
813
Vera Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
This spinning lark must be catching on……..
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As Ade would say, tremendous fun!
January 8th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
805 lilith…
As it all comes crumbling down… Last days in the bunker with Gerry…
January 8th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
811
Trismegistus
This?
Pensions secretary Peter Hain apologises for not declaring thousands in leadership bid donations
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=506722&in_page_id=1770
January 8th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
805 lilith
it has been suggested that his ’sex-face’ could be even worse. Oh, the horror.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
This spinning lark must be catching on……..
….”Mr Mitchell said other directors might also want to “rotate” their position on the board, as it had created a lot more work than was originally anticipated in May”.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=506750&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
January 8th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
799
Maz Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
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Yes, we clocked that earlier today; there’s been an intensive Clarrie fication going on…
January 8th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
810… I am referring to the movie news
January 8th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Apologies if this has already been discussed…
If you read the articles closely, it is clear that these talks happened before Christmas. There were a few hints in the media at the time about the McCanns needing to charge the media for unreleased footage of Madeleine, interviews, etc, and a hint about some book deals. (That’s when “Kate McCann’s Big Book of Child Care” first sprang into being.)
So… why is it headline news everywhere today? If they are trying to bury something else, it must be egregious indeed, because this news has got everyone I know hot under the collar… even those who couldn’t care less or were vaguely pro-McCann previously.
Does anyone know how this story originated? I seriously doubt that it was the Comical One starting it… his comments on it are far too lame.
Is there… dare one hope… some actual, real investigative journalism going on?
January 8th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
805 Lilith -Horrible picture- his mouth is dropping just like Gordies
January 8th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
805

lilith
Almost fall from my chair
January 8th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
If Gerry were perceived as a nice fellow and responsible parent, we’d all think he looks just fine, I think. Well, at least I do. It’s what I suspect is in the inside of his mind and heart that is repulsive.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
805
lilith
That is one scary photo!!
January 8th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/colomom/GerryMonster.jpg
Gerry is furious after ludicrous claims they cannot dig up Hitler to play Gerry in Madeleine: the movie.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
803 Jolie
But Gerry is an ugly twat and his heads all mishapen, cant we have someone more like him, like, errr…
Nicole would have to lose weight - but Im sure she could act like a hard faced bitch from Liverpool.
I wonder who will play the cadaver dogs?
Lucky Peter Sellers isnt around or Im sure he’d have been playing someone in the PJ!
January 8th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Someone thought Alec Baldwin would make a good Gerry (and he probably would) but I think he could do a good job playing Clarence, as he can act the buffoon pretty well, too.
Did you know that Nicole Kidman was mentioned in the media as a possibility for playing Kate in an article weeks ago? I can’t find it easily now, since both a Maddie movie possibility and Nicole Kidman’s pregnancy are hot in the news right now.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
785 Ade…
hear, hear!
January 8th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
The important news being swamped by the movie ‘cover’…
“Mr Mitchell confirmed reports that one of the directors of the fund, former GMTV presenter Esther McVey, had resigned from the board, but denied it was because of any rift with the McCanns.
He said she wanted to concentrate on her role as a Conservative parliamentary candidate and was also about to start studying for a demanding MBA qualification.
“She has a lot of commitments and realised she could not devote the time she wanted to the fund,” he said.
“She felt the New Year would be a good time for the change, and spoke to Kate about her decision.
“Kate and Gerry were disappointed but they both understood her reasons. She is an old friend of Kate’s and continues to support the fund.”
She wants to be an MP and she wants her MBA - all a bit more important than the child now then!
I hope to god people remember her role in this before they ever let her run our country!
January 8th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Madeleine: Portuguese prosecutors seek to re-interview Tapas Nine
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=506889&in_page_id=1770
January 8th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
“What would really help is for the arguido status to be lifted and then a wave of sympathy would lead to more money coming in.”
Says it all really!
Has anyone noticed how the Evening Standard article published today differs from that currently on the Daily Mail website. Among other things, this comment has been removed!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=506750&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
January 8th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
794 /791 Brown meets “Goldenballs”- Peculiar. Apparently though PM Brown has literally “Got Carter” - Stephen Carter is now the PMs new principal PR expert- who will attempt to steer Brown away from the scandals which dogged him in 2007!No more helping Brits abroad whose daughters disappear!
January 8th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Stevo
I don’t know if you’re on here now but you mentioned earlier today that you thought ‘Stig’ was GM. I got curious and looked in archives and found this:
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“The Real Stig says:
November 1st 2007 at 10:41 pm
1063 Ian
1057 Stig
Whats your motive for supporting child neglect anyway? Is there something you arent telling us?
Reply:
There are so many things I am not telling you - you could hardly begin to imagine!
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If you’re right Stevo, that’s very shocking!
January 8th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
“A Downing Street spokesman said the meeting was a “genuinely private matter” and that Beckham had been invited at the behest of Mr Brown.”
Would have liked to be a fly on the wall at that meeting
January 8th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
792
Totje
Sorry ,but since my pc crashed i’m not able to see “youtub”