
Madeleine McCann: The Gardener Questioned, Marcos Correia Cries Rape And Kelsey Lynn Kudla Says
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE: BRITISH ODD-JOB MAN QUIZZED”
A new suspect?
“An anonymous email sent to Portuguese detectives claimed that Daniel Groom was spotted lurking in an alley close to the McCanns’ apartment on the night Madeleine vanished”
The paper says he looks not too unlike the man seen walking from the holiday complex holding a child. You know, that man with no face…
Says Mr Groom: “I think I am being framed. I am the victim of a smear campaign by someone with a grudge against me… During the week two detectives had arrived in town and begun asking friends about my whereabouts. I rang them after they left a message with a friend. I met them in a car park in Praia da Luz… They were two detectives from the Lisbon area, a good cop and a bad cop. One guy was quite small and smoked a cigar. The other guy was really fat, wore girly sunglasses and kept looking around him all the time”
A good cop? We know all about the bad cops (see the Sun). But this good cop..?
They showed him the email. It went:
“Is it a coincidence that this man started working as a gardener in the area and a child went missing?
“Maybe he walked through the car park at the front of the McCanns’ apartment and a little way down the dark alley between the two buildings where he could see and probably hear that the McCanns were there.
“After that maybe he listened at the window of the McCanns’ apartment for any sign that someone such as a babysitter was there. No television…nothing.
“Did this man initially see the McCanns and Madeleine whilst working on an empty apartment/villa and note that the children were left alone? Did he then come back to watch the McCanns when it was dark and not during daylight hours?”
This is front-page news…
Says Groom: “After a few minutes they said they thought it was all b******t. They said if they needed to talk to me again they would, but they thought they were barking up the wrong tree”
A gardening joke to end. Mr Groom may survive his ordeal
“KEEP LOOKING FOR HER, BEGS GRANDAD” – Says Brian Healey: “There has been so much that has been said and written, much of it untrue and hurtful, but so often it seems to me as if the only really important person in all this has been forgotten – and that’s Madeleine”
Indeed. ‘Nuff said…
“Some people don’t seem to want to know about the real Kate”
As we say, ‘nuff said…
THE SUN: “’Paedo dumped Maddie in lake’”
“MADELEINE McCann was raped and killed within 48 hours of being snatched then thrown in a reservoir, a Portuguese lawyer claimed yesterday. Human rights solicitor Marcos Aragao Correia said underworld sources tipped him off on May 6, three days after the tot vanished in Praia da Luz”
May 6?
Correia says he told the police. He then told Metodo 3, the McCanns’ private detectives. Correia says Madeleine’s body was in a reservoir with a small beach and showers for campers, late identified as the Barragem do Arade reservoir
Remerb when X marked the spot - “Vermoedelijke Vindplaats”
“KATE dad: Back off my daughter” – Says Brian Healy: “Some people don’t seem to want to know about the real Kate. She is such a warm and caring person, as well as being intelligent. But you can’t win because people say, ‘He would say that, he’s her father’”
Why would we care? A child is missing, why is it important we like Kate McCann?
“READERS in fury at ’sick stunt’”
“SUN readers bombarded our MySun discussion forums yesterday to vent their disgust following our revelations that an agency is ready to hire out a Maddie lookalike”
“LOOKALIKE mum: Let us help” – “The tearful mum of a tiny lookalike who hopes to play Madeleine McCann in a film insisted last night: ‘We only want to help’. American Kris Pfister, whose three-year-old Kelsey Lynn Kudla bears a stunning resemblance to the missing tot, added: “I feel for Maddie’s family — I am on their team”
Well, no, you’re not. But you are in the papers. Fame beckons? Tonight, Matthew, I’m going to be…
Quote of the week: “Since people started telling her she looked like Maddie, Kelsey’s been following the news. She cries when she hears she’s still missing. When we read there may be a documentary or film on the hunt, she said, ‘Mummy, I could play Madeleine. I look just like her’”
Here’s Kels-seeeey. (Come, on, Kelsey, you’re on… Smile!)
“People say that I look like Maddie. She lost her mummy and daddy. I want to help bring her home”
DAILY STAR: “MADDIE WAS ‘SNATCHED AND MURDERED’”
“Madeleine McCann was abducted, raped, murdered and thrown in a reservoir, a lawyer claimed last night”
It’s Marcos Correia again. Who told him? He will not say. But the paper notes: “He spent three weeks at the reservoir with investigators from the McCanns’ Metodo 3 agency. Last night he called on the police to search it extensively”
They have done. You can read about it here
Are these underworld figures known to Antonio Toscano?
DAILY MAIL: “Madeleine was ‘raped, murdered - and then dumped in reservoir’”
“Underworld criminals contacted a human rights lawyer on May 6, three days after the girl vanished, with details of her alleged abduction and murder, he said. But when Marcos Aragao Correia tried to tell police, he was ignored, he added”
Or not. The reservoir was searched
“PORTUGUESE police ‘want to keep Madeleine file secret for another three months’”
Says Clarence Mitchell the couple’s spokesman: “We are disappointed, but not surprised given that the police are still investigating.
“We had expected this request, however our lawyers will be examining it and once again we would urge the police to come over and interview who they want to.
“DEATH threats for woman hiring out Madeleine lookalikes” - Shona Juliet-Adams, owner of Juliet Adams Modelling and Talent Casting Agency, says: “”I have had threatening phone calls and death threats. I am not speaking to anybody until I have spoken to the police about my security - I received death threats”
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “McCanns suffer ‘almost inhumane’ police delay”
Kate and Gerry McCann could remain official suspects in their daughter’s disappearance for “several more months”
Clarence Mitchell says: “This is extremely disappointing. We will continue to co-operate with the Portuguese police, of course. However, the delay in resolving the case and eliminating Gerry and Kate is now becoming almost inhumane”
“BAD taste jokes need time to be funny” - An interactive humour survey at the Science Museum’s Dana centre in central London. Only seven per cent of the audience felt that a joke about Bhutto’s death was funny or amusing and only 31 per cent felt humour involving the McCanns was appropriate”
A Joke: “Dr Harold Shipman’s last meal was a curry. He said he enjoyed it but he could have murdered a nan”
FOX NEWS (USA): “Report: Agency Worker Receives Death Threats Over Madeleine McCann Look-Alikes”
“Shona Juliet-Adams, 41, whose agency offers the look-alikes for about $1,174 an hour, said she has been receiving ‘threatening phone calls and death threats’”
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January 12th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I don’t believe the story at all. ‘Underworld contacts’ is a euphemism for ‘bollox I made up’.
In the Hanratty case (it happened in 1961) there was a gangster who regularly used to appear on T.V. to say that he was the killer and now we know from the DNA that Hanratty was guilty.
(Also Hanratty himself claimed to be innocent and was hanged and his poor parents campaigned about it till they died and 2 old dears who ran a guest house in Wales swore Hanratty was staying with them on the day of the murder - which just shows that criminals will lie till the end, and eye witness reports are rubbish.)
January 12th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Peter O 313
You can’t prove any of your assertions about who/what you are any more than you can disprove that I’m not really a one eyed, one legged, transvestite hooker called Petrovia with a penchant for Twiglets whilst on the “job”!
What Peter Cook referred to as a unidexter?
January 12th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
310 jo
I didnt mean you were pro-mccann! Sorry if I gave that impression!
I do want to know, of course, but I am not sure we ever will know.
I also want the McCanns prosecuted for failing so badly in their duty of care - for the sake of millions of children, thousands in the UK especially.
Its been touted around that its acceptable behaviour and that many people abandon their children to their fate (and its luck that has prevented them from being in the palce of the McCanns).
This is awful if true and it needs to be stopped - we cannot allow the lives of children and their well-being left to be based on luck!
The McCanns have confused everything and not clearly confessed their real deep regret of their failure to protect Madeleine - they must do this or a precedent is set.
January 12th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
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Peter O Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
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Thanks for the link!
One thing that keeps on popping up is the alleged unresponsiveness of the PJ when someone has contacted them in the past about things like this one, sightings of possible abductors, etc. It is, in my opinion, not acceptable that a police force doesn’t follow up on ALL leads, no matter how distant they are from what they believe to be the proper lines of enquiry. I can’t but distrust the first PJ investigator in this case (Amaral? - can’t remember his name), but I hope that Rebelo is more diligent and gets to the bottom of this.
January 12th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Ian,
I think you might like this piece of legal commentary on why the McCann’s actions were wrong:
“it has always been the principle of this court, not to risk the incurring of damage to children which it cannot repair, but rather to prevent the damage being done.”
Lord Eldon LC, in Wellesley v Duke of Beaufort (1827) 2 Russ 1 at page 18
January 12th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
236 Daisy Says: January 12th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
230 man on a hill Says: January 12th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
225 Daisy
Edit…
And to answer your last comment, I am not catholic (I’m an atheist), I am not a doctor (I’m an Architect), I am not a child neglector (I’m an excellent mother) and I’m not racist (I have many friends of different races), etc.
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These repeated debates about who someone thinks another party is, or who someone claims to be, are largely pointless and unverifiable on an “anonymous” Internet forum.
You can’t prove any of your assertions about who/what you are any more than you can disprove that I’m not really a one eyed, one legged, transvestite hooker called Petrovia with a penchant for Twiglets whilst on the “job”!
You hold different opinions to others, I don’t agree with them, but hey that our respective prerogatives.
January 12th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
308 Jo
Good…I have 2 passports:French and Swiss…. but I have lived travelling with my parents and then alone, all my life. errr….crosscultural? I use my passports not sure if I am Frenchwoman or Swiss (or something like that!)
That was harder!
January 12th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Gloria - you are on flying form today too I see!
Karen - Goooood to hear!
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January 12th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
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Ian Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
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Ian,I am NOT pro mccann at all.I am PRO TRUTH.Thats what I am…..and I know what you are saying makes an awful lot of sense.I wont deny that.
I am just trying to understand whats the freak is going on….like all of us.
I just want justice done for madeleine.Dont you?
January 12th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
305 Karen
I always think the introduction is the key, its the plan (as Im sure you know!).
If you have completed the introduction, then presumably your argument is defined and supported and thats the hard bit!
January 12th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
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Daisy Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
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Bueno…tengo 2 pasaportes:frances y suizo….pero he vivido viajando con mis padres y luego sola,toda la vida.Soy transcultural.Solo utilizo mis pasaportes,no se ya si soy francesa o suiza o lo que sea…..jeje
January 12th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
255 Ade
Two ugly young ladies from Fordham
Went out for a walk till it bored ‘em
And on their way back
A sex maniac
Jumped out from a hedge and ignored ‘em.
January 12th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
303 Daisy
Many thanks. I speak Spanish but I am Chilean, 22 years in Australia. You are Spanish?
January 12th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Miss Match
Not bad. I’ve got the outline and the first paragraph done and that’s the hard bit - now I just have to keep typing and hope it’s done by Monday.
I’ve just stopped for a cuppa. Honest.
January 12th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
300 jo
Stay calm, relax….think beautiful thoughts….
Just think for a moment about this graphic report…why so graphic? Would someone really ring a lwyer and say these things in that way?
In my uninformed opinion, this is a McCann (probably M3) spin and it reveals how low life they are.
Funny how quick pro-mccanners are to believe this kind of report isnt it!
January 12th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
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jo Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
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Jo,
Muchas gracias. Si, hablo espanol, soy Chilena pero vivo hace 22 anos en Australia. Y tu, eres Espanola?
January 12th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
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Daisy Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
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Comare and all…I just dont know anymore.This case is litterally gripping my guts.
January 12th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
…anybody who wants to have a good laff???
Norman Wisdon aka Pitkin just started on BBC. He’s magic.
Then i’m off to the sports bar/big screen to watch the match at 3.
Anyone fancy a pint and an argument over footy welcome to join me
January 12th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
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Peter O Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
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Peter,I am just torn,tired,disgusted,full of doubts and everything I can possibly can think of,that is if I am able to think about it all correctly
January 12th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
296 All rubbish Daisy, dont fret. No abduction, no abductor!
Im sure most people prefer to think that Madeleine died in an accident and with her family.
Well, great news! Looks like the evidence is all pointing in that direction!
January 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Karen - Not only am I on flying form today, but I also appear to be psychic. I was just thinking that since you were not on the forum, you were being very good and working on your essay. Then, blow me, you appear! How is it going?
January 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
286 Daisy Says: January 12th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
276 jo Says:January 12th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Good morning evrybody……I just got up,more or less and then I read this:”Denuncian que a Maddie la violaron y tiraron a un lago ”
“They report “they” raped madeleine and threw her in a lake……”
Noooooooooo,please,no….what do you think? an other scam?an other false lead?an other disgusting news.I am sick in the stomack.Nothing to do with spanish friday nights…..
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Hola Jo,
do you have a link to that (even in Spanish) please?
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Jo/Daisy – It’s the daily mail article…. Disgusting content and very likely more spin or someone jumping on the “money” band wagon, in my opinion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=507782&in_page_id=1770
January 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
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jo Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
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Daisy Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Hi Daisy
Did you have time to look up at G”s background etc….Ferdinand has a theory very similar to mine…..its all so weird.Dont know what to think anymore and now,the portuguese lawyer saying madeleine has been raped and thrown like a piece of rubbish….por fucking dios!!!!
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Jo,
yes, I had a look at Comare’s website. Didn’t read all, but got the idea. As you say, it is all very complex and I can’t figure out what the real truth is behind this, even with what you have just posted about possible rape, etc. How horrible if it is true.
January 12th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Congratulations all round then?
January 12th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
miss match - no, but i think 30 minutes in the odd sock drawer is in order
bye
January 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
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Daisy Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
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Daisy, did you not see Anorak’s comment above on the Mail article:
‘DAILY MAIL: “Madeleine was ‘raped, murdered - and then dumped in reservoir’”
“Underworld criminals contacted a human rights lawyer on May 6, three days after the girl vanished, with details of her alleged abduction and murder, he said. But when Marcos Aragao Correia tried to tell police, he was ignored, he added”
Or not. The reservoir was searched’
January 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
no, I haven’t!
January 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
284 chenier
I know, I know. Brilliant fun!
January 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
The McCanns are media addicted (or at least Gerry is) which means we only have to wait until they do or say something so crass that even their fans get fed up with them.
January 12th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
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Daisy Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 1:25
El abogado portugués de derechos humanos Marcos Aragao Correia sostuvo que la niña británica Madeleine McCann que desapareció el 3 de mayo pasado en Portugal, fue violada y 48 horas más tarde arrojada muerta a un lago, informó hoy la prensa británica.
Correia señaló, de acuerdo a lo reproducido por la agencia italiana Ansa, que fuentes de la investigación informaron esa situación el 6 de mayo pasado, tres días después de que se produjo la desaparición de la niña en un hotel del balneario en Praia da Luz, en el sur de Portugal.
El letrado reportó la información a la policía, pero dijo que los detectives que atienden en el caso parecen no estar interesados en esa teoría.
Por el contrario, los agentes continúan acusando a los padres de Madeleine, los médicos británicos Kate y Gerry McCann.
Tras la negativa, Correia decidió contactar a los detectives de la agencia privada española Método 3, que habían sido empleados por los McCann.
En ese sentido, precisó al diario inglés The Sun que sus fuentes le indicaron que el cuerpo de Madeleine se encuentra en un lago con una pequeña playa y duchas para un camping.
El abogado, luego de viajar a la región del Algarve, consideró que el lago es el que está en la reserva Barragem do Arade, a unos 65 kilómetros de Praia da Luz.
El jurista dejó en señal de respeto un ramo de flores y una foto de Madeleine a orillas del lago.
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just an hour ago or so…do you understand/speak spanish then?