
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 13th, 2008 at 12:08 am
totje - you spoiling my fun
January 13th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Noseycow,
Try a different browser . . . firefox rather than internet explorer, for example
” the site still isn’t working for me btw. I tried typing in the URL, etc. “
January 13th, 2008 at 12:07 am
848 Wanderer Says: January 13th, 2008 at 12:01 am
843
I must be mistaken, Peter. I read that as the whole ordeal was to be printed in OK!
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Oh, I wouldn’t be surprised, sad to say.
January 13th, 2008 at 12:07 am
re site - i tell you its been discontinued - directors of the fund are leaving - dna results confirm what we’ve long suspected - the boys are back in town (pj).
how much for me to take a trip to rothely church in the morning to see what i can see?????
January 13th, 2008 at 12:05 am
Noseycow, from the blog:
quote
Gerry’s Blog/Diary
Day 254 - 12/01/2008
It was no surprise for us to learn last night that the secrecy of the files in to Madeleine’s disappearance is to be maintained for another three months. All of the arguidos retain their status. We are extremely disappointed as we feel this uncertainty hinders the most important thing: searching for Madeleine.
We are utterly dismayed to read tonight further stories about a film that are simply untrue. Kate and I thought that we had totally quashed such unfounded rubbish several days ago. At no point have we considered a movie about Madeleine’s disappearance. Nor would we sanction another documentary purely about Madeleine’s abduction, as there is no new information since the Panorama programme aired. We would consider a programme that would treat the serious issues we have faced since Madeleine’s disappearance. Clearly Europe has a lot to learn from the US and there has to be change in practice and legislation about how missing children are investigated. We will continue to campaign to effect change in Europe, in the hope that it will become a safer place for our children.
I have now been back at work full-time for the last 10 days. I would like to thank all of the staff at Glenfield Hospital, and the patients, for making this as easy as possible for me. Kate and I remain very busy with the campaign, supported by friends, family and many ‘new’ friends! We are regularly in contact with friends in Praia da Luz who continue to hold a vigil every week to pray for Madeleine. They are an amazing group of people who continue to provide us with ‘força’ and ‘esperança’ (strength and hope).
Unquote
January 13th, 2008 at 12:03 am
did kate appear at the opening concert to celebrate Liverpools year as european city of culture. i heard that they were getting everyone who is famous from liverpool to take part and that clarrie suggested that she ‘cut the tape’ for them lol
January 13th, 2008 at 12:03 am
840 Totje Says: January 12th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Noseycow, I can access the site. May be you should try again or clear cookies?
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I can’t get to the site either…
January 13th, 2008 at 12:03 am
845
noseycow,
Sorry I seldom reed it, so I only checked if the website was down.
I’ll go and have a look. BBS
January 13th, 2008 at 12:01 am
843
Peter O,
The elimination?????
I wonder whether CM is misquoted or he made a slip of the tongue?
January 13th, 2008 at 12:01 am
843
I must be mistaken, Peter. I read that as the whole ordeal was to be printed in OK!
January 12th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
844
What is the hold up? mind you it is making the mccs nervous and showing their true colours
January 12th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
840
I think most are wary of clearing cookies after the holiday.
841
I do hope so, the site still isn’t working for me btw. I tried typing in the URL, etc. I’m not that fond of that site anyway.
January 12th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
thanks totje - any update on the blog or news from the fund?
January 12th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
834
wtf,
psst, I don’t want to disappoint you, but exactly how many months have they told us that?
I’ll believe it when I see it [okay, telly will do]
January 12th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1300395,00.html?f=vg
Gerry and Kate McCann’s spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said it was “almost inhumane” that they were still seen as possibly having been involved in the youngster’s disappearance.
Mr Mitchell said categorically that the couple have “absolutely no plans” to return to Portugal at the moment.
But he emphasised they wanted to co-operate with police.
He said: “Gerry and Kate, more than anyone, are anxious that the police complete their inquiries and eliminate them as soon as possible.
“If that means the police coming to Britain in the near future to re-interview Gerry and Kate and their friends, (they) are very keen for that to happen.”
So, to summarise:
We’re not going back to Portugal anywhen soon, though we are keen to co-operate with the police.
We’d like to be eliminated (no sick jokes please) as soon as possible.
And, per chance the police should arrive in the UK in the near future, that’s OK.
Now, I wonder which of those comments the Comical One was actually preparing the ground for?
January 12th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
841 noseycow
where did you hear the rumour?
January 12th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
wanderer - have faith - rumour has it that the pj are already in the uk
January 12th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Noseycow, I can access the site. May be you should try again or clear cookies?
January 12th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
837 wanderer
yeah true! it is so disheartening
January 12th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
thanks wanderer
peter o
absolutely agree with mrs peter o
January 12th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
834
Yeah, but wtf, they’ve “urged” interviews before and things like that, so I’ve lost faith.
January 12th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
832
noseycow,
I’ll try right away.
833
Peter O,
Multitasking, feminin expertise!
January 12th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
830
I hope the visit was nice, Totje. I think everything is just being rehashed again.
Oh, and no, nosey cow, I can’t seem to open the Find Madeleine site.
January 12th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
830 totje
yeah i have seen on sky news headlines that the mccs are urging re interviews, must mean they know pj are on their way
January 12th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
826 RedRooster Says: January 12th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
where the hell is everybody ???
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Well, I’m sort of here. However, doing several other things at the same time, which of course is impossible for us guys… Well, so says my wife.
January 12th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
no totje - everyone seems to have gone home - can you please check whether you can access the findmadeleine.com website - i can’t an just want to check -please
January 12th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
829
Noseycow, the XMas Appeal (video home page before allowing you to go to the site) seems to be messing things up (I’m still waiting to open the homepage, but I did get a page for the video, by using that cached feature).
January 12th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Okay, visitors gone, so I’m back!
What’s going on, anything important I’ve missed?
January 12th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
827
Châtelaine Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
826
RedRooster Says:
January 12th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
where the hell is everybody ???
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Gone to bed….?
Good night RRR
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oh well nite nite then
January 12th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
821 - christine - interesting about the butterfly - there appearence is often associated with ‘those who have passed over’ but usually in a reassuring way. so its odd it landed on kate - unless it was actually g ‘wot done it’
The butterfly landed on kate twice during their audience with the pope btw.
Tris - I think you may be onto something
anyone manage to connect to the official website?