Madeleine McCann: McCann Incorporated, McCann Ink And Going Back To Portugal
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
SUNDAY MIRROR: “Tapas 7 in despair at all the ‘lies’”
They say they are also called the Tapas Nine? And the Sangria Seven
“The Tapas Seven are “in meltdown” over the failure of Portuguese police to make any meaningful progress in the hunt for Madeleine”
“IT’S OUR D-DAY - McCanns return to Portugal - EXCLUSIVE Kate and Gerry set date in April for Algarve showdown They’ll tell cops: show your evidence or clear us for good”. Like that D-Day back on November?
“Despairing Kate and Gerry McCann are planning to return to Portugal for a face-to-face showdown with police who think they killed their daughter Madeleine”
They are going back. Now..?
Well, not exactly: “A close friend said the the couple were likely to go back after their ‘D-Day’ of April 11, when their three-month extension is up, and added: ‘They feel they’ve waited long enough with this cloud of suspicion hanging over them. They know their return would be very high-profile. They believe investigators do not have the evidence against them to bring charges, and their presence in Portugal would embarrass them. They’ve so far held off going back there, but they see it as their trump card”
They will go back once they have been allowed to see the police first on them
Says the paper’s source: “They see April 11 as their D-day. They have decided to give the police reasonable time to clear them, or at least open the case files so they can see the evidence against them”
That’s good of them…
FIONA Philips, of GMTV writes: “Have a heart”. Yes, that Fiona Philips
“Unbelievably, every time I write about the McCanns I get messages saying, ‘I used to like you, until you started supporting the McCanns.’ Nice, eh? So I hope you’re happy now that Kate and Gerry have blamed themselves for Madeleine’s disappearance”
Happy?
“In a list of ‘if onlys’, Gerry said: ‘I wish I’d stayed in the apartment that night.’ Now, I expect more bile on praising them for considering making a documentary on the case. Surely you can’t tell me that there’s a parent out there who wouldn’t do anything possible to find their missing child?”
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “’We pray she’ll be at party for twins’”
“Brave Kate McCann is planning a huge birthday party for her twins - and dreams missing Maddie will be there too. Kate, 39, has vowed to go ahead with the bash for Sean and Amelie even though she is still waiting for cops to quiz her again. Mother-in-law Eileen said: ‘The party’s on and it will be an even bigger one if wee Madeleine is back. All we can do is hope and pray.’ Sean and Amelie turn three on February”
Touching stuff. Gerry McCann is a “heart specialist”
MAIL ON SUNDAY: “Madeleine: No film will be made unless she’s found - alive or dead”
“Kate and Gerry McCann have been told that the proposed documentary about their daughter’s disappearance can go ahead only if she is found – alive or dead.
A source says: “It was awkward to raise but there would need to be an ending – either Madeleine being found alive or a body being discovered. If this wasn’t the case, and there was a major development after filming and editing, it could render the documentary redundant”
Or the parents or some other person or persons are charged, perhaps?
THE OBSERVER: “A good week for … a bad week for …”
“A bad week for …
“Tradition – A Lib Dem MP called Lynne Featherstone has made a bid for the limelight by reporting the monarchy to the Equality Commission because it goes in for primogeniture”
“Marcus Agius The chairman of Barclay’s was the target of £10,000 fraud”
“Good Taste - Or indeed any taste at all. A London based agency which supplies celebrity doubles has employed a small girl to rent out as Madeleine McCann. 20 per cent”
It was a “good weeks for… Washing up”
“THE Maddie story is already a soap opera, so why the moral panic over a movie? - Don’t get me wrong - nobody wants to see Maddie: The Musical. However, needs must if the McCanns want to continue trying to find out what happened to their daughter and they do, despite the devastating expense (their somewhat unproductive detective agency alone costs £50,000 a month) and the increasingly shabby odds.”
Maddie: The Musical, eh..?
THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT: “Strange case of the detectives trying to trace Madeleine”
“After a week when commercials deals were more apparent than clues, we investigate the investigators”. Why not investigate the case?
“Just when the Madeleine McCann saga couldn’t get any more agonising, along came a raft of developments last week that began to achieve what you would hope would be impossible: turning a little missing girl into an industry – Madeleine Inc. Item: a London agency hawking around various small girls as Madeleine lookalikes. Item: US television bringing a team of psychics to bear on the disappearance as part of what they no doubt hoped would be a money-spinner of a show. Item: her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, exploring the possibility of selling the book and film rights to the case”
Madeleine became a brand long ago. Brand McCann…
“Madeleine Inc bring benefits to some, but not, so far, to the girl herself or her distraught parents”
Or Madeleine Ink – see the press
THE SUNDAY TIMES: Ron Liddle writes:
“So, get yourself ready for Maddie – The Movie (PG, until you fancy nipping out for something to eat). Kate and Gerry McCann’s press spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, has confirmed that the couple met with representatives from the US entertainment company IMG before Christmas and that while nothing was agreed, the meeting had been ‘positive’. A day later Gerry McCann hastily backtracked and said no, no, they weren’t planning a movie. Who to believe? And which British actors will Hollywood cast as the parents if there is a film? Sacha Baron Cohen and Catherine Tate? Am I bovvered? Look at my face – is it bovvered? And maybe Matt Lucas as the shady-looking Robert Murat? Norman Wisdom as the Portuguese chief of police?”
Madeleine McCann: Fiction, faction and a single unbearable fact
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January 13th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Tony Bennett/Ferdinand
Yes wishful thinking on my part but also that they don’t seem to be getting on very well these days and maybe a money issue.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Ferdinand
The newspapers (I know nobody is supposed to believe anything they write) quote Phil McCann, Gill Renwick and Jon Corner (and others?) on the jemmied shutters.
If you want an answer why not say “the abductor” opened the shutters to see if the coast was clear and exited via the front door (described in first reports as “hanging open”)?
January 13th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
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Ferdinand Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
625 RedRooster Says:
“why has it been stressed that the abductor left the appartment through the shutters when it has been ascertained that no one came in or out of through these shutters. I mean why make up the “shutter thing at all” ??? What im trying to say is WHY lie about this??”
This is one of those typical cases where I dismiss the rumours about “lies” because I see no sense in this story at all.
Why should the police have ever asked Gerry about the shutters other than “Did YOU open the shutters?” They have their forensic experts who will have examined whether the shutters were jemmied or not. They were simply not interested in Gerry’s speculation should he have ever speculated. So I think there is no relevant “made up shutter thing” at all, or more precise, it was made up only by the press. The statement of Auntie Phil in an interview is no evidence for anything
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sorry matey but we both know thats bullshit, now go away and think about it ????
didnt mods and admin introduce a bullshit button or something ?? i think its needed for poor old ferdi
January 13th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
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Tinsel Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
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exactly tinsel
but what im trying to figure out is why would anyone believe this ludicrous abduction theory knowing that the mcs have lied about this shutter thing.
No one appears to be able to answer this do they?
January 13th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
625
RedRooster Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
623
Ferdinand Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
621 RedRooster Says:
“i have a serious question for anyone who believes the “abduction scenario”
any takers??? ”
Just ask.
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ok my little feathered friend i will
why has it been stressed that the abductor left the appartment through the shutters when it has been ascertained that no one came in or out of through these shutters. I mean why make up the “shutter thing at all” ??? What im trying to say is WHY lie about this??
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RedRooster,
The answer to the question (the motive) may lie in who the Shutter Lie was first told to and when. Do you know if this was first said to MW staff when the alert was raised or on the phone to family and friends back in the UK?
also, in case you’re wondering, i’m not sufficiently sold down the river to be pro…
January 13th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
625 RedRooster Says:
“why has it been stressed that the abductor left the appartment through the shutters when it has been ascertained that no one came in or out of through these shutters. I mean why make up the “shutter thing at all” ???
What im trying to say is WHY lie about this??”
This is one of those typical cases where I dismiss the rumours about “lies” because I see no sense in this story at all.
Why should the police have ever asked Gerry about the shutters other than “Did YOU open the shutters?” They have their forensic experts who will have examined whether the shutters were jemmied or not. They were simply not interested in Gerry’s speculation should he have ever speculated. So I think there is no relevant “made up shutter thing” at all, or more precise, it was made up only by the press. The statement of Auntie Phil in an interview is no evidence for anything.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
514 Jolie
387 Totje
330 Jolie
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Hi Jolie,
Thanks for your response too. If you don’t mind I’ll cut your post a bit, so this post doesn’t take too much space.
[…] they are the ones that claim they are eager to be reinterviewed by the PJ, but only if they are no longer suspects.,
If we believe the papers, you’re right, but this applies for reinterviewing in Portugal isn’t it?
[…]If they wanted to get the interviews over with, truly, they would hop on a plan and answer each and every question.
I would listen to the advice of my lawyer, especially when I’m innocent. And my lawyer might decide [he knows best] which questions I should answer and which not. They failed to protect Madeleine, they can’t protect her now, it’s best [IF innocent of everything except neglect, and remember I said assuming they already told everything they knew/know to the police] to think also about the twins.
They’re the main suspects in an investigation, for cripes sake. Where do they get off thinking they should be able to call the tunes?
Remember there’s still a third arguido [without any judgement by me whether this is right or wrong, it's a fact so far]? And may be there’s someone else suspected by the police that we don’t know of. I don’t know if they think they should be able to call the tunes. I don’t think they should be able to call the tunes. And I do agree with you that this media circus should stop. With all the “leaks” from all parties involved, and all the “made-up” stories by the journos.
However what I would want most is Madeleine to be found, preferably safe and sound. I’m afraid though, that’s an idle wish.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
no takers then hey???? says a lot ???
January 13th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
625
RedRooster Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
623
Ferdinand Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
621 RedRooster Says:
“i have a serious question for anyone who believes the “abduction scenario”
any takers??? ”
Just ask.
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ok my little feathered friend i will
why has it been stressed that the abductor left the appartment through the shutters when it has been ascertained that no one came in or out of through these shutters. I mean why make up the “shutter thing at all” ??? What im trying to say is WHY lie about this??
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My take on the open window has always been that the McCanns, in trying to cover the death of Madeleine, and as liars often will do –did not stick to one story line, but created an awkward red herring by opening the window from within.
It shows there was not much malice aforethought or time to think the consequences through. It shows a bit of hysteria on their part in an effort to create as much smoke screen and confusion as possible.
They have to be feeling ashamed of themselves, but like stubborn children they are determined to see this lie through to the end.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Its not a difficult question if you believe this theory so come on guys ????
January 13th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
ferdinand
well come on then. Cant you come up with an answer???
January 13th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
628
Leeza Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
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I can see no reference to Chaplins in the article by the Express journos; the comments you are citing are apparently by members of the general public.
There’s rather a big difference…
January 13th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
630
Sledgehammer Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Short and sweet, can someone state the known FACTS.
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care to take part my flat headed friend ? would you like to attempt to answer my recent question or is it beyond you ???
January 13th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Short and sweet, can someone state the known FACTS.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
624
Abraham Zapruder Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Pray 597
Ferdinand 604
Jo 605
Yes I think we have to take a close look at the personality of Rebelo and his obvious desire to run the case on different lines. Away went the leaks and De Sousa press briefings - Rebelo has used the secrecy laws to full effect.
And thinking about some witnesses such as the peripheral members of the T7, or the nannies, it could’ve been put to them along these lines: “You can have squad cars turning up outside your house, photojournalists and camera crews, or you can meet with us privately and in strict confidence, its up to you.”
Any key witnesses who need to be re-interviewed but who don’t want to co-operate quietly can be picked off later.
Remember it was several weeks ago now when Ripeiro (?) said they were definitely doing the re-interviews.
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Abraham Zapruder,
what you say is consistent with news reports that a decision to re-interview the parents will only be taken after others have been interviewed or re-interviewed as the case may be. which makes perfect sense to me. lots of questions over the veracity of statements could be raised along the way.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
531
chenier Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
516
Ian Says:
I’ve seen the reports on Forums of Madeleine allegedly crying for two hours on the night of 2 May, when it was also alleged that the parents were at Chaplins, not the Tapas bar.
But I can’t find anything in the press
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This excerpt from the Express may have already been provided Ian but I have not had time to read the whole forum. A link to the full article can be found at end of post.
CCTV footage from MW’s reception proves that the TAPAS 9 were, for the most part, lying about the frequency of their checks. This is considered an attempt by ALL TAPAS 9 to stall any charges of negligence. The investigation team are also aware of the attempt within the May 3rd confusion to blur the actual time and circumstances of Maddy’s disappearance.
They all did eat at Chaplin’s on May 2nd and they were contacted at Chaplin’s by an employee of MW’s with regard to the children - specifically the McCann children. This was followed up immediately upon their return to the MW complex.
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:NxrIJaQmU_wJ:express.lineone.net/posts/view/30260/Madeleine-probe-file-to-stay-secret+mccanns+at+chaplins+on+may+2nd&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk
January 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
The only other possibilities are:
1. The PJ don’t appreciate the importance of re-interviewing key witnesses, so aren’t gong to bother even though they said previously that they would.
2. The Uk Government has said yes in principle to the rogatory letters, but on the condition that the re-interviews are conducted once and once only (”We’re not having you coming back again and again, it would be too messy” or whatever). So that would mean the PJ have to get all their evidence and questions absolutely straight because they will only have one shy at each coconut.
If the answer turns out to be “1″ then the only answer would be to put Dennis Waterman and his “New Tricks” team in charge.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
what will happen if the comical one resigns - say on thursday?
interesting question.
who will give the press release?
will this be the signal for the gutter press to turn against the mcconns bigtime - without clarrie’s threats?
will it cause the tapparatti to break ranks?
will he be arrested for perverting the course of justice?
so many fun questions?
January 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
623
Ferdinand Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
621 RedRooster Says:
“i have a serious question for anyone who believes the “abduction scenario”
any takers??? ”
Just ask.
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ok my little feathered friend i will
why has it been stressed that the abductor left the appartment through the shutters when it has been ascertained that no one came in or out of through these shutters. I mean why make up the “shutter thing at all” ???
What im trying to say is WHY lie about this??
January 13th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Pray 597
Ferdinand 604
Jo 605
Yes I think we have to take a close look at the personality of Rebelo and his obvious desire to run the case on different lines. Away went the leaks and De Sousa press briefings - Rebelo has used the secrecy laws to full effect.
And thinking about some witnesses such as the peripheral members of the T7, or the nannies, it could’ve been put to them along these lines: “You can have squad cars turning up outside your house, photojournalists and camera crews, or you can meet with us privately and in strict confidence, its up to you.”
Any key witnesses who need to be re-interviewed but who don’t want to co-operate quietly can be picked off later.
Remember it was several weeks ago now when Ripeiro (?) said they were definitely doing the re-interviews.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
621 RedRooster Says:
“i have a serious question for anyone who believes the “abduction scenario”
”
any takers???
Just ask.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
610 Christine Says:
“Has anyone heard the rumour that CM will resign next Thursday? Just saw that on another forum.”
Yes I have seen it - but it was posted before and referred to last Thursday.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
hello and good evening everyone
have no fear RedRoosters here
i have a serious question for anyone who believes the “abduction scenario”
any takers???
January 13th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
615
Tony Bennett Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
531 chenier: “I’ve seen the reports on Forums of Madeleine allegedly crying for two hours on the night of 2 May, when it was also alleged that the parents were at Chaplins, not the Tapas bar. But I can’t find anything in the press”.
REPLY: chenier, this item of news - especially the *two hours* bit - was featured strongly on the recent SKY NEWS programme/docu. They *must* have got a good quality source before running that very damaging story
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As far as I am aware Martin Brunt did not claim that the McCanns were at Chaplins.
If you think he did it would be helpful if you could note where in the programme he said so…
January 13th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
609 jo Says:
“Ferdinand,a question:
Would you speak up to clear yourself even though you are made an arguido and face jail? if you were more or less accused to have killed your child however accidentially……I would.I would just say what my heart tells me.
In the case of an abduction (plot/blackmail) I would say absolutely nothing to protect my child,for sure.”
I wouldn’t have raised a fund in that case either and started a campaign. Most probably not.
January 13th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
607
Gloria Smudd Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
509
Wanderer Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
“506 How did the man exit the apartment ??????”
“Out the unlocked door he/she came through?”
Front Door or Patio Door ???????
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Assuming, assuming, that MM died on or before 8.30m the night of May 3rd. Emphasis would have been to appear to be normal: normal routines, nothing to appear suspect. There’s nothing to say the body could not have been carried out of the apartment hidden in something (sports bag, bin bag, suitcase, anything that would look unsuspicious) in the course of the day. I mention suitcase because I remember reading they were leaving Portugal the following day; a member of the group wheeling a suitcase out of their apartment and into a neighbouring apartment would not look fishy if they were travelling as a group. There is nothing either that says the body couldn’t be moved under the cover of night.
In moving between apartments while minimizing sightings (witnesses), whether the front door was in plain view or as concealed as the patio doors - an entrance which could not be clearly monitored from the parents’ location at the Tapas Bar - is also a factor. I wonder if anyone gave an account of who they say entering and leaving 5a, the time of day and what was being carried. And if it was all meant to take place during the chat with Wilkins (rear end of apartment), then it would have to have been through the front door. But if the front door was not a safe exit (in public view, for instance) and use of the concealed patio doors was essential, then execution of the plan would have been delayed and the perpetrator would have reappeared later than originally planned.
January 13th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
614
Tony Bennett Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
547 coolandcalm says (January 13th, 2008 at 5:58 pm):
“I thought all young children had star charts for most things nowadays”.
REPLY: For children aged *three*?
“Behaviour, homework, manners etc.”
REPLY: For children aged *three*? And for *not going into Mummy and Daddy’s bedroom??????
“It’s a recognised method promoted by Social Services and all childcare experts and is a far better way of teaching that a smack round the head.”
REPLY: For children aged *three*?
“It’s called postive reinforcement.”
REPLY: For children aged *three*?
“If anyone has had a child trying to clamber into their bed several times during the night every night for several weeks then anything that works is good. IMO of course!”
REPLY: coolandcalm, what kind of child would that be? Think about it! You appear to defend *every little thing* that the McCanns do and say
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No.
I really think that you are not considering this question in the light of the standard advice of paediatricians in such cases.
A child who frequently wakes up and goes for a walk to their parents room will inevitably end up short on sleep, and sleep does a great deal more than knit up the ravelled sleeve of care.
It’s nonsensical to suggest that there is anything innately suspicious about it, and equally nonsensical to suggest that actually sleep is an optional extra in any human being.
Small children need a lot more sleep than adults; paediatricians advise that star charts are a helpful method of children getting that sleep…
January 13th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
610 Christine says (January 13th, 2008 at 7:44 pm): “Has anyone heard the rumour that CM will resign next Thursday? Just saw that on another forum”.
REPLY: Wishful thinking - it’s a spoof, fairly clever, but pretty obviously a spoof
January 13th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
531 chenier: “I’ve seen the reports on Forums of Madeleine allegedly crying for two hours on the night of 2 May, when it was also alleged that the parents were at Chaplins, not the Tapas bar. But I can’t find anything in the press”.
REPLY: chenier, this item of news - especially the *two hours* bit - was featured strongly on the recent SKY NEWS programme/docu. They *must* have got a good quality source before running that very damaging story
January 13th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
547 coolandcalm says (January 13th, 2008 at 5:58 pm):
“I thought all young children had star charts for most things nowadays”.
REPLY: For children aged *three*?
“Behaviour, homework, manners etc.”
REPLY: For children aged *three*? And for *not going into Mummy and Daddy’s bedroom??????
“It’s a recognised method promoted by Social Services and all childcare experts and is a far better way of teaching that a smack round the head.”
REPLY: For children aged *three*?
“It’s called postive reinforcement.”
REPLY: For children aged *three*?
“If anyone has had a child trying to clamber into their bed several times during the night every night for several weeks then anything that works is good. IMO of course!”
REPLY: coolandcalm, what kind of child would that be? Think about it! You appear to defend *every little thing* that the McCanns do and say