
Madeleine McCann: Kate McCann’s Hairdresser, A Suspect Look And Amaral
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
NEWS OF THE WORLD front page: “MADDY’S KIDNAPPER – Beast who took McCann’s little girl”
A “WORLD EXCLUSIVE”
The paper says the witness, Gail Cooper, was staying with her family 600 yards from the McCann’s apartment in Praia da Luz.
She told the police of a “creepy man” in the area. A picture of the man has been produced
Gary Thompson, an associate editor at the News of the World, tells the BBC the picture was being taken seriously. Well, it on the front page. “The picture has been passed to Interpol, police in Portugal and also in Leicestershire, so the important thing is - who is he? Where is he now?” he asks.
“We’ll be urging all our readers in the morning to get in touch with the authorities if they’ve got any information at all about this man”
Is he the man who abducted Madeleine McCann? Or was Mrs Cooper listening to The Beatles at the time?
SUNDAY MIRROR: “THE MAN WHO RAN OFF WITH MADDY?
EXCLUSIVE Hunt for Madeleine: Day 262 First image of suspect”
Or the second image…
“This is the face of a stalker now believed to have snatched Madeleine McCann. The image is a former FBI artist’s impression based on a detailed description given by a key British witness. It clearly reveals the features of a moustachioed man - who was carrying a little girl in pink pyjamas, believed to be four-year-old Maddie”
It’s a photofit, an artist’s impression. Like this FBI picture of Madeleine
The original photofit issued by Portuguese police showed only a round egg-shaped head and blank face and was widely criticised as being useless. The Sun had an eFit. Jane Tanner’s efit had hair and a jacket
The man is “thought to be aged between 38 and 45. He has sallow skin, lank dark hair, large teeth and a distinctive droopy moustache. The suspect, who is said to have spoken in broken English, knocked on the door of Mrs [Sarah] Cooper’s apartment claiming to be collecting for charity. Mrs Cooper says: ‘He made my blood run cold - he gave me the creeps. My judgment is that this man was very suspicious and could have been the kidnapper’”
EXCLUSIVE – Picture of man who gave woman the CREEPS!
“262 DAYS MISSING AND.. MADDY’S BLUNDER COP BACK ON CASE – “Lazy Goncalo Amaral - fired from the investigation after the Sunday Mirror exposed his long, boozy lunches - has held a string of meetings with new chief detective Paulo Rebelo”
The Mirror is on the case. It got Amaral. It got “creepy” Robert Murat. But now Amaral is back. Says the paper: “The move will be a massive blow to parents Kate and Gerry.” It will be “heartbreaking for 39-year-old doctors Kate and Gerry”. Why? Was Amaral the casue of their problem?
DAILY STAR: “SPANISH COPS SHOW UP MADDIE FLAWS”
The Spanish police are looking for Mari Luis Cortes. Says the Star: “Friends of Kate and Gerry McCann say missing Madeleine might have been found by now – if Spanish police had been involved”
Maris Luis Cortes has yet to be found
Says a friend of McCanns of the Portuguese police: “They acted like real amateurs, so it’s no wonder they don’t seem to be getting anywhere finding Madeleine”
The Portuguese police also named the McCanns as suspects
SUNDAY EXPRESS front page: “McCANNS SPLIT BY AGONY OF MADDY”
“The lives of Kate and Gerry McCann are moving in “opposite directions” because they have developed strikingly different ways of coping with the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine”
We are watching the parents
“Kate is living the life of a semi-recluse as she focuses on being a stay-at-home mother, virtually shutting herself off from the supportive community around her. Gerry, meanwhile, has thrown himself into working full time as a heart specialist during the week, while running the campaign to find four-year-old Madeleine in the evenings and at weekends”
And Kate McCann: “Kate has abandoned the village routine she once shared with Madeleine. She no longer has her hair styled at Dawn Newcombe’s salon, which she regularly visited with Madeleine. Her mother normally takes the twins for haircuts when she is staying”
One of the stylists says: “She was almost in tears as she watched them and my heart went out to her.”
Such is the news in the search for Madeleine McCann
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT: “Maddy’s off the front page”
“Followers of the Madeleine McCann story have been able to depend on the ‘Evening Standard’ to clear the front page for any development. So how come a potential breakthrough, with police looking into the disappearance of another little girl near Praia da Luz, was buried on page 17? The answer is: sales fell by 10,000 the last two times Maddy made the cover, so the news desk have been told to curb their Maddy enthusiasm. If only they’d tell the ‘Express’ to do likewise”
Madeleine McCann - The story so far
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January 20th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
164
Ade
January 20th, 2008 at 11:59 am
163 Matt.
153…Ade
Bet your trousers look a different colour after being soaked by torrential rain
well they certainly look cleaner
January 20th, 2008 at 11:58 am
152 can’t say no
is portugal telly like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8StvJI4709I&feature=related
January 20th, 2008 at 11:58 am
153…Ade
Bet your trousers look a different colour after being soaked by torrential rain.
January 20th, 2008 at 11:58 am
159
Matt. Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 11:56 am
155…can’t say no
Desperation ??
Completely Bonkers more like.
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Last grasp for air before theyre shut in…..
January 20th, 2008 at 11:57 am
149

Matt
You have always been close to the true man
January 20th, 2008 at 11:57 am
155
can’t say no Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 11:53 am
150
jo
they don’t seem to be ,muy listos,with this new drawing,are they so desespareted ?
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After the “mari”s fiasco” and 2 long days of excrutiating silence(for us anorakians) they SIMPLY had to find something to re-kindle the public dis-interest out of….desparation,yes,baby.
January 20th, 2008 at 11:56 am
155…can’t say no
Desperation ??
Completely Bonkers more like.
January 20th, 2008 at 11:56 am
157
jo
A total lack of emotion
Must,had half an hour before, she could speak about it
January 20th, 2008 at 11:54 am
152
can’t say no Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 11:52 am
148
lilith
You can’t imagine the face ,of the reporter on the tely,when she spoke about the “new” man
*Portuguese tely
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Did he show difficulty in keeping his professional seriousness,thats what you mean?
January 20th, 2008 at 11:54 am
137
Garth
LOL!
January 20th, 2008 at 11:53 am
150
jo
they don’t seem to be ,muy listos,with this new drawing,are they so desespareted ?
January 20th, 2008 at 11:53 am
they just added hilary now
January 20th, 2008 at 11:52 am
147 jo
thanks for the sun
it’s eased off to torrential rain and gale force 8 winds so i might go for a stroll in the lower field…
great fun fun fun getting soaked
January 20th, 2008 at 11:52 am
148


lilith
You can’t imagine the face ,of the reporter on the tely,when she spoke about the “new” man
*Portuguese tely
January 20th, 2008 at 11:52 am
its still there
one news
breaking
on its own
our bbc news?????????
January 20th, 2008 at 11:51 am
146
can’t say no Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 11:48 am
142
jo
At least Joaquin ,is a little better looking
Over here ,we are enjoying this “new”man
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Yeah…this J.T. has no sense of aesthetic Im afraid
January 20th, 2008 at 11:50 am
146…can’t say no
Must have changed his clothes….
http://www.stevesbeatles.com/cds/abbey_road.asp
January 20th, 2008 at 11:49 am
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1328/538840653_452839dd1c_o.jpg
OMG!
Forget the Moroccan Gypsy sardine munchers that can morph from one person into another kinda like in Terminator.
It was the Village People all along!
And I bet the indian is bald under that feathers thus explaining Eggman!
Dammit, I’m gonna call Mercinary3 on them.
January 20th, 2008 at 11:49 am
134
Ade Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 11:34 am
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Today is a rather good news when we think about it!
The creepy-face-that-comes-out-of-J.T.”s memory,just show how desparate they are.
The spade of democritus is hanging by the skin of its teeth…..
ok…going out in the sun,its a beautiful day here and please,receive all and each a big slice of sun…and special fun for Ade
January 20th, 2008 at 11:48 am
142
jo
At least Joaquin ,is a little better looking
Over here ,we are enjoying this “new”man
January 20th, 2008 at 11:47 am
143…Ade
Words are not enough to tell how badly he “Performed”.
You would have to see it…..dire indeed.
January 20th, 2008 at 11:46 am
WTF
has the sketch story been breaking news on the bbc news channel for an hour?
scrolling along the bottom
just one news breaking?
January 20th, 2008 at 11:45 am
133 Matt
so that’s it then?
notging to say but calls a press conference anyway
nice way to make friends amongst the gutter-dwellers
the “only one to one” aspect speaks volumes
i presume he charges for a one to one
does this mean the slush fund has run dry?
has he been sacked at last?
we should be told such fun news
January 20th, 2008 at 11:44 am
135
can’t say no Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Jo
http://www.elpais.com/recorte/20070321elpepiage_2/LCO340/Ies/Joaquin_Cortes.jpg
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Que guaaaaaapoooooooooooooooo!!!! I think he lives round the corner…
January 20th, 2008 at 11:44 am
119…PeterMac
How deep is the bottom of this barrel Clarence is now scraping ?
He just keeps going deeper and deeper into the mire.
January 20th, 2008 at 11:44 am
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Bishop Brennan Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Could all readers please immediately forward to the press and police any photos of ’suspicious’ men that they spot when out walking today at their local shops. As the press have confirmed, “Looking Creepy” is now an arrestable offence, and the sooner we pick them all up the ruddy better!
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Better watch out sledgehammer, especially with that moustache
January 20th, 2008 at 11:40 am
136 lilith
good summary
great fun
January 20th, 2008 at 11:39 am
…………I’ve just realised………its lesley Cash!
January 20th, 2008 at 11:39 am
137
Garth
OMG ,