
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 1:45 pm
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Châtelaine Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
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Hot line getting getting cooler,though…..memory coming back,clutching at any straw in sight(Mari poor little mite),that and the other.
They are dead meat and they know it.
If they ahd any dignity left(I know I repeat myself) they would just say the freakin plain truth….nobody believes what they say anymore nor what they show nor nada…..its just plain,dreadful mush and punto.
January 20th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
252…Garth
Did you shout, “They’ve taken it”, when you discovered it missing ?
January 20th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
254
anybody who has not seen it and wants a laugh please view……its been deleted everywhere else
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Now why would we delete it? It may be up later on the write ups, I’ll email it to Anorak
January 20th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
250…Sledgehammer
Your tatty jibes don’t bother me.
Shows you have lostg the argument.
We are all aware that Court is where they are Tried.
We are speculating. Lovely passtime. IMO
January 20th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
229
hannasus
Thanks
If anyone else wants a giggle, check post:
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clouseau or mine @ 199
January 20th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
thank you matt, i’m sure i was sorely issed
January 20th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
246
Châtelaine Says:
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Its not the suspects who have the hotline…………
My dog went missing once. I made an announcement in the paper for his safe return and low and behold the next day he was on my doorstep. Good job I taught him to read!
January 20th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
248…bulldump
Welcome back, bulldump.
Get unbored.
January 20th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Matt, bottom line is they the same as everyone else linked to a serious crime, will be guilty if the court so finds, or are you bumping your gums and saying they are guilty now……
January 20th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
247
ah eric - fine guitar player
January 20th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
i aint been here for ages cause i got a bit bored of it all. I returned to see what peoples reaction to the photofit that looks nothing like mimikin mcnugget
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welcome back!
January 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
241
Ade Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
239 Christine
“Is this Gail woman really related to Jane Tanner? Does that explain why she waits months and months to get her drawing together?”
jane tanner thought she was a pair of curtains
then someone told her to pull herself together
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Slow hand clap!
January 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
238
Garth Says:
” [...] I see nothing wrong in trying to identify this man and giving a hot line to contact. Many crimes are solved this way……..”
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Absolutely. However, IMO this is the first time in history that the suspects have the hot line …
January 20th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
241…Ade
The maddness of it all.
January 20th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
looks like there’s been a fresh outbreak of mad cow disease in exeter
January 20th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
240…Sledgehammer
Then you need to quote it correctly…Presumption of Innocence (when in Court).
January 20th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
239
Christine Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Is this Gail woman really related to Jane Tanner? Does that explain why she waits months and months to get her drawing together?
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Nope…she simply has a bad memory
January 20th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
239 Christine
“Is this Gail woman really related to Jane Tanner? Does that explain why she waits months and months to get her drawing together?”
jane tanner thought she was a pair of curtains
then someone told her to pull herself together
January 20th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Matt, that is not speculation, innocent until proven otherwise, keep bumping your gums you know they make nonsense.
January 20th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Is this Gail woman really related to Jane Tanner? Does that explain why she waits months and months to get her drawing together?
January 20th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Carmen
How the hell is this person going to come forward? I doubt very much he reads NOTW. So I see nothing wrong in trying to identify this man and giving a hot line to contact. Many crimes are solved this way……..
January 20th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
232…coolandcalm
No-one is “mocking” George.
We are “mocking” the nonsense being rammed down our throats.
January 20th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Ade…
I saw em in Southend 63. Slept on the pavement for three nights to get front row tickets! Bunked school, nuns NOT impressed! They sent someone down to the queue with a cine camera to ‘capture’ us. Brilliant………..
January 20th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
227
wreak i suspect
January 20th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
232 coolandcalm
i saw ‘em on the same tour
southport 1963
January 20th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
225 carmen
“Is it Clarrie’s arrogance, or truly the McCann’s arrogance?”
it seem they have become completely detached from reality
just like blair did
i think the comical one is just plain dim
gerrykins is a thick sod but thinks he’s smart and it comes out in his arrogance
maybe it’s collectively called McArrogance
January 20th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Ade….. 220
I agree about George! Firstly he was a good looking bloke and secondly its not on to mock the dead. Love him xx
I saw the Beatles in 1963… still a fan today. Calender on the wall in my office of the Fab Four. aaahhhhh. nostalgia rules.
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Re: the media. General opinion is that Madeliene was abducted and thats it! that’s why the reporting is such…. nothing conspiratorial. I write for several publications under several names so I mix in those circles both for work and socially.
The disbelievers are few and far between away from Anorak and Mirror forums!
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Possibly the PJ also?
January 20th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
227…Sledgehammer
Stop that speculating.
You say we aren’t ‘posed to do such fings.
January 20th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
221 Matt. Says
Don’t try and figure out the tappas 7 -9 - 11, you’ll go nuts. It’s true. What really gives me the creeps is the tappas 7 - 9 - 11.
January 20th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Thanks Matt
Thanks AnniM - brilliant.