Madeleine McCann: Tabloid Snap, Metodo 3 PD and McCanns Innocent
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY MIRROR: “I’M NOT GUILTY”
“A loner who looks like a drawing of a ‘creepy’ Madeleine McCann suspect has denied any links to her disappearance”
Joaquim Agostinho says: “It’s not me in the picture. I accept that the drawing looks like me”
The Mirror reports: “The former cockle picker, who lives in Altura, 90 miles from Praia da Luz, added: ‘I did not kill Madeleine and I’ve never been to Praia da Luz. I cannot even drive’”
But still his picture is in the paper in connection with a story about a missing child. Fingers are pointed
MADELEINE in Chile. What news of that? “Yesterday, police ruled out a “Madeleine” sighting in Chile after the girl was identified as American Haylee Dreyer, six”
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE – Amazing lookalike: ‘I did not kidnap and kill her’”
Mr Agostinho looks like an artist’s impression of man whom British tourist Gail Cooper says she saw acting hanging around Praia da Luz. He is the “oddball”
Page 11: “DRIFTER MATCHES NEW MADELEINE SUSPECT”
Matches. Like in a game of snap? Snap! Snap! Snap!
“Investigators want to quiz a Portuguese drifter suspected of involvement in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Detectives working for the youngster’s parents are to question Joaquim Agostinho, 42, in the resort of Altura”
Does he have to speak with the McCanns detectives?
“Mr Agostinho, who lives in Altura, said yesterday: ‘I did not kill Madeleine and I’ve never been to Praia da Luz. I cannot even drive.’ Altura is close to the Spanish border and detectives from Metodo 3 – the agency working for the McCanns – were last night travelling there from their headquarters in Barcelona”
Again, does he have to speak with private detectives?
THE SUN: “McCANN COPS QUIZ SUSPECT LOOKALIKE”
“Detectives are to quiz a drifter who looks uncannily like a mystery suspect in Maddie McCann’s disappearance. Joaquim Agostinho, 42, denies he is the creepy man depicted in a sketch issued by parents Kate and Gerry McCann
“But Metodo 3, the Spanish private investigators hired by the McCanns, are taking the possibility seriously”
Is Metodo 3 now a police force?
A source close to Metodo 3 says: “We are going to be talking to this man as a priority, to establish if he is the one Mrs Cooper saw”
What of the McCanns?
“COPS now accept Kate and Gerry, both 39, may be innocent in Maddie’s disappearance, it has emerged. They have so far clung to just one theory — that Maddie was accidentally killed and her parents disposed of her body. Now they are taking seriously the alternative that she was snatched from the holiday apartment last May — which Kate and Gerry have always insisted must have happened”
DAILY MAIL: “Is this drifter the man in Madeleine drawing?”
Mr Agostinho says no. He delivers newspapers for a living. He says he is innocent
Metodo 3 are looking to speak with him
DAILY STAR: “MADDIE: THREE MEN RULED OUT – McCanns’ new hopes shattered”
It’s not Joaquim Jose Marques – police have ruled him out; and the Star was so certain
It’s not the girl in Chile – she’s a girl on holiday with her family
It’s not Joaquim Agostinho – he says it’s not him
METRO: “Twins play ‘find Maddie’”
“Leading world sex crimes expert Ray Wyre” has met with Kate and Gerry McCann
He sees the McCanns’ twins children. Wyre tells the paper: “They said they were going to go and find the monster that took Maddie. Then they dashed off to play the game. It’s a sad story, but it is healthy that Madeleine remains a real presence in their lives”
“A spokesman for the McCanns denied the story”
Madeleine McCann: No news is still news
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June 13th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
M&A
Why this old thread?
June 13th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
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January 30th, 2008 at 4:00 am
Anorak without vulgar Spanish was better. Bilingual and vulgar Anorak is no better than in English but decent Anorak. The level of reasoning here has fallen far. That is typically Spanish. It is unfortunate!
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January 29th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Val
I can only find the bit where he thought I was a man, is this what you mean?
Or because I used to be Brandon Flowers?
I am a woman
I used to be Flowers ( Who is the lead singer of the band The Killers)
Then someone pointed out anorak quotes can be googled and The real Mr Flowers might get in trouble for stuff I was saying.
So I changed it to Flours!
To be honest anorak was the first thing who would print my comments, and I was listening to their song at the time.
I never for the life of me thought I would still be here 5 months on!!
But people dont name changers, so I have no choice
January 29th, 2008 at 6:59 am
“The manner in which the government has grasped this power, the way in which they are already wielding it, and their resistance to introducing transparency to the process, suggests they think imposing invisible and opaque censorship, with no legal process, is a proper way for the state to behave.”
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/frank_fisher/2008/01/caught_in_the_web.html
January 29th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Val
Whos john brown?
what did he say?
January 29th, 2008 at 6:06 am
1335 Brandon Flours
Hi Brandon, I don”t have much housework to do, but three or four hours sleep at a time is my
limit. I”m just going to make a cuppa and I”ll be back.
By the way why did “John Brown” out you?
January 29th, 2008 at 5:59 am
1332 Logic
I think Cheryl is American and believe she mentioned it in one of her posts.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:58 am
logic
when do you think I do my housework
January 29th, 2008 at 5:56 am
1332 Logic
No, your”e not the only sleepless U.K. resident, at least it is nice and calm now. I checked in
late afternoon and it was bedlam. Some disappointing news if true, read 1315 Xclamation,
what do you think?
January 29th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Saturn appeared to drift off into the solar system at 3.19 am. Wonder where he lives?
January 29th, 2008 at 5:38 am
All you people who are up at this time of the morning - what countries are you in? I think Cheryl’s in Australia, don’t know about anyone else. Am I the only UK sleepless one?
January 29th, 2008 at 5:28 am
1080 Marie Nicholas
“The most important part of the last rites is the reception of the Lord in one’s final Communion, also called “Viaticum” (Latin = that which you take on the road, i.e., provisions for a journey) This special Communion prepares us to travel with the Lord on the final part of our journey.”
http://www.catholic.com/library/Anointing_of_the_Sick.asp
I think, therefore, that it is related to the First Communion, since I doubt that one could have one’s final Communion without having the first one.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:15 am
1329 Cheryl
According to KM’s mother, they were not devout Catholics before M’s disappearance.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:07 am
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Marie Nicholas Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
1064 Chloe
I don’t think it has anything to do with the first communion.
It is true that the child, having being baptised and sinned very little at her age, is supposed to go directly to heaven. Now, we don’t know for sure that the child had been baptised. I she hadn’t and her parents had some remnants of traditionnal scary religion on their minds, then they might require her baptism in a hurry. Maybe that is what they asked from Father Pacheco? Difficult to say.
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They are practicing Catholics, I honestly doubt if that little child was not baptized. However, if she hadn’t been baptized they could have baptized her themselves, as permitted in the Catholic Church.
Devout Catholics have a deep faith in God and in times of great emotional upset and need for comfort they go to a Priest for strength through prayers to help them through whatever.
January 29th, 2008 at 4:38 am
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Totje Says:
January 29th, 2008 at 12:37 am
1274 Poppy Says:
January 29th, 2008 at 12:23 am
This whole thing reminds me of a Twin Peaks type soap opera. We are all players, bet someone out therw is taking notes for a script. Sick F***s. Hic
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I wouldn’t be surprised about that. Nor would I be surprised it some psychology students are watching the forums
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REPLY: Poppy, I just bet someone out there is taking notes ….
Totje, how have you been? Noticed you have not been brain washed and standing pretty much on your own two feet. Psychology students, Totje? Hell it would take a Psychiatrist with about 20 years of practice to even begin to diagnose some of the goings on here … however, might not be a bad idea for psychology students to follow the postings on here - would love to read their term papers!
January 29th, 2008 at 3:19 am
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fairy godmother Says:
(it is 7 on the previous thread)
January 28th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Forever Searching is a group of Caring dedicated people raising awareness to missing children worldwide. Please visit our website to see a little of what we do
We are looking for volunteers to help within our small, friendly, professional group. Can you spare some computer time? As a volunteer, you will need to use the internet to research possible target audiences, as well as emailing posters of missing children worldwide.
You will be allocated a Team Leader who is there to assist you whenever needed. You will be required to email your weekly progress reports to your team leader and discuss where to focus next.
We just need you to be computer literate, reliable and have a passion for children.
Application procedure: Please send an e-mail to foreversearching.com.
Thank you
M Black (please quote when registering)
foreversearching.com
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So, Fairy Godmother, may I inquire, are you “M Black” (Mandy Black, Recruitment Officer)? Why are you trying to entice people into this shady organization?
There are already many valid bona fide organizations that need volunteers or donations. This “foreversearching” is just an organization that uses others’ misfortunes in order to continually remind people about Madeleine. That’s an exact reflection of the recent stories in the media.
As they put it on their webpage:
“Since news of Madeleine McCann’s abduction in Portugal in May 2007, group members have worked tirelessly, distributing thousands of posters displaying 4 year old Madeleine’s face throughout the world. This story set off a chain reaction as members of “Forever Searching” became aware of other missing and forgotten children, and they set about raising awareness for all of them. ”
They began with Madeleine and now they are branching out. How disgusting.
They also say:
“The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre advises that in the absence of any evidence that a child has died, investigators and the public should continue to look for a living child. The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) also advises that the key to locating missing children is to keep awareness high…”
They cite the CEOP and the ICMEC primarily as an excuse for continuing forever the search for Madeleine, unless her body is found.
Then I noticed:
” Co-Founder Kathy Atkinson says “Any poster we send out could be the one that helps a child find their way home, and knowing that makes it all worthwhile”.”
“Co-founder?” Who are the other “founders”? Indeed, who is Kathy Atkinson? Here are the others listed as associated with this suspicious organization:
“Adelle Shepherd - I.T Administrator
Kathy Atkinson - Public Relations + Strategic Director
Lena Denmark - Creative Director
Mandy Black - Recruitment Officer
Niamh Brennan - Administration and Human Resources Director
Val Swift - Research Director”
I think this organization should be investigated to make sure it is not intending to profit from others’ misfortunes. It appears to be a tentacle of the Fund for Madeleine. imho
January 29th, 2008 at 3:17 am
1321
can’t say no
British diplomats ‘were told to avoid offering support to Murat
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=501440&in_page_id=1770
El Mundo claims a Foreign Office document, dated May 17, justified the order because of “the specific nature of the case” and because British diplomats “were already helping Madeleine McCann’s parents.”
Three family liaison officers from Leicestershire Police also flew to the area to assist the couple, both 39-year-old doctors from Rothley, Leicestershire.
And ten days later the Foreign Office sent press officers Sheree Dodd and Clarence Mitchell to Praia da Luz to help with the media.
El Mundo claims Robert Murat’s only support was a meeting with two low ranking diplomats some weeks after he was named as a suspect.
His mother Jenny, 71, tried but failed to arrange a meeting with British Embassy staff, it said.
In desperation she travelled to the UK to speak with her local MP, complaining of a lack of support from the British authorities.
The MP contacted the Foreign Office and met two diplomatic staff from the Algarve.
The MP was assured Robert Murat would receive the same support given to the McCanns, but only if he was formally charged, the newspaper reported.
Two MPs plan to raise the issue of the different standards of support in Parliament in January, lawyer Francisco Pagarete claims.
The paper reported: “An internal document, sent by the Foreign Office of the United Kingdom, orders British diplomats ‘to avoid offering support’ to Robert Murat, one of the suspects in the Maddie case, unless charges are presented against him.”
British Ambassador to Portugal John Buck joined the McCanns in the Algarve shortly after Madeleine vanished from the family’s rented holiday apartment in Praia da Luz
January 29th, 2008 at 3:14 am
Someone in the government has something to do with Madeleine’s missing. Just because someone is in the government does not mean they are the best of people. Still feel all this is to do with “ma and pa” child abusers and something has gone wrong (death) on this so called holiday.
There seems to be a cover up of enormous lengths. Could well known persons be in this and for their names to be know, could cause the downfall of a government. Could be.
Administrator: All the above being allegedly and the poster’s speculative musing, of course. -agw
aw425
January 29th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Stevo, you are correct that the “last photo” Madeleine image is the non-pasted one. I have always thought this for a much more simple reason: there is an existing version of Madeleine alone with the background rocks, some of which are covered by the elbow. It would be too difficult to remove the elbow and synthesize the rock texture and shadow features. Therefore, the elbow was pasted in, which of course means that Gerry was pasted in. But the existing photo of the lone Madeleine is a cropped photo. The original may have included Amelie and Gerry was placed between them, for example.
There’s a big fundamental point you and everyone else is overlooking, IMO. That is that the McCanns had holidayed previously at this resort. Why has no one bothered to find out exactly when the previous holiday was? Most people assume it was the previous year, but it could have been very shortly prior to the May 2007 holiday.
The lack of investigative journalism in the case is astounding, from both British and Portuguese press. The Portuguese press failure to pry into important details is perhaps even more astounding than the British failure. imho
Miscellaneous on the Helpful Witnesses
BTW, Stevo, are you aware that Amanda Mills’ husband, Ryan Mills, created a limited company on July 17, 2007? (Amanda Mills is in charge of PR for Cascade Ice).
Though Paul Gordon was said by the press to have “returned home to Fareham”, it appears that these rich folks have more than one home. Look a little deeply, and you will see that Paul Gordon may have some indirect connections to the Nuclear Power issue, along with Gerry McCann. I’d suggest looking at Gordon’s activities in Sheffield County and/or Oldham.
Do you have any idea why Jane Tanner is listed as “J W.F. Tanner” in the Exeter information?
January 29th, 2008 at 3:03 am
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veritablequandary Says:
January 29th, 2008 at 2:50 am
Absolutely.
But now I am dealing with a broken pipe . . . warm day after weeks of freezing.
Hopefully I”ll be back soon.
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Hope you quickly fix it ……………But I have to go now it’s late…………need sleep
Before I go I hope you remember the news I was talking about the other day! Well I heard of the outcome of the meeting that was held in Harlow but I thought it only right and proper that Tony Bennett should post it!
Well shortly after he did ! I think it is important that something happens to move this case foward. I copied it below.
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Tony Bennett Says:
January 27th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
372 Stevo says (January 27th, 2008 at 5:58 pm):
“Tony Bennett - Hope it went OK yesterday”.
REPLY: Yes. We agreed at our meeting in Harlow yesterday to form The Madeleine Foundation - a democratic membership organisation open to anyone who supports our aims - and made several decisions relating to its aims and initial actions. We believe that the name Madeleine should live on forever and that her main message to this genration and to future generations of parents should be: “Never leave young children on their own”. May we all care for and love the children we bring into the world.
Initial actions of The Madeleine Foundation will include writing formal letters to:
1) The McCanns’ Solicitors, asking their clients to tell the PJ the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about Madeleine’s disappearance
2) Bates, Wells and Braithwaite, Solicitors to the Find Madeleine Fund Trust, raising several serious concerns about the operation of this private trust
3) The General Medical Council, raising the question of whether either of the McCanns is fit to practice as Doctors, especially having regard to their status as criminal suspects, and
4) Home Secretray Jacqui Smith, urging her to give maximum help to the PJ in their efforts to solve this suspicious death.
January 29th, 2008 at 2:50 am
1314 Grande Finale Says:
Still here! will I do ?
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Absolutely.
But now I am dealing with a broken pipe . . . warm day after weeks of freezing.
Hopefully I”ll be back soon.
January 29th, 2008 at 2:48 am
1.
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can’t say no Says:
January 29th, 2008 at 2:37 am
tomorrow
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New day bye
January 29th, 2008 at 2:37 am
1319
Grande Finale
It’s dificult to me ,to understand ,when a few ,try to bring up the worst ,that the humans have.
And this case ,show it in so many ways
Well ,at the end ,we know ,who really tried to give some respect to MM
Till tomorrow
January 29th, 2008 at 2:34 am
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Anna (UK) Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
There have been some suspicious aspects to this case right from the start. I heard a while back that on the night of Madeleine’s disappearance, the British ambassador (or consul?) contacted the Potuguese chief of police late in the evening when he was having dinner and told him to ‘pursue the abduction line’. If true, this is most odd and would suggest there were very pressing reasons for suppressing the truth of what really happened that night.
More recently, Kate’s mother went on record as saying that Gerry told her ‘it’s very important that you accept that Madeleine was abducted’ or words to that effect. This gives the same impression - that a decision was taken to portray Madeleine’s disappearance as an abduction at all costs. Something is being hidden and enormous lengths are being gone to to keep it hidden. This is why I now believe that the Portuguese police will be thwarted at every turn and the truth will probably never come out. They want to come here to interview the other members of the Tapas group and are now ready to - but are continually being stalled - anyone who can’t see this has their head well and truly in the sand.
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Yep
January 29th, 2008 at 2:30 am
1318
can’t say no Says:
January 29th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Yep ,but we will not read that at the Brits. Media
It’s allways the P.J. ,to blame or some other poor Portuguese
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Sometimes these things take years!
I try not to take it too personally and think you should too ?
At the end of it all you will be able to say that you did your best and at least you will hold your head high.
Don’t worry it will all work out for the best!
January 29th, 2008 at 2:24 am
1316
xklamation
Yep ,but we will not read that at the Brits. Media
It’s allways the P.J. ,to blame or some other poor Portuguese
January 29th, 2008 at 2:21 am
They turned what would be their Hell ,in our Hell !
Never seen this ,and hope never have to see it again
Bless you MM where ever you are
January 29th, 2008 at 2:19 am
Controversy: Impasse in the investigation for bad collaboration
English do not reply
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/01/controversy-impasse-in-investigation.html
It’s been more than 20 days since the Public prosecution service and the Judiciary received the notice of reception of the rogatory letters, but the CM knows that, since then, there was no answer from the British authorities regarding the interrogations to the four couples friends of the McCanns. There are still personal objects of Kate and Gerry to apprehend and the whole investigation is being delayed.