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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January 28th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
1035
Stevo
As far as i know .the first day ,they were with the kids ,during that night
January 28th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
1023 Ferdinand
you should change your name to ferdinarse
you complete shite head
which one of the arses are you i wonder
such fun to look forward to your imminent suffering
January 28th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
hello
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We always check newcomers, welcome now.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
1037
Ian Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
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Absolutely.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
AGHHHHHHHHHH THIS IS SO BORING. never ending circles in the big pond of life!!!
I have not posted since the baby grace debacle, but I look in every day. What is there to debate? there has been nothing new for months. Cooper woman was shocked her drawing came to life. Why???????????????????? maybe because she never really thought anyone would recognise him!!!!! Poor bloke!
I AM FRUSTRATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I still don’t buy the papers anymore. Has there been a day. JUST ONE FLAMING DAY without the MM story in it?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AGH.
Everything IMOH and anything else I’m supposed to say
rel:dr:28.01
January 28th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
981
Ian Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
975 May
I’m not sure what that was about, but just to let you know that I have not and do not intend to discuss anything with that poster outside Anorak.
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Pleased to hear that. I had noted that you were dealing expertly with the poster’s comments on the forum.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
1001 Peter O Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
The McCanns did seem to be going around telling everyone of their child care arrangements…
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No Peter.
More likely they went around telling everyone they left the kids so they could use that as their story and nobody would challenge it. If someone told you that you regularly, night after night left your kids as the Mc’s did, you wouldn’t believe it. But if they openly did it and went around telling people then it’s more likely that the whole thing WAS premeditated and leaving the kids every night was to make the story fit what they were telling everyone.
Frankly if you didn’t know they were doing this and there was no evidence of leaving the kids alone, you, me, Ian, and everyone else wouldn’t believe it.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
1027 jo
Let me jsut clarify - I also believe that leaving the children alone night after night was not a mistake, it was a criminal act.
These people are not naive teenagers, they are highly paid professional medical people whose judgement must be beyond reproach regarding issues such as child care, neglect etc.
They took the most appalling risks with their children, not because there may have been abductors lurking, though it would have been something I’d have considered, but because of other more mundane and normal risks, falling, choking, fire, carbon monoxide emissions, awaking alone and being scared even!
They are reported to have taken these risks every night and even to have been much further away than they admit. They should accept the consequnces and not try to hide the times they left the children, so that if there were an abductor, the distraction of how this could have been possible would be removed.
The fact that they dont simply increases suspicions and reduces opportunity.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
i was in a pub today and “read” the daily mirror
the mccshites were not mentioned once
or was that because someone wiped their arse on “their” page
such a fun shame
January 28th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Ian
Look closely at the edge around Gerry on Last Photo. There’s a load of inconsistencies:
1. His right arm is heavily blurred from the elbow to where it meets his thigh.
2. The edges of his shirt seem to be “cut out” as a series of flats rather than smooth.
3. His right thigh is heavily blurred around his knee.
4. Zoom in on his right fingertips. The flesh tone versus the background is a flat line with no anti-aliasing.
5. His left elbow is blurred and has a halo around it - see Madeleine super close up.
6. Where is Amelie’s right arm? Gerry would have to be sitting on it.
7. There is no vertical feature between Gerry and Kate. So, what is it reflecting in Gerry’s left sunglass lens? The lenses look flat so an object would have to be in Gerry’s line of sight to reflect in the lens.
Even more compelling. Remember I told you recently I had a model the same height and build as Madeleine? Well, the arm measurement from armpit to wrist is about 10″ on a 35″ tall person in proportion. Look at the Last Photo. No way is Madeleine’s arm 10″ long from armpit to wrist…if the rest of the photo is supposed to be in proportion.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
1029
Ferdinand Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
:evil:
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Do you have children?
I have never left mine alone,ever.
The mccanns are a typical example of careless parents.
oh….I forgot! did they leave Madeleine “in charge” of the twins? and she just disappeared….
January 28th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
here’s a good ‘un about even more shite doctors/gps
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7213802.stm
makes the mcccons look almost “normal” hahahaha
such fun fun fun…
hang ‘em high
January 28th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
958 Ian
I am reacting a bit late. But the need for a priest, to me evokes the last rites.
Traditionnally, a Catholic doesn’t want the one he loves or himself to pass away without receiving the last rites either before death if possible, or after if too late. In France, the name has been changed from “les derniers sacrements” ((the last sacraments) to “the sacrament for the sick” (Le sacrement des malades). It brings comfort to the dying one, according to the church. It helps the soul to give itself to God. A catholic sees a sacrament as a living symbol of the presence of God. It is given by a man (the priest) but is seen as an actual gift from God.
When I heard K MC wanted a priest, I thought she didn’t want her daughter to go without the last rites. Which made me think that the little girl had passed away, and that her mother didn’t want her death. It is only my interpretation. I was brought up a Catholic, the old fashionned way. (But religion was passed on me by such a loving Grand-Mère that if God exists, I am sure of his/her kindness. The only problem being : does he/she exist? )
January 28th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
1018
Peter O Says:
‘In the latter scenario, assuming age of consent etc, and adult is taking a conscious decision, albeit you could once again suggest not a very considered one, to place themselves at some risk.’
Why?
January 28th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
1018 Peter O Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
1006 Totje Says: January 28th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
989 Peter O Says: January 28th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
960 Totje Says: January 28th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
947 jo Says: January 28th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
922 Ferdinand Says: January 28th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
[……………………….. a lot …………………..]
[.................. and even more.......................]
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I thought we were ‘discussing’?
Anyway… There is no comparison between what the McCann’s allegedly did and the rape scenario.
In the former scenario, the parents allegedly took a conscious, if perhaps not very well considered, decision to place their young children at risk every evening bar their first evening in PDL. The children had no say/input into whether they wanted to be left in that position of risk.
In the latter scenario, assuming age of consent etc, and adult is taking a conscious decision, albeit you could once again suggest not a very considered one, to place themselves at some risk. They are not placing anyone else, lest of all a minor, at risk.
All that said, if Madeleine was abducted by a stranger(s) in circumstances of which the McCann’s had no prior knowledge, then I do not see how they can be legally considered to be accomplices in that abduction?
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You are wrong, we agree [and now I'm curious if you understand what I'm saying]
January 28th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
1027 jo Says:
“May be he is right?????
But THIS is their first freaking CRIME,leaving them alone at all. For god sake!!!
Please,Ferdinand!!!!!”
If every mistake we make were a crime, we would all be in jail.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
1025
Ian Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
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January 28th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
1023
Ferdinand Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
999 Ian Says:
“To me the McCanns were reckless as to the safety of their children - not by lkeaving the door open, as that was the least likely risk, but by leaving them alone at all.”
Ferdinand :Maybe you are right.
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May be he is right?????
But THIS is their first freaking CRIME,leaving them alone at all. For god sake!!!
Please,Ferdinand!!!!!
January 28th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
1023 Ferdinand
I most certainly would!
January 28th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Interesting, in the Sun was it?
We gave our kids Calpol when they were ill - the idea of giving them anything when they were well is abhorrent. Was Madeleine ill on holiday?
January 28th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
oh gotta go, getting bloody earache off her indoors…hopefully will return later
January 28th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
999 Ian Says:
“To me the McCanns were reckless as to the safety of their children - not by lkeaving the door open, as that was the least likely risk, but by leaving them alone at all.”
Maybe you are right.
If have finally measured the time it takes me to walk from the barbecue place of our house (the house of which I own my flat and an according percentage of the garden) to my flat. It turned out to be 55 sec - more or less the same time that the McCanns needed to walk from the tapas bar to their appartment. I will think about it when we have our annual house summer barbecue 2008.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
1020
jo Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
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i dont understand anything that baffoon says
January 28th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
1014 Sledgehammer Says: January 28th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
this morning in Correio da Manha: 9 Sept
Edit………..
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Other than the mention of Brian Healy, and that’s reported third hand, this article has now attributable sources?
January 28th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
1019
RedRooster Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
! we are not allowed to put links in foreign languages.Thats why Sledge didnt….but anyhow I dont understand the issue he wants to bring.
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Little
January 28th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
1002
Sledgehammer Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
“homicide with eventual intent” ………is what Amaral allegedly requested his prosecutor to charge Kate McCann with and remand her in custody.
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well aint that a surprise - no link yet again
January 28th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
1006 Totje Says: January 28th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
989 Peter O Says: January 28th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
960 Totje Says: January 28th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
947 jo Says: January 28th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
922 Ferdinand Says: January 28th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
[……………………….. a lot …………………..]
The fact that women may have been, still are, scared to go to the police following a rape still doesn’t/should not create a set of circumstances in which a lone woman venturing into a certain area dressed in a certain manner can be assumed to have consented to sex with a complete stranger(s). Her actions may be unwise I can accept.
I think [hope] we all agree to that.
However that wasn’t the issue. The issue was Jo’s question whether the parents by leaving the children alone in an unlocked apartment could be considered as or charged as “accomplices of the abductor” [in case there was an abductor].
Ferdinand was sarcastic and compared this with “a woman walking late in the dark, with a short skirt on…..” and thus getting charged for being an accomplice of the rapist.
And then the whole discussion got out of control c.q. disordered………..
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I thought we were ‘discussing’?
Anyway… There is no comparison between what the McCann’s allegedly did and the rape scenario.
In the former scenario, the parents allegedly took a conscious, if perhaps not very well considered, decision to place their young children at risk every evening bar their first evening in PDL. The children had no say/input into whether they wanted to be left in that position of risk.
In the latter scenario, assuming age of consent etc, and adult is taking a conscious decision, albeit you could once again suggest not a very considered one, to place themselves at some risk. They are not placing anyone else, lest of all a minor, at risk.
All that said, if Madeleine was abducted by a stranger(s) in circumstances of which the McCann’s had no prior knowledge, then I do not see how they can be legally considered to be accomplices in that abduction?
January 28th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
can’t say no, well you have now.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Ehhh please Ian
January 28th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
can’t say no Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 8:59 pm s
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Have they been advised by lawyers and all or just lefy to their sudden misery???