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 29th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Chatelaine, perhaps someone could set up a fighting fund, or should that be flying fund? I’ll call Richard Branson…
January 29th, 2008 at 12:06 am
RR,
Oh, please.
Will be going to bed alone now and sad!
January 29th, 2008 at 12:06 am
And now……….sleep for me.
Goodnight all.
Good sleuthing !!!!
January 29th, 2008 at 12:05 am
He’s awake alright. Look down below…
January 29th, 2008 at 12:05 am
1247…Marie Nicholas
Thank you, Marie Nicholas.
January 29th, 2008 at 12:05 am
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Marie Nicholas Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
“[...] You know what I often think : all these people whose posts I have been reading on Anorak, maybe one day I’ll meet one, on the train, in a tube station, on a plane, in an exhibition, on a beach. None of us will know we already met. And we won’t even exchange a smile.”
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A couple of days ago someone suggested to get together when all of this was over. I proposed then and do again [no joke] to come over here [lots of space]. Of course someone wanted to raise funds for air travel …
January 29th, 2008 at 12:05 am
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Ciara-Louise Says:
January 29th, 2008 at 12:02 am
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unfortunately not quite south enough. Keep going a bit and then get on a ferry
January 29th, 2008 at 12:04 am
1212 Matt
If you are still awake, thank you.
January 29th, 2008 at 12:04 am
1237…jass
Re E McVey…….
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/01/22/wirral-tory-to-pay-mp-6-500-damages-and-costs-over-cricket-junket-slur-64375-20377551/
January 29th, 2008 at 12:04 am
I don’t believe my eyes. True love found on a Madeleine McCann blog.
January 29th, 2008 at 12:04 am
RR,
Where are you.
January 29th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Ciara-Louise
January 29th, 2008 at 12:02 am
RR,
Well, I often go down to Crawley is that near you? My sister is a flight attendant with B.A, I’m going down there at half term break in two weeks. That’s about as far south I’ve been.
January 29th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Jass, what are you saying about Esther McVey. I’m not catching your drift. Is she a reptilian too?
January 29th, 2008 at 12:01 am
1233…John Brown
The Village of the Dammed.
January 29th, 2008 at 12:00 am
1233
John Brown Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
I’m from Rothley in Leicestershire. Any takers?
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Tempting …
Tomorrow?
January 29th, 2008 at 12:00 am
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John Brown Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
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a nice area apparently, shame about some of the residents though hey??
January 29th, 2008 at 12:00 am
There’s still the fact that Esther McVey has wiped any reference to the McCanns from her blog, yet not written a word in their support.
If she only resigned because of pressure of trying to be an MP (ha! ha! not very likely, spingirl) why not explain all - or at least try to put herself in the best possible light?
January 28th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
The Redrooster family is really funny. I’d like to be a fly on the wall for a few hours in their home. I can’t stop laughing when I read their posts.
You know what I often think : all these people whose posts I have been reading on Anorak, maybe one day I’ll meet one, on the train, in a tube station, on a plane, in an exhibition, on a beach. None of us will know we already met. And we won’t even exchange a smile.
January 28th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Goodnight Chatelaine. Sleep well.
January 28th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Tempting to react to yet some other posts.
However, I stay foot to an important decision: sleep!
Good night everybody
January 28th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
I’m from Rothley in Leicestershire. Any takers?
January 28th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
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Ciara-Louise Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
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are you really? im about as far south as i can be then. Great
January 28th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
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Peter O Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
1030 Totje Says: 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
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Edit…
You are wrong, we agree [and now I’m curious if you understand what I’m saying]
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I haven’t the faintest idea of what you are on about!
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Me neither…. short term memory fails me
January 28th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
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can’t say no Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
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hows it going??
January 28th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
1207
RedRooster Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
1204
Ciara-Louise Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
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I would love to, where about in the world are you??
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I’m in Scotland. What about you?
January 28th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
The McCanns make me ashamed to be British. They’ve done as much for our reputation on the continent as England football hooligans. Thankfully, England didn’t qualify for Euro 2008, so our hooligans can stay back in Blighty this summer. That said, the McCanns don’t seem too keen to go back to hop on any planes either, do they?
January 28th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
1217
i hope people in Portugal see threw these people….
January 28th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
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Châtelaine Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
nite nite
January 28th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Most people think (and hope sincerely) that the PJ are doing a brilliant job.
We don’t trust our own government, or our own press.
Which is appalling, but true.