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 1:34 pm
323 Ferdinand
I don’t know exactly what you call sefish. It is normal for them to go along with their campaign to find the missing little girl. I wouldn’t call that selfish, and since it is the aim of the campaign there is nothing wrong with it, nothing manipulaative either.
Xenophobia is a different matter. It is utterly unfair at the least, and experience tellks us that people who use it as a weapon don’t mean well.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
travelling
January 28th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
balloons
January 28th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
334
Matt. Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
328…Garth
Unlike you…..I do not know.
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None of us know. We just have opinions. Im interested in your take……………. so lets be having it……..
January 28th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
billboards
January 28th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
“Keep posting whether its liked or not. Some very interesting and revealing info. I think it to do with the Madeleine case is it not?”
Of course it is….it shows the Portuguese have a long and major history of breaking ECHR rights to executing legal processes in a reasonable time, or with adequate transparency.
Then not, the portuguese police have applied for extensions to Judicial Secrecy on a number of occasions, so far, dating back to last October. They appear determined to avoid showing whether or not they have a substantive case against the McCanns.
They could, of course, do that by moving to charge - at which point, even under portuguese law, “disclosure” rules apply. Now note, that by (say) making a charge of moving or concealing a body, they’d be free to continue their homicide investigations, and charge on those at a later date (Portugal allows post-charge questioning). They have failed to do so.
Now, if they actually have applied through EuroJust, they will have to have exposed that case to EuroJust and to the Home Office. The delays on that, combined with the lack of protest at the Portuguese end are at least suggestive that they’ve failed to satisfy the requirements around the strength of that case.
Which suggests in its turn that they’ve maintained the McCanns suspect status in the absence of a justifiable case against them.
We can speculate about their reasons for doing so - the obvious one being that they’re worried about the impact of exposing their incompetence, and of having pursued the case unreasonably. Since that embarrasment would extend to the entirity of the Portuguese justice system, it’s not surprising that their own Judiciary would be keen to postpone that disclosure.
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Mods and Admin
You keep mentioning the McCanns only,the exact same conditions apply for Robert Murat, and you keep overlooking this. At least to be fair and balanced, mention his name also. OR if you feel he is being treated fairly, discuss that.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
40 cuddlecats to squeeze
January 28th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
328…Garth
Unlike you…..I do not know.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
dont forget the T shirts as well
January 28th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
324…coolandcalm
Doesn’t really matter for us, as onlookers.
The PJ will arrive at their own conclusions etc.
I would think that the “neglect” issue is one of their lesser
concerns overall. But not unimportant all the same.
They have, I think, much more serious Criminal Offences to consider first.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
329
cmon be fair..the posters as well
January 28th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
327
Salomon ES Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
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Go on then……………I’ve got five minutes…..
January 28th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Ferdinand 323
“The whole campaign has been selfish and is still selfish. The key question for me is how much selfishness should be tolerated for the parents of a missing child wih regard to their efforts to get their child back?”
Could you elaborate on WHICH EFFORTS TO GET THEIR CHILD BACK ?????? you mean the wrist bands?
January 28th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
322
Matt. Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
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What do you reckon happened on May 3rd. Just interested in your take…………..
January 28th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
315 Garth
IMO no it is not. The discussion around the European Court of Human Rights is designed to distract us from the Madeleine discussion and the fact that Drs McCann are official suspects in the disappearance of their daughter.
With respect, at this stage the European Convention on Human Rights ranks about as relevant to the Madeleine discussion as the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
Would you also like to discuss that one?
January 28th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Message now on 3Arguidos front page for those who were worrying:
“IMPORTANT, HOSTS ARE WORKING ON PROBLEM, WE HAVE NOT BEEN SHUT DOWN, THE HOSTS HAVE TOLD US THE SITE WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS THEY HAVE FOUND THE FAULT AND CORRECTED IT.”
January 28th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Hi Stevo
xxx
PC at home playing up since late Saturday evening (at work now) .
Soon as it’s fixed, will contact you.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Matt…
I didn’t say their property…….
‘The Property’ is an Americanism that’s used for hotel etc. ‘The Property’ means within the boundaries of ownership.
The apartment the McCanns stayed in was leased from the owners by Ocean Club so was part of the property.
I’m not debating the rights and wrongs… just repeating what Sousa said!
Same as you could leave your kids in a room on the 18th floor of a Majorcan hotel and go and party in the nightclub in the basement but legally you would still be on the property. ( I quote that because I saw it!)
January 28th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
275 Marie Nicholas Says:
“What also really shooked me instantly about the case was the deep, utter, vindictive, and moreover shameless xenophobia. The MCs or their PR team should have stood up at once and said “NO. NOT IN OUR NAME”.”
For example.
The whole campaign has been selfish and is still selfish. The key question for me is how much selfishness should be tolerated for the parents of a missing child wih regard to their efforts to get their child back?
January 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
320…Logic
A no read…but what the hell…..
January 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
315
(I’m SUPPOSED to be working 
)
Garth Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
299
Increasingly Incredulous Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
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Keep posting whether its liked or not. Some very interesting and revealing info. I think it to do with the Madeleine case is it not?
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January 28th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
315 Garth
What did you mean “I think it to do with the Madeleine case is it not?” Are even YOU wondering what Increasingly’s posts are about?
What a scream!!!
January 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
315…Garth
“is it not”……
January 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
301
can’t say no Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
did sledgy changed name ???????
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January 28th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
http://www.daylife.com/photo/03Y8cPobUU2Kw/Gordon_Brown
January 28th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
311
Stevo Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Ian
Not sure if you’re still around…
One line I’ve been checking out is the John McCann - TV3 bloke. Not sure if he’s related to Gerry or not but he’s big in the TV scene and if he is family, it could help explain a lot.
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And no doubt you’re going to enlighten us?
January 28th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
299
Increasingly Incredulous Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
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Keep posting whether its liked or not. Some very interesting and revealing info. I think it to do with the Madeleine case is it not?
January 28th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
313…brandon flours
Those bovver boots do indeed wreak havoc.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
logic matt
Teddy boy will see to it, and I will start a fund for him!
January 28th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
300 Marie Nicholas
Excellent.