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 5:03 pm
638
Increasingly incredulous Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
is that it? Just one news report in Nov? You haven’t actually spoken to the person in charge of the investigation? You’re basing all your posts on this? You are slating the Portugese authorities based ona telegraph news report? Not on any real hard knwo facts about an abduction of which there are no real solid clues whatsoever?
January 28th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
“clouseau - look at the pictures of the room - there are no shelves never mind high shelves.”
that’d be the picture taken through the window through which Madeleine may have been taken - and hence couldn’t possibly have seen a shelf on the wall that the window was in…….
I’m impressed, sometimes with the inveniveness of the ANti-McCann cause - you even rewrite the laws of optics!
January 28th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
638
Increasingly incredulous Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
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Hmm, i think what it does prove is that the PJ are a bunch of numpties. And so is anyone else who believes they are just biding their time and waiting with all their evidence to charge the McCanns. A laugh a bleedin minute :lol
Give us lager………….I’m gonna enjoy meself……….arrhhhhhhh
January 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
642 - vouyerism hey
was there vodka in that coke by any chance?
lucky lucky woman
January 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
“the claim you made regarding the UK having a better Human Rights record than Portugal ”
feel free to quote where I claimed that….
Of course, I’d be happy to run a little analysis to see how many cases one of the the 60 million people of the UK have taken to Strasbourg, and on what subjects, versus one of the the 10 million of Portugal, and on whaat issues. In fact, I’ve got it already.
Interested?
January 28th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
clouseau - look at the pictures of the room - there are no shelves never mind high shelves.
Another team mcc fantasy do you think - or did they forget to tell us that they removed the shelves when they were spring cleaning prior to their departure lol
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id21.html
January 28th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
nosey
Giving instructions, and watching…….whilst I drink diet coke
January 28th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
610
Batman Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
127 Garth
Kate McCann is on record saying that neither of them went looking on night of 3rd May - but that they were very busy nonetheless. Just going on what she said!
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Hmm, I heard a different story. Just goes to show you cant point fingers until you know the facts!
January 28th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
636
brandon flours Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
lone pigeon
give us a kiss
MMMmmmmmmmmmmmwoi
January 28th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
610
Batman Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
127 Garth
Kate McCann is on record saying that neither of them went looking on night of 3rd May - but that they were very busy nonetheless. Just going on what she said!
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January 28th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
I wonder if Gail Cooper is saying that is or is not the guy she saw???
January 28th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
What evidence, do you know of, proves there was an abduction?
about as much as you’d expect in a case where the Police failed in doing the most basic checks of the crime scene…..
like this
(Daily Telegraph, 16/11/07)
“Portuguese police failed to gather crucial evidence from Kate and Gerry McCann’s holiday apartment following Madeleine’s disappearance, it has been claimed.
Detectives investigating the case of the missing four-year-old faced renewed criticism after it emerged that they did not collect the bedding from the room where Madeleine was sleeping.
Blankets, sheets and pillows from Madeleine’s bed were not examined for evidence that could have shed light on what happened on the night of May 3.
Portugal’s National Institute of Legal Medicine said they had received samples taken from the bedding but not the items themselves.
“We were only sent samples for DNA testing.
“It’s obvious it would have been good if they had sent us the blankets, pillows and even the mattress where the girl was sleeping,” said a source from the institute.
“We might have found on those articles some important clues, and not just hairs, which were what was sent to the institute…….”
Doewsn’t exactly suggest that anything there was to be found would have been picked up by the PJ does it?
January 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Brandon - what you been up to with poles /mounds etc etc - or can you not let us know until after the 9pm watershed
January 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
lone pigeon
give us a kiss
January 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
i asked the same question this morning
cuddlecat on shelf proves it …case closed
January 28th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
631
brandon flours Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
lone pigeon
he cant
I know.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
626
Lone Pigeon Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Increasingly incredulous. What evidence, do you know of, proves there was an abduction?
*****
A story by a woman who’d been drinking, admits she never saw a face, has changed the story 3 times.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
622 val Says to 616 II
“Some weeks ago late at night I exchanged a few thoughts with “Murder” ………………are you he?”
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Murder? No way!
January 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
lone pigeon
he cant
January 28th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Val,
people seem to be very keen to assume I’m someone in particular…..but no, sorry to disappoint you.
I’m a 46 year old father of one, happily married and living in Berkshire…..and as british as you get. I grew up in Manchester, moved south about fifteen years ago.
My knowledge of Belgium is limited to having done a project there some years ago!
January 28th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
622
val
Boring as this poster? Im one of the most argumentative people you will ever meet, but I cant be bothered with this poster!
January 28th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
626
answer ….cant wait
January 28th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
616 Increasingly incredulous
What an awful post - are we seriously supposed to believe your qualification claims?
Cant you present in a better way if you are trying to make a point? Anyone can fill space like you do!
I’m still waiting for the evidence in support of the claim you made regarding the UK having a better Human Rights record than Portugal (a bit of a ‘mines bigger than yours’ debate but thats where you take debating standards!).
January 28th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Increasingly incredulous. What evidence, do you know of, proves there was an abduction?
January 28th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
simon - yes had a good weekend thanks youngest scored twice in a 2 nil victory (one direct from a corner - ronaldo eat your heart out) - and middle one’s team didn’t loose too badly
noticed that you’ve got yourself connected at home now
or do you go servicing clients at the weekend as well??
January 28th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Brandon, SteveT, Clouseau, SC46
January 28th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
622
Sorry, should be “Incredulous
January 28th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
616 Increasingly Credulous
Just scrolling throuth the last couple of pages and after reading your posts, I have a question.
Some weeks ago late at night I exchanged a few thoughts with “Murder” who said he was
an American living in Belgium. You seem to have the same trait as him, , being very verbose without really saying anything………………are you he?
January 28th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Mods and Admin
Fine thats absolutely fine, what about Robert Murat?
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One would presume that is why he also has a lawyer - to protect his interests!
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Mods and Admin
Are you not defending him Cheryl? after all presumed innocent until proved guilty?
But the McCanns have lawyers to protect their interests……
January 28th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
“salomon - re my earlier post - can you please provide a link to the claim that you made about a child maddies age or lower going missing every day in the uk”
don’t hold your breath”