Madeleine McCann: ‘Screaming Contradictions’, Scotland Yard And Francisco Marco Interviewed
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
SUNDAY EXPRESS (front page): “MADELEINE – News call for Scotland Yard probe”
Are Scotland Yard for hire? Benazir Bhutto. And McCann? Have the discovered who killed Rhys Jones yet?
“Retired Chief Superintendent Dai Davies, former head of the Yard’s Royal Protection unit, says that if the Yard can send detectives to probe the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan, then they should also fly to Portugal to try and solve the Madeleine mystery”
He says:
“The Portuguese investigation has quite simply not solved the crime and it is now looking increasingly likely that it will be shelved. I would suggest that this is the time to call on the Yard to take the lead and to get them to form a team of detectives to work on the case”
Retired copper suggests his old boys are the best – Read all about it!
GLASGOW SUNDAY MAIL: “Police Ready To Clear McCanns Over Maddie”
“Police in Portugal are set to clear Kate and Gerry McCann as suspects, it was claimed last night”
A fact claimed by “insiders” who say “officers did not have a shred of evidence against the 39-year-old couple”
The McCanns’ spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, says: “This report is extremely encouraging”
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “Kate and Gerry ‘in the clear’”
“Police do not have a shred of evidence against Gerry and Kate McCann and they are set to be cleared as suspects, it was claimed yesterday. The couple’s status as ‘arguidos’ in the case of missing daughter Maddie, four, will be lifted unless they make ‘screaming contradictions’ in a new police quiz, said Portugal paper Expresso”
How does Expresso know? The paper does not say
SUNDAY MIRROR: “McCann cops: No evidence”
“A review of the case by homicide experts from the Judicial Police has turned up no proof that Kate and Gerry McCann played a part in four-year-old Madeleine’s disappearance.
“Attorney General Fernando Pinto Montiero told respected Portuguese newspaper Expresso: ‘The couple’s legal status will be considered at the appropriate moment, depending on various elements still to be obtained’”
Says Expresso: “They will only remain arguidos (suspects) if there are screaming contradictions revealed in the answers to the letters sent to England”
DAILY STAR ON SUNDAY: “MCCANNS TO BE CLEARED”
“Last night the McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell said the sooner they are questioned the better”
He says: “There won’t be any screaming contradictions and hopefully the emphasis can then be put on finding Madeleine, who we believe is still alive”
Says the paper: “Legal letters outlining the 40 questions are to be sent to the Home Office this week. Interviews are then likely to be carried out by detectives from Leicestershire police, the McCanns’ local force”
Says Gerry McCann’s brother John McCann: “Any sensible person realises Madeleine was abducted. We didn’t anticipate being in this position after nine months”
THE SUNDAY TIMES: “Madeleine McCann and Metodo 3: Private eyes, public lies”
“Paid £50,000 a month to find Madeleine McCann, the Spanish detective Francisco Marco said he hoped to have her home for Christmas. He issued this photofit of a suspect last month; it set off a media frenzy, but Portuguese police say it has ‘no credibility’. Christine Toomey turns the tables on a private eye who is anything but…
An interview with Francisco Marco. His company is being paid £50,000 a month by the McCann’s fighting fund
“We won’t answer any questions about Maddie. Maddie is off limits – is that understood?” Marco’s cousin Jose Luis, another of the agency’s employees, warns me sternly”
But they are not the police. What can they not talk about the big case? It was Mr Franciso who told he’d find Madeleine by Christmas – last Christmas
“I cannot ask him to clarify what he did say, or whether talking about an ongoing investigation is potentially detrimental. Instead, I am left to discuss the matter with a handful of other private detective agencies in Barcelona, the private-eye capital of Spain. What they tell me is disturbing”
Marco walks in. Does he bring his Maddy dolly? And:
“Marco slaps on the table a 144-page pre-prepared dossier of articles written in the Spanish press about himself and M-3. He goes on to list some of those in the city he says I have already been speaking to about his company. Had my movements been monitored? If so, why would a private detective agency be interested in this at a time when they were supposed to be tirelessly searching for the most famous missing child in the world?”
Fame.
“In most of the many pictures of himself included in the material he hands me”
Metodo 3 is the most famous private detective agency in Europe
“He seems eager to please. He summons a female assistant on several occasions to bring me material, including a book he has recently written, to illustrate what he is talking about. Even when I make it clear this is not necessary – aware that these distractions eat into the time we have to talk – he insists, partly showing off”
Then:
“When I ask about his background, Marco summons her [secretary] to photocopy the first pages of his doctoral thesis on private investigation: he has a master’s degree and a PhD in penal law”
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “McCanns to be cleared as no evidence found”
Attorney General Fernando Pinto Montiero told Expresso: “The couple’s legal status will be considered at the appropriate moment, depending on various elements still to be obtained.”
Madeleine McCann: Money. Speculation. Sensation. A child is missing…
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February 10th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
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can’t say no Says:
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good evening CSN any news???
February 10th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Good evening CSN. Do you have any news? Seems we have nothing here …
February 10th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
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Ciara-Louise Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
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see you later then babe xx
February 10th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
How many posts deleted today ???
February 10th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Evenin All
February 10th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
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pppy Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
“châtelaine 464 - Stevo has found a link, see his last few posts as too lengthy for me to repeat properly, between RBS and astrazeneca. - How are you today?”
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Héllo Pppÿ. I hâd â pròblém wïth Stévò’s lïnks…
I’m fine, thank you. And how are you today?
February 10th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
RR
Evening darling, have people visiting , will you be around later? xx
February 10th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Scarlett, the colour of your neck ?
February 10th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
chetelaine 464
Stevo has found a link, see his last few posts as too lengthy for me to repeat properly, between RBS and astrazeneca
How are you today?
February 10th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Evening all
what a surprise no real news today?? Just a lot of bullsh@t to prepare us all for the inevitable…the mctwisted have got away with it - i feel sick 
Good evening C-Lou if you are still about
xx
February 10th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Admin:
WTF and I agreed last night to swap email addresses, can you please arrange for this so I can contact her? Thanks
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Have forwarded your email address to WTF
Duncanr
February 10th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
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pppy Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
447 stevo
they have a cardiovascular dept in the netherlands too called atacand.
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Tell me more, tell me more …
February 10th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Jolie asks:
agw
Was Tony’s offending post deleted already? I don’t remember reading it.
I’m sorry Tony crossed the line and hope he is able to make amends to return to Anorak.
Administrator: Yes. I will not repeat the nature of the case; that would be self-defeating. Mr. Bennett may contact the editor and discuss the way forward with him. Once may be accidental, twice is, hopefully, careless rather than malicious. There will not be a third time… from anyone.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
453 - Mic
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A bit off the beaten path ???????????
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-agw: must have been the smell of blood.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
noseycow,
Agree with you absolutely… I don’t know what can be done in terms of legislation! I think , current one is fine as long as nobody escapes it and no high connections can be used to avoid responsibility. As long as any parent who is reasonably viewed as negligent promptly goes to prison - the current legislation would do. But, alas, it is not always the case… And no new law would help until the ways to escape justice get blocked.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
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Dr. Watson Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
[...] those with drinking habits or prone to disappearing their children will be given a special grade which will not allow them to leave their children until they are at least 33 (Beyond Christ):
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February 10th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
scarlett LOL
February 10th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
mic - but we’re all lovely people that you wouldn’t have met otherwise!!!
February 10th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
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Dr. Watson Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
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Stars on their forehead
February 10th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
dcb,
Yes! The parents should be all imprinted with “the grade on the Mc. scale” - those with drinking habits or prone to disappearing their children will be given a special grade which will not allow them to leave their children until they are at least 33 (Beyond Christ)
February 10th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
GANDOLF
The McCanns aren’t necessarily a unit, my preciousssss…
February 10th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
447 stevo
they have a cardiovascular dept in the netherlands too called atacand.
February 10th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Bollocks!
I’ve just broken my own rule and posted ona McCann related thread.
Got to go to the corner shop now to see if they sell small bags of self-respect…
February 10th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
dr watson - fully agree with your sentiments - my daughter and her friends were responsible enough to walk to school alone at the the age of 9 (though for the first few weeks i hovered and phoned the school every morning to check that they had arrived) my eldest son is just about to turn 11 and i know that i have to let him have the same responsibility but have managed to delay it until now
while he was not mature enough at 9 he is now and though i find it dificult to let go i have to trust him, and let him start to make his own way in the world :sob:
Children (and parents) develop at different rates, from being able to make a cup of tea to walking to school, being left in the house alone etc etc. It is very difficult to legislate for, which is why i think the current child protection laws do not specify age.
However if our current laws are being so openly flouted by parents who really should know better, and the courts /authorities have little recourse, then perhaps tony is right and we should specify a mimimum age??
February 10th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
449
maybe there should be a reverse law as well?
Mic Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
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February 10th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Chatelaine, you are right!
I know the one person who definitely cannot be left on his own even now: my father! At 16 he stole sodium from school and hid it in his pocket (bang!!!),
at 17 he tried some chemistry experiments on their balcony and was left without his eyelashes! He grew up and procreated and encouraged my brother (5) to climb a tree and followed him, and my brother ended up hanging on a branch by his tummy (no serious injury however), (we both grew up alive and well) and years later he babysat my little daughter - I found the girl sucking scissors happily, sharp end inside, and then he took her on his bike - her sitting on the frame - she still has a scar.
Funnily, my father is known by everybody as a professor in phylosophy, and my children adore him - he has just frozen in a boyish age of 12 forever - and such children are NOT to be left at home on their own!
February 10th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
446 and 448.
Having watched my 50-odd year old neighbour pour himself out of a taxi at 2 this morning and stagger into his house, I doubt that he’d meet any of the criteria.
February 10th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
446
but don’t you think that the standards you set are open to different interpretation depending on who is assessing the child?
Dr. Watson Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
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Not electrocuting you
February 10th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Saturn
Rothley to the AstraZeneca site at Charnwood is 2.1 miles away i.e. literally walking distance. Is this the site that was talked about for development by that other mystery benefactor of the McCanns?
A picture is emerging now….can you see the pieces of the jigsaw fall into place?
February 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Let me thnk of some clearer definition…
A child must not be left on their own unless:
-a child is mature enough and understands risks and can be trusted to keep to certain behaviour (for example, not to open windows, not to switch on an oven, not to answer the door, not to take knifes…etc.) - there are many children whose promise can be trusted
- a child knows exactly for how long he/she is staying and is happy to stay
-the period is reasonably short (according to age)
-an adult will be immediately available to help if needed, and the parents are not far away
-a place is a child’s home, is safe and secure, and a “mock” training was done for any emergency situations (like. “there is smoke from your neighbours house- what would you do then?” “a postman rings the bell - what do you do?”
Please, anti-s, do not electrocute me for this, I am still on your side!