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 10:25 am
45 dcb
Morning all (not many around yet, lazy b……)
Just browsed through Sky discussions and under “Latest news on Madeleine” there is an interesting post from “Jacquiagain” at 8.07 this morning.
It seems as though she is Portugese and has a friend in the know who will be interviewing
12 people, including Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Wright and Miss Baker. Anyone know who Baker and
Wright are, and why not the Mother of one of the Tapas7?
I can”t understand why the info I posted yesterday which was on ITV1 news at 11.45am
has not been reported in the Press.
February 10th, 2008 at 10:24 am
I’ll answer myself.
The link below says, among other things, the following:
“The McCann, innocent people
On a opinion column published on the Mirror, on September 23 (“Police here have given up looking for poor Maddie”), Mr. Dai Davies wrote: “I spent a week in Praia da Luz where Madeleine went missing, “walking the shop floor” as I call it, going over the available evidence and unearthing some startling new information about the case. And in what will surely be another hammer-blow to the McCanns’ hopes of finding their little daughter, I’ve discovered from lengthy talks with my barrister contact that Portuguese investigators have unofficially abandoned the hunt for Madeleine’s alleged abductor.”
Showing that he is a strong believer in the innocence of the McCann, Mr. Dai Davies left an advise to PJ detectives: “The police now need to halt their campaign to pin this awful crime on two innocent people and bring in new officers for a complete overhaul with fresh eyes.”
“Mr Davies, a former divisional commander in West London, with child protection experience, has “deliberately” not met with the McCanns”, while at Praia da Luz, according to the Daily Post, “but regularly speaks to their new spokesman Clarence Mitchell.”
http://tinyurl.com/ys7bl7
February 10th, 2008 at 10:23 am
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Chloe Spain Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 10:19 am
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Yes I think it was but it is in the paper again today.
February 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am
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dcb Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 10:17 am
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Yeah. Now why can’t we offer our services to them? Some of us speak english, spanish, portuguese, italian, german, dutch…. AND some seem to know how to use the Internet.
February 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am
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Chloe Spain Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 10:19 am
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I think it was - but it is in the paper again today.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/34466/Yard-should-take-Maddy-case-
February 10th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Morning all.
45 dcb
Wasn’t this also some time ago? It seems to ring a bell. Might be another case of revamping old news.
February 10th, 2008 at 10:17 am
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Totje Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 10:14 am
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Supersleuth Marco
February 10th, 2008 at 10:16 am
33.Saturn :
Judging by the info in your post it looks like John McCann wasn’t spinning a line when he said the following……….
………..“It’s true we have friends we could call on that others may not have – and we used them. We called in favours.”
February 10th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Ferdinand
Please answer my post 38 and tell us how this case will be solved.
February 10th, 2008 at 10:14 am
No, no, now here’s a brigh chap [Marco M3]
“He talks about how he “cried with rage” when he investigated on the internet how paedophiles operate. “
February 10th, 2008 at 10:11 am
“…….Mr Davies has travelled to Praia da Luz and closely studied the lay out of the Mark Warner complex and the entry points to the McCanns’ holiday apartment from where Madeleine disappeared shortly before her fourth birthday on May 3 last year.
He concluded that her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, both 39, were not involved in her disappearance……..”
Bright chap isn’t he?
February 10th, 2008 at 10:10 am
I won’t be heartbroken when I get a diamond
February 10th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I’ve never met a heartbroken diamond.
February 10th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Matty, the power of love is like a diamond, it has many planes and much heartbreak.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Gandolf 39- but I thought Frankie goes to Hollywood said the power of love was a force from above!!!
February 10th, 2008 at 9:55 am
39 Gandolf
That’s what i thought, thank you.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Love is when two good and noble hearts meet, even the Elders cannot control the power of love, man on a hill.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Ferdinand Says:
“Expect some progress! The case will soon be solved.”
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How?
February 10th, 2008 at 9:52 am
From the article:
A fact claimed by “insiders” who say “officers did not have a shred of evidence against the 39-year-old couple”
Wonder who the “insiders” might be, IMHO might it be clarry or brother of g mcc, john mccann, who by the way, as we all remember, quit his job to work on the find madeleinefund full time a few months ago.. Must be a very lucrative job.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:51 am
35 babyjane
lol.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:42 am
34 man on a hill,
I’m one of the earth bounds, but may I answer? If you have experienced a beautiful love somewhere in the past, the chances are good that you’ll be lucky in love in the future.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Gandolf
Will i be lucky in love? What do the mists of time say?
February 10th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Stevo,
Excerpts from these articles show the extremely tight relationship between AstraZeneca and Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS). The chief executive of AstraZeneca becomes the Chairman of RBS. Not only that, he’s a non-executive director of Bell Pottinger(BP).
Sir Tom McKillop has direct high-level connections in Royal Bank of Scotland, AstraZeneca, and Bell Pottinger. Holy Cow. That’s not even all. “He is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Leicester.” This guy is the beginning and the end of the universe, in which “the Madeleine McCann crisis” has unfolded.
McKillop joins RBS board
Jill Treanor
The Guardian,
Wednesday August 3 2005 Article history ·
Royal Bank of Scotland ended months of speculation yesterday when it named Sir Tom McKillop, the retiring chief executive of pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, to its board as deputy chairman.
Sir Tom, who is joining the board on September 1, is regarded as the leading candidate to become chairman of the bank when Sir George Mathewson retires. [see Dec 2005 article below]
…In a statement yesterday Sir George welcomed Sir Tom to the board. “His experience and knowledge of the financial services sector and extensive commercial background in a global company make him a further strong addition to our board.”
…Sir Tom was on the board of Lloyds TSB and is now a non-executive director of BP.
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From investors.rbs.com:
Announcements
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc -
Directorate Change
Sir Tom McKillop to succeed Sir George Mathewson as Group Chairman
21 Dec 2005
Sir George Mathewson will retire from the Board at the Group’s Annual General Meeting on 28 April 2006. He will be succeeded as Chairman by Sir Tom McKillop. Sir Tom is currently Chief Executive of AstraZeneca PLC, from which he will retire on 31 December 2005, a Non-Executive Director of BP plc and Deputy Chairman at The Royal Bank of Scotland Group…
…Sir George Mathewson Chairman of RBS said: “I and the Board are delighted that Sir Tom has agreed to become my successor. As Chief Executive of a global company [AstraZeneca] he has wide experience of operating successfully in different international markets. He also has a comprehensive understanding of financial services from his previous directorship of a major bank.
Sir Tom McKillop
Sir Tom McKillop (62) is currently the Chief Executive of AstraZeneca. Prior to the merger, Sir Tom held the position of Chief Executive Officer Designate of the Zeneca Group since 1998, having previously served as Executive Director of the Zeneca Group and Chief Executive Officer of Zeneca Pharmaceuticals.
Sir Tom joined ICI’s Corporate Research Laboratory in 1969, following post-doctorate research work after obtaining a PhD and BSc Hons in Chemistry. He later moved to ICI Pharmaceuticals Division where he held a number of positions over the next 14 years, including Technical Director with international responsibility for research, development and production.
Sir Tom’s external activities include his Non-Executive Director appointment with Lloyds TSB Group PLC from 1999 to 2004. He is also Pro-Chancellor of Leicester University. Sir Tom is married with three children and his leisure interests include sport, reading, carpentry and music.
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From stocks.us.reuters.com:
McKillop, Tom
Brief Biography
Sir Tom McKillop was appointed to the Board as Deputy Chairman in September 2005. Sir Tom is a non-executive director of BP p.l.c., and president of the Science Council. He was formerly chief executive of AstraZeneca PLC, and was previously president of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations and chairman of the British Pharma Group. He is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Leicester and a trustee of the Council for Industry and Higher Education.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Madeleine is still within the compass of Mother Earth, the Elders will not let her go without justice.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Good morning,
Gandolf, can you ask one of your etherals, where Madeleine is?
February 10th, 2008 at 9:24 am
morning.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:21 am
It is not the hearing of the voices it is the unweaving of the conundrums within, the ethereal can unlock doors that the earth bound cannot.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Ohh there I am
Gandolf 24- revelation 17 ?
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M and A
Good try, but the real Gandalf has two a’s…..
This one is just hearsay….
February 10th, 2008 at 9:04 am
“SUNDAY MIRROR: “McCann cops: No evidence” ”
Oh….
There were no cadaver dogs, no DNA, no lies, no uncleared hours,no questions, they need an answer,no blood…
and there is not a missing girl ??
February 10th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Where am I