Madeleine McCann: ‘Screaming Contradictions’, Scotland Yard And Francisco Marco Interviewed
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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…
Posted: 10th, February 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (926) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
February 10th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
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RedRooster
Well , I’m locked in the shower…. can’t open the bathroom door. Shall I call you??
February 10th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
sorry - don’t mean to be cryptic - tell me which ones and i’ll endevour to explain
got tonsilitus and not thinking straight - never realised that my brain cell was at the back of my throat
February 10th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Ian,
I don’t know- I would probably be against such law. If children under 10 can never be left alone at home, then absolutely -children under 12 must not walk on their own anywhere except their back gardens, and children under 17 must not ride bicycles on public roads. Children under 21 must not have sexual relationships, and children under 30 must not take out any credits.
We had a policy in the family - that from 6 a child will be bit by bit learning to stay on their own (under secret presence of the parents first), with full guidance. We did it not because we were negligent, but because we knew that something might happen that will force a child to be on their own unexpectedly (for example, a crash or illness of a parent, or a sudden emergency with their nanny…, or if a parent needs to rush to hospital with an elderly relative), and we wanted them to be safe and prepared. I admit there was an element of risk in it, but no more then 2wheel bicycle riding, for example. Our children were looking forward to trying to be on their own, for 15 min first, and every single instance of emergency was discussed. They agreed not to eat anything (to avoid any risk of choking), TV and electrical things were unplugged, telephone numbers learnt by heart, neighbours (close friends) had keys and were informed and promised to keep an eye, And the children loved it, feeling trusted and grown up. Their behaviour was flawless when on their own (cannot say this about when the parents are present). I must say, that we trusted our daughter to stay at a much younger age than our son (he matured much later). Now I know that , whatever happens, our children will do their best to be safe and will not suffer a nervous breakdown.
The other detail was that our children always went to sleep without problem and never needed light or mum present in the room - they never had fears, we made sure they never went to bed because parents wanted it, but only if the children themselves felt sleepy.
I would probably be the parent who would break the law if the law was to forbid leaving children under 10 on their own at all. Not because I would go to tapas, but for my own children’s sake. However, If something happened because of my such decisions, I would not think of covering it up !
February 10th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
from you
February 10th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
RR
And you wanted advise on inlaws
February 10th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
On the buses? Why?
February 10th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
579
Ciara-Louise Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
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i would love to meet you too C-Lou. My job?? Im a locksmith, so im very good with my hands
February 10th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
February 10th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
cryptic messages
February 10th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
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noseycow Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
oh and brandon - C-Lou and Red got engaged!! I’ve volunteered to be a bridesmaid
i think that means they are allowed to flirt now as that rule only seemed to aply to them anyway - imo
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I’d love you to be my bridesmaid.
Would have asked you anyway. xx
February 10th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
SC46
I saw ‘on the buses’ earlier and thought of you
February 10th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
mrs sc gone to bed now then???
February 10th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
They’re doomed
!!!!!!!!!
February 10th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Is Sunday a day of puzzles?
February 10th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
oh and brandon - C-Lou and Red got engaged!! I’ve volunteered to be a bridesmaid
i think that means they are allowed to flirt now as that rule only seemed to aply to them anyway - imo
February 10th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
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mrs pigeon aka brandon f Says
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whats this about a scam, are we discussing the mctossers again
February 10th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
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RedRooster
Well would have been nicer if I could have spent it with you. Meeting some friends tomorrow for lunch in town , then see what happens. Lunch ,then drinks etc.. What is your job RR? Would love to meet you, think we would get on well. xx
February 10th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
simon - no need for what???
brandon - your son have long hair then???
stevo has been investigating the fund and has come to the conclusion that its a scam- allegedly
mic - we see that you are now addicted like the rest of us
February 10th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I see ………..none the wiser
How do those poor Mc Canns cope with all this dithering daily ?????!!!!!
February 10th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
cant your english is fine - i shouldn’t abreviate - sorry
February 10th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
nosey my son does that
as if he invented it !!! 
February 10th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
nosey
who said its a scam?
February 10th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Howdy Mic !!!
February 10th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
simon - has she gone now???
February 10th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
blimey
I thought we were band from english innuendo flirting?
Are they banged to rights or not?
February 10th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Nosey - no need
February 10th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
561
‘on for a few mos’… unlike noseycow, who’s on for a few moos.
February 10th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Till later
I’m begining to realise ,that i don’t know English
February 10th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
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Ciara-Louise Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
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not really darling….people often call me at the most inconvenient times for work. Unfortunately im on call 24/7. Have you had a nice weekend my love??
February 10th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
evening brandon - the pj are/aren’t coming, the drs mcc will / will not have theire aguido status lifted - delete as you think fit … that about sums it up.
oh and the fund is a scam (allegedly)
cant - sense of humour
(sorry)