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 11th, 2008 at 12:48 am
bugger
I thought you were male, then I thought you were female and now back to male …but then…?
Same happened with firestar?
FFS so you are male??????!!!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Hello, Stevo!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:47 am
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Totje Says:
February 11th, 2008 at 12:44 am
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i wouldnt mind if they put us together….life is so unfair
February 11th, 2008 at 12:45 am
No, Brandon,
honestly, only one!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Dr Watson
sorry I sound pissed
must be
night
February 11th, 2008 at 12:44 am
826
RedRooster
The two of you in separate boxes
February 11th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Dr Watson
You must be both
I have conversed with you on more than one occasion
and both
I think you are the other!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Saturn
Cinven buys USP Hospitales
By Martin Arnold, Private Equity Correspondent, FT.com site
Published: Jul 10, 2007
Cinven, the UK-based private equity group, on Tuesday announced the €675m leveraged buyout of USP Hospitales. The company is the second-largest private healthcare provider in the Spanish market, focused on long-stay tourists and pensioners in holiday homes.
The deal is the second private healthcare acquisition by Cinven in as many months, after it paid £1.44bn for 26 Bupa hospitals in the UK.
The buyout group said it would continue USP’s recent expansion into the market for tourists and elderly second-home residents in Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca, as well as the Canary Islands, Malaga and Valencia.
It plans to expand into Morocco, either by organic growth or acquisitions, to capture part of the rapidly developing population of foreign residents and tourists.
There are about 5m long-stay tourists and foreign residents in Spain. They represent a private healthcare market of about €100m-€150m, which is growing at 8 per cent a year.
USP recently expanded into Portugal with the acquisition of a 25 per cent stake in HPP, the fourth-biggest player in the Portuguese market.
Cinven will own 65 per cent of USP, with management owning 25 per cent and Caixa, the Portuguese savings bank, invited to take a 10 per cent stake.
USP’s revenues were €246.7m last year, when it made €37.2m of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. Its revenue and earnings have been increasing by a third on average every year for three years.
The company operates 33 facilities, including 13 hospitals, with more than 1,300 beds. It has a strong presence in Madrid and Barcelona and specialises in obstetrics, gynaecology, orthopaedic surgery, internal medicine, diagnostic services, general surgery and oncology.
Spain’s private healthcare market is less developed than most other European countries. It is growing at about 6-7 per cent annually, compared with stagnant growth in more developed markets, such as the UK.
Analysts are positive about the long-term prospects of the business as governments increasingly seek low-cost high-quality alternatives to publicly provided hospital care.
Cinven also owns Partnerships in Care, the UK’s main provider of specialist mental health and related services. It said there would be no synergies between its Spanish and UK operations, though there could be an exchange of best practices.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Brandon flours,
pickled cabbage with raisins, apples, and carrots - have you tried?
February 11th, 2008 at 12:42 am
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Totje Says:
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how long till they put me back in moderation???
February 11th, 2008 at 12:41 am
give us a pickled onion then?
February 11th, 2008 at 12:41 am
RR - me? NEver…. lol
February 11th, 2008 at 12:40 am
I mean , only one posts, and the other says: how can you sit so much on anorak?
February 11th, 2008 at 12:40 am
I think tomorrow they’ll have another complaint filed…
February 11th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Goodnight all…
BF - I am Arthur you are Olive…
February 11th, 2008 at 12:38 am
808
Sc46 Says:
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are you getting a bit kinky or what???
February 11th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Brandon,
only one!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:37 am
809
Ciara-Louise Says:
February 11th, 2008 at 12:34 am
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i will not sleep tonight my love. I think of you all the time yet i cannot see you
February 11th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Nosey - always perk up before bedtime
I will tell all tomorrow.
Sweet dreams….
February 11th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Sleep well Châtelaine and dr Watson…..
February 11th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Dr watson
Are you man and wife?
February 11th, 2008 at 12:35 am
simon - you just got very vocal for one who is retiring for the night!!!
re : the horn of plenty - i’ve not been there myself perhaps you can tell me about it tomorrow??
sleep well
February 11th, 2008 at 12:35 am
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noseycow Says:
February 11th, 2008 at 12:32 am
“[...]
and if you can’t be good then stay on anorak!!
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And don’t do anything I wouldn’t do [and you still can do a lot]
Good night to all [again]
Early heavy days from tomorrow on again
Take care!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Nite nite nosey dream of donuts, don’t eat them! Sugar ooch!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:35 am
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noseycow Says:
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nite nite nosey
February 11th, 2008 at 12:35 am
GOODNight!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:34 am
RR, you still there? My lover.
Guess I’ll have to be your mistress.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:34 am
donnuts, sausages and other assorted vegetables…
February 11th, 2008 at 12:33 am
night nosey!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Mcsoap:
That’s when good posters become…good…friends!