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 8:50 am
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veritablequandary
Thank you.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:48 am
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Carmen
Thank you Carmen.
I have read about T.Bennett and I am very surprised he would comment on a court case!
No new thread then?
Has everybody gone from Anorak?
February 11th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Sad about Tony. I suspect he is down but not out.
He lent some credibility to our discussions, having a real identity.
Not being a local, I don’t understand what line he has crossed.
Something about another case.
No predictions. Justing hoping that those with information or power or whatever resource available will act on behalf of a missing child.
I am sorry to hear that you are doing poorly. I think of you as my virtual sister.
I am certain that you will prevail and will do my best to send some positive energy your way.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:45 am
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Stevo Says:
February 10th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Saturn
Incidentally why did John McCann give up his job with AstraZeneca? Isn’t that mysterious in itself?
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You read my mind. This is what I have been brooding about from yesterday. Supposedly AstraZeneca gave him a “leave of absence” so he could help out with “the Madeleine McCann crisis”. At first he was quoted frequently in the news. But what did he do, besides help with management of the Fund. I’ve not seen him too active recently, and yet there is no mention of him going back to his AstraZeneca job. Hell, even Gerry went back to work.
So was his “leave” (or perhaps now “resignation”?) just a polite , discreet way for AstraZeneca to fire him? If he was only a medical rep, perhaps he was not only fired, but made to understand that he had better do his damndest to help make things right via damage control efforts. Hence he helps Team McCann’s Fund, and presumably helps to get Stephen Winyard (neighbor of Castle Craig, where John McCann is financial director) involved.
Could it be that he and Gerry are now persona non grata, and have been kicked out of the elitist group they so much wanted to associate with? This would explain why Team McCann/Clarence Mitchell/Brian Kennedy are doing their best to make Gerry & Kate look guilty. The plan by this speculation is not to save them as a first priority, but rather to sacrifice them if or when that becomes necessary or expedient.
What could the McCanns do in such a tight spot, but go along with whatever they are told to do? I’m guessing they know that if they do so, even their worse case prison term will still be better than the best they could hope for if they did not cooperate.
It comes back to whether some drug was the issue, or whether a paedophilia ring was, or both, or what. I think there is some kind of paedo-ring, and the PJ knows enough about it that they were forced to incorporate this aspect into their abduction scam. Just as the PJ apparently know about the sedation, forcing Gerry to incorporate that as well, saying that the abductor may have sedated the twins.
February 11th, 2008 at 8:45 am
The only “news” is about Retardo3 and how much they cost ….then how “a child prevents a toddler snatch….”(The Sun)
It seems to me we might well be closed to the end.The PJ must be in the uk.The media have shut up brutally.May be Clarrie has lost his voice definively????
February 11th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Seems we are the only ones here?
I am doing bad to say the truth….
I havent been able to post,I hear T.Bennett is gone,no new link etc….
What about you?
What are your predictions?
February 11th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Yes, quiet.
How are you doing?
February 11th, 2008 at 8:32 am
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veritablequandary
Hopefully some are going to be arrested
Is there a new link?
It seems to be dead quiet…..
February 11th, 2008 at 8:31 am
What’s going to happen this week?
Predictions?
February 11th, 2008 at 8:24 am
M&ADm
Please is there a new link??
Whats going on with T.Bennett?
Thank you
February 11th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Good morning
Any one home?
February 11th, 2008 at 7:17 am
CSN 877, that is not a problem, for you have no more an idea of the truth than anyone has.
February 11th, 2008 at 6:19 am
Tony Bennett
This site will miss your input greatly. Thank you for sharing your views/information with us over the last months.
February 11th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Lyn
T. Bennett’s unwise comments that posed grave contempt of court risk to Anorak were unrelated to Madeleine McCann.
They referred to a separate criminal case currently going through the courts in UK (not Portugal !)
February 11th, 2008 at 6:04 am
Sad Tony Bennett is leaving..did he get too close to the truth.
February 11th, 2008 at 4:54 am
can’t say no,
thank you. in the last few weeks you’re the only poster I’ve been reading.
I wondered at the server change too. And the shifts in tone.
au revoir.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:16 am
876-878 Can’t Say No
You seem to be very upset with Tony Bennett choosing to leave the site. Please note that, in the end, it was his choice. If he wanted to stay, all he had to do was assure Anorak that he would refrain from posting details which would prejudice ongoing legal actions and thereby put the site and its owners at risk.
There are others here who are still interested in justice being served in this case. Please do not write us off.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:00 am
As for you ALl the pros ,you deserve what you get
Contempt !
And believe me, that this feeling ,it’s not only from Portugal
It’s a feeling ,going worldwide
You really ,must live in a FANTASY WORLD
February 11th, 2008 at 1:56 am
Hope you read this ,even if you don’t post here anymore!
As for me, if you go , i’ll change my tactic
I will only post ,what the pros deserve to know ,and not the truth
One more and very impotant thing , please Mr. Tony Bennett don’t trust anyone ,that you only know from here
February 11th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Tony Bennett
You were the only one ,i trusted in this site
You were the one ,who have shown to want to know the truth
Without ,you ,this site ,will ,belong only to the pros !
So please don’t left Anorak
February 11th, 2008 at 1:46 am
868
agw
I want to believe ,that this kind of attitude has only 1 excuse ,
You don’t want to risk ,a lawsuit ,from the team Mccann
Almost ALL VALUABLE POSTERS ARE GONE !!
When ,Anorak,choosed to change ,to a British Server ,i became suspictious
And ,also noticed that ,some posters ,were Glad with it
Those posters don’t have my trust anymore
I already ,emailed ,to various ,sites, warning them ,what is happening in the site Anorak
Soon, you only have trolls ,lovers , and pros on this site
February 11th, 2008 at 1:35 am
Night RR, love always xx
February 11th, 2008 at 1:33 am
872
xxx
Ciara-Louise Says:
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goodnight…by the way you dont need make-up believe me
February 11th, 2008 at 1:30 am
C u tomorrow then.
Goodnight. XXX
February 11th, 2008 at 1:29 am
RR, xxxx
February 11th, 2008 at 1:27 am
867
Ciara-Louise Says
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OMG you really are HOT babe xxx
February 11th, 2008 at 1:22 am
867
Ciara-Louise Says:
February 11th, 2008 at 1:19 am
dont go away…
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hang on babe
February 11th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Tony Bennett’s Fond Farewell.
428 agw
We must agree to disagree on whether my comments on a particular case came anywhere near to breaching sub judice or contempt of court rules, but in view of the tone of your post and your other comments, I feel the sensible course is for me to withdraw from Anorak indefinitely.
This does not change my view that Anorak has performed and is peforming a most useful role in facilitating discussion about Madeleine McCann and long may you continue to do so
Administrator: Then you knew what you were doing. That speaks volumes. It is probably better not to claim an Anorak martyrdom …you were spotted by one of our excellent Moderators and pulled over. I do , however, congratulate you on the dignity of your valedictory. The return route remains a contact via editor@anorak.co.uk -agw
February 11th, 2008 at 1:19 am
RR,
Check your e-mail.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:19 am
xxxx night
xxxxxxx