Madeleine McCann: Scare Stories, Kate McCann’s Job And No Mari Luz
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS: “FIVE ATTEMPTED KIDNAPS LINK TO MADELEINE CASE”
“Detectives searching for Madeleine McCann are now investigating a spate of attempted child abductions across Portugal.
“At least five kidnap attempts have been reported in the past month, leading officers from the Madeleine team to examine the details for possible connections.”
What of the headline “link” to Madeleine McCann – well, the alleged attempted kidnappings all occurred in Portugal
But “Last week Justice Minister Alberto Costa revealed that the head detective, Paulo Rebelo, was coming to the end of his case”, says the WORLD’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER
Says Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns’ spokesman: “It’s alarming to hear that this sort of thing can happen, particularly in a country that is so aware of the potential for abduction”
DAILY MIRROR: “Maddy: 5 scares in Portugal”
Police searching for Madeleine McCann are also investigating five attempted child abductions in northern Portugal. They began when a nine-year-old girl was bundled into a car as she got off her school bus. Two more children were attacked last month and last Thursday two men tried to lure a girl of nine into a car. Last Saturday, another child escaped abduction. One police source said: “It is causing a lot of alarm.”
DAILY MAIL: “Madeleine McCann’s disappearance is ‘linked to a string of child abductions’”
Police investigating Madeleine McCann’s disappearance have been alerted over a spate of attempted child abductions in northern Portugal, it has been revealed. At least four children have been targeted in the last month in the region of Coimbra, where a nine-year-old girl escaped from an abductor in December.
It’s five children. The Express and Mirror both say its five
KATE McCANN: “Meanwhile, it is understood Kate McCann is quitting her job as a locum GP to devote her life to children’s charities. Mrs McCann has not returned to work since Madeleine’s disappearance in May and has reportedly told friends she feels she has a lot to offer charity organisations.
THE SCOTSMAN: “Torment of Madeleine’s family ‘is like being crucified’”
Kate McCann’s mother Susan Healey says: “It is almost like being crucified day to day. I read the most stupid things about Kate not crying enough or whatever”
Adding: “Kate and Gerry know they made a mistake and shouldn’t have left the children, they know that, but they certainly don’t deserve what has happened to them. If the Portuguese can’t find out what happened to Madeleine, we have to find out. There is no way Madeleine will fade into insignificance”
Gerry McCann is a “surgeon”
IRISH INDEPENDENT: “Missing Amy’s parents offer cash reward”
The parents of missing Irish expat Amy Fitzpatrick have offered a cash reward for information on her whereabouts. Franco Rey, spokesman for Amy’s Stepfather David Mahon and Amy’s mum Audrey, said: “A substantial reward is on offer to anyone who can provide reliable information on Amy’s whereabouts. Any information received will be treated within the strictest confidence.”
And:
Dubliner Mr Mahon (36) has also travelled to Tangiers in northern Morocco to investigate the possibility the teenager was snatched and taken to Africa.
Rewards have also been offered for missing Briton Madeleine McCann and missing Spanish girl Mari Luz Cortes. The family of five-year-old Mari Luz, snatched from her home in Huelva in south-west Spain on January 13, is offering €300,000 for information on her whereabouts. Rewards totalling £2.6m were offered within 10 days of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance on May 3 last year from the Algarve holiday resort of Praia da Luz.
TYPICALLY SPANISH: “parents of missing Mari Luz are against her image being used in a Madeleine McCann poster campaign”
Mari Luz’s father, Juan José Cortés, said after a meeting with Manuel Chaves, President of the Junta de Andalucía, this weekend, that, while he is not against collaborating in the search for Madeleine and ‘even helping to draw up a poster of all the missing youngsters,’ the lines of investigation into the disappearance of the two young girls are distinct, and are being carried out in two separate countries. EFE [Spanish news agency] said he is considering taking legal action for using his daughter’s image for the campaign.
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Posted: 18th, February 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,122) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
February 19th, 2008 at 12:04 am
I imagine that people across Europe think of the McConns the same way foreigners think of America and Britain after the invasion of Iraq - rich bullies who only care about themselves and don’t care whose lives they destroy.
February 19th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Lex
I thought they found the priest !
pissed off and ready to spill!
February 19th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Can one of our European friends tell me what people’s opinion of the McConns is on the continent? Seems they are upsetting more people now with this Mari Luz poster campaign.
February 18th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Karen
I couldnt ‘get’ it ! with the conspiracies
obviously too mashed on this polish vodka!
February 18th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Karen,
If you don’t mind answering this personal question, I’m curious as to your age.
February 18th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Have there been any breakthroughs since I’ve been gone? Have the cops found Jose Pacheco yet?
February 18th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
995
Lex Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Do Masons drink Bison?
*****
It’s getting interesting again …
February 18th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
New article on photo poster campaign
McCanns in row over girl’s picture
Monday, February 18, 2008
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=99912&in_page_id=34
February 18th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
fuck off
You are all a conspiracy !!!!
February 18th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Hi Brandon
I had to dash off this afternoon to go to a book launch. My friend is 23 and published all ready!!! I could be sick.
Before I look back at the posts - just how fruit-cakey did Man On A Hill and Aardvarko get?
February 18th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
I narrowly missed out on 888 and now I’m just in time for 999.
February 18th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Do Masons drink Bison?
February 18th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
992
Ferdinand Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Żubrówka
****
I prefer Stolichnaya
February 18th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
well that explains alot
February 18th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
987 Saul Says:
“Bison is the Polish vodka with the questionable grass reed inside.”
Żubrówka
February 18th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
One very very last one … [after the grass root]
I remember once in Burgundy in a tiny little village, in a tiny little bar, they had a bottle of alcohol with a viper in it. I’ve done many a things in my life, but … no …
February 18th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Slightly mind altering, so they say.
Goodnight Milady C.
February 18th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Ah
con la rutta
Good night, Sir Saul
February 18th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Saul
OMIGOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
What do you mean?
February 18th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
They drew.
Bison is the Polish vodka with the questionable grass reed inside.
February 18th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Saul
How did your team get on?
February 18th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
chaterlaine
night !
February 18th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
982
Saul Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Is it Bison?
****
Good evening, Saul.
What’s “Bison”?
[yet another last remark...]
February 18th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
981
couldn't resists a last remark]
brandon flours Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
978
Châtelaine
Yes I am !!!!
But who knows?
I was advising a young person on how not to be so obvious in their posts!
*****
I noticed some people slipping in information …
[sorry
Good night, Brandon .
February 18th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Is it Bison?
February 18th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
978
Châtelaine
Yes I am !!!!
But who knows?
I was advising a young person on how not to be so obvious in their posts!
February 18th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
979
brandon flours Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
974
Châtelaine
Easy ! I am covered!!
How are you ?
*****
I’m fine, Brandon. Hope you too. And - definitely - going to the silken sheets now.
Take care!
February 18th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
974
Châtelaine
Easy !
I am covered!!
How are you ?
February 18th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
im going to bed, its too quiet.
hope theres some news tomorrow
February 18th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Brandon, didn’t I read somewhere you are a man …?