Madeleine McCann: Scare Stories, Kate McCann’s Job And No Mari Luz
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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 18th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Totje
Re your 547 post, nice to hear & ditto. But careful or allegations start
February 18th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
583
Fair Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Garth
Maybe she’s…..
> Gone? Till later??
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Im sure the first bits right
February 18th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Jeez, seems like all loose women have scarpered. I have that affect, works wonders when its convenient!
February 18th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Garth
Maybe she’s…..
> Gone? Till later??
February 18th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Totje
Thank you. I enjoy reading your posts.
At first, I thought I’d like to meet some other posters in the flesh, but now, I find the mystery about what they look like, or about the sound of their voice, good. We can concentrate on what is written. I also find the effort of having to be concise is challenging.
It is strange how there can be both familiarity and distance between all of us.
February 18th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Csn
Come back luvvy………………….you need to answer some questions
Hi Julie,
hows the hormones today?
February 18th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
579
Fair
February 18th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
578
Snap!
February 18th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
560
can’t say no Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Get it ???
****
No, please explain.
And please give me an anwer to my yesterday’s post 1583?
February 18th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Will be back soon
February 18th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1227842.html?page=5
This is for the Zeitgeisters.
Notice the difference between Claim and Fact
February 18th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Jo
Bravo!
February 18th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Hello Garth
February 18th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
568
Marie Nicholas
Why would Pilimary have her phone bugged???
Trying to catch up on posts etc…
February 18th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
560
can’t say no Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Get it ???
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No. What?
February 18th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Csn
Im pretty sure they havent but where did you get this useful source of misinformation that you condemn as lies?
February 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Gotta go
Till later
February 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
566
jo
February 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Pilimary
Some firms can help you find if your telephone is bugged, or your flat, but I don’t know their cost. Can you ask to change your phone number? It will put your mind at rest. Also, is there a way to gt the phone company not to write your name and number on the phone repertory ?
Is there a way in which they could get your name and address? In which case, I would just talk to it about the police. You havent done anything very wrong. And they are doing worse if they bugged your phone.
If not, you are probably getting nervous and imagining things. They don’t have that power over you.
February 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
557
Jolie
Yes, I love to ‘talk’ to people around the world, debate and learn. Some over here ‘feel’ like friends, even if our views differ. Anorak is different to debating stuff with the ‘real life’ friends, because most of them are in similar occupations, live in similar neighbourhoods etc.
February 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
From today’s 24 Horas newspaper.
I have written the arcticle in 24horas
I KNEW already since yesterday this would be published.Just have to anticipate and thats all what there is about.
This IS excellent. Just what I am waiting for.
I can write the next “chapter” if anyone dares read it….
Anyhow today I have a message for the mcTeams
Clarrie,believe me.Stop fiddling around with my friends.You dont know the Gypsies.You dont know they have their own code of moral and moreover what is it based on ….
They want nothing to do with you at all.
The mccanns stink and the Cortes reject their stink. They are healthy people.
They dont have a “clarrie” or fancy branson but they have the street with them.Generally uneducated people,poor people and ethnies totally foreign to your pink world.
Ease off,man..Dont try to drag them in your dark pit.
If it ever comes to this :let them grieve their little child with dignity.
LUZ on them.
With all my contemp
Not very much yours
Jo
February 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
561
yet
Garth
Hi Garth
Goodafternoon to you to
I just know
Nobody ,has to trust me
Although i think ,you only need to have 2 braincells ,to know the P.P. never worked ,with M3
More they are lucky ,for not beeing arrested
February 18th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Hi
sorry to butt in, but does anyone know anything about the 48 hours docu on the McCannfiles - like what date it came out. have you all seen it?
Thanx
Debs
February 18th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Well, lovelies, must attend to the work of living, for the sake of the family.
Bye for now.
February 18th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Flipping nora, this sounds heavy….I wonder if it will be a gentle “reminder”……….
………” We believed we had permission and the friend who spoke to him is trying to phone him to remind him of the conversation she had with him.” snipped from article in today’s DM………….
Anyway, according to the report it was a ‘friend who spoke Spanish” who made the arrangements, surely the Mc.s with all their legal and financial back up shouldn’t have had to depend on a spanish speaking friend to sort this out….whats the point of having this army of advisors at their disposal?
February 18th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
550
can’t say no Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
“Portuguese police looking for Madeleine and the McCann’s own private investigators Metado 3 have looked at both cases in connection with her disappearance. ”
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What a laugh More lies
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Csn
How come you know lies when it suits?
February 18th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Get it ???
February 18th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
540
Pilimary,
I don’t want to be offensive to you or anybody else, but to be honest I don’t believe anything anymore about the disappearance of Madeleine without questioning. I do trust Rebelo [don't know why but] he looks like a real professional. I’ll wait for his conclusion. Impatiently though!
February 18th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
541
jo
February 18th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
547 Totje
For some reason, this feels like a safe environment to discuss important issues, surprisingly enough to me. We already ‘know’ each other in our virtual relationships and most of us are willing to listen to what each other has to say with respect. I’m thankful for the opportunity to be able to do that with a wide range of people from different parts of the world.