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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February 18th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
704
clouseau
Are ya Portuguese or what ???
February 18th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
675
Clouseau
No evidence. That’s the big glaring inconvenient gap in the Mcduction theory isn’t it.
If only G had thought of to disguise himself a bit ( brown jacket, etc), take a sedated Amelie for a quick wander when he did his check at 9-ish, put her back then break the window, there could have been a chance some independent witnesses might have spotted this and later endorsed the abduction theory.
Pity he was spotted by JW before he could break the shutter.
February 18th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
people across the world think we are scum and you know what after this who can blame them
February 18th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
699
clouseau
Don’t be silly
Name a country ,that have a trusted politico ?
February 18th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
680
Marie Nicholas
I think it was shamefool but NOT sure.Must find my notes.
Anyhow he was too shocked….
February 18th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
should have said anglo French |Briton of course
February 18th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Damn. Six-hundred-and-sixty-six. I got the mark of McCann.
February 18th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
I used to be proud to be British …not anymore
February 18th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
646
Gandolf Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Cheryl, yes I dazzle myself at times, it’s all a mystery to some, but not others.
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There is another one that I have to research for again that I found when I ’smelled’ the work of the creatures when she disppeared, that is quite telling also for what has/had gone on over there. It is best not to tell you about it without back up or I’m likely to find myself in the chicken coop.
February 18th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
683
Marie Nicholas
Subconscience?
February 18th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
693
lol
love to see them in court smell of death and all that
February 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
687
MikeSA
Yes.
This why the leftist party won.
Won on ashes and destroyed lives….
I hate them all
February 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
OMG
sorry 
iI forgott ,this dogs ,were biased
February 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
691
clouseau
Maybe if you ask to the Brits sniffer dogs they can reply
February 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Garth will be here soon ……lol cmon Garth the game is up
February 18th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
cmon where is my answer to your evidence of an abduction
February 18th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
679
Fair
Phew, never paid attention to the numbers. Glad he saved me.
February 18th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
674
Cheryl,
Yes I know, I’ve heard that complaint [hatred for the Americans] too from some of my friends. I myself think that’s not really fair, because our governments also knew and know the “facts” and they participate[d] and betrayed us. It looks like our governments are trying to reign by emotions of fear and hatred. And are making laws/regulations based on incidents in stead of looking at the real structural problems and handling them. It looks like looking for solutions, is to difficult or just not opportune.
February 18th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Duarte Levy
from SOS Madeleine is a reporter !!
Same to Paulo from Gazeta Digital !
Both have a name and a face
Not like most of us on here
February 18th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
681
jo Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
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Of course Jo. Sorry, the date didn’t ring a bell for some reason.
What impressed me about the aftermath of that incident, was that the Spanish people were savvy enough to vote their prime minister out of office for lying about it.
It was the one shining light in the whole sordid affair of the Iraq war!
Quite why the populations of the UK and the US didn’t march into the respective offices of shrub and bliar, drag them out by their ears, and string them up from the nearest tree, I’ll never fathom.
February 18th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
621 Saul
Iv”e just bookmarked your instructions, thanks. The sayings I got were from 3Arguidos and I wrote them down at the time. It was only when Gandolf
quoted “When it is dark……….. that I remembered. The Poster had written Ralph Waldo Emerson as the source but it could be wrong.
It”s been a wierd posting day, not much about the main reason we are posting
and some aggression. Don”t know if you saw my post re Postcard virus, which was immediately shot down, but I”m only staying long enough to find out if
dcb is right. I want to watch Dispatches about the reason for the current crisis,
apparently, it”s the Banks……as if we didn”t know!!!!
February 18th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
682
here we go again where would you like me to start?
February 18th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Jo
11/03/2004
Never happened ,for some peolple
February 18th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
680 Sorry, I meant “shameful”, but as I was speaking of Clarrie, I don’t know why, the word fool came to my mind.
February 18th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
clueless your the defective, your supposed to find the evidence.
February 18th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
673
MikeSA
The killing in Madrid.
It was convenient to accuse ETA but it has been proven it wasnt.I dont really know what has happen but somebody is taking the lead of conspiracy and being sued for it….no point in pasting the links as they would be in spanish.
Surely there will be food for thoughts in the english speaking medias…
February 18th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
657 Jo
Did Clarrie say it was shamefool of Mr Cortes not to agree with the pictures of his daughter on their posters, or did he say it was a shame ?
February 18th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Wassup Lex??
Oh & you got the ‘’sign”!!
Da da dum……
February 18th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
670
jo,
imagine, if he’s right, and they know she’s still alive, and you were threatened to shut up or else she dies… Would you dare to talk, really? Or imagine they were threatening to take the other kids or a niece or nephew, would you really, really dare to talk. I fear, I wouldn’t dare to take the risk….
February 18th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
should have said Garth as well
i am waiting