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 9:51 pm
849 Totje
Oh ok. I didn’t miss anything then?
It bothers me when people are a tad mysterious, makes me think…well I’ll just say it makes me think!
February 18th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Clueless since you have had to much to drink and have done a tango, have a nice lay down, you must be dizzy but no more than usual.
February 18th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
835 REPORTER Says:
“Totje wherever it was printed,, if it ever was, the Home office do not issue statements about sub judice matters, but they would have to inform the McCanns legal team of any such request.”
Why would they`have to? To interview witnesses, they do not have to inform the McCanns’ lawyers.
February 18th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
848
clouseau
How much did you have to drink Clouseau…..?
February 18th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
844
Garth
No I won’t tell. It’s a thing we agreed on. Our pact of silency
February 18th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Clueless
About that job I offered you. With it you get a company van.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/981/intheshitco5.jpg
Start Monday?
February 18th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
846
Gandolf
Lots of tricks they know for sure
February 18th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
840
Fair
Can’t you really guess? Pattern? Like someone else’s pattern discussed yesterday?
February 18th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Call Tanner to the witness box
he was 5- 7 to 6-0 but could have been 5 -10 he was blond unshaven and smartly dressed…he looked unshaven but clean and looked like a Morrocon he walked towards murats house then turned around and walked in the oppisite direction just as i saw Gerry and Jez doing the Tango across the street i am not a fantacist or a liar but i had to much to drink
February 18th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
843
Lex
jajajajajja..just saw the spelling mistake! you really make me laugh…the mcHaggis
February 18th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Garth, be careful they may put a spell on you, perhaps that’s what jo means.
February 18th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
820 Totje Says:
“But wasn’t it printed on paolo reis blog or the kidnapping.be blog?”
Do you believe anything written in those blogs? For me, all those stories seem to be well invented, very often so vague that you might think that they could be true, if it fits to your favorite theory.
Think about the “unnamed lawyer” and his “unnamed client”, who fears “unnamed circles”. Or the “unnamed diplomat”.
It’s a bit like “coldwater”, they present facts that even might be true, but twist them into their personal theories. See for example tonight’s post 748
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but what many might not know is that these guys have now been identified from CCTV footage - or at least, in store footage.
END QUOTE
So it seems that some people have been in a store. Why is that incriminating?
February 18th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
838
Totje Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
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I reckon she gets on the phone to sshhh….you know who?
February 18th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
839 Jo days…
Gerry McHaggis?
February 18th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
834
Garth
I know lots of “Cortes”
If you ever come to spain I”ll introduce you ….
I”ll make sure they handle you with care
February 18th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
835
REPORTER
Thanks for answering that clarrifies a lot.
February 18th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I’m a bit confused…CSN said this is disgusting & went.
What was disgusting?
Does anyone know??
February 18th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
831
clouseau
Why do you answer?
Do you think its worth it?
Tonight we have The 3 Mousquetaires: Gandolf,Reporter,Garth…. in defence of the mcHigness.
Answering gross provokation is just what they want…..
February 18th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
827
Garth
Ahhh, the mysteries of life…..
Well, plenty of other websites/forums/webblogs promoted over here
February 18th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Garth
do you have Victorian standards….if so where is the double standards and the orgies
February 18th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
824 Jo,
826 Lex
I am not really worried, but someone pointed out that Retardo doesn’t really have much to do, right now, in spite of earning money, money, money (some of which Clouseau kindly contributed to … Only teasing Clouseau, I really think you are a dear!).
February 18th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Totje wherever it was printed,, if it ever was, the Home office do not issue statements about sub judice matters, but they would have to inform the McCanns legal team of any such request.
February 18th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
832
jo Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
826
Lex
….and try to bribe the Cortes
….but not too much they are gypsies : handle with great care
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So how well do you know the Cortes family jo?
February 18th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
829
Garth Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
……….and what with man of the blinkin edge
———- OVER i should of said
February 18th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
826
Lex
….and try to bribe the Cortes
….but not too much they are gypsies : handle with great care
February 18th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
think i might change career and become a journo…..when the d notice is lifted a sh*t load of money to be made
February 18th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
828
clouseau Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Garth
if i switch sides whats the pay like?
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I told you to keep it under wraps. Wont you listen to anything?
February 18th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
……….and what with man of the blinkin edge
February 18th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Garth
if i switch sides whats the pay like?
February 18th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
822
Totje Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
816
Garth
Wassup Garfy?
And your point is…?
—-> gone!
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I’d like to know where she goes? Planet zonk with the rest of em maybe?