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 10:53 pm
just for a second look at the picture at the top of this site. The sideways look, (dont you dare look me straight in the eye) and the tight lipped smirk (nasty smell under the nose) Definately, in my opinion, not the faces of two distraught parents - definately (in my opinion) a look of a pair of individuals who are scared to reveal their true selves. Their whole persona from day one has seemed to me to be a stage managed performance. Is this the way to deal with the situation or the way to hide it. Gerry on his blog 14.2.08 stresses that they need to be released from suspect status - and goes on to say that it will enable them to search for Madeleine. What, pray, is stopping them searching WITH suspect status…….?? Are they legally bound not to look for her, because they are suspects?? I dont know how Portugese law works but if they were allowed back to the UK they should be able to move freely around looking for their kid, suspect or not. But they dont seem to be, do they? Oh and by the way - KATE MCCANN WORKING FOR CHILDREN’S CHARITY????? SURELY NOT. I HAVE WORKED VOLUNTARILY FOR YEARS WITH A CHILDRENS CHARITY AND I HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH A VERY STRICT POLICE CHECK…….SURELY THEY WOULD NOT GIVE THE ALL CLEAR TO SOMEONE WHO WAS MADE A SUSPECT WITH REGARD TO HER MISSING CHILD - WHO HAS NOT BEEN FOUND - REGARDLESS OF THE SUSPECT STATUS BEING REMOVED OR NOT
February 18th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
944
Châtelaine
Good nite
February 18th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
936
Saul Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
http://www.debunking911.com/quick.htm
This is for the Zeitgeisters
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I am not a Zeitgeister, yet do have a look at my yesterday’s post re building nr.7.
Good night, Saul et al
February 18th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
941
veritablequandary
I knew it!
February 18th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
939 Fair Says:
Hope it’s not me!
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nope, not you
February 18th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
934 jo
I wouldnt be able to notice so it cant be me
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can’t be you
February 18th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
928 Veritable quandary
Say who is your nominee, before I go to bed, please. He/she will not take offense, I should think.
February 18th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
VQ
Hope it’s not me!
Totje
Don’t you dare!
February 18th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Mods, Beware the wrath of the Wicker Man you have been warned, enjoy and be educated. http://www.cyberwitch.com/wychwood/Temple/beltane.htm
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Mods and Admin
Gandolf, your time to learn , don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs! I am a witch, and know all about the Sabbats, but our readers do not.
Before you go off on a rant about human sacrifice these days IT DOES NOT HAPPEN!
Please, also find a less fluffy new age explanation of the Sabbat
February 18th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
And yep!
—-> gone
February 18th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
http://www.debunking911.com/quick.htm
This is for the Zeitgeisters
February 18th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Oh sorry, that was too soon. Sorry to
February 18th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
928
veritablequandary
I wouldnt be able to notice so it cant be me
February 18th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
930
Fair
You can’t do that to me! It’s a csn.
I will stalk you tomorrow!
February 18th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
00ps
mischievous……
February 18th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
924
Totje
Abraham Zapruder
“With regards to the key to Praia da Luz church that the McCanns were given after Madeleine went missing, so that the couple could pray in privacy, “that was a decision made by the Conselho Pastoral and I only knew about it three days later”.
i cant remember who was soooo pissed off with this story of the keys….anyhoiw,the PJ took it very seriously and went no long ago to dig up the land around/within the church again….
I wonder why …
February 18th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Nite Totje.
I’m off too. Very tired
Nite all!
February 18th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
926
Fair
Oh you did it again! It’s gonna end up in a divorce, I swear to you.
michievious = typo? Can’t find it in my translator.
February 18th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
616 slyfox Says:
It’s a funny thing blogging isn’t it? For example someone who can start off sounding as if English is their second language has incredibly lucid english language moments.
Anyone else noticed anything?
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I have not been reading today but I have a nominee in mind
February 18th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Bye all, loads of work to be done tomorrow.
So off, walking the puppy etc. etc.
February 18th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Methinks Totje is in a michievious mood tonight??
February 18th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
921
Totje
White all over Asia
Lots of flowers and smells and foods and tears and music and colours and life
February 18th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
916
Abraham Zapruder
We all can’t be sure of course, but here’s an article about Father Pacheo in which he denies some rumours.
http://portugalresident.com/portugalresident/showstory.asp?ID=23328
February 18th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
after 2 world wars i thought that my grandparents and parents had given their lives for something as many across europe and the world……i thought that the power of the internet had brought people from all over the world closer..sadly not…….the powers have to whoosh clunk what they want…god help us all
February 18th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Abraham Zapruder
I am confused with the pacheco clones.So where is the real pacheco?
Curious?
ney…normal in mccWorld
February 18th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
915
jo,
I prefer white… Is it hindoeism or boedhism that buries people in white? Or may be even both, can’t remember now.
February 18th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Marie 908
Yes I think that is Fr Haynes Hubbard in the photo. Probably a guy at the Mail said “Quick we need a picture of Fr Pacheco” but they couldn’t find one so they said “Dammit, let’s put in one of Hubbard instead, our readers won’t notice.”
February 18th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Nite nite Garth
February 18th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
908
Marie Nicholas
The managers ashamed?????
The only thing they could eventually be ashamed of is NOT to make enough cash.
Thats all it is about.
February 18th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
911
Fair
Sht, we prefer my mother in law
She’s 80 and can go on for hours, till early in the morning to be exact!