Madeleine McCann: Melissa Fiering Sees, An Algerian And Waldo
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
THE SUN (front page): “MADDIE SEEN IN FRANCE”
“Eye-defect girl in cafe” – Why do they stare, daddy?
DAILY MIRROR: “I SPOTTED MADDY AT CAFE IN FRANCE”
A picture of Melissa.
“’This is so significant because the girl noticed the blemish in the eye and it’s on CCTV for first time’ - McCANN FAMILY SPOKESMAN CLARENCE MITCHELL LAST NIGHT”
This is the Mirror’s “EXCLUSIVE THE HUNT FOR MADELEINE”
To France:
“The little girl was spotted in a motorway service station cafe by student Melissa Fiering, 18, who insists she clearly saw the distinctive flaw in her right iris”
Says Melissa: “My friend and I had music playing loudly out of our mobile phones and this little girl was dancing to it. It was only when I looked closely at her I realised it was Madeleine. She had a very thin face and her blonde hair had been cut much shorter, down to her jaw. But it was her”
Why so certain?
“I looked in her eye because I’d seen on TV that Madeleine’s got a defect in her right iris and I saw this girl had it. I could hardly believe my eyes but I knew for sure it was Madeleine. I called out her name and she looked up at me - she obviously recognised it”
Obviously. Dancing with a small child and then you shout out a name and she looks at you…
“But when I called out ‘Madeleine’ the man she was with got worried and started dragging her away from the queue”
The man with Madeleine is described as a “dark-skinned man, who was possibly Algerian”. Blonde girl with dark-skinned man. Like her?
What did Melissa do when he was spotted, this swarthy man?
“As he dragged the girl away he threw a white coat over her and pulled a woollen hat from his pocket and jammed it on her head. Melissa adds: ‘He didn’t say a word but as they got to the door he prodded the girl in the back. I tried to take pictures on my phone but I only got one and it was all blurred. I ran outside after them but they’d vanished”
Vanished?
“WE HAVE THE GUN THAT KILLED RHYS”
Rhys Jones was killed in Liverpool, shot by a youth on a bike
“Rhys’s mum Melanie, 42, and dad Stephen, 45, who have received a message of sympathy from Madeleine McCann’s family, issued a statement for tomorrow’s six-month anniversary of the shooting”
Why do we know this?
The message says: “We are still struggling to come to terms with the loss of our beautiful son Rhys. The pain we have had to face every day has been magnified by the poignancy of occasions like Christmas and Rhys’s 12th birthday. The last six months have been a living nightmare. All we want is justice for our son”
Rhys Jones is murdered in Liverpool. Rhys Jones was 11 years old. His parents are not suspects
DAILY EXPRESS: “MADELEINE IN NEW ‘SIGHTING’ AT RESTAURANT”
Dutch woman. A restaurant? Not a therapist. A student
The Dutch student is “100 per cent certain” she saw Madeleine McCann in a roadside restaurant in southern France
Says Melissa: “I called out ‘Madeleine’ and she looked up. The man with her was about six feet tall, with black hair, a black leather jacket and several days growth of stubble. He put on her coat and hat and bundled her away”
She adds: “I can’t stop thinking about it. I wish I had stopped that man. I wanted to pick her up, I am sorry I didn’t do that”
LIVERPOOL DAILY POST: “Madeleine McCann ’spotted’ in Southern France”
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: “Student claims to have sighted Madeleine McCann in France”
A reader comments: “Is this kid going to replace Waldo?”
ASSOCIATED PRESS: “French police investigating an alleged sighting of Madeleine McCann in southern France have determined it was not the missing British girl.
A police official says a Dutch tourist reported that she may have seen McCann at a roadside restaurant. Examining closed-circuit video footage, the investigators spotted a man and a young girl who resembled McCann, but determined it was not her.
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February 22nd, 2008 at 11:39 am
i meant reading - sorry - going to get a fresh supply of tissues…
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
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Man about town Says:
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its not a place i particularly wish to frequent
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
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agw
Was this any more acceptable from Dr Watson yesterday?
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Dr. Watson Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Yampster, I think you are a disgusting individual in real life. Honestly believe so. Very unpleasant and unhappy also. And ill, as your other personas are. And badly educated, and earning not much, and very worried about that. A stupid bully you are, in my honest opinion. I have no inclination to communicate with you, and will scroll you.
My apologies to M&A, I will not say this again, I have expressed my views.
Administrator: Not exactly naming you as one of the hated ones. Unpleasant and demonstrating a level of debate I would not encourage but still within the bounds of the law. I had not see it or had it brought to my attention. Since it has been raised by you without complaint, I have to assume you do not wish me to look closer. -agw
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
Totje - angel i needed that
am ready just_me’s book and have gone to pieces..
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:37 am
Too thin and pointy?
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
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RedRooster ,
“Watch this closely. I’m only going to do this once.”
—> woosh, clunk, gone, work to be done. Be nice!
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
RR - I wouldnt know. So how was the pen for you?
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:33 am
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Aardvarko Says:
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 am
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There is no mention in any report that the French police contacted the Portuguese police. I imagine the correct line of communication would be through the police in the first instance and I am pretty sure it happened.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:33 am
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Man about town Says:
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i should be careful if i was you……its not nice in the pen
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 am
1095 Carmen Says:
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:04 am
Sorry to steal your thunder then, my apologies, I wasn’t here for all of yesterday, didn’t realise that someone else had picked up on this hilarious detail - we’ve all been giggling over here! That and Comical Clarrie’s hilarious gaffe - that a continental should say she was ’six feet’ away - how many continentals could tell you what six feet was - or even English people under the age of 50?
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Wonderful. I had missed that one. The girl obviously said she was 1.8288000000000002 metres away, and what came out was simply a Clarrification
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 am
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 am
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brandon flours
I don’t know. But I remember a while ago these people at a Portugal university made another sketch of creepy and it wasn’t visible on the internet article. Swannie [I think] posted a scan of that “e-fit”.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:31 am
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Totje Says:
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do tell totje ??????
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:30 am
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noseycow Says:
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:04 am
the danger of a european arrest warrent
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I know - that was my point!
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 am
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anyway i will try to behave 
agw Says
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sorry agw its that time of the morning…..and please i do not crow…..i cock a doooodle doooo
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 am
AGW 1139 I suggest you re read my post and then apologise
Administrator: That would be apologise to you for what exactly?
For you saying this:”I can presume you to be a child abductor/paedo friend.
To another contributor. This is the last time I will tell you. That is unacceptable. One smartalec reply and I will act at once.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 am
Whether the McCanns should go to France to view the CCTV, or the French authorities should send the tapes to the McCanns is not really much of a question.
In this day and age, the footage could have been digitised in a few minutes and sent electronically immediately thereafter.
However, do the McCanns have a RIGHT to see it?
I would think not, although it could be argued that it would do no harm. If there was the slightest chance that this latest sighting was Madeleine they would have seen the footage by now, and things would be moving apace in France. That’s not happening, so we can assume that it has been categorically ruled out.
IMO the McCanns are perfectly aware of this for two reasons -
1. They know perfectly where where Madeleine (or her body) is.
2. The sighting was a set up - Melissa has some connection to either M3 or the McCanns, and was told to find a little blonde girl and cry wolf to keep alive the illusion of an ongoing search. (Other posters have previously demonstrated that all previous sightings have originated from people with possible links to Camp McCann, “coincidentally”)
The “sighting” also keeps the public onside as it would be difficult to move against the McCanns in the immediate aftermath of such “positive” news. My own recent experience (covered in earlier posts) suggests that a sizeable majority still believe in the McCanns’ innocence. We “antis” on forums like Anorak may believe we are in the majority, but that’s because the pros don’t see a need to enter the debate (if they even know there is a debate going on).
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:27 am
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tick tock tick tock the clock of justice continues…wont be long now
lindy Says
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you certainly were….
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:27 am
Did they forget to print/load the sketch?
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 am
Man about town sniped:
RR as I said yesterday if you are to be presume me to be a Mc anything I can presume you to be a child abductor/paedo friend.
Administrator: THAT was unacceptable. If you also said this yesterday it doubly unacceptable. Any further repetition and it WILL be the last.
..and RedRooster do not crow. This is not batting for your side it is being Umpire and you both know where the pointing finger will lead.-agw
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 am
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RedRooster,
Okay just one question then [before someone is going to call me names again]:
What did the instructor at the school for Kamikaze pilots tell his students?
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:25 am
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brandon flours
Thanks, but no e-fit visible. Wonder if he looks like sketchy aka creepy?
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:24 am
Redrooster, I was being kind.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:24 am
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Totje Says:
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what did the……??? please continue
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:22 am
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lindy Says:
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misplaced you say…….bit of an understatement me thinks
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:21 am
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/02/22/sketch-of-man-student-convinced-she-saw-with-madeleine-mccann-89520-20327316/
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:19 am
Are we debating or should I start asking questions?
Like question one :
What did the
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:14 am
morning mr rooster,glad to hear you sounding better than the other day. I just can’t get my head around it,they want the cctv footage sent to them, they need to get off their bum’s and go and look for themselve’s after all they misplaced her.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:14 am
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noseycow Says:
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I will nosey as soon as i’ve strangled the mcman about town
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 am
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Man about town Says:
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are you sick, stupid or both ???? GGGGRRRRRRRRRRRR