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 21st, 2008 at 12:37 pm
143 Brandon
I don’t think those two options need be mutually exclusive!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:36 pm
So, another siting and another person that doesn’t do anything despite being adamant they were looking at Maddy.
Makes you wonder…
February 21st, 2008 at 12:36 pm
146
jo Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
136
Lone Pigeon
Please dont get me wrong I am not saying this is what everybody should do.
I would do it. I take up responsability for my acts
I appreciate your efforts and your good intentions Jo but you really should not do it. As painful as it might seem you could find yourself in serious trouble. I’m sorry but I just can’t condone it regardless of the good intentions. I know it should be that way but you just couldn’t be 100% sure.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:36 pm
why didnt the latest witness just simply say ‘are you Madeleine Mccann?’
February 21st, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Just_me
I fancy him now!!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Quick re-cap of countries to avoid for a family holiday - from the “Team McDuction - ‘it will feel so right’ - holiday guide” published by Whoosh Clunk.
Portugal
Spain
Morocco
Bosnia
Russian
Saudi Arabia and
a new addition for 2008…
France
February 21st, 2008 at 12:35 pm
141
RedRooster
I tell you I wish I was at work…..
February 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
136
Lone Pigeon
Please dont get me wrong I am not saying this is what everybody should do.
I would do it. I take up responsability for my acts
February 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
140
Marie Nicholas Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I love the French speaking this morning. “La petite madeleine dans la tasse de thé de Proust” as well as “oh la la, la la, la la”, “Zut”. “Rien de rien”.
I’ll teach you another one : If someone is telling you something ludicrous, you ask : “ça va pas la tête?”. (= Your head not going well?)
That should be a headline in tomorrows papers!!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:32 pm
125 Lone Pigeon
I should have said £58,000 a month, hope MAT sees this.
Anyway, your explanation fits the bill, you are obviously a cultured person. lol
February 21st, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Hi batman
Are you of the conspiracy thinkers?
Or just plain networking bandwagon greedy fucker coverup types theory?
February 21st, 2008 at 12:32 pm
136 Lone Pigeon
Every attention seeking crackpot in the world is being given credibility by the McCann mouthpiece.
Its time the authorities in the UK actively assisted the PJ and ‘eliminated’ the McCanns and their friends.
As they have nothing to fear, I dont see why they arent on the plane to Portugal, they have enough legal support to ensure they get a fair hearing.
What is it they are afraid of one wonders?
February 21st, 2008 at 12:32 pm
bloody marvelous just as i settle down on anorak, i’ve got to go to dare i say w w work OMG life is sooooo unfair… see you later guys……
February 21st, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I love the French speaking this morning. “La petite madeleine dans la tasse de thé de Proust” as well as “oh la la, la la, la la”, “Zut”. “Rien de rien”.
I’ll teach you another one : If someone is telling you something ludicrous, you ask : “ça va pas la tête?”. (= Your head not going well?)
February 21st, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Let’s play along with the abduction game for a moment.
We are asked to believe there was an abduction.
We are asked to believe that M3 are looking for M.
M3 have asked us to believe they know exactly where she is.
So……why has she not been found!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:29 pm
124 Man about town
Quite right, and of course the cause of that status is known to us.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:28 pm
132
jo Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Jo - you can’t go around grabbing peoples kids. If someone did that to me they wouldn’t get up for a week let me tell you.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:28 pm
88 Dr. Watson
Its sledgehammer again. I wish mods and admin would do something about him, it realy spoils the humour and meaningful debate and its clearly deliberately aimed at breaking coherence.
coolandcalm for some reason thinks I am a bully, yet makes no comment at all at the nastiness in REPORTER/SLEDGEHAMMER (Gandalf - spelling corrected) and the others (we all know who they are).
February 21st, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Mods & Admin - why cant my link go through, it is funny
:)
February 21st, 2008 at 12:27 pm
128 Hi Brandon
Of course you are right! and I agree with you. Just seems that there seem to be many out there (probably paid) to perpetuate the idea she ‘went missing’ rather than ‘was hidden’. IMO of course!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:27 pm
118 + 110
Marie Nicholas
It wasnt stage ok…..but what are the people who do this gain out of it?
If this girl is absolutely sure this is Madeleine then she should grab her even if finally this is not M.Even if she faces a bit of hassle it would be worth it.
It just happens this is not M.
Melissa IS going to have a bit of hassle anyhow… dont fool around with french cops
February 21st, 2008 at 12:25 pm
81 Markskidd
Apparently, the PJ have plenty of mobile phone evidence, which was garnered
partly with help from the British experts in phone tapping. One of the calls says
“the coast is clear”, we can only guess what this means. It is doubtful if this info
could be used in a Court though, and again, none of this can be taken as Gospel
can it, unless produced as evidence in a trial!!!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
124
Man about town
abductor?
are you from Team McSpin?
February 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Marie Nicholas
You make a good point about this French man now having a police file and the implications. So many innocent people caught up in the web of deceit spun by the McConns, imo.
Ironical too, that OTHER people are therefore expected to answer police questions and justify their actions/thereabouts, but the dear fragrant ones can avoid doing that as they hide behind their protectors. Sickening.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Is she actually missing if the parents and co know where her body is ?
February 21st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
124 - abductor???? what???
February 21st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
123
brandon flours Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 12:20 pm
lone pigeon
Did you know I can do a really good french accent too
I bet you do….
February 21st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
120
val Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 12:20 pm
106 Man about Town
with 1 million pounds in the Fund, perhaps you would like to explain why a
noted Detective Agency (preferably) U.K. was not appointed in May to start
searching for Madeleine? Also, why wait until October to appoint a small Agency
who have no particular experience in this field, and are charging £58,000 of
donors money who stated Madeleine would be home for Christmas?
let me let me please….
Ummmm because a noted detective agency would show them up to be the lying, seedy, selfish,warped,arrogant, self obsessed wan*ers that they are..maybe….in my opinion??
February 21st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Batman, IMO it doesnt matter what You, I or anyone else other than the abductor and Madeleine thinks if she is still alive.
The most important and undeniable fact is that Madeleine is a MISSING child.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:20 pm
lone pigeon
Did you know I can do a really good french accent too