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 5:04 pm
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Fair Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 5:01 pm
let this day go down in history 
sorry
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WHAT hang on a minute….is that really you fair.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:03 pm
400 RR - what without me?? wait till he gets online!!!! lol
February 21st, 2008 at 5:02 pm
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oh those were the days - i dream 
just_me Says
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i fear he may be sitting on top of his hill slighty “stoned” probably drifting into a better world (in his mind i mean)
February 21st, 2008 at 5:01 pm
348 xclamation
You must be phsychic !!!!!!!!! I was only recently watching the video Brandon
posted and asked him if you were the one who posted here.
Thanks for the info, Matt just posted to say Spain , Greece and Cyprus hadn”t
signed up to it up to 2007, wonder why………Cyprus maybe because it is part
Greek, part Turkey.
Anyway, let”s hope we get some positive News soon, seems a few posters are
squabbling because there is nothing else to do at the moment.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:01 pm
391 Matt.
Glad you survived it, VQ.
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Well, I did turn into a wolf, but it was a short term thing.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:01 pm
392 RR
I agree!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:00 pm
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gillyflower Says:
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anytime gilly
February 21st, 2008 at 4:59 pm
and where is Man on a Hill? i need company in the garden!
February 21st, 2008 at 4:59 pm
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gillyflower Says
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see you later gilly……..try oops with the : at each end
February 21st, 2008 at 4:58 pm
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RedRooster Says:
exactly!!
February 21st, 2008 at 4:57 pm
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just_me Says:
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exactly and until something better comes along im with Tony all the way. He may not have it all completely right but you cant help but admire the guy. The way i see it is that its a move in the right direction and if it helps to highlight and bring some serious issues to the forefront it cant be a bad thing.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
386…veritablequandary
Glad you survived it, VQ.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/?&videoSourceID=1269872&flashURL=/feeds/skynews/latest/flash/archive02/madeleine_110607.flv
11 June being rushed through customs
February 21st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
See you later guys!
Back soon.
:blush:
February 21st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
367 just_me
I’m sure he isn’t stupid & I didn’t wish to imply that.
It does concern me though that I (a mere ordinary) picked him up on a couple of dubious points & in his reply it seemed that he had been unaware of the dubiousness.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Matt
Your martini recipe was great. I waited until the lunar eclipse to risk it!
February 21st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
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Karen
Yampster
I thought you were on the Anti side???
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You don’t have to be Pro McCann to be anti the ‘Anti-fanatics’ !!!!!!!!! Of course, one then becomes a Troll!!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
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Dr. Watson Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 2:13 pm
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Dr Watson, I’m catching up and have just arrived at your posting 209.
As Gandolf/Sledgie/REPORTER, appear/s to be a drunken, ignorant lout, you will not be concerned about their opinion on anything, I’m sure. Wht does it matter what such a person/s thinks?
Mods and Admin don’t like being asked to restrain posters. As you probably noticed in a posting to Ian, they will decide what is necessary. Just scroll!
February 21st, 2008 at 4:54 pm
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Karen Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Gillyflower
Are we sure Gerry isn’t crazy though?
I mean maybe he does think he’s out there crusading for Madeleine and missing children everywhere and he can’t let himself think about what really happened because if he did he’d realise that - maybe - if they’d locked that door - and almost definitely if they’d stayed in - Madeleine would be alive right now.
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You have a valid argument there. I think he has conveniently pushed that fact to the far recesses of his mind, and convinced himself that the whole story is true.
There is a medical term for that isn’t there - some form of phsycocis ? ( sorry - buggered on the spelling there).
IMO both he and Kate now actually believe that what they have said is the truth.
works!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ta Red Rooster
My little hero
February 21st, 2008 at 4:54 pm
372…gillyflower
Just hover your pointer over the smilie and it will show the keystrokes
needed to replicate it.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:53 pm
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91210-1270046,00.html
Watch this sky interview Tuesday June 12, 2007
note Kake as she says ‘Not to dwell on Madeleine’
And the end quote
‘They want time alon to grieve for Madeleine !’
February 21st, 2008 at 4:52 pm
As for the no comment when asked if they knew Murat, didn’t they borrow his vehicle prior to that??
February 21st, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Thanks RR
I dont usually sound off, but it irritates me when people on here sit and slag the McCanns with one breath, and then with the next they turn on the people trying to do something positive about it all. I doubt very much of the law will pass, but I have signed the petition on the government website anyway.
Brandon posted a youtube link earlier, which shows all the sites trying to help, but to be honest, who the hell is going to listen to us? nobody! It needs someone like Tony to actually stand up for what is right for the kids whose parents dont have the sense to care for them.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
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Karen Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 4:43 pm
so there was a wave of Male Nun sightings as well.
:-) it can be so hard to tell 
That and Elvis…
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I wonder how many were actually found to be male LOL
Ohhh! some gossip…………Elvis isn’t dead………Elvis isn’t dead…………etc……..
February 21st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Thank you, kind sir.
Curtsey
Tug of forelock
testing
February 21st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
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gillyflower
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all the better for seeing you gilly
February 21st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Gillyflower
Are we sure Gerry isn’t crazy though?
I mean maybe he does think he’s out there crusading for Madeleine and missing children everywhere and he can’t let himself think about what really happened because if he did he’d realise that - maybe - if they’d locked that door - and almost definitely if they’d stayed in - Madeleine would be alive right now.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
yamster, heyyyyy - a Dora Fan!
February 21st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
sorry gilly but all you need to do is : then twisted /evil and then : I know clear as mud hey ????
February 21st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
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RedRooster Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 4:48 pm
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gillyflower Says
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hi gilly do you mean this one “twisted” or this one “evil”
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Umm.
Well both I suppose. They’re both appropriate to the thoughts that I have.
You OK chucklebum?