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 5:23 pm
Batman
Who said that?
Anyway I wouldn’t bother my tally of insults to date is : bitch, dyke, troll… naive, intolerant know-all, aggressively ignorant, rude, cruel, closed-minded…
I think you’re doing ok.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
hi Julie
February 21st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Batman
Dont I love your posts!!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Well, hellooo everyone
February 21st, 2008 at 5:21 pm
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Fair Says:
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you did i apologise
February 21st, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Very interesting posts today!! love to stay but work calls back later guys,
February 21st, 2008 at 5:19 pm
426
Bâtman
Who said that ?
Man about the house?
February 21st, 2008 at 5:16 pm
425 brandon
February 21st, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Batman
check back on mine and grande finales posts this afternoon
Gerrys bog 11/12 june
the sky videos of that time
Love to know what you think!!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
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RedRooster Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 2:41 pm
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May Says:
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did you really expect it to be??
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Hi RR. Didn’t actually know she had been sighted until I heard it wasn’t her. Can always hope though…!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:12 pm
399…val
Cyprus, Spain and Greece….have National Members in the Eurojust
College of Nations…..just not added to their Legislation so far.
As far as I can glean.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:11 pm
411 RR
If you remember back a few days I agreed with you on something else?
February 21st, 2008 at 5:11 pm
RR
Sure we all will see that day!
back to work
February 21st, 2008 at 5:11 pm
416
Grande Finale
I wish it was the one where they squeezed into the small jet though!!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:11 pm
240 Man about town
“General comment
It would be just a bit an assumption for you to call me a member of Mcspin or whatever for believing that Madeleine was abducted and stated so as it would be for me to call you a child abductor for trying to say that she wasnt. So lets not go there - its infantile chitter chatter to resort to a slagging match when you have nothing bettter to add to the debate.”
eh? When did I call you a member of McSpin??!!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I was wondering if there is a clock in the Tappas Bar
February 21st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Poor Mitchie, what a lot of rubbish he has to cop with to earn!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
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brandon flours Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
11 June being rushed through customs
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Another distraction?…….More smoke & mirrors?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Clarrie got duped into carrying the bag?
February 21st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
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hannasus Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 2:36 pm
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hannasus, have copied over your very interesting, lengthy contribution to read and digest later when I have time. Many thanks.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:09 pm
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Pilimary Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
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i have all my feathers crossed in hope of that
February 21st, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Karen
I was looking for the blue tennis bag!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:09 pm
The sithing in France is completely ruled out, isn it?
February 21st, 2008 at 5:09 pm
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Fair Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
you’re not so bad after all 
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well blimey pull my feathers out and tickle my beak
February 21st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
RedRooster
Never mind! They will have to allow the quizs, sooner or later
February 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Brandon
They look a bit like criminals coming home there.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
398…veritablequandary
Guaranteed to have a distinctive affect and effect that one.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
402 RR
Of course!
I have no problem with you when you are polite & coherent
February 21st, 2008 at 5:06 pm
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Pilimary Says:
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no they appear to be dragging their proverbial feet
February 21st, 2008 at 5:05 pm
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just_me Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 5:03 pm
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i know just_me but life is never fair
February 21st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Hi all
Could anyody update me a little bit?
No answer fron the Home Office about Rogatory letters?
Does anybody know until when? Where will next sithing take place: Kazajasthan, Armenia, Solomon Islands, Leshoto, Patagonia, Singapur?
Sorry, but I have mountains of work, and can’t neither post or lurke… tks