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.
Posted: 21st, February 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,234) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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February 21st, 2008 at 5:38 pm
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Karen
Now you have depressed me! Time to go.
Bye all.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Bye Brandon - did you read my joke, which was really for you and all the other mums out there.
Total aside but so what.
Must go now.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Little girl askes her granny ‘how old are you granny?’.
Granny doesn’t want to disclose her vintage, so says ‘I can’t remember, dear’.
Little girl replies ‘oh don’t worry about that granny, just look at the label in your knickers, it will tell you’.
[For the non-parents out there - Mothercare and the like, size their children's clothing by age - so this little girl's knickers might have said 'Age 4].
February 21st, 2008 at 5:37 pm
SteveT
I think we’ll get it for the next 100 years.
I can’t imagine something this big not evolving into popular folklore - like Jack the Ripper if it’s really popular and like Sweet Fanny Adams if it starts to wane.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:36 pm
454…brandon flours
Ciao, brandon.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:36 pm
445 just_me
Glad you liked it…………
February 21st, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Brandon ttfn
February 21st, 2008 at 5:35 pm
440
SteveT Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 5:28 pm
433
Karen
Glad to see you ignore the insults. They only reflect badly on the person dishing them out.
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Absolutely!!
Karen you’ve done yourself proud imo
February 21st, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Thanks Brandon!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:35 pm
bye everyone :-)xxxxxxxxxx
February 21st, 2008 at 5:34 pm
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brandon flours Says:
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 !’
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stevet
February 21st, 2008 at 5:34 pm
449 SteveT
“I hope that Postman Pat isnt involved in a cover up.”
With Jess being in league with CuddleCat.
Yep. Makes sense.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Have fun at work Rooster! See ya later?
Val, I just love that joke …. one of my old favourites!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:33 pm
447 brandon
Do you think that there is a lot of code and communication between the taparatti here? I often wonder.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:33 pm
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brandon flours
OK thanks. I will happier when the letters surface. I hope that Postman Pat isnt involved in a cover up.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:32 pm
441…val
Always good to have one’s priorities right.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:32 pm
stevet read it wrong ! sorry
I have to go now but its …..
June 10 is sposed to be date they moved body. see yesterdays MK first posts.
Gerrys blog dates/days are edited by him. see gerrysbloggs
Grande finale spotted a code maybe (look back for it lazy sod)
Theres sky videos from those dates
February 21st, 2008 at 5:30 pm
433…Karen
That’s it…..ignore the stupid barbs……and stick to the point of what is
being discussed.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Val - lol
February 21st, 2008 at 5:30 pm
434
Julie Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 5:23 pm
See you all later….. 
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fantastic julie, how are you.?? I speak too soon dammit i’ve got to go to bloody work
February 21st, 2008 at 5:30 pm
439
RedRooster
1977, I hope we havn’t got this for the next 30 years!
February 21st, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Brandon and Karen
Thank you for your kind comments and I do not take them to heart. To be honest who has anything new to add at this stage!! At least I try to be amusing from time to time, unlike lots of others who I am simply too polite to mention…..
What’s that expression….people in glass houses….
Brandon
Have trawled back and am not sure I know what you are on about. I saw pinkie wearing his pink shirt being whisked through customs and read The McBog Blog, but saw nothing unusual. Just the usual me me me me me stuff.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:28 pm
423 Matt
Thanks for so much sleuthing, here”s a joke for all your trouble:-
A Giants fan had 50yd line tickets for the Super Bowl. As he sits down, a man comes down and asks the man if anyone is sitting in the seat next to him.
“No, he said, the seat is empty”,
“This is incredible” said the man. “Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sport event in the world, and not use it?”
Sombrely, the man says “Well, the seat actually belongs to me. I was supposed to come here with my wife, but she passed away”. This is the first Super Bowl we have not been together since we married in 1967.
“Oh, I”m so sorry to hear that, that”s terrible, but couldn”t you find someone eles, a friend or relative , or even a neighbour to take the seat?”
The man shakes his head, “No, they are all at the funeral.”,
February 21st, 2008 at 5:28 pm
433
Karen
Glad to see you ignore the insults. They only reflect badly on the person dishing them out.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:27 pm
424
May Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
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its just one of many and as someone said the other day “how long has elvis been dead” Im afraid there will be many more sightings in the future but sadly i dont think there will ever be genuine one.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Stevet
Hello
, but you might)
French police say girl is not madeleine
Clarrie wants proof
bickering
Read mine and grande finales posts this afternoon
Eurojust seems to be important ( I dont get it, I start reading and I go sleepy
erm…………………….cant think of anything else.
How are you?
February 21st, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Just_me
February 21st, 2008 at 5:23 pm
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Pilimary Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 5:11 pm
sorry
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im finished for the day I hope
February 21st, 2008 at 5:23 pm
425
brandon flours
In a nutshell (being lazy and running out of time), whats the score on that story?
February 21st, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Rooster, my old buddy, how ya doin’? You sound a lot chirpier nowadays … I’m glad!