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 7:23 pm
the pj are a coming…. the pj are a coming….. to the tune of the coca cola xmas advert. Everyone in the uk smiling happily as the lorry passes through towns and cities!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Is it a Star? Is it a A Rocket? Is it a Twister?? No - it’s the PJ!!!!! If only!!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:22 pm
WTF…. my alarm bells rang more because of the 22 year old ’step-father’ (?) yhe assorted children who live elsewhere and the mothers black eye….
I do always try not to be judgemental but……….. (too long as a socail worker)
February 21st, 2008 at 7:22 pm
515
WTF Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 7:17 pm
watched the interview with shannons mother, what sent through my mind was this was the kind of person i expected to see when maddie was reported missing, not nice i know, but i must admit, shannons mother looked distressed but a tad shady, anyone agree or am i being bad?
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What do you mean WTF? Do you think the M case has spawned a new era in ‘Child dissapearances’?
February 21st, 2008 at 7:21 pm
516
saharares Says:
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now that really would be a shock…..
February 21st, 2008 at 7:20 pm
508
Dee Says
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how did you get away with that….. garfy must have gone soft hey
February 21st, 2008 at 7:19 pm
514 jo
They have deleted everything to do with Maddie, not just the latest sighting. Maybe the PJ are coming??????
February 21st, 2008 at 7:17 pm
watched the interview with shannons mother, what sent through my mind was this was the kind of person i expected to see when maddie was reported missing, not nice i know, but i must admit, shannons mother looked distressed but a tad shady, anyone agree or am i being bad?
February 21st, 2008 at 7:16 pm
513
saharares
It may well be that the websites have been told to review their daily articles just in case the smokescreen vanishes little by little……
We have absolutely no news worth the attention.
The “new sighting” is just an other “well a propos” incident.The girl is or not genuine.The mccanns sit on their precious asses instead of taking the first flight to montpelliers……or a disappeared jet may be?
February 21st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Wonder what is happening?? It was done pretty damn quickly, just like the Mirror, no warning - whoosh click!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
No C&C didn’t watch it, will go do so now!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
504
Julie
Just paid a visit to the websites: gone
February 21st, 2008 at 7:09 pm
506 Julie. I agree with you on that one. Did you see the interview with the mother? (Sky news online)
February 21st, 2008 at 7:08 pm
505 Sahares
Just checked the Daily Express website. You’re right!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:07 pm
476
Garth Says:
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Indeed it was. Might take me helmet off after all this is over
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Well you are a bit of a Knob…..
February 21st, 2008 at 7:05 pm
490
Karen Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Garth
Pigs can not fly, damn you…. Kate and Gerry did it!!!
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Well said Darling x
February 21st, 2008 at 7:04 pm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3409457.ece
Just been googling for news on little Shannon. If she did run away from home, there are some very serious issues that need to be looked at! Alarm bells are clanging in my head on this one!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Just go to their website and try to access anything to do with MM!
February 21st, 2008 at 7:00 pm
saharares, are you being serious?
February 21st, 2008 at 6:59 pm
502
saharares
Can you share a link with us?
Thank you
February 21st, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Breaking News!!!! Daily Express and Daily Star Forums pulled - all posts deleted!! Something is happening (at last!)?????
February 21st, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Anorak”s pick
Just watched it, seems Gordon is as popular with the Yanks as he is here.!!!!!!!!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Gandolf, would you mind losing yourself on the www for a while … you’re actually becoming a pain in the thing I’m sitting on! Everyone is having quite a nice conversation, and you butt in with your whining again … go do some googling or something.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Val - I might have gone to your junk mail. Hope the name does’nt confuse you, I have remarried since I wrote the book on the site, thats why the names differ
February 21st, 2008 at 6:23 pm
495 Val
Now I have to put a certain cd on!!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:22 pm
493
val Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
no not seen it. if you click my name and click contact me, I will email you my addy
February 21st, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Just_Me
I’m glad it helped. x
February 21st, 2008 at 6:21 pm
486 Fair
I just sang along to Just_me”s recording of OTR and my neighbour knocked
the wall……. think she was trying to tell me I have a lousy voice?
I”m starving, got to eat, catch you later if you are here for the night.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:18 pm
490
Karen
Pink flying pigs
February 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
484 just_me
Thanks, I do have the CD, what a tragic waste of such a talent. Have you seen the video by National Geographique……… I”m sure you have, but if not and you want me to e-mail it to you, let me know.