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 8:43 pm
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Garth
Did you ahve a good day today?
I am sad because you do not answer my posts anymore.
Like earlier on I asked you if you liked lentils and ….pfff…no answer
February 21st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
599 jo Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Have you seen Totje today?
I miss her sense of humour
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Isn’t this what they call perfect timing?
Just catched up posts. Not in a good mood after reading a lot about people who were sent to jail after [amongst other things] failing a lie detector test.
And thank you for your overwhelmingly enthousiastic support.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
609
Garth Says:
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I don’t understand how Pro McCanners fly in the face of adversity.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
612
no evidence then?
February 21st, 2008 at 8:42 pm
TB’s thesis is said to be interesting the McCann’s libel lawyers.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Clueless
I dont fink we can be arsed with you mate cos your like a bleedin scratched record!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:42 pm
608
I know lol…..she will be great in court…
February 21st, 2008 at 8:41 pm
600
Jolie
Keep absolutely everything you have written/kept and all.
I know you have been working a lot at it.
It is not lost by any means but there is something else which is bugging you hence your insistance.
Go over it and find out what are you real motives behind.May be there isnt.
Just plain and understandable self satisfaction to be very precise and down to the point? ”
Good job
February 21st, 2008 at 8:41 pm
601
Dee Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:37 pm
597
Garth Says
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I have never been as sure of myself as you, I came on here for a debate, it was you that drew first blood, in treating me (as you do with many) like an imbecile that didn’t or couldn’t understand the complexities of this case
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Ah I see, you’ve been pent up with rage since…………whenever it was. Anyway, what is it you dont understand?
February 21st, 2008 at 8:41 pm
606 clouseau
All you will get is tanner!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:40 pm
603
clouseau Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:38 pm
601
Dee
Garth and crew are just the hired hands
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Yeah, or as some have called him ‘David Payne’.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:40 pm
604
Garth Gandy Sledgie whoever is on duty
cmon evidence for the abdution…you never answer because there is none..!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Just when we thought all was lost up pops another “swarthy man in a cafe” sighting - so M is still on her travels after all!!!
But the real question is when is this case going to move forward for real in one way or another?
No announcements/arrests/charges/clearances/re-interviews or any solid developments at all after almost 10 months - just a dying story with a last gasp or two of the same old bullshit.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:39 pm
598
Dee Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:34 pm
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Was that supposed to be funny deirdre? Nevermind luvvy eh?
Now about the scammers…………….when your ready and in your own time……
February 21st, 2008 at 8:38 pm
601
Dee
Garth and crew are just the hired hands
February 21st, 2008 at 8:38 pm
WTF and Dee
I presume you mean that would be CuddleCopyCat abductions….
February 21st, 2008 at 8:37 pm
597
Garth Says
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I have never been as sure of myself as you, I came on here for a debate, it was you that drew first blood, in treating me (as you do with many) like an imbecile that didn’t or couldn’t understand the complexities of this case
February 21st, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Jo
I’d answer but then agw might have to ‘kill me.’
I’m done with the subject and that’s fine with me.
I’ve used more than a few words, no doubt, going against my principle of ‘A word to the wise…’ and all that.
Peace
February 21st, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Have you seen Totje today?
I miss her sense of humour
February 21st, 2008 at 8:34 pm
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Julie Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Oh Dee, Garth is definitely a REAL man, that photo of him on that machine is just WOW! (Just waiting for the helmet to disappear though )
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Lmao, he can’t lose the Helmet, he wouldn’t be a Knob anymore, then what would he do!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:33 pm
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Dee Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:30 pm
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Dont get excited Delilah……….it was just a hunch!
Anyway, about this conspiracy which noones seems to be able to fathom out…………..being as you’re so sure of yourself……….do you want to take the floor?
February 21st, 2008 at 8:32 pm
No clueless, what part of *none* dont you understand.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:30 pm
585
Garth Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Salvation Army Singers Deirdre?
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Wow you managed to work out what ‘Special Forces’ were, i am impressed.
Shame you can’t work out a couple of Doctor Scammers too.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:30 pm
591
lol Garth
now cmon i disagree with a lot of your post however even you are not a liar and a fantacist
February 21st, 2008 at 8:30 pm
592
clouseau Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:29 pm
587
which dna…out of the senic? the jeep? the stairs? apartment? cuddle cat? Kates clothes? the 3 wheel buggy( you know the one that went missing but the PJ have) etc
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Clueless
You certainly deserve that title!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:29 pm
587
which dna…out of the senic? the jeep? the stairs? apartment? cuddle cat? Kates clothes? the 3 wheel buggy( you know the one that went missing but the PJ have) etc
February 21st, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Clueless
Tanner?
February 21st, 2008 at 8:29 pm
589 julie
It takes more than a helmet to make a real man
February 21st, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Oh Dee, Garth is definitely a REAL man, that photo of him on that machine is just WOW! (Just waiting for the helmet to disappear though
)
February 21st, 2008 at 8:27 pm
583
clouseau
……bbbbut Clouseau Madeleine has been seen 103% sure in france!
whatelse do you want?