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 8:55 pm
Jo - snap! (638)
February 21st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
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clouseau Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Julie
please point me to the posts….i have been on anorak since last July and he or she has never once give any explanation…so cmon gobshite point me to the posts…i guess i will be waiting a while because there are none
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Why don’t you try reading posts that are done when you are not around? Not everything happens here because of your presence! I couldn’t be bothered to point you to the posts, considering that you only have interest in what is posted when you are around! “Gobshite” … is that the only pathetic thing you can come up with? That’s pretty darn tame to some of the things I’ve been called here …. I’ll take it as a compliment!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
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Gandolf
I agree.
There is no evidence M has been abducted.
Sadly
February 21st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
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Julie Says:
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’tis but a joke my dear. We were all having a joke the other evening at Garth’s staunch beliefs. He is all too quick to put people down on their views about the neglect and the sham that this case has become.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:53 pm
629 Garth
Just popped in to thank you for the joke, nice one!!!!!!!
As you are surrounded by anti Garth”s, I”m not staying.
My, you do enjoy winding people up, and they still keep falling into the trap!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
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Garth
You would luve mine spanish style with chorizo picante earthy and filling with garlick bread fried artichokes and mushrooms a nice little wine nothing OTT…..
You were talking about flying pink pigs??? bah….never mind really…. as long its not pink flying elephants we are out of trouble.
Lets be surrealistic Garth.
Thats what I like aqbout you even if we think differently about the case.Honest.
(now youll excuse me but my “tribe” is claiming its right to eat MY lentils…. c u soon
)
February 21st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
624
Garth
You would luve mine spanish style with chorizo picante earthy and filling with garlick bread fried artichokes and mushrooms a nice little wine nothing OTT…..
You were talking about flying pink pigs??? bah….never mind really…. as long its not pink flying elephants we are out of trouble.
Lets be surrealistic Garth.
Thats what I like aqbout you even if we think differently about the case.Honest.
(now youll excuse me but my “tribr” is claiming its right to eat MY lentils…. c u soon ;wink: )
February 21st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Regarding the sightings.
Some posters suggested a lot of sightings are/were related to Spain/people who live in Spain. And of course Melissa F. who thought she was doing the right thing got villified.
Wikipedia link about people/countries who reported sightings.
Not all connected to Spain. And M3 [if I'm correct] was hired in september.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_McCann#Reported_sightings
February 21st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
629 Scotfree
And, crap, all my saved links to stories will all be worthless!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:51 pm
634 Gandolf
NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING - including and especially abduction!!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:51 pm
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Dee Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Yeah, try asking David, errr i mean Garth
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Dee, give up on the David thingie, his name’s definitely NOT David O’whoever! His name is not Garth either … but someone’s led you up the garden path on this one!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Julie
And another good post!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:51 pm
If the forums, articles, etc., on the McCanns are being deleted due to pending charges, what will happen to Anorak’s Madeleine forum pages, past and present?
February 21st, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Yes clueless lets get it right, there is NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING, was that loud enough, or do you need an ear trumpet.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Julie
please point me to the posts….i have been on anorak since last July and he or she has never once give any explanation…so cmon gobshite point me to the posts…i guess i will be waiting a while because there are none
February 21st, 2008 at 8:49 pm
630 Scotfree
Verrrry interesting….
February 21st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Jolie Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:47 pm
614 Gandalf
Well, I guess if anyone would know, it would be someone close to the inner circle, wouldn’t it?
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Yeah, try asking David, errr i mean Garth
February 21st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Why would Team McConn want to sue people? Thought their main objective was to find their daughter?
Strange priorities - after all the press have proven very useful in the past. But maybe with donations to the fund dwindling they need to bring more money in - to meet their new main objective……….
………..sueing people!!
IMHO of course!!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
For what it’s worth the Sunday Express has similarly deleted all Maddy stories and forua
February 21st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Gandolf
Dont forget Tanner
Clueless just wont wisten to me 
February 21st, 2008 at 8:47 pm
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clouseau Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 8:40 pm
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Garth Gandy Sledgie whoever is on duty
cmon evidence for the abdution…you never answer because there is none..!!!
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Actually Garth has over time given quite a few logical answers to this, I have from time to time listened to what he has said, I’m sure he’s getting tired of explaining himself over and over. I am totally anti, however what Garth has explained is logical. I still do not believe in the abduction story, but Garth has put forward some very good opinions on this! Perhaps try and listen to him, instead of putting him down, he’s actually quite a good debater, considering he’s one of very few on the other side of the fence.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:47 pm
614 Gandalf
Well, I guess if anyone would know, it would be someone close to the inner circle, wouldn’t it?
February 21st, 2008 at 8:47 pm
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Totje
Youre welcome! perfect timing really
Any juicy thoughts of yours on the “new fiasco sighting” by any chance?
I reckon the girl Melissa is genuine with no balls at all but …hey!may be she was after the reward?
How much is this now?
ah….dont know what to think anymore to tell you the truth
February 21st, 2008 at 8:46 pm
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jo Says:
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
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Luv em jo
Dee
I don’t understand how Pro McCanners fly in the face of adversity.
Speak to jo. She’ll tell you they didnt fly anywhere. It really got her back up!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Hi Jolie!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:46 pm
620
lets get that right Gandy…you are saying no evidence of an abduction
February 21st, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Hi, Totje!
February 21st, 2008 at 8:45 pm
That is because you are correct clueless, there is no evidence of anything.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:44 pm
611 jo
I don’t think I have any hidden or subconcious motives. My real motives have already been spelled out in my posts, as best as I could say them. Sorry I could not be clearer to make you understand. That’s okay, though. Just believe me, that I am only searching for truth. I want to know what the truth of this terrible case is.
Thank you for your thoughtful post.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Mccanns are of great interest to the PJ thats why they are prime suspects