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 11:28 pm
6th.Sept. 2007, prosecutor refuses to issue arrest warrant for Kate McCann, citing lack of evidence, presiding Judge after reading evidence presented 4000 pages plus, reaches same conclusion. What has changed since then, if anything. The McCanns, what ever anyone thinks took the full protection of the law by refusing to answer the alleged questions, most likely on the advice of their lawyers. The neglect issue whither we like it or not is probably a dead issue, as far as charges go, for that is what the PJ inspectors requested the arrest of Kate McCann for.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:25 pm
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veritablequandary Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 11:23 pm
822 Châtelaine
Thankfully, I missed the exchange.
But Totje rings too true to be a troll, IMO.”
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I did apologies for using the word “troll”. It would be helpful, though, if she would do better reading and more precise quoting
February 21st, 2008 at 11:23 pm
822 Châtelaine
Thankfully, I missed the exchange.
But Totje rings too true to be a troll, IMO.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:21 pm
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Fair Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 11:12 pm
” [...] As chateleine is now present perhaps she will be willing to explain her accusations from last night? Jo is obviously not willing. Will you Chateleine? Are you big enough?”
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“Big” is not the word I would use.
I got nerved last night with Totje, not for the first time and not being the only one in history, as she tends to quote/misquote, correct/miscorrect - in short blur the conversation. I do apologies for using the word “troll” [and wonder, if I should be proud of being called a "chief-troll" or something of the kind...
If you read back last nights quotes, you’ll notice her immediate & aggressive response [ and not for the first time neither, as some of the usual posters may remember].
I do propose to sand the subject. There more things in life …
Goodnight to all
February 21st, 2008 at 11:20 pm
810 Ian
Thanks for clarification.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:19 pm
5 days left to the big 300 !
What will they have for us?
February 21st, 2008 at 11:19 pm
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Maria
I wondered about that right when I heard about Ribeiro’s comment. And forgot to really investigate it. So note to myself: check the interview tomorrow.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Anorak
I was kidding!!!
You know…….. the flip side……..dont
SPAM ME AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!! please!!
February 21st, 2008 at 11:15 pm
805 Maria Say to 799 SpongeBob
Don’t you think the fact that it was “their fault” must make harder for them to live with?
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Give me a break. They have turned their daughter into an object they are selling.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:14 pm
800 Totje
Good point. But maybe not too significant? Maybe they just happened to be talking about the McCanns at the time so his “hasty” comment ended up referring only to them? I just saw a snatch of the whole interview. Would be interesting to know if he’d give the same opinion about Murat now.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:13 pm
SpongeBob
Comment: The argument is not circular.
“On which point would you like to debate ? On any point it comes back to, ‘it was their own fault. It is certainly arguable. There is a legal argument and there is a ‘moral’ argument, not leading to the same conclusion. ”
Comment. They are morally culpable and perhaps legally as well, so you should not be so sure.
But there is not evidence of the murder, accidential death. If there was, they would be pooing in a cell.
Comment: No evidence? What kind of fool are you?
February 21st, 2008 at 11:12 pm
805
Maria Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 11:04 pm
799 SpongeBob
Don’t you think the fact that it was “their fault” must make harder for them to live with?
It makes it a tragedy, in the real sense of the word. Imagine living with “if only….” for the rest of your life……..and you’ve lost your child.
Can’t imagine how they face each day. Must be for the twins.
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If only my parents cared
If only they protected me
If only I wasnt used for money
If only I lived!
If only
The lament of a child forgotten because it was THEIR FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 11:12 pm
809
brandon flours Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 11:08 pm
“Well I have to try to make the 100 or I wont get paid by anorak! [...]”
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No kidding. You do slave labour!
To whom should I talk to improve your conditions???!
February 21st, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Sorry Totje (& others) I’m too mad/inquisitive/dumb!
As chateleine is now present perhaps she will be willing to explain her accusations from last night? Jo is obviously not willing.
Will you Chateleine? Are you big enough?
February 21st, 2008 at 11:10 pm
809
x 100!
brandon flours
February 21st, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Well I have to try to make the 100 or I wont get paid by anorak!
I am agws bitch and Carmen pays for my drink!
Junes my psychiatrist!
I pay them in posts to keep it running!
hic……
February 21st, 2008 at 11:07 pm
798 SpongeBob Says:
‘Exactly. They have lost their daughter’ (SB)
Through their own actions! (V)
- Yes, and again the argument is circular.
On which point would you like to debate ? On any point it comes back to, ‘it was their own fault. It is certainly arguable. There is a legal argument and there is a ‘moral’ argument, not leading to the same conclusion.
But there is not evidence of the murder, accidential death. If there was, they would be pooing in a cell.
Would you like me to concede that there is an argument that they were responsible for her disappearance? If that is the case, then yes, there is certainly an argument for that. I think few would deny it.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:07 pm
801
Fair,
Don’t worry and don’t bother. What’s done is done. Your post was great [imo] and you ability to observe and recognise something is remarkable. I can’t wait till this case is over [and Madeleine's got Justice]. Would love to exchange emails by then. We could Skype together
Sleep well.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:04 pm
803
Totje Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Hi BF did you pass the 100 posts today?
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Just 93 hits for Brandon so far. And you got stuck on 69.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:04 pm
799 SpongeBob
Don’t you think the fact that it was “their fault” must make harder for them to live with?
It makes it a tragedy, in the real sense of the word. Imagine living with “if only….” for the rest of your life……..and you’ve lost your child.
Can’t imagine how they face each day. Must be for the twins.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:03 pm
801
brandon flours Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
what do you reckon the step dad maybe????
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not turned up yet I hear
February 21st, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Hi BF
did you pass the 100 posts today?
February 21st, 2008 at 11:01 pm
449
Bâtman Says:
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.”
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Me too …
February 21st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Jo
posts…….
260 @3.14
297 @ 3.42
Both times you were posting!
Last effort (refused again) 344 @ 4.34.
Sorry everyone!
Good evening
February 21st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Fair
Rooster
Have to check on shannon now !
February 21st, 2008 at 10:59 pm
794
Maria
Yes, I feel impatient too. Esp. after these remarks from Ribeiro and others.
What’s still puzzling me though, it looked like he referred to the parents [not sure about that, can't read Portuguese], why didn’t he mention mr Murat too?
He was declared arguido within two weeks or did he ask to be declared arguido?
February 21st, 2008 at 10:59 pm
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veritablequandary
‘Exactly. They have lost their daughter’ (SB)
Through their own actions! (V)
- Yes, and again the argument is circular.
On which point would you like to debate ? On any point it comes back to, ‘it was their own fault. It is certainly arguable. There is a legal argument and there is a ‘moral’ argument, not leading to the same conclusion.
But there is not evidence of the murder, accidential death. If there was, they would be pooing in a cell.
Would you like me to concede that there is an argument that they were responsible for her disappearance? If that is the case, then yes, there is certainly an argument for that. I think few would deny it.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:57 pm
BF
February 21st, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Evening all….anything exciting happened since i was here earlier.
mcfools been arrested yet, pj arrived by magic carpet ?????? anything ?? 
February 21st, 2008 at 10:55 pm
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Scarlett Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 10:33 pm
>>>>>>>>>>>> back!
And back to our old friend the Renault Scenic. Someone hires it, drives it wherever, along muddy roads, through a farmyward maybe, then they get a flat tyre. So they change the wheel and put the one with the flat tyre in the tyre-well, not really taking care to clean the flat tyre first.
Conclusion: Tyre wells get mucky. Just human nature when you have a flat tyre to change.
This somehow becomes “100% match to Madeleine” and “a clump of hair” and “cadaverine.” etc.
Media students will still be writing about this case in 20 years time.
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Here………. there you go……..dont drop it again love……….both hands now……
A straw …and another one ……..!! clasp them now!!!