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
Comments
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:40 am
Night firestar, its only rock’n'roll look under the bed for Stevo in case he is still lookin for his mind.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:40 am
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Nosey/Fair
Even if you’re not a believer, go on pretending…. Loads of presents!
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:40 am
sorry Doobyscoo’s
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:39 am
Nosey
His bedside manner is the best!
How do you do bold type on here?
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:38 am
Hi
Have any of you checked Dobbyscoos -The Stateside Diary of a Naive Woman (aged nearly 40) on the 3 A? It really is very very funny. i know this case is very serious but it’s good to lighten up once and a while.
Debsx
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:37 am
BRANDON >/b>
tell me more…
Note to Dr. O - if you happen to be lurking in the bushes again, its way past your bed time!
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:37 am
906
val Says:
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:22 am
if you need to know anything about being in moderation i am probably the one to tell you. I have probably spent more time in moderation than anyone else 
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evening val
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:37 am
Noseycow
True, I was in my early 20s and I was glad that twit left - he was always fatter than me and I got all the jibes.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:36 am
Nosey
Never never never ….never hint even that (he) may not exist!!
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:36 am
}}}}}}}}}}}}—————–>>>>>> gone
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:36 am
Fair
remind me that one tomorrow!!!
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:36 am
924
Karen Says:
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:34 am
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i used to live near loxley where robin hood was supposed to have come from.
must go to bed though.
night.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:36 am
Totje/912, so it appears ferdi and forkstar have crackers up their arses for brains, prosecutor he say no and fuck the dude from delmonte.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 am
night firestar
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 am
Gandolf
I thought you were on the Hun side???
Damn it am I alone again.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 am
913
Fair
Nite nite Fair and thanks for the joke. MrT will get delirious when I tell him tomorrow.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:34 am
Nosey
Hes VERY GOOD !!!
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:34 am
Totje
am sighing with relief thankyou 
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:34 am
night all, night gondalf, lord of the ring-piece.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:34 am
Firestar
Really?
The underground has gone overground.
I thought you only got that kind of info in old 60s/70s hippy paperbacks - like the ‘Chariot of the Gods’ ect.
Collecting that stuff used to be my favourite thing when I was a kid - along with Pan Horror compendiums.
Have they printed the one about Robin Hood being raped by King John???
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:32 am
Scarlett
Sorry I didnt mean to sound so sarcastic in that post!
Do you think it was one of the 9 ?
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:32 am
go away precious.
go examine your ring for a bit, instead of talking through it.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:31 am
904
noseycow
No, I’m telling you “Sinterklaas” exists!
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:30 am
Brandon
i don’t know whether to believe you or not?? Matts DNA?? 
Was he any good??
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:30 am
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Fair
I know, it’s not fair.
Injustice infuriates me, I know it does the same to you.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:30 am
Total, sugarpie, I have partaken of the lunatic broth in large quantity over the past week, after the Huns getting away with daylight robbery today, my Celtic ire is just waiting for the touchpaper to be lit. It will take more than a tosser like forkstar plunderer of emails, anyone that Stevo turns over regulary is no contest.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zsK0hz2ABbk
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:29 am
911
Karen Says:
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:27 am
Firestar
I wouldn’t consider that a joke.
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i wasn’t joking it was in ‘the times’ a few weeks ago.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:29 am
907
Karen Says:
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:23 am
edit
But then it was the era of the boyband. (I was 7 when Robbie left and I furiously scribbled over his picture on all my posters).
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Karen two points - firstly how could you be 7 when you were singing with the opposing boy band at that time???
Also you are making me feel old around that age we spend all our days moaning about abba’s marriages splitting…
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 am
Nosey!!
I have dry cleaned your uniform and none of Matts DNA is on it!!!
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 am
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brandon flours Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Here………. there you go……..dont drop it again love……….both hands now……
A straw …and another one ……..!! clasp them now!!!
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It’s possible to be pro-truth and pro-Madeleine without believing everything the papers say about the Scenic.
For the record I think Maddy met her fate at the hands of someone outwardly respectable with no criminal past who after the event tried to “hide in plain sight.”
Not a Huntley type, or a pedo ring.
But pinning it down to that one person, I think is the problem the PJ have.
Also let me say I would not shed a tear if the T9 were prosecuted for neglect (except D Webster cos her child is over 18 !)
The Portuguese continue to do nothing.