Shannon Matthews, Madeleine McCann And Haut De La Garenne
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EVENING STANDARD: “MAN HELPING IN SEARCH SHANNON MATTHEWS ‘CRUCIFIED’ JUST YARDS FROM MISSING GIRL’S HOME”
A man helping in the search for missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews is believed to have been crucified outside his house just yards from the nine-year-old’s family home.
Police are investigating the alleged assault of a 43-year-old man who neighbours claim was nailed to a wooden cross through his hands on Sunday night, and some locals claim the attack is related to the hunt for the missing girl.
And the McCanns?
Meanwhile, the McCanns, whose daughter Madeleine disappeared from their holiday apartment in the Algarve last May, have pledged their support to Shannon’s parents.
Writing in his personal online blog, Gerry McCann, said he and his wife Kate were praying for her safe return.
“No matter what has happened to Shannon, there is no doubt she is extremely vulnerable,” he added. “We hope she is found safe and well soon and returned to her family.”
Will the McCanns be called upon to comment on every missing child?
YORKSHIRE POST: “Agencies face abuse inquiry in wake of body find”
Police are searching a former children’s home Haut de la Garenne where they discovered a child’s skull. Police are now searching six more sites at the building now used as a youth hostel.
Police are using Eddie, who works with South Yorkshire Police as an “enhanced victim recovery dog”.
Eddie is said to have picked up traces of missing Madeleine McCann in the back of a car which her parents hired five weeks after she disappeared.
Posted: 26th, February 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,253) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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February 26th, 2008 at 11:06 am
peter mac
He changed dates around the 10th of June.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Brandon
I think it’s the real one because it says he’s 29. The step dad is said to be 22. Might be wrong though.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:06 am
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brandon flours
I also heard on the news that he refused to go to court for sentencing.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:05 am
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brandon flours
“Did you know he has actually edited it!!!”
Do you mean specifically this latest entry or just in general ? Pamalam tries to keep track of the changes, but some may be done too quickly to catch
February 26th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Logic
I don’t think anyone disbelieves in cover-ups.
I read somewhere that back in the late 60s/early 70s it was intellectually respectable to believe that sex with children wasn’t abuse - and in some liberal/left circles it was believed that it was esp. good for boys because they wouldn’t grow up to be blokey (or something like that).
In my local 2nd hand bookshop I came across a book on the cinema (from 1971) that had a whole chapter about how children had repressed sexualities and cinema could set them free (really
). It had loads of pictures of naked kids too. I showed it to the owner and she chucked it in the bin. The 70s were weird.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Levi Bellfield stared at the families and winked and smiled at them all through the trial!!
February 26th, 2008 at 11:04 am
72 BF
Leon Rose is the biological one. He lives in Huddersfield, I think. The stepfather is only 22.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:03 am
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Logic
Yesterday was nice.Lets keep t like that!
Shame I am ill and have less patience with the trolls.So as soon as I ee one off I will go.Just cant be asked
February 26th, 2008 at 11:03 am
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brandon flours
+++++++
Bio
February 26th, 2008 at 11:03 am
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Chloe Spain
I think he has just got carried away with his own self importance.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Is that the biological one or the step one?
February 26th, 2008 at 11:02 am
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SteveT Says
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Exactly
February 26th, 2008 at 11:02 am
PeterMac 56
Gerry must really think he is so superior and blameless that he can afford to criticise and cast shadows on other families. Probably thinks it will make him look so caring. After all, the McCanns have never behaved like normal caring people, have they? They think in a different way. Having said that, looking at the Jersey situation, I’m starting to wonder just how many people are “normal”, moral and compassionate?
February 26th, 2008 at 11:02 am
56 PeterMac
I don’t know why someone didn’t tell Gerry to stop writing his blog months ago. Could it really be that there’s some kind of secret code in it? I don’t much go on that theory but I can’t understand the need for so much banality.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:01 am
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dcb
What a difference!
February 26th, 2008 at 11:01 am
peter mac
I think that blog will be his undoing!
Did you know he has actually edited it!!!
February 26th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Yorkshire Evening Post on the crucified man
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/VIDEO-Man-nailed-to-cross.3814657.jp
QUOTE “But police have denied any link to the Shannon case, adding the incident was minor and no-one had been arrested.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman told the YEP: “A 43-year-old man was assaulted around 11pm on Sunday. His injuries are not believed to be serious and the attack is not believed to be connected with the Shannon Matthews investigation.” UNQUOTE
Obviously he will rise in three days…
February 26th, 2008 at 10:59 am
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PeterMac
I believe they are really sick in the head.
They have a constant need to interfere with everything.
This is real mental pathology
February 26th, 2008 at 10:59 am
What a difference:
“….Shannon’s father Leon Rose, who lived for 16 years at Dodge Holme Gardens, Mix-enden, spoke to The Courier while scouring the streets of Dewsbury, where Shannon lives.
Mr Rose, 29, who attended Ash Green Primary School, Mixenden, said: “It is just devastating but my main concern is my daughter.
“It is so hard to think she has been out six days at all times and in all weathers. I just want her safe.”
He added: “I’ve been out looking for her every day across a 20-mile radius around her home, driving round, handing out leaflets.
“People see me all the time and know I’m Shannon’s dad….”
February 26th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Good morning.
Just dropping in briefly (too much work). I can’t understand, at this moment, what Shannon’s family need the money for. The police seem to have set up a huge operation. Volunteers are, presumably, giving their time free. I really don’t see the need at this moment.
Having said that, things don’t look good.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Jo
I haven’t been around much lately but it’s nice to see you back. Keep posting. In fact, I was so pleased when I logged in yesterday to see so many of the familiar (?faces)/names back.
Wonder if Garth will log on when he gets in from school and support Shannon’s family in their fund efforts?
February 26th, 2008 at 10:57 am
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PeterMac
I dont think he can help himself.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:56 am
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Logic
“The Legacy of The Mccanns” “the marketing of a disappearance”
Latest new release fury.
Sells thousands
February 26th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Jo,
Yes the fighting does get so boring!
February 26th, 2008 at 10:54 am
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dcb Says
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I meant from business people - NOT the Mccanns
February 26th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Regardless of what the McCanns have done, if one of my kids went missing (God forbid), I definitely wouldn’t start collecting. At least, not unless the circumstances were such that a search couldn’t be got under way without support. Like in the frozen Arctic or the Southern Ocean! What is our society coming to?
February 26th, 2008 at 10:53 am
I have wrestled with Gerry’s blog entry for two days now, and still find it strange to the point of being bizarre.
“No matter what has happened to Shannon, there is no doubt she is extremely vulnerable,”
Vulnerable - like three small children left unattended night after night in an unlocked apartment in a foreign country.
1 If she is dead, she is no longer vulnerable
2 If she is being looked after and treated like a princess somewhere, she is not vulnerable
Does no one proof read these entries for him, and suggest modification (and grammar checks). Or suggest that he keeps his mouth shut on things which do not concern him
February 26th, 2008 at 10:53 am
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Logic Says
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Or even messages of support?
February 26th, 2008 at 10:52 am
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dcb
We cant blame them for following the example of highly educated doctors.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:51 am
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SteveT
ah…. rather interesting isnit?
Thank you Steve.
(I am not very much around in anorak.Grew tired of the same thing and especially of the nonsensical fights etc….)