Madeleine McCann In A Taxi ‘With Murat’, Denied And Shannon Matthews
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann.
THE SUN: “Maddie & Murat ‘in a cab’”
Portuguese taxi driver claims Madeleine McCann was in his cab the night she vanished — with Robert Murat. “Antonio Cardoso, 67, insisted he took the little girl and four adults on a short journey to a hotel where they all switched to a Jeep with foreign plates.”
Says he:
“I later recognised him on television. I am sure it was him…She was awake but silent. She was just staring ahead with big owlish eyes. I noticed her eye because my son was born with a defect much the same. I saw her kind of twist her chin a few times in my rear-view mirror. I remember she was in pink pyjamas and wondered why they hadn’t dressed her.”
Says McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell: “We are dismissing this primarily because the timings are entirely wrong.”
IRISH EXAMINER: “Taxi driver claims he picked up Madeleine”
Antonio Castela, 67, said he dropped off the missing girl and her English-speaking mystery companions at an Algarve hotel and watched them drive off in a blue jeep. He insisted he was “100% sure” his passengers included Madeleine.
The McCanns and Robert Murat — the third official suspect in the Madeleine McCann case — all deny wrongdoing”
Kate Mccann is a “GP” Kate and husband Gerry a “heart specialist”
TIMES: “Forget Happy Meals, let’s focus on happy families”
Sandra Parsons looks at “The greatest gift of all”:
It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday, and those of us lucky enough to have children can expect to be given cards and flowers. But with Madeleine McCann and the schoolgirl Shannon Matthews still missing, Milly Dowler’s stricken parents making a heartrending appeal for information about their daughter’s murder, and the reminders again of the brutal killing of young women by Steve Wright and Levi Bellfield, I rather think it should be the other way round.
DAILY MIRROR: “Mother vows never to give up in the search for missing Shannon Matthews”
Shannon Matthews’s mum yesterday said she would never stop searching for her daughter. Karen, 32, fighting back tears, said: “We will never give up on her. It is more than a week and we are desperate to have Shannon back. Our message to people is never give up because we won’t”
Adding:
“We’ve shed a lot of tears. “It was really emotional seeing people walking through the streets with us to support our family. I was overwhelmed by the turnout. Now we just want Shannon found. We just pray she will be found safe.
YORKSHIRE POST: “Police quiz 1,500 drivers in hunt for missing Shannon”
A reward. Like Madeleine:
As the investigation enters its second week, Joseph Furniture, based in Bradley, Huddersfield, has put up a £5,000 reward for any information that leads to Shannon’s safe return.
In a statement the firm said: “As a company that was founded in Dewsbury and a former employer of Shannon’s uncle, Neil Hyett, we feel a social and moral responsibility to aid with reuniting Shannon Matthews with her beloved family.”
DAILY STAR: “SHANNON HUNT AT MUM’S ‘DIGS’ - HOME OF FAMILY FRIEND SCOURED”
The house where missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews’ mum is staying was searched by police yesterday. Officers with sniffer dogs trained to find human remains were sent in to track down clues to the nine-year-old’s disappearance.
The house in Dewsbury, West Yorks, belongs to family friend Peter “Scouser” Brown, 34, who lives just a few doors from Shannon’s mum Karen and her boyfriend Craig Meehan, 22.
Shannons’ parents are not doctors. There is no media feeeding frenzy.
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February 29th, 2008 at 8:30 am
1312
Ferdinand,
I really don’t know. I’m driving without a licence for many years…
February 29th, 2008 at 4:22 am
1144 Totje Says:
“Dutch cars and Luxembourg cars also yellow plates [in front as well as at the rear].”
Is it really true that you get a yellow plate in the Netherlands if you fail to pass the driving test for the third time?
February 29th, 2008 at 1:59 am
I finally catch up and then all is quiet.
Busy day, though.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Earth quake 2 nights ago, false rumour last night, any thing to report tonight?
February 29th, 2008 at 1:34 am
Night Mods x
February 29th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Night Dcb
Once I could have understood! Still mildly peeved!
If they were 8, had a mobile, and knew what to do!!
but 3 under 4, blah blah is well………. we all frigging know now!
February 29th, 2008 at 1:18 am
1300
brandon
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It’s hard taking the cotton wool off them isn’t it.
Whatever the outcome I will never understand how they took the risk that they did - not once, and something went wrong, but every fucking night. Arrogance beyond belief.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:18 am
I’ll turn the light out
CLUNK
February 29th, 2008 at 1:16 am
Delboy
Lets hope it dont take any frigging longer!
February 29th, 2008 at 1:15 am
1301.yes I do……relly going now night..
February 29th, 2008 at 1:14 am
1300,Brandon I know, but as I have stated before I am A believer in what goes around comes around, and I have seen proof of it so many times, the mccs will get what they deserve in the end………..goodnight.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:12 am
1301
my gran told it to me.
delboy
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Nite del - take care. Sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite - I bet you tell your kids that
February 29th, 2008 at 1:09 am
Well its time for bed, hav’nt felt another earthquake yet, dont know when I can talk again back to busy from now on,just keep bobbing in to see how things are going, if I get anything on the shannon case I will let you know…..good night all yet again it has been a pleasure..xxx
February 29th, 2008 at 1:09 am
Delboy
Its so fecking hard!
No wonder I come on here to escape!
I preferred it when they were babes and I loved, hugged and kept them close!
Still do, but they have to fly
THATS WHY I HATE THEM!!!! ( Mc Canns)
IT WAS THE BEST TIME OF THEIR LIFE!
And they neglected it, and sold it!!!
and deny it ! GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRR
February 29th, 2008 at 1:05 am
Brandon I have two boys sixteen and six and daughter fourteen,and I can tell ya I would have ten boys to one girl……….lol, oh she can be a pain, but I love her.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:04 am
Autopsies………….
No they’re dead! OMG !
Wasnt this ruled out 100 years ago?
February 29th, 2008 at 1:03 am
1293
delboy
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Chin up del - you’ve had a long day on here and it can wear you down sometimes. Really liked your e by gum comment
February 29th, 2008 at 1:01 am
I have 2 girls 13 and 15
and boys of 10 and 8
If I was her mother I would hope that they had a friend, maybe one from who moved, thought they were helping, with no tv or media.
Thinking primarily they are protecting Shannon, deluded, but now too scared!
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I hoped Madeleine was with a pam ewing woman at first
Aint bloody likely though
God It is horrible to think otherwise
February 29th, 2008 at 1:00 am
1290,dcb lets hope so then,fingers crossed.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Brandon hope you stamped your feet after that wee wee?
February 29th, 2008 at 12:58 am
Well you will be familiar with the river calder then,last I heard the police were going to search it,it is a very fast flowing deep river, a bit scary to say the least,it is a long stretch as well and of course the canal runs along side of it, there has been many suicides braught out from there,it goes for miles, right from otherside of halifax through mirfield,dewsbury,wakefield,normanton,castlford etc, they must fear the worst if they are going to search it,it will take them weeks,just hope she turns up………………of course this is through the grapevine,not the news people, not that they are bothered anyway..
February 29th, 2008 at 12:55 am
1291
brandon
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Shit I thought they had to be dead!
February 29th, 2008 at 12:54 am
Ch4 Is about to do an autopsy (live)
February 29th, 2008 at 12:51 am
1287
delboy
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You never know - the publicity may have scared her shitless - never wanted a fuss, and now embarassed to come out. That is what I am hoping anyway.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:49 am
1285
delboy
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Born and bred in Beeston in Leeds but moved away a long long time ago. My sister lived in Mirfield for a while but I don’t know the area all that well and probably changed a lot now.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:48 am
1270
Marie Nicholas
‘Yes, they have a right not to answer, but the less they help with the inquiry, the longer it will take for them to have their arguido status lifted. ‘
- I don’t agree, if they have evidence, they have evidence… why should it take shorter time with them saying ‘I didn’t do it’? And even confessions are not taken easily in court these days. Too many miscarriages of justice based on ‘confessions’
‘I find it bizarre that they don’t answer a number of questions. I wish I knew what questions they aren’t answering! But it is their right, even if it doesn’t give a good impression as regards their innocence.’
- I don’t agree. they have a right not to answer. That’s it. Many criminal lawyers will tell you that if you are questioned about something, don’t say anything until a lawyer is present and then the lawyer usually advises no response. It is the responsibility of the police to find evidence. So let them do their job. And you are right - we’ll see..
February 29th, 2008 at 12:48 am
1283,dcb…I cant see it myself not with all the publicity thats going around,someone would have given her up by now,IMO
February 29th, 2008 at 12:46 am
Mods and admin
Sorry
I went for a wee wee and didnt double check !
February 29th, 2008 at 12:46 am
1283,dcb are you from around these parts im in mirfield.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Last night on television: The Girls Who Were Found Alive (C4) - Empty (BBC2)
Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 29/02/2008
By Gerard O’Donovan
It was impossible not to think of other “disappearance” cases while watching The Girls Who Were Found Alive (C4). This fine Cutting Edge documentary told the story of two youngsters whose abduction, a decade ago, by a predatory paedophile ended against the odds in rescue. It could serve as a beacon of hope for any parent facing their worst nightmare. But in the context of the search for nine-year-old Shannon Matthews, who went missing last week in Dewsbury, and the ongoing tragedy of Madeleine McCann, it had extra poignancy.
Its subjects, Lisa Hoodless and Charlene Lunnon, seemed to want to convey a strong sense of optimism. Now 19, these young women were putting the past behind them and getting on with life. “When someone goes missing they can come back,” said Lunnon. “Don’t give up hope.”
Together they recalled how, walking to school in January 1999, at just 10 years old, they were snatched off the street in Hastings and bundled into a car boot by paedophile Alan Hopkinson. They spoke of their initial terror and, with astonishing calm, of the abuse they were subjected to and the mind games Hopkinson used to ensure their cooperation.
Interviews with parents, police and psychologists, plus archive footage from the inevitable media storm, captured the progress of events. For eight hours no one even realised they were gone. And when the alarm was raised the question remained whether the girls had been taken or had run off on “an adventure”. For four days their families waited as the massive police hunt appeared to get nowhere and hopes of finding the girls alive faded. Then, on a separate matter, officers stumbled upon the girls with their abductor in his flat, just 12 miles away. Despite having been recently released after serving five years for kidnapping a child, Hopkinson had “slipped off the police radar”.
The result may have been a happy one, but the role played by randomness and luck – both in how the girls fell into Hopkinson’s clutches and were retrieved from them – was more disturbing than comforting. And Hoodless and Lunnon’s later experiences were not always great either. But they survived the ordeal, and that was the point.
“We got through this,” insisted Lunnon. “It hasn’t ruined our lives. We want people to know that.”
And one could only admire them for wanting to say it.
Last night on television: The Girls Who Were Found Alive (C4) - Empty (BBC2)
Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 29/02/2008
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By Gerard O’Donovan
It was impossible not to think of other “disappearance” cases while watching The Girls Who Were Found Alive (C4). This fine Cutting Edge documentary told the story of two youngsters whose abduction, a decade ago, by a predatory paedophile ended against the odds in rescue. It could serve as a beacon of hope for any parent facing their worst nightmare. But in the context of the search for nine-year-old Shannon Matthews, who went missing last week in Dewsbury, and the ongoing tragedy of Madeleine McCann, it had extra poignancy.
Its subjects, Lisa Hoodless and Charlene Lunnon, seemed to want to convey a strong sense of optimism. Now 19, these young women were putting the past behind them and getting on with life. “When someone goes missing they can come back,” said Lunnon. “Don’t give up hope.”
advertisementTogether they recalled how, walking to school in January 1999, at just 10 years old, they were snatched off the street in Hastings and bundled into a car boot by paedophile Alan Hopkinson. They spoke of their initial terror and, with astonishing calm, of the abuse they were subjected to and the mind games Hopkinson used to ensure their cooperation.
Interviews with parents, police and psychologists, plus archive footage from the inevitable media storm, captured the progress of events. For eight hours no one even realised they were gone. And when the alarm was raised the question remained whether the girls had been taken or had run off on “an adventure”. For four days their families waited as the massive police hunt appeared to get nowhere and hopes of finding the girls alive faded. Then, on a separate matter, officers stumbled upon the girls with their abductor in his flat, just 12 miles away. Despite having been recently released after serving five years for kidnapping a child, Hopkinson had “slipped off the police radar”.
The result may have been a happy one, but the role played by randomness and luck – both in how the girls fell into Hopkinson’s clutches and were retrieved from them – was more disturbing than comforting. And Hoodless and Lunnon’s later experiences were not always great either. But they survived the ordeal, and that was the point.
“We got through this,” insisted Lunnon. “It hasn’t ruined our lives. We want people to know that.”
And one could only admire them for wanting to say it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/02/29/nosplit/bvtv29last.xml
February 29th, 2008 at 12:42 am
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delboy
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I just hope she is hiding with someone safe.