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 28th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
510/Lorraine
Good point except for Jes Wilkins’ evidence. Any suggestions?
February 28th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Hiya Val
February 28th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
it is quite amusing to say the least that someone namely….LOOK…could have the gaul to come here with their attitude and say were bias….
February 28th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
549…Denzylle
The Police Officer was responding to a reporter’s question re that.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
541 Logic
When the McCanns stayed in PLD with Tapas 7, I thought they rented two cars
between them all…….wasn”t one a blue jeep?
Hello, by the way.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
It matters not where the kids were from………..they were kids for crying out loud,
February 28th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
551 - exactly!
February 28th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
545
val Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
534 Red Rooster
Just scrolling through, nothing much happening, watched the youtube video
you posted………did you make it? It”s horrible.
Who”s been a good cockerel then (451), award yourself a gold Star !!!!!!!!!
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im afraid not but I wish I was that clever too be honest
February 28th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
accounts of ex-residents have been corroborated by today’s finds.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
531
just_me Says:
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February 28th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Surely there will be paperwork with social services etc as to who worked there at the time,ok some may be dead by now but not all surely, hell its only a few years ago when they got the nazi guy for war crimes fifty plus years ago…
February 28th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Matt
538
does not think that any UK children were residents.
Oh, well, that’s OK, then.
(Sarcasm not directed at you, Matt).
So, where were the children from? If they were Jersey kids, they were British. Or did the French export their children to a Jersey care home? Why would they do that in pre-Euro community days when borders were borders?
February 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
540 Matt. Says:
“most of bones found, other than the earlier human reains found…were
animal bones.”
What a disgrace for the dogs!
February 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
one person arrested according to Sky…….
February 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
will not advise how many staff are suspect…..presently.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
534 Red Rooster
Just scrolling through, nothing much happening, watched the youtube video
you posted………did you make it? It”s horrible.
Who”s been a good cockerel then (451), award yourself a gold Star !!!!!!!!!
February 28th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
534
RedRooster
February 28th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
no custodial action until investigation completed.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
One person arrested and charged
February 28th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Then when they got into the jeep with the Moroccan numberplates, they went a little way, then ran out of diesel. That could have been when they decided to return to PDL and go for a meal down the Tapas bar. On the way, they could have dumped the life sized doll in the local dump, got rid of the Moroccan numberplates and then tipped the jeep over the cliff into the deep Atlantic - weighted down with rotting food and nappies.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
most of bones found, other than the earlier human reains found…were
animal bones.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
525
RedRooster Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
515
Matt. Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Torture implements found.
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OMG ………… also might be a third underground room i’ve just heard
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I was with my elderly parents last night, we remembered our family holiday in Jersey in the late 60’s. It’s sickening to think of what some poor soul was enduring just a mile or two away while we were enjoying ourselves. I wonder how people who have since stayed in that buiding feel?
February 28th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
does not think that any UK children were residents.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
should have asked why gerry hasnt bothered to update his blog,not that it makes much difference,
February 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
530 Matt. Says:
“Has denied media reports of bone found….reported earlier by media.”
Shame on Eddi!
February 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
is advising that not ALL past members of staff are suspect.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
The discovery of two underground rooms at a former children’s home in Jersey have reinforced accounts of abuse from former residents.
Children who spent time at Haut de la Garenne have told police of a dark, windowless “punishment room” where victims were locked up in solitary confinement.
One victim described a small room which was about 12 feet by 16 feet in which “the most cruel, sadistic and evil acts” were committed against the children in the 1970s.
Others have told of a “deep dark” place where youngsters were locked up, drugged and sexually abused.
Builders who have renovated the building in the past have told of finding shackles, leg irons and wooden stocks.
Police have now managed to enter a subterranean room similar to a “chamber” or “cellar” that does not appear on site plans.
A poice sniffer dig reacted strongly to the area, indicating he had found human remains or blood.
The room is about 12 feet square and is bricked up from the front. Access is blocked as it is filled with rock, clay and soil.
Police hope to enter a second room of the same size which is still blocked off. They have said that the way it has been bricked off appears suspicious.
Police have also not ruled out finding further rooms.
According to police chief Lenny Harper: “The cellar is exactly as some of the witnesses who made statements described. There is some corroboration for the features that they described in there.”
Police will continue the process of pulling out the physical evidence from the first room and will then try to gain access to the second.
It could take up to two weeks to complete.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080228/tuk-underground-rooms-back-abuse-account-dba1618.html
February 28th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
531
Logic Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
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now you’re being silly
February 28th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Is asking Media not to report speculation…advises that anything
of significance will be made known to them.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
505
Fair Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
460 Just_me
What is it with sicko step parents?
Bet your dad can’t see it?
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without going into it too much on here, it was my dad who was dead! You know what, if it wasnt for the fact it was my dad, the whole thing could have been made into a carry on film!