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 4:04 pm
598 delboy Says:
“ferdinand……..meant to say liars not(lyers) …….oh dear back to school…”
I have never understood the logic of the word group “lie lying liar” anyway. Moreover, some days ago I wrote “font” instead of “fund”.
February 28th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
609,matt, I forgot though havent they got some witnesses who were resident there to say that these tortures were carried out while he was there? also a former government minister has been trying to prove something hasnt he, did I hear this right for about twenty years now….
February 28th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
615
Ian Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
613 Garth
Come on then - explain to me your latest ‘abduction’ theory.
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You’re so wet!
Have a look into it yourself. There’s a good boy!
February 28th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
612
Ian Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
606 Garth
Abductor?
What abductor? The parents were responsible werent they?
Hold on a moment, child in their care, child no longer in their care, excuse…went out for dinner and when they got back she was gone….
WENT OUT FOR DINNER? I dont think there is a reasonable doubt who is responsible for the loss of their daughter, now is there?
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Yes but you are cleverly missing the point as per firkin usual.
If we adopt your attitude and there was an abductor then this feckers gonna get away wiv it? Innit?
February 28th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
611
val Says:
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February 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
613 Garth
Come on then - explain to me your latest ‘abduction’ theory.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
610
RedRooster
He is such a tosser isnt he!
Did I mention who his dad is? It seems there is a motive behind his defence as I always suspected.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Jeez
Am I the only one who can see through this taxi malarky?
February 28th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
606 Garth
Abductor?
What abductor? The parents were responsible werent they?
Hold on a moment, child in their care, child no longer in their care, excuse…went out for dinner and when they got back she was gone….
WENT OUT FOR DINNER? I dont think there is a reasonable doubt who is responsible for the loss of their daughter, now is there?
February 28th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
589 Red Rooster
Far be it from me………could anyone shut you up?
February 28th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
606
THERE WAS NO abduc……..oh i cant be bothered 
Garth Says:
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come on garf…..we’ve been over and over this silly idea of abduction
February 28th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
607…delboy
Indeed….time will tell.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
603…Gandolf
Tut tut…..such speculation.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
600,matt, so it was occupied then, wonder if some of the bones are from war tortures etc, time will tell …….
February 28th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
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Fair Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Denzylle 577
Doesn’t it make you sick to think that these people (& I use that word loosely) have been having / are still having a (probable) very decent, lovely life?
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Probably just like the abductor of Madeliene McCann. And will continue to do so until every avenue is persued and not flippantly dismissed.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
603
Gandolf Says:
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dont be so daft Gandy
February 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
587 Delboy
I would say it is possible the Germans occupied it during the war. The building
is Granite which would make it maybe up to 100 years old. Apparently, the
Jersey islanders did not have it too hard during their “occupation”, the Germans
paid for everything they bought and were very civil. Perhaps because it WAS an
Island, they could afford to be, not many German troops stationed there.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Why are you all surmising it was any of the tapas group, who if the story is credible, were in the taxi.
I would tip the woman if the driver is as certain as he claims, it was Robert Murat, to be Michaela Walczuch, the other two are I believe known to us, although not British.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
597
just_me Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
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so many thou
February 28th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
corection …….. hadn’t always been
February 28th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
587…delboy
http://www.jeron.je/thatwasjersey/buildgs.html
“”"”The building now known as Haut de la Garenne started life in 1867 as
the Industrial School, for “young people of the lower classes of society and neglected children”. Good behaviour was rewarded by treats, like cricket on
the common and tea and cakes. Poor behaviour led to deprivation of some
sort, with flogging or solitary confinement for the worst offenders. In 1900,
it was renamed the Jersey Home for Boys.
During the Occupation the building was used as a signal station by the
Germans. More recent uses have included playing the part of the “Bureau
des étrangers” in the Bergerac television series, use by various youth organisations, and now it has become the Island’s first youth hostel.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
588
Ferdinand Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
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Don’t forget that in an early report it was said that it wasn’t thought that the skull had always been buried where it was found. It’s possible that the perpetrators became aware of cadaver dogs and left animal bones where there was originally human remains.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
ferdinand……..meant to say liars not(lyers) …….oh dear back to school…
February 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
593
RedRooster Says:
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I know, there really are some sicko people out there!
February 28th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
583
delboy Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
574,garth….yer sayin am a camel or somat,…one hump or two?
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Indeed. And you need milking. So here I am
One hump please!
February 28th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Denzylle 577
Doesn’t it make you sick to think that these people (& I use that word loosely) have been having / are still having a (probable) very decent, lovely life?
February 28th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
588
Ferdinand Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
576 delboy Says:
Ferdi: “But cadaver dogs do not react on rotten meat and animal bones!
Allegedly.”
delboy: “Mccanns say they do!”
Probably yet another lie!
Oh yes I would say so, this could show the mccanns for what they are,(lyers)these dogs are prooving to be quite good eh!
February 28th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
590
just_me Says:
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February 28th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
delboy;scent is the stongest of all senses ..fact that is proven..all they can do is try discredit the dog..fat chance of that now
February 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Im going to stick to the topics now, otherwise you lot will know my complete life history