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 6:04 pm
Need to sort dinner. back later if coast clear…
February 28th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Dee
Are you the old Dee or Dee Dee or a newish one?
February 28th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
fair - the only thing to note was that the weekly lunchtime ‘mass’ for madeleine was cancelled this week due to ‘unforseen circumstances’ - don’t know whether it means ought??
off now - must go feed the hungry hordes
February 28th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
819 Remigius
I have a theory regarding the stolen wallet.
I’m wonder if it is supposed to have had a memory card (from a digial camera) in it. Containing the original ‘last photo’ - hence we cant see the original high resolution version. Hence we can’t check its validity.
February 28th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
813 Batman
Like the baby in trainspotting….it’s possible.
Hullo, ,mods & admins, I don’t think I’ve written this text before! ARe you sure? Or maybe I just pressed a wrongish key….
February 28th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
813 Batman
Like the baby in trainspotting….it’s possible.
February 28th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
786
noseycow Says:
Hi Noseycow, you’re right, i think the Team McCann Tentacles stretch further than we can imagine, they will be trying anything now to grasp at straws.
February 28th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Oh god I forgot about the film maker and cuddlecat.com!!!
February 28th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Ian…and mineLOL
February 28th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
816 Ian
Sorry Ian! I always had you down for late 40’s but then I got confused with the moon dates!!
February 28th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Ian - i became a full tie student (again) at 38 - qualified at 41- one of the best things i’ve ever done IMO
February 28th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
806 Ian
I agree. I first suspected she’d drowned in the swimming pool while Gerry was playing tennis and Kate was playing with….oh,never mind.
But there are too many weird things. The “stolen” wallet, the papal audience, the obvious lies, Tanner’s remarkable transformation, the odd videos manufactured by their friend, the call to Sky News….on and on and on.
So it must be that they could not risk having madeleine’s body examined by anyone.
February 28th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
815 nosey
not a clue! Always seems to be a silver one tho’
February 28th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
808
delboy
February 28th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
810
Julie
Which reminds me, I must go do some more reading (doing Civil law, Europe in more depth at the moment - its very …errrr….interesting (stifles yawn)).
PS Not over 50!
February 28th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Fair 766 - sighs with relief (well almost - you know what i mean
)
Surrounding area is very quiet today - what car does g mcc drive?
February 28th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
If that earthquake could be felt all the way down to ashford, I suggest, when all that McCann shit hits the fan we better all be wearing our anoraks!
February 28th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
793 Remigius
Accidental death could have been caused by M ingesting some tablets/powder that was not legal and maybe not something more deliberate.
February 28th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
807,catkidd….yes I could agree there, ….
February 28th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
804
Remigius
Not my Father! Garth’s.
February 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
#
800
Ian Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
796
Julie
I didnt say which one!
Ok, I shall give up on this line of questioning 
…. I shall now picture you as a “middle-aged-dishy-hunk-studying-law” 
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February 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
803 val
A body language expert would find the McCanns to be lying, most likely. Their actions are very classic. I do believe this is why we don’t hear from them so much anymore. Pity….
February 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
796,julie….tuesday night in yorkshire……there was an earthquake, that may have been the day of said moonlanding..or if you are talking neil armstrong and the desert thing that was supposed to be in 1969…
February 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
delboy;no its because society tollerates them more than it used to,years ago if you had someone like that in your family they were forced to join the priesthood,hiding them and gaining respectability,and if anyone try to say anything against it well they had to be mad..a man of god would do no wrong
February 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
793
Remigius
I really dont like reading those kind of things, its hwy I cant beleive the McCanns seeming to WANT her to have been taken by a “p”! I’d rather think she fell down a mineshaft or something!
February 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
796 Julie
He would be early 50’s imo
February 28th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
782 Ian
Second year reading law, well, jolly good work there!
What’s the big deal about your father?
Don’t answer if you don’t want to. I am just curious about the innuendo.
Moon launch…..lesseee….that is back aways, isn’t it…..
February 28th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
762 Batman
Just watched the video which I had seen before. Wonder what a body language
expert would make of their reactions.
February 28th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
cars
sorry again
February 28th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
… and more even more interesting Clarrie’s reaction: “No, the timing is wrong” (regarding the taxi)… It would have been easier to say: “they didn’t take any taxi during their staying in PDL… they had hired cards… ”
It sounds as if they would have taken a taxi (the same group, with Madeleine, but at different time and/or different day