Madeleine McCann: A Jetski, A Bag And Terrorist Attacks On Israel
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann and Shannon Matthews
DAILY MAIL: “Couple saw bundle taken out to sea near where Madeleine disappeared but police ignored them”
A bundle?
A British couple saw a package being bundled onto a jetski on a beach just six miles from where Madeleine McCann went missing. The tourists had been for a morning swim just nine hours after the little girl disappeared when they spotted the jetski.
A man in a dark wetsuit was riding it, with a 2ft- to 3ft-long black package on the front. He took it to a small “official-looking” grey boat moored just off the coast at Salema.
Man with bag spotted… Read all about it!
The McCanns’s spokesman said they were concerned the Portuguese police had not followed up such a “potentially significant lead”. Really.
GLASGOW DAILY RECORD: “Maddie Jetski Snatch Riddle”
A riddle? A man with a bag on a jet ski? A riddle? Or a man with a bag on a jetski?
CHILD snatchers may have smuggled Madeleine McCann out of Portugal on a jetski within 10 hours of her kidnap. Two new witnesses have emerged saying they saw a man carrying a large bundle on a beach near Praia da Luz the morning after Madeleine vanished.
They said the man sped off on a jetski with the 3ft-long load on his lap and met a small boat offshore.
A boat. Offshore. On the sea. Not on the land…
One witness, a 58-year-old British woman, says: “The man was acting very strange, he was dressed in black and left on a black jetski with a bundle on his lap. The bundle was definitely big enough to hold Madeleine. It could have been her.”
McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “If these people had a sighting which is potentially significant, then clearly our investigators will require this information as a priority.”
THE SUN: “MADDY OFF ‘ON JET SKI’”
Say the Policia Judiciaria: “The Policia Judiciaria have carried out all the pertinent and sensible operation”
ARAB NEWS (Saudi Arabia): “Israel’s Moral Compass Is Flawed”
A propagandist called Linda Heard manages to aliken the disappearance of a missing child with terrorists firing rockets upon Israel and that country’s response:
Ponder on the morality of the media-inspired public response to Madeleine McCann as opposed to Gaza’s maimed and orphaned babies. According to the British newspaper Independent, there were 465 stories about her in the British press, the family received 1.1m pounds in public donations, while a host of celebrities — including Simon Cowell, Sir Richard Branson and J.K. Rowling — offered rewards totaling 2.6m pounds.
To the best of our knowledge, Kate and Gerry McCann have not vowed to push an entire nation of people’s into the sea, fired rockets upon them and used children as a human shield…
Madeleine McCann: The media frenzy so far
Posted: 4th, March 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, War On Terror Comments (382) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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March 4th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Brandon - can you imagine - she turns up on your doorstep for help and to stay a short while - then all hell breaks loose with searching, publicity etc. How do you get yourself out of the situation?
March 4th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
dcb
Thanks Lets hope she chose good fathers and just liked a change
March 4th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Brandon
It would have been a crowded house even if it was only was the 4 kids, maybe it was driving Shannon up the wall and she wanted some space???
Kids over-react to everything. It doesn’t have to be something terrible that made her decide to take off.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
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Fair
hold your horses a mo. There could be wholly innocent explanations for this
March 4th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
“Shannon lives with her mother 32, brothers Tony, 11, Cameron, five, 18-month-old sister Courtney and her mother’s boyfriend Craig Meehan, 22, a supermarket fishmonger.
Miss Matthews, who has three other children who live with their fathers, was being assisted by police family liaison officers.”
There you go Brandon
March 4th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
278
And people quizzed me earlier why I thought something was a tad dodgy?
March 4th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
afternoon all
I just googled madeleine mccann, and got 22 different listings for the story that ‘the mccanns are encouraged by poll results’
this is the origional (i think)
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJ52HMdMf6EIXNsJ5MjXeFCKkZRQ
Each of the other 21 (so far) articles have just copied it directly.
and from the few minutes time difference they have obviousley not checked any of it…
Can someone please tell me what journalists do nowadays???
no wonder the uk press is soooooo …. .. (insert your favourite expletive here).
March 4th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
just_me
A very fetching nightie, was that in primark? or from the market?
March 4th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Brandon did you see 217?
March 4th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
surely they must have checked everything about them!
But why would a 14 year old daughter , a 10 year old brother not want to be at home with the mother?
March 4th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Brandon
I can’t find anything. Maybe they live with their Dads?
Shannon’s brother was with her Dad - so I do think it’s quite plausible that she decided to go see them and something happened on route.
I went off to see my sister after school once without telling my parents, but nothing bad happened and my sister drove me back home.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
272
Whatever any of us think or feel we are/have to be hopeful. But when that hope should run out I don’t know.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I heard 14 yo sister somewhere.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I dont know if that means theres hope!
older siblings have older friends ………….bebo etc………
might have a girl hidden
but after all this time nah
March 4th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
270
3 don’t??
Thought it was only 1. Ian the 10yr old (direct brother)
March 4th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
270
Fair
+++++
Depends on whether she had been checking the news - I hoped Mothers day would have been the trigger - but it wasn’t not.
I think I am wrong - just hopeful.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
re. Karen Matthews’ other two children
I would guess they are older than the 11 year old. Karen is now 32. My guess is she didn’t wait until she was 20 to become pregnant for the first time.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
3 dont
1 lives with Shannons dad.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
265
When do you think that critical time will have been passed?
March 4th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Brandon
Don’t they all live with her?
March 4th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Supposedly sniffer dogs have gone through 500 hundred households in Dewsbury looking for Shannon, including homes of friends and acquaintances. Where do you think she could be hiding safely without being detected? I do believe that is wishful thinking but not very likely.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Did aanyone find out where Karens other 2 children were?
March 4th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Fair Says:
March 4th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
243 dcb
After so long??
I hope you’re right..
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I know - but there comes a certain time that is critical - “let’s give it up now and I’ll go home”. Once that time has passed the worry about the consequences of coming out (”oh my god what have i done, what will people say”) may become greater in the child’s mind.
Just my wishful thinking.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
new article with quotes from Clarrie
McCanns ‘encouraged’ by poll support
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJ52HMdMf6EIXNsJ5MjXeFCKkZRQ
March 4th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
For who missed it:
The MoneyMakers are soooo concerned about the welfare of MariLuz praying and all those kind of things they wanted to squeeze 4000 pound out of her parents who are dirt poor!
Mari Luz’s family rejects a joint campaign with Madeleine
EFE - EFE 15 hours - 15 hours
Huelva, February 17 (EFE) .- The parents of Mari Luz Cortes, the girl Huelva disappeared five weeks ago today, have expressed their rejection of the possibility that her daughter appears on posters together with the British Madeleine McCann, to understand that investigations into both disappearances continue different lines. Huelva, February 17 (EFE) .- The parents of Mari Luz Cortes, the girl Huelva disappeared five weeks ago today, have expressed their rejection of the possibility that her daughter appears on posters together with the British Madeleine McCann, to understand that investigations into both disappearances continue different lines.
At a press conference after talks with the president of the regional government of Andalusia, Manuel Chaves, the father of the child, Juan Jose Cortes, explained that had learned that the family intends Madeleine up posters with photos of the two girls boards, as well as with an image of the British girl with the canary Yéremi Vargas. At a press conference after talks with the president of the regional government of Andalusia, Manuel Chaves, the father of the child, Juan Jose Cortes, explained that had learned that the family intends Madeleine up posters with photos of the two girls boards, as well as with an image of the British girl with the canary Yéremi Vargas.
Cortes has gone further to ensure that recourse to lawyers “for taking the picture of our daughter” for this campaign, as explained, the Portuguese press specifies that would forward through the provision of 4,000 euros by each family. Cortes has gone further to ensure that recourse to lawyers “for taking the picture of our daughter” for this campaign, as explained, specifies that the Portuguese would press forward through the provision of 4000 euros by each family.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
McCanns ‘encouraged’ by poll support
5 minutes ago
Madeleine McCann’s parents were said to be “encouraged” after a survey suggested public opinion in Portugal was shifting in their favour.
The Correio da Manha poll found that 38.6% of those questioned still believe Kate and Gerry McCann were involved in their daughter’s disappearance in the Algarve.
On the other hand, 30.7% thought the couple, from Rothley, in Leicestershire, were completely innocent.
This compares to an earlier poll run by the Portuguese newspaper in which 39.9% of people interviewed thought the couple were guilty and 26.8% believed they were not to blame.
It is a small change but the McCanns, still official suspects in the police investigation, believe the tide could be turning for them after 10 months of speculation and accusations.
Their spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, said: “It’s encouraging to see that public opinion is shifting in Kate and Gerry’s favour.
“People are right to believe that Kate and Gerry had nothing to do with their daughter’s disappearance and are right to be sceptical of some of the coverage in recent months.”
The poll came as the McCanns’ private detectives were investigating another lead in their search for the little girl.
A British couple reportedly spotted a “package” being put onto a jet ski on a beach close to where Madeleine went missing in Praia da Luz.
Mr Mitchell said: “Detective agency Metodo 3 are looking at it and endeavouring to get to the bottom of it. The timing is potentially significant as is the placing.”
March 4th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
243 dcb
After so long??
I hope you’re right..
March 4th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
just_me
I thank you for the laughs I’ve had from looking at the photos you’ve linked to today.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
257
Karen Says:
March 4th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Rockhopper
Right, I vote the bus driver did it. Failing that the dingo.
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You may well be right, now lets get the proof, you tackle the bus driver and I’ll start rounding up the dingos (just in case)
March 4th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Gandolf