Madeleine McCann And Shannon Matthews: Pets And Parents, The Sun Raises And A Disco
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann and Shannon Matthews
DAILY MIRROR: “McCanns diver fury”
Always “fury”.
Kate and Gerry McCann reacted with fury yesterday after divers began a second search of a reservoir for Madeleine’s body.
The couple told friends the search - funded by a Portuguese lawyer who they claim is a “fantasist” seeking publicity - is a distraction from the hunt.
Marcos Aragao Correia claims crime contacts told him she was killed and left in the lake two days after going missing.
Says a McCann “source”: “There’s no evidence Madeleine is in that reservoir. They believe she is alive and are concentrating on finding her.”
IRISH INDEPENDENT: “Divers search remote Algarve lake for Maddy.”
Says Mr Aragao: “If I was Madeleine’s parents, I’d want to be helped. It may not be the outcome they want if I find Madeleine, but it’s important for them that they find out what happened to her and recover her body if she is dead. There may be genetic evidence on the corpse that could help the police discover who killed her.”
Indeed. Any more clues? Can the paper help?
A Portuguese lorry driver told Metodo 3 he saw the German girlfriend of Madeleine suspect Robert Murat handing over a child in a blanket to a mystery man in Silves, a five-minute drive from the reservoir, on May 5 last year.
Michaela Walczuch has claimed she is being framed to protect the McCanns and denied any involvement in their daughter’s disappearance. She has never been made an official suspect and has only ever been quizzed as a witness.
So why mention it?
THE SUN: “Stepfather is innocent says Shannon’s dad”
A picture of Craig Meehan, Shannon’s stepfather
Says he: “I’ve never hit Karen (Shannon’s mother) or any of the children. We play about, as you do, but have a brilliant relationship.”
Says Shannon’s father Leon Rose: “I don’t believe it. “I’m horrified anyone would suggest that. They got on really well. I was not around for some years and he has been a real dad to her. If there had been any problems I am sure she would have told me.”
What of mum? “Karen, meanwhile, has told how Shannon’s pet dog Scania is pining for her. She said: ‘Scania won’t keep still.’”
Watching the parents. Watching the family. Watching the pets.
DAILY MIRROR: “I’VE TOLD THE KIDS SHANNON’S GONE AWAY ON HOLIDAY.”
A friend said: “Every time little Courtney sees a picture of Shannon in the paper or on the TV she points at it and says her sister’s name. Karen can’t bear the thought of telling her Shannon has disappeared so she has said she’s on holiday. “She has got so much to worry about already that she just can’t risk upsetting Courtney.”
Watching the parents. Watching the family. Watching the children.
Yesterday, Karen tried going in to Shannon’s bedroom for the first time since the nine-year-old went missing three weeks ago after a school swimming trip in Dewsbury, West Yorks. But she was overcome with emotion.
We are watching the parents. Watching the family. Looking through windows. Looking through walls.
An anonymous donor has given £10,000 to the appeal to find her.
DAILY EXPRESS: “SHANNON REWARD INCREASED TO £50,000”
The Sun has up its reward from £20,000 - to £50,000. But if a reward of £2.5million has not been not enough to find Madeleine McCann, what good is $50,000?
How is the reward amount set? Is consideration given to the victim’s social status, the competition for headlines, exchange rates?
Leon Rose, Shannon’s father: “No-one can imagine the agonies we are going through. She is a wonderful daughter and we need her home. We are desperate to have her back and we thank The Sun for helping.”
An offer from the heart? Or a hollow offer, a PR-induced offer to get the Sun mentioned?
DEWSBURY REPORTER: “SHANNON MATTHEWS LATEST”
4.07pm - A family disco is being held to raise funds for the Shannon Matthews appeal. It will be on Thursday March 13 from 7pm to 10pm at Staincliffe Cricket Club.
A disco for a missing child. Her face at the disco. Her face on the wall.
2.23pm - A sponsored walk to raise money for the Shannon Matthews appeal has been announced. It will begin at 6pm tomorrow (Tuesday) at Moorside Road.
Posted: 11th, March 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (980) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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March 11th, 2008 at 11:48 am
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scarlett
the pj arrives in the uk TODAY
March 11th, 2008 at 11:48 am
jo Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
276
Ian
The indian boy friend is also going to be accused of sexual abuse.
Anyhow I think the thread is not about the goan stuff it has been brought on by trolls
Lets skip it…..
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And jo is a classic! Hearts in the right place though eh jo?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:48 am
266 Garth
Never then!
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Hopefully
March 11th, 2008 at 11:47 am
I am feeling incredibly depressed this morning with the state of the world’s childcare. The McCanns who apparently left their children in a dark unlocked room for hours on end, 5 year old Mariluz who went to buy sweets at 10pm on her own, Shannon walking home over wasteland surrounded by dodgy council estates, to a rather dubious household of changing stepdads, and Scarlett, a beautiful 15 year old disaster waiting to happen with a mother who can’t stop propagating, lives in a caravan and leaves her extremely vulnerable child with virtual strangers, free to have drunken, drugged orgies in a strange land while she takes her other children sightseeing (then acts the hero by insisting that her child’s murderer is brought to justice (which of course he/they should be, but so should SHE).
I’m sick of listening to how all these people love their children so much and how it could have happened to anyone. It wouldn’t have happened to ANY of these children if their parents had had an iota of common sense or real love in them. Things do happen that parents aren’t responsible for - like with Holly and Jessica and also Milly Dowler - but these recent happenings are just negligence. My 20 year old daughter rang me this morning from university and was absolutely stunned at Scarlett’s mother’s behaviour. Just couldn’t believe that any parent could behave like it.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
275
Lurker Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 11:43 am
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Its a shame really because there are some good posters on here even though you/me may not agree with them. But then some of the others need to be taken with a pinch of salt! But they are entertaining nonetheless!
March 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
276
Ian
The indian boy friend is also going to be accused of sexual abuse.
Anyhow I think the thread is not about the goan stuff it has been brought on by trolls
Lets skip it…..
March 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
never…..when did that happen?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
The PJ are coming, make no mistake.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:45 am
277 jo
I feel a little alpine sighting would be refreshing.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:45 am
275 Lurker
Media drivel in the UK has been 99% (at least) pro-McCann.
When have we read the headline ‘Parents negligent in abandoning Children’ referring to the McCanns? Never.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Moriarty
I never knew this was a dating site.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Garth: ELVIS IS DEAD!
However a few weeks before he died he had a last wish that no more Garths would be allowed to roam the Earth after you.
Are you the Garthy/Garfy out of Birds of a Feather? The one who thought he was a clever criminal but ended up doing bird?
Or are you Garth Brooks? Country and Western the cowboy-singer?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Xela is giving Coldwater a hard time on 3 A’s again.
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Coldwater, let us put our cards on the table here, your information is guesswork and not very good guesswork at that, there are no PJ in the UK nor will there be, there will be no interviews in the UK. Your golfing chums should read the rules of The Royal and Ancient, it is just not on to seek an advantage by over exciting ones opponent, to the extent that he fluffs his shot and his lines…..Fooooooooore!!!!!! You know as much as every one else here nothing, much like the 4×4 DNA.
Coldwater, you have been exposed get over it. The crucial word in the translation from French is “Would have left” Do you know why or didn’t your in the know golfing chums tell you, again like where they forgot to tell where evidence as important as DNA had allegedly been found in the 4×4, you’re a busted flush, who uses scatter gun tactics in the hope of hitting something, others will eventually see that.
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I am confused. Was there a Jeep and did it have any DNA in it?
Are the PJ flying over this week?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:43 am
270
Bâtman
Ok…but where?in the dam? in their rothley garden?
The world is becoming smaller by the day .lol:
March 11th, 2008 at 11:43 am
244 Garth
So you think its OK to leave a 15 year old in a foreign country overnight on her own with a tour guide you never met before?
Adding this to your view that a 4 year old is old enough to babysit two twins whilst the parents go out ‘dining’ up to half a mile away?
Hmmm - interesting child care standards you have Garth.
Well, if parents want to risk their kids, they really shouldn’t whine when the risks come home to roost. We all know its a dangerous world - and I support anyone’s right to risk themselves, but I do not support their right to risk their children’s lives.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:43 am
262 Garth
i know i know. I seem to remember, cant find the link, that Clarence Mitchell said that the Mc Canns were happy enough for this “lawyer” to conduct his own searching, no mention of the word “fury” yet again here we go with people taking the media drivell as true fact!!
March 11th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Make that prefix
March 11th, 2008 at 11:42 am
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jo Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
256
Lurker
15yrs old…letf with the family of her indian boy friend etc…. get real will you?
The woman is basically accusing this POOR family capito?
She must have learnt a great deal after the mcArguidos:how to accuse persecute and ruin poor people”s life.
Not worth the attention
Case is shelved.
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:lol:………….told ya!
March 11th, 2008 at 11:42 am
270
Bâtman
Anytime now!
March 11th, 2008 at 11:41 am
820
Dave Says:
March 10th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
posts - 751, 567, 734 and 2
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So you didn’t give Ciara your number? Just add the preix and away you go!
March 11th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Must be time for another sighting, surely.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
256
Lurker
15yrs old…letf with the family of her indian boy friend etc…. get real will you?
The woman is basically accusing this POOR family capito?
She must have learnt a great deal after the mcArguidos:how to accuse persecute and ruin poor people”s life.
Not worth the attention
Case is shelved.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Alright everyone
March 11th, 2008 at 11:38 am
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Dave Says:
March 10th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Ciara - you never said if you looked at post 820. A little secret message just for you…
March 11th, 2008 at 11:37 am
259
dcb Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 11:33 am
257
Garth
+++++
When/if they get credible evidence that the family are involved.
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Never then!
Coco
Sorry what did you say?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:36 am
258…jo
16 “Victim Recovery Dogs” are working on the SM case.
Bet Dr G P is salivating with furosity.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:36 am
coco, Elvis he’s the king you know, was working in our local chippy, but sorry I don’t have a link for it, never even took a photo on my walky talky.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Yes
March 11th, 2008 at 11:36 am
256
Lurker Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Did scarlets mum not leave her with the family of her local boyfriend whom she had known for a couple of weeks????
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1308775,00.html
I love the way certain people on this site make up their own news
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That wont be good enough! Just wait…………you’ll soon hear from the virtuous ones!
March 11th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Karen, oh well. It was good while it lasted. :p-)