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 9:04 am
Just_me
Who did that to a baby?
March 11th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Must be muff divers, they don’t know anything about ropes, but they sometimes get into knots.
March 11th, 2008 at 9:02 am
41 Ferdinand
Honestly, I don’t think it sounds funny in Portuguese. It’s just the babelfish translation.
March 11th, 2008 at 9:02 am
46, just_me
*giggle*
March 11th, 2008 at 9:01 am
44 - shouldnt that be the sockless monster?
March 11th, 2008 at 9:00 am
coco - dont you know how to keep the 18 month olds safe while you are out???? let me help you…..
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/just_meme5/baby.jpg
March 11th, 2008 at 9:00 am
The Sun: “Stocking of Loch Ness monster found in Portugal”
March 11th, 2008 at 8:58 am
41 - pmsl
March 11th, 2008 at 8:58 am
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coco Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 8:55 am
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Well thats terrible! Take a bit of advice……..grab a few tinnies, get some reins, find the nearest park…………..!
March 11th, 2008 at 8:58 am
32 Chloe Spain Says:
“If anyone’s wondering, I think it means that they tied the ropes they found in the reservoir together (if I remember correctly, they were, at one point, told not to bring anything up to the surface) and made a single rope that measures 5.20 m.”
Will the sock also be tied to the ropes? That would be 5.37 m altogether.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Have enjoyed reading all the posts but must get going.Meeting some chums for a boozy afternoon again.
It’s only a little bistro around a corner from a friend’s flat which is just opposite my house but further along. I can see the attic windows of my house if I get a seat facing the window. I hope I don’t get pissed like last week coz we had all promised to take turns checking on the kids but my friend had suede boots on and it was raining so she missed her turn.
Me not wearing a watch didn’t realise the time and by the time we all realised that we hadn’t done a check for 20 minutes I rushed to do my duty.
Thank God I did coz one of my 18 mth olds had pulled the curtain into his cot and was suffocating in it. The heavy brass curtain pole had lifted out of it’s cradle and was just sat waiting to spear his little head or give him a quick whoosh-clunk if you know what I mean, The other 18 month old was screaming his head off and my 3 year old was standing on a stool with a hot kettle of water making me a coffee because she thought I had overslept again! Kids! The smoke from the toaster because she had been unable to fit the crumpets in properly! Honestly! It was disaster - to quote GMcC to his mother-in-law the night M disappeared.
Thank God I live in a detached house. The stories my neighbours could tell. This is what I love about this particular site. Loads of posters understand people like me and the Clan and hundreds of people say it’s just like having dinner in the back garden if you can see the top of a window of your house.
I must remind myself to put a new padlock on the back gate because I’m sure somebody has been in the back garden this morning. I’ll have to make sure that I lock the back door today because I usually leave it open - just ajar - in case there’s a fire and the kids are in on their own.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:54 am
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BabyJane Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 8:52 am
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just_me Says:
“It is a girl stocking, with 17 cm of the tip of the foot to the heel and the same so great of the heel to the top of a mountain of the pipe”, ???? lol
Definitely not an “objecto normal”, rather an objecto gigantico
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Perhaps its a wind sock?
March 11th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Garth, 35,
March 11th, 2008 at 8:53 am
matty Says:
“Not good at this time in the morning trying to deciphere ropes imprisoned, wonder what the ropes have done”
Obviously the ropes have been given enough rope to…
March 11th, 2008 at 8:52 am
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March 11th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Coco wrote
Why didn’t they at least have the decency to put the kids on reins in their buggies and grab a few bottles of cider and walk round the park as a family whilst they were on holiday? That’s what Brits do at home.
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Brilliant!
March 11th, 2008 at 8:52 am
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just_me Says:
“It is a girl stocking, with 17 cm of the tip of the foot to the heel and the same so great of the heel to the top of a mountain of the pipe”, ???? lol
Definitely not an “objecto normal”, rather an objecto gigantico
March 11th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Ferdinand- solution to the missing sock syndrome
http://san-diego-professional-organizer.blogspot.com/2005/06/missing-sock-syndrome-san-diego.html
March 11th, 2008 at 8:50 am
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Ferdinand Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 8:42 am
21 matty:
“Already the ropes are imprisoned for us,”
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If anyone’s wondering, I think it means that they tied the ropes they found in the reservoir together (if I remember correctly, they were, at one point, told not to bring anything up to the surface) and made a single rope that measures 5.20 m.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Matty - Aparently the ropes need a lawyer, but their hands are tied!!
March 11th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Ferdinand- just-me- I know
Not good at this time in the morning trying to deciphere ropes imprisoned, wonder what the ropes have done, how long a stretch in the clink will they get. Could start a campaign to get the ropes out if they are being framed or tortured by the PJ
March 11th, 2008 at 8:47 am
23 just_me Says:
“nevertheless, its worrying that a sock has been found. ”
I find it encouraging if a sock is found. I’ve always been puzzled about the missing sock syndrome.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:47 am
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just_me Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 8:42 am
nevertheless, its worrying that a sock has been found. who knows what else they will find
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Coke cans, crisp packets………….etc etc I would have thought!
March 11th, 2008 at 8:46 am
21 Matty
Sorry, I have to laugh at the Landmarks Leather Strap thing in the Babelfish translation: I deduce that “Marcos” means “landmark” in Portuguese and “Correia” means “leather strap”. The Spanish equivalent, “correa”, apart from meaning “strap”, also means dog lead! I wonder if this has something to do with Eddie.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:46 am
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matty Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 8:37 am
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Nice read that!
March 11th, 2008 at 8:43 am
24 - they should give all the rope to the McCanns, you know the saying “give em enough rope……….”
March 11th, 2008 at 8:42 am
21 matty:
“Already the ropes are imprisoned for us,”
So the ropes are already imprisoned? Good news, if it’s true!
March 11th, 2008 at 8:42 am
nevertheless, its worrying that a sock has been found. who knows what else they will find
March 11th, 2008 at 8:41 am
\Thanks Matty - babelfish isnt the best of translations at the best of times is it lol
It is a girl stocking, with 17 cm of the tip of the foot to the heel and the same so great of the heel to the top of a mountain of the pipe”, ???? lol
March 11th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Morning just-me
Sorry Anorak for the translation, used Babelfish
Divers had come back yesterday to the Barrage of the Arade, in Hiss, to look the body of Madeleine. The works are sponsored by the lawyer Aragão Landmarks Leather strap, that believes that the English girl was jettison there. “We obtain the support of a company of construction of Portimão that paid half of the expenditures, therefore we retook the searches”, explained to the cm Aragão Leather strap, that in the beginning of February paid of the proper pocket four days of divings in the place. “We go to continue during five days, until the next a friday”. Yesterday, the searches made for six divers had initiated it 10h00. To the end of the afternoon, after found some ropes, the found greater of the day, a stocking was made. “It is a girl stocking, with 17 cm of the tip of the foot to the heel and the same so great of the heel to the top of a mountain of the pipe”, it described the lawyer. “the specialists of equip believe that one is not objecto normal in the place and is of the opinion that is not about a stocking of a Portuguese girl but yes of the north of the Europe or England, for the type of fabric”, it guarantees Aragão Leather strap. The stocking would be white but had to the long period underneath of water it gained a coloration yellow. Already the ropes are imprisoned for us, creating an only rope with 5,20 meters.
http://www.correiomanha.pt/noticia.asp?id=281226&idCanal=10