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.
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March 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
527
coco
++++
Did dad really call you coco !
March 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
dcb
I would watch and get another onlooker preferebably a mother with kids to come with you.
Explain to her your concern and both go and see whats up with her.
If no one else comes for a while, and they remain distressed, call childline or the school
maybe.
Very hard ……..
March 11th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Coco 521,
have you a link that shows either Gerry or Kate Mc Cann dropping pearls as you say…..
not a source link but a legitimate statement
March 11th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
If I could use any word in the World as a username on Anorak I would never have chosen names like Lurker and Gandolf.
Ooooooh! How weird is it to want to sound like something that hangs around the bottom of a toilet or a tall gnarled old wizard covered with warts and liver-spots. At least using the name my Father called me I feel that should anybody who knows me knows that I am not hiding behind a really sinister name saying really sinister things. lol
March 11th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
444 a McCann Supporter Says:
“As Anorak keeps quoting - Madeleine is missing - Gerry and Kate and doctors, everything else is unknown!!!!”
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that is the absolutestly wrongest thing written about the mccanns and i don’t care how many times it is repeated, it isnt true!
we know literally THOUSANDS of things about disappearance of Madeleine. We know what those bad parents said about what they did and we know what others have witnessed them doing. And we know how they acted in them months after. We have untold facts that we can use to make a judgement about the McCanns.
My verdict is in: they are evil. And they are the kind who might sue someone for saying that.
That is another fact!
March 11th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
when Gilly was here - the moood was bright and cheerful!
March 11th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
492 BF - I was referring to you writing 1000 emails to Lone…
March 11th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
coco, thank you again for your kind words of norman wisdom, when you are in a hole stop digging, I am delighted that you have seen the error of your ways and have decided to follow my example of polite spelling. If you are extremely good, I will teach you to walk and talk at the same time, a big task , but we can only try. Relax, think good things, karma is all around.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Brandon let me ask you a question that I am not sure about. There are reports that 2 boys saw Shannon sitting on a wall crying. I am male, if I saw a 9 year old girl sitting on a wall crying, what should I do? Instinct tells me that I should approach her and ask what is wrong. She of course should not speak to a stranger and should ignore me. What do I do next - walk away?
What if someone had seen me approach her and later tell the police that they saw me?
Conundrum.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Lurker: My nail varnish is chipping on this instrument so I suggest you either re-read or read properly what I posted. The sh*te you refer to is the Clan speaking to reporters themselves, wearing their own clothes and being very cagey. You are therefore relegated to half-wit in my judgement.
I object strongly to the order to get in a ring for a kids matinee! Dim-witted choice of words that are loaded with anal retention as usual. I remember reading that half-wits are renowned for being anally retentive as they do not have much else to hold onto…… lol
March 11th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
504
Julie
Youre so droll
March 11th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
just_me
Show lone pigeon the link to your youtube on Eddie
March 11th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
dcb, comments from CM I would not say they are speculative although at times he does seem to speak before he thinks but out of frustration IMO
March 11th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
512
Coco
Take your rope and lets skip…..
You are falling in their trap: answering
March 11th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
dcb
I would have rung the school by 3.40!
Then panicked and rung police.
So I will alter my previous post.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Lone pigeon
Can I be nursey then?
March 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
508
brandon
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And the school would have confirmed she had left.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
509
brandon flours Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
lone pigeon
Is it fixed yet?
My mail box is up and running if that’s what you mean
March 11th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
GANDOLF: You bollock on a hillock! What on Earth are you rambling about in your half-witted twilight World. Light your lamp or get some spectacles you half-wit! You addressed the thing to me - so of course I would recognise myself.
Sometimes I think it has been a dreadful waste of money that has been spent on the unwashed Baldrick types of society. Teach them to fu*king read and write and they think they’re Piers fu*king Morgan. Gandolf- take it from me in a friendly way - you are a half-wit and I suspect you suffer from SMS (Small Man Syndrome).
March 11th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Julie, what shit, a fukwit is a fukwit no matter how much shit they shovel, you know it makes sense coco, you are required in the ring for the kids matinee.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
500 BF
All of the above should hang their heads in shame!! IMO Leaving a child to defend themselves anywhere is disgusting….however so far, only one of the shitty trio are suspects in their childs disappearance SO FAR!
March 11th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
lone pigeon
Is it fixed yet?
March 11th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
dcb
All I know is I would never have done the first two.
The school one is probable.
But I would have rang the police by 4.30 latest.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
498…Lurker
You forgot your “IMO”.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
500
brandon
+++++++
None of them are worse when you look at the consequences of each one.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
or from the horses aquine mouths?
March 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Aaaah thank you Cheshire Set … what a relief
OK, Coco and Gandy stop your shit right NOW 
Administrator: I have the power to give you that desperate, overwhelmingly despairing, troll feeling.-agw
March 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Re today’s Daily Mail article:
It seems that the PJ plan to do a very thorough job whilst they are in the UK.
After all, it’s their last chance to complete the dossier of evidence which will go to the prosecutor / judge, and the last chance to test the evidence they have already. Therefore, it would make sense that they would interview absolutely everyone, not just Tanner, O’Brien and Payne. And then, when all the information gathered from these interviews has been collated and analysed, the McCanns themselves.
It promises to be an interesting couple of months on Anorak’s MM thread!
BTW, whilst following a dead end yesterday, I read something that said there were 17 in the group. Because only seven others joined the McCanns at the Tapas Bar, all the attention has focussed on them, and perhaps so - perhaps they were the closest friends of the McCanns. But if there were ten others, I hope they are also to be interviewed.
If there were 17 in the group, it would support the theory that they were on a freebie or some kind of organised visit. Otherwise, how would 17 people co-ordinate the same period of time off of work? Possible, but easier if it’s a specific calendar entry. And, as the source of the freebie hasn’t been disclosed, it arouses additional suspicion.
Can anyone confirm there were 17 in the group?
Off to catch up on today’s posts now.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
488…dcb
Yes….spiteful little lot that.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
498
Lurker
+++++
Are quotes from CM acceptable?