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 4:18 pm
‘They have instructed London law firm Carter Ruck, which specialises in high profile libel cases, to push for a settlement.’
This is an attempt to get money from Express newspapers.
How disgusting - the mortgage must be getting difficult.
March 11th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
643 Ian: Have I in my fu*kwittedness spotted something then?
March 11th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
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Julie
Not very much yet getting a tat ennoying init?
March 11th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
558
Cheshire Set Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
547 Supporter
You need to be hung drawn and quartered if you think there is a difference between that half wits idea of parenting and the McConns!
IMO both should be locked up for good
BUT FOR THEIR ACTIONS BOTH SCARLET AND MADELEINE WOULD BE HERE TO TELL THE TALE!
Get a grip you lunatic Grrrr
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Which Cheshire Set do you belong to - no one I know I hope!!!
March 11th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Is it safe yet
March 11th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
It is amusing that pro-McCann posters always claim everyone else will not discuss abduction! I’ve yet to see any serious discussion of the many alternative possibilities.
As a non-proMcCanner (justice for children) poster, I have often discussed the scenario of abduction, but have yet to find a theory which allows it.
March 11th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
I think they lost touch with reality yonks ago
March 11th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
638
coco
March 11th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
628 DCB
I understand.
March 11th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Brandon
different initiatives that help look for missing children.
+++++++++++++
1. Google.
2, Yahoo
3. Msn
4. Answers.com
March 11th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
636 Brandon
They are keen to get their intended new career back on track!
Makes you seriously consider the wild theories about them staging the whole thing to provide a launchpad for new careers, as the mortgage was proving a bit difficult, doesnt it!
Your point is, of course, on target.
March 11th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
stevet
1700 posters
March 11th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Are Gandolf and Lurker the same person? They seem to make exactly the same type of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. They also use the same amounts of punctuation. And suspicious use of commas.
I bet I’m wrong and it’s the standard way any half-wit would leave a post.
March 11th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
636
brandon flours
Like ex SAS in Morocco.
March 11th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
‘Mitchell added that the McCanns were keen to highlight different initiatives that help look for missing children.’
What about highlighting innitiatives to stop you mislaying them in the first place?
March 11th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
newbie
Would that be the police station Coldwater saw being redeveloped on 8 Feb 2008?
“Charles Street is indeed being re developed. If you were outside it today you would see the metal work sticking out above the old roofline.
I know what is happening there - thanks though.”
In which case why was he still being so defensive about the subject on 26 Feb?
“I think the Charles Street thing was probably too subtle for most, and I am still suffering the slings and arrows because of it - never mind. ”
Why would a change of location down the same street be “too subtle for most”?
March 11th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
GANDOLF you half-wit!
Will you stop digging your own grave for a minute. I wish I could wave a wand and make you charming or taller or more literate but I can’t. You are destined to forever wander the Earth in an idiot suit and my heart goes out to you and any other Baldrick-type.
What kind of weddings and discussion groups do you go to where everybody holds hands? Is it a sky-clad festival with all your grubby little mates?
I have never mentioned this on here before but I have got a cadaver-cat who jumps at the screen every time a putrifying half-wit gets printed up on here so f*ck off and go and do something worthwhile. At least I have the excuse of waiting for work on here. Go and sharpen your harpoon or else you will be eating scabs and hand-picked warts for supper.
March 11th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
unlike you
March 11th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Sorry Brandon!
March 11th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
genetic evidence
Why genetic??????
March 11th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
‘Kate and Gerry McCann reacted with fury yesterday after divers began a second search of a reservoir for Madeleine’s body.’
So why are the McCanns not keen on the divers?
‘There may be genetic evidence on the corpse that could help the police discover who killed her’
AH! I see!
March 11th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Stevet
You scared me
March 11th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
622
Lurker
+++++
Don’t get me wrong please - I believe they are guilty by their own admission of neglect and should be charged with that offense at the very least. The rest - time will tell.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
coco, it’s nice, when they are easy to harpoon as you, thaaaaaaaar she blows!!! I doubt you could hold hands at a wedding, never mind a discussion.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Yes it fucking should!
March 11th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Love the word-play on ‘mull’ the tv stuff over. Do they mean a Scottish mull or a mulled wine? I would not have thought they needed to mull over anything.
If my daughter went missing I would have thought of nothing else for the past 10 months. I would know what to say how to say it and what I would be fu*king wearing on the day. Bet they don’t do it. They didn’t do Oprah because she wouldn’t compromise on her line of questioning.
They won’t do this because it would be pure hypocrisy to talk about what the police should be setting up to protect children. Instead of an amber alert, they want to put a red alert sticker over their own front door saying, ‘Check kids are OK before we piss off to the pub’. That should save one child in 100000000 going missing in these bizarre circumstances.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
dcb, at least you can see the possibility unlike some here,
I do agree things obviously would of been different if they had of been in the apt when she was abducted, but should it be??? the main factor is still the same madeleine is still missing.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Goa mother faces ‘neglect’ probe.
Mrs Keeling told the BBC: “I don’t think I was negligent. I just think I was naive.”
Spotted for the first time, the K.McCann defence. “I was naive.”
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Mitchell added. “That is what the tabloids would like but we are not following their agenda, we are following our own agenda.”
Damn right, Mitch. Go for it.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
619
jo
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Jo - it was reported today - but said they would be here in a couple of weeks.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
616
Matt.
Hope they”ve got a stock of face wipes….
I wonder why this stuff comes up now
To divert the public attention from what is really happening -PJ arriving in the uk?
Why dont they shut up OMG
(I am mad with myself coz I cant find the link saying the PJ will be in the uk today…..grrrrrr )