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 5:42 pm
lone pigeon
good to see you back up and running again!
March 11th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Val 699
Thanks, Val, yes it does make me wonder how someone with insider contacts would be allowed to post inside info for so long unabated.
And there lies the Catch 22. If the info is accurate, it could potentially help any suspects prepare their case. If the info is inaccurate, what is the poster’s motivation?
We all speculate, but those who claim to have contacts, or cite professional or expert qualifications, are putting themselves in a completely different postion from “ordinary” posters.
>>>>>>>>>>gone!
March 11th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Batman
Like any neurotic parent I have been on the internet checking for diseases , whilst kissing his forehead to check his temperature, and watching his chest breathe
Hes fine now
Had 2 ‘one dips’ and asking when dinner is
so he hasnt got the new british animal disease after all
March 11th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
660 Pilimary
fianza (only in this context) = bail
March 11th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
coco, two dead pussies, aint that something, no wonder you gotta circus name!!.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Bye Brandon.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
702
brandon flours Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Good night every one
Come on you RRRRRs
Nighty night
March 11th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Bf
Dunno.
You probably seen the same. Involved in drugs (criminals) & tasers etc. Time will tell…as always!
March 11th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Good night every one
Come on you RRRRRs
March 11th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Brandon - how is your son now?
Don’t forget the example of how to care for a vomitting child which the McDoctors and their medical chums have set.
Hope you have been out in the local tapas bar all afternoon - just popping by to listen by the door every so often.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
691 Spam n Bones
the McConns have certainly set a new standard by which losing children through carelessness is being evaluated and reported
If they are not guilty of leaving their kids alone - why should anyone else be? Irrespective of age.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
680 Scarlett
The information should not only have been accurate, but should never have been
revealed in the first place IMO
Presumably, the news this morning that the Detectives had arrived from Portugal
is untrue, and it could be weeks before they arrive.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
617 jo
thought the priority was ‘looking for Madeleine’.
the McConns and their little team seem to spend a lot of time considering business related issues.
Which TV company will give us more money
Which will give us a higher profile
Which will paint us in a better light
and if the press doesn’t do what the McConns want - what do they threaten?
How is any of this helping find Madeleine McCann.
What selfish people.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Fair
What case was he on? do you know?
March 11th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
On the telly it looked like the wizard of oz lol
see you later!
March 11th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
hi brandon.
fine thanks, hardly rained up here.
just on my way home, see you later.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
685 BF
Yes.
God knows what/which would be worse but to take your own life? And to be the one’s left after that…? Just horrid! Very sad.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Hi Firestar
I was worried about you and rockhopper yesterday!
Are you ok
March 11th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
547
a McCann Supporter Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I would be
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just been on r4 the indians are quizzing the mother about negligence.
glad a mccann supporter agrees with it.
now let the portuguese do the same to the mccanns.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Fiona MacKeown left her daughter Scarlett Keeling, 15, in Goa while she travelled to another part of India. - BBC Online, today.
Fiona MacKeown says it is ‘disgusting’ police want to question her about leaving her daughter - PM News, today.
Fiona MacKeown may, for all we know, be ‘furious.’
We already know Fiona MacKeown was ‘naive’, she told us so.
Scarlett was fifteen. Madeleine was three.
Anorak, am I doing your job for you?
March 11th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
688 Lindy
Lucky you, I went to my local supermarket earlier today and if I didn”t have bags
of shopping in each hand acting as ballast I would have been blown over!!!!!!
March 11th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
674 dcb
Hi there,
don”t know if you saw that play last night on BBC2 “White Girl”, it was hard hitting,
very realistic and you know there are families like that. The 11 yr old girl turned to
Islam for comfort and was befriended by a Muslim family next door. I thought of
poor Shannon having to cope with so many “Fathers “, in such a short life, no wonder she was unhappy. Anyway, the programme has upset a lot of Sky posters who are
going to write to the BBC to complain that the Muslims “were shown in a friendly
light”, how bigoted can you get. I thought the play was very good.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
VAL 683.The weather was great the day in Silves was 23c temp never dropped below 20c during the day,nighttime around 15c great for feb/march.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
My patience is being taken now
March 11th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
682…val
C & P can catch out most people at times.
Not a good “marketing ploy” and liable to get the Rags snapping at your
heels.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
684
Fair
Poor family
March 11th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Chief constable Michael Todd of greater Manchester has been found dead, assumed suicide.
What will come out of this I wonder…..
March 11th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
681 lindy
Apparently Silves is supposed to have been where Murat”s girlfriend was seen carrying
a bundle in a blanket as I recall.
Was the weather cold?
March 11th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
673 Matt
See I messed up the cut & paste, I think Iv”e left enough space under my last sentence, but it never comes out right. What”s this about the McCanns wanting an out of
court settlement, theyv”e got some nerve when they are “suspects”, and the Express
like all the tabloids have been careful to quote “sources”, so they”ll have to sue the
sources, that should be fun.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Hi everyone just back from Portugal, Silves is about 25/30 mins from Portimao in to the hills. If Maddie is up there it could be along time till she is found. And I never saw any sardine munchers. And not one poster of Maddie.Good to be home ,I missed anorak