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 7:36 pm
a demain…
March 11th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
the day after typing lessons…
March 11th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Batman - today a Casio tmorrow a ROlex!
March 11th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Batman
Kate should sue for:
-women with breasts who steal all the sympathy
-6 corpses who imparted their unsolicited smell
-flippant use of “whooosh clunck”
March 11th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
WTF - probably the best idea. They are rubbish anyway!!
(Ps dont tell hubby I said that…)
March 11th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Bye Dave. Better get that watch upgraded!
March 11th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
823 dave
No idea! the game is just starting i think on sky, dont watch im afraid
March 11th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
823
Dave
Bye Dave, see u later.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
WTF - I was just leaving. How are Liverpool doing?
I am good too thanks.
You’re in for a busy night are you
March 11th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Elmer 820- oral hygiene ?
March 11th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
797 dave
Well hello
am good, permission to post as liverpool is playing, hubby mad about them, hows you?
March 11th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
818
No, a mere hygeine professional….
March 11th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
751
Ian Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I wonder if Madeleine McCann was abducted?
Anyone have any views?
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Ian, I think there is a very high possibility she was. Let’s put aside all the ‘fairytales’ written thus far (those not based on absolute proven facts - which are none). Logically, Ian what reasons would they have to cause that child harm by their own hands? No where has it been written even as rumours in the papers or speculations that they were nothing but loving and caring parents. The pictures that have been published in the papers of them and their children together or the children alone -old and new pics - all show happy smiling loving children. Frankly, look what they went thru via IVF to have children - people don’t go thru that on just a whim!
Now, as for the possibility of an ‘accident’ happening to her in the apt., a slight one BUT no reason to go thru a hoax of abduction, etc. an accident could be easily explained, it would take at most minutes to think up an explanation but hours to set up an abduction scene and hide the child’s remains, etc.
Ian, I’ve stated before on here the minute I read of that child being missing I immediately thought “oh *hit, a paed took that child.’ There are so many abductions of children over here by paeds one could write the script - and that is a very sad fact! My friends (Godparents to my boys) went thru all this, Ian, and their child was never found. It was a nightmare, Ian, but I’ll tell you Terry became like a zoombie showing no overt feelings - it was all bottled up inside of him. Mary was kept heavily tranquillized thru it all and never was emotionally well afterwards. So I don’t put much credence into people’s various views of how the Mccanns did or didn’t act.
There is no getting around NEGLECT on their part opened the door for that child to be abducted. Ian, if that is how that child has disappeared thru abduction I shudder when I think of the living hell filled with guilt they will go through the rest of their lives. minds
March 11th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
809
Elmer Quigley Gooseburger
Are you a doctor?
March 11th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Evening all….have I missed anything..?
March 11th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Batman 811- you would have to ask Spongeeboba
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PxymwN7nYQQ
March 11th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Bye all. I suspect the case will be solved by you all for tomorrow. EIther that or litigation wil run for months…
happy sleuthing…
March 11th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
C - Glad you had a good day. I am heading off home now. Once again sorry about last night. Glad you’re ok.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Batman - his navel
March 11th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
renault scenics for not having self cleaning boots
March 11th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Remind me - what is Ian studying? Law?
March 11th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Dr Watson 799- tut, tut, tut!!!
Did the mere existance of Madeleine cause the stress, that I think would have to be proven, IMO.
The stress Madeleine caused may have been down to other contributing factors ie her parents embarking on further IVF with such a young child, (under 1yr old).
March 11th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
I confess to pissing in the sink but never before I have finished the washing up.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
And one last mention - the manufacturer’s of CuddleCat should be aware that they have a liability too. The fabric used should be scent resistant. Clear case of negligence.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
A couple of uneducated teenagers could be “naive” about the dangers of leaving young kids to go out boozing - a professional couple in early middle age who claim they were worried about being stalked really ought to have known better.
Perhaps they should sue cuddlecat for not apprehending the “abductor”.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Kate’s parents should also not rest too easy tonight. After all she got her genes from them - genes that made her tits too small and thus reduced the amount of public sympathy she got.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
803 Dave
March 11th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
And the twins - why did they not protect their sister? Get me my pen.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
sports bag manufacturers should worry about not making their bags obscure enough…
March 11th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Sue the solar powered torch company that lots of people seem to use as a safe guard for their children against the bogey man in the night