Madeleine McCann: The Anniversary, Malinka’s Car And Unsavoury E-Mails
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DAILY MIRROR: “KATE TOLD TO FORGET PORTUGAL - She’ll miss Maddy anniversary”
A year of Madeleine McCann stories.
Lawyers have told the couple that to return on May 3 may be risky in view of the fact they are still official suspects over the missing four-year-old. There are fears it might provoke demands for them to be quizzed by police again.
“May”. “Fears”. It’s News of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in a nutchell.
A “friend” says: “The lawyers are just being ultra-cautious. But there remains a possibility they may suddenly be called in. The anniversary would then become a circus which is the last thing they want. It is sad because Portugal is where Kate feels closest to Madeleine.”
So says a friend of the McCanns in the national press.
The six-month anniversary was marked by a flurry of speculation, yellow ribbons and a book.
THE SUN: “Murat pal’s car is torched”
A close pal of Maddie suspect Robert Murat has been targeted by an arsonist — apparently attempting to make him reveal details of the case.
Apparently. Or not.
There was a similar arson incident last year when Malinka’s van was blown up at night.
This is Sergey Malinka. Back in May 2007, the Sun heard Portuguese TV report that Malinka has convictions for “sex crimes.” Does he have any criminal convictions? “Not as far as I know,” said Moscow-born Malinka. Did the Sun bother to investigate further? Is Portuguese TV a reputable source of fact?
What says Malinka of his car: “It was a nice car, but at least I wasn’t inside it. I’m angry and I want to find out who it was.”
And what of the McCanns and their friends?
Investigators are pinning their hopes of a breakthrough on fresh interviews with the Tapas Seven — the pals holidaying with parents Kate and Gerry, both 39, of Rothley, Leics. But public prosecutors in Portugal have rejected police requests to call in Kate and Gerry for questioning.
Someone should tell the Mirror.
DAILY MAIL: “Friend of Murat quizzed over Madeleine wakes to find car torched”
Sprayed in red paint on the pavement next to it was “fala” – “Portuguese for ’speak’.”
The Russian expat said yesterday: “Who the hell has written that? What exactly do they want me to say? They must be talking about Robert. There’s nothing to say. I’m angry that someone would do this and I want to find out who it was.”
Adding: “I’m not scared. It’s just a car. It was a nice car, but at least I wasn’t inside it. But I have no feelings about this. They ripped my heart out last summer when they involved me with all this.”
Mr Malinka is associated with Robert Murat, who has not been charged with committing any crime. Mr Malinka has not been named as a suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
It is believed to be the third time a vehicle has mysteriously been set alight close to his house in the middle of the night, one of which was a van belonging to Mr Malinka. Both the previous apparent arson attacks were before Madeleine’s disappearance.
Someone should tell the Sun.
THE ALGARVE RESIDENT: Car belonging to Madeleine case witness destroyed in blast
The Judicial Police could not confirm this morning’s blast took place but witnesses in the area have told The Resident that two cars were involved. They have also said that one of the cars belonged to Malinka.The Resident spoke to Robert Murat, who said that he had not been told about the incident but did confirm that Malinka drove a Silver Audi, similar to the car that was torched.
“I am in England now but I am surprised that no one in Praia da Luz phoned me to tell me about it”, he said.
TIMES: “Disgust may express itself in sales figures
Members of staff at Express Newspapers have been receiving hate mail after the front-page apology to the McCanns on Wednesday. It appears that some members of staff working for Richard Desmond’s newspapers, guilty or not, are being penalised for the defamatory remarks.
The Express is now at the centre of the Madeleine McCann story.
I hear that unsavoury e-mails were sent by members of the public to staff working in departments outside of home news, the department responsible for the offending articles. If such as backlash gathers strength, could this dent circulation figures further? The Daily Star recorded a 7.08 per cent year-on-year fall last month, while the Daily Express fell 3.28 per cent.
What did the Express Newspaper’s apology do for sales. And if they went up, will the group issue an apology every day?
Madeleine McCann: The girl who sold newspapers
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March 22nd, 2008 at 8:05 am
At risk of incurring the scorn and ridicule of the many sceptics out there, I wanted to bring you up to date on the latest from Christine. I do this so that if any of it comes to pass I can say “..we told you so” and the dates are there.
Some time ago, and I think I told you then, she was at her daughter, Jane’s and these two beads, one green and one yellow, plopped out of nowhere. For the uninitiated , these sort of manifestations are quite common psychic phenomena and are called “apports”. The colours are obviously significant as they are the ones used in the Madeleine search campaign. Christine is disappointed that her prediction of Madeleine being found in “the second month” has not come about as she felt that was February, but for my own part, I am wondering if that actually means the second anniversary ? May isn’t far away after all. Anyway - Christine was again staying at her daughter’s this weekend, whilst she was away with her husband and - as Christine does - she was doing some more cleaning and tidying for her and found the beads again which Jane has kept in a bowl on the sideboard, but alongside them was one of these little plastic magnetic fridge letters that kids play with and it was a yellow ( ….that colour again ) ‘M’. Christine rang her daughter to tell her and Jane said that was impossible because she had collected up all the letters, laid them out on the table to make sure they were all there before packing them in a bag and taking them to a Charity Shop, but - nonetheless - there it is.
Chris also says that Madeleine will not be found by searching, she will just be stumbled upon and Madeleine has said “…they’ve passsed me by twice already” . I get a plastic sack, the contents of which I do not want to think about which is why I nearly had a fit when the sack of bones was found in the lake, and I also get an old, round, wooden, plank lid the sort you would maybe see on a well, Madeleine has already indicated, “Mummy will see me when the rains come” …well if it is raining in Portugal anything like the way it is pee-ing down here, then …again…watch this space !!
March 22nd, 2008 at 5:12 am
What about all the other missing children - what about a fund being set up to find them, and help their families. Mr Branson could would do well to set up a fund. All this for the McCanns is so one-sided. Are they looking for her? Surely, with all the money in the fund, couldn’t a proper private detective be hired.
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:16 am
Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Group, pledged $200,000 on Sunday to help the British couple declared suspects in the disappearance of their young daughter to clear their name, a spokeswoman said.
Branson has also contacted several other wealthy Britons to encourage them to contribute to a legal defence fund for Kate and Gerry McCann, a spokeswoman said.
The McCanns, both doctors, have been accused as suspects in the disappearance of
Madeleine, who was three when she vanished during a family vacation in Portugal on May 3.
“If he can help a little bit to take the burden off the family and extended family in this small way, then that’s all to the good,” the spokesman said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with Virgin practice.
Branson had already contributed to a $2 million fund set up to help find Madeleine.
I thought it was 100,000 pounds only that Branson contributed.
$2.2 canadian is equal to 1,083,822 pounds.
Is this money part of the original fund total of +/-1.5 million or is this on top of the stated amount in the fund?
The link is : http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/09/16/branson-madeleine.html
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:13 am
Who would lose holiday photos! Never heard of that unless they were stolen, and were in the camera. Big whoppa that one. This whole scenario could become the biggest scam ever. It is very quiet re Shannon.
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 am
Now it’s only 98 mails to go… so bye yampster!
[and I think some people ARE idiots and should get a job!]
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 am
We thought that a paedophile had taken her and he had done terrible things,” she said.
“That’s very hard. But, little by little, we thought of other scenarios, which aren’t as atrocious.”
…………….we would like to hear about “other scenarios”
Denying all claims of being involved in the little girl’s disappearance, Mrs McCann referred to their ill-fated meal in a tapas bar close to their apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3.
“Of course we feel guilty at being at the restaurant when she disappeared,” she said. “That will always be so, but the person who broke in and took Madeleine is the most guilty.”
………………………………………………..these peope are so f…. arrogant
Noone broke in you twat
One of YOUR kid “disappears” and you dare measuring guilt
I sincerely think they are idiots
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 am
973
yampster
Yes, but I still miss Lulu, Rationalist, Patch and Peter O and some others and I think Fair is having a holiday with mrFair. Those were the day’s isn’t it. We didn’t all agree about what happened and who did what, but that was no problem at all.
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:21 am
Brandon says:
Have you seen this?
Marie Nichols and Ferdinand showed me this last week……
yep….excellent stuff indeed……
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:16 am
969
Totje
Always here or hereabouts. Good manners say I should say goodnight
Just like the good old days isn’t it?
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 am
“Sometimes people tell you the truth but omit to tell a lie. That way they feel they have told the whole truth.”
Exactly !!! And I think this is particularly true of our pair…….Perhaps Kate even more than Gerry…..very uncomfortable with constantly needing to lie [imho]……so consciously or unconsciously, they stick as close to the truth as possible……I think.
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 am
970
jo Says:
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:13 am
Some will never ever understand anything
duh….
+++++++++++++
Soooo true
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:13 am
Some will never ever understand anything
duh….
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:13 am
963
AHA!!! yampster !!!
I knew it. You’re waiting till I say goodbye. But I just fed the cats and returned. I still have 108 unread emails… oh… well may be tomorrow even more
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 am
949 Stevo
I tend to agree it would be so simple to clear everything up! So frustrating! But the reason we’ve been given is that they were all told by the police that they must not talk about it at all????
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 am
964
brandon
It is interesting and surely there is a lot more to it
Imagine if they would accept the lie detector as well
I mean you know to help with the investigation in Madeleine”s disappearance but they wont wont they?
They would prefer psychics to help instead.Its much more accurate
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 am
903 Stevo
Yes, that’s a significant lie, assuming that he did actually say it (???) and the staff did actually deny that he asked for clean sheets.
But again, I have to ask if this is likely to be true. Assuming he was actually busy disposing of Madeleine’s body at the time and not with his own sick child, would he really be such a mutt as to make up a story which was totally unnnecessary to explain his absence from the table (he could just have wanted to stay with his child) AND so easily disproved anyway?! In any case, maybe there were spare sheets already in the apartment. I don’t think we can assume we know for sure exactly what this was all about.
I’m surprised you think JT’s “lie” less compelling. If she made it up to cover the fact that it was actually O’B walking away with the body (though I thought he was in the tapas bar at that time anyway), it’s just about the worst thing one could imagine. And then to go on TV and repeat it to the world!
The phrase “pact of silence” is loaded! It’s one thing to agree that loose talk would be unwise but that phrase implies that they’d agreed to cover up a lot of incriminating stuff! I think it’s possible they simply thought it wisest to say nothing to the media and to let the Mcs be the spokespersons. Very sensible, I’d have thought. I mean, if you were O’Brien and the Express came knocking on your door, what would you do?! It doesn’t mean they didn’t tell the police everything they remembered nor that they won’t happily talk to the police again. JT made it clear she’s only too happy to talk to them if it would help. I think they are positively keen to be interviewed again.
It’s not O’B’s silence which surprises me but the fact that JT spoke out.
BTW Stevo, there has been hardly any awareness among the public here of the business about changing the sheets. I bet hardly anyone even knows about it. But everyone knows about JT’s claim to have seen a man carrying a child. That’s why she has had a hard time from those who EITHER don’t believe her at all OR who think she was an idiot not to have realised what was happening. Some people here have been really scathing about the fact that she somehow let the McCanns down by not noticing it was Madeleine. (The Mcs themselves were reported as not blaming her and trying to make her feel less guilty on the grounds that nobody would have been looking for someone abducting a child. )
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:04 am
CSN Hi there again……..re your hint two nights ago about someone close to ‘M…..a’ ?
Would that be one who has been newly spoken of here since you posted ?
I thought perhaps you were speculating about a psooible ‘tapas 10′……….but maybe not…….Your clue could apply to several people.
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 am
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Stevo Says:
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:54 am
945 False Flag
I believe they did eat at the Tapas bar every night if they said they did. But what did they do after eating? Did they casually walk over to Chaplin’s on the Tuesday night for 10pm quiz night and happy hour? Sometimes people tell you the truth but omit to tell a lie. That way they feel they have told the whole truth.
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I have just been through this with my 15 year old daughter
Have you seen this?
Mareie Nichols and Ferdinand showed me this last week……
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2194/is_n10_v65/ai_18920162/pg_1
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 am
962
Totje
Night billie-jean-beth
March 22nd, 2008 at 1:00 am
I don’t believe in lie detector tests…. never did, never will.
Have to go too.
Night all that’s left.
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:58 am
Hey,
Has anybody heard anything about the four psychics that flew over [or should fly over] to PdL to investigate?
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:57 am
Off to watch a movie now folks. Enjoy your Easter…
Goodnight and steer clear of vehicles owned by Mr Malinka!
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:56 am
This is the American show that uses a lie detector. It’s an interesting show. Perhaps the McCanns should go on it:
Moment of Truth http://pop.youtube.com/watch?v=FzZWqYWhdQw
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:54 am
941
can’t say no
As soon as you answer my question from weeks ago…..
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:54 am
945 False Flag
I believe they did eat at the Tapas bar every night if they said they did. But what did they do after eating? Did they casually walk over to Chaplin’s on the Tuesday night for 10pm quiz night and happy hour? Sometimes people tell you the truth but omit to tell a lie. That way they feel they have told the whole truth.
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:52 am
Night (or day) Daisy!
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:51 am
947 Marie Nicholas
The distance was totally irrelevant too wasn’t it? I mean, the bedroom faced the opposite side than the side they could monitor. I agree that their alibi admits 100% neglect.
But…
I personally don’t believe their alibi so the issue of neglect didn’t happen in the way they described IMO. True, if it happened their way it was neglect. But I don’t think it did happen like this so maybe there was no neglect.
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:51 am
942
Stevo Says:
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:45 am
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My point also. It’s okay to disagree and I try to be fair in the debate.
Have to go out.
See you all next time! Bye.
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:50 am
Have a goodnight all
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:49 am
939
Daisy
Yes, I agree. I “hate” the emotional and personal insults.
The story [two stories in fact] were also posted by someone at Anorak. But I can’t remember when. It was recently though.
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:49 am
948 Garth
Cheers