Madeleine McCann: Sometimes We Feel Like Giving Up
“SOMETIMES WE JUST FEL LIKE GIVING UP” declares the Mirror “…but Maddie just keeps us going”.
The headline is not, as you might think, an anguished crie de coeur from the paper’s editors. It is, of course, a quote from Kate McCann. The legend at the top of the page reads: “McCANNS 1 YEAR ON”.
Other papers follow suit, with the Sun featuring a 12-page special and pin-up size pictures of “The face we will never forget”.
The Star eschews such tacky emotionalism and goes for a hard news story for its cover: “MUSLIM SICKOS’ MADDIE KIDNAP SHOCK.”
The paper says police are set to investigate a “vile attack on Madeleine McCann’s parents” by Muslim extremists.
What kind of attack? A suicide bomb, perhaps?
No. In a “hysterical rant” on the internet, “fanatics blame the couple for her disappearance”.
All very interesting. But what of the Star’s stablemate, the Maddy Express? What extravaganza are they offering for Day 365? A 28-page special?
Curiously, the front page is bereft of the face we will never forget. Perhaps Express Newspapers have issued a completely separate edition of the paper devoted entirely to all things McCann?
Nope. The newsagents’ shelves are bereft.
We jest, of course. The paper has, as you know, steered clear of the subject since being hammered in court for its scurrilous and exploitative coverage of the case. Coverage that included far from subtle insinuations that the Kate and Gerry McCann were implicated in their daughter’s disappearance. (Not to be confused, we hasten to add, with “hysterical rants” by “fanatics”.)
With no Maddy and no Diana, what is “THE WORLD’S GREATEST PAPER” to do?
Read on, dear reader, read on…
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April 28th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Well spotted, Firestar
http://www.soca.gov.uk/
April 28th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
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lilith
I posted exactely the same bit of the article yesterday!
A mother figure at 3 years old?which kind of parenting is this?
Madeleine would have screamed but NOT if she was either dead or sedated
UNBELIVABLE
April 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
for the first time since this sad story came to light,im am finally signing off as i no longer believe the parents played any part in this sad sad saga.and i pray kate admitting what i believe was there only mistake,might help her through what must be the worst nightmare anyone could endure.and i know they will never stop looking for their little girl.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Why are you so pedantic, it is clearly reported or alleged that they were present at the leics interviews. Why would the Portuguese come to Britain and conduct “voluntary” interviews, for a crime that allegedly happened in Portugal, it’s a two way street, or is that to obvious.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
48 Gandolf
“None of the results of the analyses allows one to say with certainty that the blood comes from X or Y,” Alipio Ribeiro said on Portuguese public television station RTP.
“Not with mathematical precision,” he said, in reference to claims by some British media outlets that the results were a perfect match with Madeleine’s DNA.
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One thing is that the results can’t be said to match anyone with “mathematical precision” and another thing would be that they didn’t give a pretty good indication. He doesn’t mention this latter aspect. In other words, to me, his statement says absolutely nothing (and was probably intended that way).
April 28th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
From the Sun
GRANNY HEALY ADMITS:
Kate is an unfit mother: she relies on a 3 year old baby to take over her responsibilities as a parent.
“I knew Madeleine had been abducted, I just knew it in my heart. She would never have got up and gone off on her own.
“She wouldn’t have left the twins, because she was like a mother figure to them.
“If someone lifted her out of bed Madeleine would have screamed the place down. That girl could throw a tantrum if she wanted to and she and the twins were quite shy about meeting new people.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
April 28, 2008
‘Madeleine McCann was abducted by an opportunistic paedophile’
Mark Williams-Thomas: Analysis
The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is like no other I have seen before.
I have followed this case from the beginning. I visited the village of Praia da Luz within hours of Madeleine’s disappearance and have returned on numerous occasions to examine what happened on May 3 last year.
I believe that Madeleine was abducted outside her family’s apartment by an opportunistic paedophile with local connections. And I would be very surprised if this person has not been back to the area or still frequents it.
On the evening she disappeared I believe Madeleine woke up and cried for a short time while her parents were dining at a nearby tapas bar at the Ocean Club resort. When she realised that her parents were not there she climbed out of bed and walked around the apartment. She found the back patio door partly open so she walked out, went down the small flight of steps, through the metal gate and turned right down towards the entrance to the tapas bar. It was at this point that she was abducted. Interestingly, police dogs first tracked a scent down this exact route. It is a vital clue that has been largely ignored. Unfortunately, although this area is in range of a CCTV camera at the nearby super-market, it was not working that night.
Statistically the abduction of a child is very rare. On average it happens to six children a year in Britain. However, if we look at the abduction and murder of Sarah Payne in July 2000 we can see that she was snatched by a passing stranger while her brothers were just steps behind.
Madeleine became the victim of an opportunist and predatory paedophile. The abductor either lives in or had contact with Praia da Luz. This is not the sort of resort you just happen upon. For the past 12 months the Portuguese police have pursued only two lines of inquiry: that Gerry and Kate McCann were involved or that their daughter was abducted by a stranger. They have focused steadfastly on the first line. It is quite correct for the police to consider the parents as suspects because most murdered children are killed by a relative or someone they know. But the police do not seem to have any real evidence against Mr and Mrs McCann and they have vehemently denied any involvement.
Mr and Mrs McCann believe their daughter was abducted and trafficked abroad but Madeleine does not fit the profile. Girls are trafficked into the sex trade as prostitutes or for domestic slavery, both with financial gain to the seller and purchaser. Who was to gain from her trafficking?
The so-called sightings in other countries, although genuinely intended, are a distraction and prove to be of little value after the initial two weeks. After all who is going to openly walk out with the most wanted child in the world? For months it was genuinely assumed the abductor had entered the apartment and taken Madeleine from her bed. But I do not believe that a paedophile was watching the apartment or that an offender entered the apartment.
This would be too high risk as the offender would not know that someone was not inside. Britain has not seen a single case of a predatory paedophile entering premises and abducting a child where the occupants of the house are unknown to the offender.
The problem with the police investigation was that it was crucially flawed from the very start. It was the worst-preserved crime scene I have seen.
The investigation is now all but closed. The police have insufficient evidence to charge Mr and Mrs McCann and when their arguido status is lifted the couple could return to Portugal without fear of arrest or prosecution.
They could then properly coordinate an investigation to find out what really did happen to Madeleine.
Mark Williams-Thomas is a former detective and authority on paedophile crimes
April 28th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
According to the Daily Mirror tabloid, the police have called for Kate McCann to be charged with accidental murder
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also, theres no such thing as accidental murder.
to be murder it has to be premeditated.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
57
how long have SOC been investigating crimes that don’t involve offences in the uk?
April 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
48
Gandolf Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Encouraging ?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Maddie blood evidence not certain: Portuguese police
Sep 10, 2007
PORTIMAO, Portugal (AFP) — It is not certain that traces of blood found in a car rented by Kate and Gerry McCann match that of their missing daughter Madeleine, the director of the Portuguese judicial police said as they prepared to report to prosecutors on Tuesday.
“None of the results of the analyses allows one to say with certainty that the blood comes from X or Y,” Alipio Ribeiro said on Portuguese public television station RTP.
“Not with mathematical precision,” he said, in reference to claims by some British media outlets that the results were a perfect match with Madeleine’s DNA.
no one is taking a blind bit of notice
April 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
54
i’ll go with sousa, the official spokesman who says
In this case, it’s significant.”
April 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
SOC, must be involved if there is a possibility of an organised kidnap, i.e. child trafficking.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
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Pilimary
Prefiero las tapas caseras/ I prefer the home made tapas,the ones at the corner of my street,the little bar en el barrio
April 28th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
A little girl wrapped in a blanket hung limply from his arms.
Unknown to her, Madeleine’s pyjamas were pink and white.
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also unknown to her, M’s blanket wasn’t removed from the apartment.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
No it’s open to reasonable doubt, I reckon I will go with the direct statement from the PJ head honcho. ““None of the results of the analyses allows one to say with certainty that the blood comes from X or Y,” Alipio Ribeiro said on Portuguese public television station RTP.”
April 28th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
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brandon
I hope they wont forget to pack their aura to play “saints”
April 28th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
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mystic Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
the girl could be under a spell are people making money out of this poor child
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Ah yes, the Serious Organised Crimes people, aren’t they involved? Well spotted, Mystic.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
48
from the same article
There has been talk of 70 percent or 80 percent matches. The FSS doesn’t do that. It’s either a match or its not, it’s either significant or it’s not. In this case, it’s significant.”
thats encouraging.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
39
lilith
Spin spin spin
April 28th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
can you post pictures on here?
i have a lovely one from on holiday with a crocodile sneaking up on me trying to bite my arse while i was taking a photo.
M and A
Yes you can, but could you use postimage.org, after uploading right click and select copy then paste onto box, it shall go into moderation and I’l let it out. Postimage stores it on their site , not ours
April 28th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Encouraging ?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Maddie blood evidence not certain: Portuguese police
Sep 10, 2007
PORTIMAO, Portugal (AFP) — It is not certain that traces of blood found in a car rented by Kate and Gerry McCann match that of their missing daughter Madeleine, the director of the Portuguese judicial police said as they prepared to report to prosecutors on Tuesday.
“None of the results of the analyses allows one to say with certainty that the blood comes from X or Y,” Alipio Ribeiro said on Portuguese public television station RTP.
“Not with mathematical precision,” he said, in reference to claims by some British media outlets that the results were a perfect match with Madeleine’s DNA.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
I bet they will be outside with ribbons and collection tins
April 28th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Members of the missing four-year-old’s family are set to fly to the coastal resort to mark the anniversary in Saturday.
Her uncle and aunt John McCann and Trisha Cameron are expected at a special church service in Praia da Luz.
But the Anglican chaplain Father Haynes Hubbard, who will conduct prayers, confirmed her parents had decided against attending on Saturday.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
43
maybe he used that new improved flash.
works faster than that in the advert.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
oh, and while i remember
DEATH TO THE WEST!!!!!
(forgetting my islamic fundamentalist roots for a second then.I feel much better for thtat)
April 28th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Chloe / Jo
I hope he means her and not St Kate!!!
Well there was either forensics or there wasnt, does he think the abductor harmed her before he left and spring cleaned the flat in 25 mins?????
April 28th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Have a look! Tis a franchise, so if anybody wants a good business, go ahead. People loves so much tapas that even forget about their children to enjoy Mediterranean tastes..
http://www.tapasbar.es/
April 28th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
its easier to believe they committed a crime as other possibilities are to horrid to think of,but kate words imo hold true in imo,my prayers are with them for the first time im my life i believe i can see truth in somthing.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
testing..
M and A
The spammer seems to be out to get now, have let one post out, try not too many at once or you will ban yourself
April 28th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3831856.ece
More cr,p from the McMedia Moguls.
NO mention of the Holy Ones being suspects!