Madeleine McCann: Bobby Hands, Cannes And A Hunger For Publicity
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
As Leslie Felperin, the excellent reviewer for Variety magazine remarked to me: the newspaper-reading public can’t be persuaded to react in the same way: they care about Madeleine McCann in a serious mood, or in a non-serious mood, they care about Sir Alan Sugar or Simon Cowell. The idea of actually caring about a violent arthouse film investigating the life of Bobby Sands is a very tall order indeed.
Fact and fiction - the story of Madeleine McCann
Posted: 27th, May 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Madeleine McCann Comments (562) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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May 27th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
168-That she was snatched by someone working there was my initial thought when it first happened. Perfectly placed, knew the movements and if working in the Tapas bar would be able to signal to an accomplice when coast was clear. Perhaps they didn’t leave a tip………..
May 27th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Garth….
yes they could easily be overlooked from other properties and I still think Madeleine was watched all week. she was observed and the McCanns movements were observed over several days by someone seemingly innocuous who worked there at the resort and who was in collaboration with 2/3 others to snatch Madeleine for financial gain one way or another…….
Spotted, stalked, snatched.
IMO of course!
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I must question your claim that the apartment could be easily observed from other properties; it seems to conflict with the NOTW’s claims about all those trees, sorry TREES.
But what a pity it is that your alleged kidnappers for financial gain didn’t take advantage of the offer of a £1.5 million reward…
May 27th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
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chenier Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Compare and contrast with the NOTW story a couple of weeks back:
‘At the back our astonishing pictures prove THERE IS NO CLEAR VIEW either way from the balcony and the rear patio doors of the McCann apartment to the tapas bar where her parents Kate and Gerry were having dinner.’
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/1105_maddie_3.shtml
i’m not sure if they’ve got the position of the taps bar right on it.
May 27th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Garth….
yes they could easily be overlooked from other properties and I still think Madeleine was watched all week. she was observed and the McCanns movements were observed over several days by someone seemingly innocuous who worked there at the resort and who was in collaboration with 2/3 others to snatch Madeleine for financial gain one way or another…….
Spotted, stalked, snatched.
IMO of course!
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maravilha….. all womens prisons in the UK have facilities for pregnant women prisoners and some have mother and baby units. The pregnant women are transferred there to give birth and, if their crime is not too serious (or the sentence too long)they can keep babies with them…. it used to be until they were two but I’m not sure what it is now. Of course if their crime was child abuse related, the baby would be taken away and handed over to a family member or to Social Services for fostering / adoption.
May 27th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
4 crimes investigated as part of the process related to Madeleine”s case…
I wouldnt worry too much about shutters and abductors nor neglectors at those heights …..
May 27th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
152 sam
Yes, I”m sure they have all “conspired”, same as the meeting in the Hotel when they knew they were to be interviewed.
The one thing for all of them now, if they don”t go the public will wonder why and
their colleagues may look at them in a different light.
I mentioned this before and got ridiculed for it, all the male posters I stress!!!! I was
on a flight to Rome last Christmas and got chatting to the woman sitting next to me.
Turned out she too is a Cardiologist and knows Gerry, had met him a few times at
Seminars. Apparently he is well thought of in his ability and very friendly and
helpful. No way did she think he was guilty and said she too would have left Portugal in a hurry if she was innocent and in a strange Country
May 27th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/05/pj-forbidden-to-read-mccanns-mobile.html
Sorry if this is old news
May 27th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
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Garth Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Chenier
Just incase you’re not quite on the same wavelength………… the point was about observation from an apartment.
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I may be directionally challenged but I’m fairly sound on words, and botany.
My point was that unless the ”TREES in full foliage’ miraculously disappeared when viewed from an apartment, though not from the Tapas Bar, C&C’s claim needs revision…
May 27th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
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…. till later then 
Garth Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I dont care which bleedin apartment just as long as its south facing and has an en-suit. Are we ready then Jues?
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Finally, some sense out of you
May 27th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Gotta go
Bye
May 27th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
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Julie Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
157
Garth Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Chenier
Just incase you’re not quite on the same wavelength………… the point was about observation from an apartment.
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Which one are we talking about NOW? The one opposite the side road or the one adjacent to the corner of the apartment down the road?
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I dont care which bleedin apartment just as long as its south facing and has an en-suit. Are we ready then Jues?
a catflap????
May 27th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
156 chenier
Interrupting…….wasn”t the girls name Mary Jo Kopekne? As for Kennedy, I disagree
he went on to serve his Country, himself more like. Apart from a young life snuffed out, what about her relatives who never saw justice done.
Don”t you think it”s one Law for the rich and one for the poor? another example,
Marylin and JFK, what REALLY happened that night?
M and A
Marilyn Monroe’s sad death has been questioned by so many, but Marilyn poor? don’t think so
May 27th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
157
Garth Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Chenier
Just incase you’re not quite on the same wavelength………… the point was about observation from an apartment.
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Which one are we talking about NOW? The one opposite the side road or the one adjacent to the corner of the apartment down the road?
May 27th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
2 threads??
May 27th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Chenier
Just incase you’re not quite on the same wavelength………… the point was about observation from an apartment.
May 27th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
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Totje Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
129
chenier
Phew!
And I bet nowadays most people can’t even remember what happened with Senator Edward Kennedy….
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Undoubtedly; after all, everyone knows that Chappaquiddick is the game Harry Potter plays…
May 27th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
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Garth Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Yeah but Juesy, do you understand now?
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Nope, some serious explaining still required - I’m not very bright remember?
May 27th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
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I wonder how thorough the apartments adjacent were checked. I guess they could have checked the apartments for fingerprints to see if they were the same ones left behind on cuddlecat.
I know that hypothetically speaking.
May 27th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Opposite / adjacent / next door.
Heres an aerial pic of the resort and the McCanns apartment was overlooked from pretty much everywhere! apartments / villas etc
5th pic down is the best to see the whole resort.
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Compare and contrast with the NOTW story a couple of weeks back:
‘At the back our astonishing pictures prove THERE IS NO CLEAR VIEW either way from the balcony and the rear patio doors of the McCann apartment to the tapas bar where her parents Kate and Gerry were having dinner.’
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/1105_maddie_3.shtml
May 27th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
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val Says:
May 27th, 2008
‘In any case, CM has no right to speak for them all, he is employed for the McCanns
only, and should butt our IMO’
he’s have nothing to do if he did that
or maybe it’s just a ploy, they cant really refuse to go themselves and know if one of the others don’t go it wont happen. ?
May 27th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
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Julie Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Well, well, knock me down with that ostrich feather that’s irritating Garthy so much! Straight out of the horsies mouth (not you IGS
) :
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Yeah but Juesy, do you understand now?
May 27th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
141
Garth Says:
“Your humour is about as flat as Julies chest. imo
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Gonna have to sue that darn plastic surgeon in that case
May 27th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
and here’s another good pic.
http://tinyurl.com/45mc49
May 27th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
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coolandcalm Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Opposite / adjacent / next door.
Heres an aerial pic of the resort and the McCanns apartment was overlooked from pretty much everywhere! apartments / villas etc
5th pic down is the best to see the whole resort.
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id94.html
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CoolandCalm
Can you see the apartment with the balcony across the road from 5a?
Well i reckon you could see my nans from there.
May 27th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Anyway - maybe today maybe tomorrow, who knows, but someday soon we shall all have the answers we are looking for - I have mine now - I just said “is my breakfast ready” and I got the answer “yes” - Have a good day everyone, doing a bit of sailing today and then off the the casino tonight - could be a long one, Im due a win………….!!
May 27th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
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chenier
Phew!
And I bet nowadays most people can’t even remember what happened with Senator Edward Kennedy….
M and A
Mary-Jo Kopecne? she drowned in the car he was driving which went off a bridge
May 27th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Well, well, knock me down with that ostrich feather that’s irritating Garthy so much! Straight out of the horsies mouth (not you IGS
) :
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irish girl spain Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
………….. Madeleine’s grandmother, Susan Healy, apparently explained that ………… Healy defended Kate’s weight by saying, “Kate has always had that kind of build and has never carried any weight……………… (daily mail, oct 16th)
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Her own mother is saying she never carried the kids
M and A
Julie don’t make it worse…..
May 27th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Do doctors take drugs on holiday-not ingest them-but do they carry them with them? just wondering about a possible motive for an abductor who knew they were doctors.
M and A
I have a few relatives who are doctors, and no they don’t take drugs on holiday, they have to be kept under lock and key, and dangerous drugs need to be accounted for
May 27th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
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Rasputin Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Scarlett I refer to this, it appears to have upset several os the hell hounds.
“Why did the Prosecutor make this statement back in September, @Wednesday September 19: The Evora district attorney general, Luis Bilro Verao, rules there is not enough evidence to justify further questioning of the McCanns about the disappearance of their daughter.@
They have still not been questioned, or been the subject of any official sanctions, now why would that be.”
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I see - looks like I guessed slightly wrong, though I did mention the lack of questioning in my post.
Why no further questioning? Difficult to say, nothing would surprise me any more about this case. It would I suppose suggest the events of September contained an element of bluff, though wouldn’t we then have to dismiss Insp Amaral’s alleged email to Redsquare?
May 27th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Opposite / adjacent / next door.
Heres an aerial pic of the resort and the McCanns apartment was overlooked from pretty much everywhere! apartments / villas etc
5th pic down is the best to see the whole resort.
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id94.html