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
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May 27th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
According to Sky News reports, the controversial plan was abandoned after several members of the ‘Tapas Seven’ were not able to attend.
Kate and Gerry McCann had already decided not to return to Portugal for the reconstruction of the night of their daughter went missing.
The couple said the re-enactment would do “absolutely nothing” to help find their daughter, who was three when she vanished from the family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in May 2007.
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Annie we knew about the cancelled event earlier this pm, Sky news was very slow with it, scroll back to about 4.30 -6.00 today, and there is a new thread in Twitterings
May 27th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
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sam
yep you could be right [he wants to make a living] but he himself resigned [at least when we believe the papers]. I wonder when he wrote it and if he wrote it all by his memories of the investigation or if he had access to the files when he wrote it…….
hmmm
May 27th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Madeleine Reconstruction Called Off
Updated:22:33, Tuesday May 27, 2008
A reconstruction of the night Madeleine McCann disappeared has been scrapped after members of the so-called “Tapas Seven” have refused to take part.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
496 Sam
Me neither! The moment must have passed
May 27th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
There is a sky news report online saying that the PJ have said that the recon WILL NOT GO AHEAD
May 27th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
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Fair Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
434 sam
Thanks
you’re very welcome, but i think the numbers are mixed up, i don’t know what you mean now.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
486
Mods and Admin
We are June (me) Duncan R, Carmen and Meercat, and agw withthe cutlass
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Hi June,
Well that guess was wrong then. Not the first time I’m mistaken, nor will it be the last time, I’m sure.
I asked because non of you tried to claim my 14 bottles and you let Maria get away with them.
I recently obtained this nice wine rack that can hold 196 bottles…..
M and A
We must have been very poorly that day….. mine holds 50, but am very impressed by 196, any pix?
May 27th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
492
No, nothing!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
436
Missis_USA Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
‘Maybe it was a marketing fault. Would have been better to call the reconstruction a fiesta with free wine and tapas..’
yes, lol
May 27th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Hello, just nipped in here for a minute - anything happened today?? Please tell me now so that I can shoot off with peace of mind. The McCanns going to P de L for the recon?? PLEASE tell me they are!!
m and a NO
May 27th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
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whoops Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
428 -Sam-Perhaps Gerry is very difficult to work with, hence the salary hike?
the rates are banded according to job title/positon and experience/qualifications needed, there’s no room for personal stuff such as that. i am surprised you don’t know that. have you never worked in the public sector?, it’s practically the same system for every job in the public sector be it nhs or education, social services, council or police, they all pretty much work on banding according to job description and qualifications.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
485 Totje
Garth said earlier that no new facts emerged. I asked him how he knew that. We don’t know that no new facts emerged.
We know nothing!
Maybe they were asked earlier to do a recon & they refused then aswell? Maybe they insisted then that it must be televised? Maybe they weren’t asked! Who knows?
It does ‘’seem” though that they have been asked now & they have refused, one way or another. That imo is not wise.
Re ps2. We were told about new mod, meercat? Sadly not who I thought it was, I don’t think
May 27th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
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sam Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
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Totje Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
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Sam and Totje
We have a slightly different approach over here:
‘Cell site evidence of the activities on Murphy’s phone suggested that the call made on his mobile phone at 10.28pm was made in the vicinity of Greenbank Park. This information, served on the morning of the first day of the trial, caused particular embarrassment to Murphy because it contradicted the terms of his defence statement that he was at home at the material time, and he was compelled to explain in evidence the fact that his defence statement was false.’
Murphy was, unsurprisingly, convicted…
Heron v R. [2005] EWCA Crim 3245 (21 December 2005)
May 27th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
484
sam
Thanks. But if that’s true, why on earth didn’t the pj ask permission immediately after the event? They should know the law regarding that.
And [if it's true] we should also dismiss the reports in the papers that the pj assisted by British cops already evaluated the phone calls, triangulations etc.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Totje
ITA (Initial Teaching Alphabet) was an attempt in the 60’s, through an extended alphabet, to help children to learn to read English more quickly, after which they would go on to learn using regular spelling. It had many more phonograms than the usual 26 letter alphabet. In thoery it’s easier, of course, although there a lot of symbols to learn. It was supposed to help because English is so difficult as so often the same letter combinations have different pronunciations, and several different letter combinations may be pronounced in the same way! The ITA uses a series of phonograms to represent the different sounds in the English language., always in the same way. At least, I think that’s it!
Problem was that children then had to learn the “real” alphabet so there were two learning processes. I know a couple of people who were taught by this method and always had difficulty. Of course, people taught by more regular methods can have problems as well.!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
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Totje Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
422
sam
I still think it is unethical what he’s doing. So I won’t spend a penny on it. He’s one more person who’s trying to earn a lot of money/fame on the faith of a little girl.
he might be trying to make a living now from it i suppose. i’d really rather read that then the gush printed by cherie bliar for instance.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
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Fair
I think that if I was one of the Sangria 7, I would have gone to the reconstruction.
On the other hand they’ve been to the interviews in Leic isn’t it?
Assuming no new ‘facts’ occured, what good would a reconstruction after all this time do to find Madeleine? Why didn’t the police ask them early on in the investigation to take part in a reconstruction?
We don’t know who refused or why, do we? We’re guessing.
I still think they [pj] might want the reconstruction to test Tanner’s eyes.
P.S. 1 : I think we all want our lives back
P.S. 2 : do you think there’s a new mod?
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We are June (me) Duncan R, Carmen and Meercat, and agw withthe cutlass
May 27th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
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Saul Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
You girls should be watching Doris Lessing on BBC 2
The very rleuctant heroine! Watched the Restoration diet too - too too much
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Was that tagged on by you M/A
M and A
yep , sorry fone Anorak and Doris Lessing
May 27th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
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Totje Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
‘Now I have to try to find WHY it was denied.’
from what i understood it was denied because at the time there was no active or official permission given to wire tap or trace and one can’t make such retroactive, as such at the time the people concerned were not part of an investigation and were protected by human rights law, also another reason given if i understood the transcript correctly is that institutions such as telecommunication ones would not have the right to keep such records and that in itself would constitute a breach of human rights concerning the right to privacy.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
The PJ is not naief.
I think they organise the reconstruction on purpose, knowing the witnesses would blow it up.
The PJ even said that if even one of them would not come, they would cancel the whole operation.
I believe the PJ was fishing something out of the story.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
You girls should be watching Doris Lessing on BBC 2
The very rleuctant heroine! Watched the Restoration diet too - too too much
May 27th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
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AgendaWide Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
‘—The couple’s spokesman Clarence Mitchell said yesterday: “Kate and Gerry and their friends remain committed to doing anything to help find Madeleine. …’’
except to participate actively in the police investigation it seems.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
467 sam
I don”t want to get into an argument over this, but I”m no good at finding stuff, if you can find the Application Form and maybe exactly how much the grant is worth, be my
guest, I”m no good at stuff like that and wouldn”t know where to start. Maybe Gerry”s
blog for the Grant, he would be bound to write about it.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
sam, why is kidnapping the first crime mentionedin the petition, if the PJ are said to have discarded that avenue.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Sam, thank you!
I read Joana Morais’blog.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
461 Totje
Yes yes yes I know!!
Emotion! But….. for pity’s sake what does it take?
When my kids wouldn’t do something I ended up saying NIKE! ……..”just do it”’?
Just like kids it’s getting exasperating!
Go back, answer questions, help? You have nothing to hide, do you? No problem then!
PS. I would rather like my life back too please!
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It’ll die a death now, it was only the recon
May 27th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
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Fair
Thanks. Though this was an expression I know of. Didn’t even need a dictionary.
It sounds so lovely and funny, that’s why I repeated it.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
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sam Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
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chenier Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
‘Val, I’m quoting from David Smith’s article in the Times. I didn’t say he told me. David Smith said he told me…’
chenier the actual wording is six figure grant, that is, 145 000, is a six figure grant.
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Yes, I know Sam; that’s what I keep saying…
May 27th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Night all-Doh-work tomorrow….and remember, the scenes we have shown tonight are exceptional and happen only rarely….so ‘Don’t have nightmares…’.theme tune Crimewatch and fade………..
May 27th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
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val Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
428 sam
Gerry”s salary at Glenfields was £75,000 plus his private work, so he would hardly work for much less and the Research assistant would not have been a Junior for that
kind of Salary. I definitely posted the application form on here because I pointed out
a clause saying the Applicant should not have been accused of any crime (not the exact words)!! If you can find Gerry”s blog or something, you might find it there.
I distinctly remember reading he had been working every evening and weekend and
he only knew he had won while they were on holiday.
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Yes, you did read it, in the Times in the David Smith article which I quoted. But the article says six figure, not £600,000. The full para is:
‘Gerry has gone back to work half-days, and has finally told the British Heart Foundation he plans to go ahead with the research fellowship they awarded him, a week before he was accused of being involved in his daughter’s death. He had told me, weeks ago, about the six-figure grant and how it meant almost nothing in terms of professional advancement, but might one day help in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.
He had prepared the application in his own time, working evenings and weekends.
In other circumstances it would have meant the world to him but, right now, he had other things on his mind.’
I can’t get the link though the spam trap, but it was the Sunday Times, 16/12/07