Madeleine McCann: Child Alert, Fear And Tony Bennett’s McCann Club
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DAILY TELEGRAPH: “Madeleine McCann: Kate and Gerry’s fury at ‘club’ devoted to prosecuting them”
Gerry and Kate McCann have expressed their anger at the establishment of a fee-paying “club” dedicated to seeing them prosecuted over the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine.
A retired British solicitor, Tony Bennett, has set up a fund called The Madeleine Foundation, which aims to bring a private prosecution against the McCanns for alleged child neglect.
Tony Bennett has been on Anorak.
But Madeleine’s parents fear members of the public will inadvertently donate money to it because they may mistake it for the McCanns’ own Madeleine Fund, which pays for private investigations into her whereabouts.
Mr Bennett says his fund is a “subscription-only members’ club, charging a £10 annual fee”.
Says Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns’ spokesman: “It is a great shame that Mr Bennett feels the need to make money out of Madeleine McCann. He did not seek permission from Gerry or Kate to use Madeleine’s name.”
It’s a brand?
“This so-called foundation is in no way doing anything to help find Madeleine.”
Says Bennett:
“Some of the money immediately raised will be used to pay for a barrister to give his or her opinion on how best to proceed with a legal action against the McCanns. We are a group of people, which is rapidly growing in number, who want to get to the truth of what happened to Madeleine. We will also campaign for changes to the law about parents who leave children on their own.
DAILY MAIL: “Brussels throws out McCann’s appeal for European missing child alert system”
Kate and Gerry McCann’s campaign for an alert system for missing children across Europe will not be adopted by the EU, ministers said yesterday.
FENLAND TODAY: “McCanns win more backing for child abduction alert”
More MEPs have backed a campaign spearheaded by the Rothley parents of Madeleine McCann for a Europe-wide child abduction alert, the couple’s spokesman said.
WALES ONLINE: “Common sense not cotton wool for children, says safety tsar”
PARENTS should not respond to fears of child abduction and knife crime by wrapping their children in “cotton wool”, a leading charity’s new child safety tsar warned.
Karen McFarlane has been appointed by Children in Wales to promote a reduction in avoidable deaths and injuries.
She said: “What we’d like to try to do is empower both the children and the parent as they make informed choices. We don’t want to wrap them in cotton wool”…
Lynne Hill, the charity’s policy director, said children’s fears could be fuelled by the portrayal of dangers in media coverage.
She said: “Children are very, very aware of what’s reported on the news. The decision of some children to carry knives was often in response to a fear of attack,” she said.
“What’s striking is very often children think it’s a way of protecting themselves.”
Fears of child abduction had escalated following the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz in May 2007.
Ms Hill said: “I know when Madeleine McCann was kidnapped there were a lot of reports of children being very fearful that someone would snatch them or a friend of theirs”
Increasing the fear. It could be you…
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July 9th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
matt
July 9th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
257…Julie
Are you full of furiosity too ??
July 9th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
255…brandon flours
I think the half pint well and truly sedated him.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I am so pompously appalled at the whole lot of you - you have no respect for the suffering of the McCann’s whatsoever.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
253…Melanie
Sax….surely.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Is Garth still body popping to sclub ??
July 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
252…Noseycow
Well….there were a number of placards to hand for her. No doubt all
able to quickly refer to any possible impropriety of statements by the dubious
one.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Nosey, I should have got a new spellchecker with my new sex!
July 9th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Matt
You sure it didn’t say ‘Pink is the new black’
Melanie
Was deffo spelt right - anoark - spellchecked by the ed.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
246…Noseycow
The one I saw was : “Mitchell lies with as many teeth as he has in his mouth”.
And the assembled audience applauded loud and long.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
247…Noseycow
I feel shamed by my inattention.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Nosey, I hope they spelt Anorak properly on the sign!
July 9th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Matt
July 9th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Matt
Ah _ I think I caught a glimpse of the origional, was she the one holding up a hand painted sign that said .
‘Anoark woz ear’
July 9th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I fear it’s all going to end in little tears.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
hilarious fun indeed
July 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
227 lone pigeon
not sure if anyone has seen this? Mr Brunt hits the nail on the head
yes, i agree
i bet the comical one is unhappy about that article
interesting comments in the blog below about witnesses being upset at their confidentiality being breached
especially where the odiates and their unpleasant family/friends are so touchy about their mobile phone calls being monitored
excellent fun though
July 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
237…Noseycow
She was the one standing right behind Clarence and laughing +++, and whose
image was ordered, by Clarence, to be airbrushed out before publication.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
229
âde Says:
July 9th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
222 sam
are we linked telepathically?
we should be trolled
grins, yeah.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Lone, I think you are right about Mr Brunt
July 9th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
235…lone pigeon
ALERT !! ALERT !!!
Pigeon attack in the Strand.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
right at the back talking to the bloke on the steps
July 9th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Matt
re: The pic.
which one’s chenier?
July 9th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
or maybe i can’t either, dunno where i got 600 000 from, when i just said 1.2 million. duh.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
did you notice the dribble of shite on the suit????
July 9th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
but gandolf keeps saying it’s shelved? Oh i’m all confused!
July 9th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
224
Matt. Says:
July 9th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
222…sam
‘I think a great deal of massaging of income/outgoing figures is being employed.’
it’s at least 600 000 thousand pounds difference. maybe he can’t count.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
227…lone pigeon
Looking at the pic and the faces of the Legal’s standing next to Clarence…
I bet they are wondering, “What planet is this clown from ?”
July 9th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
sad to think some people will still believe the case is over and will send cheques!
July 9th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
222 sam
are we linked telepathically?
we should be trolled