Madeleine McCann: Child Alert, Fear And Tony Bennett’s McCann Club
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
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 1:03 pm
Garth with Garters - love it!!
July 9th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
269
âde Says:
July 9th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
257 Julie
“I am so pompously appalled at the whole lot of you - you have no respect for the suffering of the McCann’s whatsoever.”
yep… absolutely no respect whatsoever
these odious, money and attention grabbing creeps deserve everything they get
five years for neglect would be a welcome start
great sporting fun to watch them squirm though
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I’m deeply shocked, and saddened, and shocked, that anyone should devote any of their time pondering over what happened to Madeleine when they could be sympathising with her parents instead!
I’m equally shocked, and saddened, and shocked, that TB is providing a nice little diversion when journos could be inquiring instead why a Judge in the High Court thought she could drive a horse and cart through the legislation enacted by Parliament, in secret, demanding disclosure of over 11,000 items of information in an ongoing criminal investigation, and was only forced to desist by the combined efforts of the Leicestershire Police Force, the Serious Organised Crimes Agency, and the Attorney General!
For someone who claim’s to be on Madeleine’s side, that is a strange way of going about it…
July 9th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Matt, I think that is just something he wears.
July 9th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
there aint no party like an sclub party !!!!!!!!!!!! SSSSSSSSSS clubb…………..
July 9th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
285…Melanie
“Garth Foundation” would be a good rename.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I have the name Melvin going spare if any needs a name
July 9th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
It is asd but you could probably make a final converstion on May 3 from John denver songs
July 9th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
275…Noseycow
Ah….enlightenment….hallelujah !!
Thank you, Noseycow.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
yeah we should sue shaky nosey
July 9th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I dont bloody care nosey - Its my name and I want it sacred. Now just let any bugger try to name their kid Annie, and I swear - I’ll set Clarrie on em!! lol
July 9th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Nosey, it was
July 9th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
annie LOL
Wasn’t that the Annie that he divorced.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
stevet
July 9th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Chenier
mmmm - methinks my lady doth protest too much
July 9th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
QUOTE - “But the McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “Kate and Gerry would warn people not to give any money to this foundation. It is mis-using Madeleine’s name.”
That’s easy call it Tony’s Foundation with intent” - Oh no, on second thoughts, we certainly dont want the Blairs involved - do we??
What a lot of tosh - “mis-using the name” What do they want - sole rights to the name Madeleine now? OK - I’ll be back in a minute - just gonna get onto John Denver - how DARE he use my name - Annies Song?? How very dare him!!!!
July 9th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Matt
the inevitable upgrade took the site down
annaraccoon was part of the Orange internet balloon race - which is thankfully over now.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
It wasn’t me, guv.
Brunty and I were out the door long before CM…
July 9th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
271…brandon flours
Really ?
Seemed like ages.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
268
brandon flours
What a good memory you have!
July 9th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Matt
it was one day!
July 9th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
What has happened to that darned racoon which beset the pages ?
And why was Anorak unavailable a couple of weeks or so ago ?
July 9th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
257 Julie
“I am so pompously appalled at the whole lot of you - you have no respect for the suffering of the McCann’s whatsoever.”
yep… absolutely no respect whatsoever
these odious, money and attention grabbing creeps deserve everything they get
five years for neglect would be a welcome start
great sporting fun to watch them squirm though
July 9th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Stevet knows I’ve got a full bob marley
July 9th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
263…Julie
I live and learn.
Yo Julie !!
July 9th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
262…Melanie
That wuz furryosity, I think.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
melanie
aye????
July 9th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
maybe the fund cant afford the 2 Gs anymore !!!
July 9th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Furiosity is an original heavy rock band from North Jersey
Yo Matt
July 9th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
furiosity came u p the other ay when we were discussing what brandon wears under her coat
July 9th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Brandon, the news of 2/8 meant he had to go back to base to further instruction.