Madeleine McCann: With Columnist Fergus Shanahan And The Maddie Squad
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE COLUMNISTS
FERGUS SHANAHAN: “SWOOP FOR MADDIE”
“I tried to imagine the misery Kate and Gerry McCann must be going through with these Maddie sightings. It’s too awful.”
See the Sun’s front-page Maddie update in which she is served an ice-cream in Brussels. Shanahan is the paper’s deputy editor. It’s too awful…
“They must cling to any hope. But some of the latest rash of ‘sightings’ are based on thin detail.”
The ice-cream was chocolate.
“Sadly, the Maddie tragedy is attracting its fair-share of attention seekers”
The Sun’s front page says the ice-cream was cold and sweet – just how Maddie likes them!
“It seems unlikely that Europe’s most instantly recognisable child would be walked through city streets by her abductors.”
More likely she’d stop and be bought an ice cream…
“But if convincing reports of sightings continue, Scotland Yard should set up a Maddie squad capable of moving instantly anywhere in Europe.”
On the Sun’s word…
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August 12th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
coolandcalm Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Come on LP… even you have to admit this isn’t the same thing!
no coolandcalm - imagine if the kids had managed to switch on the oven and got in it for a laugh and burnt to death
It is the same thing.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Truthseeker, I understand Fr Pacheco spoke to the Pj and gave a statement, have any details come out about what he said?
It’s a bit annoying at the moment, the PT were supposed to make the files public but this seems to have been only to journalists in the form of a DVD, and the UK papers are reporting different stories to the PT ones.
Mr Mitchell has warned against publishing PT stories in English, and I appreciate his concern at the possibility of unreliable translations and interpretations doing the rounds. However, I would say it is in the public interest for us all to see reliable translations of all the documents, and for us decide which are the important ones.
An official English translation of the DVD available online would be most helpful!
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M&A
Artemis
It would cost a small fortune, and there is no reason why anyone should undertake that expense.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
August 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Matt
Stop!
August 12th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Perhaps he was not interested in what a towel wrapped older fem was
wearing.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
It is terrible
Maybe the press are trying to gloss over the parents negligence as they have before
The parents have suffered enough????
Why do they not think about how the child suffers, and its not their fault ?
August 12th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
He could not remember what Kate McCann was wearing.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I feel uncomfortable that he is described as a teenager… he was just a child. Horrible.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
First picture of the Tapas 7 seen together
10/08/2008
“THIS is the first picture of the Tapas 7 seen together at a beach bar just hours before Maddie was snatched. They were captured on CCTV having drinks before making the 10-minute walk to the restaurant where they met the McCann. The digital time on the film is 5.59pm - about the time Gerry and Kate were picking Maddie up from kids club to get her ready for bed”, wrote “The News of The World”, on August 10, 2008.
Not very accurate, this time line and description of events. The seven friends didn’t go from Paraíso beach bar to meet the McCann in Tapas bar. This is a brief description (*) of the hours between 4:30/5:00 pm up to 8:00 pm, May 3:
1 – The seven friends and children went to the beach, on the afternoon of May 3, at different hours and later, all together, went to Paraíso beach bar,;
2 – They asked food for the children and it was around 5:30 pm when the food arrived;
3 – The men (David, Matthew and Russell) left around 5:55/6:20 pm (1), to go to the tennis court (2), because there was a “men’s social tennis round” that night;
4 – The wives stayed in the Paraíso Bar, because they had asked for ice creams for the kids and the men were late for the “men’s social tennis round” scheduled to start at 6:00 pm;
5 – When the three men arrived at the tennis court, Gerry was there, already, playing;
6 - Kate had been at the tennis court, with Gerry, after 3:30 pm, but she left around 4:30 pm and went jogging on the beach (3). Gerry stayed in the courts, playing with Julian;
7 – The nannies took the children (including the three McCann children) to have “high tea” near the Tapas bar, around 5:00 pm;
8 – Kate finished jogging (5:20/5:30 pm) and met Gerry, who was already with Madeleine, Sean and Amelie near the Tapas Bar. They took the kids,together, to the apartment and Gerry went back to tennis;
9 – Around 6:10/6:15 pm, all the women left Paraíso with the kids and went to the tennis court to see the men playing. They stayed there for some undisclosed time and went to their apartments, around 6:45/7:20 pm;
10 – Gerry asked David Payne (4), around 6:30 pm, to look in on Kate, to see if she needed help to take the kids to the playing area, near Tapas bar;
11 – David knocked at the A5 apartment (4). Kate had just finished having a bath and David saw that the kids were already bathed and were in their pyjamas (5) playing around;
12 – Kate told David the kids were very tired, so they were not going to the playing area (6);
13 – David Payne got his tennis kit and went to the court. He arrived around 7:00 pm and the four men (Gerry, David, Matthew and Russell) started to play, but after a short time Gerry decided he had had enough tennis and went to the apartment. He was replaced by Dan, a tennis coach from Ocean Club;
14 – The three men played until almost 8:00 pm and they went back to their apartments, to get ready for dinner, as the table was reserved for 8:30 pm (7).
Notes:
(1) Matthew said they left Paraíso at 6:20 pm. Russell said the three men left around 6:00 pm. David also stated 6:00 pm. Fiona said it was 5:55/6:00 pm, when the three men left.
(2) Russell said that he and Matthew went straight to the courts. Matthew said he went to the apartment to get his tennis gear and Russell did the same. David said the other two men went to the apartments and he went to meet Gerry, who was already playing, at the courts.
(3) According to Russell, while the group was at the beach, before going to Paraíso beach bar, they saw Kate doing her jogging near the seaside, at around 5:15/5:20 pm. They didn’t talk, some people from the group that was at the beach just waved to Kate. Russell said that David went to his own apartment and also – he believes – to the McCann apartment. Briefly, David came back and joined them, there was Dan with two or three more guests and they played for more than one hour, until 8:00 pm, Russell said. Gerry went back to the apartment a short time before the three men, according to Russell. Dan, the tennis coach, also left earlier.
(4) – It was Gerry who asked him to check on Kate and the kids, Payne told Police. According to Kate, David knocked at the door (the door facing the swimming pool). She just put a towel around her, went to the living room and they had a brief talk. David said he thinks the French doors were open and he went inside the apartment. The kids were there, playing around, and the conversation with Kate was short. David Payne confirmed this was the last time he saw Madeleine.
(5) About the kids, David Payne said they were all dressed in their pyjamas, looked like angels, just at the beginning of his statement to British Police. 41 minutes later, when asked what everybody was wearing, he said he could only remember that the kids were dressed in white. He could not remember what Kate McCann was wearing.
(6) The conversation with Kate was short: 3 to 5 minutes, David Payne said.
(7) According to Fiona Payne, David came back from tennis at 7:10 pm, still in time to help give the children a bath . Diana Webster said her son-in-law helped to bath the children, around 7:10 pm. Matthew Oldfield said that the three men (he, Russell and David) played up to 8:00 pm. Rachael told police that Gerry left at 7:20 pm to help Kate put the children in bed. Russell also said the he, David and Matthew played for almost one hour, close to 8:00 pm and they left the tennis court together.
(*) These details were obtained by cross-referencing information from statements given to Portuguese and British police by the McCann couple, their seven friends and Kate’s personal notes. Large time gaps, in some situations, are due to the different times given by the persons questioned.
Duarte Levy and Paulo Reis
http://gazetadigitalmadeleinecase.blogspot.com/
August 12th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
The NOTW reader/reporter must have inadvertently missed reading a
few pages in his/her haste to get it to copy and publication.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Would it have been any better or any worse if he had been 4?
Parental neglect kills…
August 12th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
No he was a bloody teenager :eviL
August 12th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Come on LP… even you have to admit this isn’t the same thing!
August 12th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
matt
have you seen the
gazetadigitalmadeleinecase.blogspot
add the http://
and .com
scroll down to the 10 august
and read all the tappas7 events of may 3rd !
August 12th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
coolandcalm Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
This is a truly horrendous story……..
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Holiday-Teenager-Trapped-In-Hot-Car-Dies-On-Caribbean-Island-Of-Guadeloupe-After-Left-By-Parents/Article/200808215076265?lpos=World%2BNews_1&lid=ARTICLE_15076265_Holiday%2BTeenager%2BTrapped%2BIn%2BHot%2BCar%2BDies%2BOn%2BCaribbean%2BIsland%2BOf%2BGuadeloupe%2BAfter%2BLeft%2BBy%2BParents%2B
sorry about the ridiculously long link but I can’t get Tiny to work.
JUST GOES TO SHOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO LITTLE ONES WHEN LEFT ALONE!!!
August 12th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Garth Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Daisy Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Maria,
I generally respect your views and have some common ground with you with regards to this case, but regardless of what the Law says in Portugal or the UK, leaving young children unattended for even a few minutes is not acceptable in my views. They did it again and again and again, even after Maddie apparently cried her eyes out in distress and questioned them about leaving them alone. For that only reason, IMO, they don’t deserve to have children!! They are not responsible adults, but neglectful to the extreme, IMO.
I think they should receive some punishment and hopefully, other neglectful parents will get the message: There is no excuse to leave young children unattended!!
Now I’m really gone … bye.
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Well the loss of their daughter is punishment enough in itself dont you think? And if not, what other punishment do you think they need to ensure they dont do it again?
That’s like saying if a burglar got his fingers chopped off whilst nicking someoones valuables then that would be punishment enough. It’s not. If you do something that is criminal you need to face the punishment that goes with the crime otherwise we’d all be at it.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
This is a truly horrendous story……..
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Holiday-Teenager-Trapped-In-Hot-Car-Dies-On-Caribbean-Island-Of-Guadeloupe-After-Left-By-Parents/Article/200808215076265?lpos=World%2BNews_1&lid=ARTICLE_15076265_Holiday%2BTeenager%2BTrapped%2BIn%2BHot%2BCar%2BDies%2BOn%2BCaribbean%2BIsland%2BOf%2BGuadeloupe%2BAfter%2BLeft%2BBy%2BParents%2B
sorry about the ridiculously long link but I can’t get Tiny to work.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Oh dear…..as if one siege wasn’t enough.
Now the Media endeavour to instigate another.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Very apt a statement for on here too !
August 12th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/svijet/madeleine-mccann-vidzena-u-sarajevu.html
oh dear god shes joined the circus now!
August 12th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Daisy Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Maria,
I generally respect your views and have some common ground with you with regards to this case, but regardless of what the Law says in Portugal or the UK, leaving young children unattended for even a few minutes is not acceptable in my views. They did it again and again and again, even after Maddie apparently cried her eyes out in distress and questioned them about leaving them alone. For that only reason, IMO, they don’t deserve to have children!! They are not responsible adults, but neglectful to the extreme, IMO.
I think they should receive some punishment and hopefully, other neglectful parents will get the message: There is no excuse to leave young children unattended!!
Now I’m really gone … bye.
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Well the loss of their daughter is punishment enough in itself dont you think? And if not, what other punishment do you think they need to ensure they dont do it again?
August 12th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
A very caring man…..and a seeker of truth.
Abuses of children have been covered up for too long both in the UK and elsewhere.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Hoorah, Brandon shall go on her holidays after all.
Congrats….
August 12th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Well Saint Anthony just delivered…… my card just flew out of a bunch of invoices blown by the wind
I checked them four times too.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
http://www.freepressreleases.co.uk/Press_Releases/Legal_and_Law/Haut_de_la_Garenne_Solicitor_requests_more_support_for_investigation_2008081227783/
Despite this Alan believes the investigation needs more support and added: “It must surely be the wish of all those who have any interest in ensuring that the full truth emerges, they fully support the ongoing police investigation, and this must also mean that all assistance that is required is provided.”
“The victims, both those who are no longer with us and those still alive, deserve nothing less. In representing my clients I shall be continuing to observe the investigation with acute interest.”
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Well said!!!
August 12th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
remains can though
August 12th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
or missing children
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 12th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Truthseeker Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Some matters should not be regarded as confidential! As I said …………………. it is such a shame the priest cannot talk!
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Or social workers !
August 12th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
well it worked on the original post @2.34
August 12th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
coolandcalm Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
But the relief another 24 hours can provide.