Madeleine McCann: People Facts, Tapas Pics And On The Ferry To Ireland
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
SUNDAY EXPRESS: “Madeleine: Linked To Portuguese sex scandal”
Sex. Maddie. What more do you want from your Sunday paper?
SUNDAY PEOPLE: “GRUESOME TWOSOME - UNMASKS GHOULS CASHING-IN ON MADDIE EXCLUSIVE: We snare this vile fantasist trying to sell ‘dynamite’ McCann pics for £50k”
Who can these sickos be?
Maddie McCann’s parents are “devastated and furious” over a cruel bid to cash in on their anguish.
As is their wont. Devastation and fury are what the tabloids say the McCanns do best. What’s new..?
Grasping Duarte Levy demanded £50,000 for photographs he claims implicate Kate and Gerry in their daughter’s disappearance.
Duarte Levy, Anorak readers and commenter?
The 23-stone Frenchman said the “dynamite” pictures showed Kate had changed clothes suspiciously the night Maddie vanished.
When Anorak spoke with him a few days ago, he didn’t sound that gargantuan. He sounded at most 21 stone. But do we really know anyone..?
Despicable Levy also made the ludicrous claim that the 24 photos he was peddling cast doubt on what Gerry and one of the couple’s Tapas 7 pals told Portuguese police. Levy, who said he had close links to the cops, bragged outrageously: “These photos are a bombshell and will force the Maddie case to be re-opened.”
Did it the case ever close, really close..?
He said his new photos showed doctors Kate and Gerry, both 40, dining with their friends in Praia da Luz the night Maddie, then three, disappeared 15 months ago. Levy claimed that Kate and one of the Tapas 7 changed their clothes.
Kate McCann was one of the so-called Tapas Nine, along with her husband Gerry McCann. The rest are the Tapas 7, or the Sangria 7, as Anorak readers know them to be.
After more than a year of reporting the People is unable to count the number of diners. Such are the facts.
He also alleged: “The photos were taken between about 8.10pm and 10.15pm and they show that the time lines made by Gerry McCann and another Tapas 7 friend are wrong. They are dynamite.” Levy cruelly scorned Kate and Gerry’s belief that Maddie is still alive. He said: “I believe she died in that room during an accident and then her body was moved to a flat in the town where it was kept in a freezer.”
The McCanns are not suspects in the disappearance of their daughter. There is neither evidence nor a shred of proof to the contrary. This is a claim the caring papers are making public just to show how, er, terrible it is…
A friend of the McCanns, of Rothley, Leics, said last night: “They have nothing to hide. It appears the Portuguese police are using Levy to leak negative material.”
And on we go…
Note: The other “Vile Predator” is Goncarlo Amaral…
GLASGOW DAILY RECORD: “Madeleine McCann was ’spotted on Troon ferry’”
MISSING toddler Madeleine McCann was “spotted” on a ferry heading from Troon.
A woman claimed she saw the youngster on a boat travelling from the Ayrshire port to Larne in Northern Ireland. She told police: “I watched her thinking, why would she be in Troon of all places?”
Why not?
LIVERPOOL ECHO: “Liverpool unites for ECHO Arena wonder show for Rhys Jones”
A concert for murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones. What has it to with you know who?
A special mention was also made for the families of Anthony Walker and Madeleine McCann.
Well, why not wallow in grief..?
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August 20th, 2008 at 12:09 am
agw Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Secret remains in an all-out attacking vein re an alleged insult or supposed breach of confidence which occurred late last week. Her reply last evening to a comment from Châtelaine was:
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Chateleine
As I said to someone else earlier…it’s probably best not to comment on something which you obviously know nothing about.
Believe me I find no fun whatsoever in this, contrary to what you or others may think.
Perhaps if you were wronged you may feel a tad angry. Especially if you really understood?
Perhaps if chenier had done the correct thing (for everyone rather than just her own self importance) then you & others wouldn’t have to put up with all this utter nonsense?
If you wish to believe what a mod posted (re my access problems) then that is up to you! Your perogative. Just as I have mine. To use someone else’s words…It’s tosh!
As the mod in question chooses to hide herself from this mess that she herself has created then so be it. She will have to live with her conscience & the consequences.
Also, if it offends you that much then you always have the facility to scroll past….?
Why comment? With respect it has nothing to do with you. I have explained already that I have no way of taking this off site with chenier. So far she hasn’t had the decency to contact me even though others have & have been a great help in sorting out the problem Anorak had. She has taken the choice to be unaccountable. Perhaps she thinks that’s the correct job of a mod? Perhaps you think that’s right too.
Oh… & maybe I wouldn’t be trouble (as you put it) if certain mods didn’t keep jumping on me for the slightest thing??
Perhaps I should start fucking swearing & insulting everyone. Would that suit?
It seems to be quite acceptable….
And no you still don’t understand nor do I expect you to as it is not your problem & you really don’t know!
Right then: let’s get this clear and in the open. I was involved in the content of the reply to Secret. I approved , sanctioned and helped construct it. This is a satirical site and the the answer was in that vein. Others have since said it was a deliberate attempt to inflame the situation. My only comment to that is: the second comment caused the conflagration.
I regarded the original complaint as being , childish, malicious, mendacious and a deliberate attempt to be disruptive once again. I still hold to that opinion. This is not the first time this sort of behaviour has been exhibited. I saw no risk of revealing actual identity since both user names were unaccredited. I note Secret and the other names in use for him/her/them have, as far as I am aware, not been part of the the registration process, or if they were, that is no longer the case. So I, at least, have no detail or contact email for the poster. I understand there was direct contact with one or two other Moderators…not me.
I now weary of this constant whining from the user Secret and will say just this: The consequences of her/his tactics have not been insignificant. They are dire and some ways tragic.
If you would like to complain to anyone do it to me. Do not attempt to shoot the messenger, have a go at the author…me. Be warned, I am in the mood and I will deal with it and you once and for all.
Grow up and get on with whatever debate to which you think you may have some sort of sensible contribution.
Do not go over the blasted heath of despair and woe you claim to have been placed in by Anorak; since that’s transparent nonsense. I remain simply not interested in the allegedly bruised sensibilities of a person who prefers to remain a cyber-being. I don’t think it’s possible to slander or libel a total fiction but I’ll give it a go if you like.
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Great post.
A bit scatter-gun, though. Not your usual careful and considered style.
As a fellow journo (now an academic), albeit in the pop-crap field, I hold you in the very highest regard. Your writing is exemplary. Your judgements are usually spot on. You hone in to every weakness in arguments, and appear to sort the wheat from the chaff, which is wonderful in the social-psychology field I work in. I trust you totally, and love your fine cutting edge. You have a rare gift, that I can only admire.
But, (as you know all fellow journo compliments are followed by “but”), have you thought this through as to the consequences of what you intended to say?
Maybe, and I say this very softly, sometimes it is better for the general good to STFU.
With the greatest respect to who and what you are, as a writer I admire, and always have.
xx
Thank you for that. Sometimes and only sometimes; the needles go too deep. When the unnecessary pricks are from necessary pricks, it gets prickly. Oh! and I decide when to STFU. I am after all the man who told Robert Maxwell he was a fraud long before it was a popular thing to do. He told me I’d never work for the Daily Mirror.
My reply was: Hallelujah Fatty. I never did work there.
Hallelujah twice again.-agw
August 18th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
coco Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Cheryl!!!
If any high-ranking official in the FBI or CIA wants a wife or a play-thing please will you contact me.
Must have his own teeth, hair and home - and preferably not older than 43 - unless he looks like Robert de Niro.
Speak soon!
I would love to live in the US - Preferably near Boston or Denver. X
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Coco, much as you bring genuine smiles to my face and laughter if I run across a Robert de Niro I’m not sharing!
August 18th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Hey no probs! It’s just she had a go last week and I haven’t had time to get back at her lol! X
August 18th, 2008 at 7:45 am
Looks like ag got outta the wrong bed .I mean side of bed of course I DO……..
August 18th, 2008 at 7:44 am
You cannot slander with the written word, that is done orally…………….now there is a thought……….
-agw: You!! Yes You, the dozy kid at the back. Pay attention!!
See: Something for us all?
August 18th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Gandolf Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 7:11 am
“Don’t mess with Madame La Coco! You will regret it.”
She certainly did regret it, messing with Gandolf.
-agw: Early birds wake you with their tweeting? Who would you like to mess with?
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Other people mess agw, Gandolf never walks away, he don’t go for all that turn the other cheek shit, I fink he could be Bubba Bush !
August 18th, 2008 at 7:31 am
MODS - Just delete my tripe if I have written bad things - Don’t waste your time moderating it - I’m going for a power nap now because I’m not at the day-centre ’til about 3pm.
August 18th, 2008 at 7:29 am
CuckooClam! You vet from Nam! The War is over! Give up the grass!Get out of your tree and get your head from up your ass!
YOU ARE SLANDERING ME AGAIN - YOU HALF-WIT! I have got something in moderation because of scary birds like you who think you are it! Go away!
August 18th, 2008 at 7:13 am
Matt. Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Good morning Vietnam !!
-agw: The NVA had nothing on this lot. Believe me. I have seen both in action.
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I believe, believe me.
August 18th, 2008 at 7:11 am
meds time Coco then maybe you’ll be allowed out of the fruit-loops box today.
August 18th, 2008 at 7:11 am
“Don’t mess with Madame La Coco! You will regret it.”
She certainly did regret it, messing with Gandolf.
-agw: Early birds wake you with their tweeting? Who would you like to mess with?
August 18th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Good morning Vietnam !!
-agw: The NVA had nothing on this lot. Believe me. I have seen both in action.
August 18th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Secret remains in an all-out attacking vein re an alleged insult or supposed breach of confidence which occurred late last week. Her reply last evening to a comment from Châtelaine was:
————————————————–
Chateleine
As I said to someone else earlier…it’s probably best not to comment on something which you obviously know nothing about.
Believe me I find no fun whatsoever in this, contrary to what you or others may think.
Perhaps if you were wronged you may feel a tad angry. Especially if you really understood?
Perhaps if chenier had done the correct thing (for everyone rather than just her own self importance) then you & others wouldn’t have to put up with all this utter nonsense?
If you wish to believe what a mod posted (re my access problems) then that is up to you! Your perogative. Just as I have mine. To use someone else’s words…It’s tosh!
As the mod in question chooses to hide herself from this mess that she herself has created then so be it. She will have to live with her conscience & the consequences.
Also, if it offends you that much then you always have the facility to scroll past….?
Why comment? With respect it has nothing to do with you. I have explained already that I have no way of taking this off site with chenier. So far she hasn’t had the decency to contact me even though others have & have been a great help in sorting out the problem Anorak had. She has taken the choice to be unaccountable. Perhaps she thinks that’s the correct job of a mod? Perhaps you think that’s right too.
Oh… & maybe I wouldn’t be trouble (as you put it) if certain mods didn’t keep jumping on me for the slightest thing??
Perhaps I should start fucking swearing & insulting everyone. Would that suit?
It seems to be quite acceptable….
And no you still don’t understand nor do I expect you to as it is not your problem & you really don’t know!
Right then: let’s get this clear and in the open. I was involved in the content of the reply to Secret. I approved , sanctioned and helped construct it. This is a satirical site and the the answer was in that vein. Others have since said it was a deliberate attempt to inflame the situation. My only comment to that is: the second comment caused the conflagration.
I regarded the original complaint as being , childish, malicious, mendacious and a deliberate attempt to be disruptive once again. I still hold to that opinion. This is not the first time this sort of behaviour has been exhibited. I saw no risk of revealing actual identity since both user names were unaccredited. I note Secret and the other names in use for him/her/them have, as far as I am aware, not been part of the the registration process, or if they were, that is no longer the case. So I, at least, have no detail or contact email for the poster. I understand there was direct contact with one or two other Moderators…not me.
I now weary of this constant whining from the user Secret and will say just this: The consequences of her/his tactics have not been insignificant. They are dire and some ways tragic.
If you would like to complain to anyone do it to me. Do not attempt to shoot the messenger, have a go at the author…me. Be warned, I am in the mood and I will deal with it and you once and for all.
Grow up and get on with whatever debate to which you think you may have some sort of sensible contribution.
Do not go over the blasted heath of despair and woe you claim to have been placed in by Anorak; since that’s transparent nonsense. I remain simply not interested in the allegedly bruised sensibilities of a person who prefers to remain a cyber-being. I don’t think it’s possible to slander or libel a total fiction but I’ll give it a go if you like.
August 18th, 2008 at 6:21 am
Karen! Don’t point out people’s atrocious spelling like that. lol
The person must have serious problems to want to call themselves Jules - probably a pretentious writer or musician or summat.
But to come on here and call us idiots! US! US! WE ARE THE NEW ORDER!
And we’re not having anybody called Jules in it! Can you imagine - ‘Oh Hi! My name’s Jules - and I’m the Minister for Simpering and Whimpering about Fuck all When I’m not Even Interested’.
August 18th, 2008 at 6:14 am
KAREN KITTEN! Thank you for saving my life!
I was just about to overdose on my medication because I was feeling badly treated by Professor Pam the Self-Validator mate of Cuckoo Clam the Gladiator.
Karen - don’t tell them but they are in my new play about sad women on the net talking down to the very sad and vulnerable women on the net.
At the end - the sad women evaporate into nothingness - a bit like a little girl we know about - but the extra-sad vulnerable women like me - turn into beautiful Fairies and can live on ice-cream for the rest of their lives and not put any weight on.
I thought I could smell something whiffy and unwashed near my computer and when I looked at the screen there was a badly written piece of sh*te on the screen written by somebody who I assume to be covered in genital warts and mange - who had managed to form some kind of sentence he’d read in the Observer on Sunday - but fucked up big-style by using his own words at the end.
August 18th, 2008 at 6:12 am
jules
You are (you’re) all idiots.
You missed out the apostrophe and the e.
August 18th, 2008 at 5:08 am
chenier Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
‘arty farty’
Love it.
Now why haven’t the GGs come up with that one?
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That’s easy sugar…………..that well worn phrase implies some form of assumed class…………….a bit like a clown trying to hold a conversation, while looking in the mirror.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3_m8yORGRk
August 18th, 2008 at 5:03 am
your all idiots..
August 18th, 2008 at 4:30 am
Pam
Don’t mess with Madame La Coco! You will regret it.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:30 am
PROFESSOR PAM! One of your chums said this earlier to a lovely poster.
Gandolf Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Fukwit jass, why don’t you shit in your hat, windylickin knobend……….
August 18th, 2008 at 3:28 am
your not you are - is deliberate before you start your moral sh*te and teach me how to schpell!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:26 am
PROFESSOR PAM (Mate of the Cuckoo Clam and HotandFlustered article!)
You have already dropped a series of bollocks with regard to whimpering inanities and pathetic jibes against my jolly good self.
Now fuck off and prepare something super and original for your students - who are bound to be bored to fucking death by your zero chatter.
And …….. Because you dropped the bollock about your command of the English language and command of University students - poor bastards - I have just started a sentence with AND deliberately!
Don’t take me on - because you will get me banned from Anorak and I make a far better contribution to Anorak than your pale insipid self - So fuck off! And …… Don’t apply to join the COMMENTARIAT PARTY - because you are not coming in it! I am sure all the decent Anorakers will second that.
YOU HAVE JUST SAID SOMETHING SLANDEROUS AND LIBELLOUS ABOUT ME - AND I WILL PROBABLY SUE YOU BECAUSE I COULD LOSE MY JOB IF PEOPLE THINK I’M BARMY!
AND ALL MY PETS WOULD BE HOMELESS AND MY FRIENDS WOULD CRY FOR MANY YEARS!
So fuck off now and write an essay about how the ICOMMENTARIAT PARTY would not let you join the New World Order because your unable to convey your passion without self-validation!
And …. Don’t forget your slander and libel problems may cost you your own job!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:12 am
I live in the States, and, for better or worse, I am completely unacquainted with how the whole socialized medicine thing works, but–about this Coco character–exactly HOW crazy does one have to be before the NHS will cover a good therapist?
August 18th, 2008 at 2:56 am
Night everyone.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Nite Carmen! May your attendances be received with gratitude and a cooked breakfast on the morrow. X
August 18th, 2008 at 2:39 am
Nancherrow is on the telly. Aaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!
Finally the English have decided to kill the Scots.
Get out the bagpipes. It’s the only way to survive!!! 
August 18th, 2008 at 2:39 am
MATT. Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Catalina Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I think Mr Amaral said that MM was “dead” in the apartment on 3rd May.
I don’t think that he actually stated that she “died” on that date
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Thanks for mentioning this Matt. I always get scared and intimidated by Half-Wits like COOLANDCALM the Cuckoo Clam and her mate Professor Pam if I think about bringing these very serious doubts up.
Thanks.
August 18th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Cheryl!!!
If any high-ranking official in the FBI or CIA wants a wife or a play-thing please will you contact me.
Must have his own teeth, hair and home - and preferably not older than 43 - unless he looks like Robert de Niro.
Speak soon!
I would love to live in the US - Preferably near Boston or Denver. X
August 18th, 2008 at 2:26 am
off you go then. entertain him with your crutch!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:20 am
jo Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Marie Nicholas
Next we are going to hear that Cheryl is a secret agent, and that the FBI is sleeping with …. With whom?
******
ME!!!!
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Sorry, Jo, the FBI run a tight ship when it comes to the morals of their employees. CIA rather looks the other way!
August 18th, 2008 at 2:13 am
Good place for it Carmen they have a public airing facility
not sure who’s britches my petit pants are rubbing up against, but if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas