Madeleine McCann: Glamour Models, Grabbing Little Boys And Genette Tate
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DAILY MIRROR: “Britons try to snatch Madeleine lookalike”
They tried to snatch her because she looked like our Maddy? The reward is still on offer, right?
Two British tourists tried to take a small fair-haired child from a beach, thinking it was Madeleine McCann, it emerged yesterday.
Protecting the little kiddies from nutters and oddballs…
Convinced it was the girl who disappeared in Portugal last year, they kept a careful eye on the pair and even took some secret photos.
Taking pictures of kids on the beach. Yes, a good idea…
When the woman’s back was turned, they grabbed the child’s arm only to find it was not Madeleine but the son of a Croatian footballer. Leone Drpic is two-and-ahalf and has long blond hair like Madeleine, but there the similarity ends. His dad Dino, 27, plays for Dinamo Zagreb and Croatia and his mum Nives is a glamour model.
Any pictures, for publicity purposes?
Nives said yesterday: “I started getting suspicious when the British woman approached Leone and started chatting with him. Suddenly she grabbed him by the arm, apparently thinking nobody was watching him. However, when I went over she realised her mistake and apologised.”
Grab a kid – any kid – and if caught says “oops! Thought it was our Maddy”.
DAILY MAIL: “British couple tried to ‘rescue’ Maddy lookalike… from a Croatian football star and his model wife”
Dino Drpic, who is a defender for Dinamo Zagreb and has several international caps, and his wife Nives are the Posh and Becks of Croatia. Their son Leone has long blond hair like Madeleine’s, but the similarity ends there - he is even six months younger than the missing three-year-old.
Three. Not four.
DAILY MAIL: “Notorious childkiller won’t be charged as longest-running missing persons case reaches 30th anniversary”
It’s child killer Robert Black:
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall police said: ‘Following the submission of a file to the Crown Prosecution Service, Devon and Cornwall Police has been informed that there is insufficient evidence to justify the institution of criminal proceedings against the individual arrested by the force in connection with the disappearance of Genette Tate.
‘”The force is aware that the 30th anniversary is approaching and would ask anyone with further information concerning this unsolved crime to contact us.”
And Madeleine McCann is connected how?
Genette’s father, John Tate, has prostate cancer and on Monday said his dying wish would be to find the body of his “little girl”. He told the Western Morning News what happened to his family is similar to the case of missing Madeleine McCann. The 66-year-old said: “I have nothing but total sympathy and empathy for the McCanns. What has happened to Maddie is very similar to what happened to ourselves.
“I hope Maddie is found alive and well and reunited with her family. I would have loved nothing more than that for myself with Genette. But, of course, her mum Sheila and myself have known for many years that Genette was murdered.”
Such are the facts…
Posted: 19th, August 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (500) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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August 19th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Lone
I wouldn’t dream of eating you. Just sit down here and relax….
August 19th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
wtf …. that is bloody MARVELLOUS news … congrats to hubby from across the huge ocean … I shall have a drink on your and hubby’s behalf tonight
August 19th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Thankyou lone
Huge relief i can tell you!
M andA
Thats really good news wtf - know the feeling of being redundant
August 19th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
wtf Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
HUBBY GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!
whoooooooooo hoooooooooo well done wtf other half
August 19th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
that is me and if I don’t tell you the truth then I will get found out. I used to be a buit grey and purple but I had a dye down the ‘gentle touch’ old ladies hairdressers. the transformation is quite remarkable. I’m getting whistled at all the time by passers by
I don’t mind you being a cat karen. You won’t catch me 
August 19th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Lone
I meant to do this emoticon
August 19th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
HUBBY GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!
August 19th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Lone
You’re very cute - I hope that’s you and not a younger pigeon!
(of course I am a cat
) 
August 19th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
CORRECTION
Aug18 6.38
In a post directed to the user ‘Secret’, AGW said
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.
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Duncanr Says. - I passed the posters email address to AGW to enable him to set her up to post as ‘Secret’
Duncanr Says – I also forwarded several of the posters emails regarding her complaint to AGW for his attention
Given the high regard AGW has for Truth and Justice, I am sure he will welcome me drawing attention to some inadvertent factual inaccuracies in his long post.
To be fair to AGW, given the amount of ‘traffic’ that was flying around at the time, it is perhaps understandable that he did not appreciate that he was indeed in full possession of contact details for Secret.
August 19th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
But then i do have a bad memory apparently.
August 19th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
The Original Stan Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Garth…how would saying ‘no i dont know him’ be seen as more suspicious than giving no comment?
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Don’t remember me saying it would be ‘more’ suspicious.
August 19th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
No Thanks, it was a nice change to speak to a normal Garth.
August 19th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Garth…how would saying ‘no i dont know him’ be seen as more suspicious than giving no comment?
August 19th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Saul Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
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I’m afraid not, I would construe it as, No, I don’t know him.
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Well there you go then. I disagree. Hope this has helped. Anything else?
August 19th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
pmsl chernier
August 19th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Saul said
‘I would construe it as, No, I don’t know him.’
That is because you are a rational person.
My own impression, for whatever it may be worth, is that Gerry McCann was trying to come across as a take-charge kind of guy, decimating impertinent questions with the curt put-down.
The problem is that he doesn’t do it very well.
In fact he’s bloody useless at it…
August 19th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
doesn’t windows media player play them ok? That’s free - I think the latest version is 11.
August 19th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I know that smart arse
I just wondered if you knew a good free one
Yes I do.
August 19th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I know that smart arse
I just wondered if you knew a good free one
August 19th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Garth Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Saul Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
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How can he incriminate himself by saying, No, I don’t know him?
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Well he can’t incriminate himself i know but it works both ways imo. If he’d said I dont know him then to some it would be a flat denial which might be construed as something to hide.
I can see it works both ways. Can you?
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I’m afraid not, I would construe it as, No, I don’t know him.
August 19th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
download one Brandon
August 19th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
lone
How do you get a dvd decoder for an XP ?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/bridgman02april15.mspx
August 19th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
lone
How do you get a dvd decoder for an XP ?
August 19th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
It’s very quiet on here today isn’t it. Everyone absorbed by the Olympics?
August 19th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Saul Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
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How can he incriminate himself by saying, No, I don’t know him?
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Well he can’t incriminate himself i know but it works both ways imo. If he’d said I dont know him then to some it would be a flat denial which might be construed as something to hide.
I can see it works both ways. Can you?
August 19th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Garth Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Saul, sorry mate not ignoring, just got some brekky. No problem, I will comment on it if you like but I have done many times before.
The comment made by Gerry I can see as being ’suspicious’ to some.
The long and short of it is whether you believe him involved with Murat in some kind of cover up.
I dont believe he or Murat are involved anything to do with M’s disappearance.
And the PJ have nothing to link these two people in any way shape of form.
What i do believe however, is that at the time police investigations we’re centred around Murat and talk was that Gerry knew him and that he maybe involved one way or another.
To me Gerrys actions and response hide nothing more than a little anger. That underlying anger I believe was towards these allegations because he knows they are false and quite rightly refuses to answer anything that might incriminate him.
In other words he didn’t want to talk about such rubbish!
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How can he incriminate himself by saying, No, I don’t know him?
August 19th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Yawn….back offshore
http://frommybigdesk.blogspot.com/
August 19th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Rain has stopped.
Time for a dash into town.
Good sleuthing !!!!
August 19th, 2008 at 11:57 am
No sightings today?
No suing today?
No furious tantrums today?
tut tut tut…are they ill or wot?
August 19th, 2008 at 11:55 am
The mccanns are going to win a gold medal as well for being such areseholes
