Madeleine McCann: Glamour Models, Grabbing Little Boys And Genette Tate
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
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 5:16 pm
has he died ???????????
???? 
August 19th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
jaz Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Duncan is so kind we will miss him
duncan is not gone is he ?
August 19th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
lone thanks will need to look later with fresh eyes , its doing my head in !
XXXXXXX
Night xxx 
August 19th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
well its says the connection is excellent, I have found my ip address too,
it just wont connect
sounds strange - what error message are you getting? Try turning off the router for a bit and try again
August 19th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
whats going on? has there been a war while i was sorting out my laptop?
August 19th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Duncan is so kind we will miss him
August 19th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
well its says the connection is excellent, I have found my ip address too,
it just wont connect
August 19th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
LP …
August 19th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Keep it clean Julie
August 19th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Lone Pigeon Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
What do you want setting up exactly and I will try my best for you.
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Now, now … you already have one bump on the way
August 19th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
shut up what is it then trappy???
Oi - calm down - i’m trying to help.
What do you want setting up exactly and I will try my best for you.
August 19th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Julie Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Secret, I will wait for your mail (and thanks)
) - I mean THANK YOU!
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OMG I really have to learn to put things properly in English!
Secret, I don’t mean I will wait for your thanks as well (re-reading the above that’s what it sounds like
August 19th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
shut up what is it then trappy???
August 19th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Secret, I will wait for your mail (and thanks)
August 19th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
lone
wireless broadband ?????
August 19th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
lone
wireless broadband ?????
August 19th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
secret
thankyou
Gonna be cracking open the vino soon!
August 19th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
wtf
Many congratulations on your husbands new job. Hope it goes well.
August 19th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Can anyone tell me how to set up a new wireless laptop ?
Its a motorolla one and it doesnt have an ip address?
What bit do you want to set up ? Broadband?
August 19th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
yampster
Thank you.
Noseycow
PS….in my post to Annie I wasn’t refering to me. I was actually refering to others!
August 19th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
wtf…. yes, I’ve caught it occasionally. Margot was definitely my favourite. Very good, sublime script-writing because she could easily have grated but they gave her an underlying kindness that redeemed her every time.
Can’t beat the old ones IMO.
August 19th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Secret,
For what it’s worth. I thought your beeves had been quite discrete. From the comments today very few of the regulars knew what , if anything was going on in the background
August 19th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I hope you cluck ‘Gerry’ in the same manner as margo
August 19th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
brandon
Im about as much use as a cholcolate fireguard im afraid
August 19th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
coolandcalm
Margot used to make me laugh, still love to watch it on sky gold
August 19th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Can anyone tell me how to set up a new wireless laptop ?
Its a motorolla one and it doesnt have an ip address?
August 19th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
WTF… love it! That used to be my favourite programme. Sadly I am far more disorganised, distracted and dishevelled.
August 19th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I will do when I get chance and let you know
August 19th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Noseycow
Why thank you!
If you care to notice it was Duncan that posted his views today & I posted to praise him just as you have done.
My “beef” as you put it is still ongoing. I have endevoured to choose the correct chanels.
I will choose what I do with my beef.
Duncan & Carmen’s beef do involve my beef but also a whole load of other beef! To which you are unaware.
They have their own choices as do you & I.
I would suggest you use the scroll facility…..
August 19th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Matt. Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Lone Pigeon Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Youtube it.
yes lone