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
Comments
August 20th, 2008 at 7:18 am
BabyJane!!! You are not a Half-Wit!!! And your last post proves it! You are too free-thinking to be in the Half-Wit Club.
I will point out a Half-Wit/Dim-Wit when one appears! lol
It won’t be long! Trust me! lol
August 20th, 2008 at 7:16 am
NOSEYCOW! LOL! Do you mean that nobody in his life has ever said that he is one himself?
Give over! I never thought of that!
I have always thought that the whole fucking lot of the Clan knew that they were one big bunch of daffodils!
I’ll write and tell them immediately!
It still makes me laugh that every single one of these daffs has had the bottle to fuck about over the re-enactment! And refuse to do it for the PJ.
Next time the police want a word with me, I will just tell them that my diary is too full because I am just too fucking important to help.
August 20th, 2008 at 7:13 am
hear even
August 20th, 2008 at 7:13 am
Saul
Where have you gone - I’m waiting to here about your dropping bollox.
August 20th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Good morning, halfwit from Austria reporting for duty.
Re. Madeleines book: In the PJ’s report there were photos of the living room in appartment 5A showing a notepad on the table. But they didn’t use the notepad, no … They used their missing daughters book! How weird is that!?
August 20th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Clarrie will have to look up ‘Narcissist’ before he can be suitabley candescent with furiocity.
August 20th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Noseycow …… Yes I have Honey - and I fear that an ill wind whipped right around my gills again - like the first time we heard it 16 months ago or so!
They will hate the fact that we know that they had to sit about scribbling in M’s colouring book as well.
They will be furiously livid and devastatingly horrified with the ludicrous way that K’s diaries have been denigrated by leading experts and that she has been described as a Narcissist as well.
‘Tis an ill wind that be blowin’ about around the Clan’s homes indeed ………. Brrrrrrrr! ‘Tis chill! Brrrrrrr!
We need a Robbie Burns to put this grimness into perspective for us! lol
August 20th, 2008 at 7:00 am
Coco
of course they won’t
have you seen this being reported by Correio da Manhã
linked to the fact that Maddie’s grandparents confirmed that the children took a sleeping solution to help them go to sleep - a common medication in the UK and often given to children
August 20th, 2008 at 7:00 am
Noseycow - you can be in the ‘Onside- But -Having-Time-Out’ sub-group until you make your mind up then lol.
Don’t be sad and down! There are people very very very much sadder and downer than we are!
How do you think Kand G feel when they read the files every day with their Counsel? Not very well I imagine!
Especially since we have been reading the same stuff that they wanted hidden from us.
Cheer up!
August 20th, 2008 at 6:55 am
I am still keeping up with the foreign Press at the moment. Amaral is superbly cool and calm isn’t he!
What a guy! I wonder what birth-sign he is.
Who thinks the Clan will sue any of the Portuguese policemen if the Super-Duper-Ex-Trouper Gang find the Portuguese at fault on anything to do with the disappearance of M?
Who thinks that they will dare sue Amaral? Despite Clan Clarrie’s threats?
August 20th, 2008 at 6:52 am
coco
am not sure where I am at the moment!
August 20th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Saul ???
In terms of anorak or MM?
August 20th, 2008 at 6:51 am
NOSEYCOW!!! YOU ARE NOT IN THE HALF-WIT GROUP!
You are in the orderly, sensible and good-humoured Commentariat Party! X
August 20th, 2008 at 6:49 am
noseycow Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Halfwits reporting for duty
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At ease Darling! Good Morning!
August 20th, 2008 at 6:48 am
More of the same bollocks, but don’t worry, I think someone is about to drop a major bollock.
August 20th, 2008 at 6:48 am
Who is going to calm my rants in the early hours if DuncanR is not here?
Being of unsound mind I need a DuncanR type of creature!
August 20th, 2008 at 6:47 am
We Halfwits never sleep
August 20th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Halfwits reporting for duty
August 20th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Morning Guys! Just nipping on before the Half-Wits arrive!
What kind of bollocks do we think will be served up to us in the UK Press over the next week?
August 20th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Bloody Hell Steve, don’t take away all their hope of rescue.
August 20th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Saul,
Do you think we need to ask for the help of Metodo 3 to sought out this mystery?
August 20th, 2008 at 6:35 am
Is there any truth in the scurillous rumour, that Carmen and Duncan are currently being held Bound and Gagged in the Anorak Dungeons, whilst agw twirls his moustache in the background?
August 20th, 2008 at 6:32 am
Madeleine still missing, Secret/Fair sounding like Clarrie.
August 20th, 2008 at 5:00 am
Is it safe to go back into the water yet?
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m&a
the water’s fine come in
-meercat
August 20th, 2008 at 4:39 am
JUST SO…… Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
wtf
May I add my congratulations as well!
I was made redundant last year and am waiting to hear about an interview I recently had. The agent said it went well so I’m hoping for the best.
If you want to see how I’ve occupied myself during my unemployment, you can go to
http://www.olympicstarsign.com
It may amuse you!
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As an avid devotee to the science of Astrology - I want to congratulate you on your fabulous work! ACE!
August 20th, 2008 at 4:24 am
WTF! Fab news. I am very happy for both of you. Love to the Puppy X
August 20th, 2008 at 3:02 am
Meercat
I’m not too much work… I’ve only been edited twice and blocked once…
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m&a
your mother must be very proud
-meercat
August 20th, 2008 at 2:59 am
Hi Meercat.
Is everything sorted out now with the secret situation and the Mod exodus????
I had to go and work just before all hell broke loose…
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m&a
all good
-meercat
August 20th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Chocolate Totje?
What flavour?
August 20th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Oh and I still miss PeterO [aka Gladys] and my chocolate
Night all.