Madeleine McCann: A New eFit, Selling Books And A Rapist’s Cover Story
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
DAILY MIRROR: “Madeleine McCann: Nanny’s new sketch echoes picture of kidnapper”
That’s the picture on the left. For wont of name, we’ll call him Cool.
This is the shadowy figure seen lurking in the bushes outside the flat from where Madeleine McCann vanished. And the woman who confronted the straggly-haired stranger eight months before is convinced he is the same man family friend Jane Tanner spotted carrying a child in pyjamas the night Maddy disappeared.
The man Jane Tanner says she saw is also on the left, for comparison purposes. They could be twins.
Despite telling police, British nanny Margaret Hall was not asked to help with an artist’s impression. Now, thanks to the Daily Mirror, a sketch of his face can be seen for the first time.
The Daily Mirror is on the case. It’s track record is im-pecc-able.
Margaret Hall added: “My description of the man is very similar to that of Jane Tanner’s. He had long hair but it was quite scruffy and straggly looking. He had said ‘no’ in English but he was not English because of his skin colouring. He looked more Portuguese than anything.”
DORSET ECHO: “Rapist gets 13 year sentence”
A FORMER Burger King manager has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of raping a girl and 16 counts of sexual assault over a period of seven years. Ehmad Alguet, 44, of Esmonde Way in Canford Heath, Poole, was found guilty by a majority verdict of 10 to two on each of the 17 counts by the jury at Bournemouth Crown Court yesterday.
And:
He also told the court he had looked at illegal porn sites because he was trying to trace missing toddler Madeleine McCann.
THE GUARDIAN: “Edinburgh festival: When comedians attack - What is the most jaw-dropping example of audience harassment by a comic that you’ve come across?”
Capurro’s show this year is basically a big can of carbonated outrage, shaken vigorously and hurled into the crowd, with jokes about Madeleine McCann, paedophilia and Islam all present and correct.
The Guardian loves Capurro, the try-very-hard comic.
BBC: “Born Yesterday writer at festival”
An author who wrote last summer’s news as a novel and another who went in search of a sporting superstar will appear at the Inverness Book Festival. Gordon Burn covered the Blair-Brown prime ministerial handover, Glasgow Airport attack and the search for Madeline McCann in Born Yesterday.
Madeleine McCann: That’s entertainment…
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August 20th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Coco… tar and feather the bitch and tip her into the water, never to surface again. Using the F word… What is the world coming to? never in my life would I ever use such a word.
And of course sweets rot childrens teeth. They should never have them. I especially confiscate chocolate.
Booze, drugs, sex and cigarettes? It pains me to even type the words.
August 20th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I thought you said
‘get down on a man! ‘
August 20th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
CuckooClam! Please don’t keep being horrid to me. I would like to be friendly or just ignore you if that’s OK?
We obviously clash for some reason - and it’s fuck all to do with the swearing. But something has bugged you. Just scroll on by if I’m that offensive.
I am perfectly articulate in a couple of languages with a vocabulary of English that you and Professor Pam would be haunted by! Trust me or leave me alone - you make me want to swear more. Fuck! See!
August 20th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
coolandcalm
I agree with you; this whole photo situation is very odd. The newspaper report on Joana’s site says the police will have no trouble tracking down the tourists in question because they have the restaurant’s list of bookings for that night; but that would indicate that people could only eat in the restaurant if they booked in advance. I don’t know if that is normal in a holiday resort.
If the photos are genuine, the only reason they would not already have been handed over to the police is if the person who has them didn’t realise at the time that they contained something which could be important. But he obviously then tried to cash in, by offering them for sale while insisting that they also be shown to the police to cover his back. IMO, it’s very telling - if true - that a firm of lawyers was offering a vast sum of money for them as long as they weren’t shown to the police. The possibility that there may be photos has obviously spooked somebody…
August 20th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
coolandcalm Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Coco this link is for you. Take her medal back I say!
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CuckooClam! This is not terribly sporting of you is it?!
The girl has just proved that she is one of the best in the whole wide fucking World and you jump ina nd want to take her medal back because she is passionate and excited about this!
I bet that you are one of those women that take sweets of children in case their teeth rot aren’t you!
I think that you are damged by things that hace occurred in your life and you need to get out there and be a Grown-Up now!
Let the child in you rejoice - and have a fucking good dose of booze, drugs and sex - and let bygones be bygones and get on down man!
Dya know what I’m sayin’ man? Life’s short! So fucking get one!
August 20th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
cool
They probably were waiting for the reconstruction, I mean the irish man smith wasnt called back.
Their might have been all sorts of red tape from another country and didnt make it in time for the prosecutors.
They might have been aware of their existance but were not in a position to use them yet.
Who knows!
August 20th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
BF! It’s you that’s sweet!
One day when my doggie had kept me awake for just over 54 hours - I was absolutely exhausted and somebody on here was winding you up and you wrote, ‘Why don’t you fuck off then.’
It was so simple - but in the context of what was quite a serious debate - it just sprang like breath of fresh air onto my lap-top and I properly laughed out aloud and could not come off the computer for ages after. It really cheered me up!
Since that day I have not been ashamed to laugh by myself! I thought I would share that with you! X
The wellies will be great for the ‘Winter Whinging and Whining Collection of Dollies! I am posting you cyber-zillions now as I write! X
August 20th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Coco this link is for you. Take her medal back I say!
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Beijing-Olympics-Bryony-Shaw-Swears-On-TV-Keri-Anne-Payne-And-Cassie-Patten-Win-Medals/Article/200808315082553?lpos=UK%2BNews_3&lid=ARTICLE_15082553_Beijing%2BOlympics%253A%2BBryony%2BShaw%2BSwears%2BOn%2BTV%252C%2BKeri-Anne%2BPayne%2BAnd%2BCassie%2BPatten%2BWin%2BMedals
(tiny still not working for me at the mo)
August 20th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
BF…… surely the PJ would have got names and addresses from MW re: guests in the restaurant and would have interviewed them at the time? They took statements from the waiters and bar staff; these diners would all be potential eye-witnesses not only to events but to timelines.
I’d have have noticed if there was a large table of guests who were trotting back and forth. Or not.
And would the PJ not have asked them all…. ‘did you take any photos that night?’
The whole photo thing doesn’t make sense to me and is bugging me more than any of the other stuff..
if they are ‘vital’ evidence then why aren’t the PJ hopping up and down about them not being handed over? If they have them and they are crucial then why is the case not already re-opened?
Bewildered!!
August 20th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
The little girl had an accident and died
the Portuguese police did enough
the parents were (are) very intellignet people and now are rich…
That’s all folks
August 20th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
cool / catalina
Maybe they didnt have rogatory letters for india ? and they were not aware as the posters and the hype didnt go that far a field ?
August 20th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Lone thanks ((((((((((((shhlllllllluuurrrppppp))))))))))))
Cool Yes weathers starting to look good for the first half of next week
Good thing !!! I ordered kids wellies and because I was on here, I didnt concentrate and ordered baby frigging sizes!!!!
Co co How sweet !!! :-
pssst Do want wellies for your dolls I know where some are going cheap
August 20th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
So long, pals
Acept it
We have lost, the Mcc’s have won
Whatever was their plot, they’ve got rid off
August 20th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Coolandcalm: According to Joana’s blog, there were three tables of four people in the Tapas Bar on the night of 3rd May, and the surnames are Edmonds, Buller and Patell. Maybe these are the names the tables were booked in? It also says that the tables were occupied before the McCann group arrived.
August 20th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Bye all … time to sleep. Good Night.
August 20th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Brandonflours! I shall miss your posts!
I haven’t got Jo at the moment to keep us up to date so if you leave me I will just have to go into a coma for a while.
Coco in a coma! lol Some people on here will love that! Ha”
August 20th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Oh, I wish I could have a holiday!!! I’m selling my house at the moment and will need to take time off for packing and moving once I find a buyer …. and then time for unpacking …
Have a nice holiday, Brandon!!
August 20th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Brandon, are you going away on hols or staying in UK?
Girls who went to V are off to Reading Festival next….. weather forecast has allegedly changed and the weekend should be good?
If there are 24 photos why have they not already been passed to the PJ? I really don’t understand. Have we been told which country the ‘tourists’ come from? Surely the PJ can demand them as material evidence?
August 20th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I need a drink I am having pre holiday nervous breakdown !!!
why’s that Brandon - i’m sure everything will be fine
here’s a port and brandy 
August 20th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I need a drink I am having pre holiday nervous breakdown !!!
August 20th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Catalina! Yes you are right! So it must be true! X
Saul! LOL! I think we should have quad-bikes to be honest Saul - coz the cycles wouldn’t be able to go backwards fast enough without engines!
August 20th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Lone Pigeon Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
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Lone,
I’ve read both … whether they requested it or it was offered or it was negotiated .. who knows.
August 20th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Abraham Zapruder Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
I believe Amaral says both McCanns were made arguidos because of the findings of the sniffer dogs; that, if there was even the smallest suspicion of their involvement in their daughter’s disappearance, they had to be made arguidos. He also says the McCanns knew beforehand that this was going to happen, and Kate was furious, asking what her mother would say and what the press would think when they found out. I think this is why Kate’s lawyer advised her not to answer any questions, but I don’t why Gerry did answer the ones put to him.
August 20th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
chenier
Well, truth really is stranger than fiction.
I would not have joked about a thing like that had I known about this incident.
But I have to say that I still can’t believe in Madeleine’s abduction….
August 20th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Daisy Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Abraham Zapruder Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
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AZ,
my understanding is that her lawyer advised her at some point during the questioning not to comment … and from that point on she kept quiet … and apparently was made an “arguido” then.
Isn’t it the case that they requested to become arguido so they didn’t have to answer the questions.
August 20th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Thanks, Coco! … Sardine-Man? … do Sardine-Men were nice collard shirts?
August 20th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Abraham Zapruder Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
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AZ,
my understanding is that her lawyer advised her at some point during the questioning not to comment … and from that point on she kept quiet … and apparently was made an “arguido” then.
August 20th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
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Maravilha Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
That abductor above makes me remember Barbara Streisend,
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We would need to see the profile view
August 20th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
BabyJane Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
What’s that swollen thing between upper and lower lip?
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It’s his fishy gills!
August 20th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
How about some small bicycles for the Dollies, back pedalling ones of course.