Madeleine McCann: Stephanie Bysh And Ariella Encroach On Praia Da Luz
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
STEPHANIE Bysh is mother to Ariella d’Gama, who has passed a while in a children’s home.
What has it got to do with Madeleine McCann. Well, get this:
DAILY MAIL: “British mother whose daughter was taken into care by Portuguese police after she ‘went out drinking’”
A British man told police that her mother Stephanie Bysh, 44, had been ‘drinking heavily’… The town is five miles from Praia da Luz, where missing toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared in May last year from a rented apartment.
Yes, just five miles.
Yesterday, it was all just 15 miles from where our Maddie went missing.
The day before that it was all occuring 25 miles from Praia da Luz.
Anorak estimates that inside week, little Ariella will be actually inside the apartment used by the McCanns that fateful trip…
Such are the facts…
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August 30th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Daisy said:
Chenier,
So, if the Mcs are not that smart, how could they have devised all this “cover up” (alegedly) and succeeded thus far? There is more to this than meets the eye!!
——–
I don’t know whether the McCanns were or are trying to cover up anything beyond, possibly, the fact that their ‘checking’ of their children was rather more rudimentary than they have claimed.
I am sure that the PR spin at the outset served a vital political purpose for NuLabour, and that nobody anticipated just what it would turn into…
August 30th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Daisy Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Yes….and even the infamous Dr Shipman still had ex-patients of his saying that
he was the best GP a person could have, even after his trial and being found
Guilty and Jailed.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Marie Nicholas Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
“”On Thursday, Mr McCann, 38, was given a standing ovation as he attended
an awards ceremony in London which honoured police bravery”"
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/mccann+friends+confront+chief+suspect/599427
August 30th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Matt,
It is actually quite sickening, IMO, that such characters as Hitler can still today have a following.
Chenier,
So, if the Mcs are not that smart, how could they have devised all this “cover up” (alegedly) and succeeded thus far? There is more to this than meets the eye!!
August 30th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Daisy wrote:
‘Chenier,
Let’s say you are correct in what you wrote, why would the Mcs continue with it? What’s in it for them after such long time?’
Do they have a choice?
Once you are on the roundabout it is very hard to step off; there have been any number of occasions on which it has appeared that notwithstanding the expensive legal team the McCanns have been apparently clueless about the legal process.
Gerry’s statement on his blog that he had been surprised that the Portuguese authorities would disclose information from the investigation when the case was archived suggests a remarkable degree of ignorance, but I find it hard to believe that their lawyers hadn’t told them…
August 30th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Marie N,
Why do you think the “pros” have some moral superiority towards anybody who does not agree with them? Everybody has a different view about this whole sad saga, but I don’t think there is any demonstration of “moral superiority” because someone is prepared to look outside the obvious.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Willo,
Good question!
August 30th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Daisy Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Was only an example to show that even the most unfit people can end up
as Celebs.
I could have also indicated Hitler as being a past Celeb too…and with an
ongoing fanclub even now.
Been going on for centuries…even if the the actual Celeb term hasn’t..but it’s
historical equivalent.
It’s strange what some people will find admirable to them.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Sam, I didn’t know he was given an award for bravery. My God! He wasn’t brave enough, without any danger for him, to protect a little child 90 cm high, whom it was his duty to guard. And one of his first reactions was to say he was safe as regards law, as he had been assured he had done nothing wrong. Brave man….
August 30th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I agree with you Chenier that it was convenient at the time for some people to wear their heart on their sleeve and thus attract the approbation of the crowds.
Later, no way they could be seen as having helped people who were at fault at least in not providing sufficent care for their children.
What I can’t bear is the moral superiority of the “pros” towards those who do not believe Clearance’s assertions.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
marie n, i believe that was when he got an award for bravery. i wondered if he was a copper. and if the whole thing had been a set up to infiltrate some drugs gang or something.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Marie Nicholas Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
They haven’t shown any sign of suspecting their friends, ever.
…………………..
Is that because they know for sure they were not involved?
or
Is that because they know for sure they were involved?
August 30th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Chenier,
Let’s say you are correct in what you wrote, why would the Mcs continue with it? What’s in it for them after such long time?
Matt,
Here we are not talking about “criminals” per se. This case is about one crime, not many over a period of time. But I see what you mean.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Matt. Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
[...] their numerous beaming smiles….esp those on Madeleine’s 4th
birthday….9 days after she “disappeared”.
****
Matt. every time I start doubting myself for doubting the parents, I just look at those pictures …
August 30th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Daisy Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Well…they seemed to have enjoyed the limelight tremendously, judging
from their numerous beaming smiles….esp those on Madeleine’s 4th
birthday….9 days after she “disappeared”.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Maybe I’ve watched too many espionage and conspiracy movies in my life, but things happen underground that we, the normal mortals, are not aware of. At Government levels, at professional levels, at industrial levels, etc.
I almost feel that the McC have been “ordered” to go on with this charade for a,b or c reason.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Daisy
I think the answer to your question of why
’someone would want to chase celebrity status after their child has “disappeared”. Any normal person would prefer not to draw attention to themselves if they were involved in something criminal.’
may be in the fact that the disappearance of a small and photogenic child, with photogenic middle class parents, was manna from heaven to a Teflon Tony desperate to divert media attention from the Lord Browne scandal.
If you look back at the British media coverage at the time you will see that the scandal of a businessman knighted, and then given a peerage by Tony, perjuring himself to a High Court Judge and claiming that his perjury should be believed because he had been knighted and given a peerage by Tony, disappeared as if by magic from the media.
It was replaced by Madeleine’s disappearance…
August 30th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
There was another article, I believe by that chap, but I think I lost it, saying that he couldn’t believe the police gave a standing ovation to Gerry one night. A standing ovation! By the British police! That is how far the Gerry-and-Kate-mania went. It is good that some media (like Anorak) and some people (like Coco, and many posters on Anorak) prove all of us aren’t suckers. If fuckwords help to put things into perspective, they are welcome.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Daisy Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Bonnie and Clyde enjoyed the Celebrity Status their criminal activities generated
in the USA.
Posing for photos, gun in hand etc.
And they had quite a fan club too….
August 30th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
marie n, thanks, great article and many salient points made. i boggled when i read;
‘But it’s impossible to say whether there had been an adult in the apartment at the time of the abduction, it would have stopped a predator’
words fail me.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Daisy
I can’t believe any of the Tapas friends know more than the parents themselves. The inconsistencies, the lack of cooperation, the deleted phone calls, the strange episode of Gerry being robbed of hisholiday pictures if I reember well, and a few other intriguing behaviours weren’t “away from the parents”. The PR, and his press conferences with sketches of the perpetrator, wasn’t “away from the parents”. They haven’t shown any sign of suspecting their friends, ever.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Marie N,
Thanks for posting copy of that article, which puts the case very clearly. In that regard, I cannot understand why someone would want to chase celebrity status after their child has “disappeared”. Any normal person would prefer not to draw attention to themselves if they were involved in something criminal. This whole case is just too weired and I am still of the opinion that it is about something else and not just the vanishing of Maddie. There is some other reason which is IMO motivating the parents to continue with this, and I don’t think its the Fund or the publicity. The involvement of some big names in their support/defense indicates to me that there is something deeper here, that we are not aware of nor do we even imaging what it might be.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Daisy Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I’ve looked, cogitated, scratched my head, refocused.
And it always comes back to the parents….with assistance.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
The real Stig
As long as the media and the PR go on telling us about the MCs and what they are doing to find Madeleine, the topic isn’t over. We are reacting to how the press treats the subject, on Anorak. I am glad we can, thanks to the site. You also seem to appreciate the freedom Anorak gives you, otherwise you wouldn’t be posting. So why are you spitting in the soup?
August 30th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I would like to again, if anybody is still around, to put the question …. Let’s look at this case away from the parents for a moment and see if anybody else could have been involved (and I don’t mean an “abductor”).
August 30th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
June Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I usually just scroll past the bickering etc.
But I have to admit I’ve been having to scroll +++ lately.
August 30th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Just to put the childish fights in perspective, an article, from “The Bulletin”, Philadelphia, which was pubished last year on the 27th of July.
“I always wanted to have a private audience with the pope. For that matter, George W.’s unpopularity notwithstanding, it would also be pretty cool to stop by the White House for a chat with the president.
Good news. I think I found a way to make it happen.
Perhaps if I leave my three children alone in the car in 95-degree heat while I enjoy a martini out on the town and something tragic occurs because of my “honest mistake,” then I too will become a globe-trotting celebrity meeting heads of state and embarking on fact-finding missions.
Apparently, I have been beaten to the punch by Gerry and Kate McCann, the grossly negligent parents of Madeleine, a 3-year-old British girl who was kidnapped in Portugal in May. Little Madeleine was left alone in the hotel room, along with her twin 2-year-old siblings, while her parents wined and dined at a restaurant on the resort property.
But hey, they allegedly “checked” on the kids from time to time, between the prawns and paella, no doubt, even though the hotel door was left unlocked for “fire-safety” reasons. (Explain the logic of that one.)
Most amazing of all, the McCanns still don’t see anything wrong with what they did. After all, they say, that’s the way they do things in Britain. It’s just a “cultural difference,” we’re told.
That “cultural difference” is nothing more than politically correct code-speak for sheer laziness and wanton selfishness that quite possibly cost Madeleine her life. But kidnappers love it.
Right on cue, the irresponsible British press, rather than covering the McCann situation, chose instead to cover for the McCanns. It inexplicably misrepresented the facts and under-reported the real story. Rather than chastising the parents and using the media to raise awareness about the perils of leaving young children alone, many British journalists looked for a scapegoat, preferably a non-British one. They found it in the form of the Portuguese.
Quite convenient, blokes!
It’s so typical now: Everyone’s at fault except the biggest perpetrators of all. The British tabloids blamed the Portuguese police for their failure to apprehend the kidnappers in five minutes and criticized the resort for not keeping a better watch (even though Gerry and Kate, both physicians, were too cheap to bring a nanny from home or use the resort baby-sitting service). Are cardiologists really that poor in England? I’ll let Michael Moore know.
Incredulous as it sounds, even if the McCanns looked in the mirror, they wouldn’t see their sins. Take a look at what their personal spokesman said:
“If they could turn back time, there are things that they might have done differently, with the benefit of hindsight. But it’s impossible to say whether there had been an adult in the apartment at the time of the abduction, it would have stopped a predator.”
“Might” have done differently? “Hindsight”? How can someone intelligent enough to perform open-heart surgery be so incredibly. … What is it: stupid, naive, or lazy? I say lazy. In reality, how often did they go back to the room? I guess the wine was just too enjoyable for him to get off his duff and walk the 100 yards to the room every half-hour - or was it 50 yards, and she went ever hour? And could they see the room from the restaurant or not? All inconsistencies.
But to say that if an adult had been in the room, it may not have “stopped a predator”? If you believe that, I’ve got a bunch of watches to sell you. While nothing is guaranteed in life, most kidnappers would prefer to snatch a child with the least resistance possible and without drawing attention to themselves. Why on earth would they pick the McCanns’ room while Gerry and Kate were present? Gerry may not be the biggest guy, but he’s an adult, and the kidnappers would have unquestionably looked elsewhere for their prey.
Sorry, lame excuses don’t fly.
The reality is that the parents should be brought up on child endangerment and negligence charges. Most Americans, and increasingly many Britons, are tired of hearing that view be called “callous and insensitive.” Tough. Book ‘em, Dano. It’s the right thing to do. Ask little Madeleine what she thinks about being left alone and if it was “just a mistake.” A mistake is forgetting to pay the mortgage or making a wrong turn. Under no circumstances, ever, can purposely leaving your children alone be classified as a “mistake.”
I have written several “Freindly Fire” columns about the McCann’s complete negligence in leaving their three children (with a combined age of 7) alone in their ground floor, unlocked hotel room. Interestingly, the vast majority of American respondents agreed with my sentiment that the parents didn’t just “make an honest mistake,” while many European readers at first chastised my “lack of compassion” and excused the McCanns.
It seems increasingly clear that the majority of Britons looked upon the McCanns with disdain and scorn but were afraid to speak out publicly for fear of ridicule by the politically correct British press. That is changing.
It goes without saying that priority one is finding Madeleine. In that regard, criticizing those who have exposed the McCanns for what they are is simply ludicrous. The heads of these critics should be rescued by a proctologist.
The McCanns ….have chosen to look for celebrity rather than into a mirror.
… it should be the media’s obligation to bring global attention to the fact that this type of behavior cannot be tolerated. Our little children deserve better.
There is no better time for the British people - and world leaders - to make such a statement with vigor and to stop elevating criminal behavior to celebrity status. ”
Chris Freind can be reached at cf@thebulletin.us.
August 30th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Mods and Admin
Everybody
Could we please all try and get along and somewhere back on the topic of a missing child.
Any more losing the thread and the topic will be closed.
None of this is in the spirit of Anorak and has descended to a nastiness which we have not seen before.
We appreciate all those who have made an effort to keep the real spirit alive and thankyou for it.
August 30th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Cheryl
You must be a carpenter to so accurately hit several nails on the head so precisely.
I think the root cause of all the acrimony is that the whole McCann/Madeleine series of threads should have been stopped ages ago as the topic is essentially dead and all argued out. Without NEW issues to argue about, I think participants have nothing else to do but turn on the messengers, given the absence of messages.
Since Anorak keeps fanning the flames under the pot, it shouldn’t complain when it boils over.
August 30th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Cheryl
You are gojng on insulting people when we all say enough is enough. We are not doing a competition to know who is more trashed mouthed. This is ridiculous.