Madeleine McCann: In Medjugorje ‘Miracle Town’, Trust And The Credit Crunch
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY STAR ON SUNDAY front page: “IS THIS MADDIE? Bosnia sighting gives fresh hope”
“An Irish pilgrim visiting the Catholic shrine town of Medjugorje has told the McCanns’ investigators he saw a child fitting her description being bundled into a car, shouting, ‘I want my daddy’. The witness, from Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, said: ‘When I approached the couple who had her, the man put a hand over her mouth and bundled her into a car. I’m sure this child was not theirs and I am convinced it could have been Maddie”
It could have been. Sure. Is Bosnia near Morocco?
“Meanwhile, reports from Portugal say police are no longer considering the possibility Madeleine, who was three when she vanished, is still alive. A judicial source told a Portuguese newspaper: ‘The evidence we have doesn’t leave us in much doubt’”
MAIL ON SUNDAY: “An Irishman on a pilgrimage to the ‘miracle’ town of Medjugorje in Bosnia has been in contact with Kate and Gerry McCann’s detectives Metodo 3 to tell them he heard a little girl cry, ‘I want my daddy’ as she was driven away by a man and a woman”
The spotter tells the McCanns’ private detectives… Not call the local police? He says he told the police. He had written down the car’s number plate. But the police did not speak English. He had his words translated by a shopkeeper. But the police just shrugged
Says the witness, a “father of six”: “The instant I saw her my heart skipped a beat because it immediately struck me that she looked like Madeleine McCann. I was filled with panic. I knew I had to do something”
Writes Gerry McCann on his blog: “The hospital trust has been very supportive throughout and it has been good, although difficult, to see so many friends and colleagues again”
NEWS OF THE WORLD: “Maddie DNA clue - Evidence found on clothes may be profile of abductor”
Remember that bag of clothes and a pencil case found in lay-by in Faro? “Police believe they may have found vital DNA left by the abductor of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann”
Because – get his: A Portuguese police source says: “DNA was found on the clothes that didn’t match Madeleine’s. This is a big step forward. The bag could have huge significance because it could finally give us a trail that could lead us to her”
No DNA is a clue?
THE TIMES: Beneath the headline “Regulatory system must be changed” and the teaser “Responsibility for supervising banks should be given back to the Bank of England”, the Times’ Michael Fallon writes:
“This was the first run on a British bank since City of Glasgow Bank in 1878. In the world’s fourth-biggest economy we saw queues more familiar to Zimbabwe or Germany in the 1920s. It took the authorities four days to bring the situation under control.
“Like the Portuguese police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, we seemed to be faced with several suspects. But now we have got closer to finding out who failed to stop the run on Northern Rock in September”
No easy thing to link Madeleine McCann with the credit crunch. Well done, Fallon for pulling it off. Few would even attempt it…
“Madeleine McCann friends face questioning as official suspects – “Their lawyers have now warned them that they may be ‘arguidos’, or suspects. ‘It would be a procedural matter, so that they could ask them more probing questions,’ said a source close to the legal team. ‘But they need to be prepared because people in the UK might not see it like that’”
Clear?
THE OBSERVER: “Trust me: I’m the head of MI5”
Writes Peter Preston, former Guardian editor:
“Do you trust every Daily Express story about Diana, every Daily Mail horror story about Brussels, almost any story anywhere about Madeleine McCann? That doesn’t stop them drawing huge audiences - and maybe, on occasion, being possibly true. Do you trust Polly Toynbee or Melanie Phillips? Piers Morgan or Alastair Campbell? Trust isn’t a smorgasbord of news and views; it’s particular, and often individual. It’s absolutely not uniform in its various demands, for otherwise a kind of sombre boredom, full of rules, regulations and mission statements, ensues”
Madeleine McCann - the news so far
November 11th, 2007 at 11:13 am
But how can Anorak overlooked the People?
Latest plan is to investigate Saudia since it’s full of rich arabs just unable to live without a whiteskinned blonde haired little tot. Why hasn’t the Prime Minister detached a regiment or two from Irak and sent them into find her?
November 11th, 2007 at 11:15 am
3rd?
November 11th, 2007 at 11:15 am
So wheres the documentary?
November 11th, 2007 at 11:23 am
The mcc’s want their arguido status lifting now because of the sighting in Bosnia.
The DNA in the white bag could point to the ‘abducters’ identity! I notice the mcc’s have not said lift our status because dna has been found in a bag.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:27 am
I don’t think Madeleine would say ‘I want my daddy’ because the amount of time elapsed would surely of wiped that memory from such a young childs mind. Another false lead I think.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Scroll, Scroll, the Posts,
Quickly past the Trolls,
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily,
Onwards towards the truth. !!
November 11th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Come on people, surely someone thinks the People Article is proof that the MCCann have finally, and irrestrievably, lost the plot?
November 11th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Thought they had lost the plot since May 3rd.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Anyone knoe why the RTP documentary doesnt even mention timelines, though it was tht which was supposed to be the primary interest?
November 11th, 2007 at 11:34 am
I have watched the video in Portuguese - and have trawled the RTP site for an English version - where oh where can it be? I am in the process of setting up a fund to trace its whereabouts . . .
November 11th, 2007 at 11:35 am
All these sightings do have one advantage for the McCanns. They can convince everyone that their daughter is alive and well as long as well-intentioned people still keep ’seeing’ Madeleine. Actually, Im sure I saw her in Sainsburys screaming for a packet of Maltesers - I have the Malteser that she held then dropped under the freezers - should I request DNA tests on the Malteser or should I just eat it?
November 11th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Also I have a blue fleece and a pair of jeans that don’t have Madeleines DNA on them either. I think I should be declared an aguido immediately. I want to confess.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Matt. Says:
November 11th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Thought they had lost the plot since May 3rd.
I will concede that Matt has a point, but the notion of investigators actually been allowed into Saudia, much less wandering around demanding to see children, is so bizarre that I cracked.
I mean, those big guys with the very sharp swords don’t seem terribly concerned about the awesome power of the MacMedia machine…
November 11th, 2007 at 11:40 am
9 Ian Says:
Anyone knoe why the RTP documentary doesnt even mention timelines, though it was tht which was supposed to be the primary interest?
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Morning Ian… Yeah, it just seems to be an 8 minute extract from a programme that when originally broadcast filled a 60 minute slot, I believe.
It’s a real shame, because if you read the notes on the RTP website that set out the programs ‘premise’ they appear to have tried to avoid favouring any one theory over another and gone for a presentation of the ‘facts’, such as they are known.
Don’t suppose it’ll help at all, but I did e-mail the program maker, via the Contact link, asking if they were going to post a full translation. I made the point that many in the UK would be very interested in hearing a Portuguese perspective on this case. Perhaps if enough people e-mail? Well, you never know.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Bizzy What about the Malteser found in Morrisons?? Another false lead ?!
November 11th, 2007 at 11:45 am
cicero - I think that one belonged to a cop
November 11th, 2007 at 11:46 am
15 Peter Thanks
14 Dave s. I suspect the O2 you inhale is wasted and the CO2 you exhale is apparently causing problems with the climate - might I respectfully suggest you stop breathing?
November 11th, 2007 at 11:50 am
News from other forums. Plans for a GLOBAL MADELEINE DAY featuring Elton John, JKRowling and former President Bill Clinton have been quietly shelved…….as seen on November 4 Elton Johns blog site. Perhaps a REQUIEM MASS would be more in order. Followed by a global stoning -verbal of course.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:50 am
19 Dave s. Such a funny repost! Unusual for a blind believer to be so funny….oh, hang on, no its a banal empty response - not in the least original or funny. Phew. status quo restored!
November 11th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Per :
http://trannyfattyacid.blogspot.com/
****This new sighting bares remarkable similarities to
the sightings in Morocco, and so does the response:
“Last night, the McCanns’ spokesman, Clarence Mitchell,
said the sighting in Bosnia was being taken seriously.”
Though it is curious that the sighting, by an anonymous
man from Fermanagh, occured in Medjugorje in Bosnia.
Because on the website MadeleineMcCann.co.uk:
“Idea/Suggestion Fifty Nine: Arrange a pray at Medjugorje
in Yugoslvia. - Need help on this one please contact me if you
can help.”
Divine intervention perhaps?
peace:)
End…
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November 11th, 2007 at 11:52 am
Ian
Stvo link 373 on yesterdays anorak- documentary
http.www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/madeleine/video1.html
Sorry I don’t know how to post links- never tried it and I’m having trouble any way posting today with spam
November 11th, 2007 at 11:56 am
20 Cicero
St Madeleine?
I mean. its of course tragic that this child, created on the whim of these horrors McCann, is finally sacrificed on the alter of their hedonist neglect - how does a big show from these overpaid modern day minstrels actually help her?
Unless it was to villify the Mccanns - shouting out to the world that such neglect is not acceptable and feeds the evils doers (those who harm children) of the world.
November 11th, 2007 at 11:56 am
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Matt. Says:
November 11th, 2007 at 11:51 am resuggestion 59
Hah! Have no fear, we got there long before anyone else did;Anorak Rules, OK!
November 11th, 2007 at 11:58 am
Says on times online that the tappa friends have been told to prepare for questioning. Never seems to happen. Sigh. Still waiting…..
November 11th, 2007 at 11:58 am
I think there is confusion about the RTP documentary. I have watched the full 60 minute version in Portuguese - there are some interviews in English - which are the links posted yesterday and are just clips. At the end of the Portuguese version, is what looks like the timeline argument - with a series of shots of the Tapparati feet leaving and rejoining the table. I cannot find any English version on the RTP website. Maybe the Beeb are trying to buy it from them for showing here?
Bizzy - I hope you shared your malteser with the wider Sainsbury’s community before deciding whether to eat it, or have it forensically tested? Be sure to wash it first. ..
November 11th, 2007 at 11:59 am
23 Pat thanks, this links to a relativly short outtake (I had seen it). Not sure why its only an extract - might be some legal issue with showing the whole thing.
Peter O is progressing.
November 11th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
27 Cracker, got a link to the potuguese full version?
November 11th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
The current Mr Patch, returning to bed with cups of tea this morning told me that there was breaking news ‘The McCanns were arrested in a dawn raid after their twins were found wandering the streets’. For one split second my heart raced. Evil man!
November 11th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
30…Patch
Nice one !!
November 11th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
18 Ian Says:
Edit..
14 Dave s. I suspect the O2 you inhale is wasted and the CO2 you exhale is apparently causing problems with the climate - might I respectfully suggest you stop breathing?
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Sad to say, this really made me smile..