Madeleine McCann: Charlotte Pennington Poses, Metodo 3 Says And Blood
MADDY WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE – British diplomat in Portugal has doubts about McCanns”
Page 9: “Madeleine: Diplomat’s secret file that rises fears about her parents” – The unnamed British wonk is in the Algarve days after Madeleine’s disappearance. He sends back a missive. He mentions the McCanns “lack of co-operation” with the Portuguese police
Belgian newspaper Derniere Heure sees the note. It runs: “With the greatest respect, I would like to make you aware of the risks and implications to our relationship with the Portuguese authorities, if you consider the possible involvements of the couple”
But wouldn’t a diplomat – a cautious, servile breed in grey suits, sandals and white socks – always highlight the risk? Is this news, even in Belgium?
“Blood-stained towel clue?” – A towel with blood on it has been found in a barn near Praia da Luz. “Fibres discovered on the towel matched samples from the Renault Scenic hire car which Madeleine’s parents rented 25 days after Madeleine went missing”
THE SUN front page: “MURAT BACK IN FRAME”
Page 9: “A nanny at the holiday complex where Madeleine McCann vanished claims she saw suspect Robert Murat there on the fateful night… Charlotte Pennington, 20, is one of three witnesses who could blow apart the oddball’s alibi that he was home with his mum”
Oddball? Oh, creepy Murat, the bouncy castle fetishist…
And this is Charlotte Pennington, who appeared in the Mail on September 25. She has now told her story to Metodo 3, the private detective agency. She is youthful and smiles for the camera
“Days later she and five fellow nannies saw Murat again in a supermarket. He was talking to a mystery man who bore an uncanny likeness to a sketch of a suspect cops were seeking” – Would that be the efit of the man with no face?
What of the “blood-stained towel” or, as the Sun says, the “blood-specked towel”?
“The samples have proved too tiny to match to Maddie’s DNA. But fibres on the towel allegedly strongly match samples from the boot of a car rented by Kate and Gerry after Maddie vanished”
“BORDER FURY OF PARENTS”- “Bungling” Portuguese police, who failed to close the border between Portugal and Spain when Madeleine went missing, did shut it when a car was stolen
DAILY MAIL front page: “MADELEINE – Is Murat’s alibi falling apart”
Pages 12-13: “Six cracks in Murat’s alibi - Witnesses line up to cast doubt on original Madeleine suspect”
“Detectives searching for Madeleine McCann raised ‘serious questions’ about suspect Robert Murat’s alibi yesterday after two new witnesses came forward. Six people now claim to have seen the British expat outside Kate and Gerry McCann’s holiday apartment on the night the girl vanished”
Detectives… Oh, private detectives…
Says a Metodo 3 source: “There are serious questions around Murat’s alibi. He says he was at his mum’s house and did not learn of Madeleine’s disappearance until the following morning. But his claims have now been challenged by eyewitnesses. Three of the McCanns’ friends have always insisted they saw him that night. They say they are sure it was him. Now two new people have contacted us saying they are certain they also saw him. They do not know each other and called our hotline independently” – Three, plus two plus Nanny Pennington…is six. Any more?
The chatter from Metodo 3 is front-page news. They can be trusted..?
“£50,000 a month in fees. A sleepy office 700 miles from the crime, outrageous claims of progress, have the McCanns really chosen the best private eyes to find Maddie”
DAILY MIRROR page 5: “I SAW MURAT AT THE RESORT THAT NIGHT – but he denied it was him, says nanny”
Nanny Pennington wears a woollen jacket, dark-coloured beret and an alluring smile
She says she saw Robert Murat on the night Madeleine went missing. She asks him if he was there. “No, I wasn’t there,” he replies. She tells Metodo 3: “When I went in, he was in the kitchen with several detectives. He didn’t want to talk any more”
Charlotte Pennington is 20 and the most photogenic witness to date. Fact!
DAILY STAR page 17: “’TEN FACTS POINT TO THE McCANNS – Maddie’s parents face new grilling”
“Kate and Gerry McCann will be quizzed over 120 crucial pieces of evidence that police believe put them under suspicion”
Including: “Kate’s instant conviction Maddie…had been abducted”; “Kate’s pleas to her mum for the number of her priest in Liverpool”; “the high mileage they ran up in the Renault Scenic they hired 24 days after Maddie disappeared” (Or 25 if you read the Express); and more…
THE TIMES page 5: “Police to carry out new DNA tests on Madeleine McCann evidence”
Says Guilhermino Encarnação, director of the Portuguese police team searching for Madeleine: “The Judicial Police have asked the laboratory to carry out more tests and exhaust every possibility of obtaining conclusive results”
Charlotte Pennington, 20, says she saw Murat on the night Madeleine went missing
GLASGOW DAILY RECORD: “Murat ‘At Scene Night Maddie Vanished’”
“British nanny Charlotte Pennington claims she saw him at the Ocean Club resort on the evening of May 3…The 20-year-old, from Leatherhead in Surrey, told agency Metodo 3 she saw Murat standing at the Praia da Luz resort’s reception around midnight, as the search began”
Ms Pennington crosses her legs and looks into the camera
THE GUARDIAN media section: “The point of the McCanns’ exercise…”
Says Roy Greenslade: “What strikes me about this saga is that journalists, like so many members of the public, have lost their heads over the McCanns”
DAILY TELEGRAPH and THE INDEPENDENT: No Madeleine news today
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:03 am
And here is the new version of that well known song - ‘The Fourteen Days of Christmas’.
‘On the Fourteenth day of Christmas the PJ gave to me:
Fourteen fishy phone calls
Thirteen red herrings
Twelve dirty diapers
Eleven rotting meat bags
Ten torn diary pages
Nine suspicious statements
Eight cold Tapas dinners
Seven marked Bible verses
Six surgery corpses
Five thousand earrings of Kate’s
Four jail birds (please)
Three Quiz Night answers
Two Cuddle Cats
And it’s g(one) pear-shaped for K and G !
(The possibilities for this song are endless depending on how much time you have to sing it. We could start with ‘fourteen thousand sightings’ and go right down to “No comment” about Murat.’ All together now from the top ……………………….)
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:05 am
Any ideas why no smell of death mentioned as being on GM.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:16 am
third?
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:16 am
2 Magnum.
Kate spent a lot of time with Gerry, maybe he smells like that all the time (dead man walking?)
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:18 am
Reading these extracts from the rags we call ‘newspapers’ you can see how irrelevant they are.
In the background a steady investigation is under way. Its a heartening thought.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
Morning All
Tony Bennett - re James ‘the twat’ Whale - Don’t be disheartened - you know you still have a huge amount of support!
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:30 am
The recent Anorak summaries are not too useful. Why not provide links?
Anorak comment: “But wouldn’t a diplomat – a cautious, servile breed in grey suits, sandals and white socks – always highlight the risk? Is this news, even in Belgium?”
But it looks like the diplomat was warning against helping the couple, especially since the Portuguese may suspect them (this is just after the girl disappeared — also not made clear in the Anorak present tense summary). And yet the British went on to provide unprecedented help to the couple, despite the diplomat’s warnings.
http://forums.mirror.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=30140
‘Avec le plus grand respect, je vous fais remarquer que la démarche risque d’être très mal perçue par les autorités portugaises, spécialement si ont considère la possible implication du couple. Pouvez vous me confirmer, face aux dernières informations, que nous devons continuer à nous impliquer dans le cas comme il est demandé dans votre précédent message’, écrit le diplomate.
‘ With the biggest respect, I point you out that step risks being very badly perceptible by Portuguese authorities, especially if they have consider the possible involvement of the couple. Would you be able to be confirmed me, faced with the last information, if we must continue getting involved in case as one asks for it in your previous message ‘, writes the diplomat.
Depuis la disparition de Madeleine, la nuit du 3 mai, et l’appel telephonique de Gerry McCann à Alistair Clark, plusieurs diplomates britanniques sont intervenus au Portugal, auprès des autorités portugaises et du couple McCann : Sheryl Dodd (envoyé par le gouvernement de Tony Blair), Bill Henderson (consul pour l’Algarve), Celia Edwards (qui à accompagné les McCann pendant les interrogatoires qui ont conduit à leur mise en examen) et John Buck (l’ambassadeur), parmi d’autres. Détail intéressant, Sheryl Dodd à abandonné son poste au Foreign Office, Bill Henderson à pris sa retraite, l’ambassadeur John Buck à été relevé de ses fonctions à Lisbonne et n’est plus au Portugal.
Since the disappearing of Madeleine, the night of May 3rd, and the call telephonique from GERRY MCCANN to Alistair Clark, several British diplomats intervened in Portugal, to Portuguese authorities and to COUPLE MCCANN: Sheryl Dodd (sent by the government of Tony Blair), Bill Henderson (consul for Algarve), Celia Edwards (which in accompanied McCann during the cross-examinations which drove to their indictment) and John Buck (the ambassador), among others. Detail interesting, Sheryl Dodd in left its post in Foreign Office, Bill Henderson in retired, the ambassador John Buck in summer released from its functions in Lisbon and is not any more in Portugal.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:31 am
you want links?
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:35 am
It’s always heartening to see the McCann’s media operation at play - when in the shit let’s retread an old story about Murat, a witness etc etc
So here we are, new interviews, probable change of story by some of the T7, further DNA tests, unknown facts from mobile phone tracking, McCanns spending 70% (!) of the fund on private investigation, and guess what - some magical new witnesses who saw Murat (must have been in a coma over the last 6 months to come forward now)
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:38 am
Apparently, the secret document with the British ambassador’s warning is not being quoted in the original, but is being re-translated back into English. The Anorak translation differs from the one provided on the Mirror forum:
Anorak: “Belgian newspaper Derniere Heure sees the note. It runs: “With the greatest respect, I would like to make you aware of the risks and implications to our relationship with the Portuguese authorities, if you consider the possible involvements of the couple””
Mirror forum: “‘ With the biggest respect, I point you out that step risks being very badly perceptible by Portuguese authorities, especially if they have consider the possible involvement of the couple.”
VERY BIG DIFFERENCE. The second (probably accurate) refers to the possibility that the PJ are considering the McCanns to be involved. The first asks the British (receiver of the warning) to consider that they may be involved.
ANORAK has possibly presented this news in a misleading way, IMO.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:43 am
If you have not read the Daily Mirror Forum on the Sunday Express storty it is worth a read.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:52 am
morning all, what is a wonk ?
‘ The unnamed British wonk ‘
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:54 am
well thank god mohammed teacher realeased!
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:54 am
Two new witnesses, after seven months, have contacted Metodo 3 to say they remember seeing Robert Murat outside the Ocean Club on 3rd May. Really? They must be reliable. Who did they see the night before?
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:55 am
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SteveT
Sunday Express stories still not available online.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:00 am
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December 3rd, 2007 at 9:01 am
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December 3rd, 2007 at 9:02 am
The towel found in a barn (from the Sunday Express story) with fibres similar to those found in the hire car, allegedly, gets a mention at the end of the story here:
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2007/12/03/murat-at-scene-night-maddie-vanished-86908-20194551/
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:03 am
And today’s article regarding Diplomat;
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u86/pdoherty76/diplomat.jpg
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:03 am
morning all - can someone pls post the link to the mirri forums - just tried to find it - and there are thousands of forums - discussing ’smoking rooms in the house of commons’ to naming of teddy bears’ and a quite sureal one about frogs (word association), actually all the ones i looked at have the same thing in common - all our problems are caused by imagrants!!
Oh to be a mirror reader - life must be soooooo simple!!
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:03 am
Can someone please tell me more about the DNA clue to Maddy found at deserted farmhouse?
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:06 am
swannie
very good;-)
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:06 am
Canoeist who vanished at sea in 2002 turns up at police station
Guardian
So we can expect to see Madeleine around 2012, then?
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:07 am
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http://forums.mirror.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=31
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:07 am
thanks anonymousthe1st
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:08 am
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Tracy Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:03 am
Can someone please tell me more about the DNA clue to Maddy found at deserted farmhouse?
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No. We are having a special offer on towels near disused barns, though…
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:10 am
I posted this last night, but many had gone
Nosey as you work ( i think) in health care
tell me what you think
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brandon flours Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:31 am
http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix6bKUnmOCM&feature=related
and this is gerry speculating in august about sedatives being used on the twins that night
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please can one of you mc cann supporters give me a valid excuse for this?
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brandon flours Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:28 am
just incase anyone missed it
Dr Gerry McCann, a lecturer in sports medicine at the Centre for Exercise Science and Medicine at Glasgow University, said the list of banned substances was so comprehensive that it was highly unlikely that an athlete could take a legal substance, but register a positive result in a doping test.
However, he said there were two areas that could catch athletes out.
Some cold and cough remedies include banned stimulants such as ephedrin and pseudo-ephedrin.
However, athletes are warned about the risks associated with taking such medications without first checking the ingredients.
Secondly, some herbal remedies contain banned substances. For instance, Olympic sprinter Linford Christie was cleared of wrongdoing despite failing a drugs test when it was discovered he had drunk ginseng tea.
The problem with many herbal drinks is that they do not provide an exhaustive list of contents.
It is also possible that an athlete has a medical condition that has led to abnormally high levels of naturally occurring peptide hormones.
And - as in the case of middle distance runner Diane Modahl - incorrect storing of a urine sample may alter its chemical components.
Positive test
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brandon flours Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:31 am
http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix6bKUnmOCM&feature=related
and this is gerry speculating in august about sedatives being used on the twins that night
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please can one of you mc cann supporters give me a valid excuse for this?
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brandon flours Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:28 am
just incase anyone missed it
Dr Gerry McCann, a lecturer in sports medicine at the Centre for Exercise Science and Medicine at Glasgow University, said the list of banned substances was so comprehensive that it was highly unlikely that an athlete could take a legal substance, but register a positive result in a doping test.
However, he said there were two areas that could catch athletes out.
Some cold and cough remedies include banned stimulants such as ephedrin and pseudo-ephedrin.
However, athletes are warned about the risks associated with taking such medications without first checking the ingredients.
Secondly, some herbal remedies contain banned substances. For instance, Olympic sprinter Linford Christie was cleared of wrongdoing despite failing a drugs test when it was discovered he had drunk ginseng tea.
The problem with many herbal drinks is that they do not provide an exhaustive list of contents.
It is also possible that an athlete has a medical condition that has led to abnormally high levels of naturally occurring peptide hormones.
And - as in the case of middle distance runner Diane Modahl - incorrect storing of a urine sample may alter its chemical components.
Positive test
1. 1072
brandon flours Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:31 am
http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix6bKUnmOCM&feature=related
and this is gerry speculating in august about sedatives being used on the twins that night
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please can one of you mc cann supporters give me a valid excuse for this?
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brandon flours Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:28 am
just incase anyone missed it
Dr Gerry McCann, a lecturer in sports medicine at the Centre for Exercise Science and Medicine at Glasgow University, said the list of banned substances was so comprehensive that it was highly unlikely that an athlete could take a legal substance, but register a positive result in a doping test.
However, he said there were two areas that could catch athletes out.
Some cold and cough remedies include banned stimulants such as ephedrin and pseudo-ephedrin.
However, athletes are warned about the risks associated with taking such medications without first checking the ingredients.
Secondly, some herbal remedies contain banned substances. For instance, Olympic sprinter Linford Christie was cleared of wrongdoing despite failing a drugs test when it was discovered he had drunk ginseng tea.
The problem with many herbal drinks is that they do not provide an exhaustive list of contents.
It is also possible that an athlete has a medical condition that has led to abnormally high levels of naturally occurring peptide hormones.
And - as in the case of middle distance runner Diane Modahl - incorrect storing of a urine sample may alter its chemical components.
Positive test
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2000/drugs_in_sport/859465.stm
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:15 am
whoops!
sorry mods my fingers are cold
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:19 am
Anonymousthe1st
Thanks for the Express stories
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:23 am
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Anonymousthe1st
Any comment from Downing Street this morning on the Express story about the leaked diplomat letter or will they just say “we do not comment on leaks”?