Madeleine McCann: Tapas Tales In Praia da Rocha
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
A CHILD is missing, still missing. And through the mainstream media we have watched the expats, watched the parents, watched the Portuguese police and watched the celebs.
This week, we are watching the media. The Daily Express, Sunday Express and Daily Star have been brought to book for shoddy reporting, libelling the so-called Tapas 7.
GLASGOW DAILY RECORD: “£375k Win For Maddie Case Pals”
Kate and Gerry McCann’s holiday friends - known as the Tapas Seven - have accepted £375,000 libel damages from a newspaper group.
They were all known as the Tapas Nine, but then became the 7 when we began to gawp at the McCanns. But let’s stick to the facts:
The friends were having dinner in a tapas restaurant in Praia da Rocha in the Algarve with Madeleine’s parents on the night she went missing.
So not in Praia da Luz. Is this a scoop? Is this Mirror’s investigation making progress?
THE STAR (South Africa): “McCann friends win case against two tabloids”
A group of British doctors who were dining out with Kate and Gerry McCann when their daughter Madeleine disappeared from a holiday apartment in Portugal have been granted £375 000 (R6,9-million) in libel damages by tabloid newspapers in Britain.
Seven doctors, eh? Promotion for some, then…
THE GUARDIAN: “£375,000 damages for Tapas Seven”
In his statement to the court, the solicitor-advocate, Adam Tudor, told the judge, Mr Justice Eady: “[Express Newspapers] accepts that these allegations are wholly untrue and that there is no evidence to support them.
Indeed.
“The defendant acknowledges the actions of the claimants were entirely proper and were motivated by a desire to find Madeleine and to support the McCann family through a very difficult and stressful time.”
No question.
Outside the court, Fiona Payne read out a statement on behalf of the group: “The defamatory stories written about us were not only extremely damaging on a personal level, but we strongly feel were detrimental to the search for Madeleine. This aspect has been particularly heartbreaking to witness. Although we are very pleased with today’s result, it changes little when Madeleine’s plight remains ongoing.”
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Posted: 17th, October 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Media Comments (505) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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October 18th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
The banshee is so backward she couldn’t catch up with herself never mind anyone else.
October 18th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Grande Finale
ah but we are all trembling; Krusty has special gifts.
October 18th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
chenier Says:
October 18th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Afternoon, ade.
I think there were only six doing the ‘Oh how we have suffered’ bit on the steps…
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Have they lost another one
October 18th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Rasputins in a right pickle now, I think Coco must have caught up with him at last
http://tinyurl.com/66c5xo
October 18th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Perhaps one of them is very small and was at the back.
October 18th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Afternoon, ade.
I think there were only six doing the ‘Oh how we have suffered’ bit on the steps…
October 18th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
afternoon all
just lookin in and very out of date
i loved the piccy of the über-bastard group outside the high court
http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2008/Oct/Week3/15122350.jpg
shame a car didn’t mount the pavement at high speed
seven skittles is just fine
such fun fun fun
i loved the judge’s sense of humout
375 grand between seven
that’s… ermmm… £53,571 each
i wonder if any of the thickos could work it out
seven pence between them would have been so much more appropriate
i just love this charade in its dying stages
October 18th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Hi Jo
Did you get the email about the sunday express?
October 18th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Have you noticed how often you seem to be alone these days? Take the hint.
October 18th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
agw: Duty? Wasn’t that a payment to Customs?
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Where in the UK?
I am gone now….I thought i was alone and would allow myself a “bite” of libel but hey! it wont be today
October 18th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Val
ask the anorak princess…she holds the mighty key to censure
i am gone xxxxx
October 18th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
6th post…… and I will go.
I was just wondering if the NINE TWATS can asnwer this……woof woof
*02 August 2007 Trip to Huelva cancelled
Gerry McCann cancels trip to Huelva due to ‘viral illness’.
PJ arrive at the McCanns’ villa with Eddie and Keela
Around 18:00pm, the Inspectors knock on the door of the McCanns villa. Jon Corner states in the Panorama documentary that the McCanns were forewarned of this forensic visit and that there were clothes in the washing machine when the Inspectors arrived.
Cadaver odour is indicated on two pieces of Kate’s clothing (trousers and blouse), on a red T-shirt believed to belong to Madeleine and on the soft toy known as ‘Cuddle Cat’.
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id168.html
Adios
October 18th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
jo
I just posted an article in timesonline about an interview with Brian Kennedy, just
the http://www. bit and it has disappeared !!!!
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M&A
Artemis
Val, I just retrieved it from the spam machine.
October 18th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Am I on my own?
Is there a Pact Of Silence on anorak today?
-agw: Duty? Wasn’t that a payment to Customs?
October 18th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article4965565.ece
Afternoon all, how the hell do you get to the last page on here?
The above is an interview with Brian Kennedy, worth a read……..I love the bit where
he says he doesn”t interfere!!!!
October 18th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Now now….any news about suing Amaral YET????
October 18th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
17/10/08
Sleep, little child, sleep
An Obituary for Madeleine McCann
By Günter Franzen*
NO comments
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/
October 18th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
-agw
Are you on “duty” today?
October 18th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Hi
safe or wot? with all those bones and arrows flying by…..a nice way to allow FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION init?
October 18th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Harry Hills on tonight
AF Indeedy
October 18th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
-agw. I can sell you a couple of fly papers………………………………..
There appears to be a philosophical bent to this comment…………….along the lines of…………..flies around shit……..
October 18th, 2008 at 11:52 am
BF - So out with it ? Nipplegate ? is it to be a weekend of revelation ?
October 18th, 2008 at 11:39 am
not your £29.99 ones anyway
October 18th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Fer your mates in arse bandit cyber space BF……………..
“Q. What’s the difference between a poof and a microwave?
A. A microwave doesn’t brown your meat.
October 18th, 2008 at 11:30 am
2 for a pound!!! plates of meat , 2 by 4, come on eileen !!!!
October 18th, 2008 at 11:26 am
get a pair gandy
October 18th, 2008 at 11:20 am
FFS Anorak has become a message board for the dark place known as the land of the arse bandits and orcs,……….the 3arses………were is agw when we need his protection from these trolls……….
-agw. I can sell you a couple of fly papers.
October 18th, 2008 at 11:11 am
clouseau
I have PM you on the other site
October 18th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Gandy
I would love to stay and cross swordfish with you but the dogs are going beserk leads on…they are a bit like Lord Eddie in the car park …back much later
October 18th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Clueless me old fish wife, yes I noticed the mad monk has been kicking your arse all over the plaice, do you think he is coddin you on, you appear to be floundering in your turbot charged replies.
October 18th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Gerrys blog new
Most of you will have seen yesterday that our seven friends, who were on holiday with us in Portugal when Madeleine was abducted, have been awarded libel damages. The Express group of newspapers admitted that many of the stories written about our friends were completely untrue and without foundation. They have apologised and paid £375,000 in to Madeleine’s Fund. This money will be put to good use for the ongoing search for our beautiful little girl.
Our friends were under no obligation to pay the damages in to the fund. However they have from day one indicated that this was what they wanted and have clearly demonstrated that finding Madeleine is of the utmost importance to them. They, like us, believe there is a very good chance Madeleine is alive and can be found. Thank you Fiona, David, Russell, Jane, Matt, Rachael and Diane.
We would also like to thank our friends in Portugal. They continue to hold a monthly Friday night vigil in Praia da Luz vigil to pray for Madeleine and other missing children, like so many others around the world.
http://www.findmadeleine.com/blog/