Madeleine McCann: Tapas Nine ‘Clarify’ Stories, Clarence Mitchell Says And Anne Enright In New York
MADDY WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY MIRROR front page: “McCANN FRIENDS ‘CHANGE THEIR STORY’ – Shock Claim over Madeleine police statements”
A reports in Spain’s El Mundo newspaper says two of the ‘Tapas Nine’ have altered their stories
“Simply untrue,” says Clarence Mitchell
Page 9: “WHAT’S THE STORY? McCann friends ‘to clarify evidence they gave to cops’”
Says Ms Jane Tanner, who told police she saw a man hurrying from the McCanns’ apartment with a bundle under his arm: “It is absolute rubbish. We’ve had no contact with the police”
But would she know for certain?
“GERRY TXTS MYSTERY” – Claims are that Gerry sent 14 text messages on the night Madeleine vanished
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE – NOW TAPAS PALS CHANGE THEIR STORY”
Page 9: “Why are McCann friends changing their statements?” – It is alleged two of the ‘Tapas Nine’ diners have contacted police in order to “correct” their statements
The Express says four members of the group are about to be named as official suspects: Dr Russell O’Brien, Jane Tanner, Matthew Oldfield and Dr David Payne
Says Clarence Mitchell: “All friends have consistently told the truth. They have no need to change their statements as they have nothing to hide… To suggest they are changing their story is an utter misrepresentation of their willingness to help the police”
Says Jane Tanner: “We’ve had no contact with the police. I won’t say anything else because it would be twisted.” Anyone know what he means by that?
“Gerry 14 texts mystery” – Gerry McCann is said to have sent the messages from this phone as he was dining with his friends
THE SUN page 20: “TAPAS 7 FURY. McCanns’ dinner pals WON’T be changing statements to police”
The Sun hears Clarence Mitchell speak. And from Jane Tanner. And says: “But several contradictions have emerged since Madeleine went missing”
Robert Murat’s lawyer says: “He is very frustrated because he is still an aguido more than six months after the child’s disappearance and they have still made no concrete accusations against him”
DAILY MAIL page 7: “Tapas Two ‘want to change their story about Madeleine’”
“If true,” says the Mail,” the decision by the unnamed pair is the first rift in the group, who have been accused of operating under a ‘pact of silence’”
Gerry McCann is a “consultant cardiologist”
DAILY STAR front page: “MADDIE – McCann friends change story”
Page 9: “MADDIE: TAPAS PALS CHANGE THEIR STORIES” – Or not
DAILY TELEGRAPH page 7: “McCann friends want to change their stories”
NEW YORK TIMES: “Congratulations on the Book Award, and Welcome to the Scrutiny”
In the Book section is Booker Prize winner Anne Enright:
“The essay was about Madeleine McCann, who was 3 years old when she disappeared this spring in Portugal. In the essay Ms. Enright tried to work through a cacophony of complicated emotions toward the girl’s parents, including reluctant voyeurism, distaste and pity. But newspapers here and in Britain picked out a sentence in which Ms. Enright said that she “disliked the McCanns earlier than most people” and ignored what she wrote afterward: that she was ashamed of the impulse and, in the end, rejected it.
“Her publishers should have put a large brown bag over her head immediately,” Janet Street-Porter wrote in The Independent on Sunday, in a typical comment. “I urge you not to buy Enright’s book until she apologizes for this slur”
THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT and THE TIMES: No Madeleine news
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