Madeleine McCann: Kate McCann Appeals To Creepy MPs

MADELEINE McCann: Kate McCann addresses the MPs.

The Belfast Telegraph says: “McCann plea for more family support”.

“Kate McCann will tell MPs about the heartache that families of missing children have to endure”

Are MPs that insensitive they cannot empathise? These are the MPs who wore yellow ribbons in the House of Commons in a mawkish display of pap emotion when the Our Maddie story was at its apogee and the politicians were tapping into the emotions of the mob.

Families of missing people are left with “unimaginable, unending heartbreak, confusion, guilt, and worry” when their loved ones go missing and need more support, Kate McCann will tell MPs.

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Posted: 13th, June 2011 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann | Comments (3)

Madeleine McCann And The Psychic Mass Murderer Of Liberty Texas

LEO Hickman wants to know the answer to this question: “Do the police use psychics to help them?”

He asks in light of a psychic who told police in Liberty, Texas, that 30 bodies – men, woman and – oh, dear god – children – were buried in a pit.

The media went nuts. The AFP even spotted the actual blood and guts:

Texas police, acting on a tip-off, Tuesday found a mass grave containing “a lot of bodies,” including the corpses of children, US media reported.

The Liberty County sheriff’s office was combing the area after being told 25 to 30 dismembered bodies, many of them possibly children, were buried outside a house at the intersection of two roads, the Houston Chronicle said. “A lot of bodies” had been found on a property in Hardin, Texas about 50 miles (31 kilometers) northeast of Houston, a law enforcement source told CBS television.

Anorak

Posted: 9th, June 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comment (1)

Madeleine McCann: Julie Myerson And Me

WHO better than Julie Myerson to review Kate McCann’s book Madeleine book in the New Statesman? Myerson is the ambitious and talented author who turned living with her three children into a Guardian column called Living with Teenagers and then wrote a book called The Lost Child: a True Story, in which she wrote about kicking her weed-smoking 17-year-old son out of the family home.

Under the headline “A very public agony”, Myerson – who turned her own agonises into an orchestrated spectacle with a cover price – writes:

One May afternoon in 2007 in Praia da Luz, Portugal, barely 48 hours before their daughter Madeleine disappeared, Kate and Gerry McCann took their three young children down to the beach. It began to rain, and the children were grumpy, but the promise of an ice cream worked its magic.

Anorak

Posted: 3rd, June 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (4)

Madeleine McCann: Kate McCann’s Book Still Number 1

MADELEINE, Kate McCann’s book on her missing daughter, is selling well.

For the third consecutive week, Kate McCann’s Madeleine (Bantam Press) was the bestselling book in the UK… The book sold 30,895… at UK booksellers.

Anorak

Posted: 1st, June 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comment

Madeleine McCann Is Wanted – Will David Cameron Now Find Michael Dixon?

MADELEINE McCANN: Michael Dixon is missing. His brother David has written to David Cameron. The letter is open for all to read. But it did not make it to the front page of the Sun. David Cameron has yet to use that paper or any to write an open reply.

Says David Dixon:

“It’s great news for all families of Britons missing abroad that David Cameron and the Met are helping the McCanns. Now we’re asking them to do the same for us.”

Anorak

Posted: 30th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (4)

Madeleine McCann: Police Bills And Kids With Yellow Balloons

MADELEINE McCann: Is it unfair that British police are now investigating the disappearance of the innocent child?

The Lancashire Telegraph reports:

Britain’s top policeman, Lancashire-born Paul Stephenson, has faced accusations that the Madeleine McCann case was getting “unfair” and “special” attention at Scotland Yard.

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Posted: 26th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (78)

Madeleine McCann: Star Spots ‘150 Maddies’ – And Only One Kate McCann

MADELEINE McCann: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at Our Maddie in the news: hundreds of Maddies and only one Kate McCann:

Daily Star (front page): “SCANDAL OF 150 MADDIES”

Jonathan Corke has news:

AN estimated 150 children a year are victims of Madeleine McCann-style abductions in Britain.

Having established by media opinion and best-guesswork that the innocent child was abducted, the paper continues to look at the facts:

But campaigners say missing pets are more closely monitored than missing youngsters. If the Government launched an in-depth probe into each case, as they have done for Madeleine, it would cost nearly a billion pounds.

Anorak

Posted: 22nd, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (4)

Madeleine McCann: As A Ward Of Court Will Our Maddie Reappear Only To Vanish Again?

MADELEIENE McCann: How would the Metropolitan Police deal with Dr. Gerry and Dr. Kate McCann if they again demand answers and ask to see the evidence?

Almost three years ago and after the Portuguese Police had removed the Arguido (suspect) stigma from them, the couple tried to force Leicestershire police to hand over files which the police team, then co-operating with Portuguese police, was suspected to have amassed.

The action was brought by the parents acting in the name of missing daughter Madeleine. It was said to be so they could then hand the files to their private detectives – a company called Metodo 3.

Anorak

Posted: 17th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (12)

Madeleine McCann: The Met’s TV Show, A Backlash And Privacy

MADLEIENE McCann: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at Our Madie in the news: A Wembley show, the MET’s TV show and a backlash…

Daily Express: “CRITICS SLAM ‘WASTEFUL’ REVIEW OF MADELEINE MCCANN CASE”

Jenny Jones hit out at David Cameron’s decision to involve the Metropolitan Police and said the move would deny justice to other victims of crime while tying up police resources. A member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, Ms Jones has vowed to do everything in her power to stop the inquiry. Her comments echo disquiet expressed by fellow MPA member, Labour peer Toby Harris, who accused the Prime Minister of undermining the operational independence of the police.

Ms Jones said the McCanns were being given preferential treatment. “The police should not take this case up in this way,” she said. “It is ludicrous. This could take years and will cost millions. It is very unusual for police to step in like this and it is not an appropriate use of police resources.” Ms Jones, who is also a member of the London Assembly, said: “The Government is closing down the Forensic Science Service because there are not enough funds. This is a crucial part of police work.

“Although it is tragic and I feel for the McCanns, how can the Prime Minister justify spending millions of pounds on one case?”

Anorak

Posted: 16th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comment (1)

Madeleine McCann: Facing Facts With Lee Rainbow

MADELEINE McCann: Times is hard and members of the Metropolitan Police Force’s Governing body are rightly upset and confused by UK Premier David Cameron’s request the London Woodentops carry out a review of the strange case of missing child Madeleine McCann.

They want to know who is going to foot the bill? That answer is easy…everyone.

Cameron’s decision to involve Scotland Yard was defended by Downing Street officials as a whirlwind of complaint struck with cries of “Foul” around claims intervention was a “PR exercise”. Others say the move could take years and cost millions.

Anorak

Posted: 15th, May 2011 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann | Comments (18)

Madeleine McCann: The Making Of Our Maddie – A Media Commodity

MADELEINE McCann: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at Our Maddie – the innocent child who became a media commodity.

The Sunday Times (front page): “KATE McCANN: ‘I REELED. THEY THOUGHT I HAD KILLED MADELEINE’”

The child’s face peers out from the cover of the paper’s News Review – section 4 of the swollen paper.

“THEY SAID I KILLED HER”

In the weeks after Madeleine McCann was abducted, her parents were beset by vicious rumour and bizarre offers of help. Worse was to come.

Anorak

Posted: 15th, May 2011 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann | Comments (4)

Madeleine McCann: Who Pays The Met?

MADELEINE McCann is no longer on the cover of the Sun. Kate McCann’s book is out and Our Maddie is off the front page.

But the London Evening Standard persists. The Met is to investigate the disappearance of the innocent child. Good. The Met can be horrible sods but they possess the nous and means to go back to the beginning and review the facts.

Anorak

Posted: 14th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (9)

Madeleine McCann: Kate And Gerry Seduce Vain David Cameron To The Sun’s Self-Serving Campaign

MADELEINE McCann: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at Our Maddie in the news: Missing for 1,471 days, the innocent child is back in the news:

Daily Mail (front page): “CAN THE YARD FIND MADDIE?”

Hope so.

The Sun (front page): “EXCLUSIVE: CAMERON ORDERS NEW MET POLICE PROBE INTO MADELEINE CASE”

“PM: I’VE REOPENED MADDIE FILES”

David Cameron has taken the bait. “As a dad”, he had no choice. The Sun places their man at the centre of the story. This is personal. This is in the first person.

Theresa May, the Home Secretary, explains all in an open letter to the paper that backed the Tories at the last election:

FOUR years after she went missing, Madeleine McCann is still always in our thoughts. So I welcome The Sun’s role in making sure that her case is not forgotten. None of us can know what Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry, have been going through. We can scarcely imagine the pain they have had to suffer or the pressure they have been under. We all want to see this beautiful little girl returned to her parents. That is why we have been doing everything we can behind the scenes in the search for Madeleine. Although it might not always be in the public eye, the British authorities have never given up on their work to find Madeleine.

Today I am pleased to announce that the Prime Minister and I have agreed with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner that the Met will now be using its particular expertise to review the case. The Met have skills, techniques and know-how which we hope can bring a new perspective to the case.

The Home Office will be providing the necessary financial support. Of course, the Metropolitan Police cannot promise that this work will lead to Madeleine being found. But it is right that we should do everything we can to help. It is my sincere hope that this new police involvement will bring closer the day that Madeleine comes home.

This is politics in the modern era: mawkish, opportunistic, emotive and ultimately self-serving.

Anorak

Posted: 13th, May 2011 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann | Comments (39)

Madeleine McCann: Kate And Gerry McCann Launch A Book Called Madeleine: Photos

MADELEINE MCCANN: To the launch of Kate McCann’s book called Madeleine. Here are the photos…

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Kate and Gerry McCann give a press conference in central London on their newly published book 'Madeleine' about their daughter's disappearance in 2007.

Anorak

Posted: 12th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comment

McCanns On Jeremy Vine: BBC Spreads The Fear Over Madeleine McCann

IN 2007, Anorak went on Jeremy Vine’s BBC Radio 2 show to talk about Madeleine McCann. Four years on, Kate and Gerry McCann are on the same programme.

Anorak on BBC Radio 4

Has anything changed in that time. Yes. The media has been fined for libeling the parents, Robert Murat’s life was damaged and, as we prdicted, the parents have become a perennial feature on the media circuit.

Anorak

Posted: 12th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (4)

Madeleine McCann: Piers Morgan Interviews The McCanns

KATE and Gerry McCann are on Piers Morgan’s CNN show talking about their missing daughter Madeleine. As ever, we are watching the parents:

Anorak

Posted: 12th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (4)

Madeleine McCann: ‘As A Dad’ David Cameron Has To Find Our Maddie

MADELEINE McCann: Day 5 of the Sun’s serialisation of the Kate McCann book Madeleine. Today the book is overtaken by an appeal to David Cameron.

Sun (front page): “OPEN UP THE MADDIE FILES”

This is this “McCanns’ open letter to Cameron”

Having tried to gain mileage and reader interest in the book – including a delve into Kate and Gerry McCann’s sex life – the Sun leads not with the book but with an appeal:

Dear Prime Minister

As a devoted father and family man, you know the importance of children. Our beloved eldest child, Madeleine, was abducted from Praia da Luz, Portugal, four years ago. Since then, we have devoted all our energies to ensuring her safe return.

Anorak

Posted: 12th, May 2011 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann | Comments (9)

Madeleine McCann: Day 4 In The Sun And The Psychic Hears Maddie Say A Name

MADELEINE McCann: Day four of the Sun’s serialisation of the Kate McCann book: a spirit, a well, a name, Gap top and questioning motives:

Sun (front page): “I fear this outfit may led to Madeleine kidnap”

We see the child dressed in a sun hat and sun dress.

MADELEINE McCann poses for her last photo in a pretty peach top her mum fears may have made her a kidnap target.

The kidnapper wanted the outfit?

Kate McCann, 43, recalls in her new book: “She looked lovely. I was following her with my eyes admiring her. I wonder now if someone else was doing the same.”

So. Not the outfit, then. That’s the Sun’s bonkers headline, blaming an outfit for the alleged kidnap.

Anorak

Posted: 11th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (17)

Madeleine McCann: Has The Tide Changed Against Kate And Gerry McCann?

MADELEINE McCann: Every now and then as a journalist you spot a tide change; a dramatic turnaround in the nature and character of a familiar story.

Last night those in the know saw a very hard-hitting piece by Chris Freind (who writes the Freindly Fire column/blog) pulled by the Philly Post in as yet unexplained circumstances.

It was a piece re the McCanns and mentioned a link to one of the world’s richest people Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.

Anorak

Posted: 11th, May 2011 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann | Comments (25)

Madeleine McCann: Casandra Jardine, Chris Freind And Spinning In Circles

MADELEINE McCann: Cassandra Jardine and Chris Freind (whose article has now been removed) debate the rights and wrongs of Kate McCann’s book. Odd that a single thread story – the vanishing of an innocent child – should be debated. But such is the way of a story that has been spun:

First up Jadirne, who asks Telegraph readers:

Kate McCann: why didn’t they believe her?

Who are they?

So far there has been only one public recantation. A tabloid journalist wrote yesterday that he “rues the day” he rubbished the McCanns’ version of the disappearance of their daughter, Madeleine, four years ago.

Anorak

Posted: 10th, May 2011 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann | Comments (5)

Madeleine McCann: Extracting The Extracts

THE Sun has extracted so much from Kate McCann’sMadeleine for its massive serialisation it’s a wonder there’s anything left worth reading. However, I do applaud the paper’s championing of the book – I guess they must have parted with more than £500k for the rights, perhaps more given the advertising campaignbehind it.

Anorak

Posted: 10th, May 2011 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann | Comments (4)

Madeleine McCann: Kate McCann’s Sex Drive And Osama bin Laden’s Death

MADELEINE McCann: Day Three of The Sun’s serialisation of Kate McCann’s Madeleine book. And today we learn of Kate and Gerry’s sex life.

The front-page headline informs us:

“I COULDN’T MAKE LOVE TO GERRY”

But now she can? We presume so, although, as yet, details are thin.

KATE McCann today reveals her struggle to have sex and enjoy life again after daughter Madeleine was abducted on a family holiday in Portugal on May 3, 2007.

Anorak

Posted: 10th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (7)

Keela The Sniffer Dog Earns More Than Chief Constable of South Yorkshire

DID you know that police sniffer dog Keela is earning more money then that Chief Constable of South Yorkshire, Med Hughes, from being hired out to other forces?

Some coincidence that this news should appear on the very day the media  is full of Madeleine McCann and how sniffer dogs are fallible (more)…

Anorak

Posted: 9th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (3)

Daily Telegraph Says Madeleine McCann Is Dead

MADELEINE McCann is back in the news. And the Daily Telegraph is telling its readers:

“Kate McCann ‘felt like committing suicide after Madeleine’s death'”

Anorak

Posted: 9th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comment

Madeleine: Second Extracts Of Kate McCann’s Book

MADELEINE McCann: Day 2 of the Sun’s serialisation of Kate McCann’s book Madeleine. (Day 1 here.).

The Sun (front page): “I SMASHED BED IN RAGE AT COPS”

Today we learn that after just one day working with the “shambolic” Portuguese police she “wrecked a bed as she kicked out in rage”.

The story of the Portuguese police’s investigation has been a spin-off thread in the story of the child’s disappearance. The tabloid media swiftly decided they were “bungling”.

Anorak

Posted: 9th, May 2011 | In: Madeleine McCann | Comments (35)