Archive for April 28th, 2008

A year on, book will fund Madeleine McCann hunt

Monday, April 28th, 2008

April 28, 2008 by David Brown After a year of intense media scrutiny, the parents of Madeleine McCann announced yesterday that they were in negotiations to write a book about the disappearance of their daughter. Kate and Gerry McCann, who have been unable to speak openly about the case since they were ...

‘Madeleine McCann was abducted by an opportunistic paedophile’

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Mark Williams-Thomas: Analysis April 28, 2008 The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is like no other I have seen before. I have followed this case from the beginning. I visited the village of Praia da Luz within hours of Madeleine’s disappearance and have returned on numerous occasions to examine what happened ...

Madeleine McCann ’suspect’ Robert Murat sues British media for libel

Monday, April 28th, 2008

By Gary Cleland Last Updated: 2:27PM BST 28/04/2008 Robert Murat, the British expatriate made a formal suspect over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has begun one of the largest libel claims in the history of British media. The 34-year-old, who lived close to the Portugal apartment where the missing girl was last seen, ...

Madeleine McCann complained to mother Kate about being left crying alone

Monday, April 28th, 2008

By Caroline Gammell in Brussels Last Updated: 2:27PM BST 28/04/2008 Madeleine McCann complained to her mother after she was left crying and alone on the night before she disappeared, leaked police documents have disclosed. The little girl, then aged three, spoke to Kate McCann at breakfast the following morning and said: "Mummy, why ...

McCann twins pick up the phone every day to ask ‘Where are you Madeleine?

Monday, April 28th, 2008

By VANESSA ALLEN - Last updated at 14:24pm on 28th April 2008 Madeleine McCann's little sister and brother pick up the telephone every day to ask 'Where are you?', their grandmother has revealed. Gerry McCann's mother Eileen described how twins, Sean and Amelie, now three, are a constant heartbreaking reminder for their ...

Why?

Monday, April 28th, 2008

By tararabumdeay in The Three Arguidos (link) The letter to the Telegraaf? Blog inaneness? The 'Tiny Tears' comment? The 'saved a man on the plane' story? The 'stolen wallet' story? Ignore sightings one way, and head the opposite to raise awareness? Did bundleman suddenly gain a child with pink jammies? Go to Huelva when everything was shut? Drive hundreds ...

THE REAL EVIL

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Tony Parsons 28/04/2008 On Saturday it will be one year since Madeleine McCann was stolen from her family. Widespread support for Kate and Gerry McCann has ebbed away and increasingly you hear that Madeleine's parents must carry the blame for leaving their children alone. But the McCanns are not the ...

Ex-Pat defends cops

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Maddie: One year on Sunday, April 27, 2008 By Gail Edgar A Dublin man now living in Praia da Luz, close to the apartment where the McCanns were staying when Madeleine vanished, has defended the Portuguese police's investigation of the case. Retired cellar master Morris Lee, who's ...

Madeleine McCann: the (almost) true story

Monday, April 28th, 2008

By Lionel Shriver Last Updated: 2:17am BST 28/04/2008 Novelist Lionel Shriver strongly believes that the media has covered the Madeleine McCann case as if it were a work of fiction, distorting facts and demonising characters. And a year on, the family is paying the price. Like any novelist, I'm a sucker for ...