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A year on, book will fund Madeleine McCann hunt

A year on, book will fund Madeleine McCann hunt

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 made official suspects [...]

‘Madeleine McCann was abducted by an opportunistic paedophile’

‘Madeleine McCann was abducted by an opportunistic paedophile’

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 on May [...]

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

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

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, has launched [...]

Madeleine McCann complained to mother Kate about being left crying alone

Madeleine McCann complained to mother Kate about being left crying alone

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 didn’t you [...]

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

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

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 parents because they [...]

Why?

Why?

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 [...]

THE REAL EVIL

THE REAL EVIL

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 villains. Some members of the [...]

Ex-Pat defends cops

Ex-Pat defends cops

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 been living in the Algarve town for five [...]

Madeleine McCann: the (almost) true story

Madeleine McCann: the (almost) true story

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 a good story. [...]

I feel desperately for Kate McCann – her life has been ruined, she loathes the spotlight

I feel desperately for Kate McCann – her life has been ruined, she loathes the spotlight

By JUSTINE MCGUINESS – Last updated at 17:12pm on 27th April 2008 For four months one woman shared every day with Kate and Gerry McCann, all the false hopes… and all the tears. Justine McGuiness, the former press adviser to Kate and Gerry McCann, speaks out about one of Britain’s most famous families… I will [...]

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