BCC response to Complaints re: lie about Goncalo Amaral is NOT GOOD ENOUGH

6/04/2011 Posted by Winnower

Where is the FORMAL APOLOGY FROM BBC?

Fact: Dr. Goncalo Amaral did NOT say "Fuck the McCanns".

Mike O' Sullivan, his producer, "senior colleagues" and any BBC spokespersons involved need to issue a formal apology and ensure corrections are printed in all of the news sources listed below.

This is NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BBC:

"Further action
The Editor of the programme has discussed the outcome with the producer and reporter involved. In future, the team plans to use interpreters if clips from interviews are unclear."
  
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Update: The F*** the McCanns Scandal

6/03/2011 Posted by Winnower

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Hope for Kate and Gerry in return to Portugal

5/14/2011 Posted by Winnower

Hope for Kate and Gerry in return to Portugal
14 May 2011
The Sun
ANTONELLA LAZZERI

MADELEINE'S parents will return to Portugal next week with new hope in the search for their abducted daughter. The couple will launch Kate's new book, aimed at boosting the investigation. Kate and Gerry will travel to capital Lisbon for the release of an edition translated into Portuguese.

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Maddie sightings and media madness

12/22/2010 Posted by Winnower

Maddie sightings and media madness
December 21, 2010
Len Port Blog

"A modest group of people in Portugal have also been subjected to injustices, unfounded allegations and smears in connection with the Madeleine McCann investigation, but they have had no outlet for complaint - and their side of the story has gone totally unreported until now."

Please read original post at the source.
  • David Edgar apparently lead the "surveillance" as it was Edgar who sent a report to the PJ regarding this.
The witnesses were:
  • Jean Godwin, a retired care home worker from Widnes, Cheshire called the McCann's "hotline" in 2008 and informed the McCann's private investigators that in September 2008 she spotted a 'gaunt' blonde girl wearing a black wig being dragged by 'gipsy women' .  Mrs Godwin described the first woman as being "an 'obese' size 30, in her mid-to-late 40s with 'dirty and unkempt' red hair. The second woman was around 60, with unwashed brown hair, and even fatter."("The McCanns' investigators believed the red-haired woman was Yvone Albino, a cleaner from Silves.")

  • Jeni Weinberger, from Salisbury, Wiltshire who claimed she saw a woman resembling Mrs. Albino outside the McCann apartment. (Note: Weinbergers were among the names on the released PJ investigation files - on the list of people staying at the Ocean Club at the time Madeleine disappeared.)
Reporters:
  • Arthur Martin
     
  • Jerry Lawton
     
  • Martin Fricker
     
  • Nick Fagge
     
  • Antonella Lazzeri
     

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Spot the Spin Exercise

10/20/2010 Posted by Winnower

Kate pain on book
20 October 2010
The Sun

The parents of Maddie McCann were furious yesterday after a Portuguese judge overturned a ban on a book claiming their daughter is dead. Kate and Gerry McCann last year blocked disgraced Maddie hunt cop Goncalo Amaral publishing The Truth of the Lie. But a Lisbon appeal court ruled the book can now be sold in Portugal. The McCanns' lawyer Isabel Duarte said Kate, 41, told her: "That's incredible. I can't believe it is possible." Amaral claimed the couple, of Rothley, Leics, faked the abduction of Maddie, three, in 2007.

Note: This is the only article printed by the Sun that refers to the lifting of the ban on Goncalo Amaral's "Maddie: The Truth of the Lie".

A grand total of 96 words, after the Sun had earlier published no less than 13,000 words related to the McCann's efforts to silence Amaral.

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Journalism in the Age of McCann

6/16/2010 Posted by Winnower

Recently I've been looking into the background of reporters who have written extremely biased articles about the McCann case.

I started by refreshing my understanding about the role of journalism in society. EthicNet, provides a collection of codes of journalism ethics in Europe. The Code of Conduct for the United Kingdom was adopted by the National Union of Journalists in 2007. The NUJ's Code of Conduct has set out the main principles of British and Irish journalism since 1936, it was updated in 2007.

It states the following:

Members of the National Union of Journalists are expected to abide by the following professional principles:
 

A journalist
 

1. At all times upholds and defends the principle of media freedom, the right of freedom of expression and the right of the public to be informed
 

2. Strives to ensure that information disseminated is honestly conveyed, accurate and fair
 

3. Does her/his utmost to correct harmful inaccuracies
 

4. Differentiates between fact and opinion
 

5. Obtains material by honest, straightforward and open means, with the exception of investigations that are both overwhelmingly in the public interest and which involve evidence that cannot be obtained by straightforward means
 

6. Does nothing to intrude into anybody's private life, grief or distress unless justified by overriding consideration of the public interest
 

7. Protects the identity of sources who supply information in confidence and material gathered in the course of her/his work
 

8. Resists threats or any other inducements to influence, distort or suppress information
 

9. Takes no unfair personal advantage of information gained in the course of her/his duties before the information is public knowledge
 

10. Produces no material likely to lead to hatred or discrimination on the grounds of a person's age, gender, race, colour, creed, legal status, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation
 

11. Does not by way of statement, voice or appearance endorse by advertisement any commercial product or service save for the promotion of her/his own work or of the medium by which she/he is employed


12. Avoids plagiarism.

Rather than continuing to complain about the "British media" as a whole, I decided to try to do a bit of research into specific reporters. I'm working on that and will be posting about it in the next few weeks.

Topping the list of those I consider to be a disgrace to the journalistic profession is Antonella Lazzeri, who I'm not even certain can be labeled a "journalist", nor can I say that the "Sun" is a NEWSpaper.  Her coverage of  the McCann case is quite simply a disgrace.  She has written about the McCanns more than she has written about any other topic and I have not found a single unbiased article.  Not one.

Her articles about Goncalo Amaral were shameful "Maddie's Leech Cop" "Liar Cop" etc..  She covered the Raymond Hewlett "abductor" claims, writing that Hewlett had "twice seen Maddie" (not clarifying that it was on TV & posters) and she is now covering the "White Van/Gypsies" "abductor" claims and the outlandish Charles O'Neill "abductor" claims..

Looking at her past articles is enlightening.  She seems to have at one time taken an interest in the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland and many of her older articles deal with that topic.  She also wrote a number of articles about Princess Diana.  There have been more than a few pointless articles full of salacious details regarding people's private lives.  Truly tabloid nonsense and yet, apparently, the Sun continues to sell papers and rather than actually caring about journalistic ethics, that seems to be their only concern. I have to conclude her editors are complicit in the propaganda being doled out to the British public

In my opinion, there can be few readers who take Lazzeri seriously...and yet she is given the responsibility of covering the McCann case, a subject that is incredibly serious and has resulted in negative consequences to British and Portuguese citizens and actually to society as a whole.

In the past I've posted the text of articles that were intolerably biased against Goncalo Amaral and Lazzeri's work is included on lists I've compiled.  Examples can be found elsewhere on this blog.

But one article, not related to the McCanns, I feel I must add here to illustrate the way I believe the Code of Conduct for British journalists has been broken is the following:

"Dad's Not Alfie" By ANTONELLA LAZZERI  / Published: 19 May 2009

I  hope it is apparent why I have used this an example.  The article is about CHILDREN, their names, photographs, a slide-show and a video are included.  The baby involved is NAMED and the circumstances involving her parentage are given in full detail. The  young boys and the 15 year old girl's sexual history is described as well as a quote describing the baby's mother as a "slut".


All I can say is that the next time I read one of Lazzeri's articles portraying Kate McCann as the suffering victim of a cruel Portuguese investigator, or about the heartless people on the internet who are refusing to believe the McCann's version of events, or the way the McCanns have suffered under media scrutiny, I will have in mind the image of baby Maisie.  A child who will carry with her the portrait Lazzeri has provided of her "slutty" mother and the boy who thought she was his child.
 

Shame on you, Antonella.  Shame. Shame. Shame.
 
Finally, about the editors...
 
The Sun and many other papers in the UK ran the story about baby Maisie.  How many of the following were broken in this ONE case?  Does ANYONE hold to this code???
 
Editors' Code of Practice
Country: United Kingdom
 

Adopted by the Press Complaints Commission representing the newspaper and periodical industry in August 2007.
 
All members of the press have a duty to maintain the highest professional standards. The Code, which includes this preamble and the public interest exceptions below, sets the benchmark for those ethical standards, protecting both the rights of the individual and the public's right to know. It is the cornerstone of the system of self-regulation to which the industry has made a binding commitment.

It is essential that an agreed code be honoured not only to the letter but in the full spirit. It should not be interpreted so narrowly as to compromise its commitment to respect the rights of the individual, nor so broadly that it constitutes an unnecessary interference with freedom of expression or prevents publication in the public interest.

It is the responsibility of editors and publishers to apply the Code to editorial material in both printed and online versions of publications. They should take care to ensure it is observed rigorously by all editorial staff and external contributors, including non-journalists.

Editors should co-operate swiftly with the PCC in the resolution of complaints. Any publication judged to have breached the Code must print the adjudication in full and with due prominence, including headline reference to the PCC.
   
1 Accuracy
    
i) The Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information, including pictures.
 
ii) A significant inaccuracy, mis-leading statement or distortion once recognised must be corrected, promptly and with due prominence, and - where appropriate - an apology published.
  
iii) The Press, whilst free to be partisan, must distinguish clearly between comment, conjecture and fact.
 
iv) A publication must report fairly and accurately the outcome of an action for defamation to which it has been a party, unless an agreed settlement states otherwise, or an agreed statement is published.
  
2 Opportunity to reply
  
A fair opportunity for reply to inaccuracies must be given when reasonably called for.
   
3 Privacy
   
i) Everyone is entitled to respect for his or her private and family life, home, health and correspondence, including digital communications. Editors will be expected to justify intrusions into any individual's private life without consent.
 
ii) It is unacceptable to photograph individuals in private places without their consent. Note - Private places are public or private property where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy.
  
4 Harassment
  
i) Journalists must not engage in intimidation, harassment or persistent pursuit.
 
ii) They must not persist in questioning, telephoning, pursuing or photographing individuals once asked to desist; nor remain on their property when asked to leave and must not follow them.
 
iii) Editors must ensure these principles are observed by those working for them and take care not to use non-compliant material from other sources.
 
5 Intrusion into grief or shock

i) In cases involving personal grief or shock, enquiries and approaches must be made with sympathy and discretion and publication handled sensitively. This should not restrict the right to report legal proceedings, such as inquests.
  
ii) When reporting suicide, care should be taken to avoid excessive detail about the method used.
  
6 Children
 
i) Young people should be free to complete their time at school without unnecessary intrusion.
 
ii) A child under 16 must not be interviewed or photographed on issues involving their own or another child's welfare unless a custodial parent or similarly responsible adult consents.
 
iii) Pupils must not be approached or photographed at school without the permission of the school authorities.
 
iv) Minors must not be paid for material involving children's welfare, nor parents or guardians for material about their children or wards, unless it is clearly in the child's interest.
 
v) Editors must not use the fame, notoriety or position of a parent or guardian as sole justification for publishing details of a child's private life.
   
7 Children in sex cases
 
1. The press must not, even if legally free to do so, identify children under 16 who are victims or witnesses in cases involving sex offences.
 
2. In any press report of a case involving a sexual offence against a child -
  
i) The child must not be identified.
 
ii) The adult may be identified.
 
iii) The word "incest" must not be used where a child victim might be identified.
 
iv) Care must be taken that nothing in the report implies the relationship between the accused and the child.
    
8 Hospitals
  
i) Journalists must identify themselves and obtain permission from a responsible executive before entering non-public areas of hospitals or similar institutions to pursue enquiries.
 
ii) The restrictions on intruding into privacy are particularly relevant to enquiries about individuals in hospitals or similar institutions.
   
9 Reporting of Crime
   
i) Relatives or friends of persons convicted or accused of crimes should not generally be identified without their consent, unless they are genuinely relevant to the story.
 
ii) Particular regard should be paid to the potentially vulnerable position of children who witness, or are victims of, crime. This should not restrict the right to report legal proceedings.
   
10 Clandestine devices and subterfuge
   
i) The press must not seek to obtain or publish material acquired by using hidden cameras or clandestine listening devices; or by intercepting private or mobile telephone calls, messages or emails; or by the unauthorized removal of documents, or photographs; or by accessing digitally-held private information without consent.
 
ii) Engaging in misrepresentation or subterfuge, including by agents or intermediaries, can generally be justified only in the public interest, and then only when the material cannot be obtained by other means.
   
11 Victims of sexual assault
 
The press must not identify victims of sexual assault or publish material likely to contribute to such identification unless there is adequate justification and they are legally free to do so.
  
12 Discrimination
   
i) The press must avoid prejudicial or pejorative reference to an individual's race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or to any physical or mental illness or disability.
 
ii) Details of an individual's race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental illness or disability must be avoided unless genuinely relevant to the story.
   
13 Financial journalism
 
i) Even where the law does not prohibit it, journalists must not use for their own profit financial information they receive in advance of its general publication, nor should they pass such information to others.
 
ii) They must not write about shares or securities in whose performance they know that they or their close families have a significant financial interest without disclosing the interest to the editor or financial editor.
 
iii) They must not buy or sell, either directly or through nominees or agents, shares or securities about which they have written recently or about which they intend to write in the near future.
   
14 Confidential sources
   
Journalists have a moral obligation to protect confidential sources of information.
   
15 Witness payments in criminal trials
   
i) No payment or offer of payment to a witness - or any person who may reasonably be expected to be called as a witness - should be made in any case once proceedings are active as defined by the Contempt of Court Act 1981.
 
This prohibition lasts until the suspect has been freed unconditionally by police without charge or bail or the proceedings are otherwise discontinued; or has entered a guilty plea to the court; or, in the event of a not guilty plea, the court has announced its verdict.

ii) Where proceedings are not yet active but are likely and foreseeable, editors must not make or offer payment to any person who may reasonably be expected to be called as a wit-ness, unless the information concerned ought demonstrably to be published in the public interest and there is an over-riding need to make or promise payment for this to be done; and all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure no financial dealings influence the evidence those witnesses give. In no circumstances should such payment be conditional on the outcome of a trial.

iii) Any payment or offer of payment made to a person later cited to give evidence in proceedings must be disclosed to the prosecution and defence. The witness must be advised of this requirement.
  
16 Payment to criminals
  
i) Payment or offers of payment for stories, pictures or information, which seek to exploit a particular crime or to glorify or glamorise crime in general, must not be made directly or via agents to convicted or confessed criminals or to their associates - who may include family, friends and colleagues.
 
ii) Editors invoking the public interest to justify payment or offers would need to demonstrate that there was good reason to believe the public interest would be served. If, despite payment, no public interest emerged, then the material should not be published.

THE PUBLIC INTEREST

There may be exceptions to the clauses marked * where they can be demonstrated to be in the public interest.

1. The public interest includes, but is not confined to:

i) Detecting or exposing crime or serious impropriety.
 
ii) Protecting public health and safety.
 
iii) Preventing the public from being misled by an action or statement of an individual or organisation.
 
2. There is a public interest in freedom of expression itself.
 
3. Whenever the public interest is invoked, the PCC will require editors to demonstrate fully how the public interest was served.
 
4. The PCC will consider the extent to which material is already in the public domain, or will become so.
   
5. In cases involving children under 16, editors must demonstrate an exceptional public interest to over-ride the normally paramount interest of the child.
 
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ANTONELLA LAZZERI - ARTICLES RE: McCANNS

6/16/2010 Posted by Winnower

ANTONELLA LAZZERI - ARTICLES LISTED BY DATE



2007 May 05

NOTHING DESCRIBES ANGUISH FOR OUR MADDIE; HUNT FOR LOST MADDIE John Askill and Julie Moult in Praia da Luz, Portugal, and James Clench in London
1309 words(Lazzeri noted as part of "Sun team".)

SHUTTERS HAD BEEN JEMMIED.. MADDIE WAS GONE John Askill and Julie Moult in Praia da Luz, Portugal, and James Clench in London (Lazzeri noted as part of "Sun team".)

2007 September 24

KATE WEEPS AT MOVING MASS; THE BATTLE GOES ON FOR BRAVE MCCANNS
226 words

TWIN'S LIFT FOR MUM AND DAD; THE BATTLE GOES ON FOR BRAVE MCCANNS
237 words "rare moment of happiness"

SAS HEROES BOOST HUNT FOR MADDIE; THE BATTLE GOES ON FOR BRAVE MCCANNS (With Nick Parker)
427 words

2007 September 25

MADDIE LAW CHIEF: NO BODY, NO CASE (With Nick Parker)
370 words ...Kate and Gerry furious at 'let-off' slur

NANNY BACKS COPS OVER KATE SCREAM (With Nick Parker)
380 words "Kate McCann DID scream "they've taken her, they've taken her" ...witness claimed...

2007 September 26

I WATCHED WOMAN IN HEADSCARF DRAGGING MADDIE ALONG BY THE HAND; COPS PROBE PHOTO AND NEW MOROCCO WITNESS (With Nick Parker)
827 words RE: Madeleine McCann in Morocco

GERRY & KATE: IT COULD BE HER; COPS PROBE PHOTO AND NEW WITNESS IN MOROCCO (With Nick Parker)
886 words RE: Madeleine McCann in Morocco

2007 September 27

ANGUISH FOR KATE
76 words RE: Madeleine McCann in Morocco- Bouchra ..."tearful" Kate McCann

I'M SORRY GIRL IS MISSING, BUT THIS IS MY DAUGHTER ..NOT MADELEINE (With Brian Flynn/Simon Hughes)  
470 words RE: Madeleine McCann in Morocco- Bouchra ...tearful Kate McCann... shattering the hopes of the lost tot's parents...

2007 September 28

POLICE PROBE LOST 2 HOURS; COPS' SHOCK CLAIM: MADDIE IS BURIED IN SPAIN (With Clodagh Hartley in Praia da Luz) Antonella Lazzeri in Rothley
729 words RE: Alleged claim that McCanns had buried Maddie during missing two hours from their trip to Huelva. "Kate and Gerry McCann were stunned" "outrageous theory" "Kate and Gerry have had enough." "Underneath all this rubbish are horrible accusations and rumours" "McCanns incensed" re: Morocco lead not followed up by police "bizarre theory that the McCanns hid their daughter's body in their hire car THREE MONTHS after she was reported missing." "latest in a string of controversial theories by the Portuguese - many of which have been discredited"

2007 September 29

PARENTS MARK 150 DAYS
118 words ...another agonising milestone...

2007 October 05

NOTHING'S AS BAD AS THAT NIGHT; KATE'S MADDIE ORDEAL
122 words ...torment (Kate McCann)

I WEEP FOR MADDIE..BUT WE STILL HAVE HOPE; ANGUISHED MUM OPENS HER HEART
936 words ...FRAGILE Kate McCann ... cries every day ...

2007 October 06

MADDIE HUNT: COP CASE IN MELTDOWN (With Clodagh Hartley) Antonella Lazzeri in Rothley
607 words Just 3 'tecs search for her ... Chief admits to daily crisis ...Mother was almost jailed ...

2007 October 08

MCCANNS: WE'LL BE SUSPECTS FOREVER (With Clodagh Hartley)
325 words ..."cloud of suspicion"...

2007 October 09

MCCANNS 'LIVING IN A TWILIGHT WORLD' (With Clodagh Hartley)
455 words ...Parents' anguish.. ...conflicting DNA theories... "living in a twilight world" ...as theories change DAILY.

2007 October 11

MCCANNS' DELIGHT AT PAEDO SWOOP (With Clodagh Hartley) Antonella Lazzeri in Rothley
598 words Family .. "encouraged" last night after 300 Portuguese cops smashed an 80-strong paedophile ring.

2007 October 12

I'M MADDIE'S FATHER..100% (With Clodagh Hartley) Antonella Lazzeri in Rothley
638 words RE: Alleged reports that Gerry was not Maddie's biological father. "reacted with fury" "horrified and distressed" "outrageous new allegation came from police sources" "outrageous claims that the McCann children were drugged ... furiously denied" McCanns plan to sue 24 Horas as soon as arguido status lifted ... (NOTE: Buried in the story is information regarding hair / DNA allegedly found in the McCann hire car.)

2007 October 20

MADDIE'S FINAL GIFT FOR GRAN (With Clodagh Hartley)
394 words RE: plate with Maddie's handprints. "poignant last gift from Madeleine McCann to her gran" ... "Susan also revealed her daughter Kate had been tormented by visions of Maddie at the family home"

2007 October 22

HOW COULD POLICE DROP ASH ON CLUES? (With Clodagh Hartley)
319 words ...Maddie parents' fury at evidence contamination... ANGRY Kate and Gerry McCann... "horrified" ...cops' CIGARETTE ASH could have contaminated evidence

2007 October 25

I FEEL IN MY HEART SHE IS OUT THERE; KATE WEEPS FOR MADDIE
89 words "DISTRAUGHT Kate McCann yesterday poured out her heartache and wept: "As Madeleine's mummy, I feel in my heart that she is out there." Wiping away tears, she added: "I don't know how anyone could harm anyone as beautiful as Madeleine." Kate, 39, showed her emotion as she and husband Gerry publicised a phone hotline to aid the Maddie hunt.

MADDIE NEEDS US; INTERVIEW; KATE MCCANN ; TEARS AS MUM GIVES DRAMATIC INTERVIEW (With Clodagh Hartley)
1171 words ...lonely... sobs Kate... SOBBING Kate McCann ..battled to contain her emotion ...

2007 October 26

MADDIE IN ARMS OF SNATCHER (With Clodagh Hartley)
305 words RE: McCann "abductor" drawing. "THIS is the man Madeleine McCann's parents believe abducted their tot - as he carries her slumped in his arms. Swarthy, aged around 35 with black hair curling round his collar, he hurries away from their holiday flat with Maddie..."

MADDIE IN ARMS OF SNATCHER PYJAMA 'PROVE IT IS HER' (With Clodagh Hartley)
464 words RE: McCann "abductor" drawing. "A TINY figure wearing pyjamas lies still and quiet in a man's arms - in an image thought to show the abduction of Madeleine McCann."

2007 October 27

'POKER FACE' KATE TO SUE (With Clodagh Hartley)
384 words RE: Fury over 'interview act' slur ..."angry Kate and Gerry McCann" sue over claims this week's emotional TV interview was "staged like theatre".

2007 October 30

FURY OF TAPAS 7; MCCANN FRIENDS HIT BACK
296 words RE: Allegations re: "Pact of Silence" - "Pals: There is NO pact"

2007 October 31

I SAW LURKER (With Clodagh Hartley)
490 words RE: Nanny claiming man in bushes outside Maddie flat

2007 November 01

GERMAN MAG'S SICK JOKES ABOUT MADDIE (With Clodagh Hartley)
313 words ...McCanns' horror...

2007 November 02

I'LL GIVE MADDIE SOME DOLLS WHEN I FIND HER (With Clodagh Hartley) Antonella Lazzeri In Rothley
388 words Private tec's vow ...has already bought dolls to give the snatched four-year old when he rescues her.

2007 November 03

MCCANNS ARE BACK IN FRAME; MADDIE SIX MONTHS ON..PARENTS' PLEA (With Clodagh Hartley) Antonella Lazzeri in Rothley
763 words ...Agony over new DNA claim... faced the heartache...shattered by FRESH claims they were involved...

MY BABY; MADDIE MISSING 6 MONTHS
79 words ...Kate plea after new DNA blow ..."heartbroken Kate McCann" ..."moving new appeal"...

2007 November 05

I JUST WANT HER BACK..KATE SOBS FOR MADDIE IN CHURCH
386 words ...Tormented Kate McCann collapsed in floods of tears...Kate began crying ...

2007 November 16

MADDIE COPS DIDN'T EVEN CHECK HER BED (With Veronica Lorraine)
421 words "Bunglers failed to do a DNA test"

2007 November 17

TAPAS JANE TELLS ALL
87 words "astonishing detail what happened the night Madeleine McCann disappeared" "emotional TV interview" RE: Jane Tanner

MY GUILT
1055 words "Jane breaks silence" "I saw Maddie abductor strike but did nothing" "Amazing new details" "wracked by guilt"

2007 November 19

WITNESS SAW HER HAND OVER CHILD (With Veronica Lorraine in Praia Da Luz)
511 words RE: Murat's girlfriend accused

2007 November 21

IS THIS WHERE MADDIE WAS HANDED TO PAEDOS? (With Veronica Lorraine in Silves, Portugal)
422 words RE: Trucker's sighting" "fear Madeleine McCann's abductors handed her over to a paedophile gang"

2007 November 23

'MADDIE IS DEAD' (With Veronica Lorraine in Praia Da Luz)
292 words RE: Attorney General Fernando Jose Pinto Monteiro statement that kidnapper would have murdered Maddie because of the enormous publicity (See full text )

ABDUCTOR WILL HAVE MURDERED MADELEINE (With Veronica Lorraine in Praia Da Luz) 401 words "Grim verdict from Portugal's top law chief"

2007 November 27

'WHEN MADDIE SHOUTED HE HAD TO SHUT HER UP'; DETECTIVES: FIEND TARGETED MCCANNS "COPS' PERV THEORY (With Veronica Lorraine in Praia Da Luz) Antonella Lazzeri in Rothley
1145 words A pervert sneaked into Madeleine McCann's holiday apartment - and killed the terrified tot to shut her up when she screamed, police now believe."

2007 November 28

MADDIE: * NONE OF HER DNA IN HIRE CAR * MURAT LAWYER'S VILE SLUR
81 words "Forensic experts found NO trace of Madeleine McCann's DNA in her parents' hire car."

NO BLOOD, NO BODILY FLUID AND NO HAIR; MADDIE BODY 'NEVER IN CAR'; EXCLUSIVE
589 words "Forensic experts found NO blood, NO hair and NO body fluids from Madeleine McCann in her parents' hire car, it emerged last night. Scientists hired by Kate and Gerry McCann say there is no evidence whatsoever"

2007 November 29

CRUNCH DAY ON MADDIE
59 words "parents face D-Day"

D-DAY FOR GERRY AND KATE FORENSIC REPORT TODAY (With Neil Syson/Veronica Lorraine)
505 words "parents face D-Day" "forensic scientists and police chiefs meet to discuss crucial evidence"

2007 November 30

MCCANNS 'CLEARED' IN A WEEK
140 words Kate and Gerry's DNA hope DNA "evidence" against Kate and Gerry collapsed yesterday - and they could be cleared of involvement in Maddie's disappearance within a week.

2007 December 06

MADDIE COPS ROW OVER RUINED DNA
297 words "Brit experts dismiss 'blood' evidence DNA evidence found in the apartment"

2007 December 11

TAPAS 9 IN SECRET MEETING (With Veronica Lorraine)
337 words "Maddie pals together again for first time" * "It seems 'suspicious' say Portuguese cops"

2007 December 17

FAMILY XMAS VIGIL AT CHURCH
213 words RE: McCanns attending the midnight mass on Christmas Eve.

2007 December 19

XMAS GIFT ON MADDIE'S BED...HUGE PINK TEDDY BEAR WITH WHITE HEART / GRAN'S TOY HEARTBREAK
552 words "Distraught Eileen McCann"

2007 December 22

BE BRAVE MADDIE; MCCANNS' CHRISTMAS AGONY
90 words RE: video plea-Christmas message to daughter Madeleine "Be brave sweetheart."

MADDIE, IT'S MUM AND DAD HERE..OUR ONLY WISH FOR XMAS IS FOR YOU TO BE HERE; MCCANNS' HEARTBREAKING TV PLEA
763 words "anguished Kate McCann" "summons the courage" "heart-rending TV appeal"

2008 January 08

ANGUISH OF MCCANNS AT 'WILD' NEW DNA CLAIMS; BLOOD SPECKS BEHIND SOFA AND IN CAR 'ARE MADDIE'S' (With Veronica Lorraine/Gary O'Shea in Praia da Luz)
510 words RE: Portuguese newspaper Correio Da Manha report re: blood specks in their hire car and behind a sofa "tormented parents" "reacted in fury"

2008 January 09

MADDIE: THE MOVIE; McCANNS' FUND BOOST Antonella Lazzeri in Praia Da Luz
323 words RE: Film chiefs in talks with McCanns- set to turn Madeleine's story into a film. The couple believe the movie could raise money for the dwindling Find Madeleine fund...

THEY PRAY THAT MOVIE WILL HELP FIND MADDIE; MCCANNS' FILM BID (With Gary O'Shea in Praia Da Luz)
433 words McCanns' hope film might help fund their search for Madeleine - even though it could spark accusations of bad taste.

2008 January 24

MADDIE WEIRDO HAD ACCOMPLICE; 2ND PROWLER SPOTTED
226 words "oddball suspected of seizing Maddie McCann" "second prowler seen at the McCanns' resort using the same bogus cover story as the scruffy man shown in a drawing" ...

2008 March 15

MCCANNS' AGONY AS BONES FOUND (With Tom Worden)
620 words "fresh torment" re: reservoir search/bones found

2008 March 24

MADDIE SUSPECT IN CLEAR
149 words RE: Robert Murat's belief he will be cleared within weeks

2008 April 08

'FAMILY' BEG FROM MCCANNS; EXCLUSIVE
338 words RE: people claiming to be relatives of Shannon Matthews begged for cash from the McCanns.

2008 April 09

RETURN TO HELL
351 words RE: Request for McCanns to return for kidnap reconstruction "cops in Portugal want to haul Madeleine McCann's parents back to stage a harrowing reconstruction"

2008 April 10

SMILING KATE'S MADDIE MISSION  
139 words "smiling Kate McCann" RE: Brussels/child alert system

2008 April 11

'MUMMY, WHY DIDN'T YOU COME WHEN WE WERE CRYING LAST NIGHT'; MCCANNS' POLICE STATEMENT
138 words "bewildered Madeleine" (See full text)

WE AGREED TO KEEP A CLOSER EYE ON THE KIDS..HOURS LATER MADDIE HAD DISAPPEARED; MCCANNS' FURY AT POLICE LEAK
1009 words (See full text)

2008 April 12

LEAKS AND SMEARS...NOW PLANE LIES; NEW MADDIE OUTRAGE  
718 words "THE CLAIM:'McCanns and pals wanted private jet and five-star hotel' THE REPLY:'No demands were made. It's complete and utter rubbish'

2008 April 14

MCCANNS WANT AN FBI PROBE
162 words ...McCanns calling for full probe involving FBI into Portuguese cops' handling of case"

2008 April 15

MCCANN COPS HIT BACK AT 'SMEARS' (With Veronica Lorraine)
186 words RE: cops in Portugal response to McCanns claim that statements were leaked to smear them...saying family's accusations were "unsubstantiated".

2008 April 24

KATE: WE CHECKED OUR KIDS
196 words McCanns parents...devised their own baby-listening service because the complex they were staying in had none....

2008 April 24

KATE: WE CHECKED OWN KIDS
127 words McCanns parents...devised their own baby-listening service because the complex they were staying in had none....

2008 April 26

'LIES' OF MADDIE PARENTS
161 words "disgraced cop" "has written a money spinning book" Amaral "booted off the case" etc.

2008 April 30

I SEE MADELEINE'S BEST FRIEND AND WONDER WHAT MY DAUGHTER WOULD BE LIKE; PART 3
1833 words "Maddie A Year In The Darkness"

KATE'S TEARS OVER HATE MAIL THREATS
434 words "vile abuse" "tearful Kate and Gerry McCann" "shocking hate mail"

2008 May 02

DUNGEON RESCUE GIVES ME HOPE MADDIE IS ALIVE; INTERVIEW; GERRY AND KATE MCCANN ; ONE YEAR ON: MCCANNS TALK TO SUN
900 words "astonishing rescue of Austrian dungeon girl Elisabeth Fritzl" "fresh hope that her daughter is still alive"

2008 May 05

MCCANNS IN BOOST FROM LEGAL CHIEF; MADDIE: ONE YEAR ON
386 words "hints couple will be cleared"

2008 May 14

MADDIE 'IN BRAZIL' (With Veronica Lorraine)
255 words RE:Interpol probe- Madeleine McCann in Brazil.

2008 May 30

'SUSPECT' FEARS OF TAPAS 7
152 words "refused to return to Portugal because they feared being made suspects" RE: refusal to take part in requested reconstruction

2008 July 02

NOW CLEAR MCCANNS; AS COPS GIVE UP MADDIE HUNT, WE SAY
59 words "The Sun today calls on Portuguese police to clear Kate and Gerry McCann of involvement in their daughter Madeleine's disappearance - as it was revealed the case is to be closed, leaving them still ..."

LIFE UNDER SUSPICION IS INHUMANE; McCANN PLEA TO COPS
543 words "nightmare possibility that they could remain suspects FOREVER. That would be both "immoral and inhumane" for tormented Kate and Gerry McCann, their spokesman said."

2008 July 07

TEARS AS KATE CALLS MADDIE WITNESS; EXCLUSIVE
167 words RE: Kate's "tearful call" to Paul Gordon, a holidaymaker who reported a man acting suspiciously before her daughter disappeared.

2008 July 08

JUDGE BEGS MADDIE FIEND: WHERE IS SHE?
395 words RE: Mrs Justice Hogg urging abductor to show "compassion and mercy" - and surrender to cops.

2008 July 11

MCCANNS' LOST CHILD ALERT WIN
219 words "Kate and Gerry McCann have won their battle to have a Europe-wide alarm system set up to find missing children."

2008 July 12

WISH YOU WERE HERE; McCANNS' HOL ANGUISH WITHOUT MADDIE
222 words RE: McCann 3 week holiday in Canada. "heartache"

2008 August 07

I SAW 'MADDIE' TOO; HER EYES TOLD ME IT WAS HER SAYS HANNIE SECOND SIGHTING OF TOT IN AMSTERDAM Lucy Hagan in Amsterdam/Veronica Lorraine in Praia da Luz (Additional reporting: Antonella Lazzeri)
859 words RE: Pensioner Hannie Weichmann sighting "second possible sighting of Madeleine McCann in Amsterdam" (See full text)

2008 October 23

MADDIE'S LEECH COP
214 words RE: Goncalo Amaral ..."parents' fury" "shamed 'tec cashes in AGAIN...with film" "shamed cop"

2008 November 11

MCCANN AGONY AT BLANK IN COP FILES (With Veronica Lorraine)
177 words "new blow" to McCanns - police case files had fewer clues than they hoped

2008 December 04

XMAS TV APPEAL IN HUNT FOR MADDIE
178 words RE: worldwide television appeal launched at Christmas

2008 December 05

MCCANNS PLEDGED POUNDS 25K TO HUNT; EXCLUSIVE; PURE EVIL: BID TO FLEECE MADDIE FUND; COPS WARNED THEM OFF (With Alastair Taylor)
625 words "Madeleine's heart-broken parents pledged Pounds 25,000 to help find missing Shannon - but cops warned them not to touch her family with a bargepole"

2008 December 22

GIFTS FOR MADDIE
63 words RE: "Christmas presents for their missing angel"

McCANNS' FESTIVE GIFTS FOR MADDIE; PARENTS RELEASE VIDEO
316 words "parents...wrestled with their anguish to buy her gifts — on their second Christmas without her." "heart-wrenching decision " etc.

MADDIE'S XMAS GIFTS ARE LYING UNDER THE TREE; POIGNANT NEW VIDEO APPEAL
425 words "parents...wrestled with their anguish to buy her gifts — on their second Christmas without her." "heart-wrenching decision as they released a fresh video appeal to find her.

2009 January 14

CRACK BRIT TEAM IN NEW MADDIE HUNT; EX-COPS AND SPIES HIRED *EXCLUSIVE* (With Mike Sullivan)
393 words RE: "elite team of ex-cops and secret agents"

MADDIE SQUAD; MCCANNS HIRE CRACK BRIT TEAM FOR NEW HUNT *EXCLUSIVE* (With Mike Sullivan)
527 words RE: "elite team of ex-cops and secret agents"

CRACK BRIT TEAM IN NEW MADDIE HUNT; EX-COPS AND SPIES HIRED *EXCLUSIVE* (With Mike Sullivan)
568 words RE: "elite team of ex-cops and secret agents"

2009 January 15

MADDIE HUNT TRIP GIVES GERRY HOPE
318 words RE: Gerry McCann's "positive" talks in Portugal ... "to improve strained relations with the authorities."

2009 April 22

NEW SUSPECT IN MADDIE SEARCH; AS SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HER DISAPPEARANCE LOOMS... *EXCLUSIVE*
280 words RE: "mystery new suspect" "second anniversary of her disappearance"

NEW SUSPECT; MADDIE HUNT LEAD AS 2ND ANNIVERSARY LOOMS
489 words "new suspect is being hunted over Madeleine McCann's abduction"

2009 April 23

WE SAW MADDIE
163 words RE: Brian and Glenice White - British couple claim to have seen Madeleine playing in a square in Malta

2009 April 25

KATE'S TV TEARS; SHE BREAKS DOWN ON OPRAH OVER MADDIE PICTURES
254 words "Kate McCann wept"

2009 May 01

MADDIE 'SEIZED AS SHE LOOKED FOR PARENTS'
246 words "Madeleine...was probably abducted as she went looking for her parents, an expert claimed yesterday. Criminologist Mark Williams-Thomas said it was unlikely that an abductor entered Maddie's holiday flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal."

2009 May 02

MADDIE AGED 6
79 words "A shy smile, sweet dimples and those unmistakable eyes, this is how missing Madeleine McCann would look NOW — on the brink of turning six." "Kate, 41, wept"

JUST LIKE MUM; KATE WEPT WHEN SHE SAW HAUNTING IMAGE OF DAUGHTER MADDIE: HOW SHE'D LOOK AGED 6
858 words "Kate McCann sobbed"

2009 May 04

MADDIE LOST HER IDENTITY: EXPERTS *EXCLUSIVE*
65 words "Madeleine McCann might not even remember her name" "heartbreaking possibility"

IF MADDIE IS ALIVE SHE MAY NOT ANSWER TO THAT NAME OR REMEMBER WHO SHE WAS; 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF TOT'S DISAPPEARANCE *EXCLUSIVE*
954 words "Madeleine McCann might not even remember her name" "heartbreaking possibility"

2009 May 07

MAN WHO STOLE MADDIE; FACE OF 'KIDNAPPER' SCARFACE IS PRIME SUSPECT
59 words "weirdo with a face pock-marked by acne scars" "prime suspect"

MADDIE: HUNT FOR SCARFACE; SKETCH OF 'KIDNAPPER' NEW SUSPECT SPOTTED OUTSIDE HOLIDAY FLATS  
77 words "weirdo with a face pock-marked by acne scars" "emerged as the prime suspect"

UGLY AND FRIGHTENING; 3 WITNESSES SAW WEIRDO STALKING HOL FLAT BEFORE KIDNAPPING MADDIE: FIND MYSTERY MAN OF PRAIA DA LUZ
1403 words RE: Three witnesses McCanns claim ignored by Portuguese police who saw "scary weirdo who may have masterminded the abduction of Madeleine McCann"..."ugly suspect" "big nose and thin pock-marked face" "gawping weirdo" ("Clarence Mitchell said: "This man needs to be traced urgently. "The witnesses did talk to the Portuguese police but it appears that nothing was done to find him. He is a vital part of the jigsaw. "Kate and Gerry believe the testimony is critically important but has not had the attention it deserves.") "tearful Kate" "Kate sobs" "tears and regrets of sad Jane" "regretful Jane Tanner is seen weeping in the documentary"

2009 May 08

GIRL, 12: I SAW UGLY MAN STALK MADDIE *EXCLUSIVE*
213 words RE: 12 yr. old British schoolgirl's claim that she noticed "scarily ugly" man twice watching the terrace where Maddie used to play

2009 May 09

MARKET GIPSY IS MADDIE SUSPECT; BRIT 'TECS FIND HIM *EXCLUSIVE* (With Simon Hughes)
330 words RE: market trader "of gipsy appearance" "key suspect" "Portuguese man was traced by private detectives and placed under surveillance"

2009 May 12

SCARFACE WITNESS: POLICE IGNORED ME; MADDIE SUSPECT BLUNDER
287 words RE: "witness" who sparked the hunt for a scarfaced suspect ... never been questioned by police ... twice saw "Mr Ugly" loitering near the McCann apartment ...

SCARFACE WITNESS: POLICE IGNORED ME; WOMAN REVEALS NEW MADDIE HUNT BLUNDERS
431 words RE: "witness" who sparked the hunt for a scarfaced suspect ... never been questioned by police ... twice saw "Mr Ugly" loitering near the McCann apartment ...

2009 May 22

MADDIE: PAEDO SUSPECT; BRIT CHILD RAPIST FACES QUIZ DETECTIVES *EXCLUSIVE* (With Simon Hughes)
98 words RE: HEWLETT / GERMANY

MADDIE: PAEDO SUSPECT: BRIT CHILD RAPIST FACES QUIZ (With Simon Hughes)
107 words RE: HEWLETT / GERMANY

IS THIS THE PAEDO BRIT; MADDIE SUSPECT MATCHES SKETCH *EXCLUSIVE* (With Simon Hughes)
496 words RE: sketch of suspect...chilling similarity to a British paedophile living in Portugal at the time she vanished.

ON RUN IN GERMANY, THE CHILD SEX BEAST IN MADDIE PROBE; RAPIST WHO LIVED NEAR McCANNS' HOLIDAY TOWN (With Simon Hughes)
1112 words "sensationally named as a key suspect" RE: HEWLETT McCann "detectives" suspicions raised by Alan and Cindy Thompson. (Full Text)

2009 May 23

WAS IT HIM? MCCANN TECS QUIZ GIRL OVER BRIT PAEDO *EXCLUSIVE* (With Mike Sullivan)
218 words RE: 12 yr. old British girl - shown photo of Hewlett and asked if he was man she saw

WAS IT HIM YOU SAW? MCCANNS' TECS QUIZ GIRL WITNESS OVER BRIT PAEDO *EXCLUSIVE* (With Mike Sullivan)
493 words RE: 12 yr. old British girl - shown photo of Hewlett and asked if he was man she saw

2009 June 06

I SAW MADDIE TWICE, ADMITS PAEDO SUSPECT; SENSATIONAL CONFESSION TO COPS
602 words re: "child sex fiend" "Raymond Hewlett has sensationally admitted he TWICE saw Madeleine McCann before she vanished"

2009 June 25

MADDIE SUSPECT LINK TO ABDUCTED BOY, 7: TEST TO QUIZ PAEDOPHILE FACING MURDER TRIAL
391 words RE: Jeremy Vargas case

2009 June 27

FORENSIC CHECKS ON MADDIE PERV'S VAN (With Simon Hughes)
230 words RE: HEWLETT'S VAN "Private detectives believe forensic checks could provide crucial evidence about the toddler's disappearance."

2009 June 29

COPS LET MADDIE SUSPECT OFF HOOK *EXCLUSIVE* (With Simon Hughes)
163 words RE: Unnamed suspect being investigated by unnamed McCann investigators (See full text)

2009 July 13

MADDIE PARENTS SUE COP FOR £1M
182 words RE: McCann claiming £1 million damages from Amaral "Anguished Kate and Gerry" "Amaral "totally destroyed" them"

2009 August 06

FIND MADDIE AUSSIE; HUNT FOR WOMAN WITH 'VITAL CLUES' *EXCLUSIVE*
302 words RE: Australian "Posh" lookalike

2009 August 07

HAVE YOU BROUGHT MY NEW DAUGHTER?
57 words RE: Australian "Posh" lookalike

HAVE YOU GOT THE CHILD?
100 words RE: Australian "Posh" lookalike

72 HRS AFTER MADDIE KIDNAP SHE WAITED FOR GIRL TO BE HANDED OVER; HUNT FOR POSH LOOKALIKE
696 words
RE: Australian "Posh" lookalike

2009 August 08

TIPS ON 'POSH'
52 words RE: Australian "Posh" lookalike

MADDIE: HUNT FOR AUSSIE MOTORBOAT; CRAFT WAS AT MARINA WITH 'POSH' SUSPECT KIDNAP HAD ALREADY BEEN LINKED TO OZ *EXCLUSIVE* (With Alex West in Barcelona)
466 words RE: Australian "Posh" lookalike

2009 August 10

MCCANN 'HOPE' AT NEW LEAD 127 words RE: Australian "Posh" lookalike

2009 August 15

MADDIE VILLAGERS GET 'BLAME McCANNS' MAIL
223 words Re: leaflets sent to McCann's neighbors

MADDIE VILLAGERS GET 'McCANNS DID IT' LETTER
239 words Re: leaflets sent to McCann's neighbors

2009 September 10

UNFORGIVABLE; MADDIE DAD'S FURY AT PORTUGAL COP'S BANNED BOOK
260 words "unforgivable" "sacked Portuguese cop" "unfounded allegations" "smears that he and wife Kate were involved" etc.

2009 September 24

TEARFUL KATE IS BACK IN HER HELL
437 words RE: return to Portugal "brave Kate McCann" "fought back tears" "suing a cop over cruel claims he made about them in a book."

TEARFUL KATE IS BACK IN HER HELL
611 words RE: return to Portugal "brave Kate McCann" "fought back tears" "suing a cop over cruel claims he made about them in a book."

2009 October 07

MCCANNS SET TO RETURN TO PRAIA
152 words RE: return to Praia da Luz "brave Kate and Gerry McCann"

KATE AND GERRY SET TO RETURN TO PRAIA; EMOTIONAL VISIT TO MADDIE RESORT
314 words RE: return to Praia da Luz "brave Kate McCann" will return to for a first visit

2009 October 10

SEARCH FOR MADDIE-LIKE GIRL PICTURED IN SWEDEN
236 words RE: detectives "desperately hunting a girl photographed in Sweden"

MCCANNS:FIND GIRL IN SWEDISH PHOTO *EXCLUSIVE*
308 words RE: detectives "desperately hunting a girl photographed in Sweden"

MCCANNS: FIND GIRL IN SWEDISH PHOTO *EXCLUSIVE*
596 words RE: Sweden "sighting" - computer matching

2009 October 21

MADDIE T-SHIRTS FOR FANS
147 words RE: EVERTON football club -6,000 T-shirts with picture of Madeleine handing out to fans

2009 October 30

IMAGINE SHE WAS YOUR KID; MADDIE PARENTS' NET PLEA
290 words RE: "poignant internet appeal"

2009 November 03

AFRICAN MADDIE; COPS' PICTURES OF HOW SHE MIGHT LOOK ABROAD *EXCLUSIVE* (With Mike Sullivan)
453 words RE: "startling new images" "Madeleine ..appearance could have dramatically changed if kidnappers are holding her in North Africa, as detectives believe."

2009 November 04

WHERE'S MADDIE? TWINS' ANGUISH FOR SISTER
332 words RE: MCCANN TWINS: Sean and Amelie "demand to know why she was taken — and want to FIGHT her abductor, her parents disclosed yesterday."

WE WILL FIGHT MAN WHO TOOK OUR SISTER MADDIE; McCANNS TELL HOW TWINS TALK OF LOST PLAYMATE
467 words RE: MCCANN TWINS: Sean and Amelie "demand to know why she was taken — and want to FIGHT her abductor, her parents disclosed yesterday."

2009 November 26

'MADDIE RAT TRIED TO SUE FUND FOR £150K'; HALLIGEN'S FEES DEMAND *EXCLUSIVE* (With Tom Wells)
498 words RE: "fraudster" Kevin Halligen "tried to SUE the FindMadeleine fund for £150,000" "Conniving Halligen was sacked by the charity — which had already paid him £300,000" (NOTE: THE MCCANN FUND IS *NOT* A CHARITY!)

2009 December 02

'MADDIE LIE' COP TO FACE MCCANNS IN COURT FIGHT *EXCLUSIVE*
270 words RE: McCanns plan to fly to Portugal -£1million libel suit against Amaral

2009 December 11

MADDIE SHOWDOWN; PARENTS IN COURT TO SUE AXED COP CHIEF
241 words RE: "dramatic court showdown" with Amaral

2009 December 12

MCCANNS ARE BACK IN PRAIA
93 words RE: "emotional Kate and Gerry McCann" return to Praia da Luz

IT'S PLACE KATE FEELS SHE'LL BE CLOSET TO HER MADELEINE; McCANNS' EMOTIONAL RETURN TO PRAIA
256 words RE: McCann return to Praia da Luz "devastated mum" "heartbreaking trip" "spur of the moment" (Question: Was Lazzeri traveling with them?

IT'S PLACE KATE BELIEVES SHE'LL FEEL CLOSEST TO HER MADELEINE Antonella Lazzeri in Praia da Luz
545 words RE: McCann return to Praia da Luz "devastated mum" "heartbreaking trip" "spur of the moment" (Question: Was Lazzeri traveling with them? Reporting from PdL...)

2009 December 14

McCANNS TO TAKE THE TWINS BACK TO PRAIA; TRIP PLEA AS KATE AT CHURCH Antonella Lazzeri in Praia da Luz
249 words RE: McCanns plan to take twins back to Praia da Luz — "Sean and Amelie, now four, have told their devastated parents they want to return to the ..."

MCCANNS TO TAKE THE TWINS BACK TO PRAIA; TOTS: LET US REVISIT SCENE Antonella Lazzeri in Praia da Luz
263 words RE: Cancellation of plans to go to PdL. "Sean and Amelie, now four, have told their devastated parents they want to return to the resort where Maddie vanished in May 2007."

McCANNS TO TAKE THE TWINS BACK TO PRAIA; TRIP PLEA AS KATE RETURNS TO CHURCH Antonella Lazzeri in Praia da Luz
379 words RE: McCanns plan to take twins back to Praia da Luz — "Sean and Amelie, now four, have told their devastated parents they want to return to the ..."

2009 December 18

MADDIE PARENTS RELEASE NEW PIC
146 words RE: Photos posted on Findmadeleine.com website "smiling Maddie is wearing a red Disney princess dress with her hair in a ponytail"

2010 January 04

MADDIE COPS WILL KEEP FILES 'A SECRET'  
135 words RE: "thousands of pieces of evidence" never be made public

2010 January 12

MCCANNS WILL FACE DETECTIVE 'LIE' CLAIM
159 words "...Kate and Gerry McCann today face being wrongly accused in court of hiding the body of missing daughter Maddie...

2010 January 13

MADDIE IS DEAD AND YOU HID HER  
136 words ...outrageous claim... RE: court testimony by Portuguese cops that Maddie was dead and McCanns hid her body

KATE DREAMT MADDIE'S BODY WAS ON A HILLSIDE; COPS ACCUSE McCANNS IN COURT
786 words RE: Kate's dream about Maddie's body on hillside

2010 January 14

VILE COP: F*** THE McCANNS; NEW ATTACK ON PARENTS (With Tom Wells) Antonella Lazzeri in Lisbon
471 words RE: "four-letter tirade against the missing child's parents"...Brazen Goncalo Amaral spat, "F*** the McCanns"... (NOTE: AMARAL DOES NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AND DID NOT SAY F*** THE MCCANNS. HE WAS OVERHEARD BY PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS SAYING "TALK TO THE MCCANNS" IN REPLY TO THE REPORTER'S QUESTION.)

2010 January 16

MADDIE SECRECY RULE WAS 'BROKEN'  
159 words RE: McCann allegations Amaral breached secrecy laws...

2010 January 27

MCCANNS FACE 2ND BOOK SLUR *EXCLUSIVE* (With Neil Syson)  
199 words "Madeleine McCann's parents face more heartbreak" "second vile book claims they lied about her disappearance."

KATE: OUR 1,000 DAYS WITHOUT LOST MADDIE *EXCLUSIVE* (With Neil Syson)  
230 words RE: thousand days since maddie vanished /fundraising dinner ...

NEW MADDIE SLUR; MCCANNS FACE 2ND VILE BOOK..1,000 DAYS AFTER SHE VANISHED *EXCLUSIVE* (With Neil Syson)  
260 words "Madeleine McCann's parents face more heartbreak" "second vile book claims they lied about her disappearance."

2010 February 01

BIRTHDAY GIFT 'FROM MADDIE' FOR TWINS  
141 words RE: twins birthday

2010 February 11

CRACKER' BLAMED McCANNS  
177 words RE: Lee Rainbow testimony - Lisbon court

'CRACKER' BLAMED MCCANNS; MADDIE 'KILLED' 274 words RE: Lee Rainbow testimony - Lisbon court

QUIZ THE MCCANNS; WHAT BRIT 'CRACKER' TOLD COPS HUNTING MADDIE
275 words RE: Lee Rainbow testimony - Lisbon court (NOTE: In my opinion, these 3 versions of the same news report are uncharacteristically lacking in slant.)

2010 February 19

MCCANNS DELIGHT AT BOOK BAN  
157 words McCanns "delighted" as a ban on a book about missing daughter Maddie was upheld.

McCANNS CHEER AS COP LOSES 'MADDIE LIE' CASE; COURT UPHOLDS BOOK BAN
219 words McCanns "delighted" as a ban on a book about missing daughter Maddie was upheld.

2010 February 20

THEY DO BEST TO BLOCK HUNT FOR MADDIE... IT'S INHUMANE; McCANNS BLAST PORTUGAL COPS  
548 words ..."tearful Kate McCann" "branded Portuguese police "inhumane" ...continuing to block the search ... "voice cracked with emotion" ... "poured out her anger and frustration" ...

2010 March 03

UNCHECKED ..UNSOLVED; MADDIE FILES: SECRET 'SIGHTINGS' OF LOST GIRL PORTUGAL COPS IGNORED CLUES
1360 words RE: 2,000-page file ...shocking Portuguese failings in the hunt for Madeleine McCann...

2010 March 04

WAS THIS RAG DOLL GIVEN TO MADDIE BY HER CAPTORS; RIDDLE OF NEW SIGHTING Antonella Lazzeri in Portimao, Portugal
793 words RE: Jean Godwin "sighting" and McCann "investigators" claims re: Silves, Portugal. The article NAMES holiday home cleaner Yvone Albino and teacher Jorge Vitorino Cabral Martins and his girlfriend Maria Alice dos Santos Silveira (who deny ANY involvement and were already investigated by PJ)

2010 March 05

LOST: MADDIE DOUBLE WHO CRIED 'HELP ME'; NO PROBE OVER HOTEL GIRL  
383 words Antonella Lazzeri in Portimao, Portugal RE: Austrian girl sighted by tourists at Hotel Landzeit. "NOTHING was done"

2010 March 06

MADDIE: PRESSURE ON COPS FOR HUNT; FRESH CALL TO REOPEN CASE Antonella Lazzeri in Portimao, Portugal
221 words "COPS in Britain and Portugal are under increasing pressure to reopen the Maddie McCann case after The Sun revealed how sightings of her had been ignored." (NOTE: written as "sightings of her" NOT "alleged sightings" - there have been NO credible sightings of Maddie)

McCANNS: TIME FOR NEW HUNT Antonella Lazzeri in Portimao
264 words RE: Sun's revelations that "sightings of her had been ignored"

2010 March 11

KATE: I VISIT MADDIE'S BEDROOM TWICE A DAY
215 words

2010 April 05

MCCANNS DELIGHT AT COPS' 'MADDIE ALERT'; COUPLE HAIL NEW NETWORK TO FIND MISSING KIDS
340 words

2010 May 01

MADDIE AGONY WAS SO BAD I WISHED WE WERE ALL DEAD; KATE ON HOW SHE LOST WILL TO LIVE
299 words

2010 May 03

RIBBON AND PRAYER FOR OUR SIS MADDIE; TWINS' SAD TRIBUTE 3 YEARS ON
231 words RE: Anniversary of "disappearance"/twins Sean and Amelie

2010 May 04

TWINS STILL SAVING TREATS FOR MADDIE
(THREE versions - 150 words, 242 words, 260 words ) RE: twins Sean and Amelie

2010 May 11

KATE'S A MUM LIKE ME WHO LOST A CHILD..MINE'S SAFE IN HEAVEN NOW BUT MADDIE'S MISSING. THE PAIN MUST BE UNBEARABLE -MURDERED JIMMY MIZEN'S MUM MARGARET YESTERDAY; GRIEF OF MIZENS AND MCCANNS (With Anthony France)
421 words RE: mother of murdered teenager Jimmy Mizen

2010 May 12

PARTY FOR MADDIE ON HER 7TH BIRTHDAY
145 words RE: Madeleine McCann's seventh birthday

2010 May 25

I SAW MADDIE IN PYJAMAS THE DAY AFTER SHE DISAPPEARED *EXCLUSIVE*
507 words RE: white van sighting

2010 June 11

KILLER PAEDO IS MADDIE SUSPECT; *EXCLUSIVE* BEAST GUILTY OF MUM'S SLAUGHTER HE'S LINKED TO MISSING CHILDREN (With Irina Nelson)
401 words RE: Charles O'Neill

LIFE FOR MURDER PAEDO WANTED BY MADDIE TECS *EXCLUSIVE*
355 words RE: Charles O'Neill

2010 June 14

'JAILED KILLER HOLDS KEY TO MADDIE HUNT'; PLEA BY LOST LAD'S MUM
252 words RE: Charles O'Neill

'JAILED KILLER HOLDS KEY TO MADDIE HUNT' *EXCLUSIVE* Antonella Lazzeri in Gran Canaria
257 words RE: Charles O'Neill
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McCANNS: TIME FOR NEW HUNT

3/05/2010 Posted by Winnower

6 March 2010
The Sun
Antonella Lazzeri in Portimao

POLICE in Britain and Portugal were under increasing pressure yesterday to reopen the Maddie McCann case after The Sun revealed how sightings of her had been ignored. Maddie's parents Kate and Gerry have asked Home Secretary Alan Johnson to order the search to be relaunched.

Even their arch enemy, former Portuguese police boss Goncalo Amaral, has said the case should be reopened.

A Portuguese police case file obtained by The Sun showed how little has been done with new information about Maddie, who was three when she vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, on May 3, 2007. Last night a human rights lawyer, who claims to have seen Maddie, joined calls for a probe. Manuel Jimenez, who works for the EU, said his report of seeing a girl "extraordinarily similar to Madeleine" in Santander, Spain, in September 2008 was ignored.

Mr Jimenez felt other leads may have been treated the same. He has made several requests to a court in Portimao, Portugal, where Maddie inquiry cops were based, but all have been rejected.

The Sun has revealed a series of leads in Portuguese police files gathering dust. Kate and Gerry, both 41, of Rothley, Leics, recently called the treatment of Maddie's disappearance "inhumane".

Even Amaral, who had them named as suspects before being taken off the case, said: "The important thing is not talking of sightings, but reopening the process."
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Goncalo Amaral - Disgraced

3/01/2010 Posted by Winnower

The following are examples of articles written about Dr. Goncalo Amaral. The British media has not even been *subtle* as they've worked to diminish the reputation of Dr. Amaral.  This group refer to Dr. Amaral as a "disgraced" cop or to his actions as "disgraceful, a disgrace".

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Goncalo Amaral - Boozer

3/01/2010 Posted by Winnower

The following articles describe Goncalo Amaral as a "boozer" or "boozy"; or they refer to the original "two hour boozy lunch" controversy - a story blown up in a very suspicious manner. (See "The Carvi Seafood Restaurant Scandal" for details.)

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QUIZ THE McCANNS

2/10/2010 Posted by Winnower

11 February 2010
The Sun
Antonella Lazzeri
What Brit 'Cracker' told cops hunting Maddie

A CRACKER-style criminal profiler helping the hunt for Madeleine McCann told Portuguese police it was right to suspect her parents, it was claimed yesterday.

Brit expert Lee Rainbow worked with cops to build a picture of the tot's kidnapper.

And yesterday a court in Lisbon heard he had told officers they should "consider the possible involvement of the family" in the little girl's disappearance, The startling revelation came at a hearing where ex-police chief Goncalo Amaral is trying to overturn a ban on his book about three year-old Maddie's disappearance from a holiday apartment in 2007.

Amaral's lawyer Antonio Cabrita said Mr Rainbow urged cops to focus on parents Kate and Gerry, of Rothley, Leics.

Mr Cabrita said his report claimed: "The family is a lead that should be followed. The contradictions in Gerald McCann's statement might lead us to suspect a homicide. And this is a lead that should be investigated."

He said it was British cops who first believed Maddie, left, was dead. But he added that Mr Rainbow also told police: "There is no proof that Gerry McCann gave a false statement." Kate and Gerry were in court to hear the last day of evidence in Amaral's case. The judge said she would give her decision on February 18.

Outside court, heart specialist Gerry said he understood "all possibilities have to be considered". But he called for the Maddie case to be reopened, and a panel set up to review all the evidence.
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CRACKER' BLAMED McCANNS

2/10/2010 Posted by Winnower

11 February 2010
 The Sun
Antonella Lazzeri

Tense Kate McCann holds up a poster of missing daughter Madeleine yesterday — after hearing that a BRITISH Cracker-style criminal profiler had told Portuguese cops that the tot might have been murdered.

The startling revelation came in a Lisbon court where ex-police chief Goncalo Amaral is trying to overturn a ban on his book about three-year-old Maddie's disappearance from a holiday apartment in 2007.

The court heard that profiler Lee Rainbow told cops a month after Maddie went missing she might be dead — and that her parents Kate and Gerry could be involved.

Mr Rainbow, who heads the National Policing Improvement Agency and was involved in the Suffolk Strangler and Shannon Matthews inquiries, said there were "contradictions" in the McCanns' statements and they might be suspects.

Outside court yesterday, heart specialist Gerry said he understood that "all possibilities have to be considered". But he called for the Maddie case to be reopened, and a panel set up to review all the evidence.
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'Cracker' blamed McCanns; MADDIE 'KILLED'

2/10/2010 Posted by Winnower

11 February 2010
The Sun
Antonella Lazzeri

A cracker-style criminal profiler told Portuguese cops Maddie McCann might have been murdered, a court was told yesterday. And expert Lee Rainbow even suggested her parents Gerry and Kate could be involved in the then three year-old's disappearance.

Ex-police chief Goncalo Amaral is trying to overturn a ban on his book about the youngster who vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in 2007. The Lisbon court heard profiler Rainbow sent Portuguese cops a confidential report of his suspicions Maddie was killed a month after she went missing.

Mr Rainbow heads the UK's National Policing Improvement Agency and was involved in the Suffolk Strangler and Shannon Matthews inquiries. He said there were "contradictions" in the McCanns' statements and they might be suspects.

Outside court yesterday, heart specialist Gerry said he understood that "all possibilities have to be considered". But he called for the Maddie case to be reopened, and a panel set up to review all the evidence.

Kate said she and Gerry had found it "painful" to have to listen to evidence in the case. But she added: "I think this will truly help the search for Madeleine and that's why we've gone through with it. It hasn't been easy. "But if it helps, we will go through anything." Yesterday was the last day of evidence in the case.

The judge announced that she would give her decision on whether the ban on Amaral's book should stay in place, or be lifted, next Thursday.
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Maddie cop rant

1/14/2010 Posted by Winnower

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News; Front Page
Maddie cop rant
14 January 2010
The Sun
Tom Wells

THE cop who led the Maddie McCann probe yesterday launched a tirade against her parents.

Goncalo Amaral spat "*F*** the McCanns*" when asked if he felt his wild claims were hurting them.

Full Story — Page 11

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FULL ARTICLE:

Vile cop: f *** the McCanns ; New attack on parents
The Sun
Tom Wells and Antonella Lazzeri

The ex-cop who led the Madeleine McCann probe sparked new outrage last night after launching a four-letter tirade against the missing child's parents. Brazen Goncalo Amaral spat, " F    the McCanns " when asked by a BBC TV reporter if he felt his wild claims about their daughter were hurting them. Producers bleeped out the slur when a report was broadcast in the East Midlands region where Kate and Gerry McCann live.

Amaral, axed after leading the abortive early investigation into Maddie's disappearance in 2007, flipped before entering a court in Portugal's capital, Lisbon.

Concern

Yesterday he denied making the outburst, claiming he had not even spoken to a British TV crew.

But the BBC insisted he had used "inappropriate language".

And a source said: "It would not have been bleeped out had there not been sufficient cause for concern."

Amaral, 50, is trying to have a ban overturned on his book The Truth of the Lie. In it, he makes lurid claims that Kate and Gerry faked an abduction and hid Maddie's body after the three-year-old died in an accident at their holiday flat in Praia da Luz.

Yesterday he appeared to deliberately provoke the McCanns before the second day of the hearing began.

He sauntered into court brandishing a copy of his SECOND book on the case, The English Gag, in which he claims the parents tried to "silence" him. He sat yards from Kate, 41, and began leafing through its pages. Upset Kate shook her head in disbelief.

But then she steeled herself and told a friend: "He's just promoting it."

She and Gerry, also 41, were forced to endure more insulting evidence as former Portuguese police chief Francisco Moita Flores backed Amaral's view and branded the abduction a "fairytale".

Outside court heart specialist Gerry, who is heading back to Britain to fulfil work commitments, cracked when asked by a female Portuguese reporter if the ordeal of the hearing was "worth it".

He barked: "Do you have children? Anyone who has children would go through this."

He added: "I'd like to remind everyone it's the book that's on trial and not Kate and I." Gerry claimed the Portuguese cops' blinkered view that Maddie was dead — for which there was NO evidence, making it "meaningless" — was damaging the search for her.

And he said they were STILL ignoring leads passed on to them by the family's private investigators.
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'Maddie is dead'

11/22/2007 Posted by Winnower

23 November 2007
The Sun
Veronica Lorraine in Praia Da Luz and Antonella Lazzeri
Portugal's top law chief delivers grim verdict

Portugal's top law chief yesterday admitted he believes Madeleine McCann is almost certainly DEAD.

Attorney General Fernando Jose Pinto Monteiro said any kidnapper would have murdered four-year-old Maddie because of the enormous publicity surrounding the case.

He told Portuguese current affairs magazine Visao:
"If it is an abduction, it is natural the abductor killed her. There is a greater degree of probability of the little girl being dead than being alive.

"Would an abductor, with the whole world having Maddie's photo, still demand a ransom?"
Maddie's parents Kate and Gerry, both 39, last night said they were "extremely distressed" by the claims.

Official spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "We still firmly believe that she is alive. Making these comments is entirely unhelpful. Our investigators have every confidence they will find her alive soon."

Portuguese cops have claimed the chance of finding Maddie alive is slim, but this is the first time a high-ranking source has been so blunt.

The comments were last night seen as the clearest sign yet that Portuguese authorities fear Madeleine will never be found alive and the people behind her disappearance in May will escape justice. But daily newspaper Diario de Noticias yesterday rubbished the reports that police were ready to give up on the case.

It claimed a team of officers would continue probing alleged "inconsistencies" in the original statements of Maddie's parents and their holiday pals.

The McCanns' friend Jane Tanner told The Sun this week how she watched the tot being taken away in a blanket.
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'Poker face' Kate to sue

10/27/2007 Posted by Winnower

27 October 2007
The Sun
Clodagh Hartley and Antonella Lazzeri
Fury over 'interview act' slur

ANGRY Kate and Gerry McCann may sue over claims this week's emotional TV interview was "staged like theatre".

Kate, 39, was blasted as being like a "poker player" -and her heartfelt tears were called "part of the act" by a psychiatrist.

And Gerry, 39, "controlled" Kate in the Spanish TV broadcast, Jose Cabrera claimed.

Last night a pal of the McCanns said: "When the time is right they will take action against anyone who they feel has overstepped the mark.

"He is one more person on the list to sue.

"The people who criticised Kate when she managed to hold it together are now attacking her because she couldn't."

Kate and Gerry think daughter Madeleine, four -who vanished from Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3 -may be in Spain. On Monday they gave their first TV interview since they were named as suspects.

The couple, from Rothley, Leics, were warned not to show too much emotion after Maddie vanished in case an abductor "gets off on it". But Kate finally broke down in the 30-minute interview.

Spanish facial expression specialist Cabrera, 50, said: "Kate seemed like a poker player.

"She holds the secret. When people cry, they move muscles in their face and she did not move one single muscle.

"Any English person is cold but she has something else."

He told a Portuguese paper Gerry controlled Kate, adding: "When she opened her mouth to talk he squeezed her hand. He knows he has to control her so she does not go to far."

And Portuguese criminologist Moita Flores called the interview "a circus act". But the McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "Kate and Gerry have nothing to hide. Our lawyers are watching carefully."

Kate's mum Susan Healy, 62, said: "You couldn't get a more heartfelt interview than that. They can't win either way."

Cops in Portugal are waiting for DNA test results. Gerry has said he fears the analysis may not be enough to clear them.

Robert Murat, 33 -arrested 11 days after Maddie vanished -has asked to be re-interviewed in a bid to clear his name.
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