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134 - 14th September 2007
The Donegal-born grandmother of missing Madeleine
McCann says she believes the four-year-old was drugged
and abducted when she was taken from the Praia De
Luz holiday apartment in May... Derry
Journal
A French newspaper has reported that Madeleine McCann,
whose body has not yet been found, died from an overdose
of sleeping pills... New
Zealand Herald
The father of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann
labelled as "ludicrous" allegations in some
newspapers that his daughter died of a sleeping pill
overdose, in comments reported Friday... IOL
A French newspaper is reporting that forensic tests
show Madeleine McCann died of an overdose of sleeping
pills... TV3
Forensic test results have reportedly indicated that
missing British girl Madeleine McCann died following
an overdose of sleeping pills... Belfast
Telegraph
Gerry McCann hit out at "ludicrous accusations"
that he and his wife were involved in their daughter
Madeleine's death... Excite
News
The McCanns will not use the Find Madeleine fund to
pay their potentially crippling legal fees... Daily
Telegraph
Film bosses have pulled the release of a Ben Affleck
film about the disappearance of a four-year-old girl
because of similarities to the Madeleine McCann case...
Press
Association
British girl Madeleine McCann may have died from an
overdose of sleeping pills, newspaper reports say...
Sydney
Morning Herald
Hollywood actor Ben Affleck has had his directorial
debut sidelined due to its uncanny similarity to the
Madeleine McCann case... New
Zealand Herald
After Kate and Gerry McCann prayed for a miracle at
Fatima, the holiest Roman Catholic shrine in Portugal,
on May 23, they embarked on an international tour
to publicize the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine...
Newsweek
Yes, and I keep going on with my own speculations
in regards to the innocence or involvement of the
McCanns in the disappearance of angel Madeleine...
Totally
Useless
Portuguese detectives have been urged to ditch their
case against Gerry and Kate McCann and re-open the
investigation into a girl who disappeared in similar
circumstances to Madeleine... Sky
News
Millionaires who bankrolled the campaign to find Madeleine
McCann are refusing to fund her parents legal
defence, the Evening Standard revealed... Virtual
Entrepreneur
Day 133 - 13th September 2007
Kate and Gerry McCann "dreamed of a large family"
and had been planning to try for another baby before
Madeleine went missing... Daily
Mail
Madeleine McCann, the little British girl who went
missing while on holiday with her parents in Portugal,
is now believed to have died from an overdose of sleeping
pills, despite the lack of a body having been found...
Cleveland
Leader
Madeleine McCann died from an overdose of sleeping
pills, it was claimed yesterday... Daily
Mail
Actor Ben Affleck is considering shelving the release
of his latest film in Britain because of striking
parallels to the Madeleine McCann case... Daily
Telegraph
Madeleine McCann's parents are looking for a high
profile public relations figure to handle the overwhelming
media interest in them... Daily
Telegraph
According to 'The Times' newspaper this morning, the
Portuguese authorities wish to seize the personal
diary of Kate McCann and the laptop computer of Gerry
McCann to search for further evidence of their complicity
in the murder of Madeleine McCann... Andrew
Allison
The parents of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann
met social services representatives at their home
today to discuss their case... Belfast
Telegraph
Similarities to the Madeleine McCann case have indefinitely
delayed the release of Ben Affleck's new film about
a four-year-old girl's disappearance... Daily
Telegraph
At first glance the parents taking their lively twins
to the playground could be any couple on a day out
of family fun... Hello!
Two millionaire businessmen who gave money to help
find Madeleine McCann refused today to contribute
to the legal fight to clear her parents' name... Daily
Telegraph
A film from the States due for release in the UK about
a four-year-old girl's disappearance has been shelved
because of similarities to the Madeleine McCann case...
Female
First
British police have been been asked to seize crucial
items of evidence from Kate and Gerry McCann's family
home, Sky News reported Thursday... Fox
News
The Portuguese police have apparently requested that
the McCanns turn over the following personal objects...
Daily
Telegraph
Scotland Yard offered to review the evidence compiled
by Portuguese police in the Madeleine McCann case
but was turned down, it emerged today... Daily
Mail
The parents of Madeleine McCann have been offered
the help of a top British DNA expert who has said
he would act as a witness if it came to a trial over
the girl's disappearance, it was reported Thursday...
EUX.TV
Ben Affleck has delayed the release of his new film
- because of the "depth of feeling" over
the Madeleine McCann case... Sky
News
Ben Affleck has delayed the release of his new film,
Gone Baby Gone due to its resemblance to the
Madeleine McCann case... Product
Reviews
A US film about a four-year-old girl's disappearance
has had its UK release shelved because of similarities
to the Madeleine McCann case... BBC
News
So the McCanns have returned home. And what a homecoming...
New
Statesman
British police are being asked to help Portuguese
detectives gather evidence from the home of Madeleine
McCann's parents, Sky News has learned... Gazeta
Digital
Police intend to seize Madeleine McCann's favourite
toy - her pink "Cuddle Cat" - and her mother's
diary for forensic analysis before deciding whether
to charge her parents with involvement in her disappearance,
it emerged last night... The
Scotsman
Prosecutors in the Madeleine McCann case want to examine
her mother's private diary for clues, according to
sources close to the investigation... World
News Australia
Speculation is mounting that prosecutors in the Madeleine
McCann case want to secure more items from the family
as they continue to hunt for evidence against them...
The
Press Association
A prosecutor has asked a Portuguese judge to allow
Kate McCann's diary to be seized to aid in the investigation
into the disappearance of McCann's daughter... ArcaMax
Diaries kept by the mother of Madeleine McCann will
form part of the investigation into the girl's disappearance
after a judge authorised police to seize them... Times
Online
The other day, while looking at baby clothes in Gap
for a present, I saw a mother slap her little boy,
very hard, on his thigh.. Times
Online
Prosecutors in the Madeleine McCann case have asked
a judge to approve a request to seize items from her
parents, including Kate McCann's personal diary and
Cuddle Cat - a toy of Maddie's which her mother has
clutched since she disappeared... Herald
Sun
Prosecutors in the Madeleine McCann case have sought
to seize her mother Kate's private diary, saying they
think it may hold clues to the four-year-old's disappearance...
Stuff
I can't stand it any more. I can't stand the dizzying
manipulation of my sympathies... Daily
Telegraph
Portuguese police are reportedly hoping to take Madeleine
McCann's pink cuddly toy, which has been clutched
by her mother in public appearances, in order to examine
it for DNA evidence... Madasafish
Day 132 - 12th September 2007
This is for the second time that I am commenting the
happenings in the ongoing drama with the abduction
of the angel Madeleine McCann... Totally
Useless
A Portuguese judge is studying a 1,000-page dossier
on the Madeleine McCann case and reviewing the evidence
against her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann... 4NI
The Portuguese judge presiding over the investigation
into Kate and Gerry McCann is a tough character who
refuses to suffer fools... Daily
Telegraph
We told you a couple of hours ago that Madeleine fund
trustees were having a meeting today at 6.pm to come
to a decision as to whether parents Kate and Gerry
McCann could use the campaign money for their legal
costs... Product
Reviews
Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton last night leapt to the
defence of the embattled parents of missing girl Madeleine
McCann... Herald
Sun
Kate and Gerry McCann, the British couple named suspects
in the disappearance of their 4-year-old daughter,
Madeleine, are holding up well in the face of a situation
they can barely comprehend, Kates mother, Susan
Healy, said Wednesday... Today
Although parents of Madeleine Kate and Gerry McCann
have already said that they will not use the money
from the campaign fund to pay for their legal costs,
trustees of the fund which stands at £1 million
will still meet later and then decide in principle
as to whether Madeleines parents could use the
funds if they needed... Product
Reviews
The McCanns have issued a challenge to Portuguese
police investigating Madeleine's disappearance saying:
"Find the body and prove we killed her."..
This
Is London
Twenty-five years ago, the barrister representing
Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, on trial for the murder
of baby Azaria, argued forcibly that "mothers
don't kill their babies"... Sydney
Morning Herald
Ben Affleck has revealed that he is considering halting
the release of his directorial debut because it bares
too much resemblance to the case of missing four-year-old
Madeleine McCann... RTE
The parents of Madeleine McCann may set up a separate
fighting fund to pay mounting legal costs as they
seek to defend themselves against accusations they
were involved in her death... Times
Online
It appears that authorities are closer to bringing
charges against Drs. Kate and Gerry McCann in the
disappearance of their 4-year-old daughter, Madeleine...
Parenthetically
Speaking
A Portuguese judge has nine further days to decide
whether any action should be taken against the parents
of missing British four year old, Madeline McCann...
TV3
Portuguese authorities moved closer to possibly bringing
charges against the parents of missing British girl
Madeleine McCann as police handed what they have discovered
so far to the public prosecutor... CBS
News
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Wednesday
rejected complaints of an "excessive and biased"
coverage of the Madeleine McCann story, saying that
there was "unprecedented interest" in her
mysterious disappearance attracting large numbers
of viewers... EUX.TV
The disappearance of Madeleine McCann while on a family
vacation in Portugal, has generated more news coverage
than some regional wars being waged around the globe...
Aidan
Maconachy
I read this piece by Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian
today... God
Save Ireland
Money from the Find Madeleine campaign will not be
used to fund Kate and Gerry McCann's legal costs,
the trustees have announced... Sky
News
The police dossier for missing toddler, Madeleine
McCann, will be studied by an instructional judge
in Portugal... AHN
A Portuguese judge has started to examine the files
into the disappearance of their four-year-old daughter
Madeleine, Sky News reports... LawFuel
The UK release of a new film by Ben Affleck about
the kidnapping of a little girl has been put on hold
till next year because of uncomfortable parallels
to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann... Daily
Mail
The case of the little Madeleine McCann has unleashed
two distinct responses in the millions who have been
following this story worldwide... Belfast
Telegraph
A Portuguese investigating magistrate was considering
Wednesday what further lines of inquiry to pursue
after receiving the file on missing British girl Madeleine
McCann... AFP
We have just learnt from the Daily Mail that Portuguese
prosecutors have asked for the diary of Kates
diary, the mother of Madeleine McCann... Product
Reviews
The BBC has denied claims that it is biased in favour
of the McCanns as the hunt for their daughter continues...
Daily
Telegraph
The dossier of evidence against Madeleine McCann's
parents is 4,000 pages long and could take the judge
it has been passed to weeks to read, a family friend
has said... Daily
Telegraph
Substantial quantities of Madeleine McCanns
hair were found in the back of her parents hire
car, the Evening Standard revealed... Gulf
Times
A judge in Portugal is sifting through a 1,000-page
dossier as Madeleine McCann's parents face an agonising
wait to learn if they will be charged over her disappearance...
24dash
A judge is to begin examining police files about the
disappearance of four-year-old Madeleine McCann...
BBC
News
Kate and Gerry McCanns hopes of lifting the
cloud of suspicion over them has suffered a major
setback... Aftermath
News
The evidence against missing Madeleine McCanns
parents was today passed to a Portuguese judge
who could in theory bring charges against them within
days... Evening
Echo
The public prosecutor considering the Madeleine McCann
case decided within hours of receiving details of
the police investigation yesterday to pass it to a
judge... The
Independent
Madeleine McCann's parents want to use the £1
million fund donated by the public to help pay for
their defence... Daily
Telegraph
The public prosecutor in Portugal is reported to have
asked the judge in the Madeleine McCann case to make
an emergency order allowing him to seize a mystery
object... Sky
News
Portuguese prosecutors have made an urgent application
to seize Kate McCann's diary... Daily
Mail
Day 131 - 11th September 2007
The disappearance of Madeleine McCann and the subsequent
naming of her parents as suspects continues to dominate
the headlines... EURSOC
If the McCanns are put on trial over the death of
their daughter Madeleine it could be at least two
years before there is a verdict, a Portuguese criminal
lawyer said... Times
Online
A BBC local radio station has been accused of conducting
a "trial by media" after holding a phone
vote among its listeners asking: "Do the McCanns
still have your support? Yes or no?"... Guardian
Unlimited
Portuguese prosecutors are to hand to a judge the
files on missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann...
BBC
News
Sky News reports that the Portuguese police says that
the evidence against Kate McCann is overwhelming /
very convincing... Van
Der Galien Gazette
On the day when Portuguese police investigating the
disappearance of four-year-old Madeleine McCann were
due to hand over their copious files to the country's
prosecutors, there has been understandable media speculation
into the alleged involvement of her parents Gerry
and Kate McCann... Personnel
Today
Ive been watching the McCann story for obvious
reasons... Crime
Rant
I have neglected to post about the case everyone has
now heard of, and most are no doubt delving back into
following disappointing progress on the search for
Madeleine... Allan
Andrews
Portuguese police have this afternoon delivered their
Madeleine McCann file outlining their case against
her parents to the public prosecutor... Daily
Telegraph
A full DNA profile matching missing four-year-old
Madeleine McCann has been recovered from the boot
of the couple's hire car, Portuguese police sources
said... Daily
Telegraph
Prosecutors have turned over documents to a Judge
where criminal charges against the parents of Madeleine
McCann could happen this week... GameSHOUT
Prayers were said for Madeleine McCann and her family
during a Mass at their local chapel today... UTV
A Portuguese public prosecutor has decided that a
dossier outlining the case against missing Madeleine
McCann's parents should go before a judge, a member
of his staff said... Guardian
Unlimited
The police case against Kate and Gerry McCann was
submitted to the public prosecutor today, amid conflicting
reports about the nature of the DNA case against them...
Daily
Telegraph
Police files outlining the case against Kate and Gerry
McCann in connection with the disappearance of their
daughter Madeleine were Tuesday handed to a public
prosecutor in Portugal, media reports said... Earth
Times
Doubt was today cast on new forensic evidence found
in the hire car used by Madeleine McCanns parents...
icLiverpool
The night of Madeleine McCann's disappearance, May
3, has been subject to claim, counter-claim, conjecture
and scurrilous rumour... Daily
Telegraph
The grandmother of missing Madeline McCann has said
the situation has been "horrendous" in recent
days... BBC
News
The Grandmother of Madeleine McCann has said she is
convinced Gerry and Kate McCann are innocent and that
the child was abducted from her apartment by a stranger...
Highland
Radio
The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann
have described the recent development in the case
as an 'unending nightmare' and said life had become
'unbearable.'... Monsters
& Critics
A Portuguese investigating magistrate is considering
Wednesday what further lines of inquiry to pursue
after receiving the file on missing toddler Madeleine
McCann... AFP
September 9, was a very sad day indeed when Dr. Gerry
McCann and his wife Kate, arrived back in the U.K.
without their four year old daughter Madeleine...
One
Jerusalem
The BBC head of TV news, Peter Horrocks, has criticised
rival TV and radio networks for being overly sympathetic
to the family of Madeleine McCann... Guardian
Unlimited
Portuguese Police on Tuesday handed the results of
their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine
McCann to a prosecutor, who will decide whether to
bring charges against the parents of the missing British
girl, an official said... Fox
News
There are no guarantees that the blood traces found
in the case of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann
belong to her, Alipio Ribeiro, director of Portugal's
judicial police, was Tuesday quoted by media reports
as saying... Earth
Times
Everyone has a view on the disappearance of Madeleine
McCann but only the media have the power to
inflict on us a tsunami of prejudice masquerading
as detection... Belfast
Telegraph
Files outlining the missing Madeleine McCann case
are to be passed from Portuguese prosecutors to a
judge, it has been announced... Adfero
The father of missing Madeleine McCann has said he
is "100 per cent confident" his wife had
nothing to do with her disappearance... Daily
Telegraph
There has been a dramatic revelation in the Madeleine
McCann case with sources claiming a full DNA match
has been found in a car her parents hired more than
a month after the four-year-old disappeared during
a family holiday in Portugal in May... NZ
City
Listeners outraged by a BBC Radio Five Live debate
on Madeleine McCann forced the station to change a
phone-in on her disappearance... Guardian
Unlimited
As the Portuguese press continued to round on the
McCanns yesterday, newspaper columns remained pointedly
silent on a separate investigation into the police
officer leading the hunt for Madeleine... The
Independent
DNA samples that are a 100 per cent match
to Madeleine McCann have been found in her parents
hire car and holiday apartment, it has been claimed...
Aftermath
News
As the parents of Madeleine McCann faced further torture
this week after being named formal suspects by the
Portuguese police, a Disney film which bears striking
similarities to their story may be pulled from our
screens for fear of offending the family of the missing
four-year-old... Daily
Telegraph
A forensic sample that has a 100 per cent match to
Madeleine McCann has been discovered in the car hired
by her parents five weeks after she disappeared, it
was reported last night... Times
Online
Day 130 - 10th September 2007
How sad must that flight have been for Gerry and Kate
McCann returning home from Portugal without little
Madeleine... SearchWarp
Portuguese detectives believed they had collected
enough evidence for Kate McCann, the mother of missing
4-year-old Madeleine McCann, to be charged with homicide
for failing to prevent her childs death, the
Times of London reported Monday... Fox
News
Madeleine McCann went missing in Praia da Luz in Portugal...
Times
Online
A forensic expert from a Lancashire university has
urged caution in analysing DNA "evidence"
in the mystery over missing tot Madeleine McCann...
Lancashire
Evening Post
But first, a jolting new development in the search
for Madeleine McCann... Fox
News
After questioning the parents of a missing British
girl last week, Portuguese police will hand over the
Madeleine McCann case to the prosecutor's office Monday,
police chief inspector Olegario De Sousa told CNN...
CNN
According to the Daily Star News, the UKs foremost
daily tabloid, an interesting story is developing
with regard to Maddie McCanns parents... Crime
Rant
Portuguese police expect to hand their case file on
the disappearance of British 4-year-old Madeleine
McCann to the public prosecutor's office on Monday,
a spokesman said... CBS4
Documents on the investigation into the disappearance
of 4-year-old Madeleine McCann won't be given to Portuguese
prosecutors by police until Tuesday, and her parents
waited at their British home to see if they would
be charged... Washington
Post
On 3 May, Kate McCann must have thought that there
was no worse fate than to lose a child and not know
what happened to her... Belfast
Telegraph
Police papers detailing the inquiry into the disappearance
of Madeleine McCann are expected to be passed to the
public prosecutor in Portugal later... Catholic
Answers
Portuguese police are asking prosecutors to consider
whether there is enough evidence to charge Madeleine
McCann's parents in her disappearance... ArcaMax
Papers outlining the case against the parents of missing
Madeleine McCann are expected to be passed to the
public prosecutor, Portuguese police said today...
The
Northern Echo
A Portuguese prosecutor will receive documents on
the disappearance of four-year-old Madeleine McCann
by Tuesday, a police spokesman said, before deciding
whether they contain enough evidence to bring charges
against her British parents... CBC
News
The Aunt of missing Madeleine McCann has told of her
family's determination to continue their hunt for
the toddler... STV
Portuguese police said they would hand evidence against
the parents of missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann
on Monday to the public prosecutor, who would decide
whether to charge them... Reuters
Canada
You may remember that some time ago I mentioned the
case of the girl who was abducted in Portugal, Madeleine
McGann... Conversations
With Brit & Grit
Despite the global search for Madeleine McCann, it
seems the Portuguese police no longer believe she
was abducted... Daily
Mirror
Portuguese police have said very little on the record...
Guardian
Unlimited
Portuguese police moved a step closer to potential
charges against Madeleine McCann's parents when they
announced they were handing their file on the missing
four-year-old to the public prosecutor... The
Press Association
Forensic science experts have questioned whether Portuguese
police have "gone too hard" in interpreting
complex and qualified evidence supplied to them by
British specialists in the Madeleine McCann case...
Daily
Telegraph
The McCann family's pleas for privacy look likely
to go unheeded, judging by the media frenzy which
followed them from Portugal back to Britain... Metro
Without the two-year-old blonde twins mischievously
capering up and down the aircraft, the flight home
would have been unbearable... Daily
Telegraph
Portuguese police say they have found firm DNA evidence
that the body of Madeleine McCann was in the boot
of the family's hire car five weeks after she went
missing, sources have told Sky News... Sky
News
The stuff of life, the carrier of our genetic code,
DNA has become one of the most powerful forensic tools
in crime-fighting history... This
Is London
The parents of Madeleine McCann, the beautiful 4-year-old
girl who disappeared from her family's vacation apartment
in Portugal four months ago, flew back to Britain
tonight, named as official suspects in the case by
Portuguese police... ABC
News
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