Claudia Lawrence

POPPY1 wrote:Just left comment.

''I have every sympathy for the Lawrence family and for Madeleine.

However her parents do not deserve this.

They left her and her two younger siblings all by themselves and this is why Madeleine 'disappeared', as they drank free wine at a local Tapas Bar. ''

Carolina wrote:Kate had to latch herself onto this vigil because it seems that the fund raising dinner in the crypt of the Liverpool church did not go ahead. Shameless woman, using other people's grief to stay in the limelight. BTW, where was Gerry? His name has also disappeared from the book title. Where was Claudia's mother? I thought that she wanted to meet Kate so much and she had a great opportunity here. The McCanns never stop amazing me, stooping new lows everytime you think that it could not get worse.

AnnaEsse wrote:

Carolina wrote:Kate had to latch herself onto this vigil because it seems that the fund raising dinner in the crypt of the Liverpool church did not go ahead. Shameless woman, using other people's grief to stay in the limelight. BTW, where was Gerry? His name has also disappeared from the book title. Where was Claudia's mother? I thought that she wanted to meet Kate so much and she had a great opportunity here. The McCanns never stop amazing me, stooping new lows everytime you think that it could not get worse.

They're desperate. Gerry's name has probably been removed from the book because they reckon there may be more public sympathy for a grieving mother writing a book.

The book possibly hasn't got the expected number of pre-orders on Amazon, so keeping the McCann name in the news in any way is what they're up to, I reckon. The word 'missing,' is all that's needed for the McCanns to clamp on like an eight thousand gauss magnet!

lifeisforliving wrote:

MADDIE: KATE PLEA TO PERV’S WIDOW

MUM TO MUM.. PLEASE TELL

HEARTBROKEN Kate McCann is pleading with the widow of a dead paedophile to break her silence in the hunt for snatched daughter Madeleine.

But Mariana Schmuecker – herself a mother of six -has snubbed FOUR requests to reveal secrets about her husband, convicted child rapist Raymond Hewlett.

Detectives believe what she knows could hold the vital key to their investigation.

When the News of the World confronted her the callous German just snarled: “Clear off! I’m sick to death of hearing about Maddie McCann!”.

FLAWED

Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry desperately want Mariana to shed light on Hewlett’s links with child-sex perverts in Portugal’s Algarve, where three-year-old Maddie vanished in May 2007.

Ex-fairground worker Hewlett bore a striking resemblence to the straggly-haired man seen lurking near the McCann’ holiday apartment.

His previous conviction included the rape of a 12-year-old girl he lured into his car then drugged with paint stripper. And he was bragged how gipsies had offered him “good money” for his own blonde-haired daughter aged two.

But Mariana, who suddenly shipped off to Morocco with Hewlett just three weeks after Maddie’s disappearance, has stayed tight- lipped – even about her partner’s flawed alibi.

Hewlett claimed that on the Thursday Madeleine (right) was abducted he was with his family at a market up the coast in Fuzets. But that market is only held on Saturdays. A source close to the McCanns told us: “Through detectives Kate has begged Mariana to speak out and hopes she will do the right thing. As a mother herself you’d think she’d want to help.”

Mariana lives with her kids in the German city of Aachen, in the same flat she shared with Hewlett before he died two years ago of throat cancer at 64.

A source close to the investigation said: “Our detectives are pretty certain Mariana knows a lot about Hewlett’s background and activities. That would open up doors to paedophile networks in the Algarve.

“We were never able to rule Hewlett out as a suspect. He’d have had useful information and we’re convinced Mariana is more than able to fill in the gaps. But she just tells us to go away or puts the phone down.”

“We want to know WHO she knows, and WHAT she’s heard about possible routes to spirit a child out of the country.”

“She and Hewlett left Portugal at a rate of knots because he feared being associated with Madeleine’s disappearance.”

“We wanted to know about the six children Mariana and Hewlett had because none of them had any official birth documents. And there was a seventh child who died in mysterious circumstances.”

“They never explained how they could move from country to country with the children despite having no passports.”

AnnaEsse wrote:

They're desperate. Gerry's name has probably been removed from the book because they reckon there may be more public sympathy for a grieving mother writing a book.

The book possibly hasn't got the expected number of pre-orders on Amazon, so keeping the McCann name in the news in any way is what they're up to, I reckon. The word 'missing,' is all that's needed for the McCanns to clamp on like an eight thousand gauss magnet!

kitti wrote:Nice pic off a blonde Madeleine and a blond Claudia, side by side.



When claudai disappeared she had dyed her hair neally black.


When Madeleine disappeared she had mousy brown hair and by looking at Sean who had dark brown hair, that would be the colour off madeleines how now, if she was indeed alive.


Why are blondes getting more press coverage than a dark haired child would ever get.


You go look on the USA site for missing children, the ones that have the most press are the children/adults that are photogenic....why?


Why bother doing an aged progressed picture off madeleine when the parents still show baby like pictures off her, so do the papers, they do it to tug at our heart strings, so do the parents.



it's cruel to say this but.........a baby faced Madeleine is worth more than an 8 year old Madeleine....and don't the parents know that.

margaret wrote:

AnnaEsse wrote:

They're desperate. Gerry's name has probably been removed from the book because they reckon there may be more public sympathy for a grieving mother writing a book.

The book possibly hasn't got the expected number of pre-orders on Amazon, so keeping the McCann name in the news in any way is what they're up to, I reckon. The word 'missing,' is all that's needed for the McCanns to clamp on like an eight thousand gauss magnet!

No annaesse, Gerry has probably convinced Kate it'll be better coming from her, she's so dim she can't see he's setting her up to shoulder the blame when the shite hits the fan, he's always done this, maybe though that was the 'deal'......

buildersbum wrote:BOOK! BOOK! BOOK! BOOK!

Lets see what Kate and Gerry are doing for missing children/people after the release of the book, and is a best seller!! it will be because its had such alot of help with Italiano's help, then yesterday we had the Hewlett wife pleading from Kate along with this today.

All the pubicity the Mcs have had over the last 2weeks will help the sale of this supposedly "truthful" book, anyone who was doubtful whether to buy the book will now imo.

lifeisforliving wrote:And the Daily Star

NEW MADDIE HOPE



ABOVE: A police source said missing persons cases in the Algarve were being looked at as a result of the st

27th February 2011 By Jonathan Corke
MADELEINE McCann’s parents hope a major police breakthrough against human trafficking in Portugal’s Algarve might lead them to their missing daughter.

We can reveal how, in a huge bust earlier this month, 12 men were arrested on suspicion of trafficking women and children and forcing them into the sex trade.

And it is hoped they could have vital information on Madeleine’s case and may even know who took her from the resort of Praia da Luz in May 2007.

Last night Madeleine’s parents, doctors Kate and Gerry McCann, both 42, were anxiously waiting to hear of any new lines of inquiry.

Spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “Clearly any information that the Portuguese authorities gather from this operation that is relevant to Madeleine would be of crucial importance.

“Obviously, Kate and Gerry will want to hear from the relevant authorities should anything of significance develop.”

The raid, codenamed Operation Roadbook, saw immigration officials from Portugal’s SEF border security agency and police join forces to smash the network.

According to detectives, 30 young women, including several under-age girls, were rescued as eight properties and 11 cars were raided across the Algarve and Aveiro, in the north of Portugal.

The SEF said they believe the ring to be responsible for the sexual exploitation of “many” young women in the
Algarve.

In a statement they said: “The network used very violent physical and psychological coercion to force dozens of young women into prostitution.

“Some of the women were found to be underage while others had been the victims of the forced administration of narcotics.”

According to the SEF, the gang constantly moved the girls to different locations, both in Portugal and outside the country, where they would be sold and traded.

“The movement of the prostitutes between different networks hindered the police and judicial authorities in being able to conduct a criminal investigation.

“But authorities in Spain, Italy, the UK and Germany co-operated with us with the assistance of Europol in this case.”

A police source said missing persons cases in the Algarve were being looked at as a result of the sting.

Madeleine, from Rothley, Leics, was just three when she vanished from the holiday resort of Praia da Luz in the Algarve nearly four years ago.

Investigators trying to track down the missing girl have long suspected her to be the victim of a professional human trafficking network.

A source said: “Even if these men were not involved they may have information about who was and the channels used.”

The 12 men, who are all EU citizens, are being held in custody with court hearings taking place in the main Algarve tourist city of Albufeira.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/178759/NEW-MADDIE-HOPE/