Another sighting - Cyprus

Cypriot police chief Paris Paraskeva said it is unlikely the girl is Madeleine but the simple check should be done just in case.

Today the Sunday Express can disclose the mysterious circumstances which triggered the ­inquiry, now involving Scotland Yard detectives reviewing the Maddie files.

In October last year a British couple and three children, the Madeleine lookalike and two boys aged two and seven, rented an apartment in Ayia Napa, a place popular with British tourists on the south-eastern tip of Cyprus.

I think the girl living next door to me was Madeleine McCann.
A Greek Cypriot tipster
The family rented the property from a British man and appeared to settle in well, enrolling the girl in a junior school. All was well ­until February, when the couple suddenly ­decided to leave.

After they left the supervisor of the property noticed some items were missing, including a kettle, and told the owner, who made a complaint to local police.

They issued an arrest warrant for the couple and alerted airports and ports. The day before the arrest warrant was issued, February 7, it appears the family flew to Britain.

Then, quite separately, on February 20 a man who had been ­living next to the family in Ayia Napa read a magazine article about Madeleine, who was snatched from an apartment in the Algarve in Portugal in May 2007, aged three.

The Greek Cypriot man thought a picture with the article showing how Madeleine would look now looked remarkably like the girl who had been his neighbour.

He begged police to investigate, telling officers: “I think the girl living next door to me was Madeleine McCann.”

Inspector Paraskeva told the Sunday Express: “We took the ­report very seriously and then realised the address was the same as for the couple we were looking for. It was quite a ­coincidence.

“I asked my officers to do checks with schools to see if the girl was registered anywhere and we were lucky because she had been at a school in Ayia Napa. We got a photograph of the girl and her birth certificate which showed she was 12, several years older than Madeleine would be now.

“We knew the family had left the island, so we informed Interpol and I sent them the picture of the girl and her birth certificate.

“I had the name of the girl and an address where the family were staying in England and that has all been given to Interpol, so I ­assume that the police in England will have checked it out.

“They have not contacted me back, so I do not know what is happening.

“We also showed the picture of the girl to the Greek Cypriot man and he confirmed it was the child who had been living next door. When he compared the picture with the one in the magazine he was not so sure it was definitely Madeleine but we all felt it was still worth investigating.

“If the couple had been on the island and we had arrested them and then received this report, we would have asked the girl to provide a DNA sample for testing. We have the DNA profile of Madeleine so we could have done it quite quickly. I would think that Interpol or British police would do this when they speak to the family just to rule it out.”

Last week Scotland Yard said it would not give a “running commentary” on the lines of ­inquiry in the Operation Grange investigative review of all known ­evidence relating to Madeleine’s disappearance.

Châtelaine wrote:Pat Brown on Facebook: "I think everyone in the world with a blonde
daughter should send her name and address to Scotland Yard along with a
Q-Tip with her saliva on it. Maybe then this nonsense will stop."

aiyoyo wrote:

Cypriot police chief Paris Paraskeva said it is unlikely the girl is Madeleine but the simple check should be done just in case.

Today the Sunday Express can disclose the mysterious circumstances which triggered the ­inquiry, now involving Scotland Yard detectives reviewing the Maddie files.

In October last year a British couple and three children, the Madeleine lookalike and two boys aged two and seven, rented an apartment in Ayia Napa, a place popular with British tourists on the south-eastern tip of Cyprus.

I think the girl living next door to me was Madeleine McCann.
A Greek Cypriot tipster
The family rented the property from a British man and appeared to settle in well, enrolling the girl in a junior school. All was well ­until February, when the couple suddenly ­decided to leave.

After they left the supervisor of the property noticed some items were missing, including a kettle, and told the owner, who made a complaint to local police.

They issued an arrest warrant for the couple and alerted airports and ports. The day before the arrest warrant was issued, February 7, it appears the family flew to Britain.

Then, quite separately, on February 20 a man who had been ­living next to the family in Ayia Napa read a magazine article about Madeleine, who was snatched from an apartment in the Algarve in Portugal in May 2007, aged three.

The Greek Cypriot man thought a picture with the article showing how Madeleine would look now looked remarkably like the girl who had been his neighbour.

He begged police to investigate, telling officers: “I think the girl living next door to me was Madeleine McCann.”

Inspector Paraskeva told the Sunday Express: “We took the ­report very seriously and then realised the address was the same as for the couple we were looking for. It was quite a ­coincidence.

“I asked my officers to do checks with schools to see if the girl was registered anywhere and we were lucky because she had been at a school in Ayia Napa. We got a photograph of the girl and her birth certificate which showed she was 12, several years older than Madeleine would be now.

“We knew the family had left the island, so we informed Interpol and I sent them the picture of the girl and her birth certificate.

“I had the name of the girl and an address where the family were staying in England and that has all been given to Interpol, so I ­assume that the police in England will have checked it out.

“They have not contacted me back, so I do not know what is happening.

“We also showed the picture of the girl to the Greek Cypriot man and he confirmed it was the child who had been living next door. When he compared the picture with the one in the magazine he was not so sure it was definitely Madeleine but we all felt it was still worth investigating.

“If the couple had been on the island and we had arrested them and then received this report, we would have asked the girl to provide a DNA sample for testing. We have the DNA profile of Madeleine so we could have done it quite quickly. I would think that Interpol or British police would do this when they speak to the family just to rule it out.”

Last week Scotland Yard said it would not give a “running commentary” on the lines of ­inquiry in the Operation Grange investigative review of all known ­evidence relating to Madeleine’s disappearance.

So let's get this right.
The supervisor of the property was so anxious and panicky for the lost kettle, he immediately assumed "it" was abducted, and thus he lodged a police report and a warrant was issued immediately to arrest the couple.on sight at airports and ports.
This is more than Maddie's parents did for her. Maddie's parents did not panic on finding her gone - they called friends and News station in UK first before sending a third party ie a friend (Russell?) to ask the reception to call the Police. Maybe the Supervisor had assumed a paedo had taken the kettle hence the panic and quick reaction.

Had they called the Police immediately maybe JT's eggman wouldn't have made it back to the liar in the lawless village.

Snifferdog wrote: Yes that is an excellent post Aiyoyo, so telling so true!

Last week Scotland Yard said it would not give a
“running commentary” on the lines of ­inquiry in the Operation Grange
investigative review of all known ­evidence relating to Madeleine’s
disappearance.
Oer...Unbelievable! Surely Scotland Yard are now investigating and getting to the actual SourcE of these so called Maddy "sightings"??? This would help their review surely?

Today the Sunday Express can disclose the mysterious circumstances which triggered the inquiry, now involving Scotland Yard detectives reviewing the Maddie files.

aiyoyo wrote:Op Grange has a full plate they cant even work quick enough through the files.
If they have any ounce of common sense they wont waste their time dipping their hands into these pseudo sightings just to prove whether it links back to the Mccanns. IMV, they dont have to prove that, if they've on the evidence of the files taken the view there is no abduction.

What would be more urgent for them to do is to investigate into mccanns dodgy pte detectives outfit as in the set up, and operations (if any).
If that proves bogus, then all these nonsense about their PIs chasing/investigating leads, and their so-claimed search for maddie is a scam, and fraud is a crime. If proven that the PI is a only a shell for show purpose, then the inevitable question of why would have to be answered.
Since dodgy PIs is linked to the Fund, the question has to be answered why the Fund made up predominantly of public donations is used for a series of worst PIs when the mccanns showed perfect functioning mental sharpness and shrewdness in hiring the best lawyers.

If proven the fund is fraudalent from the get go, then without a shadow of doubt no abduction took place.

So where is Maddie? What really happened to her?

Newintown wrote:

aiyoyo wrote:Op Grange has a full plate they cant even work quick enough through the files.
If they have any ounce of common sense they wont waste their time dipping their hands into these pseudo sightings just to prove whether it links back to the Mccanns. IMV, they dont have to prove that, if they've on the evidence of the files taken the view there is no abduction.

What would be more urgent for them to do is to investigate into mccanns dodgy pte detectives outfit as in the set up, and operations (if any).
If that proves bogus, then all these nonsense about their PIs chasing/investigating leads, and their so-claimed search for maddie is a scam, and fraud is a crime. If proven that the PI is a only a shell for show purpose, then the inevitable question of why would have to be answered.
Since dodgy PIs is linked to the Fund, the question has to be answered why the Fund made up predominantly of public donations is used for a series of worst PIs when the mccanns showed perfect functioning mental sharpness and shrewdness in hiring the best lawyers.

If proven the fund is fraudalent from the get go, then without a shadow of doubt no abduction took place.

So where is Maddie? What really happened to her?

SY have been faffing around for almost two years and if, as they said on the Channel 4 doc, Madeleine was abducted what do they think the poor child has been putting up with whilst they chase their tails over stupid, made up sightings. The McCanns have also stopped any searching so therefore nobody seems very eager to find poor Madeleine so it seems in any urgency.

But on the other hand if SY know what happened to Madeleine but have not got any concrete proof so far could they be biding their time, going through everything with a fine-toothed comb, not leaving any stone unturned, so they don't miss anything that could throw out any criminal court proceedings in the future.

Calls to DNA test ‘Madeleine McCann’ in Cyprus

A BRITISH girl who sparked an inquiry in Cyprus because she looks like Madeleine McCann should be DNA tested, police say.

Cypriot police chief Paris Paraskeva said it is unlikely the girl is Madeleine but the simple check should be done just in case.

Today the Sunday Express can disclose the mysterious
circumstances which triggered the ­inquiry, now involving Scotland Yard
detectives reviewing the Maddie files.

In October last year a British couple and three
children, the Madeleine lookalike and two boys aged two and seven,
rented an apartment in Ayia Napa, a place popular with British tourists
on the south-eastern tip of Cyprus.

After they left the supervisor of the property
noticed some items were missing, including a kettle, and told the owner,
who made a complaint to local police.

They issued an arrest warrant for the couple and
alerted airports and ports. The day before the arrest warrant was
issued, February 7, it appears the family flew to Britain.

The Greek Cypriot man thought a picture with the
article showing how Madeleine would look now looked remarkably like the
girl who had been his neighbour. He begged police to investigate,
telling officers: “I think the girl living next door to me was Madeleine
McCann.”

Inspector Paraskeva told the Sunday Express: “We took
the ­report very seriously and then realised the address was the same
as for the couple we were looking for. It was quite a ­coincidence.”

“I asked my officers to do checks with schools to see
if the girl was registered anywhere and we were lucky because she had
been at a school in Ayia Napa. We got a photograph of the girl and her
birth certificate which showed she was 12, several years older than
Madeleine would be now.”

“We knew the family had left the island, so we
informed Interpol and I sent them the picture of the girl and her birth
certificate.”

One of our most powerful tools in tracking
international fugitives is the Red Notice. This seeks the provisional
arrest of a wanted person with a view to extradition and is circulated
to police in all our member countries. Red notices contain
identification details and judicial information about the wanted person.

Trafficking in illicit goods, is a generic term used
by INTERPOL to describe all types of illicit trade. It includes such
practices as counterfeiting (trademark infringements), piracy (copyright
infringements), smuggling of legitimate products and tax evasion.
Selling fake or counterfeit products as the real thing is one aspect of
this crime; so is selling genuine goods on the black market to avoid
paying taxes.

“I had the name of the girl and an address where the
family were staying in England and that has all been given to Interpol,
so I ­assume that the police in England will have checked it out. They
have not contacted me back, so I do not know what is happening.”

“We also showed the picture of the girl to the Greek
Cypriot man and he confirmed it was the child who had been living next
door. When he compared the picture with the one in the magazine he was
not so sure it was definitely Madeleine but we all felt it was still
worth investigating.”

“If the couple had been on the island and we had
arrested them and then received this report, we would have asked the
girl to provide a DNA sample for testing. We have the DNA profile of
Madeleine so we could have done it quite quickly. I would think that
Interpol or British police would do this when they speak to the family
just to rule it out.”

Jean wrote:Miraflores, it would be interesting to compare the sheer volume of press coverage given to Princess Diana and to the McCann case.

I wouldn't be surprised if Madeleine has overtaken Diana in her ability to sell newspapers; it only needs a photo, it doesn't matter how barking mad the accompanying story is.

russiandoll wrote:DO you know Russell Hobbs? What about Morphy Richards? Following news
of a family of kettle thieve in Cyprus, who was accompanied by a child
the victim claims looked like Madeleine McCann, the Express announces:

Calls to DNA test ‘Madeleine McCann’ in Cyprus

A BRITISH girl who sparked an inquiry in Cyprus because she looks like Madeleine McCann should be DNA tested, police say.

Only, she “fled” with the alleged crooks.

Cypriot police chief Paris Paraskeva said it is unlikely the girl is Madeleine but the simple check should be done just in case.

What is this simple check?

Today the Sunday Express can disclose the mysterious
circumstances which triggered the ­inquiry, now involving Scotland Yard
detectives reviewing the Maddie files.

Just as we disclosed them last week:

In October last year a British couple and three
children, the Madeleine lookalike and two boys aged two and seven,
rented an apartment in Ayia Napa, a place popular with British tourists
on the south-eastern tip of Cyprus.

Then they left.

After they left the supervisor of the property
noticed some items were missing, including a kettle, and told the owner,
who made a complaint to local police.

The police didn’t take it all that seriously. Then the alleged victim recalled that the child in this runners looked like Lord Lucan, Shergar Madeleine McCann. So:

They issued an arrest warrant for the couple and
alerted airports and ports. The day before the arrest warrant was
issued, February 7, it appears the family flew to Britain.

Got that? The family with the most wanted child on the planet “fled” to…Britain.

Then another man claimed he spotted Our Maddie with the kettle bandits:

The Greek Cypriot man thought a picture with the
article showing how Madeleine would look now looked remarkably like the
girl who had been his neighbour. He begged police to investigate,
telling officers: “I think the girl living next door to me was Madeleine
McCann.”

So. The man who owns the house who allegedly got ripped off by the
rent-dodgers says the child was Madeleine McCann. And the next-door
neighbour – who might know that hard-done-by owner – says he knew it was
her, too.

Call the cops!

Inspector Paraskeva told the Sunday Express: “We took
the ­report very seriously and then realised the address was the same
as for the couple we were looking for. It was quite a ­coincidence.”

No ****, Sherlock.

“I asked my officers to do checks with schools to see
if the girl was registered anywhere and we were lucky because she had
been at a school in Ayia Napa. We got a photograph of the girl and her
birth certificate which showed she was 12, several years older than
Madeleine would be now.”

And..?

“We knew the family had left the island, so we
informed Interpol and I sent them the picture of the girl and her birth
certificate.”

You called Interpol about a family that hadn’t paid a bill? A family who nicked a kettle?

Interpol! Under ‘Crime Areas” in the Interpol website, we could find no section for Kettle Bandits. We did find a spot about “FUGITIVES“:

One of our most powerful tools in tracking
international fugitives is the Red Notice. This seeks the provisional
arrest of a wanted person with a view to extradition and is circulated
to police in all our member countries. Red notices contain
identification details and judicial information about the wanted person.

What about “TRAFFICKING IN ILLICIT goods”?

Trafficking in illicit goods, is a generic term used
by INTERPOL to describe all types of illicit trade. It includes such
practices as counterfeiting (trademark infringements), piracy (copyright
infringements), smuggling of legitimate products and tax evasion.
Selling fake or counterfeit products as the real thing is one aspect of
this crime; so is selling genuine goods on the black market to avoid
paying taxes.

No kettles mentioned. Indeed, a Red Notice was not issued for the Kettle Bandits.

Inspector Paraskeva adds:

“I had the name of the girl and an address where the
family were staying in England and that has all been given to Interpol,
so I ­assume that the police in England will have checked it out. They
have not contacted me back, so I do not know what is happening.”

Chances are it’s gone to the very top.

“We also showed the picture of the girl to the Greek
Cypriot man and he confirmed it was the child who had been living next
door. When he compared the picture with the one in the magazine he was
not so sure it was definitely Madeleine but we all felt it was still
worth investigating.”

Good for him.

“If the couple had been on the island and we had
arrested them and then received this report, we would have asked the
girl to provide a DNA sample for testing. We have the DNA profile of
Madeleine so we could have done it quite quickly. I would think that
Interpol or British police would do this when they speak to the family
just to rule it out.”

Hold on a moment. The adults are accused of doing a runner and nicking kettle who you will swab an innocent child? Run! And God Speed…

PeterMac wrote:

Jean wrote:
NEXT!

Clarence will release the next one when we get news about the Gonçalo libel trial.
He is hard at work with his atlas, and back numbers of tabloids.

jd wrote:[...]
Mitchell [...] "officially the Government couldn’t be seen to be involved."

http://www.brandrepublic.com/Features/769746/PROFILE-Clarence-Mitchell-spokesman-McCann-family/

Châtelaine wrote:

jd wrote:[...]
Mitchell [...] "officially the Government couldn’t be seen to be involved."

http://www.brandrepublic.com/Features/769746/PROFILE-Clarence-Mitchell-spokesman-McCann-family/

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Interesting quote JD

jd wrote:

Châtelaine wrote:

jd wrote:[...]
Mitchell [...] "officially the Government couldn’t be seen to be involved."

http://www.brandrepublic.com/Features/769746/PROFILE-Clarence-Mitchell-spokesman-McCann-family/

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Interesting quote JD

Very!....Why couldn't they be seen to be involved?

Châtelaine wrote:

jd wrote:

Châtelaine wrote:

jd wrote:[...]
Mitchell [...] "officially the Government couldn’t be seen to be involved."

http://www.brandrepublic.com/Features/769746/PROFILE-Clarence-Mitchell-spokesman-McCann-family/

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Interesting quote JD

Very!....Why couldn't they be seen to be involved?

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Officially

Portia wrote:

Châtelaine wrote:

jd wrote:

Châtelaine wrote:

jd wrote:[...]
Mitchell [...] "officially the Government couldn’t be seen to be involved."

http://www.brandrepublic.com/Features/769746/PROFILE-Clarence-Mitchell-spokesman-McCann-family/

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Interesting quote JD

Very!....Why couldn't they be seen to be involved?

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Officially

So mobile phone pals Gordy & Tony/Sherry officially do not count as Government?

Châtelaine wrote:

jd wrote:

Châtelaine wrote:

jd wrote:[...]
Mitchell [...] "officially the Government couldn’t be seen to be involved."

http://www.brandrepublic.com/Features/769746/PROFILE-Clarence-Mitchell-spokesman-McCann-family/

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Interesting quote JD

Very!....Why couldn't they be seen to be involved?

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Officially