SUSPECT OR SCAPEGOAT asks the Mail as the Madeleine case continues to dominate the papers
The British man at the centre of the hunt for Madeleine McCann has claimed: "I've been made a scapegoat."
Robert Murat, 33, was speaking after Portuguese police named him as the sole suspect over the four-year-old's disappearance.
"It's ruined my life," he said. "It's made things very difficult for my family here and in Britain. The only way I will survive this is if they catch Madeleine's abductor.
"I've been made a scapegoat for something I did not do."
Robert Murat, 33, was speaking after Portuguese police named him as the sole suspect over the four-year-old's disappearance.
"It's ruined my life," he said. "It's made things very difficult for my family here and in Britain. The only way I will survive this is if they catch Madeleine's abductor.
"I've been made a scapegoat for something I did not do."
The Mirror meanwhile continues to look into the suspects life
A TANGLED LOVE LIFE
MADELEINE McCann suspect Robert Murat is in a love triangle with a couple also being grilled by police.
Briton Murat, 33, is the lover of German-born Michaela Walczuch who is married to Portuguese pool cleaner Luis Antonio.
All three match the descriptions of three people seen on CCTV at a petrol station outside Praia da Luz on the night Madeleine, four, disappeared 13 days ago.
Yesterday Murat, father of a four-year-old daughter, was formally classed a suspect by Portuguese police. But there is not enough evidence to charge him.
Briton Murat, 33, is the lover of German-born Michaela Walczuch who is married to Portuguese pool cleaner Luis Antonio.
All three match the descriptions of three people seen on CCTV at a petrol station outside Praia da Luz on the night Madeleine, four, disappeared 13 days ago.
Yesterday Murat, father of a four-year-old daughter, was formally classed a suspect by Portuguese police. But there is not enough evidence to charge him.
Suspect's computer seized says the Sun
POLICE seized videos, mobile phones and a computer yesterday from Robert Murat’s villa.
Local news reports said they were examining the PCs for links with paedophile websites involving violence.
But last night there was no evidence to suggest the 33-year-old had any connection to such sordid sites — and his family insisted he was entirely innocent.
Meanwhile cops DEMOLISHED an interior wall and TORE APART a garden shed at the home he shares with his mother, 100 yards from where Madeleine McCann was snatched.
Local news reports said they were examining the PCs for links with paedophile websites involving violence.
But last night there was no evidence to suggest the 33-year-old had any connection to such sordid sites — and his family insisted he was entirely innocent.
Meanwhile cops DEMOLISHED an interior wall and TORE APART a garden shed at the home he shares with his mother, 100 yards from where Madeleine McCann was snatched.
MADDY SUSPECT BEHAVED JUST LIKE HUNTLEY claims the front of the Express
Adding
WHILE friends and relatives portrayed Maddy suspect Robert Murat as a devoted family man, a darker picture emerged of an irritating oddball who loves to be the centre of attention.
Madeleine: police lack evidence to hold suspect says the Guardian
detectives said they did not have enough evidence to charge Robert Murat under Portuguese law. The 33-year-old estate agent was released after questioning but he will not be allowed to leave the country and will have to report to police on a regular basis.
Father of suspect's Algarve property fortune reports the Telegraph
The family of Robert Murat, the man Portuguese police say is a suspect in the Madeleine McCann investigation, were once one of the biggest names on the Algarve.
His father, John, was a leading property developer and instrumental in transforming Praia da Luz from a fishing village into a high class tourist resort. He died from throat cancer - when Robert was 12 - and the family fell on hard times.
Just four years later, Robert left Portugal for a job on a turkey meat processing line at Bernard Matthews in Norfolk.
His father, John, was a leading property developer and instrumental in transforming Praia da Luz from a fishing village into a high class tourist resort. He died from throat cancer - when Robert was 12 - and the family fell on hard times.
Just four years later, Robert left Portugal for a job on a turkey meat processing line at Bernard Matthews in Norfolk.
The paper leads with the story that
Hewitt admits defeat on doctors' job fiasco
Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, faced humiliation last night after being forced to jettison the controversial online job application system for junior doctors.
After months of growing chaos, Miss Hewitt said that doctors applying for jobs under the next round of the recruitment process will not have to use the Department of Health's discredited computer system
After months of growing chaos, Miss Hewitt said that doctors applying for jobs under the next round of the recruitment process will not have to use the Department of Health's discredited computer system
And adds that
Instead, they will be asked to revert to the traditional practice of writing directly and submitting CVs to the hospitals in which they want to work.
Good news on the medical front makes the headlines in the Independent
Cancer: The good news
Survival rates soar as cancer treatments improve
Survival rates soar as cancer treatments improve
Cancer is no longer the death sentence that it once was. Our most feared disease is turning into a condition that people live with, rather than die from, figures published yesterday show.
In the past 30 years, overall survival rates from cancer have doubled, thanks to better treatments, earlier diagnosis and greater public awareness of the warning symptoms.
Almost half of patients (46.2 per cent) diagnosed in 2000-01 were expected to live 10 years, compared with a quarter (23.6 per cent) of those diagnosed in 1971, according to the charity Cancer Research UK.
Ten-year survival is a benchmark of success in cancer treatment and is regarded as close to a cure.
In the past 30 years, overall survival rates from cancer have doubled, thanks to better treatments, earlier diagnosis and greater public awareness of the warning symptoms.
Almost half of patients (46.2 per cent) diagnosed in 2000-01 were expected to live 10 years, compared with a quarter (23.6 per cent) of those diagnosed in 1971, according to the charity Cancer Research UK.
Ten-year survival is a benchmark of success in cancer treatment and is regarded as close to a cure.
Unborn babies targeted in crackdown on criminality is the top story in the Guardian
Unborn babies judged to be at most risk of social exclusion and turning to criminality are to be targeted in a controversial new scheme to be promoted by Downing Street today.
In an effort to intervene as early as possible in troubled families, first-time mothers identified just 16 weeks after conception will be given intensive weekly support from midwives and health visitors until the unborn child reaches two years old.
Unveiling the findings of a Downing Street review, Tony Blair will make clear the government is prepared to single out babies still in the womb to break cycles of deprivation and behaviour.
In an effort to intervene as early as possible in troubled families, first-time mothers identified just 16 weeks after conception will be given intensive weekly support from midwives and health visitors until the unborn child reaches two years old.
Unveiling the findings of a Downing Street review, Tony Blair will make clear the government is prepared to single out babies still in the womb to break cycles of deprivation and behaviour.
The story of Jose Muriniohs dog gets a great deal of coverage,the lead in the Sun
Mourinho nicked in dog row
FURIOUS Jose Mourinho was arrested last night after he “lost the plot” in a row with police and a health official over his pet Yorkshire terrier.
The usually-suave Chelsea boss SPRINTED from his club’s player of the year awards when wife Tami phoned to tell him the dog was being taken away.
He BRUSHED ASIDE autograph hunters to rush home. There he found an official — escorted by two cops — wanting to put it in quarantine, fearing it had been taken abroad and back without jabs.
Portuguese coach Mourinho, 44, is said to have seen red, and BUNDLED the dog outside his house in London’s posh Belgravia.
The usually-suave Chelsea boss SPRINTED from his club’s player of the year awards when wife Tami phoned to tell him the dog was being taken away.
He BRUSHED ASIDE autograph hunters to rush home. There he found an official — escorted by two cops — wanting to put it in quarantine, fearing it had been taken abroad and back without jabs.
Portuguese coach Mourinho, 44, is said to have seen red, and BUNDLED the dog outside his house in London’s posh Belgravia.
Mourinho in the dog house following arrest says the Times
A Scotland Yard spokesman said officers went to an address in central London at 7.45pm yesterday with an officer from the Animal Health and Welfare Service. "A 44-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of obstructing police and was taken to a West London police station," the spokesman said. "He subsequently received a caution for obstructing police."
Scotland Yard said the dog was to be seized for alleged offences under the Animal Health Act of 1981 and the Rabies Order Act of 1974.
Scotland Yard said the dog was to be seized for alleged offences under the Animal Health Act of 1981 and the Rabies Order Act of 1974.
Chirac bids an emotional farewell to French people reports the Independent
Like an ageing actor taking a final curtain call, President Jacques Chirac gave a brief, and emotional, farewell to the French people last night.
In a five-minute, live television address, M. Chirac said he was leaving office with "the pride of duty accomplished and with great confidence in the future of our country". By remaining united as a family, he said, France could - despite its "many divergences" - remain a "leader in Europe" and a beacon of respect for human rights in the world.
This morning, M. Chirac, 74, will hand over the keys of the Elysée Palace to the president-elect, his estranged former protégé Nicolas Sarkozy.
In a five-minute, live television address, M. Chirac said he was leaving office with "the pride of duty accomplished and with great confidence in the future of our country". By remaining united as a family, he said, France could - despite its "many divergences" - remain a "leader in Europe" and a beacon of respect for human rights in the world.
This morning, M. Chirac, 74, will hand over the keys of the Elysée Palace to the president-elect, his estranged former protégé Nicolas Sarkozy.
Scandals lie in wait as Chirac bids adieu reports the Guardian
Mr Chirac, who has had one of the longest continuous political careers in Europe - twice president, twice prime minister and mayor of Paris for 18 years - will now move out of the comfort of state palaces for the first time in 30 years. But while he is lauded for his resistance to the war in Iraq and reconciling France with its history by apologising for Nazi collaboration, Mr Chirac has seen brutal appraisals of what critics call his wasted 12 years as the economy stagnated, public debt grew and youth unemployment and discrimination fed social unrest on housing estates. In a survey last week, 54% said his time in power had been "bad" for France.
For weeks Mr Chirac's staff at the Élysée have been shredding personal notes and confidential papers. A special rubbish truck has destroyed miles of video and audio tapes.
For weeks Mr Chirac's staff at the Élysée have been shredding personal notes and confidential papers. A special rubbish truck has destroyed miles of video and audio tapes.
Back in the Uk and the Telegraph claims
Brown heading for coronation
Gordon Brown was last night on course for an unopposed "coronation" as the next Labour leader and prime minister after securing the backing of the overwhelming majority of Labour MPs.
By 6pm yesterday, just over 24 hours after nominations opened, he had been proposed by 282 of Labour's 353 MPs. His only challenger, the Left-winger John McDonnell, had 27 supporters and needs another 18 by tomorrow to secure a place in the ballot.In the deputy leadership contest, Alan Johnson, Harriet Harman, Peter Hain, Hazel Blears and Jon Cruddas have all got through.
But Hilary Benn, the son of the veteran Labour Left-winger Tony Benn, was trailing with 34 nominations, 11 short of the total needed to qualify.
By 6pm yesterday, just over 24 hours after nominations opened, he had been proposed by 282 of Labour's 353 MPs. His only challenger, the Left-winger John McDonnell, had 27 supporters and needs another 18 by tomorrow to secure a place in the ballot.In the deputy leadership contest, Alan Johnson, Harriet Harman, Peter Hain, Hazel Blears and Jon Cruddas have all got through.
But Hilary Benn, the son of the veteran Labour Left-winger Tony Benn, was trailing with 34 nominations, 11 short of the total needed to qualify.
The Brown succession is backed by 80pc of his MPs says the Mail
The Chancellor is poised to be crowned Prime Minister-elect tomorrow - six weeks ahead of schedule - after he was nominated by 282 of Labour's 354 MPs.
The 80 per cent endorsement dwarfs the 60.5 per cent Tony Blair received in 1994 and gives Mr Brown a clear mandate to lead his party.
The 80 per cent endorsement dwarfs the 60.5 per cent Tony Blair received in 1994 and gives Mr Brown a clear mandate to lead his party.
Brown's leftwing challenger still short of backers claims the Guardian
Mr McDonnell, a backbencher, got only 27 nominations, still 18 short of the 45 he needs to get his name on the ballot. But he insisted this was "really good progress", coming a day after Michael Meacher, a one-time candidate, stood down to try to deliver a united left platform. But Mr Meacher's supporters appear reluctant to be won over and Mr McDonnell has until 12.30pm on Thursday to make up the remaining names.
Shift in White House stance leaves Wolfowitz facing exit says the Times
Paul Wolfowitz’s future hung in the balance last night as the White House admitted that “all options are on the table” about the leadership of the World Bank.
The embattled bank president pleaded before the institution’s full board yesterday to be allowed to keep his job and promised changes in his management style after an ethics committee said that he had broken rules by arranging a generous pay rise for his girlfriend.
It said that Mr Wolfowitz’s actions had produced a “crisis of leadership” and so damaged the bank’s reputation that the 24 shareholder governments must now decide whether he was capable of carrying out the organisation’s mandate to fight global poverty.
The embattled bank president pleaded before the institution’s full board yesterday to be allowed to keep his job and promised changes in his management style after an ethics committee said that he had broken rules by arranging a generous pay rise for his girlfriend.
It said that Mr Wolfowitz’s actions had produced a “crisis of leadership” and so damaged the bank’s reputation that the 24 shareholder governments must now decide whether he was capable of carrying out the organisation’s mandate to fight global poverty.
More football arrests in the Sun
Bad-boy Barton arrested
BAD-boy footballer Joey Barton has been arrested after a training ground bust-up with a team mate, police said today.
The 24-year-old Manchester City and England midfielder was arrested by police after allegedly attacking fellow player Ousmane Dabo, 30, at the club's training ground in Carrington, south Manchester.
Barton, who has since been suspended by his club, was spoken to by officers and bailed until July 11 while police investigate the incident.
The 24-year-old Manchester City and England midfielder was arrested by police after allegedly attacking fellow player Ousmane Dabo, 30, at the club's training ground in Carrington, south Manchester.
Barton, who has since been suspended by his club, was spoken to by officers and bailed until July 11 while police investigate the incident.
Whilst the same paper reports on the case of
Am I going to come quietly?
A COP pleasured himself in the back of a police car alongside a female prisoner he fancied, a jury heard yesterday.
PC Richard Bowen, 31, allegedly tried to chat her up with a series of explicit notes because he didn’t want to alert their WPC driver.
When the 25-year-old snubbed him he told her she aroused him and quietly pleasured himself TWICE as they drove along a motorway, it is claimed.
PC Bowen and WPC Christina Berry were taking the car theft suspect from London to their station in Lampeter, West Wales.
Prosecutor Elwen Evans QC told Swansea Crown Court PC Bowen wrote notes including “you are very sexy”, “you have lush t**s”, “would you like to see my ****?” and “can I touch your sexy ****?”
PC Richard Bowen, 31, allegedly tried to chat her up with a series of explicit notes because he didn’t want to alert their WPC driver.
When the 25-year-old snubbed him he told her she aroused him and quietly pleasured himself TWICE as they drove along a motorway, it is claimed.
PC Bowen and WPC Christina Berry were taking the car theft suspect from London to their station in Lampeter, West Wales.
Prosecutor Elwen Evans QC told Swansea Crown Court PC Bowen wrote notes including “you are very sexy”, “you have lush t**s”, “would you like to see my ****?” and “can I touch your sexy ****?”
MORE STUN GUNS FOR POLICE reports the Express
More police officers could soon be carrying Taser stun guns under plans to be unveiled by the Home Secretary, it has been reported.
More than 3,000 of the devices, which temporarily disable a suspect by delivering a 50,000-volt shock, have been distributed to special firearms officers.The BBC says John Reid will tell the Police Federation conference on Wednesday that he wants non-firearms officers working in specialist units to have the weapon.
Finally a number of the papers report on the
Ramsay's very own kitchen nightmare
The Telegraph reports that
The celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was the target of a pungent protest against eating horse meat yesterday.
Demonstrators from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) Europe dumped a ton of horse manure on the pavement outside Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's in central London.
Demonstrators from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) Europe dumped a ton of horse manure on the pavement outside Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's in central London.
Says the Mirror
In the programme, Janet Street-Porter buys the meat in France, then cooks and sells it at Cheltenham Racecourse.
Ramsay, 40, said: "It's quite gamey and packed with protein."
Ramsay, 40, said: "It's quite gamey and packed with protein."
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