SCOTLAND YARD ANNOUNCEMENT - WORKING WITH PORTUGAL ON ASSUMPTION MADELEINE IS ALIVE

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It's now an official investigation.

They want to speak to 38 people, 12 are UK nationals. This is a critical moment in search for her.

Unique position, three strands - PJ, Yard and McCanns' own people - brought together.

Formal request now made to Portugal, working well together.

WORKING ON ASSUMPTION THAT MADELEINE IS ALIVE!!!!!!!    

McCanns have been working with Yard all along. Statement from McCann rep:

Warmly welcomed, hope person responsible for abduction is going to be brought to justice.

The police have ABSOLUTELY ruled out any involvement of the McCanns and their holiday group.

Reports coming online now:

http://news.sky.com/story/1111554/madeleine-mccann-new-uk-police-investigation

Madeleine McCann: New UK Police Investigation
2:06pm UK, Thursday 04 July 2013

Madeleine McCann's parents have welcomed the launch of a new UK police investigation into their daughter's disappearance.

More follows...

Gonc had better get that cheque written ASAP - he is now totally, utterly screwed, stranded up Sh*t Creek and paddleless.

And it might be a good idea for Bullsh*t to flounce off yet again, having been shown up as a complete WUM and fantasist.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23179230

Madeleine McCann: New leads spark Met formal inquiry

Scotland Yard says it has "new evidence and new theories" in the Madeleine McCann case as it opens a formal investigation into her disappearance.

The Met Police said it still believed there was a chance Madeleine was alive and was investigating 38 "persons of interest" after reviewing the evidence.

Madeleine's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, said the shift from review to investigation was "a big step forward".

Madeleine was almost four when she disappeared in Portugal in 2007.

Portuguese authorities dropped their investigation in 2008.

New witnesses
Scotland Yard's review started in May 2011, after Prime Minister David Cameron responded to a plea from the McCanns, of Rothley, Leicestershire.

Det Ch Insp Andy Redwood, who is heading Operation Grange, said: "The review has given us new thinking, new theories, new evidence and new witnesses."


A team of Scotland Yard's best detectives, assisted by police overseas, in an inquiry paid for by the Home Office, offers the best opportunity to find out what happened to Madeleine McCann. It may also be the last chance to do so.


His 37-strong police team is two-thirds of the way through examining 30,500 documents from files held by the Portuguese, private investigators and British police. Some fresh interviews have also taken place.

"We continue to believe that there is a possibility that Madeleine is alive," Det Ch Insp Redwood said.

"It is a positive step in our hunt for Madeleine that our understanding of the evidence has enabled us to shift from review to investigation."

Scotland Yard's decision to formally open its own investigation - which, like the review, will be funded by the Home Office - follows extensive discussions with UK prosecutors and the Portuguese.

BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said: "It's highly unusual - although not unprecedented - for a British police force to launch its own inquiry into an incident abroad."

In a statement, the McCanns said: "Kate and Gerry warmly welcome the shift in the Met's emphasis from review to investigation.

"It is clearly a big step forward in establishing what happened and, hopefully, towards bringing whoever is responsible for Madeleine's abduction to justice."

'Potential involvement'

The Met said its review of tens of thousands of documents had "generated in excess of 3,800 actions", which in turn had "generated new findings and new witness evidence".

The 38 "persons of interest," who include 12 British nationals, are from five European countries - Portugal, the UK and three unnamed others.

Detectives say they need to find out more information and collect evidence on them and are not anticipating any immediate arrests.

The 12 UK nationals, who are not all currently in the UK, are believed to have been in Portugal at the time of Madeleine's disappearance.



Madeleine McCann when she disappeared and how she might have looked aged nine
The Metropolitan Police issued a computer-generated image (r) of how Madeleine might have looked aged nine
The Met said it was "at an advanced stage of dialogue" with the other countries involved, and enquiries would be continuing with their assistance in the months ahead "to establish more information about the individuals concerned and any potential involvement".

A foreign national resident abroad could not be prosecuted in the UK for any possible crime that may be linked to Madeleine's disappearance.

Detectives say Madeleine's parents, the friends the McCanns were with in Portugal and people known to the family before they went away are not suspects or people they need to investigate.

The investigation is currently closed in Portugal and as part of the country's criminal justice system it cannot be reopened unless judges are convinced there are solid grounds to do so.

British police have formally asked the Crown Prosecution Service to submit an International Letter of Request to Portuguese authorities for assistance in obtaining evidence relating to their inquiries.

The Met has asked for a small number of its officers to be present in Portugal for the inquiries there.

"Our working relationship with the Portuguese police is positive and now that we have moved to investigation we are requesting further specific assistance through normal judicial routes," Det Ch Insp Redwood said.

As part of the review, a computer-generated image of how Madeleine might look at the age of nine was created with the help of her family. They marked her 10th birthday on 12 May.

By May 2012 - one year into the review - the Home Office's costs had reached £1.9m. The Met Police said a more up-to-date figure for the cost of the review would be released in due course.

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Danny Shaw
Home affairs correspondent, BBC News
A team of Scotland Yard's best detectives, assisted by police overseas, in an inquiry paid for by the Home Office, offers the best opportunity to find out what happened to Madeleine McCann. It may also be the last chance to do so.

Although the Yard can not put right mistakes made during the initial inquiry, when the Portuguese were accused of failing to seal off the area where Madeleine had been staying and gather all available forensic evidence, the new team has had access to all the files.

That has enabled detectives with no prior involvement to look at the case objectively and form fresh views about what may have happened to Madeleine. There is a real determination among officers to solve the mystery - and a quiet optimism that it may be possible.

Detectives say Madeleine's parents, the friends the McCanns were with in Portugal and people known to the family before they went away are not suspects or people they need to investigate.

Are the Amaral supporters and general whackjobs capable of grasping that?

Scotland Yard launches 'last chance' investigation into disappearance of Madeleine McCann as detectives identify 38 suspects
Police are convinced the three-year-old was abducted by a stranger
They have uncovered no evidence to suggest she has been murdered
Launching a new investigation, officers say 12 of suspects are from UK
Parents Gerry and Kate McCann along with their travelling friends known as the 'Tapas Nine' are not suspects
The decision to launch a full criminal inquiry on foreign soil is with few precedents in the history of British policing
Suspects include Urs Hans von Aesch who abducted and killed five-year-old Ylenia Lenhard less than three months after Madeleine was taken
Von Aesch took his own life after killing his victim who looked like Madeleine


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2355651/Scotland-Yard-launches-chance-investigation-disappearance-Madeleine-McCann-detectives-identify-38-suspects.html#ixzz2Y5ylxUgA
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The shambolic Portuguese inquiry was shelved in 2008 but Scotland Yard began a Home Office-funded review in 2011 following the intervention of David Cameron.
He had been lobbied by Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry, who were falsely accused by Portuguese police of being behind her disappearance.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2355651/Scotland-Yard-launches-chance-investigation-disappearance-Madeleine-McCann-detectives-identify-38-suspects.html#ixzz2Y5z6RH4D
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Gonc had better hurry up and write that cheque....

Jay Elles ‏@Jayelles1 3h
Now that #mccann have been officially exonerated by SY INVESTIGATORS, they can sue the haters for libel and harassment. Fantastic news.

Yup, and that the McCanns are ABSOLUTELY RULED OUT has just been stressed again on Sky.

It has also been stressed that Madeleine may well be ALIVE.

Which is no doubt what is causing all that deranged carpet-chewing on the sites who are making it clear how much they hate the child, and were longing to hear that she is dead.

My friends, this was taken from PT newspaper agência Lusa:

http://www.lusa.pt/default.aspx?page=home

British police want to hear 38 people about missing Maddeleine McCann

British police said today it opened an investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in Portugal and identified 38 "persons of interest" to be heard throughout Europe.

From:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk-news/2013/jul/04/madeleine-mccann-police-target-38-suspects

A spokesman for the McCanns, Clarence Mitchell, said: "Kate and Gerry warmly welcome this shift in the Metropolitan police emphasis. They see it as a huge step forward in establishing what happened and hope that it will lead to bringing to justice whoever was responsible for Madeleine's abduction."

All the Amaral supporters, Bullsh*t, assorted pitchforkers and general conspiraloons who were jumping up and down in a frenzy of speculation because there was no news and no-one was saying much would have done well to keep their silly mouths shut and wait and see what developed.

What's that old saying, Better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and prove it?

That lot all proved they were fools, blind, stupid, bigoted fools.

Thanks, Pedro - interesting that Lusa have picked up on this being Europe-wide.

At last, a PROPER INVESTIGATION by PROPER POLICE instead of that INCOMPETENT piece of sh*t GONCALO AMORAL.

Let's all hope that they find Madeleine and the sicko(s) who took her.

 

Same story in Sun:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4997213/British-cops-have-genuinely-new-leads-Maddie-could-be-alive.html

Just as my buddy in Vigo said on May 21. The McCanns are not guilty nor suspects.

Interesting piece in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/10159992/Madeleine-McCann-How-the-British-led-investigation-will-operate-overseas.html

Are the Amaral supporters able to grasp what has happened to their sick cause, and their oaf of an idol, today?

Hope he's got that cheque written!

crazytony wrote:Just as my buddy in Vigo said on May 21. The McCanns are not guilty nor suspects.

So you did, Tony.   

crazytony wrote:Just as my buddy in Vigo said on May 21. The McCanns are not guilty nor suspects.

You did indeed say that, Tony. And it's been confirmed today, as predicted.

It serves the McCann-haters right, for following false prophets, as usual. Everyone else knew this was coming, we just didn't know when.

This blogger has been on the right lines all along too:

https://ordinisrubricrucis.wordpress.com/

Unlike that idiot Bullsh*t, who has apparently flounced yet again, pausing only to snarl a half-hearted apology to the McCanns.

My friends, this was taken from Jornal de Notícias newspaper:

http://www.jn.pt/Dossies/dossie.aspx?content_id=3305134&dossier=O+caso+Maddie+McCann&page=-1

The Madeleine McCann case

British police will hear 38 people about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
British police announced on Thursday that identified 38 people who want to listen to in the investigation into the disappearance in Portugal in 2007, the little Madeleine McCann, three years, a case that has captured the curiosity of the public opinion throughout the world.

"Our investigatin has advanced to the point where we have identified 38 people who we want to hear. These people are from various European countries. At this time, we are at an advanced stage in discussions with each of the countries," said Scotland Yard in a statement.

"Twelve of these are British subjects who might be, we believe, in Portugal at the time Madeleine disappeared", it can be read, in a statement.

"We continue to believe that there is a possibility of Madeleine being alive," said Chief Inspector Andy Redwood.

The UK has decided to organize his own investigation, from the time the inquiry over the Portuguese police was given as completed in July 2008.

Little Madeleine vanished in May 2007 the apartment of Praia da Luz where she was on holiday with the family. The parents, who were dining at a restaurant near the apartment, believe the child was abducted.

This disappearance has raised the interest of the media from around the world and gave rise to a vast international survey.

Investigators from Scotland Yard broadcast last April, a photo of the girl, aged via computer, in order to provide a picture of how Maddie might be nine years old.

There will be a lot of haters hauled in, in the near future if they don't back off. The case of Madeleine is now a full blown investigation. Anyone attempting interfere will be arrested.

Thank you, Pedro.

I shouldn't think Amaral is a happy man today, as word gets round Portugal that his so-called 'investigation' has been consigned to the dustbin of history?

My friends, this was taken from O Público newspaper:

http://www.publico.pt/sociedade/noticia/scotland-yard-diz-que-ha-uma-possibilidade-de-madeleine-mccann-estar-viva-1599257

Scotland Yard says that "there is a possibility" of Madeleine McCann being alive

The London Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) announced on Thursday that "there is a possibility" of Madeleine McCann being alive.

Scotland Yard says that forward a new investigation and has 38 people under suspicion.

Madeleine McCann disappeared in May 2007 from a holiday complex in Praia da Luz in the Algarve, a few weeks before making four years.

also taken from Expresso PT newspaper:

http://expresso.sapo.pt/novas-pistas-e-novas-testemunhas-no-caso-maddie=f818253

New leads and new witnesses in the Madeleine McCannn case

British police believe Madeleine may still be alive. And took a step forward in review that justifies the passage to the investigation stage.

The Metropolitan Police said they will investigate 38 "persons of interest" in the case of the disappearance of young British girl Madeleine McCann, after reviewing clues from the UK, Portugal and seven companies of private investigators.

The case file has more than 30 000 documents, which were to be read "in detail" by agents with apparent success. "The actions we completed generate new leads and new witnesses", revealed in a statement released today.

The Metropolitan Police, which says "believe Madeleine may still be alive," was in Portugal dozens of times, in which he met with the Judicial Police, with whom "the relationship is positive" and thank those who "collaboration".

The British authorities reveal that 38 persons of interest come from various European countries, specifying that only 12 of them are citizens of the UK who would be in the Algarve at the height of the disappearance of the daughter of Kate and Gerry McCann.

"We and the Portuguese authorities remain fully focused"

"We and the Portuguese authorities remain fully focused on finding out what happened to Madeleine and everything we do is to think in the best interest of her," said the Chief Inspector Andy Redwood. "We continue to believe that there is a possibility of Madeleine being alive."

"We are always in contact with Kate and Gerry McCann and they are always informed of new developments," he concluded.

Madeleine McCann disappeared on the evening of May 3, 2007 in an apartment in Praia da Luz in the Algarve, where he had been left alone with her two brothers by parents.

also taken from Correio da Manhã newspaper:

http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/internacional/mundo/caso-maddie-policia-britanica-quer-ouvir-38-pessoas

missing girl

Madeleine McCann Case: British police want to hear 38 people

Twelve people identified "are UK nationals who were in Portugal at the time Madeleine disappeared"

British police said on Thursday it had opened an investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in Portugal and identified 38 "persons of interest" to be heard throughout Europe.

"We have identified 38 people with an interest in a number of European countries. Twelve of them are UK nationals who were in Portugal at the time Madeleine disappeared," said Inspector Andy Redwood of Scotland Yard.

Police said in a statement that still want to hear those 38 people and is already in talks with the respective countries.

JillyCL ‏@JillyCL 3h
@Verity_2012 Wrong as usual. #McCann s could have given permission for medical records to be released to police. @templebeverley @njbennett

And what does the old bigot think that would have acheived?

1. They were irrelevant to the abduction.

2. Gonc would have ensured they blew out the window next to his desk and into the lap of a passing CdM employee; everyone's most personal, private information would have been all over the Portuguese tabloids.

Do these morons not grasp just how much damage the Great Co-Ordinator did? Not just to finding Madeleine - apart from making sure she stayed lost - but to relations between the UK and Portuguese police?

Amaral wasted police time and money having the UK police followed, FFS!