Change of prosecutor bring new hope to McCanns

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/new-madeleine-mccann-prosecutor-vowed-4417866

New Madeleine McCann prosecutor has vowed to solve the case - bringing fresh hope to her parents
Oct 10, 2014 22:30 By David Collins
High-flying investigator Ines Sequeira has taken on the case and British detectives believe her appointment will shake up the investigation


A new prosecutor has been put in charge of the Madeleine McCann case – and has vowed to solve it.

High-flying investigator Ines Sequeira said she was “utterly determined” to crack the case, bringing fresh hope to Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry.

British detectives believe the appointment will shake up the probe and Scotland Yard officers will fly out next week to discuss a shortlist of seven prime suspects with their Portuguese counterparts.

A source close to the inquiry said: “Ms Sequeira is one of the sharpest and most ambitious prosecutors in Portugal. She is utterly determined to get a result on the Madeleine inquiry.

“British police are telling the McCanns they’re doing everything in their power to find out what happened.”

It is understood the investigation into Alice Gross, a 14-year-old schoolgirl found dead in west London, held up Operation Grange as resources were diverted during a huge search effort last week.

British police will arrive in Portugal next week to discuss plans to interrogate the seven shortlisted suspects and request permission to search their homes.

British detectives are trying to get a fifth letter of international request approved by the Portuguese authorities, which would allow them to continue their work on the ground in Portugal.

The Met’s Operation Grange team, set up to review the case, believe Madeleine may have been killed during a bungled break-in at the Ocean Club resort in Praia da Luz in May, 2007 while her parents were eating out nearby.

They will interview three of the seven suspects for a second time and request permission to search their homes.

The three suspects to be re-interviewed are understood to be Jose Carlos Fernandes da Silva, an ex-worker at the Ocean Club resort, Paulo Ribeiro, who looks like a man seen near the apartment, and charity collector Ricardo Rodrigues.

Portugal’s Attorney General gave the go-ahead for the country’s own Madeleine McCann investigation to be reopened in May at the request of the country’s Policia Judiciaria police force - more than five years after the probe had been shelved.

The reopening of the investigation coincided with news a former employee at the Ocean Club holiday resort where Madeleine disappeared had been identified as a suspect.

Recovering heroin addict Euclides Monteiro, a convicted burglar, died in a tractor accident in 2009.

His widow Luisa Rodrigues was interviewed by Portuguese detectives but insisted he was an innocent man and has been fighting to get authorities to confirm they have now ruled him out as a suspect.

Madeleine’s parents have been buoyed up by the joint efforts of the two country’s police forces.

They believe Madeleine, who would now be aged 11, could still be alive.

McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “Kate and Gerry will not comment on Operation Grange."




Good; a fresh pair of eyes can do no harm, and a woman is less likely to be part of the Portuguese version of the Old Boy's Club.

ah, excellent news, which is very good to know about it.

Hoping that this will be the one to crack it.

My friends, your words are mine: "a fresh pair of eyes can do no harm"

"Hoping that this will be the one to crack it."

British police will arrive in Portugal next week to discuss plans to interrogate the seven shortlisted suspects and request permission to search their homes.

I don't suppose the fact that the Met want properties in Portugal searched will make the haters stop and think?

You know how they are Bonny.  Why would they change now?

Forker:

I hope the new prosecutor is conversing with Goncalo Amaral.

Why on earth would she be communicating with the convicted perjurer? Unless it's to bring new charges against him over something?

She and her bosom buddy Levy are the originals for sure.   How early they burst on the scene to support 'their main man' Amoral.  

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hunt-missing-madeleine-mccann-cost-4428360

Hunt for missing Madeleine McCann: Cost of British police search tops £10million
Oct 12, 2014 22:13 By Matthew Drake
Scotland Yard's review of the youngster's disappearance will be more than double the £5million it was expected to cost

The cost of the British police search for Madeleine McCann will top £10million as a new drive for the truth gives fresh hope to her parents.

Scotland Yard’s review of the youngster’s disappearance seven years ago will cost more than double the original £5million that was ­estimated by the Home Office.

But the Home Office last night defended the rising cost and said: “The Government believes it is right that it does all it can to support the search for Madeleine McCann.

“The Home Office will continue to work closely with the Metropolitan Police to review and control the costs appropriately and to ensure that the investigation has the resources it requires.”

It comes as a top Portuguese ­prosecutor takes over solving the mystery of Madeleine’s disappearance from her holiday apartment.

Ines Sequeira is said to be ‘‘utterly determined’’ to solve the case.

And Metropolitan Police officers are also planning to return to the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz to ‘‘re-interview’’ three suspects in their push to find the kidnappers. They have sent a sent a fifth letter to Portuguese officers requesting access to the investigation, which has thrown up seven suspects.

Scotland Yard has handed the Home Office a bill for £7,332,389 since 2011 when the force was called in by David Cameron.

Figures show police received a special grant payment of £1.9million in 2011/2012, £2.8million in 2012/2013 and £2.6million in 2013/2014.

The amounts were revealed following a Freedom of Information request. It showed the bill for 2014/2015 is expected to be “broadly in line with previous years”. That will take the total to above £10million.

Thirty murder squad detectives are continuing the hunt in Portugal.

Expensive specialist forensic units have carried out excavations around Praia da Luz from where Madeleine went missing in 2007, aged three.

Scotland Yard refused to comment about payments to Portuguese police for the search.

A Met spokesman said: “We are not prepared to give a running commentary on the search.”

Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry from Rothley, Leics, have been assured the search will go on for the “foreseeable future”.

A spokesman for the family said: “Madeleine’s parents remain extremely grateful for the work carried out by officers from ­Operation Grange in the continued search for their daughter.”


Money well spent, especially considering the things the government spends far more than that on.

Yes it is well spent.  Better on a young child that on fat cats' expenses.

It may also help uncover the perpetrator/perpetrators of the assaults on other British children whilst on their holidays in the Algarve, who is at the moment still walking free to re-offend.

He must be loving that he can walk around free, Max.  

lily wrote:He must be loving that he can walk around free, Max.  

Exactly, Lily. It's beyond belief that it happened to so many children and it would seem noone tried to find him.

You would think that that would have been a priority so you have to ask, 'why'?  

Was the abductor(s) known to the police and they were being paid to turn a blind eye?   A person cannot help but think along those lines after you read what has happened over there and the police did absolutely nothing?