MADELEINE ABDUCTION - REVIEW OR RE-OPENED? (merged)

Good find by Pedro:

http://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/pais/article1385970.ece

Maddie's parents' lawyer says that it is not clear that the investigation be reopened

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Rogerio Alves, the McCann couple's lawyer, said that there is relevant information that aroused the interest of the Portuguese and British police to investigate new leads, but explains that it is not clear that the case be reopened.

The lawyer for the parents of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in the Algarve in 2007, considered today welcomes the decision of the Portuguese and British police to reactivate the investigation.

"Until we find out what happened to Madeleine it will not be closed. I see now this recrudescence of the investigations as a very positive sign on the expectation that they will discover what really happened to Madeleine and that is really what matters to discover "said Rogerio Alves, told Lusa.

According to a report released today by the Journal News, Scotland Yard has a team of 37 people to investigate the matter and in Portugal in February, the Criminal Investigation Department assigned the case to the Chamber of Criminal Investigation and Prevention of Porto.

"What parents want, above all, is to discover what happened to her daughter, nursing, of course, the hope still that they can meet life. For this to happen is that the police need not cease to seek, do not stop to follow the clues they have available, "said the lawyer.

To Rogério Alves, these decisions demonstrate only that "the police are aware and is committed to discovering what happened to Madeleine."

The lawyer says not to fear a resumption of proceedings in court, which will only happen if new evidence is discovered, and even expresses the wish that "the investigations bring sufficient evidence to reopen the case."

With Lusa

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112686/Portuguese-police-examine-disappearance-Madeleine-McCann-bringing-fresh-hope-Kate-Gerry.html
Portuguese police will re-examine the disappearance of Madeleine McCann bringing fresh hope to Kate and Gerry

A new team of detectives will go over thousands of pages of case files and search for new clues
Gerry and Kate McCann welcome the development and hope it will lead to the case being reopened
Madeleine was nearly four when she went missing from her family's holiday flat in the Algarve in 2007

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 16:07, 9 March 2012 | UPDATED: 16:07, 9 March 2012

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Portuguese police have set up a new team of detectives to review the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, it emerged today.

Almost four years after the police probe was formally archived, an outside squad of officers has been brought in to re-examine the case.

The team, from the northern city of Porto, has been instructed to go over the thousands of pages of case files and search for new clues.
Fresh look: Portuguese police have set up a new team of detectives to review the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, pictured, it emerged today

Fresh look: Portuguese police have set up a new team of detectives to review the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, pictured, it emerged today

The development will provide fresh hope for parents Gerry and Kate McCann, who have never given up on finding their daughter alive.

They have repeatedly called on the Portuguese authorities to resume the search for their daughter.

The case review is being carried out by Policia Judiciaria’s Regional Section of Criminal Investigation and Prevention in Porto, led by Helena Monteiro.


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They are working with the Scotland Yard team set up in May last year to review the investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance.

Madeleine was nearly four when she went missing from her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz in the Algarve on May 3, 2007 as her parents Kate and Gerry dined with friends nearby.

Portuguese detectives, helped by officers from Leicestershire Police, carried out a massive investigation into her disappearance. The official inquiry was formally shelved in July 2008.
Optimistic: Kate and Gerry McCann hope that the new development will lead to the case into the disappearance of their daughter being reopened

Optimistic: Kate and Gerry McCann hope that the new development will lead to the case into the disappearance of their daughter being reopened

The McCanns’ Portuguese lawyer Rogerio Alves described the Portuguese police case review as a 'very positive sign'.

He said: 'More than anything Kate and Gerry want to discover what happened to their daughter, whilst of course harbouring the hope of finding her alive.

'For that to happen, the police need to carry on looking for her and carrying on following the leads at their disposal.'

He also said he believed the review could lead to an eventual reopening of the case.

He told a Portuguese TV station: 'It’s not absolutely certain but what’s happening at the moment is that some of the information passed to the authorities could lead to a reopening of the case.

'Obviously within this enormous universe of people who say they’ve seen one thing or another or have information on one thing or another, the police make a selection.

'I can’t go into any sort of detail and I hope people will understand me, but at this moment in time there is something that aroused enough interest from the Portuguese and British police to warrant this review in search of new clues.
Disappearance: The Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, Portugal, from where Madeleine McCann went missing in May 2007

Disappearance: The Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, Portugal, from where Madeleine McCann went missing in May 2007

'This is all I can say but obviously the most plausible explanation for what’s happening is this one, that information passed to or acquired by the Judicial Police in Porto has put them on the trail of something specific.

'I don’t have detailed information and as you’d expect they’re always going to be cautious in releasing information.'

Detectives from Porto are understood to have travelled to the Algarve as part of the review.

The Policia Judiciaria’s deputy national director Pedro do Carmo told newspaper Jornal de Noticias they wanted detectives who had no previous involvement with the case to take a fresh look at the investigation.

He said. 'Despite having been formally archived, we continue to have an unexplained disappearance. The archiving does not mean that the Policia Judiciaria (PJ) have less interest in establishing what happened or looking for answers.
Good news: McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said Kate and Gerry welcome the work being done by the Policia Judiciaria in Oporto alongside that of the Met investigative team

Good news: McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell, pictured, said Kate and Gerry welcome the work being done by the Policia Judiciaria in Oporto alongside that of the Met investigative team

'The British authorities have set up a team to review the investigation. They have been to Portugal and agreed to collaborate with the PJ. We are doing the same.

'The Porto team is experienced in these cases.'

He stressed that the case had not been reopened and still officially remains archived.

A spokeswoman for the Policia Judiciaria said today: 'The leadership of the PJ wants to have another look at the case and to work with the British authorities and they have chosen an experienced team from Porto to do this.

'In Portugal only the attorney general’s office can order the reopening of a case and it would only do that if there was strong new evidence. At the moment that has not happened.'

The Scotland Yard review, called Operation Grange, involves 30 murder squad detectives, some of whom have made at least four trips to Portugal and Spain.

Last December they travelled to Barcelona to meet with private investigators from the agency Metodo 3, who were hired by the McCanns to find their daughter.

Madeleine’s parents, both doctors from Rothley, Leicestershire, have previously welcomed Scotland Yard’s involvement in the case.

McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: 'Kate and Gerry obviously welcome the work being done by the PJ in Oporto alongside that of the Met investigative team.

'They clearly hope that it will lead to the case being reopened in due course.

'There is good co-operation between the Met and the PJ, and Kate and Gerry remain grateful for the time and resources that have been put into the search for Madeleine.

'They will not be discussing any details whilst both the Met investigative review and the PJ work is continuing, but clearly it is a positive development.'




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Oh, thanks, Rhodes, this bit is interesting:

I can’t go into any sort of detail and I hope people will understand me, but at this moment in time there is something that aroused enough interest from the Portuguese and British police to warrant this review in search of new clues.

'This is all I can say but obviously the most plausible explanation for what’s happening is this one, that information passed to or acquired by the Judicial Police in Porto has put them on the trail of something specific.

'I don’t have detailed information and as you’d expect they’re always going to be cautious in releasing information.'

Just thinking out loud, but the Yard spent a lot of time with M3, and this is being kept well away from the Algarve PJ....

Friday, March 9, 2012English Translation From One Of The More Reliable Portuguese Newspapers ,The Expresso

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They hoped that the process of Madeleine McCann is reopened
According to the "JN", Scotland Yard has a team of 37 people to investigate the subject in Portugal and the PJ is collaborating with the English police. .
9:44 Friday, March 9, 2012
The parents of Madeleine McCann, missing English toddler in 2007 in Praia da Luz in the Algarve, today expressed the hope that the case be reopened with the announcement of the review of the case by police, Portuguese and English.

Click to access the index of dossier Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

Second news item today the "Jornal de Notícias", Scotland Yard has a team of 37 people to investigate the subject in Portugal and the Judicial Police assigned to the case recently for research and crime prevention Section of the port.
In a statement sent to Lusa press agency, the parents of Madeleine McCann may therefore be happy with this development. "That's exactly what we've been asking for. We hope that this reassessment of the case results in the reopening of the case in a timely fashion "Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of the missing child May 3, 2007.
Lusa News Agency, the lawyer of the parents of Madeleine McCann also considers as very positive the decision of Portuguese and English to re-enable police investigations.
Reopening only with new evidence
"While not discover what happened to Madeleine the subject will not be closed. I see now this fresh upsurge of investigations as a very positive sign, in the expectation that come to discover what actually happened to Madeleine and that is what matters to discover, "says Rogerio Alves.
To this lawyer, these decisions just show that "the police are vigilant and that is committed to the discovery of what happened to Madeleine".
Rogerio Alves says no fear a reopening of the case in court, which will only happen if you are discovered new evidence, and even expresses the wish that "the investigations bring sufficient elements for the reopening of the case". "The responsibility of parents was lifted by the public prosecutor. Parents have nothing to fear and what they want is new elements that could contribute to the discovery of truth and that this can pass by the reopening of the case, he concluded".

Ler mais: http://aeiou.expresso.pt/casal-mccann-esperancado-que-processo-de-madeleine-seja-reaberto=f710365#ixzz1odYQH8kE

Thanks Tony, that's interesting, the smoke seems to be clearing a bit?

Just thinking out loud, but I wonder if Gonc had an inkling of all this, hence his crazy behaviour? If Porto PJ and the Yard are indeed on the trail of something he missed, then he should be a very nervous ex-detective indeed.

Reading round as well as I can using the Internet I think its pretty simple really. The PJ for some reason today decided to state that the Porto PJ is working on a review and has been for about a year. They are working in conjunction with SY. The PJ boss is very clear in one of the articles and is directly quoted as saying this is not a re-opening of the case.

And the McCanns lawyer was asked to comment. He said there may be things the original investigation overlooked and he is hopeful that maybe the review will lead to a re-opening of the case. Thats been followed by a similar comment from Clarence Mitchell on behalf of the McCanns.

My suspicion is the reason this has come out today is that it has been triggered by Amaral's leaking of the bit about the Porto PJ being involved and the PJ wanting to get in quick to clear up what is going on.

bb1 wrote:Thanks Tony, that's interesting, the smoke seems to be clearing a bit?

Just thinking out loud, but I wonder if Gonc had an inkling of all this, hence his crazy behaviour? If Porto PJ and the Yard are indeed on the trail of something he missed, then he should be a very nervous ex-detective indeed.

I wonder if its not simply the other way round and his blundering leak of the fact that the Porto PJ were involved had to be covered factually by the PJ to clear things up.

I think it is excellent news. The McCanns must also be delighted as this is what they have campaigned for the last four and a half years.
I hope the outcome is fruitful and the McCann haters are jumped on from a great height by law enforcement.

I think the only thing we have learned today (and its pretty significant) is just what the Porto PJ involvement is. Amaral blurted it out on television and the Assistant Chief of the PJ has told us what it is, a review which has been going on in conjunction with SY for about a year.

Yes I agree crazytony, this is good news for the McCanns.

And I don't think it will have gone down too well in a country where the judicial processes are kept undercover that Amaral's actions have caused the PJ assistant chief to have to come out and make this statement.

greenink211 wrote:Reading round as well as I can using the Internet I think its pretty simple really. The PJ for some reason today decided to state that the Porto PJ is working on a review and has been for about a year. They are working in conjunction with SY. The PJ boss is very clear in one of the articles and is directly quoted as saying this is not a re-opening of the case.

And the McCanns lawyer was asked to comment. He said there may be things the original investigation overlooked and he is hopeful that maybe the review will lead to a re-opening of the case. Thats been followed by a similar comment from Clarence Mitchell on behalf of the McCanns.

My suspicion is the reason this has come out today is that it has been triggered by Amaral's leaking of the bit about the Porto PJ being involved and the PJ wanting to get in quick to clear up what is going on.

Ah yes, of course - it was Amaral who told the world that Porto were involved, wasn't it? That does make sense - as much as anything does in this flurry of stories, some contradictory.

You will not be surprised to know that the tick-tockers are convinced the McCanns are about to be arrested, Tony

They are unable to process the fact that the McCanns do not know what happened to their daughter, and are hoping the Yard and Porto PJ can find out.

IF - big if - there is something Amaral missed or dismissed, in the early days - that this team have latched onto, then he is now in even bigger trouble.

greenink211 wrote:I think the only thing we have learned today (and its pretty significant) is just what the Porto PJ involvement is. Amaral blurted it out on television and the Assistant Chief of the PJ has told us what it is, a review which has been going on in conjunction with SY for about a year.

Yes I agree crazytony, this is good news for the McCanns.

And I don't think it will have gone down too well in a country where the judicial processes are kept undercover that Amaral's actions have caused the PJ assistant chief to have to come out and make this statement.

Yes, thanks, that is logical, and makes sense of today's uproar.

I was initially rather annoyed that the PJ seemed to be following in Amaral's footsteps, but your thoughts make sense of it.

And yes, Porto PJ are bound to be annoyed that Porto PJ were working away quietly since last Spring till he mouthed off yet again.

And as I have suggested above, the PJ won't look kindly on him for having to come into the open with their own review because of his wide open mouth on television last week. Now who did tell him what was going on in Porto, because somebody must have done?

I believe that person is, Goncalo's little puppy, Ricardo P.!

FSoares (F*******)
"Thank you so much Mr. Benett.

Yes, I think probably the word 'plot' is the right one for tramar, looking at the examples you kindly provided.

As for my job in PJ, and since I work up here in the North - in Porto - I couldn't have access to any type of special information/knowledge about the case

etc..........

bb1 wrote:FSoares (F*******)
"Thank you so much Mr. Benett.

Yes, I think probably the word 'plot' is the right one for tramar, looking at the examples you kindly provided.

As for my job in PJ, and since I work up here in the North - in Porto - I couldn't have access to any type of special information/knowledge about the case

etc..........

Ah yes, Maria Fernanda R.

I am trying to work through this, I think Greenink is right, it was Gonc's outburst that caused the PJ to talk to the media.

Which rather suggests that Gonc is running scared, that he tried to derail the Portuguese end of the review?

Another one found by Pedro - this one is very biased towards the forkers:

http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/internacional/maddie-madeleine-mccann-desaparecimento-goncalo-amaral-pj-tvi24/1331775-4073.html

Maddie McCann is alive on the Internet ...

The 'World' is still looking for Maddie. The PJ created a very special equipment will review the case together with the Yard.

Never the disappearance of a child created a big media frenzy. Madeleine McCann disappeared on 3 May 2007 in Praia da Luz, Algarve.

From the disgruntled parent suspects, McCann consciously or unconsciously, fueled the mystery and the media. A year later, the case was filed. No suspects, no conclusions, responses and much controversy between the British couple and the Portuguese authorities.

Maybe that's why, even today, the world waits for answers. The PJ has created a very special team that will review the case, along with Scotland Yard.

But in real life no one knows what happened to Madeleine McCann, there is a place where it is very much alive: the Internet. Sites, blogs, books, videos, documentaries.

The page created by the parents of Maddie is still active. In "Find Madeleine", Gerry and Kate explain why not give up and call for new donations to the fund that ensures the search for her daughter. Show photos, videos and sell products: bracelets, posters and even T-Shirts with a picture of Maddie.

But the truth is that most of the sites found on the Internet claims that the child died in the apartment in Praia da Luz and that parents are responsible for what happened.

There are sites that show a very comprehensive level of information provided. They even have all the research, however disclosed by prosecutors Portuguese, translated into different languages. Gather news and to do interviews.

And, it is curious that in addition to sites in English and Portuguese, is also easy to find pages in other languages ​​such as these two: "Hasta la Verdad that separate 'and' Unterdenteppichgekehrt '.

What about books? They were written over 20 books on Madeleine McCann. One of the last, written by an American profiler, Pat Brown. The book went on sale in the form of ebook on Amazon, but soon, after just removed the legal representatives of McCann deem "defamatory".

In 2009, the 'Daily IOL "(now TVI24.pt) interviewed Tony Bennett, a British lawyer, in her 60s, now retired, after the disappearance of Maddie started a struggle for Kate and Gerry were accused of negligence . He later wrote a book entitled "What Really Happened to Madeleine McCann? 60 Reasons That Which suggest she was not abducted. "

But the most controversial book that was raised, no doubt, 'Maddie - The Truth Lies "written by former judicial police inspector, Gonçalo Amaral, who led the investigation into the disappearance of Maddie in the first months. The parents of Madeleine succeeded even though the book was forbidden to sell for some time.

On YouTube, a search with the name of Madeleine McCann is close to six thousand videos. Many made by anonymous, without any connection to the case, research and the family.

And as the digital world is not limited in time and space, after her disappearance, Madeleine 'emerged' in social networks. Not only the official page on facebook created by parents, as in many others, people who felt touched by the story. The same happened on twitter.




On YouTube, a search with the name of Madeleine McCann is close to six thousand videos. Many made by anonymous, without any connection to the case, research and the family.



Many error-strewn libel courtesy of HideHo, more like. And the less said about the Gonc fans on twitter, the better.

Unterdenteppichgekehrt

Only a forker would read that site. IMO, of course

An excellent find by Pedro - the mists are definitely clearing:

http://www.publico.pt/Sociedade/casal-mccann-satisfeito-com-reavalizacao-do-caso-maddie-1537060

McCanns satisfied with re-evaluation of the Maddie case

The parents of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared during a family vacation in 2007, and was never seen again, welcomed the news that Scotland Yard and the Judicial Police of the Port would resume a research collaboration in this case that remains unresolved.

In a statement sent to Lusa, the McCanns referred to be happy with this development. "It's exactly what we have been asking for. We hope that this re-examination of the case resulting in the reopening of the case in good time, "say Kate and Gerry McCann.

According to statements by the assistant national director of the Judicial Police (PJ), Pedro Carmo, the Portuguese side event has now passed into the hands of PJ Porto, because they want "a more distant" case that was eventually filed on July 2008 by the prosecutor. "Despite having been formally filed, we continue to have an unexplained disappearance. The filing does not mean that the Judicial Police has less interest in the clarification and looking for answers," says one resposnável in remarks published on Friday morning by the newspaper News.

On the English side, the police did not drop the case and spent 2.2 million euros, only in 2011, research on this mysterious disappearance. Scotland Yard says the same paper, has a team of 37 people called for this case, but concluded that nothing would do without the cooperation of the Portuguese police investigating the disappearance of little Maddie for 14 months. "The British authorities have formed a team to review all the familiar elements of the process. They moved to Portugal and agreed to collaborate with the PJ. We are doing the same," Pedro do Carmo had measured and confirmed.

The same charge of the Port PJ stresses that this is not a reopening of the case because it "requires new elements", but a new look at the process elements that were in the hands of the PJ of Portimão, under the command of Gonçalo Amaral, and then under the leadership of former assistant national director, Paulo Rebelo.

The aim of this new collaboration between PJ and Scotland Yard is looking for clues as well and fill gaps left by the first investigation into the disappearance of British girl who at the time, was vacationing with her parents and siblings in the Algarve tourist resort, Ocean Club, the Village of Light The child is no longer seen on 3 May 2007, nine days before completing four years.

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The same charge of the Port PJ stresses that this is not a reopening of the case because it "requires new elements", but a new look at the process elements that were in the hands of the PJ of Portimão, under the command of Gonçalo Amaral, and then under the leadership of former assistant national director, Paulo Rebelo.

Oh my very dear....I suggest the forkers cease tick-tocking; I have a strange feeling their idol is going to be hung out to dry by the PJ and the Yard.

So no grubby little Gonc fingers in this pie then Bonny

greenink211 wrote:

bb1 wrote:Thanks Tony, that's interesting, the smoke seems to be clearing a bit?

Just thinking out loud, but I wonder if Gonc had an inkling of all this, hence his crazy behaviour? If Porto PJ and the Yard are indeed on the trail of something he missed, then he should be a very nervous ex-detective indeed.

I wonder if its not simply the other way round and his blundering leak of the fact that the Porto PJ were involved had to be covered factually by the PJ to clear things up.

After reading all the reports coming from the Portuguese Media, you indeed have hit the nail square on the head, GI.
Goncalo Amaral opened his mouth when he should not have; and, the Portuguese Judiciary had to rapidly launch the damage control squad to repair the mess.
I cannot see Scotland Yard or the PJ being happy with this latest foul up by Amaral .

crazytony wrote:

greenink211 wrote:

bb1 wrote:Thanks Tony, that's interesting, the smoke seems to be clearing a bit?

Just thinking out loud, but I wonder if Gonc had an inkling of all this, hence his crazy behaviour? If Porto PJ and the Yard are indeed on the trail of something he missed, then he should be a very nervous ex-detective indeed.

I wonder if its not simply the other way round and his blundering leak of the fact that the Porto PJ were involved had to be covered factually by the PJ to clear things up.

After reading all the reports coming from the Portuguese Media, you indeed have hit the nail square on the head, GI.
Goncalo Amaral opened his mouth when he should not have; and, the Portuguese Judiciary had to rapidly launch the damage control squad to repair the mess.
I cannot see Scotland Yard or the PJ being happy with this latest foul up by Amaral .

I agree Tony and Greenink. Seems Gonc has dropped another lobbock opening that hole under his nose again too soon

Yes, agree, I was very glad Greenink cut through all the smoke and noise.

What on earth was Gonc thinking? Did he think he was going to scupper the Portuguese end of the review? Is his nose out of joint because - apart from going down in history as the one who fouled up the initial investigation - he is now a total irrelevancy?

Oh dear, the usual tears before bedtime - some were all excited because, tick tock, the tide was turning.....as usual, it has failed to turn...



: PORTUGAL POLICE REVIEW MCCANN CASE/Daily and Sunday Express
maebee Today
Oldartform wrote:

pennylane wrote:
Why is the Express "comments" section now blotting out the McCanns name with asterisks????


Don`t know, but something in the air has changed for them to be allowing comments at all - amazing.


Comments now whooshed.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/307078/Portugal-police-review-McCann-case


The subs probably put the McCanns names through a filter before they went to the pub; that way, nothing too libellous could get posted while comments were unattended, and they would have a nice haul of forker ips when they got back.

And, of course, plenty of fruitloop forker ravings to entertain them