ES: Scotland Yard Urge Portuguese Police To Act

lily wrote:
We are in regular contact with Kate and Gerry McCann and they are kept fully updated on the progress of our work.

We also continue to work closely with the Portuguese Police and are actively considering our next steps.

They could not be clearer could they?

No wonder Gonc looks rail thin.

Hi Lily should be a humdinger on certain forums tonight, already hotting up! LL

My friends, this was taken from PT news channel: RTP:

http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/index.php?article=652278&tm=7&layout=121&visual=49

Scotland Yard has identified potential suspects in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

A senior detective from Scotland Yard said today that British police identified a "good number" of potential suspects related to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, during a case review ordered by Prime Minister David Cameron.

"There are more than a handful of people of interest that can be investigated further, even to be eliminated" as a suspect, said Detective Chief superindentent Hamish Campbell, director of command homicide and serious crime, in remarks broadcast by the Metropolitan Police , the official name of the Scotland Yard.

Detective chief, however, did not elaborate on these potential suspects, identified during a review of the case by a team of nearly 40 members of the British police, which led to at least ten trips to Portugal, to contact with agents of the Judicial Police.

"The objective of the review was to look at the case with fresh eyes, and there is always benefit in doing it," he stressed Hamish Campbell, referring to the analysis of evidence and testimony identified both investigative opportunities also skilled forensics, to support the Portuguese police ".

Madeleine McCann disappeared a few days before to four years, May 3, 2007, the room where he slept with two twin brothers, younger, in an apartment of a tourist resort in Praia da Luz in the Algarve.

Parents and another British Robert Murat, were made defendants by the Portuguese authorities in July 2007, but the July 21, 2008, the Attorney General's Office ordered the closure of the case, which spelled the end of the investigation .

The parents of Madeleine McCann, Kate and Gerry McCann, have a campaign to find the child and publicly defended the reopening of the process.

Last year a team was established at Scotland Yard to review the case at the request of British Prime Minister, David Cameron, whose work analysis of more than 40,000 clues, according to local media, about two million pounds ( close to 2.37 million euros).

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http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/index.php?article=652270&tm=7&layout=121&visual=49

UK police identify new suspects in Maddie case

Police have identified a number of persons to be questioned in the case of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in May 2007 in the Algarve, and now ask the Portuguese authorities to follow the new tracks, reported about the English papers.

"There are more than a handful of people of interest that must be questioned, even if it is only to be eliminated," said Hamish Campbell, the head of the office of homicides and violent crime of Scotland Yard, quoted by Sky News.

According to the British television channel, new suspicions stem from a review of the case that began in 2011 and now produced results: "The purpose of the review was to examine the case with a new look and there are always benefits in doing this type of exercise, "said Campbell. "The review identified research and forensic clues that may help the Portuguese authorities."

The revelation of the British police happens just a week from the International Missing Children's Day, which is celebrated on May 25.

My friends, this was taken from BBC news:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22576103

Thank you, Pedro, good to see that the Portuguese media are reporting this too.

yes bb1, I agree with you.

lily, your words are mine:

"We are in regular contact with Kate and Gerry McCann and they are kept fully updated on the progress of our work.

We also continue to work closely with the Portuguese Police and are actively considering our next steps.

They could not be clearer could they?

No wonder Gonc looks rail thin."

to you Pedro.

Oh dear, prepare for shrieks of outrage from the forkers.....

John O' Conner ex-of-the-Yard is on Sky, and has been rather scathing of Gonc. He's spoken about Gonc's set views, and his efforts to wrongly suspect the McCanns, and how he couldn't have been more wrong. And Gonc's views may have caused leads and suspects not to be followed up as they should have been.

He also referred to a 'class war' in Portugal, and how brave the McCanns have been in their efforts to find Madeleine, in the face of 'ridiculous allegations'.

Hopefully, the interview will be online soon.

As predicted:

matthew wright ‏@1matthewwright1 3h
John O Connor has said the #mccann's & friends were wrongly suspected!!

Hounder:

I've just been listening to an interview on Sky News with the former commander of scotland yard, John O'Connor, and according to him Kate & Gerry McCann are completely clear of anything to do with Madeleine's disappearance!!!!

They seem to be having trouble grasping reality.....

Ranting hounder:

I cannot express how angry I am following that interview with John O'Connor. He went to great lengths to say how the McCann family have worked so hard to keep this story in the news, leaving no stone unturned. That SY have the benefit of reading all the files from the McCanns PI's, all paid for by the McCanns. How the Portuguese only followed one line of enquiry and closed their eyes to anything other than the McCanns being involved. And yes, he called the McCanns heroic!!

Seems a pretty fair description, considering what the McCanns have had to put up with from Bennett and co, on top of everything else.

They might like to think about putting their pitchforks away and pretend they have never, ever heard of 'Tony Bennett' except as a singer....the court of public opinion is going to be judging the McCann-haters, and the scummy things they have done, before too much longer.

http://ordinisrubricrucis.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/portuguese-attorney-considers-new-evidence-in-madeleine-mccann-investigation/

Worth a read. Certainly, from the direction the review is taking, Amoral is up sh*t creek and paddle-less.

And on the subject of blogs....Morais still AWOL, is she? This is all over the Portuguese media, too. One would have expected her to be putting the Official Team Gonc Spinny on it by now....

Nice to see the hounders have been reduced to inventing fake 'letters' from UK police officers.

Not big, not clever - but my, how the mighty have fallen!

Re: **BREAKING 17 May** SY Review Team have identified some likely suspects: 'Portuguese Police must now act', they demand
Smokeandmirrors Today
Does anyone on here live near Rothley? If they do, how do they fancy going on a drive and reporting back?

And that hounder clearly doesn't think that stalking in Rothley has got them into enough hot water already.

One wonders why tomorrow's front pages are so enraging the McCann-haters. Or rather, one doesn't.

Scotland Yard identifies 20 new suspects in the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann... but Portuguese will not re-open inquiry

Met police have named 'a good number' of potential suspects to speak to
DCS Hamish Campbell says his officers have done 'fantastic' case review
He urged his Portuguese counterparts to investigate their fresh leads
Kate and Gerry McCann are 'very, very pleased' about the new list of names
Madeleine went missing in May 2007 during a family holiday in Praia da Luz
By STEPHEN WRIGHT
PUBLISHED: 14:31, 17 May 2013 | UPDATED: 21:53, 17 May 2013
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Detectives working to find missing Madeleine McCann have given their counterparts in Portugal a new list of potential suspects and have urged them to investigate them
More than 20 new suspects in the Madeleine McCann investigation have been identified by British police.
A Scotland Yard review of the bungled Portuguese inquiry into the three-year-old’s disappearance in 2007 has uncovered dozens of fresh leads, it emerged yesterday.
They include ‘forensic opportunities’ and several ‘people of interest’, including Britons, who have not been eliminated from the case.
Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, are said to be ‘greatly encouraged’ by the developments.
But the Mail has learned that behind the scenes, a major diplomatic row is brewing because the Portuguese authorities are adamant they will not reopen the inquiry.

Officials in Lisbon have told their British counterparts that under Portuguese laws, they can reopen the case only if there is new evidence.
But Yard chiefs – who want the Portuguese to agree to a joint investigation – say their new leads could, if properly explored, result in new evidence and possibly the Maddie mystery being solved.
One well-placed source described the deadlock as ‘a Mexican stand-off’.
‘It’s a chicken-and-egg situation. Significant new evidence can be found if the leads uncovered by the Yard are investigated. There are two major obstacles to a joint investigation: the money to fund it in Portugal and the loss of face they would suffer from having to agree to such an inquiry.’

It is understood high-level discussions have taken place in the UK about the possibility of Scotland Yard launching its own investigation. British police do not have jurisdiction in Portugal, but they have the right to investigate and prosecute any British suspects linked to Madeleine’s disappearance.

Should the Met decide to launch its own investigation, it is likely to send a formal letter of request to the Portuguese authorities – seeking its assistance in its inquiries.
Last night a Yard spokesman confirmed a high-level delegation of officers travelled to Portugal in March, but he refused to comment on what discussions took place.
The senior detective who has overseen the Met’s two-year review of the case yesterday confirmed his officers had drawn up a list of people who they say are ‘of interest’. Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, the head of Scotland Yard’s Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said there were a ‘good number’ of individuals who should be questioned.
He would not disclose the precise number but sources told the Mail that at least 20 potential suspects – including a number of Britons who were in the Algarve at the time of Madeleine’s disappearance six years ago – had not been properly eliminated.
Mr Campbell urged the Portuguese authorities to investigate the new leads.
He said: ‘There are a lot of people of interest. There are people who could be properly explored further, if only to be eliminated.’
Madeleine went missing from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal in 2007 as her parents dined with friends nearby. The shambolic Portuguese inquiry was shelved in 2008 but Scotland Yard launched a Home Office-funded review of the case in 2011 following the intervention of David Cameron.
Last year the officer in day-to-day charge of the review, Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, said his team had identified 195 potential leads after examining a huge bundle of material.
Mr Campbell said it was ‘perfectly probable’ that information which could identify the suspect responsible for Madeleine’s disappearance was already in the Portuguese files.
He reiterated a claim that Madeleine could still be alive. He said: ‘You only have to look at the case in Cleveland, Ohio, and the European cases. Of course there is a possibility she is alive.
‘But the key is to investigate the case and, alive or dead, we should be able to try and discern what happened.’ The McCanns, of Rothley, Leicestershire, have been kept closely informed of Scotland Yard’s review – codenamed Operation Grange – over the past two years.
A spokesman for the couple said: ‘They have been encouraged from the moment the review started and are now greatly encouraged that police have drawn up a short list of people who they believe are of interest to the inquiry.’

A source close to the couple said: ‘While they don’t want to raise their hopes too much, they are buoyed up by these revelations.’
A Home Office source said: ‘Clearly not all the 20 potential suspects identified by the Met could be responsible for Madeleine’s disappearance. But the Yard are adamant that if they were running the inquiry here, these people would have been properly eliminated.’

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Rather a lot of Sources in there, so it may not be any too accurate.

I hope it isn't; if Portugal refuses to re-open the case, then people are going to want to know why.

Misguided national pride? Or is there something they want to keep swept under the carpet?

My friends, this was taken from The Daily Mail newspaper:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326108/Madeleine-McCann-Scotland-Yard-hands-list-naming-people-Portuguese-police.html#ixzz2TaMgZvQe

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326108/Madeleine-McCann-Scotland-Yard-hands-list-naming-people-Portuguese-police.html#ixzz2TaMEOARW

The Mail seems determined to stir:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326108/Madeleine-McCann-Scotland-Yard-hands-list-naming-people-Portuguese-police.html#comments



Can't be happy reading for Team Gonc, though.

Jgamble ‏@Jgineqe 2m
@IWILLNOTGOAWAY The problem is when #McCann conspiracy theorists get it so wrong for so long its must be hard to step back & admit it.

Cue abuse from haters, conspiraloons, and general nutjobs.

I bet he has their number?

Ordinisrubricrucis ‏@ordinisrubri 2m
Dont be surprised if Sky News report as early as today or Sunday that Madeleine #McCann inquiry is to be opened again following new evidence

The 8rs won't like that.

On no..... We will though.