Re: Scotland Yard Will Take Over Madeleine Case From Portugal's Judiciary

**Sabot** Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:19 pm

Money, money, money, Bonny. Personally, I think he planned the whole thing from Day One, leading up to making The McCanns Arguidos, and then planning on them being charged and convicted, which they might well have been in Portugal if it hadn't been for the spotlight of the world.
Remember it was him that made them Arguidos, they didn't ask for it. And he was the one who didn't want publicity, except for his publicity.

Meanwhile, he collected every piece of salacious shite he could find. And he probably planned to resign from The PJ anyway, resting on the proceeds.
This Case was always just a means to write a best selling book to him. And the last thing he needed was for The McCanns to be innocent.

**bb1** Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:20 pm

Remember what Astro said last week on Contronumpty?

Sofia de Landerset There is no review of the case by the Portuguese police. And may I add, once more, that the court case is not a "testing of the parents" but merely a decision on whether Mr Amaral inflicted harm on the McCanns and their children by writingthe book that he wrote. Anyone who expects more than that from this libel case risks being sorely disappointed.

Made Doggy cry, that did.

Onlookers were wondering why she'd been wheeled out to break the bad news; all becomes clear.

What was going on - a couple of meetings with the Yard to go through the motions? Usual skullduggery for English eyes?

**bb1** Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:23 pm

Longer report on BBC now -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22918857

Madeleine McCann: Met police to take on investigation

The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is to be taken on by the Metropolitan Police.

Home Secretary Theresa May has agreed to fund the operation after Portuguese police failed to make any progress.

Madeleine, from Leicestershire, was almost four when she went missing on holiday from her family's apartment in the resort of Praia de Luz in 2007.

Scotland Yard said her parents, Kate and Gerry, were being kept fully updated on the progress of its work.

In a statement the Home Office said it "remains committed to supporting the search for Madeleine McCann" and has agreed "to provide the Metropolitan Police with the resources they need to investigate her disappearance."

Documents reviewed
A review into the case by police in the UK discovered new potential leads but the police in Portugal have not reopened the case.

The BBC understands that any investigation by Scotland Yard would need the co-operation of the Portuguese authorities.

Scotland Yard would not comment on the latest development but released a statement saying they are encouraged by the progress they are making.

It said: "We are reviewing a significant number of documents and continue to identify potential lines of inquiry.

"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."

**bb1** Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:27 pm

Gi' O'er ‏@MrsMLouis 39s
@sitheran Obviously the PT Authorities don't feel the leads SY have uncovered point to the #McCann s otherwise they'd re-open the case!

In a nutshell!

It's astounding that the Amaral supporters can't, or won't, grasp that.

They seem unable to grasp that Portugal is dragging its heels because the original investigation was a disaster, and went in entirely the wrong direction.

**bb1** Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:32 pm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/10122377/Home-Office-to-fund-Met-Police-investigation-into-Madeleine-McCann-disappearance.html

Home Office to fund Met Police investigation into Madeleine McCann disappearance

The Home Office has given the green light to directly fund a full scale Metropolitan Police investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

By Robert Mendick, Chief reporter11:53AM BST 15 Jun 2013
Scotland yard has spent two years reviewing all the evidence in the case at a cost of £5 million.
The review is understood to have led to the identification of 20 possible suspects and dozens of new leads in the abduction of Madeleine, who vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal six years ago.
Met detectives have now requested that the review becomes a full-blown investigation. Theresa May, the Home Secretary, has signalled her backing by agreeing to fund its cost. An announcement is expected in the next few weeks.
The Portuguese police led the search for madeline after she went missing in 2007 but shelved its inquiries in 2008 after drawing a blank.
However, Scotland Yard began a Home Office-funded review in 2011 following the intervention of David Cameron.

He had been asked by Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann – who were falsely accused by Portuguese police of being behind her disappearance.
A Home Office spokesman said today that the remain committed to supporting the search for Madeleine McCann and have agreed to "provide the Metropolitan Police with the resources they need to investigate her disappearance".
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.
It emerged last month that the review had identified more than 20 people "of interest", including Britons, who have not been eliminated from the case.
Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, who supervised the Met’s review said there were a "good number" of individuals who should be questioned.
DCS Campbell said it was “perfectly probable” that information which could identify the suspect responsible for Madeleine’s disappearance was already within the Portuguese files.

He added: “We have to ask ourselves why are cases unsolved and, on many occasions, we find we passed the suspects by already and the suspect sits within our system.
"The purpose of the review was to look at the case with fresh eyes and there is always real benefit in doing so. The review has further identified both investigative and forensic opportunities to support the Portuguese.
"There is more than a handful of people of interest which could be explored further if only to be eliminated."
Earlier this month the McCanns said they were encouraged by the news that three women who had been missing in the United States for a decade were found alive and well in Cleveland, Ohio.
In a statement, the couple said: "Their recovery is also further evidence that children are sometimes abducted and kept for long periods. So we ask the public to remain vigilant in the ongoing search for Madeleine."

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He had been asked by Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann – who were falsely accused by Portuguese police of being behind her disappearance.

That should set the Amaral fan club off again.

**bb1** Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:58 pm

Telegraph News ‏@TelegraphNews 4h
The Home Office is to fund a full scale Metropolitan Police investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann http://soa.li/4MuC2DV

Jgamble ‏@Jgineqe 4h
@TelegraphNews great news for the family & the right decision by the Gov.

**Sabot** Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:15 pm

This has got to mean that Scotland Yard are on the trail of someone, and that Portugal agrees with them.
Scotland Yard just do have more experience with this sort of thing.
Such a pity that Amaral saw it as some sort of insult. The evidence was always there. This is the real tragedy. The McCanns have had to fight for six years to get this far.

**bb1** Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:33 pm

I have no doubt that SY is on the trail of something, Sabot, but...whatever it is, it is causing embarrassment in Portugal?

It's beyond funny - the Amaral supporters just cannot work out that, if SY had found ANYTHING to vindicate the first shambles, Portugal would be more than happy to reopen the case, instead of getting even more egg on their faces.

It's probably due to 'honour' or something - some young guy has now been fined for being mildly rude about the President of Portugal and offending his dignity.

Oh, hang on, update on the Prez's offended dignity:

http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/nacional/politica/mp-anula-multa--de-injuria-a-cavaco

MP cancels fine of injury to Cavaco
Costal Carlos, 25, was sentenced to 1,300 euros. Wave solidarity grew in social networks and received € 300 in donations.

Public Ministry (MP) yesterday requested the annulment of the decision of the Court of Elvas that on Wednesday condemned Carlos Costal, 25, worth a 1,300 euro fine for the crime of defaming the President of the Republic, Cavaco Silva, during the celebrations of the Day of Portugal. In a statement, the MP claimed the "irreparable nullity" this case "offense to the honor of the president 'not be admissible in the case of this crime, the use of that form, under Article 381, paragraph 2, of the Code Case Criminal

Sensitive little flowers, considering what gets said about UK politicians. And it's not long since Miguel Sousa Tavares was arrested for something similar - no Free Speach allowed!

I would not be at all surprised if Portugal is hanging fire because of something macho to do with 'honour'.

**bb1** Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:41 pm

http://news.sky.com/story/1104068/madeleine-mccann-home-office-funds-inquiry

Madeleine McCann: Home Office Funds Inquiry

Scotland Yard is launching a full investigation into the British girl's disappearance following a two-year review

The Home Office has agreed to fund a full-scale Scotland Yard investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Scotland Yard has been reviewing the evidence for two years after David Cameron personally intervened in the high-profile case.

Home Secretary Theresa May has now approved a move to fund the cost of a proper investigation as detectives pursue fresh leads.

A spokesman said: "The Home Office remains committed to supporting the search for Madeleine McCann.

"We have agreed to provide the Metropolitan Police with the resources they need to investigate her disappearance.”

Kate and Gerry McCann with a picture of how Madeleine may look now

Scotland Yard refused to comment but said it continued to review a large number of documents and identify potential lines of inquiry.

Madeleine disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal on May 3, 2007, days before her fourth birthday.

She had been sleeping in the ground floor flat with her twin siblings as their parents ate dinner at a nearby tapas bar when she vanished.

The Portuguese police's handling of the case, which saw Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry identified as suspects before being cleared months later, was widely criticised.

It eventually shelved its failed investigation in July 2008, prompting the McCanns to push for a joint UK-Portuguese review.

The Prime Minister asked the Metropolitan Police to launch a probe in 2011 after pleas from the family for more to be done.

It revealed last month that detectives have identified a number of "people of interest" they wanted to speak to about the disappearance.

Known paedophiles, holidaymakers and staff working at the resort are thought to be among the dozen suspects identified.

At least some were questioned in the original Portuguese investigation but were dismissed without being fully looked into, according to Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt

Scotland Yard believes it has unearthed enough evidence to justify the Portuguese authorities reopening the case but so far they have refused to do so.

**Pedro Silva** Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:53 pm

My friends, this was taken from The Telegraph newspaper:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/10122377/Home-Office-to-fund-Met-Police-investigation-into-Madeleine-McCann-disappearance.html
also from The Daily Mail newspaper:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342030/Scotland-Yard-takes-inquiry-Maddies-disappearance-Portuguese-police-fail-make-breakthrough-years.html

**Sabot** Sat Jun 15, 2013 3:37 pm

Perhaps Portugal just hasn't got the money or the expertise. But they could certainly learn from this with the number of abductions that they seem to have.
Amaral was the main culprit, of course. Nasty minded little misogynist that he has proved to be. But The PJ most certainly should have known better than to put him in charge.
In hindsight it was the most appalling botch, up that I watched in total horror. But I honestly believe that none of us realised what a totally disgusting dickhead he was because it was utterly unbelievable.

I thank the day that I tripped over Forums despite some of it being really distressing.

**bb1** Sat Jun 15, 2013 4:04 pm

Have you seen the contortions the Hounders are performing, trying to convince themselves that Tick Tock, the Tide is Turning?

They're reciting absolute gibberish about DNA and what is acceptable in the UK, and because the UK standard is lower than Portugal (or so they think), well, that must mean the Yard know them McCanns DONE IT.

Leaving aside the fact that they haven't a clue what they are talking about regarding legal systems, they are YET AGAIN repeating Amoral's colossal blunder.

It's 15/37, for the millionth time!

Do they think the Yard didn't look at the forensic reports and see Amoral's truly enormous mistake? If it was a mistake, and not more deliberate nastiness.

The only other possible conclusion is that for some sick reason known only to them, they are desperate for Madeleine McCann to be dead, and are deliberately repeating falsehoods.

Happily, they cannot make those falsehoods become truths, no matter how much they twist and spin.

**Sabot** Sat Jun 15, 2013 4:12 pm

It's hilarious, Bonny. And not a single statement based on reality. But that's okay. It will keep them going for a bit yet.

PS. Scotland Yard are playing the long game. Tick Tock. Karma and all that crap.

**bb1** Sat Jun 15, 2013 4:23 pm

Contronumpty:

SY have been playing a long game

yernuts

**Sabot** Sat Jun 15, 2013 4:37 pm

Course they are. They are just waiting for the next Election and then they will arrest The McCanns on the eve of The Poll to loud cheers all round. All of the haters will vote Tory. The Trial won't happen for another four years, and then The Tories will get in again when Scotland Yard stitch them up.

Scotland Yard are currently in Portugal learning how to stitch people up.

The McCann Investigation is being moved to the fourth floor because there aren't enough stairs where they are at the moment.

Theresa Mat has authorised the purchase of half a dozen cut glass ashtrays, but she hasn't lifted the smoking ban. All dog ends to be thrown out of the window, but with strict instruction nor to drop either of The McCanns on their heads because the fag ash could spoil the forensics when they both plead guilty to attempted suicide.

**lily** Sat Jun 15, 2013 4:48 pm

Sabot wrote:Course they are. They are just waiting for the next Election and then they will arrest The McCanns on the eve of The Poll to loud cheers all round. All of the haters will vote Tory. The Trial won't happen for another four years, and then The Tories will get in again when Scotland Yard stitch them up.

Scotland Yard are currently in Portugal learning how to stitch people up.

The McCann Investigation is being moved to the fourth floor because there aren't enough stairs where they are at the moment.

Theresa Mat has authorised the purchase of half a dozen cut glass ashtrays, but she hasn't lifted the smoking ban. All dog ends to be thrown out of the window, but with strict instruction nor to drop either of The McCanns on their heads because the fag ash could spoil the forensics when they both plead guilty to attempted suicide.

I go with that, Sabot. Sounds entirely reasonable to me.........

**Sabot** Sat Jun 15, 2013 4:53 pm

lily wrote:
Sabot wrote:Course they are. They are just waiting for the next Election and then they will arrest The McCanns on the eve of The Poll to loud cheers all round. All of the haters will vote Tory. The Trial won't happen for another four years, and then The Tories will get in again when Scotland Yard stitch them up.

Scotland Yard are currently in Portugal learning how to stitch people up.

The McCann Investigation is being moved to the fourth floor because there aren't enough stairs where they are at the moment.

Theresa Mat has authorised the purchase of half a dozen cut glass ashtrays, but she hasn't lifted the smoking ban. All dog ends to be thrown out of the window, but with strict instruction nor to drop either of The McCanns on their heads because the fag ash could spoil the forensics when they both plead guilty to attempted suicide.

I go with that, Sabot. Sounds entirely reasonable to me.........

And it only cost 5 Million. Cheap at twice the price, if you ask me.

**lily** Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:01 pm

This could prove to be the precedent for such matters in the future?

**bb1** Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:26 pm

Hounders cling frantically to the wonderwoofs:

The dogs! They are the only thing that give me hope in this whole debacle of an investigation. SY can't possibly undermine or play down the findings of Eddie and Keela. They do and the findings of those two dogs can never be used to secure a conviction in Court with any sort of credibility, ever again!
They can't possibly do that or can they?

What 'findings'? A spot of Gerry McCann's blood, and a few drops in 5a from one Lino Henriques, who I seem to recall was a police officer. And I am not even going to ask what he was doing bleeding on the supposed 'crime scene' - whatever would Grissom say?

If casual viewers can see what a circus the whole dog business was from the videos edited to suit the agenda of one D. Levy, liar extra-ordinaire, what on earth do these idiots think the Yard's opinion was when they saw the full-length version?

Surely they know that the senior PJ officers who reviewed the case after the discredited 'Interim Report' by convicted torturer Almeida were most unhappy about Eddie's antics?

If it hasn't sunk in with them by now, it's never going to. They'd better stock up on Kleenex, though, they're going to need it.

**Pedro Silva** Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:02 pm

about "amaral saw it as some sort of insult.", the disgusting presence of corrupt, incompetent, liar, fraud called gonçalo amaral in that crap called investigation was, (until he was sacked) an insult to everyone, for Madeleine, for her parents, for any decent policemen, for Algarve, namely Praia da Luz, for tourism, also for both countries, also for PJ.

**rhodes** Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:07 pm

Sabot wrote:
This has got to mean that Scotland Yard are on the trail of someone, and that Portugal agrees with them.
Scotland Yard just do have more experience with this sort of thing.
Such a pity that Amaral saw it as some sort of insult. The evidence was always there. This is the real tragedy. The McCanns have had to fight for six years to get this far.

It's disgusting.Me and the ma-in-law were talking today and I said if me and her son had been stupid enough to leave our kids alone and something like this had happened to the other one, would we EVER give up looking for them? Course we wouldn't. I hope that freak Amoral can live with what he's done to that child---imo he's as bad as whoever took her

**Pedro Silva** Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:17 pm

I agree with rhodes: "he's as bad as whoever took her".

about: " freak Amoral can live with what he's done to that child", I doubt that he feels any remorse, but if he feels remorse (probably due to his physical aspect, the hell with amaral, he deserves that punishment he is under, because he was the one who created it), probably the remorse is because the whole world, which includes also the police forces of both countries, knows what sort of disgusting people he is, about his despicable behavior in Madeleine´s abduction investigation while he was coordinator, also following the moment he was sacked, also about the Cipriano case, also about his rotten secrets or frauds (to dirty gain fame and fortune) which are exposed worldwide.

**bb1** Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:26 pm

Still no sign of Ms Morais. Wonder when the Amaral cult are going to get the message?

**Pedro Silva** Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:29 pm

My friends, this was taken from The Independent newspaper:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/home-office-to-fund-new-met-operation-into-madeleine-mccann-disappearance-8660084.HTML

**rhodes** Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:48 pm

I hadn't seen this one----one of the 20 or so leads that hadn't been followed up?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331016/Madeline-McCann-Police-contacted-Army-information-days-confirming-identified-new-persons-interest.html

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