Madeleine McCann police to arrive in Portugal 'within days' to follow up new leads

My friends, this was taken from The Mirror newspaper:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-police-arrive-portugal-2067929

Thanks, Pedro. That isn't going to go down well. "The letter has been sent."

Madeleine McCann police to arrive in Portugal 'within days' to follow up new leads
20 Jul 2013 08:19
Officers from Scotland Yard travelling to the scene could interview witnesses and suspects, search properties and even make arrests

British detectives looking for missing Madeleine McCann could arrive in Portugal within days to follow up a string of new leads.

Officers from Scotland Yard will travel to the scene of the crime, potentially interviewing witnesses and suspects, searching properties and even making arrests.

It comes after the Crown Prosecution Service yesterday confirmed it had written a letter to Portuguese judges on Thursday asking for permission to gather evidence, with the help of the local police.

The letter is believed to name a number of suspects and witnesses living in Portugal who officers want to talk to over the coming months.

It is thought to outline possible offences being probed, including child trafficking, kidnap and murder.


Madeleine went missing while she was on holiday in the Algarve with parents Kate and Gerry and her twin siblings six years ago.

The Met said two weeks ago that it wanted to trace 38 potential suspects across five countries, having reviewed the case for two years.

It announced a full criminal inquiry and Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, who is leading Operation Grange, said: “The review has given us new thinking, new theories, new evidence and new witnesses.”

He added: “We remain committed to finding out what happened to Madeleine. Everything we do is utterly focused on her best interests. We continue to believe there is a possibility she is alive. We remain in close contact with Kate and Gerry McCann.”

Last night Scotland Yard refused to be drawn on when the team of detectives would fly out but a CPS spokesman confirmed yesterday: “The letter has been sent.”


Alison Saunders, the chief crown prosecutor for London, and her colleague Jenny Hopkins, head of the CPS complex casework unit, have already discussed how to obtain the evidence with Portuguese lawyers.

Launching a full investigation abroad is rare and such probes are tightly governed.

It will be a joint inquiry between the two countries and authorities in capital Lisbon insisted “the British authorities cannot act on their own in Portugal”.

Madeleine was almost four when she disappeared from her family’s holiday ­apartment in Praia da Luz in May 2007.

She had been asleep in the apartment with the younger twins while her parents dined out with their friends nearby.

The original Portuguese inquiry was shelved in 2008. British detectives have visited the country 16 times in the past two years but the probe could not be re-opened unless there was significant new evidence.

Prime Minister David Cameron ordered the Met to review the case in 2011 and a team examined files from Portuguese police, British agencies and the McCanns’ private detectives.

The discovery of new leads convinced the Met there was a chance of solving the case, leading to Thursday’s International Letter of Request.

When the probe was confirmed, a spokesman for the McCanns said: “It is a big step forward in establishing what happened and, hopefully, towards bringing whoever is responsible for Madeleine’s abduction to justice.”



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The tick-tock lynch mob aren't going to like that one bit.

Too bad that they won't like it. If they were not a part of a hate crusade they would be feeling hopeful by it.

We continue to believe there is a possibility she is alive. We remain in close contact with Kate and Gerry McCann.

Reading that will ruin the weekend for the Amaral supporters.

Serves themselves right, Bonny. They chose to idolize Amoral.

The Amaral supporters might like to ponder the fact that the court of public opinion is going to regard them as lowlifes who protect child abductor/s.

bb1 wrote:The Amaral supporters might like to ponder the fact that the court of public opinion is going to regard them as lowlifes who protect child abductor/s.

Bearing in mind that these same lowlifes are trying to organize a mystery bus tour of the UK. The quest being to educate the public as to why they hate the McCanns.

I am seriously beginning to suspect that some of them actually are Child Abusers. Let's hope their computers get grabbed.

you welcome Sabot. I agree with comments above written.

Ditto from me.

Amaral supporter elsewhere:

Do they know how often has this wicked abductor has wickedly abducted children in Portugal since he wickedly abducted Madeleine?

What's more to the point is that the Yard know all about the other children who have gone missing in mysterious circumstances in Portugal, prior to Madeleine's abduction.

Maybe he/they overstepped the mark when he/they took a British child, and not a child from a poor Portuguese family?

No doubt the Yard are looking into the very real possibility that Madeleine was the last in a series of abductions, and attempted abductions, in Portugal.

No doubt the Yard are looking into the very real possibility that Madeleine was the last in a series of abductions, and attempted abductions, in Portugal.

Now that raises interesting questions right there.  

Well, it is a matter of record that a number of children have gone missing in strange circumstances in Portugal, plus the attempted abductions. Then it stopped - so far - with Madeleine.

I have no doubt that the Yard will be looking into the possibility that they are connected, and that it has only stopped because the abductor/s took a child whose parents were able to defend themselves against what is at best, police incompetence.

Let's not forget the mess that was made of the investigation into Rui Pedro's abduction, and the attempts to smear his parents.

Yes, Bonny. I would imagine that the patterns have been looked at in depth?

Too right. They picked a bad one. Brits don't take kindly to this sort of thing. Especially when it involves bent coppers.
Can you imagine what would have happened if a copper like Amaral had tried to pull this off in Britain? There would have been mayhem, and he would have needed a new identity.

Well, I thoroughly agree with you, Sabot.

Remember the saying, 'the lady doth protest too much'? I am sure it could be applied equally to bent policemen?

Scotland Yard detectives to return to holiday resort where Madeleine McCann vanished 'within days' to follow up new leads
Detectives said earlier this month that they have 38 suspects across Europe
Officers will work with their Portuguese counterparts on fresh leads
Scotland Yard began a review of the case in 2011 on David Cameron's orders
Madeleine went missing from a resort in the Algarve back in 2007
By STEVE NOLAN
PUBLISHED: 12:14, 20 July 2013 | UPDATED: 12:15, 20 July 2013
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New leads: Scotland Yard detectives could travel to Portugal in the coming days to follow up on new leads in the case of missing Madeleine McCann (pictured)
New leads: Scotland Yard detectives could travel to Portugal in the coming days to follow up on new leads in the case of missing Madeleine McCann (pictured)
Detectives searching for Madeleine McCann could fly to the Portuguese holiday resort where the youngster went missing within days to follow up on new leads.
Metropolitan Police officers could potentially interview suspects, search properties and even make arrests in the Algarve where Madeleine disappeared while on a family holiday in 2007.
The Crown Prosecution Service has written a Letter of Request to Portuguese judges this

week asking for permission to work in the country to gather evidence alongside local police.
According to the Daily Mirror, the letter included the names of some of the suspects that police wish to speak to regarding the case and an outline of a number of offences being investigated.
Madeleine went missing from an apartment in Praia da Luz on May 3, 2007, as her parents dined with friends at a nearby tapas restaurant.
The shambolic Portuguese inquiry was shelved in 2008, but Scotland Yard began a Home Office-funded review in 2011 – known as Operation Grange – following the intervention of David Cameron.
The Met said earlier this month that it was preparing to swoop on 38 suspects 'scattered across Europe' after announcing a full criminal investigation.
Among them are a dozen British nationals who were visiting or living in the Algarve at the time the then three-year-old went missing.

Investigators said that they have no prime suspects but said that they had found no evidence that the youngster had been murdered.
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, who is leading the inquiry, said: ‘We continue to believe that there is a possibility that Madeleine is alive.'

The Met's announcement came toward the end of a two year £5million review of the case which officers said has created a 'unique picture' of what happened in the Algarve.
Hopeful: Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood said that police have no evidence that Madeleine was murdered

Mr Redwood said the painstaking review has brought together all the information about Madeleine for the first time.
He said: ‘That has given us the ability to see this case with fresh eyes, and through that bring out new – genuinely new – lines of inquiry.
‘I’m hopeful that when we pursue those lines of inquiry, we will be able to bring some sort of resolution.
'Whether we will be able to solve it is a different issue, but I hope we will be able to have the ability to move the investigation on.
'I believe that this is an important moment for Madeleine. It is a great opportunity which we intend to exploit to the full.’
A Met Police spokesman refused to comment on when detectives will be sent to Portugal as part of the investigation and the CPS was unavailable for comment.
Prime Minister David Cameron had ordered the review of the case back in 2011.


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Oh dear, the Gonc cult won't like this bit:

The shambolic Portuguese inquiry was shelved in 2008, but Scotland Yard began a Home Office-funded review in 2011 – known as Operation Grange – following the intervention of David Cameron


Pity Amaral hadn't put as much effort into finding Madeleine, and the scumbag/s that took her, as he did into trying to stitch people up.

Oh, and having the UK police followed.

Pity Amaral hadn't put as much effort into finding Madeleine, and the scumbag/s that took her, as he did into trying to stitch people up.

Oh, and having the UK police followed.

Very strange behavior from a policeman trying to find a missing girl. I believe normal people might call that paranoid behavior. Why?

Those of crooked bent are often paranoid, although I would more likely call it of evil conscience. They think other people behave like them.
And having the Brit Police followed certainly suggests that he thought that they didn't trust him, which in hindsight they probably didn't.
What a terrible life Amaral must have led. Always imagining that other people were as big a scum bag as he undoubtedly was/is.

The word IMAGINE plays a very large role in the hate campaign against the McCann family, doesn't it?

As does projecting their own character flaws and vices onto other people.

It also makes a person wonder exactly what Amoral knows about all of the carry ons over there.  Which also makes a person wonder why 2 people were so keen to deceive the UK media from the start.........

This was about a very young child by the name of Madeleine but all the above could do was distort and deceive.  Thus hamper the investigation.  

What kind of soul less cold hearted SOBs could do that?

about: "Very strange behavior from a policeman trying to find a missing girl. I believe normal people might call that paranoid behavior.", I agree, very strange behaviour indeed.