Portugal's Attorney General receives UK Letter of Request

lily, I agree with you, we will wait to see what will happen.

Sabot, if they thought they might bolt, they could always resort to what Gonc did when the Brit cops arrived in PdL in 2007.   

Go to the pub?

       Keep tabs on them?

This is it. Are they being watched? Surely, doing a runner would just confirm their guilt.

It might or it could just be a reaction to fear knowing what the PJ are like and not trusting anyone else?

We will see.

No one would dare to beat up these men, Lily.

Would hope not but you never can tell.

Think of the outrage if these men fell down the police station steps, Lily. Even I would be outraged.

Actually, this could get really interesting when they are finally arrested. Will The Nasties trust The PJ?
Will they demand that these men are kept in isolation?
Who will get the blame if they have even so much as a scratch?

Who will get the blame? You know very well who, Sabot. The McCanns.   

lily wrote:Who will get the blame?  You know very well who, Sabot.   The McCanns.   

Whoops. Silly me. Of course.

Police prepare to arrest the prime suspects in Madeleine investigation

POLICE investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann moved a step closer to arresting potential suspects yesterday.

By: David PilditchPublished: Fri, January 24, 2014




Scotland Yard detectives are understood to have urged the Portuguese authorities to track down three burglars and detain them.

Yesterday a spokesman for Portugal’s attorney general’s office confirmed it was in receipt of an international letter of request from the Crown Prosecution Service, thought to ask for access to three “prime suspects”.

Scotland Yard wants to question the local burglars blamed for a string of break-ins in the Algarve holiday resort of Praia da Luz where Madeleine, then just three, was staying with her family in May 2007.

In what could be a breakthrough in the inquiry, detectives focused on the three men after a painstaking trawl through mobile phone records.

It is understood there was significant phone traffic between them around the time Madeleine vanished.

The development follows a first international letter of request allowing detectives from Scotland Yard’s Operation Grange to access the mobile phone data.

Following the request, Portuguese detectives discovered the men were very close to the scene of Madeleine’s disappearance in the hours after she vanished.


Portugal’s attorney general’s announced in October its inquiry, shelved six years ago, was being reopened at the request of police in Porto who have spent the past three years reviewing the case.

Jose Magalhaes e Menezes, the public prosecutor in charge of the original investigation, is overseeing the reopened inquiry.

He was damning of the original investigation and claimed officers under disgraced former police chief Goncalo Amaral achieved “very little” during their 15-month probe.

Authorities in London and Lisbon are working to set up a joint investigation team which would take advantage of European law to speed up cross-border inquiries.

A Yard spokesman confirmed an international letter of request was sent to the Portuguese last week but declined to discuss the contents.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/455744/Police-prepare-to-arrest-the-prime-suspects-in-Madeleine-investigation

He was damning of the original investigation and claimed officers under disgraced former police chief Goncalo Amaral achieved “very little” during their 15-month probe.

Oh dear. The Gonzo tribute sites will be beside themselves with rage.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-first-arrests-move-3056123#.UuKcBBBpTIW

"A significant development": First arrests in Madeleine McCann case move nearer
Jan 24, 2014 08:55 By David Collins

A source close to missing Maddie's parents Kate and Gerry McCann said: "It is an important and significant development."

The British police investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance moved a step closer to making arrests yesterday after Portuguese authorities received a letter of formal request for help.

Portugal's Attorney General's office confirmed they were in receipt of an International Letter of Request - a "significant development," according to a source close to Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry McCann.

The contents of the letter are believed to ask for access to three prime suspects.

The Mirror has previously reported how British police are braced to make the first arrests ever in case of Madeleine McCann's disappearance.

The letter will now be forwarded to a court in the Algarve resort of Portimao tasked with investigating the newly-reopened case in Portugal.

Authorities declined to give a timescale on when the letter would be sent or actioned.

Scotland Yard are understood to want to question three local burglars blamed for a string of break-ins in Praia da Luz where Madeleine was snatched in May 2007.

Portuguese detectives acting on a first International Letter of Request sent by Britain last July discovered the men were very close to the scene of Madeleine's disappearance.


They are thought to have made an unusually high number of calls to each other in the hours after her abduction.

Portugal's Attorney General's office announced last October the Madeleine McCann inquiry was being reopened at the request of police in Porto who have spent the past three years reviewing the case.

Jose Magalhaes e Menezes, the public prosecutor in charge of the original investigation, is overseeing the reopened inquiry.

He was damning of the original probe pointing the finger at Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry and claimed officers under disgraced former police chief Goncalo Amaral achieved "very little" during their 15 month investigation.

Scotland Yard detectives are conducting their own separate criminal inquiry into Madeleine's disappearance called Operation Grange.

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, who is leading the Met operation, has said he continues to believe Madeleine is still alive.

Operation Grange was first launched as a review in 2011 following the intervention of David Cameron in the case.

A source close to Maddie's parents said: "It it the next step forward in what is proving to be a slow but very thorough process.

"Met Police want to be given the opportunity to arrest key suspects.

"They are keeping Kate and Gerry informed of all developments.

"We understand the International Letter of Request was received by the Portuguese authorities last week.

"It is an important and significant development.

"But it is too early to say, at this stage, if the powers that be in Portugal will co-operate."

The McCann's official spokesman Clarence Mitchell said last night: "Kate and Gerry do not comment on any aspect of Operation Grange."


Oh dear, there it is again.

officers under disgraced former police chief Goncalo Amaral achieved "very little" during their 15 month investigation.

How else would a sane person describe someone who completely botched the case of a missing young child?

His blase attitude towards it was in a league of it's own.   

There are times when I feel seriously ill when I think of what that man did.

Me too Sabot.  It feels like a stomach dropping like lead to the ground.       

Speaking of, I could have sworn something to do with the libel trial was supposed to happen today. Or was it yesterday?

Of course.  The 24th if I remember rightly?

Ian Hitchings ‏@IamIanHitchings
My Portuguese sources say, the three alleged "burglars" will NOT be arrested. Met Police ONLY want to eliminate from inquiries. #McCann

Yeah, right. Just like:

Ian Hitchings ‏@IamIanHitchings
@IsaCNN Hello Isa, I doubt the Portugal AG's office will ever receive the official LoR from the Met Police.

The haters will all fall for it, though, they always fall for carp from Sources.

you ian hitchings are truly insane, what makes you think that someone from Scotland Yard or PJ will tell you about it. your sources are insane.

Ian Hitchings ‏@IamIanHitchings
For Met Police to arrest the three alleged "burglars" they would need a "international arrest warrant." They haven't got one! #McCann

D'uh! So, why does he think the Yard is working with the PJ? I do believe the PJ are allowed to arrest people in Portugal, when investigating crimes committed in Portugal?

  

Ian Hitchings ‏@IamIanHitchings 2h
@TrulyJudy73 @rebeccasherl Every single day, I work closely with the @metpoliceuk Homicide and Serious Crime Command. #McCann

Yes, and I have a pet unicorn.     

bb1 wrote:Ian Hitchings ‏@IamIanHitchings 2h
@TrulyJudy73 @rebeccasherl Every single day, I work closely with the @metpoliceuk Homicide and Serious Crime Command. #McCann

Yes, and I have a pet unicorn.     

Is this the same person as

Ian Hitchings is a British true crime writer, author of 36 books, published in more than 20 countries and a regular contributor to major newspapers and magazines worldwide. An officially rehabilitated ex-prisoner under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, he’s entitled “to be treated for all purposes in law as a person who has not been convicted or sentenced”. He’s a staunch campaigner for prison reform.